this is "france 24." these are the headlines. a nationwide strike in jordan today, the latest process against a new tax proposal. a week of protests have already forced making to replace the prime minister. and the volcano in n guatemala showing new w signs of blowing again, and at least 75 people killed in an explosion over the weekend with close to 200 more still missing.

and benjamin netanyahu goes to london for the third stop on his european tour, after he went to germany and france to convince the european union of the dangers of the iran nuclear deal. and cong up, a hellish time tesla. in our business update, we tell you why elon musk got emotional at his shareholders meeting in california. and a win for gay rights in europe, the top court says a american, has, an the right to work and move within the european union. live from top story paris. ♪ anchor: a general strike is on

today and jordan, trade unions calling for the strike after demonstrations broke out in the capil of amman. the prime minier resigned two days, against a new tax law is growing. the protests have bsm an those seen elsewhere around the world, but they are still the first time any mass to mr. sheehan have rocked the country in five years -- mass demonstratns have rocked the country in five years. reporter: their pockets are empty, but their demands are clear. the resignation of the prime minister is not enough to keep protesters from pouring into amman. there have been many in the past years. the latest was appointed by the king this week, he is the eighth prime minister in 10 years. >> e-government shuffle is not enough. we are not asking for different people, but for a different economic policy. is, do not push

on the people, do not push. suffering from this crisis, they are suffering from many problems, so do not push more. [chanting] reporter: king abdullah is willing to review the income tax law, but protesters have many more demands. at the top of the list, measures to stem corruption in the country. citizensnd with of the and to support their fight against corruption. our system is ridden with it. fighting these people will improve our situation. we need a government that can save us. we need a government that actually cares for its citizens, and protects them without stealing from our pockets and increasing taxes.

♪ reporter: jordanians have already managed change in their government and on tuesday night some of them went so far as to call for parliament to be overthrown. the popular support among the protesters. wednesday, a general strllwi t the opportunity to the test. anchor: the king of jordan is aiming for an understanng about the widespread economic protest rocking his nation. the monard ouch laiwhat he sees are the reasons for the struggling economy and unrest. we have more on what the king says is one of the main external reasons for the trouble, the influx of syrian refugees. reporter: it is not the only reason, but it is one of them. when king abdullah addressed the widespread economic protests, he pointed to domestic issues, tax laws, unemployment, floundering programs, but he also put blame on external forces, regional

islamic state group.gainst the >> the mt important thing has been the syrian refugees. it is not the fault of jordan or the jordanians. the regional effects are regional, they have affected us. reporter: jordan says the country is currently home to over one million syrian refugees. a hefty influx for a small nation of only 10 million. 80,000 of the refugees live in camps, but most are in makeshift areas. most live below the poverty line. and promised foreign aid has yet to materialize. >> the money we have received so far is between 18% and 22%, depending on the organizations or sectorsrs. that is not enough. we are already falling behind in providing for these refugees.

reporter: assistance that is important for the refugees. king abdullah called for additional international support. his government has said they have already spent tens of billions of dollars providing for the refugees. anchor: the death toll from the volcano in guatemala continues to rise. the official told his at 75 dead, but 200are ill missing. the volcano first exploded over the weekend, but rescue efforts were put on hold yesterday after it you erupted again. we have details on the irruption's that have affected 1.7 million people. reporter: displacedents gathering their belongings, after new evacuations were ordered on tuesday. the latest explosion has a sent the flows, a mixture of gas and a logbook, streaming -- lava, streaming down the southh side and threatening to destroy

towns, causing widespread panic. >> we have no idea what willll hahappen, only god knows. is, we do n notnow, i think we h have to p pray andy calm. reer: rescucue efforts have been suspended this as authorities have warned it is too dangerous for the workers to even get close. >> at some point, we saw a huge tower of smoke arising from the earth and coming toward us. this is when they evacuated us. reporter: tuesday's explosion took many by surprise, as geologists said that the irruption's were over r for the near f future. the initial explosion had already forced thousands from their homes, with dozens reported missing. fuego, which means fire, is one of 30 active volcanoes in the country and it hasrupted on

and off since 2002. anchor: other stories we are covering. in new york marvin weinstein pleaded not guilty to charges of rape and sexual assault. that was the latest that in a legal battle of the me too movement hopes will end with a disgraced mogul behind bars. close to 70 women have accused him of assault. he has been indicted in only two cases so far. and tributes have been pouring in for american fashion designer kate spade. mins of women have been coming out on social media talk about their first-ever kate spade handbag.. chelsea clinton said her grandmother gave her her first one when she was in college and she still has it today. the designer was found dead at her new york apartment in what looks to be a suicide. israel, after argentina cancels a world cup warm-up game in jerusalem. argentina pulled out after

images of argentina's jersey stained with red paint, resembling blood, and threats to burn posters. some leaders have accused star playe -- to terrorism. netanyahu isnjamin wrapping up his tour of europe today in the u.k. he will be sitting down with a british prime minister, theresa may commanded the foreign secretary, boris johnson. he is trying to convince the european union that the deal with iran is a dangerous one. he was in paristfor talks s with the frenchresident, where he said he no longer has to try to convince france to leave the deal, as economic pressure would bring it down on its own. for more on the prime minister's chip, we will bring in eileen. first of all, what is on his agenda today? he e will be in with

theresa may and with ththe foren secretary, forced johnson, on the agenda -- the foreign secretary, boris johnson, and on his agenda the puout lling the nuclear deal in getting europeans to follow. and ure i eresa may will feel it is a good moment to gaza. anchor: eileen, thank you. rulingas been a landmark for gay rights in europe. the top court ruled a romanian n's husband should be allowed to work and move within the european union, that means right of same-sex spouses must be recognized, just like for heterosexual couples. tied the knot

over seven years ago in belgium, but today they can finally live together as a couple in romania come after a ruling from the european court of justice. >> i am so excited that wewe are one ststep closer to being recognized as a familyly. i want to thank k u, thank t the romanianan people, and a all of those who have treated us with mucmekindness. and whwho haveve been so, so supportive in our journey. reporter: claiborne robert hamilton, , an american n natio, had been denied permanent residency in romania. the couple challenged the decision, which made its way to the eu's highest court in luxembourg. the ruling states european countries must grant same-sex spouses of eu citizens the same freedom of movement within the block as those in heterosexual couples. >> we are married though, we

cannot be something else other than married. and we hope that it is only a matter of f time untilil romania finds a form of recognition. reporter: indeed, the ruling only pertains to freedom of movement and labor, and will not affect the existing marriage rules in member states. of roe x eastern countries in the european union which currently do not recognize same-sex unions and aware attitudes toward homosexuality remain mostly hostile. anchor: for more, we will bring in our journalist in bucharest. what kind of reaction has there been to this story there in romania? isorter: the decision considered a victory by the human rights activists, especially by the lgbt community. romania will now have to find ways to protect same-sex marriages and families.

it also opens the way for legalizing the so-called partnershipetween same-sex partners, asf the social democrats declared. it is early to talk n to talk about legalizing same-sex marriage, as this is one of the most conservative countries in the european union. that07, a poll shows romaniaa is less tolerant and only one out of four romanians would accept -sex mriages. anchor: what do you think a ruling like this could do for things in romania, co beit the start of a changing g tide the?e? reporter: changing the tide, change in the l law, it is early to talk about it now, but mentalities are starting to

change and it is very important for the freedom and diversity, for the march that will take place on saturday in bucharest. it is a historical decision. betweenlarge debatate defending the traditional family writes,ting lgbt right,ing them -- protecting them and it same-sex marriages. anchor: this is "france 24." top stories. in jordan, a nationwide strike on today. the latest protests against the new tax proposal. a week of protests has a ready forced the king to replace the prime minister. guatetemalaacano in showing new signs of erupting again, at least 75 already killed over the weekend with close to 200 more still missing.

netanyahu going to london for the third stop of his european tour. this after he went to germany and france to convince the european union of the dangers of the iran nuclear deal. ♪ nechor: time for a busi update. you are stng witthe latest on the trade spat between the u.s. and european union. >> the european union says briosedrom july the measures are in retaliation to the united states imposing levies of up to 25% on steel and aluminum imports from the european union. this would apply to products ing includerican whiskey and jeans. it have to be approved by eu member states before implemented. let's see what the jobs commissioner had to say about it a short time ago. >> there are no winners in this kind of trade dispute. we tried to convince american partners that there is no, no

reasoning to behave like this. if you listen to thegressm from both parties, or the american busininesses, they are still in the same traditional line that the united states has always been. the problem is quite concentrated on the administration. anchor: now to facebook, facing concerns over datasharing. >> has revealed ishares user data with four chinese companies, including telecom group which has been flagged by american intelligence officials for links to the chinese fabo has these partner agreements with device makers like apple and blackberry, they share user data on subjects including religious and political views. facebook says the agreements do not breach the privacy of their users. but in the wake of scrutiny from

congress, winding down a deal with china by the end of this week. anchor: elon musk has survived an attempt to strip him of a key role at tesla. >> a group of shareholders wanted to remove the founder from one of his leadership positions. it was rejected, but he remains under pressure from investors to catch up on production delays to its model 3. the meeting led to him choking up as described the challenges of thy as "helli reporter: it was the strongest challenge yet to elon musk's grip otea. at the company's annual meeeeti, thee billionaire c cofounder fad a vote on whether he would lose the titltle of chairman, which e holds, along with being. ceo the leadership challenge comes as they have missed production targets for the highly in demand model 3. the result was overwhelmingly in favor of him retaining both roles.

the remains steadfast, making another production for the company. >> we just did a big upgrade and we are speeding up the prodon lin. iti is quite likely that we will achieve a 5000 car a week by the end of this month. reporter: in july of last year, he said there would be as many as 20,000 model 3's produced a month by the end of 2017, but in reality tesla only produced 2500 in total by then. he says they are on track to hit production goals in the coming months and achieve profitability by the end of the year. his leleadership wasas never rey in doubt, but criticism of her vehicle crashes and finances had clearly gotten to him. >> it is like, i will tell you the most excruciating and hellh several months i have ever had. anand a lot of other people at tesla. but i think we are getting

there. reporter: he asserts he is not planning to raise more debt, but if predictions fall short again he may have to ask shareholders three charged tesla's battery. >> now the markets. tensions not having much of an impact in trading today on european shares. european markets trading mostly up. paris above the flat line. investors focusing on what could come out of the g7 leaders meeting in the coming days. anchor: u.s. officials have asthree an airlines to ignore chinese demands on how they refer to taiwan. >> yes, they've asked them to remove language that mentions the island, claimed by china. the financial times reported the u.s. government has told american airlines and a delta and united not to coly. delta says, riewing the issue and they are consulting with government officials. anchor: netflix has assigned

another big name for a new series. >> the streaming service is going to create a new series of television programs d songsf dolly parton. there will be 8 episodes, each song and based on dolly parton, she will serve as executive producer and will appear in the series. now we are imagining what the "9 to 5" episode will look like. anchor: like our lives. except earlier. we are taking a look at the papers today. you are starting with reaction from jordan over the political unrest. >> unrest continues, despite the appointment of a new prime minister, omar razzaz, a former world bank economist who will have a difficult task. that is what a jordanian paper says, adding that the new government will have to spead "a veritable economic

revolution." skepticism from a london-based orer, which wonders where whether he will be able to correct the errors of predecessors, will he be able to see wish thamthe etchor and the next story, an argentinian team refusing to play in jerusalem this weekend. >> the israeli daily explains that in the decision coming from argentina, the game has been canceled over political pressure from pro-palestinian groups who are angry about the fact it was going to be played in jerusalem. the palestinian football is a seizure chairman evenalled for supporters to burn t-shirts of the star player of argentina, who is going to play in that match. and in a london-based paper, this match more about politics than sports. the paper accuses israel of

trying to cash in politically on messi's image as an instrument of the judy is asian of jerusalem. anchchor: what about the reacti? >> ie piece from an argentinian paper. in the paste the writers,ay otarlay against israel, by the same logic it should not play against nigeria, because of the atrocities from boko haram, and against serbia because of the bosnian war, it should not play against spain for its colonial past, nor saudi arabia for its treatment of women, nor argentina itself, because of the ongoing corruption in the country. they say basically, if we do that we might as well abolish football in become a moral beacon, "and raise the world cup of universal hypocrisy." anchor: from the tensions in argentina to the twitter food with iran -- feud with iran.

>> this comes after the supreme leader threatened eradicatesrael, calling the untry in malignant cancerous tumor. that was on twitter. in response coming can see the photo on the bottom, that is the response from the israeli embassy in the u.s., which trolled iran with a series of gifs from the movie "mean girls." the main character says, "why are you so obsessed with me?" a post explains that the embassy's response has gone viral, adding that the foreign minister for the moment when not say if it represents a new tactic in digital diplomacy. anchor: i guess that is one way to respond. stay in the u.s., not a lot of optimism from the papers after the miss america pageant announced it will scrap the swimsuit competition. >> it was a decision made in a bid to move with the times,

maybe to support the me too movement, and a move away from pageantry and toward competition. new yoes not really convinced. it is saying the real reason they are doing away with iis because it is out of style today leisure and ath wellness, it does not have its place in society today. a writer from the atlantic is a littleder, saying at least they are trying, but she says it amounts to a 21st century makeover for a beauty contest that has always lived with an uncomfortable truth that it claims to represent real american womanhood, while at the same time really only portraying a narrow version of that. anchor: ok, you have a sweet story about a teenager so took , to her high school prom. >> i love this girl. she was having trouble finding a date for prom, so she got a

life-size cartoon cutout of her hero danny devito, dressed him in formal attire, and took him to prom. you can see the pictures oth. heame up with a class response, taking a cardboard cutout allison to the set of the tv show he stars in,it is always sunny in philadelphia." here he is posing with a cardboard allison. he the phils her lifelong -- he fulfills her lifelong dream of going to patty's pub, , she say. anchor: you can get a closer look at that on our website, france24.com. "the big blue" was a hit, now looking at the man behind that story. more on dolphin man, coming up.

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