you're watching the briefing. our headlines: pope francis, who is holding mass in bangladesh, has thanked the country for its humanitarian response to muslim refugees fleeing myanmar. naval vessels from new zealand begin patrolling the ross sea in antarctica, the largest area ever to be granted special protection. prince harry and his new fiancee meghan markle are to take part in theirfirst official engagements together. the us senate has delayed voting on a republican tax bill as some senators aim to address the large increase of the federal budget deficit. now it is time look at the stories that are making the headlines in media across the world. we begin with the irish times, and a warning from the democratic unionist party to uk prime minister theresa may that any concessions over brexit which affect northern ireland's relationship with the rest of the uk risked the party's support

for mrs may's minority government. the new york times says the white house has developed a plan to force out secretary of state rex tillerson, whose relationship with president trump has been strained, and replace him with mike pompeo who's currently director of the cia. the ft leads with the head of ubs bank, sergio ermotti, who has criticised regulators‘ efforts to rain in bankers‘ pay, arguing that the push is fuelled by envy among people in less well paid professions. the telegraph business section carries a warning from the us federal reserve that bitcoin and other digital currencies could endanger the safety of the financial system if they continue to grow. and finally on front of the guardian, children as young as two in the uk are being put in groups based on ability and behaviour.

meanwhile, teachers have hit back saying it will have negative impact on confidence, self—esteem and aspiration. so let's begin. with me is alpesh patel, who's ceo of praefinium partners. problems with self—esteem? problems with self-esteem? are not like you to a two—year—old. problems with self-esteem? are not like you to a two—year—oldli problems with self-esteem? are not like you to a two-year-old. i am in finance so i'm probably like a two—year—old! —— i'm not likening. brexit, they seem to get over a money hurdle and then the next problem is the big problem, the irish border feels so problem is the big problem, the irish borderfeels so intractable. i've got a solution, we live in the age of the internet, this programme has 100 million viewers, why don't they tweet into @borisjohnson and me, let's crowd sourced the solution

to the irish problem, especially the 44% of irish people who voted leave, i'm sure they thought it through, what the solution is, if we aren't going to have fairies at the border who can work out customs duties. even with a good solution that people like, it has to nail it down for the dup and for dublin. everyone seems to be saying they don't want a ha rd seems to be saying they don't want a hard border, dup on their website and their twitter feed make hard border, dup on their website and their twitterfeed make it hard border, dup on their website and their twitter feed make it clear no hard border, nobody wants one but no hard border, nobody wants one but no one has a solution to this problem. like i said, crowd sourced it. i've got a multitude of degrees, i can't figure it out. —— crowd source. send it to myself and @borisjohnson please! it's an interesting point you make, the speed of technological change, is there a way that could be ready to function? it doesn't look like it is here yet. if i can put a positive

spin on this, at least everybody is pushing in the same direction, which is they don't want a hard border between north and south. that is the good news. we will see how that pans out. a critical few days ahead for theresa may on brexit issues. possibly a critical few days for rex tillerson as well. new york times really reporting that it's an open secret that his position is in considerable doubt. look, it's not like the world needs stability, what's going on, something happening in north korea and between the us and the uk as well, but will he go the way of flynn, spicer, scaramucci, bannon, priebus. senior white house people, in this case the secretary of, is he going to go out well? this is the biggest clue —— secretary of the. the white house says he is definitely staying so that has to be the biggest clue —— secretary of

the. i looked online and i couldn't find anything as to whether or not rex tillerson would leave and the global instability that would cause to some extent, given the stock market is at an all—time high. but i did find bets on donald trump being impeached, that's what people are putting their money on, not rex tillerson. what the odds might be... i saw one line that says when the president loses confidence in someone president loses confidence in someone they will no longer serve in their capacity, that comes from sarah huckabee saunders. talking about losing confidence, we know what rex tillerson is reported to have said about donald trump in any case. allegedly he called his president a moron. one would expect that sooner or later he will go if that sooner or later he will go if thatis that sooner or later he will go if that is true. 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 conspiracy and it is underperforming men, they are 90% men, who simply can't get it

up are 90% men, who simply can't get it up with the share price. let's ask emotionally for those less financially driven, is mr ermotti worth £10 million a year? not if you can't do the job and the job is at shareholder value, it's the only requirement of thejob. shareholder value, it's the only requirement of the job. if you can't perform, it isn't to cause a financial crisis, don't sack a load of people, don't cause fraud in your bank, it is add shareholder value. that's all it is and they can't do it. everybody else says, to remind you, the stock market is at an all—time high, you're trying to swim against the tide and lose value in relative terms. you are losing value and getting paid millions for it... sack him. mr the briefing may be watching and he could tweet in as well, which would be good. —— mr

ermotti. the daily telegraph, this is bitcoin, we are hearing almost daily threats, the head of goldman sachs called it a vehicle for fraudsters. everyone is on their back, their case? not really and i'll tell you why. looking at the underlying technology, we mustn't confuse the crypto currencies who use the underlying technology of blockchain, if you look at banks like american express and santander, they use this technology for cross—border transactions, you have other companies using it for peer to peer transactions. it removes all the friction. the technology is very useful. the speculation is going to cause people with too much money and not much better to do with it to lose a bit of money. is that a fair comment from the fed to say that? the bigger threat is probably ubs and the big banks. they were last time... stop blaming crypto

currencies. i'll make a prediction, bitcoin, all the others, they will be up at least 100% next year. whether they should is a different matter because there's something behind the technology that's really useful which is why banks are using it. the last lorry, we'll have to be quick, the idea that pupils are being streamed from the age of two for reading ability —— last story. —— screened. for reading ability —— last story. -- screened. my wife is pregnant, we have a baby due in march, we wondering whether we need to signup for schools? of course it is extreme, never mind the kids, the pa rents a re extreme, never mind the kids, the parents are going to have low self—esteem when they don't get screened for the right thing! crazy, isn't it? ridiculous. great pleasure and thanks for joining isn't it? ridiculous. great pleasure and thanks forjoining us. . thanks for watching the briefing. stay with us for watching the briefing. stay with us for much more. hello.

some of us during thursday night experiencing more snow showers. but, actually, as we go into friday morning, with less cold air moving in, the showers will return back to sleet or rain as we go through the morning. but still, early on, do bear in mind where we have had the showers overnight, there will be icy patches around through eastern parts of scotland and northern england. and still a scattering of showers through eastern parts of england as we go through the day. mostly falling as rain, quite a stiff breeze still. showers through the west of wales are now clearing away and more of us will be dry and see some sunshine. there'll be good sunny spells around during the afternoon, and the temperatures a little bit higher than they were during thursday. it's just not going to feel as cold or as wintry as it did. now, many places, of course, are dry, the best of the sunshine in england and wales. increasing cloud in northern ireland, an area of cloud and patchy rain working southwards through scotland. and behind that, one or two showers following on behind, and snow on the highest ground. now, as we go on into friday evening, friday night, we will keep the cloud heading

southwards across the uk, and that will mean temperatures are not dropping as low. there will still be a touch of frost in cold spots across the south in particular on friday night. but by saturday morning, some temperatures are creeping up a few degrees. and, as we look at the big picture going into the weekend, we've had arctic air across the uk. high pressure to the west of us, but gets nudged southwards a little bit, and air with an atlantic influence coming across. that means it is less cold and temperatures are getting closer to average for this time of year with mild air coming in. it's taking a while to get into the south—eastern parts of england, and could still be quite chilly during saturday, but into sunday it will arrive. but it is coming, this atlantic air, with a great deal of cloud around. there is patchy cloud and there will be sunny spells for eastern parts of england during saturday. so it's five degrees in norwich, but 10 degrees in stornoway, feeling the benefits of milder air. part two of the weekend, on sunday, again a lot of cloud around.

that cloud thick enough in some spots to produce a little bit of patchy light rain, not amounting to too much. maybe some hazy sunny spells through the eastern uk and temperatures for many of us closer to average. the main story for the weekend is mild, less cold air coming in, but it comes with plenty of cloud. and whilst there will be generally a lot of dry weather around, the cloud will produce patchy light rain at times. hello this is breakfast, with charlie stayt and naga munchetty. a former scotland yard detective tells the bbc he was shocked by the amount of pornography viewed on a computer seized from the office of the first secretary of state, damian green nine years ago. speaking for the first time, the technology specialist says thousands of images containing legal pornographic material were on a device in his westminster office. mr green has vehemently denied looking at pornography at work. good morning, it's friday the 1st of december.

also this morning, a review is launched into nhs radiology services in england after the health watchdog is told thatjunior doctors at one hospital were asked to examine x—rays without the right training. prince harry and meghan markle head to nottingham for first public