several desert, it has been dubbed. several business leaders are now saying they will not go because of the disappearance of jamal khashoggi. there has been a whole host of people overnight to have basically said they are not going to turn up, jp morgan are not going to go, blackstone are not going to go, aol, goober, a whole number of names. —— uber. they are saying that until saudi arabia clarifies what might have happened in turkey, and that is very much a developing story as we speak, a sense that the saudi government has moved in the past four or five hours to say, something might have happened in our embassy, and we are going to maybe talk about that over the coming day or so. then they are not going to go to this conference. it is a big low for the reforming it zeal of the young crown prince mohammad bin salman, who has been trying to attract investment into saudi arabia. at the moment the international community and a lot of

international community and a lot of international business is saying, until you sort this out we are not going to come and attend your conference. 50 what going to come and attend your conference. so what we know is happening is that mike nonpayers is imminently arriving in riyadh to discuss with the crown prince exactly what has happened. we have heard from donald trump as well in the last few hours. he is suggesting that after his conversation with crown prince muhamed that perhaps this was an interrogation gone wrong. what do you make of what he had to say? i think the expression donald trump used, "rogue elements", well, there seems to be some sort of, i mean, really need to move in the past few hours from a very hard line response from the saudis, which is that they have nothing to do with this and don't understand what happened, look somewhere else... and also threatening retaliation if any sanctions were placed on them. they are now dialling back significantly from where they were for most of the last two or three days. you wonder whether this comes from that

conversation donald trump had with them, because they have a very close relationship. trump has leaned towards saudi arabia in terms of his foreign policy posture, but also, you look at a story like this, major international investors saying they are not going to turn up to talk about saudi arabia's economic future, that hurts. do you think thatis future, that hurts. do you think that is what it will come down to?” think it is a mix of trump having to show his displeasure alongside international businesses clearly showing their displeasure. let's move on to our next story, the guardian, this is theresa may in a desk at bid to try and make a deal. it isa desk at bid to try and make a deal. it is a race, that is really what it is now. we have heard that expression many times over the last two years but it is now a race against time. we have weeks to go before they need to come up with something. i am sure you are sick of talking about brexit. i am sick of talking about brexit. i am sick of talking about brexit. but i think

what i would say today is that we really are now in the endgame as to whether or not a deal is possible. now, the big problem is that the european union is insisting on this idea of the rack stock, which means no hard border between northern ireland and the republic of ireland. —— backstop. the uk government and theresa may are in a realfix —— backstop. the uk government and theresa may are in a real fix with this. her deal with the dup basically keeps her in power, and there are large number is of her own party, actually, on both the left and the right, david mundell, the scottish secretary, has said he doesn't want them doing a deal which creates the conditions for nicola sturgeon to create a second scottish referendum as well. she is in a real fix. the problem is, the british government signed up to be backstop idea in december of last year and we have not really been negotiating about it. i was told the other day from colleagues in our team in brussels that the formal

conversation around the backstop has not really existed for most of this year. so it is all sorts of five minutes to midnight going on. and the president of the eu, donald tusk, warning that a no deal scenario is becoming ever more likely. the government has said they are putting plans in place should that happen, but what about business? are they prepared a no deal? i am working with businesses right now that are preparing for the prospect of a no deal. they have been doing that for most of 2017 and 2018. i think most big is this is now have a plan. what i am concerned about is smaller businesses who are just, frankly, not ready for what may happen. the best advice right now is to prepare for no deal. absolutely. let's look at the financial times next. this is about the giant of a department store, where former giant, sears, which employs 68,000 people in america,

heading towards bankruptcy. this and capsule is the digital effect on trade. —— encapsulates. it encapsulates the changing nature of the high street. this brand has been around since not long after the american civil war. it is an absolutely —— an absolute staple in terms of most americans and their high—street expenditure. yet, as we have seen in many other countries right now, it has lost its place. it has lost its brand identity. it has been haemorrhaging —— haemorrhaging billions. this story is talking about an attempt to try to say what you could regard as a cherished brand, but it may not be around for much longer. do you think anybody is going to do that. they are saying, do not consign us to the dustbin of history. i think if somebody does step in there will be a massive, massive shrinkage in the property

portfolio. the high—street shops. it isa portfolio. the high—street shops. it is a big problem. toys ‘r" us have gone that way as well. they are not the first big brand to disappear from the high—street. the first big brand to disappear from the high-street. exactly right. let's look at the japan times. this is about inflation, and interest rate hikes. going from 8% to 10%, possibly. this is really about a commitment, from the japanese government, which they made six yea rs government, which they made six years ago to increase sales tax. it was about 5%, about five or six yea rs was about 5%, about five or six years ago. they want to move it up to 10%. the story is basically saying, it is not necessarilyjust about the ageing demographic having to pay for social security, it is also about the significance tragedies that have affected japan asa tragedies that have affected japan as a country. some of the

earthquakes, the nuclear disasters. the japanese government is trying to pay for all this stuff, and that is why it is having to move taxes up. it is going to be significant but they are saying that if they do this they are saying that if they do this they will try to mitigate the impact. what are they going to do to do that? don't know. mitigating the impact on shoppers, we have just been having another conversation about shoppers. the japanese economy needs people to keep spending. the daily telegraph, ageism could e—class as a hate crime. why? —— could be the last. sajid javid, the uk home secretary, is going to look at the rise of ageism as a hate crime. i mean, the number of hate crimes has kind of doubled to over 80,000 over the past five or six yea rs. 80,000 over the past five or six years. not much evidence of ageism, of course, ageism would not be recorded as a hate crime at the moment. from my perspective, i

celebrate the fact that older people are able to be in the workplace. there is some union this. let's see what the uk government actually comes up what the uk government actually comes up with. it is seen in older people, the charities say that1 million older people are that it is of physical, financial and psychological hate crimes, but do not get prosecuted because it is very difficult to make a case for it, because they do not come under any kind of categories such as hate crime. that figure is quite astonishing. it is. i think crime. that figure is quite astonishing. it is. ithink what crime. that figure is quite astonishing. it is. i think what the proposition is here, it looks quite compelling to me. lots of older people have made a significant contribution. for me, in the workplace, as i said, what they can bring to the workplace, it is a com pletely bring to the workplace, it is a completely different this back, and i think it is incredibly important. the fact that a major newspaper is going with this and putting it on the front page, i think that is good

news. before you go, we are asking our view to comment on this story. have you had any holiday nightmares, your worst case scenario have you had any holiday nightmares, your worst case scenario when something goes wrong? this is ryanair something goes wrong? this is rya na ir staff, something goes wrong? this is rya nair staff, if we something goes wrong? this is ryanair staff, if we have this picture, they were basically stuck because of the storms in portugal and they were stuck in an airport and they were stuck in an airport and they were stuck in an airport and they said they had to bed down on an office floor. ryanair are saying that actually the photo was staged in this didn't really happen. they claimed they were left without food or drink. we are asking our viewers for their thoughts on the worst thing that has happened to them. we have had one of you are saying, they had five days without their suitcases on holiday. anything like that ever happened you? being stuck in an airport is at the top of the list. thank you very much for taking us through the papers. hello there.

it was a lovely day on monday across scotland and northern ireland, with plenty of sunshine, but a different story across england and wales, rather cloudy skies for most with some mist and murk and a few spots of drizzle. the reason for it is this weather front here, which will still be there on tuesday morning. this weather system will bring a change to scotland and northern ireland through the course of tuesday. but, for the start of tuesday, it looks like we'll hold on to this cloud across england and wales. some mist and fog developing too. the breeze tending to pick up across this north—west corner. these are the temperatures to start this morning. single—figure values in the north. just about making double figures further south. a bit of a grey start up and down the country, winds really picking up across the north—west corner of scotland with some gales here, 50—60mph gusts. band of rainjust pushing in here. but for england and wales, a much better day than monday with the cloud breaking up, plenty of sunshine developing, particularly across the south—east, where we could make 21 to 23 degrees. even further north, despite the wind and the showers, it's going to be pretty pleasant. temperatures around the seasonal average. on into wednesday, a bit more of a complicated picture. we've got a tangle of weather front is moving in from the north—west. one of them grinding to a halt across parts of england. so it looks like for wednesday we could see a band of cloud

from lincolnshire, through the midlands, down into the south—west, there could be some patchy rain on it. to the north and the west of this weather front, a little bit cooler and fresher, sunshine and one or two showers but a pleasant enough day. into the far south—east, after a misty, foggy start, we should see some sunshine there. top temperatures, again, 15—18 celsius. pretty average for the time of year, or maybe just above. on into thursday a ridge of high pressure builds in, but there will be some cool air associated with it this. a cold start on tuesday, particularly in the northern half of the country. a touch of frost. again, there could be some mist and fog patches pretty much anywhere. but actually, because of that ridge of high pressure, it's going to be a fine day with light winds, plenty of sunshine up and down the country. could see a little bit of fairweather cloud further south, but most places should stay dry, and these temperatures, ranging from 12 to maybe 17 degrees across the south—east. it's a similar sort of picture on into friday, although this weather system begins to push into the north—west corner of the country, so i think it turns a bit downhill there. whereas high pressure holds on across england and wales. so a windy day for scotland and northern ireland, we'll start to see showers or longer spells of rain pushing particularly in the north and west of scotland,

whereas further south again underneath that ridge of high pressure, once we lose any mist and fog patches through the morning, it's going to be another fine day. plenty of sunshine. those temperatures range from 12 to maybe 17 degrees. good morning. welcome to breakfast, with louise minchin and dan walker. our headlines today: a crucial 48 hours as theresa may tries to save her brexit plan. the prime minister meets her cabinet this morning before heading to brussels to try to break the deadlock. and as the duke and duchess of sussex confirm they'll be parents in the spring. australians welcome the news with a few special gifts. good morning.

an extra £19 billion a year will have to be found by the government if it is to uphold theresa may's promise that austerity is over, that's according to a major report out today. i'll have the details. sterling is stunning in seville, as england win in spain for the first time in over 30 years. and after reigning supreme over the ice,