>> this is france 24. time for 60 minutes live around the world. here are the headlines. >> far right presidential candidate marine le pen in france is facing a financial scandal. she is set to lose 7000 euros a month from her job as a member of the european parliament. that is after defying demands to repay close to 300,000 euros. the eu says she misspent on aids. .- misspent on aides

francoise fillon, the candidate says the conservative not only gave his wife but children close to one million euros in state funds. donald trump names his pick for the u.s. supreme court. conservative judge neil gorsuch. blockedpublicans obama's nomination, refusing to give him a hearing, the democrats are gearing up for a fight. also coming up this hour, india/his tax rates for those earning the lowest income as the government tries to help those worst affected by the country's cash crisis. italian soldiers start growing marijuana legally. how the military is introducing pot for medicinal purposes. am it up top story.

-- coming up, our top story. here in france, far right candidate marine le pen, far right candidate for the aesidential race is facing financial scandal. she is a member of the european parliament and the eu says it could start withholding her pay. that is after authorities ordered her to pay back 300,000 euros in what it says are misused funds. for more on this story, let's go live to our eu correspondent. give us details on what marine le pen is accused of. >> the thing is, marine le pen is the cochair of the freedom political group, a group set up and is one of 2015

the far right of the chamber. she is accused of using some of her funds during the year 2011 that she should have been using for her work here over in stratford where monthly sessions are held. giving been accused of them for her work here in brussels and strasburg. in march 2015, european parliament civil servants had a bit of suspicion about the use of this money and they called on an eu body based in brussels to investigate fraud against the budget and corruption and misconduct of members of the european parliament and the other institutions. they are the ones who came to penconclusion and marine le said during this.

headquarters -- allegedly they did work in brussels and and strasburg and where she should have been and really focusing on those that were being pushed through by the european parliament. showing up early for work every single day it is not the first time members have been accused of misusing eu funds. the budget was set for the european parliament's the father including of marine le pen who was accused of something similar. genie: marine le pen has been clear. she has said she will not pay this money back. what will happen if he doesn't? moree is looking for proof. she believes this is just a political tactic of members of the european parliament.

quite frankly, there is a code of conduct and if they are accused of misconduct they could see a cut to their salary. 8.5 pretaxed some and then they received 4000 charges. that is for the running of your staff and your office, of course. she could see some 7000 euros cut from that salary. she will definitely feel the heat in the next few months. she doesn'the said agree, she wants more proof, but we likely see the case end up in court between marine le pen and the european parliament themselves. it is no longer in the hands of the anti-fraud agency. it is directly between marine le pen herself and the european parliament in brussels. genie: that is made whitman.

there is another french presidential candidate that is in the midst of a scandal right now. that is the conservative france while fillon -- francoise fillon. french newsmakers broke that story last week and have upped the amount of money allegedly paid to fillon's wife and children. the presidential campaign is now on even rockier ground. conservative candidate francoise fillon is fighting back over applications -- accusations that he created fake jobs for his family. >> i would never, with just election,hs before an trying to get rid of a candidate by other means than a democratic vote. >> the investigative and

satirical newspaper that broke the story last week has now upped the ante. that he did not receive 500,000 but over 800,000 euros for an alleged parliament or a job they say she never actually did. that does not include the 100,000 euros from a literary review owned by a friend. of his children received 83,000 euros in payslips. anticorruption investigators searched the candidates office and penelope fillon has admitted she has never had a parliamentary badge or email. the lawyer says there is an explanation. welcomed into her home people from the community that wanted to speak with mr. fillon but that was not the only rolled it she had. expected front runner in the campaign, fillon has said he will resign if he is formally charged.

investigators will be talking to his replacement at the national assembly. fillon, payingy her nearly 11,000 euros a month. the polls show the scandal has already hit francoise fillon's campaign. he is no longer the presidential front-runner. it is now former socialist turned independent candidate emmanuel macron who is likely to win the presidency next spring. next to the united states where donald trump has unveiled his pick for the supreme court. conservative neil gorsuch. if confirmed, he will replace antonin scalia a. but as republicans blocked a barack obama's choice for the court, the democrats are gearing up for a fight. >> he wanted the country to be

watching. donald trump broke tradition and named his pick for the supreme court not during the day but during the evening prime time. >> i have always felt that after the defense of our nation, the most important decision to president -- a president can make is the appointment of a supreme court justice. >> having summoned two contenders, trump selected neil gorsuch. he is a conservative. he could swing rulings to the right for decades on issues such as abortion, transgender and religious rights as well as voting laws. he is the youngest pick in 26 years. ifi pledge that confirmed, i will do all my powers permit to uphold the constitution. gathered.ers

>> hundreds of thousands of people have been demonstrating. what is donald trump's answer? to thenate an extremist supreme court who is against the very rights that millions of people are harking to defend. for last year, republican lawmakers refused to even consider barack obama's nominee. many democrats are vowing to block donald trump's pick. genie: hundreds of israeli border police have entered a hard-line jewish settlement in the west bank. rule thatter a court they were built on private palestinian land. the eviction brings to an end months of attempts by the right-wing government to legalize the outpost. hundreds of hard-line sympathizers, mainly young people, had earlier slipped past army roadblocks on foot and then

lit fires around the settlement. a tunisian man expected of being a recruiter for the islamic state building a network of supporters to carry out an attack in germany has been arrested in frankfurt. to beals expect the man involved in a deadly attack by museum in his homeland in 2015. investigators believe he had been a recruiter and smuggler for the group for the past 18 months. they say that he had built up a network of supporters with the aim of carrying out the christmas market attack in germany. saysty international police in the philippines are earning money for killing drug addicts. a new report from the human rights group says that as part of president roderigo duarte's hard-line anti-drug campaign. filipino police are committing crimes against humanity in a brutal war on drugs.

that is the verdict from amnesty international in this latest report. the human rights group says that a wave of extrajudicial killings mandated by the president is " widespread, deliberate, systematic and based on rewards." >> a police officer told us there is incentive for killing drug addicts and according to his report there is the equivalent of 150 to 300 euro rewards for every person killed in a raid. he mentioned if no one dies there is no incentive. >> police are also accused of planting evidence, leading a murderous war on the poor and intimidating witnesses. last week, a south korean businessman was allegedly killed by rogue policemen. operation has been temporarily suspended in order to clean up police ranks.

>> the international community his seven-month crackdown on drugs in which 7000 people have been killed. that is 34 people are day. he is showing no signs of mourning. he s says his war r on drugs wil continue through his last day in office. of made int batches italy pot have arrived as the country's military begins producing cannabis for medicinal purposes. >> welcome to the italian ministries canada slab --

cannabis lab. it is for the country's health service. production has just started. two greenhouses like this one and two more this year. we expect 100 kilograms of the finished product in 2017. >> in italy, using marijuana for medicinal purposes has been illegal since 2007. but this was imported from the netherlands. now, the military supply should be enough to satisfy demand. it is used to treat conditions such as multiple sclerosis, glaucoma and the side effects of chemotherapy. which of the pathologies cannabis works well on is fibromyalgia. people who have it are bedridden. they can't get up and go to work. thanks to cannabis, some managed to get up and even drive.

>> that is because unlike recreational cannabis, medicinal cannabis contains thc. the ingredient that makes people hide. it is not smoked but inhaled with a vaporizer or mixed into t ea. >> studies show it causes significant weakening of the active ingredients. creates substances to cause side effects such as a racing heart. >> the military cannabis comes in at about seven euros per gram. medicinal cannabis has been a little slow. we have been uncertain about doses and administration that there are hopes that it will become a drug of choice. >> 15 past the hour, let's take a look at today's top stories. france's far right presidential

candidate is facing a financial scandal with europe. she is set to lose 7000 euros a month in her job as a member of the european parliament. that is after she refused a demand to repay 100,000 euros she says -- the union says she misspent. a scandal for another candidate, .rancoise fillon a new story says the conservative gave not only his wife of his children fake jobs, paying them close to one million euros in state funds. in the u.s., donald trump named his pick for the supreme court. conservative judge neil gorsuch. after republicans blocked obama's nomination last year, refusing to give him a hearing, the democrats are gearing up for a fight. withfor our business news stephen. in the u.s. volkswagen has reached a deal by owners of cars

affected by emissions cheating software. >> they would pay one and a quarter billion dollars, 75,000 donors -- thousand owners. repairsy will pay for and buying back models that were fitted with emissions cheating software. it is between seven and $16,000 per car. , volkswagentors could end up paying as much as $4 billion. they will approve settlements february 14. they have artie had 15 billion in the united states. genie: next to india. india is announcing a big change to try and help the poor for the coming year. >> the lowest income tax rate has been cut in half in the new budget. the prime minister announced increased spending on infrastructure. the government is looking to win back the elementary elections and say the economy took it been

-- took enough last year. >> the decision to pull 86% of bank notes out of circulation shocked indians and hit the poor particularly hard. in this new budget plan, the government is vowing to push ahead on economic reforms and offer new policies it says will help india's poorest citizens. >> the monetization>> has a strong potential to generate benefits in terms of reduced increased financial savings and mobilization of the economy. the monetization helps to transfer, which can use these resources for the welfare of the poor. >> among the proposals, cutting the lowest personal income rate in half, along with a raise in

corporate tax cuts. charging over 7.5 percent growth over the next two years. intense poverty, india has high levels of inequality even as the country has developed its economy over the past 20 years. to combat that, the government has promised to push a 100% rural electrification and support the construction of a formal housing. the finance ministry says it study a future universal income for the poor. >> shares in europe trading up. volkswagen shares up about one and a half percent. thattors no doubt relieved yet another one of volkswagen's legal problems appears to be coming near an end. investors looking ahead to the united states this afternoon. the meeting with the federal reserve wraps up later.

we will be listening to see if they say anything about donald trump. genie: good news for apple. >> the company's revenue hit a record high in the last three months of 2016. boosted by sales of the iphone seven, it is usually a good one for apple after it comes to the launch of the new products in september. 78 million iphones over the quarter. that product had been slowing down in recent months and that is reporting its first drop in annual revenues in 15 years. genie: just to wrap up, good news for mobile phone users in the european union. to roamingloser charges in the eu through june of this year after an agreement was reached to cap the fees that telecom companies pay each other when customers use their mobile phones abroad. data is the most controversial aspect. it is a cap on the per gigabyte rate. the eu is racing to implement this ahead of a promised

deadline of june of this year, a long promised plan didn't go down with the public. genie: so for this summer vacation. if you so much for that look at the business news. time for our press review. on the set, we take a look at the papers. >> lots of focus here in france on these new allegations linked to what is being called penelope gate. >> you might remember the satirical magazine leak this story last week. they said the presidential candidate francois fillon's british wife was paid half a million euros for a fake job as his parliament assistant. look at the front page this week. it goes a lot deeper than that. you can see, the bill is getting really huge. they say that it was a lot more than half a million euros. she was paid 800,000 euros.

not just his wife. according to this week, he paid 84,000 euros of the taxpayers money to two of his children who he also hired as parliamentary assistants. genie: many people are focusing on this and they are wondering what kind of repercussions it will have on his residential campaign. he is the front runner. >> things are looking pretty bad for francoise the own -- francois fillon. his campaign has been shot with a lead bullet and he is falling to the ground. the damage is done in terms of public opinion, the flawless, irreproachable candidate -- that is how he came across -- turns out he is perhaps lying to the public. that marks the end of his story. the paper agrees with his analysis. you see the question, can he hold on?

will he make it to the presidential election? if you look at that cartoon it is a really good one by their cartoonist. they depicted his campaign as a plane. this is similar to the plane that crashed into the hudson a couple of years back. it was just made into a film. that crashed because ducks flew into its motors and you can see him saying, what do you mean the second motor is on fire? they said "we just ran into another flock of ducks." you can see more ducks coming here. >> now the candidate himself says that he is just a victim of libel. but his party is bracing itself for the worst. .> this is interesting article the party is supporting him but behind the doors it is a little bit different. brainstormingdy about a plan b, and emergency replacement. all sorts of names are flying.

a lot of people are wondering what is going to happen to the people who ran against him in the primary. you might remember from the runoff, he is not going to replace him. nicholas sarkozy has been a lot more quiet about the issue. this kind of issue where you see who your real friends are. you can see the couple falling off a cliff. fillon is asking his wife where everyone? after the allegations of fictitious jobs, some of our friends are fictitious. genie: all right. he is not the only french politician who is in the midst of a scandal over alleged fictitious jobs. you've got the far right leader marine le pen in trouble with the european parliament. >> you can get all the details today. she is a member of the european parliament. she is accused of hiring a parliamentary assistant with european funds.

she allegedly hired an assistant who actually was not working for the european parliament but working for the national here in france. the european parliament is asking her to reimburse the 300,000 euros that they gave her to hire her assistant and she says she is not going to do it because she is being persecuted. genie: this assistance in question has been questioned by the european anti-fraud office. >> they got their hands on the billing, sof that according to her contract, she has to live and work in brussels but investigators found that she had no apartment lease to her name. she had a very interesting response. she said she was essentially living with friends, that they were putting her up and she was sleeping on a pullout bed. she was also asked why she rarely showed up on parliamentary law -- parliamentary logs. she apparently hadn't come that much. she had an interesting response.

she said she carpooled with marine le pen and always came through the garage and marlene -- during the pen beat her in. the protocol for bids that. the assistant can't go in the same way as the member of parliament herself. as you can see, many are calling her the ghost assistant. donaldhe united states, trump's advisor steve bannon is in the spotlight after taking a role in national security policy , one usually occupied by generals. >> this has caused some alarm in liberal papers. the new york times has an interesting editorial, which a lot of people are saying, who is calling the shots? we have never seen a political aid move as bravely to consolidate power as even been in. is it actually president bannon? a lot of people have called him a rescue can like character. this has been a cause for alarm.

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