and for france and britain to get into this war let me just remind you that belgium and france are invaded in august one thousand fortin presenting britain specifically with the strong strategic threats and this tragic case for france and indeed belgium will remain. overwhelming up until the end of the war the enemy sits deep in national territory so i think we need to get a few texts right before we can discuss the legacies of the war and you're absolutely right the notion of self national service from a nation is a particularly key point here because of course even though. wilson was extremely abts and when they were i guess this guy just. going to join us this is cross talk to him jump in go right ahead. yeah i mean i just want to jump in and say yes france was invaded but one must keep in mind this was part of the plan this was actually a military strategy and the issue there was that the germans basically were afraid of a two front war and the german strategic plan was to defeat france quickly on the western front and before they can draw before they can then push their forces onto th

france is a very nice country. >> do you think there is an impression that france is not necessarily, that it is a heavily state centered economy and not necessarily responsive to entrepreneurship and innovation. >> of course there are some adjustments to undergo. but i think we must see the future and the change as an opportunity. and we need to change our probably our philosophy. we need to be more offensive, more perfect about ourselves. we need more self-esteem. i think that is great-- it is something i learned in the past three years. we have great entrepreneurs, even in france. we have great talents. we need to be more proud about that. we need to focus on the promotion of these people because they are the gold mine of our economy and of our society for the future. so we need to work on the irritants, on things that are not all right which exist as in every other country. but we need to do more to regain our self-esteem. >> so what is your plan to do more and be more. >> we have many small businesses in france. they don't manage to-- they don't succeed to grow and to expand in f

day france france.the county. >> is the planet watching? cup.ng with the world int nation brazil suspension. it is appealing the suspension of its cap -- captain. that's after brazil leading ar was hurt. the government is trying to entice rebels out of the jungles to watch the world cup games with the rest of the country. television advertisements asked how they can miss the world cup, the biggest spectacle and said the country is saving them a seat at the biggest football party? arrested anlice argentine fan who disguised himself as a swiss supporter. isl below -- pablo alvarez one of thousands fans with a history of violence at games. he posted a picture of himself dressed as a swiss fan. up, driving this is in china and alibaba is going head to head with uber and will details on the battle. ♪ >> welcome to "the pulse." i am olivia sterns. service is stepping up to uber china. lulu chen joins us with the details. hello. tell us the story here and the new expansion plan. >> sure. idi it's pretty big in

this spy is, as i say, the eyes and years of putin in france.isgoes on to say that putin keen to have more information on what is going on in europe lost capital -- europe's capital because he feels this is a sensitive time. putin is at the mercy of european sanctions. they are going to be tighter because leaders will be looking at broadening them and toughening sanctions not only on putin's inner coterie but on the russian economy in general. findremlin is trying to out what is being said in european capitals like paris. they're also trying to find out what french spies are up to in moscow and what kinds of things spies can find out about each other. ultimately this spy was spied upon. and a special report on the rising number of drones in the sky. unmanned drones. >> unmanned aerial vehicles, uav's, these have been more and more present in the skies around the world but it is the u.s., obviously, that the greatest number of them in operation. follows on some of the reports that have been in the papers over the week. it features in this case a

as france ise seen trying to look. had the president come to united states and he repeatedly said that we can create great partnerships with me france and the united states. we have the occasion when we commemorated the award at the beginning of of normandy. to reaffirm our will to have a strong partnership with the united states. now it is becoming a diplomatic -- we have very strong ties with americans. we can work out good solutions even in industry to reinforce this message. >> thank you for coming. thank you for joining us. see you next time. ♪ >> "political capital this week on -- this week on "political capital ." the latest recall. the supreme court takes on obamacare. and we debate the xm bank and immigration. andhe ex-im bank immigration. we begin the program with former deputy secretary of defense paul wolfowitz. thank you for being with us. all the elements of a failed state, politically, militari

france is a very nice country. >> do you think there is an impression that france is not necessarily- it is a very state centered economy and not necessarily responsive to entrepreneurship and innovation? >> we have some adjustments to undergo. i think we must see the future and the change as an opportunity. we need to change our philosophy. we need to be more fancy about ourselves. we need to have more self-esteem. it is something i learned. we have great entrepreneurs even in france. we have great talents. we need to be more proud about that. we need to focus on the promotion of these people because they are the gold mine of our economy and our society for the future. we need to work on things that are not all right which exists as every other country, but we need to do more to regain our self. >> what is your plan to do more? >> we have many small businesses. they don't succeed to grow and expand in france. usually, they go and seek equity in other places. we need to find the way to build a strong venture capital industry. we created new instruments that companies can find the mea

you could say they were keeping in tradition with knocking france alice. -- france out. german fans before the game were nervous. they knew that france was a strong contender and germany could not be affording to be as complacent as they has been. germany came in fighting. a goal scored in the first 13 minutes was pretty strong. it let the german fans relax a bit. a time for relaxing and celebration. there are a few thousand german fans behind me. it stretches from here to the brandenburg gate in west berlin. will face the next challenge in the semifinals. >> jessica, we can see them celebrating behind you. how do they feel about facing a south american team now in the semifinals? are they nervous at all? >> i think they are a bit nervous. the german team has had a rocky road so far in this tournament. they had a strong start with the 4-0 win against portugal and since then, their performance has been a bit lacking. it has worried german fans and pundits every there was .riticism he seems to have considered that. wasook the captain, who formerly sent to forward back onto

let's finish with a big story in france and the victory of france's football team in the world cup against nigeria. >> france has qualified for the quarterfinal. the sports pages. "history is repeating itself, just like in 1998 and 1996." hopefully history is repeating itself too much because france will be playing against germany, and the last 2 times i played against each other in official competitions, semifinals and the world cup, 1982 and 1986, and both times france lost. the press is really savoring last night's victory. "a real says it was roller coaster of emotion during the game," because there were moments when we got nigeria was going to win, and the man of the moment, it he scored the first goal. that simple graph is on the front page -- that same progress is on this front page today. they are more confident than other papers -- "after nigeria, it is germany's turn." >> thank you for that. >> france has reached the finals in the world cup after a goalless first half against nigeria. the oboe sealed the deal. unable to break down a vibrant algerian side, and extra time. a consol

france and there the national the national interests and indeed threats and there they're. on political models the other thing that i would like to say is of course the simply cannot understand the second war without one the second is launch a product of the first but again these are not part of the same conflict there are very clear differences and also war was not and war is never one of the policy makers may like us to believe inevitable and in fact in the war years we know the treaty of versailles and the league of nations failed on this only after fell and it's important to remember that it's the end of the day the second war like the first was a product of failures by policy makers. drastically exactly and i wonder if we've really learned from them ivan eland and we just heard here that you know we have france and britain in getting involved the world out of now a nationalist sort of perceived national interest but the war ended really as. a net loss for them it wasn't thought of at the time because they got to start colonizing the middle east but it was the united st

>> you are watching live from paris on france 24. nicolas sarkozy is in police custody where he is being quizzed by investigators over claims of influence peddling. and israel united in grief. people across the country pay their respects as three teenagers abducted in the west bank are laid to rest. and unlike in iraq. minority cities as shia deputies failed to name a replacement. the prime minister. good evening. nicholas sarkozy was taken into custody for questioning. he arrived at a police station in the paris suburb where he remains and where he could be held up to 48 hours before you their being released or charged. this is part of a criminal investigation which observers say could derail his sarkozy chances of a presidential comeback. sarkozyis being quizzed whether he tried to influence the proceedings and a corruption case in which he is implicated. france 24 has a reminder of his various legal woes. allegationsf closing in on the former french president. since april, judges have been investigating allegations moammar gadhafi

france is in shock.was placed under formal investigation after spending nearly 16 hours in custody. he is the first former president to ever be put in police custody since the beginning of the fifth republic. a lot of papers are saying there are going to be major political consequences here. a major political storm is brewing. >> this came as a surprise to everyone, but also to the former president himself. >> that's right. that is what "le parisien" is saying today. he was thinking he was going to answer questions as a witness. onlyld his aides it would take a couple of hours. he was relaxed and polite when he went in. he quickly became irritated and made it clear he was unhappy with the situation. >> the big question for many papers is what does this mean for cirque rosie's planned a lyrical comeback -- for sarkozy's plant political comeback -- sarkozy's planned political comeback? >> can he actually comeback now that this has happened? a lot of international papers are also focusing on this angle. wha

and for france and britain to get into this war let me just remind you that belgium and france are invaded in august one thousand nine hundred ten presenting britain specifically with a strong strategic frets and this tragic case for france and indeed belgium will remain. overwhelming up until the end of the war the enemy sits deep in national territory so i think we need to get a few thanks right before we can discuss the legacies of the war and you're absolutely right the notion of self national service from a nation is a particularly key point here because of course even though. wilson was extremely abts and when they were i guess this guy just. going to go in and say this is cross talk to him just. come. dorian ok go ahead you know i know i didn't go ahead ivan eland jump in. self-determination in saying. that if anyone wants to yeah yeah i agree with what george said i mean i think france actually was egging rusher on a live in before the war and i think it really wanted russia to be on their side against germany because they feared germany and the brits a lot of people in the british

max the europeans are saying enough is enough and the first headline is from france france's neuer says b.n.p. may prompt shift away from dollar so this is the bank of france governor christian noyer and he said that the u.s. investigation into b m p perry by which they might find the ten billion dollars may encourage companies to stop using dollars in international transactions he said quote we can say that companies would have maximum interest to do the most possible transactions in other currencies neuer who is also a member of the european central bank's governing council said yesterday on b.f.m. television trade between china and europe do it in euro's do it in remember stop doing it in dollars this is an affair that will leave marks yeah that's right the countries around the world are getting out of the u.s. dollar and we're saying more and well the petrel ruble is here you know you got the big russia and china gas deal which is going to be done in something other than dollars that's my understanding and you have an offramp saying that french companies like big toe tell the big en

it is shaking up the market in france.e starting to see the green sheets of companies coming and staying. much more.back with we're talking to the cambridge arehel company and how they now having to go off-line as well to embrace growth, now in more than 120 countries. >> twitters $120 million move. will users by an? we will learn more next. offers, canrejected the ceo persuades his shareholders? -- persuade his shareholders? >> time for today's world cup news. germany beat algeria 2-1 to secure its place in the quarterfinals. all three goals were scored in overtime. this sets up germany to play france on friday. it is the first meeting between these two countries since 1986. luis suarez who is expelled from the world cup has apologized for the biting incident. says he deeply regretted it and will never again commit such an offense. he was banned from nine games for uruguay based on the attack. will be available to play for his team. he missed the last two matches with a strained left hamstring. he is the second leading sc

france's former president fights back. nicolas sarkozy says the french judicial system is out to destroy and humiliate him. he took to the airwaves yesterday to say he was the victim of political interference. health ministers from across west africa meet to discuss the dev list -- the deadliest ebola outbreak in history. hundreds have already died. those are the headlines. also coming up over the course of the next half hour, we will have a look at the driving habits of french ministers in france. trackgazine reveals the record of a number of leading ministers. who respects the law and who needs to take their foot off the pedal or even go back to driving school? we will find out a little later in the program. also looking ahead to tomorrow's big match. mozilla is to play colombia in the world cup quarterfinals. brazil is to play colombia in the world cup quarterfinals. we visited to see how the temperature was among the fans who waited hours outside of the camp just for a chance of a sneak peak of their idols ahead of the

france came to brazil as an unknown quantity.miliation -- the goalkeeper said that france was showing no fear. >> we are not afraid of anything. we are fully aware of the threat in that match. just about anything is possible. always possible that the game could be our last. there is no fear of that. it is just a pleasure to be here, lane germany and the quarterfinal. huge games, and we are all excited. >> the fear may have be lessened further. news came out that seven of the german squad had fun down with flu. the germans expressed criticism for how they have played and they will provide a stern test in the quarters. nobody is afraid. we're here, this is a quarterfinal match. the german team is very strong with lots of experience, particularly in the quarterfinals. i don't think anybody is afraid. it is a pleasure and we are prepared for the game. there is no pressure on the players. i have nothing to tell them. we are just thrilled to be playing a quarterfinal, that's all. history is what it is. tomorrow, we will write a new cha

one of france's architectural jewels is once again an island.cars will know longer be -- will no longer be able to access it 750-foot footw bridge. >> one of france's architectural jewels will no longer be connected to mainland france. it is regaining its status as an island thanks to a new 760-meter bridge on stilts, one that is thatcing the concrete road connects the tourist attraction to the coast. >> the foot bridge plays an important role. much of the year, water flows under this bridge. >> 20 years in the making, the bridge on stilts took three years to build. before that, there were multiple studies on how best to let the the islands surround while keeping it accessible to the millions of tourists who visit every year. the foot bridge is now open to pedestrians. shuttles and horse-drawn carriages will soon use it as well to carry visitors to the world heritage site. am a if we can give the -- >> if we can give the site back to nature, it was not a wasted endeavor. >> some residents and business owners aren't happy about the foot bridge. t

some experts say that could be extended. >> you are watching "france 24." let's get an update of the headlines. france confirms there are no survivors in the downed algeria air flight. 116 people were on board. official city crash could be weather related. gaza rockets fired at the tel aviv airport sending passengers running for cover as the west bank races for more palestinian protests. protesters angry over the mounting gaza death toll. the u.s. says russia has fired artillery across the border with ukraine. the state department says it has evidence of moscow's direct involvement in the separatist insurgency. world.es across the focusingy papers are on this plane crash thursday. >> that is right. it is in the papers over there. this paper is reporting on the frenetic government activity that took place in the early hours of thursday morning. in particular, the crisis group set up with ministers, airline authorities. all meeting to investigate and find out why this plane 50 minutes after takeoff suddenly disappeared. there was contact with control towers s

eric cantona lead france then lose football crazy make eric cantona the leader of france and pull out of the dollar well the french are good at shouting and doing nothing actually they're shouting achieves very little. so you know if the french banks by the way were the probably the number one recipient of federal reserve bailouts but when germany gets angry germany gets really angry they don't shout about it but they're very quiet and next thing you know they're invading your country and you're like what let the both of them back your head and say. tough luck sucker well let's look to this headline here one german take on the latest u.s. spying scandal so you know that they found a double agent in germany some spy from germany a thirty one year old guy and he handed over some documents to the jerk to the americans and it turns out that it was a parliamentary investigation into the n.s.a. spying on germany and he was actually handing this data over to americans for i think twenty five thousand euros or something like that what german president joachim said that if the spying allegatio

and paris was punctuated by shouts of "viv la france." s of course, even as we gather here at normandy, we remember that freedom's victory was also made possible by so many others who wore america's uniform. two years before he commanded armies, eisenhower's troops sliced through north africa. three times before d-day or gis stormed the beaches at silly, so learno. enzio. divisions like the fighting 36th went through italy, fighting through the mud for months, marching through towns, past waving children, before opening the gates to rome. as the dogfaces marched to europe, the devil dogs, the marines, clawed their way from island to island in the pacific in some of the war's fiercest fighting. back home, an army of women, including my grandmother, rolled up their sleeves to help build a mighty arsenal of democracy. but it was here, on these shores that the tide was turned in that common struggle for freedom. what more powerful manifestation of american's commitment to freedom than the sight of wave after wave after wave of young men board

he talks about france, louisiana.causeotecting so much fewer and fewer of his french contemporaries believed him. he makes such a strong case for north america being important, because he has to make a strong case for north america being important. e wouldre self-evident, not have to make such a strong case. he would not have to make such a strong case. consuming a massive amount of energy and attention because it is producing a massive amount of wealth. the caribbean really is the hearts of what the french -- the heart of what the french are trying to defend in the americas. the extent to which they are involved in north america is largely as a way of both buffering against british competition -- which can hurt the caribbean -- and providing potential supply areas or other things. weeks forois provided new orleans. there were various plans for new france and the caribbean. it never worked out because the growing season in quebec is really too short for that to work out. but the center of this war was really about imp

in france? no. >> it makes me laugh because he is the man who wanted to revolutionize and reform france in order to ensure greater justice. >> is it a means of preventing sarkozy's 2017 candidature? that's a legitimate question. if it is politically motivated, it is a scandal. >> the former president is accused of corruption, influence peddling, and violation of secrecy. he and his lawyer allegedly offered the magistrate a post in monaco in exchange for information on the probe. sarkozy denies wrongdoing. >> as head of the government, i ask for us to remember the independence of the justice system, which must work assiduously. secondly, that no one is above the law. thirdly, and it is important to remember this, that the presumption of innocence applies to everyone. >> it's unclear how this investigation will impact sarkozy's reelection hopes in the presidential election, but it looks set to be a hot topic for a while to come. >> the eu demanded immediate steps to rollback unemployment levels th

now on the way to france from -- france bore the brunt of the tragedy with 54 nationals killed in the latest plane crash. flags are flying at half mast from government buildings across the country for three days from this monday. ministers are going into paris to discuss the crash. nicholas rushworth has more. the french president, franÇois hollande, is meeting ministers at the palace for the fourth time in five days. on thursday he said that he would be hands on and give a leading role in investigation and coordination surrounding the flight and what happened. with 54 deaths of french nationals, france has experienced the first air disaster since rio paris in 2009. we are seeing three days of mourning and france. , you can seeags them behind me. if you look closely you can see a black ribbon. across the country, there will be flags at half mast. in terms of concrete information about the actual investigation, the foreign minister will give a presentation this afternoon, and in the coming hours, about what they know of the initial elements. overall, those elements will be very difficu

thank you very much for speaking to "france 24." one of the main developments today -- we understand a united nations school which was sheltering displaced palestinians came under israeli fire earlier on today. can you bring us up to speed on what you're hearing about that? reports of a school being hit yesterday by shells. following which, several hundred injured the building and responded to reports of attacks on the school. [inaudible] sense of what the humanitarian situation is like in the gaza strip right now. we are hearing a lot about a humanitarian crisis. what is the impact of the israeli offensive on the daily lives of people living there? >> has had a huge impact -- in fact, a devastating impact. were a six-year-old child, you have seen three different wars in your lifetime and may have been displaced from your home. psychologically, for children, it has had an enormous impact. we have had to date 479 fatalities attempted in gaza at least. civilians.re your previous report said half of the civilian deaths are children. th

elsewhere in france going off without a hitch or problems. if thesaid that government did not assert authority, this is a view shared member of parliament who said an authorized a menstruation would have allowed demonstrators to be monitored -- and authorized demonstration could have been monitored. there is more in the headlines. >> the "new york times" reports sunday was the deadliest day so far. over 160 palestinians were reported dead, which brings it up to over 500 killed on the palestinian side. some were killed in the east .aza city suburb of shejaia and two americans were also killed, reportedly. and prime minister benjamin netanyahu addressed the israeli people is that, saying he is prepared to operate -- to continue the operation to sometime, and he talks about the diplomatic foundations he has courseich has given him and the international credit to operate. he is referring to the international government saying israel has a right to defend its self. againste is a warning this going on we into gaza, saying israel's initial objective

getting ready. >> i have been to france and seep it in france and never imagined that we'd see it goast the house i live in. it goes rite pass. >> they are off, not at the speed of the real race, but with no less spirit. >> adam invested $1.5 million, he's taken a risk, but many of the british who have taken up cyclic are prepared to spend a lot of money on their new hobby. >> they say cyclic is the new golf. a lot of our customers are successful, wealthy businessmen are doing as much on the bikes as in the offices. people did business on golf courses. the excitement is attracting a new generation. it seems as if britain's love affair with cycling is set to grow and grow. the seats on this platform have gone to the winners of a raffle. what will they or anyone see. the cyclists will hurtful past in what they call a peloton. it lasts a few seconds, and it's over. the tour de france leaves yorkshire behind. in the meantime this corner of england turned french. >> if you would like to find out more about barnaby's story, go to our website aljazeera.com. who is heeding and who is is lagg

he spent time living in france. had knowledge of the local african community and of the operation of french trade. so, it allowed for him to really benefit from both of these worlds. the other thing it did for the british was that it forced them into new arrangements had not really had and their west -- in their west african settlements. and in some ways, it gave them talking points for new discussions. there was a man by the name of john lindsay who arrived there with the british invasion. he was a priest, a religious figure. he writes a memoir. in that, he talks about this community. he talks about people like this, and he says, maybe this is a good idea. maybe we ought to be intermarrying with africans and it could work out for the best. not that everybody believes that, right? it is not all of the sudden kumbaya and racism is gone. but it does allow for talking points, for legal recognition in some cases of status that otherwise would not have been recognized. and after all of this is over, there are a bunch of

some call her the richest women in france.s accused of taking envelopes stuffed full of cash by her. but he and several other officials are awaiting trial in that case. supporters say he is the victim of a witch hunt. it is a complicated tangle of affairs, but one thing is clear, that his path back to political power, he has hinted he would like to run for president again -- is running into more illegal obstacles. >> this is clearly a very interesting case. made even more so that this is, i believe the first time a former first head of state of france has been actually taken into custody and held for questioning. >> true, you can say it is good news and bad news. the good news is it shows that nobody is above the law in france. the investigative judges are very powerful in france. but it's also bad news because it smells like political revenge by a socialist government, which is very, very, very low in the polls, which polled like third, number three in the last election, and only 3% of the french citizens wish him to do a sec

france is now planning to welcome them. >> that's right. france is going to relax the usual asylum for iraqi in support of this persecuted minority. the catholic church is sending three high-ranking emissaries to iraq, one of whom is the bishop of lyon. they praise the government for being faithful to the french tradition of affording protection to eastern christian churches, which goes back to king francois i. he was the most famous for -- he was most famous for his alliance with the ottoman empire, which was a controversial thing then in the aftermath of the destruction of the byzantine empire and the crusades. says it honors the country to maintain the allianc e. the samee not of opinion and say the move is ill advised. world'sake in all the destitute, we will have a lot of people coming our way he does there is a lot of destitution in the world -- coming our way because there is a lot of destitution in the world." israel bombs gaza's only power plant, which has crippled the territory's electricity supplies. "the guardian" says it will p

"france 24." the headlines we are covering for you today -- israel launches an offensive against gaza, bombing 50 targets. early this tuesday, more have been ordered. meanwhile, in afghanistan, presidential contender abdullah abdalla declares he is the over ashrafite -- ghani, becoming the president. hitwerful typhoon has southern japan, pummeling the okinawa islands, causing transport chaos. isst, israel says it readying its options, including a possible ground assault on gaza. it has launched an offensive groupt the palestinian hamas in the gaza strip. some 50 targets have been bombed in gaza, just after dawn this tuesday, and more airstrikes have been ordered. dubbedy a campaign operation protective edge, which the israeli military says comes in response to military rock -- militant rocket fire from gaza. at least one home identified by locals as belonging to a hamas militant. palestinian medical sources say that one person has been killed there. william hildebrandt has more. the night as israe

ussome news just coming into here at france 24. world cup host city in southern brazil has collapsed. an overpass bridge. we understand at least one person has been killed as that stretch of road came crashing down. i'm looking at for graphs of it now. we don't have any live images coming in just yet. -- i'm looking at photographs of it now. that was the world cup host city. we will bring you more on that as we get it. governmentsocialist here in france is rejecting claims that is using the justice system to set up -- to settle political scores after former president nicolas sarkozy took to the airwaves last night, blaming his political enemies of being behind the corruption charges he now faces. in the 20 minute long interview, he denounced what he called political interference in the case. >> dragged into the spotlight by france's former president. the investigating magistrates have been -- he says they are biased. wish to have a magistrate responsible for deciding one state in the eyes of the law. wants to destroy the person by

all lillian france wanted to do was pay a visit to her niece., new york -- 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 mo

she was eager to get back into france to continue fighting the war.n march of 1944, the office of strategic services inserted virginia hall back into occupied france two months in advance of d-day. while there, she would take cheese that she had made into the local village as part of her cover for counting german troop movements and drop zones for the engagement. -- for the invasion. early in the morning and other times late at night, from a different barn each time, as the painting we have in her collection shows, she sent 37 intelligence messages back to london. at the end of the war, president truman invites her to the white house to receive the only distinguished service cross presented to a female during the war. -- a female civilian during the war. this is one of our highest awards for valor. she is still in france and does not want the attention, so she declines the offer to go to the white house. instead, general donovan, with her mother at his side, in front of his desk, which we will see in a minute -- general donovan presented the award to

of air france about the lessons to be learned. the sky is the limit. .upert murdoch sold tv stakes giving him funds for a takeover t time warner. .b.s. shares double. >> good morning, everybody. welcome. you're watching "the pulse" live from bloomberg's european headquarters. i'm guy johnson. cementing a deal. holds profits steady as it drives toward a merger. we're live with the company's c.e.o. lots to talk about there. now u.k.'s seven lean years finally open. we're going to look at britain's ounce back and its biggest infrastructure project, cross rail. and the data. not that rosy. we saw better p.m.i. data out of germany yesterday. the forecast was 109.4. somehow the your owe reacting? a weakness this morning. let's take a look at the pair. this is euro/dollar. which is coming up any second now. there you go. session lows. definitely down toward the bottom end of the range. ok. let's talk about the corporate news. a lot it today. it has rate some of the biggest stories we have been talking about over the last few days. time f

they, of course r in britain, not in france.lls for an explanation which we get from mark phillips in london, not paris. rted on the theory that a change of image requires a change of scene the tour de france, the biggest race in the sport beset by one of the biggest sporting scandals began this year nowhere near france. -- france, instead it has churned the first three days through the highways and byways of rural england where the organizers hope the memories of lance armstrong, the american rider who won the event seven years in a row but cheated to do so have been almost forgotten. >> armstrong's belated forced admission that he had used performance-enhancing drugs as did a lot of other riders, almost killed the sport's credibility. andrew talansky is trying to get it back. the 25-year-old from florida is the new squeaky clean great american hope. sitting among the leaders after the race's opening weekend. and sitting down after a day's pedaling. >> do you feel any kind of an extra burden now as an american rider in the tour

and across france, the resistance defied those warnings. near the village of colleyville, a young woman on a bicycle raced to her parents' farm house. she was worried about their safety. seeing the shattered windows and partially caved in roof, anne marie bruck called for her parents. as they came out of the damaged house, her father shouted, my daughter, this is a great day for france. as it turned out it was a great day for anne marie as well. the liberating force at d-day included the young american soldier she would marry. army private who was fighting a half a mile away on omaha beach. it was another fine moment in franco-american relations. in amsterdam, a 14-year-old girl heard the news of d-day over the radio in her attic hiding place. she wrote in her diary it still seems too wonderful, too much like a fairy tale. the thought of friends in delivery fills us with confidence. anne frank even ventured to hope, i may yet to be able to go back to school in september or october. that was not to be. the nazis still had about 50 divisions

airbus consultor air france and euros. it would create stability for airbus and for air france. avoid this exchange rate risk. opened an sachs private lending unit in europe according to the financial times . the bank introduced the business for private wealth management clients. looking to build a $5 billion loan book within three years. ukraine's government says its forces have retaken two more eastern cities from pro-russian rebels a day after government forces regained control of another rebel stronghold. let's take a quick look at how the european markets are trading this morning. manus cranny has more. >> markets are having a tough time because the perspective is a little contagion in the form of germany i'm a factor orders coming down for the third month in a row wrapped into unemployment rising for two straight months and you begin to understand why the world is a little more concerned the core of europe to be slowing down. wrap that into what goldman sachs perspective is on the timing of interest rate hike for the united states of america. they say it is pulling it forw

: france.e. [ laughter ] [ speaking in french ] >> jimmy: spanx. spanx. baby hats. [ laughter ] [ talking over each other ] >> jimmy: yeah. >> steve: no. >> jimmy: well, it's in full swing right now. >> steve: right now? >> jimmy: yup, there are only six stages left, which means the race is wrapping up and the champion will be crowned this weekend. >> steve: ooh-la-la. >> jimmy: yeah. now, at the end of every -- [ with french accent ] >> steve: tour de france. >> jimmy: thank you. they give out awards and prize money to the cyclists. but they also give out other awards during the race. sort of like the ones, you know, in high school yearbooks. like "most likely to succeed," "class clown," stuff like that. so with that in mind, it's time for "tonight show superlatives." here we go. ♪ tonight show superlatives ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: our first cyclist is bryan coquard from france. he was voted "most likely to have a voice crack every time he tries to buy condoms." [ laughter ] i'll ta

group is a lead up by france. >> -- the group is led by france. -- >> airbus could sell to air franceore stability. we can all voided the exchange rate. be equal to the dollar? >> we can diminish financing costs by labeling more and other currencies. thee is not a fight against dollar imperialism. the goal is to find stability and impact the reality of the world, the world can be more stable. >> do you think we'll see more european banks get fined like the bnp did? >> yes, there are other european banks concerned about the question. the past is the past. the u.s. justice system is independent. we are looking at the future and in the interest of everyone to trade a better balance between our currencies. >> is the french government going to take the lead? isfrance is any europe so it up to europe to lead this argument. >> michael sapin, the french prime -- foreign minister. let's get back to julian shillings worth. julian, if you are a french this is selling to another french abysses, why would you use anything besides the euro? >> it has nothing to do with the bnp. argumentat there is

in that case it was belgium, france, great britain and holland. and it's a very long and complicated negotiation that involved also representatives of the jewish communities in those four countries, and it's basically a race against the clock and almost like a -- [inaudible] to have those countries agree on accepting more refugees. so to make a very long and complicated story short, especially those negotiations, eventually belgium, france, great britain and holland would accept the passengers, and they would dispersed almost equally among the four countries. but just imagine that from the moment that cuba refused them or, you know, refused the st. louis passengers to disembark, they became illegal immigrants because they had legal documents to immigrate into cuba, so they would be in europe with, basically, illegal documents and they couldn't work. so without moving, without doing anything, their legal status changed, you know, just by the decision of cuba, and they would become illegal immigrants. so basically, they would become almost refugees.

up first, germany take on france.ard parr reports. >> for a 9th world cup in a row, germany are contesting a quarterfinal match. this time, they take on fellow european heavyweights france at americana. >> the germans needed extra time to beat algeria to get there. seven of the squad have been suffering with flu. >> all players were able to train. they still have a slight cold, but the feeling of exhaustion -- i just hope they stay stable. >> one of the players suffering with illness has been germany's leading scorer, thomas mullah, and benzama has been in hot form in brazil scoring three goals. the french defeated nigeria 2-nil. both goalkeepers should expect to be busy in rio. 17 goals have been scored between the teams. >> we are not afraid of anything. we are fully aware of the fact in one match, just about anything is possible it's always possible this could be our last. it's a shear joy to play germany in the quarterfinal. colombia continue to impress. in particular, 22-year-old james rodriguez, the tournament's