. >> glencore saying this reflects their strategy and is not a view on the company. >> is glencore freeinges to come back to the table? many are wondering. >> let's get back to another of our top stories. a war is raging in eastern ukraine as world leaders meet in minsk in hopes of negotiating a cease-fire. >> the ukrainian president poroshenko, angela merkel, and french president francois hollande. >> fresh russian sanctions and lethal weapons from the ukraine could come to the table. william hague spoke about the common goals and whether to arm the ukrainians. >> i think the united states has raised the possibility. there is much less of a possibility for european countries, but they have joined in sanctions on russia. those have been very effective in part of the role of the united kingdom has been to make sure those sanctions are implemented. what is absolutely common ground is putting the pressure on russia. >> that spring ryan chilcote into the conversation. any expectation for some sort of deal today or not? >> we have to confirm they are going to show up. the ukrainian president sa

glencore owns mining assets, but also does the trading of commodities. they are looking to pounce, it would seem. they have made an offer for rio tinto back in july. rio tinto rejected it. assets, but also does the trading of commodities. many feel they will come back to the table. if rio can stand by the fact that it is trying to please its own shareholders, rain in capital expenditure, be a savvy miner going forward, it gives glencore less of a reason to try to get in there. it is cutting its own costs to stop being a target itself. >> caroline, thank you. more from you later. >> no deal in brussels as gridlock continues over greece. euro area governments are delaying tough decisions on the future. >> talks between greece and its creditors went into the early hours of the morning, but failed to bridge differences over greece's aid program. finance minister yanis varoufakis told bloomberg the mood of the meeting was positive, but refused to answer our questions about the reality of funding greece's government. >> i hope it is a positive one. it should r