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>> and around the world. these are the headlines. hundreds of migrants storm back into budapest's train station after two days locked outside. one train full of migrants left the station, but the people on board were reportedly taken off outside the city in a refugee plant. the president of watermelon resigns in the face of a corruption scandal that brings resigns in the face of a corruption scandal. a massive parade in beijing marks 70 years since japan's
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surrender in world war ii. as apple gears up to launch its latest iphone, could sony's newest model give it a boost in the cell phone market? the venice film festival gets underway with the 3-d hollywood blood buster -- blockbuster "everest." first, our top stories. we are having quite an issue today with the situation in hungary. lots of information coming in as we speak and this morning, hundreds of migrants who were blocked out by that train station in budapest were let back in. the police ended the blockade early this morning, and people climbed over each other to board those playing -- trades.
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already,the station but apparently the migrants were taken off that train about half hour outside the past at a spot near a refugee camp, not far from where they were taken off. some migrants that were actually laying down on the tracks were taken away by the police. many more refugees who were on that train that left the past have also run off. we are at the train station in budapest. rushedreds of migrants into the railroad station this morning when the gates opened at about 8:00, and they rushed to the first train. that the trainr was not going to germany, but was in fact going to serbia. a loudspeaker in the railroad station announced in english
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that all international traffic had stopped toward western europe. there is still hundreds of migrants in the railroad station and outside as well. they do not understand what is going on. total confusion here, total chaos. about 50 policemen inside the railroad station in small groups. there is a rumor spreading on facebook and on the social networks, some hungarian citizens are helping refugees. the hungarian authorities were trying to trick the refugees and that a train would come into the station, it would be announced that that train would go to vienna, and the refugees would board but in fact they would be taken to a refugee camp in eastern hungary. i have not been able to confirm
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that. the railway company says they do not know anything about this and it would cause a huge scandal if it was true. that is it for the moment and we do not have any more news, but there is total confusion here right now at the eastern railroad station in budapest. as the hungarian prime minister is in brussels for a meeting with eu leaders about the migrant crisis. in an op ed piece in a german paper, he underlined his harm and -- hard and stands. builtgary has recently barns wired fence -- barbed wired fence and has sparked outrage. it was designed to prevent refugees from coming in. he stressed that europe's
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christian roots were under threat as most migrants are muslim. problem is not a european problem. the problem is a german problem. nobody would like to stay in hungary so we do not have difficulties with those who would like to stay in hungary. nobody would like to stay in poland, orovenia, slovenia -- everyone wants to go to germany. >> the president of the european parliament seemed outraged. >> we have refugees all over the world but they all want to go to germany and therefore that we are not can turned is effective but wrong. amongst 507gees million, it is not a problem. if you concentrate all the refugees to some of the member
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states, it is a problem. >> a view shared by france and germany who have repeatedly called for german to show -- for europe to show solidarity during the migrant crisis. refugees were00 taken to east prussia. over 350,000 migrants have come into europe this year already. that is a record. many take incredible risks to make it to a new life. the crisis has been crystallized in a series of photos like this one, that shows the body of a syrian toddler who washed up on a beach in turkey, drowned after trying to cross in one of the makeshift votes. have made the front page of many newspapers around
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the world. news, the president of guatemala has resigned after a judge issued an order to obtain auto perez molina. congress stripped him of his immunity and he was barred from leaving the country. thousands of protesters led at the streets of watermelon calling for the president -- guatemala calling for the president to quit. this is all as the country is gearing up to vote for a new president. claire: after three years in the top job, guatemala's president has stepped down. his resignation came just hours after this tweet from the attorney general's office announcing a warrant for his arrest. allege he was the ringleader of a scandal that caused -- cost millions of
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dollars. >> it is more than clear there is nothing that could link me to that case. collaborated in every possible way in the investigation. claire: on tuesday, a court ruling band perez from leaving the country while the andstigation goes on congress voted unanimously to take away his presidential immunity. >> by a majority, we improve measures -- approve measures to go against president otto paris's molina -- auto perez molina. >> since the allegations emerged earlier this year, people have been protesting across the country. perez had been elected on a campaign promise to combat crime, corruption, and drug trafficking, and was
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supposed to remain in office following a handover in january. >> to that unprecedented show of military might in beijing, a massive parade shows -- marks 70 years since japan surrendered in world war ii. for more on what went down, let's bring in jc chang from beijing. just how big was this parade? >> after months of very intense preparation, finally today is the day for the military parade. everyone i know in china was glued to the tv to watch this event unfold. we had over 12,000 troops on display, tanks, and missiles being displayed in tiananmen square. the chinese president and his wife earlier were in tiananmen square to welcome 34 officials
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to come in and watch the military parade, including the only u.s. ally intending -- attending. an unprecedented show of close tightness between china and russia, vladimir putin was the last one to enter, shook hands with the president and his wife, and they left the area together to go on to tiananmen square to watch the parade. the mood has been festival with blue skies and clear error. genie: the chinese president made an announcement about cutting back the military. >> even though china really flexed its military muscle, the president made this surprising announcement of cutting 300,000 troops from the military force. immediately after, a lot of western analysts say this cut is largely symbolic and will not weaken china's military power.
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it is still spending aggressively on its navy and air force. the president has said that china is a very he's loving country,- peaceloving and china has been a victim of military aggression and imperialism in the past. he really does not want to become a hegemony. said, china still has the biggest military force in the world, standing at about 2.3 million strong. spending,f military it is the second in the world next to the united states. genie: thank you for that. paris, angry farmers are rolling their tractors into paris, hoping to cause some highway chaos as a
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sign of their frustration with walling french food prices -- falling french food prices and higher taxes. then barney is there. i am at the nation square in the heart of the french capital. you can probably see some of the so-called tractors of wrath, farmers begging customers to buy made in france products. were nothe tractors manufactured in france but other countries, including the john deere made in usa. these farmers came from all around, for many regions of france including normandy and brittany. the hardest hit sector of the industry, with one farmer out of 10 on the verge of bankruptcy. a.ie: that is then barney
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we will go out to italy where they 22nd venice film festival has gotten underway, opening with a screening of the big-budget film "everest." that is based on the disappearance of 20 climbers in the himalayas years ago. "sparkle" has been underlined with a more serious theme. crisis is atigrant the forefront of the opening ceremony, at least for the festival director. >> i'm happy to be back in venice and in the company of a jury made up of friends of friends and people i admire. i feel fortunate. i am a mexican living in europe and i have always felt welcome. i would hope that same welcome
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could be extended to all migrants. thank you. >> current affairs and social issues driving the main fares vying for the top honor, the golden lion. it begins with "beasts of no nations," the african child soldiers, stirring interest alba. another form -- another story, "the danish girl," starring redmayne as an -- transgendered artists. >> this is a precursor to us saying. >> gritty, controversial films are dominating. the golden mine winner is announced september 12. genie: let's take a look at our
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headlines. hundreds of migrants storm back into budapest's train station after two days blocked outside. at least one train full of migrant left the station but the people were taken off 30 minutes after at a refugee camp. the president of guatemala has resigned in the face of a corruption scandal that brought his government to the brink. and unprecedented show of military might in beijing, a massive parade marks 70 years since japan's surrender in world war ii. let's take a look at the day's business news with stephen carroll. starting with the european central bank. >> we're not expecting any major decisions on interest rate when they make that announcement early minutes time but they are expected to cut their forecast for inflation across the eurozone. .2%,nflation is at euro
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far below the ecb target of 2%. this is mario draghi and his team spending 60 billion euros a month to boost the stocks in the european economy. what to expect from the ecb press conference. >> greece is no longer on the agenda. happened,eeting, what and what is the situation today. greece was right on top of the agenda. that is no longer in the play. ,hat we have now is euro which was dropping has brought back up to 112 113. secondly is the inflation part of the equation, it is very important. mario draghi needs to knock that down if you really want do something about it. the reason, as you said commodity prices are dropping.
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the reason for that is oversupply in the market. they are drafting that, opec or not opec, that is the question for debate. inflation, you will see inflation carry on from this commodity price. >> let's see how the markets are shaping up in europe ahead of that meeting. a pretty optimistic day on the european market. there are all important comments from mario draghi, hoping for pledges of more support. looking at some of the companies moving the markets today, shares jumped by 5% after the low-cost airline reported record -- record passenger numbers.
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it rates its profit forecast of amount 50 million pounds or 70 million euros. a delay in building a next generation nuclear reactor in france. it will not be ready until the end of 2018 and will cost another $2 billion -- 2 billion euros more than previously estimated. that issue and a -- that is shares.electric twitter ran 100,000 active advertisements, up 74% this year. genie: let's turn out to the smart phone market and tony that is hoping -- sony, that is hoping to regain ground. -- divisions been
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has been leading an estimated million dollars as it faces competition in the market. apple is set to unveil its newest iphone next. sony -- for sony, high definition is the key to future sales. >> the world's first four k smartphone giving you the ultimate viewing experience. >> on top of a two day battery life, it hopes to show off its display on the market, a concerted effort to compete against industry leaders. >> samsung and apple are ahead. it seems to be another one, whether they can really grab that market share back from the big giant, difficult to say. apple itself has not been sleeping on the job.
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last year's release of the iphone 6 boosted its sales 60%, pushing samsung out of the top smartphone spot worldwide. the iphone is only expected to see minor tweaks rather than groundbreaking new tech. two years-- rose 7% ago when they rolled out the iphone 5. the company still believes iphone 6 has leverage. genie: we will finish up in the u.k., where there has been an unexpected comeback of an 80 -- major media group. >> rebekah brooks is embroiled in the phone hacking scandal and has returned to revert murdock -- rupert murdoch's company.
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she will return to her former job overseeing the sun and times of london newspapers. genie: thank you so much for that look at the business news, and thank you for watching france 24. let's take a look at our weekly press review. set to take on the a look at what magazines have been saying this week and around the world. lots of focus on the ongoing european migrant crisis, with criticism for the european union. >> lots of media are saying this migrant crisis is a lot more than statistics and figures, there are all these human stories going on behind the statistics. a very interesting front page, following up on a popular trend on social media. agwas a migrant is a hasht
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trending virally. the men you can see on the front page is 45 years old from mali and arrived in france in 2005. he talks about how hard it was to arrive in france and once he was here, how afraid he was of being deported, but he talks about the wave of solidarity he has experienced. that is a positive aside, the incredible solidarity coming out of the woodwork. we have seen people opening up your houses. buddingnd, there is a refugee welcome movement. also others, five different covers, five different stories. the european migrant crisis was crystallized in a very poignant photo that evoke a lot of emotion, showing the body
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of a young syrian toddler who drowned as he and his family were trying to reach safety. >> it is a heartbreaking photo, you have probably seen it because it went viral on social media. it shows this three-year-old syrian boy. , his brother and his mother drowned as they were trying to cross into europe. thousands of migrants have died this year but it seems like this photo has really struck a chord. it is interesting, as there are several versions of this photo. there is a version or you can see the pic up by a member -- pick up by a member of the turkish rescue and there's another one where you could see his face, face down on the beach. we at -- have decided not to show this photo. there are laws in france that are all about respecting the
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dignity of dead people. interestingly enough, this photo is very easy to find. medial other high profile have decided to show it and defended their choice to show it. they say it is important to shop people and try to wake people up so that europe will do something about the migrant crisis. genie: a lot of papers are focusing on china, as they held the massive military parade 70th to commemorate the anniversary of the end of world war ii. >> vladimir putin and the chinese president walked onto the platform together and walked away together. they are talking about the new red axis, and the two of them look quite cozy. they have been showing signs of this rapport. he chose russia as his first
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foreign destination in 2013. --dimir putin says a sign of -russian relation have never been better. see it here, they have an economic version. they are really focusing on china in 15 maps to help readers understand modern china. it is really cool if you want to understand modern china. it talks about their ethnic makeup, and there are also maps about the environment. genie: september in france is not just about back-to-school, it is also about wine. the topic that comes up, a chestnut. it is the end of summer.
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it means the grapes are about to be picked, and that is why we are talking about wine. a 67 page special online. -- on wine. 119avorite section is the good bottles for less than 10 euros. euros. expect 2015ists 8úxú
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