Witnesses said the man shouted god is great in arabic during the attack near the citys famous opera house paris has been under higher security. Recent years after a string of deadly islamic extremist attacks police are investigating the attack as an act of terrorism the socalled Islamic State has described the attacker as one of its soldiers. To iraq now where voters in the country have voted in the first parliamentary election since the government declared victory over Islamic State militants turnout was low at less than forty five percent amid high tensions and high security the vote went off largely peacefully but at least three people were reportedly killed in a bomb attack just south of the oil rich city of kirkuk. Iraqi voters cast their ballots amid tight security but turnout was lower than expected partly because Islamic State militants had threatened attacks at polling places
a curfew on cars around Polling Stations had kept some voters away but the only reported violence was
In france ongoing Anti Government protests looks set to harm the economy rallies by the Yellow Vest Movement left destruction in many parts of the country. Cafes and stores were looted many closed for fear of violence to the frustration of tourists and locals. Were only in paris for three days so its such a shame that we couldnt take advantage of that for holiday shopping. I think its a shame for Business Owners because theyre the ones who pay the price i understand that the yellow vests are angry i can respect that. Unfortunately their actions are not responsible given the current economically difficult times. The government says the weeks of protest will cost the French Economy around Two Billion Euros this quarter. I think its very bad news for the French Economy very bad news for Business Owners very bad news for
very small small and medium scale businesses for artists and for all those who are counting on the end of the year sales to bring in higher revenues and maybe to pay their
a century hurricane marie has dried remains under russian rains devastated to recall causing ninety billion dollars worth of damage to the island. diving power lines turning highways into latex and claiming three thousand life some on the right. or. no one local is hoping to use druids to find survivors the next time a storm hits his idea born in the chaos that followed maria just like the rest of the island i was worried about my family my friends that i went to go visit my parents to make sure they re ok i went over there the drugs were flooded there were a lot of cell towers that were down lamp posts on the ground but they were fine my grandmother and i had no way to get tours so what i did would i went closer house to the road trip clothes but i used my drone to check on her when i got to her house with a drone she heard it and she saw in the window that everything was fine. pedro
targeting u.s. cars for three months starting next year that would see duties of fifteen percent instead of forty percent the move is seen as a sign of easing trade tensions between the world s largest economies earlier us president donald trump said he would leave import tariffs on chinese products at ten percent until a more permanent settlement is reached. among one joel chief financial officer of chinese telecoms giant huawei technologies was granted bail by a court in vancouver ten days after being arrested in canada at the request of us the. artie s she now faces extradition to the u.s. over allegations that she was involved in violating sanctions on iran. mung heads a company with one hundred eighty thousand employees and nearly sales of ninety billion dollars it s one of china s most successful firms and it s a red flag for donald trump so not surprising that many in china see her detention
economic reforms. the first is a basic income for unemployed people and those in low wage jobs the second is a flat tax of fifteen to twenty percent for individuals and companies the price tag of the plan about ninety billion dollars a cost the european union believes the country cannot afford to bare its warning that ballooning debt could destabilize the entire eurozone economy so just how large are italy s borrowings. let s take a look. the country owes almost two point seven trillion dollars that s the equivalent of one hundred thirty two percent of total economic output the highest in the eurozone after greece this unemployment remains stubbornly high one in ten people are work among young people it s closer to one in