hollande too soft in the line on greece -- mr. hollande to soften the line on greece. france is not showing any signs of raking with -- of breaking with the eurozone finance ministers. we are not expecting president hollande to suddenly shift later this morning when he gives that press conference with angela merkel. i think it will be very similar to recent french language, very diplomatic, sitting on the fence language, if you will, about the need to find a mutually acceptable solution for greece and its international creditors. annette: the other big news story today is the fact that the cease-fire in the eastern ukraine is looking increasingly fragile. will these two leaders be talking about plans to rescue the minsk agreement? armen: yes, without a doubt. minsk is a hot potato which will have been discussed for the last hour or so in the palace behind me. the official position of both leaders is that minsk is not dead. indeed, that was the message coming out of a four-way telephone call yesterday thursday between the four leaders, angela merkel, france will on, pet

mary holland and you separately. is important, i think, to have this kind of dialogue on all of these issues. dr. paul offit, on this issue of vaccines now -- >> can i just address that? i think it is not important to have a debate about the science with someone who clearly doesn't know the signs. i'm sorry, miss holland is represented the science again and again and again. i don't think that in any way helps your viewer. i don't think it is fair to have a debate were two sides of presented when only one side is really supported by the science. i would like to think we're beyond that. but why is it -- >> dr. paul offit, it is not only about science. we're talking about science, the practice of medicine in this country -- we're talking about public policy. after all, this has now become a presidential campaign issue with possible presidential candidates taking on the issues. i want your comments on that. it you are combining all of this. it is important bring all the various expertise is that parents, lawyers doctors

nick holland: we are reassessing.elopment we thought we would have had to open the large parts has not happened. it is taking longer. we are looking at getting the mind back to basics and making sure we understand that we have got operator skills, good maintenance skills behind us. let;s get those bright before we expand the operations. that is where we had decided to go more cautiously. we have got to get it right and not get it quick to production. let's get it right first and then expand. guy: what level are you evaluating the reserves? i was talking to wrangel's earlier on this week. dissent seems to be -- the sense seems to be it would go further south. nick holland: we have to evaluate and terms of a south african rand. the current gra -- the current price, we are valuing this at 400,000 rand per kilogram. that is a discount of about 15%. reasonably conservative. even if we use the lower price, it is not that sensitive to prices. people that it will get through at a lower price anyway. it is not a body that is l

angela merkel and france president hollande plans to fly to kiev. the military alliance is plan to go strengthen its eastern european strengths. we have more. >> in driving snow, john kerry was the first to arrive in kiev thursday offering u.s. support to ukraine and warnings to russia. >> we cannot close our eyes to tanks that are crossing the border from russia and coming into ukraine. we can't close our eyes to russian fighters in unmarked uniforms crossing the border and leading individual companies of so-called separatists in battle. >> he'll be followed later by the leaders of france and germany, president hollande and angela merkel. >> we will present a new policial to resolve the conflict based on the territorial integrity of ukraine and we will discuss it with president poroshenko today and on friday in moscow with the russian president, because time is of the essence. >> this latest flurry of diplomatic activity reflection growing awarm at the escalating of fighting in eastern ukraine and belief that russia is fueling it. as nato headquart

hollande is going back to moscow later this evening.e is now in paris. >> let's go straight to moscow were ryan chilcote is on the ground. what is the timeline on these talks and how do we think they will unfold? >> the talks have gotten pushed back. they were scheduled for 5:00 p.m. moscow time. they are now scheduled for 6:30 p.m. as you said, the leaders are in the respective capitals the for the come there. their aides will sit down in an hours time and start trying to has out an -- hash out an agreement. angela merkel and franÇoise hollande were in kiev yesterday. the french president saying they have a plan that would maintain ukraine's territorial integrity and the fighting there. there is a lot of skepticism -- skepticism that we have seen many talks. i have been to several rounds of the talks in limmilan and minsk and normandy and geneva going back to last summer. none of those talks have yet to yield a lasting peace. secretary john kerry was also in kiev yesterday to he is not coming to moscow. that says something 13 met with

holland-kaye: we are pro-business.ore the benefits that come to us in the aviation sector in being part of europe. the development of local carriers has been something we have been able to benefit from. let's have a debate and get on with it quickly. business needs certainty. the biggest issue on my agenda is around the expansion of heathrow. from that point of view i think there is a very good consensus between the major parties that this is argent, it is important to do something about it after the election because it is holding back britain from achieving potential. politicians from all the major parties want to get on with it. anna: do you have contingency plans if the eu kate word-- if the u.k. would leav europe this would impact your business? mr. holland-kaye: it might cause uncertainty for our passengers many of whom are business travelers. we need certainty so people know where they stand and can get on with it and make decisions. anna: would you not have to renegotiate landing rights airlines might have to. y

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angela merkel and president hollande are meeting the russian president putin in moscow. the german chancellor and french president are presenting a new peace plan. the meeting comes a day after merkel and hollande meet the ukraine president petro poroshenko in kiev. >> the players are all here, angela merkel and president hollande arrived in moscow, they were whisked straight into the russian capitol straight into a meeting with vladimir putin. vladimir putin has a plan. we know as much, because john kerry said so when he was in kiev on thursday. he said that that plan had been submitted to merkel and hollande by written form and that they had consulted it, looked at it and they have come up with their own counter proposal. it is that which they've brought here to the russian capitol that they are sitting down with putin now to talk about. what these two plans are we don't really know, because there's been little information released about them. two european leaders have said that whatever they are going to discuss with putin involves the territorial integrity of ukraine

we saw president hollande try to step in and be in intermediary. there was questions about his credibility given his poor approval rating in france. also because they have a vested interest in trying to sell warships to the russian that have beens blocked because it eu sanctions. the two of them coming together, everybody feels that gives the talks more of a chance than if it was just one. olivia: do russian people assume luhansk and donetsk are going to become russian protectorates like what we saw in georgia? ryan: this is the assumption. the world forgets about eastern ukraine. it is on the map as part of ukraine but effectively you have a satellite state, a mini-state a statelet within ukraine controlled by russia and funded by russia. they see that as the best case scenario. i think that is what russia thinks is going to happen. tom: thank you so much. ryan chilcote reporting from moscow. history made later this morning there as hollande, merkel an d putin meet. brendan, there has never been a moment like this. brendan: two european heads of s

ncois hollande focuses on international policy in his press conference, making a surprise announcement that he and herman chancellor angela merkel -- german chancellor angela merkel are headed to russia with a new peace plan. john kerry will talk about a new policy that good arm ukrainian forces in the fight -- that could harm ukrainian forces in the fight against pro-russian rebels. a surprise move from the ecb to block a key source of hunting -- funding as greek pushes to renegotiate its massive bailout deal. we will look at how the markets have reacted to that surprised ecb decision on loans to greek banks. and when you think of japan's sumo wrestlers, usually think of big, strong -- you usually think of big stonrong men. one female wrestler is trying to change that. french president francois hollande is putting the focus on international policy of his twice yearly press conference today. his remarks to french and foreign journalists came in a very different context from the last news conference six months ago. in january, france was rocked by one of the worst terror attacks in its

kudos" to francois hollande for having courage.it is critical of french politics though. it points out that the fact that the government had to use this drastic azure, this "-- this drastic measure is proof of a deep assumption -- deep dy sfunction in the government. >> you have found a lighter story about afghanistan about how the country is preparing to make its first big appearance in a world event. >> the cricket world cup is being held in australia right now. in "the wall street journal," it says afghans have found a passion for cricket. the rise in cricket is astonishing. two decades ago, the sport was not even known in the country. in all they have gone through, the love of cricket developed. several learned how to play cricket in pakistan in refugee camps. "the independent" is also focusing on this love of cricket that has developed in afghanistan. it says cricket transcends ethnic and tribal divisions and says, "for once afghanistan is talked of as a nation." the whole country will be watching the afghan team as it takes o

hollande and they are looking for ways out of this crisis. i think the main impetus push in russia and european leaders to solving this problem is threat of the further expansion of the conflict. if the united states starts sending lethal aid to the ukrainian government, this is dangerous for russia and europe. you can imagine what happens is ukraine becomes a second afghanistan. >> we'll leave it there the sound is not great. thank you very much for your time. >> much more to come on this news hour, including boko haram launches attacks outside nigeria as the african union puts together a force to deal with boko haram. >> thousands of jordanians rallied in the capitol amman to show support for the family of muath al-kaseasbeh and the government. isil burned jordanian air force pilot muath al-kaseasbeh to death earlier this week. demonstrators support king abbull la's military campaign against the armed group. we report. >> the islamic state of iraq and the levant's murder of jordanian pilot muath al-kaseasbeh has produced outrage and calls f

he is an advisor to francois hollande on foreign trade issues. he is jazzing it up and you can see how young he looks. the new look. >> we will see if the new age brings energy. let's stay here. we are seeing magazines focus on last year's paris attacks. >> you can see the concern about the nature of france's secular tradition after the charlie hebdo attacks. it is saying that there has to be a debate about how to anchor french muslims into french society and there needs to be a move away from the position because the secular position as strong. the quote that smell for me is french secularism is being used in a more unjust way than other freight -- than other faiths being practiced. let's go to something lighter. a funky front page. stephanie of monaco turned 50 this week. she was the wild child, a model mom. one of the quotes from her is from when she was 26. the prospects of getting wrinkles does not bother me. those are about how i love my life. >> thank you for walking us through that.

angela merkel and president hollande plan to fly to moscow friday. nato has been meeting in brussels to decide on a new rapid reaction force planning to strengthen it's eastern european flank. >> in driving snow, john kerry was the first to arrive in kiev on thursday, offering u.s. support ukraine and warnings to russia. >> we cannot close our eyes to tanks that are crossing the bored herb from russia into ukraine. we cannot close our eyes to russian fighters in unmarked uniforms crossing the border and leading individual companies of so-called separatists in bat jewel he'll be followed by the leaders of france and germany president hollande and german chancellor angela merkel. >> we will present a new proposal to resolve the conflict based on the territorial integrity of ukraine and discuss it with president poroshenko today and friday with the russian president because time is of the essence. >> this latest flurry of diplomatic activity reflects growing alarm at the escalation of fighting in east he were ukraine. defense ministers made an early sta

francois hollande wanted the u.n. council to convene to discuss the situation. what is paris pushing for? >> jointly pushing for greater international action against isil in libya along with egypt. earlier on monday, french president francois hollande had a telephone conversation with the egyptian president al sisi. in that conversation, two men stressed their worries about what they called the extension of isil activities in the region. they also called on the united nation security council, rather than nato, which was italy's focus, on the u.n. security council to convene and authorize further military action by the international community in libya specifically. >> meanwhile, we are seeing egypt and france grow closer together with a very important defense deal to be signed when the defense minister of france arrives in cairo. >> that's right. in the next few hours we expect to see this contract signed to supply a number of weapons but mainly the main money is going -- is coming from the sale of 24 fighter jets. now, these jets, it's the first time they've got

president france while on has been visiting the jewish cemetery in the northeast reason -- francois hollande has been visiting the jewish cemetery northeast france after grace of been desecrated. and greece's debt dilemma. we will be looking at the options facing the athens government after it rejected a -- and the implications of that deal, which has seen france sending 34 frederick jets to egypt. -- 34 fighter jets to egypt. first, the prospect for an already fragile truce, looking decidedly dimmer in eastern ukraine. after failing to meet monday's deadline to with draw heavy weapons, both ukrainian government and reveled say they will do so later today. news just coming in, mortar fire has a errantly caused a gas pipeline explosion from 15 kilometers. meantime, german chancellor angela merkel has gotten an agreement from both sides to allow servers into the region to monitor the situation, but the organization for security and corporation in europe is saying their monitors have been unable to reach that town sandwiched between the positions. international affairs editor douglas herbert sp

francois hollande holding his press conference.ts in paris recently dominating that event. ♪ francine: welcome to "the pulse." live from london. guy: let's talk about our top headlines. tesco's adjudicator has launched an investigation saying there is a suspicion tesco has breached the code of practice. francine: the mastermind behind online crime market silk road has been convicted. found guilty of using bitcoin to trade drugs on the black market. he will be sentenced on may 15 and could face life imprisonment. guy: sony is moving past last year's cyber attack. it posted its best quarterly profit in seven years and shares rose 18% in tokyo. coming from demand for front facing cameras. sony supplies the image sensor for apple iphones. francine: breaking news from francois hollande. giving his biannual news conference to the press. he is saying he will meet with angela merkel and vladimir putin of russia friday and they will discuss ukraine. that is a development we need to watch. guy: as the u.s. secretary of state lands in kiev. w

>>ing a america and president hollande head to russia. >> this is al jazeera live from doha. also ahead. >> investigators say one of the engines of a transasia plane that crashed into a river lost power after takeoff. >> after 10 years the occur fee imposed on iraq's capitol is due to end. inside were you ever baghdad's motor fashionable neighborhoods. >> we begin to ukraine and a new diplomatic push to resolve the conflict that has left more than 5,000 people dead. the leaders of germany and france will arrive in moscow to meet with russia's president vladimir putin. angela merkel has promised to use all her power to get president putin to sign a peace plan. let's go live to moscow. you've got president hollande saying he wants not only a ceasefire, but a comprehensive peace agreement as soon as possible and angela merkel saying she doesn't even know if it is possible to get a ceasefire. what kind of reception will they get in moscow? >> when they get here, they were supposed to be arriving about this time, but running slightly late. when they get here, they'll drive straigh

angela merkel and francois hollande are meeting in paris.0 minutes from now. this is important because we may hear something about the future of the ukraine. brendan: we sit like birds in the wilderness, wondering what it is we can do. i know you are a finance guy, do we have any leverage? is there anything washington can do as we wait for angela merkel and francois hollande? jim: passively, we are sitting back and trying to encourage from the sidelines. i'm not sure it is a good strategy for the united states. i'm not sure it is going to work. david: this is crucial for european markets. this event we saw huge drop-off in consumer confidence, even growth, you could argue was weaker partly because of what was going on in the ukraine. those indications are just come back. blasting uroplasty economy needs -- a last thing your's economy needs -- europe's economy needs. brendan: we are looking at the oscars. i'm treating it as a political race, not an arts race. erik: "bloomberg surveillance" on the radio continues. "in the loop" is next. it has

we're expecting hollande's to follow swiftly after. they will be straight into moscow for a meeting with vladimir putin. vladimir putin has his own plan, we know because john kerry said as much in the last couple of days saying it was vladimir putin's suggestions of a potential deal to merkel and hollande that have brought them to moscow in the first place. they've looked at his proposals and come up with a counter solution and that is what they are bringing here. what that is, we don't know yet the details have been kept very, very quiet. all that we know really is that it is supposed to respect ukraine's territorial integrity but there are various issues that it is going to have to tackle. little going to have to tackle the line of demarcation, where is that line, because the separatists have taken a lot of ground since the minsk peace agreement was signed in september of last year. it's also going to have to deal with the border between ukraine and russia and find some way of securing that, and of course, it's going to have to look

with holland and company. michelle let's start with you. explain simply for us what the ecb announced today and whether it is a sign of a breakdown or just a different phase of negotiation. >> it's a sign of more pressure i think. central banking operations can be pretty tough to explain and to understand but they're really crucial to the banking system. they're the reason we can get cash out of atms for example. what the ecb did today was they made it much harder for greek banks to get cash from the ecb. normally the ecb will only give cash to banks in countries that are investment grade rating. greece is not investment grade rating. it's junk rated, but greece had a special waiver from the european central bank because greece was in the bailout program. they were meeting with their partners, the imf et cetera. as long as they did that the ecb said, okay, we'll keep giving you this cash. they decided the new government doesn't want to stick with the program. the greek banks can get cash but they have to go to

. >> reporter: captain stacy holland and his team from the texas department of public safety are tryingstop drug smugglers from crossing from mexico into the u.s. >> right there, right there. one guy's gotten out. one guy's gotten out into that house. >> reporter: they are also trying to stop the violence of a full-scale drug war from spilling north. >> are there parts of this border that you would be basically lawless or run by the cartels? >> absolutely. ♪ >> reporter: smack in the middle of this 21st century version of the wild west, two young americans, david hartley and tiffany young, just teenagers when they fell in love. >> we started dating in '98. the summer of '98, and dated for quite a while before we got engaged in 2001 and married in 2002. >> what took so long? >> we were 18. >> reporter: they wound up here, in the mexican border town of reynosa, jut south of mcallen. he was a district manager for an oil company. >> it was a blessing to us and our marriage. yeah. we were -- that's where we truly grew as a couple and had adventures. >> reporter: when the hartley's first arri

and national capacity. >> let's get more details on this message to the philippines by francois hollande. he has called for a climate change alliance with the philippines. what moves are a push to make that happen? >> it is very important right now and a welcome development in the philippines. france is partnering with us on this. we have to prepare this country for a lot of -- and brought by climate change right now appeared they see how weather has been changing. filipinos depend on the agricultural front across the country. the sea, the land -- droughts during the driest periods of the month and severe weather. even during the off-season. severe weather increasing and causing so much damage. the partnership between paris and manila will push awareness around the world. >> the philippines viewed as being on the front line in the battle against global warming. how is it preparing for the key conference in paris? >> right now, they have been gathering information that will be presented in paris. we are going to show examples of what kinds of damage climate change is having. so much affec

merkel and hollande announced they will go to kiev. forget nonfarm payrolls, tepid payrolls is front and center. and the changing of the grandchildren guard. time marches on for the royal family. good morning, everyone. this is "bloomberg surveillance." we are live from our world headquarters in new york. it is thursday, february 5. i am tom keene. joining me olivia sterns and brendan greeley, an amazing morning in europe. oliva: we begin this morning in ukraine where intense discussions are about to begin. german chancellor angela merkel and french president francois hollande are heading to kiev. john kerry is heading over there. the main topic -- whether nato and the u.s. should provide lethal weapons to fight pro-russian separatists rebels. ukraine central-bank raised its key discount rate by 5.5 percentage points to 19.5. ukrainian currency has been battered. and a surprising move from the ecb, which announced it is cutting off a key lifeline to greece's banks. the ecb says it will restrict loans. shares of greece bank plummeted. f

merkel, hollande and putin. going to putin. it says a lot. which is that it is europe going to putin as opposed to putin coming to europe. >> fantastic work. a little bit of a lower open in london. breaking news from the swiss national bank. swiss january foreign currency reserves rise to 498.4 billion swiss francs. the russian and ukrainian currency rising as well. you see a little bit of a move in euro-swiss down. angela merkel and french president franÇoise hollande are heading to moscow to press vladimir putin for a cease-fire in ukraine. it comes after the pair met with the ukrainian president. ukraine's economy getting pummeled as a result. the currency plunged yesterday after the country devalued its currency in efforts to stave off default and win imf aid. ryan chilcote is in moscow. run ius through things. this trip, how long is this meeting set to last, what time? >> so the german and french leaders arrive later today. there aids are here. the talks begin at 1:00 p.m. moscow time 5:00 p.m. the leaders sit down. angela merkel and fra

francois hollande was very, very active in pushing this u.s. led coalition against i.s.i.l. in iraq and syria. now he seems to be wanting to do the same in conjunction with egypt which has already start ed its own bombings over libya. there are concerns in europe, he is aware that there is a growing concern about returning jihadis wanting to start conflict here. >> thank you nadim. is. >>> the government has rejected a proposal for pro-russian rebels to create a corridor outside of debaltseve. reporting from donetsk. charles stratford. >> around the town of debaltseve the shelling has continued. this ukrainian army checkpoint guards the main road into the town where several thousands ukrainian troops are encircled by separatists. >> the shelling does not stop and although putin says there is a ceasefire it doesn't make any sense. you can see it for yourself, this position we're securing. they say a group of tanks is coming, have to run not much time left. >> reporter: at a separatist checkpoint, few miles away, they say they will keep shelling until they take the town. a str

it's shocking now for the likes of angela merkel, and president francis hollande. they were in minsk at the time with the president of the ukraine, and seeing how this could stick together. it's not. the question is where does it stop. we have mariupol, a key strategic city on the coast. there's other cities, and the question is how does one get back to a ceasefire and stop vladimir putin, they are coming across the border, it's a porous border with russian troops on the ground. this is an invasion of an independent sovereign state. it's extremely significant. what we see today proves that vladimir putin cannot be trusted because the words and documents were signed in minsk, or the minsk mark ii documents is not working. they are not keeping to their word. they are focussing trying to push, push, push as far as they can. what happens in terms of a tactical move, it can be seen that it wasn't a positive move for the ukranian army. in terms of moral, it will be difficult to sell this back to the ukranian people. it looks like the ukranian army has lost a strategic to

hollande are on their way to brussels for an eu summit. no doubt be outlining the terms of the deals to their eu colleagues there. our petrov poroshenko will also be traveling to brussels. he may be glad he does as well. my colleague, philippa thomas is in brussels. what would amount to a major financial boost to ukraine? >> reporter: a possible lifeline. early this morning in brussels, the imf, christine lagarde, announced a new package that is worth in all some $40 billion over four years, from the imf. it's $17.5 billion loan. now, she's announced this because ukraine's economy is really struggling. its currency has nosenose-dived. the production of coal has slumped. and the fight over debaltseve is not helping matters, because that is the rail hub where coal from the east gets out. a real problem. ukraine, in a nutshell needs a lot of cash and needs it quickly, hence christine lagarde made this announcement. she said there would have to be those continuing reforms. a lot of pressure now on the ukrainian government to continue those ref

>> both francois hollande and angela merkel arrived later today. they will be here for talks with president putin at 5:00 p.m. to read that is there -- 5:00 p.m. that is after their trip to visit the ukrainian president. they're calling this a last-ditch effort before an escalation in the crisis. there is a proposal that would maintain the territorial integrity of ukraine while bringing peace to the east of the country. there is deep skepticism. also in kiev was secretary of state john kerry who said, i have my doubts is going to work. have a listen. >> as i have said there have been a number of off ramps for russia to take over the course of the past months. unfortunately, they have been left in the rearview mirror. >> just in case you had any doubt how ruinous this has been for ukraine more than 5000 people have been killed in the conflict. hundreds of thousands have been displaced. ukraine's currency has lost half of its value in the last week. that is because the central bank has decided to let it go in an effort to win $50 million in financial

. >>> now, in the past hour the french president, francois hollande has been giving his twice-yearly paris. mr. hollande said that he and the german chancellor would travel to ukraine for talks on resolving the ukraine crisis. they will then travel to moscow on friday to meet the russian president, vladimir putin. >> translator: we'll go to kiev this afternoon and we'll be putting forward a new settlement proposal pertaining to the conflict itself and the territory integrity of ukraine. and we will discuss this with poroshenko today, and on friday with the russian president, because time is at a premium. it cannot be said that france and german together did not try everything, attempt everything, in order to preserve peace. >> that was the french president, francois hollande there. >>> it is time for the business news. aaron's here. hi, there. >> hey. greece? >> the charm offensive continues, and all this week we're sending greek leaders all over. >> it's getting tense? >> indeed. let me explain. thursday, today, a critical day for the greek finance minister, who is in berlin meeting

one that the french people wanted when they voted for francois hollande. oliver: despite the anger against president hollande and his prime minister, there's little chance of the motion being passed with the government still enjoying a safe majority. genie: in argentina, 400,000 demonstrators took to the streets of pointers areas -- of buenos aires one month after prosecutor alberto nisman was found dead under mysterious circumstances. he died after he was set to present evidence implicating the president in a bombing of a jewish center. >> hundreds of thousands took part in a march. one of the biggest street protests since president cristina kirchner came to power seven years ago. holding signs saying "truth and justice," they demanded answers every death of alberto nisman on january 18. >> we want clarity. this death affects everyone. we are not blaming anyone. we want to find out who is to blame. >> we have to be here. everyone has to be here. the search for justice is constant. it was worth getting drenched. >> the 51-year-old was found dead in his bat

the french president hollande and german chancellor angela merkel arrived for talks. >> we talked about the harmest threat that ukraine faces today and that is russia's continued aggression in the east. there's no other way to call it. >> we highly appreciate the united states invaluable support to our nation and our people through all the time of ukraine independence. the support has become most evident viewed in russian aggression on crimea and on donetsk. the beyond leading role in consolidation of the plans of solidarity in support of ukraine is critical for pushing of the peaceful solution. we are grateful for the consistent engagement of the state department and you personally mr. secretary, into this effort. >> let's hear now from our correspondent with the latest from moscow. >> president putin on paper at least in his statements will say much the same as john kerry was just saying exempt for the facts of course, that he would resolve himself and russia of any blame that kerries been pointing for the conflict and what's going on. he will again deny that russia has arms or milita

he sent that plan to merkel and hollande a few days ago. john kerry said as much thursday. they have had a look at the plan and come up with a counter proposal. that's what they've brought here and are talking about at this moment. it is a plan based on the minsk agreement and will range numerous thorny issues. the three main ones are where to draw the line in terms of territory, where the front line is now, is that going to be the demarcation line and what kind of autonomy is going to be granted to the separatists and what is going to happen with the russian-ukrainian border. it is that membrane by which arms and men have been coming across from russia. these are difficult issues and angela merkel going into the attacks said that she wasn't entirely convinced that there would be any dramatic progress coming out of this session alone. it might take more negotiation. >> thank you. >> the united states revealed its new national security strategy involving pushing for more international pressure on isil and russia. it details four ways the obama government plan to say tackle t

french president francois hollande also spoke to the press after exiting the meeting room. >> it was a long night and a difficult task. but we have arrived at an agreement. an agreement on a cease-fire and on a global political resolution to the conflict in ukraine. the cease-fire will begin at midnight on sunday. >> that cease-fire the french president was just talking about is part of the deal that was cobbled together overnight. rob parsons has more from minsk on its chances. >> we do not know all the details yet, and fact we know that not all the details have been worked out yet. this is dealt very much a deal in the course of fruition for stop it has not been completely realized yet, but the outlines of it certainly are they are and most importantly of course there will be a cease-fire beginning on the 15th of this month. by the end of the month, in syria at least all heavy weaponry should be withdrawn from the area of the cease-fire. the detail of that not yet reached, it could be anything between 15 and 30 kilometers. further down the road, we know there will be more talks abo

you've got president hollande saying he wants not only a ceasefire, but a comprehensive peace agreement as soon as possible and angela merkel saying she doesn't even know if it is possible to get a ceasefire. what kind of reception will they get in moscow? >> when they get here, they were supposed to be arriving about this time, but running slightly late. when they get here, they'll drive straight into moscow and into a meeting with vladimir putin. ellis to what they've got to say and offer a plan of his own. he has submitted that plan to

hollande will attend in minsk.anks attempting control, stability and some fortis great unwind to come. we know it is not found in our economic textbooks. with us this morning, troy gayeski of sky bridge -- of skybridge capital, brendan brown of mitsubishi. this is all original territory, isn't it? brendan b: very much. the fed unleashing a plague of -- through the use of unconventional tools. tom: what will be the price? brendan b: the price of the end stage of this will be effective temperatures and another crash in great recession. brendan g: a plague, tell me how you really feel. brendan b: it is a plague and the sins of many markets we look at, driven by irrational forces. when you look at german yields or french yields at 1.6%, we do not even know whether it will be around in three years time. who is chasing these yields? olivia: this is the so-called dark age of monetary policy, what is the catalyst for the renaissance? brendan b: that depends. crucially, the u.s. and 2016, if we have the asset price deflatio

. >> the french president francois hollande is pushing for action. he says urgent action is needed to fight global warming. this is after the conference in paris. later this week, he will travel to the philippines to make his case. emma haywood reports. >> when typhoon haiyan struck, it left thousands dead, millions homeless a nation grieving for those lost and asking why it had happened yet again. in december, the philippines plight that tries to adopt to global warming will be addressed at the annual conference on climate change, this time in paris under the watch of front hole. he is meeting his filipino counterpart to try to come up with a strategy to get world leader to say really listen and act. >> the philippines has been hit by tsunami and natural disasters. we are going there to kickstart discussion and help civil society to mobilize. >> a great deal is at stake here and not just the future of the planet. remember copenhagen in 2009, hours of talks and still no deal if real progress was made in paris hollande would succeed where many others

well, meanwhile, the french president, francois hollande, says there has been an overall settlement of the ukraine crisis, much work remains to be done. >> reporter: we have reached agreement on a cease-fire and on a global political resolution to the ukrainian conflict. the cease-fire could come into effect on the 15th of february 2015, at midnight. the resolution will cover issues ranging from the cease-fire to the control of border and obviously withdrawal of heavy weapons. as well as the resumption of economic relations. all questions were covered in this agreement which was signed by the contact group and the separatists. the chancellor and i alongside president poroshenko and putin are committed to verify the implementation of the cease-fire. >> well our chief international correspondent joins me live now from those talks in minsk. you've been following the progress to have these marathon talks that have been taking place. just hearing that from francois hollande an agreement has been reached, but still a lot of work to be done. >> reporter: this is an incredibly detailed documen

. >>> french press francois hollande has arrived in the philippines at the start of a two-day visit.ing joined by a delegation of u.n. official to his president to urgent action on climate change. the trip is part of a campaign ahead of a global conference on climate change to be held in paris in december. the meeting is called cop 21. at the previous cop talks last december in peru, a framework was set but experts warn that strike ideal won't be easy and that the pair i paris talks are likely to see fierce debates marga or teague uh-huhs more for us from ma nil 5679 it's an historic visit from the president it's the first time a french president has visited the country. two-day jam packed schedule think he will be leading with government leaders and industries and business leaders. but also visiting one of the most damaged communities by tropical storm haiyan from nearly two years ago that storm was the strongest on record to make landfall and greatly it is put down two climate change. storms have always come across the philippines but never one as strong as haiyan, it's expected th

. >>> french president francois hollande has arrived in the philippines at the start of a 2-day visit is being joined by a delegation of official to his press for action on climate change. the trip is part of a campaign ahead of a global conference on climate change to be held in paris in december of the the meeting is called cop 21, its goal is to create a legally binding agreement to cut greenhouse emissions by 2020. at the previously cop talks in peru last december a game work was set. experts say striking ideal will not be easy, and there will be fierce debate likely. >> reporter: it's an historic visit by the french president. it's the first time ever a head of state from france will be -- is visiting the country, he will be meeting with government leader and leaders of industry and business men and also visiting one of the most damaged communities by tropical storm haiyan from nearly who years ago, that storm was the strongest on record to make landfall and greatly it is put down to climb lat change, storms have always come across the philippines but never one as strong as haiya

i do think president hollande is far short of the mark when he says there is a risk of total war. this could escalate. >> syria and moscow, though, plenty of people see this conflict the other way around. volunteers collecting aid here for separatists in eastern ukraine believe it is not russia who is the aggressor but the united dates. >> this war is not between ukraine and the rebels or even between ukraine and russia as a whole. it is a war between russia and the west, and eastern ukraine is just the current front line. >> that's exactly what president pugin -- putin now claims, that ukraine's crisis is part of a bigger western campaign to undermine and weaken russia. if he really believes that, then peace may be hard to find. >> on the ground in ukraine, the conflict has claimed the lives of nearly 5500 people since april. it's estimated that around 1.5 million have fled their homes to escape the fighting. the rebels now control much of the luhansk region and donetsk. our correspondent sent this report. >> the rebels of donetsk have created their own police force. this afterno

. >> the french president francis hollande arrived in the philippines for the start of a 2-day visit. joined by a delegation of u.n. officials to press for action on climate change. the trip is part of a campaign as part of a global conference to be held in paris in december. the meeting is called cop 21. the goal to create a legally binding agreement. at the previous cop talks in peru, the framework was set. experts warned striking a deal will not be easy. let's cross to margaret ortigas in manila, tell us more about francis hollande's trip and what he's hoping to achieve in the philippines. >> as you said it is to drum up support for a legal agreement to come out of that conference in paris in december, and he's highlighting it here in the phil loans. this is one of the nation's most vulnerable to the climate crisis. president francis hollande will visit an island most affected by a deadly storm in 2013 that put down really two climate change. the strongest storm on record in recent history, to make land fall. more than 6,000 killed. they say storms will get stronger and it's diffic

francois hollande said the contract to sell fighter jets to egypt is a reminder of the existing trust that all right exists between france and egypt. this is a ramping up of the french deal. this is big news for france's defense industry in terms of providing jobs, securing jobs, but it's also extremely important for egypt as it tries to move away from providing military aid. russia is increasing efforts for trade deals with cairo. >> thank you reporting live from paris. >> now to yemen where at least three people have been killed in the southern city of aden. separatist groups from the south are fight, security force there is. they reportedly took over a number of state buildings from the special forces. now the u.n. security council has expressed alarm at the unrest in yemen and it's passed a resolution calling on houthi rebels to hand back power. they took the capital in september and dissolved party this month. the members demanded the houthis withdraw from sanna but did not allow for the use of force, this is the first resolution on yemen since the takeover. it called for the hou