lordi says the international monetary fund. a recent study suggests that if consumers were to buy only french made goods they would have to spend between one hundred three hundred euros for each one and amount that would squeeze an already weakened purchasing power because of all the publicity the french are even more aware now are made in france products versus those coming from the outside but most of the time the difference can really be seen in the prices of the goods now this one for example is peaches from spain it costs for ninety five per kilo right this one which is clearly marked made in france cost six ninety five per kilo that's a two year old difference so the question here is how well it will decide the a sell to the french. differently no i won't spend three hundred years extra you have to find this money first. yes if i have the money certainly. somebody does know i think globalization allows us to find cheaper goods you know

it's when you look at the product you know or some of those short or whatever you go that bottle he has been dug into in france but part of it has been done as well in fact a french political parties have been accused of hypocrisy as a local newspaper's investigation last year showed election campaign materials have been made in china bangladesh morocco you name it. here for example this little case is made in china so i'm not afraid buying sings in china that's part of the point is we have. no hope in france at all isn't d.c.m. is a brand that takes pride in having its manufacturing base in france its director says the study more is an important point that paying more to support their own industries creates local jobs and is far less of an economic burden than the cost of three. point two million unemployed big among those docs. of course to

pay. the social care we have in france and big social care is an employment so we'd move we would be much more healthier in france and we. probably diffuse it if everyone was to have. a job the world trade organization has criticized this campaign as patriotic protectionism as fast as economic y. was getting trickier to manage politicians seem to be grasping at straws the government's new call to arms may look good on paper but as critics point out it could end up an economic forecasts. does or sylvia r.t. paris so take a swing around the globe to look at some other stories making headlines around the world this hour in mexico over twenty people have been killed as a tropical storm

a menu well ravages the country's pacific coast for a third day there could be more bad news on the weather front as hurricane ingrid threatens to make landfall from the west around fifteen thousand people have been evacuated to safety amid fears of heavy rains flooding and mudslides. rallies in turkey enter a sixth night with east on ball seeing renewed clashes between demonstrators and security forces protesters set fire to barricades while police tried to control the crowd i find plastic bullets and tear gas the unrest was triggered by the death of a twenty two year old student involved in a sit in against a construction project affecting his university. a massive rescue operation is in full swing across the u.s. state of colorado where deadly floods have already killed six people and left hundreds unaccounted for thousands have been forced to evacuate from. the daily

huge hit areas president barack obama has signed a major emergency order for the battered state approving federal disaster aid the catastrophe has been branded as an historic one hundred year flood with the cost of repairs estimated at fifteen times the state's annual budget. more down. force are expected still in the forecast now moving to the philippines where at least sixty people have been killed after government forces launched an offensive against armed separatists in the south of the country earlier rebels took around one hundred people hostage apparently to use as human shields have now been freed though thousands have fled the region amid the weeklong clashes between the armed group and the army. japan to shut down its last nuclear reactor for intensified security checks becoming at least for the time being a nuclear power free country tests might last until december which would be the longest period the country has gone without nuclear energy since the one nine

hundred sixty s. public concerns over the use of atomic energy were sparked after the fukushima meltdown that followed a devastating tsunami and earthquake in two thousand and eleven. decades after nelson mandela became president of south africa some small white communities are beginning to seek a return to the country's racially divided past the statue of a man who widely was seen as the architect of apartheid stands at the gateway to one of these new whites only enclaves and. reports it's not just a monument to past injustices it represents the current practices as well. a half hour drive north of south africa's capital and you'll be forgiven for thinking you've traveled back in time it might be two decades since nelson mandela was sworn in as the country's first black president but communities hankering after south africa's apartheid past when racial segregation was enshrined in law are

starting to wave their nationalistic colors when white people first advanced into the interior of south african eighteen hundreds this is what they saw before them vast dissolute stretches of land and now one hundred fifty years later they returning to the dreams of the forefathers to create an independent entity with their own laws flag and language. well come to claim fontayne an aspiring whites only enclave if you're black you can visit but only for a few hours and with special permission but there's a little it is really strict. we don't actually say that. if you go to work you can come in the first thing that greets you is you coming to claim from tain is a bust of hendrik for vote the former south african prime minister considered the architect of a party ate all of us sign posts are written off the cons the language spoken by the town's one thousand inhabitants who can all trace their lineage back to the european settlers who arrived here in the sixteenth hundreds residents insist they

are not racist it's just that they don't welcome jews catholics or any english speakers either merissa has lived in came from ten for six years she says she feels safe here there's no crime and she enjoys being part of a community that shares the same culture and history this is private property so we're not taking anything from anybody else so we don't think think it's a racial but we are we feel strongly about our identity and we want to protect that and preserve it. claim for change residence include professors engineers and other middle class professionals they pay fees to a carpet of board that gives them water and electricity the community has survived largely without the help of the government it has its own water pumps and a natural reservoir and there's a shopping center a bank a school overtime and center and several small businesses it's residence aid self-sufficiency born out of necessity they dream is to create their own flag and

currency the problem we have is that many of the law or based on race. benefit a certain racial group. of black economic empowerment many of our young people that were even born in the aborted. system work then they're free access to education. iliza smith moved here after being unable to find work she now cleans houses a job she's very grateful to have. that i am not black and to. work and then my freedom get to work. and that's when we come that yeah. under apostate the one tough economy government forced black south africans to live in homelands now decades later the dice has turned and many white off economists feel that white homelands are the only solution but many south africans fear their communities that came from tain a merely lingering outpost of the apartheid era threatening to

a turn the country back to the dark days of its racist past policy r.t. came from tain south africa delegates from ninety countries have taken part in the world economic forum in the chinese city of dali on economic power players discussed issues ranging from industrial innovation and energy security to trade and investment in his speech the chinese a premier said he expects the country to reach its target of seven point five percent growth this year despite the still rough conditions in the global economy dr force in the past burg from peking university feels beijing's priorities should lie elsewhere. there are a lot of things they call me it's actually found a lot of other things in china like the political maturity and social problems that still loom large in china and one of the topics actually at the global forum in

this these days is also work ethics you know china wants to have a stakeholder in making the rules of the game and shaping them in the future i think it's perfectly reasonable to think that the chinese want to see their currency to become the next word currency they supply and of course sign at the moment is for purchasing more and more gold this also plays into this sort china is taking a leap forward actually to control the world currency and to replace it with the u.n. yes and i'll be back with the latest international news and our roundup of the week's top stories in around five minutes time don't go away watching. on their way to antarctica the crew of the i can to make sure that if face many challenges. here you have to look out for yourself crashing on to rocks trapped in pack ice in extreme conditions anything can happen antarctica always comes up with

surprises you have to keep your eyes open because there's always something going wrong the ship carries huge reserves of water food fuel as well as helicopters and people able to survive extreme conditions they're ready for anything even an apocalypse she's really an incredible ship calling all antarctica stations this is academic a field of radio check please respond. i have been negotiating and been a participant in the w t o since one thousand nine hundred seven and over all these years i have never seen. a moment when trade tensions were not there. but if you're going to like to thank you ali face it's like you know.

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absolutely no place. the latest news out of the week's top stories russia and america gree on a plan to rid syria of its chemical arsenal averting for now a strike by western powers on the assad regime but despite the diplomatic success. i'm going to call it. what. the fighting still continues reports from the front lines where our team came under fire at the ancient christian town where the syrian army is engaged in a fierce battle. forces. plus the latest on the n.s.a. surveillance is that america's spies are now apparently snooping on financial transactions both at home and abroad we talked to one of the world's first hackers about the agency's activities.