the maldives. president mohammed masheed announced his resignation after a police mutiny. they are calling for a greater role for islamic values in the country. cnn has no confirmation of who is currently in control. europe is still dging itself out from last week s snow and more cold weather on the way. some communities in southeastern europe are struggling to cope with record low temperatures. ukraine along has reported 135 deaths from the extreme weather. those are the headlines from cnn. i m monita rajpal. world business today starts right now. good morning from cnn london, i m nina dos santos. very good afternoon from cnn hong kong, i m andrew stevens. more travel misery in europe as air france cancels half of all its flights. the airline tells passengers not to bother traveling until the end of the week. it s a big day for greece and a landmark day in europe s history. it s been 20 years since the signing of the maastricht treaty. the question is was it such a
as search and rescue attempts continue, the focus moves 0en to who is to blame for the sinking of a giant ocean liner off the italian coast. and we ll tell you which production houses is big at the golden globes and what these awards tell us about the upcoming oscar ceremonies. first up, though, if the new year promised a new europe, well, some people could be disappointed. standard & poors last week had other ideas completely. to nobody s great surprise, this particular influential company decided to downgrade the credit scores of nine countries across the euro zone on friday. these particular downgrades apply to a large swath of central and southern europe. it is this country in the center here, france, that is commanding all the headlines today. this after france lost its treasured aaa rating. that in turn, some economists say could undermine the a aa rating of the total esfs. one country as well that s hitting the headlines, one country that will ill afford any more b
the government of south sue dan gained control of a remote village that was attacked over the weekend. some 4,000 army and police reinforcements have reportedly been sent to aville raj. they re fighting over grazing land. the u.s. republican party presidential race is about to get ready over iowa. candidates have been campaigning for weeks and tuesday night voters will take part in what is being called caucuses. they are a few hundred in formal get-togethers where people take the candidate they want to face president barack obama in november s general election. those are the top stories from cnn, the world s news leader. much more coming up on the iowa caucuses just ahead. world business today starts right now. good morning from cnn london. i m charles hodson. a very good afternoon from cnn hong kong, i m andrew stevens and welcome to the first edition of world business today of 2012. this is tuesday, january 3rd. it is a new year. but one report already suggests busine
fire. government officials tell the french press agency the blast happened in a compound of warehouses but it was not caused by a bomb. the report says more than 95 people have been injured, many of them firemen. a final tribute to their fallen leader. north koreans took part in a memorial service for kim jong il who died nearly two weeks ago. they observed three minutes of silence for the former leader and pledged support for the new leader, kim jong-un. what s expected to be a robust debate has began in the indian government over anti-corruption legislation. the bill would give power to create an ombudsman in house. those are the top stories from cnn, the world s news leader. world business today starts right now. good morning from cnn london. i m charles hodson. good afternoon from cnn hong kong. i m andrew stevens. welcome to world business today. the top stories this thursday, december 29th. while north korea observed a moment of silence for kim jong il, econ
loyalists. gadhafi s sons say they are both in custody and wanted by the fcc and war crimes charges. yemen s embattled president has arrived in riyadh. he s expected to sign a power transfer deal to end ten-month-long political crisis in his country. the parents in a high-profile missing child case are scheduled to testify before the phone-hacking inquiry in london on wednesday. the mccanns were highly scrutinized when their daughter, madelei madeleine, was reported missing in 2007. they ll join other victims of media intrusion who will give evidence before the inquiry. those are the top stories from cnn, the world s news leader. i m monita rajpal. world business today starts now. it s 9:00 a.m. here in london. good morning, i m nina dos santos. and it s 5:00 p.m. here in hong kong. i m andrew stevens. you re watching world business today. the top stories this wednesday, november the 23rd, stock markets sink into the red worldwide. as poor manufacturing numbers fr