quick you're watching live from paris on "france 24." the ice -- islamic state organization claims responsibility for the attack in berlin. 12 people died almost 50 wounded a vehicle plowed into shoppers. the driver is still at large. wasssador andrei karlov shot to death yesterday in ankara. who firedce say a man at a mosque was not a far right extremists. three people were wounded, too seriously before the gunmen kill themselves. ♪ the islamic state group has claimed responsibility for last night's attack on a christmas market in berlin. 12 people killed and almost 50 wounded when a truck plowed into crowds of people. police say the driver is still on the loose after they released a man arrested last night because of a lack of evidence. michelle has the latest. michelle: debris still scattered across the road at this christmas market in berlin. a horrific reminder of monday night's tragedy. tributes have been pouring in after a man plowed this massive into ththe market, killing at least a dozen people and wounding scores of others. pol

thank you very much for joining i here on "france 24."s mentioned before that previous report, the saudi king sent a warning to foreign countries he accuses of interfering in yemen. who was the saudi king referring to when he made that statement? peter: i think it's pretty clear that he was talking about iran. the driving factor has been a thatthat the houthi rebels bytrol sanaa are backed iran. richelle: we also heard in that report that the u.s. has blocked sales of weapons to saudi arabia. do you think that will have any effect on diplomatic ties? peter: i think it is quite likely to. the saudi-u.s. relationship has not been particularly good for some time. the saudi see the uss retreating from the region and not backing its allies, whereas the u.s. sees their relationship, or rather the obama administration sees the relationship with saudi deeplyas being problematic, especially since the campaign began, given concerns over the use of u.s. made weapons in alleged war crimes. richelle: why do you think the u.s. has done this now? the wa

thank you u very much foror joi us here on "france 24." p next we are going to speak o guionne. he is on twitter. i imagine the social media with a flurry? >> yes. hit start with the biggest winner of the evening so far. he is very much welcoming this piece of news, saying it is about time that francois failure recognizes the of his government the last few years. i think he is now looking to who is going to be his pony, and he is very glad that francois hollande is out of the way even though hollande, as most people recognize in france, didn't have much of a chance at running. next stop, let's look at juan luke. >> he is on the leftist side of franchise politics. he is not running in the primary of the socialist party. he thinks the primera is not for him. he doesn't have a spot in it. in the past few years, a huge failure. then he goes on a bit of a twitter rant, presenting all of his ideas. he thinks this is good news for him as well. he is very much running. owe doesn't have to go through a primary. a politician that sees himself as an anti-candidate.e. >>>> here is a frant --

thanks for being with us on "france 24." rance has slipped to places down the rankings in the last four years. do you have any idea why that might be? >> it has been difficult to draw strong conclusions about changes in rankings. there is a lot of measurement error. if you change your ranking one or two positions, it is often not significant. what it shows clearly is that the ranking of france is very average. it hasn't changed much over time, contrary to other countries like germany, which has consistently improved. >> the french republican model is supposed to create equal opportunity for all in the state school system, but it turns out that if you are from a wealthy family and live in a wealthy area, you will do much better at school and someone from a poor area. why is that still such a problem in a country that prides itself on solidarity? it's thes really where most interesting. incrediblethe educational inequality in this country. it's very tough in terms of educational inequality. several factors it lane that. -- high

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would you comment on the overall effectiveness of the resistance movement in france? and also, i get a sense from what i read, that the french look back on the second world war -- here is a country with the largest army in the world at one point, gets rolled over by the germans in nothing flat. and now a matter of shame in many respects. somehow, the resistance movement seem too kind of bolster the french and how they look upon that period. alex: if the french ambassador is here, please leave the building now. [laughter] maybe not, given what just happened briefly. fantastic question. i don't want to go on too long, but i think you raise very important points. a wonderful question. i will try to be brief. and i will do it by -- i went to see philip -- the third time i went to see philip, i was rolling his wheelchair to get quite drunk at his favorite restaurant. he was in his wheelchair and we are on the third floor and a woman was in a wheelchair right beside us and got into a lift. she was slumped in the wheelchair and she must have been in her mid-90's. and she was

to pick on france, when you point to france, you have to say that it was a disaster. it was an absolute disaster. and the guy that was the chief bloodhound for the nazis, the one who tracked down most of our soe agents was hans kiefer, a .ood colleague of knock and the sky live next s.or to the jackson' he is still alive. incredibly, he is part of the french team that first climbed in a tuna in 1950. the british managed to summit mountain- the highest thishad been conquered was one. in 1943, he knocked on the front door at number 11 and said i belong to the french resistance. i have something to ask you. would you be prepared to use your house as a meeting place and a dropbox for my resistance group? he told me that his wife, who by this time was 54 years old, didn't hesitate for a second. she said yes to you can use our home as a meeting place for resistance agents. the decision to join the resistance was a very serious one obviously. she had a husband, sumner jackson, and a 15-year-old son, phil jackson. avenue foche as a place where the resistance can meet, she was

france's most influential women goes on trial. international monetary fund chief christine lagarde is facing a possible one year jail term over a payout to a businessman that she oversaw during her time is prime minister. also coming up, in business, we will take a closer look at how the world's oldest bank is trying to save itself from a government bailout in italy. , andhristmas is coming while santa claus is normally flying around the sky with his reindeer, he is now underwater in mexico. more on why on the way. first, our top story live from paris. we will start in syria, where the army is drawing ever closer to taking the entire city of aleppo back from the rebels, who have had much of the east for the us five years. the latest reports now say rebels have lost 95% of territory they held just three weeks ago. one human rights group says more than 10,000 residents have fled aleppo in the past day alone. more on the situation there, let's bring in regional correspondent adam pletts in beirut. what is the latest you have been hea

on the bay 75 years. another blow for the entertainment industry. dies just days after suffering a massive heart attack. welcome to france 24. we begin in jerusalem, where the city council has canceled a vote on approving permits for the construction of nearly 500 homes. council officials saying it was the request of benjamin netanyahu. the move is seen as a desire to avoid straining relations further with the obama administration hours before a speech was to be made by john kerry. israel is still fuming over the decision by the un security council. >> the planning committee was meant to me this morning to discuss further settlement building in and around jerusalem. without explanation, the meeting was canceled. member ofheard from a the city council that it was on the instructions of the prime minister and it was the first the prime minister had --. there has been no comment. beneath -- if you hear the explanations, it could be that after days of antagonism, the atmosphere between washington and jerusalem has a come almost toxic. talk about the speech. what are we expected to hear? >> john kerry was planning to give this spe

that is it for this edition print stay with us on "france 24." >>>> a city on the silk road.is here in the former capital that our journey begins. founder lies in this mausoleum. today, pilgrims are gathering around a different tune, a the tune -- the tune of karim bo bo, as he is known here. >> we cried for three days. my son cried, too. he said let's go see him. that is why i brought him along. haso other country developed as much in 25 years no one has been such a president, such a king in 25 years. our first president, our first father. uzbekistan plus leader died this august. he rolled his country with an iron fist. police guardr of his tomb. filming is strickland prohibited. we have a camera with us and keep another camera rolling. -- filming is strictly prohibited. we have a camera with us and keep another camera rolling. once a short prayer is finished, a policeman urges the weeping programs to leave the area. we tried to stay, but an agent become suspicious. camera and tries to delete the images. foreign journalists are not welcome in his back a stand. in uzbekse pak

on their weekly shop. asylum applicants in france aren't allowed to work. making ends meet isn't always easy. nce the rush of food banks like this one. >> if we've got the money and we need something we go to the supermarket. they've got vegetables. everything. >> each person is allowed 25 euros but they only pay 25% of the value. >> life is about to change. they have just received permission to remain in france which means access to welfare and social services. afghanistanleaving and after several difficult months in paris. here peoplerrived welcomed us. our problems all went away. we want to stay in the area. we don't want to go far away. i hope you will find a place to live. with the help of his new friends aziz has found a place to live right here. this is the kitchen. jacques: everyone wants to be thin, it means beauty, success, desirability, and yeyet 60% of u us are overweweight. in the middle of an obesity crisis, the multibillion pound weight-loss business is bigger than ever. i'i'm jacques peretti, and in this series i'm going to investigate the men whwho made their fofortunes ouout

thank you for being with us on france 24. we begin in aleppo where an evacuation deal struck last night appears to have collapsed ofh reports from both sides bombardments and clashes have resumed. for those hoping to be evacuated, the weight continues. thousands of civilians and rebel fighters are thought to be trapped east of the city, the last pocket of her resistance against the syrian army. speak to hisn will turkish counterpart in the coming hours to try and reopen negotiations. our correspondent in moscow is thomas. is going to reopen the talks. what can we expect? thomas: what they are going to do is try to put into place the ,ease-fire that was agreed on that they agreed together over last night. both crumbling quickly, the activists and the syrian army are blaming each other. here, russia would have preferred the cease-fire to have held. that would have been better for its image, for pr, certainly after such a bloody battle. it is more than a one-year bombing campaign in syria. more than 4000 civilians. , theact that

thank you for speaking to us on france 24. the was a record year for company. how is 2016 looking for lamborghini? >> as you said it was a positive year. we are really proud here to say all the figures are heading to a new record. a new record of profitability. >> and where is that growth coming from? >> we are focused on two main aspects. we need to be current with the value of our brand. you can see close to me, the new that really continues the success with the launch in 2011. we did a little bit of celebration with all of the people there. we are still providing the lamborghini with the possibility to drive this fantastic thing. we are finding more and more young people of the young generation is really key to being part of our family, to being part of our world. this is the biggest thing that we need to make sure that also an the future we are going to respect. >> are you seeing more growth? >> the main markers the united states. growing in a different market and china is representing the biggest piece of the cake. a lot of taxation is hitting the market.

on the route are most often never identified. their journeys end in numbered graves outside libyan towns. woman: here in francea who killed her abusive husband has walked free from jail after receiving a presidential pardon. the 69 one was serving a 10 year sentence for shooting her husband dead -- the 69 year old woman said she had endured 20 years of sexual assault and violence at his hands before she opened fire. >> she's been almost three years behind bars. jaclyn sauvage was released from prison just hours after president franÇois lond -- fronts while hollande was released. immediaten puts an into her detention. she was married to a violent alcoholic who she said raped her and beat her and her three daughters and also abused her son. she was found guilty of murder and sentenced to 10 years in prison in 2014, a verdict which was upheld on appeal a year later after the state rejected her plea of self-defense. she quickly became a celebrity with feminist groups and celebrities calling for the president to intervene. a petition demanding her release gathered over 400,000 signatures. in was granted partial art

france 24." i'm genie godula. these are the headlines. as the rebels in aleppo step on reportsk of defeat, new citing atrocities against civilians there. theyn regime troops say have almost entirely recapture the city from the opposition. donald trump names his secretary of state. it will be the exxon mobil chairman, rex tillerson. experience-old has dealing with other nations, but strict the as a businessman. italy's new government gets to work after being sworn in monday, but it's resemblance to the government of matteo renzi last week's prompting calls for a reelection. up, in business, we will need the chinese manufacturers who have chosen to make their products in america. more on that on the way. first, our top story live from paris. new shocking numbers have come out of the syrian city of aleppo. the ewing human rights office says it has received reports of syria up a pro-government forces executing at least 82 civilians as they entered the last remaining rebel strongholds. what has been described as a complete meltdown of humanity. here is more now from rupert c

quite welcome back, you're watching life from paris on "france 24." a failed asylum-seekers from tunisia named the chief suspect in the deadly attack in berlin. he had been due to be deported from germany. as weather conditions worsen, more evacuees move out of eastern aleppo in syria. at least 30,000 people have left the former rebel stronghold in the last few days. and a victory for police here in france. the government agrees to push through key measures that will allow officers to use their firearms more easily when under threat. it follows a spate of violent attacks on police in the last few months. laura: first, a failed asylum seeker from tunisia has been and the chief suspect following monday's deadly truck attack in berlin. anis amri, he is 24 years old and is said to be armed and dangerous. an award is being offered for information leading to his arrest. his id card was found in the vehicle used to kill 12 people in the christmas market in the german capital on monday, and he was already known to the police, as simon now reports. simon: germ

on november 13 here in paris. all three were part of a network led by a tunisian killed in an airstrike last month. ,owing to protect the french france's new prime minister has given his first speech to parliament. theard cazeneuve called on national is silly to extend the year-long state of emergency to cover the presidential elections here next year. he pledged to make battling terrorism a priority during the fry -- the five months that remain of france law holland -- franÇois hollande's term. >> they were able to do so due to a state of emergency. the state of emergency allows police to serve -- search houses and cars and arrest their suspect without getting warrants from a judge. authorities used it to carry out 4193 searches and arrest 517 terror suspects, according to the interior ministry. the prime minister said there is no other option. >> everybody must keep in mind the reality of the contest we're going through. i terror threat persists at a particularly high level. >> the interior ministry says 2000 french citizens are linked to jihadist networks. authorities believe the terror threat will remain high in coming months as fr

france is electing a new president next year. there will be a new cabinet. what does that mean for the chances of this joint initiative for the future? daniel: it does depend on which person is elected president it is whoever is best to invest in digitalization and france. the problem that france faces is strict labor laws. startups cannot be a flexibly. francois hollande had huge difficulty changing that and i cannot and should that whoever the next -- can imagine whatever the next president is, that will not change anytime soon. >> what other reasons to be optimistic about digitalization in europe? daniel: young people, the future managers who will be tech savvy and change things. there is a bright future for digitalization in europe. >> daniel winter, thank you for your insight. brent: to turkey now, where president erdogan has fired or suspended 100,000 state employees since the summer's failed coup attempt. our next story follows one elector who wants her job -- one lecturer who wants her job back, so she protests every daand every day gets arrested. reporter: this is her routine for weeks, every day, rain or shine. the literature teacher heads down to t

olivia: thank you for joining us on "france 24." suspect in the is shot dead in malan. anis amri has been killed i police. he was suspected of carrying out the attack on a christmas market in berlin. vladimir putin talks t to the press. he invited a record number of journalist to attend his end of the year address. aleppo has followed. the syrian army has full control of the devastated city after the last rebels and civilians were evacuated. we are starting this in italy where the interior ministry says police of killed the man suspect did of karen at the attack on na christmas markrket in berlin. 12 people died when a truck herald into the credit market monday evening. arresthad issued a warrant for anis amri. let's hear from the italian interior minister. the person killed was found after a lengthy investigation, which is customary in these cases. without a shadow of a doubt, it the perpetrator of the berlin christmas market attack. we are going to germany now for the latest on the story there. what is the latest from the german authorities? the latest we have is we kn

on "france 24" our headlines this hour.n army retakes aleppo as the last rebel fighters leave the eastern district. 40,000 people have been moved to tin the last few days. german police carry out a series of raids but anis amri remains on the run. the leaders of the world's top two nuclear powers say they want to increase the number of warheads at the disposal. vladimir putin says it's a

olivia: thank you for joining us on "france 24." suspect in the is shot dead in malan. anis amri has been killed i police. he was suspected of carrying out the attack on a christmas market in berlin. vladimir putin talks t to the press. he invited a record number of

you're watching live from paris on "france 24." syrian regime forces in the russian allies continued to pound the city of aleppo. tens of thousands of civilians are trapped and the situation is heartbreaking. the italian prime minister resigns for the second time this successful,ime bowing out after the referendum to feet. and the timetable for brexit. mps have been debating the terms and a detailed plan of what will be discussed. ♪ we begin in syria where according to the yuan sheep ban --moon, the plight of rebels refugees is heartbreaking. they are calling for a cease-fire to allow for the evacuation of the wounded. are making as direct appeal to russia and damascus to stop bombing civilian areas. we spoke to our chief foreign editor about why the russians are refusing to heed the call. >> the rebels are demanding a five-day cease-fire while the wounded can be evacuated. the syrian government backed by the russians and iranians saying no cease-fire unless the rebels quit the city, all of them. the rebels have made it pretty clea

>> hello and thanks for joining us on "france 24." these are our top stories. the evacuation of thousands of civilians and fighters from aleppo is currently suspended following reports of what syrian officials call obstructions. extremely scurrilous is how the kremlin is describing accusations from the white house that vladimir putin personally meddled in the u.s. presidential race. and authorities in china warner levels,ic pollution putting operations on hold. also coming up in the next 30 minutes, a one-of christmas gift or it the greek government questions a bonus for the debt ridden country's poorest citizens. the greek prime minister is talks today with chancellor angela merkel. we are going to begin in northern syria, where the evacuation of thousands of civilians and fighters from rebel-held areas of aleppo has been suspended. amid reports of explosions and obstructions to the evacuation process. many of those fleeing the area had been heading to camps to stay with friends and relatives in other parts of the country. hundreds are thought to require medic

host: time for our business news on "france 24." hi stephen carroll. are starting with italy where time is running out for a rescue of the world's oldest bank. guest: shares have been suspended from trading after concerns about its supply of cash. the reserves of 11 billion euros only lasted four months. previously they said it would last 11. after pledging 16 percent in my land -- milan, montaigne dill pasci is having problems with funding. reinforcing the banks. host: volkswagen has agreed with another settlement over the omission scandal. guest: it is related to audi cars. the company has agreed to pay around $1 billion to compensate owners for having the software that gave false emission readings repairs. his spokeswoman for welcome volkswagen described as a step in making things right. they great too. two cars million affected by the scandal. host: the greek prime minister is holding off a scandal. guest: this is over a christmas bonus he is paying to pensioners. it was not approved by the european union. greece's creditors have frozen measures ea

on "france 24" our headlines this hour. the syrian army retakes aleppo as the last rebel fighters leave the eastern district. 40,000 people have been moved to tin the last few days. german police carry out a series of raids but anis amri remains on the run. the leaders of the world's top two nuclear powers say they want to increase the number of warheads at the disposal. vladimir putin says it's a response to global threats. donald trump says for him it makes sense to boost america's nuclear arsenal. for the fifirst time in four yes controls thegime entire city of aleppo. the rebel fighters left the city as part of an evacuation deal today. tens of thousands of people have been moved to this week. they are known the opposition controlled province. u.n. observers have been deployed to monitor their treatment. esme kernan and is in beirut with more details -- beth mckernan. ofh: after 8 days evacuations and tense negotiations, it does look like the battle for aleppo is over. today, the syrian army said it did a full sweep of

quite welcome back, you're watching life from paris on "france 24."led asylum-seekers from tunisia named the chief suspect in the deadly attack in berlin. he had been due to be deported from germany. as weather conditions worsen, more evacuees move out of eastern aleppo in syria. at least 30,000 people have left the former rebel stronghold in the last few days. and a victory for police here in france.

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the party leader marine le pen has promised a referendum on france's eu membership if she's elected presidentnis star serena williams has taken to reddit to announce her engagement to its co—founder, alexis ohanian. in a poem she posted on the site she wrote that he had taken her for a surprise trip to the restaurant in rome where they first met over a year ago. there, as she put it, "down on one knee he said four words and i said yes." not as much fog around england and wales as friday begins but still the potential for some dense patches. do not drop your guard just yet. still worth checking the situation where you are, especially across parts of east anglia, south—east england where it's a cold start once again but a few fog patches elsewhere. also into wales and midlands. a very different story in northern scotland. a weather system hanging around throughout the day with wind and rain. that rain is more on than off across the north and the western isles. actually to the east of that, parts of north—east scotland will see a bit of sunshine occasionally. this is the picture at 8am, plenty o

on inside. that royal connection did not do us any good when we got inside france. one of the schools that we went to was a british jump school. the british got some c47s, which is a military version of the dc3 douglas air transport. the ones that the brits had to use, especially for these missions going deep into france or other parts of europe, they had to use bombers. we had to learn how to jump out of the bomb bay of a bomber. the parachutes were different. you really have to learn something about it. the british called our method of jumping, or landing, parachute landing fall. their system was better than ours. our system caused me to break my right ankle the first time. my right leg. and that delayed to me a bit getting through jump school. the brits taught this, you don't land with your feet apart, you land with your feet together, knees bent, and you roll on the ground. if your feet are together, you can land on uneven ground, but if you are lending on uneven ground with your legs apart, you will land on one leg. that is precisely why i broke my leg the first

some talk about when he goes one to france was felice domesticated. what does that mean? >> jefferson add a reputation to be anti-slavery one in brazilian man in his 20s to talk about the evils of the slave trade and as a young legislature add these emancipation plan and he wrote about this about to being anti-slavery and he sees anywhere that you go to say at least we are not like that. [laughter] that was his attitude with that revolutionary period there is unrest with but we have problems in america but this place has a lot so now very much in favor of theav french revolution to give a sense we have time to solve problems as well also james and sally had means that he begins to treat them there to start the practice whenever he is in a city he pays everybody so he gives their with these people who have the opportunity because a rebate to have a petition was granted but what they did not do and while he is there to become the face of slavery. but he sees himself as a slave owner but that this unrealistic they are not the of polka of this is his wife's family. allotted ti

of the privatization of the country's energy sector. .nd happy birthday to us "france 24" turns 10 years old today. more on that coming up. first, our top story, live from paris. genie: we will start in france with the political shakeup for the ruling socialists. the interior minister, bernard cassidy, has -- bernard cazeneuve, has just been named prime minister. so the manuel valls can focus on running for president in the next election. that comes after francois hollande's shock announcement that he was not running for a second term. manuel valls' nomination is not a done deal. he will be one of eight candidates in next month's socialist primary. catherine norris-trent has more from the prime minister's office in paris. let's listen. cazenove isernard overas a set hand to take as prime minister. he has held a major role already and government. the interior ministry, presiding over national security, policing .atters, counterterrorism he has also been something of a troubleshooter for francois hollande throughout his five-year term. he was relatively unknown before 2012. he was a spokesman, went on to eur

france continues to grow. more than 110,000 are estimated to have come in 2016. their favored destination is paris. fawad is not the only oneho first wanted to go to germany and then decided for france. he had heard that every one gets residency here, if they wait long enough. fawad: germany is good for the refugees at first. they will give you proper food, shelter, good money. but they won't give you any papers. they will say you are lying and send you back to your country. i heard it from the other fellows on the way that the french are not sending the people back, but opening their doors to refugees. reporter: the number of deportations has fallen in france ahead of next year's presidential elections. francois hollande's center-left government appears keen to avoid making headlines that could be unpopular with left-wing voters. by the afternoon, fawad still hasn't had anything to eat. he hadn't expected to be simply ignored here. from time to time, fawad considers returning to pakistan -- even though he says he's frightened of the taliban there, because he worked for an it organization which also trains young women. that

alan crawford, breaking down the latest news on france and looking ahead to the austrian presidentials. coming up in battle of the charts, although small caps on been a big winner since the election, investors are starting to brace for declines. this is bloomberg. ♪ vonnie: it is time for our global battle of the charts, where we look at some of the most telling charts of the day and present them to you our viewers. you can always access these on your bloomberg. kicking things off in new york is our stoxx reporter joe p oley. >> today i'm talking about the russell 2000 small caps. they just got done with our best month in 16 years versus the s&p 500. they are outlined in the red box. it has been nothing but positive for small caps and's the election, whether it's the strong dollar or some of trump's policies, people have been favoring that. however, the bottom performance tells the story. it shows the vix for the russell 2000 versus the vix for the s&p 500. it is at its highest since 2014, so people are nervous about these gains. maybe it's gone too far, maybe it's time to take some p

. >>> this is the story of one man, one chef, and a city. also it's about france and a lot of other chefs. and a culinary tradition that grew up to change the world of gastronomy. it's about a family tree, about the trunk from which many branches grew. it's about food, lots of food. great food. some of the greatest food on earth. ♪ i took a walk through this beautiful world ♪ ♪ felt the cool rain on my shoulder ♪ ♪ found something good in this beautiful world ♪ ♪ i felt the rain getting colder ♪ ♪ sha la la la la ♪ sha la la la la la la ♪ sha la la la la ♪ sha la la la la la la la ♪ >>> what is it exactly about this place? over the past century the system here, the tradition, whatever it is that took hold here, churned out a tremendous number of the world's most important chefs. chappell, bocuse, toisgros, bocuse, and most importantly, influenced nearly all the rest of them. >> why lyon? why is this such a gastronomic capital? why bocuse here? why troisgros? why all of these great chefs? >> because lyon is really positioned between the north and the south. >> righ

that win at the tour de france in 2012 one of the tour de france in 2012 one of the defining moment ineer that was marked by high. there was questioned about therapeutic use exemption is and they will no doubt go on but the olympic legacy that he leaves, and specific legacy, how he inspired notjust leaves, and specific legacy, how he inspired not just elite leaves, and specific legacy, how he inspired notjust elite sportsmen and women but also millions of people to get on a bike and pedal. thank you. more than 80% of people in england aged between a0 and 60, are either overweight, inactive, or drinking too much. that's according to public health england which says their lifestyles are greatly increasing their risk of diseases such as diabetes. our health correspondent sophie hutchinson has more. this is the trim new look of luke parker since exercising and changing his diet. a few months ago he weighed 22 stone but now he can fit into one of those old trouser legs and a wake—up call came when his seven—year—old son told that he loved comic even though he was fat. it was a case ofjust o

president far right candidate says she will organize a referendum on france's european union membershipe wins. the national front party chief spoke today in a televised interview, where she also pledged a challenge to france's use of the euro. and south korea, opposition lawmakers are moving ahead with plans to begin impeachment proceedings against president park, who has been caught up in an influence peddling scandal. if two thirds of the national assembly votes to in peter, she will hand over power to the prime minister. global news 24 hours a day powered by more than 2600 journalists and analysts in 120 countries. i am courtney collins. this is bloomberg. p.m. just after 5:30 wednesday here in new york. i'm joined by paul allen with a look at the markets. >> good morning. this looks like it will be a good day across the region after that strong relief from the u.s. up new zealand indexes been about a third of 1%. nikkei futures also looking positive. a large amount of data that is coming out of japan today. also at the same time, trade balance and current account or both out for oct

tens of thousands of people that have become radicalized across the continent in europe and one country, france. the figure is 13, 14, 15,000 people who are being monitored in one way shape or form for their radical views. that's a huge amount and that creates all sorts of security threats moving forward. on top of that, we've seen up to 9,000 europeans travel to isis territory in syria and iraq. 2 or 3,000 have now come back to europe, that produces all sorts of security concerns as well. this is a worrying period coming out for europe. the only good news here is that it's become more difficult for people to travel to syria and iraq, and more difficult for them to send operatives back. that corridor they exploited so sava savagely, thanks to a deal between the european union and turkey, that's really been closed down to a great degree, much more difficult for them to send operatives back to europe. they are still trying, they want to get attacks through, they're losing territory in syria and iraq, that's put an impetus on them to change the subject line, to project a sense of strength. externa

some of her views on france into leaving the eu or the eurozone might actually look better now that sheminee. fillonogram of francois who is considered to have less extremist views on the social issues and the issues with the european union. >> tended to president-elect donald trump's latest cabinet picks. tom price is slated to be the next secretary of health and human services. the good possibly oversee the it affordableal of the care act. >> this is a congressman that was also a supporter of donald trump. he did appear at the gettysburg address of sorts, with vice president elect pence as well as trump. i'm sorry come outside of philadelphia -- sorry, outside of philadelphia. and obamacare was a big reason why many midwestern's rates -- states went for donald trump. >> breaking news, the president-elect's cabinet is coming together. joining us now from washington for an update on the transition is our bloomberg political reporter. >> they are being put in place as we get an idea of how the trumpet ministers and is going to be treating foreign trade deals and how they will be treating

in the eurozone context, the underlying economy, the institutions are weaker, everybody focuses on franceain, taking a medium term, three to five-year view, a lot of risk in europe, not as much reward as you got in the past in terms of compensation. we think we can do better with other global alternatives. >> very nice to see you. have a wonderful weekend. andrew balls over at pimco. >>> lovely e-mail from david. he wrote in saying hey, why are you two on now? >> yes. >> in a good way. >> i got a nice one from tom. hi, steve and ross. ross? >> yeah. >> ross? >> yes. >> dear friend ross hasn't been here for a while. it's about time you two lightweights did a full shift. it's so true. so true. i'm not so sure about the lightweights. >> the chairs are comfortable. enjoying this hour. >> stamping our own unique blend on this. >>> donald trump named david freedman as u.s. ambassador to israel. freedman is seen as a hard liner who has advocated the annexization of the west bank and questioned the need for a two-state solution. he said in a statement he was honored by the nomination and looked f

may have been tempted by a vote for marine le pen, they had been worried that some of her views on franceing the eu or the eurozone might actually look better now that she is a nominee. the program of francois fillon, who is considered conservative, right-wing programs may be instead of less extreme views on social issues with the european union. vonnie: turning to president-elect donald trump's latest cabinet picks. tom price is slated to be the next secretary of health and human services. price could possibly oversee the repeal of the affordable care act next year, one of the top legislative or days for republicans. >> this is a congressman that was also a supporter of donald trump. he did appear at the gettysburg address of sorts, with vice president elect pence as well as trump. i'm sorry, outside of philadelphia. they talked about repealing obama care. and obamacare was a big reason why many midwestern states went for donald trump. david: breaking news, the president-elect's cabinet is coming together. steve and wilbur ross confirmed for the cabinet. joining us now from washington fo

france title. achievements which took him on a path to the palace.'s remarkable career has finally come to a halt, saying that he has fulfilled all of his childhood dreams and aspirations. it is easy sitting here with the glory of winning but when you're out there, at any moment you think you idiot, why do you carry on? i always wanted to go out on the top. bradley wiggins kindled his love of cycling at his local club in london and aged 12 he knew what he wanted to achieve, telling his teachers that one day he would be an olympic champion. he delivered on a promise, winning his first gold medal at the athens games in 200a. all at a time when british cycling success was far from normal. and his personality intertwined with the love of mod culture helped him transcend and popularise his sword. and popularise his sport. his retirement comes at a time of heightened scrutiny into his career. earlier this year russian hackers revealed that he had been given powerful steroid injections before three key races including his 2012 tour de france win. the substa

this coming election in france is a very important one because he is pushing the most aggressive free market reform that i have seen come out of a french candidate in my lifetime. you just never see that in france where they have socialists and the right is almost as socialist as the left. that's an alternative to the blood and soil nationalism that marine lapin is pushing. >> it will be a key election in that respect, paul, because here is the paradox of populism. by and large it can be summed up as people saying, i'm mad as hell, and i'm not going to take it anymore except when the government starts suggesting that they pair back, say, labor regulations and rules that protect people. and at that point, a lot of these mad as hell people say, whoa, wait a minute. i'm not giving up any of the stuff that protects me. let somebody else take the burden. >> i'm not giving up my entitlement payments. >> spain, italy, france, it has been the same thing reflected. so that election will be very key in suggesting whether people are ready to bear that burden. >> i think dan's right on that. fran