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
bottom. when it comes to steering the economy, we ll tell you how beijing is being penned in by china s soaring pork prices. stock markets are up, but after the collapse of confidence that s hammered equities over the past few sessions, investors are wondering whether the panic is really over. tuesday s federal reserve meeting appears to have been the trigger for the rally in europe. the gains there partially reversing the spectacular falls of recent days. european indices are heading higher. a asia followed that swing. the dow posted its biggest gain this year. here in hong kong the stock exchange has just closed. the hang seng recovered some of that but still has quite a way to go. it lost almost 12% of its value over the past three sessions of decline. nina? andrew, none of these markets are down in the double digits. let s see how they re doing just an hour into the trading session. we ve got, for instance, the dax up in excess of 1.75%. and the ftse 100 and the zur
canceled flights in scotland and northern england. mr. obama will be visiting buckingham palace where he ll spend two nights. the president left ireland for the uk ahead of schedule last night due to that cloud of volcanic ash. in the u.s., the tornado that blew through missouri has claimed 116 lives and left a trail of destruction. the u.s. national weather service says it was the most deadly tornado in more than 60 years. those are the headlines, i m zain vergee at cnn in london. world business today starts now. good morning from cnn london, i m charles hodson. and good afternoon from cnn hong kong. i m andrew stevens. you re watching world business today. the top stories on tuesday, may 24th, under the weather, travel trouble looms as volcanic ash blows towards europe. meanwhile, investors on the continent have caught debt contagent fever. the scramble in the cockpit to save the airliner. they don t have ability to go anywhere. they don t have ability to