the palestinian group, islamic jihad, say it fired over a hundred rockets at israel. these images show the rockets being intercepted by israel s iron dome air defence system. it comes in the hours after an israeli gay air strike in the gaza strip. the palestinian health ministry said at least ten people were killed in that strike including a five year old child. this footage was released by the israeli army, it says it shows the moment the strike is gaza. israel s pro minister spoke about the air strike in at television address earlier in which a promise to do whatever it takes to defend is ready people. we a promise to do whatever it takes to defend is ready people. defend is ready people. we carried out a precise defend is ready people. we carried out a precise counterterrorism - out a precise counterterrorism operation against an immediate threat. our threat is not with the people of gaza, islamichhad is an iranians proxy which wants to destroy the state of israel and k
Its down again this morning. And in a global world, how important are National Standards . Well be talking with the British Standards Institution about keeping up with artificial intelligence, robots and deep machine learning. And a superstitious passenger has delayed a flight in shanghai after throwing coins at the engine for good luck today we want to know have your good luck charms ever backfired 7 let us know. Just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. Hello and welcome to Business Live. Now, another huge cyber attack is affecting businesses across the world. Those affected include banks, retailers, energy firms and transport networks. It means Many Companies cant access their Computer Systems and for some that means its impossible to get any work done. The virus was first detected in ukraine on tuesday but has quickly spread across the planet. According to russia based Kaspersky Labs more than 2,000 users have been attacked so far, but that number seems to be growing every hour. When users
we also have ron brownstein and will cain, nephew of herman cain. brother from another mother. roland martin here shaking his head. oh, my goodness. way too much soul in here. haven t seen him since the family reunion. right. we have a lot to talk about this morning. we have former new hampshire governor john sununu is going to join us, the chairman is going to be here as well. former we re going to talk to you about this big announcen t about who you are endorsing which honestly confused the heck out of me. virginia governor bob mcdonald is going to be with us as well. south carolina congressman jim clyburn is going to join us. we re going to talk to those reporters who broke the news on the maryanne geingricgingrich. kind of hard talking. nothing going on. nothing at all. light morning. first, though, let s get to some of the other stories a are pappi i happening. we re going to shatart in afghanistan. the taliban claiming responsibility for shooting dow
newsletters written in his name from the past. questions coming up again as he rises in the polls on this american morning. good morning. good to see you. you too. thursday, december 22nd. i m ali velshi with christine romans. it could all be unraveling this morning. a wave of coordinating and deadly blasts rocking baghdad. four car bombs and nine roadside bombs went off within two hours of each other, killing at least 63 people and wounding close to 200. this a few days after the last u.s. troops left iraq. it s the worst violence to hit that country siz a political crisis erupted between iraq s sunni and shiite factions. ar wadamon is live. what s the latest on the ground there, ar wa? reporter: christine, this is iraqi s worst nightmare coming true. some blasts were so powerful, they shook our building and we re not that close to any of the specific locations. these explosions, happening exactly at rush hour, between 7:00 and 9:00 a.m. one taking place close to
one area includes the capital, mogadishu where an estimated 100,000 people have come looking for aid. the u.n. says nearly half the country is suffering from malnutrition. egypt s ailing former president will next appear in court august 15th as his trial opened. hosni mubarak denied charges of corruption and playing role in the death of more than 800 anti-government demonstrators. the trial of his rmer interior minister is scheduled to get under way at this hour. in eastern australia, a teenage girl is safe but police don t know who strapped a fake bomb around her neck. police say 18-year-old madeline pulver went ten hours after a masked intruder came into her home in sydney. those are the headlines from cnn, the world news leader, i m monita rajpal. world business today starts right now. good morning from cnn london, i m nina dos santos. and a very good afternoon from cnn hong kong. i m andrew stevens. you re watching world business today. the top stories this