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european union. italy could face sanctions and fines if it does not change course on its budget. the commission is releasing a report on the overall debt position, amounting to more than 130% of gdp, second only to greece and far above the eu limit of 60%. to talk more about this now, let's bring in dave keating. what more can you tell us about with happening? this press c conference e is ongoining. this is what we knknow so far. the e big question t today was whether the commmmission would find italy to be vioiolating its budgdgetary commimitments. ththere was a quesestion because they were not sure if the commisission had an n appetite a fight t with italy, whether it would do more harm than good. the commission stressed it has to assess whether e each country

is respecting the budgetary commitments. they can't just ignore the fact italy's budget does not respect this commitments. in the so-called 12 guest: report -- 126 report, they found italy isn't at risk of not being compliant with budgetary rules. ththe commission will pass this recommendation on to the 28 national governments of the eu, who have two weeks to decide whether they accept the findings or don't. they are accepted -- expected to accept the finding. that means the commission would formally launch anan excessive deficicit procedure against ita. that would likely give italy until july of next year to take action to get its budget in line with eu rules. the big concern in brussels is this is what italy's populist government wants.

it wants a showdown with brussels and this is handing them a gift on a platter. if the eu does not enforce the rules in place, the whole job of the european commission, the rules themselves would be seen as illegitimate. it is a tough spot and italy. we are already seeing reaction from the government -- reaction in italy showing they are relishing the fight. the next step will be ththe commission president having a dinner with the italian prime minister on saturday. jennie: jean-claude juncker is meeting with theresa may in brussels. they will sit down together to talk again about brexit ahead of this summit on sunday. what do we think is going to come out of that meeting? : that is happening araround tetea time, 5:30.

theresa may is coming to brussesels. it is assumed the meeting will be about how can the eu u suppot theresa may in this difficult time for her? she is facining potential leadership challenges and a potential that the draft break the deal will be rejected by the u.k. parliament. she will be asking for moves by the eu to make it more likely that can be passed in the u.k. the deal can be adjusted in some way. some in our cabinet are callllig for it. they may be able to find something symbolic they can change that can make some mps comfortable. that is the key think we will watch for tonight. if they come out of that meeting finding anything symbolic that

magive theheresa mayrereathing room in the u.k. this is all in the lead up to the s summit held i in brusselso susunday b between the 27 eu les when they d decide whether or nt to endorse that brexitit withdrdrawal deal. theyeyre e expected to endorse that. the tricky thing may bebe the long-tererm strategy for the eu-u.k.k. relatationship afteter brexitit. there are some objections o over the issusue of gibibraltar. perhaps they will also discuss the gibraltar issue tonight. jennie: thank you for that. dave keating purporting from brussels. interpol just voted in as the president, project in the front runner from russia. he was accused of abusing the police agency's arrest warrant system. the new president'is south ang, after the

former leader was detained in china for a visually taking bribes. to brussels, for theresa may is speaking. let's listen to what she has to say. >> priorities to the united kingdom. as we leave the eu we want to ensure we continue to have a good trading relationship with the european union, and we will be able to have an independent trade policy that enables us to make decisions to trade around the rest of the world. my honorable friend is s a passionate champion of the united kingdom, but he is also a passionate champion of the links the united kingdom has around the world, including the commonwealth, which will be enhanced when we leave the european union. >> thank you, mr. speaker. i thank you for welcoming heard

of parliament today. a most welcome guest. on the 100th anniversary of the qualification of women's act, i joined the prime minister welcoming all limit of parliament today -- welcoming all women to parliament today. that a number of government -- corbyn that is jeremy speaking of parliament today. at the may will brussels to talk about the last minute brexit divorce deal. griffith is in the rebel-health capital of yemen for crunch talks on averting all-out fighting for the lifeline reportedly data -- lifeline port. the last effort collapsed in september. they are trying to get the rebels of the study-backed government act to the negotiating table. save thes as the ngo

children says the work have killed up to 85,000 children under the age of five. that is from extreme hunger or disease. the report says many more children, up to 7 million are starting. imagesnote the following may be difficult to watch. garzi is 10 and weighs just eight kililos. he is barely breathing and suffffers fromom acute malnutri. when c children are e start fors long they are no longer able to eat on their own and are vulnerable to infection. one of many. everydayeive one case and some are severe. yesterday we received garzi's case, which bears the deteriorating health conditions of the country. reporter: after the war began in

yeyemen four years ago, up to 40 million people were at risk of famine. a month-long g blockade impmposy the saudi that p pro-government coalition made things worse. failed to food have recover and any y further reduction in imports would mean famine. many families are alreready on e brink. >> my husband had a job before the war. the yard just enough money to feed us. now there is nothing. we want this war to end before we see it get worse and worse. reporter: the u.n. is calling this the world's worst humanitarian crisis. millions of children are starving. jennie: save the children says the staggering number of young people starving in yemen is far below what could be the real number. more from save the children's yemen director speaking today. this is externally difficult

becacause of accesess issues.s. ,e have had fighting, blockades and the numbers are based on estimates. we have taken number from the potential number of children who have not been able to be treated from severe indicate now the attritioion where a child is in the state of starvation. we looked at similar contexts in other countries in 1980's and 1990''s and exextrapolated f frm that.. it's on thee clear conservative side. the number could be much, much more. the chairman of the u.s. senate foreign relations committee is demanding donald trump clarified whether or not the saudi crown rents was fine and murder of reporter jamal khashoggi. the papergton post,

the journalist worked for reported the cia concluded crown prince mohammed bin salman did order the assassination. madeesday, president trump no single he would pursue strong action against the saudi prince, tsonga benefits of having good relations with the oil-rich nation outweigh the rest. more analysis from our international peers analysis. there is a practical difference between russia and this case. with russia, u.s. intelligence agencies made on the record statements about their assessment. cia the khashoggi case, the has not made his findings public. when trump says about the crown prince maybe he knew about it, maybe he didn't, congress wants to know what exactly he has been told word for word by the cia. a former director of the agency, john brennan, says it is now up to members of congress to obtain

and declassify the cia findings on jamal khashoggi's death. there is a parallel with russia in the sense that trump is s beg seen as standing outside a consensus in the foreign-policy establishment. jennie: there is a lot of criticism in the american press about the statement the white house released related to this case. what did you make of it? reporter: the statement says the death of a journalist is less important than all these jobs the saudi's are supposedly going to open up in the u.s. he says that he starts with iran, not saudi arabia. the country of iran is responsible for a bloody proxy war against saudi arabia in yemen. there is a lot of bila against iran. he only gets to khashoggi in paragraph four.

the more you read it, the harder it is to imagine a more pro-saudi statement like saudi arabia is only defending itself in yemen and not projecting power and influence in the region just as iran does. inthe civilian deaths coalition airstrikes in yemen. he also inflates and deals that have been done with the odd -- riyahd. he talks about a $100 billion arms package. the pentagon says saudi arabia has only signed a deal for $14.5 billion. trump makes a claim about a $450 intent to inject billion into the u.s. economy. that has not been substantiated by the saudi side. just to take a step back, if were talking about this u.s. -saudi relationship, to be fair on measure that trump's

predecessors would of taken a fundamentally different approach. they might have phrased this kind of statement differently and used different language, but ultimately his predecessors have upheld that very important relationship despite human rights concerns over abuses in the kingdom. jennie: armin georgian. a 32-year-old man is back in court accused of renting lodging to islamic state group militants, notably the men by the terrorisist terror attacks f 2015. the trial is on appeal. claire is a courthouse what has been taking place. this man has left the courtroom now for the day. what happened this morning? did he have anything to say? reporter: this morning's hearing was mostly a formality. the judgment of the different details, who they are representing, and the judge gave

a timeline of the main key facts of the case. as we saw him leaving the courtroom, he briefly spoke to my colleague from the frencnch channel. he says he was doing fine and looked confident as he was leaving that he will not get put back behind bars. he was released after two years in prison, t two years in solity confinement earlrlier this year after a judge found there was not enough evidence to show he knowingly harbored the attackers. the two of the nine attackers he carried out the attacks on terrorists in november 2015. he has always claimed his innocecence, always sasaid he h via who was ststaying -- he hado idea who was staying in his apartment. the judge did remind the courtroom the police did not find any evidence on the mobile

phone to use or computers he used which showed he may have become radicalized. the public prosecutors and the civil plainintiffs, for people, the family members of people killed in paris, they were very disappointed with that verdict. they would like to say him back behind bars -- see him back behind bars. jennie: since the attacks, this man has become quite notorious in france. reporter: he certainly has. he is a well-known face. that started with a television interview he gave while the police were raiding's apartment. he was down ththe street talking to a camera crew saying he was innocent and had no idea who is staying in his flat. did not realize it was two of the gunmen who carried out the attatack in paris. those men did not leave the apartment alive after the police raid.

fame started with a television interview seen by millions and millions of french people. since then he has been pretty active on social networks since he left prison this year. -- lawyers told tens to told him to calm it down a little bit. this morningatting on his way t to thcourthousese. he is also, in the e eyes of the public prosecution which is appealaling the verdict handed down by the judge, they will b e trying to o paint a picture of m as an unsavory character. he has several criminal convictions, including this year. he was found guilty of having sent threatening text messages to his ex-girlfriend. he was given a suspended prison sentence of f a year for t that issue. it is a man with a checkered past and the public prosecututin will be trying to o paint a picture of him as an unsavory character who should be behind

bars. he says he is innocent, did not have a clue who is in his flat back in november of 2015. jennie: thank you so much for that. we may have heard of going over an accurate -- over niagara falls in a barrel, but what about a barrel? that is what a frenchman is trying to do next month. the barrel is quite high tech. it is small but there is room for a bed, kitchen, a desk in what he calls his television, a window on a nonstop look at the fish. time for your business update on france 24. stephen carroll joins me. you are starting with the scandal surrounding -- as the: this prosecution questions him over financial misconduct at

nissan. -- has been made deputy chief executive with the same powers. they met the french finance minister earlier. the minister saying there is a solid leadership in place to ensure renault continues to be well-run. the french government has no evidence to confirmed the allegations. to the latesting forecast the organization for economic cooperation and development. economics global growth to slow to 3.5% in 2019 and 2020. we can speak to the chief economist. thank you for speaking with us. you were saying the policymakers need to work on a soft landing as growth slows down. is that possible?

seeing wevely we are are heading for a soft landing. we are entering an era of slow growth. a soft landing has always been challenging for policymakers, that in the current environment with all the trade tensions is even more so. if we make a couple of policy recommendations, we believe it is possible. get to the negotiation table onn trade. start the discussion collectively. and prepare because as you were just saying it is a risky business we're in. prepare to act in a cooperatatie fashion if a slowdown is sharper than we expect. stephen: we've had the u.s. criticize china over trade again this week. what risk does that posted

growth? -- pose to growth? >> the first round of risk is mechanical as tariffs increase. when you look at the u.s. china,dise import from they have gone down from 12.5% earlier this year to 5% about now. look at container port traffic. it is been divided by three over the course of the past year. we are seeing material impacts. it is impacting prices. more than that, because thehe global value chain is cross-country, it is creating a lot of uncertainty for businesses. that has medium-term detriment telefax -- effects on standard of living.

stephen: it is a concept for brexit. what is the likelihood of a deal being done and what impact of that have on the countries of europe? >> i'm not in the dealing room, but what i can say is what we have always argued for. to keep as close ties as possible and work on a solution to reduce uncertainty because as we were just s saying, it takesa toll on investment and that is good for nobody. stephen: away from the main economic headlines you have been looking at inequality in this report and how to recovery has not benefited many people in countries around the world. what can be done about that? >> there are two angles the used to address. the first one is productivity for decayed productivity growth. it has not translated into wage growth. we areond thing is that seeing increasing inequality

with top renumeration and top skilled people benefiting the most. two solutions. one is increase competition to favor business dynamics that allows the diffusion of innovation, prodoductivity to grow.. it creates jobs as well. the second one is equipped people with the e right skills. that starts from school at an early age. throughout vocational training and apprenticeships. tephen: thank you as always for your time. >> thank you. stephen: let's look at the markets next. things are calm her today after the sharp fall we saw, particularly on wall street on tuesday. oil prices have slumped, hurting energy companies. that appears to have been halted for now. keep an eye on italy's stock market after the announcement eu action against the country. a similar picture across the

european markekets. jennie: the american version of glamour magazine. publishing a monthly print edition. only focusing on line. stephen: they will continue to publish special editions in print or major events, but not as regularly. the magazine will now expand its video and social media output. this comes after glamour's publisher reportedly lost $120 million last year. it is already made similar moves away from regular print titles for magazine, including teen vogue. a pretty big move for an iconic american magazine. jennie: the end of an era. thank you so much for that. coming up after the break we will talk with our partner website to get more d details on the fate of 90 people forced off of a cargo ship nvidia -- in libya. stay tuned.

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