♪ anchor: this is "france 24." thanks for joining us. i'm genie godula in paris. north korea is threatening to pull out of the historic summit planned for next month with level -- ap after a top level meeting south korea was pulled today.

as the iranian foreign minister struggles to get guarantees from the eu to keep the nuclear deal, the u.s. decision to leave that decision is playing in iran. football fever in france as the country has its first team in a european league final in 25 years. tonight, marseille faces madrid in the europa league. up in business, we would take a look at the state of venezuela's economy, a country struggling with a 13,000% inflation, a figure ro.puted by nicola madu and the royal wedding is just three days away. will megan markel's father will --there -- will megan mar

kle's father be there to walk her down the aisle are not? ♪ genie: historic talks between coulds. and north korea be in doubt. threats come as north korea canceled a top-level meeting today with south korea over military drills with the u.s. for the latest on that, let's go with oureoul correspondent bruce harris. military drills are actually a regular occurrence. why would the north cite that as a reason for canceling today? reporter: these are annual drills.

the drill going on right now that started last friday is the largest aerial military drill conducted between the u.s. and south korea. involves someone hundred warplanes and stealth u.s. fighter jets and bombers, as well. north korea saying it sees this as a preemptive strike on its territory, but it is surprising perhaps because just earlier this year, south korea and the u.s. delayed drills during the olympics to help build the peace process on the peninsula as talks were taking place between the north and the south. they started those later, and north korea indicated strongly that it was comfortable with those drills taking place and understood they needed to take place. now we are hearing just before the summit between the u.s. and north korea that it is uncomfortable with these drills, and sees them once again as a sign of invasion. genie: more than that, just a

few hours after north korea said it would not attend the talks today, it then gave this they'll do threat to washington ritz of that historic summit -- this washington that this historic summit y not happen. bruce: the white house has repeatedly said that heavy sanctions and pressure campaigns by its military has forced north korea into position where it has no choice but to negotiate. north korea wanting to exert its influence and saying it is coming to the table of its own accord. it has its own nuclear weapons. they can negotiate on par with the united states. this makes things much harder for the u.s. and south korea.

the u.s. has been floating the idea of economic aid and development if it gives up its nuclear weapons, but today north korea saying it has no interest in such a deal him a sighting the -- in a deal, citing the libya model. north korea certainly not wanting to walk down that path. it will be interesting to see what president trump says in response to hearing this news from north korea. genie: thanks for that, bruce harris reporting for us from seoul. the iranian foreign minister to get aussels guarantee from the european union on keeping the nuclear deal arrive. he spoke with diplomats one week after president trump pulled the u.s. from that deal. needs toa process that

be very intensive, and we don't have a lot of time. we need to reach some sort of these benefits can be guerin teed for iran within a specified period -- can guaranteed-- can be for iran within a specific period of time specified by the president. genie: as the iranian foreign minister continues to try to lock in the eu, the iranian president hassan rouhani is facing a different problem at home. reporter: one year ago, iranian ouhani promisean r to the iran nuclear deal. more than 23 million iranians responded by reelecting the moderate for a second term. today the nucle deal is in jeopardy, and many of his supporters insist rouhani is not

to blame. >> i've tried to make people understand if there was a radical in power, this would have happened, too. >> i'm also worried in three years the conservatives could come back to power. reporter: rouhani's conservative opponents are applying pressure. in january his government faced anguished street protests. now he faces his stiffest test, how to reassure a restless population and hold back hard-line populations at home. one conservative body is asking rouhani for a public apology for the nuclear deal. conservative news agencies say rouhani's strategy was shortsighted. >> his policy could have been much better than that. the country's internals of their -- internal affairs should not be tied to the nuclear agreement. reporter: a performance analysts

says is a ron can get guarantees of oil exports from europe, they can salvage what is left for the agreement and rouhani can keep enough support to retain his presidency. it is the best deal, and you will see that. analysts say growing outside pressure from washington and israel in the past few weeks rouhani sometime. the history of the iranian republic shows that when there is outside pressure, he usually set their differences aside. the future of rouhani's presidency relies on at least creating the impression that they retain some of the benefits of the nuclear deal. genie: in malaysia, reformist itser anwar ibrahim has

layered what he called "a new dawn" for the country, after his -- after his release from accompanied his return to politics. david a part king into a widely criticized -- king gave a pardon to a widely charge againstmy him. marseille will face madrid in the europa league final. that matches taking place tonight at 9 p.m. i am sure you army -- at 9:00 p.m.

simon, i'm sure you are making a lot of people jealous there. what is the atmosphere like their? reporter: it is absolutely brilliant. i am right in the center of the city. there is a fan zone going on. plenty of activity for the fans to dig into. it is really cranking up as the kickoff gets closer. if you have a look on my left, you can see all the fans actually standing here. --ot of them athletic oho madrid fans. plenty of spanish support in the city, all gunning for their third europa league win in 10 years. madrid, at the turn of the decade, were incredibly successful in the competition. the fans are certainly here to get behind the team. genie: we can also see behind you as you are speaking. there is a lot of pressure on marseille. a french team hasn't won a

european final in 25 years. reporter: absolutely. as you rightly said in your introduction, 25 years without a 2004, and no final since when marseille was eaten by valencia. there will be -- was beaten by valencia. they are the most successful team in french international competition history. a lot of people have been saying it is important for french football to win the tournament, to get their status incredibility backup in europe, and of course good signs already with the captain, who should be starting the match this evening. he was uncertain with a thigh injury. the madrid them is striker. i'm sure it will be a very entertaining match for the neutrals, but of course,

marseille with plenty to do. they are the underdogs, but that should work in their paper. genie: thank you for that -- in their favor. genie: thank you for that. movies are more your thing, bill go to the cannes -- we will go to the cannes film festival, where the latest star wars film premiered. it is called "solo: a star wars story." the whole crew hit the carpet last night, including chewbacca. their of "ke you see game of thrones" fame, playing a new role. premiered two weeks before it opens in the united states.

the top prize on door -- tom d'or -- top prize palme is it still up for grabs. the film is loosely based on a short story, involving a mystery and a pet cat. the second film of the evening is called "dog man," the story of a suburban dog groomer who gets in over his head with a local thug. "gomorrah" won the one thatize, and again prize in 2012 for the film "reality." if you have the stamina for more cinema, there's a special of aght screening

documentary about a woman who sold more than 200 million albums and was a pioneer in pop music. that is whitney houston. director kevin mcdonald has close of access to her family and associates to put together this beautifully edited and emotionally affecting portrait of the singer, who died in 212. -- in 2012. the film underscores the cultural significance of whitney houston. here's a clip. >> whoo! thee clock strikes upon hour and the sun begins to fade i've been all right up till now it's the light of day that shows me how ♪ reporter: the special

documentary being screened tonight at midnight. it is time to look at what other main stories we are covering for you with our. genie: north korea threatening to pull out of the historic summit planned for next month with donald trump after the north canceled a top-level meeting planned for today with south korea over ongoing military drills. the iranian foreign minister scrambles to get guarantees from the eu to keep the nuclear deal alive, tehran correspondent tells is bit more about how the decision is playing in iran. and football fever here in france as the country has its first team in a european league final in 25 years. tonight, marseille faces madrid in the europa league. time now to get an update on what is happening in the world of finance. you are going to start in venezuela. ahead of the elections this

sunday, president nicola maduro is even more defiant as the economic crisis deepens. reporter: that is right. he said in an exclusive outsidew that th organizations such as the international monetary fund are lying. here is a report on the state of the venezuelan economy today. , thetalog -- kellogg latest comedy to exit venezuela. cornflakes are already scarce in caracas. food is so hard to come by that residents have claimed to 11t cash to have lost kilograms -- to have lost 11 kilograms. >> where did you pull this

figure from, 13,000%? >> it comes from the international monetary fund. >> the imf has nothing to do with the situation in venezuela. they are just telling lies. nothing the ins says about venezuela is credible. >> it is likely that kellogg suffered from the same product shortages as other international companies. multinationaler making hygiene products announced it was halting operations in venezuela as it was unable to obtain the raw materials it needed. the venezuelan government use this as an illegal withdrawal from the company and reopened the factory in the hands of the workers. similarly, a 40 factory was taken over by public authorities was017 -- a ford factory taken over by public authorities in 2017. maduro has promised to turn around the flailing economy, but

having fallen so far into poverty, prosperity is a long way off. genie: you can watch that interview with nicholas madero in its entirety in just about 10 minutes time -- with nicol as maduro is just about 10 minutes time. testicular that the markets now. -- let's take a look at the markets now. reporter: in europe it has been a fairly quiet day. the euro up 4/10 of a percentage point. of the paris, shares parent company of internet service provider free have gained since falling 20% on tuesday. the yield on the tenure u.s. treasury bond rose to the years, point in seven

adding pressure on government bonds. let's take a look at some other business headlines at this hour. japan's economy shrunk in the first three months of this year at an annualized rate at .6%. it puts pressure on prime minister shin soave at a time when his a desk shin so i -- shinzo abe at a time when his approval ratings are at rock-bottom. wto on tuesday ruled the european union had failed to remove subsidized government develop and loans -- development loans, causing losses to boeing.

it dismissed claims that similar claims for other models were also hurting the u.s. plane maker. canadian prime minister justin trudeau says his company is very naftato having a revised trade deal with the u.s. and mexico. there is a thursday deadline to present a new deal to congress. mexico, meanwhile, is less optimistic, saying negotiations are not easy. genie: comic book legend stan lee is suing the company he cofounded. reporter: the former editor in chief is seeking more than $1 accusing hismages, former business partner of taking advantage of him to steal his name and likeness. says hetor of spiderman

was tricked into signing a document he couldn't really read during powell's sale 2 -- during ow's sale to a hong kong-based company last year. that looknk you for at the business news. it is now time for our press review. ♪ we are going to start with a look at the referendum in burundi tomorrow. the campaign has been marked my intimidation and oppression. will headburundians to the polls for a constitutional referendum after a campaign overshadowed by fear, media censorship, and arbitrary jailing, all so people will vote yes in this referendum, which looks to extend the presidential term from five to seven years,

which could still it -- it's could theoretically allow the president to stay in power until 2034. the campaign has been condemned by the catholic church, human rights groups, and europe. genie: you also got reactions to the new bridge between russia and crimea inaugurated by russian president vladimir putin yesterday. inorter: a picture of putin a truck was depicted by a lot of papers around the world today, like this you see here from the camaraderie that from -- from emiratia -- from the paper "gulf news." it was called a made-for-tv event, taking this russian-made dump truck. he was looking to show the world that this annexation is irreversible and, to him at least, legitimate.

we found an article from the newspaper "express" that was able to take a look at the more comical side of this. they explained that putin violated a whole bunch of road rules during that event, failing to wear a seat out -- a seatbelt. there are questions about whether he had a license to drive such a big truck. finally, heavy-duty trucks are forbidden on the bridge for the moment. all in all, here is the national police a lot of money in fines. genie: let's move on to a really big night in football tonight. reporter: that's right, the final of the europa league this wednesday pitching marseille against the spanish favorite madrid. a spanish sports paper calls it their "big night," while a french paper is wondering if they could snap up the second

europa league title 25 years after their first victory. they would be the first french club to nab two titles in the europa league. page fromgreat front a left-leaning paper, photoshop there of emmanuel macron and the far left leader who are both fans of marseille. macron is actually a football fan from a young age, when the other more recently became a football fan because he is eyeing the mayorship in marseille. it is sort of a political thing for him. anyway, it will certainly be a match with any match. genie: the royal wedding is almost upon us. it is coming up on saturday, the wedding between prince harry and american actress meghan mark le. what is the latest on whether her father will be there to walk her down the aisle? reporter: the latest is that he

is not coming, but just to show you how much flip-flopping because then, the british tabloid "the sun" says "i'll be there," because when this paper was put to bed he said he would be there to walk meghan down the aisle. then it was revealed he was paid by paparazzi to pose in flattering photos, and made the decision not to come come before saying he would try to come. the latest is that he can't come -- is that he can't come to to health reasons. this common hounding of the rawnle family has d criticism from american website the daily beast.

"leave her and her family alone." that is their message. genie: to something completely different now about anne frank's infamous diary. researchers have discovered some surprising revelations about that. reporter: anne frank was documenting her time hiding from the nazis during the second world war. researchers have uncovered two pages of her diary that were originally masked over with brown paper. they have been able to figure out why she concealed this pa -- these pages, and the reason is quite endearing. she made some dirty jokes about sex, prostitution, contraception. in one such joke, she talks about the "big houses in paris," i.e. the brothels, and that her dad had visited one of them. others are not so much dirty,

but really a rare moment of normalcy, the musings of a teenage girl living during an extraordinarily difficult time. genie: to wrap up now, mathematicians have discovered the formula for a perfect pop song. reporter: at least predicting the perfect pop some. best magicians at the university of california say they found the çç@

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