Gendreau gender neutral toys have become desperate joe cocker died. He is famous for hits like you are so beautiful. French ministers wrapping up an emergency meeting over the third lone wolf attack in france in three days. Officials have said there is no connection between the three incidents, but they have people on ads especially as they follow repeated threats against france over its involvement in the fight against the Islamic State group. This crash this van crashed into a christmas market. The vehicle was taken in for further investigation. As police tried to determine what pushed the driver to hit passersby. They knocked over several people. The driver stabbed himself about 10 times. Additional information found in a notebook lead investigators to. Prosecutors dismissed any link to terrorism. The man has a history of mental illness. They say there is no link between the two cases. This act has no political aspect, no terrorist motives. Authorities called for calm while heightening security measures. The french Prime Minister will speak in a few minutes. We will bring you his comments live. Im going to bring in mark. Lets talk about why this meeting was called. Because of the three attacks in three days. And, the terrorism threat on france that the authorities have been talking about. There is a willingness to show that the government is reacting to those attacks by announcing new measures to bowl to bolster security and police stations, train stations, very public spaces. There is only that much you can do there already. In france, there is a communications tool. They want to show that yes, we are taking care of people. Ladies and gentlemen serious events have taken place. At the request of the president of the republic, i can mean this morning a meeting with several ministers. The heads of the Security Forces for france, the director of international police, the secretary general for defense and national security, they also attended the meeting. The government, first of all wishes to express its full solidarity with the victims and their families. This series of incidents is shocking and creates great concern amongst fellow citizens. We wish to protect and reassure the french people. We wish to ashore them that all resources of the state has been engaged. We have two selfcontrol disturbance and we sent in recent days, the minister of the interior has gone to the scene of the incident in each occasion. There is a terrorist threat in france. We have said this and we have been saying this for some time. This is the major challenge of our time. Antiterrorist legislation. It enables us to press charges for individuals acts, control from departure of the country and authorizes us to block jihad preaching, search engines, and enables us to bring greater pressure to bear on cyber infamous him. The investigations under the ministry of justice are underway and will shed light on what happened and one may have led these individuals to behave in this way. We also find that this leads to copycat incidents in a society which is vulnerable, individuals who are mentally deranged, in some cases, may act and be receptive by propaganda messages. We have to explain in order to understand what is going on, to reassure people and also to dispel any form of amalgamation of these events. We have to be responsive, but we must also have a proportionate response. During the meeting, we made an update on the investigations underway. We are working on the response that should be delivered. We have to mobilize the resources of the state. This is what we are doing and this is what we will continue to do. We must protect the general public. This is the duty of the Security Forces and we must also protect the police who are often the targets of terrorist attacks. Instructions have been given over the past few hours by the ministry of the interior. Since last week, the maximum security measures have been enforced for yearend festivities. Patrols by the police will target the most crowded areas and stations in the cities. The number of patrols who are armed but guess you are armed by the army who are armed by the army will be stepped up. 200 extra troops will be deployed in the next few hours. The security measures, the intervention measures being implemented, will be strictly enforced. That is regarding uniformed police, local Police Firemen and the soldiers. They have to be able to protect themselves. Access to Public Places will be enforced. Security checks will be conducted. Bags will be searched. Mobile patrols, security agents. We will avoid having guards being alone. The prefix will work in conjunction with the in order to ensure the security of invention and also to ensure the safety of our firemen. We have prevention repression firmness. This is not enough. Democracy is never more effective in the struggle against violence, wherever the violence may come from. When it promotes Democratic Values which are the strength of the rule of law, therefore society must mobilize against radical violence and against the damage done by dr. Nation on feebleminded people damage done by indoctrination on feebleminded people. This is why the government has decided to run new the policy against all forms of racism and antisemitism. It is more necessary than ever. It has become necessary to rally around the Republican Values to combat racism and antisemitism. Selfcontrol determination are the keywords here. The french people are a mature nation and we will not concede victory to those who seek to undermine dour democracy. In dealing with these acts of violence, these moments of crisis, we must recall the fundamental participants. The government, the forces of the state and i call for National Unity and calm. This is how we can combat the fears that we must not over, so, thank you all. We will go this afternoon to be by the side of the victims, their families and the local authorities. They have been severely hit an hour duty is to stand by their side. Thank you very much. We were listening to the french Prime Minister speaking. That comes after the third lone wolf attack in three days here in france. Two attacks with cars driving into pedestrians injuring many. Our french politics editor is here with us. One thing is clear, the Prime Minister saying there will be more security measures put into place. There is a plan that has been enforced for many years in france. The level has step up. The Christmas Season is seen as a period of threats and so it has been step up. More patrols and 200 additional Security Forces in the street. More security checks, bag checks, mobile patrols, but there is only so much you can do. He is trying to reassure. The government can say yes the prejudices, we need to be watchful. The loan will scenario is the worst scenario because there is only so much you can do. Three incidences in three days shows that. He said there were three cases that should be treated separately. Basically, in two of the cases there seems to be an indication that the person had some Serious Mental Health issues, whereas in the first attack, it seems that the attacker was shot, had some terrorist motives because he had some messages on his Facebook Page and everything. There was a willingness to say we are protecting you, but you have to distinguish an attack that seems to have terrorist motives and two others that might be more of a copycat incident. Why has the country been on edge . As the Prime Minister himself said maybe he was trying to correct the impression, but he said never before has france faced such a big danger when it comes to terrorism. He was thinking of the threat by the Islamist Group against france because of its participation in military raids in iraq, that there would be acts of vengeance. The country is on edge. It is magnified by the 24 hour news cycle. There is also a willingness by the Prime Minister to address some of his political opponents especially the far right. The government is not telling the truth about the nature of the incidents. They are related. They are clearly terrorist acts. Thank you for that. There has been a new twist in the cyber war that seems to has erected between the United States and north korea. The white house has made no comment on whether the u. S. Is responsible, but it does come after the u. S. Promised to respond to a crippling attack on Sony Pictures that it blames on north korea. What is the likelihood the blackout was linked to the massive blackout of sony in the United States. It would be a big coincidence if it wasnt. Whether they like it or not they have been in news and they have been associated with it. Whether they intended or not they have become a target. We need to keep in mind how fragile the north korean internet is. It is small and underdeveloped. It is a network that almost any hacker group could take down. Obama promised a counter reaction to the sony hacking. We can probably guess the u. S. Was not behind us. If they were, they have sophistication of the north korean internet would still be down it would not have been able to recover it as quickly as they have. It could be a titfortat scenario. Given that both sides are increasing intentions, how far could this go . It depends on a couple of things. The most immediate thing, how long this chain of events continues. If things remain quiet, things could die down. We presumably wont be hearing about it for the foreseeable future. We need to keep an eye out for what evidence comes up. On both sides, presumably the i. T. People are looking to see who is behind these attacks. More than 17,000 people turned up in dresden for germanys largest antiimmigrant rally ever. Several speakers complain about immigrants. A demonstration against extremism. That is what organizers have been claiming. The name of the group, short for patriotic europeans against islam are against the west. It is about the asylum seekers. They do not make themselves at home here. That is not done here. They have to assimilate. An important distinction in germany. Is about our civil rights. We are being labeled as rats, as nazis. That will not do. This led to minor clashes with the protesters. This is depressing. Germany did some a terrible things in the past. This is terrible. This was the largest protest in a series of demonstrations that started in october. The rallies have spread across the country. They have received support from several far right groups. Concerns that sentiments could be on the rise in germany. A look at the business news. Oil prices back in the headlines today. Opec will not cut production even if oil goes as low as 20 a barrel. The World May Never see prices of 100 a barrel again. He seemed to confirm that the strategy was control market share rather than price is. This news comes as the Ratings Agency s p cut its outlook for three Oil Companies over the falling price of crude oil. It changed its outlook to negative for bp, shell, and total. The Credit Ratings will stay the same for now. Howre the market is taking the news . The price of oil is trading up slightly. It is low. Close to the fiveyear low price we have seen. On the stock market, not much about the rally today. Slight gains on the european markets, despite the record highs. The s p 500 hitting record highs. The Oil Companies we were talking about, not seeing share prices affected by the news. Shares in a british chocolate maker dropped by more than 20 . Orders from the u. K. Grocers declined in the weeks before christmas. Tripadvisor has been find half a Million Euros by italian regulators by not doing enough to prevent false reviews. Tripadvisor says it will appeal the decision. Workers of cocacolas headquarters can switch of their voicemail. The idea is to change the way staff communicates. Christmas is coming. Many of us have our presence bought. My comes to toys, the choice is bigger than ever. We have heard about gender specific toys, toys just for boys or girls. Retailers coming under fire for that sort of stereotyping. He knows what he wants for christmas. Toys for boys and girls hits the shelves last year. They were not the first of stock genderneutral