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welcome, live from paris. these are the top stories. sayisraeli defense force attacks onaunched iran in syria in return for rockets hitting them. president trump welcomes home three americans from captivity in north korea. the u.s. top diplomat arrives
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home with talks from pyongyang with a u.s.-north korea summit looking more and more like it could be on the agenda. south kenyan officials say they are trying to afte ascertain the extent of the damage of a dam bursting in nairobi. we cross live to nairobi for the latest. coming up, we will have our business update with you. we will have the latest for you coming out of the cannes film festival. parise watching live from on "france 24 ." ." ♪ our top story, israel a
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defense forces have launched extensive strikes on iran military facilities in syria for what they say is in response for in the golan heights. that would not be the first attacks from iran against israel. the 2 foes could be heading to a conflict. what is the latest that we know about those israeli strikes? >> what we know we know from the israeli military. that is that there was a series of strikes, massive airstrikes inside syria targeting iranian targets. with the defense minister says is almost all of the iranian infrastructure in syria was hit.
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even the rocket launcher that launched the againstagainst israel, the israeli military targets in the golan heights. all of them gone. were names, dates, very precise. north of is to the damascus, this to the south of damascus. what you have, if you strike us we will strike you and there will be nothing left. that is the message. there are at least 23 people dead, 5 of them syrian. our means the rest of them ar iranian. >> are they gearing up for further strikes? >> that is an interesting question. yet.not in the golan
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i'm talking to you from the season s -- from the sea of galilee. that over the past two days there has been an increase in the number of forces in the golan heights. that has been over the past two days. israeli security has been meeting in the evening for briefing. it has been 12 hours and we haven't seen a response from syria or lebanon. we have heard one iranian officials say iran did not fire missiles. that allows them to retreat and not have to respond to this. perhaps it could be quite named down now -- it could be quitening down now.
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israel hits hard. it definitely hit hard last night. to golan heights, thank you. iran is a major ally of syria and has deployed hundreds of troops to the country. fun activities are organized the iraniananch of military guard. looking at the secretive and powerful organization. >> established in the wake of the 1979 islamic revolution, the revolutionary guard is often described as a parallel government within iran, wielding more power and influence than the iranian army. tasked with protecting iranian influence at home an abroad. the brigade has been instrumental in supporting
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pro-iran militia across the middle east. they played a key role in fighting the islamic state organization in iraq and syria, and is known to have trained and armed groups like hezbollah. both are considered terrorist organizations by the united states. the forces have been accused by washington of orchestrating attacks against u.s. troops in iraq. closer to the conservative clergy than the government, they have repeatedly criticized efforts by moderate president rouhani to strengthen diplomatic ties to the united states. still the great savior. it still wants to infiltrate iran with new instruments and methods. revolutionary guard controls much of iran's economy and wields significant political power domestically as many of the former members now work in
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parliament. a recent survey found the head of the forces has become significantly more popular at home than president hassan rouhani. more on this, we're joined from the international affairs desk. there has been talk about war breaking out the joint israel and iran for years. what are the real chances of escalation? >> the reality is with both countries it is hard to reconcile the rhetoric they use with the reality of what is happening on the ground. i point you to the defense minister of israel who said "when it rains in israel it will pour in iran." as we hear from our itrespondent in the region, is the most direct confrontation between the two countries since the war in syria started seven years ago. for iran, they are not admitting
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they were the ones involved in the strikes. they say it was syria. if we go with the narrative that by thes put forth iranian national guard, this is the escalation israel has feared for years. in the mindset of the israeli government, they see iran achieving the continuing reign of president assad, and are now turning to the second objective, the targeting of the israel jewish state, which iran has sworn to destroy. separating israel and iran, territorially, there are two countries in between. iranian military forces have for years been entrenching themselves in syrian bases in the south of the country near the border with israel. the israelis have long said they are unhappy about that. they do not want iran to
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establish a meaningful military base inside the country. nightmare scenario is kind of like the korean peninsula where they were unable to prevent their hostile neighbor from creating a nuclear weapon and threatening them. for israel.big fear let's remember, no casualties on the israeli side. if they were to be any in future things could spiral. mp's announcement he is pulling out of the nuclear iran deal, how does that contribute to making the area more stable? >> there is an irony that trump talked about how dangerous the iran nuclear deal was, but it doesn't deal with iran being a menace in the middle east. hours after, israel has carried
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deadly attack to date. hootie revels in yemen that are backed by iran also fired missiles into saudi arabia. iran wants to show it is a serious military power and has -- been thi diminished. one of the many criticisms is what is he replacing it with? he has not left specifics. if he wants to make the region safer he needs to come up with another way to do that. .> thank you in other world news, u.s. president donald trump has welcomed home three americans freed from captivity in north korea. p onpompeo left yang with kim jong-un for a
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final plan for the trump-kim summit. >> in the u.s. after spending months in a north korean prison, kim hak-song, andrews kim landed at air force base. they were jailed for antistate activities and sentenced to years in north korea's labor camp. they were released during a surprise visit to pyongyang by mike pompeo. the united states made it a key demand ahead of the meeting between donald trump and kim jong-un. >> we are starting off on the new footing. this is a wonderful thing, the release of folks are early. i really think he wants to do something. i really think he wants to do
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something and bring their country into the real world. after the three were released, the u.s. president confirms the summit would go ahead as planned and that more details would be released within three days. u.s. officials have floated singapore as a suitable location because of neutrality and it is not far from north korea. >> kenyan officials are trying to ascertain the extent of the damage after a dam burst northwest of nairobi killing at least 32 people and causing disruption. solai. collapsed in it comes after weeks of heavy rains. let's get the latest on this for you. is in nairobi. what are officials saying about this dam bursting?
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saying the death toll could bon the rise ven the amount of people in the area unaccounted for. hasnakuru county governor been on the recovery operation. the governor said area health workers remain on standby because victims could be on coming. the m broke last night at 9:00 p.m. on theescue workers were scene shortly thereafter and this morning. over 2000or said people have been affected. have beenouseholds displaced. the governor and red cross are calling on authorities in nairobi to provide an option for temporary shelter for the 500 households that are displaced. >> all this comes at a time when
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kenya is struggling in the wake of deadly rains. >> heavy rain and flooding has ravaged the country in recent weeks, killing over 100 people. according to u.n. figures 260,000 people have been displaced. that comes with the issue of the closure of 205 schools. it is raising questions about the shortcomings of the infrastructure in nairobi and the countryside where impassable roads are making the humanitarian response difficu lt. their warning about the spread likemmunicable disease cholera and mosquito borne illnesses. the united nations has called for up to $5 million to continue with their humanitarian and logistical response. >> reporting from nairobi.
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thank you. 50 years ago today the canned fis -- the cannes film festival kicked off. the streets of paris have sparked demonstrations that saw the festival called off after a few days. the turbulence led to the creation of the directors fortnight. 50 years ago today the 21st cannes film festival opened on the french riviera. little did organizers know it would be called off halfway through due to chaotic protest. declared the festival over. that was part of the turbulence known as may 68, the youth revolt.
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group of young filmmakers got together and created the directors fortnight in 1969 to show experimental and avant-garde films. the sidebar selection is now an important part of the festival. one name associated with the cinematic treatment of may 68 is the director of the documentary "half of life." he was 17 at the time of the event so he used archive footage to put the film together. to him about the spirit of the time. >> it tells the story of the youth uprising but in no way that is rare. it is rare to have archive footage, at the same time with the key characters, that is an incredible stroke of luck. now, that is part of history.
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the groups wanted to reproduce the bolshevik revolution. the millions of protesters who went to the street, they just wanted society to get better. our society did improve the norm is. >> roman is presenting his latest documentary about french social issues at the festival next week and a special screening. >> we are joined in the studio by brian. starting in argentina where a crisis in the currency values pushed it back into the arms of the imf. >> they will be asking for new argentina'sster faltering peso. there has been criticism from parliament after the president announced he would seek help from the imf 17 years after the country default it on debt and 12 years after it cut ties with the organization. protesters gathered outside congress to denounce what they
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fear could be a return to neoliberal austerity policies. >> this is not going to solve our problems, money coming from abroad. instead it will create that that that will bebt impossible to pay off. what we have seen in the past will happen again. that is why it is important to focus out against theirs. we don't have to let people do the same thing to us again when we know it will fail and leave workers in poverty. >> the u.s. brings back sanctions against iran. companies that have been doing are planninge their next moves. companies like airbus and volkswagen are particularly vulnerable. couldg with their deals leave them open to harsh penalties by the u.s. of the threat of escalating trade disputes between the
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european union and united states looms after donald trump's decision. to back out of the iranian nuclear deal companies will have to and existing contracts within the next three to six months. they stand to lose billions of dollars. trade between the eu and iran grew to $16.4 billion. after the nuclear deal was signed, and 2017 it reached twice by billion dollars. eu countries may have a secret weapon for the sanctions battle. blocking statutes. it prohibits european businesses sanctionsying with and allows the firms to disregard court rulings that enforce american penalties. the threat of their use of loan forced the u.s. to back down on penalizing companies working
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with iran coming cuba, and libya in 1990 six. some say the blocking statutes of the 1990's might be too outdated. >> we have to find financial and legal tools to protect our businesses from american sanctions. we have tools that date back to 1996. they are not powerful enough to protect our businesses. eu officials are working on revamping the blocking statutes in consideration of president donald trump's cision. they will decide whether or not to move forward with the measures in mid-may. >> driving oil prices the multi-year highs as investors anticipate iranian supplies being taken off the market. $72 a barrel. the markets priced in the expectation that trump would withdraw from the iranian nuclear deal.
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some more and a rise in oil prices could take a toll on the economic recovery and force the federal reserve to revise its outlook. for the most part, shares in the energy sector gained ground with other energy producers, including the u.s., expected to pick up iran's lack. >> crude prices could go higher. we could approach $89 on brent. the crude is pulling the stock indices up today. longer-term, you will get an uptick in the speed of production from u.s. shale. addiction, smartphone is a real thing. tech companies are taking steps to address it. google teased an upcoming version of its update this week. new features include an app timer, evend an app
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a wind down feature to eliminate turning your display grayscale to encourage you to turn it down. thanks for the business roundup. time now for our press review. time to take another look at what is making headlines in the papers. i'm joined by alison sargent. historicia, a election. >> the coalition that ruled malaysia for 60 years has been knocked out of power. if you look at the malaysian paper, they say it has been swept out. the man responsible was once a
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member of the party itself. the former prime minister joined the opposition coalition to get his former protege out of office. you can see him looking jubilant on the front page of another malaysian newspaper, the star. the caption is the joy of the returning prime minister. dr. m will be sworn in soon. they say he is stepped into a special place in malaysian history making a comeback after 15-years in office. he will be the oldest prime minister at 92 years old. >> in north korea, hailing the visit by mike pompeo. >> expressing the official government opinion in north korea. you can see mike pompeo shaking hands with kim jong and under the headline respected supreme leader kim jong on welcomes the secretary of state from the
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united states mike pompeo. he said he wanted to thank donald trump for his "deep interest in our upcoming discussion." to prove his own interest he released three americans being held as hostages. you can see their pictures on the u.k. paper the eye. is anay this unprecedented goodwill gesture from north korea ahead of the summit which is reportedly to take place in singapore. >> all things seem to be going full steam ahead, despite concerns that donald trump pulling out of the iran deal could have a negative effect on dealing with north korea. >> that is what a lot of american papers are worried about. usa today has an analysis piece saying donald's withdrawal could raise doubts about america's ability to commit to agreements.
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the cartoonist for the new york times has a similar reaction. he says the u.s. has shed more than the iran deal. -- shredded more than the iran deal. in other words, they have shredded their dignity. indeed, the donald trump decision has left european allies in a tricky position? cartoonist in the u.k. have been coming up with ways to characterize the relationship. we see the nuclear deal was a delicate operation, but donald trump walked away with leaving theresa may and emmanuel macron looking furious. a different depiction of what went on, you can see donald oning the three
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leaders and getting encouragement from benjamin netanyahu and saudi arabia's crown prince. of aoubled by the case woman who died after workers at a national emergency hotline didn't take her call seriously? >> it happened in december. the audio was just released. we hear the woman tell the emergency workers she is in pain and thinks she is going to die. we hear them dismiss her. the woman says "everyone is going to die someday" and makes fun of her with a colleague. the woman didn't get to the hospital until five hours later and she did die. talking about the lack of resources and the need for better training. they quote the president of france's medical services saying
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30 years ago france sought 8 million emergency room visits a year. to 21that has doubled million. emergency medical workers are getting burned out. finally, something lighter toç]
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