meghan markle in the spring all of twenty eighteen we get the very latest from our correspondent in . this is the eu has voted to renew the likes of of the controversial weed killer glowing fist another phone. now the site has been at the to of in bars. son since farmers rely heavily on it critics say it's causes cancer. well use of life is asia sold across the globe since nineteen seventy four when it was first introduced by the u. s. agrochemical giant monsanto. falsity falls marius office has this report. breaking the deadlock and eu appeal committee has passed a motion to extend the european license for god sites by five years.

the decision puts an end to the stalemate over the issue an is sure to disheartened critics like those who gathered near the european commission headquarters before monday's votes. i mean the overall days like a major of scientific and medical issues that and. not so you guys like. even a mason evidence about the impact on the environment. but also we are growing lee seem like i i huge will the of it gets independent evidence. and linking deficit t with concern. those that say it's discounts according which justified by two thousand fifteen world health organization study. that label glycosides as probably carcinogenic some experts alal argued that the substance. biodiversity. residue of god for site was recently found to be present in forty five percent of europe's topsoil. yet both the european food sasafety aututhority o on te eueuropean chemicalsls ageny affirm that go on for site is unlikely to cause cancer.

the extension of the license has divided eu nations since two thousand and sixteen. when the previous fifteen years license expired. heavyweight such as france belgium italy voted against an extension early this month. the decision was then passed of the european commission's appeal committee who validated the extension on monday. the head of saud is widely used in agriculture to the extent the farmers now rely on it for that crop yields. like to say was introduced into agricultural practice in nineteen seventy four by the multinational pesticide and gmc producer months i'm sarah. over the years its use has increased exponentially. the corporation came under fire following the release of them on some say papers. the documents revealed a swathe of lawsuits brought against them by people who alleged that exposure to participate hot caused cancer in. let's talk more about life is a guy smith is vice president for the national farmers union he joins us on

the line now good evening to mister smith thanks here time. that you'll sold from the e. u.'s decision today. i don't think many farmers across europe a perfectly british almost like me will be placed. at the we still have the access to the key. hub slide up because we think at night which is to manage a hold button which is good for the environment. at it loudly saud greenhouse gas and because. i'm weak guaranteed dryry c crops ine field becca i'm'm we don't have to plow so that's a reduction. of practically threw and although you were cool rather heavily reported a minority report a custome. that human health. and safety there have been manyl

their. safety authorities europe but. i think we view hostile idea better than what we. thought we might be facing which wasn't buying chief to our i mean house between the commission. i'm development committee f. for the political fudge. and then if you says that there are huge benefits to had life is so you said in that report its it speaks heavily. about what's not good to me from you what is good about life a site. well for me at hallmark. i don't need to clarify not show so of because the material will kill the weeds on i he paid. up before i put the clean it will mean i don't have to use so much. agak to draw my crops because it helps dry out in

the field. i'm and so there are numerous our environmental reasons why it's good for fall most of e keeps me competitive and enables me to purchase food full british consumers through this issue is a ministers with what do you say to people who say essentially today's outcome is about back slapping between lobbyists who. you are care about they business more than they do the helps all fat individuals. well but a bit rich. when you consider that bottle to be scare mongering this be put about by katie aikikai society and he i. am causing people to vietnam where i think there's no scientific basis. among the

level was a well oiled lobby machine i lose groups i think that i'm i tried to put pressure on meps in particular. to full of sore. they want money you study. the one you're referring to is a naughty dog study. but that committee have found numerous other things such as socrates. and more cosmogenic of that and i got the site and the helping questioned amok about it's damn it methodology. any because find my being cosmogenic away a complaint so we draw the loca beyond

that ninety nine reports ammunition it's with a nigh. well i think that's a sign on outfits report you're referring to. ambitious young the ripoll where the house in question marks on it but. i don't think they're all issues about its methodology. and the fact that found ala product duchess so he's. in even more carcinogenic i'm so i'm off i can refer back to the dozens of other polls have screen this. product carefully in foundation now issues including the relevant authorities in this case etcetera what i they price n

myself. talk about all use rotations and cultivations and pick my for rocky. baram to combat weeks passesed defeateded but sometimes. just. tikrit could be efficient i and to make sure that i richest michael the footprint it just like that he said. use materials like black flag album when i got about my father. okay guy smith the the voice president city at national farmers union thanks speaking to france to. thank you. next is houthi year into office at president thing bn to gonna and on free cased. once in the on foreign capital will be eu africa summit for which migration is expected to top the agenda. wally became a fast so at microloans expected at the university of ouagadougou eschewed saw

equally anticipating his arrival. emmanuel long day turning to see unbundled toure sent us this report. for his first major speech in africa imminent michael's chosen of what you do queues joseph keys at the university. his speech will focus on the youth of the continents and generations that seems eager to meet the french president. also sitting show up when i think it's a joy for us to see president mackerel. what is a joy for us because we know that he feels that will change a lot of things at the university was never put a show the north country left to that? i would like for president macron to take the time to listen to a talking abe brothers and trying to find ways to solve the problem of terrorism in the saw how. it was science. elsewhere on campus these biology students are pretty clear impatient to meet the french president. and for the chance to express their discontent with the cfa frank. was in under pharmacy five things are going well in francophone countries that use the cfa frank. world behind he must try to solve this problem it's true

that he has only just been elected. movil makes this is quite new but if he could give us our and currency africa's own currency one us what we want last week until a signal of. but the president of the university is reassuring about any possible altercations. so months and and we're working together with various student groups say that he president macron received a warm welcome. sunday should s.. and he'll be able to deliver his message in good conditions wrestling aside underbody going to show. the african union amphitheater is expected to be full to its nearly one thousand seat capacity. emmanuel michael speech is widely awaited has it recalled of the first official visit of the french president to the country since nineteen eighty six. one plus one meat at all visited picking up fast so. just a lot of years now while in that of the jones president matra will speak to france24 gone since the station rfi the french later will talk about russia. issues concerning the african continent such as development migration on cheeks.

it does you on your old french teaches on trial this monday sarah having sex with an underage people in a false month two men were acquitted of raping two eleven year old girls because the prosecution. was unable to proof coalition. but i the weekend president matra announced a minimum age of consent that would beat section fifteen julia kim explains in this report. fourteen year old emily had told police she was in love with a thirty one year old math teacher. and that she'd consented to sexual relations with him. but now she's changed her story. the problem it was clearly manipulation i tell myself that legally he's a paedophile for but it was different with me. actually i was wrong. in france it's a blood line that separates consensual sex with a minor from child rape. at present no minimum age of sexual consent is stipulated in french rule. to charge an adult with the rape of a child on the fifteen prosecutors must prove the act was non

consensual by showing there was violence. collision threats will surprise. but in recent weeks two separate but almost ididentical cases made national headlines. judges acquitted to man of rape off today ruled that compassion could not be proven invest sexual relationships with two eleven year old girl. one of him became pregnant. the verdict sparked outrage across the country. over the weekend president emmanuel knuckle announced that france would set a minimum age of consent. there's we don't sound without a doubt we must agree to set the legal age of consent about fifteen years old. to see the put the sake of consistency denied to protect minors. then you measure will be put to parliament next spring. until then france remains one of the few european countries without a legal minimum age of consents. away from falls into these authorities have ordered a

hundred thousand people to evacuate of affairs that's at bali's mount agung kudirat. mount agung have been spewing ash since the weekend while all the is wanting off in the crater. authorities of raise the volcano is a lot to its highest. we milillions at international apple disclose leaving many travelers stranded. following months old speculations it's official that britain's up prince harry is engaged to the american actress meghan markle. a harry and says she three is fixed in line to the throne. will meghan a jet setty six is best known for her role in the u. s. series suits. the couple's wedding is scheduled for at next spring let's take a listen to how how he proposed to make it. happened a few weeks ago. early this month here arts at our cottage on. system does typical m much iran because the u united. miss returned his ribs and

chicken imaginings of the. phone it was. chicken and it was just. just an amazing surprise it was so sweet and. and natural and very romantic. he got on one knee. causes of instant yes for me. yes is not affectedd compare let me finishsh proposing is going to see massive ndombe those hogs and i have the ring wanting to. over time killing kennedy the rangers don't threaten. so not resigned there was a really nice man. its of a sudden and i think emmerson. because of the surprises hello yeah. what about us the very latest on this a correspondent benedict tavia joins us out from lawndale let's cross life yeah? at bennett this is no ordinary engagement. unthinkable twenty thirty forty fifty years ago. she's older she's thirty

six. she of course being meghan markle. and and now the fiance of fat prince harry. is she is divorced that would have been unthinkable. she's american. and. she is mixed race hopeful that is of irish descent on her mother's african. american. up his to a very in love couples certainly and a lot of excitement. here in the press. . and it will make a very nice change of. welcome change i think from brexit uncertainly aim when case and we have. got marty's at married so suddenly harry's. brother got married there was a boost if you want of up tourism. i think that's meghan markle a of course will be scrutinized talked about. commented on this side of the atlantic and of course in america. up as well as she has. hides good press here got and has been seen to. behave with poison

discussions since the beginning of our relationship. with harry we did have the date yet up of the wedding out we certainly have had a photo cool. from the two love birds today and then we had this interview where. another trip was very much that to harry said that they had fallen in love. incredibly quickly and he thought that that was proof. on you can hear the violins as i speak. that the stones future wif. i cabinet pavia bring us that the latest on that story the official announcement self that. make in on that harry. thank you very much. right time not for all business roundup from joined in the studio by a blight brain queen was starting in

the u. s. is a government agency that's created to protect consumers. that having a legal tug of war o. the consumer financial protection bureau was set up in the wake of the two thousand eight financial crisis. well this past friday it's obama appointed director resigned and named his deputy we enter english to succeed him. but hours later president donald trump appointed his white house budget director mick mulvaney to run the bureau. and that's led to a legal struggle over who is actually in charge. english found the lawsuit sunday to block moving his appointment but mulvaney showed up to work on monday with a bag of doughnuts is easy. telling staff to disregard any constructions they may receive from english. so what does exactly does the federal watchdog too. arrogant he explains in this report. with the aftermath of the two thousand and eight financial crisis kim calls for tighter consumer protection rules. with this in mind former president barack obama an act of the dodd frank act which created the consumer

financial protection bureau in two thousand and eleven. the federal watchdog is charged with protecting the interests of consumers. many of whom were victims of the predatory and deceptive mortgage practices that fueled the two thousand in a crisis. the cfpb is the only federal agency tass exclusively with enforcing consumer financial laws. for its creation seven different federal agencies were responsible for enforcing financial protection rules but none of them were focused on the consumer. now the centralized even see has the power to issue regulations and supervise different lenders including banks. mortgage companies and payday lenders. since july twenty seventeen the bureau has addressed more than one point two million complaints and help secure more than eleven point nine billion dollars in relief. for over twenty nine million consumers have a consumer watchdog has done its job look out for ordinary peopl. given them a voice given a place to complain to and have their voice heard. while the agency conceived

by liberal u. s. senator elizabeth warren draw strong support from democrats it has long been criticized by both well. and republican. you say it's director has too much power. returning now to budapest for the sixth summit between central and eastern european countries and china is under way. on monday chinese premier li keqiang said his country would provide over three billion dollars in development and investment projects in central and eastern europe. dozens of business deals between chinese and regional companies are expected to be signed at the summit. centerpiece agreement though is a modernized railway link between hungary and serbia to ship chinese goods into western europe. financed largely by china's xm bank. u. diplomats admin skeptical of the growing ties between beijing and the unions poorer eastern countries. but hunger in prime minister viktor orban says his region needs outside finanancing to meet future development requirements serious. i got a ship that the cost of food we have strengthened our agreements.

good luck doing because a new world order is forming. welcome in the for the compliment of both politically and economicall. that h have been of we've aa lot a and the roles of china and asia. haveve significany increased. and will continue to do so i in the future. been for you china has bebecome a dominant financil and technological power house where to be about. time inc is being purchased by u. s. publishing group meredith corp. a purchase of the publisher of time magazine people sports illustrated and fortune is being backed by the coke brothers. the conservative billionaires are famous for their hefty support of right wing political causes. surely sip on has more details. while time magazine is still selecting its person o of te year its publisher has found a buyer mereredith corporatn the u. s. media company owning twelve local tv stations. and lifestyle brant such as better homes and gardens family circle and cooking website

allrecipes. it will now also hold times brands including fortune people and sports illustrated which is now also a tv station. we creating a premium media company serving nearly two hundred million american consumers across industry leading digital television prince video mobile. and social platforms position for growth. the two point eight billion dollar deal backed by billionaire coke brothers includes meredith corporation taking on times one billion dollars in debt. this is the latest consolidation of the magazine industry in recent years as print media in general has the client. since it was spun off for media giant time warner time has been struggling with circulation shrinks and a crisis with advertisers who have turned to digital platforms.

what's on offer check in the day's trading action european indexes losing a bit of ground on monday as a strengthening euro wait on exporters. europe's tech sector leading the way down british business software maker microphone because losing nearly four percent london's footsie one hundred finishing down on the template percent. similar results for the frankfurt dax the caporal here in paris ending two tenths of a percent lower. wallstreet making some headway as black friday and cyber monday sales helped push retail stocks to the front of the pack. amazon shares rose nearly two percent to a record high the dow jones s. and p. five hundred and nasdaq. all touching record highs on monday morning the nasdaq and the s. and p. though since retreating from that you see the snp five hundred right about flat line of the nasdaq down on the tenth of. let's take a look it's more today's top business headlines. exxon is revamping its oil refining and chemical operatations ceo darren woodson seekiking to boost profitits for the u. s. basd petroleum giant amid volatile oil and gas prices.

praetors reporting that the restructuring will combine the company's fuels and lubricants division with that supply y and refiningng division. moves aimed at simplifying operations and increasing accountability for profits. ireland is set to pay off the last of its bailout loans from the international monetary fund ahead of schedule. the country will repay four and a half billion euros to the i mf borrowed during its banking crisis from twenty eleven to twenty thirteen. as well as one billion in direct loans from sweden and denmark. ireland says it's early repayment of the ballots will save the country one hundred fifty million euros and debt servicing costs. and here in france the iconic galeries lafayette department store will be opening twenty two franchise stores. the new smaller locations will be mostly in medium cities and small towns across the country. nine hundred employees of the grand retailer will have their con transferred. the plan as part of ce old nicholas who's days ambition twenty twenty plan kicked off in twenty fourteen.

well finally for business big coin has topped nine thousand seven hundred dollars for the first time less than a week after breaking the eight thousand dollar barrier. it's now worth nearly ten times what it was at the beginning of the year and has more than doubled since just the beginning of october. that's an electrifying rise but it comes in a major energy cost. the crypto currencies mining network now uses more electricity than all of ireland. the queen's creation and verification is based on increasingly complex equations requiring serious computational hardware. website did you economist puts its total consumption at just over thirty terawatt hours per year. that's more than nineteen e. u. countries and five times the production of europe's. largest wind farm of course a lot of that money is not done in europe not coming from when power but i. guess it's worth it to pay the bills if you got a ten thousand dollar to bitcoin. it must be. alri

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