the new sensation at wimbledon. she is the most talked about player at the moment. so let's begin with the daily telegraph. with me is jane foley, senior fx strategist at rabobank. george osborne apparently interested in becoming the new managing director of the international monetary fund. yes, i was surprised to see this story. but he does have a similar profile to christine lagarde, she was a finance minister for france before she took the job and he was the finance minister for the uk. in those terms it fits, but what this report really was about is whether he would be pitting himself against mark carney. we don't know if he is interested in thejob against mark carney. we don't know if he is interested in the job of head of the imf, but he does leave the bank of england next year and there is speculation about what he does next. this article notes the fa ct does next. this article notes the fact that george osborne appointed mark carney. he had to really sort of woo him and lure him over. he was

based in canada at the time, and it is interesting, because prior to him taking thejob is interesting, because prior to him taking the job as governor of the bank of england the referendum hadn't happened. brexit, the whole thing, he has had quite a job. you might need a sabbatical before going into the imf after all that! yes, and what his family wants to do comes into it as well. george osborne is currently editor of the evening standard, which is a london daily evening paper, a free paper, and the indication was that he perhaps wanted to get back into politics under the new leadership of the conservative government. so it is interesting. many speculating that he would be looking for a new job ina that he would be looking for a new job in a cabinet. yes, and as you say, it is a local uk newspaper, and

he is an advisor to blacklock, but he is an advisor to blacklock, but he has been out of the political view. the tory party has a lot of problems, many people thinking if there were a general election, they would potentially lose. perhaps he wa nts to would potentially lose. perhaps he wants to get away from that mess and into a larger, more international job. christine lagarde has been nominated to be the new chief of the european central bank, but that has not yet been confirmed. she will be the first female to run the ecp if she is appointed. she would, and she has vast experience at management and looking at the world economy. she would probably be relying more on the ecb's economists for that role but i think she could do a very good job. she was right in the thick of the bailout of greece, portugal,

ireland, in the middle of the eurozone debt crisis. she was one of the key players. and she was a finance ministerfor the key players. and she was a finance minister for france as well, don't forget that. we shall see if she gets thejob don't forget that. we shall see if she gets the job or not, and we will see who is going to go for the imf job. the independent, this was all kicking off yesterday afternoon, wasn't it? relations between the uk and china not at their best. not at all. we had jeremy hunt making some comments about china, and really saying that there could be severe repercussions on china, but there is no indication of what that could possibly be, and on one of the news channels he said he would not mention that, that it was not good diplomacy to talk about what repercussions could be at this stage. of course, china not liking those comments. the ambassador in the uk was summoned to the foreign office, so it all got a bit strange, certainly. the chinese are saying,

people broke into some of the legal offices and they should not have done that, and that is what this is about. my colleague said in hong kong, the demonstrators feel that this is really important, because of the history. when all of this was kicking off, the violent protests, the small number of people who smashed into the legislative council, et cetera. that was all on the 22 year anniversary of hong kong being handed back to chinese rule from the british. and they use the british flag as a symbol, as well. the guardian, i don't know if i have spoken to you about this yet. facebook‘s plans to launch a cryptocurrency. many organisations globally said hang on, don't do this yet, we need to weigh up what this

means. now the us congress is the latest to say that. this could potentially be huge. one of the reasons the regulators or lawmakers are concerned is because facebook is already in the hands of a quarter of the world's population. it has some very important backers and they will be included. there is a fear that there could be a loss of control. it is quite interesting also to contrast this with some of the comments made by mark carneyjust a week or so ago, and he was perhaps much more open—minded. he talked about a payment system like this as substantially increasing inclusion for a lot of people, and reducing costs. that is the point of facebook, that this is for those one point something billion users who don't have bank accounts. is this an indication of where we are going, this innovation? i think it is innovation and it could be where we are going, but it does need

regulation. in the usa potentially have a lot to lose. the us dollar is hugein have a lot to lose. the us dollar is huge in terms of the world payment system and the trump administration has been using that, imposing fines and forcing companies to do its will, since the us administration came out of the iranian deal, he forced other companies to come out as well because they would not have access to the payment system. this could get rid of some of the us control over the payment system. so politically, economically, functionally, this really could be a game changer. a huge disruptor. let's look at the story in the times which looks at president bird ——

erdogan of turkey, who has said that he backs the one child policy. this is interesting, because in the past some of these policies have not been back. they have said that some of these policies have been a great embarrassment for humanity, and have talked about genocide with regard to china as well. this is about internment of chinese muslims, china says they are vocational centres where people learn languages and courses. in the west there is a lot of criticism. if anyone wants to see john sudworth, our correspondent in china, he was given exclusive access to some of these camps but he was closely monitored by chinese authorities. it was a fascinating look at what was going on there.

lets have a look at, did you see her match last night? i didn't watch any of its. you just cannot believe this 15—year—old girl is doing so well. she won in straight sets, very quickly. the crowd was behind her, they see it as a fairytale story, they see it as a fairytale story, they love it. you have to feel sorry for the opposition because the crowd are certainly behind this girl, who is the youngest girl to reach the last 32 cents i think 1991. from that point of view it is a massive crowdpleaser. a huge crowdpleaser, but also the issue of the fact that they moved her match from court number two to court number one, they put the roof on so it would be better viewing on television, not just in the uk but across europe. it

is all about getting the audience in. is that a lot of pressure on a 15—year—old girl? in. is that a lot of pressure on a 15-year-old girl? that is being discussed, and obviously that is the risk. we saw comments from john mcenroe saying there is a real risk about putting great pressure on people, but he also said if she is not world number one by the time she is 20 he would be surprised. not world number one by the time she is 20 he would be surprisedlj remember is 20 he would be surprised.” remember watching boris becker, he was 17 when he won, we're really looking forward to watching her progress. one viewer has said she will probably reach the quarterfinal or the semis. but it is a long way to go for her. we will see how well she goes. thank you for your company today.

hello there. for some parts of the uk, the next couple of days will bring blue skies, sunshine and warmth. but in other places, it will look and feel very different. this is how it looked in the far north of scotland on wednesday. on the satellite picture, you can see the way in which this cloud has been approaching, pushing in from the north—west, and as this cloud makes a bit more progress, we will see some outbreaks of rain. so, as we head through thursday, rain initially across the northern and the western isles will increasingly spread across the northern half of mainland scotland. the heaviest rain always across hills in the west. to the east of high ground, the rain very showery, very patchy in nature. more cloud filtering into northern england, northern ireland through the day, but the further south you are, we're going to see quite a lot of sunshine and some real warmth. 2a degrees for birmingham, 26 degrees in london, so that's the sort of temperature we could well attain at wimbledon during thursday afternoon. certainly sunny skies overhead, very light winds as well. the day ends on a sunny note across the southern half of the uk. but further north, we have our cloud, we have our outbreaks of patchy rain, sinking a little further southwards, and then a new push of slightly heavier, more persistent rain gets

into the far north—west of scotland by the end of the night. quite a mild night, as well — lows of 11—15 degrees. so, as we go into friday, high pressure still trying to hold on across the south. some fine weather here, but these frontal systems will continue to bring some outbreaks of rain across the north of the uk. certainly a lot of cloud into northern ireland, north—west england and scotland, some rain once again pushing down across the northern half of scotland through the day. ahead of that, in the sunshine, some real warmth — 26, maybe 27 degrees. but underneath the cloud, with the outbreaks of rain, it will feel cooler — 17 degrees in aberdeen, 18 in belfast. and that is a sign of things to come, because as we move out of friday into the weekend,

these frontal systems in the north will make some progress further south, and as this cold front here moves southwards, it will open the door to some cooler air. the winds switching round to north or north—westerlies. this band of cloud sinking southwards, maybe getting stuck across southern england and south wales for a time. could be the odd spot of rain here on saturday. elsewhere, patchy cloud and sunny spells, but with those north or north—westerly winds, not especially brisk for most of us, butjust bringing a slightly cooler feel, so temperatures 13 degrees in aberdeen, maybe 22 in london. and we keep those slightly lower temperatures as we head into sunday. a lot of dry weather, a lot of cloud as well, but some spells of sunshine.

good morning, welcome to breakfast with charlie stayt and naga munchetty. our headlines today: patients lives are being put at risk because of a failure to treat sepsis quickly enough. china warns the uk not to interfere in its domestic affairs as a diplomatic row continues over protests in hong kong. a volcano — known as the lighthouse of the mediterranean — has erupted on the italian island of stromboli, killing one person and injuring others. the uk's newest airport opens today. 28 flights a week will depart from carlisle lake district, or cax, but can it really succeed given how crowded our skies