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for.com. >> these are our top headlines. a big freeze to the war in ukraine, vladimir putin says that the nuclear risk is rising, he insists that russia will not fire first. meanwhile, the u.n. reaffirm support for cave. -- for kyiv. the right burger group has said -- right citizens --
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irreversible human destruction, governments from around the world gather for the cop summit, to deliver a 10 year plan before it's too late. ♪ >> we begin with the latest from ukraine where president let me zelenskyy says that six people were killed by the latest russian airstrikes at a market and filling station and several more wounded. meanwhile, almost 10 months into the invasion, most of vladimir putin's key military goals have been missed and with -- nuclear weapons could be used, let me are prudent insisted earlier he would not fire first.
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-- vladimir putin insisted earlier he would not fire first. >> our strategy for using means of defense, is that we consider evidence of mass destruction, nuclear weapons are built around the retaliatory strike. when we are hit, we strike back. >> the nato chief, says he believes that russia is slowing its military activities as temperatures plummet in the region, attempting to recruit -- regroup for next year. he pledged support for the western military alliance. >> what we s right now, russia is trying to put a freeze on this war, for a short. of time so that they can regroup, repair, recover, and then try to launch a bigger
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offensive next spring. what we do, we support ukraine in their right to self-defense. ukraine is defending their own country, our nato partners and allies are providing unprecedented support to those efforts with ukrainians. >> of following those latest for us, we are joined with his analysis. >> stoltenberg is trying to make up point, that it is not good to engage with russians overt negotiations, they have explicitly said that there calming campaign against ukrainian infrastructure is an attempt to force ukrainians to the negotiation table. they may want negotiations now to have a positive get their new
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recruits and transcripts trained to prepare more military offenses in springtime. in any case, the offense is going on right now have not halted. there was a terrible attack today, at rear base for ukrainian soldiers, to the last of ukrainian held territory. and another city in the don't ask region is still very much ongoing. the ukrainians are pushing back with their counter offenses, i am sure there they would like to better prepare their defenses during a freeze. ukrainians are saying that it is not the time for the negotiation, as ukrainians have initiated across the front line. they have the upper hand. and they are not see russians propose any negotiations anywhere near what they would deem acceptable after what u.s.
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president joe biden said last week, that he may be prepared to meet with the kremlin, he very quickly -- vladimir putin very quickly said that ukraine has been a serious obstacle to negotiations. lemaire zelenskyy said in december, as president zelenskyy said in september, that unless those territories, that russia has claimed to annex, are return he will not meet at the no negotiation table. >> eu sanctions three additional russian banks, given -- when asked for a reason, she said russia intends to bring death and devastation to ukraine, and is deliberately targeting civilians and civilian
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infrastructure, setting to paralyze the country at the beginning of winter. >> time magazine has named president vladimir zelenskyy as its president of the year. each year, the magazine takes a person deemed the biggest global impact over the previous 12 months. the tradition dates back to 1927, in picking zelenskyy, the time editor says, courage is contagious. >> from the battlefield to the bunker to meeting with heads of state, over the past 10 months, president vladimir zelenskyy seems to be everywhere, since russia's invasion on february 4, the president has delivered daily speeches both locly and globally. it is that fighting spirit, along with his decision to stay in kyiv and rally his country. made him time magazine's pick
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for person of the year. editor, for the magazine, said that his was the most clear-cut pic in history. his information offensive shifted the geopolitical weather system setting off a wave of action across the globe. >> the ukrainian president has shown that in resisting the invasion, courage is contagious. the former canadian -- the former comedian and actor who once played a president on a television show, fights and ongoing information war. but there have been perceived missteps along the y -- along the way. a vogue cover story with the first lady, was seen as out of touch, objecting to the glossy photo shoots while ukrainians were suffering in war. meetings with actors like b stiller, have also come under fire.
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president zelenskyy has used these high-profile visit to keep ukraine at the top of the global news agenda. his releless pursuit of headlines may ancr -- may anger some, but ensuring that ukraine is always in the spotlight may be zelenskyy's biggest victory. >> sometimes truth is stranger than fiction. that was the case earlier in germany when police filed -- foiled a bizarre coup plot. 25 people were arrested nationwide on suspicion of planning and armed takeover of the country. police have detained the citizens of the reich movement determined to be a far right militia.
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>> prosecutors say that the reich citizens movement, intended of installing a 71-year-old prince with the help of russia. 22 german citizens were detained on suspicion of membership of a terrorist organization, one was a judge and former mp for the far right germany party, being led by police. three former -- three foreign nationals were also arrested. practice we are looking at a suspected terrorist group, clearly dangerous enough to order the investigation. indeed, i am worried but as you've seen, the state under the rule of law is taking action to protect our democracy and this tough action needs to continue. >> the prosecutor said that the group was widely believed to be fantasist, the soft -- the stockpiling of arms caused authorities to act. >> according to our information,
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individual members of the terrorist group considered entering the german guenter stock -- gunderstag >> though often characterized as neo-nazi, the movement harks back to before the poll was deposed. group has been active in anti-lockdown and anti-vaccine protest in recent years. for members of the group, called the united patriots, were arrested for attempting to overthrow democracy in germany. >> in iran were many shops remain closed and classrooms empty on the third day on -- of national strike. it is an attempt to maintain pressure on national
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authorities, after the death of mahsa amini. >> it was unthinkable just a few months ago, but more and more women are walking the street without a headscarf in tehran. some 22 with -- some shoes to wear a winter scarf or hat instead. >> it doesn't look good, it should be mandatory. >> i like being able to see people's hair, people should be free to where there had job -- hijab as they want. >> mahsa amini, was arrested for not properly wearing her job -- hijab correctly.
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>> i don't have a problem with wearing it, but i do not agree with the being compulsory, everyone should do what they like. >> the morality police is reportedly being dismantled, the protests demands go further, with calls to a the current regime. despite the authorities attempts to contain the movements, demonstrations continue to emerge across the country. here in a small village in the west where others have shut up shop in protest. >> it's been called the last best chance to save the planet and species from irreversible destruction. delegates from around the world joined in canada, by the ends they hope to agree to a 10 year plan, for oceans, forests, and
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habitats before it's too late. >> multinational cporations are feeling their bank accounts -- filling their bank accounts but emptying our world of its natural gifts. ecosystemsave become places of prits. with our bottomless appetite for unchecked economic growth, humanity has become the weapon of mass extinction. we are treating nature like a toilet, and ultimately, we are commting suicide by proxy. because of the loss of nature comes with a steep human cost. >> to highlight one of the species every autumn, the monarch butterfly travels 4000 kilometers between canada and mexico, this unique species finds refuge in the mountainous regions of mexico, it was placed
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on the endangered species list. >> at an altitude of 8300 meters, visitors flocked to admire the spectacle among the pine trees, the monarch butterflies when their colonies. today, they are not going are, due to the weather. >> remember, butterflies fly if there is son, if there is no sunday will not fly. >> they receive 60% of the migratory butterflies and mexico, it is an essential refuge for preserving the species. at the butterflies sometimes put their lives at risk. >> we try to do the best we can, but there is a risk. >> because you are trying to protect the world from its interests? >> possibly. >> in this place, environmentalists are also targets of organized crime.
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in january 2020, the manager of the sanctuary was found dead under disturbing circumstances. the habitat of the butterfly is threatened by deforestation for avocado farming. the village has decided to monitor its forests 20 47. >> it is a difficult and risky job. there are a lot of people involved and difficult tree cutting, sometimes they come carrying weapons. >> despite the risks involved, the community is trying to fight illegal logging, and its efforts are paying off. >> at the moment we are seeing that we have monarch that applies inland, it is great it reflects the work that we are doing, the conservation of our forests. it is a source of pride. we should feel proud to have this opportunity, --
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>> the monarch butterfly is also -- declining in population due to the use of pesticides. it has declined between 22 and 72%. >> kate, another day and of another country -- another day and another day of controversy for a long miss -- for elon musk. >> he says that -- he is already fired half of the workforce. he has confirmed reports that he installed meds at twitter headquarters, turning some offices to sleeping headquarters. an investigation has been launched into the building code. muska hit back saying he is mainly providing beds for tired employees, he says that the city should focus on other issue,
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namely narcotics. he once tweeted and deleted the announcement that he would sleep at twitter until the organization was fixed. he briefly lost his title as the richest man topped by the russian tycoon -- russian fashion tycoon. he is estimated to have lost $100 million this year. he also sold many assets for the takeover of twitter, which has lost high-profile advertisers under musk's management. >> the united states and united kingdom have landed a new deal to lower energy prices for u.s. households. natural gas has sharply increased and exporting to
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european pipelines. the u.s. sold nearly tripled -- year to date to europe. energy builds for footage householdsnd businesses have hit record highs this year. it's many is this is in the hospitality industry in particular are worried they will not survive until the end of the year. >> we are seeing more pubs close now than any time through this pandemic. we are really struggling compared to where we were at be any of the air. we want this christmas tree to come through the door. we desperately need help from the government with our energy for example. >> let's look at the day's trading action now. the nasdaq slipping about .5%
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there. big dow jones flats at the closing bout -- the dow jones was flat at the closing bell. the american central bank is expected to slow its pace of interest rate hikes from three quarters to half a percentage point. the european markets lost about 80 have percent. the plane maker scrapped its delivery forecast for next year. fans of the video game call of duty will be able to play on nintendo and sony consuls for the next decade. head of microsoft announced the deals this week as he tries to remove potential antitrust issues with microsoft record raking takeover with activision blizzard. the company owned some of the most popular franchises in the industry including candy crush and call of duty.
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the latter brought in some $50 billion since it was released in 2003. activision will be bought for $60,000. rivals are concerned that titles will be restricted to xbox system. regulators in the u.s., u.k. and eu are looking into whether that merger would restrict competition in the gaming world, it could close out one of the biggest takeovers in history. >> it's time for truth or fake, a fact checking segment. in today's segment, was anti-zelenskyy graffiti spotted here in the streets of paris? >> this was allegedly in the middle of the street in paris.
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eight polish street artist posted on november 21. here we see this image of zelenskyy, sucking up euro bills and euro money as a sort of black hole. in english and french and in -- >> one moment, we appeared to be having a problem with the microphone. it does seem to be -- we will have a look at this graffiti story in just a moment. and -- yeah, we appear to be
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having technical issues in the studio. we will bring you that and a little bit of time, stay tuned to on france 24. ♪ >> i've never fgiven him and i never will. until they run-ins -renounce the claim to our authority. >> it would be amazing to visit a province of argentina. >> this village was founded in 1820 but as soon as there was opening the british took advantage. unchecked june 23, a archipelago last on the fringes of the atlantic, over which two countries are torn apart, to be asked and of giving it to different names and going to
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>> we had a brief but there with the microphone but we can now go back to catalina, who is telling us about this supposedly anti-zelenskyy graffiti here in paris. >> indeed, we will try this once again. showing this anti-zelenskyy graffiti allegedly in the streets of paris, this was initially posted by this account on november 29 with a caption that reads hello, friends give me all your money, sorry not sorry. here we can see a graffiti image of zelenskyy sucking euros into a sort of black hole. this picture was reposted by many accounts in english, french, and in spanish as well. it was posted here, by a key figure in a panama paper
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scandal, claiming that this is how they see zelenskyy in paris. but this picture was mainly shared on russian social media accounts, and russian social media. here an article dedicated to this graffiti in paris, where they claim that taxpayers from europe are increasingly dissatisfied with the issue of supporting ukraine. alex. >> so is this graffiti real? >> so thanks to this metro entrance station that we see in the picture here, a member of our team was able to verify that the graffiti actually existed. we have the picture here that was taken on december 2 where we can indeed that this ref edie does not exist, and never existed industry to paris. alex. >> but there were other
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sightings of this fake graffiti? >> indeed. this is not the first time we have anti-zelenskyy graffiti, a similar one was seen allegedly in the streets of warsaw, in poland, where we see zelenskyy once again eating dollar bills, euro as well, with a caption that reads polish street artist drew 3d graffiti with a black hole zelenskyy and demanded to stop devouring their money. this was fact-check by local news, where they also confirmed there is no trace of this mural in poland. here we found this image belongs to this account, again, typical optical. they posted these two images in poland and paris. we can confirm that both are fake. they are digitally created images. never existed in the streets of paris or warsaw.
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alex. >> thank you very much for besting that fake. we will take a brief break, stay tuned is here on france 24. ♪ ♪
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