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>> live from the dw studios in berlin, this is your world news. >> great to have you with us. here is what is coming up on "the journal." france remains on the highest alert level and did he employs 18,000 soldiers and police across the country to protect sensitive sites. >> the terror in france is fueling anti-islam demonstrators in germany. we will have more from inside the crowd. >> and who is the best soccer player in the world? they are here to crown an
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honoree at the fifa ballon dor. >> at this hour france is putting an additional 10,000 soldiers and 8,000 police officers on the streets. >> across the country the highest alert level remains in effect following last week as attack on "charlie hebdo." >> not only were the attackers supposed to be under police surveillance one of the attackers was reportedly listed in the u.s.'s terror date base. >> making regular life in paris more difficult to restore. >> it should be a part of daily life a father dropping his child off to school. after last week, schools resembled fortresses. this one is under heavy guard.
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>> one fifth of the pupils stayed home. their parents have decided not to bring their kids here. tha is a big number and shows their level of concern. >> four jews were killed in friday's stand-off. the jewish community is understand. israeli prime minister netanyahu traveled. authorities are responding to threats of more terrorist attacks. france has launched a major security operation and 5,000 police have been deployed to protect jewish schools. but that is not all. >> we have decided to mobilize 10,000 troops who will be protecting vulnerable areas across france starting tuesday evening. >> investigators are trying to
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determine whether a wider organized network was behind the attacks and how the killers got their weapons. the hunt continues for accomplices and the wife of the gunman. security cameras purportedly show her at an airport in istanbul. she apparently traveled on to syria. french citizens are coping as best they can with the increased security precautions, but they are also vowing not to be intimidating. >> the best way to fight against these people is to show absolutely no fear. the main theme today is to see all the results of the people wanting to demonstrate their position. >> a commitment to freedom underscored by a massive security operation.
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>> massive indeed. let's go to our correspondent barbara. she is standing by live in paris. good evening to you barbara. 18,000 additional security staff members across the country. are you starting to see that? is there evidence of this increased security? >> it has been seen for several days and so far it has not really changed. of course the government tries to reasure people that they are now better protected particularly the jewish community. however, a lot of people one talks to know this is not possible. how can you protect everybody in france who might be a possible target of terrorists? the target comes -- the prime minister comes out with new proposals every hour. he wants to isolate jihadist people in jail others so they
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cannot infect other prisoners. they have known for a while that french jails are a breeding ground for jihadist ideologies. the exchange of flight data is planned, and the british government has announced that in cooperation with france, they want to increase surveillance of weapons smuggling and trying to impede those smugglers. >> a lot of these ideas seem like very logical ideas to prevent terror attacks. but i guess a lot of parisians and people would say these are things that should have been done a lot time ago. are you hearing people say that and question what the police have been doing all this time? >> not really. the debate is beginning but it is particularly the political opposition that is sort of
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opening this battle. the public is still rather content with the directions of the government during the last days and people seem to be aware of the difficulties of having counterterrorism 24 hours a day of -- everywhere in this country. everybody knows that, but on the other hand, they expect that services work better. he has promised he will do his utmost to improve things as he can. it is shown there have been connections between the different brothers that nobody has been aware of before, connections that go back to germany, offense. it is becoming more and more intricate, and the government will take some time to sort of unravel the web. >> a lot of dots there new
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dots that need to be connected. barbara reporting for us in paris. thank you very much. >> nigeria has seen an up surge of attacks by islamic fundamentalist group boko haram. >> 19 people died sunday when a 10-year-old girl blew herself up at a busy market in the town. this comes on the heels of a major offensive by the militants in the state. the border town is now said to be in their hands. hundreds of people have been killed and thousands have fled their homes. >> for more on this story we are joined by our correspondent in laying owes -- in lagos. the world is preoccupied with the terror attack in france. how can the people there not feel forgotten?
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>> a lot of people do feel so. on twitter people are complaining that people are forgetting about the problems there. you talked about the attack a week ago. thousands of people ran away. there is still fighting going on and we don't laugh any numbers. the big dilemma is those things are happening on a daily basis and it has been going on for months now. boko haram has been happening but the government fails to protect its citizens. i have been traveling to the northeast talking to victims and they tell cruel stories about what happened to them when boko haram came to their villages. all they are asking for is security provided by the government. but the government has failed
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so far. it is hard to see that the president that the president who is in an election campaign still tries to downplay the numbers. 2,000 people died last year, and 1.5 million people are running away. i understand it completely. the media has a responsibility of bringing those things back to the agenda, although it is quite difficult to access the region. >> thank you very much. here in germany, two men arrested in connection with a fire bomb attack on the offices of the hamburg newspaper have been released. >> the premises were fire bombed early on sunday morning after the pucks reprinted "charlie hebdo" cartoons of the prophet mo hamdan in response to the paris massacre. place say it is not clear whether the decision to print the cartoons prompted the attack. the suspects were released due to a lack of evidence.
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and in the wake of last week's terrorist attacks germany's anti-islam movement has dedicated its monday demonstration to the victims in paris. >> again thousands of have taken to the streets of dress deny, with many holding the family placards that have become synonymous with the paris attacks. organizers have called for demonstrations in berlin munich and others. massive demonstrations are under way in numerous german decides as well. >> our correspondent is on the beat for us again this monday afternoon. she is standing by for us there in dress deny. nina, the organizers, they have been asked to call off their regularly scheduled meeting, or at least to make it smaller in respect to what happened in france. what has happened?
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>> well, that appeal was seen by many protestors here as a clear attempt to infringe their freedom of expression. so what happened was that on the contrary, rather than stopping the movement, many more people seemed to have turned up than usual. at least that is the impression that i got from walking through dresses deny -- dresden with the demonstrators. i think it is more than 18,000 people. >> which would be more than last week. what about tonight? are we seeing as many people coming out who are against pegida? >> not in dresden. i saw a hundred or so counterdedmon straightors who
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say there is no play for that in germany. i talked to some who said they are from other parts of germany. this is not a dresden movement but it has become the center. a man said i know there is a rally tonight in my home town, but i wanted to come to dresden because our movement has a bigger impact here in dresden. >> there have been signs or concerns that it was going to use the terror attacks to vindicate the demonstrations in germany. is that happening? >> well, the organizers have called on demonstrators to wear black ribbons to honor the victims of the french attacks but i haven't really seen many of those here. in fact, you have to remember that the movement is very much playing with people's emotions and the banner of fear of
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islamization in the western world seems to be one that an increasing number of people are willing to march under. you can hear all kinds of complaints about the system, the media, everybody is lying and people don't feel represented. >> nina, you are representing us there. thank you very much. amidst the protests, german chancellor angela merkel has declared that islam is an integral part of germany. >> she made those remarks after a talk with ahmed in berlin. >> in talks with chancellor merkel he remarked on how impressive it would be if of his chiefly muslim country would finally admitted to the european union.
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he dismissed criticism that turkey recently allowed the girlfiend of one of the attackers to enter the country. >> 35 million tourists arrive in turkey every year. we cannot put them in categories of terrorists or non-terrorists by their names alone. our people can only take action based on intel janssen. of the 7,000 names given to us we have barred between 1,500 and 2,000 people. >> and chancelor merkel dismissed calls to dismiss the agreement that assured open borders through much of europe. >> it is out of the question. it is not on the agenda. there must be close cooperation and good shah sharing of intelligence if a country such as germany is to rely on secure borders. such sharing of data occurs with turkey. >> it is likely such
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discussions will intensify in the coming months. >> we are going to take a break. when we come back, i think we are going to talk about futbol, soccer. >> stay with us for that. we are back in just over >> welcome back, everyone. an indonesian official says that based o.j. the wreckage of the flight, it seems a change in cabin pressure caused an explosion just before the plane hit the water. >> but the country ace transport investigator has disputed this saying there is no theory to support this. it is now just two weekssince the plane went down. >> the flight data recorder of the plane has been recovered. this could provide a break-through into the cause of the crash. >> this device could provide the answer as to why air asia
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flight 8501 crashed into the sea. divers have retrieved the black box that records the plane's technical data. it is likely to hold valuable clues. >> at 7:11 a.m. we managed to find and lift part of the black box. the device is composed of two parts. the flight data recorder and the cockpit voice recorder. the data recorder was found. >> the cockpit voice recorder has been located but not retrieved yet. what caused the crash is still unknown. although there was bad weather in the area, experts say technical problems or human error could also have played a part. with the discovery of the black box, an explanation could be closer. >> five years after the deadly earthquake in haiti 85,000
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people are still living in tents and temporary shelters. >> and these figures were released by amnesty international. the group says precarious conditions still exist in many parts of port-au-prince, thest hit in 2010. over 300,000 people were killed by the earthquake according to haitian authorities. an estimated 1.5 million were left homeless. interpol has issued a warrant for the arrest of former ukrainian president victor janakovic. >> he is wanted in ukraine on charges of corruption and benefiting at the expense of the step. he fled from russia after being toppled from power last february. they say they will not extradite him. >> in the u.s., the auto
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industry is gearing up for the first big international trade fare of the year. >> around 20 manufacturers will be attending the north american international auto show in detroit. last year the u.s. market recorded it's best sales in nearly a decade, with the price of oil plummeting, horse power is back in style again and german brands are standing to benefit greatly from that trend. ♪ >> there was a party mood on the eve of the north american auto show as mercedes-benz unveiled its sculpted new s.u.v. the gle coup. mercedes has declared 2015 the year of the s.u.v. and plans to expand its business in the american market. >> we have four new s.u.v.'s launching this year. there is a high demand for utility vehicles so the timing couldn't be better.
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>> business is also booming at volkswagen. last year they broke a new sales barrier selling 10 million vehicles worldwide. the firm plans to bring more s.u.v.'s on to the american market. interconnected vehicles are one trend set to revolutionize the roads in the coming years, and bmw shares in the vision. >> what we are seeing at the moment is connectivity is really taking a big step forward. whether it is technology which is going to use the connectivity of the car around other cars or those that connect to other people's business life, private life or music environment this is really now at a point where in the next two or three years we are going to see an explosion of opportunity. >> automotive history was written in detroit by henry ford. and a new generation of automakers are looking to recreate the magic of motor
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city. >> most car manufacturers are upbeat about the future right now, especially here in the u.s. the economy is growing fast. americans are spending and fuel prices are falling. that means that people are getting less worried about fuel efficiency and turning again to trucks s.u.v.'s and sports cars. >> well, our markets reporter says germany's volkswagen failed to profit from a car sales boom in the united states and that put shares under pressure in frankfurt on monday. here is more. >> low oil prices and interest rates helped the makers of 00ry cars especially the german makesers of luxury cars. but focusing on the u.s. mark, investors of v.w. have been quite disappointed. so v.w. shares have been under pressure today.
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the market in general was recovering from friday's losses. we looked at a very strong rebound here, but the market is very nervous and volatile. >> we stay for a closer look at monday's numbers. starting off in frankfurt there was a rollercoaster ride, finishing up at 1.4%. euro stocks finishing up. at this hour, the dower is lower, off by nearly .6%. the euro is trading at a value of 1.1842. >> the drum roll please. it is that time of year again when the world's sports journalists and the world's professional soccer players vote for their player of the year. >> and for the second straight year, portuguese superstar cristiano ronaldo has stolen the show. he shut out lionel messi and
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germany's goal keeper in the battle for the coveted ballon dor. he helped his club secure a record 10th champions league title. not bad. >> not bad. our sports man oliver moody is in the studio with us. you knew that ronaldo had it. you didn't even need to put on the jacket. you knew he was going to win. why did he win? >> he was the favorite. the simple answer is he is a phenomenal player who has had a great year. the big moment for him was that 10th champions league title or european title for real madrid. he drove them to that victory. he has 17 goals through the competition, and he was really the driving force behind it. but not just in the champions league as well. he has been fantastic in the hispanic league, too. he was the top scorer last season and he already has 26 goals in the league this season which is an incredible
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figure really. both in terms of what his club did and in terms of how he has played ronaldo has been excellent and deserves the player of the year award. >> but germans are saying what about the goalkeeper? he led his team to win the world cup and by far the best goalkeeper in the world. it was fresh air having a keeper nominated. why didn't he get it? >> he was a bit unlucky. it would be the first time in a very long time that a goalkeeper won an award like this. back in 1963 was the last time a goal keeper won the ballon dor. he is a bit unlucky in being in this position. we love to see goals go in. maybe he is too good at his job. >> they don't score goals. they stop goals. >> but he did help to win the world cup. >> absolutely. >> what about mr. messi? >> it has been an almost year
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for lionel messi. he was the runner-up at the world cup with argentina. he was also the runner-up in the spanish mcgee and the spanish cup. it has been a difficult year for him. personally hawaii no, sir had his usual high standards, still excellent by most players' standards, but below the level he has been at in previous years. but i think that counted against him. >> we are going
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try as france remains on high alert. jewish schoolchildren waited with police posted outside to protect them while politicians and intelligence agencies have been trying to answer tough questions about how three terrorists known to police were able to

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