To build more homes. Tests of Driverless Cars on uk roads are set to be given the green light in this weeks budget. And our sunday morning edition of the papers is at 10 1i5am. This mornings reviewers are katy balls, Political Correspondent of the spectator, and the journalist and broadcasterjames rampton. Good morning and welcome to bbc news. The pressure on the zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe to stand down is intensifying with both the military and his own party set to take further steps to remove him. The head of military veterans says the Ruling Zanu Pf Party will remove the 93 year old as its leader at a meeting this morning. Now the Zanu Pf Youth League, which until now has strongly supported president Robert Mugabe, has called for him to step down. Tens of thousands of protestors lined the streets of harare yesterday calling for his resignation, but mr mugabe has so far resisted. Lets speak to ben brown in harare. Bring us up to date with the latest developments. We have hear
And sen ticentrica shares s disappointing second half after losing 823,000 customers in four months good morning welcome back to the show i have some pretty good news when it comes to the eurozone for pmis, for november all three headline pmis above the forecast for the reuters polls, and the forward looking indicators pointing to a busy december, according to ihs market. The pmis pointing to Third Quarter gdp growth of 0. 8 those are strong numbers, just to give you one of the lines here the november composite pmi flash at 57. 5, well above expectations i should tell you that the euro dollar has risen over the last 45 minutes. Its currently up by 0. 2 . In part because the french numbers blew it out of the water. Looking at components like jobs growth, the fastest since 2001 the german numbers also easily beating expectations thats helping the euro dollar currency want to show you the equity space. One hour into the trading session, the stoxx 600 is down ever so slightly to the tune o
Turns cold and watch out for that biting wind. Hello. This is bbc news. Well be taking a look at tomorrow mornings papers in a moment first the headlines at 10. 30. International trade secretary, liam fox, has said the future of the irish border cannot be resolved until the United Kingdom and the eu have reached a trade agreement. Two of the five People Killed when a stolen car hit a tree in leeds have been named on social media as brothers ellis and elliot thornton. Police are holding two teenage boys in custody. The husband ofjailed british woman Nazanin Zaghari ratcliffe has accused iranian media of prejudicing his wifes case after Iranian State tv claimed she was working to train journalists. Smoke and ash from a volcano on the island of bali have prompted the indonesian authorities to issue a red alert to airlines. There are fears mount agung could erupt for the First Time Since 1963. On the meetp author my guest is nicola upson with her thriller nine lessons. It is set in 1930s c
Economic earnings sent the indexes lower, facebook dropping 4 after it Second Quarter spending increase. Facebook really opening lower over the last two days. Whole foods is another loser after reducing its sales forecast. Lets move on to commodities. Nymex crude and brent moving a little higher. Brent a little bit more. They are still down again for as we have seen increased volume. Pimm look at this chart this is the biggest monthly chart. That is amazing. It is ugly and has changed a lot since the feds lastting for top meeting. The 2year note reaching the highest in six weeks on that gdp report. That raises the probability of a hike in september. The gap between the 30 year yield narrowing. Finally, lets take a look at the currency market. The dollar strengthening against the euro. Taking a look at the yen the dollar strengthening their. Matrix the currency which i use on a regular basis. Is colorful and easy for me to read with my poor eyes right. But there, you get to see whats go