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while they are away on business. american firms such as twitter, ibm and accenture already offer the milk—shipping service to staff inside the us. so let's begin. with me is maike currie an investment director at fidelity personal investing. he will be. trump is a big fan of borisjohnson. he will be. trump is a big fan of boris johnson. in our website and many newspapers, they have many angles on this trip. he is calling
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for fresh sanctions on russia but not only look into the us but europe as well. one big area of concern is the use of chemical weapons on foreign soil and banning on line advertiser lent. for many years, that has been in place. he once on line platforms because they are so powerful they can swing elections. we shall keep an eye on how he progresses in washington. in the front page of the financial times, venezuela and this situation has been getting more and more acute for a number of time. it is getting a lot of media attention now because of the crisis has been ongoing for some time was make it is frightening. this is all about hyper inflation and runaway prices. so
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much so that what you goodbye with your money tomorrow is less than what you goodbye with it today. zimbabwe is also hedging into that territory. detrimental to a country ‘s economic situation. what we have seenin ‘s economic situation. what we have seen in venezuela is mass people playing, and exodus put on the scale of the syrian refugee crisis. it all started with political repression and years of economic risk management. it is a really great illustration on the bbc website which i cannot find right now but it shows you the piles of cash needed in venezuela just to buy daily items like a bag of sugar. you really strikes home of the challenge is that people are facing and facing for quite some time. the financial times looking at the devaluation as
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the crisis mounts. it points out interesting issues as well with regards with mr maduro, as they run cryptocurrency launched amid much fa nfa re cryptocurrency launched amid much fanfare and many are looking at his actions and questioning them right to the very core. the most powerful quote in the peace is that he could have basically picked the currency to unicorns because it has been brought into existence by the president, it is not traded in any platform, it is not used, whether it has any legitimacy and it could make the situation in venezuela worse, thatis the situation in venezuela worse, that is up for debate. let's talk how the world of work is changing. a poll looking at the fact that 6% of
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workers in the uk working 9—5 which some might find a shocking statistics. i can hear dolly parton‘s song right now. the conversation with the bank of england chief economist on radio 4 yesterday talking about the threat of ai yesterday talking about the threat of al to yesterday talking about the threat of ai tojobs. it is yesterday talking about the threat of al to jobs. it is a discussion thatis of al to jobs. it is a discussion that is being had again and again. when i go to industry conferences, it comes up all the time. the threat of ai it comes up all the time. the threat of al to particular industry or sector. robotics, ai, all of those things are changing the way we work. thejobs things are changing the way we work. the jobs that a lot of people thought were guaranteed, like being an accountant, being a surgeon,
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could all be done by computers and robots and it is changing the jobs market. we spoke about hyperinflation in venezuela, the effect of technology and artificial intelligence is the opposite, it is low deflation. wage growth does not go up, low deflation. wage growth does not go up, prices do not go up and that suppresses an economy said the repercussions are massive and it raises questions about what the jobs of the future. when we talk to our children about what jobs of the future. when we talk to our children about whatjobs to aim for, it is about the human touch, in the ration, creativity, thinks that computers and robots cannot do are becoming more important. that is looking ahead but right now peoples work — life balance are changing as well. we have been asking you to get involved and tell us what you do in terms of york world of work. we have
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thomas who says that officially 9—5 monday to friday but in reality 2a seven, three and 65 days i work thanks to the electronic tevez, the work phone and the laptop. what he is saying is that he never stops working even though i not in the office because of all the technology. another viewer saying he works 6:30am to a 30p.m. three days a week and then another day and then i get three days. i work a0 hours. another works for a ——8 weeks and then gets vacation. he is a manager in dubai. lots of people working in
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all sorts of different ways to fit their work— life balance. all sorts of different ways to fit their work- life balance. it is interesting. technology has been a great enabler of flexible work. if you have a strong internet connection and a computer you can work anywhere but the switch side is you never switch off. you can always check your e—mails, you can always be reached. there up pros and cons to it. on the daily telegraph, goldman sachs the first organisation in the uk to offer a courier service of mothers breastmilk to ever she may be working so that she can continue in the wake pace. lots of people have different views. some see this as a fantastic thing. 0thers see this as a fantastic thing. others may view this as not such a good thing actually. keeping women
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in work when maybe they should be home with their newborn. it is a tricky one, isn't it? it is tricky. the purpose is to make the transition to work easier. it is a relatively inexpensive benefit for companies to offer. you need to talk about things like child care, extending paternity leave, for both mum and dad. those are the things that will be the real game changes. this is helpful to some women but it isa this is helpful to some women but it is a small fraction of women who would want this. thank you for coming in. really appreciate your thoughts and comments. thank you for your thoughts and comments. dojoin in. i will see you soon. bye—bye. well, tuesday's not looking
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too bad across the uk. might start a little cloudy, murky, drizzly, that sort of thing. but eventually, later in the morning and into the afternoon, that grey layer of cloud will break up and we will see some sunshine. now, on the satellite image, the real rain—bearing cloud is away to the north—west of us — in fact, between the uk and iceland. we're to the south, and within this area here, thisa gap, we've got muggy, humid air from the southern climes, from the azores, so that's why it feels so warm outside. in fact, very early on tuesday morning, temperatures in the south will be around about 17 degrees celsius, i6, 15—16 throughout yorkshire, even in newcastle there around ia celsius, so a relatively warm start to the day. and this is that humid air. if you squint you can see those arrows there, all the way from the south—west here, streaming towards the uk. but when we see this weather pattern, we often get a lot of cloud that shrouds the coastlines. we get a bit of mist and murk, and even drizzle in places, as well. the real weather front‘s away
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to the north of us here, the north—west, but we're in that sort of murky area. however, later on in the morning the clouds all break up a little bit, and we'll get some sunshine. so it's into the second half of the day on tuesday, that's when we are going to get the best of the weather. really very warm indeed, hot even in the south—east, 26, 2a expected in merseyside, and into the 20s as far north as scotland. there is a change on the way. those weather fronts will reach us, and we're expecting rain to fall in northern ireland and scotland by the time we get to wednesday. so here's wednesday's weather forecast. you can see it's raining in belfast, in glasgow, edinburgh, it's approaching the lake district, just about merseyside there, northern wales too. but to the south of that, we're still in that very warm air, very humid as well, so temperatures could even shoot up to the high 20s. it will feel very warm in east anglia and the south—east, temperatures 26 or 27 degrees, and then in scotland and northern ireland we've got that fresher air coming from the atlantic, around 17 celsius, so a bit of a io—degree difference. and the reason for that is because cold fronts will be sweeping across the uk, and multiple cold fronts, that means spells of rain on the way too.
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and behind it you can see that fresher air coming all the way from iceland, there's iceland there, that cooler air invading the uk by the time we get to thursday, and right across the country by friday. and you can see the temperatures dropping. in london, 26 on tuesday, by friday it's 19 in london, and by friday it's only ia degrees in belfast. cooler ia degrees in belfast. air invading the uk by thursday. bye— bye. good morning, welcome to breakfast with louise minchin and dan walker. 0ur headlines today: a warning of medicine shortages and confusion. nhs trusts criticise a lack of planning for a possible no—deal brexit. calls for tougher regulation of bailiffs, as families
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fall behind on essential bills. there's a new plan to boost exports. the government says businesses have nothing to lose and everything to gain from brexit. in sport, they're on the attack. sadio mane puts the shine on liverpool's 2—0 win at crystal palace, as they maintain their winning start to the premier league season. and it was a very special delivery, the baby born in a helicopter en route from the isles of scilly.
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