Hold fresh syrian peace talks. Also coming up this hour in business, more trouble for samsung as american aviation regulator tells passengers not to switch on its newest smartphone on board any plane because of fears of the battery exploding. Plus, Florence Villeminot joins me to walk through headlines in the world. Molly all right, we begin here in france. Four people have been arrested after a standoff with police. One woman was shot and seriously injured when she stabbed an officer. All this is part of an investigation into a car found near notre d dame cathedral with canisters inside. Authorities say the womomen had likely plans for an imminent attack. For more on this story, we can bring in catherine clifford, who has been following events as they unfold. We do have some new reports coming in of another incident this friday. Bring us up to speed. Catherine several of elements in the last few minutes. We have heard from Francois Hollande. He said that a terror cell has now been destroyed. ,e have also had information more information coming on that. We have had information from our own police sources, who have said a gas canister has been found in the northern suburb of , with anis in paris makeshift detonator. We have few details on that but we will be bringing you momore and the partner of one of these women arrested last night has also been arrested. Molly walk us through what we saw on thursday evening, when police were very much in a standoff with these three women and violence ensued. Herine we know their ages 39, 23, at 19. The 19yearold is being described as the prime suspect, and there was this standoff. When approached, the 19yearold woman stabbed one of the police officers. They then opened fire, and she was injured in the leg. Some of the details we are finding out about her she is the daughter of the owner of the car. She is already known to police for having attempted to travel to syria. And we have heard that she had pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group and had written a letter expressing that. We have also we also know about their plans. They had been, according to authorities, planning an attack , one of theyon train stations. Train stations are on high alert because of this. Molly we moved to north korea, which says it has conducted a fifth nuclear test. A blast at the site appears to be pyongyang toss most powerful yet. It has been swiftly and widely condemned by the international community. Our correspondent has details. Announcnced with characterisc mp by the state broadcaster and confirmed by an earthquake, pyongyang has detonated its fifth atomic test explosion. Our scientiststs and technicians at the Nuclear Weapons ininstitute has cacarrid to a nuclear test explosion test the power of a newly developed nuclear warhead. A flurry ofs amid recent missile tests, including a Ballistic Missile launch from a submarine that troubled 500 kilometers, all part of a push to develop a nucleararmed missile capable of one day reaching the United States. The blast follows s another nuclclear test earlier this yea, whicich prompted t the u. N. To p sanctions. Since march, all cargo moving in and out of north korea has to be inspected, and controls on trading weapons with the country have been tightened. Precautions that did not stop north korea from accelerating its Weapons Development program. Much to the dismay of the international community. The south korean government and the world strongly condemn the reckless provocation of north korea. A clear violation of United Nations Security Council resolution and a flagrant act of defiance toward the international community. Japans Prime Minister has called the test completely unacceptable. Has president barack obama warned that provocative actions by the country will be met with serious consequences. Even china, north koreas only major diplomatic ally, has expressed dismay at the latest test. Molly in syria, the totop military comommander of the largest Rebel Alliance has been killed in an airstrike. Front,mer out thus rough which has been renamed, announced the death of the commander during an air raid in a province. Government forces and their allies have taken new ground on the edge of aleppo. Nokia massey has more from beirut. Player, what has been spearheading the campaign against the regime in that aleppo. Area of two months ago, ththe group wasl qaedas affiliate in syria, but it broke away and attempted to distance itself from al qaeda. Clear that the strategy has not been successful. We do not know yet who is responsible for this attack. Rebel leaders are pointing the finger, but we have not heard any response from washington yet. No other group is claiming this attack. Thever was respoponsible, relatively big loss for the group who are now trying to regrououp. The commander was killed in aleppo province. We have fighting raging for control of the city of aleppo. What more can n you tell us abot developments on the ground . Regainedsyryrian army has a strategic neighborhood that the rebels lost lastst month in the past couple of days. In particular, the regime has taken a n neighborhood in the center of aleppo city. This means that the regime has effectively reversed all the gains that we saw the rebels make last month. Siege, withck under no food being able to get into the district. Airstrikesay the remain as relentless as they have been. Molly the situation on the ground suggests that it is just as dire as it has been. In the meantime, we have another round of peace talks between the u. S. And russia, taking place in geneva. Our people optimimistic that anything concrete can come o out of this . Well, the United States and russia are edging closer to a 48 hour ceasefire. Y will come agree the in, john and Sergei Lavrov will meet today. They are hopeful they deal they are hopeful that a deal can be struck. Very like this have come close to happening before but have collapsed at the last minute. The particular skepticism of russias involvement in the deal russia last month announced the opening of humanitarian corridors. Many in the city feel that moscow may not honor that deal. And even if it does, the syrian government, who is not taking part in these talks at all, may not be willing to listen to the authority in russia and may continue to drop off on the neighborhoods even if a deal is reached today. Ly that was not a massey a passenger train has derailed in spain. At least four people have been killed and 47 others injured in the accident that took place in the northwestern region. The train was traveling from the go from vigo to porto. At thesh occurred porrino station. An investigation is underway. A portugaldfires in region have opted the evacuation of a luxury hotel and three nearby villages. 80 people in total were evacuated as flames approached the region. Nearly 3000 firefighters are trying to battle someone hundred leases nationwide some 100 blazes nationwide. Au members are meeting in athens. The leaders of france and italy will be joined by fellow eu states at the minisummit. They will discuss the economy, migration in a post brexit europe. Nathalie savaricas has more from the greek capital. Nathalie the summit itself is going to focus on three issues the economy, which obviously is at the core of Prime Minister tsipras agenda in greece, to china of change the rules of greece. That is very much what he wants to center with the other leaders, his counterparts. A united block of the mediterranean countries when the eu leaders sit down in brussels whether it is the euro group or any other summit. Now that the euro group is headed by the finance ministers. The other key point they want to focus on today is with renzi, whole lot, renzi, whole lot, renzi, france, on the issue of migration. They want to a dress after the brexit crisis on ways these leaders can come to some crucial decisions on how to give the people of europe a new vision, more about creating on the southern periphery, to the north, and especially to countries when it comes to migration. On practical terms, lets see how this meeting and what through this meeting can bear later today. Savaricashalie reporting from athens. After spending the night suspended more than 3000 meters in the air in the french alps, dozens of people are now safely back on the ground. They were stuck for hours when the cables on a cable car ride became tangled. Emergency teams were forced to stop the rescue operation overnight because of poor visibility. But they have finally managed to rescue the trapped passengers. It was a journey across the alps that was made that was meant to take just 30 minutes, the more than 100 tourists found themselves trapped for hours after their cable cars got stuck due to a technical fault. Connects aic journey peak in france to the hole burnett summit. 55 people were rescued by helicopters. To go down to a glacier. Midnight, after getting out of the gondolas, which was really quite an experience, the Helicopter Rescue failed because fog moved in. So we had to wait. Then they decided they could get us to the ground and we walked up the glacier to the hut. As night fell, the rescue operation was suspended. First aid workers divided food, water, and blankets to the tourists still trapped. At the beginning of the operation, there were scenes of panic. I can tell you that the people who are still up there have received kits. So they are not alone in the cold. We are in the summer season. Of 4000 at an attitude meters, so it is not severely cold. Authorities say that the reason for the technical fault is unknown. Operators, high ape raiders wind may have led to the stoppage. Molly lets get an update on the headlines were following. French Police Arrest four in in action with gas tanks car near the notre dame cathedral. One woman was shot. An officer was stabbed in the process. Pyongyang says it has detonated in atomic warhead. Experts said the blast is the norths most powerful to date. John kerry andnd Sergei Lavrov hold fresh syrian n peace talks, just as the top military commander of the largest syrian Rebel Alliance is killed in an aleppo airstrike. It is time now for business updates third i am joined by stephen carroll. Stephen, we are going to start off with news about problem with samsungs latest smartphone. Stephen the new twist in this story, american aviation authorities have told passengers not to switch on or charge their galaxy note 7 phones while onboard planes. This is after last week samsung issued a global recall of the model following reports of the battery exploding during or after charging. Inumber of other Airlines Asia and australia have issued similar warnings to their customers. Allison sargent has details. there are special meaning for the owners of the galaxy note 7. The United States federal Aviation Administration issued a warning to passengers not to turn on or charge the devices onboard aircraft, and not to stow them in any checked baggage. It is unusual for the faa to warn passengers about a specific topics, but it comes after reports that the galaxy note 7 exploded while being charged. In response, samsung recalled all 2. 5 million phones after they had been on the market for barely two weeks. The recall is estimated to cost the company around 1 billion, and a negative wave of Media Attention comes at an especially bad time. Samsung is the worlds Biggest Smartphone manufacturer and was relying on the new phone to boost sales in a saturated market. Just the day before the faa issued its warning, samsungs main rival, apple, launched their latest iphone. Stephen investors say german exports fell sharply in july, 2. 6 percent down compared to june. The drop in demand coming from countries like china, japan, and the united six. The United States. A little bit of a hangover, too, in the European Central bank meeting. Any new stimulus measures disappointing investors. Tax cuts will be of limited in france next year. The total amount of the reductions is one billion euros. Some 5 million households will see their tax bills reduced as a result. Low income earners will see the government confirmed that Corporation Tax will be progressively reduced from 33 news coming20, this ahead of the president ial elections next year. Taxation is likely to be a major issue in that debate. Almost two thirds of french people say their taxes have increased under president Francois Hollande. Francois hollande began his term with a clear message more taxes for the rich. There will be 5 billion euros in next to income tax. This will mostly affect the wealthiest 10 of french families. Changes,vernment made including reintroducing a tax on overtime and lowering the threshold for a family tax family. Take the dubois they have two children and a combined monthly income of 3600 euros. They paid over 700 euros in taxes a year when hole lined when Francois Hollande entered office. Family,re is the denis with an income of 3700 euros a month. They paid over 5000 euros at the start of Francois Hollandes term. Their taxes nearly doubled over 10,000. In 2014 the french government changed its tune. Daily life is too high. We need to lower taxes. A reformed tax scale helps cut the amount that lower income families stay. Duboises paid by the skyrocketed. Family, bills kept climbing. Francois hollande once again targeted lower and middle income households with this tax cut. Stephen that is all the business for now. Molly thank you for that update. It is time now for our press review. Im joined here now in the studio by Florence Villeminot. Happening at what is in headlines around the world. We are starting off with the latest out of north korea, and pyongyang says it has conducted its fifth nuclear test. Is paying verya close attention to what is happening in north korea. Lets look at the korean times. This article talks about how north korea has conducted its fifth nuclear test. sis article says that seoul chief of staff has confirmed the biggest test yet, reaching 10 kilo tons. For reference, the article says the hiroshima bomb had a 16kiloton yield. It is quite a significant blast. Timing comes as pyongyang is celebrating its 60th anniversary of the regime. Flo a new year and a new set of rules per you can read about it more in the independent. It says that north korea is banning sarcasm. This is not a joke or it north korea has forbidden people from making sarcastic comments about kim jongun and his totalitarian regime in conversation. Apparently kim jongun cannot take a joke here he reportedly fears that people only agree with him ironically, and it is according to Regional Media reports that there has been an increase in public acts of , likee of dissent graffiti. Now sarcasm is banned, supposedly a very popular thing saying that, this is all americas fault. Now that is illegal. Molly israeli and palestinian leaders are set to hold a meeting for the first time in six years. That meeting is to take place in moscow. You can read about this on the front page of the jerusalem post. Eastems like the middle diplomatic process is moving north. This meeting comes as is really researchers have revealed what they are calling a scoop. , ancan read more about it article in liberation. They say the documents show in the 1980s, Mahmoud Abbas was a spy for the kgb. That of course is the front Intelligence Agency where Vladimir Putin once served. As you can imagine, palestinian officials deny this. If we take a look at an article kud this article accuses israel of waging a smear campaign. There is a story in the United States on native americans. In north dakota they have been pulling protests over construction of an oil price line of an oil pipeline. Flo i turned to the forum, based in fargo. These are some 200 native theican tribes protesting, largest gathering of native americans in over a century. They say this pipeline, which is to cut from four states, that it was approved without proper permits, without consulting the tribes, ignoring the lands historical and cultural significance, and they also say the pipeline will threaten the quality of the water in the area. Clashes with authorities have been pretty intense. You can read in this article that the governor of north dakota has actually called in the national guard. A judge that has been hearing arguments from both sides of this fight is expected to rule today, and we will be sure to give you the results. Molly we heard from the french president yesterday. He delivered a speech on terrorism, democracy, and identity. How has it gone down . Flo he was very good yesterday in that speech. It went surprisingly well. Liberation says it was the best speech of his presidency. It seems like Francois Hollande has finally woken up. Front page here, it is pretty funny. Grandpa has finally woken up. Left papers said he was very president ial and it also seemed like he was campaigning. The rightwing paper says that he has stepped back into his candidate suit. There is no doubt about it, according to le figaro. Yesterday it was not president hole line speaking, but it was candidate hole lined hollande speaking. Article ino another le figaro, that is his favorite thing to do, to be a candidate. And he is good at it. If you look at the rallies and his speeches, he literally transformed into a different person. His voice changes, he holds ly. Self differenct he is a formidable candidate. Le figaro reminds readers that the president himself recently told journalists that it is harder than he thought to be president. Molly do not believe it is an easy job, being president. This is a beauty contest that is being judged by machines. Flo thats right, this is beauty a i it was supposed to use Artificial Intelligence supported by complex algorithms to identify the most attractive contestants, using pretty expanded things like facial symmetry and things like that. Some 6000 people from more than 100 countries submitted photos. When the results came in, there was a glaring, uncomfortable factor about the winners. That is that robots apparently did not like people with dark skin. Can see somen, we of the winners according to different age categories. Out of the 44 winners, nearly all of them here they come were white. A handful were asian, and only one had dark skin. Guardian has said that this is not the first time Artificial Intelligence has gone rogue in this way. Checkbox a i thinkchat box it is a good thing robots do not rule the world yet. Molly thank you very much for that. More from foreign scum you can head to our website. France24. Com. We are going to take a break. Stay with us. 8uxu [ ] it is like the e worst thing that h has ever, ever happened o me. I would not wish this upon my worst enemy. It is the hardest, most challenging thing ive ever,r, ever had to deal with. And it is literally like the ing g devil. [ ]
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