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pressure on doctors and hospitals. the bbc website reports on the ethnicity pay gap, and the fact that chinese and indian ethnic group workers are the biggest earners in the uk. finally the independent has this picture of a rather forlorn johanna konta taken just before a row with a reporter whom she deemed patronising during a press conference. with me is cornelia meyer, ceo of mrl corporation business consultancy. let's dig deep and have a look at the stories in detail. we start bed the stories in detail. we start bed the financial times front page, the headline is that hunt hits back, what do you make of this diplomatic i’ow what do you make of this diplomatic row that is emerging between the us and the uk? it is incredibly u nfortu nate. and the uk? it is incredibly unfortunate. i would say, ok,
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and the uk? it is incredibly unfortunate. iwould say, ok, hunter said it was wrong, and yes it was wrong. i would have said something like it was unfortunate that if you look at it, it is very, this document should never have been leaked. what the uk ambassador said, how he looked at the trump administration and its many fallacies. and that is really where the problem lies. but in the uk must not be pushed by a foreign president as to who the ambassador should, who the ambassador shouldn't be. it is a very tricky situation. it is extremely difficult to resolve, the diplomacy that it is to go on between the us and the uk going forward , between the us and the uk going forward, look at the tweet on the financial times, there were many tweets about theresa may, but this one says the lucky ambassador of the
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uk. on the united states is not someone we are uk. on the united states is not someone we are thrilled about octopi don't have the ambassador but have been told he is a pompous full. that is one of the tweets. but he has no voice, he has no say about who the investor will be. he can let him be the ambassador, they have to get accredited with the government but he has no... last time i checked, our sovereign was the queen and not donald trump. the financial times articles will talks but the fact that he withdrew yesterday from the meeting at the white house and that was going to be between the international trade secretary. and i don't know whether he was right to don't know whether he was right to do that or not, where it becomes very tricky is how much will it impede the ambassador ‘s ability to do hisjob. he had been disinvited from a dinner in honour of qatar, he
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request himself. that is where it gets tricky. in the financial times points out and others including m watson, our correspondence and looks at this issue of brexit, is the fact that as the uk pivots away from europe, by nature it is going to pivot in the direction of the united states especially with your trade. we have that special relationship, where voice had that special relationship but i think when you talk to senior american diplomats, i'm talking before president trump, they said they have a special relationship with the uk but really when we look at europe, we look at germany because it is the biggest economy. we make a little bit more of how special the relationship between the two of us is, i think that the us does. the times is looking at the live television debate with you and i are ready discussed it really does focus on
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the fact thatjohnson raises pressure on the besieged ambassador. that is because they point out that he would not whether he would keep him on. he would not say anything, hunt was very clear he would keep him on for the duration and the times also says that one of the senior advisers to mrjohnson said they don't want to put the special relationship on edge and then you had wilbur ross, the us commerce secretary saying that it was madness to keep a diplomat that lost his access in place. so the way i read it, i listened very carefully, i think -- i it, i listened very carefully, i think —— i don't thinkjohnson would keep him on in this post because he will be pragmatic and say we need to make the special relationship work. but then again, this is bigger than just the uk and the us. this goes
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about how much does a country want to let itself be bullied by a foreign leader? the times does point out that of the two that were in the debate, mrjohnson was the one that expressed only mild criticism of some of the rhetoric ‘s in the tweets and comments, it's notjust comments about the ambassador, comments about the ambassador, comments about the ambassador, comments about our current prime minister, theresa may. what johnson said in the debate was, i always disagreed with me on the brexit deal so disagreed with me on the brexit deal so i'm airing on the side of where trump stands but again, this is bigger than the brexit deal. this is defending the realm. so to speak. let's talk about the guardian. this isa let's talk about the guardian. this is a rare headline because in recent months, weeks, you could argue yea rs, months, weeks, you could argue years, is about issues that have been pulling apart the united
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kingdom. that actually, this story looks at something that's bringing the united kingdom together, mps voting resoundingly in northern ireland to extend same—sex marriage and access to abortion. to bring it into line with the rest of britain. mps here are voting to that at the interesting thing, i'm very much in favour of that but the interesting thing is that it was a free vote so the party didn't instruct, there was no whip, nobody told anybody how to vote and it was a resounding yes which is great, we are becoming a very tolera nt which is great, we are becoming a very tolerant society and that is good. it there is a constitutional issue and that because it really should have been with the devolved powers, that should have done something but they were out of action for a few years now. and changes can only be made by the devolved island, going forward, but
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still, good to see some unity. it's wonderful. it is good to see unity in westminster, and we now need to deal with the constitution. a small matter, let's have a look at alexa. do thejob of matter, let's have a look at alexa. do the job of my matter, let's have a look at alexa. do thejob of my gp? the nhs is allowing amazon assistant voice assistant alexa, to give advice. this is the idea of the health secretary, matt hancock ‘s long—term plan for the nhs. i think this is very interesting and i have three things to say to this. it shows just how important aia is becoming an ai is not just how important aia is becoming an ai is notjust the robots that deal with artificial intelligence. it's not just the with artificial intelligence. it's notjust the robots that with artificial intelligence. it's not just the robots that are with artificial intelligence. it's notjust the robots that are dealing with warehouses and packing up books and things we buy. it is increasingly lawyers and doctors and so on.
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increasingly lawyers and doctors and so on. we have a data security issue as well, which one needs to look into, data protection. and then there is that then, in the end, i have the question... sometimes you need thejudgement of have the question... sometimes you need the judgement of a human being. the sentence may be expanded might look so... but a doctor can look at you and so your symptoms are ex— and this is why. so many questions about this is why. so many questions about this and data security is a big one. if you go to a doctor with a headache but there's a lot more going on. we have had some fevers, a watcher from india says aa is knowledge—based so it's obvious for doctors and lawyers to make use of it. there are privacy and data driven and it should be prioritised for future technology. there driven and it should be prioritised forfuture technology. there is driven and it should be prioritised for future technology. there is also theissue for future technology. there is also the issue of course, of increasing efficiency for the nhs. this would
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bea efficiency for the nhs. this would be a great thing, because believe gps because they have an enormous burden. keith says this is a crazy idea, we have the helpline and this looks like more austerity cuts, funny, i thought we were over austerity. perhaps we are not. one final word, fighting back in the press co nfe re nce , final word, fighting back in the press conference, some of the questions at wimbledon were patronising. there might be an element of that and i was thinking, if she had been a man, would she have been asked the same thing? we we re have been asked the same thing? we were able to hold up under pressure or not? if she had been a man and she had been asked, would you have been able to hold up, a guy would say, go away. interesting, but good for her. thank you for your company on the briefing. have a good day
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hello. the forecast brings us pretty mixed fare across the uk in the next few days. sunny spells for almost all areas and, i think, if anything, some increasing warmth. but look out for some hefty old showers as well, especially across the northern half of the uk. low pressure is driving the weather here. we'll swing in some fronts as well, which means more organised bands of rain. for wimbledon, though, with high pressure sitting to the south of the uk, we are clinging on to a fine picture for wednesday, perhapsjust a raised risk of a shower later on in the afternoon. you can see some of those showers so start to tuck a little bit further south at times through the day, but southern england and south wales very likely, i think, to escape with a largely dry picture, although some heavier showers across eastern england cannot be ruled out through the afternoon. scotland gets the wettest of the weather first thing, brighter through the afternoon. thunderstorms likely in the north—east later, and then northern ireland seeing some more persistent rain arriving as we move into the latter part of the day. just light winds and that's
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a complication where you get some heavy showers developing. nothing to drive them on so the rainfall can really mount up. a pretty clear evening to the south and east, but the showers pile into wales and eventually roll through northern ireland and head into scotland. overnight lows to take us into thursday, 12—14just about covers it. for thursday daytime, we are still under the influence of high pressure, and some of those more organised bands of showers are perhaps a greater risk of seeing some heavy showers across the eastern side of the uk on thursday, and particularly for eastern scotland — signs are there could be some quite intense thunderstorms. again to the far south, things looking drier and clearer with some pleasant spells of sunshine. and then for the end of the week, things starting to calm down somewhat. a few showers possible for northern ireland. again the chance of heavy ones though across eastern england, perhaps easter scotland, with the odd rumble of thunder.
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in the sunshine, though, our temperatures starting to lift — perhaps 23, 24. certainly through the weekend that looks to be the case because the reason things are starting to calm down by friday is high—pressure is beginning to build from the west, and it will spread out across the uk to take us through the weekend. i can't promise you faultless blue skies but i can promise you a much quieter couple of days with very, very few showers, perhaps just the odd one or two in the east on saturday, in the west on sunday. sunshine and temperatures into the mid—20s.
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good morning. welcome to breakfast, with charlie stayt and louise minchin. our headlines today: a confrontational and lively debate as the two rivals to be the next prime minister go head—to—head, with brexit at the top of the agenda. no, no. i'd asked you if you resign, boris. you didn't answer the question. will you resign if you don't deliver it, yes or no? how many more days exactly would my opponent be willing to delay? how about christmas? how ready are we for the hotter summers that could come with climate change? experts warn more needs to be done to protect the vulnerable. here at wimbledon, the dream's over for britons johanna konta.

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