>> the doctor who conducted sterilization procedures that left 14 women dead in india is now under arrest. he had been in hiding since saturday, saying he is a scapegoat for the government-backed surgeries that went horribly wrong. mexico is rocked by another day of angry protests. demonstrators set fire to a southern state congress over the presumed massacre of 43 students . a shaky landing for the european robot lab that made an historic touchdown on a comment -- comet wednesday. it is now reportedly working well although being perched on a

very steep slope. a new world record for the cancan. more on that coming up. and it was a revolutionary journey under the sea 20 years ago, but now it is a key link between london and continental europe. the company celebrates two decades in business. first to india, where police have arrested the doctor who performed fatal sterilization surgeries that left at least 14 women dead. the doctor reportedly carried out more than 80 operations in just six hours. the surgeon says he was given tainted drugs and that he is being made a scapegoat for the

government's mass sterilization campaign. >> i am not guilty. i have performed several operations before this and there has never been a complication. the charges that i'm being accused of -- it's only because of the medicines given to the patients. only then did the symptoms develop. i have a history of performing between 200 and 300 surgeries in one day. >> for more on this story, we go to new delhi. we heard a doctor. he said he is being made a scapegoat for the government cost mistake -- governments mistake -- government's mistake. >> is too early to say. he was only arrested last night on charges of culpable homicide. it's hard to not -- denied he was not violating sanctions. he received an award earlier this year for performing 50,000

similar surgeries over the span of his career. the government seems to be taking his claims seriously to some extent. they have been five -- have banned five batches of drugs. there are two more sterilization camps overseen by another government surgeon which has resulted in one death and a few dozens of's those asians -- of hospitalizations. there are various explanations of cause of death including inadequate sterilization of equipment, bacteria in the operating room, and, of course, tainted drugs and medical supplies. i would describe an assembly-line like atmosphere with little regard for patient comfort or hygiene. we have to wait for the government to conclude its investigation to find out the

exact cost. >> this is not -- exact cause. >> this is not the first time there have been deaths linked to india's mass sterilization campaign. could this change these procedures? >> absolutely. this case has raised questions about india's population control policy. according to the indian ministry of health, nearly 700 people have died since 2008 in similar sterilization camps. most of these are women. in contrast, nearly 37% of all married women in india are sterilized. the debate has been reignited. many are calling for the country to step up and introduce more progressive laws. according to a recent human rights watch report, authorities in india aggressively pursue female sterilization by threatening health care workers with dismissals and salary cuts. as a result, many women are being lured in, often on the

promise of a small amount of -- >> thank you. let's go now to mexico, where there have been more fiery protests over the presumed massacre of 43 college students. they disappeared in the state of guerrero two months ago. on wednesday, demonstrators set fire to the regional parliament building and those protests went on to rock other states in mexico as well. demonstrators blocked an airport, prompting many vacationers to cancel reservations at the resorts of acapulco. the anger is putting more and more pressure on the president. >> frustration and grief have turned to anger. on wednesday protesters enraged at the disappearance of 43 trainee teachers in guerrero state, torched cars and government offices, including the parliament building and the education department.

they say it is not the right response. >> god willing, this type of vandalism will not be repeated. this is not the way. i think that this is not what society hopes for when demanding justice. like my people from guerrero, i hope that there may -- like my people from guerrero, i hope that there may soon be justice. >> not all protests have descended into violence. teachers staged a peaceful sit in. they accused the government of trying to put the case to sleep. >> we want the government to show us where the 43 missing students are. what the government is doing is a farce. they are just giving us the runaround. the president just wants to close the case. >> investigators have told families of the missing that on these -- that bodies found in a mass grave are not those of the students. mexico's deputy foreign minister told "france 24" he was treating

the case as open. >> they are missing and they will remain so until we know exactly the identity of the remnants that were just sent to a specialized laboratory in austria. >> public anger is stepping up the pressure on the mexican president, who has been criticized for going to a china -- to china for a summit at such a critical time. >> u.s. president barack obama is in burma for the east asia summit today. he said earlier there was still much more work to do on strengthening ties. >> i intend to continue to invest in these efforts, not only during our summits, but more importantly on the day-to-day basis. during the past six years, we've made great strides in elevating and expanding this partnership but i think we all agree we can still do more. >> from more -- for more on

president obama' burma, let's bring in our regional correspondent. o-- president obama's trip to burma, let's bring in our regional correspondent. it seems like he is having to walk a fine line between trade and humanitarian issues. >> indeed. it's a political tightrope. it is extremely important to him to count this opening up -- this really helped precipitate removing political and economic sanctions as a foreign-policy success. it has been a difficult presidency for mr. obama. he wants to see this pushing forward -- southeast asia to push forward on democracy and human rights. it gives him legitimacy, america legitimacy, the eu legitimacy to

increase this great partnership. what we've seen in burma in the last two years since president obama's visit is a backside. -- backslide. the guarantee of democracy and human rights in burma is no longer there and the issues seem to be getting worse. in thailand, they had a coup in may. democracy unmold for the time being -- annuled for the time being. >> ismail, president obama is due to meet with the opposition leader and nobel prize winner, aung san suu kyi. what do we expect to come out of that meeting? >> it could be quite a fraught meeting, definitely very different from the meeting they had two years ago. on songs and she -- aung san suu kyi is an icon for human rights.

but she has failed to live up to the expectations. the pretty -- the persecution of the authority -- millions are facing persecution. aung san suu kyi has not spoken out about that. obama may be pushing her to do more. >> thank you for that. next, to egypt, where at least seven people were hurt where a bomb went off in cairo. the people were hurt as they stampeded out of the station following the blast. egypt has been hit by a wave of attacks recently, many of them claimed by an islamist militant group that, this week pledged allegiance to the islamic state group. in libya a series of bombs exploded near the egyptian and united arab emirates' embassies in aaa. the buildings were shattered -- in tripoli.

the buildings were shattered -- shuttered at the time. it followed a series of bomb blasts in cities recognized by the government. they are facing challenges by a rival government set up in tripoli. on a happier note, after a 10-year journey, the space landing craft philae finally touched down on the surface of a speeding comet. these are the latest pictures the probe itself has sent since landing on that comet. the landing team waited for seven nailbiting hours after the machine, just about the size of a refrigerator, separated from the space probe, rosetta, and made its way to the comet. it is now stable despite the fact that it has landed on a very steep slope. >> a cosmic first and the photos to show it.

these are the images of the comet philae landed on, taken as the robot descended the first photos of the comet philae sent back, captured from three kilometers away. scientists were in seventh heaven when, at 5:04 p.m. european central time philae touched down. >> everyone was moved, excited. most of the people were crying. people have difficulty to believe it happened. >> the rosetta face -- space probe took this photo on wednesday morning, just after it set off toward the comet. it took seven hours to travel the 20-kilometer journey. philae is so far into outer space that any news it sends back takes 28 minutes to arrive on earth.

the computerized image shows what should have happened. >> not so good news is that the anchoring harpoons apparently did not fire. the lender is not anchored -- th e lander is not. to the surface -- is not a nchored to the surface. are we in the sandbox? is something else happening? >> the mission continues. engineers are trying to resolve the problem. >> for soccer or football world cup in 2018 and 2022, set to go ahead in russia and qatar as planned after fifa's ethics committee said he could find no grounds for reopening the controversial bidding process -- said it could find no grounds for reopening the controversial bidding process.

the long-awaited report also criticized england's bid for the 2018 tournament for vowing to "inappropriate requests." let's take a look at our headlines. the doctor who conducted sterilization procedures that left 14 women dead in india is now under arrest. he had been in hiding since saturday, when the government-backed surgeries went horribly wrong. mexico rocked by another day of angry protests. demonstrators set fire to a seven state congress over the presumed massacre of us -- a southern state congress over the presumed massacre of 43 students. a rocky landing for philae. the pictures just send down to earth. philae made a tricky touchdown to a comet. it is now stable, but perched on a very steep slope. time to take a look at our press review. we take a look at what weekly

news magazines are saying. it is focusing on the fall of president blaise compaore president of burkina faso, pushed out after 27 years in power. >> three decades in power, which came to an end in just three days. it predicts that these three days are really going to rattle the african continent. once upon a time, there was a revolution. it looks at what led to his downfall. the genesis came well before october 31, when he fled the country, well before the mass protests that forced him out. they say the key moment came on january 4. just three weeks after he had announced he wanted to modify the constitution so he could run again in 2015. that day, those who had helped him build his regime turned their backs on him. that's really what sparked everything that happened on october 31. "jeune afrique" actually

interviewed blaise compaore, and he did hit -- he gave his version of things. he says he is aware that 30 years of riddick -- political life -- he realizes this was very tiring for the people of burkina faso. >> from one revolution to another. there's a new french magazine that is focusing on women who are revolutionizing the women -- the working world. >> this might seem odd in 2014 but they say that women are continuing to shake things up in the workplace, even though they have been around for quite some time. it takes a closer look at the consequences of the increased presence of women in the workplace. how they are still breaking rules that have been set up i meant -- up by men, how they relate to power and time differently, and how they relate to other workers. "le un" focuses on more than just the inequality that women

face in the work is. it tries -- the workplace. it tries to shed light on what women bring to the workplace that is different from men. >> let's move on to french politics, where an olive branches being waived -- waved. >> they wonder "can't they all just get along?" you can see the photo of all the usual suspects in french politics. you have the right wing nicolas sarkozy, all the way to the left. you can see the president, francois hollande. the prime minister, manuel valls. "le point" is saying, given the dire economic situation that france is in, they need to stop their silly squabbling and get on the same page. "le point" says there are seven reforms they could all get on and it is time for them to work together. >> in the mid-of another scandal

involving -- in the midst of another scandal involving -- >> he is being accused of asking the palace to speed up judicial investigations targeting former president nicholas sarkozy, a bid to stop them from returning to french politics. he has said he did not ask this at all. but the magazine says there is no doubt about it. he really tried to stab his good friend, nicolas sarkozy, in the back. you can see the title "nabillo n, the tv star who stabbed his small friend." this is a reference to another store that has been huge on social media involving a tv reality star who is suspected of stabbing her boyfriend. you can see it says "nabillon, from reality tv to prison."

she says her boyfriend stabbed himself. he is still recovering from his injuries. >> let's wrap up with a word on another former french prime minister, who gave an interview to a pop-culture magazine. >> it is the equivalent of "rolling stone." let's take a look at the front page. you can see it's a pretty cool photo of eileen joubert -- of alain joubert. he is a big star these days. he's all over the press. could he be the least worst of them all? he has made it clear he wants to run for president in 2017. he tells the magazine he is in favor of adoption for homosexual couples, very different from what most people on the right think, especially his rival nicolas sarkozy. he must be fuming. this was probably an attempt to draw some votes from younger

voters. >> thanks for that. thank you for watching "france 24." next up, business. stephen carroll is here with us now. you are starting -- you are talking about the expansion plans for eurostar on this anniversary. >> it's been nearly 20 years since the first eurostar train celebrated -- connected london to paris. the new trains are made by siemens. they are faster and cost the company around 750 million euros. this comes ahead of the new route opening. >> eurostar is 20 years old and ever more popular. last year, passenger numbers. 10 million -- passenger numbers

hit 10 million. >> it was revolutionary. there is a lot more potential. i would assume it is more energy-efficient. it is definitely something i would like to see developed. >> develop it will. this is one of the siemens trains making that possible. eurostar's first new stock comes into service next year with nearly 200 extra seats for trey -- seats per train. >> the new siemens trains will be able to talk 320 kilometers -- two top -- to top 320 kilometers per hour. it is a significant difference from the current train. >> it is a big boost to eurostar's capacity and, almost certainly, the company's worth. >> in terms of profitability

they did suffer years of losses. they were factored in, to a point. now they are profitable. they are operating on a sound footing. the business model seems to be in place. >> two trains and a longer network. -- new trains and a longer network. eurostar is shifting above year for its third decade. >> we can go to london and speak to the chief executive of eurostar. thank you for joining us. tell us more about these new trains. when will customers be able to get on them? >> we have been 20 years in operation. it is a great opportunity for us to showcase this and to celebrate the success we've had over the past 20 years. it's a very good day.

i'm sorry. i cannot hear you very well. >> i was asking when will customers be able to get on the new trains and travel on them? >> they will start to travel on that from the end of next year roughly a year from now. the trains are going to undertake testing now. they will be authorized by the different countries there -- where they are going to travel. one more year to wait, and then we can enjoy them. >> they will be bigger and faster. my this mean fewer -- might this mean fewer services per day to places like paris or brussels? >> these trends will be bigger and faster. a lot more comfortable. we will deploy them on our routes. we will go to new destinations. we will start a new service to amsterdam. it is a real change in the

service offered to our customers . >> you are ordering seven more of these trains from siemens. were you at all tempted to go back to your original supplier? >> we ordered those trains five years ago. we haven't gotten them in service yet. it made sense for us to order more from the same line. but we are happy with the current trains, which we are going to resurface -- re-serv ice. it's important to come -- that customers are happy. we have paid special attention to the details. >> will these extra trains mean there will be more services per day running out of london, going to erase or these nudist nations -- to paris or these new destinations?

>> can your feedback -- can you repeat that? >> does this mean there will be more services linking the cities that eurostar operates to? will there be more trains out of london? >> we will use those trains for current destinations. we are fully booked through the holidays. with the additional seats we will be able to serve the market better. >> >> talk to me about deutsche bahn. they have postponed their launch to compete with you. was that a relief to eurostar? >> eyeah, for us, we've can -- then competing for years with the airlines -- we have been competing for years with the airlines. deutsche bahn is not an issue.

we welcome competition from deutsche bahn. we have been in competition for 20 years. >> will you be competing on a low-cost basis with the airlines? they have increased low-cost service to brussels. is that something that worries you? >> no. we've been in competition with them for 10, 15 years. we've got a very competitive product. we've got pricing at the boot level. it is 88 euro, all included, luggage, assign seats. it's much better customer experience. what we do at eurostar, our mission is that traveling should be a pleasure. you should be looking forward to traveling with us.