tv The Briefing BBC News February 7, 2019 5:45am-6:01am GMT
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this is the online delivery service. this, of course, has implications for the technology platform, because its licensed its technology to overseas retailers, including sobeys in canada, ica in sweden and kroger in the us. and, finally, onto the bbc website, and a bbc journalist has won a court case against a cab driver refusing to take him and his dog in a case of discrimination. he is blind. it is a guide dog that enables him to get around. and alongside that the next batch of emojis, set to be released later this year, that feature an array of accessibility and inclusion—themed symbols. including a guide dog. with me is cornelia meyer, ceo of mrl corporation, a business consultancy. we have a lot to get through. let's start with the front of the independent, donald tusk at the top, eu says brexiteers have a special place in hell, we will clarify that,
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may gets nowhere in northern ireland with a picture in belfast, then westminster, with 50 days until brexit, mps sent home at 3:26pm because there is nothing to do, it is an empty house of commons. just in time for the school run as you pointed out. the one yesterday, donald tusk, president of the eu council, had a really unfortunate comment with this special place in hell. it was a tweet. he was also saying it in his press conference. i watched the press conference. he didn't say for all brexiteers, he said those who didn't have a plan. it just wasn't helpful. said those who didn't have a plan. itjust wasn't helpful. not at all. she is meeting him today. she is meeting with jean—claude juncker today. they are going to be very tough and they are going to say you can't open the withdrawal agreement. we can't renegotiate the backstop. lee of rate the prime minister of
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ireland, very bright eyed and bushy tailed —— leo brad cavill to the eu parliament stands behind him. the council stands behind him, the commission stands behind him —— leo varadkar. she might be able to negotiate a time limitation. but how that will help her with her brexiteer friends in parliament that will help her with her brexiteerfriends in parliament i don't know. she spent yesterday in belfast meeting with the five parties in stormont, highlighted on this front page, may gets nowhere in northern ireland, very, very big, significant differences between the different parties. sinn fein, the dup, they are all on different... huge, but what was interesting was the dup, who used to be very "no backstop" said, "maybe we need to extend article 50 so we can get through that", so i can see a little
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nudging. it is going to be tough. right on valentine's day, these people won't go home at 3:26pm. this picture at the bottom of westminster with an empty house of commons, to be fairto them, with an empty house of commons, to be fair to them, the house has been for hours hours and hours and they have had very long days for several days, haven't they, in recent weeks. yes, absolutely, to be fair. it is a wonderful picture because there is nothing else to do, wonderful. let's move on to politico now, news president trump, set to announce a 100% of isis caliphate liberated, caliphate is the term used, isn't it, to describe... is uses that to describe their "caliphate", their territorial... their territory under their governance. exactly. it used
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to be huge, up to almost 30% of iraq and syria. and now it's down to i%. but, you know, nonstate actors like isis, they morph, and other, ag, al-qaeda, they morph into something else. if they don't have the caliphate they will do something else. and isis has become strong in west africa, it has become strong in north africa. so, it is not over. west africa, it has become strong in north africa. 50, it is not overlj was north africa. so, it is not overlj was going to say, the war is not over by any means. it's not over. it is interesting, because last time donald trump said that, "i can now leave syria", which he has now modified, you know, he had a defence minister and the head of the isis and the antiterrorism leader, tim
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matters. you have clients in turkey, the middle east, you are there all the middle east, you are there all the time, you love it. i love it. what is your take on, you know, how are relations, how is the situation in the middle east? it is off the radar at the moment apart from these stories when president trump makes comments. it is very tough, because nobody talks with anybody. you know, there is the blockade by some of the gulf corporation council members, turkey isn't getting on, syria is really difficult, because you have isis, you have turkey, you have the kurds, you have the saudi — uae coalition, you have the us, i mean, you have iran, you have so many actors who are all at odds with each other. you have russia, who became very strong again, so it's really tricky. extremely complicated still. let's move on to the guardian mac, the met office global warning of 1.5
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degree increase within five years, the lowest paris agreement target they say might be temporarily passed for the first time between now and 2023. yes and it should only be 2045 oi’ 2023. yes and it should only be 2045 or50, so we 2023. yes and it should only be 2045 or 50, so we are really... the clock is ticking really fast and the consequences are huge. it is disconcerting because you see the polar ice caps melting, sea levels rising, that means the sea temperatures are changing, so we see a lot of freakish weather which is caused by el nino, which is getting stronger because of this, so this is a global warming warning. interesting because in davos this was one of the key topics, you know, the global risk to economic growth, immigration, social unrest,
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everything. absolutely, if you think of migration that will happen of it, because if you're bangladesh, half of your country will be underwater. let's talk about the daily telegraph business section, ocado faces questions over the blaze, this huge blaze that happened at one of the massive distribution factories, extremely sophisticated technology, these robots whizzing around, getting together everybody‘s supermarket shop, and they have sold this technology to many companies around the world. and actually, to be fair, again, one doesn't know yet whether fire is coming from. be fair, again, one doesn't know yet whetherfire is coming from. one suspects it might be from the robotic knowledge, but it is not clear yet, so this will be have to look into. but the share price, you know, did take a hit, and, you know, it is that particular warehouse which has had £6 million worth of
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groceries in it. it is 10% of the turnover. the robot technology, that licensing out is a huge part of ocado's revenue, and they have to, they have licensed it out to canada, to krogas, the big grocery store in the us and other stores. so they have to ascertain what caused the fire and what the situation is. and then finally, there is a story about a bbcjournalist, then finally, there is a story about a bbc journalist, damien then finally, there is a story about a bbcjournalist, damien rose, visually impaired, who couldn't get into a taxi, the driver refused to let him in because the driver said he is allergic to his guide dog, so he is allergic to his guide dog, so he has won discrimination case and it raises questions about discrimination to those have disabilities at the same time that it was announced that new emoji are being released to illustrate this point. the article also says that
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the law says that if you can prove that you really have allergies, you can refused a guide dog, but if you can't prove it you have to let them in. who are we as human beings if we don't help people with impairments? those who are visually impaired, or those in a wheelchair. who are we as a society if we are not going out of oui’ a society if we are not going out of our way to make their lives easier? yes, it raises lots of questions. damien was saying that he was refused on many occasions because he has his dog with him. and you can see the taxi driving just as he came in which is not acceptable. lovely to have you with us. nice to see you. and nice to have your company. i hope you enjoyed the programme. while see you soon. —— i'll see you $0011. good morning. to sum up today simply, we'd probably call it a day of sunshine and showers.
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but first thing this morning we do have a spell of very strong winds to contend with across the southern half of the uk. they will ease by the time the rush hour's over, but nonetheless some challenging conditions out there currently. the worst of the winds over, i think, for the south—west of england and wales by the time we get to 8am. but still a core of strong winds across the south—east, particularly the midlands and east anglia, through the morning rush hour. those figures in the black circles indicate the gust strengths, notice they're lighter further north, but there will be some snow to contend with across parts of scotland. also, as the rain pulls away from northern england on the tail—end of this area of low pressure, there could be some snow for a time across the pennines — a couple of centimetres here. but, come the afternoon, the picture looks much clearer, the winds have become much lighter, it's pretty mild in the south, there's a lot of sunshine around, but there will be some showers packing into the far north—west. through the evening, a largely fine affair aside from those showers
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in the north—west. turns quite chilly across the north—east of scotland. elsewhere, though, as we go into the small hours of friday, the cloud piles in, accompanied by rain and again the wind starts to lift. so, most areas off to a frost—free start to friday. for the north—east of scotland, there could be some ice around, there could also be some snow too as this frontal system just starts to bump into that colder air. but this is friday's weather in a nutshell, this area of low pressure. tightly packed isoba rs, windy once again, particularly from the middle part of the day. and those winds could be disruptive and they will remain strong on into saturday. the rain is also going to be quite problematic in some spots as well. not so much across england and wales, where this front will continue to push through, but across a good portion of scotland, where basically one area of rain moves out of the way and then the low hooks another batch in, if you like, so the totals are going to really start to add up. a mild enough day on friday, but a very windy one, with gusts of 50 or 60mph. the band of rain clears england and wales friday night into saturday, but the low hooks another area of heavy rain across northern ireland into central scotland. could be wintry for a time as well, the winds certainly still remain strong through saturday, although they will gradually start
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to ease off a little later in the day. some sunshine around as we get into the afternoon, a little cooler than on friday, particularly in the north as we pick up a north—westerly wind. and then all eyes to the south for sunday, because it looks like we could see a spell of heavy rain pushing into england and wales to bring the weekend to a close. next week, though, high pressure returns. it's looking quieter once again. good morning — welcome to breakfast with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. our headlines today: theresa may returns to brussels to negotiate changes to her brexit deal — and respond to those comments from the european council president. i have been wondering what the special place in hell looks like for those who promoted brexit without even a sketch of a plan how to do it safely. accident investigators recover a body from the wreckage
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