audience, the g8 leaders. the search for the missing becomes more desperate by the day in the u.s. towns slammed by a massive tornado. and meet the opposition, but who s arming the anti-gadhafi fighters in libya? we ll bring you a live report from tripoli. we want to begin in yemen now where the violence there is dramatically escalating, as the president is dismissing all appeals for him to step down. explosions have ripped through the small, sanaa since late last night. take a look at this video. eyewitnesses said clashes are start to spread. violence has taken a turn for the worst since sunday when mr. saleh again walked out of a deal to give up power and washington is really worried. they said there is a threat for civil unrest and terrorism. they are ordering all nonessential diplomats and their families out of the country. president barack obama said yemens leader should honor an earlier promise to leave office. president saleh has tens of thousand frz suppos of supp
in syria. these rikts are set to show demonstrations in dara last friday. although cnn cannot verify when the video was shot. an estimated 1,500 people are unaccounted for in joplin,h. nearly 100 volunteers are working to reunite family and determine who s really missing. the volcanic eruption in iceland that s disrupted air traffic in europe is finally ending. the ash cloud thrown up from the volcano is drifting east and dissipating and most of the airports closed are re-opening. those are the headlines. i m zain vergee, world business today starts now. good morning, from cnn london and welcome to world business today. i m nina dos santos. and good afternoon from cnn hong kong, rhyme andrew stephens. the top stories this thursday, may 2 th. sony s bad run continues. it s now forecasting a profitable year ahead. even that outlook fails to impress. dominique strauss-kahn is now under house arrest at this luxury new york townhouse. i m a leader by temper and att
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
hit. the president of yemen s refused to sign a deal with opposition leaders to step down. the agreement had been brokered by make states. the ministers failed to convince fail the president. barack obama arrives in ireland today at the start of his visit to europe. as part of his trip he s going to visit the home of his great great great grandfather. i m zain vergee in london. world business today starts now. good afternoon from cnn hong kong, i m andrew stevens. and a very good morning to you from cnn london, i m nina dos santos and this is world business today. from sink ronrow nized swim, the imf hangs out the hiring sign. and a world business today today exclusive, the mwe have t internal e-mail. another huge plume of volcanic ash shuts down iceland s air space is spreading towards the united kingdom. before all that we have a sell-off going on in the markets. asian shares down heavily. we ll have those numbers in just a moment s time. let s begin with
Discovered and defused a bomb near dublin, found on a bus near the irish capital hours before britain s queen elizabeth is due to arrive. it s a landmark trip, the first by a british monarch since ireland gained independence. the head of the international monetary fund is being held in one of new york s most notorious jails. a judge refused dominique strauss-kahn bail over concerns he may try to leave the united states. the 62-year-old is being held in rikers island jail complex. strauss-kahn was arrested on saturday and charged with trying to sexually assault a maid in a manhattan hotel. he denies the charges. the libyan government says nato air strikes have left two build innings flames in the capital tripoli. an official says one of the buildings was the police headquarters while the other housed the government s anti-corruption body. there have been no reports of casualties. you re watching world one, live from london. i m zain vergee. i m monita rajpal. the news continue