the guardian, like many other papers, has facebook‘s mark zuckerberg on the front page as he prepared to testify before the joint senate committee in washington. a british and us—led class action against facebook and cambridge analytica was announced just hours before he testified. looking at the times, an in—depth study by the uk's leading business body found a vast majority of british businesses prefer close alignment with eu regulations post—brexit. on the bbc news website some of the most popular online music videos — like hit song despacito — were left unrecognisable, after hackers replaced cover images and titles with messages like "free palestine". and finally in the telegraph, the royal wedding guest list — who's on it and importantly who's not on it? we now know the likes of prime minister theresa may and president donald trump won't be, as there'll be no official invite list for political leaders.

i was not on the list either. with me is jane foley, senior fx strategist at rabo bank. i will be outside in the run—up. the daily mail are looking at the dilemma facing theresa may with regards to the uk's involvement. she wa nts to regards to the uk's involvement. she wants to be a strong ally to the united states, especially given the us response following the salisbury chemical attack, and yet, does she need to go to parliament? this is interesting. like you say, this story has taken the uk's perspective. since 2003 and 2004, parliament has voted on most military actions that have been taken. and this is what the paper is saying. does she need to wait for parliament or not? a lot of people say no. it is interesting that the

daily mail is taking this point of view, because if we look through the rest of the international press, there is a lot of emphasis, really, on the vote in the security council. this paper refers to that as a fast and also donald trump's reaction, as well. because you need to remember that in the un security council yesterday russia warned of grave repercussions if the us was to take military action against them. repercussions if the us was to take military action against themm depends on the action. we get the impression it could be imminent. i knew in our newsroom, they have been watching with very close interest as to what has been going on. but donald trump had a conversation with theresa may and emmanuel macron. you get the impression that france's very much on board. there is the issue of the politics that is going on. who is seen as the stronger player in europe at the moment. that is it. if we look for instance that military budgets, particularly poor

countries closer to russia, there is a theme emerging, and donald trump is of course trying to get many native countries —— nato countries to spend more. there are lots of different aspects and undercurrents related to this story, but this one specifically is whether or not the uk needs to have a vote in parliament or not if the uk is to get involved. as ever, it is unclear, and she needs to make tough decisions. so we will keep our eye on that. looking at facebook, now. it is everywhere. we have spoken about this a lot. they treated one picture of mark zuckerberg's perspective of the press are dim, the photographers, before it started. how intimidating! —— the press around him. anybody would lose their nerve in that moment, but he didn't seem too. he rehearsed four times before he did it. that was it definitely intimidating position. ——

that was a. it is a difficultjob to do. but this paper puts it out a little bit differently. this is about yesterday's performance, but about yesterday's performance, but about a class action which is filed jointly by british and us lawyers against facebook, but also against other firms like cambridge analytica. this lawsuit is saying that these companies use the private data for political campaigns, both in donald trump's presidential election and the brexit campaign. as ever, this is, a civil lawsuit, it is just steaming on. ever, this is, a civil lawsuit, it isjust steaming on. the ever, this is, a civil lawsuit, it is just steaming on. the same time, we have robert mueller‘s investigation. and he was grilled a that. he had to admit in his

statement that post the election, shortly after the election, perhaps there was some interference and that he was very naive. maybe. this is that a new business. people are potentially trained to use the data in ways that we just would not have thought about ten years ago. interesting. i want to point out some of your views on mark zuckerberg's performance. many of you have been in touch. ariik feature from connecticut says he was out of death on the politics. he came across as involved but also allude. —— eric fletcher. patti says she still believes he is guilty. interesting reaction from everybody out there. i will retreat some. that's move on to the times. we have covered this story at the bbc. simon

jack has interviewed carolyn fairbairn. i was not surprised at all to hear what they found at the cbi. no, but! all to hear what they found at the cbi. no, but i think is interesting, because if you go back years in the uk, and we are talking about our relationship with the eu. we have had many complaints of people tired of the fact that we need to have bananas of a certain size, that we cannot use pounds, per metric measurements. 18 out of 23 want the eu regulations. the reason this is not surprising is that if you are a big company and you wanted to export into eu markets, it is a lot easier if you have the same regulations. and level playing field, where we are all batting on the same team. when you are exporting moving goods around all of europe, it makes us so much simpler. it does. this could be safety says. car seats for kids. what brexit supporters are saying is

that this is not fair, because it might be an advantage for large countries, but what if you are a small company. interesting. that is the cbi batting for its members, as it has been doing fervently ever since the vote to leave the european union. this story, bbc news pottery website. this is interesting. this happened yesterday were a lot of youtube music videos, political messages, i mean, they were hacked. little messages were popping up at the beginning. i must admit, my children watch these kind of videos. when i saw this, i was quite worried. i think we should all be. i think there are things here that we can probably relate back to the facebook stories, as well. because this is because hacking, particularly, and it is, eventually, about influencing us eventually. fake news comes to mind. the — youtube says these were not up

along. they got a handle on it. but again... itjust goes to show. and as one, you know, online expert said it is the wild west out there. to make gas. and it is quite interesting. -- yes. some of these people are not so involved and do not have these a! devices in the house. but that is they take. at the royal tape. may 19. the list has been drawn up, or at least we are hearing about some who are invited. we are. there is no official list of political leaders. theresa may has not been invited. donald trump has not been invited. donald trump has not been invited. but no barack 0bama or theresa may either. and this is because, of course, he is not in the direct line of succession. his older brother and his older cousins are. those direct

level with the couple will be invited. then another 2500 will be invited. then another 2500 will be invited to stand outside. and these are people from the school ‘s comic the community. many would think this is very refreshing. and they are very refreshing couple in their thoughts about what this wedding is about, who it is for, and how they are going about it all. judy make i think so. and i think that probably is about the kind of people that they are. —— i think so. and also they are. —— i think so. and also they have a lot of choice in the wedding. i'd think the people who will be outside will be related to 01’ will be outside will be related to or doing things in the local community with local health et cetera. so good for them. really nice. very good to see you, jane. and good to have all your company this morning. we will see you soon. goodbye. hello, good morning.

there is warmer weather on the way for all of us in the outlook eventually. but it was along the south coast and in sussex, with some sunshine like this, that we had 18 degrees, compared with around six or seven along some north sea coasts. that was thanks to that wind off the north sea. and similar contrasts, really, through the rest of this week. in general a lot of cloud around, and some further bursts of rain, too. now, the pressure pattern looks like this. low pressure to the south of the uk, some very wet weather again across iberia into southern france. higher pressure extending across the north from scandinavia, and that easterly wind. we have seen some heavy rain, though, across parts of the south overnight, and that will tend to head its way away from the south—west, keeping, though, a cloudier zone through wales, the midlands, east anglia, parts of southern england, and maybe a few showers towards the south coast, where we may get some warm sunshine again. sunshine across north—western parts of england, maybe northern ireland, the north and west of scotland, where we're sheltered from that easterly wind which keeps it cold and grey around some north sea coasts, and still pretty misty overnight. some further bursts of rain as we head towards the end of the night, into thursday morning,

but nowhere particularly cold. and, if anything, that rain is tending to move its way a bit further north on thursday, so it should be drying off across much of wales and the midlands. rain pushing northwards, patchy rain, across northern england into northern ireland, but turning wetter across south—east scotland and north—east england, and with that that wind from the north sea, it really will feel pretty cold. get some sunshine, it's a bit warmer, especially in the south—east, although there could be one or two showers around. not a great deal of change as we head into thursday, from thursday into friday. again, lower pressure to the south, higher pressure to the north. an easterly wind, which is going to be stronger to the north of the humber, and this is where we've got most of the rain. so friday, again, it's the northern half of the uk that sees the wetter weather. this time, the rain could be wetter on friday. watch out for some sharp showers in the south and south—west, but again some warmth in that sunshine when it comes through, but not everywhere getting it just yet. we start to see some changes as we head into the weekend. a big area of low pressure approaching from the atlantic,

but it draws up more of a southerly wind as we head through the weekend. still got some rain, though, in north—eastern scotland. cold and wet here, but otherwise, more of a southerly. we're losing the onshore wind for most of us, and that means some sunshine coming through, lifting the temperatures. one or two showers, but not as cold across south—east scotland and north—east england. and the higher temperatures move across the whole of the country as we head into the beginning of next week, as we get that southerly wind. most places will be dry, and there'll be some sunshine too. hello, this is breakfast, with charlie stayt and louise minchin. don't bomb syria — russia warns the united states not to launch military strikes. but military action over the alleged chemical weapons attack seems one step closer after deliberations at the un ended in a russian veto. good morning, it is wednesday 11 april.

also this morning: has facebook‘s dream of connecting people become a privacy nightmare? mark zuckerberg faces a second day of questions over the misuse of users' data. we