24.com. >> will come back to the france 24 newsroom. the latest world headlines. in her state of the union address the commission president sets out the eu's future priorities and details plans to make the block more independent. this is at the french president prepares to host the german chancellor for what could be a last dinner before angela merkel leaves office. a new team with a beautiful family election pledges and writing r --i riding u.k. out

of the pandemic. blasting off into orbit and into the history books, the first all civilian space mission is to depart from cape canaveral in florida. one magazine estimates that the four seats on board this three-day trip have cost around $200 million. ♪ europe can and clearly should be able and willing to do more on its own. that was the message from the president of the european commission as she gave the annual state of the union address before lawmakers. she used her time at the mic to cover everything from covid-19 vaccinations to her desire to see the block boost its military

capabilities. >> it is an annual policy speech given before the european parliament. in her second stick of the european union address, the commission president laid out the block's, schmitz, goals, and priorities -- efforts, goals, and priorities. fighting the spread of covid-19 was front and spread -- center. >> is the -- our main goal is to speed up global vaccination. i can announce that the commission will add a new donation of another 200 million doses until the middle of next year. >> significant funds will also go towards post-collapse afghanistan. she pledged additional euros

stands by the afghan people.ock >> you must to everything to avert the real risk that is out there of a major famine and a humanitarian disaster. >> european defense rank high on the list of priorities. europe will seek to boost its own military capacity and create new defenses in cyberspace as part of the effort, a special defense effort will be convened with france next year. >> the paris palace, the french president and the german counselor are to hold a working dinner. it would be the last time angela merkel leaves office. for more for what has been said and what could be dcussed here , we can bring in been. he is the -- ben.

let us start with the commission president's speech at the eu parliament. this was a seat of the union address. how healthy is that union when we look and listen to what ursula was saying? >> reasonably healthy. there was a decent dose from her that was so congratulation. she thinks that despite all of the criticism earlier in the year, the eu actually handled the pandemic quite well. it has emerged from it more unified and in better shape. it emerged after the financial crisis. in particular, a lot of criticism over the handling of the agreement program -- procurement program earlier in the year. a cut up and has a good record

now. -- it caught up and has a good record now. some eu members areell ahea of the.k. and the u.s.. she is quite pleased with herself. i think the speech itself possibly lacked any really huge ideas. i think there are two reasons for that. a one, she has laid out some of her big ideas. her climate change ideas, big on the digital tech giants. we also have a german election in 10 days time and she does not want to rock the boat. >> to the dinner scheduled here in paris. the alliance has been a pretty happy relationship and a key driving force. how might the franko german alliance change when angela

merkel steps down? >> when you lose a chancellor that has been in power for 16 years, there is a certain amount of uncertatainty over her replas them. -- who replaces them. i think the key is not to expect any great changes. especily since germany is probably heading through a three party coalition. in my view, the most likely is a coalition between the social democrats, the greens, and the liberal free democrats. the greens are quite radical on climate change. the free democrats are very anti-fiscal integration that the greens want. i think they may en up canceling each other out. you will see a germa that inches forward. there's possibly some scope for change. it is going to be fairly incremental.

>> macron has already hosted angela merkel in recent days. is he packing any candidate in this imminent terminal -- german election? >> he's been quite careful not to take sides. he is qte fortunate because the three leading contenders have all professed to want to work more closely with him. to move the european union forward. that is given him opportunities to press on with his agend i think the german willingness to take some very big steps, for example making the eu's recovery fund permit. i think they are going to walk up those ideas that macron wants. it will be very incremental, a

long, drawn out steps if anything. >> thank you for joining us. moving on, the u.k. has a new foreign minister following a shakeup in westminster. -- who has been named the new justice and deputy prime minister in boris johnson's we shuffle this wednesday. michael has also been appointed the new housing minister. he will have a responsibility for interview -- into--- u.k. relations. -- france 24 to say look at the woman who will take the top desk at the foreign office. >> she is the new face of british diplomacy.

she is one of the key winners from the latest cabinet reshuffling in the u.k. she will be serving as the foreign secretary. she began her career in the business sector before she was elected counselor in the london borough. under david, she was added to the conservative party's a list, a list of potential candidates for tory seats. she quickly continued climbing the ladder, becoming international trade secretary in 2019. it's not to move on from brexit. -- it sawed to move on saught to move on from brexit. >> i support the prime minister's deal. >> she secured a series of deal since exit the knot with the

united states. chino has a bigger stage to pursue boris johnson -- she now has a bigger stage to pursue boris johnson's vision. >> france's health professionals have a clear choice, either get a job by this wednesday or risk being suspended without pay. those doctors, nurses, and care workers who do not want to be inoculated are up in arms. this was the scene in the city where another protest was staged. some hospitals have had to cancel not essential procedures because of a lack of staff. >> this retirement home director has a new task at hand, verifying if all of her staff have received a coronavirus vaccination. >> i am checking to see which

staff have been vaccinated. >> this facility has 190 staff with 20 refusing to get their shot. >> i have 11 on sick leave, eight people on probation and one person who has been suspended. >> it is a question of civics. if someone does not want to get vaccinated they shld not come into contact with anyone else. >> 90% of health workers in france have been vaccinated, around the hundred thousand have refused to budge -- around 300,000 have refused to budge. >> for certain people it was a lot more difficult. there was a positive outcome. >> the legal deadline for health woers to be vaccinated with both doses is the 15th of october.

those who have a single those will need to take a coronavirus test every week until their second shot. venues in france have sparked weekly protests. it has also led to a spike in vaccinations throughout the summer. >> we targeted its population, but there was nothing personal. that is what the only surviving member of the jihadist so that carried out the 2015 terror attacks in the paris region has said. the trial of 20 people accused of playing a role in the carnage continues. it was the first time thasalah abdeslam address the court room the judges'permission. the former president new the risk that france was taking when it targeted the state group in syria.

they were attacks at the national stadium, a concert venue, and bars, and restaurants across barrett -- paris. allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse committed in the central african republic have printed the you went to pull a peacekeeping force out of the former french colony. gabon since an investigation has been opened into what it calls exceptionally serious acts. that is not the first time that claims that essential -- sexual assault has happened. this is from the capital. >> the peacekeeping mission here is nearly 450,000 soldiers -- in the center east of the country.

the same contingents had already left the central african republic following a series of scandals since their arrival in 2014. soldiers have been accused of sexual violence. 630 peacekeepers were sent back after international investigation between 2014 and 2015. they were suspected of abuse and an investigation was successful. there were difficulties on the ground, special -- suspicion of corruption and destruction of dna samples. the programs haveeen put into place -- witness grants have en put intplace. >> have spent five months in the classroom, they have undergone medical tests and emergency drills, the big day has finally

arrived. are not asked or not are sent to blast off from florida f a historic space storage -- voyage for the first 100% civilian message -- mission. they will be going at a speed of roughly 27,000 kilometers per hour. >> their mission is to prove that space tourism is a reality. they will orbit the earth for three days. the spacex mission is the first ever without a professional astronaut on board. >> we have been going to the space station for some time and there is great contributions that are coming out of their. where going to go to the moon, we have got to get outside of our comfort zone and take that next step. >> the mission's commander is a

billionaire tech entrepreneur who is funding the voyage. also on board is a geoscientist who will be the fourth african-american woman to go to space. >> i am a mission pilot and it is special for me to hold that title. i'm going to be the first black female pilot of a spacecraft. >> the mission is also raising money for sain jude's student research hostal. haley is a physician assistant at saint jude and a childhood cancer survivor herself. roding out the tea is chris, an air force veteran who won his spot in a sweepstake. the pricing for all four seats has been estimated at $200 million. a measure that space tourism is possible, without a major cost production it would be out of reach -- major cost reduction it would still be out of reach. >> business news here on france

24. i am a joint buyer business editor. -- joined by our business editor. among the priorities has been making more microchips? >> industries around the world have been struggling with a shortage of semiconductors. the majority are produced in asia. the eu is looking to step up his ownership capabilities, p hoping tooost its market share by 20% bthe end of this decade. taiwan crates 60% of the conductors, the u.s. is turned to step up his own -- taiwan creates 6% of semiconductors. the u.s. is trying to step up. >> including production.

that ensures our security of supply and will develop new markets for groundbreaking european technology. >> france is said to raise its minimum wage slightly next month. the hourly rate will go from 10 euros to just around 1050 -- 10 euros and $.50. -- eu inflation is the highest in over a decade. let us look at the day's trading action. a muted start to the training session. dow jones gaining over 200 points. keynes -- gains on the s&p 500 and nasdaq as well. the american central bank will adjust its monetary policy in

response to the highest inflation in years. the rafina indices -- the european indices fell. shares of tiny property from ever grand -- evergrande fell to their lowest levels since 2014. evergrande is currently two -- scrambling to raise money. >> they are desperate to get the money they are owed. protesters have returned to embattled property giant evergrande's headquarters. >> [speaking foreign language] >> [speaking foreign language] >> the company has dead --

debts it cannot honor. the company says it is restructuring to explore solutions. some observers believe beijing is waiting for stepping in to help. -- before stepping in to help. it is likely to fail. >> there is a plan frothe government. they want to teach other developers and lesson. if you do not listen, if you are erextending, you might pay a price for that. >> after its founding, evergrande rapidly expanded into 280 charlie and -- chinese cities. the property boom has halted and the firm has a backlog of more than one million units, prepaid

by customers. including many first-time buyers with confidence in the company plummeting, its shares have talked around 80%. >> casino upgraders punished in macau as the chinese government prepares to crack down the sector. the proposals would give more oversight of casinos and repost limits on operating licenses -- proposed limits on operating limits. macau is the only place in china where gaming is legal. it went about $18 billion -- it wiped about $18 billion off of the casinos in a single day. >> it is seven years since a malaysian airlines plane was shot down over eastern ukraine. a russian-made missile was fired at that jet.

298 people perished in the disaster. the victims have been -- the victims' loved ones have been testifying. >> in this house, it feels like time has stopped in 2014. she lost her son and his girlfriend when flight mh-17 was shut down. the room has been left as it was. >> it is still there room to me. -- their room to me. >> nothing has been moved but the contents of this cabinet. >> ashes from the crash site. >> memories of the lost couple fill their home. they are still struggling to deal with the aftermath of the tragedy.

>> whenever the family gathers for some reason or another, we put a plate of food for them over there. and a drink. we burn candles for them. we all talk about them a lot. >> you do nothing to get a life sentence. >> it will be able to speak abt their distress in court. they have been preparing for months. >> it feels like i am doing it for bryce and daisy. >> a malaysian airlines plane took o from sterdam, heang towards -- it was shut out of the sky by a russian missile while flying over eastern ukraine where separatists are fighting. all passengers and crew died. two thirds of whom were dutch. the public prosecutor in the

netherlands opened a case. they're about to enter this high-security courtroom. they're getting ready to give the most hairy testimony of their lives. -- harrowing testimony of thr lives. there brought the ashes -- they have wrought the ashes of their child -- ey have brought the ashes of their child to court. >> [speaking foreign language] >> [speaking foreign language] >> [speaking foreign language] >> it is an emotional moment for

this morning parents. but the seed as essential. -- what they see it as essential -- but they see it as essential. >> we put a face to them. we could explain what it did to us as if ken. -- kin. >> 91 relatives and victims will exercise theiright to speak, e largesnumber ever to do so. this lawyer had to prepare his clients. >> there is no good or bad. it is your personal story. the only thing that is not wise is to talk to the suspects like you did this, no, they are still suspects. the court gives a sentence. not the family members. >> three russians and ukrainians

stand accused of firing the missile to its location. another responsible party appears frequently in the testimonies relatives. russia. he wants to wait for all the evidence to have beenresented. >> the russian federation has a role in the downing of the plane. is the separatists are backed up by the russians. -- the separatists were backed upy the russians. they have a responsibility. they have denied everything up to now. i think this trial is very important becau of the suspec. also because the court will say something about the use of a missile, the firing location. that says a lot about the involvement of the russian federation. >> the russians blocked a criminal tribunal but the

country's case is being investigated by t court of human rights. >> the separate, they all go -- they are separate but they all go in the downing of the plane. it is about the perpetrators. they are being tried as persons. at the core of human rights, it is about russia -- at the court of human rights, it is about russia. >> it is only one step on a longer route to justice. -- road to justice. >> stay tuned to france 24. ♪ a town in the algerian so hard with -- soahara that

will always be known as -- to radiation. >> [speaking foreign language] >> [speaking foreign language] >> french victims are sorted to receive compensation while entering victims are still waiting -- while algerian

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