>> hello, everyone. here are our top stories for you this hour. the government of france's new prime minister is unveiled, among the new nominations is socialist heavyweight segolene royal, a major comeback from the former presidential candidate and ask companion of francois hollande. -- ex-companion of francois hollande. in brussels -- a meeting on the increase in violence in the central african republic. a major earthquake hits the northern coast of chile,

hundreds of thousands of people have been evacuated but so far just five have been reported dead. ♪ >> also coming up this hour, an inside look at paris's beautiful -- we take you back to the day that one of the most amazing buildings in the capital -- where you just may be able to get a glimpse of the infamous phantom. and craft may have -- france may have a new prime minister in the -- may have a new prime minister but is the socialist government up to the new economic challenges ahead esther mark moore on the country's money matters, coming up later today. let's start with the government reshuffle. the newly appointed prime minister has announced his new cabinet.

he is the former intern goldman -- interior minister, who replaced mon after the disastrous election for thetebourg -- montebourg after the disastrous election for the socialists. one name they may remember is royal, who is making a big comeback. >> she is one of the biggest names in french politics, one of the heavyweights and former socialist candidate, and the former partner of francois hollande. she had been kept out previously, some said this had to do with hollande's relationship with treirweiler, she is now back in the cabinet and she will be one of the most recognizable figures.

of the small team, 16 members, as compared to the 28 that made it up beforehand. half of the 16 ministers are women. they have the french rules of parity, and they also pointed out that the cabinet is a balance of youth, with the minister for women's rights -- and experience with more seasoned politicians keeping nash with --- politicians keeping with fabius. there is a new occurrence with the french left-wing. he is with an apolitical family to the right and he appointed a very effective minister to be heading the economy. it will be their job to keep a unity with the left-wing in the parliament. >> you mentioned the economy

there, that is the biggest challenge ahead, fixing the economy and coming months. >> this is going to be the biggest challenge. one socialist heavyweight said recently, the issues for the new government would be unemployment, unemployment, unemployment. he will have to address the economy and he knows that his clinical future may hang on this. francois hollande is aware that his term as president will hang mostly on whether or not he is able to address the economy. in france, economic growth is just above zero, unemployment continues to hover around 10%, and there is also a sizable national debt that the company will have to begin to pay back. francois hollande laid out his policies and called this the responsibility back. the reduced charges, and taxes on businesses, in exchange for more employment.

the president certainly hopes that this will decrease unemployment. it is his job to put that policy into motion. he will have to debate that with his political family, during the end of the month. >> thank you so much. reporting from the presidential palace. the french president, francois hollande, is moving to britain -- is going up to brussels for a meeting on the central african republic. violence has been on the rise and is the subject of a minisummit. with countries from africa and the european union. mabel joins us from brussels. let's start with the summit, francois hollande is hosting this meeting on the central african republic. when will this mission finally get going? >> i had just heard after the initial deployment of 500 million -- there'll be 500 european troops in the next few weeks. that meeting has just kicked off

at noon, with the french president francois hollande, who will hear from the european council and president herman van rumquist. and the associate of the united nations and the head of the central african republic. they will focus on the area -- and the neighborhood -- and surely these troops will have to enforce public order in the area, especially at night when a number of the killings seem to be taking place. during this meeting they will -- this will cost 600 million euros that they will hand over to the african union. francois hollande wanted this central african mission to be a european union mission and not a french mission. this is about the political will that he has been looking for since december. >> the european union has

neglected the role in africa in recent years. do the european union leaders plan on making up for that today? >> they have rolled out the red carpet behind me. it is unlikely that they will show this -- because european union-african relations have taken a turn. a number of issues with migration and climate change, we will be keeping you updated from brussels today. >> thank you so much for that. mavis is reporting from brussels. u.s. secretary of state john kerry has canceled a second trip in as many days to the middle east, after israel and the palestinians both announced move second further jeopardize peace talks. abbas signed to 100 conditions that the palestinians agreed not to do in the sanctions with israel, israel announced new settlements that they had pledged not to do. all of her ferry has more.

>> the middle east peace talks deadline approaches and there are new incentives to keeping israelis and palestinians at the table. abbas signed one dozen conditions in anger for the delay in releasing prisoners. john kerry said this would not attack -- not affect the costs. >> none of what he signed tonight involves the united nations. none of them. president abbas will keep his agreement, and he intends to negotiate through the month of april. >> john kerry did -- did show his disapproval, on wednesday. israel intern announced more settlement building on tuesday, which they had pledged not to do with a nationalized agreement. they are demanding that all construction stop.

>> the issue is no longer an issue. it is the settlement and those who are deployed from the church of nativity in 2002, it is time for them to come back. and israel will carry out other measures increasing the area of the territories and decreasing the area of the territories. >> they also denied that israel was considering freeing the israeli spy as a deal to get the israelis onboard for talks. sources said that this idea -- >> 2 blasts exploded today outside of cairo university. at least two people were killed including a police brigadier general. 4 police officers were wounded in what security officials say was an attack on a vehicle. the bobs want -- bombs went off seconds apart.

this comes with the near daily protests by students, over the ousted islamist president mohamed morsi. and exchanges between the head of nato and russia -- the secretary-general says that russia could cause conflict with a potential incursion into the ukraine, in just 3-5 days. andrew rasmussen has called this the gravest -- the incursion into the crimean region the greatest incursion into europe in a generation. nato foreign ministers have vowed to spend -- suspend all cooperation with russia and offer defense to alliance members who feel under threat. russia has accused nato of reverting to the language of the cold war, saying that neither side would gain from the move. a major earthquake has hit the northern coast of chile. hundreds of thousands of people were evacuated. that earthquake triggered a small tsunami.

waves 2 meters high battered the coast, but this anomaly alert has since been canceled. miraculously, just five people have been reported that so far. here is william hildebrand. >> the northern coast was struck by a powerful 8.2 earthquake. followed by more than 10 aftershocks and a small senomyx. the president said that the military would be brought in to maintain order. >> appropriate measures have been taken to protect their lines -- and the government will continue to confront this emergency and protect our citizens. >> the massive earthquake was 100 miles northwest of the mining town in a region that had experienced several earthquakes over the last two weeks. at the northern coast -- thousands of people must leave

their homes. landslides caused by the earthquake blocked some roads, adding to traffic jams. 140 kilometers from the epicenter, this is one of the hardest hit regions. >> it was so strong everything was moving along. >> please, just help us. it did not last long and people were moving. it frightened my daughter. >> 100 miles away the earthquake sent people running into the streets. and in the bolivian capital of la paz. >> malaysia is now reportedly focusing their criminal investigation into the missing flight 370 onto the pilot. the police chief says that all passengers on board the airplane had been cleared of any involvement in the disappearance of that flight, that went off

the radar over three weeks ago now. the hunt for the missing malaysia and energetic might turn up with nothing, they say. the surge in the remote south indian ocean began two weeks ago with 18 ships and airplanes on the hunt, but so far they have come up empty-handed. the government of the new french prime minister, manuel valls, is unveiled, and among them are socialist heavyweight sengolene royal, a major comeback for the former presidential candidate and former partner of president francois hollande. french president francois hollande is in brussels today. for a summit on africa and the european union. much of his focus will be on the increase in violence in central africa. a major earthquake has hit the northern coast of chile. hundreds of thousands of people

have been evacuated but so far, just five have been reported dead. around the world, we have flo on the set. there is a lot of focus between israel and the palestinians. >> the front page of the wall street journal says that these talks are endangered. the wall street journal says that eight months of talks trying to bring israelis and palestinians to the negotiation table says that these -- talks to bring israelis and palestinians together are near collapse. john kerry lashed out and said he would read -- seek further u.n. support unless a prisoner release by israel went ahead. -- abbas lashed out and said he would seek further you in support unless a prisoner release by israel went ahead. jonathan pollard is an american who was accused of spying for

israel three decades ago. the obama administration has floated a proposal to release him in exchange for israel's continued participation in the ongoing peace process. this is scheduled to end on april 29. this, according to the daily beast, is a character to make sure that israel stays in the negotiation, but this article has an exclusive, this proposal is facing a bipartisan backlash from congress, that both the democratic and republican heads of the senate intelligence committee are staunchly opposed to this going through. >> the israeli press is also reacting to all of this. >> there is a very pessimistic opinion piece that says that the israeli-palestinian negotiations on a diplomatic version of the malaysian airplane affair, they have disappeared from the radar. and those talks are not going anywhere -- it may be time for the u.s. to withdraw from these

peace negotiations, netanyahu and abbas would get along on their own. >> more international people are continuing to respond to the political situation in france, where we have a new prime minister, manuel vall. >> they want a strong man and that is what they get with this new prime minister. president francois hollande is said to have replaced his spineless sidekick with a reformer, who likes to talk tough on immigration. the "wall street journal" is also focusing on this today and applauds his performance by francois hollande -- appointment by francois hollande. he has the air of bill clinton or tony blair. could this be the key to get him to steer to the right side of the road, the one that the "wall street journal" would like. but french economic policy -- we are -- we have learned over the

years never to raise our hopes too high. >> i like that headline, righting hollande. the french newspapers are looking at the split between the socialists and the green party. >> following negotiations the green party said they did not want to have anything to do with the government led by him. they said that he is being tested by the green party. the right-leaning party is also focusing on this. the senatorial says -- good riddance, it is time that the government has gotten rid of these turbulent allies. he was not a big fan of the green party. he likened them to the apostles of negative growth. it is good that francois hollande will no longer be bothered by these voices of discord in the government. >> how is conservative opposition relating to this -- reacting to this? >> they are watching this as a show and really enjoying the show.

the vice president of the u.n. says that they are going to burn -- that he is going to burn his wings and now that he is in charge, everyone will see how big of a fake valls is. a lot of people tend to compare valls to the former president, nicolas sarkozy. it's take a look at the front page of this magazine. this is going to come out tomorrow. you can see sarkozy, there is no doubt about this. sarkozy and valls are similar with the same character, hyperactive and ambitious and controversially curious -- and there are other similarities. in fact, there is a list of seven similarities. kind of a reverse game of spot the difference. think about their personal life, both married to musicians, both a fan of for all and working out -- football and working out.

they both have a square job. and they both come from the region and like white horses. >> thank you so much, that is a look at the papers today. next is sports. >> the champions league, manchester united and bayern munich with a draw. captain vidic in the corner. the bundesliga champions -- he finds fienstein to score. bayterern with the crucial away goal. >> you have to be satisfied especially when you are down, it was not an easy game. everyone said before the game, everyone said that bayern would win but that is not how it worked, they are a very good team.

we played football tonight. they tried to counterattack. in the end, 1-1 is ok. >> we fell behind 0-1 and it was important to get a goal. we are pleased with the result and now the next game is at home and everything is in our hands. >> barcelona was 1-1 in the quarterfinals this week. diego got that stunning goal, and pinter had a stand-in for victor valdis. with 20 minutes left -- he beat him on the fourth draw this season. >> he says it was a tough game between two great teams. our team can defend well, but we

are good in attack and can create some chances. we scored once and will tyry to do the same in the next game. it is tough to play in this stadium, butw e have tht we have ability to win. >> the goalkeeper says "i tried to do my job like the rest of my team, and this was a good goal. " >> they host chelsea in the quarterfinal. and they clash between the french champion and the 2012 champions league winners. he will have his part to play, he has been irresistible in europe with 10 goals. the pressure is said to really be on chelsea. they are the favorites to advance. >> we play against a fantastic team, and we have nothing to lose.

every game that we win from today in france is a bonus for us. we have artie won the champions league. -- we have already won the champions league. >> they faced little competition in france and want to increase competition -- >>we mus we must paylay well. we have a tough game ahead of us. there are temas witams with gret quality in the french league as well. >> increasing to the -- second straight french league title, their hopes hinge on a beat -- defeat at the crystal palace. they are looking for a response from paris, that they will have

to play the best against the likes of these teams. >> we have faced very good strikers. this is one of the biggest strikers in the world. the numbers are there. this is a reference for the team. in france -- the same way that chelsea was in england. while chasing season after season. in the champions league, reaching the semi finals and the finals, and they are doing the same. >> the last time that chelsea played in the park was against chelsea in 2004. it was 3-0 but they expect a different proposition and much

tighter game this season. >> tuesday's quarterfinal -- 1-1 ahead of tuesday's second legs. chelsea and real madrid are against -- are in a revenge mission against dortmund in the semis. >> the latest football news, fifa has been barcelona from signing any players for the next two transfer windows because of rule violations. the disciplinary committee says that the spanish champions broke rules concerning players under 18 years old.

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