anchor: you are watching live from paris on france 24. thank you for joining us this monday evening. here is what is coming up. partial results indicate sadr has won iraq's vote. our correspondent in baghdad joins with the latest. promising news in the fight against covid. drugmaker merck seeking approval for its antiviral covid pill. a large study out of france shows vaccines rain highly effective. austria's new chancellor pledges

to work very closely with his ousted predecessor. that has the opposition saying he is just a puppet. ♪ partial results from iraq's national elections show sadr's party was the big winner. it will be the second are just party in parliament. and second, the party of the former prime minister. sunday's vote was held several months early in response to mass protests in 2019. the good news, there was little violence. the bad news, record low turnout.

for more, let's go live to baghdad. jack, we want to couch this by saying these are still partial results, but what stands out as significant? jack: i would like to put out a double disclaimer that they are partial results and they are coming from the election coission, it is worth commenting they are official but they are coming iniecemeal today obviously it is big sadr has a lead, he has 73 seats so far in terms of forming a coalition. that will be big. it is kind of expected. the most significant new developments, the return of the shiite former prime minister who leads the state of law coalition. that will be a big deal.

in terms of forming a government, that will significant. two, the massive loss of a coalition linked to many of iraq's paramilitary groups, close to iran. then havin lost about half of their seats is a big blow to the influence of tehran on this country and a big win to the protest human -- protest movement who opposed them. many other members have been killed by the paramilitary. three, the election of at least 10 members of a new protest movement party. with such a low turnout as you mentioned, particularly low youth turnout, this is extremely impressive for them at a big surprise. anchor: let's talk more about

maliki, a name familiar to most of our viewers. his party had a strong showing and what does that result mean for the future of the iraqi polymer -- iraqi parliament? siificant, his mismanagement led to theise of isis. after the departure of americans in 2012, many cities took up arms with isis against the shiite majority. that ended very badly. for anyone who wants to see a post sectarian iraq, the return of maliki is not good news. from the point of view of forming a coalition government, it is important to know he is an enemy of sadr. he used the americans to try to put down sadr's army of

insurgents at that time and has never really forgiven him. it is unlikely they will form an alliance, and yet they have the first and third largest party presence in parliament. it begs the question of who will they ally with? there will be a race for who can build an alliance first. sadr has the biggest bloc but maliki is a well-known entity. watching that play out will be significant for the coalition government. anchor: jack, thank you for your reporting. staying in iraq, security forces claim to have captured a senior member of the islamic group, one who oversaw its finances. iraq's prime minister said the jihadist was detained in a complex external operation by the nation's intelligence services. but he did not say where the jihadist had been captured.

this is only the second senior is leader to have been taken alive. on tuesday, italy will chair an impromptu g20 meeting to discuss afghanistan. the virtual talks will focus on humanitarian aid for afghans and the fight against terrorism. this follows a criticism from the u.s. secretary-general, who said the new taliban leadership is not parenting -- not guaranteeing rights for women and girls, keeping them from school and work. >> im alarmed -- i am alarmed to see promises broken. broken promises lead to broken dreams for the women and girls of afghanistan. anchor: next, an update in the global fight against covid-19. pharmaceutical giant merck

has applied for authorization of an antiviral cid drug. it would be the first approved pill shown to treat the illness. in trials, it showed it reduced the risk of hospitalization or death by 50%. it would be the first treatment people could take at home instead of in a hospital, potentially helping to ease the crushing caseload on hospitals. a major study in france has shown vaccination against covid is highly effective at venting severe cases, even against the delta variant. while a report confirms indications from other studies, it is the largest of its kind so far and that is encouraging news in the battle terrain in -- to rein in the pandemic. reporter: research on death from

covid, not infection. it found those who received jabs were 90% less hostile -- less likely to be hospitalized or died. this confirms observations from elsewhere, this study was fast. researchers compared 11 million vaccinated people with 11 million unvaccinated. starting four days after a dose, the risk of covid was reduced by vaccination appears to be nearly as effective against the delta variant, with 84% attention for the over 75 vaccinated against delta, and 92% protection for vaccinated people 50-75. eventually, vaccination -- the results suggest over a period of

study, up to five months, vaccination protection against severe covid did not diminish. anchor: austria has a new chancellor. he was appointed monday after his predecessor quit in the face of corruption allegations. he comes from the same conservative party, and shortly after taking up the post, pledged to work closely with kurz. reporter: a seasoned diplomat loyal to his predecessor, he was sworn in as the new austrian chancellor monday just 48 hours after kurz announced his resignation amid corruption allegations. in his first news conference as chancellor, he defended kurz. >> i will work closely with

sebastian kurz. i consider the allegations false and in the end, it will turn out there is no truth to them. reporter: despite stepping down from the top job, kurz will stay on as party leader and its top leader in parliament. that will allow him to continue controlling policy and become a so-called shadow chancellor, somethg kurz denied on twitter. >> one thing is clear, i am not a shadow chancellor. in the coming days i will be working at full speed to ensure an orderly handover. in thursday -- on thursday, i will be sworn in at parliament. reporter: kurz and his associates are accused of breach of trust, corruption and bribery. prosecutors say they pay for manipulated polling and favorable media coverage when kurz was seeking to become party leader in 2016. the former chancellor denies any wrongdoing. anchor: the president of the

check republic is in stable condition in an intensive care unit, according to a hospital spokeswoman. the 77-year-old is taken to the hospital on sunday due to an undisclosed chronic condition. his illness delaying initial steps in postelection talks to form a new government. our correspondent explains what this means for the next steps in forming a coalition. reporter: talks were due to begin wednesday and that is not happening now. ultimately this could be very bad news for babis, close ally. if zeman recovers, he said he would task the leader of the single biggest party of forming a new government, which would be babis, but if zeman remains

incapacitated, his powers would go to the new speaker of the czech lower house and they would invariably approve a leader of a new coalition to form a coalition government. at present, that looks like the most likely outcome. babis will still be trying to win over some of these parties. they are saying they will stick together. in any case, with babis headed for the exit door as prime minister and with zeman incapacitated for at least a while, it does feel rather like the end of an era in the czech republic. anchor: tunisia's president revealed a new government monday after more than twoonths without one, however, the nation is still without a parliament and he did not say when he would relinquish his near total control of power. the new cabinet of 24 ministers and a secretary of state has an unprecedented 10 women.

also unknown, a timeline of reforms needed for a financi rescue package to avert economic disaer. we got reactiono the appointments from citizens. >> i have hope because she is a woman and i hope she will do better than all of the many governors before. when i talk to my friends about her, lots of them tell me she is a woman so she can't do much, but i trust her more. >> i hope the government will really take care of the youth and give them what they wanted since the revolution, justice and dignity. for 10 years, we have had people doing nothing for us and they only care about their salary. anchor: it was almost 34 years to the day ago that burkina faso's left wing leader thomas sankara was assassinated.

now the trial of the 10 men accused in his murder is underway. we have the story. reporter: wearingilitary fatigues, this man attends the opening of the trial. the former general was in the army during the coup that led to the death of burkina faso's former president, thomas sankara . he and 13 others are charged with complicy in the assassination. however, the main suspect is boycotting the trial. the former president now living in exile in ivory coast, says he had nothing to do with the assassination. sankara's widow eressed her disappointment. >> [speaking foreign language] reporter: more than 30 years

ter, the military ibunal will try to shed a light on the circumstances surrounding the death of the man known as africa's jay guevara -- che guevara. he was gunned down along with 12 companions by a group of soldiers and suspicions fell on a close friend and ally who later came to power in the coup. a member of the presidential guard now on the run is now suspected of leading the group which carried out the killings. sankara's supporters say they are waiting for just one thing from the trial. >> [speaking foreign language] reporter: yet the victims will have to wait a little longer. the trial has been postponed until october 25 after the defense asked for more time to prepare their case. anchor: time for a look at the

day's business news. hello. we are starting today with the head of the international monetary fund, under fire. yuka: the imf having annual meetings this week with his latest outlook for the global economy set to come out later, but the event is clouded by allegations that managing director -- of the managing director pressured staff to manipulate data to make it look more favorable for china when she was the head of the world bank. the economist denies the allegation and the board is set to resume talks on the issue. reporter: restarting the world economy after covid, fighting poverty, boosting green business to slow global warming some of the issues discussed at the imf annual meetings. but now the future of its

managing director is the scandal making headlines. she is suspected of rigging data for a world bank report in 2018 back when she that institution. an independent report commissioned by the bank claims the economist pressured staff to change data to boost kind is ranking. -- boost china's ranking. the imf is meant to clarify details on the report. the economist, who risks losing her seat, has denied the allegaons. she detailed in the statement efforts she has made not to favor any country, including china, writing, "the idea that after nearly 20 years of the world bank, i would suddenly start pressuring big staff inappropriately to change information in a report is outrageous and untrue."

the process the alleged data rigging came as the world bank tried to expand its lending capacity and it needed several countries's support, including china. several economists have supported her, saying the probe was an attempted coup aiming to block more progressive policies pushed by the bulgarian economist. yuka: meanwhile, the world bank says the covid-19 crisis has pushed the debt burden of four countries to a record level. --oor countries to a record level. it says the collective debt burden of low income countries rose 12% to $860 billion. the world bank is calling for a company plan to bring poorer countries debt to sustainable debt -- sustainable levels. it is also seeking $100 billion in donations to help tse

nations amid worsening disparities in the post-pandemic recovery between advanced and developing economies. three men shared this year's nobel prize for economics. one from the university of california, while two of m.i.t. and stanford share the other half. their work is based on a method of research where economist analyze real-life situations to determine cause and effect relationships. the research has shown that raising the minimum wage does not lead to less hiring and immigrants do not lower pay for the general reinforce -- general workforce. they were credited for creating a way to study these types of here are some nobel committee issues explaining why this research is important to today's society. >> thanks to the contributions of the laureates, we researchers

today are able to answer key questions for economic and social policy, and thereby the laureates's work has greatly benefited society at large. >> we discovered that what we thought was right is wrong. we thought minimum wages would harm employment a lot. as it turns out, they are not particularly harmful to employment. yuka: let's look at the day's trading action. on wall street, shares closed on a mix know with financials and energy shares sliding. the nasdaq came back into positive territory. it has been a fluctuating day. back into negative territory. oil prices continue to rise, hitting the highest level in years with brent and wti up about 1.5%. anchor: ireland's prime minister

has agreed to drop quarantine minister has agreed to dropprime pointing requirements for this provided they have a negative covid test result. the list will be gradually expanded. e thailand economy has been badly hurt by the losses suffered by its all-important tourism sector after most touristsere barred in april of last year. they have since reopened, but strict requirements have been in place. >> [speaking foreign language] anchor: our nightly business report, thank you. we will cross the table, where

james is here with the truth or fake program, the daily fact checking segment in association with france 24 observers. you are starting with the picture making the rounds on the internet that claims to show a children's slide in paris. it has a mayor under fire. james: it is a shocking enough image of a children's slide -- can we see it? there we are. it is a pretty unorthodox children's slide, and what the tweet said -- what is going on? what is it with these new toys in a school in the seventh air india small -- 7th? it went around like wildfire.

far right politicians talking about pseudo-famous this -- pseudo-feminists and the mayor, that this is pornographic in our schools and destroying parental three. unsurprisingly, it is quite unlikely even in the most liberal minded of societies you would allow a pornographic children's slide to be installed at a school. [laughter] a reverse image search brings us back to the facts and the reality this was on a film set in maple ridge, british columbia in canada. that is the truth of it. if you go to the original tweet and look at the commentary,hat you find is about 50% of the comments believe this and another percentage are asking could this be fake, and others are linking to the story, the real story.

it is a vacation comedy. its confusg, and the problem is people believed it. this is a senior editor at figaro, apologizing for having believed it. it points out the risk of an account that has a certain amount of satirical content tweeting stuff out like this. he knows it generated a lot of bad -- and he hasn't delete it. this is the reality about fake news, it travels six times faster than truthful news. much more interaction. someone trying to generate interaction for their account, whether it was innocent or done in a way that was trying to generate traffic and interaction, it works in terms of having the story spread. stories such as this, criticism

for a statue of tulips, accused of looking like anuses on stems. it is not the most faithful rendering of a tulip and people sahis is obscene. because of stories like that and hashtags where the mayor was criticized under the hashtag vandalism of paris, the general sense that the city has been vandalized by bad taste projects, that makes the obscene children's slide a little more lievableven though we should all probably have realized it is not true. anchor: people more sensitive when it comes to anything involving children as well. next, you are going to talk about the popular korean series, "squid game," we were discussing this upstairs, it is taking over

everything. james: let's take a look at an extract. ♪ [gunshot] [screaming] anchor: slightly gruesome. james: just a tad, and has generated huge amounts of commentary, and huge amount of commentary, you have fake news. the director did not take 13 years to write the series. this is a belgian satirical paper saying dutch will be replaced in school by korean because of the success. you have satirical stories being believed this is fact checking media saying they have verified this because people thought it was untrue -- there have been

notices going around, there was a notice in one school and belgium warning parents because of the fact schoolchildren were imitating the series in school. that is actually true. this is belgian media talking about the fact that children have been imitating and it is sort of entirely real that an increasing amount of violence in films and virtual reality has l the goal -- has ethical questions because children can act out on the violence. anchor: personally i would not let my children watch that show. as good as it is, not for kids. thank you with that addition of truth or fake. we will take a quick break but i will be back in a couple of minutes with more news you need to know from around the world. ♪

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amy: from new york this is democracy now! >> this year, the red nation is preparing for tir sixth annual indigenous day march and rally in new mexico. it is a culmination of years of continuous resistance to colonialism. we want remind people, specifically nate people that this is our victory. it is the people's victory,