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lawful and legitimate, the united states is defending the raid in pakistan that killed osama bin laden. u.s. attorney general eric holder insists it was appropriate in every way. his comments follow criticism from pakistan that washington took unauthorized and unilateral action inside another country. the u.s. is continuing to release more details about what happened early monday. the head of the cia said on u.s. television it involved 25 commandos and two blackhawk helicopters. there was direct communication between washington, the cia and mission control in afghanistan as the raid went off, but the president and his inner circle were left in suspense for what must have been long, agonizing minutes while it was unfolding. the latest from cnn's brian todd. >> reporter: an operation with danger at every footstep. tension in every second. and chilling po it terrible for many things to go wrong. u.s. officials now say in the raid at this compound, osama bin laden was not armed, but did resist. one u.s. official tells cnn bin laden made some kind of threatening move. other stunning details are emerging on what u.s. special forces encountered as they moved room to room. u.s. and pakistani officials say at least 17 people were in the compound at the time. as many as two dozen were living there at least eight of them, children. >> in addition to the bin laden family, two other families resided in the compound. one family on the first floor of the bin laden building and one family in a second building. bin laden and his family were found on the second and third floor of the building. >> reporter: a u.s. official tells cnn there were no armed guards around the compound. it's believed the brothers living there were trying to keep a low profile. but two al qaeda couriers were apparently armed. and took on the u.s. commandos as they worked their way around the us. >> on the first floor of bin laden's building two al qaeda couriers were killed along with a woman who was killed in crossfire. >> reporter: she was not bin laden's wife. officials now clarify where bin laden's wife was and what she did. >> in the room with bin laden, a woman, bin laden's wife, rushed the u.s. assaulter and was shot in the leg, but not killed. bin laden was then shot and killed. >> reporter: a u.s. official says one of bin laden's sons was also killed. but it's not clear which one. counter to earlier reports this official says no one alive or dead, other than osama bin laden, was removed from that compound by u.s. forces. cnn's exclusive video inside the compound after the fire fight shows several items crammed into a sink. blood stains on the floor, ripped out drawers, debris in a closet. i asked cnn contributor tom fuentes, a former fbi assistant director who also served in iraq, about preparations for this kind of assault. you've led s.w.a.t. teams, been in these preassault briefings, what do they tell you about civilians that will be collateral there? >> you hope you have the best intelligence possible as to how many are in there. what you also don't know, you know, is whose to say one of the woman doesn't pick up a gun and start shooting at you, who's to say others don't get involved, even children. >> reporter: u.s. officials say when it was over the noncombatant were moved to a location. members of bin laden's family inside are now in safe hands but some need medical care and are in the best possible facilities and they will be handed over to their countries of origin. brian todd, cnn, washington. leon panetta, director of the cia, says any way you look at it, pakistan's role concerning osama bin laden's hideout is, quote, troubling. sources say panetta has told members of congress that pakistani officials either were involved in hiding bin laden or they were incompetent. pakistan is reacting angrily to those comments. let's bring in nick paton walsh who joins us live from abbottabad in pakistan. nick, what is the isi saying? >> well, one senior pakistani intelligence official i've spoken to said reacting to panetta's comments as reported to congressional individuals, he said if he did say that, then that suggests that there's not just a deficit of trust between pakistan and america, that there is total mistrust and i quote him. this is absolutely vital, of course, because we're now looking for the next few weeks to months to see how this relationship goes. is washington going to effectively blame pakistan for allowing bin laden to be here or are they going to try to salvage this vital relationship in their attempt to track down militants in the tribal areas. strong words from the isi today, saying panetta couldn't have said anything much worse than that, that america knows how hard pakistan is fighting against militants here, they share with the americans everything they have, the americans are selective in what they share back and almost exasperation from the pakistani side here, zain. >> nick, you've also been talking to so many different pakistanis about how they see the situation now and whether or not they even believe osama bin laden is dead, right? >> absolutely. very interesting visit to one of the universities in this town and frankly, most of the students we spoke to never believed bin laden was even here, didn't believe that just behind me over those trees helicopters swoopds in, that there was a navy s.e.a.l.s raid. their explanation this was america propaganda, justification for the u.s. to continue its war in afghanistan and in this instance end the war in afghanistan, tonce u.s. explained bin laden was dead they could justify leaving across the border. suggestion that the whole thing was propaganda stunt by their own government along with the cia. i think it's fair to say that more of a conspiracy theories seems to be getting greater credibility than what's being said by the u.s. or pakistani governments, zain. >> you had more information, too, from your sources about an adult male that the americans were said to have taken away. what did they say? >> well, we're still working on clarification of that but we are hearing from one senior pakistani source that another adult was taken away by the americans during this raid. the americans, of course, deny that, they say that they only took the dead body of bin laden away, but one senior pakistani intelligence official is saying there was bin laden plus one on that helicopter, another adult there, the identity of whom is not clear at the moment, but the pakistanis have in their custody eight to nine children from the compound, two women i understand, injured wife, perhaps somebody, maybe a nurse or a maid who was among the bin laden entourage there, and these seem to be the source of the information the pakistanis are getting. it's an interesting group of individuals with whom bin laden spent the last days of his life. zain? >> nick paton walsh reporting, thanks so much. later on we'll be talking to a former commander of the u.s. navy s.e.a.l.s to find out how they would have trained for a raid like this, that was so dangerous and so important. families of some of the people who died in al qaeda's september 11th attacks have spoken of a degree of relief now that osama bin laden is dead. now the u.s. president is getting ready for a visit to ground zero, the site of the world trade center. cnn's luis carlos belless is in new york and joins us now. >> hi, monita. it's pretty quiet here this morning. most of the crowds have gone home, but countless friends and family members have come here in the past few days replacing flowers or signs to remember their lost loved ones on 9/11. president barack obama is scheduled to meet with some of the victims' families on thursday. there will be one person missing from mr. obama's visit, former u.s. president george w. bush. mr. bush has turned down president obama's invitation to be here. he says he wants to remain out of the spotlight since leaving office. the september 11 attacks are essentially what triggered the u.s. invasion of afghanistan back in october of 2001. now that the hunt for osama bin laden is over, where does that leave the war effort? u.s. congressman barney frank weighed in on that issue just a short time ago. >> the time has come to say we have eliminated this guy -- i don't think the death of bin laden, which i welcome as i think all of the sensible people do, i don't think that's the reason to get out. it removes a reason not to get out. i think it made sense to get out anyway. they can't say you left this guy behind. i do think this, again, if we're serious about the deficit, you can't keep spending $700 billion a year on the military. >> reporter: legislatures here in the u.s. are at odds over what impact bin laden's death will have on relations with pakistan. republicans are furious with some saying aid to pakistan should be cut. >> they were our allies back when we were fighting the russians and even then, they were playing us for suckers. even then, they gave the lion's share of the support that we provided to the mujahedeen to radical islam sists. over the years, how much more do they have to do before we realize they've been lying to us. the leadership in pakistan have been lying to us and they are allied with people who hate our way of life and wish to do harm to americans. >> reporter: monita, it's 5:00 a.m. here in ground zero in new york and we have some of the newspapers that are going to go out this morning. this, for example, is "the daily news" on the front page is mr. obama, referring to his visit to ground zero on thursday. "the new york post" has mr. obama as well on the first page. that's the latest here from ground zero. back to you in london. >> luis carlos velez, thank you so much. >> you're watching "world one" live from london. the security crackdown in syria continues. >> the government is accused of torturing protesters. the european union considers retributi retribution. more on that next. >> later this hour, we're live in tripoli, will libya's leader be charged with war crimes? the international criminal court gears up to deliver its verdict. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ introducing purina one beyond a new food for your cat or dog. ♪ [ female announcer ] when you smile, the world smiles back. introducing crest 3d white enamel renewal toothpaste. it not only removes up to 90% of surface stains in just two weeks, it also strengthens and rebuilds your enamel. so, where are you getting off? three stops back. 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>> what we're seeing is shocking in the city of daraa, syrian forces are going house to house, and detaining anyone over the age of 18 and putting them in a stadium for interrogation and we've also, as you said, heard reports of torture. so this is getting really, really bad. there's no other way to put it. the total death toll throughout syria now is over 600. thousands have been detained. this really brings back memories of what happened in 1982 when the syrian regime essentially wiped out a whole city with more than 20,000 killed. i hope we don't get to that point, but we may be moving in that direction. >> the u.k. is calling for sanctions, targeted sanctions, on syria. france is singling out the president himself for punishment and also, perhaps, european-wide consensus on sanctions against syria. is it really up to mr. assad what is happening right now in syria? is he the one calling the shots? >> that's the big question here. it's unclear how much power bashar al assad has himself. the people around him are quite strong, including his brother and the old guard that surrounded his father. so even it if assad may want to have a different approach, it's unclear that other people would agree with that. so unfortunately, there's the news reports coming out of syria are quite vague and we don't really have a good sense of how the syrian regime operates right now. i think the real hope is there could be internal divisions and we see a realization that there have to be some concessions to the protesters, but so far the syrian regime has made no real concessions to them. >> in terms of regional ramifications for the unrest in syria right now, we're seeing turkey is very worried about what is happening, the two countries have had close ties, open borders between their own citizens, what is the ripple effect of all of the unrest in syria within the neighboring countries? >> syria plays a major role in the region and that's why the surrounding countries are getting very -- are getting quite worried right now. >> sorry to interrupt you. it begs the question, is it time for the neighboring countries to step in and do something? >> well, we're starting to see signs of that. turkey has sent numerous envoys, the prime minister has spoken directly to assad several times. they have a close relationship. the european countries which may have more leverage with syria than the u.s. are talking about more targeted sanctions. as you mentioned france will include ba shard al assad -- bashar al assad in those targets as well. i think that is a positive sign. obviously more can be done, and that begs the question of why the western community was able to take decisive action in libya, but has taken a longer period of time to take action in syria? >> the brookings institute, thank you so much. >> thanks for having me. this is "world one" live from london. they say video killed the radio star. but has internet killed the tv set? 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but actually scientists say it was reality 50 million years ago. this bug fossil was found in wyoming and looks almost identical to some that were found in europe. that raises the question, how do they get from here to there? experts say that they have walked possibly crossing a land bridge between continents during a warm period in earth's history. parts of the u.s. are still dealing with widespread flooding. meteorologist jennifer delgado is at the world weather center with details on that. >> hi. thousands of people are evacuated from their homes right now because we're dealing with widespread record flooding through parts of the midwest. we're talking all along the mississippi river as well as the ohio river. we're talking record flooding in several locations. we're seeing it roughly about six meters above flood stage, 20 feet. this is going to give you an idea of how bad this is. this is actually coming out of tennessee. look at homes just submerged. it really looks like an island. the problem is, it's going to take weeks before we start to see more of this water receding across parts of the midwest. as i take you back over on this graphic right here, anywhere in green this is where we're dealing with that flood. you can see affecting missouri, illinois, indiana, tennessee, arkansas, you name it, it's this area right along the rivers that's really being hard hit and if you remember yesterday, i told you about a town in illinois where they actually had to break a levee in nearby missouri to alleviate some of the flooding there. let's go to this video and show you what it looks like. this is actually out of missouri county. farmland across this region now being flooded because they were trying to protect the homes and more than 2,000 people in nearby i cou cairo. as i take you back over to give you an idea of how big and widespread this flooding is. it's roughly 280,000 kilometers and it's roughly the size of the uk. anywhere in red we are dealing with flooding and we're potentially going to be looking at more immediate flooding across this region. the gauges you're seeing say in the purple and red, that's showing where the flooding is at moderate to major flood stage. the good news, we're getting a break from the rainfall. really, as we go through the next several days we're not going to be tapping into the gulf moisture so that means heavier rainfall is not going to be in the forecast. that is the bright news. want to talk about something coming out of new zealand. a rare feature there. they actually have a pretty strong tornado. let's go over to this video of a water or should say a tornado there, and you're looking at this video and actually caused a good amount of damage. we start to see it weaken, but let me show you some of the damage left behind in this region. we're talking about cars tossed around. look at that trampoline on top of a home there. winds were reportedly at 200 kilometers per hour. that works out to 110 miles per hour. they typically see, roughly, get this, about 20 tornados a year. usually very short lived and they don't pop up often across that region. new zealand dealing with rain, but no severe weather across that region. that is from one of our i-reporters. always want to be safe. back over to monita and zain. >> as if new zealand hasn't had enough of the earthquake there and now this. thank you so much. >> you're welcome. >> you're watching "world one" live from london. >> who are the people who managed to kill the world's most wanted man? 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>> certainly they are, zain. it seems to me a lot of the incidents they are investigating come from the early part of this conflict. you're talking about early march, late february and the kinds of things that are being investigating are crimes against humanity, including shooting at unarmed demonstrators here in libya, arresting people randomly, torturing people, even using rape as a weapon, and one of the things that the prosecutor of the icc is expected to say today when he goes in front of the security council, he might ask for up to five arrest warrants, including possibly one for moammar gadhafi as well as moammar gadhafi's son saif al islam gadhafi who many believe is actually the one who's running this country. now the icc has investigated these claims in the eastern part of libya in egypt as well as on the egyptian/tunisian border. the libyan government last night reacted. the deputy foreign minister said he believes the evidence that was gathered is one sided, the evidence that was gathered in some cases is faulty, they're relying on video that he believes are tampered with. it does appear very much still that the icc and its chief prosecutor believe that the case is strong enough to issue several arrest warrants and to go forward with the trial. and investigation. zain? >> has there been any reaction to turkey's comments that moammar gadhafi needs to step down because it's such a big blow that their remaining ally is desserting them? >> it's a massive blow and it's not just a blow for the gadhafi regime, it's a blow for this whole situation. it's no secret that turkey was one of the last countries that was actually still talking to gadhafi and a possible mediator in this conflict. last night the deputy foreign minister of libya as well said this was essentially none of turkey, that moammar gadhafi should step down, they were disappointed in what turkey was saying there. of course tying this in again with what the icc is going to say, of course this is a huge blow for the situation as a whole because turkey could possibly be a mediator in trying to find some sort of country that moammar gadhafi could possibly flee to, if, in fact, he were to seed power and leave. it seems like a delicate and difficult situation. not many countries people would think he might be able it to go to, but it's clear that there's one sort of road that's also blocked with turkey basically taking this very tough stance against the libyan government. zain? >> cnn's fred pleitgen reporting, thanks, fred. more on the operation, the american operation, that killed osama bin laden. the troops who conducted the raid on osama bin laden's home in pakistan are from the u.s. navy, members of the sea, air and land teams or s.e.a.l.s. for short. they have taken on dangerous mission and numerous war and conflicts including in iraq and afghanistan and yemen and somalia. officially established in 1962, they trace their origins back to world war ii. as of 2009 there are some 2500 s.e.a.l.s. on active duty. the main force involved in the latest raid is said to be s.e.a.l. team 6, an elite unit made up of so-called black operatives who work on top-secret missions. we want to learn about this elite group. ryan is a former seal ma.e.a.l. commander. thank you very much for joining us, sir. we appreciate your time. first of all, i would be curious to know with the members involved in the s.e.a.l. team six would they have known that target they were looking for was osama bin laden? >> i think it's absolutely the case. any target of this size and scope, they knew what they were doing. these guys are pros. they've been at war for over ten years, conducted hundreds of operations and they've rehearsed this out. >> in terms of the mindset that goes into training for something like this, i mean i'd read somewhere, the reason i asked that question, i read somewhere, obviously just before the mission, they would have been told that this was a high-valued target, this was osama bin laden, but when they are preparing for something like this, often times teams wouldn't know exactly who the target is. but i'm kcurious to know about the mindset that goes into members of this elite squad and how strong mentally one has to be especially when faced with a target like osama bin laden? >> well, you know, they understand the consequence of failure. these guys are incredibly well trained and superbly led, and you recall years ago in desert one in the failure, that set the u.s. in their heels for years. they understand the risk and consequence of failure. these guys are, again, they're war-hardened veterans. they've been at it, they've conducted over 100 operations and they know -- knew exactly what they were doing. >> how long of a training would this take for -- training for this particular operation take? >> well, you know, these guys train 24/7 year-round. even to be in s.e.a.l. team six takes about five years of work after you're a member of a regular s.e.a.l. which is no short order there. the operation i've been told and verified through sources, they started looking in august. they built a mockup. but, you know, the type of operation that was conducted, is pretty complex. there's a lot of moving parts. they'll break it down by phases and rehearse each phase over and over until they look at all the contingencies and are confident they can get the job done. >> absolutely fascinating. thank you so much for your time. we appreciate it. we know it's very late or early where you are. we appreciate you being with us on "world one." >> always a pleasure. bin laden's death has so many people speculating that amman al zawahiri, bin laden's deputy, will be the next man to lead al qaeda. let's take a look at newspapers around the world and what they're saying about this. "the wall street journal"'s headline is this, new al qaeda chief faces struggle to stay relevant. it says, the largely peaceful protests that toppled governments in tunisia and egypt present a challenge to al qaeda and zawahiri. the terrorist group has long preached that the violent resistance is the only way to topple corrupt governments and al qaeda has a visceral hatred of democracy. both tenants are threatened by the arab spring. >> in the uae, the headline "amman al zawahiri set for leadership." with al qaeda now a regionally dispersed network of largely autonomous groups, zawahiri could find himself challenged or simply ignored by the leaders of a younger generation. finally the international herald tribune, the article goes on to say, in a sense, al qaeda has already spread its franchise to local groups and the question will be whether with mr. zawahiri at its helm, it can continue to inspire a new generation of jihadists. you can read all those articles in full at facebook.com/w 1cnn. >> this is "world one" live from london. coming up, the villain's villa. what people are saying on-line about bin laden's hiding place. >> and in major league baseball, an unlikely no-no in chicago. who whitewashed the white sox? we'll tell you in our sports update, next. >> no hitter francisco. [ male announcer ] to the seekers of things which are one of a kind. the authentic, the rare, the hard to define. to those always searching for what's pure and what's real from we who believe we know just how you feel. haagen-dazs. football fans around the world the champions league continued to provide the holy grail of tv watching. for football fans. >> yes. >> here with the details on that. >> thanks very much. manchester united will be having to press home their advantage against schalke in the league this evening. they have one foot in the final. barcelona await the winners having beaten real madrid by three goals to one over their two legs. tuesday's second leg in barcelona ended as a 1-1 draw. pedro's second half goal effectively settled the tie. marcelo's equalizer little more than a consolation for madrid. the catlands have a chance to lift the champions league trophy for a third time in just six years. >> translator: we feel that we have eliminated a super team, a very powerful and rich team, with a great training body. they are truly a great team. i don't want to diminish my players but if they are not the best team in the world they come very close to it. we have never eliminated them in a semifinal stage of the champions league and this is the first time. we didn't eliminate just gnaw any team, we eliminated a great one. >> in baseball, no-hitters are incredibly rare. on average there are just two every season, that's two, from nearly 2,500 games of baseball. when no one gets a hit the sporting community tends to take notice of the man on the mound. minnesota's pitcher francisco liriano was that man on tuesday. against the white sox the dominican republic native walked six batters and struck out two from his 123 pitches. here he is getting adam dunn to ground into an inning-ending double play. chicago's edwin jackson had a good pitching night as well, but made his first mistake in the fourth inning, as jason kubal launched one to deep right field giving the twins a 1-0 lead. in the eighth inning, liriano still pitching a no-hitter, he got gordon beckham to ground in a potential double play. that was awarded to the twins. looked like beckham wasn't tagged. the 27-year-old then worked out of trouble in the ninth inning to record the first no-hitter of the season. and the first complete game of his career as the twins beat the white sox by 1-0. that is quite an achievement. you don't see very many of those. >> two a season and how many games are in a season? >> that's an average. 2,430 games every season in the regular season and on average you only see that twice. >> well that's pretty impressive. >> i thought you might like it. >> thank you for that. >> all right. let's take a look at what is trending on social media right now. at number three, barcelona are in the final. people are talking about their catlands side champion win over real madrid and about who they will face at wembley in three weeks time. that's decided tonight when manchester united and the german side schalke meet in the second leg of their semifinal. and at number two, this man, louis hamilton are who people are talking about, top trend in the u.k. after it was revealed he is england's highest paid sports star. "espn" magazine said the formula one driver earned more than $18 million last year. and at number one, it's osama bin laden's hideout. you can see it right here. social media is buzzing with people just wondering how a man they thought was living in a cave in afghanistan was actually living in this mansion. monita? >> you're watching "world one" live from london. a show of unity among palestinians. why a reconciliation deal is upsetting the israeli government. that's just ahead. aaah! [ airplane engine whines ] [ grunts ] [ dog barking ] gah! [ children shouting ] [ grunts ] [ whacking piñata ] [ whacking piñata, grunting ] welcome back. this is "world one" live from london. coming up on 6:00 a.m. in new york, noon in berlin and 7:00 p.m. in tokyo. a show of unity in a divided nation. the two main palestinian factions are set to announce the signing of a reconciliation pact. hamas and fatah have agreed to mend fences and work together in the aim of a unity government, but israel is not impressed. in cairo where the deal was brokered and we understand this is where it's going to be signed as well. why cairo? >> well, the egyptian government played a huge role in bringing together the two factions. although even under mubarak, egypt was always seen as the broker in this region, really the palestinians felt that the egyptians often took the side of israel as evidenced by their closing of the rafah crossing and helping to greater control access into the palestinian territory. monita, the israelis were always a little uneasy during the uprising, worried what post-revolution egypt would bring. that only grew when the man who famously as a young diplomat expressed criticism at the camp david agreement was asking too much in ways of concession on the egyptian government, when he was brought in as a foreign minister, then really that only helped to increase the sense of israeli yamtati yamgytation. we see egypt standing in as a broker to an agreement israel has strongly rejected between the two palestinian factions. we're looking at the reopening of the rafah crossing for foot traffic and civilians this friday. the israelis increasing sense of discomfort as to what future role the egypt shan government is going to play. monita? >> there are those who would say this would have never happened if mubarak was still in power? >> this is really what we're hearing when we go out and speak to egyptians on the street. they're happy. you have to bear in mind this is a country that has fought wars with israel, that have had an israeli occupation on their own land and they felt part of the discomfort, the rallying cries around the january 25th uprising, they were constantly being sold out by their own government to the israelis. there is an israeli/egypt shan gas pipeline deal hugely unpopular that provides israel with 40% of its gas, even though an egypt shan court found there wasn't enough evidence that egyptian domestic needs were being made. put to one side to maintain with israel over the peace deal and really for the first time they feel that their government is listening to an increasingly vocal egyptian public. there have been frequent demonstrations outside the embassy in cairo and a sense that the egyptian/israeli agreement needs to really represent the domestic public opinion and that for years that hasn't been happening, monita. >> all right. in cairo, thank you so much. israel's prime minister's described the pact as a hard blow to the middle east peace process. in a meeting with the middle east envoy, tony blair in jerusalem, benjamin netanyahu called on the palestinian president mahmoud abbas to immediately cancel the reconciliati deal with hamas and choose the path of peace with israel. kevin flower is in jerusalem and joins with more. kevin, israel is so worried right now about anything like this, that legitimizes hamas, right? >> well, that's right, zain. israel has long opposed any -- long opposed hamas as a political movement and as opposed any efforts to give it any form of international legitimacy whatsoever. so in fact, last week, just two hours after the announcement was made about this impending deal between fatah and hamas, the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu came out on television here in israel and made a stark warning to the palestinian president mahmoud abbas. he said you have to choose between hamas or peace with israel. and that's -- for this government, it's very stark. it's a black and white choice. and to that end, the israeli prime minister is in london today and in paris tomorrow. he is trying to convince european countries that they should not support any palestinian government that includes hamas. whether it's a unity government or not, he does not want to see the international community supporting such a government, zain. that's a very strong reaction from this government. >> and what's been the reaction by israel to the fact that egypt was the one that brokered the deal? >> well, i would say in the past few weeks, there have been some growing concerns about what's going on in egypt and this brokering of this deal between fatah and hamas is just the latest sort of sign of that. the prior government of hosni mubarak, while on paper it supported palestinian unity efforts, the reality was that government was a harsh krits isi critic of hamas, did not have good relations with hamas, seen by many as towing the peace negotiations. israel is worried about that. they're worried about security in the peninsula. they mentioned the gas pipeline that had been targeted recently. concerns about security of that pipeline. also concerns about the smuggling of weapons into the gaza strip that could be used by militants in the gaza strip to fire rockets into israel. so increasing concern, but very muted public opposition to it from the israeli government. they it n they do not want to do anything to jeopardize or upset publicly the 30-year peace deal that's been in place, that being the most important thing for israel to maintain at this point, zain. >> cnn's kevin flower in jerusalem. let's bring you up to date on our top stories on wor"world on one". a senior pakistan official admits his country failed to find osama bin laden. speaking to cnn, he said it was an embarrassment but insists the country is not incompetent. the head of the cia says the u.s. didn't tell pakistan about the raid before the happened for fear white jeopardize the mission. has moammar gadhafi's libyan government committed war crimes? the international criminal court is saying it has uncovered stronger evidence against some people. the icc's findings are due out a little later today. there are still thousands of people rushing just to get out of the country, as fighting continues between government forces and anti-gadhafi rebels. the u.n. says nearly 40,000 refugee have crossed into tunisia, that's just in the past month. a search for ten workers missing after a coal mine explosion in northern mexico is being hampered by high levels of toxic methane gas. four bodies have been found since tuesday's blast. a teenage boy working on the surface suffered severe injuries in the explosion and had to have both arms amputated. you've been watching "world one" live in london. i'm monita rajpal. >> i'm zain verjee. we want to leave you with some of these pictures a look from the u.s. state of tennessee and they show some of the devastation that's been brought because of those -- because of the severely flooded mississippi. >> this is "world one" here on cnn.