>> it is 9:00 p.m. here in paris. you are watching "live in paris" on "france 24."? i and catherine nicholson. vladimir putin totaling the military to pull out of syria could he says he hopes it will help the push for peace that is restarted today between the regime and the opposition. 11 suspects have been arrested in turkey over sunday's deadly suicide blast in ankara. authorities are convinced that kurdish militants are responsible, and bombing kurdish targets in northern iraq in response.

for french citizens known to be among the victims of the sunday attack in the ivory coast, the country is observing three days of national mourning after the gunman killed civilians of the beach resort. catherine: thanks very much for joining us. there has been a big surprise development this monday on the war in syria. russian president vladimir putin announced he is going to start withdrawing his military from syria. in a statement, the kremlin said the statement was taken in conjunction with the syrian regime. russia began its airstrikes to back up forces in september last year. take a look at what president putin has to say. i believe then: goals set out by the ministry of

defense and armed forces has in large part been fulfilled, that is light i ordered the minister of defense to come starting tomorrow, start the pullout of the main part of our military units from the syrian arab republic. catherine: earlier on, dr. herbert told us more about what might have been behind this move. doug: they looks on the service to be a classic putin judo feint. you set them up for one kind of throw and move to another when they are offguard. he is withdrawing the main part of the troops just as unexpectedly and abruptly as he moved them in last september. the whole playing field is generally change, drastically changed come on the ground at that time because of the russian inner tension -- intervention and neophytes could what putin is doing is a brutal and cold captivation and it is classic putin could he did not mince his words. he said "our military objectives have been achieved.

i am able to order the defense ministry to withdraw." inhas achieved is objectives the mission with bashar al-assad. he was lots of accounts losing ground pretty quickly and he was a man who was, if not teetering, at least in a weakened position. thanks to the russian intervention, he has a spring in his step again. he is very much a confident leader and looking to a possible future still in power. hasia's intervention changed the equation drastically in terms of bashar al-assad and his future in syria. putin right now, and he has done this in the past -- the most recent thing that comes to mind is back in may 2014, he made a similar announcement with respect to ukraine. he said at the time he was going to be withdrawing, pulling back russian troops from the border with ukraine. what he wanted to do was help -- hopefully that would spur

mediation efforts with europeans at that time. very similar thing happening right now and it is no constants on the very day the peace talks have resumed in geneva, putin is trying to give it to peace. catherine: what can we read into this about the future of the war in syria? douglas: let's be very clear about what it is and what it isn't. at least what we've been able to gather from the state media ownian reports, putin's statements with this defense minister and foreign minister, the main part of his forces, russia is going to retain its airbase,e and the which means, sure, he may in the short-term be pulling out the and maybe the airstrikes will come to an end. the real thing is that he does reserve the right to intervene again and knowing putin, he could do that if he doesn't think things are going in his favor. meanwhile, the benign condition special representative on syria has warned that the only alternative to peace talks

is a return to war. in direct peace negotiations getting started in geneva earlier on, the un's envoy highlighted the plight of 3.7 million syrian children aged under five who have never known life without war. reporter: one central issue, political transition for syria. that is what u.n.-backed talks in geneva are striving to achieve it the special envoy reported back after his meeting with representatives from damascus, saying thus far the talks have been useful, while underlining the urgency of the situation. >> i am only aware of the plan a, which is giving the maximum chances but the maximum pressure by the international community in order to ensure that this talks and the cessation of hostilities and humanitarian task force is given the maximum opportunity. the alternative to that, to my

knowledge, would be, regrettably, returning to where we were, which was basically ongoing conflict. reporter: since the last round of talks collapsed in february, fighting brought by the shaky partial truce has helped negotiations to get back on track. but large obstacles remain, in particular the 2 sides' unbudging stance on bashar al-assad. he ruled out any discussion of presidential elections. yet speaking from geneva on u.n.ay, damascus' representative seemed pleased with progress, calling the dialogue positive and constructive. meanwhile, the other side is for. for them, bashar al-assad cannot be part of serious future. the envoy is holding talks with opposition figures in geneva on tuesday.

there are doubts whether any agreement reached would take hold on the ground, where multiple groups control large parts of syria's territory. these organizations, including the islamic state group, al qaeda affiliate the all this for fun, and the syrian kurdish party, were not invited to the talks. catherine: hundreds of people who marched out of omicron camp on the greece-macedonia border have been stopped by macedonian troops. police say a group of several hundred migrants will be sent one to greece, while witness from the reuters news agency put the figure at as many as 2000. at least 12,000 people have been living in limbo in a sprawling ad hoc camp on the greek side of the border. macedonian authorities effectively sealed across a week ago as other countries shut their borders, too. in turkey, 11 people are under arrest in relation to a bombing , onhe capital, ankara sunday that kind 37 lives.

authorities say they have identified 2 suicide attackers that have been linked to the outlawed pkk. for now no group has claimed responsibility. the first funerals for victims took place today we join our correspondent for the latest. can you bring us up-to-date on the investigation? said,er: well, as you yes, 11 people have been arrested. we believe most of those were in ankara. there are reports that as many as six or seven or several more people have been arrested in other towns in southeast turkey. it is not clear what their relation yesterday's bombing is. the authorities also announced they have identified one of the 20's.a woman in her early they are a fairly going to perform dna tests on relatives -- apparently going to perform dna tests on relatives to confirm identification. male -- theyer, a

say they think he is turkish but as yet they have not been able to identify him. catherine: and turkey has retaliated against kurdish targets already, has in it? quite with reaction from the authorities, in fact. david: that's right. planes have bomb some targets in northern iraq. that is the region where the pkk, which they believe is responsible for the attack, where they have some basis. they have been attacking targets in northern iraq and claiming an incredible number of pkk operatives have been killed. it seems there still able to operate out of these bases. catherine: david, there was a cease-fire between turkey and the kurds for two years. that broke down last summer. can you tell us a bit more about, broadly, in turkey, what the situation thomas security

situation is like regarding the kurds? david: that's right. the cease-fire ended last summer following the first of two general elections last year. it was the pkk that called off the cease-fire. it was a fairly small offensive to begin with. there were only a few attacks. the authorities responded in force. also, the seriousness of the frequency of attacks increased. currently, it is very, very tense in the southeast of turkey. we have had a long siege in and those two ended last week but three other towns have been put under martial law and it seems like the situation there is going to deteriorate. as for the rest of the country, well, people seemed to be extremely concerned that turkey

is sleepwalking into what they fear is a civil war, and they are worried that the current inernment and situation turkey really isn't going to be able to do anything to prevent that. catherine: all right, thank you very much for the subject, david o'byrne reporting from istanbul. -nationalsknown that 4 were among those killed in the ivory coast on sunday. it was confirmed today by the french president. at least 15 civilians were reported dead after the government attacked a beach resort. ivorians are observing three days of national mourning. three gunmen were also killed. north african branch has claimed responsibility. to the sceneurning just a day after heavily armed gunmen opened fire at this popular beach resort, killing tourists and locals alike. back to the mostly

deserted beaches to collect left behind belongings and in the case of this mother, to look for her missing child. >> my son comes here on the weekends to try and make a living, by now no one has seen or heard from him since yesterday and no one knows where he is. reporter: black sunday -- that is what local papers are calling the first ever terrorist attack in ivory coast. sunday afternoon, multiple gunmen opened fire on three beach hotels. >> everybody was shouting, "allahu akbar." reporter: the three gunmen were later killed by security forces. margaretin the islamic has claimed -- in the islamic maghreb has claimed

responsibility. this is the third aqim in months in west africa. ivorians fear that such a taxable to be a hard blow to local tourism. >> it is going to be very hard for us now. make a living here and i don't think tourists will keep coming. we are in a bad spot without them. a thatr: halloween following a visit to the second and emergency cabinet meeting -- following a visit to the second and emergency cabinet meeting and a three days of national mourning. catherine: id est in four months and one day since the attacks in paris that left 130 dead, and one more of the sites targeted by islamist militants has reopened its doors. 14 people were shot dead at this location on the night of november 13. the restaurant has since opened another location in the city as well.

it opened its doors back in january. there is a last-minute push for votes in five u.s. states today. white house hopefuls are hitting the ground ahead of nomination votes on tuesday. florida, ohio, illinois, missouri, north carolina will be holding their primaries. the day has been dubbed super tuesday ii because the outcome could be make or break for the candidates. the biggest prize of all is the state of florida. our correspondent in miami tells us why. it is so big, the fourth-largest it on the democratic side, the third for the republican, because of the registered voters on both sides, and it is just a big prize. of course it is going to be a top battleground in november get it was the closest state obama faced in 2012, and promises to be a huge, huge fight in november. catherine: particularly at the republican candidates, tomorrow

could be the end of the road for one of them in particular, marco rubio. his home state is florida. he has really not done very well up to now in the primary process . how is he doing in his home state? you believe the polls, just not good. it is really stunning and in some polls he is battling for andnd place, ahead of cruz, trump is ahead by 10, 15 points. if the polls are to be believed this is a stunning fall for someone who was the star of the from floridarty for so long, and it wasn't long ago that people thought it was a big showdown between jeb bush and marco rubio. if the polls are wrong it will be the comeback of the year, for sure. let's speak about donald trump, the front-runner in the republican race could over the weekend there was violence and one of his campaign rallies. has that had any impact on his

popularity? douglas: has anything had any effect on his popularity? just seems to be that he has these supporters who love the whole package and i think the unconventional -- his unconventional response to hecklers and rallies is part of it. critics and it seems that the protesters are in that group and the media certainly loves it in terms of airing and his supporters into as well. his whole numbers have only gone up in florida. catherine: something a bit different for you. the cream of the world of horse racing is getting ready for the opening at the world's most prestigious equine event tomorrow. it seems that one horse has won in the style stakes could modeling the latest in equine fashion, three-piece suit. britishommissioned by a

suit maker. he has more than 18 meters of fabric, 10 times the amount it would take to make a normal human suit. he looks, too. a reminder of our top stories. vladimir putin orders his military to start filling out from syria. the russian president saying he hopes it will help the push for peace that restarted today between the regime and the opposition. 11 suspects arrested in turkey over sunday's deadly suicide blast in ankara. authorities are convinced that kurdish militants were responsible. they bombed kurdish targets in northern iraq today in response. frenchow known that 4 citizens were among the victims of sunday's attack in ivory coast. the country observing three days of national mourning after the gunman killed at least 15 civilians in the beach resort.

we are going to get a check on the top business headlines for you now with a lot of desousa. we bring things back to france. the government is backtracking of controversial reforms to the labor laws that brought tens of thousands of people to the streets last week. the french prime minister made the announcement after he spent the day meeting with union officials and employers. the government was coverage in iraq and a hard place after some workers unions called for the proposed bill to be scrapped in its entirety. manuel valls says that while the bill has been treated, the government has not been backtracked. reporter: prime minister manuel valls prevented a revised version of his labor reform law, watering down many of the controversial measures that had pushed unions and workers to protest. while redundancy plans will still be applied on the basis of the company's performance on the national level, safeguards will be put in place to avoid abuse.

we will put guarantees in the lot to stop fraudulent behavior and what we call optimization. the goal is that large corporations are not able to artificially create difficulties on the french site in order to fire people. who want to come here to do business and create jobs must not the discouraged by a legal framework that is complicated, unstable, and completely different from other countries. reporter: there will be other key changes from the initial draft. inerance pay obtained industrial tribunals will no longer be capped. instead, the new limits will be done on a nonbinding skill. small businesses are looking for to extending work hours. instead, they will be required to have an agreement with one union mandated employee to do so. the business community has vowed to fight these changes. >> we will continue to fight for

the country to make france .ttractive for jobs, for growth that is the fight we brought here today to ensure the law didn't get watered down. obviously, we are disappointed. reporter: regardless, the government's new take on labor reform will be presented to the cabinet on march 24. delano: let's get a check on the markets now. here in europe, stocks ended the monday session in positive territory. .ax ended up over 1.5% smaller gains in the ftse in paris. .ixed picture on wall street despite lower oil prices, the dow jones ended the session -- actually, on the flat line. the nasdaq as well barely making it in the green. the s&p 500 in the red, down about .1%. the u.s. justice department clashes with apple over access to a locked iphone, separate battle could be brewing . going to "the new york times,"

the case is pushing government officials on how to access whatsapp data. the facebook company made it all but impossible to read messages or eavesdrop on conversations even with the judge's order. administrationma in silicon valley's crosshairs once again. facebook and google are also planning to increasing corruption of user data. the auditor general has accused the state oil company of failing to remit $16 billion into government coffers. the findings were presented in a report to lawmakers at the national assembly. years of corruption have halted economic development in africa's largest economy. nigeria is also missing its worst economic crisis in decades as falling oil prices hit revenues. whereyed in nigeria next, the rock 'n roll-themed hard rock cafe has officially launched in lagos.

it is in one of the commercial capital's most exclusive locations. it comes at a time when companies in nigeria are struggling with the ongoing run and shoot crisis, but hard rock's chief executive said he was not deterred by the risks. >> we have seen also the different things happen around the world and from an economic point of view, political point of view, we have seen diseases and different markets and you cannot just stop investing or stop growing your business is paid we have to take a long-term view. and i'm hoping the oil situation and the impact on the nigerian economy, that there is some kind of improvement. delano: let's take a look at some of the other stories making headlines. hotels and resorts could be falling into chinese hands. a chinese bidder has made a $13 billion unsolicited bid for the group. the offer is significantly higher than the one made by marriott last november. marriott says it is committed to closing its deal with starwood, calling the chinese did

nonbinding. and by purchasing the wall of the story it in 2014 -- waldorf-astoria in 2014. a deal making progress according to a report. of thewill take on some assets. the deal is valued at 10 billion euros and will see the number of telecom operators in france reduced to 3. -- pullslls the inrug off store shelves india. pfizer is appealing the decision and the plea is said to be heard by a court in india next week. the company says it expect profits in the country to take a hit. between april and december 2015, pfizer rake and $36 million for sales of corex in india. and 44, 4 auctioneers auction porters from france's biggest, oldest, most famous auction house have had a day in

court. they are being charged with dan-related theft and conspiracy to commit a crime. together they risk seven years in prison and a fine of 135,000 euros if found guilty. over the years, paintings including works by chagal and as other as well valuables have gone missing from the auction house. there were allegedly stolen and then sold with the support of auctioneers. take a look at what lawyers from both sides have to say. >> i think, and i'm sorry to say it, that they are organized as a and they have an organized the line, defending someone else no matter who. >> yes, they are scapegoats. it doesn't mean that some did not commit offenses and are not being rightfully sued. in large number of them have only collected some objects, which were not on any list. and one can wonder where they were supposed to end up.

very interesting story, as you can see there. catherine: it is, it is such a mystery. delano: many people involved in this big gang-related staff. catherine: you think it would have been spotted is that many people deaf delano: and these are big names. there was a diamond, a huge diamond that went missing. it is surprising that the auction house might not be keeping a closer i -- eye. delano desousa, updating us on the top business stories. we're going to take a short break and you can find out about more about caps on was on our website. there it is, france24.com. right now our top story, vladimir putin's surprise announcement that he is ordering the start of a troop withdrawal of russian forces from syria to this due to start happening tomorrow. you can take a look at that on our website.

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