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the amazon rain forest. global outcry.a brazil finally assigned trtroops to tackle the blaze. llies areours, theirir suspected israeli strikeses according to local media reports. this comes amid heightened tensions after israel launched strikes to prevent and a rhenium attack on the jewish state. france may be preparing to scrap its digital services pack as part of a deal with the united states.
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we start with the final day of the g7 summit. worlrld leaders are discussing issues including the fires ravaging the amazon. emmanuel macron invited a number --officials rate among them a number of officials. among them, the foreign minister for iran. say he wascials invited in agreement with the u.s. a claim. the white house has denied. the u.s. president contradicting the statement, saying he approved the invitation. macronoke to president yesterday. i knew everything he was doing and i approved whatever he was
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doing and thought it was fine. it is going to be nonnuclear. we are going to talk about ballistic missiles, timing, the length of the agreement. rouhani spoke earlier. let's take a l listen. >> we must take an interest in helping our country. if i knew having a meeting could lead to prosperity for my country and resolve my people's problems, i would not hesitate. the most important thing is our national interests. oureft -- let's cross to
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tehran correspondent. tell us about the reaction from the capital. set ofave had two reactions. one from the public and one from rival factioions. we have seen very l little reaction. it probably has do with the fact years, thest 40 iranians have seen so many letdowns. many are cynical or they say they are going to react when they see something tangible. aey are suffering from crisis. you have two different reactions fromom the government. the hardliners have criticized
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it improper,alling saying it was out of desperation. hardliners never supported thehe nuclear agreement. you arer what you do,, not going to get anywhere with the trump administration. heard the leading reformist president saying the visit was nationalto meet t the interest.. on his way to china, saying he talklked to emmanunuel macacron. >> is there any hope of negotiations resuming from where
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you arare standing? >> it is hard to gauge hope.e. we have seen a number of events thatat h he s seemingly givivene for optimism and hope. this is ananother event thahat s cause fofor hope and optimimism ththere could be a resolutioion. will this bebe different? we will l have to wait and see. position remains the same. they want sanctions lifted, oil sales increasased, banking restrictctions list ---- lifted. will remainposition the same unless they see some of those demands met. >> to talk about the other i am joined byd,
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our international affairs editor. the amazon is also on the agenda. do you think the leaders will of somean agreement sort? >> they are close to agreeing about a call concerning the fires in the amazon rain forest. it is one of the main lungs creating the air that we breathe. the reaction from bolsonaro has been negative. he has accused france of
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intervening. there have been jobs about the physique of -- there have been jabs about the physique of emmanuel macron's wife. there is some kind of agreement summit.rked out at this >> you have been talking about one agrgreement discussed we alo have the u.s. china trade war to de-escalate. >> trump announced another sanction against china. set the chinese currency spiraling down.
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companies cannot make plans, staff. good, take on that is necessary to slow down planet andon the bring in a global recession. havingre signs trump, contradicted what he said was some kind of agreement in the pipeline with china, that was ruled out as a statement by the white house. ,here will be fresh talks appealing for calm between the two sides. withthey expect to come up remains to be seen. let's say the situation on that increase in global recession remains tense at the g7 summit at the moment.
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>> are these summits ineffective, given the fact we are not expecting a final communique? >> that was already said at the start, there will not be a communique. russia is not party to this summit. they shouldsaying be back in the group able to discuss world issues. it is the view of donald trump. global agreement. leaders can come away saying we have made progress on these issues the way they want that issue to be seen in their eyes. there is a lot of national blame for positions. it is like movie stars being seen together around the table
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is good for international relations. with no firm commitment towards anything, particularly climate somee, there seems to be kind of progress, as we were hearing. thisstill have to see how g7 summit, despite the efforts of emmanuel macron to bring everyone together, is to see how this will play out with concrete steps amongst the leaders to move forward. >> thank you for breaking down the topics on the negotiation table being discussed. thank you. an alarm over fires in the amazon rain forest area bolivia's present is being blamed for allowing farming interests to clear land by burning. brazil, warplanes are dumping
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water on the forest. military authorized operations in seven states to >> the workire shows no wind of slowing down. than 1000 new fires last week, teams are staying positive. been fighting for ovover two hours. the fire t truck has been refild twice and is returning to be refilled again. we will be successful in our mission. seven states were rusted help to combat f flames.s. more than 43,000 troops have been deployed to one place. the largest tropical rain forest is seeing the worst fires in years, prom thing accusations
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the government is encouragingng loggers s and farmemers to o dey the forest. >> i don't believe what peoplee did here. this is a conservation area. >> they have seen an 85 increase year on year. thousands took to the streets, demanding more be done to battle the fires. cutting half the amount of fuel it supplies to gaza in response to attacks it claims came from the iranians. this monday, the air force struck a palestinian base. our reporter takes a closer look >> this was the target of the strikekes.
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a a far left group thahat is wao iran. wasbullock -- hezbollah targeted. by drone strikes. the lebanese army blamed israel for the attack. this incident has not been seen -- seen s since the 20066 lebanon-hezbollah war. > if we remain silent, it wil set a dangerouous precedent. people do not relax. do not believe hezbollah would allow such a transgression. mounting fors been weeks.
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week, the i israeli military twoased a videoeo spent forcrces operating a drone in syria. israel targeted iraq.ons depot in it was believed to be the first israeli bombing in iraq in nearly four decades. >> in hong kong, the pro-democracy movement continues. police fired a warning shot at your security forces were attacked. cannonsies used water to disperse a crowd. dozens of people have been arrested. more.rrespondent has
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events withh t tse ,fficers raising their firearms marking a new watershehed moment in hongms of v violence kong. it is a talking point with protesters are pushing hong kong to the verge of a dangerous situation. side, a lot ofr equatingng shared, police forces with triads, the local gang. both sides here trying to spin this in their favor. police saying this is a
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disruption of law and order and protester saying this shows how corrupt and overreacting the police force in hong kong is. >> main headlines here on live from paris. donald trump says he approved a iranise visit from an minist at the e g7 summit. also at that summit, leaders are nearing an a agreement to help a globales amid outcry. brazil finally began deploying troops to tackle the blaze. our top stories, if you are joining us, think for watching france 24. sunday marked two years since ththe mass exodus of rohingya sublingual -- -- to bangladesh
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started. here is a report from our team on the ground. >> they are refugees. they arrived in serbia. they have been on the road for more than two years. here on the threshold of the european union. >> we had to hide. if the police found out we were row hinges, they would have beaten us and sent us back to bangladesh. >> they gave me temporary documents which allowed me to for a fewtly and work months in a textile factory.
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with his mother, where hehe survived as a fishererman. he lost track of his family in india. greecece sent me back to three times and serbian police deported me three times. >> there is no way i can get into the eu without a smuggler. i would like to get to germany or france. i have no money. i have to work to earn something. withrbia provides them toiletry and clothing. most hope to reach gerermany or france. is registered here in may. we are trying to provide them with decent living conditions. been registered in serbia.
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most of the 800,000 who fled campsution are still in in bangladesh. business news,or starting with a potential break through in the u.s. china trade war. by ourined here reporter. >> donald trump sayaying americn company should not do business in china. u.s.ferent tone from the president on monday. he said negotiations would resume soon. last night and said let's get back to the table. we will be getting back to the table. they want to do something. they have been hurt badly, but they understand this is the right thing to do. positive development
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for the world. upset ats. has been france since it passed a new tax u.s.ch giants based in the cause the u.s. has sympathy for. donald trump was set to impose retaliatory tariffs on french wine. they may be backing down onon tt threreat. path towardsl compromise. relations between paris and washington have been frosty since the french government passed a new tax that targets tech giants, many of which are based in the united states. the move has upset washington and led to donald trump threatening to impose tariffs on french wine. both sides are breaking the ice at the g7 summit.
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they met for dinner on sunday night. the two parties are working on a bilateral agreement over the taxation of digital companies. it would replace the tech tax france placed in july. law, it aims to make digital companies with eu bases elsewhere, pay more on the money they make in france. of digitallies to 3% turnover generated in france. any tech company with a global annual revenue of more than devon hundred 50 million euros, of which at least 25 million is generated in france, it is subject to the tax.
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it could take up to two years to be implemented. an agreement france in the u u.. are not willing g to wait around for. >> turning to the markets, this as a trade war with china and the u.s. rolls on. markets, shares on the dax also with gains. investors responding posisitivey to trump, saying the u.s. would to the table with china. shares in hongng kong g seeing r losses. unrest also feelining some anxiy among investors. france, a supermarket is at
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of controversy. it was automated for several hours and attracted a noisy of testers. of trolleyss made and protesters marching down the aisles. was open forket business on sunday afternoon musings of checkout. 12:30, for security guards were around. meanbetter world does not consuming nonce. monday to sunday. >> it is a symbol of the move towards extreme consumerism. >> for many shoppers, the opening hours are a welcome
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change. anyt is a shop that opens other day. they are open sundays in many countries. >> it is convenient. >> most shops remain shut on sunday in france. supermarket employees can work for a limited amount of time on sundays. >> we respect our employees time off on sundays because they are virtual to business the rest of the week. companiesing external to work sunday afternoon. >> the supermarket hopes its hours will see revenue think reese by 6%. protesters have vowed to voice their opposition again next sunday. >> new rent regulations in berlin will eat into sales. a looming cap on housing prices will wipe away the companies
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revenue next year. the plan is slated to take effect in january and includes a five-year rent freeze. cannot pay more than eight euros a square meter. the measure is uncnconstitutionl anand charges the law w wl redue the supply for new housing. some travelers are mad at the united kingdom's airline. british airways p pilots are getting ready to strikike. the company responded by telling companies to cancel flights. officials also told them to cancel on othther dates as well. this has not pleased passengers who have had trouble rebooooking flights. they have been bombarded by angry calls. maybe this could have been
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