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online on business insider, the escalation of a human rights dispute has led to saudi arabia expelling ca nada's ambassador and freezing trade and investment. the state airline has also suspended flights in and out of toronto. indian english newspaper business standard looks at the resignation of indian—born pepsi ceo indra nooyi. her departure thins the ranks of female ceos running fortune 500 companies. as reported online at market watch, there has also been a spate of resignations of female ceos over the last year. and finally, in the telegraph, most people enjoy a lie—in when you can get it, but a new study is suggesting oversleeping can be as bad for your health as lack of sleep. so let's begin. with me is jane foley, a senior fx strategist at rabobank. to see you. let's get into the
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guardian's story. it brings back the focus on the novichok attacks, who is responsible, all british fingers pointing directly at moscow. to demand the extradition of two russian suspects is a familiar route for britain to take, and will probably get a familiar response. that is the broad conclusion, that it will be met by a scornful response from putin. russia have said they have attempted to extradite russians back into russia from the uk, and these would be high—profile critics of the russian regime, and the uk has refused that. people will think that the crown prosecution service, after hundreds of officers trying to work out the precise movements of these russians, they are ready to put in this request. nothing is expected to come from it, from russia's point of
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view. to you and me it seems obvious they have to continue the process, but there is a paragraph near the end of the peace which i thought was quite amusing, in a sense, that there was a conflict from within the government as to whether they should do this or not. that's exactly right, because i think it is accepted that it will be met by a scornful response from putin, it will start a tit—for—tat response, and that is perhaps inconvenient or difficult, but if they don't do it it is almost allowing it to potentially happen. i think a line has got to be drawn and this process has got to be drawn and this process has to be followed through. has got to be drawn and this process has to be followed throughm has got to be drawn and this process has to be followed through. it may be futile but you have to do it, is the message there. let's move on to oui’ the message there. let's move on to our next story, which is the iran us trade issue, which of course we are covering widely. it has onlyjust kicked in in the last hour or so,
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the ft focusing on it, but also focusing on the importance of the social unrest, as you said earlier. all the problems kicked in some time ago, really, with the knowledge that this was going to come. and from an iranian perspective, this isn't even that great story to sell, saying it is the americans what done it, because the domestic line is we are not happy with our government. that's exactly right, which is what the americans want to happen. the sanctions have been in place for less tha n sanctions have been in place for less than an hour, and yet actually for months now we have seen an awful lot of discontent within the country. and this is because the currency has fallen massively, which means the food, other goods which are imported, have become extremely expensive, and this is tightening the noose around the economy. already that economy at very high unemployment, and when you have a country with very high unemployment, especially high male youth unemployment, then you are perhaps
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sowing the seeds were discontent anyway. they have been lots of protests already. as you said, these tensions have only just protests already. as you said, these tensions have onlyjust enacted and more is to come in november, when they start to hit oil exports as well. exactly, which is the big one, ina well. exactly, which is the big one, in a sense. this might be symbolically the big moment that is the economic lifeline. it really is, and the us have been trying to get other countries to stop importing iranian oil. recently the us asked china to stop importing iranian oil. the chinese said they will not, but they are not going to ratchet it up. deeply regrettable is the eu's response, and you can see whether thatis response, and you can see whether that is from the perspective of business or the fact this was much worked on and desperately difficult. just to get to this deal, and now it is left to just hang in the air. yes, absolutely. as you said, european companies will be paying a
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lot more than us companies in this. the next story we will look at is the saudi canadian issue which has blown up, and this is very interesting and slightly strange, because the un have spoken up, and business insider are covering it here, the un has spoken about concerns of rights activists in saudi arabia, but canada when big and sort of went alone. you could say they went big, but actually all they did, we had a canadian body, global affairs canada, who tweeted in support of saudi women who have been arrested for trying to get more women's writes. this is particularly about the protests against the need for saudi women to have a male guardian —— rights. saudi women need the permission of a male to leave the permission of a male to leave the country, and there has been a
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lot of arrests since may in those protests, and this tweet on friday was then re— tweeted from the saudi embassy in riyadh, and the saudis have said enough. and this is i think a foreign policy stance from saudi arabia. they are saying we will not tolerate other countries meddling in our own domestic policy. they are putting a line in the sand and there have been harsh repercussions on canada. very strong. i want to move on quickly, if we can, because i am sure this will fascinate you in some respects. the head of pepsi stepping down. resigning always feels a little harsh, ina resigning always feels a little harsh, in a way. she described it quite nicely, saying that she feels she has run her race, two legs and they are both tired. and indra nooyi wa nts to they are both tired. and indra nooyi wants to handed over to someone else with strength and insight, and that isa with strength and insight, and that is a significant thing to do. what we don't know really is how much a business issue this will be, the reve nu es
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business issue this will be, the revenues in pepsi are extremely strong, but we know this is a time when global tastes are changing, people are not buying what the americans call soda so much any more. fizzy pop. they are concerned about the sugar content in that, and this is about the lack of women leaders in fortune 500 companies. this is about the lack of women leaders in fortune 500 companiesm fa ct, leaders in fortune 500 companiesm fact, market watch have focused on that as well, with the figure that there are 23 female ceos in the fortune 500, not many, 32 last year. is there something there as well, beyond pure happenstance? clearly obviously some have left, and we have seen some big companies lose their women ceos for a variety of different reasons, but i think perhaps one of the stories here is why are they not another wave of women coming through? for many companies this is what they need to concentrate on, getting the women through the ranks, keeping them there, so that there is an array of women to choose from when it comes
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to appoint new leaders. and briefly, indra nooyi was the first foreign—born ceo for pepsi, and another indian success story, in a sense, and there are a few of them around. and i think it is only right, india is a very large economy, lots of people, and they make a difference. and let's focus on something close to our heart, let's be honest, my alarm is set for 0200, and you look great and wide—awake, but do you enjoy a lie in? it is very rare. well, the good news from the telegraph is that lie—ins are bad for you, the greater
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risk of cardiovascular problems to lie in. i think there is a chicken and egg aspect, it is people who sleep or ten hours or so, so significantly more than the seven or eight hours recommended, are at more risk of cardiac or stroke. what we do know is, is it because you are already at risk of cardiac or stroke you tend to sleep more? one of the good things that comes out of this story is the advice to gps, if they have patients abnormally long sleeping patterns, maybe those people should be assessed for stroke and cardiac arrest. and teenagers do not count in this survey, i imagine. stay with us here on bbc news. so much more to come. hello there. today we see the last of the hot and humid conditions across the south—east before it's all changed by the time we reach wednesday. we'll maintain a north—west/south—east split for the next 2a hours, that's because we've got a weak weather front across northern
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and western areas, largely clear skies and a very warm and muggy start in the south—east, whereas further north and west, slightly fresher and there will be more cloud around, perhaps a spot of drizzle and some hill fog too. so it means for tuesday morning it starts off relatively cloudy across many northern and western areas, but the cloud tending to thin and break. sunny spells developing quite widely. will be breezier across the north—west, but again, across the south and east, another hot and sunny day. you can see the deep orange colours unfolding there into the afternoon with highs again 29 to maybe 31 degrees. further west, though, in those yellow colours, it's going to be feeling a little bit cooler. something typical for the time of year, 18—22 celsius. and then late on tuesday evening and overnight, we could see a cluster of thundery showers move up from the near continent, grazing past south—east england and east anglia. bit of uncertainty as to how far westwards these will get, but it's all tied in with this weather front, which is going to continue to move its way eastwards during the course of thursday night. and then by wednesday morning, we lose the hot and humid air from the south—east and then we're all into the cooler air mass.
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so, for wednesday it's going to feel very different to what we've been used to, particularly in the south—east. there will be some sunshine around, but some showers as well, particularly across western areas, some of them could be heavy and thundery. and there's your temperatures — 17—24 celsius, a good 8 degrees lower in the south—east than what we've been used to on monday and tuesday. on into thursday then, most of the showers will be across the north—west corner of the country. sunny spells elsewhere, but there is a chance of some thundery rain moving up from the near continent, again grazing the south—east. but it could stay over the near continent, south—east could stay dry. and again, temperatures around the seasonal average but feeling cooler than what we've been used to. friday not a bad looking day, largely dry. some showers in the north. but then later on in the day, the skies are going to cloud over across western areas with increasing breeze ahead of a weather system. now, this is something we haven't seen much of during the summer period, but it looks like it's going to be quite a vigorous area of low pressure hurtling
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in across our shores just in time for the weekend. it could deliver a spell of pretty heavy rain at times, and also strong winds. could be touching gale—force. so saturday's looking very unsettled with wet and windy weather moving through. for sunday, though, a little bit brighter with sunshine and showers, but it's going to feel much cooler over the weekend. good morning, welcome to breakfast with naga munchetty and dan walker. our headlines today: rescue workers are searching for survivors after the earthquake in lombok which killed nearly 100 people. the foreign office says it's working to help british travellers. the labour party drops an investigation into senior backbencher margaret hodge over an anti—semitism row with leader jeremy corbyn. scientists warn that the world is at risk of extremely dangerous levels of climate change, which could mean sea levels rise by up to 60 metres. good morning. how important is your
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