>> hello and a warm welcome to " newsroom. 24 the latest headlines from paris. the french president paid tribute to the policeman killed in last week's terror attack. for small lunch describing xavier jugele is one of the most -- first while hollande president hollande describing xavier jugele as a

hero. demonstrators set fires and blog road -- set fires and blocked roads as a call for new elections for it to you young -- elections. with tensions mounting in the region with the u.s. missile docking in south korea. also coming up live from paris, the spotlight on the french carmaker which is under testtigation for emission cheating. more on that in our business update. thank you for joining me. sete will -- with me on will be the campaign of the. roundo head in the second face-off.

thomas: the french president lead the country and paying homage to the police officer killed in a terrorist attack last week. xavier jugele was fatally wounded when a gunman opened fire on the champs elysees avenue. he was awarded with one of the country's highest honors. the slain police officer been giving the rank of captain. the islamist group said it orchestrated that attack which came days before the first round of presidential elections. partnerugele's civil took to the podium to get his farewell, sharing some of his happier times of his partner, describing him as open-minded and tolerant. [speaking french]

>> at that moment, the worst happened to you and your colleagues. one of those events that everybody dreads and all hope will never happen. quicklyly, you died without suffering. your colleagues have been wounded, one of them seriously and we are relieved they are recovering gradually. everyone was shocked. thomas: pay homage in front of andprime minister dignitaries and police officer and the friends and family although fallen policeman with the french president hollande painting a picture of xavier jugele being courageous and an upper right and honest man. >> for all of those who have the privilege of going across xavier jugele's half are walking by his

side, a policeman, i want to say in the name of the nation, we share your in myth sadness but also your anger, your grief is the grief of us all. >> the french president speaking a short while ago. correspondent was at the ceremony. he was awarded one of the highest honors a by president. he sent this update a short while ago. >> emotion from friends and colleagues of xavier jugele in central paris. we had a moving tribute from his partner and heard from the french president hollande, coming at a time when france is gearing up for the second round of the presidential elections. the country under an elevated state of emergency. the behavior of the police is a physical hot potato and

reminding people today that in a series of violent incidents over months and years, it is better frontline police officers, ordinary police officers like xavier jugele on the streets protecting people and doing their duty who have paid the ultimate price. hollande given it to contenders macron and le pen were present and a warning against playing politics with the security issue. last week, when this incident happened on the champs elysees, the french fry minister made a similar warning and a saying it should not be exploited for political gain. at the same time, a narrative of whether or not it would influence the first round of the french elections. you look at the polls, it was pretty much no, they were stable against the last week, no major change in the wake of the incident macron predicted,

narrowly edging le pen in the first round. reporting from central paris. other world news. the melting pot of discontent in boiling over. three more people killed and another day of anti-maduro protests with other seriously injured. the number of people killed in this reason wave of unrest to 24, many are demanding fresh elections in a peaceful way and others have chosen to throw rocks and block roads and set trucks on fire. with more, here is julie. >> branded venezuela to a standstill, opposition protests blocked highways in another show defiance against president nicolas maduro. although the majority of protests were peaceful, some demonstrators were met with violence by the police.

>> they arrived shooting like we were delinquents. i was hit here and on my back. there are many people who were hit and felt. they burned our flags. >> authorities are struggling to control a political situation as it deteriorates. on sunday, maduro said he would be willing to hold local elections but protests continued as the opposition maintained calls for him to step down and hold instant elections which are held for next year. the unrest started march 29 when the maduro back supreme court stripped the assembly of powers of missed outcry for them to reverse their decision days later. many say the country is on the brink of a dictatorship. >> we are not calling for violence but for peace against maduro who is against freedom

and free elections in venezuela. and the depthsla of the worst recession in decades, maduro is running out of political allies. -- hetinues the u.s. of continues to accuse the u.s. of a coup against him. koreahorities in north celebrate the anniversary of armed forces, fears are grew in the region that pyongyang could use in the asian -- occasion to carry another missile test for donald trump once again reiterated his believe that north korea poses a global threat, and she called for uugher you in sanctions -- .n. sanctions to be imposed. a vessel carrying tomahawk dayiles, the docking on the

north korea celebrates the 81st anniversary of the people's army. officials played down fears of escalating tensions. is visiting toe reload military supplies and allow crew to take a break. there are no drill schedule. being joinedine is by fleet of warships headed by aircraft carrier carl vinson. a day after north korea warned of an all-time war over what it called washington's provocations. in an unusual move, all 100 u.s. senators asked to call -- come to the white house to attend a security briefing after president donald trump hosted a lunch with ambassadors from the security council asking that the step of actions against the pyongyang. president trump: the status quo in north korea is unacceptable. there must be stronger sanctions on nuclear and ballistic

missiles. >> meanwhile in pyongyang, residents pay the respect to the country's founder on the anniversary. the provocations on this location but no new nuclear test conducted. calledng on, iraq occurs out a -- kurds called out a double airstrike is unacceptable. at least 18 people killed in northeastern syria this tuesday. fighters,kes targeted a key component of the syrian democratic forces which are backed by the u.s. the two regions targeted " the aim was" and to keep them from sending explosives inside of turkey. the battle to retake the western

half of mosul from the islamic state group continues, iraqi forces said they are more careful about their strategy. one general said troops are using stealth tactics. to try and avoid civilian casualties, according to figures, up to half a million people are trapped with many more having already escaped the combat. more now on this next report on the growing humanitarian crisis. escaping for be no those who fled fighting to the camp, 20 kilometers east. temperatures will soar beyond 40 degrees and to add to the unbearable heat, there is not enough water to go around. >> the watcher gets hotter and they will have to increase. there will not be enough. and nowers of water only 2000 liters, not enough.

by the next day would you go, there is no water. >> boxes of aid are distributed, a lifeline for many with nothing but the clothes on their backs. they are trying to find alternative sources for spent water. >> it will be an issue for the new camps opening up in the vicinity. some of the quantities of water may be decreasing. we are trying to find solutions to identify water sources in the vicinity and additional portholes to try to provide enough for the people within the camp. they are facing catastrophic water shortages expected up to 660,000 civilians and some resorted to drinking sewage after major pipeline was destroyed it in recent months.

cutting off supplies of 40% of people in the city. >> the robbery of the century now, to our overnight attack, 50 heavily armed gunmen went to a secured vault and paraguay before taking off with millions of dollars. three of the suspected gang members have been killed and four have been arrested. more on that violent heist. [shooting] >> for several hours, residents thought they were in a war zone, explosions took place near the police headquarters and burning vehicles blocked the roads. all of this to create a diversion for what is being called the robbery of a century. the real target was a security firm that specializes in transporting cash. gradewith military weapons, dozens of robbers fired on the facility and explosives

were used to blow open the vault. the impact damaged neighboring homes and left neighbors shaking. banging intoonstop lasted for an hour. there were five grenades. one-hit upstairs near my daughter's room. >> a two-hour shootout ensued and with snipers, the thieves escaped with what could be $40 million in cash. a police say it is members of one of the most powerful drug gangs and may have made their getaway by boat. a joint task force has already detained several men them near the river which connects the two countries. guns, ammunition's and jackets were found. triple border region where paraguay, brazil and argentina meet is a key hub for drugs which flow across the borders.

>> it is time for the campaign he beat. latest roundup of news from the french presidential election campaign. joining the onset and both to thets were invited ceremony in honor of the policeman killed at the champs elysees in last week's terror attack. >> a ended a few moments ago. so moving tribute and seeing marine le pen from the far right and the centrist emmanuel macron , they are both arriving at this ceremony. they were invited by the and aent hollande symbolic invitation, symbolic appearance, the first step to an official role well when the final steps of the french president. continues with

no less than two weeks to go before the second round of them run off. we are getting a clear picture of who voted for who in the first round? >> analysts are crunching the numbers and we got all of the information it. it is interesting to see who voted for hole in the first round. a major upset for a traditional party. a little bit more about why marine le pen and imageable macron w -- emmanuel macron won. macron and marine le pen, the candidates have different political platforms and a very different support groups. polling data shows discrepancies between supporters of each candidate. macron voters seem to have college degrees and higher incomes. le pen to 30% of voters with no high school diploma to macron's 19%. he'd be to le pen, voters with

undergraduate degree or higher. a similar trend for household incomes. people with less than 2000 euros a month for le pen and those higher for micron. women more likely for macron and le pen. -- men for far left candidate took the lead with 30% of the vote. macron won over more voters 25 to 34 and older voters over 60. voterstook over 60% of over 70. >> it is interesting to see how certain cities voted and of the information website, published this info graphic showing how paris voted. traditionally, paris split in the middle with the west of voting for the right and east

for the left. it is more complicated it now. the west voting for fillon. in the middle, macron. endless small -- and a small amount of voting for -- you might have seen come into look like the french flag. >> very pretty. as we saw with the brexit and the u.s. presidential election, posters got it wrong. in a decimal, they got it right for you want to they say about around to? -- round 2? if the is by ilab, election were held today, macron would receive 64% and le pen 36%. showing the race could be tighter. another opiate of ways paul -- l that said leol

pen would get 39%. it is getting quite tight. a lot of paper saying we should because she is about predicting that result. if we look at -- they are saying look out where nothing is decided yet, not a done deal for macron and has come under criticism for celebrating his victory a little bit too much. some people say he celebrated as he won the whole election but it was only roundabout 1. there is a warning, do not pop the champagne, do not underestimate the fight and that is ahead. a similar warning in -- and the left wing paper today. this message -- "not a time to rest on your berels," everything must

done according to the left wing paper to block the right wing national front from winning. >> benefiting from calls to block the far right national front. the president, hollande said he will vote for macron. a shocker because hollande said that where he wanted the direction to go. i was telling you about this yesterday. in traditional alliance between the left and right, to block the far right national front in elections and on election night, several candidates like the called on people to vote for macro on. these polls saying concerning macron, voters that he can count and figure get 93% of the socialist vote in round 2. and similar if you look at the far left. the far left candidate has been

very ambiguous but he is holding out on any endorsement. she has done a lot of criticism for not calling his voters to support macron in round 2 and this poll suggesting 77% of his voters would go to macron in round 2. >> and of course third-place and sunday's first round, the yani tseng he will vote for macron to stop the national front but his party is more nuanced. a crisisou will call meeting yesterday to establish their position i had of round 2 and ever more nuanced and called the voters to block the national front, but did not explicitly mentioned macron. these polls suggesting the majority of votes would go to macron, but quite a chunk of

fillon's vote would end up going to marine le pen. more split. >> let's talk about the far right leader issues criticize for tactical voting. >> she sure has. she is hit the ground walking thomas wending at macron yesterday and accused him of not being patriotic enough -- around running and swinging at macron yesterday and not collect a patriotic enough. aboutrybody is talking this old, rotten aligns the nobody want and french people reject it with a rear violence. they are trying to rally around mr. macron down was want to say, so much of the battle. playing her pen is own strategic games. yesterday, she announced she is simple rarely stepping down as head of the far right national front and this is seen as being the move to try to embrace a wider range of potential voters ahead of the may 7 runoff.

a lot of strategic moves happening on all aside. >> thank you very much bring you can check out this episode of the campaign beat on her website, france24.com/en. we will give you more updates day to day until the crucial runoff between macron and le pen on sunday, may 7. time for the business update. i am joined by brian quinn. you are starting out with legal woes for france's largest carmaker. >> peugeot is reportedly under investigation by french authorities on suspicion of emissions test she departed the consumer watchdog industry sit at the case to prosecutors after getting a trove of documents last year. it is the latest carmaker to be

investigating after volkswagen which came to light in 2015. catherine clifford has details. >> following the road will travel to buy volkswagen and p at -- well-traveled by volkswagen and fiat, there are allegations that usual cheetah eot cheated on emissions test. a government-backed testing showing it. they say their vehicles have never been equipped with choosing software or devices and is already given a similar set -- statement in february. >> on remodels conform to regulations. there have no kind of device within their software. >> the full investigation was opened on monday to be carried out by three magistrates from the paris prosecutors public division and tasks with shed

light on whether psa use sophisticated system that somehow described it to cheat on emissions. after germany's volkswagen admitted to installing devices in 11 million cards since september 2015. >> time for the markets were global wave of relief over win has boosted the ftse 100 and the cac 400 pretty the dax under the flatline after an earlier record high. the euros saw a big bump yesterday and gaining today trading under $1.09. let's take a look at more business headlines. workers at italiana has denied a deal. wage cuts and layoffs were part of the agreement made early in the month to save italy's

flagship carrier from collapse. the deal leaves a facing possible bankruptcy and liquidation. luxury groupargest lvmh is buying out christian dior. the $12 billion euro deal will see all of dior's line under one line for decades for shares were up over 4% in midday. the united states is planning to levy import duties of around 20% on canadian lumber. the anti-subsidy group will affect the $5 billion worth of materials that comes into the u.s. and a look of measures to protect the industry from chinese imports. the duties rating trade tensions as the u.s. prepares to renegotiate the north american afraid trait -- north american free trade agreement between canada and mexico.

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