Programme, briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. And you can be part of the conversation today. We are asking for your reaction to the da vinci frenzy the 500 year old painting sold for 400 million, smashing all records. Are you amazed or appalled . Is it worth it or wealth gone mad . Your comments to hashtag bbcthebriefing. We start the programme in zimbabwe. South africas defence and state security ministers have arrived in the country, and they now hope to hold talks with president mugabe and army leaders, following the militarys seizure of power. Mr mugabe remains under house arrest, although the military says he is safe. It denies staging a coup, instead claiming to be acting against criminals surrounding the president. The African Union has demanded an immediate return to constitutional order. 0ur correspondent anne soy joins me now from zimbabwe. Weve heard that theres a calm but tense atmosphere on the streets of zimbabwes capital, harare. It
Existing us home sales falling. We are all in the green. 4 . P 500 up oil is also moving higher for the second day in a row. Lets go into my bloomberg terminal. Energy is the biggest gainer up by 1. 75 . And part of the trend has to do with energy. But are not 100 correlated they do move in tandem lately. Ramy they have been moving quite closely. The fall in oil has had a knock on effect. Nymex crude is pretty much at session highs. It looks like traders are looking ahead to tomorrow when the eia releases its latest inventory report. Inventoriesting likely rose one Million Barrels last week. Morgan stanley said, not so fast, a rebalancing might not happen until 2017. As oil rises, oil stocks are getting a boost. By 1. 3 breaking a threeday fall. And apple is falling today. 13 . Now down bylowered its price target five dollars because of production cuts in apples supply chain. For itsstock is headed worst annual fall since the financial crisis. And caterpillar is up the most since octob
Senators who sent a controversial letter to irans leader. What i do know is this letter was absolutely calculated directly to interfere with these negotiations p. It specifically inserts itself correctly directly to the lead are of the country saying dont negotiate with these guys because were going to change this. Olivia it has been predicted he will make a bad deal with iran. Crude fell today to its lowest price in six years. Trading below 4 a barrel before rebounding slightly earlier this morning. There is speculation the record oil glut in the u. S. May start to strain the countrys Storage Capacity. And the man arrested in the shooting of two Police Officers in ferguson, missouri, is said to have admitted to pulling the trigger but Authorities Say Jeffrey Williams told him he was shooting at someone else and not at the police. A Prosecutor Says they arent sure they buy that part of the story. The officers were wounded at a protest in ferguson last week. A shocking admission to the
Iraq escalates, there are concerns of a return to widespread sectarian violence. The u. S. Combat troops preparing to leave afghanistan. Could they suffer the same fate as iraq. The countrys president tells the bbc that wont happen. There is some disappointment for brazil fans as their team fails to beat mexico. Also in the program, aaron is here, hes taking a look at the threat of rising oil prices. Yeah. That attack on iraqs largest refinery led to a small jump in oil prices, but i tell you what, the markets are very worried we could see a longer sustained rise in those prices and thats not good news. That could derail the global recovery. It is midday in london. Iraq salahuddin province where sunni insurgents are reported to have gained control of the biggest oil refinery. Product has been shut down at the plant. Foreigners told to leave so theyre in safety. An hours drive from the capital baghdad, the government has regained control of the town baqubah where militant fighters are b
Stage a fierce fight against on the americas agenda also coming up chinese president xi jinping makes his move and communist Party Delegates back his vision for the future with a she see china become a global superpower. And young somalis say enough is enough a generation thats grown up with civil war is organizing for peace after the deadliest bomb attack in the countrys history. In the next sixty minutes the last russians office use forbidden love putting his children at risk the further matilda depicts verizon mcclish the seconds affair with a ballerina we look at why the of fear is that the movie could spark a violent reaction. And in sport christiane on and on do it and another trophy to his collection hes been named freefall as a footballer of the year again. Hello im on with the chiba of a warm welcome to you the german bundestag is holding its fullest parliamentary session since september federal election on the twenty fourth of september in fact exactly a month ago and its the