cial visit to france. abdel fattah al-sisi is meeting with before and and defense ministers here as well as the friends president -- french president france while on. >> networking on the international scene -- abdel fattah al-sisi is touring

europe. his aim is to tackle security issues. egypt faces a wave of attacks in the sinai region. the fingers blamed are often pointed at you hottest linked to the islamic state group. another threat -- violence spilling over from neighboring libya. in an exclusive interview last week, the international community is urged to take action. >> the efforts are beyond france and italy. it is a common effect so that libya would become again a normal state in on a zone of obstruction for the terrorists. in syria, should be applied also in libya. >> egypt wants to revamp its weaponry, making sure it has got different suppliers for stop until last year, the country

largely relied on the united states, but after a bloody repression against the muslim brotherhood washington frozen some military aid. now cairo wants to reinforce its air force fleet. new contracts could be signed. sisis''s visit comes as egypt is trying to revive its economy. after years of political instability, the country wants to attract foreign investors. an international donors conference or is taking place in march and age of toast to get at least $10 million. france is the sixth the biggest investor in the country and is determined to have a slice of the cake. after today, egypt reopened the rough up order c -- rafa border crossing with gaza. the crossing is the only access point to the palestinian territory not controlled by israel. for more on this story, let's bring in stone tom

stevenson in cairo. has it been opened already? >> it was due to be open to hours ago. their expanding around for hours today, and nine hours tomorrow, but it should be noted that this is only one way, only four palestinians, not the gazans who may require medical treatment wishing to pass into egypt. >> tom, what has life been like for these hundreds of palestinians who have been blocked in egypt for the past month? >> that is right. we believe at least 3000 possibly more have been here for around one month and 2000 or more in other countries who have been unable to get into the gaza strip, many of them are here for medical reasons, some who wish to visit their families again in gaza. very difficult. more difficult, however, for those gazans who at serious

medical conditions. we believe at least 1000 west to pass into egypt to have access to the egyptian hospitals. along the border, the egyptian military is carrying out a large-scale operation, which is seen as many as 90% of the homes within 500 meters of the border with gaza demolished. so a very bad situation there, and difficult to see when we will see a normalization. tom, thank you for that. tom stevenson reporting from cairo. there were reports from syria say at least 95 people have dotted new government airstrikes on the city of rock on making it one of the deadliest attacks there in the last three years. at least half of those victims are thought to be civilians. the still yet -- the syrian observatory for human rights say they struck at least 10 times. the government seized raqqa in

august. in nigeria, two female suicide bombers were behind tuesday's blast in a market area that left at least 44 dead. no group has claimed the attacks of far, but female bombers are becoming a growing tactic of the islamic militant grupo boko haram. a cease-fire failed to take effect. let's go now to ferguson missouri, the site of a second night of protests in the wake of that grand jury decision not to indict officer darren wilson. he of course is the white policeman who shot dead unarmed black teenager michael brown in august. 44 people were arrested overnight in ferguson, but officials say it was kolmar them a night before. -- calmer than the night before. >> police to clear the streets of ferguson, saying anyone who did not leave would be arrested.

44 people were to hand overall on tuesday night, mostly for refusing to disperse. some through molotov cocktails and frozen water bottles at police, who responded with tear gas, but the clashes when on the same scale as monday night. >> generally i think it is fair to say the officers acted with an incredible amount of discipline tonight and we saw some protesters out there for the right reason. unfortunately, there seems to be a few people and on i think preventing this from happening in the most ideal way that it possibly could. >> 2200 national guard troops were deployed in the town. after monday's initially peaceful protest world over into looting and arson. on wednesday morning, they had to distinguish a police car and stop some of the crowd from damaging storefronts. ferguson may have passed a calmer night but the anger of many residents here is still very raw.

>> hey, hey, ho ho, these guys have got to go. >> protests of the grand jury decision in ferguson have spread throughout the country. on tuesday for a second day, racially charged case put a match on detentions thousands of minutes from the donnelly black st. louis suburb. you can see pictures from new york and d.c. where protests were relatively calm. any meantime, the officer during wilson himself finally broke his silence yesterday on what happened that night in august. he gave an exclusive interview where he said he was just doing his job. nicholas rushworth explains. >> hands up -- >> don't ship. >> protesters before and after the grand jury decision not to indict darren wilson and sisi must go to court. the police officer spoke on american television for the first time to give his version of event. he said he has nothing to

reproach himself or. >> is there anything you could have done differently that would have prevented that killing from taking place echo? >> no. >> nothing? >> no. >> and you are absolutely convinced that there is nothing in your mind that if michael brower white, this would have gone down the same way? >> no question. >> he explained how an initial altercation led to grappling over his gun, and that led to brown running off before he was shot several times. >> he ignored me and just kept running. so i shot another series of shots. he gets to about eight feet to 10 feet, and he starts leaning forward like he is going to tackle me, so i look down the barrel of my gun, and what i saw was his head and that is where it went. >> he has been with the police force for less than three years. he said this was the first time he had used his gun on the job. >> you has a very clean

conscience. >> the reason i have a clean conscience is because i know i did my job right. >> that testimony will not convince michael brown's family which vows to push federal charges against wilson and says the grand jury process was rigged from the start to clear him. >> one of three protest sites has been cleared by the police. dozens of umbrella movement demonstrators were arrested in the district. >> police moved in, telling demonstrators to move back. they removed a pro-democracy protest camp in the district, which has blocked traffic for two months. it deals a blow to the student-led civil disobedience campaign, which has two handled in size significantly. >> anyone who obstructs the execution of court instructions or blocks roles, which have been

cleared or other roads or are in any way disturbing public order will see a decisive police response to restore order and protect people's safety. >> among those arrested were the student leaders. beijing's decision to oversee who runs for hong kong leadership in 2017. the goal is to secure the resignation of the current chief executive, who refused to quit last month. talks between his government and the students have gone nowhere with beijing showing no signs of budging. >> a congolese doctor has just received the eu's top human rights award. dennis book whatdr. dennis mcculloch way -- denis mukwege was awarded the award for helping gang rape

victims. the human rights prize was given by the european parliament president martin schulz. let's hear what the doctor had to say upon receiving the award. >> the woman's body in my country has become a battleground, and rape is used as an instrument of war. we have decided to raise the visibility, the struggle which has been put on congolese women for years, and to recognize their suffering and to recognize their dignity and the courage. [applause] >> back here in paris, modern art lovers are in for a treat. the first ever french retrospective of american artist jeff koons has opened at the pompidou center. koons is that master of kids tch, like the big balloon dog, a porcelain statue of

michael jackson with his pet monkey, bubbles. >> wearing a suit and tie he looks more like a businessman than a visionary sculpture but he is currently the world's most successful artists. he draws his inspiration from popular culture. his universe, made of flashy colors and stainless steel, is a reflection of his american childhood. >> i was part of the television generation, so i would watch "popeye" a lot in the morning. tattoos were not so popular then. >> there is nothing childish about his prize tag. >> value-added at $4 million. $5 million, thank you, sir. >> in 1999, his sculpture of the golden michael jackson holding a monkey is auction for over $5 million. for koons money and art are

like to signs of the same coin. >> a lot of times people get focused on the money, and a lot of money has been coming into the art world and people are collecting art and that is fantastic, it is wonderful for all forms of creativity, but the real value of art is its life-changing ability. >> this balloon dog is worth $58 million, his most expensive work yet. to maintain his supply, he hired the best craftsmen in the world to work in his california factory, and in his art studio in new york. controversy is never far from successful. koons has been hailed as a genius, the one true heir to pop art, but for others, he is just an imposter, a businessman is on a very lucrative market and selling luxury art. >> you are watching "france 24." let's look at our headlines. the president of egypt is in paris as part of his first european trip since taking

office. a visit aimed at bringing egypt out of the diplomatic cold after he oversaw a crackdown that has damaged cairo's reputation abroad. the u.s. is rocked by a second night of protests over that grand jury decision not to indict officer to aaron wilson. this as he finally -- officer darren wilson. ssc shot an unarmed black teenager in ferguson, missouri. and police in hong kong arrests key student leaders of the pro-democracy student protest as they aim to clear out one of their camps will suck the two-month old movement is trying to steal free elections in beijing. and a look at what newspaper say around the world. we have flow with us on the set. lots of the media is focusing on the grand jury decision out of ferguson, missouri deciding not to indict the police absurd aaron wilson who shot an unarmed black teenager in august. >> absolutely. that is front-page news across

the world. let's look to be front page of "china daily" today. they talk about writing just after the jury clears the ferguson per -- ferguson police men, and fo to you see there is michael brown, that young teenager's mother reacting to the grand jury decision, so there were violent protests in ferguson, but immediately after the decision and also those protests spread very much across the united states come and that you can see on the front page of the "wall street journal" today. they talk about a flaming response to ferguson a spread to the united states and on the page today is a photo that has been used in a lot of the media today. it shows a photo of a protester actually an oakland, california, and you can see that poster that he has says "black lives matter." another photo that has been used is on the front page of "the independent." this time you can see a protester in st. louis hands in

the air. that has become a symbol of protest in ferguson after those allegations that michael brown was shot while he had his hands in the air to surrender. you can see that quote there at the top, that is a quote that has been coming out a lot in ferguson since the grand jury decision. you can see that michael brown was killed because he was black. >> it is true, flo, there has been a lot of criticism from the press in response to this decision. >> absolutely, "the washington post" critical of what it calls the inconsistency of evidence. after a three-month investigation that involved a 60 witnesses and 70 hours of testimony, you can see her with the "washington post" things -- inconsistency was the only constant with respect to this evidence. in fact, many witness accounts were conflicting, especially when it came to some of the most crucial details of the interaction between wilson and brown, for instance what was michael brown doing with his hands when he was shot?

according to "the washington post," there is no clear picture of what really happened. >> about that coming in support with the decision. >> "the daily beast" says justice was served in ferguson, and he is actually very critical of protesters who took to the street before the decision was even announced. he said they decided long ago that the only fair outcome would be indictment, and that was driven by ideology, not fact. according to him, justice was served, and he said this is not jim crow america. jim crow of course is that term often used to describe the segregation laws that workplace in the united states for a long time. >> all right, let's come back to france. nicholas sarkozy is again on the front page. he is running for the leadership of the opposition's conservative fewer people are. he gave an interview.

>> that its rights, he is once again on the front page. he is full of love today. let's take a look at this quote he gives. he talks about the fact that he wants to reconcile the right with itself, and in this interview, he sees himself already as the leader of the unp. polls suggest he will win that race easily. he says "my first challenge will be to bring my political family back together. the ufp has been rocked" since he lost the reelection in 2012. he said he wants to put an end to all about. >> not everyone is convinced by sarkozy the peacemaker. >> exactly. some accuse him of reverse psychology. they point out that on the eve of this leadership election, he is pretending to be this unifying character, but he has really spent his whole campaign going on and on about very divisive topics.

for instance, recently said he wanted to revoke the right to gay marriage if ever he were elected president again, and this drew a lot of criticism. some say he has been putting his foot in this mouth being very divisive, and here he is wanting to unify people -- people do not buy it. >> there is an anniversary in france. >> every important anniversary for a lot of people. an important french politicians /philosopher, november 5, 19 74, she stood before lawmakers in parliament to argue in favor of the legalization of abortion here in france. she said that this was a law that reflected her own personal convictions, and she was health minister at the time. the newspaper comes back on what he calls this very important anniversary. her speech in parliament sparked ferocious debate in france.

she was targeted personally, people said, people accuse her -- she was a holocaust survivor, and they accused her of genocide. it comes back on just what happened after this. a couple of months after on january 17, the law was adopted, but it was a fragile lot it still needs to be defended 40 years later. >> flo thank you so much for that interesting stuff. time now for business on "france 24." and we have got stephen carroll with us here on the set. we are going to start with this new growth plan for europe that was announced by the president of the european commission. >> that it's right. the jump cables that europe needs to kickstart its economy. he announced a 315 billion euros, mostly private investment, going to be used to try to create growth and jobs in europe. the commission president says falling was due to a lack of confidence on the part of private investors, so to combat

that, the eu is putting up 21 billion euros of seed money and hopes that will attract 15 times more investment from the private sector to total about 315 billion euros. critics say that seed money is not going to be enough to attract the investment needed. they are hoping to attract even more money from the eu member countries to invest in the fund without adding to their budget deficit. >> look, between the roles of stability and growth this is the matter of credibility. however it is not shifting capital to the funds, we will not take these contributions into account in our assessments under the stability package. >> next now to the price of oil, which is a top topic. >> members of the opec group of nations are arriving in the enough for the meeting maketh underway officially on thursday. they will be deciding whether

or not to cut their output to stop the price of oil falling even further. non-opec members russia and mexico, did not yield any agreement on the matter. producers like saudi arabia would prefer to keep producing the same amount of oil, but not other countries feel the same way. >> the current low price of oil from countries, filing demand in china and increased shale extraction in the u.s. has driven prices down. brent crude benchmark went from over $100 per barrel in june to less than $80 this month. it is hitting some members very hard. the situation in saudi arabia can absorb the lower prices, the likes of russia and non-opec members iraq, iran and algeria need higher prices to meet their deficit target. venezuela is another country that would prefer prices to be well over the $100 mark.

they will meet. >> and we are talking between the opec and non-opec countries. everybody agrees that the price is no good. >> there is an upside -- every 10% drop in price has spurred .1 princes -- per 1% growth. there is also a competitive advantage in ignoring the concerns of struggling opec members. the u.s. set to become the will pose the biggest oil power is also at risk. the international energy agency says that if the price falls below $70 per barrel, u.s. domestic of shale gas becomes unprofitable. >> look at how oil is trading today on the market. the brent crude index, the normal index we used to regulate this, is up slightly in trading but still below the $79 mark. the lowest level in the past

four years. on the stock market, european shares got a boost. the european central bank said the bank is repaired to buy government bonds next year if euro area needs more stimulus. not much for a big ride, but we still see markets turning into the green. let's move on with a look at today's other company news. shares in the british holiday firm thomas cook have ranked 20% after the announce of the departure of its chief executive. harriet green was hired two years ago to help the struggling company. a 44% jump in earnings. warned that growth will slow next year. traditions remain tough. with deutsche telecom and orange announced the takeover of ee. deutsche telekom said discussions are in an early stage. it is also interested in buying

o2 from spain's telefonica. >> finally stephen, a slipup from twitter's executive. >> proving even people who run the company can get stuff wrong. this is the chief financial officer, anthony noto, had a dm fail a message team and to be private and sent to one person. it talks about a purchase that he is hoping to make by mid-december which -- we do have a screen grab, which is the message he originally sent, i still think we should buy them come at the start of a message and not exactly sure what twitter could be talking about buying. we have to wait and see of anthony noto posts anything about justin bieber in the next couple of

on and clean water for granted. yet, just over 100 years ago diseases such as diarrhea and cholera regularly caused sickness and death across britain. yet, these same diseases are killing millions of children across the developing world today.