well we've had a minute's silence in the french national assembly earlier today it was meeting as it happens to discuss the new covert lockdown that begins essentially tomorrow in france on for begins on friday in france so already the nation preparing itself for that as a 2nd wave hits france as it's hitting the rest of europe and it's hitting it strongly and there's a lot of people in hospital increasing numbers of hospital admissions forcing the french president to go make an address to the nation last night explaining why this 2nd not 2nd locked down slightly modified from the version in spring was being put into place. so already there was that issue there have been in the last couple of weeks tensions between france and other muslim population muslim majority countries particularly with turkey now and other countries calling for a boycott of french products and french companies because 'd of 'd emmanuel micron's crackdown on elements of france's muslim society following the murder of samuel petit so those tensions were with there already tensions at an international . level as i

well the presidents of the french national assembly has addressed parliament members calling on them to observe a minute of silence for the victims of that nice attack and their families. reno the bomb dear colleagues we've just found out is the prime minister was speaking that an extremely serious attack has taken place and nice and that according to fragmentary information that i have at least one person has been killed possibly more i'm talking in the conditional as i don't have more information whatever happens i'm asking you in these tragic circumstances to observe the minute silence in solidarity with the victim or victims and all of their loved ones. if you're just joining us here on al-jazeera we are bringing you that continuing coverage of that attack in a church in nice 3 people have been killed in a stabbing attack the the attacker has been taken into custody we're also learning of an incidence in the french city of having your own police say they shot a man after he threatens members of the public with a knife we're also hearing that a man has been arrested in jeddah in s

also come from the parliamentary politicians here in france a minute's silence was held in the national assembly this morning and opposition politicians of also offered their thoughts and prayers to the families of those 3 people who've lost their lives in nice today but also quite strikingly was something that marine le pen said on twitter today she described this as being an acceleration of islam is acts of war against french citizens and that is something that will resonate with a lot of people at the moment given that the terror threat in france remains very high. and course we shouldn't forget should be sure of that this attack does come during a very tense time for france yes that's why the director general the national police just said in the last few days that they need to be extra vigilance french people particularly those around religious sites as france is coming up to celebrating a religious holiday all saints' day on november 1st and this all of course comes in the wake of this anger that's been rising in muslim majority countries against france in the wake of the death of samuel pa

the laws of peace in our country wipe out islamofascism francis prime minister addressed the national assembly in paris where he said the alert level has been raised a lot i pause the response of the government will be firm and immediate i have already decided to raise the attack level to urgent in the entire national territory. as smyth has more from paris. the security services have been also alerted to make sure that places of worship are monitored and protected by places of worship we mean churches synagogues and mosques so there has been alert to go out for those as well but. obviously the government fears that there are risks of more attacks and we often hear them tell us that they stop many more than those we hear about but it's extremely difficult for them they say to keep an eye on every single person 24 hours a day who comes up on a watch list and might be a threat. and in other news a surge in coronavirus cases across europe is forcing governments to take drastic action france and germany are about to introduce nationwide lock turns and britain's opposition labor party leader former

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showing cartoons of mohammed in a class on free speech now france has 3 more reasons to mourn the national assembly held a minute's silence for the victims those in power to face some uncomfortable questions in the days ahead. many in this tricky secular country may ask if the efficient approach is to write one and whether they should fear more lone wolf attacks or far as he's have raised the terror and to its maximum. let's get you more now where catherine fielder is a reporter in paris katherine has any more information been released by the authorities we know pretty much the timeline of what happened this morning it was just before 9 o'clock in the morning when the churchwarden opened the church up he does again 3 morning he's aged in its forty's he opens it up so people can go in them pray there isn't a morning at this basilica then the attacking came into the church stand the night and you also then stand a woman aged 70 is. then chased one of the person is out of the church and in a nearby town he stabbed her is going to that woman at age 13 it was then the police came on the scene they shot

showing the tunes of muhammad in a class on free speech now france has 3 more reasons to mourn the national assembly held a minute's silence for the victims those in power faced some uncomfortable questions in the days ahead many in this strictly secular country may ask if the official approach is the right one and whether they should fear more lone wolf attacks. all right we want to go now to our very own lisa lewis she is in the fridge city of nice tonight good evening to you lisa what more do we know tonight about the 3 people who were killed and what more do we know about the suspect. well we know that the victims were all between 40 and 60 years old apparently one woman was decapitated in the church another man was cost at his trade and a 3rd woman a 3rd person the woman fled to a nearby bar and then she died there for wounds that the attacker we understand that he was apparently 21 years old of tunis in tunisia and man who had come to france recently france's top anti terror prosecutor has said tonight in a press conference that the police found a koran and 3 nights with him one of the nice wa

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france's national assembly stood in silence to honour the victim yesterday, a man who, just before thewith a joke. one parent said his daughter was devastated, asking, "how can i explain to her the unspeakable?" lucy williamson, bbc news, conflans sainte—honorine. earlier, the french prosecutor gave a news conference — our paris correspondent hugh schofield told me what we learned from that. we have heard a bit of detail about the events leading up to the killing in the school. the class, the controversial class in which he produced the cartoons of muhammad and so on, that took place on october the 5th and it was a civics lesson and this teacher produced, as he had done in previous years during the same course, a or maybe more than one cartoons to raise the issue of freedom of expression of the class. prior to doing that, he said to the class of some of you are muslim and may be offended, either look away or leave the room. he did not say to all muslims that they must leave. he gave them the option of turning away in order not to be offended. and most of them it is clear did what he as

reporting live there from nice david many thanks indeed francis prime minister addressed the national assembly in paris where he said the attack alert level in the country has been raised urgent lucky pause the response of the government will be firm and immediate i have already decided to raise the attack level 2 agent in the entire national territory and america paris has responded to the attack in a tweet and had algor said that her 1st thoughts are with the victims and their loved ones and she tells the people of nice that they can count on the support of the city of paris let's go live now to paris not a serious bernard smith is there for us but of the prime minister then raising the alert level urgent what does that mean. it's the highs it's a nationwide alert level it says the threat of an attack is imminent now john kass sticks french prime minister says there will be a meeting of france's national security council tomorrow morning to discuss this it has to be said that there is going to be a lockdown anyway that begins overnight tonight in front starts and during the day friday and so

incident but not before a few 100 supporters or protesters marched to the national parliament the national assembly just to present their case to legislators and but the police denied them intriguing to the national parliament they still there are a few of them are still there remaining insisting that they must see members of parliament to present their cases although members of parliament had earlier intervene in that in various capacities some of them on personal capacities asking the government to take immediate steps to end the the cases of police brutality some went even further by expressing their support to protesters now holding rallies across the country israel has approved the construction of thousands more illegal satellite homes in the occupied west bank that brings the total number of homes approved to almost $5000.00 over the past 2 days the palestinian leadership has condemned the move it's the 1st time jewish settler homes have been authorized since israel suspended plans to and that it's palestinian land is part of the deal with the u.a.e. . but over the past year more than a 10000

showing cut tunes of muhammad in a class on free speech now france has 3 more reasons to moan the national assembly held a minute's silence for the victims those in power face some uncomfortable questions in the days ahead many in this strictly secular country may ask if the official approach is the right one and whether they should fame or lone wolf attacks authorities have raised the terror alert level to its maximum. fran our catherine field reporter and a parasite catherine present at the sea defiant determined what more has even say. well you quite right it was a very defiant message from french president emanuel mccraw he said that this was an attack on french values and that these afraid at least freedoms of expression and freedom to believe or not believe in religion though under attack he said and i quote we will not give ground so he was pretty clear there that it is wrong once it sets the rules on freedom of expression and not to terrorists not people who are signed up to some sort of the religious group within another white religion he also has said that he will increase the number of t

the national assembly held a minute of silence for the victims, those in power faces some uncomfortableuestions in the days ahead. many in this strictly secular country may ask if afficial approach is the right one and whether they should fear more attacks. brent: i joined now by our correspondent, she is in the french city of nice, good evening to you. we understand there is new information about the suspect, what have you learned? >> we are hearing that the suspect was 21 years old and a tunisian, he had come to italy and then come to france very recently just a few weeks back. we understand that the police did not know him before hand. this information is yet to be confirmed by the prosecutor, he is to speak at this very moment in the coming minutes. brent: what about the mood in nice there, it has only been a few hours since the attack, what are you hearing from people? >> i have been talking to people here who have come to this location together and to pay their respects to the victims. some muslim people who are saying they are very afraid, there is a point of no return that frenc

south korea's national assembly has tabled a bill that would offer certain artists the opportunity to delay the service for 2 years shane argues a clear policy is needed but a special deal for b.t.s. would be unfair. no matter how do up without coming off and they pulled out because b.t.s. works for entertainment company i don't think it's right for them to get exemptions while performing. on the b.t.s. doesn't generate interest in our country but i think giving preferential treatment to bt is discriminates against other men in the northern part of the wood but without going to. get a recent survey showed that most south korean support some type of deferral for a k. pop idols that contribute to south korea's international reputation a decision has to be made soon because for b.t.s. time is running out. joining us is frank smith out of seoul frank tell us more about this mandatory military service in south korea how long has it been in place well they started mandatory military service here conscription back and 957 that's just screen years or 4 years after their korean war ended it wa

showing the tunes of muhammad in a class on free speech now france has 3 more reasons to mourn the national assembly held a minute's silence for the victims those in power faced some uncomfortable questions in the days ahead many in the strictly secular country may ask if the official approach is the right one and whether they should fear more lone wolf attacks. d.w. correspondent lisa lewis is in these following events for us here's her assessment of the situation. france has been hit by yet another terror attack in just a few weeks today people gathered here in front of the cathedral to pay their respects to the muslims who said stigmatize us because of a madman who has nothing to do with the religion we believe in but also far right activists who came here to do the hitler salute and chant the car tonight's front seems to be a deeply divided and polarized country. let's take a look at some other stories making news around the world israelis have marked the 25th anniversary of the assassination of prime minister yitzhak rabin 25000 candles were lit in the central tel aviv square that bears his nam

one minute silence was held at the national assembly here in paris this morning a tribute to those who lost their lives in that attack the catholic church has also spoken out given that it's this happened in one of its churches describing this as being unspeakable. and surely we shouldn't forget should be this is a tense time for france just 13 days after the brutal killing of a teacher near parasol the who hire about too. many people are concerned and there's a lot of tension. yes that's right french people have been urged to be extra vigilant particularly around religious sites which of course this church is given that there was a new terror threat posted by a press agency that is close to the terror group al qaeda that vigilance alert came from the director general of the national police was urging people to be more vigilant this all comes in the wake of the beheading of the teacher at samuel patty in this rao over the showing of those controversial cartoons of the muslim prophet mohammed let's take a look back at how this is unfolded. well some real party's death really sent shock

south korea's national assembly has tabled a bill that would offer certain artists the opportunity to delay the service for 2 years shane argues a clear policy is needed but a special deal for b.t.s. would be unfair. go into quite a lot but without coming out in the pool because b.t.s. works for entertainment company i don't think it's right for them to get exemptions while performing. on the b.t.s. doesn't generate interest in our country but i think giving preferential treatment to b.t.s. discriminates against other men than of them would die without having to. give a recent survey showed that most south korean support some type of deferral for a k. pop idols that contribute to south korea is international reputation a decision has to be made soon because for b.t.s. time is running out. joining us is frank smith out of seoul frank tell us more about this mandatory military service in south korea how long has it been in place well they started mandatory military service here conscription back a 957 that's just screen years or 4 years after their korean war ended it was actually on a

showing cartoons of mohammed in a class on free speech now france has 3 more reasons to mourn the national assembly held a minute's silence for the victims those in power face among comfortable questions in the days ahead many in this strictly secular country may ask if the official approach is the right one and whether they should fear more lone wolf attacks or thought he's have raised the terror alert level to its maximum. are going to cross over an hour to repairs to catherine fielder she is a reporter there catherine you have any new information about the attack from the authorities and especially regarding the motive. you know we still don't have any more information other than it was attacked at around 9 o'clock this morning that was perpetrated against the churchwarden by the attacker and then a christian and the woman who had tried to flee the scene we do understand that the man is in custody he's in the hospital he's undergoing an operation we still have no more information on his identity no i.d. with him and you don't you think he was saying to police the 1st responders when he was appre

shocking that another attack was happening in such a short time here in france the assembly national assembly has held a minute of silence because when the prime minister got the news of the attack he was actually talking about the lockdown the that is coming into force tonight at midnight and he was interrupting his speech to say there has been another attack and let's remember the victims and those who were injured in this attack. a president. who has reacted to the attack recently on the teacher that was killed for showing cartoons of the prophet muhammad and that sort of instigated a bit of a sponsor and this president other one got involved as well could this escalation have anything to do with that do you think. well it certainly has contributed to certain atmosphere in the country the government is really ramping up and saying we're going to crack down on radical islam isn't there have announced new measures that want to better control hate speech on the internet better control you moms here in france that many of them actually coming from other countries and don't speak french the gov

incidents but not before a few 100 supporters or protesters marched to the national parliament the national assembly just to present their case to legislators and but the police denied the intrigue to the national parliament they still there a few of them are still there remaining insisting that they must see members of parliament to prison. although members of parliament had earlier interviewed various capacities some of them on personal capacities asking the government to take immediate steps to the. cases of police brutality some went even further by expressing their support to protesters now holding rallies across the country facebook is stepping up its fight against misinformation and election interference concerning tanzania's upcoming vote a new election day reminder will be introduced at the top of facebook and instagram feeds one polls open on october 28th it will also provide official voting information and make any posts that are found to be false less visible media restrictions have increased there since president john mccain fully seeking reelection into power in 2050. israel has approv

showing the tunes of muhammad in a class on free speech now france has 3 more reasons to mourn the national assembly held a minute's silence for the victims those in power faced some uncomfortable questions in the days ahead many in this strictly secular country may ask if the official approach is the right one and whether they should fear more lone wolf attacks. let's now take a look at some other stories making news around the world israelis have marked the 25th anniversary of the assassination of prime minister yitzhak rabin 25000 candles were lit in the central tel aviv square that bears his name and where he was shot by a jewish extremist for his attempts to pursue peace with the palestinians. in thailand thousands of anti-government protesters gathered and bangkok at an outdoor art exhibition to call for prime minister prayuth to resign they also want to reform of the monarchy but probably huge has dismissed calls to step down anti-establishment demonstrations began back in july. german chancellor angela merkel has defended the latest round of coronavirus restrictions as the country prepares t

showing cut tunes of muhammad in a class on free speech now france has 3 more reasons to mourn the national assembly held a minute's silence for the victims those in power face some uncomfortable questions in the days ahead many in this strictly secular country may ask if the official approach is the right one and by that they should fame or lone wolf attacks are right you want to go now to our very own lisa lewis she is in the french city of nice tonight good evening to you lisa what more do we know tonight about the 3 people who were killed and what more do we know about the suspect. well we know that the victims were all between 40 and 60 years old apparently one woman was decapitated in the church another man was caught at his trade and a 3rd woman a 3rd person a woman fled to a nearby bar and then she died of her wounds about the attacker we understand that he was apparently 21 years old of. the newseum man who had come to france recently france's top anti terror prosecutor has said tonight in a press conference that the police found a koran and 3 nights with him one of the nice was the weapon

violence and those that seek to incite and spread hatred one minute's silence was also held at the national assembly here in paris this morning in tribute to those who had lost their lives in that attack in nice and the catholic church has been speaking out about an attack in one of its own buildings describing it as unspeakable. as we say we shouldn't forget either the context here because this is happening to the very tense time for france. yes that's right there's been this rising anti french sentiment in the last few weeks following the death of teacher patti who was beheaded for showing those caricature of the muslim prophet mohammed and the anger has really come in the wake of that after president defended the use of those images let's take a look back at the exactly how invents unfolded. well that has left many people see the thing in muslim majority countries with protests being held against the defense made by president back on all of the use of those cartoons tens of thousands of people have turned out in some demonstrations in countries such as bangladesh in jordan in libya and also in ga

as he arrived at the national assembly to be sworn in kuwait's new emir received a standing ovation. she's now woful amadis of the half brother of the late amir took the oath making him the 6th leader since the country gained independence to them it is to the wall in ice with respect the constitution and the state's laws and to protect the rights of the people and their interests according to kuwait's constitution the parliaments must approve the appointment of a new leader it was a somber occasion to as the new leader struggled to contain his sadness at the passing of a leader loved by many in the law who are those who are interested in soprano who need know if i'm an anomaly to the world of shortly after the swearing in the body of ship. arrived from the us where he was being treated before he passed. out i have to have a funeral was then held at the main mosque in the front row paying his respects was the emir of qatar shift i mean been head of the fanny kuwait has been one of the house closest friends in recent years under the stewardship of the nature of the country positioned i

this week a member of the french national assembly valerie boyer called for recognition of newborn a car box independence she insisted that france could not stay neutral and should condemn the actions of both also by john and tukey we spoke to her and also by jonny foreign ministry spokesperson. to comment. it's good can france and the rest of europe put up with what is going on in the guernica with a situation where every means who leave there could again suffer genocide i remind you that as a by john attack nagorno-karabakh and at amenia a sovereign state so there was a unilateral declaration of war the only aim of which was to exterminate the armenian population to remain neutral is irresponsible and dignified and most importantly in affective this is not a situation where we can remain neutral we are seen the mass murder of civilians the military intentions of turkey and as a bridge on a clear one country x. on behalf of other one in relation to armenia and again and they leave well to take nagorno-karabakh is a trophy and then taken meaning there are several ways to solve this c

reasons to mourn the national assembly held a minute's silence for the victims those in power face some uncomfortable questions in the days ahead many in this strictly secular country may ask if the official approach is the right one and by that they should fame or lone wolf attacks. art i'm joined now by our correspondent lisa lewis she is in the french city of nice good evening to you lisa we understand that there is new information about the suspect what have you learned. well we do we are hearing that the suspect apparently was 21 years old and a tunisian who had come to the island of lampedusa in italy and then come to france in very recently just a few weeks back we understand that the police didn't know him before hand this information is yet to be confirmed by the prosecutor that is to speak at this very moment actual in the coming minutes in the belgian. leached there it's only been a few hours since that attack would be what are you hearing from people there. what i've been talking to people here who have come to this location to gather and to pay their respects to the victims

assembly or some other kind of fascinating mix with the congress but he wants by 80 percent and a national assembly which actually gives parents he a gender parity it could integrate in indigenous people so we have to integrate more voices you know that does not happen in the same things that happen in colombia for instance really interesting to get your thoughts in this christiane as a front as we were prepared for joining us at all does it or thank you very much of the thank you. protesters in iraq of march 1 years since their movement against government corruption began on sunday they came out to renew their call for action several people were injured out to security forces far tear gas and water cannons at those trying to force their way into baghdad's green zone which houses government buildings as a matter of halting reports many demonstrators say the government has done little to improve their lives. after months of quiet baghdad status square came alive on sunday to commemorate the one year anniversary of iraq's anti-government protest. students and teachers what previously marched to hear

showing the tunes of muhammad in a class on free speech now from says 3 more reasons to norm the national assembly held a minute's silence for the victims those in power faced some uncomfortable questions in the days ahead many in this strictly secular country may ask if the official approach is the right one and whether they should fame or lone wolf attacks all right we want to go now to our very own lisa lewis she is in the french city of nice tonight if you need to use lisa what more do we know tonight about the 3 people who were killed and what more do we know about the suspect. well we know that the victims were all between 40 and 60 years old apparently one woman was decapitated in the church another man was cast at his trade and a 3rd woman a 3rd person a woman fled to a nearby bar and then she died there for wounds that the attacker we understand that he was apparently 21 years old of tunis in tunis in man who had come to france recently france's top anti terror prosecutor has said tonight in a press conference that the police found a koran entry nice with him one of the knives was the wea

francis prime minister address the national assembly in paris where he said the alerts level has been raised a lot i pause the response of the government will be firm and immediate i have already decided to raise the attack level to urgent in the entire national territory. where world leaders have been quick to comment on the attacks in nice turkey's foreign minister strongly condemned offering solidarity despite some chris diplomatic spat with paris to sing in french and then in english u.k. prime minister boris johnson said he was shocked to hear the news as saying that the u.k. stands steadfastly with france and against terror and intolerance and the vatican said it is a moment of pain in a time of confusion terrorism and violence can never be accepted it's well al jazeera is bernard smith is live for is in paris bernard lots of international reaction coming soon but perhaps what's most interesting are these comments from turkey's foreign ministry given the diplomatic spat that's currently underway between france and turkey. yes relations strained particularly between president mac

for the region news in the news in paris at the moment he at the national assembly he also says it seems like this is a terrorist attack he was speaking to the press just outside the assembly which is gathering today to talk about covert restrictions. but it yes it comes just a not long ago the murder of a teacher. in paris who was beheaded by chechen attack and this was following the teacher's decision to show come to terms of the prophet muhammad to a class of students this appended to lots of parents and the attack as a using this as an excuse. to attack a mother this teacher son lopez too since then how's it been cracked down in some went to the french president has described his extremist elements of the community the crackdown reliably has been widely and also lots of areas where. movings has been a 'd crackdown zoellner particular mosque from a sort of things are quite a bit of tension and runs over the last couple of weeks since that move the are now 2 more murders in nice and what about the situation you talk about tension across the country what what what is the situation in ea

come from the parliamentary and politicians here in france a minute's silence was held in the national assembly this morning and opposition politicians of also offered their thoughts and prayers to the families of those 3 people who've lost their lives in nice today but also quite strikingly was something that marine le pen said on twitter today she described this as being an acceleration of islam this acts of war against french citizens and that is something that will resonate with a lot of people at the moment given that the terror threat in france remains very high and course we shouldn't forget should be sure of that this attack does come during a very tense time for france yes that's why the director general of the national police just said in the last few days that they need to be extra vigilance french people particularly those around religious sites as france is coming up to celebrating a religious holiday all saints day.

since the beginning of february they talked about the prosecutor general the speaker of the national assemblywhy this constant intimidation is your government afraid of the truth do you do you see me being afraid of the truth we do understand that there are a lot of problems and that we need to do a lot in the fight about that option and they sound very little about it and have done very little about it in the time that this party has been in power very little 1003 divisions 1000 provisions the 1st senior government officials you say that this is a little and how many say to the sis and how many centers are many people have been sentenced nobody you think that in the final legit cry and also no major government official has been said they think that in the fight in the fight against corruption we don't receive. such warrants that we see now at the moment given the fight against corruption is not only something that in this is the rating of the government lest you you belittle and insult journalists during a press conference in sofia on february 4th your prime minister likened reporters especi

that we can no longer with the laws of peace in our country wipe out islamofascism france's national assembly held a minute's silence as news of the attacks came through. we revolted with what's going on is an attempt to take french hostage with regards to its muslims will not fall into this trap we will not fall into this trap. this attack comes 2 weeks after the murder of school teacher samuel petit in a paris suburb he had been decapitated after showing caricature of the prophet muhammad to schoolchildren to illustrate a lesson on freedom of speech and secularism france has now raised its state of emergency to its highest level prime minister john key aspects says the government's response to the murders in nice will be firm implacable and immediate bernard smith al-jazeera paris. president and i am a con is a nice he's called the incident an attack on france. so don't give me the film of the absolute it's a firm message that i want to share today and it's equally a message of unity in france there is only one community the national community i only want to tell all of our citizens no matt

showing the tunes of muhammad in a class on free speech now france has 3 more reasons to mourn the national assembly . he held a minute's silence for the victims those in power face some uncomfortable questions in the days ahead and many in the strictly secular country may ask if the official approach is the right one and whether they should feel more alone tanks. like for more now i'm joined by our correspondent lisa lewis she is in the french city of nice good evening to you lisa we understand that this is still a moving story what is happening there were you or yeah it's been a crighton uncomfortable scene just behind me just now there were hundreds of people from the heat on the far right movement was singing the national anthem marching toward the cathedral from down there standing in front of it and then doing the hitler salute and yelling the. proms as i just saw to a few muslim people who came here tonight to gather and to mourn the dead and to say you know we're not all the same and this man who did this this morning he was really someone who had to her sister gone crazy we don't identify w

france has taken a leading role here because they national assembly just voted that they want to give back at least some 30 artifacts to to to binny in but we're seeing some movement also another countries for example the netherlands there committee said that looted art should be given back also in germany some artifacts have been given back already but there is also a lot of talk at the moment everyone like the critics say it's just to slow the process and a new masoom that will be opened up in berlin very soon to hold farm has caused a big stir here because it actually will put on display. artifacts that have been looted and that is seen very critically here in germany and in europe. arena thank you very much for your reporting in your insides marina strauss there in other news mali's army says suspected jihad ists have killed at least 12 soldiers and burned down an army base near the village of socorro the army says 9 militants were killed the west african country has been struggling since 2012 to contain an islamist insurgency that has killed thousands. a huge ball has exploded wh

south korea's national assembly has tabled a bill that would offer certain artists the opportunity to delay the service for 2 years shane argues a clear policy is needed but a special deal for b.t.s. would be unfair. but without coming out because b.t.s. works for entertainment company i don't think it's right for them to get exemptions while performing. b.t.s. doesn't generate interest in our country but i think giving preferential treatment to bt is discriminates against of them in. a recent survey showed that north south korean support some type of deferral for a k. pop idols contribute to south korea's international reputation a decision has to be made soon because for bt yes time is running out. for football now the champions league has resumed with a win for last year's semifinalist see they beat a shock to hear 2 nil and grab both goals in their group h. opener in the german city only 999 fans were allowed in to 2 coronavirus restrictions the turks are making their debut in the elite competition and are heavily backed by president roger type out of one. in other champions leagu

meeting has been opened by the interior minister and there was also a minute's silence held at the national assembly here in paris for the victims of that latest attack france on mass stabbing in nice with what local media reporting at least 2 dead and several injured. yes you mentioned the mayor of new suggesting this bird's the hallmarks of a terrorist attack and of course it comes not long after another attack and also at a time of general turn should an inference. that's right the director general of the national police just warned in the last few days that there needed to be vigilance particularly around religious sites as there is this anti french sentiment that has been rising and because of a threat that was posed in a press release by an agency that said to be close to al qaida now in a result of that vigilance france also coming up to a religious ceremony for a festival this weekend that's all saints' day so that vigilance was being advised and as you mentioned this comes in the wake of a terror attack that took place just less than 2 weeks ago when a teacher was beheaded that was followin

france's national assembly stood in silence to honour the victim yesterday, a man who, just before theappy half—term, with a joke. one parent said his daughter was devastated, asking, "how can i explain to her the unspeakable?" lucy williamson, bbc news, conflans—sainte—honorine. the prime minister of new zealand, jacinda ardern, has won a second term in office after a landslide general election victory. with most of the votes counted, her labour party is projected to win an outright majority. its campaign focused on her handling of the pandemic. for the first time, a covid—19 vaccine is being offered in part of china to anyone who wants it. hundreds of people have been queuing at a hospital in the eastern city where nurses are giving the injection to people for a fee equivalent to 45 pounds. this is an experimental vaccine. we're told it is still in its final trial stages and has not yet received final approval. in a moment, wejoin viewers on bbc one for a full round up of today's national news with my colleague kate silverton. a loophole which can allow drivers to escape punishment f

since the beginning of february they talked about the prosecutor general the speaker of the national assemblywhy this constant intimidation is your government afraid of the truth do you do you see me being afraid of the truth we do understand that there are a lot of problems and that we need to do a lot in the fight about corruption in the nation very little about it and have done very little about it in the time that this party has been in power very little 1003 divisions 1000 preditions the 1st senior government officials you said that this is a little and how many sentences and how many sentences are many people have been sentenced nobody you think that in the fine legit cry and also no major government official has been said they think that in the fight in the fight against corruption we don't receive. such wars that we see now at the moment if in the fight against corruption is not only something that in this is that a thing of the government lets you you belittle and insult journalists during a press conference in sofia on february 4th your prime minister likened reporters especially fe

the laws of peace in our country wipe out islamofascism france's prime minister addressed the national assembly in paris where he said the alert level has been raised reports the response of the government will be firm and immediate i have already decided to raise the attack level to. national territory and did other news a surge in coronavirus cases across europe is forcing governments to take drastic action france and germany are about to introduce nationwide lockdowns meanwhile spain has just extended a national state of emergency persons' opposition labor party has suspended former leader jeremy cole but after he downplayed a report that found evidence of anti semitism in the past during his they did ship called and said he was not part of the problem. aid workers in vietnam say at least 50 people have been killed and dozens of missing after a powerful typhoon triggered landslides remote areas local authorities say at least 12 fishermen have been killed too well those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after the bottom line don't go away. hi i'm steve clements and i hav