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presented by jean go jeweler and florals give me. welcome back to the newsroom half france twenty four we're bringing you the latest international stories live from paris i mean it is it is a wednesday and these are the headlines. is it in president jabal senado says he will accept funds to fight for as far as in the m. isn't. it from schism anyway my phone says sorry for insulting him. this after he turned down twenty million euros worth of eight from g. seven countries. it's elise political leaders are on borrowed time as the five star movement on the democratic policy trying to sign a deal and of that snap elections. this often leads policy leader matteo sent vini pulled his support from the ruling
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coalition plunging the government's into crisis. moscow agree on how to tackle the situation in syria is italy province as wretched type or to one meets with vladimir putin in russia. the two countries say they sketched out a strategy to neutralize circle terrorist nests in the region . the diplomatic spot between brazilian president jabal senado and frances in menu and michael has become a war of words insults and now a refusal of funds aimed asked of us sing and ecological crisis. well we're moving now sorry to insulate where the government is in turmoil. leaders are under pressure to come to an
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agreement and avoid early elections as the political crisis continues the next twenty four hours will be decisive for leaders of the democratic policy on the five star movement as they aim for a deal to form a coalition government. with an agreement results from negotiations so far italian president sergio mattarella extended the deadline until wednesday with this comes off to my two sided beanie almost all right leave policy pulled his support from the ruling coalition earlier this month his. small from philip whalen speaking to us from rym. sticking point is being that our personnel. who's going to lead this new government. that initially the democratic party didn't want i just called today to come back. they didn't want continued to you with that hello see the continuity with the previous government. they've now made a
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concession on that and that's been a very important breakthrough. concern today. and the new sticking point is to be read you do meio. because they don't want him in a really important role. in the government they don't want to miss a deputy prime yet for example as he was before and there was i don't want to set up where you have. i called to ask. me yeah impartial lead that and the leaders of the two. main parties in e coalition as deputy prime yeah that would be at a repeat. that and that is just that completed its its work in which showed the democratic party. the you in a very negative light. they're also sent matt problems about the city but i think the really key issues. have been have a question al and it looks .
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as though they are being smoothed out. as we took. add to come at prime minister of italy yet fourteen months ago. he was a little not an academic figure hello yeah no professor. and that he was seen as close that clearly to the five star movement and then to the anti immigrant leak. but over that time is set. speech has grown very considerably he's become possibly the most. popular figure in the time. it takes. athe moment and he's also clearly see now is that a representative of the five star movement within the government which is one reason why the democratic party i say they don't want any sort of pretence
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at that he's impartial he's now. fully ascribe to five star and therefore the balancing. act in the government must take account of that. the police that that he was in dole's today. to continue as prime minister i by no no less a person than donald trump. and so read it many other cations that that might be considered as a set time aging but in this case. i think. he'll be happy. does it would hurt his chances. either. turkish president recep tayyip erdogan and president vladimir putin announced joint measures on tuesday aimed at rooting out terrorists in syria is it let province. the two leaders mess in russia for the opening of an ashtray where they held took centered on defense corporation including the issue of the last rebel held area in syria it live. here president bashar al-assad's forces have been waging an offensive on islamist vices with the support of russian at power. policy in
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ankara animal scare regarding the conflict in syria has not always aligned with turkey supporting some of the rebel groups while russia backs. and sides loyalist troops in early has more. hello showcasing their close relationship turkish president recep tayyip erdogan is vladimir putin's guest of honor at a russian asha. ten flaunted some of russia's latest technology hoping to convince anchor of buying more equipment bilateral ties between the two have improved since anchors purchase of muskie's as four hundred missile system a joint this issue to the deal despite angering its nato allies. but the two didn't just meet to discuss war planes behind closed doors they tackled a more complex issue finding common ground on the syrian. conflict despite being on the pacing site. today's the browser is continue to shell syrian government forces positions a to try to attack
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russian military installations. you're doing it the de escalation zone should not serve as a refuge for militants let alone is a bridge head for new attacks to be sure you know what a freudian. russia support syrian president bashar al assad and his troops will taxi back some of the rebel groups. the ad lib offensive is gaining momentum threatening tacky shelter bashan place and pushing more migrants towards the turkish border. did you mean because good mother to. go the provocations off the syrian regime have reached a level that. puts our soldiers in the region axe race. we will take all the necessary steps. when needed get it because of the motor that you get a can someone about whomhe- government forces are chipping away at the las major rebel held region this despite ceasire deal between aara and moscow last year in. the us as hundreds of civilians have been killed in a day bombing since april and close to six
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hundred thousand people have been displaced. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has warned lebanon hezbollah and the head of iran's elite quds force to be careful with the words and actions. this comes off to has but i lead a house on those radha threatened to retaliate against israeli airstrike in syria which killed two members of the militant group. his more from benjamin netanyahu on the recent events. some of the rooms on the muscle. i heard miss wallace remarks he should come down with it he knows very well that the state of israel knows how to defend itself and how to pay back its enemies. i want to tell him on the lebanese states which is sheltering hezbollah the organization that a spice to destroy us. and i also say this to iran's qassem soleimani. be careful with your words and be even more careful with your actions. is the massacre in. at
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the close off the g. seven summits ons monday him anyway my call on donald trump appeared optimistic about a possible meeting between the us president and his iranian counterparts hassan rouhani diplomatic efforts have been seeking to defuse tensions between tehran and washington since the us dropped out o the twenty fifteen nuclear deal and applied new sanctionsn tehran which have hit iran's economy halt. on tuesday president rouhani said no me saying with donald trump will take place before the u. s. lifts those sanctions meeting face to face talks are unlikely to be on the agenda. anytime soon shelly sit on a small. but just. zidane hassan rouhani is comments on tuesday we're like a cold shower to those hoping for a quick meeting between the iranian leader and donald trump there will be no when counter before the us revises its position on sanctions. house by being take the first step. lift
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tool in legal sanctions. if you don't do this the log will remain close. asked him back again. on monday the iranian president seem to defend the potential meeting with trump in a bid to heal the economy us sanctions have badly hit a ron washington has pressured its allies in multinational companies to ostracize the country president trump's goal pressing around so much it would be forced to accept new concessions on its nuclear deal with international powers. with french president emmanuel mccall invited foreign minister mohammad javad zarif to the g. seven summit donald trump appeared confident a runs leader was ready to meet with him. i think iran wants to get this situation straightened out now is that based on factor based on got that's based gut. the us leader has repeatedly refused lifting
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sanctions on iran. well the diplomatic spot between brazilian president viable senado and frances a menu and michael shows no signs of abating present initially dismissed an offer of aid from the g. seven countries of twenty million euros to find qualified as in the isn't the top official telling that chrome to use the money to reforest europe instead. noble senado has backtracked saying he'll accept the funds if micron withdrawals so called insults launched and the brazilian liza with some insight on the story professor elevate day of the university of sao paulo brazil joins us now mr dan i thanks for speaking to us. now the g. seven pledge to the m. as in country started off as an environmental issue it's not descended into diplomatic issue whether that money is to be accepted with what conditions it set trip what is the practical here is also not a within his rights to refuse international. aid even if it's
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meant for other countries including brazil. for the for brazil which has no right a toll to refute forolivia f centuries very eager to receive it. and the other countries may interested too if you offer me a signal you cut right to offer to somebody else if. even more so if somebody is it worse conditions on yourself. do you think that will happen that those countries who break away from the amazonian block. days no block using only a collection of countries it vaguely. linked to by the amazin treaty organization jonathan treaty was a completely independent. so if the g. seven offices a muslim country in fact you could even of for the phones because for us as a part of him. time
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second chosen to remain french. but they don't like it. it also seven panic fear of internalization of the amounts of several time for the last fifty years. so yes i think michael should of state. use the product as it is a word in tennessee stations that's part of the problem. okay so they see as specifically a brazilian prob problem in a solution eventually now i don't trust has announced that brazil and its president. has the full support of the united states and this comes as little surprise to many of the people who have name doubles not wait tropical trump as it were. are we seeing a dipmatic alliance arise over the issue of the isn't. in five to personal would like very much to do so it evens proposed it still on the table to oppose his son as impossible to united states. he's made qualifications it made home burgers in delaware. right which is not of a qualification. accepted aid
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from israel. and the united states refuse just seven eight. in a year environmental groups are predicting very bleak things but what isour opinion can something be salvaged here. probably the people know who have elected him and supported him a very happy to have. she was from a small. and from time to do it so the russian. maybe seeing him he won't stay long imposes a using that time. the few encourage and do it. but in the whole of the deforestation as as stopped and the start date slowed a lot in the last year. prior between eventually stop because it's unlocked on off of space. empty expecting
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reforestation so is it no match and ed for new forest to be cut down. and indeed recent post say that the majority of brazilian people all in favor of protecting the amas and how do you think this difference of opinion bouncer is going to play out with. singles annals of discourse recently and his supporters. 80% of brazilian people live in cities far away from the amazon because he's seen as it seems a single like. european or north american gase cutting trees it does it on to the point of it. and the voters so at some point it could be useful to remember that it has been a poll recently two days ago showing the forty percent. of prison people sick it's a bad government incertae are in favour and thirty don't know. so it's a matter of winning the indecisive such why. attacking brazil could be but see we could unite people. i gate. around the president so it's a
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it's a tester rolled his ankle for these. contest between the two i hope to. set to the- dust to settle and we can . re seek to would begin again to sync. say it again it's fooled by russian space officials peter brian has the story. rush is responsible for multiple violations that's the ruling from the european court of human rights investigating the case of sergei magnitsky hello and accountants who died awaiting trial in a moscow prison ten years ago. his former employer bill brown to who led a campaign to expose the russian officials he blames the magnet skis death welcome the verdicts. the echr decision
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completely destroys the lies and propaganda about sergei magnitsky the russian government in their paid smear campaign was in the west have been trying to spread for many years. the court found that magnitsky was held for too long denied medical care mistreated and kept in overcrowded conditions. it's ordered russia to be thirty four thousand euros to his family. in response the russian justice ministry said it's considering appealing a noted that the courts did not find that the law is arrest and detention were unlawful. before he was arrested magnitsky went public with details of aalleged fraud by russian state officials worth hundreds of millions of euros. the case prompted the us and other countries to parse magnet ski acts targeting russians accused of rights abuses peace in turn contributed to a worsening relations between washington. and moscow we mostly to quit with someone that staying in the region a russian capsule has successfully docked at the
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international space station. along with scientific equipment food and medicine for crew members is also carrying an unusually large bit of congo a humanoid robot let's find out more. it's cool scully bolts f. eight fifty and it's the first russian humanoid robot to be sent into orbit. the swedes vessel carrying it has successfully don't to the internatnal space station. contact confirmed and capture confirmed. the android will carry out tasks remotely it mimics the movements made by someone strapped into an exoskeleton the russian space agency says eventually robots like sky box will perform operations which are dangerous to humans such as space walks so use now backing away the capsules first approach of the weekend was aborted the mission was salvaged avoiding another incident from russia's space program which is suffered a number of recent setbacks lift
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off of the c. in october a squeeze rockets carrying an americannder russian. had to make an emergency landing shortly after liftoff the first failure. in the history of mind russian flights. the failure. well to quote one of jeffrey abstains victims they let this man kill himself and kill the chance for justice describing the finances suicide last month as she testified at a special hearing in new york dozens of women spoke of that suffering at his hands the hearing was held as a formality because of the defendants death yes in an unusual move the judge allowed dozens of women to bear witness many of whom expressed anger that at seeing himself would never face a jury for his crimes. attorney general william barr has pledged issue any individual who aided at staying in the sex trafficking. on the number of women some of whom were minus. it is time for a business update now with cape may day and as far as continued to rage across the a son and
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tensions between brazil in the g. seven. remain high offices able senator refused to groups offer all the financial aid you looking at the economic ties between france and brazil and how they could be affected yeah absolutely just over the weekend we heard fronts and ireland. threatening to veto a huge pending trade deal with the south american block america's store if brazil doesn't honor its environmental commitments. the issue is america's source second biggest trading partner accounting for about a fifth of the total goods exported in twenty eighteen. agriculture plays a large role in that and in brazil this fully industry is a strong point in otherwise weak economy. israel is one of the world's top soil producers alon with the us it sells a lot of th output to the e. u. and france in particular. in twenty seventeen front sport ninety eight million dollars worth of soybeans and nearly fifty three million dollars worth of sweet neil. at the key source of. of the food for livestock. it's about half its overall so important ports all
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coming from brazil. french farmers have been trying to grow their own so in order to reduce their dependence on foreign partners. but they say even once their. crops flourish it will be difficult to keep up with demand. when are they going to seoul we have greens that are ripe yet we have to wait three to four weeks still. but we're expecting good quality harvest. the price is such that it's barely cost effective for us. we're getting into the soybean business we know how to grow it all falls on but it lacks the marketability. minimal coupled ought to be. the american wholesale chain costco has opened its first outlet in mainland china. distracted so many shoppers that it was forced to close its doors after just a few hours. traffic jams were reported around the location in the suburbs of chips trying high. well the aisles inside were gridlocked and police warned of the danger of overcrowding. costco's known in the us for its bulk sizing and low prices it's the latest international brand to test out the hypermarket model in china.
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car fools metro and tesco oval reduce their presence there in recent years. online retailers led by ali baba are increasingly popular. because it's been struggling to attract the millennial generation in the u. s. this seems to be off to a good start in china. despite the escalating. tensions between washington and beijing. china's state council meanwhile is considering measures to boost domestic consumption. the moves could include allowing a lot could include allowing stores to stay open for longer hours. supporting the development of new commercial and entertainment complexes and possibly lifting restrictions on car purchases. sales in economic growth has slowed since the start of the year as american terrace away on exports and consumer demand in confidence. donald trump has suggested that negotiations could start again soon although few details or confirmation of that have been released. ripple effects are is meanwhile %-pc powerhouse is struggling as a direct result of those global trade tensions. germany has
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confirmed that its economy contracted from april to june. putting it on the verge of an official recession will seem corny has the details. it's official germany's economy contracted in the second quarter of twenty nineteen. the numbers were published by germany's federal statistics office on tuesday the country's gdp dropped point 1% between april and june. itould be the end of the golden decade for germany its economy relies heavily on exports was dropped 8% in june weighed down by a raging turf war between china and the united states. as the songs and donna we worried our economy is weakening because of external factors send all businesses are having to deal with international trade wars currcy wars and the uncertainty of oil supplies of one's. a bit tunes bit lower for. but external factors aren't the only reason germany's economy faces structural issues including in industry which. has stggled
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to bounce back from the emissions scandal. that has contributed to a significant drop in morale among business owners with the monthly confidence index hitting its lowest level since two thousand elve. these new data come after a mediocre first quarter for germany's economy which only group point 4% between january and march. the poor performances setting off alarm bells at a client of europe's economic powerhouse could have wide spread implications for the blog. all eyes are now on the next quarter if germany's gdp contracts again that would make the country officially entered recession for the first time since twenty thirteen. two giants of philip morris and ultra in talks about a merger more than a decade after they split. if the deal went ahead it would create the largest tobacco company in the world valued at some two hundred billion dollars. both companies produce marlboro brand cigarettes i'll treat in the us and philip morris across the rest of the globe. analysts say
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that joining forces could help the firm's keep up despite declining sales of their traditional tobacco products. both are investing in the east cigarette business despite health concerns about vaping altri already owns a one third stake in the e. cigarette group jul. it also holds a 45% stake in the canadian cannabis group kronos. philip morris has more concerns about marijuana market even as growing numbers of us states and. countries around the world take steps towards the position. let's check in on the day's tradi action now that after the fact fairly a strong showing despite that disappointing economic data from germany. the checkout up about the same here in paris. shares in milan led gains even as italian politicians struggled to form a new coalition government. wall street has fallen then crept back towards the flat line as it continues its a volatile month of trading. at the nasdaq and s. and p. managing to creep just into positive territory there. with less than an hour of trade to go to the closing bell the dow jones is still
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down having raced in earlier hundred and fifty point gain. shares the pharmaceutical giant johnson johnson up about two percent. after ruling any key opioid case. you officials insist the united kingdom we'll have to pay the so called brexit bill even if it leaves the block without a deal. prime minister boris johnson has suggested that his government would refuse to settle its financial obligations in the event of an no deal. the so called a divorce bill is estimated to be worth some three thirty nine billion pounds that's currently run forty four billion euros. on tuesday either economic affairs commissioner pierre muscovy c. insisted that the nature of the u. k. exit from europe wouldn't change its requirements. we don't need the british i'll have to settle that payments on that financial contributions in all circumstances regardless of whether there's a deal or no deal. the pharmacist has not. once he's taking a closer look. understand that these are legal and financial obligations which must absolutely be respected and they will be. very
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important that there be no conflicts about this because as a condition of trust. in the discussion comes between qui vous we have no. if that was a split between humans and institutions it would be called an acrimonious split perhaps kate me thank you very much for that business something. less of his platoon to stay with us here
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