♪ genie: you're watching france 24. time for 60 minutes live around the world. i'm genie godula. these are the headlines. hillary clinton tells her backers to never give up. she spoke out about her devastating defeat in her first public appearance since conceding the election to donald trump. is due to hold his first meeting with a foreign leader since winning the vote. with theit down

japanese prime minister. the battle continues to drive the islamic state group out of its last major stronghold in iraq. we will have more from the ancient city nearby, a site destroyed by the militants. coming up, paris hotels have been forced to slash prices to fill their rooms. is the strategy working? we will tell you more in the business update. baker'sdecade of bickering over the best recipe for one of the best-loved cakes in france, a chinese company steps in and snaps up the trademark. ♪ genie: first in the united

states, hill clinton has made her first public appearance since her defeat in the election. she was speaking at the children's defense fund in washington, d.c. she won one million more votes than her republican rival but lost the presidency in the electoral college. more on the difficult appearance for the former secretary of state. her first public appearance since conceding the election of a supportive crowd that it hasn't been an easy week -- a candidate hillary clinton tells a supportive crowd that it hasn't been an easy week. timesre have been a few this past week when all i wanted to do was curl up with a good book or our dogs and never leave the house again. voteinton won the popular but lost the crucial electoral

college to rival donald trump. a devastating loss that has thrown the democratic party into disarray and despair. you are deeplyof disappointed about the results of the election. i am, too. more than i can ever express. our campaignt week was never about one person or even one election. it was about the country we love and about building in america that is hopeful, inclusive and bighearted. offered noemarks she reflections on any mistakes her campaign may have made. instead she encouraged her supporters to keep fighting. >> i ask you to stay engaged. stay engaged on every level. believe in our country. fight for our values and never ever give up. call leaks toe

the media, she blamed her loss whobi director james comey, announced a new probe into her e-mail just a weekend half before election day -- a week and a half before election day. genie: donald trump will be sitting down with japanese prime minister shinzo abe in trump tower in new york. he is holding that meeting without any input from career diplomats who have experience dealing with japan as he has yet to name his new secretary of state. justin mccurry told us more from tokyo. japanese officials have said there has been some confusion over when the meeting will actually take place. most of the meeting will be a simple matter of the two leaders getting to know each other. the main reason prime minister abe has decided to make this detour to new york is there is

quite a lot of concern in japan and south korea about what housey a trump white would have in store in terms of security policy in the asian pacific. during the campaign mr. trump suggested he may withdraw some or all of the tens of thousands of troops based here in japan and south korea. horror proposed, to the of many people here in japan, that he might be quite comfortable with the idea of japan and south korea developing their own nuclear deterrence. will want to hear is a reassurance that the u.s. remains committed to the security not just of japan, but the asia-pacific region in general. given chineset military base building in the south china sea, and north ofea's continued defiance

international sanctions as it continues to develop a working nuclear deterrent and ballistic missile project. that meeting with the japanese prime minister comes as donald trump and his team are still trying to pull together the new cabinet. the transition team includes trump's three adult children and his son-in-law, jared kushner. that 35-year-old businessman is often thought to have the final word in advising the president-elect despite his lack of political experience. brian quinn has the details. >> throughout donald trump's presidential campaign, his family was by his eye. often in very public roles. it's his spotlight of her son-in-law who may be the most influential of all in the coming administration. jared kushner, a real estate developer, is husband to trump's daughter ivanka.

recent indications this political newcomer is a force to be reckoned with, he is said to have been influential -- instrumental in trump's pic of mike pence over chris christie for vice president. when trump met with president obama following the election kushner was seen conferring with white house chief of staff denis mcdonough. on familylying members and basing his trusted not on their political background but rather on their professional successes and personal relationship with him. >> kushner began making his own deals in his 20's with borrowed cash. he was an early backer of trump's campaign. post inpected to take a the trump white house either officially or otherwise.

one clue to his role, security clearance. sources deny the request has been made. genie: let's turn to iraq were a massive force of 1000 people have been trying for almost a month to take the city of mosul back from the islamic state. iraqi forces have entered the airport and are trying to clear out pockets of fighters inside. already had a victory in the town of nimrud. that city, famous for its ancient sites, will never be the same. last year islamic state militants killed themselves destroying artifacts that had stood for 3000 years. >> it's hard to believe it now but this was once one of the most magnificent archaeological sites in the world.

it was here that an assyrian king 3000 years ago built his palace. of the statues and the frescoes from that time were preserved in the highest quality. all of it destroyed in an act of wanton barbarity the likes of which has never been seen in our time or any other time. isis revels in what they call the destruction of idolatrous images. the iraqi army is celebrating the defeat of isis at nimrud but the damage here is irreversible. >> the place was completely destroyed. the islamic state group is destroying our heritage and fighting against humanity. >> the destruction is even worse than that inflicted by isis on the archaeological site of palmira in syria. one of the stone carvings for which this nimrud site was most famous, a human head and wings.

the i.s.this organization was not just destroying an archaeological site, it was destroying iraqi's collective memory of themselves. it was destroying their history. destroying iraq itself. genie: that's robert parsons in nimrud. in the syrianikes city of aleppo killed 35 people in just one day. the bombing hit a children's hospital and a school in the rebel held east. either strikes from syrian regime or russian forces picked up on tuesday after almost a month of calm. moscow claims it is still observing a cease-fire. france will send its first astronaut in eight years to the international space station. he is one of three people blasting off today from the

zakhstan.e in ka good 20 minute conversation with him. a very approachable man. that's part of why these astronauts are chosen. they are not just very intelligent. they are not just very strong. they are also very good at speaking to people. very approachable. he has said that he is very much looking forward to what's going to happen today. he's been posting on his twitter. his last haircut, meeting his family for the last time before he goes up. he says he's looking forward to getting down to work. 55 different experiments he's going to be taking part in. he says he's just looking forward to getting on the rocket to fully understanding that he's actually going into space. he says that will probably only

really kick and when the rocket start to lift off in 12 hours. tell us more about the very final preparations for the astronauts going up to the iss. timed down tois the second. we know exactly what it's going to take off and what's going to happen in the run-up to that. there's a lot of superstition, a lot of rituals surrounding flights that take off from here. when they leave the hotel's they have a special cosmonaut hotel. they have to sign the door in the room they were staying on the way to the cosmodrome. the bus stopped. that's because the first man before thatid that made in space adventure for humans.

there's a lot of last-minute jitters. this is very finely tuned. it has been done many times before. i will be here tonight for you. baker'sfter a decade of occurring over the correct recipe for one of the best loved cakes in france, a chinese company has stepped in and snapped of the trademark. more on the controversy. >> a sweet treat with medieval be in theought to south of france now has its trademark held in china. it has been protected by trademark for over a century. french experts have been trying to get global rights to the cake for over a decade but have been unable to agree on the essential ingredients. in the meantime the rights have snapped up by a chinese company.

in france are now trying to block that claim. >> we filed a lawsuit. the product is already protected by regional quality status. there is a status that confirms the basic ingredients. they need to be made in a certain province. >> they are normally made with almonds, melon and mango. different producers have their own individual, sometimes secret recipes, making it difficult to find a list of ingredients they can all agree on. a house specialty. we don't talk about it too much. creators in southern france don't just want to protect the identity of their cakes. they also want to ensure a mark of quality when they export their produce across asia. genie: let's take a look at

today's top stories. hillary clinton tells her backers to never ever give up. she spoke about her devastating defeat in her first public appearance since conceding the presidential election to donald trump. hold his first meeting with a foreign leader since he won the vote. he will be sitting down with japanese prime minister shinzo abe. to drivee continues the islamic state group out of its last major stronghold in iraq. part of that massive operation has retaken the airport west of mosul. time for our business news with stephen carroll. the major asia-pacific economies are meeting in peru this weekend. they will all be talking about one man. >> donald trump will not be at the summit but he will definitely be a topic of discussion. president obama is likely to face uncomfortable questions about his successor's trade

policy as hope fades that the transpacific trade partnership will be ratified. the 21 countries that make up the group are looking for new ways to boost trade. we have been speaking to an economist that says donald trump's protectionist policies have created opportunity for china. >> china immediately the day after the election victory announced that they are going to start a beijing lead free trade area of the asia pacific and right now china is in peru over the weekend. these few days the chinese president is getting countries which had previously signed up and excludes china to look at the free trade area they are proposing that they will askednd peru has already to join the china led free trade area of the asia-pacific. people and profit on-air

today. happening on the markets, picture in europe. gains in london and paris. the frankfort dax index falling slightly. retail sales figures jumped almost 8% in october compared to last year. 100 up by .3%. investors will be keeping an eye on janet yellen's comments later. owners in france are taking drastic steps to fill their rooms. are expectedmbers to be down 5% after the terror attacks in nice. hotel bookings have seen a drop of up to 40%. that has prompted a wave of price cuts with luxury hotels offering deals. >> flashing prices to sell empty

rooms with average occupancy rates and paris hotels down more than 10% in the last year generous deals and offers can be found across the city this autumn. this hotel has dropped some rooms to half the listed price. >> what can we do with an empty hotel? sure the hotelke is working so that we can keep staff after the end of the year. it has paid off. in nice different strategies are being used. this hotel has been adding on the extras instead of bringing down. at the luxury end of the market hotels where he discounts will

damage their brand. listed prices still officially stand. many are quick to offer deals on their rooms over the phone. crisis -- prices across france are down on average. >> more headlines, the mining ofm rio tinto has sacked two its top executives as it investigates a $10 million payment to a consultant that helped it when a contract in guinea. the legal and regulatory affairs chiefs were let go. rio tinto has been campaigning for transparency in the awarding of mining contracts. the kremlin says it won't intervene to stop linkedin.

the authority tells internet providers to block the site after finding it had broken data storage laws. facebook has revealed new mistakes in figures provided to advertisers. companies to overestimate the amount of time that users spend reading articles or how many people have seen certain posts. you have a story about a child's pirate treasure that turned out to be worth a real fortune. man was given a handful of coins by his grandfather to play with when he was a child. it included one of the uk's rarest coins. piece.guineas he' only 20 of these coins were minted.

not bad for something you find at the end of a toy chest. look: thank you for that at the business news. time for the press review. we are taking a look at the headlines. start with the announcement that former french economy minister is putting himself forth as a presidential candidate. >> it wasn't really a surprise that the day has come. on the left or the right is the question that all french papers are asking today. his decision to run without the socialist primaries will invariably shake up the traditional political scene. his move might be

welcomed by the current socialist president. he asks president hollande if he's worried about the decision to run. hollande isn't too bothered. he will be facing criticism from the left and the right. this from the least popular french president in modern history. the left-wing paper is also talking about this. >> the potential pitfalls of the movement. he was formerly an investment banker and is presenting himself as socially responsible and pro-business. he is hoping to attract support from across the political spectrum. headed versionwo of him trying to walk in opposite directions simultaneously. his supporters are praising how modern he is but they are spinning around not sure what's

going on. genie: the french communist paper has taken an even further stands. >> he might already be on the move but his buses are bankrupt. that's rather damning. this paper says we can now see the ugly face of that liberalization. while he promised to create 22,000 new jobs he in fact only created 1400. is now actually in financial difficulty. it looks set to fire 175 employees. genie: let's move on to syria. renewed airstrikes on rebel held areas of aleppo have killed dozens of people. this pieceart with in the times of london.

it urges washington to work with putin. we see a photograph of two children riding a bike through piles of ash and rubble fleeing airstrikes yes today. the strikes intensified in the east of aleppo yesterday in the wake of new russian backing and america's likely abandonment of rebel force is. this after american president-elect trump said that he doesn't even know who the rebels are. a children's hospital was hit during the course of these attacks. medics and patients sheltered in the buildings basement. posty moving facebook published by the hospital's director during the course of the raid in which he asks anyone reading it to pray for him and his patients. the hospital was one of six medical facilities and in syria

over the past two days. the election of donald trump in the u.s. and his openness to working more closely with russia may well have emboldened the syrian regime into carrying out the latest round of attacks. many papers are still focusing on the aftermath of the election and trumps transition. >> it is all about potential conflicts of interest. there are quite a few. we see the white house merging seamlessly with trump tower with a small figure on the top floor presiding over it. that is meant to be donald trump. he has promised to move real estate into blind trust.

he will and control of the trump organization to three of his adult children. theembers of his family children are not exactly independent from him and these same children are already heavily involved with their father's transition team. lighteromething on the side. france is sending its 10th astronaut into outer space. you found another story from the solar system. scientists now believe that pluto may be hiding a vast ocean underneath its frozen surface. scientists were trying to work planets impact basin is where it is. showed it isls most likely filled with ice which at some point in the decent past caused pluto to

quite literally roll over. you for that look at the papers. thank you for watching france 24. don't forget to check out our website.

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