choreographed affair, as we were expecting from north korea, very similar to what we saw 17 years ago for the funeral of kim il-sun. we saw the procession. coffin going through the streets of pyongyang, 40 kilometers was the procession. and along those snow-laden streets, there were tens of thousands if not hundreds of thousands of mourners who had come out to pay their last respects. this was a lot of emotion. we did see at the front of these crowds a lot of wailing and weeping and beating of chests. although further back in the crowds, there were some more passive looking people paying their respects. so this is as it was expected. kim jong-un obviously now called the supreme leader according to state media was also front and center. zain? will anything change in north korea under kim jong-un? this is what everyone would like to know. at this point, the consensus appears to be that nothing will change in the near term. what we did see today was kim jong-un walking along
they re investigating the cause. 11 of the 28 people in the mine shaft survived. few chinese mines adapt to regulations and accidents are common in the country. in the michael jackson involuntary manslaughter trial, prosecutors focused on three of murray s girlfriends. the married doctor had conversations with three women he was dating on the day jackson died. prosecutors are trying to use the women s calls and text messages to establish a time line leading up to the singer s death. those are the headlines from cnn, the world s news leader. i m zain verjee, and world business today starts now. good morning from cnn london, i m nina del santos. i m andrew stevens. welcome. the top stories this wednesday, october the 5th. a rally on wall street keeps the u.s. out of bear market territory. shares sink in korea and japan while better than expected retail sales boost the aussie market. and european investors are in a buying mood despite a downgrade of italian debt.