welcome back to live from paris on france 24. we will be telling you more how theo he was and pentagon thinks he was involved in those killings. accused of treason. kurdisher of turkey's people under fire as clashes continue between the kurds and security forces in the southeast. we will go to our correspondent for more.

worldweather around the spells misery for thousands. or a sign an anomaly of global warming or both? a french member of the islamic state group leader's been killed in recent american airstrikes in the middle east that is among the latest news from the pentagon. a spokesman announced that he was among 10 senior members of the militant group who died in the air raids in syria and iraq. warren said he had links to the attacks last month. earlier on, we got more details from our correspondent in

washington, d.c. warren speaking on behalf of the u.s.-led coalition fighting against the islamic state insisting on the importance of the elimination of the frenchman presents,.s. official talks about as a mid-level sometive responsible for of their external operations and who was linked to the paris attacks. he was directly to the mastermind of the paris attacks, and also linked to another important part the former bus

driver who blew himself up at the concert hall in paris and frenchman grew up with. an important announcement made by authorities who are saying they have killed 10 important leaders of the islamic state .rganization that same official acknowledged , the headt this point of the snake has not been severed as of yet. correspondent gallagher fenwick. in people are arrested belgium in brussels. the federal prosecutor's office militaryce have seized

uniforms, computer hardware, and islamic state group propaganda in raids around brussels. the alert level for police in raisedital has also been . theelgian police in capital. there has been a surge in antiterrorist operations. six arrests have been made including two suspected of plotting terror attacks. tooke capital, police computer hardware and islamic state propaganda. investigators are convinced the attacks were planned to strike new year celebrations. belgium has been on guard since the attacks in paris which left 130 dead. many of the attackers arrived from brussels and authorities are looking for some suspects. arrests or not connected with the paris event.

the alert level for police has been raised as authorities fear brussels could be a target. catherine: there has been fresh unrest in turkey's biggest kurdish town. police using tear gas to break up violence. kurdish militants have clashed with government forces on the same day the turkish president lashed out at the leader of the main kurdish party accusing him of treason for calling for autonomy for the kurds. this leader was speaking nonsense. he was repeating words whispered his visit toter moscow. his statements were a provocation and they amount to treason. those who want to carry out surgery on turkey will get what

they deserve and that goes for everyone. speaking: erdogan earlier on. let's get more with our correspondent who joins us live. it is news to nobody that erdogan does not see eye to eye. but now he is talking about treason. could this bell a new danger for the political leader? >> i don't think so. pursuinges of erdogan this as a prosecution in court are very slim. first of all, he would have to lift theparliament to immunity from prosecution and it is very rare the turkish parliament does that. if the case where to go to court, i'm sure the charge of treason would be thrown out.

evidence he has been given state secrets to a foreign country. usesas to remember erdogan the word treason in a broad way. he has accused the central bank of treason because they keep the interest rate high. his definition is not the legal definition. the serious charge demirtas would face in court would be advocating succession. for the kurds to form a breakaway state. that is a violation of article 14 of the constitution to which erdogan referred to today. he was talking about surgery, and that sounds bad. that is what he was referring to. perhapsirtas said was kurds will have an independent state. and the taunuste regions as well.

he said that before. previously when i have heard him, he meant the iraqi kurds who are closest to achieving an independent state. if the court can prove he was talking about turkish kurds, that would violate the constitution. 's basic purpose is tarringedit demirtas by him with the brush of succession is him. --successionism,. catherine: and we have unrest in kurdish towns. can you give us contact in those regions as the government continues its crackdown? >> yes. ince the insurgency revived july, the pkk has decided to

bring its battle against the government into the towns. this has resulted in the state thesing curfews on all of city in the name of hunting down the pkk militants in those urban districts. this is have the results of actually paralyzing the civilian population in those towns. it prevents them from fleeing when there are bullets and tanks going down the streets outside their houses. they can't go out and it is preventing them from going to hospital. this was highlighted on friday when a baby being taken down the stairs in a block of flats were shot. we don't know who buy. the family radio for an for the police to say they were going to take the child to the ambulance. the police said, ok. firing and wave

white flags. the child's grandmother, holding the child, the grandfather with a white flag, took the baby out into the street. they were shot. we don't know whom by. the baby was killed. the grandfather was killed. the grandmother is in hospital. atrocities are going on. this is bringing a lot of bad publicity on the government. underneath what is going on is the fact erdogan is trying to the pro-kurdish party and its leader, demirtas, as much as he can. demirtas is trying to advance the aspirations of the peaceloving kurds, which is an aspiration the eu has backed.

thanks so much for those updates in context to the story. sp or correspondede there. t hasr, central africa looked take part in national elections. it is hoped the polls on wednesday will return the country to stability. it has been rocked by ethnic and religious violence since rebels seized power in 2013. themndidates have put forward for the job of president. we go through the front runners. >> one of these three men is likely to be the next president of the central african republic. first is martin. heer two failed attempts,

was an early favorite. the 58-year-old, who was prime minister, has come under fire, accused of supporting the rebels . he denies this. me ist is important for for all central africans to be able to vote and they be honest and free of manipulation. this person was a prime minister and a former president. he is supported by the business community and is backed by the current president. if elected, he says he represents a change for the country. for decades, the central african republic has not enabled africans to live decently or even to have a minimum in order to feel comfortable. this person is also in the

running. he served as the minister several times. he has a reputation for discipline intelligence. he boasts several strong international relationships, particularly with the congolese president. among his priorities is improving relations between the muslim and christian communities. a few of compatriots have heard my message. they know i have a strong will to get us out of these difficulties. >> these are among the 30 candidates running for president. democracyto restore to the country, which has been plagued by sectarian violence and corruption. catherine: ginny is celebrating a health milestone. as of today, it is sufficiently free of ebola. it has battled to eradicate the virus. we take a look on the country's

long journey to stamp it out. meet this baby. she was born with the ebola virus and she is now the last case of the deadly disease. her mother did not survive ebola. the infant did. in the care of her family, she left to the hospital where she was in incubation. after this, the patient is no longer contagious. >> the criteria established by the world health organization to declare the end of the epidemic has been met. is nowdemic in guinea over. >> the outbreak began two years ago and picked up speed in west africa in 2014, killing more infecting0 people and 30,000. liberia and sierra leone

were hardest hit. extensive medical and financial support proved successful. all three nations have been declared ebola free. still, the world health organization called for caution. important, today is it is only a milestone. it is not the end of the ebola response in west africa. liberia has suffered a few new cases since it was declared ebola free in may. the third countdown began september 3. festivities to celebrate guinea are slated for wednesday, with concerts. now deadly storms are continuing to bring misery in north and south america while scotland in northern england are battling flooding. goons are at extremely low levels. 2015 has been one of the warmest

years ever recorded. is all of this extreme weather an anomaly, global warming, or a bit of both? tornadoes, snowstorms, floods. people in the south of the united states are wrapping up the year in the extreme weather conditions like they've never experienced before. >> we are known for 40 inches of the year. we got a fourth of that this weekend. it's crazy. >> while storms kill dozens of the weekend, severe floods have fleed 150,000 people to south america the last few days. it prompted the government of paraguay to declare a state of emergency. over in europe, the u.k. is seeing one of the worst winters on record. some trees are blooming.

we see pollen in the air. that is very rare. snow caused, heavy brought this place to a standstill. >> we got six weeks of snow in one day. scientists say they are linked to global warming, exacerbated by the effect of el ninio, when warm water disturbs global weather patterns. pedants among the yet over.tmas is not it seems certain santa clauses in brazil have decided it's time ho to go, go go, symbolically cutting off their

beards. they spend the last month making yuletide wishes come true amid sweltering summer heat. backwill now be heading until it is time to go back on duty in 2016. what a relief for them, i expect. a quarter past 9:00 in the evening in paris. live fromtories on paris. a frenchman with links to the november attacks in paris is announced as killed in air strikes on the islamic state group leader iraq and syria. two people are under arrest in belgium, suspected of plotting to attack festivities in brussels. accused of treason, the leader of turkey's main kurdish party is under fire from turkish president.

business time now with markus karlsson. we are starting off with a fresh record in terms of dealmaking. indeed. 2015 has been an extraordinary year when it comes to mergers and acquisitions. deals to the tune of $5 trillion have been announced since the start of 2015. that is nearly 10% higher than the previous record, which was set in 2007. we have seen a record number of deals above $10 billion in value. we take a closer look at all of whether 2016a, and will be picking up where 2015 is leaving off. m&a mania.

in 2015, 67 deals with a value of $10 billion have been agreed worldwide, pressured to become more efficient in a slow growth economy and a desire to keep up with the competition fueled the bonanza. the largest deal was announced in november with pfizer's proposed merger. it became the largest health care transaction on record. the second-largest deal occurred between the top two brewers. anheuser busch bought sab miller , making it the largest beverage acquisition on record. 2015 also saw the largest oil and gas deal in more than a decade after royal dutch shell bought the firm bg group. experts say more megadeals are in the cards for me 16 as well. >> we will see a continuation of

this. the pharmaceutical sector and the bigger firms will boost to their drug pipelines. also with oil. some of the big firms have the cash resources to go shopping. also in insurance, changes to regulations means a lot of firms are looking where they can boost business. those are three areas to watch for as we go into 2016. >> dealmakers hope for more deals as newly mergeeading to td states where shares are powering with indices near session highs. the nasdaq up almost 1.5%. amazon shares powering ahead.

also alphabets, the google parent, this session. oil prices remain in focus and shares are getting a boost as crude prices are heading higher for another session. a stabilization in energy markets after a down day for oil and crude prices on monday. let's talk you through the european close on the side of the atlantic. we saw some real bounces for the european markets with the frankfurt dax up almost 2%. we saw deutsche bank shares doing well on the news the lender is selling a state in a chinese bank. .he cac 40 not too far behind the london ftse 100 lagging a little bit. the london index was playing catch-up after being closed on monday. we saw mining shares and oil shares, energy coming under pressure despite this turnaround

in oil prices i spoke about earlier. this, we saw the london markets playing catchup after being closed on monday. let's talk you through a few stories we are watching for you. fells in saudi arabia on tuesday after a batch of austerity measures in the kingdom. it is grappling with a decline in oil revenues, which has fueled a record that. the government is reducing subsidies on basic goods and services. petrol prices jumped by 50% overnight between monday and tuesday as officials cut fuel subsidies. are planning to spend 17 billion euros next year to deal with the refugee crisis according to a survey carried out by the german newspaper. the figure includes cost for housing, food, education and for asylum-seekers

from syria. the federal government has set aside a billion euros for migrants. some officials around german states say more assistance will be needed from the federal government. days beforest two the new year. restaurants are finding few reasons to party. table bookings in the french capital are down 50% in comparison to last year, according to an association of hotel and restaurant owners. it attributes this to the paris attacks in mid-november. there has been a noticeable drop in foreign tourism in particular. catherine spoke about it earlier. december has been the warmest on record in many parts of the world. in france temperatures have been springlike, fifth td greece -- 15 degrees celsius.

the climate weather is bad news for ski tourism in the out. the economic repercussions are larger than that. farmers are feeling the crunch. winter in thee agricultural sector. produces 50 tons of produce. the greens are growing too fast. scheduled feedings to prepare for a big january harvest. they have grown already and we are worried they won't sell. on top of that, people are not eating salad a lot. there is too much supply and we have to destroy them. farmers elsewhere face the same problem. the climate is disturbing vegetables, making them ready weeks early. oversupply means a reduction in price. some are selling cheaper than usual.

the mild weather is also affecting consumer habits. people are eating fewer root vegetables, for example. like carrots, turnips are not selling well. people do not want soup in the weather. vegetable prices have been lower than the cost. budding.are already be honest, we should be eating more fruits and vegetables. i feel like i've been eating unhealthy the past week or so. catherine: that probably goes for a lot of our viewers. you can help out that salad farmer as well. markus: i will make it my personal mission. markus karlsson. stay with us. we will update you on our top international headlines and the top african stories. don't go away.

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12/29/15 12/29/15 [captioning made possible by democracy now!] amy: from pacifica, this is democracy now! >> simply put, given this perfect storm of human error, the miscommunication by all involved that day, the evidence did not indicate criminal conduct a police. amy: tamir rice was 12 years old when a cleveland police officer shot him dead as he played with a toy gun. police failed to provide medical help and tackled tamir's 14-year-old sister to the ground as she ran to his aid.