france went to war against britain on the side of france. it is no stretch to say that britain sacrificed america for gibralt gibralter. this pile of rocks. spain would not ally with the americans during the war but did agree the terms of the peace could only happen with britain's recognition of the sovereignty of the united states. the entry of spain alongside france fundamentally changed the nature of the war. from a regional clash in north america to a global conflict. the british navy and army were spread every thinner around the world. the ships were along the line and they were overwhelmed. instead of only attacking the americans in america britain now had to shield england from the threat of invasion, defend against the see of gibralter. this all happened in 1779-1780 as the war in america was coming to its lowest point. you can see by alexander hamilton's comment: if we are saved, france and spain must save us. that reflected the fact that americans understood winning the war against britain rested with france and spain. after spain

so what was france first. now our interests and france's interests intersect did. for spain, spain first meant we are going to get back florida. we want gibraltar, and they never lied -- allied with the americans. it was in their interest to fight the common enemy. so the fact that they were doing it for their own purposes should in no way undercut the support that they gave us. you have a second question. i overextended on your first one because i thought that was a critical point. your second question has to do -- >> wended spain make the decision rushing mark today say here is our chance, but they had to wait? >> had been preparing for some time. they were arming the americans. they were actually and with the french. i mentioned diego, the spanish merchant. it is certain a spanish court and what he was doing. all along, and they saw this as an opportunity to get written out of the territory that they wanted. this is really critical for them. remember where the majority of their wealth came from. we call it today south america. and peru was for the caribbean, so

so it was france first for virgen-e. our interests and france's interests intercepted. for spain, spain first meant we're going to get back florida. we want gibraltar but, and they never allied with the americans but it was clearly in their interest to fight the common enemy. so the fact that they were doing it for their own purposes should in no way undercut the support that they gave us. now you had a second question. i overextended on your first one because i thought that was a critical point. now your second question had to do with? >> when did spain make the decision? did they see the war starting, oh, boy, here is our chance but they had to wait? >> they had been preparing for some time. they were arming the americans. they were actually in with the french when we they armed bomarche. the spanish merchant supplying the americans, it was certain the spanish court knew what they were doing. all along they saw this as an opportunity to britain out of the territories that they wanted. this was really critical for them. remember, where the majority of their wealth came

map out for us why this is so important for france and the people of france. pascale hugues -- pascale: the problem is the election campaigns have gotten very fiery because of scandals. ,he neustar, emmanuel macron has not unveiled his position yet. the main star that everyone would thought would probably win the election, francois fillon, is embroiled in scandal. he is a moral man and his always criticized french politics for being corrupt, and now he is touched by scandal. is going to profit from that because i think the ranch are so fed up. there is hardly a french political who has not been embroiled in scandal. it's amazing when you compare to germany where hardly any political person here is embroiled in scandal. the french are very, very fed up. i'm sure a lot of people will say they vote marine le pen, although she is also embroiled in scandals, although it is very strange for francois fillon. supporters,t of his conservative voters, are hesitant now and have questions for him. marine le pen has several scandals. she has employed moneymen -- money of t

so france went to war against britain the side of france. it is no exaggeration to say that britain sacrificed america for gibraltar. pile of rocks. no spain was not actually allied with the americans during this war. but they did agree that the terms of the peace could only happen with britain's recognition of the sovereignty of the united states. the entry of spain into the war alongside france fundamentally change the nature of the war. from a regional clash in north america to a global conflict. the british navy and the british army were now spread ever thinner around the world. the combined navies of france and spain numbered 124 shifts against britain's 95 and they were overwhelmed. so instead of only attacking the americans in america, britain now had to shield england from invasion by france and spain they had to defend against gibraltar when they had to protect their own colonies, their sugar colonies in the caribbean and their colonies in india. this all happened in 1779 to 1780. as the war in america was coming to its lowest point

but that is also happening in france because there's no opposition. the french left is in disarray in the same way as it is here. not to mention the american left. some things must or something had to give and that is the rise of the centrist party, the split of labour and the socialist party in france. something will happen because it cannot go on like this. the reason she has a boulevard now is that she can go on sometimes inanely saying brexit means brexit because it hasn't happened yet. the other shoe that has yet to drop is what happens when article 50 is triggered, when some of the real—life effects begin to take hold? that is when, particularly inside the tory party, it will be worth watching. you need somebody to take advantage of that, don't you? you do and she may start considering an early election now because the momentum that she has at the moment, she won't keep when article 50 is triggered, we assume. so now‘s the time to consider calling an early election. when could you ever say that a conservative prime minister's popularity grow

this is a big deal in france. >> a huge deal in france. a huge deal in paris. there is also a lot of pride around france because a lot of farm animals are coming from different parts of france to the french capital for this major fair. you can see the front page of the paper very proud of their cows coming to paris. this is one of the biggest farm fares. it is called france's biggest farm. you have about 4000 animals making their way to paris for this nine-day fair. we are talking about france's finest cows, sheep, chickens, horses, dogs, cats. the best of the farm animals are in paris. you can see on the front page of the paper a lot of pride as well on their front page. understand one animal in particular will be in the spotlight. this is the mascot. .> that is a six-year-old cow that is a great name. you can see her on the front page. 'se is a breed from brittany, a lot of pride in those papers. you can see her getting a big hard from her owner -- big hug from her owner. "french connections" this week because i take you on an in-depth look. anchor: very shin

france could not pay down and they continued on top of that. when it was to a large result a result of the crisis that erupted, yes the american revolution was one cause but it wasn't the catalyst for the primary cause. they had adopted a fiscal policy so that is the first one. catherine the great was a wonderful hidden player in all of this. the european politics didn't stop while the american war was going on and at the center, juggling european politics with russia because they were threatening france and the ottoman empire and the recently invaded crimea and also there was a partition of poland. they were trying to attract them by offering the. they were concerned about shipping. many were holding france so she authorized the armed neutrality that was supposed to be a fleet of about a dozen ships that would stop them from attaching neutral ships. so that was the intent. unfortunately, it ended up bringing the republicans to the war because they thought they were going to be protected by russia but they were not. it was quite devastating for

, stand up for france, change france, stand up for france, change multinationals, whilst all the well withdrawing some rights from residents were not french citizens. many people will stand in the first round, at the moment there are fouror the first round, at the moment there are four orfive decent the first round, at the moment there are four or five decent candidates, only two will go through to the next round. one of them will probably be marine le pen, but the other one will gain the support of the many others who cannot stand green le pen, and at that point is unlikely that she will win. how will francois fillon and beale aged —— and be a legend thejobs fillon and beale aged —— and be a legend the jobs and the leaded the job scandal help her? he denies paying state funds to his wife for a nonexistent job when he paying state funds to his wife for a nonexistentjob when he was senator and state funds to his children for and state funds to his children for a nonexistent work when he was a senator. i should say that he denies all of that. we are expecting some kind of statem

victor before france. —— victory for france. scotland and wales are the big match that we looking at this weekend. tell us what it means to be pa rt weekend. tell us what it means to be part of this game? it means everything. there will be a huge amount of support coming from wales as well. liam williams at five green line breaks. he has the best attacking stats in the championship silver. so bring it a threat. —— in the championship so far. it's difficult as a scots person to deal with the physicality but i believe that scotland have the understanding and the ability to do that. gloves in the last match had so much field position but they couldn't get the ball across the line. —— wales in the last match. they are a pressurised team and they know how to win and wales were on top for 75 minutes. they didn't get the territory, scotland in the second half. the weather will be an important factor tomorrow. it will lend itself to another cracking encounter and an exciting weekend.” tell you, we have plenty more to talk abou

that is where france comes in. france will be heading to the polls in a few weeks to elect a new president. it is a very critical election. france is on the brink, really. farleading candidate is right candidate marine le pen. she's likely to get into the second round. what we are seeing is france also has a dynamic up all the issues that play here, not only does france have this populist wing, but we see a lot of terror attacks. the report talks about the response to terrorist attacks. state ofn under a emergency here in france which has been extended four times since the 2015 november paris attacks. typically, what human rights groups obvious one about is in order to keep the country safe, at what cost -- our civil liberties being scrapped? are we discriminating against groups? is it really making the country is safer place or is it just winning votes? france is the ideal place to unveil this report. >> the 2015 amnesty report focused on the refugee crisis. is that referred to at all in this year's report? >> tre

france there is a lot of focus on this new centrist alliance between the presidential candidates in france. >> that's right. one of them ended weeks of suspense yesterday when he announced he would not be running. he has become a texture on the french political ain't. he has run in three elections. he is giving all of his support to emmanuel macron. the are hoping to run over middle kingdom. they arerist union hoping is going to be all powerful. this paper is wondering is two really better than one? they say this is a marriage of convenience and it is not really about passion. this was sort of a sacrifice he was not wanting to make. centristey are both independence. it seems they didn't always get along. >> they had often criticized each other. we have a list of a few of these singers. i pulled out one of them. he is saying i don't see myself in the ideas that mac run incarnates. 's social politics are close to what nicolas sarkozy defended in 2007. is bad newsalliance for several other french presidential candidates including the left and the right. right wing paper seems pretty saddened

i want france to recover. i don't want france to continue as it is today in a situation where there are six million people unemployed. nine million people under the poverty line. two million young people who are neither in training nor at school nor in work. the fight against terrorism has not been conducted with all the necessary vigor. notably as it regards to our foreign policy. i am not asking the french to make efforts. i am asking the french to help me, to restore the country, to help the country to recover. reporter: are you convinced and are you certain that no judicial judgment will counter your strategy? francois: yes, i am absolutely sure of that i know what i have done because i have a clear conscience and because i've always practiced total transparency, notably leaving the people responsible for the ongoing inquiry. reporter: good afternoon. mr. prime minister, did your wife penelope know that she had a job as a parliamentary assistant when she says and writes in 2007 she said, i have never been

it's very unpopular in france? unpopular enough to tilt it to 51%. very unpopular in france? unpopular enough to tilt it to 5196. that would be the end. if it was on the euro in a number of european countries with greece being a possible example...? it's a false referendum because it isa kind it's a false referendum because it is a kind of brexit referendum in the sense that if you have widespread discontent and people can think they can blame economic malaise on the euro and that will fix it, then they will vote against it. but that won't fix it. then you have to have politicians brave enough to say that but that's rare. where does this leave britain? you could say that, in voting for brexit, the british have decided they will, at some point and whatever the difficulties ahead, leave a union which is failing and which many of the ordinary citizens know it's failing even in countries very strongly in favour of the eu. it's a complicated because to the extent the eu does fail, and i agree that one of the ironies is there are no forces that are bringing it closer together again

it is france's national brand. governments may change, but the countryside does not, so the story goes. at election time, every politician wants to be the farmers' friend. this small town is in the corner of burgundy. with its grand heritage of food and wine. it has had a center-right mayor for 22-years, but since 2010 the far-right national has doubled its share of the vote. the mayor puts that down for lack of support for the rural economy, which he says is creating a two-tier france with jobs and people moving to the city's. is a feeling of disappointment. people feel abandoned. one government after another has not reduced the trend. people do not feel they have a future in the countryside. they do not believe in the traditional parties. philip has been a dairy farmer for 25-years, and his parents before him. with competition over no prices ilk rises he has been running at a deficit for years. >> if there is one idea that sparks interest, it is turning inwards, nationalist spirit. protectionism, limiting the mov

a huge employer in france. it, sells planes around the world and has a very, very complicated hedging book, and it would be difficult to deal with. have you spoken to french business a great deal? been talking to french business for a long time. past was in the complaining about the over evaluated euro, and its negative consequences on its business. we must not oppose the private sectors, the big companies, and the international sovereignty. in fact, during many years, and also still available in other countries, we have a partnership between this strategy and the private sector. we are not against the private sector -- on the contrary, we are managing and planning to make a new partnership anin order to create a winning strategy, and a win also for the private sector in its international business. matt: jean, do you feel that the euro is currently too strong? we have heard voices from -- for example -- donald trump's advisor peter navarro, saying he thinks the euro is too weak. the german finance minister wolf

it is a very overvalued swiss franc. guy: first of all, do you think the government will lose the vote this weekend and second of all -- i think the two are related -- do you expect the swiss franc to make a big move soon? the smb is going to do something. what is going to happen? give us the short-term next few weeks view of what happens in switzerland. ok, so, let me first say that i do not believe the government to lose the referendum, but honestly, i have been wrong. i'm very cautious about that. on the swiss franc, yes, i would argue the currency is overvalued. that might be true, but there are other good reasons besides the swiss franc being the safe haven of europe. tight betweenmely the bund curve and the swiss curve. [indiscernible] this drives the value of the currency up. we see the swiss franc is appreciating even more. we target 105 by the end of the year. matt: let me ask you a question n can chime in as well. seen the swiss franc for safety reasons. donald trump threatened this and that with executive orde

he had already been arrested and sent back to france. during their search police found more than 70 grams of tatp, a volatile explosive nicknamed the mother of satan. it is difficult to detect and can be made with easy to purchase chemicals. two close friends have also been arrested. the man had already been known to to the police for being radicalized. on the other side of france police searched the home for the parents of the young couple. -- the attack had been planned to take place in paris. anchor: we can speak with the head of national security services at the royal institute in london. thank you for being with us. we are hearing the 16-year-old police, does by this plot once again there hallmarks of a refugee yet for -- refugee? >> it would indicate something in that direction. it is not entirely clear. allegiance to the group and there was a video made of this swearing. it suggests something that is probably close to the sum of their plots. the decision to make explosives is an interesting choice, quitee making tatp is complicate

how significant has this case been in france's national discussion about immigration? >> very significant, huge media attention, a boost for all those who say that given the right-wing shift in the country, we have to uphold the very values, why people in the first place are seeking to come to france, and secondly, it puts a flashlight on the problems, the negative side effect, if you close the borders to italy, some people will get through. in the past year, 100 80,000 refugees came across the mediterranean from africa into italy, about the same number in reception centers, and a huge amount of these people are trying to get into france, and that is where he says, look at we have to do better than this. these people are arriving here under terrible conditions am a walking up train tunnels, risking their lives, and local organizations like us, but it should be the government who is taking care of these people. sarah: the latest from nice. thank you. elsewhere in southern france, police have arrested four people on suspicion of preparing a terrorist attack. the four age

in eastern say france. carmaker's a modernizing the facility will increase its production capacity by 50,000 vehicles per year and protect jobs on the pipes. the craft heinz food group is trying to acquire unilever in what would be one of the biggest mergers in corporate history. billion, that is an 18% premium on its current share price. they did say it fundamentally undervalued the global reach of its rant. kraft says it will continue to pursue the anglo dutch group, which owns dozens of household .ames shares soared nearly 13.5% in london. at theings us to a look markets, wall street has that away from its record highs earlier this week, continuing the momentum set on thursday, the dow jones over 50 points while the s&p 500, the telecommunication sector is lagging. was -- was boosted by unilever's strong gain. shares of the samsung group largely resisted news that the defect abbas had been arrested as part of an ongoing corruption investigation. president paying the of south korea and her acquaintances h

france took their chance, 16—16, less tha n france took their chance, 16—16, less than 15 minutes left. the french went to the brink, no drive. no escape for scotland. they kept to not camille lopez, who knocked them over. in the land of the giants, scotland's task was simply too big. it was a physical encounter. quite a few times we came off second best. i thought the boys stuck in well defensively. we defended our line well and scored a couple of tries. at critical times, perhaps we were not accurate enough. we will have a good look at that before moving to the next game. ireland's women lead the way in the six nations standings after they beat italy in l'aquila. the first half was a low scoring affair with both going into the break having shared a penalty each. but in the second half, ireland finally found some form and they dominated proceedings, running in a total of four tries. this effort, right at the end of the game, the best of the bunch by hannah tyrell, to give them a 27—3 victory although they'd left it late to get the bonus point with that try. away from the six nations

she wants france to leave nato. she wa nts to she wants france to leave nato. she wants to hold a reference mick —— a referendum about france's membership of the eu. and she also wants to talk about deporting criminals. we know a lot of her positions. she's faced problems recently in her campaign. the anti—corruption police have placed under formal investigation one of her senior aides. investigating whether ron not that aid did a job —— whether or not that aid did a job —— whether or not that aide did a job for marine le pen. the anti—corruption police are looking at the inner circle which may provide a lot of attention in the coming weeks. that is the far right candidate. if we look at emmanuel macron, who is more centrist, what is going on with him and his prospects? he's a centrist, running as a centrist and outsider. in the last 2a hours he's picked up the endorsement of a man who knows exactly what that is like. francois bayroux ran as an outsider and centrist in the last three presidential elections. didn't win any of them, but picked up

genie: that is france 24's armen georgian. the trump administration got a new blow after the nominee for labor secretary pulled himself out of the race. regulatingrge of workplace safety and is usually being seen as an advocate for workers rights. he has been plagued by criticism of questionable practices through his own company, forcing him to drop out. >> a dramatic exit for donald trump pick for labor secretary. it was the republican -- several senators disagreed with the later practices and were uncomfortable with allegations used against them. person tod want the be the secretary of labor to have a good record when it comes to following the laws that he would be in charge of enforcing. -- ew custer has in demonstrations, employees claimed for treatment, claiming harassment in the workplace. he also admitted to employing an undocumented household made for years. democrats see his withdrawal as a victory. >> i want to thank all the workers who bravely shared their stories in the last few months. it is clear today that your

one fiercely nationalist, the other with a liberal pro—europe vision for france. emmanuel macron drew twice as many people to his own election rally this weekend, not bad for a man waging his first—ever election campaign. if marine le pen is targeting the losers of globalisation, mr macron is pushing its benefits hard, only to be expected from a former banker perhaps. translation: 78 days to go, our time has come and our will is moving forward. this election offers new faces but also new political divisions and new kinds of voters for marine le pen. gone is a day we suffer from uncontrolled immigration, islamic aggression, insecurity, unemployment and for us, marine le pen is the answer. the front national is running in the name of the people, it says, and in this election, there are many candidates from many different parties claiming to do just the same. large anti—government protests are continuing across romania, despite a climb down by the government. earlier the authorities scrapped a controversial decree that would have decriminalised some forms of corr

the soldiers never saw any women in france. never talked about any women. , will admit, once in a while there is a mention, and it goes like this -- darling, you should have seen the two ugly flags i saw yesterday down by the wells in this belgian town. that is about the only mention of women. so, a fundamental and huge element of soldier life does not exist in the major source of social history for soldiers in world war i. so, where did we find those women, and where do we find how soldiers spoke to each other? we will find a source where the audience is soldiers, not the home front. soldier newspapers printed by and for soldiers at or near the front. first of all, this was my phd project, and unlike those millions of letters, this was a very nicely to find a source space. every french read soldier newspaper, every british soldier newspaper, every australian, crucially every canadian. [laughter] dr. nelson: and all 12,000 german soldier newspapers. there are italian soldier newspapers, could not read those. a were done in the

my life was totally changed by going to france. i did not want to go and live in france, it was an accident but anyway that is another story. i found myself living in paris which at that time was very foreign indeed. i did not speak any french and then i was meeting all these amazing artists. the first time i saw piaf, it was amazing, i had never seen anything like that. when i saw her she was already quite a sick lady and she just about made it centrestage and i thought, this is not going to be very good. this is uncomfortable for me and then she started to sing and that is when i learnt about singing with your heart and soul and everything else. you know, she sang about love, death, hate, madness, sex, everything, you know, and i had never seen anything like that before. so it was really a learning experience for me, living in france — personally and professionally. in a sense it sound sas though it made you much more self—aware and ready to express your true self? yes and i was also married and had two children. the great th

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among the countries in the firing line, france. oforter: the rollout amnesty's annual report in the talking about the states i'm going -- country's ongoing state of emergency. believe the response has been reasonable. protests have been banned, people have been put in confined housing. there have been raids in the middle of the night in people's houses. this is not in line with the french constitution. saying citizens are seeing their rights eroded in the name of security. according to the security minister, 612 house arrest have taken place over a 12 month period. this agate hammer, have been prosecuted. >> if they were so certain and had proof that i had carried out the attacks are been radicalized, i don't think they would have given me access to the airport. reporter: his lawyer confirmed amnesty international spheres. underepresented those house arrest by mistake. those they were under house arrest without any roof. their doors were broken at night , that state of panic stays with you. emergencythe state of will be extended un

eddiejones said on monday, the victory over france felt a bit likea monday, the victory over france felt a bit like a defeat. jones has also been stoking the fires with his comments about the cardiff atmosphere and his apparent u—turn over the principality stadium roof, oi’ over the principality stadium roof, or lack of it. as for selection, jack nowell returns on the wing. jack nowell returns on the wing. jack clifford comes in at flanker. he will provide pace and dynamism to the back row. one of a handful of players who haven't received the reception that awaits england on saturday. we need to do the fundamentals well to give ourselves options in attack. we need the defence to be disciplined, nice and square and off the line. if we do those simple things well, i think we will have a great game. the wales camp have been nursing injuries this week and it is still not clear exactly who will be walking out of this tunnel tomorrow afternoon. dan biggar and george north are both named in the sides, but both are nursing injuries and rob howley will give them as long as possible to recover

but most of the army became active in france in 1918. so a lot of these pictures were drawn during the time from about april through the end of the war and because it was the army of occupation there were some that were even done after the end of the war. you will see there are some pictures of the american forces entering germany. but this one is by one of my favorite artists, and this is by harvey dunn. when he first came over, he drew this image of an enlisted man. or actually this is the machine gunner. and you might think that this machine gunner looks a lot like superman because of his square jaw and his broad shoulders and his narrow waist. it was very idealized. but harvey dunn himself was very, very passionate, and this is how he saw the war. and this is how he saw the men. this is another sketch by harvey dunn showing street fighting. and you can see it's kind of grisly and certainly has a very favorable image of the americans as fighters. one of the things that i did when i was writing the blog about harvey dunn was to go back

he went to france and was able to meet with france's leaders. france had seen the wisdom of walking back. it was impossible to determine what george logan's real impact was. but the french thought there was a lot of impact for his attempt to come and make peace. he became a celebrity in paris. you would think he would receive similar treatment for his initiative and trying to make peace. the federalist were out raged ad viewed this as interference in america's policy. they viewed the democratic republicans as the mob rule to the french american revolution. they wanted to do something to make sure someone like logan never did that again and that ended up being the logan act. a law that makes a crime for a private citizen without authorization from the government to correspond directly or indirectly over a dispute or controversial involving the united states. this has turned out to be one of the most worthless laws passed by congress and i know that is a high bar. something like 225 years since it was passed, not a single person has been convicted

you are watching "france 24." nicolas sarkozy is expected to appeal a magistrate's decision that he stand trial. that is amidst claims that he illegally financed his 2012 reelection bid. . high-stakes legal battle rulepeals court is set to on president trump's travel ban, which is currently suspended. in reaction to a new law passed by israel's parliament which legalizes dozens of jewish outposts in the west bank. tom: thanks for joining us. pariseveloping story in -- the judicial source says a magistrate has ordered nicolas sarkozy must stand trial. to answer allegations that he illegally financed a 2012 reelection bid. that was a bid that ultimately failed. overspending on the campaign trail as well as funding irregularities are among the allegations. from 2007 toice 2012. he could face one year behind bars. france 24's claire williams joins us now on the set. tell us what is the latest you are hearing on this. claire: we are hearing that this investigating judge was working on the case and believes that sarkozy

what are your concerns about france? francois fillon is the centrist in the race, which could take votes away from macron. how do you play that on the markets? geraldine: one thing we have been highlighting at pimco already, almost from a year ago, was to keep out of france. the uncertainty is going to bring volatility to the markets, and you want your powder dry to take advantage of potential opportunity that may arise. of course, we have a cautious stance on your. we have -- on europe. we have been taking profits in , andds we deem to tight there is pressure to focus on other areas of the credit spectrum, like mortgage backed securities in the u.s., for instance. we are waiting and taking our cues. the base case scenario is still that a mainstream candidate will be elected in france. to 30% have about a 25% chance of le pen winning the election. the base case remains in line. but this is too high a probability to ignore. francine: i showed the service yields, and it is in negative territory for some time. it keeps goin

the 2004 tour de france at a press co nfe re nce him? the 2004 tour de france at a press conference at the book had just come out. i am sitting in the front row. he asked about the book and looks down at me and says, "seeing as the esteemed author was here, i will answer him". these extraordinary allegations must be followed with extraordinary proof. the answer is why should it be extraordinary proof from lance armstrong? he was right. 0rdinary proof didn't touch him. in the end, the united states anti— doping agency got 11 witnesses. they all had first—hand accounts of lance's doping. in a sense, it made your career ina doping. in a sense, it made your career in a journalist, long to have that piece that made hollywood movies and you have that. you found your life consumed by this and at one point, your daughter made a comment when she saw he won the b about lance and she said, i'm watching you on tv while the rest of the family are having dinner, same old, same old. —— she saw you on a tv. was it worth it? i never saw it asa tv

well, the 2004 tour de france, at a press conference where the book had just come out. i am sitting in the front row. he was asked about the book and looks down at me and says, "seeing as the esteemed author was here, i will answer this question". he said the extraordinary allegations as mr walsh has made must be followed with extraordinary proof. it was a simple question, why should it be extraordinary proof for lance armstrong? but lance was absolutely right. 0rdinary proof didn't touch him. you needed... and in the end, the united states anti—doping agency got 26 witnesses. ii of them were former team—mates, all with first—hand accounts of lance's doping. do you in any way resent... i mean, it made, in a sense, it made your career, journalist longed to have that defining story that will win them awards, make hollywood movies, and you have that. but you also, and this is important, you also found your life consumed by this and at one point, your daughter made a comment when she saw interviewed on tv about lance and she said, "oh, there you go again, dad, i'm wat

and here you are winning the tour de france for the first time." he said, "look, i'm going to address this question once and once only. and i'm saying to you guys, you journalists, you've got to fall in love with cycling again." he never actually said, "i would never dope, i do not dope." he said, "i have tested positive, i have passed all of the controls." now, if you're covering the sport and you're a sports writer and you see lots of this stuff, you actually know how to read what people are saying and saying, i have passed all the tests is not the same as saying, i don't dope. how can it be, and i want to broaden the conversation now, because cycling has been one of your key focuses. but you've also looked at wider sport and drugs in professional, but going back through decades. but how come it can have been in the very recent past industrial scale when, as i made the point, the world anti—doping agency, the iaaf, and all of the other different world bodies supposed to be controlling drugs in sport have spent years telling us they're cleaning

total was born in france. we are a global company and where people around the world but less people in france but i think we have a special responsibility and we need to take, to give an answer to that. as a french company -- theresa may is relevant to what you just said. she said if you are a global citizen, you are a citizen of nowhere. gettinghink people are angry with all -- with multinationals? globalization, i am french in france and i am german and -- i have have to the a nationality. i'm a public/private company for sure but i have a nationality when a go to africa or the middle east. i should recognize that. i have a certain responsibility for france. total is a global company but it's because i have been able to old -- to build on the french base. that was a discussion of the state of oil and whether opec will extend its production cuts passed may. past may. >> it's not only us but it's also russia. agreementa necessary in november. russia for the first time in history accepted to make some cuts. the

the french presidential candidate france walked the long has vowed -- france walked along -- france walked fillon -- franccois fillon insists that the work he is accused of is legal. in the catalonia region of eastern spain, a trial today for the organization of a symbolic referendum on regional independence in 2014. despite it being deemed illegal by the central government. tickets for the 67th berlin international film festival have gone on sale in the competition is fierce. fans spent hours lining up for tickets this morning. 400 films from all over the world will be screened this year. you are still watching "dw news," live from berlin. still to come we will visit the desolate french rust belt. our struggling factories like these fertile ground for the national front? we will try to find out. that, plus hobby air will be here with the latest business headlines. back on the other side of the 62nd break. ♪ >> make your smart tv even smarter with the dw for smart tv app. what you want, when you want it. up-to-date. extraordinary. in depth. you decide what's on. find out more at dw.com/s

france. they know that france is theirs. they know that they are among the best architects of the constituency of france and of the spirit of france. and most of them will certainly not be the first one to leave. before them, the anti-semites will leave. if someone has to leave france today or europe, it is whoever they are the anti-semites. not the jews these guys with short ideas, with illiterate thinking which know nothing, which don't even know why they hate jews, these are so striking in the terrorist attacks since toulouse -- [inaudible] when you hear the jihadists, it is a sort of reflex, pavlovian, they don't even know why. they don't even know what is judaism, they are just nuts. they are just stupid. how would i leave the country which my father defended with his, at the risk of his blood, which my ancestors in a way -- not exactly mine, okay, ancestor of the jews build as a great french republic, how would i leave this country and leave them on the battlefield? impossible. so the f

where we give you insight into the lives of the people across france's chinese diaspora represents one of the largest chinese communities in europe. and some say they are one of the most successful immigrant groups there. but because of this, there is growing inter-ethnic tension between france's asian population and the much larger north african community. "i do not like chinese people. i do not like them." he says. more about this conflict is coming up later in the program. europe is in the midst of a deep freeze and belgrade where temperatures have plummeted to minus 20 centigrade is no exception. hawa and his cousin saher are among the estimated 1000 refugees stuck in the serbian capital, trying to survive in desperate conditions. many like them have paid thousands of euros to flee the unrest in their homelands. however, hungary tightened border controls last year and effectively shut down the much used balkan route into mainland europe. returning home to afghanistan would mean facing torture by the taliban. attempting to illegally cross into hungary they say could swiftly end in a

they can speak a pidgin french with locals in france. they cannot speak polish, or russian, or lithuanian. it is a totally alien landscape that they see as a space where german work and german culture -- and this exists at the lowest level. this is not some abstract. right at the level of these newspapers, the germans speak this way about why they are there, because it justifies why they are there. it makes them feel good about why they are there. they are not just ugly oppressors. they are bringing something good. this civilizing mission in the east is crucial, and it runs throughout these newspapers. what are some universal experiences? i have already mentioned there is no violence in these newspapers. there is also no enemy. none of these newspapers depict the enemy except occasionally as a joke. there is one sketch in the german newspaper called pee stream of a french soldier. there is a sleeping french soldier, a dream bubble above him, and it says "i need new clothes." a german yelled from the trenches that he had a wife in birming

she promises to uphold france's values. hundreds of thousands take to the streets again in romania, saying they don't trust the government. and one of the world's biggest sporting events — the superbowl is underway with millions of americans and many more around the world tuning in. president trump has become embroiled in a bitter battle with the american legal system. a federal appeals court on sunday refused to reinstate his controversial travel ban, preventing people from seven mainly—muslim countries from entering the united states. it was a judge in seattle who'd originally put a temporary stop to the policy, and the president has accused him of putting the country in peril. our north america correspondent nick bryant has more. the rush to reach america — arrivals from mainly—muslim countries making it through immigration after an appeals court rejected a move by the trump administration to reimpose its travel ban. so, impromptu celebrations at us airports, and relief for those looking to head across the atlant

rabah slimani rumbling over — france in front. with just ten minutes left, replacement ben teo‘o came to england's rescue. their 15th victory in a row, a new record for them. but this was a lesson in winning ugly. you could almost sense the relief among those england players and the england fans here at twickenham. their six nations campaign is off to a winning start, but onlyjust. andy swiss, bbc news, twickenham. the final game of the opening weekend takes place in rome this afternoon when italy face wales. it gets underway at 2pm with commentary on 5 live and highlights later on on bbc two. the women's six nations has also started this weekend. straight after england's win at twickenham, the english women did the same. they came from 13—0 down at half—time to win 26—13. amy wilson—hardy's late try sealed it for the home side. wales women got their campaign off to a winning start. they beat italy 20—8. captain carys phillips secured the 12—point lead in the final 10 minutes. they face england next saturday. there's

france's presidential candidates have set out their plans. emmanuel macron, said he wanted to strengthen the relations with germany and boost defence spending. marine le pen has promised to leave the eurozone and hold a referendum on european union membership. now it's time for click. this week, meet our youngest reporter ever. when were you born?