> links between africa and south korea and the future of african agriculture. >> do not miss this debate. 30 years ago, californians thought the time had come. now it's a matter of years before the biggest earthquake in history devastates the state. >> the possibility of a they earthquake in the next 30 years is over 90%. it's going to happen and it will happen. >> in anticipation of the big one, how is the region that includes silicon valley

preparing? californians learn the lessons -- have californians learned the lessons of the 1939 earthquake? >> revisited on france 24 and france24.com. headlines -- donald trump says his plan historic summit with kim jong-un could now be off the table as journalists arrive in north korea to witness the dismantling of a nuclear test site. mark sucker berg continues his -- mark zuckerberg continues his culpaold today -- mea today. he will be meeting at the tech summit in paris. former employees from air france should get there sentencing today. they were part of a violent protest against job cuts three years ago. coming up this hour, the u.s.

congress votes to roll back regulation of the financial industry, but a bipartisan deal means him of the post crisis rules will stay in place. the details in our business update and american literary job it -- giant killer -- more on that, coming up. first, our top story live from paris. a group of international journalists are in north korea to witness the dismantling of the nuclear site. u.s., thefrom the u.k., russia, and china are making the journey to the remote area in the mountains.

south korean journalists were uninvited a few days ago, but have been asked back. journalists on a trip to a north korean nuclear base. unsinkable just a fume -- unthinkable just a few months ago. -- the dismantling of the main testing site, a press trip hailed by seoul as an olive branch. to participatete and we hope with me dismantling, the complete denuclearization of the peninsula takes place as soon as possible. >> they will be joining reporters from the u.s., the u.k., russia, and china at the sight of all 6 nuclear test. of the south korean visas had been temporarily denied following joint military exercises between seoul and

washington, seen by pyongyang as an invasion rehearsal. many across the border remain wary of the goodwill gestures coming from the north. to, ithey really wanted do not see why they did not initially allow south korean reporters in. looking at how they suddenly change their mind, i think it was some kind of strategic move. >> i think they are weighing how it will benefit them through a meeting with trump. >> appearing conciliatory could favor ahead of the meeting with the u.s. president. genie: that comes as donald trump says the historic summit may not happenn in june as originally planned. trump made those comments after a meeting with dr. he and president moon -- with south korean president moon jae-in. president trump: there are

certain conditions we want and if we don't get those, we don't have the meeting. it has a chance to be a great meeting for north korea and the world. if itt does not happen, maybe it will happen later, at a different time. we will see. genie: there was a first in the u.s. state of georgia tuesday. democrats have given an atlanta laurier the chance to become the first black -- in a american history. it made her the first black nominee and first female nominee for governor of either majority party in georgia. >> this was a hard-fought race and i know for the journey that lies ahead, we need every voice in our party and every independent thinker in the state of georgia. to be energized and we need to be side-by-side so we can succeed.

i hope you will all join us in our fight for the future. genie: that was a primary night that ended well for several women speaking office -- seeking office. italy's eurosceptic five-star movement is defending a law professor, the political novice tipped to be the next try minister. that is after it came out he may have exaggerated affiliations with universities like nyu. -- stayed abroad to study and perfect his legal english. italy is waititing for confirmatition from the presidet after his name was put forward by a coalition between the five-star movement and the far right league. palestinians say they are set to join the prohibition -- organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons. 192 states are already part of eliminating an entire

class of weapons of mass destruction. over 96% of chemical weapons stocockpiles declared have beeen destroyed underer opcw verification. australiann archbishop who became the most senior roman catholic cleric in the world to be convicted of covering up child sex abuse says he will step away from his official duties, but he will not resign for now. he denied the charges, but still convicted of concealing the sexual abuse of two altar boys by a data file priest in the 1970's -- pedophile priest in the 1970's. mark zuckerberg is continuing his apology tour today in france. he is being welcomed by emmanuel macron, hosting what has been dubbed a check for good conference -- tech for good

conference. over 2.5 million european users had data compromised in the cambridge analytica scandal. a reporter is at the palace where the meeting is taking place. is this going to be a friendlier meeting today? guessss howone's friendly this meeting will be paris france is one of the countries who have singled out facebook for its use of ireland as the tax headquarters. will also beon bringing up issues regarding fake news when he meets mark zuckerberg for his 20 minute session between him and mark zuckerberg because this is

something that affected him while he was running for the french presidency. he will also bring up a data regulation. this is something ththat affectd users here inn france. this in the light of the cambridge analytica scandal freed a meeting taking place at just a couple of days before european regulation on data privacy kick in to affect. set ael macron has to fine line because he does want to turn france into a startup hub and to do that, you need companies like facebook to lead the charge. facebook did say it would i invt 10 million euros over the next five years into an artificial intelligence center in paris and they would double the number of scientists they have to 601 over the next five years. because heicate line wants to make facebook compliant like other companies that do business here, but he also needs

them to attract investment. genie: what about other companies at this tech for good conference? which of the company's present are doing good already? present are doing good already? >> emmanuel macron will sit down with uber, facebook, microsoft, and ibm. they are not the only ones here. variouse 60 ceos from countries who will be gathering here in the french capital and the prime minister as well as other french ministers will be hosting workshops not far from the palace and basicacally what emmanuel macron is saying is companies which have a global reach need to act responsibly. there will be workshops related to the future work and education to seeanuel macron once companies doing good and a actig efeffectively likeke a state.

one of the companies likely to get praise from emmanuel macron is microsoft. a few days ago they announced a $25 million over the next five years to developers and nonprofits who use artificial intelligence to help people with disabilities. emmanuel macron wants to get more of those sort of announcements made and wants to get france -- he wants companies to choose france for their cash and do good. genie: thank you so much for that. also in paris, 12 employees and former employees from air france could get a new sentencing from a court here today. they were part of a violent protest against job cuts three years ago. you might remove or having seen the pictures of two air france executives having their shirts ripped off before they try to escape over a fence. let's bring in chris.

what is the latest? chris: a reminder, first of all, of images you forecast that went around the world and for some commentators, really reflected sometimes fractious states of relations between employers and employees. executives at air france literally having their shirts ripped off their backs. this case has already gone through the courts. what prosecutors are urging is tougher sentences for the 12th people you were talking about although we are talking about fines and a suspended prison sentence. the court behind me due to rule on that in the next hour or so and it all comes as a bit of an unwelcome reminder for air france at a time when it is again having pr problems over an industrial dispute.

genie: thank you for that, christopher -- chris moore reporting. the prize-winning novelist and fearless narrator, philip roth, has died at the age of 85. he was famous for his many other works like portnoy's complaint, the human stain as well. here is more. >> he reinvented himself many times over his career. dealing with questions of jewish ethnicity and identity, male sexuality, and he became infamous in equal measures with foremost complaint. , her on in his career

really became much more engaged with what we might call large -- questions with morality and mortality and big questions to do with american political history and the relationship and thethe individual bodydy p politic and the social world in postwar america. genie: that is a literary professor speaking to us from reading about philip roth. let's take a look at the other big stories and donald trump says the plant historic summit with kim jong-un could be off the table. this as journalists arrive in north korea to witness the dismantling of the t testing si. mark zuckerberg continuing his with a friendly

face. he will meet emmanuel macron at good summit. 12 and ploys and former employees from air france expect to get another sentencing. they were part of a violent protest over job cuts three years ago with pictures seen around the world. withfor our business news stephen carroll. you are starting in the united states with changes to the rules for banks. remove somevoted to of the rules in the banking industry designed to repeat or prevent a repeat of the 2008 financial crisis. donald trump described the dodd frank law as a disaster. a bipartisan deal will see only some elements removed. the compromise sees smaller banks escape some of the more onerous rules, but maintain the consumer protection the -- bureau. thehe d dodd frank law was

second rule designed to prevent the mortgage meltdown and initial crisis of 2008 which triggered the collapse of the investment bank lehman brothers, solve massive bailouts -- saw massive bailouts, and a global economic downturn. paul ryan, speaker of the u.s. house of representatives, lauded the agreement. >> the house voted to free our economy from overregulation. >> this new bill rolls back the dodd frank in three key areas, mortgage lending rules, stabilization, and capital bank requirements. only big banks are deemed a threat if they fail. raises the asset threshold for tests,anks face stress capital liquidity requirements, and other rules to $250 billion from $50 billion. this cuts the regulation for smaller institutions.

the u.s. has over 5000 banks, these 13 account for over half of the sector by assets and deposits. those who oppose the bill point out that 25 of the largest banks are no longer subject to the same legislation collectively hold around 1/6 of the assets of the entire banking sector. these banks took $47 billion in bailout funds during the 2007, 2008 financial crisis. >> but check what is happening on the stock markets. on wall street yesterday, we had falls. european markets in the red this lunchtime. investors reacting to tunnel commentsdonald trump's he is unhappy with trade talks with china. activityn in business in the eurozone. paris and france down over 1%. genie: rail passengers are facing another day of disruption. >> the 21st strike day in two

months. have beenvices canceled as well as half of local trains. workers are unhappy with the overhault's plans to the company, which includes preparing opening it up for competition. the railway reform bill is being examined by a senate committee today. genie: unemployment is slightly on the rise here. >> new figures from thee french statistics office, raised by 0.3% to just under 9% in mainland france. the increase was expected after the rate dropped sharply in the previous three months. this change remains within the margin of error. let's move on with a look at some more of today's business headlines. barclays is said to be exploring merger options with other lenders, including standard charters. the financial times reporting private talks have taken place between directors at the banks.

both banks refusing to comment for now. -- was notes planning a merger. shares in the bank down around 1% in london. store closers by martin spencer cost more than 360 million euros last year. that wipes out much of the annual profits, which were around 76 million for the year. martin spencer announced they were closing -- marks and closer said they would closer to 100 stores. comparable net sales rose by 10% of profit brands, which include anthropology. the company said the figures were boosted by double-digit growth in online sales. genie: just to wrap up, it appears even amazon has limits when it comes to fickle shoppers. >> the wall street journal is reporting amazon has banned a certain customers on the site

for returning to many items. users were being blocked for making orders after returning as few as 5 items in two years. others have been asked to justify why they are returning so many things they have bought on amazon, receiving emails like this one posted on twitter. amazon says such action is rare and only says it happens when someone abuses there service. if you buy something, you expect to be able to send it back easily if you don't like it. genie: indeed, thank you for that. it is time for the press review. ♪ his onset to take a look at what the papers are saying. lots of reaction to the death of the great american writer philip roth. dheepthika: a book reviewer at the new york times posted this tribute on twitter saying "i hope they hand out nobel prizes

in the afterlife." the new york times reminds us that philip roth was a towering novelist who won pretty much every literary award except the nobel prize. they described him as prolific comic,en blackly dizzying levels of -- literature. complaint, a book the new york times said shortly broke a record for the most masturbation scenes per page. roth never promised to be his readers' friend. genie: really a great writer. europe now where the facebook ceo is meeting with the french president. reactions to his appearance yesterday when he continued his apology tour to e.u. parliamentarians.

dheepthika: it is his european apology tour. he was in brussels being grilled for over an hour by e.u. lawmakers over privacy laws after that data taking -- data hacking scandal involving cambridge analytica. he offered few answers and the profuserehashed of apologies we have been hearing ever since the scandal broke. facebook-sized middle fingers at least for this -- genie: a group of foreign journalists is making its way toward the main nuclear site in north korea where it is meant to witness the dismantling of the site. genie: that will take -- dheepthika: that will take place between now and friday. they observed indeed the journalists coming from the -- the u.s.,u

china, and south korea will be ingsent to watch the raz of the nuclear testing site. experts believe the testing site may have already previously have been damaged during tests, so it might be something that needed to be done anyway, but pyongyang is putting on a show to earn goodwill in the international community. that is the idea put forward. genie: there is a lot of action in australia to the most senior catholic official in the world to be found guilty of covering up sexual abuse in a case that some are saying is a very important decision. dheepthika: a landmark decision. facing jailop is after being found guilty of covering up a pedophile priest secs abuse of altar boys -- sex abuse of altar boys. it is a landmark decision in

many case. ais is the first time such ruling has been made and it sets a precedent, in particular for pending matters arising from australia's royal commission into church sexual abuse and international cases like here in france with the french cardinal who is accused of covering up. this could set a precedent for future cases to come. you also found a piece that takes a look at an online movement trying to change the name of asp burgers syndrome -- aspergers syndrome. dheepthika: her own son is autistic and she wanted to learn r's and theasperge man behind it, a pediatrician largely identified -- credited with identifying it. she says the hero story turned into a horror story when she nazivered his links to the

regime. he played a role in identifying disabled children and sending them to a ward in vienna where they were experimented on or euthanized during the second world war. online --arheaded an calling for the syndrome to be renamed to social communication disorder. genie: a supermarket is facing the heat for censoring a graduation party cake. dheepthika: this is a great story. actually, not so great. a south carolina woman want today cake for her son graduating high school. she ordered a cake engraved with a latin phrase for high distinction, summa cum laude. "cum",sensor to the word mistaking it for a dirty word. they are being roasted online.

in this article, the writer delivers a pretty epic burn saying whoever makes cakes at publix certainly did not graduate high school with the highest distinction. genie: thanks to her and think you for watching -- thank you for watching. coming up in the next half hour, a closer look at what book lovers in paris had to say about the life and work of philip roth who died at age 85.

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