france is mainly goods, services, as much as spain. and for the chinese to slow down, it's investment into more consumption that could have a positive effect for france. >> a crucial point that a lot of people talked about this week, the fact that we criticized hollande for not making the economy more outward facing. do you actually see that as a strength for resilience? >> i think you have to look at the comparative competition of exports. generally, exports are in a competitive stance. but they're more capital content, the chinese economy supposedly is moving structurally for investment into consumption. so from that side, you can see how the upside is compared to gir germany. but the performance is necessary for investment in france. they do have perhaps the most reformed parliament in history. but it is the parliament that is the big constraint. >> but let's talk more about europe in general. we saw, of course, a devilish sentiment from mario draghi last week. we also saw stocks and inflation with growth. basically those are lowere

>> this is "france 24." time for 60 minutes around the world. i'm genie godula. vladimir putin heads into a showdown at the u.n. he is pushing for a new russian-led coalition against the islamic state in syria. it is likely to be a tense face-to-face meeting with barack obama, their first in two years. a pro-independence movement in spain's richest region of catalonia when regional -- win regional elections there. they plan to declare independence by 2017. sky gazers around the world are wowed with a double celestial tree with a stash a double celestial treat as a super moon and eclipse pair up for the first time. how many likes is india's to getting in silicon valley? and how tech companies are scrambling to do deals in india. paris goes pedestrian, at least a bit of it does. yesterday traffic was completely forget and in parts of the capital for the first ever day without cars. that and more along the way. first, top stories. we had straight to new york, where the u.n. general assembly is getting underway. the big issue will be how to deal with syria with russi

it is france, after all. she was a remarkable woman, very strong spirited, a fantastic tennis player and boasted that she had beaten france's number one tennis player, who won 31 championships. she was a very good tennis player. they were married in the 1920's. for 10 years, she tried to get pregnant and it didn't work out. finally, in 1929, phillip jackson, their only son, was born at the american hospital in paris. at least a crate of champagne was drunk to celebrate his arrival because she was in her 30's. here is phillip, a beautiful photograph. philip is still alive, he is 89 years old. the thing to note about this photograph is the railings photograph is the ravens behind -- the railings behind them, these are railings at number 11, avenue foch. very privileged upbringing. startedn the 1920's private practice. hemingway. treating many of them -- that was actually taken on juneau beach, one of the landing beaches on d day. again here in the 1930's. the gentleman on the left played an important role in sa

france is not a skin color. france is not a race. it is a shared history, culture, and a desire to live together. the french republic is not based on principles of apartheid. >> on learning she had been sanctioned, she stood by her comments. is astounding, really, because we are allowed to disagree on things. in the past, i have not agreed with people from my political faction, but this one phrase, a couple of words merit this kind of public punishment from your fellow party members? get some business news with mark six -- with markus karlsson. here in france, you will tell us about uber, the taxi application. they have fallen foul of the law once again. markus: we know that uber france and two of its executives have gone on trial this wednesday. the executives went on strike -- trial for a string of charges. the case is closely watched for clues on what french justice will make of uber and other members of the so-called sharing economy. the firm was banned. it connected nonprofessional drivers with passengers. we will have to wait f

they focus on how france is getting ready for these refugees to come to france. it takes a closer look at how these refugees will be relocated across the country. it is, kate and becomes town -- it is, kate is because some towns have made it clear they want nothing to do with the refugees. 220 towns have volunteered to refugees.to welcome some have volunteered without any conditions, others say they will only take syrian refugees and others say they will only take christian refugees. this is controversial. this really is a historic challenge for france and the way we respond to this crisis will say a lot about who we are as a country. >> some newspapers have tried to make people relate to this crisis to the syrians fleeing war at home. you found a touching example in le monde. florence: a comic strip. very popular in france among young kids. the cartoonist made a comic strip which you can see here where he imagines the main characters as a young syrian was life is foot upside down by war. friends,his family, forced to flee to the border where he becomes a refugee

everything by pope frances is free. everything about pope frances is gracious and inviting. he would cringe if he thought somebody had to pay to see him. >> this is an aggressive travel schedule. he is going from cuba, to walk to philadelphia. he is 78-years-old. he has one lung. >> i am a little. thanks for bringing it up. you are gracious to do so. an exhaustive schedule in cuba. hardly less hectic in washington and in philadelphia, which is the main evented for him. we're sandwiched between all of that. i am a bit worried he will be exhausted. >> let me ask you about his safety. there is a report this morning in the main isis magazine there is a picture of pope frances in there. are you worried about his safety? >> i have say i'm concerned. there is a difference between concerned around worried. i have been talking with the new york police department and the service. he's not. i should take my queues from him. he has a good stern guardian angel. i guess i should relax. >> what does he say is miss main, what does he hope to accomplish beyond the pastor am, beyond the messa

france, that will mean 24,000 people. and this is what we are going to do. we will do this because it is the plan that we ourselves worked to establish, and it is a plan we want all eu countries to adopt. annette: listening to that press -- thence with our french leader was saying that france is taking in 24,000 refugees. that is a low number compared to what germany is saying they will be taking in. >> this is according to a mechanism that was agreed upon with the german chancellor angela merkel whereby there would be mandatory measures to take in refugees. 1/5cally france is taking of the 120,000 refugees expected in the next two years. the french president stresses this also means there should be stronger controls at the borders of europe because if that is not of case, there will be lots more refugees coming in. the agreement would explode. clearly, the french president is saying this mechanism will be presented to its european partners very soon. if they do not adopt this mechanism, europe could face more refugees and more trouble ahead. he says this dr

announcer: "france 24," history in the making. genie: thank you for joining us on "france 24." i'm genie godula in paris. these are the headlines. migrants who cannot get through hungary are now walking around it toward croatia. that is after hundreds cap doubt in therbia -- camped out serbian hungry border. the question now is where to put them. that is being debated in the french parliament. the music biopic of gangster rap group nwa hits french theaters. it is called "straight out of compton." it is already a smash in the states. coming up, a frightening new report that the populations of marine mammals -- birds, reptiles, and fish -- have been slashed in half since 1970. we will hear more from the head of conservation group wwf behind the report. plus, the chance to give a thumbs down on facebook. officials will tell you about the dislike issue for the network. first, our top story. genie: first we will start with migrants who are determined to get to a better life and not being defeated by hungary closing its border. also not being defeated by the strict anti-migrant laws

pope frances arrives to the patron saint santiago this morning. monday frances blessed the city. during his visit. he stayed away from a political statement. the spokesman says his choice to travel to the u.s. from here is more about reconciliation. "the decision to make a trip to both countries, truly is a strong message to encourage this process that has subsequent steps, requests he says. in d.c., where the pope will stop first, federal officials have heightened security in posing restrictions on items like bicycles and backpacks and shutting down roads him but that's not stopping kevin gossing from getting excited. >> it would be great to get to do that until like say i shook his hands. he's a very holy person. he's a good person. >> reporter: in a rare move, president and mrs. obama will be at pope frances land to personally welcome him. >> frances has inspired catholics and non-catholics alike and that i think has really resonated. fought just among catholics, but among people of faith. all around the world. >> reporter: during your story, you mentioned there are some secur

molly: let's stay here in france. certainly fans are drawing their eyes to the french a poorall team, they had showing in the european basketball championship. flo: let's take a look at the front page of the sports daily. one word, cruel. tony parker looking stunned here. france lost to their arch rivals in basketball, spain. this was the game taking place in lilles, a game france was supposed to win. front oftook place in 27 thousand supporters. that is a record for european basketball. lots of disappointment about the french showing there. let's take another look. it is a little bit smaller today. this is the first time the magazine has changed its format. going for a tabloid style. it is the last paper in france that held out with the big format until today. it lasted 70 years. quite a change. if france had a poor showing in basketball, maybe it will do better in red the? -- in rugby. the rugby world cup kicks off in england. can france win? perhaps they have a chance this year. they take on italy saturday. best of

anchor: france sends reconnaissance lanes over syria. president francois hollande has been announcing the measure but ruling out boots on the ground. >> my responsibility is to make sure that we can be as well informed as possible about the threats against our country. in order to counter them. that is why i have asked the ministry of france to begin reconnaissance flights over syria starting tomorrow. they will allow us to see if attacks against the islamic state organization can be feasible. anchor: i am joined by the france military mission to the united nations. >> it is a change in the french strategy. france was the first to ask for flights and attacks in syria four years ago. they decided not to do it, but it was against president assad at that time. now france has been involved in the coalition for the last two years, but decided only to attack in iraq. france decided to go, as well as the rest of the coalition, in syria because the core of daesh's in syria and iraq. anchor: the president is making this clear this is not boots in

it is france, after all. she was a remarkable woman, very strong spirited, a fantastic and boasted that she be france's number one , who won 31r championships. had the miss woman. she was a very good tennis player. they were married in the 1920's. for 10 years, she tried to get pregnant and it didn't work out. 1929, phillip jackson, their only son, was born at the american hospital in paris. at least a crate of champagne was trunk to celebrate his arrival because she was in her 30's. lip, a beautiful photograph. the thing to note about this photograph is the ravens behind them, these are railings at .umber 11, avenue foch this was taken in the front garden at 11 avenue foch. a very privileged upbringing, but on the most exclusive street in paris. sumner started a private practice, specializing in urology and edit of treating hemingway, fitzgerald, the lost generation. -- that was actually taken on june oh each, eanaeu beach, one of the landing beaches on da. day. the gentleman on the left played an important

france is already part of the western coalition, but just recently the french president said that france was ready to add its own strikes across the border in syria. how would that help? asim he was very: specific about that and said that targets would be very well-defined. and will choose targets, probably french targets. as the british did, they chose targets who were -- you might have constituted a danger for the countries themselves, for terrorist attacks here. ist you should not forget what the intelligence committee said a few days ago. the losses of the islamic state were accelerated. we were talking about 10,000 fighters dead. and now it is mostly 1500. and on the ground, advances were exaggerated. this is a big issue today in the states, because the reports were not accurate. they did not stick to reality. we know from experience that strikes from the air never stopped a jihadi group, or any group. we saw in afghanistan, iraq, yemen, somalia. boots on the ground are needed if an outcome is to be seen in the upcoming months. but when the united states was in iraq, they lost battl

france wants to help put this plan together. but france also believes that the entire international community must take into consideration the gravity of what is happening in the middle east. i give my word, france will be by your side, for the middle east is about diversity, plurality, culture, about civilization, a way of looking at humanity as a whole. while its essence are threatened, there are no barriers. there are no barriers. there's only the essence of responsibility. annette: let's talk now with james andre. what else did the french leader had to say? frenchbasically the leader was saying now it is time to tackle the root causes of this migration. that this is indeed a shock to everyone, especially since this photo was published in turkey, the toddler found dead on a beach. now he says it is important to go further to protect these minorities. he outlined a three-point plan, one of them humanitarian aid to the community for displaced refugees inside and outside the war-torn countries. as well as a political plan. imple

france would like it to play. the idea behind supporting these american rebels is that in order great britainke look westward, that she has to be detached from her american colonies. since the american colonies want to be detached from great britain, it is here that the ofterests of great britain -- france and the american rebels merge. turn great britain to look eastward, play a role on the frenchn continent and in foreign policy. detached them from their colonies. ,his is why we have rochambeau among other french forces, marching down the american east coast. troopsision to send under rochambeau was made in january 1780, on march 20. sailarquis lafayette set to announce the arrival of a french army of some 5000 men under rochambeau. lafayette arrives in boston on april 20 8, 1780, and set sail, and sets out for moorestown, .ashington's headquarters 5000 troops stand under the command of washable -- rochambeau. after a journey is 72 days, these men arrive in newport. while the officers obviously find quarters, or

it is a major broadcast networks in france. -- broadcast network in france. "e french media call her the popess" of the evening news. she is saying goodbye to the evening news. she is 58 years old. she was fired after a drop in her ratings. she will be replaced starting this weekend by a woman who is 20 years younger. she is a good broadcaster as well. she had good ratings. making see charlie hebdo fun of the situation, as you can count on charlie hebdo to do. claire says "at least they treat women better." genie: charlie hebdo caused quite a controversy after cartoons about the migrant crisis. up thee: slate sums situation quite well. it months after the charlie hebdo attacks, people still don't get charlie hebdo's sense of humor. you can see these cartoons. we will get a closer view in just a second. you can see a cartoon that says "there's proof that europe is indeed christian. christians walk on water, muslim children drown." the one on the right side is particularly controversial. it is also in "the daily beast." it is a drawing of the very it is a drawi

and this weekend, pope frances visits cuba. yesterday workers put up barnes ahead of the four-day trip. pope frances says he's looking forward to his visit to cuba and the u.s. with great hope. the pope made that comment during his weekly audience at the vatican yesterday. after cube barks he will travel to washington, d.c., new york and then of course here to our area. >>> six philadelphia families could be wake up intense if kensington for the last time t. philadelphia housing authority plans to supply them with souchers for public housing this morning t. families pitched their tent because they couldn't afford housing. they found no room at local shelters. they want to bring attention to the plight of the homeless as the city spends hundreds of thousands of dollars on the pope's visit. actistists say this fight is not over. >> we're prepared to take more of the philadelphia housing authori authority's vacant properties throughout the city. we will rehab those things. we will leave those properties. >> donations have been pou

is -- >> meilleur ouvrier of france. >> the master craftsmen of france. >> there's about 30 discipline of craftsmen where you can acquire the m.o.f. >> see that red, white and blue around their necks? that means they made it through the brutally, unreasonably rigorous competition that pits hundreds of top chefs against each other, where only a handful survive. >> so basically, four or five every four years. >> certified by the highest in the land as being at the very top of the top of their professions. m.o.f. challenges often include ultra old-school classics not unlike the one we're making today. pouillard au visse. slipped under the breasts of chickens from bresse, the rolls-royce of chickens. it's then tied, slipped inside a pig's bladder and steamed until tender. >> the idea is to concentrate the flavor of the truffle inside the bladder. the dish they choose, it's always in reference to a chef of the past. and this was a dish brassier as doing. >> the at times brutal world of the michelin kitchen looks much of the time like a boys' club. but where do they come from? if we track ba

a delay in building a next generation nuclear reactor in france. it will not be ready until the end of 2018 and will cost another $2 billion -- 2 billion euros more than previously estimated. that issue and a -- that is shares.electric twitter ran 100,000 active advertisements, up 74% this year. genie: let's turn out to the smart phone market and tony that is hoping -- sony, that is hoping to regain ground. -- divisions been has been leading an estimated million dollars as it faces competition in the market. apple is set to unveil its newest iphone next. sony -- for sony, high definition is the key to future sales. >> the world's first four k smartphone giving you the ultimate viewing experience. >> on top of a two day battery life, it hopes to show off its display on the market, a concerted effort to compete against industry leaders. >> samsung and apple are ahead. it seems to be another one, whether they can really grab that market share back from the big giant, difficult to say. apple itself has not been sleeping on the job. last year's release

france thinks as great britain looks westward across the atlantic while france's looking eastward, great britain will never play the role in french policy that france would like great britain to play. the idea behind supporting these american rebels is in order to turn, to make great britain look detached she has to be from her american colonies. american colonies want to be detached from great britain, too, it is here that of france and the american rebels and merge. britain to look eastward, play a role on the european continent, playing a role in french foreign policy, detached britain from her colonies. ,his is why we have rochambeau among other french forces, marching down the american east coast. troopsision to send under the comte de rochambeau was made in january 1780, 20th march. the marquee to lafayette -- the lafayette set sail to announce the arrival of some 5000 men under the comte de rochambeau. the 28ths in boston on of april, 1780, and then sets sail for morristown, washington, headquarters -- washington's headquarters. sail with approximately 5000 troops on board. 5000 t

let's stick to france and to that theme of growth. the french president has announced his intention to reform the french labor code. his stated aim is to make it easier to hire and do business in france. it has been welcomed by french companies, but trade unions are not so sure. pages,uns to over 3500 the french labor law, detailed for some, over comp located others. francois hollande declaring he wants it to be signified without damaging the protection it offers french workers. >> were going to broadly open the field of social dialogue between workers and employers. trust me, at the end of this process, what we call the labor law will be not just measured in the number of its pages but will be adapted to the needs of business. >> the plan is to facilitate negotiations between employee and employer on working hours, wages, working conditions, and the job itself. a signification broadly welcomed by employee groups who say the labor market's rigidity hurts their ability to hire. law covers an abundance of themes. too many. it has stifle

>> this is france 24. these are today's top stories. egypt and police forces mistakenly fire on a convoy carrying mexican tourists. 12 people are killed and 10 hurt. eu ministers meet in brussels for emergency talks on migration one day after germany since a temporary border control. 400 homes are destroyed in california as two major wildfires ripped through the north. 19,000 residents have been forced to flee. also coming up this hour in business, airbus makes a big bet on the united states. its new plans in alabama brings competition to the backyard of his main rival boeing. that more on the way. bumpers now our top stories. -- but first now, our top stories. ♪ we start with the anti-terror operation in egypt that went terribly wrong. at least 12 people were killed and 10 people were hurt when security forces mistakenly fired on a convoy carrying mexican tourists. and military police force was searching for terrorist elements and fired on four cars that ended up carrying mexicans on vacation. listless. -- let us listen. >> yesterday

why did france decide to do this now? >> from what i understand from a growing public opinion within , some resolution to the problem in syria, and they think they've been put into a corner. laura: now, france is essentially about to bomb the enemies of syria president bashar al-assad. is this a sign that the french government is softening somewhat to the idea of allowing him to stay in power? >> no, basically, they are being pushed. this war has gone on for years -- 4 years-plus. france, along with other countries, is wringing its hands and wondering what to do next. now russia, with pressure from their side, and what we're looking at now is the possibility -- i say the possibility -- the possibility of assad being involved in some sort of transition effect. the russians are just not going to drop him. france is coming to the conclusion, the u.k. as well, along with the united states. whereas they are not going to assadt assad, i think will be part of a transition affected towards a new regime in syria. you have to remem

an argument made to go into unoccupied france in the south? and i am understand the background as a student but why did marshall tolerate those generals who were influential and even after the war he didn't have any sympathy. >> but that sentiment stroke may -- struck me more than historians comment on. >> said general was a senior planner in the war department then moved over to the theater to work with the admiral. he attended the academy in 1936 and tended to be on the entire british side of that equation. he was working diligently and honorably with no indication he did anything that was the best interest of the united states of america. but before the war many americans saw a lot to the german nationalistic approach. marshall tended to look deadman's performance and not too much into his political leanings he was very familiar with him and his father-in-law. the other part of the question is why couldn't we invade southern france? i think the real problem effectively dead is the same as northern france in terms of the german response may

the president announced france the president announced france will be welcoming some 24,000 ÷waú ♪ on saturday, the 14th of december, 1799, george washington-- one of the founding fathers of the united states of america-- lay dying. a couple of days earlier, he had been out riding in cold and wet weather. he developed a sore throat. early on the saturday morning, he said to his wife, "i am feeling very ill." within hours, his personal physicians had arrived-- the finest in the country, the best money could buy. they had all sorts of suggestions

france is learning the meaning of the unicorn. forget the mythical creature, unicorn is what you call the startup firm when the valuation passes $1 billion. that is what has happened to this french ridesharing firm, raising $200 million of investments as it seeks to expand. the funding means that the overall valuation has passed the magical threshold of $1 billion. it connects drivers with passengers who are willing to share the cost of a car right. we will get more on this story and speak to the founder and chief executive, joining us on the line. line to have you on the and congratulations on the funding round. federic: thank you. markus: you are president in 19 countries. what are you going to do with the extra money? frederic: we are going to invest in new territories, so among them, brazil and other countries in latin america, and asia. new investment is to spur growth and continue our international expansion. markus: you say you have about 20 million users at this stage. what kind of growth are you expecting? frederic: we ha

molly: welcome to the "france 24" newsroom. the headlines at this hour -- a funerals held for the syrian toddler and his family who died trying to reach turkey. photo of the three-year-old's lifeless body halves barked public pressure -- have sparked public pressure for eu reaction to the migrant crisis. pressure props the u.k. to review its migrant policy. david cameron says thousands more syrian refugees will be taken in. morocco holds its first regional vote since arab spring concessions. ther turnout, a key part of transition. molly: we begin in syria, where the family of refugees who drowned trying to reach turkey have been buried. the funeral was held in the town of kobane. images of three-year-old aylan shenu's lifeless body have drawn a emotional response around the world. his five-year-old brother and mother also died. they are where -- they were among 12 people, including other children, who lost her lives when two boats capsized while trying reach the greek island of kos. the father survived the tragedy. children and

♪ anchor: you're watching live from paris on france 24. top stories this hour -- clashes on the hungarian border with serbia. security forces respond with tear gas and water cannons. the u.n. chief says he's shocked at how hungary is treating refugees. france outlines plans to resettle 24,000 migrants at a cost of 600 million euros to the taxpayer. prime minister manuel valls warns france will shut borders if the situation is not brought under control. a new style of politics. britain's new opposition leader goes head-to-head with david cameron for the first time. jeremy corbyn challenging the prime minister with questions he got from the public. ♪ ♪ anchor: hungarian police have been using tear gas and water cannon against crowds of migrants on its border with serbia. hundreds of people are trapped on the serbian side after budapest seal the frontier yesterday. some of the migrants threw stones, bricks, and water bottles at police. hungarian authorities say at least two children were injured after being thrown over the barb wire fence

stepped down, leaving france alone and on that occupation france decided not to proceed with air strikes, and i think in many ways it's that lesson that prompted him to stress to the national assembly that it would be france alone, which would decide on the targets for these strikes. >> translator: since tuesday the 8th of september an aerial force has been plying over syria. it's first and foremost a reconnaissance mission. this campaign will last as long as it has to, at least for several weeks. we need to better identify and locate isil positions, so as to be able to exercise a legitimate defense. these missions are being carried out in total autonomy as only france chooses the surveillance zones. as the president said yesterday, targets will be necessary, and we'll choose alone which targets will be hit. >> reporter: now he ruled out any possibility of ground troops. we know, of course, how much resistance there is in western countries and in public opinion to the idea of forces being sent overseas, because recent history has shown us that it's a lot easier to send troops into countr

and france during this time. can you explain? cassandra good: it was a three-way rivalry, spain has fallen in importance, but the spanish and french and americans are fighting over who will control shipping to each other and the colonies, especially with the armies. so the u.s. could have easily gone to war with france as well. the french were seizing american ships as the british had been, but the french did not have the level of naval power that the u.s. did. >> go back to the time in the early 1800s and walk us through how monroe would travel to europe and the time to get over there and meet with leaders and get that information back to the u.s., it had to be very long and cumbersome. cassandra good: it was a long journey to get to europe, weeks, depending on what time of year it was. depending on the wind, maybe more than four weeks. you did not have international mail service, so if you had to send a letter, you had to find somebody who you trusted to be going where you needed to go. you might find a ship going into new york

it did not enhance france's geopolitical situation. and it did not lower the united states into the french trading orbit. what it did do was provoke a profound budgetary crisis that would lead to the summoning of the state generals and the destruction of the state -- french monarchy. that decision. among all the ironies here, one of the richest and least remarked upon is this -- the prophecy that he unfurled before the credulous -- proved to be so much closer to the troop -- truth than what you thought -- sought to conceal. they had blown into pieces. and in his life, -- party may, in his lie, he foresaw a truth. -- pardon me, in his lie, he foresaw a truth. and initially, that would happen to the arms trade. the last part to of my talk, about the consequences. to justify this claim that the the haitian revolution and spanish-american war were dependent on the arms trade that it made possible. now, i should state up front, the haitian revolution and the spanish-american wars for independent worker know mostly complicated event. they we

x for joining us on "france 24." i'm catherine norstrom. we start off with -- i am catherine norstrom and. at least 310 people have been killed in a stampede at the annual hajj pilgrimage. hundreds of other people have also been injured in that crush. you are seeing features of the chaos near mecca. our correspondent has the latest. >> tragedy and grief on this holiest of days. hundreds of pilgrims were killed in a stampede in mina on thursday, and more injured. the site is the last stage of the hajj pilgrimage to mecca and was particularly crowded for the festival of eid al-adha, the most important day on the islamic calendar. much of information has come from the saudi arabian civil defense agency, which had been tweeting regular updates regarding rescue operations and precautions for visitors. crowd control is a pressing concern during the high. this -- during the hajj. this comes two weeks after a crane collapsed coming killing nine people. similar stampedes have caused hundreds of casualties. despite security measures, the -- it are pr

coming up, we will show you where pope frances will go before he holds mass. it's an pence area cordoned off. we got an pence look at that yesterday. >> that will be coming up in the next 25 minutes. reporting live, nbc news. >> looking forward to that. also we are learning how the philadelphia police department will protect the city during the papal weekend. yesterday, they detailed some of the plans for the department. they will work 12-hour shifts and no officer will have a day off during that time. >> it will be a tough three days. we will get through it. hopefully, the city will shine. >> they are working out other details like temperatures. meanwhile, today we get a new preview of an exhibit that features works of arts in the vatican. this morning the media gets a preview of the exhibit packed with historical and religious pieces, some from michael angelo. >>> today in delaware county, councilmembers get a sneak peek at the commemorative coin. they made the hand crafted bronze medallions, this morning, officials will meet with the sculpt tore and the min

and france, in many areas, has never been staying idle, france decide they'd we would hold the conference on climate, no doubt because we are wawr that w award a terrible fiasco in copenhagen, and this time around we had to come up with a good decision. but a decision that can only be the decision of the entire international community. so in paris we will be trying to ask one single question: humankind, that is us, humankind is it capable of deciding that we will preserve life on this planet? that is the question, and is the kind of question that puts us at a level that, within our generation, seemed unimaginable. well, some will say to me that this is something that can be decided later, at another conference. well, i assure you here, and i'm saying this quite candidly, that if we don't make this decision in paris, it will be late, not just late, it will be too late for the world. but we have moved forward over the recent months. there is strong declarations were made by the countries, those curches wh countries who d most responsible for global warming, and i'm referring to the two majo

, killed while fighting to liberate france. for jean luc kister, this more than anything is a situation why the operation was ill-conceived. >> it was wrong. a very wrong decision to conduct such an operation in a friendly country. this are the memories of between france and new zealand and we will always remember the sacrifice done for our country. >> the president of france remained close friends with former defense minister long after sacked him. both men have since died. meanwhile, peter willcox is still with greenpeace saving the planet and rainbow warrior iii. try to prevent climate change and overfishing. for him, jean luc kister's apology changes little. >> they're the ones that have to live with themselves. they have made their bed, let them sleep in it. ispeter willcox said probably 30 years too late. >> it is never too late to apologize. amy: that report by john hudson for tv new zealand plus program "sunday." it was about the blowing up of greenpeace's rainbow warrior in july 1985 as the ship was preparing to head t

pope frances gave him several books. a spokesman described the atmosphere as familiar and informal. >> i think it's the moment of heeling and reconciliation and a moment to move forward and not get us stuck in the past. >> one more note. authorities detained three people after they tried to give pamphlets to the pope as the pontiff was riding. the trio threw the literature at him. they were quickly escorted out by security officers. >> as you can see there, there is heavy security surrounding the pope in cuba. expect an even more intense police presence when pope frances arrives in new york city. they laid out their plan for guarding the hope and keeping millions of faithful safe. lucy yang is live in with the story. >> reporter: look at these. concrete blocks have already been placed along 6 avenue. eventually they'll be put in the middle of the street to keep traffic away from st. patrick's cathedral. once the pope arrives they'll be a massive amount of security visible and behind the scenes. >> the lord be with you. >

>> from france, yes. >> what city, do you know? >> my great, great, great-grandfather was from near bordeaux. so i'm curious about this whole episode about the settlement of new bordeaux. ♪ ♪ >> the paraguay river, still as it was 150 years ago, the country's main artery, a thoroughfare for transporting people and goods. ♪ >> so who lives out there? >> all the people we see fishing on river banks, are they fishing for dinner? >> most of them are fishing for dinner. call them poor people, but what is poor? they decide for themselves to live here. they could go to the city and start working on a construction place tomorrow. >> he has organized a trip upriver to see new bordeaux, what was hoped to be a new france in the chaco. >> fish we bought today, 14 kilo. >> right. >> that's half a month's salary, and you get with bit of good luck in one night. >> right. ♪ >> outside of the cities, paraguay is sparsely populated. indigenous groups, a few settled europeans, mennonites, germans, and every so often, a fishing lure and shotgu

france and spain formally entered the war soon after. their navies are critical to the ultimate american triumph. french money and french weapons sustained washington's army from start to finish. vergennes' policy is fascinating because it was successful to the success of the revolution. it was also one of the most disastrous decisions of modern international history. contrary to his hopes and expectations, the war did not seriously weaken great britain. it did not enhance france's geopolitical situation. it did not bring the u.s. into the french trading orbit. what it did was provoke a profound budgetary crisis that would lead to the summoning of the states general, the outbreak of the french revolution and the destruction of the french monarchy. bad decision. among all the ironies here, one of the richest and the least remarked upon is this. the prophecy that he unfurled before the british proved to be so much closer to the truth than the geopolitical expectations that he thought to conceal. they had blown the mercantile dam to pieces.

genie: welcome back to the "france 24" newsroom. time for 60 minutes live around the world. i'm genie godula in paris. the parliament in russia grants president vladimir putin the right to deploy russian military in syria. the kremlin says those planned strikes will only concern the air force. the u.s. hits the afghan city of kunduz with two more airstrikes after the caliban sees -- after the caliban seized it this week. investigating syrian president bashar al-assad over alleged crimes against humanity. that inquiry is made on graphic syrian armyen by a photographer who defected two years ago. iconcoming up, a fashion steps aside. in business, we will look at what is next for ralph lorenz and the brand that bears his name. in the centralg african republic continues to we will look at that country's biggest export, diamonds. that and more on the way. first, our top stories. first, the russian parliament has just voted to give -- to allow president vladimir putin to send russian troops to syria. the kremlin was quick to play down that decision, saying it will only use its air

what changes were taking place in france? >> guest: well, the french were way ahead of us in technology, engineering and science. the french had the best medical training in the world and so that was not available here. the harvard medical school, for example was small inadequate and part of the problem was cadavers. >> -- were illegal and was limited in the opportunity to to so, all the cadavers were sold in the a black market, they were very expensive. even the doctors themselves didn't have access to cadavers to show about how the workings of the human body are put together. in france there was no such ruling, they could spend days, months doing nothing but dissecting bodies. one of the beneficiaries, became one of the looming figures of harvard medical school who specialized and taught dissection most of the time there. that's the only one example. we are far more indebted to the french in many fields than we realize and medicine is one of the clearest of all examples. well, a good deal, but not as much as most people wou

they are a fixture among france cities. burger king is catching up to mcdonald's after an 18% absence from france. reporter: global chain burger king is getting set to take a giant bite out of the french fast food market. the major shareholder has confirmed it's in exclusive negotiations to snap up all quick burger outlets. the terms of the deal have not yet been disclosed, but if finalized, it would see the familiar q sign converted to burger king restaurants across france. quick is the main competitor in france, a notch of over 1 billion euros in 2014. it would see burger king add over 500 stores. it has been keen to expand its portfolio since breaking back into the french market in 2013 after a 16-year hiatus. following the conversion, burger king would become the number two fast food brand in france behind mcdonald's. globally burger king's 14,000 stores still trail the almost 36,000 mcdonald's in operation, but moving its tax headquarters to canada last year has seen burger king revenues grow while world sales have dip

"france 24's" marcus karlsson is here in studio. let start with news out of the united states. >> investors have been asking for months when u.s. interest rates will be heading higher, and today, this friday, we got through a piece of economic data that could shed more light on this issue. the u.s. economy added 173,000 jobs during the month of august. that was fewer than expected. but looking beyond the headline, analysts say the report was fairly strong. that is probably because of this number right here. the unemployment rate in the united states dipped to 5.1% in august, which is the lowest we have seen since april of 2008. at the same time, previous estimates of jobs added in june and july were revised higher, and on average over the past three months, the u.s. economy has added more than it00,000 jobs. on top of that, wages are heading higher, which is seen as a sign of a strengthening labor market at least by some. some say that a strong jobs report could prompt the federal reserve to raise interest rates in the united states

thank you, frances. we are now entering day two the bart transbay tube closer and all in all things are going pretty well. saturday's closer caused plenty of backups at the toll plaza, but no worse than a weekday morning commute. however it did cause a few sour notes for people going to a big concert at at&t park. abc7 news reporter melody woodrow has the story. >> reporter: 50,000 billy joel fans had to navigate these conditions, crossing the street to at&t park. making the path a little more manageable, parking control officers like denise. >> because so many in a small amount of time and spacing, it got a little busy. >> also helping flag men with the construction workers install track and making infrastructure upgrades at the 4th and king intersection. many east bay residents had to rethink their saturday commute >> i thought it would be a real nightmare. >> the transbay tube is closed for weekend track repairs. >> i was planning on taking -- >> we were going to bail because of the traffic thing. >>

. >> france is willing to do its part. the european commission will propose distributing 120,000 refugees over the next few years which means 24,000 people for france to take in. we'll do it because it's the principle to which france is committed. we'll do it because it's a proposition that we ourselves established. >> germany chancellor angela merkel said that asylum seekers have to go back, but her government has made another $3 billion available to cope with the refugee crisis. >> we have to do lots of things to manage this challenge, but we need the help of the e.u. it's only with european solidate that we'll manage that. europe wants to show itself in a good light, and we have to fight the reasons for the influx of the refugees. the civil wars, the terrorism. we have to work against it together. >> director of the refugee study center in oxford university said that the way they're handling the arrival of refugees is embarrassing. >> europe needs a new deal in responsibility sharing. they greed that it does not work an

france needs to slim down the public sector. the government had made efforts in reducing payroll expenditure, but more needs to be done. >> it was decided personnel costs could only increased by 250 million euros from one year to the next. these costs have gone up by 700 million. that is quite a difference. >> in a report, the court calls for war hundred 50 million euros in savings per year in 2016. by reducing the number of public sector jobs and increasing the effective number of hours worked, .5% of public sector workers work the legal maximum of 35 hours per week. job cuts are likely to come by replacing one into retiring workers. the policy had been implemented by nicholas sarkozy, but was shelved by francois hollande. two thirds of payroll is spent in the health sector with the localplit among authorities and state bodies. thegreement is expected by end of september. some are willing to give it their support. others are against it. the central bank in the u.k. is taking the market turmoil in china with a pinch of salt for