french president emmanuel macron today pledged toledo global donors conference to rebuild beirut, butays there must be reform in lebanon from within. also coming up, taking o on the u.s. gun lobby. new york prosecutors's are suing the national rifle association for financial wrongdoing, saying they want to break up the nra once and for all. and fast, free, but not optional. germany is making coronavirus tests mandatory for all people entering the country from designated hotspots. new infections here are increasing, now at their highest level in three months. ♪ brent: on brent goff. to our viewers on pbs and all around the world and the united states, welcome. the message to beirut today -- you are not alone. help is on the way. macron pledged to spearhead a donors conference to rebuild the city, but said there will be no blank checks, demanding political leaders begin real reform before it is too late. in a city racked -- >> in a city racked by the force of tuesday's catastrophic explosion, people in beirut are coming together to clean up the debris in the city streets. but with solid

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that was the voice of a man who called himself emmanuel.> if we find her body -- >> as soon he heard elizabeth smart voice he cleared at her in this full story has never been told. >> picturesque mountain, quiet and affluent neighborhood slept a family. as the sun rose almost salt lake city on the morning of june 5, 2002. the sense of serenity the family once enjoyed would soon come to a tragic halt. >> the phone rang and the sergeant of the homicide squad said there had been a kidnapping of a minor girl and he was calling out the entire homicide squad. nancy: that girl was elizabeth smart. the daughter of ed and lois smart and one of six siblings, elizabeth was a shy, well spoken young lady with a talent for the harp. >> ed smart made the initial 911 call. his daughter mary catherine went to the parents bedroom and woke them up and said someone took elizabeth. nancy: he rushed to the scene, ed smart notified friends and family. >> it was chaotic. we walked around the house looking for evidence and a point of entry and we discovered a windo

>> emmanuel macron says lebanon will continue to sink unless reforms are made. the french president in beirut two days after a blast kills 135 people and wounding 5000 others. anger among populations mounting 2750 tons of ammonium nitrate stored unsafely for six years is believed to be the cause of the blast. overtakes europe with the highest number of covid-19 deaths in the world. thank you for joining us here on france 24. the french president is in the lebanese capitol.. emmanuel macron inin beirut two days after a blast rips through the city killing 135 people and woundiding 5000. his visit comes one dayy after france responded to calls for help by sending a and medical personnenel to the country. afafter his meeting with the president, he said the country will continue to sink if reforms are not made. to aidy the priority is and supppport the population unconditionally. france has been pushing for months even years now for necessary reforms in certain sectors, energy, government-run tracks, the fight agagainst corruption, if these r reforms e not carried ou

emmanuelle: angela merkel reacted quickly and strongly. she said those responsible in navalny's case must be identified and held accountable. and together with the foreign minister should called for moscow to fully and in a transparent manner investigate the poisoning of navalny, because of his status as a political dissident. the eu diplomatic chief also called on russian authorities to provide an investigation in a transparent investigation on the case, so very strong statements from the government and from the european union in light of what appears to be the poisoning of alexei navalny. brent: that is the political part. what about the medical? what are doctors saying? emmanuelle: alexei navalny was probably poisoned by the exact substance has not been identified yet this is a substance usually found in decides but also in nerve agent -- usually found in pesticides but also in nerve agents. tests have been done several times and laboratories and the hospital indicated that even know alexei navalny's health condition was serious at the

political correspondent emmanuel shah's welcome emmanuelle i'm going back reaction was pretty swift followed me hospital statement. it was i was a quite a strong statement she say that those responsible enough on these cases must be identified and have the constable she called together was foreign minister how come asa must go to fully and in a very transparent manner investigate on the suspect poisoning aleksei and yvonne the because of his status as a political dissident also germany's vice chancellor scholtz say that as a democrat he couldn't accept that the lives of position members i put in then show so very strong statements from the government in light of what appears to be to poisoning of dissidents aleksei have on me tell us more about what the doctor has a say. well in the statement we learned that probably was intoxicated by a substance on the nest to raise it inhibits a group but the exact set sounds been identified just these substances usually found in drug selling pesticides but you know age and so the brains never transmitters the tests have been run several times and they've

brent: that was emmanuel macron speaking earlier today.alny 's supporters said to survive several attempts by the russian government to harm him before. here is a closer look at navalny 's career and how he became a strong critic of the kremlin. >> this isn't the first time team navalny has cried foul. in august last year alexei navalny said he had been poisoned while in jail. he had been detained for calling unauthorized protests and his resistance to kremlin control has made him one of president vladimir putin's biggest nemeses. navalny rose to prominence with his exposure of corruption at russian state-controlled companies. at rallies he took direct aim at the kremlin and occupancy dubbing put in's party, the party of crooks and thieves. he began proving his power with opposition supporters, stints in jail and the courtroom became a regular feature. charges of embezzlement in 2013 saw him band from entering the political process and running for office. in 2017 moscow saw some of the biggest anticorruption rallies it has seen in years. t

it was labeled a cowardly attack after a call between emmanuel microphone and his counterpart. >> alleans will be deployed to shedight on ththese murders within the next two hours. >> the assailants have yet to be found, but a large-scalele operation was deployed in the region. the victims were visiting a popular draft reserve -- draft reserve.e. -- giraffe reserve. it is the first time westerners were attacked. the french government generally advises citizens not to travell to large parts of niger whehere jihadist groups are active. the president ofof niger had labeled the killings as a barbaric attack. thousands of troops deployed but militants are still rising. >> [speaking in foreign language] no terrorist group has yet come forward to claim responsibility. , somecording to sources groups d denied being behind it. emmanuel macron will discuss it with his defense counsel on tuesday. >> face mask are mandatory and crowded public area in the french capital. over 100 streets are covered by the order. local authorities in france have implemented several moves where masks are mandatory

out protests in lebannon over a huge explosion that killed at least 149 people as french president emmanuel michel calls for a new political system saudi arabia's crown prince is being sued by a former intelligence officer he says mohammed bin soundman sent a hit squad to canada to kill him and donald trump signs an executive order banning americans from carrying out transactions with the chinese only it's up to. you. thank you very much for joining as the governing party of sri lanka's president go to buy a rajapaksa has won a landslide victory in parliamentary elections and along with its allies it has security 2 thirds majority giving the president the power to enact sweeping changes to the constitution the sri lankans people's front is led by rajapaksa brothers the rajapaksa grab brothers. who service president and prime minister respectively the results now look certain to strengthen their dynastic rule but it's raising fears of weakening government institutions such as independent commissions for police and public services that speak to our correspondent in colombo me now fernandez me

emmanuel macron called for a profound change in lebanon's leadership and an international investigation. in the us, the powerful gun lobby, the national rifle association, is in the firing line, with the state of new york trying to get the group dissolved. the attorney general‘s brought a lawsuit accusing its leaders of fraud — allegations that the organisation denies. now on bbc news, the travel show. coming up this week: elephants, iceland, and a splash of heavy metal, african—style. band plays heavy metal.

angela merkel and emmanuel macron saying they oppose new lockdown. with more,g us bloomberg new economy forum editorial director. fascinating work that you have done. you look at these sort of massive shocks to the world from pandemics and found they have deep changes. hello, i just lost you there. joe: you have done some work looking at the impact that historically pandemics have had. they end up changing our relationship between the government and public. andy: indeed. out, has beenurns a godsend for autocrats and authoritarians all over the world. it has given them the perfect

sent in president emmanuel macron. i am not here to help them. iam here macron. i am not here to help them. i am here to help you. he saw the damage and desperation up saw the damage and desperation up close. he was there, others we re up close. he was there, others were not. funerals are providing another outlet for the nation's grief and tears. this person was donating blood moments before the blast took his life. his sister and those who loved him distraught. everyone here is grieving in their own way. homes, shops, livelihoods are gone. for those alive and accounted for aid is coming in. from algeria, water bottles a nd coming in. from algeria, water bottles and food packages are being stocked up and flown over. translation: a shipment will be sent every day through the military airport until other operations can be set up. in

french president emmanuel macron today pledged toledo global donors conference to rebuild beirut, but says there must be reform in lebanon from within. also coming up, taking o on the u.s. gun lobby. new york prosecutors's are suing the national rifle association for financial wrongdoing, saying they want to break up the nra once and for all. and fast, free, but not optional. germany is making coronavirus tests mandatory for all people entering the country from designated hotspots. new infections here are increasing, now at their highest level in three months. ♪ brent: on brent goff. to our viewers on pbs and all around the world and the united states, welcome.

the french president emmanuel macron will visit beirut later, on the centenary of the declaration of the state of greater lebanon. the country faces a crippling financial crisis and the aftermath of the devastating beirut port explosion. lebanon's president has called for a secular state, saying its the only way of creating real unity in the country. rebecca bailey reports. its 100 years since french authorities declared the state of greater lebanon, carving its borders modern lebanon is not ina mood borders modern lebanon is not in a mood to celebrate. some of the some of these buildings have survived. killing at least 200 people. the government resigned en masse but that's done little to dampen people's anger. on sunday, the president called for change. translation:

we have seen president emmanuel macron being outspoken when it comes to another former french protectorate, lebanon, but his response to the molly and crisis has been muted. they have a lot at stake, not just for what is happening in mali, but the region as a whole. president macron, during this said that the stability of mali is important not just for france but for the european union. as such, we have seen european special forces joining the french efforts. just this week, we saw 200 italian special forces joining the effort to stem out and bring back stability in the northern part of mali. this is a root used by migrants used by migrants and drug traffickers and arms traffickers. macron's argument is that it is

>>> french president emmanuel macron led a meeting which president trump atented. organizers say donors pledged $298 million in aid to beirut after last week's devastating explosion. the tragedy led to days of protest in lebanon for more on this, here's nbc's reporter >> reporter: after the massive protest we saw here, people are back on the streets clashing again with the government. people are just so angry about this blast here on tuesday and they absolutely blame the government for what happened >> the president said it's an accident it's a crime, not an accident. and they are not martyrs, they are victims. >> they have the real authority. that's why we will not get out of the streets until our needs are met, until the new elections and all three pillars of our government are taken down. >> reporter: people are telling me they will not accept the resignation of the country's information minister what they want is for the whole

well she's a serious talk about that search for normality in german schools good morning to you emmanuelle. what do people in germany think of schools in the country opening again it was children like we saw in that report not wearing masks. well there and we just sold out in the report it comes was mixed feelings and it really depends on where you live in germany in regions that are most affected by the pandemic stricter rules will apply in schools for example mosques are not mandatory in mecca vote west and from iran you're out west reopen those schools reopened yesterday but they will be mandatory in bavaria mecklenburg west and palmer and yeah it was the least effective region in germany but the very hour was one of the worst affected by the pandemic so opinions of a fixed rate according to german infection rates are up again what's the foldback plan in the event of a severe outbreak will be back to home schooling. well that different scenario is in place and it's also the pan's again where in germany an outbreak would happen for example in mecklenburg west and now schools were in char

once called the paris of the middle east is looking to france like never before in french president emmanuel mccrone the lebanese people seem more than just an ally they also see a leader they do not have a leader they so desperately need i'm for golf in berlin this is the day. usually being there is a political moral economic and financial crisis in lebanon has been going on for several months several years and it was a companions we will accompany you on this journey today tomorrow we will be that you know france will never let 11 on down there you don't build up on that we have lebanese we always have hope and we want to live our lives and nothing will stop us if you think that we're fishing be the start of a new era a new era. also coming up tonight it was 75 years ago when the 1st atomic bomb was dropped the destruction of hiroshima changed the world it left the survivors scarred forever. for me this is not a peace memorial it's a graveyard. when i see people there it's like they're stamping on the heads of my parents and siblings she met them when i. went to our viewers on p.b.s. in th

on the streets of beirut on thursday france's president emmanuel mccomas essentially moment by people many of them calling for a turn of french mandate fronts was the clonal power here before independence and is because micron has essentially stepped into a void left by lebanon's own political leaders mokhtar on has been able to offer practical support in the terms of the medical teams on financial assistance to beirut and he's off with a routine moral support as well but hasn't come from lebanon's oh belittle classes they haven't been able to do that and they've been conspicuous by their absence from the streets since the catastrophic explosion just did what i know is that the people of lebanon have electricity shut down every day and it's not working the provision of imports and exports has collapsed because of the financial system and so they're on says for the short term that we need as we know the answer is to fight corruption reform the energy and electricity systems the customs we need transparency for imports and exports we need reforms for all the sectors and insist on these

the french president emmanuel macron has been to see the devastation, and promised help, but said theountry must reform. translation: it's a political, moral, economic, and financial crisis, the first victim of which is the lebanese people. we'll have the latest live from beirut. also this lunchtime — the economic slump caused by coronavirus won't be as deep as feared, the bank of england now says, but will still be the biggest annual decline for 100 years. 50 million face masks bought by the government in april won't be used in the nhs — because of safety concerns. a radical overhaul of the planning system is promised by ministers to try to get more houses built in england. and, after 400 years, beavers are being allowed to live in the wild again in england. coming up on bbc news — golf‘s first major of the year, the us pga, is getting under way three months later than planned and without fans in san francisco this afternoon. good afternoon, and welcome to the bbc news at one. three days of mourning are under way in lebanon, after tuesday's deadly explosion in the capital beirut. at

french president emmanuel macron has said deep change tuesday's devastating explosion in beirut.breaking news out of the u.k. now. the latest figures show 900 50 confirmed new cases of covid-19 in the last 24 hours. can see the average number of new cases each y has been 835. 48 deaths were also recorded in theast 24 hours. this takes the total number of these death in t u.k. to30 46. masks bought by the u.k.ace government to protect health care workers will not be used in hospitals because of safetyco erns. they paid $157 million for them. here is our special correspondent. >> the masks have earlobes rather than head loops, which raised concerns about tte amount of pion they were giving. the government says they dee not recomm to buy and will be used in hospitals. >> it's either a pass or a fail and there are more fails. >> that means what? >> tt means it would not necessarily provide the prection required. it's an extraordinary amount of money. fundamentally, it has taken this extort nary sum of public funds -- extraordinary sum of public nds and wasted it on ppe which itself s

as french president emmanuel macron toured the wreckage, the first foreign leader to step foot here, he was surrounded by hundreds of lebanese calling for revolution urging him, begging him, do something. he vowed france would stand with the lebanese people but cautioned its leaders. >> translator: the requirement of a friend in times of need is to rush to the scene when times are hard but not to hand out blank checks to a system not trusted by the people. >> reporter: from outside and inside the country demands for answers grow louder for an independent probe. this is not just about accountability or how the country is going to rebuild emotionally and physically. it's about how it's going to find its soul. ♪ >> reporter: arwa damon, cnn, beirut. >>> on wednesday luna safwan wrote a powerful piece for the washington post about how people are feeling in their country. we're pleased to have her here now. from beirut, welcome. appreciate you speaking with us. start out with, i mean, so many people have dramatic, unimaginable at least to us sitting here stories of how they experienced th

tomorrow is the 100th anniversrsary of the declaration of an independent lebanon, and emmanuel macronill be here meeting with the new premise or -- prime minister, and people will be on the streets protesting. >> thank you for that update, reporting from beirut. duke stay tuned for "france 24" for special coverage at 6:00 p.m. paris time this evening, live from beirut -- do stay tuned. also this monday, an el al jet is caring israeli and u.s. government officials to abu dhabi, the first commercial flight between the jewish state and any persian gulf country. officials say this is a symbolic and some stance of -- substantial demonstration of improvoved ties, and it is being dubbed as a historic agreement. however, according to some observers, this was a peace deal in name only. flight between to levine -- tel aviv and abu dhabi, another landmark moment after ththe normalalization relations and the united arab emirates lifting of their boycott on israel. now trade and cooperatation can officially kick k off on all fron.. for whatpopens the door i can ly call unbridled trade, tourism, in

rahm emmanuel, did he rise to the occasion?he rose to the occasion, and more importantly not just for him but for the country, giving a sense of purpose, a plan, a very specific plan, but also one of these type of speeches, you get a chance to lift the hood and look inside. and he gave people a chance to see what motivates him, what is his purpose in life, and give them a purpose on this mission. so i think he did a very, very good job for the speech and more importantly to set out the parameters of the campaign and a quality of the plan. >> at 77 years old, biden is the oldest presidential nominee, governor christie, do you think his i factor? >> his age will be an issue in the race, no question. but he's been saved from that to a great extent because of the covid-19 crisis. we haven't seen people out there day after day campaigning. he's been home in wilmington for months. but as for tonight, i think, listen, he brought great energy to the speech i thought. but he didn't bring a lot of specifics, and i think that's the biden

macro leads a defense video conference on niger and the coronavirus crisis -- emmanuel macron leads aefense videoconference. covid trialsp, shows multiple warnings about explosive material at beirut's port a week after the deadly blast. with anrnment resigns outraged public demanding accountability. ."lcome back to "france 24 thank you so much for joining us again this afternoon. we start with unrest in belarus thisis tuesday, where the main challenger has fled the country, this after a second night of street clashes between police and opposition supporters. the cocountry has been rocked by violence since election results gave president alexander lukashenko 80%, and svetlana tikhanouskaya has refused to accept it. lukashenko has been president since 1994 and is being dubbed europe's last dictator. >> refusing to concede defeat, former belarusian presidential candidate svetlana tikhanouskaya is now in lithuania, according to the country's foreign minister. the lithuanian president on meta-expressssed doubts about te election results that precipitated her departure. >> [speaking foreign

.>> are w now by chris christie, the former governor of new jersey, rahm emmanuel, yvette simpson andden officially became the oubicratic nominee, and dr. jill de her husband's character. yvette, a difficult act to follow after michelle obama. how did she do? >> she did what she was supposed to do, talked about her husband, talked about their relationship, she also talked about education, which, as you know, withsidchoo issue. she talked about being able to fill those classrooms again. the question, how are we going to do did. t what is joe biden going to do beyond the fact that donald trump is a disaster. >> i thought dr. biden did a great job. it's going to be very difficult to compare people to michelle to do. michelle obama had a much different job when she was campaigning with her husband to become first lady. i thought the most powerful part of the entire speech tonight was the end, when vice president biden walked in and put his arm around his wife, and you could see the genuine affection between the two of them. partne. one of the things america wants in a challenging time lik

french president emmanuel michael says aid and sources are being sent to beirut. thank

this is what markets are focusing on, partly what angela merkel's, partly emmanuel macron. let me go through the impact heavy on the markets. areou look at stocks, they really fluctuating after data from the economies here in europe, and that is really costing -- casting doubt on the resurgence virus infection. we have french manufacturing unexpectedly contracting in august. highlighting the need for further stimulus. i am also looking at offshore to extend less than six months, seven months, actually, when china market from the pandemic became one of the world's fastest. this is what we are getting in terms of pmi out of the eurozone, expectations or certainly there in mind with what we were expecting. barring 50.1. coming up later, everything you need to know about exchange -traded funds. iq europe is back. exchange data funds. pmi worse than expected. now let's get to the bloomberg first word news in the u.s., we will start with the u.s. and iran, a demand to reinstate global sanctions against iran. the secretary of state, mike pompeo, is hinting out at european -- hitti

french president emmanuel macron says he would like to see progress by september 1.l jazeera, beirut. thisn: still he had half-hour, ethnic violence flares again in eastern sudan. troops are deployed, and a 24 hour curfew is imposed. a popular journalist from zimbabwe appears in court after being arrested, but the magistrate says the public cannot hear his testimony. ♪ ♪ >> hello, there, across southern australia, you can see this is the area under pressure, and these are sweeping through the region. a few days ago, have a look at this, with the mountains in new south wales. this was captured by a woman who says it is very unusual to see this for long, with the kangaroos, and i can tell you now, i stopped the video, but they carried on for quite a few more minutes. this is not snow, just rain. meanwhile, cloudy day on thursday in perth, and then friday, more in the way of sunshine. another front is waiting in the wings, ready to come in later in the day, and that is quite widespread across new south wales and also going into queensland. a littttle bit cool,l, tempera

go where it is needed and many accuse the government of corruption and in this video here we see emmanuel when he was there today visiting the country he was walking through the devastated areas amazing how the woman is yelling in french but she's saying please don't give any money to our corrupt government we can't handle this anymore which macron replies i know don't worry that's what i'm going to i'm going to help the people not the government so it's going to be very important in the in the wakes and months ahead that this money that is going to be rolling in to levanon finds its way to where it's most needed accountability here is going to be kate's rule of this road to understandable that a lot of people are built will build money reaching the people who need to see her because always thank you. well here's some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world japan has marked the 75th anniversary of the atomic bombing of hiroshima a bell tolled in the city to mark the moment the bomb hit followed by a minute of silence nearly 140000 people are estimated to have d

and he has now been tossed with forming a new government and that all comes as french president emmanuel back on his back in the lebanese capital less than a month after his last visit then a car has the latest from beirut. he was not well known to the public until now most of a db has been chosen to form lebanon's next government the former ambassador to germany is promising change at a time of deep crisis where we will choose a ministerial team with expertise and competency will also carry out quick reforms that will put the country on the path to recovery and end the dangerous financial economic and social bleeding. got the majority of votes during parliamentary consultations the post has reserved for a son a muslim and the country's 6 tarion based governing system that is why support from former prime ministers had a heavy who had the largest sunny bloc was essential to maintain national unity factions from a divided political landscape came together before the arrival of french president a man while mccall. the country needs to embrace the initiative of president macron because the

ezekiel emmanuel speaking with us last hour about how u.s. safely this fall we'll get another perspective now. joining us now is randi weingarten president of the american federation of teachers. welcome. >> great to welcome back you thank you. >> we ready to open schools? >> i don't disagree with zeke. i think the problem is, the answer is yes, no and maybe. we have been working on this since the end of april and you're finally getting people on the tv to say like dr. birx, like dr. ezekiel emmanuel, there's a set of guardrails that's absolutely essential in order to stop a virus from spreading in cool and that requires this six feet of physical distancing, requires masks, requires cleaning and ventilation. schools never had to do this so even in those places that we've been able to tack tell virus like in new york, new jersey, connecticut, i think that school districts were immobilized and in shock that they really did have to do all these safe guards to start school and i think that because they don't have double the space and double the t

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earlier, crowds gathered around the french president, emmanuel macron, as he visited the stricken portrea. mr macron, whose country shares close colonial ties with lebanon, called for a new political order in the country. from beirut, our correspondent quentin sommerville reports. france's president said he was here to bring home truths to lebanon's politicians. home truths to lebanon's politicians. he received an earful of them in beirut‘s gemmayzeh neighbourhood. woman shouting. they stopped clearing up their shattered homes and streets, and begged for help. please help us! please, please! do something about us! the french president is being pulled in all directions behind me, there is a great deal of anger here among the lebanese people. some are calling for a revolution. others are telling them that there needs to be political change in this country. most are just asking for help. their own president, they declaimed as a terrorist. and as they've demanded for nearly a year now, they called for a revolution. one woman, angry that the government wasn't doing enough to find the dead a

the french president, emmanuel macron is the first world leader to visit since the blast and called foround change" from lebanon's leadership. here's our middle east correspondent quentin sommerville. france's president said he was here to bring home truths to lebanon's politicians. he received an earful of them in beirut‘s gemmayzeh neighbourhood. woman shouting they stopped clearing up their shattered homes and streets, and begged for help. please help us! please, please! do something about us! the french president is being pulled in all directions behind me, there is a great deal of anger here among the lebanese people. some are calling for a revolution. others are telling them that there needs to be political change in this country. most are just asking for help. their own president, they declaimed as a terrorist. and as they've demanded for nearly a year now, they called for a revolution. one woman, angry that the government wasn't doing enough to find the dead and injured, let rip. in the country's hour of need, it was a foreign leader who listened. few lebanese politicians dare g

his appointment came hours before french president emmanuel macron arrived for his second visit withine corruption and waste. following his nomination, mradib immediately paid a symbolic visit to parts of beirut worst affected by that huge explosion at the port. here's a little of what he had to say about the challenges he faces. translation: the opportunity before our country is limited, and the task i have accepted is based on the fact that all political forces are aware of the need to form a government in record time, and to begin implementing reforms immediately. let's take a moment to look at mr adib's background. he's 48 years old and has previously served as lebanon's ambassador to germany. he has a doctorate in law and political science, and previously taught at universities in lebanon and france. he has also served as an adviser to former lebanese prime minister najib mikati — and was endorsed by several other prime ministers over the weekend — before his new position was confirmed earlier on monday. niamh mcburney is head of middle east and north africa at the global risk dat

also this hour president emmanuel mccrone visit lebanon for the 2nd time in less than a month to press for political reform amid criticism that france is acting like a paul o'neill power. and china unveils new tack export restrictions that could prevent the sale of tick tocks business in the us. a very warm welcome to the program from all of us here at r t h q in moscow it started with a live news update residents of lampedusa have staged a protest against the arrival of new migrants officials on the italian island are saying the situation is unsustainable and some locals are taking matters into their own hands by trying to stop newcomers from disembarking. we are not understanding anything here in one producer we are all dying here the migrants aren't leaving because they are left alone we are all together in this tonight lumbered is the 3rd in. the early hours of sunday morning around 370 people arrived in the port of lampedusa on board a fishing boat now they received an angry reception from locals. we are here for peace just when the legal migrants to go back because we are tired t

a white supremist walked into mother emmanuel church during bible study. 12 african americans pulled up a chair and prayed with him for an hour. then he began to shoot. after that horrific tragedy, we didn't turn against each other. we came together, black and white, democrat and republican. together, we made the hard choices needed to heal and removed a divisive symbol peacefully and respectfully. what happened then should give us hope now. america isn't perfect. but the principles we hold dear are perfect. there's one thing i've learned, it's that even on our worst day, we are blessed to live in america. it's time to keep that blessing alive for the next generation. this president and this party are committed to that noble task. we seek a nation that rises together, not falls apart in anarchy and anger. we know that the only way to overcome america's challenges is to embrace america's strengths. we are striving to reach a brighter future where every child goes to a world class school chosen by their parents, where every family lives in a safe community with good jobs, where every e

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the frequent french comedy—drama perfumes stars emmanuelle devos as a former perfumer who now works asse. anne's job is to sniff out problems in products and create a scent that customers don't turn their noses up at. from luxury leather handbags to cat litter, corporatejobs keep her busy enough to hire a chauffeur, guillaume, played by gregory montel. as a cash—strapped divorced father, he's reluctantly prepared to put up with a client who's both rude and demanding — which anne certainly is — but guillaume begins to take an interest in anne's work, and an unlikely understanding develops. cut from the same cloth as driving miss daisy and green book, perfumes pits two opposite characters against each other on journeys, making humourous work of their differences and tugging on the old heartstrings as they change each other‘s lives. there are moments of sharp comic timing. i definitely laughed out loud more than once. but generally, the film isn't quite witty or emotive enough to merit the leisurely pace. still, ifound it interesting insight into the job of a perfumer, which is a fabulous