>> welcome back. you're watching live from paris on france 24. headlines this hour. france tells russia there's no excuse for the bombing of civilians in aleppo. the french foreign minister is a new plano present for peace in syria. haiti counts the dead in the wake of hurricane matthew. the caribbean island lost over 100 people. victims came from just one town. presidential elections have been postponed. of thousands of people are now in the storm's path as it heads toward the heavily populated coast of florida. hurricane.gory four matthew is expected to hit within hours.

first, the french foreign in moscowas been telling his russian counterpart that there's no excuse for the bombing of aleppo in syria. jean-marc ayrault will present a plan to the united nations this week, after a deal between russia and the united states. comes as the u.n. enjoy to syria warns that eastern aleppo by be completely destroyed the end of the year. this district is home to 250,000 civilians. almost half are children. ayrault says the situation is unprecedented. >> the situation is grave. this is why i wanted to personally speak with mr. lavrov in moscow. to look him in the eyes and say,

no one and sincerely, can tolerate this situation. france cannot tolerate it. and russia shouldn't tolerate it either. >> we'll talk more about france's potential role as a mediator. i'm joined by cahill, a military expert and retired army general army. lebanese thank you for being with us. it, the russians have made pretty clear, haven't they, they're not interested in western or world opinion on on in aleppo, about the targeting of hospitals, about the alleged use of weapons. aat jean-marc ayrault is completely wasted one, is it not? the absencell, in of any further talk between the the russians, the only option available is either or to continue the talks through another channel.

is the ally of the warsd states in the against terrorism, either in afghanistan or the middle east or africa and so on, it is very natural that france over this talk with the russians. and this is -- they know, they know in advance that the not change their thoughts overnight. a draft resolution in the united nations security that has been submitted by france and spain in order to a cease-fire in aleppo and in order to stop the air flights,military air over the city. and in the extreme situation occurring on the ground, this is the only way to continue

efforts in order to reach at least a cease-fire in aleppo. >> but -- >> but if the russians are not comply with this demand, knowing that their subcommittees that studied the draft, they have opposed any single detail in this draft. so i think that, in the end of will submit french this resolution to the u.n. security council. and at this moment, the russians oppose a veto. and this will be a very negative toward the russians in the western public opinion that will mobilized for further thetions maybe after current sanctions in ukraine or maybe, maybe a military solution. >> seems like something of a

plan, because the perception of russia in the west is already pretty negative. are a wholethere raft of sanctions imposed on the russian government as well. >> exactly. >> it would seem the only practical way to end the aleppo will be for known as the front, is for them to leave the city. is there any chance of them doing that, do you think? >> well... maybe the option, the feasible option is to give the green countries to supply the rebels with anti-aircraft portable missiles. this has been raised by some voices in the united states the past month. and it has been called plan b. didn't seeow, we anything of that. the only anti-aircraft system

the hands ofween the rebels around damascus, it age-old system and it has already shut down two airplanes and one helicopter for regime. but in aleppo, these sorts of weapons are not available. i think if the situation is way, thisontinue this will be the only viable alternative solution militarily, because it is out of any -- it's a militaryon to have confrontation between the united states and russia over because syria does not represent a vital interest for ae united states, neither vital interest for moscow. and what i mean by vital interest is an interest where we go to war for. a bargaining chip for russia. and the only interest of the is to states and syria push thes and to

belligerent parties into a thee-fire in order to put effort against daesh. but this is not working. is why, if the negotiations will fail, and they if we don't reach a u.n. security council and if the russians will not stop the pressure in aleppo, i think the only viable or alternative is to supply these anti-aircraft port missiles to -- portable missiles to the rebel countries light tothem a green do so. >> thank you very much indeed us.joining at least 136 people have been confirmed dead in haiti after was hit by a category 4 storm. hurricane matthew completely devastated one town in the south, where at least 50 people perished. thousands more have been with little access to food or shelter.

electionsesidential have been postponed. and we have someone in port-au-prince who told us about efforts to prevent the death toll from rising further. >> the situation i is indeed preoccupying. another car is right now on its track ander with a emergency supplies. they have been working with the government from the beginning, of matthewonset actually, for prepositions of chlorine tab lts, in -- tablets, in regards to clean water, because that's our priority, to ensure that clean water is propagationvoid the of epidemics and the identification of vulnerable, separated children. and we get information that is preoccupying. the departments are in the far the island. they would be up to 1.3 million

people affected. these, one always needs to keep in mind, there is at a -- one and two that is one in two that is a child or under 18 years old. right now,ildren many are out of school. they have no access to health care, nothing to eat. now, we're working 24 hours to get there in time to a rapid assessment and then ensure that the basic needs are covered. us, how are these survivors? in what kind of conditions are and living in at the moment how many people are we talking about? >> the information that we're anding is still very slowly very limited. you had mentioned the bridge. beenridge has not functional during and shortly after matthew. we got to wade through the river yesterday by a temporary bridge. sending us small bits and pieces of information. and as the hours pass, we're a clearer picture together.

what we know already is that damage to 70% to 80% of houses. has basically been destroyed. shelter.have sought there are about 6,000 people shelter. to emergency there are 2,000 children that have been evacuated from institutions all over the country. and all these are just the figures that we have so far. pass, we'reours getting more information. and every information that we about damage means, at the toe time there is damage children's futures. >> the storm has been been upgraded back up to a category 4 heavily populated coast of florida is now squarely in its path. warning it could be the strongest storm to hit the united states in 12 years. officials say they're not taking any chances and are enforcing for tens evacuations of thousands of people. here's the latest.

reporter: with florida now in its sights, matthew is gaining category 4 hurricane will bring strong winds and sunshinel rain to the state as well as to georgia, south and north carolina. have beenn floridians told to evacuate to safe areas. >> if you aren't going to numbers should scare you. if you're on the east coast, you palm beach northward, will likely see winds between 100 and 150 miles per hour. these catastrophic levels can completely wipe out well-built destroy neighborhoods. if you're on the east coast, you will lose power. peopler: thousands of have already heeded the warnings. but many petrol stations have struggled to keep up with demand. >> every place i've been to so far is jam-packed. we just had cops here, almost an incident. this pump we didn't think worked. if i don't back up to it right now, somebody is going to pull

up before me. reporter: the national guard has and drafted in, as schools closed., all those outside the evacuation zones have been told to store enough to last three days but supermarket shelves have quickly emptied. >> i'm buying a lot of things to prepare for the hurricane matthew that's coming through. styrofoam cups and plates so we have something to eat, because we're probably not wash dishes,ble to without water. ice packs to keep things cool. reporter: over 12 million east coast residents are currently under hurricane watch. vehicles are now bumper to bumper across large parts of the region. lowakistan has passed a new that makes so-called honor by at leastishment 25 years in jail. hundreds of women are murdered relatives every year -- male relatives every year. up until now, the victims had able to seek forgiveness from family members rather than

serve a jail term. we are told that although this righttep in the direction, there's still a long way to go to change cultural attitudes towards women in pakistan. >> in pakistan, there is an enabling environment. there was an enabling for male relatives to commit the horrific crime, killing, and honor get away with it, because the for murderaw allows to be forgiven, to be compromised. coupled with practices, with misinterpretation of coupled with the rhetoric, misogynist rhetoric from sometimes state institutions has led to an appalling state of affairs. not only these crimes, still committed with impunity.

>> meanwhile, women in poland are claiming victory after lawmakers there backed down on for a near-total ban on abortion. polish thousands of women rallied against the proposals on monday, bringing defeat forirst major the ruling the conservatives. here's the story. reporter: backing away from a near total ban on abortion, the has rejected ant controversial bill that sparked massive protests earlier this week. proposal recommended up to five years in prison for women abortions, and the prosecution of doctors who them.m this came from a citizen's initiative, not sponsored by poland's ruling party. >> we stressed several times we do not agree with punishing women. that's why our deputies voted to reject the draft law. reporter: parliament voted of

whemmingly to recorrect -- overwhelmingly to reject the bill. inr 100,000 women protested poland against the plans to tighten the country's already restrictive abortion rules. the current law only allows the fetus isif irreversibly damaged or if the is in danger. the proposed law would have seen criminalized. it was backed by the catholic church. concernscs had voiced it would punish the victims of sexual abuse. is abortion rate in poland currently one of the lowest in europe. terminations legal fluctuates between 600 and 1,000 each year. say the feminist groups numbers are likely closer to between 100 and 150,000 annually. these figures include illegal abortions and those who go

to have their pregnancies terminated. poland's existing rules are those of itsd to european neighbors. only a handful of countries have stricter abortion policy. partially sighted walk inook to the cat pickup paris in this year's fashion week. brainchild of entrepreneur miriam. story.the reporter: at first glance, it your typical show at the paris fashion week. but take a closer look. and you realize this is not just about fashion. the models are all either partially your typical show at sighted or completely blind. a frenchwas created by after algerian entrepreneur with one goal in mind. >> to open people's minds. we want people to accept the

differences of others and we these models to accept their disability. especially here in france, so they can fight for society to perceive them differently. reporter: she says she wants to redefine standards of beauty and combat discrimination in the modeling industry. fashion should be about clothes, she says, not the person wearing them. like it will open people's eyes as well as change minds about people, about people and people with low vision, as well as hopefully other conditions. reporter: models made their way orn the runway without canes guide dogs. instead, they used a rope line to guide them along the cat walk. of the show, members of the public were given an opportunity to see for ismselves what being blind like. they were given blind folds and

invited to show off their modeling skills on the cat walk. >> yeah! ♪[music] [laughter] >> time now for a quick reminder of our international headlines. isnce has told russia there no excuse for the bombing of civilians in aleppo. the french foreign minister to moscow today to present a new plan for peace in syria. haiti has been counting the dead in the wake of hurricane matthew. the caribbean island lost over 100 people. 50 of the victims came from one town. have beenal elections postponed. and hundreds of thousands of people are now in the storm's as it heads toward the heavily populated coast of florida. 4 hurricane,egory matthew is expected to hit within hours. president obama has declared a state of emergency. let's get some more business news now. kate, starting off with some woes for low-cost airline.

>> it's going to be pretty because of them, currency value we've been seeing u.k.'s vote to leave the european union. it says it will cost more than 100 million european unions this year.- euros this its profits will fall for the 2009.time since >> plummeting profits for budget jet, dragged down by brexit and the ensuing pounds.g it means costs have hiked up considerably as the pound has value. by 15% in they say their profits will fall the first time since 2009, with gains for the financial year ending september 2015 millionn at around 560 euros, compared to the 780 it made last year. this, the chief executive kept an optimistic

tone, noting the airline had 22 millionecord passengers in three months to the end of september. been have disproportionately affected by year,rdinary effects this but -- events this year, but our cost control and revenue initiatives and strong balance sheet underpin our confidence in the business. just brexit which has weighed down easy jet. the airline is more connected to destinations recently affected by terrorism. thethey normally rely on popularity of destinations in egypt, turkey and the french of paris and niese. they expect a drop in profits, smaller one, forecasting a 10% to 12% drop to march 2017. both companies have been hit by as airliness, across report have made the lowest prices to increase capacity, forcing others to cut prices to compete. >> that brings us to a look

currency markets. os.ave three decade low you can see it has slipped once again, trading, down at about dollar.he and 1.13 to the euro. stock markets closed in the red, losing nearly point.percentage less. little bit the job report will paint a better picture of the u.s. and when the u.s. federal reserve might raise rates.t s&p 500 still above the flat line. risen to highs this session. barrel, mostly linked to a surprisingly sharp drop in u.s. inventory levels. the i.m.f. says european banks

are suffering because of low rates, but their main problem is their costs are too high. correspondent asked christine lagarde for her take on the stability of europe's banks. >> taking into account the policies, and in particular the interest rates which are in all advanced close to zero, and sometimes below zero, the banks operations.at their how they generate activity and as to strengthen their situation and financial outlook. it's certainly the case in europe. it's also the case in other regions in the world. exerciseems that this should be done quickly. >> christine lagarde speaking to our washington correspondent there. the national statistics agency said that economic growth will fall short of the government's year. this they projected about 1.3% growth

1.5% that thee finance ministry had forecast 2016. they did say that the labor market was slowly improving, be good news for francois hollande. the presidential elections, of be held in may and the economy will be a key voters.or many germany meanwhile has seen strong economic data, including inigger than expected rise industrial orders. angela merkel said that employment was rising and that was in such good shape that her government would six billionffer it , whileorth of tax cuts sticking to her campaign pledge of not increasing the country's debt. moving on to some of the other business headlines now, deutsche cutting ane additional 1,000 jobs in german, part of its restructuring plan that will eliminate 9,000 positions globally.

-- reached ants agreement with labor thursday toves on spread the cuts across various departments. frankfurt rose slightly. meanwhile there's no with american authorities to pay the fine issued a few weeks ago. plungedshares have nearly 20% of the website reported that disney, google and were not interested in a takeover. be sales force is thought to the only potential buyer now. for formal asked bids over the next two weeks. for thell from grace american start-up seranos, which promised to revolutionize blood tests by using a finger prick. they have said they would close offr clinical labs and lay more than 300 employees, after

questionedregulators the accuracy of the technology. peak, it made elizabeth self-madeyoungest female billionaire ever. the u.s. presidential candidate toald trump has pledged bring long lost american manufacturing jobs back from too late.he may be at least one chinese company that makes shoes for his movingr is among those production to africa. >> the u.s. presidential trump, hasdonald frequently accused beijing of stealing millions of american what he calls unfair trade practices and currency manipulation. tough with the asian giants is a major part of his campaign. elected president, you're gonna have jobs coming to syracuse, coming to new york, coming all over the country like before!er, ever remember that. >> these are some of the jobs

he's referring to. chinese workers churning out goods for u.s. brands, including his own daughter's. tens of thousands of ivanka made's high-end shoes are in southern china. cheap chinese labor is nothing new but market forces are now shifting the workplace once again. that left those jobs the united states for china are low-wage, low-skilled manufacturing jobs. so they were priced out of the american market. now they're being priced out of chinese market. so the jobs that china is shutting are jobs that are going vietnam, like bangladesh, thailand and and even africa. >> and it's already started and hason in africa ambitious plans. ae company is building massive factory in ethiopia in the shape of a shoe. it could be the start of a trend so-called american

foreign hands. >> look at behind the numbers of what donald trump is saying. now, is it? just a few weeks away. we're taking a short break. stay with us. more headlines

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