world news and analysis from france 24. i am mark and these are the headlines. rishi sue next said to become the latest prime minister of the u.k.. the conservative party has dropped out. we will be analyzing what he brings to the job in this all attend and he will become britain's third prime minister and less than two months. as ever, standing by in downing street. the very latest. russia accuses ukraine of developing a so-called dirty bomb or use on its own soil.

fake allegations says nato. accusing moscow of inventing this bogus story as an excuse to escalate the war. the chinese communist party congress over and growth figures have been released. 3.9% from the last quarter, further confirming the countries slow down. this analyzed in our business segment. this is live in paris. ♪ marc: thank you very much for being with us. london calling the first ever nonwhite leader of the u.k. and conservative party or any british ruling party. rishi steps forward as the sole candidate to become the conservative leader and u.k. prime minister.

will this be the candidate to lead the u.k. out of the crisis? he saw it coming and he criticized the plans of liz truss. they saw the british pound fall to its lowest against the u.s. dollar since records began and the financial chaos that in soon. will he be able to unite the party? the opposition labor by 30 points. let's hear the prime minister to be. >> it is the greatest privilege of my life to be able to serve the party i love. and give back to the country i owe so much to. the united kingdom is a great country. there is no doubt we face a profound economic challenge. we now need stability and unity and i will make it my utmost priority to bring our party and our country together. because that is the only way we

will overcome the challenges we face and build a better, more prosperous future for our children and our grandchildren. marc: prime minister in waiting in the u.k. there, he of course will take over in a number 10 downing street. that is where we find our correspondent, benedict, outside of the seat of power in london. good evening to you. the tories have a new leader. the u.k. has a new prime minister but all of this without a word from the electorate, increasingly unhappy with how conservatives have been performing do you think there will be any pressure for him to call an election? reporter: there will be pressure from the opposition parties and for the main opposition party. indeed it's leader has yet again today called for an immediate general election, saying this is terrible chaos and a mess and it is undemocratic.

the problem for him is that it is not in his gift to ask or to get an election. it is for the party that has the majority in parliament. so rishi sunak interestingly, apparently, well, behind closed doors in his very first words to the party on learning he was indeed the sole candidate that had got that hundred threshold can't lee. got 185 fellow tory mps to back him in the process in what is an incredibly fast track process. and yes our third prime minister extraordinarily in under four months. that he would not be calling a general election. the reason the opposition, including the national party and as i measured the labour party -- as i mentioned the labour party, we are in a parliamentary democracy so no election needs to be called until 2024 or 2025.

since the 2019 victory by then prime minister boris johnson, is that in the polls, it is very clear that the conservatives are in deep trouble. where elections to be called they would be reduced to very, very few. and because the labour party has got a 13 point lead, there will be pressure, many pressures. economic pressures. saying that this country, the u.k. faces a big economic challenge. and he is going to inherit all the same economic, financial -- international strikes, personal strikes and the challenges of a post-pandemic economy, like france, like other countries. so he will have many challenges but he is trying to unify his party and he got more than have of them to vote for him and trust him. how long the honeymoon will last, of course, we cannot tell right now. marc: hearing completely what you are saying there. rishi sunak foresaw the

financial carnage that the plans of liz truss caused. so he has that kind of i suppose that sense of being the man who saw it coming and said do not do this, it is the wrong thing to do. and history proved him to be right. do you think he has more plans in store or is he a one trick wonder? what is your sense? reporter: well, look, this is a man who was certainly thrust into the job of finance minister. chancellor it is called here. then it was the pandemic, lockdowns. huge financial help to many millions of people, whether it was individuals or companies. and all the rest which cost billions of pounds. very criticized by many including the opposition labour party, saying it was not enough. that this is a man who has been in that top job. who does know how to add up in

indeed, as you say, called liz truss plans during those six or seven leadership contest fantasy economics. but it has indeed proved catastrophic. we've seen the hike of interest rates, the interventions with the bank of england. hence the necessary departure after so you days and weeks of liz truss. which we will be getting tomorrow morning, by the way because liz truss will be going to buckingham palace to turn in her resignation to king charles. then, we will get prime minister in waiting going to the palace and then the king will ask him to form a government. and then he will be. he will come here, make a speech and maybe we will get a little bit more before of course we get those fiscal measures on monday. one of the big questions here is who is going to be the finance minister? will it remain at jeremy hunt to the second, who

did help to stabilize the markets, having rejected and got rid of most of what was then called a mini budget presented by liz truss and her finance minister. on the 23rd of september. that was the biggest tax cutting budget this country has seen in 50 years. they thought they could delay any kind of independent analysis of that. we have seen the results of the market. so he is going to be reaching out. he said he wants a government of all of the talents. in seven years of being an mp, had some experience and we will see if he is going to call in people with a lot of experience. he will at first get the benefit of doubt in the sense of the unity in the party. how quickly that will come apart is not clear. there is a small measure of brexit as well as relationship with the eu and, you know, a deal. and getting back with

institutions and northern island. many challenging things ahead, not just the economy. there are in the calls a clamor for a general election. 70% of people are really feeling that they want on it yet another prime minister coming in, images we've seen across the world, official media of the revolving door at number 10. the hope for the conservatives is that the party can stay united, that it will not be a revolving door. that this prime minister is here and will lead them to a general election. can he turn things around? 30 points is a very big leap by the labour party. but i am sure the opposition will continue to press him in parliament on a number of issues and try to get him to get some consent of mp's -- that's what it would take. conservative mps of his government or the next government not being able to

pass legislation for there to be indeed a general election. as far as we know, it is not coming anytime soon. marc: indeed. the call on labor to keep up the pressure along with the other opposition parties. as ever, thank you very much indeed. outside 10 downing street, where rishi sunak is assumed to be installed as the new prime minister of the u.k.. history making in many ways. first person not white, person of color, to be the leader of not just a british party, but of course, the prime minister of the country. so historical on that level and many challenges ahead. we will be analyzing those throughout our program. next, ukraine. kyiv is claiming more games of crown, taking back territory occupied by the russians, liberated by dutch from invading forces. nato is morning moscow not to use a nuclear fueled dirty bomb.

this story comes after russia alleged that ukraine is planning to use such a device. this has been dismissed as moscow propaganda to justify a russian escalationf violence on the ground. a dirty bomb contains consensual explosives alongside radioactive material. >> another twist in the war in ukraine and another potential escalation. ukraine has condemned unsubstantiated claims by russia that kyiv might use a so-called dirty bomb. a device that uses explosives to scatter radioactive ste. warrant that russia could bey preparing such an attack. >> if russia calls and says that ukraine is allegedly one thing.something, it means russia has already prepared all of this. how the world should react in the toughest possible way. >> a dirty bomb does not have a

devastating effect of a nuclear explosion. but it could expose broad areas to radioactive contamination. in a joint statement to the foreign ministers of france, the u.k., and the u.s. also russia's allegations. >> are countries made clear that we reject russia's transparently false allegations that ukraine is preparing to use a dirty bomb on its own territory the world would see to any attempt to use this allegation as a pretext for escalation. we further reject any pretext for escalation by russia. >> russian defense minister and surrogat man dirty bomb remarks on sunday during calls with the british and the american spirit moscow has provided no evidence to back up the claims. russian accusations come under a string of heavy russian military defeats and as ukrainian troops continue their counter offensive operations in the eastern and south part of the country. marc: talks are set to take

place at an unspecified location between ethiopia and the rebels. it is peace after a war that has lasted two years. costing half a million lives. the two sides will be face to face over the negotiating table in south africa. it is reported it will happen tomorrow. we have more from cape town. reporter: the government of ethiopia said they were only on their way to south africa this morning to meet with the rebels for these peace talks. and we've heard that the peace talksill only formally start on tuesday and south africa's capital. and the peace talks have been shrouded in secrecy. it is a scene that involved parties and mediators wanting to keep it all under wraps until they reached resolution. the resolution of the moment is that there are calls for an urgent cease-fire. to take place right now as you

have said, the rebels say that ethiopian forces still attack the capital on sunday night. so they say they are still under attack. if there can be a cease-fire, if a cease-fire can be negotiated, th a long-term peace talks to resolve ts war can take place. the immediate call is for a ceasfire. this is a huge humanitarian crisis at the ment and even the world health organization has said that it is a very narrow path that has been laid before we can call it a genocide. but it is basically almost a genocide. half a million people have been killed and the people have been cut off from all basic services for two years now and that includes humanitarian aid. that is why there is an urgent call for a cease-fire and ethiopia's government say they are beginning to restore some basic services. ey also said that they will

allow humanitarian aid to be delivered soon, but they also have taken quite a few cities on the weekends. so there is no knowing when humanitarian aid will be able to reach the people of tigre. marc: those talks scheduled for the next 24 hours. there in cape town, we will bring you more of this perspective peace talks between ethiopia and tigre as it develops. india has celebrated across the country, national holiday of coors beer to one town confirming its record-breaking status of -- holiday of course, one town confirming its record-breaking status. the river and the holy city retaining the guinness world record set last year. it is a remarkable site. i'm sure you agree. this festival symbolizes the victory of light over darkness.

turn now for a look at the day's top business news and who better than our top businessman, brian quinn. how are you, sir? starting with the biggest news of the day, rishi sunak will be the new prime minister getting a second chance at his economic program. brian: as you will recall, he lost out to lose trust in a previous contest in part because he was calling for tough fiscal choices against a gloomy economic outlook. now that list trusses trickle down economic plan has been crushed by market reality, rishi sunak will get his term. although the situation is far from what any leader would hope for, the british economy is likely in recession according to recent business surveys. u.k. inflation has had a four decade high, 10.1 percent in september with retail sales down to 2% in the most recent quarter. rishi sunak's policies of raising corporate taxes to 20%

as well as keeping the basic income tax rate at 20% have been maintained after liz truss was forced to do a u-turn on her tax cut plan. rishi sunak now facing the economic double whammy of recession at a time of rising interest rates with a budgetary shortfall making public spending cuts ever more likely. he will also be facing noxious mounting labor strikes amid a cost-of-living crisis, but also leaving shortages -- labor shortages. businesses are hoping he will work to alleviate it. listen here. >> i've been looking at our new prime minister to assist businesses by making the process easier and reducing administration fees. and any hurdles that are within the existing sponsoring system. and enabling us to bring in other sponsored, non-u.k. permits if required. marc: let's take a look at how the markets have reacted to the news. a pretty volatile day for starlings. brian: the pound ridge the dollar 14th -- one dollar 13

cents. well above recent records. yields on record bonds fell a bit as traders see the fiscal plan as putting less pressure on the bank of a going to aggressively hike interest rates. the 10 year guilt is down just slightly around returns of a percent. bond market volatility and its potentially debiting effect on u.k. pension funds was of course a big reason for liz truss's ouster. negative markets, indexes have gained ground on monday. london's 100 up two thirds of a percent. that fell well behind its continental counterparts. the frankford dax ended the day one and a half percent higher. the dow and s&p rose as investors look for signs that the u.s. federal reserve could begin slowing down its aggressive rate hikes aimed at fighting inflation. corporate results of those holding back shares. the tech sector in particular has not been -- has been lacking and earnings reports this week from giants like meta and alphabet with digital ad sales cratering recently. the nasdaq though gaining just

under nine tense of a percent to round out the day and the market wide rally. finally, for business, china has released its latest economic data after a one-week delay due to the just wrapped up communist party congress. president xi jinping taking an unprecedented third term in office as his country faces a slew of economic challenges from covid zero policy that has severely disrupted manufacturing output to a real estate crisis threatening to destabilize china's financial system. we take a closer look. reporter: it is not the rebound officials were hoping for, but china's economic growth still beat estimates in the third quarter. the country's gdp growth 3.9% compared to the same time last year. beating analyst forecasts of 3.3%, but well below the governments's 5.5% target. the release of economic data had been postponed as the ruling

communist party held its 20th congress last week. investors and the chinese public listened out for any large stimulus measures to counteract the effects of beijing's zero covid strategy, but none were announced. in fact, a initials -- officials signaled strict controls like lockdowns were there tuesday heralding economic uncertainty. analysts areainting a gloomy picture when it comes to long-term recovery. >> the chinese economy today is in a crisis. the housing sector is in a deep crisis. you have, you know, 20% employment along young people. reporter: china's property marketccounts foa quarter of the country's gdp, making the real estate crisis a major economic concern. in the first nine months of the year, property sales fell by more than 20% as many developers struggled and some loners refused to pay mortgages for unfinished homes.

authorities have taken steps to help complete construction and loosen and key party rates. but analysts say more is needed to create economic recovery. marc: president xi jinping with his work cut out for him and the next five years. we wait and see how that develops. thank you as ever very much. brian quinn with all the business. great to see user. it is time now for truth or affect our daily fact checking segment. waiting by the big board. kathleen, we have seen the video on facebook and twitter where you claim that a nato military convoy was struck by russian missiles in ukraine. truth or fake, tell us more? reporter: nato has always be a form to support for ukraine especially weeks ago when they announce the delivery of new air defenses to fight against russia. this military support has opened the door to misinformation online, especially by anti-western accounts on social media. notably this one that today posted from a molly based

account on facebook with anti-western sentiments running high. the caption in french reads ukraine, a convoy of military counselors of nato has been destroyed by the russian army. here, we can see some of the replies right here, saying hello to vladimir putin along with russia and the equality in the world. and right here, along with great russia and thanks again to the new command -- thanks again. so this post on october 15 with over 700,000 views clearly we are dealing with a very pro-russian network online that is sharing this post widely on facebook and on twitter right here. posting with the same caption right here and posting the same video as well. we have a video that goes with the post right here, where we have -- we can see a military

armored vehicle targeted by rocket lauhers. and we just fast-forward the video just a bit, we can see some action right here. allegedly showing a nato military convoy destroyed by russian missiles. marc: so we will be able to find out the exact origin of these images? reporter: if we take a closer look to the video, we can see that the quality of the image is extremely poor. hence a reverse image search did not yield any results. but we took a closer look at this screenshot that we have right here. there are several elements that do allow us to cast doubt on the veracity of these claims. for instance, these identical and symmetrical explosion lines. is not the first time our staff at the observers team has observed these images coming from video games, especially

from this extremely realistic deal game right here that re-creates military simulations and drills. so we conducted a simple search on youtube with these three keywords rate here tank destroyed and you can see that the search does in fact yield extremely realistic videogame footage showing military simulations. we have this on right here saying destroyed tanks with antitank missiles, battle and sahara. or this one, ukraine and tank missile destroyed to russian tanks. so right here by scrolling through these videos we did find the video that was posted on the fake claims on his poke into later. this video right here posted on the youtube channel for the video game on july 20 22. and once again ukraine tank missile destroyed to russian tanks. video games where to russian tanks not nato or ukrainian tanks. we have this photo comparison between both images, the one

posted online and all the youtube channel right here and you can see the exact same missile trudging towards right here and this image right here of the party is a lot worse than the one posted online. these realistic videogames have been used so much since the beginning of the war in ukraine that arma 3 posted this at the beginning of the war in ukraine, warning users that they view videos from online games have surfaced as videos depicting the current ukrainian conflict and that they are in touch with the media, hoping to fact-check such videos. we have back-checked many of these videos before, so this is not the first of the last time that this is happened. so not a nato convoy destroyed by russian missile strikes. but footage from a videogame. marc: do not believe all you see on the internet is the moral of

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pppxxxx■]■t■]■o 10/24/22 10/24/22 [captioning made possible by democracy now!] amy: from new york, this is democracy now! >> when it comes to diplomacy and the war, it depends entirely on whether russia gets to a place where it is actually trusted in stopping aggreion that it started. we have seen no evidence of that in this moment. amy: as the war in ukraine enters its ninth month, we look at the biden administration's