in thet is 9:00 p.m. french capital. you are watching live from paris on france 24. our top stories. pakistan sets its sights on militants in the wake of a bombing that killed people on easter sunday. a manan arrested toto thihis wed inin relation to the deaeadly bombinings last weekek in brusss has been released without charge. a fish now seeking -- officials now seeking to identify a third man.

the united states has welcomed the news that the syrian government has seized p palmyra group.the islamic state they are now looking at other towns under the militants control. before we come to our main news stories, some breaking news coming to us from washington, d.c. u.s. capitol police telling staff at the capitol complex, goverernment building, to shelter after reports of gunfire being heard in the capital. the white house also on lockdown. the situation is apparently contained to the visitor center, but no further information is available at this point. this is being reported by the associated press.

we are also hearing that police have been wounded but not seriously. , of course, bring you the latest on this unfolding situation as we get it. for now, let's move to the .akistani city of lahore a candlelight vigil has been held there to honor the victims of the deadly bombing on easter sunday. the first funerals taking place today. the suicide attack on a public park killed at least 70 people. that figure includes at least 29 children. a faction of the pakistani taliban and has claimed responsibility. authorities also said monday that they were planning a on the project province. our correspondent in afghan pakistan told us who is more likely to be targeted. reporter: the pakistani taliban

and has claimed responsibility for this attack. they might have local militants who are facilitators, but as of only information we have is from the military in which they stated they would go against the militant network. are not being investigated. there is not much investigation being done. they are basically taking the word of the government and word of the military over these operations being conducted in punjab. out except for this information and these sayingiable numbers hundreds of arrests have been made, but we do not know who these people are. indo not know if they are the tribal belt or across the border in afghanistan.

usually, the leaders of militant networks are known to be very pro-pakistan, and action against them has not been seen in the past. attack wasy's claimed by the same faction behind the attacks in september. reporter: another bloody attack on pakistan's soil. a suicide bomber targeted families enjoying an easter sunday out. faction of the taliban and has claimed responsibility, proving the militants are still capable of large-scale assault. the prime minister has again without to eliminate the perpetrators of terrorist attacks. papakistan has b been plagued i- eliminateof vowed to the perpetrators of terrorist attacks.

pakistan has been plagued by such attacks. linked to al qaeda. some are linked to the pakistani in the main area of the tribal belt close to afghanistan. all of them are connected in one way or another. it explains why it is so easy for the security force to be affected. reporter: some of the deadliest recent attacks include an assault in september when a -- in december when a gunman killed 148 people. september, a bomb in an airport base killed 29 people. targets have included civilian groups and military sites. host: back in europe, a man

widely thought to be the third member of a group that bombed the ussels airport last week has been freed by belgian police. , and onwas identified saturday, he was charged with terrorist murder. but today, officials announced they did not have enough to justify holding him. he was released today. reporter: belgium is looking for this suspect, known as the man in the hat. footage near cctv the brussels airport right before it was rocked by explosions on march 22. the suspect walks next to two men with large bags, the alleged off thets who set bombs. investigators believe this man carried explosive devices as well, but the bombs did not go off, and he left the area.

a man was arrested to matched his description. he is the only suspect charged in the bombings, but prosecutors lacked evidence and had to let him go. belgian media identified the man as a freelance journalist and alleged radical. last summer, he was suspected of attempting to recruit migrants into jihadist networks. the european probe into the brussels attacks uncovered links theeen terror cells behind brussels bombings and the ones december.ast investigators also found links to a t third terror cell based outside paris that was preparing to hit france again. in european police forces are hoping to take down the whole network, arrest a suspect still at large before they strike again.

host: for a closer look at what kind of network could lie behind last week's attacks, let's bring in our guest, a specialist on terrorist threats. thank you for being with us. the brussels and paris attacks have been linked by investigators. the question now is how many other people could be involved. guest: it is difficult to say. the terror network, we estimate, is rather huge. to speculate if there are so many people or a few more is rather dangerous. i can say this. present research indicates there could be many sleeper cells in europe that have not been paid attention to. host: are we right to talk about a network or is i it more individual groups and sells? how mucuch of an organized

structure to you think is behind these attacks? guest: thesese attacks are very well organized. this is terrorism like we have and theheseore, groups have very well structured intelligence services within their own networks. that is what makes them extremely dangerous, particularly unknown and undetected security forces within europe. to have beeno seem a lot of people involved. many of them were known to authorities in one way or another as criminals of some kind. haveve security foforces in eure been lax in their severity once -- in their surveillance? guest: i do not think it is lax. i think we need alall of europeo work together. we need a universal european inintelligence service. a p police service that is

not in place at the moment. if thehese factors were put into , that a lot of these problems would be diminished. i am not saying they would disappear, that they would be reduced and the risk would be reduced. host: that the sound ambitious at a time when europe cannot agree on so many things. the migration crisis, borders going up around the european .nion a european police unit of some kind s seems to be a far-off ambitionon guest: not really. first of all, there a are only o options at this point. the fifirst is border control, bringing back the borders anand free trade in the european union will suffer. the other is to extend the borders and within the extended unified bring in the

police and intelligence services. being with you for us, ricardo, and for your terroristn the threats inside europe. let's return to the unfolding story in washington, d.c. we have breaking news. the white house and the r on lockdown. inside --pondent is the white house and the capital are on lockdown. our correspondent is inside the capital. what have you been told about this lockdown? correspondent: it is a precaution at the white house that seems to have been lifted in the last few minutes. we are free to move around again outside the white house itself and i can see tourist getting back. lockdowneason for the

is what is happening on capitol hill. that is where at least one shot was fired around 30 minutes or so ago. we know now from capitol police the police force that has control over the complex -- at least one police officer was shot. he is slightly injured, nothing too serious, but the situation is now under control. iss precautionary lockdown also now over. it happened during the white house briefing, which continued despite all the commotion outside. anybody outside was told to get inside, and anybody inside was not allowed to move outside. during ahat happens

lockdown. everybody is told to shelter where they are and stay in place. there is a confirmed shooter at the capitol hill visitor center. tourists used to visit the house of representatives and the capitol complex in washington. it is easter monday, a public holiday in france. there were fun and games on the white house lawn today hosted by the president. how many people are on the site, would you say? in terms of the capital, how many people are there today? correspondent: there are thousands. roll is happening on the south lawn, and it looks like the secret service decided not to stop that. it would have been very difficult to get anybody off the grounds without a panic. an e-mail was sent out to all congress inmbers of

the house of representatives and in the senate to shelter in place. again, what that means is if you are in a room, go to the middle of it. cover. that is what people have been , and tell capitol police made the announcement of a a suspect,custody, rather, in this case. at one point, a police officer was injured. that is what we are hearing from capitol police. host: thank you very much, philip krauser, our white house correspondent in washington, d.c. we have been showing you images of the security situation around the capital there, on lockdown after a shooting in the visitor center at the capitol. we will bring you any updates as we get them. to the, let's look back

middle east and syria. fighting is continuing around palmyra. sunday, the military says it took control of the city and plans to launch attacks against islamic state and its self-declared capital. reporter: the temple of bell iconic arclike the de triomphe. state group d damaged archchaeological treasures. this is s how they left the museum. the romaman theater still stand, but that is where the jihadists committed horrific executions. the islamic state group has vowed to destroy the site. what experts were not expecting was to find dozens of ruins attacked, like the agoura. >> the statue of athena is in

good condition. near the arch, the stones are in good condition and we can reuse them. the only problem left is the shawl and temples and the funeral towers. temples and funeral towers. reporter: authorities say they will evaluate the state of the citadel and then start rebuilding. but first, they have to clear landmines the islamic state reportedly planted all over the ruins. kathy clifford has this story. kathy: amateur video shows a palestinian man lying on the ground. conflict hadal and a just been shot after they allegedly killed -- he and an

accomplice had just been shot after they allegedly killed a shoulder. suspendedr has been from duty and a criminal investigation is underway. meanwhile, some 48,000 people have signed petition calling for the soldier to be released and awarded a medal. benjamin netanyahu spoke at his weekly cabinet meeting. mr. now who: the idea of troops, our children -- certain netanyahu: i am the in any event, includinin current incident, the inquiry into all of the conditions account. reporter: during a closed door meeting, israeli media clashed with education minister of the far right party. speaking of a murder charge in the context of a cob at

soldier on a combat mission creates deep, moral -- combat soldier on a combat mission creates deep, moral confusion. the city has been the scene of many violent incidents over the past six months. 200 palestinians and 28 israelis have died in violence since october. authorities say most of the palestinians killed were carrying knives, guns. host: turning now to o business. we are starting off today with a scam.about a financial moviesr: this is what are made of. stealing billions from some of the biggest corporations. he was sentenced to seven years jail time in france but he is currently living in israel and talking up his exploits.

in an interview with the associated press, he gave a behind the scenes look at how he got away with the scam for so long. a powerfulnded to be ceo or an intelligence agent on the hunt for terror wrists. on the phone, he would spin a .tory and -- for terrorists on the phone, he would spin a story. he stole tens of millions from corporations including disney and american express. in thed a loophole global financial system in china. >> in china, a bank director earns 400-500 euros per month. when you meet with him and give him 10,000 euros, he will use the entire system to open offshore accounts, to which there will be several gateways, and you will be able to put it into a company. that company will, of course, make the money official. >> that was how he laundered his

money and he isn't the only one. his fake ceo scam has spawned over 30,000 copycats, and the damage he inflicted is rising fast. it took a little over a year to getet up to t the billion dor figure. it's scary. the money initially has been going into over 70 different countries. at the top of that list, hong kong and china. >> the u.s. state department chided china on its poor performance in money laundering investigations. european intelligence agencies say companies that have been defrauded are unlikely to receive help from chinese authorities or recover their money. >> in the united states, all of

the main indices have erased earlier gains. the nasdaq is currently trading down in the red. the dow and s&p are both up. shares of pandora are currently .rading down nearly 11% earlier, the company announced its cofounder would be taking over as chief executive. the previous ceo relinquished the top job in 2004. withra has been competing spotify and apple music. let's take a look at some of the other stories making headlines this hour. the chinese insurance firm has for thed its bid waldorf-astoria. the company says it is awaititig another takeover bid.

a j japanese firm will expand is business in north america. recoups been looking to some of the 43 billion dollars in debt it has after a data storage provider did a deal valued at $60 billion. facebook is apologizing for a bug in its system after users living as far away as new york and hong kong received a safety check notification after sunday's suicide bombing in pakistan. the feature lets friends and family know a user is safe in the event of a terror attack or natutural disasaster. inflation in yemen is spiraling out of control after currency to bees were found dwindling. >> these factories can no longer produce anything.

yemen carried out by the saudi arabia and led coalition have had a disastrous effect on the country's economy. exports of oil and natural gas have trickled to almost nothing. >> foreign-currency reserves have fallen to one billion, $800,000. the inflation rate was about 30% in 2015. it's 40% today. analysts estimate e that the wawar has caused a shortfall of ababt $75 billllion. before the conflict, the gdp was only slightly higher. was already not good y year ago, and now it's en worse. there is no work and life is getting more expensive. >> oxfam called the situation one of the world's worst humanitarian crises.

are in million people desperate need of aid. more than 7 million people suffer frorom malnutrition in yemen and more than 2 million are homeless. >> batman versus superman shrugged off bad reviews and over the$404 million weekend. it's the sixth best opening of all time. the d.c. comic adaptation cost warner bros. 250 million dollars to make and about $150 million to market. over, france. italy has come out on top as the world's largest wine producer in 2015. this is according to the international organization of fine wine. italy produced 2 million more pictures of wine than france. acres of wine than

france. host: they're interesting. -- a very interesting. thank you so much. before we go to a short break, news return to the breaking in the last 30 minutes in washington, d.c. these are some pictures from a few minutes ago. the white house and the capital afteroth put on lockdown a shooting at the visitor center at the capital. has been wounded, although his injury is described as not being serious. the shooter is in custody according to officials and police. the white house lockdown has been lifted. 35,000 members of the public are currently at the white house for an easter event. as far as we know, one shooter is in custody. is at the white

house and the capitol complex as well. we will bring you updates as we , and all of the rest of the international news after this short bre@ññññññóówóú

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