no let up in the fighting in ukraine despite a cease-fire proposed by russia. heavy shelling is reported after kyiv dismisses moscow's truce arrangement. kevin mccarthy inches closer to becoming speaker of the house of representatives. the republican congressman wins

the votes of some holdouts but again appears to fall short of the majority he needs. mexican security forces capture the son of el chapo. the operation leaves dozens dead including at least 10 mexican soldiers. to those of you joining us on pbs from the united states and all our viewers around the world, welcome. we start with the latest from the ground in ukraine where a unilateral russian cease-fire order by vladimir putin appears to be having little effect. shelling from both sides has been reported. that is despite moscow's claims it would observe 36 hour christmas truce. kyiv which never agreed to the

cease-fire has dismissed the offer as a trick. >> skepticism was running high in the ukrainian capital as the start time of the cease-fire approached. numerous missile attacks over new year and expectations were low. >> i think the cease-fire is irrelevant. it will only be another chance for the russians to attack ukraine with missiles. >> you can never trust them. they do nothing. whatever they promise they deliver. they said there wouldn't be a war. they say something one-day than another thing the next. we don't trust them. >> shortly after it was announced on thursday, kyiv rejected the truce saying it was a stunt by moscow to reinforce troops. before the cease-fire was due to

come into effect, missiles rained down on a southern city. ukrainian authority say one rescue worker was killed and four others injured. in the east of the country, rockets slammed into a residential building. many of the units fighting for russia said they would not recognize the cease-fire. in a message published online, ahead of a people's republic said there can be no talk of any truce. our president's decision as an off -- orthodox person refers to the orthodox people who go to church who attend the service on the feast of the nativity of cries. just as the truth was -- truce was set to kick in, their reports of heavy artillery fire from both sides. ukraine blamed russia while

moscow pointed the finger at kyiv. >> despite the fact that the russian military observed cease-fire today, january 6 from 12 p.m. moscow time, the kyiv regime continued shelling residential areas. >> the unilateral cease-fire would have been the first lull on fighting since russia invaded. the only way to preserve peace is for russian troops to leave ukraine. >> now we speak to our correspondent. what more can you tell us about the status of this very brittle cease-fire? >> that is true, it has been a very shaky cease-fire. less than one hour after the

cease-fire was supposed to take hold, we saw the error rate alert almost across the country in kyiv. the air raid alerts can be very disruptive. we saw people scrambling to get to air raid centers and that lasted for two hours. elsewhere, the ukrainian media has been reporting of incidents, the governor of one city in the southern ukraine has talked about one worker being killed after russian forces shelled one place. we also hear of a residential area with many private homes damaged although no casualties. there has been no let up in hostilities on the front in the eastern city which were we are seeing some of the bloodiest

fighting in the campaign. residents have told ukrainian media that there has been no pause in the sound of fighting and explosions. think the cease-fire, it seems to have had absolutely no effect. >> ukraine says it is a plot, joe biden it is vladimir putin buying time. what do you make of the announcement? >> russia announced the truce because it wanted orthodox christians to have a proper holiday and go to church. this argument has been blasted by the ukrainians met with a lot of skepticism, a lot of vision. president zelenskyy saying russia is using christmas as a cover to halt the advance of the ukrainian military in the east. we've also heard other ukrainian officials saying this is an excuse by russia to relaunch

fresh offensive operations. you cannot really speak of a truce until russia withdraws from the territories it has occupied in the south and east. ukrainians position is that you can't trust russia because in the recent past, it hasn't upheld any kind of localized cease-fires. it hasn't allowed for humanitarian evacuations or aid deliveries. >> thank you so much and stay safe. meanwhile, former zelenskyy has thanked olaf scholz after germany's decision to send armored combat vehicles and other equipment to ukraine. germany will send about 40 vehicles by the end of march. it will also send patriot missile defense system. the decision came one day ago in what was seen as a major policy shift by berlin.

russia says it is a further step toward escalation. earlier i spoke to an analyst and asked him if the new tanks headed to ukraine could be game changer in the conflict. >> there is clearly a concerted decision by both the united states france and germany to cross a new threshold. by delivering not main battle tanks but as close as it gets that will allow the ukrainians to operate in more contested areas in the south and other regions. it's not a game changer, but an important step forward to prepare the ukrainians for ukrainian offensive counteroffensive in the early spring. >> armored vehicles and light

tanks are one thing but berlin is still under pressure to send more moderate battle takes. d expect allies to shift into that direction eventually? >> i would hope so because the reality is that for the moment the solution to this conflict is a military solution. unless we are providing ukrainians with longer-range weapon systems as well as main battle tanks, it is unlikely we will be able to recover enough of the territory and enough of the activities and operation to sit down and have a peaceful negotiation that could be on ukrainian terms. i do think this is hopefully just one step toward more important decisions to come, that is also an attack by the nato countries give just enough

if it just -- does make a difference and if so they can avoid the political decision. >> do you think battle tanks could be instrumental in winning the war or at least forcing russia to the negotiating table on ukraine's terms? >> i think what we are saying for a couple of months is a sort of stalemate in the main battlefront. at the same time, the russians having opened another battlefront by engaging in this massive drone strikes over the critical infrastructure. the western response has been pretty muted from a strong declaration. we have to have a strategy to put cost on russian activities. these tanks will allow the

ukrainians to put much more pressure on the russian operation and relieve such pressure that the russians will see more possibility of sitting down having more open negotiation the what they're doing now. >> thank you so much. to other news now, kevin mccarthy has lost 13th vote to become speaker of the u.s. house of representatives. one of the most important jobs in u.s. politics. this follows four days of failures to garner enough support. the latest votes have shown signs of progress in the showdown with hard-line members of his own party who are blocking his election. kevin mccarthy is the first candidate in over a century who is had to face multiple ballots. the chamber cannot move on to any other business until a speaker is chosen.

it seems like groundhog day. our washington bureau chief joint from do you see. movement at last but not enough. how do we proceed? >> mccarthy was able to gain significant support, but he is still unable to convince enough rebels to vote for him. this is indeed the first time in history this process goes on for so long. this sheds not only a dark cloud on the republican party, but on the democratic institutions here and in the u.s.. i think we have to keep in mind that really important work can't be done not only in the districts from the house members from the elected house members but from an international perspective, there really is concerned that the chamber would not be able to respond to a crisis in this moment. >> we are seeing live pictures

of the chamber right now. he finally managed to pick up support from several hard-won republican rebels blocking his election. what can he do to convince the handful of holdouts? >> he pretty much gave everything he had to give. for example he strengthened the hardliners by promising them that one vote is and if to stop the process of ousting the speaker. this is very likely to happen sooner rather than later. this weakens his power tremendously. he also promised extreme right ring -- wing house members parts of committees for example a committee that is in charge of the rules of the house.

he promised to cap defense spending by $75 billion which will most likely affect the support of ukraine and other international military engagement and aid. >> this battle could be far from over. how damaging is the power struggle to the gop and u.s. politics in general? >> this is the third most important position in the house and he really is not in the house, not in the united states. he's diminishing the power of this role. what we are seeing here is this kind of minority within the gop is really strong enough to hold the whole party hostage which makes it very difficult only in this very moment to find the speaker but also in the future

to govern the gop for the republican party. what we have seen in the last three days might be a preview for what we see over the course of the next two years until the next presidential elections. >> great speaking to you. still to come. would look at the language of bells and why millions of children in spain were looking forward to these times. -- chimes. first, other stories. germany has sharply condemned the trial of the jailed nobel laureate calling it a shadow trial. the activists accused of financing antigovernment protest after the 2020 election.

if convicted, they could be jailed for up to 12 years. officials are investigating the death of a prominent lgbt campaigner whose body was found stuffed in a metal box earlier this week. human rights groups have decried the killing. u.s. regulators have approved an alzheimer's drug that has been shown to slow cognitive -- decline. doctors warn the treatment comes with potential risks and side effects for patients. mexican security forces have captured the son of the drug lord known as el chapo.

authorities say 10 soldiers and 19 criminal suspects were killed in the operation in the city of culiacan as cartel members trying to prevent the arrest the city's airport was even caught up in the violence. >> terrified ar passengers duck for cover as their plane comes under fire during takeoff outside culiacan airport ernesto ramos captured the moment of mexican air force plane was shot at my mouth is dry my friends i'm super nervous >> he and hundreds of others took shelter in the airport as the terror unfolded i was filming with the armed forces arrived here at the airport and they were welcomed with shots we tried to leave walking towards a friend's house but we couldn't because they were shot and the plane had

to take off again. >> i don't know unbeknownst to them their city's most wanted man had just been arrested unleashing a violent backlash cartel foot soldiers set up roadblocks and waged war on the police as they try to free their boss. >> no loss of life yet so what is being done we have seven state police personnel injured we know that their military personnel also injured we are still working to control the situation >> guzman lopez known as the mouse was previously arrested in 2019. barton an embarrassment to the mexican authorities he was later released after the cartel did battle with federal forces. authorities say his rearrest lands a powerful blow. this arrest was the result of six months of reconnaissance in civilians work in the area of influence of this criminal group where it was known they carried

out illicit activities. >> officials confirmed guzman lopez was flown to central mexico by nightfall he was behind bars transferred to a high security prison outside the capital his chaotic capture a major coup for american and mexican law enforcement. >> joining us for more is laura carlson she's the director of the americas program at the center for international policy in mexico city. >> right now as mentioned there are a confirmed 29 people dead uh on both sides the identities have not been released there could be more there are many people that are hospitalized and severely wounded in the confrontations that took place after his after his arrest there are at least five other mexican states that are on alert

specially border states that they're expecting something of a cockroach effect or the violence to spread over into their own states and are taking measures as well. it looks as though most of the roadblocks have been lifted according to local reports however it's expected that the violence will continue we know this because of the pattern of violence in other situations similar situations throughout the history of the war on drugs here in mexico. when a drug lord is taken out in what's called the kingpin strategy there's almost inevitably an uptick in the violence both localized and eventually on a national level as it causes a fragmentation a remobilization of the cartel it causes turf wars and so we're actually expecting that there will be more violence to come. >> he allegedly helped run the sinaloa cartel for his father el chapo who's of course serving

a life sentence in the u.s sinaloa is the world's most powerful cartel how big of a blow is guzman's arrest for them. >> we have to put this in the context first of all it's very important to mention that ovidio guzman the son of el chapo is not a major leader in the sinaloa cartel and the sinaloa cartel now has major rivals it doesn't have the the hegemonic strength that it had in mexico in the past. and so this blow on the level of the cartel hierarchy is not the highest ranks of the cartels he's not the one who is calling all the shots in fact his older brothers are really in a far more powerful position as well as other leaders that were left within the sinaloa cartel. so in that sense we don't expect to see an immediate dismantling or weakening of the sinaloa cartel.

in fact when we look at the overall effect of an act like this of the arrest of a video guzman we expect it to be negative negative for public security and safety in mexico with with no substantial or perhaps even none whatsoever effect on the flow of illicit drugs to the united states and this is simply because this war on drugs model of taking out the drug lords while leaving the structures including the huge demand in the united states in place doesn't work it never has worked anywhere and certainly never worked in mexico since it was launched at the end of the year 2006 and so we really uh the many experts and those of us who have been studying this issue for years here in mexico are not expecting a positive outcome from this arrest unfortunately. >> what do you make of the timing of this arrest because joe biden has said to visit mexico in a couple of days. >> i think the time is is everything the

secretary of defense mentioned that they've been working for six months on intelligence but everyone knows where ovidio guzman was he never left since his arrest in 2019. what we're seeing is that the the arrest in 2019 was actually a success he was captured and it was the mexican government that made the decision based on a calculation of widespread violence and the cost of the civilian population to let him go the decision in retrospect was a good one if you're putting priority on human lives rather than on this cat and mouse game between the cartels and the u.s and mexican governments over the past years which as i say has led to no positive outcomes either in the in the rafficking of illegal drugs or in public safety in either one of the countries so this was a a timed to be really a gift to joe biden president joe biden has been a drug war promoter since his role as vice president he has rejected public health solutions to the problem of illicit drug use and trafficking and he has he's the architect of planned colombia

and he's been very firm in enforcing the same model failed model in mexico and in central america. so the mexican government can now say see we're not soft on these cartels we captured one of the persons who had you know he had a five million dollar reward on him from the state department and they'll be able to use that as leverage and some of the other negotiations but it's not a good calculation for the population of themselves. >> and laura carlson says that this is for show but it won't change anything thank you so much joining us tonight from mexico city laura carlson >> many christians around the world are celebrating epiphany.

it marks the baptism of jesus christ by john the baptist according to christianity. the greek harbor city and elsewhere believers celebrated by plunging into the water and racing to retrieve across thrown by a priest. successfully fetching the cross is traditionally held to bring good luck and help -- health for the new year. in spain, people have been ringing the grand church bells. let's take a look. sometimes it requires a fine touch. >> sometimes a little more effort. these are the church bells in spain. they bring in the new year and announced the death of pope benedict 16th. today they are ringing in the feast of the epiphany in the bible says the three kings visited jesus. for many spanish children, that means gift.

>> this sound how it feels it's just fun to announce. for the people for everything. this musical language recently came under united nations protection as part of the intangible cultural hang -- heritage of humanity list. >> you have a social function that is connecting all the people together regardless of background. >> in about 1000 villages, bellringers still worn a fog or fire or when there is cause for sadness or joy. they are now world heritage custodians. >> it's a joy for all the people who ring the bells and many villages often alone across spain. today the joys ringing out to announce the it if any. -- the epiphany.

>> there has been no let up in the fighting in ukraine despite a cease-fire announced for friday. kyiv rejected the truce. mexican security forces have captured the son of el chapo. stick around, i will be back in just a moment to take you through the day. hope to see you then.

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>> it is 10:00 in the french capital. here are the stories making headlines. the u.s. house of representatives remains paralyzed for a fourth straight day without a leader. kevin mccarthy has gained the support of more than a dozen detractors but still does not have the votes to overcome a revolt from a hard right action in his party. we will get the latest from our correspondent in washington. in mexico, nearly 30 people have been killed in a way of violence following the arrest of the sun kingpin el chapo. the mexican defense minister said 10 members of the military

and 19 suspected gang members were among the dead. in ukraine, no sign of a halt to the fighting in spite of a cease-fire proposed by vladimir putin to observe russian orthodox christmas. the truce was supposed to begin this morning. ♪ >> thanks for joining us here on france 24. it is groundhog day at the u.s. congress where republicans have failed for a 13th time to elect a speaker of the house. kevin mccarthy has given into concessions demanded by a hard right faction within his party and as a result was able to gain support from a dozen detractors but still lacks the votes needed to clinch the speakership. republicans have a slim majority in mccarthy can only of that can

only afford to lose four votes. there are six voting against him, including the never cap impaction. here is matt gaetz. >> you only earn the position of speaker of the house if you can get the votes. mr. mccarthy does not have the votes today, he will not have the votes tomorrow and he will not have the votes next week, next month, next year. one must wonder, is this an exercise in vanity for someone who has done the math, taken the counts and is putting the institution through something that absolutely is avoidable? >> be get more from olivia visa. >> no nominee having received the majority of the votes cast, a speaker has not been elected. >> it has been a bitter political battle over speaker of

the house of representatives. despite his position as party favorite and many compromises, kevin mccarthy has struggled to win the support of a group of hard right republicans. it is the kind of stalemate that has not happened in a century. >> last time there were a significant number of votes for speaker before there was a conclusion was in the lead up to the civil war. i really hope that is not where we are going. the problem with these 20 is that they represent a very extreme right wing that wants to make new concessions to what 99% of americans want. >> fridays voting took place on the second anniversary of the capitol riot when a mob of donald trump supporters tried to stop congress from certifying his 2020 election defeat. >> there are still people in elected office that are

perpetuating these lies about th2020 election. here we sit than two years later , on the anniversary of that tragic event. if there is one place where those lies continue the most, it is in with -- it is within the republican caucus. we see that fight working its way out a new way as selection for speaker goes on. >> the speaker in the -- speaker of the house is the second deadline for presidency. they set the agenda in the house and no business can be conducted without them. >> for more we cross to our correspondent in washington. we heard earlier from matt gaetz and his cohorts basically saying they will never support kevin mccarthy. is this unwinnable for him? >> that is at least with the hardliners are saying. those are the members that have been dubbed never kevin's. what they are saying is that

basically vin mccarthy will never have the votes to be speaker of the house. so far, there are six holdouts left for mccarthy. mccarthy, if everyone votes, can only afford to lose four of those votes. now what is happening is that the house has been adjourned. they are coming back at 10:00 p.m. in those hours, the mccarthy camp is going to be hard at work to try to convince at least two of those six holdouts. they know that four of them are simply lost causes, like matt gaetz and lowen -- and lauren boebert who have said repeatedly they will never vote for mccarthy. but two of the other ones they feel are their best bet to if not vote for kevin mccarthy, maybe at least decide to vote present, meaning that would lower the threshold and could be enough to get mccarthy elected. that is what mccarthy and his allies are working on right now,

to try to get that minimum two holdouts to vote present. >> what about these concessions that mccarthy has agreed to? it seems they would weaken the speakership. >> one of the main concessions that he seems to have made is to lower the threshold for the motion to vacate. that means that now the threshold is one member alone that can call a votes to the house floor to vote on whether or not to oust the sittin speaker. other concessions are making the house rules committee more conservative, more members of the freedom caucus on that rules committee. but he also apparently recently made concessions about spending. about domestic spending, that they want to curb, those conservatives, as 2022 levels.

there are questions around the debt ceiling. those are all things that kevin mccarthy has conceded to that hard right of the gop, hoping it would convince them. so far it has convinced more than a dozen of them. he is hoping it can convince at least two more so that he can finally be elected speaker. he seems confident that will work. he said earlier today he is confident he will have the votes. will it be tonight or will we have to wait another day? we will see. >> or maybe we do another groundhog day and we will talk again tomorrow. thanks a lot. as congress struggled through another day of voting for speaker, president biden marked the second anniversary of the january 6 attack on the capitol. the president awarded citizens metals to for teen people for the vending -- for defending democracy. it included officials in arizona

and michigan refused to overturn the results in their states, along with a capitol police officer protective members of congress during the attack. to mexico where nearly 30 people have been killed in a wave of violence following the arrest of the sun of drug kingpin el chapo. 10 members of the military and 19 suspected gang members are amonthe dead. >> the burnt out carcass of a evidence of the violencexico. surrounding thursy's arrest of ovidio guzman. >> a considerable number of criminal cells managed to group together with the intention of arresting ovidio guzman. unfortunately seven soldiers lost their lives in the line of duty.

19 gang members died and 21 were arrested. >> ovidio is the son of el chapo guzman, the most celebrated of mexican drug cartels leaders who was extradited to the united states where he is currently serving a life sentence. culiacan remains his strongholds with members of the loyal sinaloa cartel reacting with deadly violence to ovidio's arrest. this video shows passengers of a flight taking cover thursday as bullets sprayed the runway. >> i was filming when the air force arrived. they were welcomed with gunfire. >> in 2019 the previous the rest of guzman sparked numerous clashes, prompting authorities to release him. this time, president lopez over door -- lopez promises -- the u.s. had promised an award of $5 million for guzman's

return, but mexico's president says there are no current plans to extradite ovidio. advanced security has been brought in with 1000 military personnel arriving friday. >> the eu is criticizing russia's temporary cease-fire in ukraine as hypocritical. vladimir putin called for the truce to observe the russian orthodox christmas. it was supposed to begin this morning at 9:00 gmt. on the ground, there has been no sign of a halt to the fighting with exchanges of artillery pounding cities in the east. >> just hours before the truce began, a deadly strike it a fire station in the southern city of -- >> i hid under the table with my dog and cored him with my coat. then we waited for the shilling to stop. >> -- were also reported across

ukraine shortly after the truce began. according to ukrainian officials, the eastern city of -- came under attack and more than a dozen buildings were damaged. >> of course i heard it. there were hints that ukrainian soldiers were still holding back in other places. we will be fine. ukraine will win. >> during the fast hour of the truce, artillery was heard on both sides of the front. putin ordered the 36 hour unilateral cease-fire to coincide with orthodox christmas. ukraine rejected it, saying moscow might use it to reinforce troops. russia's defense ministry has insisted it is serving the truce along the entire length of contact. >> frank lob wedge, former berlin -- former british military intelligence officer.

thanks for being with us. from the moment putin announced the cease-fire, you rain along with other western powers criticized it has a propaganda move or an attempt to buy time. i wonder how uss it. what was putin trying to do? >> perhaps an indication of what was going on might be this, i was speaking to friends in kyiv and the air raid warning went off. so, there is no cease-fire. it is a sham. it is a culmination of two factors. it is a campaign by moscow to try to put ukraine in an embarrassing position. but also an attempt to buy some kind of tactical pause for the rather ravage russian is in the south. it is failing to do that too. a combination of propaganda and a misfired attempt at a pause. >> u.s. president joe biden said

the cease-fire offer was a sign of desperation. "i think he is looking for oxygen here." do you agree? do you think putin idesperat >> i do t think desperate is the right term. the americans have better insight than i do and they have their own agenda. perhaps it is just simple incompetence. there is no doubt whatsoever that russian forces continue to be under immense pressure. the -- incident yesterday, which everyone would remember, several hundred russians killed. that is not the least of iut it is pretty much an average week on the russian front. there is an element of desperation within the russian armed forces on the ground. that is evident from reading their accounts. whether that has percolated up high, one does not know.

>> let's talk about what is happening in bakhmut. much of it has been destroyed by russian attacks, which you can clearly see from before and after satellite images. talk to us more about what is happening there and how it reflects military strategy from both russia and ukraine. >> it is interesting. this is an example, if we step back and look at it objectively, of a sunk cost fallacy. both sides have invested so much in the way of losses, russians are losing dozens, if not hundreds every day and every week. at the end of the year, the ukrainians were forced to rotate out units from bakhmut because they too have taken heavy casualties. what has happened is this idea has embedded itself. look, we have invested so much in this, we cannot stop. bakhmut has taken on a meaning of its own. it has very little operational

significance. it did a few months ago because it cut into russian lines, but it does not now. it's significance now is that it is being fought over and it is a great tragedy. it marks the kind of battles we are going to see going on throughout this year. >> we are coming up on the first anniversary of this war. how long do you think the conflict could drag on? >> it will go on into 2024. the only qualification is a real step change in western assistance. by that i do not mean the welcome but limited assistance we heard announced today, armored fighting vehicles and some german vehicles, which ukraine needs hundreds. if they can get those, they can finish the word of this year. if not, this is an attritional fight that will go on. >> we will leave it there.

always good to talk to you. thanks for your insight. it is time now for truth or fake , or daily fact checking segment. after argentina's recent world cup win, there were rumors the country's central bank was going to issue new banknotes featuring lionel messi. >> there is much online chatter surrounding this story and it all centers around of this photo. this is of course a rumored photo of a mockup of a 1000 peso banknotes. featuring none other than argentinian superstar lionel messi. the internet was alight with postings saying this is imminent. many posts saying it was set in stone. let's have a closer look at the

banknote itself. on one side, the rumored banknote, we have a celebratory image of the argentinian national team. we can vaguely see lionel messi there holding the trophy high above his head. we have qatar 2022 above his head. on the other side of the break note, we have the image of the captain himself lionel messi. let's take a get the scale, and how swiftly this story has taken to the internet. we had so many different languages attached to the image. we have them here in spanish, we also have a page in english, also korean. and also fantastically in burmese. that is the scale at which we are looking this rippling through the internet. >> they look pretty believable.

are they real? >> interestingly enough, let us have a deep dive. in order to probe into this story, the first place i decided to look was the official website of the be cra, the central bank of the republic of argentina. on the website, i found this press release dated may, 2022. relatively recent, if you ask me. in this press release, the central bank discussed their commitment to showcasing historical heroes going forward on their legal tender in that it is going to be the new series of bank notes they are putting forward. that is because they say they want to honor national heroes that have forged their history. there was no mention of lionel messi on this press release, nor on the website. after i read this press release, i found an attached document

that highlighted all of the national historic heroes that the argentinian central bank would be showcasing. i thought i would have a quick look there. this is going to be entering circulation soon. we have 100, 200, 500 and 1000 this is. interestingly enough, it is not lionel messi on the face. this is jose -- considered the father of the nation in one of the lead freedom fighters in the spanish-american wars. no mention of lionel messi. furthermore on their website, and i also found images of their current legal tender. this is a set of bank notes currently in circulation and has been from the last couple of years when they featured their last banknote serious. that was a tribute to the country's beautiful national wildlife. the current 1000 peso note is an homage to the --

no football involved in the 1000 peso notes as we can see. moreover, the central bank itself has responded to these claims. fernando alonso, senior communications manager, gave a quote to news agency afp saying the bank has no plans to feature lionel messi on any banknotes. so no, it does seem this is a false story. these are not and will not be legal tender in argentina. however, for a country as football crazy as argentina, that is not to say there is not any currency related to football at all. argentina did actually release some commemorative coins in honor of the fee for 22 world cup. the released gold and silver coins. five pesos and 10 pesos. you can see 10 pesos here in gold.

these were circulated in limited quantities in argentina. no mention of lionel messi or the national team at all. we just see football. >> truth or fake, thank you so much. it is time for our focus report. we are taking you to a french city where in july of 1940 two a handful of local police officers took a courageous stand against the nazi regime. that summer they helped 350 people escaped deportation to concentration camps. our focus team has this report. ♪ our go to this day, i don't know if any other example in europe where an entire police force help save the jewish community of one town. >>efore i came to -- i had never heard of this kind of

active resistance at the heart of the police force which collecvely said no to what was happening at the time. >> they decided with one voice to learn all these people so they could flee and escape death. >> the failure of this round is seen as exceptional on a national scale. just 30 out of 385 have been deported. >> i was just 10 yearsld when the roundup took place in 1942. i have been lucky enough to come across a team of police officers who had first helped me with the first roundup.

we were -- by in his own home. at the time, he said i want the young boy and his mother to come to my house on the day of the roundup. the day before, he came to get us and he took us to his house when it comes to being hidden away, you can't really do any better than being hidden at a policeman's home. >> on the 18th of july 1942, and her -- she was in charge of the city's foreign residence was handed a list of more than 300 names from his superiors. a list which had been compiled by the germans. he was ordered to put together a force which was then told to go out to all the houses. they were ordered to arrest him.

description of seven officers decided to say no. that was the key moment on the 18thf july which would scuttle the germans plans and lead to the failure of the roundup. >> for a long time i have no idea what my father had done. here we have a photograph which shows one of the seven police officers along with my father. >> nevernce heard my father boast about his service record. i only learned about it all in 1990, simply because nobody talked about it before.

my mother always supported my father and during the war she immediately agreed with him that he should carry out this plan. even though there were risks for hifamily. my father must have needed lots of courage. my mother too. ♪ >> they took some serious risks. they took them after consulting with their wives. these officers warned their own families that they were going to carry out an act of resistance that would no doubt be spoken about. after all, their plan was to ensure the failure of the roundup the instigation of this roundup. edward stated the police station. the others went to war in as many family as they could.

they knocked on so many doors. at least 300 -- 350 people were saved that day. it was something the germans must have known about. what is interesting and also raises questions is the fact that these police officers were not tracked down afterwards. that is perhaps because of their collective action was unprecedented. and maybe because of the germans didn't want this incident to be known about. given that there roundup was a failure. ♪ about this whole story is theg fact that these officers should always be an example to all police forces. >> it wasruly an act of bravery. >> we were fortunate enough to meet some really exceptional

people. they were extraordinary. >> that is it for now. stay tuned for more world news coming up. we will be right back. ♪ >> [speaking french] >> on december 1, 1944 and a military camp on the outskirts of dachau, a group of senegalese riflemen were shot dead by their french brothers in arms. they had just been repatriated after having fought side-by-side and were simply asking to be paid. described first as a mutiny, then a revolt by the french harmony -- french army, this episode is now seen -- believed to have been a deliberate massacre.

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01/06/23 01/06/23 [captioning made possible by democracy now!] amy: from new york, this is democracy now! >> the events that day felt like a wake-up call for me and many others, that political violence is real. the worst part is our elected leaders allow this to happen and yet this week people who encouraged and even intended -- attended the insurrection are now taking