plan. activists say at least 26 people were killed wednesday in several cities. video posted online appears to show new shelling in the district of homs. the crisis in syria is expected to dominate the summit. ban ki-moon is there. an updated resolution on syria will be presented to leaders, but it will not call for president bashar al assad to step down. those are the top stories from cnn. i m monita rajpal. world business today starts right now. good morning, from cnn london, i m nina dos santos. this is world business today and these are the top stories this thursday. leaders of the brics nation stand united. nigeria s finance minister hopes to prove the emerging economies are ready to take the lead. she tells cnn why she s the ideal candidate to run the world bank. also on the show, a general strike grips spain a day before the government announces a new round of austerity measures. so these are some of the world s fastest-growing major economies these days,
responsibility for solving this crisis. i m the president and the buck stops with me. so i give the people of this community and the entire gulf my word that we re going to hold ourselves accountable to do whatever it takes, for as long as it takes to stop this catastrophe. breaking news, we start with the first time since the deep water horizon exploded and sank, a development that could be major as we look at live pictures from down below. engineers might soon be able to stop every drop of oil from leaking into the gulf. this is what they tell us. this will significantly improve our situation regarding the amount of oil coming to the surface while we finish the relief wells, which are the final solution. is bp confident that this is going to work? they certainly sound confident. why didn t they try this before? i asked bp that today. you re going to love this, anderson. bp s chief operating officer said today when he looks back at the steps taken and the order of them, he thi
stops with me. so i give the people of this community and the entire gulf my word that we re going to hold ourselves accountable to do whatever it takes, for as long as it takes to stop this catastrophe. breaking news, we start with the first time since the deep water horizon exploded and sank, a development that could be major as we look at live pictures, engineers might soon be able to stop every drop of oil from leaking into the gulf. this will significantly improve our situation regarding the amount of oil coming to the surface while we finish the relief wells, which are the final solution. is bp confident that this is going to work? they certainly sound confident. why didn t they try this before? bp s chief operating officer said today when he looks back at the steps taken and the order of them, he thinks most people would think they make a lot of
this will significantly improve our situation regarding the amount of oil coming to the surface while we finish the relief wells, which are the final solution. is bp confident that this is going to work? they certainly sound confident. why didn t they try this before? i asked bp that today. you re going to love this, anderson. bp s chief operating officer said today when he looks back at the steps taken and the order of them, he thinks most people would think they make a lot of sense. that s what he said. breaking news tonight, no one down here is celebrating just yet. take a look. what you see is the new capping stack on top of bp s broken well. what you don t see not anymore is that huge cloud of oil leaking into the gulf. i grabbed the mike and told the people, and there was a loud cheer and applause. you could see it on the face of the fishermen, the feeling of finely there s light at the end of the tunnel. and with that, it ended.