and fake news has made the real news, after this mocked up issue the of the washington post was circulated in the us capital, claiming donald trump had quit. it was so realistic the newspaper's pr department tweeted readers to beware. with me is alpesh patel, who's ceo of praefinium partners. dk it for closer ties with europe, andi dk it for closer ties with europe, and i have to say actually it has got lots of different articles throughout the paper. —— softer brexit, closer ties with europe. yesterday, when i was at westminster, people were telling me that the plan was rejected this week was possibly the hardest... since we're talking about brexit, we just lost about half a million viewers. cani lost about half a million viewers. can ijust lost about half a million viewers. can i just be lost about half a million viewers. can ijust be the viewers's everytime we mention exit, they are

really fed up, this is what they wa nt to really fed up, this is what they want to do. but let's talk about it. a plan that will capture a minority, and there is not one, therejust a plan that will capture a minority, and there is not one, there just is not. that is not me saying i do not wa nt not. that is not me saying i do not want us to brexit, i do not want a high brexit, there is mathematically no solution which would have a majority of mps backing it, therefore logically, and by the way therefore logically, and by the way there is no logical argument which will provide a majority out of any view, out of any view, therefore naturally what happens is not what the hu is saying, it naturally what happens, the default position is a high brexit. now, i do not want that. i may even think that is com pletely that. i may even think that is completely rational and insane but u nfortu nately, completely rational and insane but unfortunately, there is no jati of mps and they will not be who will back any one solution. please tell meiam back any one solution. please tell me i am wrong. having said that, as solution, brexit deal has to be agreed, has to somehow get to

parliament because legally, we are living on march 29, article 50. we don't need a deal to live, u nfortu nately, u nfortu nately. don't need a deal to live, unfortunately, unfortunately. well, we need a withdrawal agreement with basel. you can just automatically leave. no, that is what i knowjulie is, that is the default position. if there is no agreement, we still live and his wto. i am there is no agreement, we still live and his wto. iam not there is no agreement, we still live and his wto. i am not actually saying that is good. -- and it is wto. do you think that is what will happen then? i do. are loads of articles inside the i, loads of other papers have them as well. —— there are. they are talking to business leaders and saying actually, they have had discussions with fossils were saying they are willing to extend article 50 and pushed almost a year away, giving us more time. yes, and yet there is not

a majority of mps who will agree to that. there are of solutions which are possible, there is not a majority of mps who will agree to any single one of them. all right. now, i do not want to strangle imp is, we are not allowed to do that, but there is not a majority. that is what comes down to, sadly. will watch this space and despite what you say about the views being fed up with this discussion... —— we will. iam with this discussion... —— we will. i am worried about the viewing figures, do not mention brexit again. i'm not kidding, you will double the viewing figures. arab news, on its front page, this is a story that you said you wanted to talk about, so we did not pick the guardian that you are looking at yesterday. it is a similar story. four americans. it is arab news, a saudi backed newspaper and we need to mention that. it talks about the fa ct to mention that. it talks about the fact that this proves the point that

it is so unbelievably complicated and difficult and the us withdrawal from syria will not be an easy thing at all, no matter what president trump says. actually, the reason i wa nted trump says. actually, the reason i wanted to discuss this was between brexit and the us government shutdown, we are forgetting there is a waron shutdown, we are forgetting there is a war on terror going on, 2000 soldiers q in - four were soldiers are in syria, four were killed, despite the discussions about us disengagement and withdrawal, actually this week us secretary of state mike pompeo was in the middle east and he has announced they are expanding their military base out of qatar, which is their largest, central base in the region out of which they are fighting terrorism and the whole region, including into syria. so they are expanding, despite the headlines about removing, and it is a good thing that they are expanding. that is despite the saudi blockade on that country, and for all the criticism of american isolationism, they are still very much at the forefront of it. i'm

glad they are extending that base because it does make us that much safer. —— expanding. because it does make us that much safer. -- expanding. although you say you are glad about them expanding that base, this article does say that their withdrawal from syria is not going to be as easy and simple and it does point out the fa ct simple and it does point out the fact that in the united states, and in capitol hill, there is a lot of concern or dissension about the president's announcement, his surprise announcement to just withdrawal. actually think that the expansion of the base will mean the withdrawal of physical troops, there area withdrawal of physical troops, there are a lot of people who do not want troops in physical harm's wave, they are thinking we are going to get blamed if we are there, we are going to get blamed if we are not, we will a lwa ys to get blamed if we are not, we will always get blamed. so counteracts that having a bigger military base in the region. -- way. huawei, let's talk about criminal prosecutors issuing a criminal investigation into what huawei has been up to, copying the technology of us companies, t—mobile et cetera. your

thoughts? this is an incredibly important story, there are people who think the chinese are stealing intellectual property, does it matter? and proven to be, and it is not just matter? and proven to be, and it is notjust in america, there have been criminal prosecutions in what is out of the uk, germany, italy, everywhere, chinese backed companies. this matters because huawei is the world's largest maker and seller of telecoms equipment and guess what we all reliant on? telecoms equipment. it matters because your country is poor when its intellectual property is stolen, and if there are people who think that i am sure we do it, no. if my company spies in the chinese company, is not just company spies in the chinese company, is notjust the chinese are going to put me in prison, my own country, britain will put me in prison for doing it, ok? in terms of how this is playing out, what i think imprecations at this next development? the us president, he has always made it a part of their trade war to say listen, we're not going to turn a blind eye as has been done in the past, we are not

going to be soft on intellectual property theft and we're going to shut down your businesses, your biggest businesses, we are going to start arresting your people. i'm glad he has taken an aggressive sta nce glad he has taken an aggressive stance because it makes your country poorer when its assets are stolen, evenif poorer when its assets are stolen, even if they are intellectual property assets. let's have a look at this new diet that has been proposed by a body of international scientists, nutritionist experts, the lancet has put out there. you area the lancet has put out there. you are a beacon, you have been for many, are a beacon, you have been for any are a beacon, you have been for many, many years. you're not fashionable vegan. —— vegan. many, many years. you're not fashionable vegan. —— veganlj many, many years. you're not fashionable vegan. -- vegan. i am not fashionable in any sense. in the east are talking about diets on tv. there is an extremely serious point and it is an issue that will... let me give you a statistic, livestock accou nts me give you a statistic, livestock accounts for up to 18% of human induced greenhouse gas emissions. if you want to save the environment, stop killing animals. can ijust say, stockton cows in particular?

stop killing animals. can ijust say, stockton cows in particular7m is not saying become a vegan, this study, is just saying significantly reduce how much red meat you're having a day. by significantly, you are effectively having nothing. quarter of a rush of bacon. exactly. and brits urged to ditch quarter pounders to save the planet. the fear we have about the environment being destroyed, we need to have the same level of view about how eating habit are also destroying the planet, not as animal rights, i will put that to one side, but how it is also destroying the environment because the statistics are there just as strongly as they are there about the environment. —— just. now, there are a lot of people who deny global warming, fine, they can continue eating their red meat, a lot of them in texas, but the fax speakfor lot of them in texas, but the fax speak for themselves. we have got george in zambia he says this will not take off at all, this diet. it

isa not take off at all, this diet. it is a mixture of survival, pleasure, indulgence. ram in the netherlands asi indulgence. ram in the netherlands as ijust indulgence. ram in the netherlands as i just stick to the basics, indulgence. ram in the netherlands as ijust stick to the basics, is little sugar and fat as possible and is much fruit and vegetable as possible a day. another mentions the difficulty of trying to, in the amount of stuff available in the supermarkets and what is available to buy, how hard it is to avoid sugar, to avoid some of those... to buy, how hard it is to avoid sugar, to avoid some of those. .. you remember unleaded petrol? it was not because someone remember unleaded petrol? it was not because someone said to me you know what, you should save the environment, is because i had no choice and i went to the petrol pump. there are all sorts of ideas, we have got to leave it there. go on. just like the m : fié l llé petrol and csc cans, remove unleaded petrol and csc cans, remove joyce. remove choice, that is a whole other debate. that is the briefing, i will see you soon. by. —— bye.

hello. an increasingly wintry flavour to our weather for the coming days. today certainly a cold before all of this, should be some decent sunshine around, there will also be some wintry showers. frosty start pretty much across—the—board with the risk of ice especially across the northern half of the uk. use fififffiéffi fiéfiffi ffi? he gggffiis front first it will push its way into east anglia and the south—east in the morning rush hour. the north, clear skies under thatice hour. the north, clear skies under that ice but also the additional complication of stance no—show is pushing into scotland, some pushing the eastern coastal counties of england too. —— of some snow. across the mountains perhaps up to eight centimetres, here we are looking at a wintry mix but recover and i think possible across the hills. mostly rain or sleet as that system finally tucks into the continent by

lunchtime. the show was following on from the north in the arctic air will be wintry and we will see it further showers through eastern coastal counties for the afternoon that they will tend to thin out across scotland. —— the showers. fiddy even in overnight into friday, widespread frost will develop. there is likely to be our coldest night of the week. you may have noticed towards the west, there was a frontal system trying to approach. a frontal system trying to approach. a frontal system trying to approach. a frontal system bunch bumping into colder air has the potential to turn wintry. uh—huh that little bit of cloud mayjust bolster the temperatures uh—huh briefly for the likes of plymouth and belfast. further south, i think it will be perhaps snow initially, particularly across the hills and the mountains, but turning increasingly back to rain as the system pushes in, because we are bringing in a slightly southerly air stream,

so some slightly milder air. but there is a lot of uncertainty in this element of the forecast, and if you are travelling on friday, it will be worth getting your latest update. 0n into the weekend, our story remains chilly, the temperatures perhaps coming up a couple of degrees on the figures we'll see through the end of the week. but i think there'll be a lot of cloud around on saturday. maybe some sunny spells on sunday, but overall, the story for the coming days will definitely be a rather wintry one. good morning. welcome to breakfast with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. 0ur headlines today: the ayes to the right, 306, the noes to the left, 325. cheering. dramatic scenes as the government survives a vote of no confidence but parliament remains deadlocked over brexit. theresa may invites mps from all parties to downing street for talks, but 0pposition leader jeremy corbyn refuses unless no—deal is ruled—out first. how cutting back red meat to one hamburger a week could save lives — and the planet.

good morning.