Final campaigning is underway in New Hampshire in the last day before voting kicks off. Uber, france issues a new report on Controversial Companies and says they must pay their fair share. We will have the details for you. Areions across china celebrating the year of the monkey as the Lunar New Year gets underway. First, our top stories from paris. We will start in syria where a government push to retake the largest government city has forced tens of thousands of people from their homes. They are running from bombs from russian planes that are backing the government offensive. Thousands of people are stranded on the border with turkey. Eight agencies are saying the situation is becoming desperate. Story 24 is covering the on the turkish side. Somee, you were talking to of the people stuck over the border in syria, many of whom have been there for four days. What have they been saying to you . Sophie some of them are starting to be angry. They have been there for three or four days, escaping intense bombing in northern syria. All they want to do is to be able to escape syria to survive. In the last two days, we have seen trucks with food, chickens, and materials Construction Materials go in on this side of the border. The turkish officials have said that they can take care of the ps on the syrian side of the border. Meanwhile, tens of thousands of we know that five side ofrs on the syrian the border, thousands of them are gathered. The mosques are full. They are trying to not let people sleep outside in the winter cold. The temperatures have dropped and the cold is adding to the distress. Also fear that even so close to the turkish border, the russian airstrikes will not spare them and that may be the border is also one of the objectives of this military , so that theeppo main supply road to aleppo is completely cut off. Angela merkel is in turkey to try to get that country to not only welcome, but keep all of those refugees. Can turkey realistically do that . Turkey has already welcomed more than 2. 5 million syrian refugees. Said that theyan will welcome them if the situation gets worse. While turkey has had an open door policy in all the years of , it hasthe past year kept its border closed out of security concerns, but also because the resources can only be stretched to a point. Two Syrian People on this side of the border want to go back to syria, even if that means death they said they cannot find jobs here. It is a desperate situation on either side of the border. Thank you for that. Today,meetings continue there have been more migrant deaths. We are getting a report of another 22 drowned after their boat capsized off the coast of turkey. Taiwan, and eightyearold girl and her and were pulled out of the rubble an eightyearold girl and her aunt were cold from the rubble 60 hours after the earthquake struck. Survivors continue to be pulled from the rubble after hours in tomb in in concrete. Husbandsurvived, whose shielded her and their twoyearold child. We started digging through we area that is when detected signs of life. Said to haveise is folded like an accordion when the 6. 4magnitude earthquake hit. President elect said there are legacies of the past that have not caught up with the islands rapid development. We need to continue improving. We need to have plans for urban renewal dealing with Public Infrastructure and quality of life. Building may not have been strong enough. Rotted metal and tin cans sticking out from the rubble point at shortcuts during construction. Hopes of finding anyone alive are getting slimmer by the second. Inintelligence officials somalia say a laptop commuter computer may have caused the bomb blast on that plane. Take a look at these images. You see a passenger being given a computer in which that bomb is thought to have been concealed. The blast ripped a hole in the plane. One person died as the plane was forced into an Emergency Landing , but it could have been much much worse. In ple have been arrested. Jerome cahuzac has been arrested after it was revealed that he had a secret bank account in switzerland. December 2012. Six months after the socialists came to power, Jerome Cahuzac was heckled by an opposition member. Is it true you had a bank account in switzerland . I have never had a offshore bank accounts. Soon cast doubt on his sincerity. He apparently confessed his embarrassment over the Swiss Bank Account in the year 2000. What bothers me is that i still have an account open with ubs, not necessarily the most hidden of banks. For months, Jerome Cahuzac repeatedly swore his innocence. He steps down in 2013 after a preliminary in re inquiry was opened into possible tax evasion. I was caught in a spiral of lies and lost my way. Im devastated by guilt. s confession came as much of a shock a shock to much of the country. They opened the account in 1990. They transferred all their funds to a bank in singapore. In total, they concealed over 600,000 euros. The former budget minister will prisonng seven years in and a fine of up to 2 Million Euros for tax evasion. In the united states, the countdown is on for the New Hampshire primary. Or breakts could make the campaigns of several republican candidates. The heat is on between them. Currently under fire is marco rubio, who was slammed by governor Chris Christie in saturdays debate. Critics say he did a poor job defending himself and his policies. We took a look. We are not taking any questions. No time for questions for reporters. , the youngest candidate in the race, came in third place in iowa and is hoping for a better result here. Can unite the conservative movement and the Republican Party faster than i can. I think he is very much a true believer. I think his policies are right for the time. Voters are undecided and will make their minds up after this sort of close encounter. Why are you shaking . Im just nervous around politicians. I dont know why. In many ways, marco rubio is trying to swing those undecided voters to go for him. Saying he is the embodiment of the American Dream and the only republican candidate who can be hillary clinton. Donald trump will get in trouble. ,es, he thinks hes powerful but i think it would end up being a bigger problem than we have now. Ohio Governor John Kasich was way behind in iowa and he is now giving it all in New Hampshire. There is room to run a positive campaign and do well. We will see. He hopes is more moderate stance will make him first choice for the antitrump camp. The Denver Broncos won their third nfl championship with a 2410 upset victory. Here is more with some very happy football fans. Oh my god, it was lifechanging. We are number one on defense go broncos a team effort by the broncos. Cam is going to kill them. They are going to run all over them. That did not happen because of the defense. They are the best. We are happy Peyton Manning is going out like this. There are celebrations in china where the Lunar New Year is in full swing. Among the many highlights on Lunar New Years eve was this synchronized dance you are about to see by more than 500 miniature humanoid robots and a fleet of drones lighting up the night sky. The chinapart of Central Television spring festival gala. It took place at four different venues in china. It is one of the biggest broadcasts in the entire world. A group of residents are beating the huge bell at midnight as fireworks lit up the night guy. You are watching france 24. Lets take a look at top stories. Tens of thousands of syrians stranded on the border with turkey. The german chancellor is in turkey to press for tighter border control. More miracle survivors in taiwan. An eightyearold girl and her aunt are pulled out of the rubble 60 hours after the earthquake hit. Final campaigning is underway in New Hampshire before voting kicks off in tuesdays primary. It is time for business news. On theesh new data Indian Economy has just dropped. Will we saw this come out a moment ago. India is still the worlds fastestgrowing economy. Some economists will be skeptical over this recent data. The growth figure might be somewhat inflated based on how the data was gathered. How are the markets looking today . Will we are seeing not a very pretty picture in europe. Markets are down at the moment. If we look at london, it is down 1. 6 . Harris is down over 2 . Datais following some jobs that came out that was worse than expected out of the u. S. Sentiment in france hit a nineyear high. The government issued a report. These are Companies Like airbnb, uber, and others. France has issued strikes. New innovation requires new regulation. Renting an apartment, a room, or sharing a ride have taken off in france. It is a great idea. I use it to meet new people. Frances 276 collaborative a market worth over 2. 5 billion euros. The booming sector has come under heavy criticism. Drivers and Hotel Employees are accusing applications of promoting unfair competition. Sundayt published on proposed greater regulation. Today, we see that there are professionals to use the sharing economies to substantially improve their income. Others use it to boost their purchasing power slightly. It is important to differentiate between the two. Among the proposals, sharing platforms should be required to to frenchrs income fiscal authorities. Will a time for a look at other headlines. Iran will try to reduce its dependence on the dollar. World powers brokered a deal with iran and the first wave of sanctions were lifted last month. Hotel totale has started production at a cost of nearly 5 billion aging theastructure has led to decline. In recent years, the oil and gas giants have invested in major projects. 86 earnings dropped the top african firm suffered under low platinum prices and the fall was in line with the firms guidance. The producer and Precious Metals will cut 1000 jobs at its struggling mine. We have been talking about it a lot today. Today is the start of the chinese new year. There has been loads of traveling all across asia. Will we see a lot of traveling within china, but it is also important during the holiday because many people are visiting other countries. Some economies are counting on chinese travelers to boost their economies. China expects a 20 increase from last year taiwan thailand expects a 20 increase from last year. Asian kingdomst has become a top destination for the Lunar New Year and is expected to draw and around one million visitors this season beenge that has fueled by an influx of chinese tourists. Last year, 8 million of them travel to thailand. Even more are expected this time around. Income during this. During this period should be 560 million. Can help us maintain the economy. Without chinese tourists, it would be a lot harder for us. Red lanterns and dancing in bangkoks chinatown. Many are only expecting a temporary boost. Chinese new year passes, it will be quite again. By a shrine bombing, 32 million tourists are expected to visit thailand this year. Will Chinas Central Bank has tried to prop up the countrys currency. The Foreign Exchange reserves fell nearly 100 billion in january. They are at their lowest level in more than three years. By lowering the reserve, they are trying to boost the yuan. Officials fear a rapid devaluation of the economy could destabilize the economy. They want to reduce that risk because many businesses hold debt in dollars and it would make it very difficult for people to pay back debts. Thanks for that on this chinese new year. Will the fire monkey is a mischievous and difficult creature to control. Stuff, but some people worry astrologers say they would see a year of turbulence and that it does not bode well for the Global Economy. Lets take a listen. As for the eu economy, things. Ill not get better keep printing banknotes and the Global Economy will be in recession. Thank you for that. Do you know it your chinese sign is . Cant remember. I dont want to give your age away. [laughter] time for the press review. Catherine is with us on the set to take a look at the papers. You are going to start with the aftermath of the earthquake in taiwan. There are shocking allegations that the buildings were not up to standard. It is a sad, devastating story. They are reporting in the taipei times that the buildings were not up to standards. The developer of this 17story apartment complex may have been cutting corners. Prosecutors have launched an investigation into that. There were empty cans found in cracked killers. In structural Structural Engineers have said that the base was too narrow to support the height of the building in an earthquake zone. Moving on, the South China Morning Post is also reporting about that. It had not been listed as a dangerous structure, but officials will be looking into the developers background. Lets move on to north korea. Launch isst rocket provoking international complaint. Here in france, it was a lead story, as well. There is a picture of kim jongun. Strangelove. Words referencing dr. Strangelove, the Stanley Kubrick movie. They say it is not a satellite in orbit, but a longrange missile launch. They said it demonstrates the impotence of the International Community to rein in that regime. The guardian is also taking a look at this story. They are saying that a rogue state has gotten a bit more road. Rogue. It is another example of the. Imits of diplomacy, they say any hope of a diplomatic resolution comes with china. They say chinas responsibility. Annot be exaggerated the independent says that a debate in the u. N. Is not going to go anywhere because china does not have a did and appetite for more sanctions against north korea. A Missile Defense system is bitterly opposed by china. Concerneds really about this. The korea herald reports that the south Korean Ambassador received a dressing down over the decision to begin talks with washington. This is a star wars type missile if you remember that terminology china fears it could be a target of this same defense system. The paper said this illustrates the difficulties for the two countries to come to some Common Security interest. There is a bit of a bridge between the north Korean Missile crisis and american politics this is a rather humorous cartoon that is in the independent. It shows kim jongun on the tv with the north Korean Missile launch and sitting on the sofa is uncle sam and next to him is imaginetrump, who says, letting a provocative, weird haired fruitcake run a country. You can to get closer look at the press review on france24. Com. Coming up after the break, nnoooo hello, im john cleese. The inquiry into human consciousness is, in many ways, the holy grail of this Global Spirit series. Just remember, for centuries, consciousness was only talked about by spiritual types, but by the end of the 20th century, quantum physicists, the real top science guys, began their own studies of this rather weird thing called consciousness. 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