genie: the refugee emergency. here on france 24. this is france 24. i'm genie godula. these are the headlines. the u.s. congress overwhelmingly overrides the president's veto for the first time ever. the new love will allow victims of 9/11 to sue saudi arabia. india launches its first direct military response to an army base in blames on pakistan. live coverage in a minute. the body of former israeli president shimon peres is lying

outside parliament ahead of his funeral tomorrow. showg up, the paris motor kicks off. many of the big players in the industry have decided to give this year's event of miss. first our top story live from paris. the families of the victims killed in the 9/11 attacks in the u.s. have won the right to sue saudi arabia officials. 15 of the 19 hijackers that day were saudi national. barack obama had vetoed that hill saying it could have serious implications on u.s. national security down the line. democrats and republicans in congress joined together to overrule obama's veto for the

first time since he became president. for the first time in his presidency, congress overrules a veto by barack obama. a bill that would allow families of 9/11 victims to sue saudi arabia officials has now become law. >> 15 years after that tragedy we are still learning the facts. evidence thating the saudi government or at least organizations and operatives within the saudi government aided and abetted one of the most massive crimes in the united states. argued thet obama bill could expose u.s. companies, troops and officials to potential lawsuits abroad. he also warned it could undermine u.s. saudi relations

and set a dangerous precedent. >> i think it was a mistake. i understand why it happened. the concern that i have had has nothing to do with audi arabia per se or my sympathy for 9/11 families. it has to do with me not wanting a situation in which we are suddenly exposed to liabilities for all the work we are doing all around the world. a 40-year-oldends law that shields foreign countries from american lost. those who voted in favor say the victims families deserve to have their case is heard. inthe financing of terrorism the united states is not behavior we should tolerate from any nation, allies included. thecan anyone look at families in the eye and tell them they shouldn't have the opportunity to seek justice against a foreign government responsible for the death of their loved one. >> 15 of the 19 hijackers were saudi nationals. saudi arabia denies any role in

the attack which killed nearly 3000 people. the u.s. says it will send 600 new soldiers to iraq. those troops are meant to help train local forces in the fight to retake the city from the islamic state group. this will be the third used in u.s. troop levels in iraq since april. air raids continue to hit aleppo in syria. close to 100 children have been killed since friday. syrian forces have been pounding rebels in aleppo ever since the cease-fire broke down last that cease-fire was brokered by the u.s. and russia but washington is getting more frustrated with moscow since the truce broke down. john kerry since the u.s. could walk out of the talks if moscow doesn't stop bombing aleppo. while the civil war in syria

shows no sign of letting up, a diplomatic solution has all though failed to show promise. review and accused syria and russia of committing war crimes as president bashar al-assad stepped up attacks on aleppo. hospitals were targeted killing seven people. moscow says it is ready to resume talks despite the failure week. syrians aspire last >> in accordance with the instruction of the president of the russian federation, we are ready to continue working with our american partners on syria. we are planning to send russian and to geneva's to resume consultations with the american side to look for ways to normalize the situation in aleppo and syria. >> the u.s. accuses russia of using incendiary bombs on aleppo

and has warned moscow it will end diplomatic talks unless it stops attacking the city. meanwhile france says it is working on a u.n. resolution in hopes of achieving the truce. we are proposing the discussion of the resolution to gain a real cease-fire in aleppo and this resolution will hold everyone rest possible. those who do not vote for it will risk sharing the complicity of war crimes. paris wants to ground syrian warplanes to deliver humanitarian aid. more than 250 people are believed to have been killed in the last week. india has launched its first direct military response to an attack on an army base. blames the attack on pakistan. the indian military is claiming these are surgical strikes.

for more on this let's go live to islam about. bad.lam of odd -- islam a military read a statement earlier before the briefing. the statement that we got earlier in the day was that there was unprovoked firing on the line of control between pakistan and india. said there was unprovoked firing from the indian side which started at 2:00 a.m. and lasted until 8:00 in the morning and killed two pakistani soldiers. the defense minister is also saying the same thing. because of the indian media's reporting that there were all pakistanies

officials have in refuting and rejecting this claim and saying there was no surgical strike. it was only cross-border firing which happened last night. genie: this is the latest in an already tense situation that has beenen getting worse in the past few weeks. tell us about that. it has been getting quite tense between the neighbors ever since on september 18 we saw an attack in one of the army bases in kashmir on the indian side. india accused pakistan saying it was pakistan that had orchestrated this attack. ever since that we have seen allegations being traded by both sides.

pakistan says they want to international investigators to come. ever has been a deadlock since the september 18 attack happened. in the meantime the un's general assembly was aware that pakistan took up the kashmir cause. which the indian foreign minister spoke about what's happening in pakistan and int pakistan's role has been supporting and sponsoring terrorism across the region. these tensions have been going on for a while and with this latest strike as india is claiming it to be and pakistan saying is a violation of cross border firing, it seems it has reached a new height. genie: thank you. take a look at other stories we are covering.

at least 32 people are still missing after a massive landslide hit southeastern china. a rescue operation is still underway in a village south of shanghai. the landslides were triggered by torrential rain brought by a typhoon. the former head of france's version of the cia has been placed under formal investigation. he is suspected of using his police contacts to obtain confidential information about investigations for private clients. he was a close ally of former president nicolas sarkozy. he was removed from his job after sarkozy failed to win his bid for reelection in 2012. a printing plant north of paris has reopened for the first time since the charlie hebdo attacks a year and a half ago. that plant was the site of the deadliest handoff between police

men who gunned down cartoonists at the newspaper. it was the first of a string of attacks that have rocked france. the body of shimon peres is lying in state outside the israeli parliament. the former is really prime minister died wednesday at 93. his casket draped in the israeli flag will remain there throughout the day. a funeral attended by several world leaders will be held tomorrow. israel in mourning. at the death of the last of its founding fathers begins to sink in. former president shimon peres's body lies in state to be visited by ordinary israelis as well as leaders before his state funeral on friday.

the israeli cabinet held a moment of silence after his death was announced on when they. -- wednesday. two weeks after suffering a massive stroke. leadersf our greatest leaves behind a long trail of unique achievements. >> he will be buried at this jerusalem cemetery next to the grave of former prime minister yitzhak rabin. his final resting place is being made ready as authorities prepare for an exceptional ceremony. we are preparing for a very large and complex funeral that will coordinate many elements. >> security was already stepped up as president -- preparations were underway. it's expected to be exceptionally tight for the ceremony itself. u.s. president barack obama is expected to attend along with other world leaders including former president bill clinton, secretary of state john kerry,

britain's prince charles, and french president francois hollande. genie: the meeting on international trade of endangered species is on in south africa and a very on likely star is dealing the spotlight. that's a pangolin. take a look. >> the timid pangolin is finally getting its time in the spotlight which could save it from extinction. this weird critter has been called a lot of things from a walking pinecone to an artichoke wiwith legs. it's real claim to fame is being the most coached animal in the world. now the international community is moving to save it. >> this species is being trade fory unscaled their scales and meat. >> pangolin meat is a delicacy in countries like china and

vietnam. it scales have long been used in eastern medicine. driving the species near extinction. traffickers have moved on to africa in search of the creature. here in uganda poaching has reached an unprecedented high. many are stolen from their nest in national parks. this ranger says in eight years of working in the national park he has not seen a single one. >> the nest is active, but i have not seen one. even with the new ban on trade, high demand means pangolin traffic is likely to continue. experts say it will be driven even further underground. activists call for increased international cooperation to save the threatened species. genie: you are watching france 24.

let's take a look at today's headlines. lyingdy of shimon peres in state outside parliament. that's ahead of his funeral tomorrow. kashmir the indian army has struck suspected militants in pakistan. pakistan for the moment is denying that claim. you can see those pictures of shimon peres lying in state. his funeral will be held tomorrow. time for our business news. let's start with something out of opec. oil-producing cartel has agreed to cut output for the first time since 2008. between 32.5 to 33 million barrels will be slashed. opec had been under pressure to freeze output from venezuela and nigeria. the most influential member,

saudi arabia, said any deal would require iran getting on board. >> a surprise decision. opec members have agreed to cut oil production for the first time in eight years. today opec has taken a historic decision. it will go back to its role of monitoring the market. it's the role that it was many years ago. it is reclaiming it. is aimed ation boosting global crude prices which have collapsed over the past two years, reaching a 13 year low of $27 a barrel in january. full details of the agreement will be finalized at an opec meeting in vienna this november. output will fall by 700,000 barrels a day. it's unclear whether the cuts will be evenly distributed across opec members. previous members -- attempts at

reaching a deal had been stymied by iran and saudi arabia. saudi arabia made it clear it would not cut production unless iran did the same. now countries like nigeria and libya could be allowed to increase output. higher prices could provide much-needed financial relief to other oil-producing countries such as venezuela. the country has seen inflation skyrocket and its deficits soar in recent months. genie: how have the oil markets been reacting to that news? >> prices surged 6% but they have leveled off in the last few hours. that's because how much output each country will produce will only be decided in november at the next opec meeting.

europe stocks have been reacting positively. opening inn indices positive territory. paris withs stay in the paris motor show. it happens every two years. >> that's right. this time for the first time, several carmakers including rolls-royce, bentley and lamborghini have decided to give the event of skip. over to we can cross james andre who is covering the event. what trends are you picking up from this year's show given so many of the big industry players are not in attendance? >> one player that is in attendance, this is the ferrari.

yet another hyper powerful sports car and yet another tree destroying vehicle. in fact it's a hybrid. that is one of the big trends. there are others of course. hybrid is a bit last year to be honest with you. this year it's also very much about electric cars. we were on tesla's stand and they were showing us the new series of vehicles. they are introducing a new battery this year. one of the problems with electric cars is range. they have solved the problem by putting a very powerful battery in that car giving it a range of 542 kilometers. that makes it more sensible as an everyday car. but it's extremely expensive at around 140,000 euros. prices are a bit secret.

to get1.5 million euros this one. in the absence of bentley and rolls-royce, ferrari is here. they said, they oh it to their fans and it's important as far as image is concerned and they have been doing paris shows ever since the company started to they consider it very important to their imagebuilding. >> thank you for that update from the paris motor show. the bank will be hit by 1.1 billion euro's in cost as it tries to restructure it business. the german lender is hoping revenues reached 10.3 billion by 2020.

the bank is still partly owned by the german state and will be informing investors about the new strategy outlook next week. some news coming out of the music streaming space. according to the financial times, spotify is an advanced talks to acquire its berlin-based rival sound cloud. the deal could turn on the pressure with american rivals like apple music. music streaming services have been struggling to turn a profit. genie: a word about republican presidential nominee donald trump, who has a new company he's going after. offirst he accused ford shipping jobs out of the united states, a charge the auto manufacturer has repeatedly denied. now he is targeting google. he's accusing the internet giant of taking part in a conspiracy. he accused the company of colluding with the clinton campaign. and a new postdebate poll

that just came out. we'll pull. has us leading hillary clinton by two points nationwide. and that's despite the fact that google search engine was suppressing the bad news about hillary clinton. how about that? >> another company in donald trump's crosshairs. genie: now it's time for the press review. time to take a look at the headlines. lots of papers focusing today on the bombing of hospitals in aleppo. >> that's right. ban ki-moon called these bombings war crimes. this french language lebanese paper reports on its front page, hospitals in the eastern part of aleppo were reduced to rubble.

of a it has become part daily reality for those living in aleppo, as this cartoon is from the london-based paper in the streets. look at this blood dripped calendar. every day of the week is punctuated by bombings and airstrikes. genie: we have been hearing so much about this syrian city in recent days. the washington post has published an article detailing the horrors of daily life there. a read.well worth the washington post has a no holds barred account of what life is like. bonds are raining down. the city has no electricity. food is scarce. medical support is also scarce as hospitals continue to be bombed. aleppo has become accustomed to this kind of situation in the last four years. the post says it is nothing like the intensity of the past week. hundreds of people killed. the world health organization says only 30 doctors are left in the city and they are forced to triage patients -- one example,

a man whose legs were blown off was judged too serious to save. he died. let's move on now to the united states. president barack obama has been handed his first ever veto override regarding a bill for victims of 9/11. >> it's called the justice against sponsors of terrorism act. barack obama vetoed the bill which allows 9/11 victims to sue saudi arabia for its alleged ties to terrorism. 15 of the 19 9/11 hijackers were saudi cities and -- citizens. saudi arabia has denied any involvement. some republican senators actually voted to override the bill just to deny obama a veto. it's worth mentioning even some of his strongest supporters like pelosi also voted in favor of the bill.

it is sure to draw tensions with saudi arabia. the lebanese paper looks at the way they might retaliate. notably saudi authorities have already threatened to sell off hundreds of billions of american asset. genie: a lot of french papers have dedicated their front pages to the death of shimon perez. es. paper says,-leaning was he a man of war or peace? he was sort of a bit of both. he was a man who worked tirelessly to give israel the means to defend itself. but at the same time he was a man who understood that the well-being of israel lies in compromise and not in war. it's clear that his vision of peace is far from being achieved today. has been postponed since the oslo accords. genie: the garden is revealing

ace secret eu memo with a secret ultimatum to afghanistan. >> it's one of many. you can access it on the guardian website. according to this memo the eu is making it aid migration sensitive. it has told afghanistan that it must accept around 80,000 deported a silence degrees -- asylum seekers in exchange for aid money. even though they are well aware of the worsening violence and purity can turns in the country. -- security concerns in the country. the idea is to make aid conditional. one of the most famous cases was the deal struck with turkey to take back asylum seeker's in exchange for visa privileges. genie: the man known as the farmer bro is back.

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