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welcome to live from paris world news and analysis from france twenty four i'm margot and these are the main world news headlines. turkish troops aree r reported to be plannnnina move on the s syrian because the city of mumbai age. this is a long rises amongng turkey's tom supplies to check so the latest to hold thahat trait. turkey's president says he won't back down on the operation no matter what anyone says. an internatational arrest warrant s issued for catalonia's controversial president collor's push them all. this comes as twelve leaders of the twenty seventeen dependence move have been condemned to long jail terms by madrid. in britain the state opening of parliament is being condemned
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as a party political broadcast opposition with jeremy corbyn accuses promise of boris johnson. views in the queen's speech has an election prospectus johnson again said breaks will be done by halloween . thank you very much for being with us. turkey is reported to be plannnning a swop on the s syrian kurds city of mm based on this fall as gains made by the army of the weekend president richard type of alliance forces backed by russia to the cities of tower time out rise out and tell. ibm meanwhile syrian state media is reporting the president bashar al-assad's troops of ended monday. asset is a staunch ally of moscow turkey's president said t that any m move on t they would be to liberated from the
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hands of terrorists. wilson they said shonda. bees we are about to implement our decision on man bears. officials as you know our mutual agreement with the united states regarding man there's- was the terrorist organizations we're going to evacuate the town within ninety days. then she will shop there but a year has passed since then men be is has not been evacuated. when the city is actuated turkey won't go there. well run gadgets the rightful owners our brethren we'll be going there site the she that that in our approach on this issue. well let's for them to go there the and provide for their own security. well not only in mrs golden. cell and of course called in the middle many civiliansns chris doyle is director of the council for
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british arab underststanding joins us live now christy do you pressure type the other one's attitude that we heard in that clip. will be making friends internationally but imagine. within turkey a what he's saying is playing very wellll. each one is a postmaste. winning the supporter of turkish nationals who want to see turkey is a major player will states that's why he- keeps on saying for now. the security council should haveve five hundred members you know is that he is trying to extend turkey's influence across the middle east and- elsewhere. and here in syria what he is doing is trying to appeal to those you see the current zacks rank. remember that turkey has a very large. kurdish population and it has being att loggerheadsds with them so much the last three or four decadess and it has blames. ththe pkk bebecause
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some workers policy. opoperating from syria now on the phonee state it was protections universal ypg sir f find g goinn and telling his nice that t he's going to give turkey protection he's standing up toto united states he's standiding up to russia. it appeals to the is your half of you turkey should be one the great powers of the of the world of course the rounded sees somewhat different okay is going in. i it is i in danger during its diplomatic relations with many mamany key axes. united states e european powers itt as well ththis lady d antagonized many using thehe hed we havave seen n now. meetings a u. ministers today deciding many of f those countries to suspendll strtraightened w with turkrkey in. this movie simply n the in the sentence in the united states. things are
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dropping here which i just put to use just for an instant reaction i'm not expecting full analysis but so you know the dossier so i'm pretty sure you can do with this no problem. at trump donald trump saying steel tariffs on turkey of increased back up 250% this i idsa presume is part of trump's threat to the economy which- he said early when he's going to bring the troops out of that area. also an announcement that they will be. sasanctionons against e turkish leaderership. well it itit's extraordinary because- despite the d denials you now gt us ministrations pretty glad that it was that telephone cool just over a week good between. prpresident trump and president underlined that effective. ththanks to the gate turkeyy tht the green light to gogo into the sir. and trump was black yeah he wants to pull forces in factt he first made that decision every year. but what trump seems to o n is to realize that action t ts n nion of. domestic let't's cool backlash a against what he has done. and so o now e is trying to attend some how.
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ththe t. it wasas against what turkeyey was doing a all along. wellll it's simply that does not stack up and it doesn't stack up in terms of consistency of determinined to kill it so if yu didn't get installed in syria. we had to do was to keep a man. thousand troops that. t to ensue that it didndn't happen he could have also made a rangege. house to. assist in that process to make sure thatt it would be some sort of international presence that to keep turkey away from. the kurdrdish areas the k kindet dominanates there is no fee sir he didn't do that he's not trying to pretend that sir. a he was against all of this all the time i think. turkey will see this is another examplele all. us backsliliding the on trustworthiness of the white house something of course that they share in common with many of the kurdish groups who sisily f fl betrayed. and i thinink thiss somethining that e really saying it some major moments. in the history of
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american relations with them at least was seventy parties at austin themselves can we trust. united states. and the officer is at the moment lost president trump is in office. no frankly he doesn't have that black you can pretty much. and this could include by the way countries like saudi arabia israel key us allies. he will simply will operate according to his own whims design judgment not. on the basis of the store extxtra allowance. crystal director of the council for british arab understanding thank you so very much indeed. for your analysis. i will continue to our reflect on the situation along the yet to keys reporter thrououghout this live from paris from disturbing to that latest donald trump announcing a decree authorizing sanctions against turkish leaders. and saying that steel tariffs on turkey will be increased. back up 250% thanks a lot from m pars
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spain has issued an international arrest warrant for ththe controversial catalonian president collis push them on. he's currently in self imposed exile to avoid arrest on charges of sedition after the declaration of independence at october twenty seventeen we love this monday spanish riot police charged a protest is outside barcelona's apples. if the supreme couourt o sentencece twewelve prominent catalan separatists to lengthy jail terms for their roles in the referendum and that declaration of independence. an explosion of anger across catalonia following the decision by spain's supreme court descendants nine separatist leaders to jail. on monday afternoon protesters converged on barcelona's airport one of europe's busiest in an attempt to block access to the terminals. that triggered a response from riot police who arrested several protesters. earlier thousands of pro separatist residents gathered on the city's plaza
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the catalunya to voice their outrage at what they say is a scandalous ruling by spain supreme court's. there is no justice in this country we fight toto be free and they do not let us freree. we were expecting verer harsh senennces cause we know perfectctly well that's w what the spanish stage one to make an example for the council onon people. it was a similar mood in the city of girona catalonia second largest where protesters marched on local roads cutting taxes the traffic. pro separatist demonstrators also blocks train tracks near the city. and local doctors and nurses went on strike holding signs that read freedom for political prisoners. meanwhile in spain's capital the reaction was more mixed with some residents supporting the court's decision. well i think the challenge of rebellion was totally justified because this was really an uprising against the state i'm
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against democracy. they should have gotten the maximum sentence amount by little. they don't but i need for me it's surprising and too harsh seattle blew it up. although spain's prime minister said he hopes the sentence would open a new era for catalonia the country remains deeply divided. thanks a lot from paris queen elizabeth now aged ninety three delivered her sixty fifth queen's speech at the statate opening of the british parliament the british queen sat. the priority of the uk government has always been to achieve brexit by october the thirty first. in fact the monic me the reads the words of the prime minister this brought a wave of criticism from the british o opposition. jeremy corbyn cooling it and calling it a propaganda exercise thehe speech outlined a series of bills and pledges that the opposition descrcribed as an under costed program. fools gold article. braving band
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whether to watch queen elizabeth the second right to westminster on monday this ahead of the ceremonial state opening of parliament. and known to hundreds of years of history. now these crowds of supporters of persons exit from the european union and the racism once again to secure the deal by active as a society fast. the issue was on top of the agenda. my government's priority has always been. to secure the united kingdom's departure from the european union on the thirty first of october. my government intends to work towards a new partnership with the european union based on free trade and friendly cooperation beyond the pomp and ceremony in the house of lords the british want to close the twenty six new b bills ranging from implementing t the still to be finalized breaks its agreement. to the environment. the british opposition leader for his point
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slammed the speech corning into false. i minister promised this queen's speech. on closer inspection missus break up eighties nothing mold on fool's gold. jeremymy coolant hoses signaled he would back and general election that could deliver and let the government within weeks now responding for the government prime minister boris johnson criticized corbin for changing his position. first he was opposed to deal now he seems to be opposed to any deal first he was in favor of delivering breaks it. now he wants a second. referendum first. first he wanted to know exactly what to look for a long time. draw the note this is a two multi this week of reckoning for johnson it could decide whether brings it is orderly an acrimonious were delayed yes again. . the ruling conserervatives in poland have won reelection lauren justice
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party looks of increased its majority in the lower house of the warsaw parliament the sam as is cold. there was luggage in ski declaring as early sunday that his party had victory. as twenty fours got a crack is in warsaw. the polish parliament behind m me is made p of two houses lauauren justiceco pieces won a clear majority i in the same the lowerer house the more important one. but it is lost the senate it's gotot forty eight senators and three opposition p parties between thm also have forty eight but their full indepependence a a it iss three e of whom are known to be sympathizers of the opposition so what does this mean. the polish senate does not have a power of absolute veto on legislation proposed by the same but it can reject bills and send them back for further discussion it can propose amendments it can slolow down te process. and that could prove pretty important because these past four years peace often passed its most controversial pieces of lelegislation a as fat as it possiblyy could sometimes eveven undnd cover of night in order to avoid that being too much discussion. that't's noo
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lolonger going to be possiblble when the oppososition is against somemething t the senate will be able to send it back to the same for further discussion. and that is added to the fact that the same makeup off to these elections actuallyy is perhaps more complplicated for yes of kitchen skis party to deal with in the party would have hopeded piece does have a majority but t there is a ststrg left wing conontingent. there is also the fact that the opposition parties will put together one more votes in piece only has t that overarall majojority becau of the bonus that is accordingg to ththparty that amazed at the thing t the largrgest party.. another problm is that a far right contingent has and department for the first time e in the form of the small party known as confederate yeah meaning they'll be putting pressure on pepeace which is a already not realistic an ultraconservative from even further to the right. comma crack without close side that. on the polish. political
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scene force in will soar. violent scenes again raise concerns for the protest is in hong kong. image of a ship with images will show you now show just some of the violence school bumping detonated a policeman was stabbed on sunday night i protested throwing rocks and petrol bombs at police strike you bout with tear gas rubber bullets waterer cannonons. sometimes livive rous for r monday tens of thousands f mostly young pro democracy activists rallied in hong kong. the firstt legal protestst since the introduction of colonial erect and noticeable. and pleading for help from the united states. and speaking of visiting the pull china's presidency jim paint warned any attempt to split china will end with this is a quote from the chinese president. body smashed and bones round trip. reporter all of the factory is in hong kong. after a somewhat violent weekends hong kong is a come as no tens of thousands for a peaceful demonstration to demands the us congress passed the hong kong human rights and democracy bill it's a law that
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if passed would force us government to do an annual review. of human rights in this former british colony. countries around the world. since june the. all global is no longer a reliable dental we need all the forces from countries down. like the us and the tempo of the universal hong kongers the support of the united states and the international community our vital. in getting the rights recognized. important day for people to add. and no one can find what's right now. congress
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passing the hong kong human rights. maybe the vital piece of leverage for them to get it over on their governments. the farah correspondent that bring us the latest from hong kong. this mobile go back to his soon as we can. some outlet is bubusiness use i'm pleased to annonounce coal stangl is in the building getting to use a mark now starting with the nobel peacace prize in economics was cold and get but he's very clever. it was awarded this monday who got it. three people one of award. given to a group of three economist michael kramer beaded banerjee and french women esther you flow. at forty sixty four with the youngest ever to win the prize he's also only the second woman ever to receive the awarard sine it was created in nineteen sixty y nine. trevor recognized for theieir experimental researh meththodsimed at fifighting global poverty. tackling questions like what kinds of investments in policy interventions are worth making.
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their landmark research was conducted in india where they've studied the public school system. on monday banerjee talked about what it felt like to recede professions highest honor. wondererful to gt this price w was pararticularlyy wonderfuful i think. because its a prize not. i think for us but also for the entire movement i think that this is a movement that. we happen to be at the beginning off i think mostly lock. turning now to monday's trading action not a whole lot of movement on wall street. dow jones finishing the day just below the flat line as you can see here the s.. and p. also down slightly. that's afterer fw details have emerged of that partial trade accord between the us andnd china that was reached late last week. shares also in the red across the major european indices on monday. cut conference t today down four tenths of a percent to foot the down nearly a half percent. of the u. k. any you continue high pressure e last minute negotiatitions over brex. except uber is unveiled a a new
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service in one e of africa's largest cities and it's a bit unconventional. residents of legos major it can now take what are known as uber boats. a pilot program in it really relieving traffic in the famously congested metropolis for now it's just a fixed route between two locations inn limited to four times a day. and less commuters seem excited by car the trip from eagle road to paloma can take two and a half hours. by boat it's just thirty minutes take lessons. this is a great improvements you know when to leave walk you know when to leave your home. you know when to get to the east to the very top agency. to get to get to get your boards. and three of us he said the peace. for a one every other competes does all day. hong kong is facing its first recession in a decade due to months of protest. after a rorough second q quarter governt expects third quarter numbers to be bleak as well with tourism and retail being the hardest hit sectors. charlie james takes a look at how the lack of spending has led to a rapid downturn. two critical
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pieces of hong kong's economy are slumping. tourism and retail sales are feeling the deepest impact. the pro democracy protests that are scaring visitors away. it is you know very very difficult time for t the tourism industry. with you know visitor's arrival having dropped in about 40% in august and we're expecting someone numbers came in september. mamainland chinese tourists in partiticular are steering clear the result has been empty hotels and restaurants and a lack of lines for attractions including disneyland. for some visitors who do come that's a positive. yesterday so everything is peaceful. and even better there is this people. so we feel so far so good i was surprised at that hotel prices so that was that was good it was a quite a positive. and the flight suit. the numbers reflect the empty streets hotel occupancy rates
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are down about 30% from earlier this year. and retail sales fell 23% in august year over year the steepest decline on record. last week hong kong's leader carrie lam highlighted the protests harm to the economy. she warned that third quarter economic data will definitely be very bad. though so far international finance and real estate have avoided damage many economists foresee the city's economy slipping into recession. and finally hundreds of environmental activists warn the city of london monday morning the group known as extinction rebellion was there to protest the financial sector support for fossil fuel companies demonstrators blocked streets and held banners at sites like the bank of england barclays and blackrock. letter is the world's biggest asset manager and activists say it has brbroad power to influence the companies investing. in no immediate comment from the firm the way these kinds protests
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are just limited to london we'v've seen extinction rebellin set up camp in paris prague and elsewhere mark group is halfway through two weeks of civil disobedience trying to highlight the risks. of climate change. coastline of the business thank you very much indeed more of course on the oldest stories as they happen thank you all very much date. it's cross sedia james creating the weights with that media watching good evening to you sir. i'm i you'd be lookingng at reactions to the fronts jim the melon schooling or rather canceling arms sales. to turkey czech republic those who join that list like but not the united kingdom. yes i'm so lots of comments on that specific angle on what's been happening between terry and syria. to turkey and syria but just to focus on reactions. at all regarding france's decisision to suspend its exports of arms. people saying well what does it there's an inconsistency here because on the one hand the suspension of arms sales. but the so called smart kid with a
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counter for. this organizazation the pkk have allowed demonstrate there have been demonstrations on the streets of paris. some drawings of the vitamins michael at. refer to the p. k. as a terrorist organization so as some of the some pro turkish voices are drawing attention to those elements of. a perhaps inconsistencies butut really i loveve the comments that i came across today mark up on her work critical of the u. k. for coming aboard on board. at it without effort to have a sort of a common position on stopping arms sales to turkey. i had some comments here sing i cannot believe this this means a tory government aiding and abetting. the murder of kurdish people a lot of people really concerned about that. this is another comments on social media directly critical of boris johnson said it's a shame that the u. cable not sanction turkey. that's a cartoon were actually brussels this. one world leader that doesn't feature the cartoon that was shared adjoining thought tweet but you can see a lot of our leaders. are the e. u. e. let's head in the sand the signs on just people looking the other way on the consequences. and
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obviously i have doing being depicted their eyes approved plans. it's a very very bleak cotton indeed. it is on but some saying that also in terms of finances choice. to suspend arms held actually turkeys only the thirtieth country on the list of recipients. in terms of recipients all french arms sales. it's not it's more symbolic measures like than any real sacrifice in terms of news. at rabia. because recipient. ourselves. point your toes. those numbers those that those listings if you like. stepping coals on social media to boycott the effort turkey football match happening this evening rice the because the game wasn't canceled games going ahead as far as i'm aware no he went on it went fine but just to give you a little friendly to the prelude. this was a few days ago the turkish team made a sort of a military gesture nutri solution. are for i think it was a goal was scored a lot of people really felt that that was a sign that i i've i've a barrier. had been
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crossed if you like separating sport. old celebration yes. but people felt in the context of what's happening. this is a few days ago. that it that this is a sign of what could happen here. in france. and so that was the recalls hash tag there. and you less you won't much poster key. cancellation all the fonts turkey match. the mill treat. this most recent is chilling. people really felt that in the context of what's happening. at the perhaps the match will be better cold all. the time it's a tricky one is that because now that the french rugby team and they score try they also to do this. it's almost like the benny hill city sue recently that they do not. which could be interpreted the same way if you wanted to put that spin on it. and then the roof the roof yours as well the trucker supporters could be. whistle and kind of it means it creates some sort of fat. trouble but actually partly whistling isn't always a sign of. a sort of i told. in it some turkish supporters would you stop. but actually just a re release include it all went off the season well this evening. and the national anthems were nas. as you know. what would you say ut did
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