i mentioned that a moment ago. it says the two countries are in a "tense standoff" following president erdogan‘s accusation that "nazism is alive in the west." the comment was made after two of his ministers were prevented from campaigning in the netherlands. "eu workers must stay." that's on the front of the times. its headline refers to a letter from 35 university leaders to mps pleading for eu citizens to have the right to stay in the uk after it leaves the european union. it comes ahead of a vote on a brexit bill in the british parliament today. with the first round of voting in the french presidential election coming up next month, le figaro looks at one of the main candidates, francois fillon. the paper says he's currently third in the polls with just six weeks to go to convince voters of his plan. the financial times reports that iceland is to lift capital controls on tuesday, almost nine years after they were imposed following the country's banking crash. and finally, "dine—on—demand." the south morning china post says that airline, cathay pacific, is to trial a service on long—haul

flights allowing travellers to choose when to eat their onboard meal. it says that the rethink of its dining services is due to heightened competition in the aviation industry. joining us is richard griffiths, media strategist at pr consultancy, rgc partners. good morning. good to have you. good morning. 0k, let us start with the brexit story on almost all the front pages. how about this one? turkey and the netherlands. a massive week for the netherlands. we have just talked this hour about the elections midweek. this spat which came to the fore, give us your take on this. as you implied, the story is happening on two fronts. the

netherlands has its election in a few days' time. and in turkey, what we have heard is some inflammatory comments from president erdogan over the weekend. incredible language. saying to the netherlands there will be a, quote, price to pay, because of the refusal to allow investors to speak at rallies in the netherlands. -- his speak at rallies in the netherlands. —— his people. he is playing a strategic game because he is trying to take turkey from what is currently a parliamentary republic toa currently a parliamentary republic to a presidential one. he wants sweeping new powers to do things like, for example, being able to appoint the vast majority of the seniorjudiciary. he appoint the vast majority of the senior judiciary. he is appoint the vast majority of the seniorjudiciary. he is trying to appeal, essentially, to turkish expats. in the netherlands, 17 million people, 2% are turkish expats. he is trying to appeal to them. and he wants them to vote in this referendum for what he wants to

achieve, which is essentially more power to achieve, which is essentially more powerto him. so achieve, which is essentially more power to him. so we have inflammatory rhetoric and quite an extraordinary situation. quite why this could not have happened after wednesday, i don't know. inflammatory rhetoric and scenes of water cannons and police. it came to a massive massive head. it came to a massive head. seems you would not expect to see in holland. but you have this far right candidate, geert wilders, who once did dan —— wants to ban mosques and muslims. this is giving rise to rallies that could be even worse , giving rise to rallies that could be even worse, and it could be exploited by the likes of wilders. it isa exploited by the likes of wilders. it is a huge shift when not so long ago we were talking about turkey possibly joining ago we were talking about turkey possiblyjoining the eu. ago we were talking about turkey possibly joining the eu. it is interesting. you hit the nail on the

head. essentially, after this election he will have to improve relations with the eu, president erdogan, but in the meantime he is calling it akin to nazism. never a dull moment. brexit. the front page of the times. it is never far away. it has never been closer. article 50 could be triggered this week if they can sort out this bill later in the commons and the lords. you are right. there are a few hurdles to get over. the times is talking about the concerns of the lords regarding the concerns of the lords regarding the rights of workers in britain. they have tabled this as one of two amendments to the brexit bill. the other being around a, quote, meaningful amendment to the brexit bill. this reflects business concerns and moral concerns. there

was an executive talking to me on friday saying they need to hire hundreds of people from london and they need a vast talent pool from within europe. this is about the message they're sending the current workers who are here and potentially those who might want to come who are currently in germany, france, portugal, italy, and they want to come and work in britain. ultimately it looks likely that theresa may could trigger article 50 as soon as tomorrow. for remainers, we want clarity, like myself. we have heard announcements about the different options for when it could be triggered. next week, all the other eu leaders gather to celebrate the treaty of rome. it would look rather soui’ treaty of rome. it would look rather sour to do this then. timing counts. absolutely, timing counts. david davis said there would be pain points yesterday. whether it is this

week or down the line. it will not be easy for the government. we will be easy for the government. we will be busy. talking about being busy, france, and more revelations about francois fillon on the weekend which could prove to be, you know, even more controversial. it seems he is ducking one scenario and having to head to another. you could not make it up, really. just a few weeks ago, fio it up, really. just a few weeks ago, no signs of francois fillon being hurt at all. the latest revelation if he was caught tweeting a caricature of his rival, macron. he had to apologise for that. some people interpreted it as anti—semitic. and other allegations that it appears he accepted two suits from a friend worth 30,000 euros. i don't know about you but, a suit worth that much... how many people would accept that? not only acce pt people would accept that? not only accept it... i mean, it is an

extraordinary amount of money. and this name he has been given francois two—suits fillon. this name he has been given francois two-suits fillon. this is getting more and more difficult for him yet he says he will stand, despite all these allegations, some are sticking, some are not. he is sticking, some are not. he is sticking his heels in, but at the end of the day, if you were advising him, you would ask him, why are you doing this? think before you talk and tweet and accept 30,000 euros suits. this is interesting. capital controls will be lifted on tuesday, i believe, something that was announced hurriedly late on sunday. think about iceland and it is pretty much collapsing. the economy collapsed. it was not they'll doubt. it did not have, you know, money

pouring in from all over the place like greece had and other nations had. —— bailed out. yet it is back on its feet. no more curbs on investors taking money out of iceland. it is the son of a few things. one, 2008, as far back as that, in some respects, things have changed. and also the emergence of iceland as an economy weirdly, they have a separate problem. tourism is a big deal in iceland is now. have a separate problem. tourism is a big deal in iceland is nowm have a separate problem. tourism is a big deal in iceland is now. it is booming, isn't it? absolutely booming. there are signs that the economy might overheat. but it is great to go there as a tourist. economy might overheat. but it is great to go there as a touristm is interesting, that debate we had about, you know, letting an economy fell, as it were, letting a currency fall. all those currency movements that were going on with iceland, being buffeted around, i imagine at the time it was absolutely horrendously people living there and

having to adjust to eagle. yet it is back on its feet. gdp rose more than 7% last year. —— to it all. back on its feet. gdp rose more than 7% last year. -- to it all. very quickly, dine—on—demand app for cathay pacific. this is a story about trying to make up lost ground. in the emirates, you have the bharat the back. can they rival the emirates and other carriers?|j the back. can they rival the emirates and other carriers? i am being buzzed that we are breakfast ready. we will see you soon. we will see you soon. goodbye. good evening. we've got a lot of largely dry and pretty mild weather on the cards for much of the week ahead. but, with clear skies sunday night, monday morning starts on quite a chilly note.

it's not a bad day, though. it's looking mainly dry, and many of us will see some sunshine around too. the front that we saw on sunday that brought cloud and some drizzly rain clearing away towards the east and we've got this area of high pressure building in from the south—west. that's going to be dominating the weather through the next couple of days. so first thing monday, temperatures five or six degrees in most of the towns and cities, but it's certainly a chilly start to the morning in more rural spots. northern ireland, temperatures have been down to freezing already. elsewhere, just one or two degrees above freezing, so we are likely to see a touch of frost for one or two prone spots during the morning. let's take a look around the country, then, 8am in the morning. some sunshine widely across southern england, much of wales too in fact. temperatures starting to slowly pick up, so a fresh feel to things, but it's dry and bright from the word go. a bit more cloud as we move north across northern parts of wales, north—west england too, perhaps a bit of mist and hill fog. for northern ireland and for scotland, variable amounts of cloud, but some bright, bright spells in between that cloud, and temperatures first thing around

about seven or eight degrees. so, as we move through the day, cloudier conditions towards the north—west, sweeping south—eastwards, so slightly cloudier skies for the midlands, parts of wales later on in the day. the south—east of england and east anglia remaining largely dry with plenty of sunshine and temperatures here around about 16 degrees or so. also, further north, for scotland and for northern ireland, it's a decent—looking, mostly dry day, with some spells of sunshine. so light winds for most of us. as we move through monday evening, there will be some rain across the north of scotland, turning quite breezy here too, whereas elsewhere across the country it is remaining largely dry. but as we move through into tuesday, what we are going to see is this frontal system trying to push from the north—west towards the south—east. that's going to introduce windy conditions from the atlantic. so some brisk winds, particularly across northern parts of scotland, where we could see gusts of 60 to 70 mph. further south across the country, it is a cloudier sort of day compared to monday, but still mild. 14 of 15 degrees in the south, and we'll see some blustery and heavy showers across northern

parts of scotland, but most places generally dry. into wednesday, high pressure dominates our weather, so i think almost everywhere should stay predominantly dry during the day on wednesday, and we should see some decent spells of sunshine, with temperatures up to around 15 degrees or so. now, the generally settled theme continues as we head through wednesday and on into thursday, but there will be some cooler and more unsettled weather on the cards coming in from the north—west later in the week. bye for now. hello, this is breakfast, with dan walker and louise minchin. decision day for brexit, as the bill for triggering article 50 faces its final test in parliament. here in parliament, will the mps put

up here in parliament, will the mps put upafight here in parliament, will the mps put up a fight or will they give the government the power to start brexit? good morning, it's monday, the 13th of march. also this morning, rail workers go on strike in three parts of england. southern rail, northern rail and merseyrail are all affected. good morning. from sunrise by uppingham palace. i'm