>> you're watching live from paris on france 24. i'm catherine nicholson with our top headlines. he says there was no collusion. a much scrutinized meeting with a russian lawyer was a "waste of time." jared kushner gets ready for his first grilling from congress this monday. at least 35 people killed in a suicide bombing in the afghan capital. the attack claimed by the

taliban. backtracks president on an overhaul of his country's judiciary, we will be asking whether this is the end of the controversial move. it is 1:00 p.m. in paris. coming up, one of the hardest working countries on the planet experiments with staying home instead. tokyo's full distance work experiment in our business update. mom,up memories of their who happens to be one of the world's most famous women. reminiscences from princes william and harry of princess diana international newspaper review later on. this is live from paris. ♪

>> thanks for being with us. we start in the afghan capital kabul, were 35 people are reported dead after a suicide bombing this monday. it wasiban has claimed responsible. the attacks targeted a bus carrying workers from the mines and petroleum ministry. the taliban claimed the bus was in fact serve -- full of intelligent services officials. as happened just a matter of hours ago. what's the latest from the attack in kabul? it happened during the morning rush hour when people were just beginning their day. it happened in the western part of kabul in a shia neighborhood that has been attacked before by

the islamic state as well as by the taliban. we understand from health and interior ministry sources that at least 39 people are confirmed killed and more than 60 people are wounded. among those killed is a young student from the very remote province. she had studied in india and back and she has returned to the country. you can imagine the heartbreak. you can imagine how afghanistan is losing its best and brightest. poor province, they will never be able to have another educated woman. in all, afghanistan continues to lose and its people are getting used to these heartbreaks. >> this attack has been claimed by the telegram. incidents yet another on the taliban and managing to carry out a mass killing in the heart of the afghan capital,

they have also been carrying out other violent attacks in recent days. >> taliban have said they have carried out this attack and targeted members of the afghan intelligence and afghan interrogators. we found out clearly that those killed were employees of the ministry of mines and petroleum. would havepeople who really given afghanistan a chance in terms of reviving its mining industry. these were people who had managed to visit other parts of the world. wealth of knowledge. and civilians are also among those killed. sometimes the telegram says they have done something like this. when they get under pressure, when they know that more civilians are getting killed than they shy away. islamic state for example targeted afghanistan shia communities. afghanistan is actually bleeding for the last few days.

we have seen intense fighting almost in 24 provinces out of the 34 provinces that exist in afghanistan. in the western province of .trategic district at least 70 people including military, civilians, doctors and wounded patients were killed. when they were caught in the fighting they couldn't leave this remote district. comes ahead of unexpected deployment of several thousand u.s. troops and we saw last week mand, almost 10 strikes a day. much the fighting season. unfortunately afghanistan is losing soldiers as well as its people in very big numbers. in the long run that will not be sustainable. there will be issues with recruiting people from villages

because people will simply see the afghan national security forces as one of the riskiest jobs in this country. >> thank you. a developing story that we are following from switzerland. at least five people have been hurt in an attack by an unidentified man. two of the victims have been seriously injured. those are the only details police have given. they have sealed off the center of the town which lies on the german boarder in the north of switzerland. we will bring you more details as we get them here on france 24. the words collude." of donald trump's son-in-law and an 11 page statement is submitting to investigators. jared kushner will face a closed-door grilling from members of the senate intelligence committee who are probing links between the and

russia during last year's presidential election. jared kushner is now a senior advisor to the u.s. president and is expected to face presidents -- questions about his contact with russia dating to before last november's vote. hadaid in a statement he perhaps four contact with russians. moscow has denied any interference in the election and president trump says his campaign did not collude with russia. what is known so far. this russian music video from 2013 has a bizarre cameo from future president of the united states donald trump. the singer's publicist sent in units of donald trump's son on june 1 2016 offering him some information on hillary clinton. , if it's whatied

you say, i love it. the emails led to a meeting at trump tower in new york under a week later. what took place their forms a key part of the hearing underway at the u.s. senate investigating russian meddling in the elections. 2016, theht of june russian lawyer and rob goldstone met with a group including trump jr., jared kushner and presidential campaign manager paul manafort. trump jr. has claimed they did not get the explosive information they were expecting and that's where things ended. however this is the first admission that one of donald trump's seniors that they sought russian help in winning the election. late 2015, british intelligence had been warning u.s. officials of the close ties between the trump entourage and russia. since then a number of concerned

and suspected meetings have taken place between trump advisors and russian officials, particularly michael flynn and jeff sessions. flynn resigned as national security office are on february 13 saying he had not informed the president of the details of a phone call he made to the russian ambassador following the expulsion of russian diplomats before trump took power. in march, jeff sessions recused himself from investigations into the russia question after it was reported he met russian officials before the u.s. election. apparent close ties between president trump and russia were on display early this month at the g20 in hamburg with a meeting between the leaders lasting more than two hours and a second allegedly undisclosed meeting lasting up to an hour. a controversial effort to reform the judiciary in poland has been unexpectedly and partially halted by the

president. of three's vetoing two planned changes. poland's ruling party has been facing strong criticism that it has tried to undermine the divisions of powers in poland with a legal overhaul. here's the president speaking earlier. poland badly needs reform the judiciary and i am a total supporter of this reform. i support a smart reform touch that will guarantee good functioning of the judiciary and will raise the sense of justice in poland. feel deep in my soul and so this is my decision and my response ability that this reform will not raise the sense of security and justice in:. the polish currency immediately rose against the euro. let's bring in doug herbert.

the polish president has vetoed these controversial changes. this the end of government involvement in the independence of the judiciary? >> it's not the end. it is definitely a big blow to those efforts. the veto had not been widely expected. have beenolls critical or unhappy with the direction things had been taken under this very right-wing law and justice party. breathing a sigh of relief that he ended up vetoing them. what the bills would have done and the reason they're are being denounced as basically a dismantling of the rule flaw. a big rollback on an independent judiciary in poland. forcedst one would have the resignation of all of the country's supreme court justices. replacement selected by the government justice minister. there are more than 80 supreme court justices. this would have been a pretty

drastic step. the other one would have restructured a council that oversees a selection of candidates for judicial posts. in that case it would have given government nominees essentially effective veto power over who gets appointed as judges. it would have been putting a lot more of the court system makeup under the direct control of this right-wing law and justice party. by bill was actually signed the president and that one gives controlice department over the regional selection of judges. a total victory. a pretty big one. it would take a super majority to rollback to basically override this veto in the country's parliament. what's more expected at this point is that the government is going to have to work with the opposition on redrafting those

laws to make them more palatable. against people were these particular laws while not to line -- denying the judiciary needs reform. it has painted the courts againt these particular laws while not to as an effective, corrupt and governed by a high-minded elite that ignores the concerns of the people. criticism. a lot of who is supporting the attempts to change how the judiciary works? >> one is a man named donald trump. we saw the u.s. president in warsaw just a few weeks ago lavishing praise on this very right-wing government which in addition to just these attempts at court reform have also taken aim at constitutional tribunal in the country, have also really rollback media freedoms and tried to bring the media under the state grip as well. not one mention, as barack obama had done of the democratic

rollback come of the perceived threat of democratic freedoms. it was all praise for this government. we also have the hungarian prime minister who was very clear in the little -- the days leading up to this quote. by the polishd government and was ready to stand by them in their defense. two very strident voices known for coming to power on positions am anti-immigrant nationalism, very strident populism oath rallying behind poland's right-wing government in this case. >> some sporting matters, chris froom savoring a win in the world's most prestigious cycling race. we are talking about the tour de france. the french telling sports paper that he almost lost control of the race in the

mountains stage. flanked by his teammates as he has been throughout this tour, chris from toasted a victory that he has called his toughest yet. the team's writer has one bank four of the last five tours. some have described his domination as boring, but he doesn't care. had a few technical problems at really crucial moments in the race. i had a bad day in the knees where i -- the pyrenees where i just didn't have the legs. paid tribute to his teammates for their help and his rivals who ran him closer than ever this year. were it not for his superior time trial performances, he might not have one bank -- won. he finished 54 seconds ahead of

the runner-up from columbia and two minutes 20 ahead of the frenchman. this principle has bad news for those hoping that at 32-year-old, you might be considering retirement. he's getting better tactically and technically. as long as that hunger continues i think he will be a force in this race for a number of years to come. thes now one title behind all-time greats. congratulations to all of the writers who completed that grueling race the tour de france. some business news. you're starting off with new predictions for how much economic growth we are going to see all around the world from the imf. global growth is holding

steady at 3.5% for the year. the euro zone along with china and japan were the biggest winners in the latest report with growth productions revised up. the united kingdom was downgraded by the imf. we will come back to that in just a second. >> a bit of technical gremlins in the system. a meeting between energy ministers from oil-producing countries getting together in russia. what can we expect? countriesd non-opec are meeting in st. petersburg today about how to move forward with a deal signed last year on production cuts. it was signed to combat shrinking prices. oil prices jumped from $50 a of $57 ina high january. since then they have sunk

consistently. prices haven't touched the $50 market since may. analysts say one of the big issues throwing off the market is an increase in production from opec members nigeria and libya. they were exempt from the original deal due to supply disruptions. crank compliance is that about 90%. countries like iraq and the uae aren't cutting production as much as they had pledged. ecuador became the first country to say it cannot afford the cuts. nigeria has voluntarily agreed to limit oil output at 1.8 million barrels a day. have picked up at the news. up more thannd wti one person a short while ago. they have been fluctuating throughout the day. how are the stock markets

trading today? >> european stocks were in the red today. london he is leading the losses almost 1%. paris is flat and frankfort asked about half a percent down. a 23 month high against a weakened dollar. >> let's see if we can get a hold of that report about the international monetary fund. it has revised up its growth projections for the eurozone, china and japan. >> global growth recovery is on track. the international monetary fund says its growth forecast for the world economy remains unchanged for 2017. 3.5 percent. the outlook for several eurozone economies is brighter than expected with spain and italy

seeing the biggest revisions. the spanish economy is now forecast to grow by 3.1% this year, up from 2.6%. projections have risen overall. the eurozone is expected to grow by 1.9% in 2017 from 1.7% in what the imf said was evidence of stronger momentum in domestic demand. china's growth projections have also been revised up. beijing's economy has become too dependent on domestic credit. higher growth is also expected in japan. u.s. areand the forecast to grow more slowly than previously predicted. the american economy is expected to grow by 2.1% down from an earlier prediction of 2.3%.

reflecting uncertainty about fiscal policy changes under president donald trump. britain's forecast was revised down from 2% to 1.7%. than expected activity in the first three months of the year. putting pressure on the u.k. government as it negotiates a deal to leave the eu. >> and unusual experiment in japan. government as it negotiates a deal to leave the eu. it's to do with people working from home. >> asked tokyo's first test run for a telework day. it will take place every july 24 until the 2020 summer olympics. the city is preparing for the 900 20,000 spectators expected each day during the game. teleworking only took place for about two hours between 8:00 and 10:00 to help lighten rush-hour traffic. it may not sound like a lot, but for japan it is a big deal.

the country is known for its demanding work culture and prime minister shinzo abe has been trying to loosen some of those roles to improve quality of life. that's not the classic images we have the tokyo metro. that's what they are aiming for. i hope everybody enjoyed that experiment. they've got a couple more to go before the olympics. we will move on with our new paper review. -- newspaper review. we are talking international news. we are starting off one of the most famous women of all time, princess diana. the new documentary about her life has aired. it's got everyone talking. shy of the 20th anniversary of her death.

paris. >> it has been almost 20 years since she left us and she continues to fascinate. the telegraph reports that the new documentary reveals a lot of what we already knew about her. her compassion, her kindness. her sense of fun. her devotion to william and harry. she went to great pains to show them the sadder side of the world. she also tried to keep them grounded, taking them to local restaurants, cinemas. she also had a lot of fun with them, pulling pranks, taking them on drives around the countryside. the less conversation boys had with their mother was very brief. they were playing with their cousins and they had a very brief conversation which they say they deeply regret ever since. at the time of her death she was spending less time with her sons because of divorce proceedings

and the custody battle. 17 journalists and executives going on trial, charged with terrorism related offenses. let's start with this very arresting image. they have this image with handcuffed hands coming through the paper. this is the press, according to erdogan. they have actually invited certain journalist from the paper to help cowrite this addition today. 17 journalists are on trial in what the guardian calls turkey's assault on the press. among those charges, supporting terrorism. some of the journalists are accused of aiding the separatist group pkk. german paper, which reminds us that erdogan has shut down 172 media outlets in the

past year, these are nebulous accusations. >> discovery channel's? shark week has seen michael phelps racing a great white shark. >> in theory, yes. and really he wasn't actually alongside the great white shark. to did ineople because they thought he would be literally racing the great white disappointedy were . he did not win. they calculated the respect of 100 meters eads of a great white shark and michael phelps and then compared them. phelps did it in 18.7 seconds. the shark in 15.1 seconds. it was really sunday night viewing pleasure and people really reached out on twitter -- geeked out on twitter. one twitter user dressed her dog

up in a shark outfit. phelps has offered a rematch to the unnamed great white shark but he says he wants to race in warmer waters next time. supremacymes to ocean i think sharks still rule. don't forget, you can check out our website, france 24.com where you can watch this press review it again and find out more from the papers. in france and around the world. we are going to take a short break. we will be back with you in just a couple of minutes time. ♪

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