anchor: you are watching "france and thisgenie godula is the headlines. minister ofrime hungary accuses eu lawmakers of blackmail after the european parliament votes today on whether not to century his government for its anti-migrant positions. brazil's most popular politician writes a letter from his jail cell, saying he is pulling out of the presidential race. da silva: of his supporters to vote for the man he named to run in his place.

and as hurricane florence barrels towards ththe eastern united states, thousands of cars hit the road in a mass evacuation. also coming up this hour in business, the beetle versus the fiji. why paul mccartney and wycliff debatede into a european over copyright laws. and giving kids the healthy breakfast they don't get it home. that's coming up, but first, our top story line from paris. the european parliament is sent to vote right about now on whether or not to punish hungry for going against the core values of the european union. hungary has made a genetic shift

to the right sense by minister viktor orman came to power eight years ago. he has refused t to take and asylum-seekers arriving in europe and turned the pressure up on hungary's court and the media. speaking yesterday at the european parliament, he said he refused to be blackmailed by the eu. european commission president's jean-claude juncker gave his final state of the union speech before the european parliament today and he alluded to the debate on hungary. >> the commission will resist any attack on the rule of law and we continue to be very concerned by the developments since some of our member states, article seven must be applied wherever the rule of law is threatened. are europeane 24," editor tells us more about article seven of what it means for hungry.

allusion in the state of the union speech, but he was quite clearly talking about censuring hungary and the reason is that hungary is accused of attacking its own democracy and owner of law, its own citizens fundamental rights and independence of the media and academics. that's a debatete in the europen parliament yesterday. these accusations were brought and victor on was present and he gave a blistering response to those accusations. saying this was a witch hunt and not answering those accusations directly, but very much defending hungary and saying that hungary is a nation that is being insulted by all of this. in thenprecedented european parliament's loss of or taking action in hungary, the is ovover the center-right group, the epp, the group to which his party is a member. the leader of that g group said

that he personally is going to be voting against ritual rennes, but t it's not clear whwhether e rest of his group will follow him. with two thirds of parliamentarians present for the vote against hungary, that means the motion is carried, howevevea lot toto point out that the real decision on this would come of the council level, heads of state and government and that's where poland has already said it would veto this actually coming into effect. catherine nicholson reporting from the european parliament in strasbourg. to the united states, where hurricane is inching closer towards the east coast, especially out of the state of south carolina, north carolina, and virginia on thursday. authorities and the general public alike are already preparing for the worst. kohl's dengler has the details. , traffic isterstate moving along in one direction, away from the storm.

1.7 million people have been given evacuation orders across the carolinas and virginia. for those who decided to stay, there is pressure to act fast. supermarkets and gas stations have been packed with shoppers. residents have also rushed to protect their homes. florence is exexpected and make landfall t thuday ninight or eay friday. >> hurricane florence affect each and everyone of you. the storm is a monster. it's big and it's viciouous. dangerous,tremely life-threatening, historic hurricane. corrects the category four hurricane is expected to pack wind up more than 150 miles per hour. the storage and as far north as pennsylvania. the tool can be heavy with power outages, property destruction, and flooding. president donald trump remained confident. >> the safety of the american people is my absolute highest priority.

we're sparing no expense. we are totally prepared, we are ready. we are as ready as anybody has ever been. it looks to me and it looks to all of the very talented people that do this for a living like this is going to be a storm that is going to be a very large one, far larger than we have seen in perhaps decades. >> with four states under a state of emergency, thousands of the members of the national guard are expected on nash -- elected duty. in easterntrasbourg france, the eu parliament has just voted to approve a copyright law. that is a big blow to the tech industry. it was about an amendment on the copyright directive, a piece of draft legislation that would update copyright for the internet age. it has, however, become one of the most devices pieces of legislation in recent history. one of the most reticular dubbed thee been

death of the internet. we will be telling you more about that later today here on "france 24." let's focus on brazil, where the former president da silva has top job race to win the again. he had been leading the polls even though he is currently in jail for corruption. the court ruled he couldn't run. he's now asking people to vote for his hand-picked successor brandon about, making that call via letter read outside his jail. > my sentences a judicial farce. i'm calling from the bottom of my heart all those who want to vote for me to vote for a friend fernando god for present. just for president. genie: i'm joined by david rosado, you actually met fernando god. intellectual, a political science professor at

the university of sao paulo and he was the mayor of that city for four years. lefts defeated in 2016 and some mixed feelings, many grassroots militants. : wereto the workers party dissatisfied with his -- some of his policies. was a mane saying he within the workers party that was very much inclined to talk with the middle class and to serve more with the middle classes and attention. psychopaths, culture, he was very strong on this. paths, culture, he was very strong on this. he's leaning more towards the middle classes that other people be thee in the race to

shadow. them mosts one of popular is not the most popular politicians in brazil. replace any way he can him? hero, aula is a popular man of the people, whose history is very strong and the hearts of many brazilians, he is not replaceable. god has less charisma, but i think he is going to capitalize on the charisma of lula and at the same time, try not to appear as a puppet and to man,that he is his own that he has differences and in that way trying to appeal to

different sectors of the electorate to be able to win this race. at the very least, to reach the second round, second to the actual leader in the polls, who is on the extreme right of politics in brazil. david, thank you, talking about the upcoming election in brazil. even secretary-general antonio guterres manager at field to syria and its allies to avoid what he called the bloodbath in the region. syria backed by russia and iran is preparing all-out assault on the rebel held enclave to root out what it says are terrorist. the bombing in airstrikes have already forced 30,000 people to flee the region in just 12 days. corrects it is absolutely essential to avoid a full-scale battle. this would unleash a humanitarian nightmare unlike any seen in the bloodsoaked

syrian conflict. it's the last so-called de-escalation zone in syria. it must not be transformed into a bloodbath. campaigning is ticked off in iraqi kurdistan ahead of the region's parliament or elections september 30. the tense political climate in the semiautonomous region, iraqi kurds voted for independence last year in a referendum that was not recognized by the iraqi central government in baghdad. kohl's manga reports. mood in the streets as activists prepared posters ahead of this month's vote. the political situation is anything but calm. meanwhile, iraq's national elections of failed to produce a new government.

>> the political climate is tense and the wound us to do with the issue of iraq's undecided elections. we still do not have a speaker file in a. we still do not have an authority recognized with full powersrs. the vote also comes when you're after the region voted overwhelmingly for independence from iraq. the referendum was not recognized by baghdad which responded with economic penalties. military clashes followed as well. political life years long been dominated by the receiver donnie. he stepped down as regional president last year but continues to play a leading role in the ruling kurdistan democratic party. observers are expecting low turnrnout with voters frustrated by t their options.. ini have not seen a a change the lists of political parties. is always the same faces in the polilitical arena. and in these upcomoming electio.

> 110 seats are up for grabs and so far, nearly 30 different parties and further hats into the race. genie: back to france, where one in five people as only precarious access to food, according to a new report also says 27% of all french people can't afford to eat fruit and vegetables every day. among those worst hit by the crisis are children. >> is the most important meal of the day, but many children in france simply aren't eating breakfast. on average in each classroom, three children come to school on empty stomach. in poor neighborhoods, the number goes up to five. past six years, bully on has been providing breakfast or peoples. >> please raise your hand if every day you have breakfast before coming into class. >> only one third of their students put the hands of.

it's not always a question of money. >> it's more about family and social habits. some of these children wake up by themselves and want to school loan. -- alone. these are difficult conditions in which children have to learn to cope on their own a very young age. >> this initiative is funded by the new cinelli and my parents who pitch in just two euros a month. >> two euros a month is nothing in the breakfast is healthy, i can't complain. >> as of 2016, where one in five people in france said they had trouble affording three meals a day. food banks and poverty relief charities are there to help families in need, but the on thursday,ns, president emmanuel macron is set to announce his government's plan to tackle poverty, which includes a 10 million euro fund to provide free breakfast for

students. back to the top story we've been covering throughout most of the day on "france 24." the european parliament has adopted a motion to trigger article seven, that will kickoff the punitive seizure against hungary for flouting the rule of law. we're talking more about that later here on "france 24." in the meantime i turned to stephen carroll was with us. you are going to stay at the european parliament were the result of an -- also a very past,sing thing that got lawmakers approved changes to copyright law. mccartneyed paul against wife of john. lawmakers approved an amended didirective on copyrightht, thee were two elemes s of this ththat was not t to be controversia one is the so-called link tax that would see search engines like google pay content creators like media organizations for example for linking to their

content, and the other measures which cause much debate would require websites like youtube to filtered uploads for copyrighted material before they are published online. supporters of the propositions that it would help artists are living from their work while critics believe the measures could lead to censorship. this isn't the end of the road and there will be another vote in parliament in january for these changes are finally approved. the european carrier ryanair is facing stress -- press -- fresh strike action. >> one third of letter cancel as pilots and cabin crew stager 24 , the latest in a series of stoppages by staff at the airline across various european countries as they seek better terms and conditions. the airline has threatened to cut jobs at the strikes continue as ceo michael o'leary morning he won't roll over on the issue. ellen burnell has the story. the number of writers to and

from germany now canceled over to four hour strike by pilots and crew. the cancellations were to minimize disruption across its 400 flight service and slammed the union action is out of line. >> we are willing to move forward and we have been for the last month, and we still are. but if we're goioi to face lightning strikes, and unreasasonable and ridiculous behavior, that's going to make it very difficult for us to maintain our normal business in germany. >> in a tough holiday season for ryanair, the carrier it hard by summer strikes across europe over pay and working conditions. staff complained of low wages and job insecurity, workers are employed under irish legislation but they want contracts based in their own country and other local employment conditions. >> three quarters have the status of being self-employed,

in fact families pilots on a permanent state of insecurity. they don't know where they are going to work. one day they will be raced in the next, sent to work in another. >> ryanair has made progress with unions in recent weeks, reaching a deal with irish pirates last week in italian pilots in late august. this week and union leaders are treated to announce the biggest strike action the company has ever seen. mass walkouts across five eu countries. we've been talking about hurricane florence aiming for the united states and the price of oil has jumped over fears that could disrupt supplies. >> wti crude trading close to $70 a barrel continuing to rise in the pattern we've seen over the past 12 hours or so. a similar picture on the international benchmark for oil brent crude is trading close to of the spheres what hurricane florence might do for supplies. on the stock markets, european markets trading up this

lunchtime, but shares in rolls-royce are down after iberia flight had to make an emergency landing at logan airport, which has been with the rolls-royce built engine for investors reacted to the news. today's business headlines for you, the head of the imf christine lagarde says the u.s. china trade war as the potential to shop emerging-market like argentina. in interview with the financial times, she says while the imf doesn't currently see a risk of contagion from the sell affecting emerging markets, the situation could change rapidly. shares in the freshly brewed brand irma's are up more than 2% in paris after they reported a nearly 1/5 jump in net profits in the first half of the year. the brand is best known for so scarves special silk scarves and handbags. the germans as they didn't see any impact of the global trade tension on their sales. the owner of fashion brands are has seen profits and revenues rise despite a stronger euro hurting its bottom line.

the spanish group is the world's largest fashion retailer and also owns brands including massimo duty. he reported 12 billion euros in sales in the first six months of the year. we'll wrap up now come in new york and with the construction of the site of the former world trade center now finished, the challenge now seems to be actually filling its offices. >> four years after the one world trade center our test tower opened, 20% of the offices are empty. the owner and operator says that's partly because the site until recently had an unfinished feel because all the construction going on. but despite the high profile tents like conde nast and spotify, the vacancy rate or a little treats her as for new york city. it's a that affected the site when the towers were first tilt in the 1970's, people were slow to take up leases then and the developers say they believe all of the space will be fully leased by the internet year. genie: stephphen carroll, thank

you. now time for the press review. >> --genie: we started the u.s. with lots of focus on hurricane florence making its way towards the southeastern united states and the press is saying that this hurricane may be a lot worse than the previous one. it's been called the monster storm that could do an unbelievable amount of damage with officials saying this is one to be scared of. it's not just because the hurricanes over 200 kilometer wins. northess like those old carolina papers national citizen times explains its the surge of the rising waters on the coast and inland that could actually do so much damage and be so life-threatening. the paper compares the current trajectory of florence with previous hurricanes and says it's the angle and the way that hits the coast that will dictate how deadly it is. three states of massive

evacuations for over one million people. are americans actually heeding the call to leave their homes and get out of town? solange: they are at our traffic jams in north and south carolina and virginia to prove it. but is thought that thousands of americans, many people do decide to stay home. another brick just a number of papers are wondering why they do that. forms as interview of researchers who studied citizens who ignored evacuation orders in the past, people who decide to wait it out despite a potentially fatal confidences. explain is often an issue that affects poor individuals as well as some are disabled and have no one to help them. and no means of escaping. while others fear of leaving their valuables and some looked up as experiences of hunkering down at home during hurricanes saying we did it before, we can do it again but the problem researchers say is that the storm isn't just any normal hurricane.

experts fear it could be the strongest storm on record to hit this far north on the eastern seaboard. genie: much of the press is covering that climate change may not be resourceful for hurricane florence. solange: it's a good thing the u.s. president encourage the people to evacuate, he is complicit in playing on the risks of climate change which is making the storms so much more deadly and damaging. because they are more apt to lingering drought more rain, which creates even more potentially deadly flooding. the timing of the storm couldn't be more ironic or sad, just this week, trump rollbackck restrictions on methane gas emissions. methane is one of the worst greenhouse gases out there. gases -- gases contribute to, change. the boston globe picked up on this issue, in a cartoon, it has trump saying is rollback some

environmental policies are the transparent of normal citizens covered in opaque and breathable air. climate change being discussed in the east of the united states and the searching but also in the west as california is getting set to host the global climate action summit in san francisco. leaders for multiple states and business leaders are gathering there as well as the mayor of paris. california has virtually been quite active and vocal in saying they want to tighten their admissions -- emissions and booster noble energy and step up or donald has stepped back. the guardian explains the work at the summit like this one is critical because it will allow businesses, government leaders, and activists to join up with investors and i first to see how they can effectively combat climate change. genie: the folks on brazil where former president lula has finally decided not to run in this october's presidential election.

solange: he waited to the very last-minute to officially pull out and he named his and her friend over dad -- fernando herdad. the brazilian press is more focused on current opinion polls and the passing of the baton and this may be because the announcement, while it came late, was a surprise. is runningnt paper, the day with an opinion poll that fits the conservative front runner at 26% in the first round. while another brazilian paper is running with another opinion poll that shows how uncertain brazilians are with their convictions of who to vote for. meanwhile, the brazilian version ofcompares the tuples argues the second round can it really hasn't been decided yet on that for lula's candidate to beat his opponents, he's going to have a lot of work to do to climb from is a percent. genie: there's not much time

left. isange: the first vote october 2. genie: apple announcing his latest product, including a new iphone which is leaving many gadget geeks to stay what to do their old iphones. congoe: "washington post wants recycle your old smartphones and tablets is a very necessary but risky business. that lithium batteries are known to burst into flames and have been doing so in a number of her second centers and causing dozens of fires. the post says it's time for companies like apple to own it. as they come is like embley on only on producing new iphones, but on what to do with the old ones so they can be broken apart the a lithium batteries can be recycled. you for watching. get a closer look at our press review on her website, at france 24.com. the european parliament in strasbourg just voted to move

forward on moves to sense your hungry for its anti-migrant position we will be talking to our correspondent live from strasburg in the next half hour. also coming up, governor jerry brown california is leading the m

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