live fromwelcome to paris. it is 1:00 p.m. in the french capital. he said, she said. the senate judiciary committee set to vote after hearing from christine blasey ford and the man she accuses of sexual assault, supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh, who denies the accusation.

erdogan meeting with chancellor merkel. fansore than 270,000 golf from around the world to sending here for the start of the golf tournament. first, our top stories. much of america came to a halt on thursday as christine blasey ford told the senate judiciary committee help brett kavanaugh try to remove her clothing a at a party in 1982. she added that she thought that the supreme court nominee, then a teenager, would rape her and kill her. hearing athe entire

circus that had permanently destroyed his name. .> an extraordinary hearing christine blasey ford offered a gut wrenching testimony. groped me and tried to take off my clothing. i believed he was going to rape me. i yelled for help. when i did he put his hand over my mouth to stop me from yelling. this is what terrified me the most and has had the most lastining impact on my life. it was hard for me to breathe and i thought brett was going to accidentally kill me. asked if she could have been mistaken, she did not waver. with what degree of certainty do you believe brett kavanaugh assaulted you? >> 100%. 's turn.s kavanaugh

the denial was unequivocal. >> i have never sexually assaulted dr. ford, or anyone. was emotional and grew angry, accusing democrats of trying to ruin his reputation. >> you are coordinated and well-funded effort to destroy my good name and family will not drop me out. the bio threats of violence against my family will not drive me out. al threats of violence against my family will not drive me out. showede kavanaugh america exactly why i nominated him. his testimony was powerful, honest, and riveting. the senate must vote. wille judiciary committee do that friday. whatever the outcome the full

senate must vote. republicans have a majority, but a few have yet to announce their positions. >> the turkish president is in as his firstriday formal state visit to germany continues. you are seeing live images of the press conference underway. having just met chancellor areel, the two leaders holding this press conference with the media. after touching down last night on berlin tong group as aerics terrorist organization. >> your current practices have nothing to do with democracy. our even comparable with those in the past. we spoke with our international affairs editor. 2017, erdogan

accuse the germans of having nazi practices because they up to rallies as a lead the referendum in turkey and changes to the constitution which gave erdogan new powers. now, fast forward and he is in germany trying to repair a battered relationship. it is a highly controversial visit. remarks, ande there are critics in germany about erdogan's increasingly autocratic style. a purge of activists and journalists. to date there are five german nationalists in jail in turkey. the pictures of him being welcomed by the german president at the presidential residence are controversial.

there have been demonstrations, demonstrations, in germany. on saturday, when erdogan is set to visit a mosque in cologne, there will be tens of thousands of people on the streets. iran at the blaming u.n. general assembly. the prime minister holding of an area which he claims shows a secret warehouse in tehran where the islamic republic is holding nuclear-related material. >> armed with a small collection of props to support his claims, benjamin netanyahu prepares to reveal what he says his new information about tehran's nuclear ambitions. >> today, i am disclosining for the first time, that iran has another secret facility in tehran. forcret atomic warehouse

storing massive amounts of yourment and material from around's secret nuclear weapons program. identify not clearly the equipment or materials he claims are being stored. in light of the accusations, the israeli prime minister of donald support trump's decision to pull the u.s. out of the nuclear deal, saying it proves iran n has no intention of respecting the agreement. he encourages the international atomic agency to act swiftly, accusing the republic of planning attacks in the u.s. and europe. accused hezbollah of creating three missile sites in lebanon with a photo he says is a picture worth a thousand missiles. accusations of hidden nuclear programs go both ways.

the prime minister reacted to the speech by accusing isrsraelf similar actions. >> no arts and crafts show will change that israel is the only one in the region with a secret nuclear weapons program, including a nuclear arsenal. its nuclearmited activities in exchange for the lifting of economic sanctions. humanng his time at the general it -- at the un general assembly urging the u.s. to rethink its cuts to funding and position to recognize jerusalem as the capital. moving on, canadian politicians have moved to strip the myanmar civilian leader aung san suu kyi of her honorary citizenship in

response to crimes committed minority.e rohingya justin trudeau saying that he was open to stripping aung san do kyi of the honor, saying so would not necessarily it the crisis in myanmar where rohingya's have fled a government crackdown. president macron is in the forch caribbean environmental concerns. andxic algae infestation pollution from and in pesticide -- from a pesticide used on the banana plantations. -- toking to rear fo reassure farmers whose crops have been poisoned. an environmental scandal for the french president. >> taking a share of

responsibility for the pollution and make path for reparation. i wish to reduce the amount found there. emmanuel macron says paying reparations to everyone is out of the question, but the gogovernment i is looking toto compensate t those who were exposed to the chemical for work. used thefarmers pesticide until 1993, despite it being banned in the u.s. in the 1970's and france in the 1980's. the islands rates o of prostate cancer are twice that of mamainland france.e. >> we knew the danger of the chemical. yet still we allowed it to be spread in large quantities. even when it was banned in france. on friday, hepe will respond to concerns over

infestations of our gee. when dry it releases toxic gases -- infestations of algae. when it is dry it releases toxic gases. an official complaint was filed over the algae, accusing the french government of negligence. fansre than 200,000 golf have arrived for the start of the ryder cup. the tournament. underway on friday after a lavish opening ceremony. tiger woods has been the main attraction as he tees off in his first ryder cup since 2012. give us a sense of what is happening in terms of results so far. the matches of the morning have yet to finish. there is one match that finished. the first point of the day going

to team usa with rory mcilroy. losing to the number one american dustin johnson. hole.on on the 16th a huge victory for the americans . three other matches are going on . it is a very tight race this morning. all players really showing exciting golf. of as weis one point wait for the next results. for francea big win to host this tournament. there is a lot of excitement as a result. as you told us earlier, there are up to one billion people who watch. >> that is the amount of viewers expected. about one billion viewers around the world.

here, there are about 200,000 expected for the three match today's from dozens of different countries. the americans are here, and different current -- and all of europe. there is a lot of excitement. golf is quite an individual sport, but you have team usa besting the europeans, and you get more of a football atmosphere with the fans rooting or booing opponents. even highernt made with the presence of tiger woods. returning as a player for the first time in 16 years and in top form. his firstsunday,

title in five years. it is the story of the comeback. yet a lot of problems, run-ins with the law, personal problems, and injury. he is back and supposed to be one of the key players for team usa. his star power is bringing in a lot of people. we can see where tiger woods is on the course depending on how many people are following him a round. you see a sea of people following along. that will probably go on and all the way through sunday. itcourse, if he wins again, would be his second ryder cup victory. for a busyhe is in weekend. thank you. tale of 47inary

passengers and crew surviving a plane crash landing in a lagoon. they escaped on local boats that came to their rescue in micronesia. seven people have been taken to the hospital, including one described by police as being in critical but stable condition. ofay's the international day abortion. there is euphoria that irish voters earlier in the year to legalize abortion. it does conceal a disturbing trend across europe. you will see by clicking on 4.com how much it has become an issue in certain european countries. makingder of what is

news, he said she said. the senate judiciary committee set to vote after hearing from christine blasey ford and supreme court justice brett kavanaugh. tension, ease the turkish president erdogan meeting chancellor merkel. the two are holding a press conference. the ryder cup has kicked off in france with more than 270,000 golf fans from 90 countries flying in for the start of the tournament. it is time to get an update on business news. joined in the studio. starting with italy's new budget plans, which are causing a stir? to governmente announced an increase in spending to fulfill campaign promises. it pushes the deficit to 2.4 percent of gdp next year, a

significant jump from 1.6%. it is still below the 3% ceiling , but it only has the second-largest that in the bloc after greece. we have no interest in a crisis between the commission and italy. it is in no one's is true -- no one's interest because italy is an important country. we have no interest either in italy and not reducing its debt. 132% will have a dead off and then expansionary stimulus. ebt of 132% and expansionary stimulus. >> the rest of the european markets are in the red as well. after thebeen high u.s. and china and impose tariffs on each other's goods.

escalating tensions have rocked the global auto industry with ford saying ththe metal tears wl cost $1 billion in profits. may now go to the managing directors of one of the biggest carmakers. at the headquarters of the luxury electric carmaker the company recently acquired. car companies seem to be impacted by the trade and brexit ? what are your contingency plans? can you please repeat? you expxpect car sales globally to go down because of ongoing trade tensions? i am sorry, i am not able to hear you well. >> apparently we are having

technical issues. we will try to getet more if we get the technical l problems sorted out. now, other news of the day. musk,ad of tesla, elon has been sued by the top u.s. regulator, securities and exchange commission, who has accused him of fraud because of august sayingr in he planned on take tesla private. musk misledsion says investors and should no longer run a publicly traded company. musk defends his actions. financial misconduct went unpunished or the consequences don't reflect the seriousness of violations.

in december it started after reports of malpractice of selling unnecessary insurance policies. the final report in february could recommend criminal charges. official data shows 27.3% of argentinians living in poverty. president has asked the patience. pat me, around 250,000 ryanair flights being grounded this friday as a fresh strike hits the airline. the airline was expected to cancel 150 flights, that that was increased to 250 on thursday after the biggest german pilot union said it would walk out over pay and conditions.

150,000 customers are being affected by the walkouts. we will get more on the developing story later. >> we are having a few technical problems. do bear with us. it is one of those days, and it is friday afternoon in paris. moving on to the press review. time to look at what is making headlines aroround the globe. i am joined in the studio. hello. the big story of the day is the testimony from christine blasey ford and to pray in court before brett kavanaugh the senate judiciary committee yesterday. it was gripping to watch.

the frontry makes page of "the new york daily news." you can see a picture of christine blasey ford on the verge of tears. ford says she was 100% sure that attacker.was her her voice shook as she described how she thought kavanaugh was going to rape her. her testimony is the lead story in "the new york times." you can see 2 photos side-by-side. one of ford with the headline "0%%" and one of kavanaugh and 100% certain." the accused and accuser have spoken. what will the senators say? kavanaugh's fate is in the balance. >> many are praising ford for her courage. kavanaugh's testimony has been

criticized? crying andtude, getting upset, has inspired cartoonists in the u.s.. you can see this cartoon, kavanaugh dressed as a baby having a tantrum standing next to donald trump, who is also known for tantrums. >> what comes next? >>'s nomination must be cleared by the senate judiciciary committetee and a approved i the senate. should there be a vote now? papers are divided. the washington post says the vote should be delayed. time, thelenty of paper argues. the senate should begin access of all relevant documents to find out what really happened to kavanaugh's accuser.

both testimonies were equally moving and powerful, but there is no evidence against kavanaugh, says the paper. is that enough to destroy someone's life? no, says the paper. character assassination will become more common in the future. >> moving on is the fact that we had the turkish president is in germany come and there is a lot of anger as the turkish leader begins his three-d-day visit. with our german papers saying? >> papers are worried about erdogan's intentions. toicially, erdogan wants mend relations with germany. is he sincere? members of the opposition are not sure. green m.v.p.es the in its opening paragraph. "there is no will to change."

the website politico argues 's newfound wish to warm relations may be linked to his country's economic crisis. lost onesh lira has third of its value since the beginning of the year. is reluctant to ask the imf for help. >> what has been the reaction in turkey from the turkish media. are critical of erdogan's strategy. a year ago, erdogan called german officials nazis after germany protected the right to campaign. it is up to turkey to take the necessary steps to improve thations with the eu,

means apologizing and improving democratic standards in turkey. in that regard, erdogan has a lot of work to do. >> this is what we call a dramatic change of pace. studyrisian has a new suggesting the french are engaging in more frequent sex than ever before. >> what could be more french? loose.people are letting are having more sexual partners and being more unfaithful than ever before. new are experiencing practices and talking more openly. in theer of a sex shop article suggests that attitudes are changing thanks to films and books like "50 shades of grey." people are having more

fun, but i have to say y ey have terrible taste in literature. >> you can visit our website france24.com. stay with us. we will be back after a shortw

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