so, donald trump and this comments that came from an interview that the financial times has secured. hear more on this story through the day. a grey exclusive for the editor of the financial times, who rocked up to the oval office in washington. i think with the washington bureau chief, and they have pulled this story together. —— a great exclusive. i think the standout quote is, if china is not the result of korea, we will. that is all i'm telling you. later, press the detail, he does not go into much detail. but i think in communication studies, i think this is an important interview. this is a curtain raiser ahead of the visit by president xijinping later this week. he has been invited to mar—a—lago, donald trump's halys come club in florida. —— palace. his winning at home, president donald trump. iam interested winning at home, president donald trump. i am interested to note that the los angeles times at the weekend has started a series called our desires president. donald trump says he has instagram and facebook, so who cares. but some alarming quotes. —— dishonest. who cares. bu

troops in the peninsula, we just don't have any meat from the article of the "financial times." >> i think it's important to note that donald trump hasn't said what china has done that has been insufficient so the whole idea that they're doing nothing right now may not necessarily be as true as the trump administration is saying. he just wants them to do more. >>> let's talk about the scotus nomination neil gorsuch will clear a hurdle this morning we believe with the judiciary committee and mitch mcconnell has been clear, he's going to be confirmed, it's up to the democrats how he's going to be confirmed. how risky is chuck shumer's saying they're going to filibuster, how risky is that? >> i think it's a good move in terms of doubling down and making it very clear that they're going stand against neil gorsuch. gorsuch is likely going to get on the bench any way, mcconnell has been very clear saying he's going to get on by any means necessary. >> the next pick could be a dramatic landscape pick because it could be far to the right and shifting the balance in the court an then republica

president trump offering a vague, but head turning assessment to "the financial times." saying he may act unilaterally, quote if china is not going to solve north korea, we will. the president tweeting he expects the high profile meeting with china will be difficult. particularly after all of the tough talk during the campaign. >> we can't continue to allow whine to rape our country and that's what they're done. >> china is responsible for nearly half of our entire trade deficit. >> reporter: the president's son-in-law and senior adviser jared kushner expected to play a key role. kushner rapidly becoming the foreign policy point man. all of the diplomatic meetings come as the cloud of russia continueses to hangover the trump administration. the president standing behind his unfounded wiretapping claim insifting he does and regret the tweets. >> i would tell people whenever they see the president use the word "fake" it should setoff alarm bells. >> reporter: the top official at the house committee he says he is treating the issue with michael flynn with healthy skepticism.

he told the "financial times" today if china is not going to solve north korea, we will. hat is all i'm telling you." that all from the president. >>> i'm joined now by cnn political commentator and republican strategist, linda stewart. president trump says if china is not going to solve north korea, we will. that is all i'm going to tell you. are these contradictory statements? >> i'm going to say a couple of things about nikki haley. first, even as a democrat, i appreciate what she's doing on israel at the u.n. number two, north korea. this is really the biggest problem that this country is facing right now is what's going on with north korea. donald trump has a problem with china because he back-tracked when he spoke about taiwan as soon as he came in as president. so he has a bit of a problem here in terms of credibility with the clihinese. we do need china's help. we don't want to go it alone with north korea. >> do you think he's bluffing that he doesn't really mean it? >> yeah. think he does. think in trump's mind he thinks he may be able to go it alone. but going i

with me are miranda green of the financial times and christopher hope of the daily telegraph. ncial times which reports on the positive reaction from the financial markets to emmanuel macron‘s progression to the second round of voting in the french election. the i reveals labour's plans for brexit, including assurances for eu nationals living in the uk the daily express claims a study shows just 45 minutes of exercise a day can prevent dementia. the metro says a law firm used legal aid to pay for bogus claims against british soldiers in iraq. the daily telegraph leads with comments by the head of the university admissions service that students shouldn't worry about finding jobs straight after graduation. the guardian reports he remained at a campaign group is targeting parliamentary seats currently occupied by pro brexit politicians with an army of half a million supporters. the times says there will be a bill of 2 million euros. and a report that gps are not spotting cancer symptoms in patients with some being sent away three times before being correctly diagnosed. that is in

the financial industry. this is the financial times' own research and survey into the situation. give us your take on this. you run a financial services company in the uk. yours is a small, nimble online player. but when it comes to the big established institutions, it would seem established institutions, it would seem that women in financial services do not seem to get to the top. i was interested to see when reading is that it shows that over half of all employees, at all levels, are women. so more than 50%. which is quite interesting. and there are huge regional variations. the survey does explain that it is deficient in some areas because companies have to judge deficient in some areas because companies have tojudge who is senior and who is not. but in asia it is in 6.9% of people at senior levels who are female. so there are big disparities. but i was encouraged by the fact that actually, the numbers are increasing. two years ago it was 23.7%, now it is 25.5%. the messages, we have an awful long way to go, but hopefully there is some improvement. —— message is. to go, but hop

the financial times, women still missing out on seniorjobs in the finance industry. ve they discovered?l survey done by the financial times has revealed when it comes to the topjobs in the has revealed when it comes to the top jobs in the financial services industry, the big banks, insurers, asset managers, only one in four of those positions are held by women. go down to the lower orders, 50% of their employees are female. 50% of their employees are female. 50% of their employees are female. 50% of their employees in total in female, but only one in four females get seniorjobs. i but only one in four females get senior jobs. i am but only one in four females get seniorjobs. lam not but only one in four females get seniorjobs. i am not amazed but only one in four females get seniorjobs. lam not amazed by this, there is a quote from one lady who was asked to describe her role that it was a huge advantage for clients from me being a woman, and a disadvantage internally. suggesting male chauvinism reigns inside these organisations. saying that, we should be careful becau

. >> fascinating, you would think the financial times all they want to know is tax reform. >> any way, president trump will host egypt's president at the white house today. the fight against isis and iraq and syria expected to be at the top of the agenda, the first official visit to ab del fa la el-sissi. on wednesday he meets with jordan's king and thursday he travels to mar-a-lago to sit down with the president of china. >> employee holdings as they entered the white house, one big discovery, former national security adviser michael flynn did not include thousands of dollars in speaking fees from russian companies, they were absent in february just before he resigned. they were in a second filing. he was asked to speak in russia. some people consider a propaganda arm by vladimir putin. flynn's lawyer says the first filing was a draft and he has filed extra paperwork since being let go. >> and ivanka trump owns a large piece of trump hotel. her stake 5 to $25 million. it earned her up to $5 million in income last year. lawyers say she will submit her own paperwork since she's a white

tomorrow's front pages then, starting with the financial times. warnings that interest—free credit cards are ticking time bombs. the paper says the comments come from leading bankers. the i reports thatjeremy corbyn will invest £3 billion in education, reversing conservative cuts to the budget. plans to make social media firms like facebook and google pay for the cost of policing digital crimes is the lead story for the observer. the daily express focuses on the foreign aid budget. it says £15 million is funding anti—smoking campaigns in some of the world's most corrupt countries . the guardian leads on theresa may's comments on tax. it says the prime minister has signalled a rise in national insurance and income tax, after pledging not to raise vat. so, let's begin! theresa may might have a different view to the eu 27. they are saying that she is on a different page to the rest of the eu. there has been a hardening in the breadth of negotiations last week or so. the eu, shockingly for a union with accord leadership, is swinging together as a union

as we've just heard from the financial times journalists is the possibility of pretemp t-- pre-emptive strike. i'm going to play some sound from this weekend ashton carter who was asked that very question. let's take a listen to how he responded. >> how do you think north korea would respond? -- to a pre-emptive strike on a launch pad, say? >> it's quite possible, that they could, as a consequence of that launch, they attempted invasion of south korea. as i said, i'm confident at the out come of that, which would be to defeat north korea. i need to caution you, this is a war that would have an intensity of violence associated with it, that we haven't seen since the last korean war. >> now, that's the nightmare scenario there, rosemary. this is all speculation, of course, because donald trump seemed to be aimed for deliberate ambiguity in his interview, not stating what exactly could the u.s. could do against north korea. but this is a very very complicated foreign policy challenge and it is perhaps a bit of an explanation of why past administrations have not been able to solve it with

the financial times. ba rclays through. the financial times.whistle—blower, good story, this. this is pretty terrifying, ba rclays this. this is pretty terrifying, barclays chief executive twice pushed in his organisation for the exposure of a whistle—blower who had criticised an appointment he himself had made. the whole point of whistle—blowing in the city if you are meant to be able to report your doubts about ethical behaviour in your company without having retaliation against you. this man, who came into barclays saying i'm going to rebuild its reputation after the libel rigging scandal, as soon as after the libel rigging scandal, as soon as somebody said secretly and privately i think there is something wrong with your decisions and they area wrong with your decisions and they are a little suspect, tried to overturn all the bank's procedures on uncovering and identifying this person. now the fact he did this has been exposed and he will have to surrender perhaps £1 million of his bonus. but i think that's actually not enough. i don't thin

the financial times, telling us it has an exclusive interview with president trump. g to solve north korea, he says, we will. that headline is on the front pages tonight. clearly cross about the way north korea is behaving. china is one of north korea's few allies, but we do not know what sorting north korea means. no, he is saying if they don't, we will. as you said, slightly worrying, because i wonder when things are not going well domestically, sometimes leaders think, let's look abroad and see what we can do. a pre—emptive strike, i presume, is one of the things they are thinking about or covert operations in north korea. but who would want to go there? sabre rattling is one thing but if you say that to north korea, they might easily call your bluff. he is said arranged that man it might be something he decides to do. the missile tests have caused such tensions on the korean peninsula, as well. it is not a complete joke of a nation, they have the ability to fire missiles along way. it is on the back of comments by the 0bama administration, it is notjust in donald

labour leaderjeremy corbyn features on the front page of the financial times. calls theresa may chicken for refusing to take part in tv debates. we're going to start with the metro. "bring it on". there was no debate, note surprise this was going to happen, the labour party decided to back it, what a transformation 2a hours makes. yes. even last week we we re hours makes. yes. even last week we were writing cheerily about the onset of nuclear war and then all that has gone and suddenly here we are! ican that has gone and suddenly here we are! i can tell you there are mps frantically deciding what they want to do. those who said they would go on until 2020 and stop, they have a ha rd on until 2020 and stop, they have a hard and quick decision to make because of her. but she was ready for it, they are off, and off they go onto the campaign trail. lucy, how prepared are the parties really for this, considering it's literally out of the blue? there is a whole organisation that has got to be sorted out to deal with this kind of thing. that's absolutely right, but wh

before president trump meets with the leader of china at mar-a-lago, the president telling the "financial times" if klein sea not going to solve north korea, we will. could make for a frosty meeting in sunny florida later this week. >>> then there is the russia probe. new revelations that trump's former national security advisor, michael flynn, failed to initially disclose thousands ever dollars in russian speaking fees. the president insisting it is just a distraction, tweeting, "the real story turns out to be surveillance and leaking. find the leakers." >>> let's not forget the supreme court. president trump getting closer to a big win with judge neil gorsuch. a third democrat now says he will vote yes on the president's nominee. a committee vote comes tomorrow and then the full confirmation vote just five days away. >>> we have a superstar team of reporters and analysts ready to cover every angle. beginning with cnn's ryan nobles. we heard from the top democrat on the house intelligence committee today. >> that's right. adam schiff was here of course on friday to review those materials that

trump telling the financial times the u.s. will take action to eliminate north korea's nuclear threat with or without chinese assistance. china is one of north korea's sole allies and largest trading partner. supreme court nominee judge neil gorsuch is expected to take a major step toward confirmation tomorrow. the senate judiciary committee to move his nomination to the full senate. republicans say gorsuch will be confirmed this week but democrats say they have the votes to filibuster, and that means something will have to give. >> gorsuch, i think, is the kind of nominee that our democratic friends really haven't been able to find any real fault with, except he was nominated by this president, and realize this is their last gasp to prevent him from being confirmed. but they won't, and judge gorsuch will be confirmed one way or another. >> it looks like gorsuch will not reach the 60-vote margin. so instead of changing the rules, which is up to mitch mcconnell and the republican majority, why doesn't president trump, democrats

this is the "financial times those quote writing about the stalled -- financial times" writing about e stalled. that is from steven mnuchin in the financial times and on the issue of tax reform. democrats not giving in. the democratic leader in the senate, chuck schumer, saying in an interview that if president trump is serious about tax reform to help the middle class, his -- he should start by releasing his own tax returns to erase any doubt of where his priorities lie. linda is next. she is on the line for those under $50,000. linda, we'll get to you in a moment. linda, we will get to you in a .oment, we will go to linda . caller: we have to go to a flat tax, say 10%. it should be a sales tax on everything and everybody. you can take three cents out of every $.10 and give it to the state for their budget and let the federal government take the rest. that way people who have a lot more money are going to be spending a lot more so they are going to be paying a lot more. host: another view on the flat tax. next up is evelyn who is in the andx between $50,000 $100,000. caller: hello. m

trump called on china to respond, telling the financial times, quote, if china is not going to solve north korea, we will. so what is ahead for the most important bilateral relationship in the world? victor cha is the chair at international studies. he's been a past advisor to president george w. bush. nice to have you. thanks for talking with us. how nervous are you, if that's the right word, as they go into what is a nuanced, complicated negotiation, really, and i think it's fair to say that president trump has not really shown a great past history in nuanced negotiations? victor: yeah, well, i'm a little bit nervous. i think that the chinese are very anxious to have a good relationship with the new u.s. president. i think there are many things that they want to try to get from this president. they're going to bring gifts for this president as well. and for trump, i think there are two key issues. trade. we've heard him throughout the campaign and in his first few weeks in office talk a lot about the trade issues. and then of course north korea. the most approximately threat. soleda

time for the must read stories catching our attention. my picks in the financialt it already. if you haven't read it yet, it's a must, must read. trump on merkel, twitter and republican infighting. this is after the post on the financial times website and the paper today. with president donald trump. i just picked out a few select quotes but it's a very long detailed interview and well worth reading on health care reform this is what the president said if we don't get what we want from republicans we will make a deal with democrats. this is what he said on tax reform, i don't want to talk about timing, but we'll have a very strong tax reform. on twitter, he said, without the tweets i wouldn't be here. i have over 100 million followers i do vent have to go fake media. and comments on chinese president xi jinping and extensive comments. >> let's talk about the big meeting at the end of this week, chinese president xi jinping will be in florida, mar-a-lago with president donald trump. my pick comes from "the washington post" basically titled "inside the kouchner chan

managing editor of "the financial times." she was one of three editors from the paper who sat down with president trump in ot val office on in the oval office on friday afternoon. this is the coverage they're giving it. look at this. >> well, it is the president of the the united states. you don't often get a chance to speak to him and we're grateful that we did. >> it made headlines around the world because of what he said first about north korea. a question you asked? >> i did ask the question about north korea because i think it's critically important. we spent much of the last two years worrying about syria, worrying about iran, worrying about russia. so understandable reasons. but what is happening right now in north korea is critical. and frankly, it needs to be talked about. >> rose: well, i mean, are they talking about it? do they seem to be not only talking about it but worrying about it. everyone you talk to, as you know, says the key to north korea is you have to go through china. >> the key to dealing with north ko

it is sport on the front of the financial times. d the fall in the value of sterling, that's according to documents seen by the financial times. the daily mail says learner drivers will soon be tested on whether they can follow directions from satnavs in a shake—up of the driving test. the daily express leads with the tension surrounding north korea, with the country vowing to target american bases in south korea if war broke out. the guardian reports on north korea too, but also headlines the news that some doctors are being offered £95 an hour by hospitals short of staff. and the i says teachers are preparing to take legal action to stop academy schools selecting pupils. a doctor in the united states has been charged with carrying out female genital mutilation on young girls. authorities in the state of michigan say the doctor, jumana nagarwala, performed the practice for 12 years on girls aged between six and eight. if found guilty, she faces a maximum sentence of life in prison. let's get more on this story. we're joined by shelb

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the president's interview with the financial times is fascinating, and one of the things they seem tois that they see the prospect of a grand bargain in china, which would include the issue of north korea but also trade conflicts. do you think this white house has the capacity to reach some kind of bargain with china that has not been reached before? i think it has the capacity to do so. the question i have is is this premature? i think it is important that they establish a relationship so they can talk to one another, president trump and president xijinping, another, president trump and president xi jinping, and another, president trump and president xijinping, and the similar is of their meeting and hopefully shaking hands would send a very calming signal to the rest of the world, especially that part of the world, especially that part of the world. the third thing would be can he strike a big bargain, yes. this would be the prelude to that, and it would be an important one but i don't think you can do that in one meeting. it will be a process and it will have to take some time and

gillian tett from "the financial times," with the big scoop.e will be right back. ♪ charlie: siddhartha mukherjee is here. he is an assistant professor of medicine at columbia, and a cancer physician and researcher. he is also a very good writer and pulitzer prize-winning author. his latest book comes out in paperback of this month. he writes about the future of automated medicine in a new piece for "the new yorker." it is called "the algorithm will see you now." i am pleased to have siddhartha mukherjee back at this table. welcome. siddhartha: thank you, charlie. charlie: with some sense of fraternity, tell me how this came about. siddhartha: this piece came about because it is a conference you organize every fall, and i was talking at this conference to sebastian, and he told me he had been working on this thing in ai and medicine. my ears perked up. i said, what are you doing? he began to describe sort of an early version. it wasn't there yet. it instantly caught my attention as a physician. what if we could use these powerful technologies,

the us military is the focus for the financial times. the us president's decision to increase us naval power in korean waters. the independent‘s main story, billed as an exclusive, is about the rising number of domestic violence victims withdrawing charges against their alleged abusers. and the guardian says that most asylum seekers are placed in the poorest parts of the country. is that i i; ,, , m tfaifi then, f: fl ' 7' 7 about. he was not president then, but donald trump of course ridiculed barack obama's line on that. russia is clearly using very threatening tones. it is hard to know exactly what this would mean underground. but the reality i the what this would mean underground. but the reality. the us has got and according it be 500 us troops - syrian is. so consequently, border is. so consequently, there are border is. so consequently, there a re targets border is. so consequently, there are targets the russians could hit. they could hit them and say they we re they could hit them and say they were aiming for islamic state and crea

>> bill, drtreasury secretary acknowledged for the first time tax reform would not get done by august. this came with app b interview with the "financial times" and said as recently a month ago he was committed to the august timeline. now he's telling us the financial times that that time line is,ha quote, highly aggressive to not realistic at this appointment andea acknowledged that the health care debate may have delayed the tax reform potential as well, but insisted on legislation in 2017. bring you more as we have it. >> thankyou. if the market doesn't listen -- >> factored in you think? let's ask art. >> good idea. with us, michael black, steve grasso at post nine, both of them, and rick santelli from chicago at the cme there. steve, what do you think? >> the w way the market does ha in there to kelly's point that the market is factored into that already. we heard the timeline was pushed back. president trump said, you know, let'su do health care first before tax poly resorms and corporate and personal and all at once and it's going to be a great plan. the truth is, i think you're still seeing rotation out of bonds and equities, d

wooding, political editor of the sun on sunday, and henry mance, political correspondent at the financial timesily telegraph has managed to get the terror attack on its front page and the picture of that very well—known street with a police van parked across it. the timing of this is significant but also in some ways to be expected. yes, then sometimes have an effect on elections and it remains to be seen what effect this will have. we have an early election coming up on the uk, so this will perhaps bring home the fact that we are living in a very dangerous era of terrorism, and i guess there will bea of terrorism, and i guess there will be a lot of security over here as well as in paris. it seems that when eyewitnesses saw this car draw up and shots were fired, police were clearly the target here. for newspapers, the question is, how much attention to you give a story like this? is it right to let that dominate the news agenda? that is the judgment to take. if it were an isolated incident, that judgment would potentially be very different, but france has had such a long period under the state

condemning north korea and not just calling them out. >> that's in contrast to what trump told the financial times saying if china is not going to solve north korea, we will. that is all i am telling you. what does he mean? >> it's the threat of unilateral military action. secretary of state tillerson said that decades of military policy towards north korea had failed. that's true. china has a mystic missile that can reach the united states. it's not very accurate. the fear is they would be able to put a nuclear warhead on that possibly within four years. that was also in the financial times interview. so something is needed here. it's just what will be different. is trump willing to actually use unilateral american military force against north korea. he's going to maybe threaten that in private, but will he actually do it. you don't want to make empty threats with dhichina. >> what would be the possible repercussions if undeindeed to t alone with north korea? >> there's a variety of things. if it were a military strike the u.s. could setback the north korean nuclear program. the danch ger is nort

that came as part of an interview with "the financial times." is this going to change trump's meeting with the chinese president? let's get to the bottom line with one of the three reporters who interviewed mr. trump, dimitri sevastopulo. let's talk about thin assistant case. part of the context of your interview with our president was about how he's going to deal with international relations and now we have russia very much in the news here, but we have a terror attack. this all feeds in to how i lead and now a new challenge for our president. >> he sits down with president sisi today and meets the king of ordone and end of the day a two-day summit at mar-a-lago with president jinping. the america/china relationship is the most bilateral relationship in the world and there are many areas where they disagree and areas with they want to cooperate and one of those is north korea, what we were asking president trump about. >> we have the basic headline of what president trump told you that's gotten a lot of attention. he said well if china is not go

speaking to the financial times newspaper, mr trump said: north korean missile tests are expected to genda in talks later this week with his chinese counterpart, xijinping. i spoke with james person from washington's public policy think tank the wilson center and asked him what he made of president trump's comments. president trump's statement is in many ways trying to get china to step up its game a bit before president xi's upcoming visit to washington. we have long overstated china's ability to exercise political influence over north korea. there is no doubt that china today has greater leverage over north korea because of its economic assistance to the country. but china has different influence on the peninsula and it is not willing to use that leverage to bring north korea to its knees, for example. which is what we want, to force north korea to abandon its nuclear ambition. in fact, there's a profound sense of mistrust at the basis of the relationship that limits china's ability to really influence north korean policies. there's a sense in north korea that china's been overly in

that story appears on the front page of the financial times. on of the gulf news reports on two major banks, ba rclays and wells fargo, taking action against their ceos. the first—ever freight train from britain to china left london on monday full of soft drinks, vitamins and baby products. china daily reports on that i2,000km journey. the new york times reports that british vogue will have a man in charge for the first time in the magazine's 10! year history. ghanaian—born edward enninful will take over as editor later this year. and, finally, do you know the key to happiness? there are five key ingredients to leading a happy life, according to a new study. that story is in the daily telegraph. my my wife says a happy wife is a happy life, apparently. words of wisdom from your household! well, from my wife. she's no fool! jonathan is here.

the paris bureau chief for "the financial times." , mike, back to you. >> the binary choice for the french voters, thank you. >>> a quick check on futures. this is leading to a big rally for u.s. stocks in the early market. futures up more than 200 points. s&p up 29. nasdaq up 58. starting the week on a very strong note. >>> coming up a big week ahead in washington as well. president trump promising a tough package while negotiating keeping the government running. we take you to the capitol for a live report next. >>> first before we head to break, here's today's national weather forecast from nbc's bill karins. >> good morning, sara, mike and wilfred. the big story over this portion of the week is going to be the heavy rain and then coming up the east coast. a lot of trafaut ot of travel d potential for flooding. 16 million in risk of flooding in the carolinas, portions of virginia, too. slow-moving thunderstorms. 3 to 5 inches of rain locally. up to 8 inches of rain. we start with the rain today, areas of virginia, north carolina, s

the financial times says the world's biggest sovereign wealth fund is pushing to reform the pay of biges. the metro leads with a warning that gp practices are closing at a record rate. the telegraph features the same story. it claims the surgery shortage is down to gps retiring early ahead of a pension clampdown. the i focuses on the row over children taking time off during the school term. the daily mail says travel companies must now lower their fares to help families. the express says there will be an armed police presence at the grand national, for the first time in over 100 years. the daily mirror claims the serial killer peter sutcliffe may have murdered eight more women that previously thought. the times says that first time home buyers are being priced out by large numbers of foreign investors. that is a summary of the news. newsday will come up at midnight. now it is time for newsnight. tonight: two huge tests for donald trump on the world stage. the chinese president has just arrived in florida for 2h hours of hard talking. potential flash points include korea, trade wars — e

looking at the financial times, they are saying they have seen a memo in the european commission whichchill biting thing in terms of what it means for british private companies that want to keep lucrative contracts with parts of the administration in brussels. i must admit, i read the story and i thought there is nothing surprising here or that i don't already know, companies that work in the uk, if they want to work in europe they may need operations in europe. this is it, brexit has happened, the uk is leaving the eu, if there are areas in the european commission tied solely to britain they will have to have areas within the youtube work as they had done before. to me, that isjust a as they had done before. to me, that is just a given as they had done before. to me, that isjust a given —— the eu. as they had done before. to me, that isjust a given -- the eu. companies are getting ready for this, easyjet is doing this, lloyds are looking at operations in berlin. it is part of the new world. it's moving on, brexit is happening, you have to move on and change with the times. if everyone

accounting rules and the fall in the value of sterling, that's according to documents seen by the financial timesly mail says learner drivers will soon be tested on whether they can follow directions from satnavs in a shake—up of the driving test. the daily express leads with the tension surrounding north korea, with the country vowing to target american bases in south korea if war broke out. the guardian reports on north korea too, but also headlines the news that some doctors are being offered £95 an hour by hospitals short of staff. and the i says teachers are preparing to take legal action to stop academy schools selecting pupils. they slip that in there to catch me out. let's get on with it. helen, journalist and author, josie cox, business editor with the independent, we will start with some frightening is perhaps, the daily mirror. absolutely, this headline will ravage us soldiers: we have seen other headlines like this but nothing quite as brutal. and it really sums up the weight of the rhetoric is heating up. we must emphasise it is korea saying that. there is a lot being said. that is a

in an interview with the financial times, mr ross said that the trump administration is far more liberalde compared with europe, china and japan. the comments come ahead of the imf‘s meeting in washington later this month. the passing of lent normally signals a time of celebration for the world's chocolate makers, but there has been a nationwide backlash in new zealand against the decision by chocolate giant cadbury to move its operations to australia next year. the company's american owner says it is not profitable enough to keep the factory in the south—east of new zealand, and hundreds ofjobs could be lost. mauricio olmedo—perez reports from auckland. the world—famousjaffa race brings out the cheering crowds in their thousands, as cadbury chocolate balls made just down the road roll down the world's steepest street. but now crowds are protesting against cadbury, which has made chocolate here since 1930, and become a part of the community's identity. i think it's disgusting, because we're making a profit here. i mean, it's not like we're not. the workers work hard. despite turning a pr

he told "the financial times." i don't lose. i don't like to lose. e will have great health care in this country. on his side, you could say that was just the opening. what happened in those days where the health care bill quickly went down, he does see that as an opening salvo. >> it is very like trump to keep playing until he wins. when he says i don't lose, okay, fine. the game is over and it looks like a big "l" up there. >> the republicans say they will go back to the drawing board. democrats will live to fight another day. >> some of this is the president pushing the republicans in congress to come up with something quickly as opposed to moving at light speed that could take two years. he went faster than light speed. there are two possibilities. one, he takes the easy route and calls it a win. even if all they do is defund a lot of programs and shrink the medicaid expansion and rebrand it. if he wants to do something real, i think the option he has is to change the politics of how he governs. in other words, not let the freedom caucus dictate e

in an interview with the financial times, the president said the us would act alone if china wouldn'tsit to the us by the chinese president this week. here's our correspondent wyre davies. how do you solve a problem like north korea and its growing military ambitions? under the leadership of kimjong—un, ambitions? under the leadership of kim jong—un, north korea ambitions? under the leadership of kimjong—un, north korea is increasingly seen as a rogue nation, threatening enemies and conducting numerous missile test. historically an ally of the regime injohn yang, china, too has become frustrated and ties are strained but donald trump wa nts ties are strained but donald trump wants the chinese to do even more —— pyongyang. " if china is not going to solve north korea, we will, that's what i'm telling you." as to whether he thinks he could succeed alone, he replied, totally. it's not the first time since the election that mr trump has pushed the issue of north korea to the top of his foreign policy to do list without being specific. obviously it is a big, big problem and we will deal wi

the front pages, starting with the financial times: it leads with the french elections — and former bankerl macron going head—to—head against the far—right leader the guardian says macron is now favourite to win as they say the result redraws the french political divide. the times says voters in france have humiliated the country's two established political parties. while the daily mail describe it as a "new french revolution". the i features the former labour leader, tony blair, telling voters to put aside party loyalty for the sake of the best brexit deal. the daily telegraph questions labour's credibility on defence after they say jeremy corbyn ruled out ever using britain's nuclear deterrent. the daily express claims a foreign aid row broken out over claims taxpayers‘ cash was being given to a government which funds terrorists. —— has broken. and the daily mirror suggests madeleine mccann may have been snatched to order by slave traders and sold. :_<< begin with ”<4 begin with what has been happening in france tonight. in the first round of the french presidential election. they say he

the financial times leads with the news that unemployment in the eurozone is at an eight year low.ader that some teachers are working four day weeks then working another for free to keep up with the workload. the daily mail says that banks are exploiting customers unable to pay their credit card debts. the mirror leads with two armed robbers who poured boiling water over their pension victims. the times is warning of unethical behaviour by aid contractors. we'll start with the guardian. saint petersburg. you know it well, joan? and what is tucked away here is that the second bomb which did not go off, would have been several times more powerful than the first and was designed to be disguised as a fire extinguisher which had been picked with shrapnel. it would have been much worse than the one which killed ten or ii much worse than the one which killed ten or 11 people. much worse than the one which killed ten or“ people. small much worse than the one which killed ten or 11 people. small mercies. indeed. absolutely dreadful. 50 people have been injured. you know saint petersburg as

see what the big stories are in print and the main story is donald trump set interview with the financial timesral other papers. comments that america will unilaterally take on north korea if china refuses to co—operate stop the independent reports on stories were tensions have escalated over the british overseas territory of gibraltar. spain could have a veto to any decisions applying to the territory. in venezuela, some say the popular revolt has now led to authoritarian rule. the ft also looks at investors calling time on a sustained global recovery. the telegraph business section carries a prediction from analysts who say the pound will climb up to pre— brexit level by early next year. and on the front page of the times, an

in an interview with the "financial times," the president also said this. china has great influence over the korea and china later decide to help us with north korea or they won't. if they do, that will be very good for china and if they don't it won't be good for anyone, end quote. the president's comments came days before he has his first face-to-face meeting with china's residence in florida and this all comes as north korea reportedly preparing to conduct a sixth nuclear tests. nicole: meanwhile, the president son-in-law and senior advisor share it kushner is traveling with the joint chiefs of staff chose the dunford and it not clear why is this in the country. kushner has been advising on relations with the middle east, canada and mexico. it's also launched a task force by using ideas that the business world. lauren: the battle over supreme court judge neil gorsuch. domain for nomination to the full senate on friday, majority leader mitch mcconnell talking about the possible use of what is called an eruption. >> judge gorsuch is going to be confirmed.

football is making headlines on the financial times front page today. ng director of newcastle united has been arrested in a cross—border investigation into tax fraud. and finally, how would you feel if anybody could get on line and watch a live stream of your child at school? the new york times looks at the controversial use of web—cams in the classroom. that is in china. with us is bill. good morning. north korea. the top news stories. on many front pages they are using this picture of those exercises taking place on the border. the story has been rumbling for a few weeks. i wonder how worried we should be. a few weeks? since 1953. there has been a bit of a peak, hasn't there? we seem to co nsta ntly a peak, hasn't there? we seem to constantly be reaching new pinnacles of stress and tension every time the koreans of stress and tension every time the korea ns test of stress and tension every time the koreans test a new weapon in the americans get aggressive about it and the south koreans we are seeing more sanctions and north korea reacting. this photog

doctor about cialis. >>> today "the new york times" reports that north korea is trying to market the kind of lithium that would help you make a hydrogen bomb. today the financialimes reports that the chinese president's meeting with our president later on this week is expected to be a very high-stakes event and that wile the chinese government is bringing the full force of their diplomatic power to bear on that meeting, the person who's heading up preparation for that meeting on behalf of the united states is the president's 36 year old son-in-law. choose your adventure right now in terms of national security things you want to worry about. right now there's something strange going on with national security and how it's being handlinged in washington. the national security council among other things, they're caught in the middle of what appears to be an tophet manage and politically shape the sandal around the russian attack on our election last year and the trump campaign's potential contact with russia. we all expected there would be a political effort to shape the response to that scandal or even to shape the way the intelligence about those matters is rece