but as you are watching live from paris on france 24 for the latest news. putin -- vladimir hasian vladimir putin visited crimea. a militaryattending parade there this friday. grace in italym continues. former prime minister silvio berlusconi has started committee service at alzheimer's home. and another mass rally to try to

.ust the government also coming up for you in the next hour on "live from paris" as more troops in venezuela made campsawn raid on protest wereracas, more than 200 arrested. and an update on the fukushima powerplant three years on from the disaster there. but first, russian president vladimir putin has just arrived in crimea, the peninsula which only a few weeks ago voted to break away from ukraine and become a part of russia. ,his is a highly symbolic visit

the first time bruton has been in crimea since its annexation. has beenrst time putin in crimea since its annexation. the visit was particularly striking, given the context. listen. >> this is a day marked by patriotism. we all have an acute feeling of what it means to be true to our land and how important it is. >> russian vladimir -- russian president vladimir putin speaking. reporter is there locally. take us through what he will be doing on his very first visit to crimea. >> russian president vladimir putin has just arrived in crimea

to take part in the victory day celebration. he was congratulating russians with victory day and shaking hands with veterans in red square, but he is now in crimea. a will certainly be getting warm welcome here, because many say they are grateful to putin for crimea joining russian and being brought home. watch a navy parade, which promises to be most spectacular this year. crimea is home to russia's black sea navy fleet. and it marks 70 years since the end of nazi occupation.

and 70 years since the end of the second world war. demonstrationsbe by russia's air force. some of those jets will be in the skies above. clear ifnot quite medvedev might be with food and. -- with putin. despite germans chancellor angela merkel warning against it. >> we will continue to follow this first visit to crimea since it declared it was part of russia by vladimir putin. meanwhile, it seems the choice between referendum or war, pro-separatist russia just --

said it willkraine go ahead with their referendum despite those calling for it to be postponed. onto other news, continuing in his spectacular fall from grace, italy's former prime minister silvio berlusconi has begun committee service. as punishment for tax fraud, he has been ordered to hospice for alzheimer's patients. we are just outside the lawn where berlusconi is doing his committee -- outside milan where berlusconi is doing his community service. journalists are

here, as well as tight security. as you put it, a stunning fall from grace for the three-time prime minister of italy. is in thed berlusconi building behind me to do his court ordered community service for tax fraud conviction. he was technically supposed to serve a four-year prison sentence, but that was commuted down to four hours a week of community service for a year because of his age and former position. he did not make any kind of statement to awaiting journalists here. he cannot make any kind of statement. that is what was stipulated by this catholic run care facility -- catholic-run care facility here on the outskirts of men than -- of milan. hadotester wearing a clown

said he thought that berlusconi should actually be in jail. he should not even be serving community service for his sentence. on top of that, there were residents close to this building, residents who spoke to the media saying they had voted for berlusconi and they felt he should not be doing this here either because he has more important work to do. that mr., a sign berlusconi does divide a lot of butians here in italy, still a dominant force in political life. berlusconi is still campaigning, isn't he, even though his legal woes are far from over? >> exactly. aside from this definitive conviction for which he's serving this community service, he's also appealing the trial for the underage sex conviction for the infamous ruby gate trial

. he's also facing trial for allegedly bribing a senator, as well as another case on in the illegal wiretapping issue. his legal woes are far from over. and technically, he is banned from holding any kind of political office and has been expelled from parliament. but he can still campaign, particularly for the european parliamentary elections scheduled later this month. he is still the leader of his center-right party. and he is a central figure in it. campaigning. there has been a media blitz in recent weeks on television talk shows and radio talk shows. but later today he is likely to make another statement. perhaps in another 45 minutes. we will see whether he makes any kind of statement. but he has to come here once a week, every week, for at least a

year. >> after months of violence, south sudan's but -- president and rebel leader are set for talks this friday for the first time since the conflict broke out. has arrivedlva kiir for talks with the rebel leader riek machar. meanwhile, both are accused of crimes against humanity. >> meeting face to face for the first time since mass violence erupted in december. salvasudan's president kiir and former vice president will hold talks. >> it will speed up the process because what will happen is that fighting must stop.

the bleeding must stop. that is a priority. must beer two, there humanitarian assistance. >> it comes one day after the un's least it's damning report accusing both sides of crimes against humanity. it described executions, including that of children, and .etting rate and mutilations it also warned of severe famine and genocide. after salva kiir accused riek machar of planning a coup. ifce december, thousands, not tens of thousands, have been killed. both sides are accused of widespread ethnic massacres. two hundred 50 civilians hiding in a mosque were said to be slaughtered by rebels. the rebels said they were simply

caught in the crossfire. away fromn broke sudan after decades of conflict. >> oxford -- oscar pistorius has been in court in south africa. prosecutors's are trying to prove that his girlfriend was awake and eight food approximate two hours before the incident, which goes against the defense's argument. claims that she ate after waking around 1:00 a.m. thailand, police have fired tear gas and water cannons at antigovernment protesters as a crowd of hundreds try to force their way into a government compound this friday. througher a thai court the prime minister out of office.

>> they have called it their final offense will -- offensive. on friday, thousands of antigovernment protesters took to the streets of bangkok. this after the removal of the prime minister by the court two days ago. the interim government moscow and an entirely new cabinet must be appointed. the new prime minister is just a puppet. i want to tell him he is an illegal caretaker prime minister, like the whole caretaker cabinet. >> speaking to the crowd, the protest leader asked protesters to march to the government house where the prime ministers office is located. they also plan to sit in front .f major national tv stations the interim government says it will organize new elections in july, but protesters want a total overhaul of the political system. they want to put an end to the brother, a mans

vilified as a crony capitalist. >> the government has shown they will continue working as a government. we cannot take these people running our country anymore. >> tens of thousands of red shirt government supporters are also said to have protested in the capital on saturday. there clinging to the hope -- they are clingy to the hope that they will bring mission what party back to power. inawat party back to power. >> in chile, student protesters have hit the streets again for the first time since the president was reelected. thousands of students marched through the streets in the capital, santiago, on thursday. in her election, she promised free university education and

the end of state subsidies for private colleges. for the is not enough students, weapon campaigning for a better education in chile for the past three years. in venezuela, soldiers in aarrested 243 people sweep on protest camps there, detaining youths and student activists. protesters have been camping out in the streets of caracas in protest of the president. >> teargas filled the streets of caracas as police try to disperse protesters. areuse -- the youths demanding the release of hundreds of fellow students -- arrested earlier in the day. >> they were not doing anything wrong. they were sleeping when the police came. it is unacceptable that they do this when the constitution stage again protest peacefully.

>> in a this -- in a surprise move, the lease dismantled and four protest camps in the capital and arrested more than 200. described as violent and intoxicated doug, -- thugs, the police spoke about the predawn raid. >> no one can think that with all of this equipment and the large quantities of alcohol consumed at these sites that all this belongs to peaceful and defenseless protesters. >> authorities say the protesters were using the camps as a base to make petrol bombs and carry out what they say are terrorist attacks. many of the demonstrators are students, angry at foreign prices and food shortages. a want the president to step down. -- they want the president to step down.

about 3000 protesters have been arrested in the last three months. >> let's get a reminder of news headlines from paris. russian president vladimir putin has arrived in crimea, his first visit to the peninsula since the peninsula became part of russia. there will be a military parade there this friday. in thailand, police have fired tear gas and water cannons at antigovernment protesters, who are holding another mass rally to try to oust the government. and in his spectacular fall from grace, it continues. prime minister -- former prime minister or the sony will begin community service today -- former prime minister berlusconi will begin community service today. as take a look at what has been grabbing headlines around the world. papers are continuing to focus on this big story out of nigeria, the kidnapping of more than 200 girls by the infamous group boko haram.

>> it is getting a lot of attention the regional press. focuses -- one paper really focuses on the fight against boko haram. it said, at last, the fight against boko haram has gotten the attention of the international community. because the girls were kidnapped about three weeks ago, but there has been as viral campaign that we've been seeing online, the # .ringbackour girls >> a lot of attention on this. some papers are more critical on the western response that we are seeing. >> that is right. there is a very interesting article today. mary just asking -- mary de chevsky says the response leaves are cynical and cold. she said it cannot be seen in isolation of its political and

cultural context. and it is absurd that there is demand that world leaders should do something. she said, i'm sorry, but it is not really their problem. like a lot of people would say it is a regional problem. but let's leave that there. hollande hasent written something. leaving europe is leaving history and he outlines the europe that he wants. it's basically, a defense of the european union and the european project. the eighthcomes on of may. >> the anniversary of the allied forces. >> that is right. europe 9 is your day -- day. he is hitting back at the anti-europe -- and i.e. you rhetoric. he says it is dangerous.

anti--eu rhetoric. he says it is dangerous. is a passionate article in defense of europe. article, it says first of all that president hollande is trying to correct a mistake you make -- he made. he had a speech and he hardly mentioned europe at all. that is one thing he is trying to do, according to this article. but also, he is trying to make his voice heard ahead of other high-profile politicians that will be speaking in the lead up to elections. two former president architected to make a lot of comments. whatf them says that hollande is trying to do here is one up them. >> let's move on to the crisis in ukraine. that has been generating a lot of news.

a split, or a different at russian president vladimir putin and the pro-russian separatist in eastern ukraine. >> that is right and it's getting a lot of attention today. the future of the crane -- of ukraine is in the balance. reject a surprise by vladimirrance .utin are they defying the president? il this the separatist tal wagging the dog? or is it food and weaving his way through his plan -- is it putin weaving his way through his plan? other news. is >> the eurovision competition has serious political undertones

because russia and ukraine are in the finals in copenhagen. some say that the songs being sung by the competitors are laced with criticisms against each other. how will this affect the vote? ukraine could get some sympathy votes. a lot of papers are focusing on the competition. todayew york times" actually applaud this, edition and said in an age of skepticism, this, edition brings europe together. competition brings europe together. >> thank you. it's time to take a look at the latest sports news. >> fresh from winning back-to-back french titles, psg can go into its match with in a blacksmith. -- with a relaxed mood.

some of his teammate, he can now look forward to his holidays. title yesterday. this is what we worked very hard for the whole year. it evene able to win before the chairmanship is over, i mean, the two less games will be more relaxed. now people can focus on the world cup and i can focus on my vacation. >> tsg also won the league cup final. the swedish striker has called for a dose of realism. better, for sure, then last season. with a little bit of luck, we will be in the champions league. is, evil gets boiled, because now they expect us -- get spoiled, because now

they expect us to do well and in the last few years we have had four trophies. >> what is next? >> we want to make it the "not only in france, but in europe and worldwide. club, not only in france, but in europe and worldwide. but the former world cup winner collected -- >> the former world cup winner collected to trophies --two trophies since last summer. the information has been well received. >> i think all the players have quickly bought into it. i think it is a great thing that he has signed again and we can continue the adventure with him. been in a spot lately

with issues over the rules, but they have been in a bright spot, the french champions. the leo massey foundation announced a series of new initiatives aimed at improving the ongoing mobile health clinic in indonesia for health care in the developing world. >> the idea was to help the timeren, and in a short andfoundation grew a lot achieved some very important things. we didn't expect this success and we are very happy for it. and we hope to keep doing a lot more. massey's foundation, which was established in 2008, aims to by 2013million children -- by 2015.

the fundraiser was to support activity with additional assistance from herbal life. now, poise for a second stage win in as many days. he covered 167 kilometers. riders lay down the -- two belgian riders laid down a challenge. some were getting twitchy, including a french veteran writer -- rider. the lead group now numbering four. the 22-year-old winner of this race in 2013 boosted his prospects of successfully defending his title as he crossed the line in first.

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