>> welcome back. you are watching "france 24." this is live from paris. the headlines this hour. rickie troops advance on mosul on the second time of offensive to take back. but islamic state is not giving up the fight and there are reports of city residents being used as human shields. russia says it has stopped bombing aleppo as a goodwill gesture. they have refused to leave the besieged city. a french court rejects an jungle dismantle the

migrant camp in calais. many will be deported in the next few weeks. >> first, though, the united states has warned that islamic state fighters in the iraqi city of mosul are holding civilians, raising fears they could be used as human shields. it is day two of the offensive with rickie and kurdish troops advancing on the south and east of the city. the center of mo cull now about 20 kilometers and 50 kilometers away. it is thought the operation to retake iraq's second largest city could take weeks, it not months. today our reporter saw soldiers clearing villages around the city, and here's what he told us. >> we followed a group of

special forces of the federal police that went to liberate two villages. they are aiming to retake six kilometers per day towards mosul. they have a huge task in front of them. we are talking about 18 villages they need to liberate before they can actually get to the city of mo cull. today they liberated two. we witnessed how this is done. basically we left very early this morning, around 5:00, with a column of armored vehicles. basically what happened after that was an artillery battle between islamic state positions and the special forces of the federal police, basically firing at each other in the vast open plains of this part of iraq, which is like a very large desert. it has some small villages in them. and then basically a column of tanks and vehicles wednesday towards one of these villages. we witnessed the liberation of that village.

they used droughns in order to -- they used drones to follow the progress of the villages. we saw the population arrive with white flags, women, children and elderly people as well, and the military taking them in charge to basically make sure none of the supporters were still part of the population of these villages. they were basically taking them to a building and separating them, listening to witnesses say who had or had not collaborated with the jihadist organization. speed some of them were being taken away. we were told that they would be treated in a separate location and tried. >> well, over a million civilians are at risk in mosul. aid agencies say they are nowhere near ready to cope with the number of refugees expected to flee the city in the next few weeks. some have been arriving in refugee camps in turkey and

siry in the country's northeast. here is our report. >> many residents from mosul have now become refugees. some have fled to war-torn syria and have come to a town in the northeast of the country with just the clothes on their backs. >> we are from mosul, from the ba rd area. we are refugees and we came here because of the humanitarian situation there. >> when mosul is liberated, well return to our city, our houses, to your lands. >> but it may be some time before their city is liberated. if the battle runs into the winter, many refugees could be left with limit shelter to weather out the freezing desert nights. on monday the u.n. said it feared up to 100,000 team from mosul would flee to syria.

aid workers have already noticed an influx of refugee arrivals. >> the movement of refugees was not strong in the beginning. the numbers were liberal. but now with the beginning of the liberation of mosul, there are big waves of displaced people. we are ready for them. in cooperation with the united nations we have brought tents and things. >> funding is a major problem. information g.a.'s on the ground say they don't have enough supplies to look after all the refugees who have arrived from mosul. >> from iraq to syria now. some respite for civilians held in aleppo. russia says it stopped bombing the city as a gesture of goodwill. this ahead of an eight-hour pause on thursday. russia has refused to leave the city, and the united states says it views moscow's latest

initiative with skepticism. >> after months of giant military operations with his syrian alleys in aleppo, russia is easing off the pressure. >> the early halt of air strikes will guarantee evacuation of civilians and the sick and injured from eastern aleppo. >> it paved the way for what moscow called an eight-hour humanitarian pause set for the si in thursday. but in return, russia is hoping the west will to what it has wanted for month. >> it is a goodwill gesture in the hope that the current pause will be used to finally separate the front and similar groups from those armed groups which are supported, quipped d arms -- and armed by the united states, certain european countries and other countries.

>> once syria's commercial harbor, aleppo has seen the most sbeens bombardment in the ation's civil war. it has left rebel help held areas under siege with little humanitarian aid getting through. they insist safe package must be a two-way street. > package must be allowed so that critical humanitarian asentences can be provided to the area and evacuation can be done. >> the bombing has left most of aleppo's medinah sits in ruins. a human tear something. a lasting truce failing to get off the ground. >> and the russian president, vladimir putin, will be attending talks in berlin on wednesday. the meeting is set to discuss to ine, but it is likely to

e overshadowed by sir. jerusalem's holy sites have nothing to do with judaism. they have passed a resolution called occupied palestinian, referring to holy sites by their arabic names only. the temple mount and what they call alsharam. >> at the heart, this hilltop compound, considered sacred to both jews and muslims. unesco has proposed a controversial solution. the holiest site in judaism, known tos as the temple mount. the third most sacred side in islam. hey refer to the area as a

sanctuary. >> we will not negotiate or take part in this ugly game. there is no place for those games here. this noble organization was stablished to preserve the history, not to rewrite it, and the palestinians in other countries want to rewrite the history of jerusalem. >> the long-standing dispute is also linked to israel's refusal to grant visas to nesco experts. for the palestinians, it sends a symbolic message. >> on the ground, unfortunately, there wouldn't be immediate change following the adoption of this resolution . t what is the effect of this adoption is a pledge to israeli dip mows. it is a message saying they are

still occupying in east jerusalem and enough is enough. this was the essence of the message. >> after the resolution was provisionally improved last thursday, israel suspended its examination with unesco, hurting relations. israel accuses them of having pretty motivations. >> a french court has stopped attempt toss close the jungle camp in calais. they are expected to clear out from 6,000 to 10,000 migrants in the camp in the next few weeks. they are going to be reiloka them. another 12 teenagers, mainly afghans were transferred to britain today, and they will rejoin family members already living in the u.k. "france 24" has been at that camp in calais, where she has -- talk ng about the

to go some of the residence about how they feel. >> demolition day is looming for the calais jungle. some of it, thousands of residents are deciding to get out now, accepting an offer from the french government to claim asylum and move elsewhere. >> we will be on this bus here. i have been in calais three months, but now i have decided to cut my losses because i am tired of waiting. life isn't here isn't so bad, you understand? i've got to go. >> but others have settled in here, reluctant to leave. > this is the mosque for sudanese refugees, and these are our rooms back here. they have been living in the jungle for six months. >> it is not in our interests to dismantle the jungle without

giving us housing. we will always want to go to england. we will never stop trying. >> these men say they weren't aware the camp was going to be closed. but that doesn't change their plans. >> if they dismantle the camp, some will certainly come back. i will be back for sure. here are clear about getting word to the groups about the closure. >> this is welcome, but we bust make sure people are properly inform the about what is going on, their options are rights, and finally who can have access to a housing or shelter facility. >> the french government is encouraging people to take up residence in shelters around the country. 5,000 my grants have left calais in the past year. but whether they will stay away from the area is an unanswered question. >> to talk more, i am joined by janet, the head of the citizens

u.k. charity and has worked in the jungle camp recently. thanks for being with us here on "france 24." first, we have seen a trickle of unaccompanied minors septembered in the u.k., 14 yesterday, 12 tonight. what will happen to those children that don't make it? >> well, that is a good question, something we are concerned about. first of all, can i correct the introduction? i am a senior leader with citizens u.k. i am a ran eye in the united king -- i am a rabbi in the united kingdom. the children that don't make it is something we are concerned about. the children who arrived yesterday, who arrived today, who are going to be expected shortly over the next few days, they are coming here to be reunited with family. we are very concerned about children who don't have family. it doesn't look like there has been a clear plan that has been put into place. we know that local authorities

in this country have stepped forward and have said they will take unaccompanied minors who don't have family to go to. but it doesn't look like there is a clear plan, and that is something we are very concerned about. because with the impending demolition, we know the last time part of the camp was demolished, a number of children will missing, and we are very, very concerned that this will happen again. that if there is not a clear decision and something clearly set up for them, we are very worried that they will just disappear. >> and there are reports about the procedure to get unaccompanied minors reunited with their families in the u.k. there are reports that it is absolutely shambolic and that some of the younger children are being left alone, where other adults are passing as teenagers to get there. what are your thoughts on that? >> well, i certainly saw the

teens that arrived yesterday. given that the vast majority of them were shorter of them, and i am just over five feet tall, he -- i think those are kids. they are teenagers. some of them were 14 and some of them were 15, and some of them were 16. most of the younger children actually are children who don't have family here. so there are younger ones who are there, and we will hope to get those in. >> how young are some of the children that you have seen? >> in the camp? >> in the camp. >> well, i know the youngest unaccompanied child now is 8. there are some that are sort of 9, 10 and 11. >> right. what are your thoughts about

the french plan to demolish the camp? we heard today that a court threw out an appeal by some french charities to stop that from happening. do you think it the right thing to do? >> well, i think all of us -- the camp is not a good place to live. it was never meant to be a place to live. so in a sense, none of us want to see the camp continued indefinitely. what we would hope is that it is not demolished until people are moved to reception centers and until children are moved to particular reception centers where they are safe guarded, where they can then have their they looked at, whether claim asylum in france, whether

they have family in the u.k. or another european country that they should be united with. we certainly don't want them just left in the camp. at the moment, everything we know about the reception centers are that there are indeed reception centers for adults that they can go to and claim asylum, but there are not yet any specialist reception centers we know about for children. >> thank you, rabbi, for talking to us. now, passengers faced severe delays today after a power cut put the channel tunnel between france and england out of action for several hours. they said it canceled six trains between paris and london. service has now resumed. services using the tunnel, freight and cargo were also affected. hundreds of french police officers blocked the avenue in

a protest over working conditions. they say they are under worked and vulnerable to attack. two officers sustained serious injuries when thugs bombed their troll car. >> expressing their anger on one of the most famous avenues in the world. police took it with sirens and lights flash negligence protest. four of their colleagues were ambushed to the south of prison october 8. they have attacked with a molotov cocktail while on patrol. one badly burned is still in hospital. ahead of the demonstration, officers gathered in front of the medical facility to support them and take their bosses to task. >> they are not the ones tiki the risks, getting their end of year bonuses. we take the risks every day. we have families and children. in the evening at half past four we wonder if we can go home or swing by the hospital

or get home at all. >> despite the threat of repercussions, 500 officers turned out. they are insists not just on better resources, but other things. no one has yet been arrested in connection with the ambush. >> let's get some business news for you. kate is back in the studio for an update. we are going to talk about what was supposed to be a huge trade detail between the european union and canada, but people in belgium were opposed to it? >> exactly. a very small group of people were holding this deal hostage. after seven years of negotiations, the deal has hit something of a road block, this after objection from a region on in belgium. they want more safe guards for their farmers there. the european union is hoping to get the issue resolved by friday when e.u. leaders will meet to discuss the issue. what is at stake? here is more.

>> a trade deal between canada and the e.u. intended to boost economic growth. that is the rationale right-hand the agreement currently stuck in limbo. t proses to slash import tarriff's by up to 98%. they will import, cheese, ham, italian mozzarella and lavender oil. european construction companies willles be given access to the canadian market, meaning they would benefit from millions of euros in potential contracts. bilateral trey is expected to increase by 20%. but there are some down side risks that have some worried. the agreement will increase the import of canadian pork and beef, and livestock farm others are not sure they can handle the competition. >> in france and europe, there is a lot of meat and the price has continued to plunge. the fear is what profits will be left. >> the fear of arbitration

court is another concern. this will allow multi-nationals to take countries to court for laws that limit their development. >> there is a risk that little by little, multi-nationals gain more and more importance in destroying regulations in place that destroy our health, our climate and public service. >> opponents say the agreement is being used as a template to push through a bigger, more cordero veargs deal with the united states. there are fears it would reduce european labor and environmental standards even further. >> e.d.s. is halting activity at five nuclear reactors across the country in order to accelerate safety tests. the nuclear watchdog has odded the company to carry ought the tests in the next three months, soon he than planned. it is running tests on 1

nuclear reactors in total, e in ding 12 with parts mad japan. there is concern that europe's power supply could be impacted this winter. let's take a look at the markets. european indexes posting solid games, each up over 1%. the ftse 1 hiccup three quarters. resources closed up about 2%. wall street is also in the green. the dow is trading up about 100 wards. earnings coming in for a lot of company. crude oil is trading up slightly above $50 per barrel. goldman-sachs has reported a nearly 60% rise in third quarter income, totaling $2.1 million because of better trade activity. other investment banks like

j.p. morgan and city group have reported stronger than expected earnings in the same period. europe's biggest budget airline, ryan air, cut in half it's outlook, dropping guidance on growth from 12% to 7%. they blamed the slump in the british pound. they warned that the drop in pound would cost it about 100 million euros in the current financial year. sales at the luxury fashion brand burbury dropped 4% in the first six months year. they say the drop in pounds sterling had bowied domestic countered that was y weak sales in the u.s. netflix stocks are trading up nearly 20%. that is after quarterly sales has passed $2 billion for the

first time. harles has more on netflix's transition from streaming service to content provider. >> a flame or a flicker? that is the question many investors are asking about netflix. can the internet video service be sustainable in the long run? the number of people subscribing to watch shows like house of cards is still growing . in the last three months, it gained 370,000 users in the u.s. and over three mill users worldwide. but this growth has been slowing down year on year. the california-based brand is faced with competitors like amazon prime or hulu. so its strategy has been to invest heavily in their own programs, like sci-fi hit stranger things. >> we are now in the fourth year of our original content

strategy and are pleased with our progress. in 2017 we intend to release over 1,000 hours of premium original programming, up from over 600 hours this year. > this comes at a cost in 2017 , a budget content of $6 billion, far beyond most competitors. the group is in a challenging transition, but it it has a good record. before streaming, it used to rent d.v.d. by miles. >> we are going to be friends. >> paris is stepping up its efforts to would business from london, and they have launched advertising new campaign? it says tired of fog? try the fog. signs have been put up in airport in french and british capitals. trying to paint the business district just outside of paris

as a top destination for banks and financial firms who are wore birthday their post brexit future. >> we thought we would go into the message with a light-hearted tone. brexit is is a very serious matter of course, but it has been a tough matter here in london and in paris by the way. it is a way of talking about the very long-lasting link between french people and english people. those have gone on for centuries with friendly competition. >> no word on whether it will actually attract any concrete business. >> kate, thank you very much. we are taking a short break. stay with us. more news and headlines, plus african news. all that and more coming up next. don't go away.

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