Thanks for joining us for live from paris, and also coming up the sour, business news. A frenchl for carmaker. Been touted as a possible sign of compromise from the duquesne ukraine government, a sweeping cabinet reshuffle, but the opposition has already dismissed this move as insufficient. The protesters have been gripping the country. They have been out on the the president g turned his back on an eu trade deal for closer ties with moscow. Standing strong on the barricades, the protests are showing no signs of slowing down despite the freezing temperatures. I came here to defend my childrens future. I am retired, and you could say my life will not get any better, but i want my children and grandchildren to live in europe. I do not want them to see it on tv. I want them to live in it. They also want the government to step down and early parliamentarian elections to be held. The first talks between the ukrainian president and the failed on friday to defuse a political crisis, and a lawmaker announced demanding a sweeping cabinet reshuffle, though the stepping down of the Prime Minister was not mentioned. Everybody knows what steps need to be taken now, including the resignation of the government. The coming days before the president s trip to moscow, it should be decided. The president is said to meet his russian counterpart, vladimir putin, who discussed a treaty. Protesters have already planned a major rally on that same day. Eu Prime Ministers are in brussels for a meeting. I spoke to ourr, correspondent. The door remains open for the moment. It is getting even tougher now. The ukrainian president had failed to match his words. There are some of the key Business People supporting him in the country. Today, they revised their vision in brussels and continued to insist that the door remains open for negotiations. That this could become increasingly skeptical. The Russian Foreign minister yes, the Russian Foreign minister. Of russia inrole the ongoing situation in ukraine. Discussing the situation. They were thinking that they were trying to recreate the soviet union. There is the relations with the european union. And they are looking for the next president ial election. In brussels. Germany has a new governing coalition. Chancellor Angela Merkel prepares to be sworn in for a third term. Her conservatives fell short of an absolute majority but won the vote. , where italition looks like compromise is the order of the day. A toast to celebrate germanys grand coalition. After three months of hard fought negotiations, the central left has joined the Christian Democratic Union of Angela Merkel. D leaderted, the sp becomes vice chancellor. There will also be an energy ministry. Good for the german people and for europe. That was achieved. The cabinet has eight conservatives and six social democrats. The foreign minister is someone who held the position previously until 2009, and they will also look at the environment objectives. The defense minister will be the first woman to ever hold the post. And and Angela Merkel ally will remain as finance minister. Together, we want to make that people are in 2017 even better off than today. Secure prosperity and security. Maintaining the German Economy as the strongest in europe, the government will also make sure the rest of the eurozone sticks to tough budgetary guidelines. On tuesday, Angela Merkel will formally be sworn in for a third term. Of twothe shooting lebanese soldiers. Shot dead by a lebanese sniper. It is the first time an israeli soldier has been killed in more than three years. Titfortat shootings along the israellebanon border. A sniper killed an israeli soldier as he was driving along the border. Israel called it an outrageous breach but dismissed talk of escalation. His presence on the border, taking the necessary steps for any outcome that could develop. We are not interested in escalation of any sort, but we have to be prepared to maintain selfdefense. Israel did retaliate. Just hours after the death of their soldier, they shot at two lebanese troops, saying they were acting suspicious. Tensions have been running high between the two countries since the 2006 war, and there are concerns about the consequences of the latest incident. A war some seven years ago. Hopefully, we are not going to see the same thing happening again. Hopefully it will not develop into a big situation. They will meet with you and representatives to determine whether the lebanese soldier was a rogue soldier or acting on orders. They have already said the lebanese government is responsible for what happened on their side of the border. Appeal forest ever serious. Plan is that three quarters of the population will need help in 2014. They are warning that starvation is a pressing threat. 12. 9 billion dollars. That is how much of the u. N. Says it needs next year if it is to deliver aid to 52 Million People in the countries. This is to help those affected by the war in syria. U. N. Aid largest ever appeal, one that has become overwhelming. We are talking about one Million People in need. If that figure went up to 6. 5 million, but now it has gone up to over 9 million. Millions have been displaced internally. Continued fighting means humanitarian teams are not able to reach a large number of those in need. Arehe difficulty that we facing is the great gap between the number of people that are in need and the supplies available. To help only 40 of those that have been displaced. Isadding to the difficulties this years particularly harsh winter. They are playing catchup after some deliveries were delayed because of bad weather. We have to give particular focus to children and Young Mothers and mothers to be. Nothe uns funding will just be spent within syria but also in neighboring countries, like lebanon, jordan, turkey, and egypt, each is sheltering over 2 million Syrian Refugees and all. That number is expected to at least double over the coming year. Defeating and attempted to. Archrival. L to the there was a night of fighting between rival camps. We have details. Countrys president has called it a coup detat, and now, south sudan is on lockdown. Clashes between rival troops broke out in the countrys capital on sunday night. The president announced a National Curfew as of monday. To our citizens, i hereby declare a curfew that has to be observed. 6 00 a. M. M. Until shortly before midnight on sunday, heavy gunfire was heard throughout the capital. Were seekinglians refuge in a u. N. Compound. Thousands more were believed to have fled their homes. , there are many, many people and there are also people who have been killed. Baby, andman with a the baby was shot, and it died. A spokesman joined the president , saying they were in full control of the situation. Meanwhile,nt, accused the Vice President of being behind the violence in an attempt to overthrow the current government. Sovereigntygot after it voted overwhelmingly to split from the north. Has beenn, the country plagued by political unrest and interethnic fighting. Of chile hasent once again been elected as president. Is her central right governing coalition, and she says her position will be to address persistent inequalities. As troops on their way home Foreign Forces continue to pullout from afghanistan. Lowered. Nal flag they are handing the base over to afghan control this month. Some are set to remain in the in training and advisory roles for the Afghan Security forces. And beijing has been celebrating the success of its mission to the moon. Lander and another device to pictures of each other. This was the first since 1976 on the moon. A photo shoot on the moon. Beijing Aerospace Control , they got the first pictures sent back. Means the mission is accomplished, one day after it made the first soft landing on the moon since 1976. It will stay up there for one year to explore the landing site, while the rover will be looking for natural resources. After the successful mission, the moon exploration will move on to its third phase to achieve the major goal of returning samples. They are the third country to send a craft to the moon, after the u. S. And russia. They looked to be orbiting by 2020 and then eventually have a man on the moon. The chinese flag on the surface is already a giant leap for beijing. Time for the headlines. Europe is the way forward. For the eu message ministers as they meet in brussels. Ukraine, they are skeptic of the governments latest efforts of compromise. And Angela Merkel prepares to be sworn in as chancellor for the third time. Israel retaliates with bullets, blaming the death of one of its soldiers on lebanese fighters. And time now for all of the latest business. Hi. We are beginning the evening with a major deal for a french , renault, which has signed a deal in beijing, with a new factory expected to produce 150,000 cars per year, starting in 2016. It could breathe new life into the struggling carmaker. The electric car will take off in china. The question is when it will take place. We are ready. Renault and nissan both have electric cars that are ready to be made for china. He coming the first eurozone country to exit, a country made massive cuts after taking billions from the troika of International Lenders, but despite their debts, the Irish Economy is growing again. In search of irelands recovery. After five years of austerity, things are looking brighter in dublin. The economy is growing, and unemployment is going down. In the capital, at least, there are reasons to be cheerful. To the home not only likes of google and facebook, but also for some tech startups. Foreign companies were creating many jobs last year, and the Technology Sector is booming, in particular. There is one company that has Online Survey tools for businesses and companies. Create 150lans to jobs over the next two years. Great in ireland. Educated and very, very keen to build their careers, and there are people that they want to hire and have on board. There are also Lower Corporation tax rates, and there was pressure. It is a key driver of our industrial policy. Tax rates across the eurozone. It is important that we keep these jobs. To do that, you have got to be competitive on things like tax. They are clustered in cities, and unemployment is worse in rural economies, where they are dependent on consumer spending. Doing well and the domestic economy not so good. Government is now considering an income tax cut next year in an effort to drive growth at home. This would be after an austere winter. And those same International Lenders have also given thumbs up to portugal, saying the country is performing well six months before its Bailout Program is set to end. The troika is now saying lisbon is cutting spending and implementing the reforms required and declaring it does not need the next launch of a traunch of aid. And the purchasing Managers Index which is an indicator of economic output, rose in december, and any figure above 50 indicates growth, but that expansion was held back by weaker than expected features from france. Pmi in europes secondlargest , and theyll to a low say that is another sign that the economic recovery remains unbalanced across the eurozone. Markets, we saw green across the board as markets closed in europe, ending af at urday losing streak. Paris, up, and in ending af or you are ending a 4day losing streak. And there are concerns about the u. S. Federal reserve meeting that is set to take place this week. Has signed an agreement with the government of oman to develop a new natural that field in the desert, a deal worth 16 billion. Construction will begin next year and will use new tech meeks with horizontal wells and , and it is a major step for management as they tried to return the company to growth. Holiday, at the busy shopping season is underway, a lot of people turn to the internet to get lastminute gifts, but shoppers in germany may run into difficulty if they are ordering from amazon, as hundreds of workers have gone on strike, demanding a pay raise. The strike has not yet affected deliveries, but it could in the coming days. Back to you. 20 more to come on live from thes, and we have all of latest details on the clashes in south sudan. And welcome to where we take a look at the headlines. Hundreds of locations across the globe to be renamed after Nelson Mandela. And the Supreme Court of india criminalizes homosexuality. And a new York City High School is to be named after Nelson Mandela. To be open next year will be carved out of an existing brooklyn campus. The South African president was given a heros welcome shortly after he was released from prison. Of new yorkmayor city, michael bloomberg, said the city wants to pay tribute to the antiapartheid leader who was laid to rest on sunday. Globe,o from across the ones country is naming part of their city after him. And they are calling for one avenue in chicago to be renamed mandela road. And there is a campaign for Festival Square to be changed to mandela square. Demonstrated by this list which is available on the Nelson Mandela foundation website, there are already hundreds of roads, parks, and schools madibas bearing name, including the Nelson Mandela in school in mali. Available onns are the map. Contributing by adding the names of things in their area that have been named after the peace prize winner. Indian web users have been elfies, as part of their day for a day gay for a reinstate part of a code that was dean to criminalize homosexuality. The momentum seems to be gaining ground. They have been posting messages to social networks, posting their outrage. Peoplere some wellknown. They have slammed the ideas that these activities between consenting samesex people are illegal. Web users are hoping the court will reconsider its decision. A number of petitions have happened in the last few days, demanding the authorities revoked the ruling. Thousands of people have signed the petitions to protect the lives of their lgbt community. Users weref twitter prompting the blogging platform to reverse course on a policy. A change made last week removed an individuals ability to block individuals and hide treats from a user, meaning an abusive user would be able to continue their behavior. The move was met with widespread outrage and a demand to reinstate the blocking function. 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