the times world section reports saudi arabia has acknowledged for the first time the killing of journalist jamal khashoggi was premeditated, backtracking on its previous claim that he had died accidentally during a fistfight. there's a bloomberg online opinion piece whick looks at us president donald trump's use of his personal iphone and warns that mr trump's unsecured calls could be a threat to national security, as they may give crucial insight to america's adversaries. and finally, the results from thejury are in. the independent writes how researchers asked more than 2 million people who they thought should be sacrificed in a driverless car accident. according to the study, a majority of the public said animals and old people should be the casualties of such accidents. let's start with a green and work oui’ let's start with a green and work our way backwards. —— philip green.

the reason we know about this, something called parliamentary woodbridge. —— of each. explained to us woodbridge. —— of each. explained to us what it is and why it was invoked? parliamentary privilege is basically immunity granted to legislators and that gives them the right to be able to speak freely. it is immunity granted against civil action or criminal activity in the course of their duties and work. that enables them to be able to speak and say almost anything because they are speaking under the cloa k of because they are speaking under the cloak of parliament. or the legislator of the particular country. this applies to quite a number of countries. in the uk, there is something like 1667 was when it was first enshrined. in the first case it was used, as she mentioned, the daily telegraph had been working on the story for eight

but the courts have decided —— eight months. the court decided that the nondisclosure agreements signed in this particular case were to be upheld and listened to. under parliamentary privilege, lord heyne got up and actually named the person that was involved in this particular case. we have it on the front page warrant across. -- right cross. it was invoked because lord heyne believed it was in the public interest. this whole issue strikes at the heart of what the definition of public interest is. and the para meters of public interest is. and the parameters of press freedom in the uk. i think the press has been saying that this gag suppress overreporting on issues on nondisclosure agreement. —— the price. reporting on issues which are

ofa price. reporting on issues which are of a very significant public interest, which they believe in this case, it is. it also tells you, it raises the question of what is the use of nondisclosure agreements? we saw this last year in the case of the metoo movement, they were breached and that is how we came to know about harvey weinstein and a number of other cases. the question is, why are they being used and are they used by the powerful to gag for their end privilege and not really for any substantially use. for the public information, that is important to them. this challenges the courts, but it also raises the issue of are they going to be of any use going forward? i always thought when this story first broke that it was only a matter of time. of course, the media interest and the media interest, the dam will break.

one wonders whether the tail sometimes waves of the dog. the stock that the story in the new york times. they are reporting on the future for brazil. we have the presidential elections happening over the weekend. they are talking about the storm of populist conservatism washing across the world and this rise of a strong man style of political leadership. what can we expect for the future of brazil if he does win the election? put it this way, i think over the last two or three years we have seen right—wing populism. it has been extended across the world. we have seen it in europe, we are seen in the united states with the election of donald trump. and the philippines off course. this man is a great admirer of donald trump. but in this piece in the new york times they say

he is actually more like president to get a of the philippines and very much a strongman who would do anything at any time. —— duterte. he isa anything at any time. —— duterte. he is a former army captain and this piece has said, will he bring that style of operating? the military way of doing things. it seems as if that is what the public wants. it is quite interesting. according to the new york times, he champions the unrestricted sale of firearms, proposes a presumption of self—defence if a policeman kills a suspect and declares that a dead son is preferable to a gay one. as i said, a former military officer. there are fears that he will very much at in accordance with his previous career. certainly very divisive for brazil. lets talk about another extraordinary story that has

barely left the front pages. looking at the times here and this article, the admission from saudi arabia for the admission from saudi arabia for the very first time that khashoggi's death was premeditated. we are talking about a murder now. in the world of pr disasters this will heart —— be hard to beat in 2018. both for saudi arabia and the crown and is —— crown prince. at every step of the way, the story has changed. we now arrived at the point where even, according to the times, the government has admitted that it was premeditated murder. the question now arises, what happens when somebody is murdered on government property and the government property and the government admit that one of its citizens was murdered in its property? —— admit we're. it raises

all sorts of questions. the image that has been shown about the new saudi arabia, especially with the business summit going on in the country, is it really, the image with reality. that is what is being raised for many people. questions about the changing narrative from the state itself. first we thought that the body may have been wrapped ina that the body may have been wrapped in a carpet, now we are hearing from turkey that they found chemicals mask and a suitcase in the boot of a saudi diplomatic car that had been abandoned and they are searching a well. the thing is, most at every stage, what is clear is that there is state involvement. that is at the ci’ux is state involvement. that is at the crux of this, there is state involvement of the murder of somebody who was a critic of the regime. i think that is what really sticks in everybody‘s minds and as the narrative changes that is what will remain, that this was the state

against one of its own citizens and thatis against one of its own citizens and that is exactly what happened. are you addicted to your smartphone?” wouldn't say addicted, but who isn't? donald trump, if you follow him on twitter. there seems to be advice now that he has been told to stick to the landline. what you make of this story? and of course, anybody who tells donald trump anything, of course is going to work. the story is that he is addicted not so much to the iphone and the phone provided by the state and the phone provided by the state and the phone provided by the state and the government, but his personal life and. —— iphone. he has his contacts life and. —— iphone. he has his co nta cts in life and. —— iphone. he has his contacts in it and wants to get at them when he wants. of course, that isa them when he wants. of course, that is a security risk. the pcs says that this could be the most significant reach of white house communications in history. —— the peace says. basically hate has decided that he will use his phone, but i forget barack obama was very

much stuck to his own, but in that case that a camera and some features out. so it is not the first time, to be fair. very quickly, the story in the independent, the moral hazard of autonomous vehicles and the survey shows a cat gets it, apparently. basically, the survey saying that in d riverless basically, the survey saying that in driverless cars, if anybody is to be chosen who is to die, which of the targets, it should be old people and animals. iam targets, it should be old people and animals. i am afraid, some of us are born as. —— goners. animals. i am afraid, some of us are born as. -- goners. so much more to come on bbc news. weather is dishing up selling significantly colder as we head towards the weekend. the wind

switching to a northerly, we'll get sunshine and some of the showers over the hills in the north will be a little bit wintry. the cold air is going to be coming from a long way north. the wind bringing that pared down from the arctic behind this cold front. the front through friday morning bringing a band of cloud and some patchy rain across central and southern parts of england, the south of wales. behind that, the skies will brighten, we will see sunshine but showers will pack in on the brisk northerly wind, particularly across northern scotland down the east coast, some for northern ireland into parts of wales and maybe the far south—west as well. the showers over hills in the north will be wintry and temperatures at rest between six and 12 degrees. spent friday night, all of us, in that cold air. some showers most likely around the coast, perhaps further inland for a time. the levels across scotland coming down to around 250 metres topic quite a

few hills across northern scotland, concede a bit of snow and temperatures into the first part of saturday morning dropping close to freezing. some icy stretches. a similar day on saturday, a bright day for many, lots of sunshine around but they showers are most plentiful across northern and western scotland. some at this stage of spilling into eastern england, moving inland into the midlands and a few for west wales, the south—west and northern ireland. the wind will be noticeable, a brisk, northerly wind. while the thermometer will read 6— 11, if you add on the strength of the wind it will feel like this. in aberdeen, just a degree above freezing. feels like five in cardiff. on sunday, the wind direction shifts subtly to a north—easterly. that will confine the showers to eastern areas, further west, largely dry with some spells of sunshine, but not particularly warm with as

temperatures between 8— 12 degrees. a bit ofa temperatures between 8— 12 degrees. a bit of a change in the way as he had into next week. a frontal system which could bring rain into the west are more likely we will see rain from this area of low pressure spinning its way up from the near continent. so there is the potential for some wet and windy weather at times as we had on into next week. slowly but surely, it should turn a little bit less chilly. good morning. welcome to breakfast with charlie stayt and naga munchetty. our headlines today. retail billionaire sir philip green denies unlawful sexual or racist behaviour — he was named in parliament as the man behind legal action to stop claims being published. mps report that universal credit — the government's flagship benefit system — is causing "unacceptable hardship" for many claimants. presenter and strictly star katie piper tells us about her new rehabilitation centre for burns survivors like herself. i hope that it shows a life—changing situation does not have to be life

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