>> welcome to the france 24 newsroom. it is 1 p.m. in paris, 2 p.m. in kiev. headlines this hour. russia says it will cut off gas supplies over a past bill and tells berlin's it will keep -- berlin will keep the lines open. beguntaly klitschko has his new job as mayor of the capital of ukraine. troops on the ground have so far stop -- failed to stop the kerry and violence -- sectarian

violence in africa. and bnp paribas will be find -- fined. >> i am molly hall and i will be with you for the next hour of news. scotland, the countdown has officially begun for an independent referendum. nationalists are trying to convince voters to say yes to a split with the united kingdom. on the doublest rate and murder out of india, the brutal death of two in thers sparking anger country. over, last-ditch talks russian gas. emergency meetings have been called for this friday in a bid

to keep gas pipes open between russia and ukraine. moscow demands that kiev pay it gas bill, some $3.5 billion, and 2 billion of it by monday. otherwise, the kremlin says it will cut off supplies, potentially affecting europe as well. >> the deadline looms. threatens to halt gas supplies to ukraine if it's bill remains unpaid by monday. of the month of may, ukraine has been taking the maximum daily volumes allowed by the contract and by june 7, ukraine's that -- gas supply debt will come to more than $5 billion. the ukrainian government says it is willing to pay as long as russia lowers its prices. kiev is looking to lower an

agreement since 2009, which has a paying higher gas over any other european country. price to just the under $270 when the former president rejected an eu trade deal last year. but the deal was quickly taken back when he was ousted in february. in a bid to resolve the dispute, berlin will host talks between russia and ukraine and the european commission on friday. >> let's head to syria, where have killed nearly 2000 civilians this year. that is according to the british based conservatory of human rights. dividedo, it has been

since the rebellion began in 2012. lucy is covering the story for us. tell us more about the findings there. said, over 2000 people by bombs in14 alone oil drums stuffed with metal and designed to do maximum impact. they are indiscriminate weapons by human rights -- they are deemed indiscriminate weapons by human rights watch is. 217 children under 18 have been killed and 280 william -- women. they are criticized for being indiscriminate. arbitrary -- and the

observatory said it is part of partnersnational failure. toy try to refer those cases the international criminal court, and it was vetoed i russia and china. that was part of the reason behind these continued bombings. >> the presidential elections will be held in syria next week. of course, those are controversial. are we seeing the regime step up its campaign ahead of this? campaign forhe aleppo has stepped up in the last month, followed by a joint movement by the rebel groups. month, it took homs .ack from the rebels it had been called the capital of the revolution. it was a symbolic victory. now it seems the campaign has

stepped up for the divided city of aleppo. and as you said, it is head of -- ahead of a pole that is happening on tuesday. there are other candidates, however all believe that bashar al-assad is the only one who can win this election. >> thank you. objective, rate, and hung from -- abducted, rate, and hung from a tree, that was the fate of two girls in india. they were both 14 years old. they were getting ripped and their -- gang rates and their bodies were found suspended from a tree. and angry silent protesters at the scene. two police officers have been suspended over negligence.

tensions are running high in the central african republic. shots can be heard in the streets as demonstrations were held in the capital near the airport. the protesters say they are angry over the government and foreign military forces deployed in the country. ground, we speak with the head of the doctors without borders there. thank you for taking the time to speak with us. what is the current situation where you are? very tense.tion is it is very early this morning. demonstrations started at 4:00 in the morning.

there has been fighting with the demonstrators and armed groups. it has been very difficult. in a small part of the city there was still some violence some lot of activity and have been wounded. reportsou tell us the that at least two people have injured,several others can you tell us any more on that? >> we have had 10 wounded yesterday and today, for five

or fivended -- four more wounded. there was aoned .ull in the violence what changes have you seen since the interim government came into power? changesituation did not so much, actually. [indiscernible] that is why there are such demonstrations. >> thank you very much. for breaking the rules, the u.s. government wants to find french bank e&p para paribas forp

breaking sanctions. they are seeking $10 billion over banking involvement with cuba -- all and countries that face trade embargoes. paribas stand accused of breaking embargoes with iran, 2002-09. sudan between the fine exceeds their annual revenue. negotiations are ongoing with the bank, trying to reduce the .ind -- the fines the head of france's central bank last week expressed concern

about steps related to the investigation. the news comes on the heels of another high-profile criminal case involving credit suisse. taxbank pleaded guilty to fraud, but kept its banking license as part of the deal. s have been bank -- have been cracking down on large banking institutions. video twor in this weeks ago said no one was too big to jail. >> to be clear, no individual or company, no matter how large or profitable, is above the law. credit suisse paid out $2.6 billion. hsbc was fined just under $2 billion in 2012 for helping mexican drug cartels with money laundering. said -- ison and

findto impose its record there has alsoas been a group on a tour of cuba. ,> seeking business opportunity the u.s. chamber of commerce head said it is time to change relationships between the u.s. and cuba. >> for too long, the relationship between the u.s. thank you for has been defined by our differences and shackled by our past -- between the u.s. and cuba has been defined by our differences and shackled by our past. it doesn't have to be that way. >> the u.s. has not had diplomatic ties with obama since 1961 and trade embargoes have been in place since -- for more

than half a century. cuba has been increasingly turning to other countries. the european union is now its biggest trading partner. accompanied by some top business factories,privatize his trip was criticized back home by some lawmakers who support the sanctions. >> everybody is entitled to their opinion, including the members of the congress and senate. we happen to have a very different view. we think this is an opportunity. >> the trip comes as washington is set to impose a record find on bnp harbaughs -- a record for breakingaribas sanctions and doing business with countries like cuba. eurosrenchman who won the

millions lottery has opted to give the majority of the jackpot to charity. the donor prefers to remain anonymous. >> five numbers, two stars, a life-changing commendation. , a man 31st of this year celebrates in front of his television. his lucky ticket amounting to 72 million euros. but the man from southwest france is not holding onto most the jackpot. instead, the winner has chosen to give over 50 million euros away to charities, raising more than a few eyebrows. if i won, i would give a bit to charity, but i would also think of my family and friends, too. >> the winner could have treated himself to the most expensive ring in the world, five yard, or spend the rest of his life on this desert island. or he could have put the cash in the bank. interest alone would have earned

him 1.5 million euros a year. still, giving the money away is not as surprising as it might seem. or a's like a nuclear bomb lightning bolt. you wonder whether it is really for you. because you haven't done anything to deserve it. in a way, you want to get rid of it. >> the lucky winner wants to remain anonymous. he has asked merely to be informed how the donations are going to be used. is time for a check of the headlines. russia is looking to cut off ukraine's gas supplies over past bills. berlin is holding talks to keep the pipe lines open. tensions are high in the central african republic. two protesters are reportedly killed and demonstrators are angry over the government and foreign military presence on the ground. protestan villagers against police inaction after finding two girls rate and killed.

two officers -- two girls ra ed. and kill two officers were suspended. moving onto egypt, a landslide victory. >> the provisional route sold -- result, 93% of the vote, but not the turnout he wanted, 46% according to approximations. a quoteart out with from the washington post this morning. on the bottom later there it says, the election where nobody voted, followed by other bricks that said restrictions on assembly, speech, and groups. what is this? it is the tomb of the unknown democracy, according to this cartoon. that is a lot of what the western media is saying, that the selection was not very democratic. in fact, the guardian today

saying egypt has come full circle with the elevation of another general to the position of head of state after a flawed and problematic electoral process. the wall street journal is looking at the role media played, mainly television. >> that is right. according to this article, it is a very powerful thing, the egyptian media, and it shapes public opinion and played a decisive role in lifting him to his role as president. they quote several examples where the media played a key role, for instance, in june, several leading television stations started referring to the muslim brotherhood as terrorists. and during elections, a lot of these channels referred to people boycotting the election as traitors. ins has been instrumental shaping public opinion. but it also points out that given the huge power, media

sources could actually play a decisive role in whether or not his presidency is successful. >> let's turn to another election, one that has not happened yet. of course, here in france. >> the paper has a very interesting poll today as it points out socialists prefer valls to hollande. the prime minister came in first in one poll with about 40%. the president came in third with only 15%. this was very humiliating for the president. why are socialists earning their back on the president? in the editorial, it said, the truth is, he comes across as a procrastinator.

he takes his time in the face of urgency, and when he does act, it is too little, too late. and the prime minister is younger and more pragmatic and especially more in tune with reality. >> other papers are focusing on -- frontonal protests protest in the country. >> that is right. they came in with about 25% of the vote. mr. of a lot of young people into the street yesterday. 10,000 young people took part in demonstrations across the country. young people are having a hard time rallying against the national front because the people who organized the demonstration yesterday are really hoping to repeat history. it is a very historic anti-national front demonstration that took place on april third, 2002. one million people demonstrated against the national front in that demonstration. 10,000 people yesterday pales in

comparison. why are things different? or to percent of people between age 18-34 voted for the national front because a lot of them say they feel disillusioned with mainstream parties. memorial, it is upsetting some people. >> that is right, the memorial museum has upset a lot of people. it is a museum with a $24 entrance fee and a gift shop. and a lot of the gift shop has upset people. this is an article in the new york post. what is for sale in this gift shop? the photo here is a cheese platter shaped like the united states with spots on it that mark where the planes went down. this cheese platter has been pulled from the shelves because a lot of people were outraged. things in the gift shop. a baseball cap with a 9/11 memorial written on it. with jacket for your dog

the logo of the new york fire department on it. all of this has upset a lot of people. i'm sure we will hear a lot more about this in the weeks to come. let's move onto a letter story about new york. fans of pet ferrets will be happy to hear that the mayor, bill de blasio, is planning to repeal a 15-year-old ban on head ferrets. they are so cute. >> how many owners are there of ferrets? >> a petition went around and several hundred people signed it. but he is planning to ban horse-drawn carriages around central park because he says the words are not treated humanely. >> let's focus on a generous luxury winner of -- lottery winner. >> this is front-page news because it's the first time it's ever happened. a man 172 trillion euros in the

euros millions and he is 72ting -- a man won million euros in the euros millions and he is donating 50 million euros of it. he said he does not have children and he wants to donate to charity. a very nice guy, i must submit. >> that is right. i could see some good things being done here. thank you very much for the a look at the headlines across the world. stay with us. it is time for a sports update. france continues their growth up to next month world cup in brazil. they have been gathering momentum ever since they beat ukraine in the playoffs last november. i think something has been happening for a while since the second day against ukraine. we feel good inside this group.

.here is a good atmosphere and since monday, everything has been going ok. we've been preparing at 100% for the world cup, and the group has been living very well together. it's great. the first game against norway with good results was a good omen for us. >> despite a crushing win over defend they had to performance of midfielder. >> obviously, yes qualities above the average. but don't worry, i told him what he did well and what i did not like. he is still young. what is bred in the bones still comes out on the front -- in the flesh, but he still very good at what he's able to do. >> a final warm-up against jamaica before their opening

game on the 15th of june against honduras. portugal will feel that anything is possible in this world cup. fresh from winning the champions madrid, renaldo has now linked up with the squad. arrived at theo training club on the atlantic coast. >> is big. everyone knows he has influence. he is our captain, so his influence is important. we are happy is here. he must also be happy, and being european champions league it is good for us and good for them. the 2006 semi finalists -- >> the 2006 a my finalists are in a difficult match.

the first one against the germans is a crucial one. a lesson on gave thursday. he crushed his opponent from austria. intondy murray also cruise round three against his opponent. tennis, two's former champions regressed around three. ivanovicage -- anna took her opponent.

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