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of a ferry on lake victoria. more than a0 passengers have died and hundreds more are missing. french newspaper le figaro looks at a court ordering far—right leader marine le pen to undergo psychiatric tests, as part of an inquiry into her sharing of images of islamic state group atrocities on twitter. the financial times looks at an effort to encourage more women into business. just a third of the those classed as entrepeneurs in the uk are female. the scottish times has the titanic battle looming over more than 5,500 artefacts from the famous wreck, which will go up for auction next month. and finally, in the daily mail, don't go to venice expecting to put your feet up.
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tourists visiting venice may be banned from sitting or lying on the ground, in a bid to control the city's crowd numbers. so let's begin. with me isjoel kibazo, a partner atjk associates and a former director of communications at africa development bank. imean, you i mean, you know, picturetel ‘s 1000 words, an extraordinary i mean, you know, picturetel's1000 words, an extraordinary one here. the prime minister meeting with heads of the other 27 nations in the eu, meeting in salzburg yesterday. extraordinary. it seems like the gloves are sort of off, really, aren't they? i think, victoria, it was always going to get to this point and was always going to get to this pointandi was always going to get to this point and i think it was the french president who said brexit is the choice of the british people, and frankly, of those who told them it was going to be easy, it was never going to be easy having been part of
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the club since 1973. so in many ways it is not a surprise that this has happened. what i think is really telling is the item you havejust happened. what i think is really telling is the item you have just in speaking about with chris grayling, the transport secretary, saying there are no other sort of proposals on the table at the moment. basically, the british government has been told go back to the drawing board and come up with something else ahead of the summit taking place in october. if that goes well, then the final summit to sign things off will be in november. if that doesn't happen, if by october there is no resolution than in november we will be sailing into brexit in 2019 with no deal. i am not so sure it will be like that. eu discussions a lwa ys will be like that. eu discussions always come right down to the wire, so always come right down to the wire, so my suspicion is something we'll come up, and something will be cobbled together, and it will be a case of language rather than substance. but the eu have been
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fairly consistent on their message, and some comments from donald tusk saying there are some issues where we are not ready to compromises, our fourfundamental we are not ready to compromises, our four fundamental freedoms and the single market and they say the irish question remains their priority as well. they need tough, clear and precise guarantees. these are the basis on which the eu is based, so those fundamental principles are frankly indivisible between the eu, and that is the core, frankly. i am not surprised about that. i think the british have been trying to go around them, basically a case of having your cake and eating it as well. the cheque is planned tabled by the prime minister, theresa may, just isn't going to fly and i think somehow there was some people who thought let's try it, but frankly it is not going to happen. the challenge for the british government is that there is no unanimity within its own ranks or within the opposition or anywhere else within
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the uk. so not only has she got to battle the european side but she also has a big fight within her own party and within the country at large. a big job, no wonder she was visibly shaking according to press reports. let's talk about this absolutely tragic story of a ferry capsizing in tanzania. it seems to have a number of nautical disasters and it seems to be overcrowding often at the heart of this. yes, there is not enough river and water transport within the region, i come from the region so i know quite well, and i am afraid we have had quite a number of disasters. we had w011 quite a number of disasters. we had won in 1996 where 800 people died on a ferry. we had one in 2011 and 2012 was another one where, you know, quite a lot of people killed, close to 200 that time. so over 1000
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people, why is nothing changing?” am not sure that we take safety on ferries in the way it should be taken. the thing is this. you get there, you want to go somewhere, you ta ke there, you want to go somewhere, you take your goods to market, i don't think there is a realisation about the actual dangers that can happen and because none have happened for a year or two, you think it should be all right. so 37 reported dead so far, but there is a feeling that there might be a bit more. so it is very sad, until you get the safety element from the government i am afraid there will be more accidents like this. let's talk about what is going on in the french press. striking at some very fundamental french principles, shall we say? we've got marine le pen, obviously a far right leader, saying she will not submit to psychiatric testing.
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the reason she has been asked to do this is because of a tweet that she sent out last year. tell us more. yes, this was a tweet sent out by marine le pen where she was shown pictures of islamic state, and as pa rt pictures of islamic state, and as part of the french legal court process she has to undergo psychiatric tests to show as to why she might have been involved in this. and then a decision will be made about the whole process going forward. but these aren't any old pictures, they were showing the killing of the american reporter james foley and she only deleted the pictures after the family asked her to do so. under french law has things like harming dignity and inciting terrorism, and it is thought that that action fell within that, and if it does you are sued under that particular law and is pa rt under that particular law and is part of that process you have to undergo psychiatric tests, which she
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has refused. she says, look, freedom of speech, the terrorists have the freedom to be able to say anything they want, i am not going to agree to that. but she could end up with a fine of 75,000 euros orjailfor three years. so we will have to see what happens on that one. whether she will be able not to do the test if thejudge intervenes. in she will be able not to do the test if the judge intervenes. in the she will be able not to do the test if thejudge intervenes. in the ft, some extraordinary statistics. despite the uk government push, just a third of entrepreneurs are female, 2296 a third of entrepreneurs are female, 22% of business leaders, leaders of small businesses, i should say, are women. gender diversity has stalled for the last two years at the top of the biggest companies in the uk as well. it is not for lack of talent 01’ well. it is not for lack of talent or appetite. no, it isn't. and things are back to front. really this should have been done a long time ago before the whole push that is going on. so it seems to have started the push without actually thinking what are the factors that
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lie behind the fact that only a third of businesses, entrepreneurs are women, and very few of them rise to the top even within the corporate world. and there is this target of a third of boards and executives, of the ftse 350, but they are nowhere near that. it is good they have launched this research to see what other factors and maybe they will be able to do something about it lets talk very quickly about a titanic battle for the treasures from the deep. do you think they should go back to belfast? of course. when i have been to belfast that is what i look out for. of course those treasures should be in belfast, they are not to be taken by a hedge fund which will then sell them off. and they do have to be sold together, apparently. and tourists visiting venice may be banned from sitting on the ground because they are causing
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too much trouble. 0bviously huge traffic flow is now in venice. what would you make of that if you were in st mark's square and couldn't put your feet up? it shows the success of tourism in venice but at the same time they have so many rules that even now their own residents are revolting saying how can you refuse to let us sit down? i don't think they will be able to enforce that one. thank you very much for your time. there is plenty more coming up on bbc news. keep your tweets coming in. tell us what you think of the digital assistants and the brave new world of that, and microwaves that you can talk to and they talk back. lots to come on bbc news. so much more to come. hello again. friday is set to be cooler and fresher, with sunshine and blustery showers. before then, storm bronagh has really been packing a punch across england and wales. a good couple of inches of rain in places, producing some flooding and particularly squally
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winds of 60mph or so. very squally winds on that cold front as it moves away from the south—east. the centre of the storm is out into the north sea. still some very windy conditions early in the morning across the coasts of north—east england. the rain pushes away and then we're left with this north—westerly wind, meaning sunshine and blustery showers. quite heavy showers actually from time to time, and maybe some thunder in there too. a few getting into southern parts of england, but the bulk of them further north. look at those temperatures, back down again, numbers falling across england and wales, it will feel cooler and fresher everywhere. the winds lively as well, easing down a bit as we head through the evening and overnight. a lot of the showers fading away, a few going in the far north of scotland, cloud increasing in the south—west, but on the whole, a much chillier night with widely temperatures in the mid—single figures. into the first half of the weekend, wetter weather in the far north of scotland with some showers, and then we've got a slice of sunshine, but the cloud is increasing and thickening from the south—west, and it looks like we've got outbreaks of rain into the south—west of england,
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wales and the south—east maybe in the afternoon. temperatures are disappointing to say the least. 13—15 degrees at best. second half of the weekend, still a lot of uncertainty. looks like we'll see an area, quite a deep one, low pressure pushing its way across the uk. the centre could be further north. the winds could be further north as well. but at the moment, it looks like england and wales will get the worst of it. some heavy rain pushing its way across england and wales, and some very strong winds, particularly as the rain starts to clear away. as we move into monday, that wet and windy weather should have pushed away into the continent, leaving us with some much drier conditions. there'll be a few showers around, still quite windy in northern and eastern areas, lighter winds towards the south—west and perhaps a top temperature of 15 or 16 degrees. big changes on the way for next week. instead of the jet stream being right over the uk, driving in all these storms, it gets pushed further north, and that allows high pressure to build in. so that's what's settling things down, and certainly changing
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the look and the feel of the weather as we head into next week. so tuesday, a lot of dry weather. by this stage, it won't be as windy. light winds for the most part. those are the temperatures, 15 to perhaps 17 degrees. but it will be quite a bit cooler at night. good morning. welcome to breakfast with louise minchin and jon kay. 0ur headlines today: a senior cabinet minister warns we are heading for a no—deal brexit unless eu leaders soften their stance. the great recycling confusion. bbc research shows families don't know which bin to put their waste plastics into. the winner of this year's mercury prize is indie band wolf alice, leaving lily allen in tears. the dramatic moment a passer by rescues a woman trapped in her car. storm bronagh hits parts of the uk with high winds and heavy rain. the dash to the sunshine and
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