women did not have the right to vote in france during world war ii. it was not until 1945 after paris had been liberated that they were given that right. marie madeleine marie-madeleine fourcade rebelled against that restrictive view of women and spent all her life refusing to let men dictate what she could do. she had a strong will and taste for risk and adventure and qualities not often seen in young french women from well-to-do families like hers but then again, few gentile french women had unconventional backgrounds and upbringing that she did. her father was a shipping executive and was born spent much of her childhood in shanghai which in the early years of the 20th century was considered the essence of exoticism, mystery and excitement. it was an open city which meant you do not have to have a visa or passport to get there. as a result shanghai was crowned with an extraordinary election of immigrants ranging from white russians fleeing from the bolsheviks to chinese warlords and revolutionaries to american and european gangsters, spies and drug

they are previously known as -- for france. it straddles major highways running south from aleppo to the capital and west to the port city. of war, , theyrs are determined to take the province and crushed the rebellion, breaking a cease-fire brokered by russia. momoscow has p provided aiair st while advising against a full-scale attack. is afraid of a major influx of syrian refugees. >> our country does not have the resources or power to take in another 3 million people. we must do what we can too prevent migration from t this ea. the u.n. has warned of a major humanitarian disaster. >> protesters are locked in a country'sith the rulers. the opposition movement is return to aa nationwide civil disobedience campaign. >> civil disobedience is the word they are talking about on the street. the plan is to move the protest beyond this site. strike could be ruled out as early as monday. junior police officers have gone on strike. those working in the post offices, the train service. thatey question is, will alienate sudanese who have

and was due to receive a shipment of arms from france as part of the sales to saudi arabia and now this is what she had to say last week in regards to babs. arms delivery according to him and 2 issues made a few years ago well that news was met with protests at the port of of when it was announced last week that's because there was a leaked investigation in the last month show which alleges that the french government has been made aware by secretive military notes that weapons sold by france society arabia could have been used on the front line in yemen and could have been used against civilians and that provoked lots of anger from people who wanted to stop that shipment from going ahead now president michel also spoke about this last week saying that he had received confirmation from riyadh that any arms france sold to saudi arabia wouldn't be used in this way but despite that because of the processed those on's were not able to be loaded on the ship and then it moved on its way attempting to visit ports in spain and now on its way to italy but the controversy continues and many human

saudi arabia ship has been met by protests in spain after it earlier failed to pick up weapons in france the french flag was projected on to the vessel from a small boat is the cargo ship made its way to a spanish arbor earlier it was blocked by activists in the french city of la where it was to load weapons but was instead forced to set sail without them the ship left the spanish port carrying material that according to the trade could be used by the saudi military but no. in a combat capacity countries are under pressure over there are saudi arabia which is accused of targeting civilians in yemen china dubinsky it's more the story. i'm just international has blasted several european union states saying they have failed to poll their obligations in regards to the arms trade treaty because they're selling weapons to saudi arabia live with them that will likely be used in the war in yemen the bar has been bouncing off european ports like a pinball this is a serious test of the country's resolve to uphold the obligations on the arms trade treaty and e.u. common position on arms exports sev

alliance was important later again because of france. it was the place where the allies we're going to l land to take back europe so they needed to know everything they could about the beaches on which the troops would land. june 61944. her agents in normandy would provide the allies with a 55-foot long map of the normandy beaches on which the allies would land showing every german placement and fortification and beach obstacle along theg coast. together with details of army units so just imagine 55 feet long so that's the map that they would carry with them on d-day. so how difficult was it for a woman to lead a network like this? ianot only the french but the british they worked extremely closely with mi-6 and they had no idea the person who took over from the creator of the alliance was a woman for almost one year. she kept her identity secret because she was convinced they would never accept the idea of a woman is a major spy network and probably was right so she thought she had to prove herself in alliance before her identity was re

occupied france we must find and destroy her. what she did in the war meant she was decorated by the french republic and by a british king and an american president and yet all that was done in secret. she has remained in the shadows and i'm would dearly like to change that. what did she do? how could she be so brave because she was beyond brave. she was born to a well-to-do family and her grandmother was a banker and had a big house in downtown baltimore and they say it was wide enough to turn courts and horses in its but that's how big it was. virginia came along the fortune had dissipated somewhat and her father, ned, who she was very close to it was a well-to-do guy and married his secretary barbara but the family fortunes were not quite what they were and the expectation was virginia when mary well and restore the whole to the home to their former glory. virginia had other ideas and as you see from the pictures in the book she was a tomboy. what she liked was going horse riding and hunting in the woods with her father who ga

along its journey and france are terrific seated in preventing it from collecting its cargo claiming the arms could be used against civilians in yemen now a french flag has been projected on the vessel in spain however madrid claims that the ship left the airport carrying material that will not be used in a combat capacity you countries are under increasing pressure over their arms sales to saudi arabia charlotte timothy story. well amnesty international has blasted several european union states saying they have failed to poll their obligations in regards to the arms trade treaty because they're selling weapons to saudi arabia with them that will likely be used in the war in yemen the bar has been bouncing off european ports like a pinball this is a serious test of the country's resolve to uphold the obligations on the arms trade treaty and e.u. common position on arms exports several states have food this test in the space of just a few days now the concern is that some of these weapons could be being used on the frontline in the war in yemen and could be being used against civilian

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britain and france carried out our strikes against syrian government facilities course at the home of scott the barcode. we saw petrified children. i listened to the righteous indignation very terrible regime we read a scrupulous investigation into what happened by the u.n. chemical weapons watchdog the your p c w report was meant to poison indisputable and speculations over what happened in dumas in syria in spring 2018 except did it really. the 16 newly revealed pages challenge of the bag bone of the official conclusions. after passing through the ceiling in impacting the floor at lower speed the cylinder continued in altered trajectory until reaching the position in which you do is found. observations of the scene of the 2 locations suggest that there is a higher probability that both cylinders were money placed at those $2.00 locations rather than being delivered from aircraft the engineering teams account is well structured it includes pictures from the side of the incident blueprints and images of the test cases studied to deliver their verdict it's unlikely the project tile fel

they issued an instruction, in order to all offices across france, everybody who is occupying france, we must find and destroy her, what she did in the world met she was decorated by the french republic, by a british king, and an american president. yet, all of that was done in secret. she has remained in the shadows and i would like to change that. who was she? how could she be so brave because she really was. she was born in a quite well-to-do family. her grandfather was a banker and had a big house in downtown baltimore. they say was wide enough to turn a coach and horses in it, whether anyone tried, i cannot tell you. when virginia came along the fortune dissipated somewhat. her father, ned who she was very close to was a well-to-do guy. he married his secretary, barb or about the family fortunes were not quite what they were. the expectation was that virginia would very well virginia though had other ideas. and you'll see from the pictures in the book, she was a tomboy. what she liked was horse riding and hunting in the woods with her father who gave her the shot gun to shoot ani

rehat that any france sold to saudi arabia wouldn't be used in this way but despite that because of the processed so those on were not able to be loaded on the ship and then it moved on its way attempting to visit ports in spain and now on its way to italy but the controversy continues and many human rights organizations are unhappy that any of these sales are taking place in the 1st place what they've called on is for european union states to now halt those sales to saudi arabia off their arms. earlier the french defense minister said there was no conclusive evidence that french weapons were killing civilians in yemen saudi arabia itself denies targeting civilians deliberately claim that it's only interested in fighting who think rebels who sees yemen's capital in 2014 more news after this short break. this in petersburg international economic forum is a unique event in today's business world. over the last 21 years the forum has become a leading global platform for discussing the key economic issues facing russia emerging markets and the world thousands of business community members a

and bombardment, bombing of various parts of france, took place all over france because it's the area had just bombed normandy that would give the germans the belief that the invasion was going to come there. in fact, in the -- the french expected it to come farther east than it did. so they had an idea of where it was going to be, but they actually didn't expect it to be in normandy. >> mary louise roberts is our guest. she's history professor at the university of wisconsin at madison. author of the book "d day through french eyes" that's our focus for the last part of our program this morning is the experience of french norman stips and the initial invasion of d day. 202-748-8000 if you are living in the eastern and central time zones. 202-748-8001 for mountain and pacific time zones. and for french americans, the number is 202-748-8 02. particularly interested in you had relatives or ancestors who lived in norman defor french during the time of the invasion. a reminder of the time line of the invasion. we are talking about june 6th, 1944. but the original invasion was postponed, th

but this has on settle so the was economically this france's finance minister bernard a man said that no one should be in any doubt about the high stakes involved in the dispute have a listen. resample there is no greater threat to world growth to your standard of living to the standard of living of everyone listening to us than a trade war between china and the united states because it means that trade tariffs will go up if you are goods will circulate around the world won't be able to circulate around french goods as easily around the world and jobs will be destroyed trade will destroy jobs in france and in europe and in this area to europe has to unite to resist that. and the. french minister of economy and finance with me in the studio and i'll have stephen beard see my colleague from the news business desk and correspondent muchas building joins me from beijing. balcombe to both a few welcome to you as a lot is in beijing and let me talk with you though stephen now we can't look at the french a minister had to say that the stakes are very high in this trade dispute washington has

than they had in france. guess where those landing craft were going to come from? italy. the british had a fundamental problem again with operation overlord, which starts a whole new series of arguments. the british argued that anvil would deplete italy of the required equipment. eisenhower simply didn't care. not only were the british putting up a hard time, but now the air corps planners were so convinced of their superiority, that bombing could end the war, they did not want any part in operation overlord. the planners had called for them to bomb all of the rail facilities throughout normandy to keep the germans from reinforcing normandy, and they didn't want to play. they were like, if you guys would leave us alone for 30 days , we can end the war without having to invade france. that didn't really sit too well with eisenhower, but he is getting a lot of pushback on his plans and he starts to cave in. he starts to negotiate with people and he is telling marshall about this. marshall is limited and -- is l

the men were seized in neighboring brittany on may the 1st was touring an area france's longer advised travelers to avoid amid fears the hostages would be handed over to jihadists and mali french president manuel micro gave the green light special forces to raid their captain's camp. that raid left 4 kidnappers dead as well as 2 french commandos so to speak to people from alone on cello. the team also stumbled across the south korean and another american hostage managing to free them both. jihadist groups of long been active across to kenya fast in mali and the violence seems to be spreading france has some for now hof 1000 troops in the region to combat the threat and most locals back their presence. i'm joined now by thomas shiloh regional director for the sa hill at the con aga now a foundation here in germany is based in bomb a co mr schiller thanks for joining us were these people very unlucky to be taken hostage or were they foolish to be visiting the area. good afternoon from the. onset your question or answer your question a little bit with luck because. the area of move from m

the pathfinder heads for the coast of france. planes move into their position at the head of the runway. 30 minutes after the takeoff, c-47s follow on the invasion path. ♪ carrier: as troop aircraft across tehe channel, the allied fleet ahas weighed anchor. route is actually variable -- 500 to 1,000. visibility is poor. stand up! >> ready, weather red. >> stand! green.y, with the >> go! ♪ >> the unit landed squarely on 91st division of enemy troops. they were already occupying defensive positions. surprise was only gained by the parachute unit. loads, 13,000 paratroopers were delivered in less than two hours. troop carrier had not planned a train for a night glider landing . was estimated only fifty of personnel and equipment would be available after the landing. the calculated risk was excepted. cg4as were easier to put into a strange field in darkness. 0:200. time for the gliders to go. >> approaching lz! >> roger. >> okay! go on! [explosions] the coastal defenses softened up for the beach landing. daybreak. aerial bombardm

the man was seized in neighboring brittany on may the 1st was touring an area france's long gun laws travels to avoid amid fears the hostages would be 100 over to china had to say mali french president manuel micro gave the green light to special forces to raid that captain's camp. that raid left 4 kidnapped instead as well as 2 french commandos centric to hear from. the team also stumbled across the south korean and another american hostage managing to free them both. jihadist groups of long been active across picking a fuss over in mali and the violence seems to be spreading france has some for no hostile reason troops in the region to combat the threats and most locals bug presence. governments in europe are coming under fire from aid groups off to one of this year's deadliest shipwrecks in the mediterranean involving migrants at least $65.00 migrants drowned off the boat capsized off the coast of sin is e on friday this nation navy was able to rescue 16 people survive the said most of those on board the boat from bangladesh they had deposited from libya on thursday. and head of t

this week on "france 24." ♪ >> you are watching "france 24." these are the headlines. rulers suspend negotiations with protesters on installing civilian rule. the military says the demonstrators need to clear the roadblocks before talks can resume. tensions skyrocketing between the u.s. and iran. an escalating tit for tat that potential toe the slip into conflict. spain a arrests thehe longtime f of the military group that had been on the run for 17 years. also c coming up in business, donald trump launches a two-pronged attack on chinese as theant, huawei, u.s.-china trade war heats up. tech summity visa kicks off today in paris. eventoverage on the big on diverersity a and inclusivit. this is live from paris. ♪ >> progress made in sudan over moving the country toward civilian rule was cut short wednesday. the current army rulers suspend the talks for three days demanding protesters first stop inre said in -- their sit outside of the military headquarters. they pushed omar al-bashir to resign last month. earlier this week, they made a deal w

germany attacked poland in 1939, they attack france in 1940, and the loss of france is a complete shock to the united states. begins to bring the united states out of its complacency. not out of its isolationism -- congress and the american people wanted absolutely nothing to do with the war in europe, but congress understands they have to begin preparing for war. and so the louisiana maneuvers, held in 1940 and 1941, were designed to see how well the army performed. and the answer was not well. revealed aes had number of quitman problems, such pipes being labeled cannons, trucks being labeled tanks, biplanes being labeled bombers, that sort of thing. so the army was not only understaffed -- there were only 200,000 soldiers total in the army at this point -- but we have some of quitman problems, as you can see. so marshall determined -- some equipment problems, as you can see. so marshall determined it might be time to build up the army. after the first series of exercises, marshall and the president go to congress and enact the selective service act and bring 900,000 draftees into the

in other world news a saudi ship which was due to load weapons in france has sailed without its congo heman rights protesters say the shipment contravened an international arms treaty a recent online investigative side published leads french military intelligence that shows weapons sold to the saudis were being used against civilians in the war in yemen paul brennan has reports. the ship at the center of the latest saudi arms control the sea had spent thursday at anchor on the edge of french territorial waters the two hundred twenty five meter bar a young who waited to enter port and load up its cargo of french weapons destined for the saudi military. in paris though two separate human rights groups had lodged legal challenges to try to have the shipment declared illegal and on the quay side around one hundred demonstrators assembled determined to take direct action to prevent the ship docking again. since it's a junior for syria the war in yemen is a difficult war we're turned into supports of saudi arabia and if we the french citizens do not act we don't try to stop ourselves we wil

it was in that spirit that the presidents of italy and france gathered at given she's tomb was france it's a don't know and it's all say this renee songs period was an extremely important time in the friendship between italy and france when you're in a sense genius came to france to spend the rest of his life at the invitation of a young french king will see. given she spent the last three years of his life at the chateau duke lola's say and died here in fifteen nineteen at the age of sixty seven but his legacy in contemporary europe has few equals. quick lot of football at barcelona have beaten liverpool three nel in the first leg of the champions league semifinals there is open the scoring for the spanish hosts in the twenty six minutes and lino massi scored the second fifteen minutes from time and he struck again just seven minutes later the second leg will take place on in liverpool on tuesday that will decide who will face or tottenham in the final. his reminder the top story this this weds president nicolas maduro the army to fight off raku plotters following the vicious weeks o

in france forty two year old vasilinda has spent the last eleven years in a vegetative state. after two thousand eight motorcycle accidents. thanks for watching france twenty four now first came in influence peddling scandal that soul austria's vice chancellor resign and that political crisis has now. leled to alll m ministers fromme far rigight freedom party steppg down from austria's coalitionon governments must seem corny as all the latest. the fallout from the stalker scandal continues on monday afternoon austria's chancellor sebastian courts told reporters in vienna he had decided to fire the country's far right interior minister herbert cackle. i have decided in consultation with the federal presidents to propose the interior ministers firing to the president. herbert kinkel a member of the fbo or freedom party was the organization's secretary general in. twenty seventeen it was at that time that the parties former leader hines case dion's talker met with an alleged russian benefactor in a visa. in a video published over the weekends talker and a party colleagues you hon

position hasn't changed in so much as that france has always wanted to maintain this deal along with other european powers because the then this deal offers what they say is the best bet for the region for security peace and stability but for its party she did make it very clear that if iran was violating the accord the twenty fifteen accord in some way then european powers could have to consider really imposing sanctions on iran she said that that would be on the table is not something they want to do but it's something they would certainly have to consider so the fact that iran is suggesting that it's going to suspend some of its commitments to this deal certainly is putting european powers in a very awkward position indeed it's an awkward position but one you might say that they've had plenty of time to deal with and this is a real conundrum now for europe is it not all those that are part of the deal the u.k. germany france and russia or is that they try to find this framework and yet they have america pushing from across the atlantic a powerful heavyweight basically saying do as

in other news france's interior minister is being branded a liar after climbing on to capitalists attacked star for the paris hospital during a may day rally but turned ugly but videos and eyewitness accounts of the incident suggest that they're actually taking cover from riot police who were firing tear gas or do basically reports from the french capital violence on may the first has been well documented in one of the most shocking stories that emerged from that violence when these allegations have been secured by forces interior minister that actually some of the rioters and those protesters were trying to attack a hospital trying to attack the staff and trying to enter into that hospital and this particular hospital was actually a surgical intensive care unit and there was descriptions of the patients inside saying that they were in quite scary situation many of them were intimidated some ventilated and that the staff at whom rickly tried to fight off that attack of those protesters entering into the site this is what france's interior minister had to say about that event. the pity petr

jihadist groups of long been active across but in mali and the violence seems to be spreading france has some 4 and a half 1000 troops in the region to combat the threat and most locals back that presence. to britain we still need to increase our efforts to strengthen security that we have good collaboration between africans and other countries abroad to really find a solution and bring all these evil spirits far away i mean this is a bit too much but it was. the hostages and now heading home to their respective countries where they will be welcomed by political leaders and their families. i'm joined now by 2 must sell a regional director for the sa hill at the conway aga now a foundation here in germany is based in bomb a co mr schiller thanks for joining us where these people very unlucky to be taken hostage or were they foolish to be visiting the area. good afternoon from the. onset your question or answer your question a little bit with luck because. the area of move from. is considered since a long time is a very long time as a very dangerous one as a no go area if you look at t

headquarters here in the are coming up in the next thirty minutes a saudi vessel leaves france without collecting it shipment of weapons following protests over the military campaign in the yemen. also two french soldiers were killed while rescuing foreign hostages from a rebel group in the key the first so. africa's ruling a.n.c. loses some support but retains its lead in the general election. welcome to the program the trade war between the world's top two economies is escalating donald trump's the latest threat is to impose tariffs on nearly all chinese imports that's after the u.s. more than double tariffs on two hundred billion dollars worth of products made in china trade negotiators are in washington for a second day of talks hoping to reach a settlement among his many tweets trump says terrorists will bring in far more wealth to our country than even a phenomenal deal of the traditional kind also much easier and quicker to do our farmers will do better faster and starving nations can now be helped waivers on some products will be granted or go to a new source while for more on

france and germany join forces to mark to make their mark on the battery cells market for electric vehicles production is currently concentrated in the hands of just a few mainly asian companies. plus first she was his bodyguard now she says queen thailand's king marries the deputy head of his personal security forces just days before his official cornish. i'm sumi so muskaan that's good to have you with us. the destructive force of cycle in kenneth is starting to become clear a week after tore through mozambique the government has confirmed that the death toll has reached forty one but that number is expected to rise though many parts of mozambique are inaccessible with remote areas and small islands still waiting for aid supplies our correspondent adrienne creech traveled to ebo an island off the north of the country that was hit especially hard. we are onboard an aid flight headed towards the vacation island of. now for the first time we get an aerial view of the massive destruction up till now flights have hardly been possible due to the strong rain. i've never seen anything like this t

figures in front of the number of deportations of illegal aliens france has actually increased by 20 percent so that has really riled people up and that's one of the reasons why the so-called black press rush. yesterday. as saudi cargo ship believed to be carrying 2 consignments of military equipment with rights groups fear could be used in yemen has talked to the italian port of to now it's been met by protests and. have reportedly refused to load any moment tails on to the vessel. but you know this she's on the scene there in p.r. general or is taking to the streets because of the city's pacifist tradition i should the docks in our port to load equipment that could be used during a war like the one being fought in yemen where many have died among the civilian population can be a part of this. this morning unfortunately we had confirmation that even here in general they plan to load military equipment we called for a strike because we did not want to be accomplices of the war in yemen inside the ship has been making the rounds of ports around europe it was reportedly loaded with arm

that france was due to more weapons on to this saudi ship. arms delivery according to groom and to issue was made a few years ago he appealed it however it came a little bit unstuck with protests taking place outside the port of large that's because there was a leaked investigation in the last month a show which alleges that the french government has been made aware by secretive military notes that weapons sold by france society arabia could have been used on the front line in yemen and could have been used against civilians and that has caused huge concern here because of that those protests went to the port and that shipment wasn't able to take place the president might call has also spoken out about this last week he confirmed that he had had confirmation from riyadh that's the capital in saudi arabia that those shipment of arms wouldn't be used in the conflict in yemen but despite that many people here in france are unhappy and easy with the idea that france is selling weapons anyway to saudi arabia and the controversy continues as the sa

. >> i'm frances rivera. on this memoriwoayd away with japan's prime minister. the two leaders briefing te tensions with north korea. for the latest we go to hallie jackson who is traveling with the president. halle, good morning. >> reporter: hey there, frances and marlie, good morning to the both of you. president trump is waking up again in japan after holding a news conference with prime minister shinzo abe of japan we were there and there were some notable moments coming out of this press conference we knew that trade and north korea would be top of the agenda and they certainly were in this discussion president trump, when asked about whether he thought the recent missile test by north korea violated u.n. security council resolution, president trump said it didn't matter to him. he said some in his administration, notably john bolton, believed those tests do violate the resolution president trump said he was unbothered by them, essentially brushing off the concern about what north korea is doing. he was also asked if he still had confidence in bolton, and

the man received in neighboring b'nei on may the 1st touring an area france's longer advised travelers to avoid amid fears the hostages would be 100 over to jihadists and molly french president manuel micro gave the green light special forces to raid that captain's camp. that raid left 4 kidnappers dead as well as 2 french commandos centric to appear from. the team also stumbled across the south korean and another american hostage managing to free them both. the forces have been in. the operation. they were about 15 cannot be soldiers in attendance but there was also collaboration in terms of intelligence which led to the success of the alteration. jihadist groups of long been active across but kenya faso in mali and the violence seems to be spreading france has some 4 and a half 1000 troops in the region to combat the threat and most locals back their presence. we still need to increase our efforts to strengthen security with good collaboration between africans and other countries abroad to really find a solution and bring all these evil spirits far away i mean if it's because they we

human rights activists attempt to block france's shipment to saudi arabia concerned that the weapons are being used against yemeni civilians. why do we continue to support countries that exhibit disrespect for international behavior and why do we continue to fuel the war i have no problems with these weapons are made to cuba. and north korea's latest a missile test second within a week raises questions in washington over pyongyang's interest in solving the crisis on the peninsula. it's nine o'clock here in moscow and you're watching all to international live from our headquarters with me welcome to the program a former u.s. national security analyst has been charged with giving classified documents on u.s. tactics to a journalist he's now facing up to fifty years in prison for his alleged role in the revelation his ati's more pretty. well use thirty one years old his main aim is daniel hale and he's a former u.s. intelligence official and member of the national security agency and apparently he is facing up to fifty years in prison for leaking classified government information . was

sanctions or france is already chipped in on this this morning rejecting that old some might have been threatening iran with new financial penalties it's a complicated story we'll take you through it also coming up. tough for this it's immigration controls expelling around six hundred foreign nationals including two hundred islamic religious leaders whose visas have expired well critics fear it's part of a broader crackdown on the muslim community in fact following the trustees on easter sunday we've got reaction. of individuals who orchestrated attacks within a very short. time which killed so many many doing this in the east are more sophisticated and they are suggesting. to do you with east terror attacks. and french telecom's orange is sued for moral harassment with prosecutors arguing the company created intolerable working conditions that led to thirty five employees. good afternoon just turned midday this wednesday the eighth of may here in moscow one is kevin owen here for thirty minutes world news update from r.t. international top story there is mention iran said it will no l

human rights activists attempt to block france's arms shipments as sound as concerns grow of the weapons are being used against yemeni civilians. will be to do with why do we continue to support countries that exhibit disrespect for international behavior and why do we continue to fuel the war i have no problems with shame that these weapons are made to kill. and in north korea's latest a missile test its second within a week raises questions and washington over pyongyang's interest in solving the crisis on the peninsula. it's eight o'clock am in moscow and you're watching r.t. international line from our headquarters with me in india welcome to the program. human rights activists have been attempting to prevent france from sending any more arms to saudi arabia by filing lawsuits on the transfers violate the. trade treaty they say there's clear evidence societies have been using french weapons against civilians. they claim the sales of their for illegal and render micron administration complicit in war crimes we are denies ever intentionally targeting on incompetence protesters gathered

if you don't affect you there is a kind of missed opportunity between france and germany the germans were at one point more european than the french there's too much of an economic discrepancy between france and germany germany is the 1st economic power in europe so europe is less vital for germany than it is for france and that's quite sad. it's now down to another in chief donald to ask to try to come up with an acceptable nominee for the next commission president but with germany and france at odds over the process this won't be an easy task. this is dave up next business africa with ben facility so get back at the top of the top of the day . where i come from we have to fight for a free press and was born and raised in a military dictatorship with just one t.v. shadow and if you newspapers when official information as a journalist i have worked on the streets of many cantrips and their problems are always the same 14 social inequality a lack of the freedom of the press and. we're gonna fall.

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they suspect that the kidnappers may have been linked to one of them well the hostages returned to france at the weekend so their families they will be extremely relieved they all apparently in good condition but it will be a much sadder moments of the beginning of next week when the bodies of those 2 french soldiers those 2 special for soldiers return for a ceremony attended by the french president. south africa's ruling party has specter to be officially announced the winner of wednesday's general election but with nearly all the votes counted the a.n.c. has always share a vote since the end of apartheid 25 years ago the main opposition democratic alliance won almost a quarter of the votes. still ahead on al jazeera i knew hospital in gaza offers hope to dozens of palestinians of lost limbs during the great march of return protests and more people around the world are being forced from their homes and ever before we'll look at why. we've still got one or 2 showers around the middle east maybe northern parts of the middle east some cloud here pushing out of iraq easing over towards iran.

human rights activist a time to blog france's shipment to saudi arabia as concerns grow that the weapons are being used against yemeni civilians. won't be if you are you or do you it is why do we continue to school countries that exhibit disrespect for international behavior and why do we continue to fuel the war i have no problems with seem these weapons are made to kill. and north korea's latest missile tested second within a week raises questions in washington over pyongyang's interest in solving the crisis on the peninsula. it's ten o'clock here in moscow and you're watching r.t. international live from our headquarters with me. welcome to the program a former u.s. national security analyst has been charged with giving classified documents on u.s. warfare tactics to a journalist is now facing up to fifty years in prison for his alleged role in the revelation the press freedom organization reporters without borders has criticized the legal moves against hale saying that charging whistleblowers under the espionage act must end his all t's. well he's thirty one years old his name is dan