Surrounded by his family. Dikembe mutombo was 58 7 00 am in Lebanon War israeli troops are now conducting a limited Ground Operation. The Israeli Military says its Conducting Targeted Raids in Southern Lebanon. The idf says they are targeting villages close to the border that pose a immediate threats to communities in northern israel. Israeli officials say there will be quote, no longTerm Occupation of Southern Lebanon. The israeli army released this video that it says shows preparations for the Ground Operation. The u. S. Says, israel informed him of a number of operations, including the Ground Incursion and on monday night, a White House national Security Council Spokesperson told cnn that they support israels right to defend itself while warning that Mission Creep is a real risk. And cnns Paula Hancocks is live in Abu Dhabi. She joins us now. So paula, what is the latest on israels limited third Ground Operation into Southern Lebanon rosemary, we have a team along the border norther
this is one other nightmare, complicating an already turbulent region. nick peyton walsh, cnn beirut. chris from the u.n. relief spoke to cnn about the dry sis in syria. take a listen. the levels of humanity that we have seen have now descended to further levels of inhumanity. people are carrying in their battered homes. we have reports of fighting in the streets. we have reports of aerial bombardment. this has to stop. the syrian crisis from the ground are appealing to the humanitarian, international community to listen to us. the political actors have got to take meaningful action. it was always a place where human rights meant very little. we are seeing it descend
committed crimes against humanity. pope benedict xvi is visiting madrid, spain. the city expects a million or so people to attend. not everyone is happy to see the pontiff, however. some spaniards are protests over the cost to put on the event. 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 dos santos. good afternoon from cnn hong kong. i m andrew streechbs. you re watching world business today. the top stories this friday, august 19th. many people are happy it is indeed a friday because the market sell-off continues to roll around the world as fear takes hold of global investors. bank of america announces plans to cut thousands of jobs. and the story of a small business that s thriving despite the tough economic environment. now, the stock market sell-off has made its way right around the world as andrew is saying, driven in particular by fierce of recessio
cnn beirut. we ll look closer at the di dior deteriorating situation in libya in a few minutes. we ll talk to fran townsend in just a few minutes. top of the hour, i m suzanne malveaux, let s get you up to speed, president obama made copies of his original birth certificate today making that public. it shows barack hussein obama ii was born in hawaii. i know there s going to be a segment of people for which no matter what we put out, this issue will not be put to rest. but i m speaking to the vast