he said which is a history of the ritz hotel in paris. the hotel on plus fondue and he said there's some really wonderful anecdotes about the women i was then writing about but in fact it was the chapter on world war ii that really gripped me because it had this fantastic anec data that helen she'd been among the very first allied journalists to be allowed into paris after it was liberated in august 1944. and she had been invited the next day to lunch at the ritz by ernest hemingway. and it was you know, very big boozy occasion. there were about six hundred male journalists there and hemingway was all full of, you know, basically he'd liberated paris so and and wine and brandy was being bought out from the rich cellars that they'd managed to hide from the nazi's and it was a you know, fantastic and everybody's war stories were getting drunker and more preposterous as the went on but at a certain point helen said, you know, basically sorry guys. this has been wonderful but this is still news outside in the streets that i need to report. an

this is live from paris. ♪ thank you for being with us. breaking news in paris. the ballon d'or has been awaited, the best male and female players in football, perhaps the most prestigious award in the game. the men's prize and women's prize awarded. let's go to central paris where our sports reporter is there. tell us how the news was announced. reporter: as you can see, we have rain here, it is not dampening spirits, a lot of fans are waking for the player to make his exit. he is the fifth frenchman to win the ballon d'or, perhaps footballs most prestigious individual award. the last frenchman to win the award will hand it to him. he was nominated 11 times for the award and tonight was finally his night. there was little doubt this evening about him getting his hands on the trophy. he had a formidable last season, a key role in real madrid's champions league title. he was also the top score in the champions league and la leagua. two memorable hat tricks. and then the semifinal against manchester city, to pop in that in all tp he played a crucial role. a lot of

and to have that you could travel to paris. that meant you could afford the long and very expensive trip. she's wearing these beautiful pearls around her neck and wrists. at the time this was painted in the 1880s, it means they would have been natural pearls not cultural pearls for these are extraordinarily valuable in the 20th century the japanese developed the method of culturing pearls which meant anyone could buy pros and afford them. not everybody could afford these here. and the little girl is holding an ostrich feather and which is probably her mothers. again another symbol of the kind of wealth you could have these were very expensive of course. this kind of search for fancy feathers from the most exotic birds was the reason the audubon society was founded in 1905. there was a terrific consumption of these kinds of materials. and with the highs you have this fabulous screen from china which indicates the ability to buy things from abroad. i would also like to point out in the corner beautiful and large fern. not to have

welcome to paris. we got there really early and there were lots of liverpool fans, they were singing, songs playing. everybody, clap your hands, please. - i was so excited. i was excited as max was. the atmosphere was really good. what a wonderful way. to finish a season, lifting the european cup. cheering. the fan zone was amazing. i was 18 at the time and my younger brother was 16. we are the biggest liverpool fans and this was the final game that we were so excited for. thousands of liverpool fans who bought tickets began leaving for the stadium. 0thers stayed to enjoy the match on big screens in the fan zone. i begged my dad to get over there because i wanted to get into the stadium and he was saying, we will get into there really quickly because it's the champions league final. i was invited as the mayor of liverpool city region, so i wanted to get there in plenty of time, not only to see the build—up to the game but also to ensure i could get in easily. it should have been a straightforward jou

so, jefferson came across, in paris, a wooden dome. it was covering this crane market that had interlocking wooden slats. you love that idea. is not there anymore, eventually it burned down, it was made of wood. the jefferson love the technique, so he studied that and got some materials about that. he brought back those ideas. he came back to monticello with designs and he said he wanted a dome that workers here, who had never seen one before, could nonetheless follow these plans and build one. and he would have what he called his guy room, he wanted that room up top. he loved the geometry of it as well. so, he wound up having a dome, obviously, at monticello and then at the rotunda at the university of virginia, the school he founded. he put when their two, which is beautiful. it's obviously still bad today, in the uva rotunda. it has little touches from throughout his travels, battalion marble for example. it's really, i think, one of his masterpieces. >> -- politics. when he went to europe, that was before the french revolution, he

we have mrs harris goes to paris, which pretty much does what it says on the tin. we have the woman king, which is a sweeping epic with viola davis. and there's a new film by peter strickland, flux gourmet, which i am very much looking forward to discussing with you. yes. plenty to be said there. but let's start with the glorious lesley manville. 50, mrs harris goes to paris, which is based on a book by paul gallico, who wrote the snow goose and the poseidon adventure and a bunch of things that were adapted. lesley manville is ada harris. she earns a living cleaning for rich clients, who are often horrible, who own dior dresses. she's waiting for her husband to return from the war — he's not coming back. she discovers, finally, he's not coming back and she gets a war widow's pension. and she decides, "ok, i'm going to make my dream come true. "i'm going to take whatever money i have, whatever other "money i can get together, i'm going to go to paris and i'm "going to buy myself a dior dress like i have seen in the houses "of these glamourous women that i clean fo

he discovered paris. he found so much to love there. he fell in love with the the art galleries and the intellectual salons and the music and just all the culture that paris had to offer and he really kind of came back in a way. i think he he not only got a new lease on life so to speak but he wound up learning so much when he was in europe, and it was learning about different topics that he could then contrast with what was going on in america and and come back to america with new ideas. so he wound up taking several trips across europe from paris. he was state. he was there he spent five years as the ambassador and he took three great trips away from the capitol where he really got to explore. so one was to the south of france and italy one was to england and one was to the netherlands and germany. and he learned about a lot of different subjects. he kind of refined his political ideals and i think my theory is it was really this time in france that kind of put him back on track to to rise through the political ranks in the government

in paris, 13,000 strong demonstration took place. tuesdays march condemned the french government's strong-arming strikers back to work to ensure fuel supply for emergency vehicles. agile stations across france this tuesday reported shortages. >> frustrated with the rising cost of living and stagnant salaries, thousands took to the streets of paris on thursday demanding action from both employers and government. >> when we go from working into retirement, we have half of our salary, but everything else is going up. we are very concerned about the cost of living. we have not gone on holiday in three years. >> that has been 12 years since the nicolas sarkozy regime, and the index point that determines civil service salaries has not moved. >> the protests, which also hit other french cities, come after weeks of walkouts and oil refineries over salary increases. the industrial action has sparked fuel shortages, particularly in northern france, and the government ordered some employees back to work. the move angered the hard left union, wh

the labor files hot 3 on al jazeera ah thousands march through paris in protest, soaring prices. as hard lefty does your loot middle show seeks to ramp up the pressure on president micron. and it looks like another dramatic we get the u. k. prime minister liz truss as 3 and b's from a posse openly called for her to quit my conviction. ah, hello, i, mary, i'm noisy. in london, you're watching al jazeera, also coming up on the program of fire it. iran is infamous, in prison, kills for inmates. government is blaming it on riots. pushes, burying their dead on to the latest turkish mind. disaster families demand an end to the tragic accidents and china's president defends is controversial, 0 covey strategy. as he opens a communist policy, congress is expected to hand him a 3rd ah of thousands of people of rallied in the french capital in protest at the rising cost of living and demanding more government action on climate change. a demonstration of powers was called by john lute milan shaw. a hot left eater of the france on bout party is osher bought reports on this now from paris. the

people are milling around this square in paris. i should just say that there were some clashes between protesters and had police little bit earlier, but naturally this has been a very brief processes. thousands of people coming out really for a range of issues as you point out, not just climate change. they want the government to do more. they also what the government to scrap its plan pension reforms. there are many people, of course, are very worried about inflation. the rising cost of living saying they are struggling to make ends meet. they bought higher pay a better working conditions. people also out anti racism. anti i'm a phobia is a real range of issues it, it was called this and this protest was called by the hard left party leaders. y'all, you mellow, shaw. he also leaves the left wing alliance, so we've seen a lot of electron support to see if the socialist greens at the communist and also a nobel prize when of course, any out know who won the nobel prize for literature. recently, she was here at the beginning of the pr

welcome to paris. we got there really early and there were lots of liverpool fans, they were singing, songs playing. everybody, clap your blee' ., , , i was so excited. i was as excited as max was. the atmosphere was really good. what a wonderful way to finish a season, . lifting the european cup. cheering. the fan zone was amazing. i was 18 at the time and my younger brother was 16. we are the biggest liverpool fans and this was the final game that we were so excited for. thousands of liverpool fans who bought tickets began leaving for the stadium. 0thers stayed to enjoy the match on big screens in the fan zone. i begged my dad to get over there because i wanted to get into the stadium and he was saying, we will get into there really quickly because it's the champions league final. i was invited as the mayor of liverpool city region, so i wanted to get there in plenty of time, not only to see the build—up to the game but also to ensure i could get in easily. it should have been a straightforward jou

ongoing special coverage on al jazeera ah thousands march through paris in protest at soaring prices, led by hard left leader, charlotte. hello, sean ah . hello i, marianna mozy and london. you're watching al jazeera also coming up on the program . a ron's president accuses his us count about joe biden, of inciting chaos, tara and destruction in his country, amid young guy in protest. this is a fire to runs infamous indian prison kills for inmates. iran is by me tongue riots and clashes and shine as president defends is controversial, 0 covered policy as he opens a communist party congress that is expected to give him on historic town in office . ah no, malcolm to the program. thousands of people have rallied in the french capital in protest at the rising cost of living and demanding more government action on climate change. demonstration empowers was called by john, look, mellow, shaw, who leads france is left wing on bout potty. natasha butler and our ports. there was violence as some protesters fought with police in paris during watered otherwise been a peaceful demonstration. thou

two minutes in exile supposed to sell you in paris. she is at almost every demonstration in the french capital. for weeks, there have been protests there. like her, they were also arrested by the iranian morality police for filing the strict rules requiring women to cover their hair with the headscarf but she survived. growing anger is why so many iranians are defining a deadly crackdown by authorities. quick they say it is not important, how much people were killed. we have to continue. to cry for them. now, we have to keep -- we have to preserve to put an end. >> even people fearful of taking to the streets have devised ways to resist. >> for example, they are in their car. the other is to -- for example, they say we don't want this. >> this song has become a soundtrack to the civil unrest. it is taken from messages posted online by ordinary iranians voicing their anger. the song has special meaning. the lawyer fled to france four years ago after facing threats for his work on these rights. this video was don't october 12. he is extr

think of london, los angeles, galka, delhi, paris, barcelona, margareta goes, are, is, and so forth. and we represent roughly speaking, 700000000 people. almost half of the gdp of the world and that the c 40, which i'm privilege to chair and lead, is mares who are doing things to tackle the clive urgency taco climate change. air pollution and so forth was we recognize more than 70 percent of carbon emissions come from cities. more and more people are moving to cities and our frustration has been is national governments. many of them originally denied, there was a problem. now most of the government saw a delay in the problem, whereas men are doing things to address these issues. and this summit taking place in yonkers orest is the biggest ever gathering of mez in history. and when meet soon as the see 40 welled mass summit to discuss policies to address these issues. so we've announced that between now and 2030, the see 40 cities will be helping to create $50000000.00 good green jobs by 2030 will be announced more than a $1000000000.00 worth of support to global south cities because

in the paris olympics ciara mageean has her— year in the paris olympics ciara mageean has her sights - year in the paris olympics ciara mageean has her sights set - year in the paris olympics ciara mageean has her sights set on more metals. now, back in august, birmingham's leon edwards became just the second british man to win a ufc world title. he knocked out the defending champion kamaru usman in salt lake city to cap a remarkable rise, having only taken up mma fighting at the age of 17. edwards had lost to 0osman back in 2015, but now a trilogy fight between the two looks set to take place next year, and the briton wants it to happen at a venue close to his heart. he's been speaking tojoe lynskey. bills so they could not do it! look at me now! in bills so they could not do it! look at me now!— at me now! in the summer, leon edwards made _ at me now! in the summer, leon edwards made his _ at me now! in the summer, leon edwards made his statement. . at me now! in the summer, leon edwards made his statement. al at me now! in the summer, leon i edwards made his statement. a ufc cha

well, we caught up with her for her latest work in paris. ah, the square in front of the santa won't be due in paris is covered with millions of colorful soap bubbles. this piece of art is called island of foam, and it's the work of stephanie learning. even she, i'm stephanie learning and i work with colored phone because i'm fascinated by hopefulness. so temporary and yet and 2011. the artist was taking a bath when she suddenly came up with the idea of turning foam into art. this foam is 95 per cent water for per cent food coloring, and one per cent biodegradable dish washing liquid what i was showing fast. and yet what fascinates me about found that had been is how lively and moldable it is. is the sin, how it has no solid outer boundaries, and especially how you can color it. i think i'd fabricated stephanie learning is bubbling over with creative ideas from whole buildings, to empty factory, holes will and public spaces one. her 3 d works of art are taking the world by storm one. now what is seen the, i'm glad to have the chance to work

ah, okay, an interesting view to share with you, not the economic warfare. school in paris, funded by a former french intelligence officer, has posed the question, who is the real enemy of france? the institutes argues or puts forward that the u. s. a traditional ally of the european nation has a quote war machine. the persistent, the undermines french national interest years, paris based r t contributor rachel marston, a 30 are the u. s. and its allies enemies of france. a new video released by the french school of economic warfare to promote its annual research publication related to what it calls, quote the shadow wars that endanger our economy. strongly suggest scott's the case . it places frances rivalry with washington right alongside those with china and russia, which no doubt comes as a shock to a lot of westerners. it didn't spare germany either evoking berlin's push for an u. y green economy that ultimately harmed the french nuclear power industry. and its energy independence just have a look at this video ah, with . ready so you see there a reminder that when the us formed

this is out a 0 alive from doha, also coming up with protests in paris, tens of thousands demand action from the french government on the rising cost of living, taking aim for ukraine, the chechen fighters on both sides of the war. and when i arrived there, they were removing my brothers and friends, bodies. we couldn't do anything. heartbroken, relatives call for answers after turkey ears latest mining disaster. ah. the 2 remaining candidates for brazil's presidency have met one on one for the 1st time in a debate that at times shaped up more like a boxing match present jebel scenario and challenge. or louison osceola to silver are locked in a tight run off race which takes place in 2 weeks time. louis has bought now. as negligence, joined the coven. 19 pandemic lead to hundreds of thousands of preventable deaths. bizarre accused his opponents allies of harming the poor. with the shabby keowee store could be back, you know, i am a candidate with perspective to rebuild this country, get this country back to normality. i want congress to legislate and not just pass a budget. let the gove

listen to opposition force is asher butler culture, 0 paris. the u. s. president is being accused of inciting chaos, terror and destruction in iran. the comments from iran's present, abraham racy fellow joe biden, praising, protest, his courage since the death of master armine, the 22 year old, died in custody after being detained by the so called morality. please, the not wearing a headscarf properly. protests have spiraled into wide anger across the country at the government. engender to korea, monsieur? no doubt that anywhere in the world that there is terror, riots and chaos. the hand of the americans exists. the american president who allows himself through his comments to incite chaos, terror, and destruction in another country, should be reminded of the eternal words of the founder of the islamic republic, who called america the great satan. it is regrettable that those who claim to defend human rights, security heath and stability also support terror and chaos at a modernism. while there have also been nighttime protests in terran after a fire

or come -- from paris." ukraine's troops continue to push back against russian invasion forces on two runs. ukraine is taking back more ground from russians in the south. this is occupied by russian forces who have begun transporting civilians out of the city. ukraine says ukrainian people are being asked out to be used by russians as a human shield. ukraine has a policy of not firing on its own cities. kyiv and the united nations do not recognize pressure's annexation of -- russia's annexation of four regions of the country. >> pressure's accusation that ukraine was preparing a dirty bomb against its own civilians to blame moscow has already been dismissed as all spy western -- as false by western countries. >> the latest disinformation campaign. i will say it again -- this is a lie. ukraine is a dedicated and responsible member of a treaty on the nonproliferation of nuclear weapons. we gave up nuclear weapons in 1994 and do not plan to acquire any. >> in recent weeks, ukrainian forces have gained the upper

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well, we caught up with her for her latest work in paris. ah, the square in front of the santa won't be due in paris is covered with millions of colorful soap bubbles. this piece of art is called island of foam, and it's the work of stephanie learning. even she, i'm stephanie learning and i work with colored phone because i'm fascinated by hopefulness. so temporary. and yet in 2011 the artist was taking a bath when she suddenly came up with the idea of turning foam into art. this foam is 95 per cent water, 4 per cent food coloring, and one per cent biodegradable dishwashing liquid what i was showing fast. and yet what fascinates me about found it had been is how lively and moldable it is. is dustin how it has no solid outer boundaries and especially how you can color it. i think i have stephanie learning is bubbling over with creative ideas from whole buildings, to empty factory, home one and public spaces. her 3 d works of art are taking the world by storm one. now what a sin, i'm glad to have the chance to work with colored film. so i gues

he opened a restaurant in paris. uh, we used to go every sunday when i was a child. it was just like amazing impression. i've been working in the restaurant industry since i'm, uh, probably 18 years old. i've been working in paris all my career until, uh, i immigrated to us seven years ago. you know, i come to the united states. i wanna do french food and to share my passion about french food. and that's kind of the easiest point, you know? like, you gonna represent what you are. what does it mean to be french?. it's the best thing to be french. well, i know there's a lot of htory. there's a good indication. it means a lot to me to be french, uh, because we, people see us differently. you know, they see us as romantic as they think we have so many wife. uh, they have ideas and image of us. but, you know, being french is like being anybody else. you know, it's just like, it's just cooler you do the accent. i totally agree. uh, but we're just, just the same. what does it mean to be american? it means to be a good immigrant. that's what it means to be a good american, n

principles to the test. special coverage of the midterm elections on al jazeera ah, with protests and paris, tens of thousands, not on the french capital, demanding the government deal with the rising cost of living. ah, hello there, i'm miss darcy. attain this is al 0 life and her ha also coming. a fire to ron's infamous ebony, prison kills for inmates. the government is blaming on riots and clashes. china's present backs military growth during a major gathering of the communist party where he is expected to secure a bad time. when i arrived there, they were removing my brothers and friends, bodies. we couldn't do anything on the lot broken relatives cough on says after the nicest mining disaster in ticket, ah, not tens of thousands of people have voiced their frustration at frances rising cost of living. they've joined forces to march on the capital, paris demand and government action on inflation and pension reform. natasha buffer was that there was violence as some protesters fought with police in paris during watered otherwise been a peaceful demonstration. thousands of people who turn

>> welcome to "log from paris," world news analysis from france 24 -- welcome to "live from paris." japanese were woken by attack alert sirens. ukraine making progress clawing back occupied land from russians. vladimir putin is expected to file the illegal annexation orders of four regent in the coming hours. apple will have to change the charger for its iphone but 2024 comply with new rules requiring a single charging port for all devices. this is "live from paris." thank you very much for being with us. north korea launched a midrange missile over japan, the first test of such a weapon in five years. >> flexing its military muscles with a missile that lou above japan -- that flew above japan. north korea's ballistic missile flew for some 22 minutes, the first time such a missile, which is capable of reaching the u.s. territory of warm, has been tested since 2017. -- which is capable of reaching the u.s. territory of guam. some rail services were also interrupted. >> this is an act of violence launches of ballistic missiles. we strongly condemn this. >> the missile launches the lat

the international colonial exhibition opened in paris. it was a huge celebration of the french empire, which had never before seen so vast, so prosperous and so powerful. lou, a city within a city, had been built in the blood vans, san on the eastern edge of paris, including a complete replica of the uncalled work temple in cambodia. the largest religious monument in the wild ah, visitors could tour the whole world in a single day, and the show was a huge success with 33000000 tickets sold in 6 months. the overriding narrative was obey civilizing european nation, bringing invention and progress wherever it 2030 i'm off all france considered itself. the center of the world is greatness and strength. at the heart of the 40 or more territories under its control, the message was clear. on our pop nancy's epic wanted, if you don't mind often i did it myself here with on for no, you did one, you know that are all over the home for the french of the time. this was all completely norma lagoon that you are you sick on? the said who knew mornings a

as a dissident, he doesn't feel completely safe in paris. try to pretend that i'm. i'm safe, you know? oh, compared to my friends, the people who are leaving inside of your on i think it's nothing. there's a lot of support in france for the uprising against c rainy and regime actresses including juliet, the notion, isabel, who pair cut their hair in solidarity with iranian women. nice, danny says it's good publicity for the cars, but it doesn't go far enough. show that real sure, your real solidarity gets caught every kind of deal, not only by cutting your hairs or saying beautiful things, but as long as he's an exile, the artist can only hope for an end to the regime. and that's all for me for now or what is next with did away of as, as news, as presidential vine tells the energy giants to bring down fuel prices for consumers on a golf. really thank you so much for watching today. and again, all the harvesters are immigrants believe his ankle. everything you enjoy eating at home with your family, was harvested by people who are being exploited program asked on augu

now the relationship between the molly government and paris has soured since august 2020, when there was a coup in molly. and since then, we have witnessed this determination in relations. as for the french side, they've denied the accusations. they say that all the operations and all their engagement in marley is transparent and that they have never violated molly airspace. in fact, we heard from the french ambassador to the united nations saying the following. i wish to re establish the truth after the mendacious accusations and defamatory accusations from the mortgage national government. france never violated molina innerspace on monday for united nations peacekeepers were killed in the country. at the same time, we are receiving warring reports that militants are advancing. now into the eastern parts of molly. so certainly a situation that does seem, molly heating up and if the government there is is correct is receiving assistance from paris was r t correspondent policy. thank you very much ringing as the latest on those tensions between molly and france. a potential field day