paris. however, ication, spent 10 years in prison, and now i have the good fortune of being here with you. this is a very special time for me. i cherish it. >> i would like to go back to a more painful moment you on the 2009.f june, you were picking fruit in the country side that day and it was very hot. you decided to drinink water r m a well and then a dispute occurred with two of your neighbors, and it was the beginning of y your dramama. >> yes. yes, thahat day i went very picking -- berry picking. it was a hot june day. asas you may know, june is a vey hot month in pakistan. there was an altercation over the water with some of our neighbors. it should never have happened. i was asked to fetch water, and ththen i was accused of blasphey from drinking from the same cup. >> yes, because your neighbors accused you of making the water impure and then there was a you saiduring which everybody should live together in peace. it was true for jesus and the prophet mohammed. you were criticized fo

fires as scaled down ceremony in paris pays tribute to the nation's health care workers prison in the congo lay out his plans to overcome the pandemic in a televised address later today also coming up. could he be the new frontrunner to succeed i'm going to match cold. spell very nice up with the german chancellor as political observers. plus the u.k. bands are different from chinese tech giant ball when. it works it's a dramatic u. turn that will delay the rollout of britain's high speed network by yet beijing wants london book bag of consequences. chris you want to welcome to the program the coronavirus pandemic is costing a shadow over france's national holiday but still day this is public sit abrasions have been canceled all scaled back in the capital paris for the 1st time since 1905 authorities have canceled a traditional parade along the shelves in easy instead a much smaller event is featuring attributes to health care workers. it's the day when france marks the birth of its republic a day to celebrate revolution and independence but this year's bastille day was also dedicated

digital tax which paris imposed this year and deferred after protests from washington attacks would primarily hits would have rather primarily hit large u.s. tech firms. the european central bank says bulgaria and croatia have been accepted into the exchange rate mechanism to as a precursor to adopting the euro as their currency over the next 3 years it paves the way for the 1st enlargement of the euro zone since 2015 lithuania join the currency bloc as its 19th member. european union has launched a probe into a trade deal with the metals or group of south american countries after complaints about its environmental impact activists said the deal cutting tariffs on farm products would have a devastating impact on the global climate. the german meat processing company at the center of the country's largest corona virus outbreak now says it will change its labor practices tourney's will stop using sub contracting firms and begin hiring employees directly it was already facing government pressure. turn in said it intended to directly employ 1000 stuff by the end of september as part of

digital tax which paris imposed this year and deferred after protests from washington attacks would primarily hits would have rather primarily hit large u.s. tech firms. the european central bank says bulgaria and croatia have been accepted into exchange rate mechanism to as a precursor to adopting the euro as their currency over the next 3 years it paves the way for the 1st enlargement of the euro zone since 2015 lithuania join the currency bloc as its 19th member. european union has launched a probe into a trade deal with the medicals or group of south american countries after complaints about its environmental impact activists said the deal cutting tariffs on farm products would have a devastating impact on the global climate. the german meat processing company at the center of the country's largest virus outbreak now says it will change its labor practices tourney's will stop using sub contracting firms and begin hiring employees directly it was already facing government pressure. to near said it intended to directly employ 1000 stuff by the end of september as part of a plan to

digital tax which paris imposed this year and deferred after protests from washington tax would primarily hit would have rather primarily hit large u.s. tech firms. the european central bank says bulgaria and croatia have been accepted into the exchange rate mechanism to as a precursor to adopting the euro as their currency over the next 3 years it paves the way for the 1st enlargement of the euro zone since 2015 lithuania joined the currency bloc as its 19th member. european union has launched a probe into a trade deal with the miracles or group of south american countries after complaints about its environmental impact activists said the deal cutting tariffs on farm products would have a devastating impact on the global climate. the german meat processing company at the center of the country's largest corona virus outbreak now says it will change its labor practices tourney's will stop using sub contracting firms and begin hiring employees directly it was already facing government pressure. turner said it intended to directly employ 1000 stuff by the end of september as part of a plan t

climate accord and you just have to look at what to place this year in paris and france where money was being sent to countries all over the world and the people of france didn't want to take it and they didn't and they did a lot of writing. they have their taxes raised. we would have had to raise our taxes and it was a disaster. i've been given a lot of credit for what i did there protect a certain amount of courage i guess. sounds so nice the paris climate accord that it wasn't good for us at all. america lost nearly 10,000 actors when joe biden was vice president. think of that, 10,000 factories. he wrote something today and he made a statement today that i wrote down that is pretty accurate. biden was here for 47 years, eight years the last eight years not long ago as vice president he said one in five miles of our highways are still important addition. we are doing a good job on the highways but why didn't he fix them three years ago? why did he fix them? 10th of dozens of bridges are in disrepair and on the verge of collapse. it's probably not the right number but we have ridg

from paris lucy williamson reports. france's republican guard offers little protection from politics. at the prime minister's residence today, power was transferred at arm's length. no handshake allowed to mark the fresh start for president macron‘s government or its new post—coronavirus look. the new prime minister is a right—wing mayor with a strong southern accent, described in one report as a swiss army knife with connections everywhere. jean castex was propelled to the front line of french politics during the coronavirus epidemic, after years in the shadows as a senior civil servant and assistant to former president nicholas sarkozy. he's known these days as mr deconfinement, the man who wrote the plan to get france out of lockdown. less than two years from the next presidential election, that's a success president macron will want to own. the coronavirus epidemic has left mr macron with some tough political decisions, trying to marry his liberal economic agenda with a renewed focus on socialjustice and envir

so that's a hack you know if you're on lockdown and you miss france you missed paris you know get some anxiety provoking self searching existentialism by doing a search on yourself on google well in terms of no self you can also always go to times square in new york and find out who you really are sure the world really is who our nation is by times square we have a time square president in the white house of course with donald trump he speaks like if anybody were alive in 1970 s. and walk through times square you know you of course think of like taxi driver right and you think of donald trump he sounds like somebody who you would have heard trying to you know sell you something some scam item in times square but let's look at new york because new york is the center of the global financial universe upon which the u.s. dollar is based the u.s. economy and much of wall trade everything goes to the new york fed that is the heart of everything so let's look at the scam nation there in new york city 25 percent of new york city apartments have not paid rent since march a new state law prohibi

so that's a hack you know if you're on lockdown and you miss france you miss paris you know get some anxiety provoking self searching existentialism by doing a search on yourself on google well in terms of no self you can also always go to times square in new york and find out who you really are who the world really is who our nation is by times square we have a times where president in the white house of course with donald trump he speaks like if anybody were alive in 1970 s. and walk through times square you know you of course think of like taxi driver right and you think of donald trump he sounds like somebody who you would have heard trying to you know sell you something some scam item in times square but let's look at new york because new york is the center of the global financial universe upon which the u.s. dollar is based the u.s. economy and much of wall trade everything goes to the new york fed that is the heart of everything so let's look at the scam nation there in new york city 25 percent of new york city apartments have not paid rent since march a new state law prohibit

so that's a hack you know if you're on lockdown and you miss france you missed paris you know get some anxiety provoking self searching existentialism by doing a search on yourself on google well in terms of no self you can also always go to times square in new york and find out who you really are sure the world really is who our nation is by times square we have a times where president in the white house of course with donald trump he speaks like if anybody were alive in 1970 s. and walk through times square you know you of course think of like taxi driver right and you think of donald trump he sounds like somebody who you would have heard trying to you know sell you something some scam item in times square but let's look at new york because new york is the center of the global financial universe upon which the u.s. dollar is based the u.s. economy and much of wall trade everything goes to the new york fed that is the heart of everything so let's look at the scam nation there in new york city 25 percent of new york city apartments have not paid rent since march a new state law prohibi

so that's a hack you know if you're on lockdown and you miss france you miss paris to get some anxiety provoking self searching existentialism by doing a search on yourself on google well in terms of no self you can also always go to times square in new york and find out who you really are sure the world really is who our nation is by times square we have a times where president in the white house of course with donald trump he speaks like if anybody were alive in 1970 s. and walk through times square you know you of course think of like taxi driver right and you think of donald trump he sounds like somebody who you would have heard trying to you know sell you something some scam item in times square but let's look at new york because new york is the center of the global financial universe upon which the u.s. dollar is based the u.s. economy and much of wall trade everything goes to the new york fed that is the heart of everything so let's look at the scam nation there in new york city 25 percent of new york city apartments have not paid rent since march a new state law prohibits evict

located just north of paris it's known as the birthplace of gothic architecture it's also where nearly all of the country's kings and queens are buried well it's a residence have been invited to take part in the renovation of a tower but the response has been less than enthusiastic deliverance makinson is trying to attract helping hands using a truly medieval method. in the shadows of the basilica of sound in the participants of this workshop learning how to work stein like the masons of the middle ages. saw some x. amount of the workshop leader tells them to be very careful. it can easily crumble if you frontrunners are the hardest part you have to make sure you don't break it. telephone's my concern is passionate about his job. he wants to teach people about masonry and encourage the younger ones perhaps to do an apprenticeship and become professionals at the sudden everyone who takes part in a workshop who leaves with a smile on their face we show them the right way to hold the tools but above always has on a love for the material and that's a great feeling on the table in. the work

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will it happens let's bring in our paris correspondent. more tension between france and turkey and we've heard some strong words from president micron today tell us more about what he said. yes a french president was meeting his counterpart from the republic of cyprus at the lease only made some statements before the 2 leaders went in for their discussions now he said that he believed that the e.u. needed to respond more strongly to what he called provocations in the eastern mediterranean now he was talking about turkey's continue drilling for oil and gas off the coast of cyprus the republic of cyprus is part of the e.u. the north of cyprus a breakaway north is pro turkey now the e.u. says this oil and gas drilling is illegal it has called on turkey in the past to stop and there are e.u. sanctions on ankara for this france would like to see more sanctions imposed and tensions flared even further just on wednesday when turkish warships actually accompanied a turkish submarine being used for this oil and gas exploration in the area again vio

monitoring developments for us from paris thanks very much natasha. well another thing on the agenda today is hong kong where more than half a 1000000 people have cast their ballots in the 1st ever democratic primary elections the vote will decide which candidates will stand in legislative council elections in september and it is the 1st such poll and also comes after beijing imposed its new national security law reports the race for the 1st ever democratic primaries heated up as a long queue is formed in one of the hottest days sort of the summer. the villagers task was to choose the person they believe would best represent them and september's legislative council elections due to your candidate's campaign throughout the weekend including democracy activists joshua wong who is looking to run in the legislative council elections for the 1st time he is on trial and could face jail for taking part in un authorized protests last year fight for democracy is a longtime battle we doesn't imagine or expect one day off to hong kong without any result in free

this is the news live from berlin a new prime minister for france it's all change in paris after philip tendered his resignation ahead of the government resourceful paving the way for money where my call to push ahead with plans to reinvent his presence. also on the program the record number of new coronavirus cases in the u.s. but with mixed messages coming from the trunk of ministration of a market independence day with american strike the balance between safety and celebrations. in turkey 20 saudi nationals are being tried in absentia for their role in the killing of dissident journalist jamal khashoggi. welcome to the program it's all change at the top of the french government the country's new prime minister has just been named as suspects he was responsible for coordinating france's reopening strategy after its coronavirus lock down earlier the previous prime minister in wa filipe and that in his government's resignation to president manuel markhor lives decision to stand down has paved the way for a reshuffle which had been widely expected president might call for mr chart a new

an honorary citizen o of the city f paris. thanknk you also to and s about a twenty foot ansei meththod on skin she w was the firsrst in francece to speak. iy name. what it france holds a very special place in my heart. i feel respected. b. b. my name used to be a c. on her team. thanks to and he's about to leave my name is now s. u. b. b. thank you all for your love. mayor so it's been a pleasure meeting. so many kind individuals including the mayor of paris and then go. many thanks to the president of france. further upset he or for entertaining my request for asylum many thanks to france and the people of france based on the study. my prayers are with you. yes it will thank you very much. 07/17/20 07/17/20 [captioning made possible by democracy now!] amy: from new york, ththis is democracy now! >> kinda framed narrative around these outbreaks is something foreign, like encroachment from outside that invades as an kind of posits as as these passive victims. and i think that obscures the larger story, whwhich is therers a lot

. >>> meanwhile, mask wearing is now mandatory in france. cnn's melissa bell is in paris for us. melissa, what are you seeing? >> reporter: wolf, a new law came into effect here in france this monday, which means that anyone heading in or out of a public closed space now has to wear a mask. until now it was pretty well the shops that were deciding whether or not their customers needed to wear a mask when they walked in. they now have to impose them. same for banks and pharmacies and conference centers, any kind of business where the public is headed into a confined space, they have to make sure they are wearing masks. there is a fine, but it will be up to the shops themselves, these public spaces themselves to enforce this new rule. because the result of the fact that although france had coped very well over the course of the last few months with getting the covid-19 figures down, authorities now concerned that there is a slight rise in those covid-19 figures here in france, wolf. >> melissa bell in paris, thank you. >>> in moscow, meanwhile, officials deny vladimir putin and som

france's bastille day ceremony in paris has taken place in the shadow of the coronavirus crisis. the fireworks display lit up the sky over the eiffel tower july the 14th marks the storming of the bastille prison in $17189.00 of the beginning of the french revolution this year the event was scaled back included special tributes to france's health workers. but some of them say their inclusion in the festivities is not enough to save the country's overstretched hospitals as natasha reports. all the pomp and ceremony of france's traditional bastille day celebrations but on a much smaller scale the french president inspected troops on paris's elegant plastic court but for the 1st time in more than 4 decades there was no military parade on the famous charles you say a paid back event because the coronavirus crisis and to make room for a homage to the bravery and dedication to france's health workers. towards the end of the ceremony an unexpected moment a banner floated in full view accusing macro a failing to invest in france's hospitals opponents say the president mishandled the healt

park accounts for over 6 percent of france's tourism income. while executives had to have defended the chinese companies cutting edge telecoms technology the u.k. parliament terry hearing always faces increasing pressure from the u.s. led campaign aimed at persuading allies to shun its products over espionage for years while we insist that at the hearing that there are no back to words and its products. science is planning to ramp up production of its antiviral drug rim does appear that's according to the company's german had drugs been shown to alter the course of covert 19 it's been approved by the european union but the u.s. has bought most of the global stock for the next 3 months german carmaker volkswagen could face a new wave of lawsuits the european court of justice has ruled that owners of cars in the e.u. with the emissions cheap devices consume volkswagen in their own countries not just in germany admitted in 20 fifteenth's using illegal software to cheat on emissions tests. well piles of potatoes vats of unpurchased milk produce aro

park accounts for over 6 percent of france's tourism income. while executives had to have defended the chinese companies cutting edge telecoms technology the u.k. parliament terry hearing always faces increasing pressure from a u.s. led campaign aimed at persuading allies to shun its products over espionage for years while we insisted at the hearing that there are no back to words and its products. science is planning to ramp up production of its antiviral drug rim does of beer that's according to the company's germany the drugs been shown to alter the course of covert 19 it's been approved by the european union but the u.s. has bought most of the global stock for the next 3 months german car maker volkswagen could face a new wave of lawsuits the european court of justice has ruled that owners of cars in the e.u. with the emissions cheap devices consume folks wagon in their own countries and not just in germany admitted in 20 fifteenth's using illegal software to cheat on emissions tests. well piles of potatoes vats of unpurchased produce aroun

park accounts for over 6 percent of france's tourism income. while executives had to have defended the chinese companies cutting edge telecoms technology and the u.k. parliamentarian hearing while we face is increasing pressure from the u.s. led campaign aimed at persuading allies to shun its products over espionage for years while we insisted at the hearing that there are no back to words in its products. science is planning to ramp up production of its antiviral drug rim does of fear that's according to the company's german had the drugs been shown to alter the course of covert 19 it's been approved by the european union but the u.s. has bought most of the global stock for the next 3 months german car maker volkswagen could face a new wave of lawsuits the european court of justice has ruled that owners of cars in the e.u. with the emissions cheat devices consume volkswagen in their own countries and not just in germany admitted in 20 fifteenth's using illegal software to cheat on emissions tests. well piles of potatoes vats of un purchased pr

let's go live now to debbie is liza lois joining us from the class to look concorde in paris where a far more modest event is mentioned taking place lisa what's the atmosphere like where you are and what appears to be a really scaled down event certainly compared to what we're used to seeing out on the shelves a losing. my life needs a very solemn passive atmosphere here with only 5000 people present normally that tens of thousands of people on busty day now 5 to 2000 of these 5000 people are invitees and 1400 of them from my workers so health care personnel and those who are taking care of the children of old health care personnel why these were working and supermarket cash is for example this is a 0 mosque to the nation how it stood together during the cove incurring a virus crisis and a very obviously so the government felt that was important also pray tribute to those who have been working on the front line during this crisis their president mccrone is being accused by his tricks of mishandling the crisis how much pressure is the president on or right now. while there is a lot of

was at the facility ceremony there paris she saved us integrations were an opportunity to revive his political fortunes. today's ceremony to mark best the day here in france included a special tribute to health care and front line workers. have been playing an important role during francis fight against the coronavirus this day was also to mark a fresh start for president amanda marcotte he announced plans to bring down youth unemployment and to get the economy back on track 2 years ahead of france's next presidential elections he's trying to give his presidency fresh impetus but it'll be an uphill struggle according to polls only about a 3rd of the french have a positive opinion of him in a call. now to a meter here in germany that's been generating quite a bit of buzz for the 1st time in her chancellorship i'm going to medical is attending a cabinet meeting of the varian government she was invited by various state minister officially to discuss the germany your presidency but some of the service say it could have been something of a job interview to decide if it would be a good can

lisa lewis reporting from paris thank you. now for 1st time in her chance or ship german chancellor angela merkel is attending a couple a meeting of the bavarian state government merkel arrived rather i'm usually in the or strong coffee he was invited by the various state premier marc was one of the favorites to succeed chancellor he hasn't officially announced his ambition bucks into a recent survey over half of germans would like to see him run for the job. well because of your political correspondent kate brady is following this for us kate is the very end leader. and picked successor. well far from it at least that's according to the comments that we heard in the press conference after their meeting in the covenant meeting in bavaria today mackel was very much keep in show more on that topic saying that all she had to say was that varia had a good state premier here and invited her down there today and and that she would not be commenting further on that topic but as you say popularity or rather served as popularity has sh

lisa lewis in paris thank you. for latin american girls turning 15 is a very special birthday it's known as a kenson yetta the rite of passage into womanhood but coronavirus pandemic is adding some hurdles to this year's celebrations but as our next report shows lots of girls in cuba are finding fashionable ways to attack it. schick and safe it's the way to go for young cubans the likes of fia who are celebrating their king thing i knew it up or 15th birthday during the penn demick. i designed my 15th birthday dress and the mask was very important to me it's a symbol of an important stage in my life which was the pandemic i had to design my face mask to fit the colors of my outfit and it was not just about the combination of colors it was also for security reasons. across latin america turning 15 is seen as a special milestone in a girl's life it's the moment of transition from girlhood into womanhood latinas often mark and yet us with large celebrations including with glamorous photo shoots and d.c. year face mask

lisa lewis in paris thank you. afghanistan now where years of conflict have left a health care system that is under resourced and struggling even before the coronavirus pandemic hit well now with cases surging there are barely any ventilators and not enough skilled workers to build them but help could be on the way thanks to a team of young afghan women with a keen interest in robotics. this is what the new ventilator prototype looks like and these young women designed it especially for afghanistan hospitals when they're not going to school in herat in the far west of afghanistan they spend their time optimizing robots. the women started working on this ventilator in may they got tips on line from harvard university specialists it only took them 3 months to finish the prototype it was based on a ventilator from the massachusetts institute of technology that comes in that around $20000.00 but the prototype designed by these young women only cost $700.00 . but when we let it go we decided to build a ventilator in afg

from paris, lucy williamson reports. france's republican guard offers little protection from politics, at the prime minister's residence today, power was transferred at arms length. no handshake allowed to mark the fresh start for president macron‘s government or its new postcard look. —— posts coronavirus look. the new prime minister described as a new swiss army knife. jean described as a new swiss army knife. jea n castex described as a new swiss army knife. jean castex was propelled to the front line of french politics after yea rs front line of french politics after years in the shadows as a senior civil servant and assistant to former president nicholas sarkozy. he is known these days as mr d confinement, the man who wrote the plan to get france out of lockdown. less tha n plan to get france out of lockdown. less than two years from the next presidential election, that is a success presidential election, that is a success president macron will want to own. the coronavirus epidemic has left mr micron with some

france's but still they ceremony in paris says they can plan a place in the shadow of the coronavirus crisis this year the event was scaled back and there were special honors for france's health workers but some house workers say their inclusion in the prestigious ceremony is not enough to save the country's embattled hospitals that reports. all the pomp and ceremony of france's traditional bastille day celebrations but on a much smaller scale the french president inspected troops on paris's elegant plaster like concord but for the 1st time in more than 4 decades it was no military parade on the famous shoals in say a pair back event because the coronavirus crisis and to make room for a homage to the bravery and dedication the france's health workers. towards the end of the ceremony an unexpected moment a banner floated in full view accusing macro a failing to invest in france's hospitals opponents say the president mishandled the health crisis in a rare television interview and macro admitted he had made some mistakes at the start but that france was now ready for a possible 2nd wave

colleagues in france england and finland have been testing and training dogs to identified called 9 team for months now canines are also known to be able to detect some forms of human cancer for example the per your book is about them and this system is highly a canonical it has a high impact apart from large crowds we're thinking they can be at entrances to schools to contribute to what everyone wants to get back to class and back to normal or as close to it as soon as possible. that means these dogs may be in high demand. though there's not likely to be a shortage of 4 legged pupils these police puppies stole the show and made headlines worldwide when they made their debut at chile's annual military parade 2 years ago if the program proves successful their dogs will soon be joining their older brothers and sisters on the front line of innovative efforts to reduce the spread of this deadly virus. you see in human al-jazeera santiago. one person has been killed more than a dozen others wounded in suicide attacks in the north of syria a child died in a bombing in the rebel held area

colleagues in france england and finland have been testing and training dogs to identified called 9 team for months now canines are also known to be able to detect some forms of human cancer for example the per year book is now coming this system is highly a canonical and has a high impact. apart from large crowds we're thinking they can be at entrances to schools to contribute to what everyone wants to get back to class and back to normal or is close to it as soon as possible. that means these dogs may be in high demand. though there's not likely to be a shortage of 4 legged pupils these police puppies stole the show and made headlines worldwide when they made their do a chili's annual military parade 2 years ago if the program proves successful the dogs will soon be joining their older brothers and sisters on the frontlines of innovative efforts to reduce the spread of this deadly virus. you see in human al-jazeera santiago. such amazing animals ok it's far now with the sport thanks so much barbara world cup house cats are have announced a renewed interest in hosting the olympic a

bastille day ceremony in paris has taken place in the course of the coronavirus crisis they've been was scaled back and there were special tributes to health workers as for. all the pomp and ceremony of france's traditional bastille day celebrations but on a much smaller scale the french president inspected troops on paris's elegant plaster like concord but for the 1st time in more than 4 decades it was no military parade on the famous shoals in say a pair back event because the coronavirus crisis and to make room for a homage to the bravery and dedication to france's health workers. towards the end of the ceremony an unexpected moment a banner floated in full view accusing macro a failing to invest in france's hospitals opponents say the president mishandled the health crisis in a red television interview and macro admitted he had made some mistakes at the start but that france was now ready for a possible 2nd wave of what could only push instrumental although i hope in the following weeks mass will be mandatory in all enclosed spaces it's already the case in public transport but i

today with a battle in paris thank you. greg swenson is a specialist on violence in the virgin marcus is also a founding partner of brigham mcadam a london based investment bank joins me now via skype from london good to have you with us on the program mr swenson global economies have taken a huge hit because of the unprecedented circumstances around covert 19 the falls were expected but the degree to which they fall that should most probably worry economists. well i think so but you know most of the the consensus was actually higher than the number today so you know the consensus was 35000000 and a consensus on initial jobless claims is 1.45 so both numbers came in in a little lower i'm not that worried about the g.d.p. number because it's a lagging indicator everyone expected it you know and and obviously it was weighted toward the 1st month of the quarter which was april the claims numbers a little more troubling but also that a perspective there is as important you know that they did tick up 800000 but the the actual em

lisa lewis reporting from the bus today celebrations in paris thank you lisa. german chancellor angela merkel says there is still a long way to go to put together a corona recovery plan worth 750000000000 euro speaking after talks outside berlin with the italian prime minister she said she would resist any attempts to reduce the size of the package at an e.u. summit later this week italy is among the member states struggling in the wake of the current us related shutdowns and layoffs. diplomacy in times of corona while the leaders of germany and italy practice social distancing they've moved closer on policy issues the move made possible by germany's concession for europe to borrow more money to help rebuild after the current crisis without action economic forecasts are bleak. that is why we want to head into the talks and brussels in a spirit of great friendship and with great solidarity. we hope the talks will give us all the chance to come out of this big humanitarian disaster and also out of the ensuing economic downturn in the best possible shape. conti ha

national security adviser robert o'brien and it's a counterpart from each germany france and the u.k. are meeting in paris deals week where do we'll probably discuss this matter in much more depth as they louise to harrow our financial correspondent in new york thanks for bringing us up to date now to some of the other global stories making the business news 3 u.s. banking mages have posted big drops in profits for the 2nd quarter taking morgan's earnings hot citigroup's were down almost 3 quarters and wells fargo posted its 1st loss for over a decade the trio of revealed also that they set aside a combined $28000000000.00 to cover bad loans during q 2. companies in developed nations have often been accused of turning a blind eye to conditions at the factories and farms where they source their products but now the german government is planning to make them accountable for their overseas supply chains spawning a new law that would impact a wide range of sectors from textiles to take. these pictures show the tea harvest in the northern indian state of assam many german wholesalers buy t

because of france's lockdown visitors are being reminded to wear masks but maintaining social distance around the mona lisa and other famous works of art will clearly be a difficult times. also in paris fashion week with the cattle council due to the pandemic fashion houses are getting creative christian dior has reached into its past and unveiled. dozens of tiny dressmaker mannequins for its new less collection each dressed series as a miniature a life size version and is a throwback to the traveling trunk collections of the world war 2 era the present day collection comes with its own film of course. you're watching news remember you can always stay up to date on our website. flaws on twitter and instagram as well at the dublin years i told me on logical joining us. to. stand for. language courses. video audio. anytime anywhere. w. media center.

and you just have to look at what took place this year in paris and in france, where money was being sent to countries all over the world, and the people of france didn't want to take it and they didn't and they did a lot of rioting. had their taxes raised. we would have had to raise our taxes, and it was a disaster. i have been having a lot of credit for what i get there. it took a certain amount of courage, because it sounds so ,ice, the paris climate accord but it wasn't good for us at all. america lost nearly 10,000 factories while jill biden was vice president. think of that. 10,000 factories. he wrote something today and made a statement i wrote down. it is pretty accurate. years, theere for 47 last eight years, not long ago, as vice president he said, one in five miles of our highways are still in poor condition. well, we are doing a good job on highways. but why did teeth fix them three years ago -- why didn't he fix them? why didn't he fix them three years ago? tens of thousands of bridges are in disrepair and under virtue of collapse. why didn't he fix them? he was there fo

national security adviser robert o'brien and it's a counterpart from each really germany france and the u.k. are meeting in paris deuce week where do we'll probably discuss this matter in much more debt as a louise de haro our financial correspondent in new york thanks for bringing us up to date now to some of the other global stories making the business news 3 u.s. banking mages have posted big drops in profits for the 2nd quarter taking morgan's earnings halved citigroup's were down almost 3 quarters and wells fargo posted its 1st loss for over a decade the trio of revealed also that they set aside a combined $28000000000.00 to cover bad loans during q 2. a companies in developed nations have often been accused of turning a blind eye to conditions at the factories and farms where they source their products but now the german government is planning to make them accountable for their overseas supply chains spawning a new law that would impact a wide range of sectors from textiles to take. these pictures show the tea harvest in the northern indian state of assam many german wholesalers b

than france celebrates but still day coronavirus style a scaled down ceremony is held in paris paying tribute to the nation's health care workers. i'm claire richards and welcome to the show u.s. president donald trump has made good on his threat to end hong kong's special status trump has signed an executive order to strip the city of its trade privileges and bring it in line with mainland china he also announced sanctions against officials and banks involved in beijing's crackdown on civil liberties in the territory to their side legislation. and an executive order to hold china accountable for its oppression of actions against the people of hong kong. the hong kong or tanami act which i signed this afternoon passed unanimously through congress this law gives my administration powerful new tools to hold responsible the individuals and the entities involved in extinguishing hong kong's freedom we've all watch what happened not a good situation their freedoms been taken away their rights have been taken away and with it goes wrong in my opinion because it will no longer be able to com

a virus as scaled down ceremony in paris pays tribute to the nation's health care workers president across will lay out his plans to overcome the pandemic in a televised address later today also coming up. could he be the new frontrunner that to succeed and get a makeover marcus it is very nice up with the german chancellor has got political observers buzzing. and brad lidge by decades of conflict somalia's capital now confronts girl on a virus what critical infrastructure lacking the private sector is stepping in to try to keep people safe in mogadishu. when the walk into the program the coronavirus pandemic is costing a shadow over france's national holiday a still day. public sit abrasions have been canceled all scaled back in the capital paris for the 1st time since 1905 have canceled the traditional parade along and easy instead of a much smaller event is featuring a tribute to health care work because. it's the day when france marks the birth of its republic a day to celebrate revolution and independence but this year's bastille day was also dedicated to the medical workers wh

located just north of paris it's known as the birthplace of gothic architecture it's also where nearly all of the country's kings and queens are buried well it's a resident hands using a truly medieval method. for them. in the shadows of the basilica of santa in the participants of this awful. it can easily crumble if you frontrunners are the hardest part you have to make sure you don't break it delhi fans my console is passionate about his job. 'd he wants to teach people about masonry and encourage the younger ones perhaps to do an apprenticeship and become professionals people everyone who takes part in a workshop leaves with a smile on their face these are we show them the right way to hold the tools but above all we pass on a love for the material and that's a great feeling on the table in. the workshops of positive efforts to raise awareness about masonry because the basilica 2nd spy is finally being rebuilt. it was damaged by lightning in the mid 19th century and dismantled. one of the conclusion we want people to get involved in the reconstruction of this historical building wi

the french president inspected troops on paris's elegant plastic court but for the 1st time in more than 4 decades there was no military parade on the famous shoals in say a pair back events because the coronavirus crisis and to make room for a homage to the bravery and dedication the france's health workers. towards the end of the ceremony an unexpected moment a banner floated in full view accusing macro a failing to invest in france's hospitals opponents say the president mishandled the health crisis in a rare television interview and macro admitted he had made some mistakes at the start but that france was now ready for a possible 2nd wave of what could only push instrumental although i hope in the following weeks mass will be mandatory in all enclosed spaces it's already the case in public transport but it's been a bit erratic indoors at this stage. later in the city health workers gathered at this time for a protest the coronavirus price is highlighting the plight of the phone says medical workers and the government to respond. pay rise and all the extra money and the july 14th

celebrates but still they are on a virus style a scaled down ceremony is held in paris paying tribute to the nation's health care workers. and a british street artist of banksy goes underground for his latest project a comment on the coronavirus crisis its message if you don't master you don't get. m k richards and welcome to the show u.s. president donald trump has made good on his threat to end hong kong special status trump has signed an executive order to strip the city of its trade privileges and bring it in line with mainland china he also announced sanctions against officials and banks involved in beijing's crackdown on civil liberties in the territory china has condemned the move and said it would impose sanctions on u.s. individuals and charge and other escalation of tensions between the u.s. and china. trump took actions against china in retaliation for its recent moves on hong kong he authorized sanctions on banks and officials involved in imposing a tough new security law that effectively terminates the semi autonomous territories unique status to side legislation and an e

located just north of paris it's known as the birthplace of gothic architecture it's also where nearly all of the country's kings and queens are buried well it's a residents have been invited to take part in the renovation of a tower but the response has been less than enthusiastic deliverance makinson is trying to attract helping hands using a truly medieval method. to them. in the shadows of the basilica of santa meet the participants of this workshop learning how to work stein like the masons of the middle ages. saw some x. amount of the workshop leader tells them to be very careful but it can easily crumble if you frontrunners are the hardest part you have to make sure you don't break it delhi fans my concern is passionate about his job. 'd he wants to teach people about masonry and encourage the younger ones perhaps to do an apprenticeship and become professionals pick the sudden everyone who takes part in the workshop leaves with a smile on their face we show them the right way to hold the tools but above always has on a love for the material and that's a great feeling on the tab

celebrates busting day under the shadow of the coronavirus a scaled down ceremony and paris pays tribute to the nation's health workers president call will lay out his plans to overcome the pandemic and shutdowns in a televised address later today. plus california issues a sweeping rollback of its plans to reopen. bars restaurants and places of worship all shut down again over a new search in the corona but. i'm going out of as welcome to the program the british government will ban walk away from having any role in providing technology for its 5 g. networks from 2027 onwards with the car company barred from providing any new equipment from the end of this year the u.k. previously gave the chinese company the green light to operate but following strong pressure from the trumpet ministration to band while way completely the government has made a dramatic turn citing serious security concerns here's what the u.k.'s digital secretary oliver doubt. as the government agrees with the national side security sense advice the best way to secure our networks is for operators to stop using new affec

are really i mean paris does week we're do will probably discuss this matter in much more depth jose luis de haro our financial correspondent in new york thanks for bringing us up to date now to some of the other global stories making the business news 3 u.s. banking majors have posted big drops in profits for the 2nd quarter taking morgan's earnings harmed citigroup's were down almost 3 quarters and wells fargo posted its 1st loss for over a decade the trio of revealed also that they set aside a combined $28000000000.00 to cover bad loans during q 2. a companies in developed nations have often been accused of turning a blind eye to conditions at the factories and farms where they source their products but now the german government is planning to make them accountable for their overseas supply chains spawning a new law that would impact a wide range of sectors from textiles to take. these pictures show the tea harvest in the northern indian state of assam many german wholesalers buy their tea here produced under working conditions that would not be allowed in germany says development

located just north of paris it's known as the birthplace of gothic architecture it's also where nearly all of the country's kings and queens are buried well it's a residents have been invited to take part in the renovation of a tower but the response has been less than enthusiastic deliverance makinson is trying to attract helping hands using a truly medieval method. in the shadows of the basilica of santa in the participants of this workshop learning how to work stein like the masons of the middle ages. saw some x. amount of the workshop leader tells them to be very careful but it can easily crumble if you frontrunners are the hardest part you have to make sure you don't break it. is passionate about his job. he wants to teach people about masonry and encourage the younger ones perhaps to do an apprenticeship and become professionals people everyone who takes part in a workshop leaves with a smile on their face we show them the right way to hold the tools but above always has on a love for the material and that's a great feeling on the table now. the workshops are part of efforts to r