anchor: it is 10:00 p.m. in the french capital. our top stories this hour. islamic state claim sponsor ability for a suicide, attack at a mosque in conduce -- kunduz. it was the deadliest assault since the departure of u.s. troops. the africa-france summit wra up with president macron promising a reckoning with colonialism. it took place without any heads of state for the first time. 136 countries agreed t a vast overhaul of global corporate xation rules, including

backing a 15% minimum tax on the biggest companies's profits. we will have more from our business editor later in the program. ♪ first, the islamic state group is-k has claimed responsibility for a suicide bomber attack in the city of kunduz. the victims were shiite worshipers that had gathered in a mosque. isis are deadly rivals to the taliban, and this is the worst attack since the departure of u.s. forces in august. reporter: the bomb went out -- off on friday in kunduz.

dozens killed and many more wounded. >> i was doingonstruction work at home and is soon as prayer started, i hrd an explosion. i went into the mosque to look for my relatives and saw bodies everywhere. reporter: the islamic state group has claimed responsibility for the attack, another attempt to stir up sectarian violence. shiite muslims are a minority group in afgnistan, about 20% of the populatn. people reacted to the news of the suicide attack outside a shiite mosque in kabul on friday. >> we need strict internal security so that we can live a normal life like others in the world to do. -- world do. we are also facing huge economic problems. reporter: the islamic state oup, bitter rivals of the

taliban, has repeatedly targeted shiites. in 2015, 56 people were killed when they bombed a mosque in kabul. many she a muslims belong to a community that was targeted by bombings outsi a school in may, killing 85 people, mostly young girls. anchor: we have an update from kabul. reporter: officials have been saying to the shia community they are not in danger and they will provide security for the shias in afghanistan, about 20% of the population. but those we have spoken to at mosques in kabul say they are extremely concerned about security. we visited two mques thatave both been targeted by deadly blasts in recent years, and they still have very tight security.

people in the community are extremely worried about their security. they were telling that in the past they were very concerned about the threat of taliban fighters who targeted mosques and neighborhoods. they are also very concerned about the threat from the islamic state in their province. they are aware they could be attacked at any time and they do not el reassured at all about the taliban's statements that they intend to provide security. anchor: moving on, iraq's parliamentary elections will take place on sunday but certain votes have cast their vote two days early, including hospital patients, internally displaced and armed forces. they are being freed up to provide security on sunday. the iraqi prime minister hopes this will appease antigovernment protesters that rose up in 2018. some of them have formed political parties in a bid to

change the system from the inside. reporter: this professor was one of thousands protesters in 2019, but he has put on a suit for his election run, hoping to win with his new party. >> everything we have endured in 2019 cannot be reduced to a single party or political view, so we do not pretend to represent the whole movement, but we embrace the demands and goals. reporter: since 2019, more than a dozen other little parties have formed to represent the protest movement and at least three have decided to face the powerful traditional blocs in the selection. -- this election. >> one of the main challenges is security. we have suffered many types of harassment, especially from other parties. sometimes even in the form of direct threats, by sending someone to force us to give up or threaten us.

assassinations. reporter: there are more than 3000 candidates running in the selection, but only 100 represent protest parties, or 200 if we include reformists and independent candidates. these newcomers have significant popular support the success at the ballot box is far from guaranteed according to analysts. >> they are new, unknown, many candidates might not have a background in politics. their constituents are also unknow it is no clear for the protest movement themselves necessarily what the boundaries are for their constituents. reporter: another factor that could diminish ballot box returns, and election boycott called for by many demonstrators and other protest parties. this is one of them. according to his members, it is too dangerous to campaign in the country plagued by armed militias. >> we also demanded arms control

and that no militia interfere in the elections and this is not the case. this election is another one of their shows. >> as long as the parties supported -- parties supported by militias aren't satisfied with activities, we cannot run candidates or do activities. reporter: anger and a sense of hopelessness has led to a rejection of the ballot, but this may only further strengthen the established political parties they wish to overthrow. anchor: the africa-france summit has wrapped up. president macron addressed the frustrations of hundreds of young africans on issues ranging from migration to colonialism. let's take a listen to some of his remarks earlier. reporter: french president macron faced a wall of criticism as he held the 28th france-africa summit in

montpellier. billed as a chance to firm france's commitment to yog africans, it eluded other government leaders to encourage open and blunt exchanges. >> i would le for this new summit to be the start of something, the complete rupture of the france -- french toward the continent. also that africa is not a continent of suffering or unemployment or disease. it is a continent of youth, resources, optimism, innovation. reporter: during a spirited panel debate in front of a 3000 strong audience, france was accused of living in denial of its destructive colonial past. another panelist urged france to stop cooperating and collaborating with dictator presidents. mcracron responded and vowed to

have an honest assessment of the past and overhaul french thinking toward the continent. >> our country has been built on this relationship with africa. we cannot have a france that embraces its own future, its own destiny but builds its national story, as we say, if it does not accept i share of africanness. the debt we owe to the african continent is a debt that is continuing to grow in a continual manner. it is a promise of hope. reporter: he also announced that france would be returning 26 artifacts looted during colonial times. the pieces are scheduled to be returned by the end of the month. anchor: next, the european courts of justice mulling a daily financial sanction on

poland, in response to the latest ruling of the country's highest court which challenges supremacy of eu law, a pillar of european integration. it also raises questions about poland's future in the bloc. reporter: tears into disappointment as people learn the verdict of the polish constitutional court. the country's highest legal body has declared the national constitution has supremacy over european treaties. the decision is being seen as a provocative move by poland's partners. luxembourg's foreign minister voiced his concern at an eu meeting. >> this polish government is playing with fire. at a certain point there will be a judicial and political factor that could take place. reporter: the french secretary of state for european affairs called the ruling an attack on the european union. >> when you sign a contract with someone and say i am defining my

own rules, i do what i liked, and that takes precedence over what i signed with you, there is no more contracts, no more relationship. it is extremely serious because there is a risk of de facto exit reporter: poland's prime minister has rushed to reassure people using social media to reiterate his commitment to the union, saying poland's place is and will be in the european family of nations. but the conflict between warsaw and brussels has been simmering for years. a key point of contention being judicial reform in poland which some fear would curb the independence of individual judges and also threaten freedom of expression and lgbtq plus rights. the eu has deployed economic measures to apply pressure to poland. the 27 nation bloc has so far refused to liver funds for the country stimulus plan, leaving a 23 billion euros shortfall in their finances. anchor: the 2021 nobel peace prize has been awarded to two

journalists. one has been a docket critic of desha doggett critic of the -- a dogged critic of the philippines presidents. the other journalist in putin's russia. reporter: two journalists who the nobel prize committee say are guardians of freedom in their countries and representatives of all journalists standing up for press freedoms across the world. >> the nobel committee has decided to award the nobel peace prize for 2021 two maria and demetri. >> maria is the founder of a website in the philippines that she has used to document rodrigo duterte's drug or.

she fights -- faces years in prison. >> i think what our public has realized is we will keep doing those stories. journalists will keep doing those stories. reporter: demetri helped found a russian newspaper in 1993 and is the current editor-in-chf. it is one of the few independent newspapers and circulation in russia and has openly criticized the kremlin. several of their journalists have been killed in murders thought to be linked to their works investigating human rights abuses, especially in a southern region. he dedicated his award to them. >> i cannot take credit for this. it belongs to those who died defending people's rights to freedom of speech viewed -- speech. reporter: they will receive a gold medal and prize money.

anchor: worse than a plague is how spanish farmers are describing the fallout from the volcano on an island. now water shortages are ravaging crops. bananas are the main source of alth and growers are concerned about their welfare. reporter: it is the 20th day of corruption for the volcano, and a secondary lavstream is edging its way down to see, swallowing --to sea, swallowing crops and causing chaos for farmers. water is scarce and farmers are worried about how to tend to their crop. >> lack of water is our biggest threat because of we don't have wate the land of dries up, it

is lost. reporter: four weeks, volcanic grid has range from the sky, and when the black deposits lid on the part is, it is a most impossible to remove bid lipoma is the second -- la palma is the second largest banana producer on the islands. >> it is affecting the island as a whole. we know that the ash rotates in the air and affts 100% of the island, so we will have a loss of at least one year's harvest. we are talking around 120-100 30 million euros could stop coming in. reporter: the volcano response committee has confirmed the islands air quality has worsened since the first direction on the 19th of september. the changing weather conditions and volcanic ash have a forced the airport closed on thursday. so far, more than 6000 residents have been evacuated and more than 600 he lost their homes.

the spanish prime minister has declared the island a disaster zone, pledging 206 million euros in financial a to rebuild what has been lost due to volcanic activity. anchor: it is time for a look at some of the days business news. you are starting with the oecd today. the countries have agreed to a landmark global tax deal. what do we know about that? cole: yes, pakistan, sri lanka, kenya and nigeria are the only holdouts bid it sets a new global minimum corporate tax rate at 15%, this after ireland finally back to the court, agreeing to lift its current rate from 12.5%. that is a big reason why it is the european home of some tech giants like google. the updated deal makes a 50% the

standard minimum rate as of -- makes 15% this tandem minimum rate instead of a floor that can be pushed up in the future. it could keep effective rates closer to where they are today. anchor: the new minimum rate is a key part of the deal, but it goes beyond that, i assume. cole: that's right, it also agreed to tax large firms where they are doing business as opposed to where they are headquartered. 750 million euros in annual sales with a 25% rate when significant profits are made outside their borders. that is in excess of the firm's revenue. they hope this will take effect by 2023 but the fate is far from certain. there will be a g20 leader cement desha summit at the end of -- some at the end of the month. >> it will allow ato fight with mor efficiency against the

rising inequality in the world. this agreement is clearly a tax revotion. a tax revolution which will lead to less unfairness, to more justice, more efficiency. cole: friday was not a great day on the markets. wall street finishing the day just below the flat line, the tech heavy nasdaq losing about half a percent while the s&p 500 and the dow jones also posted slight losses. investors in the u.s. reacting to a somewhat disappointing monthly jobs report. firms in the u.s. adding just 194,000 jobs in the month of september. that figure is worse than what many had hoped. it also underlines the pandemic script on the american economy. those numbers are not seen as

weak enough to warrant a change in the federal reserve's plans to wind down bond purchases. president joe biden said the overall picture continues to improve. >> today's report is based on a survey that was taken during the week of september 13. not today, september 13. winco the cases were averaging more than 100 -- when the covid cases were averaging more than 130 per day. we've seen daily cases fall by more than one third entrance down. cole: in yemen, the economy has been ravaged by a brutal civil war, but some are hoping to give life to one of the oldest crops. reporter: this is the homeland of coffee. it is a source of national pride. >> [foreign language]

reporter: but much coffee growing is small-scale and family-owned, and output has stagnated at around 20,000 tons per year. but some believe there is room for growth. they estimate doubling production would inject almost one billion euros into the economy, especially as demand for premium coffee in devoped rockets like the u.s. goes up. but the sector has been held back by the ongoing civil war. further complicate matters, coffee has to compete with a chewable stimulant grown by many farmers. >> [speaking foreign language]

reporter: yemen cannot compete with south africa or ethiopia in terms of quantity, and so growers are relying on a unique flavor to drive demand. cole: google says it is no longer displaying ads on content making false claims about climate change. the policy will apply to its search engine and youtube. it removes content that calls climate change hoax or says -- change a hoax. there are bands on other content like firearm finally, tesla is said to move its headquarters from california to texas. lower taxes, less regular asian in a lower cost of living, the latter of which elon musk

directly mentioned as he announced the move. plant in texas, although muska insists -- musk insist they will continue to ost production and their california plan. even in the u.s., an immense amount of competition between states for business, and that often hinges on regulations and this is emblematic of that. anchor: thank you very much. let's move on now. it has a reputation as the toughest running race in the worl 250 kilometers in six days across the moroccan deserts. over six on the participants taking part in the 35th addition of the marathon. the event takes special pride in efforts to protect the environment and participants are penalized if they don't recycle. we have a report. reporter: i isnly the beginning for these athletes.

after running 11 kilometers and 45 degrees heat, they have reached the first refreshment tents. it is also time to offload any rubbish. >> [speaking french] reporter: 36,000 plastic water bottles are given to the athletes over the six day race. this year, organizers are aiming for zero waste. >> [speaking french] reporter: most of the 672 participants are happy to respect rules, while some have taken the task even further. >> [speaking french]

reporter: after each leg of the race, the campsites are cleaned. but all of the vehicles needed significantly impact the race's carbon footprint. >> [speaking french] reporter: some critics say planting trees to offset carbon use is not effective. the event orgizers say they are working hard to ensure its environmental impact is as smooth as possible. anchor: finally, fans of newcastle united are jubilant after a saudi arabian backed

consortium completed its purchase of the premier league football club. newcastle has not won any major trophies in five decades. fans are hoping the cash injection will change that. although activists are far from happy, they accuses saudi arabia of using sports again to detract from their human rights record. reporter: you would think they had won the champions league. these fans are celebrating the saudi backed takeover of their club, newcastle united, for over 350 million euros. dissenting on the stadium, they celebrated getting their club back. >> over the moon. >> [indiscernible] >> it is the best feeling.

reporter: the purchase brings the deeply unpopular rein of the owner to an end, and they hope this will help newcastle compete with the colossal budgets of other clubs. fellow club manchester city have dominated english football since they were acquired by an inner body consortium in 2008, and perry st. jean -- paris sg are also owned by saudis. this despite -- it is supposed to be run separate to the states. some have condemned the takeover as sports washing amid saudi arabia's human rights record. anchor: we are going to take a quick break but we are back in a few minutes. stay tuned to france 24. ♪

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