these are the headlines. joe biden says it will take years for florida to rebuild. he needs every level of government to help. winds of 250 kilometers per hour struck the sunshine state. opec plus cutting production by 2 million barrels.

washington accuses the group of being aligned with russia. #metoo is five years old. standing by is our guest. this is live from paris. thank you for being with us. joe biden made a politically-charged visit in florida. he stroked best struck a united front with governor ron desantis. the democrat and first lady

boarded a helicopter in fort myers for an aerial inspection. >> you walk around here, you don't have to have much of an imagination to understand everything is historic. the storm ripped it to pieces. you have to start from scratch. it's going to take time. not months, years. anchor: let's bring in david, the bureau chief in washington for the guardian newspaper. reporter: this is seen as one of joe biden's strengths.

empathy. in his remarks, he tried to strike a united tone with ron desantis. trying to help at all levels to get things operating or providing hotel rooms. bottles of water. amid that, just capturing the scale of the devastation. i thought it was interesting that he reflected on the climate crisis.

wildfires, rivers. climate change is real, something has to be done. that was perhaps something of a distinction who dismiss global warming on a day of unity. anchor: many people around the world associated florida with donald trump, mar-a-lago is in florida and t may have fared better than the ordinary people. reporter: yes. mar-a-lago was untouched by the storm.

[indiscernible] biden was in puerto rico on monday. he was not lobbing paper towels. it was interesting [indiscernible] pretty much everything you look at shows ron desantis in second place to donald trump for the republican nomination. he is adopted some of donald trump's tactics in terms of attacking joe biden in the media, this week he talked to a conservative outlet saying he

felt liberals were rooting for the hurricane to be a disaster. i suspect this is a temporary truce and we will see biden and desantis once again at loggerheads. anchor: what happens on the ground. thank you. the russian president signed final papers to illegally annexed four regions of you rain. this is the army struggles to control new territory. ukrainian law enforcement officials discovering more evidence of torture and killings and areas taken by the russian forces. reporter: ukrainian troops are ramping up the pressure,

recapturing territory. on wednesday, ukrainian general said it inflicted losses. >> as a result of the successful actions, they are trying to evacuate. reporter: the russian defense ministry says forces were holding positions. elsewhere, ukrainian official said several towns have been recaptured. >> they can't avoid the counteroffensive. they defeated and the only thing they can do is mine everything possible. roads, buildings. reporter: luhansk and her some -- kerr some --they make up 18%

of the ukraine. on wednesday, vladimir putin finalized the annexation of these areas as russian troops continue to flee. a spokesman commented. >> there is no contradiction. they will be with russia forever. reporter: in one of the first displays of influence, putin ordered the state to seize control of a powerplt and expected the situation would stabilize. in russia, skepticism is nothing. on wednesday, a senior russian mp called on the defense ministry to stop lying about what to happening on the ground in ukraine. anchor: next, #metoo is five

years old. it's the fifth that a bursary -- anniversary of a near times investigation revealing the harvey wanting case. it launched the #metoo movement. has the battle won? let's get to our guest. a woman's rights activist and author. good evening. what is your view? >> let me start by correcting you. #metoo started in 2006 by an african-american activist.

this does not date back to five years ago. it's important for people to understand women have been fighting this battle to solidify the movement from the start. come on. it's like asking if we eradicated misogyny, gender-based violence. all of which have aided and abetted and worse of women who shared the experiences through the movement. this is not going to be a war being one overnight. what has changed is the walls of silence that were built over centuries against women came

toddling down, and but it also did was demand accountability and transparency in a very public way that was never seen before and solidify the voices of women across borders and the way the technology is able to amplify. if we're going to talk about psychological, emotional, mental warfare that the #metoo movement has helped bring awareness of, women are winning. what you are seeing is women are getting stronger about speaking about experiences. anchor: let's hope that continues. some major abusers have been exposed and punished, on a lesser level, abuse prevails? >> that's right.

we're talking about a systemic issue. this is not an isolated event and there are bad apples behaving badly. we're talking about a systemic, institutionalized process that has helped to reinforce the misogyny against women, sexism, rape. sexual harassment. if you look at country to country, take a look at the cases that even get prosecuted and the fact that women are judged as though they are the perpetrators when they are the survivors. there is a lot still going on which is why the systemic issue still exists. this is why i would say the #metoo movement has done a great job and having a long-lasting impact in the sense that what

you have now, voices of women, does not matter if it's protesting in south africa, poland for reproductive rights, roe v. wade in america, the solidarity is global and it's resonating. we're talking about each other's stories and experiences and saying i stand with you. women in different parts of the world cutting off their hair in solidarity with iranian women. this is a lasting impact of the #metoo movement in the way that it's used both online and off-line to raise the voices of women, amplify the issues we are fighting.

that is a long-lasting impact. anchor: i could this into you all night. i agree with everything. it's fantastic. let's hope that continues to be the way things go because it's right and fair women are treated as equals. #metoo began in 2006, some would say even further back before then. thank you. next. the fight against criminals. the mexican government has opted

a resolution from unesco. reporter: 150 countries approve a historic declaration. at the heart of this commitment is the fight against illicit trafficking. from now on, market operators will only sell objects that can identify a point of origin. >> we were asked to prove our ownership. it's been out provide proof, the idea is the owner will have to prove authenticity and origin. reporter: mexico has been working hard to recover cultural heritage. like these statues that were going to be sold in belgium. >> these are unique pieces.

they date back from a period between 200 and 800 after jesus christ. reporter: the new declaration makes it almost possible to sell mexican pre-hispanic objects. >> in mexico, there are no export certificates search galleries, things that sell these kind of objects will not prove authorization. reporter: unesco plans to create a virtual museum that will showcase stolen property to help people learn about the history of these works. it will be up and running by 2025. anchor: taking artifacts back to where they came from. some of the world's leading oil

producers have announced they will cut daily output. reporter: the group will reduce production by 2 million barrels a day. it marks an abrupt shift after months of increasing supplies to make up for steeper cutbacks at the start of the pandemic. producers want to increase global prices and revenues while the u.s. and eu have been lobbying for lower prices. it's about 2% of global daily output though analysts say it won't be nearly as severe. markets had largely priced in and prices rose just over 2%. opec has 13 member states, the most powerful is saudi arabia. there are 10 other producers,

notably russia. bosque would stand to benefit from higher prices as of this is a boycott from europe. opec said it will be renewing cooperation between members and nonmembers that have been due to expire. that's been interpreted as a political statement. the saudi energy minister insisted there are trying to bring stability to markets. >> we are providing security, stability. we will prove that opec plus is here not on tuesday but stay as a moderating force to bring about stability and betterment to supporting the economy. reporter: the united states had been lobbying against the move and a spokesperson said joe biden was disappointed and will

keep trying to lower energy prices. global trade is likely to slow next year as a result of higher prices and ongoing instability. trade will increase 3.5% this year but 1% next. the director general said the picture for next year darkened considerably and could get worse depending on the war in you and, but shsaid thenternational community could learn lessons. >> looking ahead, a better response is to build a more diversified, less concentrated base for producing goods and services. in addition, this could contribute to supply resilience and long-term stability.

reporter: wall street tried to stage a last-minute rally but closed below the flat line, breaking the trend after two straight days of strong gains. european indices closed lower, stocks in paris dragged down as manufacturing in the eurozone dropped to a 20 month low. sterling tipping. -- dipping. elon musk continues his efforts to take over twitter. shares soared 22% on tuesday. flat on wednesday, closing down 1.3%. market value is hovering around $39, that has been the deal to value it around $44 billion.

france 24 spoke to a marketing expert. >> obviously, elon musk is in this for the money and further commercializing twitter would be on the cards. how does he do that? if you look at other platforms like we chat, it's an all in one application, you can communicate, make purchases, watch videos. his plans for a super app. the goal for him is to integrate twitter into a constellation application so there is a single place users can go, this is beneficial for advertisers, users and him. reporter: elon musk describing

it as a step towards creating and everything app. anchor: never a dull moment. he likes attention. and he gets it. thank you very much. it's time for truth or fake. good evening. today it is about iran for a video is going viral. reporter: the streets have been flooded by protests following the death of a 22-year-old who died in police custody. he retrieved this piece of misinformation. this clip has 150,000 views claiming this dad is seen

dancing, his daughter's funeral after she was killed. we have the caption of this video that was posted on tiktok and later deleted. it claims saddest thing i have ever seen, a father who promises his daughter he will dance at her wedding now dancing at her grave. this video has been widely shared on twitter, another tweet right here with over 500,000 views claiming heartbreaking, he promised to live long enough to dance at his daughter's wedding dances at her funeral after she was killed by the morality police. let's take a closer look at this video. we see this father overwhelmed

by emotion allegedly dancing at his daughter's funeral. anchor: it's clear the gentleman is dancing and is said. it's about the circumstances. can you tell us where this comes from? reporter: you might've guessed this video has nothing to do with the current protests. this is from october 19, 2021. we see the same man, same images , we have to pay attention to this caption that gives us clues as to the origin of the video.

let's take a closer look. two keywords. this is episode 78, the other one, ancestor home. by entering these keywords on a youtube search as we did right here, we found these images belong to the series, a popular fictional series from 2017. here we have the same man. this episode in particular was posted on new to in 2018. we see this man.

we can conclude that this video right does not depict an iranian father dancing over his daughter's grave during protests, but it's a clip from an azerbaijani tv show. anchor: thank you. more misleading nonsense. watch proper news sources. stay with us. ♪ >> with brazilians about to vote, our journalists went to meet the looter generation. the first left-wing president. grants, health care. reforms.

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10/05/22 10/05/22 [captioning made pble by democracy now!] amy: from new york, this is democracy now! pres. biden: we are going to make sure you get every dollar promised. i am determined to help puerto rico to be better prepared for the future. amy: president biden visited puerto rico monday where hurricane fiona collapsed the island's electrical grid. today he is in florida to meet with survivors of huic