yes, the french fight. the french fight the americans. they defend morocco. nogas issues a general alert, the troops mobilize and they fight the americans. casablanca of course was a port which means that it has ships of the french fleet are stationed there and they come out to fight. you get the naval battle of casablanca which takes place over two days. the americans sink the french fleet based at casablanca, while not suffering any damages. the french casualties would be 490 sailors are killed and 969 are wounded. the admiral who controls the french fleet would call casablanca a cemetery by the time basically by the time the americans are done. patton's task force and with some help from the u.s. navy would take morocco in 74 hours. casablanca was scheduled to be bombed on the morning of november 11th, starting at 7:30 in the morning. nogas would surrender morocco and casablanca at 6:40 in the morning, barely avoiding bombing the city. they would sign an armistice on november 11, 1942, another, another sort of momentous day because it's the day in which wo

car than the french taxpayers are. >> in may of '54, 20,000 french soldiers were defeated at dien bifu. of the vietnam fighters, 8,000 were killed. another 15,000 were wounded. >> french paratroopers being dropped into dien bien phu. of course we didn't know where that was. >> in 1964, edward alvarez was a high school student in california dreaming of flying. a decade later vietnam would make him one of the world's most famous pilots. >> i didn't care what i flew or what model as long as i flew jets. >> jfk and robert mcnamara called them advisers. but these elite warriors did much more than teach the south vietnamese military how to fight. often they found themselves in the h >>> races to the center field, makes the play. ♪ >> in the summer of 1954, sex goddess marilyn monroe filmed one of her most famous onscreen moments. in vietnam, over 70 years of french colonial rule was ending. >> it all came the a head at the battle of dien bien phu. and president eisenhower decided to help broker the geneva accords of 195 four. >> h.r. mcmaster is the author of "dereliction of duty". >> the

and surprising that french has been hit again. looks. jihadist behind. he's a very well known to security services. allegedly french media just reported that he was known as being one of the first. to join the jihad so fine you can we. are traitors. why why this area libya well what is it about the caucus on and as well why would this area in particular have been targeted. there is no particular reason and that's what's extremely concerning and what we've seen in the past is. the fact that it's a much easier target than the jihadists locally. was much easier targeted. a supermarket or police or hand here and then factories. one of the nazis is that. much more cured. but that's extremely concerning in terms of future attacks. as we're speaking the the associated press is reporting that we can't independently verify this but they say that crossing french police is saying that two people have been killed in this incident in iraq a dozen people wounded in that that that hostage taking situation how would police now be looking to bring this situation to a clo

the french politely respond, no. washington comes home, but part of what he is doing is gathering information to produce a map. he produces at short notice a journal of that mission, and he is asked to give a write up for tomorrow. he pulled an all-nighter. that brings them to the attention of colonial authorities, two people in britain, at a young age -- that brings them to the attention of colonial authorities, two people in britain, at a young age. he is only 21. he is experiencing a sharp learning curve. he is going into indian country and knows nothing about what that means, how to do business in indian country. he has to learn the language, , he has to learn the protocols, rituals, how and when to speak to people who are dressed differently. he has to learn what is the right way to approach. you don't necessarily take the shortest route from a to b. on a diplomatic mission, you need to take a piece road -- peace road. washington's time in the country comes into contact with a half-king, this is a portrait by a

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we had kidnappings of french nationals, the targeting of french interests. the history of france and its former colonies goes back a long way. also, for its role as a modern-day antiterrorist force. thank you for bringing us the latest on the evolving story on burkina faso with a potential terrorist attack. it could be an attempted coup d'État on the country after the attack on the capital. we will bring you more developments as they come in. lift pass to the -- let's go to the director at the fidh. what is your assessment of this attack that has just taken place on ouagadougou? we are getting various contradictory reports. what is your assessment so far? >> the last information i get, even if we have to be very .autious with that it seems to indicate this is a terrorist attack. this is the operational mode to attack theg symbol of the state. recalled -- you just recalled the french presence in the fight against terrorism in the region. although show it should be a terrorist attack more they coup d'État. otherwise, we would have more military fights in the

we do knowow the french interior minister is heading down there, and the french authorities are treating this as a potential terror threat. we don't know if this man is anye, if he i i i i i i i i i i terror group structure, or if he has officially pledged allegiance to any of those groups. widely reported in media. perhaps now backpedaling on that. we will wait and see if this person is related to that organization. anchor: let's take a listen to what the french prime minister had to say earlier about the incident. situation is unfolding in the south of france. gunshots have been heard. a man has apparentlyyyyyyyyyyyyd himself in a supermarket. he might have taken hostages. the police o operation is underway. .t is a serious situation i may have to leave this meeting. anchor: we were listening to the french prime minister devoping . in incidents of this nature, facts change by the hour if not the minute. joining me now is ththththththtt been confirmed that he has claimed allegiance to the islamic state group. it does come at a time when one has the gup is clos to being routed in parts o

they will be joining the demonstration by french rail workers. they are furious about plans to scrap unemployment status for railorke that has for decadess allowed train workers to retire in their early 50's. retirement packages have been generous, and working have been shorter than other workers in the public sector. beenail workers i have speaking to s tt the street to protect that status. >> the train workers are turning today.force is it too expensive? macron's prime minister said frenchench commuters and rail passengers are paying more money for service that works less well, that the french government is determined to change this. the government says that running trains in france costs 30% more than it does in other european countries. the government believes bringing rail workers' employment status in line with other public-sector contracts will reduce costs. there's another motivating factor. next year french regional and national passenger lines will be open to competition. that includes a series of eu directors. this reform plan will mak

monitoring french media sites over t‘za last —' " who has been monitoring french media sites over t‘za last couple —' " who has been monitoring french media sites over t‘za last couple of —' " who has been monitoring french media sites over t‘za last couple of hours 7' " sites over the last couple of hours for updates and developments on the situation in trebes. what can you tell us? so, now we are hearing a bit more detail coming out, so a p pa re ntly bit more detail coming out, so apparently the first attack happened at10:15am apparently the first attack happened at 10:15am this morning when we had police four military crs doing some training, jogging, coming back from this training and then a car approached them and started shooting at them, and one of them got wounded. then this man drove to trebes and parked his car on the supermarket of the super u that we see now and entered saying, allahu akbar, which is what we know so far. the french newspapers and television are reporting that they are pretty sure it is at least two wounded, if not dead. there are mixed reports, t

a huge propaganda boost to the french. the english and the british dispatched the largest army to north america. the goal was to seize the french ohio, which is actually beside of present-day pittsburgh today. this is within grasping distance of indian allies. when that happens, the british troops trying -- respond as if they are trained -- respond as they're trained. british ranks are slaughtered. washington was part of that washington was part of that expedition. there have been lots of accounts and pictures of washington, and much of the myth and mythology -- many soldiers were killed and wounded, but not washington. there were accounts from people there, which said, we try to kill him, but we couldn't. shots and arrows missed their mark. this was seen as an indication of future greatness, which is what biographers described. if indian people did think that, it is probably not that much different than how washington described it. he attributed it to providence. the british colony is destroyed by a multi-tribal indian ar

the french prime minister said it was a very serious situation. that was why he had to leave to monitor the incident. local media say at least two people have been killed. that hasn't been officially confirmed. there are also reports, again unconfirmed, that up to 12 people have been injured. yet another report says all the hostages have been freed apart from one police officer. a little earlier we heard from defence analyst thomas withington who explained how prepared security forces in france are for this. in terms of the preparation of the french forces and law enforcement services, this is the kind of attack that people have been fearing for quite some time. france has been no stranger to terrorist activity over the last few years, and this profile of hostagetaking in a shooting, reg retta bly, of hostagetaking in a shooting, regrettably, does follow the pattern of previous incidents that we have seen of previous incidents that we have seen around the country, particularly in paris in the wake of the charlie hebdo attacks. so it is not somethi

french language paper. they say sarkozy is caught by the ghost of moammar qaddafi. sarkozy is an police constantly -- in police custody for the scandal linked to libyan illegal financing for his 2007 presidential campaign. there is some commentary and the european press like the spanish paper. if accusations are true, this would sack the confidence that french people have in their leaders and could damage france's international image. they say sarkozy is by far not the first french leader to be facing such scandals after he has left office. and thes have changed tolerance threshold that french people have for these kinds of scandals may be much lower than in the past. cartoonist, it's the return of the living dead in a way as you can see a skeleton of moammar qaddafi has risen from the dead and is coming back in and haunting not jus sarkozy but his former ministers , both of whom have been implicated. host: you also found a piece from the african press talking about the story. guest: totally different opini

was killed on friday off to exchange himself for a woman be held by the attack a french president in modern mcchrystal who led the memorial described the slain officer as a symbol of the french spirit of resistance more research. sick you know what i'm often now we need to show him that his sacrifice was not in vain . don't look different he will forever be in the hearts of the french people so i mean why are we need to show him that his memory lives on his example moves on . i will make sure of it schieffer usually joining me now is the day of the correspondent lisa lewis she's in paris and following the memorial there you see we just heard a bit of what the french president had to say tell us more about his eulogy and his main message while it was a very solemn speech freely he was paying tribute obviously to this hero of france he called him one of france's children he compared onil that to traditional historical heroes during the first and second world wars the tucson doc and the like and he said that he had the courage to stand up to what the president called craziness actually

now we start this hour with breaking news where there are reports of multiple shootings in a southern french town one of the attackers is believed to have barricaded himself inside a supermarket a police man has been injured there are also reports of an ongoing hostage situation it's thought the attacker has pledged allegiance to islamic state we're going to be bringing you more details on our breaking news story as soon as we get to me. now britain's defense ministry has been caught up in the scandal surrounding cambridge analytical the company accused of collecting personal data from millions of facebook members and then exploiting it for political goals is being revealed that the ministry paid cambridge analytical parent company s c l group who was being described as human and social influence work on top of that the firm was reportedly granted access to secret government documents it's also said to have carried out research to see how people would interact with certain government messaging polly boyko takes up the story. cambridge on a ticket is seemingly everywhere apart from helping th

things, be that french technology or french consumer goods or french literature and cinema. that is why i think there was a lot of emphasis here on educational exchanges come but crucially -- exchanges, but crucially increasing french language training for indians. it is interesting that macron study in more students the u.k. and anglo-saxon countries, he is clearly looking to undercut that anglo-saxon influence if he can. >> and perhaps stop that brain drain from leaving france. another elephant in the room might be china. >> he did mention it, but not in the context of competition between india and china. it is very clear that the indians are concerned about china's presence in the indian ocean. china has established various forms of military facilities in bangladesh, sri lanka, pakistan, which is a key ally of china's, and a rival of india's, and djibouti in east africa on the far western edge of the indian ocean. just a few kilometers from the indian coast, that probably caused a few jitters in new delhi. macron remember that when he was on his visit to china and met xi

collaborates wever french so this if that was very defragged embassy the french people was there meant dagget of the decent and. the. twenty first and that was in the morning the last two at dock in what to do was in the night and it was the first sun in booking office or that number see as been attacked by terrorists and they had me positioned as us would be attacked by it or well as you say it was it was clearly a very well planned attack and thank you very thank you very much for taking us through the sequence of events there in the begin to fast so capital ouagadougou the french embassy an army headquarters targeted in twin attacks we'll have more on that later. now u.s. authorities are responding to shots that have been fired on campus at a university in michigan. chance is following developments from washington shout what are you hearing we do have an update now a campus police michigan university have confirmed that two people were shot dead in the hall of residence campbell hole on campus the two who have been killed are not students apparently and police say that this may have

french artillery, french infantry. the british navy. all poured forth their concentrated fury. this was blitz warfare such as the inventors of the blitz had never dreamed of. ♪ the nazi's challenge to the fight of the free world or surrender was being answered. [ gunfire ] ♪ [ gunfire ] [ gunfire ] >> after only eight hours fighting, the hard trust of german resistance was shattered. our armor crashed through. the americans policed their way in. the british smashed right through the center to capture tunis. then a british armored column crashed across the neck. another british column raced around the tip of the cape to prevent any evacuation. the whole axis mass was split into four segments. the end came quickly. >> by tens, by hundreds, by thousands they came. on foot, in trucks, and behind their bands. the greatest mass surrender of fully equipped troops in modern history. we had lost nearly 70,000 men, dead, wounded, and missing. 35,000 british, 18,000 americans, 15,000 french. but for every man we had lost, the enemy lost five. and at the end, 15 full divisions, 266,000

the french by minister has said the situation is very serious. this is what we know so far about what has happened. in the nearby town of carcassonne, an armed man opened fire on several police officers who were outjogging at the time. one policeman was injured. we then had reports of a number of people being ta ken then had reports of a number of people being taken hostage at a supermarket. prosecutors say the hostage taker is claiming to be a member of the so—called islamic state group. our correspondent in paris has the latest on the situation. our correspondent in paris has the latest on the situationlj our correspondent in paris has the latest on the situation. i can't see this situation lasting very long. this is now a hostage situation. the orders there are different from the orders there are different from the orders that would prevail if it was a classic hostage situation. i think the standing orders there will be to move fast. we have seen in the past how people who claim to be from daesh are prepared to kill, and that this will not b

this french waiter who lost his job for being rude and aggressive. he is saying, hang on a second, that is the french culture, that is what we are like. that is quite unusual. basically, he strung to say, i shouldn't be sacked because of my culture and my culture is french and iam culture and my culture is french and i am allowed to be rude. it is quite unusual because he is suggesting all french people potentially have this type of mannerism. it has to be said that all of —— not all the reviews we re that all of —— not all the reviews were bad, but there were particular insta nces were bad, but there were particular instances when he left another member of staff in tears. it is going to be interesting to see which way this goes. i have no idea. i will not put my bets on one way or another. i think it is really interesting. in this age of litigation, we are talking about the vw case earlier as well, it seems there is a lot going on at the moment. thank you so much for coming in. thank you for your comments. thank you for your company. we have

hello again i'm a fiend an issue with al jazeera live from doha also coming up former french president nicolas sarkozy is in custody he's being detained by police in an investigation into alleged illegal campaign funding. and it's time to get out of town for russian diplomats expelled in london the midnight deadline approaches. this is a john the world's last mail nor them why driving it is just i couldn't care. less asking syria's eastern ghouta where the un is now calling for urgent access both to civilians who fled the own place as well as those who remain trapped inside the u.n. says many of the fifty thousand people who've managed to get out in recent days a suffering from potentially fatal illnesses. and that's thirty two civilians were killed in overnight shelling by the government about a dozen of those killed children who tempted to take shelter in a school rescue group the white helmet says weapons like white phosphorous which are banned in civilian areas. then a harder records. show is under attack the northern part of what is now a divided rebel enclave is again a battlegro

the french businessmen alexandra he. a close ally itself because he and his predecessor jack jack judy is expected of setting up payments between france and libya. in january of this year he was arrested in britain on charges of fraud and money laundering. the french daily le monde said investigators also sees to ca for his with home. the jury is reportedly hospitalized with heart problems in london. but hearing to extradite him to france is set for april seveventeenth. finally the man whose testimony lit the fuse on the casenenenenenenenenenent thank you dean. said he personally carried millions of euros in cash from tripoli to paris in briefcases. between two thousand and six in two thousand and seven he said he delivered money to get tr because he himself. hundreds of saudi arabia has kicked off a three week tour of the united states thirty two year old mohammed bin saleh sat down with president donald trump the p pretendiding. hehe at the ambitious young leader were already very good friends with a joint is. on may's

person can only be a white french person or a german person can only be german person, those sentiments are back now and at the forefront of the political debate and the parties are arguing about who don't see emigrants and the descendents of immigrants even if they were born in a country like germany come if they look and and suddenly it is seen as other and outside, and i think that is a dangerous way of looking at our fellow citizens. but it is a part of politics now and that is a debate that people on the left need to have and understand. >> nationalism is not inherently bad. >> i think that if you have a collective national identity, whether it is around in american sports team at the olympics were french national soccer team that has players from every imaginable country in africa and elsewhere, these kind of things can create nationalist symbols that cross the religious boundaries, so no nationalism doesn't have to be a bad thing but it is very narrowly defined but you can only be a french or german person if you look or talk a certain way and if your parents were born american a

embassy the french institute there was an attack the french special forces who have a big bangs here and wanted to go who were deployed they use drones that use helicopters and in a matter of forty five minutes where they were able to neutralize the attackers with no casualties but of course people here are fearful now there's been attacks last year it has been many attacks that don't make the headline news in the north of the country next to the border of mali in the share in the south hill area where there are several of the insurgents group insurgent group. linked to al qaida insurgent group led i still have joined forces. and are targeting countries here in this time hell not just greek you know fast they're also mali you share in chad and so. last year the g five to hell which is the combination of the armed forces of the country that is now with the french have started patrolling these areas and so there has been an intensification of conflict between the insurgent groups and in the end the forces here and this morning there was supposed to be a meeting of the chief of staff of

you will seeve black french people and muslim french people walking down the street with baguettes and all of these symbols. they're just as french as anything else. that is not true.di cultures of debt they change and they develop in new directions. francisella very much france. it's really a question of accepting that you can be a danish person of african descent. there is nothing contradictory about that. they are calling out these pop -- this and the politicians. people might look a little different but they are just as french as we are. we one minute left. please make your comment. it's made of immigrantss people coming from everywhere and this is not normal. and also if you can see the sentiments to el salvador. do you see that with the extremist areas. >> they might be victims of this criminal gang in the same way that refugees are being sent back to war zones in the middle east. they have a short historical memory. they don't remember where their own families came from and where our roots came heirhefrom. we will all benefit from looking back and realizing that we are descended

quote all information points to an act of terrorism is a sign of how seriously the french government is taking the incident phillipe said he's cutting short except to eastern france and returning to paris meanwhile interior minister said that he's traveling to the location immediately to oversee the developments on the ground now for more on this breaking news situation i'm joined by our correspondent lisa lives in paris these are what's the latest you're hearing about the hostage situation in ted. well the situation is still ongoing the information suggestion is really quite celtic the local media and national media are reporting that between one and two people are dead but there's no official confirmation of that from the authorities just yet we are also hearing that apparently the man has pledged allegiance to the so-called islamic state the terror group that's been confirmed by your authority as national french media also saying that apparently he's asking for the release of sad one of the masterminds of the threat of the ten to fifteen by to plan attacks here in paris that is un

berlin i day of deadly violence in birth you know fast so as valence target army headquarters and the french embassy security forces and civilians dead at the boarding base the attackers were islamic extremists also coming up. western leaders pressure the syrian government to stop the bloodshed and he's trying to top that as promised kong is inviting bail to ease the civilians operate. and that is quite often welcome to the program we begin and brooke you know fassel where the government says it's repelled a deadly attack by islamist militants in the capital ouagadougou the government says several militants and members of the security forces died after a gunman launched a coordinated attack near the army headquarters and french embassy. back in our basic your city forces rushed to the french embassy to deal with an apparent jihadist attack. gunfire was exchanged for around two hours a government official reports of casualties on both sides. witnesses said five attackers course out of this car before setting it on fire then they started shooting french special forces were flown into the area

person can only be a white french person or german they thought that was history and it's not and those sentiments are back now at the forefront of the political debate and there are parties arguing that who don't see them and even if they were born in a country like germany and they look different and suddenly they are seen as others and outside for somewhere else not in america or german that is a dangerous wayng of looking at or fellow citizens, but it's part of politics and that is the debate people need to have and understand. it doesn't have to be bad. if you have the collective national identity whether it's around in american sports team at the olympics or french nationalic soccer team that has players from every imaginable country in africaa p and elsewhe these kind of things can cross ethnic and racial boundaries but if he gets to find that you can only talk or lookk a certain way that excludes a lot of people who are citizens of those countries and takes us back decades so i'm very much in favor of building the identity and a positive form of nationalism that's inclusive and

president rouhani visited the french capital in 2016. this is a green light for french companies. today, paris, like other european capitals, is under great pressure from donald trump to reduce political and trade ties with iran, but france is pushing back. well no french president has visited iran since the islamic president in 1979, emmanuel macron may change that. the french president is expected to visit tehran later this year. 's" sinnottnce 24 shantyaei sanam there. syrian army has now taken that one third of the rebel-held center in damascus. after a bombing that left 600 million dead. the red cross says an aid convoy has arrived. the syrian president is promising to keep up the brutal campaign. take a look now at first in our series this week focusing on lebanon. there are close to one million syrian refugees currently living in lebanon. most of them women and children. our reporters take a look at just how divisive the refugees' presence has been to locals and one lebanese town. >> welcome to bashar al-assad's syria. traveler's now dead across the border, we are in the no

you learned french in a few years! yeah — my passion for the french language started when i heard edith piaf singing the song la vie en rose. i said french had to be the next big thing in my life. i learned the language by talking to my friends online. and one of those friends convinced me to try my luck on a french tv show. that is why i sent videos of me to the productions of france has got talent. can you sing a few lines from la vie en rose? sings la vie en rose 0h, beautiful. thank you. i'm just getting goosebumps listening to you. what has been the reaction to your singing, particularly in the philippines? has there been a difficulty being blind, and have there been any challenges performing? ok, so in the philippines, generally, the public is very appreciative. but i'm just hoping that the media and people who are running the music industry try to focus on my singing ability, and not necessarily on my disability. and, for those who have disabilities, they have to believe in themselves, that they can really do

but ultimately the french side was strong enough to win. >> the french prelate who takes the name clement v becomes the pope. philip asks them to come to france to crown him pope. >> the popes, of course, had been appointed in rome from the time of st. peter. >> king phillip of france has a very powerful hold on clement v. he's a weak man and he's intimidated by phillip. >> he did whatever was asked. clement v promised philip a flatout portion of the church tithe. it went straight into the royal coffers. he signed off on the expulsion of jews as a danger to the church, in knowledge that the wealth was going to go to phillip. that's very blatant. >> by 1309 king philip has turned pope clement v into a pawn of the french crown. and in an attempt to cement his power over the church, his would be the most notorious resignation by undermining its very foundation. >> peter is buried on the vatican hill, and st. peter's basilica is built over his tomb. popes are seen as inheriting that charisma, and that role, standing in for the apostle. his tomb is the foundation charter for the papacy. but ki

but the french colonials went on a ride at an killing indiscriminately and the french navy bombarded muslim villages from the sea and french bombers hit those villages also. what does that mean? unintentionally the french wound up eating recruiters for the flm. their willingness to inflict collateral damage on innocence fed into the -- narrative. the process the french delegitimized themselves in the struggle. if you think about it that way, .errorism is political judo when you are not strong what do you do? use your opponent's strength against him, political judo. another audience for terrorism surprisingly is terrorists themselves, the theater is on them. you are all young terrorists, here. you have not had much to eat. when you get to eat it is all --. this is not good form around. you have to stay -- sustain the morale of people who joined the organization. how do you do that? you get a victory was in a well -- in a while. return on your investment every once in a while. if you can get little victories every once in a while people say i will keep supporting this cause because it

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french foreign minister speaking as well as your own today. we'll get the latest update on the ground his own report from lowering bashed. a coordinated attack in the hearts of ouagadougou. at around ten am several men got out of the car and started shooting at passer bys. before heading towards the french embassy. four to six people came out of the car. as they came out and he started to shoot at you a. yeah yeah she is one of the men refusing to be impossible to guard houses. choosing to the police station that she is. also. at the same time a massive explosion rang out near the headquarters of the armed forces less than one kilometer away. more gunshots were heard as thick clouds of black smoke obscured the skies of the brigantes capital. special security forces were deployed at both sites in an attempt to neutralize the attackers. and assaults by government troops on the french embassy in which several attackers were killed ended at around two pm. according to official statements. no group has so far claimed responsibility for the double a

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soldiers being attacked in these air we've seen french and u.n. soldiers killed in northern mali so there's really been a push a targeted push from insurgent groups it seems from fighters from this help to target security forces on the ground here marty and here you know what this effect has this ripple effect on the population is people here are scared they're calling for their governments to take more action to try to stem out. this sense of insecurity and some people i spoke to here this morning were were again saying that if these people can target what is supposed to be the safest and most secure places in the capital then no one is safe in this area now and later on today. the prime minister will will visit the hospital and will visit the site where the attack took place but there will be an investigation to find out how this brazen attack took place martin thank you very much indeed nicholas out there reporting live from the backing of the capital. at the u.n. human rights she says airstrikes on the besieged syrian klav of probably amount t

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people and you will see muslim french people walking down the street with diges doug s. and all these symbols to be samplesol we think of as fringe and just as much as anyone else, so i think the idea that culture disappears when you become vapors b or mixed with other races and ethnicities with religion is not true, cultures adapt some of the change and developing new directions, but france is still very much france and denmark is still very much denmark, but it's a question of accepting that you can be a danish person of african descent or a french person of middle eastern descent. there's nothing contradictory about that and i think one of the most important things is for voters and citizens to call out these politicians and say that's nonsense this isn't a threat to our culture, yes it is changing and people might look different but they are just as french as pr. debbie in dallas texas we have one minute left please make your comment. coco is, i'm just wondering since you mentioned before the country is made up of immigran immigrants, people are coming from everywher

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the attacks in booking a fast so on friday sixteen people were killed including eight gunman at the french embassy and army headquarters in the capital ouagadougou right you're up to date those are the latest headlines coming up next it's inside story. two attacks in the heart of book enough capital it happened despite a regional military offensive to prevent such attacks. and walking into events in need this is the inside story. hello and welcome to the program. fighters have once again targeted book enough. they launched a coordinated attack against the army's headquarters and the french embassy killing several people injuring dozens more the government has called it a terrorist attack book enough aso is one of five regional countries contributing to a mischief force called the five along with fronts it's meant to go. to groups including . but the attacks against civilians continue we'll get to our guests in a moment but first the support from nick in what. downtown ouagadougou on friday another attack at the heart of the que no hostages capital coordinated and well planned the targets t

they launched a coordinated attack against the army's headquarters and the french embassy killing several people injuring dozens more the government has called it a terrorist attack book enough aso is one of five regional countries contributing to a ministry of force called the five along with fronts it's meant to go on to groups including. but the attacks against civilians continue we'll get to our guests in a moment but first this report from nic in what. downtown ouagadougou on friday another attack at the heart of the you know hospice capital coordinated and well planned the targets the army headquarters the french embassy and its cultural center witnesses say some of the attackers came by taxi others in a pickup the started shooting set fire to the truck and continued to fire did you know we did hear that there was so much gunfire damage everywhere two policemen went nearby the army headquarters there was a car with around four to six people when they opened fire there was an explosion we saw a lot of shots fired and a lot of smoke and then people started running. eight soldiers were

french people also belgian people so this is not first. this is not does not have to do only with a person coming from for in country or neurons ok go ahead. well sorry to sound probably not funny politically correct but i think it is every problem it is a religious problem because islam is still very backwards it's probably a thousand years behind all the religions in their adaptation to the modern world and if you look for the sunni islamic least at their authority the highest authority al assad in cairo they have recently decided in obtained from the from the egyptian government that atheism be considered a crime and that people who declare themselves atheists not believing in a in a god should be sent to prison i mean that's one thing all their ideas. evident in. recommendations to the whole of the islamic followers around the world is that women are inferior they cannot attain the same inheritances men for example they should not be allowed to muddy the non muslim by the way apostasy if a muslim abandons his religion it should be cond

from the french president, emmanuel macron. on twitter, mr macron says he's sending his sincere condolences to the police officer's family and calls on everyone in france to honour his memory. here, the prime minister theresa may says she is saddened to learn that the officer has died. she adds ‘his sacrifice and courage will never be forgotten.‘ there have also been a number of tributes from those involved in british policing. stirling police have tweeted a picture of the gendarme, with the caption ‘in memory of arnauld beltrame‘, hashtag homage. lincolnshire‘s police and crime commissioner markjones says ‘so sorry to hear the exceptionally brave french police officer arnaud beltrame has died after swapping himself with a hostage taken by a terrorist yesterdsay. by a terrorist yesterday. this time, france, next time, who knows. our police run towards danger we run from, and we should never forget that and we should never forget that. the former shadow northern ireland secretary, owen smith, has said he will continu

, muslim french people walking down the street with baguettes, they are as french as anyone else, you become divers or mixed with other races and ethnicities and religions, that is not true, cultures adapt, change, developing new directions. denmark is very much denmark, it is a question of accepting that you can be a danish person of african descent or french person of middle eastern descent, one of the important things is for voters and citizens to call out politicians and say that is nonsense. people might look different, but they are as french as we are. >> bennion dallas, texas, one minute left, please make your comment. >> caller: you mentioned before this country is made of immigrants, people coming from everywhere, now, this is not normal and bad for the country and if you can see people being deported to el salvador, getting caught by gangs do you see a similar extremist terrorist like -- >> host: i'm going to cut you off. >> a couple good points. people are being sent back into danger in el salvador. they might be victims of these criminal gangs, and refugees in europe are b

he was supposed to deliver a french secularism. he has always postponed it and he has not delivered it. speech today.he this was a eulogy. the word that was used to name the enemy were important and he used very strong word. islamists evil. he talked about barbarity. he talked about the imams of death. attacker, hishe death would put his family to shame. it would shame his family and other muslims. clearly he went two steps before than he had done in designating the enemy. we may remember that there was such a controversy in the united states, people accused then president barack obama of not naming islamist terrorism as the enemy. suspiciona bit of against emmanuel macron especially from the right and even more from the far right that he was willing to preserve byty and national cohesion not putting the muslim community as a scapegoat. today he didn't obviously attack the muslim community or islam. ism, butked islam i those were very important words for his detractors. tribute itviously a was also a message to the french people. c

lee had met the great french playwright, pierre. he wrote the plays of marriage of figaro and the barber of seville and they had a close friendship. pierre revealed himself not just as a sympathizer of the american cause but of all people, he was also an espionage agent for the french king and hi was in london trying to find an american contact through whom the french could help the american rebels undermine english rule in the new world and do it secretsly. the british hawed uhad hugh mailated the french in a war and seizes land from france, including can da, and france wanted canada back and was seeking ways to weaken brian without engaging in a war. they couldn't afford it. the -- at the time were cautioning the americans who were facing starvation at valley forge. washington score a couple of victories, he forced the british out of boston and surprised german mercenaries the british vanquished the british arms and seized philadelphia, america's most important city. washington had fewer than 4,000 able bodied troops left at valle