With us. France has paid its highest honor to the schoolteacher murdered horrifically last friday friday. The link between this and the 18yearold chechen refugee who stabbed and beheaded him the father of the people made videos that were posted online. A imam was listed as a terrorist threats, Three Friends of the killer, and to pupils at the school who accepted money from the killer and wereold where paty could be found. The ceremony was presented by Emmanuel Macron. Tonight, i will not speak of the procession of terrorists, of their accomplices, and all the cowards behind this attack. I will not speak of those who have given their names over to barbarism. They are not worthy of being named. We will no longer named them. Name them. Tonight, i want to speak of a son, a brother, an uncle, a man that you loved, a father. Tonight, i want to speak of a colleague, a teacher, a man who was cut down because he chose to teach, murdered because he tried to teach his students how to become citizens. The president of france Emmanuel Macron speaking at the national amash to samuel paty, the schoolteacher who was stabbed and beheaded in that or if it attacked by an 18yearold chechen refugee who was later shot dead in the street by police. At the homage at the sorbonne in paris, our reporter was there. It was a highly emotional ceremony here in pariss prestigious sorbonne university. A crowd of several hundred people gathered outside the building in central paris to watch this homage to samuel paty on giant screens that were erected behind me, and several members of the crowd sat with tears in their eyes or were openly weeping as this tribute took place, especially at this moment the teachers coffin was carried out to the sounds of one by u2, a song chosen by his family to convey a message of unity. French president Emmanuel Macron spoke out in a highly personal speech, promising this schoolteacher we will carry on his work of forging french citizens and conveying the values of frances republic, the values of secularism in france. After macrons speech ended, an orchestra played the national anthem. Several members of this crowd outside spontaneously broke into song, applauding here. There was a real grief in this crowd. Several people worked in education, students were teachers themselves, and a real show real sense of shock at his brutal killing. An extremely moving ceremony which brought many people together. Some new him, and some were his pupils, but also the president of france Emmanuel Macron who was leading the whole proceedings. Lets get some analysis and bring in our first guest, paul smith. Its always a pleasure to see you. I know you have been watching the outcome today. Youve seen what happened at the sorbonne. I wonder if in your opinion, how does a teacher in france set about instructing, bringing up the discussion of freedom of speech with pupils in the wake of this case . Paul with a great deal of delicacy. Anybody who watch a macrons speech, samuel paty was somebody who knew and read about islam, had read the koran. He was a well educed teacher. This is somebody who knew wt he was talking about and did so with tact. I was reading about one of his former students who participated in yesterdays silent march, and she was saying how they tackled th subject a couple years ago when she was one of his pupils. It had been tackled with sensitivity, tact, and intelligence. Its very difficult to understand. You can see this is something extraordinary that happened here. I know the place where this happened is a quiet, sleepy place. Its unthinkable something could happen in a place as sleepy as that, and once again, france morning the lossoflife connected to publication of the Charlie Hebdo cartoons. Do you think france is dealing with its problem of radicalized muslims in any real deep way . Paul i think the problem is that some people would say absolutely not, or it is going about it in a circuitous way, but its difficult to strike the balance. What has been interesting, revealing is a number of teachers who have come forward in the last few days since the horrific events and have said actually ive talked about things in class, but i felt uneasy. There is this element of intrusion into the classroom. Macron was talking about this, but interference from outside, from parentsn all types of backgrounds, so there is that challenge to republican education, which is very powerful, as well. The atrocity committed in northwest paris on the others of paris, where the videos allegedly, and where the hate campaign started, and the kilometer coming from oneto kilometers away to carry out the atrocity. Social media is to blame there. Can i move on from that to ask you about the interior minister, his remark about ethnic foods in supermarkets, saying it is wrong to see such things on supermarket shelves . Does this reveal the true racist colors of the republic . Paul im going to be very careful about handling that, but i think that there is i think he played himself into a corner last night where he went on for too long and found himself reaching for quite a populist, maybe he showed his rightwing roots, something he thought would play well. Weve seen it from across the french media. Hes been largely ridiculed for those comments. Are you going to make supermarkets takedown chinese food . Are they going to stop with the digestive biscuits because that is english food . Thats the kind of response that they have had. Hes kind of thinking that hes got to try to play to this crowd over here, this rightwing crowd and come up with some kind of barroom chat, which he didnt need to do, and thats kind of backfired. It was ill judged. It was a daft thing to say, but i wouldnt take it further than that. I think my question, a bit wrong to try to paint everyone with the same brush in terms of paul smith, pleasure having you on the program. Think yo for joining us, and thank you for sharing your analysis. Next, alarm grows worldwide over the situation in nigeria. Amnesty International Says at least 12 people have been kill. The United Nations is calling on nigeria to calm the situation. Protests against Police Brutality are continuing, and they are continuing to be met with violence. A day of shock after a night of shooting. As wednesday dawned, nigerians were left to count the human cost of the previous evening. Everyone, sit down. According to seral witnesses, hundreds o people were gathered in lagos when soldiers began firing live ammunition at around 7 00 p. M. Local time. The military came from nowhere opening fire, shooting unnecessarily. Look at my legs. I almost lost my legs. Amnesty International Reported that several protesters had been killed by security forces. This was later denied by lagos governnor. Governor. The Nigerian Army denied allegations that soldiers had been involved in the shooting, labeling them as fake news. Sporadic gunshots could be heard in lagos throughout wednesday, but the roundtheclock curfew enforced by police, smoke erupted from buildings. The president released a Statement Wednesday appealing for calm, saying he was committed to providing justice for victims of Police Brutality, but his words have done little to dispel pressure on the government as prominent nigerian voices continue to condemn the violence, throwing their weight behind the protesters. Sending military to the streets to kill unarmed protesters . Protests are coming from the youth, calling to an end to what they call moral bankruptcy from nigerias elite. In europe, the numbers infected and dying of covid19 continue to rise. Spain became the First Western european country to exceed one million coronavirus infections, doubling its tally in just six weeks. Despite the series of increasingly stringent and controversial measures to control the second wave, frances daily covid 19 cases rose by 25,000, the sixth time in 12 days. The number of people hospitalized shot up by more than 700 for the third day in a row. The Czech Republic has the eus worst record for new cases and deaths and has ordered shops and Services Closed and intensified social distancing measures. Millions of people in ireland are getting set for a Second National lockdown, the first european country to take the tragic step drastic step. Experts say unemployment in ireland will rocket by over 20 again as a consequence. Cases of covid are rising at such a rate of that the government said it was compelled to act. A scary time for retailers who normally do a roaring trade in the runup to halloween, but this year, the traditionally celtic festival will be celebrated in ireland behind closed doors. Nonessential businesses are shutting down for six weeks as the country becomes the first in europe to reenter lockdown. Its very devastating for us. We have our staff to think about, our clients, families. Bars and restaurants are being limited to take away. People must stay within five kilometers of the homes. Those who breach restrictions will face fines of up to 500 euros. Unlike during the first lockdown, schools will remain open. While most except the restrictions are needed, some feel they are comi too late. It should have been done at the start. Irish authorities have generally taken a cautious stance in their efforts to curb the spread of covid19. The Prime Minister has been defending the governments actions. Authorities have processed up to 19,000 swabs on a given day, the highest ever. Daily deaths from the violence a virus peaked up to 77 in april, but like other countries, ireland is experiencing a resurgence in infections. We will continue to bring you all developments on the covid19 situation. Time for business, brian quinn joins us. Fantastic to see you, starting with a Major Development for americas opioid epidemic, a ory weve covered extensively on france 24. The mayor of oxycontin has reached a plea deal with federal prosecutors. Brian Purdue Pharma is pleading to criminal charges over the promotion and distribution of oxycontin. The highly addicted painkiller has played a huge role in americas opioid crisis, the company hit with 8 billion in penalties, although most of those will not be paid to the government. Purdue will pay 225 Million Dollars out of a 2 billion criminal forfeiture as it undergoes bankruptcy restructuring that will distribute the rest to u. S. Communities suing the company. Criminal and civil fines totaling around 6. 3 billion will also have to compete with creditors and plaintiffs. The billionaire Sackler Family that owns purdue is set to pay 225 million in a separate penalty if no criminal charges filed against them except for a criminal investigation into individuals that remain ongoing. Prosecutors have complained that the deal lets the company off too easily especially after some 470,000 deaths from opioid abuse over two decades. Prosecutors saw to focus on putting the firms assets to use in undoing the damage it has caused. The agreed resolution if approved by the court will require that the company be dissolved and no longer exist in its present form. It would require that the sacklers must relinquish all ownership or control of the company or any of its successors, and the companys assets would be transferred to a Public Benefit Company Owned by a trust for the benefit of the american public. European agriculture ministers have reached a deal on the eus Common Agricultural policy. The new deal assigns a significant chunk of funding for Environmental Protection and fighting Climate Change, although activists say that doesnt go far enough. Selena sykes reports. Selena it has taken nearly two years, b the eurean union is on the cusp of overhauling its agricultural policy. Agreed by the blocks 27 agricultural ministers, the new policy comes more aligned with the blocs Climate Change agreements while supporting farmers livelihoods. [speaking german] selena with a set budget of around 387 billion euros over seven years, the common policy accounts for the biggest share of eu spending. Under the agreement, farmers will have to respect stricter environmental regulations if they want to receive financial aid. Ministers agreed that 27 of payments will be earmarks for green schemes such as organic farming and agroforestry. Farmers will not be able to access this money for other purposes. Some Eastern European countries expressed concerns about tying the money to environmental aims. Meanwhile, the greens in the European Parliament said two thirds of subsidies would be paid without sufficient environmental actions. The green policy will go to a vote in European Parliaments. It is set to start from 2023. Time for a check on the days trading action, wall street sinking as investors continue to wait for developments on a new economic stimulus package in the u. S. The dow, s p, and nasdaq finishing off about a quarter of 1 . Investors on the continent appear pessimistic about the u. S. Stimulus deal. Londons ftse 100 closed down nearly 2 . Finally, time to stockf up on mom jeans. The gap is considering a closure of a significant number of its european locations. The clothing chain has 130 Stores Across the continent. The Restructuring Plan would see outlets in the u. K. , france, and italy shut down for good. Union sources say french employees have been informed that all 22 locations are slated for closure, up to 500 jobs here. Cap is facing not only an industrywide drop in sales, but also mounting competition from fast fashion rivals like h m. I will miss it. I have a fair collection of gap clothes. Everyone has gap stuff. Lets just say 500 jobs going just in france, a sign of the times. Maybe they will come back. It sounds like it is over. For the moment. Great to see you. Across the studio, our correspondent is with us for media watch. Weve seen today a very moving all mosh at the sorbonne for the School Teacher samuel paty. In that context of his brutal murder and the continued investigation going on, the interior minister of france has commented i was quite alarmed by what he said. Im sure you shared that alarm. On kosher food being in aisles and supermarkets, that not being republican. The French Interior minister has been criticized for the remarks he made considering International Food aisles and french supermarkets. He said he was shocked to see foods for religious communities being in separate aisles. He was saying the separation of these products could contribute to the isolation of religious minorities or lead to radicalization. Users have reacted to these comments. A left wing european deputy went on twitter to say the breeding ground would be ravioli. Does he plan to ban easter eggs, or this user, posting, other users were more difficult to say. Big brands have isolated certain cultures. Others say, i totally agree. Inappropriate marketing. Finally, there was a caricature of him saying, on the next decapitation, you will be deprived of schools. It seems remarkable to Say Something like that. Kosher, halal, the method of slaughter is cruel. Lets move on. Thousands of fake photos of naked women have been shared online through Artificial Intelligence. Not just real photos, but fake ones. No one hundred thousand naked images of women have been shared on telegram. It has been using Artificial Intelligence to generate realistic nude images of women. You arent going to show us. I would love to show you. The images arent working. Many examples of the dangers of technology. Is it a question of photoshop in someones head onto someones naked body . Or is it more complex . They have called it the 21st centurys answer to photoshop and. Instagram is accused of being fat phobic. This is one that has been going down for quite a while. Theyve taken down sent nine naked photos of large women but allowed skinny women to keep their accounts up. An Australian Community reproduced a picture of a victorias secret model. Users were blocked, so they couldnt share it, with a notice saying, this goes against our guidelines. Shes a larger woman . Larger, normal, not as skinny as a victorias secret model. Dontdeltemletemybody. That is down to instagram. Ive just spoken my mind. Thank you very much. Brian with the business, great to see you. Stay with us. More to come live from paris. 10 21 20 10 21 20 [captioning made possible by democracy now ] amy from new york, this is democracy now antitrust laws and strong antitrust laws are central for freedom and for a thriving economy. The highly concentrated big tech marketplaces in the existing abuses of big tech enabled other dominant positions poses a major democratic threat. Amy the department of justice and 11 states have filed a major antitrust lawsuit against google
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