what you're watching it from paris on france 24. he is in the hot seat, the investigator is questioning the formal resident as part of a campaign finance. it's just the beginning after the fall, turkey said they can push on with the military offensive and take the battle to other kurdish held areas across northern syria. tough talk from the chinese

, he delivers a warning against separatism during his closing speech to parliament, bowing to protect every inch of the countries territory. up, more trouble for facebook. she is investigating the social network and the political a.nsultancy cambridge analytic a that and lots more. it do stay with us. our top story this hour, nicholas sarkozy has been hauled in for questioning as part of a finance probe. he remains in custody at a police station in a paris

suburb. they're looking into allegations he received millions of euros campaign from the libyan regime. she is at the police station where he is being held. she has more details for us now. presidentmer french is being questioned by police just outside paris. he was plalaced in policedydydyy this tuesday morning. it can remain in custody for up to 48 hours. he could be placed under formal investigation charges and a trial. it's the first time he has been formally questioned over these extraordinary allegations. it been looking into these allegations since 2013. he has always denied any

involvement, denied the charges and calling them grotesque and shameful. now, the investigators seem to have new material to call for questioning. it dates back to 2007 election he went on to win and become president. the allegations are that his campaign receieieieieieieieieiem the libyan regime of muammar gaddafi. sources have spoken. we have ministers notebooks from libya seized my polee with meetings, minutes of meetings in which they detailed these suitcases of money being taken to paris. we have intermediary errors who who spoke about the affair. seeming to talk

about these allegations. he denies them so far. news, turkey other says it's ready to take the fight beyond. allied forces captured the city from kurdish fighters. he is threatening to expand the military offensive to other kurdish held areas across northern syria. he said it would eliminate what he calls a terror core door along the turkish border. reports of looting are swelling. you are grows as civilians are still trapped inside the city. take a listen to the turkish president. >> by controlling the city's rerererererererererererererererd the most important phase of operation olive branch. we will continue this process we

remove this core door held by the kurds. let's bring in oura good after. we just heard from president erdogan that his next m move appears to be sending troops up for a march through kurdish syria. jasper: that's correct. i think it's a plan foror creatg mayhyh. you noticed in that soundbite he said d this area, this cores. door, is no longer held by the kurds. theidn't say held by kurdish militia. he wants toas iff strip away what is the kurdish impose an arabnd

administration. overwhelmingly kurdish. there are arabs present, they are in the minority. part is themost heartland of 2 million kurdish population. through the civil war, it's been a haven of peace, the o one area whwhereouould go without being g kidnapped. reason,n, it's rereceived a lolot of aid.. ae u.s. programam is funded civil defensefirefighters and ft responders and that sort of thing. justificacation for mamaking war on the kurds of northern is he is fighting terrorists.

people who send rockets into southern turkey or send raiding parties into southern turkey. happened from that area. is the worldis going to allow turkey to march in and impose an arab on the kurdish population? it m mht not. yesterday, w we heard the europe state department and the defense department say the operation has been a distraction from the campaign against the remnants of islamicaw maxtotor -- state group. it could allow them to regroup. i think america will oppose his plan. its kururdish new year's eve.e. how are e turkish kurds reactct?

the kurdish groups together with some turkish groups have written a statement read by a member of parliament for the kurdish party, condedemning turkey's operatioion. it i think we're going to hear more condemnation tomorrow when the kurds celebrate their new year. when you capital of turkey, hugh here they are very much aware of what is happening to their cousins in syria and iraq. in se cases, they are real cousins. family inhem have northern syria. erdogan hashe used to be the tur who has done more to try and

solve the problem. in 2015, he made a strategic decisionand cultivate the votesf turkish nationalists. this decision has born fruit. he is one more nationalist votes than he lost kurdish votes. we are going to see more of the same. he will ignore the kurdish. richelle: thank you very much for that. jasper more moore is reporting a forest. considerede could be an accomplice to saudithat's act from the amnesty international. saw arms could be used against the civilian population.

eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee coalitiong for three years. the war has left more than 10,000 people dead and 3 million displaced. >> french weapons may have been ivivivivivivivivivivivivivivivi. arabiaee years, saudi has been using mostly american arms in yemen, but not exclusively. frce has sold them at tanks and artillery guns. for the government, it could be a very embarrassing situation. the use of these weapons s s s. conflict can change. imagine the conflict in yemen? >> amnesty international and a french said the weapons result of to the

saudi's were they could be used to carry out war crimes. when there's a chance that these could be usedwhat france is doi. >> the conflict has killed around 10,000 people and wounded 60,000, including many civilians and children. oooooooooooooooo saudi arabias to as long as the wawrinka is on. richelle: next to a stark --ning from fusion the chinese leader. he promised to protect every inch of the country's territory. charlie jennings has more. p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p t struck a natioionalist cord in s speech before the people's congress on tuesday. >> the chinese people have been persistent.

fight bloody battles against our enemies to the bitter end. >> signaling to the future, he is stressed the leadership of his commonest party. china andnew era for vowed to improve the lives of people. the speech was used to deliver stern warnings to taiwan and hong kong, territoriesesesesesee mainland. >> any tricks to split china are doomed to failure and will meet with condemnation. charlie: the hostility has risen since they elected a pro-independence president. this was his strongest warning yet on separatism. the u.s. sigd a ne law allowing it senior u.s. officials to travel to taiwan. and infuriated beijing

taipei has moved to assert its autonomy. countries are not entitled to make irresponsible remarks. the speech said that it's a priority for him. now that he is unburdened by term limits, he will have unlimited time to try to make it reality. richelle: now on the 20th of march every year, globe celebrate their language. bringsernational day countries with a strong affiliation to french, like ghanaaaaaaaaa in west africa. french is playing an increasingly important role in the country.

>> 3000 students are enrolled this year. asset to theseor speakers, half the students are employed directly after two years of studies. >> we won our studentstststststs important. it's of a few standout these days. when you're dealing with two candidates, one who is bilingual and the other not, you don't hesitate. is opening up to the french-speaking world. it's a base for multi-nationalists interested in their neighbors. in this manufacturing plant, >> there are 15 french-speaking countries. it's essential we develop in the

french-speaking companies by mastering the language. >> a 40-year-old french-speaking man has the ideal profile. using english h and french, he landed a sales have advanced over others on the team. there are not many of them who speak french as well. proess in the company. >> french is becoming compulsory in primary schools. there are more teachers needing b btrtrained. more teachers, especially more qualified teachers, that's the goal of this training station for french teachers it's to equip them with additional skills.

>> if a teacher can understand the skills, we can promote better lessons. speaking skills will also be stronger. >> the compulsory education is a project. it is a decision that could see, having ties -- class or ties to its francophone neighbors. richelle: you're watching live from paris. tory, nicholas sarkozy is in the hot seat. he is being questioned as part of a campaign financing probe. it's time for the business news. you are starting with the latest on the scandal involving a political consultancy and facebook.

facebook lost money. they had the biggest one-day fall in four years after the political columns and see cambridge analytica harvested premarket trading today, there is some recovery in the share price. inquiries of begun in britain and the ununited states about hw the informati was obtained and had on the electi. the uk's information director says she's sick and i want to examine their computers. we have the story. the research fi and facebook are at the center of a dispute over the collection and use of personal information online. a whistleblower says ambridge misuse facebook users and weaponize did. >> this was misappropriated and

mishandled by this company. i think they need to be investigated for that. n n now thenfnformation commissioner is seeking a want to search their computer servers. the firm has missed a monday deadline to provide access to its records. speaking to the facebook and asked the company not to pursue its own audit of data. >> are advised facebook is to back away and let us do our work. >> this cocococococococococococh television revealed secretly taped interviews with senior a executivesalytic bragging about how theysesesesed data to swing elections around the world. they have deed wrongdoing. facebook gets another black eye. they are under p pressure over russia's use the sociaial media

site 2016 presidential election. wall street has punished facebook, sending its shares tumbling on monday, shaving at $40 billlllllllllllllllllllllllr regulations of t the platform as lawmakers demand answers. stephen: there are other changes on the way. is accordingchief to reports going to leave facebook in august. the new york times says he's been calling for more disclosure around russian interference. it. did not mention he was fully engaged with his work at the company and his role has not changed. facebook was a massive story for the markets yesterday. is there impact today? stephen: things are calm or after this on wall street

monday. there is a meeting of the u.s. federal reserve, we expect an now the productiontatatatatata: company founded by disgraced producer harvey weinstein has filed for bankruptcy protection. stephen: they have offered to buy the firm. approved by ao be bankruptcy court. they are lifting nondisclosurerf retaliation. he is been accused of sexual assaults. theelle: finally, it harambe get his fallen out of favor in france. hashen: the burger dethroned the baguette is france's favorite sandwich.

were sold in france compared to 1.2 billion handsets is. that's not bad news for producers. it in percent of french restaurants have at least one burger on the menu. i'm delighted to live in a country that lives -- has a favorite sandwich. thank you very much for that. that was the business roundup. it's time now for the press review. joined for a look at the international papers. we are speaking with reactions to the saudi trip to the u.s.. >> at least two weekswiwiwiwiwi. he has touchdown in the u.s. in washington and he will go to

wall street and then los angeles, san francisco, seattle, and houston.he will be meeting d trump. they are trying to boost bilateral ties and field some trade contracts. oneococused on changing his image and the image of saudi arabia. richelle: these closer ties have been enabled by jared kushner. >>lalalalalalalalalalalalalalals thuring kushr and the saudi prince are close. they met a year ago. they have forged a bond. they are both quite young. they are in their 30'they speakr regularly. convinced donald trump to make saudi arabia his first foreign trip. not everyone is buying into the charm offensive.

it a arab paper called season for wars and contracts. they said we know how this is going to pan out before it begins. both men will fall over their feet trying to complement each other. this time, it promises to be dangerous for the region. iranian nuclear development has become an obsession for them. actress: a high-profile has thrown her hat into the ring for governor of new york. >> that is since the index in. she's most famous for playing miranda on sex and the city. she is much more than that. she is challenging andrew cuomo in the democrat primary. she's leaning on her star power.

she announced she was running. that topped one million views on twitter and she was the number one trending topic in the u.s. nationwide 20 minutes after the video was put online. she has the star power. she would be the first femalee gogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogy gay governor. on that be campaigning progressive platform and on issues like the new york subway system. i will be curious to hear some from her former costars. nicholas sarkozy is in police lal -- illegal campaign finances from liberty. reaction inget more the french papers. it's already making the front of the french news websites. it is the first time he's been

questioned in this affair. it's not the first time he's been questioned by police. the french president has faced questioning and other scandals. 2020202020202020202020202020202. allegations and you may have received illegal contributions from omar qaddafi, something he has all -- always denied. sarkozy can be held by law for up to 48 hours. richelle: we are changing gears now. the 20th of f f f f f f f f f fl day of the french speaking world. >> as part of the commemorations, french president will unveil his plans for promoting the french language. it comes at a time when purists are alarmed at the way english keeps creeping into the lexicon. there was a much-maligned

attempt to change theasasasasash ta it doesn't roll off the tong easily. a-, so yout also has can't use it on twitter. the french president is guilty of abusing the anglo citizens. it's not just in the language, french businesses love english names as business names. they talk to one woman who says anti-headlights company sosososososososososososs considered cooler and more modern. richelle: funky and cool, that's us. today is international happiness da >> let's stay with huffington post who has interviewed a

harvard professor. he has positive psychology. he revealed someme of the secrea smile, a brisk walk, working

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