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Im guy johnson. Francine im francine lacqua. We are getting breaking news out of italy. Fourth quarter gdp figures, flat. Down some 0. 5 year on year. Guy not exactly the rosy outlook you would hope for, certainly not the progress you would have hoped for if you were mario draghi. Lets shift years and talk about what the central bank is going to do today. The recipient the European Central bank goes on tour once and a while and it is on cyprus today. Francine the ecb will talk about it bond buying program, how it deals with greece. Jonathan ferro is in cyprus for the meeting. John, over to you...

Hello. Welcome to countdown. Im mark barton. Before we go to lloyds, lets go to b. P. B. P. Has crossed. They are saying their Third Quarter profit came in at 3 billion, above the 2. 93 billion estimate. They say they are maintaining a strong framework. Replacement costs 9 billion. 2. 39. Were waiting on their production . S. Expected to be about 2. 5 Million Barrels per day in the last quarter. Thats what were expecting to see. Well have to see the detail in this. They own 20 of russias largest roducer. Output, 1. 3 Million Barrels a day is better than what they were looking for. Crude prices...

Its workforce. Zurich insurance net profit falls nearly 30 , hit by weatherrelated claims in the u. S. And europe. This as lower Interest Rates weigh on investments. Welcome to the show, everyone. Lets get back to one of our top stories this morning. Hundreds have been left dead and thousands injured after Security Forces broke up camps supporting the former president mohamed morsi. Interim Vice President and leading liberal voice in the country Mohamed Elbaradei resigned over the use of force. Yousuf is in cairo. What is the latest on the ground . There is a relative return to calm in this pa...