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Rossi joins us from brussels with the latest on the travel situation. what do you have there? >> reporter: brian, it's not looking great for any passengers, really. they're saying it's grounded as the planes. the no-fly zone is extending if anything, and the situation appears to be getting worse. we have a situation with the prevailing winds moving east and southerly. so the volcanic cloud of ash refusing to budge over europe is extending over filland and belarus and to the edge of russian air space. they have canceled plenty of flights going westward. we heard in the last few hours the italia...

Across northern and central europe there are no fly zones. some cash strapped passengers are now being forced to sleep in airports. mark white with our sister station is live at heathrow airport. it's a devastating situation for people who want to fly home. >> it's an incredible sight, the world's busiest international airport. normally there would be around 1300 flights taking off and landing from here but for the third day running, this airport has been at a standstill. it's a situation reflected at every other airport in the uk and other countries as this plume of ash continues to track out...

Costing the global airline industry more than $200 million a day. the volcano's fire and ash is creating chaos for the air freight industry as well. ups and fed sex reporting tremendous strain on the route, hampering delivery of some of the more important items like medical supply and perishables. for passengers, the von callic eruption meant missing weddings, funerals, vacations and more. >> it has been tough. >> i had to postpone calls. >> i don't think there will be a flight today. they don't think there will be a flight tomorrow. >> reporter: airports of all sizes and places like ireland, ...

Okay. let's check in with chad at the weather center. is this volcano ash that's causing a lot of travel problems, is it weather? do you consider that weather? >> it would be meteorology when the ash falls out of the sky. >> and does it, does it rain down as ash? >> sure. they're talking about 3 to 4 millimeters which, you know, may be a quarter inch of ash on the east side of iceland right now and the rest of the ash has been falling into -- let's go "off the radar" and talk about some stuff that we otherwise wouldn't know because you know a lot about this. >> people have been asking me all...

Very good afternoon from hong kong, i'm han drew stevens. >> and good morning from cnn london, i'm nina dos santos. this is "world business today." these are the top stories on wednesday, may 25th. >> he's expected to formally enter into the race as they continue to raise concerns about the imf being led by europeans. the uk looks like it will duck the latest of the ash, but it's still keeping toward the continent. and in our special series on china's aspirations in africa, we look at how the construction boom in uganda comes at a cost. all airports in berlin are set to shut down in less...