he faces kidnapping and terror related charges here in france. renowned architect, i.m. pei has passed away. his style is recognizable, has powerful geometric shapes pretty was born in china and educated in the united states. his work spanned decades starting in the late 1940's and continuing through this new millennium. two of his last major projects where the islamic art museum and a science center. ulf opened in 20 -- 2008 and 2009 -- both of them opened in 2008 and 2009. taiwan becomes the first asian parliament to get -- adopt same-sex marriages. the fight continues. ae vote said the island had -- the president said the boat had the chance to make historyr. a doctor with aids who use dirty needles is being documented -- investigated. seveveral of hisis patients havw contracted hiv. donald trump unveils a new immigration plan targeting brilliant workers that won't steal american jobs. critics dismiss it as unrealistic, heartless, and empty campaigning. the european elections are less than 10 days away. today, we turn our attention to austria. 2015, the central europe

to twenty thirteen the year same sex marriage was passed in france. lead single for the victims of homophobic attacks speak out more than they used to this explains why these numbers are on the rise. unfortunately even if mentalities are changing even if there had been strides in equal rights such as same sex marriage that homophobia is still remains president francis to the house has. a series of homophobic attacks in paris at the end of twenty eighteen widely publicized on social media prompted the lgbtq plus community to demand urgent government action. in november equality minister malinche yep i responded with a plan against lgbtq plus violenc. but to this day only two out of ten actions promised by the minister had been effectively put in place. according to s. lesson for me. i was told was more about the international date timime this y be a trans siberian de ee fi be i'm joined to hear this too w. s. ccc liquid a audio preresidef honesty frowns. i will welcome to you. let's start with that not reported two hundred so she want recorded physical

they are previously known as -- for france. it straddles major highways running south from aleppo to the capital and west to the port city. of war, , theyrs are determined to take the province and crushed the rebellion, breaking a cease-fire brokered by russia. momoscow has p provided aiair st while advising against a full-scale attack. is afraid of a major influx of syrian refugees. >> our country does not have the resources or power to take in another 3 million people. we must do what we can too prevent migration from t this ea. the u.n. has warned of a major humanitarian disaster. >> protesters are locked in a country'sith the rulers. the opposition movement is return to aa nationwide civil disobedience campaign. >> civil disobedience is the word they are talking about on the street. the plan is to move the protest beyond this site. strike could be ruled out as early as monday. junior police officers have gone on strike. those working in the post offices, the train service. thatey question is, will alienate sudanese who have

that france was due to more weapons on to this saudi ship. the arms duly very. greenman to which was made a few years ago he appealed it however it came a little bit unstuck with protests taking place outside the port of larnaca that's because there was a leaked in. best occasion in the last month the show which alleges that the french government has been made aware by secretive military notes that weapons sold by france society arabia could have been used on the front line in yemen and could have been used against civilians and that has caused huge concern here because of that those protests went to the port and that shipment wasn't able to take place the president might corners also spoken out about this last week he confirmed that he had had confirmation from riyadh that's the capital in saudi arabia that those shipments of arms wouldn't be used in the conflict in yemen but despite that many people here in france are unhappy and easy with the idea that france is selling weapons anyway to saudi arabia the controversy continues as the saudi

s, in the lana in france. i would love to work in milan, for example there is the nice and very important theatres. stu d e nts nice and very important theatres. students optimistic for their own futures but some are aware of the country ‘s problems. futures but some are aware of the country 's problems. we are now in a worse place than yesterday. but tomorrow, it will be even wise. here in the heart of the lines glamorous fashion quarters, you could easily forget that italy has some persisting economic problems. growth this week, the economy is still small than it was before the clever financial crisis and unemployment, especially among young people, is painfully high. it is notjust the unemployed who are affected by the weakness. many young people can't see a stable outlook for themselves, and are looking for opportunities abroad. 20 is agreed italy, it was good, good vibe. good tuition, no? but now there is no future for the young. if you like you are doing everything and everything you can do but you get

it can explain in part if france is supporting him, that is why france is doing so because france does not want another round of terrorist attacks. genie: the mayoral race was one fiveposition candidate weeks ago. here is more from the mayoral elect. >> they might have pressed and obtained a decision to win 40 to their dirt.over genie: jasper morgan moore is covering a story for us. are talking about what president erdogan has to's they about rerun ofof the vote. >> when they spoke this morning, rerunning the election wouldld lift the shadow o over theheoles that marked the 31s1st. he also claimed 20 thousasand of ththe 62,000 electoral offices n istanbul had not been employees of the central government. c cannot be an ininnocent mistake. opposition has repeplied to the lalast chargrge. if the electoral authority enough employees, they are still civil servants, but maybe of a lower level. the electoral authorities were electoralg the officers who conducted the inctions and the referendum 2017, when the new constitution did noted and erdogan void those elections. hundreds took to the st

>> this isis france 24. i am genie godula. franceers gathering as gears up for its labor day protest. the risk of chaos and violence hi this year. wikileaks founder julian assange sentence to 50 weeks in jail for r breaking bail. he spent s seven years in the ecuadorian embmbassy to avoioid extraditition over rape charges. guaidoion leader juan cacalling four masked protests n formilitary to -- calalling -- for mass protests. wororldtivists around the are marking mayday by marcrching pressingkers r rights, a concern in asia's developing economy. tournine a private sunset followed by a bit of overnrnight ass.ping on n the gl the glassg underneath pypyramid. protesters are linked to more anger over the a antigovernment yellowow vests movement. the e march isis going to beginn about an hour and a half. we are seeing g many people who tuturn out. >>>> very many people turned ou. we havery peaceful loads o of music. maydays like anyy other prprotests. authorities scaled u up securit. police or caught offff guard by the numberf w wr

and some praise the french backed s r c f a franc for its stability of this denounce it as a colonial hang over so what is it about. out the sea of a frank that is used by around 155000000 people in africa that get so many of them riled up the currency is used in west and central africa by 14 countries both regions have their own central banks but the s c f a frank is packed to the euro and it's guaranteed by the french treasury in return france requires c f a members to deposit at least 50 percent of their foreign exchange reserves currently about $10000000000.00 euros into a special account in the french treasury and they have to keep the inflation rate below 2 percent critics say that with the c.f.a. franc tied to the strong the euro member states cannot influence monetary policy to boost their economies competitiveness that there is something to talk about now with wendy passé from africa who joins us now from a studio in brussels wendy good to have you with us now listening to the concept of the see if a frank it's somewhat sounds anacreon istic doesn't work. hi 1st of all befor

alall from twenty four europe so has begun here in france next stop it's silly and milan well we'll be looking at the issue. of migrants and how authorities that are dealing with the criris it h h stirred much controversy at since the new government's populist -- fall rights has taken office see you soon. clovis second sally that. final preparations that continued for the national tribute to the two soldiers who were killed in a key night fast so. government identified the two soldiers killed is set to make the appointment a line. that on that sell -- they were both offices in the naval special forces present on your mac from the lead the ceremony for the men. at least have a lead in paris on tuesday. they gave their lives in order to save those of all those. the bodies of thirty free world said take apple and twenty eight year old allow bathroom cello for repatriated to phones on sunday evening. the french soldiers were killed during an operation that rescued four hostages and book of five so. that close one save pat would have said something was simply doing their jobs. two can he wa

france pays tribute to two killed in a raid. their deaths prompting controversy over why the tourist they saved when the danger zone in the first place. and an armyers major shot dead in khartoum. the violence coming after protest leaders in agreement on how to run the country after the ousting of omar al-bashir. meeting the russian prpresident t today. coming up in business, the u.s. china trade war most thought was winding down, now heating up again. the biggest film festivival i ie world gets underway. a a look at the opening of cann. france paid its final respects today to french soldiers killed in a raid in burkina faso last week. were killed in the hostages.to free four were recovered safe and sound. >> france as a nation that never abandons its childreren no mattr the circumstances. french citizen a should know our country will never give up. they will always have to face our army, elite units, and allies. we will continue to fight terrorism. genie: mark was at the complex where the ceremony took place.. >> it is the firs

but this has on settle so the was economically this france's finance minister bernard a man said that no one should be in any doubt about the high stakes involved in the dispute have a listen. resample there is no greater threat to world growth to your standard of living to the standard of living of everyone listening to us than a trade war between china and the united states because it means that trade tariffs will go up if you are goods will circulate around the world won't be able to circulate around french goods as easily around the world and jobs will be destroyed trade will destroy jobs in france and in europe and in this area to europe has to unite to resist that. and the. french minister of economy and finance with me in the studio and i'll have stephen beard see my colleague from the news business desk and correspondent muchas building joins me from beijing. balcombe to both a few welcome to you as a lot is in beijing and let me talk with you though stephen now we can't look at the french a minister had to say that the stakes are very high in this trade dispute washington has

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britain and france carried out our strikes against syrian government facilities course at the home of scott the barcode. we saw petrified children. i listened to the righteous indignation very terrible regime we read a scrupulous investigation into what happened by the u.n. chemical weapons watchdog the your p c w report was meant to poison indisputable and speculations over what happened in dumas in syria in spring 2018 except did it really. the 16 newly revealed pages challenge of the bag bone of the official conclusions. after passing through the ceiling in impacting the floor at lower speed the cylinder continued in altered trajectory until reaching the position in which you do is found. observations of the scene of the 2 locations suggest that there is a higher probability that both cylinders were money placed at those $2.00 locations rather than being delivered from aircraft the engineering teams account is well structured it includes pictures from the side of the incident blueprints and images of the test cases studied to deliver their verdict it's unlikely the project tile fel

italy and france commemorate the artistic genius of leader -- leonardo da vinci. the italian master lived out his final years at a chateau in france. i'm brent goff. to our viewers on pbs and the united states and around about, welcome. brent: we started venezuela where president nicolas maduro has called on the military to fight anyone involved in a coup. juan guaido called for a series of strikes hoping to force madero from power. guaido called this the final thing to do before ousting the door. this left four people dead. guaido declared himself venezuela's drum president -- interim president of venezuela. of move supported by united states and germany. oscar, i want to to start with the news of this arrest warrant that has been issued for leopoldo lopez. what do we knonow beyond that? oscar: he was surprisisingly fre onon tuesday during this coup attempt. he is now at a spanish -- the spanish embassy as a guest. they want to put them back in jail. this is a bit complex to analyze in a traditional manner because juan guaido is recognized but -- as president by

it was in that spirit that the presidents of italy and france gathered at given she's tomb in was france. it's on the and it's on say did this renascence period was an extremely important time in the friendship between italy and france when rene soames jenius came to france to spend the rest of his life at the invitation of a young french king as an awful city davinci spent the last three years of his life at the chateau say and died here in fifteen nineteen at the age of sixty seven but his legacy in contemporary europe has few equals. full is just over a month before the women's world cup kicks off in france and there is word that the best women's player in the world will not be competing that's right adda huggy bear the winner of last year's coveted by award was left off the norwegian team's roster that's wrong. place for a french club that has spoken out against her whole federation over frustrations with the state of the women's game in norway the national team coach says her bags absence is by her own decision. here's a reminder the top story that we're following for you but it's w

stay with us here on "france 24." >> join us on "france 24" for european election results night. i will be with you live as the results come in from all across the globe. we'll get experts comments and analysis. from guests and our own team of cords from around the -- cocours from around the e.u. this an election most important for the e.u. join us on "france 24." >> [jazz playing] kris kuramitsu: we have this idyllic image of 1950s america with families b buying homes inn thehe suburbs, there's jazz playaying on thehe stereo, technology is ushering in the new jet agage... but while that stereotytype was trtrue for some, that ararticulr american dream was not available to everyone, nonot even some of those a artists and d designers whose wowork really visually define that t era. alexandra lange: not only are all of these artworks immediately recognizablble icons of post-war american art and design, but their second generation japanese american makers share a common bond beyond their ethnicity.

repercussions on domestic politics in france and germany. we have hope that they stay there for evidence of confidence for the same as turned in what are you to say. i believe the time they will have to actually work. together because for now and we see them across was really outspoken about his vision for euro hasn't been a response all when there has been a response a quiet negative response from the side of germany that was linked to the past election i believe now there is space for germany and france to come together for real this time and actually with this with having in mind also seeing the real trend off the right wing populist to really come up with a new vision so i believe it's going to be fun to be frowsy really only did the difficulty in germany is always an election somewhere as a federal state there's federal elections state elections and we've got this sort of tandem in germany we've got to stay on as chancellor but the party her part is now led by ana got to come qanbar and she had a real setback yesterday that was her 1st

we could say this how it turned out in france didn't have. to do with with europe that it was very domestically if what you say during the election was described by one commentator is a battle for the soul of europe as it was who won the battle i think common sense won the battle finally we've voters a said right we understand there's always been this discrepancy between domestic politics in european politics and while the worst some countries france austria where domestic politics is really raging at the moment and that was uppermost in people's mind many other countries people say i always say we finally understand that european politics affects domestic politics and domestic politics affects your . in politics so they i think they're finally understood that they finally understood there are problems too big for nation states to tackle alone like climate change things the penny dropped because that argument has been argued for so you know the law and wishful thinking if you want because they're all every country is different obviously but i

cape town also coming up. 3 of the 4 tourists rescued from kidnappers in work enough aso arrived in france to be welcomed by president michael the freed hostages say thanks to fallen heroes paying tribute to the french commandos who were killed in the daring raid that freed them . and a deadly attack in a luxury hotel and pakistan gunmen shooting one person before being killed themselves a group of separatist militants has claimed the assault. on the welcome to the show. south africa's governing african national congress has secured a 6th straight term in power but with a diminished mandate with all votes counted the a.n.c. has been declared the winner with 57.5 percent but that's its lowest share since the end of white minority rule 25 years ago the party has been battling corruption scandals a sluggish economy and record unemployment even so it was far ahead of its closest rival the opposition democratic alliance which trailed at just under 21 percent the president there around one post of the a.n.c. was speaking just a short while ago in pretoria following the announcement of those offi

>> thihis is france 24. here are thehe top headlinines. on to twotieses hold thirds of the new parliament. the traditional right and left groups who ruled for decades take a hit. that opens the way for solid wins for liberals, the green party and the far right. there was a big win for voter turnout that hit its highest level in 25 years. a 7% jump in the last vote with many observers saying thanks to more young people heading to the polls. u.k., nigel faraj and his brexit party come in first place. he's demanding a seat at the brexit negotiation table. as the new european parliament takes it seat, the eu position on potential free-trade deals will be in the spotlight. more on that coming up in our business update. we will take a break from eu news to focus on the frenchman who just won the indy 500. more on top driver simon pageant of coming up. ♪ >> the eu parliamentary election got people interested. the turnout was the highest it has been in 25 years. 50.5%, it is a significant jump from the last poll in 2014. the center-right europea

the men were seized in neighboring brittany on may the 1st was touring an area france's longer advised travelers to avoid amid fears the hostages would be handed over to jihadists and mali french president manuel micro gave the green light special forces to raid their captain's camp. that raid left 4 kidnappers dead as well as 2 french commandos so to speak to people from alone on cello. the team also stumbled across the south korean and another american hostage managing to free them both. jihadist groups of long been active across to kenya fast in mali and the violence seems to be spreading france has some for now hof 1000 troops in the region to combat the threat and most locals back their presence. i'm joined now by thomas shiloh regional director for the sa hill at the con aga now a foundation here in germany is based in bomb a co mr schiller thanks for joining us were these people very unlucky to be taken hostage or were they foolish to be visiting the area. good afternoon from the. onset your question or answer your question a little bit with luck because. the area of move from m

in other world news a saudi ship which was due to load weapons in france has sailed without its congo heman rights protesters say the shipment contravened an international arms treaty a recent online investigative side published leads french military intelligence that shows weapons sold to the saudis were being used against civilians in the war in yemen paul brennan has reports. the ship at the center of the latest saudi arms control the sea had spent thursday at anchor on the edge of french territorial waters the two hundred twenty five meter bar a young who waited to enter port and load up its cargo of french weapons destined for the saudi military. in paris though two separate human rights groups had lodged legal challenges to try to have the shipment declared illegal and on the quay side around one hundred demonstrators assembled determined to take direct action to prevent the ship docking again. since it's a junior for syria the war in yemen is a difficult war we're turned into supports of saudi arabia and if we the french citizens do not act we don't try to stop ourselves we wil

also on the show france and germany team up to subsidize battery cell production they call it a strategic investment in the face of tough asian competition others call it a waste of money. and you're watching the business of asia i'm stephen beard in berlin thanks watching the annual meeting of the asian development bank is underway on the island of fiji the finance ministers and central bankers from a lender sixty eight member countries are in attendance so far two issues have dominated the agenda first a debate about whether china is now too rich to need funds from the bank second even longer term question how to stave off the most devastating effects of climate change it's a look. whether it's forest fires extreme drives. or hurricanes wreaking havoc the devastating consequences of climate change are already plain to see in the coming decades the effects are expected to intensify. the pacific islands like fiji the host of this year's asian development bank missing are especially at risk that prompted the lender to take action ac billion dollars the figure its pledge to invest in infras

the man was seized in neighboring brittany on may the 1st was touring an area france's long gun laws travels to avoid amid fears the hostages would be 100 over to china had to say mali french president manuel micro gave the green light to special forces to raid that captain's camp. that raid left 4 kidnapped instead as well as 2 french commandos centric to hear from. the team also stumbled across the south korean and another american hostage managing to free them both. jihadist groups of long been active across picking a fuss over in mali and the violence seems to be spreading france has some for no hostile reason troops in the region to combat the threats and most locals bug presence. governments in europe are coming under fire from aid groups off to one of this year's deadliest shipwrecks in the mediterranean involving migrants at least $65.00 migrants drowned off the boat capsized off the coast of sin is e on friday this nation navy was able to rescue 16 people survive the said most of those on board the boat from bangladesh they had deposited from libya on thursday. and head of t

on fox twenty four and france twenty four dot com. the evidence is what is a life in paris will news and analysis from france. twenty four i'm margot in these are the headlines. fourth time looking to resume springing back of breaks a bill for another boat. even the heroin and peas and govevernment partners are again. not to mention the official opposition. receive a cash this facing a corruption trial the pass catching up with argentina's former president i s should do this for another b big. for powr meters deep byhe end othe century. of climate refugees latest warning is worse than first. ice cap. ice in the arctic and treatment. is about to melt. an old saying adapted. to for the current political climate in the u. k. if at first you don't succeceed to reasonony tries. tries tries and tries again. you can't promise is announcing a fourth attempt to get a break the bill voted through parliament this in spite of strongly negative reactions already. om the heartbreaks account wiwithin her own conservative party and her own. governmen

in france forty two year old vasilinda has spent the last eleven years in a vegetative state. after two thousand eight motorcycle accidents. thanks for watching france twenty four now first came in influence peddling scandal that soul austria's vice chancellor resign and that political crisis has now. leled to alll m ministers fromme far rigight freedom party steppg down from austria's coalitionon governments must seem corny as all the latest. the fallout from the stalker scandal continues on monday afternoon austria's chancellor sebastian courts told reporters in vienna he had decided to fire the country's far right interior minister herbert cackle. i have decided in consultation with the federal presidents to propose the interior ministers firing to the president. herbert kinkel a member of the fbo or freedom party was the organization's secretary general in. twenty seventeen it was at that time that the parties former leader hines case dion's talker met with an alleged russian benefactor in a visa. in a video published over the weekends talker and a party colleagues you hon

of france i'm sure many appear to be heading for a showdown over the issue also on the program a big surprise in german football outsiders when you and then pull their way into the borders league of the 1st time will tell you this little club's big victory and their relegation play.

when rights activists attempts to block france's arms shipments to saudi arabia as concerns approach to weapons are being used against yemeni seville.

sanctions france has already rejected the ultimatum smalling and threaten the round with new financial penalties. also the news today kid toughens its immigration controls expelling around six hundred foreign nationals including two hundred islamic religious leaders whose visas have expired critics fear is part of a broader crackdown though in the muslim community following the trustees on easter sunday the reaction coming out. of individuals who orchestrated attacks within a very short. of which killed so many many doing business east are more sophisticated and they are suggesting have overstayed visas to do with east terror attacks. the story the french telecoms giant orange suv full moral harassment with prosecutors arguing the company created intolerable working conditions that led to thirty five suicides. a good afternoon but the news they think choosing is for europe day this is out international it's wednesday the eighth of my life moscow is kevin owen here for this thirty minute world news update for you the other top story is iran announcing it will no longer on all of its com

this week on "france 24." ♪ >> you are watching "france 24." these are the headlines. rulers suspend negotiations with protesters on installing civilian rule. the military says the demonstrators need to clear the roadblocks before talks can resume. tensions skyrocketing between the u.s. and iran. an escalating tit for tat that potential toe the slip into conflict. spain a arrests thehe longtime f of the military group that had been on the run for 17 years. also c coming up in business, donald trump launches a two-pronged attack on chinese as theant, huawei, u.s.-china trade war heats up. tech summity visa kicks off today in paris. eventoverage on the big on diverersity a and inclusivit. this is live from paris. ♪ >> progress made in sudan over moving the country toward civilian rule was cut short wednesday. the current army rulers suspend the talks for three days demanding protesters first stop inre said in -- their sit outside of the military headquarters. they pushed omar al-bashir to resign last month. earlier this week, they made a deal w

coming up, we get an insight on france's economy from france's france's ambassador for investment. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ vonnie: from new york, i'm vonnie quinn. guy: and in london, i'm guy johnson. this is the european close. a tough day for risk assets. let's find out what is going on. abigail: you are absolutely right. it's a tough day for risk assets. take a look at these stock indexes. the kleins on the day. in the u.s., the s&p 500 and nasdaq are down 1.3% or more. we are on pace for the worst value of the year. shenzhen,k at the down 1.8% in the asian session. we go to the bloomberg and we see it is not necessarily new. at least in asia and em. this goes back to april. what we are looking at, in pink and blue, those are the asian and em markets. they started to turn down in april, ahead of the s&p 500. some of the other indexes are all-time -- putting up highs. em is down 9.5% over that time period. in the u.s. today, technology, let's look at the big losers. apple is down 17%, nearly in a bear market from the april peak. mike or soft is down sharply and , amazon -- mic

of france's on changing positio. in total there are a dozen and known of french nationals in iraqi custody on suspicion of being jihadist combatants. iraq has tried more than five hundred suspected foreign members of the islamic state group since last year. many were condemned to life in prison and others to death none have yet been executed. the plaintiff a certain french nationals citizens who went. to iraq and syria to fight for the islamic state group. next donald trump's presidential visit to japan may have hit a bump. or lease a significant difference of opinion trump says he's personally not bothered by the recent missile tests carried out by north korea japan this long voice concern about short range misissiles bececause of te threat they pose. to well japan and its security shins obvious hosting trumpet for a statate visit full of pageantry and pump and now. the control to see. the win win relationship that's what japan's prime minister and the u. s. p president tape to guess house of donald trump's state vi

even rights activists attempts to block france's arms shipments to saudi arabia as concerns approached about weapons are being used against yemeni civilians. if you are you know why do we continue to school countries that exhibit disrespect for international behavior why do we continue to fuel the war i have no problems with same these weapons are made to kill. me international i'm sean thomas glad to have you with us. the former u.s. national security analyst has been charged with giving classified documents on u.s. warfare tactics to a journalist he is now facing up to 50 years in prison for his alleged role in the revelation the press freedom organization reporters without borders has criticized the legal moves against a daniel hale saying that charging whistleblowers under the espionage act must end hears artie's. well he's 31 years old his name is daniel hale and he's a former u.s. intelligence official and member of the national security agency and apparently he is facing up to 50 years in prison for leaking classified government information he was arrested in nashville tennessee

france and italy in france, emmanuel macron, this is almost a referendum on his pro—eu vision. the yellow vest protests have faded. these running neck and neck with the anti—eu national rally, a rebrand of marion le pen's national front. in italy, matteo salvini, he's leading the polls hoping to lead an anti—eu alliance of far—right parties from across europe. but the anti—eu forces have always struggled to unite. in hungary, viktor orban, the prime minister, and in poland, the ruling law and justice party, both hardline on migration and refugees, might not wa nt to migration and refugees, might not want tojoin migration and refugees, might not want to join salvini's new gang. and these eurosceptics might have a third of seats in parliament but might still be split and weakened. the big old pro eu centre parties are shrinking. angela merkel‘s conservatives and their centre—right allies across europe. keep the ce ntre—left allies across europe. keep the centre—left socialists real pressure in france. but together they might still dominate, though it's likely to b

silk road but we should not forget germany and france are not really. the main the silk road the terminal in the center of europe the trains leaving. and this is very good for the german economy you know better than i how well and how developed the economy going around it has done in the last few years and the same for france at the port of my say look in the north. eastern percent on dubai chinese calls so we are not the 1st about almost the last european country to try to gain something from the economic opportunity that's all there is no geopolitical implications. not the 1st we are late in the game if anything and so we want to catch happen. what about the concessions china wants in return you expecting better terms and conditions from beijing than brussels. no because i'm sure you have. more you'll the controversial. after reading it you probably have noticed that there are no real demands on chinese side in fact has been. to have brought china closer to many of the european standards such as a reference to level playing fields of climate change an

the man received in neighboring b'nei on may the 1st touring an area france's longer advised travelers to avoid amid fears the hostages would be 100 over to jihadists and molly french president manuel micro gave the green light special forces to raid that captain's camp. that raid left 4 kidnappers dead as well as 2 french commandos centric to appear from. the team also stumbled across the south korean and another american hostage managing to free them both. the forces have been in. the operation. they were about 15 cannot be soldiers in attendance but there was also collaboration in terms of intelligence which led to the success of the alteration. jihadist groups of long been active across but kenya faso in mali and the violence seems to be spreading france has some 4 and a half 1000 troops in the region to combat the threat and most locals back their presence. we still need to increase our efforts to strengthen security with good collaboration between africans and other countries abroad to really find a solution and bring all these evil spirits far away i mean if it's because they we

france's foreign minister says his government is working to execution,rench from though france has made no effort to bring back captured french i.s. fighters. >> anything but the death penalty. the french govovernment says jihadistst fighters shoululd be tried inin a country where they committed their crimes, but that theyhould not t face capital punishment. the foreign minister is upping the pressure on baghdad andnd several french nationals have been sentenced to death by hanging in the past few days. >> it is up to the iraqi justice system to try these people. we are totally against the death penalty. i am reminded of the opposition. >> for paris, it is a legal, diplomatic headache. wary of the political backlash at home, paris has asksked the war-r-torn country to arrest and try suspected combatants and keep them in custody. the french government says it respects iraqi's sovereignty -- iraqi soverereignty. one of the m sentenced to death disagrees he described t e trial as a sham. >> the trial lasted about 10 minutes for each person. they basted only on confessioios made in a a wrec

in the french capital, you're watching live from paris on france 24. one year to the day since donald trump abandoned the iran nuclear deal. iran says it will no longer respect aspects of the accord. local media in pakistan report a christian woman who spent eight years on death row for blasphemy has boarded a flight for canada. south africans had to the polls for major elections, a major test for the ruling party and its new leader. news, up in business google announces new privacy tools intended to give users more control. they're asking for more data. liverpool to the champions league final after beating barcecelona last t nigh. ♪ >> good afternoon. the latest from iran. the country will no longer respect aspects of the nuclear deal struck with major powers, 2015. the announcement comes one year to the day since donald trump came good on his promise of abandoning the accord altogether. the iranian president has g givn the remaining five signatories of the deal, china, france, germany, russia, u.k., 60 days to fululfill their bargainin and protect

celebrations are being heleld in france where the geniuius behind the mona lisa didied andnd i is buried. in business, a look at whahat is known n as the oil curse. how venezuela's petroleum reservrves have shaped the couny 's econonomy, andnd not always r the best. a new w medical l breakthrough. the fir organ dononation with the orgrgan delivered by drone. theetails coming up and our top story, live from paris. ♪ genie: we start livive f from ln where julie mesons is facing a hearing over and extradition request from the u.s. -- where julian assange is facingng a hearing over an extradition request from the u.s. franance 24's correspondent is following the story. she joins u us outside the courthouse. whwhat can you tell us?? >> it was a delalayed and short hearing. preliminaryry hearing t today,e first in the u.s. extradition request, thehe biggest ever lelk of c classified informationn pupublished by wikileaks i in 2, a much awaited hearingoday, the begeginning of a ng process. we are expecting hisis legal tm to come out. in that legal team is jennifer robibinson, part of f hilegal

hill is far from can tie and france has its hands fighting many militant groups across several countries. at least one person has been killed in an attack in the port city of to watch are in southwestern pakistan reports say at least 3 gunman entered a luxury hotel and opened fire killing one security guard a military spokesman says all guests have been evacuated a group called the below just on liberation army has claimed responsibility for the attack. for more let's speak to journalists are still on peshawar our son thanks for joining me what's the latest is the situation still ongoing. well it is going to have on going up the woman does you mention the 3 gunmen attacked a 5 star hotel enough they managed to enter the hotel and of the right after they were engaged by the local guards industry one man has been killed so far and the clearance operation is taking place on the baluchistan liberation army has claimed the responsibility of this attack but at the clearance is yet to be made and the clearance operation is on the wii and all the foreigners who were there present in the hotel ha

on france. twenty four of course we'll bring it you've called small on the situation the incident -- correspondence acting cartoon cool said joining us -- throughout the set live from paris program. next top level talks to take place between the united states and russia on the subject of around the sector stated the us. mike pompeii -- first met with russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov face to face in sochi. that meeting level said was aimed at dispelling suspicions and prejudices on both sides they were left off six afterwards. the message was though that in this meeting. she chip preceded the one the pompeii of them went on to have with president putin. two men agreed on but the speech. as tensions ratchets up between the us and iran donald trump has dismissed the rumor that he's considering sending a hundred twenty thoususand troopsps to te middle east i think it's fake news okay. now what i do that absolutely but we have not glad for that hopefully we're notot gonna have to plan for that

human rights activists have been attempting to prevent france or from sending any more arms to saudi arabia by filing lawsuits arguing the transfers violate the u.n. arms trade treaty they say there is clear evidence the saudis have been using french weapons against civilians in yemen they claim the sales are there for illegal and render the micron administration complicit in saudi war crimes denies ever intentionally targeting noncombatants protesters gathered in normandy in northern france on thursday to voice their opposition after the government announced a new shipment. put this on here protesting against the arrival of a saudi ship that is coming to collect a delivery of arms at the port of. there's no doubt that france sells weapons used to kill in yemen and used by coalition led by saudi arabia i have no problems with saying that these weapons are made to kill. why do we continue to support countries that exhibit disrespect for international behavior and why do we continue to fuel. the question should be put to the president of the republic and why is it that only he can make

countries was realistic poland and france leading that statistic. and the sentiment was much higher among people planning to vote for far right parties like someone else in ireland france or the of one of the of the dutch law here in this country and surprisingly a lot of young people also feared for the european peace in france and netherlands 4 out of 10 young people's were afraid that conflict conflict could break out and now people also were also given a bunch of words to choose from to express how they felt about life now many europeans that they felt optimistic but in france for example most people said they were afraid in hungary and greece the most. commonly chosen word was stressed so some quite depressing results no to say that nobody asked nobody asked us in britain a bit shocked what is behind all this pessimism well there's a paradox when it comes to. people's feelings towards european union their statistics show that the e.u. has not been this popular since 1903 now much of that should be a reaction to the uncertainty around rex it for

france and germany join forces to mark to make their mark on the battery cells market for electric vehicles production is currently concentrated in the hands of just a few mainly asian companies. plus first she was his bodyguard now she says queen thailand's king marries the deputy head of his personal security forces just days before his official cornish. i'm sumi so muskaan that's good to have you with us. the destructive force of cycle in kenneth is starting to become clear a week after tore through mozambique the government has confirmed that the death toll has reached forty one but that number is expected to rise though many parts of mozambique are inaccessible with remote areas and small islands still waiting for aid supplies our correspondent adrienne creech traveled to ebo an island off the north of the country that was hit especially hard. we are onboard an aid flight headed towards the vacation island of. now for the first time we get an aerial view of the massive destruction up till now flights have hardly been possible due to the strong rain. i've never seen anything like this t