anchor: hello and welcome. i'm laura cellier a. it is 1:00 in the french capital. these are the international headlines this hour. his france headed for another lockdown? president macron h holds a specl cabinet meeting on the recorddrus a day after a 10,000 new caseses were recorded in a single daday. clovis is down at police say - elysee palace. half a million people evacuated as record wildfires tear through the u.s. state of oregon.

across theires pacific northwhwest, including n washington state and california. at l least 14 people have been killed. ththousands of p people fororceo sleeeep out in the open for a third night after a fire at a refugee camp in greece. 10 states have agreed to taking the 100 minors. a warning that words are not enough to solve this crisis. this hour.headldlines watching france 24. the french president is expected to announce new measures to fight the spread of the coronavirus amid a spike in cases here. emmanuel macron is meeting with e afterrs at the elyse

france posted a record one day total of just under 10,000 new cases. the government is reluctant to pose a new lockdown n due to the damage to the economy. the french economy is in recession and expected to shrink further this year. our reporter, clovis casali, is down at the elysee. we are waiting to hear what these restrictions about look like. any idea what they might be? we'll thought these would be tough measures, hard decisions need to be taken. that's why you have this special cabinet meeting. president emmanuel macron has said there is no need to panic, but there is a need to be realistic and to clarify the course of action for the coming days, the coming weeks. whatever decision is taken today, the impact, the effect will be seen in three weeks. for the time being, hospitals in france are not saturated.

there are still enough beds in intensive care units, but they are following record numbers, 10,000 or so infections, new cases of covid-19 in less than 24 hours. what is to expect? for the time being, we are told there should be instead of 14 days in self-isolation -- that will be brought down to seven days, seven days that need to be carefully respected by anyone who has symptoms of covid-19. then, there is the question of bars and restaurants. restaurants m might be ordedereo close earlier for the time being -- say 11:00 p.m., like in cities such as marseille. the big question is, will there be another national lock down? the government is reluctant to order such a lockdown because it would damage even more french businesses that have suffered so much during the past few months.

but there could be some local clusters if there are and a worrying rise in figures in local areas. when the implement in a partial lockdown in some areas, it worked. it proved very effective. so that is an option the government is considering. then there is of course the testing. france is conducting a lot more tests of covid-19 than it did in the previous month. that brought a lot of criticism against the government. but the testing is not being conducted in a very orderly fashion. in paris, we witnessed people queuing for hours in order to get testing, and the government is urged by doctors, by people from the medical sector, to bring a bit of order. for instance, give priority to those who do have symptoms of covid-19, or those who have been in contact with people infected

with coronavirirus. that would bring about more order, make the testing more effective also. those are options that are being considered by the government. the announcement that of course everybody is waiting for in france should arrive this afternoon. laura: thank you very much. clovis casali with the latest as we wait to see what emmanuel macron has to say about new restrictions to stop the coronavirus. the french scientific council, which is in charge of making recommendations to the government on how to handle the outbreak, has urged leaders to act now to slow the spread of the disease, what exactly are the scientific guidelines, and are e the frerench ready anand g to hear restrtrictions question mark. i would has this report -- pierre daoud has the report. pierre: franchise ramped up -- france has ramped up tests in

recent weeks, what most people are still unaware of how to isolate efficiently. >> [speaking french] >> [speaking french] pierre: according to francis scscientific councilil, when it comes to isolation, the sooner, the better. [speaking french] pierre: to make the process clear to all, the council has issued new recommendations. the first scenario is if the patient is showing symptoms such as coughs or fever. they should self-isolate for seven days before even getting the test results. if the patient does not present symptoms but tested positive for covid, they should also

self-isolate for seven days. a third scscenario is if the patient has been in contact with someone who has tested positive. then, they should ststart a seven-day self-isolation period as soon as they can. if the results come back positive, isolate for another three days at least. when confronted with everyday easy --ese could be could be difficult to apapply. the scieientists at council recently reduced the recommended quarantine from 14 to seven days, basing its decision on scientific data, and hoping it would help the general public accept it at her. this friday's defense counsel meeting will have to decide to what extenent it will follow the council recommendation. laura: more than half a million people had to flee their homes in oregon as dozens of wilildfis rage out of contntrol. the biggest fires in state history are being fanned by unusually strong, hot winds.

at least four people have died. officials say the number could be higher. it brings to 14 the number of people confirmed dead as wildfires continue to burn across the northwestern region. ellen gaines ford has this report. total scenes of destruction. wiwifires have read havoc in abbott -- in oregon. 500,000 people, around d an eigt of the state's total population, have been told to evacuate. >> we heard we have got to get out now. all we had was time to grab basic stuff real fast and just get out. housee saw black over the -- ellen kullman fires across several western states have caused cap -- apocalyptic skies during daytime hours -- a combination of high winds, heat waves, and lightning storms crated a tuner box. unprecededented conditions have sparked blazes acrosss washington, oregon, and

californrnia. for the governor of oregon, they are clearly a product of climate change. >> this will not be a one-time event. unfortunately, it is the bellwether of the future. we are feeling the acute impacts of climate change. we are seeing its devastating impactct in oregon, on the west coast, and frankly throughout the entire world. ellen: in california, there are at least 29,000 fires burning across the state. in washington statate, the big harlow fire is b burning through 22,000 acres of national forest. spent thousands of people a third night in the open after a fire at a refugee camp on the greek island of lese both. 13,000 people were being housed in the squalid moria camp. a total of 10 e.u. countries,

including france, germany, and the netherlands have agreed to share out some 400 minors between them. we go to the island of lesbos. our correspondent, natalie, is at the moria camp, or what is left of it. some of the refugees are now effectively homeless. they have been sleeping rough for three nights. what are they hoping happens now? natalie: it has really been harrowing tales s we have been hearing all morning. fromm lefefa family man kandahar, afafghanistan. he was with his six kids and pregnant wife, sleeping under a tent. this is the third time they have to relocate. the two previous times, the place where they were staying essentially caught fire. he was describing scenes where the children were screaming. now, they have reached this place. and yet things have not improved, he says.

his son, sammy, who was one-year-old, has a burned arm, not from this firire, but froroa previousus time when he got earned. it has not healed, although it has been several months. he had no medicine to give him. he also has a heart condition. the medics have not been able to attend to that. meanwhile, the basics are not getting covered. getust made five euros to two bottles of water and some bread, because a black market has already started where he is staying it has just been really difficult. he is giving his one-year-old with some sugar, for lack of milk. he is not allowed to go further down to get the milk himself, because there are barricades put up by police. police have put barricades because there is also fear of the coronavirus spreading,

because 35 migrants were diagnosed with it last weeee these 35 migrants have not been located since. so it has the authority's really scrambling to try to contain the virus. this is the last crisis that they need at the moment. thehe moment, right behind curve, right behindd me, where i could not stay because there iss no internet connection for me to do live, is unfortunately where thousands of families -- navies, children, pregnant women, women on their own are staying, waiting, hoping forr help,p, but not from the aututhorities, omom the ngo's, from m europe. laura: there is going to be some help from europe. 10 e.u. countries say they will people underinors, 18, children. that still leaves more than 12,000 people. what happens to those people now?

natalie: you did the math correctly, exactly. 12,000 people. i will have to repeat -- many babies, many children, no medicine, no food, very little food, very little water, a swelteriring heat at t the mome. we are hearing reports -- it has not been confirmed by ththe authorities. there is a huge empty space behind the curve. what we have been hearing is they arere bringing in tents but the big question is, is this tempororary? is this more permanent? one of the families has been here for n nine monthshs. they are still waiting. their application, the beginning of their application, will start to be processed when the interview starts next year. another man i was speaking to has been waiting for four years to see his applilication. the real question is -- we are .atching up

also residents of this island -- they want to help, but what else can they do? what is the european union doing? we are paying for p problems and mistakes that we are really not reresponsible for. 400 unaccompanied minors is of coururse very welcome, and a hue help, but as you said, a and rightly pointed out, we are talking about 12,000 people, and that is just on this island. laura: thank you. natalie is on the greek island of lesbos. , helped byrefighters army helicopters, have managed to put out a fire in the port of beirut. the blaze broke out roughly a month after a massive explosion at the port killeled dozens of pepeople. offificials sasay the fire wawas caused by welding during repair workrk. the damage caused by the explosion -- the fire blanketed

district and smoke and panicked residents still coming to terms with last month's explosion. brexit trade talks are to continue, even after the u.k. rejected the e.u.'s ultimatum to scrap plans to override a withdrawal agreement. earlier this week, the british governmentnt said itit would brh parts ofof the treaty it signedn january, admitting that would be a violation of international law. e.u. leaders will destroy -- warned the move will destroy any remaining trust between the two sides. reporter: the latest round of u.k.-e.u. trade talks hav wrapped up, but leaders say there has been little progress. , thea bitter row brewing e.u. chief negotiator stressed the importance of trust between the two sides. the u.k. has announced plalans o break the brexit divorce deal with new legislation.

this will reduce oversight between trade o of britain and northern ireland. speight the e.u. demand for bills to be taken off the table by threats of retaliation, the u.k. says it is not backing down. committed. the vice president requested that the u.k. also withdraw its internal market legisislation. i explained to the vice prpresident that we could not ad would not do that, and instead i stressed the vital importance of reaching agreement to the jobs committee on more important questions. reporter: the u.k. government says the law will guarantee trade, while critics say it coululd threataten the good iday agreement, which promises no hard border between northern ireland and the irish republic. laura: back to the u.s. and the candidates for the white house will be appearing separately at memorial events to mark 19 years since the 9/11 terrorist

attacks. this friday, almost 3000 people were killed in four hijacked plane attacks on new york come up at the pentagon, and in pennsylvania. this year's events have been scaled down, in line with coronavirus restrictions. there will be a video tribute at ground zero in manhattan, with prerecorded statements from the families. joe biden will be there but is not expected to speak. mike pence wilill also make e an appearance. both biden and trump are then nationalto visit the memorial near shanksville, pennsylvania. pennsylvania could be a decider in this year's election. a reminder of our international headlines this hour. couldd france be headed d for another r lockdown? president macron has calleled a special cacabinet meeting onon e coronavirus a day after a record 10,000 new cases were recorded. people have been

evacuated as record wildfires tear through the u.s. state of ororegon. dozens of fires are blazing across the pacific northwest, including in washington n state and california. at least 14 pepeople have been killed. dozens of people forced to sleep out in the open for a night after fires at a refugee camp in greece. 10 e.u. countries have agreed to take in 400 minorors between th. a warning that words are not enough to solve the crisis. time for thehe businesess news. joining me in studio is catherine bennett. going to start with the chieff executive e of the global mining company, the of tinto. he is stepping down, along with two other executives, because the company destroyed two ancient aboriginal caves and shareholders got very upset and stepped into act. catherine: that is r right. the ceo of rio tinto, along with two other senior executives, is

leaving the company by mutual agreement with the board. rio tinto blew up the rockk shelteters in may this year, in order to expand d on iron ore mine. the caves were 46,000 years old and sat on top of 8 million tons of high grade iron ore with an of 32 millione australian dollars. but the bonuses obviously were not enough. they were forced to take further action. spoke to our australian correspondent, who explained just how profitable this region and australia is. advocatates for aboriginal prottition say so much has s ben lost over the years. either legegally or illegally. all of these losses sadly hihighlight the popower imbalale between the mining industry in

the country's traditional owners. in this particular case,e, with rio tintoto, the cultural signifificance of the caves shod not be underestitimated. the site has been described by archaeologists as home to the dawning ofof humanity. years,s back 4646,000 making the 17,000-year-old caves in the south of france look like modern art in comparison. accocording to the state's aboriginal affairs minister, last year, the $29 billion made by rio tinto -- a whopping $22 billion came out of the region where the caves are located. need,hasizes the greater the need for this company to have a greater underananding of the commmmunity in w which it generates most of its profits. laurura: the u.k. has secured is first major free trail deal since it left the european union. the deal with japan is based on a previous trade agreement

between japan and the e.u. the e.u. government says it is worth 15.2 billion pounds. about 99% of exports will be tariff free under the deal. for the u.k., this represents a stepping stone to a transpacific partnership. let's have a listen.. >> there is a commitment frorom ththe japapanese to expreress or supppport. we w want to create a clear papathway. we seeee it asas a veryy i impo, high standard d agreement. this week, i had a meetingng wih all of the e chief negotiatorss from t the tpp c countries.. wewe are now in exexploratory t. we hope to submit our formal plans early next year. laura: let's look at how the markets are reacting to that. in europe, stocks are mixed. the agreement from japan is boosting investor sentiment in london, with the footsie -- the ftse up 0.5%.

at the brexit withdrawal agreement struggles are weighing on other indexes come up with hovering around the flat line. stocks in asia closed in positive territory, the nikkei, shanghai composite it -- composite, and shanghai index just over 0.5%. indexney, the australian 0.75%psx 200 fell over after the rio tininto scandal. shares of the country's australianan arm also fell 5 59. mining companies saw a related dip. moving to silicon valley, wheree google and twitterer have enactd measures to combat t the spreadf misinformamation about the upcoming u.s. p presidentntial elecection. e trumump campaign n has sa that big g tex should not be the arbiter of truth. catherine viette has the story. catherine: cracking down on misinformation on its platform, twitter has announced new

measures meant to reassure the public ahead of thee u.s. presidential election. the tech company will label or remove false or misleading information intended to undermine public confidence in an e election or other civic prprocess. gets of tweets that could flagged include unverified information like election ,igging or ballot tamperingng misleading claims about the outcome of the vote, or premature claims of victory. it is not the e first time twitr has taken action. announced the company it was banning political advertising on its platform and flag t tweets by u u.s. presidet donana trumpmp about mail-in "misleading." the president has accused the company of interfering in the 2020 election. twitter's decision comes as tech companies feel the pressure terrain and rumors, viral videos, and conspiracy theories that run rampant on social media.

being accused of political bias, some platforms are beginning to take action. google just announced a tweak to its auto complete function in the search bar that will prevent incorrect information about election results showing up in searches. last, facebook said it would and political ads in the week before the election. microsoft and attackers with ties to russia, china, and iran are trying to meddle in the 2020 election, targeting u.s. politicacal parties and cacampas on both sides of ththe ra. airlines isingapore going to cut 4003 hundred jobs, or 20% of its workforce, due e o what it cause -- calls the debilitating effects of the pandemic. the airline expects to be operating at less than 50% capacity next year. the group initially managed to resist job cuts because the

airline does not havee a domestc market. the position soon became untenable. sudan, the country y has to cloud an economic state of emergency. making the price of basic goods -- the up to 100% company has the second-highest rate of inflation in the world after venezuela, at more than 143 percent. the government will set up special courts over the coming days to fight financial crime, from smuggling to black-market trading. that wraps up the business for me. laura: thank you veryy much. we will take a short break. don't go away. more to come. ♪ ♪ >> some of the world's most influential people talk to france 24. >> the government cannot do much. >> polititicians.

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