there are concerns among the socialists after prime minister manuel valls has suggested he would standinst francois hollande in the party primary. pope francis has met physicist stephen hawking at the vatican. the meeting took place during a conference at the vatican on science and the environment and sustainability. during his speech to the scientist, the pope stressed a lack of political determination in protecting the environment. you are watching "bbc world news america." come, three weeks after the presidential election, it is the talk of recounts and voter fraud that dominates the scene. all the latest from trump world. in india, thousands of people have joined what is called a day of rage to protest against the sudden dan of 2 major currency notes earlier this month and the chaos that followed. the prime minister says he made the right decision to help fight corruption. our correspondent is in calcutta for us. reporter: more than one billion indians a few weeks ago found that most of their currency was worthless. it was not a dream, but a nightmare. and many here are angry. thou

prime minister manuel valls will have a meeting next week on how to promote tourism.up for hosting the 2020 olympics in japan says all options are on the table. the cost could exceed $40 billion -- $30 billion, four times the initial estimate. it is just after 6:30 p.m. thursday here in new york, 9:30 a.m. friday morning in sydney. paul allen has the markets. paul: new zealand up and running on the last day of the weekend. down about 1/10 of 1% right now. we are also expecting declines on the asa except the open up about half a percent. nikkei futures looking pretty flat at the moment. some are earnings out of japan. contacthi, suzuki, to to name a few. it might be worth keeping an eye on the australian dollar today as well. it has been steadily creeping up over the past few months. we had the reserve bank of australia releasing its quarterly statements on monetary policy. that will contain a few updated outlooks for growth and inflation. we also have retail sales out for september. over in singapore, it will be worth watching singapore airlines today. after the close

. >> reporter: france's socialist prime minister manuel valls believes the world has changed since donaldp's victory. he believes it boosts the chances of national front leader marine le pen winning the french presidential election next may. now, valls has said trump's success and the brexit vote demonstrated how important it was to listen to the concerns of angry citizens, especially on immigration. he warned the rise of populists and the far-right is being made possible by politicians who are too scared to take tough decisions. but francois fillon has convinced voters in the primaries that, as president, he will back up his tough talk with action, by disbanding extreme islamic groups. >> ( translated ): my friends, radical islam is undermining our fellow muslim citizens. it infiltrates them, takes them hostage. they hate what we are, so i tell you, i will fight them without respite and without mercy. >> reporter: analyst de hoop scheffer believes the national front's marine le pen may suffer because of a french backlash against donald trump. >> ( translated ): i don't think that donald

let me begin by noting that lin manuel valls and the -- miranda's blockbuster "hamilton" kept hamilton on the $10 bill. it has transformed this unlikely founding father into somewhat of a celebrity. while hamilton is seen as a heroic figure it is important to , note to that, throughout much of our nation's history, hamilton was seen as both un-american, a classic monarchist to hated the great east, which he probably never said, but was attributed to him. and a man whose dictatorial ambitions were checked by the champion of the common man, thomas jefferson. and to make matters worse, his alliance with george washington has already been distorted or slighted in favor of the more poetic alliance between jefferson and james madison for the moving tale of reunification between jefferson and john adams. many historians and biographers who are inclined towards a progressive interpretation of the american experience have also contributed to downplaying the importance of the alliance between washington and hamilton. these scholars, unfortunately, echoed the distorted account of jefferson and hi

that would imply that if manuel valls is going to stand, he would have to resign his position and step down. it is likelyid, going to be a lot of questions going around with what is happening in the elysees off to my left ear. genie: as you were mentioning, the socialists will hold their , a election, their primary little over a month from now. but it is hard for the socialists today side on a clear winner, especially with how smoothly the conservative primary went. exactly right. the left held their meeting in 2011. the republican had their own. it went smoothly and without a hedge. graciously very conceded very early on. we have seen people rallying around francois fillon. what we are going to see over the next month or so before the possible socialist primary is an awful lot of scrambling to get their ducks in a row. we've already seen the former -- hey minister, macron quit the government that failed his own party. he may well be running. he will go off to the centrists, and likely there were supporters. many said they would rather vote for him than francois fillon. on the other ex