>> you're watching live from paris on "france 24." these of the top stories. the turkish president and his rival enter a final phase of campaigning at of sunday's election, which is shaping up to be much tighter than many expected. after clclashing with the german chancellor on migration, the new italian interior minister says rescuing people from the

mediterranean is putting lives in danger. melania trump's choice of clothing triggers yet more debate. up, bourbon, jeans and harley davidson's. the european union targets iconic american products. we will have more on that in the business update. plus, all the latest on today's matches from the world cup in russian -- in russia. ♪ host: welcome back to "france 24 " newsroom. a final, intense phase of

campaigning underway in turkey ahead of sunday's election in which some predict the incumbent president may be forced into a second round of voting in early july. the ruling party risks losing a majority in parliament. he has been crisscrossing the country and said to has his opponent. yesterday, he held what should've been one of the largest opposition rallies the country has seen in years in which he lambasted ertl o -- the first touchdown by a passenger airport in istanbul's brand-new airport two days ahead of a contested poll. turkish president isis wrappingp his campaign. >> godod willing, it will be one of the biggest airports in the world. it will be the number one in 2023 with a capacity of 150 million passengers. the new airport is

just one of many gigantic projects underway. infrastructure has been a cornerstone of his presidential campaign. he has promised roads, bridges and tunnels. his main opponent is this man. mp and former physics teacher who is not pulling punches. years you cannot name one person he is friends with. he is now a tired man. he is an unexcited man. he's looking down on people. he is an arrogant man. enter the secular politician. rallies in opposition strongholds were hugely popular. it is thought he will do well in sunday's presidential and parliamentary vote. host: joining us drop the course

of begin will be taking a look at developments. on sunday we will have special coverage of the election with the latest results we have. that's at 7:00 p.m. central european time. here in europe the issue of migration is proving extremely divisive, particularly in countries on the front lines of the divide in countries like italy which is taken in 650,000 arrivals by sea. the new italian interior minister has accused ngo's that rescue migrants of being part of the problem. he says they are putting lives in danger. here is what he had to say about a dutch flagged ship with 224 migrants on board. >> bishop is going to italy only by coast guard. not because he is only bad or selfish, but because if there are rules,s, they have to respet them andnd not play with human lives.

you should not put human lives at risk. host: the italian interior minister speaking there. josephine mckenna is in rome and joins us now. just listening to what is coming out of rome, things seem to be moving to a new level in this debate. we are talking about new arrivals anymore. he has been clear, no new arrivals will be accepted. he is now talking about deportations. yes.ter: that is someththing he has alwas talked about and was a key plank of t the election campapaign whn the far right labour party did so well in the march elections. he has always threaeatened to deport 5 500,000 illegalal immigrants from italy.y. he is operating onon two fronts. he is saying the ports will be closed to ngo's bringing

livests, saving migrants' off the coast of l libya and trtransporting them across the mediterranean. he is threatatening to step up r begin mass deportations. that is not something that will happen overnight but certainly part of his rhetoric and his campaign to restrict the number of migrants coming into italy and the responsibility italy is facing on the front line of this crisis. host: on this very issue of migration, the new leadership in rome does not really seem to be making overtures to either berlin or paris. no, it has been a tense week. the german chancellor telephoned the italian prime minister to say there had been a misunderstanding over the draft document circulated ahead of sunday's migrants summit. italy felt everything was locked

in and no countrtry was lookingo take further respoponsibility fr the migrants. italy is concerned it is on the front line and it is forced to accept migrants under the e dubn regulation that said migrants must seek asylum in a country with a first land. italy is concerned. that has comeship and feels too much is being decided by the french government and the german government, and matters were not helped whenn president t emmanuel macron tald about the populism spreading g o europe and described it as a kind of leprosy. that did not endear him to the populist parties now in charge in italy. some tension, and that is not going to go away before or after this summit. italy will c certainly be lookig fofor greater sharing of the responsibility and cerertainly

some medication from other europepean countries t they will accept more migrgrants. it is also pushing for migrant centers to be set up in africa, but so far no african country is coming forward to volunteer and set up as migrant centers in african countries. host: thank you very much for bringing us up to speed. "france 24"'s josephine mckenna in rome. he was officials say around 500 of the more than 2300 children separated from the parents at the border have been reunited in the past few days. images and sounds of crying children have sent shockwaves triggered globe and something of a u-turn by president donald trump on his zero-tolerance policy towards immigration. his wife, the first lady melania trump has weighed in. yesterday she visited a migrant shelter. things do not go quite according to plan. ladyter: the u.s. firstt

chose to way into the immigration debate in person, visiting the new hope children's shelter in texas. >> i would also like to ask you how i can help these c childreno be reunited with their families. as quickly as possible. reporter: the facility houses 55 only 50 have been separated from the parents. it was what the first lady was wearing that stunned observers. a jacket that read "i really don't care. do youou?" her spokesperson said it was just a jacket, her husband tweeted it was not a mistake, saying it was and that the fake news media. she added milani have learned how dishonest they were. donald trump continued his attacks on lawmakers and of democrats in general, urging congress to act on immigration. >> that the lawmakers have to sit down and have to do

something because our country cannot continue to run like this. we can have open borders. you have to have borders. you don't have a country without borders. reporter: democrats said that the not mean separating families. >> to listen to president trump, you would think you have to make a choice between protecting our borders or caring for our children. that is simply not true. thank god. reporter: ever bill suffered a last-minute delay after it's initiators feared the bill would fail. the proposal would include funding for the border wall and a path to citizenship for young illegals would be unlikely to satisfy democrats and conservative democrat -- conservative republicans. a new vote is inspected next week. host: the roman catholic church in nicaragua has a thing an active role in trying to mediate talks between the president and doesn't oppose him. so far, 191 people have been

killed. mediation efforts have been collapsing. in a show of solidarity for the opposition, a delegation of bishops arrived yesterday. thousands have been joined a massive processions through the city. scenes of joy as the bishops delegation went to the streets. their visit is a clear message of support to protesters who say they are threatened with a massacre. >>

those out now it is spearheading the violent protests against his rule. locals are being shot at by riot police and paramilitary. >> it is despicable to see how her brothers are falling. it is despicable to see how her brothers are falling. if they would give us weapons, weapon to weapon, these are disgraceful people sent by this dictator who has no heart. reporter: nearly 200 people have been killed across the country nearly 200 people have been killed across the country since april. a government plan to cut pension benefits is what sparked the

protests initially. now this has turned into a much broader movement resignation. wave of terror. host: let's get our daily update on the going on in the world cup. brazil and costa rica will be going head-to-head in less than an hour from now. nigeria will take on iceland. this evening, serbia versus switzerland. for the latest now on all that excitement, you were at the stadium where the brazil-costa rica game will kick off in just over an hour. i don't think anita asked to the favorites are. -- think i need to ask you the favorites are. reporter: definitely the resilience. the over -- resilience. -- brazilians. in their 10 meetings, brazil has won nine of the 10 games. the last time costa rica won was back in 1960 in it was a friendly against the brazilians. the brazilians here to win it. there was somewhere he about a

that he limped off from training a few days ago. everyone was talking about whether his ankle was all right or not. he is all right. he is in the starting lineup. he will be playing. brazilians are confident they will win. they have a disappointing draw against switzerland. another slipup would put them in a very difficult position. if all goes according to plan, it should be fine for brazil. we have seen so far in this competition the favorites don't always do too well. you, iust looking behind have been seeing quite a few brazilian flags. i'm thinking perhaps they are outnumbering the coaster reagan's in terms of -- coaster reagan's -- costa ricans in terms of supporters. reporter: definitely the battle of the fans has been won by brazil. is as -- it is a sea of yellow

and green. there is a lot of music, singing. the brazilians coming in, deked out with the flags in jerseys. dressed up.cows really it's a great party here for the brazilian fans. they are even happier ahead of this game because of course their archrival argentina lost yesterday. are we have been hearing our songs haunting the argentinians and celebrating the fact they lost. now they are concentrating on their own team heading to the stadium and about to enjoy the show and hopefully some goals and maybe a goal by their superstar. host: i think someone is managing to get a selfie with you. the selfie stick just next to you. thank you very much indeed for the update on all the world cup goings-on.

the turkish president and his rivals enter a final intense phase of campaigning ahead of sunday's election that is shaping up to be much tighter than expected. after clashing with the german chancellor on the issue of migration, to new italian interior m minister accuses ng's of putting lives in danger. inthe u.s. first lady weighs on the issue of separating adult migrants from the children, melania trump's choice of clothing triggers yet more debate. time for a check of the top business news stories. i'm joined by uka. let's start with the big story in europe. eurozone countries have managed to agree on a long-awaited debt relief deal for greece. reporter: is being hailed as a monumental achievement, one that

would pave the way for greece to safely exit eight years of international bailout. it gives athens more time to pay back its loans and an additional 15 billion euros into the economy. the idea is that they get more manageable and promotes growth. scuece has had three re programs. >> greece successfully completed its esm program. we have managed to deliver a soft landing of this long and difficult adjustment. there will be no follow-up program in greece. >> firstly, it's a historic moment. reforms and sacrifices are coming to an end. the new chapter may follow. is a historic moment for the eurozone because it is the completion of a program. it is a symbolic moment in an existential crisis for our currency. pushed throughe

the last batch of economic reforms last week. the finance minister he was happy for the people who are faced years of rate and pension cuts and tax hikes. >> the end of the greek crisis. i think greece is turning a page. i think it has all the building blocks there to leave the program with confidence that we can access the markets, that we can implement our growth strategy. host: the greek finance minister speaking there. turning to global trade, the european union has hit back at united states, imposing new tariffs on american products. >> although were telling terry tariffs are 2.8 billion euros, they target iconic american products such as urban, -- bourban, beans and harley

davidsons. reporter: emblematic american goods that announce some of the products being taxed by european authorities. in virginia this week, this was gita siller said the terror of skipping or alcohol will no longer sell abroad. >> 25% price increase will put is really expensive compared to other products already available in europe made by european producers or indian or even japanese producers. reporter:'the eus trade hitless was elected a part for the symbolic weight. like jack brands daniels, levi and harley davidson could feel the pinch. many are produced in states that backed donald trump. the move is a response to donald trump's own tariffs. when he announced he was slapping a 25% tariff on steel

an aluminunu the europopean unin crcreated itss own hit list. tradeay a full-fledged war has not begun yet. >> the whole thing is a more focal character. is not a trade were yet. to buy the preparations for one. will there be a tit-for-tat response from donald trump? reporter: with traded big issue in the american elections, donald trump will have to navigate the european push back. at the risk of alienating his own voter base as they feel the pinch of the eu tariffs. the ongoing spat over trade is continuing to weigh on investor sentiment. european shares rebounded after being in the red on friday but set the finish with losses. they are all up at this time compared to yesterday's close. oil prices have gone up as opec members have started their

two-day meeting indiana to try to hammer out a new deal. saudi arabia proposed for opec to boost production by one million barrels a day amid pressure from consumers united states, china and india. iran, the third largest oil producer has now signaled it may be ready to cooperate. and finally, a warning from airbus over brexit. they may exit the u.k. and if it leaves the european union without a deal on future trade. reporter: airbus is seriously considering whether to move its operations britain totally in light of the current lack of clarity after brexit. they make wings in the u.k. and has 14,000 employees in the country. the british finance ministers said the treasury was not trying to undermine brexit but was focused on promoting continued

close ties with the eu. it is rightly viewed as the most pro-eu senior minister in the government. when youleave the eu to forge a new relationship with our european neighbors. it protects those patents of trade, business relationships that have been painstakingly built over decades, and that maintains low friction borders and open markets. treasury not make the on my watch the enemy of brexit. rather it makes it a champion of prosperity for the british people. outside the eu but working in trading closely with it. host: thank you very much indeed for that. all of today's business news. is timime now for our press review. ♪ video by join in this

alison sargent. let's start by looking at the papers in turkey. everyone there very much in election mode. reporter: they are coming up on sunday. the president could very well be reelected president, a job that will significantly more powers after this referendum was passed in turkey last year. that as part of his plan to make himself the king. that is according to this cartoon from the opposition paper. he is saying everything is for parent and i expect your vote. is worth mentioning over a dozen journalists from this newspaper have been sentenced to prison on terrorism charges as part of his crackdown of following the attempted coup. the front page of the turkish paper saba is on thursday he was on the first flight to land of the is simple airport.

he claims it is the world's biggest airport. the paper seemed pretty impressed. they hail it as a story. the new york times that insight nn why the paper and erduwa are so key on showing up as airport. they say he has been using huge building projects like this airport as an engine of economic growth and a way of making a physical stamp on the nation. he has also built a giant mosque and has a new project that he talked about to build the istanbul canal that will allegedly rival the panama and suez canals. to have to see what voters make of this. host: building projects in turkey. i read there was a huge park. now moving to the united states. the first lady has been visiting a migrant shelter trying to defuse tension amongst the world outcry. that seemsshe wore

to have captured everyone's imagination. reporter: it said "i really don't care. do you?" it turns out a lot of people do care. this is by a cartoonist. she changed the message to read be worst."-- it expresses the indignation people up and feeling. words like insensitive, heartless and unthinking have been circulating online. is covering up the face of that child, one of the thousands living these detention centers as uncertainty reigns over how and when they will be reunited with her parents. tickets to the idea that has been circulating that the jacket was applied to distract the left. this is what we have been talking about, distracting the press and the real issue that is the immigrant kids. and he criticized the press for letting themselves get so worked up and talking only about this coat.

host: the french president is under fire for his spending habits. this time is regarding any swimming pool. the british press loves talking about emmanuel macron and his lavish spending habits. a reminder that earlier this month he faced criticism for ordering any dinner set of expensive porcelain plates. now hea reminder that earlier ts is looking to install a sign pool at the presidential retreat in the south of france. papers reporting and because around 350,000 euros. they might save money because they donate security guards as beach. swimming on the it would be an aboveground pool. french papers are wondering if the president isn't a bit above ground himself, basically disconnected. seeing that criticism he can't shake of being the president of the rich. host: is not like you can go to the local swimming pool.

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