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and the inferno brought french president emanuel mccrone to the scene he had been scheduled to give an address to the nation. he tweeted that the fire awoke the emotion of the entire nation and that the cathedral was a part of all french people it's still unclear what started the blaze there's been no word about arson or foul play the fire may have started in connection with renovation work on the roof scaffolding could be seen around much of the church and just a few days ago statues were removed from the upper spire they at least will survive the flames but that's little consolation as the blaze burns on into the night having already done incalculable damage. well let's go to paris now our correspondent barbara faizal is standing outside notre dame cathedral good evening to you barbara earlier tonight we and the rest of the world feared the worst total loss of the cathedral when day breaks there may be a reason for cautious optimism right. yeah there is some reason for that the head of the firefighters of paris said that they hoped you know that they were able to contain the fire and

the inferno brought french president emanuel mccrone to the scene he had been scheduled to give an address to the nation. he tweeted that the fire awoke the emotion of the entire nation and that the cathedral was a part of all french people it's still unclear what started the blaze there's been no word about arson or foul play the fire may have started in connection with renovation work on the roof scaffolding could be seen around much of the church and just a few days ago statues were removed from the upper spire they at least will survive the flames but that's little consolation as the blaze burns on into the night having already done incalculable damage. i mean we see those images there that we're dealing with a massive blaze here i mean i mean what's a fire who's going to do what i mean it's you can only feel for these firefighters you know looking at those images it looks so pathetic what they're able to do although these are high power fire hoses and yet still what's it going to do with a fire burning this this hot i mean there's so much material in that church seven eight hundred ye

mentioned has said that governments should be involved in regulating their internets more president emanuel mccrone last year came out and said i want to do something to regulate internet in france i don't like what america is doing i don't like what china is doing i don't like what russia is doing but i'm going to do my own thing so everyone is trying to regulate internet inside their countries do you think it's a good thing should there be government regulation on internet most of those countries are trying to block dissent so as not to have anything that resembles democracy not necessarily. french is exactly the most democratic country on earth right now so no not necessarily i wouldn't agree no no i wouldn't agree it's pretty clear that it. also is thinking about laws that would enable what would authorize blocking dissent and a lot of kinds of dissent are illegal in france. somebody mocks president sarkozy once by repeating an insult that sounds cozy and said to a member of the. and this person was put on trial when just barely escaped being jailed for it there's actually a lot of censorship i

hours since a fire devastated much of the gothic cathedral school work tonight for its president emanuel mccrone says he wants twenty first century technology used to rebuild to restore the damaged in shard twelfth century church all within the next five years in the ambitious goal and most likely an expensive one but since news of the blaze first broke last night pledges totaling more than half a billion euros have been made money earmarked for rebuilding notre done on the ground investigators say that the fire was caused probably by an accident and not arson it tonight in paris across france europe and around the world people are still in shock lamenting the loss of an architectural jewel and a symbol of france's heritage. paris the morning after the heroes of not your damn inspect what they were able to save. less than twelve hours before the world had its eyes on them as they battled to avoid the destruction of the city's most iconic house of worship. they managed to save the eight hundred fifty year old buildings main stone structure but the roof and other parts of the cathedral were ruined

and the inferno brought french president emanuel mccrone to the scene he had been scheduled to give an address to the nation. he tweeted that the fire awoke the emotion of the entire nation and that the cathedral was a part of all french people it's still unclear what started the blaze there's been no word about arson or foul play the fire may have started in connection with renovation work on the roof scaffolding could be seen around much of the church and just a few days ago statues were removed from the upper spire they at least will survive the flames. but that's little consolation as the blaze burns on into the night having already done incalculable damage. well let's go to paris now our correspondent barbara faizal is standing outside notre dame cathedral good evening to you barbara earlier tonight we and the rest of the world feared the worst total loss of the cathedral when daybreak so there may be reason for cautious optimism right. yeah there is some reason for that at least the head of the firefighters of paris said that they hoped to know that they were able to contain the

president emanuel mccrone insists that protecting the environment is a top priority for france but picture perfect resort studded coastline seems pollution is a critical problem even putting lives at risk with that story of the week our europe correspondent china dubin skiing. but this is for so many on the one hand it looks like an idyllic seaside town in the south of france but you don't have to look very far to see the whole area is overshadowed by one of europe's largest industrial and port zones for years the oil refineries chemical factories and still companies have spewed out a noxious cocktail a few residents say that plague the health problem or. the main problem comes from the industrial port area which emits ultra fine particles will get into our lungs and bloodstream and cause diseases the cancer rates here is ten percent higher than the average in france and aspirin diabetes levels also elevated this could all be avoided if the waste from the factories was processed properly daniels' not mean himself he's been diagnosed with diabetes and heart problems linked to the pollution.

across the country are demanding social and economic reforms of the movement's prompted president emanuel mccrone to open a national debate in january and the measures are expected to be announced on monday in a bid to dampen their anger and tens of thousands of people have marched in germany against rising rents and housing shortages activists say property developers have brought thousands of apartments driving up rents activists have started a petition for the government to take back properties from large scale and lords otherwise the cost of living in pakistan is putting pressure on poor communities inflation has reached its highest in five years pushing up the cost of fuel and electricity because for some farmers to take second jobs just to stay in the business oh harder has this report from the islam about countryside. it's morning in the religion of kerala and though we'd been stick around green this is reynolds god fair old dean takes his goats out to graze this place less than thirty kilometers from islamabad has been evolving for more than seventy years but he said his field is not big e

and france's president emanuel mccrone is holding cabinet meetings in paris to discuss raising funds for the. has vowed to restore the bird out medieval church within five years. up next sunday w. the legacy of the bauhaus one hundred years long all that more coming up i'm sorry kelly of berlin make you so much for watching have a great. mother . in. law. come under the hammer. prices. that's today's art market and it's blue. but who decides what's hot what's not who is investing speculating winning and losing. some of movers and shakers. made. in germany next on d w. t can africa. you guys hear him sing. look at that. and didn't hear it could go in. the can name guide scott hardly makes a sound and environmental projects include sustainable any. bark doesn't grow. in sixty minutes d w. what's the connection between bread. and the european union dinos guild motto w correspondent at the baker can stretch this second line with the rules set by the team of. cuts known. stepping recipes for success strategies that make a difference. baking bread on the d.w. . these days art is big busine

there's also indications that france's president emanuel mccrone may be softening his stance when it comes to the links of this delay he's favored a short extension so far how long of an extension will paris tolerate now. that we will figure out tomorrow it is very likely and that's the way the european union operates it's going to be something between the one that i'm going to america finds tolerable and these three to maybe four or five months that chrome's. really find suitable so let's say late fall or maybe right after christmas something like that is in the realm often possible and likely and mccraw really emphasizes different things here because he is worried about the european union being posen from within not only by the possible emergence off the back bad boys of bread once they come to brussels but also by the constant internal discussions by being forced to deal with the bricks and whole negativity and the political chaos that brings europe has things on its that is really what is trying to say all right our correspondent on the story for us tonight on the eve of that eme

of ongoing restoration work on the cathedral's roof and spire both of which collapse president emanuel mccrone has pledged the building will rise from the ashes. cathedral stands in the literal heart of paris some eight hundred and fifty years of history contained in her bosom much of it intact is now off to a ferocious fire broke out on monday the crowds gathered last night to witness this catastrophe and they've once again come out today to try and see what has happened to their beloved and iconic president michael described this as being national tragedy echoing the views of people fall and white. it's french heritage it's part of the bones with it we managed to preserve it for eight hundred years and today unfortunately it went up in flames i think it touches everyone it's poignant it's heartbreaking the firemen did all they could but there are some things will never get back. shocking we find comfort in the fact that there are no victims but it's our french historical heritage and we all share memories of when we visited but now it's fragile and other buildings like this one are fragile t

done nothing wrong in dealing with the country's issues in a televised address on thursday night emanuel mccrone made an impassioned plea to yell of us protesters who've been demonstrating across the country for almost six months. as i please may. i ask myself the question did we take a wrong turn i think it's quite the opposite i believe that to lead a democracy today no matter the country has to accept not to be popular and i'd rather be responsible for and be unpopular rather than to seek to charm in such a way that would always be fleeting. micron also revealed the big tax cuts and the pensions boost he added that french democracy needs more decentralized government and rules for organizing public referendums charlotte has the details president michael may have spoken for almost an hour with the wind two ranging discussion of the things he'd like to do you over the next three years but what he was locked on quite a lot was the details so yes he talked about lower taxes but he didn't specifically say what that meant in terms of a figure it's my duty to defend a pragmatic reform will review ei

of ongoing restoration work on the cathedrals roof and spire both of which collapsed president emanuel mccrone has pledged to building the rice will rise from the ashes. no cathedral stands in the literal heart of paris some eight hundred and fifty years of history contained in her bosom much of it intact is now off to a ferocious fire broke out on monday the crowds gathered last night to witness this catastrophe and they've once again come out today to try and see what has happened to their beloved and iconic jewel president micro-loan described this as being national tragedy echoing the views of people fall and white so horrible to watch the massive fire not crude down cathedral in paris perhaps flying water tankers could be used to put it out must act quickly i'm following the not saddam for minute by minute noted on the perry belongs to all humanity what a spectacle what horror i share the emotions of the french nation which is ours as well my thoughts so we the people of france tonight and with the emergency services who are fighting the terrible blizzard north of them coffee drew in term

for there in washington president emanuel mccrone is meeting unesco officials today to discuss ideas for rebuilding paris's fire damaged notre dame cathedral the un's cultural agency oversees global heritage issues at the cathedral workers have been removing paintings and other artworks for storage mccrone hopes rebuild the cathedral in time for the twenty twenty four olympic games which paris will host he has suggested that the reconstruction could include contemporary designs to replace the spire that was added to the cathedral in the nineteenth century a huge blaze destroyed the spire and the cathedral eight hundred year old roof on monday evening. a friend rebecca ritter's who is standing by with the latest from paris and rebecca i mean we've heard it they're already meeting with unesco today and he's really going full steam ahead now with this rebuild effort. he certainly is within twenty four hours of the fire he'd come out with the sort of very ambitious plan of having it rebuilt in five years now experts say that's unlikely to be possible they're looking at around more to ten

the landmark which was gutted by a fifteen hour fire that started on monday evening president emanuel mccrone has vowed to restore the cathedral within five years and is meeting ministers today to discuss funding the ambitious plan. the government which owns the no for dom may decide not to replace the spire at all we'll hear more on that from paris in just about went but first this report on how the blaze at notre dame has affected the people of paris. a moment of unity for the present is coming to terms with the fire at notre dame. they drew together to sing and pray during a candle a vigil close to the cathedral. for many it provided an opportunity to reflect and hope that notre dame will one day be restored. to. the spontaneous gatherings tonight has led to small moments of prayer but also a lot of hope we can at last say that this fire which seemed so insurmountable and caused great damage to the cathedral still left the most important parts preserved and it remains a place of prayer. thoughts are now turning in earnest towards reconstructing notre dame the restoration has become a matte

of ongoing restoration work on the cathedrals roof and spire both of which collapsed president emanuel mccrone has pledged the building will rise from the ashes. no. cathedral literally sits in the whole lot of the city of paris much of the city's history contained within her bosom a seat of cultural political and economic power when it was built back in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries so eight hundred and fifty years of history that much of it now in tatters following that ferocious fire which broke out on monday evening the crowds gathered at last night to witness that catastrophe and once again they've come today to bear witness to this huge fire which tore through this cathedral to do damage than its french heritage it's part of arthur burns with it we managed to preserve it for eight hundred years and today unfortunately it went up in flames i think it touches everyone it's poignant it's heartbreaking and the firemen did all they could but there are some things will never get back. shocking we find comfort in the fact that there are no victims but it's our french historical heritage

and most of the roof investigators suspect the blaze started during restoration work president emanuel mccrone has pledged to restore the building however let's cross live now to charlotte dubin ski who's near right now charlotte what's the current condition in the area. well as i can tell you jacqueline the fun i was boughten to control just off the whole fos three this morning local time in france not soft and nine hours hundred firefighters around trying to bring up blaze under control and now what's happening. people are going inside and trying to do the first checks checking to make sure that there are no places started because that is the concern over the next few days that anything that was missed one small ember could to reignite another fire at. the crowds coming round again today to see what's happening to witness that destruction of the cathedral you mentioned there some of the damage that spire that infamous spy was brought down as well as the roof now it's not just last night that the firefighters are working to try and stop that fight to dampen the flames they were also working i

french president emanuel mccrone has pledged to get more people involved in the democratic process his policy speech follows months of meetings with local mayors or members of the public to try to resolve the issues brought up by the yellow vests protests. get more top story and that is of course is the aftermath of the bombings in sri lanka the country's prime minister i know we're going to i'm a singer is vowing to improve coordination now between various state agencies to prevent future attacks he's been speaking to al jazeera zain. we have to admit the failure in intelligence the breakdown in the flow of information. and that's one of the matter that are being investigated to the shock i mean if not for the lapses many of them would be alive to being now what are the girls that the sailors will not reoccur know v.v. are now looking at those aspects to ensure that there is no breakdown of communications but what is most important is to get the active members that also sleepers remember of you've got to look at the sleepers too on the fourth of april . the indian intelligence warned

french president emanuel micron will hold cabinet meetings on wednesday on how to deal with the aftermath of the fire which gutted the not true dam cathedral in paris mccrone a set a target to rebuild the cathedral within five years billionaire donors have pledged hundreds of millions of euros to the restoration. engine nations of voting in presidential and parliamentary elections more than one hundred nineteen million registered voters a said to cost their ballot.