france france but let's say that france used to beat the partner in france speaking africa but nurul good is is the on going to could in your name your took down who are rooting the show there you know very well that the chinese are there the russians are the saudis are buying land everyone is that africa is just show us. it's time for african countries to see that to try to sort out the problem with the i'm going to take an orderly does get back to our using the mineral resources of the country to stay in power to corrupt ok. or does the problems is not just to do with the french and european it's to do with african leaders themselves and it's to do with ok let me let me just separate to pillage let me let me bring the conversation back a little i hear you're saying let me pick focus it back to immigration and you know that's where france and italy are both dealing with the tail what italy want from the european union when it comes to immigration. well italy wants to leave already that's one word for it they want to they want to for all europe to come together and find a way and mor

an ideal brexit would mean for france.prime minister held a meeting at which you were present today to launch the ideal brexit plan that the french government has. what does it involve? and how worried are you, for example, about the prospect of some of your road transporters have said, a prospect of massive tailbacks and delays of up of massive tailbacks and delays of up french ports? i do not want to enter into too much technical details but of course, a high brexit would have negative consequences, the first of all for the british economy, but also for the european economies, especially for france because we have a close relationship to the uk. so we are preparing, we have a plan, we have technical decisions that are currently —— that we are currently taking to face such a situation. once again, i really hope that we will not have too faced the high brexit and such a difficult situation. the clock is ticking towards march 20 nine. -- have to face. it seems highly unlikely that the british government will be able to deli

has never let go there are dozens of african countries in which france prints its own currency the franc of the colonies and with that currency french public debt is financed by italy's been ruffling matt corns feathers for a while including in its support for the yellow vests movement has been a french as i hope for the good of the french who are a great people that they come out of this moment of crisis macron was a laboratory invented product to stand in the way of any change on the horizon that seems obvious to me now. all while rome's hand of friendship is being offered to world's other e.u. nations disgruntled with the influx of migration including hungary in poland they calling for a european spring french president has taken up the fight media is already on and he's just like it is indeed clear that today there is a strong opposition between nationalists and progressives and i will not give anything away to nationalists and to those who deliver this hate speech and so if they wanted to see me as their main opponent they are right. france and italy have no any bearings of contenti

, a new record for france.ays he expects those numbers to be maintained in 2018 and this year. brexit is one of the main themes of the event, as it was last year. with the deadline coming up, france is trying to position itself as one of the main investment hubs for post-brexit investment in europe. last year, the summit tagline was, "france is back." can year, the question is, france keep it up and maintain momentum it has been gaining over the past few years? that is what the government is trying to show today, that it is willing to do the legwork and put in the effort to maintain the momentum. >> some success in persuading foreign investors to come to france. this is also taking place as france is grappling with the yellow vest protests at home. how are they addressing this? watching as tightrope between the -- walking a tightrope between the yellow vest protesters and businesses. he is trying to convince them france is a good place to invest. on the other hand, he is trying to convince the yellow vest prote

france france but let's say that france used to beat the partner in france speaking africa but nurul good is is the on going to could in your name of took down who are rooting the show there you know very well that the chinese are there the russians are the saudis are buying land there everyone is that africa is just show us. it's time for african countries to see that to try to sort out the problems within the going to take an orderly does get back to our using the mineral resources of the country to stay in power to corrupt ok well. all of that still the problems is not just to do with the french and european it's to do with african leaders themselves and it's to do with ok let me let me just separate to pillage let me let me bring the conversation back a little i hear you're saying let me pick focus it back to immigration and you know that's where france and italy are both dealing with the tale what does italy want from the european union when it comes to immigration. well italy wants solidarity that's one word for it they want they want to for all europe to come together and find

dangerous extremism in france a country targeted by islamists both at home and abroad and it's only just coming to terms with the new reality on through a string of the recent attacks in recent. what is the french know how containing tara compare is due. to come together in the face of radical extremism. thank you very much for being with us today hello so france's bill eight ticks and border controls with its neighboring countries for another six months to a persistent terrorist threat if this measure is so effective in combating terrorism maybe the border controls to return of the borders should be permanent. distance with this question brings forward two problems first we are in the schengen european zone where there is freedom of movement so when isis was around there was a very strong terrorist threats against europe and notably our country in particular was bloodied by terrorist attacks isis planned to infiltrate via the muss of columbus' time immigration networks which destabilized the functioning of europe dormant networks to attack the states that were sending armed forces to fi

do france's ferry march threatened like never before actually we participates in the syrian coalition but we also have a vast operation for establishing security in africa so we have a menace which comes from outside that's one threat and massive number of french citizens are in syria about two thousand with their families they are now in hiding because they know that we are waiting to prosecute them in france with some have been locked away in prison in syria during a military campaign against isis. but isis is not defeated yet politically or socially it is maybe close to being defeated militarily but they still keep their tools and services they still have followers of these and so we don't know. why their propaganda on the internet through oh why do you think that now that i says almost defeat ate their internet propaganda is still as dangerous as before. yes yes of course because when you do something you have to have people know what you did. on the second thread i want to talk about that exists in france is a thread from the inside to flip it exists in our territory there are pe

europe is used to the franc. but we're seeking a new balance a new energy and in this sense poland and italy will be the protagonists of this new european spring there's also domestic upset over the deal alternative for germany say it erodes german sovereignty while the same sentiments have been echoed by the usual suspects in france you know so could my sending the sacks on the quiet on the way to market on can be treason with brags on the volleys of euro skepticism it makes sense that powers would look to team up but not brings us back to the question of foreign policy how will the interventionist french sit with the germans we now need for that coalition. without fundamentally changing the global military outlook it's hard to see how this deal will change much or anything at all peter all of the belin. or german political commentator and publisher i can haymow told us that the new treaty is designed first and foremost as a safeguard against opposition at home. in my view it is more then just a statement it is

in conflicts between france and germany. or the world of holt. it was our duty to end them once and for all. and we did. taunt him best sinful no it. should be for you. to shield our people from your turmoil and interests in the world but if this is a. challenge for these new protection these. laws to explain to show and to prove that differentiate between france and germany that i would join project that i'm bishan for europe. is that all of this is what really is protecting us and unable to control our lives and to build our destiny the one about we freely choose in the carriage. if. you please. and those who forget the value of the french german or consolation. our compass is in the crimes of the past and those weeks i'm straight or spread lies are harming our history and oh people which still claiming to defend the law. in trying to make history repeats itself. a third. degree felony i would rather look for europe in the face. but they did struggle sometimes we do not always. move fast enough but still look out always been able to achieve in

they are going to want to return to france. i want all those who come back to be shown justice immediately. we know who these women and men are. they will be put on trial straight away. to be judged and punished. the french government clearly expecting another influx. a few years ago the french government had been hoping somehow this problem would be resolved through prosecutions side syria and iraq. that has not significantly relieved this problem for friends. here was the other attempt would remember a few years ago by the previous french administration to take away french citizenship for french people who had gone to fight for isis in the middle east. those efforts did not come to anything ithe end. thosettom line is jihadists who want to come back in the next few weeks or months, if they have not destroyed their fren documents, and they still have a french passport they can still enter the country. there is no law -- there is nothing that going to stop them crossing the border. >> you alluded to it just now. a particularly

france and europe goes hand in hand. and in order to keep up this momentum steinem is and we have to be inspired by this passion by this enthusiasm because that is what we need in order to make such a wonderful objective reality and to. also and to also make certain projects that reality shall go and cannot add now changed tack they chartered the course from andretti to an eternal friendship and we ought to be grateful to the two statesmen for looking beyond the pale to not only to not forget the rest of europe through the roof. renewal of the treaty of a lizzie and the treaty in the treaty of arc and lots is said about the renewal also a few up not only of the franco german friendship because the value of this friendship between france and germany is also a friendship because other europeans you allow other europeans to share in this friendship without franco german friendship we will not be able to fulfill our mission to fill the mission that history has given us namely to keep europe together in peace and freedom brin

france regain the lead! pogba. and again, pogba! france have room to breathe!e! he's done it again! despite their defeat — 11—2 in the end after a blunderfrom hugo lloris — croatia, at only their fifth world cup, were feted as heroes on their return home. but this was france's time. didier deschamps — a winning captain in 1998 — now their triumphant coach. champions once more, they reign again. france are crowned world football champions! allez les bleus! hello. for many of us 2018 finished ona hello. for many of us 2018 finished on a cloudy but relatively mild note. the first day of 2019 the weather has been brightening with sunny spells behind the cold front which has pushing its way southwards. this area of cloud we have had draped across england and wales with the odd spot of rain. in the north—east we have seen showers and the showers will continue this evening and overnight. at the same time some cloud will drift into the north sea affecting coastal counties of england. the frost might be kept at bay but further west it will be a cold night with the wides

also a fury up not only of the franco german friendship because the value of this friendship between france and germany is also a friendship because other europeans you allow other europeans to share in this friendship without franco german friendship we will not be able to fulfill our mission and to rebuild the mission that history has given us namely to keep europe together in peace and freedom bring your object either in peace and freedom respecting all of the different colors all of the different sensitivities of europe all of the different realities of europe and pushing it in the same direction. in the franco german history quite often there have been well. conflicts this irritation. was one of the neighbors of the french and the german particularly the smaller ones suffer it a lot. but the prospect that this will never happen again gives the necessary karma. and rest from the continent for it to flourish and so on franco german french it is the guarantor of the peaceful future of europe and when the french and the germans share this friendship as they do with that. as long live franc

a signature and a kiss sealing a promise of peace turning old into france today france and germany renewed that post-war pledge in a new friendship treaty signed and often home of the medieval empire first united much of europe shall make all the previous treaty and to heal the wounds of the past the new signed in our one aims to meet future challenges by strengthening corporations and when the ones we combine as part of our joint systems for collective security germany and france commit ourselves to offer help and support including military support in the event of an armed attack on our respective territories. these trees. president cross said both nations wanted to improve political dialogue military coordination and life for people living along the common border. any. sort of unity solidarity cohesion these are the key points of the treaty europe would not survive were united it would die. germany and france have a responsibility to create the tools to realize true european sovereignty we don't need it in defense and security to space travel migration and monitoring the economic and dig

fighting thewere territory, not to liberate france emma gave a particular -- france, gave a tickler force. this is -- gave a particular force. this is the clean up after allied liberated, cleaning up after hitler's final solution. camps inure of those the spring of 1945, the british americans --, the with a lead correspondent, exposed the horrors people had been fighting against that we have been made aware of and now were coming home. this was emerging as what was ," as called "the good war it anywhere could be good. it had a mold of destroying that horror. ends with unconditional surrender of germany. there is the gate in the heart of berlin. very deliberately learning the lessons we talked about in the last session of a war that seemed to finish satisfactorily for the moment, but created huge problems for the future. s grant took over the phrase -- roosevelt up over grants phrase -- grant's phrase that they couldn't say they had one but were done out by stabs in the back. the kind of line that many petaled in the 1920's and 1930's. gives us theour" sense of fighting in britain for a cl

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france twenty four dot com. yeah but it is welcome to live from paris will news and analysis from france i can i mark. thesese are the main world news headlines. the death throes of the islamic state group women jihadists choose to die rather than surrender our latest exclusive report. on the ground in syria coming up. there's been a report a breakthrough in the talks between the us and the taliban. controll half of afghanistan acting us defense secretary shanahan says they are encouraging but there's no timetable for withdrawal. yet.. michael michael takes his egyptian counterpart to task of the human rights but the visit to carly's the french president fielding criticis. and claims that francis silence. has been pulled . thank you very much for being with us. we start with the latest special and exclusive report from syria witnesses the witnessing the end game for the islalamic s state groupt seemss embedded with the syrianan democraratic force. that backed by the united states francnce and other western natio

this is deja vu news coming to you live from berlin renewing their vows the leaders of france and germany sign a new pact of friendship it seems to reenergize the european project at a time of crisis but doesn't go far enough also coming up the taliban launches one of its deadliest attacks in months insurgents detonate a car bomb at a military base in central afghanistan killing scores of socialist. hello and welcome i'm a touchy germany and france have signed a new treaty aimed a deepening cooperation between the two nations chancellor angela merkel and french president to monitor mccraw at their names to the pact at a ceremony in the western german city of and under the agreement the two countries will step up operation in a number of key areas including security and foreign policy magazine and such an accord was vital specially at a time when populists were gaining strength in europe. both leaders also said they hoped the pact for dream to greet the e.u. at a time of crisis between b. we live in very special times so that for the first time a country is actually leaving the european un

you can feel because it is between france and germany since the world on fire. it was to put an end to such conflict once and for all that we have. become often up with this treaty we renew cooperation between our two nations. we love our friendship and that which unites us print we love your. under populism and nationalism are becoming stronger in all of our countries. and that's why we need a renewed commitment to our responsibility within the european union you know it was many. of our friendship and long believe you or. me mon lived the franco german friendship. also coming up tonight the future of the global economy the future of humanity those are the hot topics that are being discussed in the bitterly cold swiss alps at the world economic forum day one a call for climate action contrast it with a heavy dose of populism politics i'm sorry kelly in davos switzerland all that more coming right up. well to our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and around the world welcome we begin the day with a reminder of what europe is all about ever since we began re

-bo the germany correspondent for france. both of you welcome let me start with you today signing it took place at the same time the u.k. is battling itself over brics that is this treaty is in answer to brics that it's an answer to wrexham but not only to rex it is an answer to the euro skepticism across the european union it's an answer to rising nationalism to populism it's an attempt to really press that famous restart for the european union bearing in mind that that original treaty that you mention it was signed fifty six years ago really was the establishing foundation of a franco german partnership that became a real motor for water for further european integration but the european union today is very different from what it was back then it's much larger it includes a number of eastern european countries so whether a franco german partnership can deliver the same kind of dynamic now i think is very much a question how does french see the meaning of today's sun i think it's also in i think a symbol against. the strength

agreement and in this respect france has put forward a number of initiatives. particularly with regard to in the context of the sinai crew conference and we have. exchanged views with many of the participants in paris. and i think that through that work we have managed to consolidate reconciliation in the territory in question we will see in the upcoming weeks and months the results of that. obviously the work we've done has been done very closely in conjunction with the u.n. but we also work very closely together to coordinate our activities in syria on the fronts in egypt. to members of the small group composed of seven countries which are determined to find a sustainable solution to the situation we are absolutely determined to do that both of us and this morning we said syria. must. get an inclusive agreement of a political nature that is in accordance with the u.n. security council resolution to that effect and we are trying to implement that. this work will be pursued in the formats which we decided upon. and we will continue these discussions in the upco

relations between ensley in france hits a new low off to its knees interior minister calls on the french people to get rid of president macron. the us government throws its support behind venice where there's a physician needs and it's political chaos in caracas. our mark probes the united states supports the courageous decision by juan blood of the president of your national assembly to assert that bothers constitutional powers. and the russian foreign ministry responds to new revelations that the first person on location after the poisoning of former russian spies say gasquet paul was a senior u.k. military doctor. has just turned four am head in the russian capital we're watching r.t. international. it's in it's in terry minister veiny has launched a scathing attack on the french president escalating an ongoing rao over immigration. depends kay has the story. well incredibly strong it would seem it's an easy deputy prime minister fini with relations already strained he's no poked away even further a president might go on saying that he hoped that france could soon be free of in his wo

this is deja news coming to you live from berlin videoing their vows the leaders of france and germany sign and you have to friendship it aims to reenergize the european project at a time of crisis but doesn't go far enough also coming up on the show. the dollar bond launches one of its deadliest attacks in months insurgents detonate a combo at a military base in central afghanistan killing scores of soldiers and. a bad where all the world leaders as the world economic forum gets underway in switzerland join me been pursuing that the full business team here in davos. full color and welcome i'm on with a great to have your company germany and france have signed a new treaty aimed at deep in cooperation between the two nations. american and french president in modern mccraw but their names to the pact at a ceremony in the west german city of austin under the agreement the two countries would step up corporation in a number of key areas including security and foreign policy met the said such an accord was vital especially at a time when populists were given strength in growing up. both le

france and italy have quite a long story of fighting as e.u. elections edged closer the two countries are increasingly looking to bolster their allies and to drown out the rival italy's a deputy prime minister has laid the blame for the on going my current crisis here in europe with france saying it's impoverished african nations with its colonialist policies. we must address the causes of this crisis because people are leaving africa in part because some european countries led by france have never stopped being colonizers he even went as far as calling for brussels dissension paris now some might say that it's a bit rich to lay the blame on france's colonial past given that italy too had colonies but to my use beef is that a cooling to him france has never let go there are dozens of african countries in which friends prints its own currency the franc of the colonies and with that currency french public debt is financed by italy's been ruffling matt corns feathers for a while including in its support for the yellow vests movement they had been

france staying in syria. emmanuel macron landed at the tuzla airbase thursday afternoon for his annual address to the country's armed forces. it's the only fair mobile speech the president has given so far in twenty nineteen as the country remains mired in the yellow vest protest movement. the ambiance relaxed. away the money won't model we now. that ambiance would soon turned somber as micron thank the nation's forces for their service and remembered the fall in. what a g. also clarified a key piece of foreign policy? francis twelve hundrere soldldiers in iraq and s sya there to help in the fight against the islamic state group. will be withdrawn noticed alone we will remain militarily engaged in iraq and syria with the international coalition for the coming year. is that the tone please. we will adopt our global minute tree stands for the situation. puts any rush to withdrawal would be a missesed his us counterpart donald trump's decision to pull out the two thousand american troops currently stationed in n

already strained he's now poked away even further at president mark on saying that he hoped that france could soon be free of in his words a terrible president when the i hope the french can free themselves from a terrible president and the opportunity will come on may twenty sixth when finally the french people will be able to take back control of their future destiny and cried which are poorly represented by character like macro now all of this tension is bubbling away as european countries are ready to head to the new parliamentary elections they can be taking place in may and leaders of countries have already been drawing the battle lines across europe on the one side populist politicians like salvini a calling for new europe one that's no longer dominated by france and germany and on the other it's centrist politicians like michael calling for greater integration now this attack is just the latest in a series from italy and france italy spain paris for the migrant crisis saying it's to blame because it never let go of its colonial times in africa and its rugby league say the wrong

truman was sent to france along the front lines in france mostly valley, where most of the fighting took place. his first big challenge, once he was given command was what has come to be known as the battle of who run. late summer, early fall of 1918. field just moved his pieces into position. they had fired off a volley. they were getting ready to move them again, when the germans fired back and their shells landed all around. most of his men broke and ran. truman did not. that is where he really showed his first test of having courage in battle. mountains andhe battles toward the end of the war but when the armistice was reached on november 11, 1918, his unit suddenly did not have to fight anymore but they were stuck in france. what he did was being a real student of history and military battles and so forth, he wanted to do some sightseeing. he took a number of men from his unit and they traveled around mostly southern france to see various sites. he would write to bess from various locations. one of the letters was from monte carlo. "godey, gorgeous, just what you would expect from p

today germany and france continue to meet daily to discuss european policy. they even cooperate militarily on weapons programs and in conflict zones such as in mali it's an alliance that eighty years ago nobody would have thought possible. he never used michele hoffman joins us now live from auckland good morning to both of you max if i could start with you what's in the new treaty again and what will it mean for the u. . but if you read those sixteen pages of the new treaty it reminds you in many ways of the old treaty the treaty of the say because many feel they touch upon our known cultural corporation for example making sure their language skills for the other one across the borders but there are also some interesting new parts for example and hence corporation in the matters of defense and security we just heard that in that report it's extraordinary when you think back were those two nations were a little over seventy years ago even promising military assistance to each other then also they want to enhance cooperation in the border region sometimes peop

war between france and britain inwar between france and britain was declared the next day. thornton's design was improved one month and one day after washington was installed as president for his second term and 17 days before he removed america from the revolutionary conflict with a preparation of it neutrality. in july, thornton and stephen hallet were brought together to settle upon the final design for the building. in the months that followed, the foundation stone was laid by washington. 20 days after the slaves had been emancipated in august. one month after the laying of the stone, marie antoinette was executed in paris. one month further on, on november 19, the british convention opened in edinburgh. even in a decade of revolutionary action, 1793 stands out as a year in which the french republic found its focus, the idea of a british republic died. the haitian republic continued to materialize. to commission a monument to republican ideals in the heart of that violence, to imagine a location for republican debate, to lay a foundation stone for a republican state dur

tensions between france and italy on the rise. italy's interior minister says he hopes the french do not party emmanuel macron's in favor of far right leader marine le pen. war in yemen continues. we look at the situation in the .rucial port city it is day two of the economic form in davos. the details with a movie critic on the w way. first, our top story. >> opposition supporters are set to go head-to-head in massive street protests. >> nicholas maduro is a dictator with no legitimate claim to power. he has maintntained his g grip f imprisoning anyone who dares to oppose him. we recognize thehe national assembly as the last vestige of democracacy. >> that cause the president to accuse the united states of who.g to forsasake >> today, the vice president of the united states broke all the rules of the game. posted, he was spitting while he was talking. he was drooling. this.es were moving like what had he smoked? we just don't know. >> crowds turned out against the decision to more than double the price of fuel. saysovernment in z

relations between italy and france hitting new interior minister calls on the french people to get rid of president. the u.s. government throws its backing behind venezuela's opposition leader against the country's president amid a violent uprising in caracas. i might perhaps the united states supports the courageous decision by want. the president over your national assembly to assert that body's constitutional powers. the russian foreign ministry responds to the new revelations that the first person on location after the poisoning of former russian spy sergei script was a scene u.k. military doctor. great to have your company been my hair in moscow this is r.t. international. in a fresh attack against emanuel italy's interior minister mattis salvini has called on the french people to gets rid of their president to show that dubious skill has . when incredibly strong words from deputy prime minister feeney and with relations already strained he's now poked away even further at president might go on saying that he hoped that france could soon be free of in his words a terrible presiden

relations between it's me in france it's a new. lease and terry minister calls on the french people to get rid of president macron. old service our the us government throws its support behind venezuela's opposition leader and his political chaos in caracas. are barred from the united states supports the courageous decision by juan guadalupe the president over your national assembly to assert the body's constitutional powers. and the russian foreign ministry responds to new revelations that the first person on location after the poisoning of former russian spies. was a senior u.k. military doctor. you're watching r.t. international welcome to the program. it's leeson terry a minister so veiny has launched a scathing attack on the french president escalating an ongoing rao even the gratian r.t. charlotte dubinsky has the story. well incredibly strong words from italy's deputy prime minister salvini but with relations already strained he's now poked away even further at president might go on saying that he hoped that france could soon