can back once again the cloaks that just struck nine pm here in the french capital these on the latest will headlines from france twenty four. the hezbollah leader lashes out at saudi arabia accusing the kingdom of declaring war on lebanon. as well as detataining the country's prime minister the u u. s. secretary of state saves regional powers. shouldn't use this crisis proxy conflicts. almost two years after islamic state group sympathizes attack the french capital the paris prosecutor. thinks there are still areas of mystery that ongoing investigation. post while morons. today's. artists. wanting to return to thatt.

and the american in chinese president spain buried. she is of the few share of global trade. the apec summit in vietnam. states the u. . s.. the pain say is that globalization is now irreversible . first then it's almost a week since lebanon's prime minister announced that he was star. but his. it sure is still. center of growing regional. it's friday the leader of hezbollah sees that saudi arabia has declared war on lebanon. and the around back group that he heads up with hassan nasrallah. accusing riyadh of detaining saad hariri and forcing him to resign erin oaken key has

more in this next reports. a claim of unprecedented saudi i intervention and lebanese politics. at the already tense conflicts between lebanon and saudi arabia escalated on prime. hezbollah leader has. accused saudi arabia of declaring war on lebanonon in of inciting other countries to do its bidding. a lot of bail picking up in those who with. i love the is the most dangerous and would surely does not scare us ththe most israel t the strike leleban. i'mm not talking about analysis. brothers and sisters and all lebanese listening i'm talking about packets. and that have the find my helloo matt by houthi. thouh he later said war with israel was unlikely he emphasize the hezbollah is carefully watching israel's reactions to the crisis. nasrallah also formally accused saudi arabia of detaining former lebanese prime minister saad hariri. in a raree show of unity between rivals nasrullah

defended the legitimacy of her earrings govovernment. callining his resignation unconstitutional because it was done under duress well long hezbollah has long been one of her earrings most outspoken political opponents. and has been accused of killing her aries father former prime minister rafiq hariri in two thousand and five. saud her eerie abruptly resigned as prime m minister this weeeekend raising concerns that he was being held against his will. one day after president michael met with the saudi crown prince frenchh foreign minister i is on a victory n denied that her review was being held in riyadh. some promoted. you had the mission a decently simply observe t tt he resigned. he went out the door the the day president not crown was passing three. we think he is freed his movements and it's importrtt he makes our choices you are concerned is villebon instabilitity onlnly and foa political solution rapidly to be put in place. the u. s. has said it views hurry as a quote strong partner. and warned regional partners against making

lebanon a battleground in a proxy war. earlier in the program i spoke to tony banter in a research fellow at the foundation for the defense of democracies in new york city he had this to say. about the huge speculation and rumors surrounding this resignation. i think though one question that's a legitimate question is why the saudis didn't do this a year ago. meaning why did they even allow. for how do you need to return as prime minister to lebanon went up when his return. was premised. on complete capitulation as well so when he returned and he. a supported the election to the presidency of the hezbollah ally. are then proceeded to give cover to hezbollah's. i'm going on a war in syria then proceeded too. i givive dumb. appointments in the cabinet that such study nam dominate all the key.

our positions in the state which i is what he said in s are resignation statemement. to also giving them a favorable electoral law which means thahat in the nt parliamentary elections there are. t the hezbollah coalition s cleaearly going to fare betr better thahan t that then te hearty coalition. and so these are like a series of of. of capitulations. that should have been foreseen as part of the reasoson w why e was a allowed back into the country because you'll you'll remember that it was has mullah. who tossed him out of the country previously and he couldn't return because of? the supposed security threat and and so on but basically because from all of the new one. attorney badgering speaking to me a short while ago. moving on is now almost two years since islamic state group sympathizes struck paris in the deadliest of eg what he called. still areas

of mystery about how that group plotted. in camera down the bloodshed official figures estimate that some six hundred nineteen french jihadists the still based. across iraq and syria with more his france24 sexy myself can. when v. islamic state organization announced the creation of a caliphate in an area straddling syria and iraq in june two thousand and fourteen. thousands of extremists from around the world france included when to join them. now that caliphate has all but collapsed french authorities are keeping a closos eye on the fringe citizens who returned home. when he was phones numbers and concerns we have three hundred ninety eight people placed under formal investigation. truncheon sixty of them subbing remanded in custody so large majority of people returning fall and it's a. is their remaining hundred thirty eight have been placed under particularly strict form of judicial review treat. officials

believe that some six hundred and ninety french fighters a still living across syria and iraq. of those two hundred ninety five a women. and twenty eieight of fighters aged between fifteen and eightee. in addition that there are thought to be some four hundred children willow this figure is how to state with any accuracy. those most likely to try to return to france a windows with their children. the government and law enforcement insist they must be dealt with on a case by case basis multiple buckle full moon we mustn't confuse people's disappointment with the fall of the caliphate. with repentance what if we're talking about women and children have often had weapons training don't get is there still calls urging women and children to take up an active role in jihad. unit hiked you those who je. the paris prosecutor's says that children aged thirteen and above will face judicial proceedings if they make it back to france. younger children will be entered into de radicalization programs will

placed into foster care. but there's no guarantee that french citizens will be tried in france. france has repeatedly stated that a authorities in iraq iraqi kururdistan and syria. have the right to try foreign fighters for crimes committed on that soil. next to rebuild unity we must promote unesco's assets on to know how months what the cultural agencies newly elected director general how to say this friday. so nomination for the post was confirmed the former french culture minister or today as you day has also vowed. to bring calm to the agencies robert troubled waters. after washington announced it was pulling out of the body that it deems to be. anti israeli. donald to caesar has more. i'm pop song it on the u. s. pull out a few nasco largely overshadowed otkri as willie's confirmation as the bodies new director general. bringing it back is now a big part of her mission. the american safety

organization is too politicized and at her confirmation she seemed to agree. yesterday yeah the difficulty of course there are difficulties political difficulties that exist outside of this organizatio. but we cannot ask your nasco to resolve all of the conflict. for me it's very important that you nasco remains open minded. contininues to work with the civil society of the united states and israe. and i think it's in both the organization's interest and that of those countries to continue working on our collective agenda of itself as on the. critics if you nasco has a history of political tension the u. s. quick the organization for the first time in nineteen eighty four. the u. k. temporarily left and countries like japan have threatened to suspend their financial obligations for the same reason. six six richter mostar is. it's true we don't always constructive consensus. become always come to decisions which a consensual it happens.

it is the rights of each member states to demanded lights up there at the moment demande on monday also. but what can us to lead to now to diffuse the tension. she doesn't have the power to overrule resolutions those are voted by u. nasco's executive body and the general conference. the director general heads the secretariat which is a separate will again. but there are things as late can do. skillproof fairly an example of what she could do to bring the u. s. back is to go for programs but is more consensus. like restorations of heritage sites and protection of heritage. you nasco is optimistic although as julie has been a minister she's not a politician. button experts who has led cultural institutions and projects. she has a rich heritage of both french and north african and jewish traditions. some believe she may just be the right person to bring the americans back without waiting to decades like the last time and they walked out. after days of speculation over whether they would meet

own knots the russian and american presidents have briefly shook hands in vietnam. president putin and donald trump about attending a gone a dinner at the asia pacific economic cooperation forum or the apec summits. earlier in the day trump told a gathering of that from here on in washington will not be taken advantage off. anymore when it comes to trarade. the us president added that he's happy to enter into bilateral trade deals with any countries in the pacific region. but only if they are reciprocal and fat. weakness now to what donald trump is hard to say. about china. i do not blame china. or any other country of which there are many. for taking advantage of the united states on trade. if their representatives are able to get away with it. they are just doing their jobs i wish. previous administrations. in my country.

saw what was happening.. anand did something about i. with more on the story we can cross now to the british capital and speak to andre news the creek pietri. am thank you very much of for being with us here on france24 out this hour. in your view does it come as any surprise that trump has pulled out this old catch phrase of putting america first when it comes to the economy. and future busines. yeahah good evening it's interesting you have the impression you are still i n the campaign and therere. ad president trump is still you know running for president seas told sound bites of. of goingng againstst the tre agreements and what that pass thatt ministration did what's i interesting is that he's not blaming china he's blaming. his own administration so it seems that the you know the power struggle of the. the power equilibrium built in beijing had some effect on the. under president.

what impact will trump's words here in vietnam if they come into affect what impact will those words have only pacific region it's business dealings? well if. if if i take a pessimistic look i have the impression the u. s. president is. is slowly but surely destroying everything were a a. which built i woud say t the. western liberal system and thehe past thirty or forty years multilateralism. at trade agreements opening up. a. . were to were to new regions engaging. withth thr with china in asia a a famos asian pivot so slowlyy he's basically are taking away eveverything which h has ben built by his predecessor song. on that side it's it's pretty whirring and the as you could see china is now heralding himself as. the champion of south free trade which is. a kind of an iron. just on that point is beijing really as much of

the threats to the u. s. estimate trump believes. well clearly. t the big winner off all still putting up. indexation of china to wto that's's already sixteen yes ago two thousand one is china w when china was ablb. build up its export drivevn economy did very smartrtly. . got more t tn hundred billion dollars every year investigate its own country. true mososy true a joint ventures so that on docks percentage specific point to a president trump has a point i m mean that. the cha very stratategically. used to international. a trade framework to. to to become. the world power that it is a that it is today soo foreshor there is a big winner and it's china. this of course a comes just days after trump in xi jinping a mets a in net. in beijing is part of trump's a twelve a day tool

over the consonants. and does in your view this this meeting in vietnam. put bergdahl kind of vague warming of relations in two different perspective. well i think it's interesting that that so far president trump me e major. made a pretty pretty good. impressionn o on or i is intellectually tears b bothn japan and korea a and in cha so a lot of people where we worried about. very s sensitive relationships in all these countries and within t the reregion so o so far. de d e has beaten by he iss impressed a lot of observer. about. about the wayay that of parting ways send and himself b but kind of stand ststood their groround but n the. on the f fundamental aspectss. it's interesesting to o seet the u. s. is retreating a a. and china is there is now a becoming the the pivot. around every around which evevery country i is kind of

trying to. to our great so there's really a shift. ago we expect that to happen then indicates andnd we see history accelerating. okay andre l loser c creek pietri theounder of a capital fununds i i l londot so w we have time for thank you very much for being with us here. o on france24. if. moving on the president's of france and germany both agree that europeans must stand up to the threats posed by nationalism and build a common future. emmanuel mccall and frank votes a stein my was speaking here in paris as they prepare to mark. the nineteen nine th anniversary of the end of the first world war. the men have also inaugurated new museum dedicated to the conflict in the rinds valley where. some twenty five thousand french and german soldiers lolost their livives meanwhile one of paris's oldest and most iconic religious sites and tourist attractions has. its own special tributes to those that died. france24 was a

marriage forster and ellen gainsford have more than this special reports. television seat on i mean the first world war remanded in the heart of paris. the bells of not shut down when the music how for the cost eight hundred and fifty years. pay tribute to the soldiers foreign between nineteen fourteen. nineteen eighteen. a history of paris is not true. during the war. sounds and lights which transformed the cathedral. amazing so impressive. the special effects were great. it needs to. fill me devin. at first it was a beautiful show. it's nice to be in from the cathedral and learn about its history in a war. and then. you we saw the war projected on a to dumb it was so good. yeah. i really like the little statues which look like they were done thing.

also remember decision what if he you for that remained. bombs and a loss of life. under the watchful eye of notre dom. a building that's become iconic to paris. we always think that the first full zour only its own place on the front z. assigned before dawn you develop power sizzle sizzle. people died here tale. of course not in the same numbers is in the second world inning by the sirens go rank. parisians heard the bombs and to cover. and so they relied on the battles here to announce a ban. on the eleventh of november nineteen eighteen with the americans you're buying themselves with the five boxes of paris to announce the arrival of peace for the ultra downplayed a crucial role in of us for a war. often the display spectators are invited to into the cathedral. to discover or rediscover the hidden treasures of the great stimulating.

sign up for another business updates with anchor willa from our business dascom's starting a with venezuela where the country's financial troubles are certainly piling up. as i us laws debt drama is still up in the air as de day or default today looms. in finance industry body decided to postpone a default ruling is scheduled for today. bond holders say the state will company pdvsa is sending a crucial one point one billion dollar payments albeit belatedly. and that the money is expected to arrive early next week. a follow up meeting is scheduled for monday. memeanwhile the state run power company has defaulted on a six hundred and fifty million dollar bond. moving on to goulburn which suffered a huge illegal blow in the uk. employment tribunal in london rejected the company's appeal ruling that uber's drivers are not self employed. and that uber

owes them the same rights as employees. over said they would appeal the decision again catherine viet has the story. a bumpy road ahead for uber in the uk. the ride hailing service has lost its appeal against an earlier ruling that says wilbur drivers are entitled to workers rights. minimum wage and paid vacations. union leaders have hailed it as a victory. the good economy the so called gag on this notion that comes up around the world. there's a debate on employment rights in that sector around the world and leave showing here in the uk the case after case officers that you can't log in one text those workers songs we can enforce it. well uber has announced it will appeal defeat could land the fatal blow to the company's operations in the uk. over has long argued that its drivers are independent contractors and not employees. and that's not entitled to the same benefits. having to pay for such things would severerely cut into uber's profit

margins. the new ruling c comes as te company is appealing the loss of its operating license in london. city revoked it due to safety concerns. failure to survive in the uk could have far reaching consequences for robert. it's the company's mostt importrtant european market. now what goes up must come down that appears to be true as well for big crime. the digital currency dropped below seven thousand dollars this. to this session to trade more than five percent down on the day. it's fallen more than one thousand dollars since hitting an all time high on wednesday. was trading a little over sixty five hundred dollars a short while ago. despite the strap it's still up more than six hundred percent since the start her. next a big shakeup in the telecoms industry here in europe as french billionaire putting the high eat takes back the reins of the company that he founded. paul tease. no return as president any management reshuffle that

also saw c. e. o. michael chrome's resign. it's an attempt to reassure investors after sharp drop in the company's share pric. patrick dry heat the celebratated french businessmen. well known phrase appetite for acquiring other companies. over the years he's managed to build a cable and telecom business empire all tease. but now the company is floundering. in one month it's lost forty percent of its value a steep decline because by earnings results that were worse than expected. did not share the results were released markets got scared many wondered whether they would see the money the loan to mister draw he again. and those who invested in shares were having second thoughts about their worth when also. alti says made up of many different companies starting with numeric pad then sfr in virgin mobile. it includes french media outlets l'express liberation npf m. tv. as well as investments in foreign telecoms in

portugal israel and the u. s.. an empire built on credit with a debt of fifty billion your rose. analysts say it's a risky strategy that could see the banks left holding the bag. so i don't claim disabled if you count pay it back it's the bank's problem not his. it's we cynical that shows he's a cold blooded financier. he doesn't himself panic andnd he knows he's brought the whole system with him. he knows that a lot of people don't will not system to collapse. one of us equally. johnny also likes boosting profits by cututting costs including eliminating jobs. after he bought and sapphire five thousand jobs were cut. senate check in with the markets starting on wallstreet which is trading mostly down this afternoon threatening to break the eight week winning streak for some of its indexes. dow jones leading the fall down about a fifth of percent i actually a a little over one tenth of. a percent. i what disney was the

biggest boost for the down with shares up almost three percent of the company promised a new star wars trilogy to counter week quarterly results. nasdaq slightly above flatline. there's also some investor concern over delays in corporate tax cuts in congress. european markets all closed in the red london's footsie one hundred lost six tenths of a percent as this week's you brexit talks concluded. her sister count was down half a percent and frankfurt dax down point four percent. altes this shares dropped another three percent by the end the session. next up donald trump is hot of his visit to china that saw nearly two hundred and fifty billion dollars worth of. business deal signed between us and chinese firm. on that business here on a visit he also pushed for better access to chinese markets. and it looks like beijing is obliging. the government said friday it will raise limits on foreign ownership i in domestic financial firms. permitted foreign stakes in firms in the futures securities and f funds marks will go up from forty ninee

to fifty one percent. china has faced increasing pressure from western governments and lobbies to remove protectionist investment barriers. their finance ministry says this move is a win win. may found it's yeah. the us companies have shown their infuse yasmin investing in the belts and road initiative. that world

[applause]e] amy: president trump says the -- continues his five-nation tour of asia, today he's in vietnam for the asia-pacific