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do not miss our investigation on "france 24" and france24.com. >> a warm welcome to "france 24." this is life from paris, and these are our top stories this monday. lebanon names its new prime minister mustapha adib, who was the ambassador to germany, this ahead of another trip by france's emmanuel macron to pave the way forward based on reforms in exchange for bailout funds. a historic first flight takes off from israel to the united arab emirates, carrying high-ranking israeli and u.s. delegations to abu dhabi for talks, the first concrete expression of the so-called peace agreement between the two countries. deal for sudan's government and rebel groups, all but two of them, covering key

issues around security, power-sharining, and return of people who fled their homes because of fighting. program in up on our business news, looking at how export rules in beijing creating obstacles for the chinese-owned video app tiktok. do stay tuned. ♪ thank you so much for being with us this monday. we start with lebanon, where pressure has been piling to form any political packed to lift the country out of its multiple crises. this comes a month after an explosion ripped through the capital port, destroying large parts of beirut, killing nearly 200 people and living thousands homeless. the ambassador to germany was

named prime minister. that is mustapha adib. this after getting the support the majority of votes, and lebanese p people say he represents the political elite that they reject. let's bring in our correspondent from beirut. greaeat to have you with a spear tell us more about mustapha adib . -- great to have you with us. tell us more about mustapha adib . >> mustapha adib was lebanon's ambassador to germany. he is an academicic. he is cutple saying from the same cloth as d diab. there is an attttempt to poinint toward the technocratic government, somebody who is a specialist rather ththan a traditioional politician. but he does have a pololitical backgrouound, used to be advisir to a former prime ministeter, wo was one ofof the peoeople who nonominated him.

he has expererience working with the u.n. and u.n.. agencies and has worked on electoral reform. many people in the 1 11an want t to be reformed -- inin lebanon wawant that to be reformeded. he does havave some political experience, mostly in the internatioional sphere. thatat is why many people say he might be the right p person r ththis role. one of the most important t this to be done right now i is negotiatining with parartners fr the aidid coming in and in terms of moving forward, looking for the right reforms for lebanon. tonight,macron landnding the next big event, and many peopople feel this s pushed thrh ththis nomination because emmanl macron has been pushining so had for some sort ofof governmental reform. many people on the streets saying this m makes no differene because he has been nominated by the same parliament, three

quarters of the parliamentary blocvote w went to h him today which is very differentt fromm hassan dbb w who got far f fewer votes. this is a more united level of support, but many people say he is still the same sort of person as the previous prime minister. faces aow that adib plethora of challenges, one of them being that people, certainly the opposition, have dismissed him as someone who is cut from the same cloth. indeed. meetings just a requesting him become the nenew permitit is to, and he adib made his first speech in whicich he said t this is a a time for actn and we mustst move forward, bute asked d people to o pray for his government, to support them. he said this is lebanan's last chance to move forwaward. so he is saying all the right things, but already some concernsns. fifit, there i is a rumumor goig

around that he refused to take a pcr covovid test befofore arrivg fromermamany sosome say he is part of the e e and expects to be treated especially. and because the same pararliamet nominatedd the last couplele governments s here and nominatad furious with are this governmnment they see as reresponsible r r allowing t the explosion to happen. they f feel he will be the same and d is backed by thehe old el. anand he has so o many issues so deal with. the o ongoing issues s before ts explosion, the economic crisis losining 80% of thehe currency valueue here, leaeaving people struggling for food,d, strugglingng to o pay their ren, anand 300,000 now w homes in be. the governrnment admitted they d not know about this ammonium nitrate. and cooperation with

international partners, and people on the streets say they believe the president does not support them and they believe anyone from this parliament does not support them. protesters are people carrying injuries from the explosion. tomorrow is the 100th anniversrsary of the declaration of an independent lebanon, and emmanuel macron will be here meeting with the new premise or -- prime minister, and people will be on the streets protesting. >> thank you for that update, reporting from beirut. duke stay tuned for "france 24" for special coverage at 6:00 p.m. paris time this evening, live from beirut -- do stay tuned. also this monday, an el al jet is caring israeli and u.s. government officials to abu dhabi, the first commercial flight between the jewish state and any persian gulf country.

officials say this is a symbolic and some stance of -- substantial demonstration of improvoved ties, and it is being dubbed as a historic agreement. however, according to some observers, this was a peace deal in name only. flight between to levine -- tel aviv and abu dhabi, another landmark moment after ththe normalalization relations and the united arab emirates lifting of their boycott on israel. now trade and cooperatation can officially kick k off on all fron.. for whatpopens the door i can ly call unbridled trade, tourism, invesestments, exchangs between the middle east to most advanced economies. >> t the israeli finance minisiy expects bilateral trade to rise roughly to an $6.5 billion.

on top of tourism, israeli and emirati businesses are signing deals in medical research, agriculture. israel says it will help improve water desalination and crop growing in the deserts. technology and the diamond sector. the deal with the united arab emirates s strengthens isrsrae's energetic s surity. the country gets its oil through turkish pipelines, but the emirates bring an alternative route. normalization will smoothen the transfer of u.s. defense technology to the united arab emirates. those defending the deal say it has helped stop a dangerous escalation in the israeli-palestinian conflict. the is really threat to the jordan valley. but prime minister netanyahu has said those plans are only to -- temporarily suspended. >> for more, let's bring in dr.

cohen, a former media advisor to benjamin netanyahu. thank you so much for being with us once again on "france 24." this is a first flight between the two countries. indeed, very much so historic in that sense. but the agreement itself fortifies an already existing relationship, does it not? it fortifies an existing relationship, of course, but also opens up many possibilities. i as a taurus cannot fly to buy. in tel aviv -- cannot fly to dubai. there is a huge change here in the fact that the relationship is now opened. and we have to bear in mind that the flight from tel aviv to the emirates tododay flew over s sai arabia. . . that cannot be i ignored flights have neverer been alllld to flyly over saudi arabia. so while saudi's may not yet

been on board, this good start in the very near future. >> interesting that you mentioned that. pompeo failed to persuade other arab nations, talking about sue blue raint -- sudan, -- bahrain, and oman --couldd that be on the c card? you mentntiod saudi ararabia. eventually what we are seeing nowow is the middlele east dideded into two exexisting groupsps of countries. on the one hand, countries which arhohonestly seekiking peace and ospeperi andnd security for their p people. this is s something that isrsral and the uae are s showing the rt of the regioion as possible. on the other hand, you h have countries like lebanon and syria and iraq, which are dominated by iran, and they have a anything t

peace, p prosperity, security. so it is pick your sidede, which sidede you wanant to be yoyoungi think that the saudis and gulf states in many of the otother ab nations, such as sudan, will be on the side of peace, prosperityty, and security, ratr than thehe s of iranan, which hs proven t to be very iffy for countries like gavin, -- yemene, lebanon, syria. >> peace, prosperity, security use it several times, but the palestinians are not consulted. they have said they feel abandoned. they're saying what this scenario has done is swap one nightmare for another. annexation is being left out of the equation. i think the palestinians' probllem is they hahave not decd which side e they want to b be , alignining wit the iranians or with countries that are seeking peace and prosperity, which is not only for the benefit of

israelis, it is for the entire middle east. i think they have made several badd choices over the past decadedes, always missssing the opopportunity to basically have peace in this region. shouldn't they be at the table? >> i think the palestinians should be at the negototiating table.e. they have e not been foror the t decade they have refused it. i think they should be there. therere are closed neighbors. wewe should be discussing issues with the palestinian government. we're not going to put t the entire middldle east onn hold ul someone dedecides they need a changege. they should d now board this trn very quickly. i think you will find israel forging relationwiwith many of the countries in the region, and palestinians can either get on board be left behind. it is their choice, the choice of their leaders, because i

think the people would rather be on board. >> israel claims it wants the palestinians on the negotiation table. yet, at this point in time, the future of a two-state solution hangs by a thread more than ever, don't you agree? look, i'm not even looking at how we envision the s solution o ththe currentt situationon in te mimiddle east. all i can say is we have to move forward. no p point in statanding at the point t in which we are at thiss moment. all previous american n presides who have triried to inflfluencet isis going on in the middle e et have failedd becauause they sett on the point of the palestinians, , let's do o withe palelestinians want, andnd then relay i it to the rest t of theb nation t they have sent t to the arab nations, look, we do not have to wait around. they know what is on thehe tabl. no one is going to o be uprooted from their homes.

we a are not goingng to deny isl the securitity that israel deserves. anand the palestinians have to t on board because time is not in their favor. and this is something i think they can see now more than ever. >> palestinians have to get on board without being at that negotiating table for the time being. thank you for sharing your insights with us here on "france 24." sudan's government which has signed a peace agreement with the country's rebel groups, all but two of them, said to be a pivotal step in bringing the 17-your conflict to an end. forging peace with rebels has been a cornerstone of the transitional government which came to power after the overthrow of bashir over a year ago. a formal signing ceremony is supposed t to take place this money -- this monday.y. for more, i would like to bring who joinsrespondent

us from nairobi. to isamu being with us. what do we know about this agreement so far, and how significant is i it, wouldld you say? absolutely, this deal isis seen as a significant milestone for sudan. year, soiorititized last it has taken about a year to get it done. it is basically meant to adadess the root causes to the cononflit also things like the legislative counsnsel too be unblocked so they can move the country forward. it is also meant t to address te areas, but these areas have n not remained unoccupied, so this is something that the government will have to handle delicately. other things they will have to address i i autonomy of areas that feel marginalized.

main know that two of the rebel groups have not signed, and that is the very reason we cannot really say thatat this ia historic agreement. why did they decide not to join this agreement?? why,it is not clear exactly even though one of the leaders didn't attend the talk -- did attend the talk. also the largest constituency. ththis deal, one of the things t is meant to agree on isis the ws crisis of armed groups will be brought into the national army. expertrts say the way thisilille done or the way they agree upon it may become appealing to these large groups that have not signed this a deal. in turn, if it is appealing enough, those groups may come en board.

this may begin the firstst step fofor democracy inin sudan. >> thank you for bringing us that update from nairobi. island -- an italian in arrivalsn uptick of migrants and asylum-m-seeker, and d the mayor is calling for a strike aimed at a government which does not have a strategy. over the recent months, the country had been struggling with daily arrivals of hundreds of migrants to the southern shores. the process has been complicated by security measures in to the coronavirus pandemic. let's take a look at this report. italy'srs a at a beach in smoke bilill is from a boat carrying about 20 migrants. at least thrhree on board died after the e vessel caught fire. it is the latest drama in the

rising influx of migrants to italy. almost 400 people packed onto a fishing boat reached the island on saturday. their arrival prompted protests i locals, with some trying to prevent migrants from disembarking. >> [speaking foreign language] >> the mayor said the island could no longer cope with the influx of migrants and called for a general strike from monday. just hours earlier, anotherer 49 people were brought to the island they had been rescued by the italian coast guard from a dangerously overcrowded charity rescue boat funded by street artist banksy. ththe new arrivals were taken to an emergency reception center on the island which houses almost 1200 people, 10 times its maximum capacity.

according to the interior ministry data, some 18,000 migrants have reached italy's shorts so far this year compared to just under 5000 in the same period in 2019. >> time for our business news segment, and i am joined by our correspondent. tiktok is under a great deal of pressure from the trump administration to find a u.s. buyer before the november deadline, but there are more challenges. >> absolutely. china recenently updated the lit ofof technologies that are restricted for export and added technology for civilian use to the list, and that means social media at. it means for tiktok that the chinese over -- owner will have to seek a license from the chinese government before it can find a buyer. getting approval from beijing and going through the process of getting it could slow down the eventual sale.

the company has a bit of leeway, but the clock is ticking. there is the november deadline, november 12, and it has until the deadline to find a buyer before it is effectively banned in the u.s., one of its largest markets. the app is wildly popular and is still growing, has over 100 million monthly active users in the u.s. so it will not necessarily be difficult to find offers. software giant oracle said it will be bidding and wants to expand into video. and walmarart announced it wille partnering with microsofoft and also putting in a bid. so they have been forced into this position of having to sell the video app because of this ongoing economic war between the trump administration and china. the former ceo of tiktok said much the same thing when he resigned last week, resigning just after three months in the world. he said he had not anticipated just how much the social media app would be embroiled in the u.s.-china trade -- u.s.-china

trade tensions. moving onto the opening of economic ties between two other countries, israel and united arab emirates. businessss leaders in both countries are hoping that new diplomatic tieies will also meaa boosost in trade. let's take a look at the sectors that could benefit from this development. while this s first flht between tel aviv and abu dhabi holds a promise of normalized relations between israel and uae, it points to thehe lucratie areas between the two countries. >> it opens the door for an unbridled tradede, tourism, investment, exchanges betweeeen the mimiddle east's two most advanced economies. >> despite a boycott on trade relations a place between the two countries since 1972, experts have estimated that unofficial exchanges between israel and the gulf states, including uae, will have 2019.nted to $1 billion by

another finance minister of israel hopes to boost that to $6.5 billion. there will be a number of deals in the health sector in the works. an investment committee based in dubai is set to partner with and israeli startup which specializes in coronavirus tests. another deal between the obligor be stem cell cenenter and a therapeutics as the abu dhabi stem cell center and a therapeutics company is in the works. israel dominates the high-tech industry, and the uae hopes to geget access s to the state-of-the-art technology of the countrtry. on its shopping list, drones, cybersecurity machinery, and defense highly coveted system while weapon manufacturers and israel look forward to opening up the market to the uae, the israeli p prime minister does not want ththe country to lose its edge in the region. benjamin netanyahu vetoed the at 35request to buy

stealth fighters, a move that disappointed the uae. president trump has had following the country's peace efforts in the middle east, the f 35 sale is under review. if youou needed further proof of the dominance of f the u.s. tech sectctor, a new report from -- [inaudible] the report says that tech stocks alone in the u.s. have become more valuable than the entire european stock market. the market cap of the u.s. tech sector has reached $9.1 trillion, which surpasses europe, including the u.k. and switzerland, $8.9 trillion. the five top tech companies, apple, microsoft, alphabet, amazon, and facebook accounted for a full 17.5% of the s&p 500 earlier this year. the pandemic has helped all things tech, pushing tech stocks to staggering heights. amazon's share price is now around 20 times higher than it was 10 years ago. apple is worth more than all of france's cac companies combined.

that is business, rather staggering news from the stock markets. >> thank you very much for that. and thank you for w watching. stay t tuned. more news coming up from me and the

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