Thursdays deadly attack. Also coming up in a program, the family drawnma and france. The head of the National Front Marine Le Pen seven is time for the partys founder, her father, to retire from politics. And more on the indian premiers visit as he heads to the south of france. Modi hopes the european playmaker can help transform india into a global aviation hub. First, the indian Prime Minister has begun his European Tour. Narendra modi starting things off here in france. His main focus the economy. Modi is expected to push his make an india campaign. In france, deals on transport, energy, and the environment expected to be discussed. Just party reports. Josh bardi reports. Josh indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi met the French Foreign minister with a reception that had full military honors. France is the first port of call. France and india upgraded their relationship with a Strategic Partnership 17 years ago. That means corporation on defense, civilian nuclear technology. Unlike japan in the united, france did not impose sanctions on india after conducting attacks, and the relationship has been caps off float. Both sides agree could be stronger. Narendra modis first visit since he took over as Prime Minister. French president hollande will join him where to agreement on Technology Advanced smart cities are expected. Commitments on Carbon Emission Reductions ahead of decembers Climate Change conference in paris as well as pushing forward a project to allow French Nuclear to set up reactors in india. Meanwhile, Indian Defense sources says modi will negotiate a deal to buy fighter jets from france for 7. 2 billion euros. India had wanted 126, book problems have but problems have necessitated a small order. They will meet at an iconic paris location, the louvre. Molly before he became Prime Minister , modi was blacklisted for years. Francefrance 24 Robert Parsons joins us. Robert he iswas associated mostly with riots where he was chief minister at the time and where he has been associated and accused by some people of encouraging riots that led to the deaths of 2000 muslims killed by hindu nationalists. Since then of course, mr. Modi has become the trimester of india in march of last year. Not only Prime Minister of india but Prime Minister with a massive majority, one of the biggest electoral victories in india in recent decades. He is coming to france with that background but also as the leader of the country that is regarded as one of the giants of asia at the moment. It has got a booming economy, it is growing faster than china. Businesses are paying on and for that reason, he is getting the red carpet treatment. He will be sailing down the sand with president hollande and other dignitaries. He was recognized at the airport with a guard of honor. This is a major pr opportunity for him, and of course meeting at the palace. Molly that was Robert Parsons a little earlier on Narendra Modis visit. France 24 men back in the as a reporter standing by, many as being discussed by officials, force, one of the many things over negotiations of a contract concerning fighter gets. Tell us more. Mandakini that is right. If i might add, it is dominating in india. It is hard to deny that the Indian Air Force is in dire need of new women, so there is any of help from the defense minister to finalize some kind of deal. To give you a quick recap, this deal has been pending for many years. The original deal as it stood a few years ago was for india to achieve and 26 was to achieve 126 fighter jets. After Technology Transfers there is a major cloisonne deal, which stipulates that the manufacturing would be done in india. We expect that that announcement will be made shortly about the deal. It is unclear what the details are, but agencies are reporting that india is likely to purchase 60 fighter jets and leave the door open for negotiations on further purchases in the future. We just have to wait for that announcement to figure out exactly what the details are but it looks fairly optimistic. Molly talk to us about how modis visit is being watched. What are they expecting from all of this . Mandakini indians are expecting decree much same things we have already expected from Prime Minister modi, which is a boost to the economy. He was elected last may on the promise that he would transform india into an economically vibrant nation. It looks like he might be slowly but surely fulfilling that promise. Just this morning, the Credit Rating agency moodys revised the rating to positive. Whether International Elements predicted india is the fastestgrowing economy by 2030. Prime minister modis main concern is the people entering the workforce over the next decade. He has to create jobs for them. He will be pushing his flagship policies make an india policy, and create hundreds of thousands of jobs. Anything to do with jobs and economic ties will be very keenly watch from new delhi. Molly Mandakini Gahlot reporting from new delhi. Thank you for that. A man accused of plotting the 2008 mumbai attacks. 106 he six people were killed and a threeday assault on indias financial capital, and Narendra Modi, the trimester had condemned the possibility of balfour zakiurrehman lakhvi. Of bail for zakiurrehman lakhvi. He was the head of the millicent militant group that carried out the attack. Secretarygeneral ban kimoon said u. N. Brokered peace talks are the best chance to restore political rule to the country of yemen. Parliament of pakistan adopted a resolution calling on all sides to resolve differences peacefully and urge that islam a islamabad stay neutral in the five. We got an update a short while ago. Reporter the debate was going on for the last five days, the joint session was called by the Prime Minister, the issue of whether to join the yemen conflict or not, to help the saudis, and another area, there was a lot of talk over this because of the relationship that the saudis have with the pakistanis and with the Prime Minister because he was thrown out of power from 1999, so because of that, there was a strong chance that there might be some sort of a support that might be part of this resolution, but because of the fact that it has not come, a lot of political observers feel that this is a surprise. Molly that was Taha Siddiqui reporting from islamabad. Residents are getting shorter and supply in yemen. Unicef says a quarter million children are at risk. This friday, one red cross plane was able to land in the capital of sanaa. Reporter no let up in the fight against the houthis. Firing on rebel positions that adens airport in a thousand a country. Amid the rocket fire, the yuan has underlie the urgent need to reach those caught in the crossfire. Ordinary yemenis families are struggling for the basics water, food, cures and medicine. Reporter the situation is so dire that the u. N. s Childrens Fund says more than a quarter million yemenis children are at risk all stop we expect in the coming weeks and upsurge in malnutrition across the country the in areas of conflict or not. It was already a country where the population was under the poverty line. That is not going to get any better. Reporter on friday, the first red cross plane carrying 16 tons of medical aid was given permission to land in sana a. Coalition forces say they are doing all they can to ensure supplies reach those in need. We are in cooperation to provide the maximum of help to make sure that medical support and medical equipment can reach them. Reporter the World Health Organization says over 600 people have been killed to date. With the fighting intensifying, many warn a humanitarian disaster could be on the horizon. Molly thousands are trapped at a refugee camp in syria. Syrian Government Forces are fighting with rebels. Palestinian factions say they will back a joint military operation with Government Troops against i. S. The Islamic State has moved to create a base near the syrian capital of damascus. Safe passage was called for people who want to flee and force humanitarian aid to be allowed in. The refugee camp is a key piece of a circle of hell. After siege, 18,000 Palestinian Refugees and syrians are now being held hostage by daesh and other extremist militants. It is beginning to resemble a death camp. Molly that was secretarygeneral ban kimoon speaking on thursday. People were killed in a headon collision between a bus and a truck. Nine others are said to be in serious condition. The crash took place in to antan in moroccos south. The bus was carrying Young Athletes as they headed towards a tournament. The Somali Government has increased the bounty out for alshabaab. Mogadishu says it will pay between 100,000 and 250,000 for 11 leaders of the islamist militant group. It wass responsible for the attack at Garissa University in kenya. They are finally holding the first funerals. Reporter emotions run high at this nairobi morgue. One week on from the horrific Garissa University tax that led attacks that left 148 dead. The process has been agonizingly slow and have left many frustrated. We have no other way but we have to hang around because we want to take our someones back to bury them. Reporter others continue to keep vigil in the intense heat, 160 students remain unaccounted for. We know that he was not there. We hope that he is alive somewhere. Reporter kenyas government is under pressure to provide answers about the security lapses that allowed four alshabaab militants to carry out the massacre. Molly Marine Le Pen said its time for her father, jeanmarie le pen, to retire from politics. Marine eyes the presidency in 2017. Reporter after days of right intentions, Marine Le Pen went live on tv on thursday to give her take of the family feud as well as chris ivan her father for remarks made to a newspaper she suggested they should now stand down on politics. Ms. Le pen jeanmarie le pen should act cautiously. You should perhaps relinquish his political responsibility. Reporter the far right party leader announced after he called spanish form Prime Minister in england and once again describe the telephone history. It means that the fate of the National Front, that he created in 1972, he will now be forced to leave. The aging politician fired back. Mr. Le pen mrs. Le pen is trying to blow up her own party. She was lucky to have a united party that pulled off good election results. Yet she is making trouble for herself, creating tensions as the partys president and honorary founder. As the president. Molly lets get a set of the headlines, Narendra Modi kicks off his first European Tour kicking off in france. Fighter jets, Nuclear Reactors at the heart of talks with french president for the ollanta. With french president francois hollande. And kenyans collecting the bodies of love one skilled in the massacre that house above militant group is responsible for. It is time now for a business update, and for that im joined by william hildebrand. William, we are talking all things in terms of Business India and france, new hegemony Narendra Modi is here. William all media is reporting that india is negotiating to buy 63 fighter jets for 7. 2 billion. Friends newspaper le monde says the jets will be made here in france and three years ago india agreed to buy 126 rafael threat from france, but he talks stalled over where they will be assembled. More deals to come. India and france want to boost trade. The friends currently exports 2. 7 billion euros while importing almost 4. 5 billion from india. That makes rance indias 28th largest trading partner. Both sides would like to see that relationship and. Looking closer, we can see 38 of the 40 companies have investments in the country. There are almost 400 firms that employ 300,000 people in india including airbus and dmp paribas. Modi will be visiting plane makers and plans. In france. Airbus has 96 commercial planes in india compared to its rival boeing of 160. A huge backlog of orders. Our team in india has the story. Reporter the city of bangalore is indias aviation capital. It is here that airbus has established its trading center. Since 2007, over 2000 indian engineers have been trained to do technical maintenance on airbus aircraft. We are going to refuel all the reporter 2 3 of all aircraft sold in india this year were manufactured by airbus. Earlier this year, the largest order in its history. Our commitment to india is to really grow our own footprint here to developed the Indian Aerospace industry, and participate in the airbus campaign, without Prime Minister has started here as well. Reporter the indian Prime Ministers flagship project is creating hundreds of thousands of jobs in the process was apparently only Labor Company to gain access in the indian market, a market with lots of competition. Airbus 15 larger parts of the plan, aerostructures coming in, manufactured in india, so that could be the future for airbus as far as manufacturing goes. Reporter for airbus, the future looks bright. Several indian airports recently received approval to fly. In the months to come, Indian Companies will no doubt be looking to acquire new aircraft. William lets take a quick look at the other business headlines. General election has announced it will sell the majority of its real estate portfolio over the next 24 months, bringing in him 46. 5 billion dollars. It will be sold to blackstone and wells fargo. Ges holdings include more than 4000 office buildings. And strong results, the french retailer said revenue in america grew by 14 19 . Carrefour saw a 612 increase but an 11 decrease in asia. And libor is the interbank rate in london and is the benchmark at which trillions of euros of financial contracts are based upon. Deutsche bank faces a 1. 5 billion fine for alleged libor rigging. Indices are all in the green. Largely a sign of fears over greece are easing after the country repaid it 450 million euro loan through the International Monetary fund. Markets are also moving up things to signs of a weak euro after the European Central bank is continuing to pump around 60 billion a month into the economy, molly so markets are responding to the Economic Data out of the eurozone. Molly thank you for that business update, there. It is time now for our press review. Im joined in the studio by Florence Milliman of by Florence Milliman of. We start with a story out of france antiterror prosecutors are by Florence Villa eminot. We start with a story out of france, antiterror prosecutors. Florence hackers took over its social media accounts and blacked out at 11 channels. The friends russ french press is still reeling from the Charlie Hebdo attacks in february for said he see the front page of aujou rdhui france, talking about cyber jihadist himm, the invisible war. Molly it is a symbolic target if you will. Florence that is right. A lot of papers are focusing on the symbol of some of this attack. A christian paper said just like the attack on Charlie Hebdo, this is an attack on freedom of information and freedom of expression. And by attacking the voice of friends around the planet, the jihadists won a battle. This time they did not attack physically like they did in the Charlie Hebdo attacks but they did attack hearts and minds by showing that they can slip in anywhere and spread fear. An intelligence specialists was interviewed and he says that there will be more and more such attacks, perhaps even more destructive because he says that most major Information Systems are at risk whether it is media groups or Public Transportation systems, health and Social Security systems etc. He says there is nothing safe from attack. In a modern world, you can create more damage with a computer than with a bunch of weapons. Molly we see papers that are continuing to focus of course on the Nuclear Negotiations with iran and physically on comments by irans supreme leader. Florence that is right ayatollah them in any, you can see on the front page of the wall street journal that he is wary of a nuclear deal. There is no guarantee of a final deal over tehrans nuclear program. Will powers be trusted to negotiate in good faith . He says he neither agrees nor disagrees. His comments actually appear carefully measured. He wants to appease iranian hardliners all the while not undermining nuclear negotiators. Molly of course iran is in the spotlight because of the situation in yemen. Florence that is right ayatollah sonny kemeny ayatollah Ali Hosseini Khamenei called the saudi airstrikes a crime and a genocide and warned it will ultimately backfired and there is an interesting piece in the Washington Post today that said this may already be happening. Two weeks and, the Saudi Military Campaign appears to be turning into a quagmire situation full stop it has done little to stop the advance of the houthis, and what it has done his cello is separate the country into warring tribes. And also killed hundreds of people, forced thousands of people to leave their homes water and food is running out and there is a vacuum in which infamous groups are advancing. You can see the headline of the article in the Washington Post. Is says the conflict in yemen risks becoming saudi arabias vietnam. Molly in the United States, papers continue to focus on the Fatal Shooting of an unarmed lack man at the right away from a white Police Officer in south carolina. Florence absolutely, and the key is this incident was caught on tape. We see a lot of to debates over this, and theres an article in the independent about the witness who shot this video. He was identified Feidin Santana by in bc news kemeny describes weve not seen see in the video. The Police Officer in question, officer michael he was identified by nbc msnbc news as faeidin santana, and he describes what we have not seen in the video, the Police Officer in question, officer michael slager. Now in china, a controversial project would link to nepal, a controversial project especially into that. The project is expected to be completed by 2020, so that is pretty soon, but skeptics a it will probably never get off the ground. Keep in mind last year state media reported that china was considering building a highspeed rail ray railway line to the United States of america. It might include a 125mile undersea tunnel
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