genie: thanks for joining us on france 24. time for 60 minutes live around the world. i'm genie godula. these are the headlines. massive flooding. three people have died and 19 others are still missing. thousands of civilians flee the as iraqialf of mosul forces push in to free it from the islamic state group.

the oscar mixup that got everyone talking. lala land is mistakenly announced as best picture on life tv before the award is finally given to its rightful winner, moonlight. movie studios spend big money on oscar campaigns but is it worth it? first our top story live from paris. the academy awards wrapped up last night with one of the most awkward moments in its history. the best picture winner was awarded to the wrong film. announced mistakenly the award went to the favorite, lala land.

the cast and crew were already on stage accepting one of the producers realized real winner was moonlight. >> there's a mistake. moonlight, you guys won best picture. this is not a joke. i'm afraid they read the wrong thing. this is not a joke. moonlight has won best picture. moonlight. best picture. genie: it has since come out that the presenters were mistakenly given the wrong envelope and that the accounting firm responsible for counting the oscar ballots has apologized. still it was one heck of a mix of. film critic told us more. >> it is so great to watch it in real time. i didn't think la la land should

win. it's a lovely little film that it was up against some magnificent work and any of those other films would have aen a better choice for cinematic artistic standpoint. i was actually screaming at the screen and using bad words. and it was like, wait. moonlight isn't my favorite either. i was delighted. it was such a great moment of television and the screwup was magnificent. they were already holding the oscars. it was a fabulous case of fake news. but they corrected it. genie: you said moonlight was not your favorite film. what did you think of it? >> any of the others. my problem with lala land is that it's not excellent in any way. it's pleasant, it's enjoyable. there are posters on bus paris callingver

it the feel-good film of the year. i thought, i didn't feel all that good when i left the movie. close to 2 million people have paid to see it here in france. smallght is a very compact film about three converging things that don't get a lot of attention. it's about a poor black boy who has conflicted sexuality in miami in a neighborhood where he has never even met a white person. it's a lovely piece of work and it won two other awards. best adapted screenplay and supporting actor for mahershala ali.

i was online and people were pointing out that he is the first muslim actor to win this award. i was thinking, come on. i don't understand why we have to put people in boxes. , ladies and gentlemen please welcome scientologist tom cruise. genie: this year it seems like there was more diversity. you think that will be overshadowed by this mixup? >> it's." pure coincidence. ane years there is embarrassment of riches that happens to have characters who have skin darker than ours. there just aren't. there can be a pileup. it was a wonderful sort of fan

spreading out of stories. some of them about real life people. people whoes about come from the nonwhite side of the fence. i always think it is so redone to keep track, to say oh look, a black person, a hispanic person. we had a lot of protest woven in. the great mexican actor director said,ergael garcia bernal i'm a migrant worker. art should bring people together. i think it did. also lots ofwere takes last night at donald trump and his travel ban. oscar foran won the best foreign-language film but the director was absent from the ceremony in protest of trump's immigration policy. helmetsof syria's white

were also unable to attend the ceremony. a netflix documentary about the rescuers saving civilians caught in the country's devastating war took home the oscar for best documentary short. one of the films cinematographers was among those unable to enter the united states to attend the oscars ceremony. the white house is due to an bail -- unveil its budget proposal. they say it will include an increase in defense spending financed by cuts to the u.s. state department, environmental protection agency and other nondefense programs. on friday a speech where he promised one of the greatest military buildups in american history. address getting set to the houses of congress later this week. an opposition movement is

growing across the united states. it's called the indivisible. its members have no problem calling out elected republican officials to hold the president accountable. it's an uprising taking place across the united states. aser surfaces at town halls protesters band together. whether in nebraska, pennsylvania or indiana. in the state of iowa the state's republican senator slipped out a side door after being confronted by angry voters. republicans standing up for the president's policies have come under similar criticism. the atmosphere at these town hall gatherings is electric. sender tim cook could barely

address constituents at this town hall as voters expressed concern with changes to their health care policy without anything credible to replace obamacare. this protest movement again online. like me, you've been pretty freaked out about trump and his agenda. >> the site lays out steps together the attention of members of congress. over one million copies have been downloaded and both the president and the white house spokesperson say this isn't a natural grassroots movement. paidys become a very astroturf type of movement. >> the results are always the same. hundreds of thousands across the u.s. are part of indivisible and it's unleashing an anger rarely seen in public discourse in the united states. torrential downpours have caused massive landslides in the

andes. have died.e 19 are still missing. half the residents of santiago are without running water. their houses choking in mud. residents of this chilean mountain town now face the incredible feat of clearing out the mess. high in the andes, powerful storms have sent an entire mountainside crumbling to the ground. upwe had a flood that ended cutting off roads in several places. we are clearing it with machines. it completely took out a bridge and left more than 1000 people isolated. the heavy flooding has taken a human toll as well. search operations are still underway to locate the missing. rocks and debris have overwhelmed rivers, tainting the main water supply for the 6.5 million residents.

more than half of them have no access to drinking water in their homes. the government activated an emergency water backup plan. >> we are water from the city. we don't know where it's coming from but it's all we've got. >> bottled water is flying off of shelves in supermarkets and classes have been canceled until the situation is under control. genie: troops in iraq are considering their push to get the islamic state group out of the western part of mosul. they plan to build a floating bridge across the tigris river to set a supply route. easternmost was freed from the islamic state group among the go. people there are still not free from danger. a city in recovery. after 2.5 years under the oppressive rule of the islamic state group, normal life is resuming in east mosul.

here are the remnants of a jihadist headquarters. the university of mosul. >> there are still a lot of landmines. they haven't all been cleared. airplanes have bombed this whole area. over there is the impact from an airstrike. >> from campus to weapons factories the militants used the classrooms to stock chemicals and make car bombs as well as to print its propaganda which was distributed to people on the street. on the outskirts of the university residents go about their daily lives in spite of the threat of sleeper cells and their ever present fear of suicide bombers. >> if you go to the end of this road you will come to the islamic state group's first position. just a few days ago jihadists tried to infiltrate this side but the army pushed them back. is visible on the

horizon. an unbearable reminder for some. past 15 days my wife's phone has been disconnected. she's on the other side with my daughters. i miss her. i'm scared for her. my heart is bleeding. bridges connecting the east to the west are unusable. aoops are preparing to build sloping bridge across the tigris river, creating a supply route that would pile more pressure on the jihadists. peace talks in syria have hit a new stumbling block. the main opposition delegation has accused damascus regime of stalling. that came after the governments chief negotiator called on all sides to condemn deadly suicide bombings. he added that any opposition delegates who refused to condemn are accomplices of terrorism.

the u.n. human rights council is opening its annual session. this will be the first one for the u.s. under the new president donald trump. the human rights council is just 11 years old and trump's election has caused concern over the body's future. >> we would like to call upon states that have already recognized the state of palestine and which believe in the two state solution to come to the defense of that solution and supported by recognizing the state of palestine. the solution must be protected from any attempt to withdraw from it or simply disregard it. let's take a look at today's top stories. chile is hit with massive flooding.

three people have died and 19 others are still missing. thousands of civilians flee the western half of mosul as iraqi forces push in to free it from the islamic state group. troops are working to build a floating bridge that would link the west to the already recaptured east. the oscar mixup that's got everyone talking. lala land is mistakenly announced as best picture on live tv. before the award is finally given to its rightful winner, moonlight. even business people have oscar fever today. isn't that the case? films are expensive to produce. it's even more expensive if you want to bring home a statuette. >> there may be some people left who still think the winner of the oscar is decided purely on merit.

as with any election campaign there is a good business and big money behind the race for best picture. roughly 6000 members of the academy vote in the contest and studios can spend quite a bit to win them over. it's a little golden statue with a big hit in price tag. in theory and academy award is an honor that can't be bought or sold. that doesn't stop data analysts from calculating its cost. according to estimates, a best picture win sets a studio back about $10 million. over half of the money spent on an oscar campaign goes to reminding that the film is up for consideration. 12% goes to screeners. copies of the film sent to industry professionals. the remaining dollars go to pr and lobbying.

a film american distributors are usually the ones footing the bill. whether or not it's worth it depends on who you are. see a nearlynners 4 million dollars salary increase. far more than their female dollars -- counterparts, who get a $500,000 boost. it's not necessarily the best investment. and academy award boosts box office earnings by only $3 million. far less than the 14 million gained from a golden globe. the upcoming federal budget is on the horizon. federal departments are expecting the trump administration's first budget proposal to arrive at their office. promised to build up the military. diplomacy seems to be taking the back seat and the state department budget is expected to be cut by as much as a third.

entitlement programs apparently avoiding the act. will not contain cuts to programs like social security and medicare. a big merger between two european stock exchanges that looks like it might be in trouble. >> a proposed merger between the london stock exchange and its london -- german counterpart appears to be all but dead. they made a deal to join forces a year ago but european antitrust regulators have insisted the u.k. exchange sell off its majority stake in an italian trading platform. couldly way the deal proceed now is if regulators change their mind and that is not likely. if the deal does fall through it will be the third failed attempt at a merger for the exchanges. genie: what has that been doing to the markets? >> it is not good news for their shares. both are down over 3%.

european indexes in general staying near the flatline on the news. similar for the frankfurt dax. let's take a look at some more of the day's business headlines. the trump administration is reportedly looking for ways to oppose trade sanctions without going through the world trade organization. the office of the u.s. trade representative has been directed to explore legal options outside for sanctioning countries including china. the wto has been the main global body for resolving trade disputes since it was established in 1995. has cut its 2016 employee bonus pool i nearly 80% -- by nearly 80%. it reached a seven point $2

billion set in one deal with the u.s. department of justice this past december. corporate operating profits in australia have hit their highest level in nearly 17 years. that is largely on the back of strong performance from the country's mining sector which has rebounded from a previous downturn. up justg profits were over 20% for the last quarter of 2016. genie: you've got an interesting question. asks you if you could be replaced by a robot, what would you say? >> that is what employees are facing. aviva has asked its 16,000 workers that very question. those who answered yes are not being put out to pasture just yet. they will get training for different jobs in the company. is insurance industry particularly vulnerable to automation. it's not alone and neither is the u.k.

at of all american jobs are risk. genie: i wonder if robots can do what you and i do. >> i'm working on my replacement right now. genie: time for the press review. taking a look at the papers today. there was nothing ordinary about the oscars last night. >> let's start with the anti-climactic ending to the ceremony. huffington post reports that the blunder i warren beatty led to the most awkward moment in oscar history. it is already being sent up on twitter. let's show you a few those tweets. the sneakycuses russians of changing the vote to moonlight while another has likened it to another awkward

moment in 2015 when steve harvey announced the wrong name for the miss universe pageant the contest winner. we are seeing twitter blow up all morning. genie: it was a big night for diversity after much controversy last year. >> a record-breaking number of black actors picked up awards mahershala ali and violet davis. choose the first black woman to pick up an emmy, tony and oscar. the first black woman to pick up an emmy, tony and oscar. genie: there were also quite a few political moments. >> thousands of people gathered in london yesterday for a free

public screening of the film the salesman directed by the iranian filmmaker. he boycotted the oscars ceremony over trump's anti-immigrant band. his film got the best foreign film award and in his acceptance speech the director called trump's disrespectful and inhumane. he really got the last laugh. the other controversy was casey affleck who picked up best actor for manchester by the sea. academy may have gotten over its oscars so wide controversy but it needs to look into its treatment of women. casey affleck has been facing allegations dating back to 2010 that he sexually assaulted people on set and many users on twitter picked up on the. he has called it an unfortunate situation. house is facing questions from india over two of its nationals in kansas.

a bar inn were shot at kansas by a man who mistook them for middle eastern men last week. as he shot them he said, get out of my country. both men were indian. one of them was a young aviation engineer. he actually died in the incident. india is now asking questions. wants answers from the white house. they want to know why this issue has gone unnoticed or on spoken about. it has not been given the attention it deserves. india along with china do send a lot of nationals to the u.s. for work. especially in silicon valley. the new york times reports that this incident has really shaken up indian families whose sons and daughters have been sent abroad. some of them are calling them to come back because the white

house is not taking the security of immigrants in the country seriously enough. genie: in turkey the campaign for an april referendum has been launched. >> they will be voting on april 16 in a constitutional referendum that would concentrate even more power into the hands of president erdogan. one of his promises is to reinstate the death penalty which was abandoned in 2004. it was abandoned to prepare turkey for membership into the eu. this columnist says he doesn't think it's possible to bring back the death penalty and at the same time advance democracy and development and diplomatic ties with the eu. he says those are not concurrent. ironically it's this lack of democracy that is suppressing the no camp. people are risking their lives o camp.orting the ne

the election will likely be free but it is unlikely to be fair. a story out of trinidad and tobago about carnival season that is taking on a feminist tone. >> carnival season in the caribbean islands usually features an onslaught of rum, body grinding and all-night partying. the washington post says this year a rallying cry is dominating the festivities. it's a song called leave me alone by a 76-year-old music legend. a slogan fory women to be able to enjoy carnival without the unwanted sexual advances of men. in particular they want to women the perception that who wear revealing costumes are easy targets or in some way

deserves sexual assault. this is what they're are fighting against this year. genie: thank you for that look at the papers. you can get a closer look on our website. qéaueeewep@1@1pxxxxxx ñññññ