a stock shot up by 5% after twitter beat expectations in the second quarter with revenue of more than half a billion dollars. growth was not as strong rising 15% from the previous year. interim ceo jack dorsey told investigators that new twitter features were not attracting and keeping new users. that of course was worrying for investors and that sent shares diving 11% in after-trading hours. now despite the problems twitter s influence continues to grow. a pop star taking on a tech giant to european politicians airing grievances on social media. the platform is playing a pivotal role in global events. here s our cnn correspondent. reporter: from politics to popular culture. over the past few months twitter has been at the center
despite mounting pressure from the president to support it. cnn, washington. other skrs we are following will be free after spending nearly three decades in a u.s. prison. he will be paroled in november. previous a former analyst sentenced to life behind bars for giving information to israel. they admitted paying for the intelligence and lobbied for his release for decades. to a story there has been lots of discussion about on social media. an american dentist is being sought in the death of a prized lion in zimbabwe. walter palmer said he hired professional guides and thought the trip was legal, but officials say the 13-year-old lion named cecil was killed illegally. one official said the lion s death will have a long lasting
itself from cohen. trump s campaign manager told cnn, michael cohen is a corporate employee and is not affiliated with the campaign in any way. in the middle of it all, ivana trump issued a statement of her own saying, their divorce was a time of very high tension. but she added, i have nothing but fondness for donald. all this with only a week to go before the first republican presidential debate as trump s standing soars. tonight, a new poll of new hampshire voters shows trump s on top of all gop candidate, with twice the support of his nearest rival, jeb bush. ease doing well because he s speaking his mind. he s a breath of fresh air. he s not like all of the other politicians who have focus groups and tell him what to say and how to say it and what words to use. reporter: jeff zeleny cnn, nashua new hampshire.
to europe. you can watch the special series all week right here on cnn. outrage after a 20-year-old palestinian was shot and killed by an israeli soldier. the details are not clear, but the anger and confusion are palpable. c, this n has more. the body taken for burial. gunfire at his funeral. all they agree on is he died after running away. they came to arrest him and another man. they had been suspected of planning an attack. the border police said they fired at his legs and say he was critically injured after he fell from a roof top. the family denies he fell. they shot him. all the injuries were to the bottom of his and after less than an hour we were informed he
men, this is something significant that nato has been waiting for. cnn, london. kurdish fighters are claiming victories against isis. forces have gained ground in the city in north eastern syria. the kurds captured a town near the border with turkey. the observatory for human rights said isis fighters are using the area to stage rates further to the north. a coalition with rebel groups is statementing a major offensive against syrian government forces in the northwest. activists say the rebels are trying to advance towards syria s western coast which is a stronghold for the president. this is an interesting story. the u.s. justice department said a south florida man has been arrested and plotting to use a