s' biggest victory in months. birdie braces itself to run the -- burundi braces itself for new protests. in the european union gets set you back plans to fight smugglers in the mediterranean. also coming up for you this hour, a new twist in the case of a rogue trader. we will be telling you about new testimony in the case of the man who lost one french bank almost 5 billion euros.

and controversy over comments over female relationships. more on what cate blanchett did or did not mean in the press review. more on the way, but first, our top story. genie: the islamic state group says it has taken the iraqi city of ramadi. the battle for the f iraq's largest province has gone on for months now and its loss marks the biggest setback so far for iraqi troops. for more on the situation, is the taking of this cap a strategic victory? is it a symbolic victory? is it both? reporter: it is both. it is the capital of the province of anbar the biggest

province of iraq. and because the islamic state fighters were present in the city since january 2015, they operated in cities at the beginning of last year. we should know that it is very symbolic. why? many of the fighters and leaders of the islamic state are from anbar and some from ramadi. it is known for almost a decade since islamic state was created -- taking back this capital of anbar is very important for them. it is as important as when they took mosul last summer. they are getting a grip on sunni provinces. they have a frontier with syria and borders with syria jordan,

and it is very important strategically and symbolically. genie: what does this mean for the war against the islamic state group? reporter: it is a big setback for the iraqi government. the only sunni opponents, the sunni militias, fighting the islamic state were in anbar. there is no sunni militias fighting -- there is a small militia fighting taking back to create but it is very particular to the zone -- taking back tikritk,, but it is very particular to the zone. the biggest number of sunni fighters fighting the jihadis was in anbar. they were the ones who kicked out the jihadis from the town. it is very important in the province of anbar. the army has two big bases..

it is a most 90% of the province is fallen under the rule of the islamic state. genie: thank you for that on "france 24." despite the islamic state advanced a neighboring heritage site in syria is reportedly still being protected by the army there. it leaves the militants less than all mouth -- less than a mile from the site from a museum houses thousands of priceless artifacts. the islamic state group has destroyed thousands of archaeological sites in the area. now to yemen, where a five-date humanitarian cease-fire has ended. the saudi-led coalition said it resumed strikes on yemen today because the lucy militia and its allies -- the lucyhouthi militias fired on troops.

thomas: one final shipment of eight docs in aden just before the pause in fighting ended at midnight. this should from the uae was packed with over 1000 tons of food. the truce has provided a crucial window to deliver 82 civilians caught in the crossfire. -- deliver aid to civilians caught in the crossfire good how many have been helped, agencies say that five days was not long enough. the u.n. envoy to yemen agreed. >> the humanitarian truce should turn to a permanent cease-fire. i call on all parties to renew their commitment to the truth -- truce for five more days at least. reporter: the envoy was speaking at the start of a three-a conference in saudi arabia with the hopeful title "saving yemen." but neither houthi rebels nor

fighters loyal to the former president showed up. the president took to the stitched saying that the houthis should not expand their grip on the country. >> our people are ready for an end to the misery, for construction end of in our homeland. only if we stop the military confrontation can the government returned. reporter: test the cease-fire ended, saudi arabia-led coalition forces resumed air strikes. they bombed a base of the permeable special forces. this program will special forces. genie: more protests in burundi today. people there are angry over the president's controversial bid for a third term in office. he was almost push from tower -- power last week in a failed military coup. reporter: protesters once again

taking the streets this morning despite warnings from authorities that they will be dealt with severely if they take to the streets. at one stage there were around 200 protesters marching around the area and chanting for the president to leave office and saying that politics is not about violence. periodically there was fire in the air. then at that moment that the army is not prepared to fire upon them. the army's only firing in the air. now i've moved to another suburb in about an hour ago there were around 150 people on the streets , similar to the situation in the other area to those protesters have noticed first and they have gone for lunch from as they generally tend to do. we had a report just before we arrive, the tension between army

units. tension between those weapons station here and the new units which arrived. perhaps there are conflicting loyalties with the army with regard to how to have to do with the protesters. genie: duncan woodside reporting from burundi. the european union to set you back plans for unambitious naval force to fight human traffickers in the mediterranean. it comes as a series of vision should brett guthrie's and shipwrecks has left -- a series of recent shipwrecks have left hundreds of migrants died. the main launching point for people risking their lives to reach your. here's more from the european foreign policy chief. >> taking the decision to establish the operations, the eu operations. think we will dismantle the criminal networks monitoring people in the mediterranean. i expect the decision to be

taken today so they can move forward with the planning launch the operation in the coming weeks. genie: we spoke to our brussels correspondent and she told us more on the plans being unveiled today. reporter: the technical digitals are being worked out and the financial costs of the plan, but for the moment we know that the mission would commence as of june after it got the full endorsement at u.s.-made -- at a summit from the heads of state. it would last until the living authorities could take control of the situation for themselves. often the success of the mission depends on the figures so it is important that a suitable person is chosen for the job. in order to have a robust mission, the eu is waiting for a minute from the security council.

russia has already voiced opposition to such a military plan, as well as a number of eu member states, because of the for kerry's situation in libya at the moment and that precarious situation in libya at the moment at the threat of terrorism as a whole. ngo's have voiced opposition for fear that they would be civilian casualties. but at the moment it is being discussed because the you is trying to move fast and save lives in the mediterranean sea. genie: now the migrant crisis in southeast asia continues to escalate as well. the indonesian navy says it stopped the suspected migrant boat from entering the country's waters over the weekend. over the past week or so, nearly 3000 migrants have swarmed ashore or been rescued by local fishermen. around half of those have landed in indonesia, where makeshift

shelters have been set up. thailand, malaysia, and indonesia's policies of turning away migrant bonds has sparked global outage and the countries are under increasing pressure to act. reporter: conditions inside this indonesian refuge are cramped. the migrants who made it a short, there are hot meals clean water to wash themselves with, and a health checkup. indonesia has turned away most of the migrants, but while the government has taken a harsh stance, many locals feel it is their duty to step in. >> they need our help. we have seen what terrible conditions they were in. hungry, neglected. they are human beings and we must help them, especially because they are muslim brothers and sisters. reporter: the migrants are

rohingya muslims fluting buddhist majority -- fleeing the buddhist majority. the boats were offended by people smugglers and spotted adrift in the sea. thailand and malaysia have also blocked migrants, sparking accusations that they are playing a game of human in concord -- human ping-pong. >> there were no additional endings reported. we were able to give assistance to people in other locations including in thailand. they are in grave conditions as we thought they would be. we've had reports of people who have come in and fighting over fruit, fighting to the death ships landing, and under increasing pressure to address the crisis, the malaysian indonesian, anti-foreign ministers are expected to meet this week ahead of -- and thai

fund ministers are expected to meet this week ahead of regional summit. the burmese government refused to take the blame for the crisis. genie: u.s. secretary of state john kerry has slammer north korea, accusing it of validity of crimes and atrocities. he blamed north korea for conceiving to break promises and make threats and show what he called flagrant disregard for international law by continuing to build nuclear bombs and missiles programs even as it oppresses its own people. kerry spoke out about the recent execution of the top-level official. secretary kerry: more and more stories of the grotesque, grizzly, horrendous public displays of executions on a whim and a fancy by the leader

against people who were close to him and sometimes for the most -- were the most flimsy of excuses. to this moment, particularly with its recent provocations, it is clear that the dprk has not come even close to meeting the standard. genie: that is u.s. secretary of state john kerry. let's look at our headlines. the key iraqi city of ramadi falls to the islamic state group. the militants' biggest victory in months. burundi braces itself for protests again today after last week's failed to against the president. and the european union get set you back plans for an ambitious naval port to fight people smugglers in the mediterranean. time for business news with stephen carroll stephen: hi genie. genie: let's look at the latest twist in the french rogue trader

jerome kerviel. stephen: he was jailed for causing almost 5 billion euros worth of losses when he worked as a citation around. he is making the case to have the charges thrown out. a police inspector who led the investigation said she is certain that management at société generale knew what he was doing. the bank has denied. reporter: it was the biggest trading loss in banking history. 4.9 billion euros. the bank has insisted that the trader acted alone, making illicit bets for as much as 50 billion euros and covering them up and while admitting he exceeded his authorized trading limit, kerviel maintain his

higher-ups knew about the activities. a senior police officer who live the investigation recently told the judge that he was now certain kerviel's supervisors know what he was doing. the men who worked in the bank with the management unit said he had informed senior managers in 2007, marking the e-mails with us: cross buns to alert them. when he was sentenced to five years in jail, kerviel called on former colleagues to speak out. jerome kerviel: i'm hoping that people inside the bank who have information will come forward. reporter: civil lawsuits are still ongoing. société generale suing him for damages. kerviel is on parole and under

electronic monitoring, suing the bank for the same amount. stephen: let's look at how the markets have been affected by that story. shares in societe generale are down in paris at the moment. investors could be will reflect about the 4.9 billion loss. shares in gasoline trading are up. the annual production will double in the next two or three years thanks to contracts with the likes of india and egypt. genie: we are right in the midst of the very glamorous can film festival but there is a business issue that is being discussed. stephen: certainly less glamorous. it has to do with copyright. ahead of -- they went to facebook to ask people to stop showing videos illegally. reporter: the red carpet is

where the red cameras are. inside is where the big debates for the film and tv industry are happening. the latest is the issue of video piracy, which is costing french broadcasters dearly. they are piling on the pressure to stop online users in able to share the programs without permission. >> of course you need to be able to broadcast on the internet but as with any where else you have to pay for the rights to use it. reporter: all the major french tv broadcasters have written a joint letter to the president of facebook and twitter, asking them to put measures in place to fight piracy. what they want is automatic filters blocking unauthorized content from being shared, such as those already used by youtube and the french video streaming portal, and warning that they may take legal action if nothing is done. no response yet from twitter or facebook. >> there is a joint interest to

keep cultural diversity alive with the new media that exist alongside the traditional broadcaster. the new players must also contribute financially to the creation of the work. reporter: the debate comes as french film and program makers are preparing to battle with the eu, who want to overhaul copyright laws, or copyright owners wouldn't know longer be able to limit access to the material to individual countries. genie: just to wrap up, you have been looking at the business of lotteries in the united states. stephen: this is a really interesting story. in 43 u.s. states, official figures showed people spend $70 billion last year but that is more than americans spend on cinema tickets, books, video games, or recorded music. by state the most spent was in rhode island, $800 per adult. who buys the tickets?

the poorest one third of households by half sparking acquisitions that lotteries arson the attacks on the poor. interesting -- are simply a tax on the portrait genie: fueling the dream, i guess. now it is time for the press review. a lot of the press is making much of this ga from the islamic state group inin ramadi. reporter: absolutely. this is the news that i.s. supposedly took over ramadi, a french strategic town. this headline says "i.s. closes in on strategic town of ramadi in iraq. since then, it has been updated on the website so i last checked, the website said that

ramadi was in the hands of the jihadist, which was less cautious. the uncertainty surrounding whether or not ramadi has entirely fall into the jihadist ts. the pentagon and the u.s. have not yet confirmed that. it goes on to say how important this victory would be for i.s., because the town is strategically important. you can see on the map that the anbar province borders syria and jordan and saudi arabia. they effectively have control of the whole province. genie: there is one little bit of good news in regard to a neighboring syrian town. belle: the nose of the beautiful heritage -- north of the beautiful heritage site in-swerve has potentially been taken back so there is some good

news. genie: once they take over any of these cap provokes hundreds of refugees leaving and you found another article that talks about their plight. belle: a "washington post" article from a journalist of theirs and i get looking at sunni refugees fleeing. what happens to them when they reach kind that? -- when they reach baghdad? they are presumably leaving to escape the dire situation in i.s. but they leave and i met with hostility and suspicion this journalist says. i.s. is an extreme brand of sunnism so they are treated as potentially having ties with i.s., essentially. some officials in baghdad have linked the influx of sunni refugees with an increase in the number of car bombs in the city. these refugees will have their id cards taken.

they have to hand that into mosque management. it stops them traveling around baghdad. i just to give you the idea about the numbers involved, more than 100,000 people after their homes and anbar province just in april alone. genie: it is truly a tragic situation there. let's go back to france with a story that many people thought had gone away. that is the story of the infamous rogue trader jerome kerviel. belle: blast from the past. he is back in the news because of an investigation. remember this case dates back to 2000 a good -- two 2008. he was working for societe generale and was convicted for breach of trust and forgery. he supposedly lost the bank for a 9 billion euros. societe generale at the time said he was acting alone branded him a rogue trader, and he was sentenced to three years in jail because of that.

this has always been met with skepticism by the press, but an online publication found an interview conducted with the police commander in control of the investigation of the case. speaking as a witness, the commander says that the hierarchy in which kerviel operated could not have been unaware of his actions. further than that, she says the investigative work was influenced by the bank and that "societe generale pointed me towards the witnesses." caps on large with this. in another article they say that this information undermines the whole case and it could be a reason for the justice system in france to reopen the whole case. genie: let's wrap up in the south of france with the cannes film festival still underway. oscar-winner cate blanchett who is promoting the film there, some backpedaling on what she said earlier. belle: absolutely. "the daily telegraph" using any

excuse to put a beautiful picture of a beautiful woman on their front page. she said that contrary to what she said last week, promoting her film about a lesbian relationship in the 1950's in new york, she said at the time that she had many relationships with women. when she came back and said his "hang on, i didn't say sexual relationships. i just said relationships. i've never had a sexual relationship with a woman," coming back from what she said last week which called immediately storm. genie: no such thing as bad publicity. [laughter] thank you, belle lupton, for those articles. you can always check out more on france24.com. don't miss that special report on the cannes film festival on a website. you'll find all our interviews with the stars and the reports from cannes and the festival behind the scenes as well as a slideshow of our own "france 24"

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