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quite hello, welcome to "live hello,ris." -- >> welcome to "live from paris." the headlines, the syrian government agrees to a partial cease-fire if the deal struck by the u.s. and russia does not islamic state group. a french court delays its ruling on a planned eviction of hundreds of migrants in the jungle. schemeshild protection must be in place first, they
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say. agreessident of burundi to inclusive dialogue to end the bloodshed over his reelection. this during a visit by the u.n. chief, banking on. -- ban ki-moon. and they have written a letter calling for the u.k. to stay in the eu. more in the business update. the brexit battle dominating the headlines today. ♪ >> midnight on saturday, that's when the partial cease-fire that the u.s. and russia have agreed upon for syria comes into effect. the announcement came after
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scores of people were killed in attacks claimed by them islamic state group. the city extremists and al qaeda linked fronts have not been included by the truce. oliver farry reports. oliver: a two-week cease-fire that has the syrian government and the rebels on board. groups on either side will have to put down their weapons by saturday, allowing for humanitarian access to the areas that they control, committing to releasing prisoners. >> russian and american military personnel will jointly define the areas on the map where such future active. the russian military and the us-led coalition will not carry out military operations against them.
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>> rebel forces must not be allowed to strengthen their positions. opposition groups had earlier given a conditional yes to cease-fire. military action will continue against terrorist groups recognized by the un security council. since the five-month air campaign, russia says it is against the islamic state group, has said thatrces it poses a threat to a sod. assad.d. -- >> washington and moscow are under pressure to make this deal work, especially as the previous truce was never implemented. this time they will cochair a special task force to monitor whether the cease-fire has been violated and decide what action to take against guilty parties. if it succeeds it could be
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giving hope of resuming peace talks in geneva suspended three weeks ago. claire: for more on the reaction, i spoke to olivia. our correspondent in the region. >> as long as it excludes other al qaeda linked terrorist groups , curbing the board of control. they say it cannot be used by opposition groups. they also have the option to respond to these rebel groups to advance. they are leaving the option open to continued attacking various groups. moving on to a judge
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visiting the migrant group in calais, it is whether the best they can go ahead with the southern section of the cap. while ago we heard that a decision will be made today. say that itals would affect up to 1000 people who would be housed in shipping containers nearby. the charities who took legal action say that the number of people whose shelters would be destroyed is closer to 3000. with the latest from the jungle, here is luke brown. >> in the southern half of the , 3.5nt camp in the jungle thousand people live and reside, according to aid organizations. want to destroy, demolish, and affect over the coming days. that instruction will mean the destruction of all of these businesses.
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as well as the homes that these people have created. this community that has been created on the side, this french side of the english channel. both of the migrants themselves and the aid organizations. the big question now is if that demolition goes ahead and the eviction goes ahead, what happens next? >> is not kind. we are now in the jungle. where can the people go? now we are in the jungle. where can we go? >> i'm not here to cause problems, to fight. i'm just here to feed people when they need feeding. back. police, i will move that's all i'm here for.
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>> the vast majority of the people in the jungle still live in the improvised tents that you can see behind me. the french state has already indicated the desire to change that situation to put as many as possible in these more solid container blocks. 1200 people are currently lodged in them. there are only 300 spaces to spare. even if they go ahead with the evacuation, what happens to the hundreds of others who cannot be lodged in the container blocks themselves? many people say that they are attempting to breach the united kingdom, that that is their apparent dream. many more have to be re-housed elsewhere. , as was question indicated, the intention to clear out of the jungle and
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staff today has to do with the hundreds, even thousands of people currently stranded here. that was luke reporting from the migrant camp jungle in calais. it looks like a morales has lost referendum that would allow him to stand for the fourth term. the president who took office four years ago is not accepting defeat. michaela has the report. >> partial results and unofficial surveys pointing to a no. until the final tally is announced, ava morales refuses to admit defeat. votesing hopeful that the from the countryside where he is popular could reverse the trend. areas, if we look at those the revolts change.
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-- the results change. i asked all sectors and social movement groups to have calm and responsibility and wait for the final result. >> opposition say that his camp should admit they have lost. >> these comments are irresponsible. by trying to manipulate the population they are opening the path for fraud. >> the first indigenous president of bolivia has shepherded the country towards economic growth but his government has been charged with corruption and wasteful spending. a former lover was reportedly appointed as a manager and a chinese form reportedly was given state contracts. he says he wants another term to continue his anti-poverty program. banking move -- on key
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i-moon, entering in over a political crisis. more we have duncan woodside. of thenow that the plane secretary-general of the u.n. has landed on the ground. very much being spun as a positive visit. they are saying that he has traveled in the interior and seen just how useful that arena supposedly is. however, the backdrop was several grenade attacks and an attack on a bar sunday evening. and attacks monday morning in which three people have been killed, according to various sources.
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violence still very much rumbling on in the background. toy have apparently promised free up the 2000 political prisoners and apparently canceled arrest warrant's against a number of dissidents. that will have to be seen on the ground, whether those promises will turn into concrete action. what is interesting is that memo the armed dissidents have been pardoned or have arrest warrant's at this stage. still very slowly moving on the ground in burundi. on an official visit to french indonesia, francois hollande says that 30 years of nuclear test as had a negative impact on the health of locals and they will review the compensation process. >> they suffered for 30 years, this was the statement they were waiting for.
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>> i acknowledge that the nuclear tests carried out between 66 and 96 had an environmental impact that had health-related consequences. >> saying that victims of french atomic testing have a legitimate right to testing. france carried out 193 nuclear tests between 1966 and 1996. the country insisted the weapons testing was clean and cause no adverse effects. over the past two years nearly all applications have been thrown out. only 19 people have received payments from someone thousand claimants. monday he promised to relax conditions.
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>> i have amended the definition of risk for certain categories of victims. that thean be proven proper monitoring measures were not in place. >> while he has promised to revisit compensation claims, it may not be enough for the people of the french polynesia. a massive cleanup operation continues in fiji as the worst ever cyclone to hit the pacific island nation flattened many buildings over the weekend. senttuesday the government sources of aid to badly affected remote island and coastal villages. as thousands continue to shelter in evacuation centers, eight workers have warned of possible outbreaks.
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following big wins in new hampshire and south carolina, donald trump is the favorite, with marco in ted cruz fighting for second place. trump telling supporters that ted cruz is sick and a liar. our correspondent has more. >> left red-faced once again after his communications director distributed a video in which marco rubio appears to dismiss the bible. he was misquoted in subtitles as saying -- not many answers and it. the ted cruz campaign later amended them with rubio saying that all the answers are in there. >> that stafford to lead to the tweet and apologized, pulling him down. i spent this morning investigating what happened.
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this morning i asked for the resignation of rick tyler. >> ted cruz has regularly courted controversy. during the caucuses his campaign reported that ben carson would be dropping out of the race. ted cruz was forced to justify himself. >> subsequent the carson campaign put out another statement. and i that he was not apologized. >> he was accused of using robo calls to smell his best man or his rivals. just refer the same primary, his team sent mailers, seen in this tweet, merging the face of marco rubio with barack obama. he famously spoke fluent spanish when challenged by marco rubio, despite saying for a year that
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he did not know a word of it. controversies that seem to be alienating his supporters and could put in jeopardy his hopes of being the republican nominee. claire: business news now. stephen carroll is here. brexitng with the debate. >> that letter appeared in today's times newspaper. including 36 of the firms that ftse 100e top flight index. the letter says that leaving the eu would deter investment, threaten jobs, and put the economy at risk. there are notable absences from this list, including britain's second-biggest bank, barclays, and its two biggest retailers. tesco saying that it is a matter for the british people to decide. yesterday you told us
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about the pounds sliding. how about today? >> trading down slightly again today, but hovering around that $1.41 mark. the euro seems to have flapped up mainly due to pressure on the euro side. stock market shares generally trading down at this point in the trading day. disappointing results from the business confidence survey, down by point 801%. lots of companies reporting the results today. $5.5of the key ones, over billion at the end of december lost by netflix, compared to a profit of over $5 billion one year earlier. they were hit the huge slump in .he price of raw materials as a response they have cut their figures by three quarters. slumped by charter
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5% after they reported a pretax loss of $1.5 billion last year. lambda had to write down $4 billion in bad loans. it is their first annual lapse since 1989. a french food group cutting its drug forecast for the year, warning of volatile economic conditions to come. the maker of activity over expected sales to grow by 3.35% this year. less than last year. they reported sales of 22 billion euros in 2016. claire: now we turn our intent -- our attention to the encryption debate. bill gates has entered the fray? >> that's right. he said that apple should agree to the request to decrypt the iphone of the gunmen involved. order,e challenging the saying that it is a dangerous precedent threatening civil liberties.
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he is being supported by other technology bosses, though. the shine may be coming off the chinese tourist boom in japan. >> big spenders, but the retailers say that a weaker currency and slowdown economically is forcing them to us -- pull in the pursestrings. >> a trend that may be slipping. a buzz word last year, it meant explosive buying, with chinese tourists who shopped till they dropped. their number -- year. retailers say that the amount of money that they are spending fell over the key lunar new year. stillf the shops are packed with diehard consumers. >> we brought an empty suitcase and we had to be -- we had to buy two additional ones.
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>> there is an increase in the value of the yen against the chinese currency and china's slower economic growth made some shoppers more cautious. the influx of chinese tourists has helped the japanese government get close to its target. now the idea is to get visitors to come for other reasons beyond shopping. >> with the stable increase of chinese tourist's, i think that japan will enter a new -- a new tourism into establishing a new business model of using experiences rather than merely shopping. a shift from doling out cash to hitting cultural hotspots that may already be happening. >> it's more than just shopping. we are here for sightseeing and eating good food. >> be a cheap cosmetics or the best of tokyo cuisine, purists may be watching their pennies,
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but they are increasingly enamored with the land of the rising sun. >> back to you, claire. thank you very much, stephen. now it is time for the press review. tank -- to take a look at what's making headlines, hello, florence. the war of words between david cameron and boris johnson over the possible brexit is making a lot of headlines. >> especially as you can imagine, in the u.k. on the front page of "the guardian," the prime minister really attacked over the brexit yesterday. david cameron ridiculed boris johnson for essentially joining the out campaign, pretty much accusing this of doing this -- accusing him of doing this to accomplish his big dream of him.ing
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the daily mail talked about how david cameron turned nasty in parliament. withwas a savage attack high drama you now it seems that the conservative party is set for several months of civil war. their message to boris johnson is -- well done, but watch your -- watch your back. claire: getting a lot of coverage here is that migrant camp. >> yes, they talked about it -- the endless jungle camp. there is outrage. you make it disappear without ?olving the problem it's a mirage. withtially an appeal
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knowledge on the conditions in the micro camp. and it sums up the situation quite incredibly. authorities here on the stage in front of the media. abracadabra. when i see it -- when i say that, the curtain rises, the jungle disappears, but behind that curtain there is a very violent fiction taking place. claire: francois hollande wrapping up a trip to indonesia. ticky,arely talk about but you can see a photo taken during his visit, while he tastes local specialties. it was not all fun and games. the president addressed the thorny issue of the new french nuclear test in the south pacific from the 1960 cost of the 1990 process.
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and promised more compensation for the area. and that's right, take your front page a lot. and the prime minister has threatened to steamroll this reform, using something called the 49.3. an article of the french constitution that essentially allows the government to bypass parliament. depicted here by this red button. perhaps a nuclear button. this blister says -- i'm against nuclear tests. according to this cartoon will something where they are
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ready to push the button. they are playing good cop bad cop. they are dancing the reform tango. >> lima on the right, a surge in the opinion polls? grexit's right. >> people love him. you can see this great photo of him taken earlier at a clinic a seemed to think -- is he too popular, too soon? could he be the new famous politician from the right?
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once favored to win the presidential election in 1995. his popularity kind of dropped like a souffle, if you will. running out of steam. the election was one i an outsider who wound up being president until's 2007. claire: i like the souffle analogy. in the run-up to the oscars, a damming report on diversity in hollywood? >> this sums up what people think on this report. it. confirms and is essentially a report was carried out whether yours in of southern california and analyzed 400 movies and tv shows from 2014. as you can see here, the article 87% of thedian
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directors are white. 33 percent speaking roles go to women. eñry little.
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