fact that they are day jesting, the fact that they are day jesting, the fact that walmart is acquiring a 70% sta ke that walmart is acquiring a 70% stake in the biggest e—commerce marketplace flipkart. in the uk, the sun looks at the health of the actress dame barbara windsor. in an emotional interview with her husband,it emotional interview with her husband, it is revealed that the star of eastenders and the carry on films has been diagnosed with alzheimer's. and finally, the independent, should schoolchildren be punished for not caring about the environment? a uk private school has warned pupils who bring plastic water bottles, one use only bottles, to school could be reprimanded in a similarto wait if to school could be reprimanded in a similar to wait if they are caught smoking. things like nonbiodegradable cups will be viewed as antisocial behaviour. so let's begin. with me is cornelia meyer, who's ceo of the mrl corporation. cornelia, let's get stuck in. rodong, the state newspaper, very

extraordinary, historic front page in north korea. times are changing it would seem. times are changing it would seem, absolutely, and i think they have decided where the two are going to meet, trump and kim. it's going to meet, trump and kim. it's going to meet, trump and kim. it's going to be singapore apparently. that's not official yet. that's not official but apparently that's what they insinuate. he will probably tweet about it in the next few days we're being told. it's nice but it was very interesting to see that the secretary of defence, mattis, said this was all very good but nothing is really totally agreed yet inasmuch as there is a military presence of the us on the korean peninsula. it's also not clear in terms of denuclearise of what will really happen. importing the, at the

dinner, the head of the former spy chiefs have said now we have sorted out the great nuclear capability we can deal with the economy —— importing importantly. the mood music is very high now, we have the three americans landing in the us, released, fantastic for those individuals and their families. a great moment for president trump, who will be there to greet them and make sure we're all across it, the world's media, and of course the american media. but as you've mentioned, there are very difficult discussions ahead, it's by no means a given that these talks will be positive when the two leaders meet. of course south korea is watching this extremely closely, they've got over 500 nationals in north korea. they don't know where they are and

what condition they are in. and japan as well. absolutely. if you look at it, the us has always been the guarantorfor look at it, the us has always been the guarantor for the security of especially south korea and japan, to a lesser extent taiwan, in north—east asia. so there's a lot at sta ke north—east asia. so there's a lot at stake during those talks between kim and trump. let's talk about malaysia, what a story, 92—year—old retired former prime minister coming back into the frame in politics and winning a general election, the first time the governing party has been overturned since it got independence, malaysia, some 60 yea rs independence, malaysia, some 60 years ago. now you have actually met mahathir mohamad, and you have met the person that he has overcome, najib razak. interestingly, mahathir mohamad and najib were in the same party, he mentored najib. he mentored him and there was one

moment when mahathir mohamad was prime minister doing too well, he pushed him aside and he mentored him. explain how you met these two gentlemen and what did you think? are used to work for the japanese... for a japanese politician, are used to work for the japanese... for ajapanese politician, minister for raid and industry, i've created relationships with all the asean ruling parties. -- minister for the raid and industry. which is no mean feat. it was fun. -- minister for trade and industry. for a western woman to do that is quite something. they didn't see me as a woman, they saw me as an operator. a thing! an operator! to the story, it's interesting, back to the story, it's interesting, back to the story, it's interesting, malaysia has been run by the national front, the national coalition in malaysia, which had malay and chinese in it, so it was

equitably done. there were so many corruption allegations, it was becoming so dysfunctional, that the founder, mahathir mohamad, came back with another party. will this see change in malaysia? he came back into the mix because of this bid to try to stop corruption, to try to stop this kind of activity within politics in malaysia. will this see a new beginning, a new era, or not? when he was young he was the guy creating and putting malaysia on the map with this look east policy from nowhere to leading emerging market indicators, so he's a man of huge wealth but he's not that young any more. exactly, it's notjust about him individually, he is 92, it's this team around him. it is this tea m this team around him. it is this team around him but he's very good at getting people around him and making them do things. if he wants you to do something, you will do it.

and you would know! the business standard now, walmart bags flipkart for $16 billion. a picture of the ceo of walmart shaking hands with the ceo and the co—founder of flipkart. you understand why walmart and amazon want a bit of this economy. this is huge. it is potentially huge but it isn't an easy economy. the interesting thing is the share price of walmart did not react well. at the same time that walmart went and bought masayoshi sun and sold this stake and masayoshi sun is also an anchor in alibaba, where e—commerce seems to go easier. india isn't an easy place to do business. india is getting better but it isn't there yet. narendra muggy is trying to

roll out the red carpet, he once be direct foreign investment and walmart has its stake in the ground —— money. walmart has its stake in the ground -- money. he needs to address issues in respect to the ease of doing business. let's talk about this story in the sun, a very emotional interview with scott mitchell, dedicated husband of dame barbara windsor. here in the uk she is a much loved actress, she is a national treasure. i know around the world she may not be that well—known. world she may not be that well-known. she is part of our collective memory, you know? it is just heartbreaking. it is heartbreaking, it is sad. i'm glad heartbreaking, it is sad. i'm glad he is doing this, he's giving this interview, because it affects so many people in this country and the world. she's been secretly battling alzheimer's for a little while but his concern was that she made, when

she's in the public arena, displayed behaviour that is unexplainable or difficult to digest, so he wanted to make sure everybody knew what her situation was —— she may. for alzheimer's itself, she's an ambassador who will bring this to the fore, bring it to our attention, it already does, but it will do so again. in the early stages of alzheimer's you see this change in personality, which is quite sad. alzheimer's you see this change in personality, which is quite sadm is, it's very tricky, but i know there's so much research going into alzheimer's and information that will help i would imagine stoppila sunzu look at the decision on the pa rt sunzu look at the decision on the part of a private brighton school, brighton college in east sussex, they're going to go for a real zero tolerance attitude when it comes to non— recyclable plastic used in the school. you would be punished in the same way as if you were caught

smoking. that's going a bit far but it is trying to influence behaviour is. you need to influence behaviours with the young, because they are the consumers of the future —— influence behaviours. i'm not sure punishment is really it because up until about three years ago it was seen as a good thing. it seems the carrot doesn't work, you need to get the stick, some argue that point. but up until three—year is ago you were being told uni to buy water bottles because coca—cola is really bad for you —— three years ago. it's a real sea change. i don't believe the state until you really needed —— i don't believe the stick. thanks, call me the, thank you for being with us on the briefing —— need it. more news at the top of the hour. hello.

once any early rain clears easternmost parts of england as thursday begins, what follows will be a lot of fine, dry weather. here's the weather front, it's going to drag its heels for a little while on thursday morning across eastern england and elsewhere you can see some fine weather, but a hint of showers following towards the north—west. so whilst many will have a fine day with some sunshine, there is the chance of catching a shower. more especially into parts of scotland, maybe one or two for northern ireland, northern england and north wales. now, for early risers, these are the temperatures. so double figures for the cloud and rain into eastern england. elsewhere into mid—single figures for some spots to begin the day but again, away from eastern england, a fair amount of sunshine and dry weather to begin with. but those showers will be pushing into scotland on through the morning and if you catch one it could be heavy, maybe a rumble of thunder, one or two for northern ireland, northern england, north wales. by the end of the morning, the last of the rain has cleared away from eastern parts of england, so looking dry for the rest of england.

some cloud around, some holes in the cloud allowing sunshine to come through and these temperatures across—the—board now are pretty close to the average for the time of year, so there's a particular warmth out there. heading out and about on thursday evening or coming back from wherever you've been, still a few showers in north—eastern area of scotland and into the northern isles, but they will continue to fade. elsewhere, what showers have built up are continuing to fade away, and the cloud that's developed is going as well, so a lot of dry and sunny weather to end the day. it does mean under clear skies thursday night into friday morning with a ridge of high pressure temperatures drop away even further, low single figures for some on friday morning. the ridge of high pressure not staying around too long as this weather front starts to push it out of the way on friday, and it means strengthening wind across the uk, particularly close to this rain band coming into northern ireland and feeding outbreaks of rain into west of scotland, parts of wales and south—west england.

very slow—moving weather system, though. ahead of that, although some cloud's going to increase, there will be sunny spells but there will be that strengthening south south—easterly wind. the weather front does push on through friday night into saturday, by saturday maybe lingering into north—east scotland with rain at times and maybe showers in eastern england. dry weather elsewhere but further showers pushing into the south and south—west and south—west england, wales and maybe into northern england. catch one of these and it could be heavy and possibly thundery. temperatures haven't changed much but if anything by the time we get into sunday they could go down a little bit further. bye bye. hello. this is breakfast, with charlie stayt and naga munchetty. three americans freed from detention in north korea are due to arrive home shortly. they'll be met by president trump who has called their release a "positive gesture of goodwill" ahead of a summit between the two countries. good morning.

it's thursday the 10th of may. also this morning: it's been revealed that dame barbara windsor has alzheimer's disease. we report from germany on how why they've become so successful at dealing with plastic waste. could we be losing out because of a change in the way