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Anchor we begin in rio where you saying both sprinted his way to olympic gold again. He won the mens 200 meter final. The superstar finished in 19. 78 seconds. That was impressive but not enough to break his own world record. Won bronze coming in third after the canadian. Our Sports Editor has more from rio. Reporter usain bolt and bob marley, jamaicas biggest stars united in spirit. Usain bolt took his victory lap around the stadium to the sound of the reggae legend following his gold medal in the mens 200 meter race. A rock star celebration for the worlds fastest man. Usain bolt finished in 19. 78 seconds ahead of canada and france. Free usain bolt, this makes the eighth olympic gold medal of his career which means he still aiming for the incredible sprinting tripletriple. The ninth gold medal you will be aiming for in the mens relay this friday. Usain bolt has again officially cemented his status as the worlds greatest sprinter. But the title of worlds greatest athlete has again gone to ashton eaton. The american successfully defended his title in the mens decathlon by securing olympic record equaling a score of 8893 points ahead of france and canada. On the sidelines, the u. S. Olympic committee has apologized for the conduct of four american swimmers after it emerged they lied about being robbed at gunpoint during the rio games. A harrowing tale of Armed Robbery told by four u. S. Swimmers turns out to be a total fabrication and embarrassment for the u. S. Olympic committee. We apologize to our host in rio and the people of brazil for this distracting ordeal in the midst of what should rightly be a celebration of excellence. Reporter it was this security footage that contradicted ryan lochtes tale of violent robbery. The four athletes can be seen stopping at a gas station on their way home from a night out partying. While there, they reportedly vandalized a restroom which resulted in an altercation with security guards. The incident has outraged brazilian officials and the rio police. An apology should be issued to the residents of rio. We saw our city stained. We know this was fantasy and there was no robbery. Reporter following hours of questioning by police, two swimmers were allowed to return to the u. S. On thursday. Ryan lochte was already back in the states on monday. The last of the four swimmers involved has been ordered to pay 11,000 to a brazilian charity. His lawyer said when the fine has been paid, the athlete will have his passport returned and be free to leave result brazil. Russia says ita, is ready to back a u. N. Plan for a weekly 48hour ceasefire in aleppo. If the aid convoys travel to rebel and Government Health parts of the city. Western diplomats have cautiously welcomed the announcement that raised questions about moscows motives. They stress the u. N. Must be in charge of a sustained operation. This comes as footage of a dazed fiveyearold boy pulled from the rubble in eastern aleppo has turned attention to the children of the wartorn country. This is the fiveyearold on his way to hospital on wednesday. He is the boy y who has come to symbolize the tragic plight of children in this wartorn country. Where are the boys . They are gone. What has happened to my sons . Dangerr in syria, the often comes from the sky. Save the children say 7. 5 million syrian children are affected by conflict. Across syria, children are being bombed in their homes, schools, and playgrounds. They are also being besieged. We heard today from the u. N. That no aid has entered areas for a month now. The situation is dire. Reporter thousands in aleppo are trapped in the middle of a battle from all sides with seemingly no end. You and representatives are in despair u. N. Representatives are in despair. No humanitarian aid is reaching anywhere in syria at the moment. Besieged. Still in western aleppo in threat of becoming besieged. We ask for at least a pause of 48 hours. We insist on this in order to make anything meaningful for aleppo. Reporter russia said it would support a positive fighting. The hope is as this is world humanitarian day, all the warring parties will be stirred into action. Anchor for the first time in the five years of civil war, Syrian Government warplanes bombed kurdish held areas in the northeastern city. Thursdays strikes killed at least 13 people. The Kurdish Militia called the attack an active flagrant aggression. There is no immediate comment from the Syrian Government. Wpg is a key partner in the u. S. Led effort against the Islamic State. Every day, siblings are forced to flee to fighting in syria. Many have arrived in greece. Their joint people from other countries seeking refuge in europe. Friday, around 50 migrants were rescued after their boat ran aground on the southwest coast. It is part of the recent rise in arrivals. But a backlog in the asylum process leaves many in doubt for months about the future. The family have been living on the island for over a month now. They were forced to flee aleppo after their house was struck by a missile. There among 870 in this refugee camp waiting for the asylum claims to be examined, and certain of what the future holds. I am nine years old. I am from syria. Our house was struck by a missile in my body burned so we had to flee syria. The doctors in syria could not help us. They advised us to go to germany sushi can get better treatment. The camp is already overcrowded. More than 10,000 migrants are sheltered on five greek islands with a capacity for around 7000. Greece now plans to build seven new facilities on the mainland to transfer migrants from other sites. The number of arrivals in greece doubled since the start of summer. This is particularly worrying because we see already overstretched facilities stretched to a breaking point on the islands. Reporter the amount of migrants arriving has begun to drop after the deal between turkey and the e. U. Came into force in april. But there has been an upturn in the past few weeks. Political turmoil in turkey, following julys attempted coup, could explain increasing numbers. Germanys interior minister has cannot in favor of vetially banning islamic il. It is part of the debate that comes following attacks ahead of the key state polls. The minister is fully aware of upcoming Regional Elections where the rightwing parties represented in the german regions face a serious challenge from the alternative for deutschland, this new rightwing, antiimmigrant party. The federal and regional governments need to be seen to be doing something against the growing public fear about islamist attacks. There were quite to attacks over six days four attacks over six days, two linked to isis. That is what i think this is about. He is now for the partial ban on itqa wearing saying necessary for women to show their faces for peaceful existence in society. That would mean no wearing of the full face veil in the public. Getan chancellor did not her hands dirty in making the proposal, but she has set in the past week she thinks it is probably a good idea that the veil be banned or reduced in public because immigrant veil women will no lor be able to integrate with it. I think it is a measure directed more towards Public Opinion and assuaging fears there may be more terrorism around the corner as elections approach. In the u. S. State of california, firefighters are battling to stop a fastmoving wildfires. The blaze broke out on tuesday and has scorched parts of the mountains and desert into state in the states seven region. More than 80,000 residents have been forced to evacuate. Desperate attempt to dust the wildfires spreading through southern california. Efforts hampered by a devastating combination of high winds and drive education. Contained2 has been as firefighters battle blazing temperatures and steep terrain. We are expected to continue to see unpredictable fire behavior. The probability of ignition is very high. It is about 100 . That means just about every ember that lands in vegetation can ignite. Reporter three days after the fire erupted, more than 34,000 homes and 82,000 residents in the region east of los angeles are still under evacuation warnings. But many californians have refused to leave the homes. We plan on waiting for it to get to a certain trigger point. If we get a fire to the west, at one point, we have an escape route. I had been here through four fires and it has never burned into the town. Reporter the majority who are yet to evacuate say they have done so in a bid to save their houses. Officials have warned it is easy to misjudge how suddenly the fire can approach, leaving no time for exit. We want to make sure people in the mandatory evacuations are leaving their homes. It is definitely a safety issue. Reporter 14,000 hectares of land have already gone up in smoke as the region deals with what could be its most hazardous fire season on record. Anchor a group of artists from across syria has been working on the many historical studies and artifacts destroyed by the islamic street state group. In the city of palm era, they destroyed pieces that were thousands of years old. Reconstructing a piece of history lost in the syrian desert. The statues might look like the real deal. In fact, they are replicas of those destroyed by the Islamic State group in the ancient city of palmyra. These statues symbolize the idea we will continue to write history, that the process cannot and will not be stopped by extremists. Stateer islamic militants seized control of the World Heritage site in may of last year. During the 10month occupation, they reached cultural carnage by demolishing treasures that were thousands of years old. Now more than 40 sculptures have been recreated by artists hoping to bring the war scarred city back to life. We want to send a message with art. We hope this message will bring light to humanity and civilization and people all over the world will see this message. Reporter on a mission to spread this message, the artists will be bringing the works to major cities across the country. Anchor lets get an update of the top stories we are following. Using bolt goes for the gold in the mens 200 meter sprint. It is his second gold medal of the rio games. Hell aim for an historic third title in the relay. Russia says it is ready to back a weekly you and ceasefire in aleppo u. N. Ceasefire in as the footage of the rescue proves a haunting reminder of the cost of war. Germanys integration debate heats up as the interior minister says he now supports a partial ban on the full face islamic veil. It is time for a business update. To start off in turkey where we are seeing the crackdown continue in the week of the coup in july. We are seeing Business Leaders and banks getting caught up. Today, 29 Bank Regulators arrested for what local media is calling your regular inspections. It is the latest roundup. Earlier, 60 people were arrested in the biggest crackdown on business. Turkey has ordered the seizure of assets as the arrest of 187 businessman suspected of ties with the u. S. Muslimbased preacher. The targets include two fortune 500 companies. Over 4000 companies and institutions have been shut. Over 40,000 people have been detained since the coup attempt. In argentina, the Supreme Court of justice just rolled back rolled back the substance subsidies for people heating their homes. It is one of the measures adopted by the president to reduce the budget deficit. It is a victory for the argentinian people who protested against the politics of austerity. A victory for argentinians curious over energy price hikes. The Supreme Court will against the government plans to push up the price of gas. A key part of reforms aimed at rebooting the economy. We are going to reimburse all those who have paid too much. They will receive an invoice with compensation using the new scale which was canceled for the residential sector by the Supreme Court with the rate they came into force on march 31. The president hoped the Controversial Mission would help reduce the budget deficit. But the decision was taken without first consulting civil and Business Leaders. In just a few months, charges rose by up to 700 in some cases. With inflation already at record levels, argentinians quickly found themselves unable to pay the bills. I agree with the return to the old prices. It is impossible to pay with the salaries we have, particularly the poorest families. Raising prices is necessary. But they should do it any more suitable way, a gradual change which is not brutal but wellplanned. Popular protests across argentina have spread over the past few weeks. No longer only attended by members of the leftist opposition who were booted out of power in november after 12 years at the helm. The centerright party took over with promises of reforms to take the country out of recession and boost growth. Lets take a look at the markets. Red arrows across the board in europe this lunchtime. European shares are poised to post their biggest weekly loss in two months. In italy as well, markets have dropped almost two percentage faces as the big bank market abuse charges. Now for a look at oil. Now dipping slightly but still above 50 a barrel after growing confidence opec and other exporters could agree to cut supply when they meet next month. U. S. Crude is now dipping as well. It has gone from 40 a barrel at the start of the month to just over 40 today. An upward trend in general. Lets take a look at other business stories now. Linkedin areof having a special meeting today to vote on the proposed takeover my by microsoft. In june, the giant intraday definitive agreement to acquire linkedin for 196 per share. It is a transaction valued at 26. 2 billion. The u. S. Justice department has announced it will phase out the use of privately owned federal prisons. It says they are not substantially cheaper and not as safe as public facilities. Contractors for 13 private prisons will be reviewed and allowed to expire over the next five years. The move was immediately felt in the markets. Scheduleda conference for later today took slager shareholders how they will deal with it. We are going to finish with a bit of an unusual story. A bank is turning down an award worth millions of dollars. He used to be in risk officer at Deutsche Bank in new york. He led to the bank receiving a 55 million fine. He was now eligible for a whistleblower award worth more than 890 but has declined in protest against the agencys failure to pressure executives at the bank. Paidid the fine should be by individual executives and not shareholders and also suggested the revolving door of senior playedel who jumped jobs a role in executives going unpunished. Up 8 million, very principled. Thank you for that business update. It is time for our press review. Anchor im joined in the newsroom by florence for a look at what is grabbing headlines around the world. We are going to start with a lot of focus on one particular photo. That is the picture of a fiveyearold syrian boy injured in an airstrike in aleppo. That airstrike ultimately destroyed his home. This is the fiveyearold. He is all over the front pages of the press today. You can see him on the front page of the wall street journal, which says he has come to symbolize the plight of aleppo. A picture of syrias pain. We have decided to blur his face out of respect for the child. On the front page of lots of papers. The guardian has a photo of the fiveyearold boy and a quote from the man who shot the footage of the young boy. He is an activist working with Aleppo Media Center which has been documenting the syrian civil war. He describes what happened when this footage was taken. He says he felt the blood on his face, talking about young boy. He did not know what happened. Anchor many papers are pointing out this photo comes exactly a year after another picture of a small child caught the worlds attention. That was a victim of the syrian civil war. That was a picture of the young syrian boy who drowned off the coast of turkey while he and his family were trying to reach europe. The daily beast points out people are reacting to this image very much the same way they did a year ago. Emotions are running high. But what is going to come next . Things have not changed in the past year. Perhaps, they have gotten worse. It is there is a very powerful cartoon circulating on social media which shows the choices for syrian children today. If you stay, you could end up like him. If you leave, you could end up like the other. Anchor a powerful cartoon. We are going to turn our attention to france. These are papers focusing on politics and the upcoming election. This was francois along. He has about eight months ago to the president ial poll. He is the subject of a new book released. Private conversations with the president was written by two journalists. You can see reaction to the book. He makes the risky bet of making confessions. What did he confess about . A lot of things. Hes usually a private person. He talked about his private life. He talked about all the major topics hes had to deal with during his presidency. One thing that came out of this is he said being president is a lot harder than he thought it would be. They are not thrilled about the book. They say what comes out is his obsession with lowlevel politicking and staying on top. He is so focused on everyday political maneuvers that he is not making big, political decisions. Olland things he has marked french history. They do not think so. The political cartoonist also pokes fun at the president today. You can see him on an analysts celfin the middle of the desert saying nobody knows how hard it has been. He says im talking to you because theres no one around. Lets switch to the United States and the race for the white house. We have papers continuing to react to donald trump and his latest campaign reshuffling. He reshuffled his campaign team. The papers are focusing on what this means. If you read the editorial in the wall street journal, it is a sign trump will be trump. Hes telling the world hes shaking up his campaign to release unfiltered donald trump from here until november, so get ready for controversy. Meanwhile, lifesize statues of donald trump in all his naked glory have been erected across the country. Anchor nice choice of words. [laughter] far from flattering. This is the photo of one that appeared in union square in new york city. We did blur the photo. You can took a look at the end blurred on blurred version on social media. Perhaps you may agree that it can never be in seen. It was removed from union square. Anchor we are going to move on to news out of rio and the as u. S. Swimmers are in hot water over the story about being robbed. It does appear they perhaps light. That is right. Crazy story developing. You can get details in the present paper which comes back with what present authorities, which is ryan lochte and his teammates perhaps were not robbed after all. Their facts keep shifting. Present Authorities Say they created the story because they were embarrassed about what really happened which is the got into a drunken fight with security guards at eight gas station. There are reports they urinated on a wall. That is why brazilian authorities think they invented the story. Anchor we are seeing insults starting to fly in the u. S. Media. The Washington Post says ryan lochte is the dumbest bell that ever rang. They say he is in a noxious caught up in a rip tide of self absorption. I think the most criticism comes from the New York Post today. Liar, speedorican on fire. To they he has lived up worst stereotypes of the ugly american abroad. There have been some calls on social media for these u. S. Athletes to have their medals stripped because of their ugly behavior. Anchor a sad story. Thank you very much. For more, you can was head to our website. Stay with us. You are watching france 24. 8uxunnbq man im really, really honored to introduce some people. Im a do it real quick so that thehy can talk as long as they can. At the far side is chief caleen sisk. Shes the spiritual leader anand tribal chiefef of the winm wintu trtribe, who praractice tr traditional culture and ceremonies in n their territoroy along the Mccloud River watersrshed in northern californ near mount sststa. In the middle is jeanette armstrong. She is a selxsyilx, uh, okanagan, a fluent speaker of okanagan, and a traditional knowledge keeper of the okanagan nation. She currently holds the Canada Research chair in okanagan indigenous knowledge and philosophy at ubc okanagan. And just on a personal note, she is probably the single most inflia

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