in uk 56 would harm the intelligence relationship between london and washington. the i newspaper leads with a study from oxford university which says the uk's news sugar tax has "revolutionised" the industry — cutting the amount of sugar in soft drinks byjust over a quarter. charities are subsequently calling for the levy to be extended to other products. and finally in forbes, a report on a very ambitious billionaire from japan. ambitious for a few reasons — one, he wants to go to the moon in a spacex rocket. two, he wants a ‘single woman‘ to go with him, and has put out an advert to find his dream space travel companion. with me is kulveer ranger, vice—president of strategy and communication at atos. we will get to the moon at the end of this. we have talked about this before, you said you were up to

going to space. absolutely, although having now started a young family it may change the dynamic somewhat, but we will get to this but the 2020s will be the era of space travel. we will get to this but the 2020s will be the era of space travelli would agree with that. the daily mirror, other papers i am sure," palace fears meghan tell all interview", quite a few have gone with his headline including the telegraph and others. this is something that their friend and journalist tom bradbury implied might happen in the sunday times, in an interview. today will be a historic day for the royal family. this is a moment in time where they have to decide what they want to be going forward. the royalfamily, yes it is the british royal family, going forward. the royalfamily, yes it is the british royalfamily, but it is the british royalfamily, but it is the british royalfamily, but it isa it is the british royalfamily, but it is a global institution. it is looked at across the world, it represents not just looked at across the world, it represents notjust the british people, the commonwealth, but it talks to centuries of tradition, and

is hugely respected, especially with queen elizabeth ii, who has rained through so many challenges, and has demonstrated public life, service and institution that has served itself so well through all kind of issues. at this point, yes things change, things always change, and meghan markle joining the royal family, it seems only a few years ago we were all celebrating this, it was the view that the royal family was the view that the royal family was modernising they welcome this new person into their arms. and they are still modernising, perhaps? will this week prove that?” are still modernising, perhaps? will this week prove that? i don't think this week prove that? i don't think this week prove that? i don't think this week will prove it, it will challenge them though, because there is modernisation and then there is evolution. the royal family is modernisation and then there is evolution. the royalfamily was gradually being evolving over centuries, and i think this is what they were trying to do. this feels like a more rush, more accelerated, a more aggressive type of evolution, thatis a more aggressive type of evolution, that is being inflicted upon the royal family by a new entrant. now

they need to adapt to that, let's be clear, because the world changes. it will be seismic in terms of how does the queen, prince charles, prince william, this is the line of queen and kings that are coming, deal with this situation? in terms of what the press a re this situation? in terms of what the press are discussing today, many of them are discussing this possibility ofa them are discussing this possibility of a "tell all interview", maybe in the us on television, et cetera, and the us on television, et cetera, and the mirror is calling it the nuclear option if crunch talks fail. is this some thing that could be part of the discussion if we don't get what we want? there are two things i will say. decorum — the royalfamily is about decorum and etiquette. this type of gossip, to look at all kind of interview that will tell all, dirty linen, it is not the british way and it probably says something about the new entrant into the royal family. maybe, maybe not. it could be nothing to do with what she had

said. there has been stuff like this seeping out since her arriving on the scene. that is one thing. it also that is the kind of negotiating to it, and again, how will the royal family react? to be honest, although we have heard that the queen is upset, and has been challenged by this, we do here that she wants to a resolution and move on and accommodate the changes that the young royals are looking for. do you think the media has been unfair to meghan, as many have said, for example the daily mirror points out that they have a picture of her on the front page and they say" palace fears meghan tell all interview." but if —— fears meghan tell all interview." but if -- if fears meghan tell all interview." but if —— if it is harry and meghan doing the interview, why have they singled her out? sure, but why is this coming out anyway? tom bradley isa this coming out anyway? tom bradley is a friend of theirs, why is it being leaked out? there is no smoke without fire. he has been quite close to prince harry and meghan, interviewed them for the show and everything else, there is no smoke

without fire, both sides can look at this and claimed that they are being misrepresented. but don't use the media as your vehicle to discuss this. i think the royalfamily has not for decades, i think yes, there is evolution going on, but the new royals have to be careful about what they are trying to change. so many of you have been in touch about this quy of you have been in touch about this guv by of you have been in touch about this guy by the way, hashtag #bbcthebriefing, you tell us what you think about this. talking about dissension in the ranks, sussexes', talking about the catholic church and pope francis looking and discussing the possibility of in certain parts of catholic church, in certain parts of catholic church, in certain parts of the world... the amazon, to be precise. the possibility of priest being part of the catholic church you are married. this is not going down well with his predecessors. why would we expected to? a fundamental tenet of the catholic church, priests in terms of

the church are meant to be married to god, and therefore wives and families are meant to be a distraction, that is what has been a fundamental pillar of the church. if thatis fundamental pillar of the church. if that is being considered, if it is being reviewed by pope francis, well, pope benedict who retired due to ill health, is now 92, said, you know... he said he would be "hidden from the world", therefore it is unprecedented that this pope would step down and retire as he did, but he sees this change as being a step too far, or even the consideration of this change. let's get to the issue, as you mentioned, the church issue, as you mentioned, the church is looking at whether it should ordain priests, older men who may have families or partners in south america, in the amazon, because they don't have enough people become priests. so there is a challenge for the church in terms of how does it continue in this world, but does not open the door, if it can be done in the amazon, doesn't open the door to other parts of the world. watch this

space! a huge change for another institution. the financialtimes front page, andrew parker, head of mis front page, andrew parker, head of mi5 are saying he has no reason to think uk's intelligence sharing relationship with the us would be compromised if written adopted huawei tack in 56. what is it? —— if written adopted huawei technology in sg. -- if the uk. there is a difference between having technological infrastructure that incorporates huawei technology... these two things may have a slight overla p these two things may have a slight overlap but it may not be that significant. the other thing is, has the ship sailed? we are reading also reading in this piece in the ft that four of the uk mobile phone networks that have launched 56 are using huawei equipment already. as the story moved on, i went into a different area anyway, we all anticipating sg different area anyway, we all anticipating 56 and the networks have been built. we will move over

to the sweet success of the sugar tax, which is really interesting story which i will share later via social media, because i want to talk about japanese billionaire with the ambition to go to the moon and back, and he is asking a single woman to go with him, someone over the age of... 20 and single. i cannot be counted in that, unfortunately. the two points i would make here, apart from thai memorial, romantics have saidi from thai memorial, romantics have said i will give you the moves and —— when the stars, man actually will do it. in 2020, this flight is due to happen in 2023, sally and you may be broadcasting from somewhere...” am wondering if this is a whole new

reality tv show. space travel, space commuting. but the other thing is the impact of billionaires. elon musk is the man building this rocket, this japanese man is a first person who has bought a ticket, the era of billionaires, space travel, richard branson, space travel, geoff bez ‘s, there is a reality tv element as well, we can all be committing to the moon. —— jeff bezos. thank you for your company and your many comments about the future role for harry and meghan. #bbcthebriefing, i will see you very soon, if not, have a good day.

hello. sunday was a pleasant day across many parts of the british isles. a number of rainbows, this one across dartmoor for a time, through the afternoon. but things are going to change really radically. start of the week, very windy, really very wet indeed for a time. the weather coming in from the west to south—west for the greater part of the week so it will be mild though it won't seem like that to start the new day on monday. not many of you scraping the windscreens. temperatures in the range of one to about six, but the reason for the change, a very deep area of low pressure. central pressure around about 940 millibars — that is very deep indeed and that means a lot of wind and that is the first thing you will notice about monday and increasingly through the day out west, through northern ireland, and then increasingly towards the estern side of scotland, through wales, down into the south—west of england. very wet weather indeed. it takes time before we see that rain over towards the east. a bit of brightness here. you will lose it slowly. 10 degrees or so but it is

the strength of the wind that we have to concentrate on. as much as 65 mph out through the irish sea. maybe 70mph up the estern side of the british isles. 45mph increasing to 70mph. and look at this, before the day is done, we could record a gust of wind to 85mph, so that's going to be hugely disruptive to travel plans and it is the sort of day where you might lose the power if a tree comes down in the wrong place. that rain pours away, the low pressure is still there or thereabouts. the wind incessant across the northern part of the british isles through the night. and then here we are on tuesday, a dry enough start for many. showers across the west of scotland. and then another pulse of mild air, bringing rain up and across a good part of england and wales and northern ireland. as it runs into the cooler air, some hill snow for scotland but notice, 13—14 degrees but again a gusty wind — 50—60mph. we could do with a break by this stage and it comes in the form of wednesday. yes, the wind is still a feature. really squally showers across northern and north—western parts of scotland but, once the rain is away from the south—east, it is a quieter day and a drier day as well, with some sunshine and feeling just that tad fresher.

but the thing you will be really pleased about is that the wind will have eased at least for a time, because here we go again on thursday. new set of weather fronts. isobars squeezing up. the wind coming in from the south this time. still plenty of it and some really quite heavy rain, flirting with the western side of the british isles. and then through the day, gradually pulses of rain spreading just that little bit further towards the east. and it is as far ahead as friday before we see the first signs of a little ridge of high pressure moving in from the atlantic to quieten things down.

good morning. welcome to breakfast with dan walker and louise minchin. 0ur headlines today: summoned to sandringham: prince harry prepares to meet the queen, prince of wales and the duke of cambridge to discuss his and meghan's plans to step back from royal life. spewing lava: the authorities in the philippines warn that a hazardous eruption from the taal volcano is possible within hours. new year, new startup. a record number of new businesses were started last year according to official figures. so we'll hear from those who've taken the plunge and have tips on what to do if you're thinking about it.