francis hollande is doing badly in opinion polls. while the country is lagging behind competitors when it comes to business with china. perhaps it's no surprise they are pulling out all the stops for president xu. behind the french hospitality lies hope for chinese investment and exports to the world's largest economy. >> south korea says it will repatriate the remains of more than 400 chinese soldiers killed in the korean wore. the president says it's a symbolic gesture of the friendship between china and south korea. >> nepal is free of polio. there's no new cases of the infection for three years. we have this report on the immunization campaign giving the nepalese support for communication. >> this girl contract polio at the age of five. she only remembers the high fever. when her parents arrived the doctor when she'll get better she remembers him saying "it will take her years to move again, if at all." when my forehand went to school and i could not, i felt bad. >> she insisted on completing high school. she worked as a primary

that poll is likely to deliver bad news for francis hollande's socialist party. nadine barber reports from where the far right national front makes gains. >> there are few busier people than the local secretary of the national front. he showed al jazeera around party headquarters days after an election was won. they are aiming to persuade people to vote far rite and predict a breakthrough nationally. >> it's a long time since the national front had so many representatives. it will be a true opposition force. >> for decades this part of northern france was held by the left. the party hopes their success here can be repeated across the country. at the local market no one was willing to talk about why they support the national front, suggesting there's a stigma attached to the party. the mining town has been hit hard with one in five people unemployed, and the national front benefitting from people that feel they've been forgotten about. >> people like david was a social party member. >> translation: people i talk to are fed up. taxes are rising, there's unemploymen

it's the first major test since francis hollande became president. the campaign has been dominated by housing and security. >> he may have been small in stature but he's a powerful figure. napoleon bonaparte's personal items are set to fetch thousands. >> he's a symbol of power and the french empire. napoleon bonaparte, the 19th century ruler who concurred europe in battles that changed the geographical political landscape. a search stained with blood and a lock of hair are among items in paris. they belonged to him during the final part of his life, when he was exiled, where he died. they were discovered in the home of a distant relative of his horseman in corrsica. >> we arrived and a young lady came with these. we opened the box and inside, you know, we found a lot. this has never been opened for, now, 200 years. it's a shirt. it's a shirt in which he died. >> all of this was in the box? >> everything was in the box. >> a box of treasures. >> a box of treasure, yes. there was no country in the world when napoleon bonaparte is not famous, people li

francis hollande's governing socialist party lost ground and may lose control of major towns. six people have been killed in a fire on board a fishing boat. two people, including the captain, survived. one person is missing. >> hundreds of people attended the furniture of an afghan journalist killed in a hotel in kabo kabul. >> have you wondered who is in charge of the internet? the world internet regulatory body is discussing that. >> no one really owns the internet. the u.s. government controls a fair portion of how things run. in the face of pressure, it said it would give uppize regulatory role next year. there's no question about the concerns about u.s. government surveillance have blown open the conversation about internet governance, about who is important and has control over the pipes, the functions, that run the back of the internet. >> what is that structure. the internet began as apunet, a network linking some american universities and government agencies. it was funded by the pentagon, it was opened up to become the internet as we know it. connecting everything fr

it's the first test since francis hollande became president. the campaign has been dominated by housing, the environment and security. >> he may have been fall in stature, but napoleon bonaparte's legacy continues to if assinate. some of his personal items are expected to fetch thousands of dollars at an access. >> he is a symbol of power and the old french empire. napoleon bonaparte, the 19th century ruler who concerned europe in battles that changed the political landscape. a shirt stained with his blood is about to go under the hammer near paris. they belonged to him during the final part of his life when he was exiled, where he died. they were discovered in the home of a distant relative in corrsica. >> we arrive and this lady came with two main boxes. itch said what's the box. we opened the box. inside, you know, we found a lot of things coming. this has never been open for 200 years. >> all of this was in the box. >> a box of treasures. >> a box of treasure, yes. >> there's no country in the world. people like him, don't like him. they kn

. >> so the question is not weather president francis hollande's socialists will take a knock. it's how badly they'll suffer. >> three months of fighting in south sudan forced a million people to leave their homes, the united nations estimates a further 5 million are in need of aid. the president's troops are battling rebels loyal to south sudan's vice president. it's been nine years since the end of a 12-year civil war in a poor country. tens of thousands of refugees are returning home. many are finding that other families who - other families have taken over their lands. we have this report from abunda and fears are that violence could escalate with elections due next i don't remember. >> jean claude was born in barr undera when his family fled. they moved to the democratic republic of congo. fighting brought him back to burr undy, a kundy still recovering from the war. the conflict ended nine years ago. and 3,000 people, mainly civilians, were killed. they worried that a new cycle of violence could be triggered. >> i'm afraid. everyone is afraid in burundi because they don't

. >> french president francis hollande promised his army would discharge rival militias. he's been visiting french soldiers. his troops would try to prevent the country splitting in two. thousands died in months of violence between muslims and christians. >> cattle raids, thefts, fights over resources are common over northern kenya. some people living in rural communities are taking matter into their own hands. we have this report from tukana. >> this is where this female teaches her students to handle a firearm, dismantle. assemble, load and pull a trigger. the women do this because they are forbidden to handle guns. they say they have no choice. >> translation: we have been forced to because it's dangerous. i used to live with men. my husband and brother. they were killed. i had to inherit my husband's gun. >> immo gen is taking animals from his village to graze. he has to be accompanied by armed adults. he's lost animals to bandits. this is a body guard. his firearm is it illegal, butt he's doesn't trust the government to protect him. the nearest police station is a 2-

president francis hollande socialist lost 155 areas. although the party held on to paris, which elected its first female mayor. >> philadelphia domestic workers in the u.k. are facing gross abuses at the hands of their employers of gulf countries. a new report suggests the exploitation is tantamount to slavery. we have this report from london. >> the extent of modern day slavery in the u.k. shocked many people. now the focus is on filipino workers who came to london of the the sponsorship system is called cafalal. known to allow employers to cease passports and virtually enslave them. >> this woman took an overdose. >> i took pills. my employer said "are you crazy, what you did is dangerous?" i said "i want to die." the slavery is happening in the wealthiest parts of central london. it seems very rich arabs from the gulf employed the cafala system at home, transported their rules and staff to london on the assumption that they can get away with it as easily here. yathala is not the only thing. rules in place by the home office to cut do

obama, and ban ki-moon, the secretary-general of the united nations and the french president francis hollande. in all conversations he put to the world leaders the same point and that was that russia is prepared to use force to protect russians and the black sea fleet in crimea. the big quep is what happens -- question is what happens next. what does russia do. vladimir putin has shown his hands, he says he's ready to use force and protect the assets and citizens in crime ca. the question is is -- crimea. the question is is it a bluff, will it allow ruba to re a -- russia to reassert influence in ukraine. >> thank you to you all in simferepol, russia and kiev, covering this campaign. >> china's newsagency says separatis separatists from xingxang carried out attacks. it's a wiger ethnic area. up to 10 me attacked commuters at random. >> as police continue looking for anyone else connected with the attack, people in china vice-president coming to terms with the scale and horror of the assault. according to eyewitness possesses the gapping started attacking passengers at random with knives. >> t

he released a picture of this conversation with president francis hollande. and talked to u.k.'s damn rom, italy's prime minister and the baltic nations. the message the same - grave concerns about russia's violation of law. calling for vladimir putin to pull the troops back. secretary of state john kerry was on the phones this weekend with russian foreign minister sergei lavrov. they had two face to face meetings, and on saturday the state department said that kerry continue military escalation, and any steps to annex crimea closes off space for diplomacy. >> the question is is russia listening. >> they are ignoring all calls to pull them back. earlier russia sank two of them. the u.s. military isn't sure how many russian troops are now in crimea, and they are not sure everything they do. they say they have seen enough to be concerned. it's a clear violation of obligations russia has. it prohibits them from the kind of activities we are doing. i'm more concerned about the activities, blocking off the naval bases, sinking patrol boats into the waterways. and establishing operati

the white house released a picture of his conversation with the french president francis hollande. he talked to david cameron, italy's prime minister, and the leaders of the baltic nations. the message with all of them the same. grave concerns about russia's violations with international law, calling for vladimir putin to pull the troops back, reconfirming support. secretary of state john kerry was on the phone with russian foreign minister sergei lavrov. they have had two face-to-face meetings and on saturday the state department said john kerry carned sergei lavrov that conditioned military escalation and steps to annex crimea would close off the space for diplomacy. >> the question is is sergei lavrov missing. apparently not. they are pulling troops into crimea, ignoring calls to tend them back. earlier this week russia sank two patrol boats to stop ukraine entry into the black sea. at the pentagon, they have seen enough to be concerned. >> it's a clear violation of lots of international obligations russia has, and the 1997 basing agreement with ukraine. which prevents them from

. >> a setback for french president francis hollande's socialist party. exit polls show the national front is on the way to winning control of several towns in local elections. the far right anti-immigration party says the victories may be the biggest success in history, coming after french unemployment surged to oo high. >> the first round of egypt's presidential election has been set for may, days after abdul fatah al-sisi resigned and announced his candidacy. he led the overthrow of mohamed morsi in july, after mass protest. if no one gets more than 50% of the vote in the first round, a second will be held in mid-june. >> it's 92 days that al jazeera journalists have been held by the egyptian government. peter greste, mohamed fadel fahmy, and mohammed badr are accused of spreading false news and belonging to a terrorist group. al jazeera rejects the charges and demand their immediate release. their trial continues tomorrow. >> rob reynolds explains gangs in buenos aires were gone before police rolled in. >> the operation began before dawn. 1,000 milita

ban ki-moon, the secretary-general of the united nations, and he spoke to the french president francis hollandenow, bam ae had a 9 -- barack obama had a 90 minute conversation and it seems the only threat this came out of that from the u.s. side was that barack obama might not turn up to the g8 summit in sochi in russia in june. i can't see that that is going to have much of an effect on russia's potential course of action through this. russia's perspective has been the same and vladimir putin made the same points to each of the world leaders that he spoke to, that russia has the ability why to, if it comes to it, use russian military force to protect russian people in crimea, and russia's black sea fleet. the big question is will he do that. what happens next, and that relies on vladimir putin. >> but, rory, is vladimir putin willing to risk international isolation in favour of escalating this conflict? >> well, i think maybe it's more important to look at how this plays domestically for vladimir putin because he is a very popular man here at the moment. the latest figures that i saw from an i

the white house released this picture of his conversation with french president francis hollande and talked to u.k.'s david cameron, and the leaders of the baltic nations. the message the same - grave concertainties about russia's violation of international law, calling for vladimir putin to pull the troops back and re affirming for for ukraine sovereignty. secretary of state john kerry was on the phones with russian foreign minister sergei lavrov. they have had two face to face meetings, and on saturday the state department said kerry warned sergei lavrov that continued military escalation and steps to annex crimea would close off space for diplomacy. was russia listening? apparently not. sergei lavrov boss vladimir putin continues to send in troops. russia sank two of its own patrol boats to block ukraine's navy from access to the black see. the u.s. military was not sure how many troops were in crimea. at the phomn penh, they have seen enough to be concerned. >> it's a clear violation of lots of international obligations not to mention the 1997 agreement with ukraine. it prohibits

. >> i think francis will remain the week -- france will remain of the weak. hollandeals hollandaise sauce. for breakfast. >> it is a contraction? >> exactly. it is expanding. data,na, manufacturing michael showed the industry is weakening for a fifth month. stocks are rising. investors seem to china will do more. >> a bad news is good news in china like the u.s. for a long time. >> yes. it is so bad they have to do something. there were comments last week saying that structure would be moving forward but not money. it is increasingly betting on a many fiscal stimulus package. rates. >> it since i we have been here before. >> we have. the same old leaders. in china, credit boom. driving a boom. we cut. out where weed see risk from the chinese government where it might fall. given the commitment to the environment agenda we heard from a leadership and that has been a change of the last five-10 years. spit all subway and air cleaning and that part of the economy -- spending on subway and air clean that part of the economy. >> sustainable economic growth. it is an absolut