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urges the u.s. and north korea to deescalate tensions. ♪ >> we begin in europe. this is where concerns over contaminated eggs is growing. 15 countries have been hit, switzerland and hong kong impacted. millions of eggs have been pulled off the shelf. the eggs were first discovered in belgium, the netherlands, and germany. these three countries are getting blamed. hague, walkrom the us through what we know about this contamination scare. >> this started with a lowly

poultry mite. it was one company in holland that has proven effective at treating it. 180 companies have hired this company. the reason it was so effective is because it was treating this with an insecticide that you might use for your cat or dog. it is banned for use in the food industry. that led to a series of arrests, at least three arrested here yesterday. it is an international scandal because their supplier was in belgium. this has escalated into a diplomatic spat as well. the belgian minister learning the netherlands, saying the country has known about this for a few months and failed to act. the netherlands hit back yesterday saying there was an

anonymous tip back in december, but there is no reason to believe this would affect eggs. this has gone up to eu level talks. the european commissioner says they should stop trading blame. he is hoping to commune a sort of egg summit by the end of september. >> thank you for that. for more on this ongoing story, i'm joined by the consumer group would watch. i would like to ask, we know word of this began to service back in november. in france, we have over one quarter of a million contaminated eggs that have been eaten. this is according to the farm ministry. we understand the eggs came here in april. are you surprised it took so long for red flags to be waved?

>> i am. the ministry, the french authority claimed last weekend they were not concerned. we see almost every hour new threats are coming. this is taking too long. so for consumers do not know for cicely if -- precisely if they have eaten contaminated eggs or if they had these eggs in their fridge now. there is a higher risk for children when they consume these contaminated eggs. >> the health ministry now saying the risks are minimal. do you agree with that? note the watch, we minister takes the issue seriously. -- thiss he wants to be is not enough. he must tell what he knows

exactly. he has no levels of contamination to communicate. how can we be absolutely sure there is no risk? resultst publish these to be fully transparent. consumers have a right to know. >> we know at least 15 countries have been impacted. what does this say about the way we get our food? >> this shows that without any doubt that the fragility of the european union system is not working. that this was solved after the horse meat scandal. this is not the case. food authorities were not able to guarantee we were not eating forbidden substances. it is not being controlled enough.

last, the food industry must be held accountable. they have a responsibility to guarantee that they don't use forbidden substances. these are the different levels to blame for us. >> is this a question about price and quality? >> this is not a question about price. we fear that we will hear this is the consumer's fault. we thank their art responsibilities that need to be established. it is not enough to arrest two people. it is not the consumer's fault. it is the food control authorities at the european, national, and industry levels. >> from the consumer group foodwatch, thank you for joining us. ya is waiting for the

official results of their disputed presidential election. kenyatta on top, but the opposition rejects this saying they should be declared the winner. international observers say the vote appears to have been fair. >> waiting with bated breath to see if kenya descends into widespread postelection violence. tensions are high. wonder if localized clashes will spread as they did 10 years ago. [indiscernible] it is almost like a mirror. >> whether the violence spreads dingoesend on rhino reaction to the results. according to the election commission, his team has already

contested them as false. his supporters say they will take their marching orders from the 72-year-old in his fourth and likely final presidential bid. >> if he says go to town, we all go to town. ghattasrations in kim stronghold. international observers say the vote went smoothly. the delay in results is due to making sure the counting process is on contestable. butions are running high, widespread violence may not occur this time. politicians with an kenyatta's party are looking forward. next we call for caution from

beijing. the chinese foreign ministry is urging the u.s. and north korea to de-escalate tensions. this week pyongyang announced plans to fire missiles near the u.s. territory guam. fromdrew strong words president trump. saidgeneral james mattis diplomacy should be the way forward. >> questions whether the u.s. resident went too far with north korea warnings. donald trump added fuel to the fire. >> maybe it wasn't tough enough. 100%re back 100% -- backed by our military. he has said he is planning to add billions of dollars to the u.s. antimissile program.

other members of his administration sought to dial back the rhetoric. the u.s. is focusing on diplomacy 42 james mattis. >> the american effort is diplomatically led. it is gaining nomadic results. -- diplomatic results. i want to stay right there. it does not need another characterization beyond the fact that war would be catastrophic. >> on thursday, north korea released a provocative plan to launch for missiles over japan near the u.s. territory of guam, a major u.s. military hub. >> a bus crash in northern china has killed at least 36 people and injured 13 more. wallehicle slammed into a

thursday night. are common accidents in china, and buses are often involved. in 2015 there were 60,000 road deaths. believed to have drowned after being forced off the boats near yemen. that is according to the international organization for migration. they also say spain could overtake greece this year in the number of migrants arriving by sea. this could be because they are finding the spanish route safer. ago, -- community was forced to flee when the islamic state group took over their community. in the process of rebuilding their lives, these men, women, and children face physical and

mental problems. "france 24" went to meet with some. >> this is now a giant refugee home to 211 families -- 11 families who fled the islamic state group. jihadists tear women from their families. inhey kidnapped girls front of my eyes. they kill children. >> there is no work or help here. the men say they feel no hope. >> i don't have a job. i have six children to feed. it is really tough. >> between the wounded and those mentally scarred by war, the atmosphere is somber.

says a without borders large number of children have health issues and mental health issues are pandemic. >> the need for mental health is big. we have problems of malnutrition due to the fact that mothers are not able to breastfeed their children. >> for these displaced people, everything needs to be rebuilt. >> let's get an update of the headlines we are following. in europe, contaminated egg scare spreads. at least 15 countries have contaminated food. ya awaitslways -- ken contested election results. beijing calls for caution. the chinese foreign ministry urges the u.s. and north korea to deescalate tensions. time now for our business

update. i am joined in studio by bri an. >> the former uber ceo was forced to step aside after a series of damaging revelations about the culture of harassment. now he is following fresh challenges as the venture capital form benchmark is suing him for fraud. he still sits on uber's board. benchmark is accusing him of a number of misdeeds, including hiding knowledge of impending legal troubles. this is a rare move by silicon valley investment group. many calling it the nuclear option. seeking a new seo. nc, parentsnap i company to snapchat, lost 17% of

their value or state following disappointing quarterly results. the ceo reassured analysts they will not be selling shares in the company. snap contributed to a day of big losses in the u.s. markets yesterday. it is the war of words between the u.s. and north korea that is driving volatility. the vix at its highest level since may as donald trump in kim jong-un trade threats. the ftse over 1% on 100. france has released new figures of --g softening weight wage growth in the second quarter.

moving to the world of streaming video which has forced major changes on the television landscape. now the streaming landscape is shaking up as disney leaves likes to start a prior terry -- proprietary service. we take a look at the rapidly changing market t in this repor. >> the race to provide quality streaming service is heating up. two days after disney announced it would launch its own video platform, james murdoch into 21st century fox could follow suit. a move that could spell the end of the netflix hegemony in the sector. disney already said it intends to pull most of its movies from the streaming giant and offer future content exclusively on its own platform, a new strategy that highlights the growing

influence of online streaming. in the u.s., 50 million people now have a netflix subscription against 48 million for cable television. it is not just cable, streaming has played an important role in social media. facebook rolled out a new video have on thursday, a service called watch which includes streaming with live chat. with 2 billion users, facebook hopes they can start challenging competitors such as google of youtube -- google-owned youtube. >> google has canceled a companywide meeting to discuss gender roles in the company. google fired an engineer after he sent a memo saying women are not biologically suited to become engineers.

faced controversy. amazon is looking to enter the live event ticketing business, takeing they want to some of the lucrative revenue from ticketmaster in the u.s. amazon has already been pushing into the market abroad, selling seats to london west end theater shows. china's top internet regularly says it is investigating the foremost social media sites. they are suspected of violating the company's stringent internet laws. chinese authorities are taking a hard line on censorship is social media expands in the

country. starbucks is known for strong coffee, but it is a different kind of concentration that has led 1 wall st form to downgrade the company's outlook this week. bmo. starbucks location u.s. has four other starbucks stores within one mile. starbucks stores competing with one another, hurting sales growth. the company posted a disappointing sales outlook and close all of its kevana tea stores. a mile. that is my goal. >> you can never have too much coffee. thank you very much for you look at the business news.

i am joined -- [indiscernible] we have got president donald trump who has doubled down on his threat to north korea. >> the new york times today, they say if they donald trump claimed his provocative threat to rain down with fire in. might not have been harsh enough down with fire -- to rain down with fire and theory might not have been harsh enough. how do residents of guam feel about this? there is an interesting piece in the washington post. this journalist describes how things are happening in guam, how some are stressed out, a lot

are getting phone calls from family members outside of guam. shrugys, we tried to it off and get on with our lives. she says, we are hoping cooler heads prevail. >> some are trying to find humor in this serious event. >> there is an interesting article in the independent today, there must popular article right now, they talk about the upsides of learning in the nuclear holocaust from north korea. i will give you some bullets from this article. -- some quotes from this article. if we cease as a species from this conflict, it will be heartening to know that it was from the two most ridiculous if we findever live out the dinosaursd. did not become extinct from a massive meteor that struck the stegosaurusecause a

got stuck in a tree and all the other dinosaurs tripped over him. >> we are going to attend at where people are waiting for the official results of their presidential election. they are expected to come in soon. >> we can read about that in kenya's most read newspaper, the daily nation. the opposition party declares move.ictory in a doomed you can read more about it in the daily nation. it is a departure from canyon law. international observers expressed confidence in the election. according to this article, this declaration of victory might cause some violence, but it is unlikely to succeed without support from key members of the international community. >> they are eager to get this

election over with. >> there is a good cartoon inside the daily nation where you can see this kenyan ple ading to the tv for the final results. the business daily says, one thing that the general election has demonstrated is the deep distrust among kenyans in public institutions. the mission of the next president will be to restore confidence in public institutions. noweturned to venezuela where president maduro has addressed the new constituent assembly. >> in the venezuelan papers, there are two articles with the same titles. it says a lot about what venezuelans want to know. essentially, what now? what is happening next? , the writerrticle is outraged about a totalitarian

constituent assembly. he writes, we will continue the fight. another opinion piece, it wonders now what? we have seen 120 days of protests, at least 130 people dead. where is the country going to go now? they talk about rumors of peningations hap outside of venezuela between the u.s. and russia. he says this is the only thing we had left. >> one of the main things everyone was talking about here and the brazilian star. there are rumors the club is getting another player. >> a rising star in french soccer has made it clear he wants to play with neymar.

he is one of the star players in france currently playing for monaco but he could soon transfer to the french capital. they're talking 180 million euros for this star striker. this is after the record 220 million euro transfer for name are. >> he has been staying in a luxury hotel. he is waiting to move into his new home. parisian found -- apparently he loves gnocchi. an italianthey have restaurant recommendation. he also likes to play poker. they recommend a good poker room

and a tattooer, parlor. he has 34 tattoos. perhaps he will get a 35th t attoo. >> thank you very much. for more, head to our website. that is france24.com. ♪ >> stay with us. the news continues here on "france 24."

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