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basically the oldest nuclear plant in france. it was commissioned in 1978 and it quickly became a symbol of france's nuclear prowess. for many people, it also came to symbolize many industry problems, at least according to environmentalists, who have been advocating for years for its closure and for france to decrease dependence on nuclear energy. there has been safety concerns over this nuclear plant during the summer. fassenheim was one of four french nuclear reactors temporarily shut down because of fears of overheating that would be quite dangerous. fassenheiman idea that has been operating for a long time, the objective being to focus on more modern nuclear plants, but there is also thisis idea of trying to reduce france's dependence on nuclear power. it is being cacalled the f first phase of a new strategy, of a new energy strategy that was announced by french president emmanuel macron last year. on nuclearnds more energy than any other country in the world. about three quarters of its electricity comes from nuclear plants.

the second death in france. this, as france confirms five new cases here. live coverage from the hospital where the victim passed away, coming up. a curfew snapped down in new delhi. the second day of unrest over a controversial citizenship law marking the worst violence in decades. it also comes as donald trump wraps up his visit to india. bernie sanders takes the brunt of the bruising as u.s. democrats hold their final debate before the south carolina primary. next week's supercritical tuesday boats. also coming up, the man who married luke skywalker and mickey mouse. the boss of disney hands over the keys to the magic kingdom after 15 years in charge. a former french prime minister in court today. wife onef paying his million euros in government money for a fake job. the details on the way. first, our top story live from paris. ♪ genie: a 60-year-old man has become the first french victim of the coronavirus in this country. the man died overnight after being rushed to a paris hospital in serious condition on tuesday. two people have now died from coron

france spoke to one of the group's coordinators about the incident. well this is yet another manifestation of the authoritarian isn't of this government i mean eric dreher like any normal citizen had bought a ticket and gone to the international agricultural show it's fine that their mood and went around the crown i would even say this was a rather mild reaction given what we have been facing for the last 15 months we've been persecuted in a way that no other previous social movement has been the yellow vests are the 1st to become an object of such persecution obviously bothers people and they want to show that is not right and then address was detained and taking out of the whole list was part of the democratic debate in our country but with mccrone it's all come to an end up next a person as extraordinary struggle for freedom justice and love against the odds free men are not a documentary next then for u.k. viewers it's diving into the arctic abbess in free to freeze davus. thank. you. guys are. you. looking forward to. this is what happens to pens

in the meantime, let's and with a big fellow about france. not only does mr macron have huge ambitious agenda for internal reform, he wanted to talk about new integration of the economy, fiscal policy and perhaps in the long run, security policy with the european army. it was a big vision. it's clear his weakness at home is undermining his message right through the european union. he is in no state to be the visionary leader for europe. do you accept that?” wouldn't. in 2017, emmanuel macron made a very important speech cold the speech of the sorbonne.” remember it. you remember it? it was heard in many countries. it was bigger on ambition but the reality is in the years since that ambition is in the years since that ambition is on the rocks. not least because the germans are deeply frustrated with mr macron. let me quote to you the german press after a dinner between angela merkel and macron, after which she complained bitterly that she spent all her time gluing back together the crockery that had been broken by macron's pursuit of grand

but in the meantime, let's just end with a big thought about france. not only does mr macron have a huge, ambitious agenda for internal reform, he wanted clearly to lead an eu revival — a renaissance of the european union's power. he talked about new integration of the economy, of fiscal policy and perhaps in the long—run, security policy with the european army. it was a big vision. it is clear his weakness at home is undermining his message right through the european union. he is in no state to be the visionary leader for europe. would you accept that now? i wouldn't. what i'm saying is that in 2017, emmanuel macron made a very important speech called the speech of the sorbonne. i remember it. you remember it? it was heard in many countries. it was big on ambition but the reality in the years since is that french ambition is on the rocks. not least because the germans are deeply frustrated with mr macron. let me quote to you the german press after a dinner between merkel and macron, last november, it was quite a famous one, after which she complai

five britons have tested positive for coronavirus in france. the four adults and a child were diagnosed with the virus in the french alps. the newly—infected people were among a group of 11 people who had been staying in the same chalet in the les contamines montjoie ski resort in the region of savoie in eastern france. the news of the infections was announced by a french health minister. translation: the initial case was reported to us last night. it was a british national returning from singapore, where he had stayed from the 20th to the 23rd of january. he arrived in france onjanuary 24th for a four—day trip and stayed in the town of les contamines montjoie in savoie. all the positive cases and contacts of this british national, close contacts, total 11 people. all british nationals were staying in the same chalet. they were hospitalised last night in three hospitals, in lyon, saint etienne and grenoble. a little earlier, i spoke to our correspondent, andy moore, who gave some further detail on the coronavirus cases in france. the first

absolutely so this is a really big show of leadership from france on the european security on the one hand this is a domestic performance president mccartney here is speaking to a graduating class of military officers this is a speech that has a tradition for french presidents every french president wants within their mandate gives a speech on the nuclear deterrence and so it was a very long awaited speech and a view of leadership at the same time it's a speech that is coming a week after. the great britain leaves the european union and a moment in which france is the strongest military power left in the e.u. so it's really a moment for france to shine it's a moment for president of a clone to show his vision for france as a military power as a global power as a security power and how that relates to europe at large if you're talking about the international vision and that message that michael wants to project something that strikes me is that you know we know that michael has refused to place the french nuclear deterrent under a you or nato command but at the same time he is calling

is under investigation in france after finding himself at the center of a political scandal. back to russia. the real cost of devices the electronic waste mostly from western nations. with toxic food. from moscow is sunday so we're taking you through some of the biggest stories covered here over the past week 1st. tensions running high in the water. the leaders of turkey russia france and germany will discuss ways to resolve the crisis next month that announcement comes amid an ongoing exchange of offensives between syrian government forces and turkish backed militants. turkey which supports so-called moderate armed groups has recently flooded the region with troops and equipment that was in response to a syrian offensive in the last terrorist stronghold in the region considers the province strategically important for its security and there are reports of fears that syria's forces could advance further towards turkish held safe zones the russian and turkish president spoke on the phone on friday in an attempt to uphold previously agreed deescalation deals meanwhile the un's w

twenty four france twenty four .com. yeah but it's his work to live from paris will use an analysis from france twenty four on marco in these are the headlines. who won in iowa. twenty four hours after the event we still don't know. fatal flaw in the new app to collect results meant the old school counting. by hand as the last resort. and embarrassment to the democrats. well the four hundred and twenty people now been killed by the coronavirusu. second fatality has been recorded outside of china at this time in hong kong. more than twenty thousand people are infected that the doctors know about. the world health organization is criticizing rich countries of time to chat virus. high stakes for case that hasas captured thehe populr imaginationn here inin frarances begun its passage in the pararis cocourts t this tuesday to frank israeli mythologically coming to reach to hand over foss sums of cash by posing as the french foreign minister. thanks to custom made silicon mosque. thank you very much for being with us we start

is a better place france is a more pacified place france is a more unique and united place and working on the day and night and emmanuel jupiter or not is doing it as well rather let's kill thanks so much for joining me on that front thank you maybe that's our show up from where we back next week. business later is to buy the brass power. business later just to buy a brown spot. on the top stories on our jazeera a 7 day reduction of violence agreement between the u.s. and the taliban has come into effect in afghanistan it's seen as a significant step towards lasting peace for the war torn country if it's successful both sides say they'll sign an accord paving the way for talks between the taliban and other afghan groups more than 12000 american soldiers are still in afghanistan joined by thousands more from nato allies and partners countries russia and jordan has more on the markers of success for the temp reports we don't know what is the stan.

france spoke to one of the group's coordinators about the incident. well this is yet another manifestation of the authoritarianism of this government i mean eric dreher like any normal citizen had bought a ticket and gone to the international agricultural show it's fine that their mood and went around the crown i would even say this was a rather mild reaction given what we have been facing for the last 15 months we've been persecuted in a way that no other previous social movement has been the yellow vests are the 1st to become an object of such persecution obviously bothers people and they want to show that he's not right and then our address was detained and taking out of the whole list was part of the democratic debate in our country. but with mccrone it's all come to an end. now for something completely different to russia's far east where runners from around the world have been braving subzero temperatures and biting winds and a half marathon with an unusual twist. here's a nice couple it doesn't matter how old you are what interests you how runn

spend cade's propping up straw men in africa many then welcome france's u.t. elected president and then will macro promising to end what's known as franco freak when he came to power in 2017 but many say france is still up to its old games. in libya macron has thrown in his lot behind the renegade general headley for have to secretly supplying arms and training despite the un in libya's former colonial power it's really backing the government in tripoli both for trying to protect their economic interests in libya's oil fields france because all company total recently took a stake in libya's $100.00 concession peris is also keen to protect its political interests in the south in the sahal region that's more attaining mali bikini a faster knees year and chad and in chad well fighting so-called isn't as militant it deployed warplanes to attack a rebel convoy helping to keep president idriss deby in power and debbie has faced several could tense since he came to power back in 1990 france also has 4500 troops in the capital in geneva where the united states also ha

now baby is hoping to seek asylum in france. in other news evp is known as the says all gets underway in something of a strange atmosphere this evening read the polanski's you fill the officer on the spot has the most number of nominations. he says he's staying away. is a public lynching. a french film industries faced fierce criticism over his decision to honor the controversial director who's wanted in the us for the statutory rape of a thirteen year old girl back in. nineteen seventy seven falsely false charlie james because this brings us this report on that process i saidd. today's says on the walls. polinsky won't be out this is our wards but that didn't stop the protesters. outside the ceremony in paris a c crowd of mostly young women outraged the cesar jury nominated polanski for twelve awards- there's a culture in france where we have to separate the artist. from the man and i think we need to work on the on the abolishing this- culture because it normalizes rape as long as you are an artist. the director fled the u. s.

absolutely so this is a really big show of leadership from france on the european security on the one hand this is a domestic performance president mccartney here is speaking to it roger in class a military officers this is a speech that is a tradition for french presidents every french president wants within their mandate gives a speech on the nuclear deterrence and so it was a very long awaited speech and a view of leadership at the same time it's a speech that is coming a week after. the great britain leaves the european union and a moment in which france is the strongest military power left in the e.u. so it's really a moment for france to shine it's a moment for president of a clone to show his vision for france as a military power as a global power as a security power and how that relates to europe at large if you're talking about the international vision and that message that michael wants to project something that strikes me is that you know we know that michael has refused to place the french nuclear deterrent on a you or nato command but at the same time he is calling for a

in front says spend cade's propping up straw men in africa many then welcome france's u.-t. elected president and all macro promising to end what's known as franco freak when he came to power in 2017 but many say france is still up to its old games. in libya macron has thrown in his lot behind the renegade general headley for have to secretly supplying arms and training despite the un in libya's former colonial power italy backing the government in tripoli both are trying to protect their economic interests in libya's oil fields france because all company total recently took a stake in libya's $100.00 concession peris is also keen to protect its political interests in the south in the sahal region that's more attaining mali bikini a faster knees year and chad and in chad well fighting so-called isn't as militant it deployed warplanes to attack a rebel convoy helping to keep president idriss deby in power and debbie has faced several could tense since he came to power back in 1990 france also has 4500 troops in the capital in geneva where the united states also has a base the

a russian shock artist welcomed as a hero and granted political asylum in france is now at the center of a political scandal there french lawmakers are demanding peter pub lenski be returned to russia over his arrest on suspicion of posting footage that brought down the present micron's candidate for mayor of paris or to charlotte simmons he explains. your 3rd pub lenski is a political refugee here in france but it seems even he is too hot to handle with these latest allegations even members of my own party and are calling for him to be sent back to russia. get this guy out he's a political refugee he behaves like a boss did the 1st thing to do would be to put him on a plane straight to russia and he will see with mr putin if you can do this kind of crap if this comes after the latest scandal involving pawlenty ski this follows the dissemination of videos and photos on the internet last week of benjamin a key ally of the president back on his former spokesperson and the man that he wanted to be the next mayor of paris the race taking place just a few weeks from now he was forced to st

france spoke to one of the group's coordinators about the incident. well this is yet another manifestation of the authoritarian isn't of this government i mean eric dreher like any normal citizen had bought a ticket and gone to the international agricultural show it's fine that their mood and went around the crown i would even say this was a rather mild reaction given what we have been facing for the last 15 months we've been persecuted in a way that no other previous social movement has been the yellow vests are the 1st to become an object of such persecution obviously bothers people and they want to show that is not right and then our address was detained and taking out of the whole list was part of the democratic debate in our country but with mccrone it's all come to an end. with tensions running high in syria's war torn limb province the leaders of turkey russia france and germany will discuss ways to resolve the crisis next month and also when it comes amid an ongoing exchange of offensives between syrian government forces and turkish backed mil

it asylum in france is now under investigation lawmakers are demanding to. be sent back to russia of the inskeep was earlier arrested for posting explicit videos that brought down an ally of president mccrone dubinsky reports. the problem is a political refugee here in france but it seems even he is too hot to handle with these latest allegations even members of my own party and are calling for him to be sent back to russia if you get this guy out he's a political refugee he behaves like the 1st thing to do would be to put him on a plane streets of russia and he will see with mr putin if you can do this kind of crap this comes after the latest scandal involving pawlenty skee this follows the dissemination of videos and photos on the internet last week of benjamin a key ally of the president back on his former spokesperson now linsky and his partner were taken by the police and they were questioned in regards to those videos questioned in 2 invasion of privacy and broadcasting videos of a sexual nature without the permission of the person who is in those vide

is a better place france is a more pacified place france is a more unique and united place and working on the day and night and emanuel jupiter or not is doing it as well rather let's kill thanks so much for joining me on that front thank you maybe that's our show up from where we back next week. in 2009 a torture victim of the brutal arjen time bedelia regime confronted his interrogator tortured no no no not the older daughter until i was in turkey has justice now been served for the atrocious crimes committed decades earlier i do you're telling me and investigation into the dark history of argentina why didn't they kill me in the end rewind interrogating a torture on al-jazeera. whether online like brother got to be one of the worst grafter me to review about. or if you join us on sat there's a difference between diversity and inclusion and oversee sometimes is it a listen see here this is a dialogue sanctions on the ways in which they were applied to iran are an act of war fair everyone has a voice we as a society that is so quick to get timidly to just sit down and listen join the

the leaders of turkey russia france and germany are going to discuss ways to resolve the crisis next month that announcement comes amid an ongoing exchange of offensive between the syrian government forces and militants . the turkish soldier was killed in recent clashes now making it a total of 16 military deaths from ankara in just one month turkey which supports so-called moderates armed groups has recently flooded the region with troops and equipment in response to a syrian offensive in the last terrorist stronghold in the region believe me or putin and russia spoke on the phone on friday in an attempt to up hold previously agreed deescalation deals. to the syria conflict is also seeing lawmakers in the united states push for a diplomatic response against syria and russia with an estimated 900000 people displaced by the violence at the same time though american military officials acknowledge the complexity of the situation in admitting that the province has become a haven for extremist factions. it seems to be a magnet for terrorist groups especially because it is an on going spac

then france spent decades propping up straw men in africa many then welcome france's elected president and all macro promising to end what's known as franco freak when he came to power in 2017 but many say france is still up to its old games. in libya macron has thrown in his lot behind the renegade general headley for have to secretly supplying arms and training despite the un in libya's former colonial power italy backing the government in tripoli both are trying to protect their economic interests in libya's oil fields france because all company total recently took a stake in libya's $100.00 concession peris is also keen to protect its political interests in the south in the sahal region that's more attaining mali bikini a faster knees year and chad and in chad well fighting so-called isn't as militant it deployed warplanes to attack a rebel convoy helping to keep president idriss deby in power and debbie has faced several could tense since he came to power back in 1990 france also has 4500 troops in the capital in geneva where the united states also has a base the european union an

while he will be able to continue in france and will not. excluded from flying we will sense such numbers restrictions protect themselves and see so we decided to ask people what they think of this supposed danger of china spying on them are they more afraid of china spying on them or the american probably us and i'm not so much worried about china i'm worried about anybody having access to our data. be more ready to spy on you know in the chinese it could come from anywhere in the world over us. and can you would guess just in the u.s. given say the alignment of interests that program for the us probably you know well the us is far as i'm concerned. you can't have don't know trump along with them it's a common pattern of human behavior sigmund freud called it projection nothing drives us crazy or thinking that someone else might be doing that nobody thing that we know we are doing ourselves. are to see new york. really forces shot and killed a palestinian man near the gaza border fence on sunday before sending an armored bulldozer into the

made the house also on the show there was a lot of optimism when emmanuel the crown came to power in france in 2017 but halfway through his term the french president is facing some of the worst protests and strikes in his country's history so how much is he to blame especially for excessive use of force by the french police that's our debate but 1st in january the international court of justice ordered me out to quote take all measures within its power to prevent genocidal acts against the rohingya muslims minority but me i must defacto leader aung sang suu kyi says the abuses have been exaggerated so guilty of covering up not just war crimes but genocide. and former spokesperson this week headliner bernese activists on min. min thank you for joining me on outfront given the horrific violence against the road. in recent years your former boss aung sang suu kyi as you know has been roundly condemned by the international community by her fellow nobel peace laureate she's been stripped of her honorary canadian citizenship of amnesty international ambassador of conscience award of the u.s. holo

steele was granted asylum in france is now under investigation their lawmakers are demanding that above linsky be sent home back to russia after he found himself at the center of a political scandal but lewinsky was arrested for posting explicit videos and messages that brought down president micron's prefer a picture the the mayor of paris shot to do in ski reports. your 3rd pub lenski is a political refugee here in france but it seems even he is too hot to handle with these latest allegations even members of my own party and are calling for him to be sent back to russia if you get this guy out he's a political refugee he behaves like the 1st thing to do would be to put him on a plane straight to russia and he will see with mr putin if you can do this kind of crap this comes after the latest scandal involving pawlenty ski this follows the dissemination of videos and photos on the internet last week of benjamin cleaver a key ally of president macaronis former spokesperson now linsky and his partner were taken in by the police and they were questioned in regards to those videos questione

a russian artist is under investigation in france after finding himself at the center of a political scandal with lawmakers demanding he be sent back to russia. and the real cost of devices the electronic waste sent mostly from western nations the people of ghana and. we're taking you through some of the biggest stories covered here over the past 7 days welcome to the program we're going to start with an update on syria with tensions running high in the war torn italy province the leaders of turkey russia france and germany will discuss ways to resolve the crisis next month that announcement comes amid an ongoing exchange of offensives between the syrian government forces and turkish backed militants. which support so-called moderate armed groups has recently flooded the region with troops and equipment in response to a syrian offensive in the last terrorist stronghold in the region the russian and turkish president spoke on the phone on friday in an attempt to uphold previously agreed deescalation deals meanwhile the un's want all parties to reach a cease fire before the escalation

under investigation in france after. french lawmakers are now demanding that. he be sent home. the real cost of dumping devices the electronic waste sent mostly from western nations to the people of ghana with toxic food. the u.s. house of representatives speaker nancy pelosi warning europe of the security risk of working with well away but fails to mention reported rolling. including leaders people in new york city and london whether or not they thought china is a bigger threat than the us over the us probably us anybody having. access to. their welcome to the weekly or not international with me kevin owen it's all round up of the big stories as reported by us to you over the last 7 days thanks to check this out this weekend 1st the president of ukraine reacted with anger to the far from the friendly welcome received on thursday by returning about can we see from china. riots broke out over fears of the quarantine passengers might spread the potentially deadly corona virus even though none the tested positive test has set up roadblocks clashed with police and pelted buses carr

in france spent decades propping up straw men in africa many then welcome france's elected president and then all macro promising to end what's known as franco freak when he came to power in 2017 but many say france is still up to its old games. in libya macron has thrown in his lot behind the renegade general headley for have to secretly supplying arms and training despite the un in libya's former colonial power italy backing the government in tripoli both are trying to protect their economic interests in libya's oil fields france because all company total recently took a stake in libya's $100.00 concession peris is also keen to protect its political interests in the south in the sahal region that's more attaining mali bikini a faster knees year and chad and in chad well fighting so-called isn't as militant it deployed warplanes to attack a rebel convoy helping to keep president idriss deby in power and debbie has faced several could tense since he came to power back in 1990 france also has 4500 troops in the capital in geneva where the united states also has a base the european uni

then france spent decades propping up straw men in africa many then welcome france's elected president and then all macro promising to end what's known as franco freak when he came to power in 2017 but many say france is still up to its old games. in libya macron has thrown in his lot behind the renegade general headley for have to secretly supplying arms and training despite the un in libya's former colonial power italy backing the government in tripoli both are trying to protect their economic interests in libya's oil fields france because all company total recently took a stake in libya's $100.00 concession peris is also keen to protect its political interests in the south in the sahal region that's more attaining mali bikini needs year and chad and in chad well fighting so-called isn't as militant it deployed warplanes to attack a rebel convoy helping to keep president idriss deby in power and debbie has faced several could tense since he came to power back in 1990 france also has 4500 troops in the capital in geneva where the united states also has a base the european union and fr

in france contacts. and in- in the us or in britain. i hear very the focus is very much on protection of private life here the fact that this was the transgression of privacy. and there have been many saying that- because he put his family front and center of is not not front and center but he did have photo shoots. for example here what with his wife and three children. that's that you know if you're if you're if you're if you're showing your private life as a part of a- you know image that there is a degree for pop chrissy. at where this can be run back against you and images such as the court at this from his campaign as well grab and social media which on people felt was. we're cheesy and sort of i'm trying to portray himself in a folksy- celebrity type manner that that p. please austin was a call here in france the kind of. the blurring of the line between celebrity and politics i'm not as water at one bronco in that report that you were showing earlier. a lawyer who advised- the that the russian ac

france spoke to one of the group's coordinators about the incident. well this is yet another manifestation of the authoritarianism of this government i mean eric dreher like any normal citizen had bought a ticket and gone to the international agricultural show it's fine that the mood and went around the crowd i would even say this was a rather mild reaction given what we have been facing for the last 15 months we've been persecuted in a way that no other previous social movement has been the yellow vests are the 1st to become an object of such persecution obviously bothers people and they want to show that is not right and then our address was detained and taking out of the whole list was part of the democratic debate in our country but with mccrone it's all come to an end. now for something completely different to russia's far east where runners from around the world have been braving subzero temperatures and biting winds and a half marathon with an unusual twist. michael it doesn't matter if you watch how old you are what interests you how running i

am is illegal in france and the rest of the e.u. still there are 225000 survivors of f g m and france alone fudgy majia and. confident their 5 helps bringing down those numbers. this is an act of violence done to small girls who've done nothing wrong maybe it'll follow them until their death that's not good whatever happens i know this is a fight i will continue. and i won't give up before i see concrete results. it isn't. our last trip takes us to lagos nigeria road accidents and traffic chaos are the order of the day here now the nigerian government has said enough is enough and move to ban motorcycle taxis but many nigerians depend on them to get from to be. an attempt to keep and this policeman is trying to keep try sickles off the street it's only the beginning of the morning rush hour but traffic is already jammed try sickles and motorbikes known as okada are by far the cheapest and fastest mode of transport many depend on them for their livelihoods plenty of small commercial companies have popped up in recent years that's on

france and germany complicit. who supports and majority of the victims of this war are civilians every day families fleeing the fighting the poor into the region's biggest hospital in also the ca. most of the hospitals in rebel held areas have been destroyed so wounded civilians like these 3 women and their babies flock here they're from hyundai del a city near the frontline. that. the sleekness 8. 1006000 so most of them. is a 6 month old baby's mother she and her husband have been shuttled from camp to camp to escape the bombing with no need to feed their 6 children and for the past 3 years. there hasn't been to see any money that i had to get them out of the 700 if i did it if this is that mine is 11. 11 that i. really don't think of that i will do this as i think. motherhood they will be put out. but alumni and then the cash out am a number that says they're one. and they're the one that i had them with and then had them when i met chad and if we had 7 that had they known that i was 7 and 8 that is again. one

the leaders of turkey russia france and germany will discuss ways to resolve the crisis next month that announcement comes amid an ongoing exchange of offensive between syrian government forces and turkish backed militants. turkey which supports so-called moderate armed groups has recently flooded the region with troops and equipment that was in response to a syrian offensive in the last a terrorist stronghold in the region ankara considers the province strategically important for its security and the rob reported fears that syria's forces could advance further towards turkish held safe zones the russian and turkish president spoke on the phone on friday in an attempt to uphold previously agreed deescalation . the un's warning all parties to reach a cease fire before the escalation turns a more bloody flashpoint to the syria conflict also seeing lawmakers in the united states push for a diplomatic response against syria and russia with an estimated 900000 people displaced by the violence of the same time though american military officials acknowledge the complexity of the situation in a

this one in strasbourg in eastern france. it has also been given the same label of having delinquency problems. name with identity politics and crime. former intelligence officer is taking on the role of mediator within the community. on others. w we've managed to clean up the situation. the little by little the dealer. working in the country where a move. for the this. over the next two years see b. nate turns slated to get local for. more non. and social. attempts to get the young of from top neighborhoods away from cririme and invololved in e larger community. authorities in turkey had detained a prominent businessman for alleged ties to a coupup attempt back in twenty sixteen this just hours after court acquitted osman come out on terror related charges and granted his release from jail the court's ruling. there was insufficient evidence to prove cavallo was seeking to overthrow the government over to guess he parked demonstrations which grew to a wider protest movement across turkey back in twenty thirteen. in other news

welcome back france has been enraged by comments made by the ambassador of its ally mali comments were critical of french anti-terrorist squads in the west african country right across live now to our correspondent in france charlotte devinsky who has all the details so charlotte what exactly did the ambassador have to say. well his comments raised tensions between roles once again following those comments made in the french senate know the mali and criticize french soldiers on the ground in mali denouncing the actions in the capital this is what he had to say front of the senate hearing. there are no desirable some elements of the army because we see it all we see 2 twos all over and we don't know what they're doing on the streets of but mark oh it's night and it's not good for the image of france . well those comments provoked a huge anger from some french government officials inside the mall the ambassador was hauled in front of the french foreign affairs ministry here in paris to explain those comments and presumably to apologize we also heard from the french or french. forces mini

using a comparison france twenty four the headlines this hour. the number of coronavirus cases in france doubles there now for thirty eight confirmed cases here all around the world governments are taking action to contain the spread of the virus and the world health organization warns countries to prepare for a pandemic. schools hospitals and shelters bombedd in syria in the provinince's president assad's russian backed forces battled to take back the territory from rebels. when was the situation is catastrophic for up to a million refugees. and hundreds of people rally on the greek island of lesbos in purchased a plans to build new migrant camps it follows yesterday's violent clashes in which more than sixty people were injured. but the world health organization says the fight against the corona virus is now at a decisive point the virus is present in more than forty countries with several european nations joining the list on thursday. here in france the number of confirmed cases has almost doubled in easily the government is calling on tourist

the leaders of turkey russia france and germany will discuss ways to resolve the crisis next month that announcement comes amid an ongoing exchange of offensives between syrian government forces and turkish backed militants. groups recently flooded the region with troops and equipment in response to a syrian offensive in the last terrorist stronghold in the region the russian and turkish president spoke on the phone on friday in an attempt to uphold previously agreed deescalation deals. to reach a cease fire before the escalation turns more bloody. a flash point to the syrian conflict is also seeing lawmakers in the united states push for a diplomatic response against syria and russia with an estimated 900000 people displaced by the violence at the same time though american military officials acknowledge the complexity of the situation in their lives admitting that the province has become a haven for extremist factions it seems to be a magnet for terrorist groups especially because it is an ungoverned space in many ways the reverence of groups there all of them are a nuisance a menace i

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france is now the only nuclear power within the blank america capabilities should benefit the e.u. this with develop until august i would like a strategic dialogue with willing european partners about the role of france's nuclear deterrence and our collective security. on the 2 security committee fronts maintains the world's 3rd largest nuclear arsenal meaning it's the only e.u. country that doesn't rely on the us sports nuclear deterrence. bronze rule french nuclear weapons under. command. is offering e.u. partners the opportunity to participate in french nuclear deterrence. to football news now and i have extended their. following a 5 mil victory over the weekend. above the visit to the table meanwhile stay put in after 21 matches played and of course that can still all change with the rest of the weekend's fixtures to follow on saturday and sunday. has filed a criminal complaint claiming that he was racially abused by fans during a midweek match the 22 year old nigerian says he was abused by. which the hosts won 3 extra time. to. pay his legal costs. to go to brazil now where in

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you know the news of the russian artist under investigation in france after school. of. publishing explicit images online french lawmakers are now demanding a p.r. to be sent home to russia the. real cost of devices the electronic waste mostly from western nations lighting the people of ghana illness and toxic. undersea to the u.s. house of representatives nancy pelosi bourne's europe it risks undermining it security by further working with the telecoms giant while a does china pose the biggest spying threat to the continent that we like it states itself is the new york city. probably us anybody having. their welcome to the weekly or not international with me kevin rudd the big stories as reported by us to you over the last 7 days thanks taking the target check in this weekend 1st the president of ukraine reacted with anger to the far from friendly welcome received on thursday by returning evacuees from china riots broke out of a phase of the quarantine passengers might spread the potentially deadly coronavirus even though none the tested positive test a set of roadblock

absolutely so this is a really big show of leadership from france on the european security on the one hand this is a domestic performance president mccarney here is speaking to is graduating class a military officers this is a speech that has a tradition for french presidents every french president wants within their mandate gives a speech on the nuclear deterrence and so it was a very long awaited speech and their view of leadership at the same time it's a speech that is coming a week after. the great britain leaves the european union and a moment in which france is the strongest military power left in the e.u. so it's really a moment for france to shine it's a moment for president of a clone to show his vision for france as a military power as a global power as a security power and how that relates to europe at large it are talking about that international vision and that message that my colon wants to project something that strikes me is that you know we know that michael has refused to place the french nuclear deterrent on a you or nato command but at the same time he is calling f

that asylum in france is now under investigation there is a demonic gold at a pub linsky be sent back to russia after he found himself at the center of political scandal of lewinsky was arrested for posting explicit video and messages that brought down president micron's preferred pick to be the mayor of paris charlotte lewinsky reports. your 3rd pub lenski is a political refugee here in france but it seems even he is too hot to handle with these latest allegations even members of macaroons own party and are calling for him to be sent back to russia if you get this guy out he's a political refugee he behaves like the 1st thing to do would be to put him on a plane straight to russia and he will see with mr putin if you can do this kind of crap this comes after the latest scandal involving pawlenty skee this follows the dissemination of videos and photos on the internet last week of benjamin cleaver a key ally of president mack on his former spokesperson now linsky and his partner were taken in by the police and they were questioned in regards to those videos questioned in 2 invasion of

france and germany complicit. who support and majority of the victims of this war are civilians every dean families fleeing the fighting the poor into the region's biggest hospital in also the ca. most of the hospitals in rebel held areas have been destroyed so wounded civilians like these 3 women and their babies flock here there from her day down a city near the frontline. that. the city not safe. to think i think putting 6000 so most of them. is a 6 month old babies mother she and her husband have been shuttled from camp to camp to escape the bombing with no need to feed their 6 children for the past 3 years. there hasn't been to see any money time and again only 700 didn't like it if this is that my 11. 11 that i. really don't think of that i will do this if i. motherhood will be put out. but alumni and enough of the hash out a one number that says they're one. and they're the one i had them with and then i had them when i met chad and if we had 7 that had they known that i was 7 and 8 that is again. one of ha

which would be in this case france which has offered to assist because i think france understands the international committee has a lot of questions. and us astronomists are to ramp up their search for extra—terrestrial life. hello and welcome to world news today. an 80—year—old chinese tourist has died in france from the new coronavirus after he travelled there from hubei province, the epicentre of the outbreak. it's the first fatality from the disease in europe. it comes as the head of the world health organization has said that the outbreak is still an emergency for china and it is impossible to tell where the epidemic will spread. more than 66,000 people are known to be infected and more than 1500 have now died in china. a who mission has arrived in the country to analyse the severity of the virus. 25 countries remain affected by covid—19. with the latest from from hong kong, here's nick bea ke. china has declared war on an invisible killer — sending more doctors as well as soldiers into the worst—affected area. but now the new coronavirus has claimed its first victim

here to help p us /politicsd france 24's editor. 's politics editor. some are declined this as the americanization of french politics. what do they mean by that? all of theue reactions from the far left and far right have been indignation. this is a shame, this is private life, nothing to do with politics, below the belt literally, and there is no reason for a politician to be condemned. maybe what he did was morally wrong, but it was not legally reprehensible. indignation and we are hearing that this is not only -- media going not the after someone like has happened before -- of course, we remember the former head of the imf, scandal.in a sexual this time it is about social networks in this video circulating, apparently circulated by a russian artist here. it's still not clear how it came out and whether it was stolen or it was someone who decided to take revenge against benjamin griveaux, but clearly it had impact.litical in less than 24 hours he decided to resign or at least withdraw -- that's the correct word -- his candidacy for the mayor of paris

so that is a situation in france. separately, we have four possible suspected cases in majorca, the balearic island. this is again a british family. apparently the file that there had been in contact with somebody, again in france, who had the virus. he is feeling unwell. we don't know if he has the virus or not. his family have been taken into hospital as a precaution. and of course we know it is coming up to half ten for lots of families here. people might be travelling, skiing —— half term. should people continue with plans? what is the current government advice with yellow it's a very worrying situation. it is worrying now we have this news. who would have thought the coronavirus would have thought the coronavirus would have thought the coronavirus would have spread to a french ski resort? the advice is if you are travelling to asia, there are a few asian countries on the list you should not visit the. that is the current government advice. who knows, in the light of cases like this and may be like this, it ma

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for on the how it was it was around on the help of france used and sue british was. really looking to the future of the being pragmatic and be open for dialogue but if you're going to walk because it's a little deal with all the thing that mccrone said regarding hughes added you tolerate sanctions and towards russia so at the same time he called it bond facing the reality of that rushing seats and russia's influence has a lot of brutus or some of the world as. well it was a quick fire press conference from sergey lavrov the russian through a number of issues that he wanted to talk about including cooperation with nato now the russian foreign minister incredibly critical of all of the at alliance on this said during this presser he said. nato constantly said that they were willing to talk with russia however those talks didn't end up coming true in coming into effect into in reality what he did say though as well was talking about that nato had cut off dialogue with russia when it came to afghanistan that they'd done a similar thing when it came to ukraine as well. he