>> the observers direct. the france 24k to newsroom. these are the top stories. ,o hope of relations improving they say the russian prime minister after donald trump grudgingly approved a package of new sanctions against moscow and we will go live to our correspondent in moscow in a moment. survivedlian president a vote in congress on whether he should be put on trial for corruption over a year after lawmakers voted to suspend his

predecessor. venezuelan president nicolas maduro disputes a claim that turnout in the sunday vote were inflated. the new body getting to work on friday. ♪ claire: we start with donald trump signing legislation imposing new sanctions on russia . the u.s. leader a little choice but to sign the bill after it was passed easily in the senate and house of representatives. , trump called it seriously flawed and says he gave his approval for the sake of the national unity. the russian prime minister says the sanctions are tantamount to a full scale trade war. he added that donald trump has

been humiliated by congress. let's go to moscow and speak to our correspondence, thomas, what about the latest reaction to new u.s. sanctions. >> let's stay with the russian prime minister, he made some give ant comments which idea of what the rest of the senior politicians in russia think at the moment. he made the distinction between what he thinks of president trump's action in signing the sanctions and said he had no choice. buthows he is a weak leader say this scathing anger for congress and senators who put the bill forward and had an overwhelming majority yet it passed, even if it was not signed by president trump. we heard from other politicians that this is a serious

degradation between russia and the u.s. and from the head of the senate international relations committee who said this leaves little room for cooperation in the future between the states, the u.s. and russia. he said the u.s. acted illegally and lost its claim to global leadership. something pressure covets for itself, the influence and international affairs. he said the loss of leadership on the global stage is perhaps the only good news to come out of this. evene: moscow retaliated before donald trump had signed the bill, expelling hundreds of diplomatic staff and seizing property in russia targeting the government specifically. why is that? a large part of that is because of the russian economy which is weak. it is 1/14 of the size of the u.s. economy.

relatively small and has just come out of two years of recession. the maximum amount of growth predicted for this year is 1%. it is in it for kerry's position and these sanctions will not help -- in a precarious position and the sanctions will not help, targeting the financial sector in europe -- in russia which are important for russia, in particular hydrocarbons and the export of hydrocarbons towards the west which is targeted by these new u.s. sanctions. there are commentators here suggesting that vladimir putin is sending a message by ordering the dismissal of 755 people working in the american embassy and american consulates across russia and that he is specifically targeting government and sending a signal to foreign businesses and foreign business leaders that russia is still open for business. that is an acceptance of the position of russia and the

weakness of the economy. claire: thank you very much. , italy has seized a rescue ship operated by -- after introducing a controversial code of conduct for charity boats rescuing people in the mediterranean theater attempting to end the migrant crisis, it has dispatched a navy patrol boat to libya. elizabeth walsh reports. >> a ship that once rescued migrants from the manager and is anchored in a port. ngo andgs to the german was seized by the time coast guard on suspicion that the humanitarian group health human smugglers. ped human smugglers. not forwere carried out people in danger but simply to pick up people escorted by

libyan traffickers. on monday, rome introduced a code of conduct for them, demanding armed police accompany the boats. the majority of aid groups have refused to comply. making theof people crossing to italy has dropped eughtly since 2016 but with nations like:, hungry, and the czech republic refusing to take asylum-seekers, italy is determined to clamp down on the influx. the first of to a tie-in naval vessels -- ical you and naval vessel set sail trying to prevent vessels from leaving. >> we voted to support the libyan coast guard and their efforts to send the migration flow to italy. we hope our european partners will come alongside us in order to tackle migration flows in the mediterranean. >> italy lego shaded the mission

with the u.s. -- the libyan political instability may complicate things, rivals have called the deployment a violation of libya's sovereignty. >> joining me now is an investigative journalist and writer, writing about libya. just to pick up where the report left off, can the migrant crisis not be resolved as long as you have this situation in libya of rival authorities. you have a deal struck with italy but only by the authorities in tripoli, then the other set of authorities criticizing this. the meeting in paris, i think it will not solve the migrant this crisis is

libya to thert of west part. we have a government of national accord supported by the international community, united nations, italy, they received a lot of help to deal with this crisis. obviously, it is not possible. findy, it is necessary to also a political agreement between the two players because, in the east, where you have territories under control of the , migrationonal army is under control. making possible these two andies to find an agreement get forces on the ground is important to solve this

migration crisis. claire: was the paris deal, where they spoke of a cease-fire and elections, was that a step in the right direction because you have the authorities of both sets of authorities brought together in the same place in paris by president macron? >> it was a very important first step because, even the international community and all of the country's involved in the negotiation's about their willingness to find a solution to the political crisis in libya were not playing in the same place. it was important for one country issue, fore of this libya not to be a tool for proxy wars between competing regional countries who were really

interfering and heightening the tensions inside libya. from this side, it was really very important. it is the first step. done,is expected to be especially with the help of the new envoy of the united nations. libya. claire: i would like to talk the military strongman, is he reliable when it comes to try to resolve the situation? he has been described as unstable. military, he has a clear strategy in his mind. he says he is fighting terrorism. with themlot of time and they are fighting terrorist groups.

they succeed to do it. control tod to bring a large part of the country. -- the help of him is important to make sure they did security. -- get security. france's pragmatic view of the situation is needed. he is not unstable. he made the proposals for elections in the beginning of the year when i met him for an interview. willing and he is by the fact and the rule of the elected parliament, and the parliament call for elections at the beginning of the year.

i really think that everybody in libya wants to find a solution and, for all of them, the elections are the way. claire: no date set. you mentioned the united nations envoy for libya, he oversaw the talks in paris and he is meeting the french foreign minister later today. what can we expect from that meeting? >> this meeting is important because france really wants to coordinate with the united nations because of the fact that they want to bring all of the involved countries in the same task. it is the task of the united , they will have to discuss it -- security issues

because it is important, there are border problems, charity .roups, traffic and smuggling population.the also, they have to find the way how to discuss with all of the players on the ground and there government of national army, and a lot of other players like the powerful city of misrata, south of libya. fromirst visit of libya him will be in the south because it is important region to bring stability in libya. time,: we have run out of thank you for coming in and your analysis. let's move on to brazil's

unpopular and scandal plagued president keeping his job. temer is accused of keeping drives -- bribes by an intermediary and most of these voted against sending him to trial, not calm with some lawmakers shouting abuse. his term is scheduled to end in december of 2018. votes,jority of 36 brazilian lawmakers rejected corrupted data corruption charges against their president. together.alition held against accusations he accepted millions in bribes. >> the parliament sovereign decision is not a personal victory for anyone. but a victory for the rule of law. the strength of our institutions. and the constitution. >> many are not happy with the

result. opposition lawmakers carrying briefcases stuffed with fake money, chanting out with temer. top prosecutor filed corruption charges against the president in june, he is accused of receiving $12 million from the world's largest meatpacker. in return for political favors. temer at his legal team have denied wrongdoing. the evidence against him, a the president was arrested with a suitcase stuffed with $150,000. in may, brazilian newspapers released a recording of the president discussing #four money politicians -- hush for senior politicians. after implement austerity reforms, the president is deeply

unpopular with ordinary resilience and pulls put his approval rating at 5%. claim, an irresponsible the head of the venezuela election council hitting back at a report that turnout numbers for the election sunday were manipulated. the opposition come up with controls the national assembly which had disputed the national figure, once a creation of a body to amend the constitution as a step towards dictatorship. these are the faces of even as well as new constituent assemblies, nearly 500 members of the newly elected body, which includes president nicolas maduro's wife and son gathered for the first time in caracas where the president said they will be sworn in a day later than planned. proposed that the installation of the national , instead ofassembly being held on thursday, will take place on friday morning.

so that it may be organized peacefully with all of the necessary protocols. >> hours after the gathering, the venezuelan attorney general announced the opening of the investigation into allegations of fraud. ais is following claims from company which provided the voting systems for the elections on sunday that the turnout was interfered with. the venezuelan government says more than 8 million people or 41.5% of the electric voted on sunday. the company says the actual results were inflated by at least one million. >> with deepest regret we have to report that the turnout sunday, july 30 for the constituents assembly in venezuela were tampered with. >> the opposition has rejected the official figures. they say the turnout was just 12% and continued to call for protests. according to one polling firm,

over two thirds of venezuelan people oppose the new assembly. claire: the french budget minister has welcomed the prospect of name are paying taxes in france, the brazilian football star expecting to leave barcelona, the 25-year-old reportedly set to earn 30 million euros per month after-tax. we have more. soccer,ost high profile he said goodbye to his former barcelona teammates and aiming to finalize his war record 222 million euro move. the 25-year-old will learn about 865,000 euros per week or 45 million euros per year before taxes. that is on top of the tens of millions of euros he gets in sponsorship deals. so much cash is music to the ears of the french government. >> if he does come to a french

club, the budget minister will be delighted about the taxes he will pay as the french budget minister, i defend the interests of the republic and it is in the interest of the state that he pay taxes. >> the football world appears to be split as to the value of the deal but some comically manchester united's manager is concerned about the knock on effect. >> i do not think he is expensive. expensive, the fact that now you will have more players at 100 million and you will have more players of 80 million and more players of 60 million. and i think that is the problem. >> the owners of the club hope the investment will when the paris team when their champions league trophy and put them among the elite in european football.

the most exceptional excavation of a roman sites in 40 or 50 years is the reaction of the archaeologist leading a dignity friend city, the roman ruins described as a little pompeii. >> remnants of the splendor of an era, this 13 meter square mosaic has been remarkably well preserved. the remains of a bank what hall that dates back to the second half of the first century. in the center, a mosaic, the roman god of wine and intoxication. >> and extraordinary site, the most significant excavation in the last 40 years in france. squared, ands extraordinary because of the wide range of discovers. and the impressive state of preservation. 32 kilometers from leon, home to several aged monuments is the town and was part of the roman empire three centuries until its inhabitants fled because of multiple fires.

it is the fires that have kept the site in good condition. atypicaluilding has an structure, oriental and it could be what we call in latin, a school. probably a school for rhetoric or philosophy. there was a rhetoric school in this town. maybe the school was on the right bank. -- tom pay has not revealed all of his secrets, the excavation started in april and will continue to the end of the year. a museum will restore some of the artifacts, hoping to put them on display in 2019 in an exhibit. claire: a reminder about our top stories, no hope of relations improving, so says the russian prime minister after donald trump begrudgingly approved a package of new sanctions against moscow.

the brazilian president survived a vote in congress on whether he should be put on trial for corruption over a year after lawmakers voted to suspend his predecessor. disputeduela president a claim that turnout in sunday's vote was inflated. the new body getting to work on friday. news, stephen carroll joins me. wall street passed a major milestone on wednesday, are we expecting more records to be broken today? >> it does not look like it but we will know when trading gets underway in new york in two hours, yesterday the dow jones industrial average was about 22,000 points for the first time in its 121 year history. the latest in a series of record highs for u.s. shares, many investors wondering how long the winning streak will go on. >> reaching another milestone.

abovew jones index closed 22,000 on wednesday, but analysts warn the search will not necessarily translate into tangible economic growth in the u.s. >> come this fall, the market will say, what is this market up on? if you look at consumer spending, only at a tad. 0.1%. consumer spending is 70% of this economy's power. record of the year for the doubt which is climbed steadily since the election of donald trump in november of 2016. powered bygely multinational giants with a strong overseas presence, such as mcdonald's, boeing, apple, and a healthy global economy, rather than by the new administration. >> the rest of the world is holding up pretty well. i do not think it is just about the white house, i think it is

more about the fundamentals of businesses globally. >> many americans are unlikely to benefit from this trend. according to the federal reserve , nearly half of the country has no money invested in the stock market. and while there may be a donald trump effect at work, analysts say the president will need to enact the business friendly policies he promised during his campaign if he wants to maintain investor confidence. >> the momentum and wall street did not carry over into trading, at least in asia, earlier asian shares falling with european market starting the day in the red and have regained ground as trading has gone on with paris are performing london and frankfurt for now, mainly driven by corporate results, the bank of england said it is leaving interest rates unchanged. government u.k. scrambling to train civil servants to take on new tasks created by brexit.

>> the department of international trade is budgeting 2.5 million pounds or 2.8 million euros to train new trade negotiators. that is because the uk's has not had to work out a deal by itself in over 40 years as the european union has been in that role. after brexit, london will face an avalanche of talks as it seeks to reestablish its trading relationship with the world. the trade department has spent more than one million euros on headhunting new staff to fill the roles. with more of the business headlines, results from the electric carmaker tesla impress investors, revenues more than doubled in the three months from april to june 2 $2.8 billion with net losses rising to over $330 million, lower than had been expected. shareholders taking comfort from the ceo promising the company would be able to meet its ambitious production target of 10,000 model 3 cars.

of 1.2 millionrd cars sold in the first cap of the year thanks to increased demand from china. it boosted pretax profits by 9% over 3 billion euros. the boss has warned the rest of the year may be difficult because the carmaker plans to spend more on technology and other projects. shares in the italian letter unicredit up 5% in the lawn, the bank reporting better than expected profits of 945 million euros in the second quarter as they have been implementing a massive restructuring program involving thousands of job cuts and raising 13 billion euros in new capital. claire: we end with a story about some artificial intelligence that became too aware. >> these are automated messaging services powered by artificial intelligence. -- in china had to be removed after they went a bit off message.

when asked if you love big time in this party, want answered, no. screen grabs posted it saying something like my china dream is going to america and experts say the behavior was

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