♪ genie: -- .nnette: hello welcome to live from paris. let's sesee what is s making headlines. protest in vienna underway. the people's party leader is now the youngest head of governments in governments as he becomes the country's chancellor. will be in the running

to become the next president if in anc party wins elections 2019? and the world is marking international migrants day on sunday. the u.n. recognizing the large and ever-increasing number of migrants across the globe. ♪ annette: we begin in vienna, where protests are underway against austria's new conservative right wing government. party is the only far right party to get into power in the eu. haspeople's party leader become the youngest head of government in europe at the age

of 31, after being sworn in this morning as chancellor. let's get more now from anthony mills, our correspondent in vienna. the new gogovernment has just bn sworn in during this, of course, as protests are underway, against the fact that the far riright freedom party is parartf government.ition >> that is right. several thousand demonststrator. they were out there demonstrating against, on the of hand, the concentration power, security power, in the ministers,r right notably the interior minister and the defense minister, services,curity police, and intelligence

agencies in the hands of the far right. but they were also protesting against the very existence of the far right in an austrian government. they say they cannot be trusted to uphold austria's democratic values and it is dangerous puttining in power, particularly with the massing of securityty ministrieses, the putting in por a party like the far right, which has been accused of populist politics and rubbing shoulders with the extreme right. however, the number of protesters was lower then 18 years ago, the last time a far right government was inaugurated here, and it is the sign of a change in attitude toward the far right on a certain level. there is a feeling the far right have come closer towards injuring mainstream pol -- mainstream politics in austria, at least in public perception and that muted

response from the european union, from brussels. there asas been no overr condemnation of the incnclusionf the far right, certainly no tatk of sananctions. anannette: what will be chancelr kurz's first priorority? heorter:: the first thing will do is head to brussels ensuringw to contitinue the seat at the european union, people like mr. yunker, the head of the european commissssion, te head of the european council, aboutt austria's pro eu, pro-europe credentials. today, the official swearing-in keen toovernment -- stress that austria wiwill maintain, as he terms s it, auststa's program you. -- pro-european outlook.

despite his agreement with the fafaright thatat they want to austria,hen democracy inn the number of direct referendums -- he has been at pains to underscore he remains pro-european, that the a austrin government will remain pro-european, bubut it would not have beeeen lost on brussels another memberer states that he has been highly critical of the european union in the last year or two, partiticularly when it comes to his position on the migrant crcrisis. he says it has failed to secure its external borders. it has been to central listing centralistic in their a positiono migrants, the far right party has accused him of stealing.

he is not coming out and overtly pressing concern, let alone implanting sanctions. annette: thank you. to south africa where party delegates are voting in johannesburg for the successor of jacob zuma as the ruler of the african national congress. choices include jacobs in the's ex-wife. -- jacob zuma's ex-wife. this comes as jacobs, is leaving the party a mid a series of scandals and corruption allegations. this is what he had to say. >> that is why i am announcing

-- [indiscernible] with'm surere you will agree me that the majority organization -- [indiscernible] but in the anc, we believe in democracy. more from our get correspondent in johannesburg. when are we likely to see results? well, the voting has ended and now the counting has begun. and now the wait. there are logisticical problems to checkare o oanizing the credentials of voting delegates to prprotect the legitimacy of the process.

it is important to note the person chosen to lead the willan national congress only become president of south africa should the anc lead the general election in 2019. so, who is likely to win? is there any distinct front rurunner? it is very difficult .o say at the beginning of the there a are 7 cabinet members. see who is the winner, who emerges victorious. it's alalso interesting. with dlamini-zuma.

began,er, with the voting -- [indiscernible] they will have to decide who the next president of the african national congress will be. annette: from johannesburg, thank you. moving on, he has been president of chili before and after -- chile before, and now he is back. easily winninga the runoff, despite polls suggesting a far closer race. we need accord, not

confrontntation, dialogue, and collaboration. only then can our country move .orward on rock, not on send therefore, i hope to have the --ortunity to old a peaceful to hold a peaceful dialogue. the region, inin peru, the president has acknowledged that he has spent some money, his private construction company currently entangled in their largest corruption scandal. presidentthe peruvian is in the midst of the fight of his political life. his supporters gathered outside the presidential palace, accusations of corruption and parliamentary proceedings germans the 79-year-old, the work of his political rivals.

>> i believe we as citizens should defend democracy. >> we will come out ahead and we have trust in him. reporter: but trust h he tried o win back sunday night in an televised apology. the president admitted that he had profited from ties to a brazilian company at the center evertin america's biggest corruption scandal ever. he said that he did and money from shares in two companies. there are allegations of nearly $5 million in kickbacks. adamant heesident is never had direct dealings with oderbecht. >> in not corrupt. if i was corrupt, i would not have made these true -- these transactions.

be a previewse may of arguments he will put forward thursday before parliament. they may all short. voteian mp's debated to for impeachment and the opposition already has enough seats to push him out. annette: the israeli military and has attacked a hamas gaza.ning facility in is after jerususalem was recognized as israel for capital earlier in the month. there these any attack that occurred just before the american vice president is due to visit. for one of the suspects in the november 15 attacks in paris has been postponed.

a french national living in fledels, salah abdeslam, after attacks in paris that killed 130. he was eventually caught in 4ussels for months later -- months later. and the world is marking the --s arrimadas garcia international day for migrants. they are promoting the ininternationanal convention foe protection of the rights of migrant workers and their families. here in paris, it is aimed to help people with their new life in france. we have this special report. [speaking french] reporter: a simple exchange of word, but one that was almost unthinkable for these two men a few weeks ago. they are originally from dark

for. they came to france and started three monthsch ago. it changed their lives. >> before when i would go out, i now when be able to -- i am lost in the street, i ask people to help me. now i can go to my appointments, my fizzy a, my doctor, my pharmacist, my home o, my doctor, my pharmacist, my home. association offers 10 hours of lessons to asylum seekers and refugees each week. it is sponsorered by a language school in paris. >> for them in general, the most important thing is to be independent, to take care of themselves, to communicate with public officials, to say yes or no. the students can sit

exams to validate their level of french. >> they thought it was difficult, but i find they have made a lot of progress in 10 months. they only come here for 10 hours a week, but we try to open up other avenues as well. reporter: students are given even more support and it helps make them feel at home. even though they are miles from their homelands. annette: and let's look at our headlines. this is starting with a major announcement out of washington. indeed, donald trump is set to accuse china having gauging in economic aggression. the president is frustrated u.s.ng has not addressed trade relations, despite his close personal relationship with

chinese president xi champagne. the chinese government has said the current scenario is a win-win. tosident trump is expected offer a tough strategy. we are in and in him a competition with china. we do not have fair trade. we have a trade deficit. he has had very carefull discussions with presidedent xi. wars.s not about trade this is about reciprocal, fair trade. u.s. treasury secretary speaking there. airport has atlanta been restored. according to authorities, the fire was linked to an underground facility that supplied power to the airport. close to 70 inbound flights were scrapped.

we have this report. reporter: for the world's busiest airport, i holiday season is usually be rest period. this weekend was different. -- the holiday season is usually the best. . paralyzedtage atlanta's jackson heart filled for hours, leaving passengers stranded in the darkness. >> i literally spent seven hours on an airplane without food or water. they finally let us off and then i walk into a dark room where everyone is sleeping on the floor. they said we could not even flush the toilet is because the water was below 20%. so, we will wait and see if anyone can help us -- we will help and see if anyone can help us, but they

have been pretty unresponsive. reportrter: atlanta's maire says they did the best, considering the circumstances. >> you c can always do a better job of communicating, but whenever you have thousands of passengers stuck on a plane, a really do not believe there is any pleasant message other than we have the power restored and this is when we will have the airport fully operational so you can move on with your lives. reporter: moving on with their ises in an out of atlanta precisely what passengers are doing now that the power is back on. on sunday, 700 flights were canceled. more than 400 others were diapered it to other airport -- were diapered it -- were di verted to other airports. >> bitcoin began trading and now tradingtal currencies

on the chicago mercantile exchange. the value of bitcoin has surged romantically from $1000 to close to $20,000 on sunday. according to analysts, bitcoin trading on major markets to push up prices even further. let's get a check on the markets next. here in europe, we see all of the main indices trading in positive territory. ft footsie in london -- the se in london trading up half a percent. an eu has launched investigation into ikea. the swedish furniture giant is accused of avoiding nearly a billion euros in taxes. report by the greens and the european parliament, the company moved taxnd money to benefit from

loopholes. ikea says it's dutch tax deals were in accordance with eu rules. hasdefense group salas one .8ed a deal worth billion euros. and easyjet has been given the all clear to acquire part of air berlin. this includes the carrier taking operations.in's offert will also employment to staff. annette: it is time now for the press review.

time to look at what is making international headlines across the globe. my that, i am joined by colleague. we will start with the african national congress, poised to pick its next leader. reporter: right, and no matter what the result is, it will likely cause a permanent rift in the party. the paper says this has been one of the most fiery contest for the last 10 years. all of the other times that it got this tense, both factions ended up permanently splitting off from the party. here is a core team from another south african player -- south african paper. this is the afc delegate survival kit. "a chair, but a shield, a colander to protect yourself from flying chairs, tranquilizers, nasal

decongestant for smelling bs, and finally a book to remind you on what the party once was. the women's and handball team apparently beat champions.ecome the that is a big thing. alison: it is. they love handball in france. team celebrating on the front page of the sports paper. that headline reads "the second star," because it is the second time the women's handball team has won the championship. they will now be known as "the fighters." held this at the same time and they say that we are living in the golden age of french handball.

and one paper calling out the migrant policies. alison: you can see the snowy mountainside in the out send if you look down at the bottom, you see a line of migrants crossing through the snow and the headline reads the summit of shame. according to the paper, there are nonprofits very worried. they say that macron's government has been tightening onescrews on refugees and worker told the paper if the previous government was already bad, what is happening now is your torture.. not to an uplifting story -- they continue to follow the charles de gaulle airport on euros.y stumbled

alison: the entire thing was caught on surveillance camera. he bumped open this door and when inside and found two tags of money. and then he did what many people might do, and he took those bags of money. it has been over a week. the police have not checked him down. they see -- they say that he seems to have vanished and then there. annette: 300,000 euros may be a lot for many of us. it is not enough to purchase the world's most expensive home south of paris, sold to a saudi prince, and a very key saudi, as you are about to explain. alison: yes, you can read about him in the paper if you speak arabic. my colleague is arabic and pulled out this article for a spirit that is a photo of him with the chateau.

he bought it back in 2015. his identity was kept secret. he has a history of making secret of her juices. he was also revealed to be the buyer of that record-breaking da vinci painting. does she has a history of making secretive purchases. led the anticorruption crackdown in saudi arabia last november. annette: he is not the only one with a love of luxury chateaus . is not.he french president emmanuel macron had a lavish party at a chateau in france. officials called it a birthday party as he is turning 40. he said it was only a christmas party. he was highly criticized for living like a king, because it fit in with the taunt that his critics give him of being president of the rich. he said that he paid for everything himself and it was not all that expensive, just

about 1600 euros. that,e: thank you for alison. if you would like to see more of those stories, you can look at .com.ebsite, france24 newsl be back with more and headlines after a very short break. do stay with us here on "france 24." >> this has been awarded the prize of the international european correspondents association. revisited. free from jihadist occupation, timbuktu has struggled to recover. despite the presence of french forces, the threat remains. ongoing intimidation cause for concern.

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