♪ anchor: this is france 24. here are the headlines for this hour. .- breaks her silence she pledges to resettle some of the 410,000 muslims who fled army operations. but offers no consolations for ethnice u.s. has called cleansing. hurricane maria hits the island at full force,

blowing roofs of houses. including the home of the prime minister. andafter calling for budget bureaucracy cuts to the united nations, trump gets to push his american first agenda in his first address to the un's general assembly. also coming up, toys "r" us files for chapter 11 bankruptcy. what that means for the iconic american toy store. more in his this. and a giant transparent wall is going up around the eiffel tower. the details on the security measure, coming up. but first, our top story. ♪ anchor: we start first in myanmar, also known as irma, where the leader has defended

what has been called the "ethnic cleansing" of muslims. she declined any kind of human rights issue saying that anyone held responsible would be held account. this is the first nation since the attack last month which prompted a military response, forcing more than 410,000 rohingya to flee. groups many human rights frustrated and disappointed. reporter: and long-awaited speech that missed its mark according to human rights group's. amnesty international said that her government is still burying their heads in the stand -- heads in the sand. she's that you is ready to accept returnees. some hope the path will clear for the u.n. fact-finding mission, which was previously denied access to the country. but for others, her words rang

hollow. >> she said the right words. she talked concern about human rights. code of conduct for the military. she talked about participation sure there to make was no discrimination and that everybody was welcome home. , thehen you peel it away ability to implement any of that is minimal. her speech followed weeks of international pressure after thousands of rohingya muslims fled into bangladesh. villages210 rohingya were burned to the ground since august 25. >> what she told her people and the world is a complete lie. if what you said is not a lie, seethem come so they can whether we are tortured or happy. 'sporter: but aung san suu kyi

supporters said they were happy with the speech. 410,000 rohingya muslims are living in devastating conditions at a refugee camp in bangladesh. 60% of them are children and many crossed the border alone after their parents were killed. we met some of them at the refugee camp. at the refugee camp, children are everywhere. 7-year-old muhammad rarely talks to any of them. since he arrived to weeks ago, he only moves around the muddy alleys of the camp. we first met right after the local school. >> when i first saw him, his clothes were wet because he crossed the river. he looked lost and he was crying

and he looks like an orphan. reporter: mohammed's parents were killed in bournemouth in front of his eyes. urma,lled in bo right in front of his eyes. for the last two weeks, -- has taken care of the boy around the clock. i saw they were shooting at us, i ran away. >> there are your parents? >> i don't know. they killed them. >> who killed them? >> the military. grandmother,y mommy and many more. >> he has no parents. where will a young muslim boys like him go? so i have decided to keep him. the camp,elsewhere in unicef has set up a center where

children can get away from the conflict, if only for a moment. for those who arrived in bangladesh without their parents, this is a safe space. today, eight more cases were identified. they need protection because they no longer have their families and they can be abused, child labor or child marriage. are beingch centers set up. they are attempting to reunite separated children with their families. failing which, children will be placed in foster care. anchor: reporting there from a refugee camp in english. that hasthe caribbean

been hammered with the second category five hurricane this month. hurricane maria is moving along nearly the same path as hurricane irma with authorities .vacuating people maria is back up to full strength after having weakened to a category four. reporter: and potential catastrophe as the fourth major atlantic hurricane of the year barrels through caribbean islands already devastated by hurricane irma. hurricane maria made landfall on on island of dominica tuesday as a category five storm with wind over 250 kilometers per hour. dominica's prime minister posted on facebook that his roof had been pulled off and he is at the complete mercy of the hurricane. by martinique, authorities issued an alert, the highest level, as they prepare for the storm's arrival. the search could reach over 200

meters. rico, where maria is expected to make landfall on wednesday, they were afraid they weren't ready so soon after hurricane irma. >> puerto rico is not prepared for this. we are going to have a bad time of this. we ask almighty god that begin get through this without serious damage. hurricane irma caused 37 deaths and billions of dollars worth of damage less than two weeks ago. french civil protection agency says no serious damage has been caused by hurricane maria in the french antilles. but power was knocked out in waterloo which made mitigations difficult. makes his first ever addressed to the u.n. general assembly today. the u.s. president has often criticized the u.n. in the past and he spent monday in a pre-meeting trying to drum up support for cuts in budget and

your accuracy. severale will be one of leaders addressing the full u.n. body. york withive to new our correspondent. this is his first ever speech to the u.n., a group e has repeated the criticized in the past. what can we expect today? reporter: a much-anticipated speech here. that is what all of the buzz is going to be about. we expect trump to make the case against global governance in the world's most multilateral forum, here at the united nations. so interesting to see how that will go down. nationalisticng a speech in which he demonizes certain countries, namely iran and north korea. what will he say about north korea? he has threatened that they will they don'tnd fury if abandon their nuclear program so

we are not sure how far he will go. that is what everyone will be listening for. we will be listening to hear what he says about the are ron nuclear deal -- about the it ran nuclear deal. and climate change -- that is something very important here at the united nations. they worked long and hard to broker the paris climate pact. thathe, now, and announced he will backtrack on his planned pull out of it? everyone is waiting to find out what he will say. tonealso want to see what he will strike. how will he appear in a manner or will he appear brash? yesterday, at his first u.n. debut with the short speech, he was restrained. teleprompter trump. will he fear off from that today? everyone is waiting to find out. anchor: we will cover the speech from trump later here live on

france 24. we will also be hearing from the french president, among others. reporter: absolutely. french president will have his chance to shine on the world ,tage and to be the anti-trump champion of multi-naturalism. it will be interesting to see how macron frames his speech. the protector of human rights, the person upholding global treaties that have been so hard to broker. the iran nuclear deal and the paris climate accord. the inspector general himself is also taking to the stage with the podium for the first time at this forum in his role as the secretary general. and he, again, is expected to present a multilateral vision of the world. and also warned of the dangers of demonizing and dividing.

we will see stark contrasts today, i think, between trump's speech and the speeches of the secretary general. anchor: thank you for that. reporting from new york. next to iraq where there was heavy police presence overnight. tensions have been on the rise over a planned referendum on kurdish referenda in its. that is opposed by the central government in baghdad and the non-kurdish population. it is also delaying the offensive on one of the islamic 's stronghold in iraq. more now from the front line. due tor: the battle is start in days. given the tensions between baghdad and -- no one knows if the soldiers will take part in the fighting. . general tells us we are ready he takes us to the front line. the islamic state group was

just here. we fought them back and then we fortified the front line. fort is: this makeshift the most advanced position in the province. the islamic state group fighters are one kilometer away. they believe it is their territory. there areated] between 1500-2000 fighters on the other side. reporter: 80,000 civilians are still inside,, the battle to come. but what he is worried about is whether this will become a frontline. i really hope] that our politicians will solve this problem and avoid war. but if we come under attack on our own territory then we will use our right to self-defense.

despite what the authorities are saying, the line behind me could one day become the future of a kurdish state. is, will theyon cross it to fight the islamic state group? or will they stay put and defend it? now to spain where three mayors from catalonia are being questioned at the provincial offices of prosecutors. formayors were summoned agreeing to help hold a disputed vote on independence. they seized more than 100,000 posters promoting the referendum in catalonia. close to 40 mayors have received a summons as part of a criminal probe. that was ordered last week by spain's public prosecutor who has threatened to arrest the more than 700 mayors who support holding the september referendum. it has been deemed

unconstitutional by madrid. in paris, if you have been to the eiffel tower, recently, you goingve seen construction up around it. part of a plan to keep the landmark safe from any possible attack. more now on what will be a giant bulletproof wall. almost 10 feet tall. reporter: one of the world's most famous landmarks. by 6iffel tower is visited million people in each year and work is underway to improve security for each site. -- entryts are being points are being moved and barriers are being replaced by a glass wall three meters high. not everyone thinks it is money well spent. >> [translated] personally, i don't think it is going to help. if there are bad people who want to create problems, they will do it anyway. reporter: the eiffel tower is seen as a potential target for terrorists.

attempted knife attack on a police person. will replace these barriers. >> last time i was here, none of this was here. it is a shame to see it like this. i don't know if the glass is nicer than this. >> we were here last night and we felt safe. but the world has changed. sometimesrstand that you have to take more precautions. reporter: construction should take 10 months, finishing in july, in time for the bastille day celebrations. anchor: time now for the business news with someone who loves the eiffel tower. you start with toys "r" us who is filing for bankruptcy? have filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy in the united states. in june, the company reported a 164 million dollars.

it was founded in 1950 and has 1600 stores around the world. it struggles with competition from online retailers. fads have been drawing kids away from traditional toys. --orter: turmoil from turmoil for toys "r" us. competition from online shopping, it have fled the store to file for bankruptcy in the u.s. and canada. billion inearly $500 debt. they will continue to operate the 1600 stores around the world for the time being but the future of thousands of employees in the u.s. and canada are mains uncertain. they received two downgrades onm s&p global and fitch monday. and the sales have fallen for three consecutive quarters. it isn't just toys "r" us that a struggling but the toy sector at large. lego report the first sales drop .n 13 years

retailers have to adapt to the change in consumer trends in order to concede against online giants like amazon. how are the markets doing in the u.s. ahead of the fed meeting? >> markets have hedged lower this tuesday. the fed is expected to leave interest rates unchanged when it announces its decision tomorrow. investors will be looking for clues on what it plans on doing with the trillions of dollars in treasury and mortgage-backed securities from during the crisis. .3% at this hour. let's take a look at some of the other stories we are tracking. a criminal row has been launched into a data breach at equifax. incidentd security took place in march and earlier this month, they uncovered a cyber attack that may have

compromised personal data -- including social security numbers -- belonging to one entered did 43 million americans. the u.s. attorney for the northern district of georgia is looking into the possibility of insider trading by three top executives. justin trudeau says canada won't buy boeing fighter jets while the company pursues a suit against its canadian rival. earlier this year, knowing alleged the canadian government was illegally supplying -- commercial programming. they issued this thread alongside the british prime minister. urged going to drop the suit. this friday, the british prime minister is expected to deliver a major breaks it -- a major brexit speech in florence. her foreignfter secretary, boris johnson, is accused of backseat driving after he penned an article with his vision for brexit.

are worriedroducers about what will happen to their exports. grapes inharvesting france's burgundy region. preparing to make internationally renowned wine. of chablis is -- sold abroad and the u.k. is the bearing -- is the biggest client . retailers have yet to announce plans for when the u.k. leaves the customs unit. it could mean changes to customs and import tariffs. >> a large proportion of -- the u.k. is destined for retailers. 80%. we have had no response from them until now. what will we do with the decrease in 2018 and 2019? reporter: 30% of the wine exports are sent across the channel, making the u.k. chablis

'number one buyer. but a weaker pound since the referendum has made wine imports more expensive. our productsd] must be very good so that people will want to buy them. that is perhaps the biggest challenge. we must continue to make very good products so that people will continue to buy the wine. reporter: last year, 6.5 million bottles of wine from the town of chablis were exported to the u.k. with negotiations in brussels underway, winemakers don't have a clear picture of a post brexit market. may have to change their preferences. anchor: thank you so much. it is time to take a look at the press review. ♪ i'm joined on the set

now to take a look at what the papers have been saying. french andthe international papers are focusing on hurricane maria. a new hurricane bearing down on the caribbean. reporter: that's right. it is red alert time for the caribbean, again. hurricane maria was upgraded to a category five storm but now it is back down to a category four. hurricanes at those levels can "do potentially catastrophic damage." it explains that maria is a water cyclone which means that heavy water is accompanying it and it can cause flooding which would add to the devastation with over 200 mile-per-hour wind. -- is also covering hurricane maria. it is slated to hit puerto rico on wednesday. one article in the paper, they interviewed a psychologist who

says there is a lot of anxiety that comes with waiting for such potentially catastrophic storms. the article gives some tips such as slow, deep breathing, on how to wait out the storm. anchor: let's go to kenya, where in less than a month, the country is ready to head to the polls for a second presidential election. reporter: the countdown has begun and we are not ready. or at least, the electronic systems are not ready. the company that is in charge of the electronic voting system in kenya want be able to make the necessary changes and to reboot the systembe tour -- before the october deadline. kenya supreme court annulled the thet vote because of irregularities in the transmission of the votes. the kenyan star says that in order for the democracy to

remain credible in the next presidential vote, a contingency plan needs to be put in place by parliament. one that goes into effect if the electronic system fails. a manual checking of ballots may be necessary but that the rules of what to do need to be in place before the vote. anchor: in france, it is the government's budget and deficit that is making headlines. good news.ome namely about the french deficit. it says that according to its numbers, the french deficit will be less than expected. the provisions could make paris and brussels, with a 3% cut off, quite happy. french is deficit was going to gdp in 2017 of its but now, it could go as low as 2.9% this year and 2.6% next year. this is due to the uptick in the french economy and previous

budget cuts. next to the macron government may not need to cut as drastically as they thought. french not all the papers have such a rosy view of the economy. some of them are focusing on different austerity measures. yes, focusing on austerity measures -- vocus in on two main areas. they say the macron government is likely to cut the housing and labor ministry since they are on the chopping block. they say they know this because hands onthere confidential, internal letters between ministries and the letters lay out the provisional budgets for the ministries over the next five years. the post has an article about macron posh judicial saga with the press. this comesriginally, from the french investigative site. they have an article this morning about macron's decision

to remove a judicial complaint he made against a photographer a month ago. he decided to stop pressing charges against the proper aussie for "harassing him and his wife this summer on vacation." he says he dropped the charges he didarticle says that not drop the charges -- but he did drop because the judges were going to rule against macron and in favor of the photographer. judicial woes. but it isn't the president or the press that are in the hot seat but printer manufacturer's? it could change how long we keep our machines at home. or at least how long we have them until they break down. for the first time ever in france, a nonprofit has sued companies over program

obsolescence. that is when manufacturers program their machines like renters or tv is to only work for a set amount of time or to only print a certain number of papers. it became illegal in france i

announcer: this is a production of china central television america. may lee: it's the talk of hollywood, but it's not about the latest blockbuster. tinsel town is being accused of whitewashing. actors of color say they've had enough of being overlooked for major roles and, what's worse, characters that are originally created as minorities are being replaced by caucasian actors. this week on "full frame," how stereotypes-- both negative and positive--are a downfall to minorities. i'm may lee in los angeles. let's take it "full frame." [theme music playing]