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>> hello it is 1:00 p.m. in the french capital. our headlines this monday. hailing it as a victory, the cerise a party has won elections in greece being there conservative rivals easily. the top priority, dealing with greece's staggering debt. eastern european countries are meeting at the migrant crisis shows no signs of slowing.
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thousands of people are pouring into the confident and being shuffled -- into the continent and being shuffled from border to border. a proposal to try to end the chaos in burkina faso following the coup d'etat. amnesty to military leaders who seized power. also coming up, it was a groundbreaking night at the emmy awards with viola davis becoming the first black woman ever to win the best actress prize. billions have been wiped off the value of volkswagen after it admits cheating in an environmental test in the united states. we will have details with stephen carroll. claire: you're watching france
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24. greece's far less -- far left party has swept victory. winning more than 35% of the vote. alexis tsipras will once again lead the greek government despite a record poor turnout at the polls in a painful austerity deal struck with creditors. reporter: greeting his supporters at happy man, alexis tsipras is poised to be greece cost next prime minister after his party gain majority in sunday's election. gave a tough and difficult fight and today i feel vindicated because the greek people gave a clear mandate for us to continue to battle in and out of the country to raise our people possibility -- people's
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dignity. reporter: will once again turn to the greek nationalist party to form a coalition. tsiprasor: with alexis as prime minister we will move forward to a government that will take greece out of the bailout deals. growth will calm and most importantly, the trust will come. trust that we the greeks need to show first. reporter: the conservative party conceded defeat. if they are pushing for inclusion in the new government. >> i am afraid mr. tsipras will not be in the position to get unity of his government under his majority. this is a reason which leads us to think we have to be a broad coalition. reporter: the golden dawn party
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came in third in the election while llamas verified guests -- while the finest -- the former finance minister folks defeat. -- felt defeat. our europe editor has been speaking to a member of the conservative new democracy party who lost out to syriza. in the beginning of october, new economic measures will be implemented. a third bailout agreement and so-called memorandum that has a lot of difficult measures for the people. that is why they called elections. they wanted a click -- a quick and clean victory before the people realized the cost of the
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failure of the previous government. you have to pay the bill for --lure during more on the aftermath of greek elections and what it means coming up. stay tuned. we are moving on to the migration crisis which is continuing to grip europe. thousands of people are still pouring into eastern europe and the balkans with authorities struggling to cope with the influx. huge crowds of people are being passed from border to border. croatia has been transporting train loads of migrants to hungary. hungary is now extending its fence with croatia. thousands of migrants have arrived en masse at austria. capitalmins is in the of austria. some 24,000 people arrived in
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austria this weekend alone. reporter: that is right. no let up in the arrivals in austria despite the introduction of these tough border controls and countries like croatia and building up this fence in hungary. since midnight until 6:00 this morning, 3200 people arrived in the town of nichols north, along the eastern border with hungary. we are hearing a train carrying around 1000 people is set to arrive anytime. this is happening on different fronts because in the south on the southern border year -- border with slovenia, hundreds of refugees arriving. you have got quite a difficult logistical problem developing. the austrian red cross was saying over the weekend they were voicing concerns that they were running short of emergency accommodation.
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we are hearing that is not the case. the interior ministry says they have enough resources to cope with this problem and ferry these people onward or keep them here in austria for a short time. >> what are austrian authorities planning to do with these tens of thousands of people? reporter: that is a good question. most of these people are not wanting to remain in austria. 500re receiving around applications per day. the rest of these people want to go on to germany, sweden, and other places. that creates difficulties for the austrian government. they would have to transport these people to the border. we are hearing german authorities are letting small numbers of people across the border at any time which means there is a backlog of people waiting. the salzburg railway station, there are hundreds of people out waiting camped
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for the green light to move onward. all this is made more difficult by the fact that the hunk aryans and others are not communicating what is going on -- the hunk -- very little communication. this is creating a difficult situation. >> thanks very much. eastern european leaders are meeting to try to work through some of the major differences in their immigration policy. foreign ministers of the czech republic, slovakia, and latvia looking at ways to resolve the chaos. the hungarian prime minister says until there is european stance, member states are forced to protect themselves from "the brutal threats of mass migration." in africa, a deal has been proposed to end the political crisis in burkina faso.
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west african mediators are proposing to hold new elections in november and proposing also to provide amnesty for the military leaders who seized power. leaders have described the proposal as shameful. more on the mediation proposal. after a long sendoff -- [indiscernible] >> a list of propositions rather than an agreement accepted by all the parties. propositions include transition -- most of the presidential guards claim the
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military regime selby -- shall be protected. compete inlowed to the next election. series issues when it comes to employment. -- even if the prepositions are accepted at the summit. >> let's get some reaction to this proposal on the situation. we can speak to a member of a protest group which was a key part last year in the ousting of former president blaise compaore. what is your reaction to this proposal for a way out of the crisis? >> thank you for receiving me. i want to say that it is
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unacceptable, these propositions that we have heard yesterday. all the representatives are against this proposition because they don't think they have negotiations. , it is nottions acceptable. >> what do you make of the suggestions the leaders of the they could, that have amnesty from prosecution? ask theseunny to know thecause
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last few days, it is unacceptable that people give their lives and to say to the persons who are guilty of these crimes, to have amnesty. amnesty is not negotiable. soldiers are called terrorists african -- i think we cannot negotiate with them and this amnesty is not acceptable. >> what do you and your movement plan to do in this case? was you get back on the streets? >> we are on the street today and we will stay there. to all theo respond crimes they have made. what i'm saying to all the africans and persons in the world, you have to know that in
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are -- they, there are in the streets and fighting against them. they are shooting us. we will not get back home. we will stay there even if they shoot us. it is the responsibility of all the persons in the world to react because they cannot kill people and get amnesty so easily. >> thank you for your time. a member of the burkina faso process -- test group. -- protest group. speaking out against elitism. pope francis has met with fidel castro and raul castro. the pope chatted with fidel castro at his home and held a closed-door meeting with the current president. met the: when the pope
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revolutionary, pope francis is the third pontiff to visit cuba. a testament to how much the island has brought religion in from the cold since declaring the country atheist in 1959. the meeting included an exchange of gifts. castro presented pope francis with a book called "fidel and religion." translator: for the pope francis on the occasion of his visit to cuba with the respect and decoration of the cuban people. reporter: the pope met with president raul castro. he has been instrumental in revitalizing cuba's relationship with the church. the church has supported castro's effort to reform the country's soviet style economy.
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that did not stop him from issuing a not so thinly veiled criticism of the communist regime earlier in the day. translator: service means looking at our brother's face, feeling him close and even suffering alongside him in some cases. trying to be a comfort. that's why service is never an ideology. meaning that we don't serve ideals. we serve people. possible toe pope act between diplomacy and religious conviction has earned him many fans in cuba and will surely be record -- surely be welcomed in washington with the pope is set to address congress and the u.n. on tuesday. >> a groundbreaking night at the emmy awards. history winning the award for best actress in a drama series and becoming the
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first black woman ever to take that accolade. davis won the award for her per trial of a ruthless lawyer. she was emotional in her acceptance speech. line and over that line i see greenfields and lovely flowers and beautiful white women with their arms stretched out to me over that line but i can't seem to get there know how. i can't seem to get over that line. that was harriet tubman in the 1800s. let me tell you something, the only thing that separates women of color from anyone else is opportunity. >> time for a reminder of our news headlines. hailing it as a great victory, the cerise a party -- the syriza
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party has won elections in greece. the top priority, dealing with greece's debt. the migrant crisis shows no signs of slowing. thousands of people are still pouring into the continent and being shuttled from border to border. a proposal to try and end the chaos in burkina faso following the coup d'etat last week. the proposal would give amnesty to military leaders who seized power. it is time for some business news. stephen carroll is with me in the studio. starting off with volkswagen. the carmaker taking a beating. stephen: this after the company admitted it cheated tests for environmental emissions on half a million of its diesel cars in the united states. has enteredecutive
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an inquiry into how software was programmed to report lower emissions when tested by authorities. the firm could face fines of up to $18 billion in the united states, causing concern on the share market. shares down over 20%. more on this story. reporter: an environmental scandal that has wiped billions off volkswagen's value. shares plummeted as the fallout from a scandal concerning emissions. martin winterkorn has apologized saying he is deeply sorry that we have broken the trust of our customers. the company will record over half a million car -- recall over half a million cars in the united states. models affected include volkswagen passat, beetle and
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a3. the u.s. environmental protection agency cited health damages 10 to 40 times the legal limit. this went undetected for years because vehicle software was programmed to ensure cars emitted lower emissions when tested. >> the epa is accusing volkswagen of putting a cheat code into their engine management system for these engines that would enable them to pass the emissions test in states like california and others. reporter: the company could face a fine of up to $18 billion, the highest ever levied against an automaker. it is unclear whether the cheating software was used in europe and china but the company could be in for a rough ride. stephen: volkswagen shares having a great day -- a gray day at the markets. we have seen the frankfurt dax
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brought down by that paula volkswagen shares. there are some games in london and paris. shares in the usa are down more than 20% after zurich insurance abandoned its takeover bid. >> we will go to iran where french business leaders are visiting. they are hoping to drum up new business in a particular sector. stephen: the cosmetics industry, one of the attention we most lucrative areas. makeup and other cosmetics are in high demand in the country which is the second largest cosmetics market in the middle east. reporter: searching through the bazaar for the beauty aisle. after years of international sanctions, iranians shoppers have grown accustomed to buying makeups and perfumes from unauthorized dealers. at least a third of the cosmetic
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products on the market are thought to be counterfeit. translator: i would rather buy in a real store. less risky than the bazaar. reporter: that is becoming a reality as western-style shopping centers spring up. investors are aware of the potential for growth. iran is currently the seventh largest cosmetics market in the world. the average female shopper buys to the two bottles of perfume year compared to just three in france. --we do not want customers reporter: many women say they devote most of their ugly shopping budget to beauty. translator: we can show our faces so we always try to wear nice makeup. reporter: l'oreal is one of the brands available in iran for the last decade.
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he believes there is a market for more. translator: people are beginning to believe it that products are coming in from abroad. that if anced dior,an wants to buy within five years she will be a book to go to a dior store to do so. reporter: the international beauty industry begins to make its mark. stephen: apple has withdrawn apps with claims that they contain malicious software. apple has blamed the security breach on a version of its developer tools published on a chinese website. apple is working to remove the malware and update security. >> thanks very much. stephen carroll with business
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news. coming up now, we will have a look at the rest of the international news in a short time. but first, i think we are going to take a look at reports. it is time to take a look at what has been making headlines in the world newspapers. press review. catherine, we are starting off with greece and the latest election. catherine: i want to start with greek papers. -- theirtart with 10:00 a front page claims it is the era of tsipras. a left-leaning paper says the government is strengthened for four years.
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centerleft, trumpets a clear victory for tsipras. paper,-wing affiliated so their headline is less flowery, says it is a second and the tsipras president of the greek independence that formed a coalition with syriza. the english language daily has an article that says a question mark hangs over the government. syri are those that say a za government may lead the country out of the doldrums. the government will not be able to deliver. >> a lot of big questions. in the international press, all eyes open on greece. the english language press is having a lot to say about these elections. catherine: it has made the front
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pages of several large dailies. tsipras,oto of victorious. a big spread inside the paper with more pictures. colonists takes a look at what could come next. it says that while the polls of cruel -- polls have closed, it shows the election has put in place a workable coalition but the same problems still exist that existed before this and sippers is likely to step up but the for debt relief danger is that austerity conditions remain in full force and debt relief is not as generous as he hoped. >> a lot of doubts. let's move back to france.
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