with us authorities. and, as the uk prepares for its hottest day, and the heatwave in europe continues, the bbc‘s weather experts say extraordinary temperatures could break records across the continent. the website also has more on how to cope in the day and sleep at night. in the case of many of my colleagues, they have to sleep in the day, which is very difficult. with me is cornelia myers, ceo of mrl corporation, a business consultancy. we are looking at lots of stories concerning the new prime minister. the financial times looks at the 99 day brexit deadline and talks about his defiance, brutal speech. the fa ct his defiance, brutal speech. the fact he has ripped apart theresa

may's cabinet, very strong language in the report from the financial times. i think they look at it from a business perspective, so they are worried about a hard brexit or no deal brexit and what it will do to the economy. they are comparing this night of long knives to harold macmillan in 1962, who had an equally brutal reshuffle. not quite as brutal, but harry macmillan didn't last very long after the reshuffle. and when you look at the incoming people, most of whom are staunch brexiteers except for sajid javid who initially was not a brexiteer, but when you look at brexit, keir starmer, the shadow brexit, keir starmer, the shadow brexit secretary of her majesty's opposition said yesterday, and he had a point, at some stage boris's

aspirations will meet with reality, because the europeans clearly don't think that the withdrawal agreement is open for renegotiation, to the degree that he thinks it is. and the article points out that many conservative mps believe that the reality could be an early general election. he is heading towards that and gathering a team of campaigners. absolutely, and dominic cummings, the mastermind behind the vote leave campaign, who is a very brilliant strategist, would suggest that also his speech going on with suggest that when he talks about 20,000 more policemen on the street, we need to do something against the care crisis, we have an ageing population, that was very much, other than the brexit side, that was very much a campaign speech. your word very quickly, before we move on, on sajid javid as the new chancellor of the exchequer, a

former anchor, your thoughts?” think he will probably do a very finejob. he is not a fan of austerity, so we will see some loosening of the purse strings. so i think it is great. especially with the general election around the corner. i obviously also think it is great we have somebody who is of pakistani descent, who is the son of an immigrant, and immigrant himself, that somebody like that can become financed... finance minister. that should just give every child out there who is from a minority background hope. the irish times front page, of course they have johnson all over it. they also say we must be prepared for the extreme heat, and most european papers and media are talking about that as well. most of it discusses the

cabinet, the changes we have already looks at. but that one paragraph where leo varradkar says i am looking forward to meeting boris and talking to him in detail, because again his speech long on excitement and short on detail. basically the backstop will have to stay in place —— leo varadkar. and the withdrawal agreement will have to stay in place. that has always been the line from leo varadkar, the prime minister of ireland, and some of the leaders within europe itself, and brussels, but this is the issue. that was the one issue, the irish backstop, that when borisjohnson was foreign secretary and there was that famous meeting in chequers, he walks away. is very because i understand from keeping the peace in northern ireland why the border needs to be kept open. i also

understand the eu. if the uk wants to leave the common market, you can't have it leading into an open border, so the backstop does make sense. one of the main dailies in germany, frankfurter allgemeine, looking at this story in detail, quite a hard article looking at johnson and about the fact that he wa nts johnson and about the fact that he wants this deadline of 31 october to be met regardless, deal or no deal, do ordie, et be met regardless, deal or no deal, do or die, et cetera. they are focusing very much on that. they are focusing very much on that. they are focusing very much on that. they are focusing very much on that, and they obviously also focus on the £39 billion, because boris said we will just keep back the £39 billion and in good german fashion they say that is really a big concern for them. we have a deal, and the uk now needs to pat’- have a deal, and the uk now needs to pay. £39 billion which was a part of the withdrawal agreement that the uk would pay. i think that is their

main concern, that they basically say how is he going to get to a negotiated deal in 99 days, and it looks like a no deal brexit. let's looks like a no deal brexit. let's look at boris one more time, on the daily mirrorfront page, a photograph of that moment when he met and had an audience with the queen. she formally asked him to put together a new government. he says i don't know why anyone would want the job. it is not him, it is the queen who said that. he leaked what the queen said, which is an absolute 110—110. queen said, which is an absolute no—no. he broke protocol when he said she told him, i don't know why anybody would want the job. she may have a point, but when you look at what unfolded, it was a titanic shift in terms... the establishment have just become the back benches, and the back benches have become the establishment. facebook, really quickly, a big fine, and we were expecting it to come. they probably had the money tucked away to one

side. $5 billion, a pretty hefty sum of money, but for facebook, making as much as it is on a monthly basis... when you have a $15 billion free cash flow, this $5 billion doesn't really matter. but i think your previous guest made a very good point, saying this doesn't matter, but if they look at anti—trust and they curb the way in which facebook can do business, that will be a problem because they will have to reinvent themselves. and obviously with libra they have met some hurdles. and your thoughts on the outlook for facebook? today we are talking about their stellar earnings, but they are being challenged on every side when it comes to regulators looking at every single aspect of their business. and it is not just single aspect of their business. and it is notjust the regulation, it is also the taxation. let's not forget the europeans and the g7 finance ministers were very, very clear that

these big tech companies should start paying taxes where they earn them, because they put a lot of them through ireland, for instance, a lot of the headquarters where they don't have to pay much tax. so they will be... you know, when you are too successful, people will gun for you. i have tweeted this story this morning on bbc online. how to sleep in heatwave. it has the top ten tips. no napping is the top tip evolve. i can't stick that one. chill your socks, number five. put your socks in the freezer and put them on. i have a much better solution. come and do the early morning newspaper review. you don't get to sleep because you have to be in the news flow. so you don't sleep at all. how much sleep you get at night, out of interest, on a normal day? between three and five hours.

so you are a little bit like margaret thatcher, she only had four hours a night. i am a clinical insomniac. let's hear from some of oui’ insomniac. let's hear from some of our viewers, who have sent their opinions and views. eddie says we fit these into our ceilings, they have fa ns fit these into our ceilings, they have fans in the ceilings which are remote—controlled lists. drink water, avoid alcohol in the evening, avoid eating anything heavy. i would agree with that advice. 0thers avoid eating anything heavy. i would agree with that advice. others have said they got fans. mr celtic said frozen gel packs are more efficient at cooling you down if you apply them to your pulse points, wrists or neck. lots of practical solutions. interesting. thank you for your time. maybe you are also an insomniac, which is why you are watching me. i will see you soon. bye. thursday looks like being a day

of extraordinary, perhaps even unprecedented, heat across some parts of the uk. thejuly record looks like it will be broken but this is the one also in danger, the uk all—time record from the heatwave of 2003 because we could beat that and get very close to 39 celsius somewhere around the london area. not guaranteed but there is a good chance that that is going to be broken. that is the temperature that will make the headlines but there is plenty of hot weather to come elsewhere. plenty of sunshine from the word go and we know it is going to be a very warm and muggy start and those temperatures will just rocket as we go on through the morning. we are keeping more cloud close to northern ireland with the weather front here and breezy as well. chance of a bit of rain the further west you are and it will be breezy elsewhere as well butjust coming from a hot direction, that breeze, so there will not be a lot of relief. and, yes, the temperature close to london will make headlines

but we will be close to 30 celsius if not above elsewhere in england. eastern parts of wales, up towards the central belt in scotland as well with the low 20s into northern ireland and a little more cloud around. there are some storms around to end the day. central and eastern parts of england could see them. they will be hit and miss, more likely through parts of northern england and scotland. the risk of torrential rain, hail and disruption. still warm night going into friday morning, of course, after the heat of the day so bear in mind that the later stages of thursday into the night there could be some disruptive thundery downpours in places. but then it is all change. this weather front moves through and this is the cold front. colder stretch but it is the leading edge of cool air coming in on friday. there will be some cloud moving east and the chance of seeing some showers. they may turn heavy on thundery towards parts of eastern england later in the day.

it will still be warm if not hot and humid towards east anglia but most other places will see lower temperatures in some spots by quite a large margin. going into the weekend, that weather front looks like it will reinvigorate and hang around the eastern side of the uk in particular with the zone of cloud and pulses of rain. still some uncertainty in the exact positioning of that and could still be there affecting some of us into sunday as well so we will keep you updated on that. but where temperatures have been close to a0 celsius, they come back to the more comfortable 20 degrees. and relax.

good morning, welcome to breakfast, from westminster. 0n boris johnson's first full day in office after a radical shake—up of the cabinet. within hours of entering number 10, the new prime minister holds a major clear—out of the previous regime. new appointments include priti patel as home secretary, dominic raab as foreign secretary and jacob rees—mogg as leader of the house they and the rest of the new cabinet willjoin mrjohnson inside number 10 for their first meeting. that's shortly after 8:00 this morning. we'll take you through everything you need to know about the make—up