>> the interpreter apologizes, but he cannot hear the question. >> he is not to answer this question? we have been listening to french president emmanuel macron, who has just been speaking at the end of his first ever state

visit to india. our international affairs editor has been listening to that with me on set. there is a lot of emphasis on energy and energy policy with these new exchanges between france and india. >> of course, india's population is growing, so that is why energy is such an important issue. more people means more energy demand. also come india's economy -- also, india's economy is heating up just as china's is slowing down. this offers the opportunity for many countries to invest. we saw as macron came to power a very active diplomacy. he has hosted many world leaders, trying to carve out a world leadership for france in the world, not just in europe, in asia, to. -- in asia, too. that is what we have seen here. he did talk about cooperation

for india to develop these smart cities, which is a way of organizing the urban landscape to make energy consumption efficient. also linked to that is this issue of solar cooperation. modi of, prime minister india and macron launched a solar energy partnership on sunday in new delhi. for both leaders, it is very important that this growing energy demand is met in a clean way so that india does not end up essentially having to go back on its commitments under the paris climate change agreement, which is so important for macron to uphold. energy has been a very important issue on this visit. >> also, lots of focus onn cultural exchanges between india and france. >> he talked about this a lot. i feel there was kind of an

elephant in the room, brexit. he did not mention it once. this idea of perhaps not replacing an english speaking culture in many ways, but certainly taking advantage of the fact that many firms, financial institutions have expressed an interest in relocating from london, perhaps reflecting britain's imminent loss of influence in the world. i think macron wants to take advantage of this, but to do that you have to create a kind of cultural backdrop of people to be interested in france and french things, be that french technology or french consumer goods or french literature and cinema. that is why i think there was a lot of emphasis here on educational exchanges come but crucially -- exchanges, but crucially increasing french language training for indians.

it is interesting that macron study in more students the u.k. and anglo-saxon countries, he is clearly looking to undercut that anglo-saxon influence if he can. >> and perhaps stop that brain drain from leaving france. another elephant in the room might be china. >> he did mention it, but not in the context of competition between india and china. it is very clear that the indians are concerned about china's presence in the indian ocean. china has established various forms of military facilities in bangladesh, sri lanka, pakistan, which is a key ally of china's, and a rival of india's, and djibouti in east africa on the far western edge of the indian

ocean. just a few kilometers from the indian coast, that probably caused a few jitters in new delhi. macron remember that when he was on his visit to china and met xi jinping, he said nice things about china's influence, but he also issued a few words of caution about china's silk road idea, that france which worries is going to become a one-way street for chinese influence going out into other regions, and the fear that china will not be open to a quid pro quo exchange. clearly, india is a partner in that sense for france because it does share other points in common on climate change, clean energy, saving proposition 21

and so forth. india being aware of chinese influence is something france can share. >> thank you for that. bangladeshi passenger plane has crashed in nepal. 67 passengers and four crewmembers were on board. it was coming to land at kathmandu airport at the time. let's bring in our regional correspondent based in new delhi. what more are you hearing about the casualties from this crash? n ns out of tragic kathmandu. ndiscernrnible]

>> apologies for that, we seem to be having some trouble with our connection. we will go back later about that crash in the fall that left at least -- nepal, that left at least 50 people dead. failing to win back presidential veto power in the election. democrats lost the veto power by just one seat. this election march the first -- march theks first time that hong kong democrats have lost the veto power. >> a blow to hong kong's democracy movement in a controversial election triggered by the pro-beijing leadership. in summary, they only one back to love for seats in the -- won back two of four seats. they lost their veto power.

one of two canddiates managed to to thendidates loyal beijing government. >> i cannot say this is a happy victory. it is a miserable victory. the democrats have made a huge price for it. these past two years have resulted in a lot of pressure. >> the pro-democracy politicians accuse beijing of political screening because they want greater self-determination. china promised to protect hong in a 1997onomy handover treaty with great britain. the movement took to the streets in 2014 and occupied a central busineness district for more thn two months, calling for an end to political candidates by the chinese government. they failed to win major democratic reforms, and this latest vote is being seen as a sign that beijing plans to keep

its hold on hong kong politics. >> now to columbia, where the right-wing party campaigning against the historic peace deal won big there. this was the first time the rebels were able to run for office after the end of five decades of fighting. the right-wing did not get enough votes to take over the country. >> colombians went to the ballot box sunday in the most peaceful election in the country for decades. thanarty performed better expected, but the resurgent right dominated. right-wing parties a are highly critical of a historic peace accord that ended half a century of warfare. ballot, the president of columbia was hopeful about the participation of the former leftist rebels.

>> these elections are very special. it is the very first time in more than half a century that instead of sabotaging the elections, they are participating in the elections. >> much of the agreement has already been incremented, including rebel disarming. a hard right government could block other aspects of the pact, such as land ownership reforms. guarantees aord new political party 10 of the 280 seats in the new congress, their radical agenda was soundly rejected sunday. they garnered less than 1% of the vote. >> it is very important that this atmosphere of reconciliation and peace embraces all of columbia. all colombians must to do everything possible so that the

war does not return to columbia. coalitionnt santos's also struggled, finishing fifth overall. next up, the presidential election on may 27. >> another election, now in cuba. this marks the beginning of thee end of the castro regime. , 86-year-old rebel -- - next month, 86-year-oldld raul castro steps dowown. the one party both will ratify a government approved lilist of members for the national assembly. former trump strtrategist steve bannon made a surprise appearance at the far right national conference in france this weekend. attendees that they should wear allegations of racism against them as a badge

of honor. the french far right hold similar views on immigration, trade, the eu, and russia. marine le pen said she wants to rebrand the national front party , changing it to the national right party. pen herself is calllled a psychological red flag. >> this weekend, marine le pen rebranded the national front. >> i propose the national front become the national rally. partyporters to former royalty. >> i think it is good. >> is this simply to change the national front name? i am hesitant. >> in her closing speech, marine a pen treaded a line between more -- party and a

>> you know it is a psychological red flag for many people. >> this is the latest push for the makeover for the party, after they were sound and loss to emmanuel macron in last year's election. she also revoked her father's honorary title of president for life and barred him from the congress. since taking over, marine le pen has tried to scrub out the parties racist image while keeping their anti-immigration agenda. another rift may be forming in the family. marine le pen sneeze is eyeing niecethe pens -- le pen's is eyeing up her aunt's job.

mixed forecast then, but the same leader for now. marine le pen was reelected as leader of the congress, the only candidate. >> since last month, the french archipelago has been paralyzed by a general strike. unions are worried about a spike in violence outside of schools. overseas territory minister is now in talks with local officials. far-flung partis of france for more than three weeks. these protesters say the government in paris is letting them down. spike -- of ain a spike in violence and attacks, this woman assaulted outside her front door. >> i was hit by something. i don't know iit was a stone or btle. i lost consciousness. >> they also want more done to stop illegal immigration, saying

it puts a strain on publicic serviceses. he roads have been blocked. more protests have been called for a tuesday. >> it is to demonstrate that we will progressively rise up and up until our rights are guaranteed. >> many children stayed away from class on monday. parents are worried about pilot attacks -- violent attacks close to local schools. the french government t said it sent extxtra police officers lat week. there are nearlrly 1 1000. protesters have vowed to continue their strike action until they see their demands being met. >> time now for our top stories on france 24. french president emmanuel macron has wrapped up his trip to india. he has promised millions more to renewable energy. a passenger plane has crashed in

nepal. 67 passengers and four crew members were on board when the plane went down in a football field coming in to land. at least 50 people have been killed. the potential name change for the controversial national front, rebranding it by marine le pen and steve bannon. time now for our business news. in franceing to start and the latest court hearings over the case involving two air france executives who have their ripped off after a meeting with unions. >> the two men emerged into an angry crowd with their shirts ripped open. three men were given prison sentences two years ago while a fourth was acquitted. others faced fines. the appellate lawyer claimed the sentences were based on incomplete video evidence.

2015, the 5, announcement of a restructuring plan at an air france company meeting the sense into violence. union members protest against job cuts. two executive directors are attacked, their shirts ripped away. escaping the angry crowd only by climbing offense in images seen around the world. the french prime minister at the time calling for strict justice. >> nothing can justitify such actions. these actions are the work o of thugs. >> at trial, three employees, since fired, given suspended prison sentences of three to four months for salt. a fourth -- for assault. a fourth acquitted. sentences french union offfficis have the cried as political. the executives involved have

left the company. the unions are no longer fighting to stop a layoff plan, but fighting for a better share of profits. lawyers for the defendants say the convictions rest entirely on manipulated and selectively edited video. the prosecution is appealing the loan acquittal. the company seems to want to put it the entire ugly affair behind it, calling the previous judgment a measured response. the appeal proceedings are expected to last until march 20. >> the end of a legal dispute over the construction of a nuclear power plant in finland. settle legalto complaints over the next generation plant it is building for the finish power company. the project is running 10 years behind schedule and is expected to be plated next year.

sought $3 billion in damages from the french firm. >> plans to launch the world's biggest oil-producing company on the stock market has hit a snag. >> saudi aramco was expected to issue 5% of its shares later this year, but that will now be delayed until 2019. the firm is one of the giants of the oil industry and the primary revenue source for the saudi government. it will be worth hundreds of billions of euros, and london, hong kong, and new york exchanges are competing for the listing. >> the markets are getting a boost for the german energy sector. have agreed to an asset swap worth 40 billion

euros. the agreement has been held by the german government, which says it could make the energy sector more competitive. that is moving the markets in europe today. over 3%.s up rewe over 6%. that is helping to boost the french dax. a word on billionaire elon musk, who has built companies including tesla and spacex. facedla actually bankruptcy toward the end of 2008. it was just two daysys away from going bankrupt. elon speaking at the sxsw festival in texas. he said during his hour of question and answer, tesla a and

spacex, he gave them j just a 1% chance of survival as he pumped most of hiss own fortune intntoe ventures. spacex is designing spaceshipsps to go to mars by next year. when asked who he was most inspired by, his answer, kanye west. >> i don't know if i would select kanye west, but i'm not elon musk. thank you. it is now time for the press review. we are going to take a look at what is making headlines around the world. we will start in china, where there has been lots of reaction to the removal of presidential limits. criticism coming from the west. " the paper that says, in these says,we have -- the paper

have seenears, we dreadful results. the china daily, and editorial says supports for changes, call critics ignorant with a mean, malicious disposition toward china's political system out of irrational ideological bias. >> take us through these vertical pieces in the west. >> let's start with a cartoon from the british daily the times. it does reflect a lot of what the western press has been saying, mao and forever, now and forever, a play on words. totalitarian a leader, founder of the chinese communist party, president for

life,. conservative washington times paper calls it a wrong turn, calling it a return to the cult of personality where the communist party is reasserting itself through society, and personnel liberties are being -- personal liberties are being curtailed. >> marine le pen put forward a name change for the national front. thehe proposed calling party the national rally. not everyone is buying it. one calls it a new name, but same old, same old. the national front by any other name will smell just as sweet or just as sour depending on the nose of the beholder. the berlin-based paper says this onize attempt to de-dem with the kkk, running a

picture with steve bannon. making fromy is pages in france as well. >> the left-leaning paper liberation going with the idea that nothing will change. you can see this has been crossed out, which means resemblance. front's deputy leader has been suspended, excluded from sunday's party conference after he was accused of making racist comments towards staff at a bar on the weekend while he was allegedly drunk. the label might change, but it is still the same poison. >> the story from japan where the prime minister shinzo abe is facing new allegations of corruption, this time involving his wife. >> they are facing cronyism

allegations after the finance minister admitted to altering documents over a state land sale datiting back to last year whenn the govevernment was accused of slashing the price when selling public land to a right-wing school developer. it was believed that shinzo lawmakers and other names were on the original documents and were doctored after the scandal broke. opposition members are calling for shinzo abe to step down because he has said previously that if he or his wife were shown to be involved in the scandal, then he would resign. >> getting people to get out and vote. >> there is little doubt that vladimir putin will win these elections, being reelected for a fourth term given that his fiercest opponent has been barred from running. people might not actually turn up to the polling stations.

in one siberian region, they are raffling off a car to entice people to vote. you could win a car, but you have to vote. in another city, they are raffling off and iphone x. in another city, the winner of the best selfie gets their face on a billboard. you have to go out and vote is the catch. >> life after the end of the world. >> this is stemming from a true story. the guardian explains that costco started stocking $6,000 per food kits for the in the world. these include freeze-dried carrots, noodles, macaroni, bananas, potatoes. $6,000 seems a little steep. interviewed a proper, saying you could do it for around $1000. his advice was to get a little bit of everything.

you need to stockpile your food gradually so you do not raise suspicions from your neighbors. also don't forget to pack a camper, otherwise all of your food will be

mike farrell as dr. keeling: co2 and the greenhouse effect. co2 is very powerful. it's a very big job to do. if it t weren't for cacarbon die and the greenhouse effect, life on this planet would be almost impossible. earth would look like this. just a great big snowballll. so, who o discovered this t thing, thisis greenhousue effect? here's this gentleman, john josepeph baptistete fourie. fourieier was napoleon's favorie scientist. napoleon took fourier on his ill-fated junket to egypt in 1798. egypt, as you know, is a very warm country, and the heat in egypt made a very strong impression on fourier. he loved it. became obsessed with heat. poor guy suffered