>> a warm welcome back to the france 24 newsroom. these are the latest headlines at 1:00 p.m. paris time. aance's name is added to growing list of countries that criticized israel for its heavy handedness fighting protests. this as none and yahoos government refuses to allow a netanyayahu's government

refuses to allows a prprobe into the e athshs. familiesesave departrted in sysa for the north of the country as the regime is poised to take the entire enclave. france's state rail operator or -- warns that tape -- train travel is said to be disrupted kicking off this monday evening. thousands of staff come to planst president macron's to reform. also coming up, china hits back at the u.s. slapping up to 25% tariffs on goods ranging from pork to this -- yes. we will have more on that rain -- two pistachios. we will have more on that coming up. ♪

>> israel has rejected appeals from the international community for an independent requiring to be carried out into friday's violence along the gaza border board -- border. thehe deadliest day since protests broke out, 17 palestinians are known to have lost their lives. for more, we can bring our correspondent who is standing by in jerusalem. first of all, israel is sticking to letguns and refusing any kind of probe take place into the violence this monday. >> that is right. the prime minister and defense minister have said they support the military and do not support

an inquiry. they say all the people who were killed were young men of fighting age and the majority were known to be fighters. the innocent protesters were behind these people and came towards the fence with the idea of coming over and engaging with troops. they also say they think it was a double standard. where is the inquiry into syria and eastern ghouta? the inquiry into turkey? none of that is being inquired into. they say they will not cooperatate. hold an internal inquiry, but i doubt they will cooperate with an international inquiry. >> how will this play out in the coming days? >> right now, it is tense but quiet. this friday was a day of escalating rhetoric. both sides were digging in for friday. there will be more -- and they

say y there'll be more people protesesting at the border. we are looking ahead to two important dates. israeli independence day this and the day the american embassy will move to jerusalem. we are looking for six active weeks. >> our correspondent in jerusalem, thank you very much. the assad regime is moving closer to taking back the rebel strong cold of eastern ghouta. and russia'sdia say a deal has been reached with the faction in ghouta. they say they will not leave this final bastion of resistance against damascus. the --ve been saying been seen leaving the community earlier this monday.

we will turn to our syria'sndent adam, state media is reporting two buses left this monday, but confusion reigns as to who was on board. about two saysng of evacuations of fighters. in the first case, you have that were not actually the group that was in control. they split their fighters into two sets. andwhich stayed in the town duma.her got forced into the group in charge of duma have actually wanted to stay in duma.

they proposed the russians could patrol the area, they would put down their weapons, but they would not return to the syrian government sovereignty. the syrian said that was unacceptable. it seems they've now forced their hand. both the syrians, the syrian government, and the russians saying a deal has been struck. thatagencies s are reporting syrian state media is saying .hose evacuations have begun those are the buses we are talking about leaving this morning. ofyou mentioned, the leaders the group have until very recently been denying that was thee case. does come into force, what arrangements have been put into place? there is a different set of arrangements for the fighters

as the rest -- as the have been from others who have been evacuated from eastern ghouta. they will travel to norv turner where -- northern aleppo the turks have a pocket of control where they are battling against kurdish fighters in that area. the reason foror this is because they have been in open conflict with one of the groups, the al qaeda linked group, and they were reluctant for -- reluctantt to travevel to an area they were present. they have opted fofor this possibility of northern aleppo instead. this ist meant is that a much more complicated negotiation that had to involve the trucks at -- turks as well and the factns that do not really want to leave

in the first place. we will have to see whether or not it is indeed the case. thank you very much. in other world news, a suspected boko haram attack in northeastern nigeria has left at least 15 dead and 84 others injured according to emergency services. the largest attack committed by says theist insurgents on thet broke out outskirts of the city of may degree. many trains across france are set to remain in their sheds in the coming weeks. -- have announced

three months of strike action at anger to overhaul government plans to overhaul the as ncs. >> with disruption expected across many public services, the week ahead will likely prove challenging for many in france. france, garbage collectors and edf workers are going on strike. rail services will be affected as unions plan to battle the planned-- macron's reforms. according to a recent survey, 51% of french people are for the changes. >> this project aims to save the sncf. rail workershelp

adapt, they will disappear. minister of transport says she does not understand the motivation of the strikers. she says changes necessary for progressss. for some members of the opposition, this reform represents sweeping privatization. >> what the workers are defending is the quality of the service. there is one example of railway privatization in europe and that is in england. 72% of people in england would railway to be re-nationalized. >> rail reform is seen as a major test of macron's presidency. >> it is not just french railways said to be paralyzed. unions resenting air staff -- air france staff say walkout has been scheduled. 75% of flights are guaranteed this tuesday.

beeping their car horns and theng into the streets, supporters of colorless of rado -- carlos alvarado have been celebrate his when. centrist got 66% of the vote with his rival just scoring over 30%. shared conservative economic values, backgrounds in music and journalism, and the adoe last name, but one alvar took the lion's share of the vote with a different approach to same-sex marriage. he tweeted today the world is watching us. we sent a beautiful message.

rival --ge of post his these issues will be crucial for elections coming up elsewhere in latin america where millions hold conservative catholic believes. i am happy to have voters with the best options for costa rica. it is an option which respects human rights. carlos all brought oh who came second -- carlos alvarado, who came second in the first to costa appealed rica's tolerant streak. donald trump has taken to twitter, this time to say his party should go to the nuclear

option to pass tough new laws on illegal immigration. the u.s. president has also and accused mexico officials south of the border of not doing enough to stem the flow of migrants. >> there was little piece on easter sunday between the u.s. and mexico. arriving for church -- at church for mass in florida, trump sent a message to america's southern neighbor. >> they're going to help us at the border. if they are not, it is a sad thing. tweeted about the issue before attending easter services saying mexico's doing little to nothing to stop the flow of the united states and threatening the north american free trade agreement. he once again called for a border wall between the two nations.

in mexico, presidential campaigning is heating up and trump and his border while our top issues. at his first campaign rally sunday, the leading candidate demanded respect from the united states. >> mexico and its people will not be the piñata of any foreign govevernment. mexico's foreign minister pushback on trump's claims about immigration saying every day at -- every day mexico and the u.s. work together on immigration. the border wall is one of trump signature issues and his push to get billed has put him at odds with mexican leaders. it is coming up to 1:15 here in the french capital. as the death toll rises from friday's gaza protest, israel refuses to let investigators examine the circumstances

surrounding the death of 17 palestinians. to theis added its name list of nanations critizizing isisrael. state to t the in serious as the carrying fighters and their families from good to have now headed to the north of the country. the regime is poised to take the entire enclave. france's state rail operator warns the tame travel is said to be disrupted with months of strike action kicking off this monday evening. it is in protest the president crohn's -- macron's plans to reform. it is time for business news. mountingarting with a tray tension between the world 's two biggest economies.

>> it is a tit-for-tat against themeasure tariffs that went into effect last night. -- last month. beijing is slapping $3 billion of u.s. goods with tariffs. back, slapping 128 u.s. projects -- products with tariffs. the highest tariff of 25% applies to eight products. will have a 15% tariff applied. china says the u.s.s. presidents playining with fire.e. ,> there is a a dangerouss signl the u.s. seems to cast wto aside and igignore everything fofor is amererica first policy. i know the former director of the wto is very angry.

fact $3ariffs of billion of imports, a tiny fraction of the u.s. exports to china. the measures could wto guidelines, but beijing says it is within its rights to retaliate. it seems consumers feel it is necessary. it is correct to impose tariffs. it is right to fight back. puts tariff on some chinese products, we should put tariffs s on the united states. >> donald trump is set to move ahead with his plans to raise tariffs on s something - -- som0 bibillion of chihinese goods. china says it will not stand by while its economy is hurt. factories in asia

slow down in march. south korea's factory output shrank for the first time this year. the bank of japan's quarterly outlook showed corporate sentiment had fun for the first time in two years. how are the markets reacting to the news? >> and in trading got off to a start,e spot -- positive but dipped into negative territory towards the end of the day as investors locked in profits. they're down a third of a percentage point below the flat line. here in the, markets are still closed for easter. for more busininess headlines, a prominent shareholderer of 's urging investors

not to reelect a member of their advisory board. he accused them of not doing enough to address the diesel emission scandal. alibabae-commerce giant is set to buy the remaining scraps of lme. the latest deal will value the stock up at almost $10 billion. majorving merged with a player in china's online food delivery market last week -- last quarter. the parent company of saks fifth avenue and lauren taylor have confirmed that hackers stole credit card data that could have affected millions of shoppers. a security fund in new york said hackers had put of information

on 125,000 credit cards. >> let us turn to the car industry. selfornia is allowing driving cars to run on the road in that state. driverlessing of car's would have started today, but none of the 50 companies in the estate working on the technology applied for a permit in wake of a fatal car accident in arizona where an uber self hit and killed a pedestrian. uber has suspended all testing of its economist cars across the u.s. and canada. confirmed the car involved in a fatal crash on a california motorway was operating on autopilot. they said the driver who was killed cap his hands off the steering wheel for six seconds despite warnings. >> thank you very much. >> from the round up of business

news, we can move through the french and international papers in our press review. let us take a look at today's papers. we are starting with reaction to those clashes on friday. >> i want to start with two are 10 to the opposing narratives we -- from thefrom it israeli and the palestinian side. you can see this is how the israeli government sees these border protest. they are not gazans acting of their own accord, but hamas storming the border. very different image in the panon-based pan air up -- -arab paper.

the is what they're calling march of return, his shadow transforming into a key. that key symbolizes the house key many palestinians carry with them to these protests that passed down from generation to generation hoping they will be able to return home and use that key. it also symbolizes palestinians holding the key to their own futures. right. as an interpretation the goes pretty well with an analysis piece from the same paper. it says this march of return is a sign palestinians are taking their destiny back into their own hands. the palestinian cause was being defended by larger powers, but recently egypt and saudi arabia have been cozying up to the u.s. and israel. changedof that, it has them being the leader of this cause, and now palestinians have come back to the forefront and are the ones negotiating their own destiny.

>> one left wing papers sees this as being good news for the palestinian community. thosehnically israel one protests, but they are saying they killed over a dozen palestinians and that prompted international outcry. this, according to the papers were israel stands to lose. the paper said hamas has given up on scoring any kind of military victory. there now concentrating on the battle for public opinion. clearrch for return is a example of hamas is change in tactics. if israel continues responding as they did, the victory is going to turn into a defeat. there is a cartoon that it lowest rates -- that illustrates the point pretty well. we see it's bloody hand is still

raised into a v for victory. let us move to europe where italian papers have been up in arms after french border police followed a man onto italian soil to give him a drug test. >> this is a man who was initially from nigeria that they suspected of carrying drugs. you can see a picture of where this took place. the station is just over the border, that is where they gave him this year and test. it came back negative. the incident was reported by an ngo. they say it is escalateded intoa incident after the heated reaction from italian politicians. the leader of the far right league said italy should now be

expelling french politicians. >> right, very strong reaction. they say france has violated italy's borders on its front page. they're a center-right paper, but the whole political spectrum has been up in arms. the most indignant of all was carlino. resto del they are calling mccrone -- a an invader.on the left-wing paper says this has revealed france's real face when it comes to borders and immigration. they say since the day he was elected, emmanuel macron has shown he is willing to be arrogant and inhumane when it comes to the italian border. he pays it is the price to satisfy and rain in the

nationalists on the far right. french papers do come to the defense of the french government. they argue french customs officials have the right to be in the station according to a french italian agreement. the paper says france's minister of customs you see behind me is going to try to make the italian government understand that when rome thisroom -- week. thomas: finally reports and firm isa moshe -- emoji trying to cash in on brexit. >> that is right, their names are brexit bulldog and starry blue. this article is one of the many pieces of fake news circulating yesterday for april fools' day. this one comes from the

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