n the street. the biggest challenge to beijing since the crackdown on tiananmen square. calling all for the search for survivors on mount ontake which erupted without warning on saturday. ahmadzai becomes the first new president in afghanistan in a decade. a crucial time when nato troops are pulling out of the country.

♪ also coming up, you will meet the first u.s. fighter pilot in the u.s. arab emirates. the air france strike may have ended but the havoc in the skies is still far from over. we will explain why. protesters in hong kong have put up against tear gas and police batons and they are still in the streets. the rallies turned violent as many use their umbrellas to protect themselves. they are angry over a decision to vet any candidate running in

the elections for hong kong leadership. we talked to some of the protesters in hong kong. >> this is usually a 10 lane highway. it is packed full of tens of thousands of protesters. despite the violence last night you can see the protesters are in no mood to be leaving. how long have you been here and how long do you plan to stay? >> for as long as i need to. >> what is it you want? >> we want universal sovereign shannon hong kong -- >> who is being blamed for the problem? >> the beijing government is behind this. the government has to be blamed. >> the students are in no mood

to leave. they could stay here as long as it takes. the beijing government is in no mood for compromise. >> reporting in hong kong. rescuers have called off the search for survivors at mount ontake the volcano erupted without warning on saturday, killing at least 36 people. we have the details. >> the bodies of more than a dozen victims airlifted from mount ontake more than 1000 firefighters returned to the volcano's summit in search for those they had to abandon the day before. the operation was too dangerous. rescue workers had to suspend

their operation by 1:00 p.m. the volcano is still erupting. the bodies of the victims were taken away. stories have begun to emerge from survivors who made it down the mountain. >> stones or falling onto the cottage, breaking the roof into pieces. i thought i was a dead man. i almost gave up. >> hundreds of hikers were initially trapped on the slopes. most made their way down by saturday night. a similar eruption occurred in 1979 but no one died. >> afghanistan has a new president. he was sworn in this morning. he and his rival had said they were the winner of the presidential election in june.

after months of wrangling a unity government was reached. charlotte hawkins explains. >> afghanistan inaugurates its first new president in over a decade three months after a general election where both candidates acclaimed victory. they have both agreed to rule together in a national unity government. >> all of the people of afghanistan are heroes and the government will represent everyone. >> we are committed to safeguarding our islamic values and bringing change to all levels of the governmental infrastructure based on mutual

trust, honesty, and acceptance. >> it is a sentiment shared by clinical analysts, providing they can work together. defense and foreign affairs are under a bill abdullah. the new government faces huge challenges, including fighting a nutella been -- a new taliban. >> the fighting is not the solution to the lyrical differences. we prove the lyrical differences can be solved through negotiations. i call upon those against the government to join political talks. >> it will reset president karzai's sour relations with the u.s. he is expected to sign an

agreement to allow troops to stay into the country to assist the afghan army and police. barack a mama made a startling omission. he said american agencies had underestimated the threat posed in syria. he said the chaos linked to the war provided a unique opportunity to regroup and stage a comeback. much has been made of the hundreds of european citizens traveling to iraq and syria to join the islamists. kurds, especially in europe, are returning to fight the jihadist. lou brown met two who answered the call to come home and fight. >> it's dusk and they are

returning to base. they have return three months ago when the threat became acute. he is 50 years old and his home is in munich. he left his family behind to be here. >> every day we heard the terrorist organization was attacking our brothers and sisters and was threatening to take over our land. we have to defend it, even if it costs us our lives. >> he if up his job of a musician from the kurdish orchestra. both fought in the 1990's against saddam hussein's army.

one of the main threats is from the islamists. >> there were 65 and our team neutralized them. >> hundreds of european kurds have taken up arms. more are expected. >> think the lord the media has become so vast. we can see straight away what is going on here. they have to get here and take part in the fighting. they are desperate to defend kurdistan. >> another long night begins on the base. they insist they will return to germany until after the fighting here is done. >> tens of thousands of people

filled madison square garden on sunday but not to see a rock star but to see the prime minister of india. he is on his first official visit to the united states, and that includes a stop at the white house. that trip is not without controversy. protesters reminded crowds that he was banned from coming to the u.s. after failing to stop muslims during his time as a local governor. after scotland voted against independence, the spanish government is trying to stop a similar referendum in catalonia. the prime minister made the announcement in a televised statement not long ago. what else to the prime minister have to say?

>> he basically said that no one region can take away the rights of other regions and that sovereignty should be decided by all spaniards as a nation. the referendum on november 9 would be appealed to the constitutional court. they accept the government appeal. it may take some years to rule on it. it would mean the immediate suspension of that referendum bid so will not go ahead. they wanted to hold back the referendum on november 9 and has already started the campaigning for that. it may seem surprising to those who have seen the scottish referendum. it is a wealthy region and over history and time much money has been sent to that region from

the central government and they cannot just break away without consulting the rest of spaniards. any referendum is not constitutional. >> you say it is anti-constitutional. even if it is down the line, is there a chance this could go through? >> the debate is not going to go away. they have promised the referendum because there was a move for independence in the country. as we know from polls, a majority want at least the right to vote. how many different people would vote for independence is harder to tell because of the way the questions are asked in the polls. many might vote to break away from spain if given the chance.

the number of people voting for full independence drops back if people think catalonia would have to reapply for eu membership. this is a region that has been given more and more powers of self-government. they have language and all these schools are educated and spanish is taught as a foreign language. the movement for independence is gaining ground. there were many people that reason views the right to hold -- that refused the referendum. >> it does put the referendum on hold. do you think it will increase the calls for independence? >> the younger generation is

getting frustrated by the constant promise to hold a referendum or a chance to decide on whether to be independent. many people say the other possibility would be early elections and they could turn into a no vote for independence. i do not think this debate will go away anytime soon. a press conference, he said he is always interested in negotiation. they would like the right to keep more of their taxes back in the region and not give as much money to poorer regions in spain. >> thank you very much, reporting from madrid. the birthplace of confucius now celebrating the 2565th

anniversary of his birth with a festival. every year the ceremony features religious rights. this year the ceremony he sends a special performance with 2565 students and representatives from all walks of life reading excerpts from confucius's works. protesters in hong kong faced down teargas and police baton but still remain in the streets. this is the biggest challenge to beijing since the crackdown in tiananmen square. japan calls off the search for survivors at mount ontake eval k no erupted on saturday and killed at least 36 people. ahmadzai becomes afghanistan's first newest president in a decade.

he will head up a power-sharing government at this crucial time when nato troops are pulling out of the country. time for a brand-new segment in our show. our business editor will be with us every day. hello. let's stay with the protests in hong kong. >> we have seen shares of the hang sang closing down 1.9%, the lowest level in two and a half months. some fear that fewer tourists might come to hong kong because of the demonstrations. an effort to calm the markets. essential bank is ready to step in to provide emergency liquidity funding. >> what about the markets in

europe? >> in trading hsbc is down in london today. heavy unrest might affect consumers in hong kong. the ftse 100 down over 20% for one company. >> a big story has been the strike with air france. there is still some disruption. >> 40% of flights canceled again as air france tries to get their fleet back to work again. the company abandoned -- the disruption has cost the airline 280 million euros. we have more. >> it was the longest strike in air france's history.

they are telling up their losses. the strike has cost them 280 million euros, a 10% drop in their share price. the ceo plans to press ahead with the low-cost in france but not with hubs across europe. >> we are going to buckle down as initially planned. >> to cut costs, air france plans to transfer most of their services to its own low-cost units. the pilots say they will not agree unless everyone has the more generous air france contracts, even if they fly for transvaavia.

>> air france's future through the project are at stake. >> thanks to a three-year restructuring plan, the airline has narrowed losses but still remains unprofitable. they recorded a net loss of 614 million euros in the first half of this year. >> germany's lufthansa has canceled 56 of their long-haul services as part of an ongoing dispute with pilots over early retirement provisions. let's move on with a look at some other business stories. apple will be accused of benefiting from illegal state aid from the irish government. an investigation is looking into

the deal it did with. ireland apple maintains they did not break any laws. two chief executives are being investigated for tax evasion. they are moving from a company back to italy. a discount supermarket has seen their profits soar and this made more than 330 million euros last year. >> aly baba made a huge splash in the stock market. >> it was a story we are talking about as the big stock market launch of the year.

the company is taking a blogger over comments he made online. he wrote 70 posts and talked about the company's financing. they said his articles attack the firm and damaged the finances. investors would they to.disagree they have raised $25 billion from their stock option in new york. you would think they would need the money. >> should have bought some of that stock myself. thank you so much. time now for our press review. >> heavy defeats for the ruling socialists. this is three years on from taking control of the upper house for the first time. it is one defeat more for the

left. they expect from elections next year and the regional ones. they say nothing more than two catastrophes will end up turning them blue. i must point out the senate elections in france are not elected by universal suffrage but by delegates from local councils, which were elected earlier this year. not to this extent and a warning for the rifling parties telling them they should not get carried away. it would be wrong to think if these victories are a sign for them. the socialist party has proved its incompetence.

>> the far right also hit the headlines as the party entered the senate for the first time. >> that is right. marine le pen's party won two seats. they managed to appeal to voters. the number of grand elect ordors were not enough to carry a single state. this is a sign of successful campaign which has been mounted by marine le pen. they talk about a new barrier being breached in normalizing the national front. one of the senators elected stéphane ravier said we're into the senate for the first time. there is one door left to push. >> hong kong is in the main

news. >> protests now in their second week. police used tear gas in an attempt to disperse protesters. they have a much blanket coverage of it. there is a blog written by a member that launched the protests. he was well prepared and brought along face towels to help out. he tells of an organized supply line where demonstrators managed to get in supplies such as celine solution and milk -- saline solution. he notes that the seal of the territory has in the past been accused of supporting tear gassing protesters. he suggests the tear gassing

yesterday was on direct orders from beijing. that they have irreversibly alter the relationship between government and people in hong kong and there is no turning back. occupied central loss control of the demonstration due to a communication breakdown. they rather hastily brought the protest forward. they decided to capitalize on the student protests which have been going on for the past week. they had to abandon the original venue for a more -- >> how is china been reacting to this? >> cutting off social networks. instagram is the latest to go. it was unavailable because of a large number of pictures being

posted and mentions of hong kong were censored in china's microblogging surface. authorities condemn occupied with the office of central government that the resolution is unshakable and one of the challenge which pretty much means there will not be a free election in 2017. they are laying the blame on the protesters. the wall street journal has a headline praising the protesters and saying cj and 10 more or less pushed china to this point with the publication of a right paper -- white paper. deserve the world

crimination against women in the workplace in politics, and even in their own communities is deep-rooted in history. but when it comes to the present, it's still very real for millions of women around the world. this week, we'll meet women determined to change that once and for all. they want to empower all women to reach their full potential. i'm mike walter in los angeles let's take it "full frame."