the paper says the parties are close to agreement on a radical plan to reshape the country's economy to bring carbon emissions down to net zero. another constitutional wrangle in the united states, says bloomberg. there's a showdown approaching with president trump apparently believing he has the power to sack the chair of the central bank, the federal reserve boss, jerome powell saying he wants to stay for the full term. and something a bit sad and worrying on the bbc business website. a report by a think—tank, the resolution foundation, says young people under 30 are spending less on non—housing items than the same age group in 2001. that is meant to,000 one. you went in your30s, that is meant to,000 one. you went in your 30s, you are in your 20s. —— you were in your 20s. housing costs should be lower now. housing costs should be lower now. housing costs should be lower now. housing costs should be lower. but they are not.

we will get to that story in a moment. the under 30s haven't got as much money to spend on fun as we did but we will talk about that later. the front page, or the front pages have got the final four in the race to become conservative party leader. this is the prime minister. come on, how many elections. they have had more elections for the leader of the tory party than they have a whether or not believe the eu which i argue isa or not believe the eu which i argue is a heck of lot more, more important. this going to keep going on and on, and on, and on. some would argue... just so we can be sure that rsjohnson is going to get the most roads. let's have another one, and another one. you meet another secret ballot which is taking place? we've got one ballot for sure, maybe two. the final four,

michaeljoe, jeremy hunt, boris johnson, sajid lavid... — to borrow. he got 38 in the road yesterday. but many are arguing that perhaps he might if he doesn't get through today, support boris johnson. might if he doesn't get through today, support borisjohnson. the view to becoming the next president of number”. view to becoming the next president of number“. i was view to becoming the next president of number 11. i was stayed home office. far more power. where's the money for the chancellor to spend anywhere? stayed home office, you can influence a lot more. what you make of this article in the times at elsewhere it was reported elsewhere actually that is his view. there is actually that is his view. there is a lot of politics going on in the background when it comes to the

votes a nd background when it comes to the votes and who votes for her, it's not just about who they want to lead the conservative party. and everything under that is probably less present —— relevant given the handcuff they are with the agreement and trying to get it through parliament and through the eu. no, i will tell you what the best bit of that whole debate to decide who the prime minister was, the best part i have to congratulate the bbc, the best pa rt have to congratulate the bbc, the best part and i congratulate the bbc contrary to what the paper is due as when they heard about islam a phobia. every single one of those who are standing for leadership, missed the bigger picture when i said, we will do an investigation into berlingske. it should have said they will do an investigation into bigotry in general including anti—semitism and islamophobia. that would have been accounted to the agenda was which was purely to look after one fate as opposed to all

forms and none of the leaders had that element of leadership about them. and that is why i put the newspaper on and fall asleep. because we are not getting inspired. i have to say from the comments we have had from the general public from viewers of the programme that they are with you on that. they are not inspired, they do feel quite frustrated by this whole process. and also many are looking at this process and thinking, when it comes to our new prime minister, as of the public that will decide anyway. it is at the end of the day, it's all the members of parliament was not thatis the members of parliament was not that is how political system works. a general election soon anyway, they're arguing... the conservative mpsi they're arguing... the conservative mps i speak to, the altar is at christmas, there's not a chance and how they're going to have a quality election. some people think with our as you could have a snap election, we saw how that worked out the theresa may. keep an eye out, never say never. have a look at le figaro.

in europe there are four big jobs up for grabs this year. europe parliament president, head of european central bank, the european council president. for very important roles, le figaro is talking about the rift between germany and france was not in terms of who will get the job. it is not going to be a brit, that's for sure. evenif going to be a brit, that's for sure. even if we are still members of the eu and god knows for how long, what is going to happen, i will tell you is going to happen, i will tell you is important, it relates to the neck story on demo. because of the rift between germany and france, you get a neutral, let's put it that way, such as denmark. stepping in and feeling of some of these roles. the reason that is important is that we have the danish government is pushing a carbon neutral strategy, a

really innovative, really pushing the boundary on this. the reason thatis the boundary on this. the reason that is important is that when you look at the three largest looters in the world, china, 30% of all pollution, c02 the world, china, 30% of all pollution, co2 emissions, us, 15%, and the eu io%. the other 55% is china. if you get the danes in there, you get an environmentally friendly eu and push back emissions. according to a bbc report posture, half a million people have early deaths in europe every year because of pollution. it's an interesting time and look at what is happening in terms of change, we have significant change here in terms of leadership in the uk, what that means for brexit. have you noticed it is all male dominated? whether it's the uk election of the eu. it is all male dominated? whether it's the uk election of the sum is at the moment but it will be

interested to see what happens in the eu. in the denmark leadership it is far more gender balance. let's have a look at that right now. that might mean more focus on the environment because poles suggest that women can more about the environment than men do. let's have a look at that in this paper and denmark. it's talking about the coalition government and the deals that are being done there and how the climate is such big issue. and government policy going forward in denmark which quite be —— could be quite radical. a story about denmark, on bodies? who cares? this is important because they're part of the eu and the reason that becomes important not just because the eu and the reason that becomes important notjust because of the reasonably mentioned that he was that the largest polluter in the world but also because the eu took amongst other countries last year, the uk to court so the european commission to united kingdom to court forfailing to commission to united kingdom to court for failing to live up to the regulations it was bound by in terms ofan 02 regulations it was bound by in terms of an 02 emissions. in terms of pollution. guess what? leave the eu,

know was that it take you to court anymore. talking of women that could be spearheading this as the european competition commissioner, she is in denmark and she is a part of the social liberals they are, she is also one of the names that has put forward. she has my vote for her environmental credentials. for one of these big roles coming up on this next year, talking ofjobs, bloomberg is reporting that president trump believes that he could actually demote powell who is the governor to be on the board as opposed to being the boss but some are paying —— saying that he hasn't got the power to do that, legally you can't. what the president is trying to do is try to put pressure on the fed to reduce interest rates. they are going to do that anyway. they are going to do that anyway. they have kept it on hold, i don't think it's going to be a july let's

have a bet of camera, one of our big as that we usually have. i think is going to be late in the year but they will go down. trump doesn't need to worry, let me give you more statistics. since he came to power, gdp up activity, up. wages, inflation, flat, himself, up. stock market, up. can you believe it? trump will take all credit for that, he doesn't need to worry about interest rates at the moment stop the economy is doing incredibly well under him. we haven't got time to talk about the under 30 spent less. this is the latest news, i'm going to twea k this is the latest news, i'm going to tweak that article for you it is on our website but i will treat it as well. always a pleasure, and queue for being here. thank you for your company on the briefing and your company on the briefing and your comments. have a really good day, wherever you are, and i will see you soon. hello there.

the recent warm, humid, thundery, weather across the south—east was just a little taster of what perhaps might be a bit more widespread across the uk as we head on into next week. more on that in a moment. this is the thundery front which brought those downpours to the far south—east recently, low pressure will be more the dominant feature as we had through thursday. and that will feed in some showers maybe to northern and western areas early on this morning. and also a cooler west or north—westerly wind. so it will be a fresher start to the day this morning, most noticeably across the south—east. at least largely dry with some sunshine. and today, in fact, will be a day of sunny spells and scattered showers. these heaviest and most frequent across northern and western areas. it will be quite blustery as well across scotland, wind gusts in exposure, 30 or 35 miles an hour. the showers here could be heavy and thundery, same into northern ireland. further south we will see a few showers spreading across england and wales but there's also a good deal of sunshine around, but it will feel noticeably cooler and fresher.

19, maybe 20 degrees in the south—east, closer to 12—16 celsius across scotland and northern ireland. as we head on into friday, high pressure is building in from the south, that will settle things down, but we have low pressure still anchored to the north of the uk. so that will bring another fairly blustery day for scotland on friday, with scattered showers, again a few heavier ones. further south, a better chance of staying dry although there could be a few showers around, close to that high—pressure, the winds will be lighter, so in the strong sunshine it will feel a bit warmer, 20 or 21 degrees, but still on the fresh side for the time of year in the north. high pressure though, builds in, moves across in towards the north sea, during saturday and that will bring us a run of fairly warm south, south—easterly winds. but we will have this area of low pressure nearby slowly encroaching in as the weekend wears on. for much of the country, it is going to be a fine saturday, a little bit of fairweather cloud bubbling up in the afternoon. we could see an isolated shower but most places will be dry and temperatures away from the east

coast reaching below 20 celsius. high—pressure still dominating the scene, i think, on into sunday, this is the area of low pressure which will start to bring more cloud and perhaps a little bit of rain to western areas later in the day on sunday, but we will be importing some warm and humid air during sunday and into next week. so we could see 2a, 25 degrees in the south—east on sunday, and for parts of the country, a bit of uncertainty. it could turn briefly very warm into next week, but that could spark off widespread heavy, thundery showers.

good morning. welcome to breakfast with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. 0ur headlines today: four become two. by the end of today we'll know the final pair of candidates in the race to be the next prime minister. satellite pictures show the himalayan glaciers are losing twice as much ice as they were a0 years ago. how safe are shop workers? there were more than 40,000 violent attacks against staff in stores last year. one big retailer is calling for tougher penalties. scotland are out of the women's world cup. there was penalty drama as they let a 3—0 lead slip against argentina