the future great french historian mark block with the french 272nd infantry regiment on 9 september recalled marching down what he called a torturously winding road at night, oblivious to the fact that the great german assault had been blunted. "with anger in my heart feeling the weight of the rifle i had never fired and hearing the faltering footsteps of our half-sleeping men echo on the ground, i could only consider myself one more among the englorious advantage wished who had never shed their blood in combat." i also argue that there are a whole lot of what-if scenarios attached to this battle. what if germany had not violated belgium's neutrality? would britain in fact still have ensterredtered it the war? what if could half of the 331,000 soldiers on the left wing have held the right wing to victory in france? what if in panic at the russian advance into east prussia malta had not dispatched 3rd and 9th army corps east. they spent the russian campaign in september in railroad cars going from one front to the other. above all, what if papajov had not been the french commander. what if he

suddenly french guards appeared. he charged and struck the first frenchman over the head with his broad sword and another drove it into the chest of a second and another shot a third. the remaining friend soldiers took cover in a ditch and opened fire. he tumbled from the saddle, dead. in this unexpected encounter, the 22-year-old jaeger became the first killed in what ironically and collectively would be called the battle that raged from the swiss border to the channel. i argued as you have just heard this is the area we heard this it's between 5 and 11, september 1914, the two sides committed nearly two million men with 6,000 guns to a front 200 kilometers wide. the technology was unprecedented. rapid small arms fire and machine guns and hand grenades and heavy artillery made the killing ground lethal. the casualties suffered by both sides were unimaginable to prewar planners. 200,000 men per side and another 200,000 along the chalkyxplc p. no others in terms of death. the chapel of a french military college had o

palestine, but french institutions are asking members of the french jewish community -- french-jewish community not to react rashly to this, but rather with dialogue. and the major left-leaning, opposition paper states that the next election is nothing more than a referendum vote on netanyahu's popularity. >> thank you very much for that look at how the israeli rest are reacting to that news of a snap election. let's look at some other world news. the somali islamist militant group has claimed responsibility for a car bomb on wednesday that left three people dead. it was a protected human base in the city thomas hit close to the airport gate -- in the city, hit close to the airport gate. an emotional funeral has been held for the australian cricketer who died last week from a freak injury. former and current players from around the world where there to pay tribute, as well as many australian dignitaries. it was a celebration of his life. despite his early death at the age of 27. it is every parent's worst nightmare. your nerve -- your newborn is based -- placed into an incubator next

and allowing more shops to open on sunday, will it help the french economy echoed -- the french economy? more on that coming up. ♪ i'm jeannie god gillette in paris. --godula in paris. first, a palestinian minister has reportedly died after being hit by israeli soldiers in the west bank for some he was reportedly planting trees in ramallah at the time. for more information on what happened, let's bring in gallagher for an. what can you tell us, what details have come out? gallagher fenwick, if you can hear us, let us know what information you have at the moment. gallagher, please go ahead. next excuse me -- >> excuse me for the technical issue. the circumstances of the death of this palestinian minister are still somewhat murky. different elements are coming into us, israeli defense forces saying they are looking into it. from the palestinian side, we are gathering is that this man was at the helm of a delegation of protesters trying to land -- to get to land that was held by israeli forces. he was hit on the head and fell down after the use of tear gas. it is unclear whether he died th

his comments precipitated a change in french science which became increasingly newtonian and french philosophy which became increasingly interested in john locke's theory of mind. voltaire became the senator of intellectual network that reshaped france's society and thought. this feature is called "the dinner of the philosophers" and is described as a conversation piece and was painted by jean huber around 1772. here is huber. -- this is father adams, who was well tears -- voltaire's chess partner. a voltaire in the center with the arrow. besides huber, you can see the top of sophie's head. her companion is the poet. martel is thought to be -- grimm was the lover of the 's sister-in-law. in my opinion, the most influential contemporaries of a was here -- voltaire's russo and franklin. i will make a couple of comments on them. diderut inspired arts and letters. encyclopedia"an should encompass not only the field already covered by the academy which -- but each every branch of human knowledge. he wrote hundreds of articles himself and recruited dozens of the most brilliant men to write more. amo

the french embassy has not been reached here.hat is all we have for the moment. >> let's go back three years ago. tell me about the circumstances when he was taken. >> november 23, almost three years ago in central mali. he was taken at gunpoint by al qaeda. he was taken together with another french hostage, philippe verdon who unfortunately was killed in mali last year. that is the information we have at the moment. he was the last french hostage after another frenchman was killed or murdered in captivity. he was also abducted in mali >> thank you so much from that report. thank you for joining us. tell us more about what we might know about the conditions under which this hostage might have been released. >> at the moment we know very little. the government is going to release as little information as possible. there have been negotiations through back channels. an intermediate may or may not have been malian. most likely from a regional ally has been negotiating through indirect channels with the jihadists operating in this re

but french unemployment at french leaders gather in paris to deliver a positive message.ys a deal was -- with glacol would be a bad fit. gettingkerberg on why people connected is more important than profit. good morning to our viewers in europe, good evening those in asia, and a very warm welcome to those ust waking up in the u.s. i'm guy johnson. backine lacqua will be monday. you're watching bloomberg television. live from our london headquarters. some french business leaders are tired of criticism. they are organizing a meeting in paris. it translates as "let's bank on france." as there and has a series of exclusive interviews. >> this conference is all about boosting the image of friends at a time when the french economy pastarely grown over the three years. the unemployment figures we got yesterday for the third quarter and france were very bad. 10.4% unemployment. jobless claims have risen every month except for three since .resident hollande took office some entrepreneurs are trying to innovation.nch i talked to the economy minister marcon who opened the conference

the french are good at this. because -- are.f course the french >> when i was in the archives in france, i would find references o madam hnu with french men at the right times and when the japanese were coming in, having japanese the right men at the right time. taking japanese lessons and oing out the dinner with the japanese. so it's very possible that the frenchman who was writing it was, you know, had his advances spurned and was bitter would be d that that her legacy. but considering this came from a couple of different sources, there was probably something there. she used what she had to get ahead and to save her family. is not shocking. the fact that it is recorded is. -- in all kinds of royal courts down to, you know, is the norm. but the fact that the french are oing to these parties and recording it is shocking. question.other i wanted to know since you're half french and you're viewing the french through lens as well as the american one, what is it that the french know about vietnam that the americans

here, we have french troops, french colonial troops from north africa overpowering german soldiers. the river in the background. also note this is in fan shape, which is unique. this artist was well-known for depicting art deco fashion, so this is atypical of his work. o work. to the battle which was fought in early 1914 stopped the german offensive. the french hadn't forgotten that the germans annexed franko -- this artist whof went by the nae uncle handsy because he was a german illustrate for. here we have a french soldier carrying a german border and france and away from his hometown of komar this scene depicts german officer and then potentially the kaiser and prints along with german troops approaching the bed of a french or belgin woman. this cartoon is a metaphphor fo the rape of belgium. many rumors of german atrocities reach europe and america, in fact england ordered the bright commission to investigate these alleged atrocities. this was drawn by a war correspondent known as simm during world war i. he also published albums in 1916 and 1918. here we see two french soldier

which was a major defeat of the french navy. and one of the most celebrated victories up until the battle of trafalgar. it certainly change the dynamics of the war. it is a good illustration of the thin line between success and failure. that it was degrasse who defeated the british for the first time since the 1690's. then he himself was defeated, much as horatio gates -- was himself defeated by cornwallis. and you have won. we can take one last question. >> were the caribbean colo nies the source of financial support to the colonies in rebellion in the north? >> not the british islands. although there were a lot of merchants sending things from british islands to dutch islands . a lot of the military people said that piracy reigns free here. but the french and dutch island s became the critical sources of supply to north america especially this little dutch island of st. eustacious. there were 500 warehouses there. sometimes as many as 200 american ships off the island. bonmarche who is known as the playwright who wrote " marri

in two, 8 inches the french enlightenment. in part five, common on the circles in which thomas jefferson traveled. the thesis of my book has two that during his five years in france, thomas jefferson transformed from a circumspect political o an engagement of activists. the second part of my contend that this by digesting concept of progress, and becoming a progressive. what do i mean when i say the declaration of the independence -- author of the declaration of was a loner. he was careful to keep his used to himself. what were they? jefferson was a nonbeliever. he was guided by reason, not faith. jefferson has do the concept of rights by nature. trained to argue cases in the common law. his self-appointed mission was virginian le the hierarchy -- which he undertook plan for st and his estates new government, and then as a legislature in the first virginia assembly, then of the committee. picture was incidentally painted in 1901. in image of jefferson france forms aaround ports from a few distinguished authors, i'm sure many o

of the french alps.e title is called los diabl los diablos luiz which ises the blue devils. this is the same artist who drew "good-bye old man" which we saw earlier. this is a funny depiction. we see a german officer staring at a small boy and his mother. as they walk away the boy turns around and sticks his tongue out at the german officer. the title is called the strongest which is a play on words. who is the strongest? is it the german or the little boy? to end the stalemate on the western front the british had tanks on a limited bay bai sis. this etching depicts the first tank. unfortunately many suffered mechanical failure or oh were put out of action by enemy fire. this immanual foreshadows the type of technology that would be used in future wars. the british artist pierce drove south and ent erred the war zone. for four days he was able to move about the war zone without any trouble. so this depicts an eyewitness account. as he was driving he often stopped to depict scenes unfolding before his eye

by telegram in french.a language which the serbian prime minister did not know.ayv÷ he sent an urgent kwirry to petersburg asking about this strange telegram. please help me explain what this stupid thing is because austria-hungary hant done anything yet. this is about as bad as you can get getting your carrots and sticks backwards. the war won't come for two weeks but the declaration is here now. why? the chief of staff doesn't want a declaration of war. japan didn't declare war on russia 1904 she just attacked. the balkan powers didn't declare war they just attacked. why are we shooting ourselves in the foot. i have a theory which i can't prove, berthold, foreign minister of austria-hungary everyone is bombarding him with what today would be kind of e-mails and text messages. in that day it was telegrams and a few phone calls. he was sick of hearing about it. and now, that he had declared war, he didn't have to answer the telephone. brilliant, stupid but also brilliant. next day, 29dth of july. it's inter

i always thought being french, as she was, a french citizen -- she was a french citizen -- >> her father was. >> that they naturally should have converting to catholicism but in fact they were buddhists and is interesting. a lot of vietnamese families are split and the religious divide is part of it. my father, for instance, was raised catholic, and my mom was raised buddhist, and there's a lot of family that is split along that line, but to see her being so procatholic and supportive of a regime that creaked down on buddhism was shocking for somebody that was raises buddhist. can you talk about the religious divisions in vietnam during that time? >> a little bit. yes, madame nhu was raised in hanoi for most of her life. born in hanoi. went way down to the southern -- very tip of southern vietnam, and then went back to hanoi, and i hadn't known until i was researching the book, she was actually north vietnamese by birth and heritage, because the regime that was the south vietnamese regime, but the religion -- she condition verted at her marriage, which was in 1943, and madame nhu's mothe

could it be french food is losing its flair and is the french economy becoming less savory as a result>> the world's best restaurant 2014 is once again noma. >> it is the oscars of the food industry are the only difference, the winner is not the best director but the most accomplished chef. the ceremony is organized annually by the british magazine. for the second consecutive year, the chef from copenhagen takes the number one slot. the french came home with 11, a blow to a country that prides itself on the art of gastronomy. it has set off alarm bells throughout the country. the foreign ministry is concerned about the impact on tourism. >> you ask, what does this have to do with diplomacy? i think we can concoct the notion of castro-diplomacy, a new specialty which can only be positive for france. >> in the great game of diplomacy can take many forms. a more appetizing weapon can be found in the face of economic struggles. it is called pastrami -- gastronomy. >> france's heritage lies in cuisine. it has been declared a world heritage by unesco. this is not the heritage we must just ad

the court said uber may infringe on french taxi law. they have to remove all language saying it is oak for them to act like taxis. it has passed the buck to other french authorities to decide as the lawyer for the playoff points out. >> the court has considered that it didn't fall to it to take note that uber is criminally liable. so it is handing the authority over to the local authorities. to first sang uber pop to nature note of the i will legality so competitors can get a ban so that the harm stops. >> a lawyer for the playoff speaking there. it has been a tough week for uber, hasn't it? >> it has been a nightmare for uber. they have been involved in legal tuesdayles in california, spain, the netherlands and new delhi. one chinese search engine is making a $600 million investment in the company. uber has been operating in china since august of 2013. let's get a check of how the markets are faring this friday. we off with crude oil in the u.s., once again trading below the $60. companies have worsened the supply glut and that puts do

french is a feat -- senior representative. you can go online to see reports >> spent a problem that is not unique to that area. and that is a simmering distressed between too many police departments and communities of color. in a country where were the most important things to many individuals especially those of color feel they're not treated fairly. and as i said last week with any part of the american family that it is the problem for all of us not just for some of us. or a particular community or demographic. its means we're not as strong of a territory as we can be. when applied to the criminal-justice system we're not as effective to fight crime as we are. and what i could do today along with our attorney general eric holder few had to fly to el mantegna to start a conversation down there. that we his service and honest conversation community activists, academics, elected officials. to determine with the problems are. and come up with concrete solutions to move the ball for word. >> we watched him in and listen to a grou

it's like when macarthur was -- after bacaratt, he had the french -- he was very close to the french.is influence with the french that caused the french to give a cradegraw to the new york commander, to a commander of the 165th regiment. conspicuously absent was bill screws being decorated. the counterpoint to that was in 1923 bill screws came to alabama and brought with him a french legion of honor and pinned it -- bill screws didn't come to alabama. he was in alabama. and general girroux who was the company commander at the great victory of champaign came to alabama and decorated on behalf of of the nation of france bill screws with that great decoration. by then those boys had come home. they were treated differently than anybody in their towns had ever treated anybody. they had come home to a glorious homecoming. there was 75,000 people on the capitol grounds in montgomery, at their arrival in montgomery. they were different. the french -- when giroux came to alabama and decorated those boys, he was decorating the nation. and they were different. these guys were all grandchildren.

french jews packing up to two israel. british muslims standing up against islamist extremism, and german bureaucracy -- scoring a goal for asylum seekers. first, to france, where there are fears that anti-semitism is on the rise. france has the largest jewish population in europe, but the number of anti-semitic incidents doubled this year. the worry is as the conflict between israel and the palestinians worsens, tensions are rising between jews and muslims in europe, which appears to be leading to a new source of anti-semitism where criticism of israel's foreign policy in gaza is turning into aggression towards jewish people themselves. as a result, record numbers of french jews are deciding to leave france for israel. >> immigration is a lot of work. organizationally, physically, and emotionally. this family is packing up to move. >> the whole name has to fit on the box. >> so, our 42nd box is finished. >> they are a jewish family. they have lived in this paris suburb for more than 10 years. the children were born here.

a suicide bomber struck a packed auditorium at a french cultural center. earlier in the day, a suicide bomber killed six on the outskirts of the capital. highlighting afghanistan's struggle to defeat the taliban and 13 years after western intervention in the country. to an unprecedented first for the cia. the agency's director held a press conference at the virginia headquarters. john brennan defended his agency from accusations that it used harsh techniques in the post-9/11 interrogation program. in the wake of a senate committee report released earlier this week. the findings of which point out that the cia justified torture. charlotte hawkins has details. >>in the security forces' corner, john brennan big knowledged but defended its detention and interrogation program after the 9/11 attacks. yes, some offices used unauthorized methods and should be held accountable, he said. but the agents face agonizing decisions amid fear of further attacks. brennan defended enhanced interrogation techniques, or eit's to reporters, dianne feinstein was busy live tweet

french is a feat -- senior representative. you can go online to see reports on black friday sales numbers from over the weekend. we appreciate your time this morning. up next, carmel martin will join the political and legislative agenda for congress we are joined by kevin from the hill to talk about the latest from the white house to extend a series of individual and corporate tax rates. -- tax breaks. ♪ [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2014] >> tonight on the communicators, the cofounder of paypal. click the single overarching the book is>> and that people should rethink competition. most is this books tell you how to compete more effectively. mine tells you that perhaps you should not compete at all and as a founder or entrepreneur, you should aim for something like a monopoly, a company that is such a breakthrough that you have no competition at all. >> tonight at 9:00 ea

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this is a joy for french people because there is not a single french hostage held captive anywhere in release of the hostage was secured. bbc news. >>> now a south african judge has granted prosecutors permission to appeal against the conviction of oscar pistorius for culpable homicide. the case will now go before south africa's supreme court of appeal. the prosecutors will search for a conviction. prosecutors describe the sentence of five years as shockingly light. the judge masipa has been giving her reason as for allowing appe. >> that being so, i cannot say after considering submissions by council that the prospect of success at the supreme court of appeal is remote. >> a what does that all mean? our correspond end is at the courthouse in pretoria. >> reporte repo>> reporter: judge masipa h granted the prosecution lead of appeal against the conviction of culpable homicide or manslaughter. the state describes the sentence shockingly light. now gerrie nel will approach the team here in south africa so a that a new set of judges will begin to hear the facts which were presented in th

our french politics editor is here with us. one thing is clear, the prime minister saying there will be more security measures put into place. >> there is a plan that has been enforced for many years in france. the level has step up. the christmas season is seen as a period of threats and so it has been step up. more patrols and 200 additional security forces in the street. more security checks, bag checks, mobile patrols, but there is only so much you can do. he is trying to reassure. the government can say yes the prejudices, we need to be watchful. the loan will scenario is the worst scenario because there is only so much you can do. three incidences in three days shows that. he said there were three cases that should be treated separately. basically, in two of the cases there seems to be an indication that the person had some serious mental health issues, whereas in the first attack, it seems that the attacker was shot, had some terrorist motives because he had some messages on his facebook page and everything. there was a

french parliament voted to recognize palestine as a state. the nonbinding but highly symbolic vote following a similar resolution by the british and the spanish. the vote was 339 in favor, 151 against. kenya's president sacked his superior minister the declared war after the group killed 36 people in the north of kenya. slightly over a week ago. 11 mexican protestors have been let out of a mexican security jail after a judge said there was a lack of evidence. the second anniversary seemed more protests against his rule, and the government are accused of corruption and ineptitude by many. the approval rating is down to about 40%, as monica reports the disappearance of four students while in police custody continues to infuriate many. anger returns to the streets of mexico city on president's second anniversary in office. the men armed with bats and mall of the cocktails destroyed everything on the way. >> the protests is largely peaceful, there's a group that is setting stuff on fire and breaking the windows. it was may ham, thousands have tak

he had the french, he was very close to the french. he i'm sure his influence with the french caused the french to givw the regimenal commander of the 168th regimen. bill screws brought with him a french legion of honor and brought with him -- bill screws didn't come to alabama, he was in alabama.nce bi on behalf of a nation of france, bill screws with that great decoration. by then, those boys had come home. d they were treated differently. they had come home to a glorious homecoming.e there was 75,000 people on the capital grunds in montgomery, at their rival in montgomery.ntgome they were different. when giroux came to alabama and deck rated those boys, he was decorating the nation. these guys were all grandchildren of the confederate.n i knew many former slaves. there's a period of tremendous transition.sla when they were finally recognized by the united states and by the nation of france, era there was tremendous knockoff among the common people of the state of alabama. is that direct? okay. there are other questions. i'll tell yo

it's like when macarthur was -- after bacaratt, he had the french -- he was very close to the french. i'm sure it was his influence with the french that caused the french to give a cradegraw to the new york commander, to a commander of the 165th regiment. conspicuously absent was bill screws being decorated. the counterpoint to that was in 1923 bill screws came to alabama and brought with him a french legion of honor and pinned it -- bill screws didn't come to alabama. he was in alabama. and general girroux who was the company commander at the great victory of champaign came to alabama and decorated on behalf of of the nation of france bill screws with that great decoration. by then those boys had come home. they were treated differently than anybody in their towns had ever treated anybody. they had come home to a glorious homecoming. there was 75,000 people on the capitol grounds in montgomery, at their arrival in montgomery. they were different. the french -- when giroux came to alabama and decorated those boys, he was decorating the nation. and they were different. these guys were

an french, meanwhile, had elaborate plan of their own. it involved a massive multiarmy intended to slam into the german left flank. of the twoeither nations felt a sense of unreadiness when the diplomatic so quicklyroke down in the summer of 1914. both offenses ran into trouble. the french assault ground to a armiesrst, its three coming to a bloody standstill. the german offensive maintained longer. but it too ground to a halt just snorshort of paris. it received a sudden surprise. the commander of french forces from hised troops right flank to reinforce his left. thus arose the so-called race to sea. the series of leap-frogging moves by the germans and allies enemy's northern flank. neither side gained an advantage maneuvers but by mid-october they had run out of land. unintentionally, they created a stalemate, extending from the english channel in the north to the swiss border in the south. for the soldiers, the early wase of the war eye-opening, particularly in regard to how quickly they become demoralized when staring into the face of

. >> he started as so many french cooks of his time did, at the very bottom.ce in the restaurant nandron. what was your first job in the kitchen? >> they used to call me the beaver, because i was just washing every single day. they make you clean the vegetable, they make you carry all the boxes from the market. >> 14. you can't do that anymore, can you? >> i don't think you can make him work 12 hours a day and pay him maybe a buck a month. >> ah, the good old days. >> yeah, well. >> why lyon? why here? look at the fundamentals, the things that lyonnaise think of as birthrights. the right, for instance, to eat delicious cured pork in unimaginably delicious formed. >> the art of charcuterie, lyonnaise can't live without it. >> pate, sausages, it's an art that's revered here and widely enjoyed. [ speaking french ] >> few names garner more respect from aficionados of pig than reynaud. >> [ speaking foreign language ]. >> 20 ton of saucisson just inside this room. the holiday are coming and they're going mad with production of saucisson. >> in a relentlessly cold r

she said the french is. -- reforms are too slow.he chancellor was also speaking before the annual conference of her union. the base of her party is exasperated by the laxness of the strike and -- crisis stricken countries. the left-wing french politician took to twitter. he showed his anger. he did have the good grace not to directly reply to her on twitter, but he said in a mix of german and french, shut up frau merkel. more diplomatically the finance minister said that france will be making reforms not to please european leaders but because it is necessary for france's health. >> let's move to the international papers. there was a big story in italy over allegations of mafia influence in rome. >> the mafia has already long been accused of peddling in the south of the country, but it has not really hit the capital. it started up last tuesday when investigators discovered notebooks that supposedly documented payments to a large number of city politicians in rome, by a crime boss, a former far right activist. the labor minister is im

the french version of slate has an article. >> a group of french senators have sounded the alarm overexist tosys during the christmas season. it can be negative for the development of a child. boys toys focus on technical skills and girls' toys focus on the domestic sphere. slate has a list of non sexist toys. boardgames, a science lab. and a magic set. of course, a book. >>

which is, in fact, earlier than the germans reached french territory. it is true that the germans marched through belgium on the way and that is in many ways the greatest argument or indictment of the german war plan that it did involve violating belgian neutrality. but as far as claiming that the germans quote/unquote plan to invade france well of course that's true. the french also planned to invade germany and russia planned to invade germany, as well. that was the very essence of the franco russian war plan was a simultaneous invasion of germany from two directions. it was because of this, of course, that the germans had their own plans, which were to try to circumvent this with a lightning blow against france. as far as the military alliances, in many ways the far closer and more decisive alliance in all of this was the franco russian alliance which is why again when colonel house on behalf of the wilson administration visited europe in may 1914 he said precisely that. that as soon as england consents, france and russia will close in upon germany.

italy being one of the french.n his first report, which he sent to his superiors eight days after he arrives, he laid out his program. he said, first off, it is very you were gent to stop minor revolutionary acts throughout turkey, romania, hungary and austria. and he thought that by stirring up national revolutions, the allies could impede the central powers' ability to move troops east to west or vice versa. he also thought that by spreading discontent and uprisin uprisings, spreading the enemy forces even thinner. and he thought it might be possible to block the danube and sabotage defense industrial facilities on enemy soil. oh, by the way, he would collect intelligence information, too. i drew into his organization additional people from his new york days. and the mid combed the army for german speakers and he recruit the volunteers extensively from ethnic czechs and slovaks who lived in france, switzerland and italy. in netherlands he joined forces with a former courier from his new york organization who he h

french parliament discussing a voted on a proposal to recognize palestine as a state.t is non-binding but symbolic. it comes after a similar resolution by the british and spanish parliament. >>> iraq's government has agreed to end an oil dispute with the kurdish region. kurds will get about $13 billion a year helping in their fight against isil fighters. now the attack in kenya. al shabab's spokesman has responded to the president's warning. >> translator: the threats do not bring anything new to the fight between them and us. they forced us into this war. we told them they will not achieve anything from going to war with us. we told them they know nothing when it comes to war. today they see with their own eyes what war tastes like. we are waiting for them. they have nothing new to show. they will not sleep in peace as long as they are occupying muslim land. >>> these are just some of the victims of the world's worst industrial industry in india 30 years ago. the leak of deadly gas killed and injured thousands. in total as many as 25,000 may have lost their lives. as

he is only dreaming of a french start for himself, says les echos. these is perhaps the way that french public opinion has hardened against politicians might have speared him. in short, less goes -- les echos since the challenge it remains. in the approach of election and a clear result among the challenges he faces. being upon to the government without being a caricature of himself. >> what have papers in the international press had to say? >> the financial times also covers it and they are not terribly convinced either. they say the former president's reelection should not be a platform for another run at the presidency. while the clearly begin -- continues to be a rallying force, you should realize he is not respond -- not respected by his party as he once was. there are other more serious candidates. he did not implement any revolutionary economic reforms in his time in office. this was a president remembered for bling. but there are other candidates to his liking. corrects nicolas sarkozy was not convincing about his economic record in the past.

i knew there was a french building. i didn't know the story of this tremendously successful stock seller. i didn't know much about lois long, about her personal life. and to me, she was the quintessential jazz-age woman with the long string of pearls and drinking and carousing all night and going in the office at 4:00 in the morning, taking off her dress, sitting down at the typewriter with a cigarette out of her mouth and pounding out copy that would beat alt bl the boys. she's terrific. like out of vassar. it was like getting to know them. yes, sir? here's the mic. >> did mcfadden, who was the biggest magazine publisher, what contributions did he make to new york city itself? >> well, he brought down the level of public taste in a big way. and you know, we have the term photo shop now, you know, so he'd take the body of another human being and stick the head of a guy who was accused of beating his wife and there he was. his picture's in the paper. ann brought journalism to a new, spectacular low, with a series of tabl

the french are quite grumpy. belgium fared even worse.ly 4% of belgians think they have good economic prospects for the coming year. nigeria, 80% of people are optimistic about the coming year. i'm surprised about that. >> grumpy french people? never. >> our colleagues all dismiss it. they say that is in our nature. 1[laughter] >> thanks. time for the press review. ♪ welcome back. it is time to take a look at what is making headlines in the papers. first of all, russia is in the spotlight after the opposition leader and his brother were handed down sentences for fraud and money laundering. >> there is a photo of the brothers on the front page of the "wall street journal." political activists have called the trial politically motivated. hours after he was sentenced for embezzlement, he broke his house arrest to join an opposition rally in moscow. you can read it -- about it in the "moscow times." this is a photo of him heading towards the moscow rally. he and more than 100 protesters were arrested and police put him back under house arrest

the french meanwhile, set an elaborate plan of their own. which involved a massive army this slammed ing the gemini -- germany left flank. they were untries so not ready. defenses ran into trouble. offense made it incredible ng an sweep to belgian. leapfrogging moves from the german and the allies, to tell the enemy to the northern flank. run out ctober they had of land. great of a stalemate. for the soldiers the early base the war was open. one german soldier in his the face felt ashamed to of enemy he never returned home. the soldiers were spared the great horror of later years. to a e wall made of it bloody stalemate. the germans played a single army. million person hold the german armyoperated in the notion. the outnumbered germans play tactics with russia. they kept at 19,000 prisoners. the russian army make that progress. arrival of of the reinforcements, the russians were ready. although the eastern front represented hell on earth, the next two years by end of the war 9 million allied soldiers have died. wire and deep trenches. a germ