and finally, we can't ignore it and who would want to. it's all over the papers, of course, including the daily mail and mail online. it's the day of the semi—final of the world cup between croatia and england. with me isjonathan charles, director of communications at the european bank for reconstruction and development. it isa it is a busy day. a busy week, actually. trumps arrival in london, which is tomorrow, of course. he made various comments as he was boarding his plan. the headline says it all. this big character, he likes to say things, does not go for the diplomatic method. he says it the way he sees it and what he has said on the eve of his stripped to the uk

-- his on the eve of his stripped to the uk —— his trip, britain is a country in turmoil and the question is whether he will add to the turmoil, the trouble is that theresa may has been facing over brexit, and will he be able to restrain himself. the stock and from saying go for a full brexit and from saying go for a full brexit and then make a deal with america. we will see whether he is diplomatically able to prevent himself saying that. the timing of his arrival could not be worse, with theresa may grappling with the departure of boris johnson, theresa may grappling with the departure of borisjohnson, a new cabinet... he is friends with boris johnson. cabinet... he is friends with boris johnson. it is staring everything

up. boris johnson was praising donald trump and it would be a different sort of brexit if a donald trump figure was negotiating. concern that what trump says will move them out of the compromise. the checkers compromise —— chequers would make it difficult for a deal with the us. britain would be committed if the compromise moves ahead in the european standards. what donald trump might say is, forget those european standards and come with us. one thing that is a plus for the uk, it does spend its

296... plus for the uk, it does spend its 296. .. the plus for the uk, it does spend its 296... the uk is one of the few countries in nature that sticks to the 2% and donald trump has praised that. he even said perhaps written and spend more on defence. in the guardian, the obituary for lord carrington. you met him? i knew peter carrington quite well in the 19905 when he was the european union negotiator tried to bring peace to yugoslavia, the wars between serbia and croatia, he was a great character. he spent a huge period in public servers. he resigned when argentina invaded the falklands because he thought ministers had to

ta ke because he thought ministers had to take responsibility for what happened, the buck had to stop somewhere and even though he wasn't to blame he thought he should resign. he was someone from a different age. different to modern politics. he believed ministerial responsibility was very important. he had a great sense of humour full lock one day, after difficult talks, coming out i said to him how did it go and he looked rather paid an e2 it was like a bearpit. —— rather pain and an he said. he had been a war hero. margaret thatcher was laying into some leader who had come a long way to see her and she would not be quite so he said to her, this

chap has come 600 miles, shouldn't we let him speak. the point to something in good in politics. he worked for the public good. after he left public life he said he was going to spend his life rumbling and gardening. in the financialtimes, the uk watchdog finding facebook over the cambridge analytica scandal. £500,000, the maximum. i shall whether that dance anything... that is under the old legislation and ina that is under the old legislation and in a way facebook is very lucky because if it would have happened under the new data regulation that would have been fined billions but

it is not about the money. but about how they operate and this story seems to have gone very quiet because other news stories have been dominant but in terms of its business model, it has not really changed that much. we do not know what is going on a high and the scenes. facebook has pledged to take better ca re of scenes. facebook has pledged to take better care of people '5 data. and not give it to other parties... and the question is whether it keeps companies on us. -- honest. it is more the reputational damage. facebook would still be worried about that. it has moved to reassure customers. the new york times has a

story that has sent a shiver down my spine, talking about a i and lots of cameras, what china is investing two keep track of who is doing what. the new york times is saying it is investing a fortunate in cameras, artificial intelligence, in order to keep track of its population. in the uk we have tons of cameras. in fact, in london, or a uk we have tons of cameras. in fact, in london, ora more uk we have tons of cameras. in fact, in london, or a more cameras per square metre than anywhere else on earth, i think. square metre than anywhere else on earth, ithink. facial square metre than anywhere else on earth, i think. facial recognition has been useful to the authorities here in terms of trying to combat terror attack so this is not unusual but the suggestion in the new york times is the reason is wide. a

police officer in china wearing facial recognition glasses and the use of them to spot a heron smuggler. china will say they are big country. football is coming home! england faces croatia later, in moscow. it is talking about gareth southgate and who he has peaked, the likely lineup. gareth southgate and who he has peaked, the likely lineupli gareth southgate and who he has peaked, the likely lineup. i will be watching. i love the story in the daily mail which says that southgate could not listen to the song for 20 yea rs could not listen to the song for 20 years equals it reminded him of missing the penalty which saw england lose in 1966. tonight it is his big moment. he has brought them

to the gates of world cup glory. croatia are not a pushover but watching england in the quarter—finals, the huge confidence of the team now has. southgate has got that confident also, having that destroyed in the 1996 failure of not scoring in the penalty. many millions will be watching in england and croatia. i am sure that they will be singing as well. have a really good day. bye—bye. hello again. yesterday's fresher weather brought an end to a run of remarkable heat, really. somewhere in the uk over the last six days has seen temperatures into the low 305, with the exception of yesterday's maximum temperature, which was at chivenor, in devon.

we only got up to 26 degrees celsius. so for most of us, yes, there was much less humidity around. it did feel a good deal fresher than recent days. and it was a beautiful end to the day. this was the scene of the setting sun there in lincolnshire. now, looking at the weather picture for the early risers today, we do have a weather front across western scotland that will threaten to bring some rain into northern ireland as well. otherwise, it's a dry start to the day, and a fresher feel to the weather, as well. now, this rain early wednesday morning is actually going to get a little bit heavier, particularly across south—west scotland. it might well just about scrape into antrim and down in northern ireland as well. but, although it turns heavier for a time during wednesday morning, it will then begin to ease off as the moisture gets spread out along the front, and probably bring in a risk of a few showers across wales and south—west england as we head on into the afternoon. apart from that, really, it's a dry looking day, with the early day cloud tending to break up, with some spells of sunshine.

again, it's not going to feel cold in the sunshine but it will continue to feel pleasantly fresh, really. temperatures reaching a high of around 25 degress celsius or so in the warmest spots. but underneath that thicker cloud in scotland and northern ireland, generally high teens to low 205 here, but it will get warmer over the next few days. now, if you're planning to watch the football later on this evening, should be a fine end to the day if you are at some of these outdoor venues, and temperatures holding up quite reasonably as well. and actually, should be a comfortable night's sleep ahead as well. now, we'll look at the weather charts on into thursday, and we've still got our wiggling weather front out towards western areas of the uk, but it's a very weak affair. just really a zone of moisture lying down across the western side of the country, though it will provide the focus of a few very isolated showers. the broad picture, though, is a lot of dry weather underneath a ridge of high pressure. so, yeah, quite a bit of cloud around again with some spells of sunshine coming through. probably more sunshine generally as we get towards the latter part of the week, and that will help boost the temperatures.

so highs on thursday reaching around 27 degrees celsius in london, 25 in cardiff, then a 21 in edinburgh. but again, there will be a few isolated showers across these western areas. that theme continues on into friday. most of us having a dry end to the week, but there will be a few showers knocking around, before it turns warmer and sunnier into the weekend. that's your weather. good morning, welcome to breakfast with charlie stayt good morning, welcome to breakfast with charlie stayt and louise minchin. 0ur headlines today: the biggest game in a generation. england prepare to take on croatia in the world cup semi—final tonight. yes, we believe, we are going to win! we're going to win 2—0 at least. and we know who england will play in the final if they win tonight. france through thanks to samuel umtitti's header against belgium, 1—0 the final score. an extra 10 million pints are set to be sold tonight, i'm looking at the boost to business

as people stay out to watch the game instead of coming home. after 18 days trapped underground, health officials say the thai schoolboys and their coach who have been rescued are in good health and show no signs of stress.