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anchor: this is dw news. vladimir putin with a threat to poland, he warns any aggression toward belarus will be considered an attack on russia. this follows poland's deployment of more troops along its eastern border in response to russian mercenaries a gathering in belarus. also coming up, emergency crews battle wildfires in greece as a new heatwave adds to the misery.
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for some, hoping to save their livelihoods, it is too late. and berlin's mystery lion may not have been a lion after all. plus, more action from the women's world cup good spain showed dominance against costa rica, looking to get to the last 16 for the first time. they are off to a great start. ♪ it is good to have you without. russian president vladimir putin has issued threatening words to poland, saying moscow would react to any aggression against its ally belarus. he accused poland of having territorial ambitions in the former soviet union. earlier today, poland announced its military is redeploying more units closer to its border with belarus after having already done so earlier this month.
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this after reports of a russian mercenary group training belarus and soldiers. putin warned that so-called aggression against belarus would be considered an attack against russia. >> as for belarus, it is part of the union state and unleashing aggression against ella ruth will mean aggression against the russian federation. we will respond with all of the means at our disposal. anchor: how big a threat do wagner mercenaries opposed to poland? we posted that to our guest from the brookings institution. >> poland has a long history of acts of violence. -- russia has a long history of acts of violence. anytime you see this with wagner
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, including training belarusians close to the border, certainly is something that raises alarm bells. poland is right to be concerned. we are seeing nato poland -- nato allies backing poland. anchor: attacking poland is attacking nato, is that in anyone's interest? >> clearly nato has been clear about any attack on any inch of nato soil as an attack on the alliance. i think there's a lot of luster right now. what is disconcerting is you hear increased rhetoric, including coming from mr. boudin about threats to the west and i think that was a direct threat
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to poland, such an important ally that has been critical in support of ukraine in its fight against russia. it is something clearly we need to watch and i think there are things we can certainly do to strengthen efforts to address these networks like wagner, including enhanced sanctions, something we've been working on at brookings. how do we strengthen efforts to hold accountable these dangerous networks? and weaken their ability along with mr. boudin to harm ukrainians and also to weaken their threat to nato alliances? we have a lot of work to do but we need to take the threat seriously. anchor: i want to dig a little deeper into the threats because he accused poland of having territorial threats in russia,
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is anyone taking this seriously? >> it is laughable. anyone who has designs on territory is mr. putin and we've seen the atrocities he has committed in ukraine. there's a lot of disinformation message spreading. i don't think anybody buys this, but what we do take seriously is the security threat with wagner showing up in belarus. when we see mr. petrosian, that he has things to prove potentially to get back into the good graces of mr. putin, you have to worry about what that means, both for ukraine and also the threats along the belarus border, which includes baltic countries and also poland. something to watch but it is laughable that mr. putin, who has been carrying out what he has been in ukraine in the
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neighborhood for years, is making this claim. anchor: the german defense minister said today that germany and nato were so poor -- were prepared to support poland. what might that look like at this stage with the threat that is fairly vague? jonathan: first let's step back. nato over the last couple of years has really strengthened eastern flank, including increasing the number of troops, key equipment. what we might see his increased levels of troops in poland. obviously there is a significant u.s. presence there as well. it could be in the form of the type of equipment, patriot batteries, things that might send a strong signal that poland, like any nato partner, that we will stand with them,
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provide security and support beyond just diplomatic, to make certain that russia and others that might be willing to do things, that nato stands with warsaw and the polish people. i think that message has been loud and clear over and over again both in washington and across europe. anchor: jonathan, thank you. a prominent russian war blogger has been arrested and charged with excitement to extremism. he was remanded in custody and moscow on friday awaiting trial. he was a local critic of vladimir putin and accused him of weakness and indecision in ukraine. as a former military commander, he played a vital role in organizing a russian backed separatist rebellion in eastern ukraine in 2014.
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for more, we are joined by our correspondent, from riga, where our russian correspondence are based since our moscow base was shut down. what can you tell us? >> igor girkin is one of the officers who escalated his criticism of a putin -- vladimir putin. he was charged with extremist activity. posts about crimea and the russian ministry of defense, which is not paying some of its soldiers according to him. there were thousands of other ultra nationalist who gathered in front of the trial in moscow where the so-called trial is being held. a few of them were arrested.
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igor girkin is such an important military figure, character, who helps us understand the war in ukraine and its roots. as you said, he is a former military commander who is widely seen as someone who kind of initiated the war between russia and ukraine back in 2014. of course, with the approval and help of the kremlin. he notoriously said he was the one who "pulled the trigger" on the war in ukraine. he was also convicted of the downing of malaysian airlines flight mh17 where about 300 people were killed. he fought as a volunteer in moldova, where many ethnic russians live. if we look at his biography from the beginning, he was ideologically driven by the idea of the so-called russian world,
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which is essentially a very imperialistic worldview where russia is returned territories and returns russia's status as a great power. anchor: with that in mind, he should have been in bars -- behind bars for war crimes in eastern ukraine, but he blogged that the mutiny left putin looking weaker than ever. is this a rest a message to all critics -- arrest a message to all critics? >> it certainly looks like this. it could be a warning to other military blogger's and officials who dare to raise criticism. what is interesting is girkin was detained after he called for putin's removal last week, saying the country could not survive another years of this
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low life and power. many in special services supported his hawkish stance and his arrest could be a warning, certainly. anchor: igor girkin has never minced words, you just quoted him. it's not the first time he has criticized putin. is there a larger purge of those proven disloyal to the leader happening right now in russia? maria: we cannot predict whether this will trigger a mass of -- massive repression against those who support the war but are not happy with the way it is waged, but we can see the trend, especially in light of the wagner chief's mutiny. a general who was briefly overall commander in ukraine, was reportedly detained.
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we have not seen or heard from him since. there was also a top general who was also fired because he raised his voice. all of this probably shows that in the kremlin there could be a decision to further silence critics, even patriotic ones for anchor: it seems like someone in the kremlin is nervous. maria, thank you. here is a look at some other news from around the world. u.s. president to bite and says a number of tech giants have agreed to art a full -- artificial intelligence safeguards. it is meant to ensure that ai products are safe before they are released. security measures agreed to by firms like amazon and meta include digital watermarking of ai created content.
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a group of women in india have burned down the house of a suspect accused of parading two women naked in eastern city. there's a report of another house burned down. this took place over two months ago but has sparked national outrage after a video went viral on social media this week. amsterdam is banning cruise ships from docking at the city sports. the decision is part of -- cities's ports. the city so the decision is part of clamping down on what they say does little for the local economy. firefighters battling to get wildfires back under control for the fifth day in a row. firefighters from other european countries are joining efforts to battle flames as temperatures soar again. dozens of properties have burned down. our correspondent was on the
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ground. reporter: in the hills near the greek coastline, we follow the fire brigade to a hotspot. water bombing planes and helicopters have kept the situation under control until now. the regional commander wants to show us the progress they have made. when we arrive, the situation has changed. another firefighter tells us the commander cannot talk, they have an emergency. fire is threatening to spread into a family-owned summer camp. it has been evacuated but the owners are still here, helping as much as they can. >> we had a similar incident in 1985. we saved it then we hoped to save it now. we are very optimistic. reporter: they put out a call for help to the fire service to beat back the flames approaching
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the fence. several water bombers landed a direct hit in the fire smolders. three or four times we've seen the fire simmer down because of the water dumped from the sky, then three or four times it has rekindled and we've seen them go back at it with hoses and even buckets of water. some firefighters have been working through the night and morning aren't -- morning and are exhausted. the commander says he can talk to us because the flames are again dying down. >> we are trying to secure this camp and are doing everything we can. for now we are managing. reporter: then there is a sudden commotion inside the gates of the camp. the fire has spread around the back and in seconds, the hope that prevailed has turned to panic. a wall of flames is coming in on a new front where they were not prepared.
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the heat is palpable and so is the sense of danger. the owners look on in disbelief and make a last attempt to save the tents that welcomed summer campers for generations. [yelling] then, just like that, it is all over. the fire barrels down the third side of the property, 100 meters in 10 or 20 seconds. the camp is all but surrounded with only one way out. back to the parking lot as fast as possible. it looks like they have lost control the fire here. they are asking everyone to evacuate immediately. the family that braved the
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wildfires all morning has lost the fight and brief sets and. -- grief sets in. >> we tried our best and we couldn't do anything. we will build again. i am certain about this. reporter: it was all here 20 minutes ago and now it is gone. but everyone survived and with them the blueprints for how to rebuild. anchor: in spain, the final day of campaigning trying to close head of sunday's general election that could see the far right box party emerge as kingmakers. the center-right people's party leading in the polls but are said to fall sort of an absolute majority. conservatives had promised not to work with box but will likely neither backing to form a government. the two parties are already in coalition in three spanish regions.
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how likely is a coalition between the center-right opposition people's party and the far right box party? >> is looking likely at the moment. although the polls are closed, it's a difficult election to call. the most likely outcome is the conservative party and -- party will require a coalition with vox to get them over the line and the problem will arise when they have to deal with their demands to form that coalition. it's a big possibility, although it could also go the other direction. the socialists are still in the fight. anchor: analysts said this was a campaign based on producing noise rather than content. what would you pinpoint as the dominant issues in this election? richard: that's a really good
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way to put it, the noisiest election i've witnessed in a long time. what it comes down to, it is about the economy. people in spain are worried about the rising cost of living, as people across europe. high interest rates and unemployment. it is the highest level in europe, 12.7%. all the noise, with the base, you turn on the television, it's about the culture wars and the rise of vox and the far right trying to debate with them on the issues around abortion reform, gender rights, and it is a very ugly debate. anchor: spain has a progressive reputation when it comes to recent legislation. lots of women's rights, lgbtq rights. how easily can all of that be undone by a possible government
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with a far right element in it? richard: yeah, the sitting leader in spain was talking about a sinister return to the franco times, the franco dictatorship ended in 1955. it would be difficult to rollback that legislation, abortion rights in place since 1985, adjusted in 2010 and again under sanchez. but they could be rolled back. the dominant right party are conservative but they are not a radical party, but they will have to toe the line if they are in a coalition government with vox. i imagine vox will also have to meet halfway with their demands.
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it remains to be seen. anchor: interesting election to watch. richard, thank you for getting us caught up. in berlin, many people breathing a sigh of relief and probably having a good laugh after authorities called off the search for a lioness on the loose. at least that's what everyone thought it was. after a 36 hour hunt, it aims the suspect captured on video was instead one of the areas most common inhabitants. reporter: when is a lioness not a lioness? when it is a boar. this short video seemed to show a lioness on the loose. it cost us during this quiet municipality. police set off on a cat through the forest. it all was a wild goose chase.
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the mayor made a somewhat sheepish announcement. >> it is not a lioness or similar animal. there is some evidence we can be fairly certain that the animal in the picture is a wild boar. reporter: he said the search was now called off after further analysis of the footage. having looked more closely at the shape of the animals hide lang's -- hind legs and arch of its back, authorities believe the lioness was nothing more than a wild boar. the mayor added that while there was no acute danger, people in the forest should nonetheless remain alert. the police can pack up their rifles and head back home. anchor: at the women's football world cup, spain have won their
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first match, beating costa rica in new zealand. this puts them at the top of group c, and they dominated from the start, the biggest win of the tournament so far. reporter: spain looked threatening from the off and some sumptuous passing. a home goal made it 1-0 in the 21st minutes, and two minutes later, spain doubled their lead, carving out the smallest of spaces and following up the fantastic finish. spain continued to enjoy free rein on the right flank as more terrible defending from costa rica opened the door for a third. the dangerous cross was headed onto the bar, that esther gonzalez perfectly placed to drive in the loose ball. the referee awarded a penalty for this theatrical fall,
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spain's top score was denied by the costa rica keeper. the second half was a goalless but this was still a statement win from spain. anchor: a new hotel opening its doors in sydney, australia, but don't try booking a room. it is an underwater hotel for endangered seahorses. conservationists are hoping the new maritime structure will help the dwindling seahorse population. reporter: diving below the surface in sydney's harbor, these guests are being escorted to their new aquatic accommodations. a long way from the city's high-rises, these are so-called seahorse hotels, a much-needed habitat for their occupants. >> the hotel is made out of metal, but over time they accumulate the national marine bio greenery. it will leave behind a reef that
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will allow seahorses to inhabit in the future. reporter: the white seahorse is endemic to australia's east coast and was classified as endangered in 2017 due to a loss of habitat. the hotels mimic old crab traps that seahorses often live in. they were installed weeks before the seahorses arrived to allow algae and sponges to build upon them. now more than 350 new guests have been let loose with hopes they will boost the wild population. >> it's the first species classified as endangered in australia and this is largely due to human impacts, including effects on habitats. we have seen dramatic population losses, which means we have to act now in order to help these guys persist into the future. reporter: similar projects already showing promising results. a 2020 release found 1/5 of the
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seahorses remained in the hotels. scientists will continue monitoring the next 12 months. local divers are encouraged to keep an ion them as well, and share photos they might snap of the new guests. anchor: finally, the legendary pop and jazz singer tony bennett has died at 96 in his hometown, new york city. he won 20 grammy awards and saying dozens of hits in a career spanning more than seven decades. >> ♪ when i come home to you san francisco ♪ anchor: in his classic american songs, bennett was one of the most popular singers of the 1950's and frank sinatra called him the best in the business. bennett was touring well into his 90's and in later years found new success collaborating with younger stars like lady
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gaga. here is a reminder of our top story. russian president vladimir putin says any aggression against ally belarus would be considered an attack on russia. his remarks come after poland announced its military is redeploying more units closer to its border with belarus. you are watching dw news. there's always more on dw.com and you can follow us on social media. for now, stay with us because after a short break, i will be back to take you through the day. hope to see you then.
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♪ >> air defenses in ukraine's southern city of ukraine on full alert after four consecutive nights of russian attacks. president zelenskyy says he is primed to resurrect the deal allowing grain export in talks this evening. pulls opening in spain this weekend. some opinion polls suggest a victory for the conservative people's party relying on the support of the far right, though
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turnout may be lower in the midst of a heat wave. and the american once described by frank sinatra as having the best voice in the world, tony bennett, has died. tributes have been pouring in. we start in ukraine where air defenses protecting the border in your class are in full alert after russian missiles have pounded grain warehouses for the past four nights. it has led to the disruption of -- destruction of tens of thousands of pounds of food. it also ends a deal in place since this time last year. putin says he wants to renegotiate conditions. tonight, president zelenskyy says he is talking to turkish president erdogan, who was instrumental in brokering the previous grain deal. our correspondent in zaporizhzhia explains developments. gulliver: after three consecutive nights of strikes on
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odessa itself, last night, it was in odessa region that a storage facility was hit and 20 tons of barley and 100 tons of peas were destroyed, small quantities compared to the 60,000 tons reportedly destroyed a couple of days ago, but ukrainians are interpreting this as yet another sign that what this is really about for russia is manipulating world hunger, preventing ukraine from exporting its grain, just as the harvest season begins. they believe the timing is to do with the harvest season and not at all a response to this strike on the bridge linking crimea with mainland russia, as the russians are saying it is. kyiv is very much accusing russia of using hunger as a weapon and in ukraine today, the head of the russian rt propaganda outlet -- i think
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that is the right term for it -- was talking about that. we have to play the hunger card -- that's not exactly what she said but was the gist of it -- in order to get allies involved. >> pulls suggesting the ruling left-wing coalition in spain make be defeated by parties on the right. the extreme right party playing a role. the contest comes after four main groups of the conservative people's party pulling just ahead of the socialists. neither have the votes to lead alone. the first far right party since franco's dictatorship. >> the final stretch of the campaign trail ahead of spain's
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snap elections under, tipped to win as the leader of the center but people's party, speaking under the scorching sun in the southern city, the conservative candidate took aim at policies put in place by pedro sanchez's government. >> i'm asking for your vote so the changes that spain needs are made in the government -- institutions, politics -- and that they reflect the citizens. we cannot accept and continue on this path that's leading nowhere. >> prime minister pedro sanchez called the early election after his socialist workers party and its far left coalition partners suffered a dismal loss in local and regional elections in may, and striking an optimistic tone, he told his voters the party is closing the gap, but the gamble may just backfire as his grip on power hangs by a thread in the latest polls. >> after yesterday, i'm even more certain. on july 23, we are going to win
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the elections. >> if the popular party clinches first place, it will certainly fall short of an outright majority of the 350 seats it needs to form a government. the party would then seek to ally with the far right party, a coalition that could give the far right big role in the spanish government for the first time since the end of dictatorship in 1975. >> there are two parties in the lead desk socialists and the people's party -- but it relies on a potential kingmaker, two other parties on the far right and far left. i spoke to an associate professor of politics in madrid who set out how it could play out. quick that most likely kingmaker likely to play a role is fox. pulling numbers suggest that some sort of coalition is in the cards, and i think there is widespread concern that upscale
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might be vice president of spain in a few weeks time. the current vice president in the head of the left-wing coalition -- [indiscernible] diaz is an interesting case. the party has a large amount of sympathy with her as an individual. >> i'm going to ask you a difficult question. if you had to call it on sunday, where is your money sitting right now? >> my money is probably sitting on 175 seats for pepe, which would be one shy of the majority. i'm not a betting man, and if i was, i would actually look towards a hung parliament in spain where neither bloc is able to form a coalition and they end of having more elections six months down the line. i hung parliament where no one
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is able to form a government seems to be the new norm. >> this seems quite a big thing, though, isn't it? if we are looking at a conservative pepe government with locks on the right, and lot of concern of the days of franco in the past, and a lot of people in your watching, but immigration has been at the heart of this as well. >> immigration has been at the heart of this debate, but i would say a number of social, cultural issues have been as well, particularly women's rights and the protection of women's rights. vox rejects the idea that women are some sort of group -- some sort of group that are subject to violence against them. they also support prohibiting films that have certain content, such as the film "buzz light year" was restricted. >> and long serving prime minister has said his son could
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take over within a month of sunday's general election. he ruled for nearly four decades and is standing unopposed. he said his son would serve depending on if he was up to it or not. human rights groups dismiss the election as a sham. >> looking at the economic situation in cambodia, it seemed for years one of the world's poorest countries, it is now experiencing record economic growth. there have been issues with questions over the human rights record and why it is happening. our team at france 24 have taken a look. >> kim yang is a successful man. 10 years ago, he was just a starter in the real estate business. today, however, his success is visible on phnom penh's skyline. >> eight years ago, it was empty
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land. >> the kingdom of cambodia is currently experiencing record economic growth, consistently reaching a gdp increase of 7% each year since 2011. part of the population has become considerably more wealthy as a result. last year, the developer launched an extraordinary project -- 425 luxury villas spread out over 25 hectares of land. the business ignores the ongoing economic crisis of fellow cambodians. projects like this are just one of hundreds of those built in phnom penh. the city has seen its population double over the past five years, often to the detriment of the poorest. 20 years ago, this woman lost everything. she had been living in a slum which real estate developers had other plans for.
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while residents were negotiating compensation for the theft of their homes, and mysterious fire destroyed it all. >> it was probably done by somebody. usually if you ask me this question, i'm not joking around. >> nearly 2000 families have been rehome to the outskirts of the capital city, often in non-sanitary conditions. >> you see it is getting damaged, and i'm always afraid someone will throw a cigarette and my house will burn down. >> in cambodia, those not able to participate in the economic boom are exiled, out of sight, out of mind. the country remains deeply unequal. nearly 18% of the population still remains below the poverty line. >> tony bennett, the american once described as frank sinatra as having the best voice in the world, has died at the age of 96. attributes have been pouring in
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today. >> i'm seeming -- i'm singing with tony b. >> it is the last album tony bennett ever recorded. >> ♪ advertising young love for sale love that's only slightly soiled ♪ >> tony is the ultimate gentleman. he is a true legendary jazz singer. like frank sinatra said, he is the best in the business. >> his duets with lady gaga made him the oldest person to top the u.s. sales chart. he came to prominence at a time when big bands defined american pop music. tony bennett grew up in a working class community in queens as anthony benedetto.
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his father inspired his love of singing but died when he was young. following other crooners, bennett sang in nightclubs and on television, winning over audiences with his easy manner and rich voice. the arrival of rock music led to a difficult period for bennett, and he nearly died of a drug overdose in 1979, but he eventually revived his career, winning all but two of his 19 grammys after his 60's. in a 2008 interview, he commented on the secret to his longevity. >> just enjoying life. i enjoy life very much. i just happen to have that spirit. i've always had a passion to live. i believe in living. because you see, once you're dead, that's it. >> bennett died just two weeks shy of his 97th birthday. he leaves his music in our ears and his heart in san francisco.
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>> ♪ golden sun will shine for me ♪ >> tony bennett, the master of the great american songbook. his lawyer saying he was playing piano and entertaining people only a few days ago. stay with us here on france 24. we will be back in 15 minutes with a full news update. ♪ >> today's guest is quite simply one of the best chefs in the world. she's the only female chef in america to have three michelin
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stars. she's french. this is the moment she found out she had won the food world's top honor. that makes you happy, watching that, doesn't it? >> i love it. >> you cooked for emmanuel macron, and you might have seen her on ma-winning -- semi-winning series. she is in france 2 open her first restaurant here in her home country called golden poppy. welcome to the show. thank you so much for being here. >> thank you for having me. >> last time you were on the show, we were talking about lockdown. your team were making food for communities in need while you're
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three san francisco restaurants were closed. we were also dealing with cancer, which you are now clearer -- you were also dealing with cancer, which you are now clear of. three years later, here you are in paris, opening your first restaurant in france after 35 years of living in san francisco. why did you want to come back? >> that's a good question. i have talked about it. it is very personal and not about, you know, coming back here and opening a restaurant. i think it is more like coming back to a place that it is very dear to my heart, you know? i just had the opportunity to just do also my art into a new place here, but paris has been always a place that makes me dream, and i spent my last few years of studying in paris also, and it is -- you know when you
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are down the street and you can walk to the same street maybe 20,000 times and there's always something new you can discover? there's a lot of history, and a lot of richness, and a lot of culture. >> as a child, you actually spent long summers by the sea in brittany. you grew up outside of paris. how much of france 2 we see in your cooking? >> i was born and raised in france. definitely a love of product. i have a love of the sea. >> you have been very open about your journey, your adoption story, being given up by your mom when you work six months old who was living on the streets of
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paris. you talk about your adoptive family. >> yes, that's why i wanted to come back here and get back to a place that i lived for six months which i never knew until 2001. >> to get back to your roots. >> yes. >> your story is an important part of the brand. >> i think it's important about how people can struggle in their life and make it also beautiful. two wonderful people from brittany, that i look to, as a little girl, born in versailles, did not know where she's from, and having the courage. i remember, my parents said -- i asked them, why did you adopt us? >> and -- why did you adopt us? they said it is about love and
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discovering others. it does not matter if you don't have the same color hair or your face is different. we are here to give love, and to be able to give love, we have to get to know others and be curious about the world. at a very young age, it was all about curiosity and culture and art and not feeling entitled, the time and place where you are born, but open yourself to others. >> in the 1980's, you left france for san francisco. >> late 1980's, yes. >> why did you want to go to california? >> i love france. france at the time and maybe still even today, they never gave a chance to the young generation. it was very bureaucratic. it was like you work for 20 years to prove yourself to the world. when today, you are amazing
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young people, 20, 21, it is like amazing creative's. we have to bring generations together. >> you have no formal training as a chef. you knocked on the door of a top chef and persuaded him to give you a job using your french charm and prove yourself. then after traveling and working abroad, you opened your own restaurant in san francisco in 2011. now it has three stars, and you were named a few years ago best female chef in the world. what is that like? >> i think what i said to my team, i said to them any industry that you go in, if you become successful -- i said our world does not define you. it's what you do with it that
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defines you. i think it's great things for the team, and they bring us joy, obviously, but every day, we are going back to work, and we have to keep telling the story, and, you know, we are here to not change the world but you invite people to be curious. maybe open up conversation. >> i think there are something like 100 chefs in the world who have three michelin stars. there are only seven women. gender equality is one of your missions, especially in the kitchen. you spoke in your book of experiencing sexual harassment when you were younger. do you think things are better in restaurants now? >> i hope so. i think it's getting better, and i think i spoke about it before. there's a lot of things people
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will tell you that's better now but because it was trendy. this is work. we have to keep doing the work. i've had a young women that write me letters that want to work with us, and the story that i'm still hearing in 2023, it is horrible. during covid, it was horrible, too. we had to wear a mask, and i had a story from a young server that was telling me that people were asking -- were harassing them because they wanted to see a smile on the woman. "give me a smile and then i will leave you a tip." look what's going on in america. the right of women -- we are losing it. we have to keep pushing and inviting people to the table.
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that's why we are cooking. just remember, you know, everybody come out of woman room -- will -- woman womb. >> another one of your missions is sustainability, golden poppy. local and sustainable products. there's an 80 plastic and zero waste. food prices are higher than ever. what is your advice to eat people more sustainably but within a budget? >> this is a good question because i think a lot of people say organically and all that. first of all in france, you go to the market. go to the market, talk to your farmers, you know? buy things that are in season. at home, you know, don't throw
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anything. our grandmother did not do anything. this is an interesting subject. i remember my grandmother use everything. let's maybe take a little more time. for example, if you peel carrots, don't throw the peel. maybe you can make vinegar out of it or maybe you can add it to maybe eight quiche or something like that. reuse things. >> you worked on the film "the menu." there's also a new foodie film out at the moment with juliet he. >> i did not see that one, but i heard about it. >> it is not out at cinemas yet. it premiered at the food festival. the food looks amazing in that. i just wonder if there is one dish to try at your restaurant, one amazing dish, what would you advise us to try? >> the one in paris, you know, every dish we do on the menu is
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with love. i have been talking about the banana pancake with caviar. there's a lot of things that i think every dish this count is bringing the culture of california. we have a lot of fun. >> we always end our shows with our guest's cultural pick of the moment. what have you picked for us? >> i'm choosing "beef" on netflix. you think it is going to be a romantic series, and it is becoming a pulp fiction thing. it is the quality of rage in people, the frustration every day. >> there's someone close to your heart who placed in it. >> i did not choose it because
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-- you know, my wife is an actor, but she is also an amazing actor also. we need series like this kind of opening up. you can relate to it. i can relate to it. there was a time i was in my car and i saw someone that was just so rude to someone else. i was on the street of san francisco and stopping on the red light, and this older lady crossed the street. maybe she did not see the red, and this guy was, like, just driving through the red light. i almost wanted to follow him, just like, what are you doing? it is good to see a show like that. >> thank you so much. >> thank you so much for having me. >> pleasure to have you on the show. "golden poppy" -- golden poppy open soon in paris.
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>> you are born with choices. >> this is fun. >> normal people are just delusional. >> you started this. >> me? >> yet. >> you're the one who backed into me like a psycho. >> you're the one that flipped me off -- >> you guys leaving or are you just going to sit there? >> what did you say to me? >> say it again. i dare you to say it again. ♪
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