new york city. the former head of the international monetary fund is due to be released today under a bail agreement that was granted on thursday. strauss-kahn has been charged on several criminal counts relating to tay legend sexual assault of a hotel employee last weekend. he denies the allegations. the president and vice president of the tokyo electric power company have stood down. their resignations follow a reported lot of $15.4 billion after the nuclear crisis that followed japan's tsunami and earthquake. tepco also announced that it will d commission four reactors at the plant, and it has abandoned plans to build two more reactors at the fukushima site. you're watching "world one" in london. i'm monita rajpal. thanks for joining us. just before we go, we want to give you a look at these pictures. they're out of this world. two of the astronauts have just gone out for a spacewalk. the news continues here on cnn.