genie: you're watching france 24. time for 60 minutes live around the world. i'm genie godula. these are the headlines. the heads of the fbi and the nsa testified today in washington. they will break their silence on invevestigations into possible links between russia and donald trump's presidential campaign. five top presidential candidates go head-to-head tonight in a debate five weeks before the first round of the elecection. the man behind the attack at orly airport in paris had high levels of drugs and alcohol in his body at the time. his father said the attacker was not a practicing muslim. we will take a look at a new report ranking the happiest countries in the world. and the winner is norway. french?u speak you are one of the 274 million around the world who do. first our top story live from paris. ♪ genie: the head of the fbi is getting set to testify in a public hearing in front of the house intelligence committee starting about one hour from now. talkingmey will be about the fbi investigation into allegations of russian meddling in the u.s. presidential election.

genie: this is france. time for 60 minutes live around the world to read i'm genie godula. these are the headlines. belgium marks the one-year anniversary of the worst terror attack in its history. blew suicide bombers themselves up in brussels at the airport and in the subway. a new nepotism scandal in france. the interior minister abruptly a probe isafter launched into reports he hired his daughters for johnson parliament when they were 15 -- jobs in parliament when they were 15 and 16 years old. a congolese president sentenced to a year in jail for bribing people during his war crimes trial. resilience state oil giant petrobras -- brazilian state oil giant petrobras lost over $4 billion last year. details coming of it in business. it is french language week around the world. we will look at a new language made up of french and arabic and english. first our top story live from paris. one year ago today three suicide bombers attacked brussels. the first blew themselves up at ae airport and the third in metro station. 32 people were killed and hundreds more hurt. there was a mome

create a self-sustaining economy in space. that's what's fueling all of this. >>> france is bracing for a possible political upheaval that could be bigger than the trump election and the brexit vote combined. far right politician marie le pen is now ahead in the polls heading into the presidential election and it's a wide open field. and the top two vote getters will have a runoff in may. most polls show her losing the runoff, but anything can happen. and 58% see le pen's national front as a threat to democracy. anderson cooper has her story for "60 minutes." >> the polls say you can't win. >> translator: yes. they also said that brexit wasn't going to happen. that donald trump wasn't going to be elected. wasn't even going to be his party's nominee. well, they're saying that less and less now. they are much more cautious, much more cautious now. >> reporter: the nationalist policies marie le pen embraces are gaining supporters throughout france and around the world. she's hostile to free trade, rejects open borders, and says globalization, promoted for decades by france's political

. >> ( translated ): france isn't burkinis on the beach. france is brigitte bardot. >> should muslim people be allowed to wear headscarves? >> ( translated ): no. i'm opposed to wearing headscarves in public places. that's not france. >> 33 men and women were killed when the american ship "el faro" vanished in the bermuda triangle during a massive hurricane. found at a depth deeper than the "titanic," the ship was upright, but from the mangled name on her stern to her bow, all 791 feet revealed a savage beating. tonight, investigators share "el faro's" final moments. you were listening to the voices of the lost, and you knew it. >> yes. yes. and that was really tough to listen to. >> these caged lions have never had it so good. they got to this temporary rescue center thanks to the unrelenting efforts of jan creamer and tim phillips. creamer and phillips told us that that all 24 lions here had been repeatedly beaten in traveling circuses. the lions sounded like they wanted to tell us themselves. ( lion roaring ) this was the

will miss great britain's davis cup quarterfinal against france next month as he recovers from an elbow injury, we'll hear from gb‘s captain. we'll hear from gb‘s captain. liverpool midfielder adam lalla na could be out for up to a month after injuring his thigh on england duty. and, video refereeing is trialled in tonight's friendly between france and spain at the stade de france. andy murray won't be fit to play in great britain's davis cup quarterfinal against france which starts a week on friday. he has a tear in his elbow and needs to rest. no decision has been made about when he'll return to action. kyle edmund, dan evans, jamie murray and dom inglot will head to rouen without him next week. the winners will play serbia or spain in the semis. when i spoke to him a little earlier gb captain leon smith said he thinks murray's fitness will help him recover quickly. he's got a positive mindset, he's a robust guide, he's a robust guy, we've seen that before. he'll get back quickly but at the same time, you can't rush leasing. you can't rush these things. so the next thing in

comes up, i'll let you know. how do you know this isn't the lady frances? besides me not having a heart attack every time i drop it? (sighs) you know, '57 desperados, they may all look alike to you, but each one has a... a different piece of wood, a different stain. there's a history to every nick and scratch. collectors, they'll pay for the feel of that history. even my beater, that's worth about... 600 thou. i am not holding a $600,000 guitar right now. not holding it like you mean it, no. so what do you think? you think that's the real lady frances? unless it's the best forgery i've ever seen... yep. it's her. do you have any idea what happened to her after she disappeared? you said on the phone that you saw her in person once? yeah. in 2006, i went to the bitter end to check out this guy joshua chris, some stevie ray wannabe. he walked out playing frances. i mean, i stared at her for over an hour. (playing unplugged electric guitar) i tried to track down the kid after the show, i-i mean, i even e-mailed him. he never got back to me. mm, joshua chris, he lives in l.a., he retir

, the candidate in france's upcoming presidential election who's shocked the political establishment with her meteoric rise-- shocked, because the name le pen has long been associated with anti-semitism and racism in europe. her party, the national front, used to be on the fringes of french politics, but in recent years marine le pen has given it a makeover. and she's now riding a wave of populist anger sweeping the west, with britain's vote to leave the european union and the election of president trump. and, just like mr. trump's rise, the rise of marine le pen is turning conventional political wisdom on its head. >> cooper: the polls say you can't win. >> marine le pen ( translated ): ( laughs ) yes. they also said that brexit wasn't going to happen, that donald trump wasn't going to be elected, wasn't even going to be his party's nominee. well, they're saying that less and less now. they are much more cautious, much more cautious now. >> cooper: the nationalist policies marine le pen embraces are gaining supporters throughout france and around the world. she's hostile to free tra

2014. mgfl'fgr'thg latestfingnfgigt newsi report. but france cauldl plus — into reverse. guzzler make a comeback—?— —— ~ é welcome. i é welcome. also 3:3 welcome. also in programme, the fed raises rates and china follows suit. no action in japan however. we will some that up ina japan however. we will some that up in a moment. we start with the elections in the netherlands — where as you have been hearing, prime minister mark rutte and his liberal party are on course for victory. he's seen off a challenge of geert wilders — who had pledged to take the netherlands out of the european union and ditch the euro. the euro has soared on the news, itjumped as much as 1.3% the biggest rise since last summer. it's been having a tough time of course since the uk's brexit vote. but this is the reaction immediately after the polls began to emerge. the netherlands is not a huge economy in itself — it's only seventh largest in the eu. a huge ‘that a huge ‘ that threat has dissipated a little. france - -- 3.-- 3 . .. . - -- ,---- - - - - elections next month presidential elections

genie: you're watching france 24 with 60 minutes live around the world. i'm genie godula. these are the headlines. french presidential candidate unveils his policy plans. chief among them ending nepotism in french government. who ist his rival, accused of giving his wife and children fake jobs. northern ireland goes to the polls today for the second time in 10 months in hopes of trying to resolve the political crisis that has made it impossible to form a government. more trouble for the trump administration. jeff sessions has come under fire after reports emerge he talked with the russian ambassador during the presidential campaign. he did not disclose the discussions at his confirmation hearing. it has never turned a profit, but the messaging app snapchat could be worth $24 billion. we will tell you why in our business update. a man emerges from one week living inside a giant rock. all in the name of art. our top story live from paris. ♪ genie: let's start in france where the centrist presidential candidate emmanuel macron outlined his policy proposals today. the conservative fra

who had won the tour de france three times, said to me at the very early stage of this investigation i was conducting into armstrong, he said, "if this comeback from cancer is true, it is the greatest comeback in the history of sport, and it is not true, it's the greatest fraud." as a journalist, you are thinking that if this is the greatest fraud and you believe it is so, you have an absolute responsibility to go after it and reveal it to be a fraud. you came up against an extremely powerful set of interests who did not want that story, your story, to be written. i don't just talk about lance armstrong and his entourage and the us postal team that he represented but i'm also thinking about the authorities in the sport because lance armstrong brought to cycling a sort of profile, a standing in the world of sport which they couldn't find anywhere else so to trash his reputation was to trash the sport as a whole. yes, it was. it was to trash a global icon as well. this is a guy who went on mountain bike rides with president george w bush. this is a guy who was best friends with matthew m

>> struggling farmers are skeptical about their true intentions. >> this is "france 24." time for 60 minutes live around the world. these are the headlines.s. conservative french presidential candidate refuses to withdraw from the race despite ongoing corruption investigationon agait him. his campaign has been plagued with allegations he paid his life penelope for a fake job. donald trump gives a speech to congress long on a unifying tone and sweeping initiatives but short on replacing obamacare and how defense spending would work. the iraq he army cuts off the last main exit of the isis stronghold in western mosul. hundreds of thousands of civilians are still trapped inside. first, french conservative presidential candidate says he will stay in the race despite being summoned by magistrates investigating payments made to his wife penelope.he told reporters his lawyers s received the sumud today. he denied allegationn and said legal procedure was not properly followed in what he called a political assassination in that campaign f for the two round election that starts next month.

. france 24 takes a closer look. here is tangible proof of the latest military confrontation between israel and syria. a rocket that fell in neutral jordanian territory between the two countries. >> we heard a loud explosion in the sky and heard something fall on the ground. we went outside the house and saw what had happened. >> investigators believe the is -- its goal was to strike down and is really jet, which just bombed a syrian military post. it targeted the military post theeen -- in a rare move israeli army has confirmed the raid in syria. it says its goal was to destroy an advanced weapons convoy. israel says it has struck down the missile with the system that intercepts long-range missiles. it is the first time in 17 years the missile system was used. israel denies one of its jets was hit. raidedmy has reportedly used toan terriritory destroy weapon shipments. israel i is concerned with bashr al-assad staying in power, his ally hezbollah would get more defense weapons. it is also concerned its main rival would get her minute basis in syria, strengthening its positions close

france. at least 10 injured in an attack police say is not linked to terrorism. mainstream politicians in europe, congratulations pouring in for mark rutte. ♪ laura: we start with two security scares in france. the president say justifies a long-running state of emergency. at the imf,etonated the monetary fund where at least one person was injured. it is linked to greek anarchists. reporter: the blast echoed through the streets of this usually quiet paris neighborhood. according to preliminary findings, a small package bomb detonated inside the french office of the international monetary fund on thursday morning. minutes after the explosion, police have the area on lockdown. >> it seems it was a pyrotechnic device or firecracker. perhaps a homemade device. it was not really a bomb. there was minor damage to the office. reporter: the imf secretary who opened the package sustained a light injuries to the face and eardrums and is currently receiving treatment. french president francois hollande spoke of an act of terrorism. >> we are still a target. it today was the imf. but it happened

>> you are watching france 24. time for 60 minutes light around the world. our top stories this hour. group claimstate responsibility for a deadly attack on a military hospital near the u.s. embassy in kabul. all attackers were killed after nearly six hours of gunbattle. released thousands of new documents allegedly linked to the cia. he say the agency is spying on people via their computers, smart phones and even tvs. and on this international women's day, we will be talking more with annette young, host of the france 24 women's program. coming up for you in business we will be looking ahead to the uk's budget as the government tries to calm fears about the economy before it starts brexit talk. more on that on the way but first our top story live from paris. >> there has been another massive dump of documents from wikileaks. this time targeting the cia. the website has published thousands of documents allegedly linked to the u.s. spy program. genie: they seem to show the government is actively hacking computers, smart phones and even tvs. a smart tv turned into a listening devi

standing here today. haley: and now the ambassador from france. >> thank you. good morning, everyone. a few words about different perspective on this issue. -- words about french perspective on this issue. france remains committed to nuclear disarmament and has undertaken extensional steps in nuclear disarmament. france has seized nuclear testing -- ceased nuclear testing. france has reposted bully -- irreversibly -- it's nuclear weapons. it has reduced its nuclear arsenal. the immediate delivery of -- the immediate prohibition of nuclear weapons is directly against the -- moreover, the security conditions are not met. in the current context, considering the proliferation of the weapons of mass destruction, our countries continue to rely on nuclear deterrence for security and stability. the only way to achieve nuclear disarmament is to use a step-by-step approach in a way that provides undiminished security for all. this should take into account all factors that affect stability. we are also concerned that a nuclear weapons ban treaty will divide the parties, which remain the corners

. we are the focus on france. i know there's a lot going on in the markets. tell us about it, mark. mark: counting down to the culmination of that meeting. stocks are falling for the second day in europe. i've looked at the last 10 days. they are down for seven days in 10. europe's benchmark 0.2% lower. the euro is up against the dollar. earlier it was falling. ahead rebounded slightly of that ecb meeting. i think the data point to watch today is the u.s. 10-year yield. 2.58%. the yield rising for the ninth day. that is the longest stretch since 2012. we're hovering around 2.58%, highest level since december. gross, 2.6% is the level to watch. that signifies the start of a bond bear market. 2.5% is where we are today. oil rebounding today after falling 5% yesterday as record u.s. stockpiles begin to raise doubts about the effectiveness of opec efforts to ease a global glut. but francine, it is all about the ecb today. francine: certainly is. let's get to the bloomberg first word news. here's nejra cehic. sebastian: china's factory gauge prices surged at the fastest pace since 2008

relief for many politicians. in france. everybody congratulating and breathing a second time. , so far, sohis good. but we did not see a real solution to the rise of populism in the netherlands. it was a little bit copy and paste from the other center-right parties. the left-wing parties mirrored themselves. they were still very much in the center of dutch politics. this is going to take a little while. peter: what is the slow leak? is in an isolated position. calling them fake judges or fake parliament. he is increasingly isolated. the man has almost no funds or volunteers that campaign for him. the only thing left is to radicalize even further and maybe give quotes on twitter about muslims in europe. it is a risk that through him, other parties will feel the necessity to further radicalize on these topics. and that is the worrying thing. peter: you talk about the process of radical lace -- radicalization. he said after he had posted his own ballot that the genie will not go back into the bottle. can you describe the genie? is -- many people in the last 20 years felt increasingly unco

♪ host: this is "france 24." time now for 60 minutes live around the world. these are the headlines. a new twist in the ongoing feud between the netherlands and turkey. several twitter accounts have now been hacked by a group that says it backs the turkish e-government. that comes as a rather is voting today and its general election hitting the center-right prime minister against an anti-muslim firebrand. that election could gauge the strength of the very ties holding the eu together. thethe white house confirms trump tax revelations leaked on u.s. station msnbc. that summary from over 10 years ago shows the president play close -- pay close to $38 million in taxes on $150 million in income. also coming up for you this hour, french carmaker renault denies report saying twos of its models refitted with defective devices. more details coming up in business. and a 21-year-old french girl with down syndrome breaks new ground for the disabled by presenting the weather on live tv. more on that coming up, but first, our top story live from paris. ♪ host: the days leading up to the vote i

europe. both germany and france are heading towards very very important national elections that will not just determine the immediate short term future of politics in those countries, determine whether or not europe splits apart entirely. the strongest antieuropean candidate in france is mauer ren lapin, the head of a party called the national front founded by her father in the early 1970s. for decades the front national ale has been the fascist party in france. he denies the holocaust, made a career accusing his political opponents of being secret jews. and about muslims being allowed to immigrant to france a position his daughter shares as she campaigns to be president of france now. part of her campaigning to be president of france last week resulted in her taking a detour to the kremlin. a weird day. nobody quite knew where mauer ren lepin had gone for the day and suddenly turned up without warning for this meeting with vladamir putin, one-on-one. the russian government is essentially openly supporting the far right candidacy of her as she runs for president in france. russian ba

"france 24." we have got no claim of responsibility. the suspect it has been killed has not been named. we do know this was a lone wolf attack. a man acting on his own. >> yes. there will love the acclaim of responsibility because the perpetrator is deceased. there might be others to claim responsibility on his behlalf. the evidence for any links between those will probably be tenuous. about debate will now be whether this was somebody who was instructed by a terrorist group. the number one suspect tonight being islamic state group. or whether he was simply inspired by online propaganda. >> yeah. i mean, instructed, inspired. what we are looking g at, as we did only a a few days ago o at l y airport, are the acts of increasingly desperate individuals. the rate of return on incidents theg vehicles from -- to german christmas market at christmas, to this incident today, is a diminishing rate of return. these incidents are all too producible. -- predictable. what we see is individual have a tremendous sense of grievance but self-righteousness but really who are expressing that disco

genie: thanks for joining us here on france 24. time for 60 minutes live around the world. i'm genie godula. these are the headlines. a sigh of relief around much of europe as dutch voters rebuffed the far right conservative. donald trump's revised travel ban put on hold once again as legal challenges hold new executive order. trump says he's ready to fight all the way to the supreme court. britain's queen elizabeth gives royal assent to the brexit bill, turning it into law. theresa may says she will use it to trigger eu exit negotiations by the end of the month. coming up this hour, the environment and internationals -- international aid among the biggest losers in donald trump's u.s. budget outline. what are the gains? we will have more on that in business. the west african sensation using their music to condemn violence against women. more on their concert in paris on the way. first our top story live from paris. ♪ genie: let's start with this developing story in paris. a letter bomb has exploded here in the french capital at the offices of the international monetary fund.

in october. france 24 is there. what is the latest? is what wehe latest witnessed on the ground in mosul today and over the past 48 hours. it is certainly a fluid situation. those we spoke to are openly admitting it is a complicated task, the one they are faced with because of the fierce resistance their forces are encountering in the ground. jihadists using hard bombs and suicide operations to stymie the offense of those iraqi troops. western mosul is a lot more complicated to navigate than the eastern counterpart. narrower inlot terms of the space, the alleyways and the urban planning if you can collect that. very chaotic in the western part of mosul, which means death to moving vehicles and troops and there is a complex task and if those situation. they do advance but they do have a hard time holding onto and certainly the path leading to downtown mosul is going to be a very perilous one for those troops and fighting bloodier sincey the assault on mosul is launched. there is a little bit of dreading that last phase of the battle, the one that will unfold and who will be engaging

operators. to operate the telephone exchanges in france and in other places. women were especially wanted for this duty because in the states, most of the operators were women. a lot of the young women who were asked to volunteer for this service, they also spoke french. they communicated between the french and the american units. even though they served and were in the army, they did not receive veteran status until 1977. one of the black eyes of american activity during world war i, that these women served their country honorably but were not accorded full veteran status until 1977. we are going to look at two uniforms that were worn by the same individual for two countries at war during world war i. one of the interesting things about world war i is that sometimes the lines were blurred about country allegiances and who supported which countries during the war. in two uniforms that we have, they really exemplify this clearly. there was a soldier from the german-controlled part of denmark. when the war started, because of where he lived, he was forced into the german army. he served in

living with her second husband in a castle in france near the spanish border, she made a decision when hyde came to visit her, to leave the life she was leading, leave her husband and castle and go off with him. she wanted to understand the choices she had made in her life, to come to some kind of understanding where she could begin to find some respect for how she had been such a disastrous parent, disastrous daughter, disastrous wife, and yet how she had been totally loyal to the spy masters. she wanted to see if there was really some sense of honor in this. this was so important to her because she was dying. she had cancer and this cancer was metastasizing rapidly through her body and she wanted to reach some sort of peace while she still had time. i use this journey that betty took as the narrative spine of my book. i tell betty's story looking back retrospectively as she and hyde move through ireland and review her many missions. when i finally finished up in cambridge, using betty's memoir as my guide, i began to follow in her footsteps. i stood on the battlements of the anc

france, netherlands and at the heart of germany for the next generation. ie immigrants that have, ash am one, i am an immigrant to integrated into the united kingdom many decades ago and that is at the heart. you come, you integrate. you play by your host's rules. francine: thank you so much. let's get back to andreas utermann. i'm looking at some of the volatility that we saw in the euro-dollar. is it surprising that the markets are not playing? is that because they are rational or because you don't have the tools in the market to play these? andreas: more the latter. what we get taught at university, the best forecast for a currency is yesterday's price. the market doesn't really know. firewall inbout the holland, i'm not sure i agree with that. what will be relevant for europe is france, germany, italy. and whether they can find an answer to the justified concerns that europe has. into the french elections, and tom and i will be covering that from paris, do you trust the polls? i don't think you can really trust the polls. at all. i think that is what we have learned over the

, for the most prestigious school in france, the one that shapes the bosses and politicians and top mandarin is. the great deal of those proposals, are a bit of glitter has been thrown over them, classical proposals of the kind, of a system by which france has been administered. with a strong influence of the state and attempts to deregulate in a sort of command way. he has got all sorts of ideas to change taxes and society, all of this is nice and it sounds very good and there is a great deal of digital land new economy thrown in. he says like many people before him that he wa nts to like many people before him that he wants to make it easier for people to do business. but at the end of the day, it is a series of technocratic measures, most of them making sense, some of them being slightly strange such as the idea that cellphones would be forbidden not just that cellphones would be forbidden notjust in that cellphones would be forbidden not just in classrooms that cellphones would be forbidden notjust in classrooms but also in all of france's schools. it is very well known that in

yield. this is the beginning of trading. bonds are up and yields are down in france. yields climb across the globe. they question is is there any path through the french election from the dutch election. the probability of a le pen win implies for betting about one percentage points to 29.3% following the dutch result from 30% for the first time since february and it is all about the bank of england, the fed, the boj, the norwegian central bank, the turkish central bank, i am just showing off now. we did have some cpi data from the eurozone today and it confirmed the earlier reading, headline, 2% core, which is what matters, 2.9% and that is why mario draghi is not bullish on the prospect of a change in policy. do investors agree? that is the big question. julie: it is the big question. i am impressed that your memorizing the list of the central banks making decisions this week. we are seeing a pullback at the moment that is deepening a little bit. we are now seeing the s&p off by .5% as the dow falls by 31 points and the nasdaq goes into the red. we see health care continuing to weigh o

immigrants. with 42 homicides last year, french guiana is the most violent of france's five territories, statistics which some samples down to deeper societal issues. >> it is a question of jobs for young people. 22%,e unemployment rate is compared with 9.7% in mainland france. i'm an young people come the jobless rate is 55%. the europeanion of space agency's spaceport has bolstered french guiana. the esa say a quarter of the population have jobs related to the space industry. territory is also rich in timber and gold, but due to limited infrastructure and production capacity, french guiana remains heavily dependent on france. officials say a third of the population still have no access to drinking water or electricity. the french socialist presidential candidate has attacked european austerity policies after meeting german chancellor angela merkel, arguing they helped to fuel the rise of the far right. it follows francois fillon and emmanuel macron making the trip. >> we discuss my proposal of a treaty to democratize the eurozone to get democratic legitimacy to the eurozon

driving higher, the cac up 2.1% yesterday. and the dollar is back. the young, the krone, the swiss franc, all down this morning. versus the u.s. dollar. it is the u.s. centric story. dictating what is going on, it is about the fed. we're waiting to see just how much higher we can price the word, the probability of an interest tight going through and mark -- march. let's get a bloomberg first word news update. here is juliette saly. juliette: thank you. the u.s. justice department has jeff sessions had conversations with russia's ambassador to the u.s. while he was a prominent surrogate for donald trump's election campaign even though he said during his confirmation hearing that no contacts had occurred. sessions said in a statement he never met with russian officials to discuss the campaign. i have no idea what these allegation -- this allegation is about, he said, it is false. the revelation has mounted top democrats for him to be ousted. president donald trump's new travel order is said to drop [inaudible] who citizens will be barred from entry to the u.s.. according to two white house

hope of populism in france. also tonight, theresa may will formally begins the brexit process with article 50 tomorrow. but where should she finish? and how bad would "no deal" be? we ask two of her party's mps. and we send the high priest of remainism to understand why ebbervale in south wales voted so emphatically for brexit. so much of the investment here has come from the european union. the college, the station, all of these buildings were invested in from funds from the eu. funds which won't necessarily be replaced by governments in london and cardiff. my first question is why did people vote in large numbers against the european union, the source of so much investment in this community? good evening. ‘twas the night before brexit. "one more sleep", as one leave supporting blog tweeted today. by this time tomorrow, the prime minister will have triggered article 50 and britain's departure from the european union will be officially under way. as we will hear over the course of tonight's programme, there is much still to be resolved. in a moment, emily gets marine le pen‘s t

to happen before the autumn. it is preferred here to get elections in france and earn-nan)..- here to get elections in france and germane out! here to get elections in france and semen—77 out of here to get elections in france and german‘s! out of the way here to get elections in france and fiszmsn‘s‘ out of the wayiusl thank 7.7.7 77.7 .7e 7..7 7.77. 7. the labour party is in the grip of a civil war, according the party's deputy leader tom watson, who's declared that there's a secret plot by left—wing supporters ofjeremy corbyn which could destroy the party as an electoral force. mr watson was reacting to claims that the grassroots momentum group which helped make mr corbyn leader is hoping to get financial support from britain's largest trade union unite. our deputy political editor john pienaar reports. he keeps saying he loves being leader. but could anyone enjoy that? life's tough for labour on a good day, and this was a bad one. as his team gathered together, the party tore itself apart, and his deputy condemned what he called a new and potentially lethal threat. of a

>> welcome to the france 24 newsroom. a showdown and washington. president trump made angela merkel for their first face-to-face. the talks will be a crucial part in the transatlantic relations. u.s. military action against north korea is an option on the table if the threat escalates. that is the warning from rex tillerson, currently in s eoul. missiles at israeli jets after airstrikes. both confirm the rare military exchange. host: welcome to the france 24 newsroom. we start in washington where a showdown is moments away. president donald trump will welcome the german chancellor angela merkel to the white house . that will be the first face-to-face of two of the world's most powerful leaders. for the german perspective let's bring in jessica from berlin. how important is the meeting for the german chancellor? she will have to strike a certain balance? absolutely. this is an important meeting for angela merkel. president barack obama and angela merkel had a close working relationship that brought berlin and washington the closest they had been for a source of and was a pride for ge

geun-hye has been arrested. we will be gained the latest from seoul. now france..s. lawmakers in washington probing allegations of russian attempts to influence elections. onsenting a united front syria. u.s. secretary of state in turkey amidst tensions in ankara. we are live from paris. ♪ >> first, south korea where ousted president park geun-hye has been arrested according to sources in the country. she was removed from office largely over allegations of bribery. park can now be held in a cell up to 20 days while she is of abuseted on charges of presence of power. andrew, what is the latest? been widelyhe has expected here. she has been arrested. let me talk you through the process. she was impeached. her in peter was upheld by the constitutional court. that means she lost her presidential immunity. earlier this month, she underwent 22 hours of questioning by prosecutors who were deciding whether or not they would give her an indictment. they have now said that they want to indict her, put her in front of a criminal court. what today's process was was to decide whether or not

the ambassador from france. >> thank you. thank you, nikki. thank you, matthew. good morning, everyone. let me tell you a few words about the french perspective on this issue. my country france remains committed to nuclear disarmament and has taken substantial steps in nuclear disarmament in the past several years. we have dismantled our testing sites. france has seized production for its nuclear weapons, and france has reduced by half its nuclear arsenal. the immediate prohibition of nuclear weapons is inconsistent with the progressive approach of nuclear disarmament as provided by article 6 of the treaty of the nonproliferation of nuclear weapons, the npt. moreover, the security conditions for a prohibition treaty are not met. in the current context, considering the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and their means of delivery, our countries continue to rely on nuclear deterrence for security and stability. the only way to achieve real nuclear disarmament is to push a step-by-step approach in a way that provides undiminished security for all. this should take int

years ago to sir bradley wiggins and his doctor in france. let's speak to our sports news correspondent richard conway who was following today's select committee session. richard, a lot of eyebrows raised at a few things said today, and that mystery package remains a mystery. it does. the first person to appear was assignment. he is to work for tea m was assignment. he is to work for team sky. he talked about how he had been asked to deliver the package to doctor freeman in france. he said that he went to the team sky british cycling headquarters in manchester. there was an envelope there. it was sealed and he took it over to france for them. in the midst of all that, this was difficult viewing for quite a few minutes today because he was put underforensically a few minutes today because he was put under forensically that the nation about if he knew what was in the package, his methods of transport, the trail by which it got to france, why he needed to be in a car. there were lots of difficult a nswe i’s. car. there were lots of difficult answers. we can pick it up here with simon cop

♪ this is france 24. welcome to 60 minutes live around the world. i'm genie godula. these are the headlines. a battle brewing in brussels. poland's former prime minister is set to be reelected as european council president but he is facing opposition from his own country's government. the leader of the islamic state lroup reportedly fled mosu weeks ago. the cia hits back at the document dump from wikileaks, saying it's putting americans in danger. the website revealed spy hacking techniques on smartphones and tvs. is it the end of the ecb's spending spree? europe's central bank has some difficult decisions to make. more on that in our business update. the man who has been dubbed france's elvis presley is being treated for cancer. more on that from 73-year-old johnny halliday later. first our top story live from paris. ♪ genie: we will start in brussels, where the eu summit is getting underway. former prime minister sk is facing tough opposition from his own government. in more now let's bring meabh mcmahon. is the polish government still holding up the process? >> absolutely. ju

♪ >> you are watching "france 24." time now for 60 minutes around the world. these are the headlines. turkey refusing to back down on its growing field with the netherlands. the turkish president says nazism is alive in the west after the netherlands blocked turkish ministers from holding rallies. brexit could be triggered as early as tomorrow. the british prime minister theresa may is set to push through the exit from the eu once it has been approved i both houses of parliament, which could happen today. the man who was once the most wanted fugitive in the world is back in court in france. carlos the jackal is back on trial for a deadly attack in paris in 1974. a trial the victims families have been waiting for decades. this hour, the city of lights is cleaning up its act. we will tell you about paris' new push to attract tourists and more in business. the second-biggest ballet in moscow gets its first wrench director in two centuries. more on his russian move on the way. first, our top story live from paris. ♪ >> turkish president erd netherlandsng the once occupied by

transforming france's rigid labour market. translation: we and our project have chosen first of all to look to the future, the transformation of the world of work, the transformation of oui’ world of work, the transformation of our productive model, the digital transition. these are risks, but they also brilliant opportunities, and so, at the heart of this project there is the refusal to knowledge defeat. i will not say in this project, that we have already lost the battle over the nature of work. no. work is going to change, and we will part of that change, we will go with it, and we will transform the balance of forces. how correspondent hugh schofield is in paris for us, we will get onto him ina in paris for us, we will get onto him in a moment, first of all, francois fillon, there has been a lot of heat over his white's job arrangements. apparently there has been a raid on his flat? is a p pa re ntly been a raid on his flat? is apparently there has been a police raid. grade, i mean they have searched is flat, looking for evidence. it is not surprising because we know there is

"france 24." delivered,led, and with britain sending a letter to brussels to formally asked the eu for divorce, negotiators on both sides are faced with the mammoth task of hammering out a brexit deal. questions are raised whether an agreement can be reached within the two-year timeframe. we take a look at the main players sitting down at the negotiating table. unchartedentering waters. >> the voice of the 27 member eu's leadingis the brexit negotiating member. strucke deal will be unless the rights of the 3 million european nationals living in britain are secure and as for britain's 60 billion euro brexit bill, the former eu commissioner said it won't be paid before talks can begin. opposite will be david davis, britain secretary state for exiting the european union says the debt is nowhere near 60 billion and the u.k. may even pay the block nothing. two weeks ago, davis stunned mps bite meeting government had done no assessment in the event of britain leaving the eu without a deal. but the former shadow home willtary said the rights be protected as long as he gets guarantees for the

swiss francs was delivered. anna: let's get to the bloomberg first word news with shery ahn. shery: good morning. the u.s. justice department has confirmed the attorney general jeff sessions had conversations with the russian ambassador to the u.s. when he was a prominence rated for donald trump during the -- when he was a prominent surrogate for donald trump during the campaign. sessions said he never met with russian officials to discuss the campaign. he said, i have no idea what what this allegation is about. it is false. that revelation has prompted top democrats in congress to call for him to be ousted. president trump's new travel raq from going to drap i the list of muslim nations who will be barred from the u.s. for 90 days. t according -- according to two white house officials, donald trump has delayed the director. the order is a revision of the travel ban imposed on january 27. snapchat's parent company is going public with the valuation. inc. sold 200 million shares in the initial public offering at $17 each. at that time, they had a market value of $20 billion, based o