molly: welcome to the "france 24" newsroom. i am molly hall. germany votes to enter the syrian conflict. parliament says yes to angela merkel's proposal for military aid in the fight against the islamic state group leader vigils are held in san bernardino, the latest american city to be hit by a mass shooting. investigators search for a motive behind the california rampage. and it is day five of the cop21 climate summit.

we will take a look at what the world's mayors are trying to do to fight global warming. also coming up on the program, uber is raising more money, but it's international rivals are but itsup against it -- international rivals are ganging up against it. you are watching live from paris. molly: first we begin in berlin. germany's parliament has approved plans to provide military assistance against the islamic state group leader in syria and iraq. 445-146 two go ahead with a plan crafted by angela merkel's cabinet. berlin pledged greater support in the wake of the deadly

attacks in paris, which i.s. has claimed responsibility for. will be sent, but they will not engage in combat. we speak with a terrorism specialist, president of modern security consulting group. first, i would like to ask you, does berlin bring something different to the coalition against i.s., or is this more of a symbolic gesture? >> thank you very much for having me. it is more than symbolic. it is part of the typical german position. germany is very much divided on how it needs to behave in terms of foreign policy, so germany's contributions have been highly logistical so far, so providing a refueling plan, providing reconnaissance material, defense material for the charles de gaulle, it is a significant contribution and it allows at the same time for german

politicians to be able to sell that domestically and much easier than being involved in terms of attacks. likely becomeuld germany's biggest deployment abroad, but at what cost? well, like i said, right now it is not a very big cost. the tornado reconnaissance missions are more of a high risk because this is a low altitude type of reconnaissance, however, they framed it in a way where politically speaking it is not that dangerous. 1200 troops, that is actually about 600 on-site, including a al contingency spread over a year. it is not going to be at a very high cost or a very high risk. molly: this plan that has been approved today spans for one year. people say it is a short-term look at events and -- at events

in syria and iraq. the first step. you have to see the process against isis as a long-term process, five to 10 years. we are focusing right now on arial strikes, but the strategy against isis is to be conference of, needs to go beyond the military and involved different actors and militants. as such, it is part of a long-term process. limiting to a year seems to be reductive, but it is the first step. it makes sense. molly: if it is indeed just a first step, much has been said that bombs alone cannot defeat i.s. in syria and the u.s. what is the next key step? yan: the next key step is who goes on the ground? airstrikes have been ongoing since september.

the effect has been noticeable but not enough to wipe out isis or defeat isis per se. it is a situation where who is going to be willing to commit first. right now this is a hot potato for western politicians because that means they would probably have to send in their own troops, or if they refused to do mentioned,ent fabius then you would have to possibly strike a deal with bashar al-assad, with the russians, and that is a more difficult issue to sell the electorate. this is where this diplomatic ballet he comes very complicated, and so the question is, who is going to be willing to step up and not use proxy forces on-site to defeat isis. concerned are people in berlin about germany's actions abroad, provoking an attack back at home? yan: it is a legitimate concern.

but on the other hand, germany has been very fortunate, not its security services have done a good job but also because a lot of the attacks were failed attacks, or luckily did not occur. but the danger has been there. germany, especially, since september, providing weapons to the kurds, they are already involved. but germany's prominence as a state, being partners with france now, this could increase. the danger is already there. it is not necessarily going to lead to an increased danger or risk to germans. yan st.-pierre, thank you for joining us on the program. today's vote in the bundestag calls for solidarity after the terrorist attacks in paris left 30 people dead. -- thest target hid

first target hit, a cafe, opened its doors this morning to customers. the first business as customers begin to arrive. this friday, march 3 weeks since withn sprayed the cafe bullets. hitting five people. .ive of 130 killed it is the first establishment targeted to real but its doors come a difficult moment for staff, who are receiving ongoing psychological support. >> we want to show them that we are stronger than them and we want to move forward and bring life to the neighborhood once again. what are we going to do to start again to bounce back? we have redecorated, repainted the walls to wipe away the signs of this nightmare. the cafe was a place where people meant to exchange --

where people met to exchange and share. that is where we want to be again today. >> for these residents, returning to their regular was an important step. back,anted to come experience something else, reflect on what happened. see the customers and the owner to give them my support. bar, come and support the being here andriy he my coffee as usual, it has changed nothing. back, isstomers coming a poignant and significant coffee, looking out over the amount of tributes still being left outside. next, was it a workplace grudge or was it terrorism? investigators in the u.s. are racing to work on what motivated a married couple to go on a shooting rampage in california. 114 people were killed and nearly two dozen injured when the pair opened fire at a

holiday gathering friday. police discovered a stockpile at the shooter's home. veritable arsenal, along with weapons that the couple took with them on the shooting spree, the police found still more at their family home. pipe bomb type2 devices found in that house or in the garage of that house. there are also hundreds of tools, many of which could be used to construct ied's or pipe bombs. there were another 2009 millimeter rounds found at that house. 2000 nineere another millimeter rounds found that that house. >> they appeared to be purchased legally and registered. syed farook worked as a restaurant inspector for the county.

the u.s. intelligence officials said he had been in contact with known islamic extremists through social media. but whether the shooting was workplace raids, an act of terror, or a mixture of the two two is- or a mr. of the not confront -- or a mixture of the two is not confirmed. >> only 18 of the 20 victims have been identified as county employees. 12 of those individuals were county employees, the county of san bernardino. two of them were not. >> a candlelight vigil to remember the victims was held at a base oil stadium in san bernardino thursday night. molly: that was a look at the latest out of california. given the size of the stockpile at their home, investigators are looking at whether or not radicalization could have been a motive. the fbi says the muslim couple were not being monitored. leading muslims say the mass shooting should not be blamed on

the religion of islam. there is more from our correspondent, philip across her, and gallagher fenwick. community in the united states is in the eye of the storm. >> we also repudiate any -- >> the council on american islamic relations having courage to americans not to blame the incident on islam. >> i think this situation can only add to that increase. already this morning i have received a call from a virginia mosque that it received a threat based on the san bernardino shooting. all republican presidential candidates have their word to say on recent events. after the paris attacks, some called for a database on all american muslims. others want to impose religious tests on refugees who want to enter the u.s..

jeb bush supports that idea. terrorism wants to destroy our way of life, attack our freedom. we need to declare war on them. there is a muslim problem in the world? a radical muslim problem in the world? >> they raise their children to say, like i said before, it is good to kill other people. >> republicans voted last month bymake access to the u.s. refugees from syria more and more difficult. there has been no attempt to and asked her to gun control legislation. philip: that was our correspondent reporting from washington. negotiations continue north of paris for the cop21 climate summit. after the heads of state, it is the return of mayors from major cities worldwide, meaning to add their perspective. hosted by former new york city

mayor michael bloomberg and the paris mayor, and they called in arnold schwarzenegger to add extra muscle to the talks. "france 24" is following it closely for you. our correspondent behind the scenes. >> this week at the cop21, we saw the eiffel tower in red, a blue giraffe, and the green lion. there were also plenty of sightings of journalists, some of them with microphones perpetually in hand, others always in a rush. the climate conference is hosting 196 government delegations from around the world and several hundred ngo's. the international media was out in force. >> that is our set over there, and we have our european editor in french interviewing the european affairs minister. over here is our colleagues getting ready to go to and. and back on the other side --

see if you can follow along -- radio france internationale, our sister station. it can get a little boring and technical, but it is fantastic to have people truly from the four corners of the earth who are able to come together. it is nice to be able to welcome them in a proper setting. >> almost 10,000 journalists and observers joined the cop21. we also met heads of state optimistic about how the negotiations would go. but among the world economic leaders could also be seen other representatives who say they have had enough of traveling around the world for 20 years only to leave empty-handed. we are disappointed because all of the efforts we have made will be for nothing if the government's most responsible do not come to the most effective agreement to stop our planet

from being poisoned. >> in the mayan islands, we met some young people who drew attention as best they could to the urgent state of the environment. >> do your share! the situation with the mobilization in paris, we feel at any moment that we have expressed concern, and i think that is very important. >> demonstrations at the conference venue are for bitten until december 13, but the public and world leaders that are for bidden until december 13. update of's get an the headlines we are following. germany votes to enter the syrian conflict. parliament says yes to angela merkel's proposal for military aid in the fight against islamic state group.

are being held in san bernardino, the latest american city to be hit by a mass shooting. investigators are looking for the motive behind the california rampage that left 14 people dead. businesse now for a update. im joined in the studio by kate moody. we are going to start off with the latest of elements for the somewhat controversial ridesharing app, uber. kate:h a fresh round -- total valuation for you is $65.5 billion, making it the world's most valuable private startup. expanding in 350 cities across country -- across the -- across the world is being met with opposition. >> fighting uber at its own -- andhe u.s. company haveeast asia grab taxis

formed a made alliance that will affect 50% of the world's population. their union will allow customers to access services through an app collaboration. collectively, they have $7 billion in funding, but it is still less than uber's. one copy has invested in three others. lyft, and partl of the $500 million raised the summer for holacab. companies are fighting back against the dominance of inner city car services. earlier this week, you k's black cab launched its own -- the u.k. 's black cab launched its own operation. in france, a rival app was

launched called made in france in october. there is less control over the salaries. molly: -- kate: global trading has been slumping this friday. asian markets are finishing at three-we close -- at three-week lows. the european markets are following the trend after closing sharply down on thursday. france's central bank has scaled back its forecast for growth, saying the rich economy will continue to expand but at a slower pace than expected, 1.4% next year rather than the previously expected 1.8%. inflation is likely to be weaker than expected, and we will be waiting for november's jobs report, due in the u.s. in just over one hour's time. that could give the federal reserve further incentive to raise interest rates later this month. we also keeping an eye on oil prices as members of opec meet

in vienna to talk about the possibility of scaling back production. brent crude, trading on the international markets, is up more than 1.5%, $44.56 per barrel. wti is up to $41.73. saudi arabia, the largest producer in the opec oil cartel, is pushing for an across-the-board reduction. those producers are staunchly opposed to that idea, and they say the group will unlikely cut production and will maintain its output of 30 million barrels per day. switching gears now -- leaders from 40 african countries are meeting with xi jinping in johannesburg as part of a two-day summit to deepen economic ties. has a threepremier year plan that will expand major influence across the continent.

china is already africa's biggest trading partner, with trade amounting to 220 billion dollars last year. a direct investment has been scaled back by 40% this year. as the domestic economy takes a hit. as the cop21 climate change summit continues in paris, tech giants are doing their part. google has announced plans to double the amount of renewable energy powering its facilities come with projects including a swedish windfarm and a solar plant in chile. following civil budgets that following similar budgets, microsoft plans to upgrade its -- finally, the british billionaire richard branson is looking into breaking more barriers. virgin galactic has announced plans to use his old jumble debt that his own -- his old jumbo jet to launch satellites into space.

it will be used as a mothership, of sorts, a launch pad launch these satellites into space from midair. the company is saying recycling will prove cheaper and more efficient and will allow other spacecraft to focus on sending tourists into orbit. not a bad use of recycling. molly: it is all about the mothership. kate, thank you very much. it is time now for our press review. i joined by florence villeminot. we are going to start off in the u.s., where the country is still dealing with another mass shooting. flo: that is right, in san bernardino, california. authorities are trying to figure out what the motive was behind the mass killing, but there is an interesting debate over whether or not the motive actually matters. we will look at the editorial in "l.a. times." they are talking worker"terrorism, angry

-- no -- whichever, the cartage came from legal guns." -- ifwednesday's wednesday's carnage turns out to be terrorism, you can expect congress and the president to work together to find a solution. if it is in fact just regular gun violence, do not hold your breath. this editorial says we have our priorities completely wrong. we are spending billions of dollars on national security, and the reality is that terrorism is actually quite rare, whereas mass shootings occur on just about a daily basis in the united states. times justnew york ask their readers to share their thoughts. "how often, if ever, do you think about the possibility of a shooting in your daily life, and the response was overwhelming. more than 5000 readers wrote in explaining their fears and even

their escape plans, how they think ahead. you can see this quote here. "i think about it on a daily the new york times" says the responses is ok sad truth, that the united states is a scarier place than it used to be. scarier than other scary places in the world as well. international own affairs editor, doug herbert. paris, gunsen in look like a greater threat than terrorism. i feel more secure in a terror-alerted city than in a u.s. town when a gun-crazed lunatic can get you down when you are going about your is this. we had a lot of messages coming in from the united states, messages of support. he sends a message of support to americans. he says, "please stay safe. you.e worried about march on washington, demand action now." he says, "until

parisi will take life in under a no holds barred right to bear arms any day." of changes tos the constitution have been made. flo: they are upsetting a lot of people on the left. the fact that these constitutional changes or these plants changes are kind of rocking the boat. what does the government want to do? first of all, it wants to extend the state of emergency from three months to six months. wants to do, he and this is controversial. he wants to include in the constitution the power to strip dual nationals, convicted of terrorism, of the french citizenship. the left-leaning daily is focusing on the stripping power that francois hollande wants to have an says that it is really -- it has provoked a major malaise in the left. it is an idea that is traditionally championed by the

far right national front. molly: and the paper goes so far as to say it goes against the very spirit of the french republic. will be exceptional times and exceptional measures, and it is normal that when a nation is under threat it is understandable that public freedoms will be suspended. but suspending the nationality of binational citizens will not make people safe to death will not make people safer. it goes against the principle that all citizens are equal before the law. it is a question of principle, and it reminds the government that it should put place in measures to extend our democracy, not extra exceeded. molly: this comes before important regional elections on sunday. flo: this regional election has taken on a historic dimension. three weeks after the paris attacks in the middle of the state of emergency, you can see people are being urged to go out and vote. this is really an emerging situation.

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