we begin with the guardian which refers to theresa may's increasingly "boxed in" position after losing a second parliamentary vote this week. she must now provide a plan b within 3 days should her deal he voted down on tuesday. on the front page of the japan times is an article onjapan‘s stake in brexit. prime minister shinzo abe meets with mrs may today and is expected to publically support her efforts but also to urge her to do everything she can to prevent no—deal brexit, which could seriously disrupt foreign investment. next we have the washington post, which highlights the many ways in which ordinary americans are already being affected by the government shutdown and how their situations will deteriorate further if no resolution is found. the wall streetjournal has its take on the impending divorce of amazon chiefjeff bezos and the possible implications it could have on his stake in the online retail giant. and finally, this story on the bbc website, insect protein for your pooch? a pet food manufacturer claims a0

percent of its new product is made from soldier flies, hoping to cash in on the backlash against beef production and its contribution to greenhouse gas emissions. so let's begin. with me is lawrence gosling, editor—in—chief at what investment. do you have a dog or a cat? i don't. would you feed them insects?” would, just to save some money and it is probably better for the planet. let's talk about the uk, brexit in focus today. a damaging defeat for prime minister made. what is your take on the guardian? the guardian is left bleating —— left—leaning some would say labor party supporting newspaper and they have taken the lion about mrs may's power ebbing away, the second defeat of the government this week. for

many of us in the uk, this is turning into an incredibly protracted sort of discussion where i think most parts of the electorate are not as engaged with the arcane politics. we are looking towards tuesday next week when there is a vote on the whole proposal. the general expectation is that mrs may's proposal will be voted down. that leaves us in a situation of what next? it is not a plan b. whatever comes out, do the other 27 european countries except it? is there room for manoeuvre? it doesn't feel like there is a lot of room for manoeuvre. this whole process could be symbolic. a lot of partners felt like they weren't involved in this feels like they are getting their own back. there could be a point

where mps have said we are pushed as far as we where mps have said we are pushed as faras we can. where mps have said we are pushed as far as we can. the uk can't afford to leave with no deal but said. some scenario that can take the economy and the country forward. given last night's parliamentary showdown it means we will get some sort of plan b within three days. as opposed to 21, which was the original. mrs may has proved incredibly resilient and she will have a plan b up her sleeve. she might not quite have articulated it yet. many of the papers are doubting that. again, because the process has dragged on so because the process has dragged on so much, that is why but i suspect she probably has. let's talk about japan in terms of brexit. the japanese prime minister is in the uk and easier to talk about various trade deals or potential deals between the uk and japan. what the

times really underlines is how worried japan about brexit. there is a huge amount of trade. also, big japanese companies which invest huge amounts of company. what is japan thinking right now?” amounts of company. what is japan thinking right now? i think he is worried and it's interesting. we think brexit is a uniquely uk europe issue but it's not, japan has been a larger investor in the uk economy since the 19705 so is 30, a0 year5 the relationship and japan needs to know because the clothes retailer uniqlo i5 know because the clothes retailer uniqlo is a big investor in the uk, they don't want to have to move their businesses. he is a long—standing busine55e5. there is a genuine concern acro55 long—standing busine55e5. there is a genuine concern across the whole japanese economy as to what the outcome might be and prime minister

abe i5 perha p5 outcome might be and prime minister abe is perhaps a slight friend in need to the prime minister at the moment. we had this news earlier that japan is going moment. we had this news earlier thatjapan is going to end a ban on british beef and lamb that's been in place since the mad cow disease epidemic. at that meeting, there is a sense that japan and the epidemic. at that meeting, there is a sense thatjapan and the uk epidemic. at that meeting, there is a sense that japan and the uk could possibly do deal5. a sense that japan and the uk could possibly do deals. the agriculture industry is one of the ones at the forefront of the brexit debate. again, it might encourage a few mp5 with rural constituencies to realise they've got to vote through to get a deal of some persuasion. a government shutdown i5 deal of some persuasion. a government shutdown is something we don't understand in the country here a5 don't understand in the country here as much. what is the impact being? thi5 washington po5t article 5et5 as much. what is the impact being? thi5 washington po5t article sets it out. it is fascinating because the shutdown, it is about president trump and his proposal shutdown, it is about president trump and his propo5alfor the shutdown, it is about president trump and his proposal for the wall and the funding that andy stearn5 did —— he's turned it into a for and

again5t. it goes through the various elements of the lower income more vulnerable part5 elements of the lower income more vulnerable pa rt5 of elements of the lower income more vulnerable parts of american society who rely on the various government departments. there is a 70—year—old lady who is waiting for a loan to fix a leak on her roof. talking about a native american per5on fix a leak on her roof. talking about a native american person who has died as a result of not getting their subsidies that have come out of long—standing treatie5 between the us government and to the native american community. it's a personal account of looks like a big of politics. 0vernight we had donald trump having what was described as a tantrum because he can't get the democrats to understand his point of view. that's what it is really about. billions of dollars each month given out to vulnerable americans. we talk about the effect on us gdp but actually fundamentally

it's about real people. it is, people who need food stamps to survive, not getting no5e. and the concern is whether this shutdown goe5 concern is whether this shutdown goes on beyond the first of february into march and the impact on individuals and communities could be more severe than it has been today. let's talk about amazon but not in the way we normally would. thi5 let's talk about amazon but not in the way we normally would. this is a personal private storage played out in public. a 25— year marriage ending in divorce but there is so much money involved. extraordinary. by much money involved. extraordinary. by one measure much money involved. extraordinary. by one mea5urejeff bezos i5 much money involved. extraordinary. by one mea5urejeff bezos is the world's richest man with $137 billion, a lot of it tied up in amazon. clearly his wife probably will be entitled to a significant amount. do you think so? would they not have been a prenuptial agreement? this is a quaint story of them driving to seattle and she is driving and he is writing the bu5ine55 driving and he is writing the business plan and they started the bu5ine55 together. business plan and they started the business together. but he has been

named as the founder. he has. that's more the way the myth has evolved. she could become the richest woman in the world if she takes half that. i wonder who the richest woman in the world is. it is one of the 5hareholder5 the world is. it is one of the shareholders of the cosmetics company l'0real. mackenzie bezos will easily dwarf that amount.” wonder, i think there would be a prenup. now, would you feed your dog insect food. companies saying that if we can replace a protein with beef, it will help the environment. there will be less methane and greenhouse gases. giving consumers will buy it? having a small number of consumers will. the5e flies, the black soldier flies, they grow in ia

days and grow from decaying food wa5te. from a sustainability factor, this is a great idea that is what is interesting is that a lot of petfood i5 interesting is that a lot of petfood is made from offal that humans don't eat any more because we are too wealthy and we have moved on from eating that, so human5 wealthy and we have moved on from eating that, so humans are wasting the offal in a cow or other animals that we use to eat. but had lots of tweets. my dog will eat napkins, vomit, in5ect5 would be a pleasant upgrade. dog stoop eat pretty much anything. it will be interesting to 5ee anything. it will be interesting to see if cat5 do. anything. it will be interesting to see if cats do. lawrence gosling, it's lovely to talk to you, thank you very much indeed. do 5tay it's lovely to talk to you, thank you very much indeed. do stay with u5, you very much indeed. do stay with us, more to come. hello. 0ur weather pro5pect5 are still looking comparatively quiet through the next few days. if anything, our major shift will be to rather more cloudy weather. today, though, some 5lightly milder

air making a return to our shores for some, but not actually in the most traditional way that we see milder air arriving. normally it comes sweeping up from the south—west off the atlantic. at the moment we have high pressure, and our milder air will be toppling in to the north of it, behind a warmer weather front which is sinking its way south. so first thing, still very chilly with a frost acro55 southernmost counties of england. this line of cloud here just about mark5 out the warm weather front. to the rear of it, quite a lot of cloud through the course of the day, butjust 5lightly milder weather than we saw through midweek. so top temperatre5 in double figures for belfa5t. we're going to struggle at around 6 or 7 in the likes of cardiff and london. and we will struggle throughout the day, i think, to see much in the way of sunshine. 0vernight thursday into friday, that weather front slides away into the continent.

plenty of cloud around, and we sit in the relatively milder air. so our map is green for first thing friday, rather than seeing that blue as we will do to the south first thing thursday. temperatures — well, they're down the lower end of single figures, but essentially frost—free to get friday under way. another day offering us quite a lot of cloud. we have got a northerly breeze, but remember it's tipped around that area of high pressure, so instead of actually coming straight from the arctic, it's been modified by the atlantic. hence things will start to get milder, actually, as that northerly breeze drags the milder airfurther south. so, for the weekend, our temperatures making a return closer to average. it could be quite windy through the weekend, actually, as areas of low pressure try to erode this high. the isobars become increasingly tighter packed. much of the rain will fizzle out before it sinks too far south, i think, across the uk. greatest chance of any significant rain probably for northern ireland and scotland, but quite cloudy on saturday. as i said, it will be a windy day as well and temperatures more

typically average values for the time of year, perhaps 10—12 degrees. some brightness, hopefully, across eastern counties. similar picture again for saturday, the high still sitting to the south—west. this low tumbling over the top of it, bringing some rain in briefly, i think, to scotland, northern ireland, perhaps some patchy rain for northern england. if anything, perhaps sunday the slightly brighter day of the two. and again, temperatures a little more favourable than we've had in recent days — double figures for most of us. good morning. welcome to breakfast with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. 0ur headlines today: britain's biggest car maker jaguar land rover is planning to cut up to 5,000 jobs. a lorry driver has been arrested after 27 suspected migrants were found in the back of his vehicle on the m6. police investigating the murder of a ia—year—old boy in london think they've found a car linked to the attack. good morning. the worst christmas

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