>> you are watching france 24 in time for 60 minutes live around the world. these are the e headlines. macron unveilsel an 8 billion euro plan to try to tackle poverty in france. hurricane florence edges closer to america's east coast. forecasters saying life-threatening rain and flooding are on the way even though the storm has been downgraded to category two. and more scandal for the

catholic church, this time in germany. a leaked report says 1700 priests sexually abused minors over a. of seven decades. -- over a period of seven decades. announcingand unions a courtney did strike for later this month. the details coming up in business. the french might be good at a lot of things but learning english is not one of them. it look at what the country is trying to do to sort that out. but first, our top story, live from paris. ♪ french president emanuel macron has unveiled a new plan he hopes will tackle poverty. he has presented the 8 billion euro project earlier today near

the eiffel tower. macron had been criticized as the president of the rich. this plan seems to be his way of trying to change that image. all of you ladies and gentlemen, i want to set out a new fight, one that is indispensable and vital for our country. one that will forget no one. speaking more about the and treating the consequences, to go beyond a system that is too complex for services and work on a company for each person. .> we are joined now chris, tell usus what is in this plan. as you heard, 8 billion euros worth of spending announced over the next four years. measures forching access.e and improving

a lot of money going into jobs training schemes.. for emmmmanuel macron, he said it's not about attacking the welfare state. the country is has becomebut complicated. and they will update to a single payment. above all, that change argues with the current system. they kept coming back to it. and it -- he wants to see people

actively helped out of poverty. president macron has been criticized as being the president of the wealthy. how much of this is trying to change his image? chris: an announcement made by the president himself, that reputation, that moniker is a favorite of the media and his opponents that comes in the wake of several pro-business reforms in his first term in office. rating has been sliding. it is an opportunity to move here.

as he sees i it, they create wealth in order to distribute it. cutting payments and some of the solutions being put forward by the french left, partially state payouts as he sees it. >> thank you for speaking to us from the museum of mankind in paris. admitted what it calls a depressing and shameful legacy of sexual abuse. it is after an official report was leaked saying that priests thousandss abused over years.

>> in 2018 alone, and avalanche has rocked the catholic church. report, priests in germany sexually abused 3677 minors, mostly male, between 1946 and 2014. more than half of the victims were aged 14 or younger. >> it is terrifying than it took us so long. >> in a statement, the bishop says that the wrongdoings of the past will not be repeated.

demonstrated abuse of the steadily. francis studied senior bishops around the world to the vatican in february. and the global sex abuse crisis. next to the southeastern united states where hurricane florence is closing in. there could be flooding from the ocean. alison sargent reports. >> all residents must be off the island by 8 p.m.. firefighters issue a final call to evacuate. despite the warnings, some say they are staying put. >> we are not trying to be

heroic or anything like that, but we feel as if we have just as good a chance here as we do in town. alison: residents of a trailer park board up their homes, preparing to leave them behind. >> i have two kids and of trying to get as far away from here. >> trying to conserve life and health and the authorities are mainly putting lives first. that is the best thing. alison: as hurricane florence approaches land, there is storm surge expected of up to four meters with rainfall lasting days. while the storm has been downgraded, the governor told residents not to be fooled.

they will l drown ny homes.. maken: it is expected to landfall in the carolinas and continue westward. the governors of north and south carolina and virginia and georgia have all declared a state of the. to reuters journalists jailed for investigating a massacre were not convicted because they were journalists, but because they broke the law. imprisoned for seven years each last week for breaching the country's hard-line official secrets act. it prompted a storm of global outcry under freedom of speech.

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--workers in vail tobacco workers unveil tobacco on the highway. everything revolves around the plants. it makes it more than half of the exports and is technically illegal. farmers and list the aid of their children. >> we have to help our mother. >> it he of the children work the fields. have acute nicotine poisoning.

>> sometimes i don't feel so good so i tell my mom i have a fever and she takes me to the hospital. fever>> it is also known as gren tobacco sickness. doctors here don't know this malady because green tobacco sickckness has the same symptoms of malaria. it is treated as such. study on the one topic. it is like taking and 50 cigarettes worth of nicotine. to the small-scale growers, they say they are at the mercy of big tobacco. the going rate is l less than oe euro per kilo. exploitive they o oppose chil labor.

a new school year is underway and a report shows how good -- how well students learn language. when it comes to learning english, france is pretty bad. including begetting language class of the primary school and broadcasting english languagee cartoons on national tv. ♪ teachtakes creativity to english in the land of voyeur. only 14% of french 14-year-olds had a good level of english. that percentage is on its way up, reaching 21% this year. france remains far behehind sweden..

according to a report, it needs to change. we want to expand that and not be afraid. >> it is one of those that offers classes. >> it is not the native language. >> the making wish a priority getting all new trainees to study abroad. at today's top stories. hurricane florence is edging closer to america's east coast.

forecasters sasay life-threateng rain and flooding is on the way, even though the storm has been downgraded to a category 2. more scandal for the catholic church, this time in germany. close to 1700 priests sexually abused minors over seven decades. and president macron unveils an 8 billion euro plan to tackle poverty in france. .ith me is stephen carroll theill talk about the plan french president unveiled, saying that he wanted to create a universal income. this is something our viewers might have heard of before. the principle has been around for decades, but the idea that citizens should be given money without preconditions,

whether you work or not. a minimum amount they can live on. the idea coming from the world of work changes and also due to automation, the importance of the worker will diminish. if you are paid this money, and of your get on top salary and if you're out of work, you have enough to live on at all times. it has been around f for a whil. the government didn''t experimet with it, but it is considered to be the future of social welfare. carried out with a limited number of people. they haven't been able to do that and a workable music for this. thehat do we know about plans of the french president? >> he used the term universal income.

he described it as being simple, transparent, and equitable. he stresses ththis would be an income and not a benefit. without further details, it does seem to be a rebranding. they are working from the limited details that we have, and it certainly doesn't conform to the ideas of a basic income. element looking to achieve that since 2020. ahead forf disruption

passengers of low-cost airline ryanair. the cabin crew has announced a strike for september 28. italy, affect netherlands, portugal, and spain. it is the latest in a series of walkouts. >> together simultaneously and once a month. ryanair representatives have announced a collective strike. the employees and working conditions and salaries, they being kept from receiving protections and benefits of their home country. staff say it is lower than other airlines.

and this is just the latest flareup of the summer of strikes. the had to cancel 150 of 100 -- of the 200 flights. they say they would not roll over. >> one of the more ludicrous demands, they strike away. >> also part of a coordinated strike last month. >> now to apple and the launch the latest iphone. x willn: the iphone x s ma sesell just under $1100 in the united states.

they arere focusing on the high-end of the market. the year's iphone x was company's most expensive phone. apple is facing increased competition from chinese rivals and these show it is focusing on the higher value phones. >> pricing was higher than some people thought. question of if they would push above $1000 for the base configuration on a large phone, and they did. that large phone is also going dedicated fans that will frankly pay almost anything. we did see them bring the iphone x family down to $749, which is still expensive. and maintaining the lower price point will be important. it is a mixed picture in europe this lunchtime. paris and frankfurt trading while london is in the red. the bank of england holding rate

steady, but turkey's central bank has just raised rates to 24% from 17.75% after a huge slump we have seen in the lira in recent weeks. the central bank in turkey has been under pressure from president erdogan. they raised them to 24%. regulators are considering banning all flavored e-cigarettes. stephen: last year, 2.1 million u.s. and middle high school are eveven higher. they come up with a plan to reduce teenage use. >> thank you, our business editor. time for our press review.

on set to take a look at the world papers. we will start in germany where there's lots of reaction to the latest set scandal in the catholic church in germany. >> the allegations coming in reports by the german press and 3006 at 77 children were abused by more than 1000 priests over a 70 year. that is according to this paper here. we see the german catholic church itself and confession saying i have send, at least 3677 times. >> there's a lot of anger in the german papers today. >> is it even possible to

forgive the catholic church anymore? that is what one writer asks. it is a forgiveness institution. it is lacking any have terrible crimes committed. church officials covering it up. the role that this place in the abuse, it is something explored by this writer from another german paper here. , nothing isok place sacred anymore. covering up the systemic failures. this time, levied against the sistine chapel choir. >> the image of the church continues to take a battering.

the investigation confirmed by the vatican yesterday into money laundering and embezzlement involving the administrative and priest director of the sistine chapel choir. it is one of the oldest singing groups in the world founded in 1471 and is believed that pair may have redirected proceeds from their concerts to their own personal accounts. australia where a schoolgirl national anthem protest has become a source of major debate in the country. >> very much like colin kaepernick's protest. refusedear-old recently to stand up for the australian national anthem at her elementary school. because thetest anthem overlooks thousands of years of aboriginal history. the school gave her detention and threatened her with suspension. her parents have held her move and it has infuriated conservatives. in particular the populist

leader pauline hanson. she calls her a brat and says she needs a kick up her backside. the move has divided australians over issues like the country's colonial past, treatment of aboriginals, and the tricky issue of when it is appropriate to protest. she is a nine-year old girl in a school space. there are rules to be followed. , andtance was admirable the lyrics of the australian national anthem can be questionable. not just the anthem, but it should be observed. >> a scientific breakthrough about activity -- bacteria in the human gut. scientists at the university of california have discovered that bacteria that live in the causedut, it has

and gangrene infections, it actually produces electricity. and electricity generating machine. creates the new form of renewable energy. your experience, managing your own food, expenses, and money. it can teach you valuable life lessons. the daughter of an indian billionaire that started at the british university of st. andrews has decided to do away with the whole university dorm experience. why sleep in a dorm when you can have a mansion? they bought her a mansion complete with staff. a maid, private chef, butler, house manager.

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