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over in iraq boiling airstrikes that killed pro-iran militants in iraq. wildfires in australia. the two most popular states have been hardest hit, with thousands of r residents in one town trapd on a a beach at the sea. godulula in paris. we are going to start with the dramatic escape from japan of one of t the most famous a auto executivives in the world, carls ghosn. in lebanonf nissan's after slipping out of tokyo. he had been on bail in japan, where he was due to stand trial nenext year on charges of financial misconduct. ghosn is a citizen of lebanon which means he is protected from extradition back to japan. the escape cut almost everyone by surprise, including his o own japanese lawyers. we were completely caught by

surprise. dumbfounded. of course, his departure is unacceptable, as it is a violation of his bail conditions in the eyes of japanese law. but in terms of whether i understand the desire to take such an action, that is another issue. carlos ghosn is now in lebanon, as is our beirut correspondent. reporter: yesterday, it was very unclear what exactly had happened and what sort of deal had been struck between the lebanese and japanese government ghosn back. there was no statement released about any y particular agreemen. it is unlikely that was thee

case. it looks like mr. ghosn was smuggled out of the country. he arrived sunday in a private jet from turkey. he came in under a different name, not his own name. his lawyers in japan retain his passports. he may have used his french passport. that has yet to be verified, but he did not come in on his lebanese passport. there must've been some agreement knowing he was coming into the country. that news broke last night. today, local media think he might have been broughght here n a particular box designed for musical instruments smuggled out to japan.. perhaps it was for a larger musical instrument. many conspiracy stories, people

saying perhaps the lebanese government was involved. the government did advocate for his release initially. genie: it is like something in a spy movie, smuggling out in a music crate. lebanon,ion is how is and how is carlos ghosn seen there? reporter: he has his brazilian passport, his french passport, and a lebanese passport. the first real reason is because his wife is lebanese, and they have been separated since april, when he was put under house arrest. it was one of the terms of his very strict bail that he was not allowed to see his wife and was being watched by three different security services, which is what makes it so amazing he was able to flee the country. we are hearing from local media that he has gone to his wife's

house and is reunited with his wife. that is the first reason. the other is that lebanon does not have an extradition treaty with japan. it is extremely unlikely he is going to be forced to go back to japan to face that trial. not know heyers did was planning on doing this. the safest thing for him w was o make it back to beirut anyway, anyhow. the fact that there is an extradition treaty -- part of thatat is that he is so popular here that even if this is clearly going to create a diplomatic problem with the japanesese government -- japan s not in the situation to bebe abe to let go of -- it is facing a dire economic crisis. hosn is seenon -- g as something of a national hero. he is successful internationally. it seems unlikely he decided to come back and have the support

of institutions to rebuild his life. there has been a call from international lebanese-based bubusinessman to o help the couy during the time it is struggling with. i imagine that is the case, that he has been working with several other people to breathe life back into the country. as we were saying before, also a frenchs citizen. the economy minister has said she was very surprised that he had left japan for lebanon. ghosn was the architect of nissan's alliance with mitsubishi and renault. james andre has more now from the renault headquarters in paris. james: there has been no official reaction. and there will not be one. carlos ghosn used to be the ceo of this company, he left. he stepped down off his

functions back in january 2018. he had this love/hate relationship. here in france, he profoundly changed this company behind me. he became one of the directors general after a stint at michelin. at rhino back in 1990 six, this was basically a national automaker. an international automotive behemoth. in 1999, he negotiated the becomingwith nissan, the ceo of nissan. people, and made this a profitable company again. ,e became the head of renault becoming the first ceo of two major international companies. he did manage to make this

, in the course of eight years -- he e started back in auto and in 2017, the alalliance was the biggest automaker in the world. the company produced over 10 million cars. there were also a lot of criticisms of carlos ghosn about the fact that he was more and more disconnected from what was going on inside and on the factory floor. also criticism about his salary, which is considered huge in france. a few years ago, the french government voted it was too high. him the money never than -- nevertheless. this is more of a love-hate a manonship of it -- with who is hugely respected, but has been criticized. andre atat was james

the rerenaul nissan headquarter. keep an eye on social media reaction -- arianna, what have you been finding out? arianna: we have been following this story and t there seems toe a geneneral air of disbelief an awe. i have some tweets i am going to be showing. people have been comparing this to an escape scene from a movie, considering he was under strict surveillance on bail and has surrendered his passports. it seems to be a big mystery to everyone how he was able to escape undetected from japan. some lebanese new sources are reporting he escaped japan in a music case, whihich is leading o even more ridicule online. i have another tweet, this time from the opinion editor of buzzfeed news -- i will get to this one later, which says that

despite carlos ghosn's legacy as one of the leaders of the auto industry, he will always be remembered for having escaped the country in a music case. we have ridicule, but at the allegede awe at this escape method. people have been pointing out that the 64-year-old former chairman of nissan, whose network is about $120 million, is able to escape japan because of his position of power and influence. they are saying those with money are ablble to avoid facing consequences fromm the justice system, as one of my tweets also shows. it is interesting to note that after his arrest for financial , he hasct last year always been popular in lebanon, which is where he grew up. for example, billboards saying "we are all carlos ghosn" were put up after his arrest at he was put on a postage stamp.

the tweets written in arabic were welcoming him home, and some even called for him to be prime minister in the midst of this country's economic and political crisis. from thene tweet washington post bureau chief, who says the lebanese were also joking that they hope he brought some money back to help save their banks in lebanon. we havether hand, people criticizing the japanese justice system. some have called it a kangaroo court system, meaning they do not respect international norms. there is one tweet in particular i saw from kenneth roth, the executive director of human rights watch, which is interesting because he was criticizing the japanese justice system and putting at that carlos ghosn was not able to have communication with his wife in over seven months. and of course we have the famous pines -- puns.

ghosn with the wind, ghosn in 60 seconds. people are having fun with that. another big story we are covering -- thousands of angry supporters of a shiite militia have smashed security cameras on the walls surrounding the u.s. embassy in baghdad. they also set on fire three empty trailers that were used by guards. at one point, protesters stormed a security kiosk for setting it on fire. u.s. airstrikes killed 25 fighters of the iran backed militia in iraq. the iraqi prime minister is warning about representations in baghdad, asking protesters us out -- protesters outside the u.s. embassy to leave. washington hitting those bases after an attack that killed an american contractor.

reporter: clashes at the u.s. embassy in baghdad as angry protesters break into the compound. u.s. ambassador and other staff evacuated as u.s. forces fired tear gas at the crowd. the embassy attack -- retaliation for a deadly u.s. airstrike on sunday that killed 25 shiite fighters near the iraqi-syrian border. the protesters were holding funerals for those killed, afterwards merging on the green zone and attacking the u.s. embassy. embassy has been proved to be an embassy that plots against iraq, and embassy that spies on a rack and that carries out sabotage in iraq. this is supporting the american joker. reporter: the airstrikes targeted a shiite militia backed by iran, which operates under the umbrella of popular

mobilization forces. a state-sanctioned cluster of militias helpsps fight jihadist groups. abdul mahdi said he was warned of the strikes only 30 minutes in advance, and unsuccessfully urged the pentagon to call them off. the iraqi government has since condemned the attack is a violation of its sovereignty, and said it would reconsider its relationship with the u.s.-led coalition. the airstrikes marked the latest escalation in the growing conflict between the u.s. and iran. washington called it retaliation for a recent rocket attack which it blames on has bella, which killed an american contractor. the group has denied responsibility for the attack, and vowed to hit back at the u.s. to avenge its fallen fighters. genie: in australia, devastating fires continue to burn some of the most popular tourist areas, cutting some of comompletely frm

safety. thousands of tourists and residents at one seaside town were blocked in a beach, with the ocean as the only refuge. trapped on the beach, under the haze of a blood red sky.y. no escape on land. fire and smoke blocking the path. as many as 4000 people now trapped in victoria. >> it is under attack at the moment. housesre a number of lost in and around that community. we have strike teams literally standing side-by-side with our community at the beachfront. it is pitch black. it is quite scary in that community. the community right now under threat. but we will hold our line. reporter: the fires are part of several birding across australia.

refuge in n both like these migt be the last resort. about all the devastation, many residents are simply happy to be alive. >> a look on the bright side. >> so many people havave lost their homes. just after c christmas. replaced.can be blazes have been raging across the east coast of australia for months, destroying 11 million acres from brisbane down to melbourne, where thousands of people were urged to leave the suburbs. fireworks have been canceled. exemptionas graranted an to a total fire ban. genie: you are watching "france 24." stay with us.

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minister narendra modi for the creation of f an international solalar alliance. in paris, india wants the world to know it is doing good work. target of 100 a gigawatts of solar power by 2022. reporter: an ambitious target but india has already achieved ththe percent of i its goalsls,o there isis a showcase of the country's environmental commitment. but india a ao has 3000 environmentalonflicts, , or than anywhere else in the world.. coal is responsible for a quarter of them. >> i feel the government is deliberately trying to destroy people here. in the mining state,

underground d tunnels have becoe an open pit mine. ripad worked here fofor 30 years. >> when will the villagers finally get help? and how? we cannot even breathe. reporter: for more than a century, uncontrollable underground fires of ravaged the areas. flames burn next to the villages and emerge through cracks in the earth. two years ago, a father and son died in one of these fires. respiratory diseaseses are very common because of f the toxic gases, but for want of better opportunities, nobody leaves. >> i wrote a letter to the government of modi, asking him to come to the coal mine unprotected, without a mask, so they get it. -- reporter: cole remains the country's largest source of

energy, and output continues to increase. group's tondustrial billion-dollar project. once completed, the site will consume several million liters of water a day, drawing of the villages around it. this woman's occupation, like everyone elsese here. >> everyone depends on the land here. i had three different cropsps ad it helpeped me feed my family ad place my children in school. the power stations will burn up to 20,000 pounds of coal per day. it will not benefit the region, but go to bigler --. here, they only get three hours of electricity a day. what angers the most is the appropriation of their land. >> we already had nothing to eat. i cannot even imagine what the future will be for my children.

i never wanted to sell my land. we even had our cemetery there. a family member sold offer land without her signature. >> we went to thth police statin and even t to the court, but nobody wanted to listen to us. they told us we could not sue the company. they told us that no matter where we went, nobody would listen to us. reporter: today, a special meeting is being held in her village. take byten intimidation. if you protested against this project,t, we were told that if you did not give up your land, you woululd be killed.d. raise your hand if that is the case. are threats nohe one takes lightly.

according to the ngo global witness, 23 envivironmental acactists were killed in indndia last year, making it the e ird most dangerorous. among g the victims, one murderd 200 kilometers from here. one of his colleagues agreed to talk to us, but on condition of anonymity for fefear of reprisi. >> h he lived very close. he loved his people. this is where he grew his family. mininds of been dumumping the waste on the riverside. the father of three had been fighting the state enterprise that mined coal to get it to stop polluting the river. 2018, three boys came on a motorbike and put nine shshots in him. for the entire community, for the families who have seen this -- reporter: two of the attackers

have been arrested, but their motives remain unknown. myi have given up environmental activism b bause it was too dangerous. it madade things very difficult. the programs are going ahead with environmental destruction. reporter: today, waste is no longer dumped in the river. work did not go to waste. that makes me feel not only happy, but i see this as a blessing. for 40 years, she has been fighting for a better world -- the envnvironmental a activi, feminist, author, and citizen known across the world. she also won an alternative nobel prize in 1993. she has also received death threats. >> it was right here, in my office.

i get up every day, knowing that today might bebe the last. she puts the tribal population at the forefront of r effort.. -- >> the very culturere is to be part of the earth. becauseare uprooted -- of the tricks being played by the system that does not rights, they do not just fight for humanity, but for what they are part of. defense of private rights is defense of the future. several thousand live in the heart of mumbai in a forest. just behind these roadside barriers exists another world.

>> we e live here in peace, and the first gives us everything we need. and have a vegetable garden eat vegetables growing in the forest. reporter: there are close to 104 million indigenous people in the country, or than any other country in the world. their land is shrinking every day. >> the towers you see are those of the hotel. , andthey were just trees the river, and my father and i went fishing in the river. no, it looks like these buildings will slowly take over. reporter: there is a a metro trn and parking spot ---- parking site. it has divided the population. the first time, they are supported by many residents, and

even bollywood stars. >> we want to see one more issue. this will not be happening at all. early october, hundreds of trees were cut in the middle of the night and t te situation n got tense. people were arrested for protesting. at a rally of them with her husband. >> you like your cables hehere d stand d in line. yourr candles here and stand in line. >> according to the tradition, the tribe are there protectors. >> these arere unprecedented protesters -- protests. people of all ages took to the streets. it is up to our government to decide whether in the textbooks of future generations it wants to appear as the one who saved our planet or vice versa. we met the indian

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