>> india and china want to avoid violence after a clash at the border. 20 indian troops killed in a disputed area. sanctions onu.s. syria take effect, targeting individuals and businesses

supporting or trading with the government. beijing raises the emergency level as new cases emerge. travel restricted. hehello and thank you for joini. peace but will not take provocations lightly, the reaction to the clash on the border with china, a reactionn that shoululd ve c come sooner,, critics say. 20 troops killed in a disputed himalayan area. no shots fired. soldiers using rocks instead. chinaa denied starting trouble. talk.ides agreed to let's go to delhi. saying lives lost will not be in vain. u us theut -- tell

reacactions from where you are. people were burning images and effigies of xi anding and the chinese flag this is quite something because all of this is happening after india recorded the highest coronavirus death toll in a single day. citizens are encouraged to stay indoors. calling for groupss boycotts of chinese products. the prime minister was criticized yesteterday and earlr today for failining to put out a statemenent soonerer. the leader of the opposition party tweeted early this morning

asking, why is the prime ministerer silent? why is he hiding? we need to knonow what happened. 26 hours later, the prime minister has spoken and without going into details, he said the sacrifice of 20 soldiers will thiso in vain, urgining cannnnot turn into disputes. i would like to quote directly. "for us, uninity and sovereieigy of the country's most important. india wants peace. itit is capable of a reply iff instigated." analysts are in a frenzy trying to figurure out wt the reply coululd be. for thel have t to wait partrty meeting until t the day afterr t tomorrow, attended by senior cabinet members and leaders of all parties, where

they are likely to discuss. we will wait and see what emerges. claire: could you give us ckground o on the border dispute? reporterer: absolutely. decades long d dispute betweween india and china about thehe exat locatition of the border alolone himalayan range. it is sparsely populated. mostly rocock and ice, completey inhabitablble. ththis is knonown. the countries hahave gone to w r over it in 1962. the 1970'sce ininto and recently in the last decade. this round of violence appears indndia building a a remote air base somewhwhere in thehe region. india maintains the road as well within its territoryrynd it has a right to upgrade military

installations. chchina d disputes the road is withth indian teterritory. that is the immediatate trigger. all of this has s a long histor. it is unlikely either country will want to escalate further, especially india, in the middle of the pandemic. claire:: thank you very much. new sanctions against syria approved by u.s. lawmakers in effect, targeting people who provide support to syria's government, focusing on military, oil and gas. sanctions reverberated across the country. suffefering underer the effects of the 90 or c civil wa,

the syrian economy faces a new threat as wide sweeping sanctions fromom the u.s. aim mt stopping human rights abuses committed by the government of bashar al-assad. syria's economy already near collapse, u.n. spececial envoy r syria said d there is a a n newl of alarm in the e country. >> nobody involved in the conflict should resume e time is onon their side. nobody should assure there will be better openingngon the road. what is reqequired is the readiness of all to think seriously on the conflict. reporter: already under previous sanctions imposed by the u.s. and the eu, new sanctions, known as the caesar act, t targets anyone including companies, institutions, individuals providing support or doing business with the syrian government. the measures are likely to apply

to russia and iran, who both support the bashar al-assad regime. sanctions,tion of the syrian currency has plunged in value in one week byby more than it has fallen in the previous ninine years. ♪ regimeotests against the anand government controlled are. the new u.s. sanctions are likely to ripple across the region, including lebanon, whose economy is intertwined with syria and is still reeling from a banking crisis and the effects from the cororonavirus pandemic. we are in beirut. leila, how do these sanctions compare to previous ones? [no audio]

leila, i am not sure you can hear me. how do u.s. sanctions compared to previous ones? [no audio] havaving technical issues, unfortunately, not able to talk to leila in beirut now. other syria related news for you. we are expecting a verdict in france after the uncle of bashar al-assad went on trial, allegedly embezzzzled syrian ste funds to buy properties in france worth 90 million euros. parisian two townhouses, vast office space and a farm, the list of his french assets is long. 1984 anded crimes span

2016, including aggravated tax fraud and misappropriation of syrian funds. >> [speaking french] reporter: a former damascus heavyweight, he left syria in 1984 after a failed coup against his brother. he lived in switzerland and france. his assets arare in offshorore x havens.-- he came from saudi arabia. french]king reporter: the 82-year-old

defendant did not appear in court last december due to ill health. prosecutors are seeking a four year prison sentence, 10 million euro fine and confiscation of all french real estate. he is also facing the possibility of a spanish trial on charges of ill-gotten gains, as switzerland continues to pursue charges of war crimes against him, allegedly commimitd in syria in the 1980's. claire: let's go back to beirut, where leila is standing by to talk about the latest round of sanctions against syria. how did these sanctions compare to previous ones? reporter: there have e been u.s. sanctions onon the syrian government since 2004, stepped up 2011, since the beginning of the civil war, initially trying

to put pressure on bashar al-assad to step down, for regime change, than that changed over the years. the u.u.s. government seems to have accepted he is not going to step down immediately. they still want other things. they want to pressure the government to stop the air campaign against civilians conducted by the russian military. they want a safe return of refugees and unfettered access to hug humanitarian organizations. they're trying to individually target people inside and outside syria, and organizations, in any way sponsoring the government. they are considering whether the central bank of syria could be seen as laundering money. they hope they can mount pressure on the residence government to change the way it

includinge couountry, sanctioning organizations in iran and russia, governments that are supporting bashar al-assad. we have seseen efforts at normalization of his government, whereactors coming in, the uae started up trade talks. what are the repercussions likely to be in lebanon? issuesr: one of the main ezbollah, which have been the foot soldiers on the ground in syria, based in lebanonon, we have seen the u.s. trying to sanction actors like them.

this works for them. and facingsanctions problems, many of their sources , we have seen many countries in europe and north america being sanctionened for their involvement. one of the key issues is the border between lebanon and syria. lebanon has strong links to syria. there's a lot of smuggling and legal trade. the u.s. is trying to firm up the border. that will make things increasingly difficult to get weapons across the board, which is so important for operations in syria. toy don't want sanctions affect legitimate farmers and trade. the israeli border to the south is closed. they want to make sure it does not affect civilians.

that here.ncern over claire: thank y you. covid has leded beijining to raise i its ememery levels. hundreds of fligights canceled, non-essential travel outside the city bananned and schools are shut. 31 cases reported. the total, 130 in the last week. the outbreak started in a massive food market. repopoer: two thirdrds flights canceled, to and from beijing. residents trying their best to return to their hometowns. [speaking mandarin] reporter: beijing battling a new cluster. china's capital is a mega-city. this is a second wave. authorities raised the health

alert to the second highest level. mandarin]ng reporter: dozens s of neneighborhoods s in the city he been put under l lockdown. all schools have returned to online teaching. working from h home is encourag. 11 food markekets shut down, including one that supplies 70% of beijing's fruit and vegetables. linked d to this wholesale markrket. authorities putting into prpractice tried and testeted trtracng tools to clamp out the latest outbreak. claire: that is it for now. stay tuned. ♪

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hello and thank you for being with us. >> good afternoon. >> you are the author of this wall street journal bestseller, digital transformation, survive and thrive in an era of mass extinction. you draw an interesting parallel about how life evolved and what is happening in the business world. why is it similar? world, we haveal had life on the planet for 2.5 billion years. last 440 m million years, , we e had d five mass exextinctition . this meteorent was hitting the yucatan 65 million years ago and 80% of species on earth became extinct at that time. after each of these events, they would be followed by a mass re- speciation.

ago, then years dinosaurs disappeared. the vacuum was filled by mammals, so that turned out well for homo sapiens, at least so far. when you get in a corporate boardroom today or you talk to a ceo in shanghai, beijing, paris, romeme, london,n, new york, san francisco, the top of f the agea is digital transformation. there is a mandate to transform. it is s something criticalally imimportantt and existential. i spend a lot of time thinking about this. what is going on?n? the information technology industry, a rapidly growing space, in which we are seeing new vectors in the 21st century changing everyrything. computing,de cloud

metadata, the internet of things and ai. at the confluence of vectors, you find digital transformation. why are people so focused on it? like in the natural wororld, in the corporate world, 21st century, we are going through a mass extinction event. 52% fortune 500 companies have disappeared in the last 18 years. they are gone. where is kodak and westinghouse? toys "r" u us? these companies have vaporized. companiesmated 70% of today will be gone in the next 20 years. what is going on is there is a rush. companies have n new dna. tesla. airbnb. amamazon. data,e all about ai, big

elastic cloud computing in retail, transportation, hospitality, automotive. dna arempanies with new replacing the vacuum by companies going out of business. >> is all about how well companies harness technology. a statement you made in your book. bigger ore as big or as disruptive as the industrial revolution." knowing what happened after worlrld war ii, what do you have in mind? >> daniel bell published an important book in 1973, a sociologist from harvard, called the coming postindustrial society, predicting, this is before the minicomputer or personal computer or internet or cell phone, if you can imagine,

tot the world was about of thenence restructuring global economy on the order of the industrial revolution. he called this the postindustrial society or the information age. in the last 50 years, e everythg prpredicted hahas come true. infoformation n technology has changed the structure of the economy, the way we worork, the way we enterertain ourselvlves, communicate, look at what is going on. public securities today. how much are dominated by i.t. companies? it has changed everything. >> i would like your take on a trade war between the u.s. and china. i recently heard microsoft's president say both countries are on the verge of a technology cold war. what is your opinion? who do you think will win this battle?

is it a battle of ai? what is it about? in 2017,ir putin said whoever wins thehe war nai, dominates thee w world. i believe that is true. it will not be russia. ai, massive investments going on expanding ai for controlling peoplele, socialal compliance, weapons systems, defense systemems, the w weaponizazatiof ai, or the u.s. we are in a non-kinetic warfare with china today. they are investing billions of dollars, educating m more peopl, spendingng more money, filing me patents. there is a reason for concern. if things continue to go the way they are going today, china might win this war. >> there is a call on the e u.s.

gogovernmentnt to do more. >> thehe western governments d't do more in this area, we will be sorry. >> let's talk of your startup, valued at $3 billion, helping companies take the digital turn. give us an example of how you help clients. decade, twothe last quarters of a billion dollars, building a software platform allowing our customers like ng, apply aiu.s. air force, to massive social and economic benefit. this is about cleaner energy, renewable energy, more efficient manufacturing, lower inventory cost, lower cost products, more satisfied cusustomers and so weo this in banking, telecommunications, smart ,ities, defense, intelligence

clean energy. >> you decided to set up youruarters i in europe, european headquarters are in france. you seem to appreciate france. is that still the case after the strikes? why is it a good country to invest in? >> paris is centrally located. it is a great transportation hub. a a very deep and rich resourcrce in humanan capi. they have some of the best research and educational institutions on the p planet. great computer scienence, data science,e, human capital. headquarters, which worked out well. c3.ai, as we grow our footprint throughout europe.

>> i started this by saying you had stared death in the eye. tanzania, you are on safari, attacked by an elephant, you underwent 19 surgegeries and after that, you are not able to walk for four years. on a personal level, the man that you are, how did it change your life to go through that? >> i was on a a photo safari tanzania and in was charged by an elephant. my left leg was gored. i broke ribs. my foot came off. it was challenging. the next four years, i have 19 reconstrtructive surgeries and i walked.. totoy, i am fifine. it puts things in perspective. yourur approach risk differentl.

most of the things you worry about before an elephant attack, you think arare i impor, are rereally notot important at. it helps too prioritize what is important from what is n not. it changes the way you think. >> for those of our viewers thinking about starting a startup, what is your advice? >> become a domain expert. think, whwhether we are dealing with information technology, material science, travel, transportation, there is no substitute for getting an education and being a domain expert in that field. secondly, before i statarted a company, i wouldld go to work fr a company who is a leader in the field and learn how it is done. how customers are engaged. the language of the business. how contracting is done.

how customers are supported. you can be more successful out of the gate. >> thank you very much. it is the end of this interview. stay with us on france 24. ♪

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