misinformation ever collated. and finally the gulf news reports, on ride hailing app uber which is tackling the issue of drivers working long shifts and suffering from fatigue by enforcing a maximum drive time. after 12 hours of driving, the uber application will shut down and the driver will no longer be able to accept new passengers, until he or she has been offline for six hours. with me is priya lakhani who is a member of the department of business, innovation and skills entrepreneurs forum. many of our regulars know that you are hot under the collar when it comes to brexit and how the negotiation process is going. what is your feeling about the thought, for his article in the telegraph focuses on, of a transition period until 2021? for business the concern

is that we still do not have certainty about what will happen and without certainty you cannot plan for the future. where should we... but can you plan for until the end of 2021 for the status quo? things continuing as they are now? in the single market and the customs union? you can do but we still don't know that will happen. we could crash with no deal. the problem right now is that our prime minister went for 20 minutes yesterday... she was 20 minutes in front of 27 leaders and then they went out for dinner afterwards discussing the details but there is no movement. they tell her there is nothing new she is saying. and this whole hope for the november summit where we can start to see progress has essentially been snubbed by the eu. yes, we for the

eventuality and for the other but we don't know what this means right 110w. don't know what this means right now. there is huge uncertainty. so we're still in limbo. there will be plenty of people who would also say they would rather we extend this and get a better deal that their motivation is can we get a better deal? we have been at this for two yea rs deal? we have been at this for two years now. and many key politicians are saying, people like iain duncan smith, they say until 2021 we will pay millions to the key you with no say and nothing much in return. what will happen is that the uk will have to sit down and worked together because that is the issue. it is a divided party offering nothing new. they need to work together and see what they can bring to the table. looking at the new york times, stockpiling for a card that —— crazy brexit. this woman, in cornwall. she

has everything. not just brexit. this woman, in cornwall. she has everything. notjust food but medicine and toilet paper, water... everything you might need. and many viewers have been getting in touch and saying that this is just like the millennium bug when the world would come to a dance till on the computers could not join would come to a dance till on the computers could notjoin the new century. here we are again. one third of our food century. here we are again. one third of ourfood is imported from the eu said this is where this is coming from. 1200 members have joined this prepping facebook group. and all i would say to this woman in cornwall who has been preparing is that you need to make sure your use by dates are long because we might extend this for yet another year. so otherwise be prepared to have a party. the thing is that the government have fuelled this in a way, trying to prepare themselves but they now have the minister responsible for food supplies, they had been advertising job openings for emergency planning. all that together scares some members of the public. some companies have to think

through inventory in a serious way. some of the big drugs pharmaceuticals because it could be quite serious for supply chains and fog patients and those who need important drugs, if there were issues and delays and problems. important drugs, if there were issues and delays and problemslj don't issues and delays and problems.” don't think she will struggle in cornwall when only one third of food comes from the eu. dedicates an busy. she will have to survive on clotted cream. i think we issued -- i think she will have a big party. nothing did go wrong for the millennium and we were prepared for the worst. now come to the washington post, the final article from mr khashoggi is printed today in the washington post and the headline is what the arab world needs most is free expression. how ironic is that? it is so sad. i was reading it. exactly. he compares

arabic nations such as tunisia with saudi arabia and this is why they are saying what has happened has happened, because it is not about a free press. he gave into it. it is the nice last column but this is his last one. these are his final words. the global opinions editor at the paper tells how she received this column from him the day after he was reported missing in istanbul. exactly. the last thing but he will say that this is because of what has happened, what has happened since... and it talks about the arab world and parts of it and have the internet, they say they are about being forward and progressive in certain ways but when it comes down to it, you penalise for anything you might say against those regions. it is incredibly sad and we are

watching as things continue about how they may affect their relationship with other countries andi relationship with other countries and i think that may have a huge impact on what happens next. davos in the desert happens quite soon in saudi arabia and many companies have pulled out. the imf leader is no longer going. it is having an impact toa longer going. it is having an impact to a degree but with the us president saying recent comments, seeming to side with saudi arabia... because of trade. instead of finding what actually happened. and they are getting more involved. they want the tapes, they want to hear the tapes from the turkish government. donald trump ‘s main message yesterday was very much we must keep trading. the secretary is state is returning from his video —— visit and he will report in full. a story in the guardian. a vast archive of tweets

revealing the work of trolls supported by russia and iran. this is in the run—up to the us presidential election. so in five yea rs presidential election. so in five years there have been 3800 accounts associated with. .. this years there have been 3800 accounts associated with... this research agency and also campaigned from iran meddling with us politics. there is definitely a story here as well about the brexit referendum and emmanuel macron‘s election in france. they have been meddling with politics in other countries. it is something that i have taken huge bumps on. how do we use technology and how do they use their data? this is happening more and more. what is great is that we have a lot of information from twitter. there will be analysis and it will all be up to the history and responding this —— to this. will be the state or the industry to take control or tie, try

and take control on what is that? how do you police it? if one state says one thing, will be rest of the world a that? and this is why we are hoping for a code of conduct and that they are adhered to. we will need to watch this space because we saw this ran out after the facebook the bible and obviously hopefully it will be contained in some way. now let's have a look at guba taking action. you are in dubai yesterday. —— ubertaking action. you are in dubai yesterday. —— uber taking action. they are forced to stop after 12 hours behind the wheel. it was interesting. in dubai of my 20 or 25journeys, everybody had to slow down. in london you don't have an issue because it can't move. you can hear

the car going because it can't move. you can hear the cargoing ding, because it can't move. you can hear the car going ding, ding, ding. stock, you are going over 120. so this is interesting. obviously it is about driver fatigue and safety and what they want to do is that uber are taking steps to tackle this. it isa are taking steps to tackle this. it is a good move. it is a positive move. always great to talk to you. thank you so much for being with us here. thank you as wealthy company today. so many of you have been in touch about that except rep a story we mentioned earlier. a few of you say that you are stockpiling. but only one person told me he stockpiling whiskey. rest of you say it is probably nonsense. hello there. the last couple of days, we've had quite a lot of cloud across england and wales, with some clearer

skies further north. the cloud has been down to this weather front that's increasingly been trying to move away, replaced by this build of pressure coming in from the atlantic, and that's what's been clearing the skies. and yesterday, we had a fine and clear end to the day across the northern half of the uk. and that's led to temperatures dropping like a stone. it's certainly going to be a cold start to the morning, particularly in the countryside, across the northern half of the uk. temperatures down to just below freezing in katesbridge in northern ireland first thing, and also a few spots in scotland seeing a patchy frost. but, for most, a chilly start. the far south of england, though, still having quite a bit of cloud first thing in the morning, maybe a few mist patches for the thames estuary and up over the tops of the downs. and as we go through the rest of the day, you'll notice the cloud thickening across western scotland, where there'll also be a few light showers coming and going across the western isles and the northern isles. it should stay mostly dry for the mainland, though. temperatures between 12 and 16 degrees. as i say, a lot of dry and bright weather. now, as we go through into thursday night time, thickening cloud will work into the north—west of the country, and that will help

lift the temperatures towards the end of the night. but it's going to be a colder night across parts of england and wales, particularly in the countryside, again, temperatures getting into low single figures, there could be a few patches of mist and fog around as well. for friday, well, we've still got our area of high pressure with us but this weather front will be bringing thickening cloud to the north—west of the country and outbreaks of rain ultimately to scotland. further south, in northern ireland, we are closer to the influence of a high pressure, so the front does come through, but the rain's going to be quite light and patchy, just turning quite cloudy, really, through the afternoon. we'll probably see things turning damp for a time across north—west england and the north of wales too. whilst the skies brighten scotland for the north of friday afternoon, there should be some sunshine in southern england and wales. highs of up to 17 degrees. heading on into the weekend, well, we've got this warm front moving in off the atlantic, and again, that's going to be bringing some more rain across scotland, even pushing into eastern areas as we go through the morning. the afternoon, well, it should become really quite warm for the time of year across eastern areas of scotland and north—east england.

and thanks to the foehn effect, and we can see temperatures pushing up to around 18 degrees or so. and for england and wales, the weather stays quite quiet, variable cloud, some bright or sunny spells, but we could see mist and fog patches to start the day. and that theme will continue probably into saturday as well. mist and fog patches around this weekend but the weather mostly dry for most of us. that's your weather. good morning. welcome to breakfast, with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. our headlines today: the longer goodbye. number 10 refuse to rule out an extra year before we cut all our ties with the eu. a second day of travel disruption on one of britain's busiest rail lines. we'll bring you the latest from paddington station. a royal walkabout. harry and meghan pull in the crowds on the latest stage of their australian tour. good morning.

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