>> hello, there, you are watching live from paris on "france 24", with your headlines p.m. paris time. it is confirmed, no russian athletes will be allowed to the paralympics. that decision upheld by the highest court. cynical ands political by russia's prime minister. a party for france's olympic a special visit from the president himself.

syrian kurds strike a cease-fire with damascus. thanks being with us. we will begin with the huge disappointment today for than 200more paralympic athletes. the entire squad today losing blanket bangainst a on all russians allowed to compete at the paralympic games after evidence emerged of state sponsored doping in russian sport. medvedev,minister, has slammed the ruling as cynical, calling it a blow to all disabled people. paralympics, team

russia will not compete in theember's games after court of arbitration for sports upheld a ban for all russian state sponsored doping. the sport's highest authority stood by the international paralympic committee's decision, out that there was no evidence to rebut the allegations. russian athletes are devastated. a i know that this is point -- it's ugly. it's a major blow to the entire paralympic movement. it doesn't make any sense. >> the sentiment was echoed by the russian prime minister who a blow to alls disabled people, not just russians. paralympians will be barred from competition, the latest fallout from the anti-doping agency from the report that claimed russia ran a

state-sponsored doping program across the majority of olympic and paralympic events. russia continues to deny the claims. entire paralympic teams have been banned from the games based on the mclaurin report and doesn'tounded prove doping use. i.p.c. hashe applauded the court's zero tolerance on doping. 267 slotstee says the taken away from team russia will go to other athletes. here in france, french athletes have had a glitzy first stop as they returned home from rio, a meeting with the president. banked a record 42 medals at the olympics, finishing seventh in the final table. our correspondent was there when arrived.tes reporter: here in paris on tuesday, first of all, the olympic athletes arrived at the onport around 10:30 a.m.

tuesday. not a lot of sleep, as well, on the plane. fueleda champagne flight, so i hear. so none of them have been to bed. been up around 36 hours and counting and they just to the presidential palace, as well, to be greeted by francois hollande on tuesday evening. they've all left. of peoplehordes standing outside. reno who is indy great spirits, the silver in the modern pentathlon and gregory took a cycling bronze, as well. a bronze lamet with for the 200 meters. the double gold winning equestrian team, as well, so great spirits for a wonderful on tuesday.h sport

anchor: sticking with the olympic theme, the woman who became the first brazilian athlete to strike gold in rio has been talking about her path to victory. silva hailedfae the notorious flavela. >> she's returned to visit the neighborhood where she grew up. everyone should have her as an example. i have five children. them to make me as proud as she's making us right now because she fought and suffered for this. i take my hat off for her. i'm so proud. easy patht been an for silva. four years ago, she crashed out olympics,don disqualified for a borderline illegal hold. she nearly quit judo for good. herl, her coach persuaded

to persevere. speaking after her win, she spoke of how she's overcome her setbacks. black, you'reeing bullied in the street. thinks always someone who you're trying to steal from them. thehows a child from flavela who had no real goal managed to pull through and do judo. reporter: for many in the notoriously roughly part of the only sport is seen as the way out. >> i think it's very important to see my work recognized with love.is reporter: for silva, rio 2016 hasn't just been a major comeback, but a chance to prove how anyone through any background with perform through dedication. syria, syrian kurdish

forces have taken almost full city hasakeh. a report that the kurdish military has been attacking in and attackingn nearby.state targets ankara blames the islamic state group. reporter: on its southern border, turkey is bolstering defenses and wants to eliminate a syriannce that could be created. on the same day ankara shelled group it, also struck 20 targets of the syrian kurdish group in mambij. if the actions seem a conflict of interest, they may be explained by looking at domestic

challenges. it's had to deal with a three-decade-long insurgency by kurdistan workers party and it has warned against making advances towards its border. syria's territorial integrity must be protected and not any ethnic group. syria's: the battle for north is key. on the ground, the ypg are among forcest effective fighting i.s. for that reason, the u.s., e.u. and u.n. have urged turkey to show restraint. state2013, the islamic has been in control of the city offering a valuable supply route fighters in and out of syria but after the ypg in manbij last months, forces are extending. if it frees the city, the extendry in yellow would

to be a contiguous kurdish zone in the north. ypg's advance has ankara worried. anchor: france and germany are joining forces to try to launch cyber war on would-be terrorists. the two country's ministers meeting to talk security in the wake of a series of attacks on both sides of the border. plans is to snoop on private conversations carried smartphones. reporter: a call for european unity in the fight against terror. france and germany are pushing between cooperation international agencies and europe-wide security measures, including a new electronic david would -- database which more accurately monitor who travels in and out of the continent. want a decision on the regional exchange of information. request to enter

europe, it would be the americant of the system. reporter: as well as a system for sharing cross-border police the two countries want a law requiring the makers toencrypted messaging apps help governments track suspected extremists. used by twogram was jihadists to plan the murder of a priest in normandy in july. then, french authorities have been stepping up arrests. >> we're seeing significant war we're waging against terrorism. of people with ties to terrorist networks arrested in the first six months of the year totalnce is equal to the number arrested in 2015. reporter: this month alone, people were detained in france for terrorism-related offensive. offenses, at least three were planned future attacks. anchor: a total of seven people are under arrest in the murder on an french volunteers

island off madagascar. the two victims, a man and both in their 20's and found on sunday with head injuries on a beach on the resort island of st. marie. first four arrested were detained later that day. have not established a firm link to the killings but was murder.ain it both victims were volunteering local non-profit environmental organization. volunteers are obviously a bit shocked. any been 48 hours without information. they're still in shock. keeping strong. some are obviously struggling so they'rethers being supported by their peers but the fact that they're together helps them cope better the pain that we all feel.

developments in the row over the so-called burkini bans in france. a woman has been fined in cannes an wearing not a burkini but the beach.d scarf on she said she was required to pay the beach. stay on wearing a head scarf is not offense inen as an france. the mayor of cannes says the police were doing their jobs. the human rights chief says it challenging the bans here in the administrative court on thursday. >> the principle of secularism that it's not meant to be enforced in a public space.

beach, there's no real threat to public order from wearing a burkini. we are not yet living in a society where wearing religious riot or provoke a scuffle. anchor: bad weather, strikes and of terrorist attacks have combined to discourage tourists france in great numbers according to the foreign minister. 7% drop inres show a visitor numbers since january this year. france is still the world's most visited country but how long can it retain that crown? emerald maxwell has been taking a closer look. reporter: paris, last year it defied the imagination with 47 tourists but this year they seem to have given it the shoulder. >> there were very less people. for us, my husband was like, what's going on? >> i'm a tourist.

i want the empty streets for the picture. reporter: the steps in front are people thised with time of year but fear of attacks have put off some visitors. i was thinking about, as i was traveling in the tube, what a bomb.ody planted reporter: the damage has been felt across all sectors. they've never seen a downturn like it. from've seen an 11% drop europe and overall a 15% drop in tourists. reporter: the famous chant is usually full of tourists. ordering far fewer newspapers than before, that's for sure. reporter: hotels are usually july with the luxury set

most feeling the pinch. hand, we've seen a drop in reservations but there were cancellations after the tragic events in nice in july. just the it's not attacks scaring people away. brexit and repeated industrial strikes have also left their mark on tourism. anchor: news from the united saids, barack obama has that the nation is heartbroken after deadly floods in louisiana. in batonpresident rouge today meeting flood victims as well as state ongoings to discuss the recovery effort. at least 13 died after at least of rain fell in the state in a few days. than 60,000 homes have been damaged. some louisiana residents have foricized president obama not cutting short his vacation to visit sooner. spokesman said more than $120 million in been approved so

far to help pay for hotel rooms, groceries and home repair. culture news for you. mishap.al construction workers in england have accidentally destroyed a street artist banksy. the piece was called spy booth, showing three figures appearing to snoop on a phone booth. house it wasthe painted on said the mural came render has workmen carried out repairs. originally appeared two years ago. the local council says it is investigating. most of us probably think that cute butare pretty would you make one a brigadier in the army? that is what has just happened to this guy, a king penguin, at britain zoo, promoted by the guard. norway's

he's been the mascot of the guard since 1972. in honor of his promotion, he's theycted the troops as visited the zoo. according to his keepers, this a normaloldier is penguin except that as soon as regimental music, he knows it's time for duty and he walks out in front of his enclosure. just before 9:00 in the evening paris. no russian athletes will be allowed to compete at the paralympic games. upholdcision has been this tuesday by sport's highest court. slammed as cynical and political by the prime minister of russia. olympic medalists have had a party in paris. victoria's athletes capping off a record breaking olympic games special visit from the president himself. turkey has attacked kurdish and

state group targets in syria as syrian kurds strike a with damascus, after a week of clashes. let's move on with business news now with kate in the studio. we're starting off with a protest. we're used to protests in france that often involve people things, making a lot of noise. but in argentina, farmers have fruit,ving away thousands of kilos of it. what's this all about? reporter: it's not as altruistic it sounds. they really are angry. they've been giving away about 10,000 kilos of thees and pears, donated to public in buenos aires this tuesday. twoers are protesting things. one is the government's right to including doing away with a tax on exports which effectively encouraged domestic

and capped prices of things like fruit. farmers say they're losing money on produce. a kilo of apples costs about 4.5 produce, around 30 cents, but the farmers only get back.pesos supermarkets in the capital are pricing the apples at more than per kilo, prices that leave the public unable to buy. >> is it still going to be profitable to continue production? that's what we want to know. not, we want the government to tell us because it's been seven years we've had this crisis. not new. we want our protest to be visible. why do we receive three pesos when you are buying it for 45 pesos? where does it go? link in thisrst chain and we are the most affected. reporter: if those concerns sound familiar, here in france, dairy farmers have been protesting outside the headquarters of one of the country's largest dairy producers. they say they're not paying

enough for their milk. representatives have said they'll meet with the farmers unions this thursday to negotiate milk prices but the demonstrations have yet to be dissolved. explains moreent about the difficulties. his milk he's sold all to one of france's biggest dairy companies for more than three decades. these days, like many other french dairy farmers, he's sales.money from these >> we're selling at a loss this august. june, july and 252 euros. pound of milkeach losesls at this price, he 68 euros. in march 2015, the e.u. put an quotas which has helped curb overproduction, hoping to make money from a boom

demand, but global milk prices around the world halved over the past two years, in part due to mass overproduction, also in part because of lower-than-expected especially from china. this has been worsened by a ban dairy imports. milk prices in france have cents, the lowest since 2009. pays even less and 20% of french darrow farmers company.he >> farmers are being exploited. it's always been the case more or less but now they're doing it openly with no scruples. reporter: the company says the is ruled bys international competition. >> we cannot, in an open market with international competition, have milk prices that are much in franceif -- compared with our competitors.

reporter: trying to take project e.u. sentrmers, the aid in the past year but they continue to sell at a loss. they refuse an offer, the buyer can find the milk it needs elsewhere. >> manufacturing in the euro zone appears to be resisting the the brexit vote. preliminary data for august shows the purchasing manager's index, a measure of economic activity, increased to a high in the euro zone. activity in france increased data compiled suggests growth could fade over the autumn. we saw solid gains in europe in dax closingfrom the up nearly 1%. and cac over .5% each.

government has announced this tuesday it will reduce the tax rate on small and medium over 33% torom just 28%. huge cutt sound like a but could go some way towards reputation ase's a country it's not always business friendly. reporter: it's a good day to be small or medium sized business in france. french prime minister announced on tuesday a drop in 33.3% to 28% as of next year. a reduction long demanded by companies who complain that corporate the highest tax rate in europe compared to 30% in germany or 12.5% in ireland. this start-up employs about 20 toff, designing software improve car performance. its owner says the tax break its have a huge impact on

business. >> we could expect this us toion will allow employ two, three or four more staff. next coupled to the of years, it will allow our growth to speed up so we're feeling positive. reporter: the prime minister wants to make french companies on bothpetitive european and global markets. harmonizing the european corporate tax rates, the fact of actually being able an intermediate tax rate will make france more competitive in europe. now, the tax break will only affect small businesses. tax authority will determine which companies bottom based on their lines. but the measure could be rolled out to all businesses by 2020. details are set to be discussed this september. now,her business headlines volkswagen has reached a deal with suppliers to restart production at six plants across

germany. two suppliers which make parts hadcar seats and gear boxes effectively cut off delivery, disrupting production lines and to reducee company working hours for 28,000 employees. buy have soared about 15% as it reported a in same storease sales and higher-than-expected earnings in the second quarter. electronicsrgest retailer has been cutting costs and boosting its digital business to compete with online rivals like amazon. and the world's richest man has richer. bill gates' net worth has crossed the $90 billion toeshold according bloomberg's billionaire index which says the growth of railway companies in which gates has invested contributed to his growing fortune. his nearest wealthy competitor, spanish retailer, ortega,

with $76 billion. japan has officially accepted the olympic flag as the host of the next summer games in 2020 and tokyo is already putting its tradition.n local media reports suggest that the japanese olympic organizing make the is helping to medals out of electronic waste recycled smartphones. japan has one of the highest asia thoughtes in it's mostly plastic, paper and now., at least for the public could be asked to contribute used electronics and appliances in order to make the medals. not a bad idea in the 21st say.ry, i'd anchor: very modern. thanks very much for the business news. we'll be right back in a couple of minutes' time after a short break. qwueeewep@1@xxxxxxbq

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