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tv   The Briefing  BBC News  September 4, 2018 5:45am-6:00am BST

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mention in their coverage of some of the concerns raised about the deals. to the new york times, and it says sweden's status as a so—called "moral super power" is uncertain. it shows a campaigner for a populist party and explains the nationalists are set to seize votes in sunday's election. the times here in the uk now, where doctors have been told to use plain english. they should ditch latin and complicated medical terms when writing prescriptions and write in language a teenager could understand, according to advice from a ruling body. the sun covers what it calls a row over an all—female panel on a bbc show. the editor of a new political programme hit out at someone on social media who criticised the lack of males in the line—up as shameful. and we've been speaking about brands this morning, and vogue covers a big one — brand beckham — victoria and her four children feature
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in the magazine as her fashion label celebrates its 10th anniversary. so, let's begin. with me is jane foley, senior fx strategist, from rabo bankjoins me now. i have been reading this front page, the big speech at the summit. it is a big dealfor both china and africa. it is a big deal. if you read the chinese newspaper, it sounds wonderful, it sounds as if china are helping africa to industrialise, it has given it humanitarian food and helping africa address food scarcity. it depends who is covering it. the chinese stories are a positive, there is a different angle. this is about china making vanity projects. there is concern that some of the loans that china is making to africa will never
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be repaid by some of the african nations, and china is using that as an —— as leverage. there are concerns it is opening up natural resources for its own industry can opening up africa as a place for destination for chinese exports. there is a lot of controversy about the angles of this story. interesting. that is the china daily. we will keep an eye on how that pans out this week. the new york times has a feature on sweden, going to the polls on sunday, saying it has long been seen as a moral superpower worldwide, not least in europe, and that is changing, highlighting some of the far right activism in sweden. sweden took in a lock of migrants in the same way germany did a few years ago. this goes back to 2015. there is a huge proportion of migrants that sweden took in, and we saw in the german
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election recently the backlash against that. this is a very similar story here. we have the new far right party, and they could potentially, depending on which opinion poll you look at, could be the third largest party in parliament after the election. that could mean it is quite difficult for a government to be formed without including them. the other main stage parties have said they will not have a coalition with the far right, but it could be quite awkward afterwards. there is a big question mark on the xenophobia in sweden right now. it is talking about the myth of the sweden model melting away, and just how things are changing quite radically in sweden, and it is true across europe, isn't it? it is notjust sweden and germany. it has been a real theme ever since the migrant crisis of 2015. austria is another country we could point out. and france. there are concerns about the election in
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france, what the outcome might be. and that could certainly come back as well at the net french elections. talking about writing in english, doctors are told. i would say, about time. we are really into jargon busting. it is not necessary. they say this, it isn't about dumbing down. it isjust say this, it isn't about dumbing down. it is just about using correct language that people understand. a few years ago the bank of england did that. they look at the publications and said that unido publications and said that unido publication to read it —— a ph.d. to read it. it isjust publication to read it —— a ph.d. to read it. it is just about making it easierfor people to read it. it is just about making it easier for people to understand. and it comes to health, it is important you understand it. you are talking about what you need in order to improve it or fix about what you need in order to improve it orfix it about what you need in order to improve it or fix it or whatever. you need to understand what they are saying. some campaigners are saying, why are they writing letters anyway? they should be sending e—mails. that
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is not the point. i think it is important. sometimes in conversation, you feel a bit bamboozled, and i think sometimes i feel sometimes it is done just a kind of move you on, and some people don't feel confident to ask questions and say, what did you just say? and that is very unfair, and i never go to the doctor, and i understand very few medical terms andi understand very few medical terms and i think it is right it is explained properly. the sun has the all—female panel row, in the guardian, everywhere. this is the launch of the new politics life programme, and the editor of it is having to defend the fact that it has an all—female panel and it is saying it just actually has an all—female panel and it is saying itjust actually happened, thatis saying itjust actually happened, that is how it was. it wasn't organised for weeks in advance or thought through to intensely or whatever, that is just how it panned
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out. i am amazed this is a discussion point really. if we look at the qualifications of the women, they are highly qualified and strong candidates to be on the panel. i had to endorse what the producers said. if you have a problem, you have a problem. i missed the programme, but i will watch it now. i'm sure it was a great programme and it talks about rob burley responding to twitter criticism, and actually, we have had criticism, and actually, we have had criticism, not here, but other programme at present later on the bbc, business life, quite often i have had one of my co— presenters that female, we one day had all women, all the business leaders the contributors were women. it was just a coincidence and we were criticised for it. how many years has it been
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all mean? it shouldn't be an issue. anyway congratulations, i say. we talk about 90 celebrating their anniversary. —— nike. vogue is celebrating the anniversary of posh beckham's fashion brand. can you could have been going and it has been very successful for her. when it comes to celebrity endorsement, they are a family that really go for it. her husband and some of the children. absolutely, and it is interesting because they try to hide the children from the press, but she seems to be willing to put them out there and a couple of them have made money from the name. the fashion brands. this is a business proposition. in the various tabloids, various discussion about this and they bring up the, is their
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marriage strong enough? why isn't david in the picture? i think this is all about rand beckham and pushing it out there, including all her children. —— brand beckham. pushing it out there, including all her children. -- brand beckham. they area her children. -- brand beckham. they are a global brand, notjust a british brand. they are both successful in the uk and the us, and elsewhere. who do you think is swayed most by celebrity endorsements? it has to be other people, quite clearly. those in their teens, early 20s, people, quite clearly. those in theirteens, early 20s, depending people, quite clearly. those in their teens, early 20s, depending on which celebrity it is. the older you get, you look through that, the quality of the product, at it has to be young people. thank you so much for coming in. i want to share some of your comments on this issue before with a good buy. bill says, i'm not at all swayed by celebrity endorsement. i buy a product based on reviews by normal people. the quality of the product and whether
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it is value for money, celebrities are paid to endorse a product, normal people who review the product is what i generally relied on. some of course have become celebrities just because they are reviewing products online. these are young people, i'm thinking of those who model maker goods, that kind of thing. it is an interesting subject. to keep the conversation going on social media. i will see you very soon. social media. i will see you very soon. if i don't, have a lovely day. hello there. yesterday we had quite a mixture of weather. some warm, humid sunshine across parts of eastern england, but further west, we had this weather front bringing cloudy skies and outbreaks of rain. i'm showing you this weather picture from yesterday because that front
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is going to be with us for much of today as well. it's barely moving at all, so it's going to be quite cloudy over the next few hours across a good part of england and wales too, with the cloud thick enough for an occasional spot of drizzle, perhaps misty over the hills for a time as well. but for the most part across england and wales, it's going to be a mild night. you can see the yellows here. temperatures way up into the double figures. whereas further north and west, we've got the cooler air for scotland and northern ireland. and across sheltered parts of northern scotland, it could well be cold enough for a touch of frost for early risers tuesday morning. tuesday, though, will dawn on a bright note for most parts of scotland with some morning sunshine. should be a bright enough start too for northern ireland. different story for most of england and wales, where it's going to be a great start to the day and the cloud will be thick enough for a few spots of rain or drizzle, perhaps across parts of north—west england, the midlands and eastern parts of wales too. for one or two, a damp start to the morning, but as we go through the day,
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that weather front will tend to ease and the cloud will thin a little bit, so we'll get a few brighter spells coming through. there will be a bit of sunshine for east anglia and south—east england. perhaps not quite as much as we had on monday. we'll still have some sunshine for scotland and northern ireland, although the cloud will tend to bubble up a bit here a little bit as we head into the afternoon. it's going to be another quite quiet day really weatherwise on wednesday. a lot of dry weather with some bright or sunny spells coming and going. but a change in the weather to the north—west where we see a weather front moving. that's going to be bringing more general rain into western scotland and northern ireland. that rain heavy at times. things cooler there across the far north—west of scotland. further changes towards the end of the week as the jet stream gets more wriggly, more amplified. we're on the downward stretch, the downward limb of the jet stream, and that means we'll have an area of low pressure form as we head towards the end of the week. here is the low. now, uncertainty about the exact position. it might actually be a little bit further westwards, which will bring more general rain in across the uk. either way, i think we're looking at an unsettled end to the week. rain at times probably best sums up the forecast on thursday,
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particularly across the northern half of the country, but nowhere is immune from seeing some wet weather. it will be quite breezy and cool, and some of the rain could turn heavy and thundery at times too. temperatures ranging from 13 in eastern scotland to 18 degrees in london. i suspect it will stay pretty unsettled on friday and into the weekend with rain or showers in the forecast. that's your weather. good morning. welcome to breakfast with louise minchin and dan walker. 0ur headlines today: politicians head back to parliament, as the labour party faces crunch talks over anti—semitism. a call for plain english. doctors are told to write letters that are easier for patients to understand. a free childcare scheme in england is closing nurseries, according to an education charity. supermarkets, pubs and restaurants have all benefited from the hottest summer on record. but clothes sale had taken a bit of a hit. and in sport...
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"no gas left in the tank". england's record run—scorer alastair cook will retire from international cricket after this week's final test against india. it isa it is a dry and fine
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