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>> welcome to live from paris. it is 1:00 here in the french capital. let's take a look at what is making headlines. justin trudeau has won a second term as canada's prime minister. his liberal party failed to win a majority, but will keep enough seats to form a government. this with just hours to go before a five day cease-fire expired. from the president of the european council, he is concerned the you will grant a brexit delay beyond the end of this month as british mps are
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going to vote on force johnson's withdrawal agreement later today. get the latest from our london correspondent. we begin in canada, where justin trudeau has won a second term as prime minister despite being weekend by a series of scandals that tarnished his image. his narrow victory means he will lead a minority government. seats, 13ls have 157 short of the 170 required for a majority. justin trudeau rebounds. the canadian prime minister narrowly survived a campaign plagued by scandal to win a second term.
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coast-to-coast, tonight canadians rejected divisions and negativity. they rejected cuts and austerity, and they voted in favor of a progressive agenda and strong action on climate change. >> four years ago, he became the youngest of her -- ever head of government for the country. he portrayays himself as a m mon leader, feminist, and in tune with the times. he was born into politics. his father was prime minister for 15 years. justin trudeau put together a cabinet that highlighted diversity and gender equality. his liberal party leadership has not been without criticism. he champions the environment but supported the expansion of an oil pipeline in western canada.
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he was accused of breaking conflict of interest laws for pushing his attorney general to drop corruption charges against a canadian construction company. in september, old photos emerged showing trudeau wearing black and brown face. each of these caused his popopularity to slide, but not enough to end his political career. turkey's day pause in operation in northern syria set to expire later this tuesday. president erdogan is set to discuss what steps turkey will take in the region after meeting with his russian counterparts. let's take a listen. our institutions are closely monitoring the situation in the field. if the promises made to us by america are not kept, we will continue our operation from where it left off.
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this time with much bigger determination. >> one liter of the syrian kurdish forces is likening donald trump's pullout of american forces to b being tantamount to genocide. city,the northern syrian syririan fighters left by departing troops. has long backed syrian forces opposed to president bashar al-assad and the kurds. >> we observe now that yppg elements have started to withdraw. if they don't withdraw, our operation will restart. this is what we agreed to with the americans. >> the turkish president stated he wanted d to eject kurdish forces from a safe zone 30
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kilometers deep to the iraqi border to resettle millions of the syrian refugees. areaease-fire concerned an 120 kilometers across. the kurds turned to damascus for help against the turkish onslaught. >> dialogue is necessary between the kurds and damascus, which we are set to encourage by all means possible. both sides expressed interest in russia helping them. a dialogue is necessary. that leaves a shifting balance of power as russian, syrian, and pro-turkish forces moved to fill a vacuum left by departing u.s. troops. betrayal that the kurds are unlikely to soon forget. >> prime minister benjamin
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nenetanyahu hahas failed to fora mamajorityovernment t in israel. itit marks a major setback for e embattled leader. in the meantime, the president is not going to ask his rival, any dance, to form a coalition. >> it is another blow to benjamin netanyahu's attempts to form a majority government following elections that left the country deeply divided. the prime minister said he had failed to form the national government the country neeeeded and sosought to put the blame squarely on his lyrical opponent benny y gantz. >> since receiving the mandatet, i have worked incessantly to form a broad national unity government. in the past weeks, i made every tz to the bring gan
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negotiating table. he simply refused again and again. gantz''s job toe form a g government. the leader of the centrist party reacted on twitter, it is t time for lou and white. gantz will have 28 days to entice potential allies. makes itamentary mathh unlikely he will be able to build a majority. if he fails, lawmakers could try to endorse a third candidate, an unprecedented move. if that fails, israelis may be forced to return to the polls for the third time in less than a year. his government must do more to regain the trust of its citizens. describing the mass protests that have been held recently as the compass that led him to announce a series of reforms to
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stop corruption. he said the measures might not meet all of the demands of the protesters, but they should make a substantial inroad towards some of them. our team on the ground went to meet some of the students who have also taken to the streets. lebanon aretests in unusual, not just because they have sprung up out of nowhere and are leaderless. some want to end lebanon's entrenched sectarian system. here is a little of what they have been telling us. sunni,are either muslim, or shia. i want to end these labels because they have segregated our country on all levels, demographic, culture, geographic. >> we were born in the 1990's. we had no hand in the policies that are now oppressing us.
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this sectarian system has been entrenched in lebanon since its founding is the core reason we have correction today. >> all of these students were born after the civil war. under that system, the president must be sunni, it's prime minister a shia, and a christian. >> the corruption is evident in every single form. it is the fact that we don't know where our money goes. there is so much demand for our money. we don't know where we see it. we don't see any i improvement n public infrastructure. it ends up in the pockets of our politicians. >> there is this movement that everyone is against. the majority of the people are against the system, which is something new.
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the students have now made it to the heart of the revolution. others,e been joined by and they have a clear and optimistic message today. they want to and the sectarian system, and they hope hundreds of thousands of other protesters are with them today. on, the president of the european council is concerned the eu will grant a brexit delayed beyond october 31. the terms of the extension depend on the government in westminster. the final response to force johnson's letter seeking an extension will be given in the coming days. boris johnson is going to urge mps in london to back his brexit deal in a final bid to get the u.k. to leave the eu by the end of the month.
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on thell be voting withdrawal agreement deal. if they back it, they will be asked to approve a three day timetable to consider the legislatation. london to speak to our correspondent. take us through what we are going to see in parliament later today. one hesitates to call it another crunch day, but it does look like it is going to be. ththe prime minister b boris jon wiwill urge mps to vote for this brexit deal. thursdayttained last that agreement between the u.k. and the 27 other eu countries. it is really the final bid f for this prime minister to try to get this legislation through, 110 pages of it. that is a lot of law to read
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through. him is p possibly thatat he might get a symbolic .ictory later today his governmentnt is confnfidenty will g get this through. but when the program motion, which is the timetable curtailing the time to three thursday,y through that has sparked such anger from opposition mps, we thinknk that looks likely to be defeated. this would be very damaging for the government. it would be another defeat. there are many maneuvers outside of parliament that will go on in the chamber in the e lower house of parliament t this afternoon, which we will be watching very carefully. can he get that all-important timetable through s so that if t
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were to get through the comments, it could make it through the house of lords by ththat october 31 deadline that has been granted by the eu countries. >> if the government fails to get its timetablble through, wht wiwill they doo nexext? we don't ultimately know. certainly, what might happen is thatathe government, seen it cannotot get the legislation then inby thursday and the house of lords, it could decide to pull the withdrawal onceeement bill and push again, which is what this prprie minister wants, a a generall elecection.. clarity arounde 7:0000 london time. can he push that through?
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will mps overcome their fury? it is a similar deal to theresa may. there are some fundamental bits of legislation they are unhappy at having regular time to read and analyze, let alone get an economic impact idea of. it looks like the government may be set for another defeat. more drama in westminster. >> set for another busy day. thank you so much. chile, a curfew ordered by the president has been defined by thousands of people who took to the streets once again across the nation. over aarted as a anger rise in subway fares has turned into mass protests against the government. four people have beeeen killed n the unrest.. an extension to the curfew
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announced as thousands rallied in protest in santiago. chile has been consumed by nationwide protetests sparked by an announced hikike in m metro fare things turned violent and around a dozen people have died. people desperate for food and supplies. >> i have to buy what i can for my home for lulunch and dinner. there is nothing. the majority of businesses are closed. they are looted. this one is open. they are o only allowing 30 peoe in at a time. of the 16ago and nine regions of the country have been placed under a state of emergency. this comeses after the president said t the country is at war. for the first time since the and of the military dictatorship in 1990, soldiers have been deployed to the streets. on monday, the president
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announced plalans to tackle the social issues facicing thehe pu. we are working on a set of measures to potentially improve pensions, lower the price of medicine, and improve the quality of health care. areas we so many other are also working on, such as how we can generate more and better jobs, improve wages, and regulate the prices of basic services such as electricity. hishe president h hopes agreement will restore normality to the streets. win reelection in controversial circumstances, counting the weekend as it looks like it was heading to a second-round runoff. whenever sam, president morales announced to win outright.
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his rival says he will not recognize the result. the vote counting process is being called into question by a number of election offices. the logo for the 2024 olympics and paralympic games h has been unveileded. the circular design uses the art deco style that was enen v vogun the 1920's the lalast timime the french c capital hosted the gam. -- the games. makinginder of what is news at this hour, justin trudeau has won a second term as canada's prime minister. his liberal party projected to lose its majority, but will keep enough seaeats to form a government. the russian and turkish gross --nts discuss on
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ankara's military operation. donald to ask has concerned that the eu will grant a brexit delay beyond october 31 as british mps will vote on the withdrawal agreement bill later today. it is time for the business news.. i am joined by cole singler. you are starting with renewed hopes in a truce in the u.s.s.-china trade war. >> the optimism is back on both sides. president donald trump says he hopes to sign a parartial trade pactct next month. under the accord weeks ago, china agreed to boost imports on farm goods. still no fully f fledged deal,l, which couldd cover intellectual property and currency exchange.
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lower-level talks are set for this week. tuesday, beijing announced optimism. it said as l long asas both sids respected each other, no problem could not be resolved. ininvestors in asia looking fora respite in the 18 mth long trade war. you can see the shanghai composite is up 0.5%. meanwhile, closed for holiday. mixed bag on the european markets tuesday. disappointing earnings reports are weighing heavily. aboutx and frankfurt up 0.25%. the ftse up 0.3%. sterling has seen a lot of moving recent days. it is holding steady against the dollar. investors cautiously optimistic over brexit, hoping to avoid
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that no deal exit so feared. one of those earnings reports weighing on markets comes from ubs. the swiss bank beat analyst expectations and posted a drop in third-quarter profits. it is 16% lower from the same time a year ago. division sunkk 16% lower. ubs has freeze hiring and cut bonuses as it is navigatingng a relatitively dififficult period. the french manufactuturer has announced a new contract. it has signed a deal with the regional government to supply 39 new trains. they will be produced in the same region. comes just a month after the french ststate real cocompany raised eyebrows by
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withning in majojor contract the spanish firm c cas. a general strike called for. the presidident plans to unveila new social compact. this m movement began n over a e in subway fareres d has grownwno encompass broader frustrations over inequality. protesters defy an emergency decree as anger continueues over the costst of living. what started with a hike in transport prices has broadened toto general discontent. what is happepening is nonot because they h have raised the metro ticket price by 30 paces your what is happening has been going on for 30 years. we have the issue of the , theons and the clinics
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cost of treatment, and low salaries. the chilean president says he will respond to those concerns with a series of measures, new path low inflation and also inequality. chile is the most unequal out of all the oecd countries. it is ranked alongside mexico and above the u.s. in tererms of income inequality. in addition to measures addressing that, the government says it is working to repair infrastructure damaged during the protests. supermarkets reopened after days of unrest. >> a landmark trial focused on
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climate change kicks off inin te u.s. exxon mobil is accused by the state of new york of lying to investors. governments try to do more to combat climate change. exxon says the e case is politically motivated. the trial is expected to last 13 days and will include testimony from former ceo and secretary of state rex tillerson. controversy is right in south korea. that someout an ad felt mocked forced labor victims. it says it is impossible to forget that memory. last year, south korea's highest court called on mitsubishi to compensate wartime forced
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laborers. calls have beenn echoed followig the new ad. they are looking down on korean people. they are making jokes and being sarcastic when they should be reflecting on what they did wrong. we cannot let this keep happening. we have to stop buying japanese goods and continue to do so with pride until japan reflects on what it did wrong. u.s., the federal trade commission has dealt a blow to fake influencers and social media. a floridad businessman after his defunct company sold clients a wide array of s services includiding youtube views and fake followers on linkedin and twitter. the ftc says dishonesty in the online marketplace harms shoppers and firms that play fair and square.
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with all the power of social media today, it might not be the last casase of its kind. >> it is uncharted territory. it is like the wild west of business. it is interesting about the story you just referred to. it goes to show how historical issues, particularly between countries that have fraught relationships can still have an impact on business ties. >> the youngng persoson doing tt video, this memory is still important to them. >> thank you for that. that is cool singler. if you want to take a look at the stories we have been focusing on in this portion, you can hit to our website, france24.com. the top ststory is the ongngoing protests in lebanon and the fact that the government has cannot wiwith a series of refeform measures. i will be back after a short break. stay with us here on "france 24."
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