of france.but that's what called the miracle of dunkirk. they thought it was going to be much, much worse than it was. but they were lucky, they were lucky and some of the ways. >> your book bill focuses on june to october of 1940. >> yes. >> after the evacuation from dunkirk, what happened? does hitler attacked britain at that point? to the british fight back? what? >> the germans followed their plan, and maybe that was a mistake. at least one german general, and i think even hermann goering, said at the time of dunkirk, let's forget about paris for a little while. let's put as many troops as we can into england. fly them over there, seized the airfield. the shock might be so great that the british government will cave in or negotiate your instead what the germans did was, of course they stop at the ocean. then he turned south and they wanted to knock france out of the war, which is what they did. they entered paris on june 16, i think. the government in paris led to the south. they were practi

i did this woman says her grandfather came to france with a white army. and this child in the picture is her father it was taken in one thousand eight hundred his name was nikolai which you bring up that was like it's great to meet such people so far away from your homeland you. the day after the occupation of the cossacks head to the famous russian cemetery at . lowick and they're off their horses in the they're from a horseback procession yes i heard about them they are fine bunch they're here to celebrate the battle of. many famous russian immigrants are buried here they include literary nobel prize winner. and the celebrated ballet dancer rudolf nuria . to. this commemorates the cossacks and army officers who left russia after the nine hundred seventeen revolution. to. be. close to one million russians fled to france though many lived to ripe old ages their thoughts remained with their last homeland. there was still a depressing thought is that true russians are buried here at the russia that came after them was not their russia. or their russia is go

union had a special relationship of france despite being a member of nato the. today hundreds of thousands of cars that descendents still live in france and many frenchmen stayed on russia. the cossacks bid farewell to fontainebleau but they will return for another friendly invasion. the. we speak your language they will not be in. school music programs and documentaries in spanish matters to you breaking news a little tonnage of angles kiddies stories. for you here. then surely i'll teach spanish to find out more visit. you know how sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else and you hear or see some other part of it and realize everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm tom harkin welcome to the big picture. of her. playing at. the end. and. and anger. class i.

they knew cleveland and frances. a few minutes later frances comes out of the front door and over -- grover cleveland follows throughout the her out the front door and sheepishly ways. frances was all dolled up and ready to go. campaign literature in the 1880s and 90s even had cleveland's -- next to frances. they were using the first lady to promote his campaign in the 1890s so she became one of the great first ladies. another interesting standalone history involves one of the most wild and interesting presidents and that is andrew jackson. now, jackson's wife, her name was rachel donaldson and when rachel donaldson was a young teenager her father was a colonel, settled what we now know today is knoxville, settled hennessee and colonel donaldson took a group of white settlers and half the territory out in the woods and fought indians in that sort of stuff. in the settlement, rachel, his daughter sort of became a debbie taunt, the daughter of the most prominent man in the tennessee region. young rachel is a bit contro

very decently in france. it was. neither he nor his descendants. he had given up his intention to fight victory on the. grounds. and it. is too. and his ambitions to create a greater france he travelled into exile under russian escort. you have. this image on the memories of russia's cossacks returns to france just a hundred years later when many emigrated seeking refuge from the bolshevik revolution. this woman says her grandfather came to france with a white army there was a cause and this child in the picture is her father was taken in one thousand nine hundred his name was nikolai which you bring up that was like it's great to meet such people so far away from your homeland you. the day after the occupation of the cossacks head to the famous russian cemetery at . lowick and they're off their horses in the they're from a horseback perception yes i heard about them they're fine bunch they're here to celebrate the battle of. many famous russian immigrants are buried here they include literary nobel prize winner. and the celebrated ballet dancer ru

>> there are quite a few people who are leaving france.he last figures we had were in 2010. 710 people left france for tax reasons. within europe, which is meant to be united, you have big tax competition within countries. to attracting wealthy people in belgium. the same can apply to great britain which tries to attract the very rich people. at the same time, they're cutting the deficits and taxing. public spending in france's biggest, but it is one reason why household consumption is down and why we have a recession. you have to take all of that into account. depardieu is complaining about different tax system that has subsidized the french film industry which has made him wealthy and successful. >> a good point. jock, good point. -- jacques, good point. two nasa spacecraft will crash into the service of the moon. it is the planned end to the mission to look at the gravitational field. >> the moon as it has never been seen before. the images making up this video were taken by the space laboratories. the size of a small washing machine, t

this costs $40 from france.e is crisp, which is wine speak for not too sweet with ripe apple flavors and toasty nose. this pears nicely with rich, heavier appetizer, like soft mushrooms, crab cake, that sort of thing. it's important to pair it nicely. this costs $16 from new mexico. this is a sparkling wine because it's from new mexico. this has nice array of fruit flavors, things like citrus, apple, pear. it's balanced nicely with slightly yeasty notes. this goes nicely with maybe spicy asian food, sushi on new year's eve, or even fruit. and then this is another really good choice, a sparkling wine from california. it also has some ripe fruit flavors, and lighter, toasty notes. this pears nicely with the veggie platter, goes flies with that, or pasta, or guests if you go out to dinner, this would be a nice bottle. >> heather: what are the price ranges here? >> we have $40. this might be a nice hostess gift if you're going somewhere on new year's eve. this one is $16 and that's $18. >> kelly: i thought it was li

well in france, especially engineers.obably one of the two or three countries in the world with the best engineers. and so in terms of technology, france is still a country that is taken very seriously by the american executives. >> some of those american executives savor the french approach to work. katherine melchior ray left behind her job as a senior manager at nike in the u.s. and came here... >> bonjour, madame. >> bonjour, madame. >> to work in the french fashion industry. her job is just as high-powered, but now that she's in france... >> merci. >> merci. >> katherine no longer works weekends, and vacation has taken on a whole new meaning. >> i don't check in. i don't check my email, i don't call on the phone, and no one expects me to. >> so when you go on vacation here, you really go on vacation. >> you really go on vacation. >> even so, france is still one of the world's five largest economies. when the french work, their productivity per hour is among the highest in the world, even better than in the u.s. probl

mary frances berry, when did the u.s. civil rights commission began and why? >> guest: well, the civil rights commission started in 1957. president eisenhower had a lot of discussions with john foster dulles, secretary of state about the way the united states is seen around the world because of the racism going on, that people

mary frances berry, when did the u.s. civil rights commission began and why? >> guest: well, the civil rights commission started in 1957. president eisenhower had a lot of discussions with john foster dulles, secretary of state about the way the united states is seen around the world because of the racism going on, that people would hear about and read about and the fact that there seemed to be a lot of episodes that kept happening, whether as lynching or some discrimination taking place in the country. so the idea was eisenhower said he was going to ask congress to set up a civil rights commission, which would put the facts on top of the table. i'm told by one of the people who was at the meeting that he slammed the table and said there are the facts on top of the table. and commission says we know who do policy sometimes set up because there's a tough problem and people don't want to do anything about it. they get a report on it goes away. this commission was supposed to put the facts on top of the table and then its future would depend on what i found out,

ok to retreat thank you now there are more stories ahead including france rejects calls for help from the water central african republic polls closing in on the country's capital paris says it only cares about its own interests and not its former colonies leaving you live analysis. and so for me take a look back on the stories that shaped the past year today our journalists to recall julian assange his dramatic show almost exclusively on r.t. that's after the break. a mission free critic ation free in-store charge is free to make me free. three stooges free. download free broadcast quality video for your media projects a free video dog r.t. dot com. wealthy british style. sometimes lightly. if markets. can. find out what's really happening to the global economy with max cons or for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune in to kaiser report. oh shit oh shit oh shit oh shit oh shit. please. don't speak. to. her or her. and. her wish my. mom is so good. to see. her. just sneak. in and. out of my mind i made a little. sleep . more news today violence is once again f

>> thank you, frances. breaking news in san jose, where investigators continue sifting through the charred rue ins of an apartment. three people died after flames swept through third apartment last night. kira klapper has been on the scene all morning and joins us now with the latest. >> carolyn, it has been ten hours since crews first arrived on scene to this fire. they are still behind me. the initial call came in just after eleven last night. it will be still quite some time before their investigation yields any answers. an overnight two-alarm fire killed this unidentified man, woman and child and destroyed this apartment on bridge port court in san jose. >> people were trapped inside. our crews went into rescue mode, combating hire fire conditions. >> a person behind the complex called 911. down the hall this man saw the fire, evacuated his own family and called for help, worried that his neighbors were trapped. >> i hear leads cry. i'm scared because i don't know if somebody is inside or not. >> a quic

france. hungary germany who are these new minutes and radicals out of. what do they base their beliefs on. film takes you into the heart of europe's new extreme right. we begin in the center of europe in hungary. here the nationalist muslims but the estimated eight hundred thousand gypsies to live lived here for centuries. it's a minority that has often been attacked by radical movements we met one of these groups in the small town of. bergen says these ultra nationalists like to be called. this is the headquarters. of the spokesman none of the soldiers of the army of wants to show his face on camera. the movement has about one hundred members that common aim over the past few years has been to terrorize the gypsies throughout the country. ok. trying anything on all that and. more numerous that filtering through the filtering through. but that's right. you. know when there are so many of them arriving with respect and you get a. nominee of heavies old come by train. they spend two to three hours every day working out not everyone can become a brilliant m

france and britain reportedly want their ambassadors out of israel and that country's plans to colonize all palestinian lands and join eight. the u.n. says israeli settlement expansion could deal and almost fatal blow to peace all the details coming up. as border tension flares again between turkey and syria the conflict is expected to be addressed during that you know putin straight visit to istanbul. and the british jobs program that's just not working its real scheme actually makes it even less likely to keep people employed. news around the clock this is r.t. france and britain have summoned the israeli ambassadors in their countries to get answers over why more settlements have been authorized in disputed lands in east jerusalem and as both countries are now considering recording their own envoys the u.n. and the e.u. say the construction plans pose a threat to peace hopes more middle east correspondent. in the immediate run up to that you wouldn't vote we did see the rhetoric from the israeli government in terms of the threat of sanctions being turned down the what we're hearing n

the idea is to make a video to highlight their claim france is being islamicized. a propaganda film in other words. they're taking advantage of an open day at the mosque and a possible themselves off as more visitors just want to visit more and around as we like. to call citizen who maybe are you muslim yes so you convert to that with you don't want to put. people there where we are movement but your friends your religion. little bit earlier before shipments you just don't know how many faithful belong to this in here i don't know you'd need to. know how many people come home to go to give us to them with a few hundred roubles no it's three off thousand one hundred. thousand faithful it's friday is yes during the main holidays it could be ten or eleven thousand people including those outside of course. so it's going to talk about the proportion of. just talking about different before we get between thirty and fifty new converts every month every month so fifty french people. have a smiling young women greet the two militants there naive questions are an abuse of th

france england hungary germany. of these new minutes and radicals out of a operate what do they base their beliefs on. film takes you into the heart of europe's new extreme right. we begin in the center of europe in hungary. here the nationalists don't target muslims but the estimated eight hundred thousand gypsies to live lived here for centuries. it's a minority that was often been attacked by radical movements we met one of these groups in the small town of beulah. with. the army of brigham's as these ultra nationalists like to be called. community. this is their headquarters. apart from the sorts of the spokesman none of the soldiers of the army of brigands wants to show his face on camera. the movement has about one hundred members that common aim over the past few years has been to terrorize the gypsies throughout the country. throughout your grandma and my phone is going ok no problems with the gypsies they aren't trying anything on all that and are doing fine throughout on good. and i worries. well there are

government's failings in the war in thoroanistan. ...n w well-known face for c-span viewers mary frances berry professor at the university of pennsylvania also of the author of several books. we're at the university of pennsylvania to talk to her about and justice for all. the united states commission on civil rights in the continuing struggle for freedom in america quote. when did this all rights commission begin? >> 1957. president eisenhower had a lot of discussion with john foster dulles the secretary of state because of the races around the world people would hear about and read about and the fact there seemed to be episodes whether lynching or discrimination in the country. eisenhower said he would ask congress to set up a civil-rights commission to put the facts on the table and i am told by someone at the meeting he slammed the table and they will put the facts on the table. policy is sometimes said up because there is a tough problem is that the report then they go away but in the future would depend on what it found out and how aggressive it was in the public thought about it.

>> yes, well, it starts with a 29-year-old woman from france who was trying to go back to france and she was stopped at the u.s./canadian border and jailed and she was kept in jail for 12 days, and an immigration agent made the decision to detain her briefly and privately

france and britain reportedly want their ambassadors out of israel and that country's plans to colonize all palestinian lands and join eight. the u.n. says israeli settlement expansion could deal and almost fatal blow to peace all the details coming up. as border tension flares again between turkey and syria the conflict is expected to be addressed during that you know putin straight visit to istanbul. and the british jobs program that's just not working its real scheme actually makes it even less likely to keep people employed. news around the clock this is r.t. france and britain have summoned the israeli ambassadors in their countries to get answers over why more settlements have been authorized in disputed lands in east

investment from france is welcome in algeria. french carmaker renault's as it is drawing up plans to build a new plant in the country -- french car maker reynaud says -- french car maker renault says it is drawing up plans to build a new plant in the country. >> israel's plans to build new homes for jewish settlers in occupied territories have been condemned by the international community. the ute's foreign policy chief strongly opposed what she called the unprecedented expansion of settlements. >> these latest plans were also condemned by members of the security council, with the exception of the united states. israel has made several announcements accelerating its settlement program following the united nations upgrading of palestinian status. a new rights report on serious as the fighting is increasingly putting sunni rebels against the tribe of president assad and his christian allies. >> the report also underscored the threat the growing number of foreign fighters pose in escalating violence. memo more weapons to fight assad

let me quote moscow time international condemnation of israel grows with france and britain summoning it sam bacile is to protest plans to colonize more palestinian lands and withdraw a. the un says israeli settlement expansion could deal and almost fatal blow all the details coming out of. russia and turkey paid lucrative business deals as president putin says the two countries are also looking at new ways to try to solve the syrian conflict while warning against a military pilled upon the. spain's banking bailout eurozone finance ministers reconvene in brussels as madrid makes an official request for the e.u. to rescue its weak banks. in this is r t first from some britain of some of the israeli ambassadors in their countries to try to get more answers over why more settlements have been authorized in disputed lands near east jerusalem the u.n. and the you've also said that israel's construction plans pose a threat to future peace negotiations more from a middle east correspondent paula sleep in. that's happening in an area known as anyone man what it effectively means is that the v

britain and france summoned israeli ambassadors amid speculation both countries could recall their envoys from israel and the plans for new settler homes. the u.n. says israeli settlement expansion could deal and almost. all the details coming out . despite differences russia and turkey look at working together to solve the syrian conflict president putin visits istanbul as tensions flare on the turkey syria border. today with. the usual young unemployed in the u.k. despair of ever finding a job with a government billion pound flagship scheme seemingly making matters worse. broadcasting live from moscow twenty four hours a day you're watching r.t. the u.k. and france have summoned israel's ambassador to israel plans to build three thousand more secular homes on disputed land in east jerusalem and in the west bank in an unprecedented move the two nations are also reportedly considering recalling their envoys from tel aviv. reports. in the immediate run up to that you wouldn't vote we did see the rhetoric from the israeli government in terms of the threat of sanctions being turned down the

be obama's a largely muslim suburb of france's second largest city. militants wearing paper mosques and shouting slogans for the cameras. but. first second third generation we all love. seeing the video made quite a stir and at the time in the videos for stories about how our hamburger control was. on daily motion it had four hundred ninety five thousand hits on you tube two hundred thousand to three hundred thousand or so i guess you could say was like one million hits altogether and it was even on the t.v. news the whole thing just cost us two hundred euros so it's got to be the best advertising campaign in history i think for a real. proud of his media coup de mint has become an expert in political communication with very little he creates a lot of buzz videos pamphlets even graphics like this get people together. to create something a bit funny because. we did it well but humor helps get complicated or tough messages across sometimes made the message clear and we nationalists were the first to use this kind of strategy. with a picture of. breaking

international condemnation of israel grows with france and britain summoning its ambassadors to protest plans to colonize more palestinian lands and withdraw aid. the un says israel's settlement expansion could deal and almost fatal blow to peace all the details coming out. as border tension flares again between turkey and syria the conference expected to be addressed during the putin's trade visit to istanbul . on the british jobs program that's just not working its repeal the scheme actually makes it even less likely to keep people employed. world news and comment twenty four hours a day this is r.t. france and britain have a summoned to the israeli ambassadors in their countries to get answers for why it most settlements have been authorized in disputed lands near east jerusalem u.n. and the e.u. have also said that israel's construction plans pose a threat to future peace negotiations more from a middle east correspondent want to sleep now. it's happening in an area known as one man what it effectively means is that the waste that will be cutoff in streets of them this announcement

and france reportedly consider recalling their ambassadors. to the un say israeli settlement expansion could deal and almost fatal blow all the details coming up. despite differences russia and turkey look at working together to solve the syrian conflict president putin visits istanbul as tensions there on the turkey syria border. state. politics the usual. young unemployed in the u.k. despair at ever finding a job in the government billion pound flagship scheme seem to be making matters worse. you're watching r t broadcasting live from moscow now in an unprecedented move the u.k. and france are reportedly considering recalling their ambassadors from israel the un is issuing grave warnings that's after israel approved three thousand more settler homes on disputed land in east jerusalem sparked by the palestinians un upgrade. reports from tel aviv. in the media the run up to that you wouldn't vote we did see the rhetoric from the israeli government in terms of the threat of sanctions being turned down the what we're hearing now is that for the

the idea is to make a video to highlight their claim france is being islamicized. a propaganda film in other words. they're taking advantage of an open day at the mosque and a possible themselves off as more than visiting those who just want to visit more and around as we like is that all right. echo the reason why you are you muslim yes so you convert to that. kind of thing now actually those people there come because of where we are movement but your friendship is made up it's going. to deliver for your comments today just to know how many faithful belong to his most in here i don't know you'd need to ask. her how many people in the most homes are going to give us to them with a few hundred roubles oh it's three off thousand one hundred thousand so they're about three off thousand faithful it's from friday is yes and it will be entering the main holidays it could be ten or eleven thousand people including those outside of course. what about the proportion of converts like we were just talking about different before we get between thirty and fifty new converts eve

and france reportedly consider recalling their ambassadors. the un says israeli settlement expansion could deal and almost fatal blow to peace all the details coming up. russia and turkey look to safeguard their burgeoning trade ties from political fallout from the syrian conflict as president putin visits the stamboul plus. study group program is the usual young man employed in the u.k. despair of ever finding a job with a government billion pound flagship state seeming to make matters worse. are you watching r.t. live from moscow and i'm president of move the u.k. and france are reportedly considering recalling their ambassadors from israel while the un is issuing grave warning that is after israel approved three thousand more settler homes on disputed land near east jerusalem it was sparked by the palestinians un upgrade we can now talk to artie's paula sleep in the paula thanks for joining us once israel prepared for such a tough reaction do you think from europe and the u.n. . well it was certainly prepared for some kind of reaction which

and let me say that france has a lot of advantages. nice infrastructure, good infrastructure, demography, people with skills, a good level of education. we can take advantage of that, even compared with our peers so let's do everything we can to -- the benefit of these positive advantages and not be -- not present people to invest in france because they might be afraid of a lack of visibility on the taxpayers or too high taxes. >> but do you think it's sending the right signal to investors when it's threatening to nationalize a factory? >> no, certainly not. these are not the right ones and clearly what an investor needs is, again, confident. immediately going forward, illustrate will not suffer from taxes or a potential threat. the message should be positive for investors, not just french one, but also we have a strategy to reduce stability. >> but do you understand some people could be forced to leave the country because of increasing back pressure? >> there is a lot of debate around that. my view is that is not the right thing to th

now other news now cash from qatar has been flowing into france for some time and latest being a huge tie up to pump vital funds into struggling small business the gulf states generosity is now being met with increasing high level suspicion. expense. france is already no stranger to qatari dollars fans of parisian football club man cannot believe their luck ever since middle east and shakes invested into the team they've bought world class players and hired a top coach now this small business owner hopes he can also have a slice of the pie and huge economic crisis financing from government are. too big to be obtained talking about cuts or we are talking about business we don't have any finance so we have a financing a financial. to work with. and that may soon happen nicolas sarkozy's administration cemented ties with doha placing a military base in the gulf state and signing an investment deal now guitarist invest fifty million euros into the french economy primarily to help small businesses and rebuild parisian slums mostly inhabited by immigrants from arabic and african state. who

it's midnight here in moscow tonight france and britain some of israel's ambassadors as international condemnation grows of progress in that goes announcement to colonise for palestinians to withdraw a. u.n. safety plane testament that could deal and the most painful go. on it entails coming up. also brushing turkey had lucrative business deals as president putin says the two countries are also looking at new ways to try to solve the syrian conflict while warning against a military buildup on the turkish border. spain's banking bailout eurozone finance ministers reconvene in brussels as madrid makes an official request for the e.u. to rescue its weak banks. kevin i would hear the team you sent to the smalling our top story france and britain have summoned the israeli ambassadors in their countries to get over why more settlements have been authorized in disputed lands near east jerusalem the u.n. and the have also said that israel's construction plans pose a threat to future peace negotiations more from our middle east correspondent paula slayer. it's happening in an area known as any

twenty thirteen and not thinking that it's going to be much better in fact at least two countries france and britain are looking tools you know recession. steyn and ireland do not know yet whether they're going to be able to sort of turn back the current crisis so i should say that europe is not feeling so well right now john another thing that isn't feeling very well do you think that two thousand and five was another bush foreign policy year. you know that's true in some respects but that sometimes can be overstated i mean. a good example is for example what's happening right as we speak which is this this controversy over chuck hagel the presumptive nominee for obama secretary of defense i mean this is a guy who's been who was a vocal opponent of the iraq war he criticizes sanctions and isolation when it comes to iran he's weary of foreign entanglements he has opposed the obama administration's eva asia pivot were the military surge of throughout asia to contain china all of these things and he's he's been hit with a lot of criticism but it's interesting to know that a guy like that c

at the moment. >> more than 3 million people of algerian origin live in france. many have dual citizenship. they make regular trips across the mediterranean, their cars piled high with goods bought in french shops. about halfway between paris and algiers, this gives a sense of how close the countries are, but the relationship between them is complicated. the french occupied algeria 132 years. for them, it was more than a colony. they considered algeria to be part of france. the war for independence was long and bloody. more than 1 million people were killed, both algerians and french. this person was born in algeria. so was his father, grandfather, and his great-grandfather. he and his family fled as refugees in 1962. he says the french built by jerry it into a great country and have nothing to apologize for -- he says french built algeria into a great country and have nothing to apologize for. >> in algeria, we see the past is dead. >> the question of historical guilt is deeply controversial. opinions are divided, even within families. the older generation of im

it was for france. like industrial things. no, only coutoure because it was aristocracy, the spirit of france. until the end of the 1980's. the designers of the 1980's. anyway, i was seeing that coutoure, made me dream. i realize that there were people that were not from coutoure but as good as coutoure. when i saw when i thought, i love it. it is nice in different. very creative. fabulous, ginzo. but i love coutoure. the way i was looking at magazines. i what -- i must say that my teacher was a journalist, explaining the clothing. now we call them stylists, which in reality was an editor, especially one which is a dead now. it was very inspiring. one from the magazine "elle." f fabulous, fabulous editor. she was mixing the close. she was doing something else than the panoply. matching, like in coutoure. she was taking an overall and putting with high heels and glamorous jewelry. i loved it. it shows me that you are not obliged. you do not have to wear the matching thing. coutoure, i saw similar things and making the dream, yo

with any hope in france. actually yes the thing about the trolls is even though we complain about our government we complain about the economy it's it's i mean it's a big country it's a solid country it's got strength it has got international companies that export yes it's got an agricultural agriculture sector which if you look at sort of general figures total figures is the second in the world and if you look at the figures per capita is the first in the world we'll keep exporting. fifteen thousand dollars bottles of wine will keep exporting we and you ignored supermarket luxury handbags and planes and so it takes a great deal to bring down this country and i think the french themselves are a bit aware of that and i would like to quote something that i think was really a very interesting way of sort of fighting back against the recession there is the opening of the new louvre museum at loss and no says a northern town and i would forgive you all if you've never heard the name of it before it's about fifty m