genie: this is "france 24." i'm genie godula. nato leaders in london for a summit markingng a 70th anniversary -- a tricky birthday for the alliance, with the u.s. and france questioning its purpose. donald trump already lashing out in a press conferencnce in lond, saying nato hahas not treated te u.s. frly. benedicte is standing by in london with more. and a a trial over a deadly migrant shipwreck in italy six years ago was postponed over a lawyers' strike. a closer look at t that case,

coming up. as the climate summit gets underway in madrid, this decade is set to be the hottest in history. be in the top three warmest years ever recorded. up in business, french cheese, champagne, and handbags in the crosshairs as washington prepares retaliatory tariffs in response to france's new digital services tax. parisord six the women in last night. .orld cup start megan rapinoe the details on that coming up. first, our top story, our top story come alive from paris.

summit will be particularly tense this time around. the u.s. is questioning the purpose of nato. the body's financeses have beena thorny subjeject, with donald trump demanding the u.s. pay less. the u.s. president gave a press conference in london earlier, where he lashed out at the french president's description of nato as "brain dead," calling it nasty. pres. trump: you don't have to say it like that. that is a very, very nasty including them, 28 countries. high unemployment rate in france. france is not doing well economically as well. you just can't go around making statements like that about nato. it is very disrespectful. us liveenedicte joins from london, where the nato summit is taking place.

comments by donald trump on all sorts of subjects earlier today. benedicte:e: indeed.d. a 50 minute impromptu press conference we were not expecting. let's remember we are in an election campaign year. , in much, i understand washington -- the mesessage is plplease don't interfere in the u.k. election, 9, 10 days away. but president trump clearly had at breakfast with the secretary-general of nato. he suddenly in that press conference lashed out, particularly picking on french -- france and emmanuel macron. trump was referring in that article and that interview given by the french president last month to "the economist," when the french president said that nato was brain dead. one of the other quotes from

president trump -- he said this was insulting. that was very clear, and it will be very interesting to see how the bilateral meeting he is about to have with the french humanent and the ambassador, what comomes out of that, , whether the men w will e able t to find common ground, before they have a meeting with boris johnson, the prime minister, and german chancellor angela merkel. the turkish president, recep erdogan -- we know the intention there. tricky is not happy with france. france is quite cross. the tuturkish mamade serious incursions in syria. particularly not happy with the u.s. this is the 70th

anniversary summit of nato. it should be a cause for celebration, but there is criticism of the body coming from all sides. benedicte: indeed. the summit proper actually starts tomorrow. it is just outside london. tensions.all kinds of there is sentiment from the french president. the german chancellor quite .ritical the french president is very much in favor. going forward, what is going to be the use of artificial intelligence? what does nato concentrate on? it will be interesting if the

world leaders going to to theham palace will go big celebration, while there will be protests outside against nato. it will be interesting to see if there can be any more common ground found. genie: thank you for that. we will check back with you tomorrow to get the latest on the nato summit in london. donald trump's trip to london comes as u.s. house democrats are set to publicly release a report on their case for the president's impeachment. the u.s. has intelligence committee is due to vote on that report's approval tonight. the republicans have already called the proceedingsgs a hoax. democrats say trump abuse presidential powers by pressuring ukraine into investigating his political rivals, vice president joe biden and his son. the u.s. judiciary committee is set to launch its first hearing into the case on wednesday.

now, an unprecedented trial over a deadly migrant shipwreck in italy six years ago has been postponed to may over a lawyer'' strike. italian officers from the navy and coast guard will stand trial for manslaughter and none assistance to a person in danger. you accused of failing to provide prompt assistance, despite numerous calls, resulting in the death of 27270 syrian refugees. see the group to covers this -- sima gupta is covering this story y from rome.e. the details of f this case arare truly harrrrowing. back t toit all goes that fateful o october day in 2013, when arounund noon there s this distress call l from that theel, where somebody told officials hehere in italy t that water was entering the boat and that they were in dangeger, and that there were hundreds on board.

authorities said you are within the search-and-rescue area of malta, , so you need too get in tchch with malta.a. saiaid, hangs pt,t, on, ththat is very close to lild dues i, itatalian -- to lamp edusa, italian territory, and there is an italian vessel nearby. 4:00 p.m. that same afternoon, a plane from malta located the vessel, saw it was there, saw the individuals on 5:00, and it was after 5:30 w when the boboat actually capsized. the italian boat was then told to go to them and reach them at about 6:00 p.m.. we are talking six hours after the initial distress call.. by then, 200 60 people are believed to have died, at least

60 children, must of syrian refugees. really heartbrbreaking details were brought to life by a report in which we also had a chance to listen to desperate phone calls by the migrants. genie: this trial has been describedd as unprprecedented. why is that? seema: that is for a couple of reasons. first is that you have two individuals, an official from the coast guard and another from the navy. these twtwindividualals are beig put on trial. it is not about maritime law.. itit is not about whicich counus responsible. but individuals are being taken to task for what happened in the deaths of those people. families of the victimss finally have a chance o get someme kind of justice for their loved ones, lost at sea. there e is the issue of maritime law. perhaps looking and following this trial, we may get

a better idea of how there might be a combination of whose duty it is to rescue these people. the e defense, a according to te officials, will probably be that this was a searchh and rescue mission for r malta and italy oy intervened when the vessel capsized. they will explain their story. there is also the issue of damages. it is going to set a precedent for other issues, because we have seen other shipwrecks of migrant boats since 2013. although the number of people arriving here initially has gone down, they continue to arrive and continue to be desperate. genie: thank you for that. seema gupta reporting for us from rome. in multi-, the family of murdered journalist daphne car

uana-galizia is calling for the resignation of the prosecutor. he said he would resign after the probe, but the prime minister is still defending his government's handling of the case. more than two years after the murder of journalist lizia, josepha-ga muscat finally announced plans to resign next wednesday. it is not enough to assuage his critics. a thousand of them gathering in front of the maltese parliament, preventing muscat and lawmakers from exiting the building, accusing the premised are of meddling in the murder investigation. protesters and opposition politicians wanted to step down immediately. -- want him to step down immediately. it is an organization, constituted in malta.

you are damaging our country. we will not dialogue. we will not entertain with the governrnment which is led by a prime minister who did this. rolina-galizia's family says it refusing to leave office immediately is a strategy to protect subjects of the murder investigation. >> the prime minister has remained in office, continuing to protectct people whwho communicated on the assassinination. and the victim was the person who expose them in the first place. i think those facts speak for themselves. reporter: concern about the rule of law in the country on tuesday and the european parliament, which started a fact-finding mission. meett with caruana galilizia's family. she was a well-respected

journalist who worked on the maltese side of the panama papers. in october 2017, she was murdered by a car bomb. her assassination sparked one of malta's biggest political and constitutional crises. severe flooding in the south of france has caused a landslide. that forced the evacuation of an entire village. torrential rains and flooding have devastated parts of southern france in recent weeks, leaving at least a dozen people dead. with more coming here is james wilson. evening,te into the rescuer searched through rubble. destroyed.s others were damaged. local residents were taken to safety. my wife and i were in thee hallway and heard a loud noise. it was like jet planes crashing. we h heard furniture falling ino the house. when a new approach the hallway, i went to the kitchen entrance.

my glass door was completely demolished, my wall smashed down. big brick and immediately understood it was the hill that had fallen. james: several residents were treated for minor injuries, but rerescue workers describe it asa miracle that no one was killed. the warning has been downwngradd to y yellow for sosoutheastern franance, whicmemeans the worsts over but caution still applies. the severe weather events claimed the lives of several people sucked away in the down for, while three rescue workers were killed when bad weather down there helicopter on monday. many saw homeses destroyed. i was arm chair repairing, the furniture, the kitchen, everything. there is nothing left -- nothing. there is nothing left.

james:s: france has been batterd by successive late autumn storms, bringing torrential rain, heavy flooding, and high wind to the region. genie: swedish climate activist greta thunberg cost the land in a catamaran. she made that trip from the u.s. to madrid in a catamaran. she will not be reaching that by plane. -- it will be reaching madrid by train. she made her way back from the sea instead ofby a fuel-guzzling plane. it looks like this ticket will be the hottest in history. the u.n. made that announcement with its yearly assessment of how climate changes that passing -- is outpacing humanity's

ability to adapt to it. it is two point one degrees fahrenheit above the preindustrial average. this in the top three warmest years on record. >> is proceeding. things have not been improvingng this agreement. we have not seen an improvement in the real status of atmosphere when it comes to implementation of the paris agreemements. the last 10 years have beenen te warmest period during this hundred -- 170 year period. genie: here in paris, football aeat lionel messi has won record sixth ballon d'or, the most prodigious trorophy -- prestigious trophy in soccer.

>> mr. lionel messi. reporter: setting a new record at the ballon d'or awards, lionel messi took home the prize for the sixth time. speaking to journalists after the ceremony, messi was modest as ever. >> as i said, it was unimaginable for me to win just one ballon d'or, let alone six. i could not have imagined receiving a single one, so it is a joy to be the only person to have this many. it is a very nice acknowledgment. messi has scored 46 goals in 59 matches so far in 2019. his sixth ballon d'or puts him ahead of cristiano ronaldo, who won five times. limits top prize went to u.s.a.

world cup superstar megan rapinoe, who was not able to attend the ceremony in person. it is just the second year a woman's ballon d'or has been awarded. coming in second place in the men's competition was liverpool defender virgil van dyck, one of the stars of the e english tea's chamampions league victory. genie: now for your business update with brian quinn. you are going to start in france. billions worth of exports are being threatened with new american tariffs. the trumpet missed ration taking aim at the french task on internet giants. -- the trump administration taking aim at the french t tax n digital joints. the propoposal for new tariffs on somomtwo $4$4 billion on frencnch goods comes on the heelels of a a section 301 investigation by the u.s. trade --epepresentativive. america's crosshairs. reporter: this 93 page report

explains why the u.s. believes france's new tech tax is not consistent with international norms. texas turnover instead of profits. france plans to apply it retroactively. the u.s. is the text specifically targets u.s. tech giants. it will tax billions of euros of french exports, including andpagne, cosmetics, handbags. >> the situation between the -- thed us europeans european union is prepared to retaliate. reporter: the tax will be imposed on global firms of many euros.

the tech giants have been accused of minimizing their taxes by setting their headquarters in countries with low taxes, and not countries where they generate revenues. but the practice is legal. french and u.s. leaders, including donald trump, will likely disiscuss the tax issue when they meeeet in london tuesday. the french law and overhaul of digital tax rules, which could have avoided current tensions. france is not the only country y on donald trumump's lt ofarififf targets.s. brian: far from it. monday, the president annnnouncd new import duties on steel and aluminum coming from argentina and brazil. donald trump citing what he called a massive devaluation of both countries cururrencies, asa threat to u.s. countries who compete witith agricultural output. the u.s. andnd argentina have sn

the value of the currencies fall amid political and ecoconomic crises this year. the governments of tried to bolster their respective values in response. resiliency they are complex. aen the analysts see this as reaction to the close economic ties to china. trump citing farmers and industry to justify his decision. pres. trump: i gave them a big break on tariffs, but now i am taking that off. it is very unfair to manufacturers. steel companies and our farmers will be very happy. genie: how arere markets reactig to this trade turmoilil? brian: f for investors, not all gloom and doom on the markets.. french luxury brands are t takg a hit. vuitton'sbehind louis down some 1.5%. hermes down over 2%, as the

threat of terrorists threatens them. dashers indexes overall and basic resources firms dropping in london. cac 40shares on the down. the decks in frankfurt is up. -- the dax and favororite is up. geninie: in hohong kong,g, effoo ost t the faltering econonomy. -- chief executive carrie lam announced the econony will recoverer soon, after rened clashes between police and pro-democracy protesters this past weekend. lam says the special admininistrative region will son launch a fourth round of economic stimulus measures to help businesses and residents as hong kong remains in recession following months of political unrest. the government has already spent two and a half billion dollars since a august to prop up the

economy. it is facing its first budget deficit in around 15 years. lam says she will be dipping into reserves for the coming stimulus. decade, we have accumulated quite a healthy reserve. u.s.than 140 one billion dollars. this is the time to tap into our fiscal capabilities to offer relief to the public in hong kong. we hope companies will help employees save their jobs. it is quite critical. let's come back to france, where the auto industry has always been a poioint of pride, but is struggling in n te midst of a chchanging marketpla. brian: eight years a ago, france was europe's number twowo car mamaking company. it is now number five. diesel vehicles come along a mainstay of the french auto amidtry, are in decliline changing environmental standards. as usual and out to help the sector adapt. peugeot: workers at the

factory believe their jobs may be asked in coming months. >> we see les temps coming in. the extra work falls on us. we are exhausted. >> the factory will have fewer workers and will suffer. cutrter: the industry could 15,000 jobs by next year. 45,000 in the next 15 yearars. french car builders will stop reducing diesel cars because they pollute too much. replace diesesel with electric models, they are still likely to cut jobs, because fewer workers are needed to build those vehicles. the french government is worried for the whole sector, and says subcontractors will have to diversify production. realistic,to be anticipate, and not wait until it is too late. many subcontractors wilill struggle next year. reporter: the government is

setting up with 50 million euros to help in the transition. >> 10 years ago, the government pushed people to buy dieiesel cars, saying it was a green technology. now they are saying the opposite. the industry will struggle to shift production in such a short period of time. therter: to limit losses, government has asked car builders with factories abroad to relocate them in france. genie: we will wrap up now with a look at the post thanksgiving discount events. they are behind d us, and it dos look like a record hall this year. >> t that is despite fears of fafalling saleses amid slowing global growtwth. and year's black friday cyber monday sales are on course to top all previous years. in the u.k., brexit uncertainty was not enough to keep shoppers away, with berkeley card reporting transactions up over last year. in the u.s.s., cyber mononday ss were on track to notch a record

$9.2 billion hall, despite growing activist opposition to the consumerist frenzy around holiday discounts. both of those events paling in comparison to china's single day shopping holiday, which saw alibaba rake in $34.8 billion of saleles in one day. a lot of catching up to do, even though they came first. genie: i know i am supposed to do my christmas shopping then, that i never have my act together. brian: the discounts are not always the best. sometimes, it is even better to wait. genie: you are making me feel better, brian. this tuesday, december 3, is world disability day. we will look at challenges facing the disabled in thehe workplace, coming up.

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