host: a very warm welcome to you. i am rochelle ferguson. here are the top stories we are following. greek officials for the death toll at 81 people after huge wildfires caused devastation in the capital. of mati with our team on the ground. win wednesday's election. the opposition alleging

widespread vote rigging. easing the threat of a transatlantic trade war, the eu and u.s. agree to work on lowering trade barriers. this is following a meeting with president trump and jean-claude juncker in washington. coming up, more than $100 billion have been wiped off facebook's value after his latest results. they will tell you why in the business update. all this and more coming up. you are watching live from paris. ♪ rochelle: first to the top story. greek officials have for the death toll at least 81 people after massive wildfires caused devastation in the capital of athens. both locals and holidaymakers

flee as the decimated buildings and woodlands stoked by 100 wind gusts.er hour the fires are believed to be the deadliest on record in greece. the press is calling a national tragedy. from the with more resort of mati, residents have been describing other devastation. many have lost everything in the qualifiers. that these wildfires. reporter: people have lost everything. their homes, their cars, and in many cases loved ones. 81 people confirmed dead with the number expected to rise. the government has been facing a barrage of criticism for the way it has dealt with this natural disaster. in response in some sort of mitigation, the government announced a series of compensation plans it is about

the put in place that includes 10,000 euros compensation for each person deceased. if that person is or close relative, your mother, father, children, you will receive 10000 euros in compensation. 5000 euros if your home has been destroyed. that goes up to 6000 if there are more than three children in the family. businesses are caught up in this place. blaze will be given 8000 and compensation. the government has put aside 40 million euros in the relief effort to rebuild this area in the months and years to come. globally these measures have been welcomed here and a place for people have lost everything. you can see behind me the utter devastation of this fire just a few meters from a main road.

i spoke to a woman who said she was very happy to hear the government was planning to give people cash at this extremely difficult time. she described it as something of an opportunistic act. cemented national elections coming up next -- she mentioned national elections coming up next autumn. a feeling of gratitude towards the national government, but she had much harsher words for the local authorities. she says the evacuation plan was almost nonexistent and did in peril many more lives than needed be. i i think they willll pay the compensation because we are in the run up to an election. this is the first time the government has taken such an interest. they should preempt tragedies

like this. they are so close to athens here. they need to have an evacuation plan. they do it on boats, cruises, and schools and elsewhere, except here. rochelle: -- reporter: the national press has criticism of the -- rochelle: go ahead. reporter: in the national press there has been fierce criticism of the government's handling of this crisis and the opposition to the government for its part is focusing on the exceptional circumstances of this fire.

get spread extremely quickly, in just a matter of hours. the area it affected was very much concentrated. that is partly due to extremely strong winds at the beginning of this week in conjunction with extremely hot, dry temperatures. an investigation has just been launched and will be trying hard factorsrn the real behind this extraordinary tragedy. rochelle: reporting from the greek resort of mati, thank you. partial results show the former cricket star and is oncian imran khan course to win elections slammed by his rivals as rate. alongside several smaller parties, the incumbent party of jailed extra minister sharif. pakistan's election officials have dismissed claims of fraud.

results of been delayed by technical failures. the vote was marred by violence with dozens killed by suicide bomber at opposing -- a polling station. the historic polls marked the first time a civilian government has handed power to another after serving a full term in pakistan. fraud anddenouncing vote rigging, the party of pakistan's ousted prime minister said it would reject the outcome of the country's general elections. as for limiting the results gave a considerable lead to political newcomer imran khan. >> the pakistani masses will never bear such an airfare vote. they will do everything they can to secure the democratic lives, politically and legally. we will also use all available options. reporter: they campaign have been played for months by allegations that the country's military, was fell out with the

former ruling party, had been trying to influence the vote in favor of khan. at least for opposition parties denounced interference by armed forces at polling stations around the country, tsonga agents were not given accurate information and were in some cases forced to leave. the vote was further marred by unexpected delays in dallas counting, butot the commission insists this was caughused by technical difficulties. >> there is no conspiracy or pressure in delays of votes. it is cost because the vote transmission system has collapsed. observerseu election say they had not witnessed any irregularities yet, but they would need to wait until friday to make a final statement. imran khan's supporters did not

but the controversy given their spirits and again celebrating the victory on wednesday. macron's disgraced security a admitted he made a mistake. the french presidency is facing criticism after 26-year-old was placed under formal investigation for allegedly assaulting demonstrators and impersonating a police officer. the general secretary of the palace face some tough questions at senate today over the scandal that has been dubbed banaligate. he is answering questions like he was only suspended after the incident. >> i maintain in light of the facts i know today the suspension may appear inefficient, but with regards to those not on may 2, the suspension seeps proportionate at the time. -- seemed proportionate at the

time. rochelle: emmanuel macron is making his first visit to spain and portugal. the alleys seek friends help to connect their energy grid to europe. an easy threat of a transatlantic trade more. the eu and u.s. have agreed to lower trade barriers following a meeting between donald trump and jean-claude juncker in washington. they agreed to resolve u.s. tariffs on steel and aluminum as long as your's -- as well as the europe's retaliatory duties. negotiations could prove difficult between the u.s. and china. let's bring up more on this. i'm joined by jeremy getz. to -- eu leaders have

called this something of a breakthrough. what exactly does it mean, this decision to avoid a trade crash? >> it is kind of surprising. the breakthrough means we are back to the philosophy of -- 11 days ago, on u.s. television the u.s. president donald trump called the europeans adversaries, competitors, almost as bad as china except the are a little smaller. in 11 days we have basically gone from a condition of adversary to the condition of partner yet again. this is a repetitive pattern in the trump p approach. create a crisis and try to show you solve it. rochelle: one of my questions is what is behind this u-turn by trump? as he realized the full regressions on u.s. businesses in because ahead with this? that this could

have been the glass half full scenario. there was a glass half empty, which is basically by creating a system in which you create a crisis. you basically are able to claim victory by basically showing the vase you are forcing the peoplee he declared a war on to go to washington and come back and negotiate. i really believe that is the narrative he is trying to focus on rather than rational arguments about the benefits of free trade and the risks of a trade war. rochelle: france is seeking some kind of clarity because the talks were going well yesterday. they were a little blurry in terms of what this means for the eu and u.s. moving forward. things are not clear where they stand currently. the problem is that there is always the handshake, the very surprising and spectacular

turnaround, and then, as we say conventional, the devil is in the details. the problem we have to think about when you're looking at this from the paris standpoint is what type of true benefits are we going to draw from this. president trump basically said something that struck me. the europeans have agreed to buy a lot of soybeans. your viewers to be perfectly quizzical and puzzled by that. it is interesting. the chinese said they would target soybeans. soybeans are basically produced in areas of united states that are swing states and have voted for donald trump. he is sealing the political -- feeling the political heat. he is trying to transform the political trend. the europeans have shown they understand the politic. it is time for them to be extremely vigilant and i believe emmanuel macron is a great role

to play in this crisis at home notwithstanding. rochelle: before yesterday's meeting at the white house, which appears to have gone swimmingly, donald trump -- the realu question is, was there any substance to those claims of the eu being a phone? -- foe? >> if you believe donald trump and his base, the answer is yes. he sees the world to the prism of trade deficits and the prism of h how much money are we sendg them. the americans are not sending any money to the europeans. that is more for enveloping nations. of deficits, it is true that the europeans were culprits in his eyes. part of the problem is you see this and it was perhaps why some of the advisors in the trump administration backtracked. basically the harley davidson issue and all of those

manufacturers are starting to feel the heat at all of the decisions taken by this white house. a new dynamicme is basically thought about in the narrative of always calling a region of the world over a country with him be have a trade deficit a foe has its limits. rochelle: jeremy, thank you for coming in. 1:15 and the french capital. put the deaths toll at least 81 people after a huge wildfire caused devastation near the capital of athens. results showearly the x cricket star turned politician and ram con -- imra winner.he cds that good of a transatlantic

trade war, the eu and u.s. agreed to work on lowering trade barriers following a meeting of president trump and eu chief jean-claude juncker in washington. we will send it right into stephen. let's stay with business. you are looking at the market reaction on that agreement of trade. stephen: we saw a surge on wall street last night as details emerged from the meeting. asian shares of them are muted, but european markets cheered by the news. dax seeing the biggest percentage gain, up by over 1% just a couple of minutes ago. that is mainly boosted by carmakers. european carmakers among the sectors that stand to benefit now that they know there is no prospect of new tariffs for now. volkswagen shares over 3%. daimler.r

good news for carmakers on the markets. one other element jean-claude juncker and donald trump agreed is they would work together to reform the wto, a body much criticized by the u.s. president in the past. i have been speaking to the former head of the wto. >> i was surprised. i was not expecting such a positive outcome. i am relieved as long as mr. trump does not change his mind, which we know sometimes happens and happened yesterday in this meeting with the president of the european commission, jean-claude juncker. economyod in the world will welcome this. i think the major step forward isis in the recognition by trump chinaore discipline for

has to be negotiated in the wto. time.n: at 3:45 paris facebook let's turn to which is seen a plunge in its share price after its latest results. billion more than $130 wiped up the value. that is as its revenue figures missed expectations in his financial chief warned of trouble ahead. the share fun to hit facebook's ceo pocket. mark zuckerberg's stake is worth $17 billion less than it was yesterday. facebook has enjoyed astronomical growth, posting revenue any user base increasing year-by-year. if the fallout from the cambridge analytic a data breach is expected to hit the company hard despite mark zuckerberg's this attempted damage control. >> we need to take a broader

view of our responsibility. we need to make sure our tools are used for good, and we will. reporter: now facebook warned its growth is finally slowing down. and canada, the same it did last quarter in the two before that. it also lost users in europe for the first time, reporting 279 million, down from 382 the previous quarter. the real shock came from the social network's financial chief who showed that growth slowed significantly. a tough pill to swallow for investors. shares tumbled by 20% in after-hours trading on wall street. a slump that wife's more than $130 billion off of facebook's market value. rochelle: shares an air of us have hit a record high after their latest results. stephen: in the three months from april to june, the quarter

earnings double to just over one billion euros. revenues rose by 8%. the ceo warned it could suffer delays of production in the a passenger jet, describing the target of delivering 800 airplanes a challenging. rochelle: the heat wave and germany has driven up demands of beer and supplies are running short. stephen: don't fear, there is still beer in germany. some breweries are struggling to keep up demand. one is experiencing gaps in deliveries up to 50%. some of that problem is coming from a shortage of bottles. people are not recycling the glass quickly enough. one brewery issued an emergency appeal and facebook to drinkers asking them to return the empty before going on holiday. first the empties, then the holiday. rochelle: a lot of people he that call for beer. thank you very much for that business roundup. time for the press review.

♪ time for a look at the main stories in the papers. i'm joined -- but started with results from pakistan's general election which are looking good for imran khan. reporter: he's possibly not pakistan's minister and is leading the election results. match, that ise what one newspaper declares on its front page, outline all the winners in buddhist from the contentious election. -- the winners and losers from the contentious election. serious accusations against and his party a violation of electoral loss. another pakistani paper, pti,

delivers a knockout punch but the parties cry foul. rochelle: a huge focus on what happens next in pakistan is a country. therter: in this article, writer fails those who voted on wednesdayk, who braved hardships and dangers to go out and vote. indeed there was even violence on the day of voting in the country. the writer slams what he says is a lack of depth in candidates' electoral campaigns that had wish lists more than any real proposals for meaningful reforms on issues like the economic, debt and security in pakistan. the writer says the victorious government may end up falling back on the same "roasted bureaucracy that has dogged the state in the past. difficult times lie ahead." rochelle: let's move on to this heartwarming story getting attention. a swedish woman''s civicc

activism. reporter: a 21-year-old swedish woman who recently live streamed her protests she staged on board a flight from sweden to turkey. seat,fused to take her thus holding up the plane, saying she would not be seated until another passenger, and afghan asylum seeker being deported would be allowed to stay in the country. she was ultimately successful and got the man off the aircraft as you see in the video. she has been hailed a hero and praise for using her privilege to take such a dominant stance on immigration for the independent, it is proof the action and voice of one person can make such an impact. see fellowo you will passengers are initially resistant to her protests. by the end of it when the asylum seeker is being escorted off the plane, there is a pause all across the plane.

rochelle: she manages to get everyone on board. much of europe is going through heat waves. it is dominating the front pages of the u.k. reporter: the daily mail, the british tabloid warns the u.k. is bracing for its hottest they ever with temperatures set the heat 38.5 degrees. it will be a 15-year-old record and the daily mirror and other british dailies have warned the country is ill-prepared for what seems to be a phenomena that will get worse in the years to come. in france, they are looking at how paris town hall is trying to put measures in place to avoid this kind of heat. outsolution i involves laying plaques made of quartz in resin. nontradable water will be released from a bow and run over these plaques. the result will cause the water

to evaporate in literally cool the air. rochelle: that sounds like an interesting theory. new zealand. some good news. lawmakers passed a law allowing victims of domestic violence paid leave. reporter: it is a huge win for domestic violence victims. 10 days of paid leave to get to leave their partners, finding homes and protect themselves and their children. new zealand has one of the highest rates of domestic violence in the developed world. a police officer in new zealand response to an incident once every four minutes. the legislation was brought who works jan logie, at a woman's shelter in the past. proof you can use her power as a politician to good use. rochelle: she is using it very wisely. actress turned lifestyle advisor

oror guru gwyneth paltrow was giving an interview to the new york times. reporter: she has been profiled as he talks about having lysine -- harvey weinstein, wanting more kids, the business of being gwyneth paltrow, and the controversial lifestyle blog goop. ,t is offered cockamamie advice easting treatments that i say kill the woman, and endorsed women to find their "lean is livable weight." she has been called out time and again for her seemingly unfounded advice. paltrow says she will be hiring a full-time fact checker for her website. not sure she will be of the public those articles once the fact checker has come throughpan some of all of those facts. rochelle: we'll see if she avoids any real-world problems.

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