status for corsican one which and french it is totally next board to the french because if you require every document to be written in cosequin as well being french it would cost a fortune and if you require it all or a few shows in corsica to speak or see can as well as french it would be discrimination against don't go see. because in france there is french and therefore the demand for a few shores language is very difficult to be tax status some ground can be found some consensus can be found on earth ease of access isn't making sure who. doesn't know fiske order to me in order so. the very reasonable right but some of the you have to use a measure man's out of a reasonable but what can they realistically expect from president michael i mean can he succeed where his predecessors have failed can he rein in these nationalists and corsica. it will not be easy but what did expect is that prisoner macor us or has been insistent that you wanted to constitutional reform and funds for her with less less m.p. these different. on house debt because sure if it would just to be adopted but for

i mean to make a difference between institutionalized state racism and the french public all the french public places because i'm part of the french public as a friend first and so when i say that there is reason from different institution i'm not saying that all the french people are this is i just i'm just saying that the state should implement measures to stop that how about you in your personal experience because you are the daughter of african parents you are woman you are muslim but you are often in mainstream media you often contribute to television to radio you are a french personality what is your experience been i mean have you managed to navigate the system in france how the. dunnit i feel like i'm an exception because if she was different she you don't see that many faces looking like mine and today i really consider that i have a privilege and i try to use that privilege to tackle racism because i know that many of my fil a french citizen the one that's white doesn't have i'm not as mickey as i am and they don't have the means to be vocal and to make public statements the k

not exactly empty french but frightened of financial exploitation and they are frightened of french colonial methods. but there are many christians in syria in the limit and in particular how do they fit the christians or is afraid at the bottom of their hearts as the muslims and only in syria at training center is present everywhere because they know what the french do that feeling pretty well runs all through. there is the french nationalist party which is sentimental still harking back to the crusades. so science returned and as the currents of the started to come together he was called into downing street at the end of the year on the sixteenth of december nine hundred fifty and then. he must of gone with a map as well because he got into them the meeting with the cabinet the prime minister and his chief ministers sitting around the cabinet table in downing street i believe they fear an arab caliphate. as an independent state the common language the arabs of tunis algeria and morocco the regional course they control entirely the french nationalists believe that if the allies when they wa

the economy is underpinned by french aid.o help exiles find out about their past, the french government has demanded any documents the authorities hold are handed over to the individuals involved. next, it's marlene‘s turn. maryse‘s biological father died in 2006. before they had a chance to meet. his daughters are the living link in her search for an identity. but their first meeting didn't deliver the resemblance for which she yearned. it's a big step so soon after meeting sisters with whom she clearly already has a bond. what will happen if the dna test is negative and you're not related? marlene‘s come to pay her respects to giselle, the sister who tried to persuade her not to go to france. though she's been dead for years, there is only a bare plaque. but marlene knows she has another sister, marianique. she's desperate to find her, but she's not sure whether she is alive or dead. we went to the town hall looking for clues. so you have an address for your sister. two hours later came the phone call marlene had only dared

unset only milicic news and it's very disrupting for us as french journalists and also for french people we feel disconnected we are not the target of his messages he is targeting business executives and decision makers worldwide i don't want him . within three months of taking office having won sixty six percent of the vote so i shop sliding hispano. his proposed labor reforms some tax cuts were making the wrong kinds of headlines so my condi would most politicians who are having trouble with journalists he hired one would know was a pretty a business journalist was his new communications director. in the public. eye cause it to make it a shell or. made room. for magazines like they did not see perry much and the conservative liberal. on the t.v. side he paired his balls with silly and you know a celebrity host who is more fun actor comedian than a journalist a premier jack you might call on favors media outlets to have a direct impact on the public eye like how do you manage which like covering the presidential council. who the extremely popular with young people. because you don't. be

a young british politician sir mark sykes and the french lawyer turned diplomats. drew borders that best suited their own interests the psychs pekoe agreement. it's cut across a separate deal the british had already made with sharif a saint of mecca to support him in creating a hashemites arab kingdom in return for his leading to an arab revolt against autumn in. the south of anatolia eastern turkey and the syrian coast down so beirut were put under direct french control while basra and baghdad were placed under direct british control. mosul and damascus were under french protection and called area eight the rest of mesopotamia and the southern levant were put under british protection and called the area being . jerusalem was designated as an international zone. but soon. after the deal was struck some voices in london began expressing dissatisfaction with what britain had agreed to in the secret negotiations. hadn't before. been. kept apart as to what i thought. what more can just see their figure general hoar could have had but if you were feeling lost and. given

>> well, the french, the french want britain to fail. they'd been wanting that for years. and have fought a number of wars about this. and to what degree do they want to help us out? this is their question. they do this secret help. do they want to declare war? that's the big thing, and that will be bigger than america. you know, if they declare war, that will be in the west indies. possibly europe. you know, that's a very big step. and one thing they want to think about is, how good are these americans, what kind of a fight can they put up? and the fact that washington can do two battles in two months, even though he lost both of them that impressed the french foreign minister bergoin. the other thing is we got two spectacular victories at saratoga. because lord howe is not coming up here. it's only sir henry clinton. general burgoyne is having a lot of trouble picking his way through all the obstacles that general schuyler has put in his path. and lieutenant colonel barrimore st. leger was to fight the battle right here and it's one of the bloodiest battles in the revolu

the french divided syria into five states including greater lebanon. generals have confidence in those who are going to go because you're a fugitive known as money be a slave my mouth uk foreign min. i serve you they were there it would be much for your. son all you have now coming out of four and. syria was divided. to the streets of damascus aleppo the alawite state and mount druze. lebannon would become a republic six years later. for . a different and you have. the british colonial office organized the cairo conference in one nine hundred twenty one hosted by the new colonial secretary winston churchill it drew another important line within the british area of influence separating the land east of the river jordan from palestine. churchill came to this brief without any preexisting ideas on the future of the middle east he was in a sense moving as quickly as events were to try and put in place at the administrative structures that could prove effective in securing britain's interests at least cost to the exchequer i mean there had been some. propos

is renowned scholar -- appealaling a ruling by a french court today.e has been in jail since the beginning of the month linked to the rape of two women. our correspondent is standing by with the details. also coming up, the french jobless rate fell to its lowest level in nearly nine years. we will explain the significance of that milestone in our business update. and taking the winter olympic chill up to another level. more on the snowboarders from finland who have come an internet sensation, coming up. first our top story. ♪ anchor: it has been a turning point in politics in south africa as president jacob zuma has resigned, stepping down from afice instead of facing no-confidence vote from his own party. his presidency has been surrounded by corruption allegations, but his downfall came after a struggle with his deputy president, cyril ramaphosa, who is now set to replace him. on the process we have our correspondent in cape town. what is the latest? reporter: members of parliament are lining up to go into the national assembly, where in a few minute

she is an inspiration still. >> it is the first -- french and millet -- french and american militarylliance. it does not go well. it shows some of the points they need to work on. poor communication between the two. it also shows what the americans can't do without, which is a major french artillery support. in terms of being a test of the french-american alliance, there were lessons to learn. there learned at rhode island. what we are doing is talking about two different things. of overtime and, we're talking about the military action that takes place on august 29, 1778. that is the major combat stage of the interaction between the americans and the french that are in the northern part of the island and the british in the hessians that were occupying newport. that was part of a broader battle for rhode island. long before in terms of the context of the american revolution. the british moved into newport in december of 1776. it is one of the first major cities to fall. new york fell to the british in september of 90 -- of 1776. the british were able to move here into newport. at the

french drama push thoughts wrote to me here in the berlin only. look at our latest from our reporter. welcome to the program i'm michelle henery thanks for joining us we begin with the munich security conference taking place at a time when alliances that kept the world stable for decades are now under strain for its part germany is unsure about the direction the united states is taking in syria the u.s. and turkey support opposing sides and in europe there's bragg's it and the rise of right wing populism. less armament fuel wars protesters want to make their message loud and clear to world leaders attending the munich security conference nolen its second day the conference is taking place under tight security a mirror image of global uncertainty. for us europeans it must be clear that in order to maintain our values our prosperity and our security in the world of tomorrow we have to stand united. and appeal against nationalist unilateralism protectionism and for a joint european defense policy in a time when established security structures are und

is one of the re elementsf french reblicanism. o it's it's a hugely symbic gesture and all in all of people are yet ready to do it. and the second reas is if you nt to run school section. stages officia along which you will have to change the constitution and in pticular article one. because it is also cled tas about the indivisibility and unicity of the french nation so in order to do in order to giv. a status notedo give the official. status of urse you can you will have t change the constitution a no there's not all of the site to change this first article that . this is also the best how e people.of ordinary french where did you hear not not not clean china samurais the the relationship when he said that because you guys you know is isn't into your into your cost of french history? you don't and and you mentioned you mentioned the. most analysts. you know because you guys very very. and lights. you know and he says it's your resume so yeah it has a very special place and that's why is this school is speech was designed to you

it is the worst violence the french port city has seen in months. the u.s.resident is set to allow the release of a secret republican memo about the f.b.i.'s conduct during its investigation into the links between trump's campaign in moscow. fallout continues in kenya following this week's symbolic swearing in of the opposition leader. police arrest a top opposition leader this friday. those are the headlines. thank you for joining us. we begin with tensions that have flared in the migrant hotspot of calais. nearly two dozen people were injured when fighting gap between migrants. people areur currently in critical condition in the hospital. the french interior minister rushed to the scene thursday saying the violence is now at levels not seen before. correspondent: a massive brawl on the southern outskirts. a nearly two-our fight broke out 130 migrants who had been lining up for food handouts. the violence continued into the night. local authorities said the police intervened to protect the outnumbered afghans. the french in 10 area -- interior minister flew

there are close to 275 million french speakers around the globe.ur reporter was at that conference with more. anthis conference is part of ongoing consultation, which was launched by emmanuel macron in december. the aim of this consultation is to collect ideas and proposals on how to promote the french language abroad. this has been done via an online , called my ideal for france. what is happening today and tomorrow is very much the continuation of the process, this conference of which france 24 is a partner. it brings together academic intellectuals, politicians, diplomats, businessmen, all actors involved in the promotion of the french language abroad. ofsaw the secretary general an organization aimed at promoting french languages abroad. we also saw the culture minister here in france. emmanuel macron said he wants to revitalize the french language. the aim of today's conference is to come up with an action plan to ensure that france becomes a world language once again. has is what emmanuel macron called for. not everyone has been convinced pol

milly fake news and it's very disrupting for us as french journalists and also for french people we feel disconnected we are not the target of his messages he is targeting business executives and decision makers worldwide i don't want him. within three months of taking office having won sixty six percent of the vote so i shopped sliding his bonus his proposed labor reform some tax cuts were making the wrong kinds of headlines so my condi would most politicians who are having trouble with journalists he hired one would know was a pretty a business journalist was his new communications director. in the public. eye cause it to make it. simple gauzy pitch only loaded. instead of a zip it made room. for magazines like the glossy perry match and the conservative liberal. on the t.v. side he paired his balls with silly and you know a celebrity host who is more fun actor comedian than a journalist if he really made yak you my confidence media outlets to have a direct impact on the public eye like how do you manage which like covering the presidential. who the extremely popular with young people.

you speak french. was all. the. talk of. the council itself to. make this manufacture consent to stick to the public will. when the ruling closest to protect themselves. with the famous larry go live to be the one person. doing all middle of the room sick. leave the room. kentucky. places you go country. a coma and he says he was almost no coal mines left. his jobs are gone ok just said. that it was a laugh to see these people the survivors of disappearing before their eyes. i remember thinking when i was younger that if anything ever happened to the coal mines here that it would become a ghost town but i never thought in a million years i would see that and it's happened it's happened. oh no appetite i mean for conflict is very very low these days and publics are much more eager to see economic improvement than they are to. actually get into a fight with a neighbor or or with other powers in the world. welcome to the stone cold he will show this week all the chats and dispose generally silas and bend and tony evans about predictions but first to

of that from the beautiful french challenge of corsica. a confidential u.n. report has found that north korea violated sanctions by earning around two hundred million dollars last year from exporting banned materials including coal and steel the report also found pyongyang sold weapons to the governments of syria. in c.s. tire reports. using what's been described as a combination of multiple evasion techniques brute and deceptive tactics north korea ship coal to ports in russia china south korea malaysia and vietnam so says the report to the un security council sanctions committee that also says pyongyang urged nearly two hundred million dollars from the sale of banned exports last year it's not actually surprised in the north korean gauges and sanctions busting china has allowed poor sanctions to sort of go on that tolerated port sanctions now for several decades the u.n. says evidence of north korean military cooperation with syria and me and mark was also uncovered as well as providing ballistic missiles to the myanmar government investigators say north ko

reporter: for the french prime minister, the end justifies the means. debtsre struggling under of more than 46 billion euros, and need reform urgently. >> the situation is alarming and indefensible. take the train or not, the french people are paying more and more for a service that works less and less well. on the program is amended to the special rail worker status. at the moment, employees of the huge state rail operator have a job for life, automatically promoted every three years, and can retire in their 50's. under the reforms, current staff will keep these rights, but new recruits will not. unions are calling it an attack on workers and the spirit of public service. toa real worker didn't use have to worry about job security. that is no longer the case. he is under pressure, and he can be told, if you don't do what i say, i will fire you. reporter: the government is also considering turning the state operator into a company backed by public funds, although it insists it would never be privatized. unions have vowed to fight the plans, which the un

the french government steps up its plan to control immigration today, introducing new measures for theinistry's council. it will speed of asylum applications and makes it easier to deport people. this hour, who is afraid of artificial intelligence? the hugeort highlights risks posed by this rapidly developing technology. we will have the details in our business update. and the latest in our focus on poland series this week. view onage citizen's the wave of nationalism that is growing across the country. first, though, our top story live from paris. ♪ genie: we start first and eastern ghouta, the suburb just outside the syrian capital of damascus. that area held by rebels has been pounded by those russian and syrian airstrikes with devastating consequences. at least 250 people have been killed in two full days of bombings, with half the when aies tuesday hospital was to sort your scores of children are among the dead. for more on the situation, let's bring in "france 24" chloe kim in beirut. what is the latest on the situation? intensifiedombing this morning over eastern ghouta. it is i

those teenagers said to be critically injured this is the latest round of violence in cali and the french interior minister has described it as reaching new levels. i came to carry because what happened here is extremely serious we have reached a degree of violence not known until today the government will propose a bill in the coming weeks to try and help asylum an immigration problem violence between groups of migrants is nothing new in cali but this is the worst it has been in many months and people here in cali say they just fed up of the situation. i think we need a structure put in place to protect us there's a lot of delinquency here because get damaged every day we have issues young girls can't go out alone at night it's a catastrophe for the french and especially for the people of cali the violence is really damaging residents of cali have lived in fear for several years now. living together migrant is complicated those coming here now are bit different from to refugees who were coming here initially they're more violent and aggressive we're bridgeland people are still being shot

not so long ago just singing the corsican national anthem was enough to get you beaten up by the french police here now the islanders are demanding official status for their language. the all. expression of course you can roots was rapidly merge with the expression of political demands so the singing became hard for the political authorities to accept and not only the french but also some corsicans were supporters of greater france the confrontation then became violent extremely violence very external. the brutal struggle for course going independence lasted for four decades before weapons were finally surrendered three years ago the political fight to the ballot box is proving much more successful. a coalition of nationalists now commands forty one out of the sixty three seats in the corsican assembly one of their key demands is for the return an amnesty of what they call their political prisoners held in jails across france. to some say. what happened in the election last december was an earthquake it wasn't just the usual renewal of they are simply the corsican people revolted of a a

this is news live from berlin clashes between migrants and coal a leave several critically injured french police blaming organized gangs for the violence which a top official calls on precedential the port city is a longtime magnet for migrants are trying to cross over to the u.k. . also coming up more than three months after the murder of an anti-corruption journalist in malta local residents carrying on the fight against organized crime. and a polar bears on thin ice scientists say climate change is making it harder for these massive predators to cast their prey and could hasten if their extinction. almost on a thank you for joining us french police have sent the extra officers to the northern port city of collette after clashes broke out between migrants more than twenty people were injured in the violence at least four are in critical condition with gunshot wounds police say the clashes broke out between afghans and eritrean migrants waiting for food handouts now authorities are blaming organized gangs for the young breast and no arrests have been made so far french interior minister

team winning was the french. to me this diversity and i think that the time and that moment was bigger than just football. greaseman. could die replicate won't be era see down the ball tasting yeah i think they have the time to do it and after all they have a really good manager for. you so we like a team manager if we find the right words to bring them together because this is the type of place he was before and with the talents i did if that's france with which at least that's my final of the world cup let's hope some along with england i hope so. thank you really really appreciate you joining us on. q. and a and it's important for so many reasons for me to see you to see you doing well and i hope that you come back and manage an england some die kind of a great success in your career thank you thank you very much thank you necessary. that we see patrick here is going into coaching. we see you as the manager the midst of the one time i would love to see you as a as world class culture long sought the likes of d

in two thousand and nine two years before the syrian uprising began a french t.v. crew accompanied all saad and his wife as they drove to a concert in damascus it would have a go to the. but of. only dogs myself but it's very un security no no no it is very secure because you. wanted to proof and open the window fifty three when you include food. otherwise you would be living in a living in a cage nobody wants to live in a cage. bashar was never supposed to become president he graduated from medical school in one nine hundred eighty eight and later did post-graduate work in ophthalmology at a hospital in london. his wife graduated from king's college london and worked for several years as an investment banker. brother basile the heir apparent was killed in a car accident in one thousand nine hundred four syrian president hafez assad started preparing bashar to succeed him. the elder assad died in june two thousand bashar took center stage at the funeral ceremony he was elected president the next month at the age of just thirty four but shar was reputed to be much l

advise my french. french press corps to. get his facts absolutely right. before asking questions like this. the fishbowl representative of the white house in the u.s. mr and expressed the situation more or less in the same words that the truce is not working because the government is shelling. rebel troops in eastern time and mr bush erik stated that unfortunately violations of the good true saw still taking place because we go to rebel forces shelling damascus so that is a more or less literal quotation. we would like to express the hope also that those who represent the opposition. will bear responsibility also for reconciling themselves to the. u.n. security council resolution. i have just has just talked about the three forces in the opposition which are prepared to support the truce let's see how it goes whether they really are prepared the justice. system my question is do you have good days even if it's just been my to see scrupulous you know when you got on the ball it appeared that nothing was going to be. three of. your organizations are prepared

the french government schools the escalation of violence in conde unbearabl. to three fights broke out across the northern port city on thursday. around a hundred eritreans and some thirty afghans record shop in the violence. who? who left in a critical condition twenty two of his injuries? these brothers witnessed one of the fights. on thursday at five thirty in the evening. we're having dinner. it was certainly not his people from the african community. that grew out of hearing from nowhere with laws scrap metal so when this is of would. of the decided heeding everyone. hi afghans iranians arabs. only black people out whistle surprise off his horse half of it is a. kelly says it has become increasingly difficult to deal with migrants as they refuse help from the state but she reassured the city that the situation was. aka the residents ofeas. foundation not feel unsafe on. that site added security teams have been deployed. we have tightened safety matches the city it will pour milk glass. despite the migrants come being demolished last year hundreds of men a

only one western head of state attended a son's funeral french president. decided that if they showed syria some respect they might be able to influence its policy on lebanon you know. after assad's older son died french politicians try to figure out how to deal with bashar. he was an ophthalmologist by training and had no experience as a political leader or an unknown quantity. but no one knew whether he would be up to the job. so i know if it. married his wife in two thousand the new president sought to portray himself as a modern western style leader perhaps this reserved and well educated young man would introduce political and economic reforms in syria and increase the country's ties to the west. in public assad usually appeared cordial even in difficult circumstances because he realized that he must win western support but his primary goal was to maintain his grip on power and that meant dealing effectively with the ruling baath party a secular and arab nationalist organization syria's political establishment was watching him closely and many doubted

actress isabel pair here on the french carpet now she's not a household name all over the world but here in europe isabelle care is very much a big deal she's been nominated sixteen times the most of anyone for a season our award and she's a real icon of french cinema she took to the red carpet wearing this amazing silver glittery pantsuit it was one part hillary clinton one part disco ball friends out here were really excited because a glimpse of her and she did take her time signing autographs and having a chat with people here who had lined up to see here now the film that she's here promoting is called it's her fifth collaboration with french director ben. and in it is about the pair plays an older woman who's a prostitute who engages in a sort of psychological drama with a man half her age i don't want to give too much away but suffice to say there are a lot of sixty four year old women who are still getting cast as prostitutes she definitely is up for the challenge she's completely in her element and this is something that isabella pair fans know she's famous for these very se