donald trump's lawyers is that the president probably has the power to pardon himself over allegations of collusion with russia but he will not. now it is time to look at the stories that are making the headlines in media across the world. we begin with the telegraph which carries a warning from china to the us that any recent trade agreements made will be withdrawn if president donald trump moves ahead with his threat to level tariff hikes against chinese goods. the japan times also focuses on trade and how six of the other g7 member countries have issued a statement to the us conveying their "unanimous concern and disappointment" over the recent steel tariffs. the times leads with reports israel is pressuring europe to tear up the nuclear deal with iran after sharing secret files showing tehran‘s determination to build a bomb. —— allegedly showed tehran ‘s determination to build a bomb. meanwhile the independent has hailed

a ground breaking us clinical trial which has discovered that most women with early stage breast cancer could avoid the risks of hair loss, infertility and chronic pain caused by chemotherapy, thanks to genetic testing. and finally, it's the art world which is now at pains to show that sexism no longer sells. previously, auction houses would use models to showcase their masterpieces in publicity photographs ahead of sales. now sotheby‘s have decided to end this practice saying they "are moving with the times". it follows similar moves made by formula 1 and other companies hosting popular events. so let's begin. with me is stephanie hare, who is an independent analyst. lets get stuck in. stefanie, you and i spoke about trade already but if we look at how some of the media is by jesting this, this we look at how some of the media is byjesting this, this is the business section of the telegraph. all trade deals could be off, china warns. it is tit—for—tat scenario,

isn't it? a verbal tit-for-tat scenario at the moment. i think the point that donald trump is positioning this is as a rebalancing. he thinks the united states is importing far more than it exports and says this is unfair. the previous administrations have negotiated a position where america is her. the problem is that all the other countries think this is outrageous and are setting to retaliate. it is notjust china konta it um,, it will be the eu, the nafta partners, canada and mexico. as we were saying earlier, what the success as we were saying earlier, what the success look like from donald trump's perspective? what is it that he is after so that he can come back and say he has had a win? right now, by imposing tariffs on aluminium and steel imports, that is one thing. but if it is a like—for—like responses from trading partners, and we start a trade war this week, that

could drive up costs for american consumers and hurt us jobs. could drive up costs for american consumers and hurt usjobs.“ could drive up costs for american consumers and hurt us jobs. if we think about the domestic agenda, the political agenda in the us, there are mid—term elections coming up. when are they? november? so between now and november we have. and its us consumers are feeling the pain of, as you say, of the impact of potential trade war, i.e. they are feeling the pain in the back pocket, that could have an impact? it is also interesting that, you know, most americans domestically are not so most americans domestically are not so concerned with foreign policy. but we are annoying allies, that is what is interesting here. donald trump is going for a scorched earth policy and bothering everybody. we have seen other g7 countries unanimously agree and writing a letter saying they do not like this and they will all respond in kind. that is the question. if the american people and congress see this as a bad move, how will he walk it back? some have... just to be a

devil ‘s advocate, some so watch the scenario unfold and when they look at the say well, actually, european union tariffs on goods coming in from the us are quite high. higher than the other way around. in the case of china there is a huge deficit. have not the trump administration got a case in some areas? it is more about how he is doing it. right? we can always look at rebalancing and see there are ways to improve that. i think that is what is interesting here. the other deep g7 countries have said that this is about the us abandoning its global leadership position and a pending business as usual as it has been since the second world war. by irritating allies, that is not a way to get things done, but it is not the —— it may be a way to get things done but it is not the best. the g7

meeting gets under way later this week president trump is expected to be there. it will be interesting to how this plays out when all of them, and we heard earlierfrom justin trudeau of canada, when all of them are putting the pressure on him in terms of this issue of trade. that is an friday in quebec and justin trudeau came out strongly saying that this is not a national security issue to have canadian alumina and steel in us military materials. —— canadian aluminium. i think it is also that language, right? if we we re also that language, right? if we were just talking about dollars and sense that is one thing, that it is the idea that it is a national security issue that has offended security issue that has offended security allies. having a look at the ripe page of the times with secret files about tehran building a bomb. the times talks about key documents it has seen which israel is using to put more pressure on

britain and are the european partners to say to them you should not be a part of this iran nuclear deal because iran is not playing ball. it is still in the background, busy building bombs. so will the strength —— this strength in the us hand? under donald trump, they are pulling out of the deal and there is huge pressure on great britain, france and germany which are wanted to stay in because the eu in those countries in particular have stronger trading relations with iraq and the us does. they have much more to lose. they also have a different approach to what it means to keep iran within the international community, open it up and have a growing, habit of localising. they said isa growing, habit of localising. they said is a good thing. beat it us and israel think it is not. said is a good thing. beat it us and israelthink it is not. it said is a good thing. beat it us and israel think it is not. it is a said is a good thing. beat it us and israelthink it is not. it is a bit ofa israelthink it is not. it is a bit of a wait and see question, to see how it plays out to give israel does have some significant information or whether this is just propaganda coming from israel. we willjust have to wait and see. moving on now

to the story in the independent and in many other newspapers. fantastic news for women, many of whom could be facing very debilitating chemotherapy treatments were it not so chemotherapy treatments were it not so this new discovery. exactly. this is quite exciting in the sense that chemotherapy can, in itself, be toxic. it is one of the cases where the cure is worse than the disease. personalised medicine lets you use your genetic testing to find out if your genetic testing to find out if you on one side of the spectrum you can cure cancer or manage you on one side of the spectrum you can cure cancer oi’ manage it you on one side of the spectrum you can cure cancer or manage it through hormone therapy or if you indeed require chemotherapy. so suddenly instead of giving chemotherapy to everyone, it is much more targeted to the individual woman's health. it's fantastic. and this is for those who are in the early stage of breast cancer. i was just reading about it because they did a study to find that those women who had chemotherapy and those that didn't come the actual results were very

similar in terms of, you fighting the cancer or making progress in overcoming the cancer. it did not make much difference in many cases where an. which is amazing because the side—effects of chemotherapy can be so arduous. if there is a chance to avoid it and still have a similar outcome of positive health, it is wonderful. gas. great news. returning now to the times. auction houses drop art girls to prove that sexism does not sell. this is great to hear that more people are coming to hear that more people are coming to the conclusion that sexism does not sell. but there is a great debate you know, grid girls at formula i. debate you know, grid girls at formula 1. many were saying this is not about exes. there is a whole debate about this, isn't there?|j think debate about this, isn't there?” think it is interesting because the art world and auction houses seems to need a human being to prop up the art. i think we see this in advertising a lot. if you put a pretty woman with whatever it is that you are selling, people like to look at it. we see that in newspapers and these art houses were

saying that every time we give you a picture with a pretty woman in it you will print it. it is also about changing our culture and asking why we need to do this? why do we do it at all? it is interesting to see that even an auction houses like sotheby‘s and christie ‘s which are not even on the radar of many people, that they are starting to move with the times, as they say. absolutely. you and i have talked about this many times. we will continue to do so. thank you for coming in, stephanie. it has been great to have you. thanks for watching the briefing. we haven't got time to share your comments with you but i will read tweet some of them. see you very soon. goodbye. quite a weather on the way through the first half of the week but not wall—to—wall sunshine. i hope you

made the most of what we saw on sunday as temperatures moved into the mid to upper 20s in sunspot. the day he brings much more cloud and here is why. low pressure to south of us, not so much of a player in oui’ of us, not so much of a player in our weather in the first half of the week. high pressure to the north and around that gentle north north—easterly coming in. but into monday morning we have scooped up a lot of cloud from the north sea so there are some patchy mist and fog as well. it will be a grey and murky start for many of us with temperatures around ten, 14 degrees. there could be some drizzle around with the cloud. some areas seeing early sunny spells and on and off during the day. we start with the thickest cloud, many central and eastern areas that cloud will hold strong during the day. the mist and fog should clear and drizzle should fade away. we will keep some sunny spells west of scotland and northern scotla nd spells west of scotland and northern scotland but by the afternoon here isa scotland but by the afternoon here is a chance of catching a thundery downpour although it could be torrential but most of us won't catch it. parts of south—east england may just try to

catch it. parts of south—east england mayjust try to brighten up. warmth we get to see the sun still but much cooler when you are underneath the cloud. as we go on through monday night and into tuesday morning, the cloud will hold strong for many of us. limited clear spells and temperatures will not —— will be a little lower than they have been recently and that is a trend for our weather in the week ahead. temperatures will be lower although it is not cold by any stretch of the imagination. sunspot dipping down to single figures. again, a cloudy and misty, murky start to the day on tuesday. the big picture is pretty much the same although this weather front is approaching closer to the south. the channel islands baguettes and showers from that most of us will stay dry. in a cloudy start with hints of something sunny coming through. perhaps not so much across the southern half of england and parts of wales and elsewhere you can see the land and that means clear skies. there may be a shower in northern ireland, especially in the west but most do stay dry. the temperatures will fill warmup when you see sunshine. and they will rise a little bit as we get deeper into

the week in some sunny spells. not as warm or as hot the week in some sunny spells. not as warm oi’ as hot as the week in some sunny spells. not as warm or as hot as it has been recently but for many it will be above normal for this time of year. by above normal for this time of year. by wind with plenty of dry weather around. later in the week there will bea around. later in the week there will be a few showers, possibly the odd thunderstorm developing. parts of england and wales into northern island. scotland stays dry. will be some thundery downpours but they are not as intense as they have been. that is something we will keep an eye on. hello. this is breakfast, with charlie stayt and louise minchin. more trains are axed as timetable disruption hits the rail network. a new emergency schedule has been put in place on northern rail after more than two thousand services were cancelled in a fortnight. good morning.

it's monday the fourth ofjune. also this morning: a major shift in counter—terrorism. mi5 will share more intelligence on suspects with police and local authorities. lessons for learner drivers go up a gear as they are allowed on motorways for the first time. in sport, there's victory at last for england's cricketers. they beat pakistan with more than two days to spare.