♪ >> hello and welcome to "france 24," i am laura cellier, and these are the international. headlines at this. hour. coronavirus of the past 30 million as health experts warn of an alarming rise of infections in europe. in israel, a second straight national lockdown is coming in full force. the latest from our

inrespondent, irris makler, jerusalem. coronavirus cases almost doubling every week. millions in northern engngnd are now w banned from mixingithh other households. as the end to the violent crackdown in belarus, dissidents the inosition leaders as battle president lukashenko closes western borders and puts the army on high alert. those are the headlines at this hour. thanks joining us. you are watching "france 24." ♪ first, the number of people infected with the coronavirus

worldwide has now topped 30 million. the worst affected regions are the united states, india, brazil, and herere in europe. the world health organization of thened that the rates spread of the virus here is alarming. well, over in israel, millions of people are going into a new national lockdown for the second this coincides with the jewish new year rosh hashanah and will extend through the high holiday. jerusalem correspondent irris makler is live with that now. a very strict lockdown i is comg into force as we speak. tetell us more about it. irris: 12,2, i think i can finiy hear the sound of sirens.

all i heard d yesterday was s te sound of rushing. but ifif you want to get anythig done, last-minute shopping, last anything for your foodod preparationsns, you had to do it this morning. you also had to finish her work and geget to where y you are go, where you are going to spend the night, where you are going to spend, in fact, the next two nights, because we are locked in for the ne jewisish new year celebration. this will know that be in force, and doing all of those last-minute preparations have a lot people attending the service outside. untilof people are here the corn s shop cleded, so i realizes theyeople are inside for the jewish new year, and i think they will be celebrating that way. irris, this lockdown is

not popular, in israel, is it? of course, lockdkdowns rarely a. people are pretty fed up about it. are fed up because itit is hoholiday, and when thee change begins, i still was not sure how far this could go. no one in israel was. it was still being sorted out. so you are constantly checking that app, you are constantly monitoring the media. that leaves people dazed and confused. they don't like it. the police do not like it. restrictions are changing from moment to moment. inis exposising fault lines israeli society. ultra-orthodox -- there are people who resent the ultra-orthodox.

the ultra-orththodox say in n tt case, if we can't pray in small groups, why can n the secular theirts outside do protesting? there is a feeling that society is crumblingng under the pressue of this lockdown, under the pressure of the coronavirus. laura: irris makler, thank you. irris makler there in jerusalem. people in northeast england are facing new restrictions. from today, people will be banned frorom socializing g in s or gardedens witith people fromm outside their households. the health minister refuses to rule out a new nationwide lockdown if cases cocontinue to rise. kathy clifford have the latest. hy: re-tightening covid --trictions amid the spy in spike in cases. new light is rules coming into force this friday. >> the number of people hospitalized with coronavirus is

doubling about every eight days, so we do need to take action. theerday, i took action in northeasast, working witthee council there, where there has been a very sharp rise. it is absolutely critical that peopople follow these rules. tohy: he refused comment on a second lockdown, saying it is the last line of defense. they will be enforcing it inn several difffferent locations. residents there will have to reduce the number of people that they interact with outside their households, and entertainment venues will have to close their doors early, and restaurants and bars will only be able to offer table service. the current surge in cases has left the testing system struggling to cope with h deman. >> i've been trying since monday. today, i am really excited, bebecause just over three hours and i was given

this time, this appointment, at this location, only to find to turn up here like everyoyone el, and there is no one here to see us. cathy: facing heavy criticicism for r its handling of the testig crisis, the government announced on thursday it would set aside extra funds to help relieve the strain. laura: here in france, tighter measures to control the spread of the virus in nice, including a ban on i indoor gatherings of more than 10 people. such gatherings were imposed elsewhere, including marseille. that is partly due to a rise in the number of people being tested. the government says it has ordered 5 million more test, and the complaints of a long wait times for results and for tests. health authorities in madrid say they are overwhelmed by a rise in cases there and are calling for assistance from the central government. the number of people affected in and around the capital account for one-third of cases

nationwide. much lessin spain is deadly this time around. reports.tbon shirli: they have struggled with the first lockdown ananspring. now they drag new crippling measures as their neighborhood is one of the worst-hit in europe.. >> [speaking spanish] shirli: because this isis one of the capital's poorest, most-crowded areas, the kinds of jobs residents have here often cannot be completed from home. this means if they are locked down, they could lose more income, while authorities could

keep other, wealthier neighborhoods open. >> [speaking spanish] shirli: madrid is in a crisis. casesird of spain's new are diagnosed here, and there are a lot of new infections -- 100,000 across the country in a week. although the disease is not as deadly as in the first wave, local officials, normally in charge of these types of health management issues, have called national leaders for help. they need assistance to avert the crisis getting out of control. laura: well, as most of europe battles a second surge, sweden, which did not impose strict measures, now has one of the continent's lowest rates of infection. the swedish trend box the rest of the western world, so is it now paying off? series ofest in a

reports, catherine noris trent has more. inside, leading scientists are working on covid testing and vaccines, but also on a pioneering treatment, with the help of a furry friend. tyson n the alpaca. >> that's tyson there. he h has the a antibodieies agat the sars cov 2 virus. others have small antibodies. cath: that can block the covid campaign. >> we put this antibody on top of that, so that just blocks that, and if we can do that in a patient, we will stop the patient from developing the disease. blood samples,ca

they can clone a short-term treatment, most likely to emerge as a mouse priority hail or. >> these antibodies or -- a as a mouth inhaler. >> we find something that is functional. cath: a treatment that could be ready by may 2021. laura: this promising new technology is still in the experimental phases, needing to go through animal and then human testing, but at one day, it could be a powerful tool in the fight against coronavirus. that was cath norris-trent there. tensions are rising in daily route, where president poroshenko has putut the armrmyn high alert and has close the border with poland and lithuania. tens of thousands have been taken to the streets on a weekly

basis in protest of his disputed reelection last month. totoday, the u.n. human rights council meets to discuss the situation. witnessssed thousands of arreststs, hundrededs of reportf torture and other ill-treatatme, including sexual violence, and the repoported tortuture of children. the violelent abduction off peoe in badad daylight t by m masked individuals, preresumably on the basis of theieir peacefully expressed opinions, armed police and security personnelel are beg dedeployed in a n near-sysystemc pattern of unnecessary o excessivive use of force against largely peaceful demonstrarator. well, our correspondent talked about how they tried to stopping.eeting from

russia,r respect by china, and venezuela to basically prohibit some of the intervrventions by the u.n. experts and also by an opposition candididate and a baylor bruce activist on grounds of procedure, which was rejected by the austrian chair of the council, so a very heated exchange, and we had very heated exchange f from the experts h hn rights on n belarus who said thy had reported evidence of ovever 500 cases of torture, thousands of people having been arrested, lockdowns of internet sites, and also persecution of journalists and forced disappearances and killings of some people, so a very dramatic c situation. and the intervention by manyny foreign ministers from neighboring countries, from europe, from denmark, the nordic countries, ukrkraine, anand oth,

urging baylolor brucece -- belas to come back to normality y and respecect the rightsts of its citizens to freedom of association and freedom of expression. experts aren. talking about the crackdown, jon, but can we expect any concrete reaction? >> yes, there hasas been circululated a draft resolututi, puput forward by germany, member states, and others, and this draft resolution calls on the belarus government to allow all of the special u.n. experts to into belararus to look at the alallegations and to have frfree access to all the places of its detention, etctc., and also cals on the high commissionener provide an oral updadate to the council before the end of the year in a detailed report

and you have further sessions. the focus here is to have an international spotlight on bruce --uce -- baylor belarus. there..ohn costas the u.s. eastttered coast. the storm has now weakened to a post-tropical cyclone, but experts are warning that tornadoes remain a rest. bolivia's interim president says she is pulling out of next month's presidential race. jeanine añez says she hopes it will strengthen other candidates who are running against forormer morales, who fled amidst nationwide protest. >> bololivians interim president says she will no longer run in

the election. ms. anez: [speaking spanish] >> jeanine añez took office in november last year, when national protests over alleged vote rigging pushed morales to resign and self exilile in mexi. in january, she sparked controversy by announcing her candidacy for t the october 18 vote, contradicting her original pledge to hold a new election and bow out. on wednesday, a well-regarded poll put her in fourth place. the candidate for morales' movement f for socialism party leading with 40%. by pulling out of the race, anez reduces the chances of victory with just two viable

conservative candidates on t the ballot. the government has beeeen accusd of using the country's justice system to persecute the former leader's allies. morales was himself charged with terrorism in a case that rights groups say lack evidence. laura: global cases of the coronavirus have topped 30 million. health experts warning of an alarming rise in infections in europe. in israel, a second strict national lockdown is coming into force, just as the jewish high holidays began. british government is considering a new national lockdown with a number of cases there doubling almost every week . millions of people in the north of england are now banned from mixing with othther households. and there e are calls for an end to a violent crackdown in baylor elarus as the

embattled president lukashenko closes western borders and puts the army on high alert. those are the top s stories we "france 24d here on ." now we have the latest business news. we will start with the chinese filesharing app tiktok. president trump says he will ban it. another company has said it will possibly buy it. >> that is right, laura. has whole week, it really been setting up this last-minute scrabble to find a deal, while walmart is the latest player to be involved. the company is taking a major stake in a new u u.s.-owned tiktok, co-owned with oracle. they plan to hold an initial public offering on the app on the u.s. stock exchange. we have the details. >> the clock is ticking for

tiktok. its owner is scrabbling to broker a deal with an american deal ahead of the 20th of september deadline, which would vanhe social media app stateside if the u.s. buyer is not found. oracle in walmart and notpipeline, but they may buy. majority of stake in the company. he comes after talks with microsoft fell apart, although not according to the president. pres. trump: well, we are making a decision. we spoke today to walmart, oracle. i guess microsoft is involved. we will make a decision soon. >> the u.s. are playing tiktok is a national threat to u.s. national security, fearing that millions of u.s. users could be mined by beijing. the company plans an ipo year,

allowing american investors to get in on the action. but it is not just washington that must get on board. >> [speaking chinese] >> and it is the latest chapter ---n increasingly tense billions of dollars in goods with the u.s. urging alallies to shun chinese technology. >> next up, low cost carrier ryan air is cutting more flights next month than at first announced. itit is announcing a 20% cut in addition to the 20% cut already in place. just the latest bad news for the airline sector, grappling with the health care crisis and the

economic downturn. ryanair also said it called " mismanagement of covid travel policies." many forced to navigate 1414-daylolong quarantines from country to countntry. tataking a l look at some e of e day's trading actioion, european markets are trading along the flat line so far. about .5%,is, down the ftse down almost t the same amount, .1 percent. shares of ryanair, meanwhile, on the e london stockck exchange, e plplunged. slight gain come around .5%5%. moving out of spain, where a major banking merger has beenn announunced. caixabankes through, merger will result in jobs lost. we have the story. create spain's

abankia,bank, caix which will rival others like banko sasantandeder. operation, we form a first spanish franchise atat a time when it i is more necessary than ever to create entities with critical m mass to support the needs of families and companies and to strengthen the soundness of the financial system. abankareholders in caix would have three-quarters of the bank's shares, while bank ia's would have the rest. out012, the state bailed bankia with 22 billion euros, of which it has only regained a fraction. thata had a flirtation

small shareholders lose money. -- on trial for fraud. a bank that was a bailed out by the e people could fire e tens f thouousands of them. toparing the famous deal alibaba. thisey are calling "alibaba and the 40 thieves," and they will use the password "open sesame. >> the merger is to be in 2021, pending approval from competition and government authoritieies. >> next up, , the director of te united nation's fooood program s pleadiding for help. david beasley says some 30 wayne kelly -- 30 million people around the world are in danger of starving. most calling on the well-off to play their part and donate directly. take a lisisten. david: well, worldwide, there are about 2000 billionaires with

a net worth off $8 8 trillion. in my home country, the united states, the are 12 indivividuals worth $1 trillion. i am not opposed to people making money. that is not the issue here, bubt humanity is fafacing the greatet crcrisis few of us have seen in our lifetimemes. fors those -- - it is time those of us whwho have the mosto step up and help those in need in the most six ordinary time in history. >> and finally, according to the ,uropean court of records argentine lionel messi can trademark his name. a sportswear company argued his logo would be confused with the logo of messi's own brand, an argument ultimately rejected by judges. pointing out he has already the world's highest-paid footballer, last year earning just over 100 million euros. laura: some might say he is worth every penny. [laughter] >> some might say that. laura: we are taking a short

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