Crackdown, the government shutting down Media Outlets and hundreds of members of the armed forces have been discharged. Claire it is the fourth and final day of the Democratic Convention with Hillary Clinton set to formally accept the partys nomination for president. This after barack obama referred to donald trump as a homegrown demagogue. On president called americans to reject cynicism and fear and put clinton in the white house, describing his former secretary of state as the most qualified nominee ever. No matter how daunting the odds, no matter how much people try to knock her down, she never ever quits. That is the hillary i know. That is the hillary i come to admire. Withis why i can say confidence there has never been a man or a woman, not me, not bill, nobody, more qualified than Hillary Clinton to serve as president of the United States of america. We are joined now from the Democratic Convention in philadelphia by jessica. What can we expect from Hillary Clintons speech . First of all, she is going to get a boost even before she comes on because she is going to be introduced by her daughter, cansea clinton and you expect more personal anecdotes about growing up with her mother and what a great mom Hillary Clinton is to her and how she worked tirelessly not only for her daughter but for the american people. When Hillary Clinton speaks she is undoubtedly sure to talk about her experience and also to continue with the same concept that barack obama presented that this election is a battle of two americas. One is about the American Dream continuing on obamas legacy and american. Is un it is the dark forces of donald trump. We can expect Hillary Clinton to give more of that. Questionench and donald trump experience and emphasize her own. She is also likely to pull out the woman card again because she has become the first woman in u. S. History to be the nominee for a Major Political party. That is the case, but many women in the u. S. Are wary of her. U. S. Areomen in the wary of her and not just women. Men as well. May have known Hillary Clinton for a long time so it is going to be difficult for her to reinvent herself in one speech. She has said before she is not a natural politician but she doesnt need to be perfect. She doesnt need to reinvent herself completely. She just needs to beat donald ismp and show that he dangerous and that she is a far better option than him. Claire thank you very much. Reporting from philadelphia. Move on to the latest on the investigation into tuesdays attack in normandy in which a priest was killed. The second assailant has been identified and he was 19 years old. He had tried to travel to syria to fight with the Islamic State which claimed responsibility. We are getting reports of three people close to him being questioned by police. They gathered at paris as Notre Dame Cathedral to pay tribute to father jacques hamel. In arguably one of the worlds most wellknown cathedrals, notre dame hosted the current and former president for an exceptional mass as they turned out to pay tribute to slain priest jacques hamel. God is a god of life. He is not a god of death. It is in the light of this conviction that we join our thoughts and prayers to affirm that he in whom we believe is not a monster but a man a friend to man. The 86yearolds murder sent shockwaves through the nation who are still grieving for those who died in the bastille days attacks. Mirroring sentiments expressed by president Francois Hollande. Thanks to this conviction that we have refused to enter into the madness of conspiracies to runow our society through with the virus of suspicion. We cannot build unity within humanity i seeking out scapegoats. Paris wasnt alone in seeing masses in honor of jacques hamel. Special masses took place across the country including the northern town closest to where the murder took place. Claire france while holland has announced the creation france while holland Francois Hollan de has announced the National Guard will be made up of army reserve. Syrias government will open humanitarian corridors in aleppo for fighters and civilians. They have managed to encircle rebels in the eastern part of the city. President Bashar Alassad has offered amnesty to rebels who surrender. I asked our correspondent in the region to tell us more about these corridors. Are few specifics but the russians are saying they will start largescale inrations around aleppo coordination with the Syrian Government and that will entail four car doors, three of which would run to the south for civilians and some fighters who are willing to lay down their arms. Northth would run to the for fighters fleeing with their arms. There is no mention of these corridors allowing anyone into the town but they are only allowing people to leave from the eastern held opposition held parts of aleppo. There wont be any aid allowed in the city itself but that city is now entirely under siege. Cutlast route in was without being able to get access. There will be consequences. Claire people in aleppo are they likely to trust the amnesty offer . This operation is being set out by the russians as a joint operation between the russians and the Syrian Government. Most of the opposition firmly considers that russia is an enemy. That would have been true before its military intervention when they believed they were giving the Syrian Government political cover. That is unlikely to inspire confidence in the opposition but on top of that, the russians have claimed that this that they emphasize this is taking a step first and foremost to assure the safety of aleppo residents. However, given that the city is in the lastege wrote has been cut off and the government has the upper hand and there is talk in the description of the humanitarian corridor or of fighters being able to lay down their weapons or flee with them, i think parts of the opposition will probably interpret this as an offer to surrender rather than any kind on behalfarian offer of the russians or the Syrian Government. Of course, that is something some will be unwilling to do, to hand over aleppo to the government, it is one of the urban centers that the opposition holds. Is chairing a toplevel political meeting after 700 members of the armed forces were discharged and two top ranking generals have resigned. The crackdown continues on alleged supporters on the u. S. Aced cleric the government says was behind the failed coup. Here is the reaction of the opposition. Coup is a crime but a country that believes in the rule of law will fight for the rule of law. Journalists cant say it is ok to fill the people fill the prisons with thousands of people. Claire for more on todays meeting, our correspondent in ankara. This has been the annual round of promotions, demotions, and dismissals from the armed forces. Last night, the armed forces dishonorably discharged nearly including 149 generals and admirals. That amounted to about half of the senior officers. In todays meeting, the Supreme Military Council will have to promote a lot to keep the armed forces running. Also yesterday, the Armed Forces Soldiers hadt 8651 taken part in the attempted coup. 7000 participants have not yet been dismissed. The armed forces also said in that those that took part amounted to 1. 5 of the total personnel in the armed forces. Turkeys armed forces are the secondbiggest in nato. They amount to Something Like 575,000 men and women in uniform. In other words, 88. 5 of the armed forces remained loyal and it will be on those people that the Supreme Military Council is depending today for its promotions. Claire scores of Media Outlets have been shut down and today we are hearing 80 Foreign Ministry employees have been dismissed. How much further will the government go . Good question. We dont know the answer. First of all, it has a state of emergency power which cannot be challenged in court, secondly the opposition has largely closed ranks with the government against the coup makers. Public opinion is very much against the coup makers. There are voices saying the purge must not go too far. There must not be a witch hunt. You must detain people on the basis of law. Views dont carry much weight in the current atmosphere. One of the nearly 50 journalists who has been detained in the past two days is a leftwing journalist. If you google him you find he used to be a marxist leninist who did write a column for the 11th leninist newspaper. Very sharp percentage of antigovernment analysis of what was going on in turkey so for those reasons i used to phone him quite often but he was detained at his house in istanbul. To thee to come conclusion that the government is doing what it likes and there is no telling when it stops. Claire venezuelas opposition was matched with a heavy security presence as it staged a protest on wednesday. It is angry about the Electoral Council not making a decision about a recall referendum on removing the president. Pierre reports. Their demand has become a rallying cry. The opposition wants the national Electoral Council to let them continue their drive for a recall referendum which they hope will oust president maduro. The president announced it would not rule on the legality of the recall before august 1. We want the recall referendum to proceed. They wont give it to us. We have to fight for it. It is about what we do together. We all have to unite and fight for the same thing. Thehe opposition and government are deadlocked over a constitutional provision allowing a recall referendum halfway through the president s sixyear term. Government members lost a complaint at the election board, they claimed the coalition use the names of dead seople, convicts, and minor to trigger the process. To request the registration of the Democratic Unity coalition because of their involvement in the biggest electoral fraud in the countrys history. Stalling the referendum is in maduros interests. If he loses, he will be removed from office and fresh elections will be held. If it takes place after that date his Vice President will take his place and the socialist party will stay in power until the next election in 2018. Claire a reminder of the headlines. The second man involved in Tuesdays Church attack in normandy has been identified. He was a teenager and reportedly tried to reach syria. Opena says those will be to allow civilians and rebels to leave the deceased syrian city of aleppo. Attempt post coup crackdown rolls on the government shutting down schools and Media Outlets and hundreds of members of the armed forces have been discharged. Time for business news. Stephen carroll is here. We started with volkswagen who seems to be staging a comeback. It might sound hard to believe but the german carmakers are on track to regain position as the worlds number one carmaker. Volkswagen beat toyota in the First Six Months of the year, selling 5. 1 million cars worldwide, 100,000 more than its rival despite the continuing legal battles over the emissions cheating scandal which cost them 18 billion euros. The company reporting six months of this year. Claire results from facebook which has continued to grow. Now 1. 7 billion reg other of the worlds biggest social network. Is almost as many people as were alive 100 years ago. Soared. And revenues catherine doubling quarterly profits to 2 billion, it is a milestone that took google three and a half years. It has taken facebook six months. The search comes from another 222 million active users in the last year. Twitter added 9 million users in the past year and is warning of a slowdown. Facebook founder and Ceo Mark Zuckerberg posted on his page that 1. 7 billion people now use facebook, the equivalent of the World Population 100 years ago. Of these users now access the site from mobile devices and that is where the company places its higherpriced newsfeed adds. People are spending more time on their mobiles. Zuckerberg said the amount of time users were spending on his messenger and instagram apps had grown in double digits. Within the same. , apps on mobile devices wrought more. E brought in growth will slow the rest of the year but the company has already shifted its focus towards video. Zuckerberg has predicted in five years time most of what people consume online will be in video form. Facebook is testing to make money from that shift. It boosted the shares to a record height making it americas most fourth most valuable public company. Lets take you through some of the other headlines. Cutting 3000 jobs in the u. K. Warning of an economic slowdown in britain. To reduce spending by another 475 Million Euros by the end of next year. Despitethe fight doubling to 3 billion euros two years after lloyds cut 9000 jobs. Down more than 4 in london. 8 , the french carmakers earnings boosted by Strong Demand across europe accounting for two thirds of the cars. It also says it hasnt seen any effect of the brexit vote on the car market. In the fall by 30 Second Quarter to 2. 2 billion, faster than has been expected. Beenbrands like total have slashing costs to deal with oil prices. A lot of information out there for investors. The market is glum at this thursday lunchtime. The banks generally across europe all down as we had a publication of stress tests. The Oil Companies shall not have a good day either. Their shares down 4 . Genie we and with what could be the end of an era in the skies. Stopeing says it might making its jumbo jet after nearly half a century in the air. They were included in its files to regulate. Falling sales for the 747. 2. 2 billiong off losses in the program. Made but70 planes were just 60 this year and two were for the u. S. President. Claire that is it for business. Thank you stephen. Time for the press review. Joining me now to take a look at the international papers, lets start off with the reaction to turkeys decision to shut down a lot of Media Outlets. Lets start with the german weekly that sums it up on their front page, which says once upon a time there was a democracy. It undermines underlines the fears that there is a death of press freedom in turkey. I also want to show another newspaper, which reports that nmentnight the gover announced the closure of 23 radio stations and 16 tv stations including a prokurdish tv station. The daily newspapers called down theill also shut Media Outlets that are supporters of the cleric who is also the sworn enemy of president tayyip erdogan. Lets start with who is not reporting it. It is quite critical of the government, and englishlanguage paper. On its front page it does not mention the shutdown at all. Ar only now beginning to reporting on their website well after everybody else. They did report that 47 employees from the newspaper were arrested yesterday by antiterrorist police accused of trying to overthrow the government. Was actually shot down by the government. Ishis front page it reporting the shutdown but the paper is being published from some undisclosed location. It reads the medium arm of the military has been changed. Claire in france, another attack. Their front page, after the shock now come the questions and emotions. Paper reports that allegedly French Interior intelligence were informed of an impending attack. Father jacquese hamels murder. They were warned of the possibility of a young man with a thin beard. He was potentially going to commit a terrorist attack. The seconduld be attacker because his image corresponds to a wanted notice released by antiterrorist police. Turning to the Democratic Convention in philadelphia, bill clinton, barack obama, they are all trying to convince americans to vote for hillary into and. Many Bernie Sanders voters are not convinced. To be deeper seems rooted, if you read this article from the website fox. Gone to great has pains to rally behind Hillary Clinton but it seems the message hasnt infiltrated into his protesters. Asking whether they could become the tea party of the left. There are some comparisons that cant be missed, for instance that anger we have seen at the establishment and the disillusionment with the state of politics. Claire just a few days to go for the olympics in rio but locals are not all that excited. That isding to a survey cited in the press this thursday and was published by a brazilian newspaper, 60 of brazilians believe the olympics will bring more losses than gains and that resonates in this article with the guardian, which asks, does anybody really want to host the olympics anymore . The guardian cites oslo and cities that have canceled bids for the 2022 Winter Olympics but with the summer games it is the same thing. Boston withdrew its bid due to a lack of public support, paris is still in the running but we know that the mayor has been on the fence about it, bidding alone being a costly and uncertain amble. Others say it is just an expensive threeweek party. Claire lets end with a social media challenge from two years ago that brought about some good. That is the ice bucket challenge. You might have seen videos of people dumping cold water on their heads rather inexplicably. The man who started it did so to raise money for lou gehrigs disease, which is a multineuron disease. After 17 million empty buckets researcherslion, have actually used that money to identify the gene that causes a strain of the disease. One of the critiques is that it was narcissistic but in the end what is self of session it brings about a medical marvel . Claire thank you. You can find out more on what the papers are saying on our website. That is france 24. Com. Time for a quick bre its invisible to most of us, but there is a crime wave going on unprecedented in human history. Its everywhere, in every country, on every contntinent, and it affects virtually everything. The goods we buy, the kind of jobs people do and where they do them, the safety of our homes andd families. Its theft on a colossal scale. You could say that its the crime of the century because youd always be foolish to try any other kind of crime. If youre organized and you know what youre doing, it is so profitable and its so easy to get away with. Its just grown maybe a hundredfold in the last 25 years. The crime of the century is coun