genie: you are watching "france 24." it is time for 60 minutes live around the world. these are the headlines. u.s. vice presidential candidates faced off in their one and only debate. republican mike pence and democrat tim kaine clash early and often. both slamming each other's bosses for an insult driven campaign. barrels onatthew toward the bahamas after hitting both haiti and cuba, the worst caribbean storm nearly a decade

-- storm in nearly a decade, headed toward eastern florida. and jean-marie le pen is taking his daughter to court. she is the current leader of the national front party who kicked azi father out for causing n gas chambers a detail of history. coming up, another slide in sterling. the british currency takes a dive as exit jitters continue -- tersrexit jit continue. one man's fight to reduce trash produceca where people two kilos or 4.5 pounds of garbage every day. genie: thank you for joining us on "france 24."

let's get straight to our top story out of the u.s. having a chair problem here. u.s. vice presidential candidates went head-to-head last night in their only debate. mike hence did his best to remain called and steady despite frequent attack -- remain calm and steady, despite frequent attacks by tim kaine. both candidates interrupted and insulted each other and their running mates. washington our correspondent, philip crowther. you were watching the debate last night. how did they do? philip: or rather, how did their running mates do? this was a debate that was largely about hillary clinton and donald trump, though it was of course their running mates who were on stage for the only time during this election season of 2016. there was one clear role for tim kaine, the senator from virginia , relatively unknown by people abroad but also by many people

in the united states. that role was to attack mike pence, the governor of indiana, and donald trump's running mate, as much as possible. he tried to paint the two with pressuring mike pence to react to some of the more controversial statements and policy ideas that have come from the donald trump campaign over the last few weeks, and indeed months. for example, he challenged mike pence to react to what seemed to be a relatively tight relationship at times between russian president vladimir and donald trump, or at least liking vladimir putin by donald trump. and the donald trump proposed ban on muslims entering the united states. mike pence managed to deflect most of them and came across pretty measured and calm. both campaigns this morning

seemed to think they came out victorious. genie: both sides are saying they won. the big question is who really won the debate. has there been any word on that, and will the debate change anything? philip: vice presidential to change not tend much unless there is a big mistake by one of the candidates. there was not really that one soundbite that will live forever , that will influence this election. voters are still undecided. i mentioned farmville before the debate. one lady cannot decide between donald trump and hillary clinton. those people do exist. but i do not think they will make up their minds based on a vice presidential debate. in terms of the narrative -- and that is an important thing in u.s. elections -- there obviously are two different ones put forth by the respective campaigns. tweeted and live said he clearly thought mike pence had one bank will this

one. -- that mike pence had won. that mikeinton said pence could not defend the decisions made by his boss, donald trump. the first of the next two president debates will be on sunday in st. louis. the last one is in las vegas. that is the last moment when voters will be making up their minds. genie: it is just five weeks away now. philip crowther reporting us from washington. hurricane matthew is swirling on toward the bahamas and the southeastern coast of florida. killed at has already least nine people and forced hundreds of to flee. the worst damage has been in the poorest country in the americas, haiti. our correspondent reports. >> it is the worst caribbean

storm in nearly one decade, and haiti has felt its full force. hurricane matthew hit haiti as a category 4 storm, bringing wind of 200 30 kilometers per hour, heavy rains, and surging seas. wind, 230 kilometers per hour. heavy rains, and surging seas. trees were uprooted, houses blown apart. house ishing inside my wet. i have lost everything. the water took it. i will not be able to get it back. >> more than 14,000 haitians have been evacuated to temporary shelters. eight agencies are concerned about the risk of disease as flooding worsens, especially in the most deprived areas of risk, one of the poorest countries in the world. >> we anticipate it will be quite catastrophic. we are hearing sporadic and that

there is catastrophic damage in the haiti southwestern regions. we do not have a picture of that because the storm is still ongoing. already hit cuba and spins northward. forecasters predict the hurricane could hit the u.s. east coast around midweek. has said theerry peace efforts in syria must carry on, and this despite the fact that the u.s. walked out of talks with moscow over its role in the bombing campaign. russian and syrian warplanes continue to pound residential areas in aleppo, and moscow has said it is sending an air defense missile system into syria for the first time ever. our correspondent has the details. >> it is a first in russian history. moscow announced the deployment of an f 300 aircraft -- avenue 300 antiaircraft missile system here for the first time. this will be in the northwest of

syria. an announcement that has made washington nervous. >> it is not clear why the placement of an f 300 in syria has faced such a stir from our western colleagues. it causes no threat -- it poses no threat to anyone. >> the f 300 system will reinforce russia passed offense of the syrian coast. it already has a system in place at an ever based just north. announcement comes a day after the u.s. halted talks with russia. on military cooperation in syria. washington has grown increasingly critical of russia's actions. on monday, secretary of state john kerry blamed moscow for the failure. john kerry: we will continue to pursue a meaningful, sustainable, and forcible cessation of hostilities throughout the country.

russia knows exactly what it needs to do in order to get that cessation implemented in a fair and reasonable way. >> russia has been accused of indiscriminately bombing aleppo as it joins an offensive to regain control. and hasladimir addressed parliament just days after the u.s. pulled out of talks with russia on syria. this was his first speech since his party swept the parliamentary election in russia last month. for more on what he had to say, i am joined by armen georgian. what about international issues? what did he have to say about them? : there was nothing explosive on the situation with the west, syria, or ukraine. this was about domestic policy. but he returned to a favorite theme of his, which is that russia does not impose its ideas or governments on other

countries. let's take a look at that. when we talk about nations having the right to be strong, we're not saying that they should not have great power ambitions. we never impose anything on anybody. i have no intention of doing so. is insideof russia our people. >> what he is saying there is that the west does not -- that the west does impose its governance on other countries, and there is a clear reference in that statement, in that changete, to the regime agenda, as russia sees it. this is really the source of these problems in syria, ukraine -- one of the sources, i should that- russia possibility the west is trying to get rid of certain leaders and put in place western friendly ones. starting with saddam hussein in 2003, then muammar gaddafi, now

bashar al-assad in syria. if you look at the russian foreign minister's statement yesterday about the breakdown in talks between the u.s. and russia over syria, there is a notion that statement that says the u.s. is pursuing a much desired regime change in damascus. this is really a long-running -- a very long-standing and deep and between the west russia. latimer putman came back to this theme. genie: this is mostly focused on domestic issues speaking there in front of parliament. what don't -- what tone did set in the addressed parliament? : this is the full session that he made since the september 18 elections, which gave the pro-kremlin party the biggest majority it had. turnout in that election was just 48%, so it was a big slump

from 50% in the previous election. a lot of people said we are not going to vote because it is obvious united russia is going to get a big majority. there is also a sense that being an mp is sort of like a gravy train. of course, that sentiment exists in other countries. but clearly there is a problem of disconnect between people and elites, and this is something that president clinton implicitly acknowledged in that speech, saying parliament should become a platform for dialogue between mp's and citizens. so essentially what he was saying was, you have got to get out there and start connecting with voters. genie: armen georgian, thank you so much for that. in france, the far right pen --nd jean-marie le

thomas waterhouse has more. thomas: it was on national television in april 2015 that marine le pen first openly ,eclared war against her father say that his statement were damaging to her as leader and to the whole party. >> jean-marie le pen should basically show wisdom. he should face the consequences of the trouble that he himself is causing and maybe end his political responsibilities. thomas: when the 87-year-old founder of the movement once again referred to the gas chambers of the whole a cast -- of the holocaust as "a detail of history," his daughter said enough was enough, accusing her father of trying to sabotage her by talk to find the national front. a family death match the somewhat rumbled the party. >> i should have the same belief as marie that these marks have

gone to bank far and are damaging to the image of the party. >> don't worry. the sun is out. go and have a drink. thomas: but everything was not find in the -- was not fine in en household. in august of 2015, the party expelled the man after four decades. he was still standing proud. >> i have my head on my shoulders. wednesday,s jean-marie le pen is in court for the fourth time since being kicked out. he is asking for 2 million euros in damages. he says if he is allowed back in the fold, the line is still drawn. he will not be supporting the presidential bid. tuesday he said he prefers nicolas sarkozy to her. fascinating fact

you might not know. in the u.s., every single american produces 4.5 pounds, or two kilos, of garbage every day. one man is trying to do his part to make that change. activistnvironmental rob greenfield. he has been strolling around new york for two weeks, weighted down with trash. been tying bags of trash to his body pretty says it is not a stunt. he wants americans to wake up to the garbage problem. he was carrying around organic waste as well but gave up after the snow became too overwhelming. -- after the smell became too overwhelming. as presidential candidates in the u.s. face off in their one and only debate. mike pence and tim kaine crashed -- tencent tim kaine clashed early on.

-- mike pence and tim kaine clashed early on. the worst caribbean storm in nearly a decade is due to head toward eastern florida after hitting haiti and cuba. french far right firebrand jean-marie le pen is taking his daughter to court. she is the current leader of the national front party that kicked her father out for calling nazi gas chambers a detail of history. it is time for our business news -- for a business is the stephen carroll. the bridgetown has fallen again. stephen: the pound actually hit a new 31-year low against the dollar, as concerns persist on the market over what shape the you k's exit from the european union will take. this is the picture on the market a short time ago. we have the pound trading for $1.27, a five-year low against the euro, adding $1.13 to the

pound. looking back at sterling's trading history, with the dollar, the last time germany was at this level was in 1985 because of a record strength in the dollar at the time. the pound at that point dropped , the lowest it has been in the history of the two currencies. i am saying a big fall in the value of sterling could be even more prolonged. it may last for that much longer. we have been looking at who wins and who loses. our correspondent has details. >> and blessing for some and a curse for others. >> what we have seen in the months after the brexit vote is a very sharp depreciation of sterling, which is intensified in the last few days as a timetable for triggering article

50. >> the plunge is good for british exporters. rolls-royce has profited from the slump in sterling, mostly because a lot of its revenue is in dollars, and it reports profits in pounds. companies reliant on imports to britain are feeling the pinch. retailer next is expected to have sales drop next year because of price increases. this inflation will of course affect british consumers. the bank of england expects 2% iner prices to rise by 2017 compared to slightly over half a percent in august. the details of the uk's exit from the eu are likely to spell markert -- to spell more market volatility. >> the access to the single market is going to be close to the uk. maybe thesigns that door has been left open and they are trying to come from eyes. -- to compromise.

>> some investors will be pleased. the ftse 100 share index closed close to its record high on tuesday. the stock market reacting today -- the ftse 100 has come down from those highs we have seen yesterday, trading at 70 points off the record high. after a report from bloomberg, the ecb could be preparing to wind down its bond buying program. that has made for some unhappy investors. a look at some more business headlines -- yahoo! is said to -- the reuters news agency says the company built a special program to read e-mails after a request of the american government. yahoo! has simply said it is a law-abiding company. disagreements over the scheme are said to have led to the

departure of its chief security officer. johnson & johnson has warned one touch ping is in danger of being hacked. it has written to patients of the vulnerability. jumpedof tesco have andr a drive in sales operation profits. for the first half of the year, the company took in 677 million euros. wrap up,ephen, just to we were talking about the drop in sterling, and there is one very unhappy consequence for britain. stephen: the fall in the pound against the euro technically means the uk is no longer the largest -- the second-largest economy but has dropped.

economists do not consider this the best way to measure the size sure tomies, but it is cause a blow to at least one side of the channel. genie: indeed. thank you for that look at the business news. it is time for "the press review." now atake a look grabbing headlines around the world with florence villeminot. lots of focus on u.s. politics today, and on the u.s. vice presidential debate last night, the only one in this campaign. flo: it was supposed to be the battle of the nice guys, but mike pence and tim kaine got a little nasty about taxes. particularly donald trump us failure to release his tax return. you might notice the word "vanilla" in the title. it means normal, conventional, a little boring, and it kind of sums up the reaction to this vice presidential debate. genie: the papers were not particularly excited about this debate.

even before it happened, they hinted that it was going to be a little -- "the washington post" interviewed some previous moderators of these debates, and they said mike pence and tim kaine are basically the same person. the politics are different, but if you look at their political careers and their style, they are very similar. they are known as being quite nice. last week's presidential debate between donald trump and hillary clinton was a study in contrast, but this article says you would doubleiven for seeing when looking at these vice presidential candidates. one person was very excited about the debate, and that is the u.s. republican candidate, donald trump. he live tweeted during the whole debate, definitely rooting for his horse, mike pence. --mainly retreated re-tweeted supporters are you can get a summary of his twitter storm. this is one tweet in particular that is getting a lot of attention. he retweeted this tweet, that

tim kaine looks like an evil crook out of the batman movies. donald trump ended his twitter 's mostith the night retweeted posts, that mike pence won that debate. genie: reacting to the massive strike that was there monday against a proposal to totally poland.tions in flo: a lot of women were wearing black as a sign of mourning of their reproductive rights. of media in bless poland, including "newsweek," -- according to lots of media in newsweek," noing one expects such a force in such a patriarchal society.

the society is still patriarchal, but no one really expects that much from women. this article really applause their strength, the courage, their excellent organization, and their determination. it calls for the conservative ruling party to be afraid. another article -- this is in the opposition paper -- that also says this protest really took the government by surprise here in officials are trying to wiggle their way out of this crisis. we have seen that the prime minister of poland is distancing the government from the van after this massive protest. genie: let's come back to france were papers are trying to save an iconic train factory. flo: this is the belfort plant that belongs to alstom. be good news, that they are going to save the planet and save those jobs.

but it is being met by an outcry in the french press. you can see the main business paper talking about the government's patch up job. why the criticism? these trains are not really needed. we are talking about high-speed trains that are actually going to be used on slow-speed tracks. it is like using a racehorse to run a small aaron. a is also going to be very -- racehorse to run a small errand. it is going to be very expensive. it is going to essentially cost about one million euros per job that is saved. "the figaro"ere, saying the government has completely gone off track surprise, we have a presidential election coming up. genie: several papers agree with that one, that the price of saving our storm is set -- of is so high.m flo: unemployment is high in france in general. houston is a company that is

actually doing quite well, if you look at other areas. is a company that is actually doing quite well. if you look at other areas. you canhis cartoon -- see francois hollande on a runaway train well grommet in the front adds tracks as the train goes along you might be able to see what is written on the box. it says the industry strategy, essentially. it says the government seems to be improvising its whole government strategy. what is the next step? buying trains to save factories, what is coming next? this will give a lot of people some ideas. france's steel industry is struggling. what is the government going to do? is it going to buy 300 eiffel towers to keep the sector running? that would be ridiculous. genie: let's wrap up with a word of so something -- about

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