kate moody, great to see you. james creedon joins us. start with a focus on the democratic republic of congo, and a photo that claims to show the ex-president joseph kabila in the company of, world, a controversial figure. explain. james: so this photo had surfaced on the second of october last, and it shows joseph kabila some years back alongside the former head of the elite defense forces based in uganda and they were in congo over the years, and they have links to theslamic state group. what this photo claims to the show is joseph kabila standing alongside jamil mukulu. at that time, he was not an islamist. his group has links to islamists. but what this claims to show is two men standing side-by-side several years back. in other words, joseph kabila, who stood down years ago, had murky relationships with these people. it doesn't cast him in up positive light. what you see is the claim, and it says dangerous liaisons, and "this is a man who is responsible for keeping congolese in the east of the country in cold blood." so certainly no

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delano: kate moody there with the business time. next, our daily fact checking segment in associate with france 24 observers. james creedon, you are looking at videos of natural disasters, in particular, related to the hurricane earlier this month. not all the videos circulating were reliable? james: huge amount of information ends up being uploaded on social media when in the middle of these events. for people it is a reflex to record and share. in the mix, there can be people reaching for a video online that they may think illustrates what they might have heard or seen. there is also clickbait, the more cynical approach. this hurricane had 13 deaths in iran. there was a lot of information being shared on different platforms. we will focus on three. the first one got 67,000 views on this facebook page alone. it shows this scene, what looks like a surge, a mudslide. the collapse of this hill in the midst of an extreme weather event. some people sent this video into our observers team and with a reverse image search, it brought it ba

. >> next, it is time to run the numbers, and that means business today with kate moody from our business desk. we start in italy where a national airline is closing shop . it's last ever flight today. >> yeah, from sardinia to rome. dozens of airlines have collapsed over the last few years, but this is perhaps the most high profile. once an industry leader, it struggled to adapt to competition. thousands of employees stand to lose their job >> the end of the line. italy's most emblematic airline had been on life-support since taxpayers more than 10 billion euros over the past two decades. after benefiting from multiple government bailouts, the covid-19 pandemic proved the final blow. >> it makes us very sad. it carried the italian flag. it represented us throughout the world. >> since its first plane took off in may 1947, it has transported over a billion passengers, including an array of italian celebrities. it became the world's third biggest airline in the 1960's. it was also known as the preferred carrier of popes, including pope francis, who boarded his last alitalia flight last mon

we will have the latest coming up in our business segment with kate moody. you are watching live from paris. thank you for joining us. the united kingdom left the eu more than 1.5 years ago but the battle over a post brexit trade deal is not over yet at the center of the dispute is the northern ireland protocol which gives the land up in between the two islands. the u.k. wants to scrap the deal altogether and the eu is now offering some concessions. e tweaks to the agrment included is an of border checks, reduction of british products coming into northern ireland and less paperwork. >> the eu has an unwavering commitment to the people of northern ireland and for this reason, the implementation of the protocol brings about unique advantages for dual access of the u.k. and the eu markets. we want to make sure that the hard earned gains of the belfast agreement are protected while avoiding a hard border on the island of ireland and maintaining the activity of the eu market. >> joining us is our correspondent in belfast. how are officials in northern ireland rea

kate moody is in the studio. the french prime minister has been speaking this evening and announced more aid to combat soaring energy prices. >> europe's energy crisis is rumbling on. the french government will extend a freeze on gas and elect her city prices to a next year -- electricity prices through next year. kanaan stayed for low income families specifically for petrol and diesel fuel. some 36 million people will benefit from that aid at a cost of around 3.8 billion euros for the state. the prime minister, telling a national broadcaster that high-energy prices cannot be allowed to slow down the country's economic recovery. the united states will withdraw punitive tariffs on products from austria, france, italy, spain, and the u.k. tariffs which had already been suspended. the announcement comes after reaching a deal on digital services taxes. the european nations had pushed ahead with their own levies while waiting for a global deal. the u.s. responded with terrace. the countries have now agreed to phase ou