disney's deal for rupert murdoch's 21st century fox assets is the lead story on the financial times. the deal between disney and 21st century fox also leads the guardian's front page, as well as coverage of the grief of the families affected by the grenfell tower tragedy. and the metro reports that homelessness is up 65% in seven years, according to government figures. don't forget you can see the front pages of the papers online on the bbc news website. a lot of the front pages feature pictures from that moving service at st paul's cathedral six months after the grenfell disaster. also there is the grenfell disaster. also there is the grief people are going through, you can see that clearly. the tears. which is to be expected. the problem is, i think, which is to be expected. the problem is, ithink, this which is to be expected. the problem is, i think, this is going to go on for such a long time. when we have inquiries, events like this that happen in this country, i think people who live those events often find it is dragged out, it's long, it really laborious process. ijust hope.

allardyce in our cool the financial times, which leads with the guilty plea by former national security advisor to donald trump paul flynn, for misleading the fbi about his connections to russia. the i features the warning from the brexit secretary david davis that he would resign if the deputy prime minister damian green was forced to quit over claims pornography was found on his house of commons computer. the daily mail says the conservatives are at war with the police over the accusations, which are they say are the product of a long running feud. the telegraph highlights the danger to the president following the deal made by paul flynn to cooperate with fbi investigators examining russian interference in the us elections last year. the sun carries a large picture of prince harry's fiance the guardian's top story is also the guilty plea by paul flynn, noting the president was uncharacteristically quiet on the matter. the sun carries a large picture of prince harry's fiance meghan markle on her first public engagement with the prince since they announced their engagement, calling her

one more brexit front page on the financial times which is the other dimension to the brexit astori —— from the brexit vote. this is the irish border with the irish premier raising the prospect of brexit divorce talks stretching into the new year if there is no agreement next week. some think that means that the irish premier is threatening to use his veto next week if he is not happy with the plan for the border. the phrase regulatory alignment has been on everybody‘s lips and many people have been getting out the thesaurus to see what it means but it seems they had to persuade the dup that regulatory alignment is not the same as being in the single market and the customs union. whether they can do that or not is unclear. the dup usually comes to the table but we'll sort of spin this out. they have a great deal of trouble here in that the longer you go on, it is significant because the longer we go in this phase, the shorter time we have to do the other elements, principally the trade deals also the longer time it takes to do other trade deals and move into that other arena, the

the financial times reports that companies have made a record amount from floating on stock exchanges, mainly because of deals in the us and china. the daily express runs with a story about people seeing their pension funds whittled away by hidden charges. the telegraph leads with a warning that patients are going blind while waiting for cataract operations. the guardian leads with a story claiming the rise of automation and the machine will affect the poorest hardest. the mirror claims hospitals made £500,000 a day from nhs carparks. the mail's front page has a report claiming half of local authorities haven't had a bobby on the beat for the past year. so, let's begin... your stablemate at the independent hasjeremy your stablemate at the independent has jeremy corbyn your stablemate at the independent hasjeremy corbyn in for the long haul, he says. he has been giving interviews, one suspects, to make eve ryo ne interviews, one suspects, to make everyone realise he's still around? yes, absolutely, it looks like it. to me, this looks like a bit of a battle cry. there have been some de

the financial times crunched the numbers and the headline is staggering. apple will see up to 47 billion dollars potential benefit from tax reform. according to the financial times, they currently have the largest stock pile of cash on the planet, about 252 billion dollars. if they were to bring the profit back home to the u.s., they'd pay the current corporate tax rate of 35 percent, or about $78 billion in taxes. however under the current version of the senate tax reform bill, that tax rate would drop to 14.5 percent and apple would then pay 31 billion. that's a tax bill reduction of 47 billion dollars. >> if the tax rate never changed, that money probably would have stayed overseas forever conceivably. >> reporter: this is a tax professor at san jose state and says apple is just following the law, and now at least the federal government will get some taxes. >> you're talking about under the current regime, they pay 0, and under the new regime it would be 31 billion dollars. so what's better? 0 or 31 billion dollars? >> reporter: creative stat apologies

you won't read in the financial times of london. they globalists. what i said is all about prowrestling. it is irrelevant. the big fight in this city is one fight between the globalists that run it and nationalists that want to take it back. with nationalists it's not -- it's crazy. you hear it from mainstream media. they are trying to draft off and get free media time. this is about american workers regardless of your race, regardless of your ethnicity, regardless of your gender or sexual preference. american workers have to have some rights and those rights that they don't have to compete unfairly with the world. that's the revolution we are talking about. that's what the wall street times, i just got back from london. they are afraid to death of this. they realize that when the american working man and american entrepreneurs take over it will be a different deal. let's talk about some math. 3.3% growth in the latest quarter. he has gotten lowest black unemployment in 17 years and overall lowest employment of 17 years. i realize those numbers are

the front page of the financial times. an interesting story here about labour and its policy on the bank of england? labour have asked co nsulta nts bank of england? labour have asked consultants to look into a series of issues, not just do consultants to look into a series of issues, notjust do with the bank of england, and one suggestion they are considering is moving some functions of the bank of england to birmingham six and thinking about whether or not the governor should be based in birmingham. labourare also not the governor should be based in birmingham. labour are also talking about creating two new institutions, the national investment bank and the strategic investment bank and those might be birmingham. a separate financial hub in britain's second city and as someone who is hopelessly part of the london bubble, when i go to places like birmingham six for party conferences, it always strikes me that they have these really big financial centres in our major cities, it is notjust in london. we have centres cities,

financial times, this extraordinary deal where murdoch and disney... murdoch, the man who has acquired and built his empire, built, built about, acquired and built his empire, built, builtabout, now acquired and built his empire, built, built about, now seems to be selling it off. he's quoted as saying he's pivoting at a pivotal moment, which appealed to me. it suggested he is acting in reaction to changes in how we consume media and entertainment. which is changing. absolutely, through streaming and internet, rather than the more traditional formats. streaming and internet, rather than the more traditionalformats. which 20th century fox were at the forefront. david, it's a fascinating story. it is. he still says those people who know him know he is a news man with a competitive spirit. i don't know where put that now. it looks like most of the new stuff is going to go. the last story we will look at is the telegraph. an extraordinary story. it claims the russians may be posing a threat to britain's internet access and trade because of undersea communi

the financial times says the prime minister is set for a momentous day in brussels. it also reports that there has been a surge in swiss banks' reporting of suspicious activity by saudi clients. some of the papers, like the guardian, are leading on research from the joseph rowntree foundation, which found almost 400,000 more children and 300,000 more over—65s were living in poverty last year than in 2012—2013. the i has the same story, describing a "poverty time bomb" for pensioners. the daily mirror says the report exposes theresa may's pledge to tackle poverty as a sham. the telegraph focuses on the virtual currency, bitcoin, saying there will be a crack—down amid concern it is being used to launder money and dodge tax. looking at tomorrow and the brussels meeting. brexit is 90% complete. things are apparently going quickly. we were thinking we were nowhere near trade. it looks 90% absent 20 minutes ago. it looks 90% absent 20 minutes ago. it was casually mentioned by an unnamed official. work is needed to find a formula to satisfy ireland. a p pa re ntly fin

well, the financial times, that figured can't be right because our economy has carried on growing. we've carried on seeing economic progress, exports for example have risen sharply in the past 12 months. the pound against the dollar is at the level that it was at the time of the referendum. 0ur growth forecasts have been revised downwards. we are now growing more minutely than anywhere else in europe. but the issue the office for budget responsibility brought forward at the time of the budget which is where these projections come from, is all down to our productivity and this is why we are investing in the future. we are investing in technology, we are investing in infrastructure. that election was the moment wasn't it where theresa may had to learn to be a consultative, parliamentarian pm. she strengthened parliament's restraint if you like of her own government. well, it certainly the case that in terms of parliament, in terms of the numbers, it's a more challenging period now for us. we don't have a majority, we have to win arguments in parliament. we won't always do that, thoug

times that special counsel robert miller ordered them to hand over information in fact the source said that the only situation where the bank can legally hand over customer data is without a court order it's a sign the investigation could now be moving to trump's russian ties before his presidential campaign now entrepreneurs in tokyo have been cashing in on the huge success of nintendo's super mario video game for seventy dollars an hour you can hire a go cart and drive around the city as your favorite video game character but now the city is cracking down saying these rides can be dangerous tokyo police have introduced a ruling which requires the mariel cards to be fitted with seat belts still firms like to operate a maverick odds say they'll comply with the law now if you don't have enough cash to invest in state of the art technology that comes straight from the assembly line use your own ingenuity that's what a man in mexico did when he decided to retrofit his old folks beetle with electric engines. with fourteen batteries under the hood hector ruiz drives into mexico city's rush

the financial times shows an image of nikki haley, the us ambassador to the un who has warned that the us will not forget countries who voted against its decision to recognise jerusalem as israel's capital. the daily mirror leads with a report about an alleged russian spy who visited no 10 as part of a ukrainian delegation. the telegraph features claims from borisjohnson that damian green was the victim of a ‘vendetta' by retired met police officers. the times has a similar story, alongside another picture of the recently—engaged royal couple. and the guardian says that tens of thousands of nhs patients will have their surgeries cancelled this winter to help avoid a crisis across the health service. that is a flavour of the front pages. we can dip into some of those. digby, jeremy hunt is after a promotion? that is a statement of the obvious, isn't it. people go into politics to be prime minister and any politician who tells you they don't is not often telling you they don't is not often telling you the whole truth. yes, they want to change society and change their country but they

the financial times reports that the uk will soon receive imports of russian gas, as well as predictions that banks will only move 6% ofjobs out of london after brexit. the daily mirror's top story is comedian peter kay's apology to fans after cancelling his 100—date comeback tour due to unforeseen family circumstances. the daily express front page also features peter kay's tour cancellation, alongside warnings that millions of people face "pension crisis", because they are not saving enough for retirement. and the metro's main story is the death of 3—year—old lia pearson, the fourth child to die following a house fire in greater manchester on monday. we are on leave of a eu summit, a pretty crucial one, but there are some people who believe theresa may's cans are now tied. look at the front page of the guardian. tory rebellion humiliates pm on brexit bill. a very close vote in the commons this evening. 309 to 305, i think it was, a majority of four for those people who feel that parliament should have a big say in the final brexit deal. also the front page of the times. revenge of

the financial times reports on plans by a uk shopping centre owner to mitigate against a high street slowdown, as retail sales shift online. the times has the story of a shortage of medicines which is forcing some cancer patients and those with severe mental health issues to be turned away from pharmacies and the daily express is concerned about the imminent arrival of storm caroline and her 90 mph gusts. let's start with the front page of the guardian, anger as trump declared jerusalem as israel's capital. this was a story widely anticipated but there has been shocked nonetheless. there has been because it is an extraordinary story. who on the globe could unite the pope, the un, china, russia, france, germany, britain, egypt, turkey, iran and saudi arabia? only one person and that is what donald trump did today. one of our commentators called it an act of diplomatic arson and the ksr he is potentially going to create, he has fumbled his way into what is a geopolitical hotspot —— the chaos. there is an agreement on one side about this needs to be approached and done and he has dr

according to the financial times, the president will propose a much tougher stance on china, report reid a result of his frustration with it chinaize government, despite his bond with it chinese leader. we've reach udout to the white house. so far nothing. >>> and tomorrow morning a quick reminder. cnn's jake tapper is going to talk to alabama senator elect, doug jones. that's at 9:00 a.m. eastern and 12:00 p.m. pacific. ial can rr be back with you tomorrow afternoon at 5:00 p.m. eastern in the cnn newsroom. patrick woke up with a sore back. but he's got work to do. so he took aleve this morning. if he'd taken tylenol, he'd be stopping for more pills right now. only aleve has the strength to stop tough pain for up to 12 hours with just one pill. tylenol can't do that. aleve. all day strong. all day long. mopping robotthe from irobot. its precision jet spray and vibrating cleaning head loosen and scrub stains. all while navigating kitchens, bathrooms and those hard to reach places. you and braava jet from irobot. better together. that goes beyond assuming beingredients are safe...ood to k

a person with direct knowledge of its actions telling "the financial times," the production of trump-related documents had begun several weeks ago. the white house is denying it. the bank notably is not. in a statement to nbc news deutsche bank said only that it "takes its legal obligations seriously and remains committed to cooperating with authorized investigations into this matter." over the past two decades deutsche bank has played a major role in propping up the president's businesses. after the president suffered a string of high-profile flops in the early '90s, including four, four bankruptcies at his atlantic city casinos, deutsche bank was one of the only big financial institutions willing to do business with donald trump. since then it has helped finance some of his most prominent projects. by the time he took office the president owed the bank some $300 million on three different properties, including his brand-new hotel in washington, d.c. as a result, robert mueller's not the only one who's been trying to get his hands on deutsche bank's records this year. congressional democrat

. >> we've been clear about this at the financial times i was on tv with you a few weeks ago. we had the same discussion under the uk takeover panel rules, fox has no way out of its acquisition of sky fox, unless there's a significant regulatory change to the transaction, there's no way fox can get out of that offer. a deal with disney would be structured such that it would be preconditional to fox completing its acquisition of sky, and then disney takes over. that is how it would have to be done in one way, shape or form how you do that precisely cannican ibe jiggered with the lawyers and the language interestingly what this also means is that depending on where james murdoch ends up, he's close to the ceo of sky. and our understanding was that in a takeover of sky by fox which saw no other players get involved, jeremy would have remained a part of the group now if disney comes in and buys that, it raises the question of where the ceo of sky ends up >> arash, thank you very much for joining us >>> billionaire hedge fund manager paul jude ah jones who d thrown his support arou

the financial times says worldwide merger and acquisitions surpassed $3 trillion this year. the mirror is launching a campaign to end charges in hospital carparks. and the sun reports that uk supermarkets will start selling bacon that doesn't have harmful added nitrites. now on bbc news, it's time for the travel show. well, that's just a taste of what's coming up in the next half hour, as we take a look back at some of the best bits in what has been a truly memorable year. it's taken us to all four corners of the world, we've met some amazing people with some fantastic stories. but first, let's kick off with these ones. in a moment, we've got me fishing for my lunch here in finnish lapland, and then rajan gets to be the first member of the public to take a ride on europe's tallest and fastest rollercoaster. but first, back in january, henry travelled to turkey to explore a massive underground city recently found, that's slowly revealing some fascinating stories about the country's history. wow, look at all of this. i find it quite hard to believe that people were living on t

my pick is in "the financial times. by john gaper. business is becoming a battle of the giants he argues the rise of the f.a.n.g. stocks means anti trust rules need to be rewritten the framework of antitrust law rests on the idea that the task of anti trust is not to protect small businesses from big ones but to maximize consumer welfare by reinforcing competition the judge and legal theorist who dubbed this in 1978 dubbed it as the antitrust paradox. large enterprises can be good for economic efficiency. in light of some of the deals, steady stream of mergers that have been in response to the tech titans, most recently the cvs and aetna deal also the 21st century fox/disne deal >> saying these big deals are good for the consumer or not >> the presence and their response they're elis liciting d be good. >>> coming up next, we're setting you up for the trading day ahead. e w, nasdaq and s&p pointing lower. urance company that knows the weather down to the square block. this is a diamond tracked on a blockchain - protected against fraud

. >>> time for our must reads. my picks in "the financial times. why big tech wants to keep net neutral. a number of critics would argue that the fangs themselves are a bigger risk to innovation than the telecoms companies in large part because of the network effects that make them a natural monopoly, the currency of the digital age is data and the value grows exponentially. this allows it to grow ever more dominant and able to squash it in a myriad of ways. the test will be to decide if the consumer has been affected by the roll back of the net neutrality the u.s. is facing it and i guess one of the other tests will be the quality of network service in those two companies in a period of time. this is a defense of the roll back of net neutrality. >> when you think about how much band width and youtube, you'll see that the arg gaumt that they should be hanging more the author of this is somebody i used to intern for. >> my pick is in the wall street journal titled, another escalation in the judicial war writing, quote, for many executive branch posi

times reported robert mueller's team subpoenaed deutsche bank for the records. signaling the probe may be moving beyond contacts made between mr. trump's campaign and russian officials into the billionaire's business dealings are russia. >> has mueller crossed a line? >> thank you. >> reporter: not responding today but this summer told the "new york times" his finances should be off-limits to mueller. >> reporter: now the presidential advisers says that not true. says confirmed with deutsche bank but not might be allowed to tell the team about the subpoena, since some supposed to be kept secret. tells nbc news it takes legal obligations seriously and committed to cooperating in authorized investigations. another twist five days after national security adviser mike flynn pleaded guilty to lying to the fbi. >> when did the president know that mike flynn lied to the fbi? >> i refer you to john dowd's clarification. >> asking for date? announcement on friday or -- >> refer to john dowd. >> reporter: president's outside lawyer tells nbc news i'm not going to engage f

the financial times reports deutsche bank has begun sending information about its dealings with donald trump to u.s. investigators following a subpoena by robert mueller, a person with direct knowledge of the german bank's actions told the financial times. the production of trump-related documents had begun several weeks ago. and "the wall street journal" is reporting deutsche bank received a subpoena earlier in the fall from u.s. special counsel robert mueller's office concerning people or entities affiliated with donald trump according to a person briefed on the matter. the subpoena requested documents and data about accounts and other dealings tied to relationships with mr. trump and people close to him, the person said. the bank has lent more than $300 million to entities affiliated with mr. trump, according to public disclosures. today, a spokesperson for the president's criminal defense team said no subpoena has been issued or received. we have confirmed this with the bank and other sources. the white house press secretary echoed that this afternoon. >> no subpoena has been issue

times. 22 minutes in both directions now. and then we have speeds into the 60s on the west and eastbound side from route 1 to valley forge. not seeing any problems on the turnpike. a crash in lower merion at springmill around woodmont. i'll check in with the schuylkill expressway and any areas with construction when i come back in about ten m. >>> let's look at temperatures for today. heading back to work on our monday, we are looking at yet another chilly day ahead of us. with numbers that are above freezing in the afternoon. actually we're already above freezing in spots like philadelphia. 34 degrees right now. still feels cold, though, and we even had a few flakes that fell early this morning. the time now is 4:41. we'll be around 36 degrees at 10:00 a.m. 39 degrees at noon. and then as we get into the afternoon hours, i think we'll make it to the low 40s want won't necessarily cap at 40. we could see areas at 41, 42. we're not going to get much higher than that today. the feels-like temp

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the front page of the financial times today. i wonder what they are thinking. i guess their agenda is they want to try and shot any tax reform in the us will not impinge on global trade. what is interesting is that this is at concerted effort. none of these countries cannot afford to challenge america on their tax lans. especially in the uk, they need to trade with the us as does any major economy in the world but collectively they could be a lot more pressure put on donald trump and the administration in the us to maybe not even do something about this but we think certain aspects of it. when you look at donald trump's presidency so far, it has not been highlighted by any successful changes in law and the tax plan is a big one which she has put a lot into. —— which he has. it is all because they see the tax plan going in and stimulus are going in and it is needed in the us and i do not see much changing even if the right european issues saying there are issues. they are saying international trade law is being infringed by the reforms in the us and the prop

the suggestion is that the financial times could have cost us an extra 15 billion as a result of that month, the most constant lunch in history, as they say. it says mr barber is such a committed europhile that he was high . -- high . —— high honourfor it. . -- high honour for it. there's a story in the guardian about the pope about the use of words? the lord's prayer. everybody knows the lord's prayer. everybody knows the lord's prayer if you are religious or not if you are a christian or not. you've heard it often enough avenue? that great feeling when you are little in the assembly, you can recite it without looking at it. they've changed the words over time. they've changed the words over time. the words have been changed, in france they have a different version but it all comes down to the line lead us not into temptation. pope argues that god is leading us into temptation, and god is god and he would do no such thing, it is scurrilous to suggest otherwise is, and adding words there. he thinks the version should be do not let us fall into temptation which would be more approp

times and deborah haynes, defence editor at the times, but let's have a quick look now at the stories making the front pages. the times leads on an comments by a government security minister about plans to tax internet giants if they don't help combat terrorism. there's also a colourful picture of eddie the eagle and fans, ahead of london's new year's day parade. the observer takes a closer look at the fallout from lord adonis‘ resignation and the labour peer‘s call for chris grayling to resign. the mail on sunday reports on plans for so—called unpaid border guards at ports and airports, it also shows rod stewart modelling an interesting choice of knitwear when he turned up to support his beloved team celtic, earlier this evening. the telegraph‘s top story focuses on retailers‘ plans to get around the government‘s ban on credit card fees. the sunday express leads on plans for the over—75s to get a new super vaccine to help combat the flu. more coming up at 1130. for the past couple of months, millions of people have been enjoying blue planet 2, the latest landmark series

our guestsjoining me tonight are henry mance, political correspondent at the financial times, and deborah haynes, defence editor at the times. in iran, thousands of people are rallying in support of the government after street protests against the authorities entered their third day. despite repeated warnings from the authorities, according to videos posted on social media that had been verified by the bbc, at least two people in a western town had been shot and seriously injured. another video shows demonstrators torching a police motorbike. and in a town in the north, protesters have burned a large banner with a picture of iran's supreme leader. the third day of protests in iran. what began in small provincial cities, now spreading to the capital tehran and the main university campus. these are worrying signs for the iranian government and the ultraconservative shia clerics who have ruled over the country since the 1979 revolution. shouting for the clerics to give him a job, this protester typifies the economic anger felt by many iranians. they accuse the mullahs of living in gilded pal

pension funds actually in the financial times it was almost celebrated as look we're solvent that but it's all phonies. and the problem is that as this kind of news is drip count over the years it was the ninth completely in two thousand and twelve thirteen and then going to fish began to go very quiet in fourteen or fifteen sixteen but as we slowly become to realize that this is not crying wolf is as really happened i mean is that we've become used to it and maybe that's why it's so bad because we're such apply a population that we are willing to accept the most important thing in life our health be damaged by how our government behaves ok well just finally aside from so the rating the deaths that make the british public accounts do better you know one of the world's greatest experts on housing surely was celebrating the extra forty four billion pounds that the government as announced for building three hundred thousand new homes a year. they've announced this kind of thing many many times over and there comes a point. just lisa's trust in the announcements. if they had wanted to do

and the financial times says plans from president trump to cut taxes have been met with international hostility. the paper says finance ministers from europe's five largest economies have written to the white house, warning that the plans could undermine trade. it's estimated that in just three years time, there will be close to 600 million cctv cameras in china. and they will be doing more than just watching you. many are fitted with artificial intelligence, including facial recognition technology. it's part of what china is calling "the world's largest camera surveillance network". john sudworth has been given exclusive access to one police control room, in the city of guiyang. in this city, big brother now has the darter on his side. —— data. from their new high—tech control room, the police are keen to show me how it works. they add my photo to their vast digital catalogue containing the image of every resident. let's see how long it ta kes you resident. let's see how long it takes you to find me. thank you very much. let's go. china is rapidly building the world ‘s larges

there was an article in the financial times a few months ago. the world is developing away in which china and the united states are going to be two crucial global powers and they have to operate alongside each other. we are not in a world dominated by the united states and allies and others like russia and china are on the frinchls. you have a world where china and the united states have to engage with one another and resolve an address international issues whether it's the piece of stability or trade or climate change. they have to address the issues together. russia is assertive. other countries like india and japan and europe and britain are significant powers. the three major ones are chine a the united states and russia are going to be operating more like traditional major powers just with one another and cooperating in certain yarps and confronting each other. that's a different world than one for the 17 years. >> do we want to live in a china-led world? >> no. we would rather live in an american-led world. the reality is that china's econ

there is a story in the financial times. it looks like a company that makes iced tea have decided to change their name and they are going to start looking at they are going to start looking at the benefits of block chain technology. that is a shift in focus. it is one of the biggest pivots in businesses i have seen. small companies in china that used to make things like furniture are i'iow to make things like furniture are now investigating artificial intelligence and their stocks have soared. it takes us back to the era of the dot—com bubble and you add a word to your name and the price goes up. it shows the craziness surrounding bitcoin. block chain is behind bitcoin. i was thinking as we we re behind bitcoin. i was thinking as we were chatting whether our viewing figures would go up if we had a little bitcoin medallion, with your bitcoin password numbers. let's see if the costume and make—up department can help us out. another story that is extraordinary for this time of the year. it has been described by the new york

the financial times‘ top story is about plans by a uk shopping centre owner to combat a high street slowdown, as retail sales shift online. the times has the story of a shortage of medicines which is forcing some cancer patients and those with severe mental health issues to be turned away from pharmacies. and the express is concerned about the imminent arrival of storm caroline and her 90 mile per hour winds. now on bbc news, it's time for hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i'm stephen sackur. for now, the bbc employs human beings like me to question the way our world works. but, for how much longer? as research and development effort into artificial intelligence intensifies, is there any sphere of human activity that won't be revolutionised by aland robotics? my guest today, is alan winfield. a world—renowned professor of robot ethics. from driving, to education, to work and warfare, are we unleashing machines which could turn the dark visions of science fiction into science fact? alan winfield, welcome to hardtalk. hi, delighted to be here, stephen. you do have a fascinating title, professor

columnist for the financial times argues that liberal democracy is threatened in the retreat of western liberalism. in the last castle, denise castle reports on biltmore house, the largest private residence in american history. tom nichols, professor of national security affairs at the war college argues that due to the spread of the internet and 24 hour news, expert opinion is now being discounted in the death of expertise. you've al he's looked at the future of humanity in his book. wrapping up the best books of 2017, the essay on the upbringing of the daughter of indian immigrants in canada. one day we will all be dead and none of this will matter. >> in our eighth grade biology class our teacher gave us a checklist of dominant versus recessive genes. the subject occurred to me only years later that we would all end up looking darker and more vague than we did in the past. she wasn't exactly unhappy but she did express some concern regarding the loss of the blue-eyed and natural blonde. we were paired up with someone with the ap opposite to compare genes with someone to see what our

and looking at some polls here from the financial times in a sort of put the most together as averages catalonia independence for separatists forty six point nine percent unionists forty three point seven percent and down here not aligned seven point eight percent so close but does it still close in catalonia. well it does feel like at least in this election being so important thing and then going through so much tension. many people who might have never voted in my might show up. on thursday to the polls because this gives the pollsters gives them a hard time because when somebody that has never been will call says no i will go you never know whether to believe them or not. and there's absolutely. right. it's also different because it's going to be on the on it's not going to be on. usually polls and got a little used to be that also bit of. uncertainty to the whole poll but obviously from the from the point of. the president's going to be generally pretty comfortable in saying that they will haul preserver at least a relative majority here are we got this comment here on twitter excu

the financial times front page has a story about theresa may and the eu's failure to reach a deal on brexit, it describes how carefully choreographed the force deal was put in yesterday morning, it was the northern ireland's democratic party to reject theresa may's agreement to keep northern ireland aligned with eu law after brexit. and the straits times reports tensions arising on the largest us drill. the five—day drill called vigilant ace is set to include simulated strikes on mock north korean nuclear and missile targets. it has been criticised i pyongyang as an all—out provocation, coming less than a week after north korea fired its most powerful intercontinental lipstick missile capable of reaching the united states. and finally to have the international edition of the new york times and it reports that saudi arabia's crown prince has agreed a piece deal with terms favouring israel. according to officials, the palestinian president told of a plan resented by the crown prince that would mean the palestinians would get a state of their own at only limited sovereignty over the

let's take a look at some front pages from around the world: we start with britain's financial times, which looks at the mega deal between disney and fox, that could reshape the media landscape. the company is reported to be closing in on rupert murdoch's 21st century fox in a deal that could be worth around $60 billion. we're looking at that closely for you. the south china morning post says the global race to get self—driving vehicles on the road and they are saying that it could be speeding up. the paper says the southern city of shenzhen is giving their self—driving buses a public test drive. we will see how that goes. and finally, would you ever feel guilty about taking a paid vacation? well, according to the japan times, japanese workers ranked the world's lowest in using paid vacation days. and they also felt most guilty about taking time off from the office. that's how the papers look this morning. chinese president xijinping is expected to attend a commemoration event marking 80 years since the nanjing massacre. in december 1937, japanese troops invaded the city, killing

and looking at some polls here from the financial times and they sort of put them all together as averages catalonia independence for separatists forty six point nine percent unionists forty three point seven percent and down here nonaligned seven point eight percent so close but does it still class in catalonia. well it does feel like at least in this election being so important and having having gone through so much tension . many people might have never voted in the past my might show up. on thursday was this this gives the pollsters gives them a hard time because when somebody that has never been will call says no i will vote you never know whether to believe them or not them indefinitely all of them all of the right. it's also different because it's going to be on the on it's not going to be on holidays like usually polls in catalonia used to be that also a bit of. uncertainty to the whole poll but obviously from the from the point of. the president is generally pretty comfortable in saying that they will hold preserver at least a relative majority is are we got this comment here on t

britain's financial times looks at the mega deal between disney and fox that could reshape the media landscape. the company is reported to be closing in on rupert murdoch's 21st century fox in a deal that could be worth $60 billion. the south china morning post says the global race to get self—driving vehicles on the road could be speeding up. the paper says the southern city of shenzhen is giving their self driving buses a public test drive. and finally, would you ever feel guilty about taking a paid vacation? well, according to the japan times, japanese workers ranked the world's lowest in using paid vacation days. and they also felt most guilty about taking time off from the office. the french president, emmanuel macron, has warned the world that it is losing the battle against climate change. he told world leaders and heads of companies at the one planet summit in paris that action against global warming was not being taken fast enough. the world bank announced at the summit that is would stop financing oil and gas exploration and extraction from 2019. from paris, lucy williams

and the financial times says plans from president trump to cut taxes have been met with international hostility. the paper says finance ministers from europe's five largest economies have written to the white house warning that the plans could undermine trade. it's estimated that in just three years' time, there will be close to 600 million cctv cameras in china, and they will be doing more than just watching you. many are fitted with artificial intelligence, including facial recognition technology. it's part of what china is calling the world's largest camera surveillance network. john sudworth has been given exclusive access to one police control room in the city of guiyang. in the city of guiyang, big brother now has big data on his side. from their new high—tech control room, the police are keen to show me how it works. they add my photo to their vast digital catalogue containing the image of every resident. let's see how long it takes for you to find me. thank you very much. let's go. china is rapidly building the world's largest and most sophisticated surveillance network. cam

the financial times shows an image of nikki haley, the us ambassador to the un, who has warned that the us will not forget countries who voted against its decision to recognise jerusalem as israel's capital. the daily mirror leads with a report about an alleged russian spy who visited number 10 as part of a ukrainian delegation. the telegraph features claims from borisjohnson that damian green was the victim of a vendetta by retired met police officers. the times has a similar story, alongside another picture of the recently—engaged royal couple. and the guardian says that tens of thousands of nhs patients will have their surgeries cancelled this winter to help avoid a crisis across the health service. well, our business correspondent simon gompertz says everybody involved in the talks, realting to toys r us seems satisfied with the outcome. it isa it is a reprieve for toys r us, also a vindication of a strategy of the pension protection fund. in playing ha rd ball pension protection fund. in playing hardball and pension protection fund. in playing hard ball and insisting pension prot

the 21st century fox assets is the lead story in the financial times. in the deal between disney and 21st century fox also leading the guardian. also there, coverage of the impact of the g re nfell tower there, coverage of the impact of the grenfell tower tragedy. the netra reports that homelessness —— homelessness is up, according to the government's own legacy. it is time now for hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i am stephen sacker. not so hardtalk. i am stephen sacker. not so long ago, british food was the laughing stock of the world. it was bland, stodgy and flavourless. but how things have changed. today, the nation seems obsessed with cooking and baking on tv. my guest today is celebrity chef marcus wareing. yes, we are now obsessed with good food. but is that altogether healthy? i could log in to hardtalk. there are an awful lot of ships in the world. 0nly are an awful lot of ships in the world. only a few elite top chefs. there are an awful lot of chefs in the world. only a very few elite, top chefs. what distinguishes the very best from the r

the financial times front page for monday has a story about saudi arabian financial activity in switzerland. banks there are reporting suspicious activity to the swiss money laundering office. it's all part of crown prince mohammed bin salman's efforts to crackdown on corruption, and recover billions of missing dollars. and the new york times looks at how remote areas of china are catching up with the country's rich metropolises. the paper writes that thanks to china's digital revolution, many of these rural areas are connecting to the wider economy in ways they haven't before. china's fourth world internet conference has opened in eastern china. the event is designed to showcase china's vision of a more censored and controlled internet. apple's tim cook and alphabet‘s sundar pichai are among several leading technology executives speaking at this year's conference, which comes after a year during which beijing has drastically tightened control over the chinese web. in a letter to the delegates xijinping said: before going on to vow that: apple's tim cook called for security and humanity o

the financial times leads on theresa may and the eu's failure to reach a deal on brexit. the piece describes how a "carefully choreographed" divorce deal between london and brussels was derailed by northern ireland's democratic unionists. the strait times headline reads "tensions rise amid largest south korea/us air force drill." the new york times reports that saudi arabia's crown prince has pressed the palestinian leader mahmoud abbas on a peace deal with terms favouring israel. the plan is thought to include the palestinians getting a state of their own but with limited sovereignty. in trending, rainbows are sparking discussions online? rico, rainbows are lovely to look at but they tend to appear very fleetingly for just a short space of time. but people online have got very excited about one rainbow that lasted for a staggering nine hours! professors and students of the chinese culture university in taipei's mountains in taiwan were treated to this phenomenon. if confirmed, it would shatter the previous record for the longest—lasting rainbow, which was set in yorksh

this morning there are multiple reports from bloomberg, financial times, reuters that deutsche bank, germany's largest bank, has been subpoenaed for records of accounts involving the trump family, the president and family members, the white house says that is not the case. deutsche bank providing more than $300 million to trump projects, but the white house says that is not the case, that they've checked with both the bank and with other sources. the president's lawyer, part of his legal team saying they have confirmed that these news reports that the special counsel and the fbi investigation subpoenaed these records are e, issued. that's been confirmed with the bank and other sources, they say. but in a statement, the bank talks about cooperating with governments. deutsche bank taking its legal obligations seriously and remains committed to cooperating with authorized investigations into this matter. that is not necessarily confirming that they got a subpoena from robert mueller, but it does say that they are willing to cooperate if that's the case. frances? >> all right, tracie, th

this morning there are multiple reports from bloomberg, financial times, reuters that deutsche bank, germany's largest bank, has been subpoenaed for records of accounts involving the trump family, the president and family members, the white house says that is not the case. deutsche bank providing more than $300 million to trump projects, but the white house says that is not the case, that they've checked with both the bank and with other sources. the president's lawyer, part of his legal team saying they have confirmed that these news reports that the special counsel and the fbi investigation are false, that no subpoena has been issued. that's been confirmed with the bank and other sources, they say. but in a statement, the bank talks about cooperating with governments. deutsche bank taking its legal obligations seriously and remains committed to cooperating withhomatt. that is not necessarily confirming that they got a subpoena from robert mueller, but it does say that they are willing to cooperate if that's the case. frances? >> all right, tracie, thank you. >> a savannah police of

the financial times reports that walt disney is close to confirming a deal to buy 21st century fox's entertainment business for around $60 billion. the sale would include the 20th century fox film studio and the sky and star satellite broadcasters in the uk, europe and asia. facebook has responded to a former executive who said the social network and other services like it, were "ripping society apart". chamath palihapitiya made the comments last month but what he said only hit the headlines on monday. facebook said the company was different no to when he had worked there six years ago and "as we have grown we have realised how our responsibilities have grown too." that's our twitter question today. sendin that's our twitter question today. send in your xhevenlts —— comments. ryanair passengers face disruption to their christmas travel plans after pilots and crew announced industrial action in a bid to win union recognition and better conditions. in ireland, pilots based in dublin will strike for one day on 20th december. meanwhile ryanair pilots and cabin crew in italy are to st

this morning there are multiple reports from bloomberg, financial times, reuters that deutsche bank, germany's largest bank, has been subpoenaed for records of accounts involving the trump family, the president and family members, the white house says that is not the case. deutsche bank providing more than $300 million to trump projects, but the white house says that is not the case, that they've checked with both the bank and with other sources. the president's lawyer, part of his legal team saying they have confirmed that these news reports that the special counsel and the fbi investigation subpoenaed these records are false, that no subpoena has been issued. that's been confirmed with the bank and other sources, they say. but in a statement, the bank talks about cooperating with governments. deutsche bank taking its legal obligations seriously and remains committed to cooperating with authorized investigations into this matter. that is not necessarily confirming that they got a subpoena from robert mueller, but it does say that they are willing to cooperate if that's the case. fra

times and you see all of this stuff openly discussed the never gets the sauce on the shrieky cable news which is pushing hoax after hoax after hoax about very are social issues whereas the empire is being divided out and cut and chopped all the wealth stolen around the world in the only in. pages of the financial press well of course the east india company was a colossal failure and bubble the first could be the south sea bubble as well that the so am i confusing the limousine but it isn't a company was very very successful and. i think it was successful and was it was always a success this is a show about modern day and i'm just comparing erik prince that he is modeling this on a imperial previous empire how the east india company helped with their private armies to expand the british empire the british empire for sure has collapsed that is gone you can say that for sure that you got that right here we haven't.