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his death in 1975. the decision to remove his remains comes after a lengthy political battle. sarah morris joins me now. tell us about where you are and what has been happening. >> this is where franancisco frfranco will be reburied. there will be a mass attended by the family and the justice minister.the justice the valley of the fallen, that tombstonone has been lifted. the body is in a coffin and the familyly has decided, despite te fact the coffin is degraded, they would prefer his remains remain in the coffin. at the moment, the body with the
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coffin, that is on its way here. c could takake about 15 minute. the journey will be made in helicopter. >> tell us about the reaction where you are and d nationallyl. >> where i am, there are dozens who have come down to the cemetetery to getet as close e s possible as they can. they want to pay tribute. not a said ththis was dictator andnd they recogninizee was not a dictator but said d he had saved s spain from communis. they do not see why he shououlde moved. those people who related to the fought as who republican soldiers to defend the dememocracy, they thihink is
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a happy d day. they think it is time the didictator was takaken out of te mausoleum, not giviven state honors and brought to a more discreet resting place. we are heading up to another generaral election.. someme people accused petra sanchez z of doing thihis for election reasons. the left wing is happy to see this happen. it might stop people from abstaining on november 10. the conservative party trying not to talk about it today. they say there are bigger priorities in spain, trying to ignore this news. thank you for joining us. >> donald trump is drawing a line under -- on syria.
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the turkrkish military operation began after trumpmp's moved tott out u.s. ---- to pull trumps earlier this mononth. the first russian patrol in northern syria getting underway on wednesday. >> donald trump has declared a major breakthrough in the middle east. revealing turkey will permanently end its offensive against kurdish forces in northeast syria. >> i have instructed the secretary of the treasury to lift all sanctions. should turkey fail to honor its obligations, i including the protection of religious and ethnic minorities, which i i
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believe they will do, we reserve the right to reimpose crippling sanctions. speech signaled a major policy shift despite bipartisan criticism to withdraw troops from the region. trump defended the move, encouraging other nations to intervene in the absence of the united states. must dieny americans in the middle east? ancientidst of these and tribal conflicts. the precious blood and treasure america has poured into the deserts of the middle east, i am committed to pursuing a different course, one that leads to victory for america. added unlimited number
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of americans would remain to secure oil fields. void, who will fill the turkish and rurussian n forces l jointly control l the surroundig areas, dashing kurdish hopes of self-rule. kurdselegation of syrian met to salvage the remaining of their relationship. they say what t is left is genocide. >> six expert witnesses reporting from thehe front line, theyfying before congress, warned of a looming crisis.
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>> we have not forgotten what america has done f for us. have one together on the ground. unfortunately, turkish warplanes haveve started flying over our heads. today we are at war with turkey. america wantsnd hepursue its own strategy could have warned us you were leaving. we c could have prepared ourselves. we k know congress has power. have faith in you. help us. >> 11,000 died fighting have fa. help the the islamic state group.
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>> he makes a decision that alienates and hurts allies. it is cruel. it is genocide. provide a spotlight to eliminate these injustices. >> wednesday, he said he would let others fight over what he described as bloodstained sand. his betrayal is a blow to america credibility. one that will take years to amend. protests are showing no signs of abating economic concerns. in troops has been increasing numbers in a bid to reopen blocked d roads. to those who have
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been on the streets. >> we are here to block the roads peacefully. people to go on strike. we have to protest. notof the things we need is to have a government that is stealing everything from the people. fore are blocking the roads many reasons. for my children that i want to raise in lebanon. for my mother and father so i can take care of them. i question how they will continue their lives. what can i do? how can i pay for them if they get sick and have to go to the hospital? let's go to our correspondent in beirut. hispresident has broken silence on this. what did he have to say? what did he mean?
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heard from the president for weeks since these protests started. just now, he spoke to the people. he started strong. he said corruption has destroyed the country and i am going to fight it. this is what all of the popoliticians hahave been doing, saying others are responsible for the problem. he starts to say we hear you, but give us time. you have to let the new laws come through. things got a bit contradictory. he said i promise i will hold to account any politician who is corrupt, who is responsible for siphoning money from state funds. he said do not blame me. i have been unable to stop these people.
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he said something that did not go down well with the protesters. i heard an audible groan. the regime cannot be toppledd frfrom the s streets. it must be performed by political means. people out on the streets who have managed to close the country, that is not true at all. he closed the speech by saying we want dialogue. he said freedom of speech are important and we will protect them, but you must protect freedom of movement. protesters said the only way we can stop this is by crippling the country economically.
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>> a few minutes ago the speech happened, but not much reaction to the speech at all. more people flooding into the protest rather than leaving. the national anthem and very few people sang along. the protesters played it and everyone saying along. one man says this is nonsense. we have had three years of promises and nothing has happened. -- this is difficult for people. for the people who lived through the war and felt things were changing, this is agonizing. one woman was sobbing and said how dare he play the national likem while speaking to us that. we gave them our blood, our children, and look at us now.
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she pointed out the scioscia life we have been seeing in the streets. are out hereople drinking and partying. that is not hope. that is despair. every few years, they give a little bit of hope to lullll us into silence. >> thank you for joining us. of appeals ist pushing back to november 7 to determine whether or not to uphold lawsuits against three former managers. are charged with crimes against humanity in 2017. money could have helped the
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islamic state group fund its terror attacack in 2015. the conflict spread and many decided to close. -- wanted d to keepp its cementt work up and rurunning. they e of thehe dangers, established contact with many arms agencies in the region. they are suspected of paying large sums of money to jihadist fighters. several million euros according to french prosecutors. the revelation sparked a major scandal. investigationon was launched the same year. the frfrench ministeter of t the economy fileled a complaint.
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two human rights groups took action against the company. in april 2 thousand 17, it forced the resignation of eric prosecutore paris' launched an investigation in june. eight executives and managers were placed under full investigation. a year laterer, he was charged with crimes against humanity, endangering the lives of its employees. in june 2019, the prosecutor asked for the charge to be dropped. >> 39 people found dead in a truck outside london on wednesday were chinese nanationalists. they were discovered in the truck container shortly after arriving by ferry frorom belgiu.
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they are continuing to question the driver, who was arrested on the suspicion of murder. more than 18 people have been chili -- protests in in chile. the unrest was sparked by a spike in transport fares. the promise of economic form failing to quell the discontent. james wilson has more. nearly a week since the protests began, the streets are filled with rage. a worry that the economy is stacked against the poor.
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have healthoney to and education, food. i am lucky because i did not have to suffer to gain thohose things. >> not just the strength of feeling in chile. yetta, hepenn in minimumncreases wage. >> it is a joke. they did not hesitate to say they were giving 100,000 pesos to our elders. 20,000 pesos that is not anything. curfew since the country became a democracy. museum in paris is
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opening its doors. it commemorates the 500th anniversary of leonardo da vinci's death. over half a million visitors are expected over the next four years. >> after more than a decade of preparation, the louvre is opening its doors to the biggest ever showcase of leonardo da vinci's artwork. the exhibition has 162 of the paintings and drawings on display. >>'s of the work is scattered all over the world. it is a difficult thing to separate from them. there are plenty of generous people.
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>> they aim to shine more light on his methods. fascinated with human form and the behaviors of animals and plants, hehe is considered as a scientist and artist. a rare personality who fascinates us. >> amongng the most celebrated works on loan is the vitruvian man. drawing was featured for eight weeks after a court stopped it from leaving the country last week. p paintingsost famous remain in the louvre.
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>> you are watatching live from paris. time to say hello to yuka royer for business. the ongoing saga, lawyers attacking nissan and prosecutors. ghosn's lawyers are accusing prosecucutorsf colluding with nissan. thee lawyer fifiled the documenn coururt asking judges toto drope meanscitining inapappropriate leading upupo the arrest almost a year ago. >> his lawyers form the offensive, pointing to multiplee procedure violations, including collusion between prosecutors,
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government officialsls and executives. got in touch with lawyers coconnected to the prosecutors. they discussed n nissan andd prosecutors joining forces. carlos ghosn and plant a crimininal case against him. >> a conspiracy that involved a secret task force and so oust ulte of the rhino -- rena nissan alliance. >> they rememoved 6000 emails ad documents that could have clearered carlos ghosn. that is one of the many y alarm police -- many anomalies. >> the date of a trial is not
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yet fixed. it could be next spring. the former ceo remains in tokyo on bail. all charges, including of financial misconduct and breach of trust. he cries character assassination against him. >> a final policy meeting for the heads of the ecb. >> it is followed by mario draghi's final prere conference before he hands over the reins to christine lagarde. he is attending the meeting as an observer. he is leaving a mixed legacy at a time the economy is slowing down. hehes known fofor vowing to do whatever it takes to preserve the euro.
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he backs up the pledge by indenting huge amounts of cash while shoring up the economy. credited with stabilizing the economy, he has failed to bring inflation up and the launch of new stimulus meaeasures wawas mt withth oppositition. they openly questioned his decision to restart the bond rateg program and the cut --. no major policy changes are expected at today's meetg.g. tradingok at t the action european shares are rising. learn -- london ftse 100 is up. frankfurt dax is up .1%. neigighbing rightsts has come io
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force today. it is the first country to start applying the new rules, which allow online newspaper publiliss to be paid for publilishing articlcles o on othther sites le google news. instead ofof displaying headlin, a photo, and the article, google news only displays headlines and links for european publishers. google, a majorh scientific breakthrough.. google lays claims to -- managed toputer calculate something that would have taken the most advanced supercomputers thousands of years to do.
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investing in bitcoin and other digital currencies fear the technology could be used for block chain e encryption algorithms. >> the company ceo says researchers have achieved supremacy ahead of microsoft and ibm. the quantum compuputer, itt can performrm a calculation in seconds what wouldld take the fastest susupercomputer years, thousands s of yearsrs to do tht same calculation. says google's claim is exaggerated. professor who coined quantum supremacyy says google's breaktkthrough is a milestone. envision,lications we which could havee a big potentil
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impact are improved ways of using computers to simulate chemistry, materials that might help us find new pharmaceuticals or newew ways of f capturining r power. been an immediate impapact to google's breakthrou. to hackication could be bitcoin, which is based on block chain encryption immune to cracking. bitcoin took a hit on its price, which tumbled around 7%. to moment is being compared the first rocket flight into space and to the wright brothers first flight. the impact is difficult to predict, but it will be -- >> you are watching live from paris. headlines coming up very shortly.
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