welcome live from paris. 1:00 in the french capital. here are the top headlines this hour. former catalan leader carles puigdemont has himself into belgian authorities after a new warrant for his arrest. catalonia braces itself for a 50 of protests over the conviction leaders.n catalan the e.u. and britain reach a deal. boris johnson now begins an intensive campmpaign to garner a

--e had ever saturday and a five-day cease-fire deal has been clinched in turkey, and and incredibled outcome by donald trump. but shelley conontinues. -- but shelling continues. ♪ >> thank you for watching live from paris. this friday, we start with carles puigdemont, who handed himself into belgian authorities after new arrest warrants were issued for him. this comes as catalonia braces itself for a fifth day of protests over the conviction of several independence leaders. as part of the movement, roads

are being blocked, train services disrupted, and a demonstratations held. the head of the region's government says there should be a new vote on independence from spain within two years. >> separatists protesters in the early hours of friday attempted to block a train station north of barcelona near the border with france. it was the start of a day of disruption with a general strike across catalonia and with protesters planning to converge on the catalan capital. this followed violence in barcelona overnight with police and separatists clashing. there have been four days of tension. dozens have been injured, an afternumber arrested, former separatist leaders were sentenced up to 13 years in jail. the current catalan president

has alsod for calm but reiterated his cost to hold anotheher referendum on independence before his term enends in 2022.2. > there will l be a resolutio try to o fix where wewe will ace the right to achieve catalonian resolution. this willl be debated by partie, entities, and they will also be international participation. >> riot police thursday intervened in a far-right pro unity rally, where a large crowd gathered to speak out against independence. the arrests have brought the catalan issue to the forefront again. >> it has been three years since britain voted to leave the european union to -- and

thursday, a brexit agreement was finally drawn up between boris johnson and the e.u. however, the deal will needs approval bar -- by the u.k. parliament in a vote saturday. some are pointing to pressure by the british prime minister to have a second brexit referendum. one of the major sticking points in the brexit negotiations has been the border between ireland, which is an e.u. member state, which -- and northern ireland, british province. northern island would leave the you customs union with the rest of the u.k. in the boris johnson deal. more on how the irish are reacting to this deal. >> in the streets of belfast, boris johnson new brexit deal is being met with mixed views. betweenoms union border the republic of ireland and

northern ireland was the sticking point in negotiations and is the major change in the johnson proposal by getting rid of thehe customs check on the island has not reassured everyone on belfast. >> most of the people here do not want brexit. the business community does not want brexit. >> i just want to get it done. or i want to roll elections to stop it. whatever it takes. >> it was either going to be a border on the irish sea or a board across ireland. >> on the political front, the democratic unionist party, the only northern irish party in the british parliament, has come out against the new proposal. in favor of brexit and known for their hard bargaining senses, they say they deal is not good enough. >> certainly this gives us a border in the irish sea in terms of that, in terms of customs, and in tererms of single market without any consent meaningful for the people of northern ireland. 's opposition means johnson will have a harder time getting the votes needed to pass

the deal. but if brexit happens, many have already expressed regret, including the prime minister of the republblic of ireland. >> it is a little like an old friend that is going on a journey or an adventure without us. we really hope it works out for them. >> he added that the u.k. will always have a place at the table if they ever choose to come back. >> and it was a long day of negotiations. -- after a week of deadly clashes in northern syria against kurdish forces. testing the truth as an example ofof his great dealmaking in dallas at a rally friday. but turkish from bartman has been violating that truce. bombardment has been violating that truce. >> here at this part of the border between turkey and syria,

no signs of ongoing operations since last night's cease-fire. there pointing out that other side of the border in syria is under turkish control. and the turkish officials we spoke to are keen to stress that the cease-fire is being implemented. raq,further east, towards i in the border town of ras al-ain , the situation seems to be very different, with reports of gunfire, of shelling. one source they're are telling us that a turkish military convoy with military trucks was heading to the border. we cannot confirm whether they crossed into syria or not come into this key town of ras al-ain , where the city centers controlled by the kurdish fighters of the y.p.g. all this clearly shows the cease-fire is fragile.e. this cease-fire brokered by the

u.s. of course, that is the issue of the syrian rebels, the syrian fighters allied to turkey and fighting the s.d.f. forces, which include the kurdish y.p.g. will they respect the cease-fire? we will have to wait and see. president erdogan reacting to the cease-fire today and saying that the only -- only the defeat of terrorism will save lives. inkey says ththis is a pause operations more than a cease-fire. to european affairs, and we are standing by in the belgian capital. how have the -- have the european leaders talks been redundant given this truce was

clinched thursday? >> indeed, we are waiting for the summit to end. it has been delayed somewhat. we will see what comes out in the closing statements. but it seems the announcement of a cease-fire stole a march on e.u. leaders and took them by surprise and perhaps somewhat took the heat off of them to come up with anyny firm announcements, because there have not been any. the luxembourg prime minister said it clearly when he left a meeting last night after turkey had been discussed, saying no, and position had been found among the e.u. members on what to do about turkey. there have certainly been expressions of concern. ofsaid there is great risk humanitarian catastrophe. the dutch prime minister also talked about the risk of the islamic state group researching. he said there is a sense of very strongnot

action happening in his prognosis. he said perhaps there could be stronger reaction. e.u.,this point,, the there have been some action. individual member states imposing arms embargoes on turkey p the next step could be economic sanctions. however, there is seemingly a hesitancy to do that, so let's president that erdogan has openly threatened the european union by saying if they made any interference into his actions in northern syria, he would "open the d doors to te e.u. to more than 3 million refugees" that he is keeping on turkish territory and part of a deal struck in 2016. now to lebanon and some of the largest demonstrations the company -- country has seen in years. this over the government's

mishandling of an ongoing economic crisis as well as decades of corruption. authorities backed down from plans announced hours earlier to tax voice calls made it through the whatsapp messaging software. of angry people, chanting revolution. they gathered outside the prime minister's office in beirut. there were clashes between demonstratorors and police in wt was a second week of demonstrations across the country. >> we are all poor. we are asking for jobs, for our rights, electricity, water. we demand education. dignity.o live in >> i want to fight corruption. say you are living at

a certain level, but i am running up bread. >> the spark was a government announcement of a daily tax of $.20 u.s. on -- voice messages on whatsapp. acceptingment is now after otherer taxes including tobacco and fuel to rein in the country's colossal debt, the third highest in the world. this comes after years of political instability and discscontent with accucusationsf corruption against the government and problems piling up, including a breakdown in waste management. in there capital of mexico's sinaloa's state, one e of el

chapo'o's sons was reportedly arrested and then released this comes after hours of gun battles. ovidio guzman is wananted in the u.s. on drug trafficking charges. his lawyer said h he is "alive d free but that he had no details about whatat had happened." >> thursday afternoon, a nine battle broke out in culiacann mexico. some 30 nationalal guard members were patrolling the nororth mexican cityty, one of the most violent in the country, , when they begeg receiving f fire fr a home. officecers took k the upper hand took four r men. not any regular cartel member. >> one was identified as ovidio

guzman lopez p this caused organized crime groups to surround the home with greater forces. citizens were then targeted in several parts of the city. >> ovidio guzman lopez is the son of nonone other than el cha. and the guard forces police fell into retreat. in broad daylight, gun battles ensued across the city. cartel members torched vehicles and locked streets. at least 20 prisoners escaped from jail in the chaos. some were recaptured. trapped in a sudden war zone, citizens. for cover. there were multiple casualties p of the guzman family's lawyers say el chapo's son is f free. there is an n uptick in violence in this in the lower state. the chaos they are put more pressure on the president, elected last year on promises to stop the d decades long drug wa.

>> in venezuela, activists have responded with outrage after the country won a fiercely contended vote for a seat on the u.n. human rights council thursday. the move comes despite its well-documented record of human rights abuses. nicolas maduro's government has been accused of withholding from the government -- public humanitarian aid from other nations. >> despite the controversy around of applause -- despite the controversy, a band of applause for the countries elected toto the human r rights councicil. among them, venezuela, which won a seat spite fierce opposition. members of nicolas maduro's government praised the results, accusing the united states of attempting to sabotage the vote. dictatorship, the

united states, could not impose anything on us. we received messages from some foreign ministries from asia and africa talking about e emails te state department desperately sent to them from senior officials at the state department to the foreign ministers of those countries, to extort them and asked him not to vote for venezuela today. the leaders of some 50 countries no longer recognize nicolas maduro as venezuela legitimate president, accusing him of massive human rights abuses. opopposition leader and self-declared interim president juan guaido called for a review of the united nations over the vote, noting it came the same day an octave vision activist was found dead in caracas -- an opposition activist was found dead in caracas. >> this happened certainly one ,r two days after the usurper madura, threatened everyone who protested on national television.

he threatened them, saying all those prepared to protect should be careful. that was a message from the dictatorship. geneva-based u.n. human rights council is tasked with promoting rights and investigating countries suspected of abuses. the council has had several numbers with problematic records in the past, including china, saudi arabia, and libya. >> time to remind you of the main headlines here come alive from paris. former catalan leader carles puigdemont handed himself into belgian authorities after spain issued a new warrant for his arrest. catalonia meanwhile braces itself or if it they of protests over the conviction of a dozen catalan independence leaders. britain reach a deal. boris johnson now begins an intensivee c campaign toto garnr susupport ahead d of a saturdaye

by lawmakers in the u.k. from here come alive paris, a five-daday cease-firere deal has been clclinched in turkey, and a has been held an incredible outcome by donald trump. but shelling and gunfire continue in syria's ras al-ain this friday. time to take a look at the day's business newews. starting o off with the massive newtariffs from the u.s. against the e.u.u. >> they finally came into affected after much tension coming from the new tariffs targeting s some 7.5 bibillio dollars in europeaean gos,s, everytything fromm french won to ecottish whiskey -- french win to scottish iskekey. tariffffs up 1010% will l applyo aircraft from t the e.u.

thehe oil produced on these boats is known as a liquid gold in this pocket of southern spain. but that pot of good fortune could soon run dry for andalusia's producers. it is not just their trees getting a brisk shaking this friday. new u.s. import targets are set to be a problem to their livelihoods as well. >> these tariffs are the tip of the iceberg. they will push us over the edge. i do understand -- do not understand why olive farmers have to agree to these. arehese washington tariffs in retaliation two-year pn subsidies headed to airbus, whicich the u.s. has said has harmeded billing - -- boeing. the tariffs r range from a 10% x on airircraft to a 25% hike on

agricultural products, especiallyly those with a per ticket status. they range from fermented milk to wine and from cherries to cheese. the u.s. has the right to increase these tariffs, should it wish to, and can add and remove products on the list. but washington will nevertheless be wary it faces a wto ruling over its s subsidies to b boein. >> takaking a look at the e da's trading actition. european markets after a mixed start. the dax up slightly in oveve frankfurt. shares on the ftse just hanging over the flat line. this as uncertainty mounts over brexit. it is still unclear whether parliament has the votes to approve the last-minute exit agreement. the pound sterling continuingg its roller coaster ride. it was down earlier,, now just about even against the dollar,r, trading at about 1.29.

not a great end to the week. the nikkei posting slight gains, but the hang seng showing slight losses in hong kong. shares in mainland china also gone. -- down. of course one of the big for that is the chinese government's growth figures. >> thehe chinesese economymy gre lowest in 30 years, ththis comig amidstst the high intensity trae war with the united states. >> at 6%, china's economic growth is back to its level in the early 1990's. a major factor behind the slower growth pace -- china's trade war with the u.s. $3$360 billion wororth of chinee goods have been hit with tariffs over the last year and a half. china's national bureau of

statistics says exports in septemember were down 0.7%. was signedmini deal between beijing and washington, tariffs have not been rolled back. >> we have to be aware that given the complicated and severe economic conditions a home and ababroad, slowing global ecoconc growth and incncreasing instability, the economy is under mounting downward pressure. >> pressures at home include a swine flu outbreak that has dealt a h huge blow to pipick farmers. pigna -- two p -- to farmers. china is the world's largest pork producer. the government has taken a series of measures in early 2019 to stimulate growth, including tax cuts and issuing local government bonds for various projects. how will lower chinese growth and the trade war affected global growth?

the imf says the economy will grow by 3% this year. that is the lowest figure since the international financial crisis. now there is a tentative deal to end a strike at general motors, but a walk out involving roughly 50,000 workers is not quite over yet, is it? >> top brass from the united auto workers union decided to recommend that workers accept the proposed deal. they also decided to stay out on the picket line until the offer is approroved. the tentative deal includes key concessions from general motors, including pay raises and an 11,000 dollars signing bonus. it also shortens the time forr new hires to reach the levels of more senior employoyees. upset thatrkers arere system is still in plalace. the strikes have gone for about a month costing general motors an estimated $2 billion. >> finance ministers from some

of the world's most powerful economies are making progress on this rather landmamark mobile tx agreement. google, --t the littleompanies often pay in taxes. early this month, the oecd revealed a plan where governmements could tax corporae profits, w whether -- regardless of where the corporations are physically located. that proposal is on the agenda today in washington. some progress on key points of the deal is anticipated, but governments are far from a final agreement. that is s not expected untilil t year. finally, the national basketball association is still t trying to recover from m controversy in china. chinese tv dropped coverage of tv games after the general

manager of the houston rockets tweeted expressing sympathy to the protesters in hong kong. in an interview, financial fallout for the leak has been substantial. there has also been calls for the nba to fire the rockets' gm. upsety, many chinese fans at the nba, others saying the league is not enough to protect the free speech. >> this s is not a really a surprise, given that china is not known to respect freedom of speech. >> t the nba has said by having basketball there, it will change things, and we a are more complicated today. thank you for the update. thank you for watching. more news coming up in four minutes. ♪

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