leonardo da vinci should be in appalled. leonardo da vinci should beina appalled. ld be in a museum for all to enjoy. willa new york gallery have that painting? perhaps that could be the mona lisa of new york. thank you for your company. i will see you very soon. hi there. for many of us it is going to be another pretty cloudy start to the day on thursday, but there will be some significant weather changes, southwards as we go on we're going to see the skies turning much brighter with much more in the way of sunshine. before we get there, though, for the early rises, we've got a few fog patches knocking around, across south—east england, this morning. a lot of cloud too. there's the band of rain affecting northern ireland and scotland first thing. this band of rain, remember, will clear southward and then it's going to brighten up with sunshine. so let's see how things progress through the morning. that band of rain will be moving away from northern ireland, but heading in across wales, where it will turn wet through thursday morning. there will be some brighter spe

the salvator mundi, by leonardo da vinci. an old master. itjust 28 seconds for that record to fall. at 110 million, who will give me... two minutes later, this. 190, 200 million is bit, at 200 million. at 200 million. it had broken all sale records and we were onlyjust getting started. this painting is what you might call the ultimate trophy work. there's only one in the world. so if you buy it you are the only person who's got the last leonardo da vinci in private hands, and you have got the ultimate trophy. 290? 300. i thought so. 300 million. applause and that was the record for any painting, smashed, and there was still a long way to go. the journey to this extraordinary moment is a story fit for a thriller. it was pa rt story fit for a thriller. it was part of charles the first‘s collection. in the 18th century someone collection. in the 18th century someone decided to adam beard to the face than four decades its whereabouts were unknown. then, in 1958, it was sold at auction for £45 about $60 and in 2005 it was decided

a 500 euros after peace by leonardo da vinci -- 550 years old masterpiece by leonardo da vinci sells. painting really be worth half $1 million? brent: we are watching the clock tonight in germany. a decisive political moment could be at hand. the political parties involved in talks to form a new coalition government have just a few hours before a crucial deadline. a deadline who iron out their differences and going to government together. failure could mean new elections. chancellor angela merkel is confident a new deal can be done in what is called the jamaica coalition. the political party's colors match those of the jamaican flag. but she admits, there are some serious differences. correspondent: four weeks of negotiations passing the chances for a so-called jamaica coalition hover at>> today is te to put ourselves in the soe -- shoes of the other side and ask what is important to them. i believe we can achieve that and if we do we can achieve a positive result at the end of these negotiations. correspondent: negotiators come and go, those who face of the microphones are busy placi

hundred and fifty million dollars for a painting well a painting by the red all sauce mostyn leonardo da vinci well one anonymous buyer did it's an astounding prize for a painting that was once thought to be by one of his students previously to change hands for just a few thousand dollars but at christie's in new york it was a different story. thoroughly ladies and gentlemen we move to dick cheney the subject of modern day the masterpiece fallen out of christ the savior previous in the collections of three kings of england savior of the world poor traits of jesus christ one of fewer than twenty paintings known to exist by their own a son's master ninety minute looking for ninety five in house christie said the presale estimates at one hundred million dollars but that was soon exceeded ninety five and i gave one third over it why not instead i have it one hundred ten million dollars give me one twenty the bidding via phone just getting going on ninety is bit you heard it you place your place with francoise in a fifth place that one hundred ninety for the leonardo at one hundred ninety million g

a five hundred year old masterpiece by leonardo da vinci becomes the most expensive piece of art ever sold at auction so who bought this incredible painting . i'm sara kelly welcome to the program thanks for joining us it is a decisive day in german politics talks aimed at forming a new coalition government after september's general election have entered their final day now if these talks go. laps around the country could face new elections german chancellor angela merkel says that she is confident that they will succeed but as we report the parties are still far apart on many key issues. four weeks of negotiations have seen the chances for a so-called jamaica coalition hover at fifty fifty one thing is clear there's still no love lost between the very parties who say they want to govern under chancellor angela merkel. talk is the day when we have to put ourselves in the shoes of the other side and ask what is important to them. on balance a lot you can achieve that kind and if we do we will also achieve a positive result at the end of these negotiations and when stephen negotiators c

and so, ladies and gentlemen, we moved to the leonardo da vinci, the salvator mundi. asjust over $100 million for an old master. it took just 28 seconds for that record to fall. at 110 million, who will give me... two minutes later, this. 190,200 million is bid, at 200 million. at 200 million. it had broken all sale records and we were only just getting started. this painting is what you might call the ultimate trophy work. there's only one in the world. so if you buy it you are the only person who's got the last leonardo da vinci in private hands, and you have got the ultimate trophy. 290? 300. i thought so. 300 million. applause. and that was the record for any painting, smashed, and there was still a long way to go. the journey to this extraordinary moment is a story fit for a thriller. it was part of charles the first‘s collection. in the 18th century someone decided to add a beard to the face than four decades its whereabouts were unknown. then, in 1958, it was sold at auction for £16 about $60 and in 2005 it was decided by a group of experts that this really was

a painting of christ by leonardo da vinci is due to be auctioned in new york shortly.in private hands. the masterpiece could be sold for up to $150 million, which would be a record for a painting by an old master. frantic activity in new york. this is the seen daylight where it has just gone 7:10. we are expecting bidding to get under way for this classic leonardo da vinci painting that came out of nowhere in 2005. it was then sold a few years ago for $127 million, to a russian owner. private hands, but now it is going back out there. it will be interesting to see what pricetag he picture —— the picture called christ by leonardo da vinci goes for. the us secretary of state rex tillerson has called for a credible and independent investigation into myanmar‘s rohingya crisis. he's been in myanmar, to meet the head of its military and its de facto leader, aung sang suu kyi. over the past few months, hundreds of thousands of rohingya refugees have fled myanmar because of what's been described as "textbook ethnic cleansing". our correspondent justin rowlatt has been to what'

it is good in person [ laughter ] >> robert, thank you >> in the block, leonardo da vinci building jesusist, it could sell upwards $1 million. >> cnbc's contributor walter irish is joining us now. welcome back to the show >> radiate to see you melissa. >> every painting by the leonardo da vinci has a great history. it took them 16 years to do the mona lisa. >> you see the same mysterious smile, the smile with layer and layer of glazed paint with an obstacle illusion that makes the details turn downward slightly when the shadows is turning upward the blessed hand of jesus being very sharp, as it is coming out of the panel leonardo is combining his scientific knowledge with his spiritual awareness and his artistic ability for this painting and that's why i think it is such a frenzy. >> the only reason i knew that because of walter's book i am quotiing walter back to walter [ laughter ] >> we spoke about it on "morning joe. this painting has been extensively reworked and restored, has it not does that reduce the value at all? >> i guess we can ask robert for a better question than that. >>

a five hundred year old masterpiece by leonardo da vinci becomes the most expensive piece of art ever sold at auction so this incredibly now expensive painting. i'm brick off it's good to have you with us we are watching the clock tonight here in germany a decisive political moment could be at hand the political parties involved in talks to form the next coalition government and just a few hours more before a crucial deadline a deadline to iron out their differences and go into government together failure could mean new elections a chance i'm going to says she's confident that there will be a deal tonight on what is being dubbed the jamaica coalition jamaica because the political parties here in germany. their colors match the jamaicans flag but the german chancellor also admitting there are some serious differences remain. four weeks of negotiations have seen the chances for a so-called jamaica coalition hover at fifty fifty one thing is clear there's still no love lost between the very parties who say they want to govern under chancellor on the america all. that talk on the hill is

your old masterpiece by leonardo da vinci becomes the most expensive piece of art ever sold at auction to just go buy this incredible beating. i'm so new so much going to thank you for joining us a decisive moment could be at hand here in germany the political parties involved in talks to form the next coalition government have been wrangling all day and night and there's still no agreement failure could mean new elections chance wrong americal expressed confidence there could be a deal tonight but serious differences remain we'll get the latest from our correspondents all in the talks in a moment but first this report. night has fallen in berlin but for the negotiators here there's still a lot of work to do before they can sign this document a sixty one page draft agreement for exploratory talks they must resolve points of contention like migration climate and transport policy then that's killing if we succeed and in this time of great polarization we can accomplish something what is really important for our country namely that you know all of us from very very very different position

five hundred year old masterpiece by leonardo da vinci becomes the most expensive piece of art ever sold at auction so. this incredibly expensive painting. i'm bringing off it's good to have you with us we are watching the clock tonight here in germany the four political parties trying to form the next coalition government face a crucial deadline in. a few hours a deadline to iron out their differences and to go into government together failure could mean new elections and the german chancellor said she's confident that there will be a deal tonight but she admits that serious serious differences remain. night has fallen in berlin but for the negotiators here there's still a lot of work to do before they can sign this document a sixty one page draft agreement for exploratory talks they must resolve points of contention like migration climate and transport policy. if we succeed then in this time of great polarization we can accomplish something very important for our country namely that all of us from very very different positions are never the less able to work together for the people of

>> here's the thing that's been floating today. >> go for it. >> that orb, okay. >> yup. >> leonardo da vincit person into math, into some science, there's talk that the orb, the way it's being held and the way it's refracting the light is incorrect and leonardo da vinci would have known that so there are questions as to if this really is a true painting. >> hm. >> whoever sold it doesn't care 'cause it sold for $450,000 -- >> a lot of money. >> let's talk about the future of sports and gambling. brody is standing by with that. maybe. >> reporter: hey, shawn i'm here at the supreme court where they'll hear a case in just a few weeks about sports gambling in the united states that could change the landscape of sports in the country. that's coming up. >> ♪ bl ♪ [doorbell] ♪ when you have doctors working as a team for your health, you get the care you need to help you thrive. ♪ visit kp.org to learn more. kaiser permanente. thrive. ♪ >> ♪ >> welcome back to 5 at 6:30. an important supreme court case is heating up next month that will decide the fate of sports gambling in the u.s. >> fox5's brody

her fired your old masterpiece by leonardo da vinci becomes the most expensive piece of art ever sold at auction so who bought this incredible painting . i'm sumi so much gonna get to have you with us the four political parties trying to lay the groundwork for a new government in germany have broken off their talks chancellor merkel's conservative c.d.u. their bavarian allies the c.s.u. plus the greens and three democrats worked through the night to complete exploratory talks on a coalition government but furley friday morning they announced they were pausing the goshen actions and would resume later on friday. let's go right to our correspondent all of our salat he's been following the talks all night long all over tell us what's been happening well this was quite a bumpy night i must say with lots of ups and downs and just a little while ago all the head of the business friendly f.t.p. party christian lintner addressed the press and said. gave us some positive signals really actually said there was a lot of progress made here tonight on a variety of contested issues but they could n

first and only president to give way to a new era and a five hundred old mosque to piece by leonardo da vinci becomes the most expensive piece of art ever sold at an option a crew of four hundred and fifty million dollars so cool for this incredible painting. cut and welcome i'm going to thought she might. the count on his own for germany to form a new government chancellor angela merkel says talks have exposed serious differences between the parties but she remains optimistic about forging a coalition negotiations have entered a crucial phase with a deadline for a deal running out tonight here's what merkel had to say before the talks. it's get off on all stars if i expect these negotiations to take several hours. i don't know how long they will take. but i hope that the will is there for us to achieve something. now metals conservatives have been locked in difficult exploratory talks with the business friendly free democrats and the environmental greens that a coalition would be unprecedented at a federal level but there is growing concern that the junior parties could walk away and trigger

i have a i have an idea who my by of did leonardo da vinci and it was probably the gates spend in the nine hundred ninety s. bill gates i would say so because he spent on the leicester codex nine hundred ninety four almost thirty two million and he is a prominent bio of very exclusive and she has money to afford such a painting it's spectacular the prize is wonderful. ok it's a big it certainly has the money as you said but we still don't know it's still being described as an anonymous bya a four hundred fifty million dollars never has a painting fred such a huge price what do you make of this as an auctioneer. well it shows me that there's a lot of money on the market there's a demand for masterpieces as huge demand for pieces you can only buy it once in your lifetime and this puts it all together there were only two buyers at the end spending almost half a billion of us of story of dollars it was spectacular and there's so much market and demand for high class and teak and fine art of course usually they spent money on modern art more surprisingly was an old master painting achievin

and this video is trending on bbc.com — a painting of christ by leonardo da vinci has sold at auctionnew york for $400 million. that's the highest price ever paid for a work of art. salvator mundi — or ‘saviour of the world' has been dubbed the ‘male mona lisa'. that's all from me for now. stay with bbc news. and the top story here in the uk: scotland's set to become the first country in the world to introduce a minimum price per unit of alcohol. the supreme court ruled that it was a ‘proportionate means‘ of improving public health. now on bbc news all the latest business news live from singapore. young and jobless in australia. we look at two why that is why. and spending spree that paid off big time. the —— expectations are blown! hello and welcome to asia business report. data out this morning from australia shows the unemployment rate at 5.4% for october. that is down from 5.5% in september and that signals morejobs down from 5.5% in september and that signals more jobs have down from 5.5% in september and that signals morejobs have been created in the economy. but among australia

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a painting said to be by leonardo da vinci has smashed all records after being sold at auction for aas ‘salvator mundi' — or ‘saviour of the world' — sold in new york last night. leonardo da vinci died in 1519 and there are fewer than 20 of his paintings in existence, as our arts editor will gompertz reports. what am i offered here? let's open this at 70, 75... it was always going to fetch at least $100 million, but could it go any higher? 200 million is bid. it could. i thought so. 300 million? and did. 320 million, we are still not done. until... at 400 million, leonardo's salvator mundi, selling here at christies, $400 million is the bid and the piece is sold. to gasps and applause it reached an astonishing, unprecedented figure for a work of art sold at auction. add fees and the price rises to $450 million, which is a lot of money to pay for a painting that is said to be in poor condition and has had questions asked about its authenticity. are you absolutely sure it is not a fake? we have got all the scientific examinations and we have done an enormous amount of research and it a

a five hundred year old masterpiece by leonardo da vinci becomes the most expensive piece of art ever sold at auction. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program thanks for joining us. it is a decisive day in german politics talks aimed at forming a new coalition government after september the general election have entered their final day now if these talks collapse then the country could face new elections merkel says that she is confident that they will succeed but the parties are still far apart on many key issues the list of those issues is outstanding it is a long one but one of the main sticking points is migration with disagreement over family reunions and the deportation a failed asylum seekers climate protection an energy also bones of contention now the greens that is of course a political party here in germany they want to shut down cold fire power plants the other parties they are against it the list goes on and on you saw it at the top there are you know basically cycling around here the final negotiations are expected to be tough and go deep into the night. four weeks of neg

and now you have leonardo da vinci. geniuses here? how much of da vinci is just hype, waltier? >> i try to hype him in the book. look at the pictures. you'll see. he's pretty good >> stephen: he can draw. that's for damn sure >> he can draw. you know, one of the things that appealed to me is that he's a genius in all sorts of fields. he wants to know everything you can possibly know about everything that can be known. so engineering, anatomy, geology, water works, as well as art and sculpting >> stephen: we think of him as a painter, and we think of him as a scientist or engineer in some ways. those are the things that-- but he also was an architect, wasn't he? >> you know, he does-- he helps do-- after the mylan cathedral, when he hates because it's gothic, and he wants a beautiful church. >> stephen: as long as you brought it up, let's talk about one of the most famous aspects of this-- we probably have it on the board here, too. do we have it on the screen. here we have it as well. what is the origin and what is leon

is the highest ever paid for a painting da vinci died in 1519 and there are fewer than 20 of his paintings in existence. christie ‘s new york had estimated leonardost experts thought it was by a student of leonardo, not by the man himself. last night, the tension was obvious, as christies auctioneer kept the bits flowing, $100 million was reached quickly, then, $200 million. that broke the previous record for a picture sold at auction, this picasso, sold for $179 million in 2015 full up once or twice it seemed bidding had reached its climax, until the buyer on the phone was tempted to an extraordinary final amount. the piece is sold. it is not known who the buyer was, the sale shows the importance of rarity, this could be the last leonardo ever to reach auction, and almost half a millennium after his death, he has shown himself the greatest star in the art world. those are the main stories. robert mugabe has said he wants to live to a hundred and rule for life, but after 37 years a hundred and rule for life, but after 37 yea rs in a hundred and rule for life, but after 37 years in power, it looks as though his grip on zimbabwe may be close to an

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you are writing a book that, if leonardo da vinci had been alive today, he probably would have been diagnosedes. when people ask me, did he have a dd or 0cd? i say, you are not supposed to pull down the diagnostic manual and think, how would we have treated him or what regiment would we have put on? maybe we would have done that but i doubt we would have had the mona lisa if so. it was good he was able to deal with his angels and dragons without his life. clearly he would still be appreciated. i think sotheby‘s has a painting of his going on sale today thatis painting of his going on sale today that is expected to fetch even more than you can afford! the's give credit to christies. it will probably go for 115 million dollars. it is the last leonardo in private hands. in salvador monday, you see this beautiful crystal orb and you see the imagination use it him getting the crystal right but not distortjesus‘ robes getting the crystal right but not distort jesus‘ robes because getting the crystal right but not distortjesus‘ robes because he‘s showing the miraculous quality of jesus‘ stewardess o

have you already read walter isaacson's "leonardo da vinci"? >> we have been selling it by the bushel. i haven't read it because i can't keep it in stock to grab one for myself. every time i take one home i have to take it back for another customer. it is a phenomenon. struck a chord, is going to open up, and educational tool for so many people who don't know the story of leonardo. >> host: with walter isaacson, could you just walter isaacson has a new book, would it sell? >> guest: that is beginning to happen. so much come to admire him, very few writers like that. david mccullough is one. certainly walter isaacson is now developing a touch with his readership that he puts out there. >> we checked out the books and books bestsellers list prior to sitting down with you here. some of the books that are on their, walter isaacson's "leonardo da vinci," chris matthews's book on rfk is a bestseller. did you read what happened? >> you are embarrassing me but i did not. i didn't want to relive what happened personally. i felt i knew what happened. it

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a long—lost painting by leonardo da vinci sells at auction

. >>> a leonardo da vinci painting considered by many to be the holy grail of the old master shattered records at an auction last night. the bidding for the painting started at $75 million. and it went much, much, much higher. ro >> reporter: it's only 17 inches tall and 15 inches wide. it is damaged, dogged by controversy, and questions of origin. but leonardo da vinci's "salvator mundi" painting smashed all records last night when it became the most expensive painting ever sold. auctioned at christie's for slightly more than $450 million. the buyer is unknown. it went to a phone bidder after a 19-minute bidding war that elicited shouts and gasps from the normally composed crowd. >> the piece is sold.] >> reporter: fewer than 20 of leonardo's works survive. this is the last in private hands. the rest are in museums. despite the painting's controversial history and condition, it has been painted over and restored several times, christie's marketing campaign was considered a new model for the auction business. the painting attracted 27,000 people as it toured the world. christie's made

a long—lost painting by leonardo da vinci sells at auction for $400 million.he soaring cost of living in zimbabwe — could the dark days of hyperinflation be returning? plus africa's richest woman, the boss of angola's state oil company, is sacked — so what now for isabel dos santos? a very warm welcome to the programme, briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. and you can be part of the conversation today. we are asking for your reaction to the da vinci frenzy — the 500—year—old painting sold for $400 million, smashing all records. are you amazed or appalled? is it worth it or wealth gone mad? your comments to hashtag #bbcthebriefing. we start the programme in zimbabwe. south africa's defence and state security ministers have arrived in the country, and they now hope to hold talks with president mugabe and army leaders, following the military‘s seizure of power. mr mugabe remains under house arrest, although the military says he is safe. it denies staging a coup, instead claiming to be acting against "criminals" surrounding the

. >> i don't have black hair a painting by leonardo da vinci -- ♪ >> color my world. >> cry me a riverver here it's different. it's the -- i think it's when it's dark out. leonardo da vinci reportedly painted this, set a new record "salvator mundi" paint sold for $450.3 million at christy's auction. can't think of anything that has gone for anywhere near that. recently rediscovered work is one of less than 20 da vinci paintings that are known to exist. it was one of the last ones that was left in private hands. it was purchased by an unidentified buyer bidding via telephone. following a bidding war that lasted nearly 20 minutes >> who do we think it is >> how could we ever know? >> we may find out >> the most expensive work of art ever told. experts say it was painted in the same time frame as the mona lisa similar sort of feeling when you look at it the previous owner bought it for 1$127 million >> our art guest yesterday thought it could go for less >> they had to have it insured and promise that it would go for at least 1$100 million >> christy's did a brilliant job of marketing thi

a painting by leonardo da vinci has sold at auction in new york for $400,000. dubbed the "male mona lisa". now on bbc news, it is

he was involved in determining whether this was an actual leonardo da vinci.uarantee on it saying we guarantee this picture will raise $100 million and i thought it was a bit of a struggle. i went to bed and thought ever find out the next morning. by 2am, my phone was ringing, e—mails were singing and everything had gone crazy. it's quite astonishing when you think of the recent history of this painting and the fact that it sold for just £45 this painting and the fact that it sold forjust £45 in 1958? yes. it was heavily over painted at some point in history. probably the 17th century, it had become badly warped. somebody restoring it had also plained off areas sticking up. conservation was very tough in those days. it was completely over painted. what you could say after it was damaged and restored, leonardo was damaged and restored, leonardo was underneath. and tell us about the world you did, to verify it was the world you did, to verify it was the genuine article? first thing... two dealers in america saw this at a provincial seal, thought it was interesti

dollars on a work by the renaissance painter leonardo da vinci it's a standing prize for a painting once thought to be by one of his students in the past when the work was bought and sold a few thousand dollars were exchanged and that's it but at christie's in new york it was a different story. and so ladies and gentlemen we move to dick cheney the subject of modern day the masterpiece probably not of christ the savior previous in the collections of three kings of england savior of the world poor traits of jesus christ one of fewer than twenty paintings known to exist by their own a sense master ninety minute looking for ninety five in house christie said the presale estimates at one hundred million dollars but that was soon exceeded ninety five and i gave one third of it why not instead i have it one hundred ten million go get me one twenty the bidding via phone just getting going on ninety has been you heard it you place your place with francois in a fifth place that one hundred ninety for the leonardo at one hundred ninety million give me two hundred one ninety is two hundred million

. >> thompson: this wednesday, a 500-year-old painting by leonardo da vinci will be up for sale at christie's auction house, here in new york. the very rare find is expected to fetch more than $100 million. newshour weekend's phil hirschkorn has more. >> reporter: there are only 16 known paintings by italian renaissance master leonardo da vinci, and this is one of them. painted around the same time and in the same style as his "mona lisa," this portrait of jesus christ is called "salvator mundi," meaning "savior of the world." >> he's holding up some kind of orb or globe that represents t world, and he's blessing you, giving benediction. >> reporter: alan wintermute, christie's senior specialist f"" old master" paintings, says the work has typical da vinci flourishes. >> it has that smoky, shadowy lighting effects that create in the "mona lisa"-- the famous mona lisa smile-- they create an ambiguous, very soft, shadowy quality. he looks very directly at you, and you have the sense of him looking sort of right into you. >> reporter: independent consultants say this is a true da vinci. they dat

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anonymous buyer has paid four hundred fifty million dollars for a painting by the renaissance master leonardo da vinci now it is astounding price a record price for a painting that was once thought to be by one of the vinci's students previously it had changed hands for just a few thousand dollars christie's in new york well it was a completely different story for the spending. and we move to the rich a the suburbs are modern day savior of the world for trade of jesus christ like quote the breath of everyone in the room. many wanted to record the historic moment the auction that was selling one of the last m twenty known paintings by the master of the italian in a sense. christie's four hundred million dollars is the pit and the paris. so was the glass was cash just by an unidentified by a via telephone at a price that shattered the record for artwork sold at auction plus the feast that's four hundred fifty million dollars four times the price christie's had asked to meet it fifty million dollars fifty two million dollars the buyer obviously wanted the painting. which was an advantage for me. and. the

the painting by leonardo da vinci has sold for a record making $400 million in new york.mer at christie ‘s auction house in new york in a nailbiting contest which lasted 18 minutes after being billed as the greatest artistic rediscovery of the 20th century. the so—called lost leonardo was rediscovered in 2005, found hidden under layers of paint. it brea ks hidden under layers of paint. it breaks the previous record by $240 million. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme... fears grow for the safety of the british explorer benedict allen, missing weeks after venturing into the most dangerous and remote corner of papua new guinea. also on the programme... on the brink of extinction: the international mission to save the world's rarest macaws. berliners from both east and west linked hands and danced round their liberated territory. and, with nobody to stop them, it wasn't long before the first attempts were made to destroy the structure itself. it's keeping the candidate's name always in the public eye that counts. success or failure depends not

a painting by leonardo da vinci has just sold for a record breaking sum in new york.rathon 18—minute bidding war after being billed as the greatest artistic rediscovery of the 20th century. the purchase breaks the previous sale record of a top painting by an eye—watering $240 million. and you can get in touch with me and most of the team on twitter. i'm duncan golestani. thank you for watching. hi there. for many of us it is going to be another pretty cloudy start to the day on thursday, but there will be some significant weather changes, because this cold front is going to be sliding its way southwards as we go on through the day and behind that we're going to see the skies turning much brighter with much more in the way of sunshine. before we get there, though, for the early rises, we've got a few fog patches knocking around, across south—east england, this morning. a lot of cloud too. there's the band of rain affecting northern ireland and scotland first thing. this band of rain, remember, will clear southward and then it's going to brighten up with sunshine. so le

be giving us much, later, richard will be giving us his views on many things not least, the leonardo da vincit have spent that much. that wasn't me that spent that money, i wa nt to wasn't me that spent that money, i want to reveal that on air. yes, i dropped out very early... (i) coming up: young, gifted and south african, we will meet the woman looking to promote the country's next superstar entrepreneurs. the royal mail has posted its latest results and it's sales are up. our business correspondent theo leggett joins us from the business newsroom with the details. these results problem be about as good as royal mail could have hoped for, revenues up 2%, operating profit down 33% but if you strip out what the company calls transformation cost, cost associated with modernisation of the business, they were up 7%. the letters business used to be the core of the business, that is in decline but the international parcels business, gls, doing rather well, revenues up 9%. pretty good result for the company all told, you can see that in the share price, rallying very sharply. failing off a little b

it's breath taking to see it so close. >> reporter: leonardo da vinci was the daughter of a wealthy flourker. she first came here 50 years ago as a college student and the painting had just arrived. what do you think when you look at it? >> it carries me back. i see something different every time. it's so beautiful. >> reporter: bought for a reported $5 million back then, it was brought over in a first class airline seat from europe. today her value likely exceeds the new york auction price. >> whenever i come to national gallery, i make sure i make one stop here. >> reporter: the physicist author and artist has written about leonardo. >> in the bushes on the right and on the left, leonardo left his fingerprints. >> young girl. >> reporter: leonardo is one of the many other master paintings at the national gallery. the gift shop sells all sorts of items to feature it. but it is the painting itself from the 1400s that draws the visitors. in the district, tom sherwood, news4. >> and when you consider there were only 20 known da vincis in existence on the entire planet, probably worth a trip

a painting attributed to leonardo da vinci depicting jesus christ has smashed all records after beingold! the painting known as ‘salvator mundi' or ‘saviour of the world' was sold for a final price of £340 million to an unknown bidder. leonardo da vinci died in 1519 and there are said to be fewer than 20 of his paintings in existence. the biggest archaeological museum in the world is due to open next march near the pyramids at giza on the outskirts of cairo. the grand egyptian museum will be home to the complete contents of the tomb of king tutankhamun, which are being brought together for the very first time. and it's hoped the new museum will deliver a desperately—needed boost for the egyptian tourist industry, as our middle east correspondent orla guerin reports. in the shadow of the pyramids, egypt is crafting a new home for the treasures of the past. the grand egyptian museum will showcase more than 100,000 artefacts. precious cargo has been arriving, slowly and carefully, packed for protection against heat and vibrations. this crate holds a gilded funerary bed from the collectio

da vinci code," the new mystery tonight. who paid $450 million for this? tonight, someone somewhere is the new owner of this. a painting by leonardo da vinci. an 20 of his paintings are known to exist. and this was the last one in private hands. auctioned off at christie's here in new york overnight. >> we move to the leonardo da vinci, the is a >> reporter: the salvator mundi, latin for "savior of the world." right hand raised in a blessing. owned once by king charles i of england. the painting was known of but it was thought the painting was lost or destroyed, resurfacing in 1900. a photograph taken of it around that time. ten years ago, the painting sold for $10,000. a restoration. and last night, bidding started at a mere $75 million. >> 200 million is bid. at 200 million. at 200 million. 200 million. please. 200 million is bid. >> reporter: didn't stop there. >> give me 290, alex? >> 300. >> i thought so. 300 million. >> reporter: but wait. >> 350. >> reporter: finally, at 350 million, anyone else? >> at 350 million, looking for another bid -- >> 400. >> 400 million. 400 million is the bid. leonardo salvator mundi, selling here at chris