Interesting. These to contrasting views on the irish backstop. The Daily Telegraph says there is the hope of a deal. There is the hope of a dealli there is the hope of a deal. I am glad to hear this because i have been coming on the Programme Every month a year saying we are definitely not going to fall without a deal. And john called yorker is now saying he is open to a deal. And so currency now saying he is open to a deal. And so currency markets have moved substantially over the course of the last 24 hour is. Admittedly from a low level of 1 20 to about 1 25. Dont forget that we were 150 before this so those numbers are relative. But he says he is not wedded to the backstop, as such. Johnson may yet get a deal that he can put in front of the house of commons. It is interesting. The Prime Minister meets eu leaders at the Un General Assembly next week. With this newfound optimism amongst downing street. I wonder if that is a view thatis street. I wonder if that is a view that is shared by the dup and arlene foster. That is the crucial nub of all of this. Ultimately the numbers are the crucial nub and the numbers have changed, not least because the parliamentary majority has changed. Borisjohnson was dependent parliamentary majority has changed. Boris johnson was dependent for parliamentary majority has changed. Borisjohnson was dependent for his parliamentary majority but now he doesnt have one anyway. There is no difference. Arlene foster is talking to the irish Prime Minister and there are signs that they may have softened their stance to crucially it is numbers generally because the reason we are in this pickle and we have been going on about this for so long is that parliament is lit one third one third one third, effectively. A group in the middle wa nt to effectively. A group in the middle want to compromise, a group want to revoke and a group that wants no deal. The key has been to get people on the two extremes to move into the middle ground of compromise. And because each of them has thought they would get 100 of what they want, they have not been prepared to make that compromise. Now were getting so close to wire that they remain as really fear that we will fall out with no deal so they are looking at a compromise. But the no deal is beginning to think, hang on, the government could fall here and if they do a left leaning coalition may come in and decide to revoke or remain so we may lose brexit altogether. People on both sides of the extreme are now prepared to come into the middle ground and compromise and that change a number is crucial for boris johnson. Compromise and that change a number is crucial for borisjohnson. And the man in charge of trying to negotiate all the years, stephen barclay, talking in madrid yesterday and saying that he thinks they need another year on the backstop to try and work out some of the technicalities and the alternative is not necessary until december 2020. Do you think he just had not heard the comments from jean claude jonker . I dont think these stories are as different as they seem. He is talking about the legal wording whereasjean claude talking about the legal wording whereas jean claude is talking about the legal wording whereasjean claude is saying if we talk about the backstop altogether. Abolishing the backstop. The legal wording is needed, whether we end up before without a safety net. If we agree now where we will have that safe net, whether part of the uk orthe that safe net, whether part of the uk or the whole of the uk in the Customs Union and the Single Market untilan Customs Union and the Single Market until an agreement is formed, that does not change the legal wording that needs to be agreed over the next year. It is just a question of what will be at the end point in that road . What will be at the end point in that road 7 these what will be at the end point in that road . These two stories do sit with each other, even though on the face of it the headline suggests that they are two people seem com pletely that they are two people seem completely different things. That they are two people seem completely different thingslj that they are two people seem completely different things. I dont think that is the case. If you can manage a straightforward narrative on brexit, then all credit to you. Lets talk about this Financial Times front page. Saudi arabia bullying wealthy families to pump cash into this flotation of the saudi oil company. I wonder how patriotic some of these families are. Many were locked up in the ritz and according to some family members, friends and relatives are saying they were tortured there. This is an extraordinary story because what were talking about here is forced transfer of wealth. People are asked to invest in a company that will be valued at two higha company that will be valued at two high a level. This ipo has been rolling on now for a few years because it was unclear that they could get to trillion dollar valuation they wanted. Since then they lost half their oil stocks as a result of the strike, wherever it came from. And suddenly that valuation looks really unlikely. So to invest that valuation when the moment to think its the Public Market it will come down to a fair valuation is effectively to say please give me money for something that you know is priced too expensive. And then when you have done that, we will give you what is left of your money back when it comes down to the right price. It is just a transfer of wealth that you could not require of anybody unless you had them under some form of arrested and in this case, half these people have their assets frozen anyway. So the argument is you cant access your money, you may as well put it into something and watch it halve. A difficult deal. And of course the banks will be paid on the full value of the deal so the bankers are laughing. As they always do. Laughing all the way back to the bank they work for. And who else may be laughing all the way to the bank. Michael 0leary. He always comes out on top. This is a story about crony capitalism if ever you find one. Is ridiculous. 0n the basis that he has to double the share price in a five year period to get a 99 Million Euros bonus, this is the share price down 43 in two yea rs. Is the share price down 43 in two years. So to double it from here ta kes a years. So to double it from here takes a back to the level it was two yea rs takes a back to the level it was two years ago yet he is quoted as saying that this is a free option for investors because if i double it it will not matter what they pay me. Things have been halved in the meantime it should not be that difficult for him to double it and in the end this has gone through with just 50. 5 of shareholders voting for it. What is going on with them . I am not surprised that the chair of the Remuneration Committee had a no confidence vote in him because frankly it is ridiculous. Absolutely ridiculous. And he always seems to rise to the top. If he manages to double the share price of the company, he has almost 4 of the total stock and at the moment it is worth a cool 400 Million Euros. So the question is what will he do with his 99 . It is a failure of imagination, government and. his 99 . It is a failure of imagination, government and. we we re imagination, government and. we were talking about the story before were talking about the story before we came on air, the one from the times about this girl s school who is giving comedy classes to six formers to learn to deal with hecklers and Awkward Silences and to build confidence. You have done this in your business . We did this with my team, we got somebody to come in and do comedy with us because it was and do comedy with us because it was a team bonding exercise all about improving your confidence and using the gift of the gab that comedians have in difficult situations. It was an effective date. We had an entire day with this guy who got us doing some comedy and acting techniques andi some comedy and acting techniques and i think we all came away saying that we were unsure of what it would be before but now it worked really well. It does work well. What is said in this article, the headmistress is saying that this is like debating society plus and she is absolutely right. It is. It is a very good tool to learn how to deal with situations that are unexpected. Absolutely. Sometimes it is better to laugh than to cry. Thank you very much, lovely to go through the papers with you. Let us know what you think about the stories we are covering today. You can chat to us on twitter. Stay with us here on bbc news, so much more to come. Hello there. Temperatures are set to climb over the next couple of days. Friday morning will start off with some fog patches in places but that should tend to lift and clear fairly quickly and then well see a lot of sunshine and some real warmth as well. High pressure is centred just about here. You can see the winds rotating around it in a clockwise direction. The High Pressure keeping the rain bearing cloud at bay for the time being out in the atlantic. One or two fog patches across southern scotland. Northern england could be the odd dense patch of fog, some potentially for Northern Ireland as well but as we go through the day, any fog will lift and we will see patches of cloud drifting northwards but a lot of sunshine across most parts of the uk and temperatures widely between 19 and 22 degrees. But with the south or south easterly winds blowing across the uk, the favoured spot for high temperatures will actually be the north of scotland, particularly when you get some shelter to the north of high ground. Could well see 23 or 24 degrees. Now, as we go through friday night, its going to stay dry. There will be long, clear spells overhead. Well see more of a breeze at this stage so i dont think therell be too many problems with mist and fog and its not going to be quite as chilly as some nights weve had recently. Some spots holding up in double digits. 14 degrees there for plymouth, for example, dropping down to 9 in glasgow and newcastle. But for saturday, we have this feed of air coming up from the south or the south east. Pretty warm wind direction, fairly humid as well. High Pressure Holding onto the first half of the weekend but notice these frontal systems out in the atlantic. These will eventually make their move and turn things quite a lot more unsettled. Saturday then, the most reliably dry day for many parts of the uk. A lot of fine weather, lots of sunshine too but notice the odd thunderstorm late in the day through the south west of england, parts of wales, maybe Northern Ireland as well. Temperatures, though, 21 degrees in glasgow. The south east of england could get to 25, maybe 26 degrees. Through saturday night, though, theres the increasing chance we could see thundery downpours drifting across Western Areas ahead of this frontal system. It is a cold front. It could be moving erratically northeastwards as we move to sunday. Some uncertainty about where it will come to rest with its outbreaks of rain for the afternoon but ahead of it, another warm day, 23 or 24 degrees but behind that cold front, the air turns colder. It will feel much cooler and much fresher and that leads us into a cooler, fresher week generally for all of us next week and there will be some wind and rain at times. It is going to feel quite autumnal. Good morning, welcome to breakfast with Charlie Stayt and naga munchetty. 0ur headlines today thomas cooks future in the balance 22,000 jobs and millions of holidaymakers face uncertainty as the travel firm scrambles for emergency funding. Ill be looking at how one of the worlds biggest tour operators has come to this and what it means if youre booked on one of their holidays . The first of around five thousand Climate Change protests begin, as millions prepare to take part in Climate Change protests around the world. The Rugby World Cup starts this morning. Hosts japan play russia. England meanwhile have named an attacking side for their opening match against tonga