and finally on the bbc news website, killed and imprisoned journalists also known as "the guardians" have been named 2018's "person of the year" by time. the magazine featured four different covers with journalists who have been targeted for their work this year. they include jamal khashoggi who was killed in the saudi embassy in turkey. with me is rebecca harding. ceo and founder of coriolis tech. they are still trying to find the man who has killed people in strasbourg, an extraordinary situation unfolding as we speak. and the first thing is to obviously see sympathy. a terrible thing to happen. what is important here is that the news is breaking as we speak, what is clear is that there

isa speak, what is clear is that there is a huge debate in france about the anti—terrorist policies and whether or not it is appropriate to have military on the streets all the time because there is a sense, that they are being targeted like terrorists because it is an aggressive strategy. in this strategy was put in place following the terrorist attacks in paris. and this very visible military presence has been in place since then. and what has happened is that emmanuel macron ended the state of emergency because france is technically at war with terrorist, after the attacks in paris. there is a public debate over whether or not the soldiers should be there because it

creates a conflict and it piles pressure on emmanuel macron‘s position. and this goes on at the same time as v protests that have been happening over a month and the president has had to give in to them ina president has had to give in to them in a way. some may argue that he has announced policy changes and it looked like progress was being made and then this happens overnight. exactly. linked to the brexit stories that means he has huge problems and his own credibility is on the line. he has been unable to deliver, necessarily, some of the things he said he was going to when he was elected as her life has become quite challenging for him and it means that his i will not be on the brexit ball this week. this article in the telegraph talks about the fact that the gunman are still on the loose. he was known to the police, they raided flat earlier this week because there was a

robbery concern and they found a cachet of an aids and things. the thought is that he is local and have been radicalised. once again it raises the question of this issue within france but also across europe. this is across europe and the problem with this loan will terrorism is that there is radicalisation and the threat of terror has not gone away. one of the things that we tend to believe is that because isis has been defeated and everything has gone quiet on that front that the risk is no longer there but the risk is still there and people are still being radicalised and there is still immense pressure. and if you look at the trajectory, there is an increased risk of terrorism in germany, france and italy at the moment. let's revisit the story of brexit, as it were and a dash to

europe but theresa may faces a new threat at home. this is from the guardian that has pictures of the day yesterday. she was at the hague with the dutch prime minister and then in berlin, 4pm in brussels, 6pm in brussels with jean—claude. then in berlin, 4pm in brussels, 6pm in brussels withjean—claude. she had an absolutely jampacked in brussels withjean—claude. she had an absolutelyjampacked day and she and tries to seek fresh concessions from the eu leaders. and in the meantime, everyone at home is trying to differ on her. wildcat is away the mice will play and she is going around europe, she is trying to convince people that this is the way forward by going to europe to get concessions or if not concessions then some kind of clarification on the irish backstop. the problem is that because the european leaders have said there are no more concessions to be made, what needs to happen is that she needs to

get this through parliament. her goal is to talk to as many people as possible and show that she is determined to keep going along the road. but there is a building pressure at home because mps are angry. and it is notjust the tory party, it it is amongst the opposition as well. it is a fragile and fractious situation and we wonder, every day, what today will bring, what tomorrow will bring. it feels like we are on each of the moment. i think everybody is on edge and the news is breaking all the time. we still don't know whether or not there will be a vote of no—confidence. that has not been confirmed. that story will unfold over today but the real problem is for business because, obviously, it leads to uncertainty and it is impossible to make decisions at the moment based on whether or not they would be a deal or no deal or whether we call the whole thing off. it is very hard for businesses to

make decisions and loans to be made and so on. we talked and business leaders all the time and most of them say that they are just preparing for the worst, for those who are exporting or importing goods. they say they have stockpiles, it is a kind of scenario, they just assume stockpiles, it is a kind of scenario, theyjust assume the worst case scenario and anything other than that is a bonus. that has to be the case now, i think because obviously we do not know what will happen. business has to manage risk. managing risk means that at this point, managing the worst case scenario. this uncertainty is building and having an effect. it has an effect as well on deals that are being formulated now that will pan out over the next 19 or 20 days because that is after the cliff edge. but talk about the warning from the imf about storm clouds over the global economy. this has been the global economy. this has been the word from the imf for mum, actually. i remember listening to christine at the beginning of this year when she was saying but it

looks quite good for a while and so we need to fix the roof while the sun is shining. a few months after the whether protectionist moves on the whether protectionist moves on the part of president trump and the trade war going on, the mood changed significantly and it has not changed since then. another warning from the imf. if you look at businesses, the big concern is uncertainty and the imf is highlighting the risks from slowing down their investment, business is not making decision from the trade war so this is a new conversation and risk of possible recession in the us by 2020. that is gaining traction in terms of what people are saying. huge pressure on the feds to make this week so there is huge anxiety over whether raising interest rates is significant not. if you survey business, particularly in the uk but one of the biggest concerns is the global economy and not the u.k.'s.

the financial times has the story that we have mentioned, i was talking about this earlier, reported now that china may be looking to reduce tariffs on us made cars going in to china to 15% which would be a huge shift. and companies who have been struggling good be helped by this. it will help in terms of overall trade but will not make much difference. it is a step in the right direction. and this goes back to the point that has been made many times. this is political. what is happening at the moment is entirely political. maybe this coincidence that donald trump said he will help out and that the finance are under arrest. maybe it is not a coincidence, maybe america said they will come in with some sort of a reduction in tariff. this time yesterday i was talking to our guest about the person of the year by time

magazine, speculating who may get it. they decided it is the guardians, the killed and imprisoned journalists, the two imprisoned in me and mark, khashoggi of course. it talks about several scenarios where the media has been underfire this year. i think this is lovely. the media has been underfire this year. ithink this is lovely. it is a story and an award that recognises that there are people in a post fact world, ina that there are people in a post fact world, in a post truth world where fa ke world, in a post truth world where fake news is everything, there are people who will put their lives on the line for the truth. thank you for being with us, great to have you here. thank you for your company is well, wherever you are doing today. see you soon. hello. there will be a definite chill in the air over the next few days particularly as wind picks up, which it will.

western areas will see an outbreak of rain and if we look at the satellite picture from earlier on you can see this stripe of cloud pushing in from the atlantic. a frontal system that you may expect to sweep through bringing rain across the country. instead the front is running up against a block of high—pressure. elsewhere, when state gets off to a largely dry if cloudy stuff with the odd full—page. through the day we should see bright conditions spreading from the east and more in the way of sunshine. that some cold aircoming from the way of sunshine. that some cold air coming from the east as well. the mildest weather will be in the west. 10 degrees in belfast. as we go through wednesday evening into the night we will see more and more clear skies filtering through with a bit patchy cloud and where the skies do stay clear for any length of time you will get a little bit chilly. you can see the pale green and blue

colours here on our temperature chart. on the towns and cities, two, three, four degrees but some spots in the countryside can expect a touch of frost. then into thursday. the weather battleground continues. frontal system still trying to bring raining from the west. high—pressure block the progress. at this stage we will have an increasingly breese wind and that will make it feel cold. so on thursday when whether confined to the far south—west of the country, parts of cornwall in particular. yacht shall sprinkling in across the north sea coast. spells of sunshine but look at the strength of the wind, particularly in southern and western areas. temperatures, on the problem, they are not particularly impressive that at on the strength of the wind this is what it will feel like. at this injured and the channel islands to subzero. norwich, birmingham, freezing. actually feel to the day. on friday the wind will be lighters

or may not deal was cold even though the temperature will still be quite low. a change as you can see as we get into saturday because those fronts in the atlantic will make a little more progress by this stage. windy weather, wet weather for some and as the front runs into cold air, especially over high ground in the north, there could be some snow. good morning. welcome to breakfast, with dan walker and steph mcgovern. our headlines today: a city in lockdown, a gunman on the run, after at least three people are killed and a dozen injured at a christmas market in strasbourg. mounting pressure on theresa may as the likelihood of a vote of confidence in her leadership by conservative mps grows. 16,000 jobs and hundreds of contracts on the line. interserve, which does everything from cleaning hospitals to building schools, says it won't become another carillion. drama in the champions league, as liverpool and tottenham make it through to the last 16 — just. this was the moment alisson

saved his side at anfield. if napoli had scored, liverpool were out. a late draw in barcelona was enough for spurs.