scenes says the bodies of women and children are inside. they say armed thugs and syrian tanks are randomly shooting and wrecking property. at least ten people were killed on thursday as security forces attempted to crush protests. two news of the world executives are disputing rue put murdock s testimony. they say murdoch misled the committee last week when he said he was not i ware that the hacking went beyond an e-mail. the steamy heat that s been roasting the midwest, u.s., is now heading to the east coast. some 60 temperature records were shattered on saturday. they blame the heat for at least two deaths. in minneapolis the marquis reads we have air conditioning. who cares what s playing. those are the headlines from cnn, the world s news leader. i m monita rajpal. world business today starts right now. captions by vitac www.vitac.com good morning from cnn london, i m nina dos santos. and from cnn hong kong, i m manisha tank. these are the top stories on
the crisis, by drought, poverty and violence. half of the camps are fled to ethiopia and kenya. a man who was accused of strangling a woman, has been sent to prison. her killer went to extraordinary lengths to avoid arrest for more than two years, altering his face through cosmetic surgery. the space shuttle atlantis is about two hours from landing at the kennedy space station. the crew will fire the engines to re-enter the atmosphere and end america s 30-year shuttle program. those are the headlines from cnn. i m monita rajpal. world business today starts right now. a warm welcome to world business today. these are the top stories on thursday, july 21st. nickly sarkozy and angela merkel see eye-to-eye ahead of debt crisis talks in europe. the same can t be said in the united states, where legislators are considering a short-term fix to the borrowing limit debacle. and for all the talk of tablets, don t write off the p.c. just yet. we ll talk to intel on how
yesterday. today, they re offering an apology. the big mistaking that had people thinking they had gotten the bargain of the year. but first, here are your options. resign or be fired. that is the ultimatum that was just given to nearly 200 educators tied to one of the largest school cheating scandals in u.s. history. it was just over a week ago, a state investigation revealed 178 teachers, including 38 principals, woulding at 44 schools cheated for students on standardized tests in atlanta. on monday, interim superintendent erroll davis replaced four superintendents and one principal in the atlanta public school scandal. now a letter has been sent to the 178 teachers, principals and administrators who were on the state investigative report as either confessing to or being implicated in the cheating. davis has ordered that educators resign by next wednesday or they will face termination. he says the culture inside the school district has to change. people failed children,
there is no particular urgency in promoting such a policy package. what is urgent is to reform the economy and establish the conditions for growth. this is for confidence and credibility. they must learn from the mistakes of fellow bailout countries, ireland and portugal. the peripheral countries are still in trouble. jim boulden will explain. reporter: that missed the target they promised to get the loan last year. the public debt is 1 2%, heading to 150%. we re talking about $470 billion in debt that it needs to service. of course all this austerity they ve promised to do, this is
who say they have a deal to be bp s sole russian partner. it opens bp up to claims it s moving from crisis to crisis. and one year on, it s still not clear exactly how many barrels of oil spilled into the gulf of mexico. and therefore, how large a fine the u.s. government will impose on bp and its partners in that stricken well. jim boulden, cnn, london. . can the government track suspects v s via gps without a warrant? we bring in our legal experts. good to see you gentlemen. it s been a while. we ve missed you, fredricka. i ve missed you. lots has changed. let s talk about these legal cases. then we ll talk about some other life-forming change later on,