emmanuelle mccraw first state visit to china began in a city with symbolic meaning shia on the starting point of the ancient silk road that connected china and europe. beijing's been wanting to reconnect that trade route for years but the response has been lukewarm until now. mccrone said it was time for europe to get behind the trillion dollar project. i think that the new silk road initiative can bring our interests into alignment those of france and europe if we give ourselves the means to work together. the plan will see gleaming new road and rail links through central asia drastically cutting shipping times but it's raise concerns of chinese expansionism markets flooded with ever cheaper chinese imports. the french president said the new trade route had to benefit both sides. he says. these roads cannot be one way there must be comings and goings. and if these roads cannot be those of a new had germany that would transform the countries they cross into vassals. there's not much chance these chinese soldiers will be marching into europe but emanuel mccrone will still have to allay f

in a simple somber ceremony french president emmanuel mccraw and paris match goal laid a wreath at the former offices of the satirical magazine charlie at the door the attack on the publication was a watershed moment for france a moment felt not just by a few but by the whole society. three years ago the french born islamist extremists sayed and sharif coas she stormed the offices of shali abdo and shot twelve people dead two days later another extremist domed akasha supermarket killing four gunmen from both incidents were killed during shootouts with police. the magazine found itself in the crosshairs of radical islamists after it published images of the prophet mohammed in twenty twelve an act discouraged by many islamic traditions the twenty fifteen attack is presumed to have come in response to those cartoons this so shocked france just we shall leave became the rallying cry of the magazine supporters after the shooting triggered discussions of free speech and freedom of the press challis of dough was also the first in a string of terrorist attacks in front of the last three years

their visions for the bloc i'm going to medical visits paris for talks with french president emmanuel mccraw they're trying to hammer out a series of reforms to the eurozone some of president mackerels ideas are he wants to separate budgets and the single finance minister for the eurozone german chancellor those more hesitant time to agreement seems a long way off. let's see how they're getting on max out hoffman in paris so welcome max what do these two leaders want. well the most important piece of news that came out of the press conference held here by macular micro is probably that now it's official they want a second ellie's a treaty the first of these a treaty having reached fifty five years of age and being the foundation basically for many ways of cooperating between the two countries and therefore a symbol of peace and also friendship between the two countries and they want a new one that is adapted to the twenty first century so both macro and micro confirmed that but at the same time of course they also talked about the challenges of what we call the reform of the european union y

to do more about refugees and migrants who are trying to get into britain via kelly emmanuel mccraw who has met some of them in the port city says he would discuss the issue with the british prime minister to resign may stay all right you're up to date for now those are the latest headlines let's go now to face to face. at stern my heart for friends but they know we're joining nobel committee. for good or bad at all but the states are suffering not that this crisis we. are would also like to take this opportunity to. the congress the late michael burgess a third of a lot of. states president as governor to grow here at the crowded. nick. and that terrible row at them earned our country and. through the imposition of the system of. december one thousand nine hundred ninety three the packed house and also city home owners nelson mandela the hero of the anti-apartheid struggle and frederick the cliff the last white president of south africa i've years ago. there would have seriously question the sanity of anyone who would have predicted that mr mandela and i would be joined in the severe o

president donald trump who is due to speak on friday french president emmanuel mccraw is also several to speak out the swiss resort later on wednesday the european union has fined us chip making giant qualcomm one point two three billion dollars for exclusive deals with apple the e.u. found that the company would pay customers seeing tech giant apple billions to prevent them from doing business with rival companies it says the practice affectively quashed all competition and those were the headlines to read apple gator is here in thirty minutes with the al-jazeera news quote next on our jazeera it's the stream to stay with us. the benefit of saddam people so bad to see. documentaries that open your eyes at this time on al-jazeera. ok and you are in the stream where we are continuing our week of special shows from the sundance film festival to day how syrian refugee settling into the united states in just a few minutes would be crossing over to my co-host of allow me to get. my views is one of my favorite films of the week so far so i'm looking forward to this conversation because in p

of course angle americal stands a little bit to one side she's not looking for radical change emmanuelle mccraw he's younger he's more dynamic he's got a different image and maybe he thinks he can sort of you know steal a march or we'll see a simon young faqir. not a psycho because of the other stories making news around the world the first of three brazilian judges are considering considering the appeal of former president luis ignacio the silver known as luma has voted to uphold his conviction look at reality his supporters ahead of the decision which could see him barred from running for office again. so-called islamic state has claimed responsibility for a deadly attack in afghanistan don now stormed an office of the save the children aid agency in the afghan city of jalalabad two people were killed and twenty others injured when the militants baffled the security forces who had surrounded the building a british based charity has suspended its operation in afghanistan. turkish president's budget time says he will expand the country's military offensive in northern syria towards the town of

during protests two years ago and being an opposition leader the art of diplomacy a day before emmanuelle mccraw meets to resume a francis says it will lead to britain to buy you a tapestry and archaeologists in mexico discover what's believed to be the largest flooded cave in the world. hello thank you for joining us marching under one flag and playing together in a joint women's ice hockey team north and south korea have announced the historic partnership for this year's. winter olympics delegates from both countries announced of the situation after a third round of talks in the border village on. the north will also send the two hundred thirty member strong cheerleading team south korea's president has voiced his support for bringing the ice hockey players together saying it would move the hearts of people around the world it has angered south korean athletes and the public more than one hundred petitions have been launched opposing the move. the olympic meetings may have thought relations between the koreas but they've had an icy reception from japan foreign minister taro kono has warned bel

president donald trump who is due to speak on friday french president emmanuel mccraw is also sheffield to speak out the swiss resort later on wednesday the european union has fined us chip making giant qualcomm one point two three billion dollars for exclusive deals with apple the e.u. found that the company would pay customers seeing tech giant apple billions to prevent them from doing business with rival companies it says the practice affectively quashed all competition and those were the headlines to read apple gator is here in thirty minutes with the al-jazeera news quote next on our jazeera it's the stream to stay with us. the benefit of saddam people so bad they see. documentaries that open your eyes at this time on al-jazeera. ok and you are in the stream where we are continuing our week of special shows from the sundance film festival to day how syrian refugee settling into the united states in just a few minutes would be crossing over to my co-host of allow me to get. my views is what i.

the french president emmanuel mccraw has vowed to move europe's partnership with china into the twenty first century he met the chinese president xi jinping in beijing just a short while ago after beginning his first day in the ancient chinese capital of g.r. and president proposed a french chinese year of ecological transition in the fight against climate change . and it's up to europe in asia to france and china to define and come up with the rules of a game where we could all win or lose i have come here to tell china that i am determined to move the euro china partnership into the twenty first century so that it fits in this new framework that we need to define together europe will embrace this new strategy because it is now aware of its role and its place in this century it will get involved on all of the main topics yes my friends what i have also come here to say is that europe is back. victor gal is the director of china national association of international studies and he says relations between france and china are becoming even more important since the brics it right. traditi

neighbors president emmanuel mccraw comes to china with a clear message talk to me and you're talking to your. english and he's you know he's leaving you europe. germany's in a new very strange political position and france is very. macron president xi jinping have met just once before last year's g twenty summit and mccraw will be looking to china to reaffirm its commitment to the paris climate a cold to control global warming. it was signed just two years ago but damaged by the u.s. decision to pull out of it and it's very important for france to talk wiese china about government because america u.s. president trump and leave the conference this is macro's first state visit to china and we can expect the usual flurry of trade deals and possible agreements on future nuclear power projects in which both france and china have expertise but as permanent members of the u.n. security council they'll also likely be talks on the war in syria and on the north korean crisis in both china and france there's been alarmed at the kind of insults traded by the leaders of the u.s. and north korea a

now the french president emmanuel mccraw has warned turkey against invading our freend in northern syriaturkey has been attacking this kurdish region for more than ten days african is controlled by the y.p. jane which is a syrian kurdish group turkey considers a terrorist organization stephanie decker reports now from the turkey syria border . solidarity with the people of africa this protest is in the kurdish run area in northeast syria where people say they feel betrayed come on and then i go in for we condemn the turkish state we condemn russia because had it not been for russia giving the green light turkey would not have been able to attack a free russia and turkey your fate and will be at the hands of the heroes of the wipe e.g. just like the end of ice. in africa and funerals are held for fighters from the people's protection units. turkey considers the y.p. g a terrorist organization but fighters from the kurdish group across syria make up the backbone of the u.s. backed syrian democratic forces crucial and the most effective in the battle against ancyl and this is said to be vid

with refugees and migrants emanuel mccraw said he discussed the issue with the british prime minister terry's m a on thursday that about live reports from cali. emmanuel mccall began the day meeting refugees at a state shelter in northern france exactly. to the same region some regions of the hands of them later in the port of cali the french president met politicians charity workers and police people here are fed up that hundreds of refugees continue to come to canada to try and reach the u.k. mike ross said he will ask britain to do more to help when he meets prime minister to resign may on thursday. better manage the issue of unaccompanied minors reinforce police cooperation in cali and with countries of origin and transit on block funds to support important projects for the development of kalar simulating. police say that more than one hundred fifteen thousand attempts were made by refugees to reach the u.k. last year now that britain's voted to leave the european union many here say it's time to scrap the u.k.'s calley border britain's border here was agreed to under a two thousand and three franco british deal two k. accorded allows british poli

the french president emmanuel mccraw has begun an official three day visit. china where he's set to sign a series of business deals with chinese leaders micron's visit began in scheana the starting point of the ancient silk road in a not to beijing's efforts to revive the trading route. last night there was a fashion blackout at the golden globes to protest a culture of sexual harassment abuse of power and decades of looking the other way in hollywood your clothes can always make a statement tonight the world wonders can they really make a difference are burned off in berlin this is the day. this is out about that will work but the fact that we want to talk about sexual harassment and poverty. about time.