here it is. the times reports on a study that started in the 19705, which found that taking more than three weeks holiday a year could lengthen your life. why are we not surprised to hear that? with me is iain anderson, founder of the international communications agency, cicero group. welcome back. i'm very glad to hear that long holidays are good for you. it isa that long holidays are good for you. it is a great idea. indeed, i'm all for it. the 200 days to go until brexit, theresa may has finally secured the first trade deal, and they are talking about the sort of miniscule amount that has been done really, it is trying to highlight the point that it is not actually a trade deal, is it? let's make that point to start with. we're only talking regs and we are onlyjust back from our summer holidays, it is inevitable. you're right, she cannot doa

inevitable. you're right, she cannot do a formal trade deal until the uk has left the european union, at the moment, supposedly at one minute past 11 on the 29th of march next year, but she is trying to stitch together what those trade opportunities might be. now, the independent, very, very much against the brexit, has gone very hard against the prime minister this morning. actually think at long last, it perhaps should have gone a bit earlier, it is good to see this sort of thing happening. she has taken some small businesses with her as well and she is sort of bouncing around, dancing around africa. indeed, it is dancing around with schoolchildren in south africa. the front page of independent looks at the fact that it is 0.7% of british exports that this accounts for, a bit of a scathing front page. but as

you say it, it is important that she is out and about. you have liam fox overseas at the same time, not that long ago there was a suggestion they we re long ago there was a suggestion they were laying foundations for future tours. she might meet some expectations here. there is a big european summit in october and she might stitch this still together in october and she does that, i think will all breathe a big sigh of relief economically. it is a bit late, but at least she is getting on with these conversations. a word on the dancing is yellow fantastic. you love that? politicians dancing, politicians holding animals, fantastic. kissing babies. is in babies, we all for it. loving it. the front page of the arab news, the pressure on the sun rohani, the president of iran. —— hassan. this

is something we have touched on actually quite often on this programme, the difficulties that iran is facing and a lot of it is to do with president trump pulling out of the nuclear deal and imposing sanctions. a lot of countries that wa nt to sanctions. a lot of countries that want to note that agreement and trade with iran, how difficult it is for them to do so. i must admit that until i read this piece this afternoon i was not aware that rouhani, who of course had done a significant level of negotiation with trump... with barack obama. with barack with trump... with barack obama. with ba rack obama, with trump... with barack obama. with barack obama, or beg your pardon, rouhani is now getting a significant amount of pushback in the iranian parliament. if they do not like the answers, they send, they refer to the iranian judiciary. that is probably the start of the

and for rouhani, so i think everyone needs to keep their eyes on this. already, the economic minister and the labour minister have gone in the last three or four weeks. it is partly a result of the trump sanctions and again if you are trump, you might be saying this is working. well, trump might want to be careful what he wishes for you because you might end up with an even more hardline iranian leader to replace a relatively moderate one. indeed, absolutely. let's now move on to limbo, many discussing the warning from president trump directed at google, and then he broadened out to facebook and twitter, saying be careful. he also mentioned the word regulation. give us mentioned the word regulation. give us your take on what he has to say. we not surprised to hear what he has to say, there is bias, there is bias in the media in general is something he has been talking about since before the election. this is classic trump, it is what you call dead cat

bounce and, at a great here at paul manafort, the overhit it michael cohen, to look at your potential impeachment, look over there, cohen, to look at your potential impeachment, look overthere, look at the fake news, look at media. —— don't look over there at michael cohen. i had a google today and yes, cnn comes up, wall streetjournal comes up, cnn comes up, wall streetjournal comes up, the new york times comes up, the hated new york times, to use the white house's words, however the reason they come up is because they are some of the best rated news websites in the world. his point was breitbart news should be on there, fox news should be on there. it is an argumenti fox news should be on there. it is an argument i do not think it stands up an argument i do not think it stands up to much. it is a diversion. it is a political diversion, but the real question is what it leads to, could it lead to regulation of facebook,

twitter and instagram, given what we have learned about run—up to the 2016 presidential election? this is the thing about trump, his desire to create a diversionary tactic, some of these big tech companies could be facing regulation. whether or not a new congress be on the november passes any of this, let's wait and see. let's talk about the french president emmanuel macron has a lovely big majority in the french parliament and was swept into power, et cetera. but it would seem things are getting quite tricky for him now, his high—profile environment minister has quit. yeah, so this is his energy minister, nicolas hulot. it seems he has —— it seems emmanuel macron has die back en france's commitment to reduce emissions. it

looks like emmanuel macron has pushed out that commitment. reduce that? exactly, and hulot has rather spectacularly resigned in a television studio, it would appear. i read this book about macron when i was on my summer holidays by the economist's bureau chief, so it is absolutely fascinating. he is trying to reform france in a way that, because it kind of gave up after about a year and francois hollande, for lots of geopolitical reasons, not least the terrorist threat, was never able to do. he is trying to reform france, ithink never able to do. he is trying to reform france, i think it is fascinating, the economist of really interested in the macron journey. and how far it will go, that is the real question, as you mentioned. francois hollande and also nicolas sarkozy francois hollande and also nicolas sa rkozy before francois hollande and also nicolas sarkozy before him trying to make a

lot of reforms. he has got the french parliament with his people in it, that is not lost for ever in french politics. indeed. but in france, i think you get quite good holidays, quite long holidays across europe compared to the united states, where you don't. this story on the front page of the times, why long holidays can add the years july. two weeks holiday a year or more could lengthen your life. interesting, i know in the us the average is ten days's leave a year. in europe, it is more. which i think is crazy, we all know, i book the end of a year. i don't know about you and i don't know about viewers, i have to have two weeks in the summer ifi i have to have two weeks in the summer if i can and two weeks in winter. in japan, they don't have any live, they just have winter. in japan, they don't have any live, theyjust have lots of public holidays. any why people get burnt out. really, really simple stuff ta kes burnt out. really, really simple stuff takes longer and longer to do. —— any leave. all this story is

pointing out is that heading to the gym at 5:30am on the morning without good long holidays is probably bad for your health. but you can put the briefing on and watch that while you are working out. that is an improvement, that has to help health i would imagine, improvement, that has to help health iwould imagine, your improvement, that has to help health i would imagine, your mental health anyway. coming up, after your i would imagine, your mental health anyway. coming up, afteryoursummer break, how are you feeling about this next quarter? positive, brexit, business, your thoughts? just briefly. there are huge amount still on the horizon, frankly i think we have got to push on and be as positive as we can but there are lots of storm clouds on the horizon. always, thank you. but the with us. good to see you. good to have you too. stay with the bbc as we keep you up—to—date. goodbye for now. hello. wednesday starts with a bit of umbrella weather across some parts of the uk, but it should turn

drier and sunnier for many of us as the day goes on. two weather systems to talk about early on. this one clipping parts of south—east england and east anglia, with either showers or some rain, could be some heavier bursts. and this one moving out of scotland and northern ireland, taking some increasingly light and patchy rain further south through england and wales. starting temperatures — double figures for england and wales, but something fresher for scotland and northern ireland. it is less humid behind this weather front, and there will be some sunshine around. a few showers pushing into north—west scotland, maybe along to the west of northern ireland. rain clears east anglia and the south—east lunchtime at the very latest, and then our weakening weather front takes a few late—day showers towards this part of the world. sunny spells develop elsewhere in england and wales. here's a look at things at a:00pm in the afternoon, and on the breeze, a feed of a few showers into north—west scotland. but most other parts here in scotland, and indeed in northern ireland, will be dry. you mayjust catch the odd shower in the west. good sunny spells, sunny spells developing across northern england, wales, the midlands, and into the south—west.

but a weakening weather front, with still maybe the odd shower associated with it, moves into east anglia and the south—east towards the end of the day. but hardly any rain left, really, and then it clears away and then we've got clearing skies. and there mayjust be the odd patch of mist and fog as we go into thursday morning, but overnight into thursday, our weather systems have cleared away — clearing skies, and temperatures dip away. a much cooler night to come going into thursday morning, mid to low single figures in some spots. nonetheless, clearing skies, the reason for that — we've got an area of high pressure starting to build into the uk, which means although it's chilly first thing on thursday, there will be plenty of sunshine to come first thing. it may not last all day. you'll see the land here showing that we've got clear skies. as we go deeper into thursday, you can see some cloud starting to build. it may produce the odd shower, maybe more so into western scotland. most will be dry, just expect a bit more cloud to come, but still some sunny spells, and temperatures high teens, to a few into the low 20s. so once we get past that chance

of umbrella weather in the day ahead, for the rest of the week, it is looking mainly dry. but do note, again, that the nights will be chillier. and then, as we get into the weekend, we will see a theme of cloud coming into western parts of the uk. that may produce a bit of patchy rain. the emphasis is on the plenty of dry weather. as the weekend goes on, it will start to warm up a little bit too. that's your latest forecast. good morning, welcome to breakfast, with dan walker and louise minchin. our headlines today: the mother and daughter stabbed in solihull. police were speaking to them on the phone when they were attacked. as a manhunt continues in solihull, police say there were speaking to murdered mother and daughter as they were attacked. the manhunt continues in solihull, detectives say a mother and daughter warnings of a crisis in children's mental health, as figures show almost a quarter of 14—year—old girls have self—harmed. the bullying made me feel really, really depressed. so i think that

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