the mail asks is this royal make—over too expensive for the taxpayer to bear? the daily mail reports the duke and duchess of sussex have spent £21; million of public money doing up their windsor home. the overhaul of frogmore cottage was approved by the queen, according to recently released accounts. and finally, could your morning caffeine fix be equivalent to a mini work out? according to a new study, coffee can help you lose weight — as people burnt off more calories after drinking a cup. scientists have discovered caffeine promotes the use of tissue called brown fat which eats up energy to make heat. interesting. we have a lot of to talk about. with me is fiona cincotta who's a senior market analyst at city index. good morning. nice to see you. we

are looking at a couple of interpretations of borisjohnson, what is up to today, how he is being deceived at the moment, given the interviews he has done, et cetera. the times says cowardlyjohnson launches fight back. cowardly in quotes because that is whatjeremy hunt was saying yesterday, his contender. that's right. what he is aiming at there is the lack of appearances by boris johnson discussing his strategy and how he will achieve what he intends to achieve, which obviously is brexit, being the key point there. other things have been touched on. his tax strategy, et cetera. the real key point is the change of strategy by borisjohnson. so a move towards interviews and discussing policies, brexit, the more serious side of things, to divert attention away from there we can's happenings. absolutely. he has done a in—depth

interview. it talks about the other pa rents interview. it talks about the other parents as he has lined up as today and tomorrow progresses ——we can's happenings. he engaged in a live television debate withjeremy hunt? that is under discussion. so far he has been saying no. he was supposed to have one with sky this evening that he has declined to attend. as people are saying he will do more as it gets closer to the final day towards the end ofjuly. but i think we will see a lot more of boris now. and a lot more in that situation where he is very, very comfortable, and it is a one—on—one conversation, as opposed to a debate. some might argue. the times saying this is all about his big fight back. the independent looks at him, directly opposite his rivaljeremy hunt, johnson told tory mps will back

no—confidence vote to avoid crashing out of the eu. this looks at what might happen october 31 and what might happen october 31 and what might happen october 31 and what might happen if he tries to force the uk to leave without a deal. will parliament count will it lead to a general election? exactly. this is something we saw with theresa may. just having a change of conservative leader doesn't actually change the feelings that are running through westminster. you have a dozen conservatives who say they will back a vote of no—confidence, which will trigger a general election, should borisjohnson try trigger a general election, should boris johnson try to trigger a general election, should borisjohnson try to push that deal through. this is something similar to what theresa may was having to fight against, if she was going to push for a no deal than she was coming across those problems in parliament as well. that hasn't changed. that is absolutely true. that is something, in the interview with laura, she was trying to probe him on. as tony and i were discussing, there was a lot of

ambiguity there, where there were a lot of statements that show confidence that the deal can be broken, but when you look at the practicalities of it and the reality, the pawns have not changed on the chessboard at all. no, exactly. let us move on to the gulf news and its interpretation, front page, of course, the us sanctions hit top iran officials, blocking billions. it has a picture of mike pompeo, the us secretary of state, who was in saudi arabia yesterday and the uae. this is escalating. who was in saudi arabia yesterday and the uae. this is escalatingm is. this article focuses very much on that idea of monitoring and controlling the commercial shipping around the straight of them as and in the arabian gulf. that is a key for the shipping of oil. that is looking at this. he is attempting to pull together 20 countries, the uae and saudi arabia, to focus on

maritime security in that area —— strait of hormuz. it is important that there is stability in this part of the world, for many, many reasons. that is an understatement. when it comes to that shipping canal, with oil, et cetera, et cetera, it is very critical for oil markets which are so sensitive. exactly. we saw last week the price of oil increased 10% across the week. a huge spike in the price of oil as those tensions elevated between the us and iran stop what you work in the city, in terms of what is going on right now, the geopolitics, is it all about this and g20, not so much brexit? exactly. last week was very much central banks. this time it is all trade geopolitics. the markets are looking remote towards the g20 and what will happen there are well the us and china achieve anything.- the same time, they are watching

extremely closely the situation with iran and the us. for all its implications. the guardian, primary education retains grip on elite jobs. they are five times more likely to have been private school educated. i was not at all surprised to read this story. but it is 2019 and we shouldn't really be in this position still. that's the same sort of feelings they had there, seeing those numbers on paper, actually, in this era, it shouldn't be like that. it seems that, perhaps, we haven't progressed so much, perhaps as far as we should have as far as education is concerned, not being so privately dominated. when you look at those who are trying to get into number10, at those who are trying to get into number 10, you have borisjohnson, jeremy hunt, both went to oxford. so many of those in the conservative

party and in politics itself went to either oxford or cambridge or were privately educated. i wasn't privately educated. i wasn't privately educated, they went to a comprehensive school, i am in the media, as it were, and even the media, as it were, and even the media is very, very dominated by those who are not necessarily privately educated, well, yeah, pro bally privately educated, well, yeah, probally educated and he went on to the likes of oxford and cambridge we re the likes of oxford and cambridge were further education. this article points out 39% of the cabinet went to feepaying schools. again, a number that is extremely elevated and not representative of the broader public. so those who make decisions for us are all from a very small part of society, as it were. let us look at the front page of the daily mail. £2.11 million bill to do up daily mail. £2.11 million bill to do up meghan and harry's cottage. revealed how the sussexes splashed out, et cetera. to be fair to them, when it came to elements within their cottage that were beyond what

we re their cottage that were beyond what were deemed to be normal, what have you, they had to pay for it themselves. yeah, the article did pointed out, it said costs were agreed and if they were going above those costs that are something that came from their own pockets. the other thing it points out as well, interestingly, frogmore cottage had been earmarked for renovation prior to their decision to move there and renovate. there was one more statistic they found really interesting. the cost to the producers than of the monarchy was £1.25 per person, for the entire, not talking just the renovation, we're talking about monarchy as a whole. we have heard from quite a few of you on this story and most of the viewers of the briefing are weighing up the costs and benefits of the royal family and most are coming up with the conclusion that the benefits to the uk economy outweigh the costs. that seems to be the bottom line. are you a coffee drinker, fiona? idon‘t like the bottom line. are you a coffee

drinker, fiona? i don't like coffee. one instant coffee a day can help you lose weight. it sounds ideal. do you lose weight. it sounds ideal. do you spend a lot of money on coffee? an arm and a leg if you have the different versions of. an arm and a leg if you have the different versions oflj an arm and a leg if you have the different versions of. i think this only counts if have this straight black without any added extras, none of the current ‘s only sugar creams. . . of the current ‘s only sugar creams... and the chocolate flakes. —— caramel ‘s. creams... and the chocolate flakes. -- caramel 's. this element brown fat which eats up element —— energy to eat fat. if you put yourself in a cold shower or have a cold bath that can also activated. having a cup of coffee is much more favourable. cup of coffee in the morning and a cold shower and you are ready to roll. you can have pancakes for brea kfast. roll. you can have pancakes for breakfast. fiona, thank you so much for coming in. thank you for your company. have a good day. they will see you soon.

hello. the heat and the humidity have been rising over recent days and that is bringing us the fuel for some heavy showers and some thunderstorms as well. as we head through the day on tuesday, we're going to keep that warm, humid, fairly sticky feel to the weather and we are expecting further thundery showers as well. now, we've got this weather front that's been pushing up from the south over the past few hours. it will continue its progression north—eastwards, as we head on through tuesday. but early in the day, this is the zone we're most concerned about, in terms of those heavy thunderstorms and torrential rain. not everywhere is going to see them but if you catch one, could well see some flash flooding problems, particularly across this part of eastern england and into eastern wales as well. through the course of tuesday morning then, that first batch of rain tends to drift its way northwards and eastwards, across north—east england, and eventually out into the north sea. we'll also see some further heavy showers building through into the afternoon, particularly through parts of the midlands, perhaps wales as well. scotland and northern ireland having a bit of a drier day. wherever you are, it's feeling reasonably warm. most of us around about

19—25 degrees or so. just a little bit cooler along some of these north—east coasts. as we move through the course of tuesday evening and overnight into wednesday, then that first batch of rain clears away and we then we've got a little bit of a change on into wednesday. quite a lot of cloud across the country, and it's going to be another mild and fairly muggy feeling night, with temperatures between around 10—16 degrees overnight. so heading through wednesday, once we have lost that frontal system, high pressure tends to topple in from the north, becoming more of a player and quietening the weather down. so through the day on wednesday, there will not be as many heavy downpours and thunderstorms. still the chance of perhaps one or two showers lingering across the far south—west of england, the channel isles too. most other parts of the country looking dry. best of the sunshine, i think, across scotland and northern ireland. quite a bit of cloud for england and wales but it will tend to break up through the day, allowing temperatures to rise to around about 23 degrees or so. later in the week then, that high—pressure topples in further. we see low pressure moving out towards the west. so we are going to be drawing in these warm southerly or even south—easterly winds. lifting temperatures to as high as about 31 degrees or so in the warmer spots. so through the day on thursday, plenty of sunshine around.

it's looking like a dry day across the uk, bit more brightness, i think, compared to wednesday. still a little cooler, with a bit more cloud around parts of eastern scotland and north—east england as well, where we draw the breeze off the sea. the warmest temperatures are going to be found further west. but later on in the week it is looking dry, mostly sunny, again hot and pretty humid, and also fairly muggy and sticky by night. bye for now.

good morning. welcome to breakfast, with louise minchin and jon kay. our headlines today: in an exclusive interview with the bbc, borisjohnson defends his brexit plan, insisting he can get a deal done by 31 october. but he refuses to discuss his personal life as he battles to become prime minister. i have made it a rule over many, many years, and i think you have interviewed me loads of times, i do not talk about stuff involving my family, my loved ones. royal accounts reveal harry and meghan‘s home was renovated with £2.5 million of public money. a lasting legacy. a new law to protect allergy sufferers is brought