headlines. donald trump says the u. s. is locked and loaded ready to respond to attacks on sasaudi oil installations american officials are blaming you ron other major world powers call for restraint. tunisia awaits final results of the natation's presisidential ve early tallies indicate voters snubbed establishment candidates opting for outsiders instead. and boris johnson takes his break that fight to luxembourg food by protesters british prime minister held his

first face to face talks yuji junko dunker . the dispute over who is to blame for drone attacks on to saudi oil facilities three thing tensions in the region once again with the rebels operating out of yemen claimed responsibility saudi led coalition in yemen is pointing the finger at iran for provoviding the weapons. that we run denies anyny i involvement e us agrees with saudi arabia and for the first time president trump hinted at a potential military response as global oil prices rise the e. u. russia china and other world powers are calling for restraint. run twenty fourth washington correspondent kind of. anger

just tiny gave us ththe latest video from the u. s. locked and loaded those are the two words that everyone. is talking about because of those two words so clearly hinted at a possible. military intervention by at the united states the warning the language a little bit similar to. what the u. s. president had used back in june when he had announced yet claimed that he hadn't backtracked. and called off a last minute it hits on iran and nowow today actually those words have been a little bit down played by the trump administration bite. as the chief of staff of the vice president mike pence the chief of staff as saying that these were just brought terms that they did not necessarily imply military action but the- really meant to say that the west was won in the march as c. for. a state that it was used to be a because of its oil independent so he tried to as tear away from. the poor and military implications of donald trump's

words the wrong hands on the other hand will they were very clear over the weekend. and they said that they were ready for full fledged a war when a senior commander inside the iran's the r revolututionary gus as said the and warned and reminded the united ststates. ad that u. s. bases and aircraft carriers. were within range of on missiles. next the latest on tunisia's presidential election to anti establishment candidates say they have come out on top. bill curry media tycoon currently in prison and law professor case i add to both claim to a qualified for the second round of voting. official results are expected to be announced in the coming day andrew hilly are has more on the boat which saw a downturn in participation. becomes tunes using next president one thing's for sure sunday's vote could represent a

drastic change for the country. one official polls put to anti establishment figures on top. one of them. can we is currently behind bars accused of money laundering. at the jail media moguls party headquarters. his supporters celebrated late into the night. the thanks of being in the top two out of twenty six candidates means that you've said loud and clear no to oppression no to poverty and no to modernizations. and yes to little food with. elsewhere another political newcomer connie side was also claiming victory. the sixty one year old law professor ran as an independent candidate. as promised to overhaul the constitution if he wins. he spoke to reporters. in hisis apartment in the hearts s of the tunisian capital. assume the tunisian people are achieving their goals and continuing their revolution within the framework of existing legitimacy. they're showing the world that they respect the gym missy. if independent post as a

right the results would be a disappointment friend nada. islamist continues candidate finished in third place. as for prime minister yussef shot had polls put him for his candidacy tarnished by a sluggish economy. sunday's ballot was another milestone for ten years yeah in a region beset by wars and strong man the country that sparked the arab spring uprisings has beaten the wants to remain a beacon of hope. the goal t to ten out fell dramatically compared to two thousasand fourteen down to o fy five percent. young voters fed up with the democratic transition they say hasn't brought economic benefits stayed away from thee polls. the winner of october's run off vote will face an uphill battle. in a country where many have lost faith in politics. and joining us now for some analysis of this election is mohammed saleh on marie he's a professor of arabic and comparative literature at the university of oxford thanks so much foror being with us this evening. thank you. what does this say about the changes in

tunisia since the last election that these outsider canandidates seem to be r resoning g with voters. your td points and indeed in this isn't an absence. in the. cocoalitions that have been running the country in the last fifteen years. clearly too museumss well as an i invasionn democracy in these elections clearlyy and were in part to protest vote the fact that the. two front runners and as you know. news the- outside. is a difference b between being kind of who's the media t tycoon's currency in james. analysts suspicion corruption and tax evasion is actually part of the system. engine no electing

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so on now. just this itself shows how the tensions around the- lackck of change inin economomics and d social sittio. that explainins this is. this is this shop. yes. choose instead to politics i am just to remind viewers and- prime minister was running in these elections the head of the times. and eaeach sevensns on defeated. and you're calling it a protest vote but it looks like a lot of people just didn'tt bother to turn out to vote at all perhaps out of protest as well doesn't that lack of participation make it hard to. build of what is a budding democracies. only the ansesel i think youou can find almost mentionss in. queststiono send this instance. with these ships and independence.e.

elecection commissioion doesnsnt think is extxtremely i importan. so some believe. in this the institutions of democracy is actually. when and the wind and that's a great place to sign the fact thatt you can actually use the ballot box to protest and then any other form. of protest. notice these elections of peace. any acts of violence across the country this also shows. in the names making the chanange so yes yes yes. n not t not showing up but also a single contest in t. means a whole provided to them. hamza armomory from the university of oxford thank you so much for joining us. as the october thirty first brags that deadline nears boris johnson met in person with european commission president john cloud younger this was their first brags that talks and they were

held in new york luxembourg on monday. and it ended without a break through the u. k. prime minister in fact ditched out on a news conference because of loud anti break that protesters you career has more on johnson's latest attempts to secure an elusive deal. distance greeted boris johnson as he came out of his meeting with luxembourg's prime minister. in a stark demonstration of just how far apart the you in the u. k. remain the british prime minister skip a joint press nference with his counterparts alone on the podium. one to two seconds mister johnson use. see it today full metal no punches a with johnson's failure to deliver an alternative brexit deal stick using him of politic english to your call told. the future hostage for quality political gains. the meeting

with mental followed johnson's fast face to face with the eueuropean commission out k. president john flow the u. k. the e. uses a statement saying the block remained opens alternatives but only if an insurance policy like the irish backstop was in place. president euchre recall that it is the uk's responsibility to come forward with legally operational solutions that are compatible with the withdrawal agreement such proposals have not yet been made. johnson however stressed progress was being made and that he would not budge on not sticking point. yes there is a good chance of a deal yes i can see the shape of it but it will require. movement i don't recall the- us system by which the easy you can control the u. k. after we leave. the so called backstop to go from that treaty. the british parliament has passed a rule requiring the

prime minister to ask for an extension to break six nine you deal is struck by the nineteenth of october. the news reading outs giving yet another extension just to buy time. really on the program we spoke with garante johns professor of economics at lancaster university management school he explained the possibilities for one of the most contentious points negotiations the irish backstop. the european union is off the detail quite rightly it needs to know how things are going to go looking forward whereas the optimistic view that boris johnson is putting forward. it's all about things like and landing areas hold the broad general shape pixel much vega. and it's clearly important for the european union to get precise solutions before signs off on any withdrawal agreement there three possibilities on the first of those. is looking at highland looking at the possibility of an all island

solution for electricity for a common travel areaea and also fr agriculture and food. it's and then t that would leave all the things like customs arrangements border arrangements to be discussed after the withdrawal agreement is signed off and clearly the european union is opposed to leaving that level of detail too late to stage. a second possible solution is looking to northern ireland only backstop that could fly with the european union the whether it would fly in westminster is moot. and the third. thing which the british government make to see you. again to look at the possibility of ending the backstop either by time limits again it's well having arrangements whereby the u. k. could end it unilaterally and again that is. unlikely to fly at the european and. hong kong's pro democracy movement hit a milestone on monday one hundred days of protest sparked by an extradition bill demonstrations have now g grown

ininto demands for freree elects and freedom f from beijing's ininfluence. the crisis has been marked by violence but shows no signs of abating on gainsford looks at the latest round of protests. in issues darcy with the pro democracy movement hospital workers hold up signs and chanted slogans. a peaceful protest after the weekend's violent clashes this sunday an unapproved march descended into chaos thousands of protesters will two kilometers f from the causeway bay shopping area to the central business district. following the peaceful march some demonstrators threw petrol bombs at government buildings police responded with mortar cannon. they will also clashes between protesters and rival pro beijing support is in the north point and fortress hill neighborhoods protests have been taking place in the territory for over three months now. all rights to. two streets

and with up to four months to the goblins. the movement was sponsored by a proposed extradition bill seen by many as the latest example of beijing's growing reach the territory. governrnor carrie lam withdrew thehe planned legislation earlier this september with the move was seen by many as too little too late. our testers and now demanding political reform universal suffrage and an independent inquiry into police baton as he- these latest clashes come just two weeks ahead of the seventieth anniversary of the founding of modern china. eyes will be on the gene and how it handles a hong kong protest is dissent on this important date. now it's time to run the numbers and that means business with kate moody hello charlie so we're seeing the diplomatic batattle over these drone attacks on

saudi arabian oil installations continue today because it happened ovever the weekend. monday today wasas the first day that the markets had a chance to react what did we see what was the oil prices absolutely surging early in monday trade up briefly as much as twenty percent. saudidi arabia is the largest oil exporting country in the world every day it pumps about 10% of global oil producuction. these attacks have affected about half that daily output us wti close at about sixty two dollars and fifty cents per barrel international right at sixty eight sixty three rise of about 14% there. earlier i spoke to christopher haynes of energy aspects about just how important saudi production is on a global scale take a listen. i think if you look at the impact globally it will be mostly on on the east you've got you know more than a million barrels a day of. saudi oil goes into china south korea japan. so i think that's where

the issue is going to be one of the biggest challenges with with trying to replace that is firstly the size. no one's gonna ability and secondly. the time frarame to get it there as well because no one is planned for this and it's just hit the market right now so they'll be. probably a if this is prolonged i think people would start looking at strategic reserves in order to. cover any shortfall. are there enough reserves to fill the gap again that will depend on on how long we might see outages for side if you look at the idea most of nice i a nations of going up to. ninety days of supply this is this is a significant amount of oil that is off the market say thatat somethingng that coud deplete very quickly. what concerns about the implications of those drone attacks rippled across the global stock markets as well with a red across the board on wallstreet. as dow jones shutting about a hundred

and fifty points by the close snapping an eight day winning streak will companies like exxon mobil and chevron saw their shares rising well airlines were down. the major european indices also closed down words the cat countless nearly 1% here in paris. forty six thousand employees of generaral motors are on strike n the united states. it's t the first major walk out in america's auto industry in over a decade frasier jackson reports. he can lines and anger. members of the united also workers union congregate outside of their work places after contract talks with american culture is general motors stools. key issues in the negotiations disagreements on wages healthcare benefits the status of temporary workers and job security. everybody is ahead well the reason they have made a whole lot of money you know. no we're not ex of all life we gave concessions

knowing the darkest hour to keep this company running. and now this company is making a record profits they don't want to even give anything bag what they want to continue to take and that's not right yes i feel betrayed. the nation wide war causes affected all thirty three general motors plants in nine states across the u. s. including the ford gm had initially planned to close. following backlash they reverse that position and offered seven billion dollars in investments to protect five thousand four hundred union jobs. for the union though this promise didn't go far enough this is our last resort. it represents great sacrifice and great courage on the part of our members and all of us. since his government's backs bailouts in two thousand inmates gm has performed well last year alone the manufacturer posted a profit of around eight billion dollars. workers are hoping that ongoing discussions will give them a lot to slice of the earnings. this strike is the largest that gm is seen in over

decades so. far there's no word as to how long it could lost. purdue pharma is facing a backlash over its decision to file for bankrupuptcy. pharmaceutical giant is trying to protect itself from the legal and financial fallout of thousands of court cases linked to americas opioid crisis. do is accused of aggressively marketing the painkiller oxycontin while downplaying the risks of addiction. under the filing the billilionaire sackler famimily would give up control f the company a and contrtribute e ofof the money saved two groups tackling drug abuse and addiction. wares from the state of massachusetts are among those who say that they will refuse any kind of settlement. and will continue to lobby against the bankruptcy filing take a listen. it's not going to require the sackler's to pay back. any of the profits they took out of purdue from sales of oxycontin over the last many years. not a dime this settlement. is only going to be made possisible. through the future and continued sales of

oxycontin. it is the first step in what it's looking like a very protracted battle and he and the fact that this family is likely to stay very very rich is a big problem for many attorneys general ththe united states. thank you so much for that business update. we're gonna cross the desk now it to emma james who is bringing us a look at what's buzzing online and on social media with media watch. and you'r're also s starg with the attacks on the saudi oil installations. are you're using that some people believe this could be a sort of pearl harbor moments where the attack that launches a- bigger. battle it is a phrase that i'm saying. hello solve on social media and not just from kind of people. that you might expect please scan mongering a little bit at this moment in time. of course a lot of the fears stokes by donald trump being typically bullish on twitter. saying that so basically the us were locked and loaded. out waiting fools saudi arabia to say who they believe. carried out the attack at something that provides. a

lot of feelings of concern but also disapproval from people. and that he was putting the ball in saudis cool like that. i thought we were done fighting the walls of the other countries because it's expensive yet when someone touches a drop of oil will locked and loaded in a few ounces sisters user. and this one to america fast which of course is donald trump side very popular. phrase and still is that means saudi arabia dictating us foreign policy nice. a lot of people very concerned indeed on some asking it as well with the- departure of the national security adviser john bolton. he is donald trump listening to right now will not that in that the meat on the media must as website. has written this piece talking about the influence of fox and friends not what you would expect as president to be taking that advice from. but this writer says it very much shapes this president's world view. and from the time that they're taking it doesn't look good he says. host of said

things like. i think this kind of go without retribution they provoked us before. i will stop that from happening here we've got to protect the world's oil supplies that will sounding very hawkish from fox and. friends right now. and he also points out that it was talking. colson another fox news presenter he is largely credited without she talking donald trump announces. his previously planned. threatened strike on iran and yet this year. and it remains to be seen if there's anyone doing that job right now. of course saudi arabia itself hasn't fully place the blame on iran. and they have said that the weapons came from iran. but they haven't said whether they were actually fired from these drone attacks that were blue which- they have said that they didn't believe they originated from yemen the who's the rebels that. saying that they were behind these attacks. and there's a lot of room for interpretation and uncertainty reedy from what the saudi. authorities and have to say on this. and there's a lot of skepticism about there's no reason whatsoever to trust onlny

that t the saudis all the trump administration. at so it's not clear what the average american citizen compulsively d. with this information says seth aprons and- i'm looking around else way it's interesting to note that. the toronto lines which for some reason is showing itself right now. and it doesn't match the lead on this website with this particular story. at but they do have a story elsewhere which again we con sears terribly and helpful. and basically they are saying that the us claims of hasty and harmful to the school. what is. notable five is that the who the rebels. certainly knows us stepping back they still say that they carried out these attacks and they have issued this video. it's worth noting that almost a year at tv was actually launched by the who the rebels in yemen. this is a video in which they actually say there is more to come i not she threatened israel. so it really shows just how ruled this problem could become and how

many countries it could involve. trying to show off their capability is a little bit there as well we switch gears back here in europe. boris johohnson uk primeme minir taking a trip to the continent and if the if there's been a few jokes that come out of this people having fun with that. yes if people are expecting a particularly bullish display from boris johnson after he dubbed himself. what kind of doctors of the incredible hulk and he said on sunday that he was going to break three of the molecules of the e. u. like the incredible hulk. it's something that sparks an awful lot of jokes on line i don't seem like a strange t thing to have wanted to compare himself to you. he arrives at in luxembourg today for meetings with the leaders on surprisingly lots of cartoonists meetings and i think that's an easy for them and i absolutely yes this is anti davey in the evening star does anyone busting through the war. at meeting with asian quota you can kind of that i give a whole stock to you is

the european parliament's mon he was trying to you. coordinate brexit and says that they stop that it even by champion standard for help comparison is infantile is the e. you supposed to be scared by this. well it would appear not because the about leasing which this. boris johnson left behind to datehis asr one of an empty podium advance is the- prime ministe us something gesturing towards the delay anne webber's johnson should have been spending but he chose not to appear. this press conference the reason why this. and says a crowd around two hundred all say we seem to have scared him off. a lot of people really thinking it's

highly amusing that off to his big wads. this is what he chose to do incredible sulky say boris johnson county even turn up at a podium. if he isn't getting it his own way and the final word on this. because he was very mean about the labor leader his opposition. according him a chicken just last week this week as age like a fine milk. at says is to use a because the conservatives branded him a check and a lots of people saying that about. johnson today. it's all very adult. a very serious topics. you get. a chancee thank you so much for that latest edition of media watch. and i'm going to take a quick break but to stay with us

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