>> thanks for joining us here on france 24. time for 60 minutes live around the world. i am genie godula. a face-off in the senate as the first woman to accuse brett kavanaugh gets set to testify against him as a third woman has come forward with allegation of sexual conduct. pushing a new plan for middle east peace by the end of the year, and gave the clearest

statement yet that he backs a two state solution. more from our u.s. correspondent on the way. by aw laughs off a report respected investigative group, saying a suspect in the poisoning of sirte screwball -- scripal was an agent. another bailout deal with the imf, but what cost? this happened to a kayaker the other day, a slap in the face from a seal and an octopus. details coming up in the press review. first, our lives story -- top story live from paris. ♪ genie: first in the u.s., all

eyes will be on washington this thursday where one of the three women accusing donald trump's supreme court nominee of sexual assault is set to testify before the senate. the stain blase held her down on a bed at a party when they were both teenagers. two other women have come arward, throwing into doubt nomination thought to be a sure thing. allison: hearingngs before t the u.s. senate were supposed to be a formality. brett kavanaugh was considered a shoo-in for the supreme court when donald trump named him to replace anthony kennedy in july. that changed when lawmakers heard the story of christine -- she said kavanaugh assaulted her, pinning

her to a bed and holding her mouth so she could not scream. then a second allegation dating to kavanaugh's college years. his former yale classmate says he thrust his genitals in her face when they werere drunk at a party. the latest allegations come from a woman who said in the 1980's, she witnessed kavanaugh and his group of friends intoxicating women in order to gang rape them . an ultraconservative catholic, kavanaugh has denied the allegations and republicans have largely rallied behind him, calling the allegations a last-minute smear campaign. the president h has stood closey by his credit -- candidate but will be watching the here and. it sounds like there is a scenario under which you would withdraw brett kavanaugh's nomination. >> if i thought he was guilty of something like this, sure. democrats are calling

for the confirmation process to be put on hold while the fbi investigates. >> if our republican colleagues received without an investigation, it will be a travesty. alison: with the clock ticking toward the midterm election, the stakes are high. democrats hope to win a majority in the senate, making it harder to confirm kavanaugh and any ultra conservative judge. genie: we will be carrying those hearings live on france 24 so tune in for that. donald trump has weighed in on the peace process in the middle east, confirming he backs a two thee solution to resolve conflict. the clearest expression yet of white house support for that plan. the president says he is plplanning on pushing through a new piece pan -- plan by the end of the year. >> two state solution, that is what i think wksks best.

it is a dream of mine to be able to get thatt done prior to the end of my first term. comments came after talks with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu, and trump's unwavering support for israel. they have said policies in the region were destroying any hope of a dialogue. to talk about more about this, let's bring in jessica le maire .s how much will the focus be dominating the un's general assembly? jessica: very much, because prime minister netanyahu is speaking and also palestinian present abbas -- president abbas. we will have to listen carefully to what they have to say. first told reporters yes,

he was not against a two state solution and then later on he said, two-state, one state, whatever they prefer. he is talking about this peace plan that he wantsts to presenty the end of the year. he says he hopes to solve this conflict by the end of hisis fit term, but that might be wishful thinking is there is a deepening risk between the palestinians and the u.s. also with u.s. sanctions this , but out to the u.n. organization that helps palestinian refugees. it is difficult to see how to get there. genie: the denuclearization of north korea, seems like plans for a new summit between president trump and kim jong-un on our moving forward -- kim jong-un are moving forward. jessica: trump is saying that he

hopes to meet soon again with kim jong-un. he has been kim jong-un's biggest fan, along i interestiny with president moon of south korea. they have been singing the praises of kim jong-un, saying he is doing a great job and they want to continue working on peace and the do near clears asian. -- denuclearization. outmanuel macron hahas pointed that there have not been concncrete steps yet taken on denuclearization so until then, sanctions will stay in place on north korea. genie: one last word from the u.n., the venezuelan president showed up unexpectedly. watchers are saying this shows quite how desperate he is. after comments from u.s. president donald trump, maduro

could easily be toppled in a coup and that he was not necessarily opposed to a meeting with him, he hopped on a plane and flew here unexpectedly to give his u.n. and dress. -- address. we are waiting to find out if they will have a meeting, extraordinarily unlikely at this point. genie: thank you. --cow had slender reports slander reports of a british investigative group claiming to know the investment -- the suspect and the poisoning of sergey scripal. he is a top level military intelligence kernel co --lonel. --, so say name is the investigative group who

claims to have conclusively established the real identity of the man, one of two suspects named in trying to kill a former spy in his daughter. russian diplomats were expelled across multiple countries following the attack, which russia has repeatedly denied being involved in. >> when russia used a toxic nerve agent on the streets of salisbury, the u.k. with our nato, eu, and other allies took action. >> they approached former military officers and leaked data to establish the information. a passport photo provided resembles the suspect. they claim the real suspect is part of russian intelligence special forces and was awarded the hero of russia metal four years ago.

i -- an -- russian expo russian former spy and his daughter were poisoned here at a woman died months later after exposure to the same substance. that raisesill pension age in russia has passed the third and final reading and the state parliament, raising retirement age to 65 for men and 60 for women. .t had been amended the bill needs to be passed in the upper house and signed by the president, vladimir putin. the turkish president is in germrmy for a rare visit with a busy agenda, ranging from everything in syria to the arrest of german citizens to the currency crisis. great britain and ankara have

been at odds for years and have recently toned down there rhetoric. google is 20 years old this month. students stanford phd founded it based in their friend's garage e years agogo today. rub" butcalled "back switched to a misspelling of google. an expert on transformation of the digital economy. google is such a big part of everyone's online experience. do you think it's investors would have imagined how big it will become -- it has become? >> it is always easy to see when it is a success now, how it was in the beginning. it has really grown crazily. of course, china is not using

google yet. genie: what has been the secret to its success? >> they were one of the first to master data. when we look at the world now, everyone will get that data everywhere and if you are great using data and mining data, you can provide a lot of services. down the line, data privacy is at the heart of the debate for google. what are private people most afraid of? >> i do not know if people are afraid, but we track everything everywhere. we have a smart watch, smartphone, web search. we can know a lot about everyone . maybe some regulation is required with the new general data protection regulation in europe that has been in force in may. u.s., theyia and the

are starting to wonder what are the companies tracking for that, and how to be transparent with the consumer about it. i think it is important, especially if you look at china. its government has another way of using that and tracking citizens. -- cannot abuse the power of tracking people. genie: thehere is lots of talk about something called project dragonfly people -- google has in china. >> this issue is a need to grow. they are so big that the only remaining area is china, which is a huge market. of course, if you want to enter the chinese market you need to deal with the government. the government has a different philosophy about internet transparency. they want to a adopt the googlge software but not everyone in the u.s. is going on the idea.

genie: what do you think about data privacy? is it something people should be more concerned about? >> i think they should. everything is in the cloud, so it is not very tangible. it is not very easy to see. those with democratic countries, it is not a problem. we are seeing in germany what can happen with religion as a race, and if it is abused by authoritarian regimes, people are worried. it can easy -- be easy to say, who did you meet? what is your political opinion? genie: thank you for coming. next now, a face-off in the senate today as the first woman to accuse brett kavanaugh gets set to testify against him.

this as a third woman has come forward with new allegations of sexual misconduct against donald trump's supreme court nominee. donald trump says he is pushing any plan for middle east peace. he also gave the clearest statement yet he backs a two state solution. , a group saying the --son the there's poisoning the poisoning suspect was a highly decorated military officer. argentina has agreed a new bailout program with it international monetary fund. stephen: it is the largest imf has ever handed out. argentinian government is battling a currency crisis that has seen the pay so losing half of its value. the imf will frontload payments to argentina and has paid $15

billion so far this year with another $30 million before the end of 2018. the conditions for the bailout have been changed. argentina will need to keep its budget deficit at zero and a surplus in 2020. that will mean tax increases and spending cuts. the central bank will only be able to intervene to support the currency if it drops below 44 39.s, currently around they have spent billions to prop the currency up and this wilille change in policy. change in policy.y. take a a listen to what they had to say. >> i support the international

communitycommunity, in this case international monetary fund will a live our country to leave thee over the future of air france. stephen: the government reduced its stake. smith telling the financial times that unions should not count on the government stake as he tries to streamline the struggling carrier. the french finance minister says the government has no plans to sell. brian quine has the story. brian: months after the french finance -- finance minister warmed the airline would

prepared tohey are sell their 14% stake, rather than protected from competition. in an interview, benjamin smith warned unions should not consider the government shares an insurance policy against failure. be arrogant and assume we have any more right to our customers than our competitors do. we have to earn their business every day. fighting our competitors is ours out t -- is our ticket to succe. brian: the financial managers says while the airlines donates to become more competitive, that is not on the agenda. >> that is not on the government's priority. my priority is getting out on front. brian: he has been in the job for less than two weeks. his appointment as ceo was bitterly contested. he says he wants to build trust with unions as he prepares for

critical negotiations with them. nearly two weeks of strengths of -- it's shares are down 37% for 2018. the company's previous ceo resigned after losing a staff referendum on a compensation deal that had been rejected by unions. genie: uncertainty over the budget in italy is causing investors to worry. stephen: a fierce battle going on over its budget that is dupree -- due to be presented today. the commerce minister has denied that he could resign over the budget. there is a meeting with the prime minister and the two major parties to hammer out the differences this afternoon. borrowing costs are rising on bond markets as a result of thts speculation. let's see how that is affecting european stock markets in trading.

the stock index in the lawn down over 1%. the ftse begin training a few moments ago. italian banks getting the brunt of the uncertainty. the london ftse 100 nudging into the green. genie: mcdonald's in the united states is trying to win over new customers with healthier recipes. stephen: the fast food chain says after some changes, their burgers are free from artificial preservatives and flavors. the changes helped boost sales. they changed the cheese that they use, which is free of artificial colors. it is largely the same color. apparently they are having problems with a replacement for their pickles. they may have to develop new breeds and take two years to find national -- natural pickles. genie: those pickles have a very

unique taste. it is now time for the press review. joining me to take a look at what has been in the news, we will start in washington where there is a lot of focus on that senate hearings with supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh, facing new allegations of sexual misconduct. >> christine blasey ford is set to give her testimony, the first in three women who have accused him of sexual assault. with all of these sordid accusations, the news needs an r-rated warning, says jim warren for the miami herald. a third woman has come forward saying brett kavanaugh was part of a gain of high school boys who spiked drinks and assaulted and draped girls in the 1980's. ped girls in the 1980's.

her testimony was ripped as a ploy to deploy kavanaugh -- prevent kavanaugh. was accused of going back to the parties even after being allegedly raped. -- are you? we are not asking he said, she said, but she and she and she. genie: mounting claims within the church. >> looking at it from the view, theyint of headed to france for a priest retreat and spoke to them about how the scandals in germany and the u.s. are affecting them. a painful period is how many priests are describing it.

not every priest is a pedophile, but even those who aren't say they are starting to alter their behavior, making sure they are never in a room alone with children, trying not to be too tactile with children, and do confirm that priests should stay celibate. this could be a potential solution. of theit was voted meme year, distracted boyfriend. it has been deemed sexist. >> that picture of a man checking out another woman well with his year, distracted boyfriend. girlfriend, that went swedish internet company usedol

it for the recruit add where the swedish internet company used it for the recruit add where the girlfriend is your current job and the other woman is their company. swedish internet company used it for the recruit add where the girlfriend is your current job and the other woman is their company. an ad regulator says it is discriminatory. people meme'ed the meme. meme./ it was flipped on its head, instead of a man checking out a woman it was a woman checking out another man while with her partner. you can see as she is checking out that man, her current boyfriend represents the swedish decision. where ao new zealand, quiet ocean stroll on a kayak turned out to be dangerous for a tourist. >> a group of tourists were kayaking when they witnessed an epic ocean battle between a.c.l. and an octopus. seal and an octopus. then this happened.

out. -- genie: ouch. >> it is quite improbable for a seal to smack you in the face, but an octopus in the mouth, this video has gone viral. genie: a high-profile wedding and the woman of -- women's ice hockey world. >> she just married her arrival, the captain of the olympic ice hockey team. they are three time champions and partners in life, proving life can overcome rivalry. this is not the first canada-u.s. ice hockey romance. former captain julie choo and kerley and wellness have had a baby together. genie: nice to know they find a way to get along. thank you for that with that look at the press. you can get a closer look at the

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