from the dangers of the digital world. unicef is recommending greater protection against online sexual abuse. 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 brexit secretary david davis who has clashed with the irish government after claiming that the brexit divorce agreement between britain and the european union was a "statement of intent" rather than legally enforceable. which leads us to other comments made by mr davis this time to the bbc as reported by the telegraph stating the brexit secretary wants a "canada plus plus plus" trade deal with the eu which would also involve the best of trade agreements with japan and south korea. the gulf news looks at the continuing fall out following the whitehouse announcement to recognise jerusalem as the capital of israel.

in a tweet the ruler of dubai shaikh mohammad bin rashid al maktoum said jerusalem is the core of a just and peaceful solution to the palestinian issue and is fundamental to the region's stability. the business guardian focuses on bitcoin where the first trades in the volatile crypto—currency have kicked off on the chicago futures exchange. the futures are an alternative to the largely unregulated crypto—currency exchanges that have been plagued by cyber—security and fraud issues. and finally, the white stuff takes centre stage on the front of the independent, as heavy snowstorms sweep throughout the uk. the weather caused chaos at heathrow and other airports causing british airways to cancel 50,000 flights. with me isjonathan charles who's managing director of communications

at the european bank for reconstruction. iam firmly i am firmly grounded. let's get onto an issue that concerns us all. the irish times picking up on the comments by david davis and the, let's not forget that they had everything they wanted to sign. sounded so wonderful aunt ride. and talk of warm words from brussels and that has been popped by david davis. this phrase, that david davis seemed to be suggesting that the uk could still pull out of this agreement if it does not get the deal it wants. it reminds me of the film, pirates of the caribbean where somebody says the pirates code is very important. and someone else says the code is

just guidelines. route is supposed to have signed up to this, article 46 of the agreement made last friday, saying that commitments and principles are made and must be upheld in all, irrespective of the nature of any further future agreement. that says no matter what, brittany leviathan is apparently said yesterday that there may be room. and people in ireland are rather worried. it says in that text that nothing is agreed until everything is agreed so you can play around with that. there is an element of fudge about this agreement and there needed to be in orderfor it to agreement and there needed to be in order for it to be agreed to by all sides. but like all suites, fudge rots your teeth in the end. and there is such cynicism in the headline is well. hard to reconcile the idea of a single market and no

hardboard. the briefing that have onto the summit is that it is very ha rd to onto the summit is that it is very hard to reconcile, as you say, the uk determination to leave the custom union with full regular tory alignment. 0ut union with full regular tory alignment. out of that circle gets squared? 0ne alignment. out of that circle gets squared? one suggestion from david davis is that we have a canada plus class plus agreement. but the remaining members of the eu will say that britain cannot have something as good as being an eu market —— member. they could have a norway style agreement of being close to the eu with full alignment that no say in making law. britain is not keen on that. it is hard to reconcile these statements with the final interpretation. and to some extent that we know that this was about earning over a hurdle to deal with it later. let me ask you this.

when david davis says canada plus plus plus is he actually looking at three particular areas?” plus plus is he actually looking at three particular areas? i think you definitely is. the original agreement which is still to come into force. the current agreement only deals with trade goods plus a few things around the edges that make it easier for professionals to go back and forth. he says he wants it to cover services. that is important for london which otherwise may lose its right to be the financial centre for the europe —— eu. that is where it gets difficult. this just seems to recreate a single market and that's where the eu 27 says that canada plus plus plus is a little bit too much. by the way, you andi little bit too much. by the way, you and i know from our time little bit too much. by the way, you and i know from ourtime in little bit too much. by the way, you and i know from our time in brussels

that enough nothing is ever possible. you never know how things will turn out because much will come down to last—minute haggling. we have had far too many crises over there. this is another crisis of a different order. the gulf news focusing on further arab condemnation of president trump's position. might i ask you this, i don't see any answer in the newspaper, what is the deal? that must be the arab question. you want us must be the arab question. you want us to meet vice president pens and hear the jared kushner proposal. we have no idea of what you have to offer. the question is where is this going? i was in the middle east last week in the run—up to president trump's announcement and jordan has something in the game here. not least that it is a neighbour to israel but is also the guarantor in

eastjerusalem of the rights of the muslim world to access the holy sites. it has a close relationship with jerusalem. people sites. it has a close relationship withjerusalem. people they sites. it has a close relationship with jerusalem. people they were telling me, including government ministers, but this makes it much more complicated on what is already a complicated route to try to reach some settlement. for israel it seems like a nice quick win, recognition by donald trump ofjerusalem as the capital. in the medium term, if israel wants peace it is much harder because it is not clear whether proposals are going, and where these players want to go. the general feeling i discern is that no—one knows what the solution is but eve ryo ne knows what the solution is but everyone knows that life is now a bit more complicated. having a quick look now at bitcoin. yes. talking of complicated. certainly yes but quite

interesting. this is a step towards legitimisation. it is becoming a financial instrument and that is interesting considering its conduit out of the digital world. what is it based on? it is based on people having enough feeling that they have confidence in it. if they have confidence in it. if they have confidence than they are willing to push the currency and they are willing to stay with it. i am old enough... iam willing to stay with it. i am old enough... i am old enough to remember the 19705. there was a time then when general economics wa5 remember the 19705. there was a time then when general economics was in disrepute and economies were in trouble. and people turned to south african gold investment. they didn't understand, they park their money in... it is like that with bit point. but what goes up mu5t in... it is like that with bit point. but what goes up must come down. do you have any bitcoin? no. i also do not have any gold. and now

the state of the weather and how we get not sideways by it. a lovely picture here from the independent. the thing is that everyone gets it all the time but you have a few tweets ? all the time but you have a few tweets? look at someone in warm by saying that they hardly 5ee5 tweets? look at someone in warm by saying that they hardly sees no. the people make a living out of our organising trips overseas to people who want to see snow. and someone else saying that it will be a nightmare on the road in herefordshire. they have 30 centimetres of snow. i can understand that because in the end it is beautiful but it does cause disruption. thank you very much for your time disruption. thank you very much for yourtime and disruption. thank you very much for your time and thank you for watching. it was a cold and a wintry weekend, some places seeing the most snowfall we have had in four years.

we've had lots of scenes coming in from our weather watchers. this one taken in leicestershire showing the depth of the snow there. scenes like that across many central parts the country — this one coming in from shropshire. in terms of snow depths, we have had 33 centimetres of snow, sennybridge in mid wales. widely over ten centimetres. it has caused significant disruption. and during monday morning, ice, i think, is going to be the main hazard. but during the day our attention also turns to this area of low pressure affecting portugal, spain and france, and the northern edge of that could well bring some heavy rain and strong winds into the south—east of england, perhaps a bit of snow and also sleet mixed in. but ice developing quite widely during monday morning, so for the rush hour do take care on the roads — there could well be some slippery surfaces around. let's take a look at monday morning in a bit more detail then. we are going to see that mix of rain, sleet and snow across the south—east. the winds picking up, too. but away from the south—east of england there is brighter conditions, but a very cold start to the day,

certainly, with temperatures well down in the minus double—digits in one or two parts of the countryside. sunshine across northern england. watch out for some icy stretches. and across northern ireland and scotland too, we'll see a northerly breeze bringing in some snow showers through the day. as we head through monday then, eventually that rain, sleet and snow will ease from the south—east. the winds will ease, too. away from the south—east, lots of dry weather, lots of wintry sunshine, though temperatures will struggle to get very much above freezing. we will continue to see some rain, sleet and snow showers across northern ireland and northern parts of scotland. 0vernight, one or two coastal showers in the far north, west and east. the bulk of the rain clears from the south—east and again, very cold into the early hours of tuesday morning. we could see those temperatures as low as —12, degrees, particularly where you have got the lying snow around and the clear skies too. some freezing fog patches likely on tuesday. they could be quite stubborn to clear through the day. but if you don't see the fog, you will see the wintry sunshine from the word go. another cold day, particularly, for central and eastern parts of the country, just one or two degrees here.

slightly milder weather moving in from the west with the arrival of some cloud and some rain. that is all courtesy of this weather front through tuesday night into wednesday. that shifts its way eastwards across the country, so it will bring a spell of rain and wind during wednesday, but things will turn a little bit milder through the middle part of the week with the return to some heavy showers and perhaps some hail around as well, but temperatures around 3—11 degrees. bye for now. hello, this is breakfast, with dan walker and louise minchin. a fresh weather warning as freezing temperatures and snow cause major disruption. roads, rail and airports are all affected and hundreds of schools are closed for the day. this is the scene live in llangollen in north wales, which is one of the worst affected areas. we'll be live from there throughout the morning. good morning, it's monday, 11th december.

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