♪ -- welcome to live from paris. nine-month settle -- state, the islamic jihadist still control one or two areas. donald trump gender meeting a russian lawyer who promised him

of presidential candidate hillary clinton. ♪ after nearly nine months of a hard-fought campaign, the iraqi flags have replaced the islamic mosul.lags in this comes as a -- at a heavy price. thousands have been forced from their homes.

killed. >> it is a mommy heavy with symbolism. most soul is the iraqi capital no more. it has been three years since ,he militants overran the city but a nine-month battle led by the army and aided by the u.s. coalition has succeeded in pushing them to the outskirts. security, they arrived on a city to declare victory but there are pockets of fighting still going. we are left with a phone number -- small number of fighters. civilian to survived under

the militants brutal rule are to normalg the return life. authorities need to think about what comes next. want services, contractors . everyone is jobless. although the militant groups , they mayimminent toort to suicide attacks make their presence felt.

it comes as a seventh round of peace talks is taking place in geneva. -- it has seen heavy fighting. [no audio] --

echoes the sentiment of many in the opposition of the eve of the seventh round of the geneva talks. >> i hope something will come out of this. felt there is an effort to bring peace and tranquility to syria, especially in light of what happened. lastly, russia sponsored talks in struggled to find talks and broke up without agreement. ukraine, u.s.p in

secretary of state rex tillerson will be traveling to kuwait where we -- our white house correspondent from washington has more. your secretary of state rex tillerson seems to be embracing the possibility of breaking -- brokering a peace deal between qatar and his neighbors -- its neighbors. rex tillerson's point of the right now is that there should restraint.ions and

-- the u.s. state department says this dispute might not end anytime soon in said this could last week's or even months. -- meet with us or we -- and we will give you dirt on hillary clinton. after initially saying the june russianwas about

adoptions, he revised his statement. when it came to information can, it was -- who ae clinton, it was disappointment. >> it became clear she had no information. lawyer andt trump's were there. the new york times broke the story on saturday, having received tips from five sources in the administration. the russian lawyer at the meeting says she was not acting on behalf of the russian yet her clients

include state owned businesses. wildfires across the western part of the u.s. and canada. california,ime in firefighters are battling the first major fire since the end of a five-year drought. force havef acres of been scorched. have been scorched. temperatures reach 36 degrees celsius in valleys and inland over the weekend, hampering relief efforts. thousands of firefighters have with the flames being fanned by low humidity and harsh, dry winds. up.he winds picked

we had a pretty strong wind. >> thousands forced to leave their home as a wild wire destroyed vehicles. fires continue to sweep through the foothills. >> we looked up and there was this big, black cloud. >> these are the first major wildfires since april. >> antigovernment protesters in have at least 92 people dead and at least 1500 injured.

pl -- pierre bail hearing reports. gathered on people sunday to listen to other opposition leaders. you because applaud we know these 100 days of resistance to you and particularly the use of venezuela who has been on the forefront of mobilizations putting their lives at risk. >> over the past 100 -- protests have taken increasingly violent injured. thousands repressed, theg

protests not as strong as it was the first day. >> the 100 days of protests have been difficult and the people were afraid to go out. >> hard-core and moderate opposition leaders have announced they wanted to keep up general for new election. on may 1, nick and this bizarro announced the rewriting of venezuela's constitution. moreecision sparked even criticsm among maduro's . a major police on is underway after messman robert 20 tourists who were waiting for shuttle buses over the weekend.

they robbed them of their luggage and personal belongings. hotels around the airport are being frequently targeted by thieves. in a the summer, but here in paris we have experienced record rainfall the last 24 hours. it is the most rainfall and an hour in the month of july since the year 1880. has poundedl rain the french capital. nearly 15 millimeters of rain fell in just one hour. the downpour effected nearly two dozen metro stations.

11:00 p.m., and emergency services received hundreds of phone calls. . the results of a storm that barely lasted half an hour. here, emergency services responded to 265 calls. no casualties were reported. president emmanuel -- on will be >> making the sign of the i've looked our in paris is 2020

the sign of the paris'did forn did -- bid for the 2024 olympics. both paris and los angeles will be touting their advantages. for france, there is a modern olympic village. on the american side, there are great stadiums in los angeles and sandy beaches. group isnational expected to give a green light over the next two days to change the rules and give the city that

win 2024 the games in 2028. -- begins the debate that would allow the countries to change the labor laws. opposition parties, especially on the left, have vowed to fight the measure with all their power. his plan to make hiring and firing more flexible is controversial. >> french president memento macron is looking to add more lawsbility to french labor . >> they will tell us it is about

adapting to the globalize world. none of that is true. behind all these accusations, we find a device. -- vice. around 10%,ent is macron wants to put it below 7% which is ambitious because it has not been that close in over 40 years -- that low in over 40 years. another --mlining all of this is meant to incentivize companies. wills argue an overall only bring more jobs and to the country.

to qatar, the united arab emirates cut the crisis ofing .atar airways the government has set up a special committee to pursue compensation claims against those countries. generalar's attorney says his company will be seeking payments for damages both home and abroad. receiveommittee will all claims. courts, ordistrict other parts of the world.

>> time now for a check on the markets. supportsrong job helping to boost markets worldwide. at more take a look headlines. make coscoer would the third-largest city -- third-largest shipping company. philip morris has been ordered to play -- pay the assad government millions of dollars.

top volkswagen executives were warned a month before investors -- a fallout could cost $18.5 billion. finally for business -- the u.s. is looking to crack down. it is a trend that has turned into a major problem for organized tourists operators. have and tour's operators paid out claims, but it

overwhelming number of claims has led some hotels to higher private detectives to debunk phony sickness claims. justice saystry of it will be limited and face upnt claims could to three years in jail. quirks timeout for the press review. time not to tatake a look at wht .as been making headlines >> it ends a nine-month operation.

newspaper saying -- mosul haszle been liberated. >> the reaction you have been seeing in the paper today, the battle against the islamic state group is far from over. >> we are really getting this impression that for many papers the battle is far from over. mondethor argues the le the question now is how -- how the islamic state group remains dead to stabilize

the -- so people can come back home, but also to incentivize those willing to move iraq into the right direction. buzz,ther story creating donald trump junior admitting he trump lawyer -- pro trump lawyer. it really gain speed yesterday when donald trump junior admitted he met with a russian lawyer with kremlin links. he has been hoping to get some information from hillary clinton -- about hillary clinton.

according to the huffington accusedince priebus democratic operatives of setting up the meet with the russian lawyer. -- >> the battle for a critically ill baby has reached the white house. >> it is a sad story. he is an 11-month-old british debilitating disease. his parents want to take him to the u.s. for what they hope would be -- they called for his artificial ventilation to be withdrawn.

court will beh deciding on the fate of the little boy amid protests led by parents the manning for the right to decide on the fate of their child. the guardian says this has been damaged by the right to life campaign. -- we do see how this story has been reappropriated by right to life campaign. >> and finally a story from the a more serious

reality for japanese people. you can see the headline, young japanese people are just not having sex. between 18 years 34 have not had sex. it is effecting jobs, consumer spending, business investments. all facets of society, but it seems like the reason is a little bit more personal. one man says he finds women scary while a woman says she think men can't be bothered to ask women on dates and at how the woman says it is easier to watch internet born. >> if you want to know more about the stories, you can head

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