it reports that a charity appointed by the social media company to check misinformation found an overwhelming amount of false posts. and finally, the sun has a published an investigation where it found evidence amazon employees in bucharest romania monitor thousands of alexa recordings, hearing private family conversations, arguments and even couples having sex. so let's begin. with me is independent analyst dr stephanie hare. good to talk to you, stephanie. the ft first of all, because this is the big story for us today, the pound is the weakening and it's been doing that for a while now. the mood music has been there among investors and their not happy about basically the unknown of what will happen in october, particularly all this talk ofa october, particularly all this talk of a no—deal brexit. october, particularly all this talk of a no-deal brexit. why do investors hate it so much?

i think it's the vote of no—confidence to be honest and the whole idea we will potentially be leaving without a deal. we've had so much political uncertainty in this country with parliament rejecting the withdrawal agreement bill to times, a change in leadership, now we have a prime minister who doesn't have the support of a general election even him a mandate to be in power and we've got a really hard deadline of october 31. we've got summer deadline of october 31. we've got summer break, so nobody believes this is going to happen. that's what i want to talk about, it's coming up to august and everyone i know in europe goes away in august, parliament in recess. it's no surprise there have been any progress, who has he got to talk to? he's only been in office for a week as well, so it's like we're getting ahead of us and feeling like he could have shaken things up in a few days. but that's the problem, and the point, everyone is coming back in september and that gives us a maximum of eight weeks to apparently renegotiate a deal that no—one has been able to negotiate to the satisfaction of anyone in years.

absolutely. this carries on in the independent, carrying a photo of mr johnson and nicola sturgeon, the snp leader. it's interesting because we had a similar photo a few years ago, how many, three? theresa may and nicola sturgeon. similar talks after becoming prime minister. what has she been saying to him? suggesting he's been irresponsible and no deal could end up breaking up the uk, because scotland voted to remain. we had a scottish vote on independence in 2014, which voted for everyone to stay in the uk, but that could change again because they weren't voting necessarily to leave the eu. fees saying you can't interfere with our democratic right if we want to hold a referendum again —— fees. fees watching carefully. interestingly mrjohnson was booed and heckled by anti— tory protesters

in edinburgh ‘s. and heckled by anti— tory protesters in edinburgh 's. they don't have a huge representation in scotland, so not surprising, but it shows what he's up against. he says no deal is not his assumption but michael gove says it is. amazing how quickly they change their stance. one could argue this is a negotiating tactic. boris johnson repeatedly had two letters he was going to publish before brexit, one saying he was for remain and the other wanting to leave. waye mason some flip—flopping before october the 31st. interestingly, seeing as he was in scotland, the leader of the scottish conservatives, ruth davidson, saying she wouldn't back a no deal. no consensus among the tories in scotland. this is a mess! let's talk about hong kong, moving on... we've been covering the hong kong story for weeks and weeks and

this obviously, from the south china morning post, is going to have certain sides of the story, not all sides, right? yeah, so, beijing is calling for a return to law & order. we've seen protests in hong kong, that have got quite violent, and the new york times has done an investigation saying the hong kong police weren't doing much to stop that violence. this isn't great from beijing's‘s perspective because it really looks like they're losing control and showing that around the world isn't a great sign, but they're saying they don't want anyone interfering. this goes back to the proposal to extradite criminal suspects to mainland china. that's the source of these riots, violence and protests. whether or not carrie lam will be in power at the end of summer or autumn will be the question. you get the feeling is the central government wa nt feeling is the central government want this to go away. this is a big miscalculation.

the big problem here is there's a lack of consensus within the hong kong population itself as to what they want. there is support for the protest but not a consensus amongst everybody. i think it's also about... people are very worried that beijing is going to be basically taking over the democratic freedoms that hong kong has held so dear. this becomes a geopolitical flashpoint around the world. not only hong kong but also taiwan and it goes to china's role in the world and hong kong could be a flashpoint for that. facebook, fake news is bad for your health. it is, in so many ways, isn't it? you could argue facebook is bad for your health. it's hired a charity called full fat injanuary and they are checking the health posts on facebook. the majority are complete and, you should never listen to them, only get health advice from your doctor, which you would think is self—evident, but no!

some of the bits of advice are very interesting. on facebook they found someone interesting. on facebook they found someone giving advice that if you're having a heart attack, cough vigorously! if you are pregnant, avoid some bath products. and if you've been stabbed, stem the blood with a tampon. these are bits of health advice that have been completely debunked but they are still there. what is facebook doing? is the question of what they can even do! some people on facebook will be sharing actual advice from reputable advice. it is about policing the platform. then it says it's an editor, and they don't wa nt says it's an editor, and they don't want that because that could lead to regulations. they want to be a neutral platform and users can post what they like. do neutral platforms exist, can they exist? this is the thing, this is the argue they have to make to keep regulators off their

back. five out of 96 fact checks were true. that is paltry, right? we have to look at ourselves as users, if we look at... we don't need facebook to police that content, why are we so inclined to believe these lies and advice? a lot of people do. lots of people will go online and google anything. doctor google, this and that, anything, it can be serious! people believe what they read u nfortu nately, serious! people believe what they read unfortunately, anything, right? whose responsibility is it to make sure we get the right information? it wouldn't be difficult for them to code in such a way that anytime a post was flagged that was health—related could simply have a of our advice on health on facebook has been proved wrong, please check with your doctor first. that's an easy fix. it wouldn't fix the problem of this information being given out. just a skull and crossbones! imagine having a heart

attack and you start coughing vigorously and you realise it's not working! very tragic! moving on to the sun. interesting story, alexa, how was it for you? a sun revealed amazon staff, they can, not that they do, but they can listen to alexa recordings. they can listen to alexa recordings. they can listen to alexa recordings. they can listen to you having a row, discussing private family matters and getting on with intimate business. yes, i can't emphasise it strongly enough that if you are having these in your house you have corporate surveillance in your house. this shouldn't be surprising. we've had an whistleblower talking about this with google, apple and now alexa. it's known in the consumer industry and the tech industry. apple has said less than 1% were listened to by staff and amazon has said we take the security and privacy of the customers point was personal information personally and we only annotate a small sample of

recordings. —— customers' personal information. if anyone listens to what's happening in my house! they would be shocked, wouldn't go down very well! it's unbelievable how people are... they don't really realise this, they don't understand. i don't understand why you would have that in your house. you would never have alexa or anything like that in your house? no, no, no. what advice for anyone thinking of getting it? get rid of it! stephanie, as always, thanks very much for getting to the point. stephanie hare, thank you. stay with us here on bbc news, so much more to come. and timor on breakfast for those in the uk and on bbc news for those around the world —— plenty more.

hi there. the heatwave of last week seems like a distant memory now, but i just want to draw your attention to that provisional 38.7 degrees celsius that was recorded at cambridge university botanic gardens. the met office actually confirmed this temperature on monday as being genuine, so this now stands as the new top temperature ever recorded in the uk. now, the next few days are going to feel more like autumn than summer because of this area of low pressure. pretty deep feature for the time of year, bringing strong winds and plenty of heavy showers. in fact, some of the showers are likely to be torrential in places, with the risk of some localised flooding. and those winds very gusty, especially across england and wales. now, this morning, those strong winds and heavy showers will be affecting the south—west of england, south wales, continuing to move northwards and eastwards as the day wears on. you can see the bright colours indicating torrential downpours affecting wales, england's south—west and the midlands and parts of northern england too. those winds gusting to 50mph along the south coast. 30—40mph in other areas. so these in their own right

could cause some disruption, and maybe even bring some branches down, as the trees, of course, are in full leaf. temperature—wise, not that great really, certainly cooler than monday, with temperatures reaching 19 to maybe 22 or 23 degrees. best of the sunshine across the northern and eastern areas, but as we head on into tuesday evening and overnight the showers will continue to move northwards and eastwards and again, some of them will be heavy in places and still windy in southern areas. but not a particularly cold night, but drawing up some warm air from the near continent. that area of low pressure pushing on towards the eastern side of the country. still quite windy, but not maybe as windy as we're expecting to see today. the focus of the showers will shift northwards, affecting parts of scotland, into northern england, perhaps in towards the east of england and maybe the east midlands as well. whereas for northern ireland, i think wales, down into the south—west, southern england, probably a better and a drier day here, maybe a little bit warmer, 22 or 23 degrees, but cooler further north where those showers are. that low pressure system then moves out into the north sea on thursday,

still affecting the eastern side of the country, and the winds will be lighter as well, so where the showers turn up, and i think again across parts of scotland and northern and eastern england, then they will be slower moving, some areas seeing a bit of rain in a short period of time. again, the best of the dry weather across the southern and western areas with lighter winds temperatures will be a little higher, maybe the mid—20 celsius. still high teens in the north. it promises to dry up a little bit as high pressure begins to build in for friday and the start of the weekend, and it will feel a little bit warmer as well.

good morning. welcome to breakfast with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. our headlines today: after his visit to scotland, borisjohnson‘s charm offensive goes to south wales, as farmers warn the prime minister of the risks of a no—deal brexit. and fears over a no—deal brexit hits holiday money. the pound falls to a two—year low. a former high courtjudge says police may have broken the law in the way they investigated claims of a paedophile ring at westminster. gareth bale pulls out of real madrid's preseason trip to munich after his big money move to china was blocked by the club.