era to want the democratic countries must respect the rule of law in the fight against terrorism mccrum talking about the fate of thousands of students teachers and journalists in turkey being held in custody. the skies over northwest italy are lit up with hot air balloons as the small town of mondavi hosts the international balloon meeting 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 sn

mccrum was dubbed the king of the slackers and as the king of the ridge he was compared to napoleon which was no help when news leaked out about his lavish fortieth birthday party. i am. a i. am. a on. twenty seven scene also saw the fall of islamic state in syria and iraq but leaving behind heartache and devastation for civilians here's a recap of the battle against the deadly terror. thousands of women and children have been left widowed and also and after i saw militants died during the fighting assy launched a campaign in twenty seventeen to bring back abandoned russian children from iraq among them all two sisters had to unfasten his their story. will. be a. shock to me shows up again one little while hold really sure. it's his limo morning will be more more more ready. than all that not only block me only. climbing in it or me or. ill mama told me that. she surely should you always get. like. it was scary a lot that will happen in my. world. still to come fresh casualties and massive protests in iran we have the details for you after this short break. probably one day together befor

thousands of my current south still on the streets of fronts waiting for permanent shelter president mccrum vowed to clear the streets of rough sleeping migrants by the end of last year but his pledge seems to have full employment. but the first battle is to house everybody in a dignified manner by the end of the year i want no more women and men in the streets or in the woods last. to shell the deep and ski speaks to migrants living on the streets still hoping to start a new life in front. a new year may have begun but for these my quince the problem is still the same ahead is yet another freezing night on the streets of paris. the president said he wanted to resolve the problem by the end of the year it's not resolved in the neighborhood there are another thirty camps which are settled like this and these migrants are seeking asylum there is a problem with violence between the people who are waiting in the queue at the reception center because they want to be the first whose fault is that. it's not the fault of the migrants it's the fault of the system is poorly organized which has posed

road and rail links seen as the modern day equivalent of connecting east with west is popular here mccrum will also take away from beijing a recommitment to the paris climate agreement seen as crucial after the united states walked away from it in doing so france and china are positioning themselves as global environmental leaders setting an example for the world to follow robin wright al-jazeera beijing and later analyst and einar tangan says china and france are moving forward in their place in the u.s. as the world's prime racing. i think you can sum it up in what macron said let's make our world great again obviously a dig at donald trump but it reflects reflects the reality that things are changing saying that b. as the us retracts there is an opening there and i think macron intends to take that opening not only for france but e.u. and that means cooperating with china what's happening is that the vacuum that's being created obviously is being filled and china is aggressively pushing out it wanted on its side france to recognize and be of very vocal proponents of the belt and road i

make any decisions and here it already mentioned the reforms of the eurozone the fate of emmanuel mccrum the french president is type two decisions to be made throughout the next months because the window of opportunity for those reforms will be closing in the fall they are going to be european elections next spring and next year and so that's just one piece we think about brics negotiations we think about the problems with some eastern european countries that need to be resolved we think about of course about the immigration reforms that are in the in the making so there is a big bundle of things that need to be decided and berlin just is the linchpin in this whole process so if berlin doesn't really get stuff together brussels will become very nervous indeed so michelle of the rest of europe is waiting we heard you say weeks and months earlier so if the parties manage to reach an agreement when are we likely to see a new government in place. you know it's brussels might get nervous germans are certainly getting impatient we're certainly still weeks away but we're potentially months awa

i just want to play this video quickly just reiterating my point this is mccrum refusing to talk to journalists have a listen giving comments is not the role of the president. they don't think you should give up hope not that i'd like to see. in the quest for something for something else to consist simply i don't have all forces are far safer over that issue. i consider from my part that it is not word of the debate take place in a public forum could that not be argued that it was a hostile approach to the media. oh indeed it was and i think it was very shortsighted of him and i don't think he played well internationally as a result of it the reality is the international media television news internet is now a fact of life and if you wish to be a statesman on the world scene you need to engage with media rather than running away from it he in my view did himself no favors and i do think that he's very clearly now trying to do a bit of a huge and trying to sort of embrace those who support him whilst perhaps shunning those that don't so you hasn't done himself any favors just in the overall spea

britain's prime minister has welcomed the news that french president the manuel mccrum wants the lend of the by you tapestry to the u.k. now this comes on the eve of his visit to britain where he is expected to push for more money to boost the security at the port of cali to stop mind wins the resume said it was very significant that people would be able to see that happen street in the u.k. it was made more than nine centuries ago and shows the norman invasion of england in ten sixty six the mayor of by us says it will be about five years before the tapestry can actually travel because restoration work needs to be carried out. state of conservation it remains of tools does not take the dates from sixty six so it is for a job base work that needs to be done for decades will it's going to mexico now and the discovery of what's not to be the world's largest underwater cave the network of flood the tunnels and chambers is around three hundred fifty kilometers long a team of archaeologists divers found human bones and pottery and are hoping to use them to gain a better understanding of th

neighbors president emanuel mccrum comes to china with the clear message talk to me and you're talking to your. english and he's you know he's leaving europe. germany's in. very strange political position and france is very. macron president xi jinping have met just once before last year's g twenty summit and mccraw will be looking to china to reaffirm its commitment to the paris climate accord to control global warming. it was signed just two years ago but damaged by the u.s. decision to pull out of it and it's very important for france to talk china about because america u.s. president trump. and leave the conference this is macros first state visit to china and we can expect the usual flurry of trade deals and possible agreements on future nuclear power projects in which both france and china have expertise but as permanent members of the un security council there are also likely be talks on the war in syria and on the north korean crisis in both china and france there's been alarmed at the kind of insults traded by the leaders of the u.s. and north korea and china will be looking f

don't read anything about banking union we don't read anything about how to take all the plans of mccrum can germany as you have speak just economy survive another grand coalition is perhaps even good for the country only from an economic policy where what this grand coalition would probably bring is more of the same so it would extend the current positive cycle because there will be a bit more fiscal stimulus there are no big economic mistakes in this program so we would clearly extend the current golden syrup cycle by another couple of years but the big structural reform which would prepare the country for five years or ten years ahead is not included in this in the paper of a possible new grand coalition all right let's find out what will be discussed in those coalition talks that are coming up next custom just be chief economist at the bank thank you so much for this. and that's it's two more military action in syria terry you got that story this right want to. the conflict in syria is becoming even more complicated as it were reports by rights groups say turkish air strikes have kil

joining us live from beijing it seems very much in the opening stages of this visit from president mccrum the president she has got what he wanted he wanted a u. approval didn't he for the belgium road initiative which is already got yes indeed the one belt one rolled initiative is not only important to china but to almost one hundred countries in the world including many countries in europe including france and i think president micron is doing the right thing to endorse the one belled world rolled initiative was again on behalf of the french government and hopefully china and france and all the other almost one hundred countries can join hands in promoting this a major infrastructure project and enable all the parties if the country is to benefit from this one world initiative and in the past china perhaps directed it. its attentions if you like through the u.k. for access to the e.u. can we say now obviously with the brics britain coming out of the e.u. that france is taking over the mantle france has to be the conduit if you like between beijing and europe. i disagree a little bit of

road and rail links seen as the modern day equivalent of connecting east with west is popular here mccrum will also take away from beijing a recommitment to the paris climate agreement seen as crucial after the united states walked away from it in doing so france and china are positioning themselves as global environmental leaders setting an example for the world to follow robin briard al-jazeera beijing political analyst and economist tango says china and france are moving forward in replacing the u.s. as the world's primary superpower. i think you can sum it up in what macron said let's make our world great again obviously a dig at donald trump but it reflects reflects the reality that things are changing saying that b. as the us retracts there is an opening there and i think macron intends to take that opening not only for france but e.u. and that means cooperating with china what's happening is that the vacuum that's being created obviously is being filled and china is aggressively pushing out it wanted on its side france to recognize and be of very vocal proponents of the belt and ro

years even a grand coalition just enough time to sort of push some reforms for with that in london mccrum the french president has proposed to sort of start dealing with the new budget and to get over and through the brics of negotiations those are the most important points at the moment we were talking earlier barbara about the speech that we heard today from martin schultz the topic of europe of the european union that was the last topic in his speech and when he mentioned the audience that he had spoken yesterday on the phone with mr mark wrong he got a very muted very tepid. reaction. let me get your perspective on this it could become we're seeing in politics all over europe that this closeness to the e.u. or even being a supporter of the european project could become a political liability domestically is that raising a lot of alarms there in brussels. that is really a double edged i mean look at him on the corpsman he one election was the european with europe sort of right in front of his political agenda and he never hid that away he never said i'm a frenchman first and then maybe