That gives african money to tackle the root causes of migration, like poverty and conflict. Flights grounded, hospitals down to bare boned staffs, and many schools shut today in greece. Unions there call their first year, backede in a by the leftleaning government against austerity backed by the leftleaning government. We will take a ride in a self driving car and find out how it is planning to rival google and others in the race to bring this technology to the roads. First, our top stories. First, a major offensive against the Islamic State group is now underway in iraq. Kurdish forces are trying to take back the strategic sound town of sin jar of sinjar. The Kurdish Regional government says 7500 of its fighters known as thehe peshmerga are now movig in. Arlier today, i spoke to journalist and he told us more about the strategic significance of sinjar. Onsinjar is a border town the border between iraq and syria, a major connection hub between the two important cities iraq. S. Controls in taking sinjar will deprive crisis of a very fast deprived of as will deprive isis very important road in terms of logistical supply. It is also symbolically a very important symbolically very important for the kurds and the broader fight against isis. We all remember the tragedy brought on by isis and the yazidis who were massacred. Children taken by the group. Some of them have been forced into slavery. An important operation, strategically, militarily, symbolically. Thompson took a closer look at the situation on the ground in sinjar. Here is his report. Mark a joint attack against one of the Islamic State groups prized possessions. Kurdish forces, aided by u. S. Led coalition airstrikes, are hoping attempting to retake sinjar. It sits along the supply routes. Some 7500 peshmerga fighters are from threeinjar sides to try and cut off support for the islamist fighters. Around 600 Islamic StateGroup Militants are thought to be ready to defend the city, which is said to be littered with landmines and improvised explosive devices. Most of the former is 80 residents the former yazidi residents left last year. Thousands were trapped for weeks on the nearby mountain. Dis have been yazis returning to the surrounding villages in recent weeks, many joining forces with Peshmerga Forces to help retake their city. They have been preparing for the offensive. Genie after a year of relative calm in greece, strikes and protests are back in full force. Flights are grounded, hospitals are down to bare bones staffs, and many schools are shut. This is the first general strike since Prime MinisterAlexis Tsipras came to power in january. People are angry over more austerity cuts from the Prime Minister they thought was on their side. Over the summer, greece accepted the new bailout plan that seem to from crashing out of the fromone that saved it crashing out of the eurozone, but the conditions that came with it have forced the government to push through with unpopular reforms. Reformers are among those striking today, and they will greek farmers are among those striking today, and they will be particularly hit by the reforms. Dimitri is growing impatient. There is terrible unemployment. The people have less and less money, so we have less income. Son and grandson of farmers, he was forced to reduce the production. The recent government decision to double his income tax has hit him hard. Bute all own family farms, we went from representing 20 of the countrys economy to only 7 . It discuss me we have to import potatoes, onions from abroad that we could produce here. So he decided to mobilize other farmers against this reform. Close down the country is necessary. The taxri has said that reform could be disastrous for him. Look at this one, that one, they were all born in my house. I cannot abandon them. Ive agreed to be taxed, but not this much. I cannot, it is unfair. Just like his neighbors, manolis is not prepared to give up. He wants to pass of his knowledge to his heirs and in tights to pass on his knowledge to his heirs and intends to fight to prevent it. Genie israels internal Security Forces have confirmed a saying Israeli Forces fired when a man tried to resist arrest. That palestinian was thought to be close to a person who carried out a knife attack in october. European and African Leaders have wrapped up day two of an emergency ration summit in malta. The eu emergency migration summit in malta. To payhas been hoping the way for thousands of migrants to be sent back to africa. The deals are being signed on a countrybycountry basis. To an agreement that would give them one at a alien euros to 1. 8 billion euros to help them discourage people from leaving. At sharp focus was african of europeanervation proposals, among them Migrant Processing Centers in africa, where economic migrants will be sent home. One has been set up in niger. The eu is considering its handing the prospect expanding the prospect. They are afraid it could become breeding grounds for extremism and other dangerous. It will become the de facto Detention Centers that will constitute a serious violation of human rights. We fear women and children will be a great risk of falling prety prey to rate and human trafficking. And humane trafficking. It is making it easier for their citizens judging mises their legal citizens to obtain visas. The influx has strained resources. Europes biggest economy, germany, is expecting the arrival of up to one million asylumseekers this year alone. This plan will fight illegal immigration. And it will also help people to find legal work in europe. The plan also lays out a 1. 8 billion euro trust fund for africa, money to tackle the root causes of migration, such as poverty and conflict, but Amnesty International says europe is essentially paying for africa to take the migrants back. Europeanrance 24s Affairs Editor is joining us now from malta. Are leaders there addressing the accusation we heard at the end of the report, that europe is paying africa to send people back . Eve i think that is appointed unity among the two sides of the table. The african nations and the european nations agree that money is part of the solution. No question. They are happy that projects on eloping economies across will be supported. Some africans are questioning the amount of the trust fund, 1. 8 billion euros. They have asked Member States of the European Union to match that. So far, a total of 70 ilion 78 million offered from other countries. Nigerresident of ne said this was clearly not enough money. Theymount is an issue, but agreement money is part of the solution. The trust fund goal is to address the root causes of migration from the continent of africa to europe, to develop more job opportunities, entice young people to stay in their native country, also to work on reintegration measures, helping people who return from europe to their home countries, helping them start a new jobs, encouraging the start in new jobs, encouraging them to go home. They are encouraging them to get them to certain countries, like eritrea. It will be one of the countries who benefits from the Development Funds coming from the European Union. Genie this emergency summit between eu and African Leaders has wrapped up, but there is another summit just between the eu leaders this afternoon. Tell us a bit more about that. Eve it is the sixth summit among european leaders on migration this year. They want to look at what action has been taken on decisions already made by european leaders, this relocation of the 160,000 people. So far, less than 200 people have been moved from italy and greece to other countries. Also, the 3 billion set aside promised to turkey, how much money is ready to be handed over . Turkey, incidentally, will be hosting the g 20 summit on sunday, bringing the richest countries from across the world together and migration is officially on the agenda there. The European Union will be hoping to get the problem push hoping to push to get the problem recognized as global. Recent movements on the borders of sweden pennsylvania will. Be a talking point. Of sweden and slovenia will clearly be a talking point. Genie fifa has released a short list for the candidates of its presidency. Michel platini is once again not on the list. He was not among the seven potential candidates named last month. He was suspended from his job at the head of european football, went to the ongoing corruption investigation linked to the ongoing corruption investigation. For more on this story, i am joined by the head of International Content from the tball business website from a football business website. Firsti was originally the candidate to replace blatter. Does this hurt his chances . Its not clear at all. They took the list from six people down to five because they declared the liability the liberian ineligible. They did not explain why they disqualified him. That hespeculation is was not allowed to stand because of a suspension by fee for by fifa in 2013. If thats true, that presents a problem for platini. How could they possibly overturn the candidacy of platini . Explanation of why they declared him ineligible. They are leaving the door open for the cheney to make a himself four platini to make a lazarusstyle comeb ack. Genie is fifa dragging this out on purpose . I dont know. Clicking is trying platini is trying to attack fifa. He is trying to get people back on his side. We got a letter this morning that we published. There were 60 people around french and european football that send a letter in support of Michelle Michel platini. There are a lot of European Countries trying to gather support for him and get him back into the race. Genie do you think that support will bear its fruit . Its going to be really tough to tell. In terms of timing, the longer fifa drags its feet, thats bad for platini. He needs the suspension overturned by november, early december. He is suspended now until january 6. Fifa has two options. Either platini wins his appeal and is allowed to stand, or they could suspend him for a further 45 days if they decide the case is still pending. If that happens, that takes him a week before the election. There is no way he would be cleared in time for the election. Genie thank you for sharing your expertise, brian. This is france 24. Lets take a look at todays headlines. Kurdish forces are fighting to recheck the to retake the islamic the iraq town of sinjar. The fighters are being led by a u. S. Led air campaign. Leaders are locking in a deal with their african counterparts at the emergency summit in malta, giving money to tackle root causes of migration, life poverty and conflict like poverty and conflict. Flights grounded, hospitals down to bare bones staff, and schools shut down. Unions have called for a strike against austerity backed by the leftleaning government. News now Business News now with stephen carroll. A bad day for rollsroyce. Stephen the business making engines is where things have gone bad for the company. Shares down 20 after it warmed sharply weaker demand after it warned of sharply weaker demand. Rollsroyce said it was reviewing its dividend policy. Thats what sent those shares tumbling. This is the companys fifth profit warning in less than two years. Its already cost of thousand jobs to try to get its finances in order. Genie preparing a classaction lawsuit . Newspaperhe french reported that a pairs longform a Paris Law Firm affected by the scandal is seeking people to join the action against the carmaker. Several lawsuits have already begun over the scandal. The lawyers involved in this case are printing to make of it are planning to make a criminal complaint under Consumer Protection law. The big french carmakers have joined the likes of apple and google in developing a self driving car. They have been testing their prototype in recent weeks. At first glance, it looks like an ordinary car, but this is the first self driving citrtype from peugeot oen. I just need to tap the brakes or steer the wheel. Its a vehicle that reacts aggressively. Its really nice. The cars accelerator and other technical elements are hidden in the boot. Computers receive realtime information from six sensors which analyzed the surrounding area. The car also has two radars to track potential obstacles as well as two gps devices. Cameras scan roadsides and adjust speed accordingly. The ability to overtake slow drivers is a recent ability for this vehicle, but it has yet to navigate itself in city traffic. The french carmaker expects to introduce the option of self driving cars in the next two years. We want to introduce the self driving car system by 2020. Its actually for when you are stuck in traffic. What we need is to prevent the system to perfect the system. Frances largest carmaker has now officially joined other Car Companies in the race to launch a driverless car. Tole and google are expected release their highly anticipated options before 2020. Stephen lets take a look at how stock markets are trading. European shares are down across the board despite cbs mario draghi saying that recovery ecbsard, despite the mario draghi saying that recovery has weakened. Genie one of americas most expensive houses is back on the market after an upgrade. Stephen its in florida. Its on the market for 159 million. The house is modeled after the palace of versailles. Meters,und 5600 square 11 bedrooms, and a cinema. It was on the market last year, but it was taken off by the owner after he decided to add two guesthouses, an ice skating rink, a bowling alley. The wall street journal says it has cost millions. Genie it is time now for the press review. Minot lorence Villa Florence with us. Athletics being rife with doping. Florence initially, the governments of the allegations were groundless and politicized. Went so farinister as to say russia was being persecuted. Repercussions of these allegations could be huge for team russia. The World Antidoping Agency has recommended russian athletes be banned from upcoming competitions, inc. The next years olympics including next years olympics in rio. Genie theres been a lot of focus on the fourth republican debate. Singers, lots of buzzworthy of zingers, buzzworthy statements, and spending and truthbending. Carly fiorina and donald trump both really stretched the truth about a meeting that supposedly took place with russian president vladimir putin. Do the republican debates actually matter . Since august, there have been four of them and neither of the ist leaders debaters leading in the polls. Instead, two of the not so good performers are still way out front. To the debates actually matter do the debates actually matter . According to the new yorker its more about the new yorker, its more about entertainment. Genie one of my favorite stories, the drinking game related to the debates. Florence it is called gop debate bingo. They provide these little boards. We will play again later. You can see a bunch of names or policy topics. When these came up during the debate, you are supposed to check the box and take a sip of something, whether it is alcohol or water, and whoever fills in the whole line in either direction wins the game. Just to read a couple of these, jesus, andge, isis, a lot of mentions of donald trump. You can use this in the next republican debate, which is scheduled for december 15. Genie is there one about Donald Trumps hair . Lets move on to courier international, focusing on what democracies can do to establish ties with dictatorships. Dangerousocracy ties, a reference to a famous book. To guaranteethis, safety and security, democracies are finding themselves seducing dictators. Its happening now and has happened in the past as well. Recently, the weeks meetings between european leaders and African Leaders some of the African Leaders who have been invited, leaders of eritrea, cameroon, and sudan, who critics say are led by dictators critics say that european leaders are ready to turn a blind eye on these shady characters to guarantee their own safety and essentially to put a stop to the migrant crisis. This kind of behavior has its limits. Courrier international has a quote from benjamin franklin, those who give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. Interestingly enough, these words are engraved on the statue of liberty. Genie a quick word on the environment. The type of world in which our ancestors lived for hundreds of thousands of years, women would probably have 4 to 6 children in a lifetime. Half those children would die before they could reproduce, so the only thing we can be sure about in human population studies is that for the last 100,000 years, people on average had 2 children to succeed them, although we were in a population explosion 1,000 years ago. In just the last nanosecond