anchor: this is "france 24." i'm genie godula. former businessman asserts the g gavid -- javid will succeed amber rudd, one of theresa may's allies. a suicide blast in cabell leaves 25 dead and children are killed

in southern can do for -- kandahar in an attack on a military convoy. a team en route to myanmar after pledging to resolve problems for muslims forced to flee to think others. andmary's -- sainsburys asda are teaming up to take on tesco. and a new space race bebetween billionaires. jeff bezos is trying to beat elon musk and out of this world tourism. first, our top story live from paris. former business minister sajid

javid has been named britain's new home secretary. he will be tasked with moving on from the immigration scandal that brought down his predecessor, amber rudd, one of the prime minister's closest allies. we will talk more about this development. e, can the new interior minister move past the immigration scandal? benedicte: prime minister theresa may will want to put this scandal behind her. can she do so with the appointment of such a very -- cg job aid -- sajid javid? weeksl see in the coming and months. there is a history until about eight years ago -- there were six home secretaries in eight years under labor. it is a very big post that encompasses very many things.

it deals with immigration, counterterrorism, knife crime, murders. it is a big brief. whoever is at the head of that has a big and complex task. should point out that the predecessor of amber rudd was theresa may, who was at the head, successfully -- stayed there six years -- before becoming prime minister. the brief is very well known, in detail. certainly, theresa may was known to master that detail. the problem for amber rudd is although her presentation was good -- you remember during the 2016 e.u. referendum, she stepped in, in the debate, instead of theresa may, and was seen to be a very safe pair of hands. important value you want in this government is that .. course she was a remainder that delicate balance in the british government between mp's

who want a hard brexit and others who want a softer brexit needed to be kept. was aajid javid, he remainder. he is less of a gung ho remainder. .e'll see what happens he needs to master his brief very quickly. genie: tell me more about sajid javid. is he up to the task of what you describe is this very high-pressure job? benedicte: well, he has accepted the role. it is seen as a very big promotion for him personally. it is the first time somebody from an ethnic minority background has actually become and had such a big role. it is a crucial post in the government, particularly as the government tries to draw a line under the wind rush -- windrush scandal. it did not allow the rights that

british citizens are entitled to. some are threatened with deportation. others have been deported. a huge concern here. i do not think we have seen the end of that followed. sajid javid is 48 years old, the son of pakistani immigrants who came here in the 1960's. i think it is no coincidence. this is a bold appointment by theresa may. she could have appointed james broken sure -- brokenshire. he is going to housing instead. he was in the home office under her. she has chosen not to. she wants this immigrant son of a pakistani bus driver to address what is seen as an absolute top priority. mired innment has been row after row because of brexit. now it has been marred in the windrush scandal. people want to try to put this behind it.

certainly address the concerns that are needed. the sajid javid did on weekend was, he wrote an article in the sunday paper, saying the windrush generation -- that could have been me. it could be my mother, my father, my grandfather, or my uncle. he is saying, i understand these concerns, and i am going to make a difference. will he? we will find out. benedicte reporting from london. in afghanistan, suicide blasts rocked cabell -- kabul this morning. photographer killed, working for the ap news agency. many rushed to the scene of the first explosion when the second blast went off. to give us the latest, live from in ourlet's bring rereporter. what can you tell us about this abul whichcabell -- k

has been claimed by the islamic state? today in the morning at about 8:00 local time, two explosions happened in a short time. the first one was caused by a suicide attacker. by a suicides attacker on foot that disguised himself as a journalist. the islamic state claimed responsibility, saying it attacked a nearby facility of the intelligence service. they were stopped at the checkpoint. they exploded the explosives there. the second explosionon targetedd first responders and journrnalis rushing to the scene. the latest casualty reports say about 25 killed and at least 45 wounded. genie: also today there was foreignattack on a

convoy that left children dead. talk about the comparison of the islamic state group in afghanistan compared to the taliban. franz: yes, the islamic state groupp is relatively new in afghanistan. .n 2014, 2015 well that the taliban is a entrenched insurgent group in afghanistan, they place problems to find a foothold. the islamic state group has a small stronghold in an eastern province, plus a report that small pockets in a neighboring province in the northern afghan provincece. but everything is kind of sketchy, how farar these groups are coordinating with h each otr , who the islamic state group in

the middle east -- they are for smaller than the taliban. menentioned on you airport, there have never been reports about islamic state activities in kandahar. in the past month, there have been, every two or three months, attacks on convoys knew the airport in kandadahar that were claimed by the taliban. it looks like this could be a pivoted to the taliban. it is the main insurgent group in the country and the main threat. genie: thank you for that. reporting from kabul. the newly confirmed u.s. secretary of state has wrapped up his middle east trip today in jordan, the third stop on mike pompeo's visit after saudi arabia and israel.

the tour came weeks before donald trump is going to decide whether to leave the landmark nuclear deal with iran. from payless doubt at the run sunday, accusing it of destabilizing the -- pompeo lashed out at iran sunday, accusing it of destabilizing the region. the president spent an hourur on the phone sunday w with the iranian leader, trying to convince them to work together to stabilize the deal. reporter: world leaders have hit deadlock on the iran nuclear deal. emmanuel macron and hassan agreed to work forward. rouhani says he will not accept any renegotiation of the 2015 deal. >> the nuclear deal and any subject under its pretext is not negotiable in any way. iran will not accept any restrictions beyond its commitments. reporter: this comes one week

after the french president's proposal to amend the deal in consideration of donald trump's concerns. macron's proposal includes four pillars. our run would agree to curb its nuclear program through 2025. the timeframe would be extended. iran would curb its ballistic missile program in addition to its weapons program, and would see that military activity is discouraged. macron confirmed france's intention to remain part of the 2015 agreement. with stops in saudi arabia and israel, u.s. secretary of state mike pompeo said iran should be punished for missile programs, condemning regional ambitions and threats to israel. despite the harsh rhetoric toward tehran, national security adviser john bolton said the u.s. president has not yet made a decision on the deal. until may 12mp has to decide whether or not to revive economic sanctions on

iran. genie: a human security council delegation is visiting northern talksr before holding with the government in an attempt to resolve the rohingya crisis. the trip comes one day after they visited rohingya muslims in refugee camps across the border in bangladesh. almost 700,000 rohingya fled to safety there, to escape a military crackdown last august. robert sutton maddox reports. robert: the people displaced. human security council envoys listened as rohingya refugees recounted harrowing tales. >> they killed the people in front of me, killed my relations , bombed the whole village on fire. we want the justice. we want our rights. we want justice. robert: the delegation is in an unclaimed strip of territory

between validation myanmar. land, thesty no man's refugee camp houses some of the neararly 700,000 refugees in makeshift shelters. the crisis exploded about eight months ago when the burmese military launched a crackdown over rohingya insurance -- insurgent attacks on security posts. the united nations described the response as ethnic cleansing. >> it is in or miss humor that -- horror that other -- it is a enormous horror that other human beings can put them through that. we try as a security council to find some way through that enables people to go home. representatives are visiting myanmar to urge the government to assure the safe return of the refugees. the leader has been denounced for failing to speak up for the muslim minority, who suffered

decades of discrimination in the buddhist majajority country. they will not be allowed on the ground. the government have restricted access to the conflict zone. race: there is a new space on now, not between countries, but between billionaires. bezos isunder jeff trying to beat elon musk in out of this world tourism. one.o, reporter: a new space race has taken o off, but instead of rivl states, it opposes two of the wealthiest men.n. jeff bezos's aerospace manufacturing company, lou origin, launched a new capsule from texas on sunday.

it cararried a dummy astroronaut called m manic and skywalker, ad science experiments. the recycle caps off, designed to carry up to six space tourists, was placed on a reusable booster and was the eighth test flight. looks nominal from here. there is the rocket back on its landing pad. has said heff bezos wants to send lecture tourists into the end of this year. he is not the only internationally recognized businessman with space ambitions. tesla became the first company to launch a reused rocket on a nasa mission, last dedecember. similar to bezos, musk says reusable rockets will facilitate of a by cutting costs. once they have been used, they descend back to earth and can be refueled and sent back to space. musk wants to send spacex capsules to mars in hopes of eventually colonizing the planet. genie: time for a business update with delano d'souza.

you are starting with a telecom merger in the u.s. delano: the question on everyone's lips is, will be third time be the charm for sprint and t-mobile, the third and fourth largest telecom operators in the matted states? they plan on teaming up. the $26 billion deal hinges on the tour -- regulatory approval. the combined company will be called t-mobile and would have around 100 million subscribers. the chief executives from t-mobile and sprint warned competitors to watch out. >> you know whatat these videos mean? reporter: a long-awaited merger that could finally be coming to fruition. are announcing that t-mobile and sprint have reached a definitive agreement to come together and form a new, stronger company. reporter: the move is likely to reshape the current competitive structure of the u.s. wireless market. verizon is currently the number one provider in the country,

with 160 million customers, followed by at&t with 93 million. t-mobile and sprint have around 59 and 41 million companies respectively. the merger would combine those numbers to reach 100 million customers, putting the company in position to pressure its rivals. >> verizon, at&t, comcast, and the others better watch out. >> because we are coming. reporter: the movement likely to face fierce resistance from u.s. regulators. the federal communications commission blocked an attempted merger between t-mobile and at&t m 2014, on grounds that having four national providers was necessary to ensure competition and rain in prices. t-mobile and sprint argue they are not competing with other providers, but also cable companies and tech firms, meaning there are already seven or eight major players in the u.s. wireless market. toobile pledged to invest up

$40 billion in the first three years following the merger. it adds extra incentive for a business friendly trump administration to greenlight the deal. delano: more merger news to report this monday. sainsbury's has agreed to buy asda, a walmart unit, for 15 billion euros. -- thisld add to the merger would create the largest supermarket chain and place at the head the current dominant player, tesco. reporter: a merger to create the u.k.'s biggest supermarket group. st. mary's and -- sainsbury's british arm of walmart, say this could help them rise above current leader tesco. >> this is a transformational opportunity in u.k. retail and will give customers more of what they want, now and in the future. reporter: under the terms of the deal, both brands will be

maintained, and all their combined 2800 u.k. stories will remain open. this means the new group would ofectively control one third britain's total grocery market. but the merger could face opposition by regulators, with the u.k.'s competition and market authority already alerted to the prospect of an emerging monopoly. analysts say the group may need to s sell up to 15% % of its combinined stotores to rivals in order r to secure apapproval. sainsbury's argue the deal is necessary to cope with increased competition from dl,counters like aldi and lid as well as online shopping programs like amazon, which is seen market shares rise drastically over the past few years. shareso: sainsbury's soared on the news, currently up to over 17%% t this monday. across the board in europe, the ftse in london up half a percent. and frank forax

it is completely flat. we do not have those boards for you. maybe we will get them for you. maybe we won't. moving on. for 46 hotel bought million euroros. the deal is expected to clososen the second hal of 2018. 's will reinforce accor mattel dominance in europe, and expanded into other regions. the brain includes brands such as novotel. it says the brand perfectly, laments its portfolio. finally, he often sang about drinking. he has a nobel prize. bob dylan is set to release his own brand of whiskey. the singer teamed up with a liquor entrepreneur in tennessee. dylan'smed after iconic 1983 song, "knocking on heaven's door."

he is not the first celebrity to tap into the alcohol work it. last year, which clooney sold his tequila brand for nearly $1 billion. genie: you cannot forget the wine from george lucas. delano: bob dylan wanted to call but itskey "bootleg," was not deemed sophisticated. genie: heaven's door? what is it called? delano: have in store spirits. genie: it is now time for the press review. laurent joins me with what the papers are saying today. there is a growing to dramatic crisis between the philippines and q8 over the death of a made early -- a maid this year. dheepthika: it is about the treatmenent of filipino workersn households around the world.

her body was found in a freezer in an apartment abandoned by her waiti employer in february. president duterte -- there was talk they would find a deal to regulate the working conditions .f filipino workers in kuwait he has scrapped that deal and essentially issued a permanent ban on new filipinos going to q8 -- kuqwait. it affects about a quarter million people. that is on the page of the philippine daily star. the arab times say the country rejects any breaches and insists they want to work with manila to solve this diplomatic crisis, calling for balance diplomacy. genie: there has been focused on what this might mean for filipinos working overseas. theepthika: the editors of " manila times" note this will affect remittances, which are a large contribution to the filipino economy.

these are foreign workers who send money back to support their family. work that a lot of them overseas, this is going to seriously put a dent into the filipino economy. there are also questions about whether that might prompt a wider overhaul of working conditions. whataper's editors hail they call a shift in migrant labor policy. genie: let's focus on the u.k., where the resignation of home secretary amber rudd is dominating front pages. dheepthika: after weeks of tension over the windrush scandal, she has quit her post. that is what pretty much every major paper in the u.k. are reporting on, on the front page today. this decision came in late on sunday. it is over the windrush scandal, government treatment of long-term u.k. residents who came as children of immigrant workers, mainly from the caribbean, to boost labor after the second world war. they have been unfairly targeted as part of a wider government crackdown on illegal

immigration. for rad, she spent days telling the british parliament she was unaware of a plan which targets deporting a number of people, and recently a damaging "guardian" memo revealed the contrary, forcing her resignation. the memo has hit rudd, like a rush on wind -- you see that play on words here -- and many speculate she took the fall for theresa may. genie: in france, papers are focusing on ongoing transportation strikes, reticular early ahead of labor day, tomorrow, may 1. dheepthika: it is a conflict that keeps going in circles. it has been one month already of on and off strikes. there are still no real results for unions. public opinion is overwhelmingly against the movement. interesting piece from "the daily telegraph" that cites researchers saying the

performance -- macron's economic reforms could go through. the industrial action was intended to support the voiceless and the press. now, it has often been a move of stubbornly resisting change. states,n the united there is lots of reaction after comedian michelle wolf roasted politicians at the white house correspondenents dinner over the weekend. dheepthika: it fronted booze and some walkouts, and a lot of criticism online. she mercilessly targeted donald trump, his family, and controversially, the secretary sarah huckabee sanders. former press secretary sean spicicer has called it a disgra. it must be said michelle wolf is getting a lot of support online. the australian pop culture website noted sarcastically that u.s. politicians are upset because a comedian made mean jokes about them, so shed a tear for them. that is kind of the opinion from

"junkie." one writer suggests it is time to scrap the white house correspondents dinner event. the writer argues it has never been a good idea for journalists to cozy up to the people they are supposedly meant to be objectively covering. right now, particularly, it is "close to suicidal" for the press's credibility. genie: strong words. an emergency evacuation took race in melbourne over what was thought to be a gas leak, but was not. toepthika: 500 students had be evacuated from the library of the university in melbourne. the washington post reports that initially they thought it was due to a suspected gas leak. it turned out to be the rotting odor of the world's smelliest fruit. an.asis the picture, duri a fresh fruit, it's odor is likened to rotting trash or gym socks. you can only imagine how bad it

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