spain and england and france after the seven years war, and things were really complicated. in the beginning actually some of the records in some instances, the moneys bank gave to buy armaments, etc., are registered in the official registries in spain. this is the bank of spain. in their archives, they are titled "expenses of the royal treasure." well, that could be anything. they were just afraid to let the secret out that they were helping the colonists. there were envoys, most of them were in france. they would travel to spain and to america and then back to france so that no one would ever know. in 1775, a company from the north of spain from buildout -- bilbao would transport gunpowder, all kinds of supplies to the colonies. those were paid by the spanish crown. however, how it was done is the ship would leave -- and this takes a fair amount of knowledge of geography. because the ships would leave and go all the way down to havana and then from there go to spain and boston -- and from there go to boston. no one would ever know. the reason they give this is because this was a

conflict began in the summer of 1914. the war broke out in the summer 1914 after france ferdinand, the archduke and air to the austro-hungarian throne was assassinated by a member of a serbian military group called the black hand. his goal was to bring all serbs together in one country, independent of us -- of austro-hungarian empire. austria put pressure on serbia to allow them to conduct an investigation. serbia acquiesced on all of austria's demands, except that austria be able to use their own police in serbian territory. this led to a standoff and a military confrontation when austria most real -- mobilized against serbia, russia declared that they would help defend the serbs. russia to stop a mobilization and threatened to declare war. a would not back down in germany declared war, and then it's a cascading effect which then france stepped in in support of russia. then when germany invaded france by way of belgium, britain declared war to defend belgian neutrality. we chose to focus on the western front for practical reasons. that is where the strength of the holdings of the univ

political asylum in france. >> translator: i find myself in france before i was in italy. but now it is france. i speak a little bit of frown of. so that helps. >> reporter: he is one of around 250 men women and children that took over this disused school building in paris. most of are migrants from africa syria and afghanistan. they say they had no choice but to occupy the building because police kept forcibly removing them from makeshift camps. local people bring them food. and a group of volunteers are helping them with their asylum applications. >> if you have no pity for asylum seekers he next time you have no pit foy poor people, next handicap people, well, et cetera, et cetera. so i think the way we treat illini lum seekers is a pretty fair brought ter meeter of our level of democracy. >> reporter: with respect to his finding them somewhere to stay the situation at this former school not only high highlights the migrant crisis here in france but in wider europe also. national assists and 10 a e.u. parties have seized on the migrant issue cross europe. french national party leader

it is 1:00 in paris. you are watching "france 24." u.k. have signed a new security deal in a bid to curb the migrant crisis in calais. let's tune into the press conference given by the french interior minister. criticizing foreign governments for allegedly doing nothing. describing migrants as insurgents and profiteers. call for border controls reintroduced. particular, the french and u.k. border. we have heard too much talk in recent weeks. we need to assume responsibility and choose firmness, as well as a humane approach. we will seek to implement solutions to control migrant flows, welcome migrants in a humane way, live up to our obligations in respect to asylum-seekers, but also find arecriminal gangs that involved in human trafficking. in action cannot consist isolated national reactions, but in a concerted reaction among european countries. the deep meaning of the attitude adopted by the british and french governments and i would like to thank warmly my british counterpart, with whom we have been working in full confidence. the joint statement we have both just signed on behal

you are watching "france 24," broadcasting live from paris. the e.u. could provide help to balkan countries hit by the financial crisis. angela merkel is in brussels to address the issue. we will talk to our correspondent. more than 3000 migrants crossed into hungary on thursday alone. we followed a group of migrants throughout their ordeal at the border of serbia. vester lee flanagan, who shot dead to reporters -- dead two reporters on live television, described himself as a human powder keg before he shot himself. also coming up, in business, ukraine agrees to a deal with its creditors to avoid default and to help stabilize the country's economy, battered by the cost of war. balkan leaders are meeting with angela merkel in vienna today. the summit will largely be dominated by the migrant crisis. the german chancellor is urging european countries to come up with a strategy to deal with the influx and to prevent far right extremism from spreading. some countries have implement a tough measures to protect their borders. hungary and bulgaria are building walls to prevent migrants fr

unfolded on a train in france. oregon national guard specialist alec scar scar lots risking his life for those he never even met. -- as you watch this brave american's story tweet us at #greta: what did you think as you watched that opening? >> still unbelievable. i still can't believe it i would like to say one thing though. i didn't hold him down. spencer is the one who held him down and choked him. so, i just want to get that straight. >> well, the three of you worked together and also you had the help of a brit. a brit helped as well? >> yeah, yeah. he was great. he helped tie him up afterwards and he helped translate for us with the french, which was actually very important because we -- nobody spoke english on that train. weigh he was actually fantastic. >> you and your two friends decided to go to europe for vacation, right? or meet up. >> we were going to meet up for amsterdam. just for amsterdam and paris from. paris they were going to break off and i was probably going to head back to germany. >> how did you know these guys? >> well, spencer and i have been neighbors since we w

frances dinglasan, who is in for lisa argen. good morning. >> good morning, carolyn. good morning, everyone. live doppler 7hd may be tracking some sprinkles this morning. we've seen some north of sacramento and they may drop as far south as the peninsula coast. so far no measurable rain yet. temperatures in the mid-to upper 60s. san francisco 65. oakland currently at 67 -- or rather san jose at 67. feeling humid out there but things will change. here's are a live view out toward the bay. basically temperatures will take a tumble. a much cooler afternoon especially in the inland east bay where numbers will drop by as much as 20 degrees. only the mid-80s and that will be your high for today. along the coast breezy conditions, as well, with temperatures coming down to the mid-60s to the 70s. i'll have your complete accuweather seven take forecast coming up. carolyn. >> thank you, frances. our breaking news begins -- excuse me -- begins in burlingame. highway 101 is still closed in both directions from a construction accident involving live electrical wires that stranded thousands of

>> you are watching "france 24." i am aurore dupuis. these are our top stories. a failed attack has taken place in bangkok. explosive in the capital. know what has been injured, but it comes one day after a bomb went off near a shrine, killing at least 22 people. heavy rain falls, triggering fears that the water mixed with chemicals could release toxic gases and potentially spark new explosions at the chinese warehouse. to have a newlled superhero hand. the six-year-old boy is the first in france to get a prosthetic hand getting straight out of -- out of a 3-d printer. aurore: a man has thrown an explosive device from a bridge in central bangkok. thai authorities say the device landed in the water and that there were no injuries, but security forces are on high alert following yesterday posterity bombing near a shrine at a shopping mall in the capital. more than 20 people have been killed, including several foreigners. our correspondent is on the ground and tells us about the failed attacks. ofthere has been a lot police activity. we had a police helicopter coming overhead 45 minute

tunnel, which links france with england is a focal point where migrants try to get into the u.k. they end up there after escaping poverty and war. new fences, security cameras and infrared detecters have been installed just outside of calais. police have been trying to block migrants and they have stepped up attempts to stop people from boarding trucks and trains. the makeshift camps in calais known as the jungle is home to about 3,000 men, women and children. this is what the migrants want to escape. lack of food, shelter even basic services. charles stratford is there. >> behind this security fence is the railway track the tunnel is in that direction and the train, as they move slowly through here, migrants at night trying to hop this, try to cut through at various different locations in this area. and trying literally to grab hold of the train as it goes by in some instances. that's why we've seen so many deaths in recent months. now we were here last night and there was quite a heavy police presence there were a lot of migrants that were eventually dispersed. as you can see behind

>> this is "france 24." the case containing the wing parts thought to be from the malaysian airlines flight which ,rashed in march of last year detailed investigations in france. we will have an expert on the program shortly. at least 24 people have been killed in india as two passenger trains derailed minutes apart from flooded tracks on a bridge. 300 people have been rescued. more police forces become involved in the case of historic minister by the prime from the 1970's, edward heath's arrest. stuart: i am stuart norval with delay -- with today's live from paris. relatives and friends from the 200th or 9 people killed when a malaysian airlines jet disappeared without a trace on march 8 of last year. in the next hour or so in france, the case containing the wing parts found washed up on the french island of lot reunion -- of la reunion. boeing employees and representatives from china, the country that lost the most passengers. for the latest on the investigation, our correspondent. >> a single piece of debris many are hoping will solve the mystery of missing malaysian airl

wednesday. laura: now it won the cannes festival. the film is being released in cinemas across france. it's a tale that draws many parallels of the thousands of migrants currently arriving on europe's shores. reporter: fleeing war-torn sri lanka, he takes a girl and with their false passports they make their way to europe. granted asylum fanses in france, he gets a job as a ontore in the suburbs. there he's confronted with a new battle -- adjusting to a new language and culture while protecting himself from dealers eager to prey on the vulnerable. >> this story is a bit like my own and also of all refugees. like him, i arrived in france with a false passport. i also worked many illegal jobs. before that i was confronted with the same violence when i fought for the tigers. reporter: for the director, deepan was an opportunity to see france through the names of the migrants that risk everything to come to europe. >> when i'm out and about they are these people trying to sell me flowers when i'm at the restaurants. it was looking at things from their point of view. where does this man se

women served in france, italy, and poland. in france, 15% to 20% of the french resistance fighters were women. 5000 women were captured and end -- sent to a concentration camp. the soviet union mobilized women in the early stages of the war integrating them into demand army units and not using the exhilaration that two's -- the auxiliary status. some 800,000 women served, most of whom were on the frontline duty units. about 300,000 served. many were snipers. a small number were combat flyers in the air force. also women, called consort women, were forced into sexual slavery by the interior japanese army before and during world war ii. approximately 2 million jewish women were killed. in the united kingdom workplace when britain went to war in world war i previously for bid in job opportunities opened up for women -- previously for bid and -- previously forbidden job opportunities. women created the weapons used in the battlefield. women took on the responsibility of leading the home. the rules of the women shifted from domestic to masculine and dangerous jobs in the workforce and t

france. >> i find myself in france. i speak a little french, that helps. >> he is one of around 250 men, women and children who took over the school. they had no choice because police removed them from makeshift camps. locals bring them food. >> if you have no pt, you have no pt for poor or handicapped people, or women, et cetera, et cetera. i think that the way we treated asylum seekers is a fair barometer on our level of democracy. >> the mayor's office says it's willing to enterdialogue with migrants with respect to finding them somewhere to say. the situation not only highlights the migrant crisis in france, but wider europe also. nationalists and anti-e.u. parties seized on the matter. france's marie le pen says grant is taking in more migrants. around 60,000 apply for asylum in france each year. >> france is not generous. the figures have increased slightly. only less than two applicants out of 10 actually succeed in their asylum plea. when the average in europe is 35" of successful applications. up to 60% in scandinavia. >> europe must not cave in to what he describes as populist

explores the role of women during world war ii. from britain, france, and the united states, he argues women were a vital support of the successes of the war by participating in women's armed forces organizations and manufacturing war supplies. the kansas city public library hosted this 50-minute event. >> i'm pleased to welcome our speaker, dominique francois, back to the american heartland. dominique was in abilene as we commemorated the 70th anniversary of the d-day invasion. he is a renowned military historian. he has published 16 books, many on the battles of normandy. he is currently working on the 17th book, he tells me, about american gliders in world war ii. in addition to his writing and speaking, he has served as a consultant to nbc news during their coverage of the d-day commemoration and also the history channel. he is here to talk about the role of women in world war ii. of course, in abilene, we study the second world war on an almost daily basis, but the role of women in the war has not always had or does not get the coverage that it deserves. so tonight, dominique is h

the global markets throughout the trading day. we'll be following that for you right here on france 24. richelle: thanks very much for being here with the latest business news. it's time now for the press eview. time take a look at what's grabbing headlines around the world, and i'm joined by florence. thanks for being here. let's start here in france. lots of papers are focusing on a deepening in france's agricultural crisis. reporter: that's right. we wonder, are we headed for a pork war? you can see the photo of the agricultural minister. yesterday he spent the day trying to put out fire between essential pig farmers on the one hand and retail sanderds food processors on the other. why is this? well, on monday, two of the country's leading pig processors decided to boycott french pork. essentially they didn't turn up to the livestock auction market, and this drove meet sales down 20%. why did they boycott french pork? well, they say that a price set by the government last month for a kilo of french pork, the government set that price at one you're sandrow 45. well, they say that's t

the battlefields of france at roughly the same time. they both risked their own lives to save the lives of at roughly the same time. they both left us decades ago before we could give them full recognition that they deserve. it is never too late to say thank you. today we present america's high honor to private henry johnson and sergeant william -- some of you have worked four years to honor these heros, an honor they should have received a long time ag. as a young man henry johnson joined many other african-americans in the great migration from the south to the industrial north in search of a bo better life. he landed in albany, worked in a coal yard, and at a strain station. when the united states entered world war i, henry enlisted. he joined one of the few units that he could, the all black 369th regimen, the harlem hell fighters. at the time our military was segregate segregated but they were sent to fight with the french army, which accepted them as their own. quickly the hell fighters lived up to their name in the early hours of may 18th. his battalion was in northern franc

crisis since world war ii. it france and germany are standing side-by-side. angela merkel and francois hollande met to offer a unified response. >> it is currently not implemented. france, both call on all member states to realize this. especially when it comes to registering migrants, respecting minimum standards of accommodation, and minimum standards of health care. 800,000ny expects the to sign applications this year. they want welcome centers in greece to be set up as quickly as possible. delays cannot be tolerated according to angela merkel. eu members then can take their first share of refugees. toit is indispensable register the people that come to our shores and europe. and at that moment, make the necessary distinction from those seeking asylum and those coming as migrants, which we can understand, that cannot be accepted as is. migrants arrived in greece by sea from turkey. others headed to macedonia, a country struggling to deal with the influx. migrants try to cross the border, aiming to reach western europe through the balkans. migrants hasof been a very real news story i

with our meet frances dinglasan, who is in for lisa argen. >> good morning. a chance of showers this morning. we are also picking up possible light rain north of ukiah. we will be watching this for you. current temperatures mainly in the mid-and upper 60s. it's feeling pretty humid out there. here's what you can expect for today. with this view, you see no winds blog out there. this is from the rooftop. temperatures will take a tumble. especially in the inland areas, 15 to 20 degrees early. only to the mid-80s today and breezy along the coast, as well. temperatures coming down about 5 to 10 k trees. much cooler overall and i'll have the complete forecast come up. carolyn. >> thank you, frances. again, the breaking news begins in burlingame. highway 101 is closed in both directions from a construction accident involving life electrical wires that stranded thousands of driver. a crane smashed into a pg&e electrical tower joan night as a construction site by millbrae avenue, leaving live wires on the roadway and causing a massive traffic backup. those wires, carrying 115,000 volts each,

declares a state of emergency as thousands pour across the border from greece. and france expels the party founder over a public spot with his daughter. who has in the, past been convicted of racism, made it to the second round of the french presidential elections in 2002. ♪ anchor: the prime minister of greece has resigned. speaking on national television, alexis tsipras said his mandate was exhausted. he faced a rebellion in his left-wing party. he won party vowing to fight the austerity measures imposed by international creditors, but has had to accept them for new bailouts. he has called for elections as quickly as possible. i spoke with natalie in athens and she told us how alexis tsipras had little choice but to step down. we saw the growing rebellion in the party the last round to approve the bailout, 43 of his mps opposing or abstaining from the vote, leaving him with little room to maneuver. to implement the tough measures, including difficult reforms, he needed a strong and united and party behind him, and the elections were really the only way for him to do that. and

france. >> i find myself in france. before i was in italy, but now it is france. i speak a little bit of french, so that helps. >> he is one of 250 men, women and children that took over this disused school building in paris. most may go grants from africa, syria and afghanistan say they had no choice to open the building, because police kept forcibly removing them from makeshift camps. local people bring food and volunteers are helping them with asylum applications. >> if you have no pity for migrants, next time no pity for poor people, next time, no pity for handicapped people, next time, no pity for women and children, et cetera, et cetera. >> the mayor's office is willing to enter do dialogue with respect to eventually finding the migrants somewhere to say. the situation at the school not only highlights the migrant crise in france, but in widening europe, also. >> nationalists and anti e.u. parties have seized on the issue across europe. french in my front party leader says france can't afford to take in more migrants. the party's popularity has grown because of her position

air france flight, they looked in the wrong place for the wrong time -- for a long time. scientists can make mistakes as well. when they realized they had made a mistake, they found them pretty quickly. now, they've got this significant recovery and the marine tides, they've got a good chance. remember when the fukushima tsunami win over japan? a few months later, you saw a lot of debris ending up on the west coast of the united states and canada, refrigerators stoves, and that was tidal currents. another got this, they noticed ron that lane, so they will be following this currents there is significantly -- they know it's from that plane. laura: boats carrying over 600 migrants have capsized off the coast of libya. over 200 people have -- are feared to have drowned. it was sent cap -- it sent out a distress signal, which was picked up by the coast in sicily. two ships were immediately dispatched to the area, and 400 people are said to have been rescued. this is the latest disaster involving migrants trying to reach europe from africa. yesterday, the international organization for mi

and a large hotel. >>> the french president france soy holland has thanked a group of passengers for overpowering a heavily armed gunman on a train in northern france. the attacker managed to fire a shot wounding one person before being tackled to the ground. we have the latest from paris. >> film footage shows a gunman who tried to cause carnage. he was confronted first by a french passenger and then tackled by american passengers. spencer stone was injured with cuts to his neck and hand, but his condition in hospital is not serious. >> he ran a good ten meters to get to the guy. we didn't know that his gun wasn't working or anything like that. spencer just ran any way. if anybody would have gotten shot it would have been spencer for sure. we're lucky nobody got killed, especially spencer. >> authorities say that the swift intervention of those passengers prevented a potential massacre. the gunman was armed with an ak-47 rifle, nine magazines of ammunition, spare bullets and a box-cutter played. >> my thoughts were that i'm probably going to die anyway, so let's go. i'd rather d

coming in less than expected. no growth whatsoever in the second quarter for france. quarter onng 0% quarter gdp growth for france. you are also think just 1% growth if you are looking at a year on year basis. this is a poor reflection of the quarter on quarter levels and certainly a slowdown from the first quarter. french economy is stagnating. powell,o bring in david our bloomberg intelligence viewpoint and our guest host for the next hour. all, let us get your opinion. stagnant. we knew france what the thorn in eurozone side, it continues to show that. >> already, france is forecasting to be the weakest economy. there had been some signs of that. industrial production in the eurozone as a whole was going to be a drag on the number. saw invergence that we the indicators of industrial production coming in negative and business surveys indicating -- it seems like we now have some clarity that the numbers are weaker than expected. this has implications for the eurozone as a whole as the second-largest economy there. caroline: are we expecting the eurozone numbers at kennecott p.m. to

the weather with frances dinglasan, who is in for meteorologist lisa argen. >> good morning. as you step out the door you will notice it's cooler. only 60 in santa rosa but up to 70 in livermore and oakland right now it's 65. it's been quite a bit cooler compared to yesterday at this time. he even 8 degrees cooler in antioch. here's what you can expect with this beautiful view from the east bay looking out toward mt. diablo. it's going to be sunny and temperatures in the 80s. along the coast still breezy, partly cloudy, 60s and 70. and around the bay between 70 to 80 degrees. we have more cooling on the way. i'll let you know the accuweather seven-day forecast. carolyn. >> thank you, frances. developing news this morning. work is still underway this hour to fix that electrical tower we reported on all day yesterday. the power collapsed and then bent near highway 101 in burlingame after a construction accident friday. it created traffic nightmare well into yesterday. right now only one lane remains closed. the far right northbound lane. the entire freeway will shut down from 10:00 to

. let's start with a look at the weather with frances dinglasan, who is in for meteorologist lisa argen. >> good morning. it's 59 in ant yak. and compared to 24 hours ago, we are running quite a bit cooler, 8 degrees cooler, in fact, in antioch, 7 degrees novato, and 9 degrees cooler in santa rosa. so that's the trend that will probably stick around this afternoon. we are waking up to some gray skies. as we look live out toward the bay. i i think that's sfo. temperatures in the low to mid-80s. along the coast look for the breeze to kick in. during the afternoon partly cloudy, mid-60s to near 70s. i'll have the complete forecast coming up. carolyn. >> thank you, frances. dealing news this morning. work is still underway to fix the electrical tower we reported on all day yesterday. the tower collapsed, and then bent near highway 101 in burlingame after a construction accident friday. work will continue around the clock through tomorrow morning. all but one lane of 101 is open. the far right northbound lane is still closed. that entire stretch of freeway will shut down from 10:00 tonight u

easier than britain and france and they are saying they are not addressing real asylum claims. >> they need to look closely at what needs to ask for asylum and look at the people in england and look at request and if they don't fit the bill then yes send them back to wherever, i don't know, make a decision. and france needs to do the same thing. you know if today you decide to ask for asylum in france because you're tired of trying and not succeeding to go to the u.k. your first appointment for your asylum request is in november. >> reporter: of course there are many people here wanting a better job, a better life in the u.k. so called economic migrants and say it's easy to find work in the u.k. than in france. the u.k. government offered france help with security but says all europe should help find a solution and local officials in cali totally disagree. >> translator: this is totally a british problem. what they don't understand is everyone in europe sees it as their problem and cannot keep sending security to france as if it's a suburb of the u.k. we are not england and ne

: germany and france expect all eu member states to participate fully in processing the refugees asking for asylum. they need to be registered and have accessible places to stay and health care. president hollande: i know how important welcoming these refugees is to germany and france. it is a responsibility that cannot be left only to one country. this concerns all of europe. reporter: merkel blow -- merkel broke her silence on the outbreak of violence against refugees will stop demonstrators outside dresden clashed with the least trying to block the arrival of refugees over the weekend. the chancellor condemned the and their supporters. chancellor merkel: it is republic -- it is repugnant that neo-nazis are trying to spread their idiotic message of hatred. it's also shameful that citizens and families with children are supporting them. reporter: merkel believes developing a coherent policy is that eu's greatest challenge. she will present a plan with france to the european commission in an effort to grapple with the hundreds of thousands of refugees making their way to this continent.

get from france into the united kingdom. >>> and blinding sand briefly seals off jordan from the world. ♪ >>> good evening, i'm tony harris this is al jazeera al jazeera america. we begun in qatar, where secretary of state john kerry spent the day reassuring skeptical gulf allies that the u.s.'s nuclear deal with iran is a good one. kerry met with the emir of qatar first. he told officials the region's security is a top priority. kerry then pledged to speed up u.s. arms shares as well as share intelligence and step up joint military exercises. all iran to destabilize the region. they also believed tehran would use the money to increase support for groups like hezbollah and the houthis in yemen. he also met with russian counterpart sergei lavrov. >> reporter: a delicate mission for the u.s. secretary of state. john kerry is trying to convince long-standing allies that iran's nuclear deal with world powers will bring peace and prosperity. >> translator: the five other european countries have technology and knowledge in the nuclear field, the countries of the council welcomed it o

, france, spain, and portugal governed by consent, not by force. that is true enough in many ways. but consent is based on a realistic assessment of alternatives. and guns, like ideas, can profoundly change those assessments. firearms exercise power over the immaterial as well as the material. they reconfigure wills and imaginations as well as bodies. and they do this by changing people's calculations of what they are willing endure, risk, and imagine for the future. the second reason that the arms trade matters is that it bound up three independence wars in dependent relationships. in a nutshell, my argument today is that neither the haitian revolution nor the spanish-american wars for independence could have possibly prevailed without the free trade in arms that came from the u.s., which was itself a neglected but extremely important consequence of the american revolution. prior to the american revolution, a tangle of formal rules, informal structures, and historic legacies made it impossible for even the wealthiest of colonists in the new world to arm themselves against empire. in e

and two friends stop what would have been a deadly attack. it unfolded on a train in france. alex scarlatos. this courageous american charging the gunman and holding him down until police arrived. right now alex skarlatos goes on the record. as you watch this hero's story tweet using #proudamerican. thanks for joining us. what do you think when you watch that opening? >> it's still unbelievable. i can't believe it. i would like to say one thing, though, i didn't hold him down. spencer was the one who held him down and choked him. so i want to get that straight. >> the three of you work together and with the help of a brit, a brit helped as well. >> yeah, yeah, he was great. he helped tie him up afterwards and he helped translate for us with the french which was actually very important because we -- no one spoke english on that train. he was fantastic. >> take us back to the beginning. you and your two friends decide to go to europe for a vacation or meet up? >> we were going to meet in amsterdam and then head to paris. then from paris they were going to break off and i would proba

have very easily imagine what was prevented, a bloodshed. in the name of france, i would like to thank you for what you've done. the world admires your bravery, your self-control, your responsibility in which you acted. they are hand and the fact you intervened bare handed, you controlled a man who had many weapons and was determined. your bravery should be an example for all of us and inspire. we are dealing with terrorism, evil, but there is humanities, and this is what you embody. yesterday, after the seminar very accurately what happened on board this train, you said the lesson are in times of crisis like that, people should understand that we must do something. indeed, there's always something to do. we must do something against attacks. even when they seem to be barbaric, huge, yes, there is something to be done. first, the parties in france, in europe, to take the necessary measures, including for training. it will be done. there's a number of meetings held with the minister of interi interior, and together with the representatives of transport. we'll take necessary measur

plate in. suddenly we saw a swiss franc strengthen the euro, a growth rather than a recession, but it is coming off those lows. where the reaction is short-lived is in commodities. we are at last on track for a gain in oil for the first time in 10 weeks. yesterday -- 10% what a phenomenal move, the biggest rally in six years. wti traded up in the u.s., and a quick look ahead -- i know you love gdp data -- we have the u.k. will it stick to its preliminary reading? 7%, basically flat. jonathan: the 50 here in london is putting together another day of gain. let's get over to asia with juliette sally standing by in hong kong. what a week for shanghai stocks, finishing on a high. i understand there is an all-important parade coming up next week. juliette: there certainly is, and it seems like china doesn't want anyone to rain on the parade. there have been big gains coming through in asian markets today as we started to see pumping coming through from central banks. look at that -- the shanghai composite looking like it will close up by almost 5% as it matches off. the hang seng indexes al

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abroad, but he was sent to france by george washington and that was his first experience -- and then when he was sent back to europe, he was traveling to several different countries, so i think that that really impacted his idea about foreign policy when he was secretary of state and president. host: what was he like as a man? cassandra good: think the description we see most often is that he was a really nice guy. his personal papers do not survive for the most part, his papers but one or two papers are gone so we don't have , much insight into him as a person, but he was well-liked, we know that. he was somebody who had integrity, and people respected that about him. he is not known as the smartest, but very capable. host: was he an influential president? cassandra good: well, still the monroe doctrine, that does make him consequential, and he was part of the air out when we were establishing what the presidency is, so all of these first presidents are quite important. host: so finish this sentence. the monroe doctrine did what? cassandra good: it changed america's role in foreign

to go to france. and he is going to be the guy that's going to help convince france to come into the war on our side. and while the british army is in this room, in early 1778, benjamin franklin is signing a peace treaty with france. that's changing the whole nature of the war. the british suddenly find they have to worry about a french navy. the united states doesn't have much of a navy to threaten the british fleet, but france does. so they have to worry about that. the british have to worry about being invaded. guys like benjamin franklin working with lafayette in france work on the king to try to get some invasion of england going. you'll have to worry if you are great britain about islands in the caribbean, you'll be fighting in asia, africa, all over the world. so a lot of resources suddenly aren't coming here to north america which makes george washington's life easier. we'll get money from france. we'll get supplies from france. we'll get french troops, plus that french navy. if you think of our victory at york town, probably the biggest of the war, we're probably not goi

them. >> yakub said he fled five months ago. he wants political asylum in france. >> i find myself in france. before i was in italy. i speak a little bit of french so that helps. he took and about 250 took over this unused building. they said they had no choice but to occupy the building because police kept forcibly removing them from makeshift camps. local people bring them food and a group of volunteers are helping them with their asylum access? >> >> if you have no pity for them, next time, you have no pity for handicapped people. next time, no pity for women, et cetera, et cetera. so i think the way we treat asylum seekers is a barometer on our level of democracy. >> the may ors office said he is willing to enter into dialogue to find them somewhere to stay. the situation at this former school not only highlights the migrant crisis here in france but in wider europe, also. anti-eu parties have seized on the issue. french national party leader says france can't afford to take in more migrants. the party's popularity has groaned because of her position on immigration. around 60,0

firms. it comes at a time when france's economy is saying zero growth. onombergs caroling going joins us. great to have young program. what is the mood like. >> there is some concern that china, although many executives say the concern with china is only for the short-term. it does not effect short-term decisions. you have as many as 9000 french companies with a big presence in china. i spoke to one big executive who is exposed to china. just a month ago, they had their ,nnual forecast for revenues because of less demand from chinese builders. i spoke with him and asked whether he was concerned about what we are seeing on the market. ours when theyke look get different matter. china is ai think , and thatat will grow will use a lot of our technology. if you look short-term, depends on the market. caroline: schneider electric's doesn't think it will have further impact. --hink we are not leaving we're not living with a new normal in china. in china.ation driven that is normal. in the short term, we are seeing some adjustment. france had zero growth in the second quarter. stagnati

france, we are live at the annual conference of the biggest business lobby the breakdown the 0% growth -- and what it means for europe's second-largest economy. to the show, i'm anna edwards. here in london. let's get straight to the market story and get you up to date and what is happening overnight, things you might have missed. the rally in the u.s. stock markets halted a selloff that had erased trillions of dollars in equities. let's check in with the latest. david, good morning. david: it is about midday here in asia for our thursday trading session. we are really seeing a tailwind coming from that, no other way to describe it, that surge in wall street overnight. we did feel it at the open. volumes are heavier. compared to the 30 day average, or just about every single market here and in the region -- except for shanghai, which i will get to. a move back to riskier assets, as well as cyclical commodities. copper actually gained in asia. that being said though, the other side of this is that we are coming off -- and i think this happened over the last hour or so -- we are

. living in squalid conditions, but fighting to stay there. "france 24" goes to meet those threatened with eviction in the french capital. with those extraordinary explosions in the chinese for city of tianjin -- .hinese port city of tianjin among the injured are 12 firefighters. two blasts happened in warehouse storing chemical goods, causing nearby buildings to collapse. let's talk to paul james in beijing. you are headin ing to evening there. i assume that will make it harder for those carrying out search and rescue operations. as the evening this ends and the sun goes down, the rescue operations become -- the suning descends and the goes down, the rescue operations become more difficult. that said, we believe those in the warehouse at the time of the explosion have been accounted for. the initial death toll of 44 appears to be standing pat. chinese authorities have not been offering additional numbers at this juncture. the difference being that the is not government, a, normally accustomed to getting out a lot of information in large disasters like this and, unfortunately, b, a lot of

and scream. also this hour one of france's successes is beaujolais wine. what makes it so good. and the summer season of festivals wraps up with the ountry's biggest music celebration. >> manuel valls is in calais the town at the entrance of the euro tunnel that crosses to migrant isiting a emergency center to assess the crisis. have ds of mike grants been -- migrants have been the channel er tunnel. the chief foreign editor robert me.ons is with he was listening to the press conference moments ago. a real call re was for action the prime minister saying this is a real trial for and europe. reporter: there were two aspects. he was focusing on what is going on in calais the and efforts hs since july since the peak of the where somewhere in the region of 2,000 migrants were the item get into every day. that has been considerably down to the ts it united and french authorities last few weeks mentioning the big investment united kingdom made in recent weeks. nd joint effort they have undertaken to combat trafficking. at the same time he also smoke bout the wide -- spoke about the wider

: germany and france expect all eu member states to participate fully in processing the refugees asking for asylum. they need to be registered and have accessible places to stay and health care. president hollande: i know how important welcoming these refugees is to germany and france. it is a responsibility that cannot be left only to one country. this concerns all of europe. reporter: merkel blow -- merkel broke her silence on the outbreak of violence against refugees will stop demonstrators outside dresden clashed with the least trying to block the arrival of refugees over the weekend. the chancellor condemned the and their supporters. chancellor merkel: it is republic -- it is repugnant that neo-nazis are trying to spread their idiotic message of hatred. it's also shameful that citizens and families with children are supporting them. reporter: merkel believes developing a coherent policy is that eu's greatest challenge. she will present a plan with france to the european commission in an effort to grapple with the hundreds of thousands of refugees making their way to this continent.

"france 24." ban ki-moon, we just heard him say that he is angered and ashamed. how do you feel about these very serious allegations? babacar: my resignation is a devastation of strong support-- demonstration of strong support, the concert and mindset of the secretary-general. by hisry concerned situation -- this situation. the tasks of the peacekeepers do to protect, not to whatever they are to the population. so this is the way to insufficienthe responsibility of the organization. today i am the one exercising the responsibility and giving a face and name to this responsibility, and i feel it is the way to support the commitment in this issue. laura: how credible are these allegations, and what is happening to the soldier or soldiers who are involved? beacar: allegation should investigated, always. they should be investigated. it is only after the investigation, the proper investigation, that we can make the final decision on this. justrning the soldiers, want to remind that this mission soldiersdy repatriated who unfortunately use access force against people who were arrested. we h

international. thank you for joining us on "france 24." are you encouraged by the rhetoric coming from that summit on the balkans today, particularly comments made by angela merkel? >> yeah, we can welcome the comments but they need to be translated into action and that's action on the part of all e.u. member states to help the frontline member states, the member states that are receiving the largest amount of refugees and migrants, that's greece, italy and hungary and it's up to them to provide financial aid to these states to be able to receive these migrants and refugees and respect their dignity. laura: countries like hungary say they're struggling. we have 3 1/2,000 people arrive in one day. they literally can't process the migrants quickly enough and if they do get across the border, austria sends them back to hungary. is ystem isn't working, it? louise: they are forced into irregular routes which makes them come first to greece to italy if they come across the mediterranean. once they're in greece there's no reception services in greece. and we have a humanitarian crisis in

>> hello and welcome to "france 24." i'm aurore dupuis. we are broadcasting live from paris. the german parliament overwhelmingly approved the greek bailout. , 104 votes for against. time police offer a reward of more than 25,000 euros for any information about the bangkok bomber. authorities are still hunting down this man who they believe is the suspect. the number of migrants looking for the european eldorado keeps increasing. last month alone, one in 107,000 people reached the eu border. aurore: the bundestag has given its green light for a third i allowed for greece. german mp's have approved the 86 billion euro rescue package. our correspondent has followed the debate at the german parliament, and he tells us the bailout approval was largely expected. -- 77%, that is what we expected after the debate, where the general consensus was this bailout was far from being perfect, but it was also seen in the bundestag that greece had made a real change of stance, having accepted its responsibility, having seen the need for the reform. -- whatin the bundestag was most significant wa