people can tell a french film after watching it for one three five minutes you know this is french you know what's what is this that makes french cinema so distinctive so so different from probably would from anything else what is it. i don't know. sitting there it's an interesting question. because. i think there is really something special about french films which makes them special senior and sets them apart from others but i can't tell you exactly what it is that makes american films different from french films because they feel america . actually the raw america. in films that are quite realistic which is about the christian references but the thing about french films is i guess we know how to make films about our times you know that if you coupon been a quick buck but that you know anything about russian cinema those are the. no really we we yes yes yes. but then why don't we give me some russian films. bill you know. that's a russian director right i know him. i think he may be the only russian director we know in france he's the only one i know although i'm not really an expert

[cheers and applause] or as the french say, brulee!aughter ] interestingly, one of the reasons that hollande is so unpopular in the first place is that he's the one pushing the gay marriage initiative. but as one paper put it "mali could transform hollande's political image." their wars make their leaders look tough, just like ours do! [ laughter ] france just needs "their" own france to call pussies-- i'm gonna say belgium. [ laughter ] come on, belgium. bunch of chocolate-slurping, mayonaise-dipping antwerps, who need to brussels sprout a pair! [ laughter ] france, those are all free. [ laughter ] and it's working for hollande with his mali intervention backed by 75% of the french, a shocking number, since french people normally can't agree on anything. that's why the scaffolding for the eiffel tower's been up so long. they can't decide what to build! [cheers and applause] well it is about time! about damn time the french are finally joining the war on terrorment they're gonna get in there, kick some al qaeda butt, and get out-- mayb

just like many other french people with foreign roots deplore the hindi film there even a french yes this way it's in the same as you would with and this is strange that you say that in the twenty first century it's still may be a problem especially for kids if we go for younger. kids or younger people especially those living in the suburbs. you're right it is still difficult if they have a foreign name like me have foreign roots you know i discover more people have certain ideas about the arab countries they have certain ideas about all muslim countries and sometimes they're wary of people from those countries so the same cliches are then applied. for an origin. says. french actor filmmaker and comedian spotlight will be back shortly after we take a break so stay with us that go. choose your language. if we can with the federal. trials. it's the consensus here to. choose the opinions that invigorating a good mind. choose the stories that imply good life truth be access to your office or. hold it. hold it. looks like. that speech. she. gave. her. which i. took. a long time it's good.

the french have a very special cinema tradition the french movies are not always as popular as big as the how would movies but many critics say that the french contribution to the art of filmmaking is no less and even maybe better than america so my guest on the program today a very famous french actor is also a script writer a comedian a television house may hear had met. in the early two thousand skadden a rat burst to the top of french cinematography and has become one of its most familiar faces started off as a comedian and later proved his skills in drama receiving the prestigious french sees a movie award for the role of the father who conceived the songs nevertheless comedies truly he's real i rather like no one else makes people smile sometimes tears. thank you thank you very much for being with us on this show i'm very glad to see you in the flesh finally after seeing it on screen well the first question i wanted to ask you i know i know that you actually didn't plan to be knocked to be in the movies when you were when you were a kid so how did you want to be. do you think wh

french or do you feel yourself. or you feel yourself a little cheer in french how do you identify yourself i mean this is very important not only. that i have never lived in algeria. since i was born in algeria and i grew up in france my mother is french my father is old during the french made if possible have to the liberation of algeria algerians were free to choose their country because back in those days old syria was part of france so if you have to choose this is. i think i'm french with old cheering roots african roots. and i'm braced my origins. put accomplish things that were regarded as a disadvantage people feel now my advantage i mean i have a lot of relatives and all cheery our cousins i advance and i can go there to visit them all so that i'm not all cheery and i'm french the top of all just like many other french people with foreign roots deplore the hindi film very many french yes this way it's in the same as you would with and this is strange that you say that in the twenty first century it's still

the hostages held at that gas plant the militants said they took the captives in revenge for the french intervention in neighboring mali let's go live to paris know because there. what are the details of the operation in the algerian desert what do we know so far this afternoon. well the british defense secretary has just said that it appears that the siege is over and he called the the deaths of the civilian workers appalling and he said that he would be pressing the algerian authorities for details on what happened now what we have heard and the reports flying about that a number of the civilian hostages were executed by the islamic militants that were holding them hostage at the gas plant it's a very remote area where the gas plant is located so that's why the details are so hard to come by but from what we've also heard that the algerian army then in turn killed a number of the islamic militants so we've got an increasing amount of it looks like a dead civilian hostage is a very tragic turn of events it's a siege that actually has been going on since thursday it's been a standoff be

the french. has ordered increased security across france following military operations in both somalia and mali. and a french hostage. has reportedly been killed during a failed rescue attempt in somalia. shi'ia demonstrators have rallied in a show of support for prime minister al malachi and his government. for weeks the government has been the target of angry protests in sunni provinces while prostors say the shi'ia-led government discriminates against them. opposition activists in the syrian capital a air attacks have resumed after stormy weather prevented them for a week. jets and helicopters fired miss aisles and p dropped bombs on a tony -- line of towns eastd of damascus where rebels have pushed out troops loyal to president assad. to the north, around 00 men, -- 100 men, women, and children had paid smugglers to take them across be the border to turkey but were deported. this from one of the largest refugee camps. >> this is one of the largest refugee camps in turkey. a container city alo

warfare being conducted by the french and possibly with britain and others. against people that know the terrain very well will be hidden by the local population this could be a very long and very nasty conflict. let's not get some more analysis on the situation in mali from independent journalists are garro to all call more and he joins us live from paris now the governor just two weeks ago david cameron said there would be no you take troops in mali now bridges sending in three hundred fifty military personnel as or more to come. i should think so yes i think they will probably send more troops within the next couple of years and probably see our goal first. i think this mission is going to be an absolute disaster i think the french already are experiencing difficulty in the ground because if eyes were not really getting that much reliable information most of the information coming through the french militaries that information is highly filtered. yeah i think this is going to be a long long campaign this destabilisation was caused by the libyan war when th

they've made more than $30 million euros after kidnapping french citizens because the french will pay for the nationals to come back. up until this point, they hadn't taken an american hostage and now they have at least three. >> so they would view perhaps mali as the next afghanistan or having the possibility of being the next afghanistan before 9/11 when in fact it was a haven for al qaeda. >> there are parallels there because in some ways, you know as one u.s. official said to me half jokingly it's the world's worst neighborhood. you have islamic extrialists, you have al qaeda through aqim, you have drug traffickers up there in the north of mali. and you have just rebels who want some independence to split the country in two. so in that mix you have that worry that you can create within the chaos a command and control center. like what you saw al qaeda do through the taliban in afghanistan. so that's the fear that it can become a launch pad. >> rose: on another matter finally, when dow expect the secretary of state to testify about ben gazee-- ben gaddee? >> secretary clinton will

french units have been massing to the southwest of timbuktu. after traveling through on saturday night, there is now a pause. it is clear that they are preparing to advance on this key stronghold. >> the strategies have been the same in each town. troops from mali go first, closely followed by french forces. they want to create the impression that this is the mongolian government retaking towns and not a foreign army conquering them. >> the army needs to win the confidence of ordinary people. when the rebels took over the north, the army simply ran away. the french involvement has changed everything. >> it has been very difficult, we need a lot of logistical support and help with intelligence and communications. this is what we need to finish this operation. >> this group as a prisoner. they say that he is a rebel. the army has been accused of summary executions. they lead the prisoner away. senior french officers commanding the operations fly to the front lines. they have come to give the troops there final briefing. >> many of the rebels have

intervention in mali and that french citizens there the french government has said should leave the country raising the fears that around the region this fighting as the militants are pushed out of the strongholds they've been in they could scatter all over the place and spread violence with them or it might be a fair argument then to say that the french might be getting a little bit ahead of themselves by claiming this is been a successful mission and we of course will continue to track the campaign tom burton thanks for that update. let's now get some more analysis on the situation jeremy corbin a labor member of the u.k. parliament now joins us live thanks for being with us this afternoon david cameron has said there would be no u.k. army boots on african turf we just heard from our reporter there why the change of heart. well david cameron is getting sucked into something i don't think he's seriously thought through two weeks ago we started offering transport planes to france we then sent force protection to back up the transport planes we sent trainers and we have additional fo

french invasion and that is what's making the news here it's only just recently that the french decided to intervene can you explain demba why now what is the significance of the intervention french intervention today. well it's. a response to most importantly by both the mother the interim government which was established after the cool and the original organization known as the economic community of west african states as well as the african union so different to intervention actually followed many attempts by the original organization and they are incapacity actually to handle discussion on the ground here in mali because we were having. bigger numbers of these. really displaced people and bigger numbers of refugio and we had. part of the country being occupied some of the go in to and with no resistance. and with no administration at all and we know him aquatic institution such as. president in place and it could do this jury system so you had all these events happening and i think the french decided then to intervene because had they not been the day they did the extremist islamic

i am very happy with the french intervention. i would like the crisis to come to an end so we can go back home. >> i don't see any other solution than a military one. how can you negotiate with terrorists who have occupied our country? it is not possible. >> and the man who led the c everyone oup last year -- the coupe last year visited people. >> i am telling the people thank you for the support of your army. we have lost offensed without any stance. we are happy to have the french by our side. >> support for the operation is at its highest here. the french and malian flags hang side by side. and traders are doing a brisk business in selling french flags. the french have been bringing in more troops to mali. about 100 troops arrived on sunday. they say they will stop the advance and pave the way for other soldiers from the west african block. >> and more information about the deployment of troops. >> yes. the chief of defense -- some of them arrived this evening ahead of a crucial meeting on tuesday in which they are supposed to

campaign starts with french troops about two and a half weeks ago sweeping up from the center of the country up to where these these islamist held areas meeting very little resistance really they are they go on there was an incident here in qana where in fact a french helicopter strike killed some civilians apart from that the french had been welcomed with with street parties and crowds coming out to greet the convoys as they arrived in each of these towns the islamist militants retreating not wanting to stand and fight many people thinking that they have been retreating further into the deserts in the north there's only one town of appreciable size left to capture after the fall of of timbuktu without nearly without a shot fired and then it seems that the next stage of the operation will be to try and hunt out islamist militants who have gone to hide in the desert and many observers think that it's possible a guerrilla war may result in the desert there after that there is also increased involvement from other countries and ecowas force of west african troops about seven thousand fi

it is the first place the french soldiers have begun their ground assault against the rebels. >> french soldiers struggling to aly.ke control of diabelli's do we know when more african troops are scheduled to arrive to fight alongside the french? >> nigerians are expected here today. 490 of them out of the 600 that nigeria has agreed to contribute to the mission for the military support of mali. there are also 507 soldiers from niger. they just received the consent of their parliament. they are expected to cross the border at any time and come into mali to join the mission. countries such as burkina faso, chad, and ghana participating as well. 2000 troops from chad. thousands of african troops are expected to support the french and malian forces. they are appealing for help particularly from european countries for logistical as well as financial help to support the mission in support of the mali government. >> thank you. al-shabab says it has killed a suspected french spy at the center of a failed rescue mission earlier this week. denis allex was captured in 2009. the somali rebel group

it was definitely a premeditated attack. >> the french fisherman film the altercation -- the french fishermen. in total, 40 french trawlers surrounded the five british ones. the standoff threatens to tear out of control. the british crew say the french fishermen did all they could to hinder them. >> they wer just very abusive. at one point, they started throwing rocks at us, tried to put ropes in our propellers, things like that, just to stop us fishing, basically. >> the british responded, as the footage shows. the french crew set fire to an english rugby shirt and made rude hand gestures. the french say they felt provoked by the british behavior. >> they insult us, too. -- insulted us, too. they showed us their backsides and give us the finger. >> the british fleet have legal rights here to fish for scallops, but unlike them, their french counterparts have a closed season for five months. that is why the french trawlers blocked the british vessels. they feel they are at a competitive disadvantage. andrew mccloud, who owns the van dyke, has some sympathy for their situation. >> they do not l

it's a common topic when she gets together with her french friend. both mess life and in particular, the lightness of the french way of life. >> i miss the feeling you get when you go shopping in the markets in france in the summertime and how easy it is to make contact with people, how easy it is for people to approach. >> during those first few days, i had to change. you have to communicate a bit more subtle way. for instance, had to say "no" in a more pleasant way. cut stealing home in both. hoping the countries will grow even closer. >> i wish there was even more cooperation, more joint projects, meetings, exchanges. anything and everything helping us to expand. >> of course there will still sometimes be some understanding. odds are after decades of peaceful coexistence, they have learned how to get over it. >> political and business elite from rome world are gathering in the swiss town of davos for annual talks on the global economy. >> this year's meeting will look at ways of building growth and avoiding inflation anmid the debt crisis. >> a lo

and the french are starting to fly bombing raids from here, too. in central mali french and government troops are consolidating their hold on towns recaptured in recent days. the wreckage left behind is testimony to the determination of the rebels. they fought for weeks before fleeing. >> we are very happy about the release of our town from the jihadists. >> en el a second front is opening against the rebels in the east -- and now, a second front is opening against the rebels in the east. soon, these nigerian troops will be joined by contingent from chad, experts in desert combat. >> we are going to war, he were imposed on us by terrorists and traffickers of all kinds. an unjust war from west the peaceful assistance from northern mali are suffering terribly. >> the french intervention has been widely welcomed by ordinary people in mali. and to those few defending those few descending voices -- and to those few dissenting voices, we hear this. >> they single the french deployment as an attack against islam on the contrary. they're helping people in

the french have 800 troops here on the ground.y have said they will double have said theye will double back to 2000 forces or 2500 altogether. ansar al din is one of the armed groups who have taken over the town of diabaly with sophisticated weapons. they had been fighting in libya on behalf of qaddafi, where they got the weapons, and also taken from the malians. they are able to take ground quickly. the french will have their work cut out for them. >> and west african nations are expected to send troops. when are they expected to arrive? the french do not want to go it alone here in mali. the terrain is extremely difficult. they would need more ground forces. 3000 forces will be sent from africa. the nigerians will be sending 900. respect around 200 to arrive dead sometime today. niger, around 500 in the coming days. the french and malians want the african forces on the ground as quickly as possible. >> thank you for that report from the capital of mali. in the last few hours, a helicopter has crashed near a busy railway station

of civilian deaths now stands at twenty three militants said they took the captives in revenge for french intervention in neighboring mali. reports from paris . what we have heard in the reports flying about that a number of the civilian hostages were executed by the islamic militants that were holding them hostage at the gas plant it's a very remote area where the gas plant is located so that's why the details are so hard to come by but from what we've also heard that the algerian army then in turn killed a number of the islamic militants so we've got an increasing amount of it looks like a dead civilian hostage is a very tragic turn of events it's a siege that actually has been going on since thursday it's been a standoff between the algerian army and the islamic militants who were trying to occupy this plant and. among the civilian hostages we know that there were bread americans japanese citizens no french citizens from what we know so the hostage takers have the hostage takers have said all along that this is a retaliation for the french intervention in mali now we've even heard one

the french forces have taken control. >> the french troops are established at kidal airport, which was taken little more than a day ago. conditions are such that it will take a bit more time for other forces to arrive. in any case, french forces are at kidal and are in control of the airport. since the french military hospital rival, the, nation of airstrikes -- the combination of airstrikes and ground forces has retaken the towns, most symbolically, timbuktu. it is thought the islamist rebels have slipped away to hiding places in the deserts and mountains, possibly to regroup. the french presence may have stabilized timbuktu and the other cities and towns, but the french are anxious to quickly hand over to african peacekeepers and have welcomed the reunion talk of a possible -- the renewed talk of a possible united nations force. >> it would be extremely positive. i want this initiative to be carried through. them as well as its military move, -- >> as well as his military moves -- it's military moves -- as well as its military moves, it is also pushing for talks. >> iran says it is s

well we'll bring you expert analysis on the french german french ship after a short break don't go away. there are twelve cities in the united states in which half of the people with hiv aids lives within a year of a diagnosis of. over sixty two percent of those patients i diagnosed with aids this is a problem that frankly is substantially preventable it was like the big elephant in the room and nobody wanted to talk about they were really good public health campaigns that people were really focused on this problem you certainly should be able to hold a lot less a child be a lot less human suffering. we speak your language i mean some of the will not be in. the news programs and documentaries and spanish what matters to you. i want to turn to bangalore stories. here. the spanish find out more visit. there with r.t. live from moscow back to one of our top stories today the franco german celebrations of their postwar friendship as promised let's cross live now to the german capital and talk to judith think of our political scientists at the free university of berlin thanks for being with

i'm french i was born here and live here my culture is french but my words are there and if i was there i wouldn't like another country telling me what to do. you know we're scared of anything that threatens us. france's global allies are showing signs of being sucked into the mali conflict british prime minister david cameron has already acknowledged that battling radical insurgency in the region could take decades rather than months and all this so that france can remedy the knock on effects from its libyan intervention. r t paris. so france says its aim is to liberate mali from insurgents and is bracing itself for a long conflict after initially forecasting a short operation and murray a few notional reports france could also be aiming to secure vast amounts of natural resources in the west african nation. the french have died headlong into the military operation in mali but the discussion is due on go in as to exactly why the western nation has deep roots on african soil again costing money and people's lives. official rhetoric remains in line with the mantra of the war on terrorism

but nevertheless french president francois hollande remains committed to the french military offensive in mali making grand statements that the french intervention was intense and to legitimate authority in the country is restored but what many french people are beginning to wonder is just how long that might take and out what cost. r.t. paris. well activists and journalists who can't stand down says the current crisis in mali is the wrecked consequence of the intervention in libya the choir excuse fled after the fall of gadhafi who fought a lot who worked for the n.p.c. french intelligence told them to go to northern mali in destabilize mali and the coup leader in mali you overthrew the civilian government he was trained by the u.s. and french intelligence services so not only was my money be stabilized and what with terror these are death squads who targeted the heritage of morally undermining people and then nato have wanted these people to actually to draw in our jewry or so this is what happened and this is a direct consequence in french and the british of bombing these death squa

but many french people are beginning to wonder. and just how long that might take and out what cost . paris well as can some more thoughts on the show talking to activists and journalists who can chant there is a line from london so morning to you thanks for being a nazi let's listen if we can for a second. views as well so. he's in algeria this is what he had to say about the crisis. being ready to kill. me and. human. should make. plans and let my dog. out. and he didn't leave us. so important a line there but the message very clear the terrorist ready to cause a bloodbath a massive arsenal of libyan weapons so as you see it how much danger do you think such is the most militant groups pose in the region now. they don't we pose a big problem the region where let's just backtrack and just zoom out and contextualize this a little bit because what happened is everyone's talking about some fallout from libya when the libya crisis happened i don't hear many most of these voices talking anything about denouncing nato operation in libya

in mali, french and mali and troops. and tens of thousands of supporters of gay marriage march in the french capital, paris. >> and fire at a nightclub in brazil has left 232 people dead. 170 others are in hospital. it is thought the fire was started by fireworks during a stage show. hundreds of panicked clubbers stampeded toward the exits. it happened in the city of santa maria and it's been described as the worst tragedy emergency workers have responded to. >> a frantic attempt to rescue those inside, the blaze was started by firework display during a live music performance. an official for the military police said most of the deaths were called -- were caused by asphyxiation. many others were trampled underfoot as they tried to escape. these pictures, which al- jazeera cannot independently verify, were uploaded to youtube. >> there is a mobilization of resources to take out the bodies, which is the main thing we can do for the victims' families at this point. also to treat the injured as quick as possible. >> police s

total reconquest the french say they won't leave mali until islamic extremism is wiped out but already there are voices suggesting ulterior motives behind what threatens to become a long war in the african ex colony. going you clear over sanctions north korea announces a slew of ballistic and atomic weapons tests all targeted against the u.s. over fresh u.n. impose penalties. catalonia trumpets its right to split from spain despite madrid's protestations with the crisis and stagnation driving the two strains sides further apart we get live expert analysis on this very shortly here and. around the world online on screen life from on you said to him in moscow this is r.t. with twenty four hours a day a splinter movement has broken away from the al qaeda linked islamists of money saying it wants to fight terrorism and extremism a newly formed group has stated it is ready for peace talks with the government and the french whose forces are currently fighting that france's defense minister meanwhile has said his country prepared for a long conflict and he's written ocean a look at the reason

asia and the french and. i think that's very much part of it also of course the economic. terms of the largest city anywhere is on the outskirts of her. to move here and it's interventions are they justified. are they justified i mean it depends who you ask in my opinion it's. it's a very tough question if the country was really ready to come apart has the french seemed to feel that perhaps it was i think the problem is that it's totally over open and the french have given no they probably don't know exactly what their object is are what is their aim how long is this going to go on you're talking about a country just north of our morality which is twice the size of france how do you track down these rebels these different groups you know he's various how do you deal with them with a few hundred troops in a way into the country huge involvement and very long task in the end what they're going to want to do is i mean to negotiate with these people that's the only way i think it's going to come to an end well the initial implications of this involvement so far eleven civilian

interventions from french from from the u.s. and other sides. mauritanian of the ivory coast in the book you know fossil and all of this area is just swimming in untapped resources whether people old man going to use copper what what will you so now you say that you are you smell or so per say the pentagon behind laos but why was france the first western country to get. of them such a conflict why are they out front well i think that's the obama administration's strategy let's let france take the hit on this as they did in libya and other places in the past year and a half two years and the u.s. will try to play a less discreet or more discreet role in the background rather than being up front as they were in iraq about it gonna stand which cost us huge amounts of credibility around the world so they're playing a little bit more sly game here but the the rush for the u.s. to announce it supported the french military intervention and the actions of africa over the past year and a half two years that involved you make it clear that this is a u.s.

are supporting the french operation raising fears of an african quagmire in a new front in the war on terror that seems to stem from the west's previous military involvement in the region. explains. well britain and the u.s. are reportedly providing help with transport and communications in the just text of that means that they're providing transport and planes to help carry troops however we've also heard the u.s. is providing some very limits drones in order to track the movements of the rebels in northern mali and of course it's not just britain and the u.s. now we've heard that a number of other european countries including denmark pledging their support for the french military offensive in the region so it is growing quite quickly and by sunday we've already had hundreds of french military personnel taking part in the operation officials say that french as strikes are targeting rebel forces rebel strongholds and logistical points however human rights groups are already counting a number of civilian casualties with three children dead since friday and of course this is quite a dep

french planes have pushed further into northern mali. fighter jets bombed a training camp and airport in the rebel stronghold gao. the u.s., britain, and other nations are pledging uses nickel -- logistical support. african states are stirring to deploy their own troops. let's get the latest now from the capital of mali. bring us up-to-date with the latest you have found on the ground. >> french forces have pushed deeper into the eighth rebels territory. they have attacked the town of gao and an army base. it has been taken over by rebels. they are said to have raised that army base on the ground. after stopping the advance of the rebels, bid has other strategic towns as the french forces a week in the military might. here there has been a huge response to a call by the president for the people of mali to help their week army. >> at a medical facility, people have gathered to donate blood. they are responding to our request from the president to support the country's forces which ever way they can. >> we are ready to respond to any reque

every street in the buick ray in the french quarter has three names, english, french and spanish. you have to love the mixture of the people. it's a big city but it's a small town. very friendly. you love the music, the food. whatever you want, it's available there. you just go out and get it. here you go, gus. you never know who you're going to bump into when you're up here. >> that's right. we were just going for a friendly carriage ride and did you see who we ran into, frank? >> well, we heard from him a little bit earlier. i guess george lucas right? >> george lucas. >> we talked to him for a fuse few minutes and i asked him about super bowl xlvii. >> of course i'm rooting for the 9ers but in the end i'd rather watch it on television. >> it's the least amount of hassle. i'm sure they will win so i don't know what the upon the is really. i think they should just cancel it and have a big party. >> you think they should just call it now? >> yeah, just call it now and have a big party in new orleans and get on with it. >> hey, i would be all for watching at his house, as well. i b

you have french of course but algerian british japanese. civilians being killed. as a minute and consequences of our military intervention in mali so what we are doing is we are trading a potential threat. by by an actual. annex will count of because really it is and we are talking with civilians here so it's really we have to realize that when you when you when you do a military intervention in a free country it triggers consequences that are not planned and this conflict will is will you will expend. in mali you know joe you're in neighborhood countries and when we will push back. the extremists then who knows where they're going to. to go to i mean they come from algeria they come from libya they went to mali if we if we if we start to really beat them there they're going to go in countries are we really prepared to fight a war in their will worst in africa i don't think so all right live from brussels political analyst alex corbell thank you very much for your analysis thank you. well we want to know what you think the fallout from algeria hostage crisis will

the french led forces continue to switch with mind. >> the french had not encountered any resistance. the fear that some elements is still hiding in town. french led forces have conducted a rocket advance. it melted when the desert and chasing them down into this region will be much more difficult. >> resident erupted with joy when they discovered french and malian troops enjoying the town. the battle is not over. the hottest -- jihadists are still around. >> no. mali is still under the control of terrorists. it is up to the africans to restore its integrity. >> american forces are slowly deploying to mali. not only half of the 7000 troops promise are in the country. france may well find itself on the frontline of this operation for a long time to come. bbc news, timbuktu. >> french troops only took on the islamist rebels two weeks ago. in afghanistan, they have been battling the taliban for more than a decade now. nato troops are starting to withdraw. what kind of country are they leaving behind? we're in afghanistan and he sent us this report. >> the afghan capital of kabul is a bus

the french military machine rolls over islamic militants in mali amid fears a country could be seeking to recall them eyes its former turner tree. and britain's prime minister david cameron finally committed to holding a referendum on breaking away from the e.u. sparking a new wave of criticism both at home and abroad. look back at the past seven days top stories and the latest developments this is the weekly on. as violent unrest continues to rage in egypt president morsi has announced emergency law will be imposed in the worst affected cities of port saeed so is is my idea echoing the days of x. president hosni mubarak president morsi has just addressed the nation that says the city of port so you've has descended into bloodshed yet again as clashes broke out during a massive funeral march for people killed and hundreds injured the latest now from our correspondent bill true. seen in. protesters there were killed yesterday was it not. gunfire. that hundreds have been injured many. saying that's not. true to the military the funeral march by an army the army has been deployed to the c

me to repercussions in mali because when he was elected sixty four percent of the french public. considered that. the folks who don't. would not be able to take an international crisis compared to thirty percent for ex president sarkozy so i believe that. the public support is temporary and that sooner or sooner or later the french public will realize that it's and this is all it said and this is a rework a costly war and. much more than planned when you do a military intervention in a free country it triggers consequences that are not planned and visconti to release willy will expend in mali in nigeria in neighborhood countries and when we look push back. the extremists then who knows where they're going to have. to go to i mean they come from jail you know they come from leave here they went to mali if we if we if we start to rebuild them they're going to go in countries are we really prepared to fight a war in india will western africa i don't think so. now the hostage crisis in algeria has caused the british prime minister to postpone a much anticipated speech on the u.k.'s m