a ' adlines. the mers epidemic in south korea claims a ninth victim. thousands of people have been quarantined, and the total number of cases continues to rise. last chance peace talks sponsored by the unr underway on libya, but the country's two rivalries failed to agree with each other or even with themselves. 8 and into the massive hack of a french international tv channel two months ago. it may have originated in russia. also coming up, in business we will be talking about free trade

deals, one that is flourishing another floundering. kate moody will be here with the details. uefa president michelle pacini has over the -- michel platini hands over the -- the man who replaces set latter -- sepp blatter refuses to comment on the fifa scandal. first, our top story. genie: first to south korea, where two people have died in the any rs outbreak. two more people now bring the deaths tonight. there are a total of 108 known to be effective with middle east respiratory syndrome. the outbreak that began three weeks ago is the largest outside saudi arabia. 3000 people are quarantined in south korea, and merely 2500

schools have been closed. the south korean health ministry in the world health court -- the world health organization are urging the government to reopen them, saying schools have not been linked to transmission of the virus. here is more of what the health ministry had to say. >> we urge those who come into close contact with the infected not to leave the country. people leaving the country have been voluntarily most of the time. therefore, we at the health ministry have obtained a list of those people and given it to the justice ministry. however, there are people missing from the list, which means there could be anomalies. these cases could cause problems on a national level and also harm global security. genie: for more on the mers epidemic in south korea, let's bring in andrew salmon in -- andrew salmon insole. the president has captured her

trip to the u.s. over this crisis. tell us about the reaction from the authorities. andrew: the president has canceled a trip to meet president barack obama, showing how seriously she is taking this. there are political dimensions to the crisis, and the government has been criticized in the past for not managing crises well. you may recall a couple of months ago, president park flew out of the country on a state visit the same day of the anniversary of the deadly sinking of the ferry. she is making it clear to the public that she will stay here, keep her hands firm on the helm in managing this crisis. genie: what is that feeling on the street of people in south korea? the government is saying not to panic, we could see the end of the crisis in a week. is that what people are feeling on the ground? andrew: i would not say there is

panic. there is fear. people in the offices are talking about it. "you should take public transport," for example. you will see a lot of people in gas masks, which is thought to keep this disease at a. -- at bay. me and my friend were very -- were the only people in one bar. i said what is going on, and i was told one word -- mers. i do not think there is really any panic as yet. where their rate -- where they may be real fear is in the 20 not hospitals, which have been named as the incubators of this disease around the country. i think if i would be in a hospital i might be a bit worried, but people are being warned if possible stay away from hospitals, refrain from visiting relatives who may be there. if that is done, there seems to

be no real risk in schools or outside hospitals and on the streets. genie: thank you for that, andrew salmon reporting from seoul, south korea. the peace talks to bring together the separate parliaments in place in libya have been tripped up but are not completely off. some members of libya's elected to parliament, the one recognition -- the one recognized by -- despite the fact that the plan was already rejected by their leaders and that they were told not to go. at the same time, the rival islamist government seems increasingly divided as well. the one thing both sides do seem to agree on is the fight against the islamic state group. the is says it has taken control of a power plant west of the libyan city of cert. that advance, if confirmed heightens instability in libya that struggle to create a unity government. nicholas rushworth explains. >> islamic state organization

militants posted these pictures of what they say is their attack on a power plant. forces loyal to this government pulled out as an isis group affiliate attack on tuesday. the islamic state group took an airport last month and said it now has full control of the city. it is continuing its advance the start of the year. over the last few months, it has claimed responsibility for killing dozens of egyptian and ethiopian christians. it is gaining from the unrest between rival militias and also political chaos. libya has two governments, one in tripoli and the other in the eastern city of two brock -- of twoubruk.

>> the libyan parliament has decided to suspend talks and return to tubruk. we will discuss a return to morocco for further talks. >> some members of the government, the ones recognized by the international community, have gone to berlin to continue discussing u.n. proposals. livia since death libya, since qadhafi -- libya, since qaddafi's downfall -- genie: a suicide bomber has blown himself up in the parking lot of karnak temple in the southern egyptian city of look sort -- no group immediately claimed responsibility but islamist militants who want to topple the current government, have killed hundreds of police and soldiers in the past.

usually at checkpoint and barracks for police stations. three armed men tried to storm the barricade that leads to the historic temple. two were shot dead by police and the third lou himself up. tourism -- and the third blew himself up. tourism is one of the top sources of income in egypt. two month ago, a french tv channel was hacked. jihadist propaganda took over the website and the station itself of tv5 monde. investigators say russian hackers could be to blame. our correspondent reports. >> the director called the attack unprecedented in the history of television. screens went lack and social media platforms that screens went black and social media platforms -- it took 18 hours for the french international news channel to resume operations but was the islamic

state group really behind the attack? >> soon after the attack, we were told to be careful. that the claims might be diversions to good investigators on the wrong track. -- to put investigators on the wrong track. we were open to the idea that it might not be a group affiliated with the islamic state organization. >> it is suggested the hack could have been carried out by a russian group. according to american and japanese cyber security firms, they have previously targeted political and military targets including the white house, nato members, ukrainian activists russian dissidents, and the georgian defense ministry. american firm fire i also says it has evidence that a pt 28 --

that apt28 is backed, but why would they attack? >> no demands have been made. >> relations between paris and moscow have tensed up in recent months over the ukraine crisis, leading french to stop a planned sale of warships to russia. genie: he visited russia possibility and at the 2015 expo world fair. vladimir putin is also meeting with pope francis at the vatican. it is a symbolic show of statesmanship after vladimir putin's latest snub at the group of seven democracies. his britain going to hold a referendum on whether it not it stays in the eu? mp's abated the issue in the

house of commons tuesday. the labor opposition says it back a referendum and with campaign to stay in the eu. it is more complicated for the ruling conservatives, who are trying eu reform and treating change to a yes campaign. here is nicholas rushworth. nicholas: mp's back a referendum that could decide britain's future in europe. >> the ayes to the right 544. the nos to the left, 53. nicholas: nicholas cameron -- mr. cameron us for an executive -- >> you come to feel like something is done to them, not for them. entire generations of british voters have been denied the

chance to have a say on our relationship with the european union. mr. speaker, today we are putting that right. >> the opposition labor party stressed the outcome would determine the country's role on the international stage. how britain is perceived abroad. >> we support this bill and its passage, but we also support britain remaining a member of the european union, and the same cannot be said of all of the members opposite. >> mp's rejected an amendment by the scottish nationalists seeking to block the bill. >> it would be outrageous, disgraceful, on demographic -- undemocratic, and unacceptable to greg -- to drag scotland out of the union. >> the main tension is within the tory party itself.

more than 50 conservative euros say it is time to leave the european union. some would change the minds of david cameron obtained significant concessions from britain's european partner. genie: french president francois hollande met with michel platini today. he was set to discuss 2016. the tickets go on sale today and michel platini gave the first vote to president francois hollande. chris moore was at the press conference earlier today. here is his report. chris: michel platini delivering a symbolic first ticket to francois hollande. an initial batch of one million tickets for this event gets underway going on sale today. the message is get on the internet early if you want to be involved in that particular

lottery. it is an opportunity for france peroration -- preparation, which is going swimmingly well. a fourth one is due at the start of next year. many of the journalists are much more interested in the chaos that is going on in foot wall. -- in football. many think that michel platini is in place to take over for sepp blatter. he is batting away all questions. in terms of what is going on in french -- in france, different prime minister took a government jet to a flight from his party conference to watch the champions league final in berlin. midway gold latini -- michel

platini saying he did not want to talk about that either, but he invited someone to the event and it was a perfectly appropriate situation to discuss the crisis in world football. so perhaps doing us a favor there. genie: we heard from fifa secretary valck. he said the bidding will start. he called it nonsense to start any eating process for the time being. let's take a look at top stories on france 24. the mers epidemic in south korea has claimed a ninth victim. thousands of people have been quarantined as the total number of cases continues to rise. last chance peace talks sponsored by the unr underway on libya, but the country's two rival governments have failed to agree with each other or even with themselves.

revelations into the massive hack of a french international tv channel two months ago. it may have it originated in russia. time for the day's business news with kate moody, who is here with us. let's start with the largest ever proposed free trade deal the one between the eu and the united states. it has had a stomach block. kate: a key vote has been postponed on the free trade deal, known as ttip. instead of allowing an ongoing vote, lawmakers are debating the proposals after the hundred -- after 200 complaints. >> a proposal as divisive inside the european parliament as it is on the streets outside. pressure from ngo's and members of the socialist and democrats group in strasbourg has led to a vote on the transit -- on a

trade plan to be postponed. parliamentary leaders had hoped to agree on a resolution to back the european commission, dated by hundreds of amendments. a sign of how controversial ttip has become. >> i'm scared when i see the two extremes here in a semicircle, the far right and the far left together, and also the greeks are going with them. that really, really does worry me. >> the pact would encompass a third of all world trade. among the criticisms worries u.s. multinationals will be able to challenge eu laws restricting commerce. europe's who standards could end up hurting them. >> take animal welfare. it is regulated and there are quality controls on slaughterhouses. if we do not meet those standards, we are penalized and we have to reduce the amount of

chickens on a farm. >> ttip does have the backing of some business leaders, who say such a deal could help lure that could help europe in the long run. barack obama and angela merkel called for a rapid conclusion to trade talks. genie: from when trade deal that is flattering to another that is flourishing, this one in africa. >> the leaders of 26 european nations are in egypt, waiting to sign a deal for an african tr free trade zone. i spoke to our correspondent in cairo earlier to find out what the deal will encompass. >> it is expected to boost trade between member states by clearance procedures and by dramatically reducing customs fees by over 50%. it would convert the three african trade blocs into a

single customs unit by 2017. it brings together a disparate group of nations, at different stages of development. egypt and south africa are among the wealthiest nation, alongside countries like angola, kenya ethiopia, that have experienced strong economic growth in recent years, as it includes some of the world's poorest nations, like ranji and madison -- like burundi and madagascar. genie: another setback. >> if it seems possible. the greek government submitted another round of fresh proposals early this week, describing the ending of austerity measures. in the last hour, we heard from the european commission spokesman who said that this is once again not enough. the proposals fall short of what athens has promised.

they are attending an eu latin american summit in brussels today so this could certainly come up for discussion. athens had to pay over 1.5 billion euros to the imf. genie: the clock is ticking on that. how have the markets been reacting today? >> this uncertainty about greece has been weighing on the asian markets earlier today across the board. europe is seeming to shrug off those concerned a little bit. after a major step -- after a negative start we saw retail results pushing stocks into the green. the result is the athens stock exchange. it just had a rocky session. it is down a little over half a percent. genie: spotify is gearing up for a big battle with apple. >> apple unveiled its new streaming service earlier this week, and spotify has lost no time at all in upping its game. it has a fresh round of funding more than half a billion

dollars. according to "the wall street journal," it brings spotify to a value of $8.4 billion, up from $5 billion last september. investors have believed to have triggered it but one internet company teliasonera -- it is protecting its corner of the market. genie: thank you for that look at music and business. time now for the press review. our correspondent is here with us to talk about the papers today. hi flo. lots of talk about the police officer who resigned in texas after the video went viral catching him on tape, wrestling a girl in a bikini to the ground at a pool party. flo: a lot of the teenager

that this pool party were black. reporters sent there that reporters were sent to kinney, texas, a predominately white city. according to "the guardian," it was perhaps best known as being ranked as the best place to live in america, according to a poll by cnn's "money" magazine. now the city is falling into step with ferguson, charleston, and baltimore, and in police brutality against african-americans. no one died in this incident but it was caught on tape. a lot of people are focusing on this. this is a cartoon in the washington post by tom tolls. it is not girls gone wild, it is boys gone wild. you can see, available on video the bottom right-hand corner you can see a guy say you should think about your reputation

because it does put the police in the spotlight. genie: a lot of controversy over a trip taken on a government jet to a football final in berlin. >> this was between barcelona and juventus. he is known to be a big barcelona fan. the president has backed him up on the spirit he flew to berlin because he was invited by -- backed him up on it. the president went to discuss the euro. since he was there, he attended the match. according to an article today there was no official meeting that was scheduled. which is all the more shocking about this story to a lot more people. he brought his two children with him. the estimated cost of the trip -- some people are estimating it to be as high as 20,000 euros paid at the expense of taxpayers.

more shocking is he left to go to the game from a socialist party content cap -- a socialist party congress and then went back to the event. genie: some the has been very dear to the heart of francois hollande. >> he really wanted a mark difference between his predecessor. it seems like it might be coming back. if we take a look, they say that he has scored a goal of against his own team. you can see him there, depicted as the football player. it is editorial, he has some very harsh words, saying it is a mysterious mistake -- it is a serious mistake. this is not only a political mistake, it is an ethical mistake as well. "mistake" is a word we are hearing a lot today by the french press. it is a major faux pas, really

an embarrassing situation for the prime minister the reminds the cartoonist of the embarrassment that he caused the president, francois hollande, when she released her tell-all book about their relationship. the book was called "thank you for this moment. oh you can see him talking to his two children. what do you say to daddy after he brought you to the game? and they say thank you for this moment. genie: we have been talking about football in a negative light, but you have a positive story for us -- the women's football cup -- world cup in canada. >> the women's world cup kicked off over the weekend. some people, like myself, are excited about this. there are five reasons not to be excited, according to "slate." women's soccer is not as fast as men's soccer. people say that women play the

more fair play way, but they can be just as officious -- just as vicious on the field. and the teams are not that balance. you have some really good teams and some pretty bad teams. i watched the germany-ivory coast match. germany creamed ivory-coast 10-0. but if there is a -- women's soccer is much better men men's soccer. why is that? first of all, this is a real world cup to read you do not just have teams from europe and south america dominating, you also have asian teams that are really good. also, there are lots more goals because the goalies are really terrible. it is more interesting to watch. also, if women's teams are not as fast and physical as men's teams, they have to be a lot more technical. so he says it makes the game a lot more interesting to watch.