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>> welcome to paris. it is 1:00 p.m. in the capital. let's take a look at the headlines. he sun will remove -- chief. will remove its japanese public broadcaster reporting unit has been arrested. negotiators say the draft is fair and balanced. but as prime minister trey tries to sell her deal while facing a
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possible leadership challenge. ,hthe government of israeli benjamin netanyahu, continues to be in upper after his defense minister leaves. says heation minister now won't be resigning. ♪ >> the top story, car giant nissan will remove chief carlos ghosn for misconduct. an internalcted investigation for several much which revealed he had been underreporting his pay.
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heanese media reporting that is also the chairman and chief executive with the french car company and he was revoked in tokyo. we have the story. he is one of the best paid auto executives in the world, brought in anan average of 9 million euros a year. his salary has landed him in trouble. arrested in tokyo monday, carlos ghosn is suspected of underreporting his income to japanese authorities. said ittement, nissan has conducted an internal investigation based on a whistleblower report. >> significant acts of misconducts being discovered. >> as a result, the company proposes removing its chairman and renault at the lowest level
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in four years because of the news. is widelysn considered the most powerful executive in the industry. he has led recoveries in all three of his brands due to corporate overhauls. he last was in 2016, when he took over nissan which was wrestling with a mileage cheating scandal. for the past two decades, carlos has maintain a high profile in japan where foreign chief executives of japanese companies are rare. >> one of the biggest stories this monday. this.talk about give us a sense and what do we know about the accusations? >> financial misconduct. carlos ghosn is accused of understating his personal income which caused the company to cement false reports to japanese
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securities regulators. prosecutors preparing to a arrest him came as a surprise. they cannot and said they had been incorporating -- cooperating with authorities for some time. company is about to give a press conference in less than an hour's time. in a statement, it already said it will remove him from his chairman post and said that an internal investigation had been ongoing for several months and it found he had spent company money for personal use. the probe followed a whistleblower report into possible financial misconduct by mr. ghosn and another executive. >> he truly is an iconic figure in the car industry? in theertainly is iconic
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car industry. he is at the helm of three major nissan, widow, and mitsubishi now. the report stems from 1990 91 nissan was teetering on the edge teetering as nissan on the edge. he became ceo and then he also -- werer ceo of vernal renault. 34% ofacquired mitsubishi, he became chairman of that company. a figure in the industry and has been trying to bolster a massive alliance of three major auto companies.
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his management style has earned him the nickname -- the shareholders approved his salary for 2017 at 7.4 million euros. in addition, in his final year 9.2eo, he received $9. euros. they are appearing for a future without carlos ghosn and is expected to step down by 2022. it has been said that he does not want a merger. what impact will this have on the car industry? >> it is too early and we cannot speculate on what will happen to the auto industry. while nissan has tried to remove him from the chairman position, he is still the ceo of renault
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and mitsubishi. stock fell but has slightly recovered but is down more than 10% and has had a and impacts on share price. the french government has so far declined to comment. the state owns about 15% of the supported his bid to stay at the home of the french car company. >> thank you for that. the other big story, the eu brexit negotiator said the draft was both fair and balanced. he said the eu in general approved the draft for the agreement reached last week. theresa may is facing a challenge as she attempts to sell her draft deal, saying it
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will stop eu migrants jumping. thatold legislators monday europeans no longer have ties. this is happening as the growing threat of a leader said challenge. let's take a look at earlier. >> this deal is fair and balanced. we are fond of compromise to avoid our border. both sides want to avoid using the backstop. finally, it's allows for the ultimate withdrawal which is our interest. a coalition to lay the ground for the backlash. >> let's go to our international
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affairs editor. challenge.ship rebels have spent a weekend consulting that constituents and their families and one would assume that if no confidence don't go in until tonight, it is hard to see how the risible -- revolt keeps momentum. rebels could bide their time until theresa may loses the vote in parliament, which is the really big thing. she is thought not to have the numbers in parliament to get the deal through. rebels still have cards to play further on in the saga. you mentioned the business community. she is addressing the federation of british industry and sang, look, this may not be perfect but you have the ability to plan ahead. of the cbi says, fine we will back your deal and a few weeks later parliament says the deal is off, what reassurance does this is
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actually have? none. and what happens to the eu timetable is parliament rejects the deal after the summit >> which happens on sunday. on sunday.ns >> to israel now. the defense minister quit last week. after talks and replacing him over the weekend, this israeaeli problem it decided he would take over the portfolio. left --right coalition threaten to leave if he wasn't giving the ministry. he announced has decided not to resign. this is what he told reporters earlier. if the prime minister is serious and i want to believe , i face the prime minister
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here and now. we are withdrawing all our political demands, and we will stand by you in this mighty task , to make israel win again. that was from earlier today. suspended joan and missile attacks in response from the united nations to do so and comes days after the saudi led coalition called a halt to the defensive. it comes as another push to bring about peace talks aimed at ending a war that has killed thousands of civilians. we have the story. >> new hope for an end to the war in yemen. international pressure, a rebel leader announced a halt into drone and missile attacks in saudi arabia and its allies. and request to
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stop don't and missile strikes, we announced our initiative to halt strikes. comes days after the saudi led coalition ordered a halt in its offensive, where most food and aid supplies enter the war-torn country. the looming assaults sparked fears of further aggravating the country's humanitarian crisis, conflict between iran and allies, and the saudi backed government left 10,000 dead so far. 14 million are at risk of famine. many of them are children. last week the un's special envoy to yemen seemed optimistic about the prospects for a peace deal, saying he would convene both sides to talk before the end of the year. >> this is a crucial moment for yemen. i have received assurances that -- i expect them to
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continue in that way and appear for those consultations and subdue the yemeni people. we are desperate for a political solution to a war in which they are the main the. >> peace talks expected to take place in sweden, but a date has not been set. , the u.s.states border inspectors processing claims at the border.. thousasands of migrarants from central america have arrived, likely to take the streets -- take to the street and protest. they are calling for them to be deported. mexican flags and nationalist chance are called throughout the border city of tijuana. someents denouncing what call an invasion.
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since friday, over 3000 central american migrants traveling in caravans have gathered on the border between mexico and the united states, with more expected to arrive. theana's mayor has urged government to deport them and locals fear the consequences of their arrival. something we have never experienced, at least not in the past 20 years of living here. but'm trying to stay calm, as we say in tijuana, as good people arrive, so do the bad ones. >> the migrants do not intend on staying in the mexican city. cramped in sports complex is, they plan to the united states. 1400 are requesting asylum and could take months. many are considering crossing the border illegally. >> i know that have come a long way and i know it has been a is ajourney and it difficult thing for all of us,
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but we can't have people jujust storming our borders. trump. president donald has played nearly y 6000 troopso patrol the border. he issued an executive order to prevent those who cross illegally from applying for asylum later on. the migrants have been checking up central america for months. tired and weak, they face grim prospects and more girls ahead. , protests continue. they are angry at increased fuel prices and have been blocking major roads and highways across the country. close to 300,000 people turned out for demonstrations over the weekend. we have the report. it was a weekend of tensions on bridges and roads.
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demonstrator stop traffic trying to make deliveries to a shopping center. them and weocking are stopping them because we do not want them to restock shops. >> this is an anti-macron movement. they are trying to get drivers to strike. they say they can't make ends meet. >> why do we work if we don't live anymore? we simply survive. >> we feel we have to protest strongly enough to mobilize people and perhaps at that point we will be heard. >> the defense mentor says the government won'tt budge. he welelcomes freedom of expression and the right to protest but not anarchy. the goal is to make france less oil dependent. carbonim to reduce emissions, not because we want to annoy french people.
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we want texas to weigh more heavily on carbon and pollution than labor. axes to wait more heavily on carbon and pollution than labor. >> macron slipped further in a poll to 25%. politics editor speaks about the protests. >> they were blocked by some of the yellow vests. they are trying to prolong this. however, they won't be able to do this every day because they are everyday french people. they go to work and bring their kids to school so they can't do this on and on. one of their leaders, use quotes because they don't have any leadership, but one of the most active on social networks has called for a new day of protest
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next saturday here in paris in march toward the presidential palace. that is the big question. the first test on saturday. they had nearly 300,000 people demonstrating in a very unusual way all across france. it is an important total, twice more than traditional may 1 labor day. continue? make this there is no embodiment of the movement. will there be leaders emerging because that is what the government wants? it wants to know who it is talking to. if you want to sit down at a negotiating table, you have to have someone. right now, there is no trade union, political party dictating the agenda. no one can predict what will happen with this movement. say, they are continuing. let's talk about the government
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response. they are hoping it is going to die down. it seems like that is not the case. diehey are hoping it will down. what they have done is they have put out some preventive action last week when they announced a number of measures to try to essentially help those who use the car lots to convert their cars, cleaner cars, and those who really need to drive their cars to go to work have some subsidy to help them pay for the fuel. the government has said, and the prime minister went on national television yesterday, they have repeated they won't budge. their idea to tax more in order to promote cleaner fuel and fight against climate change was merely something they will not budge from. there is opposition between the
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government that we all agree that pollution is bad and we want better health for kids and ourselves, and then the movement is saying we are the ones already suffering from a number of tax increases. it is not only about this on fuel, it is about the number of what they feel is that the government is just hammering them with additional taxes. the government says it is not true but there is a perception they are being hammered and this is damaging politically as we see in the record low ratings of both the prime minister and the president. it is time now for the press review. ♪ to take a look at what is making headlines around the globe. we are going to take a look at the fact that there is a lot of speculation ahead of this report
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that is expected to come out of the u.s. into the killing of saudi journalist jamal khashoggi. >> it boosts pressure on saudi arabia and that is how the turkish newspaper put it on the front page. it comes after donald trump acknowledged the existence of an auto recording of jamal khashoggi's murder inside the saudi consulate in istanbul. the u.s. president said it would list to the -- listen to the "suffering tape." -- prince hast been linked by the cia to the killing. willat course of action donald trump take as a result? >> how it will change foreign policy to saudi arabia. wall street journal says they study policy is growing rockier with the events. will the white house maintain its "unqualified alliance with
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the leadership or will it resent killing even the if that means sacrificing interests it has with saudi arabia." post is where jamal khashoggi was a computing columnist. one question, why would anyone bring a bone saw to a kidnapping? that is a headline from the article. the paper takes to task the u.s. for not pressuring for the details on the killing or question aing the changing story. identified the killing of another person. an investigative journalist and reports into corruption at
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political top levels earned her a lot of enemieses. she was killed in a car bombing attack last year. investigators say they have identified a group of more than two multis nationals who ordered the hit according to the times of malta. contactedallegedly three men who are currently in custody to plant and trigger the bomb. this is according to the accusations that have against them. malta,ng to the times in the investigation is at an advanced stage. her family says they have not been formally involve -- informed. >> a trial is underway for figures of occupy federal movement in hong kong which occurred four years ago. >> among those are three civilders of the disobedience movement that blocked streets in 2014 and pro-democracy protests. they were calling for the right to democratically chewed -- choose hong kong's leader, who
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is usually appointed by a committee. the trial is the biggest concerning in the movement with hundreds of supporters chanting slogans in front of the courtroom and the activists are accused of causing or inciting public nuisance. they are pleading not guilty but could face up to seven years in prison. one of the cofounders had a talk last week where he announced the movement's determination to keep fighting saying "we were always going to be sacrificed in order to wake up the people." very powerful words. >> this is called a complete change of pace. can you read this with a straight face? of sortsfic discovery that has solved the mystery of white one that -- pet's pc is cute shape. >> this has stumped a postdoctoral fellow.
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let's break it down for you. cubes andout she has" is saying she has never seen anything this weird. they discovered that the cubes formed in the large intestine. cubes ofuce 100 poop tonight. it may in mind our understanding of the human body. , the grand slam held recently overshadowed by fronting. farted.
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>> the two men had an argument about who farted. at the competition, gary anderson defeated a man and now has a spot in the quarterfinals. it was later said that he lost because his opponent past wind before him leaving behind it and unpleasant odor. anderson said if it had been him he would have publicly admitted it. the badccused him of desperate we still don't know who or if there was gas past or if it has any impact. >> this moves into the category of breaking wind news. >> very nice. >> thank you so much for those stories.
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if you want to look at the stories we are talking about, head to our website. that is it for this edition. i will would back -- i will be back with more
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