>> thank you for watching i am invingt-quatre," paris. here are the headlines this hour. barack obama threw his weight behind eastern europe, saying it would not stand alone. he gave a speech in warsaw after telling the ukrainian president-elect that the u.s. is absolutely committed to the ukraine's future. china turns over security to try to snuff out any commemoration of the pro-democracy protests at kamman square -- tiananmen square. -- 25 been 30 years since years since troops left thousands dead. looks ---assad

reelection looks to be all the foregone conclusion. ♪ >> also coming up for you this hour, tom cruise makes a new record, screening his movie in three countries in just one day. we will get the latest from the paris premiere of "edge of tomor row." and this friday marks the 70th anniversary of d-day but this day some history buffs will be commemorating the anniversary underwater. footage of the wreckage of some of the votes that brought allied troops onto the normandy beaches. but first, barack obama has thrown his weight behind the u.s. commitment to its nato allies.

the u.s. president's speech in warsaw was a show of solidarity with eastern european nations. after russia's intervention in the ukraine. todayave come to warsaw on behalf of the united states, on behalf of the nato alliance, -- reaffirm our commitment to poland security. article five is clear, an attack all, and an attack on we have a binding obligation to defend your territorial integrity and we will. we stand together, now and forever, for your freedom is hours. poland will never stand alone. -- ours. poland will never stand alone. estonia will never stand alone. latvia will never stand alone. wlill never stand

alone. these are not just words, these are commitments. >> in addition to that show of support, president obama's speech was really an ode to poland and its democracy. >> absolutely. barack obama came to join poland and celebrating with the mayor of warsaw said was the regaining of independence, with elections and solidarity of the opposition movement that was one in 1979 -- won in 1979 and solidarity it was the key to all of the speeches, solidarity among the members of nato and barack obama said article five of the treaty, a establishing nato, an attack on one is an attack on all. there was a lot of talk about the need for solidarity in the ukraine. barack obama compared ukrainians

and their fight to bring down theyanukovich regime to movement to bring down communism and calls for solidarity among any people, that is what freedom -- the ukraine is not a member of nato and has no intention of joining nato in the near future. but they do express solidarity with ukraine to defend ukrainian democracy. got a big cheer here in warsaw. >> president obama met with the president-elect, petro p oroshenko. what came out of those talks? >> they have not promised any financial assistance to the ukraine but barack obama has said that the united states will share its knowledge. supporterms of military

for the ukrainians -- they very much want to help the ukraine support their economy and diversify their energy supplies. they are very clear that they need to wean themselves off of that russian gas. >> thank you so much for that. reporting from warsaw. as gulliver mentioned, the dispute over the unpaid gas bills continues, this is threatening gas supplies to europe and moscow is against kiev and the west. cash-strapped kiev six more days to pay their debt or face cuts in supplies. than $786nt of more ukraine morethe will at this time, gaspom not cut off gas supplies. >> we are doing everything to proceed normally, and although

movements have been made to clear the debt, this should still be repaid in full and more than $1.5 billion are outstanding. >> the russian gas giant has moved to seek payment for gas if the ukraine does not pay their debt by jude nine. the state oil and gas company has refused the charges by the viktorr, since removed, gass prices have soared. the acting prime minister wants to apply the discounted price negotiated in the past. of8 for 1000 cubic meters natural gas. it appears that there might not be numbers driving negotiations but politics. circumstances will the ukraine pay russia $500 for

1000 cubic meters of natural gas. there will be no other discussion. this is not a market price, this is a political price, the price is unheard of in europe. >> is an agreement is not reached by the end of the week, lawmakers in the ukraine have threatened to sue gaspom in a process that could last for months or years. >> later today barack obama will go to brussels for the g7 summit. this is the first time the world's leading industrialized nation will be meeting without russia in 17 years. we have more from brussels about how tensions with the ukraine will be dominating the conversation over there. -- this wille start at 8:00 brussels time, and leaders of the g7 will talk about the escalating violence in

the eastern ukraine. and they will talk about the actions taken on the 25th of may in the ukraine to confirm their reports for mr. poroshenko. both sides of the pond are quite business minded and vacation invested, -- [indiscernible] they say, we are lucky to see barack obama joined forced with the people of the ukraine, and they are calling on russia to engage in direct talks with poroshenko.h mr. >> next, 25 years ago the chinese government sent troops and tanks to crush a peaceful protest that was threatening the regime. that bloody repression was estimated to have left hundreds dead, if not thousands. since then, beijing has tried to erase the massacre of tiananmen

square from memory, including arresting dissidents which has increased this year. men squareted tianan say for soldiers standing guard, on hand are fire extinguishers in case any protesters try to set themselves alight. a flag raising ceremony takes place where demonstrations are strictly forbidden. just asral days now, every year in the lead up to the anniversary, security remains tight in the center of beijing. rests have shot up an online, censorship has increased. guancheng, who is living in the united states says that the bloody crackdown is as topical as ever. >> every day in china -- after massacre, this is

more scattered across the country. but the leaders continue to think that they can solve everything through violence. if they think they can go on like this forever, then the violence will lead to consequences. pro-democracy activists had occupied tiananmen and a halfa month and him and i'd of june 3, soldiers opened fire on the testers and tanks came in to stop the movement. gone becausee was they were sending troops in there to kill people, innocent people. >> hundreds or maybe even thousands died and beijing never figures.official the massacre has had no commemoration in the country and 25 years later, the government still refuses to discuss subjects. >> of the powerful leader of the pakistan mqm party has been

arrested for money laundering. chaos at the party stronghold of karachi in pakistan, thousands of people turn up to call for his release. he is wanted in pakistan for murder charges. he lived in self-imposed exile since the early 90's and thought he had such a strong control over karachi he could shut down the city of 18 million people within minutes. supporters see him as a strong business minded leader but opponents say that he is a tyrant. election officials have begun vote counting in syria, there were 2 other government approved candidates on the ballot but the victory of current president bashar al-assad is all but a foregone conclusion. >> the counting begins, and for the first time in 50 years syrians could choose between three different candidates, but with 2 relative unknowns, bashar

al-assad is virtually guaranteed victory. crowding the ballot box in hommes, which has recently been taken over by government forces. the election results continued after a massive turnout. >> this is a reaction against the enemies of syria and this oficates the steadfastness the country to find a good candidate to lead syria for the future for safety and security and victory and reconstruction. >> outside of these government controlled areas, in 60% of the country millions of syrians were unable to participate. opposition groups branded the selection a farce. >> you have to member that almost half of the syrian population is completely displaced, outside of syria, so they have no ability to vote,

they're interested in forming elections in areas under their control. >> fighting continues, as syrians went to the polls and rebels fired mortar shells into the center of damascus, as warplanes pounded rebel held cities. >> a main suspect in the deadly shooting -- could be transferred to belgium following his pre-child the tension in france. he was arrested during a random customs check in the city of marseille. he is believed to be behind the shooting deaths of three people on june 4 -- on may 4. he will appear in the suburb of -- >> the taliban in afghanistan has released a video showing the handover of bowe bergdahl to u.s. forces. he was released after five years captivity, in return for five

detainees from guantanamo. about theontroversy prison exchange and where he was when he was captured. some reports say he was captured after abandoning his post. he may still be disciplined if the army finds evidence of misconduct. it has been over one month since the abduction of more than 200 schoolgirls in northern nigeria, but the government has reacted to widespread public anger over the failure to rescue them by banning public protests. this did not stop more demonstrators from taking to the streets on tuesday, to say that this was illegal. >> defying a government ban on public protests, they marched against what they called an attempt to silence dissent. the nigerian government has faced more -- much criticism over the protest, and their

attempts to find the 200 girls kidnapped on may 14. they accuse protesters of trying to exploit this for political gain. >> because they have gone to the illegal extent of announcing a thisn public protests -- is not legal. is the authority in the country -- >> the bring back our girls campaign is seeking to have the ban overturned with a legal challenge. this is our right as citizens of nigeria. they cannot deny the authority of the constitution, we are allowed to peaceful congregation and association. >> the police say that they had warn thempted to protesters but now there is a total ban. >> looking at the headlines this hour, barack obama throws his weight behind eastern europe and

says they will not stand alone. the u.s. president gives a speech in warsaw after telling the ukrainian president-elect that the united states is committed to the future of ukraine. and china tries to sniff out any commemoration of the pro-democracy protests at tiananmen square. it has been 25 years since chinese troops crackdown in central beijing, leaving hundreds and some say thousands dead. election officials begin counting votes in syria, the victory of current president bashar al-assad appears to be all but a foregone conclusion. let's take a look at what headlines have been saying around the world. of focus today on the election in syria, this looks to usher in another term for president bashar al-assad. >> we have an article from a pro-regime paper in syria, it says -- it talks about the

participation, and syrian voters have really crushed the plans of the west and calculations concerning syria in the selection, they have shown that it is syrians who will elect their president and syrians will bring an end to what this article calls a useless war. >> this is a pro-regime paper but other papers appear to be critical. >> any papers say that this is a parity of democracy. i pulled out a lebanese paper, it talks about the scene in damascus yesterday which was surreal. bombs. under the there is that photo of bashar withsad taking a selfie voters yesterday but the paper is very critical of the election. >> in france -- there is a useful guide for all of the dictators who are still out there. >> even you can organize your own sham election, and it comes at what they rule book. -- with a rule book.

limit your opponents and choose of,le no one has ever heard and have international observers from countries with questionable democracies like iran and russia. i have a cartoon from the "new york times" where you have president putin and president al-rahani voting for assad. and the last rule is to choose a flattering result. dictators like to choose around 95%. choses what general sisi in egypt, he chose 97% and bashar al-assad could do better than that. >> china is marking the 25th anniversary of the military crackdown in canon men square -- tiananmen square. " has nochina daily

mention of that crackdown and they talk about domestic news, cyber security and even pandas but no coverage of tinanamen square. you have to turn to- -- tiananmen square. you have to turn to intellectual -- international press. although the youth to not know about this, this is an unhealed wound in the nation's psyche. despite the economic growth of the country, the discontent of the people cannot be sacrificed -- satisfied, and the government hasn't everything it can to erase this event from collective memory, locking up opponents and , proof thatg google the government is still very much concerned about the pro-democracy movement in china. >> let's go back to france where papers across the clinical spectrum lash out against the new territorial reform the

together by president francois hollande. >> even the left-leaning paper is against this reform, calling it his house of cards, that is bound to collapse. this is a plan he raised out -- laid out yesterday, to simplify the map of france, cutting the number of administrative regions from 22, down to 14. there is a drawing of him with scissors. how he will redraw the map of france. the papers agree that some sort of reform is necessary, but they were critical about the way he accident -- actually went about this reform because he gave into last-minute pressure from socialist heavyweights, especially from the region of brittany. he was at the drawing board on monday night, and laid out his plan, and this is classic hollande. he improvised the whole thing rather than making a firm decision. >> that is from the left-leaning press.

he is left-leaning himself, but what about the right wing papers? >> they are very critical. the main, right-leaning paper, says that this plan is a failure. this is a very rare thing -- they say it looks like the president is improvising, and in the editorial they liken him to a bad student. who has scribbled this map of france, on the edge of of these of paper and erased it, handing it in at the last minute and this is a botched reform from the president. >> a contestant on the german version of "who wants to be a millionaire" called the wrong person. >> this is the prime minister -- he had a question for 500,000 euros, and he called angela merkel twice, but she did not pick up.

better chance choosing -- better luck choosing your friends next i'm. >> time for sports. we get a look at how some of the top tennis players got on in the hard-fought quarterfinal at the french open. djokovich goes to the second round after it proved too hot against raonic. this is his sixth semi. djokovich, if we wins, faces gorves. nice,federer, who won in eases through to a grand slam semifinal. 2012 champion sharapova is to the semis after recovering from a set down against -- spain's -- upset serena williams in round two and too kthk the

first set. next for sharapova, the 18th-seeded canadian who beat 14-seed suarez-navarro. has accused a newspaper of damaging his image. the new -- the president of the european football association had a conversation with al-hammad just before fifa gave the world cup to qatar. he calls these needless slander against his image. in aam scored the goals low-key match and switzerland won against peru and nigeria and

greece were goal-less. the netherlands squad trained in france before their world cup friendly. i will fly out to brazil after on the fifth of june. the manchester united player scored his seventh goal in as many days. the 2010 losing finalists have been placed in group b with chi le, australia and the victors in south africa. four years ago spain -- is having to go one step further this summer, beating spaniards in salvador. miamid has arrived in ahead of their warm-up game against ecuador. to claiman will try his place in the world cup starting lineup, playing in the

unfamiliar role of rightback. they will include wayne rooney on the left of the field. >> when it comes to individuals you have to understand that there is concern and our major focus is defending the matches against italy and uruguay, and we have worked very hard to make sure that our own game is satisfactory. appy with what we are doing. >> after confirming his exit from chelsea, lampard may not know where his club future lies but he accepts that the world cup will likely bring the curtain down on his career. >> it looks like you have to thing,r revenge kind of we have been involved in 2 world cups in slightly disappointing missed thise have one to a certain degree but you keep coming back, stronger from

the experience of doing so. >> england faces a final warm-up >> england facesa1x1xa7gucgg99ç