>> hello. you're watching live from paris. i'm rochelle ferguson. these are the top stories. british prosecutors charge those of an expert by and his daughter -- x spy and his daughter. we will be speaking to our international affairs editor. hundreds injured after wreaking

the storm is the biggest the% emmanuel macron and his ministers gather for the first meetinggsince meeting since h% reshuffle. our correspondent is standing by at the elysees palace. survey scribble and his daaghter yulia in march. -pthe suspects have been charged in absentia with coospirrcy to purder and the use f a nerve agent.

here's what the prosecution service had to say. counterteerorism division have considered the evidence and have concluded that there is sufficient vidence to divide a -prealistic prospect to thh conviction and that it is clearly in the public interess to charge alexander petrov aad with theettcher off following offenses. conspiracy to murder sergei scribblee attempted murder of yulia scribble and nick bailey. of nerveossession agent contrary to the chemical weapons act and causing grievous bodily harm wiih intent to yulia scribble and nick ailey. >> arren georgian joins us in the studio. about those we now charges? >> the poliie are providing a

few more details. this nerve agent was smuggled to britain and a counteefeit perfume bottte -- in a counterfeit perfume bottle and applied to the frontnt door of scscruples house. in the park, in the pub.poisone. according to police there is an answer to that uestion. according to the british police. a sophisticated attack across borders. bottlefeet perfume according to british authorities. saying who the suspects wwrk for. they did not say whether they were working for russian security services or not. in other details we also have a

bit more about the ttail between this perrume bottle and whaa happened three monnhs later. because remember in june a local man picked up this bottle. to hospital. exposed to the contentt. are stiil not saying exactly whaa happened to the bottle. where it was bbtween march and june when the next twist in these events ctually happened. we've got a very clear list of charggs that have been brought by the cps. are those ccarges actuallyygoing to change anything at this stage? >> it's hard to see how this very bad relationship between britain and russia can really change right now. of course

case involving the death of a russsan citizen on british soil. relations are nntoriously bad. the tit-for-tat between london anddmoscow we could very easily have expected these statements that hhve already come in from russian authorities..6 c13 c1 russia saying that it doesn't know the name of these ppisoning that these names -- mmscow says that means nothing tt them. moscow also accusisinggthe u.k.f -pmanipulating nformation about the salisbury poisoning. of course a very familiar sort of exchange of farms -- bbrbs. could change furrher down the

were able to actuaaly apprehend these suspects and question what has happened is country where it applies thanst they are country would have to arrest them. -- theoretically that country -pwould have tooarrest them. the russian conntitution prohibiis russian citizens from >> thank you..6 c13 c1 a typhoon has left at least 11 peopll dead and over 600 others injured after wreaaing havoc on the west of the countrr. it unleashed torrentiaial rains and gale force winds on major cities. thousands of people have been left stranded going to canceled flights and trains. the governmeet has issued aa6 c1

evacuation advisory or more than a million people. michael pence is in tokyo. this typhoon has leet a trail of destruction. how are things looking at the moment? >> today is a daa where things have been pickckg up he mess from the night befooe. there's been a lot of areas that had stranded people. those stranded people are being released. the vacuuming the internatationl airport which have thousands of people.. a were brought back tt the main island by boat andnd by buss in another case there were some1 schoolchildren ho h had been tatandeddin a wowooddd area a by fallen treessand he latest report is ttat those trees have children have been returned to their homes.

cleanuppis the underway. at the same e time many hohousee left witithout electricity and thhre a are other parts of the infrastructure which are going to take much longer to be repaired. this a major airport is still closed. authorities scrambling to deal with that concern. >> yes. this is perhaps the biggest serving thht part oo the country anddit is closed. there is a press conference goong on now byythe company what they arare saying iss essentialllly they don't know wn theyey are going to o able to rn and officials in the area of osaka and kyoto are worried thi% is going to have a major ththe ability of people to travl around the country. one e of the nation's largest airportsts has bben knocked outf

coomission and it') not clear when it is going to be back. >> michael pence, thank you. russian warplanes ave struck rebel targets, killing at least 13 civilians. tuesday's strikes came just president shar al-assaa not to use chemical - bashar al-assad >> the aftermath of reported airstrikes carried out by russian warplanes oo the edge of it livvd. rights is a number of civillans are killed. it may be seen as a prelude to a full-scale -- agginst the llst rebel encnclave.

with nearly 3 million civilians trapped in the area. the u.n. made a desperate c cal% >> we appeal for sanityyat the end. repeattngld mean not eastern aleppo. mounting that syrian offensive ould start soon as theeleaders of iran, turkey and russia meet to discuss it ived. the ssecial envoy callld moscow and ankara in articular to intensify efforts o find a diplomattc way out. >> we ask more time to be ggven for negotiations. turkey. hold the key in my opinion for a soft solution to the issue. >> turkey hhs long supported some rebel groups.

president recep tayyip erodgan said he was hopeful the outcome of the summit would be positive adding that an attack on it lived be massacre. bashar states warred al-assad that it would respond31 used chemical weapons against there are reports that fighting between rival militias cease-fire.tripoli despite a in and around tripoli sinceeaugust 27 have killld at least 50 eople. the violence has also forced while many more remain trapped in the city. france pressdent% fiist cabinet meeting following ministers.

-- left his post in a shock james ndre is at the elysees palace. in france it is known as -- i guess we could translate it as the government back toowork. the ffrst meeting for them today. tte first meeting for this new reshuffle government. the ooe last week didn't go so well. said he was resigning on radio without telling nyone. that was a severe blow to manual macron and the government. had promisedsident that -- woull be replaced. laura fletcher also decided too1 resign yesterday. she has been replaced as well. a very small reshuffle. some observers were saying that potentially reshuffle would b

wider. that this opportunity would be used to get id of some ministers who are not doing so well in the polls. that has not happened. emmanuel acron's message today is that the government is back at work. eveeything is normal. the fiasco is behind everrone. right now the president is in the elyseesar palace right behind me talking to all these ministers in order to ive them ccear directions for the three to five months to come. they're talkingng about how to t because there is also the affair that the french have not yet% forgotten and indeed the idea is now to move forward having not changed the government that much. basically what they are trying to posit is continuity and a government at work. >> that's where we leave it for

now. ttank yoo. quick reminder of the top stories we are following for you. briiish prosecutors charged two russian and with the nerve agent of the x by survey scribble and his daughter back in march. typhoon leaves 11 people dead and more than 600 others injured after wreaking hhvoc on the biggest the country has seen in a quarter of a century. time now for business. i'm joined here in the studio by stephen carrrll. markets around the woold are being affected by concerns over1 the likes of argentina's economy. >> for weeks ww have been% talking about fall in tte currencies of argentina and turkey.

their respective currencyy6 c131 slumping in value agginst the dollar today. the south african rand seeiig a slump after news the country had gone into recession. by investor jitters. downuth africa the ftse is . jakarta shares down by 4% and we saw a urnaround in the chinese markets lattr as well in the trading day. the hong kong hang seng closing ddwn 2.6%. over intospilling european trading today as well. markets also in the red. of course trade tensions also the minds of investors. jitters are spreading.g-market finance minister has a meeting with the mf in >> he minnster adddd that it

wws too early to discuss figures or a timeframe for when the next urgent trash of loans could be paid. the imf is expected to meet later thhs month to discuss the requestt alison sargent has ettils. hoping to see of payments from the imf come arggntina's finance minister haa been meeting with the international monetary fund's directtr. making progress on renegotiating the country's bailout program. approved before the end of the month. about how to continue advvncing. all of the support that the international community gave to us when we lose the agreeeent in june can materialize into an >>% in june the imf agreed to give argentina a loaa of $50

years. argentina has alrrady used its currency. as of the current timeline has% two smaller payments made on the horizon this year. in exchange for renegotiating president announced new austerity measures this week, cutting the number of overnment ministriessand half and restoring attacks on grain exports. >> i'm clear about anddwe are working on that. >> the center-riggt marie seo macri has gotten key support from donald trump. the nuggett states is the po approve any new agreement. >> back in france, the government haa confirmed it is pressing ahead with changes to the income tax system. >> the ccuntry will introducee61 pay as you earn income taxation

from januauary of next year. france is ne of just aatiny number of developed couutries that doesn't currently have that ssststem. introducinggit has been under discussion for decades. this plan has already been delayed once bb a year. some economists warn that change may hurt consumer spending but the prime minister speaking on french television says he ddesn't thiik that will happen. >> i confirmed that on tte first of january 2019, income taxes will be collected at theesource. since we have been working like crazy for months to make sure it is ppssibbe. and we have certaanty and the conviction that this reform will be carried out in the best conditions for taxpayers. >> indda's jet airwayy has delayed salary paymentt to thousands of employees including pilots. 16% of the workforce went unpaid at the end of august. jet airways is india's oldestt6c privately y ooned aarierer butt

has been struugling finanancialy and last month announced $285 is shutting down. >> this issthe blood testing company thaa punisished to testing. its technology was flawed and the company value plummeted from a height of $9 billion after that was revealed in 2015. facingpany's founder is criminal chhrges for defrauding innestors, doctors and patients. she ann the company's other executives denied the chhrges. after breaking agreement with now formally be dissolved. for wine has begun in france aad even in paris. >> there are a couple of other vineyards in the city as well including one on the soutt side. ttey appealed for volunteers to help them pick grapes.

vineyards nottterribly profitable. wine a year. most offthose are retained by there are a couple of bottles ttat go on sale. %great figures -- pickers -- they are quite sweet. >> thank you for our business roundup. time now for our press eview. dheeptika laurent joins me noo. let's starr with libya. therr are reporrs f fighting. >> we are seeing a lot of skepticism about that cease-fire at least from this london-based arab newspaper which is it's no% the firsttcease-fire. we don't know if it will last and there is still contradictory information on the ground.

for the paper on -- a decisive -- who ultimately ccntrols trrpooi. there's an intereeting article from the new york tiies that explains there is an on the ground war being waged but ooline there is a very dangerous and dirty war that'ssgoing on. in particular on facebook we are ptlking about aunts andthere''e from hh new york times that explains there is fretss6 c13 c1 -p-- threats by various groups. these so-calleddkeyboard warriors are using facebook as a weapon of war. they find and repressive opponents and critics. facebook has come under fire for not doing enougg. the times explains it's also the state of lawlessness in libya that's enaaling this online war. facebook irooically helped qaddafi in 2011 during the arab spring. post editor is rreeasing an explosive tell-all book about donald ttump >> the washington post has published

yet another unflatterrng portrayal of a chaotic and dysfunctional presidency led by a paranoid angry man who really just seems to be lost. that's the impression we are getting from this. that book was written by the posts associate eddtor bob theme of thes the sneaky ways his aides try to control his impulses and prevent disssttrs. documents off his deek so he wouldn'')t see them or sign the. the defense secretary james mattis ompares donald trump's knowledge of world affairs to aa 11 or 12-year-old. allo appears to try and placate trump whh ordered tte pssassination of charlotte sought after a chemical attack last year. chemical attack last year. mentally retarded. it goes on.

>> how is thh white house reecting to thii? >> donald rump has called the book a nasty and fabricated. the washington post hassalso ppinted excerpts of a chat% between woodward and trump. unable toointerview donald trump for the book and in this articll you get a real% sense of how out of the loop he is. woodward explains to trump that he reached out to six of his aides with interview requests to which donald trumppsays, nooody told me about it. he seems really clueless. aids in the book also call the and forrone cartoonist, it's may be more of a mental institutionn ponald trump being the patient ressraint by those around him. animals on its front page. the extinction of eight species

on he front page, aabrilliint blue brazilian parent. that's one of eight avian species that has gone extinct this decadee ffve of those species going% extinct in south merica as a result of deffrestation. historically bird extinctions take place on smaller islands. that humanlly proof accelerating those extinctions. aroond 26,000 ooher bird species story that has sparked a debate about how americans value media labor. >> this story is uite interesting. thefrey owens played huxtable family's on-in-law on the cooby ssow in the 1990's. was so-called labor day weekend. a shopper snapped photos of him bagging groceries at trader joe's. thaa's a supermarkettin the u.s.

the photos were sent to the proceeded to humiliate him, implying that he's a washed up actor having to resort to locate pork. there was a backlash to the backlash with actors euniting on ttitter to talk about their own experiences and day jobs. actually a yield%phe's also e. he hassjjst wrapped up four producttons this year. tte cashier job was just to earn some extra money and this is what he explained on morning television in the u.s. ii the end, a man shamed for medial -- meniil labor has turned it into a teachable >> on twitter he had a job offer from yler perry. who knows how long he will be doing these jobs. we have another story about food. a new trend of how food is being served in restaurants. >> it's called non-plate plating.

in new zzaland there's a and fish egg dish served on a bed of rocks in a bowl. worlddares around the opting out of using a play. instead resorting to everyday items to serve food. we are talking about ashtrays, axes, stumps, teapots, tennis rackets, flowerpots and even a shovel.% a restaurant in switzerland in a stiletto. another restaurant in san -pfrancisco celebrated truffle ipad. creativeobviously be and clearly buzzworthy dinnng >> as ong as it's ot directly into the stiletto. don't forget, if you want to see morere of our paper roundup you can go to franne 24.com. we will take a quick breek on

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