♪ >> in paris. after the attack on a school in pakistan that left close to 150 dead, officials threatened to reinstate executions. becoming a reality. a reported 500 terror convicts due to be executed in the coming weeks. more from karachi. >> it started happening three days ago when the first people or hanged convicted terrorists

convicted of planning an attack on pervez musharraf. in pakistan, there's a majority of people that have been calling for death penalty and capital punishment to be reinstated. there is an understanding that the authority is acting out. a small minority of human rights activists and security analysts believe this is a very vengeful way of going about it. and taking revenge, the military is sort of taking revenge by hanging these terrorists. this is not the way to go about it. there's a need to change the mindset. the big example is that over the

weekend, the terrorists that were hanged in light of the attack on pervez musharraf the funeral that was held in pakistan was attended by a number of people. they are the support in the community, the pakistani local community. there's a group sympathizing with these people. because of that we are seeing a lot of the population, when the bodies come back home of the terrorists, they are being celebrated and being called martyrs. because of that, many human rights activists are calling for an effective way of eliminating terrorism. this is not the way, they think, to go about it. >> taha siddiqui reporting from pakistan. in tunisia, anti-islamist candidate beji caid essebsi looks set to become the new president. he has claimed victory in around 2 of the election.

the official results are due today. so far, the vote is being seen as a success. it marks a final step towards democracy after the arab spring revolution 4 years ago. >> celebrations broke out in tunis as soon as polls closed. crowds flocked to beji caid essebsi's campaign headquarters as exit polls put him ahead of his rival, the incumbent president moncef marzouki. >> we waited 4 long years. it is a moment like no other. >> thank god we have seen transparency and democratic elections. i hope tunisia can get out of the deadlock it has found itself in every the past three years. >>, addressing the crowds es sebsi hailed a fresh start. >> today is the beginning of the future.

we hope we will be able to work together. i pay tribute to our people. we thank them for their trust. >> the incumbents' supporters not yet ready to concede defeat to a candidate they view as representative of the old guard given essebsi's years of service to the ousted autocrat. marzoiki slammed the premature declaration of victory as undemocratic. until the results come in, the winners remain the tunisian people. >> this, we should wait until we want to be governed by the rule of law. i want to tell you that we are victorious. tunisia has won. you are all winners. you are victorious for tunisia.

for democracy and for human rights. >> this will be the enduring message of these elections. they mark the end of a long and sometimes bumpy transition to democracy. the wider region may still be struggling with the arab spring. in tunisia, here's the evidence that change is possible. >> in syria, 20 fighters from the islamic state group have been killed. in their latest attempt to take over an airbase. this was the second field jihadist bid in a month. air base is on the border with iraq, where is controlled large parts of territory. the battle continues for the strategic northern iraqi town of sinjar. currently being held by the islamic state group. courage and -- kurdish and yazidi fighters trying to retake the town. hoping to break the line between mosul and syria.

let's bring in a journalist in baghdad. the iraqi prime minister has said this victory for the peshmerga, the kurdish fighters, is a victory for all of iraq. that is a different take than deprive mr.'s predecessor. tell us about that. >> the incoming of prime minister abadi changed the battlefield with is. also the current situation on both front lines, mount sinjar and the town of tel afaar the data fields are close to each other. there will be cooperation on the political and military level. you mentioned cooperation on the military level, could there be cooperation from the iraqi army and peshmerga to take mosul? >> definitely cooperation will

increase. especially the close distance between both battlefields, mount sinjar is controlled and operated by kurdish peshmerga and the yazidi, tal afar is controlled by iraqi fighters and paramilitary troops. >> thank you for that reporting from baghdad. france has been hit by a second attack in two days, reportedly by someone yelling "god is g reat" in arabic or to leavenworth when a driver rent his car into pedestrians in the eastern city of --\11 ere hurt when a driver rammed his car into pedestrians in the eastern city of dijon. here's more from the french interior minister. >> we advise calm and caution.

fear is the goal of terrorists. a hasty response would be a victory for them. to fight against fear is to fight against terrorism. composure, awareness and determination must remain our guiding principles. >> more on the latest attack in dijon sunday. >> french investigators questioning people on what happened on sunday night when a man ran into passersby in dijon. among the main witnesses come the 11 people injured. several are treated in this hospital. police and prosecutors have made no official comment. sources have revealed initial elements. the driver rested after the attack, is an unstable man treated and -- in a

psychiatric hospital and known to police for petty offenses. according to some witnesses, the driver shouted allahu akbar and said he was "acting for the children of palestine." he hit passersby in 5 locations. >> i heard shouting and i ran into the street. i looked at the people who had shouted, the persons on the ground. i realized the driver had hit at least one person. >> the car attack comes a day after another man stabbed police officers in central france, also shouting allahu akbar before being shot dead. investigators examining whether the attack was motivated by radical islam. authorities stepped up security in police and fire stations across the country fearing new violence. >> to the u.s., a memorial has been set up in brooklyn, new york for 2 police officer shot

dead saturday. reportedly in retaliation for the recent deaths of unarmed black man by the police. community leaders condemned killings that have provoked tensions between the police union and the mayor. we explain. >> a city in grief after an unfathomable act of violence. at st. patrick's cathedral, police officials attended a special mass. in brooklyn, a visual was set up at the site where officers raphael ramos and liu wenjin were shot and killed at point-blank range saturday. >> i hope and pray we can reflect on this tragic loss of life that has occurred so we can move forward and find an amicable path to a peaceful coexistence. >> the suspect, 28-year-old ismaaiyl brinsley later killed himself in a brooklyn subway station. officials say he may have

outlined his intentions on a social media posting prior to the attack. "i'm putting wings on pigs. they take on e of ours, let's take two of theirs." >> most of his postings and rants are on instagram. we are seeing anger against the government. he burns a flag and makes statements. there are others with talks of anger at the police. he mentions michael brown and eric carter. >> eric garner and michael brown were killed by white police officers in july and august, sparking protests and anger. community leaders urged her testers not to take matters into their own hands. >> we should not mix up reform with retribution to harm life. i'm asking everyone to hold off on any form of protests until these officers are laid to rest in a peaceful manner. >> police unions accused new

york mayor bill de blasio of not being supportive enough. they have launched a petition asking the mayor not to attend the funerals of any police officers killed in the line of duty. meanwhile, the family of eric garner has condemned the deaths. garner died after being put in a choke hold by a new york policemen. his mother called for any protests to be peaceful. >> standing here in sorrow about losing those 2 police officers. that was not our agenda. we are going in peace. and anyone who is standing with us, we want you to not use eric garner's name for violence -- we are not about that. these 2 police officers lost their lives senselessly.

our condolences to the families. we stand with the families. >> you are watching france 24. pakistan says it is set to execute 500 terror convicts in the coming weeks. that is after the devastating school attack by the taliban and left close to 150 dead. anti-islamist candidate beji caid essebsi claims victory in tunisia. first free presidential election. his rival is refusing to concede defeat. french president francois hollande urges the utmost vigilance after two attacks over the weekend reportedly by men shouting "god is great" in arabic. time for business news. stephen with this onset. let's start with the news out of airbus in toulouse. delivering planes to qatar airways. >> a year behind schedule, the a350.

it is still better than airbus' last launch of the a380 and boeing's dreamliner. the new aircraft will be more fuel-efficient. 800 have been ordered so far, the first going to qatar airways. our correspondent in toulouse spoke with the chief executive of qatar airways. >> at airbus headquarters in toulouse qatar airways is about to receive its brand-new a350. probably the last new aircraft to come off an assembly line for the next 50 years ago here. the man who will be collecting it is the ceo of the airline akbar al baker. this is your airplane over here. >> this is the airplane for my country. >> why did you choose this one? >> it is a state-of-the-art, next-generation airplane. fuel-efficient, very low noise emission. and the range that we need. >> why did you buy from airbus

you could have bought from boeing. >> we have bought from boeing we always like to keep our fleet young and the most modern. this is the most modern airplane. keeping in mind that it is being delivered three years after the 787. all the improvements and efficiencies over and above what has been in the past. they have been incorporated in this airplane. >> you are a tough customer. how come there has been a delight? -- a delay> >> the delay had nothing to do with airbus. it had to do with our suppliers that supply the interior of the airplane that is independent of airbus. they had to fix issues which took a slight delay. the. delay is only a week, which is not much. >> the legacy carriers in europe

are terrified of what the middle eastern airlines, yours, emirates, etihad, what are you doing that they are not doing? >> what they are not doing is the efficiencies they do not have. they have high labor costs. may have inefficient structures. most importantly, that is putting pressure, the working conditions by the labor unions. they are putting pressure on them for which they have very high costs to operate their airline in their territory. >> at the moment you have a choice of 2 companies, boeing and abba's the chinese could come in, the russians. is that something you are looking for two? -- forward to? >> of course, we support competition from china and russia to both airbus and boeing . >> you say there's a lower

running costs for the airlines. as a passenger, will i notice difference? >> yes. as a passenger you will notice on the a350, the sophistication, the speed by which you arrive to your destination. and of course, the cabin altitude. this has a lower cabin altitude say you arrive in a better physical condition. >> the chief executive of cutter airlines in toulouse. let's look at what's happening on the markets. oil prices rebound in trading today. brent crude up in london slightly. $62 a barrel, nowhere near the five-year low below $60, which it went to last week. signs of some recovery in the oil market after comments made by the saudi arabia and uae oil ministers that they will not cut output.

having things in the stock market you can see a clean sweep of gains across european market. a quiet week on the stock market. oil and gas shares among the gainers there. let's move on. some of today's other business stories. the oil giant bp wents the u.s. government to seek a lower penalty from it over the gulf of mexico oil spill because of the tumbling price of oil. the 2010 rig explosion killed 11 workers and caused the biggest environmental disaster in u.s. history. bp says the $16 billion to 18 doing a maximum fine would have a significant negative impact on company. chinese regulators investigating price-fixing in the country's duck market. looking at a practice that involves groups of investors pumping up prices of certain ducks. mainland chinese shares traded at three-year highs this monday. an easyjet cabin crew in france

will strike. the strike will affect half of flights on that date. the company has yet to make cancellations. the unions called the strike over conditions including crew rotations. >> a strike on boxing day. let's finish up in the city of london. atlanta staffers are hopeful that they will have a lot of happy christmas bonuses. >> a survey says senior staff in russia's financial sector are expecting bonuses up to -- in london's financial sector are expecting bonuses up to 21% bigger. despite the crackdown on bonus culture. new eu rules limit bonus to the equivalent of an employee salary or twice that if its voted on. >> let's send vibes to our buses

at france 24. time for the press review. helping us to that, lots of focus on tunisia's first free presidential election. >> big news in the middle east. we're talking about the exit polls in the lebanese newspaper. beji caid essebsi is seen as the winner. a photo here. the caretaker president moncef marzouki is refusing to admit defeat. that was when the paper came back. another article in a tunisian paper before the end of voting yesterday. you can see they are very excited about this election. everyone is a winner. tunisians kept the faith. they are applauding tunisians for going to the ballot box in this historic election. for keeping the faith in their

country. who would have believed the tunisians would have been able to vote in a peaceful election four years ago when ben ali was leading power? it is a miracle that this transition has happened without any major bloodshed any fighting or a civil or. an incredible day, according to this newspaper. >> other papers are not so enthusiastic. >> an interesting piece from an algerian paper that says a lot of people are celebrating a sea of blue fingers, as the article calls it. the truth is, it was not a very exciting election for young tunisians. they had a choice between the plague and cholera, that is the title of this article. an old president an 8-y -- 88-year old very close to ben

ali regime. and moncef marzouki, a former exile. >> let's go to the u.s., investigating the fatal shooting of two police officers. >> the daily beast has a factual account. 2 cops assassinated in brooklyn. 28-year-old ismaaiyl brinsley reportedly walked up to the nypd car and shot at it, killing officer raphael ramos and officer liu wenjin. he went on to take his own life after a police chase. lots of focus on his past and his criminal history. the independent says that actually this may have been a revenge killing for the deaths of michael brown and eric garner. he reportedly headed to new york harboring intentions to attack police officers. this is just a hypothesis for

now but it is an angle that the papers are focusing on. they are focusing on one photo he posted on instagram on saturday. a photo of a weapon he reportedly used in this attack with this caption "i'm putting wings on pigs." >> the head of new york city's police union has had harsh words for the mayor bill de blasio. >> this is patrick lynch. he said there is blood on many hands tonight. blood starts on the steps of city hall in the office of the mayor. he blamed those who incited violence on the street under the guise of protests. a reference to the swell of demonstrations around the deaths of michael brown and eric garner. >> let's come back to france. papers are focusing on doctors

striking today until new year's eve. >> it is a strike that has support of french people according to a poll. french people support the doctor strike 63% accord into this poll. demanding for their work to be reduced to 48 hours from around 60 currently. pointing out that er doctors are rebelling. they are striking. you have specialists who are also going to be striking against a new health bill. one paper pointing out this is terrible. do not go to the emergency room or even to your local doctor. >> let's stick with christmas. the french version of slate has an article.

>> a group of french senators have sounded the alarm over sexist tosys during the christmas season. it can be negative for the development of a child. boys toys focus on technical skills and girls' toys focus on the domestic sphere. slate has a list of non sexist toys. boardgames, a science lab. and a magic set. of course, a book. >>