and husband got dot com. you live in paris or france twenty four with me lauricella the headlines this hour. ndan is well ahead if a further clashes with president maduro said just wearing his new assembly on friday in this program here through the door set of one of the opposition leaders. was taken from his home and thrown into me. jail. sweet. u. s. president donald trump blames congress for pushing relations with russia to a new low moscow says new sanctions. imposed by washington amount to a declaration of a trade war. and iran says new us sanctions on tehran or a breach of the twenty fifteen nuclear agreement president hani. is sworn in for a

second time vowing to end his country's isolation on the world stage . thursday the stage is set for another showdown in venice why. the bureau has a lady swearing in. i'm really. friday but the opposition pan hold nationwide protests it's on the same day pressure is growing on madurai both at home and abroad. a the plans to override elected lawmakers united states the eu and several countries in latin america. refuse to recognize his new assembly will tell venezuela's opposition leaders remain in a minute she jail after they were taken from their homes leopoldo lopez and antonio that that's not. for accused of breaching the terms of the house arrest bloody we

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but how can we trust in its government how come we trust that disease real. and we day have and allow. the lawyers tools see him dilating one more time. human rights all die you know still have that in the stands and we don't know we don't know yet. how easy or he or she is soriano he's in that prison? but to the united states now and president donald trump's latest attempts at getting a major piece of legislation threw off to efforts to reform healthcare. was covered in the senate is now backing a republican plans to overhaul immigration it would prioritize skills of the family ties. and drastically reduce the number of people and now to settle in america salons which are housed. to the travel bans increasing the arrests of illegal immigrants and pushing to build a border wall. donald trump has now set his sights on legal immigration. he's endorsed a

bill that would reform the u. s. is permanent resident visa system. this legislation will not only restore a competitive edge in the twenty first century. but it will restore the sacred bonds of trust between america and its citizens. the policy change speaks to trumps conservative base but economists widely agreed the benefits of immigration outweigh the costs. as explained in an april letter to trump mike one thousand four hundred and seventy economists. six of them noble laureates the u. s. is policy currently prioritizes family relationship. but in the future it would also establish a point system based on education. job offers and the ability to speak english it would really count on allowing fifty thousand refugees visas a year. and it would end the current green card lottery that is meant to promote diversity. criticized by democrats and even some republicans the legislation came under fire at a white house briefing. where reporter asked if it was quote? engineering the

racial and ethnic flow into the country. in a heated exchange drums adviser stephen miller said he doesn't think it's racist. the notion that you think that this is a racist bill. is so wrong and so insulting gypped. the reality is is that before born population into our country. has quadrupled since nineteen seventy that's a fact it's been mostly driven by green card policy. the bill proposes to cut the number of green cards are permanent visas that are awarded by fifty percent. some five hundred thousand a year in the next decade. what trump meanwhile has blamed congress full pushing relations with russia to a new low? incomes often will make his overture to extend sanctions on moscow over its alleged meddling in the u. s. election. russia says the new sanctions are tantamount to starting a trade war trump did come to power hoping to improve ties with moscow. so far though those relations are headed in the opposite direction tonight issues of her story.

a day off to signing the latest sanctions on russia into law. president donald trump has laid the blame squarely on the u. s. congress yeas are ninety eight. the nays are two. the bill is passed. our relationship with russia is at an all time and very dangerous slow you can think congress the same people that can't even give us healthcare. donald trump signed what is the most important piece of legislation during his presidency away from the cameras. in a written statement he accused congress of overstepping its constitutional balance and hindering his ability to negotiate with foreign countries. the president also called a sanction seriously flawed estimate atlanta has its minister intermediate local post in the treatment of that knowledge out of trouble had his. tightly size i. the u. s. establishment fully adequately describe from. the president is not happy around the sanctions

yeah couldn't on all but decided they'll. the issue with the sanctions and take a bow primarily as another voice is on the trip from downtown hagg. music that is all calm and i think ultimately came to remove him from power dust relationship between russia and the united states are going to be extremely has has regardless this congress has made got up and regardless of who. is the president. delayed a sanction signed by donald trump penalize moscow for its military aggression in ukraine and syria. the legislation because the president from waving the sanctions without congressional approval. there also a strong reminder of the road block congress has erected between mr trump and the kremlin. this at a time when numerous investigations are underway over moscow's alleged interference in the legislation. and i lost illusion with the tropicana pain. well iran was also targeted by those who knew a few exceptions yesterday and tara's tightly but they reached the nuclear agreement that was signed by president obama virtually

twenty fifteen. seconds haze just twenty four hours before the president hassan a haunted is limited to a second lieutenant and he has about talking to his country people off the cost of internationalizing. senator. story. nnsl of the national anthem liberalism's residences for meeting up for a second ter. at the ceremony attended by political and on the islamif the previous day. this despite the fact that donald trump who is presidential candidate clinton neatly deal the west ever. such a fight for second time last month. attack iran is in compliance. the administration's bone of contntention. involves at regional behavior missile program issues not covered

by the historic agreement. reached in twenty fifteen. i think the general view and i would say it's not just hours but the the view of many others is. iran has not been a good neighbor in the region that has not stopped its ballistic missile program midsole the spirit of the agreement. has been violated. the islamic republic meanwhile has found an appropriate and proportional response. with this back and forth the moment the home row honey. managed to build on the meaning it according to who's. i mean for the next four years. it's enormous challenges. i think you do not own any america's eclipses iran policy. even political deficiencies ten. but i think he ought on innocent on any specialist on or in any politics. a new details now in danger. i'm. gonna try do whatever it was had.

slim and i actually joined on. it's a little difficult for him to decision i latch because that's the end of the day eroticism full compliance with the provisions of the agreement. do europeans us allies believe that iran is an appliance the russians chinese bbb autism the appliance. however the economic might of the united states is such that if the americans pull out of the agreement basing speaking this will kill. any interest on behalf of large in large corporations and particular banks to do business in iran even today. despite the fact that the americans had declared on in compliance with the. nuclear agreement there are no banks no international bank is willing today to do business in iraq transfer of funds into iran this that hectic and there is no project finance for. investments in iraq two years after the deal who honey basically was elected them and jenda that promise to the iranians a modification in their daily

lives and hope for the future. up parlaying the fragile detente with the west into generating infusion of finalists in the run has basically failed. in addition to that he's severely contested today by the conservatives as well y. and groups of people holding signs that read syrian family have become a common size at paris train stations and around the city ring road. there actually members of the dome ethnic minority group from syria they're often mislabeled as gypsies and the dom in fact get that name from that language tomari. the group have been present in the middle east for at least a thousand years has nordine best you now reports. it's rush hour report diplom time in the northeast of paris with signs saying

syrian family there are men women and children. hoping to and some money alley regularly come set a bag. yeah i did come here everyday. but every other day. one day i rest the next i work. well asking for help. why because our country has been destroyed? we want to sleep in a hotel. the kurdish syrian refugee arrives on the scene and joins the conversation. yeah. judy and lawyers huddle looking syrians don't bank on that syrians once work if you look at me on syrian we i came to france my brother to. a moment then we've never banked on a honda it's true they're also import people here just us with food. dots ashamed of it had to. it's difficult for him to admit the people begging also come from syria. but that's the case. then members of the dome ethnic minority. they sociologist has been studying the situation since

twenty fourteen. okay dogma they don't like the very minute the middle east. is a team of i think we think that there are seventy thousand in syria. i don't think you know it's not a common language tomorrow. but i do know is that the little man meant he didn't have suffered discrimination in syria. manning were already living in hopefully before the war broke out. and i think it would look so much like the difficulty for them is that they don't have time to minister to culture shock. they were discriminated against in syria so they don't really know them. line item. they tend to get on with things in my life itself i wasn't it means possible. it like begging objects is siva said yeah i'm on the city. only a small number has officially sought asylum in france. even though as serious that demands would likely be accepted. now france is working for the release of a french journalist who was arrested

in turkey last week. exhibiting courts and been remanded in custody on suspicion of assisting a terrorist organization. may trigger has the details. photos from twenty thirteen show lou bureau posing next to kurdish fighters in iraq. and whether when the french freelance journalist tried to into turkey from their last week he was arrested at the harbor a border crossin. among his possessions material for news reports likely similar to this one. film for french tv channel tv sink moaned in twenty thirteen through and. tradition heroes computer contained interviews with kurdish separatist militia fighters would have left him facing turkish accusations of disseminating terrorist propaganda. french authorities are already on the case. we are following the situation of a compact yet to have been detained in taxi with the greatest attention. and are in contact with his family. it's not the first time a french journalist has found himself in hot water with turkish authorities. matheus depart on spent a month in a turkish jail after covering the same conflict. equal protection does all the hard thing was

disconnect attention if that's never know how long they'll hold you. if it will be thirty days or more. i knew they could legally hold me for up to a year no. depart owns release came as a relief but another hundred and twenty journalist have now spent more than a year in turkish prisons ever since last summer's failed to disarm. some twenty five hundred press outlets have since been shut down simone was not fortunately it's a typical symptom of a techie. currently a hundred and fifty five out of five hundred eighty in terms of global press freedom and which today is the biggest prison in the world for journalists. lee bureaus detention in turkey seems to be just the latest manifestation of turkey's assault on press freedom. some five hundred people have been rescued after the ship ran into trouble in the mediterranean sea the migrants report to the sicilian port of katana by the spanish and you approach activa open arms. eight bodies were recovered from the shipwreck among the survivors a two year old

girl who lost her mother and older brother. rescue comes as the italian government imposes a new code of conduct own ngos operating in the mediterranean sea some of which have fees to accept. the new rules. now in the two decades since eight hundred thousand people were killed in the rwandan genocide the country has made a dramatic recover. this week he goes to the polls for presidential elections with incumbent polka dominate widely expected to stay in power. the human rights groups of warning that he rules the country with an iron fist as sharon get deafening airports. nmsiis expected to win by a landslide on thousands of his supporters joined the incumbents during his last few days on the campaign trail. fifty nine year old pull kigami has been the de facto leader of rwanda. since his rebels and it's the nineteen ninety four genocide. having taken more than. sense of the phone.

two presidential elections is already claimed victory in friday's polls. that if the presidential election. be a formality. the results already known if you look at all these people gathered here i victory sir. kagami is credited with restoring stability to rwanda and presiding over rapid economic growth. but human rights campaigners insist to rival candidates say economic progress has come at the price of civil liberties. do you see a new message on because it now if i'm elected i will encourage free speech. the media are trying to people aren't talking about it. so. i'd encourage the media to give people a platform to talk about their problems. there are eleven registered opposition parties in rwanda only one is putting forward a kind of it with the rest supporting the president's. where how the message of change?

a real to people. are not. happy it was a semi government for the last twenty three doesn't want to see a new government. economies rivals have claims their supporters have been intimidated with their campaigns undermines by some local authorities. amnesty international has also warns that decades of attacks on the political opposition journalists and activists have created a climate of fear. but the government's denies allegations that it silences the media or targets dissidents. all type equipment of our international headlines they sarah froze twenty four venezuela. is braced for further clashes with president maduro set to swear in his new assembly on friday. st print acacia opens an investigation it rolled following sunday's can the direction. us president donald trump is blaming congress for wishing relations with russia to and utilize moscow says the new sanctions. posted by washington around to a declaration of a trade war.

and iran says new us sanctions on tehran or a breach of the twenty fifteen nuclear agreements president rouhani has now been sworn in for a second term. and he's routes to end his country's isolation on the world stage. but often update on the business news decade levy is back with us in the studio i take. time to start with and a plunged a full day of british pound today what is driving that was all about the bank of england i which is kept interest rates on hold. and cut its growth forecast and the british currency actually rose to an eleven month high ahead of the bank's announcement. it then reversed course dropping into a nine month low against the dollar later on in the session. central bank warned that brags that uncertainty was discouraging businesses from investment. thanks policymakers decided that economic expansion was too sluggish to merit an increase in interest rates raise a hike. and they reduced its outlook from one point nine to one point seven percent growth this year. thank governor mark

carney said both individuals and companies were beginning to feel a slowdown. puzzles little threw bricks is elated uncertainties initially. but more recently as the consequences of sterling's paul have shown them the charlatans we their real incomes. they've cut back on spending the slowing econom. businesses have been somewhere in between. but since the referendum live investors not much less aggressively than usual in response to an otherwise very favorable environment. not always going to be scrambling to train raises a server to take on new tasks created by our exit. brings a partner of international trade is largely due to a half a million house trying to twenty point eight million euros. to train new trade negotiators. because the uk itself has. a deal in over forty years as the european union filled that role. after breaks at london will be facing an avalanche of talks as it seeks to reestablish its trading relationships with the worl. trade partners also spent more than a million euros on

head hunting of new stuff. to fill those roles. a ticket on the day's trading action now mixed close for the european markets the dax weighed down by the stronger euro. as that could hold back exports from germany. thirty one hundred was up more than eight tenths of one percent the calculus here in paris about half. on wall street the dow jones is still hovering above the twenty two thousand mark. a crossing over that milestone for the first time ever on wednesday. shares settling slightly after that big breakthrough but the nasdaq and s. and pete down slightly this our. department of labor will be releasing its monthly jobs report on friday with the unemployment claims in the united states dropped slightly last week. moving on from the days of the business headlines now. adidas sales jumped by twenty percent in the three months to june topping the five billion euros. german sportswear brands on increasing demand in north america and china. it's raised its full year outlook and. oscar is it hopes.

spending their. bmw sold a record of more than one point two million cars in the first half of the year thanks to demand increased. in china. that boosted pretax profits by nine percent over three billion euros. boss of bmw has warned the rest of the year may be different thoug. carmaker plans to spend more on technology and other projects. and south africa's national carrier is effectively bankrupt. members of parliament were briefed on the state owned airlines finances amid fears that it may not be able to pay salaries. have african airways may need a new government bailout in order to survive. also appointed a new chief executive brianti gerena vodacom. will have to work out restructuring plan. from rivals to partners french luxury group carrying has dropped a lawsuit against chinese internet giant alibaba. which it had accused of conspiring to sell counterfeit goods. now they're planning a joint task force to exchange

information and cracked down on the sale of knock offs of karen's brown's. which include gucci and eve son the hall. many high and labels don't sell their wares online because it's easier to pass off fakes there. earlier this week myself so that it would allow its products to be sold in china on the internet for the first time ever. that's a partnership involving all about his rival jd dot com. france has kept its title as the world's most popular tourist destination according to the u. n.'s world tourism organization. us spain china and italy learned about how to live little measure has the details. it. the traditional i've i've towers fell to you is that a defendant's. paris downtown back from it and tourism last year to register under fifteen percent thing requests for the month of july. going to say it. one one one time incident. i am here goes away yeah i'm

going home yeah i think it's a major installations amazing people river and i. well ovitz is butters. tourists may continue to flock to big cities. but the picture is less rosy at the national level. with a two percent drop in hotel bookings in july compared to last year. frances southwestern region has been particularly hard hit us. this is not a restaurant saw its profits drop by twenty percent in the season. and the a lot of when i think of god if we don't get much sleep but we try to keep smiling because he can't welcoming visitors with the friends. we need to keep working as best account but it is really difficult scene is. yeah. the law that it came as a surprise after experts agree it is a tourism would bounce back in july. i think he got in limited to what he said and. this can be easily by the bad weather of weeks later to heal a last minute reservations and

whistle french. sonya destination which i usually foreign and we told her she better and. the queen if ever going to cost you money that would. france is tourism industry is now hoping for a visitor surgeon august. to help bring the seasons numbers back up. and security guards are now because strollers like thise being introduced in some parts of the united states. this is rosie whose hard at work in the georgetown neighborhood of washington dc. california start up who produced her night scope says the robots are not intended to replace humans. rather to help security and law enforcement be more effective. and i have been some mis haps though at rosie's a sibling steve actually fell into the fountain on his first day at work there in washington. partly his black box failed to detect a loose brick. at that prompted quite a lot of reaction on social media when it happened a few weeks ago at like this particular comment we were promised flying cars. instead we got suicidal robots at still the

property director there says that she hasn't given up on robo cops just yet. promethean i'm surprised all of us. and so we were. quick to try to figure out what had happened and troubleshoot it make sure that we provided it happening in the future. but overall we sort of saw it a. you know. why the trials and tribulations of the first day of roll out here? and. there was as for example troll so it was sort of an unforeseen accident. okay most savior exacting it opens with the technology roses seems to be a little less clout seebeck. would entice dries it out on it bethany's wheels are i can't thanks very much to do he can't read you that with the business was unusual by december this much more right after this

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