molly: welcome to the "france 24" newsroom. i am molly hall. here is a look at the headlines. barack obama arrives in greece for his the first leg of his final trip to europe as president. courtternational criminal 's chief prosecutor says american soldiers and the cia may have committed war crimes in afghanistan. arrive in morocco,

taking part in high-level talks aimed to keep the landmark climate deal on track. also coming up this hour, how --s the french government tr stephen carroll will have details coming up in our business update pre-plus, it cut power and stalled traffic in one city in southern japan, but construction teams worked round-the-clock to fill this massive sinkhole in no time at all. that is coming up next on "france 24." molly: president barack obama is currently in greece on the first stop of his final foreign tour as u.s. president.

new strip will be dominated by questions and concerns about president-elect donald trump. obama is working to reassure foreign leaders the u.s. will not abandon its partnership, despite tough campaign rhetoric that said otherwise. has more onaricas the president upon visit from athens. nathalie: there are high expeditions in greece over president obama's arrival. more crucially, he has been speaking and calling again for meaningful debt relief, which is music to the ears of greece. the chief of the administration is hoping for the u.s. literature for the more cover greece's role in the southeast mediterranean, but also the balkans and also in the context of the huge referee -- this huge refugee crisis. greece has received hundreds of thousands of refugees in the

past two years, but also a boost itstrategic significance to position within the wider region. but also with regards to energy security and all this. a greek newspaper remarked, could obama be the man to save greece? i think that kind of sums up the high expectations of this trip, but many will just say this is purely a symbolic visit. molly: back in the united states, protesters continued to rally against donald trump, fueled by concerns of race relations and gender equality. our correspondent has more. >> mobilized and united against a man they accused of posing a threat to their future. thousands of students across the united states walked out of the classrooms and on to the streets

to demand the election of -- to protest the election of donald trump as president. demonstrators in los angeles carried mexican flags to take a stand against his controversial comments about undocumented migrants. talking bad about us. we have to stand up together. seattle, 5000 students marched to the city center in solidarity, claiming their voices were not heard during the vote. donald trump has accused them of being professional paid protesters. the president-elect called on barack obama to intervene in a bid to ensure a smooth transition to power. changed his tone to encourage the freedom to protest. molly: donald trump is putting

together his transition team and cabinet. rudy giuliani is being dubbed the most likely candidate to become the next u.s. secretary of state. the former prosecutor has little experience with foreign affairs but has been a loyal advisor to donald trump, as have many -- as many other republicans abandoned him. -- stephense stephe bannon as his chief strategist. we have seen some republicans and civil rights groups protesting that choice because of his ties to the nationalist movement. there could be charges at the hague. the international criminal court chief prosecutor says soldiers in the cia may have committed war crimes by torturing dte -- by torturing detainees in afghanistan. 61 people were alleged to be

have been tortured. i spoke with a researcher at the netherlands institute for war and genocide studies, and he told us about the significance of this report. the documents are about naming and shaming those people who are allegedly responsible in war crimes, for genocide situation countries. also afghanistan, and the role of u.s. military forces. prosecutors say there was torture, rape, cruel treatment. allegedly were tortured in poland, in lithuania , and other countries in europe. people tortured under the u.s. forces.

really, this is a preliminary report. we do not believe any investigation has started. the prosecutors can ask the judge is to start an official investigation, and this is quite imminent and she will do so in the coming weeks. molly: that being said, is it likely we will see american citizens being indicted, even though washington has not joined the global court? >> exactly. it is cooperating with the courts, but it does not set its jurisdiction. , if, to have a law in place anyone ends up here, the u.s. is allowed to use any means necessary to take that person back to the united states. do not see that u.s. personnel will and appear in the hague, but this report serves as a document which names and shames governments and also

publicizes the alleged crimes. i think the prosecutor really stresses here, the u.s. government to act upon itself, to investigate cases, and to bring to trial people who were probably responsible for these cases. it is a court of last resort, and they are trying to engage with the u.s. in order for them to start prosecutions themselves. molly: world leaders have gathered in marrakesh to push ahead on implementing the historic paris agreement with fighting global warming. the host country wanted to be a success for president elect casting a shadow over the proceedings. catherine viette tells us why. heherine: will he or won't honor the paris agreement? that is the question being asked at the conference underway in

marrakesh. on the campaign trail, donald trump famously called global warming a hoax and repeatedly threatened to cancel the paris deal. now that he has been elected the next president, many are worried he will make good on his campaign promises. u.s. officials have sought to downplay concerns, saying the deal is bigger than anyone had -- than anyone -- is bigger than any one head of state. >> looking at the issue and deciding how it can move forward with its own policies. be gleanedts can from the transition team trump has already assembled. his appointed someone from the competitive institute, a well-known climate change skeptic. as the world's second largest him it greenhouse gases, many fear that if the u.s. pulls out of the accord it will shatter

the political goodwill built up over years of negotiations. while waiting for word from washington, governments ranging from china to india as well as the e.u. have reaffirmed their pac with oro the without the united states -- to the packed with or without the united states. molly: hundreds of thousands of tourists and residents are being evacuated following a powerful earthquake monday that killed two people. it has been estimated that 80 to 1000 -- 80 to 100 landslides have been caused in the tremors since. work has begun to cover the nuclear reactor intra-noble, the scene of the worst ever nuclear disaster. the concrete and steel shelter will hide the remains of the reactor that exploded in northern ukraine in 1986. in a bid to contain any further follow. elliott richardson reports.

elliott: it is a bid to prevent fallout from the worst nuclear disaster of all time. 108 meters tall, weighing around tons, the arch is the largest movable land-based structure ever built. at a cost of $1.6 billion. the dome, built away from the scene of the accident, which is still deemed too radioactive, onan moving over the area monday. it is heck did -- it is expected to -- it will then begin to dismantle the reactor, which is being contained inside a health -- inside a hastily built sarcophagus. on april 20 6, 1986, the blast

of the chernobyl nuclear plant far north triggered a plume of radioactive smoke which dispersed all across europe and the then soviet union. nearby towns were evacuated. the towns left behind remain deserted. said the operation to cover the reactor was beginning of the end for a 30-year-long ight over the consequences of the environmental and human catastrophe. molly: a city -- a section of reopened afteren a giant sinkhole in japan. >> the last sinkhole in the southern japanese city of for a rocha has been mended. sinkholer like

swallowed up four lane to the busy intersection. they sinkhole caused power cuts and disrupted phone signals while people in the immediate this entity were evacuated. workers toiled around the clock to fill it in after just two days. safety checks were carried out before the road reopened to traffic and the public on tuesday. >> though we completed this operation without anyone being injured during the process, we could not have done it without the united will of the public and private sectors and the citizens of the city. [applause] >> workers have restored utilities, including gas and water supplies by saturday. while the room was filled in -- 62000 meters of cubic meters of sand, soil, and cement.

molly: let's get a check of the headlines now. barack obama is in greece for the first leg of his final trip as head of state. -- his final foreign trip as head of state. the hague's chief prosecutor says american soldiers and the cia may have committed war crimes in afghanistan. world leaders arrive at the cop 22 in morocco, taking part in high-level talks in keeping the paris climate deal on track. it is time for business now. i am joined by stephen carroll. we will start off in the u.k., where we have some new figures that are showing that the economy seems to be resisting the effects of brexit. stephen: inflation is one of the biggest concerns is weaker sterling has made imports more expensive. but the headline rate of price increases actually fell in

october in britain to 0.9% after rising by 1% in september. economists did not expect that to increase by much more. inflation was pushed down last month by cheaper clothing. the bank of england price reaches 2.7% over the next two years. were not seeing too much rejoicing in london on those figures of inflation shares. up by about a half a percent in this midpoint in trading day. lots of focus in recent days on the massive selloff in the bond market, some $1.5 trillion wiped off the trend. we have also seen the dollar's rally in recent days after it slowed down postelection. there are moderate gains in paris and london, small falls on the frankfurt tax. germany, wherein

economic growth slowed down in the three months to the end of september. foreign exports are being blamed for sluggish expansion. confidence in the german economy was hit by the u.k.'s vote to leave the european union. here in france, a new law could be set to change the pay packets of bosses of some of the country's biggest losses. the -- some of the country's biggest companies. the executive pay has been a matter of major public debate, and the government wants investors to have more control. josh has the story. josh: looming executive pay has been causing friction in france. in 2015, the boxes of the biggest publicly traded company took home 18% more money than the previous year. nissand place, renault

is over 15.5 million. -- at the top, olivia brenda core. even in companies were profits fell -- failed to pay back its profits increased. earnings jumped by almost 90%. some analysts say this has now become regular practice. results are not good. the ceo's say it is not their fault. when they are good, they take credit. >> the issue reached a head in may when renault-nissan investors -- the french government reacted with fury and drafted legislation in the following month. instant -- if the law is passed

from 2017, shareholders will get it seat on the ceo's pay packet, which the company will be obliged to obey. stephen: somewhere and lights easyjet has developed a new company in a new country to consider the flying possibility. the low-cost carrier says the move was to secure 30% of his network but did not reveal where the operation would be based. easyjet's profits in the last year were down by more than a quarter, hurt by raising terrorist attacks in europe and adjusting sterling. losses at vodafone fell to almost 5 billion euros. they took a huge write-down over its business in india. revenues of the company are down by 4%. in six months. and using video calling for all users. it will be the mastering opened by facebook catch up with rivals like sick time fiber.

it is significant given the -- they have one billion users around the world. finally, the never marched with the end of the year. amazon has announced it will all to its offering rapid customers in the united states, canada, and -- offering wrapping paper to its customers in the united states, canada, and mexico. the e-commerce giant was trying to minimize packaging, and wrapping paper has no most no value. sales were at $35 billion in the last three months of the year. imagine having no value. molly: very true. stephen, thank you very much for that business update. it is time now for our press review. i am joined in the story by that

i am joined in the studio by florence villeminot. there going to talk about dominating discussion in the united states, the election of donald trump. what are we seeing? flo: he is turning to put together his cabinet. a man who became famous for saying "you're fired" is now saying "you're hired" to a lot of people. donald trump until now has had no experience in the federal government, and now he is under immense pressure to find 4100 qualified people to lead it, so quite a lot of hiring going on. his choices are already coming under fire. in particular the fact that he named stephen bannon to serve as his chief strategist and senior counselor to the president. stephen bannon is the ceo of the far right publication "breitbart," which has been seen to be a far right publication in

favor of trump. certainly has a lot of critics. he also has a lot of fans. that is true in the u.s. and also outside the u.s. this is a very interesting article in "the daily beast" about what stephen breitbart wants to do -- excuse me, about what stephen bannon wants to do about trump in europe. "breitbart"spread to france, germany, and the netherlands. they have been exchanging tweets. would love to collaborate with him in france. you can see they would be talking about his dream, which would be a worldwide ultra right. a very interesting cartoon in "the guardian suggests this. they are talking about the darker side of the superman. if you cannot make it out, the super moon -- the dark side of the super moon.

if you cannot make it out, that super moon is donald trump. rabid,l seem to be quite foaming at the mouth. former leader the nigel farage is one of his most enthusiastic supporters all along. he was the first british politician to meet with trump. he skipped remembrance sunday services in britain so he could vote -- so he could go to america to me but donald trump. nigel farage has come under a lot of criticism for this photo, which took place in trump's golden elevator. it is not for what he is wearing as to what he is not wearing. he is not wearing a poppy. in the u.k., a lot of people wear poppies around remembrance day. throughout the month of november, it is seen as a patriotic sign. a lot of people were surprised that he decided not to wear a

poppy and not to wear it on member instead. -- on remembrance day. during the whole brexit was the, nigel farage first one to appropriate the battle for britain's imagery, so it is not wearing a poppy. with: we have a question many countries trying to figure out how to deal with president-elect trump. we saw any you meeting held in brussels over the weekend. molly: a lot of people are trying to come up with a strategy to deal with trump. an interesting editorial in "the wall street journal" saw this summit as a gnashing of the teeth in europe. trout is typically chaotic, saying please, folks, get a grip. there is also soul-searching happening. there is an interesting article that says europe is essentially searching for a kind of calm position to face trump with your the problem is, divisions are already started to appear.

u.k., hungary, and even france decided to snub this emergency meeting on the block, the approach to donald trump. molly: some countries are thrilled that trump has been elected. flo: russia is very happy that donald trump was elected. the russian parliament broke into applause when it became apparent that trump had won. you can see the moscow times reporting on the phone call that took place between a trump and -- between vladimir putin and donald trump. according to a statement from the kremlin, you can read in "the washington post, the two men agreed relations between russia and the united states were currently unsatisfactory. they vowed to work together to improve them. putin madeys that the call to congratulate him, they talked about the economy and fighting terrorism. in the end, they decided to set up a meeting to meet face-to-face. molly: he also called trump to congratulate him on the victory.

"china daily,"to they had a conversation yesterday about how they spoke about cooperation. you can see the keyword there on the front page. the truth is china does not really have much of a choice but to cooperate with trump's united states. as a candidate, trump was critical of beijing, particularly on trade matters. this cartoon in "the new york times" talks about just this. donald trump's perhaps his wanted symbol with china, this chinese and upgrade the truth of donald trump has a variety of ways to get back at china for trade practices that he deems unfair. molly: we are going to end with paper back in the u.s. this concerns trump's children remaining in the spotlight. beast"e from "the daily trump is the first -- that trump

is looking for top-secret clearance for donald trump jr.. they are going to run his business while he is running the country. hee daily beast" says that definitely wants them to know what is going on, including some carefully kept secrets. thatashington post says three of his children will get formal positions in whose transitional team. is this legal? is it ethical? there has not really been a precedent so far. it is a transitional team. it is, for now at least, not his transition. molly: for more with florence, you can go to our website. france24.com/inthepress. we are going to take a quick

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