nancy pelosi saying donald trump is not abovove the law. officials in t turkey say forces are set to cross into syria. they are gathering at the border . curtis officials calling -- kurdish officials calling on civilians to help defend against a turkish assault. boris johnson and the eu trading

blame on the breakdown of a -- of brexit talks. it will be difficult if not impossible to secure a brexit agreement by next week. u.s. loses some of its competitive edge. have -- trade tensions cost at the top spot in t the global competitiveness report. latest on aor the conference raising funds to fight aids,, tuberculosis, and malaria. donald trump is declaring war on

the impeachment investigation. the white house in a letter to house readers stating it -- house leaders stating it would not participate in the inquiry. complaintlowers stated the president sought favors from ukraine. the eight-page letter from the white house to leaders rejects the entire impeachment process underway in the house of representatives. it rules out any cooperation by the president in the inquiry. lacksen that your inquiry constitutional foundation, any pretense of fairness, or the most elementary due process protections, the executive branch cannot be expected to participate in it. >> they objected to the fact the house has not held a formal vote . dedemocrats say that is not need because it is in the evidence gathering phase.

p pelosi said it was only the latest attempt to insist the president is above the law. toocrats have struggled investigate trump all year as his administration has locks and ignored subpoenas. as the inquiry heats up, he is on the offensive. >> the impeachment inquiry is a scam. it is lucky i am the president. i don't know why, a lot of people said very few people that handle it. i sort of thrive on it. democrats are making it clear they do not intend to wait much longer and could draft articles of impeachment, including for obstruction by the end of the year. turkey is gearing up for

a military operation against kurdish fighters. there calling on civilians to step up and help fight, days after the u.s. began withdrawing troops, giving turkey a green light to attack kurdish forces. donald trump is defending the move criticized around the world. he said he would obliterate turkey's economy if they went off limits. reporter joins us live. what's the lalatest? >> turkey is putting the finishing touches on its preparations for an offensive into northern syria. we have seen p pictures of m moe convoys of armored vehicles arriving at the border, tanks rolling off of traililers and things like that. thehe incursion

into syria will start thursday. on the kurdidish side of the border, they a are doing two things. they ordered aenereral people totion, , asking go to the border area to carry out acts of resistance. they said they did not a appearo be people in the houses, which were clelearly in vieiew. we could see open windows, but there was no one on the rooftops. have e emptied d to itself quickly. a third develolopment is two came outstate attackekers

of goodness knows where and defense forceian units. the members arere largely membes of the kururdish militia. ththis happenened this morornin. the states attackers blew themseselves up.p. this shows t that islamistate es ststill out there. one of the problemems in this offensivive is the kurdidish pee are holding an estimimated 10,00 ismimic state figighters. are e the kurds gogoing to conoe keeping those islamicictate fighters and their prisons whenn tuturkey is atattacking g them? everyly the kurds wilill need

avaiailable man n with a g gun o and fight t the turkishsh army rather than guarding the islamic state prisoners. thank you for that. in the latest on this story, we are hearing syria is determined to thwart turkish aggression by all legitimate means. the state media cited a source from the foreign ministry. the british prime minister looks to be facing rebellion from inside his cabinet. are on theministers brink of resigning under concerns johnson is leading the u.k. towards a no deal brexit. correspondent reports. the situation is looking difficult. some would say dire. what we had is a phone call yesterday morning between the

merkelinisterr and angela . source into what a downing street was briefing to the british media was the i isrsation was frank, which diplomatic speak for it went badly. saying the german chancellor has s said it wasas ovoverwhelmingly unlikely and improbable there could be a brexexit deal between the united kingdom and the 27 other eu cocountries in time toto meet te neww deadlinine. we are 22 days away from t the 31st of october. that heavy briefing meaeant the pound to a tumble yesteterday.. huge uncerertainty. it makes thehe 31st of f october

extremely worrying for people, letet alone bususinesse. there is hope the meeting between the prime minister and boris johnson c could help, but the fact of the mamatter is, the is no guarantntee at all. there is no certaiainty boris johnson will go to the summit next week. here in france, residents took to the streets last night demanding the truth about a fire two weeks ago and a chemical factory outside the city. authorities have launched an inquiry into the fire, which burned the warehouses of another company nearby. >> they stayed late into the

night,t, demananding transnspary fire, nearlytory two weeks after the blaze ravaged the plant. >> they keep lying to us. they have to tell us the truth. >> the answers we have had have been incomplete. gas masks, the protesters message was to stop the lies. they are skeptical of government assurances about the consequences of the combustion of chemicals. >> one day they say it is not serious. the next day it is don't eat fruit, drink milk,k, or eat egg. have banned the harvesting of crops and the s se of animal l products from surrounding plants. the latest results show even 15

kilometers away, the level of dioxins in the air is four times the normal. more than 9000 tons of products are stored in the warehouses, of which jujust under half or labed -- products. admittedment, they they did not know the quantity and hazard levels of the chemicals stored on the site. the company was not subject to the same stringent monitoring's as the other company. a nationwide curfew is in effect and could or as protests continue. and somes groups transportation groups have called for a strike for today. marches are planned in the historic center of the castle and in front of the presidential palace.

>> violent exchanges of rocks and teargas. demonstrators face security forces. group was in the building before it was occupied. >> they have taken our fuel. it is not right. it is good for the bankers, the rich, the millionaires. for us, iis no good. ordered anident overnight curfew to protect public buildings, a curfew ahead of a mass demonstration planned for wednesday, which has seen thousands converge on the capital. ecuador has been rocked by a week of classes a after fuel

prprices were increaseded up to 120%. in an attetempt to head off the protests, the president offered to hold talks with indigenous leaders. many will be destined. we have talked with it abobout some leaders. it will be destined for the poorest. fuel subsidies were scrapped by morano. subsidies were costing the government $1.3 billion a year. the agreement with h the imf allowed ecuador to borrow $4.2 billion. genie: in columbia, the former president appeared involving a case involving alleged witness tampering. he was question for over seven

on accusations he tried to influence and bribe members of a paramilitary group who had information against him. the court said there was sufficient ground to continue investigating. no charges have been filed. the nobel peace prize went to three men on their work on lithium ion batteries. they can store significant amounts of energy from solar and wind power. in france, a donors conference is being held. the conference is trying to raise money for the fight against aids, tuberculosis, and malaria.

malalaria, it could be eradicatd 2050.ly as julia sieger is at the conference. she joins us. tell us about this summit. called the replenishment conference. it is the first time france is hosting the event. they are trying to eradicate these diseases. this replenishshment session is where heads of states and civil society and the public and private sector get together and say how much money they want to give for all of these programs.

for this session, they are trying to raise $14 billion to avert6 million lives and new infections. 16 to $18worry billion would be an accurate number. >> this is being held in france. they are expected to increase their donation for the first time in several years. to say francetant is the greatest donor of the fund. only 2010, it is the country to not have increased its donation, which is incredible. all eyes are on emmanuel macron today. france, it is the president who decides how much money will

be allocated to the global fund. lens -- andhow hollande have decided not to increase their donation. they have asked for a 25% raise of the donation. thank you. let's look at the headadlines. the white house is refusing to cooperate on the impeachment inquiry over ukraine. they pelosi responding to eight-page letter, saying donald trump is not above the law. officials in tuturkey say forces are set to cross into syria. the u.s. continues its p pullout of troops. kurdish officials are calling on civilians to defend the region against a turkish assault. tradinghnson and the eu blames on the breakdown of brexit talks. several are saying it is

difficult, if not impossible to secure an agreement by next week. titime for a look at business news. a long-awaited global response has been unveiled. what are thehe biggest points around that? >> a gives to newew - -- it givs two new taxing rights. emerging economies have the right to tax digital corporations that are not physically present in their country but have a significant amount of sales. sustained and significant involvement in the market that is taxing them. notler companies are analyzed. >> a major fine for johnson & johnson. jury ordered johnson &

johnson to pay $8 billion in damages s to a single man who sd his use of an antipsychotic drug caused him to grow female breast tissue when he was a boy. the man argues johnson & johnson used an organized scheme while illegally marketing and promoting the drug. johnson & johnson immediately denounced the fine as excessive and unfounded, vowing to over turn it. this is o one of more than 13,00 lawsuits relatated t to risperd. a broad overnight selloff in the united statates. here, we saw that reflected in the morning trade. back.ets have bounced bag,ian, we saw a mixed

hong kong markets doing the worse. down three quarters of a percent. nissan shares fell 1.1% after they named its new ceo. what causedgenie: the u.s. drop in the global competitive report? >> it has been overtaken by singapore. health in the united states is the e main reason for the decli. innovationremainsndnd powerhouse. >> the competitiveness has dropped according to the world economic forum. the u.s. was in the top spot. it has b been ovovertaken by singapore. >> the united states went down in terms of score.

what happened is when it comes to health, there has been a downward trajectory that became quite pronounced. >> it ranks countries according to a number of factors. i in chinaaby born today can expect 68 .1 years of life. another area where the u.s. is losing ground are future skills gap. impact --gures don't don't factor in the impact between the global trade wars. there is uncertainty, the business sentiment. , badis bad for the economy for the global economy. >> some have taken advantage of the turmoil.

to positionable itself as a regional hub. another social media platform is having issues with securing data. >> it is disconcerting for those of us paranoid about shararing informatation. twitter is saying i it mistakeny used phone numbers and email addresses provided by its users for security purposes to show them targeted ads. the company has apologized, saying it did not share personal data with advertisers or other third parties. twitter r added the problem has been fixed as of september 17. this comes after facebooook was fined d $5 billion to settlele h thee u.s.s. federal tradade commission on how it's shares parties. third > an unlikely cash crop for columbia. cost economy was

ripped apart by cococaine traffickers.s. cannnnabis could become a key economic engine. foreign investment has flocked there. growth has been slow. >> regulations are choking the growth of the cannabis industry, that is what a producer says. columbia could be -- colombia could be an ideal place to cultivate the plants. medical purposes was legalized in 2016. getting the right permits can take years. exports remain low. in february, they shipped 360

byms to canada, followed 6000 bottles of product to london in july. >> there is competition in our backyards. these countries have set objectives and are moving towards them. we are watching a unique opportunity in columbia slip by. we could be a leader and a high-value sector. issues have meant foreign investment has cooled after an influx of 400 million u.s. dollars. if the industry does get on its feet, rewards could be more than wortit. medicinal cannabis could add 6 million u.s. dollars to the colombian economy. bogota will l be updating regulations by the end of october.

>> nissan has appointed a new ceo. they are struggling to keep their relationship alive. change could be on the way for renaud. announce an will replacement. they reported the subject could be brought up p at the next boad meeting on octotober 18. nissssan's new boss wililface a host of challenges. hisis new role on january 21st. as theointment comes alliance is struggling. >> he is the face of the new nissan. be flanked on either side by two others. >> these men have at least three things in common.

they are international minded people, they value of the alliance and they are willing to make decisions fast. the revivalagenda, of the alliance. they have been in troubled waters since carlos ghosn's arrest last year. board members hope he can improve cooperation with french colleagues. structure andew under his leadership, we hope the whole company will make efforts to rebuild itself andd work towards a speededy recover. is nott just the carlos ghosn scandal and tensions with alliance partners, they have been going through a slump. costly electric batteries have added to their problems.

profits dropped 99%. slash jobsit will around the world. genie:

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