>> thanks for joining us here on "france 24." these are the headlines. casting greenhouse gases even further, coming together to tackle migration, and calling for a european health union. she has given her first eu state of the union address. the commission chief sketched out her hopes for a post covid europe the new prime minister of japan takes over for shinzo abe. the economic policies with little -- many expecting little

deviation from the predecessor. a new to the tour de france. champ dropsng out. the colombian cyclist had been struggling and will place 16th in the race overall. this hour, are things looking up for the global economy? we will have the details coming up in our business update. ♪ -- a chancela on th for her to look back at the past year's achievement and announce the priorities for the coming year. the eu commission president has

been explaining how the block will address the ongoing coronavirus crisis and how they could build a better, greener future. let's hear a little more from her. >> people want to move out of this corona world. out of this uncertainty. they are ready to change. they are ready to move on. tos is the moment for europe lead the way from this fragility towards a new vitality. olivia: for some analysis of that speech we have been speaking to catherine nicholson, our europe editor, who has been following the development in brussels. yenherine: ursula von der lee was trying to outline at her first address, she believes europe has held it together during this pandemic. secondly, she believes this is the time when europe really

needs to start page one of building its new future. three points to that new future, the economic side of course. jobs and industry. secondly, digital transformation. also, the big european green new deal. thewrite -- might remember big policy that was supposed to leyen's first year in office. she came back with a big policy announcement saying it was going to go forward with an even bigger reduction in emissions in the eu then had been previously put forward. other general to point out, she talks about the rule of law and respect for democratic values. that being evidence of some backsliding in a certain member states.

zones that have been are heavilyou criticized. she says these are humanity free zones. they will not be tolerated in the eu. quite strong message. sheave all seen the fires, said the european commission would be bringing forward new proposal for a joint european response to migration. that includes new legal pathways to migration into the eu. she expects all member states to step up on this. theia: you mentioned importance of eu member states holding together. presenting a united front. they have relationships with other countries around the world. what did she have to say about those ties? -- foreignabsolutely

policy issues are really massive. that started with brexit. firstly, underlining her support for the european commission negotiator. talks with the u.k. have become very difficult at this point. there is very little time left dealould poor -- secure a by the end of october. the ministers s have said they would be prepared to break letrnational law that would them override certain parts of the brakes a deal, the withdraw agreement. thisa von der leyen said cannot be unilaterally changed. the party of boris johnson saying britain does not break

treaties. we will have to see what they do at that, of course. on other foreign-policy areas there was the expression of support from protesters in russia, thet poisoning of alexey navalny on russian territory. a clear pattern of behavior in russia poisoning opponents of the kremlin. said this is now a pattern of behavior by the russian state. trump talking about states retreating into nationalism and isolationism. saying we are not about europe first. the eu wants revenue look at unilateralist reform. the world health organization, which donald trump is taking the united states out of. this ishina, she said

the most important relationship in many ways for the european union. also the most challenging as she called on europeans not to call out human rights abusers. she pointed out two examples in withkong and the situation people being detained in camps. o japan where yoshihide suga stepped into the new role as prime minister after shinzo abe announced he would step down citing health reasons. the elected head of the ruling liberal democratic party on monday -- much of the attention has been on how he will form a new government. some don't expect a lot of cabinets a former chief secretary has vowed to continue on the path laid out by his predecessor.

a roar of laughter when another member of his own party -- with another member of his own party. there was little surprise as yoshihide suga was elected japan's 99 prime minister by an overwhelming majority. the main opposition being far behind. this is the first new prime minister in almost eight years. few expect anything more than a simple change ofof face. [speaking japapanese] leadershipe party's race on the promise of stability and continuity. japan's gdp shrunk by almost 8% in the second quarter of this year amid the coronavirus pandemic. the so-called abenomics failed

to strenengthen the economy. the relationship with united states is a specter to be contininued after the previous administration p paved the way. -- issssues suchch as the territotorial debatate wh pressureemainenedeadlolocked. >> strengthening thehe u.s.-japn securityty alliancnce. he won't shy away from anything against chinina. theia: with roughly half cabinet made up of members of the previous one and having shinzo abe's brother is the defense minister, the government is largely seen as more of the same. timeormalization of between the united emirates, rianan, theybah

have warned israel w will face military escalatioion if itt cocontinues in the area. this came following rocket fire from the palestinian territory. thousands of palestinians protested the signing of that deal in washington. reporter: israeli airstrikes, skyt the early morning over gaza city. the retaliation for r rockets fired hours earlier. while one was intercepted. another made contact in the coastal town. hitting a shopping complex and injuring two people. gaza on erupted across tuesday against the israel between -- against the deal ain,een israel, bahria and the uae.

protesters called it a stab in the b back. reporter: the uae and bahrain's peace deal with the palestinians as a prerequisite. plan -- some question the motives behind the agreement. >> this is only for the money. dhabi, it is all about the money. president trump: i spoke with the king of saudi arabia. reporter: donald trump says he expects saudi arabia will join the growing list of arab countries to recognize israel. later the kingdom announced its support for the palestinian people and the comprehensive solution to the palestinian issue. olivia: in the united states the

family of breonna taylor has receceived a $12 m million settlement in n their wrongful death lawsuit. taylor was killed by police six months ago when they raided her apartment looking for someone else. seeking justice for the 26-year-old's death has become a cry for justice in the black lives matter movement alongside protests against the killing of other african-americans including george floyd. say her name, breonna taylor. it has become a rallying cry across the united states. now they see justice against police violence. attributes of the life to the 26-year-old whose dreams of coming a nurse -- becoming a nurse were cut short in a botched raid. after months of protest, the city of louisville has announced they reached a settlement in a civil raw suit -- lawsuit with the taylylor family. >> louisville metro government

agrees to make several important policy changes. this settlement includes a --ment to rihanna's estate breonna taylor's estate of $12 million. reporter: what really makes an unprecedented is the number of reforms louisville p police evey -- have agreed to. in a move to try and quell breonnas they passed the law, barring that no-knock warrant's. increased accountability are needed to assure changnge. >> it is s only the beginning of justice for b breonna. we must not lose focus on what the real job is. please continue to say her name. breonna taylor. reporter: central to the black lives matter movement, her

portrait continues to make headlines with everyday citizens refusing that breonna taylor become just ananother name. of african-americans killed by police. olivia: in india, health authorities have announced more than 5 million cases of coronavirus as the pandemic extends its grip on the country. ththis puts indidia number two behind the united states for cases of covid-19. the country recording its biggest daily rise in some time now. it becomes -- it comes despite a has beenckdown that eased so much. the economy has taken a serious hit. the 24% slump in gdp in the first quarter. france there are fears that university students could be fueling a resurgence of the coronavirus as new clusters have been detected in student populations across the country. political science school have been forced to switch to switch to online learning as a result.

many on-campus official events have been canceled. many students continue to meet in bars and at each other's homes. from queuing up the bar to queuing up a covid-19 test, these students are getting checked after dozens of f them tested posositive for the virus following nights out with friends they hadn't seen in months. [speaking french] reporter: this bar could be where the outbreak started. they expected 50 students, 200 showed up. the organizer said they tried to be careful. [speaking french] the campus is shut for

weekend classes have moved online. [speaking french] reporter:nfections have been detected amongng students f forl across france, includingng almot 100 cases -- 60 around montpelier. ofvia: let's get a reminder our top stories this hour. greenhouse gases casting even further, coming together to tackle migration, and calling for eight european health union. le has givener her first addressyen as president of the european commission. a new prime minister of japan as yoshihide suga takes over for

shinzo abe. many expecting little deviation from the past set out by his predecessor. it's time for sports now. the news that has thrown a twist into the tour de france. defending champ has annnced he is dropping out of the race. harding, who is race.ng the stage 17 is kicking off i believe you are at a pretty steep location, could you tell us more about where you are? simon: i have almost 2000 meters of. -- up. cameraleague behind the will show you the picturesque

scenery that there is behind me here in the french alps. the second m mountain statate -e stage in a series of three grueling legs in this final week of the tour de france. don't be full by the beautiful scenery. we were able to take the road the riders s will have one hella ride up this mountaiain gradien. climb to o get up to where i am right now. it iss g getting to be very complicated. climb,his uatategoreded the harder one. .hat will be even higher u up 2300 meters. 21 k kilometers up. they willstage where be hoping they could maintain the yellow j jersey. any riders hoping to challenge

for the number one spot will have to attack and try to mamake up time. this team has so far dominated the tour de france, hands down. olivia: that does look like very beautiful scenery but really quite treacherous, as well. 'sat about egan bernal departure? does this come as a surprise? not really as a surprise. we saw egan bernal had been struggling from the start of this 107th edition of the tour de france. he lost a further 11 minutes primoz roglic.st egan bernal carried an injury into the tour de france, which a back injury. then a leg injury. he's only 23 years old.

manager basically said it w was too much of a a risk tt hihim to conontinue the stage. that het even sure would've finished within the required time limit. that would've been worse than him bowing out of the race as they eventually decided to do. olivia: thank you very much, simon harding reporting for us. it is now time for some business news. stephen carroll joins me on stage. you are starting w with a new snapshot of the global economy. perhaps some good wsws? stephen: perhaps. says the global economy will shrink by 4.5% this year. that is the worst slump in decades. slightly less of a contraction then the organization predicted back in june.

the united states,s, eurozone, d france have improved.. you could see from the stickers, ance is set to shrink by 9.5%. so it is less bad then it is good. they are expecting the indian economy to shrink by 10% this year. says theization stimulus programs have helped to stave off the worst of this crisis but they will need to continue for some time to come. olivia: let's hold onto that hope of a less bad. ththe latest on the bibid to sae tik tock fromom beingananned e unitited states. stephen:n: accccording to ririos reports, the plan n would puputk totock's global business into a new company where the current a majorityd be sharareholder and then o oracle, minority holding -- owner.

treasury secretary steven mnuchin says they are committed to making tik tock global a u.s. headquartered company. this in an effort to put distance betweenen the app and s chinese owners. president t has set a deadline o this sunday or risk h having the appp banand. facingkok could be scrutiny in the united states. the wall street journal reporting the federal trade commission could bring an antitrust case against the social network by the end of the year. the report says the final decicision has n not yet been m. the competition regulator suspends more than a year investigating whether facebook used its dominant position inin social media to stifle competition. facebook is making its case to .he commissssion they sought a a pay record $5

pay an in fines -- saw it record $5 billion n in fines. olivia: there is perhaps some good news for some company? the spanish group says it has reached a turning point over the sumummer after seeing a massive slump in sales earlier in the year. sales were just under 90% of what they were in the same period last year with the fashion retailer attempting to bring the company back to prprofitabilility. of 6% after thahat ws on the improved picture foror the company -- up 6% after the news on improved picture for the company. investors looking ahead to the meeting with the federal reserve, which wraps up later on. we are not expecting a change in interest rates but looking to hear how the central b bank is viewing the state of the number one economy. olivia: i know you set a

snapshot of the economy right now was not all that rosie. under report from the u.s. census bureau about how things were before the pandemic struck. stephen: the number of americans liviving in poverty hit a record low inin 2019.9. 10.5% of people in the u.s. were living below the poverty line last year. household incomes increased to their highest level on record and unemployment was at its lowest level in 50 years. all of that has changed since the survey was done. joblessness has skyrocketed. around 10 million fewer people were employed in august compared to february of this year. olivia: and france, we were able to travel domestically fofor our holidays, even still, not many takingng plas. industries,ost travel the domestic only travel only hitting some p parts o of th cocountry.

smaller airports in france facicing extra challengeges. not just ththat massiveve drop business. also, competition from high-speed rails, which the government wants to replace many internal flights. reporter: hours of waiting for these taxi drivers but no customers in sight. even with the lifting of lockdown measures, the terminals at bordeaux airport remain empty. the numberer of passengers has plummeted, 79% less in july then a year ago. this knock of -- lack of travelers has an effect. many airport shops or cafes have been closed or forced to reduce their hours. the pandemic has thrown a wrench into the airport development plans. 160 9 million euros had been earmarked to expand the terminals and improve infrastructure.. the project has been put on hold. [speaking french]

reporter: the f final blow f for some, the end of the a air frane shuttle flight. passengers flew it last year. of customers and employees this airport maintenance company, this means the end of rapid dedeliveries for needed parts. [speaking french] reporter: bordeaux airport facing an uncertain future as other airlines contemplate service cuts, too. olivia: very sadadly, for thosef liveo lovove culturere and music, concerts are off the

agenda for the momoment. one streamaming servrvice is investing in virtual gigs. spot of five signed a deal to promote live streaming performances. thosef i will promote services. unlike amazon, it will be streaming the show under the label. the music industry has been looking for replacement to its traditional cash cow. streaming shows have sort of popularity this year. making almost $20 million in one streamed gig last junene. olivia: let's s leave it a as a viviable plan b. thank you for the business update, stephen. coming up later, our focus reporter is zooming in on freedom of the press.

there are few worse offenders than china. the country is wearing to 180 on presess freedomm scale -- isn't 177th out of 180 on ththe press freeeedom scale. we willl

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