Mile away from a fracking side were exploratory drilling is about to begin. Site. Nearly £30 billion in mis sold Ppi Compensation has been paid out by british banks, and theres still much more to come. Ill be taking a look at when it will ever end. In sport, englands women ease into the Quarter Finals of the European Championship, with victory over portugal but for scotland its a case of so near, yet so far. And theres confusion at the races as a 50 1 winner turns out to be completely the wrong horse. An investigation has begun. And carol has the weather. Good morning. Iam i am below the Streets Of London. These tunnels were built over 100 yea rs these tunnels were built over 100 years ago. They used to be used to transport mail and parcels below the Streets Of London. They are about to be reopened to the public after being long abandoned. We will find out how and why later on. New line and sarah has the weather. 0ur unsettled theme continues. Lots of cloud and heavy showers forecast.
does work. meet the president of a country where austety led to growth. finally, fidel castro on yoga. really. first here is my take. it s hard to find any good economic news these days. europe is teetering on the brink, emerging markets like china, brazil and india are slowing down and the united states is in a slump. let me try to cheer you up. the cost of sequencing a human genome is down to $1,000 and it takes two hours. that is an acceleration of capacity that is faster, much faster than moore s law which says that computing part doubles while costs go down by 50% every 18 months. this is likely to be the beginning of a new technology revolution, one that is already transforming american industry. it s a reminder that as we confront difficulties across the xhik landscape, the one area where america can still move from strength to strength is science and technology, if make the right decisions. take, for instance, the decision to fund the mapping of the human genome.
a threat anymore. u.s. counterterrorism official says the explosive device is similar to the one that was used by the so-called underwear bomber back on christmas day of 2009. only this time, more sophisticated and harder to detect. barbara starr is live at the pentagon this morning. what do we know about the bomb itself and about how this all unfolded? well, very little detail being made public at this point, ashleigh because officials say operations intelligence operations are still ongoing. clearly, pointing to the fact they still feel there are elements of whatever this organization is that was behind this throughout. and they believe it is al qaeda in yemen known as aqap. al qaeda in the arabian peninsula. as for the bomb itself, all the indications are that it was very similar. as you said, to devices used by aqap in both the christmas day underwear bomber and another plot after that to put bombs inside printer cartridges and put them on aircraft bound for the united
are no wounds on his body. his family is still trying to make sense of it all. he loved being in the military, and he loved serving his country. he was absolutely willing to make any sacrifice, and it s just horrible that this is the sacrifice he ended up making. 9/11 terror attack suspects turned the arraignment into a circus and victims families don t think it is funny. the five men including khalid sheikh mohammed, appeared at a military tribunal in guantanamo bay, cuba. one entered in shackles, another took off his shirt, another blurted out, maybe they ll kill us. one man who lost his sister on 9/11 said he wanted to see the suspects face to face. i know the world hears me, and i m sure you hear me. i came a long way to see you eye to eye, khalid sheikh mohammed, and your four dominions. people are cheering in france, but here in the united states investors are worried. francois hol lapplande defeated nicolas sarkozy in a runoff election. he says he will boost gov
afghan plans to attack libyan forces. libya s new leaders have given gadhafi loyalists to surrender on saturday or face more force. this is the third time mubarak is in court. he faces charges as well as his two sons faces charges on corruption. the storm swept across the country in japan with record rainfall causing land slides and flooding. 56 others are still unaccounted for. a shark killed a body border on the west coast on sunday. the beach has been closed since the attack in australia. it is the first fatal shark attack in australia since february. those are the top stories from cnn. world business today starts now. good morning from london. i m charles hartson. give from hong kong. i m andrew stevens. the top stories today this monday, the 5th of september. markets tumble as the jobs report is released. dominique strauss-kahn is back on french soil. what does the public make of his return? and it s been a bumpy ride for the u.s. economy, but coney islan