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>> this is france 24. these are the headlines. the u.k.of silence in in memory of the seven people who died during an attack on around london bridge saturday night. this as new details come out about the third attacker reportedly an italian national. u.s. that forces in syria begin a final push to take back raqqa.
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the city is the de facto capital of the islamic state group. afternic buying in qatar six of its neighbors cut off ties with the country, saying it supports terrorism. also coming up, what kind of isolationqatar's having on its flagship airline? those details coming up in business. secondld do jump off the story of the eiffel tower, even if you had a zipline? more on the people that did that. coming up, this is live from paris. we start first in the u.k. where a minute of silence was just observed in memory of the seven people who were killed in the london attack late saturday in the meantime, british
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police have released more details of that two of the three london bridge attackers. van saturday, they drove a into a crowd on london bridge before running into the busy borough market, stabbing and killing people there. london police develop their inquiries into the terrorist attack which lets seven people dead and scores injured. two of the three attackers have been identified as khurum butt and rachid redouane, both from barking and east london. neighbors have said they were openly radicalized. they talked about their religion, how good it was to be muslim. they would say to me, can we become muslim? >> some locals were wary of the
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suspects. football downay there, and they would, and start to pray in front of everyone. the police said that we would keep an eye on this. after that, we never hear nothing. the attackers were shot dead by police after the rampage saturday night. they mode people down on london bridge if or proceeding on foot through london market. have made 12rities arrests over the weekend in connection to the attack. all of them have not been released without charges. nhs new england released a statement -- identified ae third attacker, of moroccan
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dissent who was reportedly living in east london at the time. in australia, the prime minister says a deadly siege in the city of melbourne was also an act of terrorism. it was a senseless act of violence. a man believed t to have beenn working at this apartment complex in the melbourne suburb of brighton was shot dead. his killer then took a woman hostage. she was eventually freed and a 29-year-old was killed in a hail of police gunfire. the islamic state group has claimed responsibility for the attack but victoria's police chief says this could be opportunistic. of them online, claiming responsibility, but then they always try to claim responsibility any time something happens. all the indications is there is nothing that we found thus far that would suggest that this is anything that was planned. >> the australian prime minister
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malcolm turnbull has urged stronger counterterrorism crackes and reforms to down on those that have shown signs of radadicalization. here are questions on why was free on parole despite his criminal history. >> he had a long record of violence, a very long record of violence. he had been charged with a terrorist defense some years ago and had been acquitted. parole?he on acquitted.t, he was it was believed he was wearing an electronic ankle bracelet that he cut off just before the attack on the apartment complex. to syria, u.s. backed forces
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say they have launched an offensive to capture raqqa. that northern city has become the de facto capital of the islamic state group. let's bring in henry from beirut. what can you tell us about this offensive that started yesterday? >> the spokesperson for the syrian democratic forces confirmed that a long-awaited campaign to attack the city launched yesterday, a attack, attacking the city from the east, north, and west. initial reports suggested that forces have breached the eastern part of the city, as well as a number of casualties yesterday, as reported by a monitoring group. about 21 civilians as they tried to flee the city. but this is the long-awaited campaign that has been building up since november as they have been circling the
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city to take the de facto capital in syria. be such a keyaqqa victory for u.s. backed forces, if they took it back from the islamic state group? >> the islamic state group in 2014 andqa established it as the capital of its so-called caliphate. it is its biggest city of controls, the final stronghold in syria. if they were to take it, it would consolidate much of their power in northern syria. this would be a major physical loss to the islamic state, as well as the loss of mosul, if it were to fall, that means that the twin capitals would no longer exist in physical form. this would mark a dramatic change in the way the battle against the islamic state continues. we expect more insurgencies across the world. the u.s. army has acknowledged the campaign beginning yesterday, referenced the attack
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in manchester, saying we cannot allow these attacks to take place around the world and we had to targeted at its source, but acknowledged this is a phenomenon in the campaign against the islamic state. >> henry, thank you. now to qatar where store shelves are entering -- emptying as people are panic buying in the wake of a diplomatic dispute. six nations have cut ties with qatar, accusing it of supporting terrororism. panic buying in the supermarkets of doha have left shelves empty of food and other supplies. began forming within hours of the decision by several gulf states to cut diplomatic ties with qatar, accusing it of supporting terrorism. the peninsula is heavily dependent on food imports. most are brought into the state from neighboring saudi arabia.
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closed, theyborder have asked for a solution to be found through dialogue. turkey, which enjoys friendly relations with qatar says it is ready to help defuse the row. >> we are saddened by the current situation and will make every effort necessary to normalize situations. every country can have difficulties but it is essential for all sides to talk. the impasse comes less than two weeks after the u.s. president donald trump visited saudi arabia and called for muslim nations to take a lead .ole in combating extremism the u.s. secretary of state has also urged those involved in the dispute to seek a resolution through dialogue. >> i do not expect that this will have any significant impact , if any impact at all, on the unified fight against terrorism in the region, or globally. has denied supporting
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terrorism and has described the move as unjustified and based on false claims and assumptions. >> one of the six countries to cut ties with qatar is yemen. yemen government is also accusing qatar of working with its enemies in the iran-aligned with the movement. on the ground, the fighting continues. a hail of bullets over a ravaged country. militia supporting yemen's internationally recognized government clashed with fighters on monday, hours after state news agency's announced qatar was no longer welcome in the saudi led coalition. thet is between us and houthi military, but we are pushing them back.
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we are advancing well. the rebels who are supported sees the capital in 2014, forcing the country internationally recognized government into exile. the houthis have since been pushed back mostly with the help of coalition airstrikes but still retain control of the capital. the conflict has killed over 10,000 civilians, displaced 3 million people, and left 70% of the population in need of humanitarian aid. officials said they refused to negotiate with the envoy from the u.n., whom they accused of bias. the president of afghanistan
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now says the death toll from last week's massive suicide truck bombing in kabul has surpassed 150. that makes it the worst single attack in the 16 years since the u.s. first invaded the country to topple the taliban. provided that updated toll at an international gathering focus on security and political issues. he said more than 300 others were hurt. there has still been no claim of responsibility for the attack. in brazil, the president michel temer -- chief product user -- and the chief prosecutor are facing off. lawyer is accusing the prosecutor of accusing the supreme electoral tribunals to rule against temer when they meet for the verdict. he has been hanging by a threat since the revelation of secret audio in which he is allegedly heard giving his blessing to a
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payment of hush money. michel temer now faces a separate threat, which could turn him out of office. supreme -- the supreme electoral court will judge accusations that the winning slate campaign with illegal undisclosed funds. the charges were brought soon after the vote after which dilma rousseff won a second term in office, in which temer was the vice president. rousseff has since been impeached with temer replacing her and is attempting to steer the country in a different direction. his lawyers will argue that double ball of any regularities apply to rousseff and not him. but they were on the same slate, and as such, there is no precedent for splitting them up. there is also no precedent for the electoral code to judge the case to bring down the president. a guilty case would effectively
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annul the outcome of the 2014 election. in that case, it's not clear what would happen next. the replacement president would only have a mandate until the end of next year. whether he or she is chosen by direct election or by congress is open to interpretation and is causing a stir on the streets and behind the scenes. the case could be concluded this week, although legal maneuver users -- maneuvers may stretch it out to get more time for those backstage machinations as brazil tries to find a way out of its political crisis. a french after not, thomas pesquet, who is a bit of a rockstar star here in france, is back on earth after spending six months on the international space station. he just gave a press conference in cologne, germanany. he talked about the beauty and the freedom of what business, and now he felt like he was attached to the earth by rubber
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bands. he also said how happy he was to rediscover both his girlfriend and french cheese. the press conference turned a bit political, he was asked about donald trump's decision to pull the u.s. out of the global climate accord. a move that he called irresponsible. a different kind of flying for you. rather, a jump off the second story of the eiffel tower. that is what many people are doing this week, believe it or not, but with a zipline. that is all part of something that was created by one of the main sponsors of the french open. >> a leap of faith from the second floor of the eiffel tower. adrenaline fanatics have been zip lining from one of the most iconic sites in the world, and 800-meter flight through the parisian sky. the ride filled with thrills as you reach speeds of 100
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kilometers per hour. we start at a height of 122 meters. we land at 17 meters on a pot or that the military square. we are going at 97 kilometers per hour. >> participants can sign-up for free, hoping they do not freeze when they take the jump. the event has been incredibly popular already as all pre-bookings have been filled. >> once you take off, time goes fast. 80 to have the courage to take off, that is the worst of it. you need to be able to step into nothing and jump. be openttraction will until sunday and is available to anyone over 18. only 100 flights a day are scheduled. >> that is some pretty scary stuff. i am sure you would do that. >> not a chance. >> you are here to talk about the business. you are looking at oil prices
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after several nations cut diplomatic ties with qatar. >> in the immediate aftermath of the news, we saw crude prices spike 1%. this morning, we are seeing prices continue to see saw. brent crude and debbie ti are in positive territory. traders are worried the writ would make it harder to keep reduction levels down. members and nonmembers alike decided to extend output cuts by a further eight months. >> one of the biggest losers from the diplomatic isolation will be qatar's flagship carrier. >> that's right, but first let's look at the markets. elections in the u.k. weighing on sentiment. in france, down a half or percent at this hour. investors keeping their eye on what will happen in the united kingdom with elections there this thursday. >> sorry about that, i jumped the gun.
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tell us about the qatar airlines. >> it is one of the biggest casualties in this unrest. the airlines has announced it has suspended operations to saudi arabia. about 52 flights are set to be grounded on including a shuttle to dubai which operates 14 times a day. to be aeasures are set headache for all the big airlines in the region, but especially for qatar's state own carrier qatar airways. there long to saudi arabia, offain, and egypt is now the table for the airline. this could mean a 30% done in the company's revenue and a disruption for passengers. >> i had a travel reservation to italy. should i change my flight, collect my ticket? that airways told me
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whoever has a trip in the next three days can either get a refund for the price of a take it or be transferred to another airline. their routesd of pass through saudi airspace. from flights go to and cities and countries such as the u.s., south africa, and australia. all of these flights will have to be diverted or grounded. avoiding egyptian and bahraini airspace will only add to the troubles. is still open. it is the last thing the airline needs after a tough start, following a laptop band from donald trump. >> we have seen a dip in the traffic between airports ,nvolving the ban in the u.s. so there is an influence in traffic, obviously. >> two other airlines in the region will also find their sales hit by the diplomatic rift , and for an airline to fly over
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qatar may now need to get permission from saudi authorities. has begun. president outlining plans to privatize air traffic control in the united states. he is urging congress to separate it from the federal aviation administration. mr. trump calls the air-traffic system ancient and broken and says he has a plan to fix it. >> the faa has been trying to upgrade our nation's air traffic control system for a long period of years, but after billions and billions of tax dollars spent, and the many years of delays, we are still stuck with an ancient, broken, antiquated, horrible system that does not work. other than that, it is quite good. >> back to you. >> now time for the press review.
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now to take a look at the headlines around the world. let's start in the u.k., where papers are continuing to react to the aftermath of saturday's terror attack in london. the police have now named two of the three attackers and they warn a new strategy is needed to stop this kind of terrorism. >> that warning on the front page of the guardian today. metropolitan police say that britain faces a completely different level of terror threat. on the front page you can see a small photo of one of the three attackers who has been identified as khurum butt. we had decided to blur his photo. admitsropolitan police that he was known to the police .nd mi5
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police say they had opened an investigation in 2015 but dean that he was a low priority. >> several british papers are picking up on this. many people feel it is strange that some unknown to intelligence services slipped through the net, and not for the first time. time inis the third three months and there were previous cases as well. you see here a photo of the murder of lee rigby carried out by two known extremists. what is particularly alarming about this case is the fact that this man that we were talking about had links to a suspect in the london bombings back in 2005, so quite a while ago. according to the times, this 27 euros man worked for a man accused of helping to train the july 7 bombing ringleader. a lot of papers are alarmed by these revelations that have come out in the times that perhaps
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this man was known for quite a while. police say there was no intelligence to suggest that this attack was being planned, so therefore they prioritize the investigation accordingly. >> another big story coming out of the gulf, which has been hit by its dip -- biggest of the medical's in years. several nations have cut ties with qatar. in thes front-page news region, it is getting a lot of attention. a lebanese paper talks about how doha has been ostracized from the sunni camp which accuses qatar of destabilizing the region. according to them, what is really happening here, other gulf states want to stop qatar from spreading influence in the region. essentially they are trying to stop the qatar plan to become a major regional power.
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essentially they want to force qatar to get in line. >> what are the arab papers saying about this? >> i got a little bit of help. this is an ejection paper -- ejection paper. -- egyptian paper. they are in favor of what is happening, cutting ties with qatar. inside, there is an analysis piece that said qatar essentially got what it was looking for. it got it could use the advantage of its channel al jazeera to spread its message of poison, which is what they call it. according to this paper, all the other nations in the region, their patients was tested, and it had its limits. >> others are more measured. >> not surprisingly, qatari papers at a different attitude.
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it talks about how this is unfair, a surprising decision to quarantined doha. there is no legal or logical justification here. another paper based in london that is also alarmed by what we are seeing. it says, this could just be the beginning. the article says it fears things could become a conflict in the region. that is echoed in a french business paper. they interviewed a political this is just says another step toward what he calls the balkanization of the arab world. >> let's come back to france. voters are heading to the polls this sunday for the first round of the french parliamentary election. french citizens living abroad already got to cast their votes. >> there are 11 constituencies
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of french citizens living abroad. camepublique en marche! out ahead in both. emmanuel macron's party came out in front in 10 of 11 of those constituencies. rate in these constituencies outside of france was very low, just about 19%. now, what will happen when citizens living in france votes? they will vote on the 11th of june. according to a poll today, la republique en marche! will win in of seeds have a comfortable majority in parliament. no power-sharing for la republique en marche! you can see the front page talking about how emmanuel macron is at the head of a winning machine. viewer's, remind the
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for political parties in france, there is an incentive to having a maximum number of members in parliament and it is not just weighing in on policy. >> a big financial incentives. it is particular to france.
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