threatening francais with an atari of software the french government approving digital tax on big tech companies so their result long list of issues to be resolved and non of them song like a joke at least to me. and so maybe those warm relations between the us and the e.u. at least that we see today not to last much longer or at least the horror there for us in new york thank you as always. now to some of the other business stories making news. in the u.s. employers added 164000 jobs in july that according to the labor department the figure continues a record hiring streak however the average workweek fell to its lowest level in nearly 2 years as manufacturers reduced hours for workers a sign that economic growth is slowing. the european union has nominated crystal to lead the international monetary fund ending weeks of impasse of money the 23 countries you have a is from bulgaria and is the current chief executive of the world bank i.m.f. member countries can make nominations until september 6th traditionally the i.m.f. is led by european contrasts the u.s. gets to appoint the presid

and i to al qaeda took over most of the sparsely populated north of the country the following year francais into an troops to stop the rebels assault would advance but insurgents remain active in the country and region recently the fighting has spread into central parts of the country despite a peace agreement inside in 2015 the crisis has profoundly disrupted the lives of millions in the country children have especially thin affected the un's children agency now ones of the shop rise in the number of children being killed in monday's deadly attacks. the scars of a conflict 7 year long civil war has left an indelible mark since its outbreak in 2012 the insurgency has killed thousands and displaced countless more but it's mani's young who are increasingly bearing the brunt of war. either on. their own i need journey that i'm haunted by my thoughts whenever i sleep i see the bandits in my nightmares. and none of us can sleep because our home is not safe anymore oh and i know that i don't know what to do because whenever i move whatever i do i see them they're always there. rights groups say a

and particularly francais clearly take that threat seriously instance donald the outgoing president of the european council here announced that they would respond in kind if those threats stiff trump would follow up those threats you could never know of course whether he's serious whether he's bluffing but diplomats here told me that in a personal meeting between trump and mark hallmarked wrong try to convince the american presidents that he cannot compare apples and pears because often all trump is threatening to throw those taxes on frons is this wine which is the 2nd biggest export from from france to united states in retaliation for a heavy levy the french president has put on american tax giants and the french president made clear it's not just american tax joins but it's all tech giants clearly the biggest one being amazon being facebook so the ones coming from america ok mattison there is thanks for that. the g 7 is also pressing for more action on the wildfires raging in the amazon rain forest french president a man you had met coal has threatened to block a trade deal with bra

next, lycÉe franÇais de new york teacher rachelle friedman gave an illustrated talk about innovationsn art during world war ii. she discussed and showed examples of propaganda cartoons, norman rockwell paintings, and abstract expressionist works - a 1940s and 1950s art movement that included american painters jackson pollock and mark rothko. friends of the national world war ii memorial hosted this talk as a part of their annual teacher's conference. >> it is my pleasure to introduce rachelle friedman gave . this is her second year at the conference. welcomingn me in rachelle. [applause] ms.