this is the briefing. i'm sally bundock. our top stories: a new prime ministerfor australia — scott morrison is the surprise choice to replace malcolm turnbull. no safe level of alcohol consumption — the startling new advice following a 26—year study looking at international drinking habits. hurricane lane is downgraded just as it reaches land in hawaii. in business: impeach me and the market crashes! president trump warns of dire economic damage if he's removed from office. a warm welcome to the programme, briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. also in the programme: luton airport

has been rated the uk's worst airport for a third year. disastrous customer service, baggage drop queues, poor seating are some of the reasons why. what is your experience, your worst airport and why? feel free to name and shame, just use #bbcthebriefing. so, let's begin. we start with breaking news from australia: scott morrison will be the country's new prime minister after malcolm turnbull was forced out by party rivals. mr turnbull had been under pressure and then suffered a revolt by mps. mr morrison, the current treasurer, won an internal ballot 45—40 over former home affairs minister peter dutton. let's get the very latest

from sydney and our correspondent, phil mercer. it has been a dramatic week, phil. just tell us more about scott morrison, the new prime minister. well, once upon a time, scott morrison was an immigration minister, more recently he has held the very important treasurer portfolio in the centre—right government of the outgoing prime minister malcolm turnbull. scott morrison has been a keen and loyal supporter of the outgoing pm, so what we expect is this victory of scott morrison will be seen as a victory for the more moderate part of the centre—right coalition, given that his challenger, peter dutton, was the candidate that the conservatives wanted to challenge

for the leadership. sorry to interrupt you. we want to come back to you in a moment. first, malcolm turnbull is addressing the press. you know the foundation of everything you do in government is a strong economy and we have delivered, as we promised, jobs and growth — you may have heard that before. we've got record jobs growth in australia last year, we have strong economic growth, i%, as you know, higher than any of the g7 economies. that has enabled us to do so economies. that has enabled us to do so much more. despite the minority position in the senate and the one seat majority in the house of representatives, we have been able to deliver substantial taxation reforms — much more than any of you, probably any thought possible, substantial personal income tax reforms, the biggest in more than 20 yea rs. reforms, the biggest in more than 20 years. tax reductions for small and medium businesses, overwhelmingly australian family—owned businesses. we have also been able to get on

with the job of important historic infrastructure. i am very proud that we are under way with the snowy hydro 2.0. i know sometimes my in the labour —— labour party are not committed to renewables, well, we are willing to build the biggest project in australia since snowy hydro 1.0, project in australia since snowy hydroi.0, so project in australia since snowy hydro 1.0, so that's a substantial commitment, plus we are building the western sydney airport, the inland railand a western sydney airport, the inland rail and a railway from melbourne to tullamarine. so many other big infrastructure projects. we have been able to do it because of strong economic growth. we have also taken a different approach. i have been a reforming liberal prime minister, of course, you know, one of the many difficult political challenges that we face, particularly in the coalition, has been the issue of

marriage equality. now, we have delivered that. same—sex marriage is legal. it went through a postal vote, as you know, which was hugely successful, again, much more successful, again, much more successful tha n successful, again, much more successful than many thought, and we delivered the historic reform. a very substantial one. we have also established a national redress scheme for the victims of child sexual abuse. we have provided record support for mental health services and for health services right across the board, whether it is hospitals, medicare, pharmaceutical benefits scheme, none of those things could have been done without the strong economy that we've delivered. 0ur childcare reforms also have been once in a generation reforms. but i have taken a different approach as a federal leader, as the federal government, to the way we engage with cities. as you know, historically, federal governments have played a limited

role, sort of an ad hoc role with cities, and very often you have federal government, state government, local government often moving in roughly the same direction, being a little bit like ships in the night. the city deals programme has been a real innovation — very common very programme has been a real innovation — very common very welcome programme has been a real innovation — very common very welcome reform and enabling for the first time to see federal government money systematically going into partnership community programmes so that you agree what the vision is and get on and do it. i want to say also that keeping australians safe is obviously the single most important priority of government. i have had outstanding ministers in that area, particularly marie is pain, the defence minister, and the defence industry minister, christopher pyne, and we have embarked on the largest investment in our defence capabilities ever in peacetime —— maurice paine. it is

not simply a matter of ensuring that our men and women in the adf have the capabilities to give them the force they need and to ensure that they are safe in all of the circumstances they are engaging in, it is also part of an agenda to ensure the defence industry, these advanced industries, provide the lead, the opportunities to build the australian economy and it is all pa rt australian economy and it is all part of our economic plan. clearly as the prime minister i have had a great deal to do in terms of the international agenda. we have been able to secure a reform or an achievement many thought impossible, which was the trans—pacific partnership. when donald trump pulled out of that, everyone thought it was dead. i was mocked, as you know, by some for keeping at it, but we managed to secure the tpp11, and the tra ns—pacific partnership continued. and the fact that it has continued. and the fact that it has

continued not only create export opportunities for australians, it also provides a foundation for a trade dealfor the us also provides a foundation for a trade deal for the us to also provides a foundation for a trade dealfor the us to re—enter at some point in the future, and for others to do as well. we have also of course — i was able to secure and then maintain the resettlement deal with the united states for refugees on manaus and nauru — that was a challenging exercise to maintain that, but of course hundreds of refugees have now been resettled without providing the incentive for the people smugglers to get back into business again, and maintaining that strong border protection has been critically important —— manus. we are also able... i was able to ensure that when the us puts tariffs on steel and aluminium on countries right around the world, australia was exempted from that. again, a great example of the way in which i have sought always to stand up for australian jobs, australian workers,

and our industries. we have been able to ensure that we could bring back the rule of law on the building sector, our australian building and construction commission, that was obviously one of the double dissolution triggers, but again many thought that was impossible, but we we re thought that was impossible, but we were able to achieve it. so i think it has been... it has been a challenging time, to be prime minister, but i'm very proud of our record, i'm very proud of our government and my ministers‘ record at achievements, so i want to thank all of my colleagues and my staff, but, you know, above all i want to thank my wife, lucy, for the love and support, i want to thank our children, alex and his wife yvonne, and our daughter daisy and her husband james. it isn‘t easy being

married to, or the child of, a politician, let alone a prime minister. and often children get attention from the media and others that they frankly don‘t deserve in terms of, you know, people wanting to sort of have a crack at their father by going after them. so it has been tough on them at times, but i want to thank them for their solidarity and loyalty and love. 0ur grandchildren, of course, a great jov- grandchildren, of course, a great joy. i look forward to spending some more time with them and with lucy. but, finally, i want to thank the australian people for everything they have done for me. it has been such a privilege to be the leader of this great nation. i love australia. i love australians. we are the most successful multicultural society in the world. and i have always defended that and advanced that as

one of our greatest assets. we must never allow the politics of race or division or setting ourselves against each other to become part of our political culture. we have so much going for us in this country. we have to be proud of it and we have to cherish it. now, i suppose i should say something about the events of the last week or so. look, i think you all know what happened, there was a determined insurgency from a number of people, both in the party room and backed by voices, powerful voices in the media. really, to bring... if not to bring down the government, certainly to bring down my prime ministership. it was extraordinary, it was described as madness by many, and i think it‘s difficult to describe it in any other way. in the party room meeting today, i was impressed by how many

of my colleagues spoke, or voted, for loyalty a bove of my colleagues spoke, or voted, for loyalty above disloyalty — how the insurgents were not rewarded by collecting mr dutton, for example, but instead my successor, who i wish the very best, of course, scott morrison, a very loyal and effective treasurer. i want to thank him and, of course, for his great work, but above all i want to thankjulie bishop — she is a very dear friend. we have been friends for over 30 yea rs, we have been friends for over 30 years, which we sometimes wonder whether we should remind people of that, but nonetheless she is a very dear friend. that, but nonetheless she is a very dearfriend. she has been an extraordinary foreign minister. i would say our finest foreign minister. and she has been a loyal

deputy and just a great colleague and friend. so i thankjulie very much. as you know, she has stood down as the deputy and she is succeeded byjosh down as the deputy and she is succeeded by josh frydenberg. down as the deputy and she is succeeded byjosh frydenberg. and againi succeeded byjosh frydenberg. and again i wish josh succeeded byjosh frydenberg. and again i wishjosh all the best. he has been a very loyal and capable minister. so, that is what i have to say to you today. i am happy to take some questions. no, hang on. one minute, you can‘t all talk at once. iam going minute, you can‘t all talk at once. i am going to — given that i am about to... so, that is the speech there of malcolm turnbull, who has stood down as the prime minister of australia. he hasn‘t even been in thejob for three years. australia. he hasn‘t even been in the job for three years. he has a long list of achievements, a very long list of achievements, a very long list of achievements, a very long list of achievements, that he wa nted long list of achievements, that he wanted to tell everybody about, what he has achieved while he has been in office, but of course he referred to what he described as an extraordinary week to bring down his

leadership, which he said was madness. let‘sjoin leadership, which he said was madness. let‘s join phil mercer once again, our correspondent in sydney, who is listening in to that as well. phil, give us your take on what he had to say. he mentioned lots of different achievements, lots of historic changes he has brought to australia while he has been in office, for example, same—sex marriage, change when it comes to immigration, the environment, et cetera, all of them of which have been extremely hot potatoes, haven‘t they? yes, and i think the key point in all of these is that malcolm turnbull has been unable to garner the support of an angry conservative wing in his coalition government. that probably began as soon as he assumed the top job as prime minister in september 2000 and 15. the man that he ousted, tony abbott, remained an mp and has been

agitating against malcolm turnbull ever since —— 2015. so, malcolm turnbull has been unable to rein in the right—wing faction of his coalition government and he‘s paid the price. mr turnbull saying that that insurgency that began earlier this week hasn‘t been rewarded with the election of peter dutton. but safe to say australia‘s new prime minister scott morrison faces and —— an immense challenge try to reunite an immense challenge try to reunite a fractured government, all in time for the next election, and it will be extremely difficult given this extraordinary amount of infighting that we have seen in the national capital canberra in the last few days. all right, phil, thank you. we have to leave it there. that is the breaking story that‘s been emerging in australia. you‘re listening to malcolm turnbull, the former prime minister of australia, as he gave his speech following his removal

from office, as you were hearing, scott morrison, the former treasurer, is to be the new australian prime minister — we will have more on that story later in this programme but now let‘s move on. the medical advice around alcohol consumption can sometimes be confusing, some studies suggest a small amount could be beneficial, but we also know it can be harmful. now a major global study has concluded there‘s no safe limit to alcohol consumption and health officials should consider recommending that people go teetotal. the research was led by the university of washington and is published in the lancet medical journal. 0ur health correspondent, dominic hughes, has the all the details. just how much alcohol is it safe to drink? different studies offering a p pa re ntly drink? different studies offering apparently contradictory results can be confusing, as is the level of risk posed by drinking even a moderate amount of alcohol. now a new research says there is no safe level of alcohol consumption. the

global study looked at drinking habits of a 26—year—old is in 195 countries. around the world, one in three people are thought to drink alcohol. alcohol use is linked to nearly a 10th of all deaths in those aged 15 to 49. this leaves the authors to conclude that any health benefits of drinking are outweighed by the risks. in the uk, the advice is to limit consumption by 1a units a week, around six pints of lager or seven glasses of wine. health experts say for most people, sticking to this level of consumption presents a very low risk and in the end, this is what the debate around alcohol consumption comes down to, the level of risk we‘re each willing to live with. dominic hughes, bbc news. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: lots more on the news. he‘s the first african american to win the presidential nomination of a major party, and he accepts exactly 45 years ago to the day that martin luther king

declared i have a dream. as darkness falls tonight, an unfamiliar light will appear in the south—eastern sky. an orange glowing disk that is brighter than anything save the moon — our neighbouring planet, mars. there is no doubt that this election is an important milestone in the birth of east timor as the world's newest nation. it‘ll take months and billions of dollars to repair what katrina achieved injust hours. three weeks is the longest the great clock has been off duty in 117 years, so it was with great satisfaction that clock maker john vernon swung the pendulum to set the clock going again. you‘re watching the briefing.

0ur headlines: australia has new prime minister. scott morrison will replace malcolm turnbull after he lost the support of his party. a major global study has concluded there‘s no safe limit to alcohol consumption, and health officials should consider recommending that people go teetotal. strong winds and terrible rains have hit hawaii causing flash floods and landslides. many public schools and offices are closed as residents take shelter from hurricane lane. offices are closed as residents take shelterfrom hurricane lane. the eye of the category three storm is 300 kilometres away in the pacific. lebo diseko as the latest. —— lebo diseko has the latest. hurricane lane is yet to hit these islands

but the rain and winds already have. 0ne section of the big island had nearly half a metre of rain in just 2a hours, as the category 3 cyclone gets nearer. even if it does not make landfall, it still brings a storm that authorities say could be life—threatening. we are extremely concerned about the potentials for hillend flooding, landslides occurring and damage to the transportion, communications infrastructure. the other issue we are going to see is this is notjust going to be over in the next 2a hours. this system will be with us for the next four or five days, continuing to bring winds to the island, to bring large surf, as well as torrential rains we‘ve talked about. residents have been battening down the hatches. the governor has warned them to prepare for the worse. he says they should take the threat seriously and put aside at least two weeks worth of food, water and medicine. there were long cues as people rushed to get their last few supplies. some supermarkets say their shelves were stripped bare. elsewhere frantic efforts to try and defend these islands from the sea. a storm surge is expected to bring huge breaking waves, raising water levels more than a metre above normal tide levels. these pictures from nasa show the hurricane south of hawaii, just a couple of days ago. only two hurricanes have made

landfall in hawaii since the 1950s. if lane crosses land here, it would make it only be the third. president trump has declares a state of emergency which means federal authorities will help state and local responses. 0ne catastrophe after another but hopefully this is not going to be a catastrophe. these pictures from nasa show the hurricane south of hawaii just a couple of days ago. 0nly hawaii just a couple of days ago. only two hurricanes have made la ndfall only two hurricanes have made landfall in hawaii since the nineteen fifties. president trump has declared a state of emergency, which means federal authorities will help state and local responses. in the meantime, people here are bracing themselves for some tough days ahead with the hurricane expected to hit sometime on friday. lebo diseko, bbc news. let‘s turn to our top business story, because president trump has warned of dire economic consequences if he is removed from office. he told fox news‘s fox and friends

programme that the stock market will crash if he is impeached. this week the s&p 500 index officially entered the longest winning streak in wall street history, partly due to president trump‘s tax cuts. here‘s what he had to say. i guess it‘s something like high crimes and all. i don‘t know how you can impeach somebody who‘s done a greatjob. i tell you what, if i ever got impeached i think the market would crash. i think everybody would be very poor because without this thinking, you would see numbers that you wouldn‘t believe in reverse. that‘s the us president there. tom stevenson is with us, investment director at fidelity international.

what do you make of those kinds of comments? well, donald trump is very quick to claim credit for the rising stock market, which is a dangerous game to play, of course. and the strong economy. and the strong economy. there‘s a grain of truth in that because one of the reasons why the stock market has been so strong since his presidency started is because of the tax reforms he is put through. that has driven very strong earnings growth —— that he has put through. and that has driven a rise in the stock market. he can claim some benefit for that but it‘s a dangerous game, because if the market goes the other way then equally he would need to take responsibility for that and i‘m quite sure he won‘t. responsibility for that and i‘m quite sure he won't. quite a threat on his part, everything will come tumbling down, you will be poorer, mrand mrs tumbling down, you will be poorer, mr and mrs america if i‘m not here. that‘s by no means proven by history. we‘ve had a couple of situations in the past where we‘ve had in peach and is of presidents,

which is what this is all about, the potential to impeach the president —— impeachments. with nixon there was a lot of turmoil at the time, it‘s difficult to know whether the impeachment caused the problem, we had the breakdown of the bretton wood currencies and the oil crisis. with president clinton in the 1990s the stock market sailed through, it was the dot com bubble and the stock market rose strongly despite the fa ct market rose strongly despite the fact the president was in trouble for five months. tom will be back because we have lots more to go through in the news briefing. lots more to discuss later so stay with us for that. tell me what you think about our talking point today. one of our airports in the uk, not farfrom london, luton airport, has been rated the worst airport for a third yearin rated the worst airport for a third year ina rated the worst airport for a third year in a row. we‘re asking what is your worst airport and white. many have been in touch already, we have got someone who says their worst

experience was chicago airport a few yea rs experience was chicago airport a few years ago dash and wilder. because of bad weather we missed our flight and is parking hell —— and why. we got a fold down bed. it was awful. we‘ve heard from other viewers who said luton is pretty bad, bob mills said luton is pretty bad, bob mills said birmingham is the worst, crowded, slow baggage, expensive flights to anywhere. pune says that one makes luton looked like dubai, dubai isa one makes luton looked like dubai, dubai is a pretty plush airport where you have a good experience if you go there. i was at luton bank holiday weekend in august last year and it was a pretty grim experience ican and it was a pretty grim experience i can confirm. stay with ask on the business briefing in a few moments. i will see you very soon. —— stay with us. fast approaching what for many of us

will be a bank holiday weekend, looking pretty unsettled it has to be said for most of it. now, for the next few days we all feel a big drop in those temperatures, including the saudis, feeling cooler and fresher than of late, the winds coming down from greenland to our shores —— south and east. we start this morning on a chilly note, including the south—east, 9—12 to begin the day but at least bright with sunshine, showers from the word go across much of the north and west. into the afternoon, these showers become more widespread and pretty heavy into the afternoon into central and southern areas, some of them could be very heavy with hail and thunder. a blustery old today wherever you are with the strong west to north—westerly winds, making it feel even cooler. temperatures into the low to mid teens in the north, the mid—to—high teens further south. for friday evening, those showers continue on but then they

will fizzle out into the overnight period. a few continue across northern and western areas with lengthy clear skies in central and eastern parts, a really chilly night for all, especially scotland and north—east england, were out of town in sheltered spots we could get freezing. as we head into saturday, looks like a better day because we have a ridge of high pressure coming from the west and that will push away the area of low pressure and dampen down the shower activity. looks like for the start of the weekend, we should see more sunshine than what we see of showers, but some affecting northern and western areas, maybe if you‘re travelling through the cheshire gap into the midlands, for example. but with more sunshine around, but feeling cooler, dealing better than friday. then on saturday night, another chilly one, especially in central and eastern areas. in the west, this next area of low pressure will arrive quickly on sunday. could be a brief, chilly but bright start in the east before wet and windy weather spreads into

all areas as the day wears on and some of this rain could be heavy in western hills. may be a bit brighter in northern ireland later in the day, but feeling disappointingly cool with the wind and rain, temperatures mid—to—high teens at best. for most it will be bank holiday monday and it‘s looking better i think, dry and bright weather pushing up from the south and feeling a touch warmer too. this is the business briefing, i‘m sally bundock. impeach me and the market crashes — president trump warns of dire economic damage if he is removed from office. plus: who will squeal first in the global trade war? how pigs in brazil are caught up in the struggle between the us and china. and on the markets, asian stocks fall as us—china trade talks end without progress. investors now await a speech by fed chiefjerome powell injackson hole, wyoming, that could give a clue to how high and how fast us interest rates will rise.