and finally "pet sounds" is no longerjust the title of a famous beach boys album but the latest offering from online music streaming giant spotity who are now generating playlists for your dog and cat. —— giant spotify who are now generating playlists for your dog and cat. the new service is intended to soothe and calm lonely animals at home while also helping to alleviate stress. that's on the verge news site. i have both a cut and a dog so i will look into that in more detail. so let's begin, with me is cornelia meyer who's ceo of mrl corporation, a business consultancy. let's start with the new york times‘s historic analysis of this historic moment. it times's historic analysis of this historic moment. it is historic and the analysis is obviously split right down the middle along party lines. the democrats say, you know, he has exerted undue influence over ukraine in order to get information about biden and hunter biden, his

son. and whether they are corrupt or not. and obviously the democrats feel strongly and have gone... to congress and the lower house is run by and has a majority of democrats. it is going to go ahead. they've much to the articles of impeachment across and is now in the senate. much to the articles of impeachment across and is now in the senatem took some time. there was a lot of p°mp took some time. there was a lot of pomp and ceremony but the question now is how damaging is this to the presidents and that is what the new york times is really focusing on isn't it? it says that if the process could damage the president but actually, he is likely to be acquitted because the senate is republican—controlled. acquitted because the senate is republican-controlled. and the republicans have come out and if you listen yesterday to some of the republican senators. they come out really on side of the president and yes, it would be damaging but it would be damaging rob of the to the

people who wouldn't vote for him. the country is so divided and his base will probably take, it doesn't and he's not going to be impeached in the end will take that as exoneration as will he. indeed, and they are saying that that is the way they are saying that that is the way they will turn this around in the run—up to the election at the end of the year. he will say it is a witch—hunt and this is a demonstration that the democrats are wasting public money and time. do you remember that line, drain the swamp which is what he is reiterating ahead of the election year. i remember that but i also remember nancy pelosi the leader of the house wasn't too gung ho initially to go for impeachment precisely for that reason. so there is all to play for but it starts next week. the independent has a photograph of the russian president putin. putin's greatest powerplay yet, it is quite

extraordinary isn't it. the detail in this article. he's giving more, he sucked his cabinet had been told to resign. he's going give more power to parliaments to appoint the prime minister because right now it is the president who appoints the prime minister. he is going to give the state council of which he is the head more power. and it is not necessarily a bad thing because the state council also has the regional governments in there. so he is taking power away from the president and shifting it over to other entities which will enable him... oversee and be in charge of. which will enable him at once he stepped down to retain power. he will still be the power behind the throne but i was actually surprised at how it unfolded. i have, eversince was actually surprised at how it unfolded. i have, ever since he was a lack did for this time, the second

term, i said to myself, ok, what will he do because he's not the sort of person who will step down. or ta ke of person who will step down. or take a backseat. let's have a look at the singapore straits times and its take on the signing of phase i of the trade deal. we've already discussed this. four countries and economies around china depending on which ones they have had comments had very different effects on them. for some of them, it has had huge effects like who trades a lot with china. it is a huge effects for japan trades a lot with china. it is a huge effects forjapan and some countries but for other countries it has had positive effects because like vietnam, some of the manufacturing base has switched and we could argue that this would have happened anyway as chinese wages increased, some of the supply chains would have gone for lower wage countries. it has shifted but as we discussed earlier and this article actually makes the point too that it

is the first step in a two pronged process but it doesn't address some of the structural issues like the for instance, the state subsidies to certain countries and the technology play that comes with it. for instance, the huawei debate. absolutely and that debate will continue for some time. and is not the end of the trade war. as your correspondence said and as we all know. as we all know. let's have a look at the times, judges take star roles as tv cameras will be moving into criminal courts. at the moment in the uk, we don't have cameras in our court rooms. we all remember properly those who were around at the time the trial of o.j. simpson in the united states and what a huge television event that became. since then, there has been a lot of debate in many countries in

the world and certainly in the uk, about whether cameras should be allowed in courtrooms not.|j about whether cameras should be allowed in courtrooms not. i think we have lord burnett, who is the lord chiefjustice who says this will be a good thing to help explain thejudicial will be a good thing to help explain the judicial system. will be a good thing to help explain thejudicial system. i'm will be a good thing to help explain thejudicialsystem. i'm not will be a good thing to help explain thejudicial system. i'm not sure this is the right way to go because i remember the o.j. this is the right way to go because i rememberthe o.j. simpson this is the right way to go because i remember the o.j. simpson trial as well and that was just a huge circus and do we really want such a huge circus on top of that... these people, until you are convicted, you are innocent until proven guilty so what will that do to the reputation of people. it still sounds like it will be very strict, the rules about what is and isn't on—screen if cameras do go into criminal courts, which they will be doing. it will just be a single shot on the judge mainly. you're not going to have multiple cameras in the courtroom where you see defence, prosecution, the one standing trial et cetera.

however, it will be turned into a circus because we will have a new category of journalist, circus because we will have a new category ofjournalist, the court reporter. we already have that to be fair. we have them but i think it will take a new dimension. it will ta ke will take a new dimension. it will take a totally new dimension. it will sensationalise some trials i'm sure. we shall see. the jury is out on that one. let's have a look at the verge, spot if i will make a playlist for your cat, bird, iguana, whatever it may be. at home alone cornelia, they need their own little playlist. what do you think? that is typically a first world problem. absolutely, i agree with you on that. if you go to developing countries, maybe you have the problem of feeding your populations and putting in infrastructure. i would like to have three dobermans but my imaginary dobermans. three

scary dobermans surrounding year.- protect me. i have a cat and a dog asi protect me. i have a cat and a dog as i say and i have to say i never put music on the television on for my pets when i'm out but i do know people who do. quite a few people do leave music for their pets because they like conversation may be. there are going to be pod casts as well. at pod casts. you know, it is a new business and a whole new world. statistically, in the first well, as you say, it is a first world problem, we spend a lot more on our pats than on many other things. in fa ct, pats than on many other things. in fact, some pet owners are happy to go without themselves but not the pats, the pet must not go without. i wa nt to pats, the pet must not go without. i want to ask your opinion on one of oui’ want to ask your opinion on one of our top business stories today. this news about smartphone use in 2019 and all this data that has come through, how much time do you spend on yours sleeping on a daily basis? iam spending on yours sleeping on a daily basis? i am spending too much time on it because with what you and i do, we need to be continuously connected

but i have started to have... over christmas, i had a week off the phone. you detoxed? i did. did you suffer separation anxiety? absolutely not, i was busy cooking for a load of people. that you go, sounds great. thank you so much for being with us at the briefing today. i wanted to mention if you other comments from you in regards to that story in how addicted are you. we heard from chris thompson on twitter, that his his favourite because it keeps him informed and up—to—the—minute with news and whatnot. marilyn says, zero and nine and i'm very happy and have a real life. thank you very much. so marilyn, you're not on your smartphone at all. and finally, we have got british teabags, that is the twitter handle, he says i use the twitter handle, he says i use the top up and something called zello. i'm not heard of that one. we will see you soon.

hello there. we saw a brief window of fine weather for wednesday. many of us stay dry with some sunshine. but it's all change. the next area of low pressure moving in for thursday, bringing another spell of wet and windy weather to our shores. you can see here showing up on the pressure chart, moving up from the south—west, the isobars closer together across the board, but particularly across western areas. so it'll be a wet start from the word go across northern ireland, scotland, some snow on the hills, and then the rain will pile into many southern and western areas through the day, largely working their way eastward so we should stay dry in the east until after dark. gale force winds for many, 40—50 mph gusts, in excess of 60 mph across the south—west, so very blustery. fairly mild in the south, still single figure values across the north. that low pressure moves northwards, taking the wet and windy weather with it during thursday night. into friday we've got fewer isobars on the charts, and a couple of weather fronts which will tend to enhance shower activity in band form. so we'll see a few showers clustered together across parts of scotland, northern ireland, some wintriness over the hills, a couple of showers as well

into england and wales, which will tend to move from west to east. but some good spells of sunshine in between. you will notice the temperatures, though, with all the air mass changing, single figure values for most, just about 10 degrees across the south—east. so into the weekend it will be colder but with high pressure establishing itself it should turn a bit drier, with good spells of sunshine, but at night it will be cold, we return to some overnight frost. you can see this area of high pressure clearly establishing itself across the uk during saturday and it's with us as well into sunday and into the start of next week too. mind you, we still have low pressure close to the north of the uk, so still windy across scotland. further heavy showers across here, maybe hail, some snow in the hills, maybe just one or two showers, moving through the cheshire gap, for example, but they should tend to ease down into the afternoon, with increasing amounts of sunshine for many. but it will be a colder day,

with temperatures in single figure values for most of us. and it's going to a cold night, saturday night, you can see the blue hue developing right across the board, a widespread frost with a risk of some fog or even freezing fog patches, perhaps a little bit of ice where we've had the showers through the day. so sunday starts off cold and frosty, but it looks like we should tend to lose those strong winds from the north of the country. for many of us here winds will be light. where fog holds on it will be cold, but for many of us we should see the sunshine, a very pleasant day in store. something a little bit milderjust getting into the north—west corner of the country, but for most of us we're in around the mid single digits.

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