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18 people are injured in germaayy a violenn scuffle between counterprooesters and far right nti-immigratton demonstration outnumbering those who are saying they are taking a stand against racism. also coming up this hour in our business uppate, weetake a closer look at argentina's deepening economic crisis as the country's finance minister has tt washington for more talk with accusations of corruption, live, and russian meedling.% what u.s. politics are talking about, -- the worll chess federation and its upcoming -pelection detailed in our press review. live froo paris, stay with us. ♪ ♪ p7

>> first up, african leaders from over 50 countries are in beijing for a two date business for run with it -- trade ties top in the agenda. said chinese funds will support african prosperity and, with no political sttings however, critics say chiness investment across the constant gets the country access to precious resources that fuel aa1 phonn booming economy. beijing engaging in debt trap diplomacy. summit of all time appeared the% -ptwo-day forum on the china african cooperation started monday in beijing. china is laying on the% charr offensive to keep its position as africa's top trading partner. phe summit happens once every three years and is usually an -poccasion for beijinn to promie enormous loans to the continent. loans re welcomed by afrirican countrieies.

-pthat we visit beijing and chi. the deal is --. it is, fair. and it is --. company- under tennant -- the first ross-country electric railway in africa. -pit is just one of many major the continent. made possible thanks to chinese money. trade between theetwo countries haa developed rapidly from $10 billion ii 2000 to almost $200 billion n -- 7 years later.% china has used african resources to help driver frorom -- into te world's second-llrgest economy. critics won theeafrican country cannot pay off. become too

the national military fund warned that at least 40% of low incomeecountries in thh reggon are indebted o stress or at if they cannot pay off ebt, african nations can be forced to hann over controlling states in key assets to china. they fear that china's death africa cannot get out of. two othhr news, the philippine president has kicked off a four date state visit to israel. in - economic ties as well a a1 hammmmer out weapons deals. the issaeli government has welcomed the unspoken leader without -- open n arms. critics that is a mistake. to chooseands widespread human rights abuses and he also sparked utrage in the ast ever controversiall66c1 comments made about the holocaust. ministers of from eight dozen

re seterican countries to discuss greater cooperation when it comes to the penicillin inetwo day meeting kicks off ecuador later this monday nd is the first joont drive in -- agreement, policy. acccrding toounited nations, 2.3 the country since 2015. admits a spiraling economic meetdown of political crisii. many of those people are headed to brazii, chile, cclombia,% ecuador, and brazil. the publiccservice been stressed to the limit. staying with this story, i am joined in the studio by -- from the institute. he is an expert on latin america. thank you for joining us here on france 24 today. some country in the region have imposed price or entry traditiin. rather than just a national identity cardd at which people do not nncessarily have

passpprts when they are fleeing a crisis. will move like that actually stem the cry says? -- crisis? >> at silly. america. lose ofa real risk to the control of the situation. so, of course some countries, control the fuel of immigration. where ennis wins have fled areee overwhelmed by this massive innlux of people. what other repercussions are -pthere in tth country that peoe are fleeing tt? >> i think they are political. we can see that the consonant

in some countriess i thinking in peru, and receiveddfrom one% year, one illion -- has to integrate to find the means to leave. of course, the economy --. for theemoment, a the ims, saii a ffw days% ago, the inntitution will have some consequences on the growth of the consonant. >> region as yyu mentioned. especiaaly in places such along where there has been some acts

of violeece. by the locals.s whht is the reality of the venezuelans, once they arrive in a new country. >> the situaaion is more different with the countries. in fact are still has received for the mmment, 50,000 people. >> absolutely.ss than colombia has reccived more than one mmllion people. in peru, 50 millioo. the situation is absolutely -pdiffeeent. the urgent and the restocks countries buu brazil is entering a provincial caapaign. of the -- immigration and

brazil, when it is in fact in the indian countries..6 c13 c1 american countries aae caught on the global community a person e.u. putting up 35 million euros, why do you think that courss has not been answered? there -- i am saying, there are strategic problems in latin america. %with countries. it vennzuela and of course thing america are specific countries with specific political point of view and of course, with a strong ebate on the foreign policies. actors of the sa, i am %onnking also on china, also

larouche or, are conceened by the situation. from the -- institute, ttank you for coming to speak to us on the program. german city oo -- over the weekend. broke out between on saturday around 8000 of the far righh afd party and the -- by far, outnumbering the 3000 counterprotesters.% the clash kept -- which erected -- and by syrian and iraqi migrants. for more on this, i am joined by our international affairs first,ook at the facts pur migranns disproporortionntey responsible for crime in germany? >> the crime rate in germany

fell in 2016 and a dropped again -pin 017. i believe now reports from the federal criminal office and says inn2217, thh overall number has -- a criminal acts have dropped even 2016 there is already a downward trend. years this ccmes several after that major influx of after merkel's famous slogan, we can do it. if you look at the droppand climb -- crime since that influx of refugees, that she did do it, the answer is not so simple. you have to break down the migrants respoosible for 32% according to the federal criminal office per that is diss of portion that map because it does not represent any like 32% of the german population heard odyssey, some people are going to say that becauue

migrants don't account ffr many break-ins and burglaries, that does not mean to say we can cross our arms and say everything is ok because petty crime is --. overall, crime has gone down. is it more important thannthe fact? >> there are perceptions of change in culture. i myself was in hanover this hear any german. virtually nothinn been spoken on the street in the city center. august the, that is not% necessarily just migrants, it could well be german citizens happen to be speaking read nevertheless, sooe people look at that and say our culture is changing fundamentally. when house in hanover in the earry 1990's, it wws completely different picture. there is a perception among those demonstrators. they are somehow losing their

cuuture. it%her that feeling is statistiis or not, there is a emotion that which is important. this all a very toogh call for angela merkel. -- will, her instincts coming to a rock concert and famous german bands. the dead trousers are playing. her instincts will be to revert in favor of cosmopolitan liberal vvlues. it should be looking very carefully at the electoral -- any actor that last year, the afd far right party is almost connection with her party. the region as a whole, there is .%election in 2019 merkel is going to have tootry to veryycarefully. mooe pressure for the german

chhncellor. thank you. france 24's international affairs editor. live from paris here on france 24, a reminder of our top stories. beijing to discuss trade with china. dismissesent criticism that chinese investment leaves africcn countriis in so--alled debt. coming tt the table to find a several latin american counnries gather in ecuador to capture the migrant crisis. 18 people are injured in germany counterprooesters. demonstration outnumbeeing those whh say they are taking a stand againss racism. >> let's round up and i am joined onset by dust. so good to see you. starting with the china africa summit. trying to pushs

economic plan is settlingat his >> the chinese leader has. offered another 60 ilion dollars two-day gathering kickssoff. this, on top of the $60 billion beijing already pledged at the last summit three years ago. china denies ngaging in a so-called -- diplomacy, making to chinese influences. south africa's top official attended the summit insists that they need to b sustainable. >> >> week -- or tt addrrss a critical challenges of poverty it becomesscritical. >> a private survey shows chinese -- was the weakest and more than a year. manager --urrhasing

frrm july akee a closer to the -p50 point letttr. if ladonna export has mounting concerns with a trade were ii the u.s. has push out demands. >> aad week, argentina is set to unveil it new plan to further reduce its budget deficit. -- is expected to make the announcement later today, ahead of hisis talks with officials of the international monetary fund in washington. a surprise announcement by president -- last week that -pargentina last the ims to sped up thee$50 billioo loan. that triggeeed another run on the payphone, a currencc. maxwell has more in the economic >> life in argentina keep

getting harder. hit reeord- went to lows against the ddllar of the president that he would seek billion loan area the currency has lossss half of its values ts year and argentina says they are paying too high a price uuder about day 20, for the rest of the month, i had to live off of my savings..6 cc3 c1% i do not like we have to think in u.s. dollars on the time. we cannot do think in u.s. dollars but that is the case. >> >> under pressure to come up with a plan to restore confidence by -- the debt. a meeting between the finance minister in the ims on tuesday, the argeetiiian president once -ppne of a few sectors behind h. -- discussed in return of export

taxes. scott in a move ccming to power. also under pressuue to reduce and number of militaries except -- n ooffiial spending. but tte pill to swallow for the thousands of public specters taking retreats in different days. funding --enment >> more business headlines. inflation in turkey acceleration more than faltering currency inrose to 17.9% up from 15.. july. bank tog the potential readjust its monetary policy at the next policy meeting to try and stabilize the prices. >> negative sentiment of a currency crisis in turkey is spilling over to other emerging is in thesian ruuee

lowest level against the dollar. up central bank has stepped innervention on ffiday. the actions so far --. wpp, the world's biggest ever have in from has made the new ceo mark read a long time founder of march and floral. charge following months of revenue due to shrinking. the industry going through strrctural change not structural declined. we just have enough time to check in on the markets beforr we finish. a mix isan shares mondaa with london, up three quarters of a percentage point heard that is largely due to the weaker pound. the emerging economy in the u.s. china trade going on investor trade. in asia, the market is closed in

the red amid ears of the trump administration will impose additional tears on $200 billion worth of chinese goods later thank you very that business round up. review. is time for the press >> here to take us through the .- is good to see appeared starting with the, more violence. >> a march was led by the far that took place this weekend worried but, a ended up being a march with far right protesters clashing with all of this unrest is dating back into last week and two foreigners were arrested for the murder of a german national. question the strength of germany'ssrefugge policy.

is also played into much of the pooicy -- politics of the farr61 right. if it is like hamburg, their demonstrations against the far -p-- the front page as whatt3 ce pan we do to fight against the asking, questions on theer front page today. who are we? far rightf the struggling ith the migrant crisis has left many germans wondering what theii national identity is. the paper says germany is doing well. unemployment is down. spenning is up. why did newly 30% of german electors vote the far ight intt parliament last year. this divide into german society is gutwrenching. >> amid accusations by some of the anti-immigrant a as deal alternative for jimmy policy ii dangerously close to nazis im. theequestion as to why

germans are --. pt is more out of protest rather than deep conviction. protesters been seen over the past week, some people have been chanting nazi chance. that shocked everyone. this is the dilemma of the party. it has a problem distinguishing itself from the extremists. the paper says not everyone in the party once the returnnof the phird rank but they allowed doctors to move freely. therefore, inevitably, it means that the party supportssnaais whether they likk it or not. and a local -- forming the swastika symbol. >> highway across the orld -- there is a major summit taking place this monday. >> is called the specific --

pacific island form. it takes place on an island state in the pacific largely funded. 18 regional -- zealand and aims to bring a climate change and overfishing. it displays the ongoing humanitarian crisis in their route is set to overshadow the summit area talking about the seekers pushed away from new zealand. languishing inndetention centers , and horrific conditions according to the refugee council westerly. talking about suicide attempts by children, sexual aasault, him described as greater than thooe in war zones. living in the situation has spaaked a #on twitter, kids of no groou. , easy the some cartoons child's maanetic sketch boarr showw in illustration of --

behind barbed wwre fences. there is aakid in a cost playing with blocks in rrality representing a prison orrmany of these young people are locked up indefinitely. >> heartbreaking. we are switching gears to the presidential election and thehe world chess federation. menn the surface, these often very important but it is quite interesting to the guardian explains the world -pchess federation of holding is elections in october. and the campaign has been -prussian meddling. they almost summit where time with the u.s. elections. -pthere re three candidates in is --.e he is accusing his rivals of russian -- of usiig the influence around the world. matchlitical evidence to his campaign. in particular, the russians are

accused f sending brides to cash strappee delegations in the third is an englishman whose name is nigel phelps. anticorruptionnn3 c1 campaign. he appears to have rattled a lots of people in the past that it is not clear whether you able to get many votes. inssght and christopper scared of lucrative investors. who would've thought that there1 is --. >> who would've thought there is so much intrigue anddscandal from the chest king to drag queens. sending a picture from new york's woodstock festival. >> this is a wig stock. guardian is reporting that the new york drag festival took place, for the first time in have its heyday in the 0's as it during the height of the aids

crisis agaiist the ggy pride. %toanizers say they wanted bring it back to protest against increasingly ccrporate. celebration of diversity coincide with aaother festival, and also took place this criticized fora being white elitists and pretentious. what is this headline about the care being back russian mark --? thank you for that. with the press review, if you like to catch p with any of those stooes or any previous press reviews, head to our website. paris, much more news can upom after the break. don't go away.

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