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which warns workers not to battle into the office when unwell. that is the question it is asking. and the telegraph among many picking up on madonna's latest appearance — the cover star for vogue in which she talks about her latest reinvention at the age of 60. back with me is oliver cornock, editor—in—chief of the oxford business group. let's get stuck in. what is the new york times saying about facebook‘s announcement of these fake accounts? it's simply saying these accounts have been identified, they've been closed, but of course this is against the background of the current trial with paul manna for going on in the us. manafort. this comes around mid terms, the so—called bad actors social media. pa rt
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so—called bad actors social media. part of me wonders how much of a big story is this? because it's a relatively small number of accounts. at the same time, foreign influence in other countries‘ elections is a lwa ys in other countries‘ elections is always controversial. it seems to be always controversial. it seems to be a little bit of a nonstory on one level because it simply fuels a narrative that already ongoing. at the same time, a real break the facebook actually tackling this in quite a proactive manner. that's what i was going to say, it is pro action on the part of facebook, as opposed tojoking action on the part of facebook, as opposed to joking about it and sweeping it to one side, which is what the boss did initially. you said it is a small number of accounts. they say something like 450,000 people could have been exposed to them, or what have you. it isa exposed to them, or what have you. it is a small issue, but how worried are you about this issue of disinformation in the run—up to key democratic events around the world? it does play to this fake news
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narrative, ironically, donald trump‘s, because he is someone who has argued against fake news, but someone has argued against fake news, but someone who feels it could have been skewed to favour him. it‘s about the pace of the development of facebook and other social media platforms and how they embrace these bad actors, the bad people who are going to use these. they are always going to be changing the platforms they use, these people such as facebook and twitter need to be ahead of the game. is the technology and the governance going as fast as it should be? do you use facebook, and what for? purely for social stuff. in terms of news, it‘s not a source for you? i don't, though a lot of people do. apparently a lot of younger people do. i'm obviously on the older side of this. let's look at what viewers have been saying. 0bviously on the website you can see some of the adverts, some of the propaganda that people have said is
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on facebook. many people have been in touch. 0ne says, i left facebook over a year ago because i really used it. i didn‘t care to keep up with most of the people. but i do prefer with most of the people. but i do p refer to with most of the people. but i do prefer to stay updated through other social media. we have other people who say, i only use it for work—related information, which is interesting. i much prefer twitter. we have others who say, i left, it isa spam we have others who say, i left, it is a spam fest of political garbage and non—stop marketing. this is 0go pogo citing — his twitter handle. and users who get very little value of what they do give up. i must admit, i use facebook to keep in touch with people, but that‘s the only reason. i also recognise it's free, and it has to be funded some way. absolutely. this is the independent, which has an interview
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with vince cable, the leader of the liberal democrats, former business secretary. talking about his campaign gaining momentum for what he calls a final say on brexit. people talk about a second referendum. what would a second referendum. what would a second referendum look like if we were to have one? it's interesting. the independent newspaper, which the final say campaign has been pushing, is very pro—eu. vince cable and his party have been very pro—eu. the liberal democrats were routed at the last election. i just liberal democrats were routed at the last election. ijust don‘t know how much appetite there is in the uk for another referendum. what would it be about? the final say on the decision of the government. i think what this is saying is that it‘s the possibility of reversing that decision, and it‘s a very dangerous precedent to start setting, the moment you don‘t like the result of a democratic election, that you then have another one. on the front page
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of the independent but many others have theresa may, on her summer holiday with her husband, and she is going to be having a working meeting with emmanuel macron in the south of france. it‘s very important for her, isn‘t it, during this summary sets period, when she is not having to deal with politics at home, to try and build bridges in europe? no investors take long recesses. they continue working through. they are sick to death of british politicians not interacting around the world. it's not interacting around the world. it‘s time theresa may and every member of the british government put the case out to britain on the global stage, and my god, the case out to britain on the globalstage, and my god, i hope the case out to britain on the global stage, and my god, i hope she is doing that. she is definitely telling us she is doing that. let‘s move on to time magazine. federal judge halts 3—d printed gun blueprints. i imagine many people we re blueprints. i imagine many people were breathing a sigh of relief. it's were breathing a sigh of relief. it‘s a strange one. there are so
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many positive applications for 3—d printing. we‘ve heard about surgeons sending blueprints for prosthetic limbs around the world, so many positive things, and this is one of the darker sides of this, this gun that can be replicated through a printer. plastic, undetectable through metal detectors. donald trump simply, in a particularly anodyne tweet, said, it doesn‘t seem to make sense to him. one has to hope they seem to see some sense here. and the sun newspaper saying why you mustn‘t struggle to work when you are ill. it‘s got a picture ofa when you are ill. it‘s got a picture of a very young, healthy man fishing in this story. 0ff of a very young, healthy man fishing in this story. off the back of news that in the uk we are less likely to ta ke that in the uk we are less likely to take sick days than most other countries. i think there is that northern european stereotype of ploughing on through illness. certainly, if i have an office full of people, i don‘t really want people who are sick coming in, i
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don‘t want to get on the tube with sick people, because i‘m going to contract what they are carrying, and there is a little bit of a dangerous attitude here to ploughing on. presenteeism. i want people sitting ata presenteeism. i want people sitting at a desk, and if they are not well, they are not productive. it could make them sick, and that could put further weight on the health service. the telegraph has madonna reinventing herself again at 60. she has done it several times... a huge article about her in vogue magazine. 0ther newspapers have her as well. you are a fan. some of the papers are you are a fan. some of the papers a re less you are a fan. some of the papers are less positive than the telegraph... the daily mail is quite scathing about her. probably the bestselling female recording artist in the world. she‘s got 13 studio albums, really catchy tunes, you go around the world, you can go to any bar around the world, and like a virgin is playing — we all know
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these things. she has reinvented herself and says she‘s focusing on herself and says she‘s focusing on herfamily, herself and says she‘s focusing on her family, although she herself and says she‘s focusing on herfamily, although she is herself and says she‘s focusing on her family, although she is talking about new music as well, inspired by her new home in portugal, very trendy. always ahead of the game, it seems, and in her 60th year, reinventing yet further. you think this will be a storming success, a number—1 album? this will be a storming success, a number-1 album? i'd be lying to say i wouldn‘t hope so. number-1 album? i'd be lying to say i wouldn't hope so. all right, madonna reinventing herself, and quite interesting, because there‘s this photograph on the telegraph of her running through a garden with some of her children. she has adopted several children from parts of africa, which we know, of course. . . of africa, which we know, of course... you can be cynical about celebrity philanthropy but what she has done with her charity is amazing. there was no paediatric hospital in malawi. there‘s a huge crisis of orphans, in it for the
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long haul and really making a difference. a slightly flipped story, silly season, but a nice touch as well. for those fans of madonna, thank you very much indeed for coming in. as i‘ve mentioned a few times, we do have quite a lot of feedback on the facebook story. i wa nt to feedback on the facebook story. i want to mention a few more of your comments. it‘s all on the bbc news app, of course, one is selling, i kept my facebook account so i have contact with my friends. 0ther kept my facebook account so i have contact with my friends. other than that i see no use for it at all. we‘ve got another who says, the main reason i use facebook is to learning this. i read many statements and i pick up phrases. thanks for all your comments. we will see you soon. goodbye. hello there.
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just when you thought we were done with the heatwave, the temperatures are beginning to climb again over the next few days. particularly across southern parts of the uk. further north and west of there will be a little bit of rain at times, but certainly not all the time. 0n the satellite picture from a little earlier on, you can see clumps of cloud circulating around an area of low pressure and as we go through the next couple of days, we will continue to seek areas of cloud feeding in from the south—west. we start tomorrow with temperatures across the country, 11—14 degrees, the best of the morning sunshine will be found across england and wales and for the far north—east of scotland. as we go on through the day to the parts of the midlands, we will develop more cloud. best of the sunshine towards the south—east and for northern ireland and western scotland, the cloud thickens up all the while and we will see outbreaks of mostly light and patchy rain. quite easy across these western areas, north—east scotland holding onto a little bit of brightness. some of this rain pushing out of northern ireland towards the north—west of england and north—west of wales, further south and east
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and we are into good spells of sunshine and temperatures in london getting up to around 26 degrees. as we go through wednesday evening, there will be some sunshine to end the day in the south but as we go through the night we are to be piling a lot of cloud in from the south—west. it will turn misty and murky for coastal areas, a few splashes of rain and those temperatures begin to come up, an increasingly humid feel into thursday morning because we will have brought this warm front across the country. not much rain on it, but that is the reason for extra cloud and with high pressure to the south, southern areas particularly are going to start to tap into increasingly warm air from the near continent. further north and west, a somewhat fresher feel of air from the atlantic. temperatures not as high. during thursday, a lot of cloud in through western and parts of the uk, particularly the odd spot of rain and showers. further south is the best chance of seeing sunshine,
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those temperatures creeping upwards, 29 in london on thursday. we keep that split in temperature fortunes as we head to the end of the week and north—western areas have seen more in the way of cloud, mostly dry temperatures, generally in the low 20s. further south, it will be the low 30s, 32, maybe 33 degrees, with plenty of sunshine to take us into the weekend. good morning. welcome to breakfast with dan walker and louise minchin. 0ur headlines today: farmers hold an emergency drought summit, after the driest spring and summer for 42 years. good morning. iam good morning. i am at a dairy farm in cheshire. normally these guys would the outcome the fields eating but there is not enough grass for them, so they have had to bring them in and give them the winter feed. farmers say they are really worried about what the future holds. an airliner crashesjust after takeoff in northern mexico. dozens are injured,
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