g&a: you are watching "france 24." these are the headlines. start markets around the world tumble. asia and europe opens down after stocks went into freefall monday, with the dow plunging to its worst single-day point fall ever. a british court set to decide today on the fate of julian assange. the founder of wikileaks tried to get the u.k. to drop a warrant for his arrest, a move

that would let him walk three from the ecuadorian embassy in london for the first time in over five years. u.s.-led coalition winds down its forces fighting isis in iraq, a fight over oil is underway. our special report from the kurdish region of kirkuk coming up. food lovers have a treat in store. we will look at the brand-new michelin guide. the food bible has just unveiled its coveted star rating for this year's edition. first, our top story, live from paris. stock markets here in europe opened down by more than 3% this tuesday, as the selloff around the world showed no sign o of slowing.

asian markets also finished lower, with the mckay dropping almost 5%. asl street slid further fears of higher interest rates turned into a giaiant selloff. at one point, the dow jones industrial average dropped a thousand points in less than an hour and ended with its worst day in more than six years. gina robertson reports. following the u.s., asian markets have taken a beating tuesday, markets plunging across the region. nikkei sawe mckay -- its biggest point drop since 1990. businessmen in tokyo are feeling worried. >> a sudden drop like this makes the future outlook unclear. i'm worried about what is going to happen now. stock prices>> have probably gone up too far without clear reasons. it is probably time to hold tight. georgina: perversely, positive economic data caused the

downward dive. more jobs and rising wages in the u.s. have led to fears of the federal reserve hiking interest rates. this sends investors out of the stock market and into bonds, which benefit from increased interest rates. >> the stock market has gone too far, too fast. it is jujust appropriate to hit the reset button. i think there may be a new norm of having some new some -- some normal volatility. what we have experienced is almost abnormal lack of volatility. georgina: the dow jones on monday lost a third of the games it saw over 2017. the game's seen on the global market in recent times had seemed unstoppable, and with this step, market watchers wonder where it will end. wikileaks founder julian assange could be free to leave the ecuadorian embassy in london for the first time since june 2012, that that will depend on a court decision about to drop over his arrest warrant in the u.k.

swedish authorities are no longer pursuing assange in connection to a sexual assault case, that he still faces arrest in britain first skipping bail five years ago. let's go live to our correspondent in london. benedict, your in fronont of the ecuadorian embassy. what can you tell us? will be at 2:00 p.m. london time, an hour later in france, that we will find out if this british judge says julian assange is free to walk out of this ecuadorian embassy where he has been holed up for over five years. there is no clarity on what he will do if the judge does rule he can walk free. his defense has been, the swedish charges of rape and sexual allegations against him, in sweden, have now been dropped, so why keep him in there? the warrant serves no purpose.

but the crown prosecution here, because he jumped bail, and because the british authorities in the e.u. have to respect a european arrest warrant, and he didn't jump bail to evade the british justice system that was going to extradite him, finally, after all his legal appeals through the british judiciary system -- basically, they say this should stand. he should not be rewarded for the fact he has almost taken advantage of hiding away from british and swedish justice. for.o play his team are saying it is because of health problems. he has a bad tooth, a bad shoulder, and some mental health problems, because he has been holed up in there for over five years. say, this is a story that has gone on for some time, almost five years. even when it comes to the ecuadorian embassy itself, that at first was welcoming to julian assange, it seems he might have at state his welcome there.

what are his options if this arrest warrant is not listed? what will the ecuadorian embassy do? of course, that is in their gift. we will see. remember that only recently he got ecuadorian nationality. the ecuadorians were talking to the british authorities, trying to get diplomatic immunity for him. that is something the british authorities have absolutely refused to do. are in the option that the british judge rules he cannot have this war and, that he is a fugitive from british justice, and therefore also swedish justice still. -- justice still, i would imagine he might decide yet again, as we have been here many times before for julian assange, to decide to appear at that balcony. this is not a normal embassy. this is a tiny flat. the ecuadorian embassy has to get on with their job every day. you are right. they basically want him to leave

this embassy. -- play again the whole immunity card? that is possible, but that is absolutely not in agreement. british authorities are clear on that. you are a fugitive from justice. we will see what julian assange and the ecuadorians decide to do if the lifting of the warrant is unsuccessful this afternoon. they do foricte, that. we will be checking in w with yu in london. of poland is set to sign a contested bill on the holocaust into law. the measure would impose prison sentences of up to three years for mentioning the term "polish death camps," and suggesting "publicly and against the facts" that the polish were involved in nazi german crimes. olan's right-wing government says the law is necessary to protect the reputation about -- the reputation of poles as

victims of nazi aggression. emmanuel macron has a tricky trip on the books today. he is on the french island of corsica, where separatists are tried to get him to listen to demands for more autonomy. the visit coincided with a sensitive anniversary in corsica. 20 years ago today, the french state representative was shot dead by pro-independence activists. president macron attended a tribute to that man in a new square that holds his name. catherine: you can see behind me the spot where the ceremony took place marking 20 years since the death of claude erin yak -- er iniac, the state representative here in corsica. french president macron hand-in-hand with erignac's widow unveiled a plaque marking this square, the spot where

erignac was shot three times in the head from behind in what macron described as a cowardly attack. erignac,from dominique and she spoke about the difficulty for her and her children to come to the spot where it happened. wewe heard from the president himself, who said the man responsible for this murder will as some given amnesty, in corsica are calling for. genie: that report from a jack seo -- ajaccio. the trial of the man known as the isis landlord is still going on. he is in court for housing some of the men behind the paris attacks in n november 2015 that left 1 130 people dead. chris moore is at the paris courthouse were the trial is taking place. french prosecutors addressing the court today. tell us more about that.

chris: that is right. we just heard from the daoud andon, jawad ben another man facing time behind bars for aiding and abetting terrorists. behindup to five years bars. it has at times bebeen a case of extraordinary scenes in the courtroom behind me as we learned about jawad bendaoud's past, in which he and suma carried out a life as drug dealers. at one point they got into an altercation in the courtroom. jawad bendaoud at one point tried to portray himself as a victim in all of this, saying the time and attention destroyed his dream of setting up a lucrative cocaine business. his trial from the start has been about how much these men and particularly jawad bendaoud new who the people they were putting up were, and what they

had intended. we heard from victims' families, saying that given wall-to-wall media coverage of the terrorist attacks and the huge manhunt underway, it is frankly very unlikely they did not know more about this. they should have asked more questions. at the same time, we have heard from a man who was injured in the attack, saying he needed to come to this trial to establish whether jawad bendaoud was a terrorist or simply an imbecile, saying he has now decided the truth was very much the latter. that has been jawad bendaoud's defense team's start. he is a man with checkered past in petty and at times violent crime, but in no way an extremist sympathizer. genie: this image of jawad bendaoud as a bit ofof a simplen has garnered him a lot of

attention, a lot of bad jokes. some people think it is incredibly out of place. chris: that is right. that extraordinary television appearance just before his arrest, as his flat was being besieged by police, made him a high-profile figure in france. for many people, a moment of catharsis, to direct sometimes been a message humor toward a man who has become a bit of a figure of fun in the courtroom. we heard victims' families saying, none of this is helping with our grief. we do not find it funny. at a experts speaking out very high profile trial. it is the first time jawad bendaoud has had such a forum. huge media attention. trial by theater is not really helping.

this should be based o on evidee and allegations. moore france 24's chris reporting live from the courthouse in paris, where that trial is underway. the u.s.-led coalition says it is reducing force levels in iraq as it shifts away from combat operations against the islamic state group. it's is the focus will be on consolidating military gains made against i.s. after three years of fighting in syria and iraq. as the war against isis winds down and an oil war is picking up, last october, iraqi forces regained rich territory around kirkuk come up taking it away from the kurds. the autonomous kurdish region lost half of its oil production. correspondent simona fulton reports. years, for over three these men from the iraqi s specl forces led the fight against the islamic state group. nonot a terrorist organization s been defeated, the troops face a new challenge.

their task is to assert control ovover the oil-rich province of kirkuk. major hasan takes us on a tour of one of the main fields. major: we play a role in securing these oil fields. these areas are under the control of the iraqi army. simona: kurdish fighters, once allies in the fight against the the newup, have become enemies for iraqi forces. last year, the autonomous region of iraqi kurdistan planned to declare independence and annex the contested province of kirkuk. baghdad launched an offensive to tatake back these arereas, which account for 10% of iraq's oil production. good food used to export almost 200,000 barrels per day to turkey to a kurdish-contrololled pipeline. but until october 2017, this facility was run by a kurdish company. now itit has been taken over byn iraqi state-owned company, but

production has halted because the only export route runs the kurdistan. attempt to diffuse tensions are underway. meanwhile,e, special forces are determined to protect kirkuk, should kurdish fighters attemptt to retake itit. worried that kurdish peshmerga a could retu.. i do notot think the risisk is g because ththe force presesence n kirkuk is very strong. counterterrorism forces control the city, and we also have backup forces. simona: in the streets of kirkukuk, there is lingering fear that the conflict could escalate again. amid worrieses, business is slow in thihis restaurant, and its owner is increasingly tired of being caught between competing political interests. >> there is always someone who knocks us around. we have three different groups here -- the arabs, turkmen, andd kurds -- and each wanants the ol r themselves. the only reason we have these conflicts is because of oil. simona: kirkuk is not j just a national issue. it is a geopolitical

battleground for neighboring iran and turkey. with t the shia-led government,, oil is said to aim to boost production here. kirkuk inhabitants hope such plans will change their life for the better. for our business update with brian quinn. we are going to start with the top story, markets taking a beating again as the global selloff keeps going on. chilean dollars in market value have been erased. european markets open shortly lower tuesday. they have paired some of those losses. in paris down almost 2.7%. offering for dax down. , the dax down. markets followed wall street down after a monday session that saw the biggest point drop in history.

kospi down. the shanghai composite. genie: they look like we are in a cycle with the markets following each other down from one session to the next. brian: stronger than expected jobs report on friday raised -- interest rates have been near zero. -- it is not necessarily a bad thing. genie: tell us what else is happening in the business world today. brian: it is not just traditional equities. bitcoin has lost 50% of its value in 2018. it is trading at under $6,200 per corn, its lowest point since november. to -- china will ban cryptocurrency with its firewall.

german industrial workers have won concessions from employers after a week of walkouts. workers million of the won the right to temporarily switched a part-time hours for up to two years in return for reduced salary during that time. week's labor action caused 2 million euros in lost revenues. ceo resigned on monday. the company says he had fallen short of its standards of conduct. receive $5 million, with the departure including a provision he will not sue. genie: the courtroom drama the tech industry has been waiting for is finally underway in san francisco. brian: uber is getting its day in court as google's self-driving unit sues them. lawyers say the former uber ceo liberally chose to cheat to get

ahead, with uber complaining of a conspiracy. . mo says a former executive stole thousands of files on the company before leaving for a job at uber. sexual scandal sock travis uber's previous ceo ousted. the trial is over trade secrets, not over whether uber is an evil corporation. update from the business world, it is now time for our press review. we are looking at what the papers are saying. you are going to start in the united states, where lawmakers have voted on the release of a new memo, this one by democrat adam schiff. bp: this is the rebuttal of a memo made public by donald trump last week, written by republican devin nunes.

it alleged the fbi and justice department use their powers to wiretap a former campaign official, carter page, who the fbi suspects of acting as a russian spy. trump says the memo vindicates him in the ongoing investigation into russian interference in the 2016 election. their president took to his favorite tool, twitter, to show his support for devin nunes, saying he has tremendous courage and grit, calling him a great american hero. he does not hide his contempt for democrat adam schiff, calling him one of the biggest liars and liquors in washington. even in the conservative papers, we are seeing this idea that there is little support for donald trump or little belief that either memo will help vindicate him. kenya, tv stations are back on air after the government shut them down last week, which prompted a wave of demonstrations.

were shutour stations down for attempting to broadcast a mock inauguration ceremony of opposition leader raila odinga, who alleges kenyatta won fraudulently. two of those stations are back on air, but a kenyan daily says there is nothing to celebrate about this, as it was illegal to take them off there in the first place. the state-media relationship is never meant to be rosy, but it is upon the media to provide alternative crews -- views and cut government access. genie: you found another article that is quite critical of raila odinga. analyst: this is from "the star," which is reportedly close to the government. you might take it with a grain of salt. the writer says odinga should not have held a mock inauguration. the promise to his followers is wearing thin cup of tea is past

-- thewearing thin promise to his followers is wearing thin, and he is past his prime. genie: this is the centennial since british women got the right to vote. .nalyst: it was 100 years ago the representation of the people act was signed, allowing landowning women over the age of 30 to vote, the first step in allowing all women to eventually vote. let's start by showing you a few original posters from the time that illustrate how difficult the struggle was to get women to vote -- to get women the right to vote. this picture on the left with the women in the rowboat was one of the most iconic posters of the time. genie: there is a lot of interest these days in how relevant the suffragette movement is to the feminist movement today. analyst: there is an interesting article in "the sydney morning herald" that interviewed helen pankhurst, the great-granddaughter of the

pankhurst who led the suffragette's movement. dr. helen hank says the movement lives on, the suffragette movement. she was despairing, feeling a bit -- felt despair at the state of the women's rights movement until recently, with the me too movement, which has given her hope that young feminists will continue the battle. she says young feminists today are standing on the shoulders of giants. genie: the only female pilot of the free french forces during world war ii has died. analyst: she passed away in chile yesterday at the age of 97. she fought for the free french forces against the nazis in the second world war, as the sole female pilot. she battled gender stereotypes and let her dream as a pilot. awards in france, the u.k., and chile. 2007, age 86.t in

she was basically flying all her life. genie: that is very impressive. we are starting to see the fruits of all the feminist work. formula one just announced they will be doing away with the infamous grade girls. analyst: they announced that. they will be replacing the grid girls with grid kids, according to "the evening standard." this comes after that corporations scrapped the use of escorty clad women to people on stage. there is a movement now in racing and cycling to also scrap the use of scantily-clad women. oute: you can always check france24.com. to france. back it was a big day for restaurant lovers. the michelin guide unveiled its coveted star ratings for its 2018 edition. adamma abbas has more.

the gastronomic institution on her newew restaurants with the coveted threes doris, which honors years -- with the coveted three stars, which honors years of dedication to cooking. >> i had dreams to get recognized, to get michelin cards. the god makes a stream and push to go forward. that is it. makes a stream and push to o go forward. that is it. reporter: foror the third timee during his career, flamboyant chef marc veyrat was also the bestowed withlso the highest award. marc: three years ago, i refused the stars. i suddenly felt orphaned. i called the director of michelin and said, i changed everything. here we have three stars again. it is great.

so are my collaborators. reporter: michelin also awarded two stars to five new restaurants. others tasted success with their first star. dream, thea lifelong equivalent of winning an oscar. it makes me very happy and very touched. reporter: in all, 621 stars were handed out. that is five more than last year, with hardly any women making the cut for the 2018 edition. genie: on the way y in the next half hour, a r rocket that c cod one day reach mars. the new launch from spspacex, comiming up. ♪ ♪

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