mosul. first islamic state group is under increasing pressure in iraq and in syria area in the iraqi city of mosul, government troops are closing in on the jihadi held western districts, u.s. backed forces have captured a major bridge which leads directly to their stronghold and they now control two out of the city's five bridges. liberate mosul, the last iraqi city under isis control, began back in october. france 24 is there. what is the latest? is what wehe latest witnessed on the ground in mosul

today and over the past 48 hours. it is certainly a fluid situation. those we spoke to are openly admitting it is a complicated task, the one they are faced with because of the fierce resistance their forces are encountering in the ground. jihadists using hard bombs and suicide operations to stymie the offense of those iraqi troops. western mosul is a lot more complicated to navigate than the eastern counterpart. narrower inlot terms of the space, the alleyways and the urban planning if you can collect that. very chaotic in the western part of mosul, which means death to moving vehicles and troops and there is a complex task and if those situation.

they do advance but they do have a hard time holding onto and certainly the path leading to downtown mosul is going to be a very perilous one for those troops and fighting bloodier sincey the assault on mosul is launched. there is a little bit of dreading that last phase of the battle, the one that will unfold and who will be engaging in close combat. again the geography and the layout and the city. anchor: we know there are civilian still trapped inside the isa city. what is happening to them? of them areme trapped, literally caught in the crossfire between iraqi troops on one side and the jihadists on

the other side. again today we saw a large residents,displaced and we asked them why there are still people caught up in the city, why they are staying behind. some of their former neighbors they left behind were too old or too sick to travel. they are choosing to stay put in hoping to be able to protect and defend themselves. other simply want to protect their belongingness. whatever they have that they consider to be of precious value. littlealso encountered a more complex situation where families were hiding in their homes because of some of their members. they had no other choice but to stay behind, not wanting to go through that vetting process and

running the risk of being to announced by an -- by former neighbors. as those trips move closer to --ntown mosul and choke up choke that strategic part of the city off, the danger increases for those hundreds of thousands of civilians caught in the crossfire. anchor: things are not looking better for the islamists in syria. the capital is surrounded. u.s. backed rebels have reportedly seized control of the main road out of frack a -- out of raqqa. attack not only from u.s. and kurdish backed rebels, but also the syrian army. i am joined now by the former head of the french military

mission at the united nations. for being with us on france 24. isis is under pressure under several fronts spree at a looks like it may be a matter of time before this group, which rose to prominence in 2014, may be completely wiped out. is there some truth to that? .> certainly on the iraqi side it is just a matter of time. most will be able to -- will be difficult to capture. it is morean side difficult and complex. not because they are fighting better than in iraq, but because the opposition is very scarce and if a cold. have the syrian government, you have the russian, the coalition, the kurds, which everything is complex. the turks don't want the kurds to be part of the liberation. isfact the syrian government

aligned with these kurds and the russians. the syrian alliance with the kurds don't want them to go to long beach. it is much more complex. islamiconly have more state on the syrian side -- that is why it is a problem of time. that it will be easier. probably to solve the problem on the iraqi side. anchor: what about the future of mosul in iraq? it is a very complicated situation. a lot of grievances in the city community, in that city and elsewhere. what about the planning for that?

guest: it is difficult. mosulof people stay in because they are on the side of vices. the isis leaders are coming from mosul. what is also difficult is that is -- ande iraqi army inside the city of mosul you have the sunni. what will be difficult is when the iraqi governments go back to mosul, it has a different when the governor was a terrible man. is a case where you have the kurds, the city, the shape, and it is a mixture of the iraqi state. that is where the success will

, or iraq will have a problem establishing a stay. is this the shape of future intervention, washing from the air and that kind of thing? guest: the problem is that it takes time. 2.5 years when- , and itived in iraq takes that time to train and equip and launch these different attacks. takes eastern side it three months to capture the eastern side. useful.ery anchor: think you very much indeed. now to the united states worked on a revised travel ban after

his last attempt was blocked by the courts. iraq has been removed from the countries on the presidents banned list. refugees who have already been approved by the state department will be able to enter the country, including from syria. reporter: it was a key campaign promise and donald trump is determined to honor it, prevent -- it, presenting a second travel ban and suspend and suspending the u.s. refugee program. the directive was signed behind closed doors. continue to evolve and change, common sense dictates that we continually thealuate and reassess system that we rely upon to protect our country. reporter: on january 27 donald trump signed a total ban on syrians entering u.s. territory from 90 ban -- 90 day ban

seven majority muslim countries. for three months, those that were legally resident in the u.s. were not able to order planes or pass customs, in short they would not be able to travel to america. order judge ordered the at the constitutional. widespread protests followed and the attorney general questioned its legitimacy was fired. the new directive has been tweaked. but the targeted countries remain the same. iran, libya, syria, somalia, sudan, and yemen. with the notable exception of iraq. >> with their brave soldiers fighting coronation with america's men and women in uniform, this intense review over the last month identified multiple security measures that the state government of iraq

will be implementing to achieve our shared objectives of preventing those with criminal or terrorist a content from reaching the united states. >> syrians will now be subject to the same regulations from the other five countries. that is those with a green card will be allowed in. approvedwho have been and currently in transit will also be exempt from the ban. anchor: in washington dc, what was different from this executive order compared to the last one. >> it only includes six countries instead of seven. one of the most significant aspects is it will only apply to new visa holders. a green card holders and other students who have their visas in the united states aren't part of this new band, which is a huge change from the order that was signed on january 27.

the other thing is while the refugee program is suspended for 120 days, it doesn't indefinitely suspend serious from entering the u.s. under refugee visas. that's a significant change from what they did the first time around. >> the first course was met without trade, that by civil rights groups ending up being banned. look out of reaction has there been at this early stage to this new revised order? >> much of the reaction is pretty much the same it was the first time around. speaker of the house paul ryan applauded the white house for coming up with a new way to protect american interests in the u.s. with this new travel ban. the civil rights groups have said it doesn't fix the fundamental problem.

and most legal analysts have agreed with that. most cases will not be amended and actually dropped. they are going to face litigation over this new travel ban, it is just a matter of what it is that these cases perceive. >> french presidential candidate francois fillon has caught his party to rally around him. a corruption investigation -- -- y a crisis fillon told members he was the only credible candidate. france 24's claire williams has more. >> the party has made it clear that it will stand behind francois fillon and his bid to next president of france. the meeting was less than two hours, francois fillon left with

a bit of victory to a certain extent. he now has the backing of his party, but that party, which is reasonably divided, some of the top brass heavyweights of the party said they were no longer able to support him. runningppe ruled out instead of fillon in the race. but he had some criticism for fillon three at he said fillon should have never tried to criticize the justice system and say he was the victim of some kind of assassination from france's justice system. he said fillon got into a self-imposed dead-end. and juppe was not the one to help him out of that. today is going home knowing he had to back up his party. >> fillon hoping they can focus

on the campaign. >> absolutely, since that scandal, that scandal broke in mid-january. paying his wife to do a nonexistent job. broke hee that scandal had very little chance to talk about his program, what he would do if he was the next president of france. he is put forward as a man who is -- a man who is principled, never had any legal affair. clearly he is now facing a formal investigation in the next few weeks. be of aopes he will now begin back to business, get back on the campaign trail. a lot of work ahead for him. he may have the backing of his party, backing of his now has to he

convince the rest of the french public that he should be the next president of france. >> at least a people were killed in a stampede were thousands of desperate people were scrambling for food. lined up to receive rations of corn, cooking oil, and salt. seven africa has been hit by severe drought and food prices in particular have written -- have risen steeply. malaysia has -- the strange half-brother of the north korean dictator kim jong-il and was killed by a nerve agent last month. there was widespread suspicion that pyongyang ordered the attack. also expelleds the malaysian ambassador.

north korea fired a four -- fourc missiles ballistic missiles. it drew international condemnation. japan's prime minister shinzo abe says the latest launch suggests a new level of danger. >> it is north korea's second missile test this year. before missiles launched monday, traveling several thousand kilometers. the launch was quickly met with condemnation from the u.s. and its asian allies. >> north korea disregarded hours and international communities consistent warning and fired ballistic missiles again. it is a direct challenge to the world at a serious provocation. this launch has clearly indicated that north korea poses a new level of threats.

>> this latest test comes after south korea and -- pyongyang sees the annual drills as preparation for war. each launch renews concerns from the u.s. and allies that north korea is getting closer to achieving its ambition, to build .cbms >> we are going to start out with a real big deal and the carmaking -- this is a real game changer for the company.

guest: it is indeed. the european division of general motors is being bought for two point 2 billion euros. this comes after the french carmaker was on the brink of financial collapse. they will beginning their hands on germany's -- and the u.k. brands. losses -- theyof have voiced concerns over the risk of job cuts. julia has the story. the world -- >> it is a deal that the car landscaper on the world. do american car giant was to -- wants to retreat after a decade of car losses. psa hopes this acquisition will build on his recovery. three years after it was bailed

out by chinese investors and the french state. gm says the deal will generate annual savings i-20 26. while shareholders have the announcement, union workers are worried about potential job cuts. each othert to buy out because they want to make more money. they want to create more to .roduce more >> psa has promised to respect all existing labor conditions -- labor commitments to workers. instead, ceo hopes to capitalize on his success by cutting costs through scale and improving the

use of factoring capacity. take a look at how the markets react to that announcement. it was right across the board on the europe main indices. over at the united states we seeing geopolitics and the likelihood for monetary policy weighing on sentiment. thisdown 3/10 of 1% at hour. the prime minister says the economy is recovering. comments from alexis tsipras as the country faces delays in its bailout review. negotiation's between greases mainlanders will drag on for months. and the international monetary fund -- both sides agree on the country's fiscal progress and its resistance to adopting further austerity measures. >> it is clear that no matter

how they may want to stall negotiations at a technical level there is no turning back. greece has already turned the page. whether they like it or not, the economy was resilient. the economy recovered. >> let's take a look at the other stories we are tracking for you. germany announced a billion euros to boost its capital position. this news sent deutsche bank shares tumbling. it also announced the number of divisions, and the new strategy announcement is yet another change of course for deutsche bank. e-commerce giant amazon has brokered a deal with -- it will allow customers to pick up 4000 outlets across spain and portugal. the offering will gradually be rolled out over the next two months. asfollows the same service

320 sites in italy. and fight across europe are expected to be impacted this week, the says air traffic controllers here in france launch a five-day strike. conditions for passengers will .orsen on tuesday carriers have been asked to/services by 25%. china predicting a growth rate of 6.5% in 2017. the country warned of the risk of protectionism and the globalization. the united states looking inward. alexander hearst reports. cut its: china may have economic forecast but it is still a number that would make the united states or western europe swoon. six .5%, enough to make china the largest economy by 2030.

>> it was 50 years ago, but that was quite normal as the economy rebalanced itself. >> many countries that attempt robustnsition to a internal market get caught in the middle income trap, failing to obtain the per capita wealth of advanced service space economies. on one hand it is necessary to maintain this growth, because .4 population is approaching billion. it is hard to create jobs. >> in its annual report, the government says it is focused on the negating financial risk and maintaining investment, which has been at 40% of gdp. however analysts warn the investment hasn't always been efficient. forecastays it's

opened to trade. something that could become less certain as donald trump has threatened protection members -- protection measures. >> and finally the new york times has blown the lid on how the ridesharing service uber sees authorities. the company uses a tool called -- it identifies officials who tighten the screws on it were. -- on uber. uber has used this method to dodge authorities. law enforcement were essentially tagged or gray balled. >> they both cancel on me. anchor: one of the tools which gray ball uses is a technique

called geo-fence, basically around government offices, where uber thought it would be --

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