Transcripts For LINKTV France 24 20160321

Sunday. This despite a new deal between the eu and turkey aimed at stemming the arrival which has come in full. First for you, breaking news from marley. Armed men believed to be currently attacking a European Union military base in the capital. This has been confirmed by the Defense Ministry official. The Reuters News Agency that attackers tried to force their way through the entry. Guards returning fire. The witness says one attacker has been killed and the gunfire continued for several minutes. You can see on this screen right now, the north hotel is not operating as a hotel currently. It has been converted into a base for eu forces. Back in november, islamist militants launched a deadly attack on a reticent hotel in bamako. Security a great concern for capitaln somalias right now. More updates as we get them here on france 24. Hailed thea has warming of relations between the u. S. And cuba from havana. Midway through a historic visit there. The first sitting president in 88 years to set foot on the communist ruled island. He has met with president raul castro. That seemed unthinkable even a year and a half ago. Advancing thea mutual interest of our two countries, including improving the lives of our people. Both cubans and americans. Thats why im here. Ive said consistently after five difficult decades, the relationship between our governments will not be transformed overnight. Indicated there are very serious differences including on democracy and human rights. President castro and i have had frank and candid conversations on these subjects. Host the News Conference began cordially enough. Tensions rose when journalists asked about cuban Political Prisoners. Raul castro refusing to it knowledge their existence. Political prisoners . You are asking me if we have Political Prisoners . Give me a list of these prisoners. Show me this list right now. I will release them. Listme their names on a when this meeting is over. If they are, indeed, Political Prisoners, i will release them before nightfall. Host what are ordinary cubans the restoration of ties with the United States . We take a closer look. From the river to the town reporter nelson has been guiding tourists around havana for decades. Since it became easier for americans to travel to cuba, he says he is too busy to offer chores to visitors and other countries. We dont wantat to. We dont have time. Several groups arrive each week. Washington has lifted the last meaningful restrictions on travel to cuba. There are no regular flights linking the countries yet. 17 because Many Americans decided to rush to discover the authentic cuba before their fellow countrymen are allowed in. Capitalism is a dangerous thing. Im afraid it will change forever the beauty of havana d brg into mh capalism an make it Something Different than what it is. Reporter the island is rapidly running out of space to welcome and evergrowing number of visitors. Renting out rooms in their houses on top of the stateowned hotels. Soon, the 12,000 rooms available in havana will not be enough. 7 million tourists are expected to arrive each year as of 2018. We have the same airports we had 20 years ago. We havent increased operational capacity simply because there isnt funding. Investment isign expected to increase in the coming years to help speed up the islands development. Locals remain adamant that despite the changes to calm, cubas soul will be left untouched. Host investigators say they are far from solving the puzzle of last novembers paris to tax attacks. Coming after news of the arrest on friday. T belgium has identified an accomplice on the run. Reporter he is still on the run , but belgium authorities have identified the accomplice by his dna. He is a 24yearold that has been using a fake id. He is believed to have traveled. O syria in 2013 he went to hungary in september in a car rented. A third man was killed in a shootout last tuesday. These developments come after he was captured in brussels on friday and he is currently being interrogated. Advances in the investigation, conclusions remain a long way off. We have quite a few pieces of the jigsaw. But we are still far from finishing. Reporter fighting extradition to france. The Prime Minister said there is a strong expectation he will be brought back to explain himself. That the decision remains with belgium. The defense lawyer said this weekend that he would sue hollande for making his client comment publicly. He had planned to blow himself up, but later backed out. He defended his statement within the joint investigation that both countries could express themselves in line with their own rule. The criminal Procedure Code to which i am bound and faithful carries respect within an investigation. It allows the public prosecutor, when he deems it necessary, to correct unclear information or prevent rumors from spreading. To relay objective information taken from the investigation. Authoritieslgian say they are on high alert from a possible reprisal. Of victimsrelatives of novembers attacks meant with the french president today. Five groups received earlier on by Francois Hollande and the defense minister. They spoke after the meeting about what was said and their reaction to the capture. Everybody was grateful for. He arrest the Justice Minister underlined the importance of Suicide Prevention so that salat of islam can face justice. Not calling for vengeance but greater humanity. It is not enough to completely get rid of terror. Host chris has more details from the palace for us. A chance for Francois Hollande to offer reassurance that actions had been taken on the security front. A lot of questions over things like keeping tabs on people coming back from syria. He level of coordination the problem is that they have to do it in time. His own Prime Minister says the risk of attack remains as high if not higher than before. Frenchn Security Services say the number of people coming back from syria however, areps, not just interested in the security element of things. Many of them concerned about hate speech. Its existenceay they regard the attacks as a time for france to address some of the problems in terms of the fractures in french society. Particularly regarding the muslim community. Also today, taking stock of what authorities are doing in terms of psychological support for victims and relatives, for example, in terms of compensation. There is controversy as previous groups demanded an audience with the french president. They were told his diary was full. The timing quite significant coming in the wake of the arrest deslam. Twoeopening its doors gunmen shot people dead. Of sixhe last restaurants involved that were attacked that night to reopen to the public. A headline figure for you now. 1662. That is the number of migrants that made it to the greek sure since the new european deal came into force on sunday. The majority crossed by boat to two islands. Kyos and lesbos. They agreed that they would start sending migrants deemed illegal back to turkey. Details are still to be hashed out. Officials from turkey will stay to prevent a controversial deal stemming the flow of migrants. Hundreds of people have made the crossing. I cant stay here. I can go anywhere. Call,er the next port of his asylum claim will be registered there. Greece currently has 50,000 migrants stranded on its territory. It is believed the numbers will swell amid uncertainty about the accord. My husband is in germany. We got here and now we are even more afraid. Everyday we hear about different decisions. We want a solution that works for us. Personnel inf greece at this point, more than 2000 officials are due to arrive in the country for help. A delay in returning regular migrants and fueling anxiety. South korea is investigating a new launch of rockets or missiles by north korea. Officials in seoul say pyongyang fired five short range missiles into the sea. It is not known if they are missiles, rockets, or shells. The emergency drills between the south korean and u. S. Militaries. Earlier this year, the north conducted a nuclear test and a rocket launch prompting new sanctions from the United Nations security council. A landmark hailed as judgment in the fight against impunity for sex crimes in conflict. A former Vice President of the democratic republic of the congo at the International Criminal court, ordering murder, rape, and pillage by his militia. He showed no emotion as the verdict was delivered. He will be sentenced at a later date. A peaceful transition of power is on the cards. The Prime Minister conceding defeat to his businessman rival in the latest president ial election. Provisional results, taking an insurmountable lead. Reporter he will be the countrys next president. A preliminary results put him ahead with 65 of votes in the second round. His victory was assured after his opponent conceded defeat on sunday. There are rumors the entrepreneur made his fortune in cotton. The 57yearold was a staunch supporter of the president that is stepping down after serving two fiveyear terms. He flee to exile in france in 2012. He received a president ial he, but soon, attacks was accused of turning it into a Banana Republic and was the laughing stock of the world. He defeated the longtime leading contender. Speechwriter for the french Prime Minister. He was nominated for Prime Minister last year. The french nationality, he questioned the knowledge of the country as he spent most of his professional life abroad. Host the latest there from berlin. Breaking news coming into us. Currently attacking a European Union mission at a converted hotel in bamako. It you can see the map on your screen showing the site there. By ahas been confirmed Defense Ministry official. They told the Reuters News Agency that attackers try to force their way into the entry of this hotel with guards returning fire. One attacker was killed and the gunfire returned for several minutes. No longer operating in the , converted to a Training Base for eu forces. They launched a deadly attack on a Radisson Hotel. Lets bring in our International Reporter to discuss this scene a little bit further. Can you tell us more about the European Union mission there . What is it . Reporter it is meant to help the army rebuild. The goal is to allow the marley army to reoccupy those areas vacated by french forces. That operation was an attempt to clear jihadist out of northern mali. This is an attack on the malian state as well as foreign interests in mali. It targets the very thing that is supposed to strengthen the malian army. Eutm, missions, European Union trading mission. 200 instructors and 150 soldiers. In terms of the actual nationalities of the countries, france is the most represented in terms of military personnel. You have a big spanish and german contingent. 22 you countries participating in that Training Mission. Host we are hearing from the Afp News Agency that the attackers have been pushed back. They have been repelled. One of them killed. By that European Union mission you are just telling us about. Security is a major concern right now. It has been for many months. Reporter this immediately brings back the memories of the attack on the Radisson Hotel in bamako in the malian capital. Showing that it hasnt been possible to have a comprehensive look down by choice or lack of resources in the malian capital. These high profile potential targets are not being protected as well as you might have expected. It actually happened in the same district. Was an offshoot of al qaeda. In mali claimed one ofibility including the most notorious jihadists in north africa. We can expect some more of those usual suspects to come forward in the wake of this attack. Know exactly who these gunmen are or what group they might represent. Thank you for the details, our International Affairs editor. An attack is happened at the base of a European Union Training Mission in the malian capital by makoto bamako. The attackers have been repelled. We will bring you more as we get it, of course. Update a Business News with kate. We are looking to Silicon Valley , apple once again grabbing headlines as it unveiled [indiscernible] reporterkate they have been abo build excitement of these unveilings. We will see smaller versions of the iphone and ipad. A starting price of 399. Is the moste affordable handset the company has ever released. The apple watch will become cheaper. It will retail for as little as 299. They showed off a new recycling robot. The components can be reused. Thee will remain in spotlight on tuesday for a very different reason. The case against the fbi will be going before a judge in washington dc. They are demanding apples cooperation. Refused, and many Silicon Valley giants have rallied behind it. Vowed again to protect customer privacy. We did not expect to be in this position. At oz with our own government. But we believe strongly that we have a responsibility to help you protect your data and protect your privacy. Owe it to our customers and to our country. This is an issue that impacts all of us. And we will not shrink from this responsibility. Kate air Traffic Controllers have been on strike for the second day in a row in france. The tween 20 and 30 of flights were canceled. 30 ofeen 20 and flights were canceled. Or people than ever are taking to the skies and they are forced to work with outdated technology. Patience is a virtue. The old maxim mustve resonated with 140 passengers who spent the night in a waiting area. They were caught in the middle of an air Traffic Controllers strike that kept one in three flights grounded. It caused delays of 2. 5 hours on average. I am blocked in paris for two days. I came from munich. I just have to stay here. Were going on holiday. We were traveling for business. Reporter air Traffic Controllers are contesting steeper staff reductions. After retiring or leaving will drop from 80 to 65 . A lasting investment they say could lead to security issues. Are exasperated because the number of staff keeps going down. Nothing is done about it. Reporter air Traffic Controllers have gone on strike over 40 days since 2009. Too much for some airlines. They petition to remove the. Ight to strike the strike is set to and on tuesday morning. If further negotiations break down, it could start again next week. The dax down just slightly. We have more in paris with substantial losses about. 75 down at the close. Wall street reported slight gains. We can see the closing figures coming up in just a moment. The indices closing slightly in the green. Oil prices in focus this monday and were still hovering just over 40 a barrel. You can see the closing figures on wall street. The major indices up between. 1 and. 3 each. A new company did start trading in paris this monday. Sudexo anderates an the first woman to head up a traded Company Since 1987. Nearly 100 billion pounds 100 Million Pounds lost as people decide to leave the eurozone. Would be aed brexit furious shock to the u. K. Economy. Campaigners have disputed the findings. Valiant pharmaceuticals have ousted its chief executive and edit Hedge Fund Manager william macklin. The stock fell 73 this year. They launched an investigation into the business and accounting practices. After rose as much as 15 news of an executive shakeup on monday. And sweetening a buyout offer for marriott, hearing a proposal from a chinese insurance group. It is worth 6 billion it would create the Worlds Largest hotel group including starwood and brands like shaton and stin. Run would renovate and three hotels in havana, becoming the First Americans to broker an agreement with cuban authorities since 1959. In that comes on the back of Barack Obamas historic visit. Host and im sure there will be more economic matters to come. Thank you for joining us. Stay with us. After the break, we will talk to our correspondent in bamako. The European Union Training Mission attacked in the last hour. We will have the latest. Dont godbb 03 21 16 03 21 16 aptiing made possible by democracy now ] amy from pacifica, this is democracy now this is a historic visit and opportunity to engage directly with the cuban people and to forge agreements and commercial deals to build new ties between our two peoples and for me, to lay out my vision for the future that is brighter than our past. Amy president obama is in cuba for historic threeday visit, become the first sitting u. S. President to visit the island in