go from french fries to global unrest. it's-- i like to call them friots. how in the world do we, do we get to global mayhem from a tasty side? well, we have to start, maybe it's the mystery woman, with michelle obama, who is talking now about how to fight childhood obesity. >> what i am announcing that you consider-- pragmatic in incremental ways to create healthier versions of the foods that we all love. to me serving 1% skem milk or make healthy sides like apple slices or carrots, a choice and try something.... >> glenn: that is such a good idea. now, my first thought when she's talking to the n.r.a. was she was speaking to the n.r.a. and i realized the national restaurant association. wow, makes a little more sense. when i heard this, i thought, get your damn hands off my fries, lady. if i want to be a fat, fat, fatty and shovel french fries all day long, that's my choice, but no, not so fast anymore. because now we have the new fact, whether you like it or not, we have government health care now. well, what does that

the commission is accusing the french government of lying. the minister said he was telling the truth and he did not see the document concerned. >> i did not know about the existence of this memo. this is not a way for me to clear my name but this was not sent to me. i was alerted by the media this weekend and that is how i saw that memo. >> nonetheless, the eu commission has given the clearest possible symbol that they believe that the roma are being discriminated against. if the french to not change their policy, they will have to go to the eu department of justice. they could face a considerable fine if they did not treat the roma like other citizens. >> the israeli prime minister and the palestinian present have begun a serious discussion on the disputes between their people according to the american envoy, george mitchell. our correspondent was there. >> this is the city of peace as it calls itself or maybe it should be called the city of analyst peace talks. israeli and palestinian leaders met for the second time in two weeks after two

i mean you know the french army says rio de mint. you know britain doesn't respond we could reduce even in one nine hundred thirty nine britain puts war two divisions on the continent of europe in terms of actual continental commitment britain isn't serious even in one hundred forty. it's the results that matter but they lack the will ok bill i want to jump you go ahead you want to jump into this mix we're going to go ahead. i'd like to i like to jump good to see a few words about soviet foreign policy in the one nine hundred thirty s. let's not forget that in one nine hundred thirty four stalin executes an about face in soviet foreign policy up to about time the soviet union had been on very close terms with germany and after hitler comes to power stalin inaugurate the so-called popular front policy he brings his country into the league of nations which had been shunned shining before he orders the communist parties in western europe to vote in favor of rearmament and in one hundred thirty five he signed a military alliance with fra

that was contradicted by an external french memo -- an internal french memo that was leaked. we were all stunned. it was forthright, dramatic. it pulled no punches, and no one can remember a commissioner having such a direct ago at a member state at that. she simply said that what france was done was illegal. they have been duplicitous. there are attacks on that group. she says this is something she is not seen since the second world war. france did have the authority of the senior commission team. >> and that was our reporter in brussels. to get reaction from france, we spoke to our correspondent in france and asked her what the response has been. >> some 230 were sent back to romania from airports in paris and marseille, so the message at least is very much business as usual for the french government, regardless of what the eu commission might say, but, yes, parents has been stunned by the words from the commissioner. behind the scenes, the issue has gotten so contentious that it is becoming more evident by the day, this evening, a party spoke. expressing hopes that the eu

. -- former railway station run by the french. this is where this man arrived in 1982. he cannot speak a german back then, that is not a problem. >> generally, all germans to work for the allied forces could speak some french. they really like us. >> this person got a job at the station and as manager of the french military train. that is when he met his future wife, a german. it was clear he would stay in berlin even long after the allies pulled out. >> it was the end of an era and a chapter in our lives. we knew we were going to lose our jobs while we were traveling. we made the most of the last military training journey and came back in the morning with tears in our eyes. >> those tears have long since dried. he has opened a delicatessen. berlin is his second home and he has left his own legacy from the time of the allied occupation. >> this is a piece of france in berlin. everyone who comes here knows what to expect. >> a lot of berliners were sad to see the western forces go in the summer of 1994, when they paraded with pomp

the biggest worry for the french is thought to be north african militants. in britain, the government has kept the national threat level at severe, its second-highest, meaning a terrorist attack is thought likely. neither a tax more arrests are -- attacks nor arrests are expected soon. >> workers have taken to the streets across europe in protest to austerity measures being imposed by national governments. there have been demonstrations in greece, ireland, and italy. tens of thousands travel to brussels to march on european union headquarters. in spain, there is a general strike. >> large crowds were on the streets in madrid this evening supporting spain's first general strike in eight years. the message repeated here and elsewhere in europe today was no to austerity. before dawn, workers were trying to prevent buses leaving the transport depot. spanish unions wanted to shut down the capital and demonstrate that the people were against spending cuts. columns of strikers marched around the city center. when they found stores that were defying calls for a gene

didn't really the french were perfectly willing to say. it was simply that they had the ground cut underneath them by first of the americans and subsequently the british so that by the one nine hundred thirty is the french simply titled along the line british policy because they didn't think they had either the military all the financial. means to go it alone and that does bring it back to the fact that there's no rush or in the rush or of being one of the guarantors of the one thousand nine hundred settlement he would have had a much more hard headed rail politique attitude towards international stability the basic problem of course is that once you begin quoting national self-determination . you know you're basically talking about a greater germany in the center of europe as a huge security threat to everyone else around so that is the basic dilemma of their side you know frank if i go to you this on this theme is very interesting for me because basically by the end of the one nine hundred thirty s. there is this contempt for internation

scrap over the french deportation of roma migrants. mr. sarkozy accused the commission of wounding france through unacceptable insults and drawing parallels between its deportation of room to the sort of deportation experienced during the second world war. >> for weeks now, french police have been dismantling illegal camps of roma and expelling some of them from france. the european union has threatened to take legal action, saying france is targeting particular ethnic groups. it has already led to a major row between paris and the european commission. today, it overshadowed the summit in brussels. over lunch, the french president was involved in a blazing argument with the most senior european official. he shouted that he was defending the honor of france. his anger was directed at a comment by the european commissioner that the expulsions reminded her of actions taken during world war ii. >> everyone here was deeply shocked, especially given our wartime history, that these words were deeply wounding and insulting to my fellow country

it is great for us. >> some french people are unsettled by this development. for example, one has written a letter of protest to his municipal government, citing the french law insuring separation of religion and state. >> we have been upholding the separation for centuries in the public arena. we are citizens of french -- citizens of france and you know where our religious affiliations on our sleeve. this principle is at risk and many citizens are worried by these developments. >> even this nearby japanese restaurant has gone halal. stores and restaurants are no longer a niche market. you used to have to head to the back streets of immigrant neighborhoods. those days are long gone. halal is mainstream whether non- muslims like it or not. >> anybody buying a burger here is automatically supporting islamic organizations which monitor the slaughtering and contributing to the mosques that give official approval. >> quick typical me has been welcomed by the large muslim community. more quick outlets are following suit. in the fall, the sublet is planning to make t

>>reporter: last winter, helped by healthy snowfall, the ski resort of st lary in the french pyrenees sold 600 thousand ski passes bringing in around 16 million dollars. not bad for a small resort, but the industry is on a tricky slope. hiking the price of lift passes, already close to 40 dollars a day, in these tight economic times is not an option. the solution - make the most of the resort in the summer. >>bockman: just 10% of western europeans go skiing each year and in fact that number is going down.so right now ski resorts have to look for new business opportunities elsewhere. >>reporter: the local authorities have invested close to 80 million dollars here over the past decade. the lifts are a large fixed cost that have to be maintained, so it makes sense to use that assetin the off season. >>bernia: (in french) being open all year is a necessity for us because we have an economy to keepbusy. shops need to be able to stay open all year around, the local population especially the ski staffneed to have a future. its always difficult for seasonal staff to work for just the ski seas

. ♪ >> french workers have taken to the streets to protest against the government's pension reforms. they want president nicolas sarkozy to drop plans to raise the retirement age from 60 to 62. the destruction caused widespread destruction in a number of areas, including public transport. >> the unions had aimed for a massive show of strength against the reform. police say hundreds of thousands took to the streets across france. many are deeply uneasy about seeing the retirement age raised to 62. >> the movement is so big that the message cannot be ignored. the reforms need to be changed. >> the strikes launched late on monday in mainly targeted the public sector, including rail transport. metro services in paris are only running every 30 minutes. commuters were packed into overcrowded carriages. there were long waits at the airport, too. still a majority of voters are against the proposed reforms. >> we need to strike against the reforms and everything else happening at the moment. i agree with it completely. >> to take decisions like this without consulting anyone, that is not what

president sarcozy said french would crack down on illegal settlements. they say the move was designed to boost the sagging support. but reactions were swift. >> the rona must return home. they are illegal status. they are living on someone's territory where they shouldn't be. they should go back to romania. that is normal. >> they are here. without work and without papers and without money and so they are better in their country. >> you know t might be exaggerated but it makes me think of-- it is rather scandalous. >> those people are human beings and i don't see why they are expeled. they shouldn't be. this is so-called country of equality. it is not t is a racist country. it i think the government is racist. >> that negative feelings echoed up to the highest ranks of the european union at a meeting of 27 leaders in mid-september. the eu justice commissioner commissioner-- linked french's frances expulsion to the-- ban. >> i personally have been appalled by a situation which gave the impression that the people are being removed from a member state of th

it wasn't just french but it was french and it was scottish. and you look at our document and those ideals are there captured in that document. and so it is, tuck phil, you reread tuck phil, i bet you had to read it in school. and if you reread it and will you see my goodness this is perceptive about our society, so part of it is that. part of it is someone told me a long time ago, an old woman, maria combardy. she said you know, stephen, if you can really learn a foreign language you'll be another person. and she didn't mean it will change-- she meant it's better. it's better to see things. so i've tried with that. >> rose: okay. so here's the question about that. to your young grandchildren, they come to you and they say granddaddy justice, we want to learn a foreign language. but my friends father says that forget about french. >> uh-huh. >> rose: i should learn chinese. >> my answer, first they say grandpa, and i would say you know, you're going to have to make this choice, your parents will, because i can't. what about spanish. an awful lo

targeting >>in french: at home we do not have a football only a rugby ball. and that's what we play with in the garden.... i far prefer the spirit of rugby to football, it's a team sport, and it's about fair play. in fact there are lots of reasons i prefer rugby. >>reporter: after the disastrous performance of the sullen national football team in the recent world cup, where players went on strike and refused to train - spoilt rich footballers are out of favour. rugby is hoping to capitalize by picking up the pieces. >>dullin: i don't know if we will see a surge in new rugby players due to this tour but we will seepositive effects in other ways, seeing people who share the same values as us. in the current tougheconomic times, rugby is a unifier, it's about team respect and sticking together. >>reporter: of course rugby does suffer from an image problem of its own, that's it's a rough and dangerous sport. >>reporter: one of the main goals of the beach rugby promotion is to overcome that image. the firststep is to remove physical tackling. >>dajrant: in french

tw wrote in french oat -- two voted for her.'s mozambique's has reversed its decision to raise some food prices. the local bread will now be sold at its previous price. top government ministers were involved. a senior u.n. official has called for the prosecution after the alleged mass rape of women note in the democratic or condo -- women in the democratic republic of condo. our bbc reporter traveled to the region to interview the victims. >> well, the democratic republic of congo, looking into a specific case of more than 204 women who were raped in several villages, just several kilometers from a u.n. base, and the peacekeeping mission there had responded quite late, in fact, have not even heard about it more than 10 days or so after it took place, so he says that their response had been inadequate, and he basically told the security council that they will take steps to try to prevent anything like this from happening again, so close to the doorsteps. more patrols, spot checks that night, as well as seven-up different things in

as a result, none of the french have private pension plans. the french simply will not believe that to the cash is running out. even if they do believe it, they expect the government to fix it and they should not have to sacrifice any further. one governor -- government official said that these are like a warning time that the french people have to go through before they can accept that these reforms are necessary and inevitable. the socialist party in opposition is holding out a ray of hope. they say if they are elected, they will roll back the retirement age to 60 and this will just be a bad dream. >> it does not look like this government is going to back down soon. the last strike did not cause nicolas sarkozy to back down. will these strikes have any effect? >> no, that is not going to happen. a statement welcomed what the government sees as a notably reduced turnout. they imply that this whole strike movement is moving out of steam. that is just in time for the bill to put -- that bill to be put in front of the senate. they expect it to g

the biggest worry for the french is thought to be from north african militants. in britain, the government has decided to keep the national threat level at its second highest, meaning a terrorist attack is thought highly likely. u.k. officials say neither a tax nor arrests are expected imminently. frank gardner, bbc news. >> workers have taken to the streets across europe in a day of protest against the austerity measures being imposed by national governments. there have been demonstrations in ireland, greece, and latvia. there were marches on european union headquarters. in spain, there is a general strike. >> before dawn, strikers were at the madrid transport depot, trying to prevent buses leaving. the spanish unions were determined to shut down the capital and so demonstrate that the people were against spending cuts. later, columns of strikers marched around the city center. when they found stores that were defying calls for a general strike, they pushed inside, insisting the owners closed for the day. the police often intervened, but still the shutters came

the french accused the germans are only paying lip service to liberalization. they also complain that a door to a bond subsidiary and not a neutral body divides routes between competitors. the germans accused sncf of maintaining a monopoly on domestic passenger travel, while running passenger services in germany through a subsidiary. deutsche upon urgently wants to resolve the conflicts, so it can test its high-speed ice 3 on the title bout between paris and london, but that would challenge the french monopoly and the french blocked deutsche a bond was last at 10, saying the german high-speed train was 25 meters short of the required length. >> european media companies say they are benefiting from a recovering market for advertising. among them is a corporation in germany reporting profits of about 250 million euros for the first half of the year, following losses the same time last year. advertising funded media companies are enjoying a rebound. the bottom line has also been boosted by deep cuts in operating costs. that has increased its profit forecast for th

where she it's the second grand slam for the american per for their french open triumph last year. thirty two years ago the united states first lost in olympic basketball much the soviet union shocking the world cup day but there was to be no repeat performance from russia against their all foes out the world championships this week constantine the top off reports. one of final for russia was a god is a good result beforehand for a team lacking the biggest stars so david blood side had nothing to lose in this one and in fact victory over the u.s. would have been considered a sensation the russians producing a good start from the table feeling confident clean the fans and trading three point shots nothing really separating the two teams at the end of the first quarter twenty five all the games stayed just as tight in the second american reducing the difference to just a single point here russia then went thirty five thirty up but that was the biggest gap they would muster the u.s. taking control scoring the next twelve points including a floating bowling from kevin durant the third

but today's comment is a huge embarrassment to the french president. and now stands a tough cop to collapsing his unpopularity. >> if president sarkozy was to back down, he will be humiliated. and if he continues, france remains a confrontation with the european union. >> the area around the eiffel tower in paris has been reopened to the public after the police found a false alarm. about 2,000 people were told to leave the area, the police combed the area and nothing found. there was a breach of press freedom lords. accused of the presidency of the high level government leak into an investigation into party funding. the united states says that the israeli and palestinian leaders have held a core issue, and after peace talks resume in egypt and that they approach negotiations in good faith. a respect from sharm-el-sheikh. >> a city of peace that sharm sharmlele sheik, hillary clinton was there in person to persuade as the united states fights to keep up the momentum. she's egger to talk up the propects to silence the downtowners. >> all of us reaffirmed

although the french foreign ministry said. it was astonished by the comments. >> if president sarkozy was that back down. he would be humiliated. >> gavin hewitt, "bbc world news," paris. >> benjamin netanyahu has begun serious discussions with their peoples. >> that accords to george mitchell. summing up a day of egyptian talks. >> shaman sheik or endless peace talks. with the tourists oblivious to the talks, hillary clinton was there in person to persuade and cajole as the united states fights to keep up the momentum. she's eager to talk up the propects and the american piece. george mitchell shared his thoughts. >> we share our goal of a just, lasting and secure peace. >> the sticking point is the issue of settlements. the palestinians are ready to walk away from the talks. israely netanyahu has been pressed to not give up ground. although he says there's progress >> the parties did sit together for 2 long sessions and return to jerusalem. no big announcements and the best anyone is claiming is that they're continuing. ther

french seafarer who discovered it it is described as the right to settle in region we'll take a look what's in store for us here. a suspected it top underworld figure has survived an assassination attempt in central moscow earlier reports said that young and better known as papa hassan had died after a gun attack boyko has more from the scene of the shooting. this crime took place here in central moscow just steps away from the prominent public restaurant of was shot several times he received three gunshots to the abdomen and he is now believed to be fighting for his lives in the one of the moscow hospitals it is still unclear how the assassin was able to get so close to him because of a hassle and have all due reasons to fear for his life he was accompanied by boy guards at the whole time and one of the border guards is also believed to be in hospital at the moment the street out attracting the attention of not only police obviously but also people who look like they may have been working with baba haasan over the past few hours we have seen numerous cars driving across the crime sc

the german government has denied claims by the french president that berlin is planning to clear roma accounts in germany and deport people living there back to their country of origin. sarkozy said it after an eu summit in brussels. the meeting was called to discuss foreign policy but was overshadowed by the controversial deportation. sarkozy also talked with the eu commission had about the issue. >> president nicolas sarkozy lsd eu summit after a war of words over the controversial deportations. after clashing with the european commission president, sarkozy also angered germany by climbing berlin also plans to clear from the camps. >> merkel indicated there was going to be a proceeding of the evacuation of the camps in the coming week. we will see how calm german politics will become then. >> angela merkel's office promptly denied the claim, the chancellor and the french president had not discussed rahm in germany. most of germany's roma live in homes and hospitals, not in camps like those in france. >> in germany, there are repatriations. regardless of the country of origin, they a

you want to see chavez crossing the street with loud crowds following him or if you want to see the french president sarkozy and carla bruni going to one of new york's chic restaurants to have lunch it is mahmoud ahmadinejad really stealing the spotlight this year we're expecting protests to take place all throughout the entire week there are ads all over new york city against mahmoud ahmadinejad and of course he's going to be making speeches and that is something that's also very closely watched and. traditionally we see u.s. delegations walking out when he makes a speech and so on so definitely he's the man stealing the show for now this time around investigative journalist to tone these the french press didn't have the most inspiring words for the design the u.n. so far so cold for a global financial institution from the money needed to fulfill their promises. what we're talking about is the millennium goals eight areas where world poverty education child mortality maternal health of the things and the hope is that you can reduce the extreme poverty people living on less than a dollar a