monita, let's take it to afghanistan first of all.ment talks going on in the afghan parliament took a turn for the worse. >> it's been an interesting week for women in politics. earlier we were talking about the mayor in the phillippines who punched a sheriff. now two mps in the afghan parliament, women who decided to defend a vice president who said said their reputation was tarnished within the parliamentary discussion. one threw a battle of water at the other. the other started to punch another person. it became an interesting time within the afghan parliamentary meeting right now. also, they're having discussions about whether or not president karzai should be impeached. he had -- they're questioning the legality of a court that he had set up for those who were questioning -- who wanted to argue the fact that they had lost the elections back last year. so there are a lot of questions surrounding now his -- whether or not he's fit enough to be president. so there's a lot of anger within the afghan parliament. it's very embarrassing

>> all right, monita. an wanted ad in mexico looking for at tratractive fema police officers. what's this about? >> yeah, you know, you've got to hear this want ad for the mexican pacific state. it has one of the more popular tourist destinations of acapulco. women ages 18 to 26 who are at least 5'5" and whose weight is proportional to that height must have good physical and mental health, knowledge of english is a plus. according to the public secretary is saying that the idea is to have a police force comprised of only women, prerch preferably beautiful ones. >>> we know today is going to be full of beer and barbecue for most of you so today's businessmen's special is for the health nuts. we will talk super foods after this quick break. ♪ sing polly wolly doodle all the day ♪ ♪ hah >>> good morning. it's monday, the 4th of july. this is your "a.m. wake-up ca " call." i'm ali velshi. six people are missing after a charter fishing boat sank in bad weather off mexico's baja peninsula. there were at least tw

. >>> around the world now with monita rajpal live from london. good morning. the u.k.king scandal, i was listening to prime minister david cameron calling for two inquiries addressing the nation and his former director of communications to be questioned today. this scandal continues to spiral. >> absolutely, christine. there are two major developments this morning here in the british capital. one, as you mentioned, the british prime minister's former director of communications or his right-hand man at the time when he was hired is now, we understand, at -- at central london police station where he is being questioned on whether or not what he knew about this phone hacking scandal, that centers around the "news of the world" newspaper, where he was a former editor and whether or not he had any direct involve. in this scandal -- direct involvement in this scandal and itself. as you said, "the news of the world" announced yesterday it will no longer be published as of this sunday. it is a british institution, around for 168 years. the fact that it will be shut down has co

hey, monita, tell us about chile.ot a lot more snow than it should have right now. >> yes, amazing. of course, it's the southern hemisphere so it is wintertime there. right now, parts of the country are blanketed by a massive snowfall that they've had that the leader of the country's calling it a white earthquake. eight municipalities, a cot strofy has been declare -- catastrophe has been declared in eight municipalities and 600 people are isolated in one town alone. they are expecting more snowfall. the army has been called to get to people that are in areas hard to get to. it's a difficult situation, even though, again, it is winter right now. they are still expecting more snowfall. amazing pictures that we're getting out of there. >> yeah. they are. all right, you'll stay on top of that for us. good to see you. as always, monita rajpal in london. >>> in the united states, the tsa is revealing a less invasive version of the bodies scan technology. new scans will show a generic outline of a person, meant to protect y

i'm monita rajpal in london. outrage by alleged phone hacking by tabloid, "news of the world." now, david cameron has an official inquiry, that follows reports that the newspaper hacked into phones of bereaved families of soldiers in iraq. >>> the imf former manager, dominique strauss-kahn, says the maid's lawyer is demanding that the district attorney step aside, saying that prosecutors have leaked information to the media and discredited the maid. >>> of two earlier attempts, the city pyongchang won the olympic games. >>> the power of social media has opened so many doors, it's reached the white house. president barack obama, hosting a town hall meeting on twitter wednesday. taking tweets. he answered them the old-fashioned way, through the microphone. those are the headlines. i'm monita rajpal in london. "world business today" starts right now. >>> good morning cnn london, i'm charles hudson. >> i'm andrew stevens. welcome to "world business today." >> investors head to the exits. a phone hacking scandal of br

i'm monita rajpal. fresh allegations that they hacked into the crime victims and bereaved relatives of the victims of london's 2005 terrorist attacks. members of parliament want to question how much the chief executive of the newspaper owner, news international news about hacking, which has been a scandal for years. much more in the story in a few moments on "world business today." >>> a florida jury found casey anthony not guilty of killing her 2-year-old daughter. she was convicted on a misdemeanor count of lying to police. the body of her toddler casey anthony was found in woodlands in 2008. >>> a series of computer simulations will show how each of japan's facilities is able to deal with natural disasters. a top administrator says the tests need to be done as soon as possible. >>> two female mps came to blows during a debate in the afghan parliament on tuesday. the fight broke out following a discussion of rockets being fired into afghanistan from across the border in afghanistan. the pakistani gove

hopefully you can tell us what we can expect in the u.s. >> that's right, monita.end is in the opposite direction of gold. they're poised for a lower open. take a look. we've got the s&p 500 trading down the most, nearly down the most. actually it's the nasdaq composite that's down a tenth of a percent more than that. those two markets down between 0.7% and 0.8% at noemt. mow nisha. >> you're watching "world business today." we're going to find out how they want their representatives to end the deadlock in washington. with your mortgage, want to avoid foreclosure. candy? um-- well, you know, you're in luck. we're experts in this sort of thing, mortgage rigamarole, whatnot. why don't we get a contract? who wants a contract? [honks horn] [circus music plays] here you go, pete. thanks, betty. betty: we're out of toner. announcer: if you're facing foreclosure, talk to the right people. speak with hud-approved housing counselors free of charge at... >>> live from cnn hong kong and laurngs this is "world business today." welcome back. >> the second bailout to greece rema

let's go to monita rajpal. a famine in parts of somalia, drought is compounding the problem.se of how serious this problem is. >> it's an incredibly desperate situation. famine is declared when there is mass starvation. we're talking about 4 million people in somalia. that's half the country's population are at risk of starvation. a per foeblth storm of a situation where there is drought, conflict and poverty. that's why thousands of somalis are trying to flee the country to head south into kenya where there are refugee camps and some food set up by the un aid agencies. of course, the situation is becoming increasingly desperate. the un secretary general said 3.7 million people are in a crisis situation. in terms of the amount of money needed to help get the aid, buy the food and the water desperately required, $1.6 billion is needed and about $300 million is required in the next two months alone. the u.s. has given back $28 million already in immediate assistance. that is in addition to some $400 million they've already given in emergency aid over the past year. it's an cred

i'm monita rajpal. "world business today" starts right now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> good morning from cnn london, i'm nina dos santos. >> and from cnn hong kong, i'm manisha tank. these are the top stories on july 22nd. >>> now the real test is what do investors have to say about it. >>> deadlocked. debt talks may be little progress as a default deadline gets closer. >>> and the uk phone-hacking scandal takes dramatic new twist as james murdoch is accused of misleading mps. >>> before all that, a bailout and a default of sort. european leaders in brussels have reached a deal to give greece a second bailout. and as you can see, that's been pretty well received on the european stock markets. european policy makers hope the deal, which is worth almost a quarter of a trillion dollars will contain europe's debt crisis and give greece more breektding room. jim boulden explains. >> after more than seven hours of talks here in brussels, the leaders of the euro-zone, the imf and the european ce

monita? >> shameless, offensive, disgusting are some of the words being used to describe this cartoon which we are going to show you. it's basically depicting starving people in somalia with the caption, "we have had a belly full of phone hacking." this is in the "times of london" newspaper owned by rupert murdoch's news corp. it could be depicting the irony of the attention paid on the phone-hacking scandal which millions of people are starving in somalia and horn of africa. 4 million people are starving yet the headlines have been on rupert murdoch and his family over the phone-hacking scandal. again, there has been so much criticism and reaction to this cartoon which had the title priorities on it. some of the tweets that have been coming in. emma keller who is married to "the new york times" executive editor brian keller tweed anyone else wondering if this cartoon from today london times is part of the edelman strategy. he is hired by the mur docks to clean up their image, if you will, af

criminal cases monita. waters of the justice system. excuse me we report on concerns that many trials are being prejudice plus. from passion to profession to find out how young indian entrepreneurs are turning their bright ideas into cash. the owner of the new news of the world rupert murdoch is due to fly in to london to confront the crisis at his troubled british tabloid police are now investigating the deletion of millions of e-mails that were potentially valuable evidence in the phone hacking scandal the paper is accused of snooping on the phone messages of politicians celebrities and victims of crime a number of arrests were made on friday to proving that of and he calls them a former editor of the paper who has also served as the prime minister's media chief tabloids a former royal correspondent was also arrested both men were later released on bail the prime minister has announced to independent public inquiries as a result of the scandal meanwhile the news of the world staff are preparing for its final edition this sunday follow

i'm monita rajpal in london. "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. welcome to "world business today." these are our top stories on monday, the fourth of july. the invisitors welcome a change of leadership, and the prospect of renewed stability and grouktd. >> tiger airways tanks when there's talks of substandard safety. >> and harry potter fans are on a marathon stamina. before that, let's take you to the stock markets. firsthand asia, solid gains as concerns about the u.s. recovery and greece's debt fades. things are off to something of a seesaw start and living large on the horizon, we get the big monthly jobs number out of the u.s. let's get to europe. nina, how's it looking? >> well, european stock markets, an drew, seem to have been taking their cues from asia, but starting out, generally speak, of an optimistic note. the eu's approval has eased some investors' worries. we'll have mo

>>> hello, i'm monita rajpal. a sexual abuse case gathers against dominique strauss-kahn in france. a lawyer in france says he will file a complaint today, accusing strauss-kahn of sexually assaulted french writer vision bernard in 2003. the former french finance minister is at a critical time, as it faces a widespread sovereign debt crisis in europe. >>> venezuelan president, hugo chavez says he is on the road to recovery. it may be a long one. he returned to caracas unexpectedly on monday. he had been in cuba for more than a month. during that time, he had surgery to remove a cancerous tumor. >>> the case of the mother accused of killing her 2-year-old daughter, is going to the jury. the defense says, the little girl drowned in a family pool. >>> "world business today," starts right now. >>> a very good morning to you, from cnn london. this is "world business today." these are the top stories. safety bosses tell us they will decide in 48 hours whether or not to keep tiger airlines grounded. >>> it's the first day on the job for the new imf chief. "world business today," as the sco

give us the background on this, monita? >> reporter: we understand that this teenage girl in britain went missing in 2002 and later found ted. we are understanding what is emerging now the last day and today is that the phone of a journalist allegedly at "news of the world" allegedly hacked into her mobile phone and then deleted messages from her voice mail. according to these accusations and allegations, many messages were left on her voice mail on friends and relatives appealing her to contact them. they were, obviously, very distressed that she had been missing. then those messages, especially the ones left within the first couple of days she was missing, were deleted, allegedly by the journalist of news of the world," which is owned by rupert murdoch's empire and directors of the news international are meeting with british police today. they are saying they want to cooperate with any sort of investigation. of course, this has police and, of course, the family of millie dalor extremely angry and many describing the situa

i'm monita rajpal. "world business today" starts right now. >> a warm welcome to "world business today." >> these are the top stories on thursday, july 21st. nickly sarkozy and angela merkel see eye-to-eye ahead of debt crisis talks in europe. >> the same can't be said in the united states, where legislators are considering a short-term fix to the borrowing limit debacle. >>> and for all the talk of tablets, don't write off the p.c. just yet. we'll talk to intel on how it's bucking the trends in the tech sector. >>> first, leaders of the euro are racing against the clock to talk about the economies. this as an emergency summit gets under way in brussels today. there's two, pressing issues to be resolved here. one, the terms of a second bailout package for greece and also a way to keep the crisis contained to prevent it from spilling over to larger e.u. economies, such as spain and italy. there has been a hint of progress overnight. france and germany have reached an agreement on how to deal with greece.

but chances are, let's just be honest because of her past, and this is her in belgrade, hopefully monitas is not what she will be known for because she is such a talent. i'm wondering what the reaction was and what the atmosphere is like now in london. >> reporter: you know, you say that you hope she would not be remembered like that, but i think a lot of people will remember her like that and the fact of the matter is she was a promising talent and one of the local reporters in the newspapers here saying she emboded the best and the worst of the music business, her voice was compared to the blues and jazz singers of the 1940s and 1950s. and she had such promise and she was living up to that, she was living up to that promise, but everything else, though, it came into such highs of her fame also came with such lows of the way we saw her, you know, with bloodied shoes and tattoos, but just bloodied shoes and of course being drunk out in public and just, you know, completely out of it as people are saying now. >> she was a mess, let's just say it, she was a mess. what are we hearing -- we'

c cnn's monita rajpal, we are talking about monaco's prince albert. >> will this wedding actually take place? there had been word, rumors, reports that his now bride had attempted to run away almost three times. she had her passport reportedly confiscated at the nice airport and even at the monaco helipad he she was trying to leave. so many rumors that there could be yet another illegitimate child coming out of the woodwork right now. i guess all of this was the undertone of a very lavish ceremony on saturday. this was part of a two-day wedding ceremony that was taking place. friday was a civil service. on saturday, the pictures we're seeing right now are of the religious ceremony. this is, as we saw, about 3500 guests who were invited, who's who of european royalty and international celebrities. the bride looking beautiful in armani. she wore armani on both days. there are news reports that they were wondering if the tears she cried were tears of joy or sadness. however, with the headline love child rumors can't reign on parade. monaco hopes the wedding will bring a new dawn for the p

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monita has all of the details. this is a talker! >> reporter: i love this story. i was at a cooking class this past weekend. i imagine all of the pressure you can be in when you're in that hot kitchen. now, imagine if you are serving your dish to the dalai lama and that is what happened to the contestants at master chef australia. they found out that the dolalai lama would be tasting their food and judging but being a buddhist monk he doesn't judge anything or anyone. he served up slang curry. he said they tried their best and interesting but he says judging anyone goes against all of his beliefs. he said everyone was having a good time. >> did they meditate before the meal? >> i think they would have to. imagine the pressure. the dalai lama sitting out there sitting out there saying your food, not so much. he did it say his favorite food was cheese and bread so i like him already. >> the simple man. he represents exactly what he eats. >>> kim kardashian is taking on old navy. she is saying the ads have encroached on her image and now lawyers are involved. i love