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income forl everyone. paris.s 1:00 pm here in latest global news. our headlines. killedrench soldiers are in libya, and that has been confirmed by francois hollande. officials say that militia shot down a helicopter near benghazi on sunday. 15 people remain between life
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and death after an attack. terrorist attack in months. greece voted yesterday. donald trump becomes the ,epublican candidate yesterday well over the number of delegates he needs. hillary clinton says he should never step foot in the oval office. volkswagen bounces back from a sheeting scandal with a jump -- cheating scandal. afterkey, an announcement meeting with the defense counsel this morning.
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the turkish president is back in. ♪ three french soldiers have been killed in libya. it was confirmed by the defense ministry. the first confirmation that france has troops in the country, in developing rear ba ses. earlier with her from francois hollande about the deaths of the soldiers. dangers is home to instability. notches several hundred kilometers from shores.
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carrying out dangers intelligence operations. three of our soldiers have just lost their lives in a helicopter accident. i pay my respect to them. >> we're joined now for more on that. some has reigned for time now. we believe the french forces were involved with it has not been confirmed. we are officially engaged in libraya. 12 we know for the time being - -what do we know? downfrench helicopter came south of benghazi. there is not an exact location by the french government or by the head of the military forces.
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it was south of benghazi, on the eastern coast of libya. we know that three junior officers were killed. we don't know what branch of service they were from. we can only speculate they were special forces. they are special forcees in libya. these three people who were killed, where they were soldiers, what kind of soldiers they were. we heard francois hollande say this was an accident. that is in direct contradiction to a report on tuesday which quoted officials as saying this was not an accident and the helicopter was downed by militia
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near benghazi. that information is not being cooperated by the french government. >> this takes place in a very complicated picture in libya. >> absolutely. you have got four key western players, france, italy, the united states, and the united kingdom. i believe the french and americans have firmly presence of special pharmacist -- special forces. shdely reported as was an ambu against british and italian forces a couple of months ago. these forces face a very difficult situation.
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they have a challenge from competing militias, which are fighting each other. that is the case around benghazi. the big worry is that this chaos will spill over into europe, not just in terms of security but in terms of refugee flows. >> thank you very much indeed. we heard from the french president, the confirmation of the deaths of those three junior soldiers. not more about the people involved or the circumstances of their deaths. there was a visit to a training center. he spoke to the other big story, the investigation that
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continues into the attack last week in nice. 15 people are still between lie fe and death after a truck rammed into a crowd of people. although the anger of the french people was legitimate, that anger was not be allowed to degenerate into hatred. >> after this drama, the anger is legitimate. our compatriots have been kil led. it cannot degenerate into hatred and suspicion. the terrorists want this poison and hatred to spread. the victims are all origins, all
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religions, and all nationalities. >> that was francois hollande speaking a short while ago. november, ah of relative sense of national unity remaining in place for some time after the attack. that has not been the case this time. >> after the attack, the conservative party pounced and said not everything had been done in terms of providing security in france and in nice. this has been the main difference. ede conservatives have list
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a number of things that should have been done. the government has fired back. there was less money put into the military and to the police. we have seen a fight over this issue of terrorism, which has become a real political football, and it is not stopping night fore vote last a new state of emergency. the debates will continue in days to come. interesting. is acknowledges there is a legitimate anger, but warns against it turning into hatred. >> this is why he said, we have to stay united, united.
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there is another fear that was expressed before the attacks by the head of intelligence who said there is a big danger, that there could be vigilante justice. that some groups on the far right would seek revenge on the muslim community. we could see the beginning of a civil war. this has startled a lot of law makers. they did not ask someone to tell them that there was such a danger. for now this has been avoided. design everyone's mind -- this is on everyone's mind.
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there could be retaliation against muslim including violence. .> thank you very much indeed ago donald trump launched his improbable bid, and last night he received the delegates he needed. the long awaited moment of triumph. donald trump the official nomination for the u.s. presidency. >> it is my honor throw donald trump over the top. congratulations, dad! we love you! [cheers] >> together we have achieved
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historic results with the largest vote total in the history of the republican party. we have to go all the way. >> there are deep divisions within his own party. >> for president of the united states. >> paul ryan has offered only lukewarm support for the trump ticket. he called for the party to unit e. >> we republicans have made our choice. you and i called those signs of life. >> allies have tried to move past the discord and put the focus on the general election
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opponent. >> i welcome the opportunity to hold hillary clinton accountable. >> trump will formally accept the nomination on thursday night. forooks ahead to the race the white house. ed academics have been bann from leaving the country, a day after ordering the resignation of university deans and taking away the licenses from 21,000 teachers. ansaid he will be making important announcement. the purges in the country continue. >> the turkish president back in the capital on tuesday for the
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first time since a failed coup attempt. he signaled that the purges will continue. >> we cannot say what happened hash appened -- has happened. everybody who was involved in this action will be purged and will suffer the consequences that they deserve. >> the ministry of education fired over 15,000 employees. > education and policy -- government shouldn't decide about firing and hiring. >> around 50,000 people have been suspended or detained. the most recent crackdowns
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target supporters of a reclusive preacher who is a former ally of the president. turkey has provided a formal extradition request. documents which the u.s. say are still under review. >> we will be keeping an eye on that meeting in the wake of last week's failed coup. live images coming to us from the house of comomons -- commons. she spoke and said the united kingdom would be giving up that it was due to take over. she has a busy day ahead of her. she will be going to berlin
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today and onto paris tomorrow and beginning to sketch out a road out for the negotiations are the coming year as they prepared to leave the european union. 1:15 in15 in p -- it is paris. we're going to begin with good news for volkswagen. >> the carmaker expects profits to be higher than the previously thought in the first half of this year. in a surprise announcement, the profits will be 7.5 billion euros. another 2.50 you to cover legal risks from the admissions scandal. the united states announced they
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were taking legal action on tuesday. >> how have the markets been reacting? 6%shares are rising by over after the announcement. it was announced early, so it wasn't surprised for investors. shares trading up today in london. markets reacting to unemployment in the uk falling to 4.9%. the pound up against the dollar. >> the republican convention going on in cleveland. you have been looking at donald trump's economic policy. >> they will come under greater scrutiny. he has made the promises about immigration that would have a massive impact on the world's
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largest economy if he be can -- if he became president. >> the tax plan includes dramatic cuts. he would reduce the maximum tax rate to 25%. the inheritance tax, bring down the corporate tax rate for all businesses, and ensure those who earn less than $25,000 a year do not pay any income tax. %t would benefit from 17.5 increase. it will be paid for by ending loopholes. is wooding kreis the -- over
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the next decade, d nine by tru == denied by trump. they are trying to bring businesses back onto u.s. soil. chineseentioned 45% on imports. some say this will be unlikely to drive u.s. companies back too hastily, as there would have to pay their workers more. migrants,undocumented a large portion of the u.s. workforce. ofthe fall in the value sterling. they are not expecting a significant impact. the resulting fall of more than
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10% in value. they are cutting their earnings targets. costow karst -- a low airline will expand in the uk. they'll switch to -- 30%. today they are of more than 2%. >> we will be talking about more of pokemon go news even affecting shares of mcdonald's. jumpedes of mcdonald's by almost 10% after the said they had a planned tie-up with the game. mcdonald's restaurants turned into pokemon gyms. it has been put back until at
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least tomorrow. offendo shares are cooling after rising by more than 100% earlier this month. >> thank you very much. we will see what is making headlines in the international press. hello. we are going to have a look at what is graphic headlines around the world. that was line -- carried out on monday injury four people. >> huge news in germany. .his time horror to the form authorities are trying to piece things together. he appears to be radicalized. whiled, "god is great"
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carrying out the attack. does this make him a terrorist? they are trying to figure out terrorist.orist is a what are the boundaries between a rampage and a real attack? >> german papers focusing on the consequences of the attack. there could be more consequences to come. >> there is a lot of fear in germany right now. this could happen to any person day or night. the last time they felt this fear was during world war ii. there was a desire not to be defeated and to survive. they call on authorities to be
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careful not to get lost in the fog and make shortcuts, given the refugee crisis, people from muslim countries coming into germany. >> lots of fear in the wake of last week's nice attack. >> they are focusing on growing anger. the picture you can see is an improvised anger pile, essentially a place where people can let off steam. somebody wrote the word "coward." if you look at polls, it is clear that french people are sick and tired. they no longer trust the government to fight against terrorism. the parliament extended the state of emergency for the next
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six months. the country is on edge. could it split apart this time? different communities fighting against each other. we take a close look at the cartoon. ry."ays, "i am so ang she says, "calm down." is continuing. we take a look. turkey widens its hunt for suspects. teachers are being targeted. nearly 17,000 teachers and administrators have been dismissed. very interesting picece in a
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lebanese paper. there is no stopping him. up to 50,000 people have been arrested or sacked. is blockedy, there access to wikileaks after they published internal e-mails. >> huge story. you can read about it in the british paper today. this is a response to that purge. he wants to purge the public bodies of the virus responsible. the juicy leak will reveal the secret economy political structure. 500,000 unspecified documents and could cause a huge
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controversy in turkey. a cartoon that was tweeted by wikileaks in the german magazine. au can see him the ticket as sultan and he is riding on this e-mail. >> we finish with something a little lighter, perhaps. donald trump has received the correct number of delegates. not too much on him but against his wife. >> it appears she has plagiarized michelle obama's speech in 2008. rime" magazine said she was ckroiling us.
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it is one of the oldest tricks. you prank somebody by quoting "never going to give you up." she quoted some ofqwi=açúçúaa.ñ
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