here in the uk, it's the first round of voting in the conservative leadership race. at least one of the ten candidates will drop out today. let's unpack that a little further and see how the u.k.'s discussing who is likely to get through and who was not. the daily telegraph is leaning on boris johnson was not. the daily telegraph is leaning on borisjohnson who launched his campaign to become the leader of the conservative party and therefore the new prime minister. so they unpack what he has promised. next to the financial times — which also focuses on the conservative leadership race, with a warning to the candidates that britain is unprepared for a no—deal brexit. that's look at the south china morning post.

it's calling for calm in hong kong amid the chaos of the chinese extradition bill, riots. taking a look now at the japan times, it expresses the hope that during japanese president abe's visit to iran, he can use the two nation's long and close ties, to curb tehran‘s nuclear programme and prevent international oil sanctions. the guardian now, which covers a report predicting that by 2040, most ‘meats‘ will come from plant—based products and not from animals. and finally to the times, which reports on a breakthrough in artificial intelligence that could solve a particularly irritating problem for railway commuters. that being the disruption that lives online causes. —— leaves. with me is cornelia meyer,

ceo of mrl corporation business consultancy. we talked about the leadership race earlier in the programme. the daily telegraph has a flattering photo of borisjohnson on telegraph has a flattering photo of boris johnson on its telegraph has a flattering photo of borisjohnson on its front pages. he isa borisjohnson on its front pages. he is a daily columnist. it's for him. i would say. he comments daily for the telegraph, the paper is very pro boris. " how is our time to remember oui’ boris. " how is our time to remember our duty to the people." the telegraph is talking about the contenders and who are the contenders and who are the contenders that have sufficient votes —— telegraph, they think, to get through a very pro boris situation. boris said he would go for a hard brexit if there is no other option, it's not his first choice. but he says it would be detrimental to the party, not to the country, to the party, if they keep can further down the line —— kicked.

so yes, the term two is very pro boris as is the majority of the membership of the conservative party who will have the last say. well there —— when there are two candidates left they will cast their vote. it looks like that. nothing is certain as we have learnt from the various elections we have had all around the world and referendum. that was not true. and the poles do get it wrong. —— polls. that was not true. and the poles do get it wrong. -- polls. but he has the head of the ert. them and their 80 plus people. so he does have some material behind him stop let's take a look at the financial times which some may argue is a look at the financial times which some may argue is not pro boris or the other way. it's talking about the other way. it's talking about the way that boris eases on his deal

rhetoric. this is a leak that the financial times says is a warning to the cabinet that actually the uk isn't ready for a no deal on october 31 and it highlights the pharmaceuticals industry. pharmaceuticals industry and border patrol. it says they need 6— eight months to have an stockpiled for a no deal brexit on pharmaceutical products and 11—5 months to get the borders ready. so that is pretty bad and interestingly though, boris johnson said in his speech, and i listen to it yesterday, it was hard to listen to, but i listened to it. you are clearly not a fan, then? i'm not a brexiteer, i may remainer. he said we really need to ramp up our aberration for a no—deal brexit. said we really need to ramp up our aberration for a no-deal brexit. he is saying that in the financial times is saying in its article it's seen this note which was given to

the cabinet, but readers looking at this made think‘ hung on a second, why are we not ready? ‘we were going to exit at the end of march but then we were going to exit mid april, the pharmaceuticals industry should have had time to get ready? it's should have had time to get ready? it‘s not just should have had time to get ready? it‘s notjust the pharmaceuticals industry, it is the image as, every time we got closer to a deadline, the government ramped up its preparation. they kept kicking the can down the line. you might argue therefore why aren‘t they ready given that we‘ve been on the edge of one twice. i'm with you but it's not a matter in deciding, it‘s the politicians. what do you do if your minister says now go easy on this, you have to go easy on it. let's move on because we will talk about that again next time you‘re in, i can put my money on that. the south china morning post because were calm

amid the chaos. its entire front pages dedicated to the disruption in hong kong. it is shocking in many ways to see what was going on late wednesday in hong kong, wasn‘t it? it was shocking. but it also showed us it was shocking. but it also showed us something. first they were very peaceful demonstrating, 1 million plus people on a sunday in the streets because they are really worried about this new extradition bill to china because that undermines the agreement that hong kong has with china for independence. and you can see china becoming more and more assertive. and let‘s be clear, this is very shocking, we don‘t hear any of this in china, but there are protests in china too, wejust in china, but there are protests in china too, we just don‘t hear about it. i really want to get your take on this story in the front page of the japan times because you have worked in japan, the japan times because you have worked injapan, worked in many

middle eastern countries as well, and you work for bp, you are the perfect person to give us your take on shinzo abe‘s three day visit to iran. it‘s not continuing to export? it is. it is. it has 4.1 million barrels in april, i don‘t know what was in in may, but march was 4.1% of the imports came... in the beginning of may us that anyone who takes any oilfrom iran of may us that anyone who takes any oil from iran is of may us that anyone who takes any oilfrom iran is absolutely of may us that anyone who takes any oil from iran is absolutely facing sanctions. japan had been given a way. shinzo abe is going to be celebrating many years of diplomatic ties between japan celebrating many years of diplomatic ties betweenjapan and iran, is in a good position. japan is also very close to saudi arabia and shinzo abe‘s close to jump so he is an ideal person to try and build a bridge here and tell the iranians

don‘t ramp up your nuclear programme as they threatened they would do, and may bespeak some reason to the americans and the saudis. so this could be helpful. this could be very helpful. good news is they are hosting the 620 summit at the end of the month. absolutely. and it comes in line with my pope leo —— mike pompeo spending time in switzerland and switzerland represents the us in and switzerland represents the us in a run which is why he could have those discussions —— tehran. there‘s a lot going on below the service. most meat in 2040 being not from animals or artificial intelligence? meet and animals. i was shocked when i read this in the guardian —— meat. 50% of all the crop we produce is

actually fed to animals. so, you know, the methane the cows admit there admit and so on is a problem —— emit. with many countries going to get a zero emissions, one of the low hanging fruit is to eat less meat or no meat. are you a meat eater? are you a flexor terrien? where are you? —— flexitarian.” hunted a shooter no stock. it great that we know where you are on these things. thanks, cornelia, that is your briefing for today. i hope you have a great day, whatever you are doing, and i‘ll see you soon.

hello. our very unsettled spell of weather is set to continue as low pressure is still dominating our weather out there at the moment. now this picture was taken on wednesday by one of our weather watchers in herstmonceux, east sussex. 6rey skies there, we‘ve had some heavy showers around. much of the country has already seen heavy rain and we have still got flood warnings in force with more persistent rain to come over the next 24—48 hours. now the area we are most concerned about during the day on thursday is this region, the south—east of scotland where there could be 80—100 millimetres of rain falling falling over the highest ground. so that means disruption to travel, and flooding is likely. if you have a look through the course of thursday, that rain really will be quite relentless, only slowly easing away as we head through the latter part of the day. but let‘s take a look at the whole of the uk on thursday, lots of blue on the map. lots of wet weather. across central and northern parts of england, southern and eastern scotland, some heavy downpours. northern ireland having a bit of a drier day, as does the far west of scotland too. south—east of england should stay mostly dry, but there‘ll be a few heavy showers and temperatures not doing great still, only around 11—16 degrees. lots of cloud around, really, across the board.

now as we move through the course of thursday evening and into friday, we keep the cloud, we keep the patchy outbreaks of rain, probably not quite as heavy or as persistent as the rainfall during the day on thursday. but more downpours across england and wales, heavy showers rattling into northern ireland, too. and temperatures below what they have been in recent nights as those winds are set to fall light, too. now low pressure still with us as we move through the day on friday, it‘sjust drifting towards the north—west a little bit. not as many isobars on the map as there has been recently, so not quite as breezy. but through the day on friday, it‘s another unsettled story. again, a lot of cloud to start the day. some showery rain here and there across england and wales and some further rain showers piling in across parts of western scotland and northern ireland, too. a little bit more sunshine by the time we get to friday afternoon, lifting temperatures to about 13—19 degrees,

not quite as cool as they have been. as we head through into the weekend, then, still a fairly unsettled story. on saturday, we‘ve got some showers in the west but eastern parts of the uk, sunny spells and just one or two isolated, scattered showers. temperatures starting to creep up by a degree or so, there‘s still a noticeable breeze around on saturday. and then as we look further ahead into the course of next week, eventually we should lose the showers, at least from the south. still fairly unsettled across the north, but temperatures on the rise. bye— bye.

good morning. welcome to breakfast with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. our headlines today: the ten who want to move in to number 10 — conservative mps start voting today, to choose their next leader. almost three quarters of english hospitals miss nhs targets to treat cancer patients quickly enough. this is the scene live in hong kong where calm has returned following the worst violence the territory has seen in decades. police fired rubber bullets and tear gas yesterday, during demonstrations against a controversial extradition law with mainland china. safe — for now. sir philip 6reen‘s retail empire