♪ ." this is "france 24 time for 60 minutes around the world. i am genie godula. president macron promises to rebuild the french caribbean after hurricane irma destroys much of the islands. the next u.n. general assembly is next week. the burmese de facto leader has come under fire for her silence.

to officially get summer games, in 2028, there will be a dual announcement. apple's most expensive iphone ever in the attempt to get the lead in smartphone innovation. hurricanegether for survivors. more on that coming up, but for some our top stories is our. ♪ genie: first, french president emmanuel macron has pledged to rebuild the caribbean island of st. maarten. he was only half french, half

dutch island to survey the devastation after bringing much food, water, and medical supplies. presidents were ready anxious -- residents were anxious for aid to get there. macron spentsident time with residents of saint maarten, their concerns included lack of water but also looting. >> people are worried. nicer particularly dangerous because there is no electricity. have deployedes 2000 people, including soldiers and police, and an additional 1000 agents will arrive by the end of the week. emmanuel macron visited a tourism hub, smashed by irma,

like most of the island. told him they are tired and angry at the base of the response. he says he understands the frustration while defending his action. macron: t this is the m most powerful weather disaster on record. reporter: the french president promised water distribution will improve, that schools will soon reopened, that roads will be cleared, and that people will finally be able to leave the ravaged island. after everything we have seen over the last week, st. maarten's residents have one reaction -- >> they have promised help, but we have to wait and see. reporter: on wednesday, president macron continues his visit, touring the other french devastated,has toding wounded and evacuated another island. left a trail of

destruction across the caribbean and the united states. most hit there was the florida keys. fema says 90% of homes there were either damaged or destroys. millions of people in the keys are still without power, a situation that could last well over a week. alex jones reports. alex: it is hard to imagine this was a home, now destroyed by hurricane irma. >> for 15 years, i have lived here, and in one moment it is gone. it is hard to figure out where you are going to start over. irma hit land as a category 4 hurricane, downgraded from an earlier category 5. that devastated the florida

keys, completely destroyed buildings on the island chain. traffic on the roads means residents are starting to return them anxious to see what has become of their homes. however, many rows are closed to traffic as authorities assess andcondition of bridges highways. florida gov. rick scott warned more evacuations are likely. gov. scott: if we say you need to evacuate, you need to evacuate. what i said over this past week as we can revealed your house, you can get possessions again, but do not lose a family member, do not lose your life when you have a chance to continue with your family going forward. alex: for those who are able to return to home, authorities struggle to restore power and water to much of the keys. genie: meanwhile, celebrities from the united states came together in a telephone that was

broadcast over seven u.s. channels yesterday to raise money for victims of hurricane harvey and hurricane irma. they turned out to sing, tell stories, plead for support, and answer the phones. artists like stevie wonder, bruce willis, george clooney, i would gino, -- help pacino, robert de niro, and others. $14.5 million. the supreme court says it is allowing the trump administration to make a stricter policy on refugees. on. tuesday, the administration's request to block a lower court's ruling would ease the refugee band and allow up to 24,000 people to answer the country before the end of this month. but that will not be the last travelerse ban on

from six mostly muslim countries -- and refugees anywhere in the world. the supreme court will hear arguments in october on the legality of the ban. the growingto crisis of the rohingya muslims in myanmar, also known as dharma. burma.ights -- human rights activists are protesting the in action. rohingya muslims have been running from what has been called a "textbook ethnic cleansing." the is more now from director of the crisis response. >> every day, i go out to the camps in the border region.

there are more to documentary there are thousands of people spilling across the border. what is particularly disturbing is when you speak to people who show you that children are being , men and their families have been taken by security forces, there are thousands more behind us. genie: the situation has pushed britain and sweden to ask for an emergency meeting on the crisis to be held today. meanwhile, the de facto leader, suu kyi, says she will not go to next week's u.n. general assembly. she has been slammed over her in action. to talk more about this, let's go live to our correspondent, clovis casali. clovis, what about her decision not to go next week? : her critics say she is

not going because she knows she will be facing mounting criticism, and she knows many one dancers, so disappointment for those people who want answers, the international community who wants to see her in person. the de facto leader, a nobel laureate, said she would defend the right of minorities in vermont and the city of the rohingya, so a huge disappointment for them, and a huge disappointment for the rohingya minorities here in burma. control?he not in the army has retained huge powers in the country, notably , but they would like and the ngo's would like

suu kyi to take a strong stance. many in the international community have condemned the military actions, calling it genocide, but you have other nations, india and china, who still support the burmese government. burma iss restoring order. that is not good enough for many communitythe rohingya care thousands of rohingyans have fled to bangladesh, and more hiding in the jungle and the forest between burma and bangladesh, fleeing the violence. genie: clovis, we are talking about a massive accidents, 300,000 rohingya muslims in the past two weeks alone. what are you hearing that is actually happening there? well, from the images

that i have seen, violence appears to be ongoing. army isow that the continuing occupations. the rohingya who have fled has all said that their houses have been torched, lit on fire by military forces, extremists. all difficult situations. they talk about atrocities of crimes, of rapes committed by the army. it is very difficult to have an independent assessment because the whole area is under a total lockdown. assess theannot situation infinitely, and ngo's cannot reach those in desperate need, where the violence is ongoing. you, cloviss, thank

casali reporting live. next to venezuela where the president has promised to meet the opposition. that could be a potential breakthrough after months of deadly protests. nicholas maduro made the surprise announcement in a televised cabinet meeting. he says he is on board for the talks that will be brokered by the dominican republic. maduro: [speaking spanish] translator: i want to clarify that the dominican republic is well aware that i have promoted peace, and i fully accept the dialogue. [laughter] " is in thence 24 venezuelan capital of caracas, and she tells us more about the latest twist. this will definitely ease the

tensions for elections for new governors next october 15. this is like what happened in 2014 after months of protests that ended with more than 40 people dead and many injured, including a political leader, lopez. for now, they gave the government recognition in front of the international community, so we are expecting to see the same happening. listening, the same atello, who zapp is no stranger to the conversation, it was him who urged for political reform this year. look not something to be forward to, but for the government, it is something that will keep sanctions aside for a

wild, including those that the european union threatens to impose. genie: it has been a long time coming, but paris now officially summerget the 2020 for olympics. it is a historic first. the international olympic committee is due to confirm the following olympics in los angeles in 2028. we are confident in the ability of the french team, the , and this has been a difficult two years with the funding of the sport. i am very excited, and i am happy. a business now for

update with brian quinn. of the european commission delivered his state of the union speech earlier today, and he had a very positive outlook on the european economy. brian: that is right, mr. uncker, a big part of that is the bouncing back from stec nations and the policy endorsement for several financial measures. the financeing minister to handle crisis and strategic industries from blinds takeovers. cker astimism from jun he pointed out an enviable position. er: we are now in the fifth year of an economic recovery. unemployment is at a nine-year

low. almost 8 million jobs have given to this number so far. sails.d is oin our genie: next to check with a big new product launch from apple. n: the big buzz maker was around the iphone 10, apple's superpremium model that it hopes to gain ground in the arena. it has wireless charging, edge to edge display, and unlocking via facial recognition, but the most impressive feature, if you can call it that, is the price tag -- $999 -- the company's most expensive iphone ever. americans, though, will still spring for it. an iphone, we believe, especially north america, the majority of consumers you do not pay that

unless you are going to end up $10, maybe $15 more on your monthly plan, so it does not impact your budget as much as people are concerned about. a completely different story here in france. to aphone 10 is equivalent full month's salary of minimum wage. no one is keen on spending that much on the phone. genie: that is very expensive. how are the markets looking? bryan: in the red. it made up some ground by midday, but still lacking. resources during the trading today, ftse 100 down nearly .2% with the frankfurt dax and the less.cac genie: industry trade? defense security and

international show starts in london today. it is a big draw for arms and defensive players, but it has strong backlash at home in the u.k. the trade fair marches on today with more than 1000 -- [indiscernible] 7.7 billion pounds worth. protesters took to the streets of east london last week, where delivered was being in support of these trade show.

they point to the war in yemen since 2016 and weapons sold to saudi arabia. the controversial arms war. >> at the same time as we are doing good, we are also doing a lot of damage. u.k. weapons are being used in a world which is killing women and children in the thousands. the international trade secretary helped expand the soul of weapons by legal means. -- in 2013. the fbi is scheduled at the end of the week. genie: to wrap up another word on iphones, for customers who spend top dollar on the phone, maybe happy with the purchase, but the big question is --

is the fun making them happy? bryan:bryan: probably not come if you go by the data tracked by moment. moment keeps track of all the time you spend on other apps, and it turns out for every app, no matter what it is, the more time you spend on it, the less happy you are with it. the amount of time of people unhappy with apps is pretty sick than give your 70% for facebook. back by comes amid push developers to make their apps more addictive to exploit attention by the human being. are expected to grow 20% per year between now and 2020. it was thousand dollar iphone is struggling in the wrong direction. genie: thank you so much, bryan quinn, with our business update here on "france 24."

alison sargent is with me today, taking a look at what the papers have been saying today. hi, allison. lots of focus on the massive nationwide protests against the president of france. alison: the big test for a french president emmanuel macron, but they must drop enough support to oppose the president. left wing people in france are very happy, saying it was to. as always, we -- saying it was a big success. as always, we have different numbers led to hundreds 3000 people in the streets according -- 203,000400,000 people in the streets were into police, 4000 according to others. -- 400,000 according to others.

" liberation" wonders if it is enough to pull back on reform. if macron have not lost yet. they also have a question summarizing what the reform will look like for employees. enteredan see, they this mission, that quickly spits you back out again, essentially hiring and then hiring you -- f iring you. the cartoon says "i love the flexibility of the little employees." genie: what is the story on the other side of the fence? alison: it is actually emmanuel macron who have won round one "l'parisian." the cgt stalls, the government it has a very they say not to give it to the protesters and to end once and for all the first

standstill. genie: let's move on to international press, where many places are looking ahead to today's u.n. security council meeting, to discuss the ongoing violence in myanmar, the country also known as burma. over 300,000 muslims forced to flee. alison: that is recommended a lot of criticism of the de facto leader, suu kyi. you can see an article in "the guardian" today is talking about -- what has happened to the country was the icon of morality? their divided over how much san suu kyi has to speak out. suu kyi remains a respected person, and they are hoping she will eventually add and do something good. cartons are much harsher in their judgment. this one by danish cartoonist, we see the leader wearing what looks like her nobel peace

prize, but it is actually a landmine if you look closer. that refers to preventing rohingya people from coming back and also to kill people fleeing. genie: what is happening on the ground? alison: as you said before come over 300,000 people have fled over the border into bangladesh, and bangladesh is struggling to deal with that influx of refugees. burma. is going on in "the daily star" describes one reporter who saw a seven-year-old refugee in the ounds allwith all w over his body. it is not the photo you see behind me. they want to publish the photo, but they want to "show the brutality of burmese security forces."looking at the roles of ngo 's, where all of the violences taking place, the site has been critical of suki in the -- of

suu kyi in the past, but it is a burmese state. this site points out that nine romania communities -- non-rohingya community still received their help, and ngo's can still do their job. genie: let's wrap up with something completely different. reacting today also the investment of the new $1000 apple iphone. alison: it is all over the news today, and despite that, not a lot of people are impressed with this new iphone. i pulled up this cartoon from a chinese newspaper "the global times." they compared to the iphone 8, especially considering its 0, the, the iphone 1 website worries that face recognition technology will make

it easier to force people to unlock their phones during sources because they can -- searches because they can hold it up in front of them. apple says that is not the case. on a more practical level, the site says it would be difficult for people to frequently on microphones at times during meetings and things like that. genie: that is very true. alison sargent, thank you. if you want to get a closer look at the press review, you can look at our website, france24.com. take a quick break, but i will be back in a few minutes with more headlines. stay tuned. ♪ >> take action. ordinary people around the worod fight p prejudice to make their part of the world a better place. it could be for education. or to improve the society.

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