the times, the financial times head lines uses three fs financial times head lines uses three f5 in the first two paragraphs, frantic, frenetic, that theresa may is being forced into talks and she may or may not be going to brussels tomorrow. so it is frantic and frenetic but... that is the difference between the telegraph but everything is calm with the ft. brussels is having its arm twisted but dealing with the dup. there was a source who told the sun that they will not blink

the most extraordinary thing about this story in the financial times is thaticy this story in the financial times is that icy a name, silvio berlusconi. he of the bongo bongo land two is. on another comeback. how old is mr berlusconi now? god only knows. this particular party is antiestablishment in a different way, not anti—immigration, just antiestablishment and environmentally, a bunch of environmentally, a bunch of environmental activists. it isn't similarto ukip. environmental activists. it isn't similar to ukip. it isn't bad news for the eu. any instability is bad for the eu. any instability is bad for you. silvio berlusconi is 81. he doesn't look it i don't know why. you might say that, i couldn't possibly comment. a little help... the daily mirror is where we will go next. it has launched a campaign to axe hospital parking tax on the sick. at times these are extremely expensive parking charges. that people have to pay if they want to go as patients or visitors. — it isn't the mirror that has launched the campaign, it was mr corbyn who initially proposed it in may of this year wh

back to the financial times, a story about ryanairand financial times, a story about ryanair and another financial times, a story about rya nair and another feisty character in the form of michael o'leary. we've seen something of a change in the position of ryanair. the prime minister has had to back down on this amendment. ryanair have had to back down. michael o'leary the chief executive has consistently spoken against trade representation for his pilots. now he's had this ongoing dispute with pilots, christmas is coming, clearly this is the worst possible time of year for them to have cancellations. he's basically read the writing on the wall. a remarkable u—turn given his record. a christmas miracle. he says he'll recognise unions as a way of getting an agreement with the pilots to get the planes back in the air because they do not want... something like 20,000 flights were cancelled in the summer, which was disruptive enough, people missing out on their holidays. people want to fly home for christmas and that is probably worse. i feel like you've almost burst into song, driving ho

in the financial times, european union's highest court has ruled that the us car hailing app should be regulated like a traditional taxi company rather than a technology group. and finally on the daily express we are told that eating a portion of salad every day is linked to a slower rate of brain ageing and can improve memory in older people by as much as eleven years so let's begin. with me is priya lakhani, founder and ceo of century tech welcome back. thank you. the lead story today and this resignation, a very important figure for theresa may and it seems that the light was moored damaging than the fact. he denies the allegation and denies he he ever viewed pornographic images in parliament and that is not the issue. i have heard lots about this over the last 12 hours and it is the life. that is what we are focused on. he denied he knew the police had raised this issue about the pornographic material on the computer. he denied it twice. the ministerial code has something applicable to ministers but anybody ina public applicable to ministers but anybody in a public appointment. two

lucy fisher, the financial times concentrates on the threat that he now poses to jacob zuma and jacob zuma's position. that's right. he ran against jacob zuma's zuma's position. that's right. he ran againstjacob zuma's ex—wife, the candidate that jacob zuma supporters, an interesting dynamic. this is the story i am fascinated by! fancy having your ex—wife as your candidate to succeed you. but the paper suggests that jacob zuma might then have expected a certain immunity from legal follow—ups given various corruption... it depends how he gets on with his ex—wife. various corruption... it depends how he gets on with his ex-wife. and whether he has dote on her if she tries to sink him, maybe he will try and think her. it is interesting the way this news cyril ramaphosa winning the presidency today, cheers in the conference call, but not an entirely clear—cut picture because jacob zuma's allies were elected as deputy president and secretary general of the part are also jacob zuma allies. the civil war is going to go on. i should call it civil war, because there has been violence

lets go to the financial times, which reports a new brussels corporate tax probe into ikea. it's the latest in the eu regulator's four—year crackdown on aggressive corporate tax avoidance. finally in the sun, the £3.1 billion hms queen elizabeth has sprung a leak, just over a week after being commissioned. the faulty seal will be fixed but it's prompting us to ask on twitter — what have you spent a small fortune on over christmas that gave you a sinking feeling? so let's begin. with me is nina trentmann from the wall streetjournal. i hope you have had some copy. i hope you have had some copylj did. —— coffee. i hope you have had some copylj did. -- coffee. let's start with the

the financial times says that retail is disappointing with a drop in footfall for traditional boxing day sales. the sun leads with british troops being asked to use gender neutral words. and in the express says a stroll in the garden could help to fight dementia. thank you for being with us dementia. thank you for being with us to beginning with the time and a distressing story about the use, potentially, of the internet for the abuse of children. it is a horrible story but it is no real secret that abused children have appeared on youtube. the brazen part about this, the new part, is that now paedophiles are emblazoned in the videos with any mail addresses. people can get in touch with them. —— e—mail addresses. a legal expert is questioning whether or not this would be illegal. in a sense, you are putting children for word and there is always a danger of what might happen after that. it is an opinion but any right minded person will think that this needs to be closed down and closed down quickly. if in any way google will not do it themselves it needs to be done for them. yes

times and as we know the financial times is one of the most virulent li anti putin media in the world so i think he's picked the right time to announce that the people were waiting to hear from him he also picked the announcement date the day after isis was completely eradicated from syria so he went into a terrible war situation and he brought peace i think it's an excellent time to declare one's candidacy a more sort of media media reaction would you expect your own from the. well i'm expecting from the west all kinds of negative reactions saying that it looks like president putin is going to stay on for life and so on but i think that we really have to look for some historic parallels here when president putin came to office the situation in russia was very much like the great depression in the united states and the people of russia were looking for a real leader well in the same situation the people of the united states elected f.d.r. franklin delano roosevelt to four consecutive terms as president the russian constitution did not allow that so president putin served one term as a

the financial times, sticking with brexit. banks defied gloomy brexit with forecast with plans to just remove 6% of london jobs. the suggestion was there would be the flight of the talents in the banking world, steve, but actually the banks think it is all 0k. 696 doesn't define all 0k the banks think it is all 0k. 696 doesn't define all ok i suppose, but it is big, coming from the ft. they have been very pro—remain. they will be happy with the night's vote. there was a all these jobs this is just 6%. who knows, if the transition deal comes, which is the main thing about tomorrow, then everyone takes a breath, justices will keep the jobs here. it is the la st will keep the jobs here. it is the last part that perhaps we should be more worried about, it says it is not about what happens on day one, it is three to five years down the line. but jessica, your newspaper, doom and gloom when it comes to brexit. the sky will fall in, it will all be a disaster. the front page of the financial times, look at that! how unfair! (!) this

times and as we know the financial times is one of the most virulent li anti putin media in the world so i think he's picked the right time to announce it the people waiting to hear from him he also picked the announcement date the day after isis was completely eradicated from syria so he went into a terrible war situation and he brought peace i think it's an excellent time to declare one's candidacy. a crypto currency bitcoin has set another record breaking above the twelve thousand dollar mark for the first time compare that with where it was at the beginning of this year when it was only trading at about one thousand dollars per token since then has been growing constantly albeit with a regular fluctuations here's a quick reminder of how bitcoin works. in. the. uk. we asked a senior market analyst have been going could hold its own in the world of financial giants. a year ago how much further it can go in those forecasting two thousand would have been seen as being on realistic and yet here we are at twelve thousand so that's we've seen so often with bubbles and if this is one then

we have had a good go at coalescing on brexit, but let's move on to the financial times, we are going to start with ikea, and other eu story ina way, start with ikea, and other eu story in a way, but more specific, to do with a crackdown on corporate tax avoidance, they are in the firing line. which is extraordinary, like all these other internet giants and so all these other internet giants and so on, they have got their very clever ways of what is not a strictly illegal tax avoidance, and iam strictly illegal tax avoidance, and i am pleased that the eu is coming down on these things that have been going on for such a long time. one of the reasons, i think, so many people across europe and the west are so people across europe and the west are so troubled at the moment is that they don't feel the world is fair, and something has got to be done, and! fair, and something has got to be done, and i am glad they are doing something about it. will i go to idea? i have a quandary! we are going to whizz on, there is a story in the ft i want you to talk about, millennials and the deep economy,

the daily mail talks about middle classes while the financial times talks about millennials and the big economies. they are saying that even with the pensions, we are talking about increasing contributions. —— pensions, we are talking about increasing contributions. -- gig economy. nevertheless, there will be many people outside the remit will not be in a position to save enough for old age. i am afraid this is a truth and i don't know how to get around it. certainly, government reforms have made the situation better for those who are employed. but for those not employed, problems will continue. even here? this surprises me, for those earning more than 55,000, they would have to save 50%! those are figures plucked out of the air. the moral of the tale is we live in an ageing society with more and more demands made of the new generations, future generations, of taxpayers. people will be expected to save for old age for themselves. and it will be difficult. especially, as the financial times talks about, the changing role of employment, especially the gig economy. those poor people de

this letter the financial times. french offer warship burts if marines and up marooned by uk defence. what are they offering? rather sweetly, everyone is furious about the negotiations and it looks like we may cut our amphibious vessels which sounds more fun that it is. i think not sadly as also was hoping giant frog. but actually it's about. —— boats. the marines might not know where to train so they might have to stay on a french boat and the french as we desert if you need some training room, if you need a rapid response force to be trained and ready to go, we have boats they can go on. it remains to be seen what they then observe on if we've got rid of amphibious vessel. what do you use when you need to use them the real? a place for following goes? camouflage they hope. that is a heron isn't it. camouflage them and go we have three capable boats so different. they have anthropomorphised the boat. the skill of these particular vessel. we have two presumably boats but we might get rid of them. it is sport and

it's being reported in the financial times that walt disney is close to confirming a deal to buy 21st century fox's entertainment assets for about $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. disney was left as the front runner after comcast, the nbc owner, dropped out of the race on monday. it's thought that there may be an announcement about the deal on thursday. the murdoch family was said to favour a deal with disney because it could also face fewer us regulatory hurdles, although it is extremely unlikely to be waved through. we'll have more on this in our paper review shortly. facebook is to overhaul its tax structure so that it pays tax in the country where profits are earned, instead of using an irish subsidiary. the online advertising giant is to make the change in every country outside the us where it has an office. in 2016, facebook said it would stop routeing uk sales through ireland for tax purposes. ryanair passengers face disruption to their christmas travel plans after pilots

the times, the financial times head lines uses three fs financial times head lines uses three f5 in the first two paragraphs, frantic, frenetic, that theresa may is being forced into talks and she may or may not be going to brussels tomorrow. so it is frantic and frenetic but... that is the difference between the telegraph but everything is calm with the ft. brussels is having its arm twisted but dealing with the dup. there was a source who told the sun that they will not blink as we have taken our eyelids off. that is how tough they are. it was surprising on monday that things had not been squared off with the dup, you think they might have talked with them in advance? that is right. you wonder what is going on behind the scenes. the public persona that it is calm, that it is under control and the discussions are going ahead but behind the scenes what is happening. if the dup we re scenes what is happening. if the dup were not aware. if theresa may had to come out of that lunch at the time to have the conversations, if the dup had to then make their own statement, basically, telling us

and sebastian payne, correspondent at the financial times. welcome to you both. before i speak to them, let's take a look at some of tomorrow's front pages. the daily mail calls people to rejoice. we are our way. the telegraph hails the price of freedom from all the stories about brexit you'll be surprised to hear. the express talks ofa surprised to hear. the express talks of a huge brexit at last. mae bounces back, that's what the times i’u ns bounces back, that's what the times runs with. the 2—1 headline, britain sets course for a soft brexit. the financial times itself strikes a cautious tone noting donald tusk‘s warnings on tough choices ahead are all around. the daily mirror describes theresa may as mrs softy. the guardian notes the european union warning there might be delays toa union warning there might be delays to a final brexit deal. ok, let's get started on papers. alan, you lead us off with the daily mail. there is a theresa may hand, a claudejunker there is a theresa may hand, a claude junker hand shaking. it seems a little over the top. i'm

you won't read it in the wall street journal or the financial times in london they're globalists. what i said in the foreground it's all about pro wrestling. it's irrelevant. the big fight in this city is one fight, between the globalists that run it and the nationalists that want to take it back. and with nationalists -- [ applause ] >> it's not eth know nationalism. it's not ethno -- it's crazy. you hear that from the mainstream media and the cranks on the right, the far-right drying to draft off and get free media time. this is about american workers regardless of your race, regardless of your ethnicity. regardless of your religion, regardless of your gender or your sexual preference. american workers have to have some rights, and those rights, they don't have to compete unfairly with the world. that's the revolution we're talking about. that's where "the wall street journal" financial times of london -- i just got from scotland talking to 50 guys over there. they're afraid to death over this. they took me to china, i talked about it over there. they're afraid to death of this.

far over an actual time zone as we know the financial times is one of the most virulent lee and t. putin media in the world so i think he's picked the right time to announce it the people waiting to hear from him he also picked the announcement date the day after isis was completely eradicated from syria so he went into a terrible war situation and he brought peace i think it's an excellent time to declare one's candidacy. the currency bitcoin has set another record breaking above the thirteen thousand dollar mark for the first time compare that with where it was at the beginning of the year when it was trading at about a thousand dollars per token since then it has been growing constantly albeit with regular fluctuations here is a quick reminder of how big quinn works. or are. we asked a senior market analyst of bitcoin could hold its own in the world of financial giants defeat us from one a year ago how much further it can go and those forecasting two thousand would have been seen as being unrealistic and yet here we are at twelve thousand so as we've seen so often with bubbles a

the financial times is then your favourite, brexit here. they have an editorial line and that governs who they choose to take what is wrong, that isjournalism. governs who they choose to take what is wrong, that is journalism. the ft's is wrong, that is journalism. the ft‘s history was, it was to be objective on the front page. the point i want to make about the actual trade thing is that this is the eu starting off by saying where it is a. this was the other way around and this is what david davis said, the eu is in lala land and thinks it can do without britain in trade. guys, we have one minute left. i just want to try and focus on maybe one more. sport, maybe? let's go to the metro. we rather like this photograph. squeezed two in the. there is a most lovely photograph on the metro. it is lovely. these other photographs released by the palace to celebrate the royal engagement. there is a lot of sadness in the world, isn't that great? it is a beautiful picture, they look deeply in love. it doesn't look staged. and on the ft, we have sel

that's where "the wall street journal" and "financial times of london." i just got back from london. they're afraid of this. they took me to china. they're afraid to death of this. because they realize when the american working man and american entrepreneurs take over, jiit's going to be a different deal. look at the program he set up already. let's talk about some math. i think it's 3.3% growth in the latest quarter. the new york fed projects 3.9% growth. he's got lowest -- overall lowest employment of 17 years. i realize those numbers are not perfect and we're not talking about all great jobs. but at least the first thing is get people back to work. get labor force participation up. the key stats to look at are wages. along at wages in agriculture and construction. particularly the lowest level are starting to increase. why? you're starting to restrict illegal alien labor from competing against american workers. why has this happen sed? business confidence is at a 20 year high. investment's up 10%. overseas investments, economic nationalism is telling g

shall we look at the financial times. bless the rb millennials, they will inherit double what their parents did —— blessed are the millennials. they can't afford a house, but when their pa rents a re can't afford a house, but when their parents are no longer here they will inherit a loss of money. the amount of money passed on by inherited each year has doubled over the past two decades. it will more than double again of the next 20 years as well when the baby boomers die. right now the economy is back. people of my generation may not be making a great deal of money and saving almost nothing, but... we only get £10 from... stock, you will get the sacked again. but because our pa rents sacked again. but because our pa re nts got sacked again. but because our parents got lucky and bought property, the inheritance, because the value of the property has gone up the value of the property has gone up so much, we will, in theory, cash in. it is an interesting theory but i would dispute. let us not forget that mummight be wo

let's move on to the financial times. it has a very happy looking paul ryan. let's put some context into it. people view this as if it is a rampage through the tax rate. it will still be higher than ours but not by much. ten years ago the tax rates were broadly comparable. there is was a bit higher, ours was 28%. now we have a flat rate of 20. the americans have been so uncompetitive that it americans have been so uncompetitive thatitis americans have been so uncompetitive that it is a wonder they've done as well as they have. you can criticise this administration for many different things but this is desperately needed. they are smiling because they can say that they've got to the end of the year and actually passed something. it is a significant. his first victory. the other front page story is banker bonus hopes dashed as the eu insists on rules for access. we've bitterly opposed any limits on bankers bonuses. we say it will not be global if you pause across the eu. people earn megabucks across the eu. people earn megabucks across the eu. people earn megabu

minister one who would be at the same time president of the european commission and chief offer your euro group not sure of the member states will like that but be it so this minister would ensure a kind of supervision regarding structural reforms and in terms of more accountability more transparency regarding the euro zone. briefly as you can what about the proposed expansion of the euro zone which was on the agenda for a long time. well this is a really i do your off your on courage that the basically the idea or if that every member state should join as fast as possible of the euro zone and this is a quite current controversial proposal because there are a lot of member states they are not kin to get even more people in the group because for them more member states it's not more resilience but more risk and this is something they really have to discuss on the upcoming european summit next week governance thank you very much three years after it bought the french alstom group general electric now plans to cut another four thousand five hundred jobs in europe according to media repo

with me are henry mance, political correspondent at the financial times and deborah haynes, defence editor at the times. will be take you through some of the papers at the moment. first, a quick summary. the times leads on an interview with a government security minister about plans to tax internet giants if they don't help combat terrorism. on a lighter note, there's also a colourful picture of eddie the eagle and fans — some of the stuntman‘s tricks will be shown during 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 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. so let's begin. he

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 where is the empire is being divided out and cut and chopped all the wealth stolen around the world in the only in the pages of the fight and bubble for.

laura noonan of the "financial times. i guess off the decision from last week where the tone going into trade talks is much more positive, there is now possible reporting that a full single-market deal is plausible. >> yeah. i think what's interesting is banks had previously been messaging that we were heading to crunch time if we didn't get something sorted out, credential by the first quarter of next year, they would be making irrevocable decisions. now they're changing that tone and the message for them is very much that even if we got a very late deal, a number of banks have told me they would actually take down their plans, they would actually go and reverse some of the moves that they have already taken and would actually halt their planning. so, i think that is a fairly significant shift in how banks are approaching things, because i wouldn't underestimate how much banks want to preserve the status quo in london it is in their interest to keep as much in london as they can, and most banks still feel that way. so wh

behind me is what the financial times is talking about. reporting on new research which shows that 25% of uk retirees return to work, with about half of them doing so within five years of retirement. china's airbnb to introduce check—ins using facial recognition. it is introducing check—ins using facial recognition. apparently it will solve the problems around verifying the identites of guests which is holding the industry back. and don't forget — let's us know what you are spotting online — use the #bbcthebriefing. looking at markets... we have the news briefing next, in a moment. looking at a story in the uk... as many as one fifth of patients fail to turn up for booked gp appointments according to a new study published in the medicaljournal, ‘the lancet‘. younger people and men are the worst offenders. the wasted cost is believed to be well over £160 million. here's our health correspondent dominic hughes. ata at a busy gp surgery in stock port, time is precious. but 10% of the appointments are missed, at around a cost of Â

now to the front page of the financial times. it says: the irish premier has raised the prospect of the brexit divorce talks stretching into the new year. it comes after theresa may struggled to come to a deal with northern irish unionists yesterday. and finally, time magazine. we were discussing yesterday, now it's been announced time's "person of the year" is the ‘silence breakers‘ — the women and men who spoke out against sexual abuse and harassment prompting the #metoo movement. so let‘s begin. with me is geraint anderson, a writer and former banker. let‘s begin with a sensitive issue of what president trump said he would do and he did deliver as far as his electorate is concerned. trump crosses the redline. it seems to me that the principal motivation he has, as with other decisions is that to say to the world, i am going to do this, i don‘t care. a bit like the millwall chant. there was suggested that he was encouraged by the pro— israel lobby. but why would you through fuel on the fire? i don‘t understand h

this is in the financial times, investors ignoring warnings i is on the economy and they are talking about similar warnings prior to 2008 and the financial crisis. —— warnings on the economy. we've seen huge consumer debt in our own country. that hasn't really grabbed headlines. we have seen unusually low interest rates all stood by quantitative easing globally, a very unusual status quo for the economy —— bolstered. people have got used to lower risk. it's not surprisingly. aren't we more savvy and once bitten twice shy when it comes to 2008? of course we've got regulatory authorities all over the world stress testing the banks, making sure they have the capital to withstand any kind of financial crisis so therefore it wouldn't be the same? it's interesting, the bangkok international settlement is known as the central bankers' bank. it's time to listen. —— the bank of international settlement. it's interesting, today greece is expected to get the approval of its next bailout muggy. economies like greece are still on the receiving end of aid because of the fallout ——

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

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

vonnie: this is from "the financial times." liberty global is nearing a $2 billion austria sale to deutsche telekom. this is according to the financial times reporting. we will continue to bring you up-to-date on this news. julie: a new u.s. president and rising geopolitical tension couldn't stop stock markets from marching higher this year. money managers are warning the possible reckoning on the horizon. joining us with the top teams that hedge fund firms are looking for next year -- talk about what they are looking for. you were seeing some of this coming into this year as well. predictions we would see an uptick in volatility and it doesn't materialize. >> the hedge fund titan is saying the pullback in qe is going to potentially trigger a downward spiral in asset prices. this current environment is dangerous. investors investors have been walled into a false sense of complacency. they will be shocked and may struggle to get out. preparedur people not -- are people not prepared for increased volatility for eight years now? >

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

the financial times has new estimates on the fallout of brexit on banks. it‘s conducted its own analysis and says the big international banks are set to move fewer than 4,600 jobs away from london, around 6% of their total workforce. we‘ll go to reuters online for news on us tax reform. it says congressional republicans reached a deal on wednesday for the biggest tax overhaul in 30 years.

the financial times says worldwide merger and acquisitions surpassed three trillion dollars this year the mirror is launching a campaign to end charges in hospital carparks. the sun reports uk supermarkets will start selling bacon that doesn't have harmful added nitrates. the daily telegraph headline, got been trying to rig the election. a minister calling for an attempt to block boundary reforms an affront to democracy. daesh parliamentary boundary changes are always, always controversial. another set is scheduled for 2018. most observers think were they to be introduced to balance up the size of constituencies, at the moment we have some constituencies with 51,000 voters and other constituencies with 90,000 voters. the idea is proposals will cut the number of mps from 650 to 600. and balance... most constituencies around 70,000. that's the idea. surprise surprise, the party that would be more likely to lose out on this would be the labour party. surprise surprise the labour party. surprise surprise the labour party are opposed, are likely to oppose, the changes. actually the truth i

the financial times says that the retail sector is disappointed at the drop in footfall for the traditional boxing day sales. the sun leads with british troops being asked to use gender neutral words — dubbing it the pc brigade. and the express says a stroll in the garden will help fight dementia. so let's begin. good that you have joined us for the rest of the festivities. what else would you be doing! just stuffing yourself with cold turkey! talking about some of these stories seem to have been reheated! well we end the year as we began talking about brexit. tell us about, we will talk about that in a moment. but first the case of laura plummer. jailed for taking drugs into egypt. so she's 33, she comes from hull city, she's 33, she comes from hull city, she went out in october to see her partner and she was arrested on suspicion of trafficking drugs at the airport. she was found with 290 tramadol tablets in her luggage which she claims were for her partner who suffers from chronic back pain. tramadol is a very heavy duty pain reliever which you can only get in this country in prescript

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

the financial times is reporting that the world's largest listed oil and gas group, exxonmobil, is to start publishing reports on the possible impact of climate policies on its business. the decision is being seen as a success for investors who have been pushing for improved disclosure on the risks it faces. singapore's has just launched its first electric car—sharing scheme the latest transport innovation aimed moving away from pollution causing fossil fuel powered vehicles. bluesg has launched the service today with 80 electric cars and 120 charging points across the island. sharanjit leyl has been out taking a look. this is one of about a fleet of 80 electric powered cars in singapore. if you are over 21 with a driver ‘s licence, you can hop into one of these and go to the next charging point. there are about 30 charging stations. they may not look like much, there are only about two cars plugged in. you have your powerpoint plugged in. you have your powerpoint plug into the socket, like any old electric device. it does not look like much but the company has ambitious plans and

let's look at the financial times, it is interesting how different people will interpret this, the ubs chief, mr emoticon seems to be saying according to this that people are envious of how much money we deserve to be paid —— mr berg mottet. some might be envious of how much tv presenters, tech entrepreneurs and others get paid, but that's not the problem, the biggest problem is the ubs share price over the last five years has gone nowhere, santander‘s over the last 13 years has gone nowhere, no major bank's share price has gone anywhere, they have one job, major bank's share price has gone anywhere, they have onejob, add value to the share price, if you have a pension fund, it is invested in some ubs stocks, barclays and lloyds, the other banks, if the share prices are going nowhere, that's a reason not to be paid in the millions, why aren't the shareholders, the fund men, managers at the pension funds screaming? because those fat cats haven't seen their share prices going anywhere over the same period of time. that's the brass tacks of it, the financial reality. there's a nasty

jo, a story about michael gove is on the front of the financial times, warm glow fading as michael loaf is urged to smoke out —— michael gove is urged to smoke out devotees of wood burning. it evokes the images of people sitting around a roaring fire but actually there's been a growing move against the use of wood burning stoves. a lot of people have log burners installed, it's become fashionable again. despite the use of smokeless fuels there are concerns that there are many of these fires being used and sadiq khan had previously announced that he had written to michael gove in september, and wants to ban them in some areas because of issues about air quality. the government is now looking at regulations to deter the burning of damp wood which a p pa re ntly burning of damp wood which apparently produces more smoke and there also particular smoky types of coal being looked at. it makes a very interesting point at the end of the story, saying the spokesman asked about this story declined to come and other michael gove has a wood—burning stove. come and other michael gove has a woo

in the financial times: walt disney closing in on a $60 billion deal to take over fox assets, in a deal that stands to reshape hollywood. the deal is expected to be reached as early as thursday. making news in the japan times: a recent survey by travel site, expedia, has found that japanese workers ranked the lowest for using up their paid vacation days — they only take up around half of what they're owed. it also showed that 63% of japanese felt guilty for taking their paid leave. and lastly, an article online for the telegraph: a good news story — one of london's central train stations will, for the first time, be transformed into a massive homeless shelter on christmas day with helping to feed 200 homeless people christmas dinner. the station was set to be empty, with no trains running across the network until boxing day. with me is jane foley, a senior foreign exchange strategist strategist at rabobank. the washington post is giving its opinion on what happened in alabama. it was at the forefront of reporting on the allegations about roy moore. that women were abused by him. the

let's go to the front page of the financial times. an interesting story about the labour policy. labour have been looking into what they might do should they become the next government. they have a plan to set up birmingham as an alternative centre for the finances and regulation. as part of that, they think about moving some of the functions of the bank of england. they want to base themselves in birmingham. i'm fully in support of this. i think far too many of these institutions, particularly with the modern technology we have these days. there is no reason to people not to be able to work together so the co nsta nt able to work together so the constant argument that you have to be in london. whenever and had this idea that we would move the civil service to york or manchester, the senior ones did not leave london and 55,000 other staff went up the road but that has proven that it is possible for you to have a small base in london. and the bulk of your operation ever else. it would be symbolically important but also economically important. we have seen this when there have been

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

with me are henry mance, political correspondent at the financial times and deborah haynes, defence editor at the times. lovely to have you both. let us remind you what the front pages look like. the times leads on comments by a government 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. the sunday mirror has the headline, birth of hope, the story of a newborn baby boy wh

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.

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 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

according to the financial times, mr. trump is frustrated that his personal relationship with chinese president xi jinping has not led to a more balanced trade relationship or significant progress in reining in north korea. >>> in chile, rescue workers are combing through all this, mud and debris, after a mudslide buried much of a remote village. they're looking for at least 15 people missing. five people are confirmed dead. the country's president declared the village a disaster zone. >>> monday's international migrants day, a reminder that migrants still face unsafe conditions as they try to reach europe. on friday, more than 150 african migrants including 42 children were rescued from a small boat off the coast of libya. the european union is struggling to shut down this smuggling route that brings thousands of people from libya into the eu each year. >> on saturday, hundreds of people across france marched to bring attention to the immigrants' plight, calling on authorities to allow migrants to enter france from italy