a formal declaration of victory has yet to be made according to us officials pockets of resistatance stil remain in the city. erin ogun key brings us the latest. i of scenes of celebration in morocco. a senior commander for the u. s. backed coalition says a has captured the militant groups to factor capital. although the us military says it can only confirm that ninety percent of the city has been liberated. we estimate there to be. perhapsps about a hundred.

isis fighters that you could remain in rocco. we have not. yet seen much or or heard of much reports of contact us since the spf. re assume their advance into the city out. here suspected islamic state group militant surrender to kurdish led democratic forces and rocco. hundreds of i as group fighters have surrendered over the past few days in a deal negotiated between local tribe chiefs and kurdish forces. the coalition forces now face the task of securing the city. earlier but you'd be already there now clearing operations to eliminate sleeper cells and to remove remaining landmines. of foreign jihadists surrender and the currently being held my international intelligence services. were captured them between the city stadium in hospital but we are unlucky sort of a. on tuesday a kurdish led fighters captured rockets national hospital and the rockets stadium. the

militants last major positions in the city. stadium served as an arms cache charity headquarters and one of the islamic state group's largest jails. the syrian democratic forces have been fighting iraq a since june. it was the last islamic state group stronghold in syria though it still controls the town of buga man and other pockets of territory near the iraqi border. a victory and rocco would come after a string of significant losses in both syria and iraq for the islamic state group. the u. s. led coalition says it has returned more than eighty three percent. of islamic state group held land to civilian populations since twenty fourteen. liberating more than six million syrians and iraqis from the extremist groups grant. for more on this as now bring in our correspondent in beirut adam flats and adam thank you so much for joining us. how much of a blow is the follow roccoco to the islamc statate group? becacause it's her heavy blw

to his eyeyes state group bt one let's look say inevitable for quite awhile. ththat now and that ththe cy was one of the first had taken by islamic state grou. alerts nowhere near the size of mosel it was of course said that smsm self declare. that a capital of the so called counterfeits. and but i s say that it'ss n inevitable for sometime because the syrian democratic forces. have been making ground against the islamic state group hat for a while this offensive was really. that announced back in november twenty sixteen even before that they'd been taking territories ms i state group. at the fighting reach the town itself in june of this year event net roughly four months the street to street. fighting during all this time at the cern democratic was is a time supports. that from the us in the form of air strikes but. even if this hadn't happened now at the hands of the stf. that the

been so many people are lining up p to pfizer islamc state group of made enemies of pretty much anybody. . ad everybody in the e region tn that at both turkey and the syrian government would well record was a city of two h hundred thousand plus her peopop beforee the wara. that which is now being largely at destroyed so for many of the people who flat. and does absolutely n nothig for ththem trereturn to. and that thehe for those people who. have had fled i into a now in camp's a about grouns at the iraq iran in the ararea. ththat some twowo hd seventy thousand of them have fled from my end of the

city itself will from surrounding areas. and that the situation may only get worse for them sad because they have nothing to return to. that many of them may end up in these camps for some months if not years. and yet to come to the battle may be over but the humanitarian crisis. pattinson continues politics iraqi and kurdish forces have been engaged in a tense standoff following kurdistan's referendum on it independence last month. vote during which kurds overwhelmingly backed secession. iraq's prime minister called the vote unconstitutional. in another world news at least seventy four people have died and scores more were wounded following a string of attacks targeting official buildings across afghanistan. he attacks were claimed by the taliban who

have been seeking to reimpose strict islamic law. after t their two thousand e ouster b by u. s. led d for. the deadliest attack hit a popolice training centre attached to the pololice headquarters in gardez. the main city of the paksha province in the country's east. and refusing to bow to the pressure hundreds of thousands of people are back in the streets of barcelona. to protest against the central government in retreat as you can see here on those live pictures that we're getting in. justin a to the france twenty four newsroom. this after spain's top court ordered the arrest of two separatist leaders on monday. the catalan government assist it won't move an inc. despite a deadline from madrid. take back their declaration of independence by thursday or see the spanish government try to impose direct rule on leotard in this region. kathy clifford reports. not backing down catalonia holds firm and to the spanish government

threatened to place the region on to direct central rule. it is government doesn't abandon its symbolic independence bid by thursday but analysts that the limit of the catalonia. the new deadline set up by the spanish government will make any difference. will not budge wall and our message. distillery quests to sit down and talk on thursday we will see which scenario plays out if they choose repression or dialogue well let's stop. piling out of their cabinet me seeing catalan leader collis pushed amman and his government joined workers outside the region's parliament in a will come out in defense of civil liberties. thousands protest it's an es the military dictatorship under franco which suppressed catalan culture and language is dylan living memory for many. and so i don't know i think it's a

disgrace that in the twenty first century we have political prisoners. the spanish state is behaving just like it did during the civil war years ago. spain's ruling party denied the decisions straight from the legal into the political quinoa beagle. ratio i would like you to moan to stop telling lies. here in spain there were no arrests made you technological ideologies. with judicial decisions based on a legal actions the initiative alex. the to jailed leaders are accused of hopping to orchestrate protests that trap national police inside a building. and destroyed the vehicles. in portugal has declared three days of national mourning beginning this tuesday for the victims of wildfires that have raged across the country. at least forty one people have died after hundreds of fires spread across central and northern areas on sunday and monday. has the fires are now dying down under the first real rain since june. the government is facing growing criticism for its slow response. a second such disaster in

just four months. meanwhile across the border in spain at least three people died in wild fires in the girly show region. officials there say arsonists are responsible for starting some of these fires. she was killed because of her work exposing political corruption in emotional post on facebook the son of malta's best known investigative journalist doesn't. definite cousin again easier accused maltese authorities of being involved in his mother's murder. she was killed in a car bomb closed her home in the north of the island on monday. she was a prominent critic of the government accusing them of corruption. in regards to the so called panama papers. the european commission has said it's horrified by the murder. simon harding and read above us have this report. tough n ni carolina goodlett ceo was known t to everyonen malta. a bunchhut call was found in this field a a shohort stance frorom her home. a bomb had been placed on to

the vevehicle. in i witneness recounted the moment he silicone burststs into flames was so these often offset fellow. my live close by as i start going up the hill i sort caroming in the opposite dictction. in a mattete off seconds whm the not i saw a small explosion coming from the carr andnd panic. . few sick later there was another larger explosion off the car continued d coming down the hihi. skating at a high speed. muscle of fire food for thought and mortgage too mus of kandahar that than the thinness was zero and. the european commission has expressed its horror at the killing and condemned the act in the strongest terms possible. there right the for journalists. to investigate. ask i'm for uncomfortable question.

and to report effectively. fees at the heart of our values. and needs to be guaranteed. all types. we dressed now that justice will be brought. even if this were not be enough to write the strong. kenexa had let the panama papers investigation into corruption on the islands hub blog which focused on growth across multiple litter cool divides headed readership averaging four hundred thousand per day. that's almost as much as the entire population of the island just prior to her death she b be iterated accusations of corruption against members of the government. amongst her targets with in a circle of prime minister jews if mascot. including his wife who glitzy up cues to having an off shore account in panama. iraqis asians have pushed mascots to hold early p parliamentay electitions last junee in response to her death was cut took to twitter. and wrote it was a sad day for the country often unacceptable act. reeling

from the shock of her death hundreds of more tease people gathered outside the central core two blue in a capital letter. karim the justice. the mounting palava legations of sexual harassment and rape against top hollywood producer harvey weinstein has sparked a worldwide movement. women across the globe are using social media and the hash tag me to you among others. to highlight the huge scale of the problem h here in frfrance the governmt is planning to introduce legislation to crackdown. on sexual harassment in public spaces. it's katty c clifford expla. the movement which has spiraled from the hashtag panels don't book or brought seventy opaque. began with this french journalist based in new york. she hopes opening the floodgates on social media will translate to more concrete changes. sign off on it but if it's a way to talk about it to make the first step. then they can reflect see the reactions. what and consider maybe taking another step on the box? france is first lady gave words of support to the movement she attended a play about sexual abuse members

of the government's. president emmanuel macron has added his voice to the global outcry saying he wants to make e it easieierr women to speak out. it's monday the french equality minister proposed a bill focusing on sexual harassment in public spaces. of sexual violence against mine as. just dismissed any corbyn to bay explained the government's looking at how to fit new rules which could include on the spot fines into the existing legal framework. tempos hooligan different cover you see what we still need to figure out is if a new criminal offense needs to be created which implies a criminal law and all sorts of heavy legal provisions a. judge or if we could qualify the situations happening in the streets situations which still need to be precisely defined. as our sexist offense which could lead to a final warnings and which could be carried out more quickly no missile plus a group made up of and beast police and magistrates is now working on a definition. which offices could realistically

enforce on the streets. a murky area in which they must marc align at the point unwelcome flirtation becomes harassments. caroline frederiksen is the president of the american constitution society in washington. she gave us her reaction to the french government's plan. i think it is important for a every country does take stock of whether the laws on the books are. adequate i to deal with. what is obviously a very widespread problem? which i women of had a hard time combating. i clearly one of the things that's most difficult is for women to come forward. i without a retaliation on harvey weinstein i was a perfect example of. how he i use different techniques to intimidate women to to destroy their careers? to attack them when they did raise up. the concerns about behavior i'm and i think it's time that we really didn't i didn't so much more to

address a terrible problem for women across. of the world. now do you think that the meat two campaign is the right way to address this problem. well i think you know i don't know if there is one right way i think we have to pursue lot of different avenues there needs to be legislslative change there needs to be a better. a better enforcement of thee laws that a already exist ad there is i think perhaps most importantly and that's what this is that bad out the week to meet you campaign. is part of its greater awareness i think for too long people have just said. you know man you know i can't control themselves or you know it's an individual woman's problem but in fact it's something. that affects so many women. i and that we we as a society i'm have allowed to take place and men don't get punished. and that's that's got to come to an end. so you weren't surprised by the. the the scope of of these revelations in and have this problem.

no not at all i think you know that they're there is. you know widespread awareness you know i'm i i certainly among women but this is happening but there has been too little sharing. of of of people's personal experiences and i think that's what. is being prompted now by the revelations and the whole series of. men in the united states who have you know quite well known who have had to resign because of th. accusation nations of sexual harassment and rape and it is shocking that we've done so little about it but i'm i'm sadly it's not shocking that's happening. and precisely what could the us do you at to fight sexual harassment more effectively. well for one thing. you know we have a phenomenon where. . workers are being forced and workers of all kinds from you know people who serve in the news media our our lawyers are doing other things are forced to sign. i in their employment

contract an agreement that they will keep everything confidential. i and that they will i agree not to go to court. i if something happened so they're forced into these private proceedings arbitration proceedings. and so nobody ever hears about out what could be. i'm a widespread problem i you know somebody like. out roger ailes and fox news. aside you know try to you know you is a repeated harasser. i and yet. it wasn't brought to light because the women who are harassed. didn't have the right to go to court and more allowed to speak publicly. about what happened. and ten for business with the kit moody welcocome back hi julia. and the latest round of talks on the north american free trade agreement is wrapping up in washington that's written very sharp battle line still drawn. up between the us canada and mexico formal statements on the fourth round of sport of seven r rounds of discussion will be coming later this tuesday. delegates from canada and mexico are set to

formally reject what they see as a protectionist demands being made by the trump administration. among the morore contentious issus are the dairy agriculture and auto sectors as well as panels to oversee trade disputes. and a proposal that would force all parties to renew the agreement every five years. rather than having it last up automatically donald trump has threatened to leave the deal all together. no hangover those discussions there's also been tension between the u. s. and canada over the aviation industry. is tuesday european airbus took eight fifty point one majority percent stake in the canadian playmaker bombard day. putting it again at odds with the u. s. based boeing. executes from rj of receiving illegal state subsidies rather abbas and at first we don't have the details. the biggest rivalry in the world of aviation is heating up. european jet manufacturer airbus has acquired a majority stake in canadian aerospace boom body ac series program it comes off

to boeing accused bomb body of u unfair competitition. e united states responded by threreatening a three hundrd percent import tariff on the company. the acquisition has left the u. s. manufacturer boeing none too pleased. this looks like a questionable deal between two heavily states subsidize competitors to skirt the recent findings of the u. s. government. from bodies spiraling development costs have forced it to rely on help from the canadian governmen. but with airbus investing three hundred and fifty million dollars in the cctvs program. assembly of the canadian planes will move to the u. s. state of alabama. in hopes it can avoids the import tariff. on the assembly and a u. s.. have can resolve he should have gotten it comes at a domestic product. and therefore domestic product would net and i've d. and poor tariff apply to this. sluggish sales of the jetliner see series are on course too benefit from and buses international marketing muscle. is the c.

series fits very very well with our. three to any family. and it's a it's a road because aircraft we think it's good. use for. airlines. customers that already potential customers shareholders on both sides. with what we call it a win win. and basking so majority share without spending a penny on the deal. while adding a new dimension of playing to i its portfolio. smaller more fuel efficient aircraft with huge potential for the asian and us market. the oecd has issued a stark warning about brexit and the british economy. a new report it said that were there to be a political decision traverse spreads i. such as a change majority in the government or new referendum the positive impact on economic growth would be significant. do you can treasury mediate lee. issued a stir hearse a statement saying there was no question of the second referendum that the country was indeed leaving european union. the ocd meanwhile

stuck to its rather gloomy forecast for post brexit britain. is predicted the growth will drop to one percent next year. report further warned that steep drops in productivity would negatively impact the country's capacity for export. and that a disorderly exit from the european union would further dampen its prospects. following talks in london both the oecd chief and in uk's finance minister said they were hoping for more clarity from the next round of brexit talks. it will be crucial. that the uk. and if you maintain the closest economic relationship possible avoiding a disruptive cliff edge exit from the years. we can provide great uncertainty for businesses up and down the uk and across the european union. meanwhile prices in the united kingdom have risen to their highest level in more than five years. official data showed inflation hit three percent in september. that's up from two point nine percent the previous month. the high reading was widely expected and increases the

chances of an interest rate hike. the next bank of england meeting in november. banks target inflationon rae is to percrcent. oil and food prices have been rising while the weakness of the pound is weighing on british consumers. let's check in on the day's trading action now shares an airbus rose nearly five percent after the announcement of its new partnership with bombarding. the canadian a playmaker sing its own shares up eight and a half percent. bowing down slightly in new york. the major european indices all closed slightly lower this tuesday i just the madrid ibex thirty five. ending about a third of a percentage point above the flat mind their. on wall street the dow jones has crossed twenty three thousand for the very first time. that's just a seventy six days after it first broke through the twenty two thousand threshold. trade is being boosted by a strong earnings season at from banking giants in particula. the nasdaq and s. and p. five hundred still lagging behind their trading in the reg.

putting on some days of the business headlines now investment bank goldman sachs announced a third quarter earnings easily beat expectations. net revenue of eight point three billion dollars. it also confirmed an eight point seven billion dollars share buyback. thanks trading unit struggled though cfo has vowed to do that. trading was also down of morgan stanley also strong performances by its wealth management sector pushed bank ahead of the curve. is revenue nine point two billion dollars. financial times bank of america jp morgan chase and citigroup. also reported a difficult period for fixed income. could is trading. activist investor is lobbying to break up credit suisse. the hedge fund or be our capital advisors once this was slender to split into an investment bank. wealth manager and an asset manager all with different groups of oversight. is he is in two years into a turnaround programme to limit. investment banking activities. profits more

than doubled the second quarter this year. finally being president is not necessarily good for business. it's according to forbes which says that donald trump has lost about six hundred million dollars for his personal fortune. over the past twelve months. his net worth of three point one billion dollars brings him down on the annual list of america's richest people. from hundred and fifty six place last year to two hundred and forty eight this year that means that he's tied with snapchat's evan spiegel. the magazine says that trump's new york real estate properties lost value over the last year. his finances also took a hit from his costly presidential election campaign. as well as a legal settlement with former students of trump universit. now bill gates top the list for the twenty fourth year in a row. followed by jeff business of amazon and warren buffett. for the moment no reaction from the white house for the president himself. blacks say julie i think three point one billion dollars still sounds pretty good to

me it definitely does thank you so much kate kate moody with business. stay with us more news coming up shortly on france twenty four

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