s’itory? swiftly. that is the easy story? interesting. this is... this is a clash between the commercial interest of abc and doing the right thing. for me it does not seem to be that difficult a decision. clearly what roseanne barr had to say in this tweet was unacceptable and what is interesting is that abc brought heran, is interesting is that abc brought her an, brought her back knowing that she had a history of these kinds of outbursts. this is what the variety article is saying. the mistake they made was bringing her backin mistake they made was bringing her back in the first place. in the circumstances, what else could they do? there is a picture of the woman who made this decision, the boss, the first black woman to head up a big tv network and she reacted swiftly as you say. it talks about her position and also whether she should have brought roseanne back in the first place. the reaction has

been positive towards her and her decision. the fact that she is a black woman is neither here nor there. this is simply the correct decision to make. a difficult one in terms of, as you say, ratings, because it has done really well for abc and advertisers would have taken note. it is hard to imagine that abc would have had any credibility if it persisted with roseanne barr after this outburst. some people are saying that there are double standards, that is the question we are asking viewers. many liberal comedians have made risquejokes and some very offensive ones about donald trump and this employees and, also, one comedienne in the us recently mocking donald trump's white‘s accent and they are allowed to carry on. is this a double standard for liberal comedians and those who seen to support donald trump? i do not buy that. there are levels, there are degrees here.

mocking someone‘s accent is different from some of the things which she has said in her twitter feed. moving on to the washington post now. their take on the summit of the century, certainly the summit of the century, certainly the summit of the century, certainly the summit of the year. due to perhaps take place now in two weeks time, between donald trump and kim jong—un. place now in two weeks time, between donald trump and kimjong—un. all systems a re donald trump and kimjong—un. all systems are go it seems. you know what? donald trump is either a negotiating genius or a lunatic. it is bizarre how he is conducting foreign policy. and it feels dangerous it feels like the situation on the korean peninsula is something that demands a more serious approach than donald trump is applying. but maybe he isjust understanding this and he has worked out a way of breaking the deadlock. that is the question i wanted to ask

you because there are those who agree with you. is he a lunatic or a genius? counterintuitively, by the pushing forward and not allowing the use it often takes to bring such a summit together, he makes everybody deal with the big questions in a short time frame and there for he may actually make progress where others have failed. clearly we have had more over a century at of no progress on the situation at all and what donald trump is doing is making people think differently it doesn't feel right to me. it feels like a worrying approach. but i am prepared to say that maybe it will work. is there a huge risk that he is setting himself up for failure and kim jong—un and there for the negative consequences could be catastrophic if they both walk away and with nothing and not just if they both walk away and with nothing and notjust with nothing, with heated words... it could be a disaster and the consequences dire.

i think that is the risk. the risk here is not that he is a genius or a lunatic but simply that he is out of this depth. is being played by the chinese, by the north koreans and that this will end cloudy. moving on to the financial times and looking at things ending badly. the italian crisis spreads to the central bank and investors are warned to trust. having a look at what impact this is happening in —— having on markets around the world. bourgogne negative in the past few hours. we will see how the markets reacted a. the central bank in italy issued and unusual warning for an institution that barely —— rarely ventures into politics. the head of the bank of italy said that italy risks losing the sense of trust and that is... all financial markets rests on the credibility of figures like central

banks. and governments. sol credibility of figures like central banks. and governments. so i think that we are at the end of a long bull market. the end of a long economic cycle. and you know, people are nervous. this may be the trigger which causes the end of that. i think that is the concern. there are so think that is the concern. there are so many different moving parts you and all markets are interconnected. as you say, they are all dropping at the moment so this is an important week. what is the possible outcome of what will happen, do you think? as your economist earlier onset, what we need is a bit of stability. i think that the markets have sent a warning to the italian politicians. they have said that you need to create stability here. he was suggesting that maybe we will get an

a cce pta ble suggesting that maybe we will get an acceptable coalition government put together. it does not feel that way at the moment, it feels as if there will be a vote of no—confidence and will be a vote of no—confidence and will have an election as soon as july. that could be worrying because i think if it becomes a referendum, effectively an italy's membership of the eurozone and the european union then all bets are off. time for a positive business story. this is pretty modern shape being sold. not just the big beasts at the top of the chain who will benefit, it is all their workers. it is a nice story. the purchaser of pret a manger is proposing to give £1000 to each of the 12,000 workers at the sandwich shop. you have to put this in context. 12,000 workers, £1000, thatis in context. 12,000 workers, £1000, that is £12 million. this is a £1.5 billion deal. frankly, it is a drop in the ocean and i suspect that £12

million is rather less than the lawyers and the bankers will receive. but for the average worker, they usually do not get all awful lot so this will make a big difference. and for a business that relies on the smiling faces behind the counter, it absolutely seems like a sensible things to do. the counter, it absolutely seems like a sensible things to dolj wonder if this will set a precedent for other businesses. it does make a difference for loyalty as well as much of anything. absolutely. and at a relatively small cost they will make 12,000 people feel warmer towards the company they work for. are you ready for the big one now? the big one. it is difficult to take in. this is from vox and they put this graphic together. a staggering chart of scientists estimating the mass of all life and it is mind—boggling. can you explain, if you can, what we are looking at here. so, essentially, what the

scientists have done if they have estimated the way of all life on the planet. that is plants, people, animals and it has even included bacteria. what they found is that humid beings are which dominate life on the planet in some ways are, in weight terms, almost completely insignificant. i have been scrolling down the whole chart and we are right at the bottom. 0.06% of... of the measurements whatever it is. giga somethings. we are at the bottom of this chart here that the impact we have had on the planet has been enormous. another point they make, actually, is the way of animals, they think is probably halved in the years in which humid beings have been killing and eating animals and cutting down forests, the way of plants has fallen as

well. not really sure what this us, to be honest. it is an interesting figure, isn't it? it is. and also difficult to try and estimate the mass of everything on the planet. it says animals are going to make extinct much faster than expected is no humans lived on the earth. absolutely. clearly humans have had an outsized impact on the planet, given our way to. really good to see you today. thank you for taking us through that and we will see you a little later. thank you very much for watching. from me and the rest of the team, goodbye for now. the distribution of downpours will va ry the distribution of downpours will

vary from one day to the next but the general weather pattern remains the general weather pattern remains the same. we still have some warm sunshine around and the chance of all storms. tuesday was a day of extremes with very heavy rain in the short space of time closing the mthe batu —— m2. which is a 27 celsius in highland scotland. weight in the south, close to low pressure and spiralling bands of cloud, you can see how that grows in the rain moves back into the south—east and east anglia. that rain will move northwards and head towards northern england and the midlands, across towards wales, allowing the south—east of the uk to become drier later and see some late sunshine. misty for a while with some heavy and thundery rain and more cloud for eastern scotland but one more day of warmth and sunshine for western scotla nd warmth and sunshine for western scotland and another lovely day for northern ireland. the rain will continue to drift northwards. some

showers perhaps heading towards scotla nd showers perhaps heading towards scotland and northern ireland. they will dry off across england and wales but still rather misty, not a lot of wind to move things around, so lot of wind to move things around, so temperatures of12— lot of wind to move things around, so temperatures of 12— 1a degrees. while there will be more powerful scotla nd while there will be more powerful scotland and northern ireland and temperatures will not be as high on is that, there may be the odd shower, most of the storms will push back towards the south—east, and the south—west of england, wales, the midlands and east anglia as well. some or very heavy rain here to thunder and lightning, the possibility of localised flooding. pressure has been dropping across the uk and it keeps the storms going and the tendency, really, over the coming few days as we head towards the end of the week is to push everything that bit further north. more southern parts of england and wales is not as we are generally dry. there should be sunshine around, warm and muggy air. further north, including scotland and northern ireland you will get some

slow—moving heavy and thundery downpours. this is the first time, really, the wet weather arrives in scotla nd really, the wet weather arrives in scotland and northern ireland for a while. still some heavy showers and possible thunderstorms here on saturday. for most of england and wales it may well be dry with a few showers to be exactly where it is ha rd to showers to be exactly where it is hard to say that some warm sunshine as well and temperatures perhaps in the low to mid—20s once again. through sunday and into monday, the threat of catching thunderstorms remains. the weather pattern does not change significantly. large parts of the uk will be dry with some sunshine. hello, this is breakfast, with charlie stayt and naga munchetty. a government crackdown on the bosses of rogue cold call firms but it comes two years later than planned. they will be held personally liable and could be fined up to half a million pounds. good morning, it's wednesday, 30th may.

also this morning... the search for a british toddler who went missing in germany 37 years ago ends with no clues to her disappearance. one of america's biggest tv show is cancelled after its star roseanne barr is accused of sending a racist tweet. good morning. is there