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tv   The Briefing  BBC News  December 3, 2018 5:45am-6:01am GMT

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so let's begin. with me is eileen burbidge, co—founder and partner at passion capital, an early stage venture capitalfirm. let's get started, and this story, front and centre at the financial times, shell is taking action? it is the first of the energy companies are the first of the energy companies a re really the first of the energy companies are really putting a stick in the ground and the big reversal by its chief executive who earlier this year, just this summer, said it would be foolish to try to impose targets and it would open them up the litigation, wrecking your standard excuses, but now about—face and seeing as noted, they will tie this to executive compensation and it will affect the top 1200 employees at the company and stable set targets which actually include used by its consumers so notjust the compa ny‘s specific used by its consumers so notjust the company's specific carbon footprint but all of its products as well. the those in polmont today, david attenborough and others there today, this is great news for them. —— poland. we really need to try to
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reduce the global warming which is one of the most critical issues facing the world, many would argue. completely, and it is interesting because another story about what is happening with the paris riot and why they started, which were originally a response to the increase on the diesel tax which, we are seeing a lot of competing forces about we have to do but it is a real crisis. a lot of overlap. for the likes of shell and its archrivals exxon, bp, these companies are the bread—and—butter of most pension funds around the world. the good old—fashioned energy stock. and people, more and more people, savvy investors, what is the ethical climate change friendly investment. in some of the big investment banks around the world, they are providing very eco— around the world, they are providing very eco— friendly funds, aren't they? that is what has led to this, 01’ they? that is what has led to this, or part of it, is the climate action
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100 plus group, a group of activists shareholders, people who take an interest in what the company they have invested in other wing, they have invested in other wing, they have continued to say you need to do something and change opposition. have continued to say you need to do something and change oppositionm is great, let's see if others follow suit. paris in a moment. let's look at the front page now of the i, parliament versus downing street. looking at the fact that the attorney generals have will deliver attorney generals have will deliver a legal basis of the withdrawal agreement but it is a truncated document that they will show to mps, it isn't the full story? that is the ci’ux it isn't the full story? that is the crux of it. actually, the pm does not want to show the full documentation is there will be a really big controversial queue and day and i think a conversation about it in commons today with the pm coming back from the g20 and she will say this is what you need to know, this is the best deal we can get and will continue to push her position but all the while there is a question about what she won't show
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and why people can't go through the process. in many ways, looking at this, you would think why would mps not want to see the full document before they make the decision on december 11? which is historic, an enormous, an enormous decision for the uk and everyone who lives here and those who will come, and generations ahead, you would think politicians, those who have been elected to sit in parliament, should see the full document. and citizens, newspaper readers, we want to see it too so it doesn't seem unreasonable that the mps would want to see the full text of the actual discussion andi full text of the actual discussion and i don't think it is unreasonable to have the debate and ask the pm why it is being withheld at i can only assume the government feels this is the best way in order to position the current agreement to say this is so much better than an ideal brexit but of course as we know and what all of the other papers are saying is maybe there is another choice as well but this is why, as you mentioned today on twitter, this is another critical
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day for the pm. i feel like i will be saying that for the next... the next four days. let's look at le figaro and paris, it talks about france in shock. i must admit i was in paris recently with my three young boys and we were whizzing around the arc de triomphe, up and jumbo champs—elysees, doing tourist stuff and it is shocking what is going on. the level of protest. it is different this time as well, it is different this time as well, it is an sort of led by unions and it is an sort of led by unions and it is regular protesters, a different feel. it does, and that is why macron flew back and hold an emergency meeting because what started as very peaceful protest and what started as a protest against the rise in the duty against diesel, it has clearly taken a darker turn. it is unfortunate because you have marked people running through the streets that have been prepared for
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violence —— masked. ai carrying little vials of eyedrops to cou ntera ct little vials of eyedrops to counteract against teargas and are prepared to vandalise and destroy the city. it has been happening. we have seen photographs of various really important part of france... hundreds of people have been hurt, people have been hospitalised, people have been hospitalised, people dying. it is causing a problem and macron is saying i have my political opponents who are using this as an excuse to rally their supporters to try to make this a much darker protest and a much darker movement so he really does need to get a grip on it. this is the concern about any protest of this nature here in the uk all we ever, in france, but smaller militant groups will hijack what actually is quite a peaceful protest about some very important issue. in terms of france, macron's approval ratings have been falling for some time now so how he handles this personally is as important as it is for his policy in france. it is unquestionably his biggest challenge
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since it has been in office for the past 18 months to how he responded the next week and if he can get the sort of movement to dissipate slightly and having asked, you know, is prime minister to meet with some of the groups, hopefully it abates it. we will keep an eye, looking at photographs of him around paris, he hotfooted it from buenos aires to be seen hotfooted it from buenos aires to be seen to be there. it is important he is in france when this is happening and not in buenos aires with the 620. and not in buenos aires with the g20. now, this story i noticed on our website, on the whole page. why the world is becoming more allergic to food. children are far more likely than ever before to develop food allergies. why? they do not know, there are mixed theories but unquestionably, the sort of i read the increase in peanut allergy is for example over the past 20 years has increased fivefold to it is a problem but it seems to be happening more in western countries there is a question about whether or not the
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river climate related issue which is environmental, with or not we have enough antibodies within our systems or if we have enough vitamin d for exa m ples or if we have enough vitamin d for examples so a lot of different theories but we have not been able to actually... and we need to figure out what is going on, those who research this need to get on the case and i remember when i was going through my pregnancy is we were told as pregnant mums do not eat peanuts or this or that because it could then lead to peanut allergy but actually since then that advice has changed and we are told different things all the time. true, because all of this is changing and people are not able to figure out what the control elements are in order to see what is triggering this. it is big business, in the healthcare and supplements and farmers and all kinds of areas. a lot of companies jump kinds of areas. a lot of companies jump on the bandwagon. of course but at the same time people are dying so we have deaths in recent weeks which is what is bringing it under the microscope. and now, aer lingus. these massive phone bills?”
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microscope. and now, aer lingus. these massive phone bills? i should not laugh because it is awful, and i genuinely believe this is a problem for aer lingus and something they can control. on transatlantic flights, if customers do not turn their phones off or put them onto a plane mode or into flight mode and therefore they are on mobile networks they could potentially get switched over to a roaming network, supplied by... midair? exactly, and rack up international roaming charges even if they do not use their phone. aer lingus has said in their phone. aer lingus has said in the irish times they are not benefiting economically. i do not buy that. i think it is categorically untrue. ypres the antenna on the plane. for safety reasons they said to switch off your phone and it may or may not be true, or justified, but that phone and it may or may not be true, orjustified, but that is only for ta keoff orjustified, but that is only for takeoff and landing and the fact they have these mobile antennas allowing people to roam and they know it is a possibility, and they are offering the service but they are offering the service but they are charging customers. 0ne customer
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came home to $300 bill. that is absolutely, you know... a little bit more than a whiskey on your flight. eileen, thank you for coming in and thank you to do your company and what ever you are up to today, have a great day. see you soon. goodbye. hello. more rain for parts of england and wales in the day ahead. tuesday, quieterforall, but then the weather gets pretty busy again from wednesday, as we will see. a chilly start the further north you are as monday begins and in scotland, the risk of ice on untreated services because we had wet weather overnight clearing away, allowing temperatures to dip away. as we go on through the day, this is the area of cloud. showers and outbreaks of rain moving through england and wales, producing heavy bursts, squally winds, south wales
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and south—west england too. northernmost counties of northern england and northern ireland and much of scotland will stay dry and sunny. 0n the northerly breeze, quite chilly and further showers running into northern scotland. wintry in nature to relatively low ground as we go through the late afternoon evening, but a big range of temperatures, very mild across south wales and southern england, with temperatures approaching the mid—teens. 0n the northerly flow, that colder air filters southwards across all parts into monday night and tuesday morning. we noticed showers around scotland, wintry in nature and a dusting of snow possible and icy patches again, as tuesday begins. but it does look like a widespread frost is going to be the most noticeable part of tuesday morning and there could be a few fog patches around as well. we know it is going to be cold as tuesday begins, but there will be plenty of sunshine around. temperatures will be held down into single figures, despite the sunshine, after that cold, frosty start and this looks to be the coldest day of the week, more widely speaking. then the weather is about to change once more. notice an area of cloud or rain pushing into the far south—west, while many stay dry during daylight hours, it seems rain approaching
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in cornwall and devon. this next weather system, the busy part of the week starts to take its wet weather northwards across part of england and wales into northern ireland through tuesday night into wednesday morning. it hasn't finished there either. still some uncertainty about the northern extent, but it could push into parts of scotland, we know there is a cold air in place, we could see snow on the hills out of that and still big a range of temperatures north to south across the uk, northern scotland more likely to stay dry and avoid this weather system. there will be another one coming in from the atlantic as we go through thursday, the rain does not look too heavy and by the end of the week, a deepening area of low pressure system weather but also stronger wind, gales or severe gales in places as we go into friday. yes, looking pretty busy from wednesday onwards, but it is particularly on friday that there is a risk of seeing some disruptive winds. still chilly in the north, mild in the south. bye bye. good morning, welcome to breakfast with dan walker and naga munchetty.
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0ur headlines today: the battle over theresa may's legal advice on brexit. labour warns of a constitutional crisis if it isn't published in full, the government says the details must remain confidential. the government's chief lawyer will explain his thinking here at the house of commons later, but could he be forced to reveal more than he wants? a big fall in the money spent on care for the over 65s. we begin special series on the challenge of looking after the most vulnerable people in society. the human cost of the crisis on the high street. at least 40,000 jobs have been affected by the turmoil
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