>> you're watching france 24. these are the headlines. cabinet reshuffle here in france. reworking hison team to reverse a downward trend tinged with scandal and the resignation of three ministers and five weeks -- in five weeks. have beenficials given the go-ahead to search the saudi consulate in istanbul for the missing journalist. he entered their last week for some paperwork and has not been seen since. brett kavanaugh sworn into the u.s. supreme court after an ugly fight in the senate. this gives the court its biggest majority -- its biggest conservative majority.

google says goodbye to google plus after the internet giant discovered a security flaw. baker's in france give their baguettes a twist to raise money for aids. first, our top story live from paris. here in france, president macron is announcing a government reshuffle. he is trying to kickstart his cabinet after a rough couple of months marked by scandal, resignations, and record low apprproval ratings. chris, what has been happening there so far? mr.he french friend print adouard philippe -- prime , wester edward philippe

understand the existing french government will take part in question time. there are a number of potential -- including the resignation and nomination ahead of the naming of a new government. evidential vote on that team tomorrow. that depends on the timing and site of the announcement. commentators and france have been focusing on why this is taking so long. that reflects the position of the president. he is a product of the french establishment. he won the election last year by standing for this extreme center. he managed to get --

the movement, -- the remains a fledgling one. the pool of human capital, which fillingow pull from in a post is getting smaller. >> there is a lot at stake for president macron for the reshuffle. -- it hasas certainly been a difficult couple of months for the president. there was the environment minister. one of the defectors from the mainstream left. the president's approval ratings , he has the positive opinion of just over 30% of the french people. this has been discussed.

french media saying this is a chance for a reset. the political line of the government, namely liberal economic reform on one hand coupled with social liberalism on the other hand. their single -- they are saying the line will not change. it is becoming a hard sell for emmanuel macron. >> thanks for that. the french people say business minded macron is out of touch with regular people. he is faced a series of strikes and protests since taking office. the latest right being held today -- the latest strike being held today. it is the first big strike day of the fall season. they say he is trying to destroy the french welfare system.

they should be very little disruption on trains and metros. where officials have just been given the go-ahead to search the saudi consulate. concern over the missing journalist has been growing since he went to the consulate to get papers so he can get married. u.s. president donald trump is the latest to voice alarm after his disappearance. anchor correspondent has more on the ramifications of the case. >> the turks do not have good relations with the saudi's. they disagree on the issue of qatar. but the saudi's and the turks stand against bashar al-assad,

russia, and iran. i imagine turkey would be reluctctant to break relations with saudi arabia. if it were to do so, i do not think that would hurt thee saudi's. the saudi'i's can do without the turks. they cannot do without the americans. the key thing here is what president trump decides to do. so far, he has said he is concerned. he hopes it wiwill sort ititself out. nobody knows what happened. if the turkish prosecutors report what happened and it is convincing, supporters of press freedom around the world will helplp that trump does act. , lindseyublican senators gram and bob corker, have spoken out against the saudi's

on the incident. doubt, if the turkish prosecutors find he has been killed, both senators would urge president trump to take action. now, in the u.s., brett kavanaugh has been sworn into the supreme court after winning the contentious vote marked by sexual misconduct allegations against him. kavanaugh gigantic change -- kavanaugh tried to change the tone. he insisted he would be fair and impartial. trump decided to lash out against the democrats again. >> with the nation watching, brett kavanaugh swore to fatefully and impartially honor his role as associate court

justice. he took the opportunity to tell americans he would not let his past dictate his judgment. >> the senate confirmation process was contentious and emotional. that process is over. my focus now is to be the best justice i can be.e. a good just -- a good judge must be an umpire, a neutral and impartial decider. >> his composure stood in stark contrast to his emotional and at times belligerent testimony a week ago. he was confirmed by the senate and the narrowest margin -- in the narrowest margin -- president trump chose to stoke the fire. he called sexual assault claims by -- of kavanaugh a hoax by the democrats. >> i went to apologize to brett

and the entire kavanaugh family for the pain and suffering you have been forced to endure. >> the bitter confirmation process has made liberal activist call for his impeachment. some democratic lawmakers have promised that if they were in control of the house, they will launch a more thorough investigation. >> brazil's far right presidential candidate says he is sticking to his hard right agenda. he was the front runner and around one. he will now face -- >> brazil is preparing for a better second round. election, itt might have seen both candidates go to the center to sweep up lose voters.

he will be making no compromises. portray -- be >> on twitter, he reiterated his plan. saying he will reduce the number of ministries, privatize state companies, and decentralized power. political animal -- political analyst saying he has to shift towards the center. you'll will need to distance himself from the workers party. they made him their candidate one month ago. many voters see the left tainted by the corruption scandal that has consumed the candidate. will struggle to disassociate himself. the workers party campaign --gan of the first round,

nevertheless, he said he will work to forge other alliances. >> we are compmpletely fine with adjusting parameters in our program to becocome the most representative of the wide democratic a alliance we want to have. gotirst round candidate who the vote on the left has not endorsed him. >> in venezuela, and opponent of nicholas maduro who was in pretrial detention after allegedly trying to assassinate the president has died in prison. the attorney general says the death was a suicide and that he threw himself off a 10 story building. opponents say he was murdered. residents of the u.s. state of florida are preparing for the arrival of hurricane michael. that storm is expected to

strengthen and is forecast to be a major hurricane. michael has already battered parts of cuba and mexico. storm threatening the florida panhandle. monday saw floridians preparing for the arrival of hurricane michael, stocking up on sandbags, gasoline, and water. florida gov. rick k scott warned the hurricane would be life-threatening. >> you cannot hide from storm surge. get prepared and get out as evacuation is ordered. every family must be prepared. we can rebuild your house. we cannot rebuild your life. tatake this seriouslanand keep your family safe. >> michael is gainining strength as it spins across the waters of the gulf of mexico. forecasters say it could make landfall as a category three

hurricicane with winds of f ove0 kilomemeters per hour. last western cuba -- it lashed western cuba with strong winds. it is set to hit the panhandle on wednesday. 26 counties in florida and all of neighboring alabama have declared a state of emergency. michael is expected to dump some 30 centimeters of rain on the panhandle. >> france is known as the land of the baguette. some 320 of the loaves are consumed every second here. breadms only fitting that is mixed with philanthropy. this week, bread with an unusual shape is raising money to fight aids.

love baguette is not just a funny shaped love of bread. other bakers, they are selling this for two euros. this is the first time they have participated. even his clients who a are not familiar appreciate the initiative. >> if we can help fight a disease, i will buy the baguette regularly. >> last year, this helped raise 80,000 euros. to financewas used preventive measures. >> there are 20,000 people who do not yet know there hiv status. this figure has not gone down and the pasast -- in the past 10 years.

baguette is on sale across france until next weekend. >> let's take a look at today's headlines. cabinet reshuffle on the way in france. is --ent mark lowen president macron is reworking his team. turkish officials have just been given the go-ahead to search the saudi consulate in istanbul for the missing journalist. the government critic entered their last week for paperwork and has not been seen since. brett kavanaugh sworn into the u.s. supreme court after an ugly fight in the supreme court. this is the biggest conservative majority and decades. time -- in. decades. you are starting with a warning from the imf. >> nationalist policies are

putting the global economy at risk according to the imf. the organization has published its latest growth forecast. it has downgraded the rate at which it expects the global economy to grow. -- it warns that president trump tax policies are unsustainable. >> protectionism is painting a left and right future for the world. year's estimates this economic expansion at 3.7%, down from 3.9%% in july. the international lender says the tit-for-tat tariffs will take their toll. this is despite the u.s. enjoying a boost. the momentum,standing we have downgraded the 2019 growth forecast owing g to the recently enacted tariffs on a

wide range of impmports. china's expected 2019 growth is also marked down. >> the imf expects the gdp growth to drop 1.8% by 2020. cuts willd the tax eventually turn negative. willr u.s. interest rates likely cause people to pull more money out of the emerging economies. seeingn nations are lower growth too. brexit is set to make a significant dent. the warning is the latest find yet that the recent strong run may be running out of steam. >> next to google. they are shutting down their google plus social network after they discovered a potential data breach. >> they discovered it in march

that only now made it public. it allowed developers to access data over a. of three years -- over a period of three years. the data included names, email addresses, and occupations. the information was available through 438 apps. they've no evidence the information was misused. aviva saysce group that chief executive is leaving the company. the firm says it is time for new leadership. mark rosen stepped down immediately but will stay with the company until april. he has overseen significant improvement in the company's finances. pakistan's finance minister says the country will seek a bailout from the international monetary fund. ofistan is running short

foreign currency reserves. the imf says they have not yet been approached. netflix is set to set up a new production site in the u.s. state ofof new mexico. they are in talks to buy a multibillion dollar studio complex. the move is said to bring a bring adollars billion dollars in spending to new mexico. let's check in on what is happening on the markets. european shares trading down. aviva shares have fallen. they reversed those losses since. that is the trend across the european markets. on the currency markets, the euro trading for just under one dollar and 15 states. 88 pound sterling. brexit worries. >> facebook has launched a new video calling device. many users are skeptical. >> it is called portal. it is a big step for facebook to enter into physical hardware.

it will allow a wide angle camemera to zoom in and forcing- and focus. the launch of the device is pushed back due to the cambridge analytic scandal. ,he announcement of the launch the company points out that it does not listen to or keep the content of your calls. the reviews have not been kind. one writer and the washington post saying the portal has one problem, that is that it was made by mark zuckerberg. >> it is now time for the press review. a look at the papers today. you are going to start with this meeting between far right leader of france and the interior minister of italy yesterday. >> they met in rome yesterday.

they reiterated their desire to break up the european union. taking aim at the president of the european commission and the economic chief. they accuse them of being responsible for austerity in europe. thisthe left-wing paper, daily says the meeting was a somber alliance. warning that the nationalist and xenophobia union is starting to state -- to state -- to take shape. another italian daily says that they are taking on europe. >> you have another story about an academic hoax by three american professors. >> it is a pretty elaborate hoax. spent about a year trying to get absolutely

farcical academic papers submitted for publication. seven were accepted. six were not. the project was exposed last week. their papers included one arguing that men who masturbate while thinking about women without consent are committing sexual violence. another saying that dog parks are rape condoning spaces because of unwanted dog pumping -- dog humpniing. an outlandish report that got committed by -- submitted for publication, which was the point. they explained the point of their experiment. they say they want to highlight a growing disregard for evidence and objectivity in favor of resonantly resident -- narratives. they criticize the use of

buzzwords they say are the result of a focus on the power of language as opposed to language. >> we are now four weeks away from the midterm elections. tennesseeominees in have got a very influential endorsement. >> that coming from taylor swift who has broken her silence on politics to endorse two nominees. she went as far as slamming the republican senate candidate marsha blackburn. this is a big deal. she has millions of fans. some are young. some are old enough to vote now. she is a vocal feminist. she has been appropriated as a symbol of the right due to her country roots. she has over 80 million followers on twitter. she has over 100 million instagram fans.

that is where she posted her endorsement. vote --g to busby, according to a buzz feed, vote.org solid and uptake following the post -- saul and uptake following the post. >> what kind of response was from the conservatives? said -- setabee himself up in a fight with fans. he said she has the right to be political. donald trump for his part reacted. fox news reporting that he said he likes her music about 25% less now that she has taken on marsha blackburn. accusing that candidate of voting against equal pay for women and against an act of the two protect women from domestic violence. -- an act attempting to protect

women from domestic violence. alaska's national park is home to brown bears who are preparing for the winter hibernation. perfect timing for the fifth edition of the fat they are weak. the public -- the fat bear week. the public observed them on a webcam. on the left of your screen is the first finalist. she is no stranger to competition. , arrival will be decided. 747, that there got the endorsement of a former park ranger. his belly barely clears the ground. that is a good thing when you are candidate for fattest bear. >> thank you for that.

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