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ayoub el khazzani you're watching live from paris "france 24 ago a moroccan man who boarded a train with an assault rifle and hundreds of alerts was planning a terrorist attack. -- beforefor a judge a judge for the first time. crossedn 2000 migrants into hungary from serbia in a single day. to reachly trying wealthier countries in northern europe.
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european and u.s. start market rebound after the worst fall in seven years. investors are encouraged by china's decision to cut interest rates. but first he watched a jihadist video on his mobile phone before boarding a train with an assault rival -- rifle, 270 bullets. a judge has been hearing the case against ayoub el khazzani who was overpowered by a group of american and british travelers. he was planning a premeditated and targeted attack. reporter: the first
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investigation of the mobile had haveub el khazzani allowed us to affirm the device was definitely used in connection with criminal acts committed and intended by the accused. the day ofas used .he acts -- of the assault already onhed while board the train a youtube video extortedan individual his followers to raise arms in the name of the profit. -- the prophet. ayoub el khazzani as investigators look into the case.
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to resumeas asked talks. turkey has stepped up its campaign against kurdish fighters in syria. also seeking to reassure the french public that every effort is being made to keep them safe from terrorists. is ensuredrity within our borders and this is the reason why we launched the sentinel operations with more armes.rs and gend this is why we have reinforced our intelligence service and modernized our distillation the in respect of freedoms. 14 people have been arrested in a joint operation between morocco and spain. one of the suspects was arreste in morocco.
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officials say the suspects were trying to replicate atrocities being carried out in iraq in syria and morocco and spain. the u.n. is calling it a war crime and an immense loss for the syrian people. islamic state fighters have posted online a video which shows the destruction of the palmyra. how myra -- photos that appear to prove what syrian officials had been claiming for days. after 2000 years, the temple has been reduced to rubble by the islamic state group. the historic temple was one of the best preserved monuments but security analysts feared for its future after jihadists took control of the area in may. since then, they have destroyed a number of shrines on the periphery before targeting the
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museum and other temples around the site. it has been turned into a place for public executions. last tuesday the extremist group attack -- decapitated the head of the site. an internationally renowned archaeologist hood studied the ruins -- who had studied the ruins for 50 years. temple just the latest out of hundreds of pre-islamic religious sites the islamic state organization has destroyed across the region. >> there is no words to describe it. you cannot describe white is happening. they are trying to erase the history, the and entity of the people of syria. it is all signs of idolatry which they feel conflict with their belief system. fighters smashed
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hundreds of artifacts. sites archaeological received the same treatment. sent a cry -- sentenced a ukrainian filmmaker to jail. both burst into aashes cril rendition of ukrainian national anthem as they were sentenced. he was condemned to 20 years behind bars. given 10.was men had pleaded not guilty,
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slamming the trial is politically motivated and inspiring tensions between moscow on the west over the crisis in ukraine. a vocal opponent of the russian takeover. hundreds of demonstrators gathered outside the russian and the sea to protest against the ruling. is absurd, a barbarity, savagery that cannot exist in the 21st century. i have no words. it cannot be this way. can't do anything to stop this russian machine but we can demonstrate that our solid 30 -- solidarity is better than repression. from human rights groups to prominent film makers the sentences sparked an outcry. while the ukrainian president said a few words of support
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telling them to hang in there. the british government has announced tough new measures against illegal workers. migrants who do not have a work permit could be jailed up to six months and lose their wages under the new proposal. the government is under increasing pressure as hundreds of migrants reach the area from calais. crackdown onsaw a british landlords who do not check their tenants' papers. now the workers themselves being targeted area do --targeted. reporter: the message here is simple. if you think the u.k. is an el dorado, if you think britain is a soft touch, think again. because you are wrong. this is very much what the british government and
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authorities want to do. they want to crackdown on what they call the abuse of the system. this.new measures after is about people illegally working. they will face six months in .ail the prisons are already full here so that will not be an easy task. themhe people employing will also be strongly targeted. off licensesthat and take away restaurants are the big culprit in illegal workers. they will be targeted. illegal migrants will be targeted i the authorities. there may well be some raids. various cleaning contractors, building sites, and care homes.
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the message is if you have no forer a legal defense, that employers not to check the status of someone they are employing, the onus is upon them to check that that person can indeed work in this country and if they cannot come at there will be fines and even possibly the permit of the take away restaurants will be taken away. that is a very strong message given by the british authorities in that immigration bill. anchor: it has been criticized and some are saying it is a knee-jerk policy. and that will increase the burden on the taxpayer. they should be deported in said. -- instead. reporter: they want to go to war against the traffickers.
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of 2000this crisis people or more try to get into the channel tunnel. a deal with new security measures at great cost particularly for the british government was 20 million pounds or more. there have been some criticisms. looking after migrants saying this is not the way to do it. these people need to be treated more humanely and they are in a desperate flight. the government wants to send out that strong message, don't come here if you are trying to get into the country illegally or trying to work here illegally. you will not get a bank account. you will not be able to drive. you will not be able to rent somewhere to live. anchor: hungary is the latest country calling for eu assistance.
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it is a transit country for mainly syrian refugees who are trying to reach northern europe. authorities are trying to put up country's secure the borders. >> more than 2000 migrants arrived in hungary. most of them come from syria. many hope to make it to germany. having arrived first in greece and they managed to reach macedonia just before the border was closed. next it was serbia. and then in this town close to the hungarian border. they are determined to continue
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on despite the risks. >> we don't know what has been in hungary. >> we have had a lot of the news [inaudible] things could be dangerous if some migrants attempt to cross the our prior fence erected to keep them out. others have reached the country by the village, one of the areas not caught off by the fence. anchor: israel has started releasing african migrants. there are 45,000 illegal immigrants in israel. from sudan and eritrea.e -- x we have no money. just enough to take the bus to a nearby town and maybe even breakfast and then what are we going to do? are scarceptions
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area they have been banned from tel aviv and the other city with a good hope to find cash in hand work in migrant communities. >> right now i don't have anything to do. the van is to keep them away from anti--migrant hostility emerging from some residents. israel has sent 1700 migrants even to the desert. while detainees are free to leave, they must sign in several times a day and sleep there. making it impossible to keep tabs. breaking the rules can mean a jail sentence. while israel does not deport migrants facing danger in their countries, critics accused the government of trying to push them to leave willingly. lifeat is to make their
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cereal and break their spirits of asylum-seekers who are there and at your others from coming to the country or making life miserable so the can leave israel. boarded: the migrants buses with their few longings hoping to find a means to survive. the un security council has been hearing from members of the gay community in syria and iraq. many say they suffered brutal attacks at the hands of the islamic state her. they say jihadists make it their mission to track and kill suspected homosexuals. more than 75 u.n. member states have laws that criminalize homosexuality. the closed-door meeting was dubbed historic. the un security council on monday convening for the first of a session on lgbt rights. the u.s. ambassador to the u.n. fine that break to
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being injected into the mainstream. >> we have to continue to create dedicated spaces and venues for conversation like the one we just had one raising awareness, showing lgbt people are those being persecuted, that the u.n. cares, that the security council and the general assembly cares. reporter: the council heard from escape iraqi and syrian homosexuals who lived in fear under the islamic state her. >> i was hoping that my message will deliver to prove that lgbt is not just a terminology invented i the west. there was -- there is a community in the middle east and in africa. yhey stand together and the want the right to. reporter: jihadists have claimed
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responsibility for 30 executions on charges of saturday. -- sodomy. anchor: the last confirmed case allowed tos been walk free. we have the story. >> a party atmosphere in central sierra leone some 15 months the first case of ebola. the last patient to be diagnosed has been released to hospital. the 35-year-old was met by the countries president who gave her a certificate to mark the occasion. >> to now we can confidently say it is the beginning of the end
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of the fight against ebola. reporter: all residents of the work around 500 people quarantined for three weeks after she fell ill. 14 are still being monitored. there is a 42 day countdown before the country can declare itself ebola-free. >> let us remember the 3000 586 -- 3586 people we lost to ebola. let us also use this as an opportunity to fully affirm our commitment to support the over 4000 survivors. reporter: the world's worst known ebola epidemic infected more than 28,000 people in west africa over 18 months. around one third of those who contracted the disease died the
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world health organization hopes the epidemic could be contained completely by the end of the year. anchor: let's turn our attention to business. what has -- after what has been another eventful day. chinese markets taking central states but a different picture here. markus karlsson is here to tell us. market closed with significant falls about -- on chinese about where the economy is falling. we have seen strong gains in the united states. we are seeing a bounceback following the worst day in four years on monday on wall street. the indices have not clawed back all of yesterday's losses. news that the chinese central bank that -- is taking action to
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stimulate the economy. it was a similar story with even more gains the side of the atlantic. the best session that we have seen. significant gains for the dax in frankfurt up almost 5% on the session. in asia earlier there were sharp falls for a second consecutive day. at least for the shanghai composite and the 225 index -- the nikkei to toy five index in japan. kospi squeezed out some gains. did the pbs he do? this is what markets are watching. the people's bank of china. its benchmark interest and it lowered the reserve
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requirements for major chinese s to 18%.50 basis point ratio they seek to release more money into the economy. pboc came out with these measures. we will have to wait to see before we see the effects in asia if we see effects in asia. more analysis on the measures i director ofr to the ihs in london. i asked why it till now or chinese authorities to take action. guest: people are looking for the government step in but it is interesting they did not step indirectly to support the stock market like to have in recent weeks. with add-on is traditional
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measures of lowering interest rates and lowering reserve requirements for the banks. the accommodation is to the real economy, not the stock market. we have seen a lot of action in recent days in the stock market. how strong would you say the eal economy is in china? guest: the big question about how the figures revealed the true story when the situation is a lot worse at the industrial production figures were not very good in june and july. experts -- exports were even worse. change weount for the saw a few weeks ago. the economy is slowing. 6.2%.ing like the figures may understate the strength. [indiscernible]
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that has been the concern. markus: how radical is that action? 4.6% would be high if this was in the west. at the west we are at rock-bottom. the fact is this is they have been accommodating with lower interest rates. it is part of a series of and maketo accommodate financial conditions is year for the chinese economy. looking at the real economy, they are ignoring -- they have made their minds up to ignore the stock market.
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there are concerns that spread. many french companies have a foothold and many have held the squeeze this year. 2000 companies flies the flag from france and china and they are feeling the effects of an economic slowdown in the world's second-largest economy. they have seen a decrease since the beginning of this year. it will not be packing its bags anytime soon. >> they have made an effort, .hey have invested reporter: the french government underlying the influence on the
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economy. >> china is a country that contributes to global growth. therter: some accused government of downplaying the repercussions it could have on france. grexit is a very important matter. and even more dangerous for french growth. sayingthe government weaker germany means a weaker france. but germany's exports to china made up 6.6% in the same year, making beijing its fourth-largest export market. are facing bads news. purses will stop feeling the pinch with the government
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expecting china to push up the value of the euro as investors opt for safer currency. up to: let's bring you
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