american troops are landing on french soil to free french north africa. to begin liberating france from fascists and nazi domination. now begins a comic opera. high above algiers. and murphy reaches the villa, followed by ken and a bodyguard. in the official french limousine decked with french flags, the through by theed guards. pender and his partisans weight in the garden as murphy bounds up the stairs to see the general. it is nearing 1:00. but murphy still has no word of the allied assault forces. there are no sounds of battle. he describes the moment, after convincing a servant to wake the general. he came down the drawing room in pajamas, silent and sleepy, but my news snapped him awake. i told him as calmly as i could, and american force was about to land on the coast of north africa. according to my instructions, i multiplied the size of our troops and made no mention of british components. the french hated the british. indeed, that night murphy was to use all his powers of persuasion and tell the general. general, i tell you about this in advance

, and the french had used some terrible tactics in the french and indian war.lso there was a threat of the french coming down from candida and converting everybody to catholicism. we can laugh this off but it was thought as very real at the time. when the war started washington refuse to any french officer in his command. there were several who came over and tried to get in on it. he didn't want them because they were disruptive and they wouldn't learn english. the once you finally came over and learn english, as lafayette did very, very quickly, and others had not spoken in english before that were welcomed but it took some time. a number of them actually back and there was continued to station it was not entirely clear until finally the war became desperate enough that they had to send french troops, that washington would permit french troops to serve alongside american troops. >> thank you. >> i'd like to thank you for a wonderful evening, and thank you all for coming. >> thank you. [applause] [inaudible conversations] .. >>. [inaudible conversation] good ev

and indeed, the french, the french, through our consular, through the vichy, the french are telling them, if you will land in france, we'll fight with you. there's no doubt about that. but if you land in north africa, we don't stand a chance, because the germans will take all of france. and with the arms and troops may have in already in the desert, in libya, they can quickly come back. and we will have a disaster in the course. you know, ladies and gentleman, -- gentlemen, in the end of 18 months before the germans and the italians, that it was a terrible, terrible, bloody battle. but, and this is where marshall was wrong, this is where we produced an army and where we formed the men that are capable of invading sisly, italy and -- sicily italy, and eventually , the beaches of north africa. yes, sir. >> how do the french -- here in the 21st century, how do they view their role in world war ii? i know it's a complicated question. but is very simple answer? -- is there a simple answer? hal vaughn: it's a very complicated and complex issue. let me approach it this way, there is a wonderful

veterinarian. [ boy speaking french ] >> daniel: fireman. [ daniel speaking french ] [ boy speaking frenchun. >> anthony: he wants to make machine guns? >> daniel: engineer -- engineering machine gun, yeah. >> anthony: okay, keep an eye on that one. all right. for a dope fiend, "feeding the monkey" means finding and sticking with heroin. for one poor guy, it's this. french food. in particular, lyonnais food. the cautionary tale of bill buford. writer, editor, literary lion with a perfectly good job as fiction editor at the prestigious "new yorker" magazine. at the undignified age of 53, he pretty much pulled up stakes, put his whole past life on hold, and defected to france to learn how to cook. what happened to you anyway, buford? you used to have a good job, you hang out a couple of nights with batali and the next thing you know you're living in france and cooking. >> bill: it's true. i discovered a whole world tha the rest of the world didn't seem to know about. just a very compreed, intense lifelong learned expertise and knowledge of food. it's not the food network, and it's not glossy

the movement launched by emanuel macron in april twenty sixth seen started with the slogan the french people should be at the heart of political life not its deck or now the one hundred of us can't stay with a movement or party without a clear political line and that has failed to be based on the pillars of democracy denying with the arrogance and contempt the intelligence of the people. the party leadership has dismissed these resignations which come as it prepares for its conference on saturday it points out that one hundred sixty six thousand have joined in the past six months saying some join some leave and that itself is democracy however while it's easy to dismiss a hundred resignations thousands of ordinary citizens keep voicing their anger on the streets of france again and again just on thursday there were major protests held by the trade unions in france who fewest with macklin's reforms of the working directive and the latest polls suggest just how unpopular mr conne has become meanwhile mr man who's being it is the president of all french citizens commission officers are d

i would: french universities and schools -- i would call on french universities and schools cannot waste time, to meet with you and develop this partnership that both of our youths are looking for. [applause] this great change, which means rethinking and revolutionizing our thought process is indispensable. i would not want a young person from burkina faso to want to always comes day in france, i would -- stay in france, i would like them to come back. i want them to have this desire. creating online training, dual degrees so that here it is possible to get a degree from a french university through a partnership. and if people would like or need to go to france, they would be able to do targeted training, because they have chosen to do so, not because they have to. the change is when we must commit to. and we must focus it on the same concept. has a meaning and this is the project, the meaning is to make a possible for all french-speaking students to access the same media to carry forward their projects and their studies, this is why i've asked the university agency to work with my side.

the french politicians take that view. to the french government respective alters and that explains why the american perspective alters. an interesting episode in october of 1917 when wilson considers the possibility of sending american troops to the balkans. secretary,ns were the military planners think this is absurd. it's vital to do that to embark on a long-term battle, the estimate the german army are losing 100,000 a month and we need to persist with this. this american thinking in october of 1917 is looking like george marshall and the american thinking and 1942 and 43. i'm going to say something about the diplomacy. in some ways the american diplomat ordered contribution is the most important of all. it can be divided into three headings. the first is other countries come in once they put the ,co --rps.bor court many of them, to the war before china declares war in 1917. china's declaration of war is clearly linked and predetermined by the american position. central andstates south america break off diplomatic posi

the french president. on a three day. and worry if a national is in paris for r.t. with the latest on president micron's tour of africa. wasn't told smooth and read about cohen's trip to africa started with an attempted attack on french troops on the ground a security source told reporters that a grenade was thrown to military car and although it wasn't hate the mass it was very clear the president was not very welcomed on the african soil and as anyone not for me says that he was probably doing a regime that would not tell africans what to do all that sounded very positive and very promising but apparently something went wrong because france's president did tell africans what to do and on several occasions first while speaking about trafficking problems in northern africa and then micron was meeting students of wonder local universities and he put responsibility blaming local people for this problem let's take a listen. you believe about who are the traffickers africans my friends it's africans ask yourselves the question is not the french or the traffickers it's t

minutes lebanon's prime minister is to leave saudi arabia after accepting an invitation from the french president to visit paris. and the catholic church. i mean president robert mugabe after the military seized control. as opposition waits to hear whether it will be dissolved after being accused of trying to stage a coup. and support. are at the final team to paula fight for next year's world cup. celebrate as the south american country returns finals for the first time tonight. our top story lebanon's prime minister saad hariri has accepted an offer from the french president emmanuel macro to visit paris the french foreign minister is expected to meet mr during his visit to saudi arabia on weapons day the lebanese president michel said nothing justifies the apparent detention of hariri by the saudi authorities hariri announces resignation in riyadh two weeks ago president hu an accused saudi arabia of holding her hostage following that story for us to beirut zain what are we expecting to come out of this imminent press conference in saudi arabia between the french and the saudis. well

i lean french, hard.ink it's preposterous? >> anthony: i do not think it's preposterous. but here we have a situation. [ laughter ] >> patrick: it is stupid. uh, i agree with you completely that this -- this province, 40 years ago, was in some respect, an english city. so we needed to have language laws for signage and stuff. >> anthony: now, signage, for instance, must by law be principally in french. french first in all things. >> patrick: but every bureaucracy produces byproducts of stupidity. and that was it. and you know what? it will not stand. >> anthony: the anglo-canadians treated french-speaking québécois like second-class crap for much of history. so, i get it. i'd be pissed, too. i'd want my own thing. and when i got it, i'd want to make sure there's no backsliding to the bad old days. >> patrick: when the parti québécois, the first, uh, sovereignist party to be elected, was elected in 1976, it didn't come out of a vacuum. it came out from a couple of decades of awakening and struggle. >> anth

french artillery, french alle british navy, poured forth their concentrated fury.of the blitz had never dreamed of. the massive challenge to the free world to fight or surrender was being answered. [gunfire] ♪ >> after only eight hours fighting, the hard crust of german resistance shattered. our armor crashed through. >> the americans crashed their way into bizerta. the british smashed through the center to capture tunis. another column raced around the preventhe cape to any evacuation. the end came quickly. >> by tens, by hundreds, by thousands they came. on foot, and in trucks, and behind their dead. ♪ surrenderatest mass of fully equipped troops in modern history. ,e had lost nearly 70,000 men dead, wounded, and ms. in -- and missing. 35,000 british were lost, 80,000 -- 18,000 americans, 15,000 french. for every man we had lost, the enemy lost five. at the end, 15 full divisions. 266,000 of their best men laid down their arms. >> no man riddled with disease and shrunken with hunger, fighting to the last, barehanded. educated in the school for power, they were qu

>> because the french spend so much money on the american revolution leading directly to the french revolution. >> guess is the short answer. the with the effects of the to under 30,000 people per curve and then on the land to coast. in a while this goes on simultaneously. and then that was sent. but that has nothing to do with america. >> i have been reading the handbook. the way hamilton comes across they seem annoyed at these french officers. in the way for their incredible contributions. and with that interaction with the french. and we came close to lafayette park row but hamilton would serve as the intermediary. and then what has split. and then from then on and to get back again then finally he paid washington. he gave him the command he went down to yorktown separately. and then to come in for the close. one will take one and then the other. and then call on washington. there were plenty of other people involved. but he and general locks was the director of artillery which is what you say when there is in for me and hamilton said it is a shell but he said no it is a shot like a cannonb

, was a french protectorate morocco.when france left in 1950, when morocco gained its independence, it took most of the records and wartime era with them to france. so there is none. there's also some in paris. i also did research at the holocaust museum in washington, d.c. which turned out to be an amazing resource for me because of all the records that it had collected. it collected, it had the records of hell in who ran a casablanca. she's a great story because she decided she wanted to join the french resistance. she's a moroccan jew. she wants to join the french resistance. she can't but windows vista massive you mention crisis down at the port in the summer of 1940 when 200 ships show up carrying refugees and they can't dock, and then it goes on for weeks and these refugees are living in squalor and their suffering health problems, she decides to step into helping she started her own refugee agency. she would run the refugee agency route the antiwar and become one of the major resources for jews who arrive in casab

eleven pm in the french quarters police station. the policemen using sydney's application are starting their shift. they should say. this franklin has already been working all day as a city police officer. but at night he chooses to extend his work day in the unit that uses sydney's application for. my regular shift was two twenty five to eleven o'clock pm and when i go from start twelve am to six and i walk a long day but it's worth it in the end. there's overtime is paid for by the millionaire.

the french 19th corps attacked.artillery] on the plane, the british sixth armored division, striking upon tunis, had driven out most of the remaining enemy. in three days of struggle, our main purpose was accomplished. the british 78th division were pressing the attack on long stop hill. [gunfire and artillery] >> for 12 days, the hills echoed with gunfire. positions were taken, lost, and retaken. when the german lines broke at last, their dead lay in hundreds, unburied on the battlefield. as our infantry went forward, engineers and pioneers, builders -- pioneers built roads across the mountain tops take vital supplies. >> further north, the americans embarked on their phase of the campaign. this started with the assault on hill 609. long-range artillery started the attack. [artillery fire] >> left eight. baker. baker! [gunfire and artillery] >> we took hill 609. there weren't as many of us guys when we got to the top as there had been at the bottom, but we took it. narrator: and thus, one by one the strongholds in

out of the meeting was to grow the men of the fighting french to never lost hope and for french for whompaign was created. the alliance in the area were predominantly british, but general eisenhower continued in supreme command as his deputy commanders freed british officers. them, british, american and french artisan men sitting side-by-side. the scheme of command with a unique and military campaign. third, we fix the terms that would end the fighting. surrender.al of all these decisions, our russian and chinese allies were carefully informed. them, british, american and french artisanthe conferenc. mr. churchill went to tripoli to greet the victorious army and exchanged forthcoming events. for the decisive hour was at hand. >> battle lines were drawn. in the north stood the british first army. in the south, the french troops. in the south, the americans. further south, small group of fighting french at completed their story 1500 mile march and taken up positions on the western flank which faced the formidable line. behind which barrier, rummel's army after its long retreat. tunisia wit

people abstain from voting due in the parliamentary elections fifty seven percent of the french also abstain from voting so this person has only two assets he's age and the stock market and that's also his two biggest liabilities because he has no deep roots in the french political system and he's also perceived as the president of the rich is stuck in here in that seat but as it's on him to show more openness to was a french people and to listen to this street people want security but he's sending them the police what depriving them of jobs and you know and the financial security people want to are equal and fair access to job opportunities to. the u.n. security council has convened for a vote on whether to extend a joint probe into a chemical weapons attack in syria as a plan has submitted a new draft proposal after plans from both russia and the u.s. were blocked kaleb open is in new york with the latest. the usa had put forward a resolution it was blocked russia had put forward a resolution it was also blocked and there was quite a heated exchange of words inside the council cham

questions are raised over its methods and rebellion in the ranks one hundred former supporters of the french president who just stinging attack against his centrist movement saying it has no respect for democracy. i. welcome coming to you live from moscow you're watching r.t. international now our top story this hour to use pulling its troops out of a nato exercise after president says he was branded and then a me in the alliances internal messaging network norway's defense minister has already apologized for the gaffe which further worsened relations between ankara and nato as poor sleep reports well this is a perfect example of how small things can blow up and add to deteriorating relations in a powerful military alliance that happened during a nato training exercise in norway where a poster was unveiled of enemy countries and the last thing you would expect is for the name of the turkish president as you are to be on their poster bearing in mind that turkey is a key player in nato now the turkish president added one has responded by saying he's pulling out the forty turkish soldiers who w

want we've been listening there to the french president emanuel. delivering a speech about eight hundred students at the university of fossil working a fossil of the first stop on a monument. four day trip to africa which will also take him to ivory coast and ghana this was a highly anticipated speech in which is expected to talk about a new kind of politics as he seeks to break away from neo colonialism across the african continent you know this war is basically aimed at boosting france's regional influence in africa and also as you heard the president talk a little bit about there stemming the flow of migrants from africa into europe. the french president speaking again to eight hundred students at the university of wanted to go and this will be followed by a question and answer session by the audience there let's bring in our correspondent on the line from wanted to go. this is a speech that's been highly anticipated because everyone of course recalls the controversial speech former french president nicolas sarkozy gave in dakar a few years ago

president has met with protests in bikinis past so while students also grill him over the presence of french troops in the country. thanks so much for joining us once again here in the russian capital money this is r.t. international. breaking news because north korea has conducted a ballistic missile test for the first time since september sponsors of the missile flew for fifty minutes and that it came down two hundred kilometers off its coast but did not pass over japanese territory trying to reports from seoul. it was deep into the night pretty much both koreas were asleep when we found out about what is the latest ballistic missile tests by young yang according to estimates by the japanese military and also the pentagon the missile flew for about one thousand kilometers and landed in the sea of japan without causing any harm initially the location of where it touched down or the time was unclear but then the japanese prime minister's office tweeted that indeed a missile was launched from north korea and it landed somewhere and the exclusive economic zone of japan i'll be putting it mildl

now arrogant and undemocratic that's why the french president's political movement has been described from the inside to one hundred members of his centrist political group are quitting after publicly expressing contempt for its policies and their actions show it to be in scheme as the details it's only six months since emanuel much gone came to power in france on the back of a wave of his new movement all marsh but already the shine of the young french president and his political revolution is fading one hundred members of what is now law republican marsh say they quitting the party because the party which promised democracy isn't they say democratic and they say it's our look and the movement launched by emmanuel macron in april twenty sixth started with the slogan the french people should be at the heart of political life not its deck or. now the one hundred of us can't stay with a movement or party without a clear political line and that has failed to be based on the pillars of democracy denying with the arrogance and contempt the intelligence of the people the party leadership ha

says they're designed to protect the french labor market. that is why we plan to expand these regulations next year all sectors not just construction companies will need to fill out the additional paperwork and for an extra permit. rules may be complex but they provide access to a part of our market in exchange. with me what is going to morris fell says the new rules are unjust. and he thinks that other european companies will also be disadvantaged by policy. he decided to lodge a complaint with the german government but it merely advised him to file a lawsuit at the european court of justice. this is. the responses we got are really frustrating noncommittal answers with no new information. yes we know but we don't have the answer and if you're unhappy you can file a complaint. many other german companies share his frustration. fare from the local branch of the chamber of commerce represents german businesses here she says thousands of them fear they'll have to stop exporting to france and that would also have a knock on effect on the french

about the french soldiers you don't go to the fridge for just anything but this applaud. this question highlight brode issue the end getting criticism on local population of french troops stationed on the ground in africa because there was a number of negative incidents with. our rangers one promises kinds of. allegations and there was just one of the examples they were many of them in several african countries so friends president the action into question was quite. an easy thing taking the president actually away for the initial mission of this tree but the journey still goes on and experts now say that the president might taps a time to clarify his position and to go back to his initial positive mission to build new bridges with africa was marouf a national just said this is not the first incident of abuse by french troops the central african republic has seen cases of rape by french soldiers with reports of local minors suffering sexual assaults back in two thousand and sixteen several victims not to be identified to share stories. botha's has when i was thirteen at t

the french weighed in now we see how the the and his wife in paris but they did leave their two kids behind they do attend school in riyadh that was the official statement the reason given by the how did the camp but it will not put the speculation about his freedom to rest in lebanon he will be greeted by the french president mccraw who saying that we will receive him as the prime minister of lebanon micron mentioning of course that we know that his resignation has not been accepted by his country and this is why he will be received as a prime minister so it's not clear how micron can try to solve this political crisis but like you mentioned how d.d. confirming for the first time he will be coming to beirut he will be attending independence day celebrations on wednesday but the biggest question is in what capacity is he really going to resign or he is going to withdraw his resignation is his return to beirut conditional the lebanese foreign minister really expressing concern that his return to beirut could have some conditions or restrictions attached to it so this crisis really is

over the presence of french troops in the country. headlines every hour. thanks for joining us tonight here on r.t. international. a north korea has conducted a ballistic missile test for the first time since september japan says the missile test flew for fifteen minutes and came down two hundred kilometers off its coast but didn't pass over japanese territory will have lives from. from the capital in just a few moments. our tech giants facebook and twitter have agreed to help the british government look into alleged russian interference in last year's vote early as this report from the. house of commons media watchdog wants to know what russia's influence has been in particular in that briggs that referendum they've been requested by the house of commons to speak and give any evidence as to alleged russian interference the company's include facebook and twitter and those companies have said that they will hand over information relating to so-called russian back accounts talk of alleged russian interference in the brags that process has got more and more i

french economy is recovering and businesses are looking to expand. small companies to some of the country's best known brands social junk reportrts. it's europope's largest economy germany and its companies are increasingly attracting interest from abroad with french firms setting their sights on buying german brant. the surprise purchased by french carmaker peugeot of germany's opel isn't the only one. fell now i'll know and his luxury empire purchase bag maker rimau up. smaller firms are also proving attractive one of audi's contractors jigga traumatic was taken over by a french company last year. since then little's changed in the offices in english done. the language ofof choe is still german but the boss is now french. it suited the mood is kind of cutting edge technology is in large part why we bought jigger tronic you see the city get. the number of german companies that have been purchased by french firms has jumped in three years from thirty six to ninety three last year. in the opposite direction only twenty five french firms were purchased

patrick dry heat the celebratated french businessmen. well known phrase appetite for acquiring other companies. over the years he's managed to build a cable and telecom business empire all tease. but now the company is floundering. in one month it's lost forty percent of its value a steep decline because by earnings results that were worse than expected. did not share the results were released markets got scared many wondered whether they would see the money the loan to mister draw he again. and those who invested in shares were having second thoughts about their worth when also. alti says made up of many different companies starting with numeric pad then sfr in virgin mobile. it includes french media outlets l'express liberation npf m. tv. as well as investments in foreign telecoms in portugal israel and the u. s.. an empire built on credit with a debt of fifty billion your rose. analysts say it's a risky strategy that could see the banks left holding the bag. so i don't claim disabled if you count pay it back it's the bank's problem no

and the french territory. historic palestine then still part of the ottoman empire was a bone of contention and would be put under international administration. but. that's. their. key man. or. a key part. which is that one of them well. if you're telling the half of art can be or when i can let you can i can't who can i share i think the british felt that there had not been enough government involvement in concluding the states because agreement with the french and in the process they had not really protected their interests well enough for a post world war era in which the british empire would continue to seek to be a dominant force in european affairs and so really officials across whitehall including mark sykes himself felt it was a bad deal if you have built you're going to have a few at most at it in a few when i got havoc so you need you in every night or does that mean and you who would you have my own. data for the scene when you're home your new shoot from the scene or people are feeling well and are

micron is met with protests and became the fast while students also grill him over the presence of french troops in the country. are getting to you my name is the harvey you watching r.t. international this hour we start with breaking news because north korea has fired a ballistic missile south korea's military said that it responded with a quote precision strike exercise japan says that the missile flew for fifteen minutes and that it came down two hundred kilometers off its coast that is the first test conducted by north korea since september the move comes amid intensifying tensions in the region we'll have a live report from our correspondent in seoul coming up later this hour stay with us for more. in other news islamic states may be losing its hold over iraq and syria but it's still inspiring europeans and ever younger ones at that to carry out attacks the danish court has extended the sentence of a teenage girl who'd been planning bomb attacks in the country monday she was given eight years in prison after initially being sentenced to six the girl who has not been named was fifteen

force of french is really something in believable because. for twenty years ago it was impossible atoll. and no no it's a reality people agree to see some changes but of course it is not possible to change everything is not possible to withdraw all celebrities or to a youth that means we all want your diseases and we all like to have a hand there a balance ok we'll understand that this is happening this law is a reaction to back that clung to russell's other attacks that have happened in europe but is it wise to give the state that much authority i mean there's always a danger that terrorism will be used as an excuse to abuse power and we've seen this happen before. nobody can say is that. no we are using. terrorism to change our own rooms no we change own rules because we own three senior program. once this program will be sold. probably. reduced you know zero zero zero ok i want to talk about the terrorism itself and how it has changed i mean it's not about arms anymore the closer nym's are the new weapons we're facing and they're much more

the lake is called lake champlain because a french exploiter -- exploiter -- explorer. ur, and invited on a tor upon their journey south along lake, theyle long encountered the recording. -- the iroquois. they were rivals for control of this trade lake, they encountered the route in a skirh broke out. champlain and a couple of his fellow frenchmen have firearms, and as a result, the french and their allies from the north one this skirmish. -- won this skirmish. champlain modestly named this link after himself and set off a protracted period of conflict between the british, and were moving north up from the atlantic seaboard, and the french, and were expanding their territory outward from the st. lawrence river. boththe french incursion into the lower champlain valley, this began to set off alarm bells with the british. it would set off a protracted between newnflicts france and new england that will ultimately culminate with the french and indian war area both the french and the british would build some of their most expensive fortifications in the champlain valley at t

this unfortunately perfectly describes the french army in the spring of 1940. they devoted its time to make itself as comfortable as possible. the british army devoted itself to the occasional entertainment with the british equivalent of the united states and the occasional visits from members of the royal family and politicians. neither army from modern warfare contrary to the present day assumptions had more and better tanks than the germans by relegated to infantry support even though the relatively unknown charles de gaulle had published a controversial book 1934 advocating just the tactics the germans would used to defeat poland and france, the blitzkrieg. it sold less than a thousand copies in france but it sold many times that number in germany where it was read out loud to adolf hitler became the bible of the officers who would command the german armed forces. as for the anti-tank weapons with the field gun adopted 1897 with its flat trajectory and potential for rapid fire was more than capable to destroy any tank the german army possessed little though

>> french guy: heh.eginning of 2000. >> anthony: what do you mean by "just opened?" >> french guy: before it was very difficult to travel, you know? no, if you have a permit to travel in luang prabang -- >> anthony: right. >> french guy: you can only visit luang prabang. you want to go another province, you need to have a special permit to change, and uh, i had a friend. my friend say, "noel, let's go to laos. it's more protected and more, more, more natural, more authentic." i say, "okay, why not?" the first time i arrived in luang prabang, i was feeling, like ah, indiana jones discovering a beautiful city. and the point is, i fell in love and i couldn't go back. >> anthony: what's your typical day here? like, what -- if you're not working, you're on a good day, you know, sunday. >> french guy: on a good day you have a party. you have a party with old friends, ah, that's before the -- again, there is nothing special to do. it's just a way of life. >> french guy: yeah. training. >> anthony: so how has it

they should pay the french minimum wage and not distort competition. that's why starting next year we want to expand the regulations. all sectors not just the construction business and all it would have to apply for extra permits in additional view of a supplementary form. but his fellow says the rules are unjust particularly since they're stricter than in other european countries he lodged a complaint with the german government but it merely advised him to file a lawsuit at the european court of justice. this is. the responses we got really frustrating noncommittal answers with no new information just yes we've been informed. feeling left in the lurch by the german government feels actually intends to take the case to the e.c. j. in luxembourg he doesn't want to have to lay off any of this thirty employees. as i had to talk to it's all just delaying tactics for me as a businessman it means continuing to struggle with this mess without any hope of change and having to entertain the possibility of getting out of the french market altogether if things do

the french and that's because they thought that the french always sort of converted their colonized people into becoming frenchmen and what they wanted was to remain as self conscious jews and they thought that the british would leave them alone and let them do that and how much it helped to live in begun by. the share a blue team. over a vial him one in the basement what you need convincing got armor you did doesn't go to not you needed them it would get done because the more you dream no you to name him remember bomb atom our matter. robert. you know. is. bolstered by their newfound credibility the british zionists thought about making specific demands after the sykes meeting but events overtook them. on the sixth of december one thousand nine hundred sixteen british prime minister asquith resigned. in the change of government arthur balfour became foreign secretary under prime minister david lloyd george. lloyd george. as the half awake i worked for my space and it was iraq and. fashion. and i want. to be here with that you know. one. side but. it's a completely. different thing.

and the french territory. historic palestine then still part of the ottoman empire was a bone of contention and would be put under international administration. but. that's. their. key man. or. a key part. the half of art can be and. i think the british felt that there had not been enough government involvement in concluding the states because agreement with the french and the process they had not really protected their interests well enough for a post world war era in which the british empire would continue to seek to be a dominant force in european affairs and so really officials across whitehall including mark sykes himself felt it was a bad deal. and . my own. well. and look at the before and it's of huge significance that when they're making these discussions. are not discussed jews were not to feature in the. middle east which was to be based on the idea of the arab nation. zionism was the movement supporting the reestablishment of a jewish homeland in the area defined as the historic land of israel. the

the lake is called lake champlain because of french explorer, champlain. champlain had been invited on a tour by some of his native american allies from the lawrence river valley. upon their journey south along this 120 mile long lake, they encounter the iroquois. and the champlain's allies were rivals for control of his trade route. out. skirmish broke champlain and a couple of his fellow frenchman had firearms. and, as a result, the french and their allies from the north won this skirmish. champlain then modestly named the lake after himself. created a new region of new france in what is now the champlain valley, and set off a protected period o conflict between the britishf who were moving north from the atlantic seaboard and the french, who were extending their territory outward from the st. lawrence river. intofrench incursion both the lower champlain valley this began to set off alarm bells with the british and would set off a protected period of colonial wars between new france and new england that would culminate with the french and indian war. bot

international diplomacy is now stepping up its efforts with french president emanuel mark or making an unscheduled visit to saudi arabia earlier today in a bid to help defuse the situation. i spoke with ulrika fried target this is from the limits the center for islamic studies and as to how dangerous the situation has become. well i think it can escalate very easily for a number of reasons i mean one is it's not just those two two countries it's also syria there are there's talk about attempts by the saudis to destabilize iran using factions in pakistan notably in baluchistan so there's a lot going on far beyond the more narrow region and i think each of these various areas has of course their very own internal dynamics levanon is quite different from yemen etc so each of these internal dynamics can also spiral into beyond control of either of the big players and the latest news from the prime minister has resigned and made this this statement from saudi arabia there is talk of the probably structure being held hostage well it wouldn't be the first time the yemeni president has also de

the french army devoted it's time to making it itself as comfortable as possible and the british army devoted itself to spit and polish with occasional entertainment proffered by the british equivalent of what would become in the united states the uso and occasional visits from members of the royal family and politicians. neither army was well-equipped for modern warfare. the french contrary to president the assumptions had more and better tanks than the germans but they were relegated to infantry support, even though the relatively unknown lieutenant colonel charles de gaulle had published a controversial book in 1934 that advocated for tactics that the germans would use to defeat poland in france, the blitzkrieg. de gaulle's book sold less than 1000 copies in france but so many, many times that number in germany where it was read aloud and became the bible of the officers would command the german army forces. as for antitank weapons rinses venerable 75 millimole in your field guns had been adopted in pt1897 with its flat trajectory and potential for rapid fire was more than capable

louisiana is a former french colony and the most touristy area really is the french. arena tourists from all around the world get a. lot of. access . and of course here jazz is everywhere. and bars with dance floors and every. day for the last two. business has also played by violent last year one person was killed and nine were injured in a shoot out in the middle of the french quarter. and another night a man attempts to kidnap a drunk girl. the man tries to stop him. but the aggressor points and who's the end of. the man begs for mercy. dresser shoots him in the stomach then tries to kill him. luckily his weapon jams. the shooter takes flight. the men will survive this incident. the aggressor you're a cain twenty one has already been charged with rape and robbery. you'll be arrested two days later. by night these types of aggressions are multiplying especially in restaurants which have become new targets for the criminals. the pathway is a fancy restaurant. from six months ago the own choosing and his team were the victims of an armed robbery. as lorenzo general ma

we heard from the french foreign minister saying he is free to move. some are concerned that is not the case. what is the latest? >> that is a cryptic remark. if he were free to move, you would expect him to come to beirut. they want him back so they can solve the issue. his family is also in saudi arabia so it is not as if he can pick up and go. there's little doubt he is caught up in what started all of this in theory last week. he is a saudi citizen. that is where his father madade his fortune. family and the party has largess.ed on saudi it is not easy for him to leave . anchor: how are people reacting in lebanon to this? >> ironically, this has been one of the most unifying moments in lebanese politics. thatre seeing groups normally hate each otherer actually coming together and saying they want the prime minister back. hezbollahng in april newspapero-has blood zbollaho-has moloch -- he newspaper, they were complementing him and saying they want him m back. is this is an affront to lebanese sovereignty. we are seeing it on social media. that is on

because raqqa is set very symbolic for the french. latest from raqqa that a certain number of the terrorist attacks against franz. were actually initiated. well that's exactly why let me ask the question again. but the politically and rocka impressed a lot of people but how can we say. or can we say that we didn't isis. the fight against isis is not over and it is not of that because isis. is already beginning to redeploy ex activities and to change. into an underground terrorist organization. we know that we are far from over with the fight against terrorism and the fight against isis might change in shape. but it wants change as far as of the violin sarah activities that they do a concerned. france continues to be inherently invested in the coalition. in syria and in iraq. any of the nine months. both fronts as well because of bilateral cooperation is also giving support to in the shape of training the iraqi army and that's very important. it it does not mean that we need to be watchful about jihad the transfers to libya or other co