normal -- in by al qaeda for three years are back on home soil, greeted by french president franÇois hollandetom along with the foreign minister and the defense minister. and of course most importantly to them, their families. catherine, what can you make of the emotions from where you are? yes, very emotional scenes, very joyous scenes. we saw lots of smiles and former as the four french hostages landed back on home soil and were reunited at long last with their families. imagine, huge smiles all around, and they have spent just a few minutes talking, touching up, on three years in which they have not seen their loved ones, and that many times they did not have news of them. doubted perhaps whether they were still alive given all the conflict. very worrying months and years, but now they are reunited. french president franÇois hollande and the foreign minister also on the tarmac to greet them, emotional scenes as and airplane doors opened the hostages came out with big smiles and family members ran towards them and embraced them. >> the families came to greet them. we know in at least one in

they might have been surprised to see francois hollande, but also everyday things.reed, steve jobs, and bin laden are dead, will and kate had a baby, burger king is back in france, and the article says that one of the most surprising things, what might be the big shot, is when they find out that a new football club in france. >> a lot on the negotiations behind their release as well. >> that is right. we will take a look at the secrets of the negotiation and of course the key question, was a ransom paid? the government continues to say no, a ransom was not paid. "le monde"y -- but says some sort of ransom was paid. a ransom that was worth more than 20 million euros, according to "le monde." they take a look at the closer look at the questions around this ransom. some ransom was paid or ispensation, though it unclear who played this conversation, whether it was the government or the employers of the hostages. "liberation," l, trapnde has fallen into a because he said there will be a clear change in policy that ransoms would not be paid, he would not given to the blac

actually elected franÇois hollande.e had succeeded in making the party more mainstream, more palatable to centrist voters. one consequence is that you don't see so much what was called a republican front. in other words the mainstream left and the right getting together in the second round of an election to keep out the national front. that is not something that either the left or the right seems keen on anymore. so that lack of, in front against the national front is good for them for future elections. >> what about if we look on a more european level at this sort of victory. populist right-wing parties -- how are they doing more broadly? >> you often have a protest vote in european elections, which give good results to these populist radical right-wing parties, and i want to show you an opinion poll will stop this is predictions by the polling institute in france. this poll really put the wind up a few french politicians, as you can see their bank. a predicted 24% in those elections next may. the mainstream right part

doing a turnaround. -- francois hollande doing a turnaround.s is now going to be played out in terms of the way forward. a backlash from europe, and another piece of reporting from "le monde" saying they will be looking at this. the data collection will be on the menu, and the justice commissioner is looking for a strong response. she said at data protection is not a concept. it needs a fundamental law underpinning it. and their records, such as the swift accord, perhaps being canceled, and fines of up to 100 million being placed on companies that transfer this data outside of the eu. >> looking at the divisions in europe. >> that is right. this is interesting, it is apparently if you go back to early this summer, francois hollande did not want the agreement to go ahead. this was pending some sort of clarity, and apparently david cameron and angela merkel wanted those talks to go ahead, so they went ahead. this was interesting that "le monde" talked about that today. the other is how the nsa has chosen to respond. you are talking about 70 milli

french president francois hollande has announced the release on a state visit to slovakia. let's listen. >> i wish to express all my gratitude to the president who has succeeded in securing the release of our company. i am also thinking of the seven french hostages who were still being held. two are in --. one in nigeria. four in syria. i wish to say to them this simple message, do not give up hope. >> the french president also said the former hostages would return to france as soon as possible. the french foreign and defense ministers are to bring them home. speaking not long ago on french television, the grandfather of one of the hostages said they all seemed to be in good health. the men were abducted on september 16, 2010 in the town of our let. they were working for a nuclear giant. >> this was the home of danielle where they were kidnapped on september 16, 2010 by terrorists linked to al qaeda. five other people were kidnapped that night in the city. they all worked for nuclear giant areva. authorities say the companies could have done more to protect their employees.

just to take this government, i think francois hollande is technocratic.d even say from an economic point of view, he has done a number of advances that he has no ability to project a vision and that is fertile ground for the extremes. >> on twitter, in europe people are getting fed up with leftist controlling the government so they are seeking the opposite parties. i think if you tally the numbers of countries in europe that are governed by the left it is actually very few. first of all, social democracy has almost died. german's elections showed it. on the other hand, in france, people on the left eye not even certain they are social democrats they believe they are socialists. they do not assume they are social democrats. >> do they still sing at party conferences? >> yes. it is incredible the words used it back to the 19th century. people like thinking like that. on the other hand, what is clear is that conservativism is not rising because it is delivering solutions. it is just the old way. the devil we know. socialists are not able tohow the future the

also there to greet them, the president francois hollande. lacks they waited more than three years for this moment. the former hostages can at last see and touch their loved ones with emotions running high. their plane landed on the tarmac of the military place outside paris. the nightmare is over for the four and their families. >> this moment is one of immense joy. immense joy for these men who have been able to reunite with their families. with their country. and can finally live normally again. >> once again, francois hollande thanked the president of niger. the former hostage is emotionally drained by their ordeal. how they are in the hands of terrorists. it is experimental and imaginative. that is also what we told each other when we were in captivity together. >> they have thoughts for those experiencing the same suffering. those with the seven french nationals still held hostage in africa and in syria. >> they were seized in niger but were held in the deserts of neighboring mali. we asked about the president of niger's role. >> the go

barack obama called her to explain, just as he called francois hollande earlier this week. millions of french citizens have been spied on late last year. among those french citizens, perhaps you -- do you care you are possibly spied on by the nsa? >> i think we just avoided a crisis between france and germany. the germans being spied on and not the french? it is a problem. >> no one has to be jealous. we are both equally important. . >> business is business. the business of snooping and snooping on each other is part of the game. it is expected. it always has been so, from world war ii. i think what is shocking to the french and the europeans is not the spying. it is the extent and the systematic character of the spying which they did not suspect. >> that is the senior correspondent. you know how the world works. but as a private individual, do you care? in any way, shape, or form that your sms's sent to your family or your businesses may have been intercepted and read? >> you see, a british colleague of mine wrote a long piece on that. what i remember is that i could not a

the 2012 election was more a rejection of his personality, than a choosing of francois hollande. now that francois hollande is very unpopular, very low in the polls, he is a lazy king, french people feel, that he doesn't solve the problems of the country and france needs urgent reforms and popularity of sarkozy is climbing, not still very high but it is climbing. and people do not see any other like possible leader for the moment for the right. of course, there is another leader in the extreme right, which is scoring quite well on local elections which is of course the form nationale of henri lapem. but center right wing you don't have in the political landscape in france really another possible contend anlt. >> really good to have you. thank you so much. more from europe a little bit later, including after six years of suffering why the greek economy could be about to take off for them. >> the political fortunes of syria's president might be changing. bashar al-assad could actually be string thing -- strengthening his power. >> president bashar al-assad's corporation destroying

. >> french president francois hollande is meeting to coordinate a complete response to washington. this is now extremely intrears request embarrassing and angela merkel might have better from the united states. >> this summit was meant to focus on immigration and the economy. it's bem overwhelmed by the -- been overwhelmed by the controversy. the extent of the operation revealed by whistle blower edward snowden has shocked and angered politician he, it's already prompting calls for the suspension of eu -- u.s. coorption on certain data sharing. the u.s. will have to move swift 30 to calm the mood here. tim frend, al jazeera, brussels. >> , what isn't being said has drawn a lot of attention. mike viqueira is at the white house. good to see you. has the white house admitted to listening in on chancellor merkel? >> they have all but admitted it. they are saying they aren't doing it now, won't do it in the future. when asked whether it had been done in the past, jay carney dodged the question. president obama has had to make two phone calls or take two phone calls from historic allies,

when they were seized in september 2010, francois hollande was still a journeyman politician. today he came to greet them. he is in dire need of good news himself. polls suggest he is the most unpopular incumbent. these negotiations have been long and difficult. we must now use our discretion if we are to win release of the others still being held. the man slept on the floor, said the foreign. it will take time to readjust, but they are in good health. newspaper said 20 million euros was paid to a secret fund operated by the intelligence services. that echoes earlier comments from a member of the group that ransom was paid. at least seven other french one ins are being held. nigeria and four in syria. the suspicion surrounding this release will be a source of tension with the united states, and it holds implications for those still at risk. >> a quick look at other news. government forces in the democratic republic of congo have captured one of the last remaining strongholds of the rebel group. officials say the town on the ugandan border is back in government hands. it is the

conversation from berlin that the conversation was far sharper than what president had with franÇois hollande staying at the white house now where president obama and the pakistani prime minister have had their first face-to- face meeting. the items on the agenda were the controversial use of drone strikes as well as combating the taliban and. there is nod disguising the tension. we spoke with a former u.s. special envoy. thank you for having me. it lasted 90 minutes. they issued a long joint statement and i am sure it was a substantive discussion. the fact that the two leaders are talking again is a good thing. obama said that on the drone strike issue, in particular, they said that we should work to make this a strength between the countries and not a source of tension. >> i don't know that is possible but i am sure he took him through the speech in may. i am sure they also talked to the prime minister. the idea for pakistan is to see if we can't do some of these counterterrorism missions together. >> the u.s. has already started to scale back strikes. as that had an impact on public opinio

when they were seized in september 2010, francois hollande was still a journeyman politician. today he came to greet them. he is in dire need of good news himself. polls suggest he is the most unpopular incumbent. these negotiations have been long and difficult. we must now use our discretion if we are to win release of the others still being held. the man slept on the floor, said the foreign. it will take time to readjust, but they are in good health. newspaper said 20 million euros was paid to a secret fund operated by the intelligence services. that echoes earlier comments from a member of the group that ransom was paid. at least seven other french one ins are being held. nigeria and four in syria. the suspicion surrounding this release will be a source of tension with the united states, and it holds implications for those still at risk. >> a quick look at other news. government forces in the democratic republic of congo have captured one of the last remaining strongholds of the rebel group. officials say the town on the ugandan border is back in government hands. it is the

francois hollande's misfortunes have been building up over the past year and a half. i think one decision, one event popular prevent that view. >> thank you for joining us. judge iswhere the presiding and have recuse themselves. the muslim brotherhood ritual leader and deputies are accused -- accused of inciting violence four months ago. for now, catherine staveley. judges withdrawn from the case? >> continuing with the crisis. they said it was a matter of confidence. they had to do this before the start of the hearing. that means the case is back to square one. new judges will have to be assigned. judges were ordered the defendants had to be kept in custody while that happened. the muslim brotherhood and supreme guide and two deputies 30,charged with killing jim the day there were such huge protests. protests, clashes were supporters and opponents outside at the muslim headquarters. at least eight people were killed in the clashes. the judges recusing themselves and high-profile cases has happened here before, certainly in the case of poznan mubarak -- hosni mumbarak

french president franÇois holland has paid homage to veterans and followed soldiers that freed corsicafrom nazi occupation years ago. this has paid an unusual tribute to moroccan veterans who helped liberate the island of corsica. >> here in casablanca northwest morocco, is a soldier and a survivor. the 98-year-old is one that the last surviving of the troops who fought for france in the two world wars. >> metals are all that man has to remember years of military service, the last traces of avery in combat. -- of bravery in combat. >> those who got metals were good men and those who didn't were not good soldiers. i got these during the war. if i had not been courageous they would not have given me any. >> the liberation of france at the end of two was also a big heart of moroccan history. this band played a key role in the corsican campaign. in three weeks, they overcame for german regiments. there is little bargaining value for that nasty so if captured they were executed on this. despite suffering casualties, it was not until recently that the veterans received pensions equal to euro

the government of francois hollande has announced new tax on salaries over $1.3 million. >> it's the first time that french would go from maybe 40 years ago that we decided not to play this special day of the end of november. >> about 120 players are estimated to earn in that top bracket. that means an additional tax burden of about $60 million on the clubs. union executives have demanded that the government drop its plan. hollande will talk next week with union officials, but he's not expected to change his mind. he proposed the tax hike as part of his fiscal restoration measures. >>> anti-government forces in syria say people living in opposition strongholds near damascus are on the brink of starvation. government troops have surrounded a town since around january. this has prevented food and fuel from reaching the approximately 9,000 people living there. this footage is said to have been recorded there last month by anti-government activists. it shows images of severely emaciated young children. an opposition activist says the residents are facing a serious food shortage. >> trans

conversation from berlin that the conversation was far sharper than what president had with franÇois hollande staying at the white house now where president obama and the pakistani prime minister have had their first face-to- face meeting. the items on the agenda were the controversial use of drone strikes as well as combating the taliban and. there is nod disguising the tension. we spoke with a former u.s. special envoy. thank you for having me. it lasted 90 minutes. they issued a long joint statement and i am sure it was a substantive discussion. the fact that the two leaders are talking again is a good thing. obama said that on the drone strike issue, in particular, they said that we should work to make this a strength between the countries and not a source of tension. >> i don't know that is possible but i am sure he took him through the speech in may. i am sure they also talked to the prime minister. the idea for pakistan is to see if we can't do some of these counterterrorism missions together. >> the u.s. has already started to scale back strikes. as that had an impact on public opinio

. >> a very stern francois hollande took on barack obama over new spy allegations. in a tense residential phone call, the french president expressed deep disapproval over reports that the u.s. had monitored 70 million phone calls and messages secretly in under a month. >> it is -- it has made for some tense conversations between the u.s. and french president and members of their cabinets. the latest allegations about u.s. surveillance published in french newspaper "le monde" have been known for a while. the journalist who broke the nsa spy story, glenn greenwald said there have been documents for some time. thanks to information leaked by edward snowden. the latest revelation, that the nsa collected more than 70 million french telephone records in the space of a month. >> parts involving france and the spying of french cities by the nsa. it shows that this spying is absolutely massive over the months, and some french companies have been under surveillance by the nsa. >> over the summer, snowden's leaked documents show the nsa was spying on several french embassies a

he is around 60% when francois hollande is only around 25% so indeed he is one of the most popular ministers in france. this issue of expelling high school goers is becoming quite an issue here. as i was saying, what the government is thinking about is changing the rules of these expulsions and making school a sanctuary where it is impossible to expel students from. but also the buses and all activities related to school. >> james will continue to cover the demonstrations throughout the day. thank you. it is an issue that has bitterly divided not just the french parliament but also french society for much of the last year. a bill allowing gay marriage was signed into law in may. the issue is once again under the spotlight. today the constitutional council ruled french mayors could not refuse to marry same-sex couples on the grounds of what their consciences allowed. those opposed to gay marriage have vowed to return to the streets. >> may 20 9, 2013 -- may 29 2013, an historic day for france. a beefy -- they became the first gay marriage in france. their joy was shared by some politicians. >

. >> merkel compared notes with french president francois hollande. he also complained this week about reports the u.s. intercepted millions of phone calls from france as well. and italian prime minister enrico letto will be concerned about another credible report about the u.s. spying on his government. irish prime minister enda kenny summed up the attitude. >> i always use this phone as somebody may be listening. all of the revelations have been coming from the same place they've been coming from for months, from edward snowden, the former nsa employee who's still holed up in moscow and still releasing documents from the hoard that he has with him, the latest ones which are causing some embarrassment among some of the best allies around the world. mark phillips, cbs news, washington. >>> yesterday michael hayden was giving an interview and another passenger heard the conversation and began tweeting about it. former nsa boss michael hayden on a cell behind me blabbing on background as a former senior administration official. in another tweet, tom mat

the sight of slighted american allies, germany's angela merkel and france's francois hollande. together today fuming over new spying allegations including the tapping of merkel's cell phone. trust needs to be rebuilt, merkel said. that implies that trust has been severely shaken. earlier this week, the president called merkel to apologize. >> the president said we are not going to do this going forward. >> reporter: but it may have been done in the past? >> well, look, we don't want to get into the business of inventorying everything we have done on the intelligence side in the past. >> reporter: the latest nsa revelation has become late night fodder. >> my impression of how the phone call went. hey, how are you, angela? what do you mean? you know how i am. >> reporter: but the europeans they aren't laughing. we need to put an end to it, said the french president. the u.s. already has a no spying agreement with canada, australia, new zealand, and britain. ben rhoads one of the president's top national security advisers says the u.s. might be open to similar agreements with othe

support of a deported romo schoolgirl this despite the announcement by the french president francois hollande that she could return to the country but without her family protesters surrounded by police march of the city's streets chanting slogans and waving banners at least one person was arrested after trying to break through the security cordon. while in the czech republic some citizens don't seem as supportive of minority groups in the city of more than three hundred protesters demonstrated against the country's roma community who tried to march toward a district heavily populated by the group of police holt of them with tear gas. finally in the news block a decades long feud over water resources between three neighboring southern states in the us is heating up all of planting the finger at each other for over consumption which they say could threaten agriculture and industry in the area or he's lose war reports. for over two decades three states have been in a bitter battle over water now the fight has reached a boiling point there's certainly an issue about whether there's enough water f

been support over deported the roma schoolgirl this comes despite an announcement by president francois hollande that she could return to france but without her family at least one person was arrested after trying to break through the ring of security offices. as the support for minority groups in the czech republic in the city of all strata over three hundred protesters demonstrated against the country's roma community that tempted to march towards a district heavily populated by the group but the police halted them with tear gas . under state has been declared in south east australia as a bottle's the wasta bushfire season in full day k. dry winds and soaring temperatures are forecast to find the flames making them even was hundreds of people have been forced from their homes and one man has died attempting to protect his house massive plumes of smoke from the while still the fires near sydney have plunged postle decision into darkness. and up next the default near miss in the u.s. accountable to an american businessman and financial expert in the wilds upon. the. economic downturn in the fina

parts of course of our with a family after they lost their battle for asylum in france president francois hollande trying to appease the situation or saying she can finish her studies but without her family deportation or roma in the bronx as part of a broader government run down and has included the dismantling of their house across the country. completely different picture though in the transfer of public where there is less support for minority groups around three hundred people demonstrated in the city of all strive against the country's world the community several arrests were made after protesters attempted to march towards a district heavily populated by the group police hope to hold them back with tear gas. australian officials say new south wales is facing and a world of danger from the worst of wildfires and more than forty years a state of emergency has been declared in the region as the violent winds of story temperatures are predicted to fund the flames even more firefighters are continuing to battle the disaster which has already killed one person and destroyed more than two hundred

is data protection interesting me so they're almost by accident that we understand that both francois hollande the president of france and angela merkel the chancellor of germany are going to be raise this issue this evening why anyone would be against trying to make sure that if you want our data and our information is protected from anybody including the americans i can see and certainly public pressure is mounting the parliament also has a special committee of inquiry meeting that will report before the european elections in may which i presume on the face was terrible thing it is going to make for strong recommendations as well and what kind of a long term damage can the n.s.a. scandal potentially inflict on washington's relations with its e.u. allies. oh well billions of pounds worth because of course from the very beginning of negotiating a free trade agreement between the european union and the united states the t t i p frankly i'll be very surprised if there aren't in the in that agreements and demands for some commitment from the united states actually to not spy on on the government

support of a difficulty to roma schoolgirl it comes just quite an announcement by president francois hollande that she could return to france but without her family at least one person was arrested after trying to break through the ring of security officers . and there's less support for minority groups in the czech republic and the city of over three hundred protesters demonstrated against the country's roma community that they attempted to march towards of district heavily populated by the group but police stopped them in their tracks with tear gas. and watching t.v. where a commuter train slammed into a platform injuring at least eighty people in the capital. it is yet to be determined why the locomotive failed to stop at the same railway station it was just last year fifty one were killed in a very similar crash. for now on the allegations of abuse force feeding and a two hundred day hunger strike guantanamo bay prison is rarely out of the news right now r t has been granted special access inside the infamous us jail is ati's an associate with a first hand look. after a few months of peop

regarding its surveillance branch says after a phone conversation between barack obama and president francois hollande the white house conceded the latest claims raise a legitimate questions and just a single month the agency intercepted more than seventy million calls and text messages printing to join the growing club of those urging tough on privacy laws in the e.u. the french leader is planning to push the issue of the european summit later this week you know makers have already bought new laws to protect one of the online information which would outlaw most data transfers to third countries including the u.s. and paul murphy and irish and we appreciate his view on the new regulations despise want to spoil a spy even though it already is a side of the law and it will make it more difficult though because what's happened in terms of the massive spying that's taken place so far that's been facilitated by major multinational corporations like facebook like google in contravention of any sense of the right to privacy the right to data protection and situations go through and i think they likely will t

rallied in support of a deported roma schoolgirl i had come to spot an announcement by president francois hollande that she could return to france but without her family the protesters surrounded by police marched through the city's main streets chanting slogans and waving banners at least one person was arrested after trying to break through the ring of security. and there's less support for minority groups in the czech republic and the city of us that are for over three hundred protesters demonstrated against the country's roma community and they attempted to march towards a district heavily populated by the group of police managed to stop them with tear gas. and watching t.v. a commuter train slammed into a platform injuring at least eighty people in the capital born on salaries it is yet to be determined why the locomotive failed to stop at the same railway station just last year fifty one people were killed in a similar crash. police in moscow are promising weekly roundups of alleged illegal immigrants in the latest raid seven hundred people were detained as russian nationalists pressure the

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of students rallied in support of a deported roma schoolgirl this comes just one by president francois hollande she could return to france but without her family the protesters surrounded by police marched through the city's main streets chanting slogans and waving banners at least one person arrested after trying to break through the ring of security officers. and there's a support for minority groups in the czech republic in the city of ostrava over three hundred protesters demonstrated against the country's roma community there and they attempted to march towards a district heavily populated by the group but police stopped them with tear gas. and to washington for a commuter train slammed into a platform injuring at least eighty people in the capital born osiris it is yet to be determined why the locomotive failed to stop at the same railway station just last year fifty one were killed in a similar crash. now migrants in qatar working flat out to get the country ready for the two thousand and twenty two world cup for the foreign population there and in the neighboring united arab emirates is

in support of a deported roma schoolgirl who had come to spite an announcement by president francois hollande that she could refer to return to france i should say though without her family i replace one person was arrested after trying to break through the ring of security. for the czech republic there is less support for minority groups in the city of ostrava over three hundred protesters demonstrated against the country's roma community attempted to march towards a district heavily populated by the group but police stopped them with tear gas. and to argentina where a commuter train slammed into a platform injuring at least eighty people in the capital of buenos aires it is yet to be determined why the train failed to stop though it was exactly the same railway station just last year fifty one were killed in a similar crime. now police in moscow are promising weekly round ups of alleged illegal immigrants in the latest raid seven hundred people were detained as russian nationalists pressure the government on this ongoing issue it all started with a peaceful protest of local residents over t

french president francois hollande has announced that the roma schoolgirl who is the deportation sparked a massive public outcry is allowed to return to france but was out her family students blocked entrances to schools and held marches in paris at some verbs in support of the fifteen year old girl and she was attained by police and send back to cost of a with her family because officials said they have been denied asylum friends the incident prompted calls for the french interior minister to resign. around fifteen thousand people have rallied in central roma ganz the twenty fourteen budget on a veil by italy's government earlier this week being based on a stereo has become the focus of discontent italian civil servants including transport staff went on strike on friday causing disruption in rome and across the country. well you're up to date and up next a self-confessed economic hit men tells abby martin how rich countries plunder the poor and breaking set. switzerland will soon vote if they should start giving out thousands of dollars in cash to every adult citizen in the country you

regarding its surveillance practices after a further conversation between barack obama and president francois hollande. latest claims raise legitimate questions and just a single month the agency automatically intercepted more than seventy million calls while also logging text messages along with the general public a businessman and politicians were also targeted this prompted president or line to join the calls of those urging tougher previously laws in the european union lawmakers have already new legislation to protect online information which would outlaw most data transfers to third countries including the u.s. and to discuss this further we can now go live to paris to talk to the re now and french politician dominique de who serve the country as prime prime interior and foreign minister of. the sun welcome to r.t. it's an honor to have you with us let's start with the fallout from the n.s.a. scandal that affected france french ministers have called the revelations shocking how surprised were you personally to find out of the u.s. government was snooping on millions of french citizens. well we kn

period today in a telephone conversation president obama assured his french counterpart president francois hollande that the u.s. is reviewing the way it down there is intelligence on its allies archie spoke exclusively with former french prime minister dominique very opinion about these latest revelations he says the overarching issue and all of these resolute revelations is the lack of transparency. important to her immediate action so it's not something that can be treated just through the promote each other it's not some secret conversation a secret agreement that can be found between the french government and government barack obama i think it's important to have a very public explanation we need to understand what happened and we need to know what is the the new system that's going to be developed in the interest of the world community. meanwhile mexican president enrique pena nieto is still reeling after german newspaper door spiegel revealed a ras of surveillance operation by the u.s. of mexico over recent years civilians were targeted two presidents were targeted and kenyan yet to himself

because of the suspicions that her phone was being monitored we also know that french president francois hollande had asked for explanations on why seventy million french citizens were being spied on. the recent revelations have said washington into another spin of damage control u.s. government officials reportedly now have to let foreign intelligence agencies know what further information edward snowden might possess foreign relations and security expert benoit mark up points out how the whistleblower has brought the spotlight on the issues of the surveillance state this is the classic spy or wanting to on the one capture. you know try to plug the particular leak and recontacted them be able to and also disclosing to a certain extent how much. of the power of i think this is the classic double bind so washington is finding it so that at the moment a lot of this is embarrassing them to avoid think at the end of the day. also made clear that he's very sensitive to the security implications of what do you also disclosed and he's trying to demonstrate the problem of this is really the story rather

regarding its surveillance practices of a phone conversation between barack obama and president francois hollande the white house conceded the latest claims raise legitimate questions in just a single month the agency automatically intercepted more than seventy million calls while also looking text messages along with the general public businessmen and politicians were also targeted this prompted president all learned to join the cause of those urging tough previously laws in the european union well this discuss the latest n.s.a. scandal with such a main riff he's a prominent internet freedom advocate he's the vice president of the new america foundation and director of the open technology institute joining us live from washington d.c. well the white house admitted france's concerns were indeed legitimate but do you believe the fallout from this scandal might actually lead to washington reviewing or curbing its surveillance methods. i should hope so it's clear that what the u.s. has been doing is not sustainable over time this has. created a massive reputational crisis for the united states this

regarding its surveillance practices after a phone conversation between barack obama and president francois hollande the white house considered the latest claims raise legitimate questions in just a single month the agency automatically intercepted more than seventy million calls while also logging text messages along with the general public businessmen and politicians were also targeted this prompted president or land to join the calls of those urging tougher privacy laws in the european union e.u. lawmakers have already new legislation to protect online information which would outlaw most data transferred to third transfers to third countries including the u.s. and earlier we discussed the fallout from snowden's latest revelations would be renowned french politician dominic to ban who served as the country's prime interior and foreign ministers and he says there's no justification for the you are spying on its allies. we knew that. some practices were existed but the search and overall system this came as a surprise for everybody the importance of the spying into the private lives seems so big tha

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the uncharted territory as illustrated by the question put to francois hollande at the summit. >> are you sure today that your mobile phone is not bogged? [laughter] >> we are very careful with nonessential communication which is secured. >> did he tell us about the french president's phone? >> we have a great company in france. >> they don't like to use the encrypted phones. >> it is not easy to use, but is very professional. >> if there is an encrypted phone and he calls me, can somebody attack? >> it is very difficult. >> the most open technology -- we see a lot of examples in the world where it is infecting -- maybe it was good enough, i don't know. mentioning how the french have also been accused of cyber attacks. the french magazine reported a cyber attack during the time before the government was at the helm there. unnamed sources said it was definitely sophisticated stuff. pthey wondered aloud if it was't the chinese. now the french press reports it was the nsa and the french quietly told washington to cut it out. do they owe an apology to the chinese over this? >> probably, b

. >>> this time, it's footballers over francois hollande's super tax and high earners. clubs say their players paid $700 million euros in social contributions last year, more than they earned in tv revenue. despite spending money on transfers, the union argues that the 75% levy means other french clubs can no longer compete with their continental peers. as a result, there will be no top flight football during the final weekend of november. yep. the french players are going on strike. so we're asking today, should well paid athletes be allowed to strike over things like high rates of tax? if you'd like to join the conversation here on "worldwide exchange," we would love to hear from you. get in touch. e-mail us, wordwide@cnbc.com. tweet at cnbc wex or direct to me @rosswestgate. is it outrageous that highly paid sports stars are going to get on strike over highly paid rates of tax? that is the sort of debate that we're having. european equities, we've been up for tenuous of the last 11 sessions. we are down today. the ftse is 1 is 00 is rather flat. xetra dax off 0.2%. c

this way of attacking the left is really a way for francois hollande to attack. he is waiting for this wave two received and the minister to be weakened and it would be good for him because this minister was attacking his position as president symbolically. >> he's playing with fire. >> all the time. they have still decided that like in the 1980's we can push them to the front and divide the right. that is not the case anymore. >> i'm not sure. they have spoken in a statement. it's very embarrassing because they have municipal elections next year. the matter with the socialist party thanks, no matter the ideology, no matter the tradition, there is a problem in the streets and people react to that weather socialist, whether they voted for a longer or not. you are right. this is a very chaotic government. completely unmanaged. alexei agree. i believe that he is a little bit hocowed. they are on the sign of the hardliners. when he says the law is the law, that is how they feel. even as a socialist in the tradition, he tends for his natural inclination to have a more

there is actually a franco german document that was signed on the 30th of may by francois hollande andangela merkel. france and germany together for a stronger european stability and growth. >> does it include things like lowering the sales tax question mark 22% -- the sales tax? 22% in italy is huge. >> the document is a roadmap that could lead to further steps in completing the economic and monetary policies. steps that are necessary. the tax is that the national level, monitored by the european commission. these decisions take place and there is a so-called european semester, which is budgetary surveillance of the budgets of the member states by the commissioner, the economic and monetary affairs commissioner. these are decisions to be taken at the national level. for making the union function better, they must be taken. how they are taken is the decision of the national level. the european commission will play a larger role now and this is good in order to assure economic and monetary union. >> it is very clear that, either way, whether it is enrico letta, the outgoing social democ

the french president, franÇois hollande, was looking at the status of the french finance, and it is now of the obligations we have under the current treaties, and he said, he writes in his report at the pension reform he is working on now in france will push pensions to the age of 66 years old for kids going into jobs at age 23 by 2035, so this was in his report. what he is saying in the french public is that he is keeping the age. this is why a democracy cannot work with austerity, and the whole idea of actually having sovereignty and policies for the evil by the people is killed by austerity. >> the payment for the pension must go on for a longer period for younger people, until 66. that is what it actually says. that is a different issue. >> what we are seeing is the antiestablishment parties which are rising a lot, especially in southern europe, a lot of them are on the far right, like what we saw with the austrian elections. >> the far left is more powerful than the far right. there is no other alternative than the return of fascism, with a small oligarchy. that is not true. we hav

fran's press francois hollande said this morning, a rule of good conduct is you don't bug the portable phones of people you meet regularly at international summits. >> jim acosta is joining us an the white house. first of all, the president himself is offereding review of the nsa policies. you've got to ask why because there is this tacit understanding, even president obama suggested it before the u.s. is not really doing anything you all that different than what other country do, using resources to get intelligence whether or not that means listening in on other world leaders. >> well, you know, it is an interesting question, suzanne. i think it is possible there are governments around theorld that are not spying on the leaders of 35 different countries as was reported in the guardian newspaper in terms of what the united states is up to. so thereighte some foreign governments around the world that might take issue with what the white house is saying, but what we can also point out is that administration officials are pointing us back to what president obama said on the phone with ang