♪ paris,elcome, live from these are our top stories. eve of the winter olympics, north korea holds a large military parade which could be a setback to the relations with the south. fighting in syria, conquer a threatening -- ankara threatening, and we speak with democratic forces as they prepare for a possible attack.

e tolawyers for -- prepar plead their case in the absence of their client, this after the last survivor suspect in paris refused to return court. on the eve of the winter olympics, north korea has held a large military parade attended by the military leader kim jong-un. north korea as a large military power grid it is -- power. it is normally held in april. now seen as a red flag. we have more from pyeongchang. inorter: for certainly many

south kokorea, they will say its an act of provocation. north korea flexing its muscles with a large-scale military parade in the heart of the north korean capital, pyongyang. a celebration of north kokorean mililitary, coming at a sensitie time as this is the eve of the opopening ceremony of the wiwinr olympipic gas in n pyeongchang, south korerea. athletesororea has involved in the games, invited by south korea to join in n on e special moment for the peninsula. some in south korea will certainly see this as an act of provocation, given that you had demonstrations every day across the country against the north korean presesence, the i invitan made by the government to north korea. and you have had demonstrations on northreds calling korea to go home and not take part in events where they are

unwanted, according to the demonstrators. the south korean government believes that by inviting north korea. increasesorea chances of peace. and the announcement that the sister of kim jong-un would come, this government thinking it is once again a sign that north korea is committed to o te gagames, showing sincerity as te korean government said before, but not quiuite the point o of w ofof the united states. mike pence, the u.s.s. vice president, will l be attending e opening c ceremony in pyeongchag and he has said he will stay tough with north korea. host: the u.s. has carried out strikes in eastern syria to counter an attack on u.s. backed rebel forces by pro-regime soldiers. u.s. military forces say that strikes killed at least 100

pro-regime sources, this is east of the river euphrates, where they were trying to retake territory from the syrian democratic forces. the syrian state tv has called the attack a new aggression. and with fighting still raging in the northern regions, the turkish president has threatened to expand an offensive to the city of -- 100 kilometers to the east, which is held by kurdish fighters and the syrian fighters. our reporters spoke to them as they prepared for a possible attack. [shouting] reporter: the latest offensive, and kurds are not the only ones losing their lives. this was an arab who died after a mine exploded near the frontline separating the fighters from pro-turkish militias. >> my nephew became a martyr to defend the people. reporter: for the military

council of mainly arab forces, some kurdish units, are prepared to defend the city. fought therabs islamic state group together in this part of syria, under the banner of the syrian democratic forces, but now ankara is accused of fueling tensions between the communities here. his uncle said they will remain united. kurde one who kills a kills an arab, who kills a christian, we are all brothers. reporter: the head of the military council says that rebels on the e other side are funded by turkey, and are little more than mercenaries. >> for those who attack. us are paid fighters unfortunately, many men had to flee the country, or were killed. sporter: at least 400 fighters died fighting the islamic state group here, and now they do not want their hard-won gains to go to turkey.

>> many lives have been sacrificed, they have not done it so that the turkish president can invade us. reporter: will turkey and its allies actually bring the next stage of the battle here? that is not clear yet. but the more than 4000 fighters here insist that they are ready for any eventuality. africans haves of been protesting outside of the rwanda embassy in israel, calling on -- a plan to deport them. israel has given migrants an ultimatum, leave or be forcefully removed or imprisoned. we have more on this report. reporter: the large crowd gathered outside the embassy in israel. thatding to organizations, have accepted to take migrants that israel does not want.

israel has given migrants until april 1 to either take $5,000 and a ticket to those two countries, or face an indefinite prison sentence. the migrants, who have already left, say they have no rights in uganda and rwanda. >> i am glad to see the people, all of these people, and other people here. i can say why the people are here, because they are worried about their future. reporter: most of the 40,000 migrants come from sudan and another nation come often criticized for human rights records. the israeli government says that they are mostly jobseekers and say that they have turned the districts of tel aviv into slums. >> i was told, go back to your country. i am asking for asylum. i am not leaving can mine standing here. miami refugee. -- i am a refugee. reporter: the government under

fire from survivors of an off a holocaust and others, who say this is a safe haven, and they should show greater compassion toward the migrants. toit looks as if we managed have a ladder the israeli public cause suddenly they have realized that israel will support refugees. reporter: the migrants entered from egypt, but then israel bought a -- built a border fence. netanyahu is facing pressure to expepel those migrants from the country, but his plan has been called incoherent and unsafe. host: lawyers say that a suspect will plead his case in the absence of a client, this after the last surviving pairs attack suspect refused to return to court. has brought for charges of being anti-muslim. the 28-year-old stands accused

of the attempted murder of police officers in brussels after following a shoot out before his arrest in that 2016 attack. we have more, our reporter standing by in brussels. he did not show up in court today, so how much of an impact has that had on the proceedings? factter: apart from the that it -- a diminished media presence, with the interventions we have heard so far representing the victims of the incident, so those representing the police that were injured that day and members of the special unit that were also injured and wounded. we heard today from one of them that silence may be golden, but thatce is wrong, lamenting the suspect did not come today and adding that he played a logistical role in the paris attacks, renting cars and rooms,

hoping to transport the suicide bombers. counterpart said that in his opinion he was an opportunist, making a mock of the judicial system by not showing up, and on the other hand availing the lawyer and have a represent -- have a lawyer represent him today. they were muslims when they felt like it, but terrorists when they felt like it. he was not just hanging around an apartment to eat pizza, the apartment was full of -- and this incident was clearly a terrorist related incident. we heard as well from the defendant, the codefendant, a lawyer saying that the 24-year-old was a victim of the arab spring generation with no future, no hope and a new job, that is why he joined the so-called islamic state in syria. host: we have heard from the prosecutution today, as you say, some of the victims. the suspect's lawyer is due to

speak shortly, correct? reporter: he is. that is where all eyes will be on. he arrived this morning at 8:00 a.m., but did not say much, just that he had not tried to convince his client to come today, but when asked by a judge if he was still defending him, he said he would. he is supposed to be intervening for two hours, but it will be difficult for him to plead, because the suspect has not been cooperative. what he will likely say is the dna of the codefendant was found on the -- that fired eight that on police, and abdeslam's dna was not found on it. we heard from the chief federal prosecutor that both h the suspt and sophia are co-authors of the attack, that they both had the intention to kill and they were both in possession of firearms and could face a sentence of 20

years in prison. host: we will be following that trial throughout the day. for more, or for now rather, thank you. than 200, more aftershocks have slowed down the rescue efforts after an earthquake rocked the city of hualien city, injuring over 200 and killing 10 people. in the quake struck before midnight on tuesday, causing buildings to collapse or tilted dangerously. police and soldiers have come in to assist and at least 58 people are still missing. our reporter explains. reporter: it took emergency responders 14 hours to free this body from the towering rubble. and the work is not over yet. they have been braving strong aftershocks to get survivors antibodies from this building. it collapsed when a 6.4 magnitude earthquake hit on

tuesday night. several dozen people are thought to still be trapped in the lower floors. >> this is the most difficult phase of the rescue. building is tilting by more than 50 degrees. rescuerslapses, the inside will be killed immediately. reporter: to prevent the entire building from collapsing, firefighters are helping the army to added concrete box to -- blocks to support the leaning side. some survivors have moved a makeshift shelters. >> there were constant aftershocks, so i did not dare stay at home. reporter: taiwan sits on inactive ring of fire and routinely experiences earthquakes like this one. in 1999, authorities enforced stricter building codes after a deadly earthquake hit the

island, killing around 2400 people. host: and a round up of all the top international stories, time now for business. i am joined by brian. hello. yesterday, we saw elon musk launch a rocket into the sky and today it is facing a black hole? >> that is recommending new record quarterly loss as production delays on the model 3 city and and investment in new products, that is better in the bottom line. but tesla actually beat expectations. and elon musk is not worried, neither are investors. here is our report. it looks like the package did not play, but we will move on to tough talk from the canadian prime minister on the nafta negotiations. justin trudeau is on a tour of the united states, promoting

public service as a way to strengthen economic and political ties between the two countries, but the big question looming is the $1.2 trillion north american free trade agreement. so far, six round of talks have gone on without a new deal. president trump vowing to reset the deal. and auto partsts have been particicularly intractabable. now justin trudeau has put just walking away on the table. >> it is that we will continunu to engage thoughtfully, constructively, at the negotiating table because we know there is a good deal to be had, but we also know that we will not be pushed into accepting an old deal. and no deal might very well be better for canada than a bad it deal. being from on that is what canadians expect. host: turning out to the markets, everybody keeping an

eye on those after a global selloff earlier in the week. >> the european index sinking on thursday, concerns over interest rates and the bank of england voting to hold the rates steady and downgrading inflation a few minutes ago. reports of a hard brexit hitting 80 billion pounds, weighing -- it is down 8/10 of a percent. 82% drop in quarterly net income. paris off by a percent. frankford, nearly down 1.4% as equities have been hammered across all sectors. more of the headlines in business. uber wo an important legal battlen -- won an in for legal battle in france. they were accused of intermediation in transport service and was not technically in employer. this stems from a driver who argued he should be considered an employees and this should get compensation for holidays.

greece returning to the sovereign debt market. this the long-awaited seven-year bond going on sale on thursday, the first of its kind since the financial crisis. the great finance minister says they are seeking to raise 3 billion euros. and they will exit their final bailout program in august. walmart wants to sell higher-priced goods in e-commerce. they want to be supplied with merchandise $10 and up, looking at higher profit margins to justify delivery. they are investing billions to make their all my business profitable as they compete with amazon. finally, what exactly would it take to convince people to stop eating laundry detergent? >> it seems like it should not be that hard. [laughter] packetsstion of tied has become a problem in america. childers and the elderly -- children and the utterly can

confuse it with candy, but it was a so-called tide pod challenge that brought the issue to the forefront and young teenagers were seen as eating them as a stunt, hospitalized as a result. now lawmakers are telling proctor and gamble to stop making the podss look so delicious with a bill that would include no more bright colorful designs. p and g says the packaging would hurt the environment. they also point out the customers can purchase plain white powder detergent. thanappetizing, i suppose, the bright stuff that you want to eat. host: absolutely. less appetizing and less dangerous, it looks like. >> as long as you do not eat it. host: thank you very much for the business round of with brian. time for our press review. ♪ joining me, let's take a

look at news around the world. good to have you. a lot of focus on a visitor at the upcoming winter games in south korea. is thename is kim, she younger sister of kim jong-un and she will be attending the opening ceremony on friday. it will be the first visit by a member of her family to the south, so it is quite historic. she is around 30, she is his younger sister, reportedly very close to her brother and was educated in switzerland, scientist.computer she has also been blacklisted by the u.s. treasury for severe human rights and payments. host: the new york times takes a look at the dilemma of welcoming north korean athletes, while going against international sanctions. > how do you welcome them without violating sanctions? the new york times looking at

when north korea announced that they would be sending dancers and singers to the south for the opening ceremony by ferry. officials had to exceptionally granted them access to the waters, which usually is off-limits as of the sanctions. then officials asked the south to refuel the ferry, which angered seoul.but it also extends to the ice hockey team, they will be playing under a united team at the games and a north korean players will have high-tech sticks, because they do not have any, but they will need to return them before they returned to the north, so as not to violate sections. gamesy leave games -- the will be interesting in terms of geopolitics. host: and turkey has been accused of her cutie that recruiting -- of recruiting --

members for a fight against the kurds. >> they have cited a man who says he was a former islamic state group fighter, saying that turkey has recruited thousands of them to fight against the kurds in syria, and they are fighting under the free syrian army. it is a mutually beneficial strategy, that is what the independent says, for the turkish, recruiting them. now they do not have to worry about losing fighters or human losses. for the jihadists, they have been weakened by the u.s. led operations against their strongholds, so this is an opportunity to revive itself. so very worrying for the international community and it would tighten tensions between turkey and the u.s., which is the independent says is also beneficial for the jihadists. whereok, to australia, the dipping prime minister is involved in a sex scandal that brought public and private lives of politicians to the forefront.

>> do public figures have the right to a private life? it is a long debate. one politician finding himself at the center of the debate, th ere he is with his former wife. he had a recent affair with a staffer who is now pregnant with his child out of wedlock. it broke up his marriage of 20 years, affecting his wife and four children. now he has apologized for the affair. i'm sorry,m sorry -- i failed. the daily telegraph broke the story on thursday. host: sparking a lot of editorials. >> it really did spark a questions on whether journalists can have the right to report on this. there were no obvious infractions on his professional work. joyce has lambasted the media for revealing this, saying it

infringes on his personal life, but the editors at the courier mail say that while the private lives of politicians are generally respected, in this case it could affect his public life because he is one of the most prominent politicians in the country. "what happens when he starts pushing a pram around?" joyce is a conservative leader, who during the gay marriage debate said that marriage was a union between heterosexuals, and he advocated for "family values." host: donald trump asking the pentagon about a military parade. he says he was inspired by the bastille day parade route >> you might even say -- parade. >> you might even say obsessed. this has been widely reported by the french press and american press. a french papers saying that donald trump wants his july 14. ever since he came for the julyy

14 m military parade, he has ben obsessed with it, talking about it nonstop, saying he wants an american version, obviously a bigger and better version of the military parade. but critics say it is not in american culture and that many see those as follies of authoritarian leaders, and that is certainly the case for this cartoonist in the british times, showing an amped up donald trump eyeing his military parade. host: first it was my but then is bigger than yours -- my button is bigger than yours, now the military parade. and you are used to rowdy behavior in football, but let's say it is in more a gentiles for now. -- gentle for now. butt is a leisurely sport,

it is not gentle anymore, it appears the british tabloid the sun reports that a crown green club in the u.k. has announced a blitz on paler -- on players who are drunk. they have verbally abused the visiting teams and officials, so much so that now they are forced to enforce a code of conduct, with bans for about behavior. host: not known for its rowdy behavior, not at all. thank you very much for the press review for us, and for our viewers, do not forget that you can always log onto our website for more, france24.com. giant rocketsaw a go into the sky, but today it is terrestrial business that is cold. tesla posting quarterly losses with production delays on the model 3 and investment in new

products like the semi truck. it batters their bottom line. we explain more. tesla, the cruiser is in space, but on earth the manufacture is groaning from heavy losses. the company lost its biggest quarterly loss in the final three months of 2017, down because of production delays of the model 3. the chief executive, elon musk, is upbeat, saying 2017 was a phenomenal year. this year will be even better. >> 2018 will be a big year for us. at some point it is expected to begin generating quarterly income on a sustained basis, about 5000 weekly model 3 production and i'm optimistic that we will be profitable. reporter: released last year, the model 3 is the affordable vehicle from tesla, starting

around $35,000, half the price of its suv. but tesla had to dial back the production targets by 40%, because of flow manufacturing of their batteries and

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