>> this is france 24. these are the headlines. iranian state media says the attack at the iranian parliament is now over and at all for assailants have been killed. islamic state group claims responsibility for the attack and a second one at the mazza liam of the ayatollah khomeini. france announces a third french victim from saturday's attack in london. that brings the death toll from the massacre around london bridge to eight.

france says the attack on a police officer near notre dame cathedral yesterday was an isolated incident from a man acting alone, this as the french president pushes through his plan to set up a task force to track the islamic state group 24 hours a day. also coming up in business, the fallout from claims of harassment at uber. they have fired more than 20 employees as a result of an internal investigation. more on that on the way, but first, our top story live from paris. media says the attack at the parliament in tehran is now over and that all four assailants have been

killed. the islamic state group claimed responsibility for the attack and the second one at the mausoleum of the ayatollah khomeini. we are hearing from an official that at least 12 people died in those twin attacks in tehran and another 35 were hurt. to get more analysis on what happened today, let's bring in a iran expert who joins us from sweden. how surprising was the sort of attack in tehran? have not seen anything there in recent memory. >> it is surprising in the sense that there have been no attacks of this kind in tehran. the only assassinations that you have our two scientists connected to the nuclear program years ago. tehran has been spared these attacks until now. what were your thoughts when you heard it was the islamic state group who had claimed the attack?

>> in a sense, it was probably the only group that we would think would be capable of doing something like this. is has been wanting a fight with i run for a long time -- iran for a long time but have not succeeded until now. authorities have stopped a number of infiltration attempts over the years, but it seems this time some got through. genie: could this be a sign of a line onressive sauiddi is across the board? >> it is obvious that at the moment, saudi arabia is pursuing a much more aggressive line toward iran. in a sense, it all gets mixed up , even though there is no direct link which between them. genie: let's talk about how it gets mixed up. >> saudi arabia, especially

through yemen, through its perception of what is going on in iraq and syria, seems to be part of the expansion into the middle east. now with donald trump as the american president, the saudi's feel encouraged in a sense to start hitting back. you see the line they are taking with qatar in the last couple of days. it is also a sign that they want everyone to fall in line, where iran is the primary focus on what we should all agree on as the biggest problem. what is is doing is not connected to what the saudi's are doing, but there is an encroachment of iraq. genie: have you had a chance to talk to any of your contacts in iran to get reaction on what happened today? >> i have not. genie: ok, thank you so much for

taking the time. confirmed there was a second -- a third victim from the attack in london four days ago. that brings the death toll to eight people in all. the latest victim's body was found drowned in the thames river. here is more from president emmanuel macron. receivede just confirmation of a new french victim. that brings the tally to three deaths, and eight injured on the french side. these attacks have taken a heavy toll on us and my thoughts are with the victims and their families. genie: our london correspondent joins us now. aboutore can you tell us this latest victim, the eighth of victim from saturday's attack in london? police, thames police

aght behind me, looking for french national, 45 years old, who was here with his girlfriend. he had been missing since saturday's london attack. recovered last night. of kin has been told, but formal identification has not yet taken place. a heavy toll for the french in this multicultural city, where many french people live. we have three french dad, eight injured. we know from the french foreign monday, out of those eight injured, four are serious. the first french national has been dead

identified. genie: this is the backdrop for the election held in the u.k. tomorrow, this attack from last saturday being the third in just under three months. talk through what is happening with this last day of campaigning, where security is really the top issue. >> it is. cast your mind back seven weeks to when the prime minister theresa may shocked not only her the labourut also party, everyone here, and the media, and called for an early general election, which is happening tomorrow. we were not expecting one until 2020. she said she needed a mandate for brexit, that she needed someone to negotiate in these tough negotiations ahead before .he exit of the united kingdom this has to happen by march 2019.

so today is not at all about brexit. two deadly terror attacks, one in manchester two weeks ago, and one on saturday in the heart of london. three in the past few months, two in the last few weeks. twice this campaign has been suspended. of course, this has changed the nature of the campaign, but today, party leaders, especially those who will be prime minister as early friday morning, theresa may or jeremy corbyn, the incumbent and a man who wants to post, a conservative and labor, are crisscrossing the country making that last push for votes, returning to their core themes. national security is trumping everything. there are so many questions on how these attackers met, how they innovated the monitoring,

surveillance of security services here and police. of course, the national health service and its funding, the .eduction of police 20,000 fewer police officers during the six years in which theresa may was home office secretary. severelying criticized by the labour party, saying this has everything to do with national security. wrong, response the conservatives. they say it is not just about police numbers but about analyzing the intelligence you get. yes, there will be a review anyway. servicethe intelligence assesses threats from individuals.

there are 3000 individuals being monitored seven days a week, 365 days of the year. of course, we now know since the , on some manchester level of the intelligence services, it took more than 20,000 other individuals. so a new real reality. the reality tomorrow is at the british voters will go to the false and ultimately decide who will be there prime minister as they elect. will it be theresa may? we will see. have aservatives three-point lead right now. genie: thank you. france, the defense counsel met today one day after a man attacked and wounded a police officer with a hammer in front of paris' notre dame

cathedral. a new counterterrorism task force was created that would ornate french intelligence services in the fight against terrorism. establishing an antiterrorism task force, a priority for the french security services, and one of emmanuel macron's campaign pledges. the basic outline is already clear. be about 100 officers stationed at the elysees palace and under the direct command of the president. >> there needs to be good communication and data sharing collected by our different security services. the agencies need to work together. >> some aspects of the task force still need to be decided,

such as who will take command of the unit. according to some specialists, this could model a system which is already complex, which president macron has said it will only be effective with the full cooperation of european security services. always to reinforce european cooperation in our fight against terrorism. cooperation,nal which extends past european borders, turkey, north african nations, are all crucial players in the fight against terror. genie: we have the latest in the ongoing dispute between germany and turkey for you now. germany had decided to pull its troops and reconnaissance aircraft rum it's turkish base. the german parliament today brought the approved the plans brought forward by the defense minister to move german military and the german aircraft from the

turkish airbus -- air base, to another one in jordan. this is due to an ongoing spat between germany and turkey. only military and personal technical personnel could travel to the base. tensions have been strained for some time now. around this time last year, turkey was angry as germany recognized the armenian massacre. more recently, relations between and kara and berlin have been framed by the arrest in turkey of the turkish journalist.

this has been ongoing for some time. the prime minister travel to ankara on monday to try to resolve the issue of allowing germans to travel there, but it was refused. the parliamentary plan this morning was approved to draw out german military from turkey and move them to jordan. genie: this comes at a critical siege that this new has been launched on the islamic state r raqqa. >> the timing is not great and there are questions about how expensive this will be. soldiers, six tanker jets, whether this is a safe move to move into a jordan, and how much this will disrupt

the surveillance missions, which are seen as critical. germany is taking part in important reconnaissance missions near syria and also helping its allied forces there. beis thought that this could up to two months, so these missions can be interrupted for two months. the defense minister said that they would try to make the move as uncomplicated as possible but says it is complicated moving all of these people and personnel. she said she had met with the king of jordan in january and said she felt positive about the move that is ultimately a positive thing for the german military. from jordan, hopefully, they can take part in these critical surveillance missions once again. in the u.s., president

trump is trying to ease the diplomatic crisis surrounding qatar. he spoke with the king of saudi arabia to smooth things over. a notable change of tone from him who come hours earlier, seem to take credit for the break in a series of tweets. >> mixed messages from the white house. president donald trump spoke with the king of saudi arabia tuesday calling for middle eastern unity in an attempt to calm the diplomatic crisis surrounding qatar. saudi's and other middle eastern states suddenly cut diplomatic and travel ties with qatar on monday, accusing the gulf state of financing terrorism. >> there has been tension among qatar's neighbors for some time. the united states continues to be in close communication with all the parties to resolve the issues and restore corporation, which is so important to regional security. effort andp's

de-escalation was a market change of tone from two et posted earlier tuesday, a pure to take it for the severing of ties with qatar. he posted his visit to the middle east was already paying off, suggesting isolating qatar was an important step in fighting terrorism. that quickly through u.s.-qatari relations into its own crisis. strategic u.s. ally, home to an american military airbase staffed with 10,000 troops. the u.s. relies on the base to launch attacks on militants in syria and afghanistan. officials rush to limit the damage. >> our relationship with qatar is strong. we continue to operate with qatar and other countries in the region in the fight against terrorism. also has significant investments in washington and the united states.

to get the latest business news. i am joined on the site by charles. you are starting with the news employeeshas fired 20 after an investigation into harassment claims. >> that's right, the company behind the biggest ride hailing app said that they were the result of sexual harassment and bullying among other things. investigations into the claim started after a female employee wrote a blog post detailing her experience working at the firm. her complaints about sexual harassment were ignored. a report on the company's culture as a whole has also been commissioned and those findings will be reported next week. more with martin pollard. >> decisive action to get the company back on track, that is how uber hopes its actions this week will be viewed. fired 20 members of its staff

following an investigation into harassment. the investigation was launched after an x employee, susan fowler, published a blog post which will share thoususands of times. culture ofuber had a the leading claims of sexual harassment and sexism. the law firm was then brought in to investigate a total of 215 claims. include 54 of discrimination, 47 of sexual harassment, 45 of unprofessional behavior, and 33 of bullying. staff sackings, trainings, and a number of others under review. they say such problems like this are not unusual in this are, especially in companies with a large workforce. uber has more than 12,000, but it's been uncomfortable timing.

in 2017, the san francisco-based company has had to deal with other scandals including the ceo travis callan and being caught on video, arguing with a driver. of problems at the world's most viable startup they follow next week, when a former attorney general, eric holder, is set to publish a separate report he's been conducting on uber's culture. genie: big financial news out of spain with a meter takeover in the banking set her. >> banko santander has agreed to populaire for a symbolic one euro. officials say that the bank was likely to fail. they were saddled with toxic debt left over from the spanish real estate bubble. this is the first test of the e.u. bailout regime set up after the eurozone crisis. santander will raise 7 billion in capital to fix the balance

sheets. genie: how are the european market doing this hour? european indices are slightly higher this hour although investors are opting for caution ahead of the u.k. general election and a u.k. central-bank meeting on thursday. paris is up slightly. aboutn london is up by 0.14%. moving on to some other stories making headlines this wednesday. amazon is dropping its membership price for low-income shoppers in a move to get some of walmart customer base. 20% of the u.s. population benefits from government assistance. they will be able to get a $5.99 prime membership.

australia's economy grew 0.3 percent in the first quarter of 2017, meaning the country has enjoyed 26 years without recession. strong growth was recorded in finance and insurance as well as wholesale trade and health care. year on year, the economy has grown by 1.7%, the slowest pace of annual growth since the global financial crisis. businessman known for brokering international arms deals has died in london. he became one of the world's richest men and was known for his lavish lifestyle. he most famously broker-deals between the u.s. and saudi arabia with the company now known as lockheed martin. genie: thank you. let's take a look at the press review.

taking a look at what is happening around the world in the papers. still lots of focus on the diplomatic crisis coming out of the gulf after arab nations including saudi arabia and the united arab emirates cut ties with qatar. >> it is still a major story in the region. let's start with the lebanese paper which sums up the situation by saying reality is not budging, doha has to get in line. papers in qatar are quite outraged by the situation. here is a cartoon that shows a raised fist in the cartoon, and on that you will see the flag of qatar. the fist is being raised at the symbol of the gulf cooperation council, which is facing a crisis here. cnn has some exclusive

information that suggests russian hackers may have been behind it. >> and is an incredible scoop. it says u.s. investigators believe russian hackers breached agency andte news planted a fake news report that contributed to the crisis. according to the report, it happened two weeks ago, a news report appeared on the news agency that contributed false remarks to the qatar ruler that appeared friendly to iran and israel. cnn, thisto snowballed into this crisis we are seeing. the fbi sent a team of investigators to delhi to help the qatari government investigate this alleged attack. according to u.s. officials, they say the russian goal is to cause rifts between the u.s. and allies. genie: in the u.s., donald trump raised eyebrows with his response to this. he seemed to not only support

the gulf states but also to take credit for the diplomatic and economic boycott of qatar. >> that is what it seems. he said his call for an end to the financing a radical groups practical states to act against qatar. it is on the front page of the financial times. several papers find the fact that trump is taking credit for this quite surprising. , in theirgton post editorial, says it is stunning that he is taking credit for this diplomatic low up. qatar hosts the largest u.s. airbase in the middle east. they point out again what a strategic role it plays and that this diplomatic crisis threatens interests in the region, such as fighting against the islamic state group. also in the spotlight from the weekend attacks in

london. >> seemingly mashing -- lashing out against the london mayor immediately after the attack. it is depicted in this cartoon, by a dutch cartoonist. showing the british flag at half mast and donald trump flying over london and the flag, i guess soiling them. genie: the investigation into that attack continues, police have a that apply the third attacker, a 22-year-old italian of moroccan descent. whichulled out an article points out, in 2016, he was arrested on his way to syria where he planned to fight alongside the islamic state group. italian authorities say they warned british intelligence services that he wanted to be a terrorist. paper, they the were ignored by british intelligence services. this comes as british

authorities admit they were investigating another one of the attackers but deemed it was a low priority. genie: back to france where the withi and has an interview

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