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>> hello and welcome to live from paris. it is 1 p.m. in the french capital. let's look at headlines. injured after mass shootings in a new zealand city. it was a terrorist attack. algerians taking to the streets friday demanding the president stepped down after he
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canceled next month's elections. hundreds of french school students in paris join others around the world protesting arouound government in action on climate change. ♪ >> we begin in new zealand. 49 people have been killed and 48 others seriously wounded in shootings at two mosques at friday prayers in christchurchc. the incident is being descscribd as a terrorist attack. explosive devices have been disarmed. three people in custody. one is an australian born citizen, another having been charged with murder.
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police have held a press conference. let's listen. person, male, late 20's has been charged with murder and should appear in the christchurch court tomorrow morning. three other people apprehended. armed, atse persons, the scene, may have had nothing to do with this incident. have beenhers apprehended, we are working through to understand what their involvement is. we have recovered a number of firearms from both of the scenes, glenwood avenue and deans avenue. >> more from james, based in cry church -- in christchurch.
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it seems the emphasis is switching to these three people detained, especially the 28-year-old due to appear in court tomorrow. what more do you know? >> police have been reluctant to give out details. more, whenl find out it comes back around today time in new zealand, will be around the nature of the people and whether they are working together, and how? whether they were some sort of cell. we had coordinated attacks at different mosques in christchurch at the time as well as, the police have apprehendndd vehiclcl with i ied's. it suggests a high dege e of planning. we d do not know much about tha. i expect we will find out more
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in the days to come. the searcheen seeing extending to a property, some 300 kilometers south of christ church. is 5 hours drive from chststchurch, south.. it appears one of the menen may have b been at a residence, basd ththere and driven up too ristchurchch, perhaps on the day of thehe attack. news frome latest police before they shuhut down operations friday. we willl be hopiping to find out more. sketchy ons, we are details. they are appearing to have cordoned off a property therere, which is almost 400 kilometersrs
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away from christchurch. >> it is late in the night there, but how have the shootings impacted new zealand? >> it is something else. we have hahad an earthquake in christchchurch, eight years ago, which was the largest modern disaster in new zealand history. the atmosphere was different. massive outpouring of grief and anger, notot just in christchurh but acroross the country. we are seeing supportive messages from people of all walks of life from the pope, theresa may, donald trump. e event which has atattracted the world's attenti. something that, it is difficult for me in christchurch to
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understand, what it is likeke to be in ththe center of that, we e stilsisitting here with helicopters flflying over the house. unhearard of in new zealand. a war or never had anything down here but this is as close as we get. >> james, reporting from christchurch, thank you. fact that over the thegovernor live-streamed shootings on facebook and instagram, social media platforms apparently shutting down his account upon being informed. it did not stop several australian media outlets from rebroadcasting the material. joining me now, is professor jarvis, a security specialist from the university of east anglia in the u.k. thank you for your time. how damaging is this, when you
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have a terrorist live streaming the attack? problem ofuts to the this type e of violence. it is s not the immediatee victs of these attacks, that is the focus of individuals causing this harm, it is a symbololic value they have, the performance of that violencncmore widely, communicatating a m message to r auaudiences from political leaes to public to otherers as well. ways technology prprovides new of propaganda. do to stop this from occurring -- what do social media companies need to do to stop this from occurring?? >> the job is difficult. keeping hold of the number of accounts and working to preventt isis happeningng is difficicult. there is a tradede-off between
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sesecurity cononcerns raised d s issue and censorship questions around liberty and rigights and freedom of expression and that kind of thing. clearly these companies have a responsibility t to ensure their technologigies are used legally and appropriately. this is a far cry from that. about the you know white suprememacist movement? is it a movement that is growing? basically expanding to regions such as the antipodes? >> there has been a rise of attacks by individuals associating themselves with the far right, or extremists nationalists or white supremacists over recent years, not just this year, over the last 5, 10 years. alwaysway, vioiolence is
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part of broader social phenomena. yoyou could argue these kinds of attacks are linked to the growing currency these types of ideas have within mainstream, as well as fringe, movements. the spread of islslamophobia, racism and xenophobiaa ideas moe widely. internet,s of how the that has become a vital tool, hasn't it, in spreading material? in terms of, helping groups such as far right or white supremacist movements? >> sure. these technologies provide new opportunities for organizations that want to cause harm. they provide opportunities for interacting between individuals that might be g graphically or socially distant. they provide opportunities for learning, enabling people to
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research and find out about weapons, targets, those kinds of things. it is the case t that digitall tetechnology and the internet ad those kinds of materials provide opportunity for would-be attackers, that were previously harder to access. >> professor jarvis, thank you. from the university of east anglia. moving on, thousands of students around the world have walked out of class friday as part of a todent strike, in response government in action on climate change. it was inspired by a swedish activist, the 16-year-old began holding solitary demonstrations outside the parliament last year. students holding protest in paris, particularly, a sit in at the headquarters of the french bank societe genenerale. nowcorrespondent joins us
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from the pantheon, another location for one of today's protests. what is the turn out like where you are? >> several thousand students gathered here, many others arriving as we speak, for what is a global movement, by far the biggest turnout we have seen for france this year of this youth climate protest. among the people, both students here at the british school of paris. show me your sign and expire what brought you here -- explain what brought you here today? >> i have been inspired by the global movement to come out here and let myself be heard and influence others to do the same. >> i feel we need to take action. we cannot rely on people to provide our future for us. >> many would say you are too young to have a voice in elections. is this your only way of being heard? >> it is exactly that.
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we don't have other options. if we feel there isn't sufficient action for what is happening, then this is our only choice. >> we have no other way of expressing ourselves so effectively and as a group we can act more powerfully than any vote. >> how has the swedish teenager inspired you? >> i remember seeing her on the news. so inspiring to see someone do what she truly believes in. it is that which inspires the whole world to come here and let everyone know what we want. >> how do your parents feel about you being here? skipping school, essentially? >> my parents are very supportive. they push me to do it. they think it is very important we do everything we can to help the planet. they told me, if we live in a place where we are not persecuted for freedom of speech, we have to take every
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opportunity we can to let people know what we think. >> are you going to be punished for skipping class on friday? >> don't know yet. i hope not. we will take whatever punishment comes. >> is this your first and last march? >> i am hoping there is more on the horizon. >> definitely. you can see the great atmosphere here. definitely something i would do again. >> thank you. we will be making our way with students from the pantheon in paris later this a afternoon. >> all right, our environment editor, thank you. algeria, thousands of people have taken to the street to demand the ailing president stepped down. friday's rallies, the third since the 82-year-old announced he would n not be seeking a fifh mandate. the president also announced the
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april election in question would be canceled, a move many see as an attempt to cling to power. , more f from our correspondent.t. do you have an idea as to how many people have turned out to protest? [no audio] we seem to be having technical issues with our correspondent. hopefully we can get him online and talk to him later. military, israel's says palestinian militants have fired rockets to tel aviv and in response, israeli warplanes have targeted the gaza strip, hitting hamas targets. this is the first rocket attack
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to target tel aviv since 2014. we have more. >> rocket fire lit up the night t sky on friday. this, hours after sirens sounded in tel aviv. rockets were fired at the coastal city from the palestinian enclave, prompting the city to open the bomb shelters. >> all o of the shelters in tel aviv are open. 240 of them. >> the last time bomb shelter alarms sounded here was five years ago, during the 2014 gaza war. the attack on the city caught some residents off guard. >> when i heard the rockets, i heard the firing, it was surprising. i didn't think it could reach
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tel aviv. i heard an explosion. 30 seconds later. >> the israeli military says t e aerial defense system intercepted one of the rockets and blames the attack on hamas, who has denied the claims. the strikes came one day after egyptian mediators visited gaza, as cairo launched a bid to negotiate a peace deal. thousands rallying against the embattled president in algeria. let's cross to the algerian capital to get more from our corresespondent. do we have a an idea a as to how many have turned u up to protest todaday? well, as i see on tv so far, there are about, 1000 people in
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ththe streets already, in the center of algiers joining the movement. third strike today. the announcement -- [indiscernible] -- were supposed, -- [indiscernible] -- they did not convene. the algerians, -- [indiscernible] [indiscernible] -- in response, there are massive callsls and new calls fr a peaceful march. actually the meaning of algerian -- [indiscernible] -- out on the street, -- [indiscernible] -- categorical -- [indiscernible] -- of the new
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prime minister, sometimes called ridiculous, because finally the answers to the question of journalists did not -- [indiscernible] >> very quickly, what has been the reaction on the street by police and o other security officials toto the crowds? toot is, for the moment, early to talk about it. go quietlytrying to with the people. we are expecting more demonstrations in the afternoon. for the moment, police are trying to keep things quiet and try to understand what the people are waiting for, until we see what is going to happen. journalist and algiers, thank you. a reminder of what is making
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news this hour. 49 people dead, 48 injured after mass shootings at mosques during friday prayers in the new zealand city of christchurch. it is a terrorist attack. variancehousands about take to the street -- tens of thousands algerians take to the street after the president canceled next month's elections. thousands of students around the world protesting against government inaction against climate change. time for business news. china mayed onset and have an olive branch with the u.s.? >> the aim is to ease global concerns about t their business practices, including forstst trsfsfer -- forced transfer of techlogygy. they will offer stronger
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protections s for intellllectual property. amereran and european rerepresentitives in beijijing e voiced concerns the legislatitin is short of details and was adopted in haste. seen as an asset to facilitate trade talks with the u.s., the national congress overwhelmingly voted in favor of foreign investment friday, aiming to create a more level playing field between domestic and foreign businesses in the chinese market. to better is designed protect foreign investment and attract foreign investment with legal means. regulate the behavior of the government. >> the legislation addresses long-standing concerns by foreign firms, scraps the requirements foreign businesses must share proprietary technology with chinese joint
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venturee partners and aims to protect against illegal government interference, both major sticking points and ongoing trade negotiations with the u.s.s. the countries are working to resolve a damaging trade dispute, which has seen billions of dollars of tariffs on goods since last year. thursday, hesaid was optimistic about reaching an agreement soon. >> we will have news on china probably, one way or the other, we will know in the next three weeks. >> european union chamber of commerce in china has complained beijing has rushed the law through parliament in order to appease the u.s. concern from businesses about the lack of details about how the law, due to come into effect january 1 next year, wilill be enforced. t this,te skekepticism ovover chchina'ss move has provideded a boost to global stock markets. european shares, broad rally
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this friday on renewed hopes the u.s.-china trade talks are making progress. investors pinning hopes on a softer brexit following last night's vote in u.k. parliamentt to delay departure date. chargrged a ar regulatators former ceo w with a massive frad on investors over the diesel gate scandal. say they misled investors by issuing bonds and securities in 2015 without disclosing they had cheated tests. the move comes two years after volkswagen reached a settlement with the u.s.. there are still criminal and civil charges pending. boeing hasas suspended delereryf planes, following t the
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etethiopiann c csh. sereries are t of the being g grounded worldwide untia software update can be installed. boeing had received orders for over 4600 more. an investigatition l b by france opens this fririday toetetermi the causef the accident.. experts at the a accidenent a ay will retrieve info from the black box, brouought to paris on thursday. ajapanese courtrt has handeded 2.5 yeyear suspended sentence, e founder of the now-defunct bitcoin currency exchange. 80% ofpany ononce handled world bitcoin tradede, but went bankrupt.. billion disappeared from the platform in 2014. the company accused hackersrs of the loss. the court found the founder
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guilty for embezzlement and breach of trust. there is a tenure sentence being brought. he has already spent a year behind bars. financial authoritieses were prompted to tighten r regulatios on c crypto cucurrency trade. tesla has unveiled itits latest offeriring, modedel y,, all elec spsporutilility vehicicle. compact suvss are the fastest growing secector in the c car indudustry. this is meant to be an affordable model. expxpand, tesla has unveiled the highly anticipated model y, all electric compact suv, able to accelerate 02 1 100 kilometers per hour in 3.5
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seconds, boasts up to 300 miles of range on a single battery charge. suv,e functionality of an but it will ride like a sports car. this thing will be tight on corners. >> an attempt from the company to target the mainstream, as it turns focus on affordability. the midsize suv will haveve starting price of $39,000. to cut cost, it will share 75% of the model 3 sedans parts, which will make it easier for production. tesla is looking to repay massive debt that threatens to topple the firm. last week, it reversed a decision to move sales online, saying it will keep many rooms open but will have to hike the prices of cars to do so. small suvs are the fastest-growing segment in the united states and china. deliveries expected to start
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late 2020 for the higher priced model y, standard range version likely spring of 2021. by that time, tesla will face an entirely different market, with fororants volkswagen, audi, benz a bmw all expected to roroll out suvs before then. >> thank you. that is it for this edition. stay with us on france 24. ♪
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