you are watching live from paris. thank you for joining us. liz truss promises able economic plan as you prepare to take over as britain's next prime minier. she will meet with the queen to formalize her leadership after boris johnson hands in his resignation. if i'm open city pairs over the 2016 at bastille day attacks that killed 86 people in the southern city of nice. people accused of helping of the attacker who was killed by police. showing european solidarity in

the face of the energy crunch, france and germany will share gas and electricity if needed this winter. ♪ at midday tomorrow, liz truss will officially become britain's new prime minister. she beat rishi sunak in a vote. she will travel to scotland tuesday to meet with the queen who will charter with forming a government. outgoing prime minister boris johnson will be there ahead of her, handing in his resignation. let us take a listen to her speaking of her victory. >> i will deliver a bold plan to cut taxes and grow our economy. i will deliver on the energy

crisis, dealing with people's energy bills but also dealing with the long-term issues we have on energy supply. we will deliver a great victory for the conservative party in 2024. thank you. >> earlier, our correspondent brought us the latest from london. >> liz truss will be the new u.k. prime minister after beat ing rishi sunak in the leadership contest. the united kingdom has 8 p.m. in waiting. -- has a p.m. in waiting. it was an honor to be elected leader as a the conservatives have the most seats in the house of commons. she will also become prime minister. no before boris johnson has resigned and that is the

sequence we will see tomorrow. an early morning last address, and farewell to the nation by boris johnson who will then take a plea to see the queen and tend to his resignation. a few minutes later it will be liz truss who will meet the queen for an audience. the head of state, the monarch who has health problems and cannot travel at the moment will ask liz truss to form a government. she will take a government plane from scotland back to london and we expect an address on downing street. perhaps a little bit more details on this bold plan that she is set to tackle, soaring energy costs, she has pledged to deliver on this crisis. she may also announce a fundamental reform of the u.k. energy market. and momentous day to come. liz truss, at third female prime

minister. -- the u.k.'s third female prime minister. >> inflation is up over 10%. liz truss is said to be considering a freeze on household energy bills. >> liz truss has big economic plans for the u.k. as she takes on the country's top job as prime minister. before being named as the next leader, she told abc she would hit the ground running. >> if i am elected, within one week i will make sure that there is an announcement on how we are going to deal with the issue of energy bills and of long-term supply to put this country on the right footing for winter. >> she has not set out to cushion the price of energy

costs, but she could freeze energy bills for households and businesses. echoing proposals unveiled by the labour party next month. a freeze would cost up to 100 billion pounds. the next argument says she will introduce tax cuts, the plans would increase in quality. according to the institute for physical study, it a policy would add seven pounds of those low income earners. she says a wide view wealth distribution but experts say it could ruffle feathers. >> the new voters, many of them are on lower incomes and tax cuts, are not what they were. >> she will have to build her cabinet, she is expected to be named chancellor of the exchequer.

the new government will introduce plans that are fiscally responsible. >> for some reaction and analysis we cannot speak to a special advisor to theresa may and boris johnson's government. he is also the director of the global council advisory firm. mr. davidson, thank you for joining us. could you give us a reaction to liz truss winning this race? >> good evening. i think we were surprised by the outcome. it was much closer than many have predicted. she faces an immediate storm. shafted -- she has to grapple with the cost of living the economic albums i had. her first weeks are going to be crucial. >> what you think about what we know offer economic plan so far? >> she is by instinc a tax cutter and the regulator.

that is how she sees the answer to the problem of growth. they have seen a lack of growth, of course, it is relatively in favor of growth. the question is how you deliver it. her answer will be as she said, tax cuts and deregulation. whether that will be enough is yet to be seen. >> there remain many politicians within the party who do not support liz truss what might she do to unite her party and what is going to happen if she cannot do that? >> that is an interesting question. it is not clear from the briefings that have taken place or who she is going to a her cabinet, she is going to do a great deal to unite her party. her instincts seems to be to surround herself with her allies and secure boris johnson's quarters and full steam ahead

with policy and tax cuts and deregulation. what she has in her favor is an general -- is the general election is at two years away and disunited parties lose elections. if they undermine their prime minister and show that the party is disunited, they increase the chances of losing their seats. terminating their careers as politicians. that is a strong enough incentive to keep her party. >> european leaders are concerned about liz truss could deviate from the northern ireland protocol. how likely do you think that is and would that be a wise choice on her part? >> i think it is highly likely she will try to. the expectation on both sides of the channel, there will be an effort for a fresh start from brussels and other european capitals. right now, they are not hopeful.

however, as prime minister, she will face an obstacle to her plans in the legislation she is trying to get to parliament in the house of lords. the block of the bill, the has the effect of delaying it. until the next genal election. this could go a long way to reassuring the eu's plays or having to play a longer game in the context where she is facing a crisis and many would think that adding a trade war to that would be unwise. most people hoping for who would be a mutual benefit to the united kingdom and the eu and what is good for northern ireland but hope that this confrontational ways are found and both signs show flexibility and provide a something that works for everyone. that will not be easy and does not come easy.

>> we have to leave it there. thank you for the insight. that was a special advisor to theresa may and boris johnson's administrations. turning away from the u.k. and here to france were another major terrorism trial began this monday. eight people stand accused of tapping the man who in 2016 it ran a truck into the crowd celebrating but still die southern city of nice. the attacker was shot dead by police. the trial is taking place in paris in the same courtroom that was built for the proceedings over the november 13 attacks. a live broadcast has been set up in nice. here is what one of the survivors had to say as this trial began. >> if it takes me back to six years ago when i was looking for my daughter. has a painful and difficult journey back and forth to the victim's association for any

news. also i am awaiting judgment. a fair judgment. also, hopefully severe. >> we are covering that trial for us. >> the trial of the nice attacks began here in paris this monday in the same paris courtroom that in june prosecuted others and in the paris. attacks the first day was about formalities in the courtroom but it was an occasion, the victims to put a face to the names of the eight defendants involved in this trial. are defendants, seven men and one woman are accused of playing a secondary role of providing school support to the soul attack perpetrator.

he ran his truck into revelers on nice's famous boulevard on july 14, 2016, killing 86 people and injuring. hundreds more. some of the victims made the trip to paris this monday for the first day of the trial. i am speaking to some of them. they say that they are there with the problem of what happened that night. there is a sense of anticipation and expectation. relief that this trial has finally come. many want answers to the lingering questions that they have had for the past six years. how and why were these attacks carried out? the defendants and the victims will have their cancer testify among victims, expected to testify is christoph, he lost six members of his family that night in nice. >> another of the survivors who is hoping to testify at the trial is a young mother who

managed to say birth herself and her daughter. catherine has this report from france station. >> during the attack, she threw herself and her daughter under the truck to save them from dying. like everyone else, she and her daughter were enjoying the bastille day celebrations one thing suddenly changed. >> it was very festive. then she said to me, there is a truck! i see this truck driving onto the curb. when i saw it hit people, i thought to myself, he has not trying to park, this is not a friendly truck. instantly i thought he had lost control of his brakes and we were going to get run over. in my immediate thought is that my daughter is going to die in front of me. run over by the wheels of a truck. i thought i have to try to save

my daughter. i will protect her with my body. i will lie on her and i will go under the truck. that is what i did. i tackled her and i lay down on top of her. i was hit, it was total darkness , at some point i saw the light again. there is a buzzing sound in my head. i do not remember anything at that moment. i just see the truck driving away. continuing its root. there were people who were crushed. bodies dismembered. i was asking my daughter are you ok? >> the little girl was injured, struck in the head by the truck's tire. she has gone under surgery and has deafness and impaired vision. she no longer attends school. >> she was a little girl who walked and nine months.

now she no longer sleeps, she is to sleep and now that she does not sleep at all. >> they are both hoping to testify at the terror attack trial being held here in paris. >> canadian authorities are still searching for two men suspected of killing 10 people in a stabbing rampage. asthma attack started an indigenous community in the saskatchewan province. the suspects have already been charged with murder and authorities trying to determine a motive. nearly four months after al jazeera journalist was killed, and fairly investigators say she was likely shot unintentionally by an israeli soldier. the investigation concluded it was not possible to

unequivocally determine the the gunfire. -- determine the cause of the gunfire. her families were disappointed by the news. >> abu akleh was accidentally killed by their fire. al jazeera accused the arming of evading responsibility. >> this report says this is a high possibility that the israeli bombing were the ones who fired the shots. that leaves the door open to misinformation and keeping the issue vague. it is clear that the aim is to escape from responsibility. >> as a palestinian-american journalist who was shot in the city of jenin on may 11 while covering a raid in the occupied west bank. she was wearing a press fence and a helmet when she was gunned down.

as a household name in the arab world, abu akleh she covered the area for 25 years. her killing caused global outrage. separate probes by various bodies including the u.n., human rights groups, and media organizations of all found is really fire to be responsible for her death. they press for an investigat ion. the army has denied abu akleh was deliberately targeted. >> the united nations have condemned executions carried out by hamas in the gaza strip. they announced sunday they had executed five palestinians, two for collaboration with israel and three for murder. the you and how humans rights office award that the killings were in stark violation of

palestinian law and called on hamas to establish a moratorium on executions. the nuclear plant in ukraine has been disconnected from the power grid. th powerlines had been disrupted by russian shelling which were made intensive in recent days. the nuclear watchdog which has inspector at the site says that the reserve line that the plant had been using had been connected to extinguish a fire. ukraine has been claiming major gains. >> claims of battlefield success from volodymyr zelenskyy. as a president said ukrainian forces were making progress in their counteroffensive against the russian army. >> i want to thank the soldiers of the territorial defense forces and showtimes result in the don't ask reason -- in the

region. thanks to his heroic actions, two settlements were liberated. >> while the president has been tightlipped about details, the army is trying to take back the region from russian troops. it has been in russian hands since march when the soldiers also captured the city, the only regional ukrainian capital to fall since the start of the war. on social media, the kyiv post showed soldiers raising the ukrainian town in the southern province. forces were targeting russian supply lines using air strikes and artillery fire. moscow has publicly stated that ukrainian assault on the area have been repelled but the city's fact administrator struck a defiant tone. >> this is a russian city.

we are holding on on the front line with the guys who are holding on, crushing it. >> the same official acknowledged that lance to hold a referendum for the region to join russia have been put on hold due to the security situation. >> it is time for a look at the top business news. i am joined by brian quinn. you are starting with the leaders of france and germany as they face rising energy prices in response to the war in ukraine. >> once again, gas futures prices soaring, european benchmark, contracts, gained nearly 12% on monday. it is up more than 400% for the year. businesses and consumers are hit

with skyhigh energy bills. the french president held a video meeting with the german chancellor and afterwards macron called for a solidarity and sobriety across the eu as winter approaches. promising france will share gas with germany if necessary while germany could send electricity to france at times of peak demand. the eu is said to hold an energy crisis meeting on friday. i on the agenda will be a price cap on russian gas pipe to europe along with reform to the eu electricity market pricing rules in which gas prices weigh heavily even on cheaper renewables. >> in the medium-term, a third goal is to reform the electricity market. we must complete the european electricity network and increase the number of european electricity connections so that it can flow efficiently between countries.

today, it has a price of ultra city on the european market as far too dependent on marginal contributions, particularly for gas which countries like ours is not normal. as a price of electricity does not in fact reflect -- the price of electricity does not reflect production costs. >> finland's economy minister has called it a moment for the european industry. in particularly, utility companies limited by price caps on much they contort customers while forced to pay wholesale gas prices. the p and governments are rushing out multibillion euro bailout packages to avoid collapse of the liquidity in the utility industry while also trying to protect households from soaring bills. >> with european gas prices up

400% from one year ago, the eu states are placing the blame squarely at the feet of vladimir putin, accusing him of weaponizing russian gas supplies. >> russia is conducting a full scale energy war to break our unity. putin was to create a division within european countries and within the country. you will not succeed. >> after russia's gazprom said it will stop pumping gas through the pipeline, eu member states are racing to act. sweden announced the equivalent of 23 billion euros in the liquidity guarantees to its power companies. finland followed suit, announcing emergency funding of up to 10 billion euros in the form of loans and loan guarantees to energy providers. >> has a recent strong price fluctuations in the electricity derivatives market require the government to take quick to

ensure market stability. >> germany which is more reliant on russian gas than other eu countries announced a 65 billion euro relief package. and includes a windfall tax on energy company's profits as well as payments to seniors and students. in france, as government nationalized the country's electricity giant and has cap price increases for consumers at 4%. french businesses are being afforded some lesser protections. fears of a recession are looming over the continent and several states have already triggered emergency plans that could soon lead to energy rationing. >> time for a check on the trading action. crude oil prices climbing as opec plus has decided on a small production and in the coming months. this comes as oil had been

losing ground on growing fears of global recession that could hit demand. crude and wti each up 2.3% on monday. wall street is close for the labor day holiday. the continental markets ended in the lowest level against the dollar -- ended with the euro in the lowest level against the dollar in years. finally, a 405 million euro fine for mishandling as a personal data of teenagers. ireland's privacy regulator has decided on the fine for instagram after they social network allowed under age users to open business accounts that facilitated the publication of their own numbers and addresses. the punishment is second only to a fine on luxembourg against amazon last year.

instagram's parent company says it collaborated with the investigation i will be appealing the amount of the fine. instagram users under the age of 18 began switching to business of their viewsnd likes afterack the company disabled all features in personal accounts. that is a bid to improve mental health. so between a rock and a hard place with that one. >> the teenagers find a way around those regulations! i do not like instagram. thank you as always. it is time for us to take a quick break. stay with us. there is more news coming up after this. ♪ >> two years ago, the images of church in paris made headlines around the world.

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