tv The Briefing BBC News February 25, 2019 5:45am-6:01am GMT
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good morning. welcome to breakfast with charlie stayt and louise minchin. education lessons, to encourage our headlines today: children to limit their time on facebook, smartphones and games from broadchurch to hollywood, consoles and spend more time olivia coleman wins best actress outdoors with friends. at the oscars for her performance and finally, its hollywood's as queen anne in the favourite. biggest night of the year. you guessed it, the oscars. ed genuinely quite stressful. ——it‘s genuinely quite stressful. this is this year it's the actor hilarious. got an oscar! billy porter who has set world and internet alight after arriving on the red carpet wearing nothing less than a tuxedo gown. other highlights include rami malek winning best actor for his portrayal of queen frontman freddie mercury it is late night here in los angeles. this is the vanity fair in the film bohemian rhapsody. after party, it is where all the sta rs after party, it is where all the stars are coming to celebrate the the other queen, queen anne, olivia oscars success. colman getting best actress. with me again is nina trentmann from the wall streetjournal. 45 from the wall streetjournal. minutes into the prog have 45 minutes into the programme we have to talk about brexit, which is pretty impressive given recent news.
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the guardian says that brussels is keen to avoid repeated delays as exasperation grows at theresa may's behaviour, so says the guardian, thatis behaviour, so says the guardian, that is its take on what has been going on. it is interesting when you look at the guardian front page which says that eu diplomats are discussing this extension of the uk's when the ship in the eu for 21 months, not to have a transition period and not to have a no deal brexit but to leave the uk in the eu to longer in order to discuss a potential trade deal that would also avoid the necessity to have the irish backstop. then you have the daily telegraph saying that theresa may is looking at delaying brexit by two months. it is different —— interesting to see this divergences of sides and views. there is this question that i am, from an eu perspective it makes a lot of sense to say that given you don't know what you want from a uk perspective it makes sense to say how about you extend membership bit longer. i am struggling to see how theresa may
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will get any of that through, either through her cabinet or parliament. she actually set a new deadline of march to 12, so this is just 17 days before brexit day for parliament to vote on the accord which she is still trying to renegotiate. that is some of the headlines are there. but the guardian choosing to focus on brussels and what they are saying. there is a picture of her there amongst leaders where actual discussions are getting under way properly today in egypt, but theresa may has one objective there, to get leaders in brussels on side with any new deal on the irish backstop. leaders in brussels on side with any new deal on the irish backstopm goes to show that in the end from a european prospect, there are many more issues that are going on, but for the uk there is this one thing
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brexit. within 30 days away there is one brit interest that —— issue that needs to be resolved. you are german based in london working for the wall streetjournal, what based in london working for the wall street journal, what is based in london working for the wall streetjournal, what is the view in germany of how the outlook is? what iam reading germany of how the outlook is? what i am reading and hearing from other collea g u es i am reading and hearing from other colleagues working in germany, they arejust colleagues working in germany, they are just astonished that this is going so much down to the wire. from a german perspective you will of course want to plan ahead and have something in writing, we would have wa nted something in writing, we would have wanted that six months ago. i guess this idea of negotiating it until the last minute and then say, now here is my deal, take it or leave it, or otherwise it is no deal brexit, from a german perspective thatis brexit, from a german perspective that is very risky, and of course you have been hearing lots of companies saying, these are our plans, we are not investing further, we will reduce investment, we are cautious about the uk outlook, so from a business perspective in germany people are concerned about the fact that there is so much
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political engineering going on, there is so much political elements in this whole debate that is in the end affecting the economy of both sides. it could have a big impact on the german economy which is going through a tough time because its car industry like us with honda and nissan, the germany as well, the german car industry is struggling because of the diesel emissions regulations that is changing and impact in germany. in the business section of the times they are is astonishment injourney section of the times they are is astonishment in journey —— section of the times they are is astonishment injourney —— germany about how this is going to the wire. this is what all the big business lobby groups are saying, this time it is the institute of directors talking about the frustration, especially in the service with is a huge part of our economy. 83% of huge part of our economy. 8396 of jobs, idid huge part of our economy. 8396 of jobs, i did not know was that high. that is the reflection that we have
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been talking about the manufacturing sector, getting goods on times and customs, but the service sector is also impacted colours there is also this issue is around whether the sector could work the way it does under no deal brexit, and also of course you have overall economic confidence going down and interests and demand for banking and financial services, all that, you would also see an impact on the sector as well. the noise and dissension getting louder and louder as all the politicians who were in westminster and not going to make another vote until the 12th of march, which is still quite a way off many would argue. let's move on, to the story thatis argue. let's move on, to the story that is dominating financial markets, and that is president trump saying there will be a delay on the increase in tariffs. this would be ta riffs increase in tariffs. this would be tariffs going up from 10% to 25% on
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chinese goods going into the us, they were supposed to happen on much they were supposed to happen on much the first is that it not come to some sort of agreement. —— on the first of march. it is great news in the short term this has been delayed, not just for the short term this has been delayed, notjust for china but to japan, many asian economies that have been impacted by this. but as you and i have or are you discussed it is really not clear at all how much progress there will be made between now and when they decide the deal is done. we have been hearing from the us chief negotiator in this that there are still substantial obstacles that there are still substantial o bsta cles to that there are still substantial obstacles to a deal, and even though mrtrump obstacles to a deal, and even though mr trump sounded this resid —— optimistic note yesterday these are still issues that need to be resolved. even though the chinese have made offers and said "we will buy more us product is and we will listen some of the restrictions on foreign investment in china and also reduce some subsidies that we have been given to our own companies",
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not necessarily a big deal the us has been hoping for. giving it more time it's a lot of sense but of course it is still a big ask here. the daily telegraph, four —year—olds to learn the perils of social media. this is the idea that they will be given compulsory health education lessons kicking him in the new year, that will encourage children to limit their time on facebook. i was surprised to know that four —year—olds on facebook, given that you cannot have an account until you are 13, mine were not and still are not on facebook. being a parent, the ta blet not on facebook. being a parent, the tablet is the best at sitter. they have games and stuff, but social media? it is an interesting point of view that the government seems to be thinking that starting early and making children aware, even though i am not really sure, i don't have children myself so i am not sure what the four—year—old would normally do... i say it is the best
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ba bysitter normally do... i say it is the best babysitter is the cheapest ba bysitter babysitter is the cheapest babysitter in town. this talks about the fact that they are trying to encourage kids to get outside and play, that is what most kids really wa nt to play, that is what most kids really want to do at the age of four. play, that is what most kids really want to do at the age of fourlj guess want to do at the age of four.|j guess it is also the question of, is that really possible because if both pa rents a re that really possible because if both parents are working and there is also to the constraints as to where they live and where they can go outside, it is good they are raising it as an issue but i am not really sure... i think facebook is not where they are out. let's look at this final story and it is billy porter donning this taxis are you —— taxi go down at the officers. —— tuxedo down at the oscars. billy porter has not been one of the main stars winning the awards but great outfit, i love it. what did you make of the oscars? i have not seen any of the oscars? i have not seen any of the oscars? i have not seen any of the films i have two admits. you
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have seemed like a pamper? that's true. -- black panther. it is a great way to remember all the films that you missed out over the past year. maybe i will catch up on one 01’ year. maybe i will catch up on one or two. thank you for being with us here in the briefing. i did ask for your views on whether you were still transfixed by the oscars, and we have heard from many viewers as per usual, one person says the media needs deep understand thatjoe public is not care about the oscars, joe public also knows it is contrived, fake, self—serving ad campaign. thank you for your views, goodbye. hello there. what a difference a year makes.
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this time last year, the end of february 2018, we were feeling the effects of the ‘beast from the east', the coldest mass of air to affect the uk in a number of years. it brought widespread cold, widespread snow and widespread disruption. fast forward to 2019, things could not be more different. our air not coming from the east, instead we are bringing it up from the south—west and, rather than exceptional cold, this has brought exceptional warmth through the weekend. on sunday afternoon, parts of west wales got up to 19.1 degrees, provisionally that is a new record for wales in february and there is soem more to come. certainly for the next few days. some warm sunshine, but with some frosty nights and some foggy mornings. only slowly, later in the week, will it start to turn a bit more unsettled but not particularly cold. we will start off monday morning though on quite a chilly note, particularly down towards in the south. temperatures below freezing. well below freezing in one or two places. not as cold across north—west scotland because we've got more cloud, some patchy rain, and just about any weather — could be some mistiness aaround,
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but some fog patches most likely through parts of yorkshire and up into north—east england. where the fog does develops, it could be quite dense, could be quite slow to clear as well. but through monday, most of us enjoying blue skies and sunshine once again, apart from the far north of scotland where there will be cloud and outbreaks of rain. but look at the temperatures. widely between 14 and 18 degrees. one or two spots could hit 19 degrees. nine would be more typical for this time of year. it is, of course, all because of high pressure still sitting just to the south—east of the uk. not many white lines, not many isobars on that chart. light winds to take us into tuesday morning. perhaps a touch of frost but, again, for most a sunny day. a bit more cloud for a time into northern ireland. maybe the odd spot of rain into north—west scotland, otherwise it is dry and still exceptionally warm for the time of year. as we get into wednesday, it looks like we'll see a bit more fog developing at this stage. so it could be a foggy, murky start on wednesday morning. much of that should tend to cleear through the day.
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some patches might linger for a good part of wednesday. but again, in the sunshine, it will feel warm. things start to change though, a little bit on thursday. a bit of a pincer movement, one little weather system tries to push in towards the south. one frontal system towards the north so that brings the potential for rain for some of us on thursday, certainly not all of us. but there is an increasing chance of rain, some breezy weather too, and it turns a bit cooler as we head towards the weekend.
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