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tv   The Briefing  BBC News  February 5, 2018 5:45am-6:01am GMT

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that's according to the office of french president emmanuel macron the ft shows greek demonstrators on its cover as hundreds of thousands took to the streets in a dispute over the naming of macedonia. many greeks object to the country calling itself macedonia, saying it implies a territorial claim on greece's northern macedonia region. the telegraph carries a warning from lloyds bank who have become the first to ban customers using credit cards to buy bitcoin, amid fears they could run up huge losses. the irish times leads with brexit and how a row within the conservative party over future customs arrangements comes as european negotiators are looking at how to stop britain undercutting the eu in tax matters and regulation after the uk leaves the european union. and finally the philly voice website is in celebration mode following the news the philadelphia eagles have managed to win the super bowl title in a 41—33 shootout against the new england patriots. it's their first nfl
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championship win since 1960. you can imagine the euphoria there. jeremy cook is with us, the chief economist from world first. let's start with the front page of arab news. it tells us more about how complicated it is to try and resolve the problem of syria in a diplomatic way. there is a lot of interested parties here but this article focuses on france and turkey and the fa ct focuses on france and turkey and the fact that the two were trying to come to an agreement on a way of ending this. they are trying to come to an agreement and they are trying to an agreement and they are trying to bring syria into the mix and the news the russian plane was shot down over the course of the weekend, russia will need to play a part.
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tu rkey‘s russia will need to play a part. turkey's action against the kurds in the northern parts of that region is also another element to this. regardless of whether this is a plan to end the syrian war, there are also other branches within this conflict which will have to be addressed by any talks, wherever they happen. beat france leading all they happen. beat france leading all the uk or the us, something does need to be done soon. it almost seems like baby steps, doesn't it? a building block, as it were. the fact that the leader of france and turkey are actually able to come together and discuss it diplomatic lead, a way of resolving some of the issues. it is another baby step. way of resolving some of the issues. it is another baby stepli way of resolving some of the issues. it is another baby step. i was a lwa ys it is another baby step. i was always taught that before you talk you need to talk about talking. this is saying that we need to have a conversation about this and when the conversation about this and when the conversation starts and if that brings a ceasefire, if that stopped
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the shelling, the air raids for even 24—hour with um that is progress towards peace. looking at the financial times has various stories on its front page and the pictures from the protest happening in greece. we spoke about this as well. all about a name. it is all about a name. macedonia won its independence in the early 90s and it is the former yugoslav republic of macedonia. however greece has always had an issue about a, macedonia calling itself macedonia, and alexander the great about whether he was macedonian or greek. it is everywhere, and part of the national identity. macedonia has said they will rename their, the alexander the great airport. they offered to
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rename the airport to try and ove i’co m e rename the airport to try and overcome this massive dispute. macedonia, while it is not actually have its name recognised by all nations around the world, it can join the eu nor any other authority. for macedonia itself it has held it back ever since he became independent. there have been negotiations around this and the current law that stands between relationships goes back to 1995. a lot has changed in the last 23 years but it seems to be that the main sticking point at the moment, the symbology, that is the problem. the reason it has come to a head in the last 2a hours is because the leaders of macedonia and grief are starting to talk about how to overcome this rubble. the feeling was in greece itself is extremely... we are seeing banners like this. exchange macedonia for catalonia, greece for spain. this is the sort of regional
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or economy questions we are seeing. lloyds ba n k or economy questions we are seeing. lloyds bank in a bitcoin crackdown, stopping its customers using credit cards to buy the cryptocurrency. concern about huge losses that it you were a similar move? lloyds said they do not want people going on to bitcoin and purchasing £100 on the credit card because if you lose you still have the dead and if you are unable to pay it off you are also paying the interest. we decided to not allow clients to send money to bitcoin because if it is anonymous if it is as anonymous as people say it is, it points to some people really wa nt it is, it points to some people really want to use it for anonymity thenit really want to use it for anonymity then it is difficult for compliance. bitcoin has had a bad 2017 —— 2018, even though went ballistic and 2018. this year is when it will come back
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down to earth. it got up to $20,000 coin in the last part of last year saw a lot of retail investors may have gotte n saw a lot of retail investors may have gotten in on december, pocketed an accrual personal loan or credit ca rd an accrual personal loan or credit card and now they have to pay interest. watch and evolve will be interesting because many will say that despite the crack downs, bitcoin and other cryptocurrency are here to stay. love them or hate them, it is how they become a part of the infrastructure. and how they will be regulated in the future and what that will mean. whether that will take the attraction away. we may have seen the big retail impacts on bitcoin. i don't know people who wa nt to on bitcoin. i don't know people who want to get involved who are not yet involved. the big losses we have seen involved. the big losses we have seen recently may temper the expectations of some people about
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how high it will go and whether it is easy money or not. it is not going to go anywhere, bitcoin, block chain, this technology is here to stay. whether we marketed as bitcoin or by some other name, that remains to be seen. the front page of the irish times, their take on brexit. the eu seeking to prevent low tax and low regulation in britain. talking about this article briefly before we move on to weather what we have ahead of us in terms of brexit. this is ireland, this is brexit, ireland is a low tax part of the eu. we have spoken countless times about how companies like apple and google. .. how companies like apple and google... there is an element of the eu may be being a little bit ingenuous by saying the uk cannot be low tax outside of the european union. however, any relationship between the uk and the eu on trade,
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both for good and for services will have to be struck in an environment where tax harmonisation will also need to be included. the border issue is yet to be resolved, and we need to say that comes around. you get the impression that this week you may have to face and theresa may may have to answer some of the questions that she has been avoiding for so long. that means she could be facing a difficult week within her own conservative party. at the same time, she is talking to michel barnier again. this is probably the biggest little weed for brexit since march 2017. there is a lot of infighting in the conservative party, still a lot of reports out there that britain still does not really know what it wants from wrecks it. what kind of arrangement it wants with the european union. no, super bowl. philadelphia got it! indeed, it sounds like an absolute
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nailbiter. however, honestly, idid not watch it. i was asleep or i was on my way here. it ended just as i woke up to a court some of that in the cab on the way in. i think eve ryo ne the cab on the way in. i think everyone likes to see the patriot lose. they are like manchester united losing. we all want to back an underdog. exactly. philadelphia came to the fore, it their first win since the super bowl came in to existence. a big win and well done to them. thank you for your time. it has been great to have you here this morning. thank you for your company is well. stay with us here on the bbc, we will return at the top of the hour to keep you up—to—date. well, the weather over
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the weekend was pretty mixed, wasn't it? at least we ended on a mostly sunny note, that is across the majority of the country on sunday. now it's turning colder. cold enough for some snow this week. some of us will get a covering over the next couple of days. you might even have some snow lying in your area already. that's most likely across south—eastern areas, east anglia and into lincolnshire. wintry showers blowing off the north sea over the last few hours. might be a covering just in time for the rush hour, particularly in kent and sussex, maybe essex and possibly even the greater london area as well. these areas we're talking about. that north—easterly wind bringing cold air and wintry showers. the further west you are the brighter it will be. it will be cold. temperatures in towns and cities around freezing or below. here are the wintry showers getting into kent and sussex, parts of east anglia. one or two flakes of snow likely into the north—east of england as well. the rest of the country, northern ireland, the rest
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of england, scotland, waking to frosty weather but mostly bright if not sunny weather. so, let's see what's happening during the course of monday. the best of the weather will be across western areas, most of the sunshine, beautiful for the lowlands of scotland, around the lake district, into wales, the south—west as well, but partly cloudy skies across central and eastern areas, and from time to time we'll continue to have those wintry showers. but there won't be too many of them. how about the rest of europe? it's pretty cold for many of the major centres across parts of western europe. look at madrid — three celsius. very chilly. some of the cold air has dug into africa, into morocco and also the ca nary islands. so chilly weather across many western parts of europe. back home, look at this, monday night into tuesday, a weather front rising to that cold air. there will be a period of snow across some of these western areas, settling across the hills for sure. ten centimetres is possible. even the towns and cities could have a covering during early tuesday. by the time that weather front reaches the south—east, the snow should have snowed itself out. tuesday night into wednesday, we are in between weather systems here. there will be a window
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of fine weather. sunshine around on wednesday. it looks as though things will cloud over once again by the time we get to thursday with outbreaks of rain and possibly turning milderjust for the day. overall this week it will stay cold with widespread frosts at night where the skies clear, and from time to time we'll have some snow. hello. a very good morning. this is breakfast, with dan walker and louise minchin. the start of a crucial week of brexit talks. as the eu's chief negotiator arrives in london, downing street moves to shore up divisions in the conservative party. good morning. it's monday the fifth of february. also this morning: a man suspected of carrying out the terror attacks that killed 130 people in paris three years ago, is going on trial in belgium. the duchess of cambridge isses a personal message calling
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on parents and teachers to help children feel happy with themselves.
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