french president emmanuel macron has visited the scene. he says the number of soldiers deployed as doubled to 7000. >> is a firm message i want to share today and a message of unity. and friends, there is only one community, the national community. i want to tell all of our citizens to matter their religion, whether they believe or not, we must at this moment unite and not cede to the spirit of division. all of our citizens are currently shocked by what has happened to michael for unity. >> france and germany are about to introduce nationwide lockdown's. coronavirus infection rates are searching in europe's two largest economies. people will only be able to go out for a central reasons. at least 140 migrants have drowned in with the u.n. is having is the worst shipwreck of the year. 60 others were rescued off the coast of senegal. the vessel caught fire after sailing from st. louis on saturday for the canary islands. azerbaijan is exchanged dozens of bodies in a handover, a brief pause in hostilities since the latest cease-fire rooster ava

many muslims find that and macron's position as untenable.arin: next, let's hear fromfr a ch islamic affairs journalist here in london. reporter: the macron administration has effectively cartoons moc islam into its domestic policy. up until now, charlie hebdo images portraying the prophet mohammed as a pathetic figure who is there to be mocked along with the founders of islam has been considered anti-est has changed all that. he promised he would not renouncehe caricature and defended them as part of french culture and part of france's global image. made the caricatures mainstream and normalized the, some say to put muslims in their place. karin: this is what president macron said today. >> if we have been attacked again, it's because of our values, our tae for freedom, the possibility to believe freely and not given to terror. let me say a this clearlyin -- we will never give in. karin: emmanuelacron speaking earlier. let's talk to our middle east editor. put this into context -- why is france being targeted like this? guest: the main nexus

after macron's speech ended, an orchestra played the national anthem. several members of this crowd outside spontaneously broke into song, applauding here. there was a real grief in this crowd. several people worked in education, students were teachers themselves, and a real show -- real sense of shock at his brutal killing. >> an extremely moving ceremony which brought many people together. some new him, and some were his pupils, but also the president of france emmanuel macron who was leading the whole proceedings. let's get some analysis and bring in our first guest, paul smith. it's always a pleasure to see you. i know you have been watching the outcome today. you've seen what happened at the sorbonne. i wonder if in your opinion, how does a teacher in france set about instructing, bringing up the discussion of freedom of speech with pupils in the wake of this case? paul: with a great deal of delicacy. anybody who watch a macron's speech, samuel paty was somebody who knew and read about islam, had read the koran. he was a well educed teacher. this i

it was a big announcement by president emmanuel macron. jessica, do you wa nt to emmanuel macron. kick us off with what's happening there in france? macron said he's going to apply a brutal break on coronavirus infections because of the search they are seeing in france. they really worrying surge. it says measures the country has ta ken worrying surge. it says measures the country has taken so far have been useful but not enough. and it needed to but beat much stricter. that's will mean schools will remain open pretty much every other social contact is reduced to only necessary journeys for food or medical needs. although i think some offices are going to remain open, as well. it is really taking us back to the kinds of restrictions we saw in this country and across europe and across much of the rest of the world in the early days of the pandemic. and macron said if the virus continued to increase at the current rate then france is not intensive care beds would be overwhelmed by mid—november. obviously, that's a lot a narrative a lot of countries are seeing. germanyjust impose new

president macron is speaking live on french television.being interviewed by two journalists about his government's coronavirus response. in an announcement earlier, the french government said that the covid—i9 epidemic was a public health disaster which endangered the health of the population and justified the adoption of strict measures. france has already been here before. a national public health state of emergency was also in place between march and july. we will speak to the bbc‘s hugh schofield in paris in a few minutes, but first of all. here are the daily cases figures for france over the past month. french hospitals now have more than 1,500 covid—i9 patients in intensive care — that's the highest since may. the daily total of cases is up again — this time to over 19,700, 2,000 higher than the day before. to put that in context, here's health correspondent catherine burns. in the last week, that is an increase of... we are looking at around 4000 cases, you can see the way this is going, and then from cases, you going to hospital ad

again, a lot of this will depend on emmanuel macron.has shifted, down from no lockdown to a lockdown now needed to protect hospitals and also save christmas, something we hear time and time again, perhaps going for that sentimental value to soften the blow. we are seeing the anger in the streets, pushed back in europe, citizens asking themselves, " how did this get so wrong?" annmarie: right, we saw those protests in rome, garbage pails on fire. the dax is open now, down .9%. that is the story you outline so well in france. what has been going on in berlin? what is merkel looking at? maria: again, this is just an idea that angela merkel is floating, but we know she carries power on the german region. germany is a very decentralized country, however, angela merkel is putting up this idea that for the next four weeks, starting november 4, all hospitality's, bars, restaurants should be shot in germany. angela merkel has been -- all bars,alities, restaurants, should be shut in germany. we are already seeing those numbers in late october, an

president macron will address the nation tomorrow evening.a week to go until election day, president trump and challenger joe biden crisscross the u.s. as the campaign reaches its final phases. and the prime minister vows justice for an explosion at an islamic seminary

large crowds gathered and set pictures of president macron alight. this is mali. this is iran. a protest was held outside the french embassy in tehran. our middle east correspondent martin patience has tweeted: and he's included a tweet referencing the lebanese president's response. let's hearfrom martin now. what is interesting about the middle eastis what is interesting about the middle east is that in some ways, we are seeing a muted response. yes, we have seen some french goods taken off this supermarket shelves and yes, we have seen some small scale protests a nd yes, we have seen some small scale protests and we saw the incident earlier today in saudi arabia when a french guard outside of the consulate in the coastal city was attacked, his injuries are not believed to be life—threatening and it still isn't clear what the motivation for that attack is. but there is anger in the middle east because they feel that the president has not respected islam by defending the french cartoon, defending the right to publish pictures of the prophet muhammad and many musli

saying that it a defiant emmanuel macron saying thatitis a defiant emmanuel macron saying that it isgreat clarity again today, "we will not give any ground." absolutely, and we are understandably preoccupied with our political drama today, but yes, the events in france really do chill you. and to be murdered in a church — which for many people in france, britain and around the world is a place of sanctuary — is a horrible thing. and clearly the person who committed this crime of muslim background does not in any way speak for most muslims. but what they're trying to do by attacking a church is to create a clash of civilizations. and as the telegraph reports, i'm afraid someone who is abetting that payment is the leader of turkey, president erewhon. he seems to be deliberately misinterpreting what macron has been saying, he's been saying free speech is important to france, he wasn't saying criticising mohammed is something he approved of. he was just packing free speech. aragon is whipping up extra islamic extremism in his country, which is exactly what a responsible leader should avo

president macron said france needed to hit the brakes hard.: we have all been overwhelmed by the acceleration of the epidemic. the spread of the virus has ta ken everyone in europe by surprise. we are all in the same place, submerged by a second wave that will no doubt be stronger and deadlier than the first. president macron had been counting on local restrictions to curb the rise in infections, but with hospitals across the country raising the alarm, tonight he acknowledged this was a national problem and needed a national response. earlier today, a critically ill covid patient left avignon for a hospital 700 miles away. last spring, transfers like this were a life—saver for patients and hospitals alike. but the virus is now so widespread doctors fear there'll be fewer and fewer places able to take them. 0ne chief of infectious diseases told me today that his hospital was doubling the number of icu beds to keep pace with demand and that pressures on staff were immense. translation: i caught covid—19, and i worked every day while i was sick,

president macron said france needed to hit the brakes hard.we have all been overwhelmed by the acceleration of the epidemic. the spread of the virus has ta ken everyone in europe by surprise. we are all in the same place, submerged by a second wave that will no doubt be stronger and deadlier than the first. president macron had been counting on local restrictions to curb the rise in infections, but with hospitals across the country raising the alarm, tonight he acknowledged this was a national problem and needed a national response. earlier today, a critically ill covid patient left avignon for a hospital 700 miles away. last spring, transfers like this were a life—saver for patients and hospitals alike. but the virus is now so widespread doctors fear there'll be fewer and fewer places able to take them. 0ne chief of infectious diseases told me today that his hospital was doubling the number of icu beds to keep pace with demand and that pressures on staff were immense. translation: i caught covid—19, and i worked every day while i was sick, be

president macron has described the incident as an islamist terror attack. german chancellor warns of a long, hard winter, as the country prepares to goes back into full lockdown. there are now only four days left until the us election. as president trump and joe biden continue campagining, early voting has hit record leverls. in texas — drive—through polling stations are contributing to the high turnout. some campaigners have expressed fears of voter suppression now on bbc news, hardtalk with stephen sackur.

"no chance", retorted france's emmanuel macron. the united kingdom that wanted to leave the european union, that is leaving the european union and that needs an agreement even more than we do. after months and months of eu and uk negotiators shuttling backwards and forwards between london and brussels, both sides are fed up. the key sticking points still in talks — the rights of eu fishermen to fish in uk waters after brexit, competition regulations — known as the level playing field — and how disputes should be resolved if a trade deal is agreed. angela merkel said today the eu's chief negotiator would head to london on monday to launch intense last—ditch talks, but this evening, the government said no. as things stand, there was no point. this flexing muscles and ultimatum—giving by the uk and the eu is hardly surprising at this stage, but is it the end of the road or political posturing before difficult compromises are reached? concessions are going to be needed by the government and the eu if a deal is to be found, and for thos

the plaudits being levelled at the germans and president macron in the la st germans and president macronix months, spain, italy, we are seen an increase in the infections and all those countries now and obviously, compare britain to the united states, nowhere near as bad as that. we don't know whether we can totally trust the numbers. they have clamped down very hard, but india, the next second most populous country on earth, the numbers are skyrocketing. governments around the world are having trouble dealing with an unprecedented event and they are having trouble finding their feet and it it's taking time, but boris johnson and the government here would argue that they are now talking to local authorities more and have extended the furlough scheme, which during the summer saved hundreds of thousands ofjobs and there are things they have got right. it is now two thirds, not 80% but they have managed to keep businesses afloat and in some parts of the world, that has not happened. clive, thank you. finally in the desparate search for something to lighten the mood as winter sets in at leas

president macron is on his way to the city. paul adams has the latest.treets those, swarming with police and paramedics, the stunned aftermath of the latest horrific attack. it took place around 9am in the basilica of notre dame. shouting, the attacker stabbed three people including the caretaker and one of the victims is thought to have been beheaded. another, a woman, fled to a nearby cafe before dying. we heard many people shouting in the streets, so we saw that there we re in the streets, so we saw that there were many policemen coming in and we heard gunshots, many gunshots and more and more policemen. the city's may call for unity but said it was clear this was terrorism. nice, perhaps more than any other place in france, the pain is far too heavy a price by once again been a victim of islamic fascism. there is no doubt about the meaning of this act, given that the perpetrator did not stop repeating god is great while receiving medical treatment. repeating god is great while receiving medicaltreatment. in paris, a minute's silence in the ceremony a

president macron confirmed that state-sponsored furloughs will be extended. analysts have long warned that a wave of bankruptcies could be on the horizon. >> [speaking foreign language] >> the stock markets tumbled as those tighter restrictions loomed. major european sessions finished sharply lower before micron's speech. we saw losses of well over 3% at the closing bell across the board there, the dow jones sinking in its worst single trading days since june. earlier, i spoke to ltg's head of research in london. >> we hear about those lockdowns. obviously, there is much more going on. the fact that as an analyst, and economist, and the way we price ourselves in the market, it is all contingent on a certain scenario, and i think we were on a steady recovery. we had the worst of it in march, and since then, we have seen economic data improve. we have seen corporate earnings improve, and the idea was there was going to be some form of recovery. the recovery was the main point. if you do introduce a new lockdown, the result is going to be similar to that in marc

macron says the country will not give any ground to terrorists. >> police storing -- storming nieceseninsula were too late to stop the bloodshed, they shot and injured the attacker, three people have been fatally wounded one of them was a church official. >> we have just learned from the television that our sacristan has been assassinated, it is a huge shock. he was there all day long, he was not somebody who would drop in and go again, he was always there. >> the church is just one kilometer from the scene of a truck attack which killed dozens in 2016. the mayor says the assailant shouted god is greatest as he was detained. president macron was at the scene within hours calling for national unity. >> [speaking foreign language] if we have been attacked again, it is because of our values. our belief in freedom to believe freely and not give into terror. let me say this very clearly, we will never give in. the french president has angered many in the muslim world by refusing to condemn cartoons of the prophet mohammed. it is a long-standing debate in france reignited by the murder of

president macron then lead a minute's silence.o appeared on the ancient stones in front of him, the service ended with a simple marseillaise but samuel paty has left france with a painful question, how values meant to protect the nation failed to protect the man who taught them and instead provoked his death. lucy williamson, bbc news, paris. the pope has made his strongest statement yet in favour of civil partnership for same—sex couples. we were speaking in a new documentary. in the film, which has just been released new documentary. in the film, which hasjust been released in rome, he said same—sex couples have a right to legal protections when forming civil partnerships and also said that they had a right to a family. the film was made director says his film shows the pope to be very humble and capable of admitting his mistakes. it is beautiful to see a leader in his positionjust a humble being he 53; able . say, human being he was able to say, | i: am wrong. human being he was able to say, i. jig gm wrong. which, human being

he changed his rhetoric and for the last couple of ssys he never any speech without mentioning macrony to be raisingthe only objections. let's take a looket at herr from the pakistani trying in primeter to facebook ceo mark zuckerberg asking for a b on islamic content on the website. he raises the cartoons and says this will lead to further polarizationf muslims in france. have seen how marginalization leads to extremism, something the world does not need." across parts of the arab world, a boycott of french goods is already underway. french cosmetic products bei covered at a shop in jordan. in solidarity with mohammed, peacee up him, all french products are boycotted. here are some of the french products be removed from the shelves and is supermart in qatar. the boycott good go even wider. -- could go even wider. >> it is one of the largest and a loud people go there to shop. it mig've started with boycotting products, in saudi arabia, there is hashtag asking people not to shop for ete of the biggest superma in saudi arabia. so, if this becomes a bigger yop can see not going to super

it is part of a wave of anger after french president emmanuel macron refused to denounce controversialtoons depicting prophet muhammad. earlier this month, a french teacher was beheaded after he showed his students the caricatures during a class on freedom of expression. muslims considered a blasphemy to show any depiction of the prophet. french officials insist it is an active freedom of speech. -- an act of freedom of speech. protesters made their voice heard. the capital bangladesh, they described president macron as an enemy of peace. >> you have no idea about the strength of muslims. if we rise, you will see that, so be careful. >> bangladeshi protesters have held up protesters -- i put up signs from words -- signs with the words from president erdogan. france recalled its ambassador to turkey in protest accusing president erdogan of failing to condemn the murder of the french teacher. president erdogan has thrown his weight behind the boycott campaign. >> i am not telling my nation just as they are saying in france not to buy anything from turkish brands, i: my nation here and no

french products are stripped from stores while portraits of president macron go up in flames in some muslim majority country says anger grows over a crackdown on suspected islamicists following the slaying of a teacher and parents. give government still goes on to divide us it will create separate groups in society and it is not the solution today we have to be careful of not developing and then to muslim hatred. oh. well pre-election tensions are wrapped into violence in new york's times square we examine whether the main rivals in the race for the white house perhaps have more in common and their supporters might think. and the many faces of the enemy a russian evolutionary biologist claims the pandemic currently paralyzing the globe can mutate into around $20000.00 variants. i think it's a blessing the corona virus is approved moves slowly if you are a new viruses but still it's a very quick process. you're watching our international my name's donald quarter welcome to the program turkey's president has once again lashed out at this french counterpart suppose that anti islam stanc

we are full of emotion. >> they burned an effigy of emmanuel macron. anger was sparked by recent comments saying islam is a religion and crisis, vowing to crackdown on what he called separatism and defending publishing of the prophet muhammad. >> now france has become a hated nation is the islamic world. we want to say the world will boycott them. >> but france is doubling down cannot saying it won't given to intimidation. >> france will never renounce its principles and values and notably the freedom of expression and publication. the second thing i want to remind is that it was hateful comments towards journalists and a newsroom that led towards the bloodshed we have seen in recent years in our country. >> a teacher was beheaded in france earlier this month for showing images of the prophet to students in a lesson on freedom of speech. following a murder and memorial service, micron said france would not give up its cartoon he is up for reelection in two years and many see the rhetoric as slanted towards a domestic audience vying for right wing vote

president macron has described the incident as an islamist terror attack. police have named the suspect brahim aouissaoui, a 21—year—old tunisian who reportedly crossed the mediterranean on to the italian island of lampedusa only last month. there are now only five days left until the us election. today's focus is florida where both candidates have been out on the campaign trail. donald trump won the state in 2016 by over 110,000 votes. as europe's covid—19 crisis intensifies, france is restoring a national lockdown to curb transmission. new restrictions have also been announced in sweden and in germany where chancellor merkel has warned of a long, hard winter. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the conservative commentator, tim montgomerie and the political correspondent, for the daily mirror, lizzy buchan. tomorrow's front pages, starting with. .. the times says sir kier starmer faces a battle for the soul of the labour party — warning anyone disputing the scale of the problem of anti—semit

president macron has described the incident as an islamist terror attack.on to the italian island of lampedusa only last month. there are now only five days left until the us election. today's focus is florida where both candidates have been out on the campaign trail. donald trump won the state in 2016 by over 110,000 votes. as europe's covid—19 crisis intensifies, france is restoring a national lockdown to curb transmission. new restrictions have also been announced in sweden and in germany where chancellor merkel has warned of a long, hard winter.

emmanuel macron has takena the rest of france. emmanuel macron has taken a step back.mbat tricks, and so far it has worked it‘s not just local it‘s notjust local mayors and council leaders who are getting angry about this. it is the members of the sage group itself. i‘m pretty damning information coming out in the guardian, specifically about the test, trace and isolate system, which is really having a marginal impact at the moment. yes, well, the criticisms of the track and trace system have been well documented and tests are taking too long. tracings are not reaching enough and fast enough, and obviously, matt hancock has had to answer a lot of questions in the past week about the 15,000 positive cases missing out of the debacle with the spreadsheet failure to capture all the information it needed to. i think it really will focus on what sage has advised on how that matches up to what the government has implemented. three weeks ago, and date of the government hasjust weeks ago, and date of the government has just published this evening, sage was already urging the go

right now, a manual macron is speaking live on national television. —— emmanuel macron. announce a new two week lockdown. within the past five minutes, he said france needs new measures to tackle covid. we will bring you more on that a little later in the programme. there only six days of election season left in the us, and the two candidates are in full flight. president trump is in arizona, a key state in this election. the trump campaign one arizona in 2016, but this year, polls show it's leading towardsjoe biden. later, mr trump's polls show it's leading towardsjoe biden. later, mrtrump's event... before setting off in nevada, he had this to say. had to we're up in the poll, and it was one of the most accurate four years ago. pennsylvania, we think we will do fa ntastically pennsylvania, we think we will do fantastically there. there's tremendous energy and we've never seen tremendous energy and we've never seen enthusiasm like it. i think the borders will stay in the history of doing what you're doing, i don't think anybody has ever seen enthusiasm like this. voters

the incident follows months of protesters triggered by president macron's defense of cartoons of the profit mohammed. president trump tweeting earlier in part, quote, these radical islamic terrorist attacks must stop. no country, france or otherwise, can any longer put up with it. joining me from paris is nbc news foreign correspondent matt bradley. matt, what more do we know about what's transpired in france? >> reporter: ayman, what we're hearing from french media is the perpetrator who was captured injured but alive, he's 21 years old. he only arrived in france a couple weeks ago. he came here by way of the italian island. those who have been following the refugee crisis, they know this is a in-point. he might have stopped there and might have rescued off a migrant boat. now french president macron has activated thousands of troops and he's trying to basically protect classrooms and places of worship, places that have already been coming under attack. ayman, this is now the third knife attack in the past five weeks in france. all three of them related to the publication of those c

she was watching macron's address tonight in paris. what else did the french president have to say?a: well, as you said, this lockdown is stricter than in germany, but is less sict . earlier this yr, president macron said we thought we could prevent it, but they have been overwhelmed wi the number of cases. the latest figure of and cases that have been detected a 70,000, a the only way to get through this is another locown. it is less strict, because schools are going to stay open and the government will revisit the measures in about twoeeks. if the situation improves, tn the government has pledged to may loosen some restrictions, especially for the retail sector , which is already obviously complaining about the fact that they might lose money or have to close lots of shops. for now, the government is saying we need to stand together and be united, because this is the only way to prevent us from having about 400,000 deaths within aew months if we don't lockdown the country. brent: the numbers are already frightening. they have been increasing on tuesday. france reported over 500 de

president emmanuel macron tonight deploying thousands of troops declaring france is under attack. >>> here in the u.s. tonight the massive train derailment. cars carrying chemical, schools and neighborhoods forced to evacuate. >>> good evening, great to have you with us on this thursday night. five days to go, almost there. how much we'll know on election night still very unclear. with the record number of early votes this this country, one very important tate, though, where they do process those mail-in votes earlier than others, florida. it happens to be a crucial state as you well know which explains why president trump and joe biden were both there today. the president pointing to record gdp growth, signs of a recovery while at the same time a reminder this virus is taking hold again with the colder weather here and all-time record tonight, more than 85,000 new cases in the u.s. in just 24 hours. president trump with first lady melania trump today at a rally in tampa pointing to the new gdp number downplaying the state of the virus saying the bottom line is you'll get better. joe

president macron then lead a minute's silence.m, the service ended with a simple marseillaise but samuel paty has left france with a painful question, how values meant to protect the nation failed to protect the man who taught them and instead provoked his death. lucy williamson, bbc news, paris. the us presidential election is in less than two weeks time. the democratic challenger, joe biden, has made nowhere near as many public appearances as the president. but more than a0 million americans have already cast their ballot in early voting, and it's thought to be helping the democrats. tomorrow night, joe biden and donald trump will hold their final debate in nashville, tennessee, from where our north america editor, jon sopel, reports. joe biden onstage in north carolina at the weekend. the last public event that he's done so that he can prep for tomorrow's final debate. the contrast cannot be more exaggerated with donald trump who since then has been in wisconsin, michigan, nevada, california, arizona and last night pennsylvania

president macron insists the outbreak is not out of control.osha butler reports from paris. >> french president emmanuel macron said france was in the grip of a second wave of coronavirus. he urged people to be more responsible and announced a nighttime curfew for paris and eight other cities that could last until december. >> if we stick to this curfew for six weeks, if we take collective responsibility for reducing our contacts, we think we will be able to aggressively reopen. >> the curfew adds to a raft of restrictions already in place in the country's big cities or cases of new infections are rising rapidly. in the past couple of weeks, qs outside laboratories like this one in the city have been getting longer. what paris health officials say is a one in five test is coming back positive. soon after moving to paris in september, these edition students fell sick with coronavirus. they began having symptoms after attending university events and welcome parties. >> there was social distancing and we were wear a mask, but sometimes that does n

president macron calls it an attack on france. ♪ anchor: hello, i'm in london and you are watching "alazeera." just hours until a one-month national lockdown -- france goes further than most european countries as it works to control the coronavirus. landslides triggered by a power typhoon in vietnam. rescuers struggled to find dozens of people missing. native american communities are facing barriers to voting but in this u.s. election could they play a key role? ♪ anchor: france is now at its highest terror alert level and thousands of extra police have been deployed across the country after three people were killed in a knife attack in nice. visiting the scene shortly afterwards, the president described it as an islamicist terror attack and an attack on france. it comes just weeks after the murder of a history teacher and at a time of growing anger around the world against the french president. reporter: a place of worship now a crime scene. inside, notre dame basilica, the congregation had been praying when a man armed with a knife attacked them. three people were killed and a woman

majority nation call for french products to be boycotted in response to comments made by president macron last week. as france reports record numbers of new cases of covid-19 in recent days, we ask is it a matter of time before fresh containment measures are unveiled? dozens of arrests are made in larus as operaon -- opposition supporters crank up the pressure on president lukashenko, and protests and nationwide strikes. welcome back. we begin with a growing number of calls in a number of muslim majority nations for french products to be boycotted. this comes amidst growing anger at what president emmanuel macron said after a schoolteacher was beheaded after showing caricatures of the prophet muhammad. at the ceremony, the president vowed to root out what he called islamist separatism and added this country will not renounce caricatures. in the days that followed, we have seen protests, french products pulled from supermarkets, and perhaps the most vocal of all has been the turkish president, heard on -- erdogan. president erdogan: muslims are subject to a campaign similar to the jews in

other people were also injured in the attack now we are being told that french president money or macron is heading down to nice to the scene of this attack the church in the center of nice on the southern french coast the area around it has been sealed off by armed police. and. this of course is coming a week or so after another attack which shocked the nation with the murder of a teacher. who was we understand who was beheaded as well that attack was very shocking we saw the rallies and the nation coming together to condemn it now of course we understand that one of the individuals killed in this attack today was also beheaded sister a chance it would appear that this looks like a a copycat incident but this is certainly feeding insists this sense of unease within fronts that the movements. yes this comes after the murder of samuel patsey a teacher who was walking home from school when he was attacked by an 18 year old on the street near the school he was also decapitated by his his killer and his murder follows complaints that were echoed emphasised on social media that the teacher sa

president macron said france needed to hit the brakes hard.lmed by the acceleration of the epidemic. the spread of the virus has taken eve ryo ne the spread of the virus has taken everyone in europe by surprise. we are all in the same place, submerged bya are all in the same place, submerged by a second wave which will no doubt be stronger and deadlier than the first. president macron had been counting on local restrictions to curb the rise in infections, but with hospitals across the country raising the alarm, tonight he acknowledged this was a national problem and it needed a national response. earlier today a critically ill covid patient left foot hospital 700 miles away. last spring, tra nsfers 700 miles away. last spring, transfers like this were a life—saver for patients and hospitals alike. but the virus is now so hospitals alike. but the virus is now so widespread that doctors feared there will be fewer and fewer places able to take them. one chief of infectious diseases told me today his hospital was doubling the number of intensive c

i think you can expect to see quite a significant response from macron. only for that reason but also it will be one of reasons and you see this appetite for some sort of clamp—down and figures reflected lots of the french press as well. daisy, and 20171 covered that election. i was tense losing rally and she ended up dancing afterwards. without why have you dance or you just lost? there was an excellent nation that over the years that far right project grown just grown and grown and grown in each time he thought they were getting closer and closer to power and now as jack's been suggesting, the next presidential election, attacks like this one will come into the campaign. which is why mr macron might feel he needs to take some kind of action. and we know he's feeling the pressure because he has been saying more and more about this issue. and we know that this is of islamist phobia is a huge issue in france. they've had these appalling terrorist attacks but also the cases of attacks on muslims has gone up exponentially in the last couple of yea rs. expone

leaders asking muslims to boycott french goods after french president macron called islam, a religion in crisis. ♪ to our viewers on pbs in the united states and to all of you around the world, welcome. we begin with germany's worsening covid-19 crisis. german chancellor angela merkel has called an emergency meeting this week with leaders of the 16 original states in germany in the hope of slowing runaway coronavirus infections. tough new restrictions are likely to focus on closing bars and restaurants and canceling public events. cases in germany have almost doubled just within the last week. >> german officials are worried about the latest numbers coming from the country's public health institute. daily infections have reached new highs and there are more than 250 hotspots nationwide. germany last weekend also exceeded the grim milestone of 10,000 coronavirus deaths. now, these numbers have left chancellor merkel's conservative you party to postpone a pivotal conference. the goal of the conference, which was supposed to be held at the beginning of december was to appoint a new party

macron's rival was a far-right candidate namle pen.d to a fascist party so it was the neofascist party running against macron. her party was blank rolled by a russian state-controlled bank. marine le pen went to moscow and met with vladimir putin at the kremlin during the campaign. i mean, this was not subtle. but it was, you know, too much for russia to pass up a divisive, racist, far-right fascist candidate injecting chaos into the elections in a major european democracy in 2017? that's like catnip to russia, right? they want to undermine democracy everywhere they want to undermine western countries in general however they can. but russia saved its boldest move for the eve of that election. just two days before the vote, russian hackers dumped tens of thousands of files online, 9 gigabytes of stolen emails and other information all hacked from emmanuel macron's campaign. and that might have become the dominant news story of the final weekend of that campaign before french voters went to the polls. it might have actually ended up upen

so, that's what they did to macron in 2017. they hacked and stole all of the stuff from his campaign, then they mixed it up with forged stuff and dumped it right before the election. that's what the u.s. intelligence community said they believed was going to happen with burisma and some sort of october surprise from rudy giuliani. right on time, rudy giuliani shows up with some emails from a mysterious source that are totally unverified and unverifiable and only one rupert murdoch-owned right-wing tabloid will air that junk. put it in their paper. so, that's one reason the russian operation in the 2017 french election is newly relevant to our lives right now. the russians may be trying that same trick all over again, except we don't have media blackout rules. the other reason that that 2017 russian operation in france is newly relevant is that the guys who did it just got indicted by the u.s. justice department today. here they are. the russian military intelligence hackers who carried out that operation to interfere in the fre