anchor: here are watching live from paris on france 24. article 50 trigger -- theresa may to trigger article 50. turkish president lashes out as a europe -- diplomat extinction -- diplomatic sections after his foreign minister was barred from attending a political rally. and carlos the jackal back in the dock. once the world's most wanted .riminal, he is now on trial

british lawmakers have voted against changes to the governments plan to leave the eu. the two amendments requested by the house of lords were rejected, which means the bill will past back to the house of lords for approval. prime minister teresa make thing thetrigger article 50 of constitution. she is not expected to do so before the end of the month. unfolded. >> this is an overwhelming victory. the house of commons has rejected calls for the government to --

by 335 votes to 287. they then rejected the other amendment adopted last week by the house of lords. that was by 331 votes. it looks like we're going to have this brexit bill tonight. will beith job bill passed later tonight if the lords back down. we expect them to back down and give their final approval tonight. >> this is the ping-pong process you were describing. not expecting any significant opposition from the lords tonight? >> the process continues until

both houses come of lower and upper house agree. we believe they may sit until midnight local time. time has even been made tomorrow , it looks like that may not be necessary. something theresa may did not want. once she gets that parliamentary approval from the house of lords, and then house of then it is the queen who will give her will consent -- arroyo consent, or it is threesome may that will trigger article 50, the official divorce proceedings to divorce the eu. is an't expect either

indication coming down the street for the prime minister to do that. indeed in the conversation i had with one of the first women of the prime minister and earlier the word and march was underlined, raising huge speculation. certainly by the end of march. now there is a lot of speculation and fervor about the 27th of march. i'm sure as we speak people are betting on it. what the prime minister is betting on is getting that green light, that approval. then the queen's royal assent. guess as tonybody's whether article 50 will be triggered. signs outside the european union, britain may not include scotland.

scotland is concerned she will request permission for a second referendum on scottish and dependents. the first attempt wawas defeated in 2014. would be unfair to force them out of the eu. >> a scottish thing in the brexit. dragginggovernment is her country out of the eu against its will and has called for a new independence referendum. >> was scotland deserves in the wake of the material change circumstances brought about by the brexit vote is a chance to decide the future in a fair, free, and democratic way. >> scotland voted to remain in the u.k. following a referendum in 2014. many sad is a once-in-a-lifetime event, but that was before 62% voted to stay in the eu in last

year's referendum. amounts to asking the u.k. government permission before the referendum. theresa may warned about the television of independence being chased by the s&p party. time when the majority of the scottish people don't want a skied -- don't want a second independence referendum. instead of playing politics, the scottish government should focus on delivering good government and services for the people of scotland. start the 50 will process of the u.k. leaving the eu. surgeon says she has been forced into calling for a second referendum due to lack of any compromise. now a disputer:

between turkey and western europe. turkey's president is threatening the netherlands with diplomatic sanctions after his foreign minister is barred from attending a political rally over the weekend. the dutchs compared to nazis after making a similar comment about the germans last week. are beingf turks courted by erdogan and his government ahead of a referendum on expanding president's powys. france's 24 anchor correspondent tells us how it is being received at home. >> there is not universal support for richard type are the one -- for everyone. every newspaper has a front-page that dutch police dog biting the leg of a turkish posttest are -- turkish

protester. the headline reads europe's dogs. all in all this affair enables of his to play one favorite roles, that of a strong man standing up for turkey ,gainst a hostile world protecting turks from european police dogs. and if a referendum were held the voters went into the privacy of the voting would they be thinking about the merits of the constitutional change, which is what the referendum is about, or would they be thinking about the photographs of the police dog and how erdogan has championed the course of turkey. the no camp in this referendum

wants this crisis to fade away as quickly as possible and for people to get back to thinking about take issues of the constitutional amendment. turks in europe are not going to dutchpy with saying the to nazis. he says most of turks that live in the netherlands -- they party even think supporters would be happy with erdogan's nazi comment. remark will make turks not acceptance from their german and dutch neighbors. -- former agent in president was overthrown in

2011, jailed over the killing of protesters. but an appeals court throughout the 88-year-old's convictions that his successor was also and -- now runs the country. we can go to cairo. our correspondent is there. mubarak was found guilty of multiple crimes but is now free to go. guilty ofhe was found the ordering of killed in of those againsting him. day, after a the first time and then the second one, and then the supreme court found him not guilty of ordering at theling of protesters beginning of the month.

generale prosecutor decided mubarak could be free because he was condemned in another affair. corruptionas about and presidential balances. according to the prosecutor, mubarak served his prison sentence. it was three years in jail. he will even the coming days. hospital tell the him he can go away. jail washe sentence in spent in this hospital by mubarak, who is a general and still considered a hero of the war. >> how do egypt since who risk their lives in these protests, how do they feel about what has , this formery

strongman this autocrat walking free? >> they are shocked. they are shocked from the beginning of the month when he was found not guilty. it means also for them of thecally, the end arab spring and the end of their dreams of democratic egypt. today just after the prosecutor the deliberation of mubarak, he ordered the liberation of 200 people detained because of their because ofn best

their participation to rallies. they are trying to balance both things. >> last year was the worst on record for children in syria. at least 652 where killed. that is according to unicef, which released its annual report today. the syrian government, its opponents, its allies, and both sides showed callous disregard. -- syria'sconflict conflict is poised to enter its year -- its second year. a new report by the united nations children's agency paints a bleak picture. attacks against young people are the highest since the war began. alone 650 children were killed. that is 27% more than the year

before. one in three schools are unusable. many of them acting as military headquarters. children as young as seven being recruited as fighters, including suicide bombers and executioners. hospitals are no longer safe spaces, with aerial attacks on makeshift facilities running into the hundreds. all parties in this conflict are guilty of this regarding -- of disregarding the laws of war. an entire generation will grow up with physical and psychological scars. >> millions come under attack in a daily basis. each and every child is scarred for life with horrific consequences. >> 6 million children are now dependent on aid. 300,000 of them lived overseas.

a further 2.3 million live as refugees in neighboring countries. thee they may be away for fighting, many of them live in temporary homes and don't go to school. >> one of the world's most wanted criminals has been back in a french court. today 43 years after four people .ere killed billups and has the story. 20 years inthe last prison. carlos the jackal is now ready for another legal battle. denounce the fact he is too old. and his defense he will remind the court this affair has already resulted in -- marxistelf-proclaimed militant's pleading not guilty. he is accused of throwing a hand grenade into the crowd of the drugstore in central paris in 1974. two people were killed and 34

injured. the defense argues there was no case to argue against them and the attack was too long ago. but those representing the victim's family says this is about justice. be plenty of debates on procedure, but we want to get to the bottom of things. >> carlos, real name -- was arrested in sudan in 1994 after 20 years on the run. a popular front for the liberation of palestine. but one -- notng one but two life sentences. but aemains nothing murderer and an assassin. he didn't do anything special. he may have been a member of the --

but i don't think he served the palestinian court by killing at random. the bank bolstered account. >> a special court made up of professional judges and no jurors will continue to try carlos the jackal for three weeks. >> really good conservative candidate francois fillon has been trying to get the voters back on the issues and away from a string of scandals that have been dogging him for months. it all comes a few days before he is due to appear before a judge and then ongoing corruption scandal. bill upton has more. france's conservative candidates started the week with an attempt at this and this as usual. brushing aside another difficult weekend, the president unveiled hope for his country. francois fillon will still cut

500 civil service jobs to remove a wealth tax on people with assets totaling more than 1.3 million euros. in his first three months in office, fillon pledged to end france's other sacred 35 hour working week, introduce a cap on severance pay and raise the retirement age to 65. >> those who call my project a purge have it all wrong. carried by the ambition to return to economic and political and ports. that political imports. -- political imports. >> he has promised to/350 euros per year in contributions.

that may not be enough to divert from a damaging weekend. his party released a caricature with anti-somatic overtones about his rival. -- and then aon report that fillon have received $50,000 worth of clothing over a mysterious benefactor. all while the campaign is still struggling to discover tests--still struggling to recover. pu question two days before candidate registration closes on friday. i wish time he may be placed under formal investigation. on thes get an update business news, brian is with us in the studio. a major acquisition in the world of self driving vehicles. >> u.s. chipmaker intel has reached a deal to buy an israeli

leader in autonomous -- >> that is a vote of confidence for the israeli tech industry. a bit less than $50 billion, by far the biggest deal for the israeli tech industry. when googleears ago bought a ways for $1 billion, this was huge news in israel. now for $15 billion that is big news at a big success for israel. >> and the first face-to-face meeting for german chancellor angela merkel and u.s. president donald trump has been postponed. pushede winter storm has back the summit, originally planned for tuesday until friday.

a sensitive topic, the trump administration has accused germany of acute -- of using the value of the euro two cross atlantic trade. >> the united states of america is a key trading partner for germany, but also for the entire european union. to bothadvantageous sides. >> iceland is finally ending capital controls. starting tuesday's the nordic island wilbur -- will remove restrictions. -- and was that crash led to the country's worst recession in over 60 years. the economy has seen rapid growth, driven largely by tourism boom. isis prime minister explains those controls.

>> you can say capital controls were in necessary part of reconstructing the economy. financial control have an effect on individuals and companies. there was an obligation to repatriate foreign currency. this is a problem we tackle with a comprehensive plan in 2015 that dealt with a bankrupt state of financial entities. >> u.s. stocks mixed as investors looked toward a expected rate hike. wednesday pulled down by pharmaceutical shares. at 1/10.losed the nasdaq gained by amazon and alphabet closing. a big merger deal between the john wood group and foster and the u.k.. ending up over 3/10.

just over 1/10 and the frankfurt dax, 2/10. similar to today's business headlines, yahoo! ceo marissa mayer could receive $23 million in severance pay if let go. the golden parachute -- the former titan of the internet is in the midst of being acquired by aol for a fraction of its former value after massive security breaches which occurred under mayor's leadership. is planningompany's to introduce luxury at cvs -- luxury suvs for chinese customers. the company hopes to be building using anal model, existing factor it operates in partnership with a chinese firm. lincoln's are currently imported into china where the brand nearly soared. no happy endings for china's richest man.

after offering to buy the entertainment firm, which produces award shows like the golden globes and the american music awards, chinese billionaire has been rejected. afteral was killed failing to honor its current -- failing to honor its contractual obligations. it doesn't take long for tourists to discover just below their view of the iconic architecture is often a scattering of street trash. the government is now trying to boost tourism with new policies that will encourage cleanliness in the capital. >> paris, the french say it is the most beautiful city. even they wouldn't dare say it is the world's cleanest. tourists are usually disappointed over how dirty the city is and not only the

streets. >> i just saw somebody throw a beer can on the park, not good. >> i was surprised to see all of the feces on the ground. dog excrement, bird excrement, cigarette butts and various waste. tourists better look at where they are walking, even if they rather not. the city spends 500 million euros on waste management every year. a new plan,unching the third in three years. hiring 100 new cleaners and doubling the number of agents. >> the cigarette butts are here and it is just a meter away. it is next to children's parks. onehildren's aunt the only

-- aren't the only one thriving. there are two of them for resident. regions hope this program will finally improve the situation to bring tourists back after the region lost 1.5 million visitors last year. >> certainly looking at the stars in paris, not down at the pavement. >> you can see the happy rats down there. >> thank you very much indeed. much more for you after this.

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