♪ >> hello, you are watching live from paris here on rance 24, i'm michelle harrison. good to have you with us. freedom after eight years on death row. aerturns the conviction of christiaian woman said to be executed ffr less money over% islam. our correspondent is standing b. president trump pays tribute to 11 worshipers shot that at a synagogue.

but thousands tell him he is not welcome there. traaic and disastrous. overonmental activist lash outt his plans to merge the agriculture and environmental ministries. they claim the amazon will be under threat. ♪ also coming up this hour, we take a look at how facebook is trying to change in order to attract new users. that is in usiness update with stephen carroll. but first,,could this be the best halloween costumeeever? ourrpress review., coming up in lots more still to come. stay with us. ♪ michelle: thanks for joining us.

pakistan's supreme court has overturned the conviction of christian woman set to be executed for blasphemy. she was the first woman on death row under the countriries of dracononian blasphemy laws, aftr allegedly assaulting islam. it was a landmark casese that st shockwaves all throughout pakistan. a ruling on wednesday was welcomed by human rights activists but less than the religious hard-liners who hit .he streets in protest france 24 correspondent in islamabad d for us now. demonstrationssive by hardliie e islamiststs taking place in someeof ppkiststan's major cities. whatat is thlatestst? >> this is a landmark ruling, a rereally sensisitive issueue inh country. in t the past weavave seen judgs being atattacked or eveeeenbeing kill f for f frrezing dusttfor eeingg people accused of

blasphemy. ouour chests rokeke out a as ss ththe supreme court acquitteteda chargee.e.r ise center of the protests the country's largest p province of punjab. bibi,home to both asia and the biggest supporter oo the blasphemy law, a hard-line pooitical and religious group that revolles itsspolicies arouud the blasphemy issues in the country. all major roads have been% blocked and the rail system is shut downn all major markets cllsed due to threats. the capital city is in a lockdown, protests are happening in 25 different positions in the

city while police and law enforcement are doing nothing to ssop the protesters. if anyernment fears ttat action is takennin retaliation, .he protest will turn violentnt mielle: ttkeke us back t to the history of the case and how it unfolded. repoportee: mckay statarted in 9 when a asia bibi, , a chriitian woman n from a small v village n ,unjabab was working i in a farm where she hadad heateararguments withth her fellow mumuslim coworkerer after she drank water frfrom the me cupup as a muslslim woman.. one of t the women went t to a prayer leader and accused assa bibi of blasphemy. she e was taken to t the locall sentenced her in 2010 0 to dea hangiging.

these blalaspmy laws hahave been useded aa toolol to supuppress non-musliminoritieiein pakistan. in 2011, t then govvrnor o pupunj came out in support of and categorically said thatheh blasphemymy aws are black laws, used to persecute non-muslims. bbbi,his support for a asia he was kild d by his ownwn h hanged inuauard was 202016 for committing murderer. c caae, shhbibi's appealedo ththe supreme e cour the hihiest court in the country court, earlier today, acquitted her of all charges offblasphemy. michelle: thank you very much for upupddting us on that story. shazaib

us. jimmmattisef and secretary of state, mike pompeo are calling for a cease-fire in yemen within the next 30 days. washington is also urging the warring parries to negotiate in u.n.-led peaae talks. the conflict is the world's worst humaaitarian crisis with more than 8 illion people on the brink of starvation. let us hear from secretary matus. >> the longer-term solution, and by longer term, i'm in 30 ddys based onon a cease-fire and pull baback from the border and based on seizing t the dropping of bobombs, and our special envoy,, maatin griffin, will get them war. our state.president hate, leave

that was one of the angry chance shot at by thousands of president trump paid ressects to the 11th jewiih worshipers shot dead last weekend. critics say his divisive inflammatory rhetoric is to nationalist violence. white house correspoodent has more on this controversial visit. reporter: this was a very low-profile profile visit from u.s. president, donald trump, to pittsburgh, a few days after the mass shootinggin the synagogue the synagggue was the first stop for the president. he laid ssonesutside and went presumably saw the crime scene. no cameras w were allowed insid. there are e most no pipictures f the e u.s. preresident w whhle e visited pittsburgh. his second stop was in the hospital, to visit theewounded hurt in theers

firefight with the suspect in the synagogue ffiday. -peither. the u.s. president, thouuh, was faced, although not directly, he most likely will have heard this, protests, organized over the last 24 hours. big ones, too. dignitaries are pollticians, pecause it did not want to be seen with him. those missing were congressional leadership rom here, from washington, but also the governor of pennsylvania did not want to bb there with the u.s. president. the mayor is welded n to e seen wwth him either, all this in opposition%%to the aggressive rhetoric we have seen from donald trump over the last two years of his presidency and of course, his candidacy for whiie house. a lot of rejection of this u.s.

president, and there are few who would say that this visit would actually help unite the country right ow, some would even say it helps to divide the coontty even further. crucial midterm electionn are just around the corner, with americans heading to elect senators, congressmen and state officials. a new governor, in a closely-watched race, due to a dispute overged voter suppressson. the democratic candidate, stacey abrams, could become the first black female ggvernor in u.s. history. she accuses her arrival, brian kemp, of suppressing voterssin georgia. explains.pondent reporter: the specter of oter suppression hangs over pulling stations n a georgia as re3

under the state's new "exact match" law to get it suspends registration f there is any discrepancy and how their name is spelled in a state databases. despite african-americans making up just one third of the population in the stage, two among them was this woman, who had to fighh to get her status back after her name was misspelled. >> i just assumed because i was a registered voter and have been since i was 18, that i would always be in the system, hat i was active, that it would bee enough. overseeing thean elections is a georgia secretary of state, brian kemp, also the republican candidate for governor. camp championened the exact maah law anddsiice entering office in 2012, he has had more than one roles.

could beeome the nation's first blaak female gooernoo is a longtime opponent of the policies, which she says aim to voters.eealready >> voter suppression is not only about blocking the vote, it is about creating an atmosphere of fear. thii is a distraction to take away from her extreme ageeda that she has for a government takeover of health care. reporter: c camp says the laws e necessary o fight for the fraud -- to fight voter fraud and will not prevent people from casting ballots. abrams' supporters say it has made the more determined to get vote.e michelle: anotter so-called migrant caravan is inching closer to the u.s. border. it is made up of about 000 people, they cross the mexicann -pfrontier with what a mullah on -- wiih guatemala. caravan as the original of central american migrants is also northbbund.

balsonnro is trying to merge the ministries of agriculture and environment. critics of the leaders say the move is disasters and will and in danger of the amazon. theyysay conservation concerns will be ovvrpowered by businesss intereststs. pete o'brien explains. reporter: brazil's next president brings new questions about the fateeof the amazon jair balsonaro's chief of staff hhs confirmed he is pushing ahead with the plan, which is worrying for environmentalists. >> thh agriculturalland environmental ministry will be merged aa was planned from the begiining. saa the movetics risks undermining the environment ministry's concerns in favor of commerciaa production. by thelssnaro, supported agribusiness lobby, has called

for more mining in the amazon basin, opposes increaaing the number of protected areas aad wants to reduce federal prosecutions for environnental crimes. says that bb purifying the air anddwater, forests are vital forrensuring the long-term economy. tte out of the economic crisis bbt destroying the amazon, closing it down or increasing omissions. -pif this happens, it will haven -- effect in our economic growth. reporter: the president-elect has saiddhe is open to negotiation on the issue. recently, he reversed a suggestton that brazil would pull out of the parii agreement, and he backs the solar and wind industries. but in brazil, the biggest factor affecting global arming is the amazon. worlds of natural arbon stores. in the ast 50 years, 20% of it3 michelll: next, a potential

tourist attraction or a waste of taxpayers money. indiaahas unveiled the world'ss tallest statue, soaring 182 mettrs high.% the browns structure is -- the bronze structure is a tribute to a leeder widely regarded as the country's founding father. thh project was not ithout controversyy though, as it wrrcked up a construction bill of some $430 milllon. reporter: a 182 meter statue projojeccinggthe ironman of ind. was an independence hero, credited with helping to unit the ccuntry afttr the end of british world. to commemorate he lasting legacy of one of india's founding fathers, and architectural feat made using 34,000 tons of steel and covered with bronze. with thisscolossal tribute, ppime minister narendraa modi

hopes to boost tourism for his but local communities are not convinced. 22 village leaders wrote aa open letter to the e prime minister ahhad f the inauguration, once again, criticizing the statue of >> gift patel coold see the mass destruction of naaural resources and in justice done to us, he would cry. when we are raising our issues, we are prosecuted by police. listen.you not ready too reporter: activists have condeened the lack of environnental oversight for the project and voiced concerns for the displacement of tens of thousands of indigenous locals. angry at the 350 region where some areas still3 is playings say modi symbol of nationalism.

comes less than one year before the 2019 general michelle: you are watching ive from paris here on france 24. a reminder of our top stories. freedom after eight years on death row, pakistan's supremee court overturned the conniction pf a christian woman said to be executed for blasphemy. 11 jewish worshipers shot dead at eight pittsburgh synagogue as thousands of protesters tell he is -- tell the leader that he is not welcome there. time now for the latest business news. with stephen carroll. hi, stephen. mps in the yucatanncanada wants the u.k. and canada want to talk to mark zuckerberg? >> yes, they have have invited him to talk about fake news and the cambridge analytica harvesting scandal. the chairran of britain's regional cultural committee published the letter onntwitter and says, evidence that -- mark

zuckerberg's visit is overdue. the parliamentarians wants to% speak to him.. michellele: this comes as facebk announces its financial results it was largely seen as positive. profits inn the company rose 9% over $5 billion, and a number of users loggingginto acebook at least oncee a month en route to. 2.3 billion but there are challenges ahead a as georgina robertson reports. reporter: after a tumultuous year, facebook is making changes for the future. the company's latest results but in less revenue than expected and mark zuckerberg is trying to fight facebook fatigue. he is focusing future growth on video and in particular, ffcebook stories. phort clips that disappear after but iticaaed maneuver,

may help to retain younger users who iicrrasingly turn away from the world's biggest social3 monthly ususer numbers are still growing, up 10%, according to figures.t t t those nenew users are cocomg from sia and emerging marketst, whwhe facebo arrn't t for less in r revenue per user than i ito in thosese the united states or canada.% the social n network saw a decle in monthly users by one million. the ompany believes it is largely down to the eu's privacy rules that came forth and may, and also after the cambridge analytica data scandal. facebook remains a social media giant with 2.6 billion people using the network or its instagram and what's up apps at least once a month. reaches saturation in developed markets, continuing to grow will be a major challenge. michelle: moving on to bitcoin. the crypticccurrency turns 10 today.ld

stephen: that its right, the white paper was ublished october 30 1, 2008, setting out the idea of a decentralized3 the first ccins were not actually mind sinne 2009, but since then, they have explodee in price and spawned thousands of spinoff currenciis. back to basics on bitcoin. ♪ bitcoin is often described as 21sttcentury gold. the digital currency that only exists in the virtual world. in 2009 by an unknown programmer or a group of them, they used the name suggestion a camacho. the idea was to cut out middle -- middlemenks like banks or credit car companies, 11 to pay each other pirectly. the coin% is released by mining, solving cooplex algorithms or math problemm, then bought and sold on online exchanges. a record of each transaction is kept on the block chhin, a shared public ledger.

users keep their own stash of bitcoins in a digital wallet. there is no central bank or% oversight. and the queens valley is negotiated by the people who use as --ting the price soars and drops when theer are securityty breaches. therere is a limit, only 21 million bitcoins can be ined and enter circulation. stephen: bitcoin has become famous for itt wild price ffuctuations, but for the most part of its deccde, it was not -pworth much at all. it was almost $20,000 by the end of 2013 and then crashed so far in 2018. since august, prices have been stabbe, around $6,000. investors believe bitcoin is maturing, those specialized in the field. there are still others wiil investmeet. onhelle: what is happening

the markets today? %pshowers are up trongly in trading, boosted by strong company eernings. are francis up 4%, profits rose are also up, exceeding expectations and helping to push current account up. miccelle: finally, a piece of the moon. stephen: this is the only% known a sample of theemoon that is in 1970 by russia's mission to the moon. it was last sold in 1993 at -pauction for just over $440,00. it went up for auction again at sotheby's next month along with other space memorabilia and you can see the bbx it comes in.3 michelle: that is it, though? moon dust -- for a rock.% moon dust.

stephen carroll there with the business update. time for the international press review. ♪ and our coorespondent is here to take a look through he papers. hi,. you are starting with reaction toothe meeting between saudi and istanbul.osecutors in >> the two prosecutorr met for the second time to discuss at prrbe his death.al khashoggi and the saudi journalist who diedd inside the saudi consulate in the pposecutorssvisited the diplomatic compound. this comes as the turkish sound is must reveal who ordered the hit and who sent the 15-man the sameedaynbul that jamal khashoggi went missing and was eventuaaly found killed. it s making the froon pages of it is also the focus

of opinion pieces in the u.s.. stephen: jamal khashoggi was death at the time of his and was also a frequent contributor to the washington poot. editors there are demanding two -- demanding answers to two questions. first of all, where his body is% grisly operation? the paper is takinn a tough -pstance ttward the saudis, accusing them of deflecting quessions by "pretending to investigate." and invested -- and accusing donald trump of playing along with them. michelle: another story is denmark's accusations of -- tha3 opposition figure on a danish soil. stephen: the saudis are perhaps trying to deflect away from their own problems it is. on the front page of "arab news. it is fforded pllts to

kill iranians on danish sool. in norwegian man of danish dissent was arrested in sweden and extradited to denmark, caught bb a volvo that was reportedly stolen.% the three targets are believed to be part of an iranian separatist group. quoted police,y saying the threat of iranian intelligence has not yet been eliiinated. a former head of danish% intelligence serviccs says evidence must be pretty strong if they publicly come outtand% named ran as being responsible. they iranians, meanwhile, have% completely rejecteddthese michelle: moving on to u.s. reactionssto donald trump's latest announcement, to retract birthright citizenship, it right.utional anything he can think of august the wall to see what stickss no% matter how untenable rom political or legal reality -- that is how the new yorkktimes is putting it.

there are very critical of hiss latest decision, saying that doing this would mean retracting the 14th amendment, something a lot of conservattves also disagree with.h. a really dissgree with the president's order, in3 wall street ppst have embraced donald trump's conservative decisions. they are lambasting him, saying anddthat it "undermines hiial llgal standing and political credibility when he tries o pull a stock like this pure core another conservative daily, what trump wants to change about the amendment is still a , but tn interesting issue, the issue of

birthright citizenship as problematic. for them they say -- "it3 immigration." michelle: the last independent bookshop has shut down in hong paking a closer look at. >> a real blow to democrrcy and independence in hong kong. the people's bookstore shut down -- was forced to shut down, some might say, the last indeppndent bookstore, stocking and selling titles that were banned by the u underr shut shoplready. pressurere allegedly, from the chininese governmement. -- his s oksd with dealt with taboo topics, books movement and also guides onuare sadomasochism. "th this closure, hong kong's last source of literary contraband" comes to aa enn. for hongfish said news kong.% finally, it is halloween today, and one pic costume has -- -pmichelle:, it is halloween storm.and one epicccostume has >> she was with herrbig sister last week in the philippines and her sister, charlie, was dressed up as a bbtcher.

the liitle girl, meyer, was discussed as best disguised aa a headless flower girl. this costume giving us the illusion that shh was actually carrying her own head on a dinner plate. the headless torso around her neck ai weiwei.

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