♪ anchor:: very warm welcome back to "francece 24." you are watching "live f from paris." let's look at our top stories at 1:00 p.m. paris time. another gruesome gang rape case in india. this friday, police shot dead four men suspected of raping and killing a young woman. they tried to snatch the officers' weapons during a reenactment of the crime. the release of the safety report reveals 6000 incidents of sexual assault. hasride-hailing app responded saying drivers have the right to have their

experiences told and they have a responsibility to stand with them. plus, a second day of paralyzing strikes in france. commuters and travelers s face more widespread disruption as unions protest emmanuel macron's pension reforms. theyey say they are not backing downwn. also coming up this hour, in business, we will be hearing about how aramco posted a record-breaking ipo despite failing to attract foreign investment. sugar and spice, all things nice? architects in lolondon have trad in usual concrete and wood for biscuits and dough to create a gingerbread city. ♪

watchinghank you for "france 24." those were our top stories this hour. we start with india where police have shot dead four men accused of a beautiful -- brutal gang rape. the men were in detention and had been taken back to the scene of the crime friday. according to one official, the incident happened when the suspects tried to grab an officer's firearm at escape. this is another horrrrifying incident in a country wrestling with high levels of sexual violence against women. i'd like to cross to our correspondent. what is the latest information you have on this horrific case? this is a shocking turn of events. this four men killed morning were in police custody. the police were still

investigating the case which means they had not been yet chcharged with a crime. according to the police's version that has not been indefinitely verified, in the wee hours of this morning around 6:30 a.m., the police took them into a wooded area where the crime had taken place for a reenactment and together other evidence. the police say the men attacked them with stones and sticks. it is unclclear if the men were handcuffed as they ought to have been. police say the men overpowered the officers and able to get at least two weapons. the police claim they exercised restraint and when the men would not leave down the arms, all four were fatally shot. police carried out a press conference earlier today and released a photograph which is one of the men lying in the field presumably after he was shot holding a weapon. outside of that, there's very

little information available. several inquiries have been instituted. is undere conduct scrutiny h here. anchor: as you said, very little information available. what we do know is this morning's killings have triggered a massive debate across india. talk us through how the public are reacting to these extrtrajudicial killings. perhaps even more shocking than the killings themselves is the public's reaction. india is no stranger to killings of this sort. usually, they are widely condemned the public and politicians. this time around, everyone is treating the news this morningng with a lot of celebration. these police officers are being treated as heroes. they are being paraded. people are lifting them up in

their arms parading them on the streets, showering the site of the killings with flolowers. you u have senior politicians saying the police should take inspiration from the officers. you have a former director hisral of police using public twitter account to congratulate the police saying well done. another member of parliament said the police acted late but at least they acted. ordinary people and politicians welcoming the news, congratulating the police. yes, there are voices against what happened. there are activists and lawyers saying this is wrong, this is extrajudicial is a force and should be condemned. sadly those voices today are a minority. on the whole, india is treating these killings of these four men

not yet charged with a crime with joy and celebration. this has been attributed by some 2000's -- experts upending rape cases. this perhaps is a signal a lot of people have had enough. anchor: reporting on the reactions out of india this friday to the killing of four suspects involved in a rape case, thank you so much. has said it has received almost 6000 reports of sexual assault in the u.s., including more than 450 cases of rape. number is across 2017 and 2018. the safety report details attacks on passengers and drivers. our reporter brings us up to speed. >> it t is an unprecedented move in a bid to prove its commitment

to safety and transparency. for the first time, uber has released a safety report as the ride-hailing outcomes under fire for driver misconduct and its screening g procedures. the company says a reported 2936 sexual assaults in the united states in 2017 and 3045 and 2018. incidents were broken down n ino 21 categories. 60%er says it has seen a fall in incidents in the five most serious categories. 92%% of reported rape victims were bribery's. ut the driver said drivers have suffered. ofalso recorded the number rders anand crash fatalities. uber underlines the number of incidents represents a fraction of its 1.3 billion rides in the united states last year. >> the incidents were reported

on .002% of trips. while these reports are rare, every report represents an individual who came forward to sharing intensely painful experience. even one report is one t too ma. >> uber started tackling the issue of s sexual assault in 207 after its newly apappointeted c. on the statement -- in a statement on twitter, hehe said the work was taking an important step forward. ththe culturalal turnaround hasn uber triple its safety team since 2017 and institute a number of safety procedures. experts say it is still not good enough. the app has been stripped of its license in london over safety. anchor: now to france and the second day of the publilic sectr walkout, the biggest in almost 25 years.

this friday, we have more travel chaos across france. unions are saying they will not back down unless planned pension reforms are reviewed. on thursday, the used tear gas to disperse riders who set fire to a vehicle as tensions heightened.. for more, i would like to cross paris question three station -- paris. you are where trains have been running it drastically reduced levels. what is the situation now? >> it is not exactly totally shut down, but it is a very slowed down version of what we are used to seeing here. most complicated is train travel was in france. 90% of high-speed trains are shut down. 70% of regional trains. we did meet a french man trying

to get somewhere else who said his train was canceled and there was no alternative. he organized a carpool to get where he was going. things are looking a little better in terms of international travel. it is the hub of the euro star. half of those trains are running. we did meet two women who came in from london. they said their train was about half empty. people perhaps making other plans. the complication starts for a lot of people when they get to , morebecause the metro than half of the lines are completely shut down. paris are buses in running. areo lines up and running doing so less frequently and only during rush hour. a lot of people were struggling to get to work today. anchor: you just mentioned all the complications today. we know this is expected to

continue throughout the weekend and potentially beyond that. >> that is right. this is a rolling strike. every day, unions are deciding whether to continue into the coming days. local paris transportation workers have said they will be continuing through monday. it looks like this will continue at least until tuesday because unions earlier today have called for another day of strikes across the public and private sector. another big day of demonstrations on the streets on tuesday, much like onn thursday. the movement on tuesday will come just before the government is expected to announce next week a little bit more about these reforms and layout the main points of the pension reform. unions are trying to pile on the pressure before then. how long it lasts will depend on part -- in part on public

opinion. this is the beginning of the movement. polls show 70 out of 10 people support the strike. many are nervous about their own retirement being impacted. that is what we have seen in people today. us inommuters today told spite of it all, they support the movement still. anchor: thank you for the update. staying with that story, the government is eyeing a series of concessions whicich will allow t to pass reforms. >> visiting the crisis room monitoring strikes across the country, prime minister -- the prime minister had a message for workers unions. they played a central role bringing huge crowds of protesters out. the prime minister believes they will be crucial to resolve the crisis. >> i would like to say that on

the whole, and i pay tribute to the trade organizations, the demonstrations went well almost everywhere in france. >> but unions want concessions. government members have already said one way out would be to meantdeadlines, changes to hit people born after 1963. the government could push the reform to people born after 1973. the government can also draw up plans to cut the p pension deficits starting 2021. it was considering measures like increased contributions. the pension fund deficit could hit 17 billion euros by 2025. >> negotiations are not over yet. the government's reform has not been officially implement it. that is what the prime minister will do in the coming days. the government remains open as always to dialogue.

macron'sent emmanuel reform aims to cut the pension deficit and simplify the system that has 14 different plalans wh different retirement ages. the protesters say is reform would drastically cut their benefits. capital, akenya's six-story building has collapsed killing at least two people. a rescue operation is underway as an unknown number appear to be trapped under the rubble. residents who arrived on the scene before rescue forces used barehands to dig out the survivors. it was not immediately clear what caused the collapse. over to the u.s. where the house speaker has announced democrats will draft articles of impeachment against donald trump. ansi said on thursday by doing this we are honoring the constitution of the united

states. lawmakers are expected to finish drafting articles in the coming days, a process being led by nancy pelosi herself. staying in the u.s., joe biden called a voter a liar at a campaign event on thursday during a tour of iowa. the comment came after the retired farmer pushed conspiracy theory the presidential candidate was implemented in a corrupt scheme to promote his son's business interests in ukraine. >> it was a step too far. joe biden lost his cool on the campaign trail when pushed by an audience member about his son's work in ukraine. >> but you, on the other hand, set your son over there to get a job and work for a gas company he had no exploits with gas or nothing. >> you are a damned liar.

that is not true. no one has ever said that. >> hunter biden is on the board of the ukrainian gas company. at the same time his father was vice presidedent. but no evidence of wrongdoing by the bidens has surfaced. >> you said i set up my son to work and will company -- oil company. >> that is what i heard on msnbc. >> you did not hear that on msnbc. i'm not going to get in arargumentnt. >> meanwhile, ukraine is at the center of efforts to impeach donald trump following allegations trump pressured the ukrainian president to dig up dirt on the bidens, in effect asking a foreign power to meddle joehe 2020 elections as biden is in the running to be the democratic candidate.

in the polls, he is the current front runner. his main competitors are elizabeth warren, bernie sanders, and pete buttigieg. anchor: also this friday, angela merkel is paying her first visit as chancellor to auschwitz andnd birkenau after 14 years at the helm. the german chancellor is bringing with her a 60 million euro donation to help conserve the site where the nazis ran the largest death camp. this comeses amid a rise in gern anti-semitism and the anniversary of the camp's liberation.. coalition faces off trust test -- stress test as they discucuss their n next move under a new, radical leadership. they have laid out a list of demands to remain in merkel's government that shop -- stopped

short of threatening to exit. the move reduces the risk of a political crisis in europe's largest economy. architects are used to high-pressure products -- projects but they may have bitten off more than they can chew mis-time. leading architects and d designs have come together to create an entirely edible gingerbread city. it will explore the theme of transport and travelel in the years to come. it will open in london on saturday and run until january. let's hear from one of the architects involved d in the gingerbread city. >> it is really fun. you're very tempted to eat it all the time. it is very delicioious. it is very silly. it is good fun, i guess. you get really creative. we went to the supermarket and filled the trolley full of

sweets. if we do not use them, we will eat them. anchor: it is time to remind you of our top stories this hour. another gruesome gang rape case in india. police shot dead four and suspected of raping and killing a young woman. reportedly, they tried to snatch the officers' weapons during a reenactment of the crime. uber releases a safety report revealing 6000 incidents of sexual assault. the ride-hailing app has responded saying drivers have the right to have their expenses told and have a responsibility to stand with them. second day of paralyzing strikes in france, commuters and travelers sayy more widespread destruction -- disruption as unions say they are not backing down. time for business news.

thanks so much for being with us. you are starting with news from saudi arabia. >> that is right. record $25.6ised a billion in its initial public offering making it's the world --it the world's largest ipo. it is actualally a step down for the company which originally aimed to raise $100 billion. the crown prince wanted toto use thee ipo to open a saudi economy to foreign investorsrs, but no e was interested so they had to rely on n saudi and regionall investments testing them with bonus shshares and loaoans to encoururage them to buy stakes. we have more on the story. >> an historic day. a state owned oil company launched its ipo at $25 5 billin u.s., it i is the biggest ever. the saudi kingdom is b betting n

inincreased oil prices to give shareholders good returns. as leaders gatherered in vienna for the opec conference, talks on cutting oil production continued late thursday. the ipo was years in the making. first announunced in 2016, scheduled for 2018, but later pushed back. the money raised will help diversify saudi arabia's economy away from oil. paradox.s the to diversify away from petrol, ey need toto have petrol revenue to invest and diversifify economically, whihich is the number one project of the prince. that is s what he will be judged on long-term. he has promised the youth good jobs on the back of the diversification. >> this windfall is significantly less than the prince had first hoped for.

it gives the company evaluation of $1.7 trillion, a downgrade from the original $2 trillion is still -- and still too high for western investors put off by a lack of transparency in t the killin of khashoggi. mostst shareholders are domestic with well-off families feeling pressure to invest out of patriotism or to get back in; the good graces of the royals after he corruption crackdown that started two years ago. trading is scheduleded for later thisis month. thehe public offering i is come in e middldle of a two-day opec meeting i in vienna. members are today deciding on the next phase of the oil production policy. they have agreed to cut output a day up toorrels march of 2020. that is a much deeper cut than expected. opec will try to get the approval of non-opec countries such as russia to keep oil

prices steady. let's look at the markets now. in europe, indices opened higher this morning. london's ftse moved up almost 1%. weaker boost for the disappointingafterer industrial data came out. germany's industrial sector has been hit i the biggest downturn since 2009. industrial output dropped 5.3% in october year-on-year driving down overall eurozone growtwth. it is due to a mix of factors. the u.s.-china trade war, brexit uncertainty, and the decline of the car industry hit badly by the emissions scandal. they've recently had a boom c coastlineith the

peppered with infrastructure projecects, but there's rampant inquality i in the country large portions of the population cannot get to enjoy the benefits. here is more on that story. >> a beautiful landscape that belies the crushing poverty of the people who live here. many don't have access to running water or electricity, and the nearest hospital or school is many miles away. it is driving villages to despair. >> we live a difficult life. our situation is not good. we want to change e our lives fr the better. we wish to live in the city and live l le other residents in a clean environment with electricity and schools. we suffer from health issues and cannot get medicine. >> many of the couountry'ssural communities feel lefeft behind.. they have seen their standard of living stagnate. morocco's cities have benefited

from multibillion-dollar infrastructure projects to boost development. in recent years, growth has lagged at 3% which for a diverting economy is low. many are pooror or at risk of poverty. gap.ere is a big the investments directed toward africa and europe is not the same as we see here. >> in a possible move to preempt unrest, the government is tackling poverty. allocateced it would $770 million to o regionalal dispsparities in wealth and socl inequality. >> china said on friday it would offefer a tariff waiver on some imports from the u.s. beijing has increased tariffs on u.s. p pork three times since 2018. it comes after reports the u.s.

and china disagreed about the size of agricultural purchases. president donald trump wants china to buy $50 billion worth of farm goods a year which is quite a stretch from the $8.6 billion the country bought last year. it is a sign the countries are getting closer to a trade deal, although officials are remaining tightlipped about progress. they are hoping to finalize phase one before e december 15 when m more u.s.s. tariffs are e to go into effect. hopefully, the u.s. will get a new trade deal. anchor: thanks very much for the update. thank you for w watching. stay tuned. more news coming up in a few minutes time. ♪

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