also, we had a lot of tensions in france. but the january attacks have really brought us to a new level and i think since these attacks we have reached a crucial point. i have written that these attacks were a direct assault on our identity because they targeted several pillars of this french identity, as i see it free speech diversity, the targets were very obvious, the cartoonists who had drawn those drawings of muhammad. jews targeted as jews and killed as such. and security force members. also, most of the victims of those attacks over the past couple of years, most of the security forces who have been targeted in various attacks have been men and women who had diverse ethnic background or religious or muslim background and this is not a coincidence, of course. so we are now forced to confront the danger and the threat that has been there and we knew it was there but the intensity and voracity of the attacks in january just have made us look squarely at the problem. now, how do we confront this threat? again, i will go st

not only from france but -- it's such bad news to hear. she was in one of my first international finals. she actually won and broke the world record. for me at the time i was happy to be where the world record was broken rather than on my own performance. small things like that that she brought to a lot of athletes. now she's not here to tell her story and pass on her journey to everybody else. >> it's one of those sports, isn't it, swimming. she's 24 and retired already. so much ahead of her. >> yeah. such a short life cycle. a short time. kind of her whole life was ahead of her. it really is hard to hear the story of her and she won't be able to tell it. >> thank you very much indeed for giving us a moment of your time from your busy training schedule. a sad day for the world of sport and swimming. >>> violent clashes broke out between student protesters and police in myanmar. students tried to breakthrough police lines in letpadan. several people have been arrested. they were carrying on their march further south. they are protesting ag

genie: memorials for the stars killed sprung up across france. hundreds of people turned out in the southern town of nice, the home of political medalist swimmer camille muffat. a tribute was held for boxer alexis vastine in normandy. tonight, the football team will be wearing black armbands. more memorials held across japan to mark the fourth anniversary of the earthquake and tsunami that sparked a nuclear crisis on march 11, 20 11. a massive wall of water traveling the speed of a jet plane smashed into the coast. close to 16,000 died. over 2.5 thousand more are still missing. for the relatives of those who were never found, the absence of a body to mourn has made the grieving process harder. more on one father who is still looking for the remains of his three-year-old son. >> four years of searching, four years of heartbreak. on march 11, 2011, he lost almost his whole family. his parents, daughter and his three-year-old son, who has never been found. the area's proximity to the fukushima nuclear power plant has hindered his search. >>in the fo

that was chris bochner reporting for us from toulouse france -- toulouse france. the u.s. state department has said it will publish every clinton's e-mails from when she was secretary of state after it has reviewed them, but the review is likely to take several months. >> the likely presidential candidate is tonight trying to defuse a controversy about her use of a private e-mail for official business while she was secretary of eight. until now she has not spoken publicly. she is giving a news conference right now. >> it is an interesting study in how europe deals with budgets and rules. >> the european union remain strict in its handling of greek debt, saying that athens must meet all requirements of economic reforms if it wants more bailout aid. >> but for france, the language and the demands well, they sound softer. france has violated eu rules on deficit spending will -- but will get two years time to turn things around. >> the european commission made its assessments and now it is official. european finance ministers have approved a controversial extension for france.

tom: france, another airplane crash. it crashed in france. this is just out right now. we are going to break and come back with more on the crash. we will have much more on this. this is "bloomberg surveillance." ♪ breaking news. an airplane crash south of france. this is a lufthansa. it is a low-cost carrier based out of germany heading to barcelona. there were 142 passengers on board plus two pilots and for cabin crew. french police have confirmed the crash. tom: brendan, jump in here with what you have learned. northeast of marseille. brendan: dusseldorf is a little further up there. this is one of the lower cost carriers. it is on an airbus a320. india just ordered about 400 of them. last year, a chinese company ordered 100 of them. there are about 4000 of them in the air. olivia: it does have a terrific safety record. i believe lufthansa owns german wings. that is why we are seeing shares falling in german pn -- falling in european shares right now. it has crashed in digne. tom: we will have more on this. olivia: underwater homeowners sinking deeper into debt. if

she was also born in france, the daughter of an algerian immigrant. she converted to islam in her early 20s and is now married to the imam of the mosque we visited. the mother of seven said once or twice a month she's ridiculed because she wears a headscarf. she also said she's been excluded from her children's school field trips, and back in 2012 she had a confrontation in a store. >> ( translated ): a woman tore into me, really insulted me. she said you've rejected our origin. because she knew that i'm french, because i told her. she really insulted me with all these names. she almost hit me. >> reporter: bensilla said she reported the incident to the police, but nothing happened. according to a national muslim advocacy group in france, after the paris attacks the number of islamophobic acts across the country increased by 70%, compared to the same time period last year. >> ( translated ): it doesn't bother me. i ignore them. but, when you have your kids with you and someone insults you, it's degrading. and frankly when it happens on the street it's

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this is our friends at france 24. now some video, very clearly showing the rugged aspect the difficult area that these responders are going to have to be going through. >> the interesting bit about that footage is the cloud base. so if you have an emergency at 38,000 feet we don't know you can't use instruments, but you could use the instruments, but going back to that navigate bit of the mantra, pilot looks up, looks at his equipment and says where's the nearest airfield. . the chances are the airfield is going to be concealed by cloud. you can see if the pilot is trying to land this aircraft the airstrip if it's within the proximity of the region will be covered by cloud up until whatever the cloud base is. the cloud base is on the peaks of the mountain. it's going to be an incredible difficult situation because the pilots are not going to get visual potentially if they have a diversion airfield. they are not going -- they are going to have a late visual. >> talk to me about the communications aspect. we're just lea

and saying that it impact upon spain france and germany. that gives you a sense of the european element an airliner flying from bourse to barcelona to dÜsseldorf. we wait to find out what nationalities the other onboard were. >> that does point to the issue of jurisdiction, doesn't it? as you say, it was a german plane flying from spoken, the aircraft manufactured in france. what about the issue of jurisdiction and what role will the germans play in the investigation? >> well, obviously the territorial elements of this disaster was french. it came down in the alpine region, an air inside the alps. the french a authorities will take the lead in this investigation. we can be certain there will be a strong german component of this investigation because given the fact it was a german airline, that it was flying to a german destination. they will be very keen to take a key role in the investigation but of course, it must be led by the french, because territory it landed in their air space on their territory. the foreign minister is on his way t

a spokesman for france for france's aviation authority said the airliner crashed near the town of barcelonnette, 100 kilometers near the french riviera city of nice. the statement of the prime minister's office said the crash happened in a remote and sparsely inhabited commune in the foothills of the french alps. the airbus said it was aware of reports about the crash in the area. everybody is trying to get to the scene right now. rescue workers are having a very, very difficult time. again, the a320 is 24 years old. it's been part of lufthansa since 1991. mike? >> john cox, we are receiving reports that they lost signal with the plane when the plane was at 6800 feet. what would that indicate to you, if anything? >> i think more than anything it says that the descent was pretty rapid. i'm seeing numbers in excess of 4,000 feet a minute. that dictates a rapid descent but not one outside of what could be unusual to descend below 10,000 feet. if they had a pressurization problem descending to 10,000 would be normal but descend below that that is the question the investigators are going to be looki

we came close to declaring war on france as well. the issues of war was one of national integrity, to inculcate the american people a sense of american pride. , to establish american diplomacy in the courts of europe so that they knew they had a nation with whom to contend and not merely some subordinate to the english or french in the matter of trade. i think the war was inevitable only because of the intractability of the british and their failure to negotiate. i think the war has been most successful. we did not seek to conquer land in canada. we do not seek to subjugate another people. we had hoped that the americans living in canada might urge that province to join our own in the united states. i believe my own secretary of state, mr. munro suggested to the peace commissioners at one point that we might advance the idea canada being involved in the negotiations. i don't know whether that has been proposed by the committees commission -- by the these commission or not. these are matters of national dignity, not the congress pre-.

there are 8 million of us in france. when i go back to the homeland, people tell me i'm not from there, i'm in immigrant, not an arab. and here, i'm not french, so who are we? we're bastards of civilization. >> himself, he was born in algeria in 1953 into a family known as algerian -- a french of algerian descent. he was nine years old at the time, and he has not forgotten. >> some people's childhood memories are about having a laugh at school. mine are about having to step over bodies when school ended during the last months of what was a war. my parents never recovered. they always thought that paradise was lost. >> the experience shaped his political and ideological views. he wants to bring order back to the south of france. his ideas resonate with much of the population. half of which elected him. at a flower market, the mayor is greeted by residents who congratulate him and thank him for everything he's done for the city. he is gracious and thanks them all for supporting him. the people are very proud of their beaut

we came very close to declaring war on france as well. but the issues of war were ones of national integrity. to wrinkle to the american people, to establish american diplomacy in the courts of europe so that they knew they had a nation with whom to contend, not merely some subordinate of the british or the french. i think that the war was inevitable only because of the intractability of the british and their failure to negotiate. i think that the law has been most successful. we did not seek to conquer land in canada or subjugate other people. we had held upon city of americans living in canada and might have urged the province to join our own united states, such as mr. monroe suggesting that -- suggesting to the commissioner at one point that we would advance the idea of canada being next in the united states negotiations for the cessation of hostilities. these matters were not of congress but of national dignity. we had sought to express to the this american independence defect oh. for that reason i believe the war was inevitable and t

. >> you are watching "france 24." more line up at the funeral for russian opposition leader boris nemtsov. he was shocked dead friday at the kremlin two days before he was set to lead a peace march on ukraine. the israeli trimester takes his fight against an iran nuclear dear to washington. he is set to address a joint meeting of the u.s. congress they, but the white house is keeping his distance. and a major international conference on ebola is now on in brussels. infection rates have dropped since their height in the fall. the official death toll continues to rise. time for the business news on "france 24" with stephen carroll. something fun for car lovers. we will go straight to the geneva motor show. >> that is right, the cars are the stars in geneva today. we have seen them recover in the past year, i suppose we have seen sales increased i .6% in the eu last year to 12 point 5 million vehicles, but that is still well below their peak of 16 million back in 2007. genie, we have the stock market that i will give you

thank you for joining us on "france 24." three of france's top athletes have been killed in a helicopter crash in argentina. camille muffat, florence arthaud , an d alexis vastine all died when two helicopters collided during the filming of a reality show. 10 were dead in all including two argentinian pilots. we have more on the sports stars killed in the crash. >> she was considered one of the first woman to carve out a place for herself in the world of sailing. she won a prestigious race in 1990 and remain passion for the sport. the champion narrowly escape death three years ago surviving a shipwreck while sailing solo off the coast of course ago. camille muffat won gold at the olympic games in london for the 400 meter freestyle. fellow winners described her as shy an reserve. boxing champion alexis vastine won a bronze medal in beijing. he was eliminated in the quarterfinals. the tragic deaths have placed france in a state of mourning. >> we've more now on the possible costs behind the crash. investigators are looking int

likely to come from france and southern france in the area that jacky rowland was referring to. >> we are getting confirmation now, the french president francois hollande has actually confirmed that indeed this tragedy has occurred. he's talked about 142 to 150 people feared dead, so on that plane, obviously that's the number. dominic, i wonder if you know this particular part of france, we're talking about an alpine area mountainous area toward the south of the country. >> yes well, looking on social media, there was some indication that the name indicates high ground mountainous. that maybe one of the factors to air accident investigators will look into, whether what caused the plane to be low flying, perhaps low in an air that was mountainous, but obviously translating from duesseldorf to barcelona in southern spain it would be taken in that area. >> this area is somewhere that would not necessarily be the kind of place you'd expect there to be problems that would bring an airliner down. again, we need to be careful looking into what may have caused this and go back to and report w

the kind of action france has to take. reporter: but the plan faces opposition from the powerful union. they are concerned about the impact it could have on job security. reporter: we take a look at some of the other stories. the turnaround seems to be working. almost $1.3 billion last year. they are revamping stores in france and continues to revamp its market. the firm lost 140 million euros and up to 10 million the previous year. the collapse of the russian ruble. anchor: thank you so much. time now for the press review. ♪ anchor: let's take a look at what the weekly news magazines are saying. reporter: we start out with "l'express." taxes, the great revolt. it continues. you can imagine paying all those taxes we have. francois hollande has said no more taxes, not this year, not in 2016, and not in 2017, which is a french presidential election year. there was a wealthy textile in switzerland, saying i pay the same taxes as i would in france. i don't have the problem of regulations changing all the time. they keep on m

and it is not just happening in france. i have felt it all over europe but specifically in france, anti-semitism is at an all-time high. people are becoming -- behaving and reacting in an extremely fearful ways. it is scary. reporter: madonna getting political. "rebel heart" is her 13th album. is she still the queen of pop? >> absolutely. she is still the unrivaled queen. she may be in her 50's, but she is as edgy and controversial as ever. she has lyrics comparing her vaginal fluids to holy water. always in vogue. she is touching on some of today's trends. she dials it up on an electronic dance number featuring nicki minaj. kanye west she has called him the black female version of herself -- reporter: and fashion week. >> it's the perfect collision of his love of art, fashion, and music. it was on the outskirts of paris. it is a sign that he has made up with the fashion house after calling for fans to boycott the label in 2003. he had a fallout with some of the top executives -- a falling out with some of the top executive

france's prime minister says no survivors have been found. at least 150 people were on board including two babies and several students. all passengers and crew are feared dead. this is an image we've just gotten in of the crash scene from a french newspaper. the flight was traveling from barcelona to dusseldorf when it transmitted a distress code. that is a detail we're getting conflicting information, but earlier it was indicated that a distress call digital distress call was sent out from the crew. now, the flight though disappeared from radar just before 11:00 a.m. local time. about an hour after takeoff. the plane went down in the remote area of the frenchal ps making search and rescue effort -- to say it is extremely difficult is putting it mildly here. we're getting new information. the u.s. state department says that it is reviewing whether any u.s. citizens were on board germanwings airbus flight as well as we're getting some information regarding whether or not the plane transmitted this emergency distress call. right now reuters is

frances, the st. patrick's day celebrations aren't over just yet. >> in fact there's a free celebration today. if you can guess what city it's in in the bay area? >> dublin. >> dublin! temperatures will be quite mild in the mid-and upper 70s there. here's a look at live doppler 7hd. lots of cloud cover right now. it's warm out there, and yesterday check out the temperatures we broke. record winter warmth in san jose. we hit a high of 89, breaking a record of 81 degrees set in 2004. we tied a record in livermore. we also broke records in oakland and in san francisco. it was 84 for that celebration yesterday. today, not quite as warm, but i'll let you know how high it's going to be. currently in san francisco it's 63. oakland 61. san carlos and san jose, 66 degrees. so a very mild start already. this time a beautiful shot looking toward the financial area from the exploratorium camera and some 50s out there, as well. santa rosa napa low 50s. concord 60 degrees right now. but these numbers of extremely h

in france, we will have about 80% of the sun without the light. it will be difficult to see something. in fact, most people will not be aware of this eclipse if we don't say to them there is an eclipse. molly: when can we expect to see another total eclipse like we are seeing today? >> another eclipse -- as i told you, we have one eclipse every six months. so, it will be possible, but you will have to travel to the area where you will have the eclipse. molly: excellent. thank you very much for joining us and speaking with us as we watch the solar eclipse taking place. >> thank you. molly: moving on to other world news. in the islamic state -- and the islamic state organization has claimed responsibility for the attack on tunisia's bardo museum. 21 victims died, all but one of them foreign tourists. i.s. warned the assault was just the beginning. reporter: standing guard in front of the bardo museum as investigators get to work. tunisia's interior ministry said the men behind wednesday's attacks were likely tunisians. security forces were quickly a

we're continuing with our breaking news, coverage of the crash in southern france. the french transport minister confirmed there are no survivors of that germanwings plane crash flight knife 525 that's the flight number that went down in the provence region. 142 passengers and six crew members were known to be on the plane traveling from barcelona to dÜsseldorf.

voters punished the last as france swings right. the national front fails to win a single department. they did not win quite as many votes as they expected last week. it is concerned the strategy and target, we have the next presidential election coming up. the little mediocre politicians are hanging on despite the punishments of the polls. success for sarkozy has come at a bit of a price with some members of his party. they are unhappy he has chosen to capitalize on the right wing in france. he has been negative about muslims and suggests there should be no alternatives served in school and that the headscarf should be banned from universities. that has some criticism within his own party. a rather curious front page. beaten but happy. do not know what the socialists have to be happy about the cousin did perform poorly. i suppose that is the only ray of sunshine you can say exists there. this poll is not a referendum on government policy and is not going to be chasing -- not going to be changing the course of the policy line. genie

and sarkozy, the big winner in france's local elections. his u.m.p. party has swept the board fueling speculation a presidential bid is imminent. he suffered a major defeat, losing half of the council seats, the republicans. well, let's get some business news around. we'll start with greece and the latest proposal by the prime minister. >> that's right. over the weekend, these proposals have not come out officially published yet. but moments ago he faced the greek parliament over his reform plan. now he's hoping these reforms will help greece secure more aid from international creditors. otherwise it could run out of cash in two weeks' time. during his speech, he has called for the debt to be restructured. meanwhile, the european commission says that talks to get more money have yet to find a solution. >> talks are ongoing since friday as part of the brussels group. but we're not there yet. this is why talks should benefit from further fact finding in athens that should continue. the euro working group will discuss the matter at its next meeting which

antiterrorism measures are put in place here in france. this in the wake of the "charlie hebdo" attack. in athens defies the european commission and passes a new antipoverty law. it increases tensions in the battle over greek debt. those are the top stories is our. thank you for joining us. i am marlie hall. tunisia's president had promised to wage a merciless war against terrorism. 19 people were killed when gunmen opened fire on a group of tourists. police killed two attackers at the scene, but tunisian authorities are still hunting for possible suspects. oliver farry reports. oliver: visiting some of the victims in hospital, calling on citizens to stand together against terrorism, something he says is a foreign imposition in tunisia. >> it does not exist in tunisia. we do not have terrorism. it is all-important. oliver: the attacks occurred wednesday in the national museum and parliament building. two or three armed men opened fire on a tour bus. some of the gunmen were allegedly wearing military uniforms. there was instant panic. other

they wanted to return to the franc. they wouldn't to introduce things like a referendum on the death penalty. in receipt years in the wake of the financial crisis and the rise of home grown viewer lens and the influx of fighters leaving france and heading to the middle east all of this has played in to a narrative that marine lapenn and the national front continued to share that they are keen to furb french values at the fore of their politics. that's a message that's gone down very well across the country in recent years. what we are seeing in these latest exit polls is a slight swing away from the far right. what we are seeing is the return of course of nicholas sarkozy leaving the center right conservative party making some important gains leaving the national front -- the socialist party very much in third place. he has failed to make any significant gains in recent months despite the overall view here in france that his handling of the attacks here in paris in january were handled well. there is this is a three-hor

anchor: employment remains flat for france. a rate of around 10%. anchor: what is annoying authorities is that citizens are looking on with envy at germany's record and actually moving here. reporter: he discovered he can make more money selling french food in berlin than at home and rants. -- in france. he closed his restaurant and moved everything but the kitchen sink to berlin where he gets a better deal. others were just too high to make a living. >> there is not enough dynamism in france to create jobs. and we don't do enough to support entre nous hours. brought he will be there to help people. reporter: some surveys suggest half of young people are toying with the idea of leaving. the issue is now on the radar of the powerful french union. a union that says immigrating to germany may create problems. >> in germany, you have to supplement the state pension with a private pension fund if i understand it correctly. there are some differences. reporter: many young french people cannot begin to find steady work. france's unions rejected germany's m

you are watching "france 24." let's look at some other stories. close to 500 women and children have reportedly been kidnapped in northeastern nigeria. residents of the town say that boko haram militants came back after it was freed by international troops from niger and troops. they say around 50 people were killed and hundreds more taken away. in yemen, antigovernment forces have captured a major airbase near the residence of the president, just days after u.s. military personnel were evacuated from there. yemen's president is asking the un security council to pass a resolution that would allow international military action against the houthi's. they are continuing to the town of aden where hadi and his government have fled. reporter: down to protect their president, -- vowing to protect their president, dozens arise. -- arrive. there is chaos. >> we came to aden to carry out our duties. under the orders of the president hadi. reporter: on tuesday, dozens were injured. protesters oppose the weekend takeover of the town a strategic victory for th

we came close to declaring war on france as well. the issues of war was one of national integrity, to inculcate the american people a sense of american pride, to establish american diplomacy in the courts of europe so that they knew they had a nation with whom to contend and not merely some subordinate to the english or french in the matter of trade. i think the war was inevitable only because of the intractability of the british and their failure to negotiate. i think the war has been most successful. we did not seek to conquer land in canada. we do not seek to subjugate another people. we had hoped that the americans living in canada might urge that province to join our own in the united states. i believe my own secretary of state, mr. munro, suggested to the peace commissioners at one point that we might advance the idea canada being involved in the negotiations. i don't know whether that has been proposed by the committees commission -- by the these commission or not. these are matters of national dignity, not the congress. we wa

we start with tragic news out of france. a germanwings passenger jet has crashed in a remote area of the french alps. >> this happened not long ago. the plane was traveling from barcelo barcelona, spain, to dusseldorf, germany. we're getting reports all 150 people on board are feared dead, and the airline is expected to hold a news conference coming up at any moment. let's go to bill neely live with the latest from london. bill, what are tac

there you see the leaders of germany, france and spain. they just paused for a moment of silence to honor the 150 people on board that airbus a320 that went down tuesday morning. also waiting for some news conference maybe short, to begin from french investigators examining the cockpit voice recorder recovered. it is banged up but officials believe they can get a lot of information out of it. that's scheduled to happen at 11:00 a.m. eastern time. i want to show you the first pictures of this black box, so damaged. the data recorder has not yet been recovered, and that's key to the investigation. also learned two americans on board. 49 from spain. there are victims from several other countries, why europe asia, australia, latin america, including some who held dual citizenship. search and recovery teams are back working the crash site now. there's no official word on the cause. germany interior minister says terrorism is considered unlikely. bring in michael kay, retired officer and former adviser to u.k. ministry of defense. thanks for bei

we want to go straight to france right now. our breaking news. a news conference with the leaders of france, germany and spain talking about this plane crash. this is france leader, francois hollande speaking right now. >> translator: here in this commune, very close to the disaster area. a terrible disaster where 150 people died. children, school pupils, entire families and also the crew. i don't forget them. i believe -- i think of the families and their relatives and on behalf of france, i would say to angela merkel and mariano rajoy expressing our deepest condolences. the french people are here at your side in this trial as it is for all countries concerned more than 15 countries had citizens, nationals in the aircraft. as soon as we were aware of the disaster -- in other words very quickly, the state services and the services of the counties and in particular the airport, all those forces mobilized. i would like to salute them as we've done with the chancellor and the president of the spanish government, those firemen and fire women and civi

frances, thank you. he is you soon. >> warriors coach steve kerr have some fans disappointed he sat his starting lineup during friday's starting lineup to the nuggets. one family drove from south dakota to mile high city and spent a lot of money on tickets to see their favorite players. he says he is sympathy for the people but he has to prepare the team for the playoffs. and they have done the same thing for years. >>> here's abc7 news sports anchor nike shumann with the highlights of this morning's sports report. >> good morning. steph curry celebrated his 27th birthday with warrior fans at oracle arena as the they played host to the knicks. best in the west against the least in the east. fans made sure to wish the warriors star a happy birthday. normally you receive gifts on your special day but he was in a giving mood. behind the back to andrew bogut. the lob for the alley oop. 33 points in the first half. sean living ton. nice move for the jumper. count it. livingston and the sprinting andre iguodal

this is seyne-les-alpes in france. we're seeing some of the efforts now to stage and plan for what will invariably become a recovery operation, one of the more harrowing facts that's emerged just from the bird's-eye view that they've been able to get from the crash site. there is not a piece of this plane left that is larger than the size of a car. and that may be one of the reasons why authorities were so quick to say it is likely that there will be no survivors. and that will likely not be a rescue operation for long, even if it is now. this is quite a critical look. as you can see, this may look like a mountain plateau, and a mountain valley area. but make no mistake, the place where that plane crashed is extraordinarily difficult to access. it can be accessed on foot. it can be accessed by helicopter. but the weather is terrible and it's only getting worse. less than an hour after take-off, it was pretty clear that something went really badly with flight 4u9525. we'll take you to paris as france copes with its wors

among the victims were three of france's best known sports personalities. olympic swimmer muffat boxer vastine and a swimmer. the french counsel came to pay his respects at the moretuarymortuary. as the diplomat was swept in con sold by onlookers and still waiting to enter was the partner of one of the dead argentine pilots. he'd flown with these tv people many times before in the mountains and without problems he says. he was very experienced, a war veteran and flying for 35 years. amid pressure from france to repatriate the bodies the reality is this might take some time. last night a presenter from the ill-fated television show announced the program had been suspended out of respect for the victims. for now, the surviving cast and crew will remain in argentina while police investigations get under way. "bbc news" "bbc news." >>> a south african reporter found himself in a dangerous situation when he was getting ready for live tv report. he was mugged in full view of the camera. he was outside a hospital in johannesburg late on tuesday when two men began

tina kraus is live in france. there is a bit of a satellite delay with tina but she is live near the crash site with more on this stunning news. >> reporter: this changes it from an unexplainable accidents to something terrifying and heartbreaking. the copilot knew what he was doing when he crashed the jetliner killing everyone on board. a french prosecutor says the copilot intentionally crashed into the alps.

the prime minister has been tweeting, all france is grieving this morning. the culture minister said the three athletes were among the most outstanding ambassadors for their country. >> can you tell us a bit about what they were up to? >> reporter: they were taking part in this reality tv show a popular show on france's main television channel. they were being filmed at the time of the crash. three athletes and five production staff with them. it was the beginning of the filming of this new series. it's a series where celebrities are dropped in remote locations and filmed to find food shelter, survival skills. this was a remote location near the andes mountain range. it's not clear why the crash happened but there was a collision causing both to fall to the ground. obviously, those investigations ongoing in argentina. >> lucy williams. there was another tweet who said she made a difference. her view was the sea is there for the taking. >>> earlier i spoke to the vice chair of the french national olympic committee and responsible for preparing a 2024 bid by p

they did air france 447. they did concord. they've done many many many incidents and they're very good at releasing information. they're extremely good. there will be news conferences. there will be press conferences. they produced a phenomenal report on 447. >> releasing information because for some information i'm obsessed about the co-pilot. we've heard nothing about the co-pilot. why is that? because during the press conference they had, they released information about the pilot but nothing about the co-pilot. >> it's going to take time. it's less than 24 hours. >> they know who was flying the plane. >> you want to put it into digestible fashion. the first job and duty is not to tell us about the co-pilot. the first job and duty is to deal with the families the relatives, the crash site the investigation. now i would imagine we will get a report from the bea very soon that will collate that information. we will not find the name. we will not find the name. >> a lot of people who want to know about it. french officials came

. >> france looks to the right with conservatives and the national front coming first and second in local elections. >> the u.n. you special envoy to libya says there could be an agreement between the two rival governments within days. they said they could form a unity government, despite the fighting taking place in libya. peace talks nearly collapsed after the u.n. recognized tobruk government launched air raised on the capitol killing a senior rival commander. there's might go in the city of ms. rat atmisrata. in the city, people are pushing back at isil. >> it was the second bombing in a week. security buildings were targeted. sunday, a car bomb went off outside the intelligent headquarters in misrata. no one was injured. libya's central city has been spared the violence in many areas of this vast country over recent months. that is why the recent explosions are seen as an attempt to destabilize misrata. >> misrata is involved in a multi-front war. for months, the city's brigades have been battling forces allied to general haftar and the tobruk government on many front lines. a group

. >> your joining us in the "france 24" newsroom. let's get detailed on the determined israeli prime minister and angered white house. benjamin netanyahu is in washington to tell lawmakers weather should be no deal with iran over its nuclear program. new footage emerges of the murder is thousands march in moscow to pay tribute to the prominent kremlin critic. fears over russia fuel a narrow victory for pro-western -- the pro-western party in estonia's parliamentary election. those are the top stories this hour. it is time for a business update. you are starting with unemployment figures in europe. >> jobless rate across the european union fell slightly in january. good news according to new figures from the european statistics agency. across the e.u., it fell to 9.8%. in the eurozone, it is at the lowest level since april 2012 at 11.2%. that is welcome news for eurozone countries. the group remained in deflation in february, the third month of falling prices. greece and spain still have the highest rate of unemployment in the europea

had you see the political story in france evolving from here? as a senior businessman, what are you seeing? guest: the relationship between citizens and politics has changed. we were complaining against the political people. after having seen this in paris it was crazy for an entire week. we have changed our point of view. we have been able to gather the country with this big march. we have been able to come together. this national getting together attitude could lead to a turnaround in the economy. that is making french people more optimistic than they were three or for months ago. guy: is this a major contender in 2017? guest: i hope not. it would be a disaster. people are not happy with the current policy situation. i hope that we have a party in two years. guy: that is still a long time away. so generous of your time, thank you very much indeed. let's stay with that french election theme. we are joined from paris. talk us in the significance of the election. they were expected to do better a huge vote in favor of the national how. guest: we

we have a lot of tensions in france. but the january attacks have really brought us to a new level, and i think since these attacks we have reached a crucial point. i have written that these attacks were a direct assault on our identity because they targeted several periods of the french identity, as i see it free speech, diversity, the case of jews in france the targets were very obvious, the cartoonists who have drawn those drawings of mohammed. jews targeted as jews and killed as such, and security force members. also most of the victims of those attacks over the past couple of years, most of those security forces who have been targeted in various the tax have been men and women who have diverse ethnic background, or religious, or muslim background. and this is not a coincidence of course. so we are now forced to confront the danger and threat that has been there for some time, and we knew it was there but the intensity and the overall city of these attacks in january -- ferocity -- just have made us look, you know, s

france's social minister says the national front would break fans apart. and presence francois hollande has urged his party candidates to rip away vote presser the national front. while le pen is her supporters still have their eye on his a bigger prize the presidency. courtney kealy, al jazerra. >>> christopher dickey the foreign editor and former pair i bureau chief for the daily beast. thanks for joining us. thank you. >> marine le pen fascinating woman has had some success into is she presidential material? >> i think she is a real contends fore the presidency, absolutely. part of the problem is the old political establishment in france is something that everybody is very tired of. hollande has been a very weak president. sarkozy who looks like the other major contender is not a very interesting con contender to many people and marine seems like a fresh perspective. >> has she sort of mainstreamed tap fascism or the admiration for it or on the contemporary has she made the party something that is no long earth far right. >> she will sue you if you car

france looks to the right with conservatives and the national front coming first and second in local elections. picture post card maybe but environmental and pollution could ruin one of the philippines tourism hot spots. ♪ singapore people are in mourning for their country's founding father of mooe mooe died at age 91 and credited with transforming the island into a global financial center and criticized for being undemocratic and authoritarian as nicole johnston reports. >> reporter: without lee kuan yew it may not be what it existed and he was a chinese singapore saw his home land occupied first by the british then japanese and after training as a lawyer in britain he was prime minister in 1959 a post he would hold for 39 years and with a ruthless style of politics singapore was independent against its will kicked out of malaysia in 1965 against a back drop of racial tension and a fearful lee kuan yew contemplated a bleak future. >> with geography and economics and ties of kinship. >> reporter: sentiment gave way to pragmatism and he was unflinching to bring prosperity to his cou

the rest of the crew will return to france. in statement the president said the sudden death of his fell lowe french nationals was the cause of immense sadness. >>> well we can now speak to sport reporter who was at the french national sports institute in paris. how has the news been received in france? >> reporter: obviously the feeling is sadness. every day of the year champions are learning boxing are playing football to become one day maybe like aleksei, or like florence, and they hope one day to become a star become a champion to win a medal. so everybody here is sad very sad today in france. this is again a dark day for our country, for france. this morning the man from sports ministry came to a press conference to explain his sadness, and to explain too that tomorrow there will be a tribute to -- to the three. how well-known were these athletes? would they have been household names? >> here aleksei is very famous because, you know, here there is a boxing center. so in 2008 -- or in 2012 when he last went to the olympic g

the tragic plane crash in france. int went down. the french president is garnering a crisis response to german chancellor angela merkel and says there are survivors among the 148 people on board. greg, what is the latest we know? greg: it is in a mountainess terrain. a very rocky mountain. the interior minister and criminal investigators and aircraft investigators from paris are on the way. we should be getting more details from that. betty: what do you know that what brought the plane down? greg: we do not know. the weather nothing that would bring an airplane down. it does not seem to be the weather. the airline put out a stress signal before the crash. it is quite a mystery at this point. betty: greg, thank you so much. meanwhile, turning to greece george soros warns there is a 50% chance greece could leave the euro. he made those comments in an exclusive interview. francine joins us now from london. george soros does not seem that upbeat. >> he told me that is a lose lose situation. he was very worried about the situation. the w

>>> an airbus a320 goes down in france with 150 people on board, the french president says there are no survivors. ♪ >>> hello, i'm darren jordan with our continuing coverage here of the germanwings plane crash. let's just give you more details. the airbus crashed with 150 people on board it belonged to the budget airline germanwings, with which is a subsidiary owned by lufthansa. debrings has been found at an altitude of about 2,000 meters. it's tough to get to and rescue crews aren't expected to arrive for sometime yet. 144 passengers and six crew were on board the airbus a320. the french presidents says there are no survivors. let's take a look at an animation that has been create by the website air journey. you can see the flight as it takes off from barcelona. it gains altitude to 38,000 feet, but as it crosses the french coast, it begins to drop dramatically taking just a few minutes to fall to 6,800 feet in the french alps. >> translator: our thoughts are with the families of those who are suffering this terrible loss today. we are offering every means to find out what happe

such close association with the tour de france is about idea. just the fact that he's going to be there will distract from the tour de france itself, from the current riders, and from current efforts that -- to get over the problems of that era. he was stripped of his seven tour de france titles. >> welcome to the web news. coming up on today's show, web users in pakistan support the christian community. controversial canadian campaign raising awareness about male victims of domestic abuse. and an american film maker takes us inside the world's largest cave. sunday, march 15, deadly twin bombings in pakistan. the pakistan taliban has claimed responsibility for both of the attacks, which were apparently timed to cause maximum devastation. the terrorist attack has been widely condemned online. many have taken to social networks to express their solidarity for the christian community and to -- and to show we stand with minorities. they are urging their fellow citizens to stand together and remain unified to avoid similar attacks in the future. ther