>> we rarely talk about french guiana.'s start with a local paper. they are talking about the power struggle taking place with this strike. interestingery article which sums things up. for weeks now locals have been protesting against a variety of issues. insecurity, a struggling local economy, rising poverty. unemployment is 22%. the population is fed up and that's why they are striking today. genie: many papers are torn over the root causes. >> let's take a look at the communist paper. they say french guiana has become a powder keg because the territory feels completely abandoned by the french state. locals feel left behind. this article quotes one local that says the country is highly militarized in strategic areas. that's where you're going to see a lot of police. the rest of the country is completely unsafe. this paper says the railroad of the problem is violence. this article starts by quoting the homicide rate which is one murder a week. it's actually the biggest murder rate in france in terms of territory. the terr

the europeanion of space agency's spaceport has bolstered french guiana.he esa say a quarter of the population have jobs related to the space industry. territory is also rich in timber and gold, but due to limited infrastructure and production capacity, french guiana remains heavily dependent on france. officials say a third of the population still have no access to drinking water or electricity. the french socialist presidential candidate has attacked european austerity policies after meeting german chancellor angela merkel, arguing they helped to fuel the rise of the far right. it follows francois fillon and emmanuel macron making the trip. >> we discuss my proposal of a treaty to democratize the eurozone to get democratic legitimacy to the eurozone. indicate ther legal reservations she might have in the political difficulties this could entail to put in place. she did not close the door on the discussion. news, the german interior minister says turkey will not be able to spy on turks living in germany after a probe was launched into the spy claims. the

. ♪ french minister's graham will to solve the crisis in french guiana arising in the overseas departmentmid ongoing wide strides -- widespread strike in protest. ♪ first of this hour, the countdown is on to britain's break away from the european union. prime minister theresa may has kick started the official brexit process by sending a formal letter to the eu, but it won't get quickie divorce, the country is faced with two years of negotiations. back. there's no turning they need to reach agreements on a number of contentious issues, things like trade and security that could prove to be sticking points down the line. at london's big ben struck midnight, so begin the countdown to the deadline to negotiate a deal on brexit. thes between the eu and u.k. are expected to begin in may or june. three issues will top the agenda, citizens rights, the order and the u.k. divorce bill. staff agreement must be reached in these areas before talks can begin on a trade deal. about 1.2 million british citizens live elsewhere in the european union. there are about 3 million eu citizens in the u.k., those

amy: in french guiana nearly , 10,000 people poured into the streets of french guiana's capital tuesday in what local authorities are calling the largest march in the french territory's history. french guiana, which sits on the north-east tip of south america, has been rocked by protests for weeks, including an ongoing general strike that shut down most schools, businesses, roads and the main airport on monday , and tuesday. the demonstrators are protesting unemployment, the high cost of living and the lack of public , services in the french territory. french guiana was colonized by the french in the 17th century, serving first as a slave colony and then a penal colony. it is now considered of france's five overseas departments. the french interior minister and the overseas minister have been dispatched from france to respond to the growing protests, and are slated to arrive in french guiana later today. and longtime civil rights activist roger wilkins has died at the age of 85. born in kansas city, missouri, in 1932, wilkins went on to serve as an official in both the kennedy and johns

is what theis biggest city in french guiana like at rush hour. 37 unions, representing began at causes, general strike across the region. they've joined forces to send a to mainland france. agingup with the infrastructure, high crime, the cost of living, employment and services,h care they're calling for paris not to forget the former colony. >> actually, it's a fundamental right, such as health care, training, transportation and are the rightse of our people. our people don't have access to these rights. reporter: the government sends a delegation of experts to unions.e with the but the collective of 500 groupss, one of the leading the protest, said they won't start talks until an tripl minister makes the to the french territory in south america. themmediate arrival of prime minister and ministers of the interior, justice, economy and health, we don't need anyone us.ecture we don't want to negotiate with you. reporter: the prime minister isn't planning to fly to french announced he's sending a delegation which will include ministers by the end of this week. >> there's still a lot to d

in french guiana, unions launched a general strike monday to protest unemployment, the cost of living and the lack of , public services in france's territory in south america. the general strike was a latest in a series of protests that have rocked the territory in recent weeks. on monday, the french prime minister said he'd send a delegation to french guiana later in the week. the state of michigan has reached a deal with the city of flint, with the state agreeing to pay nearly $100 million to replace water lines to thousands of homes whose water has been poisoned by lead. flint's water crisis began in 2014 after the unelected, state-appointed emergency manager for the city of flint changed the source of the drinking water to the flint river in order to try to save money. the river water corroded flint's pipes, causing toxic lead to leech into the city's drinking water. officials say flint's water is still unsafe to drink without a filter, and many residents remain wary of drinking the water at all. on monday, a white army veteran who traveled from baltimore to new york city to kill

inending days of protest french guiana after protesters took to the streets over anger ofto show angern the state social services. plans are in place for a new courthouse and detention center. meanwhile, clashes between protesters and police here in paris after a chinese father of five was shot dead by police. weree say now actions justified in self-defense. thosen's family denies evts. , more clashes,s and more disputed claims about why a chinese father of five was shot by police. hundreds showed up wednesday for more protests in paris. 10 people were arrested for throwing a projectile. the police claimed they shot the father in self-defense on sunday after he attacked with scissors. the case has sparked outrage as disputed what happened. he said he threw scissors cause he was repairing a meal. >> we did not hear anything from the other side. we did not know who it was. i was really panicking in that moment. my father was trying to hold the door shut. all of a sudden it flew open. a shot fired. all of this happen in just a few seconds. under no circumstances could he touched officer.

some pictures i want to show you from french guiana, in south america.t's intended to environmental damage around the world and also help with disaster relief operations and border control. hello, good morning. the start of the week brought a mixture of sunshine and showers, but we were very close to some severe and potentially damaging weather. just across the way, in brittany, a gust approaching 120 mph. that area of low pressure brought us some rain in the south—west and the channel islands, and is running away across europe rapidly now, to bring more some snow to the alps, take some wetter weather across italy and to the adriatic, potentially bringing some damaging mistral winds to south—east france, and gusty winds into sardinia and corsica. here at home, things are very much quiter. the winds quite light, actually, and a lot of the showers that we had earlier on are beginning to fade away. so we will see clearer skies developing, and it will be turning into quite a chilly night. ground frost, i think, in many places, and in the countryside there ma

some pictures i want to show you from french guiana, in south america. blasted off. it's intended to map environmental damage around the world and also help with disaster relief operations and border control. this satellite will orbit exactly opposite another launched two years ago. between them they will be able to take images of the earth's entire surface every five days. and the menus again, critics of trumper‘s immigration policy are promising more protests and more legal challenges. this is in the wa ke legal challenges. this is in the wake of the president finally signing his replacement executive order on immigration. adrian poses and 90 days of travel restrictions on six muslim majority countries. —— it reimpose us. it listening —— indefinite ban on syrian refugees. hello, good morning. the start of the week brought a mixture of sunshine and showers, but we were very close to some severe and potentially damaging weather. just across the way, in brittany, a gust approaching 120 mph. that area of low pressure brought us some rain in the south—west

tensions boiled over in french guiana where unions call for widespread demonstrations this tuesday. ongoing protests have already blocked roads, shut down schools and forced airlines to cancel flights. this hour,g up london's mayor speaks out ahead of the formal brexit process said to be triggered tomorrow. that is coming up in our business update. activistnti-apartheid has passed away in johannesburg at the age of 87. he was a close colleague of another anti-apartheid icon, nelson mandela. south africa correspondent has the latest reaction. that and much more. michelle: first up this hour, the u.s. led coalition fighting the islamic state group in iraq is not doing enough to prevent civilian casualties. those accusations from amnesty international. the rights group says it found alarming evidence of airstrikes in mosul wiping out entire homes. families trapped inside. the report comes after the coalition admitted it was behind raids earlier this month that reportedly killed more than 100 civilians. >> hell has been unleashed on the civilians of muscle. -- of mosul. not just at the