Critics argue it violates french civil liberties. And hamas begins ceding control of the gaza strips border crossings with israel and egypt to president abbas. I look to earn record profits as a Company Brings back a much loved piece of technology the robot dog. Plus, 100 days before the 2018 winter games kick off, the torch arrives in south korea. All that and plenty more, coming up in the program. First to our top story. Police are continuing their investigations in new york, following a deadly truck attack in the city. Killed, 11e were others seriously injured, when a man plowed a pickup truck into cyclists and pedestrians in lower manhattan. Please have identified the suspect as a 29yearold man. He was shot in the abdomen by police after exiting the truck. New york mayor bill de blasio has called the incident a cowardly act of terror. Oh my god. All my god i need an ambulance, right here reporter this bystander called for police and firefighters, who rushed to rescue children still trapped inside the school bus, victims of the tuesday afternoon attack in new york. A man in a rented pickup truck struck over a dozen people as he intentionally plowed into cyclists, pedestrians, and the school bus, or the World Trade Center on the Lower West Side of manhattan. People in the school bus got hurt. A guy got out of his car. There was a big guy chasing the guy. The guy with the bus, the guy who hit the bus, came out. It was like the parts here, right around he was running around with a gun. I came out. People called the cops and they were coming in. The guy fired some shots. [sirens] reporter footage shows the suspect on foot before being apprehended by officials after a shootout. Police sources identified the suspect as a 29yearold man from uzbekistan who moved to the u. S. In 2010. It is clear based on information we have at thihis act ofthat it was an teor, and a particicularly cowardly act oteterror, aimed at innocent civilians, aimed at people going about their lives who had no idea what was about to hit them. Argentinian and belgian nationals have been named among the victims. Hospitals in new york are still treating the injured, many of whom are in serious condition. Saidpresident donald trump he has ordered more robust extreme vetting on people entering the united states. Rochelle for more on the deadly attack in new york, where john brennan expert on Jihadi Movement. He tells us that growing numbers of people joining terror groups are from central asia. Actually, we have a tendency in western Media Outlets and western countries to concentrate on westerners who join jihad. This tendency leads us to forget or put aside the biggest numbers of people joining the Jihadi Movement are not westerners. They are coming from arab countries and from muslim countries all over the world, and d especially from countrieif them wassia, among pakistan. We know for example that the biggest recruits in iraq and syria of the Islamic State, the biggest numbers, came from central asia. We know those people got to go up in the ranks of the human of the Islamic State very quickly. For example, one head of security in one of those countries was trained in the the, and it of joining Islamic State. If we go a bit further, for example, for former soviet republics, we know that many leaders of the Islamic State originated from have their origin in this region, and even further, if we talk about the china, weority in know for example that People Holding the land between syria and iraq today are recruits of the Islamic State. This is to be taken into consideration. On the other hand, we always talk about the west. Those countries, which causes Real Security problems for their countries, because we have no real numbers, in comparison with jihadis from western countries. Of course, for those who follow, it is not a surprise, especially when you know the biggest, for example, terrorist attack in central asia was made in the republic of central asia by the Islamic State. That, for today example, many attacks in turkey were made by people from central asia. Even if we go back to 2012 and 2013, the first family jihad, which are i worked on for france 24, it was coming from central asia. I followed a family of 50 persons for seven months. All of them joined jihad in syria in 2013. It is an old dilemma. It will be increasing, i guess. The Islamic State is very present innospec a stand. And with the diaspora from those countries, which can go into action and be attracted by the jihadi ideology. He spoke to me earlier in the program. In other world news, the french government is racing criticism over a sweeping new counterterrorism bill which comes into effect today. Bills supporters say it and say twoyear state of emergency. Its critics argue that it violates civil libertities. The interior minister hailed success of a twoyear state of emergency. We have this report. Searches at any ame of day or night, without judges authorization a k key element of frances state of emergency. The new antiterrorism law has put an and two police searches, but has legalized police visits. It is the same principle. The only difference is officers must now get the green light from a judge. Police say they must be allowed to quiuickly interervene to stop suspects. From the moment we suspectt that someone may commit an offense, we have to be able to go to the place he is known to visit. In order to avoid the worst, we have to be able to restrict their movement as soon as possible. Reporter taking another page from the state of emergency, police searches and presence will continue at events deemed to be terrorist targets, such as football matches and concert halls. As for places of worship, the new law allows authorities to shut them down if they believe they glorify extremist ideas. But for a maximum duration of six months. The interior ministry can also place suspected extremists under a loose form of house arrest, without the approval of a judge. Now suspects are no longer confined to their homes, or to their towns. The number of times they must check in at local police stations has been reduced from four to one. Some judges still fear the new law curbs civil liberties. Authorityependent should be responsible for restricting the basic freedoms hasn individual who committed an offense. Here, this is not the case. Reporter under the state of emergency, please rated more than 3400 buildings. The newspaper, only 23 cases led to terror related prosecutions. Rochelle Catalan Leader Carles Puigdemont has been summoneded o appear before Spains High Court along with 13 of his sacked cabinet ministers. He fled to brussels on monday after spains attorney general called for rebellion and sedition charges. The state plunged into political turmoil last month following a controversial independence referendum in catalonia. Sarah morris is in barcelona. She tells us what could happen to puigdemont on thursday. Sarah if he does appear, he could be remanded in custody, because the judge might continue he is a flight risk or could seek to hide evidence. What happened to those two independence activists as they remanded in custody. Of course, if he does not turn up, there is also a risk that he is served an arrest wanted to appear before the court for questioning. That way, he could also be arrested. Really, the big question is, what does he intend to do . Where is he . Is he still in belgium . He was folollowed yesterday by reporters into a taxi. The texas driver said he was headed for the airport. But we know that three of his ministers who were in that press conference in brussels seem to the airport,t including the interior minister. Carles puigdemont has not been seen at barcelona airport. We do not know his whereabouts. As far as the comments in brussels his lawyer has been making comments to the media in belgium, which have been picked up widely by the spanish press, saying that he decided not to go to court on thursday, that he will wait and see. Those were the words of the lawyer. He will l wait and seeee what happens. I think it is very likely that if he does not turn up, the judge might issue an arrest warning. Has begunhamas seeding control of the border crossings with israel to the palestinian president , abbas. It comes as part of an agreement brokered by cairo to end a decade of internal wrangling. This will ease economic restrictions on gaza. For more, our reporter is in jerusalem. Iris what we know and can see of the this is a taste reconciliation between fatah and hamas. This morning, the border crossings are passing from hamas to fatah control officials. Posters have gone up, and they are of palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas and the egyptian president , lcc. The border the egyptian president , el sisi. The border controls will not have, as officials at the border itself for the checkpoints on the gaza side, where they have been operating until now. Thehe egyptian side, egyptian side of the border that is the one that is most significant for palestinians. That is the one most palestinians cross through. The changeover turnover will happen on november 15. What is motivating all of this is monday. Theident abbas turned off money cap to gaza. He no longer funds power, salaries, hospitals. Hamas wants to see that turned back on. It has not been yet. I think that is the next stage, the next test after this. Will the money come back . Inl we see an improvement sanctions, internal and external palestinian, israeli, and egyptian . And some improvement for quality of life of people in gaza. Rochelle the liberian N Supreme Court has stayed next weeks election while it considers a challenge to firstround results by a a losing candidate. Thirdplace finisher from the Liberty Party contested results of the vote, alleging fraud. The former football star andd Vice President were due to go headtohead on november 7. Russian president Vladimir Putin has arrived for the trilateral talks with iran and azerbaijan. This is their first since 2015, and comes amid moscows going criticism of President Trump for refusing to recertify a nuclear deal with iran and world powers. That 2015 nuclear deal, cooperation in syria, and economic ties are expected to top the agenda. The 20 wintere games kicks off in pyongyang, the olympicic torch has arrivedn south korea. And olympic gold winning figure skater carry the flame with the country sports minister, after a long flight from greece. Carry thebearers will flame that symbolizes the 75 Million People on both sides of the divided korean peninsula. Hope that the olympics is successful, as it is being held in our country. I am so excited for the whole world to see beautiful korea, and for all countries to unite and have a peaceful, beautiful olympics. The south koreans clearly looking forward to those games. Time for business. Stephen carroll jointly. We start in the u. S. Have been expecting details of a tax reform plan today. That has been delayed. Republicans in the house of representatives have pushed back publication of the tax bill until tomorrow. That is expected to be the biggest overhaul of the u. S. Tax code in 30 yearsrs, and a major matterer for the mararkets. Finalbeing reported the version will keep the top rate of income tax at just under 40 , rather than reducing it to 35, as had been previously suggested. President trump has hailed the reform as the biggest tax cuts ever. Rochelle how are the markets reacting . Stephen at the moment, just Holding Place until we get those details tomorrow. European markets trading up this lunchtime, following on a positive trade in asia and wall street on tuesday. Investors keep an eye on what comes out of the Federal Reserve meeting, which wraps up later, and any hints about when the next Interest Rate hike might take place. Report showing how much brexit has already cost british households. Stephen one of the leading Economic Forecasting body says each household is 600 pounds worse office since the bid to is the european union. The National Institute of economic and social Research Says the drop in the value of sterling has pushed inflation higher, and let consumers with less spending power. It expects inflation to peek at 3. 2 . The institute also revised down its Economic Growth forecast for the u. K. For the next three years. Malaysian authorities are investigating the theft of data from more than 46 million mobile phone users in the country. The information stolen includes phone numbers and addresses. The leak was discovered after a Technology Website claimed the information was for sale on the dark web. Senators abandoned r requiremens that uber cars would need the same license plates as taxis. The bill goes back to the lower house of congress in brazil. And chairs in the dashers in the British Fashion Retailer Next have plunged after a morning sales would remain volatile in the runup to christmas. The drop is also weighing on market centers. The shares are down 5 in london. Rochelle sony is any a good week. Stephen the Japanese Electronics giant reported a 300 increase, the fruit of a Restructuring Program which has seen the Company Focus on products like playstation. It also helps speed the return of one of the groups most loved products the robot dog. After taking a bow, they are back and ready to bark up a storm. Thehello again to ibo, robotic dog made by sony. Launched its first dog in 1999. At the time, the fake dog was a pioneering seed of artificial intelligence, and the crowd sold 150,000 of them. More than a decade ago, having fallen on harder financial times, sony pulled production and stopped repairs. With theast come in highest profits ever and shares of a nineyear high. Sony has brought back its beloved tech pooch. Can finally show you the entertainment robot we spent a year and a half developing. It shows the joy of nurturing something and can also receive affection. Ibo 2. 0 but what can do . Like his predecessors, the new pet toy can bark, sit, lie down, and play. Connect to the web, recognized smiles, and interact thanks to a powerful computer chip. Propel theit will brand to the peak of innovation. This toy dog comes with a hefty price tag of 1500 euros a pop. Rochellele it does not do a grt deal, but it is very cute. Stephen it certainly is. Company is japanese offering nonsmokers a chance to take cigarette breaks. Workers at an Online Marketing firm in tokyo are being given six extra days holiday to compensate for time the colleagues spend smoking. The 29thhey are on floor, it can take 10 minutes for someone to smoke a cigarette. An n attempt to encourage the 42 smokers to give up the habit. So far, just for have been tempted by the extra time off. Rochelle i would be tempted by six days off. Stephen take the time off anyway. Rochelle not too shabby an idea. Time for our press review. With a round of of the , allisononal press joins me in the studio. Good to have you, as always. This attack in new york, the largest the city has seen since 9 1111. Allison it happened blocks away from where the twin towers of the World Trade Center once stood. The leftwing tabloid the New York Daily News is calling it a bike path bloodbath. You can see the vehicle the attacker used to run people down, a truck rented from home depot, and American Building supppply store. In t their editorial, the New York Daily News says the nightmare of london, barcelona, jerusalem has visited our free and open city, making a connection with the biggest attacks carried out in the same way. As with other attacks, the majority of the victims were tourists argentinians and belgians. In response, donald has tweeted that he intends to step up his extreme vetting. The New York Daily News points out very clearly in their editorial that from what we know about the attacker, no travel ban would have stopped this man. That attack in new york is on the front page of all the papers in the u. K. There is another story making headlines, new allegations of Sexual Misconduct in westminster. Alison take a look at the front page of the guardian. There is a photo of the attack in new york, and underneath it, the headline them are probably going to run with new claims of Sexual Harassment. One is a story of a westminster staffer who says she was sexually assaulted by an mp on a hotel bed while on a business trip last year. The other story is that of a labor activist who says she was raped at a party event in 2011. She has chosen not to remain anonymous, and you can see the photo of her on the front page of the daily telegraph. The headline labor official told Party Activists not to report. The previous stories that came out over the weekend about westminsters Sexual Assault allegations they had to do with conservative mps. This has widened the scope to the labour party. The british papers are giving particular attention, the conservative papers, trying to accuse labor of covering it up. Pond,le across the Sexual Misconduct allegations continue to swell as well. Alison they do. There were almost enough of these stories in the press to do an entire press review of Sexual Assault and harassment allegations today. The Washington Post are reporting that the u. S. S National Public Radio station, npr, has indefinitely suspended one of its top news editors after Sexual Harassment allegations. These date back to when this editor worked at the new york times. Two women have come forward and said they were interviewing to work at the paper, they met with this man, and he kissed them on the lips and put his tongue in the rounds. You can read more about that on the Washington Post. The hollywood reporter, on their homepage, they have five stories having to do with Sexual Misconduct. You can see this one has to do with comedian andy dick. He was just fired from a movie after allegations of Sexual Harassment. Fromy kevin, the actor entourage, is one of the latest to be accused. There is also a second allegation against kevin spacey, as house of cards has announced it is indefinitely suspending production. In france, the papers are talking about the end of the twoyear state of emergency. Alison as of midnight last night, france is no longer under its state of emergencies. We woke up for the first time in nearly two years. That was put in place following the november 13 terrorist attacks, and six times. There is a special issue taking that state at what of emergency or coerced. They said it helped to reassure the population, that eight away at personal freedoms and did not do much to fight terrorism. It also inspired the new antiterror law which goes into effect today, and makes many state of emergency measures permanent. You can read about it in west france, about which measures are not going away. They include the power of police to raid, detain, and christian terrorists suspects. The state of emergency is over in paper, but lives on with this new antiterror law. Work,le you and i are at but it is a Public Holiday in france and many places around the world. It is all saints day. Alison day of the dead. Whatever you want to call it. Many people celebrating at around the world. Many visit cemeteries to honor loved ones who have died. French people think a lot about death, and not just today. There is a poll that found that two thirds of french people say they think often about their own deaths or the deaths of a loved one. Papers in mexico or marking the occasion by looking into cultural attitudes about death. That finds that half of mexicans believe in life after death. Mexicanse festive ways marked those is by making altars to deceased loved ones. The same article reports that many mexicans spend about 1000 pesos, around 40 euros, on those altars. They do not skimp. Mexico definitely the home of the day of the dead. At the home of halloween is not the u. S. , as many might have thought. It is actually ireland. Alison i learned this from one of our irish colleagues. She showed me this tweet from the Irish Ministry of foreign affairs. They have gone through the trouble of making this video that declares ireland to be the home of halloween, and explains it is the irish immigrants who to the unitedeen states. Halloween was a harvest festival. Eyeopening facts in this video, about two minutes long. Its as trickortreating comes from begging for food. Poor people used to beg for food known as soul cakes. They did not used to carve pumpkins, but turnips. In the irish came to the u. S. , they could not find turnips as readily as pumpkins. Rochelle thank you for the round up of all the press. If you want to see more, you can log on to our website. It is france24. Com. We are going to take a short break here on france 24. Stay tuned. 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