benoit hamon will be the french socialist party's candidate in the presidential elections in april, afterinning a run—off vote on sunday against the former prime minister manuel valls. wildfires in chile have killed at least eleven people and left several thousand homeless. firefighters and volunteers are tackling more than a hundred separate fires — half of which are still out of control. now for the latest financial news with sally. and world business report. airlinesjuggle flight crew and passengers, while the tech giant google urges some staff not to leave the country. we'll find out how companies are being impacted by the us travel ban and what you should do. benoit hamon is chosen as france's socialist candidate for the country's upcoming election but will his pledge of a pay—cheque for all be enough to lure voters? welcome to world business, report i'm sally bundock. also in the programme another computer glitch grounds domestic flights of a major us airline. details in a moment. president trump is standing firm on his ban on immigration from seven countries — iran, iraq, libya, so

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a politician from the hard—left will represent the french socialist party in this year's presidentialction. as wildfires ravage chile — a plea for international aid as the devastation continues across seven regions. we start with breaking news from canada: shots have been fired at a mosque in quebec city. the reuters news agency quotes the president of the mosque says five people have been killed and many more injured. it's being reported that three gunmen were involved — the shots were fired during evening prayers. about a0 people were inside the building in the suburb of sante—foy. we'll bring you more on that breaking news as we get it. we go toa we go to a journalist in toronto, jessica murphy. just give us an up to date. right now, a lot of things are changing. the police in quebec confirmed the riot in deep people who are dead and people who were wounded and suspects who have been arrested but are not giving any more details. this happens around evening prayer, around 45 minutes ago. as to whether there is one or more shooter we do not know yet. there are reports of up to five p

a politician from the hard—left, he'll represent the french socialist party in this year's presidentialion. i'm sally bundock. in business: airlinesjuggle flight crew and passengers, while the tech giant google urges some staff not to leave the country we'll find out how companies are being impacted by the us travel ban and what you should do. for the second sunday in a row, a major us air flight forced to land due to what it calls automation issues. gunmen have opened fire on a mosque in a suburb of quebec city in canada. at least four people are reported to have been killed. around forty were in the building at the time. two people have been arrested. sarah corker reports: police have closed off the area surrounding the centre culturel islamique de quebec as armed officers entered the mosque. it was during evening prayer on sunday that gunmen opened fire on a0 worshippers inside. ambulances continued to take away that dead and injured. police confirmed to suspects have been arrested and gave no further details. they have not ruled out the possibility of third suspect is still at large

voters in france have chosen a candidate from the hard—left, benoir hamon will be the french socialist party'sandidate in the presidential elections in april, after winning a run—off vote on sunday. the former—education minister comfortably beat manuel valls, who conceded before the final tally was completed. wildfires in chile have killed at least eleven people and left several thousand homeless. firefighters and volunteers are tackling more than a hundred separate fires — half of which are still out of control. the authorities have detained more than 20 people suspected of arson now on bbc news: the week in parliament. hello and welcome to the week in parliament. the government loses the brexit case in the supreme court, but seizes the initiative in parliament. i can confirm to the house that our plan will be set out in a white paper, published to this house. ministers produce a brexit bill — mps complain about a lack of debating time. i was astonished at the amount of time it that the leader of the house has given this parliament to debate it. and doubts over whether theresa may can stand u

benoir amoh, a politician from the hard—left, he'll represent the french socialist party in this year'sresidential election. we start with breaking news from canada. shots have been fired at a mosque in quebec city. at least four people have been killed. police said two people have been arrested during evening prayers. a0 people were inside the building. canada's prime ministerjustin trudeau has issued a statement on social media: jessica murphy is a news editor with bbc news in canada, she's on the line from toronto. jessica, what more do we know at this stage? well, there's still not too many details that have been confirmed. police are saying the situation right now is under control and the area has been secured and everyone has been evacuated. as you noted, we know there are two men in custody. we know there are confirmed dead and wounded but we don't know the exact figures, reporters on the ground are speaking to witnesses and hearing everything from two to 15 dead but those numbers aren't confirmed. we know gunmen opened fire during evening prayers, this was about three hours ago.

benoir amoh will be the french socialist party's candidate in the presidential elections in april, afterinning a run—off vote on sunday. the former—education minister comfortably beat manuel valls, who conceded before the final tally was completed. now on bbc news, hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk from nato headquarters in brussels. i'm stephen sackur. the job of nato secretary general isn't an easy one, this alliance is supposed to worked by consensus. and achieving that consensus just got a whole lot harder for my guest today, jens stoltenberg, nato‘s chief. why? the united states, nato‘s dominant member, is now being led by president trump, who has voiced grave doubts about nato‘s future. so, will trump's assent hasten the demise of nato? jens stoltenberg, welcome to hardtalk. thank you so much. would you agree the presidency of donald trump brings an unprecedented amount of uncertainty into global security policy? nato is an alliance of 28 democracies and in democracies, people elect different leaders. with different ideas, different perspectives. and nato has been able to handle that f

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a former education minister, benoit hamon, has won sunday's run—off to be the french socialist party'sate. the hard left politician was comfortably beating his rival the former prime minister, manuel valls, who conceded before the final tally was completed. with 60% of votes counted, mr benoit had just over 58% to mr valls ai%. philippe marliere is a lecturer in french and european politics at university college, london. hejoins me in the studio. tell us about benoit hamon and does he have a chance to become president? it is a mountain to climb because they are so behind in the polls of the socialist party which reflects how popular the government has been. this victory might turn a little bit the game, but also it will vitalise the left which has been clearly nonexistent and in disarray. i think his chance is to do that, try to unify the different segments of the left. first of all, his own party, which will not be easy because the right—wing might be tempted to look to the centre with the other candidates, but also on the other candidates, but also on the left of the socialist party,

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the french socialist party has chosen the hard—left benoit hamon as its candidate for the upcoming presidentiale minister manuel valls in a ballot of party members. he'll be up against marine le pen on the far—right and francois fillon on the centre—right in april's vote. the uk need not fear electricity black—outs, even on the coldest of days when demand is at its highest, according to the former head of the national grid. steve holliday‘s comments co—incide with the opening of the government's latest auction to provide back—up power. firms will bid for subsidies to supply electricity to the grid during extreme conditions. human—like robots with cultural awareness and a good bedside manner could help solve the crisis over care for the elderly, according to academics. an international team is working on a £2 million project to develop versatile machines to help look after older people in care homes or sheltered accommodation. it's hoped they will be able to offer support with everyday tasks like taking tablets, as well as offering companionship. i know it's a bit early bad is a robot companions

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the front runner in the french socialist party's primary. mainly in how it impacts the future fortunes of a presidential candidate marcon. great to have you on the program. talk this through how this can divide the vote. he is concentrating much more on the left wing of the party than the former prime minister. he has also been called the jeremy corbyn of france. universalopose a minimum wage for every french citizen that would cost between 300 billion and 400 billion euros to the french state. it was an almost impossible task work former prime minister because he had to defend the policies of francois hollande. this really came out of nowhere. there is a lot of momentum because he has received the of multiple people. is there a chance he will become president, or will he just take butts away -- votes away? >> according to the opinion polls we are seeing, there is very little chance that he will qualify for the next round of the election. he could have an impact. primariese socialist on sunday would actually boost if heances of the manual wi

. >> moving out in the battle to lead the french socialist, managing to beat six other candidates in the party's primaries at the weekend. the two men will compete in a runoff vote on sunday. >> elation among supporters. the education minister says his victory -- french voters are ready for political change. he'll so want to win the election, the socialist party would have to unite behind a strong political roadmap. >> the socialist party has absolutely no chance of winning this election. facing a hard right-wing party. i want to be the one that carries that political agenda. there won't be one without the other. >> among seven candidates the contest was among three foreign ministers under francois hollande. vote with former prime minister -- approach, the stark choice. >> from now on there is a clear choice to make. the choice between certain defeat and a possible victory. the choice between impossible unaffordable promises and incredible left that can take responsibility. coming in third place and illuminated after sunday's vote was former economy minister, who was once synonymous with the cam

former french education minister benoit hamon becomes the socialist party's presidential nominee. that is after the man dubbed france's bernie sanders beats the former prime minister in the primary. also this hour, the tech industry in the united states hits back after the u.s. president's travel ban. more details coming up in business. there are a lot of happy handball fans in france this monday, following the french team's sixth world cup championship. first, our top story live from paris. genie: let's get straight to our top story first. in canada, a mosque in quebec city was attacked during evening prayers last night. six people were killed, eight more were hurt. the attack is now being investigated as an act of terror. as dheepthika laurent reports. shock and: a city in the community in mourning. worshipers had gathered for sunday evening prayers at the grand mosque of quebec when gunmen opened fire. at least 50 people were inside. several were killed or injured in what authorities are calling a terror attack. quebec's premier urged for unity. toi want to say a few words musl

french citizen. well forot going very the more moderate part of the socialist party.e who could actually leave the ship to rally the central candidates. earlier with a spokeswoman of the socialist party who told me she was not too worried because she doesn't and heprogram yet clearly lakhs party support. >> i think this is going to be a crucial issue. he have a realt form right now, nobody knows what his ideas are. on top of that we have no idea who he will govern with. this is an issue during the campaign. this is something people will have to think about before they vote. he needs the majority to govern. >> the latest poll we had last boosting, the is chances of him -- the republican candidate. and this latest poll, still the front-runner from the presidential election. and at 21%. it has never been so narrow. >> he certainly went on the attack this weekend against the challenger. >> he did a whole big rally on sunday. his message was please leave my wife out of this campaign. he is facing preliminary investigation. now francois fillon and his wife are being heard b

. >>> the former french socialist education minister and party rebel has won the first round of the country'st-wing primary. he was sacked by president alon's government led with 46% of the vote while former prime minister stood in second with 41% of the vote. >>> and a new/old face for some of us and i say that as an old face myself. good to see you after so many years. >> you haven't changed a bit. >> neither have you. 10 years on. talk to us about what we saw over the weekend. quite a big surprise. >> enormous surprise and imagine what a day it is for emmanuel valls and he comes second and so he still has one week to try and turn the situation around because the second round is on sunday. but it's going to be difficult for him and there is a televised debate on wednesday. it promises to be quite heated with valls saying wednesday that his opponent was going to the wall with unachieving promises, among which, and you might have heard about this promise, this new proposal of a universal income that would come whatever your resources are. 750 euros per month. that would cost a roughly 300 bil

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the battle for the french left — benoit hamon emerges as favourite to be the socialist party's candidate

he says french voters are ready for political change and warned that to win the election, the socialist party would have to unite before a strong political roadmap. the socialist party has absolutely no chance of winning this election, if it does not -- isomeone who carries have said it before. i want to carry that political agenda to bring social and environmental issues together. >> among seven candidates, the real contest was seen as three former ministers under francois hollande. hamon won 36% of the boat -- of the vote. manuel valls came in second. >> from now on, there is a clear choice to make, my fellow citizens, the choice between certain defeat and a possible victory. the choice between impossible promises, which can take responsibility for the country. coming in third place, eliminated after sunday's vote, was the former economy minister, who was once synonymous with the campaign he launched, "made in france," to try to stimulate the french economy. >> next sunday i will vote for benoit hamon, and i invite you to the same. genie: the french presidential candidate on the other side

voting's under way in france to decide the socialist party's candidate to contest the french presidentialdates are on the initial ballot paper, butjust two candidates will make it through to the next round of voting. amongst those trying to win the nomination is former prime minster manuel valls. our correspondent hugh scohfield is in paris and he gave us his analysis of the primary race. the scene is, the socialist party, which would normally expect to go into a presidential election has one of the main contenders, but which is in this instance extremely demoralised and fighting for its life. there is a very, very small chance of any of their contenders actually winning the presidential race, which does not mean it is not important today, but it is kind of symbolic of the whole disarray which has overcome the french left in the last couple of years since it became quite apparent that francois hollande's presidency was going to be a failure, which i think everyone believes it has been. he himself is not running for re—election, which he would normally have been expected to do. so we have

voting has been taking place in france today in primaries to decide the socialist party's candidate to contest the frenchitial ballot paper, butjust two candidates will make it through to the next round of voting. amongst those trying to win the nomination is former prime minster manuel valls. our correspondent, hugh schofield is in paris. what to the partial risk results suggest? we have a result, it's not a definitive score but a tendency is quite clear but the people going through our manual valls representing continuity, the social democrats right wing of the socialist party but beating him into first place is the man who is the favourite man called benoit paire hamon. very much aligned with the radical antiestablishment and antiestablishment left wing of the party quite clearly ran a very effective campaign, highlighting his one key policy idea which was the universal revenue for every single person over the age of 18 which was heavily criticised by his rivals but which clearly struck a mark because it was different and because it was a policy which stood out from the rest. he was part of the candid

voting has been taking place in france today in primaries to decide the socialist party's candidate to contest the frenchn candidates are on the initial ballot paper, butjust two candidates will make it through to the next round of voting. amongst those trying to win the nomination is former prime minster manuel valls. 0ur correspondent is in paris. hugh, who are the front runners? manuel valls is one of them, and there are these two left—wing candidates, benoit hamon, and the former economy minister, both on the left of the party. early indications from exit polls is that then what hamon, the education minister, whose great policy initiative was for a universal income for everyone, he seems to be leading in these early a cts seems to be leading in these early acts of polls, and it will be interesting to see that is confirmed. normally we would expect to people to go through, one from the left, one from the right. if there is logic it would be benoit hamon plus manuel valls, and that way in the run—off you would have clear—cut way in the run—off you would have clea r—cut left way in the run—off you would

polls have now closed in france in primaries to decide the socialist party's candidate to contest the frenchallot paper, butjust two candidates will make it through to the next round of voting. amongst those trying to win the nomination is former prime minster manuel valls. our correspondent is in paris. all eyes on which candidates, hugh? manuel valls, as you say, the former prime minister. he is regarded as being on the right wing of the socialist party, and if all goes normally, he will get through against a left—wing candidate. the two ones to watch at a man called anwar hamon, —— benoit hamon. the results will, shortly, and it will be manuel valls against one of those figures from the left. that would make a classic left — right run off, and if the turnout is pretty good today, it looks like there will be around 2 million people voting, that will give to this rather hapless socialist campaign for the election a bit ofa socialist campaign for the election a bit of a boost. but you have to say in the context of the election as say in the context of the election asa say in the context of t

. >>> former french prime minister manuel vales will face the education minister in a primary runoff set for january 29th. the winner of that runoff will be the socialist party's candidate in april's french presidential election. >>> samsung blaming bad batteries for causing its galaxy note 7 phones to catch fire. investigators say the overheating problem stemmed from poorly designed batteries from two different suppliers. samsung discontinued the troubled device in october. >>> the latest attempt to end syria's brutal civil war is under way this hour in kazakhstan. >> turkey and russia are sponsoring peace talks where delegations from some factions have already met. representatives from syria's government, rebel groups and the u.n. are among those attending, for more on the talks, jomana joins us. what are the expectations here and what might these talks accomplish? >> reporter: rosemary, i think the expectations are not very high when it comes to these talks. no one is expecting anything groundbreaking to come out of them. what we've heard from all those taking part is that they aim to discuss that shaky cease-fire. if you recall on december 30th, there was

french voters have been to the polls to choose the socialist party candidate for a pro—‘s presidentialction. in the next hour: —— at april's presidential election. roger federer beat rafael nadal in five sets at the australian open. and the right of parents to take their children on holiday during term time is facing a new legal test, this time at the supreme court. good evening, and welcome to bbc news. theresa may has ordered the foreign secretary and home secretary to try to obtain assurances from the trump administration on how its travel ban on people from seven mainly muslim countries will affect british citizens with dual nationality. sir mo farah is among those who fear they will be affected, and politicians from different parties have been calling for president trump's invitation for a state visit to britain to be rescinded. eleanor ghani with this -- ghani rescinded. eleanor ghani with this —— ghani with this on the row. it was all going so well, and then just hours after theresa may left washington, donald trump enacted what many think is one of the most extreme of his campa

the socialist party candidate for the french presidential election in february.easily defeated former prime minister manuel vals. the french opinion poll shows any socialist candidate at disadvantage because of the unpopular administration of the french president francois hollande. >>> mass protests have broken out across the united states in response to donald trump's travel ban. his executive order temporarily bans travel to the u.s. from seven muslim majority countries. many deportations were at airports where dozens of people were detained and then later released. >>> if you're flying in the united states, a computer outage has severely impacted delta airlines flights across the country. federal authorities say a ground stop that halted all delta flights in the u.s. for several hours, that is now over. international flights were not affected. delta, though, says delays will continue. and it is working quickly to fix a system outage. >> i just want to correct something i said. many of the deportations at the airport, i want to make sure we're not reporting tha

french voters will begin the process of choosing a presidential candidate for the ruling socialist partyrent president, francois hollande, announced last month that he won't be standing for re—election. 0ur correspondent hugh schofield is in paris. how does this fit into the way the french presidential election is shaping up? well, it means that in this socialist party primary, that the sort of government candidate, if you like, the person who is going to be defending the record of the last few yea rs, defending the record of the last few years, is not going to be the president but is going to be the prime minister, or the former prime minister, who stood down in order to do this, a few weeks ago. so we have him representing the kind of continuity, and broadly the right wing of the socialist party, up against other characters. people much more aligned with the left wing of the socialist party, and in this first round what we should see is a right—winger, probably manuel valls, and a left—winger emerging and there will probably be a run—off between those two in a week's time. one has to s

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french socialist supporters have picked party dissidents in the presidential primary vote.increase the process -- prospects of independence. ofh us is jonathan send the the war with terror. do we assume, and is there no turning back, that we have a mix with a candidate? weekend polls, which don't take account for the embarrassment they are suffering paine is prettyle solid so that should get her through. what is interesting is in the latest poll taken yesterday, this was before the socialists outcome which is good for macron , but macron is coming up. he may be a shooting star. he doesn't have a political machine behind him. he hasn't got parliamentary support. but you might see social democrats, members of the socialists coming to his side and it is a question of whether he can keep the momentum going. francine: not having a political machine may make him more trustworthy. i don't know how many people look at the economy to vote anymore. >> i don't know either. i think the market, i think one concern is that le pen does not become president. it could be very possible. to m

whoever wins will be the french social party's candidate in the french presidential election this spring. opinion polls suggest the socialistso not have much chance after francois hollande's popular presidency. >>> u.s. airlines resumed flights after a glitch. they're apologizing to passengers for any inconvenience. >>> the syrian peace talks set to begin shortly in syrian's capital. but ambassador to kazakhstan will be an observer at the talks organized by russia and turkey. they're bringing together delegates from the government of bashar al assad and representatives from rebel groups. >>> the work truly begins for u.s. president donald trump. the coming days include meetings with at least one foreign leader, and with top u.s. lawmakers. >> president trump starting his first full week as president with a full list of items on his desk. he is going to potentially look at executive actions, executive orders ranging from immigration to trade to other matters. he is also keeping a close eye on capitol hill where he is going to try to start enacting his agenda and keep an eye on the confirmation hearing. but tonight at the whit

french voters will begin the process of choosing a presidential candidate for the ruling socialist partyg the seven people competing for the nomination. the current president, francois hollande, is not seeking re—election. our correspondent, hugh schofield is in paris. is valls the favourite? probably but nobody knows who will be voting in this primary. nobody knows whether there will be a big turnout from the ha rd left there will be a big turnout from the hard left who are going to try to keep out valls whether there will be a big turnout from mentioned supporters who believe that valls has the best chance to represent the left in a dignified way. i guess at the end of today we will see two candidates go through, one broadly from the right and that will probably be valls and two from the left of the party, one other of them will probably go through as well. as we have reflected in conversations over months now, the centre—left in europe, including britain, has been ina mess europe, including britain, has been in a mess for a while and in france it has been particular bad with a dismal

french voters will begin the process of choosing a presidential candidate for the ruling socialist partyresident, francois hollande, announced last month that he won't be standing for re—election. our correspondent hugh schofield is in paris — how does this fit into the way the french presidential election is shaping up? it means that in this primary the continuity candidate is not the president which should normally be that he is so unpopular he has decided not to run again. it is the man who used to be the prime minister who stood down a few years a few weeks ago who represents a right wing of the socialist party broadly, up against a couple of key characters who represent much more the left of the party. there are other candidates as well but what will happen with end of today is probably that one of the left—wing characters will go through along with manuel valls. in reality the polls show that whoever winds this socialist party primary is in a terrible position. fifth place currently amongst all the candidates in the presidential race behind not just the national front and the mains

french voters will begin the process of choosing a presidential candidate for the ruling socialist partyt president, francois hollande, announced last month that he won't be standing for re—election. our correspondent hugh schofield is in paris. how does this fit into the way the french presidential election is shaping up? good morning to you. the socialists face the problem of trying to actually win the election once they have a candidate, but what does mr hollande not standing do in that section of the process? what it means and usually is that there isn't an outgoing president to take the banner forward and try and get re—elected and that downer has passed to the man who was his prime minister for three years, manuel valls, representing a kind of continuity with the right wing of the socialist party. he is up against a number of characters on the left of the party, two need to be pointed out in particular, arnaud montebourg and hamon, they are the main contenders from the left wing of the socialist party, and what will happen today is probably that we will get manuel valls probably re

socialist party is holding its final debate tonight before the first round of primary voting on sunday. let's get more on the candidates vying to replace outgoing president franÃois hollande to lead the frenchft. reporter: he is the man to beat, announcing his candidacy in december, former prime minister manuel valls has had to put up candidates hot on his tail. they are now know and you can with valls. at a gathering, he said he is proud to have brought issues like universal basic income to the debate, and moving it away from what he sees as negative traits. >> we had to be the leaders in regard to identity, security, ,nd to embody, if possible attitudes like this. reporter: this is him that valls was quick to snow but a meeting in central france. >> it is easy to promise the impossible when you know deep down that you will never be in charge. for another candidate, he pushed his anti-austerity manifesto on wednesday night. >> yes, we will decide to bring to austerity and we will do it in france and will convince the rest of europe to do it. reporter: the stakes are high for the candidates as they try to gain momentum before sunday's vote, and enthusiasm they will have to keep up even afte

french politics for many years. what are his chances of becoming president? they are not great, one has to say that from the start, because he is still seen as a socialist and all parties doghouse now, but particularly the socialists. he is outflanked by those outside the party. and then what has happened with the defeat of the right—wing the socialist party is that that opens a huge space in the centre and the right of the socialists to the other person who everyone is looking at today, the former economy minister, very young, dynamic and he must be rubbing his hands tonight because what has happened is that the socialist party has moved towards the left, that means this spaceis towards the left, that means this space is opening up in the centre and he will be trying to capitalise on that in the days ahead. more on the american travel ban announced by donald trump and what it means for british dual national citizens. the foreign office have put out a statement and the foreign secretary boris johnson put out a statement and the foreign secretary borisjohnson has today held conversations with the us government and as a result, we can clarify that the executive order onl