is set to pass laws to allow assisted dying. people from the uk mainland could travel to the isles to receive help to commit suicide. and the huffington post has been covering the case of six—year—old, alfie dingley, who suffers with a rare form of epilepsy. he and his mother presented a petition to the uk government calling for him to be granted a special licence to use medical cannabis, which is illegal in the uk. the latest on this story is that alfie's parents are saying that they've now been granted permission to treat him with medicinal cannabis oil. so, let's begin. with me isjustin urquhart stewart, director of seven investment management. are you a facebook user?” are you a facebook user? i am on it, but i do not. my daughter is pushing

me towards it. but not really. are you concerned? it is interesting. those thinking about using it, they have some idea their data, information, is being used. people who think it through, they say it is being sold on and they have to make money somewhere. being sold on and they have to make money somewhere. but no one is seeing what is happening. i want to know what is happening to the share price. the fang shares. facebook, amazon, netflix, google. they have come back a lot in the past few days, and quite right. they went far too fast. this is a symptom of this business. it has regulated its own world. now that it is opening up, it has to be regulated. how? we will

see. they are super national business. many are wondering what mark zuckerberg will do next. the uk parliament wants answers from him. will he arrived to the select committee? it has happened with rupert murdoch. it is quite a show. ifi rupert murdoch. it is quite a show. if i was his pr adviser, i would say go. he has been very quiet. indeed. it goes to the heart of facebook. if he wants to make sure the credibility of the brand is successful, if he wants to win people over and say we are the good guys, we will tell you exactly what is happening, he should come over and appearand be is happening, he should come over and appear and be suitably grilled. the 2 billion monthly active users will probably carry on sharing pictures about what they are doing and comments and stories and whatever, but when it comes to how much they can make in the future in terms of advertising, that is

critical. if it is regulated by another body, if it has to change its business model, that will be crucial. people could go elsewhere. it isa crucial. people could go elsewhere. it is a fashion, a fad. people go there because their friends and family are there. but people will " defa ce" family are there. but people will "deface" if they need to. the arab news. mohammed bin salman, the crown prince, with donald trump. he is in the uk and just did a multi—city tourin the uk and just did a multi—city tour in the us. he is pushing the brand of saudi arabia, the plant to reform saudi arabia. —— plan. he is ona reform saudi arabia. —— plan. he is on a mission. everyone who spoke to him in the uk talked about how strong he was, is presence, this

sta nce strong he was, is presence, this stance about him. he and trump are pally. he says i will be the ruler, iand pally. he says i will be the ruler, i and the crown prince. 32. quite rightly, he is saying we have a country which is not developed sitting on a lot of oil which may not be valuable in the future, we have to develop now. that's why aramco is floated on exchanges with the uk wanting it bad. he wants to develop a nation and have a supercity and all that, and trump is paying attention. we have to bear in mind that this paper is saudi owned.

they are not fans of iran at all, remember. with a new secretary of state in the us who is against iran, this relationship for the two of them, i would this relationship for the two of them, iwould imagine, some might think this is not so good. this is how the middle east is dividing up. the saudis and the americans against iran and the russians. proxy areas of dispute popping up again. the great contradiction is who brought in... 0k, not against saudi arabia, but other countries. the ban on muslims without proper checks. and yet you have these two leaders together as bosom pals. very strange indeed. plastic in the ocean will triple in seven years, warn scientists. it is quite concerning when you read the article and the detail about the ocean. what i quite like about this article as well in the times, and on the bbc and

elsewhere, if they talk about the potential of the ocean and how much money we are investing on going to mars and space when if we invested that in into oceans, how we could turn this around. it is notjust. .. plastic, we understand. it is other things. cadmium, for example, other poisons. pesticides. all those elements which are very unpleasant indeed. bacteria developing. this is the primary presence on the planet, the primary presence on the planet, the sea. we have to really take care of this. the mining we are doing in the ocean as well and the impact. i am glad this is coming up. we cannot do about it as individuals but we can get governments to take action. it is tricky. they talk about the fa ct it is tricky. they talk about the fact many companies see the commercial opportunity of the ocean and are busy mining, putting up oil farms, whatever they are doing, and

there is no regulation on terms of who was doing what and where and how they are doing it. who has responsibility for it? no one country can do it. we can change habits, but it will not fix the ocean. two import and stories. we are running out of time. a british suicide clinic, the first. the exclusive daily mirror front—page story. guernsey will become the first place in the british isles where you could go to enjoy life early. at the moment, people in the uk, many go to dignitas in zurich. every eight days someone goes to dignitas in zurich. a fair number of people go to it. whether or not you are proved, it is happening. i would rather it is controlled. —— approve. it is important that if people are

in pain and have no desire to be here and under the right circumstances, they have to be able to control that. rather than letting people suffer in pain. it says guernsey is set to vote. britons may be allowed in favour of law change. it would be an enormous shift if this happened on the british isles. ifiam in this happened on the british isles. if i am in that position, i would make sure my living will says if that happens to me, i want it to happen, and better it is in the uk. let's talk about alfy. his mother says they have been given permission to use cannabis oil to help him with his condition of epilepsy. he has a very unusual and quite difficult

form of epilepsy, having fits, many, a month. this oil seems to stop that in its tracks. not completely, but... the high-vis there was a petition of 275,000 signatures going to the prime minister, she has to ta ke to the prime minister, she has to take notice. —— behind this there was a petition of 375,000. it helps with many things, cancer, many things. it is only cannabis oil. people have to push the agenda to see change. that is very encouraging. it can change if you force it through. thank you for your time today, justin. and thank you, as well, for your contradiction. thank you for watching. —— contribution. hello again. tuesday brought us some beautiful, sunny weather across northern ireland

and scotland. that's where the best of the sunshine was, and what a beautiful end to the day it was as well. this was the scene in 0ban, argyll and bute, looking out over the scottish islands as the sun set in the west. some changes, though, working in for wednesday. got some thicker cloud working into the north—west of the country. so, for scotland and northern ireland, a cloudier start to the day. some rain on the charts edging into western scotland as well. so for some, it will be a damper start as well. whereas further south, for england and wales, clearer skies overnight. well, that means, for early—risers, we've got something like this. a widespread frost developing, even in the towns and cities. head into the countryside and a really a cold start to the day. temperatures could be down as low as —6 in the coldest spots wales. a cold start then, yes, but beautiful sunny skies in england and wales for most of the morning. into the afternoon, cloud thickening from the north and west. sunshine will make the sun hazy elsewhere, but probably the thicker cloud won't reach the south—east until the evening time. further north a different story. cloudy with outbreaks of rain working into western scotland fairly quickly in the day.

any rain not lasting long in northern ireland. but could be slow to clear in western scotland. eastern scotland will be prone to seeing occasional bright spells through the afternoon. and here, temperatures will lift into double figures, probably one of the warmest spots in the uk. even further south, those temperatures going up. and, crucially, we will have lost the bitter wind. looking at the weather picture for thursday, a decent start to the day for many of us, with some bright and sunny spells. we've got a weather front coming in from the atlantic bringing heavy rain to western areas later in the afternoon. also some pretty strong winds edging into wales and south—west england, where we could get gales developing around the coast later in the day. looking towards the end of the week, an area of cloud and rain pushing across the uk. and then another area of low pressure set to swing in off the atlantic and moving towards the south—west of the uk. some uncertainty about exactly how far north the band of rain gets. we may see a stronger area of low pressure develop, and if that happens,

the rain might not get quite as far northwards. so, that is a possibility for friday. 9—11 for most of us. but the position of that rain is really important for the weather we'll have across scotland and northern ireland on saturday. at the moment, we're forecasting rain. but if the low pressure area is a bit more developed, it could be clear and a decent day on saturday with bright or sunny spells. as i say, quite a bit of uncertainty at the moment, but we will keep you posted. hello — this is breakfast, with dan walker and louise minchin. a pay rise for more than a million nhs staff. nurses, porters and paramedics are among those expected to benefit from wage increases of around 6% over 3 years. good morning.

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