by policymakers may push the county into a full—blown slump. and finally in the ft, uk pub chainjd wetherspoon has close all of its social media accounts following concerns regarding the misuse of personal data and the impact from what it calls "anonymous trolls". chairman tim martin said "it's becoming increasingly obvious that people spend too much time on twitter, instagram and facebook, and struggle to control the compulsion. i have no idea what he is talking about. so let's begin. with me isjonathan charles who's managing director of communications, european bank for reconstruction and development. you are on twitter a lot.” you are on twitter a lot. i shall try to control my compulsion. let's talk about the independent. it is to look at what is going on with russia and syria, so many angles, but this one is about russia possibly

targeting many organisations worldwide when it comes to cyber security, cyber attacking. what do you make of this? all of the papers. but this drumbeat of anti— russian stories is continuing. we are seeing it as the worst for some years, since the occupation of crimea. the worst since the cold war? it does remind me of when i used to work in the newspapers as a kid. the worst times of the 60s and 70s. you are certainly seeing these stories. the independent has russian hackers targeting devices around the world. it isa targeting devices around the world. it is a joint warning which comes from the national cyber security centre in the uk and the american authorities. they are saying that russian hackers are targeting millions of devices around the world to spy and steal information, build networks were potentially devastating future cyber attack. nothing we don't know. the independent makes the point that

it's hard to know who is doing this in russia and whether blurred lines are between the russian state, between hackers, between private corporations, security services. no one knows how to delineate this. interestingly, they say they are doing all of the router is that we have in our homes, that we have for oui’ have in our homes, that we have for our social media abilities. that we have for the internet of things where people are moving to smart devices. all of these are being harnessed. almost, the material is being harvested or use later. so it is not just mark being harvested or use later. so it is notjust mark zuckerberg, then, in the firing line for this kind of thing. it says to all of us, those of us as individuals, companies, governments, we have got to be on this. we are not cyber aware enough. our security settings, and privacy settings, our passwords. on a mac you ask most people how often they change their passwords. —— you ask most people. on their personal

things, probably not. it is a parallel story in the financial times. frontpage, us and uk loc zte, the latest bureau that china concerns. “— the latest bureau that china concerns. —— block. this major company should be able to bid in britain. we set this is a broad problem. it could be in the frontline of potential future conflict. it could have been the cause of many mysterious outcomes at various elections other things. arab news is looking at the douma gas attack probe team. this is a saudi backed newspaper. the opcw said

their teams are not able to get in. they are going in tomorrow. interestingly, why can't they get in? that is a good question, actually, so far in the last few days. when even earlier on your programme, we saw the cbs correspondent getting into douma so ifa correspondent getting into douma so if a journalist can go, way has this tea m if a journalist can go, way has this team not been able to go in. what are they going to find? they are expected to go in tomorrow, ten days after the alleged event, what will they find that is actually credible evidence of what happened ten days before? the allegation of course is that the syrian authorities might have spent the last ten days cleaning up the site or the russians. use from the cbs news report that there is evidence, he found a shell on top of a building which may well have contained some

kind of chemical. the odds are, these are experienced inspectors. they've seen inspected at work in other countries, iraq and other places. they are very forensic. they are very used to this. and they are also used to cover ups. if there is something better be found, they are likely to find it. the guardian. i have to say, many other newspapers in the uk have got quite a strong headlines about the so—called windrush generation. this follows the home secretary amber rudd making an apology but everybody is saying it is too little too late. think there are many different aspects to this story. one is how long it has taken the british government to accept that something that has gone badly wrong. we are talking about the children who came over as part of the first wave of immigration primarily from the caribbean from the late 1940s onwards. people often on their parents‘ passports. they didn't think they needed documentation because they had a

right to stay here since the 1970s immigration reform. and increasingly they couldn't access finance jobs and get help from the home office. they were threatened with deportation and some of them may even have been deported. now staggering apology from amber rudd. i have never seen staggering apology from amber rudd. i have never seen a staggering apology from amber rudd. i have never seen a british government minister apologises for the failings of the department in the failings of the department in the same way. describing a appalling actions, individuals too concerned of policy. there is a great timeline in the guardian in which they say 7am, one government minister says we need to do better and for 57 and other government in it is interviews who suggest some people were deported and spent 3:54 pm, and write the home secretary saying i'm sorry. clearly this was moving very fast. —— amber rudd, the home secretary. this has gained cross— party secretary. this has gained cross—party support. secretary. this has gained cross-party support. it is all about timing with these apologies or announcements. this commonwealth event is going on right now in london in westminster. we have

leaders of the commonwealth in london hearing about initiatives and new ideas. they were getting angry about this and wanted to meet the government and originally the government and originally the government said no. now they will see the people. another thing, britain needs good friends abroad right now. you lived in frankfurt. germany on alert. i thought about this. it does seem to be a i—off by one study suggesting that germany may be at recession risk and there are may be at recession risk and there a re lots of may be at recession risk and there are lots of challenges to the economy and growth appears to be slowing. they are correct in one respect. growth is slowing across europe. there is concerns about rising interest rates. and there are worries about trade war. a recession

is overblown but we need to keep an eye. the boss of is overblown but we need to keep an eye. the boss 0ij wetherspoon withdrew from social media. they gave lots of reasons. here's a man who often goes against conventional wisdom. he was a strong brexiteer, unusualfor wisdom. he was a strong brexiteer, unusual for businesses. it he wants to concentrate on selling beer and not selling themselves on social media. most companies use social media. most companies use social media as an important marketing tool. going against the conventional wisdom. i wonder whether it will work or whether he will shoot himself in the foot. jd wetherspoon is bucking the trend in terms of how it is doing compared to other competitors who are having to close down. here's a smart operator and a smart business. you could argue it

is the icing on the cake, the sort of social media pop—ups. in the end, if you have a strong strategy on the high street as a pub you don't have to sell yourself. it is about talking to each other. maybe he doesn't want people sitting there just staring into their phones. good to see you. thank you for your company on today's edition of the briefing. stay with us on the bbc. plenty more to come on the top of the hour. hello. the long—awaited spring warm—up has almost arrived. from wednesday, with high pressure close by, most places will be dry for a few days with some good sunny spells around and it'll be much warmer, temperatures widely into the high teens, low 20s, and in some spots, a bit warmer than that as we look

at a selection of temperatures from probably the warmest day on thursday. so not everyone will get to 25, 26 degrees but i think most places will be having the warmest weather of the spring so far. but we're not quite there yet. we have one more weather system affecting us. and as tuesday begins, that will be giving some quite wet and windy weather to some northern and western parts of the uk. it's blustery across the board though during tuesday and any temperatures, nowhere particularly cold as the day begins. let's take a closer look at this weather system — it's pushed in by an area of low pressure to the west of us and this weather front becomes slow—moving and will clear on through much of northern ireland and scotland during the day as it brightens up but we keep cloud and outbreaks of rain for parts of northern, western england and wales and this is how it looks at 7, 8 o'clock in morning. a lot of cloud for south—west, england, seeing a bit of patchy rain during the day, more especially some outbreaks of rain in wales, north—west england. look how much of it is clear through northern ireland, even at this stage, to last, some early sunshine for many of us.

in scotland, there are some heavier bursts to content with, especially in the hills of south—west scotland and the strongest winds will be northern ireland and western scotland, gusting up to 50mph at times. but it's blustery wherever you are. scotland, northern ireland brightening up. catch an afternoon shower, it could be heavy and possibly thundery. that area of cloud covering much of northern england, the midlands, wales and the south—west, delivering a bit of patchy rain in places. best of the sunshine, eastern counties of east anglia and south—east england, albeit quite hazy at times, and the highest temperatures here at near 20 celsius. as wednesday begins, don't be surprised by a bit of early rain for parts of northern ireland, northern england and scotland but as pressure continues to build in, we push that away and more of us see the sunshine. a good deal of afternoon sunshine on wednesday, and it is warmer as a result and some spots are breaking the 20 celsius mark by several degrees in places. high pressure to the east of us is drawing in warm winds from the continent with a good deal of sunshine, though we are going to see a bit of patchy cloud coming back to parts of northern ireland, northern england, wales

and the south—west during thursday, so don't expect clear blue sky. the best of the sunshine will be in central and eastern parts of england but we have certainly got the warmth on thursday and the vast majority are going to be dry. and again, temperatures may be peaking in some spots into the mid—20s but most of us will be enjoying the warmest weather of the spring so far. hello. this is breakfast, with louise minchin and dan walker. the prime minister is to face questions from caribbean leaders over the uk's treatment of thousands of commonwealth migrants. the meeting comes after the home secretary was forced to apologise to members of the so called windrush generation, describing the government's behaviour as appalling. good morning — it's tuesday 17th april.

also this morning: inside the site of the suspected chemical weapons attack in syria. we hear first hand accounts from the town of douma as russia says that international weapons inspectors will be allowed to travel there tomorrow. almost 25 years since the death of stephen lawrence,