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the standoff between police and protesters is inin i it second . police have been firing rubber bullets and tear gas to keep the protesters inside. dozens o of people dressed in regular clothes tried to make a run for it. hong kong has been rocked by protest for the past five months. let's go to oliver farry. >> i am just outside the security perimeter. just behind us therere is a footbrbridge that is to polytechnic university. it is s used as an accecess poio get into the campus.
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discipline -- more or less disappeared. she made an appearance earlier this morning, when she visited a policeman who was struck by a arrow shot from a bow. she said she was touched by his bravery. carrie lam has not once visited any protester or a member of the public or press who has been injured during the protests. she has been slammed for being tone deaf in her response. some people were saying it wasaa snub to ththe people of kong --f hong k kong and she should realy stand by the police in this crisis.
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: a 15-year-old girl was killed when three vehicles were swept away. four others were rescued from the river but there could be several missing. there is no word on what caused the bridge to collapse. ththey spopoke about the state f the bridge earlier. it wawas looked at regularly. 2017.was an inspection in there was no sign of anything alarming. >> i spoke to chris, who gave us the latest. >> that river is swollen now.
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are making the rescue effort very difficult. they are looking for anyone who might still be alive. three vehicles plunged into the river. one was a truck dririver, the other was a you -- a utility van they c cannot find yet. a lot of pedestrians use the bridge and joggers. it was 8:00 in the morning. people going to school. a school bus crossed the bridge before it collapsed. a rescue effort is underway and these five people were injured. genie: the bridges in the water.
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what kind of state was this bridge in before the accident? the bridge was not in a bad position. they say the bridge was verified two years ago. the we need to know is bridge collapsed in genoa, after did athe french senate state of the infrastructure and said that 25 thousand bridges needed urgent work t to be reinforced. we don't know what the condition need urgenents do work. there is speculation the truck -- part of the
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investigation will be was that an overweight truck or not? right now, the driver of that truck is missing. >> new light on the effoforts to itsll more influence on neighbors inin the regioion. these new documents, there e is nothing earth shattering. >> what is not groundbreaking, we have known and ran has -- we have known it ran has a longng-runnining campaign to wid , whether economic, political, or social.
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doing it through a powerful , what these are, they were obtained by an online investigative news line in the u.s.. they shared it with the new york times. describing them as an archive of secret intelligence reports and for the ministry of intelligence and purity. ist they say it underscores it shows a rack was working hard . aggressively it
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has been in this direction. economic, political, and social. the idea being to keep them pliable. there is a sense that their top leadership, there leaders are complicit. suggests news documents have a special relationship with a ran during -- with iran during his time. eight wide network of links through this powerful figure.
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trying constantly to make sure iran'ses it ran -- does bidding. we saw unrest internally. trump unilaterally withdrew from the accord signed from iran and other powers. it is expected to shrink by over 9%. people savings are vanishing. jobs are scarce. everything seems to be on the verge of a nervous breakdown. why would t the iraqiqi prime minister, seconded by his
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underlings, why would he raise gasoline prices by 50%. they have the fourth largest crude oil reserves and some of the cheapest petrol at the pump. the intentions were good. it is the middle class and other onr who rely heavily gasoline. here in france, you had the protests begin as protests over fuel practice. you have an unpopular move rooted in something people need. are having trouble coping with what might seem like it is not that much.
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iraq, it is expensive. you have the supreme leader calling some of the more violent protesters thugs and has hinted their could be a crackdown looming. we have seen economic protest or. the disputedround presidential election. space.his >> thank you for that. are slammingedia an interview from prince andrew as a pr disaster. with aed having sex teenager who said she was trafficked by jeffrey epstein.
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royal experts were not impressed with his alibi. >> a car crash, train wreck, nuclear explosion. called hise interview with thehe bbc manyy things. none of them good. single word not a that said terrible things were going on and i feel sympathy for these women and children who were trafficked. >> he has opened up the wound, which begs more questions. virgina claims that she was forced to have sex with the rents -- with the prince. he said he rececalled taking his party -- his daughter to a party. --she
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>> there is a slight problem with the sweating. medical pececuliar condition, which is that i do not sweats. sweat at theot time. >> he said his judgment was probably influenced by his tendency to be too honorable. found dead in jail. two lawyers want prince andrew to testify as part of the investigation. andrews said he would under the right circumstances. mayor is known for having declared war on cars in the french capital.
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says there are fewer cars in paris than there were 10 years ago. the decreaseports, means an increase in more green friendly means of transportation. pedestrians reclaiming the streets of paris. numbers have dropped by almost 5%, the equivalent of 700,000 daily car trips. commuters are turning to environmentally friendly meanss of transport. cars,osese who have ditctched there is no going back. >> my commute is shorter than
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what it used to be. it is cheaper. about 300 pass cost euros a year, compared to 300 euros for two months of gasoline. threat of global warming has led to a change of heart among many parisians. >> people are not abandoning their card -- their cars, but they are trying to change their habits. thomas can benefit from it allows him and to exercise. >> i like it. it is eco-friendly. >> there are fewer cars than ever before, but the study does not take into account taxi drivers and tourist buses. >> let's look at the top stories. police and protesters standoff in hong kong.
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polytechnicoccupied university, setting fire to the entrance to keep police out. a suspension bridge collapses outside a french city. a 15-year-old girl killed when the car she was in was swept away. royalisaster for the family. british media slamming prince andrew's decision to give a rare tv interview to dispel allegations he had sex with a teenager who said she was trtraffick by y jerey y epstein. time for a business update with brian quinn. >> saudi aramco is the most profitable c company. they publilished the latatest version of itsrospectuss sunday. the initial s share pricece o of
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vavalues the company o over $1.7 trillionon. that i is below the $2 trillion valuation t targeted by mohamdd bin sasalman. it hasas beenn marked byy setba. >> it is likely to be record-breaking. saudi arabia and royal giant, i is set to sell for $3 billion of its 200 billion regular shares. stock price is range from eight dollars to 8.5 dollars per share. lackluster demand has forced the company to sale -- to scale back. domestic rely on investors and regional sovereign funds.
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>> the company is the crown jewel of the investment in saudi arabia. it is the biggest company in the world. figures estimate the value between 1.6 and one point $7 trillion, falling short of the amount mohammad bin salman had hoped to reach. it could makake the public offering the most valuable in history. passing the current theydholder, in 2014, brought in 21.8 billion dollars on its first day of trading. portionsion to sell a industry.is a wider the global movement against climate change seeks to reduce dependence on fossil fuels.
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>> officials are expected to allow companies to c continue doing business with huawei. >> thehe trump administration is set to issuee a 90 day extension that allows firms contact with the chinese giant. huawei was blacklisted in may. issued expectations to avoid disruption. also to be used as a bargaining chip. the latest reprieve comes as people spent time e and phone calls to work out the details of a phase one deal.l. > how are the m markets developing?? >> global markets are still near its record h high.
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the ftftse 100 is up a around oe third ofof 1%. the frankfurt dax off .10%. made monday. the hongng kong index finished p over . .33%. >> the negative sentiment has not led to a a significant cajun in the room. ststocks arere tradiding higher. the e is nfearar here. the global trtrade heart beatats on. there is some optimism something is going to break. every weekekend we c come out wh the same narrative. i believe the market is underprpricing this contagious
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spiral out of control. as it stands right now, things r.o.k.. > t the dubai air show kickef with no major deals announced. b bitpace has picicked up a with $ $16 blilion deal frfrom ememirates airlines. andat deal is repeplacing downwnsizing a previous s $21 bibillion deal announunced in february. the air show cocomes a as the instryry faces a n number of challengeses f from climate chae --the ongoing boeing 737 boeing 737 debacle. just one deal announced on the opening day. observers say the slow opening is a sign of the challenges facing the aviation industry, including delayed d deliveries.
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hundreds of planes on order have not yet been shipped. also contributes to declining new orders. >> perhaps the life expectancy is longer than it was previously. them going, they are good as new. billion or announced in ththe opening days. the start of the 2017 show w saa whopping $192 billion. this lackluster beginning underscores the many difficulties the i industry is facing. indly plane crashes, spikes fuel cost to name a couple. it also provides opportunities fofor evolving in operations.. >> there i is pressure for airlines to lolook at their
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emissions so they will have pushure, on the engine, to more and more efficient technologies and systems. >> some airline companies are looking ahead to electric aircraft. viable models are not yet on the horizon. most iconicrd's cars is getting a makeover. >> the forord mustang is famous not ononly for its muscle car styling, but the roar of its gas powered v-8. give it four doors and the setup -- the subtle home -- the subtle electric engine, is it still a mustang? it made its public debut in los angeles sunday. they bet big on electric to
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man: the islamic state's brutal reign of terror in raqqa may be at an end. woman: raqqa is now almost fully under the control of coalition forces. man: the liberation of the syrian city is celebrated in the streets. a shadow of the group remains. man 2: hi. i'm stuart ramsay in raqqa and this is "hotspots." tonight, we're gonna take you behind the scenes of the world's biggest and hardest-hitting stories. we come face to face with cops playing for keeps. from america's south, the teenagers being sold for sex. woman: women are being trafficked. children are being trafficked. ramsay: and we meet the
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