its headline "mind the scrap" — a play on the announcement mind the gap. and finally, a new fed in silicone valley — dopamine fasting, covered in vice. could 2a hours without social contact, entertainment or stimulation give you a neurological reset? oras or as they used to say, a day off. with me now is melianie eusebe, to go through some of those stories. —— melanie. it is interesting because theissue melanie. it is interesting because the issue of catalonian independence was very prominent year or so ago and it seems to have gone quiet and now we are seeing and it seems to have gone quiet and now we are seeing these very, very stark protests happening on the streets. most definitely, and it is unexpected by all across the world so unexpected by all across the world so the title of the article torra

stands alone is in relation to the fa ct stands alone is in relation to the fact that he has had several meetings over the last few days with his parliament. what happened was that he did not mention it, he did not mention that he was giving support to the catalonian separatists, succession lists, so eve ryo ne separatists, succession lists, so everyone is surprised. i think this isa everyone is surprised. i think this is a really interesting story because it is speaking to how movements and protest are growing the similarities between barcelona and hong kong or even what we are experiencing here in london is actually uncanny. it is interesting, you reference hong kong there, because what we saw there was a targeting of the airport and there are now talks that the protesters wanting catalan independence may ta ke wanting catalan independence may take on some of those techniques and apply them there. definitely, there are fundamentally different differences between the hong kong movement as well and the catalonian movement. as regards to being a

network instead of disparate groups, however, they did site that they did learn from the hong kong, the hong kong protests in being able to shut down a major hub. so shutting down an entire national airport, automatically gives international press. and so that is why we are looking and seeing the similarities between these protests. turning our attention to another big european matter. brexit. covered in many of the papers. let's start with the guardian. this suggestion that, well, apparently the imf boss jumping for joy on well, apparently the imf boss jumping forjoy on news of the deal. you know, ithink jumping forjoy on news of the deal. you know, i think no matter where you come from on this issue, i think that all of us, there was a tiny sigh of relief, even if we are jaded and cynical. that there has been progress. we feel like, it has been

almost a quagmire of issues for the past three years and the last ten days, this issue has accelerated so much, to the point where we are about to have this huge vote in parliament. however, ido about to have this huge vote in parliament. however, i do know that with businesses, we are waiting for the vote, not going to be moving on any decision in regards to what to do with our resources and future investment because we have been here before, where the eu has approved and now we have to bring it home and approve it or disprove it here. coming from the business world, do you recognise this sort of figure that the guardian runs with, saying that the guardian runs with, saying that if the brexit deal gets past, even then, the uk economy would still lose out on £130 billion worth of growth? is that reflected in the conversation that you are having with other people in the business world ? with other people in the business world? yes, most definitely. i think what is good about the deal is that there is one. unequivocally everyone

agrees that no deal is absolutely the worst outcome. however, the loss that we would be taking in regards to the eu being our biggest trading partner, it cannot be underestimated at this point. i know it is a little better but why is it that businesses we re better but why is it that businesses were so better but why is it that businesses were so keen to better but why is it that businesses were so keen to see a better but why is it that businesses were so keen to see a deal? what difference does it make? quite frankly, deal is a certainty and is the way forward and it determines how we invest resources and so, with uncertainty, it doesn't only impact just the uk economy, it impacts the global economy, it is quite frankly between the uk, us— china trade deals as well as the uk and brexit, these other things that are slowing up these other things that are slowing up global growth of the economy. now, one of the issues around brexit, and it applied to the us presidential election in 2016, is questions over how much political adverts on social media play a part. an interesting piece at the cnbc

covering, mark zuckerberg said he thought about banning clinical adverts but decided not to. —— political adverts. why was that? he was very clear this was notjust a matter of business. political ads area matter of business. political ads are a very small part of the facebook business and he clarified that for us. but it is a matter of principle, a quarter foundational principle, a quarter foundational principle of facebook, and he is trying to prevent facebook from going down the slippery slope of banning ads that have political impacts so where do you stop? is it that you just stop clinical parties, political individuals? because quite frankly politics are issues at the moment. we stopped speaking about political issues in terms of environmental climate change or workers rights? it is a very slippery slope and so instead of veering to file where we are banning

everything, every single ads, saying we're not going to ban anything.“ interesting to highlight the kind of things that can slip through the net, elizabeth warren one of the immigrant candidates, her team net, elizabeth warren one of the immigrant candidates, herteam paid foran immigrant candidates, herteam paid for an advert that basically had stuff that was not true but just to point out, and they say intentionally made a facebook at with false claims to see if it would be approved and run as a political advert and it was. i saw this come across my feed. and quite cheeky of elizabeth warren! but the ultimate is looking at china for example and looking at the chinese rival network, they ban all political ads and are we ready for that? where do we draw the line? that is where mark zuckerberg is coming from in regards to not drawing the line. looking at the extinction rebellion story, this caused quite a lot of disruption on the london underground about 2k hours ago, just under 2a hours a go

when one of the protesters climbed onto the top of a tube train and so many aspects to this, one is targeting public transport and two, the reaction of the people on the platform. the way that they sort of turned very angrily, you may say expected. i think there are a few things we have to look at in regards to extinction rebellion and what the nature of the movement that they are behind so is this a movement where we are trying to grow awareness and bring on most of the populace or is this a movement where we are acquiring a critical mass and we are making a point by stopping some of our services? and i think it is more of the second. and it has to be because quite frankly, no—one can explain why a group that, for climate change, but public transport is one of the greenest inventions of humankind to attack climate change, so humankind to attack climate change, soi humankind to attack climate change, so i don't understand why, i don't

think anyone understands why public transport... the reason i saw them give was they said they are not against public transport per se but they feel the only way that they can raise awareness and make people realise how urgent the situation is is by disrupting their daily lives. and this is one way to do that. exactly, and this is where you are coming a dangerous line when you start to look at class and race overlaid on this, there is a certain amount of privilege to be able to go and protest rather than going to work, for the people about station, and so this is where extinction rebellon have to be careful that they are not alienating the same people that they want to bring on board. indeed, they are saying that they need to take stock and rethink they need to take stock and rethink the way they do their protest and someone the way they do their protest and someone who the way they do their protest and someone who uses the way they do their protest and someone who uses public transport at rush hour fairly frequently, someone who uses public transport at rush hourfairly frequently, it doesn't take much to invoke the anger of your fellow commuters, even if you just nudge them with your

back accidentally and i am sorry if it was you the other day! the story from vice, dopamine fasting, com pletely from vice, dopamine fasting, completely switch off. is it possible? it is possible. i love that we are considering these things and i'm not sure of the science of it, i will say that quite frankly, but i remember i went on a silent retreat for ten days and changed my life in regards to how i communicate and how i use my words and ifeel much more effective than i did beforehand so i would say you know, instead of looking for those dopamine hits, 2a hours without a dopamine hits, 2a hours without a dopamine hits, 2a hours without a dopamine hit may do some good in regards to appreciating what they are. melanie, great to talk to you. melanie eusebe there. let me know if you would ever give dopamine fasting a try. of course you would have to pick up your phone to tweet me to do so! stay with us on bbc news. hello.

given that we've seen so much in the way of rain and some pretty hefty showers over the past few days, in many parts of the british isles, you've probably forgotten there's another face to be had from autumn. it's the quieter, still, misty, sort of chilly starts to the days, and if that's the thing you've been hankering after, that ridge of high pressure will eventually topple its way towards the british isles, but you're going to have to wait until monday. no doubt about it, in the short term it's been this — the odd bit of blue sky and some pretty hefty showers, all thanks to a big area — not of a ridge of high pressure, but quite the opposite. in meteorological terms, a big area of low pressure, and it's still the boss as we work our way through friday. some pretty heavy overnight rain quitting the scene from the south—east, but lingering for a good part of the day through the north—east of england, perhaps into the south—eastern quarter of scotland. following on behind, something a little bit quieter and drier for a time. showers predominantly there across western and southern parts but gradually some of them percolating away through the course of the day further towards the east.

friday into saturday, the same area of low pressure and on the southern flank, we may have another area of cloud and rain just skipping in from the near continent to get into the very far south—east. some areas will stay that wee bit drier, we suspect, but this banner of cloud will drag some rain across the eastern side of scotland into the north—east of england yet again, and elsewhere, there will be a peppering of showers. temperatures about 10—15 at the very best. and that temperature profile will be tempered across northern and western parts, given the strength of the northerly wind. on sunday, we see the same banner of cloud and rain slowly easing its way down into the north of england, leaving behind cold, bright conditions for the greater part of scotland and northern ireland in a straight northerly wind, so not overly warm. and even in the south, you'll have lost two or three degrees, but sunday, a somewhat drier and brighter day away from that little occluded front in the scottish borders in the north—east of england, and we start the new week with that quieter look at autumn with the mists, the chilly starts, some cold nights to come

at least for a few days. at least for a couple of days, there will be somewhat drier conditions to be had across the greater part of the british isles. watch out for mist and fog first thing — that could be a bit of an issue — but once the day gets going, a lot of dry weather, very little in the way of blue to speak of, maybe just one or two showers through the irish sea, and on the cool side, despite the presence of the sunshine. tuesday, still dry for the most part, but you can see yourself — waiting in the wings, more wet and windy weather.

good morning. welcome to breakfast with charlie stayt and naga munchetty in westminster where boris johnson faces the political fight of his life. he has around 2a hours to persuade mps to back his new brexit deal agreed with eu leaders — and it won't be easy. asi as i have never tired of telling you, i don't think there is any case for delay. i think we should get on and get it done. in order to avoid trying to get an extension he has been too eager by far to get a deal at any cost. mps will hold a rare saturday sitting here to vote