>> the head of the imf warns of massive disruptions the world over if the u.s. defaults on its debt. there is thursday late -- in south africa to talk conflict and energy, two big contract have been signed as a result of his visit. more details. here in france, the national france sweeps to victory. the victory for the far right scene as a taste of things to come in next yours national

municipal election. those are the headlines this afternoon. take you for joining us on "france 24 pickup live from paris. democrats and republicans in the united states have continued their battle over the course of the week, and on the united states budget. time is running out to decide a new debt limit for public spending will stop if politicians fail to agree by thursday, the united states will not have enough money to pay its bills. that could result in a formal downgrading of the country's rated rating. bad news for the u.s. and the rest of the world. >> just three days left. if democrats and republicans cannot end the political stalemate i thursday, the united states will default on its debt. the head of the international monetary fund warned sunday of the consequences of the world's largest economy is unable to pay its bills. >> if there is that degree of disruption, that lack of certainty, that lack of trust in

the u.s. signature, it would mean massive disruption the world over, and we would be at risk of tipping yet again into recession. >> the u.s. senate held meetings all weekend to try to agree on a solution, but talks have been fruitless. >> the motion is not agreed to. >> it is the height of hypocrisy. to pay our bills, the height of irresponsibility. -- of hypocrisy not to pay our bills. the height of irresponsibility. take the threat of default off the table and sit down to talk about a long-term budget deal. that equates to jobs and strengthens the middle class. i am hopeful that will be accomplished. >> outside the senate frustrated protesters demanded an end to the shutdown. >> these people are down here because things are broken. they are broken all the way around. i mean, i am tired of getting

kicked around. i have lost money on this. >> the shutdown has lost all -- has left -- has lasted almost two weeks already and have left hundreds of thousands of americans without work. >> to syria where the violence continues. a car bombing today killed at least 12 people in the northern town of dark push -- of -- 12 of the dead have been identified. also, gunmen abducted seven red cross and red crescent workers. the nationalities of those workers has not been made public. for now there has been no claim of responsibility. there has been a call for the men and women to be released by the international red cross. >> we are here to serve the syrian people. we are delivering water. we deliver food, health.

we do a lot of things, and that is for them, not for us, and we expect that all of our goals all authorities respect independents'neutrality and give us a free passage. >> secretary of state john kerry is in london today lakhdar brahimi, meeting with him. calling for a timetable to be said for the geneva 2 talks. he said there -- he said that any transition would not be possible without a transition government to replace the fruit visited -- to replace the current president. ruled out attending the geneva peace talks, saying it would go so far as to quit the umbrella of opposition should the opposition choose to participate.

moscow has called on washington to bring pressure to bear on the syrian opposition so it takes part in these talks. moscow police have detained 1200 people in an anti-migrant rate on a produce market. the scene of a riot. 400 people were detained after the protest degenerated into a race riot. it stems from the killing of a russian man thursday that nationalists lamed on a migrant deaths blamed on a migrant. >> clashes and arrests continued throughout the night in southern moscow as anti-riot squads tried to prevent areas to be attacked where migrants are known to work. >> i want the police chief and everyone in services with the duty to handle this situation to deal with these warehouses established order, and have people work under russian law wherever they are, wherever they

work, wherever they come from. >> unrest began after police released a photo of a man suspected of stopping -- stomping a russian to death thursday. he was not identified, but it touches blamed a migrant from the southern caucasus region. it was not long before peaceful demonstrations demanding justice evolved, as people chanted far right slogans, attacked a vegetable market where they thought the suspect was hiding. ethnic tension has never been far from the surface in moscow and other major russian cities. migrants moving from caucasus and central agent looking for work. sunday's rioting was the first such racially motivated incidents on the scale since 2010. >> a government ban has been upheld on the use of the word

allah by non-muslims. it was argued that the 2009 government and was unconstitutional so they would appeal to the higher federal court. the decision comes at a time the country's prime minister is trying to consolidate support on the mostly muslim population. >> celebrating a victory supporting the ban of the use of the word allah outside a court on monday. >> as a muslim, it is a religious duty to protect the word allah. that is why we are here, to show our support for the holy word. >> the malaysian government wants to restrict people using the term to muslims only fearing anyone else using it could cause confusion and lead to convergence -- conversions to

other religions. in 2008, a local christian newspaper was banned in using the word allah in referring to god. now the jury is in and the staff that "the herald" are back where they started. they say it is not about religion but about linguistics. >> god is an integral part of every religion we have, and allah -- in the middle east and in tunisia, it is a term that is used by more christians and muslims. the language is a language -- allah itself is a borrowed word. >> while muslim rights groups hope the court decision will in the matter to an end, "the herald" is not throwing in the towel. they hope to bring the case to the country's highest court. >> francois hollande is in south africa today, the aim to talk

energy and conflict. the french president wants greater talks on african crises. a number of important contracts being signed. our correspondent is traveling with the french president. tell us about the details that françois hollande has announced in terms of what is being signed. >> the french president announced during a joint press conference with south african counterparts, the contract -- we are told that they were in discussions, but they would not sure -- they were not sure it would be announced. for billion euro contract. the big contract for the furniture of 3600 wagons, of

which -- another big contract between gdf, the country in south africa for the construction of power plants 1.6 billion euros. those are actually clear signs it is not only a partnership but nice words about having had common sense about apartheid in -- >> we appear to be having technical difficult on that line -- technical difficulties on that line. we will get back to him later on in the day. here in france, the far right national front has won a hotly contested election. 47% of the residents of a town got to vote but that is a

higher proportion than those taken part in a previous round to vote. it is seen as a crucial test on the national front's popularity ahead of next year's municipal election. for more on what happened in brignoles yesterday, i am joined by our correspondent. what is the surprise? >> the turnout was 45%, so relatively low, and that as a result of this victory, the national front now have only two posts of counselor general in france. it is an important regional job in french politics, but they only have two in the country. however, there is a bigger backdrop, which is that the french president, françois hollande, is increasingly unpopular. if you look at opinion polls. whereas marine le pen, the leader of the national front remember, came in with nearly 18% of the national vote in the first strand of the presidential

election. actually elected françois hollande. she had succeeded in making the party more mainstream, more palatable to centrist voters. one consequence is that you don't see so much what was called a republican front. in other words the mainstream left and the right getting together in the second round of an election to keep out the national front. that is not something that either the left or the right seems keen on anymore. so that lack of, in front against the national front is good for them for future elections. >> what about if we look on a more european level at this sort of victory. populist right-wing parties -- how are they doing more broadly? >> you often have a protest vote in european elections, which give good results to these populist radical right-wing parties, and i want to show you an opinion poll will stop this

is predictions by the polling institute in france. this poll really put the wind up a few french politicians, as you can see their bank. a predicted 24% in those elections next may. the mainstream right part of the ump trailing in the socialists' third place. a similar poll gave a big share of the vote to the u.k. independence party, which has similarities with the french national front. you have a bigger trend in europe, and if you look at research done by the london school of economics, they show four countries where the far right has steadily increased its share of votes in the elections since the financial crisis hit in 2008. those four countries are france,

finland, hungary, and austria. the austrian election in september, the general election, where the far right increased to 21% of the vote, putting pressure on centrist broadly pro-european coalitions. whatever happens in may of 20 42 -- may of 2014, not everywhere in europe put in several countries, there is an important swing to the far right. >> thank you very much indeed. the nobel prize for economic sciences has been awarded to three americans -- eugene farmer, robert shiller have won. that was announced in the last hour. the royal swedish academy honored the three for their imperial -- they're in." analysis of asset prices. -- for their in."

-- for their empirical analysis of asset prices. that brings us to the end of this news bulletin. more news in 15 minutes. stay with us. >> novak djokovic has retained his title. he had built much -- the serve broke in games two and four to raise into a 4-0 lead. argentine star del potro six -- seated fourth and sixth plaintiff kind of shot that had seen him number one against rafael nadal in the semis. del potro showed ice cold nerves to save two match points in the third, forcing the set into a tie-break decider. ? mitch held his nerve --? mitch

-- djokovic held his nerve. match point was not long in following, and another baseline winner from? mitch -- that is his 15th masters title. a lake -- a leg brace put nigeria in control of their world cup qualifier against ethiopia sunday. 2-1 in the 90th minute with a penalty. on saturday there were wins bank from burkina faso. donna faces egypt on tuesday. -- ghana faces egypt on tuesday.

the french giants were irresistible in the first half with four tries and two penalties, giving them a 34-zero lead at the break. the warriors show their fighting spirit in the second half scoring four tries in just the second minutes. 51-28 win. >> john degen called brought the curtain down on the euro can that european cycling season. he had flipped clear on the dissent of the final climb, he was caught by the pack on the final straight, with a frenchman led to the front by his sp j team. the german surged ahead and took the win.

can you's dennis kimmitt so has set a new course record -- kenya -- the first major race held in the united states since the boston bombings in april. 30 seconds of silence were told beforehand to honor the victims of the attack. it was the second major victory as they also won in tokyo in february. he eventually cause -- cross the line, just 22 seconds slower than the world record set in berlin last month, and deferred -- the third fastest of all time. a good day for kenya all around. the winner of the women's race crossed the finish line in two hours, 19 minutes, 57 seconds, becoming the 18th female marathon winner to go under

2:20. jimmy walker won his major pga tour title at the fries.com open in california. on the final hole the sparse yield a five under par round of 66, 17 under overall, two shots clear of the field. former world number one vijay singh was bidding for his first win in five years on the pga tour. he finished those co-shots behind walker. overnight leader brooks kirker had a poor day four shots clear, but bogeyed four of the last 10 holes. he ended in a four-way-third. david lynn ended and nine-year title drought on the european tour with a victory at the portugal masters sunday. the englishman started the final round six shots behind overnight leader paul waring, but he

rolled up five birdies on the front nine to put himself in contention. this before carting a further four on the back nine against one bogey, winning his best round of the day in eight under 63, setting a clubhouse target of 80 overall. justin sank four straight birdies on the back nine to draw within a stroke at 17 under, but would get no closer as lynn held on for the title. >> today on the net, the former president of peru tweeting from prison. several u.s. states cracking down on revenge and the latest

public mobile art installation hits new york city. strikes, roadblocks, protests against absurd measures. is he incapable of governing? his post to twitter was posted by his predecessor. he is serving a 25 year prison sentence for corruption against crimes against humanity. he is not able to give interviews or making public statements, but that's has not stopped him from taking to the web from his prison cell. fujimori publishes memoirs online in september and uses online to publish lyrical opinions. the former president's lawyer said he uses a public payphone in the prison to pass on messages to his friends and family, who then take them to twitter, facebook, and youtube.

as you can hear in this audio recording, fujimori uses these accounts to defend his 10 years in office as leader of peru. have his prison term switch to house arrest. he asked for it present apart and, but the request was rejected. with new jersey and california recently adopting a series of measures aimed at combating so far -- so-called revenge, -- so- called revenge porn -- legislation has been introduced in new york. it is become wide practice in the u.s. and has become a moneymaker. there are dozens of websites specializing in revenge porn.

an anti-revenge porn bill has been enforcing california where any spurned lover could have a six-month prison term. the bill currently under debate in new york would include a 12- month jail sentence and a $30,000 fine. the authorities say hefty punishment is necessary, but not everyone is convinced. filling up the already packed prisons across the country when in their opinion cases of revenge pornography would be better dealt with in civilian court. the french drivers advocacy group is challenging government plans to reduce the speed limits on main roads across france. and has launched an online

petition addressed to the powers that be. the document criticizes the government for treating drivers like children, bowing to pressure from anti-car lobby groups. with some 200 86,000 followers on china's twitter around 200,000 instagram, snoopy is one of the most popular cats online at the moment. he is winning over animal lovers and web users the world over. the world-famous british artists is in the bi apple at the moment and decided to put on a disturbing show for new yorkers. he pulled up a slaughterhouse delivery truck with stuffed toys, cows, and she, and had a

driven around the city. it is called "silence of the lambs," and it is focusing on the dire treatment of animals. [recording of animals

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