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cinema we'll tell you what to watch for this year . he was the founding father and bob away who later became it's a strong man former president robert mugabe has died at age ninety five his death announced friday by successor. the men in gaza we got a had been receiving treatment in a singapore hospital since april. his life divided the global public but in zimbabwe today is influences mostly being trial publicly and god was declared we got a
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national hero adding that the country would mourn former leader tell his burial the only. takes a look at the closer reaction. the device if the dating men tribute have been pouring in his the bubbly former president robert mugabe his success that held him as the coununtry's. commandeder libeberation founder and leader. the part which the labor department have you found. his. and how cocould you let us know euro steve does which he. and richly deserves. otother africin heads of state also sasay they hatete tribute we remember him s a towering leader off the struggle for independence of the people of zimbabwe. after the accident and i think in this. well also runs a statesman statesmen and another
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controversial. behind a next legacy the widely admired freedom fly so went on to become a tyrant he e ruled with an iron this is very very three decades crushing any opposition that stood in his way. this is lee and i lost a lot. people. a lot of us a lot of stuff. because of this. thousands of people were killed in a deadly crackdown in the nineteen eighties may god bless also a widely remembered for its controversial politically such as the seizure of the white controller farmland that had a devastating consequences on the economy opposition leader nelson shimmies the reacted to it all things thing that's a giant tents for that. he added other than the fact that me lobby died anything before in hospital rather than an involved.. with this sad indictment. of the country's economic situation. for decades the mob was economic troubles had been blamed on robert mugabe mismanagement. but now.
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years after he left our the situation has not improved. back to work. a third of the population needs food aid surviving unemployment is staggeringly high surely step on examine. the current state of zimbabwe's economy. zimbabweans have been facing the deteriorating economy for years. cocountry iss ricich with natural resources yet many can't access to good hyper inflation worsens by recent droughts has made me bread sugar and oil on affordable to most people please once known asas the region's brereadbaskett as. as well as that too much in order to maybe let me. from this i don't think in the next week or so i've been now fourteen. this is by rolled down words began about two decades ago what when president mugabe began of land reform crumbled zimbabwe's agriculture
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sector and led to internationanl sanctions. when mugabe was removed from power. bob williams holding better management could turn around the economy almost two years later the situation keeps deteriorating now one third of the populatioion needs foodod ad to survive. government should should downside children should reduce the splatter thousand people number of people on the payrololl. and if ththey could o that thehe budget deficit wowouldn't be subjeje and hopefully those people would find jobs in a more productive than they are in government. the closest requires investment. but foreign investors are not rushing back. leaders of nations that are part of the amazon basin are meeting in columbia on friday good thing how to limit the damage from the fires in the rainforest three los is particularly concerning because trees or
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planet warming her ben the amazon is seen as a vital buffer against climate change the president of colombia peru ecuador and bolivia are attending along with certain vice president. results resident chairperson are cancelled his travel plans due to surgery but will join via. video link is sending his foreign minister. it's been been quite a week we have regular trauma over in the u. k. and friday the trouble continued for boris johnson. britain's upper house gave final approval to a law that wowould force the prime minister to delay brags that. if approved by the queen it would postpone breaks it beyond the current deadline of october thirty first. johnson can strike a divorce deal with the e. u. next month. was piling even more pressure on johnson to make good on his promise. to leave the european union and next month. now for more on this no good very bad week for boris johnson let's cross to london where france refers james andres standing by james
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so this bill doesn't. stop right so what does is if you lady like act that way. so the bill stipulates exactly that that the acting prime minister that can be boris johnson or somebody else. will have until the nineteenth of october to seal a deal with with the e. u. now as you know there is a european summit on the seventeenth and eighteenth. of october so basically the next day i must be a deal between the uk and europe. or else. the prime minister hasas to go to brussels and negotiating an extension of the brakes it's- date eight limited date eight statement to the thirty first of january twenty twenty two if he does not do so well indeed he will be outside site at the- low it will be illegal now. indeed the chamber of the lord had. it let yeah let it be known that they would indeed confirmed this building has been was confirmed with absolutely no event anonymous i does not have to give. back
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back through the chamber of commerce and that it will most certainly were absolutely that's an absolute certainty will be approved by the queen. so indeed it should be possible into little on monday now that means that boys don't some will have a very difficult time i'm doing good on his promise to leave the european union by the thirty first of october because bob. a america is going to be very difficult to come up with a deal. that will convince the opposition on the other hand. indeed he reaches that date well he will have to go to negotiate. that send you a delay and that is something he absolutely doesn't want to do she said so yesterday. during a meeting yourself he said he would rather be dead in a ditch. that have to go to the european union to us. a pass does break right. quite a dramatic statement there so. what are his options from here that and what would be the ideal situation. what idle situation is going to be very very difficult to find the boisterous and has had a very difficult week as you just.
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stated for starters he lost two votes and then he lost his majority. because as a road conservative mps decided. to turn on him he decided then to. have him expelled from from the tory party that that and get a lot of people including his own brother joe johnson decided. to resign as minister and as mp and terrible political blow of course for boris johnson. and then it yesterday he was. campaigning about ten go very well axles with windy the statement i gave you but he was also. asked by people off the street if well well you know you know if he was supposed to be that ellery brussels. negotiating anyway very very difficult this week for boris johnson who's lost a lot of political capital and now the positions was crystallized and allied against him. has already announced that they would not be voting takes a dissolution of parliament on monday. which leaves boris johnson with very few options apart from either trying to negotiate a deal but
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she does. it's very difficult to imagine how. to effectively resigned that he's also said today it's got the team did. not once did not consider resigning for the time being. the drama continues friends right for reporter james under a things are helping us make sense of this latest break that chapter. next over to madagascar sorry whehere pope francis landeded on friday it's the second nation on his three country tour in africa there has been a lot of anticipation among the millions of catholics there and it's a visit that could provide an opportunity for the pontiff to address the extreme poverty and island nation. as well as human rights violations during the pope's tour of africa he a als plans to emphasize the continent's. role in the future the roman catholic church. as recently as just a few days ago a peace deal between the united states in the taliban. was being described as a complete. friday
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a us envoy had returned to qatar for unexpected talk. the telephone launched offensive against a key city in western afghanistan killing at least two civilians. the us wants to begin withdrawing troops but the afghan government is concerned the insurgents will honor won't. honor theieir promises once the us please. this is the wreckage ofof a suicide attack carried out by taliban militants as the group continues to strike in afghanistan and killing civilians and us soldiers despite the ongoing peace talks with washington and a drop deal announced on monday has been widely criticised within the country. one voice of resistance is ahmed shah massoud the son of a key figure in the anti soviet resistance. to launch a political movement this thursday to counter the taliban them very secretive. it has happened behind the doors. and if people do not know what
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sort of agreement the united states of america v very big and important essence of power. as i have been with the taliban. the afghan government has been excluded from the negotiations of the taliban refused to enter into talks with what they see as a legitimate leadership. the deal with the thousands of us troops withdrawn in return for the taliban's i promise not to support terrorism ism. many afghans are concerned that when the us with the way things will revert to how they what for the time that my total. when the group will the dentist on women who frequently stoned to death. banned from school and forced out of public spaces. we are working every single day to bring change in this society and we wanted and we need it and it's all at once oror not going to accept a all rights. we want to access thehem either. .e future of the country remaiains uncertain. afghanistan's
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presidential election is currently scheduled for september the twenty eighth with the taliban wants to cancel the vote. president ashley gunny believes he should ever see any transition. while positions rupes including the taliban wanting you interested governments. on friday a turkish court sentenced a prominent opposition officials to nearly ten years in prison john on a calf tongue g. all those who was charged with insulting the president and what the government calls terrorist propaganda. the charger mostly stems from tweet she posted between two and seven years ago rights groups accuse president reserve type aired on of using the judiciary as a political tool. and aftfter the jujudgment kapten j. althouh told hundreds of her supporters outside the quote the decisions are not taking. the court but in the presidential palace. officials bahamas are calling
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the damage wrought by hurricane dorian on unmatchable. on great baco island survivors were described or tire neighborhoods destroyed the stench of death yeah filling the airir. the official death toll currently stands at thirty people but that is expected to shoot out all the ruins are sifted through. thousands more have been left homeless by the most powerful storm to ever hit the bahamas. and hurriricane doriann reach the u united states on frfriday getting the state of north carolina. much weekend is down to a category one it is still the leading home to trapping residents. on islands xena tells us more. the region deadly havoc in the bahamas hurricane historirian wins the shoals of south carolina. alththough significantly weakens winds of up to o a hundred and sixty kilometers per hour toppled trees ripped apart rooftop i'm cut how what's over a quarter of a million homes in the area. on the flooded
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streets charleston residents and clean up the outside their homes after bracing for the worst. there's the mobilization plan and prepare for the flight and then once the hurricane comes by i mean just t the massive franches injuries and obviously clean up all your fortifications it's quite a project. one of those with less worried about what the hurricane could bring ring. i've seen a lot of stuff. thirty he used to that's why we. i was going to be like this why didn't really know what. it was above the that that. as hurricane dorian continues to head north authorities insist it could still carry a life threatening when he's around the valuations have been noted in virginia is expected to move closer to the shore. each year round hello. consent to monitoring the did build. it brings hollywood glamour and starts to the french seaside
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resort town johnny depp unit davis kristen stewart and sienna miller are all in town this year and the forty fifth american film festival is not without some controversy either. joining us to discuss it all of their own tv guide you out into the elegy. one of the highlights of opening night on friday. hi charlie nice talking to you it was a very lovely very glamorous opening night hearing jovial on the red carpet where i am right now catherine to know who is this year's years surely president was here with us now is ending her jury tonightht she of cours. is a french film icon and enter on the red carpet she told me she still loves american cinema it's one of her first earliest memories of cinema was from the united states and she loves it so much my favorite film of the moment. is quentin tarantino's last once upon a time in hollywood now she and her entire jury are going to be watching fourteen films over the course of this week to decide the winners of the jovial film festival but all.
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night there was a tribute paid to pierce brosnan pierce brosnan of course double oh seven am and we all know as james bond he spoke of it on stage as well telling us a bit about some. strong points of his career some weak moments of his career you should naturally that this your job is really pushing a female centric festival both the presidents of the two juries are are women cats internet but also another french actress. and i'm glad he says half of the films in competition this year are from for female directors which is really unheard of for a festival the size of jovial. and in the talent awards which are given out every night here and don't feel they're honoring lots of female actresses that people like kristen stewart also sienna miller gina davis of course the iconic actress of selma and louise. who also is being recognized for her work trying to balance out gender inequality in the media now on the flip side of that the opening night film on a rainy day in new york the latest from woody allen and- that choice actually raised. some eyebrows particularly from film critics
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in the united states the reason is that that that phil may never be released in the united states after woody allen adopted daughter dylan reiterated allegations of child molestation from thirty years ago when she was. s seven years old we a allen a also madede a s of commentss about the me too movement which shows weren't very supportive to say the least so also there's. a good chance. that he is now on the- screen here tonight dobele. back home that he's getting this kind of reception here. but let's talk about the big anniversary year. that is happening at the american film festival in deauville. it is it is a remake birthdays here this is your first of all the festival is forty five yeyears old the competition however is
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just twenty five years old celebrating its anniversary this year. that's going to be celebrated tomorrow night with the festival is going to bring back that closely through fifteen former jury president i jujust remind everyone here is the american film festival in deauville but the jury is always made up of french industry professionals. f french actors french directorsrs and there have been some really incredible presidents over the years okay tomorrow and i will be singing on stage directors like some kitchenaid who did the film delicatessens and the address of manual they are who our international viewers might. know from one of the mission impossible with tom cruise. was the president of canton festival. roman polanski will be here taking about controversy again. michelle has a nip these years that they might not mean anything to you but he is the man. who directed the french oscar winning film the artist all of those people will be here. on stage the rogers celebrate the twenty fifth anniversary of the competition. and there's also a third anniversary that yeah the tenth anniversary. of a section
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here your that i used to be to be television. it's called jovial season. is on the deauville season what we're going to be doing here is broadcasting all eight seasons from game of thrones over one week. that means every day they'll be a full season of game of thrones of elegant broadcast. for free here and okay also that's a great thing for the fans. and also the actress who plays sansa stark sophie turner she's going to be getting another war here which is called the rising star award. she's creating a new feature found that he may call heavy. and that is usually in very good company because some of the other actors you've gotten that rising star award in the past. include names like ryan gosling or jessica chastain so looks like like the deauville film festival think she has a very bright future ahead of her. guessing there aren't more than a few rabbit game of thrones. fan would happily make the jump over to france. our own. seen as both a
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revolutionary. and the cause of the nation's many whoa. amazon region leaders meet to discuss how to preserve the rain forest wildfires continue to ravage yet but with different interests. in the amazon on hand forged. together. and britain's upper house approves a law that could support boris johnson to delay frank said it's just the latest in a week of that fact. uk prime minister. and now catherine bennett is that even more business news hello again. and we are starting with hong kong where the- ratings agency has downgraded on congress a blow to the government what does it mean for everyone else was at sea life is a blow to the government in particular. but it's not surprising after three months of violent protests in the city of course they're going to have an impact. fits
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just cut townhomes credit rating for foreign currency from double eight plus two double eight with a negative outlook. it says the violent protests in the city have damaged homes homes international reputation and called into question the stability and dynamism of its business environment.. it was issued a warning about the city's ever close integration with the mainland. the. home home government didn't take too kindly to the new rating. why what comes in so we don't agree with its ratings essentially what has based on what's happened in the pasta yeah. nonothing says. one country. so yeah yeah. just write me a financial hub with home calls refutation o of the bususiness cacapital has taken i hate these
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months of protests spoponsored y china's growing influence in the territory taking that's whole. thing that damages a financial sense yeah william mistress the amount ofof new business that applieies to o ng kokong present if it seems to be less stable i found the troubles continue it will. damage the reputation of hong kong. the city's private sector activity plunged to its lowest rate in a decade in august. retail sales fell by 4% in july. well tourist arrivals with down 12% as protests disrupted traffic her like shopping and it's more san andreas and shut down the city's international and holds. multininational corporations s h asas mario disney hsbc and in seconds and it's like hotelsls say they felt an impact. localal
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businesses like. linus restaurants also beginning to feel the heat. thanks the city is use the channel the majority of foreign direct investment in china. and as a springboard to global expansion by most of beijing's biggest firms economic for cross the saving kong is on the verge of recession. which will be confirmed by the end of its flood water if this is your father. consecutive quarter of economic contraction. u. s. jobs data released today issue that job growth in august was worse than expected the economy added a hundred and fifty thousand jobs clinton did on july is a hundred and fifty nine thousand. oldest numbers and was boosted by the government hiring temporary workers for the twenty twenty census. president donald trump's trade with china is taking its toll on the u. s. with american busininess is a wary about spending and investment manufacturers have
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been. have been hardest hit. however not quotient hasn't reached consumers who own merrily spending away and unemployment remains at three point. 7% the lowest level in five decades. let's take a look at the mkets now whizzing posted signs across the board as investors hoped for the us and china could de escalate the trees roland forthcoming talks in early october. major european indices a close tie up early and going into the weekend with a foot cl zero point 15% in the catacombs up the eighth of a percent. and the jackson moving fire. off of a cent. the topshop empmpire is crumbling the bridge is retail
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business which includes miss selfridge and dorothy perkins and nonchalant. in the year to september the first loss as well as much as a hundred and sixty nine. million pounds of the profits of only forty nine point four million pounds yeah yeah. in june the business agreed a rescue deal with. creditors triggering the closure of forty eight stores. walgreens wegman's i'm cvs said today that they will be found customers who open the carrier guns in the schools. even in states where open carry is allowed. it comes on just theories of my shootings across the u. s. this year including. one in a walmart in el paso texas and just lost. chinese text conglomerate alibaba is going online shopping platform how long the two billion dollars. messi's is how long cells imported products. in china from close electronics
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and schools. century wraps up the cross border commerce market and gives it to evolve out with a little better it now has a call. for the market and has a missile its main competitor. a number ofof. s. state attorneys general have banded together to launch an antitrust probe into facebook to see if the company has stifled competition. is the first official u. s. antnti trut investigation against a big tech company. the new york state attorney general of the probe would look into what the facebook put because he made a trip to restrict would use the quality of consumer choices. or increase the price of advertising. facebook shares drops 2% in early trading. and some french torso holidays it might be extended even if that's not exactly what they want. french airline a glass deal said today that it was cancelling flights from saturday after finding from bankruptcy earlier in the week. now tens of thousands of customers a stranded well the airline puts. in a buyout offer
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09/06/19 09/06/19 [captioning made possible by democracy now!] amy: from new york, this is democracy now! >> my island of abaco, everything is gone. no banks, no stores, no nothing. it will take at least four to five years -- i don't not how long it will take for the st of the islands. nothing is here. everything is gone. just bodies. amy: as hurricane dorian lashes north carolina and continues its path north, the death toll in the bahamas has risen to 30
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