They are not under. Among the achievements of democracy is the ability to organize and protest but one must also work to make the two museum economy healthy an economy in which the growth that began in two thousand and seventeen is consolidated. French president emanuel markram is hailing his visit to china as the beginning of a Historic Partnership hes been overseeing the signing of several trade deals with chinas president xi Jinping Macra has been pushing for French Companies to have a greater access to the worlds biggest population especially a Nuclear Power aerospace and food from a bride has more from beijing china and france are hailing this visit as a new era for strategic partners. She didnt paying and Emanuel Mccraw signing multibillion dollar trade deals from aerospace to Nuclear Energy projects and reaching what they say is common consensus on a range of issues from Climate Change to international security. We have made an agreement to improve global issues we are faced with Climate Change and terrorism china will be working together with france so we can have a win win situation and develop a new strategy that helps everyone in the world we have both agreed to have open and deep communications macross says his visit is a recognition of chinas role on the world stage and shes preeminent position as chinese leader this is mark rance first state visit to china as president and he wants the trip to become an annual event to highlight the deepening relationship between china and europe are growing stronger as their respective relations with the United States become more unpredictable and strained and i think. It is time for european leaders including the french president Jacques Rogge to really balance off their leashes against the United States with their relations with china macron began his visit in the ancient city of scheana one of the starting points of the ancient silk road. His full support for what president xi calls his belton Road Initiative of new road and rail links seen as the modern day equivalent of connecting east with west is popular here mccrum will also take away from beijing a recommitment to the paris climate agreement seen as crucial after the United States walked away from it in doing so france and china are positioning themselves as Global Environmental leaders setting an example for the world to follow robin wright aljazeera beijing and later analyst and einar tangan says china and france are moving forward in their place in the u. S. As the worlds prime racing. I think you can sum it up in what macron said lets make our world great again obviously a dig at donald trump but it reflects reflects the reality that things are changing saying that b. As the us retracts there is an opening there and i think macron intends to take that opening not only for france but e. U. And that means cooperating with china whats happening is that the vacuum thats being created obviously is being filled and china is aggressively pushing out it wanted on its side france to recognize and be of very vocal proponents of the belt and Road Initiative its master plan one trillion dollar effort but that effort needs more money it cannot be done by china alone so theyre looking for Partners Europe is obviously the one on the belt and Road Initiative most of it goes towards europe its the biggest market for china so therefore it makes a lot of sense micron is doing the right thing by getting their first extracting very good concessions for his economy and also putting himself as a leader macro is looking he has to have a partner if in the in his book revolution he made it very clear that hes pro globalization hes very concerned about climate warm Climate Change these types of things are drawing him closer to china because the u. S. Simply is not playing ball. Stay with us on aljazeera still ahead apple investigated french prosecutors cracking down on the tech giant after time gets to deliberately slowing down although i found this on pharmaceutical giant pfizer is having the chrysalis buy out simons groups over its decision to end life changing research. Hello there for many of us across china it is feeling quite cold now our maximum temperature will just be five degrees there in shanghai and as we head overnight wednesday into thursday well drop down to minus five and then back up to five again during the day further south its also cool for us in hong kong seventeen will be our maximum here and were dropping down to around ten so many of us struggling with the cold then for the south where weve got more in the way of cloud and a few showers thats across the philippines and a few showers also making their way into parts of vietnam as well every towards india and pakistan largely fine and dry not a great deal on the satellite picture at all except this area of cloud here that just drifts its way towards the west as a very intense shower has given us a lot of very heavy rain and it looks like theyll be a couple more over the next few days so although theres not a great deal showing up on our charts for wednesday if you catch a shower youll certainly know about it and theyll be more wet weather as we had three thursday as well to the north of all about those staying dry and falling just a problem with visibility as you might expect in the northern parts of india and through pakistan as well have towards the west and here in doha theres a little bit of cloud coming and going at times but twenty three degrees will be our maximum were dropping down to around fourteen or fifteen at night so it is feeling quite cool but during the day in the Sunshine Feeling really quite well. When diplomacy fields and fear sweep then our borders are wide open wide open to drugs terrorists weve proven the barriers are built to impose division and its not effective instead of being an obstacle to always tz it became another obstacle to peace in a four part series al jazeera revisits the reasons for divisions in different parts of the world and the impact they have on both sides walls of shame at this time on aljazeera. Reminder of the top story north korea says its not willing to discuss its Nuclear Weapons program with soul because its all snow is only going to be United States officials from the chief science for the first time in more than two years the Syrian Government is intensifying its bombardment of Eastern Ghouta near damascus rebels that are desperate to cling on to being claimed and have resorted to talks with the government in russia and china says Main Opposition Party is calling for protests against what shes calling the unjust twenty eight thousand budget protests erupted in more than ten towns on monday against the price and tax hikes one person has been killed. Iran says it has fold attempts by its foreign enemies to turn legitimate protests into a plot to overthrow the Islamic Republic supremely the ayatollah hominidae wrote on his twitter feed that bears evidence of a plan made by the us and israel funded by a rich country in the gulf protests in more than eighty cities since late december with at least twenty two People Killed at least a found some people have been arrested for only. Hes basing what hes saying on no doubt. The countrys intelligence apparatus and information hes gleaning from state School Institutions but it has to be said that a lot of this has to experience in context of foreign intervention in a country this is very reminiscent of the nine hundred fifty s. When demonstrations against democratic elected leader is overthrow those were found to be instigated by foreign agents from the states from the cia. That thinking that experience. Historical context plays into. Every facet of irans leadership certainly always. Wrong and theres always tie their current experiences back to what theyve experienced in terms of foreign intervention in the country in the past and that colors a lot of what they see on the streets. Hundreds of thousands of people displaced by the war in yemen are trying to surviving cancer without basic health and sanitation provisions come thing that has been described by the u. N. As the worst humanitarian crisis in the world seventy five percent of the population and. This family will get just a few minutes warm from the fire here in america province yemenis whove lost their homes in the civil war are beyond the reach of even the most basic relief that a groups can provide people here are scaping other fighters who control the capital sanaa or the risk being asked strikes on the tax by a coalition of countries like by saudi arabia two million yemenis have been displaced since fighting began in september twenty fourth seen as. We left our homes because of the war we found ourselves here without anything we have nothing here but allow. Food and the weather is very cold. Four hundred sixty thousand displaced people are in camps like these in mara province they dont get any humanitarian assistance. We leave here in despair we have kidney problems my kids are also sick i have nothing and i can do nothing we urge all countries and International Organizations to Pay Attention to us. Disease is rife as well as the worlds worst cholera epidemic diptheria is on the increase and following the killing of ten thousand people in the fighting the u. N. Says eight million yemenis are on the verge of famine Bernard Smith aljazeera. Bad weather and toxic gases are complicating the search for thirty one missing sailors off the coast of china they were onboard an Iranian Oil Tanker which collided with a cargo ship on saturday a fire has been burning on board for three days and just preventing chris from getting closer to the tanker vessel was carrying more than a Million Barrels of oil sparking face an environmental disaster in the East China Sea although the Chinese Government says it had not found a Large Scale Oil leak a jim brown has more from near shanghai. The drummers happening some one hundred sixty nautical miles out in the East China Sea its happening in International Waters which is why the response has been International South Korea has sent a number of postcard vessels u. S. Military sense and aircraft to help in the search for the thirty two missing crew members perhaps iranian oil tank but now at the moment there are two operations taking place one to put out the fire broke out on the tanker the other of course to find those missing prove members now the banker was comparing poor than a Million Barrels of ultra Light Crude Oil closed spondon so its very toxic it also polis odorless which means its very very hard to detect the priority now is to prevent the ship exploding and then sinking of course that would threaten a real environmental catastrophe in the meantime officials in shanghai say there is no evidence that this activity is affecting traffic going into or out of the port shanghai of course is one of the worlds busiest port officials also say that an exclusion zone is now in force which means that no vessel can sail to within ten kilometers of the accident site but its possible business rescue operation continued that exclusion zone. Out sign a support group that disappointed by drug giant pfizer as decision to end research into the disease. At the Pharmaceutical Company has also stopped funding parkinsons for he says between them they illnesses affects more than fifteen Million People john hendren hassle the decision by drug maker finds or to end its expensive High Risk Research into all timers and parkinsons disease marks a devastating blow for tens of millions of people around the world in a statement pfizer says this was an exercise to reallocate spending across our portfolio to focus on those areas where our pipeline and our scientific expertise is strongest the Oldtimers Association says its disappointed that pfizer is ending its investment in neuroscience research. Pharmaceutical companies have long argued that the more money they have available for research the more patients would benefit it was a sales pitch pfizer c. E. O. Made in washington last march our responsibility is to produce the best and greatest medicines we can they make the biggest impact on human life this Industry Needs to have a return that allows it to continue to do its research although President Trump answered that call in part with the largest Corporate Tax cut in u. S. History pfizer like many other companies is not plowing the benefits back into research its Just Announced a plan to use the tax break to benefit its investors by buying back ten billion dollars of its own stock pfizer which makes the lucrative pill does say it plans to detail its plans to create a neuro science fund later this year but thats likely to come as cold comfort to the more than seven Million People across the globe living with parkinsons in the forty four million living with alzheimers john hendren zero. Thailands foreign minister has confirmed that former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra had been in london since september otoh support purporting to show posted on social media shes seen posing with a woman wearing a red coat outside londons Harrods Department so the former Prime Minister left thailand to avoid being jailed over a rice subsidy scheme at last billions of dollars. Prosecutors in france are investigating the us tech giant apple after a time it had to slowing down older models of its i phone last month the inquiry focuses on accusations of planned obsolescence a policy of deliberately making a product out of date so consume this are forced to buy the latest model is a commercial practice thats in lego in france that is following the story in paris. Now this all came about because a french Consumer Group called hope filed a complaint against apple back in december and what it actually said was that apple was deliberately slowing down its i phones through its Software Updates and that it was timing those are dates to coincide with the release of its latest phone which back then was the apple i phone and eight now what hope is saying is that apple is trying to force consumers to throw out their old phones and buy new ones now under french law this is actually a crime its called planned obsolescence and it can be punished with a prison sentence a large fine or up to five percent of the companys yearly earnings now so far apple has not responded to this latest case in france but in the past in the United States there were a flurry of similar north suits nothings forced to admit that it does actually a deliberately slow down its phones it says though however it does so through the Software Updates because its trying to promote its phones lifespans because the batteries get weaker as time goes on however was forced to offer an apology to consumers and offer them the chance to buy batteries at a reduced cost base in germany and italy have announced a major maffia bust arresting one hundred sixty nine members of a notorious organized crime clan around sixty Million Dollars worth of assets were also seized in the giant multiple National Operation the pharaoh american coalesced around based in southern italy and infiltrated businesses in southern and central germany including wind food refuse collection and funeral services. Next. Steps to change its reckless driving culture which lists a clown thousands of accidents on an average of three per day despite being one of the worlds biggest and busiest cities jarvis dont have to take any tests to get a license from a scarcity to ever miss ripples. Its a typical Tuesday Morning in mexico city and parents drop their children off at school its a chaotic scene on the prize make up in her Rearview Mirror another leaves her car in the middle of the street an argument breaks out after a man backs into a vehicle thats being double parked. Mexico city is one of the worlds most populated metropolises every day more than five million vehicles clogged streets. Road accidents are common more than a thousand people die in crashes every year traffic accidents are now the leading cause of death for children between five and fourteen years old the government says this must stop. Traffic related thats unacceptable because they can be prevented we can do this in steps through new regulations infrastructure that knowledge of some trainings. Officials have already reduced speed limits and installed Traffic Cameras now efforts to change driving culture are focused here this is one of the government offices in mexico city where people come to get their drivers licenses or maybe i should say where people come to buy their licenses because all you need to bring here is a piece of government id a utility bill and pay the equivalent of forty dollars and within five minutes youre walking out with a license to drive its just that easy. But this is changing starting in two thousand and eighteen drivers will have to take driving courses run by internationally credited schools before applying for a license its a big change but one that many residents say is necessary but. I still feel a little bit nervous even though i try to control it but i feel a lot safer about took in this course will help me avoid getting into accidents when changing the habits of millions of drivers will take generations but in one of the worlds biggest cities the cost of doing nothing is simply too high david mercer aljazeera mexico city now lots of weird and wonderful things take place in las vegas this week its the annual c s the Consumer Electronics show and john says show off the latest tech gadgets from south to dancing robots can experience more than twenty thousand cutting edge smart products on display and chris poland is out to show in las vegas. This is the fifty first Consumer Electronics show coming from las vegas this year every year this show unveils technology some of it becomes very its a rule to all of our lives things like the v. C. R. High Definition Television Satellite Television all made their debut at the show what will be this years breakout or lasting hit that we dont know yet were hearing lots of talk about Driverless Cars and. Assistance the connected home where you can control things in your home the lights the door locks just by using your voice also hearing about five g. Cellular technology that will make things a lot more connected with the rapidly speaking sensors that use the cellular waves weve collected a lot of products around here that are making some buzz here everything from entertainment Bluetooth Speakers magnetic that stick to things a very powerful battery that will keep it charged for about a year you run out of power you could plug in up to eleven devices on this thing really good in places that have a lot of natural disasters. Skew the headlines and north korea says its Nuclear Weapons program and weapons arsenal is so really aimed at the United States south korea has held formal talks with so the first and more than two years is placed to send a large delegation to next months Winter Olympics in south korea but rejected cells designed to hold talks on denuclearizing the korean peninsula. Regarding the Nuclear Issues strategic weapons including its home and bombs a Hydrogen Bombs and Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles are aimed only at the United States north bridge run Syrian Rebels on the same generation must have been holding talks with the governments ally russia the meeting on a single underline moscows role in the syrian conflict and sam force has all but won the war for the government four hundred thousand civilians any singles are struggling to survive the winter with medical and Food Supplies running low and cull temperatures setting in. In egypt more than three hundred seventy people have received jail sentences for taking part in the deadly sit in protest four years ago they were challenged with causing the death of two policeman and of a counts of attempted murder after the sit in which was in support of ousted president Mohamed Morsi in twenty thirteen. Cinesias main opposition parties calling for protests against what its calling the unjust twenty eight hundred budget protests erupted in more than ten towns on monday against the price and tax hikes imposed by the governments measures to design to reduce its ballooning deficit satisfy International Lenders interministerial is denying thats a protester who died in the town of to regrow was killed by the police iran says it was foaled attempts by its foreign enemies to turn legitimate protests into a plot to overthrow the Islamic Republic Supreme Leader ali how many wrote on his twitter feed as evidence of a plan made by the u. S. And israel funded by rich countries in the gulf have been protests in more than eighty cities since late december with at least twenty two People Killed. Those are the headlines that stay with us here on aljazeera the next program walls of shame. Twenty sixteen was the deadliest year on record for migrants and refugees attempting to get into europe. Over five thousand people died between libya and italy or turkey and greece. The following film was first broadcast in two thousand and seven well before todays conflicts in the