here is was put on france 24. -- welcome to live from paris on france 24. in ukraine, russian strikes continue to take their toll. beijing remainsn high alert aftea weekend off unprecedented protests as residents vent their anger at china's zero covid policy. and it was another big day after the world cup in qatar as the u.s. took on iran and england faced off with whales -- with

whales -- with wales. we will have all the latest from our team in doha. it is good to have you with us. after meeting of nato's foreign ministers in romania, the organization pledged to send more aid to ukraine as it faces biting subzero temperatures. constant russian missile strikes led nato to accuse putin of using the cold as a weapon of war. take a look at general secretary and stoltenberg. >> this will fund urgent non-lethal support including fuel and generators, helping ukraine to address the consequences of russia's strikes

against their power grids, but we will continue to support ukraine for as long as it takes. we will not back down. fraser: with more on what was set on the first day of the two-day summit, here is our brussels correspondent. >> today, the focus on -- was on what they can do to continue the aid for ukraine. the focus was not on how to help ukraine in nonmilitary ways because russia is targeting the energy infrastructure in ukraine. the nato secretary-general spoke to the press. he showed a satellite image of what ukraine looks like right now with all the rolling blackouts from the energy infrastructure being hit. he said that ukraine needs generators. it needs medical personnel. it needs all those types of things that can step in and rebuild that infrastructure, and he said that vladimir putin is using winter as a weapon against ukraine.

separately, foreign ministers reaffirmed their commitment to ukraine being a nato member state someday. that is a declaration the first was made 14 years ago at the exact same place, the palace of the parliament in bucharest in 2008. u.s. president george w. bush convinced reluctant european allies to make a very firm statement saying that ukraine and georgia will be nato member states someday. russia interpreted that as effectively a declaration of war by the west. it invaded georgia just four months later and invaded ukraine and annexed crimea a couple years later in 2014. this was vy much nato's foreign minister saying that they stick by the statement they made in 2008. however, on the ground, there really is not any progress on ukraine or georgia becoming nato member states. what was important today for the foreign minister was that russia

's actions are not intimidating them from welcoming ukraine as being a nato member state and that offer still stands. frazier: kyiv urging allies to speed up deliveries. the country still has around 20% of its electricity off-line and is in dire need of generators and transformers to get it's lights back on. >> homes in ruins, leveled by russian missile strikes. residents of a city in the kyiv region look at the damage. >> we are temporarily renting accommodation. our apartment is destroyed. the walls are cracked. the ceiling is cracked. the windowsnd balcony are broken. everything is ruined. i hope that winter won't be too harsh. >> since october, moscow's

strategy has been to target ukrainian energy facilities. temperatures plummeting, many will have to deal with rolling blackouts. >> i live in anpartment in a two-story building. it is rundown. when there is electricity, they turn on the heating at night, and now we have power for four hours a day. >> it has been nearly a week since russian strikes severely affected energy and water services. sites like these have been set up for residents to keep warm. ukraine's biggest priority electricity producer said it would reduce electricity supply by 60% for consumers in kyiv. the national grid operator set on monday it had been forced to resume regular emergency blackouts across the country.

frazier: authorities in china show no sign of budging in the face of protests against its beijin h sent dozens of students back to the province under the guise of covid safety, but some say the move is to stop them from joining the protests. china is also at a critical juncture is decades of rapid economic growth give way to a slowdown, leaving xi jinping's government in a tricky situation . >> today, the chinese state has really cracked down very hard on the recent protests. the police presence is really heavy here in beiji but also many other chinese cities. in shanghaiauthorities are asking peoe to searctheir phones and also delete critical footage. at the same time, the state council here in beijing is giving a press conference, but they did not announce any evening -- easing of the covid zero policy but rather gavsome

details about the wish to contain for the elderly, but for many young people, they are not satisfied only by having a change in pandemic policy. what they want is a change in society. they want a more open society. they want more press freedom, more freedom of expression -- basically, human rights. of course, the government is not interested in a political compromise. they are committed to cracking down on protests really hard and trying to suppress the voices. however, the anger has really increased within the population will not disappear, of course. >> french president emmanuel macron is heading to washington as the u.s. looks to reinstall relationships at the heart of foreign policy. it will be the first time joe biden has honored a foreign leader. a key topic of discussion -- the ongoing war in ukraine.

>> just a year ago, relations between the u.s. and aunts were at a low point. a very public spat between the two countries cost pis a valuable submarine deal with australia and in the fallout, president macron recalled the french ambassador to the u.s. for consultation. the two countries are keen to show they have put their issues behind them. washington has left the world under no illusions as to why he chose france for joe biden's first hosting of a world leader. >> you look at ukraine, look at what is going on in china, france is at the center of other things. the president felt this was exactly the right and most appropriate country to start with for state business.

>> along with those issues, the u.s.' is a newly passed induction reflation act, which s been a sticking point between the two countries, is also set to be on the menu for talks. brussels has argued the subsids amounto unfair protectionism while france says the north -- the law threatens to put european manufacturers at a competitive disadntage. >> we know have to deal with so ofhe impact of the u.s. inflation reduction act. behind these measures imposed by the u.s. lies a much more embattled twist, i believe, which is a complete change in investment flow. >> the white house argues the legislation goes a long way in helping the u.s. meet local

efforts to curb climate change. >> let's get some world news -- some world cup news. the spotlight has been on iran's football team. they faced off against the united states. that match ending 1-nil to the u.s., a clash of political foes playing out on the pitch. but with ongoing protests back home, many fans were key to show their support. take a look. >> my -- why is it fair for my on, my cousins in iran to be suffering, to be told what to wear, how to act? people are fighting for their freedoms. people need to know the slogan. women, life, freedom, mahsa amini. >> we want the whole world to know about the criminal activities committed in iran by the police, by the security forces every day. in the past four weeks, they

have killed over 50 kids, the youngest 19 years old, 10 years old, 15 years old, 16 years old. >> joining me to discuss the game and its water impact, a professor of interest -- international relations at ohio university. thank you for joining us. people often say sports and politics should not mix. that has been quite different this world cup. this game is also highly symbolic, following the collapse of relations between iran and the u.s. under the former president's tenure. where do you think things stand at the moment? >> things obviously are not well in the sense that the iranian regime feels under pressure because of the demonstrations. of course they blame outside forces in the united states and israel for these demonstrations, even if it is not true. the nuclear deal seems dead at the moment, and the iranians have just announced they have

reached 60% enrichment at their nuclear plant, and this leaves very little hope that the nuclear deal could be revitalized, so we should expect much greater tensions. the soccer game hour football game in many ways is very symbolic. last time the two countries faced each other, iran won 2-1. it looks like things have changed in favor of the u.s., and maybe that is what the game shows. >> the team did not sing the national anthem at the first match against england but did against wales and today against the united states. what do you make of that? >> i think they were under so much pressure at home, probably worried about their families,

probably worried about their own safety because the regime has been brutal trying to suppress this revolt, if you want, against them, and the soccer team in qatar making a big deal of not singing the national anthem was a slap at the regime, and i think the regime probably warned them not to do it again. but the problem now for soccer players is that i'm sure a lot of people in iran and the regime itself may think that they delivered the u.s. to gain -- the game. it may be that there will be repercussions against the team. >> i want to touch on that further if you don't mind. what do you think awaits the players when they return home from the tournament? >> now they have been eliminated from going forward, so they will

go back, and i think it is very difficult to tell what will happen, but i'm sure there will be lots of people who will blame them for the loss, lots of people who will be upset at the fact that they did not sing the national anthem for the first time around, but on the other hand, there's a huge amount of the population that officiated what they did the first time around and may be upset with them for singing the national anthem the second and third time. i think the audience at home will be angry at them for a lot of different reasons, and i would not want to be one of them going back. >> thank you for your insight. thank you very much for speaking to us. france could be getting ready to celebrate a big success for the

country's baguette become a unesco protected world heritage item. >> it is one of the iconic symbols of friends, -- of france, and yet the ingredients are simple. flour, water, yeast, a little bit of salt, a lot of love, and some experience. this bakery makes baguettes for the french president, one of the 12 million people who eat baguettes on a daily basis in france. 6 billion are sold a year. that is 320 a second. clearly, baguettes are very popular in france, and yet, artisanal bakers say they need protecting from industrial bakers. about 20,000 bakeries have closed as people are changing their eating habits and going to buy these baguettes in supermarkets. artisanal bakers say this unesco world heritage status might

protect this cherished institution, left -- la i get. >> it is time for business with kate moody. lawmakers in the u.s. are working to protect a threatened real worker strike. >> there does seem to be a little bit of bipartisan agreement for legislative action here. the railway workers and their employers agreed to a cooling-off period in september, pushing the deadline for a possible strike to december 9. 4 unions representing half the industry's workers have refused to accept the deal on pay rises and working conditions. in particular, they are fighting for paid sick leave. a ground strike could freeze nearly 1/3 of u.s. cargo shipments and cost the economy $2 billion per day.

the house of representatives is scheduled to vote wednesday, which could force contract workers to accept the deal and avoid a walkout. >> for this to shut down would be horrendous for kansas as well as for kansas agriculture, so i think all the cards are on the table right now. >> i think it is a national security issue. if it's a supply chain issue, if it's the type of material that they transport, it is the security of our nation, our economic security as well as our health security, so i guess i think this is an urgent issue. congress needs to step up. >> wall street has closed mostly lower, less extreme, though, then monday's sharp losses. partly as we heard from the national retail federation saying a record number of holiday shoppers did show up in both stores and online between black friday and cyber monday. investors are looking ahead to a wednesday speech from the head of the u.s. federal reserve.

it mixed close for the major european indices as well. the ftse 100 gaining about .5% in london despite testimony from the governor of the bank of england, who said the government bond market has yet to return to normal following the failed many budget and the bank's emergency intervention at the end of september. germany was among the eu member states most depended on russian natural gas before the war in ukraine. it has been trying to broker its own deals to ensure its energy security going ahead. on tuesday, if finalized deals to import liquefied natural gas from qatar in the coming years. >> after months of negotiations, the deal was finally shook on. on tuesday, qatar confirmed it would start supplying germany with liquefied natural gas as berlin seeks to diversify its energy sources. >> these agreements are

momentous for several reasons. they mark the first ever long-term ergy supply supplyeriod that extends for at least 15 years, thus contributing to germany's long-term energy security. >> qatar said it would start sending lng from 2026 to a floating terminal like this one. germany is scrambling to construct six floating newport sites. lng which is natural gas called to a liquid in order to make it easier to transport, requires specific infrastructure to be converted back into gas and then pumped into the national network. however, the german economy minister admitted there would be limits to the amount of lng at the country could receive in the future. the fossil fuel does not fit into berlin's plan to become carbon neutral in just over 20 years' time. >> companies have to know that germany will have to reduce imports at some point if weant

to mt cmate protection targets. geany wants to be climate neutral in 2045. that's not much time for an insaly ambitious project. >> according to the project, qatar will provide germany with 2 million tons of lng every year, but if europe's biggest economy wants to replace russian pipeline gas imports, it would mean about 40 million tons of lng as numeral e. -- annually. >> on tuesday, butchers and sausage makers protested outside the national assembly, warning that soaring energy bills could force many of them to close up shop. consumer prices in france were 7.2% higher in october than a year earlier. the energy price is up 19%. from refrigeration to rotisserie's, butchers say their energy-intensive businesses warrant additional aid.

>> we are headed straight for bankruptcy. if nothing is done fairly soon, it will be the end for a lot of our colleagues. what is happening is catastrophic. we are asking our government for help. everything around us is increasing. we cannot hike our prices up just to pay electricity bills. >> certainly no secret that those kinds of concerns are being echoed across the economy. >> not least by me. we have already lost marks & spencer's and all of their sausages. kate moody with the business. thank you so much. it is time now for truth or fake, our back-checking segment. good to see you. ukraine has been suffering massive power outages for weeks because of russian attacks on electricity infrastructure. a satellite photo that has been widely shared on social media appears to show the result

across ukraine. >> this satellite photo of europe appears to show ukraine in total blackout as if the entire country has lost electricity, and it has been doing the rounds on social media. here it is in english and in french on twitter. it has been shared last week and the actions have ranged from condemnation for vladimir putin for inflicting this tort of damage on ordinary ukrainians, but some have used it to congratulate the russian army on what they called a successful strategy, but the photo seems a little suspicious in that it appears the countries are in total blackout. to check its authenticity, we used a forensic analysis tool, which is just over here. it showed us here on the left that the area around ukraine has a different level of compression

than the rest of the map, which indicates that the photo has been manipulated. that was the first clue. we then did a reverse image search on the photo in question, and it came up in several online image banks, including this stock photo site. as you see here, if you compare the two, there's definitely more lights on, and you can see better quality as well than the version that is being shared. according to its capture in this photo's, actually from december 7, 2012, it comes from the nasa observatory. >> so the photo is a fake, but the power at which has already happened in ukraine. are they just not visible from space? >> yes, the power outages are really happening. here are some autos taken last week but reuters of kyiv. they are happening. about 1/3 of ukrainians are out of power.

our correspondent in kyiv reported that the capitol was also facing lengthy outages today, but they are not as visible from the sky as all that. we found -- where is it? it is just over here. we used nasa worldview, which is a very cool satellite image website which shows the world any given date and can zoom in to particular countries to see what is going on. in order to see what ukraine looked like on november 23, which was when the photo started being shared, and this is it on november 20 third. as you can see, there are some lights on. here is kyiv, for instance. ukrainian cities were still relatively well lit up. we compare it with ukraine before the war broke out, so here we have a comparison of ukraine in january this year on the left and november, and as you can see, there is clearly a

difference. it is much darker now but far less visibly impressive than the total blackout we saw in the fake photo. it hits less hard if you are trying to make a political statement. >> just goes to show you need to make sure what you're posting online. thank you very much. that is it for now. we will be back in just a second with the headlines. don't go anywhere for now. this is france 24. >> in charlottesville in 2017, a far right rally descended into carnage. a white supremacist drove his car into the crowd of counter protesters. >> there's still very much a heavy aura that hangs over this place. >> it was a scene i will never forget, and i'm not the same person that i was. >> five years later, have the residence recovered? are the far right and white

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