a high—tech drone on an olive grove provides the image for how portugal overcame austerity and bailouts by investing in its own infrastructure, creating wealth and jobs, says the paper. the san francisco examiner looks at how hi tech workers dining in workplace cafeterias may soon face a harsh reality — going outside. legislation is expected to ban on—site workplace cafeterias in an effort to promote and support local restaurants. and finally buzzfeed news website. and the beautiful choir that sang at the wedding of prince harry and meghan markle has landed itself a record deal. the kingdom choir wowed the congregation with their rendition of stand by me. with me is iain anderson, founder of the international communications agency, cicero group. good to have you with us. the joint

front pages of the figaro and irish times, when you see the images it gives you a real sense of how devastating and how far is x of these fires increase being felt. —— effects. 25 victims huddling together as they were found, victims sitting in their cars as these enormous fire was the hit people. the pictures are really tell the story this morning. already a massive international relief effort going on, having literally seen hell on earth, the weight to say it, it

looks to be obliterated by this, mati. a result of the very dry summer mati. a result of the very dry summer here in europe and there are are deep questions as to why the fire started in the first place. the response has seen lots of european countries pull it together under the eu wide agreement. water dropping planes from spain is, others including italy offering supports but their ability to help ease stretch because of wildfires in other places like sweden. there is a strain on the ability to help. everybody will now be looking out for... had been seen this fire

armageddon in greece, quite literally the problem spreads elsewhere because looking at the weather forecast, there does elsewhere because looking at the weatherforecast, there does not appear to be weatherforecast, there does not appearto be any weatherforecast, there does not appear to be any relief coming soon. they concern is this becomes a wider problem but this one we can only think about the people of that village. let's move on to the straits times. this all fall deadly dam collapsed in laos and you can see the desperation of people who arejust see the desperation of people who are just stuck at all they can do is just wait for help to arrive, on these rooftops. i had to get a grip on this story because the greece

story was so overwhelming yesterday and this dam collapsed on monday, it appears that they found cracks in the dam nine o'clock sunday evening. they started to provide an emergency evacuation in the early hours of monday but it has just come to late. 20 people have died so far. 5 billion cubic feet of water, enough for 2 million olympic size pools. the numbers are extraordinary. i had not realised that laos it tried to define itself as the power that shri, they export a lot of hydropower, 30% of their economic exports, so this is notjust a story about local communities at a wider story about the economic engine of

the country going forward. as we talk about the effect in europe, singapore saying they are offering help as well, regional help to help with the rescue efforts and, of course, in both cases you have a situation where the desperate search for people unaccounted for... again and again it proves that a country on its own, large or small, it needs the international help when these things happen. it seems a lifetime ago that portugal was in the headlines needing help to avoid economic disaster. strict conditions we re economic disaster. strict conditions were put in place as part of the bailout back then and this plan has defied those terms and seems to be

doing ok. —— lisbone. defied those terms and seems to be doing 0k. -- lisbone. it is a fundamental message being sent about austerity versus other methods. they decided to turn significantly towards a leftist party, a party that wanted to rip up austerity and what we are seeing in portugal is reflected in other countries as well. we see yet in the uk, the loosening of strings in terms of austerity. a demand to do it in other places as well. the proof for portugal appears to be in the pudding. they are sucking in global investors that had not looked at portugalfor investors that had not looked at

portugal for the past decade. investors that had not looked at portugalfor the past decade. it is a big turnaround story. interesting to have that on the front page of the new york times. a big investment opportunity potentially. from a communications point of view i would be focusing on the tech, the opportunity to invest in portugal at the moment. this comes at a time of discomfort and uncertainty for the european union and the last thing they want is the impression to be given that, if the european union or the euro is an obscene to bailout the euro is an obscene to bailout the country, —— the eurozone steps in. a country can avoid austerity and come back and seemingly prosper. it depends on the dynamics of your

economy. people in ireland took significant amounts of austerity and yet they are bouncing back stop yet the portuguese authorities can point at 2.5% growth for 2018 cert ed appears to be working for them. from san francisco, the city looking at banning workplace cafeteria especially where the food is free for staff because they harm local restau ra nts a nd cafes. for staff because they harm local restaurants and cafes. they do have a point. reading the story i have been thinking about that it rather depends on where yourjob is. if you are ina depends on where yourjob is. if you are in a tech campus in the middle of nowhere and you have to spend an hour tried to get some way to get your lunch, this is not a convenient idea. if you are in the centre of

town, and that is the proposition in san francisco, the fact that you have free and subsidised meals to keep it close to your desk and not wonder out of the building, i think it is different and worth looking it. we are asking on tweets on that and quitea it. we are asking on tweets on that and quite a few people got in touch. dave says that he has been a chef and they would not want to see it disappear. steve from london says it used to be one of the benefits of getting a lower salary, getting a free lunch. stay with the bbc. thank you very much. hello there. well, tuesday brought some significant contrast in weather conditions across the uk with the south—east of england and east anglia once again having other dry, sunny and hot day, with a top temperature of 31 degrees in suffolk. but further north and west,

there was a lot more cloud around thanks to a week weather font with low temperatures and even patchy light rain. if you look at the satellite picture, cast your eyes out to this swirl of cloud out in the atlantic, this is a significant area of low pressure, which is going to reach our shores by the end of the week and bring some of us some significant rainfall. but back to the here and now and for the early hours of wednesday, it's looking largely dry across the board. one or two showers, though, just there for western scotland, more of a breeze too, but elsewhere, dry and a warm, muggy start particularly across south and south—eastern parts of the country. on into wednesday, on the whole, it's going to be a dry and brighter day for much of the uk. that sunshine up in towards parts scotland, northern ireland, just a few showers for the western isles. maybe the odd afternoon shower developing in the heat of the day across east anglia. you can see the orange colours extending further northwards and westwards. temperatures reaching the low 20s celsius through the afternoon across scotland and northern ireland. high 20s for england and wales with, again, a few locations in the south—east

seeing 30 or 31 degrees. into thursday, i think this is the peak of the heat. the heat will be spreading north and west, in fact, a good—looking day for most, maybe an odd shower developing in the afternoon from the heat of the day. more of a breeze across northern ireland and western scotland ahead of that area of low pressure as you make inroads. but notice the red and orange colours pretty widely across england and wales. temperatures ranging from 27 to 33, 3a, maybe 35 degrees somewhere in the south—east. then our area of low pressure edges ever closer for friday, sending in its weatherfront initially across western areas for northern ireland and western scotland, western parts of england and wales. ahead of it, there is going to be a cluster of heavy showers and thunderstorms which will develop. some of these could be quite intense across parts of the midlands into northern and eastern england, perhaps with some hail mixed in as well. across the south—east, it's going to be another hot one, 33, maybe 3a celsius. but turning cooler and

fresher further west. during friday night into the early hours of saturday, that rain, line of thunderstorms pushes on into the north sea. one or two showers behind, but a slightly cooler and fresh feel to things. that is how the new weekend is shaping up slightly. cool and fresher right across the board. largely dry with some good spells of sunshine bar the odd shower but temperatures a bit more comfortable than where they have been. good morning. welcome to breakfast, with dan walker and louise minchin. our headlines today: greece begins three days of mourning after wildfires destroyed whole communities, killing at least 7a people. five men have been charged in connection with an acid attack on a three—year—old boy in worcester. one of the world's best selling pop stars, demi lovato, is in hospital after a suspected drugs overdose. can you trademark the shape of a chocolate bar? later this morning, nestle will find out if it can protect its kitkat from copy—cats.

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