live: this is "france 24," around the world. i'm genie godula. these are the headlines. a manhunt is under wave in brussels -- is underway in brussels for two men who escaped the anti-terror raid. hillary clinton and donald trump win big in tuesday's primary across the u.s.. clinton takes at least four states, dealing a blow to bernie sanders' campaign.

trump loses in ohio to john kasich. donald trump did win in marco rubio's home state of florida, however, prompting the young senator to finally drop out of the race. hour, a callp this for federal laws for self driving cars in the united states as a robotics expert warns the technology is not ready to be rolled out. we will have the details in our business update. and an angel flies over normandy tops theatue that structure is airlifted away. first, top stories. we start in brussels, and the manhunt for at least two suspects believed to be linked

to the november 13 attacks in paris. those suspects reportedly escaped from an anti-terror raid tuesday when police moved into a flat in a normally quiet suburb of brussels. a suspect wielding a kalashnikov was shot dead by police. the belgian prosecutors that you can see there said and islamic state flag was found next to the suspect's body. four police officers were wounded in the raid. chris moore is in brussels and he was at that press conference. he told us more. chris: a lot more details are coming out now, courtesy of the state prosecutor. they identify the person shot dead during that raid, who fired on police from the window. an algerianim as citizen, born in 1980, living illegally in belgium, unknown to the authorities apart from a

minor theft which he carried out in 2014. prosecutors are saying that near his body they found a flag of the islamic state organization, a kalashnikov rifle, and the state prosecutors also say that during yesterday's shootout, two people managed to flee. they were fired on by at least two people. the belgian media reports the two people remain on the run. the state prosecutor said since the shootout yesterday, one man has been admitted to the hospital with a broken leg. another person was taken in in a series of raids that took place overnight in the belgian capital. for now, they are not identifying them. genie: these two men were being held are not necessarily those who might have escaped from the apartment.

so is this manhunt continuing? chris: that is the information given by the state prosecutor, that two people escaped and they are actively looking for two people. obviously the interrogations go on, and the message from the authorities has been that this is an ongoing operation. it is part of this much larger effort by both the french and belgian investigators, which as taken place all the way back to november 14 the day after those attacks in paris became so clear , the link to the belgian capital. also 100 raids have been carried out by that joint investigative team cents. there are currently 11 people ,ere detained in belgium charged in connection with the paris attacks. we can assume that even after

this the investigation will continue and there will be more raids. genie: chris moore reporting from brussels per let's turn our attention to the u.s. presidential election, and scoredt hillary clinton big, winning in at least four states, including florida, ohio, illinois, and north carolina. that is bad news for bernie sanders, who was hoping to cash in on momentum from his recent win in michigan. clinton now looks closer than ever to being her party's candidate. the republicans -- john kasich got his first big win, bringing in all the delegates in his home state of ohio. but donald trump was the republican winner almost everywhere else. it is still too close to call in missouri, but we know for sure florida senator marco rubio is out of the race. for more now on the campaign, let's bring in douglas hanks in miami. it is a big slap in the face for marco rubio, losing in his home

state to donald trump. douglas: unbelievable him if you would have had -- if you would have said six months ago or five months ago -- marco rubio was the hope of the republican party. covers sayingzine "the savior of the republican party." he could not even when his home state. that she could not even win his home state. he had confetti dropped on him for winning in ohio, as if he won the republican race. count ons cannot even winning their backyard. genie: let's take a look at the democratic side. position iston's strengthened, but it is enough -- but is it enough to put away

bernie sanders? sanders has ae stretch of good states coming up in the next week or so, so he will put some wins on the board most likely. but when she lost michigan, it was such a blow to what people thought would happen to the race, a lot of people were looking for upsets last night, especially in ohio. it just did not happen. it looks like she swept all the states last night. a big win, and that for the first time had sanders missing, not meeting expectations. he actually missed expectations. that is a big deal in the kind of campaign he is trying to run, which is challenging conventional wisdom and they can people take a second look at hillary clinton's inevitability. she is once again looking to be on the path of a nomination. genie: douglas, thanks for reporting, from miami.

next to the united states, where barack obama is announcing the name of his nominee for the supreme court. that person will replace antonin scalia a, who died last month. washington republicans have promised to make the confirmations very difficult. russia's surprise pullout from syria continues. a second group of russian warplanes flew out of syria today in line with moscow's decision to withdraw most of its forces. the full significance is not clear, but it comes as secretary of state john kerry gets set to make a rare trip to moscow to discuss the conflict. that russian pullout from syria is expected to continue as well after several planes flew home from syria both yesterday, and now again today. the u.n. envoy to syria hopes the ongoing move will help the peace talks in geneva. he calls them a significant development toward resolving the

conflict. but the withdrawal's full significance is still not clear. russia is keeping an airbase in syria, and some jets have still been in action. documents to the afterct over syria -- being handed demands from the syrian government and the main opposition group behind negotiations committee ohm c. the first meeting with the make, the agency made two -- made two main points. have presented the paper generalizing the goals that might reach political transition. >> to call to release thousands of prisoners is central. executes an regime unbearable fire double -- on --

execute an unverifiable 50 prisoners per day. >> there is so far an issue of humanitarian aid and a reduction of violence, but on the other aspect we have been having extremely if possibly nothing in terms of outcome. >> there are hopes this round of peace talks will be more successful than the last, which collapsed in early february. the combination of the russian decision to withdraw, the refugee crisis, and the continuing presence of the islamic state organization have created a new sense of urgency to resolve the five-year-long conflict. the war in syria has pushed millions to flee, provoking the massive migrant crisis in europe. the planned deal between the e.u. and turkey has still get to be sealed. our correspondent has the details.

>> a flurry of diplomatic activity to ensure the latest migrant deal with turkey will go through. the controversial plan is to conduct the flow of migrants into your. donald tusk was in ankara to ensure the turks that european nations objections could be smoothed over. the goal is to put together the elements needed to make this proposal really sound, in accordance with e.u. and international law, and of course acceptable to all 28 e.u. member states, as well as to turkey, of course. so that every person sent back, turkey will be allowed to send one refugee to europe legally. in return for turkey's cooperation, the e.u. will ease restrictions with visa-free

travel by june, provide up to 6 billion euros in aid, and have new chapters on membership. never bargained. we never saw this issue as a financial issue. this is a humanitarian issue. but all countries have a moral responsibility to share the burden, which turkey is carrying. at least five countries have formally objected to the plan, with concerns ranging from the legality of such measures to turkey's human rights record. the rent refugee agency said blanket return to a third country would not be consistent with international law. he will veto accession talks. talks will continue until friday to iron out these points. genie: over the skies of norton the -- of normandy, they

recently saw an angel. that was the statue of saint michael. it is the first time the famous copper statue of the archangel was removed from the site. the operation had been postponed several times due to bad weather. our correspondent reports. >> for the first time in almost 30 years, the statue of saint michael takes wing with the help of the helicopter. after a brief flight, it was cut down safely, to the pilot's great relief. >> we knew it was going to be difficult. it was a unique mission because there was the statue, but all around there was nothing to use as an official guide. >> 4.5 meters tall, weighing half a ton, the statue stood atop one of france's most famous landmarks. it has been worn by the weather and is in need of restoration.

experts say it will not be a simple facelift. >> we will remove its protective paint and a few fragments of gold that remain on the surface that exposed the copper structure underneath. then we will see what state the metal is in, examine the degree of corrosion if there is any. >> locals are going to miss their statue, but those who watched the flight say it was a delightful site. who come here always look up to the sky, but today in particular everyone's eyes were on the archangel statue. it certainly lifted our spirits. >> the monument is set to return in june. genie: let's take a look at today's top stories. a manhunt is still underway in brussels for two gunmen who escaped from the anti-terror raid. in isis flag and a kalashnikov

were found next to a suspect's body. hillary clinton and donald trump win in tuesday's primaries across the u.s. trump gets three but loses in ohio to the state's governor, john kasich. donald trump did win, however, in marco rubio's home state of florida, prompting the young senator to finally drop out of the race. someone who is very presence throughout the day is our business editor, stephen carroll. you are going to start in the u.k. were the finance minister is about to announce his latest budget. stephen: spending cuts of 4 billion pounds over 5 billion euros. he tweets that the budget would contain long-term solutions to long-term problems in britain. the measures are expected to include spending for education worth around 2 billion euros. that is starting in about 15 minutes time. genie: let's go to china, where was one of the main

subjects of the parliamentary congress. it would be no hired landing for these second largest economy, but despite slowing growth and expectations of -- 6 million state workers could be laid off from the: steel industry. -- from the coal and steel industry. midpoint of the trading day. the ftse 100 is treading water. investors are looking ahead to the meeting of the federal reserve today, the market hoping to get more clarity on janet yellin over what is likely to happen to interest rates in the united states this year. genie: the senate has been looking at the self driving car industry. stephen: general motors and google had a committee hearing on tuesday, calling on lawmakers to look at federal legislation for the company, currently governed at a state level.

there is a warning that self driving cars are not ready to be rolled out around the country. >> going for a spin with no hands on the wheel. fastdriving cars are moving from science fiction into reality. some politicians are already seduced. >> we actually drove down constitution, and the car drove itself. and keptd the brakes between the lines. it was quite a ride, the future for automobiles. >> the next step, legislation to carmakers are urging american politicians to make sure there are consistent laws across the country. 23 states currently have 53 pieces of legislation relating to self-driving vehicles, some of which are contradictory. >> the worst possible scenario for the growth of autonomous vehicles are inconsistent and conflicting patchwork of

municipal and county laws that will hamper efforts to bring autonomous vehicle technology to market. >> some of the biggest makers like google and general motors, google says it would be safer if passengers were not able to override their vehicles. our roads be ald lot safer, but self driving cars could bring new opportunities within reach for those who might otherwise be excluded from having to drive a car. >> driverless cars have some way to go to show improvements. one vehicle collided with a bus in california last month. the senate's committee was also told they are not yet able to handle driving in bad weather and are susceptible to hacking. stephen: more business headlines -- the operators of the london and frankfurt stock exchange have agreed to a merger deal. creating one of the largest exchange operators in the world, trading with an 5 trillion euros in equities.

the stock exchange will hold 46% of the new company with deutsche putting up the rest. the online retailer's chief confirms the inquiry, in an interview with bloomberg. all applicable taxes in italy and cooperating with authorities. ofentina's lower house parliament has passed a controversial deal to end a 14 creditors. with protesters demonstrated against the arrangement, which will repay over $4.5 billion owed to american investors. the bill passes to argentina. the metro in washington, d.c. is being shut down just a little over 24 hours, but ridesharing companies like uber are pledging not to take advantage. stephen: the company has said this time around they will cap the surge pricing at 3.9 times the regular fare.

it can go much higher. along with rides, they are offering customers in washington, d.c., money off their first journey. the d.c. mayor called on transported not take advantage -- on transport not to take advantage of customers during the metro shut down. genie: now it is time for the press review. nicholas rushworth is here with us on the set to take a look at today's papers third high, neck. i imagine a -- at today's papers. hi, nick. nick: let's go right away to "the miami herald," which has coverage of marco rubio. here is a that he's a florida board. trump-clinton sweep florida, rubio out. he hasper is saying acknowledged that he failed to get his message across, that he

angeredresonate with voters, and we know that rubio is warning america, being in a political tsunami. "the herald" is saying he has been humiliated on home turf, and that he must return as senator because he has to be applauded for his efforts to take on donald trump, who so far has run an odious campaign. genie: "the miami herald is running a cartoon which is not looking at senator rubio at all but at the man who is making the most noise, donald trump. nick: you can see his various modes of communication, shouting "the miamip, and herald" cartoon is sort of pointing his finger at his use of language -- "i will punch him out" -- about a protester.

"the miami herald" cannot seem --look a little bit closer who is he knocking out with his aggressive language? none other than uncle sam, because the united states is reeling with what we are seeing from the truck campaign. moving away from that, let's go to chicago, illinois, illinois one of the five states with primaries. a columnist from "the chicago tribune" is saying let donald trump have his day, let him speak even if he is a threat to free speech. one of the quotes from the columnist in "the tribune," trump plays the victim was complete indifference to contrary evidence, including what he has just said. deplore much of what trump has to say, i defend to the death what he says. genie: donald trump certainly is

celebrating today. next: if you -- his: i chose this one about complaint that there is a media less.gainst him, no this, of course, you can see megyn kelly there featured in that tweet. she is the fox news anchor, and she seems to be his target. eight out of 10 tweets were all about her. fairly obnoxious stuff. take ahis tweets is to , sayingbio ad campaign that the person who wins the florida nomination will become the nominee. at the end he said, "thank you, marco rubio. you are so right." genie: it looks like hillary clinton has a good chance of being the country's first female

democratic presidential nominee. nick: on the one hand we have donald trump making loads of noise and getting away with murder, i would say. male pundits are saying to hillary clinton, quiet down, smile more. she was in her victory speech in the last few hours, coming across as a bit horse. oarse.a bit h complainedlysts tweeting about this. let's go to glenn thrush, who tweeted that clinton was shouting her victory speech, and this is her in a nutshell. she is calling for love and kindness, but she is also shouting. joe scarborough, nbc, sent out this tweet, which he said to hillary clinton, "smile, you just had a big night."

that was being met with derision from feminists, women grimacing back to joe scarborough, with people complaining, what am i supposed to do, make your dinner as well? at the end of the day, marco rubio's decision to pull out is, of course, making people smile because just a few months ago we knew that rubio for the democrats was the real struggle -- the real challenge. he was a serious contender. so clinton will be smiling because donald trump and ted cruz, whoever wins for the republicans, will be the ones to bash down. rushworth, thank you so much. thanks to you for watching "france 24." if you want a closer look at the press review, check out our page at france24.com. coming up in the next half hour, a french --

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