the light i actually know enough about living under fascism was light on equal to broadcasting. thumbnails have been august night. happy al jazeera english crowd recipient of the new york festivals broadcaster of the year award for the 5th year running. there is no channel that covers world news like we do, we revisit places, mistake, i'll deserve really invest in that. and that's a privilege. as a journalist, ah hi marleen site. and diane, with your top stories on al jazeera, the number of people killed and friday, suicide attack in the afghan city of county has risen to 65 mos funerals have been held as the taliban promised to step up security at sheer moscow i saw in afghanistan has claimed responsibility as the groups fast log scale attack and the south of the country. they're not gonna do smuggle people our coward enemies,

merciless, too old. we asked d as law make emerett to seriously think about our security. because our enemies will harm our society by any means they can. hi, stephanie decker in kabul, which she says a tell about starting to realize the scale of the threats for myself. kandahar is police chief vowing to increase security with special police units at chia mosques across kandahar. this attack claim by i so significant in the sense of the 1st of its kind in kandahar kandahar is the birthplace, the stronghold of the taliban. and i'm really what we're seeing over the last couple of weeks is an increase in pace and increase in geographical scope in these attacks. initially, they were more centered around july about in the east of the country. they moved to cobble moving to conducing the north. and now in the south, in kandahar we've also noticed it here in the sense of the taliban beefing up security. we went round a couple of the ministries to day and the security procedures were tighter and different than before. also a message from the interior ministry

a couple of days ago, asking the taliban to look inward at at potential any ice will fight as that could be infiltrated among them. so what was beforehand this? the answer you'd usually get from the taliban when you asked them how much of a threat iceland, afghanistan was, they would play it down. now, it seems that they are starting to take it seriously. certainly these 2 groups have been fighting each other for quite a long time. but now the taliban is having to govern the country and having to prevent the kinds of attacks that they used to carry out themselves. lease 17 christian missionaries from the us along with their family members have been kidnapped. and hey, see they were on their way to the airport in the capitol porto prince when they were taken by armed men in the area of gown. caea. eighties, enjoy gee's of economic and political on people, and the situation has only wasn't since july after the assassination of the president. thousands of demonstrators have veronica and sue dawns, capital consumed to demand greater representation and government. the prime

minister della hm doc says, the divisions causing the was crisis yet in the countries transition to civilian boone. tensions have been growing since in attempted coup. next month. hospitals in northern nikiya, overwhelmed with malnourished children, as the fighting in and around te gray causes hunger to spread. the un says barely any aid has made it into to grind the past few months. you can open government says that responsibility for the crisis lies with a to grow people's liberation front. the french president has condemned a crackdown on algerian protested that happened 60 years ago in paris. on the eve of the anniversary, emanuel mac hall observed a moment of silence on the spot where dozens of demonstrators were killed. in 1961 . algerians had been protesting against french colonial rule. when police reacted violently. my call said the crackdown was inexcusable. the british iranian aid work and as needs, gar, ratcliffe has lost her appeal against

a 2nd jail sentence in iran. cigar. ratcliffe has been held by the arabian authorities since 2016. she served a 5 year sentence for challenges of plotting to throw the government, but was then charged with a separate offense of spreading propaganda. she and her family maintain her innocence and say the case is politically motivated. fishman and lanka, protesting against poaching from neighboring india. dozens of boats flying black flags of sale to the northernmost point of the island nation to make that point. they want their government to enforce a 2017 law, which prevents indian fishermen from coming in. and scientists have worn, there's no end in sight or volcanic eruption on the spanish island of la palmer lava continues to pull from the columbia volcano began erupting 3 and a half weeks ago. solve a dioxide samples indicate the eruption could last for weeks or even months. those are you headlines. nice continues here now does error after blood and tears french

di colonization. ah aah! france once had a vast empire covering over 11000000 square kilometers of the world by the 19th thirty's, it comprised over a 100000000 people. but after the 2nd world war, national independence movements grew and pressure mounted on france in asia, africa, and the americas to let go of many of its colonies. pressure that it resisted

often violently. uprisings in algeria, the middle east and madagascar were subdued with brutal force. trouble also, similar in the caribbean and ivory and indo china, full scale war broke out. how long could france hold out against the tide of history? it was living in a new world now in which the new global powers of the united states and the soviet union were locked in the cold war. and in which old empires, what crumbling. this is the story of the collapse of one of the biggest empires the world does ever see. and how the blood dent is shed decades ago. a still felt in the world today. ah

ah ah, the war in indo china began in december 1946. and after 4 years stuck in the quagmire of vietnam, the french were forced to take stock. they sent for reinforcements. from now on half of their troops would come from morocco synagogue. and even algeria, as in 1939, the colonies had to come to the rescue of the colonizing power. and as in madagascar, 3 he is before they were forced to fight other colonized people. little bit vital, voluntarily a posture that i'm if on says papa, turn into. she knew that mit is that dealership with volunteer. should the village of historic saga as well as from home fisher whiskers and thong. basil london.

there's an unto yukon museum of fissile a propaganda false. it is to come in the form of a passivity delacour when aliya ganga noodle to lee could it could it emblem on long julia and bob plump will if boys tamikia his id, young french volunteers did not necessarily commit themselves out of patriotism for marty azako with all day they fall all at ballard? no, not yet. oh, yes or says italy, could you see a b gen no particular level you level deal, eric and i'm a huge could assist us, get out there. i say. despite military inferiority north vietnamese liter hoshi men stuck to a simple but effective class guerilla warfare. he compared his army to a tiger facing an elephants. the cat needed to strike fast and hard before

disappearing back into the undergrowth. going boat off luca hood or if you're nash, nasha nash casual nash currently is, you know, critical imminent jabal out of her, i'm going to meet your project and get it on full shot in finish and pleasure nailer. starbuck handler, schuler doughty from dr. to defeat the french, the forces of the north vietnamese coalition, the viet men had conventional weapons at their disposal. as well as newspapers. propaganda was everywhere than the uncle lost. i clearly thought who ebay to play may believe a year. lo locust. yes. may the sound of jose also may i was a boy, am you fam quick isn't open to show up. they play live and they be sick,

but he said they live noel, her songs, they bayonne no l song got a young said laugh, thought the big colon. well, a deadly c a t a, a new build built on there is on keep they live only. they've jose is all again, no trouble sir said montgomery that me luck in the north of the country, the situation became more complicated. in china, the communist had ceased power. so now who she mean had the support of a much bigger and more powerful neighbour. in response, the united states decided to support france. indo china was no longer a simple colonial conflict. it was a new front in the cold war. in

october 1950, the fighting on the chinese border. it's new levels of intensity. the french army lost 5000 soldiers, but above all, they lost their sense of their own invincibility. have yet mean to control of the north of yet nom way chinese aids now arrived unhindered. caught by the throat, the french government despatches most prestigious, general john de alotted, his destiny hero of the liberation of france. in world war 2, they called him king ashanti, and in january 1951, he swung into action. and the french army inflicted successive better defeats on the north vietnamese. in the thick jungle,

the french used every means at their disposal. and that included a highly flammable petrol jelly. naples whose only less than those of you last o. yeah b b will lady bully, lady will lay it goes georgia. if you saw a good enough out was empty and then was in deadly now. ah, i really young vietnam. laura he, they are no come. no, lee toya rog may not take the quartet out the normal and i know read then. yeah, my dad, he should know like why not are lovely now he's in to die. i killed,

i'll get on my young, i voted thing. but back in france, most people appeared indifferent to events in indo china. only a 3rd of the population supported continuing the war in order to preserve the empire. the french communists campaigned fiercely against what they called, quote, a dirty imperialist war. their slogan, was not a man, not a penny for the war. in indo china at the ports, their cameras secretly filmed what no one wanted to see the coffins of growing numbers of french soldiers stocking up on the key side. the m p. p. r mendez pulse was one of the few to foresee the tragedy that lay ahead . he called for the start of negotiations. but the government remained

blindly stubborn. the empire must not be sold off, and communism must be prevented from spreading. by the spring of 1951, the number of troops sent to vietnam had grown to more than a 140000. the war continued regardless. oh, francis problems in indo china were married in north africa. in algeria, morocco and tanisha. people demanded more and more freedom, while the colonizers living there, looked the other way. we have a problem as an insult. i can't let i did actually communion, we do moist claim. oh boy. okay, move on to to denila. sure of them as well as your man. literally tell her to bill mill falsely with us as well. your inform my wellness roy beauty. oh, she says it was in your proposal. i think he message in truth,

as purely on it on the portal. english listed above she, dr. wilson, while the local colonizers averted their eyes, people's misery fed nationalism, indonesia, the pro independence liter. happy boy gibber had continued his fights. since the 1930 s, a young lawyer had come, a long way, had been arrested several times, but continued to demand his country's independence. his public speaking electrified large crowds. but the colonial authorities here were no more disposed to grant anisha autonomy than anywhere else in the empire. and france then made a bad mistake rather than negotiate with bookkeeper. in january 1952, they arrested him and imprisoned him on the island of like elliots. far

from calming tensions, this simply exacerbated them. anti french attacks increased the division reaction was swift. the situation quickly became explosive and the army and police intervenes. there were many deaths, and these enraged the arab world. the protests quickly spread to morocco. wagon must it to the plant clinic as i've knocked out a deal. keep it alley fastened. you mentioned a lot. ah, is it your the day that good all is also the deluxe illnesses. you know, what have you, my w. so that will use your the duly really most exclaiming. lemony of all that was use it. these are the noble, you know, it's more solid image or the de blasio has, you know, sauce it on a should malcolm ah,

mobility only thing that you do. some people no. so did you draw autopay? don't assault that this have gone up. it can be crimea, give you the what do you want receipt to do football. okay. if i did do do for years, quality video, but even though he did, he, he shot toville for fall. do you should moca dodgy missile? oh, do, do new bob? the french authorities wanted all the independence movement. leaders gone. after bore givers exile, they put his moroccan counterparts under house arrest and then removed the sultan of morocco. a future king hamad the 5th they replaced him with a weak old man with no political legitimacy but by attacking the sultan france created a martyr. the initial moroccan riots turned into a major armed struggle. crowded marketplace of casablanca is a scene of horror. as

a bomb explodes in a dense, crowded, the height of the business day 19 were killed instantly. as in denisia, the french were unable to deal with a crisis other than by force at the united nations in new york, france was immediately put in the dark 4 years earlier, the french foreign minister habash man had affirmed frances commitment to the un declaration of human rights this time he ignored them and said the un should not meddle in an internal french matter. luggage is rob the less, awfully. good article. yes. and so the mcneil donna, you need to submit you. they can the princess lavish, more savvy, perform for met in bash, public school. if you have 2 left flows out of these on up. if you know

the french colonial issue had entered the public arena and a new front had opened up over north africa. in early 1954, france froze, the catholic priest abbey pierre launched a major appeal for the homeless, torn between a domestic housing crisis and imperial conflict abroad. the french government needed to act decisively after 8 years embroiled in indo china, it sent in a new commander general off he never with a plan to strike a major blow against of yet mean

his forces in stole themselves in the den been for basin, a strategic position surrounded by mountains, his objective to force the enemy out of the jungle and engage in direct combat. the french still considered themselves invincible, but they would be proved wrong. ah . the french army was unaware that in the silence of the hills, the north vietnamese coalition forces have yet main. we're preparing a major assault. they carry tens of thousands of tons of equipment and artillery to the top of the hills overlooking the french camp. while trunks carried the majority of the heavy weapons, 2 wheels also came in useful. or a bag guy,

our car set up. chris at our parker said are over. ah, super possible they lit was also sanky loudly. la, please up. they say so sullenly bushel cinema. you may please ebay, a c, lip neglect, but well, i would lay seniors up by the old booker, they buy they, a lot of all david mall ill now hold or do the level a bus. after 3 months of preparation on the 13th of march, 1954, the battle of tin gainful began hidden deep in case they yet mean artillery was invisible and the shelly relentlessly powerful. despite being protected, even the medical teams felt the full force of this barrage,

safety 10 more general go best so do so to disobey all his tilly kula or steel door better. oh, just a boy. you don't really see kiva vio, attend. if with love your hus you does, she feel hubbard cheek basket. oh, poor, but to sleep in albertville. ah! several french battalions were soon put out of action. there was no hiding place. the french were tramps stuck deep in the basin. the wounded could not be evacuated.

on the 7th of may 1954. after $55.00 days of fierce resistance. the last ranks gave way. lou city for your she i told you she better. she just took the place deal. maybe she to sit. if he did, he say to pu will, could please test. will she are put suitable to pussy she'd? you'll have probably, she picked the wolf. miller . good. i'm the act on you're going to come got go. john miller really are. so be just a way we fargo to really been mom co, ashby jack de la la marquee a dog walking. i did time you do? my thought took in my doctor all ah,

yes. okey mom to maybe on on the fear zavala. but the he b as a so gone move one to most as yet they know the law neg let dongle this. well, some i saw the sad land be jointed in the info. when i know he was up to you from quiet over there, now get dead all. hey, dante calling up. when crumley metronome, wiegand auto. on the french side, the disaster resulted in more than 3000 dead. and 5000 wounded. the viet mean captured nearly 11000 troops. france had suffered

a humiliating defeat, the worse since the dark days of 1940 the cedar gonna kasheila, should of our fidel given me as comrade omit, i'm here till flushing g filiano lucian shall motion book hulu. on that window, mamma is gone yet a supermodel to prima. it too says an essay of yeah, yeah, she come in to see this be up, you media osi best golden guest. come to me for dra ah, the military crisis soon became a political one. pm in this house who had been advocating negotiations since 1950 became prime minister on the 20th of july 1954 in geneva. he succeeded in negotiating

a ceasefire and pulled france out of the indo chinese quad. my. ah, vietnam was divided into 2 separate states. the north returned to the viet mean while the south became a republic placed under american protection. cambodia and laos saw their sovereignty recognize it was the end of french indo china like domino pieces falling one after the other. the loss of indo china had immediate consequences. it force france to give back to india trading post. it had administered for nearly 3 centuries in ponti chevy. my god, i can. and yeah. now in october, 1954, france withdrew from asia to the apparent indifference of most french people. france

had lost nearly 80000 soldiers. thousands remains to be evacuated. fighters from the 4 corners of the empire, prisoners, the wounded, damaged for life. ah french citizen suit settled in indo china plus thousands of indo chinese auxiliaries who had chosen to defend the french where repatriated to france often endeavored of conditions. ah, they've lost everything. blue reports of the defeats echoed across the whole empire

soon mutter. she's ill need to dollar cool evolution could mall agnew this so hey, paul, ill forgot date a pano could to to her knows i needed peace one blade. no. these, you know he see this handle. she national tv. ah ha, back her locksmith. is it what i know in part to with francis destiny turned upside down, the authorities still strive to preserve their colonial power at all costs. more conflict approaches. but the fall of the french empire is not only a matter of twos.

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the scale of the threat for my so it is a strong message that there is an issue to deal with the or the taliban taking it very soon.