Pose nude have been ordered at the ballon dor ceremony here in paris us Team Captain Megan Rapinoe winning the womens a little messy make it or break told six. Title win a year but he didnt make the changes the final. To win the legal with possible. Thank you very much for being with us. President Emmanuel Macron has been paying tribute to the sacrifice of thirteen soldiers killed in helicopter collision mall popping jihadists in mali a National Homage was led by the french president im the lead in paris soldiers died when two helicopters collided last monday. All to soon jihihadists in northern mali the militant viololence has soared in recent months it was the biggest single day loss to the French Military in nearly four decadeds became the doubts about the effectiveness of frances foreign half thousand member. Of boston box can in mali and for other countries in the sahel region. Micro place diligent on a metal frarances hihighest award on each coffin f ththe thirteen soldiers. Trick n the red white and blue of the french flag georgian was at the ceremony. In the name of nation genetically in the fall of saigon down to the sacrifice. Jamaican badan to the familys pain the volatility for me. To the parents grieving is not a home. People often allies and companions who have lost a loved ones the companion. Keep it to the children orphaned by this tragedy the phone is a phone because saddam less often a does the unborn children whose fathers have been stars in it gave a lot of this war. I promise the support of this entire country to dont today fellow soldiers. Lift down then the players in the. Present to france my american paying tribute to the thirteen soldiers lost their lives last monday in not molly and i discussed it as it is georgian was at about eight. The solemnity of the ceremony had im the lead was very much. In keeping with the scale of the disaster. The worst single day loss of life in the french army since the nineteen eighties and perhaps the emotionally most charged. Points was when those thirteen call fans into the courtyard of the amber leads. To the sound of a single drum beat. President my call gave. The main speech here she paid tribute to the individual soldiers giving details of their lives. And the broken lies of course that have been left. By the deaths. That relatives. Who i loved ones their spouses that children you could see some children in the main tribune behind me as well so a reminder that this. Is going to stay with the relatives for the rest of their lives and of course for future generations as well. Off to michaels speech ended the call friends with solemnly. Moved out of the amber lead court yard one by one to the sounds of soul pounds me funeral march played by military bands. Yoshimura jonas loyalty from im thirty two at the national ammash took place today to the thirteen soldiers who lost their lives fighting jihadists in mali. Next the weapopon the white e house dononald trump wil not be taking part in the impeachment inquiry. Lawyers acting for the us president said he wouldnt be attendnding on thursday citing a lack of venice. Its a laser the us president trying to pressure you crane to carry out an investigation of a u. S. Citizen. The president s personal. Listen as our legal analyst and former us federal prosecutor. He joins us now live eric getting to you as of a pleasure to have you on the Program President trump decides not to attend his own impepeachmenent hearing. Is thia clever decision or reckless will. Its a decision that he made probably with the overall perspective in mind. That theres nothing that anybody could say on his behalf at the hearing that would be. Useful to him so he it would be better off for him to continue to attack the legitimacy. Of the entire proceeding even though the proceedings are being conducted pursuant to. Historical rules and procedures that were actually most recently updated. By his own Political Party the republicans. But that not withstanding. He and his allies in the Republican Party have been attacking the proceedings. On procedural not so much substantive grounds. From the beginning and this is consistent with that. The problem with with where it is inconsistent. Is that hes also been complaining that he doesnt have the opportunity to speak directly through his. Personal lawyer as a police as opposed to republican. Spokespeople he doesnt have enough of a say in who the witnesses are. But here when he is directly invited to do that. Hes saying no i dont want to do it. On the one hand it looks like hes obviously conceding his guilt in the affair. On the other hand it might be construed by his local participants. As supporting the contention that. This is some sort of an illegitimate inquiry so im not taking part. Theyre in the house of Representatives Judiciary Committee that marked the next to the probe with legal experts giving. Could lead to avoid impeachment have you had enough in your opinion the thing that such a vote could take place. Oh yes there is been an overwhelming amount of evidence if it was presented in a court of law governed by rules of. Criminal procedure despite what the president and his spokespeople have been saying there is quite enough there for a judge to charge a jury that they could convict. And in all likelihood an impartial jury would convict even be on the very high american legal criminal standard of beyond a reasonable doubt here we dont have to meet that standard. It doesnt have to do with the level of proof doesnt even have to be that higigh. But it is important to lay it out in as transparent away as possible and in a way that convinces as many ets citizens that are want to be informed as possible as to what is going on. So it is necessary to go t through thiss process ad there is in fact a lot of work to do in terms of narrowing down or streamlining the evidence to fit into. Very specific charges that meet the constitutional definition of what is impeachment which is bribery treason high crimes and misdemeanors those are the specific phrases used in the United States constitution. So we will going by what the. Sure i can well be going by. Historical precedent and legal precedent exists its not a whole lot to tailor the overwhelming amount of factual evidence that has been. Produced to fit into thehese categories but the president is fighting this tooth and nail and hes in. Complete denial and so are as allies as to what some of these factual statements actually are yet they do prove prefer to attack it on procedural or legitimacy grounds. Seeking that the substantive grounds are not at all helping them. Listen the non thank you very much indeed. Next call twenty five is open in madrid with a message to World Leaders. Not to be on the wrong side of history over the climate a lot. The team fell to the routine notable absentees us President Donald Trump and the president s persosonal jabal senado. Both could have a major contribution to make both the Climate Change deniers spotted the massive Scientific Evidence u. M. Report released this week concedes. That despite the world cold the ocean temperature levels across the globe. Would rise by three point two degrees. United together. To tackle the question of Climate Change. Com twenty five kicked off in madrid on monday with World Leaders taking turns to voice their respective concerns about the Environmental Crisis facing the world. Among those to speak out un secretary general Antonio Guterres stressed the need for urgent reform acceleration warning of a point of no return what frustrates me and why i believe what frustrates all soul is the slow pace of change is specially giving that to most of the tools and technologies we need. Are already available. So my call to you all today is to increase your ambition and your urgency and gentle to retirement conferences sets off a lead as a platform to prove they can muster enough political will to reverse the most catastrophic impacts of global warming. Talks are being held against the backdrop of increasingly visible symptoms from rising temperaturess in the past year with wildfires raging from the arctic and the amazon to australia. And tropical regions hit by devastatiting hurricanes. European Commission Head ursula from the lay and announced a proposal next march for the introduction of the first ever european climate low. Europe to reading from the recent weather changes. A false. In the south of france we have seen for some years now that intense weather events are coming along with increasing regularity and intensity. The i get it. The many see in this and justifiably in my view the signs of Climate Change the Global Leaders are expected to lay the final pieces of ground work needed to support the twenty fifteen Paris Agreement to tackle Climate Change which into the crucial Implementation Phase next year. And we will have a lot more from call twenty five the throughout t the two weekeks of dcucussions thaht is starting today in madrid. Thanks the family of the murdered journalist daphne cattle on the galaxy s. Calling for police to investigate. Multis prime mininister Joseph Muscat as the European Parliament delegation heads to miles on a fact finding mission. The protests in valletta calling for the Prime Minister to resign musket says hell step down off his replacement as joes next month. A businessmans been charged as an accessory to murder and hes allegedly implicated a close adviser to the Prime Minister. Here from twenty fourteen kia or your town that has this. They still want justice thousands lined the swim for that Service Monday dissatisfied with Prime Minister jason scotts resignation announcement protesters accuse him of men in indefinite carolina can this is murder investigation. Trying to appease p proteststers. He announced he would resign in the new year. They want him out now. Does almost got needs to understand not only the cry of the vehicle the play of the opposition but every Single Institution organized asian constituted by the law that which is that it can leave now. Your damaging o overconfidentntu are causing damage which now with the coming. Out of it will not speak will not entertain. Without government which is led. By a Prime Minister who was on the edge of the term one as good as his family have w. Cass reluctance to leave power little did he as jesse. To protect suspects of the murder investigation. Whats telling all news is that the. Five i w wanna dilisio was a wel respected journalist who whats on the multi side of the panama papers. In october twenty seventeen she was murdered by a car bomb two years later. Her assassination has more to spiraling into its biggest political crisis. Story watching very closely he acts a france twenty four. Change in mood now leo messi has made a record sixth ballon dor there is a kind of woman training god thats a barcelona the abbas loan argentine genius got this record breaking board ahead of some serious contenders no to be Liverpool Pam out of style and Virgil Van Dijk. The owners were given a price one he would submit shaklee empowers the usa team captain and make him a piano that shes a tray mopping had won the womens award. The famous french magazine possible this been awarded the ballon dor since nineteen fifty six thats even before i was born. And created the womans award last year. Maybe we can go. Respondent natatalia who is waiting yes thats hohow they ae you that its not going in the studio in paris i understand you at the ceremony. In chateau lake tell us a bit about the atmosphere what kind of a night is it been. Hello mark well there are a lot of people waiting here. Outside of the data for the saturday. There were waiting when the players were coming in and now theyre going out. Of the theater because a certain movie is overly until messages to. Got out at like. Ten minutes ago. He was out with that holding his as six out but on though and people when just. Absolutely crazy here it is a very very big crowd we also Virgil Van Dijk who come came. Second in this but although. We also so allison who got the trophy for the best goalkeeper first time that theres a funds the bullies giving the that that. Be and. Also so he has the least. Central bank of from a youve been too so who was awarded the best play youre under twenty one years old its quite a big atmosphere here with the old is a football stars people are we were waiting to take pictures with their idols back. Well its sad quite a little bit complicated in order to you know like to contend people old around the play years about the truth is that the night well you wanna messi became the big king of football Megan Rapinoe won the award. She was not attending this ceremony shia center video saying that she was very thankful for it quite an incredible year and she thank not only her family and her partner but also all of her teammates. The maker of the most of the only americans that attend that a trip to paris in the history of the world. Thank you very much indeeded for givig us a taste of what hapappened at shepley this evening lean on that to get in that city im on the mega rich again ms will. Not able to attend the ceremony sadly hellas perhaps until we have more of course in our sports bulletin simon hadi coming up. In about an hour an hour debate stay with us its really worth it. Now thats. Remind you the main it will use headlines here live from paris. France has beeeen paying its lat respects to the thirteen soldiers who were killed in mali. Each received a posthumous jumped on a frances highest honor. French president Emmanuel Macron spoke of their sacrifice in the face of terrorism in the eulogy. Micron said freedom. Often alas has the taste of spilled blood. Us president is this not the impeachment hearings against him. White house lawyers citing a lack of fedex allegedly in the proceedings. A set to the side of trouble face a full on trial in congress. And as we just heard the best footballers in the world in order that the ballon dor ceremony here in paris us team captain. Megan rapinoe within the womens. And leo messi getting a record six volatile idiot when he didnt make the jam is the final. Of course shinine throughout for barcelon. Spain correct stuff. Im not for undies business colston joins a starting with a landmark gas pipeline connecting russia to china thats our markets called the power of siberia the three thousand climber long pipeline is part of an effort to secure moscows position as the worlds biggest gas exporter. Rejeject also comes a politicall motives. With russia grappling from s sanctions from the European Union the country is looking to cement its economicc ties to o the east. James was seen as more. Was a only let you receive let him if tennessee allow me to come e on the opening of the pipeline you nevever gonna. I allow it showed a partial uncritically nick on. The ground its being hailed as the worlds biggest Construction Projects by the russian president. C. Gives the green light for gas to flow across the russian border. The power of siberia pipeline stretches over three thousand kilometers running through the countrys far east region into the north china a move that set to both the political and economic ties b between the two the check. This step takes the russian chinese s strategic enenergy c cooperation to a whoe new level im brings us closer to achieving the goal set along with the chinese president xi jinping to extend bilateral trade to an event to two hundred billion dollars in twenty twenty four north. For that i would. Its peak the States Energy giant gazprom will supply up to forty billion cubic meters of gas to china every year. As beijing is seeking to move away from coal in an effort to fight t wins a small. With its strategic position and its giant natural gas reserves rushes supply now stretches further to its east as it remains a key provider. So European Countries to its west gas from plans to launch two more pipelines thats a by pass ukraine to increase supply to germany and turkey. The move that spots concerns from the United States who fear russia could use europes reliance on its energy to exert political pressure. Russian Authorities Say they expect to turn the valve on the first pipe line by the middle of next year. Except us President Donald Trump says he plans to reinstate terrace against brazil and argentina covering steel and aluminum imports. The unexpected announcement came via twitter the us president saying that cacalled brazil andnd argentina have been presiding ovever a massive devaluation of currencies. Just not good for our farmers. To countries had been exempted from us metal terrace last year in todays move apparently caught them by surprisese. Brazils a steel lobby said it was quote perplexed by the decision. Of the brazilian government was not artificially devaluing its currency. Those are the only u. S. Tears making headlines. O on monday washington said it was reviewing the possibility of raising tariffs on e. U. Imports. As well as considering imposing tariffs on new european products. Fought a ruling from the World Trade Organization panel over eve subsidies to airbus. That ruling found the European Union had failed to remove a legal state aid to the aerospace giant. At session on monday strengthens our prior wto ruling one thats already paid the way for the us to impose tariffs on some seven point five billion dollars and you and you in parts. Take a look now at mondays trading actctio. Wall street finishing the day in the red fueled by those tree worries and disappointing figures in a closely watched manufacturing index. Dow jones down around a full percent the s. And p. Also losing our nine tenths of percent. Nasdaq with losses of over one point 1 major european indices also finishing the day with losses after that are expected Terror Financing from trump. Shares on the foot see falling over eight tenths of percent account losing around two percent. Similar story on the docks in frankfort. Except c crystal injujury gave a has made her first trip to africaca since taking over as head of the internatioional monetary fund. She was in senegal for conference on sustainable developmentt and dad. The imf president applauded the continents declining rate of extreme poverty and its growth. Although while encouraging countries to be smart about how to borrow money. The president of senegal was also in attendance and he sounded an optimistic tone take a listen. Yes maam. Africa is in the process of developing. Everything remains to be built. Not the continent is like a plane at the end of the runway ready to take off remember. And finally the Holiday Shopping season is kicking into high gear after black friday lasast week today marksks the cyber monday a day of deals offered by online retailers sales are expected to reach a record nine point four billion dollars in us corn to one survey. Its actually more than black friday which raked in for its part of me here seven point four billion dollars course markets a little different picture here in france black friday on the rise but cyber monday still not so on on here for now. Come go thank you as the goal of the business thank you. Castiel and james mediawatch good evening to you starting with the reactions on both sides of the channel as you can france remember those lost. To terrorism. And the fight against it. Yes very much morning on both sides of the tub a channel the toll of terrorism has n never really ben clearer. As suddenly in europe at them today. At thirteen french soldiers were being remembered today with the National Homage ceremony at the tell these i believe. And they were killed in action in mali as part of operation box cam. Four thousand five hundred troops currently in mali at the moment at basically trying to tackle the jihadis who. Have made that bed base. I am the age ranges from forty three years old to just twenty two those who died. They have posthumously been given the lace on donna highest. Honor that can be handed out hit in france. And the streets of the capital but hi by people wanting to pay theieir respects as theuouotation. It is s way to these arere these s some have military links they will ii this veterans themselves will have families he saysys but many others spopoke at t the thought they just felelt the needd to be that you. Own a at the sacrifice of these men. Thirty coffins making their way to that National Homage it is the largest loss of life for the French Ministry in a a single day. For thirty six years and the French Version of the Huffington Post has put it very simply hit on that front page. At for the freedom of the world and those words were taken from emanuel knuckles address out that national ammash. Im afraid shes at the moment is also a lift to the words of a manual micro print headline freedom often has a lost the taste of blood shed. The newspaper they calls this a disastrous image of fronts of commitment to the saw hell and many people now. All austin questions about how long operation bach and should continue french troops people back home emmanuel knuckle has said that there will be a review of all options are on the table. At forty one french soldiers have been killed since that operation began back in twenty thirteen. But perhaps more interesting to nations the factual more important tonight is the fact that it hasnt yet step kicking in the region right that more than one thousand five hundred. And seven killed by check. The king of pop. Since yeah data control zero silently so much so. That the chief of staff all of the french army actually treated his. Profound indignation and called in comprehension the call to that was published last week. And it has. The coat coffin session front of the front. Set to attend the ceremony try to bring home the gravitas of the gravity all visual. And instead they race decided to reply publicly defending the magazines satirical spirit what will set o of knowledge e in the soldiers sacrifice. After this weeks terror attacks in london as her head to london site vigils have e been held in u. K. Today people in many ways baffling to take the focus off politics. Yes of course with the u. K. Gearing up for yes another election at political opportunism is on surprising but its also proving very unsettling for a lot of people there were two vigils held today one in london that a lot of politicians attended. One in the home to cambridge where both victims who died on friday lived on this image really i think goes to show the personal pain behind the headlines this is the government of jack merit. Leon brown obsolete in the console double that and its a pain read that we should all feel because it does seem as i really two of the best people were taken from us they tried to make t the world a better place out the headline. The front page of the Cambridge News a local paper today twenty three year old suskind james twenty five year old jack marriage and what really has added. A lot of pain for families and friends over these two people is the way in which aims her. Top aidess to political debate the house have a did too im David Merrick the father of jack right this article i was been published in the guardian today saying that. His son would be live it is that its been you. Hey john wanted. He is also with the words for his intelligence share his. Burn with his anger and extinguish hatred with his kindness and theyve been glowing references cheetah suskin giants this from one of her charges saying she was one of a kind and love to justice. She would have been a force for good and im so sorry for school that weve lost half of the people sherri was from soft schedules its own twist her timeline and its one of these strange things that you dont think about when youre writing tweets in the moment this was posted two years ago. Its such a quite a quote of what of an old that nicole finance and it says head silently very prophetic i hope that someday when im gone someone somewhere 12 02 19 12 02 19 [captioning made possible by democracy now ] amy from new york, this is democracy now ifthey would be delusional they think they can use him as a scapegoat and that the people will what role from the streets after he resigned. The people will continue until we change the system. 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