>> welcome to live from paris. world news and analysis from france 24. these are the headlines. setting up shop in iran in support of the anti-regime protests. businesses closing their doors across the country as the a change in are gaining pace. moscow claims two russian airbases far from the front line have been struck. there has been a wave of missile strikes on ukraine. homes were hit. at lea two people killed. infrastructure has been destroyed.

cutting power to hundreds of thousands. the e.u. embargo, a g-7 price cap. two measures against moscow. the money that funds of putin's war machine targeting ukraine. more on this in our business segment. this is live from paris. ♪ thank you very much for being with us. iranian shops shut their doors in several cities following calls for a three-day asian wide general strike from protesters seeking to bring down the clerical rulers of the country. iran has been rocked by nationwide arrest following the death of the iranian kurdish woman mahsa amini in the custody of the so-called morality police . posing one of the strongest challenges to the islamic

recovery -- islamic republic since 1970's. >> not a single open shop window on the street in the historical center of the town. similar scenes at the >> -- the situation in iran. there is a call for a general strike that comes from the protesters. since september the 16th they have been mounting nightly demonstrations. the regime in tehran has denied this is taking place. this monday the development has been there have been businesses closing their doors in support of these protesters and to remind you, it all began with the arrest of the kurdish woman mahsa amini, 22 years old arrested by the so-called morality police over how she wore her headscarf. her death in police custody sparked repulsion across the area where she was from.

this spread across the country as we have been reporting on a nightly basis. more on this story. a global affairs journalist and author of the book heartbeat of iran. thank you for being with us. i'm wondering from your perspective how you read this latest move about the strike. >> we are seeing the first day of the nationwide strike continuing well into this week. i don't want to call it conclude about the third day of the strike would be the seventh of december. that coincides with the student day in iran. an important day where people are scheduled in planning to come out in waves on some of the major streets in tehran and across the nation and take on the streets appeared today in tehran it was snowing but

despite that resells students at universities across town chanting, holding their signs and really showing will and pride -- and their cry for change. they are not going to stop. so many shops and stores were closed down nationwide. this only shows the admins of iranian people and their cry for change. >> do you think the fact that businesses are beginning to join in this protest, is that going to bring a louder noise in the corridors of power in tehran? it is one thing saying this is all about students. it is another thing saying this is about a certain community but to get business people shutting their doors, closing their shops, saying we are not going to do business but we are against what is going on in this country. you think that is going to make a louder sound in tehran? >> i spoke with a photographer

today in tehran and he told me he is losing so many jobs and commission simply because businesses are not working. those who are working are somehow tied with the government. the second thing he mentioned is that ordinary people have a very hard time making ends meet. people are struggling financially but despite that they are taking a stand of you 19 and whether it is not going to work or not taking commissions or shutting down their small business, large or small, they are doing it. they are doing this against a backdrop of a financial struggle. that is indicative of their mission of their tenacity in wanting this change. also today for instance a star footballer who had been quite outspoken in support of protesters, his case was ite

unique in a sense that you have public figures and celebrities standing with people calling for unity that have been effective but publicly the government has shut down his shop and restaurant. the government certainly is fearful and doing all it can to contain these protests but again, people are not stopping. against all odds and against all the challenges and struggles they are having. >> what you are pointing out is this is something that has happened to an iranian footballer who presumably was part of the protest we saw at the world cup receipt -- at the world cup refusing to sing the national antm. >> he used to be part of iran's national team. he is such a beloved figure and he is one of those examples of folks who inside iran is doing all can to bring people

together and stand against protesters and so many others are like him. i know we are going to talk about the morality police i assume but there are so many celebrities in iran from the sports, arts, cinema who are showing their opposition to the government and standing with the people in some shape or form. talking about this man's businesses were shut down by the government because he chose to strike as well. >> thank you for pointing out my lack of precision on iranian football. i appreciate being corrected on that issue appeared let's move onto the morality police. clearly the idea as is being reported but there is no absolute proof that this very controversial unit and of course a unit at the heart of the story regarding mahsa amini, it happened to her and how she came to be arrested because of her headscarf and her death in their custody. this unit might be being

disbanded. can you shed any light on this for us? >> this news came in the form of the soundbite over the weekend where iran's head of judiciary in a long speech alluded to the fact that the morality prairies -- morality police has nothing to do with the judicial system and will shut down by whoever started it. everybody took it out of isolation and became soundbite d many believe this is it. at is flective of the fact so many people want this apparatus to be shut down but when you speak to folks inside the country as i have been doing the last couple of days since the news broke they'll believe this is a pr stunt. it is important to note the government and no official government organization or

official had confirmed this. no one came out to say yes this entity has been closed. the morality police over the years has had different names and has appeared in different shap or forms but at its core we need to remember iranians believe this is another pr stunt to distract from the three days we have ahead of ourselves of protests and strikes. let's not forget iranian people's cry is for changes that extend far beyond their resentment of this archaic establishment and the reality police. -- the morality police. we have to understand the iranian government is as we speak arresting protesters. there are thousands of innocent iranians in prison for absolutely ludicrous charges. this is at a time where this

morning a young woman who was not wearing the hijab in fun fair was arrested and the fun fair was shut down. this is an isolated soundbite made by the head of judiciary which by the way indicates the level of disconnect and chaos within the iranian government as we speak. >> thank you for giving us that analysis and insight into the situation. any developments in iran and take you for talking us through what is going on. author of the book heartbeat of iran. thank you for being with us. there has been a series of missile strikes by pressure on ukraine this mond. moscow defense ministry confirmed the strikes. the massive attack on the ukrainian military command systems and energy and military facilities. moscow claimed ukrainian drone attacks caused explosions to

airfields in the sara tomic and rides on regions on monday leaving three dead. there is no confirmation of this from the ukraine side. and the drone attack was aimed at stopping russia's long-range to military aircraft. key have -- key have's military operators warning of cuts to all regions due to the airstrikes. >> it seems as though it was a day of a record success rate for ukraine's air defense systems today. they claim to have shut down more than 60 of about 70 missiles that were fired from russia toward various targets in ukraine. that is a success rate of nearly 86%. in terms of the kyiv region and the capital nine out of 10 apparently were shot down. some targets were hit. two people are reported killed near zaporizhzhia and in three

regions. infrastructure targets were hit leading to some blackouts. and as you were saying the water apparently is cut off in odessa. >> our correspondent in ukraine. the missile strikes across the country predicted to lead to more power cuts at a time when temperatures are going below zero. the world health organization has already warned hundreds of thousands of people in ukraine will be at risk of death throughout this winter period because of the strikes carried out by russia on ukraine's power infrastructure. let's turn to football and the qatar world cup. brazil going nuts. a 4-0 performance that cracked south korea as early as the 12th minute. that man's going one of the spectacular goals.

the five times will champion showing quality and depth and some samba dance moves. a great -- great resilient the ball played. simon had the witness of what -- the privilege of witnessing showcase. favorites to win the tournament do you think? >> i'm not sure if they are favorites to win. they still have a difficult path as they reach the final but certainly we finally saw the real brazil after two pretty unimpressive performances against cameroon and switzerland. brazil came back with a capital b. flare, passion, box of tricks all over the pitch. all you had to do was look at the attacking lineup. it was absolutely sensational. started the party off with a goal. brazil scored all of their four

in the first half followed by a soft name are penalty. the third goal -- i'm getting a yellow card for my performance here mark. a fantastic third goal which embodied everything there was to embody about brazil. the faster football work. the beautiful finish. charlatan keeping the ball on his shoulder. the fourth goal by lucas puck had to in transition. did put one back through the second half any sort of had the feeling brazil were entering into cruise control but such a complete performance. there is no other way to put it. everyone already has their eyes on what could be the crunch match. the mouthwatering semifinal. brazil do you have croatia first and argentina take on the netherlands but it could be the almighty clash between brazil

and argentina i noticed some eyes. i should note as well with south korea exiting the tournament that is the last of asian representation here in qatar. >> which possibly explains why that referee was giving you a yellow card because i sense he was a south korean reporter and i think we will appeal against yellow card. brazil showing their best. i'm going to press you on this one. five times will champions. the great pelley is unwell. it would be poetic in some ways if brazil could win the tournament at least for him. >> it would be and it has been a very difficult week for brazilians. i don't think people quite understand or imagine the deep connection there is between the king. many of whom consider the greatest all-time and the brazilian national squad. everyone reacted to the news that pele was unwell.

the players held a special prayer ceremony in his honor. there were reactions from everywhere. the population back home. he himself ahead of the game said he would be watching from his hospital bed. good news is we heard pele is out of immediate danger. he is responding well to treatment. brazil who have not want to world cup since 2002, 20 years, pele a massive image hanging over the team. the man who won three lookups" brazil of e footballing that. . they are chasing the record extending sixth title. not one of them comes close to being put in the same bracket as pele. time will tell if result can get the crown but they have a tough task ahead of him. >> we are appealing against that

yellow card as we sit. looking like the brazil of old. pele is out of hospital apparently out of care. he is a very old man having won the world cup in 58, 62 in 1970. put brazil on the world map. cementing that huge talent that brazil has of footballers coming through in the current team would like to win the tournament. i am sure many people with them on that one. we continue our coverage of the world cup throughout this program with our special segment coming up. now we turn our eye to business. starting with a major western measure targeting russia's war chest to try to limit its oil revenue. >> a global price cap of $60 per

barrel took effect today on the same day asan e you and onrushing crew. the seven countries have decided to stop owing russian oil but other countries and unable to buy russian oil above the price if it is handled by western fans. >> limiting russian oil revenue without affecting global supply. that is the aim of a russian oil price cap that will stop customers paying more than $60 a barrel for oil deliveries by tank or vessels. this comes after the european union agreed to the sanctions but poland took some convincing, arguing for a cap as low as $30. leaving ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy to slam the latest sanctions. >> unfortunately t discussion on price caps on limiting the

export price of russian oil has ended without a serious decision because you would not call it a serious decision to set such a limit for russian prices which is quite comfortable for the budget of a terrorist state. >> it means only russian oil bought for safety dollars or less a barrel will be allowed to be shipped using g7 and e.u. tankers. this makes it difficult for moscow to circumvent the sanctions with 90% of the world's major shipping and insurance companies based within the g7. it comes on the same day and e.u. wide ban on russian oil imported by sea comes into force. the aim of the measures to the russian economy where it hurts. >> for russia's invasi of ukraine the year was getting about a quarter of all its oil from russia. eliminating this import is a big step for europe.

>> it is hoped of these new sanctions will have an effect on the russian word and will terry budget. since the start of the conflict in ukraine last february russia has her an estimated 67 billion euros from its sales of russian oil to the european union. >> as these new measures kicked in, a long queue of tankers started forming off the coast of turkey according to the financial times report as ankara stepped up checks on insurance cover. the impact of the price cap on russian revenue is uncertain and countries that continue to buy from the country could look for other shipping methods. in recent months prices of aging secondhand tankers have stored as middle eastern and asian buyers stepped into the maritime transport market. let's hear what one business consultant has to say. >> at this price level, the outlook does not change much. what is key is how much volume

prsure would be able to sell and that depends not only on the willingness of asian buyers to coinue buying russian oil but also that is the physical ability of russia to shift that oil. >> a global oil market has been very volatile this monday after rising 3% earlier in the day. both the u.s. and international benchmarks have reversed course later on and are sharply down. both down by about 3%. the european union and the united states held high-level trade talks amid rising tension over president biden's signature climate law. major subsidies for american companies as well as a tax break for new electric cars made in north america have got european nations up in harms with in manual macron saying they would kill jobs on the continent appeared at their third meeting of the trade and technology

council, the framer who last year to amend ties damaged by a transatlantic tariff war of the trump era, both sides agreed to intensify talks to resolve their dispute. the e.u.'s trade commissioner says he was quote leaving the meeting slightly more optimistic. global stocks were mixed at the start of the trading week. wall street indices all dropped following fresh data that showed activity in the u.s. services industry accelerated unexpectedly, in turn raising worries the federal reserve may keep its aggressive rate hike policy. swiss mining giant glencore has agreed to pay 100 $80 million to the democratic republic of congo to settle corruption claims. the deal covers the period from 2007 to 2018 a is the latest in a series of cases the country has faced in countries like

brazil, cameroon and nigeria resulting in fines totaling $1.6 billion. the on several assets in the drc and admitted in may of bribing officials there as well as in several other african countries to secure business advantages. that is it for the business news for now. >> if you could have carried on i would have been very happy because it was enthralling. all the business. great to see you. true thing or faking. catalina is waiting at the big board getting with the question, is chinese state television blurring damascus world cup supporters -- mask less world cup supporters? >> many accounts came chinese state tv are blurring images of

maskless supporters during world cup matches. this caption reads chinese media blurred spectators of the world cup. they don't want chinese media to know people in other countries don't wear masks anymore. we want the original suite posted by the account on twitter. they posted this on november 24. they have this video that has reached over one million views on twitter. we took screenshots of the compilation video chat they posted on their account where they show a different world cup. netherlands versus senegal and usa versus wales with this caption that reads chinese tv blurs spectators and stadiums during live. some explain it to avoid showing spectators that are longer wear masks. we can see where supporters in these videos seem to have been

blurred out here as well by chinese state tv in order to hide mask lists orders during this - maskless supporters in the world cup. >> truth or fake? >> in the two week we found this logo right here that belongs to the chinese version of tiktok. this username right here if we zoom in is a chinese channel that belongs to the china media group. in their account we did not find any video of the world cup that broadcasts blurred bleachers as we sell on the twitter claim. we have this comparison here of images we saw appeared these blurred images we saw on the viral claims and these ones here. these were broadcast by chinese

state tv where we see none of these images here, none of them are blurred and they did indeed show maskless supporters. this video here on twitter that alleges to show images from chinese state tv censoring will matches is edited and is a fake. >> can i first of all applaud the fact we are showing welsh fans cheering which is a great thing to see at the world cup so there we go. these findings can be dash cam he really say china is not censoring the world cup in any way? >> we simultaneously watched the french tunisia match on a chinese state tv metal and a local french channel to compare how the matches were broadcast and to verify if there was any sort of censorship. both versions we found on the french and chinese channels.

these are images on chinese state tv channels of tunisia fans celebrating the goal of their team. this is on a live broadcast where you can see they do indeed show these maskless supporters on cctv. our shanghai correspondent found replace on cctv to cut away from images of supporters. all the close-ups of supporters are carefully removed by the chinese directors. have some examples here from cctv and french tv for the denmark versus france match where they should french supporters whereas cctv would cut away to images of the french coach or this image here, supporters while in the same minute they would show the zoom out, the large aerial shot of the football field.

tactics of cctv here. we cannot say there is any censorship as the state -- claims state but they are cutting away from supporters not wearing masks during the world cup. >> thank you very much indeed. stay with us. more news to come. ♪ >> joined the marriott travel program. discover endless possibilities. get exclusive member rates and offers at our extraordinary hotel brands. earn points to unlock free nights, late check out an elite member and access unforgettable moments made by you. travel that is endlessly rewarding.

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