welcome to you live from paris. these are the top stories this hour. opposition supporters barricade roads while others gather in the capital of narrow me after kenya supreme court announcing it will not hear a case to delay thursday's repeatedly elections. get the latest with julia spears in nairobi. xi jinping kicks off his second term of president with a new

leadership committee, but there is no talk of a possible successor. the e.u. postponed the vote on extending the license for the controversial herbicide glyphosate. first, our top story. opposition supporters have taken to the streets in kenya after the supreme court announced it could not hear a last-minute petition to postpone thursday's presidential rerun because there are not enough judges present. demonstrators have barricaded a westernhe -- in city, while outside the capital -- the supreme court in the capital of nairobi, hundreds of gathered to call for peace. this appears to clear the way for thursday's rerun. opposition leader raila odinga is set to address supporters

shortly. supreme court justice david marengo had this to say. justice: with due apologies to all the parties, this matter cannot proceed to a hearing this morning. rochelle: let's get the latest with julia, standing by in nairobi. julia, talk us through the you are.ming out where how is this decision going down? we appear toave lost our correspondent. we hope to connect with her in a short time. we can takeld news, you to china, where president xi jinping has formally kicked off his second term, vowing to lead his nation into a new era. world'ser of the second-largest economy also unveiled new members of the country's most powerful policymaking body, the politburo standing committee. nobody has been named to succeed think tank. xi.to succeed

does the main outcome of the standing committee is there is no clear heir or challenger to xi jinping. all the members announced will be going to retire in five years at the latest. willthis mean xi jinping remain in power and five years? at this point, we do not know. chinese politics are very opaque and you do not know what is going on behind the scenes. xi jinping could well pick a successor in the politburo, a younger ally of his. a 25 membero is body just underneath the standing committee. in terms of policy, what does this lineup tell us? xi jinping has been very clear in all he wants to achieve for china. he wants to reassert party leadership on the one hand, and open up china on the other. this shows that in the lineup.

three of the members are very close allies to him, and there are reformists, especially a liberal reformist advocating for more democracy inside the party. it could be that xi jinping has consolidated his power and will push his agenda forward for more reform. our correspondent reporting for us from beijing. news, the e.u. has announced it is postponing a vote on extending the license for the controversial herbicide glyphosate. representatives from the 28 you member states met in brussels today. on tuesday, the commission proposed renewing the license for a shorter than usual five to seven years, with fears it causes cancer. i spoke to pierre in brussels. pierre: there was a first round of votes between experts of the 28 member states this morning who were convened at 10:00 local

time. this first-round vote showed there was no sufficient maturity in one direction or the other. germany has abstained, for example, and we know that 10 countries voted against a renewal of the license for glyphosate. 10 countries was not enough to build a sufficient majority in order to obtain a ban of the substance, glyphosate. as far as renewal, the situation is now that the european commission must reconvene a new meaning of these national experts from the 28 member states in order to have a new vote, and in the meantime, countries opposed to the license , or on the other hand favorable to a renewal, must step up diplomatic efforts to build a ban thisority to

license. there will be new meetings before december, which is the deadline for the current license. if not, the commission is obliged to postpone the decision. then, the license would be furthered into 2018, as it stands now. rochelle: we can take you back to our top story and had to our correspondent in nairobi. ,here is cause for unrest there or protests, as the supreme court announced it could not hear a last-minute petition to postpone thursday's presidential rerun. nairobi.standing by in this decision is not going down well. how are people reacting to the fact that no ruling will be made by the supreme court? well, let's stay on the african continent. you and secretary-general -- the u.n. secretary-general has

arrived in the central african republic to assess the fragile security situation. he laid a wreath of honor for peacekeepers filled -- killed in action. there was an attack on muslim residents, where fighters were unable to stop malicious from taking over the area. our team reports from a church where hundreds of muslim residents fled to safety. reporter: a soldier guards the church, with monitors from the united nations. it has become a refuge for more than 2000 muslims. muslim residents have set up a makeshift camp on the grounds of this catholic seminary, the only place they still feel safe in the southeast of the country. essentially, they find themselves trapped -- slate dana and her family, who now live here. leaving would risk being killed by christian militias. >> sometimes we go outside, and

if they see it, they shoot us. they take people hostage to other neighborhoods to release them. before, we lived together, and life was good back then. reporter: this man is the reason many of them are still alive -- the bishop of bangassou. the residents were attacked by armed groups that destroyed the city mosque. thu.n. commiion looked on. them abandon this group of muslims, i volunteered to come here. when they saw me dressed with my white cassock, they stop shooting, so i put myself in the middle, between the snipers and the mosque, to stop the butchery they were committing. for these muslims, going to t hospital is out of the question. three times a week, they received care on site, that health conditions are getting

more difficult. >> the more time passes, the worse it gets, and it does not help us with the task on the ground. reporter: to break the siege imposed on them for five months, muslim residents are now counting on the visit scheduled for wednesday. from the central african republic, let's take you back to kenya, where our top story is unfolding after the supreme court announced it could not hear a last-minute petition to postpone a thursday presidential rerun. standing by for us is julia in the kenyan capital, nairobi. how was the announcement by the supreme court going down? it shocked supporters on both sides. everybody expected the supreme court today to either rule the elections would go forward tomorrow, or to delay the election, in line with raila odinga's demands to delay the election to allow for more reforms. as you know, the supreme court

was unable to make either decision because not enough justices showed up to the court this morning. we are at a park in downtown nairobi, where odin got -- odinga supporters have flocked in support of not only the election that is going to happen tomorrow and awaiting the himself, whoinga has said he will speak in nairobi. he is set to deliver his final announcement about the election, directing his supporters about what they should use tomorrow. he has told them to boycott it, and he has gone back and forth toween urging protesters vote and to stay at home. evil are still flocking to the central business district to await what they are saying our final orders from odinga. rochelle: at this stage, is it fair to say there is no official confirmation the rerun will go ahead tomorrow?

julia: there is no official confirmation, but there is no reason and no precedent that the election should not go on tomorrow. that said, we expect to hear from both the head of the electoral commission in the next half hour, and in the next few ands here from both odinga the president. surely, things will become more clear in the hours to come. keep an: julia steers eye on events in kenya. thank you. president donald trump has become embroiled in another row with a senator from his own republican party. jeff flake of arizona has announced he will not be seeking reelection, saying he could no longer be complicit with president trump. flake's surprise resignation came after bob corker of tennessee claimed that trump was debasing the u.s. with what he said were constant untruths. our report. supposed to bes a day about republican unity,

the quickly, the >> began to show. before donald trump's first lunch with the republican caucus, senator bob corker said the president was debasing the country with his lies. --t minutes after the lawn after the lunch, senator jeff flake said he would not be seeking reelection, leaving him free to tell the world what he really thinks of donald trump. flake: reckless, outrageous, and undignified behavior has become excused and countenanced as "telling it like it is," and it is actually just reckless, outrageous, and undignified. emanatessuch behavior from the top of our government, it is something else. it is dangerous to a democracy. reporter: words that clearly face -- play senator flake in a small group of republicans that have been highly critical of the president. all are no longer seeking reelection, the it george w. bush, john mccain, or senator corker.

senator flake made an emotional plea for other republicans to speak up in the name of democracy, regardless of any possible political consequences. senator flake: because politics can make a silent when we should speak, and silence can equal complicity. i have children and grandchildren to answer to, and so, mr. president, i will not be complicit. reporter: some say many republicans are tiptoeing around trump out of fear of his brash comments, losing support of the president's base. some think it has happened to flake with his dropping poll numbers in arizona. some colleagues praised the senators integrity. the white house press secretary said his words were not befitting of the senate floor. forelle: after queuing hours, thousands are preparing to take their place around the funeral site for taiwan's late king, bhumibol adulyadej. the funeral will stretch over five days and begins with a ceremony inside the grand

palace. bangkok.r is in reporter: some of them arrived as early as last night, to be sure to get the best spot in order to see the cremation tomorrow, which will be the key moment in these nerals. the important moments for nation. many type people had never known any other king. was on theulyadej throne for more than seven decades. look at the people behind me. there are huge crowds right to the end of this straight, and that is just one of the roads leading to the park opposite the palace. i spoke to some of these people, likeressed in black, millions outside today. i spoke to them and they all told me one thing. it washeir duty d their mo cherished desire, exactly what they wanted to do, to be here

today to share this moment, and to be here to pay one last tribute to king bhumibol adulyadej. one woman even told me, i am sure that a broad, people think we are mad, but the only reason we are mad is because we love our came. 1:15 in the is french capital. opposition supporters barricade roads while others gather in the capital, nairobi, after kenya's supreme court announced they could not hear a case to delay thursday's repeat election. china's xi jinping formally takes his second term as president and refills the new senior leadership committee. there is no talk of a possible successor. e.u. postponed a vote on extending the license for the controversial herbicide glyphosate. before we tell you more about all of that, it is business with

brian quinn. we start in japan. tokyo motor show has put the spotlight on electric -- not electoral -- vehicles. brian: a competition among carmakers is heating up as electric vehicles continue their push into the mainstream, with major companies investing heavily in battery technology to banish anxiety. nissan and toyota are some of the managers unveiling new models at the show. reporter: the biannual tokyo motor show open on wednesday, with carmakers embracing the global shift toward electric vehicles. toyota's focus so far has been hybrid cars. they say the solid-state battery technology currently under development could be a game changer in the competition. have no doubt this will be one of the key solutions in the new future, and this is why we withcreated a new company

this architecture, with a view to mass production. honda areleota and among those embracing the electric car boom expected in result ofecade as the environmental regulations. toyota unveiled the battery-powered concept five, a futuristic four-wheel model that can read a driver's behavior pattern. ofda plans to electrify 2/3 its lineup by 2030. although many models are still concepts, they should be running on the road in a few years. produced batteries less noise, which makes it difficult for people to hear them approaching. car manufacturers are working to deal with this problem by proposing ideas such as laser headlamps to warn pedestrians. renault/mitsubishi

alliance has sold the most electric car so far. rochelle: let's turn our attention to west africa, where an effort to create a single currency among 15 nations is seen some obstacles. of a singleoal currency for west africa by 2020 will not be achieved. speaking in niger, the president of the commission said a roadmap for the common currency, laid out in 2009, had not been incremented rigorously, and the results were not good. the failure to coordinate monetary policies between the eight existing currencies and the lack of a forerunner to a central bank have claimed the effort. but niger's president said the project would continue even if the goal posts must be moved. >> we must do everything we can to respect the 2020 date. even if it means starting with a new formula.

for example, taking a gradual approach, which states who are ready for a macroeconomic convergence to create a single currency in 2020. circulation can come at a later date. time for the all important check of the markets. how are they looking? bryan: european indexes mixed at midday. some positive earnings reports. a french auto group posted a 30% gain. heineken open with strong quarterly earnings as well. the frankfurt dax up just under 0.1%. the cac in paris up 0.3%. london's ftse down just over zero point 1%, despite higher-than-expected u.k. economic growth in the last quarter. rochelle: another u.s. social media service trying to clean up its act in the wake of scandals. bryan: that's right. twitter is promising more transparency in advertising on its platform.

the microblogging service says it will make clear to users who is funding ads, and to what purpose. this will come amid proposed measures to regulate online ads by the u.s. senate, after it emerged that russian actors exploded political divisions. will have an ad transparency center for users to track active campaigns on the service, and a special label for political ads. the company will join facebook angoogle for a senate hearing next week to explain how and how much kremlin-linked accounts platforms during the 2016 election. we will keep a close look on that meeting next week. rochelle: looking forward to that senate hearing. thank you for our business roundup. it is time now for the press review. our analyst is here to take us through the main stories around the world. let's start with conde nast, the fashion media giant, dropping a

photographer over sexual assault allegations. analyst: that photographer is terry richardson, and this story has been making waves across the world in the wake of the harvey weinstein scandal. richardson is really a photographer to the stars. he has been like that for decades, taking photos of kate moss, beyonce, the obamas. he knows everyone. his trademark "porno chic" style highlyography is sexualized, and he has been accused of sexually harassing and possibly raping models over the past two decades. conde nast has dropped him as their photographer. is this a case of too little, too late? that is what "the washington post" writer is arguing. richardson scandal has been going on for years. intoou have to do is dig the media to know how much it has been reported on, yet there has never been an investigation or convictions coming up because

of that. it is only now, because of the weinstein scandal, that the fashion industry is jittery and trying to cover its tracks. fashion manages to remind us how tone deaf it really is. haselle: in the u.s., there been much talk about jeff flake's blistering attack on donald trump on the senate floor. analyst: a flagrant disregard for truth. reckless, outrageous, and undignified behavior. i am quoting jeff flake, the republican senator from arizona, who ripped into donald trump on the senate floor yesterday without ever mentioning his name. it was in a speech that essentially went viral and made a lot of waves in the media. flakes that dramatically announced he is not standing for reelection during the midterm next year. they are wondering why he is leaving the senate floor that enabled him to become this formidable critic of donald trump. it looks like flake is both

wrapping himself in the american flag and waving the white one at the same time. vice accuses him of surrendering instead of fighting on against donald trump. rochelle: chinese president xi jinping has secured a second term as leader of the communist party, cementing his status, with some comparing him to chairman mao. analyst: i'm not in a good way. look at this cartoon from "the times," a british daily. the caption says that xi jinping is going back into the past -- a past peppered with communist dictators like chairman mao, joseph stalin, lenin, karl marx. "the guardian" accuses president of forgetting his upbringing under the brutal cultural revolution. argues he is dismantling the changes designed the country from

such a disaster ever reoccurring. "the china daily" are excited. the communist party elected president xi for the next five years. they enshrined his name into the constitution. it is a new leadership with new goals. some would say it is pretty much the same as the old. rochelle: "the guardian" is also talking about its interview with saudi arabia's crown prince. 'salyst: the crown prince tells the guardian he wants the country to return to moderate islam. we have seen in saudi arabia some changes taking place. recently, women were given the the fearedive, and religious police have left the palace. but drinking alcohol, cinema, any form of entertainment is still outlined in the kingdom. 70% of the country are under 30. currently they are "bored and resentful," and that is why changes are really needed. rochelle: let's talk about the

belgian policeman -- an investigation into one of the most feared criminal gangs. analyst: this story has been picked up by press around the world. they are called the crazy bravas killers, a belgian robbery gang that killed 28 people in the 1980's and terrorized brussels and surrounding towns. while the identity of the gang members was never known up until now, a man confessed to being one of the gang members known as "the giant." he made this deathbed confession two years ago. on the weekend, his brother reveal this information. alongside the giant, there was also the old man and the killer. it is believed the killer was killed by police or other gangs, but his body has never been found. rochelle: some of our viewers may have heard there is a shortage in france that has become the tart of cheeky jokes in the region of brittany, famous for its butter. analyst: there is a national

butter shortage in the country, are pretty much everything is either eaten with button, made with butter, or cook with butter. it is a national crisis. a regional french paper reports that even if the situation is tense, some french people have been taken to the internet to share black-market butter. one person has put on the french equivalent of craigslist a tub of butter being syrup -- being sold for 30 euros. another person has gleefully posted pictures of packets of butter, saying, "my fridge is now as valuable as the bank of france." rochelle: things for the round up of the papers. that is where we leave it for now. france24.comn to if you want to see more of our press review. we will be back on the other side of the break with more international headlines and the latest from kenya. stay tuned.

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