nine pm here in the french capital you watching live from paris on france24 on summers was in these little stories. the turkish president holds talks there in prague paris with president michael sata signing number business deal the two men discussed a whole host of issues including human rights. and press freedoms. the author of it in century book about the from presidency stands by his version of events. contradicting claims by the president of the two men. i was says she cream called rules of the catalan separatists the the oreo. must remain in prison right is a response more than two months .

keating we begin with a visit by the turkish president russia five voted one who held talks today with president emmanuel not call that it is a palace. as well as signing over business deals the two men discussed a whole host of issues including the israeli palestinian conflict the fight against terror. of the war in syria. leisure time he's possible inclusion in european union was also discussed the president erdogan said he's growing tired of waiting for you to make up its mind. places it comes less than two years after failed given tacky a civic crackdown by the authorities meeting turkish delegation. was also met five protest is and you to human rights situation. deteriorating press freedom.

president michael says he raise these issues with the turkish president l let's listen in the house will president michael had to sa. the little coffee but. our democracies must be strong against terrorism. has the legitimacy of the state lies in the protection of its citizens. i work towards this goal every day. but at the same time. our demo seas must also respect the rule of rule. because what terrorists ones is the we can our principles and bring us to that territory. which is the basis for this hatred of reason. intelligence. and freedom than at the usual sedated. he just wouldn't be shown. i once is to be able to reopen com dialogue. that can help us develop what is an essential relationship in my view. the call glow for france and the region's stability that which anchors take in this dialogue with the u.. but we need to stop this hypocrisy that imagines and natural progression towards new chaptersrs as possiblel.

this is not true. the heat to the cbs anytime. the french president speaking that our representatives from the press freedom opposition reporters about borders. romances on hand to greet the second president eighteen venting the anger the lack of media freedoms the into he. was able simon harding tells me. yeah holding up the faces of turkish janice kanji behind bars into key international janice organization reports as without borders planned on protesting in front of the turkish embassy. over prevented from death and that by police many of them were angry off the ratchet tied at on told an onion michael but he was misinformed about imprisoned journalists. out on the ice. when you say it's that's iran or not for the french present. is not informed about the situation of thirty students. when he say's that's turkish journalist all terrorists or spies on that's why there are you jae millz. very

jailed just because they deserve jobs. the office of the portraits known as see this all sounds set that will blow he wasn't the journalist it was important to support freedom of the press. yeah i noticed in the painting stencils which american propaganda to graduate a messages. first and foremost on the passenger side and my talents of people's freedom especially the freedom of the press. the rights to express yourself and that rights the right to hold your opinions about it. after being. over fifty thousand people have been jail since the ball screwed it died july twenty sixteen hundred and fifty thousand including hundreds of journalists have been dismissed will sign. an also lining that views with those of president at on. despite the threats of legal action effort to hold its publication a controversial new book about the trump administration has been flying off the shelves of bookstores today. look which is entitled fired fury

inside the trump white house depicts a president elect for office chaos in ranks ministration. leaders around by aids recalled in childis. lighthouse as this is the book is a pack of lies but it's also a michael wolff is standing by his version of events. which led. to our correspondent in washington david smith is what he told us. is that a is the worst possible anniversary present as in many ways. as having for a quiet salt to. twenty eighteen and getting on with legislation and in said that this is the book that so you play the lead off the white house and we exposed. tremendous. in fighting and. factional struggles and also. these questions even some o. the president's. mental competence. for this job. they're adding dates it is about him not being able to remember people about. just. refusing to read.

documents and i'm having a very limited grasp of of of policy at so it's it's really. rocks.. washihington this w week is itit's dominated thehe cable news showsws and. and and newspapers and. it was possible salts to. donald trump's twenty eighteen. yeah it was always efforts that we had about a rapid push the trying hot shot this book. it seems a leaders of the generator extra book sales net. ideal for michael wall for his first tv interview today said he might send. donald trump a box of chocolates says thank you. because. you know you just caught by publicists a. like this. the. the criticism of the white house and the legal exempts. to it to block the book. justice generated tremendous. interest and and and sales. one book shop in washington i about a mile from the

white house. and. will stay open until midnight. is a long queues that the book i fill the shelves and fifty minutes and people are comparing it to the launch of a of a harry potter book. at the bali's also shot to the top of. a animals and and. and i'm ready people saying you know the white house could not handle this was us in terms of. highlighting the book in generating a site for us. and just briefly let's see is it of one. particularly damning part of the book that sort of seems to have dominated the headlines there united states was the sort of the. the the the the few words that people seem to be sort of extracting from this book and. and and and and and and regarding his past being the most home full of holes. what i think c. batons criticism of donald trump junior is as treasonous on patriotic of a? of a russia

is a is a key factor waltz was sort of emerging in the end of the week is the general portrays of donald trump has a kind of man child. and just to so many people in the white house. comparing him with a child who needs a instant gratificatioion.. it out stuff in the take away for a lot of people. correspondent david smith reporting that from washington. now after receiving a christmas eve pardoned by the current president peru's formally al that the fujimori. was released also from prison he's in serving twenty five year sentence for corruption and human rights abuses. president shinseki's decision to pardon him has spot protests and some resignations there. as far as the devil's error in open kay now explains. to some a hero who defeated a violent insurgency. to others a corrupt dictator with blood on his hands. former peruvian president alberto fujimori left the hospital as a freeman on thursday. sentence of twenty

five years in prison in two thousand and nine he was released after serving just half of his sentence. last christmas eve president hagel public which is part in fujimori. a decision that left peruvians sharply divided. a habit now well. i felt upset at first because to me he still has to serve his sentence. and i think the to peru is losing out for right now. about in the. east. and happy crowd. about to be married with the best president in the history of peru. he's back to us really i'm proud to be fujimori stuff because i'm a fujimori stuff from the heart. fujimori's son kenji fujimori who is a proven congressman is said to have played an important role in secucuring his father's release. he lead a coalition to help prevent president mentions you from being impeached. and us two days later since he granted a pardon. the announcement open old wounds for many bruins with

thousands taking to the streets to express outrage. to members of the jaycees parliament step down over the decision weakening his already fragile government. human rights lawyer is a challenge the decision and hope the inter american court of human rights will intervene. the ideals of this friday morning north korea is and the message to the south thing that pyongyang accept souls offer. of discussing corporation next month's winter olympics when his new year's address the north korean leader kim jong own said he's willing to send a delegation to the games. but he also warned that he has a new kip often on n his dedesk. the border village of panmunjom john will host the tools between both korea's the first in two years it was here that the ceasefire was declared at the end of the korean war in nineteen fifty three. today. i ten sixteen am. north korea sent as a letter regarding the dialogue. the agenda is improving south

north relations including austria's anticipation and consanguinity ex book on get a case i'm in the middle. earlier this week the north korean leader kim jong un had said that he wished his country bush participates in the. gangs which being held in february and the southern part of the peninsula. tensions with thehe the easement both civil and washington every to suspend all military maneuvers throughout the duration of the olympics. these exercises have often contributed to the exacerbations political science japan on the other hand has said that the coal problem namely north korea's nuclear program remains unresolved. social circle luigi it hanging over his career goes through phases of apparent dialogue and provocation but either way. he continues its nuclear and missilile development center class we have no intention of weakening our surveillance a activity. on the case like i should run into some of the women. sai.

north korea has before nuclear test three times in the past two years as well as mulultiple new missile launches despite the constant and sells an inflammatory comments exchange what on from thinking june. the u. s. president price of regulatory in talks to schedule for the month of january. he is spanish supreme court says ruled today that the catalan separatists leader or vision and misuse of pubc funds. how to get as been released he could have taken his oath as a regional lawmaker and possibly become the new catalon president? of last week spain's prime minister mariano rajoy said he intends to convene catalonia's new parliament

on january seventeenth. and hopes the rest of regions next government won't renew the push for independence. and house rules of a parliament or prior that a candidate to form a government the president. real who had as has been the teens as the region occurred independence from spain in october after holding a referendum that madrid deemed illegal. in response the spanish prime minister invoking article one fifty five of the constitution. imposing direct rule on catalonia and calling a snap regional election. but the plan backfires as the separatist parties have their slim majority in parliament. elsewhere the former catalon president carles puigdemont who's in self imposed exile in brussels. has demanded that madrid reinstate what he called his legitimate government. and start political negotiations with it. situation catalonia has thrust spain into his biggest political crisis in decades. on monday the spanish finance minister estimated that it has so far cost the economy one billion

euros. now a business a cold snap is symbolized at least eighteen people of the united states. were powerful winds in a blizzard have swept through the northeast these past few days. sending the mercury well below the minus forty degrees centigrade in some places. well what else to say conditions could get even worse in the days ahead the the emergency services have been working around the fall traction the roads. responsables erin okay now explains the weather has brought with it travel tales the millions of people. empty security alliance a rare sight at new yorkrk's laguardidia airport. the wintnter bomb cyclone is wreaking havoc for holiday travelers across the united stateses. causingg a almoste thousand flightt cancelellations and leaving thousands of passengers stranded. after. and we never had d any infoformati. and now.

the. ththis is. georgia soso. this is kind of really amazing. more than two thirds of the flights in and out of new york city and boston were cancelled. the runways at laguardia and kennedy airport in new york were close for much of thursday. thouough officials said they hoped resume flights on friday. now it is the result of years of research and now it is a reality for one woman in a city. on talking about a bionic hands which can. just we can move and grip but it can also feel. invisible woman in rome it also right handed an accident more than twenty years ago. fossil fuels our investigators us. arenas guerrilla lost herer hands in accidents twenty five years ago. but thanks to this new bionic replacements.

everyday gestures have become possible again. the prototype which allows her to touch gririand even feel. is t the resesults of yearsf research. i believe this is the first experiment was done in two thousand nine. aiming at a permanent implant that would last as long as possible. a complete ten that is able to move economic hand. but it's also able to provide sensasations and one hand. in two thousand fourteen a similar d device was f fittd onto a danish amputee. but it required too much equipment to function. meaning the patieience leave the lab. with this new prototype everything fits in a backpack. entirely three printed the hand also offers a higher variety of sensations by sending direct signals to the brain. arena can tell whether or not checked is soft or soli. the next step the further miniaturize the device to make it cheaper and more

accessible. amazing advancing technology that. will is time now for a check of the top business news stories brian quinn joins me how the bryant. let's start with the tech industries on going like mad scenario with call hard with rules a lot hackers to break into. pretty much any machine in the world there on friday apple became the latest company to a knowledge his products are indeed affected by the security design flaws on chips made by intel and arm. together those two firms a pipe most of the world's computing microchips apples is that all iphones ipads imacs. are vulnerable to the hardware flaws in as specter and melts down. tech industry is reason to release patches to protect customers scattered yet

reports. bad news for mac users apple has confirmed that all of its devices accepted smart watch are affected by hardware flaws and microchips made by intel and our if you have an iphone or ipad or mac or even an apple tv the runs tv are. then you need to think about how you can of events. the. hackers out after stating sensitive data. in a statement the company said so far there are no known instances of hackers taking advantage of the fla. apple has promised to release a patch for the safari web browser to combat specter in the coming days. it's as updates to the latest operating systems protect against meltdown. cybersecurity experts say now that the flight has been exposed the race is on between tech companies and hackers you know everyone in the world is racing either to fix it. or finind out a y to take advantage of it so

it is definitely a race between attacker and defender in. in those races it's usually the a attacker that has the advantage. still experts say it takes a high level of technical skill to be able to exploit the specter and meltdown flaws. with cloud storage sites most at risk. friends neighbors gathered yet there was twenty eighteen is set to seem less activity at the port of algiers. is a new law passed by the algerian government banning the import of roughly one thousand products comes into effect. goes to protect the country's economy following steep declines in the price of oil over the past several years which left algeria with an eleven billion dollar deficit for the first half of twenty seventeen alone. eades furniture and electrical appliances are among the block products. now bracing itself or considerable price increases as a result some analysts warning however that inflation and unemployment as a r result could lead to political instability as in iran. they say algeria can't

ban its way out of its current oil based economic woes. likeke his i inot only a pre crisis is across is a production volumes algeria kennedy longer export the same quantities of oil and gas is before. bebecause d d not to o eues increreased a lot prospecting has decreased a lot. is also crisis of diverse vacationn algeria i i'm not preparerer the future. and has no other products to explore. we can expect unemployment stew incrcrease because we have significantlyy reduced investment and most imimportantly we have not allowed the private sector to divest of high to invest in all the areas where it wants to invest. one of china's biggest hundreds is really that outlook for the country's economy twenty eighteen. the bank of communications breaking stable growth or not six p point sevenen fore year that's signinificantly more o optimistic t than t e worldd bank. strereaking six point four percent growth. either of those outcomes would would be a slow down frfrom twenty seveventeen te

toto six point s seven perc. china has is twenty eighteen looking to tackle three main issues domestic that poverty and pollution all of which pose significant risks. bank said that while economic growth could slow twenty eighteen and up to in exports and consumption should help offset that. among its challenges overheated housing market which the government is trying to cool down without any economy wrecking ball pop. from the u.. s. elite that you his chinese parents put large amounts of credit to mortgage lending in twenty sixteen and seventeen fearing rocket expansion of such l loans. popontial race harassed much attention said banking industry will reduce mortgage lending in twenty eighteen which is already been listed an annual plans of many banks. we will without downtime witness and added in decline in the growth of such loans. musicians. leaders u. s. jobs report is out he was added one hundred forty eight thousand non farm payroll positions in the summer contrary to economists predictions of one hundred ninety thousand. number represents a slowing

of employment growth in november when two hundred fifty thousand jobs are at it. the overall unemployment rate holding steady at four point one percent that is its lowest figure since two thousand. construction and healthcare sectors were the biggest gainers and roughly thirty thousand jobs with manufacturing positions up by around twenty five thousand. specially didn't spot retail was lost twenty thousand jobs as he commerce continues to eat away at the sector. the riright spot thoughgh wages which take ua third of a percent at around two and a half percent on the year. slightly disappointing numbers from the u. s. job growth with the stock market clearly not faced with all major indexes hitting all time highs during friday trading as a bull market keeps on charging. down in as a getting off to their best start for a year since two thousand six. doubt currently up six tens of a percent as in p. five hundred of around five ten nasdaq up around. two thirds of percent. european annexes had a good day as well london's footsie one hundred hitting a record high with u. k. productivity growth at its fastest clip since twenty eleven. for the

inning up nearly four tenths of a percent frankfurt's dax and attack our own universe both up over one percent. well if you look at some more of his top b business headlines. saudi arabia has revised the officials that as. well james saudi aramco had a public stock offering winter twenty eighteen. stock company requirement for seventy firms you face go public king and plans to sell up to five percent around go as part and it's a vision twenty thirty plan to reduce the country's economic dependence on oil exports. air france and its sister airline kaelin or planning strikes next week part of kaelin's cabin crew to walk out on the job next monday to protest worse the working conditions you to cost cutting. as the wild places right next thursday over safety concerns earlier this week replace the pilot on the flight after he refused to take off without a cheap flight attendant. violated security regulations. founder and former ceo travis kalanick is reportedly selling nearly a

third of his ten percent in a company that's worth around one point four billion dollars. on it was ousted its chief executive back in june after the ride hailing firms have a series of scandals and lawsuits. sale of his shares as part of a d deal struck by aa coconsortium led by japan's softbank. seventeen and a half percent stake in over. morgan stanley said to take a one and a quarter billion dollar hit from the u. s. tax overhaul bill. washington said friday that cut in the corporate tax rate will affect its fourth quarter earnings due to the recalculation of tax credit on the bill. number of us banking giants including goldman sachs had declared similar earnings hits on the tax bill should still be companies of much greater future games after that initial pain passes. families are business the u. kickoff industries getting a jolt and it's not caffeine. british mps are calling for a twenty five pence charge for disposable coffee cups the so called latte levy. and in order to cut down on landfill clogging weeks uk throws away some two and a

half billion disposablee coffee cups every year very few of which are actually recycled plastic content within the cops. and he's a call for a total ban of disposable cups by twenty twenty three and less recycling improves. of our service is the only retailer to is you extra charges vertically. and that only the temporary trial measure. was jeans had instead opted for discount the customers and bring their owns to pubr

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