the pentagon is sounding the alarm over the french troops withdrawal from mali saying local forces are unfit to take over paris pull the first contingent out of the volatile state on tuesday they plan to withdraw three quarters of their force by the end of the get and keep a thousand strong deployment runs intervened in mali generally to drive islamist rebels out of the country and assess us early reports a lot has changed for paris is since the start of the mission they say though that they still plan on that continuing battle adoption of the four thousand strong military personnel who are at least on the ground and keeping these a one thousand feet as they say will be part of a few sure you when a peacekeeping mission i were over this is in stark contrast to what first foreign minister now for five years had said in here in your week. regarding france's direct involvement it is only a matter of later on in comments barca but we have no intention of staying forever . now the french have gone into mali a warning against the threat of as long as the extremism advance to europe no clearl

he thought the french might go to athens.lthough he had french friends amongst these critics and architects in rome, he attacked them. he ridiculed greek architecture. but then, just before he died in 1778, he himself went south to pestum, and in 15 or 16 wonderful drawings, he conjured up the magic of greek architecture as never before. he showed that the column, that the french had thought of as a structural element which they wanted to express honestly, was really a piece of sculpture, a piece of beautiful sculpture. after that, with the discovery of pestum and greek architecture itself, the aesthetic vision of europe changed. so, as often in the history of western art, changes in ways of seeing coincide with and even anticipate social change. so it was in the build-up to the french revolution. the saturday night fever of revolution began in earnest when camille desmouls harangued an inflamed crowd in the palais royal, calling for overthrow of the monarchy and establishment of a republic. there was rising unemployment, a g

as the details of the french are proposed and keeping a permanent force of about one thousand french troops on the ground in mali to continue fighting against islamic extremists and militants of the country they say though that they still plan on continuing that would duction of their four thousand strong military personnel currently on the ground and keeping these a one thousand troops they say will be part of a future you win a peacekeeping mission however this is in stark contrast to what french foreign minister laurent fabius had said in january when he was questioned on the extent of the length of this military operation in mali let's take a listen. regarding france's direct involvement it is only a matter of weeks later on we can comment barca but we have no intention of staying forever. so the french have gone into mali a warning against the threat of islamised extremism advanced in europe now clearly any plan of a complete withdrawal is off the table now this one thousand troops that they plan to keep on the ground falls under a call made by un secretary general of ban ki moo

time just after ten pm no you're in moscow and first the pentagon is sounding the alarm over the french troops withdrawal from mali saying local forces are unfit to take over paris pulled the first contingent out of the volatile state on choose day they planned withdrawal three quarters of their force by the end of the year but have also now sanctioned a thousand strong permanent deployment france intervened in mali in january to drive is in the midst rebels out of the country and this test reports a lot's changed for paris since the start of the mission. they say though that they still plan on continuing double abduction of their four thousand strong military personnel currently on the ground and keeping these a one thousand troops they say will be part of a future un a peacekeeping mission however this is in stark contrast to what french foreign minister had said in january. disputed regarding france's direct involvement it is only a matter of weakness later on if he comes back on but we have no intention of staying forever. now the french have gone into mali a warning against the thr

it's a french product.les-- if i put--if i make the tin in china, it's a chinese truffle. >> i'm stunned. he was saying that since the truffles are packaged here, he can legally write "product of france" on the label. it feels like i'm being tricked into thinking i'm buying french truffles, you know? >> yes, i understand. >> and there's another problem. spores from the chinese truffles are infecting the european soil and taking it over the way the kudzu weed has taken over parts of our own southeast. it began to happen in italy, so the italians made importing chinese truffles illegal, and there's a move in france to do the same. >> [speaking french] >> they are putting into danger the crown jewel of french gastronomy. if one day, by accident, our plantation starts producing chinese truffles, we are dead. [leaves rustling] >> the great fear for michel tournayre and the other trufflers in france is that the chinese will do to their precious delicacy what they have done to louis vuitton bags: produce a knockof

also used by a national chauvinist and french fascist talks about the anti-french conspiracy of those who will undermine france and why in other countries as the imperialists and it is exclusive. to suggest if you criticize aspects of society your government policy, not so much i may disagree but they say you are against your own country you are beyond the pale of the discussion is the exclusive concept that doesn't give access to the critiques essential to make a more perfect union that is why the founding generation has the right to criticize the amendment is among the first rookie more american but i found over 200 years critics have worked hard with the loyalty is anti-americanism with the war of 1812 and mexico and the rise of the empire and across the 20th century it is the constructive turn the does that do justice. >>host: also another book not sees and good neighbors would is the topic? >> a little known episode from the second world war when the roosevelt and administration was worried in the german democratic populations there is about 1.5 million would rise up and take ove

a car bomb has exploded outside the french of missy and the libyan capital tripoli. -- outside the french embassy. two security guards injured. not clear who is behind the attack. tensions mounting in the east china sea after beijing sent eight ships into the disputed waters there. the area is known to a group of islands claimed by china, taiwan, japan. japan has warned that any chinese citizen who sets foot on the island will be forcibly removed. at least eight teen lebanese fighters have been killed in central syria. ash 18 fighters have been killed. the free syrian army says were members of hezbollah. george sobran has warned hezbollah to stay out of the ongoing conflict appeared meanwhile, to do prominent syrian bishops have reportedly been kidnapped. state media say rebel fighters and aleppo abducted the leaders of the greek orthodox churches. the men were reportedly doing humanitarian work at the time. as more from lebanon. >> these bishops are the most senior and the christian community who have been kidnapped threat the past two years. many other christians been kidnapped in the p

say will be part of a future un a peacekeeping mission however this is in stark contrast to what french foreign minister had said in january. regarding france's direct involvement it is only a matter of weakness later on if you come as barca but we have no intention of staying forever. now the french have gone into mali a warning against the threat of as long as the extreme islam advanced in europe now clearly any plan of a complete withdrawal is off the table now this one thousand troops that they plan to keep on the ground falls under a call made by un secretary general ban ki moon in deploying about eleven thousand two hundred troops and one thousand four hundred forty two least on the ground in mali after major combat now bunking with one also when he wins a parallel force one that will directly deal with all cargo linked militants and extremists according to reuters and this is likely to be french troops as well while also spoke with a group of former french intelligence officer who had been stationed in northern africa and the middle east for about twenty years and he says the fro

quite frankly the french little. islam is terrorists are coming in from libya in two thousand and eleven and they did absolutely nothing to stop them so i think. they probably want to not go after the next few months she legitimately election through their instability will remain for the next. president saying is me that about a thousand soldiers are going to remain in mali by the end of this year what are the chances that they're going to be successful in bringing the country of those islamic. also very unlikely i mean. the question is do they really want to i mean do they need a pretext to stay in the country for a few decades. there are long long long term plans to i think possibly divide the country there is a lot of talk of partition now so that he has a wife project could go ahead he would have a partition of the country are most likely to have two french rooted bases one interest looking the north one in march to be the center of the country you could have basically conflict between the. the two rigs in the no

its troops from mali the first step in handing over operations to a un approved african force the french anticipated a short campaign against islamic insurgents in january but now i plan on keeping one thousand troops by the end of the year the military intervention initially drove out the militants from northern mali some retreated to desert hideouts in the vast area. has the details they say though that they still plan on that continuing that would duction of their four thousand strong military personnel currently on the ground and keeping these a one thousand troops they say will be part of a few sure you when a peacekeeping mission however this is in stark contrast to what french foreign minister a lot more five years had said in january. regarding france's direct involvement it is only a matter of minutes later on comments by we have no intention of staying forever. so the french have gone into mali a warning against the threat of islamised extremism against europe now clearly any plan of a complete withdrawal is off the table now. this one thousand troops that they plan to keep on

now the french have gone into mali a warning against the threat of as long as the extremism advanced in europe now clearly any plan of a complete withdrawal is off the table now this one thousand troops that they plan to keep on the ground falls under a call made by u.n. secretary general of ban ki moon in deploying about eleven thousand two hundred troops and one thousand four hundred forty police on the ground in mali after major combat now bunking with one also when he was a parallel force one that will directly deal with all cargo linked militants and extremists according to reuters and this is likely to be french troops as well while also spoke with a group of former french intelligence officer who have been stationed in northern africa and the middle east for about twenty years and he says the from the very start he had been doubtful that this operation in mali was going to be short exposure to the insurgents and distance from the cities ok it was not so complicated. and so what they would do they were going to treat the people just to come back exactly as they did you have got

french troops are starting to leave mali wrapping up the crackdown but a thousand soldiers will stay permanently. as one time the most hunger strike hits day sixty ford emerges that was the inmate attempted suicide last month meanwhile prison officials are demanding more money to keep the jail running. dyce by private investigation in britain is booming is legal loopholes mean a growing number of people can simply anytime anywhere. international news in common watching are taken with make. france has started pulling its troops from mali the first step in handing over operations to be u.n. approved african force the french anticipated a short campaign against his armisen surgeons in january but now plan on keeping one thousand troops by the end of the year the military intervention initially drive at the militants from northern mali but retreated to the desert hideouts in the vast area. has the details they say though that they still plan on continuing battle adoption of their four thousand strong military personnel currently on the ground and keeping these a one thousand troops they

french troops are starting to leave mali wrapping up the islam is cracked down but a thousand soldiers will stay permanently. at one time of hunger strike it's a day sixty four it emerges that one inmate that attempted suicide last month meanwhile prison officials are demanding wall money to keep the jail running. and ice by private investigation in britain is remaining as legal loopholes mean a growing number of people can simply walk you anytime anywhere. they're watching r t a live or for moscow with me to say front has started pulling its troops from the first step in handing over operations to a un approved african force the french interest a paid at a shot campaign against islamist insurgents in general but now plan on keeping one thousand troops by the end of the yeah the military intervention initially drove out the militants from northern mali but some retreated to desert hideouts in the last area artes to syria has the details they say though that they still plan on continuing double adoption of the four thousand strong military personnel who are at least on the ground and ke

my name is aaron lef veen and the chief officer at the french american school. i want to thank you for the resolution and we will make proves to a vacant and unused property and believe it will be improvements. >> i am here from the school and hoping that you support the resolution. >> thank you very much. seeing no further questions. we don't have a budget analyst report for item three either so at this time we will open it up for public comment. if there are members of the public that wish to comment please step forward. mr. paulson. >> thank you budget and finance. we shall my budget bill we are things that need school as well. i love you. i love your budget. we need you. i guess you know by now we will get to you some budget how. until that time we will be doing swell budget bell. i see when your budget when the coal wind blows and the sweet songs about the city dough. have you seen the budget? tell me have you seen it? have you seen the budget? tell me have you seen it? why oh why does the budget leave and go away? oh i have been used to having budget to le

french troops are starting to leave mali reffing of islam is cracked down but a thousand soldiers will stay permanently. as guantanamo's hunger strike hits a day sixty four it emerges that one inmate attempted suicide last month meanwhile prison officials are demanding more money to keep the jail running. and i spied a private investigation in britain is proving legal loopholes need a growing number of people to be watching any time anywhere. it's two pm here in the russian capital you're watching r t a live a with me to bomb with a front's has started pulling its troops from mali the first step in handing over operations to un approved the african force the french anticipated a short campaign against islamist insurgents in general but now plan on keeping one thousand troops by the end of the the military intervention initially drove out the militants from northern mali but some retreated to deserted hideouts in the vast area artie's tessa syria has the details they say though that they still plan on continuing double adoption of the four thousand strong military personnel who are at l

today we're joined by murray independent she is the leader of the french political party the national front and she came in third in the two thousand and twelve presidential elections in france getting about eighteen percent of the vote which is slightly higher than what was expected thank you very much mr bennett for joining us today and my first question is we're looking at seeing in europe a rise in nationalism in the rise in a pro independence movements those sentiments of wanting more sovereignty for their countries but do you think that this is a temporary trend because analysts are saying this is just a reaction to political parties that are currently in power and the reaction to a bad economy across europe so do you think that as a pendulum it could well move away from the groups like the front and back to the other side of the political spectrum. to. now i don't think so and i think that first and foremost if there is an objection of the u.s. union and its policies the us means people are realizing that the european union is an empire. that is in fact really strong in that re

now, after the french drawdown, soldiers have been tasked with maintaining security in the north. they are being trained in these barracks, but very soon german troops may take over the training mission from the french. the first job, training new recruits to the army who will provide logistical support for combat units. they will teach them how to build roads, bridges, and barracks. the german defense minister outlined their mission on a recent visit to mali. >> things will only go well here if the molly forces take over responsibility for security themselves. we will provide training support so this happens. >> the german bundestag has a brief to help finish the mission that the french began. >> here is an environmental story attracting attention all over the world. the threat of the extension of the is in europe has reached such a dangerous level that the eu has moved to take action. >> part of what is believed to be responsible as a class of pesticides widely used across europe thought that it is killing the bees. they have banned them on a trial basis. farmers say will make d

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the french public, though, finds that hard to believe. a kiss and tell novel written by a former lover is a best seller. a highly placed source in paris says the sexual escapades of french politicians are tolerated, but only to a certain point. >> what shocked the french is that he apparently forced women to do things that they did not want to do. if it was an affair in new rk or in the carleton. >> sex workers say making the business illegal has led to an increase in brutality. bordellos are prohibited, and selling sex on the street is frowned upon. they say that keeps the violence under cover. sean and sought help only after her pimp beat her so badly that she had to be hospitalized. she went to this groupnaris, and her pimp ended up in court. >> this helps the women to recover. it is important that they are recognized as victims of a crime. frequently, they have been so humiliated that they have lost all self-esteem and believe they have no rights at all. >> in the case of dominique strauss-kahn, the advocacy group is a co-plaintiff. >

later on, the king of england said a young man stared at the french and indian war because the frenchdid take too kindly to this happening. when they killed and scallop 46 french surveyors, workers, soldiers, whatever, diplomatic party in the head indian burns the colonel who killed his father, chops off the top of his head, reaches into his skull and brings that his brain and suddenly his father said i avenge you, father. i think that would disturb me a little bit if that happened, but there was then that she do. when he reported back to england, as far as what went on, he said we ran into some french military. the local indians hope is subdued on and the words he is was the thrill of the bullet flying through the air gave thrilled to my heart and that was his interpretation. >> that impacted his approach. originally when he was at boston, he was listening to every word of his were council that congress had appointed for him. it was filled with note essays they really knew little about war, but yet washington felt obligated to listen to every word they said. he came to new york, didn

each day that goes by i believe more in this idea i even asked the french president to organize a big referendum in january twenty four teams to ask this question to the french people do they want to stay in the europeans any of their do they want to stay with open would do they want to take the risk of having romania and bulgaria in the same hand with the arrival of millions of roma who are attracted by social system that's a very advantageous which is the french system yes or do they want to go on with trade we want to do for bit economic status as you would do they want to european laws should be stronger than national laws and i want to loot hungary you decided to change the constitution so that it prioritizes national rights over european rights it's going to crush leave to democracy because again the sovereign people are now the ones deciding not the brussels technocrats well there are those that ask that if you are so against the e.u. why are you a member of the european parliament and in the interest of full disclosure of the e.u. parliament has released the amount of aid that

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behind there is intervention what were the french do when they meant interval the french are defending their own interest as you know that doesn't come continent is the world's just continent if it is inhabited by the pulpit by poor people we know that it is the trade between africa and china is increasing and also the brics country increasing and you know that it is france's now is declining declining its became the third trading partner in africa and united states to the place to france and became the second as you know that it is even united states have put in its military base is and it's called mean nujood you know that seventy five percent of the french a little city is used to the nuclear and most of the raw materials is coming from new jersey the main purpose is that it is france will supply the position whole position there. she thinks that it is she will be dislocated from just a continent and it is in fact is in a scramble after ok there's a real continental i know does it africa is a rich continent in so many ways but it doesn't seem to have control over it in a day dealing

each day that goes by i believe more in this idea i even asked the french president to organize a bigrubber and i mean january twenty fourth change to ask this question to the french people do they want to stay in the europeans any of their do they want to stay with open would do they want to take the risk of having romania and bulgaria in the same hand with the arrival of millions of roma who are attracted by social system that's a very advantageous which is the french system yes or do they want to go on. with trade we want to pull bad economic structures as you would do we want to european rules to be stronger than national laws and i want absolute hungry we decided to change the constitution so that it prioritizes national rights over european rights it's going to crush leave to democracy because again this is the stuff and people are now the ones deciding not the brussels technocrats well there are those that ask that if you were so against the e.u. why are you a member of the european parliament and in the interest of full disclosure of the e.u. parliament has released the amount

i know the french. and it will also help so washington being 22 years old needed all the help he can and he did. so they go down the trail to come back shortly there is a group out looking for you will be here in the morning and me announced to washington ahead in the inn was killed by the french colonel who was leading this group of people. >> and the french eight his father? i found no evidence. >> but he tells washington they're coming and washington and sets up the trap and an ambush and kills 46 of them. but later the king of england says this young man did that take too kindly to that. with those soldiers. >> the diplomatic party. >> and the head in the and brings them in front of washington and chops off the top of his head and reaches into his school to bring out the brain and says to his father i avenge you father. i think that would disturb me a little bit of that happened but he adjusted there and was not much that he could do but when he reported back he said we ran into some french military

in english and in french. it's how they roll. and they're still saying hole over there and they're going to say hello for a long time. they do-- you know, god love canada but they-- they-- they're not great at the television. ( laughter ). >> stephen: shep's right, they're not great at the television. they just waste time, unlike fox news which today had a lot of great footage of canadians wasting time on television. of course, there has been wall-to-wall coverage of these terrorist attacks all week because the media loves reporting bad news. i back that up with details but our fact checker was hit by a bus carrying medicine to an orphanage for puppies and wheelchairs. ( laughter ) but tonight, i am here to tell you to buck up, america. if you're one of the few americans who still has a buck because it's time for tiny triumphs. ( cheers and applause ) folks, the american society of civil engineers recently released their quadrennial report card, and for the first time in 1 15 years we improved r grade. y they gave our infrastruct

he'll now be flying tout paris to meet his french kourpt part after the french ministry cancel todayer yesterday only for it to be reinstated. lew says he and his german counterpart were coming together to find solutions to similar problems, including tax evasion. >> we have a shared interest in making sure that our tax law res obeyed and that we have a kind of transparency to permit tax authorities both in the iesdz and other countries to see where there's income that needs to be properly taxed. that's important for tax enforcement and it's important to make sure we don't see inappropriate flows of funds for wrong activities. >> he also threw his support behind a single european banking supervisor. >> we also discussed europe's plan toes move forward in a banking union, which is critical to assure the long-term stability of the euro area. for more, julia is in berlin. kelly is in paris where jack lew will be going shortly. jules, let's come to you first of all. talks are intensive. mary jo described wolfgang scaueble described the talks as intensive. i wonder what that means under t

he was told by the french that mahogany was not appropriate. this is what he got in its place. >> here is a tweet. "did the monroes face any lingering problems in the white house due to the burning?" what state of repair was it in when they got there? >> it was not ready in march of 870 when monroe became president. they lived in another house for several months. on june, monroe left washington nd went on a four-month tour and his family went back to virginia. he returned to the president's house and at that point, it was ready for occupancy. they began moving furniture in. the furniture they ordered was not ready. he used his own personal furniture. they borrowed furniture from elsewhere. it was a haphazard way to furnish the house. some of the rooms were still empty. the house was in pretty good shape. it was not like it was when the adams moved in. it was in fairly good shape. there was not furniture for t. >> i will take a call. watching us in virginia, you are on. >> hi. i had understood that elizabeth monroe suffered from poor health. i d

thousand french troops may now permanently stay on in mali as a so-called peacekeeping force there are currently four thousand french troops in the african country after being flown in to squash an islamist insurgency the plan is now pending the approval of the government which came to power via a military coup last year robert harness an independent journalist covering mali says that france will keep its presence in the african country to preserve its influence in the region and not be pushed out by the us for a french point to west africa is a vital area in which they have had an interest for when they had an empire and then after general de gaulle gave the west african countries their independence france has retained its influence in the area and wants to continue to retain its influence there so they realize that if they don't act in west africa the chances are the americans will push them out and they will lose out in commercial terms and politically the french are determined to have elections in july and their plan was to withdraw all their troops by july but this clearly hasn't

presidential election was fought on a juvenile debate it discuss a high the french government whoever it was going to be were going to and therefore it's ridiculous i mean it's the sort of argument that wouldn't even grisoft. second grade students union advantage countries for president that sort of an institution it's a disaster holland has said he's going to relax on rich he's had to ultimately backtrack on up he's cracked down on corporations he's having to crack down a lot because ultimately there's a great sucking sign does all of the corporations and indeed the wealthy entrepreneurs lead the country and therefore he's left with position hastert ultimately tried to skip somebody else another he's decided if mrs merkel everybody thinks they can attack germany and get the germans to open their purse strings a final thought the e.c. president admitted this week that you're about to submit you think i gave her full day that our border will make any difference at all i don't think it'll make any difference whatsoever because the problem is that mr barroso is only echoing the words of