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BBCNEWS Breakfast November 7, 2017

Scrutinised after a huge leak of documents. Ill have more in a moment. In sport, west ham are looking for a new manager. And could it be this man . The former Manchester United and sunderland head coach david moyes is expected to take over. Clinging on for dear life. The first baby gibbon born in the wild to parents rescued from the illegal pet trade. And carol has the weather. Good morning. Weve got a cold front moving from west to east at the moment producing some rain, some blustery winds and ahead of it will be mild, buying it, sunshine and showers and this morning the temperature dropping. More details in15 temperature dropping. More details in 15 minutes. Good morning. First our main story donald trump has arrived on the Korean Peninsula for the First Time Since taking office ahead of talks on a key Foreign Policy issue facing his presidency, north Koreas Nuclear programme. We can speak now to our china correspondent, robin brant, who is in seoul. Good morning. As we can see, as i imagine, security is obviously tight . Anywhere the president goes, this is what you get, he is expected here in an hour or so before he has talks with his south korean counterpart moon jae in. This talks with his south korean counterpart moonjae in. This is a brief visit, 2a hours, but it is highly symbolic because we are 35 kilometres from the front line of this constantly, confrontation with north korea. President trump comes here with the alliance between these two countries hugely important, it is decades old, and the message he and the south korean leadership will wa nt to and the south korean leadership will want to merge by the time he leaves tomorrow is the Alliance Remains resilient and strong. They have strength in unity. But there are differences of opinion about how to deal with the north. Moonjae in, the president , was elected a few months ago with a pledge to extend an olive branch and President Trump has called that appeasement. Donald trump appears optimistic this morning, sitting down with some of the american troops here, tens of thousands based here to protect this country. They had lunch and afterwards he said to reporters that it has to work out, it always works out, things have to work out. We lost your pictures at the last moment but we will be back with you through the morning. The foreign secretary borisjohnson is expected to call his iranian counterpart this morning, after being accused of making a mistake that could see a british woman spending five more years in an iranian prison. Hes facing calls to retract his claim to a Parliamentary Committee last week, that Nazanin Zaghari ratcliffe was training journalists in iran when she was arrested last year, something her employer and herfamily have denied. Keith doyle reports. Nazanin Zaghari Ratcliffe was arrested with her baby at tehran airport last year. She was charged with trying to overthrow the government and sentenced to five years in jail. She has worked with Thomson Reuters foundation and the bbc but insisted this trip was for her daughter to meet her grandparents, and denies all allegations against her. Diplomacy has not helped secure her release, and this comment by the foreign secretary last week has set her case back, according to her family. She was simply teaching people journalism, as i understand it. In the last few days, she was brought back to court and told mrjohnsons comments shed new light on her case and prove she was not on holiday. It is feared iran may now increase the sentence. He needs to make a clear statement that, you know, she wasnt working training journalists. She was there on holiday and shes innocent of the association. And weve made it very clear for a long time she is not being held because of anything she has done. Shes just not. The Foreign Office says borisjohnson will be in touch with the Iranian Foreign minister to ensure his comments arent misrepresented. Keith doyle, bbc news. Lets get the latest from our Political Correspondent chris mason. A little dark where you are at the moment but how much hot water is mr johnson in on this one . Its deeply awkward for the foreign secretary. There he was in Parliament Answering questions, inadvertently it would appear he has in a throwaway remark potentially caused a real problem. So we can expect mrjohnson, as we we re so we can expect mrjohnson, as we were hearing from keith there, to try and emphasise to his iranian counterpart that this was purely a family visit, that there wasnt any pursuit of journalism family visit, that there wasnt any pursuit ofjournalism in the context of this visit. But of course, given how tricky the diplomacy has been so far in this case and how little headway in its managed to make, these comments have been seized on in tehran and so to an extent its a damage limitation exercise for mr johnson now. There will be pressure i think from labour, weve also already seen criticism from emily thornbury, the shadow foreign secretary, suggesting mrjohnson and the Foreign Office have been sufficiently interested in this case and that if her sentence was to be increased, mrjohnson ought to consider his position. Also pretty purcell, the International Development secretary, is also giving a headache to the foreign minister at the moment . As if the swelling harassment incidents werent enough for theresa may, two of her cabinet ministers on several issues in difficulty, borisjohnson for one, and priti patel, she went on holiday in the summer to israel, but she managed to find time for 12 meetings with various government and political officials and it turns out no one here in westminster knew the first thing about what was going on in advance. Priti patel has now apologised, issuing a statement yesterday which included some extraordinary clarifications to use the language of her department where she said cheema have given the impression that Boris Johnson she said cheema have given the impression that borisjohnson knew about the trip in advance, she didnt about the trip in advance, she didnt might have. She might have given the impression there were just a handful of meetings, there were far more. In normal circumstances in a government that wasnt this shaky i suspect she would have been fired. Thanks very much, chris. More from chris through the morning. Leaked documents known as the Paradise Papers reveal that apple moved its profits tojersey after a tax loophole in ireland was closed. The arrangement isnt illegal, but means the Technology Giant saves billions in corporation tax. Apple says it remains the Worlds Largest taxpayer. The files also show formula i World Champion Lewis Hamilton avoided tax on a luxuryjet he purchased, by importing it to the isle of man. Our economics correspondent andy verity has more. Hamilton is World Champion. Five yea rs hamilton is World Champion. Five years ago Lewis Hamilton bought his own luxury jet worth years ago Lewis Hamilton bought his own luxuryjet worth £16. 5 million. It was something hed always wanted. This is your plane. If i get a plane oii this is your plane. If i get a plane on going to pimp it out . Painted red . Exactly. Injanuary on going to pimp it out . Painted red . Exactly. In january 2013 the formula 1 champion landed his new plane at the isle of mans airport importing it there. Isle of man Customs Officials met him at 6 15am to finalise the paperwork and sign off on to finalise the paperwork and sign offona to finalise the paperwork and sign off on a vat refund of £3. 3 million. I cant believe i have my own plane still after all these years. Under eu rules your only meant to get a refund if the jets used for commercial purposes, but the documents suggest hamilton was planning to spend a third of his buying time on personal use. Hes not alone. The leaks also show the isle of man paid £790 million in vat refunds to companies. If theyre using it for private purposes, the fa ct using it for private purposes, the fact all this money is being refunded is quite shocking. You should not be getting vat back if its private usage and youre getting vat back. Mr hamiltons lawyer said the arrangement was lawful. The documents also reveal how the iphone maker apple used a British Crown dependency to keep its tax tax bill down. We pay all the taxes we owe, every single dollar. We not only comply with the laws but we comply with the spirit of the laws. We dont depend on tax gimmicks. In 2014, ireland announced it would Ban Companies with no Tax Residency. That meant apple needed a Tax Residency for its lucrative irish subsidiaries fast so it sent out a questionnaire courting tax havens and it chosejersey, where its 261 billion pile of cash from selling phones and ipads is now tax resident. Apple say the structure hadnt lowered its taxes and it remained the Worlds Largest taxpayer. Andy verity, bbc news. More on that with sean through the morning as well. The nhs is struggling to cope with rising demand forfrontline Services Despite increasing the number of staff in england. Thats the warning from Health Bosses, who say boosting the workforce is not enough to tackle the growing needs of patients. Nhs providers voiced their concerns ahead of their annual conference, which gets under way in birmingham today. Heres our Health Correspondent nick triggle. There are now 1 there are now1 Million People working in the nhs in england, 6 more than there was three years ago, but nhs providers says its still not enough. A report by the group that represents Health Bosses highlights figures showing demand for key services has risen by much more. The number of diagnostic tests has gone up by 19 . Ambulance calls by 15 . Gp referrals by 11 . And emergency admissions by 10 . In fact nhs providers director of policy believes the pressure has got so great on staff that patients are at risk. Weve got demand for services rising at a rate thats faster than we have staff coming into the nhs, so we have staff coming into the nhs, so weve had a rise of around 6 over the last three to four years, thats about 60,000 staff, but demand for services is rising much faster than that. The group is critical of the government approach to workforce planning, saying there is no coherent or credible strategy and its warning that the prospect of brexit is making things worse as eu staff are facing uncertain futures. But the department of health insist plans are in place, it says it is overseeing the biggest ever expansion in training places for doctors and nurses which will help ensure the nhs has enough staff in place now and in the future. Nick triggle, bbc news. Half of the 26 victims of the worst mass shooting in texan history are children, officials have now confirmed. The youngest of the dead is a one year old baby, and the oldest is a 77 year old woman. The identities of those killed are not yet being officially released, but some names are emerging. Our north america correspondent rajini Vaidya Nathan reports. Retailers have seen sales of non food items grow at their slowest pace in nearly seven years. Figures from the British Retail Consortium and Accountancy Firm kpmg show the sales of goods excluding food rose by only 0. 1 in just three months, with Clothing Sales particularly badly hit. The brc says the figures will give retailers cause for concern in the run up to christmas. You have thrown it in there. Are you allowed to . You mentioned it last week. I have a mince pie in september so i only have myself to blame. Do you suffer from a fear of heights . It depends. Iwas do you suffer from a fear of heights . It depends. I was once sick at st pauls cathedral. If you suffer from a fear of heights you may want to look away now. Austrian climber angela ayter has become the first woman to conquer one of the Worlds Toughest climbing routes. This is la planta de shiva in spain. It had previously only been climbed by two men. Angela spent two years training for the climb by casting replicas of the various holds along the route and installing them on her local climbing wall. And after making it to the top, it was time to relax and enjoy the view i see, maybe she got to the top and then obviously quite safely decided to hang about, relax. Maybe we need a bit ofa to hang about, relax. Maybe we need a bit of a warning in that. That gave me sweaty hands. Did you have a sweaty hand moment . gave me sweaty hands. Did you have a sweaty hand moment . I did, just watching her. Shes not the only one you were worried we have the wrong pictures . You say shes relaxing, thats not run relaxing in the slightest, is it . We were talking about bilic being the west ham manager by the end of the day, the answer is no. While most fans agreed that the should have gone, but they cant agree on his replacement. We are expecting an announcement today . Yes, we are. The bbc understands the former everton, Manchester United and sunderland manager david moyes has held talks to take over, but there doesnt seem much support for him from the west ham fans. A real mixed reaction among them. Two harrys, both from tottenham, have pulled out of the england squad. Harry winks and harry kane have withdrawn through injury. England are playing friendlies against germany and brazil at wembley over the next seven days. And irish 123 in the melbourne cup, the race that stops the nation. The people running mens tennis have apologised after a bizarre draw ceremony for a tournament which involved female models removing items of clothing. There was a furious reaction, with awful, a disgace and back to zero just some of the comments. A tournament for the next generation, those under 21, they selected a female model who walked along the catwalk and then the model would reveal a letter for the releva nt would reveal a letter for the Relevant Group by removing items of clothing. One of the players had to pull off a glove from one of the models with his teeth. Such a bad idea. Outrageous. How many meetings must they have gone through and yet someone must they have gone through and yet someone decided that was a good idea . The principal sponsor has apologised, as have the 80. Idea . The principal sponsor has apologised, as have the 80m idea . The principal sponsor has apologised, as have the 80. If you look at some of their faces, they are looking round thinking, this is weird as have the atp tour. Are looking round thinking, this is weird as have the atp tour. One of the models was gyrating against a male player and removing a top to show a letter. My goodness me, what century . Not this one i dont think so everyone has apologised . They have. Rightly so. Time now to catch up on the weather. To some of us we will see sunshine but it will not be until later on to what many of us have is a mild start to is rain forecast and around the rain we also have gusty wind. You can see this great decline of cloud. It isa can see this great decline of cloud. It is a weather front, a cold front and it produces rains it is a cold front and it produces rains it is a cold fro nt m oves and it produces rains it is a cold front moves south the temperature behind it will drop. We have already seen behind it will drop. We have already seen the temperature drop in some parts of the north west. There is also a parts of the north west. There is alsoafair parts of the north west. There is also a fair bit of rain. If you travel this morning there could be a lot of surface water and spray on the road to take extra care. Ahead of that, cloud around this morning and we have showers. But still mild conditions. Kohl yesterday evening but as that cloud has come in the temperature has listed lifted. Then there is the rain across the border. Again, some heavy burst among mount. Pushing up into eastern scotla nd among mount. Pushing up into eastern scotland and northern isles. This is eight oclock, not where the rain is at the moment. Behind it, cloud, showers and winter in the hills. Brightening up for Northern Ireland from the west. For wales and into the south west again we have rain. Gusty wind around this weather front we will see squally winds later on coming in across the south coast of devon. Dust that 50 mph. You can see is the front sinks to the south east we have a fair bit of cloud behind it. For scotland and Northern Ireland, wales later on, Late Afternoon sunshine. Dont forget the showers and possibly some hail as well. As we go through the evening in overnight you see the rain slid down into the south east of ignorant ridge of High Pressure comes in behind it so it will be a cold night was clear sky. There will be temperature is a and it will stay positive, round parts of Northern Ireland and the borders, for example, temperatures could drop to just below freezing. 4 or five in some places. Frost around surfing in the morning. We still will have its rigid. When the weather front clears it will take a trained with it. What is left of that rain. The sun will come out and for many of us it will bea come out and for many of us it will be a fine day tomorrow. However, the next weather front comes

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