>> it is 9:00 p.m. and the french capital. our headlines. hes between antigovernment protesters and the police in venezuela. after a day of protesting the left three dead. we look to our correspondent in caracas. harsh words exchanged between iran and the u.s. as the trump administration pays a visit to its regional rival. 1 presidential candidates face journalist in a new style of live tv shows, three days before the first round of voting. the latest in our continuous campaign coverage.

♪ >> this is today's live from paris. hearing we've been reports that clashes have erupted between protesters against venezuela's president and the police. protesters have gone back into the street despite three deaths yesterday. earlier the chief prosecutor says the national guard sergeant was killed in a gunfire attack while his squad was trying to control protesters and a city near caracas. two others, including a teenage students, or also killed. protesters blamed pro-government groups. 8 have been killed and demonstrations over the past few weeks in venezuela. i'm joined on the line by a "

wall street journal" journalist in caracas. have today's protest been as big as yesterday's? yesterdays were called the mother of all protests. >> that's right, yes. they perhaps -- still sizable turnout for the procession today. several thousand people congregating in eastern caracas, may be up to 10,000. surprising determination given the scale of violence we'd seen yesterday. but what has been different today is the geography of the process. once again the protesters have congregated in the eastern part of carcacas. as they try to march on the downtime, they are met by tear gas by the voice. a similar pattern that we have seen in the last few days playing out against the day in c aracas. undeterred despite the violence. belle: what does this renewed attempt to protest tell us about

the opposition strategy? the daily street protests? >> the opposition leaders alieve that there has to be multipronged approach to forcing mr. maduro to hold elections. street pressure is one of them and they also believe and stronger -- negotiations with government officials, military officers and judges. as we speak, an opposition leader is meeting with the colombian bpr president santosa very important country for venezuela. strong condemnations from the secretary-general of oas today about the deaths in protest yesterday from other governments around the region. the pressure on maduro is buil ding but can the opposition maintain this presursure in the face of exhaustion and

fear among protesters? belle: that is all we have got time for now. thank you very much. the u.s. should fulfill its own commitments rather than making accusations against iran. that is what iran's foreign minister tweeted. he was responded to the u.s. secretary of state who accused iran at obligations aimed at destabilizing the middle east. rex tillerson admitted the islamic republic has remained complying with a nuclear deal signed in 2015. why dose thes the u.s. want to revisit? reporter: -- every by donald trump, the iran nuclear agreement could be under threat. the new u.s. administration says it is running out of patience with iran and is reviewing its

policy. >> the trump administration has no intention of passing the buck on iran. the evidence is clear. iran's provocative actions threaten the united states, the region and the world. reporter: iran's foreign fired back on twitter saying the worn-out u.s. accusation cannot conceal iran's compliance with the nuclear deal. he called on washington to fulfill its own commitments to the agreement. the u.s. government is now conducting a 90 day investigation. after which it will decide whether to stick to or ditch the deal. >> the president is instructing the national security council to review the deal. and's value whether it is in the vital interest of our national security. reporter: the u.s. state department admitted that iran was complying with the nuclear

deal brokered by president obama. concern remains that the agreement has failed to presenvt iran from becoming a nuclear state. donald trump threatened to tear up the deal which restricts iran's nuclear program. administration has left open the possibility of retaining the agreement. i'm joined from washington, d.c., by a research director at the national-iranian -american council. during his campaign, trump called this the worst deal ever negotiated. but iwat was a deal negotiated above political party lines. in dangernk trump is of reducing one of the most important nuclear nonproliferation agreements to national party politics? >> i think that's exactly what happened.

american presidents are only as smart as the people that he or she surround themselves with. majority of national security official surrounding donald trump have long track records of opposing diplomacy with iran and opposing the iran nuclear deal. this should not come as a surprise, but it is a deal. the alternative to the deal is military confrontation that nobody wants. belle: it's quite normal for incoming administrations to review policies. obama did the same for the iran policy in 2009. how is this different? >> i was at the state department in 2009. i was there for that review. but that was a review of iran policy broadly conceived. the trump administration said they are specifically reviewing deal, which makes no practical sense. everybody who put together the the vast majority,

are career government officials. they were not obama political appointees. the same people that would be doing it for trump did it for obama. the difference is that trump ha people surrounding him in thes white house that have never supported the deal fro mthe beginning until now. belle: trump himself admits that iran has been of holding as part agreement. that makes it hard for him to launch an attack on the deal. >> you are right that to point out that it does. i do think there is a certain degree of seven is in this white house where they know they do not want to walk away from the deal or kill it outright. then it may slit look like the problem is in washington. so, instead, there is probably going to be a short to medium-term compliance on america -- while trying to push regionally. iran

make things more difficult from the sanctions related front. and goad the iranians. belle: can you elaborate on that? what sort of measures might we see from the u.s. to push iran into breaking the deal first? >> the most likely scenario is that the united states has full control over determining what compliance means over aspect of this nuclear deal. that language is written into the jcpoa. if they have a more strict interpretation than the obama administration did, they can turn this crews on -- the screws on iran. the other way they can do it is congressional legislation out of the senate proposing to recession -- resanction iran. being ont introduced under terrorism and human rights. that is written into the deal is a violation. if trump does not veto those sanctions, america would violate the deal. >> great to have your analysis on this.

the research director at the national iranian-american council. the countdown is well and truly on and france. three days until voters go to the polls for the first round in the presidential elections. 30% of them still have not made up their mind who they are going to vote for. for gamblers across the channel in the u.k., that makes it a pretty exciting bet. we report on how british book makers are cashing in on the french elections. reporter: betting big on a different race. with the election coming up, british makers have a lot riding on who will become france's next president. bets placed on horses in football and cricket are not the ones being -- bringing in the big bucks. emmanuel macron has the best odds. the goal is not to choose the next president but to cash in on the outcome. >> macron is the favor but i do

not like his odds. i'm betting 30 pounds on le pen. the firston wins round, i get 100 pounds. reporter: strategies vary. some study the polls and establish prochno prognostics leading to a few surprising result. the socialist candidate finds himself with worse odds than the outsiders. >> i hope he will win. then i can win a good money, because i think the odds are quite highs. reporter: 1.2 million euros is expected to be gambled on the french presidential election -- more than any other election have drawn for british bookmakers. we took 27,000, pounds on the hold of the french election. this year we have taken 270,000 pounds. with 9000 betting shops in u.k.,

there will be more than a few british eyes watching out for the results, hoping to cash in on france's future. of voters still undecided and three days before the first round of voting, should we be looking to the bookmakers rather than the pollsters for an idea of how this election is going to pan o ut? some of those undecided voters might have a better idea in a few hours time, because the 11 candidates are right now on television, french television being quizzed by journalists. earlier, i spoke to a policy analyst at open europe. i started by asking how whether this new style of tv show for the candidates is better than the debate for voters. this is a new style we are seeing in this third and final debate. each of the candidates are going to get 15 minutes to talk one-on-one. with the journalists. one of the reasons for this change in format was actually the threat that some central

candidates would not take part in another 11 part open debate. and preferred a different format. but three days away from the first round of the elections, i expect that the tv platform also thought some of the vital aspects of this election debate must equally be for the public to be able to take away a real message from each of the candidates. thee: france deux, who are organizers of the debate, they say tonight show is not about political spectacle. but more about the nitty-gritty of policy. that doesn't stop this from being a last-minute opportunity for each of the candidates to try and wow viewers at home. and also, from the press from identifying a winner. what effect do you think this might have on the three days before the polls open in france? aarti: well, if we look at the polls as they currently stand, we have four candidates who are

very close to one another. so, usually, we talk about, as you say, who came out on top or equally who has most to lose. and ordinarily in the previous debate, it has been the front runners. macron, the centrists and marine le pen who has been muted -- as those having the most you lose. popllls still put them ahead tht they only have a few percentage points lead. with four candidates coming up within a hair's breadth of each other, the real question is to be, who is going to stand out> ? ofle: italy's highest court the captain of the cost concordi a that sank in 2012, leaving 32 people dead. -- is hoping to reduce his jail sentence but prosecutors are calling on the court to drive home a guilty verdict.

pierre: he was dubbed captain coward. the commander of the costa conco 2012 head sank in abandoned ship before all of the passengers andcrew evacuated. he was charged with abandoning ship, a ruling upheld last year by an appeals court. this thursday, italy's highest court will review the captain's case in a second appeal. >> we, the civil parties, are expecting a confirmation of the sentences that that have been made up to now, both in terms of guilt and in terms of the provisions already recognized by our clients. pierre: prosecutors argued the captain's recklessness was to blame for the shipwreck, which occurred when the vessel struck underwater rocks of a tuscan island on january 14, 2012. 29e ship was carrying 42239

people. 32 died. his lawyers insisted the accident was primarily due to organizational failings. for which the ship's owners is responsible. >> we think there have been many procedural violations, some of which are truly unacceptable. we believe that there has been a violation of the principle of the natural judge, which is an elementary rule. the court in rome could order the case be reviewed by a fresh appeals court. it is not expected to rule before early may. belle: charles darwin marveled att their majestic prehistoric look when he first visited the collapse goes. gallapagos. yes, i'm talking about giant tortoises.

30 have been found a long way from their home in a good or. -- in ecuador. they were wrapped up in tape to make it easier for them to travel. it's thought they were on their way to be sold on the black market in europe. two died during the voyage but the survivors have been taken to the nearest zoo for medical attention. they will find their way safely back to ecuador, where they can be looked after properly. time now for business. i'm joined by brian queen. hello. we're starting with the oil markets. an optimistic outlook for the global economic picture in 2017. the international monetary fund is producing the world economy as a whole grow 3.5% in 2017. that would represent a boost gain2016, and a slight on the 3.4% growth in predicted at the start of the year. a vigorous chinese economy and

rising commodities are driving the optimism. at the start of the imf and world bank spring meetings, christine lagarde noted that risks remained to global trade firtn american administration. >> we are concerned about trade because it has been a major engine for growth. it is actually one of the pillars of prosperity and growth going forward. so, we are certainly -- we certainly will be looking at how we can participate in that. and that implies clearly a level playing field. no use of distorted measures. and no protectionist measures going forward. bryan: leading nations of opec makin git known they are planning to extend an agreement to cut their output. markers of had a bumpy ride. crude prices have followed from barrel in 2014 to

less than 30 in 2016. oil producers in and outside of opec reached an agreement to cut production for six months to counter falling prices. a surprise drop in the price of crude wednesday renewed fear to oversupply ahead of a conference in abu d dhabi. sasaudi oil minister say the production cut should be extended. >> the agreement was at the beginning of the year. as we know the oil demand during the first half of the year is usually weak and will start to increase in the second half of the year. i think it is important that we agree to extend the deal. u.s. markets are feeling the imf's optimism. a raft of optimism led by american express have buoyed incides.

the treasury secretary says the trump administration is getting close to major tax reform. the dow, the s&p 500 and the nasdaq up 1%. european oil and gas prices kept suffering the major indices managed to nudge a bit higher. the cac 40 closing up 1.5%. 90 celebrities in the united states have received an official warning about what they post on instagram. the u.s. federal trade commission says i send letterts of" influenence" t to warn them disclosure responsibility when they are being paid for post to their social media accounts. reporter: more than any other social media platform, instagram has emerged as a a jackpot for globobal adverertisers instagram users with huge networks of followers, can be paid thousands of dollars per post to promote products.

but the federal trade commission, which is tasked with regulating advertising in protecting consumers, has warned explicituencers to be about post. on thursday, they sent 90 andtest individuals marketing firms whose names they did not disclose remindingng thm a proper advertising and disclosure policies. it is the first time the agency has intervened. the action was taken in part because a petition sent to the agency by advocacy organization public citizen. last year, the group noted several violations from celebrities like kim kardashian, rihanna and michael phelps. it called the influence of industry and instagram one of the most prominent and ethically egregious violations of ftc policy. that preys on young consumers. the ftc require social media uses to disclose when a post is sponsored by an advertiser. often these users will add a be easilyywhich can

overlooked. they have to prominently state when a post is an advertisement. a look of more today's business headline. google i is consididering addina n ad blocker to chrome. it could draw scrutiny from antitrust egalite is. chrome has 62% of the internet browsing market and google is responsible for half of additional ad placement, putting in a position to cut off advertising from rivals. marks & spencer plans to open 36 new stars in britain over the next six months. 1400 jobs will be created at 34 new food only shohop and two larger shops that will include clothing and housewares. the company plans to close six stores as part of an overall to focus away from the struggling clothing business. verizon has reported its first ever quarterly subscriber loss. the u.s. wireless provider lost

over 300,000 subscribers in the first three months, missing expectations for growth. the e exit is comemes a as veris reintroduced unlimited data plans which was scrapped five years ago. shares fell 2%. climbed back a bibit, thohough. finally for the business update . residents have noticed that recent warm spring temperatures have receded a bit over the past two days. for wine producers it is more than just a bit chilly. it is threatening damagingng frost. some are turning to unusual methods to protect their wine. ok, we have made the decision. you can take off. helicopters circle over the vineyard. flying close to the ground. they're warming the air by a few precious degrees. >> the idea is to fly up to the hotter air and push it down

towards the ground. we want to raise the temperature of the air around the vines. reporter: wine makers have suffered from spring frosts several years in a row now. the low temperatures destroy the buds on vine. >> i lost 90% of my crop last year. it was catastrophic. the stakes are high. i could have to start over like last year. reporter: the helicopters fly at less than 20 meters from the ground. >> so, it's delicate work. we have to start very early before the sun is up, when it is still dark. and we are flying very low. so there are lots of obstacles. reporter: at 170 euros per hectare it is not cheap but winemakers stand to lose millions of their crops are ruined. these crops can produce 40000 anand 80,000 euros. critics say the helicopters are bad for the environment but that

is not put off the producers and believe the more effective than turbines or candles. >> in any case, we really needd petro o power, and the energy ue by the helicopter is around the same as the motorized turbines. reporter: wine makers are right to worry. last year, bad whether reduced france's overall costs by 10%. bryan: anything it takes to keep those grapes warm. that is it for the business report. to bring're just going you some breaking news that you have been seeing ticking on the bottom of your screen. we are here reports of a shooting incident in central paris. from police sources. so far, one police officer we have, has been killed. a second police officer wanted. all this to place in a shooting attack on champs-elysees in central paris. i stress these are police reports coming in to us now. the gunman responsible for these attacks is said to have been

killed. we will be bringing you more on that when we come back after this short break. ♪

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