starting to peek out to see what the noise and the loud bangs. i heard a window break, parts of roofs have been ripping off as we ve been reporting throughout the day. there is some ominous warnings that have been given by these government officials and now we re seeing what they were expecting. saying it was necessary to evacuate yesterday, especially those low lying areas. there s a lot of noise and craziness going on behind me. to evacuate those low lying areas because they re very concerned about flooding and the flood potential here that those storms can bring. we don t know what s going on behind us. i d feel better if you took it from here. that s a good idea here and we usually have a pretty safe perch when we do these live shots just usually outside of a car parking lot that protects you from flying debris and the
so the bomb is old, but still very much alive. i understand there are quite a few more like it around. yep. they pop up every few months normally when somebody s digging a foundation for something. one popped up in a car parking lot a few years ago. it does happen. scary stuff. a group in france suing twitter. it s a jewish organization of students from all over the country. and they wanted twitter to hand over the real names of users who they say are racist. well, twitter said, nope. and now here comes the lawsuit. we re watching developments from london. this hash tag became the third most popular in france on twitter last year in october. unfortunately, some people were using the hash tag to post anti-semitic comments and jokes, even tweeting photos of the holocaust.
their crack downon opposition protesters has been going on for nearly five months. the investors know the queasy feeling again as the markets turn down after a rally that was all too brief. the numbers in asia aren t too impressive either making the european stock markets a lonely bright spot. of course, we ll bring you full coverage on world business today. that s coming up next. two attacks occurred in pakistan on thursday. a police truck passed by killing five people, including four officers. minutes later police say a teenage suicide bomber blew herself up at a police check pointd killing a passerby and woulding three others. those are the top storying. i m monita rajpal from cnn london. world business today starts right now. captions by vitac www.vitac.com a very good morning to you from cnn london. i m nina dos santos. good afternoon from cnn hong kong, i m andruw stevens, you re watching world business today. here are our top stories this thursday, au