a couples‘ therapist turned counsellor for colleagues features in the i paper. why more workplaces could benefit from help usually given to people in rocky romantic relationships. and finally, is simply having a desk at home the key to getting your child to go to university? the findings of a surprising study feature on bbc news online. with me isjonathan charles, from the european bank for reconstruction and development. global times, really important to say this is a state—controlled newspaper saying what it thinks about the protests that have been going on for more than five months. the editor by the way of global times, a state—controlled newspaper in china is one of the most hardline people in hong kong, he himself has called for live ammunition to be used in hong kong, so this story is

saying the central government in china is sending a strong signal over ending violence in hong kong, they spend a lot of time talking about president xi jinping's comments which were on state television as well over the weekend in which he says this cannot go on, this violence and disorder has to be brought to an end. i was in china only last week, i came back on thursday evening. it is very clear that this is on the mind of the chinese, using a lot written about in china, a lot still saying that this is being fostered by outside forces, the united kingdom, the us staring up things in hong kong. one thing that i thought when i came backis thing that i thought when i came back is that more and more the chinese authorities except that they cannot use force to resolve this, they have to leave it to the hong kong authorities, there is not a question of sending in the chinese military because this will play very badly internationally. and also on their mind, the priority for the chinese right now is sorting out the trade dispute with the us, especially as they feel is getting

closer. they know that if they have military action in hong kong, the matter is likely to bring all sorts of tougher sanctions from the new united states and may well make it impossible to make that trade stand—off be resolved. impossible to make that trade stand-off be resolved. it is interesting when you say that how times have changed, how china has been adjusting, as much as they may not like to admit it, you roll the clock back to tiananmen square... china is a different place. one thing i always think every time i go to china, they are immensely clever, they very quickly as a government, and they know as well that there are certain parameters internationally to what they can do, they might want to what they can do, they might want to do some things but they know they just cannot do it. so i think in this case they are prepared at the moment to allow the hong kong authorities to play this out. they are probably reassured by the fact that the biggest worry originally, when hong kong exploded, was that

this would leak into mainland china and there would be protest elsewhere on other issues, but has not happened in mainland china, so at the moment they are happy to try and contain it within hong kong and hope it plays out the right way. they don't have a solution, wonder they know would guarantee success, so better to let it buy out right now, for all the tough talk, that is their position. interesting, the times has the duke of york's interview with emily maitlis, explosive interview, it is all over the front pages in the uk, she gives an account of what it was like to go to buckingham palace and interview him on such a difficult subject, asking a member of the royalfamily about your relationship with a convicted sex offender and whether he had sex with an underage girl... incredibly tough interview for emily to do, incredibly difficult interview for the duke of york, and here we are on day four of bad

publicity for the duke of york over this interview. the headline in the times, car crash television, there is great peace in their by dickie arbiter, i worked with him many, many years ago, he says it was not just a car crash it was a full articulated lorry crash. anyone watching this interview, the prince did not see —— seem that co mforta ble, did not see —— seem that comfortable, he did not seem well—prepared, comfortable, he did not seem well—prepa red, and there comfortable, he did not seem well—prepared, and there has been this discussion about whether his communications had resigned —— resigned some months ago or weeks ago because he did not like the idea of this interview. normally if i think about some of the big interviews i did when i was a journalist, you expect the interviewee who is putting themselves up in these difficult circumstances to be incredibly well—prepared. circumstances to be incredibly well-prepared. rehearsed answers, absolutely. they would have done a mock interview, someone would have come in and said this is how it is going to unfold, don't say that, say this, the duke to me is not a

natural television performer, prince andrew is not a natural television performer, and he looked stiff and he did not say one thing everyone wa nted he did not say one thing everyone wanted him to say, which is that he has sympathy for the victims. that isa has sympathy for the victims. that is a point that many have gone over since the weekend, that he just didn't show any sort of sympathy or empathy with those who are, you know, fighting a case in the united states. the interesting thing as well, this interview had to be blessed by the queen, it did not ta ke blessed by the queen, it did not take place until the queen gave her permission, emily maitlis makes it quite clear in the peace in the times. the royal family, quite clear in the peace in the times. the royalfamily, do you put yourself up for an hour—long grilling, if you are a royal family, argument to be above that? that is the question, not only was he trying to be above the fray, he said something like he did not notice the people in geoffrey epstein‘s

mansion, because you don't talk to staff. this all sounds odd, it might seem reasonable if you are a royal, but the reason you don't put yourself up for these interviews, is that your life, things that seem reasonable to you, not reasonable to the audience at all. absolutely. fascinating piece of television but i expect this bad publicity will continue. let's move on to the telegraph, online videos train migrants how to hide in sealed lorries. this is astonishing, when you read the detail in this article, given what we have seen in the uk, lorries arriving with dad bodies... refrigerated trucks, that is the thing, people being put into refrigerated trucks where they are likely to suffer from hypothermia. people think that they will not be judged in the same ways... people traffickers are advertising their services on platforms such as youtube. one of the big questions

raised is are the social media platforms doing enough, should they not be removing videos like this which are, as you say, a way of advertising people smuggling activities, and are actually in credit we there is no safe way to in refrigerated truck, when the temperature goes that low after a certain amount of time, you are likely to die. and what these videos are saying is that there is a way of surviving, you can hide in the trucks and do all of this. it is quite serious and the authorities do need to talk of the social media platforms, because as long as people believe there is a safe way to be smuggled into the united kingdom or across any other border by refrigerated truck or our truck, they will try it, and that is clearly with disastrous consequences as we have seen recently with many migrants dying stop once again, i love this story. as the parole,

releasing this new podcast, who has helped couples get back into the lab zone. how does that help us in the workplace? —— esther perel. zone. how does that help us in the workplace? -- esther perel. there is a parallel between the relationship between a couple and the relationship in a workplace. and thatis relationship in a workplace. and that is because you are spending many, that is because you are spending any that is because you are spending many, many hours, as we often say to my team, we spend more time at work together than we do awake with our families at home. and therefore it is very important that that relationship works. so she is saying, there are issues in the workplace that i like couples, the sort of frictions that often happen between couples. conflicts, tension... misunderstandings, one person says something, seething resentment, i don't know what sort of relationship you are talking about. all these things, i love these things, getting to know you,

things to ask your team. what has been on your mind lately? tell me about your time you change your mind... are you a forgive or i forget? it means we have to talk to each other. getting up close and personal. that is the nature of the modern workplace, we do not work in factories. in japan, modern workplace, we do not work in factories. injapan, in the uk... a lot of people would have a lot of discomfort having these conversations in the workplace. i will look into this more, i will watch her ted talk. thank you for being on the briefing today. we did not get a chance to talk about the good grades, a desk at home, i have tweeted about it and so have you, so take a look and get involved. have a good day.

hello there. i think we've got a couple of drier days coming up. some sunshine, but some cold mornings on the way as well. that said, we've still got a legacy of cloudy weather for east anglia and south—east england over the next few hours. a few mist and fog patches, a few patches of drizzle. skies clearing further north, we've already seen temperatures fall well, well below freezing and a sharp and widespread frost across the northern half of the country with showers running in across northern scotland here. the added risk of some icy surfaces to take us into monday. but for monday, it's this ridge of high pressure that keeps low pressure at bay to our west and to our east, and that means it should be a fine and dry day for the vast majority of us. now, it might be quite cloudy across the extreme east of england for a time, but for most of us, after that cold and locally frosty start to the day, we're looking at dry and sunny weather. showers for the north—east of scotland, a few running down our north sea coast of england. after that bitterly cold start to the day in the scottish capital, temperatures here only reach around 2 degrees through the afternoon,

so it is going to be a cold one for sure. and if anything, monday night, the frost gets more widespread and more intense. some of the sheltered glens in scotland could potentially see temperatures getting down as low as —10 degrees celsius. if that happens, that would be the coldest night of the autumn. now, looking at the weather picture into the middle part of the week, high pressure initially stays with us. but, increasingly, we'll see this low pressure try to make inroads off the atlantic, and that's going to be bringing rain or showers to western areas. but that said, i don't think the rain's going to be as troublesome as it has been for much of this autumn. now, we could have some lingering mist and fog patches to start off tuesday. otherwise, cold and frosty. we'll start to see this band of rain working in across northern ireland, maybe getting into western fringes of wales and perhaps into the extreme west of cornwall as well. but for most, it's another dry day — dry, yes, but still pretty chilly. temperatures, 4 in edinburgh, 4 in hull and a 7 the top temperature in london. heading into wednesday, the rain makes further inroads. so, a better chance of seeing some rain return to wales and south—west england, the rain turning heavier later in the day

to northern ireland. with more of a south—easterly breeze blowing through the day, we're going to start to see temperatures lifting by a few degrees. so, highs getting up to around 8 or 9 degrees in london and cardiff, around 8 degrees or so in aberdeen and a 10 for belfast. so, over the next few days, any rain is not likely to be as heavy or persistent as we've seen so often this autumn. cold nights to watch out for, a few fog patches, but it does turn a bit milder later in the week. that's your weather.

good morning, welcome to breakfast with dan walker and louise minchin. our headlines today: prince andrew faces calls to apologise to the victims of sex offenderjeffrey epstein. a night of fiery clashes in hong kong, as protesters try to stop police storming a university campus. pitching for the business vote — from apprenticeships to brexit — party leaders look to persuade britain's bosses that they are best placed to run the country. england wrap up their euro 2020 qualifiers with a dominant 4—0 victory over kosovo. they're now one of the top seeds for next summer's tournament.