many covering the hottest start to a year on record, yes last month was the hottest january ever in 114 years of record keeping. still plenty of coronavirus coverage in the media — here the guardian focuses on the latest known infection in the uk — and the fall out from the victim taking an uber to the hospital in contrary to official advice. and finally, would you say yes, if your lover proposed with a £1 engagament ring? well, there are 40,000 people who could answer that question after record sales at budget retailer poundland. will get into that one just a moment. so let's begin with me isjoel kibazo, partner atjk associates who's a former director of communications at africa development bank good to see you as ever. let's

start with this news in the financial times and many of the papers here in the uk, changes to the prime minister ‘s top team, including any right—hand mount, a surprise change for thejob of mount, a surprise change for the job of chancellor. surprise yes but in some ways no because in some ways this has been coming. the disagreement is when sajid javid who was the chancellor of the exchequer, the finance minister. there are had already been a clash about advisors from the prime minister's chief adviser who thought everything should be controlled by the prime minister ‘s office which is at 10 downing street. i think in some ways this was coming. whether this was going to be the moment, but i think it proved that sajid javid decided this was it, he wasn't going to accept powers being taken from the treasury into the prime minister ‘s orbit and so i think he decided that this was it. i think the quote he said was, i don't believe any

self—respecting minister would accept such conditions. so i don't know what that says about his replacements who used to be his replacements who used to be his number two. i think it is an important story because the budget is only on march the 11th. so you have a chancellor who is not even presented a budget yet in this particular government. we don't know what is actually going to happen but at least one thing we are clear on is that it is mainly going to be shaped by borisjohnson and his team rather than treasury acting on a particular ma nifesto treasury acting on a particular manifesto or acting on a particular direction. and when you look at the verdict on investment ——of investors, they seem quite positive, the pound was up. expecting this chancellor to perhaps make more in the way of infrastructure investments than they might have seen under sajid javid. and yes because sajid javid was saying that he was about balancing the books and ensuring that spending was controlled. and yet the prime minister has been talking about

all these new projects, particularly in the north in areas which voted for him for the first time stop so i think thatis the first time stop so i think that is what the market is expecting that they will be a spending boom. that is going to be good for business and suppliers so hence at the pound and the markets going up. let's ta ke let's take a look at the french paper le figaro. president macron stepping up the fight when it comes to climate change after a visit to mont blanc. that's right, he visited mont blanc which is a nice part to go to to the alps in this time of year but he was making a point here which is that the environment is really very much going to be a key to his administration. 0ne going to be a key to his administration. one of the things that he saw when he went there was that one of the glaciers had receded by eight to ten metres which is about two kilometres since 1815. that

is quite a big decline. and so he said, the environment is going to be key to the rest of his time in office and as he sta rts his time in office and as he starts to look at a bidding for a second term in office. now, there are those who think that this is just really to take the attention away from some of the challenges that he has been having with the trade unions as they tried to do pension reform in france and the other challenges that have been levelled at the governments that had to face. however, let's not forget that france was in the driving seat at cop 20, cop 21 in 2015 when levels we re 20, cop 21 in 2015 when levels were set for the industrial world in terms of emissions on climate change. actually, those haven't been met and it doesn't look like they're going to be met but all i'm saying is that france is, this is a subject very close to french hearts. they more thing he did say was

that the economic developments... environment is not in conflict with economic development. he saying that people shouldn't really think that just because people shouldn't really think thatjust because you're going to protect the environment actually go for emissions reductions, that will affect the economy. a really interesting points and i want to pick up on that as we move to pick up on that as we move to the next article which is from buzzfeed news about the world just having experienced the hottest january on record. that point you make there about whether dealing with climate change will have a negative impact on the global economy. a lots of people will look at that and think, actually, our economic growth is based on the idea of ever increasing consumption and purchasing and actually, can you combat climate change without affecting that? but i think also what a one of the things that hasn't been look at and here in this particular story, where talking about having experienced the hottest january, that's what

researchers have concluded. and so... researchers have concluded. and so...i researchers have concluded. and so... ithink researchers have concluded. and so... i think it was the hottest in 1111 yea rs so... i think it was the hottest in 1111 years when records began, i think people are should also be looking at the mitigating industries that could emerge as we try and face climate change. there is another set of production, value chain, those sectors that actually... in different ways of living that will grow because we're looking at ways in which we can control climate changes and ways in which we are going try and at least the face challenge of climate. not much is being talked about their but maybe, actually, when their but maybe, actually, when the president of france talks about not... that it isn't in conflict with economic development, that is maybe an area we should be looking up.|j suppose whenjobs area we should be looking up.|j suppose when jobs may be lost because some industries fall out of favour, otherjobs will be created. absolutely. we've

seen be created. absolutely. we've seen that any time with technology, going back 25 yea rs. we were technology, going back 25 years. we were not as wired as we we re years. we were not as wired as we were now and newjobs and new ways of doing business and acting have emerged. it has of course meant in areas like retail, we don't have the high street shops that perhaps we used to but then again, we have the ease of doing business when things just went the ease of doing business when thingsjust went on the ease of doing business when things just went on our doorstep. let's have a look at this story from the guardian. the advice seemingly ignored by this coronavirus patient who took an early bar, a cab to london hospital, potentially putting the driver at risk but also anyone who was involved in the journey as well. this is a lady who arrived in the united kingdom from china and had understood the symptoms and decided to sell present at a hospital in south—east london. it goes against all the advice

which is as soon as you know, you must call and phone the authorities and in this case and had 1—on—11. and then measures will be taken and do not go to the surgery because as we've seen, people have gone to surgeries and it is because the effect of perhaps infecting a number of other people. it went against all the advice. but the significant thing about this story is that they don't make the lady also endangered the urban driver who took her on the journey to the hospital and now uber has suspended the driver and it raises questions about how is the driver to know. secondly, in this gig economy, what happens to the driverfor economy, what happens to the driver for the next two weeks, where do they get their income, who pays them? . all very good points and just what we've got time. on the website, poundland

cells 40,000 engagement rings at £1 each. pragmatic response to the over commercialisation of love being a bit stingy? what do you think? ijust think, i'm so happy i don't have to worry about this kind of thing anymore. and i certainly know what my wife would have said if i gave her a £1 ring. it shows you that maybe this so—called placeholder economy is something that has emerged. 0ne of the things i thought was really interesting, apart from the ring that was so cheap was that marks and spencer's has brought back its heart shaped love sausages and we also have a love cucumber. a love cucumber and a love sausages, what a note to and on. thank you very much john. what a note to and on. thank you very muchjohn. however you're celebrating valentine's day, have a good one.

hello. storm dennis on the way this weekend, nowhere escaping the strong winds, disruptive in places but concern growing aboutjust how much rain will come from storm dennis. now during friday, there is one rain band bearing south. but look how different, how much wetter this weather system looks over the weekend from storm dennis. this trailing weather front has along it several spells of prolonged rain, particularly into parts of england and wales and areas that have seen a lot of rain recently and some flooding. we are going to see some furtherflooding in places. the met office has a number of amber warnings in force for the rain and we'll look at those and other warnings injust a moment. and for friday, another spell of a rain moving south. quickly through northern ireland across scotland, coupled with snowmelt in southern scotland and a bit of flooding in some spots. rain becoming patchy in places as it works further south across england and wales. gusty winds though, particularly towards the north and north—west of scotland with further blustery showers moving in here. by friday evening, the rain peps up a bit once it reaches south—east england and east anglia. for man overnight and into saturday morning,

it is the lull before the storm and still some dry weather first thing on saturday but it's not going to last. storm dennis then does bring rain in right across the uk during saturday. outbreaks of heavy rain at times and the wind strengthening particularly for the afternoon and into the evening before easing a bit into overnight and into sunday morning. wind gusts around 50 mph around the coast towards the west and south touching 70 mph perhaps in a few spots. really difficult travelling conditions. 0n the face of it, mild, but very wet and windy in places. heavy rain continuing across large parts of england and wales on through the night and into sunday. slowly clearings southward on sunday but it looks like the winds will pick up again this on sunday. bright skys and a few showers following on behind, turning a bit cooler too. looking at the weather warnings. the met office, amber warnings for rain across a large part of southern and western england and into wales, 20 to 40 millimetres. higher amounts, particularly in these areas and some of the hills of wales and south—west england could end up with over 100 millimetres of rain, so that risk of flooding increasing over the weekend. another amber warning area kicking in on sunday too

forfurther prolonged rain across this part of southern england. in terms of the wind, well, widely, we're going to see some gusts inland around 50 mph or so but is the coast that we'll see stronger winds this time — touching 70 mph. then as storm dennis gets closer to scotland to end sunday and here into northern ireland, we could well see a number swathe of potentially damaging winds moving on through. that is your latest about storm dennis.

good morning. welcome to breakfast with charlie stayt and naga munchetty. 0ur headlines today: boris johnson's cabinet will meet for the first time following yesterday's reshuffle, which was overshadowed by sajid javid's unexpected resignation as chancellor. china deploys the military as concern grows over the true scale of the coronavirus in hubei province. cases of mumps in england are at the highest level in a decade, with the steep rise being largely driven by outbreaks in universities and colleges. we'll be told when time's up — new rules mean you'll be notified