and made his way to london through spain and lisbon in 1940 to meet with charles to guard ss charles de gaulle and swear his allegiant. de gaulle just been sent him t equatorial africa where he liberated chad and arrested several officials on the way. on march 2, 1941 in the town of kuh from in libya, he assembled his men and had them get together and say the following words it became known as the coup front both. swear not to lay down our arms until our colors are beautiful colors above the could the drill of strasburg. this was in march 2 on 1941. and this was before us entry into the war this was before the german invasion of the soviet union and this was at a moment when a statement like this seemed improbable to see in the near future. the men in this division would later cover montgomery's planks and tunisia and it would land at utah beach it would liberate paris and leclerc himself would be present at japan's surrender in tokyo bay in 1945. so who was this guy? he was born in 1902, very close to the battlefields of the first world war. he was born into a family that had served the frenc

this was the picture of him doing that, the man with a cigarette hanging out of his mouth is charles de gaulle. he showed up at the train him,on, fear he is with because he had accepted the german surrender but also a lot of the head of the french resistance into the city of paris. also signed. and he did not make himself popular with de gaulle. but they got over it. he then went to see his family for the first time in four years. when he returned it was with his two sons, aged 17 and 18 who joined the army. to that area, it has been remodeled. the rumor that the surrender happened is not there. but at the end of the station there is a staircase to go up. top, havesigns of the dedicated to him and the other to another french resistance leader who did a similar thing. as part of the allied armies, he continued east. here he is the filling the of and -- in 1944 in strasburg. there was an incident with a group of frenchman who are wearing two men -- german uniforms who were captured and brought in front of him. he asked them why they were wearing german uniforms, one of them shot back and said wh

this was the picture of him doing that, the man with a cigarette hanging out of his mouth is charles de gaulle. he showed up at the train him,on, fear he is with because he had accepted the german surrender but also a lot of the head of the french resistance into the city of paris. also signed. and he did not make himself popular with de gaulle. but they got over it. he then went to see his family for the first time in four years. when he returned it was with his two sons, aged 17 and 18 who joined the army. to that area, it has been remodeled. the rumor that the surrender happened is not there. but at the end of the station there is a staircase to go up. top, havesigns of the dedicated to him and the other to another french resistance leader who did a similar thing. as part of the allied armies, he continued east. here he is the filling the of and -- in 1944 in strasburg. there was an incident with a group of frenchman who are wearing two men -- german uniforms who were captured and brought in front of him. he asked them why they were wearing german uniforms, one of them shot back and said wh

didn't really have a central asia for a long time and when the unions got involved that's when charles de gaulleand his prime minister popularly were able to actually negotiate with those leadership figures and it really took the sting out of the movement in a significant way so i think in many ways my time will welcome having trade union movement and the having most of the mainstream political involvement because it does take away from the sense of it being a popular and any kind of air movement which transcends political boundaries because it is a popular movement to says i've got more than seventy five percent of french people supporting the protesters and only thirty percent of people supporting my chrono me do you think that we're going to see the yellow vests keep up this momentum will be head next week having this discussion. well this the coming week will be very important to to have an idea about what will go. next saturday. sure as there is a term from the yellow vests to organize themselves and to not to be rigid that i can now connected with trade unions and those are because they're

attention of french police last week it's thought they were seen taking photographs of pirates says charles de gaulle airport but you're an authority as were first alerted to the suspects by their moroccan times or parts of. when the alert came from iraq and authorities the suspects were not yet known as potentially dangerous to german authorities but what's significant for the investigation is that these people were seen at the two airports there i believe this is why this particular tip off was taken more seriously than others. by the police in stuttgart have told their kinder parts across germany to be on alert at the country's airports. our let's bring in the bronx who is following the story for us tonight good evening to you hons what else do we know so far about the situation in stuttgart for water knows that the police are looking for four people the two of these people actually known to the for these. a father and son couple one of whom is in fact on a watch list of the internal security service somebody who is known as islamist sympathizer and these two people. six to have. at a paris airpor

joined in small groups i was following one of them but in the end we came back to the plaster charles de gaulle and at that moment i was shot i meet at least thought the bullet had come from law enforcement as the police were shooting from that side at the protesters they were able to understand i wasn't a protester i wasn't wearing a yellow vest i was wearing a leather jacket and a helmet i was also holding a monopod with my mobile foreign in my hands for a live stream you know in this situation everything is hard to understand i had an armband with press written on it but i put it in my pocket i didn't want to wear it as it looks a bit like a police armband and i didn't want to have any problems with the protesters over one hundred thirty thousand people took part in the yellow vest protests across the country french president emmanuel mccrone surveyed the damage in paris and how that emergency security meeting this day but no official statements yet been made to officials to meet with protest leaders earlier mccrone told reporters in what is are is that all those responsible for the violence

these two people are also said to have been observed at a paris airport, the charles de gaulle airportfrance, in paris, where they were also apparently taking photographs of the terminal and the security arrangements there. this information was passed on to the german authorities. they then discovered there was a similar sort of behavior had been observed by these two people in stuttgart, and that is how this raised -- this alarm was raised. in addition, there was information coming from morocco from the secret service of morocco, which appears to have followed internet conversations between n people in germany and elsewhere who have been talking about the possibility of some sort of islamist attack around christmas time in the region between germany and france, so it is a serious alert at the moment, but we do not know really how far this is going to go. brent: hans, we are reporting that there was suspicious activity. maybe they were trying to scout the premises. do we know exactly what it was that they were doing that got the attention of the police? hans: well, they were caught on

didn't really have a central asia for a long time and when the unions got involved that's when charles de gaulle and his prime minister popular you were able to actually negotiate with those leadership figures and it really took the sting out of the movement in a significant way so i think in many ways mark some would welcome having trade union vote and the having most of the mainstream political involvement because it does take away from the sense of it being a popular and any movement which transcends political boundaries because it is a popular movement to says that we've got more than seventy five percent of french people supporting the protesters in any thirty percent of people supporting my chrono me to think that we're going to see the yellow vests keep up this momentum we behead next week having this discussion. well this the coming week will be very important to to have an idea about what will go. next saturday. sure as there is a term from the yellow vests to organize themselves and to not to be rigid that i can now connected with trade unions and those are because they're i mean that

easy joined in small groups i was following one of them in the end we came back to the plaster charles de gaulle and at that moment i was shocked when i made it lethal the bullet had come from law enforcement but as the police were shooting from that side of the protesters they were able to understand that i wasn't a protester although i wasn't wearing a yellow vests voys wearing a leather jacket and a helmet i was also holding a monopod with my mobile phone in my hand this for a live stream you know in this situation everything is hard so i understand that although i had an armband with it fresh written on it but i put it in my pocket i didn't want to wear it is it looks a bit like a police armband for some i didn't want to have any problems with the protests and the bigger picture over one hundred thirty thousand people took part in those yellow vests protest across the country french president emmanuel mccrum surveyed the damage in paris and held an emergency security meeting this sunday but still no official statement in tonight's been made about any state of emergency or not he's urged offi

joined in small groups i was following one of them but in the end we came back to the plaster charles de gaulle and at that moment i was shot i made it lethal the bullet had come from law enforcement as the police were shooting from that side at the protesters they were able to understand i wasn't a protester i wasn't wearing a yellow vest i was wearing a leather jacket and a helmet i was also holding a monopod with my mobile phone in my hands for a live stream you know in this situation everything is hard to understand i had an armband with fresh written on it but i put it in my pocket i didn't want to wear it is it looks a bit like a police armband and i didn't want to have any problems with the protesters. president has been struggling to contain the fallout from saturday's riots he held crisis talks with security officials on sunday but did stop short of declaring a state of emergency the french government has so far refusing to back down saying high fuel taxes need to stay in place in order to fund public services and reduce pollution political commentator john burke won't believe that he

uprising in may of one nine hundred sixty eight which led to the resignation of the then president charles de gaulle. and the best protesters are apparently getting support from the riot police and control and a video has emerged here from a protest in the southwestern french town of showing officers in riot gear removing their helmets demonstrators cheer their action and sang the national anthem some say though it was a sign of solidarity with the protest of this kind it was an attempt to pacify the crowd after a violent clash it's. never nice today president donald trump says he is confident that some time in the future talks will be held with china and russia to hold what he describes as an uncontrollable arms race he's also branded u.s. military spending is crazy though he himself increased it just a few months back precisely to counter moscow and beijing. reports pouring money down the pentagon always been one of the donald's few consistent policies and since taking office trump has been serenading the military we took care of the military like it's never been taken care of before new equipment

sympathizer and these two people are also said to have been observateur at a paris airport at charles de gaulle airport in france in paris where they were also apparently taking photographs of the terminal buildings and the security arrangements there this information was passed on to the german authorities that then discovered that a similar sort of. behavior had been observed by these two people in stuttgart and that is how this raised this alarm was raised in addition there was information coming from morocco from the secret service of morocco which appears to have followed internet conversations between people in germany and elsewhere who have been talking about the possibility of some sort of islamist attack around christmas time in the region between germany and france so it's a serious alert at the moment but we don't know really how far this is going to go and no one's we have any idea you were reporting that there was suspicious activity maybe they were trying to scout the premises do we know exactly what it was that they were doing that got the attention of the police well they were c

uprising it may have nine hundred sixty eight which led to the resignation of the then president charles de gaulle and the best protesters are apparently getting hold even from the riot police and control of video has emerged from a protest in the southwestern french town of polls showing offices in right gear they're removing their helmets the demonstrators cheered their action and sang the national anthem some say that it was a sign of solidarity with the protest all the others are claiming it was an attempt to pacify the crowd after a violent clashes. and other uses for microsoft's boss is announced his company will supply the u.s. army with all the latest technologies it needs the decision was taken even though some of the tech giants employees have expressed concerns. we are going to provide the us military with access to the best technology to all the technology we create false start we have to win people's hearts and minds we want silicon valley to know just how ethical in our noble tradition the military has many microsoft employees don't believe that what we build should be used for wagin

many of the flights have been diverted elsewhere, like charles de gaulle airport in paris.sleep and i woke up and found out we were in paris. very upset that anyone would want to do this just to disrupt people going away for christmas. i'm just try to get home for christmas. the continued closure has exposed potential vulnerabilities at airports around the world, in addition to threatening further disruption on what would be the busiest travel day of the year. that's why tonight, here at gatwick, all eyes are trained on the sky, with thousands of holiday plans up in the air. kim gittleson, bbc news. let's get some of the day's other news. a shutdown of the us government appears more likely after the house of representatives passed a spending bill that included funding for president trump's wall on the border with mexico. democrats have insisted that it's a "non—starter". it's unlikely the new bill will be approved by the senate. president putin has accused the british political establishment of "disrespecting" the public by not wanting to implement the result of the brexit

and relatively obscure french general charles de gaulle emphasized global character of the war, he said, talking with a french accent now, but i think my wife would also kill me for that. for france is not alone in her darkest hour, he declared, launching free france, the french national army in exile. he also looked across the atlantic for help. this war has not been decided by said.attle of france, he worldwide war. few hours after de gaulle and churchill spoke, another speech took place as the baton was taken up across the atlantic ocean. this one little remembered. it was a national radio address broadcast from a house near the campus of yale university which challenged americans to respond to the unfolding catastrophe in europe. addressed the nation was henry stimson, a 72-year- old private citizen, and elder statesman. had held numerous federal posts since the theodore roosevelt administration while moving in and out of a successful career as a wall street banking attorney with a break as a 49-year-old in an army artillery regiment in the western front in france. he was a progress

this is paris charles de gaulle, where many gatwick flights were diverted.ing home for christmas from the states. and then we were just pretty much left sitting there for five hours. i mean, it's not the pilot's fault. the staff didn't know what was going on either. but, i mean, we had no food, no water, they turned the ac off for a while. very upset that anyone would want to do this just to disrupt everyone trying to go away for christmas. i'm just trying to get home for christmas. paige managed to get on a bus, and then the eurostar to get home. others, though, weren't so lucky. after a 16—hour flight from buenos aires, these passengers had a long wait in paris, but finally got a coach. it's been a pretty long day, very chaotic, no—one there to help us. yeah, and in the airport itself, we were there for nine hours. we were supposed to be taking a ferry now. we don't know our final destination, whether it's gatwick or anywhere else in london, but hopefully we'll get home before tomorrow. stephanie's christmas plans also went pear—shaped, but she was trying

this is paris charles de gaulle, where many gatwick flights were diverted.or christmas from the states. i was asleep, and i woke up and found out we were in paris. and then we were just pretty much left sitting there for five hours. i mean, it's not the pilot's fault, the staff didn't know what was going on either. but i mean, we had no food, no water, they turned the ac off for a while. very upset that anyone would want to do this just to disrupt everyone trying to go away for christmas. i'm just trying to get home for christmas. paige managed to get on a bus and then the eurostar to get home. 0thers, though, weren't so lucky. after a 16—hour flight from buenos aires, these passengers had a long wait in paris but finally got a coach. it's been a pretty long day, very chaotic, no—one there to help us. yeah, and in the airport itself we were there for nine hours. we're supposed to be taking a ferry now, we don't know our final destination, whether it's gatwick or anywhere else in london, but hopefully we'll get home before tomorrow. stephanie's christmas plan

the most famous mass protests in france took place during the presidency of charles de gaulle in my nine hundred sixty eight paris became the center of left wing city. unrest as in germany's the protests were directed in part against the oath oratory an ism of the old order intellectuals and workers who stood side by side student radical daniel cohn bend it down in the red was at the forefront writers simone de beauvoir and john paul sartre supported the students and defended the use of violence as a means of protest the may protests on the subject of numerous movies binondo bertolucci's the dreamers about three young people also asked if violent protests are justified protest culture in france is not only a left wing manifestation the money for to the demo for all in twenty twelve was directed against marriage for all the protest movement brought large numbers to the streets but was unsuccessful same sex marriage and the right to adopt for same sex partners were passed into law acceptance of homosexuality by society is divisive in france the twenty seventeen film one hundred twenty b.p.

for the two wars are so intimately connected i think we can usefully begin to call them, as charles de gaulle suggested many years ago, the 30 years war of the 20th century . 1914 - 1945. through it all germans were trapped inside an offensive culture that completely gripped their military imagination. they were trapped even as a threefold large-scale and global military revolution, if you like, was emerging war was being revealed. throughout the 19th century accommodating at the beginning of the 20th century we can all see it clearly, defensive firepower had so enhanced that if you -- the defense that the offense of mess infantry attacks was so overmatched by machine guns and the artillery and the fixed positional defense that any mass infantry attack almost inescapably led to carnage but they kept trying it for the ghost of napoleon was in the memos for the ghost of napoleon was in the doctrine. it was locked into german operational thinking. the eternal offensive it wrote down any doubters. secondly more materially, everybody now had a mass conscript armies. not even hundreds of thousands,

and then ended up in charles de gaulle airport for about nine hours with no information, no help.is and then on the ferry from calais and drove straight to gatwick and now i am home. calais and drove straight to gatwick and nowi am home. well, thank goodness for that, but what a journey. goodness me. and we are seeing pictures now of other people who haven't been as lucky, not that it is right to call you lucky, but people who are still waiting, still don't have news, don't know if they will get home to their destinations, what do you make of the fact that so many of you, 100,000 people, have been affected by the tiny drones in the sky. it is remarkable, isn't it? yeah, it is remarkable, you know, it has been disruptive and caused a lot of travel problems for a lot of people, but safety is paramount and, you know, ithink people, but safety is paramount and, you know, i think they made the right decision to close the runway for sure. yeah. how does this compare with what you were expecting coming home from christmas? well, you know, i haven't been home in seven months, so i was loo