anchor: live around the world these are the headlines. former president of chad goes on trial on charges of crime against humanity. this is the first time african judges will rule on the fate of a former leader of one of the continent's own countries. banks finally reopen in greece after a three-week shutdown but this monday brings new tax hikes as the new bailout terms kick in. the cuban flag is raised at the u.s. state department as the two countries restore full diplomatic relations after more than five decades apart. also this hour roadblocks and

burning tires coming up in business. we will explain why french farmers are taking to the streets in protest. and a terrifying close call in south africa as a world champion surfer fights off a shark attack and survives. that and more on the way but first our top story. first hissene habre' the former dictator of chad goes on trial accused of war crimes and crimes against humidity. that is in senegal is history making. it is the first time ever the courts of one country prosecutes the former ruler of another for alleged human rights abuses.

reporter: after years of struggle victims get their day in court. >> i wish he had the courage to come to the bar and tell me why i was arrested and detained four years. reporter: these chaddians have come to senegal it testify in the trial of their former president apz prosecutor who ruled from 1982 to 1990 and they are determined to get justice. >> the time has come for the victims to regain their dignity by way of these explanations, this hearing in the course of which the accounts will be rbg reckoned to allow them to get closure and those widowed to mourn loved ones. reporter: the trial is unprecedented the first time a former african leader was tried elsewhere on the continent for crimes against aluminumity.

one had cases against the chilean dictator and he says it is thanks to the doggedness of the victims. >> i'm with a group of survivors and there is for them the 20th time they have been to senegal pleading their case. they have been really the architects of this effort to bring habre' to justice and more than anything it says that with tenacity and perseverance you can sometimes create the political conditions even to bring to justice dictator even in africa. reporter: more than 4,000 victims of torture in chad are civil parties to the trial. to get there far they have over overcome intimidation and death thepbts and the initial reluctance to try a man they had sheltered 25 years. anchor: we are getting reports now that at least 27 people have been killed and dozens more hurt in an explosion in the turkish town of suruc on the border with

syria. it is just across from the syrian city of kabani the scene of fierce battles of kurdish groups and islamic state groups. it went off at the cultural center. four italian construction workers have been kidnapped in libya not far from an industrial complex owned by an italian energy giant. italy closed the embassy in libya five months ago and urged italians to leave because of potential danger. next to greece where banks have reopened this monday after a three-week shutdown but there are limits on how much money greeks can withdraw. to make it worse for the greek people new austerity measures kicked in including an almost double increase on some taxes on food and travel. more on the situation we go to

our correspondent. you were talking to customers at some banks as they reopened. what did they have to say? reporter: there was a clear sense of relief with many customers that i spoke to. they came to settle their bills and pay their taxes and one woman came to have her a.t.m. card replaced because it was not functioning any more. these are things people don't fancy doing but the fact that it was impossible for three weeks to do those transactions made them scared because the banks remained closed and people were afraid in the worst case they might lose their balances at the bank. with the banks open again the situation at least looks more normal and looks like business as usual. there were some reports of cue queues but the situation in athens the banks look like business as usual but we should not forget it is just the first

step toward normally as the controls are still in place. anchor: in addition to capital controls there are new austerity measures today including new sackses on some -- taxes on some services and foods. tell us about that. reporter: this applies to around 100 categories of food and services. some of which are very basic lake sugar tea -- like sugar tea and coffee. i went to some super markets and they were all repricing many items and some customers i spoke to said they had changed their basket this time. one woman will bought a cheaper brand of toilet paper because her brand went up and another category is restaurants priced up there from 13 to 23%. but the good news for both greeks and tourists alike seems

to be that many restaurant owners choose to absorb the hike because otherwise they are afraid they will lose many clients because people don't have the money to pay yet another hike in prices. anchor: thank you for that. meanwhile, now u.s. defense secretary ashton carter has gone to israel. this is the first visit of a u.s. cabinet official to that country since last week's historic nuclear deal on iran. iran and israel are sworn enemies and the israeli prime minister has called it an historic mistake. going into the trip the defense secretary said it was not about changing israel's mind. >> i'm not going to change anybody's mind in israel. the purpose of the trip is to work on all the things that we do together to guarantee the

security of american interests in the region and very importantly one of those is the security of israel. obviously we believe that the nuclear deal promotes the security in the region. the american strategy and also the defense of israel. but as i said friends can disagree. anchor: the nuclear deal with iran came after years of intense talks. it is meant to ease sanctions on iran in exchange for a curbing of its nuclear program. but there are still some final hurdles including the u.s. congress that must vote in favor of the deal. that is far from guaranteed as we see. reporter: john kerry reached the end of a long road last week finally reaching a compromise with his iranian counterparts. all he has to do now is convince the lawmakers in washington that that compromise was the right

one. appearing on u.s. television sunday he made his case. >> if we don't do this deal, if conditioning says no to this deal then there will be no restraints on iran and no sanctions left. we will be viewed as killing the opportunity that stopped them from having a weapon, they will begin to enrich again and the greater likelihood is you will have a war. reporter: if the text is not approved congress could stop the u.s. from holding up its end with iran by blocking the suspension of sanctions. the british prime minister made his appeal to the american people. >> there is the better outcome. it keeps iran away from a nuclear weapon and it is a successful negotiation for the allies and i think we should be proud of a good deal done. reporter: for many in the republican majority of congress and israeli lobbyists the iran deal could be a huge mistake. >> it may be a deal that may

block or delay the path to one or two bombs the tphebgsnext few years assuming they don't cheat but pave their way to many bottoms after a decade. reporter: congress has 60 days to make up its mind. president obama has promised to exercise his veto if the deal is rejected. >> the cuban flag was raised at the u.s. state department in an historic gesture to mark renewed diplomatic ties between that vana and washington. they sever eded relationshipses in the wake of fidel castro coming to power. last december president obama and his cuban counterpart raul castro agreed to restore ties. reporter: few cameras were present to witness the historic

movement. the cuban flag raised and placed with the other nations in the lobby of the u.s. state department. shortly after midnight diplomatic relations official lyly resumed between the two former enemies. soon the cuban intersection in washington will be the island's embassy and local residents are glad to see times are changing. >> a really good thing for the relationship between the two countries and in 60-plus years of no talking, no relations hasn't really gotten any where. so with opening up it will lead to discourse. reporter: an estimated two million american cubans live in the u.s. normalization of relations decided last year by barack obama and raul castro will lead to more cultural inter actionaction thanks it the lifting of travel reconvictions. >> it adds more diversity to the community. if they have an open invitation i would like to go visit.

that is one of the countries i have always wanted to visit. reporter: in havana excitement is mounting. recent poll showed 97% of the people believe they will benefit from a better relationship with the u.s. especially when it comes to improved cuba's troubled economy. >> the patience i need a lot of pills the drugstores don't have enough because of economic blockade. reporter: the end of the embargo will require the approval of congress. raul castro says it is the main stumbling block to a complete normalization of relations. anchor: to a truly incredible story out of south africa triple world surfing champ nick fanning was competing in an event when a shark moved in and attacked him. fanning fought the shark off and survived intact the whole thing captured on live tv. we have more on how it unfolded.

reporter: the whole thing plays out on live television during the finals of a surfing competition in south africa. triple champion australian nick fanning is waiting for the waves to pick up when a shark approaches. fanning flails about and tries it escape. using his surf board. a large waver blocks it from view as colleagues wave anxiously on shore until suddenly he reappears. in mere moments teammates are in the water on jet skis arriving on the scene. he hops aboard visibly relieved. >> i was just sitting there i was about to start moving and felt something grab lake -- grab like instantly i jumped like that and he kept coming at me and i was kicking and screaming.

i punched it in the back. reporter: he emerged shaken but unharmed. rescued from the dangerous waters with fellow finalist julian wilson. the world surf league hailed his bravery and rapid reaction of the water safety personnel but the remainder of the competition has been canceled out of concern for the surfers' safety. anchor: you have probably seen a rubik's cube and probably tried to solve one. if you are anything like me you probably gave up. that certainly is not the case for an australian named felix who just won rubik's cube world title in under six seconds. look at this. that is some pretty impressive stuff. that was the second win for him at the world championship in

brazil. but at 5.695 seconds he is not the world record holder that is an heroin who did it in -- an american who did it in 5.2. there are different types of competition from the one-handed like there and one competition that is done with feet. i would like to see that. this is "france 24".." former president of clad goes on trial for crimes against humanity. this is the first time they will rule on the fate of a former leader of one of the continent's own countries. banks reopen in greece after a three-week slutdown but it -- slutdown but they will have harsh new bailout terms. the cuban flag is raised at the u.s. state department as the two countries restore full diplomatic relations after more than five decades apart.

time for a look at the business news and we have kate moody with us. greek banks still a big topic of conversation. they have finally opened doors after three weeks and athens made a start to keep repaying -- or begin repaying debt. >> seems like good news. remember the banks are able to reopen thanks to additional emergency funding from the european central bank. monday is also the deadline for athens to repay american $4 billion euros including interest for past loans and under european low if it defaulted the e.c.b. would be required to end support for agreeing banks and finance officials say that is under way this monday and they are paying two billion euros to the i.m.f. which has been in arrears since june. there is coming from a seven billion euro bridge loan granted almost all of this to pay back

the international creditors and there are more payments due later in the summer. some analysts warn the calm may be temporary. >> foreign creditors have given minute to solve problems. the crisis is postponed but it is not over. they are able to get it. >> how is the market responding. mostly positive investors cleared by the fact that greek banks have been able to reopen their doors. we are seeing the d.a.x. up nearly 1%. the greek stockton market will be closed monday and athens was shut down with the banks june 29. officials not ruling out trading could become this week so we will update that. turning to other business led lanes now the chinese telecom giant said its revenue summered

30% the first half of the -- surged 30% and demand for smart phones pushed sales to nearly $29 billion. it is one of the largest makers of telecom equipment and third biggest smart phone seller in china. rolls royce says the arrow engine business has two major contracts worth $2.2 billion to provide maintenance for the saudi arabian private jet company with 20 engines. it faces tough competition and saw the share price plunge recently. the british bank barclays plans to cut 30,000 jobs the next two years according to the times newspaper which says lenders' global workforce there shrink to under 100,000 by 2017. it is undergoing tough cost cutting measures and ousted its

c.e.o. and seeks to slim down the operations and build a new image. anchor: back it france we are in the north hundreds of farmers have been protesting saying they are on the brink of bankruptcy. tell us about that. >> the country's cattle pork and milk sectors are in crisis because of stagnating prices and falling exports. they called on retailers and consumers to support them and many are angry at a perceived lack of government aid. >> 300 furious farmers stopping traffic on the outskirts of the city cutsing off roads and highways with tractors. others went a step further empty ing skips in the streets. >> they have been elementsied. i can tell uyou. >> nearly 10% of livestock farms some 22,000 are on the verge of going bankrupt with the russian

food embargo slower demand and cheaper supply from other countries contributing to the crisis. there despite a government pledge to improve farmer livelihoods. last week higher prices were agreed it be paid but the prices are still below producer targets so many livestock farmers are selling at a loss and demanding action and those say they won't budge until they see the minister of august call. he is expected to meet with the unions thursday. meanwhile, consumers are being urged to buy french produce with personal products of france labels in major super markets as of this monday. anchor: we have talked about drones being the delivery system of the future and new it seems like they are starting to do that. >> the u.s. has seen the first official drone delivery approved by the federal aviation administration which currently bans drone use for commercial

purposes. you can see a package of medical supplies being delivered it a rural hospital in southwest va. that is a trip that would normally take an hour and a half on tricky country runs done in a 20-minute flight. google and amazon are among toes that with like to switch to drone deliveries and lobbying the f.a.a. to loosen regulations the next year. they are sure to seize on this as how safe and effective they can be. anchor: thanks for that look at business news. it is time for the press review. we will look at what the papers have been saying. lots of focus on greece getting ready for the new austerity package kicking in. >> we will start with the greek papers or what is left of them because you have to remember a lot of them had to fold. they are all talking about the repercussions of the austerity

plan. we are reminded in the headline sigh cypress needs at least 120 votes as they vote on the tranche of reforms it has to put in demanded by creditors. without the 120 votes the paper says we fold. another daily turns the lens back on to europe with a head line that says brussels is voting betting on whether greece will soon hold parliamentary elections that. is a reference to if cypress doesn't get the 120 votes he may have to step aside because that is the threshold he would need to have a vote of no confidence. anchor: are papers outside of greece going as heavy on this? >> they are in france. it is on the front page here. it takes an interesting annual looking at the man. this is the man who promised greeks he would unlock the coffers much the international

creditors but he is asking them to make even more financial sacrifice. they look at whether this is a u-turn, political weakness. in their editorial they look inside the head and ask what on earth is going on inside the head of the man because the answer if you believe his political friends he is a lion sty the body of a gentle lab labrador labrador. from the "washington post" in the u.s. there is a cartoon showing a blood bank situation or scenario. europe is seen draining a ruined greece so it is implementing the austerity plan saying essentially we have to take -- we plenty to take two liters per day to continue. anchor: next is a story we have been covering on france trance but not given that much front

page news in the international press. >> if you were not watching "france 24" you may not know the name of hissene habre'. it has not been in the international press for 20 years in a big way but it is all over the french front pages. he was chad's dictator from 1982 and 1990 and it has taken a quarter century but finally he's facing a court for crimes against aluminumity. so in an editorial it is focused on the fact that habre' isn't facing the international criminal court in the hraeug but a pan-african court. so the first time a tyrant is forced respond to war crimes in front of an african court and what is interesting is another french paper further to the right also picks up on the story and highlights france and the u.s.'s roles in supporting habre'. he was used as a pawn by ronald

reagan to counter gaddafi. i scoured u.s. papers and this story wasn't there. anchor: we will go to a story covered quite a bit in the u.k. concerning the british royal family. tell us about that. >> there is a story that exploded over the weekend in the "sun" releasing images from a home video 80 years old of the royals and this was the queen age seven doing what looks like a nazi salute. the daily mail dragged it out a few more episodes leads with the fact there is a new tv documentary that will reveal how prince phillip stood up to the queen's husband and met and admired hit her and three of phillip's sisters were married to senior officers, nazi officers and when prince phillip attended a family funeral in germany he was apparently confronted by crowds giving the

highly hitler salute. interestingly, a defense of the queen comes from the guardian. you would not expect that being a left wing paper saying this short video doesn't tell the whole story. the seven-year-old queen was with her nazi sympathizing uncle edward who was just months from renounce being the throne for wallace simpson he did a couple months later and she said this is a reminder that history does turn out well. edward's moral paper is on display and we should thank the quee

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