Plans to have 48 teams at the tournament in 2026. And carol has the weather. Good morning. A breezy day ahead of us. For some of us, starting on a bright note with sunshine. It is cold. Thicker cloud in the west will introduce rain going from east to west during the day. Later the wind will strengthen. And ill have more details on the weather for you in 15 minutes. Thanks, carol. Good morning. First, our main story. Another strike is affecting services on Southern Rail. Drivers belonging to the aslef union will stop work for three days this week. The dispute about the role of the guard on trains has been going on for nearly ten months. 0ur South Of England correspondent, Duncan Kennedy, is at horsham Train Station. Duncan, what is the mood like among passengers there . It has been crippling train lines for ten months. Commuters are out there. You have to get up early. It ta kes there. You have to get up early. It takes longer. I am abandoning going out to town tomorrow. We will see how
Equity markets are up a little bit higher. Brents, week eight of decline on the brent market. The longest losing streak since 1988. Do anything . Volumes accrued 47 against the hundred day average. Not only do you see prices decline you are seeing an aggressive shift in terms of volume. If that is not enough to finish he says he quite likes itvron in terms of the oil there will be more deals done as a result of these moves. Copper is down the third day in a row. Commodities are going to set the tone and the agenda for the potential deals that will be done in 2014 i am a year behind myself, 2015. Charoline keeping the numbers stable, 2014 deliveries 2. 6 ,ed to be better, up ,he Telecom Conglomerate thirdquarter sales beat. Hey raised the 2014 target cac up 4 10 of 1 . France winning this morning. That is the market open on gdp day here in europe. Recession with growth at 0. 1 . Nice to have you with us. I was thinking about it this slow walks less of a to the edge of the cliff and more
Hello and welcome to countdown. I am mark barton. I am anna edwards. And i am manus cranny. 20 of news on the banking sector. The regulator in the u. S. The first to break its cover on this given the details of who they are going to be finding. They have ordered five banks to pay more than 1. 4 billion in an fx probe. Citibank, hsbc, jpmorgan, rbs, and ubs will pay a fine. Not said anything about any conversation they may or may not have had with barclays on this. The banks have said they will cease and desist for further violations, according to the cftc. Some fx traders and banks court knitted coordinated their trading with others. Banks failed to assess risk with cftc is goingthe into detail and word from the u. K. As well. We have got to figure the figure is 1. 1 billion pounds. Before the release a few minutes ago, analysts said that the six , barclays, citigroup, hsbc, royal bank of scotland, ubs, barclays has not been mentioned today. That the fines would total 1. 5 billion. If
We bring you the latest on the market. Mark pressure greece point the finger at creditors as a deal to unlock bailout funds remains elusive. We bring you the latest on the day greece is due to pay 200 Million Euros to the ims. Caroline down to the wire on the final day of the u. K. Election campaign, with no clear leader. Parties vie for every boat. We go to westminster ahead of tomorrows general election. Mark microsoft is said to be approached by a wouldbe buyer. The purchase could come with a pretty price tag, with sales forcing market value to 50 billion. We bring you the details. Welcome to countdown. Caroline coming up, bmws falling growth. Shares plunged yesterday after the biggest luxury carmaker tempered growth forecasts. We will break down the company. Mark earnings are breaking now from gm frances biggest bank. Net income rose to 868 Million Euros from 169 million earlier, beating the 7. 7 million euro average estimate. It is all down to Equities Trading revenue from stock t