molly: thanks for joining us in the newsroom. i am molly hall. it is 1:00 p.m. in paris, to a p.m. in uncle rep. tensions on the border between gaza and israel. palestinians clash with israeli troops during the start of major protests. turkey rejects france's offffer for mediation with kurdish militia after president emmanuel macron voiced support for syrian democratic forces. an emotional funeral service

held for stuff on clark in california -- stephon clark, and dead byblack man shot police, sparking days of protest in the state's capital. we start on the border between gaza and israel. classes have broken out between palestinians and israeli troops. byides a mass sit in protest palestinians has spun out of control. we cross to iris, who joins us now from jerusalem. what can you tell us about the protests and what is going on on the ground? reporter: there are some 20,000 palestinians. that includes men, women, children, who came up for a peaceful protest along the

border. the gaza strip is just that, a strip between the southern andon -- border of israel the sea. between 15,000 and 20,000 people are there, it is estimated. it has in a sense spun out of control because it was meant to be peaceful. what we have seen is on the israeli side a huge troop presence, much increased. there are drones in the sky. there are unmanned planes in the sky. there are snipers along the border. we have seen first tear gas and then live fire. there are reports of four dead and dozens injured among the palestinians. the threat or what israel says it will not allow is for them to cross the border come across the fence, knock it down, and come into israel. that is what we are seeing today. a peaceful protest has turned

into something else. molly: tell us, what is the main goal of these protests? ii should say -- irris: should say, when i say it has turned into somebody else, they are not armed with weapons, but nor is it a peaceful protest. they spoke about their goals this morning. this is ground up, not a hamas-led initiative. what people have said to me and the lead up to this is, i think it is a sense of despair. they call it the matter of return because they want a resolution to this conflict. to thent a resolution conflict between hamas ruling in the gaza strip and gaza -- and thought cap. fatah.ace -- and they have said they are sick of thes and sick of abbas,

palestinian president. they want to feel her lights are going somewhere. they feel they are not. molly: hours before these protests begin, we saw israeli tank shelling killed one person on the border. what more can you tell us about that? irris: we have two versions. palestinians say the 27-year-old was on his land. israelis say he was approaching the fence and the fence partially because there have been so many people crossing the fence over the past week. incidents been four over the past week, which i think contributes to the tension. the israeli military says it is investigating why the shell from inside israel killed the palestinian. molly: thank you for that. rris reporting- i from jerusalem. turkey has rejected france's offer for mediation with syrian

forces. there was an offer to help stabilize syria against the islamic state group. mccrone met with a group that hentinues the why pk -- t militia of which turkey considers a terrorist group. there is a controversial border operation in northern syria. jasper mortimer joins us now from ingres. -- from ankara. turkey has said thanks but no thanks to president macron's offer for mediation. he heard f from president erdogn himself. what did he have to say? jasper: it was stronger than "thanks but no thanks." he said, we don't need a meteor -- mediator. since when has turkey set at a tatable with terrorist organizations? speaking directly to president macron, he said "know your place. i think there are three things

going on. turkey is increasingly frustrated by the west's refusal to accept its argument that the syrian kurds are a b bunch of terrorists. turkey is all alone in holding that position. secondlyly, turkeys s in a mimilitarily strtrong position vis-a-vis the s syrian kurds, so it sees s no need for dialogue. turks thatere are will be disappointed by argonne telling macron to know his place. there are turks who want turkey to have good relations with thee west. erdoganosted president in paris in january. today, there arere very feww european l leaders who are inting a argonne f for lunch -- erdogan for lunch. votes by acting tough against world powers. molly: president macron is

focusing on the operations they have going on, turkey has going in northern syria. but we have heard from erdogan about other operation areas. what is he looking at? jasper: his first objective, and he has said this many times, is a town which is in northern syria, 100 kilometers to the east of afrin. it is currrrently held by the syrian kurdish militiaia with u. support. turkey has asked washington to timeses,its troops many and so f far the u.s. has declid to do so. i don't think turkey will want killingen shooting or americican troops. that would b be one nato allyy against another. so i don't think he will go in to the area until the dispute with washington is resolved. has also saidan

that turkey intends to sweep along the whole of northern syria,a,ight to ththe iraqi border, eliminating the syrian kurdish militia. so he could enter northern syria to the east of that area and attack the kurdish enclave in northeastern syria. but i don't think the world will support him on that. you know, the northeastern syria has been a well-run haven of peace in the syrian civil war. turkey has never suffered rocket attacks or raiding parties from northeastern syria. so i think the criticism that turkey encountered from its afrin operation would be much stronger should they go into that area of northern syria. molly: jasper, thank you for that.

just for mortimer joining us from the turkish capital. next, the syrian military offensive in suburbs east of damascus is almost over, according to moscow, which backs the operation. the pressure is mounting for rebels to accept a negotiated withdrawal from their final holdout. thousands already boarded buses to leave another part of the battered enclave after a five-week long assault. reporter: a last exit from eastern ghouta. civilians leave the enclave through a safe corridor secured by the syrian army. these images come from state television. reports the regime has so far secured the exit of more than 120,000 civilians and rebel groups have been under pressure from remaining residents. >> we are here after a great of suffering, and not everyone made it. people went out in a demonstration around the mosque, saying they want the crisis to be over. everyone dispersed. events in eastern

ghouta have moved quickly over the last week. after major breakthroughs in the syrian regime's military offensive, thousands of fighters have accepted a russian-brokered deal to leave the enclave, most to idlib in the northwest. caps on unwelcoming the displaced. a groups see and hear a familiar story of horrific injuries and endless bombing from overhead. planes saw the movement, theyey would hit witha bobomb. i stayeded on the grouound for 0 minutes until someone from ththe red crescecent passed by. theyey took me in anand stitchep my head. the skeletal ruins of towns in eastern ghouta are justified by bashar al-assad and his allies t t stop the rebels from showing damascus. human rights groups accuse the civilian milk -- the military of targeting civilian and the structure and using weapons like

barrel bombs and chlorine gas, that kill indiscriminately. molly: we crossed of u.s. state of california. an emotional general service for stephon clark. but try to-year-old black man was shot 20 times by police while in his grandparents backyard -- the 22-year-old back man was shot 20 times by police while in his grandparents' backyard. police said they thought he had a gun, but he only had a cell phone. reporter: hundreds of mourners in grief and rage as they bid and emotional goodbye to stephon clark. civil rights activist al sharpton was a prominent figure in attendance, but it was clark's brother stevante who dominated the event, making a rambling and lived speech. stevante: we're going to do libraries, resource centers, where stephon is going to live for generations. the clark family will never die.

reporter: police responded to a 911 call for a man smashing car windows. two officers, one of whom was thek, chased clark through neighborhood before cornering him in his grandmother's backyard, where they said they thought he had a gun in his hand. it turned out to be an iphone. theyey fired 20 rounds. the shooting has reignited the debate about police abuses against african-americans, with almost two weeks of unrest still ongoing. accesssters have demanded to sacramento kings nba games. stevante clark stormed a city council meeting, jumping on a desk in front of the mayor. generalfornia attorney is set to hold an independent investigation into the shooting.

two officers involved him and placed on an ministry leave until this concludes. molly: for more on that story, you can head to our website, france24.com. an out-of-control space laboratory set to plunge back to earth. china's space agency says the nearly eight time space station will reenter the atmosphere sometime between saturday and monday. authorities say it is unlikely to cause damage, but instead will offer a splendid show. reporter: orbiting 200 kilometers up and not thought to be under control, the space station inches closer to the earth. china's heavenly palace spacelab is due to crash somewhere in the world sometime between march 31 and april 2. >> due to the high velocity of the station of what 7000 doeseters an hour, it

several revolutions in the timeframe of one day. it is hard to give a geographic area. twos determined by latitudes and 43 degrees. reporter: simply put, that means it could hit just about anywhere from canada to argentina, north korea, or australia. 10 meters long and weighing eight pounds, it is about the size of a school bus. inside, it contains an experimental lab and two solar panels, most of which should burn up on the entry. despite some remains plummeting to earth, specialists say the odds of getting hit are about one and a trillion. >> it does not punch a crater into the ground because the impact velocity is quite low. if you are not an expert, you would probably not recognize i t as a spacelab. you would probably consider it garbage being dumped away by someone. reporter: jenna's spacelab launched in 2011, serving as an the 2016t platform for

station, itself a precursor for a permanent station beijing wants online within five years. up on 15 is coming minutes past 1:00 p.m. in the french capital. let's get an update of the headlines in the newsroom. there is deadly unrest on the gaza border. palestinians killed in clashes with israeli troops after the start of a major protest. turkey rejects francnce's offer for mediation after emmanuel macron voiced support for syrian democratic forces. and an emotional service is held for stephon clark in california. the unarmed young black man shot dead by police. his death sparking days of protests in the state capital. it is time now for a business update. . am joined by yuka royer we're going to start off your in france. this is where travelers are facing or will face more disruptions.

yuka: air travelers in particular for today. one in four air france flights have been canceled this friday as employees are looking at another strike over pay. lawyers and rubbish collectors are also taking a national action. employees at the state rail company are set to begin rolling strikes in the east on monday. james franey has the details. james: if you are flying to or from france today with the country's national carrier, you may not get off the ground. air france flights have been asked over all, with a number of medium and long-haul journeys also affected. be paid more. to they say they need an increase to make up for stagnating wages in recent years and the rising cost of living. 6% increasest is for everyone, 10% for the pilots. this is hardly nothing. we do not see these kinds of requests to other businesses.

air france is competing in the global market. it needs to have the means to invest to renew its fleet. i urge everyone to act responsibly. james: it is the second strike in a week. further stoppages are set for tuesday and saturday, and there will also be travel woes on the train next week. workers workersrs -- rail will walk out for several periods. unions are angered by plans to end the jobs for like -- life culture and early retirement schemes. last time ministers took on the rail unions in france, a series of protests forced the government at the time into an embarrassing climbdown. turning to global trade, donald trump says he may suspend a newly renegotiated trade deal with south korea, making a contingent of progress with north korea. beer the deal, seoul will

exempt from tariffs on steel and aluminum in exchange for quotas that will cut the volume of metal exports to the united states, but trump says he may hold off on implementing it because it is a strong card in negotiating denuclearization with pyongyang. korean officials say they are trying to figure out what he means by that. here is tom speaking earlier. week, wemp: this secured a wonderful deal with south korea. we were in a deal that was a horror show. we have redundant and that is going to level the playing field. on steel and cars and trucks .oming into this country and i may hold it up until after a deal was made with north korea, because it is a very strong card, and i want to make sure everyone is treated fairly and we are moving along very nicely with north korea. we will see what happens. meanwhile, the finance

minister of neighboring japan says his country must avoid entering a free-trade agreement with the united states. ofre is a global trend multinational deals, such as the trtranspacific partnership, a significant development even without the u.s. joining the pact. let's look at the marketets now. most are closed for the easter weekend, including here in europe. in asia, shares were mostly up at the close of the week, with tokyo leading the pack, as you can see. a month of march has been rough on wall street. there are fears over a potential trade war that pulled prices down. the dow ended the month down 3.7%, although it has fared slightly better than in february, when inflation fears caused a selloff. the tech heavy nasdaq suffered its biggest monthly decline since january 2016, almost 3%,

as concern wayne on investment sentiment. headlines,siness tesla recalled about 123,000 model s cars to replace a faulty power steering bolt. accidents and then reported related to the flop. the carmaker has been plagued by production delays of its affordable model 3, and a fatal crash involving his model x a week ago. a central bank has denied rumors that could pull one of two currencies out of circulation. no date for the so-called monetary unification has been announced, but many worried cubans have rushed to exchange their money in recent days. the government had announced it encyd scrap the two-curr system as part of its reforms back in 2013. and counsel spending here in france increased more than

expected in february, by 2.4%. inflation bounced back in march to 1.5%, raising hope that consumer prices are moving toward more growth-friendly levels. the central bank considers a 2% inflation needed for healthy economic growth. that wraps of the business news for now. molly: thank you for that update. it is time for our press review. it is time now for a look at what is grabbing headlines in the written world. i am joined by solange. we are going to start off in the united states where we have papers focusing on the death of stephon clark. his funeral service held a short time ago. "los angeles times" is saying his death is a rallying cry for justice in the united states. protesters have been blocking the streets of sacramento for days. at the white house says it is a local issue.

columnist in "usa today" explains that clarke's death is bigger than one man killed by police. the man's death raises a number of questions. for the reporter, the most important question is why police officers in the united states are so fearful of african-american men, and tried to find -- trying to find answers is only one way to ensure more african men are not killed by police officers. molly: stephon clark was shot 20 times by police while in his grandmother's backyard. lee say they believed he had a gun. -- police say they believe he had a gun. solange: he was holding a cell phone. molly: we are waiting for an autopsy report. in the u.k., british health services have announced that the daughter of the former russian father werend her poisoned -- she is out of danger, at least in terms of her health. solange: that news made the

front page of "the independent" this morning. this came after health services said her condition is improving rapidly and she could speak to investigators soon. on the diplomatic front, russia is sort of on life support. "the new york times" says the relationship between russia and the united states has hit a low that has not been seen in decades. molly: how are we seeing russian press cover this? solange: there was a headline "russia uses the right to reply." moscow says it has the right to mirror the moves of the 27 other nations that expelled russian diplomats. it is a tit-for-tat, but one that may not change much in the middle east and syria. that is according to a pan arab paper. they say the power dynamics in syria in regard to russia will not be affected by the diplomatic freeze. molly: 10 we seeing in terms of cartoonists as they discuss this or draw about this? solange: there are a lot of cartoons out there, but i have

chosen one about this second cold war. spy poisoningsian -- there is poisonous champagne there. it says, i bet you are overreacting. molly: we have seen a lot of coverage in the british press. we also have a cricket scandal that is spilling a lot of ink across the globe. the britisht of press's front pages this morning. "the daily telegraph" when with the headline "it all ends in tears for australia's fallen idols." have theont page, you team captain, steve smith, in tears, apologizing to austrian media -- australian media, sorry -- saying he is resigning over a ball-tampering scandal. more tears are being spilled by cameron bancroft, the king captain --

team captain. the australian telegraph went with the headline "it's a crying shame." apologies seem to have worked. australian fans are beginning to feel sorry for them rather than be angry over the cheating scandal. "the times of india" calls this a tragic drama. the scandal is big news in india, where there is a strong cricket following. molly: this friday marks the start of the easter holiday weekend and we have the international press that has easter on its mind. solange: i will not talk about chocolate bunnies just yet, but the christian holiday is coming up, popping up on a political level. in the u.k., brexit is being called "breggsit." you can see easter bunny theresa may pushing a heavy egg up the hill. turning to spain, the holiday is creating a political row, according to "the guardian,"

which says the government public interest advocate is not happy. there is a military tradition in spain where the flags are flown at half mast for the easter weekend. the official says that is unconstitutional because the spanish institutions are supposed to be secular. molly: you have found an article comparing easter to christmas. wonders why easter has retained its religious connotation but christmas for a lot of people is a family holiday that is not religious. the site explains that both holidays a century ago had the same cultural importance, but the fact that christmas happens in winter and people need a festive time, and the fact that the nonreligious started including christmas in their literature, pushed christmas ahead of easter. not haveing it does much to do with people preferring presents to easter bunnies. molly: and chocolate. solange: and chocolate.

[laughter] molly: f for more,e, you can heo our website. stay with us. we are going to take a quick break.

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