promise written responses. there were a lot of complaints, i talked to lavrov s press secretary and she s yet to hear proposals. well, this is sanctions that were levied yesterday against four ukrainians and two of them current parliament members accused by the u.s. attorney and state department trying to overthrow the government. lavrov just now said in drchs conference complaining of the rhetoric in the west. so his division is that ukraine is getting too many weapons from the west, nato and now from the eu trying to compete with others in nato to provide more weapons and trainers and they want to put a stop to that. they see a threat, i am not going to comment on the reality
and pakistan. clinton just left libya. the visit there was the first by a cabinet-level official since the overthrow of moammar gadhafi. there are reports that turkish forces killed 15 militants in iraq. they were in pursuit of kurdish rebels. the fighters have waged a campaign for a separate state for several decades. france s president and first lady welcomed a baby girl wednesday night. a close family friend says she is doing well after giving birth to the first baby born to a sitting french president. nicolas sarkozy visited his wife and new daughter in a paris hospital a few hours after the girl was born. those are the headlines. i m zain vergee and world business today starts now. good morning, from cnn london, i m nina dos santos. and a very good afternoon from cnn hong kong, i m andrew stevens. welcome to world business today. the top stories this thursday, october 20th, you re looking at live pictures of crowds gathering in athens, constitution square