christmas election after tory mps said he had run out of excuses for opposing one. meanwhile, the mirror says voters will finally get the chance to axe reckless borisjohnson after mps backed a december 12 election. we have seen this headline already. the paper says "labour will bid tooust the pm to break the brexit deadlock and overturn crippling tory austerity." the financial times reports at facebook—owned whatsapp has filed a lawsuit against israel's nso group, alleging the firm was behind cyber—attacks that infected devices with malicious software. at least 100 journalists, human rights activists and political dissidents had their smartphones attacked by spyware. according to the mail, 72 female mps have signed an open letter backing meghan markle's stand against distasteful and misleading media coverage and blasting the outdated, colonial undertones of some stories. meanwhile, the times says

there could be hope for those of us who hate the pre—flight scrum while boarding an aircraft. gatwick airport is now experimenting with boarding people in window seats first, starting at the back, followed by middle then aisle seats. that could save 10% of boarding time. and finally, in the guardian, england have been reprimanded and fined for their v—shaped formation when facing the haka before their world cup semi—final victory over new zealand. world rugby regulations state opponents must not cross the halfway line while the maori war dance is being performed. wrists were slapped! with me is kulveer ranger, who is senior vice president for strategy and communications for atos. let's get stuck in. christmas selection, daily telegraph. we've looked at to headlines, the daily mirror already, but all of the papers have their view, their line, their interpretation of how this

will go. the headline writers are feasting in advance of a christmas selection, if i can use that, but this is going to be an important moment, sally, in terms of the uk political environment. we know there's been stagnation in politics and brexit has cast this long shadow across political decision—making, people have described it as a zombie parliament with no movement, lots of frustrating, it feels like it needs a general election and it will get one on december the 12th, the third infour one on december the 12th, the third in four years. jeremy corbyn in the picture on the daily telegraph, and underneath the commentary from cheryl underneath the commentary from cherleacob says the opposition has full loosely given him an election, as in boris johnson, full loosely given him an election, as in borisjohnson, and she says, have remainers cooked their own goose? those quote the prime minister, borisjohnson, goose? those quote the prime minister, boris johnson, has demanded, begged for almost, this election to happen and he's got what he wanted. there must be some victory for the prime minister.

where our labour on the issue that will dominate this? brexit. it is unclear —— where are labour. do they wa nt to leave ? unclear —— where are labour. do they want to leave? a second referendum? the lib dems do have a clear message, unlike labour, they don't wa nt to message, unlike labour, they don't want to go, they want to remain. same as the scottish national party. this is why labour won't sure about an early election because the polls say the conservatives have the lead, whereas labour doesn't so much, but we know we can't rely on the polls. we can't stop in the last general election in 2017, again the conservative party went in with quite a lead and they expected quite a majority but it didn't pan out that way —— we can't. they are hugely volatile, they are a rollercoaster a nd hugely volatile, they are a rollercoaster and can change almost daily and policies will come out. there will be gaffs on the election

trail and huge swings. there's also a joker in the pack, the brexit party. you could have four parties... obviously the scottish national party... and the greens, they did very well in the european elections. the liberal democrats, you could say they have a land grab for labour seats, but you have the ten of the 21 expelled tory mps who have been given the right to come back, but quite a few high profile of the 21 were not given that option. philip hammond, rory stewart, for example. rory stewart said he will stand to be mayor of london, so he's taking a different path. the conservative party has struggled with the question is europe but it has united as much as it can with current prime minister and leader boris johnson it can with current prime minister and leader borisjohnson —— question of europe. many would argue they are not united at all, still a mess with the back benches full of people extremely cross with their prime

minister. but they have all supported their leader's withdrawal agreement, so there is unification there and going to the electorate with a view that says, "that's the prime minister's deal", that is something candidates on the doorstep can rely on and use as a clear message and that's what people want when it comes to an election, especially when they are fighting through the christmas aisles, the shopping and getting the turkey ready and everything else. the parties who land their clear m essa 9 es parties who land their clear messages about the direction of travel, not just on messages about the direction of travel, notjust on brexit but the future of the country... as we know, people care about the economy, the nhs, the environment... immigration. immigration, these things will all matter so it won'tjust be a brexit election, it will be a full on election, it will be a full on election and it will be interesting stop the ft has a story we've looked at, whatsapp pack used to snoop on 100 human rights activists and dissidents, some reports say thousands. nso group have been

accused and they strongly deny any wrong action. what is happening here? many of us use whatsapp all the time. their several levels of conversation. what is what's out‘s investigation unveiling in terms of what this organisation, nso, is? —— there's several. they've done a thorough investigation stop you there is a question of trust. this happened in may and only yesterday they contacted the people affected. that has taken quite a long time. as you quite rightly say, many millions of people are using this platform and how do we now feel if there is this software, pegasus, spyware that can be installed and give access to your phone. the vulnerability is quite fearful. in a world where cyber stability must be at the core of all services we use, we are increasingly reliant on digital services and we must feel confident we are services and we must feel confident we a re protected services and we must feel confident we are protected and feel confidence in what we are using them for. once

again it is facebook, a facebook owned owned service, they own whatsapp, cambridge analytical scandal brought to the four the fact that facebook, when it comes to security and protects us, is not doing a good job? —— can be stuffy i wouldn't make too much of that that association because there is a duty of care that whatsapp has —— candy. what they need to do here is make sure they are discharging that duty. cybersecurity is a huge issue and i was judging cybersecurity is a huge issue and i wasjudging a cybersecurity is a huge issue and i was judging a panel of cybersecurity start—ups yesterday and it's a moving feast, the attacks and the threats that keep evolving and emerging, it is hard to stay ahead of them. but something needs to be done to reassure people using whatsapp. tell me your take of the male online my 72 female mps assigning an open letter backing meghan markle's stand as what she describes as distasteful and misleading media coverage. she and harry were interviewed recently with

a one—hour documentary on their thoughts about how they have found it extremely hard to navigate their relationship and their role in the uk, their part in the royalfamily with the media and how they have treated meghan in particular. yes, there is a concern that appears around the duchess's treatment in the media, but let's be honest, a lot of the coverage has been around herfamily, lot of the coverage has been around her family, about sustainability, lot of the coverage has been around herfamily, about sustainability, a sense of, you know, the rhetoric about being sustainable and some of the things they have done around travelling... the choices they have made. i'm surprised this is an all—female list, because, you know, u nless all—female list, because, you know, unless there is a sense that this is about how she's being treated as a woman, 01’ about how she's being treated as a woman, or is it about an undertone of racism? i'm not certain which area people are saying they are supporting the duchess. i think she's a member of the royal family.

she is! she has quite a privileged life at the moment and the documentary you mentioned was about to be about the challenges africa faces and it turned into more about how they face things. if they have concerns, yes, they should tackle them and quite rightly they feel it's not fair. also, look, let's focus on things that were reported andi focus on things that were reported and i was disappointed the documentary didn't just focus are around the challenges those african nations face. no time for the guardian, butjust nations face. no time for the guardian, but just to nations face. no time for the guardian, butjust to say, good luck to england on saturday! huge game, rugby world cup. england... it was a polished performance against new zealand, i hope they replicate it against south africa's. really exciting, 2003 was close but this one, i think they're going to do it, i really do! i hope so! i am showing my bias there! thank you very much, andi my bias there! thank you very much, and i will see you soon on the briefing. hello. well, most of us on wednesday

are in for fine weather, bright to even clear skies, but feeling on the nippy side. that easterly breeze is making its presence felt. the temperatures slightly below the average for the time of year. the south—west of the country, different story here. in fact, it's been overcast and damp for the last 2a hours or more and that's how it will remain through the course of wednesday, so we have a weather front that's basically stalled across the south—west of the country, so that means slightly milder conditions here but some outbreaks of rain for cornwall and for devon. you can see nine degrees at 6am on wednesday, whereas the clearer skies in northern england and scotland by this stage have led to an air frost, at least in the countryside, and towns — close to freezing. so the forecast on wednesday morning shows cloudier skies nudging into north wales and maybe the midlands as well, certainly quite cloudy in the south and south—east at times, but outbreaks of rain

for cornwall and devon. wherever you are, the winds will still be blowing out of the east. easterly winds tend to be quite cutting, feeling quite chilly, so temperatures around ten whether you're in glasgow, edinburgh and london, feeling on the nippy side, despite the sunshine. that's wednesday. there's a little bit of a change wednesday night into thursday. this weather front will be moving eastwards and northwards, and that's going to introduce one — some slightly cloudier weather and some spots of rain, but also milder conditions coming off the atlantic, so when we see the change from the colder air to the milder air, we often see misty, murky conditions and it does look as though that's what we're going to have on thursday and thursday, of course, is halloween. so halloween, cloudier weather, especially for some western and south—western areas and spits and spots of rain, nothing too heavy but at times it will be damp. still nippy, single figures there in eastern scotland and the north—east of england but in the south—west, we're around the mid—teens, 15 expected in plymouth.

then a big change friday and the weekend. big low pressure swings in off the atlantic. in fact multiple low pressures with multiple weather fronts, and that can only mean one thing — very changeable and windy weather at times, we will have to get the wet weather gear out once again. so here's a summary — thursday predominantly dry, at times damp weather for halloween, and then friday into the weekend, it's all change. a big low and outbreaks of rain and wind. bye— bye.

good morning. welcome to breakfast with dan walker and louise minchin in westminster. 0ur headlines today: a christmas vote on the cards as mps approve the first december general election for almost 100 years. there is only one way to restore the esteem in which our democracy is held and to recover the respect in which parliament should be held by the people of this country and that is finally to offer ourselves to the judgement of the people of this country.