the women say the jobs they do are comparable to those of men working in warehouses who are paid more. and finally on the engadget website if you own an alexa—powered device, you'd be forgiven for thinking it was haunted: users have been complaining that their devices would laugh randomly or simply refuse to do what they were asked. thankfully amazon has confirmed that it's aware of the problem and is "working to fix it." i have heard of people i'm plugging alexa alexa because she is just misbehaving. with me is dr stephanie hare who's an independent risk analyst let's start with the story dominating the uk throughout the week, this nerve agent now it has been found that it was used to try and kill the former spy and the

daughter. they are not saying which one it is, they do not want that in the public arena. it is still a sensitive story and there is a police officer also hurt which makes this assassination attempt all the more serious and once the investigation is concluded the uk government will have to respond in kind sir diplomatic relations between the uk and russia are at a sensitive point. also the fact that it was a nerve agent use, it pointed the finger that it was perhaps a state sponsored assassination because of these kind of weapons cannot be made up to people in their lounge room, home—grown terrorist. countries have agreed they would not use such nerve agents and so it is a really serious crime if it has happened. multiple agencies are

looking at this in the uk and a lot of fingers pointed in the direction of fingers pointed in the direction of russia. that is our focus on some of russia. that is our focus on some of the coverage for international women's day. the guardian has a large page looking at protests around the world. it lists all sorts of events going on around the world which is really exciting to see what women, and men that matter, doing. we also have live pictures of what is going on in seoul, where approaches is going on. you can see both men and women gathered, many with placards of #metoo #metoo and time is up. it has dominated. senior

executive positions and how many are held by women in two equal pay on the shopfront to represent a of women in the arts and literature and in prizes and also in parliaments around the world so it is looking through this lens and how is the gender equality featured or not. through this lens and how is the gender equality featured or notm feels like it has more momentum because of what has been coming to light especially in the area of sexual harassment. obviously initially in hollywood but many industries world over have been looking at this issue as women have been coming forward to talk about it. so many women can feel very alone when something like that happens and this time and this moment, with social media, they find out they are not alone, they are being listened to in a way they have not done before. these events taking

place today. this picture is live from seoul, we can see a large gathering of people, men, women, young people, all marking international women's day. another story in the daily telegraph, it has in its front page, battled to raise cash holding it feel entrepreneurs back. this is a letter sent to the uk government saying more needs to be done to support women who want to start a company. this is a really big story and i am delighted to see it on the front page. adventure capitalist do not fund women in the same level as men and that is a lot of time down to discrimination. maybe they feel more confident with people they relate to. and it is not regulated. one of the things that is really shocking, after women survey

of had been told they needed a man to help them. interestingly, that does not surprise me at all. a lot of women in the bbc, especially in business programming, quite a few have started companies and in some instances they have had to hire a salesman. selling goods globally, just because when they have gone into the meeting that had not even been considered. you ask the women in this survey that the telegraph conducted and they were saying they we re conducted and they were saying they were being discriminated against and not taken seriously. if you asked the male investors, the interesting question is why? is it by its or something else? venture capital funding is hard for women and yet so many women start a company because it suits their worklife balance that much better. women and begin a

company because they find that when they have children, trying to progress within an organisation is not really working in terms of trying to be at home with young children and everything else. let's move on, this story is also releva nt. move on, this story is also relevant. in the guardian, equal pay claim at shops. companies like tesco as well. women on the not paid the same. men behind the sinfield they are doing a job of equal measure. same. men behind the sinfield they are doing a job of equal measurem highlights that people say we do not need feminism because the law is there but it is the way the law is interpreted and this case is really interesting because it shows the work men and women are doing is quite apparent or but they are enumerated differently. with birmingham city council after years ago, they actually ended up paying

the women back pay recognising they had discriminated against. an interesting case precedent. this is discussed in depth at the bbc as well that interesting to see what is going on in front where they are enshrined in it. they are giving companies three years to sort out the gap between men and women pays. or else face fines. again, this is in law but the discrimination is still happening and we know the risk pay still happening and we know the risk pgy 93p- still happening and we know the risk pay gap. and i am not talking about women choosing jobs that pay less, i am talking about women being paid less for the same work as men and that phenomenon still exist and that is what we are looking to eradicate and sometimes you have to introduce the concepts of vine in order to incentivise the right behaviour. ebay, i think, incentivise the right behaviour. ebay, ithink, companies incentivise the right behaviour. ebay, i think, companies in the uk

will have to bash with 250 employees oi" will have to bash with 250 employees or— will have to reveal gender disparity and ahead of that, the data people are saying will not be as transparent. law firms and accountancy firms were you have partners, who are often males, are not included in the data. these figures could be very skewed. they are. the whole thing just feels like... we have to do the analysis rigourously but already it's so many companies are revealing that it is 43%, 50% that men are being paid more and it is always about what women need to do to fix it but it is on the hr department, the legal departments, the companies. it is about male leaders asking why we doing this? you just mentioned

alexa, and was on a ait device and a p pa re ntly alexa, and was on a ait device and apparently it is laughing in a kind of creepy way in the background and people are having to put her away or turn her off and unplug her. they seem to think it is a bug. these a lwa ys seem to think it is a bug. these always makes you wonder if they have been hacked as a sum so practical job but it sounds a want us to have that happening in your house. that love is prolific on twitter a p pa re ntly love is prolific on twitter apparently so you can find it there. thank you for your company and your comments and we will see a very soon. hello. temperatures are on the up this weekend as it turns milder but we are not there yet and snow is still part of our forecast for the first part of thursday. here's a look at the recent satellite picture.

this area of cloud pushing in from the south—west, bringing in some rain, sleet and some snow to parts of england and wales as thursday begins. a fairly messy looking picture, by no means everyone seeing snow. you're more inclined in the higher ground of wales, midlands, into parts of northern england but, in heavier bursts, even to lower levels, you could see a bit of snow. maybe a few centimetres, a brief, light covering out of this. here is how things look during the first few hours of the morning. behind the area of rain, sleet and snow, further wintry showers coming into parts of wales. but in parts of northern england and the midlands, as thursday begins, we could see some snow falling to relatively low levels. it is a good idea to just check the situation before heading out, to make sure you do not going to encounter too many problems. bbc local radio station, of course, a good source of information. this latest weather system begins to pull its moisture away, eastwards, from england and wales as we go into the afternoon. for scotland and northern ireland, a mainly dry but frosty icy start to the day. some good sunny spells to come as it stays mainly dry.

but in towards the western isles, far north—west of mainland scotland, northern isles there will be some showers around. following our weather system for england and wales, one or two showers, wintry on hills but some good sunny spells to come here. most places though a chillier day, especially in the breeze, across southern parts, with temperatures in single figures. largely fine thursday night as we see a frost settling. the chance for a few icy patches. still some wintry showers, still some snow across parts of scotland, particularly into the hills. a lot of fine weather to come during friday but cloud increasing to southern england and south wales as we start to get some outbreaks of rain moving in through the afternoon and into the evening. so it turns wetter from the south. as we look at that big picture going into the weekend, there's this weather system here, still as it edges its way northwards, on it leading edge, there could be some snow, especially to higher ground. but this is a warm front, this the leading edge of milder air, warmerairand you can see that on the colours here, for saturday. that gradually edges itsway further northwards as we go through the weekend. so we know the weekend, temperatures are heading up.

not the whole story. it's going to be milder, yes, but there will be some rain at times and most of us will see some rain at some stage of the weekend, thankfully not all the time but here is an idea of what we might expect over the weekend, at least for the capital cities. and that gives you an idea of what many of us can expect. some rain at times, not all the time but temperatures are creeping up. that is your weekend forecast. hello. this is breakfast, with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. counter—terrorism officers search for the source of the nerve agent used to in an attack in salisbury. a former russian spy, his daughter and a police officer who came to their aid are all in a serious condition in hospital. good morning.

it's thursday, the 8th of march. also this morning: domestic abusers could be electronically tagged or banned from drinking alcohol under tougher new measures being proposed to tackle the problem. a warning that many councils in england will run out of money as they struggle to meet demand on social services. good morning.