it is 9:00 p.m. in the french capital. you are watching "live from paris" with me, catherine nicholson. a music legend and master of reinvention. floodingcontinued to for david bowie, who has died at the age of 69 -- two flood in -- for david bowie, who has died at the age of 69. the attacks in cologne on new year's eve.

catherine: first, he was the a music, the duke, legend who constantly reinvented himself and expired -- inspired successive generations, david bowie. he has died at the age of 69. fans have been gathering at his new york home and near his birthplace in london. ♪ reporter: he counted some of the world's biggest names among his fans. tributes to david bowie flooded social media following news of his death. pop called his friend the light of his life. he worked with bowie on several collaborations. messages from madonna and kanye

west shed light on the rock star's impact across the musical spectrum, but his influence spread beyond the music world. the british prime minister hailed the master of reinvention. fromickname derives bowie's "space odyssey." ♪ david bowie's latest album was released just last friday. his lifelong producer, who first work with the singer in 1969, star" wouldw "black be bowie's parting gift. a music journalist and former popstar spoke with us about david bowie's legacy to the music world.

>> i think everyone has the same feeling about david bowie. --had different analogies, personalities, major tom, space glamy, ziggy stardust, rock, the thin white duke. he had been so many different personalities. what they don't realize is the reason why he had all these personalities was because he was interested in all sorts of culture. theater, jazz, mime. he was interested in everything. costumes, cinema. i think that's also why he wanted to renew things. he didn't want to be board. he knew exactly what he was doing. he was quite a perfectionist. catherine: desperately needed food and medical supplies have started arriving in syria, in the besieged area where more than 40,000 people are said to be on the brink of starving to death. government forces have been

surrounding madaya for several months. residents have been surviving on grass and leaves. a convoy of red crescent trucks has also reached two villages besieged by antigovernment forces in idlib province further to the north. reporter: delight and relief for this family as a trucks finally drive into town. hundreds of people wait on the outskirts of mattia -- madaya. the town 50 kilometers from damascus has been under siege from government forces for six months. >> we've tried again and again to get permission from the different parties on the ground. we've put in at least 10 official requests since december. the food is being used as a weapon of war. this is a siege, and people are deliberately blocking. >> we've managed to do a fairly

complicated agreement. an accord made last thursday under u.n. supervision allows for aid to come here. that's in exchange for the simultaneous passage to two villages in idlib province. dozens of trucks left damascus on monday for the three locations. pack up inside, enough food to feed the population for a month, medicine, blankets, and special nutrition products. the eakthrough comes after images of starvation shared across social media sparked international condemnation. doctors without borders say 28 people, including six babies, have died of starvation since the start of december. witnesses say people have survived by eating leaves and their pets. catherine: frances'for a minute -- france's foreign minister has called for an end to attacks on madaya.

there is an absolute necessity for syria and russia to stop their military operations against civilians. i'm only mentioning those two, but there are others. endarticular, they need to immediately the madaya ordeal and the sieges of syrian towns by the regime must also stop. now, at least 18 people have died in an attack on a shopping center in baghdad. this, according to iraqi officials. at least 50 more people have been wounded. iraqi forces reportedly killed two attackers and arrested four more. the gunmen first set off a car bomb. the islamic state group claiming responsibility. also, a car bomb in a busy market in southeast baghdad reportedly killed five and wounded 12.

this, according to local medics and police. now, talks aimed at ending taliban violence in afghanista have got underway this monday, but no taliban officials were invited. delegates from afghanistan, pakistan, china, and the united states gathered earlier in islamabad. talibanut when the might be invited to the table. reporter: hoping to lay the pakistan, peace, afghanistan, china, and the u.s. are meeting in a bid to restart dialogue. the islamist group was not invited to the negotiating table. participants say they first need to figure out which warring factions are ready to negotiate. >> the reconciliation process is to create ambition, to bring the taliban group to the renegotiating table, and offer them incentives that can

persuade them to move away from using violence as a tool for pursuing this -- pursuing political goals. reporter: the move comes as the taliban has intensified its insurgency in recent months, taking back large swathes of the country. the first round of the four-way talks were held in july, but fell apart after the taliban belatedly confirmed the death of their founder, who died in 2013. the news was kept secret by handful of taliban leaders on technical grounds. the announcement of his death led to infighting between senior taliban leaders and the group's new chief, which in turn led to the creation of a new faction in november. later, he was shot and wounded near the pakistani town of -- apparently by one of his own men. catherine: a teenaged boy who stabbed a jewish schoolteacher today in marseille is in custody.

president hollande has condemned the attack as unjustifiable. the 16-year-old claimed he had acted in the name of the islamic state group. he is now being formally investigated for aggravated attempted murder on religious grounds and being a terrorism apologist. here is the public prosecutor. >> he claimed to have acted in the name of allah and the islamic state group. he repeatedly said he was acting on behalf of them. his profile is that of a person who was likely radicalized online, and that's what he's claiming. catherine: staying in france, more than 100 people who have spent months living rough in the notorious jungle migrant camp in calais have today started being moved to new housing. the current number of migrants at the site is estimated to be around 1000 -- 6000.

the new accommodations come in the form of repurposed shipping containers that come complete with camp beds, electric plug sockets, heaters, and cribs for young babies. a germany, supporters of major far right group are planning to march again this monday night. police in cologne radio that almost all of the -- reveal that almost all of the assaults in new year's eve were by people with a migration background. let's get up-to-date with our correspondent, joining us live from berlin. can you take us through the statistics on this huge number of attacks being reported in calais? a lot of them were sexual assaults? reporter: cologne is where the majority of the attacks took place on new year's eve.

still, 11 days into the new year, the extent of the attacks are only beginning to come to women,s victims, mostly in hamburg, where 130 complaints have been filed of crimes, and other cities, including student got, there have -- including student guard -- including stuttgart -- it is the length and breadth of the country. the number of complaints nationally that have been filed are tipping 600, with 40% of those sexual assault. according to eyewitness reports and police reports, they believe that the majority of perpetrators were people of foreign origin. he said 19 people have been identified, 19 perpetrators. he did say it is unlikely they will be brought to justice, because there just is not enough evidence. this is pretty humiliating for authorities.

more humiliating is the fact that the police, he believes, feel -- failed to act quickly in the night -- that night in cologne. there has been a fair amount of finger-pointing from germany's interior ministry, who said it was the head of police who was to blame. we have seen a lot of contrasting information over the last few days here in most recently, germany's justice minister has confirmed that he believes that the attacks that happened in cologne were coordinated. police in cologne this evening going against that, saying they don't believe it was. a lot of contrasting information. catherine: and the finger-pointing you mentioned being picked up upon by far right groups. one of the major ones marching tonight. a lot of people in the far right on germany -- on the far right in germany saying that these attacks vindicate their anti-migrant stance. jessica: cologne is

anditionally quite liberal peaceful. it became the focal point for right-wing hatred. we saw them take to the streets on saturday to protest against angela merkel's migrant policy. they blamed the chancellor for these attacks. they were outnumbered by protesters against them. they got a lot of coverage, which is what they were after. sunday, there was a spate of quite ohrrific -- horrific right-wing attacks on foreign residents in the city. they were attacked by groups , saying theyce were going on a manhunt. they are taking to the streets in leipzig. 3000 right-wing members are currently struggling -- strolling through the city of leipzig.

they say they are here to stay. quite strong voices from the right-wing moment -- movement at the moment. catherine: thank you for that update, jessica saltz, reporting from berlin. oscar pistorius has officially requested what would be his final appeal bid against his murder conviction for killing his former girlfriend, reeva steenkamp. he is asking the constitutional court to allow him to challenge that ruling. his lawyers say they don't know when a decision will come. historians was originally -- pistorius was originally handed a manslaughter conviction for shooting dead steenkamp. he was released from jail after one year. the ruling was upgraded to murder on appeal last month. he has been hunted. he has escaped through sewers and survived bloody shootouts. now, the extradition process for joaquin guzman to the united states has begun. el chapo escaped from mexico's

top security prison in july. he was recaptured on friday by american marines. -- by marines. the extradition process will probably take up to a year and has lasted up to six years in the past. his lawyers have already started filing appeals. , golden globe awards. they were handed out in beverly hills on sunday night. who struck gold this time around? >> welcome to the 73rd annual golden globe awards! reporter: it is hollywood's golden night. it honored one of the film golden boys. leonardo dicaprio winning the best actor for his role in "the

revenant." i want to share this award with all of the first nations people represented in this film and all of the indigenous communities around the world. reporter: the film also fought off strong competition to win the post -- best fiction -- best motion picture award. won the best actress for a role in which she plays a young mother struggling to bring up her son after being abducted years earlier. >> thank you so much. this movie means so much to me. i need to start at the beginning with mi donahue, -- with emma donahue, who wrote the novel that inspired all of this. reporter: and a holocaust film foreign language

film. and "the martian" saw matt damon pickup best actor in that category. sylvester stallone won best supporting actor for "creed." 0atherine: coming up to 9:2 here in paris. a music legend and master of reinvention. tributes continuing to flood into david bowie, who died at the age of 69. tod and medicine starts reach some of the 40,000 people said to be at risk of starting to death in the syrian town of -- at starving to death risk of starting to death in of starving to

death in the syrian town of madaya. time for the latest business headlines with kate moody. we are going to start off here in france. the government has new plans to cut the very stubborn unemployment figure. kate: it is still a top priority for francois hollande, who has said he won't stand for reelection unless he manages to bring that jobless rate down significantly. more than 3.5 million people are unemployed, unemployment -- unemployment rate of 10.6%. there was a letter in a sunday newspaper calling for measures including tax cuts for hiring and making it easier to hire and fire workers. what theknow yet president's plan will entail. here's what business leaders had to say. >> i call this the fragile work contract. it's what the buffers want, but

it's not what we need right now. >> the labor market is locked in france. we are scared to hire because we don't know how to fire. we have to fix this problem for the good of everyone. >if we take care of it, we will have a great energy and of france that can grow. kate: russia's stock markets reopened after a 10-day holiday break. they got off to a rocky start as oil prices continued to drop. the dollar dominated rtf's. the ruble declined 1.5% against the dollar before rebounding slightly to close. russia receives about half of its budget revenue from natural gas and oil sales. reporter: as the orthodox christmas draws to an end in russia, the country's economy could do with some cheer.

the ruvell tumbled on its first day of trading on the back of le tumbled the rub on its first day of trading on the back of falling oil prices. russia's president has admitted sanctions are hurting the economy. >> what restrictions to the sanctions placed on us? access to foreign financial markets. this is not the most difficult probably have to live with, but it is bad for our economy. reporter: in 2014, sanctions were slapped on moscow over its alleged involvement in the ukrainian crisis. last december, the european union agreed to extend the measures by another six months. meanwhile, out on the streets in moscow, the outlook remains bleak. >> everything is getting more expensive. that's obviously clear. reporter: russia has so far taken small steps to stabilize its domestic market. analysts say that unless drastic measures like lowering state aid to companies are enacted, the country's economy will worsen.

>> real wages, real incomes will probably remain in negative territory this year. inflation is still falling, slowing, but it is still really high. --the same time, there have has been away for wages to accelerate. reporter: russia's economy contracted last year. with oil prices continuing their decline, the economic outlook is likely to slide. kate: let's take a look at the rest of the day's trading. european markets fell into the day following and in the -- following another day of losses on the shanghai composite. wall street has also been struggling to stabilize after posting its worst week since 2011. the dow jones industrial average having a very rocky session,

briefly diving 100 points. the nasdaq also fell 1% early in the session. the main driver is oil prices, which have dropped for the sixth session in a row. u.s. crude hitting a fresh 12-year low, dipping briefly below $31 per barrel. the european commission has said that belgium must recover 700 million euros in underpaid taxes from multinational companies. so-called "excess profits tax" schemes were deemed illegal under eu law, because they apply only to a select number of large companies, but not too small once. the scheme was in place from 2005 and reduced corporate tax bills by up to 95%. the firms have not been identified, but are mostly european. claims thelgium

seams can also not be justified by the need to present -- the schemes can also not be justified by the need to prevent double taxation. the scheme does not even require companies to demonstrate any evidence or even risk of double taxation. in reality, this scheme gives a carte blanche to double non-taxation. kate: other business headlines now. a dublin-based drugmaker has announced plans to take over a u.s. drugmaker in a $32 billion cash and stock deal, agreed to after seven months of negotiations. for -- makes drugs shire shares dropped 8% in monday trading. a $1.5 billiond long-term contract with general electric aviation unit.

the u.s. aluminum producer will provide components for aircraft engines made by ge. last year, alcoa said it would separate its lucrative aircraft and car parts business from its other operations. a u.s. judge has directed robert mueller to help settle more than 500 lawsuits against volkswagen. volkswagen faces potentially billions of dollars of claims in owners -- from owners affected by the emission scandal. is to meetxecutive with environmental regulars on wednesday. finally, as the music world pays tribute to the late a big bully, the business world is also remembering -- the late david business world

is also remembering him. bonds are thought to be the first time that an artist sold his intellectual property rights via bond. the music industry had shifted away from hard album sales. bowie is also remember for predicting that the increase in music streaming and sharing would create problems for artist copyrights. just a reminder, david bowie, thought to have sold 140 million overs throughout the world his career. he was well ahead of the curve, ahead of his time. ♪ catherine: he could have had so many other careers. kate: he had a lot of ideas in a lot of different sectors. catherine: thanks rematch, kate moody.

-- thanks very much, kate moody. we are going to take a short break here. we will have 20 more on -- plenty more on those tributes to david bowie when we are back with you. ♪ yelling nor mommy is ♪ her friend is nowhere to be seen ♪ now she wakls through a sunken dream

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