take to any day. what about you what she learned from her so frustrated with headlines this hour. columbia grips by the second nationwide strike in a week as pressurure mounts on president yvonnnne de que this widespread discontent over corruption and economicc reforms in this program we'll goo live to the capital town of course from. brunei long lines at petrol stations in lebanon unions have worn differerent opn ended strike begeginning t tomow is thehe weak currency makes ful imports crippling they exexpensive. and a pledge to mae the fight against climate change the east's top priority is to live on the line winds european parliament's approval

for her gender balance twelve that the commission says she'll might block the greens super power . . we begin this hour in columbia which is in the grips of the second national strike in less than a week there's widespread opposition. to president even decays economic reforms even though he denies planning to raise the age of retirement and cut the minimum wage. is also anger about corruption and the government's failure to stop the murder of hundreds of human rights activists. and unions is student groups are paying tribute today to a protester who died in clashes with security forces on saturday will for the very latest we can go to book a top. and a correspondent simona bruno and smyrna. does today's protest

look as big as the one we saw or on saturday. it is really hard to say this is the main square of bogota here is the center o of the power. you have the congress you have been major all fees and old so the court of justice. is pretty *-*- up people- the difference from that the otherer missile strikeke is that now p people concentrate in different areas of the cd. they're not matchchig goal to get that much in from one spot to another order the cd in ten fifteen different area so it's pretty hard to realize how many people. all the anyway t the impression is that the number of people these increasing during the- seven days of demonstrations you're talking about- the two national sites. and the twenty first and this one and of course to be- these are the two main events bad that they- think of the people is. to continue. long demonstration. last for seven days and the people are getting

used to dad when you t talk to them they stated there at to stay in the streets and they're ready to march every day. still what the oscar as being on tour and sold. it to president do kay. and now side it if he is that. of the public anger is directed. at sprint. i would you agree that a set. well yeah to president do get into is meant- in general but yes you're right because at people that the feeling that the governments in days what is that like eighteen months citi didn't do. much basically what they did was- and getting that peace process on the wrong spot so many of the people to hear because of t the style of the huge incredible peace process that happened during two to o to thousand sixixteen and the governmement seems like he's not caring enough about any sporting a pot. of gold the economical reform that he announce inn any to back and then announced backing into

back again- seem to go a against the well being of the people so they feel that their life is going to be worse and- and of course old so that the killing of the. of the talking about the man who's. at the new teen pop from the people and kept them on the street. so yeah i would say it it's your right and the people here are protesting against president look in their side. the last president to step back. thank you very much indeed. well moving now to lebanon way unions say petrol stations also begin an open ended strike nationwide starting thursday it comes during the country's worst economic crisis in decades anti government protests that erupted last month have added to the deeps drain on lebanon's financial system and the impacts on the lebanese currency has. improved his for the very latest let's go to babe ruth our correspondent lineman on allen

is that and let me just tennis festival of people they're worried about the impact of the strike. can you have a. we seem to have lost at les les maybe we'll trying to head back we later in the program but moving out to iraq there are reports the processes that have set fire to the iranian consulates in the southern shiite holy city of najaf it's the second time in iranian consulate has been targeted. the consulate in kaballah also in the south was torched lost months there's been two months of anti government unrest in iraq with more than three hundred and forty people killed in the unrest and in the crackdown by security forces. where frogs pharmacia gearing up for a fight with the e. u. over subsidies which could shrink if britain leaves the blog that's

one of the grievances behind today's prices in paris and other citieies in the country. hundreds of tracks is repulsed on main rage bringing traffic to a standstill. tom is also angry about government restrictions on the ususe of pesticides naming lllloyd repor. they came in they troops up to a thousand farmers from across from. a tractor is converging on the capital determined to be seen and have their voices heard. these are the news first foremost we are single summer. the killing of we've rarely seen a profession and to begin with to get attacked this much more everything we do is criticizize me when i'm which is on to do the best we can with what we give in. p pharmacyy is being increased i in factotory bashing or criticism of farming methods the girl in the corner don't know who could do occasional so- as soon as you say you're a farmer people ask you a lot of questions about life estates herbicides. pesticides organic proroce. and

it can be oppreressive because- although it's not a job like any other. whwhen we leave our farms we'd like to be left alone. and not be hassled. phone then we're going to talk him there but consists of several. specifically farmers are angry at the new rules on pesticide free zones and it's mike for h his pledge to end the use of glyphosate like twenty twenty one. the government's back and forth from palm oil has also provoked frustration pharmacy french some flour and condemn the oil is losining out. free trade agreements needs to be the one between the eu u and canada is seen as unfair competition. lastly pharmacy they're facing a public backlash over animal welfare with floating meet sales and face attacks on properties from anti meat activists. gathering in the center of paris protest is a demanding an urgent meeting of the president's. phones is the biggest beneneficiary of emu farm subsidies d difficult working

conditions and financial hardships have had deadly consequences with one former committing suicide in francece every two to three days. well back to lebanon where unions say that petrol stations will begin an open ended nationwide strike starting thursday this during the country's worst economic crisis in decades let's go to bay ridge lane in the long island is with this at night a lot tell us. a people will read about the impact of the strike. people all worried that worried about the impact of the strike along with the escalating economic crisis that's happening here which is one of the reasons the strike is happening. this is the first time there has been a petrol workers strike in recent months is actually happened just before the protest kicked off on octctober seventeenth. and te reason for the strike is it the fact that petrol workers say they cannonot copee with what is happenening with a slip of the dollar. against the lebanese lelera now this is a paper is held for over two decades and

it's helped ought to fissioning contain the currency and givee it some backing to make it seem like it's what will actually is the i mf. estimates the lebanese currency that your body by 50% what's been happening in recent months is not paid has been slipping and that means that while banks maintain that the rate of fifteen hundred approximately to the dollar. if at fifteen hundred lebanese there what's happening street is the rate is much higher because petrol. one of the comommodities that. from these trade as they are charging higher right that's what they say. is you cannot sustain paying those high rates to the importance because petrol is one of the counties. within the country that is the rates controlled by the government actual workers cannot increase the price of petrol so they're saying that the staining. one of that hit now out on the streets today right to being closed is up to two thousand one hundred layer as opposed to the bank rate of fifteen hundred there. how dollar so huge escalation that it's affecting all parts of society it was affecting the ability to import medicine and

medical supplies to hospitals at the suffering. it's affecting the ability to import wheat bread again is another commodity that has a fixed price. these are important things to keep the country guns people are incredibly consent already within calls queuing up. around provisions of f many alalready close from earlier in the evening and many had already been rationing. that reserve the petrol over the last few weeks so they really are after they left the stab. and laid out what has been the response of the government to the impending. feel strike at and also the wider economic crisis. the strike has been much what has been to the rest of the crisis both economic and political here. is that we're not seeing that much action at the moment that have been huge protests outside the central bank of lebanon. for the last few days calling for action as the economic crisis worsens people are suggesting. that o oe of the things t that the central bank should do is impose a hair cut that means. taking a percentage from what has been done by the highest invested in lebanon's banks from the very high interest rates. they've been given in recent years in

order to deposit their mounts. within lebanese banks pull people saying they must take the head of his economic crisis. not us the government still maintaining they will not do that this governor of the central bank read supplementals is saying we will not impose that. normal we impose capital controls which is another way of trying to stop money. from leaving levin's bank because many of the b banks have e also bebeen shot. for many days in recent weeks i'm peoplple havin- impositions unofficial capital controls imposed on what they're allowed to take out of their accounts. to they need to call have access to the money. now tomorrow we're going to hit a full month that the government has been a cat take a moment and says promises that heavy. resigned on the twenty ninth of october. there is a potential new prime customer to two weeks ago one might suffefer the but he was very unpopular becacause he was. another billionaire who again protest to say. is i'm qualified for the role because they want all the leaks. out of the government they don't want the governing country more they say that out of touch the people. and they don't wear. them to more present which alone has. really cold what he said- consultations to select a new

prime minister of the country. whether that will go ahead with the lead sheet forming a new government. is question. hasn't done that they do have accounted at their final that although. a few names starting around. but the second issue is whether protesters would accept that because they say. that pointing for an end to all the governance of the press colleagues and they said. that the only way to solve the economic crisis. is to have a cabinet of technocrats who are just rude in what. to solve the immediate crisis but currently lives apartment saying they belong to. right at. the very. same on the island that reporting from favorites. the incoming commission president as you live on the line and has won approval full had teams in parliament's lawmakers voted in favor of the new commissioners by four hundred sisixty one to one hundred and fifty seven against eighty nine extension to table take office on december first a month later than planned and she's pledged to fighting climate change will be her top priority catherine katie convertibles. are s still hundred and sixty one votes for a seven day lion and a hundred

and fifty seven against with eighty nine abstentions as a u. lawmakers approved the commission's new presidents and her team of twenty six commissisioners by an easy majority with many won over by her plan to make europe first carbon neutral confidence this is an existential. issue for europe. and for the world. how can it not be existential when 85% of people in extreme poverty live in the twenty countries most vulnerablee to climate change her program faces opposition from the parliament's euro skeptic far left and right wing populist parties well the greens are also skeptical. during her acceptance speecech of underlyig said the green transition must be inclusive and not towards eu member states such as poland hungary and the czech republic who've expressed opposition she also promised to keep up pressure on not putting democratic standards in central

european states the former german defense minister becomes the first female president of the u. commission her team includes twelve women the closest it has come to gender paparity. s she's promising equality across the commission by the end of our mandate w we'l have gender equality att all levels of management for the very first t time and this will change the face of the commission on the line is not set to take over at the helm of the blocks executive european commission from december first. rescue teams are still d digging throughh the rububble in albanis capipital city followiwing yesterday's earthquake the official death toll has reached twenty seven with more than six hundred people injured. survivors of as a contend with powerful off the shelves and another large earthquake wasas felt o on the grk k island off crete onon wednesday. the race against time they could still be survivors in this building. it's a dangerous job for rescue workers on unstable ground the

small town of simona is it the home to the destruction caused by the earthquake family and neighbors wait for news. call yet there are two people and they're they're an older couple ideas that you. a silence then watters ounce that two people have been found but not to life. further along another house destroyed no longer habitable this room it was a fast track for the morning then a second one we left and now we can go back. it's a nearby fed full page 107% up to house the hundreds of families who now find themselves homeless and dependent on the aid of fathers. medical help. so hello this is cold winter is coming in. and attended normality and laughter after the show cubana's days. under the rubble

dozens of people are still missing. flags flew at half mast as albania and to the national day of mourning and dinner celebrations for the country's independence day on november the twenty eighthth and twenenty ninth. . they've bebeen canceled. now moving to the united states for at least three workers have been injured following an early morning explosion at a petrochemical plant in the state of texas the blast sparkeded a a blaze whichs still burning many hours later it's the latest in a string of similar explosions at chemical plants in ththe region. r.r. s. office has the story. . dramatic footage showing the fiery aftermath of an explosion at a chemical plant in port nature's texas. not far from houston. tpc group the company that runs the plant has confirmed three injuries as a result of the accident. the explosision senena joint fiablee h hassling into oe sky intricate among the tree evacacuation. it'ss a k kid at e

am local time with nearby residents waking in fright. it's just a mess and then made easy feeling when you're- awoken like that you think a bomb just went off and run to save. where the noise came from. and is horrific when you realize whahat force. took the front door and put it in your living room. and then i got news from a son he was working in a plant next door he got knocked down. was able to get his truck and get home. a shelter has been open for those who were forced to evacuate their homomes. the f facility employees in contracts morore than two hundred people according to o tpc g group. the company said on wednesday that they prioritize safety. our objectives of always been life safety first now whether that comes to. the life safety of our respondents or the l life safety of our public- so we're certainly. going to stay focused on that. we're also trying to minimize impacts to the community as well as the environment. the plant producece

petrochemimils usedd in the manufacture of synthetic rubber nylon resins and plastic. as of yet to the environmental impacts s of the explolosion iss unknown. the incident follows explosions also the chemical plants in east texas including one in july in baytown but left thirty seven injured. no no box office opening weekend from martin scorsese's latest feature film the irishman it might still heavy weights light robert deniro al pacino and joe pesci but the film had a limited release in theaterers ad on wednesday it will be available on netflix streaming joint produced the f film off to other studiosos. t tend to dired down onto francis reports. any moving violations. . a mafiaa sa withth a star stutued cast with the irishman netflix's doing what hollywood studios what if. he's call. after preremieres in selected cities martin scorsese's latest film arrives for all of netflix's one

hundred and fifty million subscribers to stream scorsese rejected by majojor stutudios wt where the moneyey was the irishman cost nearly one hundred and forty five million euros to make. for its part netflix is banking on a anotherr oscar success presenting the film in a few selected theaters as required by the academy's rules. earlier this year netflix scored oscar wins and a nomination for best picture with alfonso crohn's roma. hi nice t to meet you with the irih and netflix is hoping to make history as the first dreaming film to take home hollywood's best picture product. but not everyone has been so accepting of the switch to streaming platforms the cannes film festival as refused to include any of netflix's films in its lineup. no matter for scorsese who says he had no hesitation going with netflix for richard like. part of history yes. to brining to life the projeject me

ththan a decadade in the makinio we thought. was a big names that all right is his business for you now you could always with me in the studio i know you can i get all random to start with the american plane make a boeing because they've been hit with anotother big security let himim there. that's right boeing has been grappling with the global grounding of its seven three seven max stats but now it's suffered a set back for his upcoming triple seven x. aircraft. according to the seattle times the fuse large of one of the wide body jets split open during a stress test in september. boeing suspended pressure testing following media reports about a call kato fabia but the much more serious if he's lost damage had not been previously reported. boeing says the problem is unlikely to affect its limit. dedelivery time night which has already faced delays. the latest setback comes after the us aviation authority toldd ththe playmaker ablble t to inst and sign of every single debts before they were deliverered. to clientss meaning the approval process for the seven three

seven x.s seven three seven. max that would takake longer thn expected. a boeing chest dropped on the knees down almost one and a half percent from the previous close just a few minutes ago as you can seeee but overall uss on wall street on extended their winnining streak and i i can't. wait to be heading for another record highs the nasdaq is up almosost six tenths of a percentage point. major european bosses wewere mixed at the close it wih prprices kept on finishing the day it just below the flight. moving on german chancellor angela merkel cold for a consented european approach to the rollout of the next generation five g. mobile networks and towards china. some lawmakers want to exclude chinese tech giant whilele way over set cyber security concerns you minutes says a set up security measures next month i hadad a full fat feisty rollot his the german chancellor speaking idea. i. hello one of

the biggest dangers or the worries that's all. is that individual countries in europe all have their own policies towards china what does send out mixed signals. the knowledge that. it's undisputed that we need high security standards for five d. expansion we need to discuss this with the other european partners just like we're discussing it on ourselves. meanwhwhile the us government has u unveiled plans to givee theheommand commerce secrcretary the power to block any tech in polls that may pose a national security threat. the new rules would require a case by case approvavals of all purchases- purchases of telecom equipment a move likely to hit well a hot. in a statement commerce secretary wilbur ross said that the proposed actions would safeguard the information and communications technology supply chain and staff to secure america's digital economy. germany's is leavened alliant will take office on

sunday as head of the european commission filing a confirmation in the- european parliament. he vows to step up the fight against climate change while expanding economic growth catherine cliff i it taks a look at the challenges awaiting press was new chief. top of the agenda the fight against climate change ursula von der leyen set to present her green deal within the first hundred days o of our mandates. the goal to make europe the first carbon neutral consonants by twenty fifty. to meet this deadline greenhouse gas emissions must be reduced by 50% by twenty thirty. the sum being invested to o meet the challenge one thousand billion euros. support is yet to be obtained from all member states. another challenge digital transformation the commission hopes to develop europe's reach within the artificial intelligence sector currently dominated by china and the u. s. improving cyber security and technological sovereignty then

there's the thorny issue of us internet giants gap as taxes. the eu commission's drawing attentntion t to international digital firms paying an effective tax rate half as much as traditional compapanies. ursula von der leyen also wants to bring in an easy wide minimum wage though it won'tt prevent disparities between luxembourg in bulgaria the current gap is glaring. a long list of priorities for the new commission presidents he must also passed the e. u.'s twenty twenty one to twenty twenty seven budgets. driver form to common agricultural policy which remains the bloc's highest expense and last but by no means least d dl with brerex. the more of a top business headlines at this hour and put francis has named a senior official from it's the central bank as the new head o of the vatican's finanancial regulator. eight eight at. comment about button but ballots replaces swiss lawyer ran a- hot his

next to last week after an unprecedented rate by that's a complete set a. i. s. offices. the sizize was part of an investigation into suspected corruption related to the property patches in london made by the vatican. bmw has agreed to me cost cutting measures with employees the general comic a says the plan which includes bonus and other pay cuts is meant to avoid drastic measures as it seeks to save twelve billion euros by twenty twenty two. can often comes a day after another general to make that i'll be thahat it woud cut almost ten thousand jobs by twenty twenty five. and germany's troubled d land that don'tt your bank has sold fifty billion dollars worth of assets to ubs investment bank goldman sachs as part of its restructuring. as as i would like to take emerging market debt. and all the latest in a series of toxic asset disposals made by the german. goldman is believed to have pulled that at a deep discount hoping it could

make a modest profit on the day. and finally from me the owner of football club manchester city has agreed to sell a five hundred million dollar stake to us private equity fund. the deal values at the apple w. controlled a company at four point eight billion dollars making it the most valuable football group in the wild. the bias. will take just over 10% of cftft which and several football clubs around the world along with the reigning english premier league champions. of without the united group of will remain the majority sat shareholder at with the stake of around seventy seven the scent. big deals yeah and it's not a money changing hands there absolutely you can thank you very much today you can avoid that with the business or taking. still right down the line when you spend on

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