this is a major event here in france. it is the world's largest and most important agricultural fair. you can see a cow on the front page. it takes a closer look at the excitement you have in france, because this event draws more and more crowds every year. why is it so popular? it is part of nostalgia here in france. that's what drives people to go and look at the cows and chickens. people are very attached to france's historical agricultural side. quite paradoxical about that though. they go more into detail. there is this draw from crowds in paris to agriculture at a time when the procession of farming is dying. annette: many feel there have -- they have been abandoned. florence: many people in the french countryside feel they have been abandoned by politicians and the administration, and all this has led to a feeling of anger among many people in rural communities, farmers especially. "l'opinion" says rural france is on the verge of a peasant revolt. what is ironic is it will be a major traffic jam of politicians at t

france is a very old literary nation.e assouline is a well-known french author who's written 30 books. >> reporter: so they talk about books and literature the way we americans might talk about sports or something like that >> about baseball. >> reporter: about baseball. books have a special status in france. a concept called the cultural exception, means customers buying books pay the same low sales tax rate as they do on things like food and electricity, because they're all considered essential goods. and, it turns out, the french love their bookstores as much as their books. >> readers are faithful and loyal to the writer. it's obvious. but mainly, to a book seller. to the owner of a bookstore. >> reporter: so it's personal. it's a personal relationship. >> yes, it's very personal. >> reporter: but now some here fear the future of france's 2,500 or so bookstores may be threatened as more and more customers buy their books online. and they're buying from one online giant in particular: amazon. amazon now accounts for ar

we meet with france's cricket team. petro portioning coast says his country is a long way from peace. ukrainian forces and pro-russian separatists are expected to lay down their weapons. >> after negotiations european leaders were cautious about the deal they brokered between russia and ukraine would stick area >> the agreement is fragile because the cease-fire needs to be implemented. >> if there are difficulties, we are not ruling out additional sanctions. diplomats have scheduled sanctions. >> what matters most of all is actions on the ground. vladimir putin needs to know that unless his behavior changes, the sanctions will not be altered. >> washington took a backseat seat in the negotiations. no u.s. observers were there. the white house says they will roll back sanctions if the terms of the agreement become reality. let's cross to joshua, who is standing by with more on this. 16 hours of talks have led to a peace agreement. it does favor russia. what has reaction been like in moscow? >> putin and other officials a

they increased in france.t has a french flavor here, and that has customers coming back. >> plummeting sales at home. customers turning their noses up at mcdonald's in america. sales drop by almost 2.4% in 2014, a record low. but one country where the brand is flourishing is in france. from its green and yellow logo to healthier options on its regular menu, and using homegrown ingredients in its kitchen. >> it is only produced in france. >> about 75% of the ingredients are domestically produced. adapting to local tastes has allowed it to made its mark. they haven't always enjoyed so much popularity. french political figures campaigned to close down the fast food giant. can the united states emulate france's success? >> the americanizing -- de-americanizing make sense in france. >> the group continues to lead the pack. >> some of the other top business stories. new measures to try to boost lending to cut the cash to 19.5%. lenders are struggling with massive outflows of capital. $1.4 billion after better-than-e

across europe and especially here in france. last month, there was that supermarket right on the outskirts of paris held hostage four french juice held in an attack. -- four french jews held in that attack. the premise or and presidents france while on -- the prime minister and president francois hollande are doing their best. yesterday, we declared france's wounded with you. we do not want you to leave. these is a reference by the comments made by the israeli premise or as i was telling you, benjamin netanyahu calling for juice in -- for jews in europe to move to israel. this is from a foreign foreign minister actually. he said the prime minister was probably acting under a jewish influence when he made these comments because it is important to note that across the political spectrum, politicians were very quick to condemn these comments by him. >> a lighter note, flo, who is going to colonize mars first? >> this is a project called mars one that plans to said for astronauts two-minute men and two women, to set up a colony on m

. >> a very controversial issue in france.bers of the lower house of parliament approved changes that would loosen the rules about shop openings on sunday. this is part of a wider law divided -- to boost france's economy. >> keen to shop on sunday in paris? until now, you would be out of luck. that is set to change thanks to the economy minister. the sunday openings are just part of larger job generating measures. shops will number allowed to open for 12 sundays instead of five. the new rules will also create international tourist zones where all shops can stay open every sunday. they will also be allowed to stay open until midnight during the week. there would be for such zones in paris, including the golden triangle. >> it will create jobs, as well as provide additional purchasing power to employees and allow more people, french and foreigners, to shop. i think it is a winner. >> critics see it as an attack on the country's way of life. >> if the major chainsaws are open on sundays, thousands of jobs and the local stores tha

the value of the swiss franc is hurting big companies. it has left many people unable to pay their home loans in eastern europe. we hear from those most affected in romania. a ruling in the case of two families whose babies were switched at birth 20 years ago. they has been awarded nearly 2 million euros in compensation and france. more on the psychological impact later. first, top stories. first, german chancellor angela merkel has stopped in the u.s. and canada for top-level talks on ukraine. u.s. president barack obama has yet to rule out sending weapons to help ukraine. there has been renewed fighting around the eastern ukrainian town of debeltseve as rebels push to seize it before talks in minsk. sean in moscow. the only thing the russians seem to have agreed to is to keep talking. what is the likelihood anything concrete will come from tomorrow? >> we've had a lot of talk before. all the way back to the cease-fire in minsk. there was a lot of hope that the fighting was finally over. it never really held. in the last few weeks we hav

france is partnering with us on this. we have to prepare this country for a lot of -- and brought by climate change right now appeared they see how weather has been changing. filipinos depend on the agricultural front across the country. the sea, the land -- droughts during the driest periods of the month and severe weather. even during the off-season. severe weather increasing and causing so much damage. the partnership between paris and manila will push awareness around the world. >> the philippines viewed as being on the front line in the battle against global warming. how is it preparing for the key conference in paris? >> right now, they have been gathering information that will be presented in paris. we are going to show examples of what kinds of damage climate change is having. so much affecting the lives of a lot of people. coastal towns, villages and even schools and education -- billions have been lost because of climate change. right now, we are also preparing for preventing this by shifting to clean energy. we

have a listen to how he put it and what may be what france and the eu can do for greece. >> france will make it easier. france will always be there to find a solution for everyone to overcome their difficulties. we have this common belief that greece is in the euro and will stay in the euro. >> now, the prime minister, he issued a statement over the weekend, trying to cool tensions a little bit, right? this was a saturday statement talking about how greece wants to stay in the eu, how they are working on their requirements and then going to cyprus and then rome, and not on anyone's agenda, a visit to berlin for a meeting with angela merkel, the first time you will have a meeting between angela merkel and the new government in greece, february 12 in brussels. it will be an important meeting. guys? >> and what did president obama have to say over the weekend? >> so this is really obama weighing in for the first time in some time over what greece and the eu should do, and he was largely sympathetic to the sort of greek challenge. in some ways, he was echoing a lot of what we heard during t

d portion coke, the leaders of germany and france are heading to --. ukraine and western allies accuse the kremlin of supporting a separatist rebellion. fighting has flared with civilians caught in the middle. the german chancellor spoke before she heads to moscow. what did we hear from the chancellor? >> talks are meant to focus on the situation in iraq. angela merkel gave a brief response in which she reiterated the aims of the talks were to end the bloodshed in the region. they were hoping to reach a peace plan that would include a cease-fire brought into action. hopefully without the need for a military solution. she was careful not to get anyone's hopes up. further discussions would perhaps be needed in the future. she reassured the press she and francois hollande were not leaving these talks. >> trying to not raise hopes over these talks. they have the difficult task of getting vladimir putin on board. >> absolutely. they will be meeting in moscow to hopefully get him to agree to a piece lamb. here in germany they are saying it is important that

thanks for being with us on "france 24." this was a shock at the open on the greek markets this morning. how are things looking now a couple of hours on? >> the markets have settled down a little bit. it is starting to come back a little bit. i think for me the timing of this was rather strange, given the fact that it came just after mr. varoufakis had just spoken to mr. draghi and just before he was due to meet with german finance minister wolfgang schauble. it is very dangerous territory here politically, in terms of changing the rules of the game. let's face it, the greek finance minister has essentially said he wants to negotiate in good faith with eu leaders and its creditors. the rhetoric so far has been fairly -- been fairly calm and considered. this action by the ecb sort of shatters that consensus. it brings short-term borrowing up to levels near 20%. >> what sort of state are the greek banks in? are they just taking on the weak point of the economy with this action by the ecb? >> i think what mr. varoufakis said a

and so i think france has to france has to accept it is a multi-faced society at a time when you are trying to dissociate the muslim population from radical fundamentalism. it is not the smartest thing to do [inaudible] i do not think we should change the law one side or the other. but there is something broader and the debate is important to have in france. >> next question. that was not a question. we would rather have questions for people want to comment, that is fine. is there another question? >> i am a reporter with newsweek and i have been covering the middle eastern conflict and isis for a year and half or two years. as a younger reporter i was curious how you think social media has changed and an example like charlie hebdo. so much of their reporting was coming out of social media. i was sort of curious how that was different from france and the united states, because i found a lot of american publications were pretty much giving all of their news through the aggregation of french publications' tweets, especially le monde, and the new cover that was distributed through "le m

major clubs from england, germany, and france --. horrific year. 2014 saw violence around the world. amnesty international has urged to stop -- it is beyond their control. a paper has published a document that it says reveals a strategy to destabilize the ukraine. france's president has urged kidnappers to free a young french woman as soon as possible. there has been some contact with the gunmen who seized of the worker. time for today's business news. >> the british bank hit by scandal after scandal. most recently, the subject of the swiss leaks revelations that showed they helped hide wealthy client's money and accounts. they say the scandal brought shame on the bank. lauren has been looking ahead to that. >> back under the spotlight. two of the tanks top executive -- two of the banks top executives will be questioned. current ceo stuart gulliver had vowed to overhaul hs ec's -- hsbc's bnrranch. it found out he was a member of the system he was setting out to dismantle. money he funneled through a panama bay's company, he has admit

you're watching "france 24." here is what we have coming up for you in the next hour. documents from hsbc showed that the bank held wealthy clients dodge taxes. we will be taking a look at the headlines here in france and in the international press with all of her very best with all of her -- with oliver ferry. a deadly stampede at a football match in egypt. 22 people died and another 25 were injured as they tried to worse the way into a catalyst -- they try to force their way into a cairo stadium sunday evening good the game was open to the public, america rents since -- a rare occurrence since stadium rice left people dead three years ago. the egyptian premier league has been throws found indefinitely. we go to cairo with more on the story. what do we know exactly about what happened back? >> the regime's claim that a large group of ticketholders and indeed not holders, turned up and attended -- attempted to storm the stadium, causing a stampede in which many people suffocated and died. fans say that they were forced into a very small tunnel surrounded by bob dwyer,

even so, some jews in france feel under siege. and a record number are fleeing to israel. special newshour correspondent martin himel traveled to france, egypt and sweden before filing this report. >> reporter: this is garges-leÈs- gonesse, a partisan suburb, where the synagogue shaare rahamim was built more than 60 years ago. it's now smack in the middle of what has become a mostly muslim immigrant community. jews here say they have been regularly subjected to antisemitic attacks. >> ( translated ): it's a real bunker, but this is the only way to reassure the congregants. otherwise we'd have to move out of the synagogue. >> reporter: this apartment block is really on the frontline of a conflict between this immigrant community and the jews that worship in the synagogue to my right. it's from this apartment block that a molotov cocktail has been thrown at the synagogue, rocks have been thrown at the synagogue, even a bullet has been fired from this direction. jews at the synagogue told us they typically summon the police a few times a week. and when the police come, they d

egypt and france for their part are calling on the u.n. security council to come up with new measures against isil. let's go live to paris. france is pushing for the u.n. to convene and discuss this situation in libya. what exactly does france want somewhat are they pushing for? >> it's a joint push by the french president francois hollande and egypt's president al sisi who spoke together on the phone and spoke about the worry of extension of isil's activities in north africa. they both called for a meeting of the u.n. security council which would give a mandate to the international community to take more direct action in libya itself. now, let's not forget while france is keen to be seen as a major player on the international stage there's also a fear here in france and in the french government of the impact of isil's activities here in europe. there was of course, the attack on the magazine charlie hebdo and an attack on a synagog in paris linked to keep who had gone to the middle east to receive military training, not specifically isil,

be france.at this is not just an attack on jews but all people who cherish european culture, who cherish danish or french culture, it's an attack on them. secondly this is a sickness that i think is coming out of the breakdown of states in the middle east and the failure to integrate young muslims in europe. and that this is a tremendous challenge for europe. the question of how to give young european muslims who feel cultural alienated who see no economic hope how to give them a sense of hope and belonging in their own societies, the irony is that when european muslims feel a greater sense of belonging in their own societies as safe and secure people with opportunity, that will help to secure jewish lives in europe as well. >> if there are no jews in france then there would be no france. point taken. peter beinart, thank you. >> thank you. >>> another story we're following much closer here the snow and ice and freezing freezing temperatures. not just in the northeast again for you but as far so

another thing taking place on monday is the signing on cairo between france france and egypt wherebyfrance will sell fighter jets and missiles to egypt. it's a break through for france's defense industry. they have been trying to sell dozens of these fighter jets to india for a number of years and that deal has gone nowhere. it's also a big message of support mill taylorly and at a time when some people in france have questioned the human rights record of the el-sisi government. >> in ukraine separatests say they will not pull back until the full cease-fire is implemented. the next step is for heavy weaponry and to be removed. shelling and mortar has been heard. >> ukrainian army rejecting an offer by the separatests for soldiers to be given a safe corridor out of the embattled town of debaltseve. now the separatists have always said that debaltseve was not includeed in the minsk agreements and they said they had every right to continue shelling there. this is something that is disputed by the ukrainian government that now say that debaltseve is theirs. this comes on a day when they

french film sweeps the awards, france's answers to the golden globes. that film has also been nominated for an oscar. but first our top stories. two days after a reporter was released from an egyptian jail, his colleague now also is set to be freed. he has been kind bars for over 400 days. he was sentenced to seven years in prison on terrorism charges in a trial largely slammed as a farce. he is a foreigner. the same rule could apply but it means giving up his egyptian citizenship, something his family says he has already done. >> freedom has a high price. he says he must forgo his egyptian citizenship in order to regain his freedom. a very difficult decision. he said he is proud and comes from a patriotic family that have defended his country and fought ittss wars. some were offended he was willing to give up his egyptian citizenship. >> he cannot be compromising here. the origins of your existence -- back to his country. >> he was released on sunday, alongside a fellow journalist. they had been imprisoned since 2013. >> 400 days in such close rocks an

jamie: frances catching the jeaniology bug. >> i realized i know not know about my family.mie: he is looking for any unknown relatives of harold marney, his message goes unnoticed until 2013, when brian willis, posts petition to place a headstone for marney in a veteran cemetery near springfield massachusets. >> i could not find him anywhere. honored, not even in springfield, and he was from east spring field. jamie: brian comes across frances' post from way back in 2001. >> i got a phone, and left a strange message. are you the nephew of pt109 crew member marney. >> it was stronging to get a call off the blue. jamie: in august 2013 that grave stone is placed at veteran's cemetery. idennis is thinking about those letters written to his grandmother that he has been holding on to for 25 years. isn't it time he did something with them. but then a reckoning for dennis and frances, the brother john dies of diabetes at age of 57. >> it makes you start to think about what do you want to do with the rest of your life. because his death was unexpected. jamie: they retrieveed letter

it is not only the swiss franc. >> the swiss franc is a big part of that, though.have a bigger purchasing power? you are looking at acquisitions you mentioned. do you feel that because of the swiss franc moved you could go for something a little bit bigger than what you were thinking 8-9 months ago? >> no, i would not say that. for the same reason. if i go something that i buy in dollars i have to pay a price like this, too. i think this is not linked with one another. >> ok. let's talk a little bit about china. you are obviously trying to reengineer china, trying to make it work you little bit better. can you give us a sense of how long it is going to take to put china back in a place where you would be happy with it? can you give us a sense of the timeline for how you see that region coming back? >> we are launching and relaunching things as we speak. that has to start rolling in and create some momentum. i really want to see it coming back and gaining momentum during this year to relink back to the consumer. during this year, i want to see momentum and growth co

he wrote it while he was in france. he came back to america and found that for all of the very important role that he had played in the american revolution this book was the only thing anybody knew about him, and it caused him no end of trouble. but as he was on his deathbed, he asked -- well, in his will actually, in his written will he asked to be buried in a quaker cemetery. his father had been a quaker. he had given it up. he was -- we would now call him an atheist. and he was very up front about it again, having written a book about it. but he asked to be buried in a quaker cemetery. his logic was very similar. he thought that the kind of people who might have it against him, who might want to, who might want to cause trouble after he died wouldn't do it in a christian cemetery. so his father had been a quaker, why wouldn't the quakers let him? the quakers after he died -- it was in his will -- they said no. [laughter] so paine ends up being buried on his farm in new rochelle in upstate new york. and his fear was n

the charges here in france are just as shocking. >> once thought to become resident of france, his political ambitions were eclipsed by scandal and these days, the former imf director general is a consultant on economic issues. he faces another trial pointing to predatory sexual behavior. he knowledged in 2012 he has paid a political price. >> i have made some mistakes that least you can say. the way things turn out effectively distanced me from the french presidential election. >>'s career has been dogged by a series of scandals, one concerning alleged irregularities that a student insurance group prompted him to resign as finance minister to clear his name. >> i'm resigning. i insist it is not at all because i feel guilty. >> acquitted two years later, he went on to become head of the imf. then in 2011 he was arrested in new york amid allegations of sexual assault. and cap, he was -- handcuffed him he was escorted to presented his hotel maid accused him of rape. he went on to reach a financial settlement with the plaintiff. as that was going on, a french journalist accused him of having tr

france, maybe not so much.re getting closer to the mark with quite a few clients in the in-house part of the business. >> let's focus on france. you are the -- have the prime minister pushing through structural reform in the lower chamber. he is trying to change the employment landscape. she is to do this by ram rotting -- he is having to do this by ramming legislation through. you have a strong presence. what do businesses want to see the government do to make the employment market more fluid? >> and they are attacking the french issues in their way. a social democratic way. they do this by creating subsidies. lowering the cost through subsidies. that is one way to do it. they had a system in place for the last three years on subsidies. they have confirmed they will keep on supporting company life. we hope that will give a bit more confidence to our clients. they will continue her start to invest more in the french market. if that happens, then the policy measures have been good. france is a centralized countr

genie: you are watching france 24. ukrainian troops pull out of the key flashpoint town of debeltseve prompting the president to call for u.n. peacekeepers to keep me cease-fire in place. a no-confidence vote to be held on the french government after it pushes through a plan to free up labor rules and regulations. greece sense and it's official request for a six months extension of its bailout loan, despite heavy skepticism from the eu. the situation in greece tops business news with kate. greece has been centerstage. finally, action. kate: we've seen the official request going into the head of the eurogroup. in 21st century fashion it is confirmed on twitter. the dutch finance minister tweaking he had received the request to extend the bailout loans. this after the current agreement expires at the end of february. greece has agreed to honor all of its debts and have the extension overseen by detroit got -- the imf, european central bank, and european commission. troika that the government had vowed not to deal with. g

. >> anti-semitic attacks in france -- 2014 compared to the previous year. -- in france doubled in 2014 compared to the previous year. the attack at a supermarket killed four people. the former french foreign minister has been accused of fanning the flames of anti-semitism, claiming that french policy was being dictated by the prime minister's jewish wife. manuel valls is married to violinist and grab one -- violinist anne gravoin. government ministers were quick to condemn the comments, among them the education minister, who accused him of nursing anti-semitism. staying in france, five out of six plaintiffs in a high prostitution -- high-profile prosecution trial have dropped their executions -- their accusations against dominique strauss-kahn. he argues he did not know the women participating in the sex parties he attended were prostitutes. this increases the chances that he will be acquitted. the leaders of france and germany say they are concerned about a cease-fire in eastern ukraine. there have been reports of shelling. close to the government held town. both sides refusing to wit

the problem is france and germany for example had their histories. in their histories they are each other's enemies. when you take a look at france and britain they have histories but they are against each other. histories of the european nations don't draw on a commonality. they drive on tension. europeans want to forget that history, people who work together, it was really let's not dwell on the past or our future. that is a good thing to do it your future is rosy and doesn't face crises. they only well on block promise that meant something, peace, prosperity, a kind of european civility, a decent society. the problem with that is it can handle everything but crisis and the europeans facing their first crisis found themselves unable to handle it together. there was no history to blind them. their history divided them. it is hard to think what they would have done otherwise. they used to have something called christianity. they don't really have that now. even christianity was divided between catholics and protestants and so on but these things that

france would like to see that built into some court of solis.remember france was so quick to call for a coalition in isil and syria. we'll see if those calls will be heeded. >> thank you nadim barber. >> in ukraine troops say they will not pull back until a full cease-fire is implemented. the next cease-fire is for heavy weaponry and troops to be remove from the front line starting from midnight on monday. shelling and mortar fire in the key railway hub of debaltseve. we have more from donetsk. >> the ukraine army rejecting an offer by the separatests for soldiers to be given a safe corridor out of the embattled town of debaltseve. they have said that the debaltseve was not included in the minsk agreements. they aggravated they had every right to continue shelling there. this is something that was disputed by the ukrainian government. now saying that debaltseve is theirs. they said they were not in a position to start withdrawing heavy repry. today is the day that it's supposed to have started and completed within 14 days. the withdraw of heavy

in spain in france parties that have been marginally nonexistent until recently i taking power. they are saying we cannot live in this europe. in the end the problem of europe is simply this it is a a coalition of nations who are there for piece and prosperity and if they do not have prosperity what is the.of being european? this is the same problem that the united states has. upon founding we were called these united states. we had a problem of this sort the economy out of the south and the north emerged: emerged: more understanding of what the north meant, and we met at gettysburg for a great conference and agreed with much blood and violence in our that this was one nation under god indivisible with liberty and justice for all. who we will guide to preserve the european union? who we will go to gettysburg where we will the grand army of her public be based from to back they're is no center of gravity of european on the economic center. the basic reality of europe which is a nation a continent of nationstates who share know faith we had just seen the decision by the european c

therefore it is not germany and france going to war. it will be the entire periphery shatters and when it shatters -- we just saw an election in which 45% of the scots voted to leave a 300 year union. we see in barcelona an independence movement. we see the northern lake in italy speaking about dividing it. it is not simply that history will repeat itself, but even within countries the assumption is more than italy and southern italy are one country by being challenged by some. i do know this much. if you go to romania or if you go to poland they feel near war and with going on in ukraine is significant. their question is where does germany stand? so what i will agree with you that it's extremely difficult to imagine another lens involved in the war i will also argue that first, the assumption that this is the heart of europe is true in one sense but it is hard to say that britain is not part of the heart of europe or spain over does the hard west. what draws it apart historically is not only animosity between the french and the germans

good morning frances. those reports are 50 tanks, 40 armored personnel carriers and 40 missile systems crossing from russia into ukraine. they are unconfirmed. they come from the ukrainian military, but they are a sign i think, of the fragility of the situation, also a sign because if this is true, it happened as the negotiations were taking place. a sign that both sides are trying to gain ground gain any kind of leverage before that cease-fire comes into place on sunday. so it was 16 hours of what the germans describe as extremely difficult negotiations. at one point apparently vladimir putin was so annoyed that he broke a pencil over the table. there was tension clearly between him and the ukrainian president, who do not see eye to eye, but there is a deal and there are also doubts. the key points of the deal ar cease-fire, as you said from sunday morning. heavy weapons are to be moved out of eastern ukraine within two weeks. there is a commitment no more than that for all foreign troops to be withdrawn,

they want to cut 200 million swiss francs in cost.tunately there will have to be cuts and he didn't specify how many and where they'll be cut. up by more than 8% but since the snb move and the start of the year these share versus fallen quite drastically. they're off by around 20% to recooping some losses here credit swiss is up by better than 8% this morning and when i spoke to the coo i asked how he felt about the performance in the fourth quarter. >> we had good performances. our private banking performed well and the investment bank was solid across the board and there was a quarter with more volatility. it was a more challenging quarter. >> so the other positive take away is the fact that the company held steady it's dividend of 0.7 swiss franc a share because a lot of investors expected that to be cut slightly so they'll get the choice between a scrap dividend and cash dividend but that dividend was held steady and that is really good news. back to you. >> investors seem to like what they hear. thank you so much. still to come o

and france follow the u.s. close their embassies in yemen. >>> the european space agency tests technology for a new reusable space plane. ♪ >>> the leaders of germany, france, ukraine, and russia are now in minsk, the capitol of belarus trying to get a peace deal hammered out for eastern ukraine. since the beginning of this year hundreds of people have been killed in fighting between ukrainian troops and pro-russia separatists. rory challands with more on what the leaders hope to achieve. >> reporter: we're talking about things like ceasefire lines, where are the front lines that separate the ukrainian army and the separatists themselves. we're talking about things like the border between russia and ukraine, who is going to make sure that border is not the conduit for weapons and men as the ukrainian governments and western governments have been accusing russia of using that border over the last year or so and we're talking about self determination, independence autonomy for the self declared republics themselv

now egypt and france as well as italy be calling for the u.n. and nato to take stronger action against isil. more on that in just a moment, but first, we have the latest on the strikes. >> egypt retaliates. the operation in libya visible from miles away. the military says it was going after targets affiliated with isil but these strikes damaged several buildings in a residential area. civilians were killed, including children. the air campaign took place hours after egypts president warned it would respond to the killing of 21 egyptians in libya. >> egypt does not only defend itself the whole region. egypt will react in the right time. >> egyptian fighter jets took off before dawn. the internationally recognized libyan government said the operation was carried out in coordination with its air force but the rival national congress based in typically is denouncing the attacks. >> we strongly condemn the egyptian offensive on sit. we deem it an offensive against the libyan sovereignty. we are sending out condolences to the families of the victims a

we've seen that in france.ally has the largest number of jihadists in europe that have travelled to syria. we've seen it in the u.k. i think what's fascinating when it comes to the actual numbers though is if you look at how many jihadists per million residents from various parts of europe that have travelled to syria, denmark comes number two. belgian has 22 jihadists per million residents. denmark has 18 per million. >> why denmark? >> well it all centers back when you look denmark's history it back to this arson in arhust. and the end of last year the united states actually added a danish citizen of the moroccan dissent and he's known in these circles and he is actually now one of the u.s.'s listed wanted foreign terrorists. it comes back to the socioeconomic problems. it comes back to the type of toxicity that imams are talking about in mosques. and fact that we can't ignore foreign policy in terms of the effect we had when we went into iraq. there was a fascinating article by "the intercept". and they mana

of course i failed it wasn't the only way france showed its sol date. we remember sunday's inspirational march through paris. millions standing against terrorism and for free speech em was there, well not everyone. a lot of-- a lot of people were there. he wasn't there but obama could have felt intimidated as they marched with the locked arms, it gives off kind of a mean girl's vibe you know what i mean? backing that cup set people. really did just put their heads on it huh? still t was a global moment. the marchers the symbolic pencils, they carried the hashtag je suis charlie. it trended on social media all over the world. they claimed in a free society expression without fear of persecution is a basic right. and that by the way comes all the way from le top. >> today the french republic as a whole was target. the republic means freedom of expression. it means culture creation pluralism and democracy. >> c'est magnifique! the french position on free speech is the same as their position on mistresses, there can be no limits! >> the right to free speech

and freedom of speech on trial in france. accusations of a double standard in a case of a controversial comedian accused of supporting terrorism. good evening an welcome to the international hour of al jazeera america. i'm antonio mora. >> and i'm stephanie sy. tonight we continue our coverage with the latest developments in the fight against i.s.i.l. the jordanian government is threatening more retaliation for the death of its pilot mu'ath al kasasbeh. >> on his return home, kind king abdullah. >> selling abducted iraqi children as sex laifs while burying others alive. >> throwing its support behind the government. >> jordan warned of an earth shake response. that response came swiftly. at dawn on wednesday the authorities executed iraqi prisoner sajida al rishawi. she had been on death row for eight years for taking part in a 2005 attack in amman that killed 60 people. another prisoner was also executed ziad al karbouli. the government quhairmd confirmed that its pilot was burned alive. al jazeera will not show those pictur

germany and france, france and germany together, show that we have made a contribution, in accordanceith europe. >> of course, we have been here before. literally. minsk welcomes leaders for a peace summit back in the late summer of 2014, but the cease fire quickly fell apart the agreements were never properly implemented. and in eastern ukraine the fighting and the dying continued as the leaders talked. the separatist representatives have signed the new minsk deal. al jazeera minsk. >> exact details and location of the buffer zone between the army and separatist still hasn't been determined. this is roughly where it could run. the fighting shows no sign of abating with one person killed in violence in the city as charles reports pro-russian separatist in the city are skeptical that the cease fire will change anything on the drowned. we drove across the fields to the front line. only hours ago the military fires rockets at the road. the separatist fighters with us said we should switch off our mobile phones and drive fast. there are few fighters here at this former ukrainian military

future for themselves in somewhere like syria it's because they can't imagine a place like here in france. >> where the government likes to make a difference. this is where the seeds of violence are frequently sown. in the toulouse community, this tough district sits on the outskirts, some people here feel like they're living on the fringes of french society. it is a crossroads where issues of race and religion come head to head with the poverty. >> i live here. i'm integrated, i feel french but people look at me as if i'm not. we're scared at how people look at us. >> do they have to be like everyone else, drink red wine cut their beards, remove the veil? >> there are some days i don't want to leave my house. i work in the market and then i just want to go home. people want to put us all in the same basket as we were all to blame for the attacks. >> at the mosque, the local imam is wary of involvement. >> we have been victims for a long time. here we don't know of any young people who want to go abroad to fight but if they're thinking about it they're going to be very discreet. >> many h

and france close the embassy to the yemeni capital. politicians in crease back the new government's plans to ease bail out terms ahead of tough talks with eurozone ministers. a rebel fighter is killed in the philippines. ? a. meters from ukraine, russia and general gli and ranns are due to meet in minsk. a ceasefire dined last september collapsed at hundreds of civilians killed. there has been an explosion at a bus station in donetsk. a shell hit, a nearby industrial plant was targeted. charles stratford is in donetsk. >> reporter: the attack happened 8:30 local time. it was a central bus station. there were reportedly around 30 people here at the time. you can see the extent of the devastation. the people in local restaurants heard a massive explosion, panic in the area. it's one of two places hit this morning in donetsk. another strike on an industrial plant, very close by. both sides of this conflict suffered indiscriminate shelling. yesterday we saw the attack on the ukranian military controlled city of kramatorsk and comes on a da

it would elect counselors to run france. the editorial speaks to the rising tide, election after election, opinion poll after opinion poll. the leaders discover a troubling reality in which they appear powerless. the national front is france's biggest party now. they are seeing some of their historical supporters taking refuge in the far right. things are little bit easier for the ump but they have not rid themselves of 30 years of complexes and stopped defending values in a timber resource -- in a timorous voice. should we make that get for them? clare: the french papers looking east to ukraine and the continuing conflict. oliver: this year marks one year since the overthrow of president viktor yanukovych, but there is not much to celebrate. "one year on, maidan's impossible justice." at least 95 civilians are believed to have died, along with 17 police, and investigations are dragging along, not helped artifact that many -- helped by the fact that many protesters working at the time were masked. few people have faith in ge

france and germany's leaders are on the line. the four heads of state plan to meet minsk orn wednesday. on -- on wednesday. >> we'll cross to rory challands. how is the meeting likely to play out, with the meeting? >> they planned to meet on wednesday. we heard from vladimir putin, causing a little doubt. he said they'll gather in minsk if certain agreements are made first. presuming that does all happen and they meet in minsk, russians are hopeful that there'll be something significant coming out of it. they are talking about important decisions, hoping to be made there. now, what they want to see is some sort of ceasefire, talk about special status for the don blask and protocols. that's what the leaders have been talking about. everyone will come to the meeting with different thinking slightly different requests. we have heard petro porashenko talking about how he doesn't want any sort of u.n. peace-keeping force on the ground in eastern ukraine, but may be open it a referendum on the federalization of the east. we have had fr

but in europe the question in germany versus greece, france versus germany this was the question, no one went into the room not because it was just the bankers that were out of order but in the end it was a treaty of sovereign nations i could go their own way and it was not a united states of europe. that came out more and more and more. so here was the fundamental problem of europe. germany is the fourth-largest economy in the world that exports 50% of gdp. one half of that going to the free trade zone of europe. germany needs the free trade zone desperately, which is why angela merkel is so belligerent and it's a bit of a bluff if they lose the free trade zone they are in huge trouble. so imagine if the united states exported 50% of its gdp. we export 9%. and half of that -- what would be the condition of canada and mexico two and so the germans use the euro because they had to to set prices in such a way that facilitated the exports and protected them from inflation. but they also created rules that made activity almost impossible. the tax structure of europe doesn't mean that the

they are going to hire 1000 people in france.king at the numbers for 2014, operating profit coming in ahead of estimates. 1.16 billion euros. that is ahead of estimates of 1.45. they are proposing a dividend of 1.9 euros per share. in terms of the outlook, they say the global car market will rise 2% in 2015. their aim is to lift registrations. they are also aiming to lift operating margins in 2015. they are giving details on parts of russian exposure, talking about probably not consolidating after that in 2015. they don't see further after that this year. they are saying that took evaluation of the ruble drop already. a few comments from the cfo coming through. that in relation to renault. there was some concern that guidance might be cautious because of the new products being rolled out. there was an expectation that profits would be higher because vehicle sales were seen as higher. some interest in what the company will say about foreign-exchange markets, that will be key. 6:33 in london. let's get to our top stories. tesla is

france will always dobe there to find a solution. we have this common believe that greece is in the euro and will stay in the euro. >> we could have a little good cop-bad cop going on, with varoufakis being the bad cop. they made some conciliatory comments. >> and even president obama getting involved. what has he been talking about? run us through what has been happening stateside. >> obama's comments are interesting. they are his first in length after the election. he is echoing what syriza was saying during the election. you cannot grow with these crippling crippling sanctions that are in place -- not sanctions, excuse me. in some ways, he gets to leave a symbolic sign that could undermine merkel's ability to isolate greece. >> hans, thank you so much. >> now, while mr. varoufakis is touring europe, greece's prime minister is also making diplomatic overtures. alexis tsipras issued a statement to bloomberg, saying greece will stick by its obligations. for more, we are joined by marcus from athens. we've got a lot of rhetoric from a

also, we had a lot of tensions in france. but the january attacks have really brought us to a new level and i think since these attacks we have reached a crucial point. i have written that these attacks were a direct assault on our identity because they targeted periods of this french identity, as i see it free speech diversity, the targets were very obvious the cartoonists who had drawn those drawings of muhammad. jews targeted as jews and killed as such. and security force members. also most of the victims of those attacks over the past couple of years, most of the security forces who have been targeted in various attacks have been men and women who had diverse ethnic background or religious or muslim and this is not a coincidence, of course. so we are now forced to confront the threat that has been there and we knew it was there but the intensity and voracity of the attacks in january just have made us look squarely at the problem. now, how do we confront this threat? again, we go straight to the point, there is no simple