Spots in parliament. In paris, thanks for joining us here on france 24. In france,lawmakers stormed a train of demonstrators, one of them critically. One lawmaker who was wounded in the attacks said it took police at least an hour to intervene. Heres more from hong kong leader carrie lam. Upwe absolutely do not come condone that sort of violent act. Again, violence is not a solution to any problem. Violence will only breed more violence and at the end of the day, the entirety of hong kong and its people will susuffer asa result o of the lost law and d r in hong kong is loss of law and order in hong kong. Genie i asked our correspondent if she said anything in the coconference today about claims that the police were showed to show up when the police were being attacked. Earned as accompanied press conference by a rerepresentati o of the polilice force thatat denied there was ay collusion between the gangsters and the Hong Kong Police force. They explained that the reason that they took
The gunman. Three people, according to American Media reports, have also been wounded. Those latest images coming to us from the scene of those shootings, where the gunman has been killed as well as three members of American Armed forces. We will continue to follow that as details emerge over the course of the evening. There was a triple dose of good news for athens today, first in the shape of the 7 billion euro bridging loan, which will allow it to pay back its arrears to the International Monetary fund. That should tide greece over until the third bailout can be agreed. More emergency funds from the European Central bank should allow greek banks to consider reopening on monday. That comes after a ethical vote in the Greek Parliament after a difficult vote in the Greek Parliament. Reporter morning has broken in the capital. For many, the government described the vote as marking a Serious Division among its lawmakers but it isnt just those in power experiencing the bitter aftertaste w
Planning a Major Military offensive. First, though, bloodshed in the heart of thailands capital, bangkok, where a bomb exploded as item a popular a bomb exploded outside of a popular hindu shrine. The government says the attack at the erawan shrine was intended to kill foreigners. Is my wolf ismail wolff has the latest. 123 people have been injured. An extremely devastating incident here in the capital, bangkok. The country is reeling from this last. Blast. We will try to get more information on the numbers. Clearly, a large number of people affected by this blast. It happened around 7 00 p. M. , in the commercial district. A number of chinese, taiwanese tourists believed to have borne the brunt of this. The shrine is popular among east asians. Its also next to a busy intersection. Many passersby also affected by this. The city is still reeling from it. Laura thailand is traditionally a very peaceful country. A lot of people will be asking is this linked to the recent political instabi
Described himself as a human powder keg before he shot himself. Also coming up, in business, ukraine agrees to a deal with its creditors to avoid default and to help stabilize the countrys economy, battered by the cost of war. Balkan leaders are meeting with Angela Merkel in vienna today. The summit will largely be dominated by the migrant crisis. The german chancellor is urging European Countries to come up with a strategy to deal with the influx and to prevent far right extremism from spreading. Some countries have implement a tough measures to protect their borders. Hungary and bulgaria are building walls to prevent migrants from flowing in. More than 100,000 people are thought to have used the Balkans Route this year alone, more than 10 times the number compared to last year. The blame game among the countries affected by the crisis continues. Members so, you have a problem, but you are asking us, serbia, to come up with an action plan for migrants. You should come up with an actio
Kick off hours away, 20 teams in it for the top 5. We begin with the political turmoil in burkina faso. The country hit a coup detat this week. Security forces patrolling the streets to put down any protests. 3 people have died. The countrys borders has been ordered shot in a nighttime curfew imposed. For more, lets cross to arno fortunate on the ground. What can you tell us on the , the president and interim Prime Minister were taken into custody. I can tell you that early this morning, a military spokesman of the president ial guard made a new statement on national television. He announced that National Council for democracy, as they call themselves, has released the ministers and a source of the former president told us that Michel Kafando was not totally free, he was under house arrest. We are trying to confirm the information. One more thing in the statement by the military, no mention of former Prime Minister isaac zida. Still unclear at this time whether hes been free or not. Le