Former European Commission President Jacques Delors, a key figure in the creation of the euro currency, has died aged 98 on Wednesday, according to a statement from the Jacques Delors Institute, a think tank he founded.
saying insecurity, economic woes and corruption prompted him to seize power. the us, the eu, and france niger s former colonial ruler say they won t recognise the coup leaders, with some suspending security cooperation and budgetary aid. there are concerns among many countries over which states niger s new leader will align with potentially moving closer to russia as happened after coups in neighbouring burkina faso and mali. later, leaders from the 15 countries that make up ecowas, the economic community of west african states, and the eight leaders from the west african economic and monetary union , will meet to discuss their response. live now to chris ewokor in nigeria with the latest on this.
he travels to italy to make the transition himself. it has now been met. unesco is gaining a new member but losing $60 million. the u.s. is withdrawing its pledge after the u.n. agency accepted a palestinian bid for full member. the u.s. and israel argued that the move would harm peace talks. i m monita rajpal. world business today starts right now. captions by vitac www.vitac.com good morning from cnn lan. i m charles hodson. tuesday, the first of november. the greek bailout is now in the hands of the greek people at great risk to the euro-zone debt. mf global is forced to declare bankruptcy protection. weakness in europe and the united states spreads to china, slowing down the factories pow iring the world s second largest economy. well, a new trading day has just begun in europe. we re expecting and getting losses, but we ll have prices in a moment as soon as they re reasonable. they ve slipped for the second day in in a row following the u.s. market slid