with me is kulveer ranger, vice president strategy and communication at atos uk. a bbc exclusive. , ahmet orken to mark tiny, the markets were 80% sure that we were going to get a rate rise, is there doubt on this? mark carney has always tried to play that calm role as the governor, but some mixed messages coming through from him in terms of they have been signalling that they have a strategy for a gradual rate increase over a period of several years and as a signal to the market many times everytime they sprint to a crescendo ofan everytime they sprint to a crescendo of an announcement, suddenly it is not just yet. of an announcement, suddenly it is notjust yet. interesting because actually the signals, the economic signals are challenging for the governor as well. there is great growth in employment, record low unemployment, 45 year low. and the amount people are earning is finally

about to catch up with the amount the prices are rising by, after many yea rs. the prices are rising by, after many years. inflation has dipped slightly. but earnings are not growing as much as people thought they would. there is a challenge in terms of what is real growth and all of that does lay into them when you tinker with interest rates or even signpost rates, they said it is all about savers but actually it is all about savers but actually it is all about the borrowing. when we look at where the ruling is, the housing market across the uk that is it. and the uncertainty from this message doesn't help. i think mark carney needs to think of it more about what he wants to say about interest rates, rather than giving this, i am looking both ways. i think the pound lost track after his words. that shows just how exactly important this all is. let's talk about the commonwealth because commonwealth

leaders are meeting in london and the queensborough much pushing the fa ct the queensborough much pushing the fact that she would like to prince charles to take over. it doesn't mean that just charles to take over. it doesn't mean thatjust because it will become king that it will become leader. is interesting how she is trying to push her legacy in this sense as well, at the moment. she has been trying to pave the way. the heads of state who have been here, they seemed to have agreed with her. they feel he has owned the right. prince charles has put a hell of a lot of work in to his role and i saw him a lot of work in to his role and i saw himaa lot of work in to his role and i saw him a a few weeks ago at a princes trust awards where he has done decades of work, raising money to children and inspiring young people and he has shown commitment to the cause of head of state and leader. that has been acknowledged but what they are saying is that the new

royals coming through it would be a fait accompli. they want to see other things done. even with this meeting there are challenges around lg bt writes that they are looking to discuss, plastic returns, how they can deal with that. a number of issues that they were to see progress on and i think the role of the leader of this group will be fundamental in making those changes going forward. do you think the commonwealth has a future in its current form? absolutely. not only have we seen the success of the commonwealth games but as a way of bringing countries together, looking at dealing with issues that matter ina way at dealing with issues that matter in a way that is less confrontational. i think, absolutely. living on. and interesting story. the us has basically moved to overhaul its policy in terms of arms export. it is rolling out, expanding sales to allies. also cutting the time it

ta kes to a pprove allies. also cutting the time it takes to approve deals and boost arms sales, boosting sales for big companies. all of these big—name arms companies are going to benefit from this. he has been pushing this personally. if anything, from this. he has been pushing this personally. ifanything, he from this. he has been pushing this personally. if anything, he keeps stating he is a dealmaker and wants to cut red tape. this is one of the things he has had in his sights as a change around how to make these deals. building, pcs, supporting his allies internationally. some of the fine print is interesting because this is opening the way to more drones and deals around missile carrying drones, some are calling these terror drones. there is a lot of new technology that is to be coming through in some of these deals and what impact that has. yes, he isa deals and what impact that has. yes, he is a dealmaker, but what deals and what is the actual targets that he is trying to get and what is the

actual technology that he is actually trying to sell around the world 7 actually trying to sell around the world? talking about creating and manufacturing jobs in america, but a controversial way. there is a huge lobby in the states, the arms lobby and this is worth billions to the us, this industry. you can imagine it will have a knock—on effect to the us economy because of the amount of people it employs and the investment it may. this is also a technology play, increasing the us's capability in understanding new technology and leading the way in that. we had a summit about the future of robots that can be armed in the future of ai at... in terms of technology and war. it is quite scary, the idea that technologies could be so advanced that in the future you can programme something to attack humans and kill them. ai is not in its own right something that we should be fearful of, it is something that will enhance lives

and bring new services and new a nswe rs and bring new services and new a nswers to and bring new services and new answers to the challenges we have. the application in the war is a challenge, yet. —— yes. the application in the war is a challenge, yet. -- yes. this is an interesting story about senator tammy duckworth, she was recently the first sitting senator to give birth in office and when her baby daughter was ten days old she decided to bring her with her, understandably, to carry on herjob. to be able to vote in a senate vote. what is your take? this is about time. even if a father wanted to bring their baby and why shouldn't they? why not? if i needed to, this shouldn't be a huge outcry over it. but the uk parliament did this in 2010, i long remembera barat

but the uk parliament did this in 2010, i long remember a bar at ellen is that was turned into a crash because you see politics changing. turned into a full—fledged nursery. it shows that the modernisation of politics, the increased gender balance in terms of bringing more women into politics and political establishments. that is something we are looking to see, we want that to happen and we need to have an environment that can work in that way. so many tweets about this. dion jefferies has tweeted: the world is changing, more women in leadership positions so i say it yes, no problems taking the baby to the hills. we have also had other people saying: i would love to take my ten—day—old baby to work every day, is this realistic? orjust an optic, could feel kind of thing? dasher could feel kind of thing? dasher could feel. is this not virtue signalling at its finest? a 10—day old child at any workplace would not make life easier for parents or

colleagues. that is a point. it is not going to be comfortable for the baby, really. what the baby needs is to be at home, to be comfortable and ina quiet to be at home, to be comfortable and in a quiet place. this is a case of the senate are needed to vote and it was brought in the. it is not like, bring a baby as soon as you can to work. maybe you need certain environments but if you need to, if a young child was to come in and make it easier, why not? let's talk whether. britain experiencing hottest april day for almost 70 yea rs. hottest april day for almost 70 years. i remember when there was snow in my garden literally a few weeks ago. yesterday st james's park, 29 degrees. i was around that area. let's say it, it was too hot. i love it when it's hot, but we british don't want it to be too hot. i think the ideal temperature is

about 22 degrees, enough for a light cardigan, but not like yesterday. london gets very hot and sweaty. the real challenge is this weekend, the london marathon on. thousands of runners and this could be the hottest weather for a london marathon in history. good luck to all of those runners. good luck to those on the weekend of. thanks for watching the briefing. from me, goodbye. hello again. yesterday proved to be a real scorcher. temperatures got up to 29.1 celsius in london's stjames's park, making it the warmest april day for nearly 70 years. you have to go all the way back to 1919 to find a warmer april day. and for many of us, we had clear blue sunny skies like this pretty much all day.

for the early risers this morning, some mist and fog patches to watch out for, particularly western wales and running through the bristol channel as well. there will be some changes in our weather today because the area of high pressure is still there that it's drifting a little bit further eastwards. the warmest air still across east anglia and south—east england but otherwise the air is increasingly blowing in off the atlantic and that will bring some cooler conditions to the uk. now, weatherwise, the early morning mist and fog patches should clear out of the way widely and most areas should see lots of sunshine again. there will, though, be a few showers for western scotland but most of these will be across the western highlands and really for the northern half of the uk, temperatures a few degrees down. still feeling pleasant if you're out and about in the sunshine but the warmest air more limited to east anglia and south—east england. highs of 27 in london but i wouldn't mind betting that somewhere like in gravesend, it could even get warmer than that, 28 or maybe even a 29. friday night, we do it all again.

clearing skies, a few mist and fog patches forming but but it will be a cooler night across scotland, northern ireland and northern england, quite chilly here indeed by the end of the night, with temperatures around 4 or 6 degrees. still in double figures, though, further south. the weekend, we will see some further changes in our weather. the temperatures will continue to ease back. there will still be some warm sunshine around but increasingly, we will see some thundery downpours breaking out and becom quite windy as well as the weekend goes by, particularly in the north—west. the changes are all brought out by this area of low pressure. a cold front will be bringing that cooler air in. but ahead of the front, we are going to be seeing some thundery showers. now, on saturday, we start the day on a fine note, plenty of sunshine out and about. we will start to see some showers moving up from the south. now, initially, the rain might not be too heavy but it will come down

in big drops. later in the day, as those showers become more extensive across the midlands, western england and wales, the showers will be heavy and thundery as well, temperatures reaching a peak of around 23 so you will notice that drop in temperatures and that trend will continue. through saturday evening and overnight, the showers and thunderstorms become quite extensive, our cold front swings its way eastwards across the country, introducing much cooler and fresher air so by sunday, temperatures at best into the low 20s. that's your weather. hello, this is breakfast, with charlie stayt and naga munchetty. a done deal? commonwealth leaders decide wither prince charles will succeed the queen as the head of the organisation. 53 member countries will meet behind close doors at windsor castle following the queen's endorsement of her son's leadership. good morning, it's friday the 20th of april. also this morning: dame tessa jowell

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