>> you are watching live from paris, the headlines this hour. and president francois hollande is urging the nation not to panic after two separate attacks apparently motivated i islamist extremism. there has now been a third in the city of nantes, with the perpetrator using the phrase "alahu akhbar." the first election winner is calling on the country to work together for the future. north korea's dismal record on human rights up for discussion at the united nations, days

after president barack obama vowed to retaliate over a cyber attack against sony. here in france, there has been a third attack against members of the public, with the perpetrator using the phrase "god is great." the latest attack happened in the western city of nantes, where a man drove his van into people walking around the christmas market which is now been evacuated. 10 people have been injured. earlier in the day, francois hollande urged people not to panic after earlier attacks yesterday. in dijon, a man ran his car into pedestrians. he also shouted in arabic. local officials insist this was

not a terrorist attack. >> this was an isolated act committed by an isolated individual who has been mentally ill for over 10 years. it is a severe and long-standing illness. he has been accepted more than a hundred times to psychiatric units. >> the day before, saturday, a man in a town in central france also used the phrase before attacking 2 police officers with a knife. coalition forces have carried out a series of airstrikes against the islamic state group in syria and iraq. the u.s. army says six units of fighters were destroyed along with a weapons factory. on the ground in iraq, kurdish forces are leading the fight to retake a city they lost in a surprise attack in august.

>> and operation to retake the town from the islamic state group. the battle for the strategic city is being conducted by a range of factions. kurdish fighters in addition to guerrillas from the outlaw pkk and syrian kurdish fighters known as the ypg. it is a move that would restore the majority of territory lost during the summer offensive. this is a victory shared by iraqi kurds, the central government in baghdad, and that ucd -- the yazidi ethnic minority. thousands have been trapped on the mountain since august. this is a chance to cut the highway from syria to mosul and vital supply lines for the i.s. militants. it does not end here. following the latest siege, the kurdish regional president has declared the peshmerga might

join an operation to retake muzzle -- mosul itself. >> a secularist has won the first free presidential election in tunisia. he succeeds the caretaker leader with just over 55% of the vote. the 88-year-old served in the government ousted in the revolution of 2011. >> tunisian electoral authorities announced the man who will be president as the democratic transition comes to an end and a new chapter begins. >> the commission announces the victory in the 2014 presidential election. >> his rival candidate and incumbent president -- he took 55.8% of the vote against 44.32%. he becomes the first president freely elected by tunisians

since independence from france in 1956. he was a official -- an official in the one-party administration ousted by the 2011 popular uprising. he has now rebranded himself as a technocrat. his secular party, call for tunisia, gained popularity during a backlash against the transitional islamist government which many voters blamed for turmoil after 2011. the incumbent had blessed him as a remnant of the former administration. he congratulated him on victory. protesters in hama took to the streets and clashed with police. the 88-year-old has his work cut out convincing some voters he is the right man to lead the country into a new political era. >> i am joined now by sophie, from the international federation for human rights, a specialist on tunisia.

there is some irony, isn't there? we had this revolution overwhelmingly led by young people young people who were upset about not having jobs, about the level of corruption. the end of it all, and 88-year-old man who served in the former regime is in power. can you hear me? >> yes. hello? >> can you hear me? >> yes, i hear you. >> i was saying there is something of an irony, isn't there? you had this revolution in tunisia led by young people angry about corruption, and now and 88-year-old man is in power with links to the old regime. >> it may seem very bizarre because the new elected president is age 88. he is old. as you said, the revolution is made by young people.

but you have to understand that during more than two decades of the dictatorship there was no political generation that emerged from tunisia. so the main politicians into nation now are all the politicians of opposition during that era, and from the former president, from that era. his age is representative of this period. it is that way with many politicians in tunisia. >> there is a lot of division in post-revolution tunisia. you have secularists unionists

so leftists -- salafists. is he the right person to unite those groups? >> internation now i -- in tunisia now, i think this will constitute a new government in the next weeks. you will have two main problems. the new government will face the problems of security, because as you know, the border with nigeria and with libya are very insecure. in the two last years, we had many jihadist attacks. so the problem of the security is a very serious one. the other one of course, because the revolution of 2011 was such a social revolution, will be the other problem, because you have

more than 600,000 unemployed people, mainly young people in tunisia. the economy doesn't -- is very -- it is not -- it is not really in control now. it is really weak, and has weakened during the last years. so the economical problem will be very important for the new government. they will have to face the economic and social problem. i think this agenda, the agenda of security and agenda of economic and social problems will be, in the next two years in the next months, the main focus. >> thank you very much indeed for joining us. just days after u.s. president barack obama vowed to retaliate over north korea's cyber attack on sony pictures, the reclusive

state is facing criticism elsewhere. today, the yuan security council met to discuss pyongyang's dismal record on human rights. in new york, all the details. >> the security council has met to specifically talk about north korea's human rights record. it follows a wide-ranging inquiry that came out in february, showing human rights abuses in north korea, things like detention camps, torture, and executions. the general assembly has been pushing hard for the security council to look at it, the reason being the security council has the power to refer countries to the international criminal court. there are a number of western countries who want that to happen. china and russia, who both sit on the security council, are against that happening and have tried to stop this afternoon's meeting from happening. it will go ahead, though will not at this stage be a vote on whether or not to refer north

korea to be -- the icc. that is likely to come later, but they will discuss it as a preliminary tool to set the stage for that vote, which will happen in a later stage. >> north korea reportedly experiencing severe internet outages. the internet in the country has almost completely gone down, according to news reports. the united states declining to comment over whether or not it is involved. now, the princess of spain, princess cristina, is the sister of king phillipe. she will be in court for tax fraud, the first member of spain's royal family to ever appear in the dock. our lawyers are vowing to appeal. >> it is a first -- a member of the spanish royal family in the dock. the court in new york -- in ma

llorca said she must stand trial. her husband is accused of embezzling money from contracts he awarded to a charitable organization. the sister of the current tang -- king sat on the board with her husband, the chairman. the case has sparked anger from the public at a time of financial hardship in spain. it contributed to king juan carlos abdicating his throne to clean up the monarchy's image. experts say it is now essential for the royal family to be treated like everyone else. >> what is the solution? that at the end of this case, a fair trial is carried out, and spaniards see the facts presented in court lead to a just legal decision, so they do not have the impression they are treated to friendly. -- treated differently. >> investigations began in 2010. the princess and her husband have been excluded from royal

activities since 2011, when he was named a suspect. >> a plea from the great prime minister to parliament -- back my choice for president, and i will hold early elections. he was speaking on the eve of a second round of voting in the great parliament. if a new president is not elected by a third round on december 29, elections will automatically go ahead in early february. whole suggest they could be won by the left-wing party which has vowed to renegotiate greases international bailout. we are joined now from athens. natalie, tell us more about this offer. it appears he is worried his candidate is not going to make it. >> it does not look like it. the math is not working out for him at the moment. he made a public announcement the other day and offered a conciliatory tone, agreed to

make some concessions to lawmakers in an effort to appeal to those who have been undecided so far, or wavering in their decisions. but still, it does not look like he will be able to pull this one through. the vote is expected tomorrow at mid-day. it looks very unlikely he will be able to manage the 200 votes necessary for him to be elected. so we are definitely going to the third round of elections december 29. even then, i must admit, looking to even members of his own party, the conservative democracy, they were pessimistic the government will be able to survive. it is a no-confidence vote we are going to be looking at. >> this is being painted as a worst-case scenario by the prime minister, if this presidential vote is not conclusive, if it goes to early elections, and if, as the prime minister is

warning, this left-wing party gets into power. what would happen then? >> it is a doom and gloom scenario. essentially, the elections, if we do end up going to general elections, they will be held around january 25. we were talking about him not long ago. civita has vowed to put an end to austerity, raise tensions, which have been a sticking point with international creditors which have called on greece to further reduce the pensions. the big problem with civita, if you like, is they have laid out their plan of putting an end to austerity and renegotiating it but have not said how they will do that differently from conservatives or a coalition government. that remains to be seen. that is the only way they will be able to put an end to all this speculation about a potential exit from the

eurozone. all of that needs to be put on pause until a leader actually extends himself more clearly. >> thank you very much. reporting from athens. the vote at midday tomorrow. we will be keeping an eye on it. a quick reminder of our top stories. friends president is urging the nation not to panic after two separate attacks apparently motivated i islamist extremism. tonight, there has been a third attack, this time in nantes, where a man drove his van into shops at a business market yelling the arabic phrase that god is great. and 88-year-old veteran politician has won the first free presidential vote in tunisia. he is now calling on his country to work together for the future. and north korea's dismal record on human rights up for discussion at the united nations

, just days after u.s. president barack obama vowed to retaliate over north korea's cyber attack against sony. we are also learning that there has been a severe internet outage in north korea. the united states declining to confirm it had anything to do with it. let's get to sports for you. starting off with a tough day for chelsea and england. >> they are playing as we speak facing stoke and it started out perfectly for the blues with a goal in the second minute by john kerry. a header for john kerry -- terry , his first goal in the premier league this season. the blues still leading the league, but only thanks to a better goal difference than manchester city. they will be looking to extend that lead. good news for the blues, with the return of their number one goalie. stoke has seen the barcelona

midfielder in the starting 11. we will take a quick look at the standings as we wait for tonight's result. chelsea and manchester city top the league with 39 points in each. followed by manchester united in third, with 32 points. arsenal and tottenham have 27 points in each, but the gunners are ahead on goal difference. burnley, hull, and lester -- leichester make up the bottom three. on the traditional boxing day, the french league is off for the holidays. marseille had an early gift for their fans. the southern team not only finished the first half of the season at the top, it extended their lead on paris-saint germaine. lyon also head into the winter

break on a positive note. they finished second with 39 points after their final thrashing of balliol. the league top scorer. at the bottom, you have evian, b astia, and caen. sex platter -- sek blatter tried to end on a positive note after a controversial report on the bidding process for the world cups in russia and qatar. fifa agreed to publish a report which was said to show widespread corruption in the bidding process. it specified it would be an appropriate manner, and all current procedures will have to be through. blatter said the report had hurt fee for -- fifa's image.

>> to put opinion is important. this is the greatest game, connecting people, dealing with emotions, passion, and hope. it is very important for me, at the helm, to respond, and to bring the new year with good attitude. >> with the nba, a strong performance by superstar lebron james. james was instrumental in a cleveland victory. tony allen and lebron james had 25 points and 11 assists on the night, including this beautiful dunk you see off a lob pass. never really giving any space to the grizzlies. final score, a 105-91.

the grizzlies slipping to third place in the west. in the other games of the night, it was a sixth straight win for the raptors, who beat the next. -- the knicks. a matchup between two lackluster teams. the heat coming out on top, ending a five-game home losing streak, and dallas, without rajon rondo, who left to the celtics, losing to miami. brooklyn winning despite playing without starters williams and lopez. the nets managed a five point win against the pistons. finally, anthony davis carried the pelicans past oklahoma city, scoring 38 points and 12 beat downs. >> that is it for the sports. we are going to take a short break. we have got web news. we will be back with the latest headlines, including a word

attack in france, this time in nantes the perpetrator again using the phrase allahu ackbar. >> hello and welcome to web news. our peek at the stories making the online headlines. coming up on today's show -- sony and the north american leader kim jong-un are the brunt of net criticism. the glow of challenge goes viral. and an american man floats into the air on a sun lounger. reactions are continuing to flood in on the american websense sony pictures announced the film "the interview" would no longer be released in cinemas on december 25. the decision was taken after hackers made threats directed at the film studio, and has caused outcry in the united states.

thousands of net users took to social networks today announced sony, using the hashtags #sonyhack and #theinterview. they shared the view that the studio committed a grave error in acting this way. some celebrities even accused the company of demonstrating cowardice by bowing to the absurd demands of a group of computer hackers. however, while some decided to express their anger on line, other american net users preferred to mock the situation and in particular, north korea who according to the fbi is supposedly behind the threats. as we can see here, several photo montages showing kim jong-un have appeared online. these wacky creations present him as the new ceo of sony, or imagine him starring in revised hollywood blockbusters.

they are a way for the authors to poke fun at the u.s. and sony's inability to handle an affair which in all likelihood was orchestrated by the world's most secretive nature and -- secretive nation. this trend has been all the range -- all the rage among young net users, known as the "glo up" challenge. you showcase physical evolution over the years. this mixture of selfies and photo albums is inspiring the world wide web. thousands of already entered the challenge with photo montages usually containing four pictur es. the transformations are sometimes radical, and prove the teenage years are often a tricky transition between childhood and adulthood for many net users. users of the microblogging site usually seem pleased to have left this kind them. while the main aim is to display

a real evolution and physical appearance some instead enjoy demonstrating how little their physique has changed over time, or acknowledge they must first past puberty before they are able to take part in the famous challenge themselves. the authors of these spoofs of the challenge, which have appeared online, also clearly enjoyed poking fun. zany photo montages show what could have happened if the deceased king of pop had taken place -- taken part in the challenge, or this sheep. there is a hashtag many pakistanis are using to condemn a local court decision to release a man on bail, the alleged mastermind behind the bombay attacks of 2008. his release was heavily denounced by pakistani net users, who posted countless messages to express anger and

bewilderment. they say the authorities have committed a serious mistake by acting in such a way, and are calling for a swift reversal of the decision. after losing her debit card, it was a homeless person who gave a british student money to buy a bus ticket home. touched by the kind gesture, the young woman decided to set up a facebook page to urge net users to donate funds to her benefactor, named robbie. her initiative was an outright success, with more than 32,000 pounds team raised in just a few days.

icers were shot execution style particularly despicable act, which those -- goes at the very heart of our society and democracy when a police officer is murdered. >> as two new york police officers are shot dead by a maryland man with a lengthy arrest recor