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welcome. these are the top stories we are following. they french interior minister faces tough questions at the national assembly amid a growing scandal involving the former top security eight, alexandre benalla. we're standing by at the national assembly with the latest. police in toronto say one person has been killed and 13 others
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injured after a gunman opened fire on a busy avenue downtown. the u.s. president trades threats with hossein rouhani amid increasing tensions between the nations. coming up in the show, we will be exploring what was said at andweekends g20's summit the effect of the trade war with china on businesses closer to home. we will have the latest press review for you. all of that and more on life in paris. stay tuned. ♪ first tour top story, the interior minister is facing questions at the national
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assembly, a scandal involving president macron's top security eight, alexandre benalla -- security eight, alexandre .enalla video surfaced showing him dragagging in beatining a womant the mayday protest. vincent crase also being investigated. macron has ordered a shakeup of his team. he defended not acting swifter in this case. not beingre benalla under my direct supervision and considering that the president's office as well as the police chief had the necessary information to act, i considered the facts were being dealt with on an appropriate level and i did not need to take care of the matter. >> we will bring you the latest.
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we're standing by at the national assembly. the questioning of the minister has stopped. talk us through the kind of questions of the work fire this morning. -- that were fired this morning. was why diduestion he not inform public prosecutors when he found out about the incident? the interior minister said he was briefed a day after those demonstrations in paris. reminded the commission they were violent demonstrations. he needed to remind the committee that the context was particular and he did not inform prosecutors because it was not his role. he was briefed, he called the presidential palace and he was told it would be handled them there on words. the chief of police was aware of the incident. it was not up to him to inform
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public prosecutors. he spoke about the context of why alexandre benalla found himself at this demonstration and why he was wearing a police helmet and he was not a member of the police. he was observing at the demonstration and there was nothing out of the ordinary. what he said was out of the ordinary was his behavior, taking part in the demonstration , dragging that protester as well as wrestling a man to the ground and kicking him, unacceptable. he is shifting the responsibility away from him to the chief of police who will be questioned this afternoon. >> this has been the top story followed here in france. why this hasgh evolved into a national scandal. evolved into a scandal because of that claim that there
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was a cover up somewhere within the corridors of the presidential palace. that is there because the incident took place 2.5 months ago but it was only brought into the public eye when the newspaper published the video and identified alexandre benalla as being a collaborator of emmanuel macron. it did suspend alexandre benalla as soon as it found out about the incident and it moved him to a desk job. just a week ago, there were pictures of him inside the bus with the president and the french football team as they get back to paris. he was there looking after security. lots of claims of cover-up. the interior minister denies them. this afternoon, the chief of
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police will face in corey. following about for us at the national assembly. thank you. other world news, police in toronto say one person has been killed, 13 others wounded after a gunman opened fire on a busy avenue. place in thetook greektown district at about 10:00 p.m. the gunman was killed. the motive remains unclear. we report. toronto's greektown is usually a lively area. on sunday night, it was ththe scene of a shooting. a man fired a handgun into restaurants along a street, shooting over a dozen people before dying after an exchange of gunfire with police. >> i heard at least 20 shots. in intervals, a clip, reloading,
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clip. >> it seems surreal. almost like it was not happening. everyone was moving and going away. it was like it was not happening. it was hard to believe it was real. >> and official has told media she believes the shooter was disturbed. the incident was not gang related. the police chief said it was too early y to determine a motive. >> we have a young lady that is deceased. we have a young girl, nine years old, that is critical. is rare e ince canada, compared to the united states. toronto has sufferered a surge f shootings, with more than 200 this year. >> it is almost inconceivable these kinds of things can happen. these kikis of things did not happen and as we saw them, we
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thought they did not happen here. the city began deploying more police at night as part of a gun violence reduction plan. officials in northern iraq say one person was killed on monday in erbil an attack on the in an attackof -- on the kururdish city of erbil.. such attacks are rare in erbil. president trump has hit back at iran's president rouhani telling him not to threaten the u.s. or face consequences. they came via tweet in response to a warning from rouhani that the u.s. should stop playing with the lion's tail or end up regretting it. we have the report. it dominates the front pages
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and has sparked mixed reactions from residence. for several years, america and iran have threatened one another in different ways. warmongering is a trait of trump. i think we should not give him an excuse and let him take advantage of it as much as possible so people will not have to enter a war. a iranian's are used to strained relations. some want to maintain peace. >> in my opinion, officials should sit down and hear what they have to say. it is strategy to buy time and let trump finish his term. the table is the best option. ofothers are more critical the iranian government handling of escalating tensions with the u.s.
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is threatening the american people and our government is doing the same. do not expect america to do anything for our benefit. waitiranian's will have to and see if the hostilities will have repercussions. in the meantime, israel's prime minister's praised his stance against iran. hundreds of protesters took to the street of nicaragua's capital to announce a crackdown by the president. serve up tos could 20 years behind bars for terrorism. police and paramilitary forces had previously opened fire on demonstrators. since april, more than 280 people have been killed. region, he is
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nicknamed brazil's answer to donald trump. has formally announced his candidacy in presidential elections for october. the 63-year-r-old i is second ar the jaililed ex-president who is unlikely t to run himsmself. on sunday, he addressed thousands of supporters, telling them he would change the status quo. we have more. >> law and order, that is the message we are carrying to the brazilian presidency. he stuck to that approach. when he talked about 60,000 deaths, how many honest people died and how many bandits? ofhave to reduce the number honest people and increase the number of bandits. he has one bank broad support. -- he is one bank broad support. brazil is reeling from a scandal.
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the congressman from rio has garnered criticism for his praise of the dictatorship and for his attacks on racial and sexual minorities. he tried to clear -- steer clear of those. his fans are convinced. >> he will not be our savior but we want something better. he will be our president. living through its most turbulent election since the 1980's. the wildcard is da silva. he is currently in jail and has been declared ineligible to rur. in the absence of him, he tops polls. the populist faces an uphill battle to win over a majority of voters in the second round. -- japannk of japan faces a deadly heat wave.
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the highest temperature was 41.5 degrees. high temperatures in the region have killed more than 40 people. thousands have been hospitalized due to heat stroke. authorities are warning people to stay inside and use air conditioning. sports for you, and arsenal, he no longer wants to play international football for germany, putting that decision down to the way the german football association has treated him. being ail said he was scapegoat. he was photographed with the turkish president. we explained. ozil, 23 goals and five times voted the favorite player. the midfielder will not wear the german shirt again.
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he has quit the national side, the reason was racism. posting on twitter, he is of turkish origin. i used to wear the german shirt with pride and now i do. racism should never be accepted. he has been under fire since these photographs circulated in may showing the midfielder smiling alongside the turkish president. some germans questioned his loyalty to the national side ahead of the world cup. in his rebuttal on sunday, he insisted the meeting was not political and he was blamed for the early elimination from this year's tournament. offered piercing criticism o of how germanany views thosose of turkish h descent. german when we win, immigrant when we lose. >> it is almost a quarter past
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1:00 in the french capital. a reminder of the stories we are following. ministerh interior faces tough questions and made a scandal involving mccrone's top security aid, alexandre benalla. toronto, one person is been killed, 13 injured after a gunman opened fire downtown. threats withtrades hassan rouhani amid increasing tensions between the nations. pace, time to bring you a look at the headlines. i am joined by catherine bennett. the g20 summit was this weekend. what is the news? >> trade disputes were on the agenda and still are after donald trump said he would slap tariffs on $500 billion worth of
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chinese imports. financial officials gathered at the summit to steer globalal tre away from prototectionist popolicies. the imf has calculated $430 billion worth of mobile gdp could be wiped out by 202020 if these conflicts are not fixed. france and the u.s. did come to loggerheads. steven mnuchin refused to budge on trade with the e.u., demanding a free trade agreement with no subsidies. people are trying to make this about the united states and protectionism. that is not the case. this is about the united states wanting free and fair trade. >> new tariffs are not justified. they penalize industries, businesses, threaten our jobs, and we refused to negotiate. >> catherine, talk us through
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what the consequences could be if trump does go ahead with these. >> the tariffs cover just about all of the products china imports every year. if he goes through with that, china said it will retaliate dollar for dollar. some are feeling the pinch of this war as we report. the world'sa boasts fifth-largest economy and china is the number one trading partner. with new tariffs in place on many imported american goods, producers are starting to feel an effect on businesses. last year, american wine exports to china totaled nearly $76 million. with the additional tariff, they will be subject to a combined tax and fee of close to 60%. that is hurting some california winegrowers. regions are plenty of
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outside of california, outside of the united states. there is opportunity but it is a shame when you have do close your door to a region such as china where they are open to learning more. >> the administration has no plans to change tact on trade policies. the president has a list ready to go of $200 billion of additional chinese imports that may be subject to tariffs. washington says the impact to the u.s. economy has been minimal. >> we see micro impacts of where people are targeted specific items in specific communities. from apeople macro stamp point,o not see any impact on the economy. >> officials have promised to come up with ways to help those whose businesses have been impacted. the dollar has fallen after
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trump accused the e.u. and china on friday of manipulating currencies. he said he did not like the dollar's sawing it puts the u.s. at a disadvantage. the dollar is declining against the yen. the end has spiked after the central bank said it was deliberating over whether to introduce a monetary stimulus. look at thea markets, the combination of trump's pronouncement and the failing of the g20 to reach agreement on trade has pushed european markets into the red. the dax fell by about .3%. fiat chrysler, there has been an executive shakeup, one that came suddenly. manley, head of the jeep
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division has been thrust into the limelight. he has been named ceo after sergio march he only step down due to ill health. manley is taking the wheel days before the company publishes results. earned the ted company into a global player over the course of a decade. manley has big shoes to fill and will be facing challenges in the years ahead. in particular, the rise of electric cars. more pursuits, canada is set to legalize cannabis in october. >> it is only the second country. entrepreneurs are racing to get a bite of what could become a multimillion dollar industry. there is a lot to take advantage of, from honeys and cocktails. we could be seeing the first cannabis brewery.
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>> i can only imagine. thank you very m much for our business roundup. it is time for our press review. we are here for a look at the main stories in the papers. let's start with the chinese president and his african tour. >> it began with senegal on the weekend. he met with the senegalese president with what was the to the countryit in nearly a decade, aiming to boost cooperation and trade deals. it is a mutually beneficial relationship is what the president said. china is the largest source of foreign investment on the editorial,nd in the the china daily takes to task those critics who accuse china
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of indenting african nations to them. those are nothing but alarmist sentiment. >> what is the african press saying? >> we're looking at a rwanda paper, his triple take him to rwanda, then south africa. there is a lot of anticipation , with theis trip countries expected to sign deals health, mining, trade, these exemptions, and law enforcement. they say that farmers and manufacturers should make the most of the chinese market. here in france, there is focus on the interior minister. he is undergoing a hearing at the national assembly. >> he is facing a grilling over that video of -- video that
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surfaced of alexandre benalla beating a protester during a rally last may. he is being grilled. , a statepage, you see in shock while another daily warns of a high risk week ahead for macron and his government. >> it has some scathing words. >> it is critical after the scandal on the front page. it is a scandal that has revealed the downward spiral of a hyper presidency or a super controlled presidency. the paper reveling in the scandal. arroganceto light the of a government that locks up democracy and protects its own. the king has been left naked.
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it has warranted an editorial from a lebanese editorial. the paper says emmanuel macron has built an image but he can no longer hide behind this cloak of invisibility. get his hands dirty, face the criticism from the opposition, and explain himself. news, the retirement of mesut ozil has sparked racism. tell us more. those accusations coming from mesut ozil, of turkish background. he has announced his retirement after he posted this picture of him posing with the turkish president during a rally by the turkish leader a few months ago. it was his right to post the picture but it is our right to criticize him for the content.
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it has sparked a question of whether sports players can be apolital or can they be ical. to think such a photo could not be political is naive. >> what are the opinion pages saying? >> the german tabloid was pretty harsh. he has accused the german ,ootball federation of racism of scapegoating him for the dismal world cup campaign. i am german when we win, i am immigrant when we lose. that claim is self-pity and nonsense. it is invented by him to portray himself as a victim of racial injustice. another paper is critical, a bit more restrained, saying he has overstepped his mark and that he could be setting a precedent for
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young german turks who look up to him. he is getting some support from another paper. with his departure, the have one, slamming the federation for remaining silent while everyone was criticizing him while they should have been protecting him. >> if you are hoping to catch a glimpse of the winning french aotball players, you got guide to where they are hanging out. >> if you might want to accidentally on purpose bump into a football player, this is a guide. different snaps of the different football players. some are heading for the states. they have been spotted in hollywood. one is headed more locally, holidaying. one is staying at home.
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