high after reports the i.t. company may be sold to rivals for 20 billion u.s. dollars. an appalling and detestable liar that s what the u.s. attorney general jeff sessions denies allegations he colluded with russia in a heated exchange with lawmakers on capitol hill. i recused myself from any investigation into the campaign for president, but i did not recuse myself from defending my honor against scurlous allegations. the london fire brigade confirms a number of people have died in the massive blaze that has engulfed a large tower block in the western part of the city. dozens are injured the cause is unknown in my 29 years of being a firefighter i ve never seen anything of this scale i m very sad to confirm that there have been a number of fatalities good to see you this morning. i ll start with the breaking news from the iea, the latest monthly report on what is going on in the oil market recent weakness in oil demand growth is likely to prove transitory that s what
china. the the italian prime minister tells us he s not too interested until now. we have to ask ourselves are there underlying factors which need to be switched. tesco flips after selling for $6 billion. the uk prime minister is set to reveal plans to become more refugees in syria as germany opens its doors to more than 20,000 this weekend. there must be a collective effort, they tell cnbc. when a crisis occurs, europe usually is able to take the next best step. crisis should never be wasted. let s use it to work closer together. a very good morning to you. let s get straight to markets which as you can see opened strongly predominant behind me. we re ups 0.6%. last week, we had europe down 2%, 2.5% during the week. the u.s. is down large, about 3.5%, that coming after the nfp was mixed overall but raised enough uncertainty for rate hikes to leave liquidities down by the end of the week. there wasn t enough down for the nfp but it was undoubtedly poor for equity mark