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berlin. opposing sides had met to discuss the future of the dispute of region as residents accuse them of breaking the latest cease-fire. also, your grand president zelenskyy meets joe biden at the white house. they want u.s. support is needed to defeat russia.
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and poland backtracks on suggestions that it will stop supplying weapons to ukraine. warsaw says it is still committed to his neighbor security is the two countries argue over a ban on ukrainian grain imports. lawmakers in germany state say they are being overwhelmed by regular migration. they are going to the border of poland to find out how authorities there are coping with the large numbers of arrivals. to our viewers on pbs in the united states and all the around the globe, welcome to the show. ethnic armies have accused security forces of violating the cease fire. authorities said gunfire had been heard in the center of the regional capital.
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he denies the accusations. this comes as peace negotiations between the two sides and without an agreement. talks were scheduled after the military victory over ethnic armenian separatists. the region is internationally recognized as part of azerbaijan. it has long functioned as a de facto autonomous region. the prime minister called for peace. >> made people think it not adequate to talk about peace in this environment under the conditions of military conflict from time to time but under these conditions, they should be valued and peace should not be confused with a truce or cease fire.
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? , i can speak to this independent researcher. he joins us today from washington. welcome. they him to reintegrate along with its population. what you think lies ahead for the ethnic armenians living there? >> thank you for this opportunity. there is just a lot of uncertainty in the air. as you mentioned, there are some reports of the cease fire not being honored. the concerns are very well-rounded. some individuals and expert organizations have even gone so far as to characterize these as genocide or ethnic cleansing. it is very difficult to imagine a secure armenian population living under the -- under this government. >> the armenian prime minister
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-- we heard him there saying there is no direct threat to the civil union population. do you think he is mistaken there? >> i think there is a lack of information coming out at the moment. the infra-structure has been very badly damaged. after nine or 10 months of a blockade with very limited electricity and fuel and gas, that is definitely one factor. the other factor is the emphasis that the armenians must be allowed to continue living in their homes. they have to be mechanisms that guarantee their security. the armenian government itself is not preparing to welcome an influx of refugees. >> are many that you -- another you talk about armenian guarantees, they with -- they've
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light on peacekeepers to protect them. russia has a war on its hands. presumably it is distracted right now but the peacekeepers were on the ground so why were they not able to stop this? request the russian peacekeepers have had a mixed outcome over the past two or 2.5 years. it is true. it seemed like there was a political decision. this is just very strongly that for the leadership of russia, the issue has been the status here. it is no longer a priority. and that the policies preceded by them should be treated as an internal matter for azerbaijan. they are also emphasizing that
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recent outreach to the west is a contributive factor. the only real power with presence on the ground has been russia all this time. whatever western initiatives have taken place, they have not been sufficient. there has been monitoring by the european union that has contributed to some that has contributed. on the whole, there is no want to replace the russians. >> just briefly, if that is even possible, we are looking at peace negotiations, what kind of deal would be acceptable to the two parties? >> for the armenian side, some kind of international mechanism is highly desirable. as i mentioned, lying on these extortionists, violent policies put in place, it is not
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reasonable. even as we speak, the united nations security council is holding a discussion on this issue. if there is some kind of international mechanism that could create an atmosphere for enduring peace, that might be the way forward. >> great speaking to you again. thank you. close ukraine's president is leaning u.s. joke -- joe biden in the white house. he has already met with u.s. lawmakers to ask for continued to hearing and military aid. his visit comes at a crucial time as democrats and republicans battle over the budget. republicans want to rethink your spending in ukraine while the biden administration is pushing for an extra $24 billion to help steve in its fight against russian aggression. what white house believes the ukrainian president is the best messenger to keep that vital aid coming. let's hear more from our
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correspondent in washington. on his last visit, zaleski was received with an overwhelming show of support. how has the ukrainian president been welcomed this time around? >> a very different reception this time around. the political landscape has changed significantly. and specifically on capitol hill and the house of representatives. no more nancy pelosi, no more democratic majority. gop republicans are in majority now with the new speaker that was elected in january. after the first visit of lome zelensky in december of 2022, mike mccarthy -- kevin mccarthy -- the new speaker of the house denied mr. zelensky a meeting with the full caucus and met with him and is equivalent this morning.
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right now, mr. zelensky is with president biden in the white house. he received some good news after he just got more or less a cold shoulder from kevin mccarthy, the republican speaker of the white house and congress. the good news is the president promised him significant help. more artillery and the antiaircraft systems. the begging and bidding of mr. zelensky coming to america and making his case for critical help that the americans should give to ukraine in their effort to fight with the russians has been hurt and rewarded. >> did you get everything he was asking for? >> absolutely not. he wanted to -- that is the army
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tactical missile system. this ballistic missile has a range of 390 miles. that would make every russian unit anywhere in the territory of ukraine vulnerable to ukrainian missile attacks. however, the white house decided this is not going happen. mr. zelensky does not -- will not receive this kind of ammunition right now. the assessment of the pentagon and mr. zelensky also met with lloyd austin, the secretary of defense. their assessment is that ukraine does not need this kind as of now. >> u.s. support for ukraine started off as a strongly bipartisan issue in congress. he got a standing ovation from
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both sides of the aisle. what happened? >> what happened? even the public is in a different space right now. but the majority of the united states is not very comfortable anywhere with endless spending toward ukraine. there is something of a communication problem. they understand there is no real alternative to supporting ukraine, to keep pressure at bay. anything else would have been disastrous. 5% of what it spends on his military needs in a year which is $2 trillion in ukraine.
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it is peanut if you take a broader approach to look at this. i think politicians are well advised to tell their constituencies that europeans do the best they can and all they can to support ukraine. as long as this is warranted, americans will not waver in their support. probably will not waver in their support for ukraine. >> thank you. >> pullen's government says it will deliver all the weapons to ukraine. that is after they cause confusion. he said his country had stopped sending arms. a dispute over the sale of ukrainian green in europe led to diplomatic tensions with poland. previously ukraine strong supporter. >> when the last met in july, the president of poland and ukraine left no doubt about their friendship.
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just a few weeks later and the mood seems to have changed. >> we are no longer transferring weapons to ukraine because we are now arming ourselves with the latest equipment. if you want to defend yourself, you must have what it takes to defend yourself. >> his words caused great confusion around the world because until now, poland has been one of ukraine's main military supporters. among other things, warsaw has a put -- supplied gave with tanks. they try to clarify that it will continue to stand by ukraine side and that it intends to honor all previously agreed arms deliveries. but observers still puzzled by the prime minister's statement. >> a significant escalation, the prime minister's statement --
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this might sound like poland is seizing. >> a major point of conflict between poland and ukraine is the so-called green dispute. ukraine can hardly export any grants or its because of the russian sea blockade. that means significantly more deliveries are coming by road and rail through eu countries such as poland and hungary. they announced an import ban. that has triggered an angry rebuke from the ukrainian president. >> it is alarming.
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>> both kyiv and wausau say they will hold talks in the coming days over the green dispute. the goal they say is to find a solution that is in the interest of both countries. >> what should we make of the poland foreign ministry? >> we have had some clarification from polish government. poland's role is a crucial role for the transit of other donors into ukraine that will be unaffected. we need to look at the bigger picture of poland as a staunch supporter of ukraine.
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that official told me to look at the bigger picture. what i see is that it seems with these clarifications there may not be any big change material. this may be a deepening political rift between poland and ukraine. cranked -- countries which are neighbors which remained very much as allies but do seem to be in the middle of a political showdown. >> that is rosie reporting from brussels. let's look at some of the other stories making news around the world today. lome zelensky called for russia to be stripped of his veto. the ukrainian president said they violated the norms of war and the u.n. itself. the u.n. charter content --
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contains no mechanism for the explosion of a permanent security council member. the brazil supreme court has ruled against a cutoff date, limiting indigenous land claims. the business lobby had pushed for native peoples land rides to be restricted to only territory they occupied in 1988 when brazil's current constitution was enacted. the ruling will pave the way for more indigenous reservations in the amazon. an indonesian muslim woman has been jailed over a viral tiktok video. they found the lifestyle influence are guilty of inciting religious hatred under the country's blasphemy laws. eating pork is strictly forbidden in islam. regional lawmakers in germany are calling on the government to get a grip on what they call uncontrolled irregular migration. more than 14,000 people entered
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germany legally. local authorities have reception centers cannot cope with the pressure. local lawmakers want berlin to set a permanent border checks. matthew moore went on patrol. >> it is the crack of dawn for the german polish border. they have barely had time to wake up for their first callout. eight men all from syria dropped off with nothing more than the clothes they are wearing. quick the men are taken to the police station to begin the long process of applying for asylum. back on the road and before long, a report has come in,
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trespassers have been spotted on a train track in the middle of nowhere. railway workers tried to help. eventually, the group is found. we can't hang around because we are called to respond to reports. they have made the journey via the balkans. it is not an easy job for police to work out who is trafficked and who is trafficker. >> the driver is an 18-year-old syrian. he was arrested.
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>> authorities say the number of undocumented migrants has risen exponentially. regional ministers say they can't cope. >> our assistance are working at the high influx. >> he wants fixed border controls. the german government in berlin is not in favor.
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>> we don't effectively protect the border. that is why it is not the right approach. >> until euro fines accorded and pushed border control, human traffickers will continue to exploit holes in the system and asylum-seekers will fight the promise of a new life hard to exist -- resist. >> what is the plan to deal with the current situation? i put that question for simon. >> the government says they recognize the situation with asylum-seekers is acute and difficult. it might be too easy to get
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around that. what they say instead is let's keep working for an eu wide asylum policy. a better one than what we've got now. they believe they can get that even in time for next year's european parliament election. it has been in the works for decades and it is clearly very difficult to do. the government says they are working on bilateral agreements. agreements in principle that those could be sent back. it often doesn't work out quit as easy as that. >> a new study just concluded that far right attitudes are becoming more and more mainstream in germany. what does the study tell us about people's feelings about migration? >> this is a study by the think
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tank close to the german social democratic party. they do this study every couple of years. liberal democratic values. it does seem there is a growing trend to intolerant attitudes when it comes to asylum-seekers and migrants. they say 40% of people believe that the german state treats migrants better than it treats germans who need help. they say people who come from ukraine are seeing much more favorably by themselves.
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there may be a somewhat more unwelcoming atmosphere as far as people arriving and asylum-seekers are concerned. >> what are some of the other takeaways? >> some of this is pretty alarming i have to say. it does seem to show there is a growing acceptance in the mainstream for thyroid views. the study says around 8% of germans now have or could be described as an extreme right worldview. that includes things like supporting the idea of a strong leader, a figure that would lead the country with a strong hand. this should promote the power and importance of germany.
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support for these kinds of ideas has tripled within the last couple of years. also, the gray zone. another point, young people more and more likely to agree with these far right ideas in times gone past. that seems to be changing. worrying results from this study suggest in the mainstream of society, these far right ideas are becoming more acceptable. >> thank you. here are some more headlines. and has stopped processing. justin trudeau has accused indian authorities of being involved.
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they want to reduce the number of canadian diplomats. >> thousands of greek public-sector workers have marched through athens during a strip with the conservative governments plan to change to labor laws. this includes allowing employers to impose a six-day workweek. the government says the plans will boost employment and clamp down on the informal economy. archaeologists have found what may be evidence of the earliest known wooden construction. the team of local and international archaeologists made their discovery. this may be remains of a dwelling or similar construction. if true, that would rewrite the prehistory of humankind as they did back nearly half a million years to a time when experts
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thought our ancestors lived in labs. here is a quick reminder of our top story. ethnic armenians have accused security forces of violating the cease-fire. authorities said contracts had been heard in the center of the regional capital. they denied the accusations. this comes as peace talks between the two sides ended without an agreement. stay after a short break i will be back to take you through the day and i to see you there.
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>> welcome to "live from paris," world news and analysis from france 24. ukraine's president in washington says he counts on constant support -- his exact words -- from the u.s. against russia. u.s. president biden expected to announce another $325 -- 320 $5 million in military aid. -- $325 million in military aid. members of congress question why more aid is being earmarked for kyiv.
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armenia's prime minister is under pressure politically for the surrender to azerbaijan's military attack. five violations of the cease fire have been recorded over the past 24 hours. rupert murdoch handing over control of his fox and news international media empires. the 92-year-old is one of the most controversial figures in media, responsible, critics say, for the dumbing down of news, a groundbreaker, say his friends. more on that. this is "live from paris." thank you very much for being with us. volodymyr zelenskyy made a
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whirlwind return to washington this thursday. ukraine's president was seeking to assure u.s. support for ukraine, delivering an upbeat message about progress. house speaker kevin mccarthy, a republican, who faces tough opposition, notably chose not to join in the greeting with the ukrainian president. that left the house democratic leader to escort zelenskyy into the capital. he will also be meeting with president joe biden at the white house. an important time for zelenskyy. let's get the analysis. a resident fellow with the atlantic council's eurasia center joins us. how do you interpret this visit by zelenskyy to congress? >> thank you for having me.
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his it's very important that we know president zelenskyy very rarely leaves ukraine and when he travels internationally, there is a message. in this case, the u.s. has been providing weapons and he's grateful, but he has also been pushing the united states to send long-range missiles to prevent russians from continuing this horrible war of aggression against the ukrainians. mark: what do you make of the dissent among certain republicans about further military aid for ukraine? >> i think his it's important to note that while there is some dissent within congress, ukraine is still very much a strong, bipartisan issue, meaning that democrats and republicans in both the house and senate, support your claim. this is a very small contingent within the republican party. that said, they still have
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voting power, and there is a lot of turmoil within the republican party in the house trying to determine how much aid will be sent to ukraine during this time. mark: it is kind of remarkable given there is an arrest warrant out for vladimir putin for international war crimes. his it's odd to think that these republicans would be aligning themselves with putin. bizarre. >> we have seen in the past at the russian government has funded a lot of these campaigns. it is not outside the realm of possibility there is some criminal activity happening. mark: i think what we are hearing is aggression, you follow the money, you find out who might be doing it. we might get in trouble if we follow that rabbit hole too far down, but i think you might have
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hit the nail on the head. what will not be part of the blues are the longer-range missiles that zelenskyy wants in order to fire into russia and take the fight to the russians. what do you make of that issue? >> it is unfortunate because countries such as the united kingdom and france are finally making the decision that they will send long-range missiles to the ukrainians, and for whatever reason, to date, the united states financially, economically, has provided more than any other country in the world combined, so it is odd that the biden administration is slowly walking on the step whereas other countries are more willing to provide long-range missiles, but we have seen that ukrainians are more capable of attacking through drones, surveillance tracks, etc.
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mark:: saying yesterday that they are now refusing to supply arms to ukraine over zelenskyy's remarks. when he spoke to the united nations, he spoke about those eu states quibbling over the grain passing through their countries, they are doing russia's work for them. pole took offense to that, now saying they are not going to supply arms. is this something perhaps motivated by a political need within the polish border's coming up? >> it is certainly possible, the latter. i know the presidents of poland and ukraine met and discussed these differences. the good news is the two leaders are coming together, having this discussion. i would hope that this would not last very long. mark: thank you very much indeed for joining us. pleasure to speak to you.
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thank you very much for joining us here on france 24. we are watching all developments, of course, on volodymyr zelenskyy's visit to the united states. when we find something that is happening, we will go live to it and bring it to you. let's give you more on the situation on the ground in ukraine. russia struck cities across ukraine ahead of zelenskyy's key meetings in washington. republicans objecting to further help for ukraine must have been aware of the strikes happening on kyiv, ko kieft, lviv, and other places across the battlefront. ukrainians are preparing for a third winter under work conditions since vladimir putin launched the invasion in february of last year. azerbaijan and armenian separatists from the disputed territory of nagorno-karabakh held their first direct peace talks this thursday after that
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who claimed to have regained control over the breakaway region. separatists agreed to lay down arms on wednesday as part of the russian-brokered cease-fire plan that halted azerbaijan's plan to retake the territory. russia's involvement comes because they are the main backup of armenia, but there have been five violations of the cease-fire in nagorno-karabakh since it was declared. in the main city, people are in the streets in fear and in hunger. some succeeded fleeing the enclave. nagorno-karabakh is primarily armenian but located inside azerbaijan's territory. we spoke earlier with our correspondent. >> we agreed to continue to talk, and probably agreed on the
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terms of the talks, and this is really important. they say they could not laid out a document and sign it because some details have to be decided. it still basically means we are close to some agreement. i think there was progress in this regard. azerbaijan has a very comfortable position after it demonstrated its force at the beginning of the week. one of the many topics was security, but the final decision has not been taken. this is according to an advisory of the president of nagorno-karabakh.
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they have agreed to provide some humanitarian aid, food, and there's also a heating system for their schools and kindergarten. mark: the prime minister of armenia is in an increasingly weakened position as a result of this seizure of control by azerbaijan in nagorno-karabakh. there are protests over what armenians are calling the mishandling of the crisis. >> thousands of angry protesters have been gathering outside the armenian government's headquarters since the outbreak of violence on tuesday. denouncing what they see as the government's failure to support armenian separatists in nagorno-karabakh after the breakaway regions surrendered to azerbaijan. the crowd accuses the prime minister of inaction in the face of the offensive.
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>> it is better for a leader who lost the war to leave then to stay. is it something we have been fighting for more than 30 years, and not it all went for nothing. >> back in 2020, he was weakened by a military defeat in nagorno-karabakh. he announced early parliamentary elections in the face of public discontent, which has party eventually won, enabling him to remain in power. on wednesday, opposition parties announced their intention to unseat him, but observers warned this will not be enough to swing the power balance, which is largely in azerbaijan's favor. >> we now realize that armenia is relatively isolated. even a change of government would not allow armenia to count on enough military support to enable it to reestablish that
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situation. >> meanwhile, the azerbaijani president has emerged stronger from this lightning victory with some experts saying the leader has been in power for 20 years and will likely see a boost in popularity. mark: there is criticism of the eu's lack of action. analysts say it is the fact that they 27-state bloc depends on energy supplies that has led to the silence from brussels on the topic. >> yesterday night, we were having discussions with foreign ministers about the common position of the european union about this issue. i had to issue a statement on behalf of the european union strongly warning about and it
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kind of forced displacement of persons, population, about any kind of cleansing. if this happens, the european union will have to take a stronger stance. mark: king charles iii said france and the u.k. should team up on a new pact to battle climate change. charles won a standing ovation from lawmakers after deftly mixing english and french. the highlights on day two of his three-day visit. >> jacques cousteau said so wisely, for most of history, man has had to battle against nature
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to survive. in this century, he is starting to understand that to survive, he must protect nature. these words are all the more pertinent in the 21st century, in spite of the scale and severity of the challenges our planet is confronted with. it is encouraging to see the measures taken by our government, our citizens, and increasingly, the private sector . >> it was another packed day for britain's king charles and queen camilla on day two of their visit to paris before they head to bordeaux tomorrow. starting off with an address of the senate and both houses of parliament. the first time a british monarch
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has spoken to national assembly members, mp's, and senate members at once, underlining the friendship between france and the united kingdom, the need to strengthen relations after all the antagonism caused by the brexit debate, and of course, something close to his heart, the fight against global warming and climate change. after that, king charles went on a walk about. after a dinner tonight at the palace and a short night's sleep at the british embassy a short walk away, king charles and queen camilla will travel to bordeaux tomorrow where they will meet firemen who are fighting against drought and forest fires. they will also meet young brits who live in bordeaux and visit and organic vineyard where they will taste organic wine and see
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how organic wine may be the future as far as vintners are concerned in winegrowing and production in france. after that, queen camilla and king charles will fly directly back to scotland. mark: a visit to the vineyards. following king charles and queen camilla on the state visit in france. let's turn to business. going to look a little deeper at the story of one rupert murdoch stepping down and what that could mean for his media empire. tell us. >> it is a sprawling empire and it was not in the beginning. it started in australia when he started a newspaper at age 22 and in which he built a movie studio, cable television network, and a host of television channels. his son will become apparent of
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fox and news corp. however, murdoch told employees he would remain engaged in the company as chair emeritus. >> is one of the most influential and controversial tycoons that has rained over eight media empire for over seven decades. stepping down as chairman of fox corporation and news corp., rupert murdoch is passing the torch to his son, who will take the helm of those companies. >> for my entire professional life, i have been engaged daily with news and ideas, and that will not change. the time is right for me to take on different roles. >> a hero to some and provided to others, the 92-year-old is touted as a figure who has shaped the modern era of media, owning hundreds of local and international publishing outlets, including "the wall street journal" and "the new york post" as well as
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broadcasting channels including sky news australia. the valuation of his holdings totals a whopping 27 billion dollars. with his influence, murdoch has also become a power player in global politics, holding sway over public opinion. the conservative-leaning mobile launched fox news in 1996, today's most-watched cable news channel in the united states, but in building his empire, murdoch has also weathered his share of setbacks, including the debt crisis in 1990 that almost sank the company and years later, a scandal. his biggest challenge came when fox agreed to pay a settlement after being sued by voting machine company dominion over its reporting of the 2020 presidential election. murdoch will become chair emeritus of both of his companies in mid-november. >> the bank of england has left
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its key rate unchanged. policymakers had been tipped to lift borrowing costs, but data revealed wednesday showed an unexpected slowdown in inflation. the consumer price index fell to 6.7% in august, its lowest level since russia invaded ukraine. however, bank of england governor andrew bailey says cutting rates would be very premature. >> i can tell you we have not had any discussion about reducing rates because that would be very, very premature. as i see it, we've got a big job to do. we got quite a way to go. i'm afraid we cannot be complacent. of course, we will watch the evidence very carefully, as we always do. >> let's take a look at the trading action on wall street now. the major indices closed lower amid expectations that u.s. interest rates will stay high well into next year. the dow jones losing more than
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1%. the s&p 500 down 1.6% and the nasdaq leading losses, down 1.8%. russia says it is temporarily banning exports of petrol and diesel to avoid shortages at home. the announcement comes weeks after moscow decided to extend a voluntary cut of oil exports until the end of next year. that is part of a coordinated move and i propping up oil prices. finally, cnbc is reporting that a deal could be near to end the hollywood writers strike. in the meantime, workers are turning to other ways of making cash after walking off the job in may, writers held a flea market at an l.a. car park. around 65 people were selling memorabilia, baked goods, or household items. one prop maker said his debt has jumped by more than $20,000
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after months of no work. >> i'm guessing somewhere around 60 people, 65 people are selling here. it seems the stories of a lot of my coworkers were such that they have a lot of things to sell, are out of work, don't have a garage or yard to sell them in, so pool or -- pool our resources. >> i hate to think of what i had to sell after five months of no work. mark: i cannot think of anything i could sell. thank you very much. great to see you. time to go through thing -- time to go truthing or faking. viral video showing pws -- two u.s. republican senators reportedly burning books in missouri. what a horrible image that is. are republican lawmakers really burning books? that is the question. >> this video was filmed last friday in missouri at a local
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republican fundraiser event baptized the freedom fest. in it, we see two republican state senators using a flamethrower on a pile of burning objects, which at a glance could be books and certainly what people online thought was happening. it has got a lot of attention on x, formerly twitter, people cheering on what they thought was happening. this post garnered nearly 20 million views, and it reads, missouri republicans at literal book burning. they think flamethrowers should be legal but history books should be destroyed. this post in french, meanwhile, says is it's terrible to see this in america in 2024. in missouri, they are now proud to burn woke books with flamethrowers. the video was posted by another x user, and this one does not
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actually mention books. instead, it says they are torching the work liberal agenda -- the woke liberal agenda, which is quite open to interpretation. mark: indeed. what are they actually burning? if it is as this person says, the work -- the woke liberal agenda. >> the two senators did take two twitter. they took a couple of days to do it, but in the end, they corrected the claims. they confirm the video does show them, he says they were actually burning a stack of empty boxes to help increase the funds being raised, apparently. the other posted this video of a different angle where we can see clearly that they are cardboard
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boxes. they were empty boxes according to him, and he says they represent what he wants to do to leftist policies. in these videos, we hear cries of "let's go, brandon," a political rally cry as a slogan used to insult joe biden used by his critics. the two senators are not actually burning books -- yet, that is. they go on to say, let's be clear, you bring those pornographic books to missouri schools to try to brainwash our kids and i will burn those, too, on the front lawn of the governor's mansion. what is also true is that missouri is one of many u.s. states in which conservatives have been pushing to ban books and last year missouri passed a law banning sexually explicit books from schools. according to penn america, that led to more than 300 books being taken off school shelves which
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were labeled sexually explicit, but in reality, they are mainly books about domestic violence, bereavement, racism, lgbtq, abortion, and so on, and the list even includes superhero books like batman and x-men, books about the holocaust, and books about michelangelo. it does have some support from republicans, at least. 63% agree with it according to this poll. this map shows us that actually, missouri is third on the list of states that have censored the most books as they have censored 333, but they are behind texas for 425 and florida has actually banned 1300th six. that part of the culture wars currently raging in the united states helps us understand why so many social media users believe that republicans could
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be banning books. mark: i really believe you have to protect young people growing up from certain types of things that are being said and claimed, but i think most of all, you should protect them from politicians firing flamethrowers. that spike -- that strikes me as incredibly dangerous. thank you for clarifying, as always. great to see you. thanks to you all for watching. stay with us for more "live from paris." >> 1966, an unbelievable story that has been largely forgotten. above a village in spain, two u.s. air force planes collide. one of them is a nuclear bomber. on board, 4 atomic bombs. none are armed, but they do explode, creating a plutonium leak. while the third bomb remains intact, the missing fourth bomb
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is found after a -- an intense 89-day search. here the testimony of locals in search of answers and experts denouncing the lack of transparency on the part of the government and u.s. military. on france 24 and france24.com. ♪
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