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the prime minister of lebanon is stepping down. protests demanding his resignation have ground the country to a halt. in anger in turkey over a vote from the house of representatives, recognizing the armenian genocide. the details with jasper mortimer on the way. testimony in washington from a war veteran on the controversial call between donald trump and ukraine at the heart of the impeachment inquiry. the road to a mega merger in the
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auto industry. could fiat chrysler be ready to eugot?ith p the chocolate dresses on display in paris. first up, our top story live from paris. ♪ >> two weeks of protests forced the lebanon prime minister to say he would resign. our reporter is in beirut with more.
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>> what they are calling for is the overhaul of the political system. they wanant these politicians gone. they have seen these groups use the division against the people to try and get them to only support these families who have always led to here.rticular sects they want a nonsectarian system. that is a difficult thing for them to achieve. role, but there are several other politicians they want gone. one is the most unpopular politician in lebanon.
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he is the son-in-law of the president, so it is unlikely he will go. they have issues is been trying to reorganize the cabinet, trying to get people to step down, to try to keep the cabinet and government going. there are severeral other unpopular politicians. if a few more resigned, it is possible we would see a change in the protest demands. >> iraq was rocked by antigovernment protests. the backers of the government have agreed to work to remove him from office. tens of thousands took to the streets of baghdad.
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>> despite a violent police become thewhat has protest symbolic heart has been practiced -- has been packed with people determined to bring down the government. >> there time is up. we are sick and tired of them. >> these protesters have defied a curfew. every day, they grow in number. south, protesters saw their demands championed by one of iraq most influential clerics. he invited his political rival,
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leads the second largest blockade in parliament to trigger snap elections. growing.has been coppola, 18 people were reportedly killed monday night. officialals say they are nott responsible for the deatath tol. they were capaptured byby video surveillanance camera setting objectcts on fire. some protesters were wearing mililiry clothing and carrrrying clububs. >> and inquiry was carried o out by the government, slamming the police for using heavy-handed measures. at least 240 have lost their lives since the unrest began. >> the u.s. house of representatives has voted to recognize the armenian genocide and denounce it. in 1915, killing 1.5
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million armenianans. it is a symbolic vindication for the armenian diaspora in the u.s. to get the latest on reactions, let's go to jasper mortimer. the house of representatives passed t two bills. which one provokeked the bigger reaction and whyhy? bilill.rmenenian to accusededurks of genonocide n 191515 today is to say that ther grandfathers and great-grgrandfathers were mass mumurderers. ththis attacks thehe self-respsf turks. nationanal pride and they a are natioionalistic. lolook at the indignation i in presidenent erdogan''s responone when he spoke to the parliamentary caucus a few houos
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agago. he saiaid -- we will start a new independndence war. who are they going to wage war against? america? he said you cannot make us guilty by saying we are guilty. as to whether he would go his invitation, he saide e has not dedecided yet. pro-armenenian two, legislatorss intntroduce sucucha bill. everyy time turkey threatens reretaliation, thehe white housd thee pentagon warns their friens in congress thth cannot afafford to alienate turkey and the bill gets fududged. what made thisis year differenes thisy clobbering the kurds month. congress feels i indebted to the kurdrds as the k kurdish militio
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eses america's foot s soldiers n the war against the islamic statate group. i willll recall someththing said duringng the debatate last night from a a democratic congressman, adam schchiff, who hasas a lot f armenians in his constitutuency. he saiaid when we see e the imas of tererrified kurdish familiesn northern syryria loadiding their possessions into cars or carts and fliling their homes -- and fleeing their homes, how can we say the crimes of the century ago are in the past? were sanctioions imposed. wiwill the be implemenented and whatat will ththeir efct be? strong.y are not whether they are implemented dependnds on whehether they pase senate and what happens enen such a bill l passed by both
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hohouses arrivives on donald t's desk. how angery will trump be when it comemes to ththe bill.l. he has a lot of f power to dimiminish the sanctions, , if t veto them altogether. impeachment in the house of representatives. he may think that by obliging the house with sanctions will win him a you rend -- willll win him a fefew friends. andeffect on world markets the effect on the turkish economy is likely to be strong. we saw that last year when in july, trump imposed sanctions detettion of anan americanririest. the nenext month, the tuturkisha collapsed. in septetember, inflatioion read 25 percent.
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in october, turkey released the priest. >> t thank you for reporting for us. on the the latest impeachment inquiry in the united states and the first official to have heard the phone call with ukrainian counterparts has testified. he added his voice to a mounting chorus of diplomats and officials claiming the president pressured ukraine to investigate his main political rival, joe biden. clothing.in patriot's defied white house orders to testify he twice raised concerns about u.s. attempts to get ukraine to investigate trump paths main political -- investigate trump's main political rival, joe biden. after listening in on the
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he did not call, think it was proper to demand a foreign government investigate a u.s. citizen. hillpeared on capitol wearing full u.s. army dress uniform, evidence of his long service, clear for everyone to see. among his decorations, the purple heart. democrats are calling him a very credible witness and his testimony explosive. frame trump was quick to the account as politically motivated, describing him on -trumper.s a never his loyalties, pointing out he was not born in the u.s., but in ukraine. most republicans have refused to
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question his patriotism. comes ahead of a vote to move impeachment proceedings into open hearings. de-escalation of the ongoing conflict in east ukraine. fighters have begun withdrawing troops. the pullback was a precondition summitf a high-stakes with russia. >> under the watchful eye off international observers, troops retreat from the front lines, following a deal reached with russian backed separatists.s. rival forces are withdrawing.. sides resume pullback of weapons and forces and negotiate
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the disengagement. andnd sides are stepping backk today they have made a hugege sp forward. >> after winning a victory in april's election, volodymyr zelensky has promised to make peace a priority. controversiala peace deal agreed on october 1. elections will take place in separatist held east ukraine, which could lead to the region being granted special status. for many, it comes as a betrayal. they see the move as a capipitulation to russia. >> how can we withdraw forces when it is our territory occupied? those fighting are russian troops. i do not understand why our forces are withdrawing.
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russisia denies involvement in the conflict. they claim russian volunteers are taking part in the fighting. down of troops goes to plan, ukraine, russia, france, and germany will take part in a summit aimed at bringing peace to the territory. the conflict has claimed over 13,000 lives and left 1.5 million people internally displaced. >> and 84-year-old man is being held after shooting and wounding two muslims praying at a mosque monday. the gunman is being evaluated by pspsychiatrist.. they are not treating the attack as terrorism. the shooter told police he attacked the mosque as revenge for notre-dame cathedral, something he blames on muslims. the fire was declared accidental
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by investigators. 10 days of torrential rain have plunged the central african republic underwater. andas created an emergency one of the poorest nations. it triggered landslides and cameron, leaving at least 40 dead. >> after 10 days of uninterrupted torrential rain, roads have bececome rivers. residents say they can only watch as their homes and belongings were swept away by the e worst flood inin decades.. >> everything became covered in water. after that, our house collapsps. we lost alall of our possessioi. everything was destroyed. all was lost. we lost everything. we have nothing now.
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>> this time the scale of the is high.on it sparked a humanitariaian emergency and one of the poorest nations. ththe is a heightened risksk of chololera. have no medical supplies, we are suffering. netsn't even have mosquito or blankets. have beenains pummeling the regionon for week. on tuesday, they triggered a deadly landslide, killing dozens of people. riseeath toll is likely to
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as rescue teams continue to search for survivors. wildfires are raging acrossss california. the fires have triggered an extreme warning alert.t. two of the biggest fires are f r from contained. ric isc gas and elect impoposing rolling outages. sparkre was causesed by a frfrom branch that hit a powower line. hundndreds of struructures haven destroyed. locals have been told to be on standby for more evacuations. terrorists, -- from paris, the chocolate fair is on in the french capital. hereelse would you expect but chocolate fashion.
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>> models take to the runways in an elaborate and edible arrangement of costumes. ofse creations are a result -- and designers. this model braves a headdress made of tahitian chocolate. >> i made 2000 chocolate pills and covered them in different .extures through them to make a pattern. literalmust be the most
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representation of a chocolate bar. >> this is very glamorous, very symbolic. dovesepresent peace -- represent peace. >> if you are not a fan of wearing your sweet tooth on your toeve, the chocolate fair let you eat it, too. let's talk about business. a potential mega merger. -- fifiat at claess or , a deal i is in talks
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between the twtwo carmakers coud be agrgreed as soon as tomorrow. sececure asler tried to titie up with renato, -- with rd nault,t, but that t fell apart. psa sharares are up by 6%6%. it was a brief statement to confirm talks were underway. between psa and fiat chrysler would bring our former oale -- would bring alfa rome and citreon under one roof.
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together, they sold 8.7 million carsrs last year. create thehem would fourth-largest automaker ahead of general motors. combined,, psa past member is set to be ceo. the french finance ministry has anannounced it is following the discussions with great interest. undernufacturers are pressure to consolidate. this is thehe second attetempt t merger this yearar. colollapsedenault last june. >> french economy boosted by
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consumer spepending helped. >> the pictuture is not as brigt elsewhere. >> in germany, the biggest economy may slip into recession. these issues are a big concern for christine lagarde. countries tog on spend more. have --, germany or the netherlands, i say, why not use this extra budget to invest in the infrastructure? > let'ss look k at the busins headlines. facebook has agreed to pay a fine worth 580 million euros to
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the data regulator over the cambridge analytic a scandal. data, one million british people had been harvested without their knowledge. facebook has not admitted liability. it has been a difficult three months for d deutsche bank. 850 9 millilion euros in three months. that brings the losses to almost $4 billion. they are in the middle of painful restructuring. at vovolkswagens were up over 40% in the third quarter. -- the carmaker warned the global market would shrink faster than expected. is shifting to electrification as it braces to
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meet new eu emissions regulations.s. a areurt, vololkswagen shareses -- overall, paris seeing small gains. >> whatsapp is suing an israeli surveillanance company. >> the lawsuit was filed in san francisco, accusing a company of helping governments to hack users in 20 countries i includig mexico, the united arabab emiratates, anand bahrain. >> pegasus, a surveillance
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software so powerful the israeli government classifies it as a weapon. whatsapp release the software used a loophole to access people posco phones. it couldldead all messages andnd emaiails on a a phone and turn n the camera and microphone to record conversations. it is taking the company to court in the united states. >> we believe this targeted at least 100 members of civil society, and unmistakable pattern of abuse. this number may grow higher. >> it is the targeting of civilians that has caused outcry. whatsappvestigationon, sound technologygy was used agagainst government officials, diplomats, journalists, human rights activists, and dissidents. they deny the accusations.
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>> the sole purpose is to provide technology to intelligence and law enforcement agencies to help them fight terrorism and crime. >> the messaging service says it alerted affectedalerted affecte. >> the trade dispute is affecting harry potter. >> bloomsbury has been hit by tariffs on the books it prints in china. the levy came into force on the first of september and affects around 50 titles bloomsbury prince in china and sells in the united states. they hope to take the price increases in stride e and that e tariff would not affect the full year. it is the time of year people start buying books for the
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christmas season. >> thank you for that. quick going to take a break. we will be back in a few minutes with more headlines.
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