during the last year he was in france, the last two years he was in france, he wrote the same memo to everybody. the memo was that everything -- things were progressing properly. everything would turn out well once they instituted a constitution based on the bill of rights. privilegesea was the of the upper classes would be eliminated so they would have the same rights as everyone else. everyone else would have the same rights they have. immediate --n his , thef his closest friends duke was one of the best men. he was brilliant. he was a progressive. he invested money modernizing agriculture, improving conditions. he did all these things to promote improvement in the conditions for everyone in france. he was stoned to death in 1792. cabbanee's brother-in-law. he was in hiding. he was a moderate but he was in favor of terminating the monarchy and creating a constitutional government free of monarchical rule. if you are familiar with the after the fall of the monarchy, they devolved into the as competition between the groups intensified. he had to go into hiding. i forget exactly what t

what he had learned in france. went through the first national election, and put up with quite a bit of criticism. in many ded himself instances. and one for election, -- what people believed be an emerging monarchist idea. jefferson was not there for washington's first inauguration. when washington died, he did not attend his funeral. there is a comment i read -- i -- he it is correct washington was worrying, surrounded himself by so many monarchist. he was always motivated by the objective of preventing power. state ok at the virginia emblem -- liberty standing on the dead tyrant -- that was his idea. that's why he waged, that is why he waged what i call the other -- his other revolution to dismantle virginia's aristocracy. i think that is what guided him during his election and the second american revolution. >> [indiscernible] >> yes. >> thank you for your lecture. it was very informative. my question is in jefferson's , circle of friends you have on the screen, did any of them lose their life due to the revolu

let's go from france to france and germany. apparently the most cozy alliance that we talk about so often, very much in the history books. angela merkel has reportedly dropped nicolas sarkozy from addressing the annual convention. hans nichols standing by. this is a breakdown in relations? >> that may be a little too far. maybe this is just a matter of protocol. back in november, wolfgang scheidler looked for the finance minister to welcome sarkozy to the christian democratic union party summit. now, what we have heard over the last couple days is that it was made explicitly clear to sarkozy's party that they could send a representative, but they couldn't send sarkozy himself with the expectation that he would be at the podium. in light of all that, the latest sarkozy'som office is that he does not plan to attend. they are saying he is meeting with senators back in france. , who spoke with sarkozy, called him to congratulate him after he became the head of his party again. in 20 12, she supported him over francois hollande. whe

france's underclass led by lawyers agreed. france's and rousseau's social very -- social theory. in discourse on the origin and foundation of the quality which he published in 1775, rousseau his argument for social equality with the jeffersonian claim that "the fruits of the earth belongs to us all and the earth itself to nobody." and his back to major "men are free but everywhere in chains." he traces these chains to medieval feudalism which perpetuated and unnatural caste system. trying glues this day and all the pass was a major terms were of economists throughout europe in the late century and similar concerns inspired other rebellions against virginia's pseudo aristocracy. this is a picture. he framed idea that society is perfectible. he prepared to become a priest originally but chose to serve humanity as agent of the government. in 1761, he became the administrative district which was one of the poorest regions of france. during 13 years of service there, he applied video credit principles -- video -- physiocratic principle. the king appointed him patrol general of france.

in the case of france it's a defensive war. france has been attacked by germany.y need to defend the homeland. you have for example a french soldier p in the woods saying no one shall pass. the idea being that germany has taken part of france but they will not gain any more territory. in these images it's soldiers from paris going to confront the western front. there were a lot of him woirmem written. popular in france is a recount of combat experience. in germany it is praised as a time to be heroic. this looks at the trauma of combat. the ways in which it is not glorious. what's interesting is that they come after the war but the combat experience is not widely speculated during the world warment with the french case, the german case, the clouds gathered. there is a sense that all political differences need to be set aside. france calls this the sacred union. in germany the kaiser says i no longer see political party s. /tñ the idea being that united we can conquer our foes quickly. first world war is none of the countries had a territorial stake on the other co

, it is overwhelmingly that france is fighting a defensive war, that france has been attacked by germany and the french nation needs to rise up and defend the home front. so in this case, you have for example a french soldier in the woods that said no one shall pass, the idea being that germany has taken part of france but they will not gain anymore territory. in these images here, it's actually french soldiers leaving straegt out of paris in order to go and confront germany in the western front. there were a lot of memoirs written about the combat experience of the first world war. and one of the most popular in france was "under fire" in which he recounts his combat experience. barbousse dwells much more on the trauma of combat, about the ways in which it's not glorious and how it's traumatic for the combatants. with the crowds gathered before the ki sir, there's a sense that all political difficulties need to be set aside. france calls this the sacred union, all i see are germans. the idea being that united we can conquer or foes and conquer them quickly. none of the countries had a t

jewell loyd crashed in france -- jewelry crashed in france. it was difficult to find people who are ready to make jewelry in a maid to order manner and a very high-end way and in a very short time span. our jewelry is made into-three weeks. it was very difficult to find these people. >> we finally found some people who make our jewelry pieces in two or three weeks. >> her story of -- her story is interesting because you followed what is a well trodden path here in france. what made the change to becoming entrepreneurs? >> i like to think of myself as someone very spontaneous. i was probably a little bit pushed by my father, who really wanted me to do some great studies in france. he wanted me to work for the civil service. in the end, i realized after failing at one school that i was really not made for that. i wanted adventure and risk. i wanted to live my life and wet wanted it to be and not to just dream the dream of my father. it was difficult to tell him and to actually come to that idea, but i started eking for myself and decided i wante

but the thumb comes out today here in france. -- >> the film comes out today here in france. cabinet minister in palestine has been killed in the west bank. the witnesses say israeli troops fired tear gas at him and dozens of others. france's last remaining hostage finally comes home. serge lazarevic was freed by al qaeda in north africa after three years in captivity. and malala yousafzai get set to receive her nobel peace prize. the girls rights campaigner survived a near fatal gun attack by the taliban and is the youngest ever laureate. we have flow for the headlines. let's start to the reaction to the report on torture from the cia. but it is a leading story in the u.s. media today. it's a long report, over 500 pages long. the papers have summed up the report. the daily beast points out the most gruesome moments of the cia "torture" report, the rendition programs for even more nightmares than you can imagine according to the daily beast. there were reports of detainees standing on broken legs, nonstop interrogations, and even more gruesome details than i will -- that i wi

how does france change its culture.s france -- that is the question we are going to be asking. >> guy johnson, looking forward to it. still to come, ecb stimulus. the european central bank expects to consider a bond buying proposal as early as january. we will bring you the story in two minutes time. ♪ let's welcome back. we're going to get you up to sleep with him families on the move. ondhas another mortgage b leader on leave. the trader has worked for jpmorgan since 2008 after being employed with bear stearns. airlines have said travel agents sold some of the company's business class tickets at economy seat prices. the airline says it is down to travel agents selling the tickets using a booking class that was originally designated for economy seats. singapore air says it is working with travel agents to recover the difference in fares. a company says it has completed on another round of funding which valued the company by $40 billion. the car booking service raised $1.2 billion to boost expansion as it faces legal hu

england consented and france and russia closed in upon germany. germany simultaneously lost the invasion of france by way of belgium which was slower than the french invasion of germany. >> two or three minutes left. we'll try to get in jimmy who's been waiting in rome, georgia. go ahead, jimmy. >> well, marvin kind of asked the question i was going to ask. but are you familiar with the george cannon's the decline of bismarck, your opinion order? >> mr. mcmeekin in our last two minutes? >> well, do you know, it's funny, i have not read that book. i have read the book on the franco russian alliance, and many other titles. i'm embarrassed to say i have not read that title but i am a great reader and admirer of george cannon so i will take your tip and check it out of the library as soon as i can. >> what's on your bookshelf now? what are you reading about world war i? >> well right now i'm actually finishing up a book called the war of the ottoman succession. so lately i have a whole ream of books on my shelf, many of them pertaining to the turkish

there is a terrorist threat in france. we have said this and we have been saying this for some time. this is the major challenge of our time. antiterrorist legislation. it enables us to press charges for individuals acts, control from departure of the country and authorizes us to block jihad preaching, search engines, and enables us to bring greater pressure to bear on cyber infamous him. the investigations under the ministry of justice are underway and will shed light on what happened and one may have led these individuals to behave in this way. we also find that this leads to copycat incidents in a society which is vulnerable, individuals who are mentally deranged, in some cases, may act and be receptive by propaganda messages. we have to explain in order to understand what is going on, to reassure people and also to dispel any form of amalgamation of these events. we have to be responsive, but we must also have a proportionate response. during the meeting, we made an update on the investigations underway. we are working

you are watching france 24. split at the heart of protests in hong kong. 3 of the movement's founders turn themselves in, urging protesters to go home. as student leaders dig in with a hunger strike. france gets set to vote on whether or not to recognize a palestinian state. that nonbinding resolution is expected to pass in the lower house of parliament, despite the fact that many on the right are against it. a violent attack by islamist extremists in kenya leaves close to 40 quarry workers dead, attacked in their sleep. let's look at what has been grabbing headlines. hi. lots of focus on the events in hong kong. especially protests earlier this week. >> is getting attention. the original press, china daily in mainland china is very critical of the student protesters. this is the editorial. "a mockery of democracy." the attempt to storm government headquarters resulted in chaos. the south china morning post, based in hong kong is also critical. until now they have been supportive. they are talking about how viol

nothing changes in france. these tree lines, roads, even trails are exactly as they were with these 19, 18, 17 maps. and there i was. i went to and saw -- found coesh farm. i went to the cemetery, 4,000 americans buried four miles from where this great battle was fought. it was a house trailer there. a derelict piece of property. owned by three owners. but it stood right square in the middle of this battlefield at craish farm and there were remanenants -- are remnants the of this fortified 16th century farmhouse. so, i bought it. it took three years to buy. three different owners. you can't do business in france reasonably. and you certainly can't negotiate price. you just pay what they ask for. so, i bought it. and business was good then. with some considerable help, identified the best sculptor in england. a guy named jim butler. he'd done the green howard memorial at normandy. he'd done the royal navy memorial on the banks of the tomz. i knew he was the real thing, but i was always an advocate and an admirer

france nothing changes much in france. these treelines, roads and even trails are exactly as they were with these 1918, '17, maps. there was a house trail there. it was a derelict piece of property owned by three owners t and it stood right square in the middle of this battlefield. there were remnants, are remnants, there on this fortified, 16th century french farmhouse.th so i bought it it took three years to buy.rs three different owners.rance you can't do business in france reasonably. and you certainly can't negotiate a price.price. .ou just pay what they ask for so i brought it. business was good then. and with some considerable help. identified the best in england. he had done the royal navy 'd aviation me nor yal on the backs of the tems. he had done field marshal at h alexander next to bucking ham palace. i was always an advocate and an admirer of the world war i sculptor. war you all have all seen his work. it's on the corner between hydea park and st. jam's park. just great stuff. i said if you ever wanted to do,

-- "france 24."t's start with the latest controversy about the car hire app, uber, and the frustration it is provoking among traditional taxi drivers. "france 24>> it will ban uberpop from january 1. they use amateur drivers. taxi drivers are staging a go slow protest. mms for station from -- >> mass frustration from taxi drivers. >> i am here to claim back my profession. other people from the likes of uber have the right to do the same job as me and they don't have the same disadvantages. i have to have a blank criminal record. >> each year it keeps coming, new competition. we are being more strictly regulated while others are getting off lightly. >> taxi drivers say uber, a company which matches private drivers with clients in their vicinity, is unfair competition. a paris court refused to ban uberpop sparking monday's protests. as the drivers rallied, the french interior ministry announced uberpop would be banned from january 1. it can have inadequately insured drivers. uber is battling lawsuits i

nothing changes in france. these tree lines, roads, even trails are exactly as they were with these 19, 18, 17 maps. and there i was. i went to and saw -- found coesh farm. i went to the cemetery, 4,000 americans buried four miles from where this great battle was fought. it was a house trailer there. a derelict piece of property. owned by three owners. but it stood right square in the middle of this battlefield at craish farm and there were remanenants -- are remnants the of this fortified 16th century farmhouse. so, i bought it. it took three years to buy. three different owners. you can't do business in france reasonably. and you certainly can't negotiate price. you just pay what they ask for. so, i bought it. and business was good then. with some considerable help, identified the best sculptor in england. a guy named jim butler. he'd done the green howard memorial at normandy. he'd done the royal navy memorial on the banks of the tomz. i knew he was the real thing, but i was always an advocate and an admirer

it is called pastrami -- gastronomy. >> france's heritage lies in cuisine.t has been declared a world heritage by unesco. this is not the heritage we must just admire, glorify, and enjoy. we must ensure it is showcased grows, and develops. >> it is also aimed at saving jobs. from 600,000 employees alone working catering in france, jobs that cannot be allocated elsewhere. a concept understood by poland. leading the polish culinary offensive in the capital, this chef. >> i was born under communism. the globalized world that pushes for regularity does not suit me. >> a dash of culinary talent, politics, and a smidgen of communications is a successful recipe according to this chef. >> i try to improve communication to encourage people to come to the country and discover it. >> he is a gastronomic consultant. it is in his restaurant where the polish chefs have to work hooking up a lesson of diplomacy -- cooking up a lesson of diplomacy. >> we have recently been witnessing is the emergence and evolution of nordic was in -- cuisine. by topping the best restaurants

he says the culprit is not greece, not france, but germany. he also says that france contrary to what is often portrayed them is actually fiscally responsible. that is inflation is kept in line with european central bank targets and it is running fairly small trade deficits. germany is exporting deflation to its neighbors, and that is "an immense -- "an example of the immensely power -- the immense power of bad ideas." >> a new leader of francophone nations. >> she has not been dominating headlines in her native canada but it has been greeted well in french-speaking montreal in the gazette. it also quoted site -- stephen harper, who says canada is the second-biggest contributor to the international organization of fraga phone countries. the french-speaking press says it can only be good for quebec. ms. jean, says the mayor, i'm certain she's behind us. in her home country, reports of pride in the caribbean country. a remarkable woman who has already -- always shown her solidarity with the haitian people. you might think that the newly elected

well because france sent troops to morocco. don't ask me why that gave italy the right to send troops to tripoli but that's the way they saw things. so italy sent troops into tripoli and there was a ferocious war there which in fact saw the first use of air power in modern warfare, the dropping of bombs from dirigibles. in some ways the last of the colonial wars, first of the post-colonial wars. resistance bogs down around the suburbs of interestingly enough benghazi saw the most ferocious fighting where later attaturk saw his first action, liesh later pasha. the turks discovered they had no way of getting to tripoli. literally mustafa, kamal and envir went there in disguise as civilians. they couldn't get there because italy had a more powerful fleet and the ottomans could not get troops across the eastern mediterranean. in the course of that war, before it was even over, a couple of important things happen. someone that the ottomans close the straits right here the dardenles, thus cutting russia off from any access to warm wa

in the case of france it's a defensive war. france has been attacked by germany.d the homeland. you have for example a french soldier p in the woods saying no one shall pass. the idea being that germany has taken part of france but they will not gain any more territory. in these images it's soldiers from paris going to confront the western front. there were a lot of him woirmem written. popular in france is a recount of combat experience. in germany it is praised as a time to be heroic. this looks at the trauma of combat. the ways in which it is not glorious. what's interesting is that they come after the war but the combat experience is not widely speculated during the world warment with the french case, the german case, the clouds gathered. there is a sense that all political differences need to be set aside. france calls this the sacred union. in germany the kaiser says i no longer see political party s. /tñ the idea being that united we can conquer our foes quickly. first world war is none of the countries had a territorial stake on the other countries. the wa

the left hated russia in france. the left hated russia and france.in a lot of the press of taking russian subsidies. there was a lot of heat in france. german planning i'm a particular expert on, but it was a bad scenario in 1914. it might have gotten even worse in the coming years and i think that's all true, but it might have gotten better for reasons that didn't come to pass. that is to say the germans could have easily fielded a larger peacetime arming and they weren't paying the money to do it. in part because the way i understand it, the generals mistrusted raw recruits and didn't want too many socialists in the army and they were paying too much for the navy. but all the calculations are always influx. or might not have broken out. it might have. it might have broken out under different circumstances. it might have broken out between britain and russia. it's not unthinkable. >> could you talk a little bit about the popular reaction of austria, hungary, from the assassination? i think you said that franz joseph and his entourage weren't too sad

not to a controversial topic in france. president francois hollande has announced mp's will vote on a bill that will allow doctors to aid the deaths of the terminally ill. it will be allowed the terminally ill to be given sedatives until death and provide for doctors to remove life support. here's the details. >> the two french mps who drew up the law are keen to emphasize the proposals are limited. they will allow doctors to give deep sedation until death to patients in chronic pain. the patients will need to spell out their wishes in a directive that will tie the hands of their doctors. >> these directives will guide the decisions of doctors when it comes to interventions in treatment. they will be binding directives. the things they can contain be fixed by legal decree. >> in belgium and the netherlands, the lagos further. doctors can administer a lethal injection if the patient is in unbearable pain, conscious, and able to express a desire to die. in february, belgian extended this right to terminally ill children. swit

it translates as let's bank on fronts -- france.this conference is all about boosting the image of the french economy and to talk about this i am joined by the head and founder of this conference. we have the french unemployment numbers yesterday and they came out at 10.4% for third quarter, is or anything we can do to reverse the curve of unemployment? >> we are not surprised by the figures. employment figures are the result of the gdp of the country. we see that it is still limited with the forecast of 4.6% 14 and nor 2000 surprise about unemployment. >> what is seen in the third quarter? 3%we had a global growth of with some good results in the united states. there he good results in the south of europe and italy. economiesso those two restructured among others their hadr market and at best we a negative figure in france, -3% meeting the growth had not yet arrived in france. arene of the things we talking about here is the flexibility of the labor market. it need more flexibility and what can the government do to increase it? >>

well because france sent troops to morocco. don't ask me why that gave italy the right to send troops to tripoli but that's the way they saw things. so italy sent troops into tripoli and there was a ferocious war there which in fact saw the first use of air power in modern warfare, the dropping of bombs from dirigibles. in some ways the last of the colonial wars, first of the post-colonial wars. bogs down around the suburbs of interestingly enough benghazi saw the most ferocious fighting when must after fa, later attaturk saw his first action, lie later pasha. the turks discovered they had no way of getting to tripoli. literally mustafa, kamal and envir went there in disguise as civilians. they couldn't get there because italy had a more powerful fleet and the ottomans could not get troops across the eastern mediterranean. in the course of that war, before it was even over, a couple of important things happen. someone that the ottomans close the straits right here the dardenles, thus cutting russia off from any access to warm w

navy vessel while being transported to france.and if that's true that would be a tremendous accomplishment. in any case he did get the army over there and the war was eventually brought to a conclusion. and then that set up the post war settlements. and daniels played an important role in the post war settlement in two respects. he joined wilson in the late winter and early spring of 1919 while the various peace treaties that were being designed to wrap up the war. so wilson used daniels as a roving adviser. as such he sent him to the various places in europe where the boundaries of the new nation states were going to be carved. and two of these happen to be italy and germany. and the issues involved were the boundary settlements between the italians and the new yugoslav republic on the one hand and then the other issue was between germany and poland and the so-called dan zig corridor on the other hand. so wilson sends daniels out and daniels comes back and gives his report. and his report is if you go with the british and the fre

you are watching "france 24." stay with us. >> hell other and welcome to the interhere on "france 24." our guest is the minister of information of the government of tibet in exile. thank you very much for boeing with us. >> yes. >> you are in europe to rally support for your cause, a tall order nowadays as china is flexing its economic and diplomatic muscles with western governments and tell them to stay away from this sensitive issue. you are officially advocating for autonomy for tibet, an option rejected by beijing which accuses you of separatism. can you bring us up to date on the issue in tibet? can you tell us about the situation in tibet? foreign journalists do not have access there. we would be happy to learn more about what is going on? >> the situation in tibet with this human rights violation problem has been going on for now over 50 years. what that indicates since 2009 is that the situation is just as bad as ever in the sense that there is political repression cultural simulation , economic modulizati

i love france, too, but i feel better in israel. there, i can say what i feel, and the other people think like i do. life will be better there. >> other families will be following them. they can no longer live without fear in france, even though it's their home. >> meanwhile, conflict in the middle east is also having an impact on britain. the so-called islamic state, a brutal extremist group, now controls large swathes of syria and iraq. the worry in europe is that young people are being recruited to join the fight, particularly in britain, which has a large muslim population. they are often recruited with slick youtube videos romanticizing the fight against the west or sophisticated campaigns from social media, but now, young british muslims are standing up against the fanatics by using some of the very same online tactics. >> terror is just a mouseclick away. on the internet, islamists call unbelievers to wage a holy war, but a counterattack is under way . the extremists aim to win hearts and minds, but in britain, young muslims

france, right now up 29 points. we'll be joined by stephane to look at some of the top stories there. but italy is not following the broader markets that we're seeing right now. italy trading down around 41 points in today's trade. currencies, a big discussion for markets right now, given the moves that we've been seeing. the russian ruble, we'll get to that in a second. first, let's start with the euro, which has been weakening against the u.s. dollar. in terms of broader market pictures, the euro is trading down around 2.5% against the u.s. dollar. so far this year, the expectation is mario draghi will unveil bond buying. in terms of other currencies in our focus, the u.s. versus the ruble has been in focus. we haven't seen the u.s. dollar weaken against the russian ruble. earlier this week, the russian ruble hit a low. we'll discuss president putin's news conference yesterday in the second hour. >>> atos up 6.89% after agreeing to buy -- in paris. >> atos will enter the five of the largest i.t. companies in the w

the stock on the move is in france. a third profit warning for air france. stock,, down almost 7% this morning. ♪ the ftse 100 is high. in japan, the bank of japan does nothing this morning. perhaps given the recent moves to expand stimulus we can call that headline. let's bring back the head of investments across bridge capital. when i look at what the bank of japan has done this year, later ago,year, a couple months it is remarkable. you think they will double down on stimulus next year, really? >> there is no other option. they have 2% inflation growth. you are not going to get that by not easing. the yen weakening -- it is a dollar strength story. so i think boj's announced policy and the continued dollar strength, that will see the japanese yen go to 1.35 >> let's call this monetary policy on steroids because that is what it is. what is the risk? how can this go round? >-- go wrong? >> the central bank loses control over monetary policy. we do not see that happening now. it's an announced policy on behalf of prime minister abe. he's won reelection. peop

you are watching "france 24."housands of mourners fill the west bank for the funeral of a palestinian official killed in clashes with israeli troops. the government is urged to recognize palestine as a state. there was a vote in the national assembly. police clearing the streets of hong kong, part of a final push to end the pro-democracy protest. time to take a look at what weekly magazines have been saying around the world. it is the time when many magazines look back at the big influential newsmakers of the year. >> the person of the year or people of the year for "time." they have elected the ebola fighters. you can see several covers for "time" negatives in. the editor said anyone willing to treat ebola victims runs the risk of becoming one. ebola fighters are heroes. she praises those weapon fighting this epidemic which has killed more than 6300 people worldwide. they have done this to tireless ask of courage. the rest of the world can sleep well because people are willing to fight. the runners up -- proteste

we stand with the families. >> you are watching france 24.akistan says it is set to execute 500 terror convicts in the coming weeks. that is after the devastating school attack by the taliban and left close to 150 dead. anti-islamist candidate beji caid essebsi claims victory in tunisia. first free presidential election. his rival is refusing to concede defeat. french president francois hollande urges the utmost vigilance after two attacks over the weekend reportedly by men shouting "god is great" in arabic. time for business news. stephen with this onset. let's start with the news out of airbus in toulouse. delivering planes to qatar airways. >> a year behind schedule, the a350. it is still better than airbus' last launch of the a380 and boeing's dreamliner. the new aircraft will be more fuel-efficient. 800 have been ordered so far, the first going to qatar airways. our correspondent in toulouse spoke with the chief executive of qatar airways. >> at airbus headquarters in toulouse qatar airways is about to receive its brand-new a350. probabl

i'm frances rivera. night is falling in the search area for a missing flight which officials now believe to be at the bottom of the sea. an hour ago, indonesia's vice president said they cannot confirm reports that australian crews found debris in the search area. indonesia deployed about a dozen planes and ships to conduct land and sea searches. in addition malaysia australia and singapore deployed ships and aircraft to the search area. meanwhile, the ntsb has also said it is ready to help the indonesian government if need be. and just a few hours ago, the ceo of air asia which owns half of airasia indonesia tweeted this message to the families of those on board. keeping positive and staying strong my heart bleeds for all the relatives of my crew and our passengers. nothing is more important to us. as families of the 162 passengers and crew await word of their loved ones many are comparing this disappearance with that of malaysia airlines flight mh-370 which is still missing nine months later. but as th

in the south atlantic. >> you talk about that air france flight. that was flight 447. that also was an airbus. airbus 330 which is bigger than this smaller airbus. and in that case that crash held several things. the plane broke apart in thunderstorms. the pilots were relying on the computerized system and that's one criticism these days that they don't always fly by their instincts and they have to rely on computerized systems and that plane broke apart. you had american airlines the flight in 2001, in new york city. flight 587. that was a smaller airbus. there was a vortex from a boeing 747 that took off before it and apparently the co-pilot yanked the yoke too much to one side and the tail late lititerally fell off. do you think there's a problem number one -- we're looking now at the scene of the american airlines flight that crashed in queens just after takeoff. two questions, john. number one, are we dealing with crews that even though they have thousands and thousands of hours of flying time, they rely too much on the computerized systems. n

is -- >> meilleur ouvrier of france. >> the master craftsmen of france. >> there's about 30 disciplinen acquire the m.o.f. >> see that red, white and blue around their necks? that means they made it through the brutally, unreasonably rigorous competition that pits hundreds of top chefs against each other, where only a handful survive. >> so basically, four or five every four years. >> certified by the highest in the land as being at the very top of the top of their professions. m.o.f. challenges often include ultra old-school classics not unlike the one we're making today. pouillard au visse. slipped under the breasts of chickens from bresse, the rolls-royce of chickens. it's then tied, slipped inside a pig's bladder and steamed until tender. >> the idea is to concentrate the flavor of the truffle inside the bladder. the dish they choose, it's always in reference to a chef of the past. and this was a dish brassier as doing. >> the at times brutal world of the michelin kitchen looks much of the time like a boys' club. but where do they come from? if we track back a bit to where it all b

france is suspending delivery of the warship until further notice . >> farewell, france. on thursday, 400 russian marines left the city without the french-made warship they were supposed to take home. the helicopter carrier will stay docked here in the french port. it's the latest development in the diplomatic employment between paris -- embroiled in between paris and moscow -- embroilment between paris and moscow. >> conditions have not been met for the ship to be delivered. what are the conditions? a cease-fire and a political solution. today, these conditions have not been fulfilled. >> vladimir putin did not mention the ship during his annual press conference on thursday, but he had already spoken a profitable sanctions -- spoken of possible sections against france if it was not delivered. the contract includes two carriers for a total of 2.1 billion euros. before leaving, the failures went grocery shopping in the city. -- the salyers -- the sailors went grocery shopping in the city. the crisis drags on. >> u.s. president barack obama is floating stiff opposition to h

that is a completely unrelated event, and "france 24" learned about it. there has sfweed been own explosion outside the cultural center. a hole of about 50 sent meets was caused by a device placed against that wall. the investigation is just beginning. islamist peace officers are out there. this is worrying for french authorities because this is the second attack of that type in two months. the first one had originally be claimed by the islamic state's organization, but the statement was denied moments after by another organization presenting itself as the islamic state group saying it was not response in. the original statement has been deemed as not credible by french sources. this friday evening a little before 10 p.m. local time that explosion occurred. damage is structural damage. no casualties are being reported so far. that facility has largely been deserted since those first round of explosions some two months ago. an investigation into those events is still very much ongoing. that is probably why that facility has been closed thins then. tas very

the dot franc bill didn't go far enough. to say we are not going to regulate it all, breaking up the two sets of banks, taking the function out requires regulation. you can't get away from that. >> are there safeguards in place. >> i'm not an advocate for eliminating regulation. this is not start. they are dolling out 20 million bonus, we are at risk of citigroup failing again. this is a failed regulatory model. that you must acknowledge. >> it's an centring thing. you need someone to agree that this thing didn't go far enough. the senate has been taken over by the large banks. jamie diamond's chase bank revealed they had 6.2 billion in the trading losses that they covered up. now he's on the phone asking congress to lay off regulating them. >> not enough safeguards in place. >> he kept his job. >> on this note. is the federal reserve, the ftic, are they prepared to handle a sytematic crisis? >> not likely in 2006 or 2008. hardly anyone is prepared to handle that. we came this close to a global financial and economic melt do

stay tuned to france 24.et's take a quick look at what is making headlines on the internet. ♪ >> welcome to the web news. the stories making the online headlines. coming up on today's show, responding to the fall of the ruble with satire and jokes. an online campaign to help a homeless man in the u.s. and a behind-the-scenes look at an animated movie. falling oil prices have seen the russian ruble lose about half its value against the dollar over the past few weeks, plunging russia's economy into recession -- recession and raising the cost of living. it has become a popular topic online with russians coming up with imaginative ways to overcome the gloom. many have taken to social networks to respond to that follow their currency with irony and humor. these poke fun at russian coins and notes that are worth very little. you see the ruble symbol at the very bottom. one site is looking to bring down web users' stress levels by providing live updates of heavy ruble is faring against other currencies against a soo

well because france sent troops to morocco.don't ask me why that gave italy the right to send troops to tripoli but that's the way they saw things. so italy sent troops into tripoli and there was a ferocious war there which in fact saw the first use of air power in modern warfare, the dropping of bombs from dirigibles. in some ways the last of the colonial wars, first of the post-colonial wars. bogs down around the suburbs of interestingly enough benghazi saw the most ferocious fighting when must after fa, later attaturk saw his first action, lie later pasha. the turks discovered they had no way of getting to tripoli. literally mustafa, kamal and envir went there in disguise as civilians. they couldn't get there because italy had a more powerful fleet and the ottomans could not get troops across the eastern mediterranean. in the course of that war, before it was even over, a couple of important things happen. someone that the ottomans close the straits right here the dardenles, thus cutting russia off from any access to warm wa

they were all in france. on the allies side in 1917 and 1918. if you look at a pacific strategy approach in the mediterranean, you can avoid all italianons of the peninsula. one of the arguments given for going into italy is, well, it ties down 29 divisions who are not available in france. if you look at what is going on germans still the had to occupy yugoslavia. if they avoided italy, they would still have to occupy italy. what do you think of that alternative, and how does the strategy that was adopted look and compare to that alternative? >> that is a great question. answers. proved howlanding terribly difficult it would be to launch an all-out amphibious assault on northern france, and the idea that the americans are in any position to do that -- i don't, i think think it's possible. i think you had to go through sicily, salerno. you had to get the experience of doing it before it could be done in northern france. that is the military argument. the second argument is actually more significant, which is, supposing that it all worked, supposi

another profit warning from air france, klm as they post on buying new jets. rebuffing an offer from iag. >> asian stocks extending the gains. the bank of japan sticks to its record stimulus program. ♪ >> welcome to "countdown." i manus cranny. >> and i am mark barton. today,up on "countdown" these days vital records are big is this in vintage chic. 2014 has been a year of sales for vinyl albums selling across the one million mark for the first time in two decades. find out which driving the revival will little bit later. >> russian president vladimir putin reassuring his nation's economic relief will come in two years and one western leader is helping his case. >> german chancellor angela merkel and david cameron complies,russia french president francois hollande broke ranks from his eu counterparts saying in use in sanctions is possible. i consider that if the gestures rusher is making what we are waiting for, there is no reason to enact any new sanctions. on the contrary, they will allow us to start the escalating the situation. >> barack obama signing legi

and one from france. and we know of the passengers on board there were 16 children and one infant. >>> a little more on the airline airasia. on its website the airline describes itself as no frills. constantly looking for advancements that will lead to lower costs but not at the expense of safety. our paula hancocks reported to us from seoul that it is known as a budget airline with a good record. its fleet is made up entirely of airbus a-320 aircraft. the airline flies to more than 100 destinations across 22 countries with its main hub and headquarters in malaysia's capital, kuala lumpur. and this is interesting to us. airasia quickly updated their company pages on social media. both their facebook and twitter page logos, previously just a short while ago they were red. now you can see that circle is gray. there have been no further updates posted on those pages but we'll continue to track any information. we'll take a quick break. more on this mystery from asia in just a moment. >>> welcome back to cnn

france is a very positive vibe.re were 1000 engineers getting trained every year. 1000 engineers don't even have it and get an engineering dgreegree for free. that made me really proud. also a pretty popular summit. le webow web -- lo competing with the summit? >> it has been more than 3000 people for a few years. we are extremely focusing on the quality according to the stage of content. that is what people really like and the experience. 5000 orot going after 10,000 or 20,000. it is a different experience. debate. is also the tax we know that the u.k. wants to onroduce a 25% tax internationals like google and apple. we know that france is bringing the matter to the european level. is that an issue in order to bring tech companies, web companies to europe? >> this is about tech giants coming to europe and trying to avoid paying their taxes by going into some countries like ireland or others. i personally think as a french those like google and facebook and giants pay their taxes like everyone else. so why not? i th