anchor: this is live from paris "france 24." dim versus telling lawmakers that she is guilty of no crime. trial that could see your removed from office. turkey is continuing its northern operations in syria. france must not fall into the path of pitting one religion against the other, that is the

view of the french interior minister after major meeting with religious and community leaders over integration of islam into french life. there is a battle to save dilmaacy of cash -- rouseff. tore is vote on whether asked her from the presidency in two days. ordinary brazilians are what hearing about their country's political interest hold. most brazilians are tired of the political clash altogether.

>> while dilma rouseff defend herself left goes on. residents are divided over the impeachment trial rocking their countries politics. >> a cancelable public that once but it can bring some to the public eye and help improve the current situation. >> she is an elected president so we should let her stay until the end of her term. bethe balance seems to tipping against her. a recent poll shows 57% of brazilians support her aston opposing it. the current interim president is not popular either. many people seem to be tired of the political drama altogether with 62% in favor of new elections to solve the crisis. business has been affected greatly. if you're planning to buy a car

in the past it was difficult and today it had has become even more difficult. an apartment has become so complicated. all things are roughly the same. if the political crisis cannot be solved the economy will be affected. reporter: elections can only take place if both were to resign or just be removed from office. anchor: let's get some insights into the ongoing into peach meant process. i am joined on the line by associate professor at sao paulo university. what did you make of dilma ro useff's performance? that shee had said could not enter technical ease. she would go for the effective side and exactly what she did.

most people say [indiscernible] anchor: would you say she has did enough to save her political career? not understand. anchor: would you say she did enough to save her career? guest: no. she is probably more interested in making a good market history. -- she is probably thinking more of the future than of the present. rouseff did point out that 50 million people voted for her. share her view that she was the victim of a coup. would you say that this is a dangerous time for brazil and its political elite? say that theuld

same amount of people voted for [indiscernible] a very narrow margin election. rejections is because it has been proved that a lot of promises were made. i don't think it is a very good argument. voter: we are expecting a within the next couple of days. thank you for your time. joining us there. staying in south america, columbia is living through its first day of peace with gue rillas. hailed the moment on social media 20 that a new phase of history for colombia

was beginning. the cease-fire is one of the outcomes in a peace deal reached last week after four years of talks and after more than a quarter of a million deaths over the last half-century. -- half-century of fighting. pushing on with its military operation in northern syria stuffing up tensions with the u.s. in the process. last week turkish forces seized the city from the islamic state group. the u.s. envoy has said that clashes in areas where the islamic state group is not present are unacceptable. >> ankara had a stark warning, pullback or face the consequences. >> as the u.s. from a stinson pg need to cross east of the euphrates as soon as possible. if they do not it will become a target.

backed forcesish moved in and in effect to retake northern towns and villages from islamic state. that has left them butting heads with protection units. it is an ethnically arab region. t-rex pg is forcing everyone house -- out. the effort ton that -- it isency suggested that the turkish president may have an alternative -- an alternate motive. >> the kurds are gaining ground along the syria side of border with turkey. want togan does not

cross the state next to the border. reporter: increasing casualties have left the u.s. in a diplomatic bind. the ually ypg -- backs ypg. are pursuing their own objectives. they have consolidated the gains they have made in recent weeks and have accused ankara of trying to carve out its own sphere of influence. anchor: libyan forces are said to be hours away from regaining control. 30 troops died on sunday as the islamic state group dispatched a dozen suicide bombers to slow their advance. a spokesperson for the anti-militant operation described the fighting is fierce. -- haveor -- forces are significant support from u.s.

airstrikes. and them and at least 54 people have been killed in a suicide bomb attack claimed by the islamic state group. they were queuing up to join of month -- military unit that had backing from saudi arabia. saudi arabia is backing the government against the iranian backed faction but it is accused of attacking civilians. according to the u.s. 9000 people have died in yemen since fighting escalated in march of last year. the two candidates for president and him -- in gabon are calling the results for themselves. one theial tallies give edge. have called this an attempt to make -- manipulate the democratic process.

supporters sing the national anthem outside ping's hey quarters. he warned against declaring results ahead of the count. he distributed poll data to the crowd suggesting he was the winner of the presidential vote. >> the overall trend have us winning despite numerous irregular it is here and there. we were able to avoid the pitfalls of widespread fraud entrenched in this regime. a regime that we are seeing off with unity. few -- he has a been in office following his

father's death. data delivered by his campaign team say he has dominating and it is a lead they claim it is impossible to surmount. he told supporters he was calm about his prospects. has said toe remain calm and serene and to wait. we respect institutions whose role it is to announce the results. there is no need to comment or say anything at all. is one ofgabon africa's richest oil producing company -- countries. the opposition claimed that people are struggling under bongo's leadership. it has been severely fought campaign of both sides. this boat -- despite both claiming victory will have two week for the visual results on

tuesday afternoon. anchor: france must not fall into a trap of hitting one religion against another, said the french interior minister after he met with leaders from the muslim community. muslims in france have been under discussion. >> france is in a war against terrorism. it is at war against an enemy that wants to divide it. and pick french people against one another. we must not fall into this trap. we must recall that the republic mission is to welcome all its children regardless of their

origins or fates. dohor: exactly what it would and what kind of objective it might have, we have a closer look. reporter: another front in the fight against islamic radicalization. the new institution will be headed by the former minister of the interior. >> muslims living in france must of whom are french nationals should help develop islam and overturned the trend toward fundamentalism that has existed in the muslim world for over four decades. reporter: well he is known for starting a dialogue in the french muslim community, the fact that he has not a muslim has raised concerned. current -- the current minister

defended the appointment saying he could be the bridge between the republic and french muslims. it will be used as a transparent financial tool. the foundation's hope is to tap into the french muslim trinity which is europe's largest. the idea of attacks on halal projects and pilgrimage have been put forward. 2500 places of worship in the country. previous attempt at building a similar organization in 2005 failed because of internal divisions within the french muslim community. there are doubts as to its effectiveness in the fight against extremism. a senate report showed that most radicalized individuals do not attend mosques. anchor: reconstruction after the

devastating earthquake last week in italy should begin quickly but wisely. that is the latest from the italian prime minister with nearly 2700 people left homeless by the quake. 5810 camps have been set up but a longer-lasting solution is being sought for you 290 people are known to have died in the magnitude six trimmer which struck in the early hours of last wednesday. several people are still missing and several towns have been reduced to rubble. minimallys only damaged. reporter: intact. only 10 kilometers away of the epicenter that hit central italy last week is the town still standing. reinforced the structure of our house after the earthquake in 1979. to comply with regulations.

luckily this time there was a much -- was not much destruction and no one died here. few historicy a buildings were damaged. the local government agreed to put half the bill. buildings withstood the quake. in 2000 and three and a people died and 50,000 were made homeless. >> those who lost their homes are those who did not want to reinforce the houses. it is not -- if not for these policies we would be in the same situation as the people in amatrice. 229 people lost their lives and the town was a most completely destroyed. anchor: do you think you could

survive a year living on the planet mars? six scientists have completed that exact experience although they stayed on planet earth to do it. step and ane small long mission comes to an end. one year on a simulated mars. around thests from world emerged after spending three to 65 days in a mockup of a mars-based human habitat. impression was that mission to mars in the future is realistic. [indiscernible] can be overcome. reporter: they stayed in the confines of a geodesic dome emerging only for some related expiration in full -- exploration in full spacesuits.

it was designed by the hawaii exploration analog. it created guidelines to future manned missions to mars focusing on crew member interactions and performance. >> that his supervisor when it comes to picking crews and figuring how people are going to work on different kinds of missions, the human factor element of space travel, colonization. reporter: it was not the longest simulation. the myers 500 -- mars 500 six in kept a crew of isolation for 520 days. is recruiting for its missions in 2017 and 2018. , adjust your almanacs. there is a new queen of pop. beyonce has become the most

successful popstar ever at the mtv video music awards. she dominated with seven wins, surpassed date and madonna's total. britney spears gave an eye-catching performance. here's a little taste for you. other american icon joining me here in the studio. start off here, potential bad news for apple. on tuesday the

european commission is releasing touling that she will have pay billions of euros in back taxes. the decision will cap three year-long investigation into the text giant plus european tax management. it is accused of letting apple shelter profits in return for maintaining jobs. irish government have rejected the accusation. both say they will appeal any adverse ruling. this weekend germany's vice chancellor and economy minister said that talks over the trade deal between the u.s. and eu have de facto failed. -- was the latest coldial to publicly pour water on hopes the agreement could be finalized before the u.s. presidential election. the european commission has

insisted the talks are on track. been called the most ambitious trade deal in the world. an important objective for barack obama before the and of his term as u.s. president. >> trade talks take time. the ball is rolling right now. provided the conditions are right the commission stands ready to close this deal by the end of the year. >> according to the economy minister the transatlantic traded investment partnership has dimmed. questec according to my assessment the negotiations with the u.s. have de facto failed. nobody really admitted to it. that is because having had 14 rounds of negotiations made it to 27 chapters, there has not been a single joint statement. washington wast angry that the eu had agreed on a similar agreement with canada and europe should not given to pressure from the u.s.. ttip havens over

stalled. there is also growing public opposition to the plan on both sides of the atlantic. while many european officials have publicly declared their support for the accord stressing the importance of the deal for their economy france has been skeptical from the start. the french president said he would rejected unless it was tweaked and that the u.s. was not compromising enough. some of the main points of theention include protection of certain brands like feta cheese and champagne. is tradingl street higher. investors shrugging off the possibility that the interest rates could be raised. the dow jones and s&p 500 each percentageer half a point each. we saw a lighter trading day in europe. was closed for summer

holiday. to some of the business headlines. mylan has announced lands for a generic version of the emergency allergy medicaid's -- medication epipen after wave of controversy about price hikes. it will be sold for threat or, half the price of the original epipen. the company had rolled out a savings plan to reduce the out-of-pocket cost to customers but he was forced to take further steps to contain the growing public outrage about the soaring cost of the life-saving injection. china has set up a new state owned aviation firm to make aircraft engines and reduce its dependence on foreign suppliers. the country makes its own planes but has struggled to develop engines that make global requirements. a group of china will make the billionand has 7.5 dollars u.s. in registered

capital and 96,000 employees. the world bank president is in paris. urging the creation of a special fund for african development pledging $800 million for the project of it is launched. he called on governments around the world to expect -- respect their engagement and the climate change summit. a judge in new zealand is considering a request to livestream the extradition hearing of kim.com. he wants his appeal to be broadcast on youtube. officials have opposed the live streaming idea. reporter: a confident walk into the courtroom. comes with one demand, that his extradition hearing is shown online for the world to watch live. >> live streaming has been used

successfully in cases of significant public interest. the streaming is necessary to give effect to the principle of open justice. com argues that the public should be able to judge him for themselves instead of f relyingn traditional media. megaupload's as a filesharing site. at its peak it had over 150 million registered users. into i-12 the fbi -- 2012 the fbi shut down the service and new zealand police arrested him in a dramatic grade and placed him in custody in response to u.s. charges. he is accused of costing the entertainment industry $500 million by allowing unlicensed content to be uploaded to megaupload. prosecutors say the site was

widely used by people to illegally download songs, television shows, and films. dot.com had said the site was used to share files. the extradition appeal is expected to run for eight weeks. bucking the workaholic trend in silicon valley. amazon is reportedly testing a 30 hour work week. the washington post said sensitive individual part-time workers, full teams are testing a reduced workload. managers are receiving the same benefits as full-time workers to my 75% of their salary. --ned byamazon' by amazon's ceo. it is a response to the deming investigation by the new york times into the difficult thing

conditions at the internet giant. difficult is an understatement. they did go for amazon ascribing terrible conditions. this may be an effort to show that they can have a workplace balance as well.

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08/29/16 08/29/16 [captioning made possible by democracy now!] amy: from pacifica, this is democracy now! >> for that we say y of the impeachment is confirmed without proof of culpability, and will be a coup d'etat. amy: suspended brazilian president dilma rousseff takes the stand today to defend herself in an impeachment trial that's expected to lead to her ouster. lawmakers voted to suspend rousseff in may in what many consider a coup by her right-wing opponents.