new york city. the former head of the international monetary fund is due to be released today under a bail agreement that was granted on thursday. strauss-kahn has been charged on several criminal counts relating to tay legend sexual assault of a hotel employee last weekend. he denies the allegations. the president and vice president of the tokyo electric power company have stood down. their resignations follow a reported lot of $15.4 billion after the nuclear crisis that followed japan s tsunami and earthquake. tepco also announced that it will d commission four reactors at the plant, and it has abandoned plans to build two more reactors at the fukushima site. you re watching world one in london. i m monita rajpal. thanks for joining us. just before we go, we want to give you a look at these pictures. they re out of this world. two of the astronauts have just gone out for a spacewalk. the news continues here on cnn.
from being free. deadly attack in pakistan, the americans are in the firing ryan less than a month after their forces killed osama bin laden. and leave new friends behind. the queen s historic visit to ireland is almost over. we begin this hour in washington where israel s prime minister will meet the u.s. president today for what s expected to be a tense round of talks. benjamin netanyahu arrives less than 24 hours after barack obama deliver add big speech on relations in the middle east. he got a frosty reception in israel. it s an idea the u.s. has supported unofficially for years, but no president has ever before stated it. the borders of israel and palestine should be based on the 1967 lines with mutually agreed swaps so secure and recognized borders are established for both states. reporter: in return obama called on them to retain its security and recognize it as a jewish state. the 1967 borders were in place before the six-day war in which israel captured th