♪ >> questions roll over what federal agents were looking for when they raided the florida home of a jump you're the former president is facing accusations he took classified documents with him when he left the white house the polls are closed in kenya in presidential race that appears to close to call. the election is seen as a test for democracy in the east african nation. in france, rescuers are making a last ditch to save a whale stranded in the seine river.

the well was spott last we thousands of kilometers from where it should we halfway between paris and the sea. republicans are reacting with outrage to the stunning news the fbi raided the home of former president donald trump. the search of trump's private residence in florida is said to have involved classified documents he improperly took with him when he left the white house. it is unclear what else federal agents could have been looking for. the white house said president biden was unaware of the raid and learned about it from the media. all of the strums -- all of this comes as trump faces a number of criminal probes including his attempts to overturn the results of the 2020 election. >> it is a rally of support for the former president outside his palm beach home in florida. the fbi carried out a search of donald trump's residence.

an investigation said to be looking into whether the president removed documents from the white house after leaving office following an unsuccessful second run for the presidency. >> i think it is another unjust made up thing like the impeachment hoaxes and with genuine six. trump did not do anything wrong with january 6. >> the fbi is not here to weaponize against the president. >> rulebook came into play during the watergate scandal. all can medication's be preserved. trump was not home at the time of the search but was seen at trump tower in new york on monday evening. he put out a statement saying

his home was under siege, ray did and occupied by a large group of fbi agents. an attack he says by radical left democrats who don't want to see him run for president again. this is the latest investigation into actions undertaken by donald trump during his time as president. congress is currently looking into his conduct throughout his failed reelection bids including whether he tried to influence voter results in georgia and the extent of his responsibility for the attack on the u.s. capital. >> in addition to taking classified documents, there accusations former president trump destroyed them. axios has published photos of a toilet the former president apparently used to flush some papers these are images apparently obtained by maggie hagerman for an upcoming book. i spoke to the guardian's washington bureau ief about what we know about the duck instrument may have destroyed. >> we have heard this year the

national archives was concerned when trump left the white house he had taken 15 boxes of documents. some of them classified. there's apparently covered things such as his phone calls with the leader of north korea and other issues. those boxes were headed back but it turns out trump apparently still has some classified material. separately, a book is coming about that has those revelations, those photographs of documents pushed down toilets both at the white house and overseas. one of them you can see trump has written by hand with his sharpie pen and he has written the gnome -- the name's to phonic, one of his leading supporters in congress. she is a republican representative. it certainly begs the question what else was he trying toide?

what was in this material? more from th f and the just -- the fbi and the justice department. >> that is the guardians washington bureau chief speaking with us earlier. now to kenya and a crucial residential election. some 22 million canyons cast ballots this tuesday in a race that appears to close to call. the race is seen as a test for democracy in the east african nation can the contenders vying to take over -- the running mate is trying to become the country's first female vice president. our correspondent in kenya has the latest and tells us when we can expect the results. >> as voting came to a close across the country, polling stations were turned into counting stations where votes for all the elected positions were counted starting with the presidential vote. the votes are counted in the

presence of agents who represent different political parties and political candidates. despite there being challenges in the identification of voters during the day, the agency i spoke to are mostly happy. >> 51 point something percent. >> [indiscernible] >> despite observations, the independent and boundaries commission has come under heavy criticism for how it has handled issues surrounding the elections. elections have now been postponed into the 23rd of

august. the 12 million people had cast their votes as of 4:00 p.m. this evening. the commission has admitted there was very low voter turnout making at the lowest number of canyons to cast their votes in the country's history. >> she tells us we can expect the results by the end of the week. an explosion has rocked a russian airbase in crimea killing at least one person and wounding several others. a senior ukrainian military officials said kyiv was behind the attack on the russian occupied peninsula. an official any crimea confirmed ere was an explosion b did not confirm it was the result of an offensive uaine. it wouldark the first known major attack on a russian military site on the crimean peninsula since it was annexed to the kremlin in 2014. fighting continues any the donbass region of ukraine. joseph has the latest developments on the ground. >> virtually nothing remains of

this garden. redentwere woken up i russian airstrikes in the night. >> we were sleeping when at 2:15 a missile came and the windows were shattered. we went into the street and we saw a large hole in the garden. >> this was a narrow escape but further north, other strikes have hit civilians. these have led to one death and a number of injuries while ukrainian authorities have accused russia of committing elaborate attacks. >> a supermarket and multistory residential building near the explosion site. there are no armed forces. territorial defense or police here. the strike was carried out to kill civilians. >> intense fighting continues

any the east of ukraine. on the front line, the city of kharkiv and donetsk have been hit by a number of strikes. russia is advancing slowly but the destruction continues with the residence remaining in the area becoming collateral damage. ther is no longer any drinking water nor electricity in homes with ukrainians heading to public water pumps. >> there is no more water and it is a real problem because you cannot wash anything or do anythi. you cannot heat up your food. >> in july, president zelenskyy called on residents to evacuate the region. of the some 200,000 concerned, many have decided to stay put. >> israeli security forces say they killed a palestinian military commander in gun bottle in the west bank this tuesday. israeli army released a statement saying a senior commander of the martyrs brigade

was killed during the raid on a house adding another terrorist was killed alongside him should the fighting triggered further clashes in which palestinians said two teens were killed in separate incidents. next to south korea where eight people are dead following torrential rain and flash floods speared the storms knocked out power, caused landslides and flooded roads in the subway. it is the heaviest rainfall in decades and more rain is in the forecast. in france, rescuers are making a last ditch effort to a beluga whale stranded in the seine river. the well was spotted last week thousands of kilometers from where should be halfway between paris and the sea. it is considered to be a risky operation. beluga whales are normally found in arctic waters re-thousand kilometers away. -- waters 3000 kilometers away.

>> the operation is underway. it is due to take several hours and may last well into the night. it has been one week is this whale has been behind me and associations and french agencies have been working out exact what to do before settling on the idea of moving this whale. first of all, getting it out of the seine river behind me before it gets any weaker. it has refused food. course of antibiotics and vitamins does seem to have made it somewhat healthier. they are proceeding, working with associations, volunteers and the firefighters to get the whale into what they call a hammock. may be able to make up behind me a crane in the distance sticking out behind the leaves of the tree. they are getting the whale into this apparatus to lift it onto a

barge where it will be covered with wet towels to keep its temperature down to 20 degrees. the virtual float downstream and place the whale. that will host it and take it to a refridgerated truck. it will be taken to where it is going to be put into another lock. this time a saltwater one. this level of the river, it is fresh water. it is really not good for the whale and it could die if it stays. that will give veterinarians a chance to examine the creature and see exactly what ails it. if it is curable. if they are able to help it, it will later be released at sea hopefully a few days down the line. >> looks rigell reporting for us. he was known as the prince of pleats. the famed japanese fashion designer has died. he was 84 years old and

suffering from liver cancer. a look back at his career. >> he was known as the prince of pleats. he took on the 1970's fashion world dominated by parisian style okra tour with his avant-garde design. his light and rigell free line of clothing and geometric patterns became his signature designs. he also made more than 100 black turtlenecks for apple to cofounder steve job. born in hiroshima in nicking 38, he survived the atomic bomb attack. he lost his mother three years later and suffered several bouts of illness linked to radiation exposure threat his life. memorial bridge built near the a bomb epicenter inspired him to study graphic design. in 1965, he left japan to study clothing in paris working with

designers before moving to new york. it was only in the late 2000 the designer started speaking publicly about the horrors of hiroshima. as part of a campaign to get then u.s. president barack obama to visit the city. a day before hiroshima marked the 77th anniversary of the new era bombing, he passed away from liver cancer at the age of 84. >> that is it for now. stay tuned for more world news coming up on france 24. ♪

>> they havave a knack for radio friendly feel-good pop tunes you cannot get out of your head. much tron the tron amazed music has dominated dance floors and festival lineups for more than a decade. their seventh studio album is the band tackle questions such as long-term romance and a return to so-called normal life. they told us more on a stop in paris. which metonymy, hello. -- metonymy, hlo. the first single from her new album is called it is good to be back. i imagine you are referring to the global hiatus we have all experienced so i wonred what was it you missed during that strange time? what were you most keen to get back to. >> i suppose -- to begin with, i was not that bothered aboot performing. it was quite nice to have a

break. after a while i was like i quite miss being in sweaty rooms with these guys. what about you? >> i live over in america so i always once feared something would happen in the world where i would be separated from home so that was a little stressful but it worked out fine. >> true. it really is fine. ♪ >> the album small world does open on an existential note. the first track is called life-and-death. we don't always associate dance music with these heavy questions. were you feeling a bit

introspective? >> i had written most of the record and i had feeling like it would be a bit sort of -- it would not beight to not try to make a song that was -- that acknowledged at least everything that had been happening. spending loads of time with family and i'm not sure if everyone else felt the same but during all that time at home you end up thinking about all kinds of stuff like if you would ever be turned again. i remember thinking that for a while. >> at the beginning of the pandemic when you do not know if there was going to be a vaccine anytime soon. some people said within a year. some people said no way. for years at e earliest. you did not know how long you would be home for. your thinking i don't know how to do anything else other than make use it. what am i going to do now? >> small world is a compact

streamlined affair. i think it is about 35 minutes. it is kind of a pure stripped back sound. i want to know if that was a deliberate choice and how was that when you were putting it, that shift towards that sound? >> after the previous album, which is like very -- 17 songs long, all of the place sonically. more precise and considered.h this is before the pandemic and also because we were suddenly not working, it made it even more important that not to sound too workmanlike it but that we were ready to go. in the end, it was something i started recording alone. the whole experience of everything that was happening

heightened the idea it would be is precise little capsule. ♪ >> metonymy or worldly -- metomy are wildly access s4 in france. i believe you lived here. >> i did. i was on the inside. >> i want to know how or if the paris years left a mark on your sound, your style. >> i think we have all been touched by the french. when we were in our mid-20's, we found france exotic. there is so much cool stuff here like in music and fashion.

it kind of -- it is not like it rubs off on you here you are excited by it and you want to be involved with it. we always kind of enjoy at pit >> i think the thing for us we don't take for granted as a u.k.-ish band, we can come to france. we can spend three weeks touring in france. we go all over and that is a special thing. it is not just we play in paris and that is it. we feel like we are as much as big in france as we are in the u.k. which is kind of cool. >> we always get vy excited about frch doors because of -- >> catering. ♪

>> looking back at your career, your 2011 album has gone down in pop history as a classic record. you put out a new addition for the 10th anniversary last year. one of the big hits from that album, the bay, was covered by a french singer a years ago. you know in her version everyone is naked? [laughter] >> is that true? >> is that suggested lyrically? ♪ >> wow. >> i totally did not pick up on

that. the beef starts here. >> remove the song. >> sonata in keeping with the original spirit of the song. >> that in. i just did not say it that everyone is naked. ♪ >> and other french institution who has licensed one of your songs, the look is the french public rail network for an advert. i wondered if you had to

soundtra and other organization or service you particularly support or enjoy. who deserves a tune or jingle? >> i once tried to write a load of jingles for a local radio station in brighton. i would say local radio. i would go for very small cal radio stations and give them some jingles. >> nhs? >> it is very worthy. i was going to say an oil company. the n. why not? nhs radio. >> as long as you are not taking any contracts away from nhs tile writers. -- nhs jingle writers. >> a valid concern. the music industry has changed quite a lot since much on a miss

started out. we engage with a lot of music digitally and that opens you up to new audiences but also complicates things sometimes. recently in bill young and joni mitchell pulled their music from spotify because they did not want to be on the same platform as joe rogan because ohis political opinions. it sparked the whole debate. what do you think about that? >> i mean, it is difficult for us to take some kind of stand like that. >> easy for neil young to do. kind of like when the beatles were not on any streaming platforms. they were not on itunes for ages. you are th beatles. you can do that. pink floyd i think were holdouts at the beginning as well. if you are a mid-level band or a band starting out even, everyone around you will tell you if you are not on -- you pull the music from youtube because they have load of unlicensed content, then

you basically become invisible. >> like you say, you ring up the question it is not just a political thing. there is the question of artists getting paid and music getting this tribute it. a lot of musicians have called out the streaming platforms over loyalties to it is a bit tricky right now. what is your take on that whole thing? decide.uposition where we can of course there -- everyone should get paid more probably. but we are not really -- unfortunately in the pecking der, if we decide to me a stand, people ll just nore us. of course very ould -- there should be better loyalties for everyone but there are not yet should >> you are embarking on a huge tour. europe, you decay. it is quite old -- europe, the u.k..

you have a lot of tips or life hacks to staying rested, healthy, sane? >> if you're going into a different time zone, you have to forget about the previous times in. don't think about what time it used to be. think about what time it is now. >> i find doing laundry ver incoenient so i always have enough underwear for the amount of days we are away. >> seven pairs. -- 27 pairs. >> pretty much. >> travel with people you like. it really helps because there is nothing more depressing in the past we have had the odd member of our crew who has been a bit annoying to be around. it really bums you out. >> eat one hotmail a day. -- hot meal a day. that is quite good advice. >> metonymy, thank you very

much. >> thank you. ♪ >> from north to south africa, from bamako to nairobi, to mogadishu, bringing you all the political, economic news from mouth ago. >> across africa, presented by georgia calvin smith on france 24 and france 24.com. ♪

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08/09/22 08/09/22 [captioning made possible by democracy now!] amy: from new york, this is democracy now! in an unprecedented move, the fbi has executed a search warrant of former president donald trump's mar-a-lago resort in florida. the raid is reportedly tied to a federal probe into trump's unlawful removal of documents from the white house. we will get this latest. then we will look at the senate's sweeping