the men who heads the counterterrorism efforts here and who planned this raid gave an interview to la figaro, which is the daily newspaper here. here s what he said, that they knew that they were in that apartment and they wanted to launch a surprise attack, so they planned to detonate the door of the apartment. but apparently it was reinforced. it didn t do the complete job. they had to know that there was a possibility that their safe house would be found because they were able to move a heavy shield that was on wheels in front of the door. in the meantime, there were six snipers who had a view into that apartment from nearby buildings in saint-denis. one of them, one of those snipers, took aim at abaaoud and was able to hit him, but apparently it didn t kill him. that started off an exchange of gunfire that lasted, according to the man who planned it, between half an hour and three-quarters of an hour. those gunshots that kept raining
the former libyan leader was buried at a secret location in the desert. a handful of supporters paid their respects. in tunisia, a moderate party has won the country s first free election. the country s once banned party has begun coalition talks, but the results have some worried that the rise of a religious party might endanger civil rights especially for women. and now officials say they ll reach out to secular political parties to form a broad-based moderate coalition. the thai government is in crisis mode as floodwaters push further into bangkok. they shut down the city s second airport on tuesday. waters ep croced onto runways making takeoffs and landings impossible. the airport s been doubling as a shelter and headquarters for flood relief operations. those are the headlines from cnn, the world s news leader. i m zain verjee, and world business today starts now. it s the day investors have been waiting for. they meet in brussels to hash out a complex plan to hash