i knew the truth is the censorship reigns in france and we are hunted down in all circumstances because we express an opinion that is different from the one way track of thinking developed by the european union and also by the socialist party and the right wing parties in france have been hunted down first saying i think it's not normal that prayers should be allowed to take place right in the middle of the street blocking traffic it was a territorial occupation that is unacceptable it's the law and yet i'm being hunted down for having said this it's not a big deal it's a source of pride for me to be hunted down by the system. more than. feel less secure because of that nor some reason but most no i don't feel any less safe but still it shows that although france bends a lot of time preaching freedom to the entire world it should probably deal with its own issues for both. we said to sit mean that your attempt to fight that you system from within as you said you were doing has failed. no i don't think so i think next year's european elections are going to be a huge up people because pat

this is new home for you and you that's the truth is the censorship reigns in france and we are hunted down in all circumstances because we express an opinion that is different from the one way track of thinking developed by the european union and also by the socialist party and the right wing parties in france i've been hunted down for saying i think it's not normal that prayers should be allowed to take place right in the middle of the street blocking traffic it was a territorial occupation that is unacceptable it's the law and yet i'm being hunted down for having said this it's not a big deal it's a source of pride for me to be hunted down by the system. more than. do you feel less secure because of that nor some reason but most no i don't feel any less safe but still it shows that although france bends a lot of time preaching freedom to the entire world it should probably deal with its own issues first but. we said to sit mean that your attempt to fight the system from within as you said you were doing has failed. no i don't think so i think next year's european elections are going

is heading in the wrong direction but only thirty four will vote for france's exit from the e.u. what do you read in the speakers who listen to them. well first you need to understand that there is no debate in france defending the european union and the euro the single currency that was imposed on us almost feels like the bending of religion it means there is no this change of arguments and to be against the euro is a sort of blasphemy i'm asking for a referendum because surveys are great but i remember when we were out on the european constitution and the surveys the vast majority of the french people were for this constitution actually thirty five percent voted against it so we need to organize the debate we need a referendum and to ask the french what they think about throwing open the borders with shotguns about this currency that destroyed our economy about european directives taken presidents over our own constitution which is a manifestation of the sovereign people these are real questions that have not yet been asking friends and i'm convinced that if they have been aske

you have been at the tour de france fan park in london. what was the mood like there when it was announced he had one? >> absolutely delighted, as i am sure you can imagine. even though it only really become between. it was not just a thing. we have seen several years now for the olympics, so those successes and investment in the sport have really made cycling what the british people expect to do well. >> there have been some claims in the french press that perhaps there has been some doping in his team. what did the british make of all of that? >> what i ask people about this, i expected them to react angrily. they are welcoming the extra scrutiny and feeling that years and years of scandals have really badly damaged cycling's image. they are happy to restore the image and prove that their hero is this superhuman rather than supported by drugs or anything like that. in any case, there is no raining on his parade right now. we have big wins in tennis and rugby over the lrse,cohe tour s. >> thank you very much indeed. catherine nicholson re

france is facing a similar problem.ome 13 suspected islamists have been released from prisons there. france would like to deport them, but no country wants to have them. that is why for now, they have been ordered to wait in verbal villages. >> and this little town in the middle of the winegrowing region, everything seems totally ordinary. but this man is proof that it is not. he is under house arrest and is not allowed to leave the town. >> i have to report to the police at 9:15 in the morning, noon, 3:00 in the afternoon, and 6:15 in the evening. i must have walked a total of 4000 kilometers through the town in the past few years. >> the walks to the police station are now part of his routine. he was convicted of planning an attack on the russian embassy in paris and spent almost a decade in prison. after he served his sentence, france wanted to deport the father of three to algeria, but the european court of human rights would not allow that to happen. he faces the death penalty in algeria, so he remains in france wi

arrived in france.ow general pershing was very reluctant to commit untrained american troops to the fight and this was to the consternation of the british and french allies who wanted fresh manpower in the ranks right away. they wanted to use the americans as they would use their own colonial troops which was essentially as replacement troops often given the most dangerous duty of distracting the enemy to protect british and french troops. general pershing wanted none of this so eugene lee spent his first year in france entirely in training. but then in the spring of 1918 the germans launched a tremendously successful offensive that was the most successful offensive that anyone had launched in four years and i got to within 40 miles from paris. the allies were in a panic. the french made plans to evacuate the capitol and move the state government to bordeaux secretly french and british commanders were telling each other that they thought perhaps the war was lost and at this point the french reached out

and now with this recent comments from france's interior minister france makes it clear the former america's national security agency contract would not get an asylum from france even if he applies for that because at the snowden has not done that yet and that's an interesting detail because that means that this is france's own initiative to make it clear and to emphasize that ad was snowden is not a desirable person here in france so why we see this change people here on the ground both ordinary french and political analysts are saying that this could be explained as an act of populism from france all around because his ratings are among the loyalists in the history of his presidency and of course he could think to gain some points by saying what exactly the french electorate wanted to hear from the leader of the country they want to be strong independent and they don't want to be humiliated or violated and. actually been hearing that kind of opinions before even that france will not go beyond words. and would not dare to spoil relations with america and actually what we see now only proves

in france, very tense racial situation. people of color and france do not feel like they have a lot of opportunities. at the same time you have this feeling in france that you have had throughout the 20th-century. even a little before. at the times of darkest racism in the united states, many black artists and cultural figures felt very much at home in paris. that was the city there were drawn to. he was a mess in terms of that. i am looking forward to my book being published in three months in france and i will be fascinated by the reaction. tavis: you will be fascinated and so well like to see what the response will be. cikubad you mentioned olin powell. it is further fascinating to realize or to know that after all these years there still has not been a rebuilding, a reestablishing of a statue in honor of dumas. the story that was once hidden is now out. the story is "the black count: glory, revolution, betrayal, and the real count of monte cristo." he is the winner of the pulitzer prize for this text. good to have you o

now france's envoy to the u.n. just spoke to the media and said that the vast majority of you would member states already recognize mr jarba as the official representative of the syrian people legally i don't know how that can happen within the un there can't be official recognition of someone that is not a head of state or without it being processed within the united nations also with some experts are questioning is the overall legitimacy of the syrian national coalition critics say the group has no power and lots of work and recognition inside of syria remember the syrian national coalition was founded in doha and is based in its temple some see the group as outsiders lobbying for more arms to import into syria's already bloody civil war and during the bilateral meeting with secretary kerry he conveyed washington's commitment to help strengthen the syrian opposition so there's a lot of mixed messages taking place here on one hand the u.s. says there is no military solution only a political one on the other hand t

eighteen months in france and the first division to go to france. the division was the 26 division made up of the national guard of the 691 states. four infantry regiments and a division and artillery batteries with which i am not acquainted. the 101st infantry regiment was made up of the massachusetts national guard. the 102nd was made up of connecticut national guard, that is where i was. 102nd infantry. the 103rd infantry regiment was from a and the 104th from new hampshire and vermont and artillery mostly from brown to. i just like to remind you that this what this man is 106 years old. and we were in connecticut a symbol that new haven. of all the different national guard companies of connecticut assemble in new haven in 1917 july, and from there we went it was sorely in the war there were no transports. you went to my company and then on and how many, by train. we join several other companies that are ready to go ross and nine day trip, and then across the channel to france and then across france to a certain area. the regimen trained for four

it has been an action-packed saturday, especially here in france.t's go to the sports desk to start with what has been a row day for this country on center court in littleton. >> great day for marion bartoli. it was a pretty emotional match for both players, really an amazing victory. we never thought she would win wimbledon coming into this one, but she did gather momentum as the tournament went on. she's the third female player in the open area -- era to win wimbledon, so it is a pretty short list that she joins there. as you can imagine, she is elated. she actually played back in 2007 but lost to venus williams, never been back to a grand slam final since then. it was the first time for lisicki as well, but she had beaten serena williams on the way. she was almost in tears in the match. she early had let let the occasion get to her, she said. she has been excellent at wimbledon, her 47th major, finally claiming her first title. it was a very special day for her. she will be going to place number seven in world rankings come monday, and she has be

france is facing a similar problem.ome 13 suspected islamists have been released from prisons there. france would like to deport them, but no country wants to have them. that is why for now, they have been ordered to wait in verbal villages. >> and this little town in the middle of the winegrowing region, everything seems totally ordinary. but this man is proof that it is not. he is under house arrest and is not allowed to leave the town. >> i have to report to the police at 9:15 in the morning, noon, 3:00 in the afternoon, and 6:15 in the evening. i must have walked a total of 4000 kilometers through the town in the past few years. >> the walks to the police station are now part of his routine. he was convicted of planning an attack on the russian embassy in paris and spent almost a decade in prison. after he served his sentence, france wanted to deport the father of three to algeria, but the european court of human rights would not allow that to happen. he faces the death penalty in algeria, so he remains in france wi

france's president francois hollande he's demanding an immediate explanation from the u.s. over reports of spying took place on e.u. diplomats and is threatening to pull out of the billion dollar worth trade deal between the u.s. and the e.u. now reporting the german newsweekly kicked it all off just a few gold revealed that the n.s.a. bogs the offices of diplomats of allied countries however when the allegations first came out chancellor angela merkel said quote if allegations were true it would be an unacceptable cold war style behavior but despite their clear view on spying a state spokesman for germany has come out and expressed a desire to get started with the trade negotiations france is not willing to step down on this matter but right well the interests of thing is that france is appearing to take a tough stance on international spying but there's a bit of a contradiction going on right now because france was accused along with a number of other european countries by the believe in authorities of forbidding oblivion bound jet to travel through their airspace because

. >> three levels of penalties in france.ajor crimes -- >> crimes, misdemeanors and what are what? common, i don't know, summons. >> yes, thank you. >> the law says that when you wear that full-face veil it is the lowest incrimination possible. i'm sorry for the comparison but it's the same amount of parking tickets, huh? what is very -- the main goal of the law was to work on the people forcing the women even to wear the full-face veil because this in the law is an article saying well, this is not a crime but this is a middle class crime. >> emmanuel abu on facebook saying 2,000 out of five million muslims? why a law for such a small number? in is overuse of bureaucracy and the french are playing up to steer times. >> it's not -- stereotypes. >> it is a law against people who mask, hide their faces and only muslim women are arrested so it's a problem. it's compulsory that people feel it's an anti-muslim law while it's not supposed to be. >> i think that -- you're talking about people that force the women to wear this kind of

. >> france wants to follow germany's lead and go green. more on that after a short break . >> also some business news as well, so please stay with us. we will be back right after that short break. >> welcome back. paris has been hosting the first german-french energy conference. >> france says it wants to cut its dependency on nuclear energy, currently pegged at 75% of the country's power supply. >> experts and officials have been gathering to discuss working together on renewable energy. the german prime minister said that to reduce costs and increase energy security across europe. >> it was the last appearance for france's environment minister. later she was fired for criticizing the french president's budget. >> earlier, we spoke with the cheap energy analyst at the german institute for economic research. i asked her how realistic the french plans are to reduce use of nuclear power from 75% to 50% by 2020. >> i think it is realistic. we have to see that the nuclear power plant in france are already quite old and need to be replaced, and

right now france is not willing to step down on this matter well it would appear that france is taking a tough stance on international spying but there's a bit of a contradiction going on right now because france was accused along with a number of other european countries by the bolivian authorities of forbidding a bolivian bound jet to travel through their airspace because they suspected edward snowden was on board along with the bolivian president the plane was held up for more than fourteen hours as a result no this has been formally denied by the french authorities we must say but if it is proven that it would mean that fawns is putting on a tough economic from the spine against spine but when it comes to pure politics is quite another matter so going forward then this isn't the first time that france have done this actually the second time that france the store the negotiations after initial worries that their culture industry would suffer as a result of the trade deal a managed to get their visual sector excluded from the deal so this on got his way on that one but considering th

so officials from france and spain tell a very different story though they claim the flight carrying the believin president was never denied access to that as space they say they never denied routing to the presidential plane their original flight path would have taken the jet through all strips than a chile throngs yes it's coming easily if france spain portugal and then on to canary islands for a few but there is a part that the plane actually took and you can see it flying very close to the italian border and then abruptly turning back to vienna there we go so commentators say the only reasons it would change course at this point with the because of a mechanical problem being denied airspace or a need for a fueling and aviation expert cruciate things the situation around the forced landing of the believe in a president's plane has some aspects. you know it's been quite a bizarre morning really with this plane traveling out form moscow and seeming to do that dogleg over all stress going back to the. theory to refuel but also going to suggest to them that any further a space has bee

france helped us. but now it's up to us to do the rest. >> pressured by france to hold elections in july, it was a scramble for mali but hopefully one that won't leave a bittersweet test. >>> backers of egypt's ousted president morsi responded with defend yans. -- defiance. more violence broke out on sunday. morsi supporters were protesting the people killed in a brutal standoff with the security forces. >> tonight, morsi supporters are still in the streets protesting and we had another warning from a national defense council this evening that will take firm, decisive action, it said, if the protesters overstep their rights. earlier the interior minister had suggested the forces would soon move in and break up the two opposing camps. he also announced he is reviving hosni mubarak's hated secret police, shut down after mubarak was toppled. and that's caused outrage here and another sign that authorities are not going to tolerate the protests that have led to so much bloodshed. the military was granted t

. >> france wants to follow germany's lead and go green. more on that after a short break . >> also some business news as well, so please stay with us. we will be back right after that short break. >> welcome back. paris has been hosting the first german-french energy conference. >> france says it wants to cut its dependency on nuclear energy, currently pegged at 75% of the country's power supply. >> experts and officials have been gathering to discuss working together on renewable energy. the german prime minister said that to reduce costs and increase energy security across europe. >> it was the last appearance for france's environment minister. later she was fired for criticizing the french president's budget. >> earlier, we spoke with the cheap energy analyst at the german institute for economic research. i asked her how realistic the french plans are to reduce use of nuclear power from 75% to 50% by 2020. >> i think it is realistic. we have to see that the nuclear power plant in france are already quite old and need to be replaced, and

is forced landing of this special flight in vienna the following should be noted the activities of france spain and portugal could hardly be regarded as friendly towards we live here as well as russia from where president mirrors was traveling after his visit to moscow moreover the refusal to grant the right to fly the aircraft could have endangered the safety of the passengers including the head of a sovereign state or europe received the lion's share of criticism for their actions in regards to the bolivian president with some latin american officials saying that despite europe is criticizing what edward snowden has actually revealed still that acted as a colony of washington but of course the united states have also been criticized on this matter because of reports that they may have had a hand in this particular incident in fact the united states never made secret that they contacted countries in europe about snowden possibly traveling through their territory and that she should be handed over to the united states authorities for charges and later trial so this story is definitely far

received any request for asylum and that means that it hasn't been france's reaction of france's respond to a request but france's own desire initiative to make it clear before maybe edward snowden applies for asylum and to emphasize its position in a strong position and it's surprising position. because right now because what especially after what we've heard from french leader as for the trade agreement we know that just the european countries including france have agreed to continue talks over this project with america which means that. francois coleman's over america's fallen activity has been nothing but an act of diplomacy and also an act of populism like ordinary people we have been able to speak to here in the capital paris and political experts are thinking because this is exactly what french alex right and not very people expected and wanted to hear from the leader of their country they want to be strong and independent and they don't want to be violated or humiliated but i'm afraid that the opinion we've been hearing here that these are not just but just words and france will

thank you so much for this now we should point out here there's france's envoy to the u.n. i just spoke to the media and said that the vast majority of you and member states already recognize mr jardine as the sole representative of the syrian people legally i don't know how that can happen within the un there can't be official recognition of someone that is not a head of state or without it being processed within the united nations also what some experts are questioning is the overall legitimacy of the syrian national coalition critics say the group has no power. and recognition inside of syria or another let's get more from chris another team he's an analyst for democratic strategists magazine chris it looks like that this meeting has ended with mixed feelings but will it have any effect on what is happening in syria well i think that remains to be seen but i will say the most the primary thing to remember about the united states is you could bet your last dollar that there will never be united states troops getting involved in this conflict and then if you go in concentr

this film producer from france moved to london for career reasons he sings even before the crisis france did little enough to provide beyond issues with proper employment only the now after the economic meltdown those opportunities have shrunk to zero. is the whole system of the country moping and it's all stuck in these very if you're disabled you need to have this position and you need to study from this university so they're not really open to ambitious people. these two french students have just began their studies their plans to leave france on the first train to big radiation. that is a necessary sacrifice we can't realize their dreams here and there in your particular. friend adds it's a political message to the government that something's going wrong. when all of there is no direction we're going down the state has no precise line if they're part of something disgusting if we're not going anywhere president on land pledges to bring unemployment down by the end of these here skeptics say that is only feasible if most of job seekers say or who are to france. r.t. from paris. econom

unemployment in france reaches a record highs sparking a scramble by the governing socialist policy to contain a crisis that's forcing many of the country's young people to rely on home doubts from older generations. people's wages that going doll the mount of olives people working is going up. they're doing jobs that they increasingly hate just for a small box apartment of extortion out run and pretty soon people are going to be stuck and trapped in a cycle of oppression and a new leader is going to come it's a pall he's going to flip the switch and it's going to be talking tyranny. you know 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 that everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm sorry welcome to the big picture. this is the cummings who line for most of the welcome block they cia could already be preparing for a campaign to arm syrian rebels as a so ready to start at the sneaking weapons into neighboring jordan that's according to an enormous u.s. diplomats th

24> -- stay with us on "france 24."ore news in 15 minutes. >> he's chosen his longtime pal as the star of his latest film. it is expected to be one of the hottest films of 2014. we have a peek behind the scenes on set. >> johnny halliday between scenes. >> claude has a few treats in store for the rockstar. >> you are the happiest man in the world. so you are like this. >> hidden away in the alps with a team full of history costars like a french singer and after eddy mitchell, a man he says who has been like a brother to him. he's written the story and the character especially for johnny. that of a retired war photographers struggling with a tense relationship with his children. the title or "beloved bastard." >> this is the story of a guy who had four children with four different women but who has never taken care of them because he did not have time because he was always off chasing wars. it is something that really caught my attention because as a singer when i had my first children i was always on the road. i did not

thousand people every day france is among the most visited nations on earth but for its own citizens its charms that fading. this film producer from france moved to london for career reasons at home he says he didn't have a future he sings even before the crisis france did little enough to provide the yarn and dishes with proper employment now after the economic meltdown those opportunities have shrunk to zero. is the whole system of the country moping and it's all stuck in these very if you're disabled you need to have this position and you need to study from this university so they're not really open to ambitious people oregon says he's unlikely to ever come back and it seems he'll soon be joined by many others these two french students have just begun their studies their plans to leave france on the first train after their graduation. that is a necessary sacrifice we can't realise her dreams here but there are nor particular . friend adds it's a political message to the government that something's going wrong. when all of there is no direction we're going down the state has no pre

clued in france have first agreed that the talks over the free trade zone should go on then later france has not allowed believers' presidents judge to enter its aspirates because an undesirable person adverse norden could also be on board of the same plane and that allegedly following america's request to do so so why we see this change in the position of france people here on the ground are saying that that's been an act of populism for from french president francois hollande his ratings are among the loyalists in the history of his presidency and of course he could plan to gain some points by saying exactly what his people what his electorate wanted him to say that only proves that france has not been able to go beyond words and it's a position is of america's behavior and will not actually openly spoil its relations with washington and actually instead of gaining some popularity here on the ground a french president has in the opposite end the public people say they are shamed with this ypocras see from their leader. commenting on europe's role in the scandal robert oulds the chair o

the decision will have an impact on france's teacher. conciliatory words in the face of record unemployment and an ailing economy. the country is in recession again and just lost the last of its major aaa ratings. consumer confidence is also at a record low and the government has announced this year's public at this it could go over target. amid these persistent economic woes, he is putting on a brave face and says his government will contain public spending, including cuts to the defense budget. maybe next year, there will be fewer jet taking part in the bastille day flyover. >> but change gears to sports and the tour de france and hope for a french win on bastille day chris frahm who defended his yellow jersey and won the top 15 states that took him to the top. there are -- it's a 242 kilometer stretch and one of the races most grueling challenges. the massiveued .ssent it all came down to the last monday kilometers in the final climb of the day. then, seven kilometers from the finish line, he made his move, passing a two-time tour win

our first stop, our first stop on this trip, france, which recently legalize gay marriage, a move that i can only assume was met with the traditional nationwide tballic shrug. >> violence erupted across paris as demonstrators swarmed to the street over france's law allowing gay marriage. there were 150,000 demonstrators. >> john: really. >> boooo! >> john: i did not expect that. i guess they just feel very strongly about preserving traditional marriage in france, which sof course, one man, one woman, and her sister, and their maid, and the college-age daughter friend who stayed with them during the summer-- you know, traditional french marriage, like god intended. actually, can we see some of the that protest footage again? quick question-- ( laughter ) how is it that france's antigay protests look so much gayer than our pro-gay protests? that doesn't make any sense? ( cheers and applause ) you can't be a gay-- what-- and that wasn't even france's gayest antigay protest. >> fireworks at the french open this weekend. had nothing to do, though, with tennis. a masked, bare chested protest

and france and other investors such as the russian ambassador to the u.n. to tell the church and now a u.k. and france said that it was a very productive meeting that the delegation representing the syrian opposition that is visiting new york promised to attend the geneva two meeting as you mentioned also showed a commitment to building a transitional government for syria and also a commitment to not supporting any terrorism within the country but then when you hear from other representatives that were sitting in on the meeting an informal meeting should be underscored it seems as though the delegation has a lot of. before it will actually arrive that this should be able to meeting it seems as though they want to make sure that syrian president bashar al assad has no authority following the geneva two meeting and another precondition possibly that we could that was spoken about by the by the french envoy was the fact that once the transitional government is established that that transitional government would have full authority over the security of the mili

coming up in the program this unemployment in france reaches record highs. socialist party to contain a crisis that's forcing many of the country's young people to rely on handouts from older generations. after the break. with. a new truck the transmission makes for a smoother ride bush and scientist. one of the take. the judges a sense on. the streets. that women kidnapped and converted to islam. will be. for the coptic christians of egypt. its future victims. the way of the cross. continues here in the cia could already be preparing for a campaign to syrian rebels as it allegedly started to sneak in weapons into neighboring jordan that's according to anonymous u.s. diplomats the reports started to come in after the syrian national coalition met with u.s. secretary of state john kerry in new york with weapons shipments leading the agenda an informal session with the u.n. security council is also still to come. has more on that. i delegate representing the syrian opposition is in new york city for a three day visit that kicked off thursday afternoon during a

what we see is actually a curious evolution of france's position over america's spying activity from an extreme outrage to an even more extreme tolerance and even support we all remember that france has become furious after it was revealed that america's intelligence services had been more natori in high ranking french and european union officials even abroad and also at home and then the angry at france's president has demanded washington to stop spying immediately and has even threatened to reconsider economic partnership with america and delay the talks over an ambitious project with america over the world's largest free trade zone america france and european countries have been working on for years to work. we cannot fix this kind of behavior between partners and allies but we ask that this immediate change can be no negotiations or transactions in all areas until we have obtained these guarantees for from. all of europe we'll union but what we saw next has actually indicated a radical change in the country's position the european union countries including france have first agree

this film producer from france moved to london for career reasons he seems even before the crisis francedid little enough to provide the yarn and dishes with proper employment only the now after the economic meltdown those opportunities have shrunk to zero. is the whole system of the country moping and it's all stuck in these very if you're disabled you need to have this position and you need to study from this university so they're not really open to ambitious people. these two french students who just began their studies their plans to leave france on the first train after big graduation. mrs server that was a necessary sacrifice we can realize their dreams here down there in your particular. friend adds it's a political message to the government something's going wrong. when all of there is no direction we're going down the state has no precise line with us or something disgusting we're not going anywhere president all and pledges to bring unemployment down by the end of the seer skeptics say that is only feasible if most of job seekers say or walk to france reflash an r.t. from paris

france's double digit unemployment rate leaves no choice for the ambitious except to turn away from a country in search of a better life fast and much more coming up after a quick break. peace process what peace process the palestinians have suffered over four decades of illegal israeli occupation and over twenty years of the so-called american sponsored to go she should have gotten them preciously little why are obama netanyahu and abbas interested in history does it have anything to do with peace or are there other agendas in play. i've seen the perception of the cross many times it doesn't matter if there's snow a heat wave or hail stones from people keep on going i don't expect anything i just want i told myself i keep on going as long as my heart told me to that's all i wanted at the moment mickey i have sinned so mind she see i'm carrying these sayings on my shoulder. do you want me to put a bandage here no that's fine a lot of people were so exhausted they could barely walk their feet hurt and some of them fainted google read back to it three two wanted to keep going i don't kn

bucks what about the role of france? -- >> what about the role of france? france said these elections had to be held by the end of july. a lot of people were against holding the elections, saying that now he -- mali was not ready for them. we ought to be a little positive. this has been an extraordinary accomplishment when you think about it. you have more than 65% voting. many people could've gotten up in the morning and said, i might be killed by some terrorists as i i'm waiting to vote. the voting was much lower in areas like the northeast, but that is normal. you have a huge election turnaround. even in american terms. you have no terrorist activity. you need to emphasize those points without getting carried away. we will probably have another round and we have to see what will happen between now and august 11. by all measure, this has been an extra ordinary accomplishment on the part of the government. >> in democracies where there is peaceful, able get very complacent about their own democracy. -- people get very complacent about their own democracy.

skeptics say that is only feasible if most of job seekers say to france. from paris economist alex cobell told us that france is staggering unemployment is dancing indecisive authorities two weeks ago the government promised to. reverse the current trend of phrasing and i'm playing but the latest negative figures shouldn't surprise the. the media or the public because unemployment has been growing for the last twenty six months it's clearly a catastrophe and it shows that the lack of reform that current french government is is doing clearly doesn't pay off i think that the main problem is that when we talk about an employment we talk about. companies not hiring people and they don't hire people because there is no growth in frost's the resume person grosser stagnation in economic activity. still ahead this hour iraq is enjoying one of its deadliest months amid a surge in bombings and killings during ramadan we hear whether the country's security forces are losing control over the country thought to be on the brink of civil war that shortly after this break

all lillian france wanted to do was pay a visit to her niece.. the senior community is not aware of a string of vicious muggings targeting the elderly. so far, it hasn't hit the media. >> we had absolutely no idea. my aunt would have definitely been a lot more cautious. >> a very independent and unknowing lillian france, an 85-year-old woman from the area, is planning to surprise her niece with a visit. >> she lives about a mile from me. she occasionally makes surprise visits. and that day, unfortunately, she decided to do so. >> before she arrived at her niece's house, she makes a few stops in the neighborhood, although she says she was feeling uneasy on this day from the get-go. >> she woke up with like a heavy feeling, as if something was going to happen. >> france goes against her instincts and makes a stop at this bank to withdraw money to give to her grandnieces who are in from out of town. as she becomes more comfortable walking around that summer afternoon, her fears dissipate. she has no idea someone is watching her every move. >> he wa

on for the german cause or for vichy, france. they sometimes forget that most of the french soldiers were repatriated and, i'm sorry, re-evacuated from france with the british. but when they were in britain, they said that we want to go home. the british said, well, the germans are occupying france. they said that we are fighting for freedom. in 1941, the british go into syria. the french highlight tigers against the british. there was a french fighter pilot shot down planes in 1941. they fought like tigers against the british. and the british children's author, wrote all, he was a british fighter pilot in syria. he said that i, for one, will never forgive the french for how fiercely they fought against us. eventually the french were beaten. they were offered the chance to fight to free france against the germans. all that about 6000 chose to go back to france. they refuse to do anything having to do with them. so maybe if we had been occupied, we would have behaved the same way. but the french find that their history world war i

the talks over an ambitious project with america over the world's largest free trade zone america france and european countries have been working on for years to work. we cannot fix this kind of behavior between partners and allies but we are immediately stopped because they can be no negotiations or transactions in all areas until we have obtained these guarantees for from. all of the european union or sexual but what we saw next has actually indicated a radical change in the country's position the european union countries including france have first agreed that the talks over the free trade zone should go on then later france has not allowed believe this president's jad to enter its aspirates because an undesirable person adverse norden could also be on board the same plane and that's allegedly following america's request to do so so why we see this change in the position of france people here on the ground are saying that that's been an act of populism for from french president francois hollande his ratings are among the lawyers in the history of his presidency and of. was he planned

let's get the latest now from stage 14 of the tour de france. there was so very nearly a first french stage winner julian seymour was one of 18 riders that had got clear of the peleton. he made a break for it with about 15.2 kill meters to go. he was too tired to contest that final sprint. it was the italian mateo trinquin. it's the first italian to win. the american is two minutes 28 seconds clear. >> it is now sunday which means it's the cut-off, a time when france stops to commen rate the start of the french revolution on the fourth of july, 1789. >> the squadron watches over paris' sky over mission to intercept any aircraft which could pose a threat to the capital. in a matter of seconds the pilot spring into action by a team of snipers. >> there is ooh a team that's about ready to take off in seven minutes during the day and 15 minutes at night. >> on the 14th of july, monitoring is further increased. it's joined by five reinforcement helicopters. on sunday they will fly over paris at all times. at the starting point, 40 soldiers will be in