morning in ukraine. protesters remain holed up in government buildings done yet and elsewhere demanding independence and asking for a referendum so they can become part of russia at this point. united states is warning it could be a pretext for a russian invasion, moscow for its part urging caution. our cnn international correspondent nick paton walsh is live this morning in ukraine. nick, this morning, what s the feeling on the ground? give us a sense of the situation. reporter: well, i m in donetsx, the tension is very much powerful in eastern ukraine. ukrainian minister said he gives the situation 48 hours to resolve itself. the real part of this speech saying either this comes out for goals or they have force ready to implement did they require. now, tension was very tense in
hundreds of african migrants that capsized and sank off the coast here. divers have already explored the wreckage which is lying 150 feet under water. and describe horrific scenes. saying in addition to the 111 bodies already recovered by their teams. there may still be another 200 still inside. back to you, poppy. matthew, thank you for that. i want to take you now to rome where a our cnn international correspondent ben wedeman isle following the pope s visit to assisi. ben. reporter: pope francis visit to assisi was a tour de force. 11 grueling hours of meetings prayers, throughout he focused on the poor, marginalized and forgotten. he also expressed his desire to shake up the church. he said friday was a day for tears for the victims of the ship wreck for lampedusa.
gadhafi. they say they are on the verge of taking the port city of sirte. a spade of killings at a port on the mekong river has interrupted cargo trade between children that and thailand. at least 12 sailors were murdered in what may have been a drug traffic attempt. investigations are continuing. severe weather in new zealand is hampering efforts to corn taken an oil spill off the country s north eye land. authorities are trying to pump the remaining oil off a ship that struck a reef last wednesday. 30 tons of oil has leaked from the vessel. those are the headlines from cnn, the world s news leader. i m monita rajpal. world business today starts right now. good morning from cnn london, i m charles hod southern. and good afternoon from cnn hong kong, i m andrew stevens. welcome to world business today. the top stories monday, october 10th. bell jen bank agrees to its bailout. are more bank rescues on the way? and weather hampers efforts to contain an oil spill
moral failure. the judge threw out the sexual assault case against him but he remained adamant that it did not include any attempt to rape. world business today starts right now. good morning from cnn london, i m charles hodson. i m manesha tank. the top stories this monday, september 19th. markets are gripped by greek contagion fears as tim geithner tells europe to do more to curb the crisis. dominique strauss-kahn said he made a moral error. could china be facing a banking crisis of its own? we ask a construction bank. well, whether that s the case or not, investors have a lot to think about this monday and center stage. a meeting of the finance ministers friday failed to deliver any concrete solution to the greek debt crisis. with more on that in a moment. first a look at how the stock markets are faring and we are really seeing some dives there off by nearly 2%, the london ftse. getting on for 3% for the dak and cac 40. off by 1.6% is this eu finance minister
structu destruction of the wildfires in texas. this now stretches across a 16-mile area. winds whipped up flames again today. a separate fire in eastern texas killed a mother and her 18-month-old child. tropical depression lee slogging its way north today after dumping as much of a foot of rain in parts of louisiana. pumps in new orleans helped prevent any major problem there. that was good. but the storm caused flooding in other towns and cities along the gulf. in alabama, lee spun off portable tornadoes and strong winds damaged at least 20 homes in thewn the television say, tornado warning, and about that time, we had an ungodly clap of lightning and the hard ligwind by. lights went out, came back on and everything opened up. it was like a machine gun going off. breaking news on the political front. texas gov senior riernor rick p poultd pulled out of a political forum in south carolina to go back to texas to deal with the wildfires. five others will take part in the