it's the twenty third consecutive weekend of protests against the administration of president emanuel mccraw actions taking place in the capital paris and across france. we're still expecting answers from the government there are democratic social and environmental emergencies for which we still have no answer. those who were very young protesting even if my wife ignore it are the last three levels of. later violence flared in the capital as scooters and other vehicles were set on fire. as in previous protests the police response was forceful. tear gas and water cannon deployed to disperse the protesters. the blaze at notre dame may have united front since shock but so far it's done little to heal the deep divisions over poverty and inequality our correspondents rebecca raters is in paris for us where easter services are taking place rebecca there are several events taking place night in relation to the fire at notre dame tell us a little bit more about that. well carl i'm here in front of a social peace church which where an easter vigil is taking place tonight it was a post originally plan

appears to be concentrated in the roof of the nine hundred year old building the french president emanuel mccraw has cancelled a major policy speech. this evening. it was described as a terrible fire. straits to paris that where we joined journalist john laurenson. welcome john bring us up to date on what's been happening. and the images we're seeing a total catastrophe anderson this cathedral of it took. two hundred years to fill this second up in flames tonight the very high spire not to down procedural collapse just a few minutes ago. if i started just before seven o'clock this evening it started as you said just under the rafters of that very high roof. there is. building work carrying being carried out to the moment of scaffolding up on the side of the building the firemen said there is a potential link between the fire breaking out and this and this and this work being carried out but also presumes will have very much up in their minds. the attempt to to burn its cathedral down by islamist terrorists actually female terrorists in the temper two thousand and sixteen the bridges that i've be

two of the experts advising president emanuel mccraw on the issue you took time out to talk to us twenty one. forty six years old he's an economist from senegal. then he did several it also forty six is a professor for art history in berlin and paris both are advisors to french president manuel my car. in a speech in brooklyn or fuss over nov twenty seventh teen mark on announced that france would be restitution looted art and artifacts from its former colonies so far i'm sorry britain a feasibility study on this issue with some politically explosive content. if you do level there are around ninety thousand objects in the french national museums and we were able to prove that two thirds of them entered the collections during the colonial era either a spoils of war or through scientific expeditions purchased as gifts or bequests. if appropriation of the property occurred against the will of the people we researched whether there are restitution claims in the countries of its origin in this particular case it is a sort of three to begin the fun always does that in most cases there was no p

everyone is as forgiving as alice andrew simmons al-jazeera in near rwanda the french president emanuel mccraw has appointed a panel of experts to investigates france's actions during the genocide in rwanda this year micron has also met representatives of a survivors' group in paris france and wonder who had a strained relationship since the killings in one thousand nine hundred four that ash about as more now from paris. well what the french president or man or michael is doing is promising to try and shed light on france's role during the rwandan genocide in one thousand nine hundred ninety four and in the years leading up to it and that is because the role of france has been a real bone of contention between both gali and paris for twenty five years because he has repeatedly accused france of being complicit in the massacres now back then the french government was very close to the hutu regime french troops were deployed to try and keep the peace but some say that they simply didn't do enough to stop the killing so what emmanuel marco is doing is setting up a new commission to investigate e

to meet the german chancellor angela merkel she then traveled to paris to meet with president emanuel mccraw on a drop in to say hello how are you can you give me more time more time before breck's it begins as it stands tonight britain will crash out of the european union this coming friday the british parliament has failed to agree to a bright sit with draw a plan to rescind may's breaks a plan you may remember has been rejected by lawmakers three times tomorrow evening the european union will hold an emergency breaks it summit theresa may is hoping that her visits today will be enough to convince the rest of the e.u. to give her one more break sit extension this would probably be the last delay on offer to the u.k. and it is safe to say this is the last chance to rescind a has to keep her country from leaving the european union in chaos without a plan for what's ahead. just as with breaks it to raise the mines arrival at the chancellery didn't go as planned the british prime minister was obviously a little too early as merkel wasn't there to welcome her it was only out that's a reason the

recently has to say but as far as i'm concerned nothing is a good believe that the president emanuel mccraw and there's playing bad cop to german chancellor angela merkel's good cop in brussels britain will most likely get an extension a much longer one and one with conditions also coming up tonight israel's benjamin netanyahu is on course for a fifth term as prime minister after a very tight race his main challenger has conceded but is promising an opposition that netanyahu will not be able to ignore. and out of this world a strong murs revealed the first ever image of a black hole one of the most mysterious objects in the cosmos a milestone in astrophysics. good to have you with us tonight british prime minister theresa may is urging the. european union to give her country one more delay before breaks it begins may have spread her case to an emergency summit in brussels of e.u. leaders and she is now waiting for their decision she's already stated that she wants a short extension until june thirtieth so britain will not be forced to participate in upcoming european parliamentary elections

so-called great debate after months of hearing complaints from the length and breadth of france emanuel mccraw has told t.v. viewers that he's listening to the cries for change he's responded to the biggest challenge to his presidency by offering some concessions to the best protesters they've brought paris and other cities to a standstill every saturday for months now demanding cuts to the cost of living across proposing lower taxes for some pensions reform stopping the closure of schools and hospitals and making it easier to hold a referendum on vital issues there are other proposals too but are they enough to stop the riots and revolt against his ideas for the future of france we'll get to that soon with our guests but first here's al-jazeera is natasha in paris. at his first presidential press conference on domestic affairs emanuel mark all said he'd listen to people's grievances over social inequality and the french political system in response he offered a raft of new policies including a reduction of m.p.'s and income tax cuts for workers let me you're going to show you the best way to

you know countries like france have social issues as well but do you think that that's really emanuel mccraw fault considering a lot of this money was actually donations. no let's the fault of the political climate we're living in we have it you were in the middle of political depression really we have seeing everything that is done we'll be soon get to leave even though we're building lots with them with the rich by every month i mean every french person. said it's year when you look at our muslim body here and everyone malt wants to be with obviously was asked us money as we can because we don't have much but that's the way the angry so it's so strong in our country nowadays that every had once been that can make it will be soon they get it it will be very violently very archly and we don't see the end of this political fights anymore i guess another impact of the not for the fire was that actually men who were in the crowd was meant to address the nation on that evening any postponed that i believe he's doing it on thursday how do you think the president could handle the situation as it i

have managed to save the main structure but it's fire and the roof collapsed french president emanuel mccraw has promised the cathedral will be rebuilt the vatican russia and japan are among the many across the world who are offering to help david chaytor reports from paris. and unimaginable sight not to darker ravaged by flames a symbol of paris and french history collapsing in smoke it was seven o'clock in the evening local time when the fire broke out hundreds of firefighters and emergency services were there within minutes as thick smoke rose above the city people watched in shock and disbelief the one who was on his office was always sort of spy or collapse was shocked it's eight hundred fifty years of history it's heartbreaking the minute we sat down. as night fell far vytas feared that the twelfth century cathedral will collapse completely but after working tirelessly for hours they managed to bring the fire under control the french president promised to rebuild not to dance with charity said by so many going to the scene of this is. not freedom is our history our literature imaginati

get to that will get to that in a second i just want to have a look at what steve jobs rather emanuel mccraw the president of france said on this issue he says in a tweet steve jobs father was a syrian refugee it would seem that nationality has nothing to do with the ability to succeed if you think that being and i jerry and means you can succeed then you want if you fight and you do succeed you will be a role model so i want to come to you actually marry because you're really shaking your head you're not believing what the president is saying no because it's not only a question of will i think that sometimes some companies are destroying the will of people in african country if i take for example in nigeria you know the most important part of the oil in nigeria is just exported in europe to be treated in europe and really sent to africa and there is no agreement to prevent deciduous and for example what we asked for and this indeed is to have to sing is the trade agreements the first thing is to have an symmetrix situation with country like nigeria and to give them to opportunity to have qu

suspect an electrical short circuit cause the inferno north of the cathedral in paris president emanuel mccraw has all of the firefighters for their bravery as well as the fire brigades chaplain who rushed into the burning cathedral on monday to save ancient artifacts of nine hundred million dollars for reconstruction has been pledged so far the european parliament has condemned the brunei for introducing laws which punish gay sex and adultery with stoning to death. to repeal the laws to being condemned around the world when they were introduced earlier this month the e.u. is being asked to consider freezing assets and imposing visa bans on the southeast asian nation the ban on grading punishments it's not simply about european values i want to underline this point that many of you raised this are universal values cherished by people of all backgrounds and of all faiths all around the world now facebook has admitted uploading the email contacts of up to one and a half million users without their consent facebook says that was unintentional and it didn't share the information with anyone says i

the french president emanuel mccraw is huge make a major policy speech which could some of the demands and think yellow vests protesters the president spent months meeting local mayors and members of the public to try to resolve the protests yellow vest campaigners have been on the streets for months now calling for action. on a wide range of issues surrounding social inequality live for us in paris is our correspondent natasha. so this will be the culmination of this national dialogue that the president embarked on a people confident about the process i mean did he speak to the right people do they think. well i think the french president probably think that he spoke to the right people i mean what we're expecting here at the least say is for a man or market to reveal a raft of new policies aging for him trying to address people's concerns in france over social inequality in a sense amongst many that they feel simply shut out of a political system they say politicians they don't understand and they are from the leaves and they don't understand their concerns so we're expecting court t

the french president emanuel mccraw launched a series of debates in january and responds to demands from the yellow vest protesters who want a greater say in government in the past eighteen days mission has taken part in fourteen public debates latasha butler has more. since november it's a weekly ritual yellow fest protest in france that at times turned violent the demonstrations began over plans for a fuel tax that spiraled into a movement against social inequality and the political elite up to three hundred thousand people took part in the first marches now it's just a few thousand but opinion polls suggest most french people support them so it's enough to keep up pressure on the government should i can think of another social movement in recent times that has been so very fired by those in power and why only because people have there to us to make more money president emanuel mccall has tried to end the crisis by boosting public spending and in january he launched a national citizens' debate to give people more say in politics yes insurance it was at the launch that we first met reti

so-called great debate after months of hearing complaints from the length and breadth of france emanuel mccraw has told t.v. viewers that he's listening to the cries for change he's responded to the biggest challenge to his presidency by offering some concessions to the best protesters they've brought paris and other cities to a standstill every saturday for months now demanding cuts to the cost of living across proposing lower taxes for some pensions reform stopping the closure of schools and hospitals and making it easier to hold a referendum on vital issues there are other proposals too but are they enough to stop the riots and revolt against his ideas for the future of france we'll get to that soon with our guests but first here's al-jazeera is natasha in paris. at his first presidential press conference on domestic affairs emanuel mark all said he'd listen to people's grievances over social inequality and the french political system in response he offered a raft of new policies including a reduction of m.p.'s and income tax cuts for workers let me you're going to fuel the best way to addr

to the european parliament but were pushed back by riot police protests come despite president emanuel mccraw announcing a series of tax cuts this week aimed at appeasing the movement. those are the headlines we're back in half an hour up next return of a president. this is the president of medicare ska mark amen amen and. the first time i met him was in south africa. he was in exile deposed by military coup so look really think this is it is good cheer to take a photo because all the here means chess where would you like to say. i want to stay on a plane. born into a poor families family who worked his way up to become one of medicare because largest food producers. in two thousand and two he was elected president of madagascar. he was reelected with a larger majority in two substance six. during his presidency new schools health clinics and roads step is to cross the country. in the middle of his second term the mayor of the capital and who had organized a military coup against him. and. the democratically elected avodah men and i sat in south africa while the coup leader this in chacha fro

so-called great debate after months of hearing complaints from the length and breadth of france emanuel mccraw has told t.v. viewers that he's listening to the cries for change he's responded to the biggest challenge to his presidency by offering some concessions to the best protesters they've brought paris and other cities to a standstill every saturday for months now demanding cuts to the cost of living across proposing lower taxes for some pensions reform stopping the closure of schools and hospitals and making it easier to hold a referendum on vital issues there are other proposals too but are they enough to stop the riots and revolt against his ideas for the future of france we'll get to that soon with our guests but first here's al-jazeera is natasha bata in paris. at his first presidential press conference on domestic affairs emanuel mark all said he'd listen to people's grievances over social inequality and the french political system in response he offered a raft of new policies including a reduction of m.p.'s and income tax cuts for work let me you're going to the best way to address

not everyone is as forgiving as alice andrew simmons al-jazeera in rwanda the french president emanuel mccraw has appointed a panel of experts to investigate france's actions during rwanda's genocide mr mccraw has also met representatives of the survivors group in paris france and rwanda have had to screen relationships since the killings in one thousand nine hundred four but i should butler has more now from paris well what the french president or man or mark or is doing is promising to try and shed light on france's role during the rwandan genocide in one thousand nine hundred ninety four and in the years leading up to it and that is because the role of france has been a real bone of contention between both garley and paris for twenty five years because he has repeatedly accused france of being complicit in the massacres now back then the french government was very close to the hutu regime french troops were deployed to try and keep the peace but some say that they simply didn't do enough to stop the killing so what eman or marco is doing is setting up a new commission to investigate exactl

renovation work some firefighters say that may have been the cause of the far french president emanuel mccrawhas promised to rebuild the cathedral a symbol of paris the french culture. not the perry is our history it's a literature the place where we've lived all the great moments wars and liberations the very center of our lives and we measure ourselves in paris from the center the place of books of painting it's a cathedral which is that of all frenchmen and women even those who have never come here the sisterhood owl's and it's burning it's burning and i know the said internal tremor felt by so many of our citizens tasha butler has the latest from paris. well french president or man or mark or has spoken about the drama that has unfolded in paris with those with a fire that spread throughout the not to down cathedral neck he has said that that fire has now been stabilized he has said that the worst has been averted and what he means is the firefighters are saying that their fear is earlier that this building would collapse have in fact been averted it is no longer the case they have manage

staying on that story in paris french president emanuel kron has tossed a panel of research is to investigate his country's role in the london genocide mccraw on hosted members of an association of genocide victims at the paris rwanda has long accused of supporting the hutu militia that committed the atrocities and then helping some of the perpetrators escape now as part of the two year investigation the panel up researchers will have access to the states. france has previously acknowledged its mistakes and wonder but has stopped short of accepting it train the militia that took part in a mask. a book festival bringing together around fifty authors from all over africa is underway here in berlin the african wealthiest of all is now in its second year and this is the messiah told transitioning from my creation more than half of the authors participating at the event are women and i'm delighted to be joined by one of them in studio right now of have you know that and that she too could live there is a prominent intellectual and a creative african feminist four days into it eighteen she published these bones will rise again a reflection on zim