zain verjee has all of the details. had no idea, zain, she is at her ripe beautiful age of oef something. she looks pretty darn amazing! >> reporter: she does. heldin mirren at 66 years old, check out this list. even pippa middleton was left in the dust next to helen mirren. of course, the big question for everyone is how does she do it? how did she get body of the year? she says good posture and she says buy four-inch platform heels and it looks like you have longer legs than anyone would think. she also says suck your tummy in. just suck it in. exercise 15 minutes a day. she says she cuts her own hair! and she says she sleeps a lot too. sleep is absolutely key. she says when she is on a set, when she's on a shoot, everyone may be at the bar and going to hang out at a restaurant. she goes to sleep. also, kyra, she says the secret to amazing good looks is makeup. >> well, if you go to that checklist, we definitely have some of those things nailed. others, not so much. but we are sucking in that tummy and sitting up strai

. >>> let's go around the world with zain verjee. she is in london. zain, interesting new developments in the israeli/palestinian conflict. israeli's benjamin netanyahu is changing things to revise peace talks. tell us what's going on. >> this is a dramatic policy shift. he's basically saying let's discuss it to the palestinians, using the 1967 cease-fire line. he's also telling the palestinians, look, you've got to recognize the state of israel and that it is a jewish state and that do not go to the united nations later this year and unilaterally declare the palestinian state. the palestinians are saying what proposal? we haven't got a proposal. they want details and information. remember, too, the u.s. president barack obama had previously proposed having talks about a palestinian state with pre-1967 borders. so this is a significant development. the prime minister is changing course, but let's get the details first here, ali. >> all right. also, workerses are finding high levels of radiation around japan's fukushima daiichi plant. what's the news th

i'm zain verjee.world business today" starts now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> good morning from cnn london. i'm charles hodson. >> and good afternoon from cnn hong kong. i'm andrew stevens. welcome to "world business today." today is tuesday, august 2nd. >>> the u.s. is closer to settling the debt deal. can they handle the cuts. >>> how are the world's largest car mareks being hit. >> and eric schmidt was google's ceo from 2001 to 2011. >>> at long last washington's debt drama should end just hours from now. political observers predict the senate will vote to approve the final plan and that will allow president obama to sign it into law before tonight's debt limit deadline, thus averting a u.s. default. the house of representatives approved the 11th hour compromise by a wide margin on friday. 261 for, 161 against. consistent for both republicans and democrats. charles, this time yesterday we talked about the market having a positive reaction. it didn't seem to last long, though, did it?

zain verjee in london. >>> do you guys remember this video?s "video killed the radio star" by the buggles. the video launched mtv this day in history back in 1981. wow. wow. i'm feeling old. 43 -- 1981. 43 minutes after the hour. ♪ naturals from delicious, real ingredients with no artificial flavors or preservatives. naturals from purina cat chow. share a better life. any questions? no. you know... ♪ we're not magicians ♪ we can't read your mind ♪ ♪ read your mind 43 minutes after the hour. on ♪ each and every kind ♪ every kind ♪ will this react with my other medicine? ♪ ♪ hey, what are all these tests even for? ♪ ♪ questions are the answer ♪ yeah ♪ oh >>> 47 mints after the hour. good morning, monday, august 1. this is your "a.m. wake-up call," i'm ali velshi joining you live from new york. >>> let me get you up to speed on the meat this breakthrough debt ceiling deal that might bring the drama to a close and let us get on with our lives. it includes about $1 trillion in spending cuts over ten years to start and raises the debt ceiling by the

zain verjee joins us now from london. what are we learning, zain?is kind of radiation level, ali, we are learning could kill human beings in weeks. it's the highest they've discovered since the earthquake and tsunami about five months ago. just take a look at the pictures here, because they have detected these radiation levels between reactor one and reactor two. it's kind of right at the bottom of the ventilation tower, right there. you can see the things there that represent the level of radiation. japan has been trying to stabilize this particular fukushima daiichi reactor. it's now raising questions about the safety of workers, will there be risks? what experts are saying is that this has only been detected in a small area and it's not a widespread radiation issue at the whole compound. they're going to continue working. ali? >> the other thing is, hugo chavez showed up and without his normal head of hair, he was sporting a hair do more like mine? >> i was just going to say that. >> yeah. >> he was. take a look at this picture. hugo chavez is ca

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>> zain verjee out of london.he definitely wasn't a conformist, that is for sure. >>> let's head to business now. carter evans is at the new york stock exchange where we watched the dow surge more than 300 points yesterday. carter a nice little rally. >> reporter: yeah. nice rally. it was looking like we would give some of that back today. dow futures down a hundred points and not pretty much flat lined. a report on durable orders jumped 4% in july. these are planes, cars, trucks, things that last a long time and jumped 4% in july and a whole lot better than expected and it's mostly due to aircraft orders. still a good sign for manufacturers in general if we do turn positive today, it would add to yesterday's 322-point gain. it's not really a bad rally lately. the dow is up six of the past nine sessions and nearly every dow 30 stock rose yesterday. >> so with the gains that we have seen over the past few days have stocks made up for the big losses of earlier this month or is there still more to go? >> reporter: yo

. >>> i'm zain verjee at cnn in london. top stories right now, the finance mince is expected to become prime minister on tuesday. nodea elected the party leader today. noda is to be japan's sixth krm in five years. >>> convicted lockerbie lopper al megrahi is in a coma and apparently near death. krn can cnn found him at an expensive village. freed from a scottish prison in 2009 after doctors treated him for cancer said he was dying. >>> libyan rebels are advancing and have 14,000 fighters set to liberate moammar gadhafi's hometown of sirte and have given loyalists there a monday deadline to disarm and surrender peaceful lp. the rebels gained control of the city. and 28 people killed when a suicide bomb went off at a sunni mosque in baghdad. a member of parliament was pun of the victims. other attacks elsewhere. >>> those are the top stories from cnn, the world's news leader. i'm zain verjee and "world news today" starts right now. >>> good morning from cnn london. i'm charles hodson. >> and good afternoon from cnn hong kong

. >>> first, let's get our headlines from zain verjee in london. good morning, zain. >> good morning to you, kyra. the daily telegraph, this is what it says. while gadhafi is free, libya cannot move on. it goes on to say this, the ntc, the national transitional council, faces the daunting task of disarming a country awash with guns and of integrating those militia members who want to continue bearing arms into a national army. and this is from the sydney herald. libya after gadhafi. the various groups comprising the rebels were unified mainly in their common desire to get rid of gadhafi. making the transition to representative government will be harder. this is a real gadhafi stronghold, where many of his loyalists are, about 100,000 people approximately live in this city. gadhafi himself could be there. no one knows for sure where he is. there are negotiations to get his loyalists to is your ender. rebelists can pretty easily overrun this city. kyra? >> zain verjee, thanks. >>> we'll hear from survivors of the hurricane. and rivers still rising in

. >>> i'm zain verjee at c nn in london. libya's rebels have come out with an estimate of the human cost of the war against gadhafi. the national transitional council claims 50,000 people have been killed since the uprising began in february. so far cnn is unable to confirm that figure. rebels are giving gadhafi loyalists until saturday to surrender the town of sirte and others they control. sirte is colonel gadhafi's hometown and one of the places he may be hiding. the ntc says it's trying to avoid bloodshed but threatens an all-out attack if the loyalists fail to disarm. >>> syrian opposition forces say security forces cracked down on anti-government groups around the country. six people reportedly were killed in the city of dara. those are the top stories from cnn the world's news leader. i'm zain verjee and "world business today" starts right now. >>> good morning from cnn london. i'm nina dos santos. >>> good afternoon from cnn hong kong. i'm andrew stevens. you're watching "world business today." the libyan rebels oil

>>> i'm zain verjee at cnn in london. in the coastal syrian city of latakia, the death toll is rising as government troops intensify their crackdown on protesters. one witness says at least five people were killed on tuesday alone. rebel forces are celebrating new battlefield advances in western libya. their leaders say the six-month civil war entered a decisive phase and could end within weeks. rebels still claim control of the strategic down of el zawiyah. protests broke out across india tuesday after a veteran anti-corruption crusaders was jailed for not getting permission to hold a hunger strike. he and seven supporters were released just a few hours later. they are refusing to leave the jail until they get permission to hold their fast. i'm zain verjee and "world business today" starts now. >>> good morning from cnn paris, i'm nina dos santos. >>> welcome to "world business today." the top stories this wednesday, august 17th. >> leaders of the eurozone's two top economies meet and investors are not impressed by the o

>>> i'm zain verjee at cnn in london. indian anti graft activist anna hazare left jail a couple hours ago. he's telling followers he'll fast for weeks if that's what it takes. the 74-year-old activist had been voluntarily staying in jail. now he's about to begin his public protest. >>> heavy gunfire tore through afghanistan's capital. an attack was taken out by at least two suicide bombers. at least eight killed, ten others injured. >>> in syria president assad is under pressure to step down. thursday president barack obama and other world leaders said he must go. the united nations has issued a damning report saying syria has committed crimes against humanity. >>> pope benedict xvi is visiting madrid, spain. the city expects a million or so people to attend. not everyone is happy to see the pontiff, however. some spaniards are protests over the cost to put on the event. those are the headlines from cnn, the world's news leader. i'm zain verjee and "world business today" starts now. >>> good morning from cnn london. i'm n

zain verjee is here with us live. are reports that the whole scandal was get him out as the head of the international monetary fund. what is their take on this? >> reporter: let's see let's start with "wall street journal" europe -- in france more troubles. more troubles could await dominique strauss-kahn if he opts to return home. french prosecutors still were looking into accusations that he assaulted another woman, and his socialist friends have launched their presidential election campaign without him. >>> dsk walks, but nicolas sarkozy will run. his reputation is in at that timers. his accuser's, too. so who benefits? only one person stands to gain, nicolas sarkozy. he was planning, everyone thought for elect to be president of the france, and he was engulfed with this scandal, and that's not going to happen. >>> we'll follow it from here in the u.s. as well. >>> we're also following the latest developments out of tripoli. is moammar gadhafi in control? how much ground are the rebel gains? straight from the "cnn

zain verjee has been monitor in that. we were losing a lot of street kred overseas when a lot of this bickers was going on, still going on. >> major street cred, kyra. let's take a look at the headlines immediately. this is "the independent." it says any reduction in america's credit rating will affect every person on the planet. it goes on to say u.s. government debt has become so substantial that there is now the small risk it will one day become unsustainable. a debt of these proportions threatens to overwhelm the economy's ability to service the debt. it's also overwhelming america's political system. check out the international herald tribune. a tilt to the right leaves obama with a party rift. if says, however the debt limit showdown ends, one thing is clear. under pressure from congressional republicans, president barack obama has moved rightward on budget policy, deepening a rift within his party, heading into the next election. and the general view from the world, too, kyra, is that, yeah, the u.s. has avoided a

his troops still have the ability to command and control systemic attacks, so let's go live to zain verjeen, nato is saying it won't commit any ground troops, but rebels, do they need them or not? >> well, what nato has said a short while ago in the press conference, they absolutely will not do this. there's a divided school of thought as to whether there should be ground troops or not. they figure if they can militarily deal with it just by using aerial force, that is way better than committing to troops on the ground financially as well as politically, and if the rebels can get their act together and make a transition happen quickly, they don't need to have the troops on the ground, and we know through special reports there are forces from the uk and france that are helping the rebels on the ground. so there are foreign boots on the ground and just not nato. the other thing that nato said, kyra, in a press conference a short time ago, too, is that the operational focus is on sirte, but because it is a coastal area, it is difficult, because there are a lot of small and large village, and

zain verjee in london. >>> let ee start with a story that needs to be on your radar because it's a play on the weather radar. tropical storm emily could hit puerto rico today. it could approach south florida by friday. we're going to talk more about it with rob marciano on the other side of this break. >>> the senate votes on the debt bill just in the nick of time. all that dikterring and delays has come with a hefty price. check it out. $1.7 billion is how much extra money they had to pain vesters in interest to sell treasury are bonds to finance its operation and if the me had been workses out even two weeks ago that money could have been saved. there could be prices from politicians too. he's some wisdom from cnn's gloria borger,part of a panel on anderson 360. >> i was talking to a senior white house official today who said, look, forecast you look at this down the road, we have other land mamarkses that are cp in november and again in december. he said, look, this could frame the debate for the white house for 2012. if the republicans are only for cuts and entitlements and not for

>>> i'm zain verjee at cnn london. here are the headlines that hour. u.s. and congressional leaders have struck a bipartisan debt 'agreement. it races the debt ceiling immediately and cuts spending by $1 trillion over ten years. more reductions are set for later this year. the compromise heads to the senate and the house of representatives for consideration but its not guaranteed to pass. more on this story in a moment on "world business today." >>> human rights groups are warning that they were struck on monday. troops were sent to hama on sunday to report on terrorist groups. by day's end activists say at least 71 civilians have been killed in hama, the site of huge anti-government protests. >>> on monday is the beginning of ramadan. it's usually the time of good will and muslims fast to show devotion but it's usually high attendance at mosques and many of the anti-government protests have begun after prayers. >>> the former prime minister mubarak's trial has been moved to wednesday. the once untouchable mubarak could face the death penalty for his allege

. >>> i'm zain verjee at cnn in london. here are the top stories right now. in libya the rebels are fighting to maintain control. pro-gadhafi forces are to the east of it. they say government troops are entrenched in nearby villages endangering the lives of civilians who could be caught in the crossphile. jurlists, three being held after five days at the tripoli hotel. cnn's chaunce was one of them. steve jobs will step down. jobs is on his third medical leave of absence. he didn't mention his health problems directly but he said the time has come to resign. >>> portions of the u.s. east coast are likely to be under a hurricane watch in just a few hours. hurricane irene is tearing through the bahamas right now with sustained winds at 160 miles an hour. it could hit the populated, northeast this weekend. those are the top stories. i'm zain veer gee. "world business today" starts now. >> an ipod, a phone. are you getting it? >>> the innovator steve jobs steps down as ceo of apple. we'll look at the company's future under new leadership. hello. i'm andrew steven

. >>> hi, i'm zain verjee at cnn in london. the trial of the former egyptian president, hosni mubarak is getting under way in cairo. the 83-year-old mubarak is attending the proceeding while locked inside a courtroom cage. the former president is accused of ordering the killing of hundreds of anti-government protesters during mass demonstrations earlier this year. you're looking at live pictures of hosni mubarak right now. this is an incredible moment. the idea of a hosni mubarak trial, this really marks a new moment in arab history, seeing him there standing trial for murder and corruption charges and being held in a cage. mohammed jom joon joins us right now. what will be the reaction in eye row. >> reporter: shock and utter disbelief for the people we're speaking with. they just can't believe that former president mubarak is actually in that krool, he's there with his two sons. we've seen the leader on state tv. he came in on a stretcher with an id, apparently with an oxygen mask on as well. we can't understand how historic

zain verjee is covering this for us out of london. >> we have video of the suspect now, kyra. he was arraigned in a court in kentucky. his name is paul douglas peters. these are the first pictures of him. what he did was, kyra, was put a fake bomb around the neck of a teenage girl in sydney, australia. that is him now. he was found in his ex-wife's house after taking a flight from australia to the united states. he was basically looking to extort money. there was a note around her neck also making financial demands and also an e-mail with which police managed to trace him. let's listen to what the australian teenager had to say. >> how are you feeling? >> very relieved. >> are you sleeping better at night? >> i suppose. yeah. it's good. it's all very surreal. >> your mom said you're wondering why you? are you asking that question? >> yeah, i think we will aur wondering. >> guys, we have got to go. >> she was at her house at a wealthy suburb in sydney studying for exams when this guy broke in. here is what the sydney morning herald had to say. he says i couldn't believe it. he

i'm zain verjee and world business today starts now. >>> good morning from cnn london. >> and good an from cnn hong kong. i'm andrew stevens. welcome to world business today. >> more qe or no more qe some that's the question at jackson hole. >>> and liquidity on wall street. one look at the potential impact of hurricane irene on downtown manhattan. >> but first, ben bernanke's impending speech at jackson hole is front and center in investors minds this friday. let's take a look at how that's affecting european markets. they've opened on the day of the big conference lower with particularly heavy losses coming from the dax down to the untune of 2%. we've also got the cac 40 being led lower by stocks after a company being down graded by one of the brokeragers. but it seems we're raising some of the optimism that we saw earlier this week. >> seems to be that any big moves by ben bernanke is starting on to be discounted now at that meeting. here in asia, it was pretty much the same sort of story. shares edging higher at the start of trade, but the word to describe what was going on here a

. >>> i'm zain verjee in london.ll you what insiders are saying about steve jobs stepping down today in a few minutes. >>> thanks so much. also ahead from the computer to the ipad, we will look back to the amazing success of apple under jobs leadership. >>> hurricane irene a huge storm right now. we are talking 55 million people up and down the east coast potentially impacted. the storm's track still curving from the carolinas to new york. irene has been blasting the islands of bahamas with 1 115-mile-an-hour winds. we have john zarella on the coast and we have jacqui jeras in the studio with an update. jim spellman has more. >> reporter: we have pounding winds here and the driving rain. people are getting antsy. they have been in their homes since yesterday afternoon. they are trying to get out and get a peek. it is way too early for that. this is a tropical storm warning where john is. this is a tropical storm. this is tropical storm-force winds here. so far, fortunately, we are not hearing widespread damage report

. >>> zain verjee has more on the world view of the situation. some would say a stronger response from the united states should have happened a long time ago, but basically critics say what took so long? >> reporter: well, the u.s. is going to come out with this statement shortly. we should be hearing from the secretary of state hillary clinton in just under an hour or so. the u.s. has to tread carefully here. fact of the matter is according to analysts the u.s. doesn't have a whole lot of leverage against syria. the purpose of doing this would be to encourage opposition groups in the country and to really stand with the syrian people that want to go out on the streets here. but it's important that the u.s. doesn't come off doing this alone. frankly, assad doesn't care what the united states has to say. though syria cares about the credibility of the united nations and other countries too from the european union, turkey also. a very key player in the international and diplomatic world and important to hear what they have to say. the true that ass

zain verjee has that live in london. good morning. >> good morning to all of you guys.an independent inquiry into the riots and they say they're going to come out with a report in about six to nine months. the metropolitan police released this dramatic video. take a look at this. what happens in this video, you see, is that police are basically trying to get a bunch of looters away from a clothing store. you see it on the bottom right-hand side. look at the area where it's highlighted. a car whizes by and one police officer is down. the car just leaves him there. turns out that they've taken him to a nearby hospital and he's okay. everyone is okay. police are saying based on this video if there are any witnesses to know who was behind it, to come forward. but that's pretty gruesome pictures there for that police officer who was pretty lucky, guys. >> very lucky, indeed. also zain, an oil spill in the north sea. looks like it's bigger than many had feared. tell us about that. >> they're calling its worst in the last decade. it is a royal dutch shell problem and what's ba

. >>> cnn's zain verjee is live in london with reaction from around the world to the volatile markets here and overseas. zane, wh zain, what are the headlines saying? >> "the guardian" newspaper says this. fear of risk taking is hindering recovery. now it quotes bank of england official that says psychological scarring caused by the last financial crisis and a growing reluctance to take risks in the markets is creating pessimism and threatens to delay a recovery. check out "the international herald tribune" with this headline. the banks need cash. it says the european banking system is showing signs of a cash crunch but a lack of clear data may be exaggerating the gravity of the problem, sowing mistrust among banks and making them reluctant to lend to each other as well as businesses and consumers. underscores the point there are concerns what we are seeing is a hangover of the problems of the banking sector back in 2008. and that that has now been transferred to the state sector and to governments holding big debt piles. >> zain, thanks so much. >>> we will take your questions about

let's get straight to zain verjee in london with the latest. this sounds seriously. >> reporter: it is. at least seven have been killed and more than that number have been injured, some seriously. the bomb squad is on the scene and security forces also on the scene. they are reporting that there was apparently a car bomb that went to the side of the united nations building and what happens was, jim, was that one of the wauls just collapsed. an area one witness says when the wall caved in it, it just fell on people and when the casualties occurred. by the way, this is a diplomatic area. the u.s. embassy is close to where the united nations headquarters are. because it was a diplomatic area and lie berrian area with is there it wasn't that busy at the time of the day. it happened, according to one witness, about 10:15 in the morning local time. what is happening now is that more casualties are being taken out of the debris by the red cross and going into the hospitals that weren't properly stopped so calling in extra nurses and doctors to try to

zain verjee, say it isn't so! it's such a controversial issue right now. >> darling, it's so.t's what happened, kyra. kate middleton looks so fabulous in her wedding dress. she was slimming down. her waist looked really small but on the cover of this magazine, her waist was pretty much gone and it wasn't there. public outraged when they saw this and a lot of people raised questions saying this shouldn't be and the image has been doctored and the magazine said, yes, we did it. the problem is there was no solo shot of kate middleton in her wedding dress. she was always arm in arm with prince william. they say we asked our reproduction house to remove prince from the picture and left the duchess with only one arm. so they copied the picture and by mirrors her other arm she are saying that her waist slimmed down and was almost nonexistent in that picture. they say we did not purposely make alterations to the dutch's images to make her slimmer and sorry if this process gives that impression. we take the issue of body image seriously and would never slim down a picket of a female ro

zain verjee joins us live from london to tell us more. hi, zain. >> hi there, good morning.the u.s. and wales and angelsey, they were so moved by the images they saw on tv as they watched the riots unfold they wanted to go down and be a part of comforting and seeing what happened. so they're in birmingham and they're looking at the scenes there and the aftermath and going to visit a looted business. they'll be meeting with emergency services, a faith-based group as well, as well as a lot of people really upset and disturbed and affected in the community. they really wanted to be there. this is actually also, guys, a push by the royals to be out there and be seen in public, too, because charles and camilla were out doing the same thing, so was prince harry and in another city. this is something william and kate felt strongly about and really wanted to come out and do. by the way, guys, there's another piece of news related to them today. i don't know if you've been to london and the famous shop hamly's right, but they have these william and kate wedding dolls they've come out

zain verjee is live in london part of our team that's covering this. from grace. tell us what's been happening so far? >> it was absolutely unbelievable, unthinkable to see these images today from a man that so many thought was untouchable. he ruled egypt with an iron fist for about 30 years and today, we saw him behind those iron bars lying in a stretcher wearing a white prison suit with two of his sons standing next to him. alaa and gamal. had he's being charged with corruption and the murder of about 800 protesters during the uprising that happened a little bit earlier this year. the court was in session. now it's going to be kind of hard, many analysts say, to prove some of the charges against him basically what they need to look for is to figure out who gave the orders to kill this -- these people, does hosni mubarak assume command responsibility. he says he's not guilty. he's facing the death penalty, but many experts say that he won't -- that probably won't go down, but this is so dramatic, all of egypt is gripped by this and the rest of the ara