the ft reports there are new signs of european economic weakness emerging as the eurozone recorded it slowest growth in 18 months, heightening fears that the currency union's post—crisis recovery is petering out. and on the mashable website, there appears to be a positive ending to the recent racial bias incident involving two black men at a starbucks in philadelphia. rashon nelson and donte robinson both settled with city authorities for $1 each, and asked the city to pledge $200,000 to develop programs for young entrepreneurs. with me is jane foley, who is a senior fx strategist at rabobank. let's get started. so the story on the front page of the independent, but as i say it is all over the

papers in the uk, and the absolutely good reason. this wasjeremy hunt the health secretary, in parliament yesterday admitting of an it glitch which has cost the lives of many, many, which has cost the lives of many, any which has cost the lives of many, many, many women, but also has tragically led to something like 450,000 of them not being sent important letters. yes, so i think in the uk if you are a woman and you get to the age of 50, you are automatically invited to have a breast screening. this scandal is about many women, nearly 450,000, as you say, not being sent those letters a nd you say, not being sent those letters and therefore probably not being screened. and statistically that means that a lot of them will have had cancer in their breast which wasn't identified, and therefore some of them would have died. it suggests that 270 of them could have died prematurely. so this is absolutely shocking, but there is pa rt is absolutely shocking, but there is part of this which i think really does need to be looked into. there will be an investigation, and that

is if these women were not turning up, why wasn't better secondary check to ask why is that? so why wasn't this glitch identified earlier? jeremy hunt said in parliament, tragically there are likely to be some people in this group who would be alive today had this failure not happened. it is absolutely appalling, isn't it? you read these sorts of headlines, and some people have come forward, they are talking to the media. 0ne man who has lost his wife, who believes she would still be alive. another woman who was speaking to the media about the awful treatment she has endured, because she was one of those people that didn't get the letter. it could have been picked up so letter. it could have been picked up so much sooner. precisely, and i think this is one of the really sad thing is, because this is a cancer that if it is identified early enough, the very many people it can be treated a lot more easily. so it is absolutely appalling that we have had to... i mean, they are talking about compensation, there will be an investigation, and there is absolutely no compensation to people

who have lost wives, daughters, mothers, children. absolutely awful. but i have to say, when i heard this story yesterday, i did think to myself, me personally, iam story yesterday, i did think to myself, me personally, i am very, very proactive when it comes to all those screenings and tests that you should have. you know, when i reached the age of 40 i was like, 0k, reached the age of 40 i was like, ok, i reached the age of 40 i was like, 0k, iam reached the age of 40 i was like, ok, i am going to go for a well woman check. i think they exist, i am going to ring my gp and find out. sure enough i had one, but i did get a letter write anything. it proves the point that you have to be very on it, don't you, when it comes to your health. i am lucky enough to work for a company that provides well woman screenings, but not every one is in that lucky position. perhaps this is a warning to us all, and many people will be able to afford these treatments on their own account. there is an argument out there that maybe the nhs should kick in earlier, but that is a policy and monetary constraints as well.

absolutely, but i think definitely when it comes to the national health service, we are all aware that it is an incredible, fantastic service in many ways but it is creaking and under resourced and under stress. and when it comes to things like the it systems, there are a lot of issues there. we had the issues last year when the it systems were hacked, and it was because the it systems across the nhs are so different in terms of their updates, and how well our run, all that kind of thing. anyway, move on. that story will progress and we will keep covering it at the bbc. let's now talk about the guardian. it has front and centre the fact that cambridge analytica is closing. we have talked about it to a degree already. this is scl group, the group that has cambridge analytica as part of its operations. the guardian again has been very at the forefront of this story, raking a lot of the detail with regards to

this when it was first coming out, about its involvement with facebook. many are concerned now about whether the investigation into what really happened might go away if they go insolvent. well, i don't think that will happen. i think the investigation will carry on, irrespective of whether they are still working as a company or not. this is really important, not only is it about the right for your data to be private, but also there is an impact potentially on the us election, and that is such an issue that i don't think this is going to go away. it is interesting that this month, in the eu, we have new privacy laws. i think that will draw everyone's attention to the importance of why we have private data, why it is important for companies to logout data privately, andi companies to logout data privately, and i think for many people the fact that 50 million americans, overi million people in the uk, could have data such as their photographs, about their relationships, about their religion, passed on and may be used by companies in ways that they didn't understand, that is really shocking, and i think these

investigations will bring us more about that. i have noticed personally, as well, in europe, the gdpr regulations come into affect at the end of this month and companies are getting ready for that. i have lots of e—mails from companies saying can you please check your privacy settings, agree to this, that on the other. this is then getting ready for that. many organisations have got in touch with knee saying we need to ask you whether you are a kick with the information we have a new, et cetera. the south china morning post is talking about the situation between the united states and china. we have talked in business briefing about the big delegation in beijing, to try and overcome this trade war which is ongoing. it is a rhetorical one in many ways, but it is having an impact. it really is, and this is very important, as is the eu us trade negotiations, there is another deadline on the first ofjune for

that. the interesting thing about this story is that china is saying we will not give the us concessions. if we look at south korea negotiations with trump, obviously he wants to pressure them, make them give concessions to the us. china are saying they are not going to do that. very interestingly, lots of economists are saying the us economy or the us consumer could be seen as more exposed to this than the chinese consumer, because the us consumer is buying a lot of cheap chinese goods. also us farmers, china is saying you have put tariffs on us china is saying you have put tariffs on us and we are going to put ta riffs on us and we are going to put tariffs on soya beans, that will hurt us farmers. so there is a lot riding on these negotiations. and we will keep across it all. the financial times front—page looking at the growth figures which came out yesterday, saying the weakest for 18 months. the eurozone slowing, as it were. slightly better than the uk. definitely better than the uk. a

smidgen of growth. so much weaker than we had last year, and economists blaming lots of things. some winter weather, but it could be just that they are hitting capacity constraints. i say that because last you's growth in the eurozone was very strong. it could thou rob running out of room to keep up with that pace of growth. in the meantime, i love this story. the black men arrested in philadelphia starbucks got the classiest settle m e nt starbucks got the classiest settlement possible. they have both been given a dollar, but they have a could of $200,000 fund to help young men there. the fund and the dollar come from the city, the settlement with the city. that is great. it will be paid by the city to support entrepreneurs, but they also have to deal with starbucks, as well, and thatis deal with starbucks, as well, and that is that they will go through the starbucks programme, which will pay for them to finish their undergraduate degrees. so that is

really quite nice as well, and of course, starbucks in the us will close all of its 8000 branches so eve ryo ne close all of its 8000 branches so everyone can have training about what to do regarding bias. maybe they saved a little bit of face, because it was a huge scandal when this story emerged. and so it should have been. the training will be how not to show bias against certain people, and that is what they are doing. let's share a few more of your views on elon musk. 0ne says how many analysts have created a company? not many, i would wager, so what do they know? this is after elon musk stopped an analyst briefing call after saying some of the questions were not cool. hello. there's warmer weather on the way for the bank holiday weekend. for most of us, it's looking dry,

as well, with increasing sunshine as the weekend goes on. we're not quite there yet, though. this weather front went through on wednesday, with some rain followed by showers. this weather front is coming in from the west for thursday, though by no means all of us will get rain from it. but even from the word go, in the morning, that bit of patchy rain for parts of northern ireland and western scotland, whilst for many, particularly across eastern parts, it'll be clear, it'll be sunny once the sun is up, but it will be chilly, with low single figures in places. and that sunshine will be lost to increasing cloud as we go into the afternoon. from the cloud for northern ireland, for western scotland, some spots in north—west england, and a few in wales, there'll be some patchy rain around. shouldn't amount to too much. and a brisk breeze blowing across the northern half of the uk, moderate to fresh west—south—westerly wind. around 10—14 degrees for most places, as high as 17 in south—east england. even into the afternoon, into the evening, southern and eastern parts of the uk will see a few breaks in that cloud, allowing a bit of sunshine to come through. now, as we go on through thursday

night and into friday morning, a lot of cloud around away from east anglia and south—east england. but even here, under clear skies, not as chilly as it will be first thing thursday. so a milder start on friday. a lot of cloud around, misty, murky in places. some outbreaks of rain, particularly affecting the north and north—west of scotland. this little piece of energy runs away northwards. still a bit of drizzle, i think, parts of western scotland and northern ireland. but for many, friday will be a dry day, if not a particularly sunny day. but, when the sun comes through the cloud, occasionally it is going to feel warmer. notice those temperatures are starting to edge up. and that is the process that accelerates into the weekend, with high pressure for most of us, though the further north—west you are, you're still close to weather fronts. with breeze, it's going to be cooler here compared with elsewhere, particularly north—west scotland. but, for most of the weekend, this includes the bank holiday, it'll be fine, it'll be dry, and it will be getting warmer. just take a look at saturday and sunday for now. so on saturday, i think some cloud to begin the day. rather misty and murky in places, and cloud could increase

in northern ireland and western scotland. north—west scotland beginning to see some outbreaks of rain coming in. but for most it'll be dry, and a few spots start to get above 20 celsius. and then for part two of the weekend, on sunday, could be some rain affecting maybe the north of northern ireland, running through central parts of scotland for a time, whereas england and wales are looking dry. and again that sunshine starting to break out more widely, even more so by the bank holiday, along with that welcome, for many of us, warmth. hello. this is breakfast, with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. questions overfailures in the nhs‘s breast screening programme and the impact on the individuals affected. the whole journey i went on, the traumatic journey, all the whole journey i went on, the traumaticjourney, all of the whole journey i went on, the traumatic journey, all of the treatment, it may never have had to have happened. good morning.

it's thursday the 3rd of may. also this morning: the company at the centre of the facebook data scandal closes down. cambridge analytica, accused of acquiring data from up to 87 million facebook profiles, shuts up shop and blames