trump. the times reports that eu leaders are preparing to expel russian diplomats in solidarity with britain's stance on the poisoning in salisbury. the guardian continues with its coverage of the cambridge analytica scandal, claiming that facebook shared information on 57 billion friendships from the social networking site. the japan times reveals that total cryptocu rrency losses in the nation due to hacking amounted to 662.4 million yen in 2017. and it's good news for the younger generation, as the times reveals that scientists have found that growing older is no guarantee of growing wiser. and finally, it's time to check your letter box, according to the telegraph. it features a large picture of one of the invitations to prince harry's and meghan markle‘s wedding, which should be dropping on doormats today. so, let's begin.

with me is doctor stephanie hare, she's an expert in technology research now. there is an impending trade war. donald trump, in the ft, targeting robots and drugs with tariffs. the chinese are ready to retaliate.“ he does not trigger a trade war, what other options he have? the us could take china to task through the world trade organization. the problem with them is it can take ages for things to work through them. it might signal a lack of competence from the us in that institution. —— confidence. would it

sold the intellectual property theft issue? there is the risk of a global trade war. and many people in congress and the party of donald trump oppose this, and people in business opposed this. there is the issue of international property theft. and the financial times gets to that on the front page. there is a recognition that if this all kicks off, many poorer people in the us, frankly, will be hit hardest. that isa frankly, will be hit hardest. that is a difficult domestic message to send. it is easy to hurt yourself with this message. there could be merit to what donald trump is doing but it could cause far more damage than the actual problem, even if it is weakened. we have seen this route

he took with steel and aluminium, but exempted close neighbours and the eu. -- but exempted close neighbours and the eu. —— wicked. they have almost been mollified of his bellicose steps towards beijing. we did not expect that. he came out strong, like art of the deal, then made exemptions and mollified. his real target is china. there are ten strategic sectors he picks. does not wa nt strategic sectors he picks. does not want china to invest in those sectors in the us. they are all about technology, the 21st century economy, the race for who will be the global superpower. the hard—nosed the global superpower. the ha rd—nosed businessman the global superpower. the hard—nosed businessman president, donald trump. the times. a very important eu council ticking place in brussels at the moment. theresa may is staying. more discussions to be had. given brexit, she will be

heading back home pronto. when she does, the message from the times is she can do so with quite a high degree of satisfaction in terms of moral support, but actually, possibly, diplomatic support for the position of written with regard to russia. —— britain. position of written with regard to russia. -- britain. it looks like latvia and estonia have also committed to that measure of expelling russian diplomats and others have made noises towards it we can expect messages from them. there is a posts brexit footnote here perhaps. international relations, foreign policy, it may not change as much as we think after brexit. it will mostly be economic differences rather than, when it comes to national security and statecraft, those alliances remain strong. there are suggestions from

emmanuel macron that more could be done or said to help britain. and the fact that germany has hinted... imean, the fact that germany has hinted... i mean, german— russian relations are of another order. that seems like quite a bold step from germany. and the question, of course, is how will russia respond to this? it will not go unanswered. there is a question to highlight of relations, especially between germany and russia. they will be cautious with that. avoid the sanctions! that has been the shout so far. the guardian. gosh, we have had this all week. it has been a story big enough to shock everybody into really paying attention as to what seems to be going on here. just give us an idea as to what the guardian's message is. the headline, facebook shares data on 60 billion friendships. that is you and me and everyone else, it feels like. we want to drill down

behind this story. this is different than the first revelations on the weekend, 50 million‘s. this is something else. this is a separate arrangement. it makes it more interesting. they say it is an on a non— starter. we know that that can be reversed. —— anonymous data. two facebook employees were named as co—authors with dr kogan, which shows there is a stronger relationship than previously indicated. mark zuckerberg said that dr kogan‘s research was a scam, a fraud. but none of them said they

had published papers together. talking about scams and trusted partnerships, the next story is from the japan times, focusing on crypto heists. many people will struggle to get their heads around... as we know, this is a difficult subject. japan isa know, this is a difficult subject. japan is a home of crypto. it is a hugely damaging business. this becomes a cyber security issue. one of the things said was they only required ids and passwords rather than multifactor identification. this is really unregulated. that is the whole point. enter at your peril into this world. it is not normal investing as we think of it or recommend. that is the thing. how do we... if we decide to enter this

field as a society, how do we make it safe? that is where the world of cyber security could potentially help. and bitcoin has dropped again below 9000. it will shoot up... it was 15,002 months ago. that is the massive draw and a massive fear as well. —— 15,000 two months ago.“ is volatile. traditional investors shy away from it because it is risky. i do not know if it lightens the mood or deepens it, the times. a story... we have always been told we should look out for elders, they know better. not true! farfrom should look out for elders, they know better. not true! far from some older people get wiser and some do not. this is a wonderful story about natural psychologists. who are the people who are best at really predicting the behaviour of other

people? i love this. it is the most eeiefj- people? i love this. it is the most a225? natural adapt naturalfpsychologistswere “m itllf islssxeglon at it sounds| saga | on at it sounds like reg | on at it sounds like someone t. to work. it sounds like someone cool to be as you get older. removing gloomy and putting in grumpy, iwould not mind. the whole world is looking to see who will be invited to the wedding of the year. the one thing that struck me, look at the picture of the invitation if we have got it, we are trying to get it, very traditional. everything else is modern. have you got one better i mean, iam modern. have you got one better i mean, i am here, modern. have you got one better i mean, iam here, so i am modern. have you got one better i mean, i am here, so i am expecting it to be at home when i returned home. we have to stop there. thank you very much. good to see you stop

at hello there. thursday was another pretty mild day. we saw a top temperature of 15.1 celsius in the north—east of scotland, making this the warmest day of the year so far for scotland. now, during the overnight period, you'll be seeing a series of weather fronts moving in from the west, bringing outbreaks of rain. quite a lot of cloud around, also strengthening wind, too. but by the end of the night into the early hours of friday, i think most of the rain will become confined to scotland, northern ireland, northern england. the weather front further south will have barely any rain on it, as it reaches eastern england. just the odd spit and spot, it'lljust be mainly cloud. but where we have the cloud cover, it's going to be another fairly mild start to friday. so friday starts off on a grey note for many. outbreaks of heavy and persistent rain in the northern half of the country for friday. however, it's an improving picture into the afternoon. looks like the clouds will move away, sunshine will appear, and we should see one or two showers across the north and west of scotland, though staying wet across the far

north—west of scotland. rain getting in towards cornwall and devon. temperatures single figures in the north. cooler generally, 10—12 for england and wales. friday night, this feature in the south of the country will bring further rain from the west country into central and southern england. so here, where we have more cloud cover, not so cold to start saturday. but further north, under clear skies, a touch of frost — temperatures hovering around freezing. so, for this weekend, it's actually not looking that bad. there will be some good spells of sunshine around. a few showers, most in the north of the country. it will be fairly mild, with temperatures pretty typical for this time of year. saturday may start off quite cloudy, damp across southern britain. outbreaks of rain maybe, confined to the south—east of england into the afternoon. the best of the brightness further north and west. we'll have a few showers for scotland and northern ireland. these will be wintry over the higher ground. temperatures again ranging between nine to 10 or 11 further south.

now, during saturday night, that rain should eventually clear away from the south of the country. we'll see largely clear skies. those showers will continue across scotland, again these will be wintry. a colder night to come under clear skies, with light winds. temperatures dipping close to freezing in rural areas. hovering around 1—4 degrees near towns and cities. so a chilly start for sunday, but probably the better day of the weekend. there'll be more showers around, again in the south and south—east, a few showers in the north, and they will be wintry in nature over the scottish hills. it could be a touch more mild. 10—13 degrees in the south. but as we head through the new working week, temperatures begin to fall away as we get closer to easter, so we'll start to import a cold wind, and the risk of snow and overnight frost. hello, this is breakfast, with charlie stayt and naga munchetty. obesity threatens to overtake smoking as the number one preventable cause of cancer. a major study suggests that nearly 40% of all cancer cases could be avoided if people adopted healthier lifestyles. good morning, it's friday

the 23rd of march. also this morning: the eu withdraws its ambassador to russia in support of theresa may as the police officer exposed to nerve agent in salisbury says his life will never be the same again. on the brink of a trade war. china hits back at president trump with plans for big tariffs on us imports. after a week of revelations about facebook, i'm looking