Koreawith north and south over a music g group playing at the upcoming wintergreen winter games in the south. South koreas promoting next months event as the peace olympics after the north agreed to send athletes to the games. Also coming up, and business, we will look at one of the largest construction groups in britain that has been forced to go into liquidation. An apology from french film icon Catherine Deneuve after she bashed the metoo movement. First, our top story live from paris. Genie iraq was rocked by twin suicide bombings today. At least 38 people died in the attacks in baghdad with close to 100 hertz. Z. 100 hurt. No immediate claim of responsibility, but similar attacks have c come from the Islamic State group. Lets bring in our reporter in baghdad. What can you tell us about what happened today . That it is a very bloody baghdadad morning with te suicide bombers. They attacked the crowded square in downtown baghdad called tayran square. Place forthering workers in the early morning. 10 minutes between the first attack and the second attack. Spokesman talked to bob hours ago about the reach 40 people killed. Few military and few policeman between them. Center in baghdad has said 120 injured. Genie there has been no claim of responsibility so far officially, but this does look to be the work of the Islamic State group. But the interior thattry spokesman said isis accounts on facebook claimed this possibility, and they said the fingerprints of the suicide attacks carry the fingerprints of isis. Period ofbeen a long calm and peace for baghdad. Yesterday, there was an attack on the norththwest of baghghdada sqsquare, which also carried the fingerprints of isis. Genie thank you for that report from baghdad. President says his country is preparing an attack on a kurdish enclave in the north of syria over the next few days. The enclave is controlled by Syrian Kurdish fighters known as the ypg, a group turkey says is made up of terrorists. Lets get the report. Threatening military action for two days in a row. The turkish president says he is ready to use full force to crush the ypg kurdish melissa militia in northern syria. Notn the same way we do allow suppers terror groups to operate within our borders, we are determined to vanquish them on the other side of our border, too. O. Sees the ypg as an extension of the pkk, which is been in t the southeast o of tuy since the midd1980s. The ypg has been a key ally in the u. S. Led coalition and the fight against the Islamic State group. They controlled large swathes of territory in northern syria, including the city of raqqa. Borders a 30,000 strong force that will be trained by the u. S. And allies, a measure criticized by turkey. We expect the u. S. And its allies to support turkey in its legitimate efforts to defeat terrorism. Hopeg the operation, i that these powers will not appear on the same side as terrorist organizations. It is unclear whether erdogan will go through with his threat. In september after iraqi kurds voted for independence, he threatened to close the iraqikurdish border but never did. It was reported on sunday that tanks had been moved to the border with syria with the army firing its ypg forces. Genie an update on the remaining girls being held by militant Islamic Group boko haram. A new video appears to show 14 of the schoolgirls abducted from the northeast nigerian town almost four years ago. At least three of the group are seen carrying babies. In the united states, donald trump has vehemently denied he is a racist three days after reportedly referring to african and haitian immigrants is coming from shithole countries. The u. S. President reportedly made those comments at an immigration meeting last week, but trump denies he used the word and has made no moves to apologize. Lets get the report. O on the defensive about reports of foul l language and racist comments i am theent trump least racist person you have ever interviewed. Donald trump has denied he said haiti in african nations , but multiple sources say he used the term repeatedly. Amid outrage, the repubublican establishment is saying are you saying the president did not use the word that is reported . I am telling you he did not use that word, and i am telling you it is a gross misrepresentation. That wordot hear either. I did not hear what senator durbin has said repeatededly. Scandalhockr not, thehe is proving to be toxic to already tense negotiations on immigration reform, specifically the fate of daca. Of americans want to salvage the program that allows people brought to the yet the u. S. Illegally as children to stay in the country. The final say is up to congress. Is nowtisan deal on daca dead, and they say democrats are to blame. It is said that bipartisan compromises are no longer possible, just as democrats and republicans need to reach a deal on government spending. To avoid a government shutdown, which will start this saturday. Genie new talks underway today between north and south korea one week after the north agreed to send athletes to the Winter Olympics posted by the south. Both sides had agreed that a north Korean Music Group would be part of the delegation, but it turns out that that group will actually not be going. The south wants to make sure there performance when not have been promoting north korean propaganda. For more, here is selena sykes. They have been dubbed the peace olympics. North and south korea are holding their second round of talks about next months games. Thet on the agenda, possible attendance of a famous north korean arts group. Working level talk to discuss practical issues regarding the north korean art troupes visit to the olympics. It has been drawing huge interest at home and internationally. Members of the allfemale band are reportedly handpicked life north Korean Leader kim jongil himself kim jongun himself. The two sides have agreed that they will cross the border on foot. South korea is waiting for the norths response after proposing to field a joint women hockey team. Details regarding the north korean all of the delegation will be finalized at talks at the ioc in geneva later this week. But many Critical Issues are still off the negotiating table. The two sides of said they will wawait to discuss s dialogues between the militaries and families and unification. North and south korea have no major conflict over separated family reunions. South korea has said that the two science can only does afar in improving relatioions if the north does not move toward dismantling its nuclear and missile programs, an issue which pyongyang has flatly refused to discuss. Genie next to indonesia where there were chaotic scenes inside the Jakarta Stock Exchange after a floor collapsed. More than 75 people were hurt when the mezzanine floor fell into the buildings lobby. Were college there students visiting the exchange as part of a study tour. Police say the collapse was an accident andnd that there is no sisign of terrorism. And pope francis is kicking off his latin american visit in chile today before heading to peru. A church thatoost has been hit by a series of child abuse sex scandals in the region. A report said almost 80 members of the chilean clergy had been accused of the sexual abuse of 2000 with more than half of them convicted by a court. In france, unions for Prison Guards are calling for a total strike starting today. That comes after three prison wardens were stabbed by a config did al qaeda terrace last week in a jail in northern france. Unions are furious, saying assaults like that happen far too often. Lets get the report now on the notorious prison south of paris were overcrowding and filling conditions have pushed staff to the edge. It is one of the oldest prisons in france and the countrys secondbiggest. 2500 prisoners that live here, despite only 1004 hundred places. Official reports and said the same thing for years, the prison is dilapidated and unsanitary. 2016, an inspector said the prison was covered and parasites. Miles to findl themselves spending the day here in the tiny cubicles as visiting rooms. We cannot even breathe in there. It is very dirty. As you can imagine, there are couples who are intimate together in the visiting rooms. Prisoners sent weekly letters describing conditions, saying they live among rats and cockroaches. Prisoners have been bitten by rats, which can lead to a very dangerous disease that can be fatal. Prisoners have asked us to help them make complaints so they can be transferred. It is overpopulated and has a lack of staff. Incidents happen daily. Assaultsnot tolerate on our prisoners. At the same time, we cannot tolerate assaults on our staff either. If we improve prison conditions, we must improve working conditions. Often asked to be transferred elsewhere. Currently, 70 of the staff is still in training. Genie french movie star Catherine Deneuve has apologized to victims of sexual abuse. Backlash around the robust week over an open letter she had signed bashing the metoo movement, branding it a witch hunt that threatened sexual freedom. In a new letter published sunday, she said there is nothing good about harassment and directed her apology only to victims who might have felt offended by the letter. She was one of 100 prominent french women to sign the open letter defending a mans right to bother women, complaining the campaign against harassment had become puritanical. You are watching france 24. Lets look at the headlines. Dozens of people have been killed in twin suicide bombings in central baghdad. Trump insisting he is not a racist after his reported slamming of immigration from what he called shithole countries triggered fierce criticism from around the world. New talks for norths have about the upcoming winter games in the south. Both promoting next months olympics as peace the north agreed to send athletes to the games. Time for our business update. Hi. You are going to start and britain, were the secondlargest constriction to be has collapsed. Carillion, the british construction and Services Group has been forced into liquidation. Banks refused to lend them anymore money. Employs 43,000 people worldwide, 20,000 in the u. K. Provide services in defense, education, health and transport. They say the government will provide necessary funding to maintain the services it carries out. To london, lets talk to our market analyst. Thank you very much for joining us. Carillion was believed to be doing relatively well. Last summer, it was among the committees who would work on the highspeed rail link. What went wrong so quickly . A number of contracts they were working on had severe delays, leading to huge losses for carillion and a huge increase in its debt pile. It has run into significant issues and required 300 Million Pounds of a credit line to continue, something it cannot get access to. The government was not willing to underwrite that. The government has been criticized for continuing to hold contracts, despite repeated profit warnings, three in just five months. How will the collapse impact the way contracts are given . It is suspicious that the government continues to operate suggestingacts, some it is throwing good money after bad to keep the khamenei afloat. The government will happen and to keep the company afloat to the government will have to rerethink its strategy. Clearly, the country in a number of businesses heavily rely on carillion. When it comes to having these into bed that run times, they have to rethink their strategies when it comes to contracts. They are putting themselves in a very serious and risky position. What could be the impact on the Construction Industry as a whole . We will look at some of the peers, and they could gain some contracts. It may be a little positive for them. It depenends on who is relying n payments from cacarillionn. A lot of contractors are likely to face difficulties, and a number could go under. By amount of money owed company, i i think the number of companies will face the difficulties in the coming weeks. That was from london. Thank you for the analysis. Now checking the markets. Europequiet day in despite that collapse of a major constructor. Major indices below the flat line. A strong europe. In london, their shares in the Mining Sector that jumped after recovering a 910 caret dimon, as you can see here. They believe it is the fifth biggest quality diamond ever found. Genie airbus says it sold more planes last year than its rival boeing. The european plane maker says net orders after cancellations 110917 west 62 to aircraft, more than boeings 912. Deliveries are up 12 , above the target of 700. Airbus says it will stop making the a3 80 superjumbos if it cannot reach a longterm deal with its main customer. Orders from the airline have fall over the past two bob years. The Worlds Largest passenger jet has struggled to generate enough demand to justify costs. There have been a total of 317 orders for the a380 since it was launched in 2007. Setwhile, Frances Renault is will the Record Number of cars last year. Over 3 million cars worldwide, and 8. 6 rise over 2016. Sales in china doubled. Khamenei says its strategy has had the company says it has had a stroke its strategy has had a positive impact. Company here is recovering from a massive emissions cheating scandal. Genie thank you for the business. Now it is time for the press review. Lets go through the main stories from around the world. Lets start with reaction to french from frerench actress Catherine Deneuve to the oped. She is responding to the reactions she provoked by signing that oped last week, one of 100 french women who signed it. Many perceived it as an apology for sexual abuse, and it sparked a very wide backlash from feminists and supporters of the metoo movement. Has offeredneuve something of a mea culpa to the french newspaper, apologizing to the sexual Abuse Victims who may have benefited by the content of that all but. But she still defends her criticism of the metoo movement, warning she thinks it could lead to censorship of arts, films, and music. Designate will we Leonardo Da Vinci as a pedophile and destroy his artwork or should we start burning the cities . Where arence now, leading videogame studio has come under fire for its alleged sexist and racist culture. Is coming out of a french newspaper, and the studio is one of the worlds most wellknown videogame developers. According to a statement by a handful of former employees, the studio promoted a toxic work culture. The most serious accusations include a database of over 600 photoshop images involving collaborators and employees in racist, sexist, and homophobic situations. Worth noting that in the studio, 83 of staff armen. The founding are men. The founder got one of the highest honors him and he said he is shocked of the allegation and denies a culture risen mingling resembling a russian rugby locker room. A photographer has also have allegations leveled against him. Brokee New York Times this story over the weekend. Accused the have photographer over inappropriate touching and sexual oh coercion. It is said that folk cut all ties with the photographers, perhaps proof that metoo includes male victims. In china, a University Professor has been fired after a Chinese Women came forward last week accusing him of sexually harassing her while she was at university. Her account inspired other Chinese Women to come forward, too. It appears that even china, where censorship is rife, is having its metoo moment, as well. There were more protests seven years after the arab spring began. And it were in tunis, was described as peaceful. But they say it cannot hide the social discontent that has severed tunisia since the beginning of this year. For the french communist paper, they say it is the return of the social flame in tunisia. Tunisia is the size of the arab spring uprising that began seven years ago and led to uprisings elsewhere in the arab world. They condemn a high cost of living and the austerity policy of the government. It,government has slammed saying it was organized by an august leftist parties. Genie brazil is heading to elections later this year, but one man is dominating headlines, the former president ial candidate who is pulling in second place. Peas of work,l and you will understand why if you read the article from the guardian. It says he has praised the countrys military dictatorship. He said his children can never began because they are too well educated and once told a woman she is too ugly to be raped. This man is hot on the heels of lula. Theyre both in the running to possibly become the next leader of brazil. One is a former army officer who is kind of seen as an outsider, a muchneeded fresh face for some to sort of cleanup as many see as brazils notoriously corrupt governing class. Is shown through a soda drink that has been named after him. He is a man that many see as brazils answer to donald trump. Genie speaking of the u. S. President , an artist has emblazoned one of his oror tells in washington with a particularly full girl word that has been a lot in the press lately. That vulgar word used by the president himself and reference to el salvador, haiti, and other african countries. That word im sorry, i have to say it it is shit hole, this is what trump allegedly said. That word has been emblazoned across his hotel in washington over the weekend. Artists citizen protest against the comments, accompanied by several poop em ojis. You get an idea what this artist out of the comments. Others have left poor yelp reviews, using that word to describe his hotels. Genie thank you for that. You can get a closer look at the press review and our other main stories on france24. Com. In the next half houour, more on n the allegations of a with racist and sexist humor that hit one of frances biggest ego game developers. Stay videogame developers. Stay tuned. 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