," auncer: "france 24 different take on the news. anchor: you're watching "france 24." i'm genie godula. these are the headlines. north korea has reportedly fallen -- reportedly gone to stopwith a pledge nuclear testing. investigating the downing of a flight over eastern ukraine three years ago say it

was a russian missile from russia's armed forces that shot down the plane. russia has always denied that is the case. french president emmanuel macron opens the tech conference in paris. facebook and ibm are there, as well as startups from around the world. also coming up this hour, the trump administration has launched an investigation into auto imports, once again raising concerns of global trade war days after stepping back from the brink with china. as "france 24" starts broadcasting today in vietnam, take a closere look at the ties that have bound the countries together for generations. first-come, our top stories live first, our top stories live from paris. ♪

genie: north korea has followed through on a pledge to blow up tunnels used for nuclear testing. that comes from journalists who are there on-site. it is part of steps to reduce tension on the korean peninsula in the possibility of a summit with united states. a group of international reporters witnessed that demolishing in the mountains of north korea. for more on that, let's bring in correspondent bruce harris in seoul. what can you tell us? bruce: information is trickling in at this moment, but we do believe north korea has followed through in its decision to dismantle its nuclear site in the northeast are the countntry. what we e heard from n north koa before they brought the said they wereey planning to shut down this site

by completely blocking the .ntrances to multiple tunnels we have been waiting for more information to come out of north korea on this. it appears the journalists who were invited f from the united states, , russia, the u.k., and south korea didn't have wi-fi or data access or a way to communicate when the actual event was taking place. we a are still waiting for full reports to come back. i have heard from local media here that the event has started or completed at this point, and north korea did follow through on its promise. we won't know the extent of the punggye-rient of the site until full reports come out. genie: president donald trump says he will not know until next month whether his planned summit with kim jong-un is still on.

couldld seem like this lead to it happening. it would be a sign of good faith if north korea did follow through and shut down its nuclear testing grounds, but the big question here is whether or not they can reach any kind of deal if they hold a summit in singapore. despite the dismantlement of the nuclear facilities, by and large we still believe north korea has nuclear weapons capabilities and the u.s. doesn't want that at all. how do they reach the deal is they meet in s singapore? is seems like they are on opposite sides of the pagege rit now. the trumpet administration has been that's the trump administration has been preaching -- the trump administration has been preaching full denuclearization. despite what may seem like progress today and a sign of good faith from north korea that

it is not going to build any more nukes, itits still vevery ununclear where the two sides coululd find commomon ground ify in fact meet june 12 and singapore. genie: thank you. bruce harrison reporting from seoul. prosecutors investigating a downed flight over ukraine say missiles used to bring down that plane came from russian armed forces. the malaysian airlines flight was brought down over ukraine in 2014 on its way from amsterdam to kuala lumpur. all 298 passengers and crew, most of them dutch, were killed. the investigation commission has analyzed all of the images of the missile from the 17th of july, 20 14, and established it had certain characteristics. these allow the commission to create a footprint. after a lot of work with other

missiles, we have concluded that the missile came from the 53rd missile portrayed based in -- missile brigade based in russia. russia has always denied involvement in the incident, putting the blame instead on kiev. to get the latest on what the prosecutors had to stay, let's go live to stephanie vanderburgh in the hague. to the investigators have any specific suspects in mind? stephanie: they are being very precise about it. they don't say the russian military was involved yet in the attack. they just say russian material was used in the attack. they have said they have a list of around 100 suspects and have no merit it down to several dozen. they are trying now to establish

a kind of chain of command of who was actually in control when the missile was fired, and those are the people they y want to go after. they are b being very y carefulo not implicate russia anymore than to say a russian missile and missile launcher was used. genie: we are just hearing that the dutch prime minister has cut short a trip to india for a cabinet meeting about this latest development. of course, this accident happened several years ago, but is obviously still very painful for the families of the victims. has there been any reaction from them on this? stephanie: that so much a reaction to this announcement because the rocket involvedd was already set a while a ago. now they are being more specific. to have pointed all the time to rush of being behind it, and that not yet reactededo the latest develelopments.

send an openthey letter calling on russia to finally cooperate with the investigators and make sure those guilty would faface trialn the netherlands as agreed upon. genie: thank you for that, stephanie then direct -- stephanie vanderburg, reporting from the hague. after hosting tech giants in paris, president macron is joining many of them today at the tech fair the attack -- teixeira -- tech fair vivate ch. but here with the french president had to say. macron: it is good for the whole continent because that is how to accelerate everything and provide opportunities, which is, by the way, the best way to .ight against terrorism

creedon joins us live from their. tell us more about what has been happening there so far today. we just heard the french president speaking in english, and really it is a very international flavor two things here. 8000 companies here at the third year of the fair taking place in paris. this is where all the big annual fairs take place, for example, the annual i got cultural fair. ofron is bringing a sort modern flavor to what is becoming an annual event similar .o the french agricultural fair you have emmanuel macron is a much more modern french president and many respects, here encouraging a startup

nation. whens one of his slogans he was campaigning for the presidency a year ago. here just after he was elected for the second vivatech fair, and now he is here again. ceos ofhe founders and big startups and tech giants. the big question here today is whether or not france can create we can goment where from a startup nation to a scale out nation. what frank is looking to create is a longevity for its startups so they will be able to expand beyond france, which is a relatively limited market, and more of what are known in the sector as unicorns,

companies that have more than $1 billion of value on the market. i think one of the major priorities this year is to take advantage of france's global network in africa and elsewhere to promote more of an expansionist approach to startups and where they can go and expand and scale up. we have the president of rwanda here. a huge mixture of presidents, ofs, and startups and funder -- founders of companies.

gegenie: what is his and game here? is he just trying to -- his endgame here? is he just trying to boost the french economy? understanding an that france has had an energy in the past that is not necessarily business friendly. a lot of the reforms prior to emmanuel macron were going this direction, to make it a country where it is easier to start a country and maybe wind up back here back empty. people to take risks has been done under the .mmanuel macron presidency there will be a brain train, even if it is france, going promoting french

companies in termrms of their being somewhat ablble to stand alone, grow and expand and export the services. there is a sense that france is a good place for foreign companies to do business, but a good place for innovation, for startups to take root and scale up to the level of so-called unicorns or big international billion companies. genie: james creedon reporting for us from paris. are watching us in vietnam today, you are among the very first to do so. "france 24" just started broadcasting their today in the latest of around 180 countries we now reach. there is a deep history between france and vietnam, a story that continues today.

france is home to one of the largest vietnamese politicians -- vietnamese populations in the world. >> at the time we had to flee was a terrible feeling in our stomach. at the same time, since pain because there is a part of our family that remained in vietnam. reporter: today she is one of the more than 300,000 people of vietnamese heritage to call france home. she started an organization to help other vietnamese immigrants integrate. >> you must adapt to the custom of the village. reporter: but the -- he says

language -- knowledge of french language and culture brought into the country. >> we are like the first generation, and after perhaps my children will have more opportunities and ability to integrate in france. reporter: today the new generation of franco vietnamese .ombines their roots >> i do this job to they tribute to my grandmother, pay tribute and connect with my mother, my family. we don't say i love you.

we say your dishsh is exception. reporter: for inspiration, she travels more and more to vietnam and hopes to one day's showcase her telomeric talent back to her family's home went. genie: let's take a look at your days big stories. north korea has followed through on a pledge to blow up tunnels used for nuclear testing in front of a group of .nternational journalists prosecutors investigated the downing of flight in 17 over eastern ukraine four years ago .ale was a russian missile russia has always denied this was the case. quinn.have brian on wednesday the trump administration launched a probe

into vehicle imports that could have a major impact on global trade. the e u.s. commerce department s said to investigate a law that allows the president to restrict trade in the name of national security. that the same statute used by truck to levy that used by trump to levy heavymp taxes against imports of steel and aluminum. reporter: cars, a new front in .he trump administration >> there will be big news coming for our american autoworkers. after many decades of losing your jobs to other countries, you have waited long enough. last year 12 million cars and trucks were produced in the country. they exported 2 million vehicle, where 57 -- worth $57 billion,

bit imported over 8 million. trump has long railed against other nations' tariffs. imposes 10% duties, while the u.s. is only 2.5%. in the context of broader trade negotiations, china has just fs.posed to reduce its tarif it seems that trade tensions once again hang in the balance. >> we will firmly safeguard our own legitimate interests. this will seriously damage the multilateral trade systems and disturb the normal international trade order. reporter: the program is to show that car imports prove a threat to nationalal security. it may be more difficult to make the case with since consumer hours.

genie: that is not the only action sparking renewed fears of a u.s.-china trade war. this weweekend saw them take a big step back. donald trump is casting doubt on that progress with a tweet suggesting any eventual trade deal between the two countries will require a different structure, calling the current one "too hard to get done.". 's tweets comes as new secretary of state mike pompeo met with foreign minister in washington the pleasure of continuing to work on a trade relationship. >> we know that the discussions are ongoing. are trained teams will continue the regular engagements on these very important matters to each are two factories.

certain carmakers all losing about 2.5% today. laura: -- genie: tomorrow europe is preparing to enact sweeping new data protection rules. the question i am supposed to ask, should you send your naked photos to facebook? brian: at something that would first come to anyone's mind, but that is what a trial program launched by the social network is asking users to do in an effort to combat revenge porn. ghe idea is that by cc'in a tagok, they can create for the image so they can respond and delete the images ever uploaded by anyone else on the site. obviously some trepidation over privacy issues given their

recent data sharing scandal, but they insist their system will be impregnable. genie: still don't think i would do that. thank you for that look at the business news. let's now take a look at the press review. a big ststory in the u.k. the daughter of the former russian spy sergei streetball has broken her silence and made her first public appearance two months after her boys and electronic,. made her found -- first public appearance two months after her poison attack. >> she says she does want to return home to russia eventually, all those she said

it has been extremely painful for her and her father, emotionally and physically. she has rebuffed demand by the russian ambassador to see her. in ireland come of that country is gearing up for a pivotal referendum on legalizing abortion or taking steps that would make abortion much easier than it is right now. voting onzens will be whether a not to make provisions of the law that makes it easier .or women to get abortions it will reject a worldview that regulates a woman's bodily autonomy below the right of the state. the irish independent is sitting on the fence a little more, but they say the most important thing is to respect the will of the people. genie: to new zealand, a

university is facing backlash over a decision to ban copies of a student magazine. reporter: that university tossed out copies of the student dedicated totic," female mentor complaints was a bannedage that has been and has been blurred out by many -- otherlets stuart: outlets. we would like to show you the offending image. it as an explicit illustration of the female genitalia. the students have justified issueactions, saying the females.s the view of genie: there's been a push by a

group of french lawyers to protect the humble chocolate croissant. >> or at least protect the term. most foreigners know it as a bain chocolat or a chocolate croissant. a group of him peas -- of mps have demanded that the name chocolatin be protected. certainly some important issues being debated in the french national symbol ran out. genie: the nfl has issued a new ultimatum to players kneel during the national anthem. reporter: this coming after the colin kaepernick scandal last year when the footballer knelt during the national anthem to

protest police brutality, among other issues. the nfl has ruled that players must stand during the national time --ave given them -- standardime national anthem or stay in the locker room. a fox writer is hailing this to let players who choose not to stand for national anthem "sulk in the locker room." genie: a federal judge has ruled that donald trump cannot block people on twitter. reporter: let's show you a few of those offending tweets that

have gotten them blocked by donald trump on twitter. fe, they saying "covfe same guy who doesn't proofread his twitter handles the nuclear button." "i heard ben & jerry's has a new flavor called covfefe, and is just not that it is just not -- it is just nuts." they now say he cannot block twitter because it is a facial -- a official government account , so it would be violating rights to free speech. is as this says, "because he a big baby and can't take criticism." genie: thanks to you for watching. you can get a closer look on our e24.com.at franc the 50thh of may marks anniversary of a watershed n french history

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