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>> alone morecambe back to the france 24 newsroom. these are the way the latest headlines. declared inrning is russia in memory of the 64 people killed in the shopping center fire in siberia. vladimir putin held a moment of .ilence angry locals call for investigators to publish the truth about the blaze. hundreds more opposition and fighters accept the offer of
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safe passage for them and their families. 7000 people have been gone out of the syrian enclave as part of the new evacuation deal. two suspects are under investigation for murder with anti-semitic motives here in france. the president has called the killing off the 85-year-old a horrific crime. thomas: thousands of people have taken to the streets of the t tuesday,ty this calling investigators to get to the bottom of the e truth about the shoppingng centeter blaze.
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news agencies save 40 one of the 64 people killed were children. demonstrations came as vladimirr putin arrived in the city to pay his respects. he has blamed criminal negligence and sloppiness. the day of nationwide mourning has been declared. let's go to our moscow correspondent. we e have more images on state tvtv, it showed the local mayor addressing. the movivie eight full investigation launched. that will punish anybody who is found to be guguilty. there were more than 100 investigators on theheround now cacarrying out thahat work. but wewe do have at t the momenn terms of concrete eyewitness
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accounts from sources that consolidate each othther. many of the emergency exits were shut. weren't the fire alarms turned on or didn't work. perhaps one of the security guards decided to turn them off. one ofofhe heart s shattering moments was last night on local radio,o, a mother wawas talkinga radio presenter saying she had gone to the e shopping mall and heard the fire had broken up. a child was calling her and said she could not get out but t the doors of the senenate was close. she was with other children n o werere there on the firsdayy of holiday. she could not get through to her daughter to try and save her. she could scream on the phone get out get out. meanwhile, the russian embassy is accusing the government of blindly following
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its british ally. australia announced it was expelling to undeclared russian intelligence officers in retaliation of the spy poisoning. removedrn nations have 130 diplomats. they will return to moscow in the coming days. the foreign ministry says it will respond harshly, but is still open to cocooperation. : the doors of the russian consulate closed on the orders of washington. it's leading the way, ordering out 60 russians in a massive international effort. russia is being punished for its nerve agent attack on a former russian spy in england. us, multipleust countries saying these actions have to stop.
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this is not what we do and it can't be acceptable for you to do this. : russian diplomats are being expelled by allies. in backing britain, australia. is expellingralia to russian diplomats. 23are acting together with other nations around the world in response to the shocking chemical warfare attack in the united kingdom on the fourth of march. ick: they deny they are behind the attempted assassination. >> what the united states is doing is destroying what very little remains in terms of relations. i would like to add the entire
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responsibility and the consequences of that lies on the united states. : they have expressed thanks for the solitary shown by other countries. to respond to what is the first name agent attack in europe since the second world war. next, syria is reporting the largest convoy of evacuated rebel and islamist fighters as well a as civilians departed overnight from monday to tuesday. schools of buses carrying 7000 people left that enclave headedled by the faction for rebel territory near the turkish border. the domino effect of defeats of these antigovernment fighters across the enclave are viewed as the biggest setbacks for the rebellion against the rule of
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assad. damascus, wef crossed to beirut and speak to our correspondent. these people are being seen as the largest evacuation from their sense of sought and russian troops launched their advance in this enclave. what do we know at this hour? adam: this is a process going on since late lalast week. this was on thursday and some 4000 f fighters and their famils left that area. that is the middle pocket forces.ed by there was an agreement on friday with the rebels that control the soututhern pocket and there have been ongngoing evacuations. the largest overnight was 7000
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people being bust up to the northern area. says 13,000nt people have been evacuated so far. the spokesperson for the opposition group that controls the government pocket being evacuated says he might expect more than that to leave. as many as 30,000, that's more than just the fighters and their family m members but peoeople tt don't wantnt to return to the government controlled area. to,area they are traveling it's not without trouble. there has been ongoing infighting between different opposition groroups. point, you might expect the government to turn their attention to this as well. thomas: to the east of the capital, where are we at?
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there are presumably other pockets of land where rebels and opposition fighters might not be willing to put down weapons and be evacuated. adam: the government controls 90% of what was previously rebel held area in due to. aree have been deals we discussing. the third area is controlled. discussions brokered by t the russians. this would involve their roots draw from the area. have a safe exits and evacuations for civilians because the fighters will put down their weapons or leave. whatis very similar to fighters in the other two areas said prior to the agrereement. point, it's held by the opposition.
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it's good they're compared to what it was. should the government take this back or strengthen so the fighters also leave, that would open the way for the biggest victory since december 2016 when i took back aleppo. we don't know the nature of the outcome of the discussions between them. thomas: thank you very much. news for you. france is engaged in a military operation to get extremists out of molly. troops are still there as part of a counterterrorism mission. in reporters visited a base menachem to see how the french army is dealing with these challenges of operating in the sahara desert. to operate in the desert, the french army needs to fluids,
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water for the troops and fuel to power the vehicle's and helicopters. tens of thousands of gallons of fuel are kept here. be most supplies have to transported by road. a breakdown can be a disaster, it can slow down a convoy and even mechanics come targets for extremists in the region. the summer vehicle broke down. there was a problem of the gear fix. they had to fetch it, bring it back to camp, they have 14 hours of work ahead of them. avoiding breakdowns is the best thing, that's why they make sure
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every vehicle that arrives at the camp gets checked over by his mechanics. >> logistics experts organize the supplies. with soldiers arrived at this location less than a month ago. there are 150 of them working behind the scenes, supporting combat troops on the ground. place: two suspects of in under formal investigation by police in paris for murder with
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anti-semitic motives. the stabbed and partially burned body of an 85-year-old jewish women was found friday. she had escaped around of abuse in the french capital during the second world war. a silent march will be held this wednesday in her memory. luke: police found her body stabbed and partially burned friday evening. several places in her apartment where fires have been started. investigators are treating it as an anti-semitic attack, one that left her neighbors in shock. >> i am overwhelmed and feel powerless. when youou hear she mamade a complaint and no one did anything, it's horrible. she was lovely, incredibly generous and pleasant to everyone. has: the murders nature
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resonated as far away as israel. ae foreign mission or is on official visit. >> we don't know why it happened. an investigation is underway. we know it was murder and light needs to be shed on the reason behind it. i am more disturbed to know that she was a holocaust survivor. that left me feeling particularly emotional. march is planted paris on wednesday after calls from the leading jewish organization. the kansas school girl at the center of the landmark supreme court ruling which struck down racial segregation in the u.s. has died. and the brown past away on 75.ay at the age of the educational fund that brought the legal case
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challenging school segregation held brown and her family the most important transformational supreme court decision of the 20th century. you're watching live from paris, these of the latest world headlines. a day of mourning and russia for the 64 people killed in the shopping center fire. but couldn't held a moment of sides -- silence as people are calling for the truth about the blaze. hundreds more opposition and islamist fighters except fate -- safe passage from east ghouta. people have been bust out of the enclave from monday to tuesday as part of the new evacuation deal. two suspects are placed under investigation for murder with anti-semitic motives and france. the president has called the
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killing of the 85-year-old a horrific crime, he i is determid past other crimes targeting the fewest -- judas community. -- jewish community. we are starting with the latest pressure on a facebook and on mark zuckerberg's response to british members of parliament. >> he said he won't answer questions from british lawmakers over how millions of user data got into the hands of cambridge analytica. he will defend one of his deputies. the chairman of the parliamentary cocommittee said e still wants to speak to zuckerberg by video link or in person. the social network is facing pressure in the united states. the ftc is investigating the darpa -- data harvesting
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scandal. >> the firestorm surrounding facebook continues. the federal trade commission publicly confirmed its investigating the data collection practices, making it clear punishment is on the table. >> the ftc is committed to using all of its tools to protect the privacy of consumers. >> it's not the first time they have clashed with facebook. in 2011, they y agree to settle charges that it deceives consumers when it came to their privacy. explicit approval from users when they change the way data is handled. if this has been broken, they face a $40,000 fine per violation. that could lead to billions of dollars. they want explanation for the
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role in the cambridge analytic a scandal. >> promises aren't enough. we will need to monitor companies such as facebook much more strictly in the future. we will punish breaches of data protection painfully. it lost more than $7$70 billion in market value. they want to answer the ftc's questions. stephen: a looook at the markets this hour, i it announcing that. theytors get relieved that are talking trade. got strong gains across london, paris, and frankfurt in training. one of the companies seen gains is the swiss drugmaker.
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it's up to percent. it was selling its stake in a joint venture for $13 billion. the deal saw them pass into the british companies control. it's down 5% in sweden. pretax rockets fell 60% in the first three months. that is compared to 2017. they were hit by poor sales, discounting more stock. -- we're moving on to monetary and france. there was a delivery deal. amazon prime will allow you to order your groceries online and have them delivered to your house within two hours. that's a service you will quite like. it's good for the online grocery
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sales. they lag far behind britain and the united states. it's a big thing for people who signed up for amazon. thomas: those doing deals have seen bonuses jump. please stand by the biggest pay rise, the new york state comptroller says the biggest bonus was over $184,000. it's up 17% on 2016. it is boosted by rising bankshares. they have reduced regulation under donald trump. was $31 billion, close to record highs. there is a new way to buy a car in china. ford has joined forces with ally to make a new vending machine that sells cars.
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itit's fifive stories talall, it contains 4 42 cars. who have a good credit score can buy a car using a smart p phone app in under 10 minutetes and without talking to anyone. i do wonder the way that things get stuck in vending machines, thomas: thank you very much. we move on now to a spin through the international press. i am joined by allison. we are starting with the decision of western powers to afterrussian diplomats the spy poisoning. allison, they are showing solidarity with the u.k.. they accuse rush of poisoning the former spy. it's a unified front from the
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west that leaves rush out in the cold. many papers report this is the largest expulsion of russian diplomats since the cold war. russian state broadcaster sputnik does not seem worried. analyst whosecurity shrugged it off a bit. he said it's just a political act. heads of state like to grandstand. it's a way of expressing their outrage. whether it's genuine, that remains to be seen. 60mas: the u.s. is expelling russian officials. alison: if you're wondering how the u.s. came up with that number, check out this cartoon from the times today. first numberas the that came to donald trump's mind. that's because he was watching that recent interview with stormy daniels about her affair with him. that aired on a popular show called 60 minutes.
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the new york times shows some rare support for the american president in its editorial today. my said the move against russia is overdue. they are one of several u.s. newspapers calling for the trump administration to go further and put sanctions on it russian oligarchs. that's the way to get gruden, to punish his cronies and make them feel the reach of the u.s.. thomas: another tense diplomatic situation, this time between germany and the spanish region of catalonia. german authorities arrested the former leader of that parliament. some german papers have, out strongly against this. they have called it germany's first political prisoner. is in a pickle. while the government has always cited with spain in this debate, they are more involved than they
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ever wanted to be. back,y don't send him they will have trouble with the spanish government. if they do, they will spark protest in catalonia. it's a lose lose situation. whatartoonist is wondering decision they are going to make. you can see in this cartoon from the swiss paper, authorities say let's see if the request is compatible with german law. it actually says things like death to the outlaw and other insults. this, it's not so awful. thomas: the debate rages on about the attacker not being caught sooner. alison: he had been flagged by two authorities. they are focusing on the question on the front page.
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they have subsequently for the government about how difficult it is to keep track of these people. it's a real headache. in no small part due to the manpower takes to watch so many people. cartoon,n see in this the policeman is saying to the other one where you doing? i'm watching all of these. thomas: let's move on to pakistan, where viewers have the luxury of watching the country's first transgender news anchor. thomas: she did her first broadcasting of the week. alison: she made headlines all over the world. you can read about her. she says her story is no different from that of any other person on the street. use in pakistan to describe people who don't subscribe to the gender binary. many and up living on the street and are subject to different
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violence. many articles point out that pakistan is leading the charge in the region when it comes to chance gender rights. it's not just the government. she has seen a huge outpouring support on twitter. thomas: we are going from a rising star to one of the world's biggest stars. the washington post is reporting people on social media are trying to stop one of the most celebrity mysteries of 2018 so far. alison: it's a mystery of who bit beyoncé. it's weird in part because it hasn't been confirmed that anyone did invite by her. this claim came from the actress tiffany haddish. she said in an interview that she saw someone by beyoncé and an after party. the story went viral.
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a national manhunt is being carried out on social media, people weighing in on who they think had the nerve to bite beyoncé in the face. the washington post does not have a verdict yet. many
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