Hello there welcome just on 3 pm here in moscow youre watching r. T. International national now we start with breaking news from france because 3 people are confirmed dead in the southern french city of nice following a knife attack this is some of the latest footage weve received from the scene several of the people have been left injured incident took place early in the morning in the city center and Authorities Say that a suspect has been arrested so lets get the latest now from Charlotte Vince he joins us from paris good afternoon again charlotte just bring us up to date then on the latest information were getting. Well this is been described as a horrific a brutal attack that took place in the heart of a church that church to the north has done basilica in the center of nice as you mentioned 3 people confirmed dead including one person that we understand was beheaded that came from a Police Source to the Reuters News Agency and it has been confirmed by the mayor of niece that the same method was used to kill one person as was used on that teacher who was beheaded 2 weeks ago samuel patty we know the anti terror prosecution has taken over this investigation and while it has not been labeled officially a terror attack it does appear to have all the hallmarks of an islamist attack and that is certainly the view of nieces man. In this new tragedy today we see victims of islamofascism which i repeatedly denounced so 3 dead in this attack but also others have been injured the perpetrator was detained on the scene he was shot by police and then taken to hospital but its understood that he shouted. Out several times god is great again giving us another clear indication of the motivations behind this attack there has been a lot of reaction coming through thick and fast about whats happened in niece many people shocked many people sending their thoughts and prayers but also these very strong words from the leader of the National RallyMarine Le Pen. The dramatic acceleration of Islamist Eric to war against our fellow citizens in our country demands from our leaders a comprehensive response aimed at the ready cation of islam is from our soil. She did also offer her condolences to the families of victims of that brutal attack and those thoughts and condolences have been pouring in including from the president of the European Parliament who said he was simply shocked. I am deeply shocked and saddened by the news of the horrific attack and nice this pain is felt by all of us in europe we have a duty to stand together against violence and those that seek to incite and spread hatred one minutes silence was also held at the National Assembly here in paris this morning in tribute to those who had lost their lives in that attack in nice and the Catholic Church has been speaking out about an attack in one of its own buildings describing it as unspeakable. As we say we shouldnt forget either the context here because this is happening to the very tense time for france. Yes thats right theres been this rising anti french sentiment in the last few weeks following the death of teacher patti who was beheaded for showing those caricature of the muslim prophet mohammed and the anger has really come in the wake of that after president defended the use of those images lets take a look back at the exactly how invents unfolded. Well that has left many people see the thing in muslim majority countries with protests being held against the defense made by president back on all of the use of those cartoons tens of thousands of people have turned out in some demonstrations in countries such as bangladesh in jordan in libya and also in gaza with effigies of president being burned and a call for boycotts of french products theres also been descriptions by the turkish president of president machen suggesting president back on the did to have his Mental Health checked there really is a huge amount of anger that is spilling over as a result of this and charlotte also were hearing in the last hour or so an incident in a stabbing there what more can you tell us about that. Yes its not clear if this stabbing is a tall in relation to whats happened denise but what we know so far is that a man was shot dead after police attended the scene that heard reports of somebody armed with a gun when they went there they tried to get the man to put the gun down he apparently tried to get closer to the police they stunned him with an electric gun and following that when he didnt stand down the shot to me again and he has been shot dead but there is no indication that has a link with nice at the same time there has been a 3rd incident this one happened in the capital of saudi arabia where a man who said to be a Saudi National stabbed a guard outside the french consulate that the french ambassador in saudi arabia has now called from maximum vigilance for french citizens in the country and its not the 1st time weve heard that call this week earlier in the week the secretary general of the National Police french to have more vigilance saying that the Terror Threat was high here in france as a result of everything that happened in the wake of samuel pattis murder and there was then with this rising french sentiment to french citizens who are traveling or living in muslim majority countries to also Pay Attention to their security so really things are incredibly tense at the moment 3 incidents not yet linked to in france one in saudi arabia but the main one of course being that attack in east that took place on thursday morning that saw 3 people dead including one person apparently decapitated. Thank you a Charlotte Charlotte n. C. There reporting from paris well lets talk now to independent journalist he joins you very welcome good to talk to you again luke are remembered just talking to a few days ago after the brutal killing of the teacher in france here we are again what was your Immediate Reaction when you saw todays news. Well of course you see the cats regularly with these events. The issue of the caricatures thats back in the news and so it comes again here they have in your own niece. But i wonder if it would have any influence on the french government if you look at nice again in 2016 remember on the 14th of july the National Celebrations in france its i think 86 people who were killed by a truck driven by a sudden vomit and 400. 00 injured so after that nothing much happened as usual so in this instance it so its again a lone wolf or a killer who kills a few people in in me sent in to say mean of you all and then elsewhere i hope it will stop of course like ive heard but it does the problem is that the french government doesnt do much to you minister of interior mr donahue is a great communicator but nothing much has been done ysaye would close one mosque involved i mean there are hundreds of mosques involved that should be immediately stopped. Closed and theyre in mt sent back to the country of origin immediately but in point down the mosque is taken a lawyer a muslim lawyer of course and they will go to the french courts and it will be in appeal for years so they cant even close one mosque so in infect. Mrs so mrs le pen from us along with john is right when she says that it is over war like situation and that we need laws and that france needs it all its own to fight against that in case of war and you cant go to the courts anymore for appeals that last 3 years these people must be expelled the thousands of people wildest by the French Police must be expelled now mr donna what do you. What do you expect what are you waiting for thats what the french probably think but theyre accused of islamophobia. What i mean how take your points in certain Marine Le Pen has made that point to todays easy said but practically speaking what more can french authorities do they are trying to close down mosques they are trying to go after who they believe to be suspected islamic extremists other than that what more can you do or they shouldnt be trying this should be doing something they should expel them they should expel them thats the key and for the rest they should be really really tough one. In the areas or go areas the lawless areas where france as a bend and its role of the republic because we are there in our oh when you have a french president speak of separatism i think hes wrong by the way its not separatism of Muslim Community as it is these islamicists want to take over of the state you have 8000000 muslims in france and the think that they can do with the beginning of a civil war thats the real problem so that its not time to try to do something its a mystery that must expel from the stop. It has thousands of them. Another one thats another ship thats what. With the families not a lot with the families so that they start doing their own cleaning up in their community on another issue you going to another issue but of course i know it is related with regard to who i was listening to people today speaking in france and they were saying well perhaps Charlie Hebdo should tone down or rein in what its doing at the moment because its only inflaming the situation what are your thoughts on that. Well though they are very courageous and i dont think they should change anything to what they do i dont have a particular sympathy im a christian and i dont have to get a sympathy with their caricatures of jesus all the pope or by the way but thats freedom thats thats the key of western civilization is the freedom to express yourself and to be independently minded so they cant do it they cant do it in france and it should not be on cancelled or watered down with opinions that they shouldnt water down there no they should continue as they do not problem their caricatured yesterday mr ed and you have seen that the spokesperson of the turkish government has accused the french journalists of being sons of bitches and bustards sorry for these words on r. T. But you know is it the climatic i mean muslim countries have a very funny way of reacting when it comes to the policy they should learn hypothetically like if it was closed tomorrow would that solve the problem. I mean it doesnt solve the problem you know or as though the author of a famous author well big. Wrote in his book called submission youre not demeaning the actual meaning of a slant submission. The situation is is very bad in france because of the fact that you have a middle 8000000 muslims of course most of them want to live a peaceful life for their family and everything ok but 25 percent of the muslims in france above the age of 30 i mean adults not youngsters adults 25 percent it means one muslim out of 4 believe that the real law is the shabda and must come above the french law and they refused the french values i mean this is a terrible situation isnt it i dont know what to do about it but if one out of for most of the things that way and its much worse with the youngsters under 25. 00 at home or what is to be done except take the same attitude as the king of morocco does be tough. Talking more broadly about what macron is doing and i noticed a recent play nice trying to introduce the teaching of arabic and Islamic Culture into schools is that a help integrations you think you think that will make inroads into the problems youre highlighting. Or to the contrary to the contrary it worsens it it worsens it i mean why would you learn chinese or vietnamese because we have many many refugees coming from vietnam over the years or from china or other places i mean its all was because of islam because of the problems with muslims that these things are proposed nor should integrate in French Society of course language courses should be made available for us most important and usually use english russian is an important one which in world chinese is i mean you have many languages in arabic must be one of them but to promote arabic as more important than the others is wrong it gives through these islamists a larger role in society then they should have. Good to talk to are going to leave it there was a independent journalist thanks for coming on to r. T. Now protests are gripping the muslim world over the french president s recent the fence of the right to parody religion it does come as french a typical magazine Charlie Hebdo whose caricature was at the center of the rot add fuel to the fire with its latest front cover it does feature here a cartoon of the turkish president whos been one of the fiercest critics of the french state stance on freedom of expression and chris called the front cover disgusting the turkish prosecutors launching a criminal probe and in response to shirley publishing his caricature of the turkish president slammed its alleged hostility towards islam adding that disrespect for the prophet mohammed is spreading like a cancer especially among european leaders we asked people in paris how they see the carter. Personally i find it disrespectful even if you have the right to use blasphemy you have no right to mock religion. In these times of crisis and international attacks on france i find it important to reaffirm the values on which we are firmly established in france the caricature is the 1st of these. The publication of this drawing and mocking a religion is dangerous because it increases hatred. It represents the fact that despite everything humor is the most important thing and that everyone in this position after everything here said about france and the president of our republic gets a nice lesson from Charlie Hebdo. Thats the latest drawing with air to one its a provocation meanwhile the french ambassador to sweden has recently gone as far as to say that france is a Muslim Country his remarks didnt ring true though with the persians we spoke to. I dont agree with the french ambassador to swear down because we live in a secular country there are many communities in france one of them muslim people which have a big place in france but we stay secular country. France is not a Muslim Country absolutely not it is a country of Judeo Christian tradition and there is nothing more to say it is really stupid. France is not a Muslim Country but islam is the religion which has the most believers here and we can see a lot of racism in france there are a prejudices towards muslim people well in my colleague you know neal to discuss with our guests the limits of freedom of expression. You cant hold a country sponsible for one of my using posts can you its a private enterprise publishing satire in a western liberal nation i dont the problem is just charlie able in their characters i think its the institutionalisation of mosques i think its microns comments that islam is in chaos islam needs to be reformed mccrum to reform islam was move wrong to judge whether islam is in chaos or not i think when it goes up to a president ial level in france and you have someone at the level of micron backing this caricature and making a big fuss about it and criticizing the state of islam yet thats taken very seriously by muslims throughout the world so bright that you space this gives me. All the private newspaper can make up to and use the french tradition you can accent it can refuse if i dont said something to our turkish friend inside this newspaper the name shall be at the during 20 years i so get it get 0 against go against jesus christ against the pope and. Its not just against misname this newspaper is not the position of the government the position of the government is freedom of press a lot of muslims who are feeling theyre being directly attacked by this its not just seen as a clumped on radical islam is and how do you confront the 2 how do you do that this has a sort of clash of civilization in value systems i wouldnt go so far as to say it is it is extremely difficult there are clearly different perspectives on the world in volumes i think sensitivity to each other is important and i would say that freedom cannot be absolute in that sense. Religion is a very ginger very touchy subject and when you enter someone elses taboo and you claim freedom of expression but then you have a leader of french leader again continue to project this on the building you have the french leader continue to save islam is in chaos this really pushes the line there is freedom of expression and then theres plain insulting isnt there where theres this fault nobody everybody should drive. For me the problem is not. The problem is that in my country and to grisha its completely broken of course the biggest difficulties we still make in this same. Freedom. And if i can said this not by girl ok but this sense for photos. Right well its a recap then of what we know so far about the knife attack in the french city of nice on thursday 3 people and i confirmed dead and several more have been left injured the instant took place early in the morning inside a church in the city center and authorities do say a suspect has been arrested french president will be traveling to nice later today meanwhile frances Terror Threat level has been raised to its maximum this is the latest footage that weve seen now from the saying of the attack several others have been let in due to be said that took place early in the morning in the city and the suspect has been arrested well have more details and reaction after the break. Were going to limit the communication does a lot to. Do so the possibility of not just. Being restricted with the brains we go with a finite number of growing some even be even just combining true human brains together. Similarly has a low the advantages. 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What is true whats his face. In a world corrupted you need to descend. To join us in the depths. For a mate in the shallowest. Join me every thursday on the alec simon show and ill be speaking to guests of the world of politics sports business im show business ill see you then. Well i welcome back youre watching our international reminder for our breaking news today from france 3 people are confirmed dead in the southern french city of nice following a knife attack this is some of the latest footage we perceive from the scene several of the people have been left injured i mean take place early in the morning in the city Center Authorities do say though that a suspect has been arrested france has raised its security alert level to maximum todays attack does come amid widespread anger at france after the countrys president gave a robust defense of the right to mock religion lets talk more about this now with more to gaseous our correspondent joins us in the studio. Lets just talk about the background here because todays attack in eastern scum i think just 13 days after the beheading of the french schoolteacher sami passy just run through the background in the run up to todays attack well the the background as it is that back many years now look all these stereotypes theyre still fresh in the memories of the french in 2015 the 1st charlie charlie. Later that year november the paris attacks more than a 100 People Killed hundreds upon hundreds injured 2016 the nice truck attack 80 People Killed there she doesnt 1718 stabbings 19 borman attack of the Police Station there is you know this is huge do terror attacks so is it any wonder that the french are incensed outteridge the what is happening and that the french president chooses to express themselves in such harsh terms. But samuel was murdered for the very reason that he embodied the values of the french republic he was killed because islamists want to destroy our future and with silent healers like simultaneity they will not prevail said samuel was a victim of lies a Conspiracy Theory of the hatred of others of what we are on friday he became the face of the republic and our desire to bring down terrorist networks islamicists to live like a community of free citizens. Existence and french president there saying this is a diet to crack down on islamic extremism exactly what did they do then in response well it was it seemed like much of a kneejerk reaction the immediately crackdown on various elements of Islamic Civil Society the 50 n. G. O. S. Shut down under investigation more than 100 people waiting now deportation or have been arrested for deportation these are these are people that the french authorities believe to be radicals radicals up to no good and now you have the interior minister coming out and claiming that several n. G. O. S including the mainstream. French organization against islam a phobia that their enemies of the people and the muse of the people for what they have said previously for what they said about simultaneity some of them before his killing so they have theyve certainly elected to come out very harshly against all of this and the french president im self seems to through mediation mediation of the the wins he he has taken a very Firm Position a very harsh position and that position is that france will now crack down hard on everything that it deems to be negative or extremist or all radical you know they calling it now islamofascism which is which is i would say serious as. Elation from what the official stance the president the way the president behaved before and its also created doesnt it a lot of friction with muslim countries oh look at look at has a in i wouldnt say just muslim countries obviously muslims judging by the terror attacks that have been happening in in france and here we have. All manner of muslim nations you tens and tens of thousands of people in countries spanning continents from from africa to asia from africa to asia all coming out with the chanting against france saying they condemn france for what francis said regarding islam calling it islam islamofascism weve had saudi arabia huge puter since would you arabia in iran which we with you know the to do get along but here is something that they found Common Ground on and that is telling france that they theyre unhappy with what france of say not necessarily unhappy with with you know how france has condemned these terror attacks weve had even turkey just come out in condemning the harshest terms possible these terror attacks saying that you know a new new amount of explanation could justify attacking civilians attacking the church that this is an acceptable at the same time we have iran summoning the french ambassador to to explain themselves explain when hes president is saying we have all manner of countries calling for boycotts of the french goods we even had a protest here small just a few dozen people here and here in moscow by the French Embassy people coming out to express the you know their anger with with the with friends