making headlines for the financial times: bitcoin soars to record new highs, and triggers unease among traditional marketplaces. the cryptocurrency has risen more than 850% since the start of the year. and lastly, the daily telegraph dedicating a full front page to the prince and his soon—to—be new princess, with the line from prince harry "the corgis took to her straightaway." how the world has reacted to the news of the royal engagement. so let's begin. with me is iain anderson, founder of the international communications agency cicero group. so let's get stuck in. myanmar times, really interesting to see what their way of covering pope francis‘s visit is. what their way of covering pope francis's visit is. yes. he has a very fine line to walk, but he is used to that. here's used to that.

this is a pope we seen before who doesn't shy away from talking about the tough stuff. so he is being advised not to use the word rohingya. he is being advised to use the word bengali. whatever word he uses the word bengali. whatever word he uses the bridge those local sensitivities, i am uses the bridge those local sensitivities, iam pretty uses the bridge those local sensitivities, i am pretty convinced pope francis is going to talk to aung san suu kyi today about this issue, and put it firmly on the table. it is his style, it is his way. it is his way, and i think he feels he is called to a position to do this kind of thing. he has been very open about that since he became pope francis. but aung san suu kyi will be prepared, she will be ready to say what she is going to say, but it is interesting how the catholic community are very nervous about this there. they are in a minority there. it is 1% of the population. the rohingya, bengali population is

about 4%, or was 4% of the myanmar population. of course, over500,000 people have fled the country. i mean, the other interesting thing in the local coverage is a geopolitical peace, how is the west, as the united states in particular, has been condemning the myanmar government, the diplomatic relationship between myanmar and china seems to be strengthening through this period as well. it is an utterly fascinating story. my bet is pope francis will not duck it, but will put it on the table. and jonathan head will update us, for sure. let's have a look at another fascinating, difficult story. the irish times looking at the possibility of a snap election in ireland. it is quite interesting how this is unfolding in ireland, we have the situation in germany as well. we talked about political risk in europe this year, but it is not

the places we expected, necessarily. it is certainly keeping me busy. there is no doubt that the irish situation right now has huge implications for... sorry, i am going to say it, the brexit conversation as well. we have to talk about that, because there is a huge question as to who is going to be the leader sitting at the summit in the middle of december that decides whether or not the uk can move into the trade conversation in terms of the brexit talks. so we understand that the two leaders between the party in government and opposition met last night. they did not get anywhere. this story is essentially about the deputy prime minister in the government, and there will be a vote tonight at 8pm dublin time, a vote of no confidence in the deputy prime minister unless

fianna fail and fianna gael can do a deal at some point today. what is your bet, what is your money on?” think the body is hoping that a deal can be done. one thing that does seem to be getting quite difficult for the deputy prime minister is some of the fianna gael mps themselves, the governing party mps, are getting quite concerned about this. i genuinely think at this point it is too close to call. i don't think either party wants to go into an electoral cycle just at this moment. sounds a bit like germany, doesn't it? precisely. we will see what happens, watch this space. this story on the japan times, this is something that happened a little while ago. this particular politician brought her seven—month—old baby into an assembly session where, you know, laws were going to be decided on. she was there with her seven—month—old baby because she is trying to illustrate the difficulties women, i would say women and men, parents, face when it comes tojuggling women and men, parents, face when it comes to juggling parenthood and

work. and yet it has sparked this nationwide debate in japan. interesting, we are getting a lot of response from oui’ interesting, we are getting a lot of response from our viewers as well. interesting, we are getting a lot of response from our viewers as welllj am not surprised. this is an issue every... primarily woman, but as you say, increasingly men face as well. for me, sally, this is an issue about childcare, and having... childcare provision. childcare provision, to frankly allow people who have got careers to go out and work and know that their children are safe and well and being looked after. now, it seems this japanese lawmaker has actually broken the rules of the japanese parliament. you can't bring babies into the chamber, onto the floor of the chamber, onto the floor of the chamber, but she is a public policy maker, so she is making a point here isa maker, so she is making a point here is a public policy maker, and i support the point she is trying to make more but for me it is about adequate childcare, not really whether or not you should be

bringing toddlers in business meetings or parliamentary meetings. i know, i have had three and it can cause absolute mayhem. to give you a sense of what you have been saying to us about this particular story, we have got the real rich taking kids to work, it would very much depend on yourjob. an office worker may get away with it, a construction worker could not for safety reasons. i wouldn't get away with it, i can tell you that for nothing. we have another viewer saying when the employer provides good childcare services during the day, as iain points out, or when they force you to work weekends that to be an issue. thank you for your response, keep the debate going on a hashtag. let's talk about bitcoin. i have been talking about this for weeks. it has been going up and up and up. 850% so far this year. when will the bubble burst? i have a colleague right now at a bitcoin conference,

looking at some of these issues. and before i stepped into the studio this morning, the price has moved up from the picture we have got on the front page of the financial times this morning to, you know, another $100 or so. so the question is, is this a gold rush? is this a bitcoin rush, or is this a legitimate conversation? even within the banks, and bitcoin really does threaten the traditional banking system, the central banking system, there is a huge debate as to whether or not this is a good thing or a bad thing, and it international regulatory response to bitcoin is all over the place right now. and it has to be. it has to be because in some territories some people see this as a major opportunity to raise capital. in others it is a threat to a central banking system. and we will keep a very close eye. i always say to myself when i go out and about, i go to the supermarket and

people start to ask me about bitcoin, it starts to ring alarm bells, you know, should i get into bitcoin or not? you can check the price on the out right now! and the royal engagement. we have been waiting for this for quite sometime —— the app. the press worldwide is all over this, and they always will be, won't they? there is huge, huge interest globally, and even more so with a being meghan markle, an american. and so they should be. this is a bit of good news. two people in love, people have been speculating about harry, and when he was going to get hitched, just as they speculated about his dad, do you remember that? for years and yea rs. you remember that? for years and years. iam you remember that? for years and years. i am delighted for them both, ina years. i am delighted for them both, in a world where lots of the news hasn't been very happy, this is a really ha p py hasn't been very happy, this is a really happy piece of news. and it isa really happy piece of news. and it is a happy piece of news with perfect timing. it doesn't overs ha d ow perfect timing. it doesn't overshadow events like the 70th

anniversary of the queen and the duke. absolutely. and the baby arrival as well next year. just as his rather‘s engagement, it is a great picture, a great piece of news -- his great picture, a great piece of news —— his brother's engagement. thanks for watching the briefing. from me, sally bundock, and the rest of the team, goodbye. hello there. monday brought some of us something a little bit milder. that is not a sign of things to come. during tuesday, and indeed the rest of the week, we are back into this feed of northerly winds, all the way from the arctic. cold air sweeping southwards right across the country. quite a few showers, as well, and where those showers have been falling through the early

part of the morning, there is certainly the risk of some icy stretches across parts of northern ireland and into scotland. take it easy on untreated roads and pavements. some of the showers across scotland will be wintry. some rain, some sleet, some hail, and some snow, the snow mostly over high ground at this stage. showers beginning to push into the east coast of england. but, through north—west england, down into the midlands, a dry start, yes, a cold and frosty start in places, with temperatures ofjust one or two degrees at 8:00am in the morning. showers continuing to feed across west wales, into devon and cornwall. most of these showers will be falling as rain. a few showers across dorset, perhaps into hampshire, as well. but for east anglia and the south—east, a dry start, yes, but a chilly one — three, four or five degrees. a lot of crisp sunshine, then, to come during the day on tuesday, but the showers continue to feed in across eastern areas, drifting that bit further south, perhaps into east anglia, parts of the east midlands, as the day goes on. these showers wintry, particularly over high ground. a few showers out west, as well.

even in the sunshine, feeling cold — five to eight degrees. now, as we go through tuesday night, the showers continue to feed in across eastern areas. these showers wintry, mostly over high ground, but perhaps starting to turn wintry to slightly lower levels at this stage. temperatures hovering around freezing, or a touch below. there will be frost for some of us on wednesday morning. so this is how the weather pattern looks. high pressure to the west, low pressure to the east. that is what is feeding the northerly winds down across the country. strong, biting winds on wednesday, particularly towards the east, where there will again be plentiful showers, and late in the day, we may even start to see some sleet and some snow to pretty low levels. some sunshine, too. not as many showers at this stage in the west. three to seven degrees, that is your lot. thursday a similar day, but if anything, a colder day still. some snow is possible to fairly low levels in the east. a few showers in the west, as well. plenty of sunshine in between. but add on the strength of the wind, this is what it will feel like, many places feeling sub—zero during thursday. so, for the rest of

the week, a cold wind. yes, some crisp sunshine, but some wintry showers as well. hello, this is breakfast, with dan walker and louise minchin. the royal wedding — we should find out more details later today. prince harry and meghan markle are expected to get married in a church. we should find out the venue and date later. and we'll be live outside buckingham palace getting all the latest and we'll also be finding out how the united states is reacting. good morning. it's tuesday, november 28. also this morning: a hugejump in the number of parents fighting to get educational support for their children. there's been a 28% increase in the last year alone.