Vault star received a silver medal on tuesday. We will have reaction for you, coming up. I would top story is more than 82,000 people in california under evacuation orders as world land east devour of los angeles. A state of emergency has not been declared. Tens of thousands called to evacuate here as the brush fire exploded out of control over 36,000 square kilometers. It forced closure of a main stretch of highway linking las vegas and las angeles. It was moving at a very fast rate and just chilling of papers as chewing up acres as it along. Right now the fire is at 15,000 acres with 0 containment. Unfortunately, we lost a number of structures and homes. 700 firefighters have been deployed. Governor jerry brown declared a state of emergency surrounding the San Bernardino county. Several wildfires continue to burn across the state. The governor previously called state of emergencies in northern and Central California on monday. It is a fifth Straight Year of drought. Dry conditions have been feeding fuel to the fire. It has killed eight people and destroyed hundreds of homes. The worst may still be ahead. Southern californias traditional fighter season is not begin until the autumn. Catherine staying in the United States but looking to louisiana. Search and rescue operations are still underway amid floods that have left at least 11 people dead. State Officials Say around 40,000 homes have been damaged. Authorities are searching for bodies as well as survivors. It is the worst in louisianas history. Are now officially a major disaster status. 60,000 people have signed up for emergency assistance. Moving to turkey, where more than 2000 people have been fired today, including police, members of the military, and employees of the technology authority. Authorities describe those dismissed as having links to the d eric accused of bringing down the turkish state. They are paving the way for some 38,000 current prisoners to be given conditional release to make way in prisons. Thossome are excluded. In istanbul with more on how these development are singly linked to the july 15 coup attempt. This is part of an ongoing purge, which was started after the coup on july 15. These people are alleged to be members of or have some sort of connection with the secretive religious group, which he is planning for the coup blaming for the coup. The group goes under various names, and it is led by a reclusive turkish cleric in pennsylvania. The organization is wellknown in turkey. Companies, individuals, prominent people are known to be supporters are members of it. But exactly how many people support it, how they support it, whether it has a formal membership, this is not known. These purges are state institutions and private companies. There has been a number of rays on raids on private companies aimed at going after people who have connections to this organization. Because it is a secretive organization, it is difficult to understand whether or not those people being arrested have any connections at all. The head of the United Nations is warning this is unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe is looming for the syrian city of aleppo as s and their opponents about control. Food, water, and power are dwindling. Children trying to spot the next warplane or the next bomb. Been slammed from the air for several weeks by the Syrian Government and their russian allies. The threat is constant. I saw it with my own eyes. I thought there were some battles. There was a huge explosion. A child started to do Something Like that. It is music for them now. Surviving in extremely difficult conditions. The children are particularly at risk. We know they are thousands of children living in big danger. They dont have a lot of access to clean water. There is no access to food. Shelter is a problem. We look at the facilities they need. Health facilities are being bombarded. Says a third of those wounded are children because the bombings target places where civilians are present. Meanwhile, the United Nations has warned of a possible humanitarian catastrophe. Aleppo has become the focus of a fiveyear long conflict. The Syrian Government launched a huge offensive last month to take control of the city, but the insurgents counterattacked and managed to break the siege. Catherine staying in the region, russian bombers taking off from iran have carried out strikes inside syria for a second day. This is coming to us from a news agency quoting Russias Defense Ministry saying it has claimed stateb two islamic command posts and killed more than 150 of his fighters. With russia increasingly active in syria and backing up separatists in ukraine, we are asking what q strategy what Vladimir Putins strategy is in all of this. Thanks for being with us. Firstly, lets look at russias role in syria. A new call on russia and the u. S. To get a ceasefire deal for syria. How likely do you think that is at this point . I doubt very much that any of the parts concerned would actually follow to the letter the calls for a ceasefire. Unfortunately, the conflict has gone very far. If one of the signs backs off side iscks off, every afraid of backing up first. They would have to do that together. Lets hope this whole with john kerry will lead to a common decision about a ceasefire. Catherine in terms of ukraine, the people see Vladimir Putin as very much reviving tensions currently in crimea. Would you agree with that, and what might his strategy be . I do not agree that he is reviving. He has a consistent strategy, which is conquering a zone of defense, a buffer zone around entrances of the main ukrainian and russian rivers, particularly the don river. That was the whole Strategic Point of annexing crimea, which from putin and all of russias point of view was being threatened by the change of regime in the ukraine, which would have brought nato just at the gates, the injury of the russian waterway the entry of the russian waterway. This is a longterm counterattack to basically reconquer. The whole point of creating that breakaway republic in donetsk. We have to expect a future zone whichof the would give russia control of all hores, which is the entrance to the don river which would allow any navy to enter the heartland of russia. The rivers there are so large and allow passage of entire military fleets. Regain, point is to reconquer control of the black sea itself, which explains why there are more and more russian ships shadowing nato vessels. Catherine thank you for giving us your thoughts. Thanks for joining us live on the line. Have more detestable you know now on be developing new story from the democratic republic of congo. Troops firing tear gas at protesters. The country is observing its third and final day of mourning for the 51 People Killed in a massacre in bneni. Some claim the government has failed to take action o against violence. Hundreds gathered in the towns main streets. A camp is to be closed. Guinea. Sed in papua new came in the form of a statement from the australian immigration minister. We can find out more from someone who joins us from sydney. Susan, what do we know about why this camp is being closed, and why it is being closed now . Susan it is being closed operatorhe ginny Supreme Court ordered the closed so this is a licensed development, and there was a meeting between the two of. My basically signed an agreement to close the center. It has been marked by controversy in 2014. There were serious riots between asylumseekers and locals. 1 was killed, a 23yearold iranian Asylum Seeker who was murdered by a security guard. Since beene sentenced to jail. It has been marred by controversy and will eventually be closed. Catherine it does not seem very clear what will happen to the people who are currently there. Susan exactly. Indicationere is no yet of what is going to happen still in4 men that are the detention center. Peter hassett australia will work with third countries. He has not named in the countries. Claims still need to be processed in many cases. He says they will not be coming to australia. That has provoked some comments from groups who say that the man should be permanently resettle in australia or processed as soon as possible and brought australia. Catherine thanks very much for bringing us up to date on that. Susan joining us from sydney. Lets look across to brazil now with the latest from the olympics. There have been high emotions for one of frances top athletes there. Booed as helter was received his silver medal. Strong reactions from him. More for real. More from rio. Tuesday nights events were overshadowed by very disappointing scenes coming from the stands during the melzer money medal ceremony. D as heheavily boo as he got on the silver medal before bursting into tears. He had already been mercilessly booed during mondays final. He had very harsh words for the brazilian crowd, talking about disrespect and going a bit overboard by comparing his experience to that of africanamerican runner jesse owens, who competed at the 1936 olympics in nazi germany. For his apologized comments, but the damage was done as we saw tonight at the olympic stadium. He did receive the support of some former athletes, including Paula Radcliffe as well as michael johnson. Both saying the crowd should be ashamed of their behavior. Himself alsodent speaking out, calling it unacceptable to see these kinds of reactions at the olympic games. Another who spoke after the ceremony talking about a scar in his career. The 29yearold said he would not know where he would be in four years for the next olympics , but he would try to use this unpleasant experience as motivation to go forward. Catherine the olympic hosts ane served up and upset upset in the womens beach volleyball, eliminating the United States in the semi final. Ae half of the teams e threetime olympic champion. Usa can take solace in the fact that they are still leading the medals table. Great britain in second place ining to their tally. Ycling and racing some Business News headlines with will. You have a market update. Will investors are waiting to see what will come out of the latest u. S. Federal reserve minutes and see if theres any chance it will raise its key interest rates. Currently, they are treating a bit in the red. In asia, japanese shares traded higher. Highs. Soaring to new lets move on with some seasonal news for us here in france. It is still summer. In his heart out today. Despite the declining tourism factors and the Terror Threat, the summer is pretty busy. William thats right. Some festivals are seeing an uptick despite the decline figures. Toseilles may have had events, and cancel some of it but there are others seeing a boost in attendance. France may be under a state of emergency, but festivalgoers are leading a cultural resistance. Music events are proving to be most popular. Went to one while a whopping 278,000 turned up for frances largest music festival. Is estimated 70 Million Euros is being injected into the local economy. That is huge. Frances every one of summer festivals is a sellout. It good news to classical musicians. They rely on the season for their income. With a small budget of 1. 8 Million Euros, it is financed 50 buy tickets. It is a big adventure together the money needed to finance the festival, and it is thanks to the publics loyalty that we can keep the festival going. To hike and Terror Threat and poor weather have done little to deter fans. At no moment did i question whether my city was at risk. We have to continue living in spite of the threats. That keepsg attendance high is security across the country. More than 12,000 active Police Officers were drafted in for the season. William time now for a look at some of the days other business headlines. The bank of cyprus aims to repay its emergency funds by the end of 2017. Two years ago, the European Central bank loaned it 3. 8 billion euros to give the bank of cyprus and another bank afloat during the country sinking crisis. The u. S. s thirdlargest Health Company is reducing its role in obamamas signature healalth cae law. Aetna will exit 11 of the states it offers coverage. The Company Blames heavy losses for the move. Carlsberg missed expectations for happier results. 520 came in at 50 million. Iit pointed to volatility in china. Heavy restructuring to return to growth. Catherine one final story for you now. We may all have to update one of our favorite Nursery Rhymes sued because it seems all mcdonald had a self driving tractor. William does not have the same ring to it. Catherine not quite. William it is a new world, and the new generation of farmers will indeed have self driving tractors. Technology. Dutc technologyh. It has a gps that records a route and that it does the farming for you. Take a listen to one happy from farmer. Fruit farmer. No lunch breaks or getting off early. I dont need to hire someone to do it so man hours and labor costs go down. Catherine the future is here. Thanks so much for that. You can find more Business News on our website, france24. Com. With our pressow review. Hello. We will start off with the talking point. We are talking about the scandal. It is about the full body swimsuit worn by some muslim women. It is being banned in some french beach towns, including cannes. People talking about it. Several top officials have backed the localized bands including the Prime Minister. You can read about his comments today that reports that several cited have already been signe for wearing the burkinis. As all public spaces should be protected from religious demands. The burkini is not just a of bathing suits are a fashion statement. He says it is the representation of a political project that goes against french society. A political project founded on the enslavement of women. Very strong words from the Prime Minister. Something to differ with what the Prime Minister has had to say. A very interesting look at this, one is going behind this debate if you will. It takes its position in its editorial and says it will be really twisted to argue that wearing the burkini is a form of female inactivation. Emancipation. Is all about and to ban wearing is all of that enough to ban wearing the burkini . Recent it discriminatory against the category of citizens essentially accused of a crime of opinion. These individuals are being punished in advance for potential problems that i have not created yet. Banning the burkini is preferring immediate injustice to hypothetical public disorder. Catherine very interesting arguments there. It has been such a big National Debate, hasnt it . Slate has a few words to say. Slate wonders whether the big National Debate is really necessary. Says not really because it is just a ridiculous debate about swimwear. Slate accuses french authorities of having a priorities completely mixed up. Shouldnt we be talking about more important things . That is what they want to know. They say the road to hell is paved with burkinis. The expression is the road to hell is paved with good intentions. Catherine thats right. Perhaps a big debate about integration in general might be a little more welcome. Moving on, we look across to the u. K. Now. We have been speaking about the radical muslim cleric who has been sentenced for terrorism offenses facing 10 years in jail. Thats right. Some british papers feel it is about time. Here. N see their opinion Britains Muslim torillas hate preacher on benefits that britain as he spawned terror worldwide. Now he faces 10 years behind bars. The independent has a very interesting analysis piece about what his convictions mean about freedom of speech in the united kingdom. You can see the title here. The conviction shows free speech is not without limits. Jailing a person for the words they have spoken often trouble anyone who believes in liberal democratic values. The independence is to protect those democratic values, it is sometimes necessary to be intolerant of tolerance. Catherine another massive debate. Lets move quickly to the olympics. 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