Also coming up for you this hour, something for your next trip to paris. Just run any classes are becoming a must on tourists gastronomy glasses are becoming a must on tourists lists. Scathingfter that report on the vaticans alleged cover up of pedophile priests, look at the reaction. First, Turkeys Parliament has approved new changes that severely tighten restrictions on the current internet law. The modified version would let authorities blocked access to certain webpages for violations of privacy. The controversial articles are part of a package of laws that still have to be adopted as a whole. Turkish here is our columnist. Expecting it to come. The Prime Minister himself was very sensitive on the subject. Illegal phone tapping recordings about his telephone tapping have been on the internet. There have been corruption allegations spreading throughout the internet. We were expecting the government to take a measure to bring about some restrictions. Now we are waiting to see whether the president will confirm it. Normally he has been sort of warning the government about its latest action. There is sort of a campaign towards the president so that he abstains from confirming it. Many of the critics have said that this will be close to censorship. Two you agree do you agree . Censorshipeant to be. We have to see the implementation obviously. The weakest point as far as the new regulation is concerned is that it gives authority to one person or to one institution. That is the Telecommunication Authority. The Telecommunication Authority can take a decision without any, quote, decision. In turkey, a lot of these types of institutions, the public has lost its confidence that they are independent, that they are a timeless. That they are autonomous. They are acting on the instruction of the government. Is thaticion about this the Communication Authority will not act according to international standards. There is potential for this authority to act under the instruction of the government, which would be politically motivated. That could amount to censorship. The government will ask authority to bring restrictions to the publications that it will deem against it, it will deem harmful to the government performance. The flight of a u. S. The 52 bomber over south korea throws a wrench of a u. S. B52 bomber over south korea throws a wrench in plans for reunions between the north and the south. They were separated 60 years ago during the war. On wednesday, the countries agreed to allow families divided by the korean war to meet for five days later this month. That agreement now seems under threat. The time when the agreement was made on the reunions of separated families and relatives, a formation of the u. S. B52 strategic bombers was carrying out Nuclear Strike practices all day, aiming at us. It hurts our dignity and slanders our regime we cant help but reconsider fulfilling the agreement. The Embattled Ukrainian president , viktor yanukovych, may have turned his back on a key eu trade deal in favor of russia am i a move that kicks off the protests two months ago, but that didnt keep him from meetings meeting with eu policy chief catherine ashton. The news from key as is being closely from key avenue kievkey avenue from is being closely followed. They want for nothing. They keep enough animals to be selfsufficient. Kiev worry them. They dont see what is so bad about Viktor Yanukovychs government. People say the wages come in late, but that is what is that is normal with whats happening now. If you want to protest, go to the rally. It is ridiculous. It is civil war. Not everyone is so content. Miles ash 20000 kilometers north. There is any farming is in decline. People dont even have jobs. All the injustice has the has made people less patient. I stand with the people of my dan of maidan. Lots of people say their situation has been getting worse. Then if you have a miserable life, you want to see improvement. Here, half of the people support the government. The other half are the opposition. Are with the opposition. If it is 20 or 25 degrees, it costs me more than half my salary to heat the house. I have no money left for the rest. Television is always on. She is following her countrys practice with passion. She would like to believe that real change is coming to ukraine. The Winter Olympics kick off in sochi, russia, tomorrow. They are now the most expensive games in olympic history. They have cost russia close to 50 billion euros. As kate moody reports, many locals have yet to see the benefit. Village some 40 kilometers outside sochi. Many of the residents say they theyre already harsh Living Conditions have gotten worse in the runup to the olympics, which has seen the construction of new roads and railway lines. A water well was destroyed by bulldozers. We are now using this water for doing the rough the washing and that sort of thing because we can no longer drink it. It is mixed with soil. It used to be clear spring water. Authorities dont seem to appreciate journalists visiting. The cameras quickly attract police attention. Where are you from . What are you doing here . Are you filming the village . He says theroad, olympics have cost him his livelihood. He used to sell fruit that he grew in his garden. His land alongside the railway now classifies as a National Park and has been confiscated. I have lost my land because of the olympics. Do you think i am happy about these games . I am speaking out now because i hope Vladimir Putin will hear my message and realize what kind of government workers were in charge of this project. He hopes authorities will one day compensate him for the loss of his land. Few families have received payment so far. Funneled toen projects like paving the road that leads to sochi. At least eight workers have been killed in a fire and rockslide at a gold mine in south africa. Rescuers are continuing the search for another missing worker one mile underground. The accident at the Harmony Gold Mining co. Hannahs is the worst in south africa in nearly five co. S Harmony Gold Mining is the worst in south africa in nearly five years. There is a lack of cooperation by kenyan authorities. Judges said they would hold a hearing in the coming weeks on a possible reprimand for kenya. Prosecutors have told the court that locking from kenyan officials was wrecking any chance of pursuing group uhuruta pursuing kenyatta. Prosecutorsscc last attempt. They need kenyattas financial records which might show he paid large sums of money to perpetrate his postelection violence. The judge asked the prosecutor if the case was doomed. About final information the Financial Information about the movement of the funds, do you think it is enough to sustain your charges. Charges . Absolutely. Prospect that turning them will yield real potentially conclusive evidence is minimal. Prosecutors sartorius that nairobi is not providing those records. Prosecutors are curious that nairobi is not providing those records. The icc has only secured one conviction since it was set up 11 years ago. Western countries have mixed feelings about the kenyatta case. They are keen to back the icc but also want to remain maintain good relations with kenya. This thursday marks the oneyear anniversary since the murder of opposition politician police said they finally found and shot dead his assassin. His death triggered a massive antigovernment protest and a political crisis from which tunisia has only now started to emerge. Lets bring our correspondent in tunisia. How are people marking the anniversary today . There are a number of come commemorations planned. The first took place this morning at the site of mr. Bela ids assassination, just outside his home. It was attended by his widow. She and supporters struck a tone that was as mournful as it was. Efiant defiant and sharply critical of the government investigation into the assassination of her husband and into and critical of its claim to have killed his assassin on tuesday. She is the member of a commission which has charged itself with conducting independent investigations into the murder. They told reporters this morning that there were a number of oflar dairies irregularities in the investigation the ministry had illing. O belaids k they called on an International Committee more to the lines of the ones investigating the prime the former Prime Minister in lebanon. The government were possibly indicated implicated either by incompetence or by complicity in the murder of her husband. Quite a defiant and challenging tone. Assassination in fluence where the country is today . Of course, the assassination laidr. Bell eight mr. Be and that of his colleague a few months later resulted in not one but two Prime Ministers stepping down and the other party who had received a larger share of votes in elections giving up all hold on the interim government. It was a series of political crises that almost resulted in a scenario similar to that of egypt. People were making comparisons to that countrys cu over the summer when opposition deputies had stepped down and were calling on the constitution to be finished by an unelected body. We know that outcome was avoided and that a compromise was able to be reached between the islamists and the opposition. But that compromise is only finally and limited in the last few weeks when technocrats when the technocrats took over as Prime Minister in the constitution was finished. A hardwon compromise that certainly took its toll on tunisia, particularly in terms of economic stability. But one that showed people possibility to peoples ability to hold their Government Accountability accountable. In the end, a victory for the democratic process in tunisia. Lets take a look at the headlines this hour. A controversial amendment to internet law is approved in turkey. The opposition has slammed it as censorship. The Winter Olympics in sochi are the most expensive ever. For many of the locals, they have yet to see any benefit. And france crushes three tons of illegal ivory, the first stockpile destruction of the ban ned Elephant Tusks in europe. The crushing and subsequent burning of those three tons of ivory happened just a few hours ago by the eiffel tower in paris. Contraband had an estimated street value of one million euros. It is the subject of todays inside look. This warehouse in paris is an elephant graveyard. Each item is all that remains of the victim of the bloody ivory trade. French authorities have seized 17 tons over the last 25 years. A for the most part, we are transit platform for ivory coming from africa and going towards asia. We have a strong high strong policy against ivory trafficking. Customs treats it the same as drug trafficking. France will no longer be stockpiling the ivory it confiscates. The change in policy is to make sure the contraband can never get back onto the markets and to send a message to traffickers. We have decided to strengthen our trafficking finds in an effort to systematic and to also systematically destroyed our ivory stocks to show traffickers we are not going to ease up on them. Environmental lobby groups have praised the action. They are urging other countries to follow suit. The population of african elephants has have in the last 30 years. There are around half a million left in the wild. In000 were killed illegally 2012, massacred to feed the huge demand for ivory and asia. Lets bring in Wendy Elliott form from the World Wildlife fund. She joins us from the world wide life World Wildlife fund headquarters. Is the message Strong Enough to stop the illegal ivory trade . I think the message is strong. I think the level of crime that we are seeking in the illegal ivory trade we need a lot more. France is making a lot of effort. Looking to step up the efforts and crack down on this issue. , illegalountries trafficking is still considered ,ore of an environmental issue something that could be taken care of by the environment ministry. Have we dont think this alone will cut it. This distraction in paris paris comesction in about comes ahead of a conference. What do you hope will come out of the conference . The political will to be generated in tackling this issue. It will be attended by u. K. Prime minister David Cameron and prince charles. And foreign state ministers from the most important countries where some of the key products are being invited. This is a onceinalifetime opportunity for World Leaders to come together and say we recognize this is a problem. We recognize the impact of this, not only on all of us, but on communities. We are going to take action. What would be the ideal situation . What needs to happen to stop this trade once and for all . We need much stronger enforcement. We need better prosecution so that the people who are perpetrating these crimes get punishment equivalent to the crimes themselves. And most critically, we need to reduce demand. Unless we tackle that, the killing will continue. Thank you so much for taking the time to talk with us. Speaking to us from the World Wildlife fund in geneva. You are watching france 24. More controversy at the Winter Olympics. This time among the athletes. Two canadian athlete attacked u. S. Star shaun white for his decision to pull out of the slope style competition. The striker opened the scoring on 16 minutes with an assist. Some minutes later, they doubled the lead. The brazilian escaped his marker to score some from point bank from pointblank range. The dutch were under fire. His side came from behind to beat kamber. Psv got off to a poor start. Freeeeper kept out a kick. Psv into a 21 lead. Sinceins in six matches ending that sevengame run without a victory. The Winter Olympics start in sochi this weekend. Already a big name has pulled out of an event. Shaun white has withdrawn from the slope style romp edition. The american known as the flying tomato said the potential risk of injury was too much for him to gamble. Of him onans made fun twitter after his decision. He was aiming for a third consecutive is olympic title in the event. The europeans and National Championships but winter olympic glory still invades the figure skater, who has never finished higher than sixth at the games. Hasnt put any extra pressure on himself in sochi. Perhaps the most important competition in every sport. I want to finish my career well. I dont have any expectations in terms of ranking, but i want to give 100 and do something nice for the public and the viewers. There were reports of a fallout and anotherert rising young star. The Team Competition gets underway today. Wiggins is raring to go. The 2012 Tour De France winner missed out on defending his crown last year for through injury. Tour starts in britain. The 33yearold insists he is not only focused on reclaiming the Tour De France title. Ive got a lot of goals through the early part of the season. I want to be good early on in the season. Im going to tour california, which will be the first time for a few years. I would love to get back to the Tour De France and be on the starting line in england. Despite his success last year, he doesnt feel there is any rivalry. He is keen to emphasize the importance of the team. Think there is a lot of internal rivalry within this team, but in a healthy way. I think we all push each other. Everyone is vying for places in the Tour De France and other places. A lot of good youngsters coming up. This is the best team in the world, the best structure, the best coaches. We get pushed daily. Even for myself and chris chris as the defending champion of the tour has earned the right to go and defend the tour this year. I would love to be back there, part of that team. No longer team sky leader, wiggins will be out to finish his career on a high, having already confirmed he will end his professional road racing at the end of the year. Hundreds of thousands of seahawks fans cranked up the volume in the parade to celebrate the citys first ever super bowl victory. 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