balloons back got to be bad across the whole weekend of the small town of mondavi is hosting the international balloonting of the it's a thirty edition b. event welcoming pilots from your product launch time ahead of snowy windy weather don't i just feel may leave some ground you know we can't so father things seem to be floating along according to plan. his reminder about top stories at this house under his prime minister viktor obama's father broadside that's germany's chancellor merkel told a conference of her sister posse the c.s.u. people who have no rights to live in the european union should be sent packing europe needs secure borders he said. that's it you're up to date move you up the top of the alley in the meantime of course there's always the website that's called how to get to. climate change. waste. pollution. isn't it time for. africa people and projects that are changing our environment for the better it's up to us to make a difference he quit for good morning.

over northwest italy are lit up with hot air balloons as the small town of mondavi hosts the international balloonting of the defending it is the thirtieth edition of the event with pilots from all over europe competing for today's launch came ahead of. snow a wind some snowy and windy weather double whammy there that may leave the balloons grounded through next weekend's well speaking of bad weather the u.s. east coast is in the grip of a deep freeze it is after a massive winter storm brought fresh snow hurricane force winds and flooding to several regions elsewhere it was a rare opportunity to see snow and ice in locations normally known for their sunshine. sunny getaways transformed into winter wonderland water fountains morphed into ice sculptures as an up normal cold snap hits the south something to hot and bark and for. doing the snow yeah yeah she likes the snow so but we didn't bring our snow suit because we thought. we saw did lizards in the states of florida. they're ready to green and the hornets have fallen and the trees there and i mean. the record lows have frozen egg wanna stay with

the fortieth international balloon festival kicked off and switzerland's shah told do it this weekend. about seventy hot air balloons and teams are participating and this year's anniversary edition features two passenger flights a day for spectators. the festival runs to its february fourth. time now for a bit of time travel back to the turn of the twentieth century now every year the swiss town of kind of stake relives the bell a poke for an entire week and the whole village gets involved and dresses for the occasion we went there to see for ourselves how and why kinder stadium barks on this journey to another era. it looks as if time constant still. as if condor stake is stuck in the pre-war belly pock era. once a year for a whole week of the end of january the entire village turns back the clocks. one county you really get a feel for what it was like in the back the puck i love that give me a. look at the women walking round that's what's so great and it's the passion of a belly pork for their bare pokey stinky i think it's simply wonderful the whole atmosphere and the way people a

international balloon. it's a thirty. friday.ght leave some balloons grounded but so far things seem to be floating along according to plan. top story. president. in the. past president. of. the day for you just a moment. was because he's from poland and down and out in berlin. he's one of thousands of eastern europeans who live on the streets of germany's campus. it's easier for them to live with no money here than in their home country. as their numbers increase so do the social problems. in sixty minutes county doubled. the fast pace of life into digital in the uk shift as the lowdown on the web showing new developments and providing useful information to the wittiest finds and interviews with makers and users. should in forty five minutes double. thousands of children go missing every here in china they all sewn on the back market. time jingjing is searching for her son all by herself. without any help from the only artists she's courtroom of hope and despair as she finds for a mother's rights. so time changing searches for h

price and tax hikes imposed by the government measures designed to reduce its ballooning deficit and satisfy international lenders interior ministry is denying that protesters who didn't didn't died in the town of tebow was killed by the police. that's not all of the look by me the taxes do not affect consumers shopping baskets regarding food stuff some of the things because they are not under. among the achievements of democracy is the ability to organize and protest but one must also work to make the two museum economy healthy an economy in which the growth that began in two thousand and seventeen is consolidated. french president emanuel markram is hailing his visit to china as the beginning of a historic partnership he's been overseeing the signing of several trade deals with china's president xi jinping macra has been pushing for french companies to have a greater access to the world's biggest population especially a nuclear power aerospace and food from a bride has more from beijing china and france are hailing this visit as a new era for strategic partners. she didn't paying and emanuel mccraw sign

and before we go, let's head to switzerland for the 40th international hot air balloon festival.orning. winter is set to return this week but nothing too serious and out of the ordinary. what was unusual were the temperatures over the weekend. colder air to come down from the north and it comes in initially behind this weather front. that is moving southwards and is bringing the rain across the southern half of the rain across the southern half of the uk. that rain moving to southern england and wales. scotland with wintry nurse. one to showers in northern hours. —— wintry. across england and wales, rain heavy over the hills. south, gusty winds with mild air. a bit of sunshine in the south—east and temperatures rising a few degrees higher in the morning ahead of the rain. the rain moving southward and ahead of the rain. the rain moving southwa rd and as ahead of the rain. the rain moving southward and as it does it becomes lighter and more patchy that it will drop the temperatures across southern areas in the afternoon. wales and the midlands. for the north some scattering shower

this balloon with no internal propulsion drifting the other way, too different strategic bombing campaigns we had the capacity to implement it on a vast scale. yamamoto'sere is nightmare realized. that the americans have time to fully mobilize their vast human and material and financial resources. they can bring that to bear against us weapons and weapons systems of a quantity and quality we don't have any hope of matching. time for maybe two more questions. you want the last one? >> department of commerce. or so often talking about the national security council in this war was prosecuted very successfully before the creation of the national security council. do you have any advice on is there some way we can correct the national security council, do we need it? or is there some way we can go -- i just like your opinion on the. -- on that. dr. kennedy: if i understood you correctly, you correctly note that world war ii was prosecuted before there existed a national security council. purport of your question to say if that was exist without a national security council, do we need one now? i

price and tax hikes imposed by the government's measures to design to reduce its ballooning deficit satisfy international lenders determinist denying that's a protester who died in the town of to regrow was killed by the police iran says it was foaled attempts by its foreign enemies to turn legitimate protests into a plot to overthrow the islamic republic supreme leader ali how many wrote on his twitter feed as evidence of a plan made by the u.s. and israel funded by rich countries in the gulf have been protests in more than eighty cities since late december with at least twenty two people killed. those are the headlines that stay with us here on al-jazeera the next program walls of shame . twenty sixteen was the deadliest year on record for migrants and refugees attempting to get into europe. over five thousand people died between libya and italy or tacky and greets. the following film was fast broadcast in two thousand and seven well before today's conflicts in the middle east. then many european migrants were using another less publicized route to a better life. this is the southernmost outpost of for

government's planned price and tax hikes it says the measures are necessary to reduce its ballooning deficit and satisfy international lenders but to know that prime minister use of shadow says this year will be the last year of economic hardship well alice klitzman would argue says the protests of a sign that the government must take action to address people's concerns with received the tax increases a new budget coming to be now and this is going to a lot of people nervous and. upset their country we see kind of including the arab spring which number one for the people itself carries worries also for extra investors carries that same old view of the middle east of trouble not a safe place to invest so the government really needs to do something about this in order to fix it to change expectations and help the country flourish according pakistan has granted bail to a cleric accused of inspiring armed groups so if you muhammad will be released from jail on medical grounds is being in prison for eight years on charges of sedition and terrorism and training pakistanis to fight u.s. forces in afghanistan. french preside

government's plan price and tax hikes since the measures are necessary to reduce its ballooning deficit and satisfy international lenders but the prime minister youssef to head says twenty eight will be the last year of economic hardship for the political analyst because minority says the protests are a sign the government must address people's concerns with we see the tax increases in the new budget coming to be now and this is going to a lot of people nervous and. upset their country we see kind of the arab spring which number one for the people itself carries worries also for extra investors carries that same old view of the middle east of trouble and not a safe place to invest so the government really needs to do something about this in order to fix to change expectations and help the country flourish. more than two hundred people have been injured in a train crash in johannesburg the second in south africa in less than a week the commuter service hit the back of another train stuck in a station after breaking down so africa's rail regulators blaming human error after a signal failure last week eighteen peop

government's planned price and tax hikes it says the measures are necessary to reduce its ballooning deficit and satisfy international lenders the prime minister youssef show head says twenty eighteen will be the last year of economic hardship for. up to one hundred migrants are feared drowned off the coast of libya after their rubber boat was punctured only sixteen survivors were found by the coast guard. incident happened near the city of zawiya migrants and two other boats trying to make the perilous journey to europe also rescued. in total because god picked up about three hundred lives. now internet activists and opposition politicians in germany have expressed outrage over a new law aimed at combating online hate speech facebook twitter and other social media sites are being forced to remove offensive content or face fines of up to sixty million dollars opponents say the legislation allows freedom of expression in germany to be policed by u.s. based multinational companies to reports from berlin. the first victim of the new law is no less than the deputy leader of the extreme right alternative for germany party

government's planned price and tax hikes says the measures are necessary to reduce its ballooning deficit and satisfy international lenders the prime minister you said she had says twenty eighteen will be the last year of economic hardship. political analyst because minority says the protests are signed the government must address people's concerns. with receive tax increases in the new budget coming to be now and this is going to a lot of people nervous and. upset their country we see kind of an inkling is of the arab spring which number one for the people itself carries worries also for extra investors carries that same old view of the middle east of trouble and not a safe place to invest and the government really needs to do something about this in order to fix to change expectations and help the country flourish the french president emanuel macros hailing his visit to china as the beginning of an historic partnership he joined china's president xi jinping in promising to promote free trade and combat climate change a vision shopping at odds with that of u.s. president donald trump. brian has more from beijing.

price and tax rises the government says the measures are necessary to reduce a ballooning deficit and to satisfy international lenders prime minister use of childhood says twenty eighteen will be the last year of economic hardship. it's been seven years since twenty eleven have the government didn't do anything for us so it's natural to protest i think the demonstrations will be bigger than before because of these major price increases people are no longer accepted this high cost of living and that is contributing to the parties to all of the country of poor people like me can no longer bear the burden of these high prices some of them i'm sorry. it's normal for people to demonstrate when they find it difficult to buy necessary and everyday things this is normal the same thing also happened last year when people demonstrated against the cost of living and this year will be more severe illness chrisman rotty says the protests show the government must address people's concerns. we've received the tax increases in new budget coming to be you know this is going to a lot of people nervous and. upset their country

the international monetary fund reported that the country's debt has ballooned and was two hundred thirty four percent of total output beijing is said that it is taking steps to contain the risky debt despite the economic impact and on those numbers china has long been questioned about the veracity of data they released to the public military and joins us with more minnillo what do you make of what they've been saying people in saying about these numbers over the years you know mark it's really tough to trust those numbers coming out of china because for years as unite have talked about these numbers have been largely bogus china's admitted to it in the past and we know that the reliability of their economic data from various regions are just simply not quantifiable plain as that but in the big cities where you find luxury hotels coal is king there and that's driving much of the economic data we're saying today just look at how much mining for metals and coal account for local g.d.p. that is later transmitted to the overall national g.d.p. now the darker regions mining accounts for as muc

government's planned prize and tax hikes it says the measures are necessary to reduce its ballooning deficit and satisfy international lenders but to noisy as prime minister use of child says two thousand and eighteen will be the last year of economic hardship well analysts. says the protests are a sign that the government must take action to address people's concerns with received the tax increases in the new budget coming to be now and this is going to a lot of people nervous and. upset their country we see kind of inklings of the arab spring which number one for the people itself carries worries also for extra investors tyreese that same old view of the little east of trouble not a safe place to invest so the government really needs to do something about this in order to fix the change expectations and help the country flourish the french president a man you met chronos hailing his first visit to china as the beginning of a historic partnership to join china's president xi jinping in promising to promote free trade and combat climate change a vision a vision sharply at odds with that of u.s. president donald trump

planned price and tax hikes it says the measures are necessary to produce its ballooning deficit and satisfy international lenders to his prime minister yousuf shah says two thousand and eighteen will be the last year of economic hardship well analysts close on what r.t. says the protests have a science that the government must take action to address people's concerns with. the tax increases in the new budget coming to be now and this is gotten a lot of people nervous and. upset their country we seek an inkling is of the arab spring which number one for the people itself carries worries also for extra investors carries that same old view of the middle east of trouble not a safe place to invest so the government really needs to do something about this in order to fix the change expectations and help the country flourish internet activists and opposition politicians in germany have criticized a new law aimed at combating hate speech online opponents say the legislation allows freedom of expression in germany to be policed by u.s. based multinational companies david chase reports from berlin. the first victi

see probably prettiest staffer we have jessica and her staff with the balloons and there is the guys contrary to belief our intern photographers do work and you are showing them, working, right now, they are just setting up the show, and so a big team down here for fox 29 getting ready for the show. are the big stars yet. >> jerrick's limo will roll up if the she starts at 6:00, 5:58 and his hand letters will let him know first moments of the show. that is george roach setting up a light and waving to us. so, anyway, they are working for us. sean, the manager who has been working 24 her shifts here with chickie and pete's because it seems like you have a pep rally twice a day here, lately, it is getting more crazy by the day. >> crazy, fun, exactly how it is supposed to be. it is non-stop. >> reporter: does it get more out of control each day or have they behaved. >> they behave themselves. when they don't we make sure they behave. >> reporter: cops have been telling bar owners around town get your act together, homeowners don't have any lawn furniture out, anything people can they, you know, and after the super

and the budget deficit has ballooned reaching six percent of gross domestic product last year the government promised to cut spending in exchange for a loan from the international monetary fund the measures including tax hikes aimed to bring the deficit under five percent of g.d.p. al-jazeera is hash reports now from tunis. they are fully as i can show you right now there is this build up which continues this is a protest the has been called for by the it is in opposition by the popular front which is a an umbrella organization of different leftist groups opposed to the government and to the austerity measures so if you can see behind me in this crowd which is chanting the people would like the government to scrap the austerity measures they want those decisions made by the government to be scrapped as soon as possible otherwise they say that they will continue to take to the streets until those measures. put on the. aside this comes as a very quick and want no moment for the tunisians and for the government on sunday to his in with commemorate the seven i did verse thirty of the two thousand and eleven revolution people say basically that they were hoping to s

international airport. fans are really getting quite the sendoff. >> yeah, and it would be hard not to get excited. there's a hype band here. obviously the balloons everything. they'll be playing music. so it's a party. and this is, obviously, the eagles fight song right here. ♪ fly eagles fly score a touchdown 1, 2, 3 ♪ >> but it's not just the band. you can see the cheerleaders are also here. there's people obviously, some waiting to board a flight. some are going to watch the super bowl. others are just here for the excitement. maybe they were at a gate next door. you guys are going to the super bowl. how are you feeling? are you excited? >> i'm very excited. >> and what do you think is going to happen? do you think the eagles are going to win? >> they have a great chance. a really good team. i have a lot of confidence. >> how is this send off? does this get you even more pumped? >> yeah. >> they do a really good job. eagles are pulling out all the stops. >> fans are excited. che cheerleaders are excited. it's an exciting time out here. this is what's happening at the send off gate. i'll send it back to you. miguel martinez valle, nbc 10 news.

ballooned it's up to six percent of g.d.p. last year the government has promised to cut spending in exchange for a loan from the international monetary fund but with us here in studio mohamed chicago who is a professor of conflict resolution at george mason university also contributes to the al-jazeera center from studies and has written a book called what is in life in mint continuity or rupture in the wake of the arab uprising so i think perfectly placed to talk to us three here seven years later is it and i said so many governments later as well is it almost a situation with some of the banality elements are coming back and people are thinking oh we felt this before and we don't like this one it's a mix of trigger events in the last one was the government's decision to impose and tax that sort of blew up the whole situation three months earlier we had three failed or three controversial decisions one of them was the return of at least four figures from the benignly era to serve in the government number two was the announcement of what is called the economy could constitute a huge role which basically part of them some of those ind