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focus -- france andocus on france 24 who's who for.com. kitty: i'm kitty god to love. katie. --uble between the the king of jordan's summons the prime minister for a meeting that could end in his resignation. that after jordan was rocked by
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protests, a 59th of the biggest demonstration there -- a fifth night of protests, the egg is demonstration there in years. for you thisp hour, on again, off again, and back on. not with north korea, but with china. aging is warming any concessions -- beijing is warning that any concessions are off if donald trump goes forward with new tariffs. and more on the very hot trend of ugly shoes on the way in the press review. though, more news from paris.
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first, police have cleared out migrant camps in the north of the city. a -- that is a week after a thousand more people were removed from the french capitol. it has provoked a rift between the french government and socialist mayor. alison sargent has the latest. hangs in uncertainty the air as buses wait outside one of the makeshift camps evacuated by french authorities early monday. many were already packed and ready when the police arrived at dawn, like this young man from afghanistan. happy to leave the
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cacamps because the cononditione not good. this man hopes to stay in france, but he has been sent away already once after police that just fingerprints have been taken in burglary. back to are to be sent the first country where they were fingerprinted. they will be -- bused to shelters in and around paris where a authorities will review their cases and decide where they go next. >> the humanitarian situation has been taking care of. asylum-seekers or refugees in go that is what is important. reporter: these migrants are from afghanistan, unlike people from another camp evacuated last week, most from sub-saharan africa.
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many have artie had their request for asylum declined and are hoping for a different result in france. genie: thank you for coming to join us today. i guess the question is what happens next? what happens to these people after they were cleared out of these camps morning? thiss, we are going into infernal region where people do not find proper accommodations when they arrive in france, so they gather in paris. there is no solution, no state solution. they have to get into these kind of camps. what happens next? called aput in what is
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refugee center where they just find a roof and some food, of course, for some time, and then those are entitled to be received in all accommodation -- if they are refugees or asylum-seekers. they should not be in these camps, these street cams. -- the street cams. -- street camps. and the others are put into , whereon wearing camps they are going to be asked to go back to y tgermany. have comeese exiles through other european countries and through the procedure, which is just a nightmare.
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will be a meeting with interior ministers. the newest one is the leader of the far right movement in italy. what effect might he, the rise of the far right have now? crisis on deepen the migratory policies. he said yesterday that he was theseto argue against procedures bad reasons. because he does not want to have any more migrants in his country. not only about the situation of migrants and refugees in europe, for the growing of this xenophobic and extreme right
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movement in italy. it is because the european states have left italy alone to deal with this question. italy has said, no more. , if italy is questioning the dublin agreement, the whole system will .ave to be reviewed it is more a bad reason. it might have good results because the actual dublin is just impossible. it is just creating people who are wondering, wandering all over europe. we have two sides of the coin that many people argue for and against. those who do not want more migrants in europe, people
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coming from these horrific situations in their home countries, looking for a better life, it is a circle that keeps going around. what is the solution? rejiggering the dublin agreement? hope the politician in europe will reconsider the migratory policies. because theeality of thousands of people -- this is not an invasion, but it is an important number of people trying not only to move on with their life, to survive, to find international protection. the majority of these men and are refugees, potentially refugees because they come from benefits where they can
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from international protection. in europe, if they want to have the values that they pretend to have, they will have another policy with more solidarity between european states. genie: thank you for speaking with us, the president of the refugee rights organization. thank you for speaking with us. 15 migrants drowned when the boat carrying them capsized in an me mediterranean. those migrants were from tunisia. another 60 are still missing. brought to this hospital, not far from where their ill-fated boat left shore. migrants plucked from the sea their boat the capsized due to a leak. they were the lucky ones. others drowned.
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water was coming into the boat. those who could fled. we almost ground. we were there u and some fishermrmen helped us. in the army arrived. reporter: survivovors recounted 180 people aboard a vessel intended for 80 or 90. the ship's captain fled to avoid capture. become an increasingly important launch point for migrants of authorities have clamped down on human traffickers in libya. migrants have died crossing the mediterranean so far this year. board thoseeople on boats, heading to what they hope will be a better life in europe, head off into italy. the influx of migrants has helped italy's far right party
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make big political gains. the interior minister was pushing his anti-immigration platform in sicily. here is more about what he had to say. to reduceot enough arrivals. we must increase expulsions. we must open deportation centers in h region, making stronger agreements with countries of origin, and above all renegotiate italy's role in europe. the king of jordan has summoned the prime minister for a meeting that could end in his resignation. this comes after jordan was rocked bfifth night of protests against austerity measures, the egg's demonstrations there in five years. julie has the latest. reporter: a rush toward the prime minister's office.
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thousands of demonstrators are protesting against the government's latest plan to raise taxes. the fallout continues. the government must step down, the tax law must be withdrawn. these are our demands. the governms to increase employee tax by 5% and corporate tax by 20% to 40%. but field prices have increased five times and there have already been new taxes on the sick goods like -- i'm basic goods like electricity. these are part of reforms from the international monetary fund .n 2016 >> we do not need interference in jordanian affairs. we have called on the government to with draw this income tax law because it is a law imposed by the imf.
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the new prime minister takes the brunt of the public's anger. positionntain his as a leader above the political above the monarch had -- the political fray, the monarch has suspended a rising petrol prices during remedy and this week. n n to guatememala w where a volclcano eruptedd there, killig many, including at least 20 children. homes and roads were burned and covered with --. peter o'brien reports. through as lava poured villages, some narrowly escaped, coated in volcanic mud.
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the volcano threw up a plume of ashe. over 3000 have fled the area, authoritiestially did not evacuate. the flownot foresee that would cut off communities. not very good was on sunday morning. in the afternoon, only a bit of ashe was falling. amateur video shows residents fleeing a fast-moving slurry of material that solidified like concrete, in trapping residents.
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the red cross and the military have been dispatched for emergency operations. we have a state of emergency in at least three regions. rhodes imu nearby tourist town were blanketed. international aid has been arriving. a quick looktake at our top stories for you this hour. hundredsve cleared out from two more migrant tells him paris. that is the second evacuation in two weeks, prompting trouble between a french government and the city's socialist mayor. the king of jordan summons the prime minister for a meeting that could end in his resignation. this as jordan was rocked by a fifth night of protest against austerity measures, the biggest demonstrations there i years. time now for our business
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update. hi, yuka. you are going to start with global trade. china issued a tough warning? beijing says any recent agreements like stepping up the purchase of american products will not take effect if donald trump follows through on his threat to tax $50 billion worth of chinese goods. meanwhile, beijing is reaching out to europe. reporter: a as president trump forges ahead with his america policies, china finds itself on the same boat as the european union. btw about to uphold free trade amid rumors of a global trade war. the message has been echoed by the foreign minister last friday.
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particular, in the context of growing uncertainty in the importantis even more for china and the eu to deepen our strategic heart ownership. -- strategic partnership. reporter: china has expressed regrets at the decision to launch a complaint with the organization. choiceback europe's concerning u.s. levies. the weekend, there were trade talks after president trump when a donor previous promise to spare beijing from tariffs. tradehas warned that all agreements negotiated with the u.s. will be off the table if it follows through. one of the prerequisites is we hope that the u.s. will not go back to the starting point of adding additional terrorist on chinese products. june 15th, 25r
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percent levy will be imposed and $50 billion worth of imported goods from china. genie: our investors worried about the trade tensions? yuka: it does not seem that way. it does not seem to be weighing on the market so far. here in europe, the indices are in the green with germany's dax just below this line. bank ofhe commonwealth australia is set to pay a record fine? yuka: it's a financial settlement in a money laundering case. the fine of 700 million about 460 dollars or million euros is the biggest financial penalty in the country's history. they have been punished for failing to notify authorities of ,ignificant transactions
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violating laws more than 54,000 times. it demonstrates that our federal agencies are on the job. awestruck detected high -- vt austrack. walt --k the camera and the commonwealth bank to court. i want to say again we will not tolerate wrongdoing in the financial services sector. moving on to more b businesess finalization of a deal to buy much a cento after billion i'll deal. environmentalists are unhappy about the deal.
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and there is no agreement with u.s. and french authorities to settlerequirements -- allegations of rigging financial fees in life for and lybia case this is also said to include italaly's largesest bank. in the4% pay -- steak airline company -- they lost half their value after a long-running strike by pilots. yuka, we will turn out to japan where the finance minister is giving up a year's salary? ana: the ministry concluded internal investigation into a cover-up scandal. they also punished some 20
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officials for falsifying official documents related to the sale of assets to prime minister shinzo abe's persosonal friend. this was aftfter the prime mininister said he would step dn circle waser of his implicated in the controversial deal. he has so far refused to step down. genie: we are just learning that -- jordan's prime minister has stepped down, has submitted his resignation to the king. this is after five nights of protests. touchining in live to jordan in about 20 minutes time. first though, a look at the press review. now we are looking at the press review. now there are reports from north korea the syrian president,
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bashar al-assad, could be paying a visit soon? he could. it was an unexpected announcement that the charlotte visitould be planning a bashargyang -- that al-assad could be planning a visit toyong btw are both internationally isolated. if the meeting does transpire it that kimhe first time hosts a foreign leader on his home grounds. in this opinion piece, the paper jumpes a side of trying to on this to avoid international isolation. next, to the u.k. were
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the british papers are carrying a sign is story on their front page echo yuka: -- frontpage? that this study found women with early-stage breast cancer could avoid chemotherapy and still have a fighting chance of battling the disease. it's a big deal according to the co-authors of the study. it means that women whose tumors have not spread to the lymph nodes could get a genetic test, option tople determine if chemotherapy is necessary. it could help them avoid a painful, sometimes unnecessary step in the battle against cancer. genie: not to france where "le m reporting that there is a corruption inquiry? yuka , think of himer
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like emmanuelacn's chief of staff, very close to the president. he is being targeted because of his close ties to an italian-swiss company whose founders are relatives of kohler family. in 2015, he was the financial company.of that that company has been the only client of the french navy. this of the anticorruption watchdog was to know if he used his influence. genie: next, looking at the brain drain in venezuela? this is an interesting story. venezuela keep slipping off our radar, and "the washington post" explains that venezuela is now exit is ofss
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engineers, doctors, bus drivers, electricians, and in particular, teachers. chers quit and most of them are leaving the country. that's 12% of the teaching elementary across school and high school. in their absence, score harms are filling in. you can imagine the education for a whole generation of kids. filling in.ms are are headingezuelans overseas. many are headed to peru, which just two decades ago was much poorer than venezuela. genie: it is a big day at the two rivals, putting maria sharapova and serena williams. former world number ones, both are dominant on the court, and both are coming off
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of large absences. they are playing for the first time since 2016. 'equipe," the"l french paper reminds us. share a cobra is hoping to turn the tide. they do have a legendary rivalry. va is hoping to turn the tide. she made very derogatory comments about serena williams' sake. williams, former part says she was supposed to read allegations in the i've -- in the autobiography and noted that over 100 roof just times in her autobiography. genie: that is a lot. to wrap up, a word from the world of fashion? it is the fashion world's
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perfect storm of ugliness. in particular shoe wear. the ugly your shoes, the more trendy your -- the more trendy you are. these are thigh high latex trainer boots.
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moderator: 3 people on the panel. they're gonna talk about capitalism as a sociopathology. one of them probably does't need much of an introduction because he's been out here a couple of times. that's that guy sitting in the middle right there. um, derrick. and on his left right there is stephanie mcmillan. stephanie has been a political cartoonist. [cheers and applause] ok, you've got fans. there we go. she's been a political cartoonist since 1992. she's the creator of the editorial cartoon "code green" a and the comic strip "minimum security." she's written 7 books including "capitalism must die! a brief introduction to capitalism: what is it, why it sucks, and how to crush it."

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