would at the financial times, companies so it will be interesting.ltimes, companies and markets. the deal that has been done, talking about reputation?m is very difficult to redress that, when your reputation has received quite a hammering as the rbs has. it isa quite a hammering as the rbs has. it is a very welcome settlement, it is great news. it shows that we are putting the past behind us.|j great news. it shows that we are putting the past behind us. i think that the share price is half what the government paid for it, so it is still quite a way of. yes, and they did set off more money for this, so it shows they were serious about coming toa it shows they were serious about coming to a good conclusion. 7296 still owned by the taxpayer, which is good? yes, so in a sense... i think another payment is due as well, possibly? yes, in the pipeline. going on to this story in the new york times. north koreans toiling as slaves. this is basically bonded labour provided by the north korean authorities. did you know about this? i wasn't aware of this at al

"it will pay to be posh" is the headline in the financial times.looking at how certain human jobs will be lost as technology automation advances. it says people from more affluent backgrounds will be better off, because the so—called "soft skills" they have will be more valuable. let's have a look through those papers in more detail. with us is cornelia meyer, ceo of business consultancy mrl corporation. let's start with the mosul the images of the devastation of that show how intense and epic the battle has been. you know, it's notjust mosul, it is throughout iraq, throughout syria, it's been an epic, it's been house to house, a fight, you have millions of displaced people, as you said, you have hundreds of thousands of people that died and it is great, we have to congratulate the iraqi army for having achieved the liberation but let's not forget it's not over because if you deal with thought of asymmetric warfare with nonstate actors, it's a little bit about water, if you push it away on one side it will go to the other. so they have been squeeze

let's go to the financial times, they have this news. it is amazing...at don't know, a surprise fall in inflation. we have a good news economic story oi'i we have a good news economic story on the front page of the propaganda sheet called the ft. they are not even saying, despite brexit. they are not saying it. it is not there. lam are not saying it. it is not there. i am pleased and delighted. i am even more delighted for the country, because even though it is a small bit, because even though it is a small hit, it means inflation is coming down a bit. let's wait and see, what is the trend? but it means the immediate thing, the article refers to it, it takes the pressure off them pankov england to put up interest rates, because how do you deal with increasing inflation? you make money more expensive so that people don't go out, borrow and by. it is good news. most experts think the trend is going to be upwards of inflation. of course we have all these forecasters that get it right all the time, don't we... digby, if it has dropped... you hate it, don't y

the financial times carries a portrait of the chinese dissident liu xiaobo, who died yesterday.ed with statins. the mirror reports moves to change organ—donor rules so that people would automatically be considered donors unless they opted out. the daily mail says people who suffer suspected heart attacks will have to wait longer for an ambulance to arrive. the times leads with a warning from scottish and welsh politicians that they will block brexit legislation. the sun reports anger from the families of victims of the hyde park bombing on finding out the prime suspect got legal aid while they did not. so let's begin. stories that look at britain's public finances. firstly, the financial times, the finances would fail stress tests set for banks, one watchdog. these tests were put in after the financial crash, to make sure that they could cope with further shocks. it turns out the economy can't, and it is bad news if you are suffering from austerity fatigue. they say that the government finances would fail the tests, that we can growth rates mean recession is inevitable. and unsu

we will have peter spiegel from "the financial times" joining us with the brilliance of satellite. >>and greece is the word at the imf. the big money baouthilt at wall street will be buzzing about today. ♪ (music plays throughout) ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> welcome back to "worldwide exchange." let's get you up to speed on the market action. a slightly positive open yesterday we were basically flat the nasdaq was the only one that was positive another record all-time close. the other two were below flat. expecting a relatively flat open today. let's look at currencies that was a big mover yesterday the broader dollar index hit a fresh low not seen for 11 1/2 months the euro was a mover higher after mario draghi's comments were interpreted as hawkish. the euro hit a high yesterday not seen for almost two years. it is extending those gains today. 116.56, extraordinary to see it up at that level elsewhere we have a bit of dollar weakness. >> the imf agreeing in principle to approve a new greek bailout the group says it is prepared to back a new loan worth 1$1.8 billion if eu creditors can provide more

he's pictured on the financial times, too. the paper also looks at the uk going on the offensive against new york to try and win the world's largest initial public offering. it's trying to woo saudi arabia's oil giant aramco. london's proposing a loosening of governance restrictions. a parisian dinnerup the eiffel tower for the us and french presidents, and their wives. they're shown here on le figaro. in france for bastille day celebrations, donald trump has hinted that the united states‘ position on climate change could be reviewed. show me the money — but no notes and coins! the daily telegraph reports that visa wants to put cash out of business by paying shops to not accept tangible money. one consumer group says it amounts to bribery. and ‘sorry‘ seems to be the hardest word, but itjust got easier to say — or sing — without accepting liability. the south china morning post reports on a law passed in hong kong to help people settle disputes with an apology without facing legal consequences. so let's begin. with is us richa

with me are sebastian payne from the financial times and prashant rao from the new york times.bserver leads with president trump's decision to sack his chief of staff causing nervousness among republicans. the telegraph headlines an ally of borisjohnson attacking philip hammond's approach to brexit. the sunday times has a report on the lives of teenage british girls who run away to join so—called islamic state. the mail says that princess diana's brother has called on channel 4 not to broadcast her video diaries, which are due to air next week. the express also focuses on princess diana, claiming the princess asked the queen for help about her marriage. and that story also makes the daily star's front page. so, let's begin. let us start with the front page of the observer. republican fears mount after trump's white house. it has been quite a week, how would you characterise? has it really been a week? it feels like a month, a year... evenjust listing the number of things that have happened in the past seven days is astonishing. reince priebus being booted for the general kelly,

of the financial times story is the same when we have been talking about.not david davies is on manoeuvres, trying to position himself. more about our leadership, she has withstood the last few weeks of what has been a poor and time for her. we we re has been a poor and time for her. we were talking about this, people in the cabinet are openly contradicting her, and that never would have happened if she had managed to increase the majority rather than lose a majority. she... people are saying her position is untenable as she could go as early as september, and one mp said, the biggest threat to theresa may is ambition, you know, her colleagues are going to stand out track star power not only ina back stand out track star power not only in a back but also any front. she is so weak. that is a thing. she is relying on the dup and has magic billion pounds out of thin air and is still a cap on public sector pay. even tories did not vote for the dup and all their policies, but suddenly they are part of an arrangement with they are part of an arrangement with the

columnist for the financial times. i'm delighted to be welcoming all of you to charlie rose tonight. we're all delighted to be standing in, in his stead. i can't think of a better, smarter group to talk about the trump administration and foreign policy, and this is the beginning of this big second leg of his overseas adventures as president. peter, what do you think about what happened today in poland? this was a major moment for president trump, right? >> well, it is. first of all, the choice of poland is instructive. why does he go to poland before meeting with vladimir putin in germany? he goes to poland to try to reassure central and eastern europeans who have been dubious about his friendship with the president of russia and needed ria insurance and he gave what his staff wanted him to give which was a robust speech in the center of warsaw, very pro-polish and said russia need to be in a destabilizing campaign. then he seemed not on script and was going to give an entirely different message. he was asked if russia

. >>> more stocks to watch wells fargo planning to eliminate smaller businesses, the financial timesorts the lender will spin off a number of products in effort to focus on relevant ones, restore investor confidence slightly disappointing on loan growth >>> a german paper reports ecb is considering carrying out special assessment of deutsche bank two largest shareholders. they may launch ownership procedures to scrutinize the qatari family. easy jet carolin mccaul will be the new chief executive of itv she will start her role in january, easy jet stock up a little today itv getting a percent and a half jump last time i checked. >> interesting corporate move there. >>> turning to wall street agenda, we get results from nine delco components netflix out after close today. later, hearing from bank of america, goldman, sachs, j and j, morgan stanley, american express, microsoft, visa, and general electric as for economic data, the manufacturing survey is out today. tomorrow, home prices and home builder survey wednesdaying housing starts. and thursday look for the fed survey. >> jumping

starting with the story in the financial times come uk ministers calling for post—brexit cooperation ime you can recall two cabinet ministers writing an open letter to the financial times that was not a response to anything, lead letter, it is all about the relationship between britain and europe when it comes to approving drugs? they are saying, giving assurances the drug companies, big industry in britain, worth about £60 billion a year to the uk, assurances the old way of approving medicines, donein the old way of approving medicines, done in collaboration with european regulatory authorities, it will not be damaged by brexit talks. how can they say this? the ecj, the european courts, they are part of the whole regulatory apparatus and one of the points of brexit is we do not want european courts to have any say in european courts to have any say in european chilly uk affairs. if we did go down that road, the uk might become yet another international market and not part of the centre of the drugs world and it is a careful line. this will appeal to those after a ha rd line. this wil

columnist for the financial times. am delighted to be welcoming all of you to charlie rose tonight. we are all delighted to be standing in his stead. i cannot think of a better group to talk about the trump administration and foreign policy. this is the beginning of this big second leg of his overseas adventures as president. peter, what do you think about what happened today in poland? this was a major moment i think for president trump. >> the choice of poland is instructive. why does he go to poland before meeting with vladimir putin in germany? he goes to poland to reassure central and eastern europeans who have been dubious about his expressed friendship with the president of russia and feel the need for reassurance. he gave what his staff wanted him to give them, a robust speech in the center of warsaw. very pro-polish, and he said russia needed to be confronted on destabilizing activity in ukraine and syria. by the end of the day, he had a press conference where he was not on script and seemed to get a different

our sunday morning edition of the papers — this mornings reviewers are sebastian payne from the financial timesnd for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's katherine downes. england's cricketers will start day four of the third test against south africa in a strong position, despite rain wiping out most of the afternoon's play at the 0val yesterday. debuta nt bowler toby roland—jones took his fifth south african wicket in the morning session as the tourists were

first we'll start with the front page of the financial times who are running a story on comments thed made about brexit over the weekend. he said fellow cabinet members were resisting a business friendly deal. of course those brexit talks resuming today to the guardian website now where they're running a story about cyber attacks. insurer lloyds of london have estimated that a serious cyber attack could cost the global economy more than one hundred and twenty billion dollars sticking with the theme of cyber attacks — the washington post reports that us intelligence officials claim the united arab emirates was behind the may hacking of qatari news and social media sites to try to spread fake news. france marked the 75th anniversary of the vel d'hiv raids, the mass deportation of around thirteen thousand frenchjews in 1942. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu made a visit to commemorate the day. and we end on two moments of historic significance that you must have been hiding in a cave to miss this weekend: the independent has this image of roger federer as he won the men's singl

the financial times reports that japan's largest bank has chosen amsterdam for its banking headquarters as a result of uncertainty over brexit. mufg currently employs more than 2,000 staff in london and a further 700 in other european cities. the guardian reports on the latest from venezuela following a so—called "sham" election. it highlights comments from the us ambassador to the united nations claiming the country is one step closer to a dictatorship. the new york times looks at putin responding to us sanctions by ordering 755 of its diplomatic staff leave america, in what the paper describes as a move right from the cold war playbook. and in thejapan times, the focus is on china us relations in an article that says chinese president xijinping is betting donald trump won't make good on his threats of a military strike against north korea. with me isjustin urquhart stewart the director of seven investment management. it is good to see you. good morning. good morning. we will start with that interview. le monde. britain will not undercut european rivals despite what was said before. ea

the financial times that now, we mention looking earlier on, looking at war street bankers enjoying ang up in value since donald trump was a late but the story i want to focus on —— elected. this is intriguing. the world is smallest violin is our plan around the country. —— world's. we all have anecdotal evidence that backs this up. we have watched friends of move out of london, reasonable distances, the cities that are 200 miles away, because they cannot afford to live here and it is a boring, depressing consequence, quite aside that it is breaking us paul paying our rent and mortgages, and our friends breaking us paul paying our rent and mortgages, and ourfriends are breaking us paul paying our rent and mortgages, and our friends are all leaving. i thought it would have an effect the housing market beyond london but it means demand goes up elsewhere. all these economic consequences are not always what might be foreseen. anyone who lives in london knows of people leaving for this reason. people in their 305 perhaps the largest group surveyed and they are found to be leaving. people us

let's move on to the financial times at netflix.s the top story on the business stories yesterday. 104 million subscribers, beating expectations. not quite so complimentary to the company. netflix is one of these new fangs stocks which dominate wall street. please explain. we used to be dominated by oil and banking. please explain. we used to be dominated by oiland banking. now, wall street is dominated by fangs stocks, facebook, amazon, apple, netflix and google, alphabet. netflix and google, alphabet. netflix is a modern tech company, which dominate everyday living, like a lot of those companies do. and subscriber numbers have been enormous. they have been pushing into other areas of the world very successfully. what this story talks about is the fact that a lot of chief executives, the high earners at netflix, are earning their bonuses and hitting their bonuses with what it says "uncanny certainty". they are being hit every quarter without fail. it is bringing into focus how they do that and if the numbers are real. that is the b

that started the financial times because of course we have the brexit talks starting, philip hammond is talking about this two year transition deal to cushion brexit. soft brexit, hard brexit, where are we? i do think we know where are we? i do think we know where we are but we know there is uncertainty and i think there's more division maybe then what's there was. it was clearly doing to be a ha rd was. it was clearly doing to be a hard brexit first, the government said, this is what theresa may promised, and nowi said, this is what theresa may promised, and now i think the reality is hitting people, you cannot just reality is hitting people, you cannotjust suddenly reality is hitting people, you cannot just suddenly cut reality is hitting people, you cannotjust suddenly cut off all ties with the eu. i think businesses certainly don't want the uncertainty, maybe they are representing that, but the article shows the race division within the conservatives and even within the cabinet. so, who knows? ithink conservatives and even within the cabinet. so, who knows? i think we will have t

moving on now to the financial times.ed wall street estimates for their subscriber figures. well, a slightly less glowing story about the company execs' uncanny knack for hitting their bonus targets. we'll tell you why that's controversial in a moment. 0n the front page of the telegraph is a story about car manufacturer mercedes. it announces that every mercedes sold in europe in the last six years is to be recalled over a fake emissions results scandal. the times of london has a story about the uk's plans to ban credit card surcharges. that could save shoppers here an estimated £500 million a year. $650 million. hurrah. back to the financial pages of the guardian who have a story about city firms preparing for brexit. amid uncertainty they're putting their own contingency plans in place to kick in at the end of this year. and, finally, a delightful story in the new york times about a woman who lived in a house—sized washing machine. frances gabe, the inventor of the self—cleaning home, died at the end of last year aged 1

he's pictured on the financial times, too.ng on the offensive against new york to try and win the world's largest initial public offering. it's trying to woo saudi arabia's oil giant aramco. london's proposing a loosening of governance restrictions. a parisian dinnerup the eiffel tower for the us and french presidents, and their wives. they're shown here on le figaro. in france for bastille day celebrations, donald trump has hinted that the united states' position on climate change could be reviewed. show me the money — but no notes and coins! the daily telegraph reports that visa wants to put cash out of business by paying shops to not accept tangible money.

the financial times leads with chinese president xi jinping agreeing to loan sanction—hit russia nearlyw to meet russian counterpart vladimir putin. the foreign ministers of the four arab nations boycotting qatar for allegedly supporting terrorism will meet in cairo to discuss doha's response to their 13 demands. that's according to the gulf news. the arab news, meanwhile, covers the final leg of a march in turkey, from ankara to istanbul. it began with a few hundred people and it's swelled to more than 20,000. started by the leader of the country's main opposition party, demonstrators are protesting the perceived lack ofjustice in turkey's judicial system. the daily telegraph reports a lack of eligible men has left an "oversupply" of educated women taking desperate steps to preserve their fertility, according to a global study on egg freezing. and roger federer has urged wimbledon officials to reconsider its rules to stop injured players from turning up for an easy pay cheque only to drop out. it reports two retirements on centre court on tuesday left the crowd feeling short—changed. s

the financial times leads on the fall out from last month's global cyber attack — with the consumer goods0 million hit in sales. the express writes that britain shouldn't be worried about the latest threats from brussels over brexit because, the paper says, eurocrats are scared of a walk out from british representatives. the telegraph says that business leaders are to demand an indefinite delay in britain leaving the single market and the customs union from the brexit secretary david davis. the guardian also leads with the warnings from business leaders, who say they are trying to prevent a ‘cliff edge‘ departure from the european union. the sun warns of a possible shortage of butter due to a lack of milk and cream being produced. the daily mirror reports of a man accused of fraudulently adding 30,000 kilos of horse meat into beef products sold in britain's supermarkets. the times writes that up to a fifth of labour mps have reportedly appeared on a hit list, to be targeted by left wing activists following mr corbyn‘s unexpected success at the general election. and the daily mail headline

tomorrow's front pages, starting with ttomorrow‘s financial times leads on what it says is the chancellor'scushion the blow of brexit with a two—year transition deal. the metro says the chancellor is at loggerheads with some fellow ministers, who he accuses of trying to undermine his strategy for a soft brexit. the daily telegraph also leads on the supposed rift between philip hammond and his cabinet colleagues — one of whom accuses the chancellor of trying to keep britain in the eu. the times says britain is wasting billions on fighter jets that the raf won't be able to use because of defence cuts. call 999 — get skype instead — the headline on the daily mail, which reports that some patients are being denied ambulance crews in an emergency. the sun leads on the new doctor who — jodie whittaker — the 13th time lord and the first woman to play the role. while the mirror greets the new doctor with delight — it's about time lord, says theirfront page. and back to brexit on tomorrow's guardian front page, which warns of a threat to food supplies after britain leaves. what on earth is going on

the financial times now. aasmah.he electric mini to be built in the uk despite eight desha brexit, is vote of confidence in the industrial strategy of the government. greg clark, business secretary, this is a fantastic story for him and the government. and for the that they mightnot'havedonewhati have that they mightnat'have'danewhati have and that they mightnat'have'danewhati have - and cited the work in they have done and cited the work in they have done and cited the work in the uk because of the uncertainty caused by brexit and may have caused the minds to change, we are not told why, but that is a triumph for the brexit supporters who say it is not all doom and gloom, it is not about uncertainty, you could argue that this is because where else really might they have done this? talk of the netherlands, but this is a very specialist workforce, with a great deal of specialist knowledge. you could argue it was always going to come to the uk or the uk. it is a great coup for the folk in oxford. they are highly skille

the financial times reports the two leaders have signed a number of trade deals ahead of the 620 summit in hamburg on friday. a boycott of qatar by four arab nations who claim the country supports terrorism will continue, reads the gulf news. the states‘ foreign ministers described doha's response to their list of 13 demands as negative. british businessman richard branson has told the south china morning post he may scale back his uk investments if britain goes ahead with brexit. the founder of the virgin group said investing in a country that was harming itself didn't make sense. a cyberspace court that will handle the rising number of online piracy and e—commerce disputes has been given the green light in china. legal experts say the model may point to the future for the nation's entire justice system. that's in the china daily. and in the daily telegraph, a study has found smartphones have been blamed for increasing instances of head lice in school children. we are scratching our heads, aren't we? with us isjonathan charles, managing director of communications at the european bank f

moving on to the front page of the financial times, where they're running a story about china's poor investment. an investigation by the business paper say that their new diplomacy—on—wheels scheme, the new silk road being the most well—known initiative, has been beset with many problems causing project cancellations. staying with the ft, a story on their website about netflix announces that the streaming site's subscriber figures have far exceeded wall street estimations with the number of base subscribers reaching 104 million. an interesting uk story on the front page of the guardian says that "sexist stereotypes" are going to be banned in adverts here. it's the latest in a crackdown on adverts that critics say promote unhealthy gender expectations. and finally, there on every page of the uk newspapers, prince william, kate and their two children george and charlotte, snapped on their royal tour in poland. of course, many talking of the royals renewed role in post—brexit diplomacy, but most photos like this one focusing on the young prince george. so let's begin. with me is maike c

will talk about the getting stuck in a minute because i am notorious but let's start with the financial times the latest ballistic missile test. it is important for the whole world to have china on board but here we are, we have donald trump, again and gnawing the chinese. part of why the chinese are annoyed is because president trump has put sanctions against a chinese bank accused of colluding with north korea and it's i'io colluding with north korea and it's no surprise the north koreans have set off another ballistic missile. they hate to be forgotten when there isa they hate to be forgotten when there is a big 620 meeting. obviously president trump and president xi will discuss this. we have the honeymoon period with the china america relations. we are now getting back to a sort of i guess state of play that we are more familiar with. there is an uneasy tension. how concerning is it. president xi mentions these negative factors, including a navy destroyer toa factors, including a navy destroyer to a disputed island in the south china sea. the south china sea is an important issue for chi

tomorrow's financial times leads on bmw's decision to build its new electric mini in the uk — despitehris gard is top story in the metro. on the front page of tomorrow's daily telegraph — a possible ban on diesel cars, plus a snap from the first day of theresa's may's summer holiday in italy. the express is hopeful about future trade with the us — after president trump hinted at a "very big and exciting" deal after the uk leaves the eu. the times also sounds the death knell for the diesel car — and has the story that milk can now be branded "inhumane" by vegan campaigners after a ruling on advertising. in the guardian, the claim by labour that more than 600,000 pupils are being taught by unqualified teachers. and in the daily mail — once again, the war on cars that burn fossil fuels, to help cut pollution. that is the top story. the times, diesel is banned, the end of the diesel is banned, the end of the diesel and petrol car. we knew this was coming, but there is a date here. yes, 2014, following from emmanuel macron, the president of france, making a similar pledge this morning, the

the financial times headlines the start of the second round of brexit talks with a photo that triggeredexit secretary's lack of paperwork. the i picks up on today's announcement on the route of the new high—speed rail track, hs2. the times reports that theresa may is being urged by cabinet ministers to sack colleagues after a string of lea ks. the metro runs with a story on rail delays, saying that arrival times will now be recorded and publicised to the minute. the daily telegraph picks up a report claiming that government funds for overseas aid are being wasted. the daily mail says that the electoral commission is launching an investigation into students that may have voted twice in the election. the daily express leads with a story on a new diet that says it can beat alzheimer's disease. the royal couple's trip to poland makes the sun's front page. the paper leads with a story claiming the duchess of cambridge wants a third child. so let's begin. hs2, jason, if so controversial, very expensive and we heard today, very expensive and we heard today, very sad for people who were living

this is also any front page on the financial times.aying to be porsche when you next phase of robot revolution takes off. we have heard a lot about how robots are going to take ourjobs. they suggest that also going to take the job when i first read this, i thought don't tell me this is good be about voice recognition and i cannot understand people balls accents. generally, you know how many times you shouted something and say, i did not say that. goes by you do not even have an accent. laughter this is saying that as workers lose their jobs this is saying that as workers lose theirjobs to robots, soft skills such as confidence and to be to become more valuable, those tend to become more valuable, those tend to be the people who are from higher social economic grounds, who i going to have those, so this is about people needing to retrain and go into labour market and be increasingly volatile, morejobs into labour market and be increasingly volatile, more jobs be automated, and they are saying 280,000 book— keepers, payroll managers and

the financial times reports that a delegation from the city of london's financial sector will be holdinge trade agreement. the paper says the industry is concerned about potentially having to move operations to europe. us president donald trump may make a snap visit to the uk within the next two weeks, according to the times. he's got a gap in his diary while in europe, and may givejust 2a hours notice. meanwhile, he's facing a backlash back home after tweeting a spoof video showing him assaulting a man with a cnn logo super—imposed on his head. the telegraph website looks at the uk government's plan to effectively reclaim its fishing waters. eu countries currently catch around 10 thousand tonnes of fish in the waters every year. access after brexit will have to be renegotiated. the guardian is looking at the so—called gig economy, and the debate over workers' rights at companies like uber. it comes at food transport service deliveroo moves closer to being worth1 point 5 billion dollars. it's wimbledon time again — and brit andy murray will open centre court later, in his title defence.

with me are miranda green from the financial times and christopher hope, chief political correspondentde la garenne children's home, at the centre of a report into decades of child abuse in jersey. the mirror's front page is dominated by calls for the prime minister to end the 1% pay cap on public sector wages. the times claims ministers are urging the chancellor to abandon commitments to reduce corporation tax on order to fund an increase in public sector pay. the guardian cites a new report showing the impact of pay freezes on nurses and police officers. the ft leads with a plea from two government ministers that the uk should be prepared to work closely with eu regulators in order to protect our pharmaceutical industry after brexit. the i claims a new form of cancer treatment based on dna testing could help millions of patients. the telegraph says that charities that pester donors for cash, face being fined up to £25,000 under new rules introduced this week and the express says a fresh heatwave will hit the uk this week — it's expected to rise to 32 degrees in london by the weekend.

the financial times reports the two leaders have signed a number

the same photograph on the financial times. trump raises 2016 meddling in talks.et's put a framework together to make sure it never happens again. trump asserting his authority. even though he came in, and use very flowery language, saying it is an honour to be with you, notjust tonucci. nonetheless he wanted to prove to everybody he had come here for a reason. he has the teeth to bring up an issue that is perhaps not the epitome of diplomacy, i'd say. bosses are rebuffed on brexit transition. some calls from business leaders, dave wanted some longer period, within the customs union and single market after brexit to smooth things out. the latest comes from the cbi, confederation of british industry. they have, for months, been particularly concerned about the cliff edge, they are talking about. they represent a whole lot of businesses. 0ne about. they represent a whole lot of businesses. one of the most pressing concerns if the movement of people in the aftermath of a hard brexit. they are concerned businesses will not be able to recruit the right people. it seems

the financial times leads with takeover attempts by us firms of the british payment processing companyd. the express quotes an investigation by the british medicaljournal that has found wait times for hip and knee operations have increased as part of cost—cutting measures. the telegraph writes that communities secretary sajid javid is to force wealthy rural areas to build more homes in an attempt to help tackle the housing crisis. the sun headlines a plea by doctors in the us and the vactican to save the life of charlie gard. that is after the public raised £1.3 million to help pay for his treatment. the daily mail has a 4—page spread dedicated to charlie gard and his family after, it says, the pope's spokesperson vote to ove 1120 m e the pope's spokesperson vote to overcome the british court ruling. the times says the transport secretary, chris grayling, is to announce a £1 billion road—building scheme to help tackle traffic congestion. starting with the big story of the day which a number of newspapers are carrying, the front page of the times. donald trump calls forjune trace is mee

the financial times leads on bmw's decision to build its new electric mini in the uk, despite brexit.let us take our charlie home to die," that's the plea of parents connie yates and chris gard and leads on the front of the metro. on the telegraph's front page, a possible ban on diesel cars is the big headline, and also there a snap from the first day of theresa's may's summer holiday in italy. the express is hopeful about future trade with america after president trump hinted at a very big and exciting deal after brexit. the times also sounds the death knell for petrol and diesel cars and has the story that milk can now be branded inhumane by vegan campaigners after a ruling on advertising. in the guardian, the claim by labour that more than 600,000 pupils are being taught by unqualified teachers is the top story, while the daily mail focuses on the war on cars that burn fossil fuels to help cut pollution. now on bbc news it's our world. in the syrian city of raqqa, islamic state is making a final stand. fighting them, a fragile coalition... gunshots ..of powers, great and small. of

let's move away from politics back to the financial times.ower project under. £1.3 billion project. this is something that is at the most a massive job. it has been described by some critics as britain's hobbyist ever renewable energy project so it is in swansea bay and this would be a tidal lagoon 1900 constructionjobs. a huge numberof 1900 constructionjobs. a huge number ofjobs. 1900 constructionjobs. a huge number of jobs. six mile 1900 constructionjobs. a huge number ofjobs. six mile seawall. 16 underwater turbines, number ofjobs. six mile seawall.16 underwater turbines, powerful 155,000 homes. it would take three years to build and have a design life of 120 years. the thing is, of course, life of 120 years. the thing is, of course , you can life of 120 years. the thing is, of course, you can look at one side and say that if great. the other side will save what a catastrophe for the local area. this story is saying, essentially, that the government... it's that was supported by david cameron at the time. they have now said eitherstump up

the financial times, top ministers pushing to keep eu farming ties after brexit.ore evidence of the weird cabinet free for all. any minister at the top of government seems to be making their pitch for public sympathy or manoeuvring. why not, they can get away with it. there is no discipline within the cabinet. two ministers, jeremy hunt of health and greg clark whiting a joint letter saying that they want to keep these very close ties with the eu over the drug industry, pharmaceuticals and health, which is very interesting because it is very important for nhs treatment, drugs coming on stream and having the regulatory structure allowing patients to get them as quickly as possible, but it is also important to the pharmaceutical industry. what is going to happen if every cabinet minister in their particular sector sta rts minister in their particular sector starts saying, 0k, brexit, fine but not my bit of business and industry? why are the ft saying this, why not write a letter to the cabinet minister, or david davies? this is not business as usual. wide are they p

the financial times has a warning from chinese president xijinping to his american counterpart.d to president trump about — in his words — "negative factors" that are emerging in their diplomatic relationship. the leaders are set to meet at the g20 summit this week. le figaro has the speech given by french president emmanuel macron where he proposed a major overhaul of the government. he also said the eu has lost its way, and could do with a new generation of leaders. (pres i + ani) german financial hub frankfurt is looking to make —— german financial hub frankfurt is looking to make post—brexit deals to attract international banks. it's offering exemptions from aspects of its labour laws, which currently make it difficult to fire people. that's also in the ft. in the daily telegraph, uk charities may face hefty fines if they continue to pester member of the public by phone, text or email. the new rules are being introduced this week. a shattered—looking stan wawrinka has been knocked out of wimbledon. seen here on the independent, the fifth seed lost to 2! year old daniil medve

the financial times reports that japan's largest bank has chosen amsterdam for its banking headquarters currently employs more than 2,000 staff in london and a further 700 in other european cities. the guardian reports on the latest from venezuela following a so—called "sham" election. it highlights comments from the us ambassador to the united nations claiming the country is one step closer to a dictatorship. the new york times looks at putin responding to us sanctions by ordering 755 of its diplomatic staff leave america, in what the paper describes as a move right from the cold war playbook. and in thejapan times, the focus is on china us relations in an article that says chinese president xijinping is betting donald trump won't make good on his threats of a military strike against north korea.

anyway, we will stay with the financial times, and move onto the second story that has caught our attentionrussels for a post—brexit trade deal. they are going it alone, is that what they are saying? get used to it, it is trump and brexit, that is what it will be for the next two yea rs. is what it will be for the next two years. it is called a blueprint, it is an exciting way to jazz up the story. it would appear that the city is concerned with the way the brexit negotiations are going or not going, so negotiations are going or not going, so they will mount their own efforts to get their voice heard in brussels. will they be heard? part of the article does say brussels, however, is unwilling to discuss the future relationship with the uk until they have sorted out the divorce. what this story really shows is on both sides, there are individuals, political individuals, the negotiators, who are upping the rhetoric and upping the emotional side of it. britain saying we will not pay or we will not stand for that. the eu saying we will walk away with no deal. behind—the—scenes, there are busine

bill whatever happens will be enormous, not least because the filthy left wing rag which is the financial timeson't ever pay off their debt, which is an enormous percentage of £100 billion. not writing off all of their debt, but even so, writing off all of their debt, but even so, a writing off all of their debt, but even so, a large quantity of this debt will never be paid back, because it is only levied once people and a certain amount and many people and a certain amount and many people simply don't earn that much and may never. so all you are really giving people is a sort of horrendous stress millstone to live with with no expectation really of the payment coming back. if you are the payment coming back. if you are the person who loans money to people and have been told that roughly seven upset of those people won't pay back and you haven't taken that into account in your figures, then you are an idiot, and i am sure the people running the student loans company are not idiots, so they are expecting a lot of money to be defaulted on, so why do you have to make 70 people's lives miserable be

let's look at the financial times, what is going on in the white house. donald trump lashes out.he attempt to try to repeal obamacare. the lashes out. the attempt to try to repeal obamaca re. the republicans have been trying for seven years and have been trying for seven years and have failed again. they have got other things to be getting on with. this has been a week of chaos in the white house and that is saying something but we have had multiple votes on the health care bill and on tuesdayit votes on the health care bill and on tuesday it looked like it was going for rod in the early hours of this morning, john mccain and two other republicans voted against, but we have also had bigger news this evening just breaking, that donald trump has fired his chief of staff, reince piebus —— reince priebus. that has come just a week after he fired his press secretary, sean spicer. we know how voluntary that was! soap all change at the white house. and also scaramucci chose some choice language that can't be repeated even after the watershed but basically called out reince priebus as a