here s elizabeth rizzini. time for a look at the weather. hello, thank you. just the right amount of retreating command centre for hamas? tonight, the idf has shown the footage you just saw, which they say is part of a tunnel underneath the hospital. mark s here. it plays an important role in israel s case for its gaza operation, so how close are they in succeeding to their wider objectives? scotland s health secretary says his sons racked up his 11 grand bill on his parliamentary ipad. why is scotland s conservative leader calling for his resignation? we ll ask him. also tonight. why are so many maternity units in england deemed unsafe by the regulator? we ll hear from one couple whose baby daughter was stillborn, after failures by their hopsital. i thought, these are my colleagues, they ll do a good job, i ll get safe care. so i didn t think there was anything wrong, until we were told she was dead. and after a week of rows in this country over migrant policy, we re in ame
stage of voting last month after voting for the lower house, egyptians will elect an upper house. unconfirmed reports from syrian activists say at least 36 civilians and 7 members of the security forces were killed in fighting on tuesday. the u.s. state department is calling on russia and other countries on the u.n. security council to speak out against the lethal crackdown in syria. a blistering attack by one iraqi politician against another. in an interview with cnn, deputy prime minister called prime minister nuri al maliki a dictator. it came as u.s. president barack obama noted the end of america s military operations in iraq. almost all u.s. troops will be out of the country by the end of this month. those are the top stories here on cnn. i m monita rajpal. world business today starts right now. hello and a very warm welcome to world business today. i m nien sa dos santos at cnn london. i m andrew stevens in hong kong. the top stories this wednesday, december
more on this story in a moment on world business today. human rights groups are warning that they were struck on monday. troops were sent to hama on sunday to report on terrorist groups. by day s end activists say at least 71 civilians have been killed in hama, the site of huge anti-government protests. on monday is the beginning of ramadan. it s usually the time of good will and muslims fast to show devotion but it s usually high attendance at mosques and many of the anti-government protests have begun after prayers. the former prime minister mubarak s trial has been moved to wednesday. the once untouchable mubarak could face the death penalty for his alleged role in the killings of hundreds of anti-government protesters. those are the top stories. i m zahn verjee in cnn london. world business today starts now. captions by vitac www.vitac.com good morning from cnn london, i m charles hodson. and a very good afternoon from the hong kong waterfront. i m andre