♪ anchor: hello and welcome. you are watching live from paris here on "france 24." coming up for you, our headlines today. on the brink of going to jail, brazil's former president could be behind bars within days after the supreme court rejected his attempt to delay a prison sentence for corruption. here in france, the trial opens today for members of a suspected jihadist terrorist cell from the

south of france. chris moore will have the latest from the courthouse. celebrations and clashes on the streets as sierra leone gets a new president, a former soldier who previously headed up the military. also coming up for you in the next hour live from paris, we didn't do enough. mark suffereder as the social network reveals as many as 87 million users may have been -- mark zuckerberg as the social network reveals as many as 87 million users may databeen caught up in the scandal. soon,s all coming up very live from paris. ♪

anchor: first, it was a dramatic night in brazil. the supreme court voted narrowly by six votes -- by six votes to five to delay a prison term for the former president sentenced to jail, who is seeking to stay out of prison pending further appeals. this decision could see him placed behind bars within days and could seriously compromise his rerun for the presidency. than 10: it took more hours of deliberations. the 11 judges of brazil's supreme court often entering into heated debate on whether to accept luis in the field silva inacio lula da silva's

to avoid prison. reelection would become impossible as he was behind bars, serving a 12 year prison sentence. the court president broke the 5-5 tie. >> by majority, the supreme court has rejected the order. this is the proclamation of the result. reporter: the vote means that jail, andoon be in this may be the end of his political career. for his supporters, the ruling was a blow to democracy. "we will defeat this." for anticorruption activists, it a signrious news and

that the political elite are not above the law. >> lula in prison! enough! lula the thief is not above the law! reporter: the supreme court decision possibly abandons this fall -- upends this fall's presidential election if the court decide he cannot be on the ballot. anchor: for more on this story i'm joined in the studio by a and anexpert at the cnrs associate professor at the sao paulo university. thank you for speaking with us on "france 24." passions running high on the streets. what is the fallout likely to be from this case? lula remains hugely popular in brazil, doesn't he? guest: yes, he was leading in the polls. a lot of people are behind him

because he changed the fate of many people in brazil when he was the president. they are very grateful to him. anchor: where does that leave his presidential run? technically, can he still run for president? is it feasible for him if he is indeed jailed in the next few days? guest: no, if he is jailed he cannot hope to compete. if he is released, maybe come a so it is not totally decided, but it is very likely he would be able to compete. -- would not be able to compete. anchor: if he is indeed out of the race, who could replace him on the left? who may come forward as the favorite from the other parties? guest: to be honest, i would say i don't know because nobody knows exactly.

lead, this huge margin of so the next behind in his 20% behind. the classical parties have no candidates at the moment, so it is very difficult to know what will happen at the moment. anchor: more broadly we have seen years of crises in brazilian politics. , rousseff being reposed -- being deposed. is or anything that can be done to resolve the situation? guest: there is some margin for optimism. at least brazilian opinion doesn't want any corruption. it had been going for years and years, and now it is unacceptable. it is a good thing in itself that nobody wants it any longer.

all of the politics has to be resolved now. anchor: we have the sitting president, the man replaced dilma rousseff, himself mired in corruption scandals. guest: i would be optimistic about the political class. but the good thing is that public opinion doesn't stand it any longer. anchor: we will have to leave it there. thank you very much, indeed. associate professor at sao paulo university. round 60 u.s. diplomats ordered to leave russia departed the american embassy compound in moscow earay to thursday, heading for the airport. you can see them inside those coaches.s. that is part of a tit-for-tat recall of more than 150 russian diplomats ordered out of the u.k., the u.s., and eu and nato

member states. , russia deepening spat has called for urgent talks at the un security council. moscow has lost its bid for a joint inquiry with the u.k. inin the nerve agent poisoning of a former spy and his daughter in england. a defeat for russia at the hague. . the global chemical weapons watchdog has voted against allowing it into britain's investigation of the nerve agent poisonings in salisbury last month. in the end, only china, azerbaijan, syria, and iran joined in backing the motion. 17 of the members abstained. >> many countries feel that it is necessary t to use legal instruments already provided by the opcw in a civilized manner. of members of the

executive council refused to offer full support for the u.k. or u.s. position. reporter: but the deputy british ambassador to the hague saw the vote very differently. >> i think russia will be disappointed with how today has gone. they needed 28 votes for the resolution they put forth to pass. they got just six. the international community has firmly rebutted yet another attempt by russia to frustrate this process. reporter: the use of a weapons great nerve agent against a former russian double agent sergei skripal and his daughter has led to a crisis -- a diplomatic crisis. dozens of diplomats have been expelled. british investigators say russian involvement remains the only plausible explanation, but moscow denies any responsibility and later this thursday will try to discredit the british position and reputation at a special meeting of the un security council. trial: here in paris, the

is opening today of suspected members of a terror cell based in the south of france. the accused from lanelle, a village knew the city of montpellier, was all around 20 young people head off to fight -- which saw around 20 young people head off to fight for isil. chris moore is live with the details of his extreme very case. chris: as you said, and extreme era case that's in those -- that centers on this town in the , which hasance earned itself the unenviable ."niker of " jihad-ville

five people are going on trial in the court room behind the today, two of whom were accused of traveling to syria, the others of offering logistical support. they were arrested in the wake of the charlie hebdo attacks in january 2015. the trial throws light once again on to the issue of extremism here in france, and ongoing headache for security services in terms of people returning and in terms of identifying patterns of radicalization. because of the unusual circumstances in this one, folks are swarming on the small town. unemployment problems there, focuses on racism and inclusion.

who have beenple friends for a long time ago oh's in themselves to extremism that are gradually exposing themselves to extremism -- are gradually exposing themselves to extremism. anchor: thanks chris. we will check in more with chris on the opening day of his trial. the group of 58 african migrants have been released from detention in israel after prime minister benjamin netanyahu scrapped a u.n. broker-deal to read kate -- to relocate thousands of migrants abroad after fierce oppososition from right wing lockers and protesters. the 58 migrants had to be released becausehaven had been found for them, and many others could follow. paradise andourist for its white sandy beaches, the philippiness are clolosed to visitors from to six months starting on april 26 because of

mounting pollution. in separate command president rodrigo d duterte accused h hots and other busininesses - - president rodrigo duterte accused hotels and other businesses of creating a cesspool. a poaching case has gripped many in india as huge crowds gathered outside the courthouse ahead of thursday's verdicts. presidentne has a new juliusition candidate maada bio. his rival has rejected the results, calling into doubt hopes of a smooth transition of power.

a slight shadow over the many celebrations. -- inrter in serio loan sierra leone since of this report. reporter: he is the hero of the night and the new president. bioporters of julius maada are overcome with euphoria. after a long suspense, the opposition candidate was declared the winner of sierra leone's presidential runoff vote and sworn into office. a change his supporters hail as a liberation. freedom.e got our isare looking to do what he on to do for the five years he is elected for. we have supported him! we are so glad that we have got our leader back! we are so happy! we don't know what to say now! we are very, very happy!

reporter: happiness replaced with tension. police and soldiers guard the opposition party's headquarters after clashes arrive with supporters of his rival. it is what many feared in the end to a polarizing campaign. the president faces the challenge of reuniting the nation and making good on the promises he made to sierra leone's youth. 70% of the country's young people are unemployed. many in this neighborhood did not vote for julius maada bio, but for the sake of peace, they say they will not join those contesting his victory. >> we don't want to fight. more fights, fights, fights. too many things. our children want to go to school and wanted better. that's want it better. -- want it better. reporter: celebrations continue

into the night as support his come.of a brighter day to anchor: brazil's former president lula could be behind bars within days after the supreme court rejected his attempt to delay a prison sentence of corruption. trial issnce, a opening today for suspected members of a jihadist cell in the south of france knew the city of montpellier. to get up with the latest business news now. stephen carroll joins me. you are starting with this very big story that keeps on going, the latest on the facebook data scandal. reporter: that's right. facebook says now up to 87 million users may have had their data obtained by the political consulting firm cambridge analytica, a dramatic increase

on previous estimates of 50 billion -- 50 million. my conference call with journalists, facebook ceo mark zuckerberg admitted the company had done wrong. >> we didn't do enough. we didn't focus enough on preventing abubuse and thinknkig through how people use these tools to do harm as well. that goes for fake news, foreign interference in elections, hate speech, in addition to developers and data privacy. we didn't take a broad enough view of what our responsibility is, and that was a huge mistake. it was my mistake. in that conference call, mark zuckerberg said they have not seen any noticeable drop in the users of facebook since the scandal broke in spite of the delete facebook campaign which has sprung up online andnd wake of the controversy. from a business point of view, he also said there had not been

a major drop-off in advertising, helping boost shares in wall street today, up by 3%. when you compare it to the rest of this year's sales, still down 10% when compared tj were. china xiniya fashion when compared to january -- when compared to january. fs on announced tarif $50 billion of united states imports. john sullivan related -- reiterated the need to restore economic ties. reportrt: behind the tough rhetoric, there is intense diplomacy after talks of the u.s. state department. china's abbasid or to the united states said beijing was willing to negotiate a solution.

we always tend to go political on negotiations. if someone does something in one direction, we have to respond. acting secretary of state john sullivan reiterated the need to restore fairness and balance in their economic ties. the diplomatic efforts came afafter both sides announced an important tariff. while washington'n's targeted china's tech sector, and even bigger threat to be looming on the horizon. >> the treasury secretary of the united states is looking to restrict chinese investment into the u.s., and we would expect under the current tit-for-tat system that china would reciprocate. i think that would take us a long way down towards an

unfortunate trade war if both countries started to actively disrupt supply chains. reporter: no date has been announced as to when it will come into effect. businesses hope the two sides will talk themselves out of the quagmire. strongr: today we've got gains across the board on paris banks. accolade wines is being bobought amid au.s. equity firm boom for the aussie wine industry, benefiting from increased chinese demand. exports to china grew by 68% last year. finally, a loving tribute to the

29 years of "the simpsons." reme hasn krispy k produced a do not filled with white chocolate truffle -- a doughnut filled with a white chocolate truffle and covered in pink icing. it will only be sold in kremes.an krispy anchor: why only in australiaia? that seems unfair. coming up now, it is the international press review. ♪ anchor: we are heading to brazil, where the reactions been pouring into the major story come of the supreme court which could send former preresident la to prison without much delay. reporter: as soon as possible, sooner rather than later,

really. we have seen reactions on twitter as well, that six months away from brazil's national elections. former president lula, who was once widely adored for fighting for the poor, was hoping to run again. those have been dashed with the supreme court ruling to uphold his prison conviction. this tweet from one user, "it is a trial for the country." you see a cartoon picture of lula in a jumpsuit. "i am brazilian and i am proud of it." look at some support from the embattled venezuelan leader maduro. ice'hurtsthis 'injust hurtsl." -- 'injustice' my soul. he has several avenues of appeal. anchor: the british foreign

secretary boris johnson is facing criticism once again, this time for remarks he's made about russia and their role in the nerve agent attack on the former spy sergei screwball -- sergei skripal. reporter: we know this is been blown into a big diplomatic row between the you can russia -- between the u.k. and russia. russia has gone to great pains to deny any accusation of being behind that attack. it seems they have a useful ally in boris johnson. they call him a "wildcard." johnson told the german media that scientists personally told him that russian agents were behind the attack. ceo haslem is the lab gone on record saying we never said anything like that come as a moscow has really pounced on this as an opportunity to discredit british claims about

them being involved in the attack, and boris johnson, always great fodder for the british cartoons, is the focus of this cartoon from "the times" pinning a search warrant to vladimir putin, and the process kneeling his own hands to the notice. anchor: as you say, he always -- hisling his own -- nailing own hand to the notice. is always you say, he fodder for the press. a former computer analyst at the french branch of hsbc was sentenced for economic espionage after leaking a whole cache of documents, alleging the bank was involved in massive fraud in what became known as the swiss league's scandal. he skipped out -- swiss leaks scandal. he skipped out on trial and has

avoided going ever since. he was arrested in madrid, according to "the spanish daily mundo."y el the spaniards are demanding extradition of exiled catalan leaders from various european countries. it could be a way for spain, perhaps a goodwill gesture towards europe him and he hopes that it will be reciprocated for bringing back catalan leaders. anchor: interesting. a a video of the royal family during easter mass has gone viral. tell us more. reporter: s gone viral in a nutshell because it shows that even the royal family sometimes can't help but air their family disputes. we seek we lakisha -- queen laticia and her mother allegedly arguing over queen la

ticia shoved her mother-in-law out of way. the video has been viewed millions of times and has out and out embarrassed the spanish royal family. maybe it has endeared them to the public as well. many accusing her of disrespecting her mother-in-law, who is after all the queen by blood. and you don't shove your mother-in-law out of the way in any case, do you? anchor: i love this case of vengeance of a woman who was fetching. reporter: a teenager was standing in line at a bakery recently when she overheard a woman behind her referring to word, using the expletive. the customer said she hoped she wouldn't buy all the cupcakes.

she said she was only planning to buy six cupcakes, but after that she bought every single cupcake in the bakery just so that woman couldn't buy any of them. she recounted the story in a facebook post that has]qççzñvpa

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