and could "flight shaming" be one of the answers to climate change? the bbc website has more on travellers turning their backs on air travel over concern for the environment. with me is independent analyst dr stephanie hare. she used to be principal director at accenture research, a global management consultancy. we have got the papers lined up to go through. we start with the guardian. in the reaction to brussels, somewhat cool to this new set of proposals. it's not really clear what's new with proposals, right? we have been talking about this for years now and there is a cold ha rd this for years now and there is a cold hard reality of physical geography between the united kingdom and the republic of ireland. you have northern ireland, you have the six counties of northern ireland, and a border. so if we take the united kingdom out of the european union, we have to address this question of a physical border and how you're going to do checks. and

borisjohnson in how you're going to do checks. and boris johnson in his how you're going to do checks. and borisjohnson in his announcement yesterday temp two think this can be done through electronic technology solutions —— seems to think. things that exist nowhere in the world. what is interesting is that some are saying, actually, the european union is feeling less pressure to engage because of how the british parliament voted to try and prevent a no—deal brexit at the end of october. the idea that there is less pressure to try and come you know, reach an agreement, because the eu side could just say, "well, it might work, but more time is needed, so it isa work, but more time is needed, so it is a may be finau." exactly. there is a may be finau." exactly. there isa is a may be finau." exactly. there is a timetable that is crucial for us is a timetable that is crucial for us to understand. the eu summit on october 17, the consummate, a boris johnson fails to come back with some sort of deal what happens is the benat will kick in. this is that if he doesn't have a deal that

parliament can improve by october 19 he has to ask for an extension. he said he would rather die in addict that asked for an extension and he will take the united kingdom out of the eu on october 31. it is those two last weeks in october, they will be critical for us to see, does he pull it off? does the eu just sort of let him run out of time and run down the clock, does he ask for the extension and do a u—turn on himself, or does he take us out without a deal? and it seems as though the eu is looking to our alinta for a steer on whether the irish government feels it is palatable or not —— looking to the irish government. and there is the question of the good friday agreement. there is a much bigger context to all of this than simply economics and trade. that is where we will expect to see the republic of ireland keep a firm position on with the support of the eu so far.

they have not budged in three years. they have not budged in three years. the irish times goes into more detail on that. i suppose the most significant change in this newsletter proposals is this idea of leaving northern ireland within a single market arrangement —— this new set of proposals. so farm products and other things that are manufactured as well, they would stay aligned with the eu, but northern ireland would come out of the customs union so they wouldn't have to have the check is at the border as long as the eu agreed. yes. and as long as northern ireland agrees, which is an open question. we saw this with the dup, the party ostensibly ruling that part of the united kingdom, except those they haven't actually had a sitting executive since 2017. they would have to agree this, somehow, and they would have to vote on it every four years. so, they would have to vote on it every fouryears. so, again, there are

many moving parts to this, a lot of ways it could go wrong. it will be a miracle if it goes right. a sort of feel like a broken record, but 1.i feel like a broken record, but 1.i feel i have to see every time is it is worth remembering that all this debate and discussion isjust is worth remembering that all this debate and discussion is just about the interim arrangements for the immediate aftermath of britain leaving the european union. this is not anywhere near the ongoing long—term trade deal. one can only imagine how complicated that will be. exactly. everybody who thinks that everything will be decided this month in october, that that will settle brexit once and for all, they have bad news view. this isjust the beginning of the next chapter of exquisite awkwardness. 0k. let's move on. and some unsettling news for investors on the front page of the financial times. and anyone following the markets will have seen the heavy falls on markets around the heavy falls on markets around the world of the last day. the ftse

100 falling more than 3%, wall street closing lower as well. this is as we get hence of the various trade wars and political uncertainty starting to have an impact. --p. the mood music is changing. in the us we have seen for a # jobs and manufacturing. there is also the effect of the us china trade war. further tariffs are being imposed on that. no real sign of daylight. and we have had the decision from the world trade organisation ruling that eu subsidies to airbus were illegal of the united states is allowed to impose tariffs. we also know that the world trade organisation is likely to say that the us was also illegally subsidising boeing. so the eu will be able to apply tariffs most likely next year. all of a sudden you have the us in a trade war with china, potentially starting a budding trade war with the european union. it's just a budding trade war with the european union. it'sjust not great. and the counter factors that safe assets start to become more lucrative and appealing. let us look

at the political uncertainty that continues in hong kong. the south china morning post reporting that police groups calling for some sort of cu rfew. police groups calling for some sort of curfew. yes. even mentioning things like banning the facemasks, because of facial recognition technology in hong kong protesters are making dramatic steps to protect themselves —— taking. it is a sign of how out of control this is. this has been going on for nearly four months now, and it is escalating, it is getting worse. there is a real failure of the hong kong government to get a grip. the last time they had to use a curfew was in 1967. it isa had to use a curfew was in 1967. it is a colonial era curfew. again, not great objects. let's talk about technology a little. it is funny to talk about a technology firm being

the established, almost dinosaur of its sector and microsoft is, but has got real staying power and continuing to innovate. and this new device, the surface duo, they are definitely going for the folding rather than the bending for the next step. yes. what is interesting about microsoft is they really had failed to get into the whole smart phone device business. they were wired, eating their lunch for a while by apple and google's android. this is new and exciting, potentially, what is interesting as they don't want to call it a phone although it will make phone calls. i'm not sure ordinary people will go along with that. that is what the chief product officer wants to do. you are right to say that microsoft is a long—standing giant that has really renovated itself under the ceo.

long—standing giant that has really renovated itself under the ceow is interesting you said that about the phone. they had a conversation with a trend who was trying to messy someone with a trend who was trying to messy someone else and said we could just call, iforgot you could do that with these things. —— message someone. with these things. —— message someone. that is the way with these things, don't call it a phone. the firm, microsoft, has returned with top spot as the world's most valuable publicly listed company at over $1 trillion. there has to be something it is doing right in order to achieve that kind of appeal to investors. it is doing many things right. they are very big at cloud computing. they have got back into devices. they are less on the social media side, it's more about functional operations, tools people can use day to day and they are doing it at scale. final story, the bbc news website has this, this scam. a swedish concept of flight shaming. people thinking twice

before booking a flight because of climate concerns. it is interesting, because this is one of the ways people can make a difference and we saw with the un general assembly last week and obviously the greta thunberg effect in the austrian elections that people are becoming more mindful of elections and what they can do if governments and companies failed to act. everything can help. it is buying fewer close, you're died, flying less, it is so many different things. it is a sign of things to come. -- your diet. one of things to come. -- your diet. one of the things climate change experts say is that it is a race against time. we are against time as well. we will have to leave it there. thank you very much, dr stephanie hare. thank you for watching. 20 more still to come on bbc news. we will see you soon. hello there. what a changeable week

of weather it's been so far. if we look back to tuesday, a typical weather watcher looked somewhat like this — threatening—looking cloud, lots of heavy rain, a disappointing day. by wednesday, it was all change. gin—clear skies across much of the country, but a noticeable chill in the air. now, if we take a look at the satellite picture from wednesday, you can see how widespread the dry, sunny weather was. but you can also see the threatening—looking cloud behind me, a sign of what's to come into thursday. but clear skies by day at this time of year, well, they lead to chilly nights. so we're going to start off thursday morning with, yes, a chilly story. low single figures in a few places, and there could be a light frost. maybe some early morning mist and fog patches, as well. so we're in this cold air with this northerly flow, but not for long, because this deep area of low pressure sitting out in the atlantic drags up southerly

winds and milder air as it moves across the country. so storm lorenzo is going to continue to drift its way north, sitting to the west of the uk. it's still going to primarily interact with ireland, and yes, it is going to bring a spell of very heavy rain. orange warnings remain in force, with gusts of winds expected in excess of 80 mph here, and we're looking at huge storm surge too. but for northern ireland, western fringes of england and wales, we're looking at gale—force gusts of winds, 50—60 mph, and there will be some rain through northern ireland, wales and south—west england as we go through the day. elsewhere, the cloud thickening up. a little more in the way of hazy sunshine, highs of 11—17 degrees. now, that area of low pressure will continue to move its way steadily south and east across the country during friday, still bringing gale—force gusts of winds in excess of 50 mph, and it will bring with it a spell of wet weather for a time, before it gradually eases. top temperatures on friday of 10—17 celsius. now, as we move out of friday and into the weekend, things will stay relatively mild, but there's still further rain to come. not too bad a start, however, to saturday morning. we've got this brief, transient ridge of high pressure continuing to build from the west, but it won't be long before this low starts to move in from the atlantic.

again, plenty of isobars circulating around that area of low pressure. the strongest of the winds up into the north—west of the uk. so there will be a spell of wet weather around during saturday. heavy rain clearing its way east to showers on sunday. take care.

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