a renoir painting stolen by the nazis was returned to its rightful owner at a ceremony in new york afterinted by renoir in the last year of his life, was handed to the granddaughter of the jewish owner, alfred weinberger. the painting was taken from a paris bank vault in 1941. scientists say they have discovered humanity's oldest known drawing on a small fragment of rock in south africa. the drawing is about 73,000 years old, and shows cross—hatch lines sketched onto stone with red ochre pigment. it was discovered in the blombos cave on the southern coast. some say it looks a bit like a hashtag. don't forget, you can reach me on twitter. i'm @lebo? diseko. thanks for watching. hello there. this morning is starting off on a chilly note after lengthy clear skies overnight. temperatures dipping close to freezing one or two spots across the midlands and into the south—east. however, there will be lots of sunshine through the day. a few showers around, mostly across scotland and northern ireland, thanks to a weak weather front. you can see we started the morning off on a dry note further sout

"two women in a garden", which was painted by renoir in the last year of his life, was handed to thewner. the painting was taken from a paris bank vault in 1941. in business today, we are focused on what the central bank will be doing in turkey. it could be forced to push interest rates up above 20% today, to try and prop up the country's plunging currency, the lira. it has slumped 40% this year, as foreign investors pull their money out of the country. it's a similar story in many emerging markets, from argentina to south africa to india. alpesh patel, ceo of praefinium partners, joins me now. good morning. give us your take on this. turkey is going to make its decision, the central bank, which is being leaned on a little bit. you know, those of us who know what happened when britain came out of the erm and was trying to hike up interest rates to stop the pound from plunging. these knee—jerk reactions from the central bank do not have good ability because the interest rates are unsustainable. is all well and good to say all this money will flood into the banks, but the flipside is t

a gulf island, a jumbo jet, a participating by renoir or a battleship?gnity and the politics of resentment. this is one of the leading thinkers and this book is a highly intelligent account of how identity politics developed from plato to the me too movement. it is an urgent article of how to use it as a unified force and not a divicive one. the answer this week is b. earlier this month, the emir presented erdogan with a boeing 747 ai worth a reported half a billion dollars. he told reporter that is when he got wind of turkish interest in purchasing the plane, he canceled the sale and gave away the aircraft and said i give this as a present to turkey. his extravagant gesture does not come out of the blue. after a saudi-led blockade, he led to closer ties between the two countries. he promised to invest $13 billion when foreign investors are getting cold feet. thank you for being part of the program this week. i will see you next week. >>> thank you so much for joining me from washington, d.c. i'm fredricka whit 2350efield. we are gearing up for another h

a gulf island, a jumbo jet, a painting by renoir or a battleship?ancis fukayama's "identity, the demand for dignity and the politics of resentment." fukayama is one of america's leading thinkers and this book is a highly intelligent account of how identity politics developed, from plato to the me too movement. it's also an urgent argument on how to use identity as a unifying force, not a divisive one. the answer to my "gps" challenge question is b. earlier this month the amir of qatar presented resip they yeep erdogan with a boeing plane world a reported half billion dollars. when al fanny got wind of turkish interest in purchasing the plane, he canceled the sale and gave away the heir craft saying i won't take money from turkey. his extravagant gesture did not come out of the blue after a saudi-led blockade intended to isolate qatar last year, ankara sided with dohar leading to closer ties between the two countries. the amir has promised to invest $15 billion in turkey at a time when foreign investors are getting cold feet and the turkish currency

announcing the return of a painting to its r e rightful owner it was stolen by the nazis in 1941 renoirts way to christie's in new york >>> amazon plans to ship fresh full size christmas trees this year starting in november. they will be bound and shipped without water within 10 days of being cut. the national christmas tree association estimates that out of 27 million trees sold last year, only about 1 in 2 were actually purchased online. interesting to see how much they disrupt that particular industry guys, you're up-to-date. >> i feel like as much as i love online shopping, you got to see the tree >> yeah. >> smell it. >> see how tall. you want to feel the -- >> is it full, how do the needles feel >> part of christmas experience. >> exactly >> thank you, sue. back to jon fortt with details on the new phone >> yeah, the iphone x s is the name of it and it does indeed come in two sizes. one 5.8 inches diagonally on the display, the other 6.5 they are calling the display super retina they are saying that it is 60% greater dynamic range for colors, it has a new formulation of glass for