thank you, cornelia. that is the briefing. really good day, see you soon. hello. well, in the last few days it's been pretty warm across the uk, with temperatures in the high 20s across the south. we've got another fine day on the way on wednesday across central and southern areas of the uk. we'll probably see scenes like this from tuesday, lovely weather there around the docklands in london. but there is change on the way. this weather front will cool things off over the next few days, but initially, the cooler air will be reaching scotland and northern ireland. but ahead of it, we still have warm air coming in all the way from the azores, from the almost subtropics here, so that's why it's so warm outside. in fact, temperatures overnight around the mid—teens across much of the country. now, the weather front will be moving across the uk through the early hours of wednesday morning. it's already been wet across scotland, parts of northern ireland too have seen quite a bit of rain, and that's just about moving into south—weste

cornelia is desperately trying not to burst into laughter here.orporation, a business consultancy. and a swiss lady. and the uk lady. and a swiss lady. and the uk lady. and a swiss lady. and the uk lady. and a uk citizen. let's talk about the situation in the united states. president trump, there is as ever very strong opinions on both sides as to how damaging this is or not, as to how damaging this is or not, as the case may be.

first here is cornelia to talk through the other stories. we started the front page of the times.e a deal with britain, emmanuel macron tells eu leaders. what is going to say? look, if you look at emmanuel macron, if you look at the french economy, if you look at the french economy, if you look at french agriculture, they really need the uk market. if you look at the security cooperation between the uk and france, that is very important. apparently theresa may has had a good meeting with him during her break in his residence during her break in his residence during his break. and he is going to say let us make a deal. i think that is the consensus that is emerging. did you see yesterday that dominic raab came out and said yes we are probably missing the deadline of 0ctober, it will probably slip into november, but we are getting closer toa november, but we are getting closer to a deal? and then yesterday, michel barnier spoke in berlin and said we are actually quite close to a deal. and the pound went up on that. michel barnier said one thing that. michel barnier said one thing th

all right, thank you for now, cornelia. go and have a strong coffee.ck in about half an hour to review the main stories being covered by the global media. let's brief you on some of the other stories making the news. the british government says it is talking with french authorities to ensure there's no repeat of violent clashes between scallop fishermen off the coast of normandy. the french fishermen, who are banned from operating in the area during the summer, have accused their british counterparts of looting and depleting stocks. however, the uk says their fishermen are operating in the area legally. the former first minister of scotland, alex salmond, has resigned from the scottish national party. mr salmond faces sexual harassment allegations which he strongly denies. a lifelong campaigner for scottish independence from britain, he resigned as first ministerfour years ago after losing a referendum on the issue. two people have been killed during clashes in the south african township of soweto in which foreign—owned shops were targeted. police beli

cornelia meyerjoins me now.anctions that the us announced some time ago, coming into effect today, what are they actually on? because of the poisoning, but they are very limited. they are on a few institutions, but not that many. it is not that much and if you look at it, even congress as well as the senate are pretty much more although run majority —— majorly by republicans, they are in favour of sanctions at. lot of the senators have come out and said we probably haven't done enough yet. as you say, the sanctions come into it effect today are fairly limited, some say there might have a big impact on the economy but some argue not so much. having said that, jeremy hunt, who will be in washington very soon, his first visit as foreign secretary, is go to be calling on the eu —— of the eu to follow the us‘s suit. go to be calling on the eu —— of the eu to follow the us's suit. he absolutely will and i think the uk has been in the driving seat for this set of sanctions. you have at the same time as we see this, you