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in the media across the world: we begin with the daily telegraph. its front page headline reads — hammond under fire for no deal warning. the chancellor is accused of undermining theresa may in a letter to the treasury after yesterday's no deal brexit departure speech. looking at the sydney morning herald where the only story in town is the challenge for the prime minister's job. scott morrison has emerged as the new leader of australia and members of parliament, including his opponent, have already pledged their loyalty to him. in the financial times, there's another development on the delayed listing of aramco. this story says saudi arabia's foreign wealth fund is primed to choose international banks to lend it $11 billion, filling the whole left by the delay. the independent has the temporary release of british—iranian woman
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nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe, who was sentenced to five years jail in iranforspying. finally on bbc news — coffee by drone? technology company ibm has patented a machine to detect when people are tired and bring them coffee to lift energy levels. the company hasn't revealed whether it will produce the drone. sounds extremely hazardous to me! with me is tom stevenson and investment director from fidelity international. let's start with the big story, it
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is all over the media looking at what was said by dominic raab to tell us how to prepare for a no dill brexit. —— no deal. tell us how to prepare for a no dill brexit. -- no deal. philip hammond hasjumped brexit. -- no deal. philip hammond has jumped into this debate and the timing is unfortunate from the government's point of view, certainly from dominic raab‘s point of view. it shows there are still plenty of divides within the government. dominic raab was tried to walk a tightrope with the papers. making it clear that they no deal brexit would be complex. he was sending a message to the eu as well
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that we have this carpet and we are quite happy with that and are negotiating from a strong position so negotiating from a strong position so for hammond tojump in saying it would reduce gdp, raised public borrowing, was quite tricky. you mean they no deal or a bad deal?‘ no deal. that is the implication. what it does is it complicates this delicate balance which dominic raab was trying to create yesterday and, it indicates that there are still split there. the daily telegraph and a lot of other press are analysing the news on brexit. let's talk about the news on brexit. let's talk about the change in australia. at the
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beginning of this programme we were hearing from the prime minister who has had to step down after what has been a tumultuous week for malcolm turnbull. we started the programme with his goodbye speech. scott morrison has got the job, with his goodbye speech. scott morrison has got thejob, the treasurer, who is an ally of turnbull despite the fact that the likes of peter dutton, the instigator of all of these did not get thejob. instigator of all of these did not get the job. scott morrison represents continuity here. he was an ally of malcolm turnbull and so peter dutton‘s bid to swing the government to the right has clearly failed. i think that is an important distinction and what is interesting, actually, julie bishop, the deputy
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prime minister, the previous deputy prime minister, the previous deputy prime minister, the previous deputy prime minister was expected to do better than she did. that has caused quite a surprise. he did in his speech praised julie bishop a lot and talked about her loyalty and commitment to politics in australia. she has been a very popular leader. she has been a very popular leader. she is foreign minister but former deputy prime minister but she did not get thejob, deputy prime minister but she did not get the job, despite her efforts and many people would say she would be the most popular candidate for the general election, there is one coming up in the middle of next year and could come even earlier because of all this wrangling. it is unlikely we will get to the middle of next year without an election being pulled forward. scott morrison does represent a sort of continuity. he was the continuity candidate. the
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australian dollar actually announced, after falling heavily yesterday in anticipation of this leadership spill, as they call it. let's move on to the story in the financial times, this time yesterday it isa financial times, this time yesterday it is a funny, it was on and off and out this is about aramco, a huge oil company in saudi arabia, and very extraordinary estimates of what it would be valued if it was to come the financial markets. they have decided to put it on hold but for saudi arabia this is a big part of its future in terms of trying to raise funds and reform the economy and driven away reliant on oil. that is what this is all about and you mentioned valuation. possibly a $2 trillion valuation which would be
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the biggest one ever. the saudis are struggling to get the market to buy into that valuation. it appears to have stymied the flotation and put it on hold. saudi arabia does need the money to kickstart this revamping of the economy, this is redesigning away from independent on oil. it is having to go to the market for loans. it is quite unusual or a sovereign fund to borrow money in this way but the banks were hoping for a big bonanza with the flotation so were falling over themselves to get them the money. and some pictures of nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe with her for year—old daughter, every united. she has been in prison since 2016 in
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iran. -- has been in prison since 2016 in iran. —— reunited. a huge campaign since she was imprisoned in iran. she says she was just isn't in family and introducing family to her daughter and she was arrested for spying, which she denies, of course. it has been a really difficult ride. the foreign secretary then, boris johnson, has had a tricky time to get her released and some say he made some major mistakes. she has some days of freedom because of jeremy hunt's new appointment. some days of freedom because of jeremy hunt's new appointmentlj think jeremy hunt's new appointment.” think the change at the foreign 0ffice think the change at the foreign office is clearly an aspect here. i would suggest that this was one of boris johnson's worth would suggest that this was one of borisjohnson‘s worth gaffes. it had
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real human implications and it was not his finest hour at all. it is and three days but the hope is that they might be an extension to this. there is talk of maybe implementing some kind of diplomatic protection for her which would enable her to leave the country. i think everyone has theirfingers leave the country. i think everyone has their fingers crossed that is because it is a terribly sad story. let's hope it is a good positive sign for the future for nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe. thank you for being on the briefly. i want to show you quickly this picture of the ibm new tech that will bring a copy to you by drone if this drain detects you by drone if this drain detects you are tired. the mind boggles! more on the bbc soon. well, some noticeable changes to the weather to end the week. it's going to feel a lot cooler and fresher right across the board with sunshine and showers.
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in fact, it's going to feel pretty autumnal for some areas, particularly across the north and west. plenty of heavy showers around. this pretty cold air mass moving down from the north—west will be right across the country as we start friday morning. it really will be quite noticeable. feeding in plenty of showers into the north and the west of the country, but further south and east, with lengthy clear skies, it should stay generally dry here to start friday. much coolerfor all, including the south—east. temperatures here starting off between nine and 12 degrees. so for friday itself, not looking too bad. we're start off with sunshine in southern and eastern areas, albeit rather chilly. lots of showers from the word go in the north and west, and these will become more widespread into the afternoon, especially in central and southern parts of the country, some will be heavy with hail and thunder mixed in as well. the wind arrows show a blustery day, any showers will be quite blustery when they arrive and because of the strength of the wind coming down from the north—west,
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it's going to feel pretty chilly, with temperatures ranging from 1a to 18 or 19 in the south—east. one or two spots could just make 20 degrees. for friday evening, those showers begin to ease down. a few still going across northern and western areas, but lengthy clear skies across northern, central and eastern areas mean it's going to be a really chilly one for all, especially scotland and north—east england and in sheltered spots, we could see temperatures down to near freezing. now, as we head on into saturday, it looks like this ridge of high pressure will nudge in from the west and what that will do is it will push the area of low pressure away and ease the shower development down. looking like saturday should be a drier day for most of us. there will be more in the way of sunshine and showers. still a few going in northern and western areas and a few good travel through the cheshire gap into the midlands, but temperature—wise, similar to friday's, 1a to maybe 20 degrees, but with more sunshine around, it could feel a little bit more pleasant. on sunday, big changes again, the next area of low pressure moves in from the atlantic, it looks like it's going to arrive quite early. a really chilly and maybe a bright start in eastern areas before this area of low pressure brings wet and windy weather to most areas,
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spreading eastwards as the day wears on. some of this rain could be heavy, particularly across western hills. the skies will brighten in northern ireland later in the day and because of the cloud, wind and rain it could feel pretty chilly with temperatures in the mid—to—high teens cesius at best. for most of us, it's going to be a bank holiday on monday, and it's looking a little better with more in the way of sunshine and feeling a bit warmer in the south. good morning, welcome to breakfast, with charlie stayt and naga munchetty. 0ur headlines today: the unexplained death of a british couple on holiday in egypt leads to the evacuation of more than 300 tourists from a thomas cook hotel. alex salmond, the former first minister of scotland, denies allegations of sexual misconduct. he says he's suing the scottish government over its handling
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of the complaints. no safe level of alcohol. a major study says going teetotal is the only way to avoid any risk to your health. good morning. rangers have one foot in the europea league group stage but celtic manager brendan rodgers says his side must take more pride, after another disappointing night.
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