>> these are the headlines. french president -- france's president pays tribute to the victims of terrorism at a memorial ceremony in paris. the fragile cease-fire in syria is on the brink of collapse. new airstrikes hit aleppo as the city is waiting for aid from the u.s. after five explosive devices were found in a backpack in new jersey, one of them exploded as

it was being detonated. thatcomes investigators -- comes as investigators are probing for terrorism across the u.s. france today is her memory the victims of terrorism. a ceremony was held at the terrorism museum earlier today. a frenchmarks the day passenger plane exploited -- exploded in 1989, killing everyone on board. a dear remembrance for all victims of terrorism has been , butfor the past 18 years in the wake of the attacks in paris last november and the july 14 attack in nice, the ceremony today at particular significance. there is more now from the french president.

>> terrorism has changed. it has declared war on us and since 2012, we have been witnessing a series of attacks perpetrated by the same enemy. the fanatics of the so-called islamic state, or al qaeda. their victims are in the thousands, and alongside the dead, there are the injured and the traumatized who are suffering in spirits and memories. >> we were at the ceremony in paris, today. membersaged to speak to of the audience, some of them directly affected by terror attacks and some of them have lost family members. most of them wanted to put the politics aside as you can understand, that they were relieved that this ceremony had taken place.

a lot of them said it helped emotionally to feel some kind of closure or to move on with their lives. there has been talk among some of the victims campaign groups, some discontent with the level of financial compensation that victims are getting, the lack of legal recognition, and a lot of people were relieved that it was being addressed by the government. we had one of the government ministers doing the rounds, saying they will be talking about conversations, performing becoming more fair and transparent. people saying it is a good sign and the hope it happens quickly, but also that they felt the ceremony was needed for them to come together and show solidarity. the fact that the president was here for them really help express their feelings. they were able to speak to him directly and tell him what a

belt needed to change in france. for the victims of terrorism in paris, today. let's take a look at some other world news. the week-old cease-fire in syria looks to be on the brink of collapse. a halt to the violence in the areas are running aleppo and built -- and the delivery of aid work he components, which was cosponsored by the u.s. and russia. a u.s. airstrike resulted in the death of dozens of syrian regime soldiers, adding more fuel to the fire. we have more on the first airstrikes to have hit aleppo since the truce began a week ago. sight, a sadly familiar the aftermath of another series of airstrikes in aleppo. they struck sunday, but they were not supposed to happen.

cease-fire's fragile is meant to continue until sundown on monday. >> we were sitting here safely and suddenly planes hit us with missiles. there is no free syrian army or camps here, it is also millions. >> several people were injured, but it is not known who carried out the strikes. meanwhile, in the capital of damascus, some reacted with anger to u.s. airstrikes were killed dozens of syrian army troops the previous day. emphasizing this was unintentional. people in the regime held city seemed more keen to buy the russian version of events. states had a spoiled child which is israel and now they have another one, which is the islamic state group. it was clear from the first day when they came to fight

terrorism, the u.s. is a supporter of terrorism and yesterday's attack was not an error. >> the u.s. furiously denies this, but the regime was to show its people it is leading the fight against the jihadists and on sunday, syrian state tv released this footage of syrian forces airstrikes against the islamic state group in the east of the country. >> in the u.s., the at the eye several explosive devices in new jersey, one of which went off as it was being deactivated. that comes as you as investigators are probing three possible terror attacks that hit across the country in just 24 hours. investigators have not said whether or not the attacks could be linked. this is the moment a suspicious backpack exploded near train tracks in new jersey early, monday morning.

the blast occurred as a bomb squad was working to disarm the contents of the bag, discovered in a rubbish bin by two men on sunday. as many as five improvised explosive devices were found at the site. >> multiple devices in that backpack, one of those devices was being cut in order to be disarmed and you all heard the explosion. i don't know what the fbi and the state police are doing with the other devices, but they are trying to remove them in a secure way so they can preserve them for evidence. >> no one was hurt in the explosion that follows a series of similar attacks over the weekend. , inaturday night manhattan's chelsea district, a bomb hurt 29 people. it was packed with shrapnel to cause maximum harm. a similar unexploded device was

found a few blocks away. >> we have more work to do to be able to say what the kind of motivation was, behind this. was it a political motivation, personal? we do not know, yet. this, after an investigation was launchched into a third bomb detonated saturday morning in seaside park, new jersey. that first blast claimed no victims. no group or individual has claimed responsibility for any of the recent attacks. authorities have not yet indicated whether the blasts in elizabeth, manhattan and seaside park could be linked. genetic question -- united russian party has won over 54% of the vote in a parliamentary election. voter turnout was low, but united russia still walked away with an absolute majority. there has been more than a few reports of violations. presidentry for

vladimir putin and his russia moscow offices, home of the party he founded. russia's ruling political group is still on course or an absolute parliamentary majority. >> it is difficult, the people still vote for united russia. see thatus the people we are representatives of united russia, a leading political force, we are doing the best for the people. >> some might disagree. more liberal democrats, the communist party and the russia party all have seats in the parliament. they all tend to vote with united russia on political issues. that the election was not free and fair. that is what we were saying in the beginning when we started the election campaign.

now we are talking about the third factor, how trustworthy is the information about the boat? >> there have always -- already been several reports of violations like stuffing ballots and busing people into vote multiple times at different polling stations. many times, the president has asked for secure, transparent and honest elections. however, sometimes there are falsify ittry to provided the vantage for some party, but there are just a few cases like that. victory handsia's andkremlin untroubled power could pave the way for another presidential term for vladimir putin in 2018, should he decide to run. >> in france, the election is at until next may, but

campaign is already kicking off, praising britain's vote to leave the european union and then i go u.s. candidate donald trump, she plans to build walls across the world. french flags in support of this candidate who is one supposed to launching a presidential campaign. she vows to defend an independent france. -- the moment has come for a free and sovereign friends to be back among nations. >> there is a new campaign slogan, the candidate of the people. the party supporters says she is more than just the face of the national front. >> she is the national front,

and we have to support her. that she isee simple, she does not wear chanel or louis vuitton. she is a symbol of france. >> this year's party conference is a showcase of the national front strategy, focusing on her personality, rather than the party. she signed autographs, memorabilia and even to offer photos with the president of candidate. polls show she will qualify for the second round of the presidential election. for now, she has not yet fully launched a campaign. she is waiting to find out who her opponent might be after the primaries are over. >> we had now to rio for the paralympics have just come to a close. the world-famous stadium was packed for the closing ceremony

which was filled with ironworks, using and dancing. as the curtain fell in south america's first olympics and the paralympics, the president of the organizing committee in rio said mission accomplished, proving those who predicted chaos and failure entirely wrong. fears of a catastrophe proved unfounded, the rio paralympic's comes to an end with a rousing closing ceremony full of vibrant brazilian music. less than three weeks before the games, budgets were slashed have the consequence of very poor tickets sales. inn came the late surge and the end, more than 2.1 million tickets were sold, down on london, but more than enough to make the event a success. one that was marred on saturday, the last day of competitive action, a death of the iranian athlete who suffered a fatal crash in his road cycling event.

he was remembered during the closing ceremony, a somber note is the curtain comes down on a sequence of brazilian mccubbins. when the country was awarded the world cup in 2014 and this year's olympics, it was hoping to showcase a booming, thriving nation of the future. reality has proven more complex with boom giving away two economic depression, political tip -- political turbulence and an uncertain future. will the world keep watching now that the service leaves town -- circus leaves town. the sound of music, but on sunday, the actress who played her died in los angeles. she was the eldest of the seven children in that musical film.

her song with her german boyfriend in a gazebo was considered one of the film's most charming scenes. she was 73 years old when she died. let's take a look at today's headlines. thece's president pastry to victims of terrorism at a memorial ceremony in paris at the military museum. the fragile cease-fire in syria is on the brink of collapse. new airstrikes hit aleppo as the city is still waiting for aid from the u.s. up to five explosive devices found in a backpack in new jersey. one of them went off as it was being deactivated. it comes as investigators are probing for a terror attacks across the u.s. in 24 hours. time now for our business news. we are starting with one of brussels latest tax probes. hashe european commission

launched a probe into luxembourg's tax treatment of caserench utility -- this of particular interest since it's the first time in brussels -- nt prominent probes specifically loans made in 2009 and 2011 between four companies. commission alleges the company and a luxembourg treating the same loans as both that and equity in order to minimize tax payments. the competition commissioner has said that a single company cannot have the best of both worlds. >> yesterday marked the one-year anniversary of the skit -- the omission scandal that volkswagen has yet to clear up. >> germany officials expect to receive thousands of new lawsuits against volkswagen later today. this after 5000 were filed,

friday. investors hearing they have to say within a year. brian quinn has more. >> one year ago, american regulators revealed that volkswagen had deliberately manipulated in missions test results for millions of their vehicles. a massive scandal dubbed dieselgate let the company's u.s. director to apologize before congress. it hadomaker admitted installed so-called this he devices in 11 million vehicles around the world, to allow the cars to sense when they were undergoing admissions tests and temporarily lower their pollution output. volkswagen stock lost 40% of its value in two days. one year later, it remains down 20%. worldwide sales for the first half of 2016 were down against 2015. the company faces lawsuits in a host of different countries.

in the u.s., the w has agreed to pay almost $15 billion in fines and customer compensation. moves insisted similar europe, but faces 4 billion euros in investor claims in germany, alone. the company set aside 18 billion euros for legal provisions. experts predict its final cap could total between 25 billion and 35 ilion euros. -- 35 billion euros. >> how are things looking on the market? >> volkswagen is trading up, despite this one year anniversary. frankfurt dax of three quarters of 1%. on the corporate front, rolls-royce says it will cut another 200 jobs as it looks to save some 58 million euros by the end of the year, also boosting investor sentiment with rising oil prices which were up over 2%. >> a large part of the

volatility is due to an oversupply in production and in u.s. shale gas. >> this is nothing new, we have been talking about this for a long time, but we are seeing that rise in oil prices and still hard times for many in the oil industry. you to one takes oilfield in north dakota. >> by 6:00 in the morning, the 10th agency in willison is already open. dozens of workers come with the hopes of landing a job for the day, and one of the oil companies. the economic slowdown has cut work opportunities by 40% and left many jobseekers empty-handed, especially those who are less qualified, like heather, a single mother without a degree. she left arkansas for what you thought would be a land of promise, but she has not worked a single day in the past month. >> the work is not here, like it

used to be during the boom. , ias not here at that time guess i did not, the right time. >> for these workers, the outcome of the presidential election makes little difference. as clinton or trump getting in, there will be changes, but there would be changes regardless. companies right now, don't have the confidence that if they invest, that prices are going to hold up, but as we get more and more balance in the international market and crude oil, that confidence is going to go up. >> although some are 2014 and the days of $100 barrels are now just a distant memory, industry professionals in north dakota remain optimistic that there will be an oil revival next summer.

thank you for that look at business. we now take a look at a clip from france 24's show, revisited. we take a look back at how things have evolved for a new story once it is no longer the top headline. we look at how china has evolved since the cultural revolution of the 70's. that revolution came to an end with the death of -- in 1976, but it took five years before the communist party finally caught -- 2016 is the 50th anniversary of the start of the cultural revolution and yet in china, there has been hardly any mention of it at all. its people, particularly those over 50, remember it well. it comes to this place almost every month.

it softens his pain and helps solve his conscious. the full revolution is a time of shame for him. 40 years after it ended, the memories still tear him apart. >> mother, it is me, i have come once again. >> he mourns at his mother's grave site. every time he is here, he follows the same ritual. mother, your son, the love shame is bowing here for your respect -- full of shame is bowing here for your respect. his mother died more than 40 years ago, but he still carries with him the guilt. he still struggles with the pain, even today.

february 13, 1970, during the cultural revolution, i did something very bad that i still regret. i'd announced my mother to the red guards, just because she had criticized -- criticized the chairman. was immediately arrested, sentenced to death and executed in this park, which back then was just an open space. and considered my mother antirevolutionary capitalist. i wanted to protect my father and the rest of the family from her. that is why i'd announced her. she criticized the chairman by saying he has not written the little red book. i know i should never have announced her. i deeply regret it. the cultural

revolution, china was gripped by a horrific form of political terror, all in the name of maoism. whoever criticized chairman mao was arrested and put through various forms of torture. most of his atrocities remain hidden, but the father of the cultural revolution is still worshiped. this is a small village in the southern province. this is where mao was born. here, he is still honored as a hero. for many, this is not a place of historical curiosity, but more a place of worship. >> come here, and please patriot you to our leader. >> a 15 meter high bronze statue of the man stands here. the man who launched the deadliest political movement in modern chinese history, yet he

is worshiped like a saint. >> he always cared for the people, he sacrificed himself for the country, so we have to patriot it him, every generation, every family should love chairman mao. at this communist shrine, the lady in the red jacket in charge of propaganda makes it impossible for any of them to discuss controversial things. >> don't talk about politics. >> i agree, you should not ask about this, you should only talk about the good things he did. to read ause briefly sign showing the founding declaration of the communist party. .ll of them know it by heart

despite the millions of victims created during the cultural revolution, the great housman's official status is not up for debate. according to the official review undertaken by the communist party, mao was 70% wrong -- right and only 30% wrong. this official leadership report card has not been debated. his heritage remains. for franceng beijing 24 and you can catch the full edition of our show on fence -- france 24 at 3:10 p.m. paris time. coming up in the next half hour, game of thrones concord tv audiences around the world and now it conquered the emmys.

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