♪ >> a very warm welcome to france 24. it is 1 p.m. in the french capital. here are the headlines. brings amendments to the table at a security council meeting calling for a humanitarian pause in the fighting. there are urgent calalls for t e by thee are urgent calls united nations special envoy for

a cease-fire. plus, the florida school shooting. notonly armed personnel did confront the gunman. also coming up this hour, a special report on the society divided by poland's immigration policy. to talkt will join us about what she saw only streets of warsaw. plus, more civic responsibility forward to a potential stock offering. that is in business.

thank you for joining us. we start with syria with calls for a pause growing louder and civilians continue to live under bombardment. this is a day after russia said council -- it said thate -- russia it needed amendments. many have called this a delaying tactic. it has become familiar at the u.n.. there isis a call for cease-fir, but russia is not playing ball. call upon our partners to engage in the spirit of construction cooperation rather

than severing the region into many, many parts. in order for the resolutions to be feasible, for to be realistic, the russian federation has crafted amendments. reporter: the proposed russian amendments are likely toto be controversial with the rest of the security council with the sticking point being who should be designated a terrorist group? russia has made clear that t al groups targeting damascus must be excluded. described the humanitarian situation as "hell on earth." >> the regime wants to keep bombing and gassing these people and the assad regime is counting on russia to make sure that they are unable to stop their suffering.

reporter: they need nine months in favor and no vetoes five permanent membmbers, including russiaia. sananam: the government has suspended in a group for two months while it investigates .ccusations of misconduct this is in the aftermath of the devastating 2010 earthquake. organizizedthat oxfam sex paparties. we go toon this, professor gerald steinberg, the founder and president of ngo monitor. , a series of charities now and even u.n. bodies have been blocked by scandal. this does not bode well, does it? but it does show we are dealing with a very, very large

and powerful framework. it's really an industry. the ngo's like oxfam have incomes of hundreds of millions, in some cases almost a billion dollars, a year. they need to be monitored. they have hundreds of thousands of employees. you will always have people who violate the rules. industry has the halo effect. there are no oversight bodies. journalists have not investigate them. clearly what we are seeing now is the result of many years of neglect. ngo's need to be examined for what they are not being images that they reject of being wonderful volunteers immune from that theys of -- project of being wonderful volunteers immune from these types of scandals. canm: what recommendations you make to avoid scandals like this? i know you said you --

they are human, but surely this is an industry a lot of people put their trust in. >> we need to look at groups see how they operate. do they have checks and balances? the answer for the most part i , no, , they don't. we need a universal code of conduct. in many, many areas there are codes s of conduct, at the cour, journalists, bankers, and many other field several's and regulations. some are governmental. some are voluntary. but these ngo's khamenei ngo community needs to immediately start looking on a code of conduct and have a clear deadline that includes oversight mechanisms and means of investigating and punishing people. new about this individual in some of these cases years ago. in some cases thehey reprimanded them quietly. in some cases, they moved to

different places. we have another scandal with someone who was involved with safety children. he moved to unicef. resigned from that. that should have been brought out a long time ago. the code of conduct and the means of investigation will help a great deal with that. the second aspect is the funders. many of these are government-funded frameworks. they give them a lot of money. alsoovernments that fund need to start looking at ngo's as frameworks that need regulation, just like any other governmement-funded mechanism. they need to be regulated and that must be serious. i recommend 10% to 15% of the overall budget. it needs to be devoted to an inependent watchdog agency each government which investigates how the money is spent in any kind of scandals or

reports that come up of individual misbehavior. if that had existed, the oxfam scandal would have been caught a long time ago. them: president and ceo of ngo monitor, thank you for speaking with us. for yourank you recommendations, of course. turning to the united states, the only armed officer at a florida high school raced outside of the building as these shooting took place last week. on actions were caught camera. the deputy has since quit. reporter: the sheriff did not mince his words. the officers stationed at stoneman douglas failed in his duty when he stayed outside the school as the shooting was taking place. went in, addressed the killer, killed the killer. reporter: video reportedly shows

secondsty arriving 90 after the shots were first fired and the lingering for four minutes. the sheriff said the deputy should have engage the suspect, who was armed with an ar-15 assault rifle. the deputy as resigned rather than be suspended. wewhat matters is when arrive at an active shooter, we go in and address the target. that is what she be done. reporter: the deadly shooting has reignited the debate on gun laws. proponents of guns say that they should arm teachers. , otherng the rampage deputies have been placed on restricted duty because they may have mishandled tipoffs

regarding the suspect. time for a report that is part of the week of specials on poland. islook at a topic that divisive in the country and in the european union -- that is, of course, the question of refugees. they are refusing to take the mandate under a german-backed scheme. we traveled there to understand the roots of the problem. claudine a is gearing up for the opening of her new restaurant called conflict kitchen. >> this is where we will be cooking. at chechnya,oking and iraq. she was so angry with the strict migrants policy, she

decided to employ six refugees, using food as a way to people's hearts. it does not encourage others to help them. many believe that foreigners come to poland or to europe to benefit from social services and to live off taxpayers' money. reporter: since the start of the migrant crisis three years ago, poland has refused to take in any migrants from the middle eaeast or north h africa. nationalist government rejects the migrant quota scheme imposed by the european union. in a country where the far right is on the rise, the catholic church has a huge influence. political and religious leaders are at odds over the issue. >> the church does not look to the right or the left. it looks up.

our boards are not open to refugees, but poland's bishops are not waiting for the situation to improve. they are taking the initiative to protect them. reporter: the church in poland has vowed to always help those in need. help thy neighbor. yna did what klaud opopening conflict kitchchen. she learned polish years ago, but does not feel accepted. sometetimes, people say, get out, go hohome. it doesn't happen often, but it does happen. i tried to ignore it. poland's anti-immigration policy has sparked divisions between eastern and western europe. last year, 5000 people requested europe.n it was granted to 520 of them. sanam: let's bring in the

reporter behind that story. you went there for a week k and yoyou have just come b back. tell us what you were seeing and hearing on the streets. the migration itself, the policy, is very divisive, but there are a host of other issues that have old society apart in the country. -- pulled society apart in the country. >> yes, and even polish history device the population. we were covering a protest and it was surreal because people were arguing whether the poles had any involvement in the holocaust in world war ii and they were really arguing. one man told a police officer he complaint about defamation of the polish state. wen we were there in 2015, could see that the scale was about to tip, tipping toward western liberal all use or towards far right, really strong anti-eu sentiment.

bear in mind, most do not want to leave the eu, but they do accuse the european union of meddling with their internal affairs. they regularly give their strong opinions to the camera. they wear the polish black cometary booklets with the national emblem, the eagle, and they tell you there is nothing wrong with nationalism. ,- they wear the polish flag they carry booklets with the national emblem, the eagle. a taxining, i was taking and the taxi driver was very proud of showing me war saw and took me down some gorges alleys, comparing them to the sean champs de in -- elysee in paris. champsand whenever we went to h he would say, in broken english,

"there are no muslims here." the fact that the ruling party is trying to control the judiciary, portions ofn migrants, that does worry the eu. bear in mind the eu does fund more than 50% of poland's public investment, so that is a lot. so is poland really willing to bite the hand that feeds? support theority do far right policies, but there are individuals fighting there are battles, aren't there? reporter: yes, many are trying to make changes. we did meet with a 26-year-old student so appalled by the fact that the government was closing its borders, she decided to take things into her own hands to open a restataurant that wouould only employ migrant spirit she is hoping through food, because these migrants will cook local, traditional food, they are hoping they will reach polish

people's hearts and they will refugees at home. we also met with two women who started a really daring campaign, because they printed out massive billboards across poland calling for reproductive rights. as you know, at the moment, there could be a new bill presented to parliament ring discussed very soon, essentially banning abortion. being discussed very sin, essentially banning abortion. they are essentially defying the church, defying the government. there's a lot of religious pressure. there are so many churches in poland. i think there are more than 280 churches just in warsaw. many of the people with talk to say it is very difficult because there's too much pressure. also talk to an ngo who told us was there in the 1980's

and then women's rights were better than today. sanam: thank you for talking us through your experience of reporting in poland. catch up on those reports if you have missed them on our website, france24.com. the now to remind you of main headlines in paris. russia brings mms to the table as -- amendments to the table as u.n. calls for an urgent cease-fire. oxfam restricted from amid suspicioni allegations. time now for business with brian who joins me in the studio. hello.

so, you have been looking at france, where the paris agriculture show is this weekend. it's a very challenging time for the country's farmers. nationwidehere are protests as they voice their discontent. president-- yesterday and menu took a tougher approach aurging the sector to embrace cultural revolution. alex jennings reports. paris agricultural show is one of the biggest events of the year for farmers. they are leaving no stone unturned in preparing the true star of the show. at the lunch for young farmers on thursday, the french president provided a dose of tough love for those dragging their feet in the face of what he called "a cultural revolution."

i am the macron: hereto please. i am here to make changes. alex: this comes with an investment in the sector this year. a third of wrench farmers have less than three and 50 euros a month. , clamping downds on purchases from foreign buyers. also a talk about trade between south american countries in the eu. on thursday, farmers took to the streets to protest. it will mean more competition for farmers, who say that the imports do not live up to french standards. >> there are mixed messages. on the one hand, they are asking us to maintain quality, but they are bringing in products that do not keep french norms and directly compete with french farmers. france -- forming now

employs just 3% of france's workforce, but remains a powerful lobby. -- forming now employs just 3% of restaurant workers, but ming no placer just 3% of the france workforce, but remains a powerful lobby. now, a ceo's says the company is working away from its old policy of being a placid tech platform in response to take challenges and lawsuits at airbnb. over $2.5y had billion in revenue last year, but has yet to turn a profit. it is a prime candidate for public stock offering. the ipo is not yet in the works, but a corporate perception of corporate citizenship will be

crucial when the time does come. going public and be very ominous if you june i have aprons of us. the public market has a whole bunch of principles. -- going public can be very ominous if you do not have any principles. we want to be ready so when the time is right, we're ready to go. sanam: time now to check on the markets. bryan: the european index mixed in midday trading. they are taking in new data there is a slowing in targets. maker they aarts oh down tempers and. the frankfurt dax, making a little bit ahead way, up 2/10 of 1%. sanam: thank you for the latest. it's time now for the press review.

time now to take a look at what is in headlines around the world. i am joined by solange. solange: hello. sanam: you are looking at donald trump's proposal for teachers to be armed in schools. yeah, it is highly controversial in the u.s. and abroad. let's look at the cover of they's "the independent," u.k. paper. the national rifle association's answer to guns is more guns. -- palmeach florida beach, florida paper "the sun-sentinel" it claims that there was a police officer outside the school, he was armed, but the deputy never went i and. he has since resigned and many on social media are calling him a coward. of course, u.s. citizens always deeply divided over this

gun issue, but more so now with this idea of arming school personnel, trump's friend pose a. solange: they are so divided the conservative magazine "the the gun review" says issue is so charged with hate it could cause a civil war of sorts. the national -- let's look at another conservative perspective, "the conservative theew," that explains pro-gun's advocate point of view. they want to hold onto the ability to defend themselves and they are not going to give up that right to the government, and for them it is a matter that is as important as, say, free speech. on the other end of the spectrum, more mainstream media including "the daily beast" says is a betterteachers idea. former soldiers said they would quit if they had to be armed in the classroom. to illustrate the danger of arming schools, here is at

cartoon from "the washington post," and it raises the question of what if the teachers miss and hit a student, which is a real risk because it frequently happens even among police officers. not to mention the other risks like leaving your gone unattended or the possibililityf teachers profiling minority students and threatening them with guns. this: no end in sight with issue. let's shift gears and go to the immigration reforms and france. on wednesday, emmanuel macron's government announced a plan to implement stricter immigration rules, and of course, initially we had reactions from the french and now we are seeing reaction from social media outlets. solange: and those are deeply divided. says that they are deeply rooted in macron's free market ideology or

"liberalism." they say that he is pushing for greater divisions between the haves and the have-nots and asylum seekers in the have not category. but the german paper "there spiegel" says that macron is on the right direction by trying to get us on common eu ground. let's go to spain. i would like you to talk about this art fair. not are making headlines for the exhibition, but what they are taking down. the faceses, it shows of catalan politicians, some of they arein prison and outraged that they put the exhibit up and took it down 40 -- less than 40 hours later. they said they did this because they were concerned it would distract from other works.

is an act ofhat it censorship. regardless of the hubbub over the actual work -- which was listed at 80,000 euros -- it is now worth much more because the paper says a powerful thing is going on when arts and political activism coincide. i hear that curling is making worldwide trends? it does, according to buzz feed, which says that everybody is obsessed with curling and nobody knows why. people are playing the sport at home, be it with that in or bowls. brooms. studioalist was in the and caught the curling bug.

sanam: two we have an image of that? i would love to -- bryan: no, that was behind -- solange: no, that was many things. sanam: to review those

helen: i am the chief curator at the museum of contemporary art in los angeles. mo cowan really benefited in nearly days from a couple of different things. deeps -- and it is really founded dna -- it was by artists. sam francis in los angeles said this is cry