live in parisam and these re the top stories we are following this hour. in seneeal, upholding a five year jail teemmagainst the% that barsllfa sall him from running for the election in feeruary 27. woman, appearing in court -- we will brrng you the latest on

that with our correspondent. -pwe bring you a report on iran looking at they are leading human rights lawyers who are holding a strike to protest whht they call false imprisonment. 6 c13 c1 senegal has upheld a five leading politician khalifa sall barringgkim frrm running for the against him as politically motivated. over 7000% fined, euros. malley,ross to paul

thankkyou very much for speaking to "france 24." poporton is this ruling?ase, on ul: ---how important is his ruling? really that would h have a bibig impact on he prrsidential election because khalifa sall is considered the main challenger he is very opplar in the capital of dakar and he would have stood a really good chance of pushing the presideet into a seseeond-round contest,, even nf the president is the outright favorite. we still have to wait for the absolute final round of appeals which could run in early of the pew year. >> is this all a part of anticorruppppion

campaigg of stamping it out in the country? made a big focus anticorruption rules, , when the high pubublic o official such ae is targeted with the investigation and evidenne is brought forward, , it is the president's decision of whethhr tonot the dossier is sent ppblic prosecutor. the revolverhanded ll,the president acacky sa but it was the presisident in te process of a potentialgger the prosecution. that carries political risks for theepresident becaase h he might judicials using the

process to shut out the man who1 is most likely chahallenger. there is a political risk for him. very close to the outcome so we khalifa sall pushehes t the pro, timetatable that does s allow mo stand for ththe president -- presidency, and he would be running as a martyr candidate. >> when it comes to how the trial hassbeen conducted, they do not think it respects internatiinal standards. >> yeses, it is not t just amnt. westourts of justice, thee3 c1 african regional block to which that there were serious flawsuld

in the procedure. was electeda sall as mp, for several months, e enjoyed p parliamenta i immunit. during those months, he was kept should haae been let out uring that period, s so there are ofr t the actual cold facacts ththe case, he has admitted hee used the money for charitable purposes but argued that wassin thee realm of traditional use of -pwhat he calls "political done it. it is difficult to shake up thh feeling that i case -- hatt i case is now being about mismanagement of public finances and ended up becoming politically y motivateted.

that, in a way, will tarnishh standing. speaking to us from , thank yoo. worldviews, regional the parisian capital to discuss venezuelans emigrrting across the region. hundreds of thousands iistability and are now living both ecuador and peru have%eru. announced tighter regulations for venezuelans.% crisis momendd -- towards a crisis moment. p> it is one of the biggestt6 c1 exodusss. venezzelansillion

have fled the ountryy ars, the numbers of already surpassed the 1.4 million cubans who fled over six decades following fiddl castrr's about a million have ended up in colombia where the government has begun regularizinn them. %we are talking about a residents that clearly will regional countries must unite.t. phere is no country in the world -pthat canada manage this levelf migration forever. with its strong economy, chile is a magnet for migrants but also drawn to argeetina wheee the president mauricio macri is a leading critic f venezuela.

poor communities wwth highing in levels of unemployment, stoking xenophobic tensions. violent clashes broke out between migrant and locals. it could reach 1,000,000% by the year's end, increasing venezuelans have their heerts set on peru -- one of the fastest growing economies in the region. this month, they reacted% by passports. ecuador tried to immpse the same the judges aid that violated the freedom of movemenn roles. it is now created a humanitarian corridor, alina buses o take venezuelans across ecuaddr to

is set to set up a special team to ensure original resppnse to the crisis..6 c13 c1 accused in an attack sparked outrrge after she posted the footage on her facebook pagg. theesuspect through n ashtray anand calmly walalking away. this, chris moore is standing by for us. she's in speaking to he youngg1 lady -- speaking to the young lady, whht has she been saying? chris: she is well aware of the profile that this case has gained. media in terms aboot

caused outrage that just here in france, but around the world coming in the wakeeof the #metto campaign. the woman also telling us that -- is aware of the political she does ot want it to be exploited, but she does wanted to serve aa an example most to people who might be guilty of -pcarrying out this type of behavior, and to the manyy6 c131 women who may be victims of it. it comes with emmanuel macron's governmenn promising to a shakeup in the way that france feels about all kknds of sexual -poffenses. street harassment, which is a parliament allowing

for on the ssot fines for up to 75033c1 >> the suspect in the case set tt appear in court.% what more do ww know about him? chris: we know that 22-year-old man picked up earlier this week legal history.th a colorful some 20 instances including eight violent ones and acts of own family. he was picicd up after another ararst at the start of august care, that after being aarestedc for throwing stones and hurling insults at cars. hh has since told authorities that he is the man featured in that footage, hence, a fast-track rial at the courthouse behind me today. guilty, he could

potentially behind bars. iran'sr news, one of leading human rights activist is what she calls er fourrh imprisonment. cites for human rights3 c1 appear without a hijab in public. choice bute had no to go on a hunger strike. report ffr he -- report. womann severrl iranian wereea rested for removing their n, shearvessin ira defended them in court. ,oday, her office sits empty and her husband ears for her sasafety because she herself isn jail.

>> it feels empty, it is not a good feeling. thii place was always busy, lots >> the husband says his wife is security charges. last wwek, authorities raided her home and confiscated these which read, i am against the mandatory he -- hijab law. because she has ritten a letter hijabing that in fororcing the is actually illegal. >> he sasays his wife is %pshe calls her unjustet what imprisonment. >> when i talk to her on the phone, she tells me that she is fine, but i know in time, the hunger strike will start to affect herr

irrnian auuhorities have jailed the lawyer. the husband says hh often records his wiie's phones calls because he misses her voice and want to bacc home. her ight for human rights. renovations to -pthe ffont of a temple have sparked a ational debate. array of colors, but those were heriiage depprtment. they're been several complaints haamony with the surroundings, some calling t a disaster for the site. of our top stories. senegal, a court uphold a five yyar jail term against leading politician khalifa sall

barriig him from running for ppesidential elections in an assault that went viral, a man accused of ppnching the young woman in franceeprepaaes to appear in coort. you just aw the reporter from our correspondent in iran -plooking at one of the countr's leeding human rights lawyers who is on hunger strike to protest what she calll her false imprisonment. noo for a look at the day's business news. i'm joined by stephen, starting in argentina which is payments to iis bailout. >> that's right. at the $50oking billion rescue package. the first billion dollars were paid in june and theeargentinian president says he wants the make all resoorces necessary available to pay ts

they said the ppso has plunged% in value making repaying thee6 1 debts more expensive. the argrgentinian econonomy is investors are concerned that they will nnt meet the debt ooligations. %he country's president mauricio paaout.as asked the imf to speed >> auttorities will be working betttter insulaaing arargentinam markets. f fosdick oh is tooensure the country can pay its bills through 2019, and election year. howeeer, his mood wassnot enough to convince some nalysts saying argentina. >> macri's message was not

maybe the markets would be waiting for a bigger signal.% simply advancing the imf funds thaa that change of situation. >> the president positive vision is also being criticized by the a 48 hour ssrike ii announced for september. it brought back baddmemories of1 imf involvemenn from the past. many rgentinians lamed orraaization for thh country >> ccnadian and american ooficials are continuing negotiations over a new traded deal. this thursday, they try to hammer out a new traded deal to replace nafta ahead of a% friday deaaline set by resident ttump. that is after washington concludee an agreemmnt with mexico earlier this week. officials from u.s. and canada were working llte into the speaking on wednesday, councils

administrators saying toboth partiee are comingent. the stage of negotiatton with a lot of goodwill. certainly, ttattis what canada is bringing to the able. positions aad what booh sides need very, very well. ist we hhve always said speaking for canada, we are looking to stand up for our national interests and we are looking to ffnd, mize is that are a win-wii. liftnald trump will partly his import tariffs oo certain countries. ii brazzl, koreaa and argentina, as well as companies being aale to apply tooimportant metals if

they can source suppliis from inside the united states. they can metall if source supplies fromminside united states. >> what is happening on the markets. >> despitt good talks, i would avoid americcn markets. here in france, we are keeping --eye on shares and it on shhres. >> we are tandiig nexttto apple the company buying a startup that specializes in making lenses forrvirtual reality glasses. usiin ai. interested in another company has more than 200 patents for technology in this area. >> and japan for clear drinks.

phings that look like water but taste like something elle. coca-cola clear and evenna beer flavored alcohol free ddink, all free, all time. japanese worker telling the "wall street journal", says hat still at work. >> i am just back from japan, and i can confirm. p did not try a. thank you. for oor trust review. ♪ >> a look at he main stories, i am jooned by a guess in tte studio. exodusmass exit --

of venezuelann. >> stories of babies dying of malnutritionn a currency that is -pnnt even worth the paper thatt longer cover people's bus fares to gee to worr -- this is the reality for millions of venezuelans. arguable is an un disaster, that is what the vennzuelan daily paper said in its latest editorial. there is no longer even a small flake of decency, the editor -psayy, the institution has been tainted by the government that is hell-l-bent. >> that catastrophe sparked widdr migrant crisis in and latin america. millions are fleeinggthe country for food, ork and they are hhading to neighboring brazil and also peru, but that

is also causing a lot of strain on those countries in the rrgion ps sparking a lot offborder violence. and in fact, they repprt that desperate venezueeans are now accepting jobs in rural parts of the proccss.eing exploited in -- wages for hard to low wages ffr hard work. know we are, we being xploited but what am i going to do, i have no choice, pasicallyy >> iinother news, the german% -- far right protesters and police that continue to dominate tte headlines. haver right protesters after tte arrest of two foreign nationalssfor the murder of a german man.

the evoke what thhy call the saying that addiig to tensions are allegations that the police had leaked the arrest warrants of those two ssspects with thei% perronal details online leading to a far right parties to post this on sscial media, prompting1 the violence. >> the papers also focusing on the rise of the far right, the alternative for germany. that is fuelinn tension. said in its paper today. angela merkel feelinn the paralyzed y the rise of the far right. affer last year's elections, thh far right party became the main1 -popposition party in the county for the first time in several for the guardian, that is a quote "flowering of ssmething dangeroos." they are stoking tensions and mp's hailed online

the process of what he cclled %migrantt." slim and accusing the far right of using this violence to fuel its own political agenda. puuh being the ffrst person to cross the english channel lengthways. >> right. it is abouu 50 kilometerssand has been done by ppople in the past. chhllenge, ccoosinggsidewwys,,it took him 49 days, and with his success, the warnnng site along his journey. the little marine ife in oceans, a result offoverfishing and plastic pollution.% he is soundinn the alarm, urginn

the government to do something. does%ally, plane travel not have the alert it had in the early days of aviation. that is according to one study. crampee, below parrfood, seccrity conditions -- they do not seem the conditions to find romance in the era but one in 50 eople have met their it turns out that the chance of making aafriend or business one in seven and a one in six the study has some reeommendatioos to help youufind dose reeommendations include not snore, do not fall asleep on your neighbor's shoulder, do not not take off your shoes. >> and do not sleep the

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