>> welcome to live from paris. i'm claire pryde. these are the top stories. 2.7 million euro's. the international criminal court delivering the warning on reparations for the 2012 destruction of timbuktu's fabled shrines. jailedong kong activists for taken part in 2014's pro-democracy protest. tweeting you can lock up our bodies but not our minds.

hundreds of people attend a candlelit vigil against hate and violence in charlottesville after a memorial service for heather heyer, the woman killed over the weekend by white supremacist. ♪ have handed down a landmark ruling on reparations for the destruction in 2012 of the fabled shrines of timbuktu. islamic militants who helped destroy them were sentenced to nine years in prison last september. i was the first trial to focus solely on cultural destruction was the crime -- that first trial to focus on solely cultural destruction

as a war crime. >> the chamber first orders individual collective and symbolic reparations for the community of timbuktu. , acknowledges that the destruction of the protected buildings has caused suffering to the people throughout mollie and the international community. assesses -- liability for these reparations at 2.7 million euro's. >> tell us more about the ruling. >> quite a sum. 2.7 million euro's. packed gallery at the court today. that really had an effect. collective and individual

damages. it wasn't just for the plaintiff. populationhe wider in timbuktu. there were some individual damages mostly to people whose direct ancestors were buried in the shrines that were destroyed in 2012. as well as people relying solely on economic activity surrounding the shrine. apart from that only collective damages. educationgo toward about the value of these things and a memorial. he will spend the next nine years in jail. he wasn't evil able to pay for his own legal costs for the trial. there will be a trust fund for victims. they have been asked to fund raise this together and they are also the ones who will have to decide how it will be done. andmuch will be collected they have until february 15 of next year to draw up the plan that will show what money will

go where. set at this could precedent when it comes to punishing cultural destruction around the world. >> that is certainly what the court hopes. they have warned people shouldn't expect too much and cautioned that if too high damages are awarded on an individual basis that could incentivize people to destroy their heritage. of course they are hoping to show that personal responsibility, he oversaw people hacking away with exxon's --and -- pick saws and bulldozers. the court also announced the international role of the damage suffered. and also recognized the

government this caused to the government saying they would also receive one euro in symbolic damages. >> thank you very much. court says theh country's policy of sending asylum-seekers who try to reach its shores by boat to migrant camps in papua new guinea is valid. theeme court ruled deportations unconstitutional. the high court found the australian government wasn't constitutionally limited by the need to do -- conform to the domestic law of another country. a stunt by a far right politician in australia. theine hanson called commotion by arriving at the senate chamber just as a black burqa. she wants the religious government to be banned. she was rebuked by the attorney general for causing offense to

muslims. three hong kong activists have been jailed for their role in pro-democracy protests three years ago. alex chow, nathan law, and joshua wong were sent to prison for six to eight months. last year they got community service. too lenient a sentence according to the hong kong department of justice. more.kopczynski has >> the local justice department says there is no political bias in it and they have maintained that freedom of speech is protected in hong kong and the only thing that is not protected here is the disorderly and intimidating behavior of the activists. on the other hand many rights groups and others are suggesting this is being used to not only punish them but to politically cow the opposition. in addition to the six to eight months of jail sentences they

will actually barred from running for legislative office for the next five years. it does seem that regardless of what their intention is a certainly want -- they certainly will be kept out of politics for the near future. the government was not satisfied with their initial sentence of just community service which they had served out to as with an earlier trial this week they said these were not enough of a deterrent and wanted to make sure that all the young people in the territory got the message. it remains to be seen whether that is going to happen. , they aremany of them being called hong kong's first political prisoners. >> in syria efforts to expel the islamic state group from its de facto camp continue. some civilians are stuck in the city. others choosing to risk their

lives rather than continue living in a camp. there is a lack of food. >> this family was forced to flee its home in raqqa. the islamic state's defective capital in syria. they headed to a refugee camp but grim conditions made it impossible to survive there. they have decided to return. >> we went to the camp that we couldn't live there. we needed to work to pay for things. here the fighters give us bread, sugar, food and everything we need. >> raqqa has been controlled by the islamic state group since 2014. syrian democratic forces continue their push to recapture the city more and more civilians are getting caught in the crossfire. she moved in with her brother after her home was destroyed in an airstrike but this district is hardly any better and remains

heavily booby-trapped. her 11-year-old son has fallen mute from the trauma. stand from the balcony and see people with their hands and legs cut off. it was terrifying. he stopped talking and we had to treat him. he's better now. he stopped talking again. haves. backed forces captured more than half the city from islamic state group fighters. as they push forward facing fierce resistance more civilians will have to make difficult choice between the per charity of camps or life in the firing line. >> in the u.s. there has been a candlelit vigil against hate and violence in charlottesville. hundreds of people taking part on wednesday a few days after torch carrying white nationalists marched in the same place and a few hours after a memorial service for heather heyer. she was the activist killed on

saturday when the white rammed his car into a crowd of counterprotesters. among those who dissented on charlottesville where dozens of members of armed hate groups. they came from several states and said their mission was to among those who dissented on defend "free speech." the u.s. is home to scores of such groups. >> heavily armed and ready for action. this month members of militia get together to train in georgia, preparing to ward off enemies both foreign and domestic. >> i am prepared for civil war, civil unrest. emp attack from north korea, russia, invasion from a foreign government. my own government turning its guns against the people in an effort to disarm. >> most members of the georgia

security force are white americans from conservative lower middle-class backgrounds. the group's leader says he carefully selects recruits to avoid any radical elements, yet the fbi considers it an extremist organization to its {of hate speech and -- open andace of hate speech anti-islam rhetoric. similar groups have served as breeding grounds for criminal and terrorist acts. >> they are a threat most definitely. if you have groups of civilians who are arming themselves in military fashion creating military structures in their organizations, collecting and storing arms, ammunition, that's a threat. of 165 armedst one

militias across the united states. a number that tends to rise under democratic leadership and falls under republican presidents. donald trump initially refused to denounce white supremacists, losing several members of his business advisory panel as a result. more of them quit when he defended fascist protesters. now he has disbanded to white councils,ness claiming this was his decision. almost two weeks after venezuela's new councils, claiming this was his decision. constitutional assembly dismissed chief prosecutor, police have right of the vocals home of critic of nicholas maduro. she is on the run and the man who has replaced or wants to arrest her and her husband for extortion. weeks after ousting her from her post venezuelan authorities

have raided the home of the former chief prosecutor. they accuse her of running a $6 million extortion ring. in a tweet she said she was being targeted the cause of her efforts to fight totalitarianism. she had become a vocal critic of president nicolas maduro. hours earlier the newly created truth commission said it would prosecute those behind violent antigovernment protests. we have decided to open an investigation into the people responsible for the acts of violence occurring in 2017. longtime loyalists of the president said the assembly will have a cleansing effect on venezuela. rocked by protests since april. the commission will also investigate opposition candidates running in the upcoming regional elections for their involvement in the demonstrations. rocked by protests since april. the commission will also

a bill that would jail venezuelans who express hate or intelligence -- intolerance. vague groups say it's wording would allow the assembly to jail anyone for almost anything. the government is said to be holding more than 600 clinical prisoners. there has been growing unease in europe at the number of tourists flooding in an later there going to be another protest in the spanish city of san sebastian. noise,nts include drunken behavior and rising property prices. this is a neighborhood, not a holiday resort. your luxury trip is my daily misery. messages have been popping up across some of spain's most popular destinations including barcelona and the billerica islands.

local residents have grown fed up with the large numbers and a feeling of being priced out of local property markets. >> this island lives from to be more we needed sensitive tourism that is more thoughtful. that respects people, the environment and the houses. >> it's true that we must offer better services so we can ask more from people who come here on an economic level. we need to better tourism. >> the current anger can be perhaps explained by the pace of growth. last year there were 76 million arrivals, 10% up on 2015. the third most popular country to visit on the planet. almost level with the u.s. and catching up with friends. responding to the growing anti-tourism sentiment, the head of the world tourism

organization said that tourism phobia is unjustified and growth in the sector is not the enemy. some local authorities are taking action. that includes the billerica islands regional government which has just limited the number of visitors who can stay in hotels or legally rented accommodation to 623,000. >> business news now with brian quinn. the u.s. president donald trump disbanding his councils of business leaders. >> that's right. tim cook becoming the latest american chief executive to call trump out and call him to task for his response to last weekend's violence at white supremacist rallies in charlottesville. ofk has pledged millions dollars of donations to anti-hate groups. high-level white house business

advisory councils. it has become clear the decision wasn't really his as business leaders seek to distance themselves from trump. >> a president who pledged to bring the mind of a businessman to politics. now his reputation amongst corporate leaders is dwindling. both theg the end of manufacturing council and the strategy and policy forum, president donald trump fought to regain control of a situation rapidly veering off course. comes aftert several business leaders resigned from the councils on wednesday citing the president's ambiguous reaction to the racially charged clashes in charlottesville. among those have left are the ceos for merck, under normal and in -- under armour and intel. some see the scrapping is a defense against businesses which are grudgingly undermining his economic legitimacy.

>> he got ahead of the and of vrable and said i am ending the council for the ceos could do it for him. this was not going to be a sustainable situation. a tripevents there being of one ceo after another coming out and embarrassing the president. >> that upheaval comes as the u.s. has just started important trade talks. >> renegotiation of the north american free trade agreement set to get underway after a fairly tense beginning yesterday. protesters gathered yesterday to denounce the trade agreements damaging effects on indigenous people and small farmers in their country. since the signing of the deal mexico has send nearly 85% of its exports north to the u.s. and canada.

the trump administration holding firm to its line that the deal has destroyed u.s. manufacturing jobs and created a wide trade deficit. secretary saysic it is helping the economy. let's take a listen. mexico isn't part of the problem. we are part of the solution. through the integration of our supply chains we have managed to keep north america competitive against other regions of the world. the question we should be asking is what would have happened without this integration. the competitiveness that mexico brings to north america -- if the competitiveness that mexico brings to north america didn't exist. i don't hide that we see things differently. i will be discussing the renegotiation of nafta with an economist later. stay tuned after this business update for that. a check of the markets now. >> disarray and trumps economic

doubt onasting economic services. holding continental stocks back with losses around .25% in paris and frankfort. new data showing softening exporter confidence weighing on the ftse 100. it's down .4%. ryanair is accusing the german government of complicity in a if air berlin goes bankrupt. it's as germany is conspiring to help lufthansa acquire air berlin's fleet, still running routes after a 150 million euro government below -- loan. uber is planning a new round of fund raising. it plans to sell a stake in the business for around $1 billion

as well as allowing current investors to sell nearly $10 billion of their holdings at a reduced valuation. it was valued at $68 billion in its previous funding before a series of sexual harassment and legal scandals this year and a number of executives and forced the ceo to step down. coming 750 jobs by mid-september. it says 500 management jobs and 250 railway jobs will be eliminated. union pacific is looking to trim expenses by 350 to $400 million this year. a number of chinese firms are being told a bit too much. >> chinese regulators have been taking a look at some recently registered companies and they have decided enough is enough.

the state administration for industry and commerce has issued a set of guidelines banning overly long or bizarre company names like beijing under my wife's thumb technology company limited and looking for trouble internet technology company limited are among the more unorthodox names found on the company registry database. it comes after one in particular went viral for having the country's longest company name. group of young people with dreams who believe they can create the miracle of life under uncle newship of internet technology company limited. it's a 10 person company. single product. it's a condom. >> it's not a catchy name. i imagine that many people will remember that.

top trade officials from the u.s. canada and mexico have started renegotiating nafta. among the different issues are canadian dairy barriers. donald trump as a candidate constantly called nafta the worst trade deal in history. if negotiators are able to come up with a new deal it would still need to go through congress. joining me now is an economist and the director of a think tank. thank you for taking the time to speak to us today. thed you run us through trump administration reasons for renegotiating the steel. -- this deal? >> trump on the campaign trail has claimed that nafta is a very bad deal for the united states. for u.s. workers in particular and he has faulted the nafta trade deal for much of the trade deficit that the united states

has and in turn he believes this is responsible for the loss of jobs in the manufacturing sector. i think there's a lot of wrong assumptions in here but now he is the president and so she has started a renegotiation of that agreement. >> when he says that nafta is tilted against the u.s., that's not the case. >> i think there a lot of wrong assumptions. deficits that trade are to be blamed for the decline in manufacturing and for a start, nafta didn't only create trade deficits. it also created -- associated with trade surpluses. canada for example, the u.s. has a trade surplus with canada and the deficit with mexico and we know that the relation between tradedeficit, bilateral

deficit and employment is basically nonexistent. i think there's a lot of wrong assumptions in this document. the claim that the u.s. has one sidedly lost from the deal is just wrong in the sense that the united states consumers have benefited. , theanufacturing sector manufacturing sector has benefited from breaking up the value and shifting some production to mexico. some production to canada. and globally the u.s. industry has become more competitive thanks to breaking up the value chain. >> what would you say are likely to be the main sticking points? i think there's a number of big sticking point. the wrong assumptions are already a difficult start

because it makes it very difficult to negotiate based on wrong assumptions. i think important sticking points are how to deal with intellectual property rights for example which is a major issue where differences clearly will appear. the u.s. wants to have intellectual property rights and a sickly government procurement is another big issue where there's a big difference. trade remedies were the united states want to have the firstinant and by america but not allow mexico to introduce similar clauses. i think there's a lot of really difficult sticking points in this negotiation based on the document that u.s. treasury --

trade representative has put out. i foresee this to be a very complicated negotiation. do you

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