and moderately are not i'm not into the french market they draw eight hundred ma is. perfectly i mean the issue is which is a different issue anyway not to leave them when they're on the whole african sort of community have to or it will that you mention france it's going to emmanuel in paris ok go ahead emmanuel in paris react to what you just heard. well i would like to have come from to compliment three points of you stating what you mentioned saying that is terrorism is judges the major negative effect affecting the. afghan population let's have in mind that what is going on sale is along jewing instability and the judges are there because there is. into beginning the weakening of a certain number of states that's the first issue the second issue is saying that africa is nine hundred. million inhabitants and that's gaza's only one hundred fifty billion inhabitants so what is happening now is hell and it's dreadful of course and i'm grateful that france has been incapable of intervening is a more wider problem it's a problem of the weakening of the states and the.

most logical french by admired the eight hundred. the perfectly in the issue is which is a different issue anyway not to leave them when they're on the whole african sort of community have to or i will let you mention france it's going to emanuel in paris ok go ahead in many paris react to what you just heard. well i would have come from to compliment three points of you stating what you mention saying that is terrorism is judges the major negative effect affecting the. afghan population let's have in mind that's what is going on so here is a long jewing instability and the jihadists are there because there is in the beginning the weakening of a certain number of states that's the first issue the second issue is saying that africa is nine hundred million inhabitants and that's a hell gaza's only one hundred fifty billion inhabitants so what is happening now is hell and it's dreadful of course and i'm grateful that france has been capable of intervening is a more wider problem it's a problem of the weakening of the states and the peop

they thought the french were sabotaging them. they put hot out there on the stage and we were able to do it in a way that was beautiful and defiant. tavis: providence meets preparation, something is going to happen. >> these women are credited with changing the runway and revolutionizing and. the story was buried for 40 years and i was inspired because these women as well as some of the models really changed to business, politics, economics, and they needed a statement about race. tavis: what were the models doing in the states that made them the expert fashion model that they were? >> an entrepreneur at that moment had just graduated top of her class and she had a theater degree. he wanted to do a little theater, a little modeling. norma jean was at the university of massachusetts said they had various backgrounds and perspectives. a lot of them spoke french, italian, and german. there were very powerful as they hit the stage in their interviews. tavis: tell me more about mr. burrows. >> an early african american at s.i.t. he cr

french company a revenue has a large stake in the arlott mining facility which you can see right here in me share and there have been problems in the past which would justify the increased security presence there now just three years ago five french workers were kidnapped from the arlott mine by islamists the four of those hostages are still being held and today it is important to note that this is a second mission in africa completely separate from france's mission in mali which has been going on for nearly a month now in fact if you look at the map mali neighboring tunisia where as the situation in this entire region continues to remain unstable the french government is making it clear that they are ready and willing to protect their assets in the region and on the african continent as a whole so when as you say there's a major economic issues at stake many people know that france is mostly run on of nuclear energy you see of course a massive importance here when it comes to the uranium mines we've got american troops in mali supported by british troops that are supposed to be non-c

not i'm not going to the french by my view they drove eight hundred ma is. perfectly i mean the issue is which is a different issue anyway not to leave them when they're on the whole african sort of community have to all right well that you mentioned france let's go to him and he went to paris ok go ahead paris react to what you just heard. well i would like to have come from to compliment to the point of you stating what you mention saying that is terrorism is judge is the major negative effect affecting the. afghan population let's have in mind that what is going on sale is a long jewing instability and the judges are there because there is into beginning the weakening of a certain number of states that's the first issue the second issue is saying that africa is nine hundred million inhabitants and that's ahead gaza's only one hundred fifty million inhabitants so what is happening now is hell and it's dreadful of course and i'm grateful that france has been capable of intervening is a more wider problem it's a problem of the weakening of the states and the

almost no damage to the french by my that they drove eight hundred miles and the perfectly i mean the issue is which is a different issue anyway not to leave them when they're on the whole in african sort of community have to all right well that you mentioned france it's going to in many ways when paris ok go ahead paris react to what you just heard. well i would like to have come from to compliment to the point of you stating what you mentioned saying that is terrorism is judges the major negative effect affecting the. afghan population let's have in mind that what is going on sale is a long jewing instability and the judges are there because the. into beginning the weakening of a certain number of states that's the first issue the second issue is saying that africa is nine hundred million inhabitants and that's ahead gaza's only one hundred fifty million inhabitants so what is happening now is hell and it's dreadful of course and i'm grateful that france has been capable of intervening is a more wider problem it's a problem of the weakening of the states and the people who are repla

show with worldwide top story right now by the president has confirmed that a french troops have been guarding one of the country's biggest you're a new mines it's all in a bid to avoid a repetition of last month's hostage crisis in neighboring algeria let's go the details right now thomas joins us live right here in the studio good to see you today so french troops already in mali and now we've got some boots on the ground in need because they need to protect mine is that correct yes certainly it's been an interesting situation developing for a while now and we've had some thoughts but now it has been confirmed in fact as president confirms that france has sent special forces troops to his country specifically to guard one of the largest during your minds and there in fact it's the arlette mine right here. and you can see its proximity to mali but the mine in question is the facility a location in which the french company a river has a large stake now there have been problems before the. that would justify a move to increase the security presence there just three years ago five frenc

with the twenty four hours a day the president has confirmed that french troops have been guarding one of his country's biggest uranium mines that's in a bid to avoid a repetition of last month's hostage crisis in neighboring algeria. thomas spoke to my colleague. the mine in question is the olive facility a location in which the french company a raven has a large stake now it's important to know that this is the second mission in africa completely separate from france's mission in mali which has been going on for nearly a month as neighbors mali and the situation very continues to remain unstable the french government is making it clear that they are ready and willing to protect their assets in the region and on the african continent as a whole protecting assets in the region many know that france gets most of its energy from nuclear power hence the uranium is very very important indeed so massive economic concerns are indeed but as you also mentioned we've called the french led multinational intervention going to go in mali now boots on the ground in nigeria where it's certainly gett

not i'm not the french by the idea of the eight hundred. the perfectly i mean the issue is which is a different issue anyway not to leave them when they're on the whole african sort of communities have to or i will that you mention france it's going to remain you were in paris ok go ahead emmanuel in paris react to what you just heard. well i would like to have come from to compliment to the point of you stating what you mentioned saying that is terrorism is judge is the major negative effect affecting the. african population let's have in mind that's what is going on is a long jewing instability and the judges are there because there is. into beginning the weakening of a certain number of states that's the first issue the second issue is saying that africa is nine hundred million inhabitants and that's ahead gaza's only one hundred fifty million inhabitants so what is happening now is hell and it's dreadful of course and i'm grateful that france has been incapable of intervening is a more wider problem it's a problem of the weakening of th

with the twenty four hours a day the president has confirmed that french troops have been guarding one of his country's biggest iranian mines that's in a bid to avoid a repetition of last month's hostage crisis in neighboring algeria. spoke to my colleague. the mine in question is the olive facility a location in which the french company a revenue has a large stake now it's important to know that this is the second mission in africa completely separate from france's mission in mali which has been going on for nearly a month as neighbors mali and the situation continues to remain unstable the french government is making it clear that they are ready and willing to protect their assets in the region and on the african continent as a whole protecting assets in the region many know that france gets most of its energy from nuclear power hence the uranium is very very important indeed so massive economic concerns are indeed but as you also mentioned we've called the french led multinational intervention going to go in mali now boots on the ground in nigeria where it's certainly getting a lot

french troops secure one of the shares of biggest uranium mines after the country's president confirms he asked paris for help hearing is limited to tax this as he pushes for a better deal from the nuclear dependent friends. while in neighboring mali eyewitnesses reporting a number of civilian casualties as french led troops battle islam as militants for control of the country. as john kerry begins his term as u.s. secretary of state a new study finds some foreign service personnel are paying for the privilege to serve by donating millions to get the top jobs. in kuwait yet another activist thrown in jail for criticizing the emir on twitter sparking protests against the country's unelected rulers. two am in moscow i matras a good to have you with us here on r t our top story nice shares presidents confirm the presence of french troops in one of the country's biggest uranium mines in arlott he says special forces were asked to come in to avoid a repetition of last month's hostage crisis in neighboring algeria the mining sites itself been a scene of a kidnapping two years ago and those t

i'm not the french by margaret the eight hundred miles is the perfectly i mean the issue is which is a different issue anyway not to leave them when they're on the whole african sort of communities have to or i will let you mention francisco the women you were in paris ok go ahead many parents react to what you just heard. well i would like to have come from to compliment to the point of you stating what you mentioned saying that is terrorism is judges the major negative effect affecting the. afghan population let's have in mind that what is going on sale is a long jewing instability and the jihadists are there because there is. in the beginning the weakening of a certain number of states that's the first issue the second issue is saying that africa is nine hundred million inhabitants and that's ahead gaza's only one hundred fifty million inhabitants so what is happening now is hell and it's dreadful of course and i'm grateful that france has been capable of intervening is a more wider problem it's a problem of the weakening of the states and the people who are replacing what normall

new center here in moscow this is with the twenty four hours a day the president has confirmed that french troops have been guarding one of his country's biggest uranium mines that's in a bid to avoid a repetition of last month's hostage crisis in neighboring algeria and iran. the mine in question is the location in which the french company a river has a large stake it's important to know that this is the second mission in africa completely separate from france's mission in mali which has been going on for nearly a month as neighbors mali and the situation very continues to remain unstable the french government is making it clear that they are ready and willing to protect their assets in the region and on the african continent as a whole protecting assets. the region many know that france gets most of its energy from nuclear power hence the uranium is very very important indeed so massive economic concerns are indeed but as you also mentioned we've got the french led multinational intervention going in mali now boots on the ground in nigeria it's certainly getting a lot of reaction from cr

share with world wide top stories right now and the president has confirmed that the french troops have been guarding one of the country's biggest you're a new mines it's all in a bid to avoid a repetition of last month's hostage crisis in neighboring algeria let's go the details right now thomas joins us live right here in the studio good to see you today french troops already in mali and now we've got some boots on the ground because they need to protect. this is that correct yes certainly it's been an interesting situation developing for a while now and we've had some thoughts but now it has been confirmed in fact president confirms that france has sent special forces troops to his country specifically to guard one of the largest during your minds and there in fact it's the arlette mine right here. and you can see its proximity to mali but the mine in question is the location in which the french company a river has a large stake now there have been problems before the. that would justify a move to increase the security presence there just three years ago five french workers were kidn

french troops secure one of the shares biggest uranium mines after the country's president confirms he asked paris for help fearing islam this attacks this is he pushes for a better deal from the nuclear dependent frets. while in neighboring mali eyewitnesses report a number of civilian casualties as french led troops battle islam is militants for control of the country. as john kerry starts his term is the us secretary of state a new study finds some foreign service personnel are paying for the privilege to serve by donating millions to get the plum jobs. and in kuwait yet another activist tossed in jail for criticizing the emir on twitter sparking protests against the country's ruler. in moscow i match reza good to have you with us here on r t we begin in new share where the president has confirmed the presence of french troops at one of the country's biggest uranium mines in arlit he said the special forces were asked to come in to avoid a repetition of last month's hostage crisis in neighboring algeria and the mining site has itself been the scene of a kidnapping two years ago and

has confirmed that french troops have been guarding one of his country's biggest irena mines that's in a bid to avoid a repetition of last month's hostage crisis in neighboring algeria. spoke to my colleague. the mine in question is the olive facility a location in which the french company a river has a large stake now it's important to know that this is the second mission in africa completely separate from france's mission in mali which has been going on for nearly a month as neighbors mali and the situation continues to remain unstable the french government is making it clear that they are ready and willing to protect their assets in the region and on the african continent as a whole protecting assets in the region many know that france gets most of its energy from nuclear power hence the uranium is very very important indeed so massive economic concerns are indeed but as you also mention that we've called the french led multinational intervention going going in mali now boots on the ground in nigeria where it's certainly getting a lot of reaction from critics around the world at the

it looks like moral hazard to me ok just call the french they'll take care of it well just call the french because we're the only ones who have bases there. it's probably the the answer i would give to you is that we have. disposed to intervene because we are present throughout. we have. a thousand four hundred soldiers now in charge and we are present in central africa again history is something you have to take into account and we are in a francophone area and most of these countries do have in mind that fifty percent of the currency of these countries is backed up by the. defense and the forces are is also something we have to take in consideration as a legacy of story but let me just if you. please little please do please do respond to your question what is the interest that france is defending or the under agenda the secret agenda that france me have i would just has in mind that if that is the case then we should have intervened in a jail when there was a rebellion and there was a coup in two thousand and ten because obviously most of the french interest if there is that is to be sum

french the french had a very good assessment of the situation because this operation was. performed under the aegis of the security council and we did decide to fight terrorism in mali and i gave mr putin ever very accurate description of how our military operation was going on and about how we are fighting terrorism and terrorist groups and how we cooperate with mali and army. we also discussed transformation of this military mission into their peace keeping mission and we hope that we will receive the necessary support we have the same assessment of the risk of spreading nuclear weapons and. we believe that we should do our best to to prevent iran from working on its nuclear program any further we believe that this is the only possible way to sit down and negotiate however right now unfortunately in spite of sanctions they snigger process has yielded no results we've spoken about syria as well we have the same goal. there we might defer on how to achieve this goal we can still find a common language and a common approach because as i said we have come and go. frist goal

the mine in question is the location in which the french company a revenue has a large stake now it's important to know that this is the second mission in africa completely separate from france's mission in mali which has been going on for nearly a month as neighbors mali and the situation continues to remain unstable the french government is making it clear that they are ready and willing to protect their assets in the region and on the african continent as a whole protecting assets in the region many know the gets most of its energy from nuclear power hence the uranium is very very important indeed so massive economic concerns are indeed but as you also mentioned we've got the french led multinational intervention going go again mali now boots on the ground in nigeria where it's certainly getting a lot of reaction from critics around the world at the moment certainly has been if you ask france they've pointed to the incident that happened last month in eastern algeria when islam ists took over a gas plant there eventually leading to forty eight people being killed thirty seven of th

[speaking french] >> translator: now -- [inaudible] [speaking french] >> translator: mr. president, we're aware of the problems europe faces and the doubts sometimes about the or very idea of europe. but we know or i believe that the only way to do something about that is to stress the historic necessity for a stronger, more united europe. and they've done that this morning. i think there are two things we should do if we want to get the people back on side. first of all, obviously, europe isn't able to decide, and that's the weaknesses which is giving rise to all these doubts. europe isn't taking any decisions despite all the meetings we have. we need a europe that decides. we need a proper budget with its own resources based on a real energy policy, on industrial independence, on the monetary issues that you've mentioned as well, foreign policy and defense. deciding is what politics is all about. so, mr. president, you've gone through the intervention in mali, you've been there yourself, you've seen how vital it was to take decisions there. in a couple of hours to stand

>> a warm welcome from the residents of timbuktu as the french president visits mali. but francois alone says the combat isn't over and france will support the malians until they have back their entire sovereignty. i'm julie mcdonald. this is al-jazeera live from london. video of police stripping and beating a demonstrator fuels anger in egypt. syria's opposition tries to bring law and order to the streets of aleppo with a new police force. spain's prime minister denies receiving secret payments in a growing corruption scandal. and find out what drove a member of this japanese pop group to shave her head and apologize to her fans. welcome to the program. the french president francois hollande says his army will stay in mali until sovereignty is restored. he made the pledge on a triumphant trip to the country days after french troops ousted the rebels from the last of the three main northern cities they'd occupied. hollande got a hero's welcome visiting timbuktu. jackie is in timbuktu for us. not quite mission accomplished but it seems like hollande was welcomed, indeed

not i'm not willing to do the french might if they drove eight hundred ma is. perfectly i mean the issue is which is a different issue anyway not to leave them when they're on the whole african sort of community have to all right well that you mentioned france it's going to remain you were in paris ok go ahead many parents react to what you just heard. well i would like to have come from to compliment to the point of you stating what you mentioned saying that is terrorism is judge is the major negative effect affecting the. afghan population let's have in mind that what is going on sale is along jewing instability and the jihadists are there because there is in the beginning the weakening of a certain number of states that's the first issue the second issue is saying that africa is nine hundred million inhabitants and that's ahead gaza's only one hundred fifty billion inhabitants so what is happening now is hell and it's dreadful of course and i'm grateful that france has been capable of intervening is a more wider problem it's a problem of the weakening of the

the mine in question is the olive facility a location in which the french company a river has a large stake now it's important to know that this is the second mission in africa completely separate from france's mission in mali which has been going on for nearly a month as neighbors mali and the situation continues to remain unstable the french government is making it clear that they are ready and willing to protect their assets in the region and on the african continent as a whole protecting assets in the region many know that gets most of its energy from nuclear power hence the uranium is very very important indeed so massive economic concerns are indeed but as you also mentioned we've called the french led multinational intervention going in mali now boots on the ground in nigeria where it's certainly getting a lot of reaction from critics around the world at the moment certainly has been if you ask france they've pointed to the incident that happened last month in eastern algeria when islam ists took over a gas plant there eventually leading to forty eight people being killed thirt

comprehensive all embracing natur and the seasons of russian language in french and seasons of french language in russia became a large scale event in a college for lives of our countries in this area both in our country and now our french friends have a lot of fresh initiatives and new ideas for instance were discussed the new interesting project. course over seasons of theatre and sin in mind to thousand and thirteen and fourteen and we also focused on relations between russia and the european union we stated that cancellation of the visa region in the european union would further enable the development of tourists and youth exchange and would help then the business of both countries because these things just hinder on the way of our economic and business cooperation russia helps in the international support to the european economies and assistance in solving the problems of ah the global nature we intend to have a close cooperation with friends in russia. chairmanship in g twenty. we also covered a number of acute regional and international problems of course we're talking about mi

french and u.s. legislation is colliding over a case of online hate speech twitter an american company has been ordered by a french court to reveal personal data of users posting and to sematic messages artist maria phenomena examines the case of see if the concept of free speech is should have different boundaries in different countries. two democracies stumbling over the concept of freedom a french court has called on twitter to help censor hate speech on the website in france because it violates its laws but tweeter is an american company and the american constitution sets no limits to freedom of expression given that the french word as we wired to do that the question is how can the french and force this judge those decision when the union of jewish students of france took the issue to paris court in october they wanted to stop away with end to semitic messages posted under the hashtag on bones we are a good jew it was the third most popular tagged subject at the time the number of insulting joke

french anew with legislation is colliding over a case of online hate speech which an american company has been ordered by a french court to reveal personal data of users placing and to symantec messages arches maria for national examines the case to see if the concept of free speech is should have different boundaries in different countries. two democracies stumbling over the concept of freedom the french court has called on twitter to help censor hate speech on the website in france because it violates its laws the tweeter is an american company and the american constitution sets no limits to freedom of expression given the word the french word as we wired to do that the question is how can the french and force this judge those decision when the union of jewish students of france took the issue to paris court in october they wanted to stop away with and to semitic messages posted under the hashtag on both a good jew it was the third most popular tagged subject at the time the number of insulting jokes reached thousands but these people all of whom had at least once been attacked for

almost no damage to the french market they drove eight hundred ma is. perfectly i mean the issue is which is a different issue anyway not to leave them when they're on the whole african sort of community have to all right well that you mentioned france it's going to remain you were in paris ok go ahead paris react to what you just heard. what i would like to have come from to compliment to you point of you stating what you mention saying that is terrorism is judges the major negative effect affecting the. afghan population let's have in mind that what is going on sale is a long jewing instability and the judges are there because the. in the beginning the weakening of a certain number of states that's the first issue the second issue is saying that africa is nine hundred million inhabitants and that's ahead gaza's only one hundred fifty billion inhabitants so what is happening now is hell and it's dreadful of course and i'm grateful that france has been incapable of intervening is a more wider problem it's a problem of the weakening of the states and the

french forces reclaimed. from the city after a surprise attack by militants almost spoils french claims of a victorious campaign. underground blast in russia called me republic still looking for possible survivors . from the new center here in moscow this is r.t. with the on line on the screen twenty four hours a day. the vatican has announced that pope benedict the sixteenth will step down on february the twenty eight so old age the eighty five year old will become the first head of the catholic church to resign from the post in six centuries. has more. well it's described by one cardinal as a lightning bolt from a clear blue sky it certainly caught some of benedict's most senior advisers on the hope his spokes person said that it had been left frankly flabbergasted by the news that the pope will be stepping down at the end of the month now benedict is eighty five years old obviously not a young man but the cardinals knew that when they elected him and he was supposed to be there for a lot longer than this i

not i'm not into the french neither the eight hundred ma is. perfectly i mean the issue is which is a different issue anyway not to leave them when they're on the whole african sort of community have to alright well that you mentioned france it's going to in many ways when paris ok go ahead paris react to what you just heard well i would like to have come from to compliment to the point of you stating what you mentioned saying that is terrorism is judges the major negative effect affecting the. afghan population let's have in mind that what is going on sale is a long jewing instability and the judges are there because the. in the beginning the weakening of a certain number of states that's the first issue the second issue is saying that africa is nine hundred million inhabitants and that's ahead gaza's only one hundred fifty billion inhabitants so what is happening now is hell and it's dreadful of course and i'm grateful that france has been capable of intervening is a more wider problem it's a problem of the weakening of the states and the peo

it looks like moral hazard to me ok just call the french they'll take care of it well just call the french because we are the only ones who have bases there. it's broadly the the answer i would give to you is that we have. disposed to intervene because we are present throughout. in those we have. a thousand four hundred soldiers now in sharjah and we are present in central africa again history is something you have to take into account and we are in a francophone area and most of these countries do have in mind that fifty percent of the currency of these countries is backed up by the. defense and the process are is also something we have to take in consideration as a legacy of story but let me just if you. please a little please do please do respond to your question what is the interest that france is defending or the under agenda the secret agenda that france may have i would just has in mind that if that is the case then we should have intervened in a jail when there was a rebellion and there was a coup in two thousand and ten because obviously most of the french interest if there is tha

a series about strikes in north eastern mali and the questions over the leadership and direction of french president francois long. ago and. international news and comments live from moscow this is all t.v.'s me hello and welcome to the program first of president bashar al assad says syria can take on any force that can find said while accusing israel of trying to destabilize his country it was assad's first public statement since and alleged israeli airstrike inside syria last week israel's defense minister has given the strongest indication he gets that the i.d.f. was behind the toc on his point to sleep reports hours. it does come from the israeli defense minister a good bloke and he has said that it is proof that when israel says something it means that he did stop short of actually a third being israel's involvement now u.s. officials have said that the strike targeted an arms convoy that was carrying anti aircraft weapons from syria to lebanon according to the israeli defense minister ehud barak he said that we do not think and i'm quoting that syria should be allowed to bring advanc

french troops secure one of the shares of biggest uranium mines after the country's president confirms he asked paris for help fearing islamist attacks this as he pushes for a better deal from the nuclear dependent france. while it may bring mali eyewitnesses report a number of civilian casualties as french led troops battle islam as militants for control of the country. as john kerry starts his term as u.s. secretary of state a new study finds some foreign service personnel are paying for the privilege to serve by donating millions for the top job. in kuwait another activist thrown in jail for criticizing the emir on twitter sparking protests against the country's unelected rulers. three i'm in moscow i match reza good to have you with us here on r.t. we begin a new era where the president has confirmed the presence of french troops at one of the country's biggest uranium mines in arlit he said special forces were asked to come in to avoid a repetition of last month's hostage crisis in neighboring out geria the arlott mining sites itself been the scene of a kidnapping two years ago an

not i'm not the french market they drove eight hundred miles and the perfectly i mean the issue is which is a different issue anyway not to leave them when they're on the whole african sort of community have to or it will that you mention france it's going to remain you are one para so ok go ahead paris react to what you just heard. well i would like to have come from to compliment to you point of you stating what you mentioned saying that is terrorism is judges the major negative effect affecting the. afghan population. let's have in mind that's what is going on sale is a long jewing instability and the judges are there because there is. in the beginning the weakening of a certain number of states that's the first issue the second issue is saying that africa is nine hundred million inhabitants and that's ahead gaza's only one hundred fifty billion inhabitants so what is happening now is hell and it's dreadful of course and i'm grateful that france has been capable of intervening is a more wider problem it's a problem of the weakening of the states and the. people are replacing what norm

elizabeth palmer reached ti timbuktu behind the french advance. >> it was a victory lap for french president francois hollande. >> the troops he sent into mali three weeks ago chased islamic extremist out of timbuktu to the relief and joy of the inhabitants. >> the extremists not only terrorized the people with public lashing and executions they also desecrated the heritage of this ancient desert trading post. its elaborate mud brick mosques are protected by the united nations and so were its tools built for islamic saints nearly 700 years ago. >> is this the original. >> a local resident show showed me two of them, now in ruins. >> last spring, the extremists decided they weren't islamic enough and sent in a wrecking crew. >> we were hear heartbroken sidd us but when we protested they fired their guns in the air to drive us away. >> at timbuktu's library the extremist turned to arson just before they fled in january. torching some of the 300,000 ancient arabic documents. >> but today, the librarians have good news for france's president, the timely arrival of his army meant less than one pe

french claims of a victorious campaign. underground blast in russia called the republic rescue is still looking for one possible survivor. from the new center here in moscow this is a. twenty four hours a day. the vatican has announced that pope benedict the sixteenth will step down on february the twenty eight citing old age eighty five year old will become the first head of the catholic church to resign from the post in nearly six centuries. has more. well it's described by one cardinal as a lightning bolt from a clear blue sky it certainly caught some of benedict's most senior advisers on the hope his spokes person said that it had been left frankly flabbergasted by the news that the pope will be stepping down at the end of the month now benedict is eighty five years old obviously not a young man but the cardinals knew that when they elected him and he was supposed to be there for a lot longer than this i think they would have thought it's not unprecedented but it's not really done that often in fact the last time a pope

with democratic accountability that had bases in the region with the french and. most notable french by the by that they drove eight hundred ma is the perfectly i mean the issue is which is a different issue anyway not to leave them when they're on the whole african sort of communities have to alright well that you mention france it's going to emanuel in paris ok go ahead emmanuel in paris react to what you just heard well i would have come from to compliment to the point of you stating what you mention saying that is terrorism is judges the major negative effect affecting the. african population let's have in mind that what is going on sale is along jewing instability and the judges are there because the. into beginning the weakening of a certain number of states that's the first issue the second issue is saying that africa is nine hundred million inhabitants and that's ahead gaza's only one hundred fifty million inhabitants so what is happening now is hell and it's dreadful of course and i'm grateful that france has been capable of intervening is a more wider pr

french forces take control of a strategic your raney a mine in the jab which says it wants to negotiate a better mining deal with. the spanish prime minister visits germany e.u. budget talks a briefer spied on the economic crisis and corruption scandal engulfing him back at home. and syria's president warns of possible retribution after israel strongly hints that it was behind across the border as a strike close to damascus. a pleasure to have you with us here on r.t. today i am live in moscow with your news from around the world. now france has sent its military to an effort to strengthen security at one of the country's biggest you're a new mines and each as president says efforts are being made to avoid a similar situation to last month's hostage crisis in neighboring algeria thomas now here in the studio to talk us through the entire situation sean thanks for rushing in so quickly here so french troops to secure you raney a mine what's what's your thought about certainly roy france has confirmed that they have sent troops in tunisia to one of the largest mining sites for uranium in

french forces take control of a strategic your raney a mine in the jab which says it wants to negotiate a better mining deal with. the spanish prime minister visits in germany budget talks a briefer spite from the economic crisis and corruption scandal engulfing him back at home. and syria's president warns of possible retribution after israel strongly hints that it was behind a cross. post to damascus. a pleasure to have you with us here now to today. live in moscow with your news from around the world. now france has sent its military to an effort to strengthen security at one of the country's biggest you raney a mines and each as president says efforts are being made to avoid a similar situation to last month's hostage crisis in neighboring algeria. in the studio to talk us through the entire situation quickly here so french troops to secure you raney a mine. what's what's all that about certainly france has confirmed that they have sent troops into nice hair to one of the largest mining sites for uranium in that country in fact if you look here mali which is where france is involved

with you twenty four hours a day the president has confirmed that french troops have been guarding one of his country's biggest uranium mines in a bid to avoid a repetition of last month's hostage crisis in neighboring algeria well earlier r.t. shaun thomas spoke to my colleague. the mine in question is the olive facility a location in which the french company a river has a large stake now it's important to know that this is the second mission in africa completely separate from france's mission in mali which has been going on for nearly a month as neighbors mali and the situation there continues to remain unstable the french government is making it clear that they are ready and willing to protect their assets in the region and on the african continent as a whole protecting assets in the region many know the gets most of its energy from nuclear power hence the uranium is very very important indeed so massive economic concerns are indeed but as you also mention that we've called the french led multinational intervention going in mali now boots on the ground in nigeria it's certainly gett

the president has confirmed that french troops have been guarding one of his country's biggest raney of mines in a bid to avoid a repetition of last month's hostage crisis in neighboring algeria. thomas filled me in on all the details. the mine in question is of the facility a location in which the french company a revenue has a large stake it's important to know that this is the second mission in africa completely separate from france's mission in mali which has been going on for nearly a month as neighbors mali and the situation there continues to remain unstable the french government is making it clear that they are ready and willing to protect their assets in the region and on the african continent as a whole protecting assets in the region many know that france gets most of its energy from nuclear power hence the uranium is very very important indeed so massive economic concerns are indeed but as you also mention that we've called the french led multinational intervention going in mali now boots on the ground in nigeria it's certainly getting a lot of reaction from critics aroun

with the twenty four hours a day the president of has confirmed that french troops have been guarding one of the country's biggest iranian mines in a bid to avoid a repetition of last month's hostage crisis in neighboring algeria. spoke to my colleague. the mine in question is the olive facility a location in which the french company a river has a large stake now it's important to know that this is the second mission in africa completely separate from france's mission in mali which has been going on for nearly a month as neighbors mali and the situation continues to remain unstable the french government is making it clear that they are ready and willing to protect their assets in the region and on the african continent as a whole protecting assets in the region many know the gets most of its energy from nuclear power hence the uranium is very very important indeed so massive economic concerns are indeed but as you also mentioned we've called the french led multinational intervention going going in mali now boots on the ground in nigeria where it's certainly getting a lot of reaction f

the french believe that there are seven french hostages being held by rebel groups. we have seen the french moving away. the number of soldiers in and around gao has been reduced. on friday, a man on a motorcycle wearing some kind of explosive device blew himself up at a checkpoint. one policeman was injured. it does indicate that groups who do not support the french and malian government are taking advantage of a time when they feel that molly and army troops morelian army troops are exposed. that does not bode well for the future when the french intend to withdraw. >> gunmen in nigeria have shot dead at least nine health workers in two locations in kano state. the victims were working for a polio vaccination program. kano has been regularly targeted by poco from, which -- by boko haram, which has denounced the use of western medicine. this video appears to show shelling in the city in the southwest. it was one of the first to rise up against president sought -- assad's government. there has been a mixed reaction to the offer of talks. how do people feel about the p

well just call the french because we're the only ones who have bases there it's base it's broadly the the answer i will give to you is that we have force that are disposed to intervene because we are present throughout. mission in those we have a thousand four hundred soldiers now in charge and we are present in central africa again history is something you have to take into account and we are in a francophone area and most of these countries do have in mind that fifty percent of the currency of these countries is backed up by the. defense and the process are is also something we have to take in consideration as a legacy of story but let me just if you. please little please do please do respond to your question what is the interest that france is defending or the under agenda the secret agenda that france me have i would just have in mind that if that is the case then we should have intervened in in jail when there was a rebellion and there was a coup in two thousand and ten because obviously most of the french interest if there is that is to be summarized in the jail in the lead wher

not almost no damage to the french by my view they drove eight hundred miles and the perfectly i mean the issue is which is a different issue anyway not to leave them when they're on the whole in african sort of community have to alright well that you mentioned france it's going to in many ways when paris ok go ahead paris react to what you just heard. well i would like to come from to compliment to the point of you stating what you mentioned saying that is terrorism is judge is the major negative effect affecting the. afghan population let's have in mind that what is going on sale is along jewing instability and the jihadists are there because there is in the beginning the weakening of a certain number of states that's the first issue the second issue is saying that africa is nine hundred million inhabitants and that's ahead gaza's only one hundred fifty billion inhabitants so what is happening now is hell and it's dreadful of course and i'm grateful that france has been capable of intervening is a more wider problem it's a problem of the weakening of the states and the people who ar

we know what the french are saying. all kinds of things. >> more e-mails for french people. in fact my will "you want. he says, you know, the americas rescued us in 1944 from the nazis. i hope the french people, you can rest u.s. to the prosperity now. i got that from a freshman. gerri: wow. and i got more letters -- >> i get more letters from friends business people. i got them from the brits, the italians, and the germans saying the same thing. we are glad somebody told the french, you know. gerri: they sure do like the criticism. i have to tell you. gerri: that me ask you this. he warned that france is losing its industrial base and another five years there won't even be able to make tires there. do you think this country, the u.s. of a., is headed down the same road? >> i was asked that earlier today, and an going to give you his answer. all you have to do is look at -- i am a detroit boy. so you just look at the automotive. you have a uaw, gm and chrysler went bankrupt. ford didn't because they borrow a lot of money. nothing happened with the uaw. they have a monopoly.

>> [speaking french] >> they didn't steal my money. they stole my truffles. >> some of the stolen truffles, we were told, are brought to markets like this one in richerenches, where middlemen sell out of the backs of cars or trucks. but large quantities change hands in back alleys. we witnessed this transaction where the buyers and sellers wanted their identities hidden. in less than a minute, 50 pounds of truffles were exchanged for 30,000 euros-- about $40,000-- with no questions asked about where the truffles came from. >> [speaking french] >> there's a problem of confidentiality and secrecy. and that encourages a mafia-like attitude. >> michel tournayre, a third generation truffle farmer, says that local trufflers have been carjacked, beaten with baseball bats, and even killed. thieves came and stole his truffles, his trees, and, worse, his dogs. when they took your dogs, what did you do? >> [speaking french] >> i looked for them all over europe. i found a world i didn't know about. it's a world that's rotten to the core. >> did yo

famishes the face of french euro skepticism. i asked if she supported david cameron's attempt to renegotiate the relationships between member states and the eu. >> several years we have seen the impact of the eu on our economy. on the right of unemployment and social problems. i demanded renegotiation of a certain number of trees in order to control immigration, but also, they prevent france from projecting a certain number. as a result, i understand mr. cameron in his desire for renegotiation, even if the consequences would not be the same for his government and the government that i would eventually lead. >> last month, david cameron of for the u.k. the prospect of an in-out referendum. >> i want to do the same thing as great britain. if i came to power tomorrow, i would decide to organize a referendum within 12 months. i would give myself 12 months to negotiate the most important points with the european union, and at the end of that, i would ask the french people to have their say on the points that we manage to renegotiate

french troops secure one of the biggest uranium mines after the country's president confirms he requested paris help fearing islamist attacks this is he pushes for a better deal for the nuclear dependent friends. while in neighboring mali eyewitnesses reported a number of civilian casualties as french led troops battle islam as militants for control of the country. as john kerry starts his term as the us secretary of state a new study finds some foreign service personnel paying for the privilege to serve by donating millions for the top jobs. in kuwait yet another activist thrown in jail for criticizing the emir over twitter sparking protests against the country's rulers. five am in moscow i met a good to have you with us here on r.t. we begin our broadcast in new areas the president there confirms the presence of french troops at one of the country's biggest uranium mines arlott he said special forces were asked to come in to avoid a repeat of last month's hostage crisis in neighboring algeria the art of mining site has itself been the scene of a kidnapping two years ago some of those ta