>> chinese that are pulling out all the stops. on france 24 and france24.com. >> these are the headlines. british prime minister theresa may due to meet with the northern irish party that could help her form of government in the wake of her election setback. she has been heading to france for talks with the present. another public hearing in washington today. u.s. attorney general jeff sessions due to be grilled in the senate over his contacts with russia.

football star cristiano ronaldo for slapped with a lawsuit allegedly docking almost 15 million euros in taxes. how a shortage in butter in france but lead to a -- could lead to a croissant crisis. catching theirs ionship in three years. that's coming up. ♪ >> british prime minister theresa may is set to meet with the leader of the northern irish party today. a woman who could be the themaker may need to avoid second election.

her snap election failed last week, leaving the conservatives with less than a majority in parliament. we have the latest. reporter: theresa may's future as prime minister now lies in this woman's hands, the northern irish dup leader is set to hash out a plan for a informal alliance. without that the conservative party cannot lead. >> those discussions will continue, and we will meet with the prime minister. reporter: the dup's ultraconservative views on issues like abortion and gay rights make them controversial. theresa may still has a ways to go to shore up her fragile position. she took the blame and said she would get them out of the mess. that's remain across the board. and going to the polls was

to strengthen her hand in brexit negotiation talks. some say she doesn't have a mandate. >> strengthen my hand to drive our grexit, but the company told her where to go -- drive hard brexit, but the country told her where to go. reporter: both now look likely to be delayed. after those top stomach theresa may is headed to paris to sit down with emmanuel macron, her first foreign trip since failing to win that majority. president macron will host the prime minister at the presidential palace, and then they will go to a france-england football game. for more on the prime minister's in doure, let's bring g. that first round of results good

for emmanuel macron, not so good for theresa may. what kind of affect is this going to have on the brexit negotiation? >> big effect. we have rarely seen more of a contrast in the political fortunes of two european leaders meeting head to head. theresa may is coming here as damaged goods. she is prime minister of a hung parliament severely eroded authority, a lot of people back am not even betting she will last a few months. she has been trying to reassure conservatives that she will adjust and modify her message. she is coming here with a weekend. she could be facing a conversation with a diametrically opposite position. landslideg at a total in the parliamentary elections after winning in the presidential election.

a lot of the french are asking does he have too much power, too much authority? izzy dictator macron instead of resident macron -- is he dictator macron instead of president macron? needs the manual macron more than he needs her. everything is up for grabs. the whole position will have to be modified in the wake of these snap elections. you have a situation where the populists have been caught on the back but in recent elections in austria, france. finding als are reason d'etre. they are not that inclined to let britain have a cakewalk when it comes to brexit. mighturopeans

coalesce along a stronger line when it comes to britain. thatsa may cannot count on special relationship with rains. a lot of people would bet that she is safer looking more towards your -- that special relationship with america with donald trump. a lot of people would bet that she is safer looking more towards europe. they're talking over this new counterterrorist strategy. theresa may has been talking tough, as has a manual macron after recent attacks. she is talking about cracking down on technology companies that she accuses as giving a safe space to extremists. she wants to make sure those companies become a lot tougher in trying to identify and prevent extremist jihadist videos on things like you to

from winding up on the -- on youtube from winding up on the internet. where everything else is obligated, the one thing leaders have -- is complicated, the one thing leaders have agreed on his fighting terror. this is one area where they can begin to meet eye to eye. macron and may stepping up security cooperation and fighting online radicalization. host: thank you. now in washington, the u.s. attorney general jeff sessions is testifying under a today. he is facing a grilling from his former colleagues in the senate over his contacts with russia and his role in the firing of fbi director james comey. more from our washington correspondent. reporter: attorney general jeff sessions himself asked for this hearing to be made public in there by his testimony.

the trump administration seemed to be saying they will not be caught out this time around. jeff sessions in the past, when senatein front of the confirmed to be attorney general, he was not clear about how many meetings he had with the russian ambassador surrogate kislyak.- sergey that led to him recusing himself from any investigations into the donald trump campaign. it was precisely those meetings that republicans and democrats from both parties will ask him about this tuesday. they will be asking him about his role in the firing of fbi director james comey. the reason for that being the recusal of jeff sessions, his idea that he was not going to be part of any further investigation into the trump campaign.

the problem is when james comey was fired, he was at the head of the fbi's investigation into possible collusion between the trump campaign and russian intelligence agencies. jeff sessions at the time was the attorney general and still is. this will be another important hearing on capitol hill exactly one week after the blockbuster hearing by former fbi director james comey. host: that is a reporter in washington. courtsmes after the u.s. set up another block for donald trump's travel ban. thatppeals court has ruled the administration has broken federal immigration laws when it tried to impose that ban. reporter: a second u.s. appeals court ruled

unanimously that the travel ban should reamin blocked. this court decided the president did not adequately justify that the individuals banned were dangerous. they said even immigration for the present is not a one person show. rism is not aterro talisman that can justify any use of executive power. the ban was unfair from a religious standpoint. this ruling is yet another victory against the president. >> this shows the strength of our case. there are multiple ways in which these actions are unlawful. statute claims and constitutional claims.

tool need every available at our disposal to prevent terrorists from entering the u.s. we continue to be confident that the executive order to protect this country is lawful and will be upheld by the supreme court. reporter: the 20 administration has already appealed to the supreme court. the nine justices have yet to choose whether to tackle the legal arguments that have effectively blocked the ban. host: the attorney general of washington dc and maryland have led a lawsuit against donald trump saying he has violated the constitution with his businesses at home and abroad. we cannot treat the president disregard of the rights of the american people as a new status quo. white house refused to comment. the white house called an

earlier similar lawsuit without merit. now to russia, where over 1000 people were arrested during anticorruption protests across the country. the protests were organized by the opposition leader, who has been sentenced to one month in jail. reporter: jailed for staging an unauthorized protest. the leader of the russian opposition appeared in court on monday and was given a 30 day jail term after mass protests drew thousands of people and show the country. -- and shook the country. >> large groups of people cannot be repressed. the authorities cannot do anything with tens of thousands of people on the street. we must continue to take part in actions peacefully. if they won't let us take part, one should still go out and not wait for permission. reporter: in moscow, campaign

supporters were joined by local currently housing around 1.6 million people. official was given an sanction location, but hours before hand they announced a last-minute move. his wife said he was arrested before he was able to attend. the heavy-handed approach saw scores of protesters taken and while onlookers shouted "shame." >> i am interested to know why i was detained. i wanted to buy a cup of coffee. police said to me, you're with me. meetd i was on the way to my girlfriend. i want to know why i was detained. reporter: despite hundreds of arrests across the country, it was smaller than protests last

year. succeeded ins rattling the kremlin. star spanish football cristiano granola as been slapped with a lawsuit for allegedly dodging almost 15 million euros in taxes. let's bring in sarah morris who joins us live. tell us more about these allegations. sayster: the prosecutor cristiano ronaldo retained 47 million euros in taxes between 2011 and 2014. they say he mainly did this by setting up a fraudulent structure where a company was created to pay money for image rights, first set up in the british virgin islands and then passed on to a company in

ireland. the name of the game was to ensure cristiano ronaldo did not meet his tax obligation in spain. the past he has reacted to these outpatients, saying he always meets his spanish tax obligations since he became a resident in 2010. at the end of a very good season for him, he will be facing these charges from the public prosecutor. theust helped madrid win spanish league. host: indeed. these allegations of tax dodging have had quite a few famous football players. reporter: they certainly have. the one that is the most famous is actually the archrival of rinaldo. month lost hisst abating 4.1icted of

million euros in taxes. he received a 21 month prison sentence. under spanish law, he will probably not go to jail because it is under two years. as a first offender, he will probably stay out of jail. some of these allegations incredibly serious. host: thank you very much. sarah morris reporting for us from madrid. more sports news for you, happier from the u.s. if you are a fan of the golden state warriors. they beat the we went state cavaliers 129-120. runcapped a near-perfect through the playoffs. the warriors lost to the cavaliers lost year. they went 15-1 in the playoffs.

their only loss coming in game four of the championships. >> we did it together. whatut the whole team, about patrick mccarter, he was amazing. having aurry out there great night, playing like a big dog. 34 points. 10 assists. say what you want about him, he played like a big dog. a super team. they call us a super team. there have been a lot of super teams that have not worked. we came together and continued to believe in each other and sacrifice. host: time now for business with stephen carroll. his basketball your sport? >> it was. i was terrible at it. host: you are talking about uber, and they are publishing

details of the management overhaul. >> this is resolved of investigation carried out by former u.s. attorney general eric holder after allegations of bullying at harassment at the firm. the company has approved recommendations in the report. it has been announced that uber's chief business officer will leave the firm and the ceo may take a leave of absence after this inquiry. host: let's turn to the brexit negotiations starting next week. witharting to get tough london. deny financial houses posted in london. euros and uplion every day and london. britain has started this --

guarded this business closely in london up until now. host: the commission may have a new bone to pick with the french government. >> there is a strong possibility the country will fail to meet the eu budget deficit target this year. it was projected to come in under 3% for the first time this year, but that is now unlikely. before becoming prime minister, i had my doubts. now that i am prime minister, i have even greater doubts. askedstantiate them, we the board of orbiters to tell us whether we are on a path to bring our budget deficit to 2.8% or if we will miss that target. i think there is an extremely high risk of that happening. >> checking in on what is

happening in the markets next. investors in the u.k. have noted that inflation has risen to the highest level in nearly four years, 2.9% in may. that is serving by increases in food and clothing. just dipping into the red. keeping an eye on technology shares, they are rebounding after a two-day selloff on wall street starting on friday that saw over $120 billion wiped off the value of major technology companies. host: the owner of madame tussaud's and legoland say they have suffered in the wake of terror attacks. >> it is being cautious about the month ahead for the business. they also operate other attractions and say they have seen an increase in foreign visitors since the start of the year race to the drop in the

value of sterling. host: just to wrap up now, a major butter shortage in france is turning to a breakfast father. prices in france because of -- crisis in france because of a shortage of butter. farmers are under pressure to increase production. >> pastry lovers beware. these may soon become expensive treats in france because the price of butter has been skyrocketing to alarming levels. according to the baker association, the wholesale price of butter has more than doubled in less than a year to a whopping 5300 euros this month. increasedinly due to

global demand, mainly in asia. the health benefits of the dairy product have been better recognized in recent years. a shortage has made it more expensive even though the price of milk is steadily gone down. pastry makers in france are seeing a major crisis crying, warning -- growing. warning nounion is producers to prioritize butter over other milk products. >> i can hope they will still be there for some time. host: i hope so. who knew? thanks for watching. it is now time for the press review. ♪ >> we will take a look at what the papers are saying today. >> a lot of focus on the results of the first round of the french

parliamentary election, where we saw the party of the french president get some great wins. >> they are expected to have over 408 in the next parliament. the elections are not over yet. they're acting like it is already in the bag. there is a message for those new mps. they say it is time to get to work. now you'll have to get the job done. also reminding us that the majority of these new element members are totally -- parliament members are totally new part politics. macron seems to be impressed. he is telling his prime minister that we are going to have over 400 mps. they have a suggestion on how to get them all to work. they can bring them to the national assembly in macron exposure.ing him more

that paper also showcases one of these people who could become his new mp, a physical therapist from brittany. she has never held elected office. >> unless you want to count being elected to her children's school board. that did not stop her from winning twice as many votes as her socialist adversary. he was an outgoing mp and former justice minister. there is a photo of her. she says she cannot get over how well she did in these elections. started she has already reading through the national assembly survival guide written by the mp she just beat. top inwomen came out on the boat. this is shaping up to be the most female parliament france has ever seen. >> a record number of women, 42%

if all goes as it is expected next week. a huge improvement when you consider in 2012, women only have 27% of the seats. that is better than the rest of europe. 42% puts france in second place behind sweden. >> that is not the only record for this new parliament. >> is might not surprising, but this is also expected to be one of the youngest france has ever seen. 81 candidates should be less than 35 years old. that is a big difference from 2012 .27 mps were under 40 -- under 40.s were >> very young and a lot of women, not exactly representative of the french people. >> a political scientist says if you look at the backgrounds of

these candidates, 68% of them come from the upper class. another calls foul on the idea that they are renewing politics, but this is just democracy between you and me. leads --ine is at all, says it all, elites never die. many french voters stayed home and never went out to vote. that is a big reason why the party did so well. i like the cartoon we have on the front page today. we see the symbol of the french republic getting a rorschach test by a psychiatrist. he just sees macron. >> the more traditional parties are seeing the same thing out of these results, bad news.

>> a lot of them were hoping to get their mojo back in the legislative sid elections. that was not the case. they are all suffering from

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