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tv   The Briefing  BBC News  October 2, 2019 5:45am-6:01am BST

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and, finally, bloomberg looks into the scandal that has engulfed credit suisse with the resignation chief operating officer after admitting spying on a former senior executive. and it all began with a row at a party. with me isjonathan charles, managing director, communications at european bank for reconstruction and development. let's start with the headline in the south china morning post. it is a real contrast on the front page, this display of unity that we have with president xi, the contrast of the mass protest leading to the shooting of a demonstrator. do you think this could mark a turning point in the way that the authorities are dealing with these mass protests? i think it is pretty interesting. president xi went out of his way at those ceremonies in beijing to talk about one country,
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two systems. it is in display in a way here in that headline, the unity, one country with one system which has taken place in beijing, another picture from hong kong, that terrible tension. i was passing through hong kong a few months ago as this was all happening. the real question is, where it is this going? president xi went out of his way to talk about it to make it clear in a way that he wishes to keep hong kong asa way that he wishes to keep hong kong as a separate system, that china is going to respect that and said we need to maintain the long—term stability and prosperity of hong kong and macau. that gives you an insight into how they really want to handle it and they can't because he knows that if they have a crackdown oi’ knows that if they have a crackdown or if he asks the hong kong authorities, carrie lam and the hong kong authorities to have a crackdown, that will damage the issue of one country, two systems. it is likely to bring international sanctions. we know the hong kong economy is already suffering and will probably end up in recession if there is even more of a crackdown. i suspect what he really wants is to find another way of diffusing it but
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they haven't found that way yet. the chinese are normally pretty good at this. they will think long and hard, thatis this. they will think long and hard, that is their nature, they play the long game. i suspect that is their priority. interesting as well that the tale of two cities yesterday because in beijing there was a real display of military might, and economic might. yet at the same time we had these protests on the other side that without a doubt it has been quite an incredible 70 years, in terms of china's economic development. it is now the longest—running communist regime ever, and that will matter a lot of the chinese and they have adapted their regime. that is one of the great attractions of the chinese system, they will say to their citizens, we have gone from hard communism to this mixed economy where capitalism is very much alive and well in parts of the economy, a country that has taken many people out of poverty. i go to beijing quite a lot. it is probably one of the most advanced cities in the world. there is a lot for china to be proud of, but on the other hand
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there are a lot of issues which remain for that country. hong kong is just remain for that country. hong kong isjust one of remain for that country. hong kong is just one of them. there are issues at home the need to resolve and they are facing these continuing trade tensions. moving onto a headline... trade tensions! brexit, borisjohnson to reveal the brexit plan which he says will be the basis for a compromise. this photo i think is quite remarkable. i want to know, was a headline written first in the photograph taken? was a headline written first in the photograph ta ken? rolling was a headline written first in the photograph taken? rolling up the slaves. it is interesting to see how these stories are created. we will get —— rolling up his sleeves. these stories are created. we will get —— rolling up his sleevesm these stories are created. we will get -- rolling up his sleeves. it is a great picture. we are seeing movement by the way in this whole discussion. there is no doubt that the plan that borisjohnson put forward today go way beyond anything he has been talking about in the previous weeks. the suggestion that he is perhaps going to allow ireland, northern ireland to stay in the single market for four years, there may be some sort of checks on
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goods and the irish sea as well somewhere close to the border is not on the border. he is moving towards the idea of keeping some sort of unified economy at least for a certain period of time. is that enough for the european commission? the answer is no. is it enough to start negotiations? yes. i expect we're not going to a complete slap down from brussels for this. they are going to take up the offer of negotiations. but if there's going to bea negotiations. but if there's going to be a deal, borisjohnson clearly has to move a long way yet. he talks away the need for compromise, the need for brussels to compromise. there is one thing brussels will not compromise on. the european commission is adamant their priority is protecting the single market and some of the british ideas chip away at that, they allow back door into the single market, there is no way that will go through. they are expecting boris johnson that will go through. they are expecting borisjohnson to make more concessions. and i think he will probably make some concessions. he knows this is the end of the line, this is a negotiation for the next
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ten days. as appear to be his strategy, that is what he has been putting out before those latest negotiations take place. let's move on now to... the irish times! negotiations take place. let's move on now to. .. the irish times! their ta ke on now to. .. the irish times! their take on this. there is no picture of the irish person rolling up his sleeves and looking serious. but clearly he is very serious. they say the government will not agree to any new deal which includes custom checks for subjects would be inevitable if britain used —— left the eu without a deal, and in some aspects. we have a hard line from the irish. i think we have to say, their view is that the rest of the eu must support them. if they won't accepted, it will be very hard get a deal. simon colony, the irish foreign minister making the same point, saying this doesn't like the basis of an agreement. at the moment is not an basis of an agreement but there is a lot to play for in the next ten days and i suspect we're going to see some movement. we will find out whether it is enough. it is
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a tough mountain to get up. and in the meantime, other eu members have other issues. in france there was a big fire at a chemical factory. the french government says it is having to combat fake news. this is one of the headlines, and actually in editorial comment says... we are living in an air of suspicion. no matter what is said by the authorities. the specifics of the story, this factory, there was a terrible fire. people in the local area think maybe the water and air quality has been suffered, that would be terrible pollution from this. they don't believe what the government is saying. there are all sorts of stories out there on the internet suggesting people are going to be really terribly effective. what does this tell us? i tells — lucky tells us that in france we are seeing it again more of a rift
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between many, many ordinary people and the authorities just as we are seeing in many countries. you could argue that as part of the brexit issue here in the uk. this is another sign that authority is just not respected in the way it once was. when i lived in france as a bbc correspondent 30 years ago, people would believe anything. now it is a case that if the french say something, the automatic response is not to believe it. that is fuelled by what we see on the internet, it is part of what we saw with the yellow jackets protest earlier is part of what we saw with the yellowjackets protest earlier in the year and last year, that continuing protest. this rift in which people do not trust the experts coming back again to the brexit discussion that expertise and the government saying no, our experts say this factory and the air around it is also. that does not seem to wash with people, notjust in france and the united kingdom. it isa in france and the united kingdom. it is a growing trend which is being fuelled by lots of online material. it certainly is. let's switch to this story on buzzfeed, and this involves a big block of parmesan cheese. and the trade dispute between europe and the united
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states. tell me more. this may be love because there is mike pompeo, the us secretary of state standing with a big block of parmesan cheese he was given by an italian who was protesting at the possibility that may soon be tariffs on imports into the united states of parmesan cheese possibly, and this is quite a serious story behind the humour that made me laugh, the serious story being the us has now been given permission to go ahead with up to 8 billion worth of products, tariffs, huge amounts on the table. that is because of this case which was going on for a long time that airbus was found to have had subsidies of european concern unlawfully, the us won the case and now they are saying they will retaliate on italian cheese, friends cheese, all sorts of things. this is an attempt so please don't do it to us, we need this business to export to the us, our cheeseis business to export to the us, our cheese is lovely. mike pompeo, take this back and tell donald trump not to impose his tariffs. not sure he's
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putting it in the suitcase. the credit spying sandal, apparently this all standard with a row over tree that has erupted at a cocktail party. i love the story. this whole scandal started as a new year's party which to neighbours, and another person who was a senior official, they started having a row. neighbours over a garden fence but it led to a resignation, a departure, a scandal of threatening and it was really quite something. it certainly is. do not row at new year's. try and resolve your neighbour resumed —— disputes before it escalates. thank you for talking us it escalates. thank you for talking us through all the papers today. stay with us here on bbc news. so much more to come. thank you for watching. goodbye. good morning.
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we've all had our fair share of rain, haven't we, just recently? in fact, tuesday, i'm sure you're now well aware of the flooding rains that we had through the isle of man and the north of england. but they have gradually drifted their way south and east over the last few hours and we are seeing a slow improvement. so the sharp, thundery downpours easing as well in the south—east, and they will continue to clear. so by dawn, temperatures are going to be the talking point, not the rain. and in fact, with the northerly wind kicking in, the temperatures falling away quite sharply, so we are going to be greeted with some blue tones on our chart. temperates close to freezing in places. so, yes, there could be a touch of frost first thing this morning, and certainly it's going to be a chilly start in comparison to of late. so we start off, yes, on that chilly note. but it will be a dry one, with some lovely spells of sunshine coming through, and probably the best day in terms of drier, sunnier weather through wednesday. now, a northerly wind could drive in a few sharp showers up into the far north of scotland, and at the same time,
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down to the south—west, we could pick up a little more in the way of fairweather cloud. and those temperatures really struggling after that chilly start. 11—15 degrees the high, down on where they should be for the early half of october. so wednesday a cool day, the blue tones denoting that. but if we look out into the atlantic, around this circulation here, the warmer russets, the winds coming from more of a southerly direction. and within this significant area of low pressure is a lot of tropical moisture, so a little more warmth is set to return. you're probably aware now that this has the remnants of ex—hurricane lorenzo in it, and it's this low that's going to track to the west of ireland, and it will bring some wet weather and some pretty rough seas and high tides. that moves across ireland, into northern ireland, and ahead of it, we'll see the cloud thickening and the winds strengthening to gale—force gusts. but further east, there should be a little more in the way of brighter weather, a little more sunshine coming through from time to time, and temperatures similar values on thursday to wednesday. we're looking at highs of around 11—16 degrees.
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but it's when this low pressure, which is going to track its way steadily eastwards and south during thursday into friday, which will introduce slightly milder air, but it will bring a spell of wet and windy weather, before that system slowly starts to ease as it pushes south. take care.
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good morning. welcome to breakfast, with dan walker and louise minchin. 0ur headlines today: harry and meghan take the mail on sunday to court for publishing one of the duchess's private letters to her father. the prince issues an emotional statement saying, "i lost my mother, and now i watch my wife falling victim to the same powerful forces." borisjohnson prepares to set out what he says is his final offer to europe over brexit in his speech to the conservative party conference. taking on tesco. newer, cheaper rivals are eating into tesco's market share, but the uk's biggest supermarket is fighting back.

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