charles? absolutely. right across the board, an hour and three minutes into the trading session, what is worrying these markets, we re seeing a french bond auction today, long dated sovereign debt from the french treasury. it is seen as a test of how much progress euro zone leaders have made. there is a lot of liquidity involved here. it is up to 8 billion euros france will be selling. if it sells all of that it will be $10.4 billion. this follows subdued deman for german bonds at auction on wednesday. this explains why paris, for example, still off further than the frankfurt dax, off by 0.75%. we are seeing selling across the board with these two markets across the euro zone. london and zurich off by 0.75%.
to 14 years in prison for the murder of a black teenage, stevon moore, at least two decades ago. the judge said they committed a terrible and evil crime because of racial hatred. they were convicted with new forensic evidence that was not available back then. for the first time in more than 50 years, a british foreign secretary is in myanmar. william hague is meeting with government officials bringing a message of reform and offering britain s help. he s also meeting with pro-democracy leader aung san suu kyi. her party has been re-establi re-established and will be part of elections in april. those are the top stories from cnn. world business today starts right now. good morning from cnn london. i m charles hodson. and good afternoon from cnn hong kong, i m andrew stevens. you re watching world business today. our top stories this thursday, january 5th european investors are on edge as greece sounds the alarm and france faces a big test on the bond markets. a