>> welcome to the "france 24" newsroom. the headlines this hour. thailand's former prime minister is summoned by the ruling military. a day after the army carries out a coup in what it says is a big to restore order. e.u.ions for a new parliament are underway. opinion polls suggest a possible disappointment for the netherlands. standard shooting by triggers protests in istanbul. one demonstrator is killed. the violence raises fresh accusations against the police

of excessive use of force. we get an update from our correspondent. i will be with you for the next hour of news. also coming up in the program, the french open kicks off this sunday. roland garros attracts business fans and businesses alike. we take a closer look as companies hope to hit a financial ace. we will take you on a tour of europe. the e.u. elections are in full swing. but first, a mass political summoning in thailand. the military has called in the entire ousted government, including the former prime minister. it comes a day after the army launched a coup in what it says

is a bid to restore order. the military made its move after rival political factions refused to give ground. it is the latest turn in a struggle for power between the royalist establishment and a populist government. we have more from the capital bangkok. >> the military took control of the country yesterday. it is trying to tighten its grip on power and nip any possible resistance. 150 five political leaders and others that have been summoned to meet with the military today. they are in a meeting at the moment. it is unclear what the meeting is about or what it is going to do. it seems likely they will be laying down ground rules for this new regime that will be running the country, warning individuals they will not be tolerated if they try and depose the current regime. those 155 people have been slept

with travel bans. they are not allowed to leave the country. television stations have been blacked out since the coup yesterday. they are scheduled to come back online this evening. we have seen protests in bangkok and in the north against the coup, despite a ban by the military with a threat of one year in prison for gatherings of five people or more. there is a concern regarding the leaders of the movement that have been against the military 2006 that continued to stand on the side of the government that has been ousted again. we have been trying to contact many of those leaders. none have been reached in the last 24 hours. it seems they may have been detained. we are not sure where they are at the moment. >> the political unrest is taking its toll on thailand's economy. tourism is a key sector in the country. the numbers are already down.

are reacting to the military takeover. >> for these tourists in bangkok, it is time to leave. a day after the military coup, they decided to travel other parts of the country far away from the capital or even go home. >> we are going away today. when we arematter going. we think it is ok. i think it is a little scary because i do not know much about it. people do not know much about it it seems like. it is a little bit frightening. otherse some packed up, have no intention of changing their itinerary for a coup. both countries have not called on their citizens to leave thailand. many foreigners are staying until the situation deteriorates further. >> it is on our mind, but we are ok.

we come from europe. >> for the first quarter months of the year, tourist arrivals are already down 5%. travel agencies fear the coup could trigger a new decline in these figures. tourism makes up about 10% of thailand's economy. the drop in visitors of the beginning of the year has contributed to the fall of the country's gdp and added to fears it is sliding into recession. two of parliament elections in europe. voters in ireland and the czech republic have started casting their ballots this friday. a total of 20 countries are taking part in the staggered polls which run until the sunday. the u.k. and the netherlands were the first to vote. estimates show britain's anti-e.u. party made strong gains in local elections. this could indicate a good sewing --showing for the e.u.

poll. the dutch freedom party suffered a surprise setback at the polls and are no longer in the top position. >> it is a devastating blow to the dutch far right. according to exit polls released thursday, the freedom party is set to finish behind the pro-european rivals. the party is blaming a low turnout of 37% for its poor performance. >> the netherlands has not become more pro-europe. 2/3 of the voters stayed at home. i can only say we fought like lions. the exit polls are disappointing. but let's not be too upset over it. freedom indicate the party will get about 12.2% of the vote, bringing the number of seats it has in the assembly down from five to three. the christian democrats and centrist democrats are

positioned to get over 30% of the vote with four seats each. the freedom party had the lead in opinion polls until a controversial remark before voting. he made a comment widely viewed as racist. with europe struggling to some areconomically, expected to see a surge in support. >> let's turn our attention who greece. the left is open for a strong turnout for one party. we have this report from athens. joins former colleagues at a protest outside the finance ministry in downtown athens. she became a symbol for workers throughout the country after suffering an acid attack over her trade union activities. she is now campaigning for the

party which has given new momentum to the european left. think it can bring change to europe. their different stance and interests are needed in our society to help the weak. education,rian by she battles it out greek rivals on t.v. show's expounding her party's plan for change across europe. >> we can solve problems by dialogue and with proposals. it is a success story for the young leader who was nominated as the left-wing candidate for the presidency of the european commission. >> there is no doubt he is sort of a poster boy for the european left. but there are reservations.

him asf members see calling for exit from the euro. there has been a lot of populist rhetoric. >> skepticism remains about his potential. one thing is for sure. ballot, thesunday's european left can no longer go unnoticed. now to fresh violence in ukraine. at least five people have been killed in clashes in a village. it comes on the heels of which 17s attacks in soldiers were killed by pro-russian gunmen. the separatist movement in the east is threatening to disrupt the sunday's presidential election. the country is looking to pull itself out of political turmoil that has gripped the nation for months. believesputin said he ukraine had collapsed in civil

war and had been cast since the president was ousted. it has been three months since he left power. probe of his alleged embezzlement scheme has barely started. >> ever since he fled, volunteers have been waiting through documents he and his cronies tried to destroy. >> different pieces of paper. >> these documents come from the offices of the man who rose from nowhere to billionaire status in 2012, sparking suspicion he was fronting for the regime and embezzling state money. the papers confirm the connections. >> he did not pay the president directly. he paid the tax minister who then paid the president. a covert family have denied wrongdoing but never commented on the documents.

his party seems almost as fragmented as these papers. candidate's rivals are also running. they're striving to distance themselves from the ousted leader. the current government is even more subservient to russia. >> they are best friends of russia. they give them territory, gas, anything. >> the pro-front runner in the election has announced russia. once part ofas them. the palace is now a tourist attraction. it the country is still a long way off from changing.

officers are determined to keep a close watch on whoever wins the election. shooting of aal bystander by turkish police has triggered deadly protests in istanbul. the 30-year-old victim was shot and killed as he watched police clash with demonstrators in a working-class neighborhood thursday. turkish police have been accused by human rights groups of excessive use of force in the past. authorities say an investigation into the death is underway. jasper mortimer is following the story for us. protests turning deadly in turkey. walk us through the events of the past 24 hours. >> yesterday, there was an antigovernment demonstration in a working-class suburb of istanbul which has a history of riots and protests against the government. it was there last year that a 14-year-old boy going out to buy a loaf of bread for his mother was hit in the head by a tear gas and mr. fired by police.

he died after being in a coma for nine months. yesterday, the demonstration quickly turned into a riot. the writers threw petrol bombs at the police. police opened fire. a man coming out of a house of andhip was hit in the head died in hospital. when news of that got around, the rioting intensified. it went through the night. today, a second person was killed. he has not been identified yet. said he wasrnment hit in the head by a fragmentation bomb thrown by a writer -- rioter. is toll in the last 24 hours two dead, nine civilians injured, eight police officers injured. the rioting is likely to go on. the funeral will today take

place in the house of worship or he was shot yesterday. >> turkish police have been accused of using heavy-handed tactics in the past. are we seeing growing calls for that to change? are we likely to see reforms? >> we are certainly hearing calls for it. hasleader of the opposition just spoken out and said the right to demonstrate is a natural human right and police should not use guns to quell protests. policeesterday's riot, pulled the guns for ballistic analysis to identify the policeman who shot him. that is a good beginning. but we have to look at the history. in last year's riots, eight civilians were killed. in a few cases, policeman are on trial for those killings. but not in all cases.

so far, not one policeman has been put in jail for what happened last year. until the police are punished for excessive use of force, such behavior will continue. >> thank you for that update. a mortar attack has reportedly struck an election gathering in the southern syrian city. state run media says the shelling struck late thursday evening. according to the syrian observatory for human rights, the attack targeted a gathering supportersssad's killing 21 people including 11 civilians. the presidential election is set for june 3. assad is widely expected to win a third term. the vote is criticized by the west and opposition groups which call it a sham. you are watching "france 24." it is time for a recap of our headlines. thailand's former prime minister

summoned by the ruling military a day after the military carried out a coup in what it says is a bid to restore order. in elections for a new e.u. are underway. ireland and the czech republic heading to the polls today. opinion polls suggest a possible disappointment for the netherlands. the fatal shooting of bystander triggers deadly protests in istanbul. one demonstrator is killed. the violence raising fresh accusations against the police of excessive use of force. you are watching "france 24." it is time for a look at what is making headlines in our international press. theill be starting with european elections which are underweight. >> we had the vote in the u.k. and netherlands on thursday. it is not possible to have any results before midnight sunday because there will be staggered voting across europe.

we do have local election results in the u.k. him smiling. the u.k. independence party in local elections delivering the first tremors of a political earthquake according to the headline. if you extrapolate and say that is applied to the european vote, perhaps he is going to emerge with ukip as the leading party. >> they are hoping their success will translate on the european level. let's look at the countries voting today. they are ireland and the czech republic. they are both showing up in the papers. >> i turned to the papers. let's start with the "irish times." it is looking at the debt situation. -- dutch situation. we have seen a lot of him in the last few days. he is the leader of the freedom party.

the headline is saying he could be up for a major setback in these european elections. it is a direct contrast to what is happening in the u.k. in exit polls, he is put at fourth in terms of the european vote. we will have to see sunday evening how that pans out for him. let me go to the "progress post -- prague post." is looking at the broader issues about the european elections. with the far right, the question of migration and immigration, the movement of peoples across europe. in the piece it says the far right parties arising in the europe. that are not necessarily write about the issues as far as the facts are concerned. portugal? spain and ,ou have massive unemployment over 20%. why are there no far right parties there?

as far as this piece is concerned, what is happening is which haveuntries managed integration in terms of migration and immigration, they are the ones that have succeeded in having a unified society and not a divided society with farm right groups gaining sway. i thought i was fascinating because it away spain and portugal are showing an example to the north of europe where we see the brits and the netherlands upset about these issues. >> we have the majority of countries that will vote on sunday, august 21 countries -- that is 21 countries. one country not part of the selections will be holding their own poll. buddies ukraine for the key presidential election -- that is ukraine for the key presidential election. >> one of the foundations of the crisis it has had is it wanted to join the european union in

the first place. janokovic said no. the poll is for president. thenew man on the block, post has a piece about him. is looking at whether he will win. he is the front runner in the race. he is ament is justonaire, buddy see doing this to feather his own nest -- is he just doing this to feather his own nest? it says what he needs to learn with the massive crisis ukraine basis is to deal with the bankruptcy, crisis in russia, and get totally about his pinterest -- business interests. let's look at a contrasting article in politico out of the states. it is a good news analysis website.

don't you love the headline? "the chocolate king who wants to be president." the question in the piece is, why would ukrainians go about throwing out ovic in a revolution and suddenly turned to a new billionaire oligarch? what sense does that make? politico is saying he's not a bad guy. he's a clean oligarch. his business interests do matter. but he was a minister for janokovic until 2012. he came out on independence square and fought with the revolutionaries. he says in interviews now in the campaign i am not in oligarch. i was in the opposition all along. i was a minister but always opposed them. what can we say?

certainly, a fascinating collection and one we will be covering. >> we are running out of time. things with to end something that has been rumbling for days. it is something about a prince and a president. prince charles has said to someone in canada he thinks vladimir putin is somewhat like hitler in the way he has been stomping around eastern europe, harking back to the 1930's and adolf hitler. t betweennow a spa moscow and london with a frosty meeting between russian diplomats and u.k. diplomats, with the russians being outraged with what prince charles has said. i love the cartoon that's shows them going to the evening cocktail party saying to keep a lid on the smalltalk because we

do not want to start a third world war. really funny. >> it often gets people in hot water. that is unfortunate coming from him. thank you for a look at the international press. stay tuned. our coverage continues with the sports update. here is a round up. >> the german club have won the women's champions league final for the second year running after edging out sweden. she gave them the lead after 28 minutes. the swedes doubled that lead a few minutes later. after a second goal from marta, she made it 3-3 to put the germans back in the game. a great way to celebrate her birthday. martina popped up for the second year running to poke in the winter. they are the champions again.

press tothe world's the central city as she conducted her first press conference as coach of the second division club. is the highest level any female has coached at in europe. the 36-year-old pleaded to be treated like any other boss. what is it going to be like as a woman in a man's world? i don't consider it as an adventure. i think it is just my work. knowing all the challenges it represents. but i do wish you would not look at this as if it was some kind of a game or strategy. it is my job. she took over the women before her most recent role with iran. is former french midfielder stepping down from his role as assistant manager to take over the reins somewhere else.

the 41-year-old was offered an extension in his contract with the french champions, but he preferred to take his first role as head coach. world cup preparations have been thrown into turmoil. he has a knee injury. they insist he should be ready for the world cup despite the need for an immediate operation after he twisted his knee in training. the focal point of his nation's attack, the surgery normally keeps players out four to six weeks. they will play against costa rica first and then england in four weeks time. he has signed a five-year deal with barcelona. the 22-year-old becomes the new number one goalkeeper with victor leaving at the end of his contract. he spent 12 million euros to sign him.

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