that is in usiness update with stephen carroll. first,,could this be the best halloween costumeeever? ourrpress review., coming up in lots more still to come. stay with us. ♪ michelle: thanks for joining us. pakistan's supreme court has overturned the conviction of christian woman set to be executed for blasphemy. she was the first woman on death row under the countriries of dracononian blasphemy laws, aftr allegedly assaulting islam. it was a landmark casese that st shockwaves all throughout pakistan. a ruling on wednesday was welcomed by human rights activists but less than the religious hard-liners who hit .he streets in protest france 24 correspondent in islamabad d for us now. demonstrationssive by hardliie e islamiststs taking place in someeof ppkiststan's major cities. whatat is thlatestst? >> this is a landmark ruling, a rereally sensisitive issueue inh country. in t the past weavave seen judgs being atattacked or eveeeenbeing kill f for f frrezing dusttfor eeingg people accused of blasphemy. ouour chests rokeke out a as ss

stephen carroll at the business update. time now for the press review. a look at what is making international headlines. i am joined onset by solange. across europe, there has been an increasing amount of attention on weapons contracts with saudi arabia since the murder of jamal khashoggi. in france, the pressure has been mounting for the government to take a stand. how thepaper looks at french government is maneuvering the minefield. since germany suspended its own contracts. the front page article noted that -- many french mps are saying france should do so as well. that they should cancel the contract. one of them says that they do not sell arms like they sell baguettes. you have macron explaining to the crown prince that he cannot sell weapons that are in his shopping cart, but he can sell power tools. >> france is not the only nation feeling the heat to suspend its arms deals. takes usnancial post through what it calls the rising scruples in many different european nations. at the same time, some countries have not been shy or beating around the bus

stephen carroll with a look at the day's business news. time for our press review. dheepthika laurent joins us for a look at the papers now. good to see you. theare starting out with welfare of jamal khashoggi, the saudi journalist who walked into the consulate in istanbul and never left. dheepthika: apparently that is what they are saying. pennedha shoddy's fiance a piece in -- jamal khashoggi's fiance penned a piece in "the washington post," where he contributed. the piece urges u.s. authorities to shed light on his disappearance, saying he was in elf-imposed exile in the u.s. she admits her hopes of finding him "slowly fade away each passing day." it is interesting to compare the saudi and turkish press. the saudi paper on the front reporting that the saudi ambassador to the u.s. called the accusations that saudi authorities might be behind death as maliciously cut and graham rumors. the turkish press are much more malicious rumors. the turkish press are much more gung ho and have published the faces and names of three of the 15 saudis turkish intelligence have i

stephen carroll will be there all day. >> thanks so much. thanks to you for that look. now time for the press review. abaft make her joins the set for a look at what the papers have been saying today. let's start in france where the press is iconic -- honoring iconic -- >> he was immensely popular in france and almost every single newspaper today is headlining on him. starting with -- which has an eight page special about the singer. his life. his career. not only as a singer but as an actor. an activist. a diplomat. the left-leaning daily liberation headlines. with a 10 page special this time including an editorial that underscores the influence he had on french culture and life. he was one of these antihero kind of incarnations. a man who did not have any particular talent for singing or was not particularly beautiful. still time he was 30, was relatively unknown. ended up becoming a superstar because his songs really touched about something that resonated with ordinary people. now, we have -- which is a right-leaning daily newspaper also headlining on him for -- from