' the 'the news app where we have many other stories including the fact that the duke and duchess of sussex have arrived in sydney. this is theirfirst duchess of sussex have arrived in sydney. this is their first official tour since they got married so they have much ahead of them. they have, however, arrived in sydney. if you would like to read more about that, have a look at the bbc news app. mallets have a look at other story is in the global media. —— let us look at other stories. we begin with the guardian, which reports on the eu and uk's latest failure to reach an agreement over the irish border issue ahead of a crucial brexit summit later this week. next to germany's deutsche welle and bad news for german chancellor angela merkel‘s sister conservative party, which has suffered significant losses in bavaria's state elections according to provisional results. let's now look at the times which has an interview with author lionel shriver about her criticisms of the #metoo movement, a year on from the campaign

to highlight sexual harassment and assault. and on the bbc website, the uk is taking a tentative step towards a radical "green" future with zero emissions of greenhouse gases. it follows last week's un report warning that time is running out to limit a climate change catastrophe. and finally in the daily telegraph, a new pilot scheme begins today in the uk to try and address the growing number of people feeling lonely and isolated in society. with me is independent analyst stephanie hare. we begin with the guardian that many newspapers had this on the front page. the brexit secretary doing a whistlestop were started to get

last—minute negotiations and getting nothing at all. it is almost as though this question of what to do with the border of ireland is challenging. we have been told this all the way through that this would be easy and it was agreed by eu leaders and last year britain in december and again in march were going to put in writing that there would be no hard order with the republic of ireland. however, getting the language around that and trying to work out what that means in terms of the customs union, once we get into the nitty—gritty, it has proven to be a huge lock and this is where we still are one year later. the guardian talks about the fact that this is a major setback for theresa may because, of course, brussels is trying to establish what it wants and what it leaves ireland wa nts. it wants and what it leaves ireland wants. at the same time, theresa may has to keep her party behind her, her cabinet or even enough of it to try and see some of this through. it

would seem that is proving impossible for her. if we look at the moving parts in the stable parts it is interesting. the eu and the republic of ireland have kept a consistent line throughout. where we see problems is hearing the uk the government of theresa may depends on support from northern ireland. and their leader this weekend said that she is bracing for a no deal brexit. she is bracing for a no deal brexit. theresa may was hoping for some sort of fudge that would give them more time, kicking the can down the road. it means that on wednesday at this crucial summit there would be some sort of progress on this issue that could be presented to the other eu members. exactly. everytime when we watch something to do with the eu it is like a dung beetle moving its peace inch by inch and that's what we call progress. you call a muddling through and fudging and thatis muddling through and fudging and that is what we have seen throughout

the tyre thing. the problem is that we are doing something that is nonnegotiable. we had people talk about using block chain technology, having water inspection carried out in the sea or imports or even in a factory before it heads of. but that isa factory before it heads of. but that is a problem when it comes to agricultural product. it is not necessarily so easy to implement. and it is not easy for theresa may because her former brexit secretary, david davis, has been appealing for the cabinet to excerpts collective authority and kill off these plans. she is in a weak position when she tries to negotiate with the eu because everybody knows that the resort this drama happening back in the united kingdom and across the irish sea and northern ireland. she is not in a great position. question is not in a great position. question is if this theatre? it's using it to her advantage? we will find out this week. in germany she left with

strong words about the eu not moving and the difficulties they were having. summit on wednesday is being called the summit of —— moment of truth summit so we shall see. we shall watch this space and report on it as it unfolds. let's look at the situation now by angela merkel in germany. she is also looking at a very tricky time for her coalition government with her sister party in bavaria losing their majority that. yes. quite an interesting development in germany. her personal popularity remains quite high. bert the popularity of her cdu has been eroding throughout the course of the chancellorship to the sister party in the area, csu, sees the same thing now. isn't a bad thing? she has been having problems from her genius is that party over immigration. said seagate tempered down because the greens may help are now. the wider trend within germany,

however, reminds there what we saw in france pick an erosion of the centre right on the centre—left cu ended getting, in some cases, extreme right or extreme left support. or something completely new such as introduced by emmanuel macron. in germany we see another option which is the rising support for the greens. they have been referred to as the next party several times. we have seen the power—sharing in a new comment number of coalitions. it would be interesting to see if this becomes the acceptable alternative for people who would have voted with cdu. it is an interesting development and we will return to that issue of the green agenda in a moment. but before then let's look at this story about lionel shriver who is talking about the #metoo movement. this is at a literature festival. what is she sang in? she

is saying that she thinks #metoo as the movement has had its time and, also, what is interesting is that she seems to think that too many things are being thrown into the same but that did it something as it strea m same but that did it something as it stream as sexual harassment in the workplace too i went on a bad days oi’ workplace too i went on a bad days ori workplace too i went on a bad days or i had workplace too i went on a bad days othada workplace too i went on a bad days or i had a trauma 20 years ago. so it has been dilute it? either die looted all opened is widely as possible. —— diluted. she has had enough and is ready to move on. and are there any other opinions, what do we think about that?” are there any other opinions, what do we think about that? i thought the american political scientist, for the armour —— france's fukiyama

who spoke about an interesting trend we are seeing, identity politics and how your identity as a woman, as a man, asa how your identity as a woman, as a man, as a republican, a democrat, which side of brexit you were on... why do people cling to these identities so much instead of being merely french, british or american, something else? he had a more nuanced take. there is much discussion about me to and what it has all has not achieved what it may achieve in years to come. it is definitely worth looking into and thatis definitely worth looking into and that is the story being discussed today in the times. i'm going to be naughty and skip past the zero carbon economy story. i will tweeted, however, so everyone can read a. but i want to talk about loneliness because we have asked viewers to their views. a government scheme starts today in liverpool and south—west london and whitney, people being recommended to attend

group classes, that sort of thing. postman of those women dropping in on people who could be isolated. it isa on people who could be isolated. it is a big problem and a problem for all sorts of people, notjust the elderly. the orderly statistic was so elderly. the orderly statistic was so shocking, around 200,000 older people have not had a conversation with a friend or a relative in a month. and you wonder what on earth has happened to our families and month. and you wonder what on earth has happened to ourfamilies and our friendships and how could that even be possible? you are right to raise the point that it is a widespread phenomenon and the health it —— it has measurable impacts on health. time has gotten the better of us, as always, but i will re— tweets and comments on how we can fix this issue of loneliness. cu soon. hello there, good morning.

the last 2a hours has seen the number of flood warnings reducing as the wettest of the weather moved its way a little bit further east. gradually, everything will come in from the atlantic over the next few days. this band of cloud working its way towards our shores by tuesday. that area of cloud contains a bit of ex—hurricane michael. that's going to slip its way into iberia. that's where we're feeding up all our cloud and outbreaks of rain at the moment, so more of that coming back into england and perhaps into wales as well, a cold start for scotland and northern ireland. sunny skies developing here with a few showers in the north—west. this area of rain might not be in this exact position, affecting the south—west for a while, south and east wales, it's moving its way northwards and becoming lighter and maybe missing the rain in the south—east, sunshine later giving the temperatures a boost but sunniest skies will be further north in scotland and northern ireland, where it's 13 or 14 degrees. that weather front is bringing the rain into england and parts of wales, but as we head into tuesday, it's much lighter by this stage, a much weaker weather front. we've got another coming in from the atlantic, that's responsible for the rain.

ahead of it, a band of cloud across england and wales and it could be misty and murky before it brightens up as the wind picks up, and our weather front brings this narrow band of rain from scotland and northern ireland into the irish sea. followed by some blustery showers. it'll be windy in the north—west of scotland. warm when the sun comes out in the south—east and east anglia. the windiest weather close to this area of low pressure, and that's pushing this weather front in to england and wales, but it's slowing down. there will be some discrepancy as to where it's going to stop. at the moment, now, it looks like the south—east might be brighter. the band of cloud and not much rain stuck across the wash into the south—west of england. behind that, more sunshine following on, where it should be a lovely day for the time of year. those temperatures still not bad as well. it will turn colder overnight. yes, we've got an area of high pressure building in from the south—west, but there's some colder air around the top of that in between these weather fronts, so a cold start to thursday and still a bit grey in southern counties of england even though that weather front is out of the way. but away from here, plenty of sunshine. it looks like being a nice day. temperatures won't be quite so high i think on thursday because of that chillier start, but plenty

of sunshine to come. we'll start to see some changes by the time we get to friday. still got high pressure for a while, but there are these weather fronts toppling into that and that will increase the breeze and pick up some more cloud and a bit of rain in the north—west. this band of cloud and rain will trickle down into scotland and northern ireland. may get stuck across the far north of england and north wales later in the day. further south, some sunshine after a cool start, with some mist and fog. good morning welcome to breakfast with dan walker and louise minchin. our headlines today — a crucial week for brexit negotiations but after a day of drama in brussels there's still no deal. fracking for shale gas could begin in the uk for the first time today. a ground breaking approach to surgery — scientists say they're close to working out a sat nav for the brain.

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