afterkey, an announcement meeting with the defense counsel this morning. the turkish president is back in. ♪ three french soldiers have been killed in libya. it was confirmed by the defense ministry. the first confirmation that france has troops in the country, in developing rear ba ses. earlier with her from francois hollande about the deaths of the soldiers. dangers is home to instability. notches several hundred kilometers from shores. carrying out dangers intelligence operations. three of our soldiers have just lost their lives in a helicopter accident. i pay my respect to them. >> we're joined now for more on that. some has reigned for time now. we believe the french forces were involved with it has not been confirmed. we are officially engaged in libraya. 12 we know for the time being - -what do we know? downfrench helicopter came south of benghazi. there is not an exact location by the french government or by the head of the military forces. it was south of benghazi, on the eastern coast of libya. we know that three junior officers were killed. we d