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," time for 60 minutes live around the world. these are the headlines. a shock referendum in colombia. a historic peace deal with farc rebels rejected. those who showed up to vote in hungry overwhelmingly reject a move. in afghanistan launches a coordinated attack on the northern city of k unduz. theresa may finally announces a timetable for brexit. we will look at what that means
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for the you k's biggest and perhaps most controversial -- for the two k's biggest and most controversial -- kim kardashian robbed at gunpoint in paris. thieves steal $10 million worth of jewelry, leaving her unharmed but tied up in the bathroom. more on that on the way. first, our top story, live from paris. after all the pomp and circumstance over the peace deal between the colombian government and leftist farc rebels, the people have voted against it. turnout was low in a referendum on the deal, just under 40%, and the no votes won by just under half a percent. the peace agreement was the result of four years of painstaking negotiations that was meant to put an end to one of the longest-running conflicts in the world. it would have let rebel fighters had in their weapons to the u.n.
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and form a marxist political party. but the no campaign led by the former colombian president and opposition leader, alvarado or rebate -- a nationalto create pack. we think it is fundamental that no risks are taken. freedom, institutional justice. the feeling of the colombian , thosewho vote against who abstain, and those who vote no have one element in common. they all want peace. nobody wants violence. ,e ask for no more violence protection of farc, and for the end of all crimes. genie: that no vote on the peace deal to fight all the polls that said the referendum would pass by a large margin.
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our correspondent explains. >> it seems like a done deal. supporters of the peace agreement protest, celebrate, until a shock result came in. dr. this is disconcerting. -- >> this is concerning. we cannot believe it. peace is lost. >> 50% of the people allow themselves to be convinced by a message of hate, of revenge, a message of keeping us in the past. >> within a fifth of the percentage point, the opponents conceded in voting it down. the saw the agreement as a capitulation in exchange for laying down their arms. rebrandld be able to their movement as a political party and be guaranteed 10 seats in parliament. victims ofall been farc, and the no vote victory is a call for the government to renegotiate the agreement, not
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to hand over the country to farc. it is very emotional. we campaigned hard without money , against everything, and people have responded. this is what columbia wants. colombia wants. this was said to be t the best hope after achieving peace after 52 years of bloodshed. he said the only alternative is to go back to the war. ofhas accepted the results the referendum, which are not legally binding. genie: another referendum now in hungary, where people overwhelmingly voted to back government efforts to keep migrants out. hungary was the first state in the european union to hold a vote on mandatory refugee quotas established by the eu but with less than 50% voter turnout, those poll results are invalid. allison sargent explains.
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allison: a majority of support from a minority of people, an gary and prime minister viktor orban declared victory. >> brussels or budapest, that was the question, and we said budapest. we will have to make brussels understand that it cannot ignore the will of 99.2% of hungarian voters. brussels will not be able to force its will on hungry. -- on hungary. >> the leader's victory speech left out a key factor in the country past election committee declared the paul void due to that declared the poll void due to low voter turnout. viktor orban had hoped to use the results for leverage in negotiations with brussels. he also wanted to inspire other european countries to follow suit.
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hungary's right-wing government spent millions of euros on an extensive no campaign that vilified migrants. those opposed to the referendum said it stoked fear and xenophobia. abouts referendum is not what was asking the question, it is about attacking the eu. it also seeds hatred in the soul of hungarians, and we do not agree with that. >> following the vote, opposition figures called on viktor orban to step down, but the prime minister refused to a knowledge defeat. he announced plans to reflect what he called the will of the people. genie: the european union agreed on that plan last year. it was meant to help relocate someone hundred 60,000 migrants over two years time, but only but only 5600 have benefited so far. critics say it will set a bad precedent and that it could lead to more problems ahead. migrantser, 160,000
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--e been registered in italy it is agree that most of them should already have found a home in europe. yet they are living in camps. each member state is said to have that should have taken in its share of line which, but several governments, mainly eastern countries like hungary, where a referendum was held sunday. the vote was invalidated by a low turnout, but tensions are still strong over national quotas paid last month angela merkel said the mechanism has failed. the prime minister of slovakia said the plan is politically finished. according to austria's foreign minister, the blocks are divided. totallyarget is unrealistic. disagreements over the plan could threaten the cohesion of the entire european union. >> those who oppose the plan
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said it could set a precedent. the crisis has brought support for right-wing parties across europe. >> it all means one thing. a false sense of security. wey believe that with walls can solve the problem. i think it is wrong. >> although the referendum initiative failed, and gary and prime minister viktor orban said the eu cannot force the country to accept migrants. the government has exempt -- has erected walls on the border and police forces are blocking all migrant entries. genie: the taliban in afghanistan has launched an offensive on the north city of overnight in ait repeat of the assault when it took overtook the city a year ago. >> witnesses say the taliban struck kunduz in the early hours of monday morning, getting through the city a security
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forces called for reinforcement, the insurgents are hiding out in residence' homes. kunduz was the former northern stronghold of the taliban before they were overthrown. we did not come to the city to be pushed back by afghan security forces. they have suffered heavy casualties. many families have been displaced. >> taliban fighters struck the northern afghan city of kunduz a year ago. it was the first time since 2001 that the group had taken control of the provincial capital. it was short-lived. afghan forces backed by the u.s. drove the militants out just two weeks later. the counteroffensive encouraged after u.s.asualties
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jets bombed the hospital run by doctors without borders. monday's attack comes as ashraf ghani was at an international aid conference, where he expected a donation of several billion dollars to help the war-torn country. genie: the caribbean is being hit by the strongest cyclone there in nine years. hurricane matthew is barreling toward cuba, jamaica, and haiti, and is expected to make landfall later today. residents have been told to evacuate, people are stocking up on emergency supplies as they prepare for the worst. to the u.s. presidential race. donald trump has wrapped up a very bad week on the campaign trail. a new report in "the new york times" says the republican nominee has paid zero income tax for the past those code decades. 1995ants dating back to reveal over $915 million in losses that allowed him to legally avoid coughing up tax money. in a flash of bravado, trump
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called himself an expert on the u.s. tax code. there is barely a month ago until the presidential election in the united states, and the gap in the polls between the two candidates is still a small one. the emphasis will increasingly shift to the so-called round game. haveolunteers and staffers assembled around the u.s. donald trump house campaign is lacking in this regard. hillary clinton now needs to in there her teams crucial swing states get her young people -- get young people out to vote. >> it is one of the major different graphic blocks in the election, the youth vote is hillary clinton's to lose. those under 35 were key for barack obama in 2008 and 2012. this time around, things are a little more complicated. , the unfavorables for both candidates are very high, so it is hard to get people to try to get engaged.
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>> stephen pierce is the vice president of the student association at his university through like many of his fellow democrats on campus, he supported the more left-wing candidate in the primaries. he has now taken the plunge by joining the clinton camp. going to be really excited. i will be excited that we will have our first woman president. again, that breaks the glass ceiling. but i think her whole campaign has run on that, and it drowns out the actual policy ideas that she has, which to me are not as good for the people as bernie's were. before these election, the campaigns need to recruit young people. in swing states, campaign offices like this one, young volunteers you might define as millennials, reach out to other young voters from their generation, trying to connect in person and on life. >> donald trump at 3:00 a.m. was tweeting stuff about the former
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miss universe he had insulted, and how crooked hillary was making up lies about it. >> the clinton campaign's response was a series of tweets of her own. also sent in the early morning hours. hers were about a national service program aimed precisely and millennials. the youth vote, after all, will most likely be won online rather than on the actual campaign trail. nobel week is underway with the first prize for medicine or physiology just awarded today. that went to japanese scientist yoshinori ohsumi, for discovering the mechanism of auto 5g -- his discoveries have opened the past two discovering many physiological processes, including how the body reacts to starvation or its response to infection. tim kardashian has now left france after she was robbed last
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night at the -- kim kardashian has now left france after being robbed last night at gunpoint. five masked men wearing jackets broke into her apartment and took 10 million dollars worth of jewelry, including a ring. beaten, but the robbers did hold a hand gun to her head before tying her up and making their escape, reportedly on bicycles. her spokeswoman says kardashian is badly shaken but physically unharmed. her husband, kanye west, was on stage in new york at the time of the robbery, and abruptly ended his set to rush to be with his wife. this is "france 24." a shock referendum in colombia, voters narrowly rejecting a historic peace deal with farc rebels. a referendum on refugee quotas in hungary is deemed invalid due
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to low turnout. those who did show up to vote, however, overwhelmingly rejected the vote. hurricane matthew is barreling toward cuba, jamaica, and haiti. this is the strongest cyclone to hit the caribbean in a decade. time now for business news with fernanda. let's start with brexit. >> theresa may has announced a timeline. the uk will be out of the eu by april of 2019. that means that business lobbyists are gearing up for the fight of their lives to make sure the government takes their wishes into account. czaright before the brexit vote, companies in the uk have different interests. brian quinn has the -- the night vote, companies in uk have different interests. >> we will finish no later thann ththe end of march next year.
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>> in the wake of the vote to leave the eu, british businesses mobilizing to defend its interests. but as with before the vote, voter interests are not always in line. in financial sector particular finds itself in turmoil as large banks dispute with insurers, asset managers, and other industry groups over who should lead lobbying efforts with the british government. recently set scene a proliferation of lobbying groups as british banks fight to keep access to the european market. specializations -- speculations rise. bankers have expressed frustration that months after the vote they still do not know what brexit will mean for them. >> we had expect joe when confidence will go up and down, perhaps a little bit of a roller coaster, until we get to the final agreement, where businesses and consumers can understand what the future relationship between britain and
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the european union will be. >> the financial industry is north britain's larders export .- largest export many bankers say the timeframe is too short and are asking for period between negotiations and the start of the new terms. genie: how is scott marcus doing this lunchtime? >> the news is being felt on the european markets. -- how our stock markets doing this lunchtime? >> the news is being felt on the game markets per u.k. factories had the best month in more than two years last september, and the dax is closed for a national holiday in germany. one of the reasons for that huge amount of the is a week down -- is a weak pound. the town is a three year low against the euro and against the dollar, sterling was down .8%.
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that is its lowest level since august 15. genie: there are five weeks to go until the u.s. presidential election, and that means the pressure is on for deutsche bank. remind us why. >> deutsche bank wanted to make sure there was a deal before there was a switchover over who was in charge. the clock is ticking. that is worth $14 billion at the moment. selling -- they are worried about their son and the german government's insistence it will not bail deutsche out. that sent shares into freefall leslie. a number of german bigwigs weighed in over the weekend with ceos of company that with ceos of companies like siemens and daimler and company, saying they had faith in their management. trading is down by more than 1%. let's take a look at the day's other business stories. dutch bank ing is cutting
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several thousand jobs to save 900 million euros a year 2021. 5800 of the jobs lost will be in belgium and the netherlands, and the bank says it is investing it hundred million euros to make sure it can boost its mobile and online banking services. the bank said low interest rates also contributed. sent -- a post infection follows improvements and cheaper labor. it comes at a time for the company it is trying to raise capital to visits cheaper model, a sedan. regulators are trying to get alphabet to stop from only google search being
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installed on androids. the commission warned the company might it was a large fine. genie: to wrap up, you have some good news where apparently the world has grown richer, despite what we have gone through these past few years. >> at least there are less poor people, less people in extreme poverty. million less. that is mostly in asia. it is said that it is part of a trend. the world has 1.1 billion fewer poor people in 2013 than there were in 1990. but it is not all good news. income inequality over the same hotel has widened. -- over the same period has widened. genie: it is now time for the "press review." time now to take a look at the ourlines with
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correspondent. let's start with lots of reaction, especially in the colombian press, the shock referendum against the peace deal that had negotiators between the government and farc rebels. >> colombia says no to the peace deal. this is part of a spanish-language paper. votedver 50% of people against it. the colombian president, juan manuel santos, said he is determined to continue fighting for peace. that is according to "l another newspaper. especially the, he wants to hear them out and find out exactly why they voted against it. genie: one of the leaders of the no movement is the colombian opposition, who is also the former president. -- that's right, l
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uribe.'s right, alaro there may be this growing closeness or desire to kind of gather together between him and santos and the farc leaders, i uribe says he wants to participate but not as it stands currently. next. what happens >> there are a few options on hands for santos. the question is, will he be able to negotiate between uribe and the, a peace deal will take a long time or he might have to push the deal through to them. the biggest challenge for this paper, the four years of talks and hard negotiations do not go to waste. genie: let's move to another referendum, that of the brexit. theresa may has now set a date
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for the uk to his draw from europe. >> article 15 will be triggered -- article 50 will be triggered by the end of march next year. a lot of reaction in the british papers. "the guardian" is focusing on the hard brexit. we are hearing that term a lot in the british press, making this announcement on sunday at the conservative party's meeting. it was said that article 50 would be triggered by the end of march. "the independent" says may is sparking a "civil war" with her brexit strategy, or priorities now to control immigration and withdraw from the court of justice. he has fired the gun or fired the first shot. i said that cartoon in "the independent." davis is walking backwards, and boris johnson, as usual, is veering off course. genie: "the guardian," the left-leaning paper, has penned a
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scathing article criticizing theresa may. >> three months after the brexit vote, we still do not know what the "end game" is. she wants the advantages of a single market without actually being part of it, and this is an argument that european leaders have been making. "the guardian says she is under pressure to explain what brexit actually means. will the u.k. have a norway or switzerland style exit, or will they try and catch out their own parts. theresa may and the brexit team so far have done little to calm the nerves of those who want her to navigate a "wise course. another story is the trump lack of taxes, broken this weekend by "the new york times." >> "the new york times" published in 1995 tax return for donald trump, the latest headache for the republican candidate.
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he had a rather disastrous performance in the first debate. the new york times" published his tax returns from 1995, saying he essentially did not pay $1 million. the way his campaign has handled the fallout shows his weakness. for a financial journalist from marketwatch, "trump's tax maneuvers do not show he is a crook, he is a more on, they basically. co he has allowed the situation to blow up. he could have just been upfront about it and said, yes, i used loopholes. it was legal. by trying to hide it, it makes him look even more shady. thee: let's wrap up of scientific study that does not speak to you highly on human rights. -- you can read about this "
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in "the guardian." we have heard n girls," but scientists have conducted a study that shows indeed having a "less attractive friend" next to you makes you more attractive to strangers. the study was believed that was published in the psychological science journal, in which participants were asked to rate the attractiveness of faces and photos, and they were later flashed by less attractive people, genie:. thank you for that look of the day's headlines. you can look at our website, the address france24.com. coming up in the nice half-hour, hungary has voted to reject migrant quotas in the eu, but turnout was too low to make it
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valid. we will take a closer look in 15 minutes. first, the news after this. qéa]0kxopopop'p'p'p'p'p
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