france24.com. 24.com.ce website.national news time for 60 minutes around the world. i'm genie godula. chinael macron's visit to -- the president saying that the trade route cannot be a one-way street. donald trump former chief strategist grambling to make amends for comments he made in a

book.ut -- tell-all steve bannon saying that harsh comments in " fire and. theere not aimed at president's son. women and men joining the protest against sexual misconduct and harassment everywhere. a newoming up this hour, hearing set to be held for a 16-year-old palestinian girl who slapped an israeli soldier on the west bank. the video of the incident went viral, leading to the arrest of the teenager, her cousin, and her mother. and a virtual currency that started as a joke has seen i mean your deck -- has seen a meteor a cries in value -- a me rise in value.

even its creator is surprised. emmanuel macron is wrapping up his three-day visit to china. he began by visiting the site of the silk road. macron is now in beijing where he is meeting with the chinese president. we will talk more about his aree-day visit -- this is state visit and for both partners, a real golden opportunity here. it's interesting. france has nowhere near the punching power of the u.s. we saw donald trump's recent visit where he was wined and

dined in the for bit and silly. macron is not going to get that treatment. france has a special relationship. france opened up to china before richard nixon was doing it in the u.s. and getting all the headlines. going back to september 1960 5 -- this is quite a quote. he said at a press conference china is in a position to have a global leading role. -- going back to september 1965. charles de gaulle's statement from 1965 seems more prescient than ever. they are there to special moment. we have the u.s. down and out with an erratic president -- at least from china's perspective, seen as very erratic, not perhaps on china. on a lot of issues, especially trade -- you have the u.k. bogged down in brexit. angela merkel in germany struggling to reform a

coalition. we have spain torn up over catalonia. here is france once again. situations, macron is the go-to guy in europe because everyone else is absent without leave. they are a well, if you will. this is an opportunity for these to do powers with a long-standing relationship to see eye to eye. they want to talk about the anti-terror fight, climate change, obviously those very troublesome trade issues. there are lots of things they will not see eye to eye on, but at least they have what china seas, what macron sees as a special relationship. macron's book has just been published in mandarin so chinese can read it. he is pretty high and chinese public opinion. the keyou mentioned issues during the state visit, particularly climate change after the u.s. has pulled out of

the paris accords. has talked jinping the talk and walk to the walk. he has set him up as the anti-donald trump on climate change, donald trump pulling the u.s. out of the paris climate agreement, opening up drilling. as into what macron had to say at the visit at the very beginning to xi jinping on climate. if china had decided differently last year, the paris agreement would not have survived, and we oh a lot to china's position on this agreement. , you havehis demonstrated the reality of awareness and in this world which demands sensible nations, you have demonstrated your great sense of responsibility. was veryxi jinping quick to call and metal macron

after he was elected and stressed china's determination to defend the paris climate agreement. asjinping wants to be seen best in class on environmental issues. he talks about more long-lasting, and rubble globalization and he is in renewable energies. a lot of money. however -- there's always a however when you talk about diplomatic visits to china -- while macron is there, it will be inevitable the human rights issues will come up. france says it brings up these issues, but not in a public way. it is sensitive in its diplomatic language and wants to be effective in his diplomacy. human rights groups would say that being effective would be speaking out stridently in a country where internet freedoms are being strictly curtailed. you have a lot of political prisoners. opposition voices are not tolerated. in tibet, you have a crackdown

on anyone pressing for cultural and linguistic freedoms. talk ther of china may talk with climate change, but domestically he has put a real straitjacket on civil society suppressing any kind of dissent. have made his people it clear while they are bringing these issues up, they will not do it in a public way as many would like him to do. genie: doug, thank you for that. doug herbert. 16-year-old palestinian girl slapped an israeli soldier.. video of the incident went viral, leading to the arrest of the teenager, cousin, and are mother. let's go to our correspondent here is mackler. unusual, says he, to have teenagers in israeli presidents.

why so much focus on her? is a chaharismatic teenager now, but since she was a small girl -- before she was 10 years old, i think, she was taking part, taking part in the weekly protests in her vililge. she films are self. she uploads these stories. she says she is a young journalist. she uploads the stories to the internet. there is a photo of her from 2012 when she was a girl. well-known figure. i think it is part of her personality. she comes from an activist family. -- they live in a section of the west bank where there are weekly protests. she is a well-known figure. she is only imprisoned at the moment pending a proper trial

because of social media. social media may be what imprisons her. about i want to ask you another story concerning the palestinians. last week, our viewers will remember donald trump tweeted he was going to cut aid to the palestinians, and it seems like that's already started to happen. irris: yes, that is a story with great significance. what we heard from donald trump was a tweet. not everything he tweets is followed up on, but there were immediately reports in israeli and american press saying the u.s. had already frozen $125 million out of an expected $180 million payment. that's a huge amount of money. within a couple days, we have just heard via an interview done by an israeli newspaper, and internet newspaper, "the times" of israel, and they have said that they have not frozen the

payment yet. there are no deadlines this month. they have not missed a deadline. they're considering whether they should make this payment. i have too say, they are the largrgest donor to the palestinn authority and the u.n. . agency that works with palestinians and with the poorest palestinians. if they do freeze those paymentsts, it will have a hugue impact on the day-to-day life of palestinians in the west bank. thatat is a story we will have o continue following. genie: irris. formerle, donald trump's chief strategist dismantling family to make amends for explosive comments in a book on the white house. steve bannon says his remarks in the book "fire and. fury" were not about the president's son. meanwhile trump is doing all he can to discredit the author, michael wolff. reporter: after days at camp

david, donald trump returns to the white house, but the change of scenery did not elicit a change of heart. trump, who described himself on friday as "a very stable genius" has launched another attack on michael wolff's expose, the president tweeting that after picking up with fake news, he now has to put up with a fake book written by a totally discredited author. ff is standing by his per trail of trump as a childlike fool whose advisors openly discuss impeachment. michael wolff: if i left anything out, it is something more damning. check: it's that bad? : it's that bad? michael wowolff: it's that bad. reporter: the presidents allies

came out swinging. mike pompeo: i work with the prison every day. questions.y hard -- i work with the president every day. he asks s very hard questions. reporter steve bannon, now called sto sloppy steve by the president, is walking back comments. he says comments were actually directed at paul manafort, trump's former campaign manager. meanwhile in hollywood the golden globes ceremony was held, but the red carpet was filled with black close as women and men joined a protest against sexual misconduct and harassment. we have more on the first major award ceremony of the seasons is the harvey weinstein scandal broke. a sartorial stand

against sexism and sexual harassment. hollywood's best and brightest made the red carpet lacked for the golden globes. actresses overwhelmingly too movement.#me the collective move to denounce sexism in tinseltown was praised up and down the red carpet. >> it's not going to go away. women do not forget. the atmosphere was far from arose with humorous -- humorist seth meyers hosting for the first time. seth meyers: it's 2018. marijuana is s finally allowed d sexual harassment finally isn't. oprah: the world is watching here and nowow to know and new y is on the horizon.

reporter: many winnerers expresd their pride in taking part in the ceremony. >> trust me. the women in this room tonight are not here for the food. we are here for the work. to best: in addition actress "three billboards outside evan, missouri" won best drama. " little big lies" one the best made-for-tv movie. genie: you are watching "france 24." day one of the mental macron state visit -- and's state visit to china began at the site of the ancient silk road. former chiefs

strategist grambling to make amends for remarks he made in a tell-all book. steve bannon saying remarks he ury" werefire and fear h not aimed at the president son. hi, yuka. theare going to start with president in china where trade is a big topic. yuka: it is. there are a number of commercial deals on the table. they are lookiking to set up a w butteral investment fund, macron is looking to rebound is the trade deficit with china. catherine viette explains. bilateral trade with china has been steadily incrcreasing from 10 billion eus

in 19 a five to 70 billion euros currently. -- france is china from most important partner. this is an issue the french raiseent is expected to on his state visit as he seeks to rebalance trade relations with beijing. >> we need to work to bring our views together and to establish common trade between nations. french government wants the same access that the asian powerhouse enjoys in europe. they have long complained of venturespulsory joint for local companies and demands for technology transfers. french carmakers have had limited success in grabbing a flies of the world's biggest auto market.

macron's visit comes as the eu and beijing are locked in a trade dispute over whether china should be recognized as a market economy. the eu has argued that beijing has failed to keep its promise of curtailing the government's role in the economy. genie: let's check in with the stock markets. how are e shares trading today? : the global stock market is gaining pace, but here in europe, the london ftse is underperforming. biggest losers. daxs's cac and germany's are up about a third of a percentage point. beene's rail company has summoned by the transport minister to address errors that

led to disruption last month. a bug in a computer system s in paris in december, including a christmas eve. two active investors of apple have called on the iphone maker to take action to curb the growing smartphone addiction of children. an open letter was sent to apple moreg it needs to offer choices to help parents protect their children's health. latest star wars movie had aast jedi" disappointing opening weekend in china. the film generated less than $30 million at the box office, less than the previouous seed of episodes. disney made little cards that would pop up on the side of the

screen every time a major character appeared, but that did not help many to understand the complicated plot. genie: that is crazy. i had no idea. this is darth vader. this is what he did. now -- thereap up is a strange crypto currency coming up on the horizon. we've talked a lot about the rise of bitcoin in recent weeks. have you heard of dodge coin? it's another kind of crypto currency. apparently bitcoin is named meme.a popular dogecoin's mamarket value has doubled. there appeared to be no reasons for this, which leaves its creator puzzled.

a says that a currency with dog on it that has not released an update in two years has become so valuable says a lot. genie:e: thank you. it is now time for our press review. hi. on the focus today reaction to the golden globes ceremony in hollywood. >> that's right. hollywood wanted everyone to know this was not just any old awards ceremony. this was a moment that hollywood stood united against sexual abuse. the decision to wear black as a protest color that was followed by pretty much everyone who attended the ceremony and the choice of many to bring william -- women's

activists as their day to the ceremony. if you're looking for a counterpoint, this column from "variety" is interesting. it says after a long buildup, the ceremony kept going without much fanfare. very few honorees got a chance to make meaningful statements in their acceptance speeches the urge even critiqued the choice of wearing black, saying it is a color that blends in, does not make a scene, and a color that most men were going to wear anyway, so it was not really a protest color. there was one standout moment most people agree on, the speech from oprah winfrey. dheepthika: that's right. oprah winfrey gave arousing speech that was unanimously accepted. she was awarded these sessile b b. demille cecil

award. she addressed her message to women becoming leaders who will "take us to a time when nobody ever has to say me too again." genie: a senior bbc journalist has quit over unequal pay. she has been at the bbc for 30 years. she was the bbc's china editor she accused the news organization for a secretive and illegal pay culture. she says she was being paid 33% less than her male colleagues. when she brought this up with management, she was offered what she considered an unequal pay rise, prompting are essentially to quit. saying aesponded by recent audit shows there was no systemic discrimination against female employees, what they have extra nation for

white female employees were paid less than the males. -- excellent nation for why female employees were paid less than the males. -- explanation for why female employees were paid less than the males. attended the site of the attacks. they are paying tribute to the street protest. millions of people hit the streets to show their solidarity to express their support for freedom of the press, and "laemn terrorism while for three years the french people have not seated to fear or hate. genie: the president made a statement after the shocking online abuse of a newborn baby. firsthika: she was the

baby to be born in the new year in austria. it emerged that her parents are immigrants, and she and her family were subjected to pretty vile online abuse, comments not even worth repeating here. the austrian president a week later has been forced to address -- he posted a message welcoming the baby to the world and speaking out against hate speech. it's not good enough for one austrian journalist. he is a left-wing journalist who writes that the austrian government are leading a radical government that wants to tear the country apart. genie: it appears we are in the throes of a new food trend for 2018. dheepthika: out with the avocados. in with the figs.

guardian," itthe is all about the humble fig. the fact that they are slightly sexual to attach. there is a sexual element to the fake that many of you probably have not thought about until now. is never know if the fig right until you cut into it, so there's always this element of jeopardy. other things working in its favor -- it's very photogenic, skinhe gentle to of its yielding to the jammy, soft flesh, and it can be consumed at breakfast, lunch, and dinner. -- figs, the food of 2018. genie: i don't think i will ever look at a fig the same way. [laughter] a goatthey are good in cheese salad. i will give you that.

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