newsroom. it is 10:00 p.m. in paris and these are the latest headlines. emmanuel macron says france is losing control of the covid-19 outbreak in has to react. the president goes on tv to announce that curfews have been agreed to with my 2000 new infections confirmed nationwide in the past 24 hours. schools shut and bars and restaurants ordered to close from barcelonana to liverpool. other european countries tighten their belts to prevent the virus from taking any further routes.

it has been described as a first step on a 1000 mile journey. israel and lebanon meet on their land order to discuss a prolonged dispute over their sea border and talks overseas by the u.s. and the u.n. ♪ the streets of several french cities will be locked from this coming saturday as the government pulls out weapons in its war against covid-19. in a televised interviewew, president mccrone has announced that between 9:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m., a curfew will be brought in for at least four weeks in the e capital and its its surrounding region and in other

hotspot cities. the state of health emergency is being reimposed to deal with the crisis but mccrone did make it clear that a new nationwide lockdown would be disproportionate. this is a snippet of what he told. >> [speaking non-english languauage] >> w wlisted into the president's interview. he gives us hisis take on what s announced. he says france can get through this crisis if citizens stick

together but at the same time, the president also saying they should avoid sticking together and limit their contact with curfews beinnkhis tool of choice. >> y yeah. this is not the lockdown that we saw back in april. in response to the first wave. measures then were much tougher than they are now. but the government doesn't seem to identify one of the big problems and that is a social mixing, particularly amongngst e young. the curfew doesn't seem intended by a and large t to try to restt that from happening. restaurants will have to close at 9:00. cinemas, theaters, bars, this is going to have a big setback on

the entertainment business, the hospitality industry. not surprisising, many people ae not going to be happy about it. president lecrone says there would bebe financial compensati. in the past two months, that has been. he said that t will continue to for many people, it is not enough. for them, that period of 8:00 to 9:00 is crucial to the restaurant business. we have seen reaction on social media from many restaurant owners. direction is very angry. just the reaction is very angry. the president is saying we have to do something about it, we are introducing these measures to make sure we don't see this sort ofof parties that have been takg place, one of the major cluster areas with a spread of the virus, we have to put a stop to that. if people go out after 9:00,

they will be fined. if they d do it agagain, they wl be fined 1500 euros. there is no doubt the seriousness of the approach, trying to deal with the spread of the second wave through these methods. >> if we look at the recent data from the government, the infection rate does show that the outbreak is worsening on french soil. >> yeah, there is no doubt about it. president macron spokoke of 20,0 new cases every day and around 200 deaths every day. it does seem to be exaggerated a little bit, though when the last 24 hours, as he pointed out, 2222,591 cases, 104 deaths. the big problem is the strain being put on the hospital system. intensive care units are

already, in paris, almomost at saturation point. 90% of beds are taken. icu beds are taken by covid patients.. nationwide, the situation isn't as bad, it isis 32%. but that is in the early ststag. ththey think thihis will contine for r at least three w weeks. there is a big difference this time around from the last time. then, the concentration was in paris and the eastern parts of france and northeast. this time, it is all over the country. whereas before, you could take patients from strasburg, move them to the southwest of france, this time, you c can't do that. in the southwest, they ours facing -- they are facing the same difficulties. >> thank you for that analysis. next, the point is to seize this

moment to avoid the misery of another national lockdown. that is what the british prime minister had to say as he defended his restrictions which have come into force across england. in some pockets, authorities think boris j johnson has n notn strict enough. northern ireland has the most stringent restrictions, it shut all its escorts -- all its schools, pups, and bars. >> thehe fellow budget people, e people -- for the persons, it for p protecting christmas and stuff. >> it is going to be a long winterer. >> it is more curious, they are stopping serving alcohol in

shops after 8:00 p.m. >> in other world news, the kremlin has come out to say it won't stand by and be walked over by the european union. the russian foreign minister has announced that moscow will respond in kind after brussels slapped sanctions on a string of officials and allies of the president in response to the poisoning of the putin c critic alexey navalny. >> russia and the eu locked in a tit-for-tat game after m moscow responded to sanctions on six officials who the eu sabr involved in the poisoning of alexey navalny. moscow will enforce its typical penalties. >> [indiscernible]

>> the eu plans to freeze the assets of that six individuals as well as of a separate entity. they will face a european travel ban. moscow's respondent said it might freeze its contacts with the 27 nation bloc. the sanctions came after the u.n. chemical weapons s watchdog confirmed germany, france, and sweden's findings that navalny was poisoned by a nervrve agent, an attack navalny says was made on putin's orders which moscow denies. >> [speaking non-english language]

>> navalny is a critic of vladimir putin. he collapsed on a flight in august after coming in contact with the nerve agent. they are saying the case was used to a attack a former soviet spy and his daughter in 2018. >> let's head now to moscow and bring in our correspondent there. who is on this list of sanctions? >> there has been a report in the new york times thahat it cou include a d deputy head of the presidentiti administration, the head of rushers securitity serve -- of russia's secucurity servi, a couple off deputy ministers of dedefense, the presidential envy toto siberia, in this i institue being referrrr to which h is the soviet era institute for organic

chemistry research. this was used in soviet times to develop novichok. this is a high level list of people and his organization that will be sanctioned, they won't be able to travel to the eu, would be able to useessets thatt they have in the eu. specifics will be announcnced tomorrow butut those people e oe listst does seem to underline te seriousness of the russian response we have seen today. >> how might moscow responded to these sanctions from brussels? >> t the foreign, his response s that m moscow would make reciprocal measures against the eu, so we are likely to see sanctions, actions against eu officials themselves. the russians are unhappy about

how the germans in french have managed this process. germany has never provided evidence, the russians say, of the poisoning. germany has said that the russians have had plenty of time to take their own samples and work out whether a poison was used. today, the president of spokesman also said it takes two to tango, wewe need to have mutl inspections, so t there are liky to be swift and firm reactions to this from moscow. >> thank you very much. moving on, geographically, they are neighbors but there has been a bitter dispupute raging over their shared fence. israel and lebanon met to discuss their maritime border disputes. american and u.n. mediators describing the brief as being

productive. both countries were not expecting any major inroads to be made, they have agreed to meet again in two weeks. >> at eight u.n. border base, mediated talks began on wednesday morning between two old foes, lebanon and israel. in 850 square meter patch of the mediterranean sea, with a point where the two countries m meet d each site has territorial claims. the waters are abundant with natural gaza and oil -- with natural gas and oil but they remain off-limits for commercial developing, starving both countries of resources. for lebanon, the implications could be huge with a $6 billion available from the natural aghast, hoping it would overcome its debt. the country is in its worst economic crisis in modern history and is reeling from the

beirut port blast which killed 190 people. the explosion unleashed public anger with some laying the blame on hezbollahah. the united states accused of the militant group of storing the chemicals that caused the blast. the organization is an enemy of israel but with its political influence waning coupled with sanctions targeting politicians, a breakthrough emerged, opening the possibility for negotiations which had stalled for a decade. ununlike the united d arab emir, ththe dialogueue is not the precursor for normalizing ties with lebanon and israel still technically in a state of war. wednesday's talks lasted one hour. lebanese defense sources confirmed a second meeting is scheduled for october 28. >> our business editor is with me now in the studio with the lalatest look at the business ad finance news. we are starting with a look at the economic repercussions to the restrictions announced in

france. >> is going to be another blow to the hospitality industry. restaurants and cafes are among those who have lost the m most during lockdown in the first half of the year anand they will be receiving more financial support from the government including an extension of state backed furlough program which will cover workers' salaries in those sesectors. they will also have more access to loans andnd have been offered grants up to 10,000 euros per week to help them papay other bills. france's pandemic response has cost 470 billion euros, a majority in guaranteed loans for struggggling businesesses alongh new direct spending.g. a think tank said that despite that support, french businesses lost 50 billion euros in revenue the first half of the year. the osce warned that wave of proceeds could lead to layoffs the government has tried to prevent. as the u.k. faces restrictions

of its own, the organization for economic cooperation is facing on the challenges of the pandemic and brexit. the gdp is for catfishing 10% this year. the latest report says the scars for businesses could last for years. >> as the u.k. enters its second wave of infections, another wave is heading for the island. the country is at a critical jujuncture. that is the take of the oecd in its snapshot of britatain's economy, protecting a hit of 10% of gdp growth. compounding the economic woes, that d divorce p proceedings w h theuropepe union.. according to the paris-based think tank, a no deal scenario could hamper the uk's recovery in the c coming yearars. >> the largest economic shock of the last few years or last

decacade, brexit compounds t the issue. it is so important to keepep dialogue going a and try to geta deal that minimizes that. >> on tuesday, t the u.k. government said progress had been made but that d differences still existence. a deal will be crucial if trade is to remain on interrupted, even if a deal is reached, the economy is expected to be 3.5% smaller than if it stayed in single markets. the oecd reports that b britai's textile industry could be hardest hit by no deal, projecting a fall in exports of 30%. boys johnson's government was applauded for its move to support t the economy during the lockdown but the oecd warns that continued disruption threatens to increase inequality, child property, and regional disparities. >> letet's check inn on the trag action. wall street closed in the red.

here is steven mnuchin, dampening speculation about a fresh round of stimulus, saying democrats and republicans remained at odds over their priorities. he criticized nancy pelosi for refusing to consider targeted packages for airlines and other industries. earlier, we saw a close for the european indices, the ftse 100 lost just over half a percentage point. a group of 20 most industrialized nations has agreed to extend that relief for six months until june of next year. the french finance minister said it was the first time that china had agreed to a common framework on debt relief. 7373 o of the poorest countriese eligible to have debt payments frozen, provided that they u use funds to o combat the p pandemi.

since may, the group said it received only 46 applications on wednesday, the imf said half of low income countries are at high risk or in debt distress. the world bank president joint calls for creditors to go further. >> important for the people in the poorest countries to o see a reduction in the amount of debt. a a rate of hohope for the futu. i was pleleased to see that t je 20 wasas approaching, not reduction, there are morore s ss -- more steps needed to achieve meaningful debt relief for the poorest. >> a significant step today but a lot of people saying they want debt forgiveness. this has been pushing the proboblem further down the road. >> we c can move on now to media watch. what have been the online reactitions to these neww measus announced in france?

>> many reactions concerning the new curfew imposed for the country y for eight regions and the french capital. here are some of the online reactions from the new announcements. they are not loading right now but many people have been saying that the curfew is trending online. many pointing out what this will do if there are no work from home measures or schools and public transportation is still packed and many having to go home at 9:00. many reactions concerning these new measures from the president. >> anotherer story now, facebook slowing the spread of a new york post article. >> they are slowing the spread of a new york post article for

fact checking purposes. the article, facebook went on to social media tuesday, they said today that they will be not link to the article -- this story is eligible to be fact by facebook's third-party fact checking partners. in the meantime, we are reducing its distribution. here is s the article in questi. published by the new york post that claims to have obtained emails from a laptop that belonged to hunter biden. these emails introduced his father to o a ukraine energy executive. president trump accused this company of interfering in the election and accused the bidens of conflict of interest so many wondering if facebook can do this and block the spread of misinformation by blocking certain articles online. people's reactions saying the

biting campaign responds, the near put never asked the biting campaign about the elements of the story and other users saying as well, many questioning the veracity of the information and where it comes from but there is the other side, a republican senator saying, i want to know on what grounds you are censoring a news report of illegal corruption by the democratic candidate. many sides to this story, many wondering if facebook and block stories before the upcomingg election. >> the finnish prime minister under fire for revealing issues. >> here is thehe photo shoot w e she is wearingng a black blazer, many sayingg for a womanan in hr posisition, she should not be posing like this. many social media users went online to defend the prime minister with #iammarrin, that

she c can pose however she want. many people taking these pictureses with h a simimilar ot as the finnish prime minister. >> thank you. >> thank y you. >> it is time for a quick break but don't go anywhere. i'm brak with you at the top of the hour with another round of the latest international news. live from paris continues year on france 24. -- continues here onon france 2. ♪ >> [speaking non-english language] >> [speaking non-english language]

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