and embarrassing scenes inside the legislative council as chief executive carrie lam tried to deliver her address and was forced to leave the chamber. the new york times has the story of the 27—year—old boxer patrick day, who has died four days after suffering a brain injury during a fight in chicago last weekend. and finally, the sun leads with an open letter sent by more than 100 extinction rebellion—backing celebrities, who've admitted they are climate change hypocrites with their high—carbon lifestyles, but they are asking the media and journalists to focus on the bigger issue at hand. the sun calls them "ego—warriors". with me is james hughes, chief market analyst at brokerage firm axi trader. it's the story you and i discussed every time you come in. and today, for good reason it's the nominating —— dominating most of the press.

this shot of the prime minister, he looks like he's behind bars and he's looking pretty stressed out. yep. brexiteer on a knife edge as dd does make dup blocks. anything with boris johnson looking dishevelled and distressed, pretty much every second day at the moment, of course this is massive, massive news today. we are waiting, really whether we do have a deal. we have to go back into the last few months, we are in this situation with theresa may, we had some kind of deal that was then taken back, now we have almost com pletely taken back, now we have almost completely regressed back to a situation because of theresa may's deal not being voted through. we sit on this knife edge of the uk resting on this knife edge of the uk resting on the thoughts of dup and the leader of the dup about northern ireland, and the removal of the

irish backstop. of course there would be a lot of people looking at this and saying why do the dup even matter? and i think a lot of people are still asking that question, not why does it matter of course, the northern ireland border and the situation in northern ireland is an incredibly compact issue, but from boris johnson's incredibly compact issue, but from borisjohnson‘s view, he no longer has a majority in the parliament with the dup. the odds are on whether we get a deal or no deal, we're going to be in a general election at some point within the next six months. so question is, why do we sit here still waiting on the dup to sign off on something like this with the — to get this kind of deal done? it's all about accounting within westminster, isn't it? and the democratic unionist party counterfeits and those they could go —— counts or ten votes that could go in favour, and the most obligated

and tricky issue to resolve in this whole process has been how do you manage the border between northern ireland and the republic of ireland. this is what the times is unpacking but also the guardian as well. it's also about the fact that in this last—minute scramble that has been going on for the last sort of 48 hours are mainly in brussels... three years, mainly. it is mainly about has borisjohnson got those individuals and bits of westminster onboard, and is also looking to support from labour and within the tory party, the european research group, the eog, the hardcore brexiteer is, it's a really difficult process. —— erg. leaders in the eu might think we will agree toa in the eu might think we will agree to a deal, but then it could get thrown out of parliament in london and then we're back to where we were months ago. the issue then goes back

to the people. again, this is something that gets lost in all of this discussion around the political aspects and where we go with the dup. it's that - aspects and where we go with the dup. it's that — we already have uproar in the uk about what is going on with brexit and the fact that politicians can't agree on the various different points, whether it is political point scoring or a fight for power. all of these questions remain. if we were in the situation here in the uk where we get borisjohnson, situation here in the uk where we get boris johnson, does situation here in the uk where we get borisjohnson, does have another deal, he takes that the mps and mps rejected again, that is almost as bad for the british people as saying —as bad for the british people as saying — as coming away from brexit altogether because it almost certainly pushes us to an extension and it almost certainly, i mean, not certainly, but pushes us closer to another referendum on this. well, possibly. maybe not. but a general election... almost definitely. let

figaro says this is a showdown is at the end, which is how things often go in europe —— le figaro. i was watching european leaders with the imf trying to rail down —— now down rescue packages for greece and portugal, it was going down to the wire. but one of the issues that have to be raised and i wanted to ask your opinion on this, james, from your point of view, from your perspective, what is better? a no—deal and we definitely live on october 31, all with you in your clients, those in the city, would prefer clients, those in the city, would p refer to clients, those in the city, would prefer to see an extension but with the fear that we are kicking the can down the road and we are staying on the merry—go—round with westminster and no clear outcome and silt may be june next year? there is no doubt short term economically and for the markets and for the pound, the best thing is to remain within the eu. there is no doubt that in the short term, that is how markets would

react and the short—term economic implications would be, there is no doubt that is the best outcome stop but not in that situation. we are not in that situation at the moment. the best that us and is getting the can down the road. —— the best situation is. but, then that creates more uncertainty. from an economic point of view, that creates that one thing we always say that the markets hate, and that is uncertainty. if you leave the eu, that removes uncertainty and makes us deal with this. so it is such a grey area, and the biggest issue being from a market point of view we have no idea what is going to happen. we don't. and we shall watch this space. we could find out in the coming hours in fact. the south china morning post, for lam, it is housing, not politics. this derides her speech which in the end was a pre—recorded speech. she could not deliver it

live within the legislative council, usually embarrassing for her as she was tackled. within the speed —— heckled, and within the speech there was nothing to hand out anything to those who were protesting on the streets of hong kong for four months. four months of protesting here, the fact we are in a situation where the protesters are calling for a review into police brutality, the country is in statistical recession and there is nothing that carrie lam is producing here, which is eating her. and quickly on the new york times. patrick day, the boxer who suffered brain injuries, he was put into a coma and has died four days later at 27 years old. there was also a 28—year—old russian who died four days after a light weight fight in maryland, two days later, a 23—year—old argentinian died,

collapsing after a fight in bonus areas. i mean, it is, whenever we look at any stories like this, it becomes insanity that there is no change within the boxing regulations —— awareness change within the boxing regulations “ awareness “— change within the boxing regulations —— awareness —— lam. even boxes are calling for the need for change. and it's not the simple fact that these are two men punching each other in the head, but there is the fact that a lot of these boxers have two make weight, that means they often are dehydrated, the way they eat com pletely dehydrated, the way they eat completely changes, and studies have shown that that wastes muscles and of course it affects the protection of course it affects the protection of the brain. this is not the reason, but a no other issue. a very sad story. the sun, "ego warriors",

it's got pictures of benedict cumberbatch and other celebrities that have been backing the extinction rebellion process. they are saying, hands up, our carbon footprint isn't great but we can still support this cause. what do you think? calling his people hypocrites is a very easy way to ignore the subject. the subject is enormous and we are all hypocrites towards this. you can support climate change, but all of our carbon footprints our enormous. so it's incredibly tough. you can't get away from it. thanks, james. it's been great to have you in the programme. thank you for your comments. stay with us here on bbc news, so much more to come. hello, good morning.

wednesday started on a dull and damp note for many parts of the country. once that rain cleared away, though, we did see some sunshine. a chance to dry off, though, although a lot of the ground is still saturated, and there are a couple of flood warnings still out there. but following the sunshine, the clearer skies have meant it's turned quite chilly, particularly for the eastern side of the uk. where we had that cloud earlier on, we've now got the clearer skies, but looking out to the west, you can see that swirl of cloud there. it's producing showers or longer spells of rain. it marks the position of what is at the moment quite a deep area of low pressure. that's drifting towards the uk, already arriving in western areas. further east, though, with those clearer skies, temperatures may be low enough in eastern scotland to give us a touch of frost. further west, it will be milder, but you've already got a few showers. the breeze is picking up, and we'll see more and more showers

arriving across the western side of the uk, blown in by some strong and blustery winds, which will also push the showers through the english channel and then move them inland, into the south—east of england and the midlands. but i think, for north—east england and north—east scotland, it should be largely dry. should be some decent sunshine. a much better day in north—east scotland than it was on wednesday. 13—15 degrees, that's near normal for this time of the year. so, through thursday, increasing numbers of showers. those showers will continue during thursday evening and thursday night, some of them heavy, accompanied by some rather blustery winds, which will keep the temperatures a bit higher. it should be a milder night, typically 6—8 degrees. we may stay in double figures across more southern parts of england. more sunshine and showers to come on friday. a good deal of them around coastal areas to begin with, but we'll see them developing inland, and some fairly frequent showers getting blown in on the strongest of the winds in the south—west of england and wales. 12—15 degrees, so those numbers at the moment not really changing a great deal. let's head into the weekend, and remember, at the moment, low pressure is about here. but, as we move into the weekend, the low pressure is moving right across into the uk. it's not as deep an area of low pressure, but it will continue to bring sunshine and showers or longer spells of rain.

longer spells of rain certainly blown in across scotland. the bulk of the showers further south, around coastal areas, developing inland, and with the low pressure right over england and wales, some slow—moving heavy and thundery downpours possible. quite windy and feeling cooler, i think, for northern scotland and for northern ireland. the highest temperatures in the south—east of england. so a lot of showers to come on saturday. through sunday, the showers become fewer. but, with that northerly breeze, it will turn a little bit cooler. for many of us, though, the start of next week should be dry, with some sunshine.

good morning. welcome to breakfast, with charlie stayt and naga munchetty. our headlines today: still no agreement on a brexit deal, as borisjohnson heads to brussels to meet eu leaders face—to—face. as last—minute negotiations continue, we will be live in brussels and westminster for reaction and analysis throughout the morning. riots on the streets of barcelona, as thousands of catalan pro—independence protesters clash with armed police in a third night of violence. two months after this british airways flight filled with smoke, passengers tell us they are still suffering from breathing difficulties.