Is expected to fetch more than £700,000 at auction. Good morning and welcome to bbc news. We have a developing new story in zimbabwe. Thousands of people are flooding the streets of the capital. They are demanding the resignation of president Robert Mugabe. Soldiers cheered the crowds, confirming the armys role in bringing mr mugabes 37 year rule to an end. As numbers on the streets swelled, state media said eight out of ten regional branches of the governing Zanu Pf Party have passed a vote of no confidence in the president. Mr mugabe has been under house arrest since a military takeover four days ago. Basically, we are saying to our army, thank you very much for the peaceful intervention. Its time for the masses of zimbabwe that Robert Mugabe must go, must go, like, yesterday. We cannot wait to see his back. For us it is about a new beginning. It is about the end of a terrible rule. We are going to take zimbabwe back. As you can see people are flooding into the city from all over ha
Taxing takeaway boxes to tackle whats described as a global emergency. The chancellor is considering measures to help cut the 12 tonnes of plastic going into the oceans every year often found inside birds, fish and sea mammals. A rare ink picture of tintin and his dog snowy is expected to fetch more than £700,000 at auction. And made in china. The click team are looking at mobile phone production in shenzhen. Thats in half an hour here on bbc news. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. The main breaking story in the southern end of africa at the moment. Jubilant scenes are unfolding across zimbabwe capital harare this morning. These are the pictures. Protests demanding the resignation of president Robert Mugabe have turned to a celebration of the armys role in ending his grip on power. Meanwhile in zimbabwes second city of bulawayo, crowds can be seen cheering an army convoy. Mr mugabe has been under house arrest since a military takeover four days ago. The rally is supported by the
Anna good morning, everyone. We need to talk about what has been going on in the markets overnight. We have pulled upbeat msci 0. . Acific, up by about the nasdaq going over 7000 for the first time. Really we start with the same questions as we ended last year around synchronized Global Growth and corporate profit. To a extent can that outweigh concerns . We will talk more about the inflation conversation as we go forward. The inflation conversation is very relevant with the dollar. The dollar had a bad year. Inwas down by 0. 5 yesterdays session. Another Asset Classes picking up in 2018 where it left off in 2018. Legislation mifid coming through. We could see low volumes and stocks and bonds. Well talk more about that as a goat to the program. London,t is wendy in but it is cold in the u. S. Boston is still sub 20 degrees. It is freezing, cold. Americas gas market faces a litmus test. This takes us through some of the records that we set in 2014. The polar vortex smothered the eastern
The Senate Banking committee where treasury secretary steve new chin testifying on the treasury mnuchin testifying on the annual treasury report. We called thousands of Small Businesses in the state of nevada. Hundreds were on the line, questions were asked specifically what this new tax bill, what do you anticipate your Business Practices will be for this year . 90 , 90 of the Small Businesses in nevada said they were planning on expanding their business. That they are going to hire more employees. They are going to provide bonuses, pay raise, and increase their minimum wage for their business. The 0 90 said they would do parts, all, or some. It wasnt a professional survey, i was pleased to know that what the white house and what your department attempted to do in december, i do believe were being delivered on what were seeing in the state of nevada. We have had south point casino, said its going to double its 2,300 fulltime workers bonuses. Fountain blue, developers, said they are go
Treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin delivered the annual stability Oversight Councils report at a hearing at the Senate Banking committee on tuesday. Topics also included russian sanctions, tax reform, the debt ceiling and cryptocurrency. This is two hours and 20 minutes. This hearing will come to order. Today, treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin will testify on Financial Stability Oversight Councils 2017 annual report and the operations and actions of this congress. In december of last year, issued the 2017 annual report in which it provided numerous recommendations, insights into the councils key activities and identified potentially merging threats to Financial Stability. One of the rejss urged congress to reform the Housing Finance system and boost the role of private capital in morning finance. Ive repeatedly stated that the status quo is not a viable option and reforming the Housing Finance system is one of my key priorities. Testifying before the Banking Committee last year, secreta