Lockdown, which goes into effect three hours from now. Good evening. We begin in the french city of nice, where a man armed with a knife killed three people. The first victim was an elderly woman. Another was a mother in her 40s. The third was a father of two, also in his 40s. The assailant was shot and wounded by police and is now in the hospital. Todays brut killingcome less than two weeks after a frenchman was beheaded in front of his school in the paris suburbs after showing cartoons of the prophet mohammed to his pupils in a teaching of freedom of speech. Mac hasron president macron has called this a terrorist attack and has called for the people to stand united. I wanted to pass on a message of solitude. It is also a message of unity. In france, the resulting one community, the National Community there is only one community, the National Community. I want to say to my citizens, whatever their religion, whether they believe or not, we must, in these moments, unite and not given to the spirit of division. French president , speaking in the french president , speaking in nice. Here are the latest on todays developments. Reporter three people were killed inside this church after 9 00 a. M. Local time. One lady, around age 70, had her throat slit inside the church. Another man was also killed, d ying from a knife wont. Another woman was stabbed inside the church, she was able to run away, but later passed away from her knife wounds, as well. The investigation is continuing into who exactly the attacker is. When know police shot and injured him. He has been taken to a hospital. Authorities have confirmed they have opened an inquiry into a tunisian person. A man said to be in his 20s. Those details, unofficially confirmed. We are waiting to get the latest official statements on those. Obviously, for people who live in nice, this brings back painful memories, doesnt it . Absolutely it does. Earlier, people came here in front of the church as soon as police removed the security in these quarters. They came to lay candles and pay their respects to the people who were killed. One man told me he was here in the attacks in 2016 near bastille, when a truck drove through a crowd of people. This man was a survivor of that attack. He thought it was important to come down here and stroke solidarity and show solidarity. He says many people are still traumatized by this event. People wonder why the city is being targeted time and time again. In the past few moments, there were tense scenes in front of the church here, when 100 or so supporters carrying the french flag came and sung the National Anthem outside the church, chanting this is our home. Clearly, a lot of tensions sparked by this attack. Where expecting to hear from frances antiterror prosecutor any minute now. As soon as he begins to speak, we will take you straight to that to listen and to what the french antiterror prosecutor has to say about todays attacks. For more, we can speak to dominique c. , a member of the catholic association. Thank you very much for speaking to us. Let me start by asking for your reaction to those horrific events today. High emotion. In nice, we are reliving the same memories of 2016. I remember there were 80 killed, even more. Now in a church, it is even worse. That is really painful. Absolutely. What would you say is your assessment on how the government has responded up until this point . It difficult to say. I dont know enough about what they should do or shouldnt do. All i know is, a small portion of people are trying to separate us. President macron was saying we have to keep our brotherhood, that is what is most important. I talk about the french people, but about any religion. Not one especially. When he to be brothers together. We need to be brothers together. Idea do that and prevent how do you do that and prevent this in the future . Building bridges does the theme you are introducing. How the you go about doing that how do you go about doing that . We have survived difficult times. We have seen worse than this, and we have worked a lot on brotherhood. It is an indication of interreligion talks. That is as much as i can say. Isnt this something france has done a lot of, reaching out the imans, islamic study in cairo, is this not the kind of activity that was needed . Perhaps we need more of that and more of a street level more of a you and i, so to speak. Correct. You are talking about fr ance. In aziz, john paul the second, [indiscernible] all around the world. This brotherhood altogether was for the sake of love. If you had a message to friendss frances catholics and catholics across europe or feeling isolated and perhaps afraid, what would it be . We talk a lot about hope. We know at the end of the day, the year, life, we win, love will win. That is the message. I know it is tough. I know it is difficult. All over the world, we are suffering heavy loads. Okay. Im going to have to cut you short because the french antiterror prosecutor speaking. Lets listen in. Also, for the whole city of nice, again hit by terrorism. This attack is the third to take place since september 25. Today, there was an attack in front of the renaissance. This was a painful reminder of the islamic terrorism and how that remains and i would attacks our freedoms, freedom of speech, freedom of teaching, of religion. Therefore, many investigations are currently underway to determine precisely how the murders took placend how the relationships unfolded. We understand full well, i will not bring up any information that might hinder the investigation. Now about the facts. The following points may be disclosed after looking at the Video Surveillance footage. The assailant went to the nice train station and made some changes to his cloing, turned his coat around and changed his shoes. He transitioned at 8 13 after coming out of the station. He went 400 meters to the front of the notre dame basilica. At 8 29, he entered the basilica. He stayed for 30 minutes. During that time, he attacked three people. At 8 54, a woman escaped from the lefthand side of the basilica. She died a few moments later from her injuries. At age 57. Four missable Police Officers intervened. For municipal four municipal Police Officers intervened. We entered the basilica, what forward through a hallway went forward through a hallway, and faced the assailant, who was naturalized. Was neutralized. They used a teaser and fired several times with service weapons. With service weapons. I would like to pay tribute to the courage and determination of these Police Officers, what they did to prevent a more serious toll and more victims. Three victims died after ts attack. Two people were found inside the basilica, a woman found at the entrance of the building, deeply injured, her throat was slit, almost decapitated. A man also had major throat injuries and died of his injuries. A woman died at a restaurant nearby the basilica after the many injuries that she received by knife. She was the person who escaped the basilica. Considering these points and into the nature of these things perpetrated against persons, these people were in the church at that time, considering the method that was used, the types of injuries inflicted on victims, and considering the context of what took place, the antiterrorist Prosecutors Office has begun investigating murder in conjunction with terrorism, and with an association of criminals designed to carry out terrorist activities. It has been carried out largely with the Judicial Police department under the interior department. Observations having to do with the assailant. We found two telephones nearby. We found the weapon, 30 centimeter knife a 30 centimeter knife, with a 30 centimeter blade. Inside the basilica, there was a bag that had been dropped by the assailant and contained personal belongings, two knives that had not been used were also discovered. The assailant was brought to the emergency room, operated on. He has serious injuries. Currently, he is under the threat of dying. He had a document, a paper. A Tunisian National born in 1999. The identity appears to be the identity of the assailant. This person is unknown to the National Fingerprints database. Also unknown to the intelligence agenes. According to information, [indiscernible] subsequently, he went to barry in october of 2020. An investigation is underway to figure out precisely how this transpired, where the assailant went, and possible accomplices who may have helped him. Before finishing, i would also like to call on the medias responsibility, who have the identity of the suspect. Many items still need to be checked. Therefore, disseminating or disclosing the perpetrators identity, i believe, is not in line with preserving the investigation. We must continue to investigate this. Thank you. Were listening there to the french antiterror prosecutor, giving us the latest on what happened in nice this morning. They are trying to study cctv footage to establish exactly what the events were in nice this morning. He is unknown to the french authorities. Born in 1998. He is the prime suspect. We will bring you more details as we get them. Now, with 60 of frances icus filled with covid patients, doctors have been expressing relief at president macrons announcement of a second lockdown. For more details of the measures announced earlier, the premise or says people can only go outside for essential shopping for food, medical appointments come and to give urgent help appointments, and to give urgent help to a family member. Justification will need to be filled out. One hour of exercise will also be allowed each day, but no further than one kilometer from your home. The measures will be in place until at least the first of december. Heres what the french Prime Minister had to say earlier. You can leave the house for a maximum of one hour to do physical exercise or take your pets for a walk. You are not allowed to go further than the radius of one kilometer from your home. Only individual exercise in open spaces is allowed, such as jogging. Sportscenters and gymnasiums will be closed. Collective sports in open spaces will not be permitted. Such as basketball, rugby, among others. On the other hand, parks, public gardens, forests, and beaches will be open. The french Prime Minister, outlining some of the rules of frances second lockdown which goes into effect less than three hours from now. Time now for a check of the Top Business News stories. I am joined by catherine bennett. Of course, what will be of great concern to a lot of businesses here in france is, how was the government going to help them get through some pretty tough times . The government has come out with a lot of the restrictions of the first lockdown. Ask the mating a cost of 50 billion euros for each month of the lockdown. Estimating the cost of 50 billion euros for each month of the lockdown. That 50 billion euros breaks down like this. 7 billion euros will go into a furlough scheme for partial unemployment, introduced earlier in the year. That helps Companies Continue to pay their workers 84 of their salaries, even if they are not able to actually work. 6 billion euros goes into a solidarity fund, direct aid to small and mediumsize businesses who lost earnings because of the lockdown. 1 billion will go to paying the Social Security charges of companies so they dont have to. 1 billion euros will help businesses pay rent. Tourism, hospitality, and events are some of the sectors that will be affected by this new lockdown. Heres the economy minister. All companies with less than 15 employees that have shut down will be exempt from paying Social Security contributions. As for tourism and Event Planning companies, when they live lose revenue, they will see the effect of these contributions. Deductions for selfemployed workers will automatically be put on hold. They have no particular steps to take. And those who have to close shop will also benefit from a total exemption. On top of that, the french government will be offering tax bricks to landlords who have rent owed by businesses. Can primarily benefit Smaller Companies and hotels and restaurants. The finances, the government will be adding 20 billion euros to this years budget, which will be adopted next wednesday. The largest deal in the world of luxury is back on the table. But with a reduced price type. Lvmh, the owner of Louis Vuitton and fendi, is buying the u. S. Jeweler tiffany for more than 80 billion. The french group will now pay 131. 5 a share, down from 135 a share in the original deal. The first deal broke down in a dispute. Lvmh cited looming u. S. Tariffs on french products. Tiffany took them to court. This has now eased and the acquisition is going ahead. Lvmh, coming out of it with a discount of 425 million. Moving now to the u. S. , where the u. S. Economy has grown at the fastest ever pace in the Third Quarter of this year. Gdp was up 30 3. 1 between july and september. That was mostly due to a record search in consumer spending. Surge in consumer spending. The economy has recovered two thirds of the output lost earlier this year. This positive bounce does not actually tell the whole story. The virus is still rampant in the country. Hundreds of thousands of people are still claiming unemployment benefits. On top of that, Government Data is drying up, with no new fiscal stimulus and site in sight. There are expectations the second recovery will be slower than the first. Lets take a look at local markets. Markets closed mixed earlier. The ftse closed on the flight line. The flat line. On wall street, markets stayed optimistic throughout the day, looking ahead to thirdquarter earnings. Amazon, alphabet, facebook, etc. , posting results that pushed the nasdaq story more than 1. 5 . The s p 500 had also has also seen gains of 1 . The dow had a modest claim of half a percent. Public places have been compulsory in russia since tuesday. Moscow rejected recommendations to impose curfews on bars and restaurants to curve rising infection rates. The capital is relying on a qr code system to help track and trace cases of covid19. Heres the story. Reporter it is the scene from another era. While these massless people crowd at the bar, russias cases of coronavirus are surging, with over 200,000 new confirmed infections in the past four nights alone. Everyone here should be wearing a mask. But only the employees are obeying. To order a drink, partygoers have to scan their qr code. [speaking russian] reporter once scanned, customers and put their phone number and are given a certificate within seconds. [speaking russian] speaking russian [ [speaking russian] if anybody here tests positive in the next few days, everyone else will be told they need to get tested. These measures mean they can keep moscows nightlife going, despite Health Authorities urging for an 11 00 p. M. To 6 00 a. M. Curfew. The kremlin wants to avoid a total lockdown, e likes of which the country had to withstand earlier this year. According to the world bank, russias economy is set to contract by 6 , an 11year low. From chaos to profitability, that is what happened here. Sales surged 33 in the first half of the year thanks to lockdown. And people spending more time at home. And taking up new hobbies, like building model railways. The ceo said before this year, this was a company in chaos. Using up to 10 Million Pounds and 11 Million Euros every year. The pandemic has seen it go from loss of profit and less than a year. There are some good news to the stories. Thank you for the inspiration and the hobbies for the second lockdown. Building a real way. I hadnt thought of that. Thank you, catherine. i will be back. Stay with us. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] 10 29 20 10 29 20 [captioning made possible by democracy now ] amy from new york, this is democracy now party ispublican desperate. Voter suppression is serving strategy. 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