quick you're watching live from paris on "france 24." the ice -- islamic state organization claims responsibility for the attack in berlin. 12 people died almost 50 wounded a vehicle plowed into shoppers. the driver is still at large. wasssador andrei karlov shot to death yesterday in ankara. who firedce say a man at a mosque was not a far right extremists. three people were wounded, too

seriously before the gunmen kill themselves. ♪ the islamic state group has claimed responsibility for last night's attack on a christmas market in berlin. 12 people killed and almost 50 wounded when a truck plowed into crowds of people. police say the driver is still on the loose after they released a man arrested last night because of a lack of evidence. michelle has the latest. michelle: debris still scattered across the road at this christmas market in berlin. a horrific reminder of monday night's tragedy. tributes have been pouring in after a man plowed this massive into ththe market, killing at least a dozen people and wounding scores of others. police arrested a 23-year-old

man of pakistani origin on monday night. released less than 24 hours later due to insufficient evidence. meanwhile, german police continued their probe to track down the person responsible. -- we don'te know know for certain if there is one or several perpetrators. their't know for certain purpose. the investigation is not yet complete. grexit is possible there is still a dangerous perpetrator on peoplese, and of course are worried. people should be vigilant. >> germany remains on high alert . the interior minister said security has been beefed up across the country. this is the third terrorist attack in germany to be carried out by the islamic state group. two others were carried out in july, one by a syrian refugee thethere are parallels with

attack here in nice when dozens of people were mowed down by a dayy driver during bastille celebrations. thanks foror joinings on "france another isis attack, once again n a l lorry used to plow o as many people as possible. does this in from the suspicions ofof securitity services that is is m moving away from ususing firearms to actually using cars and othererow-tech waways of killing people? the terrorists have historically always adapted themselves to what security forces do. if security forces focus more on on bonds, and- guns, then they will go low-tech. knives, kitchen

knives, things that are used every day. this makes it nearly impossible thehem, then goining to amass s shooter type o of tactic because the memeans are easily available and there's no way security forces are going to stop people from using cars, lorries and k knives, and t this all toto the terrorists'advantae right now. link,a: what about the 890,00000 people, nonot all the- not all of them were adeququatey vetted. is it right to draw a link ththere? >> it is unfounded, if y you go back to o october ofof last year when the current mayor of cocologne was stabd d in the ne, the attack yesterday is the 111h attatack.

which wereof perpetrated by people born and raised in germany. soso yes, ththere is this fear f the refugees streams, the fearar of m many foreigners, but from f , it -- security perspececve is notot found it, b but it t ds make good rhetoric. laura: whahat about whwhat is happening on the ground in syria and iraq? cells, is where sleeper plalay.agents come i into pepeople who have grieievances, people who identify with h the group like al qaeda or i.s., that could be any other group, and are willing to use their grievances and demonstrate them by buying into these groups. that is what were seeingg, the

possibility of people saying, we are willing to do something in their names on her home turf. that makes it difficult to control, and obviously what , there's ain aleppppo new awakakening about whwhat's g it's having other people, not jihadi's, to carry out attacacks. laa:a: thank you very much for joining us. are boostingrmany security around christmas events following yesterday's attack in berlin. traditional christmas markets are a major tourist attraction in europe. millions of people visit in the run-up to the holidays, but security forces worn reducing threat that such events is impossible. simon: it's a time to be mary and take in the sights. christmas markets are traditional events surrounding

christmas festivities, but now most christmas party will have to adapt to polilice presence at publicic venues. > i would definitely expect more of a physical police presence in terms s of personne, differently more patrols, and i would alsoso expect more police vans to be on-site to limit access on major roads. simon: monday's attack on the market has added to the danger surrounding these popular christmas time gatherings. germany posts 2500 markets during the winter festivities, which attract more than 50 million visitors every year. france's another country that has been regularly targeted by jihadists and host one of the world's most christmas mararket. since the november 15 -- november 2015 terrorist attacks in paris, attendance dropped romantically for the following

christmas. french authorities have increased security to protect memembers of the public. >> our cooperation is very good. our intelligence will you. precautions have been made to secure as much as is possible in particular at christmas markets and other gatherings. >> major european countries are now on high alert for further attacks. it is still too early to assess whether the event in berlin will dampen the christmas spirit. the body of the russian ambassador was assassinated a has beenin ankar flown back to turkey. a russian team has landed to assist in the investigation. of countries want to know if the gunmen was acting alone or on behalf of a group. reporter: the investigation is underway. the team of russian experts have determine ankara to

who was behind the assassination of the resin ambassador to turkey on monday. they want to learn whether the attacker was part of a terrorist group or acted alone. the turkish president has said the attack was aimed at hurting ties with russia. >> i called mr.put and sentin and sented mr. putin my condolences on behalf of myself and my nation. the russian president and i agree that this treacherous attack was a clear provocation devised to harm turkish-russian relations. meanwhile, the russian foreign minister met with his turkish counterparts in moscow for talks on syria. he said he expects the attack will bring turkey and russia closer together.

>> this barbaric crime reminds , if such ain reminder was needed, that the fight against terrorism must be uncompromising and ruthless. kara,: meanwhile, in an turkish police have detained several people including relatives of the attacker. authorities that not publicly released information on the investigation, but a senior government official was quoted by the turkish news agency as saying that the attacker may have acted as part of a group. he was barely protesting against russia's involvement in syria and shouted the arabic phrase, allah is great. -- the movement has condemned the attack and rejected any link to the attacker. laura: for more on that story we

go to our correspondent jasper mortimer in ankara. clearly both turkey and russia are keen to get to the bottom of this and find out whether that off-duty police officer was acting alone or on orders from a wider group. are there any more developments in the investigations of our? jasper: the deputy prime minister said police had reached an initial finding, but he refused to diebold to it. killeremerged that the was a 22-year-old riot policeman who took leave and stayed at a hotel near the public art gallery where he killed the ambassador. after the attempted coup in july, he was one of thousands of security force personnel who were suspendnded on suspicion of wasg a terrorist, but he

reinstated five weeks later. pro-government newspapers came was,oday reporting that he but in my view, this is looking forturks someone to blame. the editor of the private newspaper -- privately owned newspaper wrote today that it was regrettable that police had him dead, rather than shooting him in the leg and disabling him. because if he were alive today, the police would have a lot more chance of finding out if he acted alone or in concert with others. laura: it's not just turkey blaming the u.s. based cleric, either. russia is reportedly also following that line of inquiry. believe -- i do see it as part of a government

propaganda machine. the turkish pilot who shot down a russian jet when it over flu turkey in november -- when it turkey, he was seen as a hero defending turkish airspace. but when turkey decided to apologize to russia in june, because russian sanctions had knocked the turkish economy, then the pilot fell out of favor , and today, they are saying that the pilot himself was a terrorist. this is turks looking for somebody else to blame, particularly somebody abroad. think you must look at the situation generally, the turks are dismayed by what is , many were embarrassed by the killing of an ambassador. one of them opened fire on the u.s. industry this morning, firing his pump action shotgun.

he harm to nobody, but he was venting his anger. nationalist turks need to blame somebody else, not themselves. we have to leave it there, but thank you very much indeed, jasper mortimer reporting from ankara. both turkey and russia have vowed stronger ties in the wake karlov's assassination. catherine clifford looks at how much has changed over the past year. catherine: modern-day ties between former cold war enemies have just hit a new low at this time last your. turkey had shot down a russian warplane that had entered turkish airspace near the syrian border, which russia denied. they accuse the country of smuggled by islamic

state militants. >> today's loss is a stab in the back delivered to us by accomplices of terrorists. >> they called on turkey to apologize or face sanctions. >> is the same violation occurs today, turkey has to react the same way. >> moscow been struck back with a range of economic sanctions, including restrictions on imports and a freeze on charter flights between the two countries. until then, turkey was importing 60% of its gas from russia and relied on russian tourist. the turning point came in july 2015 when erdogan crackdown on excessive purges following an attempted coup. and putinto russia calllled for sanctions to be lifted. they then met in person in st. petersburg to discucuss closer ties. syria, still remain on

with the two sides supporting opposite sides. putin is looking for a diplomatic solution beneficial and russia. in recent days, both governments have been working together in the aleppo cease-fire situation. >> of shooter injured three worshipers before turning the gun of himself. three people are still recovering in the hospital. >> what we can say at this point is that there is no indication of any kind of terrorist or an islamici.s. radicalization of the suspect. this is what we know so far. looking through the items that we found in his flat, we

discovered that the killer might've had an interest in occultism. says: a wimbledon champion she is lucky to be alive after she was injured defending herself from a knife wielding intruder in her apartment. the tennis world number 11 was injured in her playing arm and gave no indication as to when she might be able to play again. she was attacked in her flat in a city 200 kilometers from paris. >> police are looking for the suspect. we have his description. he is a man about 35 years old, about 5'9", is white and has a slim physique. he should have brown eyes. he was wearing a light hat, brown jacket, and was carrying a bag on his arm during the attack. the french comedy actress michelle morgan has died at the

age of 96. as much loved as joaoan crawford and bee dadavis are inin the united states, morgan is known ,or her role in a 1938 classic the port of shadows. in the film her costar famously tells us, you have such beautiful eyes, my dear. a reminder of our international headlines this hour, the islamic state group has claimed responsibility for an attack in berlin last night. 12 peoeople died in almost 50 wounded when a lorry plowed into shoppersrs. the driver is still at large. a russian team has arrived in death to investigate the of ambassador andrei karlov. authorities want to know if the attacker acted alone. ad the man who opened fire at

mosque in zürich was not of far right extremists. three people were wounded, two of them seriously, before the gunmen killed himself. the business news, kate moody is here with us. a good day for investors over in the united states. the stock markets are approaching record highs. are they going to reach them? have a little over an hour to wait to see if the dow jones will reach this symbolic threshold of 20,000. the financial sector has nearly 1%well, up this tuesday. there's not too much movement on wall street. trade is fairly light as the year winds down, but both the nasdaq and the dow jones had hit the latest in a series of intraday highs. the dow currently about 50 points under the 20,000. if it can make it there by the closing bell. the major european indices closed up between .3 and .5%.

the italian stock exchange got quite a boost. this after the french group vivendi said it was pushing ahead with plans to raise its stake to 30%. seeking government is up to 20 million euros to rescue the country struggling banks, including the world oldest lender. it is still trying to raise about 5 billion euros by the end of the year to avoid needing the state bailout. they have nonot given up. they are still trying to raise the 5 billion euros they need for recapitalization by private investors, but the government won't take any chances. it is seeking parliamentary foroval for a bailout fund it and potentially other banks of 20 billion euros. >> this i wanted d to say is a precautionary measure.

to 20thorization is up billion euros. we wilill see if it is necessar. anyway, we saw it our duty to prepare this intervention to save savings. underlines the administration's fears about a wider meltdown of the banks, which possess over 360 billion euros in bad loans. some have taken action to try to get themselves out of trouble. last week it pledged to cut 14,000 jobs as it attempts to reduce costs. but matters are looking desperate. even the country's private bank rescue funds said it had strong reservations over the terms of her bridge loan which would be key to any recapitalization deal.

a deadline of the 31st of december this year to raise the funds by the european centntral bank.. that was after came last in a stress test of f 51 of europe's biggest lenders this summer. kate: face that could be faced with a massive find in europe after the commission accused it of giving incorrect information in 2014. the deal was approved two years ago but now they say facebook told him it was impossible to and users facebook whatsapp accounts. the commission could find facebook of the 1% of its turnover, which could amount to hundndreds of millions of euros, if it includes it was deliberately misled. >> they were led to believe there could be a deliberate or negligent omission of information, and the fed

statement of objection is raising concerns and facebook as a right to respond, and we will take it from there. pakistan senate has approved a resolution which could scrap the 5000 rupee note, in an effort to reduce the flow of illicit money. some lawmakers have warned it would impact about a third of andcash in circulation could create chaos, like the shortages that have beenen seenn india. 90% of banks there were declared invalid two months ago. higher than expected quarterly earnings, revenue missed slightly. the ceo of blackberry said he was encouraged, the company has in trying to build a software business not tied to its floundering smartphone business. deal forpensation

volkswagen. in october, the german automaker confirmed a $50 million deal to buy back or fix the nearly half-million cars that had secret software to artificially lower exhaust emissions. after days of driver protest here in paris, uber has tried to calm tension by offering to create a support fund to help drivers who say they are struggling to stay a float. after crunch talks with the government's top officials on transport, driver said the measures did not go far enough to address their concerns. staged huge have demonstrations against the industry of private chauffeurs. reporter: uber had hoped for a brbreakthrough but its offer ofa support fund will do little to end a conflict with french drivers. some describe the 2 million euro safety net as smoke and mirrors, is no specifics were given about

who would be supported and under what criteria. most of the drivers demands remain unmet. earlier this month, the u.s. company raised its prices and friends by 13% and increased its cut to 25% of each ride from 20% previously. drivers say it has let them unable to work. >> we have two demands, returning to 20% and increasing the minimum fair to eight euros. to see all the french institutions. we will clear out this arrogant company that has already caused damage in other countries. uber will not let dismantle the french social model. some angrylicts led uber drivers to block main roads in p protest over the weekend.

the secretarary of state f for transit or announced two days of intense talks. the companynt said did not respond favorably to its talks continue with an ombudsman until the end of the year. willhile parliament officials.es between laura: thank you very kate moody. we taken a short rate here on "france 24."

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democracynow.org 12/20/16 12/20/16 [captioning made possible by democracy now!] amy: from pacifica, this is democracy now!w! >> ladies and gentlemen, today is a very difficult day. i am like millions of people across germany, horrified, shocked, and very sad about what happened last night. amy: germany is in m mourning after a truck plowed into a christmas market, killing at least 12 people in what officials are describing as a deliberate attack.