jon donnison, bbc news.he day's news, business and sport... this is the briefing from bbc news. the latest headlines... the eu's set to publish a draft of the brexit treaty — it's likely to stoke tensions with britain over a possible hard border in ireland. president trump's son—in—law and senior adviser, jared kushner, has had his white house security clearance downgraded. he now won't have access to many sensitive documents. now it is time look at the stories that are making the headlines in media across the world... we begin with the telegraph and uk foreign secretary borisjohnson who has suggested in a letter to prime minister theresa may northern ireland may have to accept enhanced border checks after brexit. the arab news leads with us envoy to the un nicky haley who is threatening to take action against iran after russia vetoed a un security resolution condemning tehran's support for yemen's houthi rebels. the new york times says saudi arabia's world dominance over oil production is waning. the kingdo

jon donnison, bbc news. jon donnison, bbc news.for lots of people and we will be discussing the weather throughout the programme and weather throughout the programme and we have got reported in yorkshire and as well. we would love to see some of your pictures. we will repeat that. the latest travel news and school closures in your area. tune into your bbc local radio station and you will get all that information. we will have weather every half an hour of cause and we will keep you up to date with everything. we will show you the scenes about what is going on around the uk. the european union's chief brexit negotiator michel barnier will outline the progress made on negotiations later today. the 120—page document is expected to focus on northern ireland and any possible future role for the european court ofjustice. the report comes just hours after a leaked letter from the foreign secretary indicated a possible change of heart on the issue of a hard border with ireland. we will hear from adam flemings in we will hear from adam flem

here's our correspondent jon donnison.called "beast from the east" has already left much of britain under a blanket of snow. this is kent, which has received some of the worst of the weather so far. on the ground it has been a much less pretty picture for drivers, with the police reporting scores of accidents across the country. today again conditions on the roads are expected to be treacherous. weather warnings for ice and snow are in place for much of the uk. they are expected to remain until the weekend. yorkshire and the north east have seen some of the heaviest snowfall. with more expected today, many schools are likely to stay closed. when i was younger the snow was thicker and we still managed to get to school. i think it is the teachers who can't get in. that is the problem in this area because of the outlying villages that the teachers come from. for britain's homeless, this is in central london, it was another tough night, temperatures down to —10 in some parts and feeling much colder in the wind. the elderly too

jon donnison is that the old baby. just bring us up to date with events. were read out for mujahid arshid. guilty on all counts. two counts of rape, two cou nts counts. two counts of rape, two counts of kidnapping, one count of murder and one of attempted murder as well as two counts of historic sexual abuse on the surviving victim. in sentencing mujahid arshid toa minimum victim. in sentencing mujahid arshid to a minimum of a0 years the judge said he had been truly terrifying and stands at the very highest level of seriousness in terms of the crimes committed. my colleaguejune kelly has the background to the case. celine dookhran was 20 years old. she worked in a bank and had a boyfriend. she also had a jealous uncle who was a barbaric sexual predator. he kidnapped celine and then raped and murdered her. mujahid arshid also tried to kill a second young woman in what he intended to be a double rape and murder. as a rape survivor, his second victim cannot be named. he decided if he could not have both women, no one else would. his blue pick—up truck was cau

jon donnison with the latest from the old bailey. to start, because, you know, the funny thing about cases like this is, we always see them as reputational risks, you know? but the way to manage reputational risk is not to keep silent. a sector—wide problem, then. a matter on which the international development secretary has today been talking. no organisation is too big or our work with them too complex for me to hesitate to remove funding from them if we cannot trust them to put the beneficiaries of aid first. 0n the specific case of oxfam, some supporters have already reacted. from friday to monday, 1270 people cancelled their direct debits — four times the normal daily cancellation rate. however on monday, 78 one—off donations were made — a record high this year. and aa new direct debit was set up — the most since march last year in one day. however, one celebrity supporter, actress minnie driver, has ended her ambassador‘s role, saying... 0xfam‘s major corporate partners are taking a different approach. waterstones has given a s