we are broadcasting from paris, france. in a rare live speech from the oval office sunday night, president obama called wednesday's mass shooting in san bernardino, california, an act of terrorism. the shooting killed 14 people at the inland regional center, a facility that provides services to people with disabilities. obama said in response to the attack, he will increase airstrikes against isis in iraq and syria, even though he acknowledged there was "no evidence" that isis had directed the attack. >> so far we have no evidence that the killers were directed by a terrorist organization overseas or that they were part of a broader conspiracy here at home. amy: president obama also cautioned against islamophobia and vowed not to get pulled into a ground war in iraq or syria. >> we should not be drawn once more into a long and costly ground war in iraq or syria. that is what groups like isil want. amy: we will get response from isis hostage nicolas hÉnin, a french journalist who was held in syria for more than 10 months ,

our love for france has never been greater. >> the far-right in the south of france has the wind in its sails. the front national now has three times more support than it did six years ago, mainly thanks to a younger generation that fears for the future, and is easy prey for populists and rabble-rousers. [laughter] so, young french voters there, clearly impressed by the populist recipes of the far-right. and the same can be said of young people across the continent. faced with mass unemployment, they are turning to radical parties. so the question is, what are the established parties going to do about it? and this is something we also want your opinions on, is europe doing enough to provide perspectives for its young people? send us your comments, via email or via facebook. and you'll find me on twitter @springontheroad. we turn our focus to russia now, whose economy remains in recession as it struggles with low oil prices and western sanctions. a less publicised problem, but an equally serious one, are russia's so-called mono-cities. these are urban centres often built around a single

the front a look at page of the right-wing daily here in france. you can see that impressive photo, a rare show of unanimity. "everyone had the best intentions in the world." the challenge now is to translate those good intentions into a legally binding and universal agreement. the left-leaning paper agrees today. -- it is an old-fashioned way of saying "get to work." essentially it means, "get to the coal mines." genie: there is also a big debate over who is more responsible for the house gas emissions, china, india, countries like that, or very wealthy countries like the united states. flo: and while countries are bickering over who is responsible, the world is suffering. you can see that in a cartoon in the chinese paper, "the global times." you can see these countries fighting over who is imaging more greenhouse gases. what is interesting about these high-profile global meetings is everything that is happening in front of the cameras. and there are all these meetings happening on the side as well. there is one meeting in particular getting a lo

climate summit in paris, france, this is democracy now! today, the man british prime minister david cameron called a terrorist sympathizer. >> jeremy corbyn. amy: britain's new opposition leader jeremy corbyn in his first televised u.s. interview on why he opposed the bombing of syria, his refusal to drop a nuclear bomb anywhere if he were

two days after germany ended in france. that afternoon churchill told to hush, that the policy of government could be explained in victory, victory at all costs, victory no matter how hard along the road. the next day, the press pronounces speeches, british establishment this speech produced gas of disbelief and anger, victory at all costs was amount to a call for return to the war that britain had fought a generation earlier on the psalm and passion and look at what that had begun. a large squandered, britain's great prime minister director of the bank of england, the most influential military writer of generation, the most powerful press of the generation, the famous actor, and george shaw the even more famous agree on virtually nothing. in stupidity it surpassed the prime minister's bloody that produced over 250,000cavalries and caused the british navy three battleships in a single day. churchill's foreign minister also had reservations about the victory at all cost policy. but the foreign secretary kept to himself, he w

farmers are feeling the crunch in france. and thatnglike winter, is not good for some in the agriculture sector. this farm in the west of france has about 50 tons of produce, and the warm weather is making the green grow too fast. edinge scheduled se has grown already, and we are worried they will not also. people are not eating solid a lot this year, and there is too much supply, and we have to alad a lotem -- s this year. there's too much supply, and we have to destroy them. >> an oversupply means a reduction in price. lettuce is selling 30% cheaper than usual. people are eating fewer root vegetables this season. >> things like carrots, turnips, not selling well at all. people do not want to eat soup in this weather. vegetable prices have been lower than the cost price. >> trees are already budding, and the crop is under threat unless the cold returns soon. >> thank you very much. that wraps up our business news. it is time for the press review. it is time to take a look at what is grabbing the headlines with our reporter.

france and russia are now in the war. nato member turkey is involved up to its eye teeth, but as he saw in the russian jet shootdown, not always with the same priorities as its assumed allies. stop me when you think we have reached something that sounds like world war 3.0. it's the inside story. ♪ >>> welcome to "inside story." i'm ray suarez. no, i'm not suggesting that this conflict is as extensive or threatening as the total war fought in every corner of the globe in world war ii. but when the list of combatants in iraq and syria is as long as this, it makes both the war on the ground and diplomacy at the bargaining table extremely complex. exhibit a, turkey's recent shootdown of a russian military jet in the skies over syria. turkey says it warned the jet repeatedly. russia denies that took place. turkey has refused to apologize, russia has laid on economic sanctions. al jazeera america claimed responsibility for the paris attacks. france is fighting back hard. >> we would like to see russia concentrating its effort

we are going to start off with news out of france. we have the second round of elections. >> the front did really well in i. -- in round 1. --y did well because people and it will not because people were voting at a protest, but because they have a really good fan base. national could win the elections in the north and in the south. why do these people want to vote for them? according to the report, a lot of these people feel insecure about unemployment and about national security. they feel that their livelihoods and french identity are under threat. and they feel that the front national will protect them. >> certainly in a desolate important vote for the country. europe is paying great close attention. particularly other antiestablishment parties across europe looking at reports from italy where you have the northern league, for instance, which is very excited about the way things are going and france. a national front victory would put some wind in its sales. but you have other mainstream clinical parties in europe that are panicke

>> translator: france's position has not changed. they said clearly when the regular syrian forces are under the responsibility, under the authority of asaad, it is not possible for them to participate in the fight against daesh. on the other hand, if there is a political transition, that can change. but today, asaad's forces are not fighting daesh. they're fighting their own people, and we need to provide for the regular syrian forces only when we have a political transition. >> thank you very much. now, because of the state of emergency here, there is a ban on protests. 4 00,000 people were expected to march for the planet. instead, many made their they left their footprints, these 22,000 pair of shoes, including those sent by pope francis and a u.n. secretary general. next, the face and the voice of our planet, sir david attenbruk. he says if we can put a man on the moon, we can find cheaper energy. my interview with the world's most famous naturalist. >> his presence here, along with all the other brief residents is only made pos

i think france -- france does know how to do that. the question is not that. if i take the risk to answer your question, what would be a strategy and it will maybe help me bridge or connect the dots with what laure said before. what would be the strategy? first of all, i would be a bad ogre. we will have attacks again. we will not stop that. attacks are to be expected in france and belgium and england. i hope not in the u.s. but we have to expect that. it's not something that we will solve in the coming months. yes, also, the military answer is required. of course you have to hit raqqah, mosul and elsewhere. not because you have to take revenge but to hammer the capacities of these people to organize network, send an explosive device to europe, train people and et cetera. if you only do that you will have more isis and probably more attacks. so first of all the military answer hag to be refined and have to be fine-tuned and this is what will be partially discussed. better strikes and probably better operations. however, in coordination, and if you don't do tha

th were completely shocked that fends -- that france went and the way they did. secondly, , the fact tt they went in and use those high-end french forceces tachieve the out, but broughin you and stabilization forces seems to have worked very well. risk you mentioned tolerance,hi is an interesting thing. when werere talking wither for wealked about france's view of risk tolerance is being from -- different from the united states for example. talk about this from the leadership to the operational level. est: thihis was an operation that was debatated for several months in n france and arod the world.d. when the french decided to do itit was a big surprise tohe united states,s, to a lot ofof allies, to the jihadists themlves. interviews i did in pis, in the esident's office, suggted d the frch leadersp decided wewe will push as hard s we can to keep that itiative and keep those bad guys back on their heels. fact, the civilian leadership in france was pushing so hard, they were getting reservavations from the frerench military who said, while, you have to understand

thank you for being with us on "france 24." how difficult is it to make sure that this election goes fairly and smoothly. >> the thing is, there is no candidate now who has been ruling the country before the election, so we -- the second when the we remember last president was elected. he was the first president in the democratic elections organized. the same configuration today in central african republic. aurore: there are 30 candidates in total. if i recall, some of them are already well-known in the country. what is the election going to change? >> i am not sure it changes something in the daily life of the central african republic cities -- citizens. this country has been collapsing all this time. people are hoping after elections there will be a rebirth and that there will be ruled. years, therehan 40 has been a coup d'etat, and many of the people who came did not have the ability to rule the country more than five years. they were always -- there were always coup d'etats, and no one was really thinking about the future,

climate summit in paris, france, this is democracy now! >> the target was, we should not hope beyond two degrees celsius and now to be speaking about four or five degrees celsius is, to put it in other terms, to burn the planet. amy: they once sat at the same table as the world leaders who gather here in paris to hammer

it is a wave of dark lou over the map of france -- dark blue over the map of france. the national front is leading in six out of the 12 regions in mainland france. the socialist party, the governing party of francois hollande, is only leading into regions -- in two regions. the current defense minister played a big part in the response to the terrorist party, the sarkozy's republican party, is leading in four regions, including the paris region, france's main region with 12 million people. marine le pen's party has been playing on the fear of radical islam attacks. leading with more than 40% of the vote. this region is in the north of france for you have a refugee isp and the other candidate the niece of marine le pen, only 26 years old. she is leading in the southeast of france, which is at the mediterranean border where there is also the fear of migrants. last nighten spoke and said the national front had become the first party in france. >> the people expressed themselves and with the people, france raised its head. this confirms what former butots had announced of

it's not just isolated to front pages in france. the front page of this belgian newspaper is likening this to an oil spill. and the wall street journal chose to put a cover of marine le pen. just to show you that this is a big story beyond france. genie: the new york times took a very unusual step for a newspaper this week in. strongly about gun violence that the editorial board decided, we are going to put our editorial on the front page. this is in saturday's paper. if you saw the print edition, their editorial is right there on the front page. it's about gun violence. it says and the gun epidemic in end the gunand th epidemic in america. and in the cartoon section, they have a series of cartoons entitled a gun culture christmas. one is entitled mass shooting advent calendar. we see a woman marking off days on the wall and it says that she has run out of ink before they run out of bullets. there's another with the kids sitting on santa's lap and he says thanks to the nra and there else in congress, eating on the naughty list can't

amy: from the un climate summit in paris, france, this is democracy now! >> for all members making a decision of what british servicemen and women would be in harms way and almost never to believe the death of innocence is a heavy responsibility. >> it is now time for us to do our bit in syria, and that is why i asked my colleagues to vote for this motion tonight. amy: the british parliament votes to attack syria and begins bombing its oil fields immediately. meanwhile in the united states, another mass shooting in san bernardino, california, the worst since sandy hook. 14 people killed and 17 people wounded, the two suspects are shot dead by police. >> i know one of the big questions that will come up repeatedly, is this terrorism? i am still not willing to say that we know that for sure. >> i am in shock that something like this could happen. amy: it's the 355th mass shooting in the u.s. this year, averaging more than one per day. we'll speak with california senate president kevin deleon about gun control and the nra. we will also ask deleon about the po

our love for france has never been greater. >> the far-right in the south of france has the wind in its sails. the front national now has three times more support than it did six years ago, mainly thanks to a younger generation that fears for the future, and is easy prey for populists and rabble-rousers. [laughter] so, young french voters there, clearly impressed by the populist recipes of the far-right. and the same can be said of young people across the continent. faced with mass unemployment, they are turning to radical parties. so the question is, what are the established parties going to do about it? and this is something we also want your opinions on, is europe doing enough to provide perspectives for its young people? send us your comments, via email or via facebook. and you'll find me on twitter @springontheroad. we turn our focus to russia now, whose economy remains in recession as it struggles with low oil prices and western sanctions. a less publicised problem, but an equally serious one, are russia's so-called mono-cities. these are urban centres often built around a single

is "france 24," time for 60 minutes live. headlines.the the u.s. and russia agree it orge ahead with talks to stop syria's brutal civil war but there's no clear answer as to syrian president will stay as the russians want or go. violence breaks the cease-fire in yemen one day after it came into effect. the government and rebel groups ay each other is to blame but peace talks with switzerland are still under way. donaldore diplomacy from trump in last night's republican debate but the frontrunner still provocative call to ban muslims from entering the u.s. also, will they or won't they? we will tell you about the chance of america a's central bk rates and what it might mean for the rest of the world. in france as ens fans line up to see the first screening screenings of "star wars." first the top story. >> the u.s. and russia have they will both attend a new round crisis talks on syria this week in new york. announcement came after u.s. secretary of state john vladimir down with putin in mrs. could you. kerry says russia and the u.s. see eye to eye

we begin here in france. shock in the small frenchtown -- shock in a small french town after one of its sons has been revealed as one of the paris attackers. officials say that foued mohamed aggad was the third suicide bomber who stormed the bataclan concert hall. haveents of the town described the 23-year-old as intelligent, polite, and respectful, but inspectors -- investigators say that foued mohamed aggad traveled to syria in 2013 with the aim of becoming a jihadist. reporter: this is the face of the third man who attacked the bataclan concert hall in paris last month. foued mohamed aggad was identified on wednesday. the 23-year-old from eastern france, a small town near the german boarder. like his co-conspirators, he is a french national. he was known to authorities. his file had a letter "s," denoting him as a threat to the state since he traveled to syria with others in 2013. most of his friends, including his brother, were arrested on returning to france in the spring of last year. aggad state in syr

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hello, you're watching "france 24." these are our top stories. pope francis delivered a message of tolerance and peace during his traditional christmas in rome. addressing thousands of believers, the pontiff prays does praised those who have taken in refugees and stressed to give them "dignified future." the pope also said he prayed the would toed agreements announce suffering. -- the non-suffering. >> we pray that the agreement reached in the united nations may succeed in halting as quickly as possible the clash of remedyingria and in the extremely grave humanitarian situation of its suffering people. >> the very latest on the pope's speech, philip is in rome. good afternoon to you. talk as through some of the key messages the pope stressed on today. >> as we expected, the pope addressed various conflict hotspots around the world, as you say, libya and syria were high on his list. he also mentioned the conflict between the israelis and palestinians, and called for resumption of direct talks between the two sides. he mentioned other countries in

years france few has been dominated by germany. a lot of the youth feel like they lost their identity. is not just france, we're seeing it in poland and here in the u.s. as well. it's middleu.s., income jobs that have disappeared since the recession and are not coming back. talk about the structural shift in how long that can last. as very much true, the antipolitics movement we're seeing in a number of countries. that these parties that of been in power for so long are taking a look, they traditionally take people from two or three universities in france. they go through the same background. feeling that it's all very these parties and in french politics, and in other countries, is boosting the antiestablishment vote. people are looking for something new and fresh that offers an alternative. front hashe national a certain platform, anti-immigration, reestablishing european borders. a lot of their proposals have started to show up in the left and in the executive branch, they are no longer on the fringe, are they? >> this is part o

he says france in particular has neglected intercultural dialog and tolerance. luc: last week, parisians died in the barrage of gunfire, but i am also thinking of the syrians, lebanese, and turks who have also been the victims of this barbarity. suffering can't be divided. >> paquier admires the germans for their efforts on behalf of refugees. he wants to open up berlin's french cultural centre to refugees. he says the french should show solidarity with refugees, especially now. after all, many of them have fled from the same is terrorism. he proudly shows the center's clothing storeroom for needy refugees. the center has showers and computer work stations. in a few days, it will open. luc: our facebook page is called "bienvenue refugees berlin." it is a gathering of french-speakers in berlin who want to help the refugees. >> the center also has a stage, where paquier wants to organize more intercultural encounters, now more than ever. but it hasn't grown easier to motivate people to that end, after the attacks in paris, people feel threatened in berlin, too. lu

two villages in central france separated by a ridge and eight wind turbines. the village has turbines on its territory but they're a long way from the town. the village of lovoin has no turbines on its land but has full view of the spinning blades. this man lives under the ridge. he said on windy days the noise is unbearable. the turbines have split the community. >> the first thing is the noise. they have destroyed th his home's value. >> back in san clÉmente where they benefit from the turbines they are out of sight and out of mind. >> personally they don't bother me. we need something to give us energy, and for me this is clean energy. >> small scale wind farms are the norm in france, but there are actions aimed to block them or to have them dismantled. the win >> 2030 france has committed to 40% renewable energy. >> the mayor of lavoin said the only pay back for his village is a ruined countryside. >> what we need most is they're only producing electricity 9% of the time. the impact on the landscape is terrible. you can see them 50 kilometers away. all th

worst violence to strike france since world war ii. the islamic state claims responsibility. >> isis clet to the united states. >> witnesses said they wore masks, bursting into a social service center shortly after 11:00 a.m. local time where county employees were holding a holiday lunch, 14 dead at least 14 wounded. >> islamic terrorism is global. the murdering of thousands of people and injuring tens of thousands more as it spreads evil around the globe. >> the terrorist threat has evolved into a new phase. >> august 21st, 2015, boarding a train for paris, a heavily armed gunman was ready, willing, and wanting to confidential informant the attacker stopped by three americans who were ready to take this terrorist out. >> it seemed like he was ready to fight to the end. so were we. >> but not every attack was stopped before the evil ripped lives apart. january 7th, 2015, paris, france, al qaeda gunmen stormed the magazine of charlie hebdo. within days, european anti-terror forces launch raids around the continent. in belgium, investiga

. >> president hollande said france was at war. his approval rating went up by 10 percentage points. his rival, nicholas sarkozy proposed electronic tagging for suspected islamic radicals. >> the problem for the french national is that everyone is taking its measure with, it's progress significances, including francois hollande. >> these elections will give the clear evident occasion yet whether marie la pen and her national front are moving from the political fringes to the mainstream. >> joining us via skype is founder of the think tank citizens awakening and from paris, research fellow and author of the book the far right in europe. how big a showing are we going to see for the national front? >> according to the latest opinion polls, the knoll front might get as much as 28% of the vote on the national scale and probably win between two and three o regions on the second vote. the first party in the nation in 2014. >> you've spoken to us here before. you told us how you want a dialogue. it would appear the dialogue is not happeni

here in france, 100,000 police officers will be on duty. security massively beefed up just six weeks after the deadly attacks of november 13. they are wishing europe a happy and united new year. the french president and the german chancellor acknowledging 2015's challenges and calling for their respective nations to rally together in 2016. first, let's return to that agoing news story in dubai, dramatic blaze at a luxury high-rise hotel. close to where thousands of people are gathering for new year's celebrations. several casualties have been reported, the police -- reported. the police say they have evacuated the building. it was due to have a party for people wanting to view the new year's eve celebrations. we will join our correspondent who is in downtown dubai for us. we spoke to you just a few minutes ago about the -- a few minutes ago. that fire was still burning strongly at that point. our firefighters -- are firefighters making any advances? reporter: the crowds around me are cheering. the fire is not over, but the fireworks celebra

germany or france. but for the swiss economy it's marginal and difficult to work with a company outside of switzerland. >> there's less people than two years ago. on friday at 5:00 there were so many people and now there's so less people than two years ago. >> and wilf, it's obviously the big companies out there. the smi companies and the ubss of this world that find it a lot easier to offset the effect of the strong swiss because they're so very well diverse identified but many of the small companies and many in the manufacturing sector they're really feeling the pain and there have been plenty of job losses this year. but before i hand it back to you, i have a couple of coins left. you can have cheese or chocolate. i don't think it's going to be enough for that swiss watch that you always wanted. >> top of the list would be the watch but definitely chocolate over cheese. is swiss cheese a thing? it's more swiss chocolate. >> of course it's a thing. it's a big, big thing. it's a big thing. >> i just li

france a country so showing increasing social intolerance. in the past three weeks, more than 300 incident. >> a week of mastiff protests in cities and towns across france. people denouncing the politician. la pen would close the door to immigrants, take france out of the european union. he's been accused of being racist, anti-semitic and anti-america. shock at his win has swept across europe and britain. >> those policies i find repellent. i believe many people right across consist the world do. there is no future in that type of narrow minded racism and nationalism. >> in that first national election after 9/11 in france, jean-marie la penn did not win the presidency but he did get to the final round. he was in the general election. now, this week, in the first national elections in france after what many people have been calling the french 9/11, the attacks in paris three weeks ago, this time it's jean-marie le pen's daughter maureen who is now the leader of her father's political party. maureen now leads the national front and in the elec

there is growing support for a more security-conscious state in france. there is this pressure on the french government to do something. at the same time, on the other side, there are human rights organizations that say, with these new measures, a judge does not have to give his or her agreement to the police going into people's houses in the being of the night, for -- taking weapons. that would normally be much better look that before it took place. -- be much better looked at before it took place. so, i think there is concern about that, but it is a difficult line to walk, because it is notet -- if strong enough, it will be criticized. if it is too strong, it will be criticized. annette: iraqi forces are attempting to move further into the center of ramadi. sunnials say troops and tribal fighters have taken control of several districts. they are now advancing toward the main government complex. we spoke to a spokesman for the u.s.-led operation against the islamic state. along with thee, rest of this coalition, frankly, has been limited to airstrikes, t

>> welcome back to the "france 24" newsroom. we are broadcasting live from paris. i'm aurore dupuis. annual fireworks in paris and brussels have been canceled. york, madrid, and moscow have boosted security. storm frank keeps battering the u.k. hundreds of homes have been evacuated and thousands more are left with no electricity. the french journalist expelled from beijing is flying home today. chinese authorities refused to renew her visa, accusing her of supporting terrorism. first of all, let's wish a happy new year to those of you who are in new zealand. the clock has already struck midnight there and the annual fireworks display has kicked off. take a look at these impressive pictures coming to us from auckland. there, luckyrks and, because here in paris in belgium, in fact, the fireworks have been canceled. major cities across the world are on high alert. we have a tour of the security measures that have been put into place. reporter: while parisians celebrate, security services will be hard at work. in a city on edge since deadly terror attacks last month, s

has becomel front the front runner in france. andeople express themselves with the people france raised its head. ballots hads what announced. the national movement is without any contest. it is hardly represented in parliament. caroline: two regions are the most at risk, the southeast of france which includes the french riviera. the candidate who came third in the two regions, the socialist decided to revoke their candidacy. creating a republican barricade. guy: fascinating stuff. paris, hans nichols -- central banking here in europe after disappointing markets which were expecting broader action from the european central bank. mario draghi spoke in new york city. he defended his decision. consider the package that has been proposed by the committees as exactly -- it was as the markets have demonstrated, it was not a package that was meant to address market expectations. it was a package that was meant reaching of our objectives of inflation. if we had to intensify the use of our instruments to ensure we abilitythe price mandate

turning our attention to europe france. voting is underway in the elections today with far right expected to make gains. the front national with the muslim anti muslim rhetoric could prove successful. the country is stale under a state of emergency. >> translation: jar done sees himself as the new face of the paris suburbs. he grew up in saint deny, a region with a big immigrant palm re population. he is part italian and he is standing in the regional elections as a candidate for the far right national front. >> translation: the national front appeals to all french people. people who feel happy about their nationality, including french people of immigrant or muslim origin. >> reporter: st denis involved a siege. the memory is still fresh in people's minds. >> reporter: it is just a few weeks since the paris attacks and the whole of france is still under a state of emergency. in it these circumstances it is understandable that is a high priority for many voters. all of which is the political gift of the national front leader

the biggest draw of the night is a huge international soccer match at the stade de france, france's national stadium. france versus rival germany draws tens of thousands of fans, among them, the french president, francois hollande, but it becomes the event the terrorists chose to begin their deadly rampage. 9:20 p.m., the game is already underway when a man approaches the stadium entrance. >> translator: i come face to face with this individual. his beard is dripping with sweat. this was not reassuring and prompted me to wonder what was going on. and i could see he was very anxious, disturbed. >> security guards frisk him and find their worst nightmare, an explosive belt. >> boom! >> translator: he had blown himself up. my shoulders and body were propelled back. >> the soccer match continues. fans unaware, paris unaware. until four miles away, three masked gunmen armed with assault rifles open fire at two restaurants popular with young parisians. >> we heard huge gunshots and lots of glass coming through the window. so we ducked onto the floor with all of the other diners. >> back in the sta

from the national front's stronghold in northern france. is market day in a small town in northern france with only a few -- and we are only a few kilometers away from the national front's stronghold and everyone is talking about the results of the regional election and the defeat of marine le pen. obtainedrvative party region onin the assembly, the national front only 54. not everyone expected such a disappointing outcome for the french far right. it means "long live the national front." personally, i think they are racists, sorry. those immigrants have their rights. it's not their fault there is a war going on in their country. there is the problem of employment and immigration. there are a lot of things that people see and do not understand. they're going to do something about it, i hope. pen lost norine le time to head back to paris. strategy forto be the years to come. the leader of the french far right already preparing for the 2017 presidential election. become thes she has only legitimate leader of the french opposition. catherine:

♪ >> this is "france 24." time for 60 minutes live, these are the headlines. republican front runner donald trump calls for a total ban on muslims entering america in the wake of the attack in california . critics and rivals slam him and his comments as in both reckless and unhinged. beijing issues its first ever maximum red alert for pollution. are shut and schools down. half the city's cars are kept off the roads. the french prime minister calls tohis own socialist backers vote for conservative candidates in the second round of the regional election. in the hopes of keeping the far right national front party out. also coming up for you this hour, burma prepares to open up its very own stock exchange. but our businesses ready for action? we will tell you about the potential hurdles. pope francis opens a rare jubilee year in an ancient ceremony surrounded by the strictest security checks the vatican has ever seen. that and more on the way. but first, our top story. ♪ >> well, there have been more inflammatory comments from donald trump. he is calling for a b

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we visited on "france 24 ." you are watching "france 24 i am aurore dupuis, and here are the latest allies. rebels, fighters are being evacuated from besieged towns, part of a rare deal reached. japan has agreed to give compensation to korean former sex slaves who were forced to work in japanese military brothels during world war ii. paris, the city of love, is usually the world's number one tourist definition, -- tourist destination, but this year it has been tainted by recent terror attacks in the french capital. we start this in addition with the deaths of 20 people who are thought to have been killed in a bomb blast in northeast nigeria. the bombing reportedly ripped through a mosque. multiple suicide and grenade attacks have taken place since sunday. at least 15 people were killed yesterday in the same area. our correspondent is covering this per cap nature and authorities confirmed that boko haram islamists are behind the latest wave of violence? not been this has confirmed by boko haram, but it has all of

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"france 24" has more. >> the 10th attack foiled in france this year. because of the security measures that have been taken because of the attacks in paris, this enabled them to foil the attack. they managed to find an individual inside the city who had made major preparations for this attack in orioles. orleans.'t -- in earlier in the day he said some sort of attack might be prepared against church churches somewhere christmas eve. > certain measures have been imposed. searches and house arrests are legal. this comes after a group of activists voiced their discontent they will be prevented from taking part in demonstrations during the recent u.n. climate summit in paris. here is our report. >> did french authorities take advantage of the state of ergency to lock up activists and critics of the summit? france's constitutional summit says no. they say these measures do not amount to a deprivation of liberty. the ruling comes after a group of seven activists challenged e legality of the security measures put in place since the paris attacks. these include

climate summit in paris, france. today we start today's show with the global refugee crisis, the greatest exodus of people since world war ii. on monday, the united nations appealed for $20 billion in additional aid saying that at , present funding levels, the agency is "not able to provide even the very minimum in core protection and lifesaving assistance." un officials cited the wars in syria, afghanistan, iraq, yemen, and south sudan as one of the major reasons there are nearly 60 million people forcibly displaced worldwide. the largest single displaced community are syrians, with 4 million refugees forced outside syria's borders by the ongoing conflict. last week after a contentious 10-hour debate, the british parliament voted to authorize airstrikes inside syria. the bombing began within hours. well, only a few days later, we traveled an hour and a half north of paris to the calais refugee camp. it's the largest refugee camp in france. 6000 to 7000 people are camped out in makeshift tents. their goal is to reach

manufacturing picking up in france and germany -- services in france can be explained away. the stimulus measures, the latest batch, berar fruit? mary on draghi believes they will and hence, hi s caution to accelerate the program in early december. it is fair to say yes, but it will be slow growth. people have got to come to terms with the fact that we have been to one of the deepest recessions since the first world war. the deepest we would like to see and many generations. it is going to take time to recover. famousraghi said on that thursday, infamous thursday, that it was adequate. was that enough to get the inflation back up to target? julian: the man always keeps an ace up his sleeve. if the march economies are and weslightly dull, have not seen a pickup -- it is important that france see some growth coming through because a major economy within the eurozone -- so, if we are not seeing that and ispain, if they are not beginning to recover, he may come in with another package. mark: what is on the buy list? inian: what i would say sector terms, as rates begin to rise ar

it seems this will become a more familiar sight across france. something that communities will have to reconcile. al jazeera, france. >> rains in the southern indian state have eased, and the airport has opened up some place carrying relief supplies. 280 people have died in the flooding, though. this includes 14 patients who died at an intensive care unit after floodwaters damaged generators running life support machines. we have more now from new delhi. >> the death of at least 14 patients at a private hospital in a the indian city as a result of power failures owing to widespread flooding over the past week has become a national talking point on one hand the state government said private facilities like hospitals should have been ready for a crisis of this magnitude in the city, but the critics argue that despite the private fasts having these backups of backups in times of crises or potential floods in low lying areas, it is the government's responsibility to have over all oversight of what is and isn't happening in these particular areas, and

early exit polls suggest france's far right has played strong gains in the first regional elects since the paris attacks. >>> hello even he should robin adams here with sport for you. youyour again klopp is derailed. coming up later in the program. >>> an historic deal that's how it is described. the deal finally sees agreement between the parliament of the general national congress in tripoli and the one recognized by the u.n. in tobruk. the agreement stipulates that an election will take place in two years and it calls for the two sides to form a committee to help choose a government of national reconciliation. victoria gatenby has more. >> reporter: a libyan in addition tiff for the first time in the country's long-running political crisis an initial agreement to work together. these are representatives of the two rival parliament the deal calls for a two sides to form a 10-member committee to help choose a government of national reconciliation. >> translator: this is a purely libyan meeting. arranged by libyans. now we call on the united nations to endorse this move which will prov

albania made their way to draw france. france has never been to euros either and face england. >> some of our players play on the big stage, but we have not done it on the big tournament. >> reporter: completing france's group are switzerland and romania. >> the last two years we played against them they gave us big problems as we weren't able to beat them. the swiss we have observed because we had them in our group for the world cup because we know them well. we have watched romania before. >> reporter: they are hoping to make it three major titles after three on home soil, having lifted this trophy and the world cup in paris. the last time france hosted the european championship was in 1984 when they beat spain in the final. the cap scored his ninth goal sealing his place in history. 31 years later as president of f.i.f.a., he is not even allowed into the draw for euro 2016. instead he is locked out. his 90 day suspension was upheld by the court of arbitration for sport and before the end of the months f.i.f.a.'s ethics