>> a new view of latin america for the france 24 panel. you're watching live from paris on france 24. it's good to have you with us. government barreled ahead with a takeover mood in catalonia. the senate will greenlight article 155 when it votes friday. son of the ecuadorian president. is been found guilty of its use

of public funds. it is been handed a three-year sentence. declares the opioid crisis of public health emergency. the status would have released more federal funds. michelle: madrid and set to tighten its grip on it catalonia, the senate pushing ahead with article 155, the plan by the government to strip the region of its powers. it the move is acted to get the green light when finished lawmakers vote later today. the power struggle is escalated to catalonia held a disputed

independence referendum earlier this month this is the spanish prime minister. laws were ignored and the constitution and the status of respected by not the regional governors. it is the worst violation of the constitution since it was established 40 years ago. michelle: let's get the latest in madrid with sarah. good morning to you. we heard a speech from the spanish prime minister in the senate earlier today. what were the main points we can take from that? said article 155 would be used since they returned to democracy in 1978.

he said it was an extraordinary measure fofor extraordinary circumstancece. catalan president hasn't been williling to -- he gave numerous apples of what he said was proof that the toevernment had n not respondnd dialogue. coming together of the tonomousus regions and talkk about funding. he i is refused to take part in that. he refused to come to the parliament, he refused to come today to speak in the senate. himaid they will be sacking and all of the government of catalonia anand replacing them with new people.

run within ththe law. they will have a call for election as soon as possssible. that election would be gigiving -- catalans the part opportunity to vote. michelle: does this move to invoke article 155, does madrid have the upper hand? sarah: the spanish goverernment was taking thatt yesterday.. it was a last-minute step back from the drink -- bring. he was r ready to call an election. the government says it is not happy about having to implement article 155. i can tell you the socialist, the main socialist opposition is to a large d degree goining

hand-in-hand with the government. they have removed a last-minute amendment. 155 should becle paralyzed if he makes a less the decision to call a regional election self. -- himself. they said the decision by the government to declare independence today in the catalan parliliament, they are t showing goodwill. they drop that last-minute amendment. it goes as the government has a prose -- proposed today. they have a majority in the senate. consensus ifke a possible. it's a very difficult measure. michelle: thank you very much for staying on top of that story for us. she is reporting from madrid and

i spoke to the reporter on the ground. she said there was a fierce debate in the parliament. >> it is the first time in years since spain returned to democracy that catalonia is having a deeper political identity crisis. spoken to a group of mayors who have come to some or. there are 900 mayors in catalonia. around 700 of them could turn up today. around the parliament welding, there are hundreds of road testers who are brandishing flags, calling for independence and laughing for it. they said they will stay here and will they declare their independence. they will stay here to protect their in two shins and to

protect the president. the parliament declares a unilateral declaration of independence, he could be arrested and risk 30 years in prison. they will form a human chain around the parliament protect him. michelle: two other news, the u.n. chief is wrapping up a visit to the central african republic. the un security council gave up a vote on whether to renew the mandate or the peacekeeping force. 12,000 u.n. troops are in the country, which has been rocked by years of money conflict. they want the numbers boosted. he spoke to france 24. take a listen. it is much more limited than we would need to be fully effective in stoppining the

violence in the country. we have asked the security council to increrease the number of troops. we are workiking with other countries and art nurse to see if we can improve training and equipment and mobility and the capacity to be more effective in actions on the ground against violations of human rights. we guarantee a better situation area. michelle: the accusation run the u.n., pointing fingers at the syrian government. they are responsible for the deadly chemical attract -- attack. this was on the north of a all caps or an airstrike. russia has locked a bill saying it is full of inconsistent sees. you may find the halloween images -- following images disturbing. >> dozens of civilians were

killed. the u.n. investigative panel has can term the incident to be the responsibility of the syrian regime. they leveled the accusations and september. >> forces used chemical weapons against civilians in opposition they killed over 80 individuals, most of thehem womn and children.. >> the disturbing images were seen the world over. they had denied possession and use of chemical weapons. didn't use it when we were retreating? >> russia vetoed a u.n. resolution to ask and the investigation into the use of chemical weapons in syria.

the have defended the regime. michelle: he lived a lavish life's file, dropping millions of euros on cars and propertyty renovations. of the president. he has been found guilty of misuse of public funds. suspendedthree-year jail sentence. we have been wallowing landmark trial. anticorruption transparency and witnesses who were called in the trial say they are happy with the verdict. it shows a strong message to plutocrats who think they can do away with embezzling money and spenend it here in rants with impunity. -- france with impununity. he denied the accusations of

corruption. we spoke to his lawyer as he was leaving court earlier. he said he would consider whether he would of deal or not. he has 10 days to make up his mind. the next step p is to work out a way of changing legislation here in france so the assets you have been confiscated wind their r wy back to the people. that is a difficult situation. it does not make much sense to confiscate things and send it back to the state where it is father is resident. -- his father as president. donald trump stopped short of fulfilling his campaign promise to declare the opioid crisis a national emergency area he announced a public health emergency. it is the leading cause of death for americans under the age of

50. >> he lost his son to a heroin overdose six years ago. he became addicted to painkillers after dental surgery. his father runs in opipioid recovery center, raising awareness about of addiction. americans last00 year. if a terrorist attack killed 60,000 americans, we would print money to combat that. >> the government has failed to take decisive action against opioid addiction and the declaration is a good incremental step. on thursday, the american president the cleared the crisis a national public health emergency. >> we will defeat this opioid epidemic. >> donald trump stopped short of fulfilling his campaign rob --

promise to declare it a national emergency. that would've given state access to the same relief on the use for natural disasters. the funds are exhausted after recent hurricanes and critics say the declaration is meaningless without the additional ending. -- funding. officials are urging congress more money to combat the crisis did -- crisis. michelle: they were under lock and he for a order of a century documents havefk been released by the national archives. thousands of once top-secret documents are now public. donald trump deemed some files to sensitive. you're watching live from paris on rent for a spain's central

government barrels ahead the power takeover move in catalonia to block its bid for independence. the senate will the light article 155 later this friday. he spent the cash on luxury ours -- its and sip suit, expensive suits, he is been found guilty of misuse of public funds. he was handed a three year jail sentence. upstatee now or is this -- update. we are starting with a move by twitter. it is combating political meddling arid. kremlinhey have banned sponsored news outlets from advertising on it but form. twitter and other social media diets are under me by u.s. legislators after the manipulation i russia

propagandists in the election. the russiann outlets say it was twitter who pitched them on the ad spending. faced for this is up or not doing enough to stop political meddling and now twitter has taken action. kept to state media outlets from buying advertising. there is report by u.s. intelligence agencies which can did the outlets and inner ear with the election on behalf of the russian government. russia said it never a dangerous influence. twitter urged them to spend big on ads during the campaign. they will still be a will to post from regular ounce. -- accounts. said thursday it has

become profitable for the first quarter. order area -- bet week, twitter will brought before the senate and house intelligence committees along with they spoke and google to provide information about the russian influence. michelle: on the economic rent, it appears to be doing well. brian: they have posted some rest of results. amazon and google are showing major revenue increaseses. google reported a rise in sales of 30 or percent -- 34%. that revenue came from search ads and you tube and other units that includes the self driving unit. amazon had sales group of 35%.

nearly $44venue hit billion for the quarter. michelle: that is quite a boost area i'm sure the markets were happy. brian: the results came too early -- too late in the day. european markets are feeling optimistic after the ecb announced a winding down of its stimulus program. .8%.are currently around madrid's index lost over 1% and spanish lawmakers debate stripping catalonia. let's take a look at other business headlines. to will acquire at the four six billion dollars. acquire aena.

subaru is reported to have allowed unauthorized workers to do vehicle inspectctions. an internal investigation found workers not yet certified to do it were doing final inspections. ordered that are the sun employees were inspecting vehicles at its factories. they have posted a rise in net profits. the french energy giant has profit or the previous quarter. 6% chance -- increase in production. they expect full-year production to be up 5%.

michelle: i say total. money story as old as itself, the rich get richer. brian: the the sums we are talking about is astronomical. a new study shows the wealth of the world's billionaires grew by $1 trillion for 2016.6. of trillion, more than the gdp of any one eu country. the report pointed out that our current gilded ages reaching the same duration as the one in the early 20th century and the cycle will end in the next 10 to 20

years. we have some time before the crash. we can stop up on canned goods. philippa: that was ryan quinn with the business roundup. michelle: it is time for a look at the international press review. joined onset. it is so good to see you. we are starting in kenya. we had the presidential election rerun. there was a boycott by the main opposition. >> this is a very big story in kenya. we will start with the daily nation that shows a votto of the president casting his talent. ballots.-- he was declared the winner. he is confident he will win.

he sent a clear signal to his archrival. election, he the said he will reach out to his archrival and unify the country, which the divisions have become very apparent its election. that has come to life during the election. >> they are talking about one country and two faces. this election showed two sides of the country, there was chaos in other areas. there were reports of attacks on polling stations and open intimidation. in some regions, the environment was so hot that voters did not want their fingers to be marked with a once they voted. another article in the standard said there are lessons we learn

from the election area -- election. the hardest task for our leaders is to bring together the many parts that make kenya. can see the cartoon here showing kenya reaching the top of the hill. after climbing a great phil, there are many more hills to climb. wing dailyhe right is focusing on the trial. he is facing charges of helping his mother land a jihadist shooting spree in the south of france five years ago did -- ago. >> is the first trial for the recent wave of terror attacks france's experience during -- experienced. this trial is much more than just the trial of a family, it

has painted the terrifying orchid of a emily swept away by the sanity of jihad. mhere is information on jihadis and hatred in general. it's like a lab that has brought to light the environment and culture and ideology that leads to terrorism. michelle: they are already calling to learn the lessons during the trial. >> there are a lot of lessons to learn from the trial. police and intelligence services will be paying close attention. so should the government. they are calling on a 40's to have a more appropriate answer to the courage that is causing bloodshed in our society. there is no order between delinquency and islamist

terrorism. they are taking advantage of our justice system. temptation,inst the we must stop being complacent about crime and drug trafficking. this is another thing we are addressing, radicalization in trench prisons. -- french prisons. michelle: now moving on to something different, a report about robots. >> should we be afraid of robots? you can see the front page, there is an android robot that has been cast in a hospital. day? they replace us one you can see the in edible robots that exist. this is a conductor of an

orchestra in italy. this mows your lawn or you. on the right, that is a robot that can imitate signatures. that might be useful. useful and scary. question, with the robots taking over jobs the humans have done up until now, could they one day surpass us? it shows a guy talking to his shrink, saying i won't be able to find my place in this robotic history. there are some domains where artificial intelligence has worked. they know how to do everything, almost. michelle: thank you so much for that. we will have more on those stories. to head to our website prints

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