twenty four .com. i am due to swell to life in paris will dis and analysis from france twenty four i'm not going these are the headlines thousands of asylum seekers left homeleless after fire guts the migrantt camp on lesbos. i went into crisis. pledges of help from around here. the lawyer who worked closely with the opposition belarus's taken custody maxim not possible work mas to his friends by computer at the same time eyewitnesses report he wasas forced d out ofs home by men. balaclavas due to my tiffany's now all the french luxury john l. and t. h. one

cool deal with that kind of firms about for. during the copa. ninety towns that make. going to end up in a lawsuit eight x. will deplete perhaps not go. this is a life. thank you very much for being with us so migrant camp that housed thirteen thousand migrants on the greek island of lesbos he's not a smoldering mass of charred debris. fires destroyed the site and plunged down into a deep crisis people who'd risked everything to make it this far have now lost w what little they have left most of the clothes they were wearing. the sleeping wherever they can use it on the ground the u. s. and senior officials to greece to assess how best to respond unless both of the people at the center of the crisis. right now a desperate. yes the party

was there. and see the people scream at me. and then the rana made from congo i have no do nothing for me and then we didn't we would have. what over there is your food you values over three motive because- to do in order to upgrade some of the n. word from the actual website that in lesbos european commission president us live on the line is dispatched senior officials to greece. and promised will offer support to refugees. aftfter a fire swept through the market can so thirty the people the shocks and few possessions they had of gone. how it all started distilling known campus. sheltered migrants since twenty fifteen. in twenty fifteen risking everything to find a better life thousands of people

fled war and violence in their homelands and ended up on the greek island of lesbos. as europe struggled to deal with the huge influx of refugees the mori a cap on a former military base would soon become the emblem of the continent's handling of a humanitarian crisis. a c camp made to accommodate twenty seven hundred at its height house twenty thousand more than seven times its capacity conditions quickly deteriorated scanned in this overcrowded moria camp there is no your openness founders people are lacking the- water and there is no water inside the camp no electricity you have to be five of going with the family to the tightest union nine because of ththe insecurity inside account. migrants came mostly from afghanistan syria iraq and pakistan. under pressure from the united nations several e. u. member states agreed to take in seven thousand of the refugees and as of august

twenty twenty there were thirteen thousand refugees at the camp. seven thousand or more than half were children four hundred of them were unaccompanied minors. although some locals volunteered to help many of the islands eighty six thousand people grew increasingly resentful. protests against the camp turned violent calls on the e. u. to help have resulted in funds to care for the refugees but many european leaders have refused to let the migrants into their countries. and we'll have more on the situation in leles wilsonon he now admits nit a paris time. let's move to another major story the day belarus investigators said prominent opposition figures maria kalashnikov and maxim snack have been detained in the national security investigation the crackdown on protest is being ramped up further. countries investigative committee which investigates

major crimes. said in a statement the tubing held as the best can in coal urging. aimed at harming national. they join a number of top critics of president alexaxander lukashenko already in jail. shinto is telling very much diffeferent story. let's get som morore why do now this is the situation we're joined by the tasha lynch that who's a specialist on authoritarian regimes intensities you how would you assess the situation in belarus right now. well it's definityy incredibly tense and this is quite differerent from prorotess that we'veeen i in belarus in the past they've taken place i n 200-011-2000 fifteen and two thousand seventeen. during those times protest maybe brought out thousands of people these protests at some one point brought out almost two hundred thousand people so this is a much bigger challenge that lukashenko hasta face than he's ever faced before. and he's starting to see thahat he h how people. just being very vocal

about the fact that these elections are unfair often the tipping point is an unfair election of these elections haveve been unfair for some time now with. 80% of the public supporting him supposedly that's r really impossible we're seeing more people that are willing to say they've had enough of the repression they've had enough of all their civil liberties. being violated with the harsh work restrictions with all the violations to press freedom. and he doesn't really have anything else to back it up he often says well i'm the only leader that you can have that can maintain stability in belarus and they're no longer really buying. this campaign that he seems to be trying to feed his public now the key will be what the security institutionsns do byy that i men ththe military the policee arere they going to be willing to use. repreression onn theheir on people thus far he'e's h had a y tighght grip on these institutions and they have been willing to repress people will see there's a tipping point. there's a point. where enough

people come to the streets the they see that the right on the- typically these of regimes so. they tend to make things very bloody very protracted and they tend not to leave power and i think we could see russia gegetting invololved too. whahae do thehe russians plplay so o f. russia iss proroed up therere. i mean t there is would really be able to survive without rurussi. not j jt all the trade that they do withth one another the financial support the support to thehem security institutions but also the advice that we give to the chrisistian co which is basically- as almost like a big brother supporting the christiann go cononantly. from the ststdpoint it wowod be an absolute n nightmare if belarur- leadership was toppled because it is easy to control location go and eat he wouldn't't want couldn't wouldn't want any kind of democracy would wantt chaos. in belarus so i thinknk we're gonna see e russia and put out all the stops to ensure that you can crop up we should go

and ensure that he stays in power. spotlighted taken of sky who is the opposition figure against in the election set to free the country in favor of a life- maria callas. kolesnikov up who was a scene along side- had during the campaign she is now under arrest maxim snack also has been taken into custody in very sinister circumstances natasha i'm shook the e. u. in some way steppin. campy you step in. i'm not sure that you can they can threaten. and that they've been threatening this for some timeme now we see that- belarus has been referred to as the last dictatorship in europe. it's been abusing human rights. abusing civil liberties it's been it's actually one of the most abusive regimes in the world this is been going on for decades now because lukashenko's been in power.r. fr over two decades and the european union really hasn't done much about it now the issue is that's different is that we're seeing people come

to the streets. i'm really asking for support in asking for help. but when therere are ese facee offs between the european union and russia thus far we've seen russia usually whwhen. the session instead experts at home or- authoritarian regimes journey is that from a- southern england thank you very much indeed for joining us we are keeping an eye on all developments. on the situation in minsk. thanks to live from paris no more than six people to meet up at any time in england. your rules or by the government as the number of covered nineteen cases goes up and up here france twenty fofou. correspondent with this. the critics england's new coronavirus measureres are insufficient at best and incoherence at worst. social gatheringsgs i indoors and o ous of more than six people will be banned from next monday. except in schools workplaces weddings funerals and organized team sports. you must not meet

socially in groups of more than six. and if you do you will be breaking the law. i wish that we did not have to take this step. but as you'll prime minister. i must do what is necessary to stop the spread of the virus. and to save lives. tighter restrictions have been introduced in the northwestern town of bolton spapas a and restaurants there will be limited to take away and m must close between ten pm and five am every day. well in the welsh town of caerphilly a new local lockdown has been announced with no one allowed to leave the county until at least october. england wales northern ireland and scotland individually dececide on their own coronavirus measures. the u. k. has europe's highest death toll. and has recorded more than three hundred and fifty five th k. since the beginning of the pandemic.

groups of no bigger than six than. in england. from monday meanwhile here in france the promises yououng cast x. is in self isolation after spending a day traveling with the tooool directive the told france. who himself tested positive. code ninineteen now cast texas contested apparently he's negative france is facing a resurgence of cover ninety with the eight thousand cases in the past twenty four hours. sandy this is included thirty you deaths. french scientific council though is saying the closing bazm banning crowds isn't the solution. they're looking at targeted isolation of people judged to be at risk. and we'll close watching violence on the cover landscape. one voluntnteer for a a trial vaccine in the u. k. is developed a serious illness and because of this the ox the trial the one that was held by the world health organization is the most promimising has been put on holdd look at the

astrazeneca lapa stopped while scientists. reassess it's a major blow to one of the leading contenders for cave eight nineteen vaccine. the liberty tree astrazeneca has been forced to posese all of its trials after patient reacted badly to treatments. uk health secretary matt hancock says it's all about safety first. well obviously i draw this went completely smoothlhly however with absolutely clear that safety comes first with the vaccine so there's been a poles while they investigate. an incident. and this happened before and then the polls been lifted- but it just shows how much of an emphasis we put on the safety of the vaccine even though of course- we're old desperate to save work. astrazeneca is one of the most advanced labs involved in the global search for a vaccine along with madonna on fizer in the us and send it back and said a farm in china. in august the reports that the united states was aiming for fast track approval of the vaccine

by november. second gene the lab formed an agreement with europe's inclusive vaccines alliance to provide consonant with up to four hundred million doses of its vaccine with deliveries plan to stop by the end of the year. now delayed and already under great pressure it's uncertain whether the process will pan out that way. yeah the bar trees are experiencingng totally unprecedented pressure. he did not have already received state money that wasn't budgeted full which doesn't fit into the normal framework. so obviously they're under pressure and of course to discover something you need time and then not being given the- top. corner local safely. faced by this pressure nine big globs revealed in a joint mesessage on tuesday thahat they will persevere. and that the main priorityty is to find a safe and effective vaccine. election to be held in the region of northern ethiopia and spotted fears of an all out civil conflict. the turnout in the region of tigray was 97% according to the local officials. meanwhile the capital addis ababa president-

ibm cloud is struggling to hold the nation together under his rule. the election of the ethiopian government hoped wouldn't happen for at least not today. as the number of coronavirus cases in the east african nation continues to rise lawmakers in addis ababa decided to postpone this year's elections. and extend the mandate of both federal and regional politicians. but they take growing region in the country's north decided to press on regardless. hello hello night listening with a lot of. can help me. by the number. but it's not unheard of by most i not. that is like a- thirty. can you cannot much it let left. saturday it is another commit with him as a- officials in take has if federal government intervenes it would amount to a declaration of war. but where is fedederal p politicians have insisted that the results of

the vote will be unconstitutional they have ruled out a military intervention. the relationship between addis ababa on the region has become increasingly tense in recent years. to grinds make up only 6% of the ethiopian population for decades wielded disproportionate influence in the federal government. bottle changed in twenty eighteen when anti government protests went incumbent prime minister abiye ahmed to power. and there's even speculation that the region might one day become. the only people have started to question. if your r pixel phone. many in the intelligigence you have to use. have started to agree with our analysis the ruling to grind people's liliberation front rejects the idea of independence. but even if succession is not on the cards in the immediate future this disputed election is another sign that the relationship between tehran leaders on the- governrnment iss set to deteriorate. even

further. in the course of along with a african to keep very eye on the c. that in ethiopia. jonathan out of business and who better jonas thing kate moody good evening to you mark- the major deal between. two luxury giants is o on the r roc. i was capable not mine out partly because of the french government to explain. at will market the complicated story and it'll perhaps not surprise you to learn that it does involve donald trump. at the american jeweler tiffany. planning to sell to sue lvmh after it backed out of a sixteen point two billion dollar takeover. at a paris based fashion giant said the french government had pressured it to delay the process. as it waited the next move in a trans atlantic trade spat. the trio explains. the french govovernmet just for peter the biggest deal of the luxury goods indusustry has ever seen. not accorording o govevernment sourcrces. they saa letter sent to luxury leviathan lvmh asking it to defer acquisition of u. s. units if

any in company for a sixteen billion dollars walls in no way finding. robert paris was apparently seeking breathing room to assess the fallout from potential new terrorists from washington. mostly on the luxury sector. in a context of international negotiations that is very significant with our partners the french government is neither naive nor passive we have goals that we want to achieve. there's a current discussion with a certain nunumber of partners especially the united states. the us has threatened to slap 1100% tariffs on two point four billion dollars of french products in response to news that two mister bush attacks on global tech giants. something that has been now been postponed until december after the u. s. presidential election. lvmh's insisted the letter was legal and valid leaving the conglomerate no choice. but to further define already delayed closing costs november walk away. however it comes against the backdrop of a luxury sector stricken by coronavirus and evaporatiting consumer spending. seventy

source excessive losses in the first and second quarterers of forty five and 29% respectively. its share price has been trading ten dollars below the hundred and thirty five dollars lvmh agreed w would pay last year. leaving some asking if it wasn't either paying for the us company. stephanie for its part is pushing forward it is taking lvmh. to court to get the deal three. tiffany had quite in your at the in trump tower. well meanwhile the french finance news bruno le maire has said that the united states is blocking it talks on those international taxes on digital giants and that europe should prepare to go ahead with the regional plan by the end of this year. france's so called gas attacks was what sparked this chapter of trade tensions with washington and it's clear sign that the tussle is far from over. a second is trading action n now wall street has rallied from its big losses earlier this week a slightly paring back by the close. the dow jones and in about four hundred points higher it had been up as much as six hundred and fifty earlier in the

session. j. heavy nasdaq closed up about two point 7% its major components including apple google facebook amazon and tesla. had lost a combined trillion dollars in market value in the last three sessions all of them ended higher this wednesday. shares of tiffany had dropped as much as 10% they closed down six. all of image closed flat in paris. major european indices also rebounded after their sell off earlier this week- the london footsie one hundred and calculus in paris each getting about forty one point four percent. shares in frankfort in milan for closer to two. the british pound meanwhile dropped to a six week low against both the euro and the dollar amid renewed brexit uncertainty. moving on some of the day's other business headlines now. united airlines says it's reached a preliminary deal with pilots unions that would reduce the number of layoffs in the coming mononths. the carrier had planned to cut or furlough some sixteen thousand employeeses. this deal could save some three thousand jobs. other us carriers arere also plannnning major cuts starting in october.

when the terms of their federal aid packages are due to expire. ryanair has further cut its annual passenger target from sixty to fifty million saying it expects this winter travel market to be a write off. the low cost carrier says it will further slash prices to twenty high suppliers. boss michael o'leary has lashed out for his government's handling of the pandemic notably criticizing its quarantine policies. he told the bbc uk airports should expand testing to allow for the safe return. national problem. and the trump administration is preparing an order that would ban imports of products includingg cotton textiles and tomatoes. china's xinjiang region. formal announcement is pending it centers around all of forced labor and the mistreatment of uighur muslims in that thomas northwestern territory. mark of course that region also the focus of a separate controversy with human rights activists criticizing disney performing its latest hitt milan the milan filmed in

that session john province- were old the actual seasons the week is. allegedly well documented for makers of proved that being carried out including. the committee filmmakers here france twenty four. at kate thank you very much. indeed okay the business great to see. cross the street catholic nasha day approrove is with us i get the nice to see you now then with me to watch of course. take talks in trouble tell us whwhy. okay so for those who perhaps aren't too familiar with the app it's a video sharing. social network where users can upload short form mobile app content so- thirty three year old veteran he uploaded the as- video into. facebook originally on august thirty first and then this video went on to make its way into the other. social media platforms including tick tock facebook has said that it removed the video from its- feed it as soon as it was posted. however take talk has been a struggling a bit to get this footage out of its own

network. it seems that- take talks- scroll system has betrayed its users this time because as you can see it when you scroll through tick tock. of videos play automatically through a feature called auto play so many of the users were already halfway through the video befe t they were able to scroll away from it. many of the users between the age of thirteen and twenty five so it was quite traumatizing. another feature from the from this platfoform that made it didiffit is algorithm. and it's for you and the following- following feature you can see they add a lot of viralal content. so a lot of the content that goes on here doesn't include those people that you follow like. facebook and instagram. so in this for a lot of take t tock u. have been insuringng- signs off warning to stay away from the social network- to stay away

from this video that is very as you can see here this user saying. please try not to go on to talk today or tomorrow there is a very graphic video going around. another user this is a youtube youtube blogger she was saying that she was staying away from the network all together just to avoid this video because- they still haven't been able to remove it completely. because even though they said they have removed the content and they're banning accounts. there are a lot of people who are re uploading this video through sneaky. edits and bait content so they are as they are re editing t ths video through. videos of cute animals or kittens such as this one this user was saying hi guys you probably heard of the video going around please stay away from this. video of a kitten. who that actually. a up being the video of this man who is committing suicide so- this is definitely alarming because it's not the first time. that

this happens on social media on tick tock. back in february there was a case of a brazilian teenager who live streamed his suicide and- they took nearly three hours to call the police but- this is definitely alarming. also considering that- this happens through instagram facebook. y youtube ad so there's a lot a long way to go mark when it comes to social responsibility- considering disturbing content on these platforms okay that's a tick tock the a friend she's outlet you many take. as cement with the backlash after publishing a controversial cartoon amenity the- it's the communist party newspaper was one of trump's. well they have published this image. the is a map of the young who's she used to be a former french cyclist she is now a french commentator and consultants- she works for phones david and this is a whole geography. and she is

interviewing him in this image and he also happens to be her boyfriend- here in english this translates to is your name can you please respond to these questions for phones tv- alluding to a lot of things and- this cartoon was obvious. it's part of a total difference chronicle. by antoine bears so he's discussing how sexual activity relates to cycling performances during the- racing season. so a lot of people obviously this is met with a lot of backlash a lot of people thinking that this image was very d degrading. very sexist se obviously responded to thisis saying tha there's no respect. for woman and the latin mini thing they immediately remove this image of the publish it and they- an apology towards the- commentator and journalist- however the author seems to be a bit. less apologetic and one bear he compared the situation to.

charlie hebdo. so i hear he says agency is spent it's been as the cartoonists who drew up the illustration. and he's obviously losing two of freedom of speech was which is a huge debate in france since. this happening and here- also if you get a whole publish the saying- we feel sorry for her but we can't let this- we can't let any of this come between our liberty. so a debate on freedom of speech as well the data catalina thank y you very much intake kathleen we do watch cable business thank you toooo. thanks for being with us there was more to come by for powers.

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