cholera and yellow fever are the "new normal". now it's time to look at the stories that are making the headlines in the media across the world. we begin with the times, who say the queen risks being pulled into a "terrible conflict" over brexit, after a tory leadership contender refused to rule out suspending parliament to force through a no—deal exit. the arab news report iranian and us officials are in the early stages of negotiating an agreement to allow tehran to sell limited quantities of oil in exchange for goods. an interesting one, there. the independent focusing on climate change and outgoing prime minister theresa may will legally commit to ending the uk's contribution to global warming by 2050 before she leaves no 10.

however, there are fears of a ‘get—out clause' that could allow her successor to roll back on the measures. whoever that may be. slate online magazine asks how much personality should a smart speaker have? this comes following a un report warning against viewing what is essentially the mouthpiece of powerful tech company as a trusted friend or alternatively encouraging people to speak inappropriately to it and others. 0h, oh, i 0h, isay. and finally it has been a prayer that for billions of worshippers has never been questioned. until now. however, pope francis has risked the wrath of traditionalists by approving a change to the wording of the lord's prayer. instead of saying "lead us not into temptation", it will say "do not let us fall into temptation." what's in a word? with me is stephanie hare who is an independent analyst. we will go backwards from the lord's

prayer. let's start with brexit here. where do you even start with this story? the times is now seeing the queen will be dragged into brexit, there's this raw over what some people have said is an offensive threat to suspend parliament. we are talking about dominic raabe, the former brexit secretary, he is the only former secretary, he is the only former secretary to consider bringing the session soon and just to prevent mps from forcing a no deal brexit —— bring the session to an end. how bad are things with the uk political system that we now have a contender for the conservative party asking to suspend parliament? it's not very democratic, is it? the whole point of brexit was supposed to be taking back control, not abolishing parliamentary democracy. it's a bit weird, to be honest. and it also

really doesn't address any of the issues behind why parliament has not wa nted issues behind why parliament has not wanted to approve any deal. what would be the implications of doing something like that? what does that say for something like the good friday agreement for instance? we have international agreements that we have to have solutions for if we are to leave the european union and hammering it through without parliament supporting it seems odd. yes. lots of people have had their 2p worth including matt hancock, who was also standing for leadership, i should say. "suspending parliament to pursue a course against the people's wishes is not a path for a prime minister in the 21st century. those quote so many people have been giving so much for the rights of democratic freedom. we are only one day on from d—day celebrations and that whole generation, who fought and lost so much to bring us the

world that we live in now, what would people make of this? well, i don't think friends in parliament have necessarily covered themselves in glory in the last three years, i think it's fair to say. anyone following it is politics closely in the last three months would have seen parliament has rejected many options put towards it. they haven't come up with something they can all agree on, right, so they are — again, we are doing a greatjob of getting to this. that's what we need to see in this sort of leadership beauty pageant that we are going to have over the next five weeks or so. we need to see people coming up with something positive and solutions rather than just threat and leave without a deal and the consequences be damned. we need a plan. it's not a plan to just leave. be damned. we need a plan. it's not a plan tojust leave. many be damned. we need a plan. it's not a plan to just leave. many would argue we needed a plan a while ago. yes. a little bit too little too late. let's talk about arab news. this story is interesting here, you never know what is going on behind

closed doors. arab news leading with the story that the us and iran are in talks over some form of deal where oil can be traded in exchange for goods and early stages of negotiating sell limited quantities of oil in exchange for goods. do you believe this? this seems to be going against everything we here in public from the trump administration.” think it's very odd in the sense that the united states has been the most bullish in terms of tearing up the agreements, pulling the united states out of the agreement negotiated in 2015, accusing iran of wanting to build nuclear weapons and annoying european leaders who were trying to come up with what they thought was a really good path forward. pa rt of thought was a really good path forward. part of the us strategy has been to sort of squeeze iran financially and part of that means curbing oil exports, so this sounds more like something they would do just to keep them from the absolute

brink of disaster but still holding them under real pressure. yes. absolutely. and in public we are also hearing the trump administration pointing the finger finger at around when it comes to the oil tankers, what is going on? god knows what is happening behind—the—scenes, but what we aren't seeing is a wave forward to getting towards — what does a win look like the united states? what is a win look like for iran and what can the international community do? diplomats have been working so hard behind—the—scenes but they can't talk about it. what we don't want to see some kind of accidental conflict that gets barked and that can happen when tensions are ratcheted up. this move, in theory, if it is happening, is meant to take the pressure off. speaking of wins, the outgoing by minister of the uk has shown her hand in what she might consider a win for her. perhaps a legacy achievement, she has pledged that

the uk will be carbon neutral by 2050, something she wants to push through before she leaves number ten. again, this sounds great, there isa ten. again, this sounds great, there is a clause that her successor could walk it back if other countries don't do the same thing. but we need to see in every country on earth, how can we be carbon neutral in a way that protects the economy. we saw in france where emmanuel macron tried to raise taxes on petrol that you got the yellow that movement. so it's risky to put taxes but would hurt people in society or they would revolt. so i wonder what are the specifics of theresa may's plans to do this by 2050. exactly. let's talk about this story that is in slate. a lot of people have been wondering what is going on with amazon, they had a conference this week. people are wondering what is the latest with alexa, the smart speaker.

people asking just how smart these smart speakers should be, how long should our conversations be and how much should these speakers give back? what are your thoughts? my thought is if you don't need one of these things but you have one, some of these things can be useful for insta nce of these things can be useful for instance if you are elderly or visually impaired, they can be really practical. but these are listening devices you are installing in your home. and amazonian other manufacturers of these devices have people who are listening to your conversation and transcribing them because they need to in order to improve their language recognition skills and their ai. so, first, that would be my view. second, they are totally gendered. all of the speakers are women, that is not an accident. behavioural psychologist have pointed out we like talking to ladies more than men. they are like assistance or mothers so people are abusive to them and you need to understand that the personality of these things are coded by largely male teams of engineers who come up

with a personality that they think you will like. who is deciding a personality? what are they even trying to engineer in terms of your relationship with it? i think these things are really problematic. this is problematic technology. i'm afraid were not going to get our last story, this may be something lost in translation. the pope has decided to alter the text, the uk text, the english text of the lord's preyer," do not that us fall into temptation" now of course it is let us temptation" now of course it is let us fall into temptation, so not god leading us into temptation. thank you for your time stephanie, please do stay with us on bbc news. so much more to come. hello. whilst rain has been plentiful across some parts of the uk,

recently, others have seen very little. that's all about to change through friday, this deep area of low pressure pushing its way northwards out of iberia and france will bring some notable rainfall, across a large swathe of the uk, in particular, southern and eastern counties of england, areas which haven't had very much rain recently. and the rain stays with us as we go into saturday, pulling its way northwards. and all the while we'll see some quite windy conditions. quite a tricky rush hour through friday morning across southern counties of england and south wales as this rain works its way northwards. a fine start across scotland, northern ireland and northern england, some rain arriving into northern england, the east of northern ireland and southern scotland through the afternoon. and behind the rain, some thunderstorms developing. winds, as i mentioned, very much a feature of this forecast, becoming particularly gusty across southern counties of england and for the channel coast. temperatures in the mid to high teens, it's going to feel cooler than these values suggest, given the strength of the wind and the rain. let's take a closer look at southern counties of england and wales

and the channel islands through friday afternoon, because we've got thunderstorms to deal with and also some gusty winds, gusts quite widely, 45—50 miles an hour. so another tricky rush hour through friday evening. and this area of low pressure continues to work its way northwards through friday night and into saturday. notice the squeeze in the isobars, some strong winds through friday night and into saturday. and more heavy rain continuing to work its way northwards, so by the time we get through the early hours of saturday morning, it will be closer to the central belt and still working its way a little bit further westwards into northern ireland. still see some thunderstorms as well across parts of england and wales, but all of this is going to keep temperatures up into double figures, 10 or 11 celsius the overnight low. for saturday, it's a blustery day, more spells of heavy rain, by this stage starting to get into the north midlands, north wales, northwards. and behind this we'll see some spells of sunshine across central, southern england and wales, but also further blustery showers.

it's another windy day, these are average speeds, but the gusts will be even higher. and temperatures on saturday for most in the mid—teens, and again, given the strength of the wind and the rain, it's still going to be feeling on the cool side. so we go into sunday, our area of low pressure does start to pull away northwards, notice how the isobars start to open up so the winds will start to fall lighter as we go into sunday. there will still be some showers around, particularly the further north and west you are, but looking drier further south and east. bye— bye.

good morning. welcome to breakfast with charlie stayt and nina warhurst. 0ur headlines today. labour has seen off a strong challenge by nigel farage's rex party to win the peterborough by—election by a slim majority. the conservatives are knocked into third place on the day teresa may formally stands down from leadership of the party. it's a great day to be in paris. in just a few hours johanna konta plays for a place in the final of the french open at roland garros. then this evening the women's world cup kicks off