monita? >> not only is this a violent situation but it's becoming a dire humanitarian crisis that we are seeing not only within the country of syria but also on the border with turkey. describe for us the conditions of these camps that you're seeing. >> well, right here, the conditions are quite good. i mean, these people are living in tents. some of them have been here since late april when the first wave of several people came across the border. what's interesting is the way the turkish authorities are dealing with it. they are providing food. they're providing medical care. they've been medevacing wounded civilians, at least three across the border to local hospitals. but they are also embarrassed by this situation. the syrian president has long been a close ally of the turkish prime minister. news that his forces may have been involved in the deaths of more than 1,000 syrian civilians over the last 2 1/2 months, that's not good news for a turkish prime minister who is campaigning for parl

i'm monita rajpal. you're watching "world one," live from london. it is 5:00 a.m. in new york, 2:00 p.m. in islamabad. also ahead, is nato trying to kill moammar gadhafi? after one senior source tells cnn it could legally go for him, the official line remains we don't target individuals. >>> and anger in pakistan as video emerges of a u.n. -- of an unarmed man being shot by paramilitary troops. >>> but first they fled because they saw a government crackdown coming. thousands of syrians have poured across the border into turkey and now, it seems, their fears are being confirmed. syrian state tv reported just a few hours ago a military operation to, as they describe it, restore security to the town of jisr al shugur has begun. the government said armed groups killed 120 of its officers there. an exodus took place as military units advanced towards the town. at least 2,500 refugees have crossed the border into turkey so far. syria's tight media laws prevent foreign journalists from reporting in the country

i e e-mail monita rajpal. you're watching "world one" live from london. >>> women get behind the wheel to protest a ban on driving. >> washington says it is making contact with opponent's president. he wants to support the forces calling for change. >>> and we were told not to film security forces and later asked to leave. come with us to the chinese town where rioters confront police just a few days ago. >>> we begin with a defining moment for greece. the debt-plagued country is making new moves to try to avoid a financial meltdown. greek prime minister george papandreou is replacing his finance chief and forming a new government. the new cabinet is to be sworn in at this hour. the reshuffle is an attempt. they need more money, billions of dollars. the country won't get its next round of international bailout money unless its embattled leader can push deeper spending cuts through parliament and the deadlines are looming. if they can't get their act together soon, they will start defaulting and that makes a lo

arwa. >> reporter: hi, monita. what we are able to gather is that syrian military is, in fact, in full control of citizens of jisr al shugur. they're trying to get a view of what's happening inside the town, they say to try to get the truth out, because they believe that the syrian state television is simply inundateding its viewers with government propaganda. they tell us sis last night there have been no sounds of explosions but they will say in a nearby village military were combing through homes, searching house to house. we do not have any reports of new casualties that have taken attention today, but those we haven't been able to get access to have been telling hair eeing authorities. one woman was talking about how she was in a funeral when security forces indiscriminately opened fire on them. others say once they heard sounds when the military first began its main offensive, they came fleeing to turkey, fearing for their lives, taking only the clothes on their back. we're in front of this refugee camp that

monita? >> there are those who would say if mr. saleh does not return there could be this power vacuum in the country. he was probably the least bad option for yep men at this point, especially when you look at how other countries had looked to him, as i was saying, the least bad option in the country. >> well, that's true, monita. you have people saying if he doesn't come back, there will be a power vacuum. you have others who say there's already a power vacuum there. i've spoken to a lot of officials in the past two days who says there is no functioning government there. what's stoking even more fears is what's going to happen with al qaeda there. for months people have been worried, especially u.s. officials, that if saleh leaves, no matter if there's a demand on him, if he leaves, will al qaeda which has a hub in yemen, they eve been able to try to launch very sophisticated attacks from within yemen against other western countries. there were reports of more clashes between islamic militants and security forces in the city of s

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monita? >> thank you. >>> opposition fighters in yemen have gained control of an important city in the president's absence. a city at the heart of anti-government protests. taiz. government forces are regrouping and are believed to be trying to re-enter the president. yemen's wounded president, ali abdullah saleh, is out of the country getting medical treatment in saudi arabia, he was injured in friday in an attack on his residence. >>> in the unrest in parts of the middle east and north affria is putting a strain on oil prices. opec is meeting in vienna to decide whether to pump more oil into the market. the speculation is that opec states disagree on the key question, saudi arabia is thought to be pushing for higher output despite resistance from iraq and iran. the price of u.s. light sweet crude right now stands at $98. 31 a barrel, down a little from monday's close, but $14 higher than it was before the events of the arab spring. well in countries that import a lot of oil, naturally peopl

monita?is the government dealing with this? how are they helping the villagers? >> reporter: one way in which the government is helping the villagers, they've evacuated over half of the people here. they also sponsored the boat service. on camera a lot of the people who we spoke to said they were thankful for the government and were feeling upbeat. off camera it was a completely different story. people were much more pessimistic and they were feeling that the government really hadn't done enough to offer up compensation and also to try to drain the waters. a lot of people here think the waters probably won't subside for another week. >> eunice i'm curious, how did you and your crew get to this part of the country dealing with the worst floods on record. >> reporter: well, we were concerned in the fwing the roads could be cut off, however, when we were getting here the highway was open. we did see some damage, some flooded fields i should say as well as some submerged underpasses. however, for

i'm monita rajpal.s, ratko mladic, the former commander of the bosnian serb army told the tribunal the charges against him are obnoxious. mladic is making his first appearance before the tribunal on charges of genocide, murder, and other atrocities in 1992 and 1995. after the charges were read out to him in court, mladic said i have not heard these monstrous words before. a deadly strain of e. coli is spreading beyond europe. three cases have been report in the united states. all three people went with the infection have been to germany, the center of the current outbreak. 17 people have died. infectious disease experts around the world are rushing to find the source of the outbreak, while medical experts say this strain is virulent and feared. security stole information from the sony pictures website. the group claims it wants to expose what it called the insecurity of sony's data. that comes after the company was forced to close the gaming networks for weeks following two hacker attacks. appearing bat

monita?emen now, a country in the throes of sectarian fighting and chaos. its president of 33 years was wounded 12 days ago by tribesmen. the since then saleh has been recovering at a hospital in saudi arabia. yemen's official news agency says mr. saleh is improving. he refuses to step down as president. the upheaval in the country of yemen is taking a heavy toll on the citizens, fuel, power outages and food shortages are part of daily life there. we're joined now by mohammed keeping tabs on what's going on in yemen. let's start with the new video that is coming in to cnn. describe what we're about to see. >> reporter: well, monita, we're seeing more and are more videos showing massive demonstrations in cities, two of the epicenters in yemen. hundreds of thousands of people that have been gathering and marching through the streets, both men and women, demanding not only the creation of an interim transitional and presidential council to really handle the power transfer so needed in yemen righ

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i'm monita rajpal in london. "world business today" starts right now. >>> good morning from cnn london, i'm nina dos santos and this is "world business today." here are the top stories on thursday, june 9th. investors in europe try to hold their nerve as the continuing sell-off on wall street now spills into asia. >>> charming offensive in china. christine lagarde tries to bolster support in beijing. >>> and tokyo opera re-opens. a symbol of japan's determined earthquake recovery. all that and plenty more to come on today's show. >>> but first, six days, six losses. it doesn't take a sixth sense to predict that the u.s. and european markets aren't out of the woods yet. oil has inflamed the situation one again. opec's decision not to increase output has pushed prices higher amid fears that supply can't meet growing demand. >>> we've seen optimistic open innings europe a few times this week but so far they haven't been sustained towards the close of trading. today markets are anticipating increased -- excuse me, in

that's mitt romney for the hour >>> i'm monita rajpal at cnn london. bean, radish and sprouts are being blamed for the e. coli outbreak in europe. they've traced the sprouts to a farm in germany. the out break has killed 22 people so far. >>> former imf chief dominique strauss-kahn is hours away from his next court appearance. he is expected to plead not guilty to charges of attempted rape of a new york hotel maid on may 1 th. strauss-kahn is out on $6 million bail but confined to a new york townhouse. >>> opposition social democrats have ousted the socialists in portugal's government. they will now attempt to form a coalition government. one of the tasks is head is meeting eu requirements to receive bailout funds for portugal's embattled economy. >>> the left-leaning candidate is claiming victory in peru's presidential edesk. the latest polls show him with a narrow lead over his rival fujimori. >>> those are the headlines. i'm monita rajpal, "world business today." >>> good morning from cnn london, a warm welcome to "world business today." i'm charles

i'm monita rajpal in london. "world business today" starts right now. >>> good morning from cnn london and a very happy friday to you, i'm nina dos santos, this is "world business today" and these are the top stories on june 10th. >>> toyota veers towards a slum in profits as post-quake production suffers and the strong yen squeezes exports. >>> it's deadline day for the imf hopefuls. >>> and we're putting the spotlight on cybercrime after a massive data breach forces citigroup to replace 100,000 credit cards. >>> after six days of sinking, the u.s. and european equity markets were more buoyant on thursday thanks to american exports hitting record highs. while thursday delivered lucky number 7, let's see whether investors have that friday feeling today. so far in europe, the answer appears to be no. we're seeing red across the board in about an hour of trading. but do remember some of these indices did manage to notch up their first day of guerins in about six days jut yesterday.the heaviest losses coming from th

monita tracking this. >> the uk and france are calling on the u.n. security council to vote for a resolution condemning violent crackdowns going as far as to see it is inconceivable to think that the u.n. would do nothing. today's zaman says, syria at the core of the great struggle. there is also an opinion piece in the wall street journal, europe division. >> a couple samples of what newspapers around the world are saying on syria. >> monita, thanks so much. >>> we have told you for more than a year about big problems at the department of veteran affairs. now, we are learning about nearly 300 more problems. veterans sexually assaulted at the v.a. >>> a letter written by adolph hitler made public. walt until you hear what it says. that story next. adolf hitler adolf hitler. [ female announcer ] splenda® no calorie sweetener is sweet... and more. if you replace 3 tablespoons of sugar a day with splenda® you'll save 100 calories a day. that could help you lose up to 10 pounds in a year. that's how splenda® is sweet...and more. the count on chevy event