it could take 60 years to close the disparity under current plans. the mirror has gone totally green in an special issue of the paper dedicated to climate change. on the front page, the paper asks on behalf of new born babies if there will be a world healthy enough for them to grow up in. and finally the mail, the duke and duchess of sussex will notjoin the royal family for christmas at sandringham according to buckingham palace. a spokesman revealed they will instead spend the festive season with meghan‘s mother doria ragland and their baby son, archie. so let's begin. with me is rebecca harding who's ceo and founder of coriolis tech. let's get started. many in the media are discussing the comments of donald mack —— donald tusk and the

timing of his comments on whether he should be meddling in british politics. this is a measure of the type of election campaign we are seeing. there are a lot of outside countries that feel like they should have something to say, and we had donald trump ten days ago and now donald trump ten days ago and now donald —— donald tusk. maybe it is a donald —— donald tusk. maybe it is a donald thing. donald tusk is trying to say there is something the british can do but actually if you look at the tone of what he's saying, brexit has been a main thing within his role at the eu. a thorn in his side. yes, but he's also very emotional about a couple of years ago he talked about dreaming and hoping that the uk wouldn't leave so a lot of his statements are valedictory statements that say, uk's role will change as a result of brexit so it's more a reflection on his time, i can. it is a reflection

on his time, he's been extremely vocal and said quite controversial comments prior to this one about brexit. do you think it is a big issue at all when the likes of donald tusk, donald trump and others seemingly weighed in in the run—up toa uk seemingly weighed in in the run—up to a uk election when actually, these political leaders from other countries shouldn't really. it's a breach of diplomatic protocol certainly. there are a lot of people saying, really, foreign leaders should follow the diplomatic procedure which is don't interfere in an election and i think the trouble is, for europe, the stakes are very high but they are very high for donald trump as well. not because the uk necessarily is that important to him butjust because he feels like he needs to keep that economic nationalist populist sentiment going because that's

surely not, make america great again, so you got both sides of the argument here. it is reaching diplomatic protocols but we are going to see a lot of the time afraid. it would seem so. the normal laws of engagement on it in place for this election. the daily telegraph, tories r4 nigel farage's 11th hour deal. lots of wheeling and dealing different parties and different arrangements. the various parties feel they will get the best outcome possible on december 12. this again is all about brexit. whatever anybody else is saying about the nhs and gender pay and anything else that they might be campaigning for, this election is about brexit and getting brexit on. that's obviously the prime minister ‘s brays. this is about the mentorship to make sure there is a majority for a harder brexit in the uk parliament. again, we're going to see a lot of this workmanship. we sought a couple of weeks ago with

the donald trump nigel farage interview. how the parliamentary arithmetic works out so what nigel farage is trying to do is to make sure he keeps his foot in the door because obviously the tories want to say, we are the party of brexit. the liberal democrats, labour, others. today, we are expecting the election battleground will move to immigration. relief those impacted in flooding, it's been about the nhs and climate change. that was the big headline but if we move onto the independent,, labour headline but if we move onto the independent, , labour putting headline but if we move onto the independent,, labour putting their sta ke independent,, labour putting their stake in the ground, we could close that gap by 2030, and enable it to happen. what do you think about that

idea. so the equal pay act was 1917. that is nearly 50 years ago. we still don't have equal pay. if you look at the office for national statistics across the whole labour force, the gap is nearly 18%. it's 10% the people in full—time employment. that gap is still there, it's not gone down that much. and evenif it's not gone down that much. and even if it does do it in 30 years, it would be 80 years. to what extent will government policy enable that gap? if they make it law, for smaller companies to be transparent, so smaller companies to be transparent, so the transparency issue is one thing but you're going to see huge demographic changes. a younger generation coming through. this is not acceptable. men want to take

time—out to look after the children as much as women do. a means they have the same structural problems, the pay differentials will close anyway. we shall watch this space. i hope i'm not talking about this to the end of my career. i wonder if it will get resolved. the daily mail, an interesting day for them. sorry, the daily mirror. they have dedicated pretty much the entire paper today to lots of issues with regards to climate change. in this photo, he is just regards to climate change. in this photo, he isjust hours regards to climate change. in this photo, he is just hours old. regards to climate change. in this photo, he isjust hours old. what hope is this child got?” photo, he isjust hours old. what hope is this child got? i think this is really interesting. it's picking up is really interesting. it's picking up on is really interesting. it's picking upona is really interesting. it's picking up on a new is really interesting. it's picking up on a new type of populism. we are seeing this very clearly. there is a backlash now. it's against this highly nationalistic and

protectionist type of populism we've had. it's obviously the climate change movement and so on but what these people are saying is, we've got to put this mainstream. these kids won't have a planet when they are older. that is the message from extinction rebellion. we got to take this on board right now. we can't afford to wait. i think we're going to see more and more of this. if you look at conversations happening in business, it's all about how we actually change the language and create almost a market for all of this because the problem has been, it's been very woolly. the conversation has been very woolly. venice floods, floods in yorkshire. we are seeing it and we can touch and feel it. the daily mirror,

pretty much the whole paper has got lots of issues and ideas. it's got 20,000 free trees you can give away, all sorts of ideas to help the planet. now onto the daily mail. lots of analysis and discussion with harry and meghan. lots of analysis and discussion with harry and meghanlj lots of analysis and discussion with harry and meghan. i think this is a modern family, we are a global family, relatives abroad, we have relatives all over the place. family, relatives abroad, we have relatives all over the placelj mean, it's relatives all over the placelj mean, its modern. it's been going on for years and years. in—laws one year, outlaws the next. i have a very complicated situation. i have a globalfamily. i've very complicated situation. i have a global family. i've got the potential of christmas or new year. another one in germany, it's very complicated. i am another one in germany, it's very

complicated. iam hosting another one in germany, it's very complicated. i am hosting a german family, i will be. does that mean it's the job family, i will be. does that mean it's thejob day before? family, i will be. does that mean it's the job day before? we're going to them at christmas with the 25th of december english christmas dinner. turkey? turkey. turkey and all the trimmings. all the trimmings. many viewers have been in touch about this and have been giving us your take on this. why is there a problem with harry and meghan? i don't think there is anyone talking about there being a bomb. the queen perhaps didn't really know about the arrangements until recently. that is the briefing for today. i will see you very soon.

hello. wednesday started decently enough across the south—west of england and south wales and then came a mix of rain or snow, just depending on elevation. to keep decent weather, you had to be a good dealfurther away towards the east and it was a drier and finer day than we've seen of late, but there is no escaping the fact the system that has brought that combination of wet and, at times, wintry fare into that south—western quarter is going to be a player more widely across the southern half of britain during the course of thursday. really quite wet for the commute across the southern counties of england. come the afternoon, we'lljust be pushing the eastern portion of the front with some significant rainfall up towards those flood—affected areas and if you don't happen to see it during daylight hours, given the fact that this system is going to move a little bit further north, you might get it during the evening on what will have been another single—figure temperature day right across the piste. there's more sunshine to be had across scotland and northern ireland with a few showers, but it won't make an awful lot of difference. here we are into the wee small hours of friday, that frontal system tending to fracture a little bit, but each individual pulse of rain

i'm showing there could be really quite heavy and unwelcome rain at that of course into the flood—affected areas, on what is going to be another fairly cool night and a fairly cool start to friday. still dominated by the big area of low pressure which is sitting across us and, indeed, much of central and western europe and the onshore flow from the north sea, moisture—laden airs and there's still bits and pieces of rain to be had quite widely across england and wales, but not with the same sort of intensity that we might have seen on thursday. scotland and northern ireland seeing the very best of the sunshine, the north of scotland still picking up on one or two showers, each in their own right could be wintry across the higher ground. and what news of the weekend? not a great deal changes, i'm afraid. there's not a great deal of intensity about the rain i'm just about to speak of, but that set—up for saturday is very similar to friday, still the big area of low pressure, still the moisture—laden airs on its northern flank, feeding cloud and bits and pieces of rain into particularly eastern parts of both scotland and england. separate weather front eventually closes on the western isles. in between, bits and pieces

of sunshine perhaps to the western side of wales, down into the south—west of england, up towards the solway, could be favoured and we mayjust about find a degree on the temperatures. i've changed the day, the story's the same. 0k, we're going to bring that front of scotland with some snow on the high ground, but further south, sunshine in really short supply. and i'm afraid it is going to be one of those weekends.

good morning. welcome to breakfast, with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. 0ur headlines today: the pressure is on. the army prepares fresh defences for flood—hit parts of south yorkshire as more heavy rain is forecast across the uk. the mayor of venice warns that the city is on its knees after the worst flooding there for more than 50 years. "don't give up on stopping brexit". donald tusk, the outgoing president of the european council, sends a message to british voters. raheem sterling will be a notable absentee as england play their 1,000th match tonight. it has been 146 years, with one trophy and plenty of tears.