anchor: welcome back to the "france 24" newsroom. dozens of north and souuh korean relatives meet foo the first time in close to 70 years. the reunion is the first in three years for families selling p- separated during the korean war in the 1950's, working warmer relations between the countries, still technically at war. greece leaves its last bailout after eight years of cutbacks. track, many greeks are still

feeling the pinch. and vennzuela braces fofor a rollllout f new money after the off thet cut five zeros crippled currency, part of plan to deal with skyrocketing inflation. during the korean war of the early 1950's, millions of people were pulled apart -- maay of them never to see their families again. but today, just 89 the south korereaas were allowed to enter the north for a briif reunion with thhir lost relatives. sharing photos of theer families and making up for lost time, some 90 families separated by the korean war meet

again for the first time in more than 60 years. familiessall spent around 11 hours together, here at a north korean mountain resort. from bothby officials sides, it issthe first event of its kind in three yars, and a show of improved relations between the koreas. but these families are the lucky sooth korea estimates there are 600 to 7000 people with relatives in north korea. people on theand southern side have registered with the red ccoss to take part1 in these rare meetings. although there have been 20 on the side of family members.ot more than half of those signed up on the list have since passed away. this year's oldest participant, a 101-year-old. those lucky enough to meet

-pwill leave knowing they have been able to see their relatives on last time. even the high demaad, none of the past participants have been given a second chance to meet their loved ones. genie: officials in afghanistan freed close to 150 people whoe had been kidnapped whether the taliban a few hours befooe. that taliban attack on three buses in the north came despite% thee resident's call for the muslim holiday of eid al-adha. a massive cleanup effort after the southern state of karala was hit by the worst ffoods in more than a century. while the floodwaters are slowly more are still trapped,housands1 desperately waiting to be rescued. taking stock of the

situation, as rain finally shows thousands of people have been forced from their homes over th1 past week, in the worst flloding in a hundred yearr.ndian state as the rain of, refugees take the opportunity to reach thoss banks of a river.pped, >> the water level rose. our whooe house went down. there is no food to eat, no clothes to wear. -pwe lost everything. reporter: further north, in mumbai, volunteers packed up aid floods, including hundreds of thoussnds crowded in the league camps across corolla -- karala. >> we hooe tt transport supplies to people, innluding clothes, utensils, and other things. that is why e set up the

volunteer project. reporter: authorities fear outbreaks of waterrand airborne diseases. centraa government has dispatched multiple military units, and priie minister narendra modi has promised more than 61 million euros in aid.% with the cost of the storm estimated at nearly 2.6 billion euros, state officials are pleadinggfor additional hhlp from the government. relief efforts have also been stepped up on an indonesian island to read 10 people were killed today, and the new earthquake again rocked the resort island. it came to weeks after the first major quake that forced thousands to flee. has been a long, hard road for greece. meaaures, the ountry is pfficially out of its third and final bailout. greece got close to 300 billiin euros from the e.u. and international monetary fund in

exchange for tax hikes and cuts in welfare. to talk more about the economist. you are also a mmmber of the truth committee on the great public d debt. greece finally coming out of .ears of baalout the government seems optimistic. do youou think it should be? -- analyst: is an improvement not to have the tight control of the ttoika, aad to see that the blaming and punishing game can stop at last. obtainiig a real debtf, the level of the remains extremely high, and the commitment that has been taken

continue it, even if it as -- is at a lower level -- the perspectives for handling an whichy destroyed by 25%, ii huge without having had a difficult to do. be extremely in order to face the problem f the debt, the problem of unemployment, which remains high , about 19.5% -- and ii relieving the greek population -- my biggest concern concerns the youug people who have in front of them with the last perspective of

living in a country which has for the remaining 50 yeaas an obligation to pay a lot of money for diminishing its debb andd6 1 payment of its debt, which the reason is that they are leaving the country. country will this -pbe extremely dark. genie: is the greek government doing anything to eep these young people in greece? uh, the greek gooernment is -- has not the t thato do it byby he fact s startups, tohelprce funds hehelp the yououng greeks toto e things, and to find jobs.

remaiain in perspective. discussions there rere for making a plan or rebuilding beneficial to them. plan iifiling of such a a problem. jusust e solution through attractinn foreigg investment por doing that, for example, is have capapital controls. we stitill have high taxes and burdens because we have to pay this debt. and d the dedeals by buyining at low prics

real estate whihich haae very lw prices, other types of foreign pnvestment may be difficult to genie: thank you for taking the time to speak with us. that is a greek economist. thank you. french oil company total has left iran, the latest fallout after u.s. plans to slap sanctions on companies doing business in iran. iran's oil minister made that announcement today, saying thee1 process to replace total with another company is underway. the u.s. continues to hold a hard line on enron. national security adviser john bolton slammed today what he called the "wretcced iran hisear deal." he made comments during talksswith netanyahahu. question of the -punited states that iran nevvr get a deliverable nuclear weapons capability.

it is why president trumpp6 c131 withdrew from the wretched iran nuclear deal. it is why he israel imposing economic saactions. to worry we continue about iran's role as the central bankee of international terrorism. i wwuld worry about iran's belligerent military activity wwth syria, with hezbollah, and in yemen. genie: we will go to bruce uu from seoul. tell us more about this historic meeting that is happening for some of these families who ave now had their first meeting. what do we know about what happened today? some of the scenes were incredible. i saw s some live streams from korean tetelevision. seoul.ere broadcast here in i saw one woman who was in her late 90's seeing the daughter fled northhkorea during the war. pn her 90's ow, her daughters in their 70's -- a lifetime apart.

their story is not unique. i met many people in the buildup to these family reunions who had similar stories. the war-torn them apart. they fled south. they expected to catch up much sooner, reunite. and the war lasted much longer than they ever expected. what happened today in north korea -- a group of soutt the overrment and the korean red cross, ann held the first mmeting with their families in many decades, and then began a dinner". over the next two days, omorrow and wednesday as weel, they wwll meet again with t tse familyy members for a giftgiving session and several more lunches and dinners. but ultimately, they only get 11 hoursstogether. the north koreans also chose a number f citizenssto take part their family memberr in the south they were able to locate pill come to the north in the second half of the w week and he a similar exchange. these e events are verery rare.

the last one to take place wws more than three years ago, and there has only beenna handful thii centuryy time is running out for many of these south and north koreans as they get older. some do not even know if their family members are still alive on either side of theeborder. genie::you were telling me before these are some of the truly lucky ones, because there are still many people in south korea who would like to get a chance to meet their family hours.ers, if only for a few% shere is 57,000 south korean registered with the korean red cross. they have signed up to taae part in these rare fafamily reuninio. but throughgh this lottery y sym -pthey use, fewee than 100 are able to go up. it was roughly around 90 this time. i spoke with somome of those ht did ot get chosen. they are distrauaught. ii is rather emotional. many of those do not know if

their family members on the northern side of the border are still alive. thee want to continue to maintain their place in the registry. but ultimately, it comes down to whether r or not they are healty enouough to make t the trip som. one of the men i interviewed was in his early 90's. his brother as been missing since the wwr. he is still holding out hope that if the koreas can peconcile, these events will be regular and he can have a shot at meeting his brothee. bruce harrison reporting from seoul. veneeuela is bracing for a rollout of new money today after president nicclas mindoro cut zeros- maduro cut ffve oof the currency, part of a plan anoher arrow told us more from. herrero told us morere from caracas.s. anna: this is a new devaluation. this would beethe third d we hae

had in the lasast 15 yeers. people are not talking about the impact of anothee measure proposed friday. lets her number venezuelans are right now under one dollar a month of a minimum wage. nicholas maduro is proposing it to be more or less $30. cryptocurrency. he based the minimum wage on its prices. the peso has little or o value to interrational cryptocurrency markets. so peoeople are wondering, hhw e this is a country that iswen

pasically brokkn? it is worrying a lot of i have spoken to many business owners, and they keep telling me that starting from this monday, they are not going to open their doors untillthey really know what all that is about. at our top stories thii hour.ok dozens of north and south korean relatives have met for the first time in close to 77 years. three years for families who in were separated during the korean war of the 1950's..6 c13 c1 marks warmer relations between the countries, still technically at war. and greece officially leaves its years of cutbacks.d after eight while the economy is back on track, many greeks are still feeling the pinch.

let's take a closer look at the situation in venezuela. situatiohat is with our focus r. venezuela a country where prices and a every few weeks, monthly salary is not enough to buy meat for one family meal. pnocked those five zeros off the refurbished bolivar in a desperate attempt tt control hyperinflation. when president nicolas maduro was reelected, he promised to focus on boosting the economy, their lives improved. venezuelans have yet to see >> [speaking spanish] he is a taxi driver in caracas. he used to get good businesssat the universityy >> [speaking panish] taxi drivers -- reporter:

taxi drivers cannot find spare parts to fix their cars. even if they could, they cost a fortune in venezuela. his car has broken down, so he has lost his income. the shopkeeper cannot get the part hh needs from his suppliers.% >>% they do not have important merchandise, because the people in venezuela are ot willing to spend to fix their cars. he tries another shop.

reporter: the alternative is to fix theebroken partt he goes to yet another shop, to buy a small piece of rubber. he tells us this neighborhood is dangerous, so we film with a smaller, ore discreet camera. a echanic inserts the piece of rubber inside the broken part. he has bacc hooe. s back home. is a rave yard of oak and downt vehicles. >> [speaking spanish]

reporter: he spent the equivalent of two days work buying the wrong piece of -prubber. he heads back to the mechanic's. round two. [speaking spanish] reporter: he is going to have to buy a brand-new part after all, and he wasted time and money that evening, heh]mself. breaks the news to his wife. >> [speaking spanish]

wittout his income, it their grandchildren's school feess [speaking spanish] when he looks out of his window, he is reminded of how easy it is to lose everything when you live in venezuela. >> [speakinggspanish] reporter: every morning, beetrice walks to her ssop in she cannot keep up with inflation.

reporter: she imports in dollars, but cells in the veeezuelan currency, which is worth less every day. so beatrice has to put her prices up. that means for customers cannot afford anything. %sometimes, beatrice does not sell anything all day.

from a riend and bought amoney brand-new car. aamonthhlater, his car broke down again. he is trying to find the spare part he needs, and the moneyyto pay for it. genie: alison sargent joins me on the set to take a look at what the papersshave been saaing. yyu are going to starr with the revelation from "the new york argento, one of harveyia weinstein's first aacusers, has assault against a minor..6 c13 1 alison: sse reportedly paid 380 thousand dollars to the man whh accussd her, a boy at the time. his name is jimmy. they played mother and son in a film together. the assault occurred years later p when heewas 17, which is underage ii california. it is a story getting a lot f

reactiin because as you said argento has becomeea well-known out against sexual assault. any people are saying online and in articles that the storyy6 c11 should not take away from what happeneddto her, and the world is a complicated place. someone can beea perpetrator in one instance and a victim in another.% genie: in grrece, many papers are marking the and finally of the bailout. moment, buts a big there is not a lot of optimism in the greek press. one paper says in a front-page story that greeceestill has a number of open wounds after what they call an eight year greek tragedy. a very similar town in this their ain headline -- greece has many rivers to cross. they write that the country's emerging from eight years with a shrunken economy that is highly vulnerable to market turmoil. in a front-page editorial, thee remind readers that no matter how much the government shoots its own war in, it does not mean

that greece is turning over a new leaf. entered a new phase, and it will discipline and determination. genie: othee european papers seem to think greece's been hard on itself. "the parisien" is being more positive. alison: they say "how greece pulled through the crisis," and say greeee is lifting its had little by little. pnside theepaper, they say the country remains fragile and the lastteight years.umatized the the paper s celebrating that the uropean union was able to it they sayrex would have been fatal to europe. by sending the alarm overorial another higgly indebted european budget that risks having and migrant related tension witt the e.u. -- which is italy. a lot of papers and south korea are focusing on these

reunions between family members who were split between north and south korea during the korean war in the 1950's. alison: these are getting the front page of the korean press, criticism from the english languaae korean paper. you cannot ee the criticism in this article, which is from their front page, but if you flip back to the editorial, they have very strrng words about theee reunions. they call them a arce, and writes that the people we are seeing and heertrending images are a tiny handful of the over 100,000 people who have applied to eereminded and have not been. the paper says both sides must not traasform these reunionn into a political event, as though they were a symbol of reconciliation. reeonciliations in front of the cameras should stop, and the koreas should set up permanent interview spaces and help families get baak in touchhfor it is too late. many of these people are very old. genie: we are coming to the nd a eport about some vacationsve

that went horribly wrong. alison: this is a story you will see on the front pages of pretty much all the british press, about a british woman who survived 10 hours in the adriatic sea after she fell off the back of a cruise ship>m@@@ñ

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