>> welcome to "live from paris," world news and analysis from france 24. volodymyr zelenskyy tells the united nations that russia is waging a genocide against ukrainians. he cites kidnapped and indoctrination of ukrainian children as he condemns russia's weaponizing of food and energy. he says invaders have turned the separation nuclear plant into a potential dirty bomb. at the united nations, joe biden said if we allow ukraine to be

carved up, is the independence of any nation safe? the u.s. president said his nation will continue to stand up for freedom around the world. 25 people have been killed in azerbaijan's military operation. the threat of another war between armenia and azerbaijan. this live from paris. thank you very much for being with us. volodymyr zelenskyy told the united nations general assembly that russia is weaponizing food, energy, and even children in a bid to win its war in ukraine. ukraine's president told the auditorium that the destruction of the black sea grain deal is

russia making the whole world a victim of the war. same story with oil and gas, he said. zelenskyy repeated the allegation of genocide and concluded that this was the moment where the war ended on the terms of the country that was attacked. >> there are no real restrictions on weaponization. until now, dnieper river remains the target for missiles and drones, and it is clear russia's attempt to weaponize the food shortage on the global market in exchange for recognition for some if not all of the captured territories. >> let's begin with an associate researcher. thank you for being with us. we heard zelenskyy speaking.

how important was it that he made the statement he made? >> for him, it was important. for ukraine, it was important. can we really speak about united nations general assembly where a full number do not come? now the u.k. and french president because of king charles iii in paris. yes, zelenskyy did his job. great speech.

what can we expect? talk about peace summit, try to organize, yes, but with who? mark: is it a case that the absence of rishi sunak, emmanuel macron -- use a it is diluting the importance of this general assembly. >> of course. as you know very well, we are talking about the united nations

general assembly. it is the most important international event on the world stage. [indiscernible] but not to come, i don't say it is not important to celebrate king charles iii. we are talking about the general assembly and ukraine. what do you want them to think about it?

the international organization is in crisis, and the united nations is the last platform where we have tried to organize where we can try to express ourselves. mark: does that then lend more emphasis -- it is an important point you are making about the absence of rishi sunak and emmanuel macron. does this lend more than two the

argument the likes of the president of brazil has that ukraine should basically not decide to settle and negotiate for peace? one wonders how lula would react if it was his land they were talking about. perhaps he has an eye on creating beyond this a better relationship with russia. >> yes. mark: how to deal with russia and vladimir putin, given he is indicted on war crimes -- hard to deal with russia and vladimir putin, given he is indicted on war crimes. there needs to be a change in leadership. >> yes, but we will not see a change in leadership soon.

unfortunately, it is clear vladimir putin is a gangster. vladimir putin is a war criminal. if ukraine does not win, we start by preparing the international campaign. unfortunately, we will have to deal.

today will be an opportunity for emmanuel macron and rishi sunak to express strong positions. they could have taken the world stage and tried to do something for ukraine. unfortunately, they did not come, and for me, this summit is a failure. >> said they wasted the time, this two men in particular. final question, erdogan says he has the ambition to push forward and try to negotiate diplomatically for peace. clearly turkiye has played an important role so far in almost getting the two sides together to discuss some kind of resolution to the conflict, and obviously, he has played a big role in the grain deal that was negotiated, too, and still

geographically remains the main conduit for getting grain out and onto the world market. do you think he has a serious chance of realizing this ambition he has to try to impose himself on the world agenda? >> he is probably the only person who may expect success. >> thank and sharing your wide-ranging analysis. great to see you. he spoke there about joe biden and his words, waited for with

great eagerness. russia's invasion of ukraine was widely condemned at the general assembly -- no surprise there -- but on the ground, there were more attacks and deaths. nine people killed in russian attacks across ukraine tuesday. the drone strike set ablaze. six of the nine deaths were caused by a guided bomb, this confirmed by the regional governor. he described the attack as a military crime against the civilian population of the kharkiv region. in the south, two people, including a police officer, were killed in the shelling of kherson. the attack on lviv has in particular certain significance. lviv, of course, was the hub of refugees leading ukraine at the start of the war. the focal point for humanitarian

aid, for the innocent victims of vladimir putin's war and also a city that is far from the front lines. >> the ministry of defense says -- >> searching through warehouses. the resulting fire covered a total area of about 10,000 square meters. ukraine's state emergency service reported that the body of one person had been found and that two people were rescued from the rubble. employees arrived a few hours later to find fire fighters still working to put out the blaze. >> the police won't let us in. we have to wait until the fire is extinguished. my car is still there, but they say it is intact. we will see how it goes. >> lviv has been one of the safest cities in ukraine but is

increasingly being targeted by russian attacks in recent months. moscow has repeatedly targeted infrastructure critical to ukraine's defense, energy system, and agriculture. the town's mayor says these facilities were not used for military purposes. one was used by a charity. >> they just received humanitarian aid, warm clothing, generators they were planning to send across ukraine. now all of it is on fire. food, consumer goes on fire. the damage amounts not to millions but to hundreds of millions. this is one of the most enormous fires in terms of damage and value. >> ukraine's air force said 27 of the drones russia launched had been shut down. the southern city of kherson was

also hit, killing a policeman and wounding two civilians on the trolley bus. >> five people have been killed, at least 80 wounded as azerbaijan launched an all-out attack on armenian separatists. the separatists said azerbaijan was using artillery aircraft and attack drones. the prime minister called it a ground offensive. the blockade has dangerously raised tensions, depriving the armenians in the enclave of essential supplies, including humanitarian aid. our reporter joined us a little bit earlier. >> for now, what we know is that the findings are still going on on the front side. the ministry of defense says the azerbaijanis side is using heavy artillery as well as artillery

and drone. local journalists show video showing areas of the city. buildings are being damaged. some of the houses are in flames . some of the population is still hiding in shelters. while the number of people injured in hospitals is rising, telecommunications are also similarly disrupted and people from nagorno-karabakh who are within armenia are reaching out to their families to figure out if they are ok. azerbaijan said they were opening humanitarian corridors so civilians could escape. the azerbaijan authorities also

said they were ready to negotiate, and the caravan authorities have also called for an end to the fighting. >> much more on that situation in nagorno-karabakh. we will keep you updated with details as we get them. next, google has turned to europe's highest court to appeal against a massive eu antitrust fine. >> you remember the story from back in 2017. google seeking to get the court of justice to overturn the two point -- billion euro penalty after the general court throughout the challenge in 2021. it was the first of three major funds -- finds -- fines that

totaled $8 billion. the court also rejected google's appeal related to its android system, though it is likely to reduce the amount that a run. the european commission accuse google of using its algorithms to give priority to its own services over others. the company rejects the idea that treating rivals differently constitutes market abuse. u.s. drugmaker eli lilly has filed 10 lawsuits against 10 wellness centers and pharmacies saying they were selling products claiming to contain the active ingredient in its diabetes drug, which is expected to be approved for weight loss later this year. eli lilly is the only company authorized by regulators to sell drugs containing this substance.

it also recently got approval to start selling in the u.k. youtube has suspended british comedian russell brand from making money on the platform following allegations of sexual assault. and found fame -- brand found fame on mainstream media but has since pivoted away from tv to focus on standup comedy shows and social media. his youtube has 6.6 one million subscribers. the platform says it cut him off from advertising revenue to protect his community. >> there is a template that. it depends on how successful his

legal proceedings are. if he still makes money for people, people will put him on because the kind of misogyny in his material is very much present on the circuit anyway. >> the u.s. securities and exchange commission has charged a new york-based firm and its owner for failing to register with regulators while acting as an investment advisor to a russian billionaire. in a court filing, the sec said the company and its owner sourced, arranged, and monitored hundreds of investments. they spent $7.2 billion on behalf of its only client, and unnamed russian official. in march 2022, the firm and owner were added to the eu sanctions list.

"the new york times" has previously reported that russian oligarch roman abramovich was the firm's sole client. wall street indices ended the day all in the red with investors being cautious ahead of the federal reserve's key policy meeting coming up tomorrow. the central bank has raised interest rates to 5.20 5% since march of last year. elon musk has suggested that all users of his social media platforms x, formerly called twitter, may have to pay to use the platform. weeks after he bought the social media firm, musk relaunched a premium subscription service called twitter blue at the time, giving paying users priority. during a conversation with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu on monday, the tech said that a payment system was the only effective way to

counter parts. >> one reason we are moving to having a small monthly payment for use of the x system is it is the only way i can think of to, -- to combat vast armies of box. if somebody has to pay a few dollars for something, some minor amount, the effective cost of the box is very high, and you also have to get a new payment method every time you have a new thought. >> basically, he is planning to make all of us take to get rid of box -- bots. mark: i don't believe it. i think he's trying to pull the wool over our eyes. we will see what happens. >> he could potentially lose advertisers if he starts doing that.

mark: that's interesting. maybe he could just stop the b ots rather than charging us. time to go truthing or faking. the far side of our studio, by the big board. good evening to you. the video has gone viral showing a parent apparently ripping down a pride flag in a classroom. tell us more about this. >> that's right. this video has already reached over 4.8 million views with this post alone on x, a video that is about one minute 22 seconds long where we see this angry parent walking into the classroom and tearing down a pride flag. we see this mother that goes into this rant, explains that she is not paying tax money to support this kind of stuff. actually shoves the pride flag

into the trash bin and continues to insult classroom teacher. the video was widely shared on social media by the likes of far right politicians by the likes of marjorie taylor greene, who places -- praises the parent saying get the lgbtq propaganda out of schools. the actions were also praised by many on social media who claimed that they were very proud of her actions, also claiming that she was in the right. mark: is this video truth or is it fake? >> he might have guessed it, but we found the original video on this facebook post, the original video over six minutes and 41 seconds long, posted on facebook on september 16, and at the end of the video, we see the

director right here who pops into the scene. you can also see the actors who confirm that this is all a skit. it makes feel family content. many of the videos, you can also spot the same actors. for example, the angry mother we see performing in the viral video is also performing as this teacher. where we see the same classroom set up as in the viral video. what we see here is a video that was cut down to one minute from six minutes and later shared to social media where the truth was purposely cut out to full users, so what we see is an actress acting, not an angry mom tearing down a pride flag. >> somebody's twisted agenda is the message that i'm getting

tonight. the creator of the video, we had a brief introduction of who he is. what else does he have to say about the whole affair? >> as the video went completely viral on social media, the director of the sketch went to x to acknowledge that the video is openly fake but also that people steal his work to gain a following and do not credit his work later on social media. indeed, a dangerous thing, it did fall into the wrong hands, as it often can, and was shared by high-profile figures and by others on the same political spectrum sharing anti-lgbtq information that nonetheless can be based off real controversy, as back in august, a california mom and shop owner was shot dead for flying a rainbow flag outside her shop, so an ongoing controversy.

the question remains, are these videos appropriate, are there timing appropriate, and if these idiots to promote a healthy debate or only pour oil on the fire, but certainly, it opens the door to controversy as it can easily be taken out of context. quarks talking about elon musk putting on a charge. it would be something like if you charged five dollars a month, nearly $2 billion in his back pocket. thank you for showing us the take in those sketches and basically exposing people's twisted agenda and trying to use somebody else or misuse it to make their point. stay with us wherever you are. more to come "live from paris."

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