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genie: you're watching france 24.t least 40 peoplple have been killed in a stampede at the funeral of slain iranian general qasem soleimani. that's accocording t to iranian emergegency services. close to 200 more were hurt. thousandnds of people turned out in his hometown for the burial today after the general was lled in a a targeted u.s.s. airsrstrike. the stampede postponing his funeral to an unspecified time. today, gunmen stormed the offices of french satirical magazine charlie hebdo. the attack left 12 people dead and marks the beginning of a wave of terror attacks around france. talks back on in france between the government and unions over plans for pension reform. this is the country's longestt ever nationwide transportation strike hits its 34th day. time for your business update with stephen carroll. you are starting with the very latest on ththe dispute betweenn francece and t t u.s. overer the french digital tax. >> the finance mininister has st a twtwo weeeek deadline with his american counterpart to reso

and france because of a new digital tax on the u.s. tech companies. and japan embraces those little farming we tell you where and why. i want to get joneses this is deja vu business asia welcome u.s. president donald trump said he'll sign a phase one trade deal with china on january the 15th trump tweeted that if the deal will be signed in a ceremony at the white house with high level chinese representatives the deal was concluded in december but many of its details have been slow to emerge trump went on to say he will go to beijing at a later date where face to talks will begin. well earlier today i spoke to our taipei correspondent at sohan sue and i asked him what china is saying about signing the phase one deal with the us war very different from donald trump china has remained tight lipped on the details with only the day media confirming that the deal had been agreed in principle but the tech needed to be translated proof read and legally scrapped and we know donald trump if ever he wanted to die of a trade deal with chinese president xi jinping

and france because of a new digital tax on u.s. tech companies. and japan embraces vertical farming we tell you where and why. i want to get jones on this is detail the of business live from berlin good to have you with us we have a date for the next chapter in the u.s. china trade route u.s. presidents donald trump said he'll sign a face one trade deal with china on january the 15th trump tweeted that the deal will be signed in a ceremony at the white house with high level chinese representatives the deal was concluded in december but many of its details have been slow to emerge including a signing date trump went on to say he will go to beijing at a later date where phase 2 talks will begin. well earlier i spoke to our time because abundant it's own hand sue and i asked him what china is saying about signing face the phase one deal with the u.s. . well very different from don on charm china has remained tight lipped on the details with only this day media confirming that the deal had been agreed in principle but the text needed to be translated

also coming up more protests and strikes across france. union stepped up their battle against proposed pension reforms it's not the longest industrial action that france a seen in decades. i'm sorry so misconducts good to have you with us u.s. officials say they believe that iran likely shot down the ukraine international airlines plane that crashed on wednesday now the plane was on its way from the iranian capital tehran to the ukrainian capital kiev unnamed u.s. officials have told american media that iranian air defense systems might have accidentally shot down the airliner killing all 176 passengers and crew iran says the crew did not put out a distress call but did try to turn back before the plane went down and ukraine is such a team of investigators to join the search for answers. now a short while ago u.s. president trump had this to say i have my suspicions it was very i don't want to say that because other people have those suspicions also and. it's a tragic thing when i see that it's a tragic thing. but somebody could have made

france 24 online is also forging ahead. at over 15.5 million visitors a month on france 24.com.t's a leader on youtube. f facebook followers. to our constantly growing community of viewers -- thank you. it is time now for french connections. it's our weekly look at the in paris.s of life we begin with allegations of police violence. >> thank you. recently, it really came to the forefront when the yellow vests protest kicked off. since then, hundreds of been seriously injured. dozens have been maimed for life. it's not just to ministrations and crowd control. there are incidents of people dying during heavy-handed arrests. anseems that there has been increase in police errors, police blunders. >> are things really worse than before if you compare them? >> if you talk to sociologists, no, police are not more brutal than before. but police abuse has become more visible. incidents caught on tape become viral. that being said, there has been an increase in investigations the police violence by police of the police. if we take a look at the figures between 2018 and 2019, the allegatio

and france because of a new digital taps on u.s. tech companies and japan embraces vertical farming we tell you where and why. i want to get this is to double your business on january the 1st 2020 welcome good to have you with us we have a date for the next chapter in the u.s. china trade raul u.s. president on a trump said he'll sign a face one trade deal with china on to january the 15th trumpet tweeted that is the deal will be signed in a ceremony at the white house with high level chinese representatives the deal was conducted in december but many of its details have been slow to emerge including a signing date trump went on to say he will go to beijing at a later date where a face to talks will begin. let's stay with face one and for more let's bring in our taipei correspondent someone hung hopefully right now i see some sort of twitter line so can you hear me ah there you are so good good good good to have you with us happy new year to you 1st of all tell me what's china saying about signing the 1st one there with the u.s. . w

and france is marking the 5th anniversary of the attack on the satirical newspaper. it was the finest in a series of terrorist attacks in france and provoked a massive security response we look at how it affected france and how the country's been coping with islamic extremism. dozens of people have been killed in a stampede among a huge crowd of mourners gathered in iran that's according to iran's state media reports say 35 people died as hundreds of thousands gathered to pay their last respects to general cost simply money he was killed in a targeted don't strike by the united states and friday the general's home city of cavemen has been the scene of massive possessions as people assembled there for his burial. and let's go straight to iran i'm joined by journalist at this stage who is in there and resolve what are you hearing about the stampede i good to be with you the latest update about this town it is that our forces didn't owner of. them the incident has increased or the according to emergency officials and the number of those wounded in the incident has incre

says it's a number precedented rise in terrorist file and france and 5 regional countries have files ins of troops fighting groups some of whom a link to eisele and al qaeda but anger against the operation and against france is growing now president micro is hosting a summit to discuss whether french soldiers should stay natasha butler reports from paris. in december the bodies of 71 soldiers from the asia nates a military base in the capital niamey a grim reflection of growing violence in asylum they were killed in an attack claimed by i saw in the west of the country this is i decided to come myself to give my nation's gratitude inconsolable but not all defeated to these men plucked from the affection of the loved ones in the prime of life for what they are to us our heroes our martyrs the french president emanuel micro visited me shared to pay his respects just 3 weeks earlier in paris mccord led a memorial for 13 francs. soldiers killed in a helicopter crash in mali more than $4000.00 french troops are fighting armed groups in the sile alongside forces from the share bikini faso

so i chose france. i was proud of what we did. proud of serving france.lways sent out in front of the french troops. if there was an attack harkins with the first to die. we had to get rid of the fighters. they were terrorising the population. we always knew at that one day algeria would gain its independence. what general should have done was ta ke what general should have done was take all of the harkins and their families to safety in france. but when independence was declared in 1962, they french disarmed them and left them defenseless. the fl and took advantage of this and rounded us took advantage of this and rounded us up. they took me to a barracks where there were 50 other prisoners. there was blood everywhere. they stripped me naked and started torturing me with electric shocks. each time a new group of soldiers came on shift, they began again. the same thing every day. the fl and even made as did our own graves. some people when thrown in alive and somewhat thrown into the river and the jackals did the rest. i was arrested onjuly the the jackal

crippling protests and the walkout across france over the efforts to reform the pension system france's president many on the ground is now telling outside investors that france is still open for business apparently so how important is this effort to keep the economy moving forward is absolutely critical kristie and yes he's absolutely been saying that one thing he's not going to do is they don't come to france we'd like this like strikes to continue he's not going to say that what do you go to give him credit for though he just recently i think it was the other day he was just. he was talking to astra zeneca employs of course that's the british swedish i'll go before masood pharmaceutical company and do his efforts actually one has to give him credit because coca-cola is investing now over a 1000000001 point $1000000000.00 in france then astra zeneca has announced a $500000000000.00 investment over 5 years and toyota just an announced $100000000.00 investment so he's doing something right he's hosting also all these global executives using besides the inducement i think google executiv

it's now the longest industrial action that france has seen in decades. and the shock announcement rocking the british royal family it's been called meg's it prince harry and meghan markle and i'll still step back from while doing this and spend more time in north america will take a look at the fallout. i'm sumi so much going to thank you for joining us what caused a ukrainian a passenger plane to crash in iran just minutes after takeoff all 176 people on board were killed in wednesday's crash the ukraine international airlines jet was on its way from the iranian capital tehran. on to the ukrainian capital kiev iran says the crew put out no distress call but did try to turn back to the airport before the plane went down now ukraine has sent a team of investigators to iran to join the search for answers the crash has caused shock and grief in both nations. marking a day of mourning ukrainian president for not a ms event ski of the growing memorial to those who died in wednesday's crash. as the scramble for on says gets underway he appealed for internation

and she also said that probably these cases were 1st detected in france because france had developedas one of the 1st countries a method to detect the virus now people here obviously quite concerned about this is you look at social media they're really wondering why there aren't systematic checks at airports because there are people who've talked to french media in the past saying you know i just got home for dinner and no one actually checked me no one controlled me i had lisa lewis with the leaders there in paris and fabienne question for us in beijing thank you both. well you can find the latest information and the tips on how to protect yourself from the virus check out our website w dot com all right moving on now to some of the stories making news around the world tens of thousands of demonstrators have returned to france's streets to oppose a planned overhaul of the pension system the government has unveiled its final version of the draft law which critics say will force millions to work longer france has been hit by strikes and other actions since early december. and proteste

look at how france is affected france around the country has been coping with islamic radicalism. good to have you with us. dozens of people have been killed in a stampede among a huge crowd of mourners gathered in iran that's according to iran's state media reports say 35 people died as hundreds of thousands gathered to pay their respects to general costs and celine money who was killed in a targeted drone strike by the united states on friday the general's hometown of caveman has seen massive parades of people assembling for his behavior. joining me now is journalist and these he is in tehran welcome reason i believe you've talked to witnesses in quetta mond who were at the scene what can you tell us about the stampede and what happened there thank you very much for having me yeah i talked to my contacts in carolina south of here on an. errand that many people evil have been children owned in the stand during the funeral of general so they money the initial reports by the news agency close to iran's a state t.v. coated death although 35 people had 48 others wounded as you mentio

france's victor perez leads.ext year. its after the team's owner bought a stake in the luxury car company. the controversial trainers used by eliud kipchoge to break the two hour marathon mark will be banned by world athletics. some of nike's other controversial running trainers will be allowed though — with some restrictions. and snooker‘s china open, in march and april, has been cancelled due to the threat of the coronavirus. world snooker says it is looking into rescheduling the tournament at a later date. let's catch up on the australian open next then, where austria's dominic thiem is through to his first final in melbourne thanks to a four—set win over alexander zverev. there's been double doubles delight in the wheelchair events, whilst jamie murray stands on the verge of a record breaking triumph, too. with all the details, our man on the ground isjohn watson. it will be dominic thiem against novak djokovic in a sunday's men's final. dominic thiem coming pass alexander is a germany. he ran away for quite

at how it's affected france and how the country has been coping with the radical islamists and. kind of a warm welcome to you i'm on the. we have some breaking news coming in feel in the last few minutes iranian state television is reporting that at least 35 people have been killed in a stampede at the funeral procession of the iranian general concepts of the money hundreds of thousands of people have gathered in the town of k'naan as general is laid to rest he was killed by a u.s. airstrike in the iraqi capital baghdad last 3. on the fallout of gentleman his killing has raised tensions in the region his assassination a schools an outpouring of pub the grief and anger against the u.s. iran says it will seek revenge for the killing. revered in life martyred in death. hundreds of thousands of mourners witnessed the return of general kasim solomon these body to his hometown of kemah on. after a 3 day state funeral procession across the country this is where his journey ends . solemn money with killed in a u.s. drone strike in neighboring iraq on friday his death is not only provoke

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and france's concerns over terrorism as well as its interests in libya's oil wealth has put it at odds with the e.u.'s official line there are claims it's given covert military help to gen hof to. earlier this week peace talks in moscow broke down. despite many interests at stake and the players involved germany seems to turman to pursue its mediation role that even if a ceasefire is agreed the road to peace looks a long way off. we are continuing to wait dignitaries arriving to meet with angle or merkel the u.n. secretary general antonio gutierrez and a host of other foreign dignitaries who are all convening here in berlin to try to hammer out some sort of a deal between the 2 warring factions in libya to try to at least get a cease fire so that further down the line they can come to some sort of long term resolution to all of this in the meantime we're waiting for the arrival of some key key dignitaries including of course we keep mentioning earlier one from turkey and and putin from russia we haven't yet seen. menu in that call from france we understand that he was meeting the germa

and france and all of it started over a digital tax so here's what happened france passed a digital services tax that would target tech companies essentially like google apple and amazon as a result president trump is now threatening to hit france with new tariffs in retaliation these tariffs would hit about $2400000000.00 worth of french goods and now france is threatening that if that happens france or the rest of the e.u. could respond with tariffs of their own as a bloc with the european trade commissioner phil hogan excuse me says that the next few days will be critical in determining whether or not the e.u. can broker an international agreement on taxation of digital businesses hogan went on to say in an interview with bloomberg quote next week is a very important week to try and see could we come to a positive outcome on this i'm not going to prejudge the outcome and joining us now is hillary ford or the with the british american business association hilary that they have here to talk about pledges and all right so the 1st big question all really about to see a trade war take place he

here in france. lisa lu is there reporting for us from paris now in china a new type of virus could be the cause of a mysterious pneumonia like illness that is and 59 people to the hospital the virus is supposedly linked sue the deadly sars outbreak it's similar to that one that came out in china in 2003 the outbreak in the central city of one hon has been linked to a seafood market in the city as more many of the patients worked out or visited the woo one on seafood market in the city is around 100 kilometers inland from hong kong but officials there have also put precautionary measures in place. the border entry exit control points affan hands held surveillance and inspection medical personnel have been advised to stay alert and transfer and quarantine the suspected cases as early as possible the hong kong food and health bureau will keep in close contact with the world health organization like china has been hit hard by novel pathogens in the past the sars epidemic in 2003 killed over 700 people i

welcome back this is r t international and huge discontent over pension reforms in france are drawing on to the avenues and boulevards of france once again this weekend police are out in force using tear gas to disperse the crowds. i see. i i. i. know a vest protesters have joined the call to abandon the changes which would see the retirement age for many increased transport service workers doctors and teachers are among those who have turned out in the french capital protests are also occurring in other cities including my say and strasbourg another meeting between the government and unions is scheduled for tuesday with hopes of that it may confuse the situation. staying in france the country has revealed the nominees for its highest state award the legion of honor but some of the names are causing more than a little consternation including the head of the french branch of an american asset management company linked to the country's controversial pension reforms black rock is one of the world's largest asset management firms and has operated in france since 2006 last summer it appare

france is sending experts to the crash site. anchor: for more analysis, i am fromd by phillip toll international affairs. look us through what evidence we know exists one way or the other to support the claim that either iran is responsible fofor this r it is not,t, or it looks like an accident? onn the iran was responsible side, ththe main sourcece has been the u.s. and canada. we just saw canadian prime minister justin trudeau talking about why he believes that it was iran that was responsible. he says he has obtained intelligence from multiple sources which sasay that the ple was shot down by a surface-to-air missile. u.s. media has been speculating theher on that, saying airplane may have been mistaken for a u.s. warplane on its way to fire rockets at iran. that i iwhy the mimissile was st to shoot down. they said that was probably in retaliation for the killing of .o the money -- ofof soleimani we are waiting for the black boxes to speak. think,e going to be, i interrogated late friday. how long it will be before we get any

unions continue their battle against proposed pension reforms it's now long is such a strike in france in the 50 years. i'm called aspen thanks for joining us u.s. and canadian officials say an iranian missile brought down a ukrainian international airlines flight canada's prime minister justin trudeau says mounting evidence suggests an iranian surface to air missile hit the airliner shortly after taking off from tehran on wednesday all 176 people on board died many of them were canadian iran says it has ruled out a missile strike by its air defenses u.s. and canadian aviation safety officials have now been invited to join the investigation. wreckage from the ukrainian international airlines flight. crashed shortly after takeoff from tehran leaving the world with lots of questions and few wants as. canadian prime minister justin trudeau was the 1st to publicly announce a possible cause an iranian missile we have intelligence from multiple sources including our allies and our own intelligence. the evidence indicates that the plane was shot down by a rainy and surface to air missile. thi

calls unprecedented violence in the sun held in egypt and france with almost $5000.00 troops there is meeting regional leaders to decide what to do next as the military campaign failed and cook the conflict spread further in west africa this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program i'm melting dennis and all the 4000 west africans killed in just 12 months the united nations says last year was the worst yet in the fight against armed groups in the sile the u.n. says it's an ump ressa dented rise in terrorist file and fronts and 5 regional countries have files ins of troops fighting groups some of whom a link to eisele and al qaeda but anger against the operation and against france is growing now president macro is hosting a summit to discuss whether french soldiers should stay natasha butler reports from paris. in december the bodies of 71 soldiers from the asia nates a military base in the capital niamey a grim reflection of growing violence in asylum they were killed in an attack claimed by i saw in the west of the country this is i decided to come myself to give my nation's

and she also said that probably these cases were 1st detected in france because france had developed as one of the 1st countries a method to detect the virus now people here obviously quite concerned about this if you look at social media they're really wondering why there aren't systematic checks at airports because there are people who've talked to french media in the past saying you know i just got home for dinner and no one actually checked me no one controlled me i had lisa louis with the latest there in paris and fabienne question for us in beijing thank you both. our to look now at some of the other stories making news around the world in she lay protesters took to the streets to mark the 100th day of social unrest in the capital santiago police used water cannons to clear the demonstrators at least 27 people have died in those protests driven by anger over inequality and high living costs. german chancellor angela merkel and a turkish president wretch of type everyone have agreed to work to uphold the 2016 refugee deal between turkey and the e.u. under the deal pledges to sto

last france is marking the 1st anniversary of the attack on the satirical magazine. it was the 1st in a series of terrorist attacks in france and provoked a massive security response we look at how it affected crohn's and how it's been coping with islamic extremism. dozens of people have been killed in a stampede among a huge crowd of mourners at the funeral of the assassinated general a same sort of money that's according to iran's state media reports say 40 people died as hundreds of thousands gathered to pay their last respects to the general who was killed in a targeted drone strike by the united states the general's home city of caravan has been the scene of massive processions as people gathered there for his barrier. only i spoke to a journalist. who is in tehran he described the circumstances that led to the stampede and whether the arrangements were inadequate for the large numbers of people who turned out the crowd was so huge that the officials were not planning. that forced into on the burial for a route which was slated to be held today general stanley m

morere on his 12 nominations at cesar,ar's caesar -- france's version of the oscar. first, our top stories, our top stories come alive from paris. the death toll from the coronavirus has now risen to over 130. the number of confirmed cases of that deadly flu-like virus n now around 6000. in what could be a major step toward reining in the disease, scientists in australalia say ty have developoped a lab grown version of the coronavirus, the first to be re-created outside china. in the meantime, countries around the world are trying to protect their citizens, evacuating them from the epicenteter of the outbreak in wuhan. patrick told us morore from beijing. patrick: in hong kong, they say they have already developed a vaccine. the problem with t these thingns they c cannot actually use e thm unl l they a teseste properly, and that is a procesess that cod take s several mononths. the u.s. i is also workiking ona vaccine, but it is a similar sort o of situation. that figure you mentioned, the number of infections surpassing 6000 today or hitting around the 6000 mark -- t

attack on this the 2 rickles shot me every job it was the 1st in a series of terrorist attacks in france and provoked a massive security response look at how it affected us and how the country's been coping with islamic radicalism. pattern of evil might continue i'm going. dozens of people have been killed in a stampede among a huge crowd of mourners gathered in iran according to state media only to police say 25 people died as hundreds of thousands gathered to pay their respects to general qassim soleimani who was killed in a targeted drone attack by the united states on friday the general's hometown of came on has seen massive parades of people assembling for his burial. joining me now is journalist and these cars face is in tehran welcome liz i believe you've talked to witnesses in kenya who were at the scene what can you tell us about the stampede and what happened there thank you very much for having me yeah i talked to my contacts in caroline southeastern iran and i'm certain that many people. have been children on that in the stand during the funeral of general so they money the i

of france's forests.now across the world all green spaces around the threat the shrinking under the pressures of climate change deforestation and rapid of and development. from #to is blocking the trend hit there is sixteen a million acres of forest often down the country and they're only getting bigger. france is known for its lush and the magnificent forest. over the past hundred years they've more than doubled in size. this was largely because by the rural accidents when french people fled the country site for the city. the industrial revolution but it's also due to the development of intensive modern agriculture. which demands less bass aggressor harvest. these two key factors allowed french forests to slow the growth claim they space. today nearly a third of france's territory discovered by woodland and even if the trend has slowed over the past thirty years. french forests continue to branch out. some ninety thousand hectares of trees emerge from the us every year. the surface area nine times the s

the anger is palpable in france over divisive pension changes and an american banker awarded france's highest honor is raising eyebrows for his alleged links to the proposal that is right after the break stay with us this is our 2 international. you know world a big part of the lot and conspiracy it's time to wake up to dig deeper to hit the stories that made stream media refuses to tell more than ever we need to be smarter we need to stop slamming the door. and shouting past each other it's time for critical thinking it's time to fight for the middle for the truth the time is now we're watching closely watching the hawks. it is physics physics is nothing but the harmony you can create on vibrating strings but it's chemistry chemistry is the melodies the melodies you can play on strings what is the universe the universe is is a symphony of strings. this is our t. international a huge discontent over pension reforms in france are drawing thousands on to the avenues and boulevards of paris once again this weekend police are out in force using tear gas to disperse the crowds. yellow that

france is marking the 5th anniversary of the. newspaper charlie hebdo it was the 1st in a series of attacks in france and provoked a massive security response we look at how it affected france and how the country has been coping with. well i'm terry martin good to have you with us in iran thousands of mourners are gathering for the burial of the iranian general. who was killed by a u.s. airstrike in baghdad on friday the general's body has been returned to his hometown of. many salt soleimani as 2nd only to iran's supreme leader ayatollah ali khan money his killing has provoked an outcry against america in the middle east with promises of revenge and retribution. meanwhile germany has enough. that it's withdrawing part of its contingent of soldiers from iraq due to rising tensions in the middle east around $130.00 german military personnel have been stationed there to train iraqi soldiers you know what comes amid confusion over whether the u.s. intends to pull its troops out of iraq u.s. defense department has denied reports that

who are asking perhaps why france continues to be involved in the region that's put extra pressure on him to justify the reasons to the french public but at the same time he is also saying that he is frustrated with what he sees as growing anti french sentiment in the soil region as the casualties mount as there are more attacks on all know the military and on civilians many people are frustrated not just with regional leaders but with france a former colonial power and many people are saying that perhaps the french should no longer be in the region so you know mark wants the g. 5 so all presidents to clarify whether or not they still want france's presence in their countries or not and so then one of the leaders of those 5 west african countries hoping for. well they're probably likely to recommit in a way to france working alongside their troops and they are hoping really to improve the security situation because of the upsurge of violence there in recent months of course is a very difficult region to work with it's vast desert arid land you're looking those threats from several arm

to be awarded france's a legion of own a medal is to receive the country's highest award so no doubt this year's recipients were pleased as punch to know that they'd been given the nords when the list was announced one name provoked rather than appreciation it was that of the. head of the french branch of the american management company black rock. well critics accuse blackwater of trying to cash in on the controversial pension changes that are currently being pushed through by the french government. directly benefit from the pension reform. the chose to honor the lead of blackrock france is nothing but an anecdote blackrock is simply the dark side of the pension reform john transource you believe president of blackrock france is promoted to officer of the legion of warner on january the 1st as a reward for pillaging of our pay as you go passions the presentation of the legion of honor it is on france was to release a provocation it reveals the close ties that exist between the graun and the world of finance he's selling the retirement system to american pension funds it's a big deal

involvement so this is open for 6 years with opera about cannes france has been in the saddle and it seems were the tipping point there are no real results people in sile are positive about the situation the threat hasn't been eradicated so the g 5 saw how countries are asking themselves if france is really the only country that has solutions maybe other countries can help people wonder if it's time to stop increasing a french military presence that is costly to africans and france macross says if french troops are to continue fighting in sile he wants a greater commitment from g 5 leaders he's expected to achieve that for now but what's less clear is for how long. what we are expecting the presence of the g 5 countries to recommit to farces presence alongside fighting alongside their forces but there's little doubt that the security challenges. are enormous it is of course in the threats come from armed groups. there is of course widespread poverty climate change also compounding an already very fragile situation so what the leaders gathering here today in poor are also expected to