i am genie godula. at thank youou for joining us.s. let's look at the developing situation in mali. ibrahim boubacar keita has resigned. he was known by his initials ibk, but he was forced out after he was arrested. mali has been rocked by protests. mullions -- malians discovered overnight who was in charge and the mako -- chuck in charge -- in charge in bamako. [speaking foreign language] >> the committee announced to shut all borders until further notice. a cucurfew h has been put in p . >> [ [speaking foreign language] >> the rebels no information about thehe whereabouts of the deposed president.t. ibrahim boubacar keita appeared on the s same tv station. >> [speaking foreign language] >> the rebels took control of the military camp 15 kilometers from bamako. then, they took the president there. beingimages show keita escorted from the presidential palace. when the president was taken, crowds flooded independence square and gathered outside thank t the to rebels. >> [speaking foreign language] the mutiny marks a dramatic shift after more than two months of antigovernment protests

i i am a genie godula. aremembers of hezbollah accused of carrying out the assistant nation of former -- assassination of former lebanese prime minister rafik hariri. story, you can imagine is being closely watched in lebanon. let'sre on thus, -- this, bring in our correspondent. we have heard that the evidence four members of -- wasah were almost almost entirely circumstantial. >> it was a crucial moment in the trial. the tribunal has found no evidence of hezbollah involvement in the assassination of the former prime minister of lebanon, rafik hariri. it could trigger tensions here in lebanon. the leader of has below said he -- thee four hezbots, the leader of llah said he would ignore the verdict. bombing traumatized the nation. it led to a flareup of the violence and it further tensions between the various immunities here in lebanonon. the atmosphere here in beirut veryncertain, people scared here that the verdict could lead to a flareup of violence. lebanon, a nation on the brink of chaos, suffering fro

i'm genie godula. the republican national convention kicked off last night, officiallyy hananding dod trump the nominanation. seveveral of the parties rising stars praised his leadership, saying he is the only one to lead the country out of the current pandemic. trump spoke on the first night of the convention in person. the dedemocratats held in all virtual convention last week. trump repepeating his unproven assertion that voting by mail will leaead to fraud. this despite the fact that experts say mail-in voting has proved to be secure. out 80 are going to mail million ballots. it's impossible. they have no idea. who's mailing them? mostly democrat states and democrat governors. supposing they don't mail them to republican neighborhoods. this is the greatest scam in the history of politics i think and i'm talking about beyond our nation. france 24 has been keeping a close eye on the convention. more from last night's speakers. >> all the usual themes of these culture wars were pointed out by the diff

i am genie godula. hasfrench foreign minister announced measures for covid-19.rance has seen a resurgence of cases of covid-19, an average of about 3000 new cases a day. that number went up to a most 5000 new cases reported on wednesday. >> a percentage of positive cases among those tested is growing. lockdown,just after and now it is at 3.7%. statistics tell us that the virus is most active among young people, people between 20 and 30 years old test positive at a rate of 6% -- higher than the national average. the covid-19 9 security measures are having a big effect on the france -- french business community. to talk more about that, let's bring in our business editor stephen carroll. what were business leadeders interested in the most? stephen: it was a press conference talking mullen -- mainly about public health measures that have an impact on business. on the issue of masks, there is a particular area of interest for business leaders, and that comingrule and there's into effect next to say that people have to wear masks in workplaces all over france. had ca