poll on brexit. it says the majority of people in the uk now believe the decision to leave the european union was wrong. they say the british public have "bregret". and finally, the guardian has the latest from the roseanne scandal the american comedian sparked widespread anger after she sent a racist tweet on tuesday. she's since partly blamed her behaviour on a sedative drug. but the drug maker was quick to fire back, saying racism is not a known side—effect. so let's begin. with me is nina trentmann, journalist at the wall street journal. this time yesterday this was our lead story. as the day wore on it was revealed that the murder was fake. about 24 hours it seems the story has changed. quite astonishing, considering there has been murders of russian politicians and journalists before and it is extraordinary that he said there was only one choice to take part of this. —— part in this. interesting

in the fake news debate because this was fake news. twojournalist organisations have criticised it, saying it is not helping because this is exactly what we as journalist should not be doing. he said in his defence that this was a final choice. his wife and children didn't know what he was doing. they we re didn't know what he was doing. they were not involved. i think there has been one arrest of the back of it but he said there was a credible threat against him and this was part ofa ukrainian threat against him and this was part of a ukrainian plane. questions not just about journalist and their behaviour but questions as to whether or not the government should support this act? it comes at a time where relations between russia and ukraine are at a low point following the annexation of crimea and following russian interventions in the ukraine. so i guess that is a big —— considered when thinking about this. it is not happening without context. having a quick look

at the headlines, the sun says that you only live twice. there is a lot of fun to be had with it but it is a very serious story. russia saying, for example, the poisoning in salisbury was fake news. others saying that if there was a genuine fa ke saying that if there was a genuine fake news story than it leaves and opendoor as to what is real and what is not. and it provides the russian government with at least one story where they can say that is fake and the case and salisbury was fake news as well. moving on to the new york times. their take on what is happening in italy. front—page story in new york as we have seen the markets are factored by as they say, eu quivers. but it is notjust in the eu. yesterday reporting that the asia, american markets all affected at this. there is genuine concern

around the world about what is set to happen with the eu's third—largest economy, with the politics in the country is still seemingly undetermined.“ politics in the country is still seemingly undetermined. if there is no coalition agreement coming through, should there be a next election? question is will this be a recommended on italy's membership in the euro. —— referendum. will this lead to renewed questioning in europe about the euro and whether people should feel part of it and whether governments should support this currency? as the new york 10—— as the new york times points out, it has weaknesses in the overall structure and the question is whether the protection mechanisms that have been put in place euro crisis from 2010— 2012, whether those are stable and also whether there is any political will to make

changes to the. of course, at a time when the central bank is winding down its quantitative easing programme, which has government bonds in europe and also has supported the overall economic sentiment because credit was available and is available. it makes the point that however unlikely it is that italy will leave, all the speculation is really damaging and for the eu itself, another italian election is not good timing, germany has only just election is not good timing, germany has onlyjust got itself back on track. of course, commentators are saying that the german government is not a strong as it used to be and let other things like brexit on the agenda it is not as if the european union needs another crisis to worry about. hopefully there will be some movement on that in the coming hours. thing at another story. this headline saying: this is all about a british government attempt to try and get, 30% of boards to have women

on them and we are still falling behind that. by 2020. this has more insight into why that might be. the so—called alex hampton review comes to the conclusion that at times it is attitudes at companies that lead to women not being promoted to the boardroom. it is saying that there isa boardroom. it is saying that there is a list of excuses from companies that the business department released, including that women don't wa nt released, including that women don't want the hassle of sitting on a board. women struggle with extremely conflict issues, although they do not fit into the board environment, which this report is saying is not reflective of the reality. incredible that those views are still there. do you think it is a

question of actually perhaps the older generation, there might be people who are resisting the idea of women to be there because they simply haven't experienced it and cannot see the benefits?” simply haven't experienced it and cannot see the benefits? i think to some degree it is a cultural and generational view, the workforce looks a lot different than it was, the question is how do you regret —— address this issue in order to improve the overall situation so there is more women in boards and also then, had eventually government is reaching its target? the reporter suggesting that harsh punishments, including fines, could be a way to make companies progress towards that. maybe not a bad idea. with look in the business insider. this has a pole at that return‘s view on the brexit vote. this isjust one poll taken, but actually the fact

that it poll taken, but actually the fact thatitis poll taken, but actually the fact that it is a 14th straight poll showing that a majority of people in the uk now believe the decision to leave the eu was wrong. and interesting headline but once you read a bit deeper, it is interesting to see that it is still relatively close. in this poll you had 3% people saying it was right and 44% saying it was wrong. is still within that very close large and of error that very close large and of error that we also saw in the referendum where it was relatively close and wasn't that necessarily easy to tell. interesting that the approval rating of theresa may has gone up. given that she has made some concessions towards a soft brexit. i think the overall question is still where is this going, what is the government when? becomes as large british companies met with the government to demand something after

brexit. looking similar to the current arrangement, which is a whole problem. it doesn't say whether or not people do want another vote, does it? at least the story doesn't say it, which is another question. if they have going to put that out there, you would think that would be the next poll that they should probably ask people. if your view is that way, then we shouldn't have done this, what happens next? anyway, see if we do that. let's look at the guardian, this is roseanne's response, not making any excuse, but she says it is an explanation as to why she said that racist twit, which has seen her show axed. we will show you the tweet. we can't do that right now. tell us more about this. we had the

producer of ambien, the sedative drug that she took and is set in her tweet that that was one of the explanations for why she sent that 20. it was 2am in the morning and she was ambien tweaking and it alleged to indicate the medication was part of the reason why she was sending that tweet and the company has rejected it and said while all pharmaceutical treatments have side—effects, racism is not a known side—effects, racism is not a known side—effect of any medication. that isa side—effect of any medication. that is a clear response to this. it absolutely is. thank you so much for taking us through today's news stories. be given a much watching. from me and the rest of the team, it is good i. —— goodbye. hello there.

the weather once again looks in turbulent mood through the day ahead, because while there will be some spells of warm sunshine, there will also be some vicious thunderstorms, torrential downpours, which could lead to localised flooding and certainly the risk of some travel disruption, especially across central and southern parts of the uk. now, the earlier satellite picture shows that these showers and storms have been gathering across continental europe. they are drifting their way northwards at the moment, and these showers are going to start to show their hands during the first part of thursday. not a bad start for many, but with a lot of mist and murk and low cloud, few showers up towards the north—west, but it's these heavy downpours down towards the south—east that we'll be keeping a close eye on. it's really hard to predict exactly where the worst of the weather will be but right across the south—east, east anglia and eventually into the midlands, wales and the south—west, there's there risk of some really intense, thundery downpours that could give enough rain to cause some flash flooding. across northern england, here we could see one or two showers breaking out through the day, once the cloud breaks up

through the morning across northern ireland and scotland and the sun comes out, again there's the potential we'll see one or two isolated heavy showers, but the heaviest downpours always likely to be found in southern areas. a very warm and muggy day as well, 21 degrees in edinburgh, 21 in belfast and perhaps 23 in london if you get some sunshine. now, some of these showers and storms will continue to rumble through the evening and overnight as they drift westwards, but they will tend we suspect to fizzle away to some extent. a lot of cloud, some mist and murk around, and temperatures not dropping very far, 12 to 15 degrees, quite a muggy start to friday. friday will start off with a lot of cloud, misty, murky conditions in places. we'll see sunshine developing but a scattering of showers and thunderstorms again in western parts this time through wales, northern ireland, north—west england and scotland for the most part. very slow—moving, heavy downpours, which again could cause issues with flooding. there will be some showers and perhaps some thunderstorms in north—western areas by saturday, but a change in england and wales here, fewer showers, more in the way of sunshine. the weather turning quite a bit

quieter across these southern areas as we go into the start of the weekend. still warm, you'll notice, up in the twenties. on sunday and monday, things looking generally quieter, not as many showers, more in the way of sunshine and things still generally feeling warm. hello, this is breakfast, with tina daheley and charlie stayt. a crack down on high—cost credit. doorstep lenders and rent—to—own shops are expected to be targeted in a major review out this morning. yes, as the financial conduct authority gives the strongest indication that they plan to intervene in the market. i'll be looking at what it means for lenders, borrowers and those on low incomes. good morning, it's thursday, the 31st of may.

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