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>> 9 p.m. here in the french capital. you're watching live from paris. a nation in mourning. aousands line the route of convoy in the thai capital, carrying the body of the king thursday, age 88. outrage, israel suspends all cooperation with unesco in response to a draft resolution which uses islamic holiestr jerusalem's sites. -- aids agencies accuse authorities of shutting down the
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migrant camp in calais. good evening. a royal convoy carrying the body of thailand was brought through the streets of bangkok today, where thousands lined the route to catch a glimpse. the king who reigned for 70 years died on thursday after a long illness. he was 88 years old. but his funeral and cremation be held straight away. preparations are expected to take a number of months. flags are at half mast there in thailand. many people are wearing black, white or muted colors as a mark of respect. the mourning period is due to last one year. here's the report. reporter: a sea of black. nation in mourning. thousands of thais line the watchs of bangkok to
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their beloved monarch make his final journey to the grand palace. many had been waiting hours in the heat. final homage to the man many demigod.onsider a >> i'm convinced that all he's allowed us tos improve our lives. waitering today is -- waiting nothing come paird -- compared to what he's done for us. reporter: their dedication pushed many past their physical limits. the heat andfrom were attended to by emergency teams. most thais have known no other monarch. bhumibol's picture hung in almost every house and office. >> i can't describe it. every other time, we would see him waving his hands but not this time. was in tears. >> the king's 64-year-old son heir, prince maha
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vajiralongkorn, is tasked with the leading buddhist bathing on his father's body, the first in a long series of lastal rituals that will several months for members of the royal family. cremationnal royal will need months to prepare to finally put to rest the world's longest reigning monarch. the israel government announced it is suspending all cooperation with unesco in to a draft resolution issued by the u.n. cultural israel says does not recognize the deep, historic jewish connection to holy sites in jerusalem. document, entitled "occupied only the islamic name, which is sacred to both museums. the mayor of jerusalem says he and accused by it unesco of denying history. reporter: a fresh argument mostred on jerusalem's
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divisive holy site, known as temple mount. revered by both religions and has been a flash point of conflict for decades. unesco draft resolution passed on thursday maz angerted -- has attracted to israel for referring to the site using only its museum name. officials say cooperation between israel and the u.n. body has been frozen. of the absurd at unesco continues. and today, the organization adopted another delusional decision, which says that the people of israel have no the temple mount and the western wall. reporter: the unesco resolution criticizes israel for muslim access to the mosque and ongoing aggression worshipers. it.stinians denied tha >> actually, if you read the third paragraph of the decision, see that it starts by
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the recognition of the historic for the three religions. countries -- 26 abstained. unesco's director general has distanced herself and voiced her at the wording of the resolution. she said each of jerusalem's communities have the right to recognition of their history and relationship with the city. a final vote on the resolution expected next week. >> now, preparations are in full swing on the outskirts of the of mosul. paving the way for the operation, the u.s.-led moretion has conducted than 50 air strikes in that area. during the course of the last two weeks. have been under the jihadists.the it could trigger a humanitarian
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disaster. reporter: a dire warning from the u.n. on the planned islamic statenst group held mosul. the global organization estimates that 1.2 million civilians could be affected by the campaign, which could result in the world's biggest humanitarian crisis. >> a worst case scenario in mosul would look something like this. mass expulsion of hundreds of thousands of people. hundreds of thousand of people who are held as human shields inside the town. you would have a chemical attack that would put tens of ofusands, hundreds thousands, maybe even more, at grave risk. reporter: mosul is by far the city held by islamic theirgroup militants and last urban stronghold. starts, it'snsive still unclear, but in the past few days, the iraqi army has up it's deployments of troops in the city. the east sayo iraqi forces have been deploying north area is
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under the kurdish government. iraqiomes as turkey and officials exchange heated words the military camp, where they've been training kurdish soldiers. turkey is aimed at keeping the measure of sunni influence in iraq.rn however, the government in baghdad say it represents a force that threatens a regional war. the u.s. has said any military iraq must be undertaken with full concept of iraqi authorities. girlsrs have passed since were taken by boko haram. the outrage brought about the girls" campaign. on thursday, 21 of those girls were freed following negotiations between the and the militants. they've been flown to the abuja. of but 197 girls are still missing. keep pushing.l
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the nigerian president says his government would continue to work for the release of the remaining kidnapped chibok schoolgirls. >> about 100 or more are still in the hands of the terrorists, in the area, which cameroon, nigeria. reporter: the islamist militant group released 21 girls on thursday, ending a two-and-a-half-year-old deal. however, reports that they were several jihadist dismissed.re quickly >> there were absolutely no exchange of any kind. any news of stories about four or one or two or commanders,r entirely untrue. no such thing took place. reporter: meanwhile, activists from the "bring back our girls" movement say they have not the remaining
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hostages. >> we will not stop until when all the girls are back and alive. that's our hope. reporter: more than 270 were abducted by boko haram in april 2014. with 21 girls safe and sound again, hopes have been raised for the release of the others still in captivity. >> according to officials in haiti, 473 people are now confirmed dead as a result of hurricane matthew, which struck last week. coulde actual death toll be much higher. but communications with some of the worst affected areas are so we can't be sure. but what is clear is that more are ine million people urgent need of humanitarian assistance. and the spread of disease in cholera, is now a major concern. a massive aid operation is under army has and the u.s. been using helicopters to deliver emergency supplies. latest.he
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reporter: desperately needed humanitarian aid, trickling into haiti. u.s. army helicopters loaded with emergency supplies and from the u.n. and the red cross are finally arriving in some of the country's most isolated areas. it's the biggest relief operation in haiti since the deadly earthquake of 2014. hurricane matthew last week yet another devastating blow. the region was one of the worst hit. >> i don't know when i can go home. i don't have any money to rebuild my house. reporter: as haitians pick out country's long awaited presidential elections postponed. >> there are many who lost their i.d. cards and it would be hold the election in five or six months. that would give people who lost to get newcards time ones. reporter: but for many others, immediateon is not an
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priority. matthew left a trail of destruction so great that some million people are in urgent need of humanitarian assistance. >> now, as every day goes by, the u.s. election campaign uglythed fresh, accusations, with much of the focus on claims of sexual at the leveled republican candidate, donald trump, who is calling his horrible liars. but his democratic rival, hillary clinton, says americans about hisng more unacceptable behavior every single day. clinton has no rallies planned friday but president obama has been campaigning for her in ohio, where he said that democracy is at stake in this election. we made inprogress the last eight years is on the balance. is on theitself ballot right now! so if you want to send a message, make it loud! turn back the voice
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of the citizens! barack obamadent speaking there. now the u.n. refugee agency said the french plans by authorities to shut down the so-called jungle migrant camp in calais. the reasons they gave being that basicmp is squalid, lacks services and has poor security. facing public pressure, the president visited that camp in recent weeks and promised its closure by the end of this month. concerns over the fate of hundreds of children living in the camp, some are accusing authorities of rushing the process, saying it hasn't been through properly. reporter: as the jungle's looms closer, volunteers say authorities aren't given enough information or done to prepare. one of the main concerns is more minors, warning children and teenagers are
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turning to smugglers to get to the u.k. >> we're increasingly worried children. where will they end up? we just don't know. reporter: great britain has been dragging its heels and accepting hundreds of minors there,e to join family whilst the u.k. urged france to speed up the process by providing lists. the first official attempt to register all minors took place on tuesday, just days before demolition was due to begin. some of the camp's main volunteer groups said they weren't consulted. and they said it was too rushed accurate. a group of french and british their ownrried out censors. >> we offered to carry out a census, asking more questions to know where people want to go, what they want to do, whether seek asylum in france or if they have relatives in the u.k. acceptednment neither nor refused, so we're just doing it. toorter: the government set
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bus migrants to centers around france but aid workers and unlikelyalike say it's many will willingly leave. >> like two or three days after, come back again in this jungle. this is -- they're going to go different place and they're gonna make another place to live. union said police officers had no clear instructions from the government for now on how to react if migrants refuse to leave. news, ther world permanent council of the french bishop's conference has document,a policy described as being the most important in 20 years. in the document, the bishops their views on the health of france, the state of society, and what it means to be a french citizen. for more, i'm joined by the of the voice media group. thank you very much indeed for to speak to us. could you start by telling us, what were the main findings of who issued this
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document? >> i think it will be remembered as a landmark document, because first, it's a very general reflection on the state of our country. the bishops, they have a very realistic, although sad, diagnosis of where our society is headed and where it's coming from. think what many people have found, when reading it, was giving's not about instructions to catholics. it's not about providing future.s for the it's about trying to take some distance, which the czechs can because it's independent from politics, and trying to theyze long-term consequences of where we are. in other words, what has gone it has gone wrong, and what visions of the future on andnow try to agree work on together. >> so i'm interpreting some of your language there as meaning that the content of that document makes for pretty bleak
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reading, a pretty negative assessment of where things stand? do not wantsays, we to start with a bleak reading of today.uation we merely are trying to do what nobody has really been doing in past month, which is analyze what has gone wrong but also the document is, in that sense, very precious, because it says, what other signs of hope? we're not living in a desperate country. there is hope. associations working on the field, on the ground, to and toeople together give very precise examples of the situation, trying to bring religionsm different or different cultures together. this lastery moved by section on the strength of our country and how can we use them rebound. >> okay. so it's not just about pointing out the problems. it's also about pointing out ways that those problems can be addressed? >> exactly. it's a lot about pointing out problems, because nobody is
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really doing it. that's where they're coming from. has're saying politics become embroiled in party bickering and short-term analysis. take somehey do, they distance, take a step back, if you want, and it's taken them to produce this document. and their bishops, i mean, they're not politicians. do not engage really -- they're not professionals. don't live in civil society. but that gives them great strength, which is the ability the wisdom of the church. andcenturies, the church -- then to propose a vision for the future. >> let me just cut you off there, because you mentioned bishops. and we said that at the very beginning. there will be people wondering, whatis the relevance of this group of bishops has to say in modern day france, given that here in france are not christian in the first place, and a lot of people who catholic, are perhaps not practicing? how will you justify its relevance?
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>> i can enlarge on that question by pointing out that the title of the document is a message to all the people of our country, so it's clearly not just for catholics. you could ask, why would we, all of us, try to read this document? well, because as bishops, they this separation law, which means that church and state are separate here of course. what must be understood when talking about secularism, which equivalent, english is that it doesn't mean that you don't talk to each other. you are separate, you're but being separate doesn't mean not engaging in a debate or dialogue. be my second point, that the church has a treasure of experiences in social field. it has engaged in a mission all around the world. it has, you know, layers and layers of experience in trying man and itsd
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problems. and i think that's why the bishops are trying to offer -- what the bishops are trying to offer. there's also this tradition of trying to come up with what we a social teaching, and understanding the problems of i said,ext, and as offering what is never a resolute solution package deal f you want, but a vision, in which people from different traditions can draw from to think about solutions themselves. >> thank you so much for sharing that with us. the president of the voice media. thank you so much indeed. let's get a reminder of our top stories. a nation in mourning. route of aine the royal convoy in the thai capital, carrying the body of died on thursday at the age of 88. expressing outrage, israel suspends all cooperation with unesco in response to a draft uses islamichich names for jerusalem's holiest sites. fast.t so
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aid agencies accuse the french authorities of rushing the down thef shutting so-called jungle migrant camp in calais. >> and, of course, you can always check out all of those stories on our website, france24.com, where you'll find the news in english, french and arabic. those are our top stories here on france 24 prime-time news. let's turn right now to business. joined by charles. good evening to you, charles. between the deal e.u. and canada, the focus of story?p >> absolutely. the assemblies of the french-speaking region voted down the comprehensive economic trade agreement. the belgian prime minister needs
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the support of all regional assemblies to improve this deal they are supposed to vote on the agreement next week and they want unanimous support before signing the deal at the end of the month. now, francois hollande met with to convincenister him to change his stance. guaranteesd more that european consumer and environmental standards will be respected. >> what we need are legally binding clauses that will make if tomorrow there's a conflict between a state and the multinational corporation, the state to regulate are not weakened. example, areor public services, our social and environmental norms, everything up the european social model to which we're very attached and i know canadians attached to them too. >> well, this type of scenario where one dissenting voice within the european union could get in the way of an agreement will alsoole union
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make british officials anxious. between the e.u. and u.k. will also require unanimous block. across the another person worried about this post-brexit situation is nissan.o. of he was in london today and met with the prime minister and later said he was confident would remain competitive. he said previously that future investment on a nissan plant be at peril. and let's take a look at how the markets are doing. is on the rise, reassured by the performance of sector. banking jpmorgan and citigroup, among others, showing good earnings report. janet yellen's statements out oned she's holding another rate hike. aw jones up a third of percent. 0.13%. 500 down
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in europe, markets closed in well.ve territory as they were also reassured by new oflation data coming out china. for if first time in five years, prices rose over there. and samsung has announced that cost of pulling the galaxy note 7 off the market million.t least $5 the smartphone was recalled last month after a number of the battery which caught fire. the company's health depends now on how consumers react. brian reports. customers insung seoul, showing up to turn in their galaxy note 7's. scrap the note 7, and issue a full recall, the modelreports of spontaneously catching fire or exploding, has left some with the unimpressed company. but despite the inconvenience, many are saying they're not ready to abandon samsung
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entirely. use the s7 want to edge, so i decided to get a refund. i'm not using a samsung phone now, because they're a new product. but if they launch a new program the galaxy 8, i'm willing to try it. reporter: on the southeast asian market, where samsung maintains a roughly 25% to 30% market share, safety concerns are certainly on the minds of some consumers. flagshipems with the model aren't necessarily hurting sales down the product line. low-end samsung phones remain the same. there is no problem. theno one is looking to buy note 7. reporter: samsung is expected to over $5rofit hit of billion due to the note 7 recall. cashbegun offering incentives for domestic customers who exchange the phone for another samsung model but analysts still expect a significant loss in market share. model, the's next
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s8, is due out in march 2017. >> let's take a look at some of the other business stories making headlines this friday. being behinded of the flash crash of 2010 will be u.s. within 28he days. his parents' home in london, he was accused of manipulating the market when the dow jones index on may 6 of 2010. prosecutors argue he made a five years with his operation. u.s. bank wells fargo reported in the thirdings quarter. it's dealing with the aftermath creationdal over the of over two million phony bank and credit card accounts without customer authorizations. it had to pay the 185 million overrs in a settlement this. and earlier this week, the c.e.o., stumpf, stepped down from his position.
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comes outn sachs victorious from a legal battle. court dismissed claims that they exploited libyan officials. while goldman sachs made $220 million in profits t case alleged that they tried to garner influence, including abroad and prostitutes. let's finish with this new cosmeticsom japanese brand. new software that applies virtual makeup on a user's face on screen. the company says it's aiming to women to work for from home. apparently they've been getting feedback from women who work find it deed yus to wear makeup at home just for calls.onference i can't really blame them, but maybe it will save us time on screen. >> yeah. they should introduce that into t.v. channels as well. 10 minutes a day?
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