explosions in kenya that killed 1 and wounded 20 others. the blasts come two days after the u.s. embassy in kenya warned it had credible information of an imminent terrorist attack. a bright moment in turkey. a young boy was among a handful of people found alive in the rubble after sunday s devastating earthquake but the country s disaster and emergency administration has just raised the death toll to 366. the defense is set to call more witnesses tuesday in the manslaughter trial of michael jackson s doctor, conrad murray. its first witness was another physician who said jackson asked him for intravenous sleep medication two months before he died. murray is accused of inadvert t inadvertently causing jackson s death. i m monita rajpal. world business today starts right now. good morning from cnn london i m charles hodson. this is world business today. our top stories on tuesday, october the 25th, bp profits jump in the third quarter. their ceo says the company has turn
spill off its island is the worst maritime disaster. oil is gushing from the container tank rena which ran aground on wednesday. the man who some call the merchant of death is facing trial in new york this week. suspected russian arms dealer ric viktor bout has been accused of transporting arms around the world. bout has pled not guilty. the iranian government sentenced an actress to a year behind bars and 90 lash force her role in this film my tehran for sale. the film criticizes the islamic republic for limiting artistic expression. those are the headlines from cnn, the world s news leader. world business today starts right now. good morning from cnn london, i m charts hodson. good afternoon, from cnn hong kong, i m andrew stevens. you are watching world business today. the top stories this tuesday, october 11th. beijing steps in to buy chinese banking stocks. just how much trouble are the banks facing? we are joined live from the nation s capital. rising floo
two-faced. dominique strauss-kahn wants a u.s. judge to dismiss a lawsuit against him linked to a sexual assault case. the criminal charges were dropped but the accusers filed a civil case. the former imf chief claims he has diplomatic immunity when the case was filed. i m zain verjee in world business today starts next. good morning from cnn london. i m charles hodson. this is world business today. the top stories this tuesday, september 27th. at home and abroad, greek transit workers stage another strike as prime minister prepares to meet in berlin. delhi s plan to redraw the poverty line cause a political firestorm in india. a sticky situation for employers in france. workers throw out their to-do lists and find a new use for the humble post-it note. meanwhile, though, let s get straight to the stock markets in europe which are again posting strong gains in the early trade on tuesday. stocks in london, frankfort, in madrid, actually and in rome milan rather opene
council claims 50,000 people have been killed since the uprising began in february. so far cnn is unable to confirm that figure. rebels are giving gadhafi loyalists until saturday to surrender the town of sirte and others they control. sirte is colonel gadhafi s hometown and one of the places he may be hiding. the ntc says it s trying to avoid bloodshed but threatens an all-out attack if the loyalists fail to disarm. syrian opposition forces say security forces cracked down on anti-government groups around the country. six people reportedly were killed in the city of dara. those are the top stories from cnn the world s news leader. i m zain verjee and world business today starts right now. good morning from cnn london. i m nina dos santos. good afternoon from cnn hong kong. i m andrew stevens. you re watching world business today. the libyan rebels oil and finance minister tells us the country s oil production could be back to full strength within a year. you have b
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