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A little-known man named Henri is being celebrated as “the backpack hero” after vision showed his heroic attempts to fight back against a knife-wielding attacker in the horrifying Annecy stabbing incident on Thursday.
is improving and his recovery after surgery is described as normal. that recovery means you can now get out of bed and resume some church work from his hospital armchair. all of that according to the update from the vatican. the 86—year—old pope underwent a three—hour operation on wednesday and he was said to be cheerful when he woke up. in the last few minutes, french president emmanuel macron has said he's heard quote "positive' news on the condition of the children wounded in a knife attack in annecy. macron has visited a local police headquarters close to the park where the incident happened on thursday. he's been talking to emergency services and he met with one a man called henri, according to french media —— who intervened during the attack. earlier, president macron visited he wounded toddlers in hospital. four pre—school children and two adults were injured in the attack.
for them is that in this committee, and texas legislation, legislators, they voted out of committee to raise the age. clearly it's not gonna go anywhere, nobody think this is going to get passed in texas, but it's a small victory, and perhaps maybe that saw changes, the smaller victories, these families. it is so remarkable that they don't give up, they keep fighting jessica sandy hook families, and i have the uvalde families. but the cause of henri sort of feel like you are talking to law enforcement families, something at some point has to give, with this to texas shooter, there are so many reasons why he should not have had a gun, right? but that is a private sale, that is a whole other issue. it becomes so much, and it something just has to give. >> well listen, having the civilized conversations is a step, i hope. maybe it's a baby step, but it is a step. shimon prokupecz, chief of angeli, jen mascara, and
well, i caught up with the boss of one of the world's biggest players to find outjust how the world is letting the train take the strain. henri poupart—lafarge, a real pleasure having you on my show. thanks for your time. henri, let's start with this. you're one of the world's biggest rolling stock manufacturers, producing and shipping trains all across the globe, but let me ask you this — with governments everywhere today short of cash because of covid and the war in ukraine, are they still buying trains? yes. thank you. good afternoon, and thank you for your question. actually, i mean, there is a greater challenge than only the immediate cash impact of some of the crisis. the greater challenge is the climate change and all the governments in the world are absolutely aware of the need to tackle this climate change challenge and, therefore, are investing heavily in rail — whether it's for cities, urban transportation, or between cities for the main lines. henri, we know you operate in 70 countries, you employ
henri, i want to bring in the united states because we had another train derailment recently — in fact, according to the numbers, there's more than 1,000 derailments every year in that country. what's gone wrong with america's train system and that infrastructure needed? because i'm just wondering, is it simply a lack of investment over the years? 0r i'm wondering if it's also just a lack of love for train travel, certainly compared to our european friends? there is a huge investment plan in the us, as you know, and we have the infrastructure and job act — which, of course, aims at upgrading, significantly, all the infrastructure in the us. there was, in the past, as well, a lot of investment on what they call ptc, which is a signalling system in the us to ensure the safety of the trains. so maybe, the us would be seen as lagging behind in the past in terms of infrastructure but i think a lot of money is being invested to catch up, both in terms of freight and in terms of mainline. and also, i have to say, in terms of urban — urban systems, as well. so, yes, there is a need of investment, but this need
headways, only automated trains can achieve these kind of headways. but now to automate the line, it's a huge investment, to be fair, so you cannot do that. 0n the new lines, a lot of metros are now requiring automated lines. but for existing lines, it's a huge investment, which is, of course perturbation when you have to move from a non—automated to an automated line. so, it takes a lot of time to do that, so, it's a long, long process. and henri, are you operating in russia and ukraine right now? in ukraine, we have some staff in ukraine — a limited number, a little bit more than 30 people. but, of course, we think about them every day and they are continuing to work under the very complex situation in which they are. we are not operating in russia. we have ceased our operations in russia. so, we have some plan in ukraine. we were penetrating the ukrainian market. of course, we are very committed to — to ukraine, but very committed in the first place to our people in ukraine. and henri, let me end on this.
henri, let's start with this. you're one of the world's biggest rolling stock manufacturers, producing and shipping trains all across the globe, but let me ask you this — with governments everywhere today short of cash because of covid and the war in ukraine, are they still buying trains? yes. thank you. good afternoon, and thank you for your question. actually, i mean, there is a greater challenge than only the immediate cash impact of some of the crisis. the greater challenge is the climate change and all the governments in the world are absolutely aware of the need to tackle this climate change challenge and, therefore, are investing heavily in rail — whether it's for cities, urban transportation, or between cities for the main lines. henri, we know you operate in 70 countries, you employ around 75,000 people. i've got to ask you — who are your biggest buyers right now? and what —
i mean, how difficult is that to expand on that continent when, well, the chinese have got a — they've got a big presence in africa. well, our strategy is really to localise our production in the main market and i think this is extremely well appreciated by all our customers worldwide. we have a fantastic success in south africa. we are providing trains, but we are not only providing trains, we have also a factory manufacturing all the trains, all the equipments, subsystems of the trains. i think that's our global strategy, which is to be close to our customers, close to the operators, close to the people who are benefiting from the trains. it's proven to be a success in africa, as well. henri, i want to bring in the united states because we had another train derailment recently — in fact, according to the numbers, there's more than 1,000 derailments every year in that country. what's gone wrong with america's train system and that infrastructure needed?