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residents wants to stay away from the rising with the said. several places. as the results former president says he will run for office in october despite losing appeal to have his corruption conviction overturned just hours off the judges ruled to a whole the conviction and increase the jail sentence there is enough yeah. later this a lot accepted his party's nomination with his supporters say the case against him is part of a conspiracy to keep him from power he's speaking shortly
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after the verdict was announced. at pop it. was a human bein. can be imprisoned. nelson mandela was in prison for twenty seven years. but his height did not decrease because of that. he returned and he came president of south africa. so you that determines its to run for president once again that is tim victory in rio de janeiro exercises now there are still a lot of obstacles in his way. wewell is it from a shohow o say he'lll be runnining it o it will have to. find o outf his campaign can go a all te waway up until that pointt.. what we do wonders among this is one of the crushing legal victory he suffered yesterday might even turn out to be a political victory? not the case against him the case that he personally benefited from the scheme of corruption history flimsy some international specialists say either in europe or the united states is because cold roooom. now that alalws luda to portray himself as
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the victim of political persecution. thousands of a try himself as the defender of the poll under attack from the elites. now he has for us all political terrai. in which you can make that case remember the so the car get dominance of michelle senate. now impossible they're acting policies unpopular with someone close to full reform all the labels and the pension rule. luna a skilled campaigner should be able to take advantage of that in the courtroom. of public opinion he may not be the president's he may not be able to run all the way. but he could still turn out to be the king maker. alright him so he says he's going to run as youou have pointed out there are still a little circles inn his wie what happens now in terms of the legal process. it's very complicated either moments he stays out of jail his lawyers can use delaying tactics although he is. room
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for maneuver. has been limited by the fact that yesterday was such a crushing defeat. now he is a candidate for reelection until the electoral coals rules otherwise no that's a different course we different procedures and more time in space folder defense lawyers to acts. even so it would be highly controversial if the electricals would come so completely different interpretation events from the courts that max and held his conviction yesterday so little sunny day a featuring the campaign he will probably stop the campaign. whether he'll go all white is a matter of conjecture remember that. in the out when he left office officers terms he was able to create his successor generous safe unknown and
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saluted know that i see her as his successor we will see if he has the power to do that again. if necessary if he's in indeed unable trumpm as the capitol of israel back in december. haiti is costingoubt onn the palestinians commitments to peace with israel. we give t them hundrededsf millions of dollars in a support command is numbers number's ability understand. that money is on the table that money is not going to them. finalisation down. any gauches t these. because i n tell you. that israel does one make these. and that after one make peace to or would have nothing to do with it any longer. and we'll have more on at
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times for us at devil's so we delighted season business is just a few moments. now here across the top of the band of the isis lad rolled i've in today's job and i would is accused of harboring too of the he had is to were involved in the twenty fifteen harrison sacks. he rented his flash out to the ring leader and in the company's book claims he had no idea they were terrorists you have national laughing stock of the appeared on television pleading his innocence while a man hans was still under way. . frustrated food and o idea massey is at the trial she tells us now about what happened. when he was cross examines today. really quite on a rustic often tends exchange between the past and then i would seem often quite ununcomfortable t taking ofs jacketet also to o go for bs youu like he wawas very. atd now this. she that w was a partrticular poioint when te judge asked him about radicalization at that she replied that she had that he exexrienced whwhen he was in
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prison. at previously and he responded just because you say i'll clogged is greatest doesn't mean you'll radical and the thrust of the argument he's making his today is very similar to what his lawyer was saying yesterday. will be it in a slightly less coherent white and he's always said yesterday which is that he is innocent of the charges of harboring those to terrorist. attacks out the honeys. and sheik abdel i shake out though he says that yes he did a host in his house in the days following the attacks that he did not know. who they what he said he thought they were tourists who come from belgium and they said that they wanted to come to pari? and surprise you know the questions going forward in the coming days will be how i haven will the judges here in the s school the seven yd
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conflicts. russia regional with iran backs the regime of president of assets is made over parents host separate talks next week alison sergeant story. it's's the ninth round of yu and back to syria talks. and france's foreign minister is morning it's the country's last hope for peace. this is western diplomats have been piling on the pressure ahead of two days of talks indian. undeniable in a code that is where you should be feeding. but he said that. very. all previous rounds of talks have failed to get the opposition and regime delegations to meet face to face each time it's boiled down to syrian president bashar al assad. his representatives refused to meet directly with the opposition into a drop their demamand that he leave offi. having regain the upper hand
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onon the ground the regime seems even less inclined to but. the syrian opposition delegation say their priority is to find a solution within the un framework. hello man these two coming days are going to be a real test for all sides for the opposition's commitment to these international solutions for the regime and how much they'll be engagin. as well as the international community and how serious they are about reaching a political solution. for are is jesse. the syrian opposition has not yet decided if they will attend a separate peace conference set to take place next week in sochi backed by russia iran and turkey. western countries are wary of the parallel talks viewed by some as a russian attempt to gain the upper hand. us secretary of state rex tillerson urged his russian counterpart to ensure that the assad regime played a constructive role in the u. and led process. a london based charity that counted million as and politicians amongst patience
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has been forced to close following an investigation by the financial times newspaper to undercover journalists. revealed the men's i only did his hide over a hundred hostesses for entertainment. we would enforce regional sexual harassment and groping italy has the story. i'm outut of mars on this is one of f two reporters he wt undercover as he e says this to an exclusive eventnts. armed only with a hidden camera they went to a high powered men's only fundraiser. this is an option for thousands of. those. . and you guys. some of the. . the to journalists describe an environment with gripping flashing and lewd comments from the rice. for the event his death is received instructions to a short tight. clothing endss
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matching lgerie. they'll satisfying non disclosure agreement and had in the things the fourth. in schools. taken action is after racks well that doesn't hold up. signs legal rights. and these people have to be held. business and political elites were present at these annual dinner is. david meta was co chair of the controversial president's club the businessmen and talk tory data this is in fight from the departmentnt fofor education advisory bo. the scandal has swept into the house of parliament to. dozens of then pleasee will also present. always a pole barn reports live at what what worries me is it's not just about offense is about what it says about his wider issue in society about issues within. facing widespread criticism trustees of the president's club announced that they would shut down the charity.
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and one of the recipients great ormond street hospital says it will return previous donations from the organization. now it is across france continue to swell the flooding in several parts of the country and here in paris there in the senate is expected to keep rising until saturday authorities say rainfall in a capital. as men twice as high as normal this january and even being warned to stay away from the case and relax all has story. this is what powers looks like during the second with his generate since nineteen hundreds. the rivers said has reached over five metre is about five times its normal level. birdrds and all thehe shows clotothes on the floor he'sa whole s set will to traffic. as well the commuted shane line that runs along the river. how sweet residents worry that vessels might be lifted on three embankments? some have already lost access to the shore. tourists at least also enjoying the spectacle. that's. it's a part of history and something you
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just have to see what i like yeah well. there isn't much damage. incredible how high it is and i father called for in texas to tell us to bebe sae because. it's right internationally is of cours. the senate is expected to keep rising to about six point two meters by saturda. as highs june twenty sixteen when flood sent riverside museums including the louvre rushing to be fought works from the basements. elsewhere in france other rivers have bus that banks. flooding homes and shops in villages like cold is on yeah east of paris. some residents have been evacuated. others given small but cigna rouse. this is the new location. is kind of keeping us up at night knowing that is set to rain again today. and will to could rise again is guessing it worrying. people. the nanational weather ageny said more than a dozen departments across the country remain on orange alerts. urging people to
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limit their movements and save incidents. yeah well wondering what we are going to see the sunshine again here in from as well to talk a bit more about that i'm joined by cases so much. easier the french high committee for civil defense not is that a private engineer you've you've intended not over funded at but you are inside the government. right now and as we had that this isn't the first time this is happening paris and the oecd at city at this gather reports about this ad the city's at preparedness for floods like this and it is. pretty said it says not enough has been done. this is exactly why he had a first report four years ago where we we were shakes about the of the month of of money that is a flawed like that one in nineteen a one will cost in paris. we know that it's city billions of euros for direct cost and old was is and for indirect costs so it's it is a big story any can overflow of
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that not leave that by water but also by a lack of money. exists up and so it's a it's a it's a big issue and that four years after the u. s. ect. show that that the part of it as being taken into account but not enough still not enough so many. black of funding or we have. lack of coordination. lack of information for a business cd's iran and so lack of free bonus globally lack of preparedness. and the and and so we must work more mediation a big part has been down on the. critical infrastructures where. i would say most of the company's of work on planned on on the mediation process and so on but it's still as the very difficult to make the over population. aware and understood what would be the big one which is not the case today all this week but we can go much much further and and get a lot. of courses i sparse but also before and after paris known known and and he's good
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could occur a very large. terry to reason the water at least once is bad as the ones in twenty sixteen. yeah i'll the one in in in that twenty sixteen was was even beat yeah he to be bigger and specially before paris. just to give you the figures. we had to evacuate seventeen thousand people. in into dozens exam and that cost one point four billion. euros so all you see so easily we have every year is kind of things we we need we need to work better on that need to be more prepare. the companies need to be more papers to see he's the mall creeper and more urgent in his and and doing emergency crisis management mediation also usually that they do now but
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this is a long term probleme in paris so it's very very difficult and if we have. a bbc father must of the unde. as the subways would be flooded and we know that it can takes for moms to recover so it's it's really a big issue so we have to work also on a big benefit prevention and that cost a lot. doing in you at lake before i race for containing waters and make a lot of for a kind of works on on on the river by itself so that it's a long term views. probably ten years fifteen years and we have a lack of in this and in that as well so it's it's some progress but still very very slow and as you said we the two thousand forty twenty four. olympic games we we need to be more
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prepare into doing this morning that because it's gonna happen we have seen in june which was quite unusual we see now in winter which is more usual but he could be much worse. at in the coming years or or or even coming months maybe so we don't know and so someone handed other what we can only. this is in discussion. a medical miracle that raises a host of ethical dilemmas. signs that say they've successfully claim these to my cock's. species of monkey native to asia. well winds on the will borne of the end of last year following recent enhancements to the somatic cell transit technique or s. c. and c..
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a cnc the same method used to create dolly the sheep every twenty years ago bebecause it's the firirst e the procedure has produced a primates. a ground breaking developments that china hopes will benefit you wanna see. if we can cold the. musical animal with identical genic back row and then added in specific genes that are related to a human disease. that we can produce a large number of. animals are monkeys for medical purposes for researchers want to use the monkey clings to study genetic diseases such as autism parkinson's and i'll sign as. the e critics have pointed t of them a call close to the same animal family as human beings. and creating monkeys brbrings us a step closer to call being humans. will they conceding that itit could be done and very chinesese scientists say they are not funny to use the technique on people. fish and high research center is planning to roll out some two dozen more training facilities.
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over the next five years. sites it's cases that now this is a business he's waited on it sees it is with us and she added. warm and cuddly from. now i would stop and something excuse us. the us president dr that devil's which was. quite inches have say in where those helicopters wasn't and that security detail yeah as expected from the us president not donald trump as we were saying is touched down at this is ski resort. is ahead of his much anticipated speech on friday us president says he's bringing a message of peace and prosperity to the world economic forum. from is the first us president to attend the annual gathering since bill clinton in two thousan. from added he would be supported amongst the devils the lead despite his anti globalization rhetoric during his time in office. now us treasury secretary has been speaking in doubles ahead of mister trump's big address tomorrow steven a new chin breaking with traditionn by saying a weakr
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dollar was good for us trad. those comments because the us currency to fall to its lowest level in three years don't from however says the comments were taken out of context nominees should has been defending the america first agenda donald trump. leonsis america first isn't about being protectionist. our other lots of meetings again lots of discussions. just focused on international trade was good for the united states is good for the rest of the world in terms of growth. i. understand. yes have. more. now the president of the european central bank is yeah out its steven incheon an armored truck he did so without mentioning him or the united states by name. this for his comments in favor of a weaker us dollar jonny said the use of such language went against an agreement by eating economies to refrain from competitive devaluation of currencies. this thursday drug he also played down the prospect of a retired this
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year. on our regular economic and monetary analysis we decided to keep the key ecb interest rates unchanged. we continue to expect them to remain at their present levels for an extended. time and went fast the horror is an overnight us at this is the reason validity in the exchange rate. represents is. of uncertainty. which requires monitoring. now there is a was theresa may's big day at davos the marriage prime minister told a gathering the world shouldn't pull in different directions on trade. she also had a bilateral meeting with the us president donald trump the uk has now been placed at the front of the line when it comes to negotiating a free trade agreement. with washington arrogantly reports. less talk and more action. theresa may is challenging
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that was delegatates to abie by the commitments of free trade. the uk will continue to be a global africa's of free trade. but there is much more to be done by the whole international community. and frankly. too often all rhetoric in support of free trade here intervals. is not matched by our actions. the reddish prime minister was one a few world leaders to meet with us president donald trump. despite i virgins between his america first policy and her push for free trade. leaders said the special relationship between the two countries is still strong. the prime minister. have had a really great relationship of the world. not necessarily that are intended to fly with the refugees that. runners out he sayays. workg on and actions terms of the
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in our our. right. and maybe most importantly military. reason may also faces a tough task a reassuring investors of the uk's economic activity in the face of a living brexit. last november inflation in the uk reached three point one percent. the highest in nearly six years. and the british economy grew by around one point six percent lastst year. slower than tht of germany the united states and france. and while unemployment remains relatively low at four point three percent. jp morgan has said it could move more than four thousand jobs out of britain if brexit talks lead to a change in financial regulations. right. now france24 was business editor steve and carol moderated a special panel on tax a avoidance at the world economic forum. american economist joseph stiglitz was part of the discussion id call the us president attacks of leaders in chief. we know united states under trump who is our. of tax
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avoidance chief how do we expect our cats way to reach chief to be the. with the the answer is you're going to have to take the lead and a global minimum tax imposed by europe. would be the way forward murder that would mean would be the following. he take a transparent you you list the total profits to the corporation. you say. every corporation has to pay it least fifteen twenty percent of their revenues. you decide where the revenues were generated but you have to pay at least fifteen or twenty percent. that was stopped the race to the bottom okay and that would generate a lot of revenue we was welcome bowen from tomorrow i will be there but there are. as important as. you us must come to most other reason. but the e. you will still be the champion the u. wants to
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be the leader we must not only the best we must. beth's but plus plus plus and that's why we have taken so many initiatives in the last three years.. cann attack o on a market snacks in here in europe stocks ended the session in the red the dachshund frank for closing down eight tenths of one percent. alcohol down a quarter of a percent. of slightly higher gains and they're on the london footsie losses rather astron corporate earnings from canada and three m. on sending stocks higher over the united states at this hour. nasdaq currently. how does on the up to tens of one percent? now if you think devil's is all about schmoozing and rubbing shoulders with the world's most powerful you'd be right but it's also placed it she some inner peace. meditation sessions are being held in the snowy alps organizers say ten years also sessions would be unthinkable and they've been touting the benefits of meditation to the world's richest a gruesome.
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meditation will allow them to. understand the situatio. he and so come to the right decision. and the decision will then be in favor register one of few individuals it'd be a decision that can really help bring benefit to the world. and i think the people here at thihis forumt people who holds that sort of responsibility. and seventeen to be meditating every single day. what it should be pitching her meditation classes donald trump sorry? i. you probably need some. alright a lot of a university is not a disease that was visiting show right
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