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>> hello, and welcome to the program. hollande meets with religious leaders. the government discussing stepped up security. one of the attackers has been identified -- he was wearing an electronic surveillance tag. witnesses described the teenager as troubled. hillary clinton makes history, officially becoming the first
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female nominee of a major u.s. political party. bernie sanders declaring her the nominee. francois hollande has met christian, muslim and jewish leaders after a priest was calling on all people to stand together following the attack claimed by the islamic state group. the first on a french church. president francois -- if majorcussed events could be secured, they would have to be canceled. from now until the end of the
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summer, we have to shore up t 56 events. find out the number of security forces required in each instance. if the requirements are not all met, they have to ask that these events be canceled. >> with more from the french presidential palace, here is chris moore. >> the message coming out of today's talks to fold -- twofold really good the enemy is seeking to divide the french people. that message repeated by the -- extremism is
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a problem here in france. a problem religious institutions need to work to counter. announcingr minister in0 reserves to be deployed addition to the 12,000 soldiers already out on the french streets. the country already has some of the toughest anti-terror legislation in europe. it is already a tough measure. he says we cannot go further than the republican values allow. looking to counter an opposition which has been breathing down the government's neck over security from asking questions like how could yesterday's whenks have taken place one of the attackers was very much on the authorities' radar. the french president looking to
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counter that next year. putting security very high on the agenda. >> joining me now from the london school of economics, joseph daring. thank you for your time. the french government is asking people here not to turn on each other because that is exactly what the islamic state group would want. will the french people listen? >> yes. it's not as divided as it seems from the outside. what you see is that frenchmen live in a well-integrated french society. they understand the difference between a muslim and a terrorist. see is on one side, those acting in the name of the
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islamic state are seeking to divide france. is seekinght party to divide france. that is a dangerous cocktail, especially in an election year. >> politicians are not standing united. is it because of next years elections that the right and far right are not harder on the socialist government? >> there's a couple of different trends here. it seems as if the socialist hollande innd particular did not get to grips on this crisis. , politicians by their very nature seek votes. unfortunately, in the case of the far right in france, it is playing into their hand, the
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things they been saying about minorities in france since the 1970's. >> you think the national front is benefiting, then. the more attacks in france, the more votes they are likely to get next year. >> whether this will translate into votes or not is a more complex phenomenon. we've seen this in the previous three elections in france. they've done well in the first round but in the second round, they do not make any gains. shocking, the level of venom in the rhetoric of this the troublearty, they seek to make in france by praying on thems streets of paris to the nazi occupation. >> earlier today, francois hollande met faith leaders.
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do you think in a country like france, perhaps it is time for a rethink? this attack and others relaunching the debate around secularism. >> this is a very interesting .hing about france what i've uncovered in my cities, and local interfaith approach that does not conflict with a secular government. you can have a secular government that doesn't have a specific state religion but can also engage with a notion of same way theythe would engage with interparty politics.
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to fight with the islamic state group. one local telling french media he was a ticking time bomb. according to friends and family, he was a friendly, sociable teenager until the last yearbdo attacks which triggered his swift radicalization. by 2013, he was already well known to the police. after the arrest at the airport, his mother was interviewed. believed he did not have the right to practice his religion in france. she became aware of the radical things he was posting on social media. with him,ng to reason he set off for syria. he only got as far as germany. caught by authorities, he was sent back to france and put
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under house arrest. he tried to go to syria via turkey and was sent back to geneva and arrested. he was indicted the same day whenhis new attempt to go he was placed under provision or attention until the 18th of march, 2016. a judge ordered him to be placed under house arrest with an electronic tag prosecutors argued against the ruling they said was too lenient, but to no avail. neighbors say they saw him change in the weeks that went by. >> every time you would try to reason with him, he would reply .ith a verse from the koran we told him he was wrong to say
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france is an evil country. he would argue with us. we told him to stop saying all that rubbish. >> under the conditions of his -- no alarm was triggered when he went for the church on tuesday morning. joining me now from the normandy town where the priest was killed yesterday is luke brown. people understandably still in shock. are they worried there might be communal tension now? >> that's one of the very real fears. in a very multicultural community. one muslim woman we spoke to she'd already
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suffered minor racist incidents in the past 18 months. it's that kind of civil strife that is at the heart of many of the concerns. we spoke to one gentleman outside of the mosque here. terroristion of the organization is to generate that civil strife. mainmosque is one of the symbols of the friendly relations between the catholic and islamic communities here in -- 16 years ago, it was donated to the islamic community by the catholic church. there is some kind of ground there for optimism that the unity and solidarity that many can behave expressed visible in the wake of this latest incident. it's also what many are hoping
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can contribute to the islamic community. the killing of the french priest coincided with the start in poland of world youth day, a catholic youth festival. put francis -- pope francis joining pilgrims in krakow yesterday. many oppose the pope on issues such as divorce and migration. the pontiff is expected to reiterate his support for more welcoming migration policies. morocco's government says more than 50 suspected militants have been arrested in several attacks foiled. the people detained were inspired by the islamic state group.
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weapons have been seized as well as bomb making materials. the government says the militants intended to kill tourists and create a state province in morocco. 38 militants have been dismantled. the islamic state group has claimed responsibility for a twin bombing in a predominately kurdish town in northern syria. at least 48 people were killed. this is near the border with turkey. the islamic state group claiming responsibility of via the news agency claiming it was a complex of kurdish officers. thes day three of democratic national convention and president back obama is set to take to the stage at the
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hillary clinton became the first woman to be officially nominated for president by any major u.s. party. her husband, bill, giving a personal speech, portraying her as a dynamic force for change. >> she is a natural leader and good organizer and the best darn change maker i've ever met in my entire life. >> we are joined from philadelphia by jessica. hillary clinton is disliked by many americans. her husband, bill, tried to remedy that. >> he did. he tried to make the american people fall in love with hillary clinton. by telling his love story with her. he said in the spring of 1971, he met a girl and went on to describe her and try to humanize her for the american people. ratings are low when it comes to personal
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appeal. he said she was a girl with the ck hair, big glasses and no makeup. he used anecdotes come it was very witty. charm.ed his signature he really made a plea for her to be the next president of the united states. it was very strong. in the end, will she be able to surge on his charm and popularity? the crowd here really loved bill clinton'seech -- bill speech. similar we will hear praises from president obama, hailing her record as a change maker.
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jessica.you very much, time now for business news. i'm joined by stephen carroll. we start with bad is from apple. which might be good news. >> sales of apple's flagship product the iphone down 15% in the three months -- the second quarter we've seen sales of the iphone fall. profits fell by more than a quarter. but shares in apple actually rose after the results. the company said it had passed a low point for the iphone. [applause] >> apple's flagship device is not raising passions as it once did.
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40.4 million iphones were sold dutch 15% fewer than one year ago and half of the sales recorded after the immensely successful launch of the iphone 6. sales in china took the hardest hit. with the iphone accounting for the majority of apple's income, overall profit for this quarter is down 27%. for the company's chief financial officer, the figures are not all doom and gloom. >> customer demand for our products with stronger than expected -- >> iphone sales fell less this quarter, after a low point in the cycle. revenues from the ipad also group for the first time in many quarters, thanks to the ipad
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pro. apple shares had been down 22% over the last year. this latest reports findings were better than many feared, which sent apple stock rising 6% in after-hours trading. your economic growth figures have been published in britain. >> one last robber rob for u.k. growth before the effect of brexit kicks in. -- one last hurrah for u.k. growth. 0.6% growth. analysts saying the bulk of that growth happened in april, well before the vote. in japan, the prime minister giving some details about new plans for the economy. brexit sent financial shockwaves across the world, japan's government promised to do more. shinto abbe says the new
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stimulus package will be worth more than $250 billion. abe.into onzo let's take you to the headlines. concerned about france as a destination for travelers following the recent attacks. of france reporting profits 40 million euros in the three months to the end of june. cost airn expected to france -- airbus taking a financial hit, 1.4 billion over its delays. the aerospace group has already written off more than 5 million
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-- 5 billion euros. bankts of deutsche slumped, hit by restructuring costs and boosting its funds to cover legal costs. >> how are the markets digesting all of that? >> abe giving the markets a boost. up 7% aftertroen reporting its profits almost doubling. >> we will return to apple and the fun being poked at the ceo, saidook for the way he "pokemon." >> he was asked about pokemon
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go. apple takes 30% cut from all purchases made in the app tim cook described the game as an incredible phenomenon. >> thank you very much. time now for the press review. ♪ joining me now to look at the international papers -- what are they saying about yesterday's attack on the french church? >> let's start with the belgian newspaper. h on itsthe name daes front page, saying they have attacked yet another symbol. that symbol is french christianity. that's what the lebanese newspaper is saying.
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french christianity is the new target for the i.s. group. the french president been all over the story as well, they call it for in the church -- "horror in the church." pending emotional editorials. >> the only words that come to mind are those of the archbishop scream to god."eam to g a response should not match the hate we saw in that church. despite the numerous victims of various ethnicities since march 2012, terrorism will never succeed in wiping out our culture, our value, our constitution.
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it urges readers not to give been saying this is not a war against france, but a war against freedom. a loss forst killed the community. >> he was a tireless priest who fought for cohabitation. he was part of a multipage community that included the imam of the mosque in the town where the attack took place. on mosque was built in 2000 a plot of land given to them by the catholic church. with al street journal" toce comparing europe today world war ii -- >> is europe helpless?
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the writer basically compares france's situation now to that of 1940, the last time france was truly at war. todayiters has europe displays the same combination of doctrinal rigidity and loss of will that allowed an allied army to be routed by the germans in just six weeks. looking to the israeli model of security which is more restrictive but has proven to be more effective. >> the psychological profiles of mass killers. they've come up with different profiles. do not strictly applied to terrorists, certainly bear a lot of resemblance to the type of attacks and perpetrators we've seen.
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one example of the psychological profile is the pathway murderer. carries outho extensive research, planning, preparation before committing attacks. that falls into the category of for instance the nice truck driver. >> hillary clinton has become the first female nominee of a major u.s. political party. shattered the glass ceiling. that is from huffington post which reports 200 women have sought the presidency since 1872. did that inton philadelphia, emerging out of a glass barrier. make bill clinton the first gentleman of the white house. an article looking at bill clinton and what potential role he could play as the first
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