emmanuel macron said the position in france was to back the mediation initiated by kuwait.he french president said the meeting that took lace yesterday was very productive which is not what appears to be the common shared point of view when it comes to the regional leaders that saw the meeting collapse quite rapidly. they want tois remain neueutral in this matter and have a position as a mediator. there's also the contracts that have been signed during the visit. 12 billion worth of contracts. of 350 airbusg planes and combat aircraft as well as an option for 36. also the metro which is to be whoby the big french groups specialize in this area of expertise. short but very dense india. genie--indeed. genie: france is on its second official day of mourning for french rock star johnny hallyday. often called the french elvis, wednesday age 74. he had been wednesday age 74. he had been battling lung cancer. the details of his funeral are still being arranged. he will be marched down the famed schaum's elysees -- shocked elysees -- schaum stilley say -- >> johnny may be gone but

french employer and workers unions one that emmanuel macron's proposed changes would be too costly.ghly one million people quit their jobs last year. under his proposed change, extending payments could cost billions of euros more. how will it be paid for? >> the money to pay a new beneficiaries will have to come from somewhere. the system which is already quite genenerous and is now sustaining further offenses. >> france would have to increase social insurance payments or cut the amount of existing benefits. solutions that are unacceptable to one of the country's biggest labor unions. >> if you're going to improve social security, we have to be able to do it without taking benefits away from those who already have them. alsod annual macron promised to extend past the self employed workers were no more convinced of the measures viability. >> we didn't ask for this. we don't want as our social security contributions to increase. they are ready to high. >> the government could reduce the number of new beneficiaries by setting stricter conditions. france already has one of the most cost

[applause] reporter: emmanuel macron has championed a europe with a joint army and an elected presidenta vision chantal leib shares. back home in her apartment, she tells us she has very personal reasons for supporting a more integrated europe. her father was a french jew, her mother a german christian. her background is one reason chantal identifies strongly as a european. chantal leib: i grew up with europe. we always had different european cultures around the table, and we celebrated various european festivals and holidays. reporter: but this vision of an integrated europe, powered by the franco-german alliance, is not popular with everyone in france. julien aubert belongs to the center-right republican party. he believes the crisis in germany is an opportunity for france to stop relying so heavily on berlin. julien aubert: in the past, we had an irrational hatred of the germans. now we have an irrational love for them. but we don't benefit from giving germany the key to the truck and then hitching ourselves to the back. france needs to stop that. reporter: chantal leib, on the other

two years after the paris agreement, emmanuel macron said it was heading for a fall.uld say, we did not know, and it is true, but for the last 20 years we have known and we are finding out more everyday. the world bank has said that it. finding oil and gas exploration from 2019, and new commitments from business and new commitments from business and renewable energy, how much will this mean without the world's only superpower? us president donald trump has said his country is pulling out of the paris agreement, and emmanuel macron's show of solidarity is partly aimed at him. just along the river from the summit venue, a reminder france ‘s long relationship with america, shared history, shared values, emmanuel macron has been positioning himself asa macron has been positioning himself as a global leader, on human rights and democracy, and now on climate change, but this time, at least, donald trump is not here. before the meeting, the british prime minister, theresa may, met the manual macro at is on police say, another bilateral elation ship undergoing change, but the

reporter: emmanuel macron is putting his reputation on the line in many ways. trumpently accused donald of being aggressive for pulling out of the paris global deal. at the same time, we might consider this an aggressive rebuttal, hosting a global summit -- one to which president trump has not been inviting -- invited -- and highlighting the huge gap in climate finance today. the biggest risk is there is no substantiale and no progress made this afternoon. there are of course many heads of state here, more than 50. however, the leaders of the world's biggest emitters -- china, india, and of course united states -- are not here. any are asked doing what -- many are asking whether this is preaching to the already high converted. this is a carefully orchestrated event. we have the heads of multinationals here. we also have well-known philanthropists, bill gates and michael bloomberg. we can be sure that at the end of the day, emmanuel macron will have some announcement he can be proud of. annette: what are we expecting to come out of this gathering? reporter: it i

since he lost emmanuel mackerel in may's presidential election. well as as a business news we have had eighties with us in the studio allocate more and that will go back to the site my middle son it's a here in paris because the parties is as we america wants on the business and financial side of. farsi climate change us right his of course growth going green doesn't always seem financially lucrative or even viable for many corporations around the world. that's what leaders and activists who trying to change the world bank's among those stepping back from investments in oil and gas projects as julie seger reports. building up on the paris accords the focus this time is not political but financial. making sure major investors are moving away from fossil fuels but i for leading the way is the world bank with its announcement it will stop financing oil and gas exploration as it was in nineteen. great over also continue developing new instruments to help fund environmental projects. after green bonds it's created who wants to protect the oceans now wa

on the eve of an international climate summit here, french president emmanuel macron opened up today about his relationship with president trump. he said they are friends but that he deeply disagrees with mr. trump pulling out of the paris accord and believes the president will change his mind. we will have far more on our discussion, which included climate, jerusalem, and a story far too familiar to the french, terrorism. the target today was new york city. police say that a bomb strapped to a would-be suicide bomber blew up in a pedestrian walkway at the biggest transit hub in the city, which includes the times square subway station and the port authority bus terminal. the only serious injury was to the bangladeshi suspects. it happened at the height of the morning rush in a city filled with commuters and holiday deadly terror attack a few blocks away. the inspiration again was isis.

french president emmanuel macron will lead attempts to find billions of dollars pledged to help emerging their reliance on fossil fuels. us president trump will not be there, he pulled his country out of the agreement injune, the only country of 195 to do so. andrew plant talks us through the day. arriving for a dinner with the french president, former un secretary—general ban ki—moon and his predecessor, kofi annan, arriving in paris for what emmanuel macron has called a meeting of elders. this the evening before the one planet summit, taking place two years to the day since the paris accord, which saw 195 countries aiming to end the use of fossil fuels and stem the rise in global warming, an agreement that america turned its back on injune, when donald trump pulled out. he has called global warming a hoax. the french president, though, said america would be welcome back if mr trump ever changes his mind. the us is a great government, is a great country. the us did sign the paris agreement. it's extremely aggressive to decide on its own just to leave, and i'm pretty sure that my friend

emmanuel macron's view is that this summit is different.tates, philanthropists businesses or sovereign funds, example of being held up today is the norwegians who have this mass of oil based sovereign fund and have promised to direct that was nonfossil fuel investments in the future. it is that kind of example which emmanuel macron was the cm related and has promised there will be examples and action plans announced at the end of the day. emergency services have confirmed that everyone at the house in bi rsta ll that everyone at the house in birstall has been accounted for. the explosive sport have been caused by ghastly. officials in new york say a man who tried to set off a bomb at the city's busiest bus terminal had been inspired by the islamic state group. akayed ullah, who's 27, moved to the us from bangladesh six years ago. he suffered burns when a crude pipe bomb he'd strapped to his body went off prematurely. three other people were hurt. the mayor of new york, bill de blasio, described the explosion next to the city's busiest bus s

the israel palestine issue and the europeans have been rather cautious on them but we know that emmanuel back home since he became president francis what for a more assertive policy for french for france around the world and including in the region we know that the french have been willing to criticize the united states but here's the question do the french really put palestine as a priority it was what they're doing or do they continue to focus on for example cooperation with saudi arabia versus iran maneuvering with saudi arabia and other gulf countries or are they really saying this is the time now to do something significant on the palestine issue rather than all talk and little substance it's got because it's great to get your thoughts thanks for joining us there from bamiyan and. proves president petro republicans key have survived an impeachment vote in congress over corruption allegations that followed twelve hours of debate questions he is accused of receiving illegal payments from the brazilian construction giant photographed he denies any wrongdoing address has been at the cen

trump's recognition of jerusalem as the israeli capital he is expected to meet the french president emmanuel mackerel in a few hours it's his first visit since that announcement by donald trump that sparked protests in the french capital to wipro palestinian activists rallied against his arrival they criticized for hosting us and yahoo after the decision on weapon state. netanyahu responded by accusing europe of hypocrisy. a neutral observer. but reasonably certain i ascribe great importance to europe while i respect europe i am not prepared to accept a double standard from it i hear voices from their condemning president trumps historic statement but i have not heard condemnations of the rockets fired israel or the terrible incitement against it i'm not prepared to accept this hypocrisy and as usual at this important forum i will present israel's truth without fear and with head held high will back home as the israeli prime minister heads for paris he is facing growing anti corruption protests in israel. in the latest demonstrations thousands rallied in tel aviv many are angry over the slow

for emmanuel macron, hope lies in the science sectors. he spoke to scientists, entrepreneurs and engineers to help improve efficiency. rants has pledged to spend millions of euros to support the work of 18 scientists on condition that they work in france in the future. >> what i want you to figure out is the most radical research, applied research, all projects you are pursuing. the technological research that will allow us to win the battle against climate change. >> and, he wants company heads involved too. firms will need to raise the bulk of $100 billion annually. exactly how macron plans to achieve this is not yet clear. phil: the new french president has a lot on his plate. claudia kempfert, what does he have to do to get the bosses to foot a huge bill? claudia: we need to invest the entire energy transformation. it is unstoppable, irreversible. fossil fuel investment is important. we need to get the banks and firms on board, and to invest as much as we can to bring the transformation toward renewable energy and efficiency. phil: ca

it turns out clooney might have a bit of a man crush on emmanuel macron.says he would love to see someone like carolina miranda: to many outsiders, culture in los angeles is something that begins and ends with the movies, but the city has always been home to radical voices and new ideas that have stirred things up in art, inin literaturure, in architecture a and urban life. in recent years, the city's artistic profile has grown bigger and brighter with new cultltural instititutions, n new approaches to art, and new ways of thinking about the landscape. join me as we hit some of the city's most important cultural nerve centers. i'm carolina miranda, culture writer for the "los angeles times," and this is "arrtbound." woman: los angeles is an infinitely inspiring city. it feels like you can n just e expe

emmanuel macron has been himself as a global leader on human rights and democracy and is now on climateish by minister, theresa may, met mr macron at the lycee palace, and other bilateral relationship undergoing change. but few of the agreement‘s most powerful leaders were here in paris. this meeting was less about policies and more about a political message that with a wealth —— whether without the united states, this agreement will survive. lucy williamson, bbc news, paris. could the mystery of the yeti, better known as the abominable snowman, have been solved? according to ancient folklore the ape—like creature inhabits the windswept peaks of the himalayan mountains. but it's always managed to elude explorers. now a team of scientists think they may have cracked the case. and there've made some surprising discoveries. to tell us more i'm joined by the first author on the paper. tianying lan is from the nanyang technological university in singapore. why do you think yeti could be in asian etiquette there? our findings is based on 20 paul sample is collected in this field for the museu

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french president emmanuel macron has warned that the world is losing the battle against climate change. he was speaking at the one planet summit in the french capital, 2 years after the historic paris agreement. mr. macron says rising global temperatures have become a permanent emergency, and nobody can claim they did not know. lucy williamson reports from paris. lucy: the french president has a way of sending messages. this one involves a river cruise. his guests, kings, prime ministers, and business leaders, may have different visions and different values, it is safe to say. but when it comes to the future of the planet, we are all in the same boat. two years after the paris agreement, mr. macron said it is heading for a fall. president macron: we are losing this battle. those who came before us have an advantage -- they could say we didn't know, and it was true. but for the last 20 years or so, we have known, and we are finding out more every day. lucy: the world bank says it will stop funding oil and gas explorations in 2019. and there are new commitments from business on renewable

he is a strong critic of president emmanuel macron, whom he accuses of being weak on security.uy hi—tech defence equipment. it will spend eight billion dollars on 2a typhoon fighter jets, which will be built in the uk. —— $8 " $8 billion. it follows a deal struck last week with a french supplier for nearly 500 armoured vehicles. the opposition in kenya says it has postponed plans to swear in its leader raila 0dinga as an alternative president. the ceremony was due to have been held at a rally this coming tuesday. mr 0dinga refused to take part in a re—run of august's election, which was annulled by the supreme court. the incumbent, uhuru kenyatta, won the repeat poll with 98% of the vote. much of northern europe is in the grip of blizzard—like conditions, which have brought widespread disruption. with winds gusting at up to 140 kilometres an hour, and temperatures as low as —10 degrees celsius, hundreds of flights have been delayed or cancelled, train lines closed, and with roads difficult to drive on many schools have been closed because of staff shortages. in a moment, sarah

emmanuel macron has been positioning himself as a global leader on human rights and democracy and now donald trump isn't here. before the meeting, the british prime minister, theresa may, met mr macron at the elysee palace, another bilateral relationship undergoing change. but few of the agreement‘s most powerful leaders were here in paris. this meeting was less about policies and more about a political message — that with or without the united states, this agreement will survive. lucy williamson, bbc news, paris. you're watching newsday on the bbc. life in singapore and london. still to come on the programme: 80 years on, china prepares to mark the massacre of nanjing — but is it commemoration or propaganda? also on the programme: the latest star wars offering. britain's royals have opened the film in which they have small screen roles. john lennon was shot at the entrance to the dakota building, in the centre of new york. there's been a crowd here standing in more or less silent vigil. and the flowers have been piling up. the 14th ceasefire of this war ended at the walls of the old

the french president, emmanuel macron, has warned that the world is losing the battle against climatee one planet summit in the french capital— two years after the historic paris agreement. mr macron said the rise in global temperatures had become a permanent emergency — and nobody could claim they did not know. the bbc‘s lucy williamson reports from paris. the french president has a way of sending messages. this one involved a river cruise. his guests — kings, prime ministers and business leaders — may have different visions and different values, it seemed to say, but when it comes to the future of the planet, we're all in the same boat. and two years after the paris agreement, mr macron said it was heading for a fall. translation: we're losing this battle. those who came before us had an advantage, they could say they didn't know and it was true but for the last 20 years or so, we have known and we are finding out more every day. the world bank has said it will stop funding oil and gas exploration from 2019 and there are new commitments from business on renewable energy. but how muc

emmanuel macron has been positioning himself as a global leader on human rights and democracy and nowleast, donald trump isn't here. before the meeting, the british prime minister, theresa may, met mr macron at the elysee palace, another bilateral relationship undergoing change. but few of the agreement‘s most powerful leaders were here in paris. this meeting was less about policies and more about a political message — that with or without the united states, this agreement will survive. lucy williamson, bbc news, paris. at least one person has been killed and a team others hurt in a huge explosion which rocked our gas hub in austria. it was at a major hub for import of russian gas just east of the capital, vienna. the explosion sent gas prices soaring and a state of emergency was declared over the supplies of gas. austria's main gas pipeline hub, baumgarten, in flames. an explosion at the plant set off a major fire. the blaze could be seen for miles. firefighters rushed to the scene. one person was killed. the injured were taken to nearby hospitals. production at the plant was suspend

the newly elected french president, emmanuel macron, seemed to sum up their feelings when he literallye trump the cold shoulder as he swerved away from him at their first nato summit, heading straight for his fellow climate crusader, the german chancellor angela merkel. and macron drove the point home to america in english with a page right out of trump's playbook. >> to all scientists, engineers, entrepreneurs, responsible citizens who were disappointed by the decision of the president of the united states, i want to say that they will find in france a second homeland. i call on them -- come and work here with us. wherever we live, whoever we are, we all share the same responsibility -- make ourplane. >> the view from america's oldest ally. and right from the start, macron demonstrated a willingness to stand up to president trump when he challenged him to this hands-on version of a duel -- the white-knuckle handshake. i asked macron about his conversations with trump when he sat down with me for his very first interview as president. >> the very first disagreement is very well-known,

looked for a way of joining the two halves of the town together and invited a young local architect emmanuel to his court. he later described their collaboration in a letter to a friend i told mysteriously about my dream and he spent the evening thinking about it and the very next day he was back with twenty different sketches from that moment on we had a perfect understanding. together they came up with the unusual idea of laying out a system of squares partly in the old town and partly in the new the starting point and center was to be the placer as a tribute to louis the fifteenth. the initiator of the project and his architect conceived the square according to the new artistic ideas of the time abandoning the typical enclosed uniformity of the barracks square they introduced roco ironwork and fountains into the corners. with. the iron smith. and the sculptor but to me divide created delicate works of art which echo in filigree mode the statement made by the architecture splenda is power . instead of a continuous facade they constructed detached pavilions separated by street openings and

and haiti's beloved folk singer and troubadour emmanuel "manno" charlemagne has died in a miami beach hospital at the age of 69. through his music, charlemagne helped inspire a generation of haitians to rebel against longtime dictator francois duvalier. he was often called the haitian bob marley. he briefly served as mayor of port au prince in the 1990's. >> ♪ is haiti's beloved folk singer emmanuel "manno" charlemont who died at the age of 69. and those are some of the headlines. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. nermeen: and i'm nermeen shaikh. welcome to all of our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. republicans encumbers it ever reached a deal on final tax legislation that would cut taxes for wealthy americans and lower the tax rate for corporations. the move clears the way for final vote next week. in the tax plan agreed on by the house and the senate, the corporate tax rate would be reduced to 21% from the current 35%. middle and low-income families would receive smaller, temporary, tax cuts. pres

me emmanuel my from the french president how he see the future relationship with lover. the lebanese government and indeed lebanese politicians move forward saying it's a meeting of support we've got lebanon through its recent crisis this crisis means we can validate our friendship let's talk to natasha. you're a paris correspondent he was also saying we have a policy of neutrality up held by government and it's factions was that a direct reference to hezbollah. what the french president who actually opened this this conference said that really its main aim was to try and support and stabilize lebanon because of course when saad hariri resigned unexpectedly last november it really sent lebanon into a political turmoil and it really exposed the fact that the tensions there between those two regional powers saudi arabia and iran were at play in lebanon are playing lebanon in a destabilizing manner so this was all about saying that we can't have lebanon destabilized in this way because in that sense it is going to destabilize the whole region and that is good for nobody tha

mediator in the middle east peace process mahmoud abbas a speaking role meeting french president emmanuel mccrum about listening in leader call for europe to play a stronger role in peace efforts and live reports from paris. it was no surprise that the palestinian leader greeted the french president warmly as he arrived at the. palace emanuel mark karr has been a staunch critic of the united states decision to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel after talks on the crisis mahmoud abbas's said the palestinians could no longer accept a u.s. peace plan. for the united states is no longer a credible mediator in the peace process we will not accept any plan on the part of the us because of the parties and failing and because of this violation of international law. mccraw has stepped up efforts to mediate in the crisis meeting with the king of jordan and israel's prime minister earlier this month he wants to try and help revive talks but he has ruled out unilaterally recognizing palestine as the state saying it would be unhelpful at this time these americans and the americans have margi

a shake of hands and an embrace french president emmanuel mccaw greets israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu in paris despite for a warm welcome and smile was for the cameras they are two leaders. sharply divided over the u.s. decision to recognize to resell them as israel's capital. when they appeared before the press various differences became plain my car called president trumps move a dangerous threat to peace and urged netanyahu to negotiates with the palestinians he should. i would tell him give a chance to peace and make a gesture towards the palestinians peace doesn't depend on the united states on one side and friends on its own it depends on the ability of the two leaders on israeli and palestinian to make it happen. and if given a chance. netanyahu dug in against the criticism. it's always been our capital jerusalem has never been the capital of any other people i think the sooner the problem students come to grips with this reality the sooner we will move towards peace and this is why i think president trumps announcement was so good storch and so important for peace. b

was that when but he was in paris recently just before his trip to brussels the french president emmanuel mccrone was saying let's wait in while condemning the u.s. declaration about jerusalem he was still saying let's wait and see what the trouble ministration comes up with in terms of its framework for renewed negotiations so it does seem for now at least that the european nations more broadly are in favor of continuing the track which so far hasn't worked in which the palestinians have recently totally rejected many thanks good to get your thoughts there harry forces in west jerusalem where not that far away from you not at least jay graphically is how the abdel-hamid in ramallah live for us a moment to show just saying here hold up that this was a vote on international law but in the end the the four lout is going to be felt very keenly aware you are they must now feel emboldened by best hugely that wanting victory. yes they would be emboldened by this resoundingly victory but there's a lot more to be done especially when you are facing a population that is growing and patient and ang

angela merkel and emmanuel macron just holding their final press c0 nfe re nce macron just holding their conference here at the summit, but they and the other leaders arrived early this morning, to try to decide whether they were happy with the progress made so far. ona big on a big day for the eu, a barrage of questions. last night these leaders had given theresa may a round of applause. not very enthusiastically, but it was well deserved. angela merkel had led that gesture, appreciative after mrs may told eu's leaders she wants a smooth brexit. it's what they want as well. of course the one leader who isn't here today is theresa may herself, the leaderfor whom this here today is theresa may herself, the leader for whom this matters more than for any other. getting the green light in the brexit process to move to the next stage. and so the looming question, exactly what does the uk want future ties with the eu to look like? i think the first big step this morning for the united kingdom to state very clearly what it wants in clear terms. i think if this happens within the next few weeks,

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decision he is expected to meet the french president emmanuel mackerel who's described washington's move as regrettable but mr netanyahu says european leaders are hypocrites. what is it we serve. described great importance to europe while i respect europe i am not prepared to accept a double standard from it i hear voices from their condemning president trumps historic statement but i've not heard condemnations of the rockets fired israel or the terrible incitement against it i'm not prepared to accept this hypocrisy and as usual at this important forum i will present israel's truth without fear and with head held high two of the top stories for you today iraq's prime minister has declared the end of a three year war against isis old in his country says his forces have cleared the iraqi syrian border the last remaining pockets of the group islip danced across iraq three years ago capturing a third of the country. and finally the nobel peace prize will be awarded to the international campaign to abolish nuclear weapons and also ceremony today the campaign has fought for a global treaty ba

emmanuel macron marked the international day for violence against women. his one hour remarks were provided courtesy of france 24. >> you're watching france 24. we will cross live to the palace here in paris where president emmanuel macron is speaking. let's listen in. >> translator: the equality of men and women must lead to a fight against violence against women. i would like to thank you for your commitment because that is what will lead to change. the feeling of horror and shame of the situation that exists today has become particular acute. it became very prominent over a year ago. shame. we're talking about shame here because we are a human being, a political decision-maker, a man, president of the republic. if i didn't consider this as something important or not important, it could lead to ambiguity. just over a year ago, this came to prominence, like many other citizens of france i had already heard about this issue, of course. but we talked about it much less. there was a kind of silence, a veil of silence. when, as a candidate for the presidency,

i am mike emmanuel in for bret baier.n theed from before the new year president trump warned democrats about the agenda ahead blasting democrats over what he would not concede to in immigration. he granted an interview to the "new york times" and took a softer tone on the special counsel investigating russian collusion. our correspondent is at the winter white house in west palm beach and joins us with more. >> president trump thrown immigration issues to the congress. now he is telling democrats precisely what he wants. >> president trump will deal with democrats though he has conditions. he tweeted: >> i am here to announce that the program known as daca that was started under the obama administration is being rescinded. >> through executive action, president obama created daca to protect those brought to the country illegally as children. the trump administration is ending those protections. arguing it's congress's role to set immigration policy. >> i have a love for these people and hopefully congress can help them pr

you might have seen this inspiration before, think of emmanuel macron.on —— she would. on the other side of that, the two parties who haven't got leaders, one who is in prison, and the former leader carlos pigem want >> studio: jose —— from the former leader who is in axar in belgium at the moment. it might be down to this party to play the cards first and see if it will get the coalition because that is what it will come down to ultimately. this is not what the spanish prime minister would have wanted, the way the exit proles —— exit polls are suggesting. yes, at the moment rajoy‘s party i down seven seats. —— are down. you need to get 68 seats, not a single party is expected to do it, this is the interesting twist, after the twists and turns we have had since the referendum and the police violence and the legal declaration of independence, the self—imposed exile in belgium and the people in prison, we could have one party with 68 seats, but potentially they might have the power to make a power share. thanks forjoining us. there we go. all the details c

he says the line, quote, lead us not into temptation suggests emmanuel macron this thing just got isn. he wants to use the french translation do not let us fall into temptation which would shift the blame to mankind. your comments are pouring in on this one. brian on twitter says it is not the pope's prayer, why does he think he has the authority to make any corrections. joanne writing on facebook all the problems in the world and this pope wants to change the lord's prayer. isn't there something he can do to help mankind? robert disagrees saying great and more accurate in my mind, why would emmanuel macron lead us into temptation. let us know what you think. jillian: looking at my twitter feed, a photo of snow, very unusual for southeast texas, take a look at your screen, nearly three inches from san antonio to east texas. todd: the 12th man under snow. jillian: we are getting pictures early from people waking up. >> they don't see this type of weather a lot in this area. houston the last measurable snowfall was 2009 and so early in the season but twitter is going to be filled with

ukrainian soldier was killed and five wounded and we've also heard over the weekend angle america and emmanuel mccall calling for this immediate cease fire so far we haven't seen it david stern reporting from ukraine thank you next we're going to have to syria where the red cross there has begun evacuating twenty nine critically ill people from a besieged rebel held town in eastern guta evacuations near the syrian capital damascus were agreed as part of a prisoner swap deal between the syrian government and rebels government troops have besieged eastern ghouta for more than four years the u.n. has drawn up a list of at least five hundred people including children with cancer to be evacuated from the suburbs. all right while a joining us now from rome is francesco darko he is president of the international federation of the red cross a very good evening mr rocker this is a significant development set the scene for us how are the evacuations progressing . it's still ongoing i think a date is not a twenty four hours maybe for tomorrow. will be ended but we are very optimistic that this is the alr

time now for some of the other stories making news around the world french president emmanuel mccall has held talks with his palestinian counterpart mahmoud abbas the pair met at the end you say palace in paris to discuss the u.s. move to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel the meeting comes after the united nations voted to reject donald trump's decision. cuba has postponed the historic transfer of its presidency rolle castro confirmed that he will stay on until april two months longer than planned due to the damage caused by hurricane castro and his late older brother fidel have ruled the country for nearly sixty years. british foreign minister boyce johnson has confronted his russian counterpart over the annexation of ukraine and russia cyber hacking so gay lover of told him relations between the two countries were very low johnson's visit to russia is the first by a british foreign secretary in more than five years. russia's sports minister says the country will host an alternative competition following its banned from february's winter olympics in south korea that suspe

emmanuel macron's victory was a encouraging sign of strength.hile far right parties did make gains, they help swing the momentum back. >> i am a firm believer in europe, and during my election campaign, a lot of people told me, you are crazy. you are pro-european and you think you can win in france? it is feasible because people understand we need europe in this current environment because we have european values. ,ow the challenge to how europe with united states and china, that is not the case today. informing the main weakness in europe is the lack of projects and ambition. an approach trying to fix crisis at the very last minute without any perspective on projects. europe is the relevant scale. promote european emerging markets. it is critical we have french leaders, and european leaders, and europe has to be stronger. investment in economy, what does it mean? we have to fix tenuous objectives for europe. we have to decide some convergences and some investment decisions in order to reach the subject. -- myl have to change generation, there i

ukrainian soldier was killed and five wounded and we've also heard over the weekend angle america and emmanuel mccall calling for this immediate cease fire so far we haven't seen it david stern reporting from ukraine thank you all right let's tell you now about some of the other stories making news around the world russian opposition leader alexina vali says he's organizing a nationwide around on the twenty eighth of january to support his boycott of next year's presidential election all the country's election commission has barred the kremlin critic from the march vote citing a controversial embezzlement conviction he says was politically motivated. the red cross in syria says the evacuations have begun of critically ill patients from the rebel held on klav of essent hota forces loyal to the government of president bashar al assad are currently beseeching the enclave where almost four hundred thousand people live the un called on the government to allow the evacuations of five hundred patients who urgently need medical care south korea says the comfort women raul with japan is unresolved desp

and five wounded so obviously the fighting continues so much so that emmanuel mccall and angle americal issued a statement over the weekend calling for an immediate cease fire that still has not taken hold we're hoping that we will see a cease fire for the holiday season so obviously we have two separate things going on we have the fighting and the prisoner exchange it remains to be seen which one will actually be the indication of how things move forward and david does some prisoner exchange still i believe the last prisoner exchange was about fourteen months ago how exactly did this one come about the deal that made it possible. it's difficult to say we're really not privy to the discussions but it needs to be said that these discussions have been continuing pretty much under uninterrupted we have the discussions that go on in minsk each time there is talk about a possible prisoners exchange there is hope or there has been hope there would be an all for all prisoner exchange but that is still not that's still not has happened both sides still have prisoners in their position in their

watching very closely and also making statements not just secretary secretary of state tillerson but emmanuel mccall and angle americal made statements over the weekend what they're hoping for is a ceasefire for the holiday season which will hope which they hope will prove to be more lasting all right so world leaders are watching this very closely but david put this in context for us what it all mean for the peace process we will see exactly how what the moment the momentum is whether we'll see more exchanges in the coming weeks or perhaps a month there is there have been indications or some statements by the rebels and we'll see what exactly comes from this on the in the in the bigger picture whether there is going to be a larger agreement between russia and united states and ukraine right that's david stern reporting for us from kiev thank you as a look now at some of the other stories that are making news around the world russian opposition leader alexina bonus says he is organizing a nationwide rally on the twenty eighth of january to support his boycott of next year's presidential elect

on the steps of the madeleine church president emmanuel mccall paid tribute. to his first not altogether a career spanning almost sixty years is a thousand songs fifty albums as you are with us still with us with us forever usually. johnny holiday will be buried next week on the caribbean island of sam tell me. well it's europe's answer to the oscars the european film awards and this year's ceremony is underway here in berlin stars hit the red carpet earlier this evening for the thirtieth annual awards ceremony the best of all favorites and oscar hopefuls in the running for the top prizes and while you might end of heard of many of size nominees they could be the next big thing the winner of the best film prize often goes on to scoop the oscar for best foreign language film. culture correspondent got rocks for is here to tell me more about the european the awards cost that awards is now in its thirtieth year what's so special about it this time around yeah i mean you can feel boards are interesting because they're sort of the equivalent of the oscars they're g

conference the joint press conference one should say between angela merkel the german chancellor and emmanuelle mark on the french president they gave this press conference again together as a sign of european unity and were rather upbeat about a number of subjects really german chancellor and for sizing again that the progress that was made on the common defense union that twenty five year member states signed up to was a giant leap forward into the european future the french president praised the work that has been achieved on migration although there remains some dispute over the internal relocation mechanism but he said there was been good progress in strengthening x. channel borders and then also on the economic side here i am for sized that within the euro zone it's now time now that the sun is shining basically to quote the head of the european commission now that the sun is shining the economy's going strong it's time to build a stronger roof and to prepare the union for future possible shocks or a future economic crisis and we don't know what do what's been agreed on briggs if you're g