to a proposed deal on the irish border question. this story is also making the front page in ireland, here the irish times it says pm leo varadkar is ‘surprised and disappointed' from the backdown. in arab news: the assassination of yemen's former president is on the front page. he was killed two days after he broke ranks and turned on his former allies. online to spanish paper el pias. the digital front page is leading with day one of campaigning for the december 21 catalan regional election. making news on bbc online and today's twitter topic. the un oceans chief warns life in the seas risks irreparable damage from a rising tide of plastic waste. and finally in the daily telegraph.

google pledges to deploy an army of 10,000 staff to root out violent extremism and content that endangers children on youtube. so let's begin. with me is kulveer ranger, vice president strategy & communication at atos. also formerly worked for the merit london, borisjohnson. also formerly worked for the merit london, boris johnson. who is now foreign secretary. let's look at the independent. their headline, and there are very many different versions. theresa may humiliated as dup scuppers deal. it is only one way of looking at it. to get this close to a deal which is probably the hardest political negotiations

that has happened the decades in europe is quite something. it seems this extended three—hour working lunch, between jean—claude juncker and theresa may, put it that the tao in the next step. this was derailed by the dup. we were given the impression that it was a question of dotting the eyes and a crossing of the tees, that the ducks are in a road. that was the news from downing street. i think they were pretty confident but the row so many moving parts that to just fail... shouldn't use the word failure because jean—claude juncker, in that use the word failure because jean—claudejuncker, in that awkward announcement, said it was not a failure. they are almost there.

there is this negotiation that needs to be done between arlene foster, the leader of the dup in northern ireland and theresa may to get some kind of resolution about how hard or soft the sport is there to be between northern ireland and the rest of ireland. what will the meeting be like this one?” rest of ireland. what will the meeting be like this one? i think it will be interesting... you are being very diplomatic. i am quite positive about this. i voted to remain at we are where we are and we are almost getting there. there are two sides — the hard exit and the other side saying as soft as we can make it happen. the dup have called the bluff on negotiations and said if there are any regulatory diversions between the rest of the uk and

northern ireland, this is no deal. if there is a deal, this is hard brexit. northern ireland must leave the eu as the rest of the united kingdom and the irish republic has its views are basically there will bea its views are basically there will be a flurry of activity between now and they are talking again on thursday. they want something in place by the end of this week. then again gives me optimism on this deal because they would not have him so clear on a timeline. we are talking about a week or so so they feel they are almost there. this is hardball, definitely, between the dup, theresa may and the irish government to work out the solution because it has a very troubled history, ireland, it needs to be something they can all agree on and i think they will get that because the other option is the

dup pull the plug which leaves that government floundering and could open the way for a jeremy corbyn labour lead government. now, does the conservative party want either to bea the conservative party want either to be a bit softer on the brexit or doesn't want to leave the door open forjeremy corbyn to take power in the united kingdom. quicklyjust to get different viewpoints on this. they have written it as tory mps acted dup. the leader in ireland. let's move on because, on the bbc news site there is lots of analysis and looking ahead to what happens next. let's have a look at this story which was a shocking story that emerged in the middle east yesterday. all over the front page.

the former president assassinated on monday and it says buy iranian backed houthis. extremely complicated but a very significant change in how things are in that pa rt change in how things are in that part of the world given who he was and how long he was in powerfor. anyone who can spend 30 years ruling in the middle east must have some amazing skills but it appears that he was trying to do a deal with the.

this assassination has caused huge shocks in yemen and throughout the deal. a man who was so respected to be that this to happen, it almost feels like a defining moment. it cool act as a rallying cry for yemen to unite. that is the hope in saudi arabia. just to say, while that is all going on the farrant —— humanitarian crisis continues. looking ahead to catalonia. i am not going to say we forgot about it but it has been off our raider having been on an intensely for days ahead. the ex— catalan president who has

fled to spain and is currently in belgium... carles puidgemont... the eight other cattle and ministers currently in prison for sedition. it isa currently in prison for sedition. it is a very huge issue in spain because i think rebellion has a 30 year prison sentence. the current intention of voting may see catalans not voting for a separation. the election is due to happen at the end of december but it still feels like the catalan people are not convinced about leaving spain. watch this space. we will be reporting on it. the story on the bbc website, ocean plastic, a plane tree crisis. i have

been glued to blue planet, a documentary in the uk, i have been glued to it. there was a whole evening about the impact plastic is having on our oceans. how plastic pollutes ocean. plastic has been revolutionary of the past few decades but we have not realise how to deal with it. it is almost like nuclear waste. we have not known how to deal with that. we have to deal with this and, yes, the un are highlighting this. they had on this issueis highlighting this. they had on this issue is great but no timetable and ten yea rs issue is great but no timetable and ten years before they can get an agreement. they need to do mot. thank you for your company. we will see you soon. hello there. weatherwise, this week has got off to a pretty quiet start, lots of dry weather on monday, most of us hopefully saw a glimmer or two of sunshine,

but plenty of cloud around. tuesday, pretty similar story, quite a lot of cloud around, a lot of dry weather, some persistent rain for northern and western scotland by the end of the afternoon. after some early morning fog, southern england should brighten quite nicely, hopefully we'll see some through the afternoon. across the midlands and east anglia too. some cloud and drizzle for wales and northern england. that is the first signs of what is to come as we push into the middle of the week. wet and windy conditions extending across the isles. for much of england and wales a quiet night on tuesday, up some rain.

windy for scotland and northern ireland. still some temperatures in the double figures. 0vernight wednesday into thursday, really starting to bring in some wet weather, this low is a savage affair, some strong winds and those will be with us on thursday, the weather front to the south making for a wet start to the day on thursday and bright weather to follow from the north later on. notjust brighter, but colder. that is white you see it on the map behind me. snow showers and you can see the temperatures coming down across northern scotland, still in double figures for the south of the british isles through thursday afternoon but that warm air will be pushed away by another arctic plunge. that will be here by the time we get into friday. friday, a pretty good—looking day if you are in doors looking through the window, quite a lot of sunshine around the snow showers to the north and north—west, very strong cutting northerly winds. 0n the face of it, temperatures colder than the start

of the week. “4 for newcastle come friday. here is a recap of your week. a pretty quiet start, a fine day to come on tuesday, wet and windy wednesday night into thursday, thursday and friday becoming brighter and also turning much colder. hello, this is breakfast, with dan walker and louise minchin. the prime minister will brief the cabinet this morning after brexit talks stall. an agreement with brussels has been put on hold over what happens to the irish border when britain leaves the eu. we'll be live in downing street and belfast to assess what happens next. good morning. it's tuesday, december 5. also this morning: parents are warned of the danger of their children using live, online streaming services, after scores of men

are arrested in an operation against child sex abuse. a crisis in our oceans — the united nations warns of irreparable damage caused by a rising tide of plastic waste.