anchor: this is "france 24." i am genie godula. these are the headlines. pushingident of ukraine for the parliament to vote in martial law after a naval showdown saw a russian coast guard ships fire on ukrainian vessels. russia says the incident was deliberately provoked by ukraine. our correspondent in kiev is standing by. the e.u. agrees to theresa may's brexit deal. the british prime minister faces the challenge of getting the divided parliament back home to a grade. -- to agree. italian film giant bernardo known for has died,

films like "the last emperor" and "the last tango in paris." more coverage from our world correspondent in a moment. new this hour in business, carlos gosen has been fired as chairman by the board of mitsubishi motors following a similar move by nissan last week. the businessman is starting his second week in detention in tokyo over allegations of financial misconduct area and a nearly billion-dollar spacecraft set to land on mars today. more on what nasa is calling the six and a half minutes of terror it will take to land that craft, coming up. this is live from paris. the international community is weighing in on a naval showdown

between ukraine and russia. the e.u. is urging russia to release three ukrainian ships it seized at the weekend and the crimean and insular, an area russia annexed from ukraine in 2014. ukraine has set its ambassadors and envoy will hold emergency talks in brussels later today. the u.s. security council is also holding emergency meetings. president of ukraine is pushing for martial law to be voted in by the ukrainian parliament. he says that is the only way to end the standoff. russia says ukraine's liberally provoked the incident. the norms of international law have been violated. not only maritime law, but the general international law. we do not have any doubts that this was done with the knowledge of ukrainian authorities, and was probably a direct order from the highest double of government. i think we have not yet seen everything in terms of the consequences of yesterday's provocation. genie: for more reaction from

ukraine now, let's go live to kiev, with our correspondent gulliver cragg. how are ukrainians responding to the foreign minister? gulliver: ukrainian navy says it did respect all procedures in terms of informing russian counterparts of these ships' plananned routes, but do say thy did not get a reply y from thehe russssians. the craniums are accusing the russians of not playing by the accepted rules, but they are also keen to remind the world that the sea is neither ukrainian nor russian waterers. it is jointly controlled by both countries. russians, especially considering the annexation of crimea is consididered illegeg y ukraine and most of the international community, do not have any right to accuse the ukrainians of trespassing in their waters, when we are talking about access to the sea here.

the ukrainians are accusing the russians of spreadading disinformation. information goining around on twitter is encououraging it,nalists not to fall for saying this is the russian narrative, and make sure you do not fall for it. on some points, it is clear they are correct, in the sense it is important to stress the commonality of the as oxley -- of this seed.d. -- of this sea. the russians have been suggesting the ukraiainian presidenent poroshenko o might e proposining martial law more for his advantage than any strategeg -- r rather than that it makeses ststrategic c or military sense. the fafact that ththe russians y be sayining that, it tryrying tt out that message, does not preclude that message being true. there are some people in ukraine criticizing poroshenko for saying that martiaial law should bebe introduced. messages going out on the internet saying "that's russian propaganda," but there is

confusion a and anxiety i in ki, not ononly about what t russia s been doing, but about the way the ukrainian authorities and some of their supporters have been reacting to it. genie: tell us more in detail about martial law if it was to be put into place. how would it help the current situation? gulliver: that is the question peoplele are asking. it allows limitations on freedom of speech, a curfew, s social readiness -- but i think the military of ukraine are already on highest alert without martial law. some people are asking what would be the practical sensese f it. others sending a big message that we are very angry and we are taking this seriously and doing something. a lot of people in ukraine feel very frustrated withth the conflict with russia. this was not ukraine standing up and shouting loudly. those looking at the practical implicications suggest it wouldo more harm to ukraine's democracy

than it would help ukraine with russia. the messages i am getting from a few ukrainian political analysts isis the v vote, which is at 4:0 p.m. here, 3:00 p.m. paris time this afternoon, in ukraine's parliament, is likely to go in favor of declaring martial law. genie: thank you, gulliver cragg, reporting from kiev. prime minister theresa may will address the british parliament this monday, trying to convince it that the brexit deal now signed off on by the other countries in the e.u. is the right one for the u.k. the british parliament vote is set to be held mid december, but may is facing stiff opposition from mp's, as our reporter explains. reporter: now, the real battle for brexit starts. his prime minister theresa m may hass -- british friend minister theresa may has two weeks to get the brexit agreement through and

faces opposition from her own party. many conservative mp's have declared they tend -- intend to vote against it, leaving it is a bad deal. jeremy corbyn said the documents were the worst of all worlds. for dup, which crops up theresa may's government -- anger that northern ireland could end up with different trade rules and the rest of the u.k., the irish backstop. we are not voting for this and d others across the commons will not be voting for it either. what i am calling for is a better deal. reporter: in a letter to the nation over the weekend, may promised it was a deal that would repair divisions. on march 29 next year, the united kingdom will leave the european union. we will then begin a new chapter in our international life. i want that to be a moment of renewal and reconciliation for our country. getting the brexit bill through is a tricky numbers game. 650 lawmakers will vote, and may will leastst -- will need at let

305 yes votes. if the bill is voted down, that could mean no deal, an outcome nobody wants, a second vote in parliament, or a second referendum. european union has said it will not negotiate a second time on brexit, but mp's in westminster will be able to [indiscernible] genie: italian film great bernardo bertolucci has died. he was known to filmgoers around the world for "the last emperor" or the controversial drama "last tango in paris." despite working with a list of american and international stars, bertolucci defended his own filmmaking style from what he called pressure from the u.s. film industry. the lucci was considered one of the giants of italian and world cinema. atwon an honorary palme d'or the cannes film festival. he died at home.

to talk more about reaction from rome, our correspondent. tell us more about what people are saying, hearing the e news f bertrtolucci's dedeath. reporter: what we do know about him is that he is a great mind of italian cinema. his name up there along with fellini and possibly need -- and pasolini. in itataly, the italian media leading with this story. his name, bertolucci, trending on social media. a lot of s shock about his deat. what he was not in the best of health. he died in rome today at the age of 77. it cannot be understated, the impact he has had on italian cinema, and on young italian film dirirectors. names such as luca glenna nino -- guadanino, known for "call me name," express the

impact bertolucci had on his life and work. also interesting to note that bernardo bertolucci is the only italian director ever to win an oscar for best director. also quiteolucci was a character, and a bit controversial as well. reporter: yes, indeed. articulately on the film you mentioned, "the last tango in paris," which was released in the 1970's. at the time it caused an uproar, because of a controversial sex scene involving butter. as a resesult, it was banned in several countries. this controversy was reignited in 2016, when tape revealed that bertolucci as well as star marlon brando were both aware of what they were going to do in the scene involving maria schneider, but they did not inform her before ththe scene tk place. she went on to s say that t shed feel somewhat violated as a

result of the scene. that controversy breaking just before the entire me too movement came about in hollywood. really, some controversy there. he was also known for the length of his films. he was involved in doing the epic historical film " "1900,"," which starred major hollywood stars such as robert de niro as well as burt lancaster. in that film, the directors cut cut was five hours. the studios did not want to release such a lengthy film and it was cut down to three hours. last featureucci's was his first film in italian and over 20 years, shot around the corner from where you are. reporter: exactly. it caused quite a buzz here in the neighborhood. it was shot just around the corner from where i am standing right now. washat time, bertolucci

already in a wheelchair, having suffered -- reports that he suffered a botched back surgery and was unable to walk. andhe continueued his work, that film, the last feature film he did, was a coming-of-age drama based on an italian novel, called "me and you." it was his last film in the italian language, the first in 23 years. there was a lot of buzz even locally in the city of rome that pepeople were watching him. i understand from those involved in that, that he was silent, contained, giving instructions that were less -- giving instructions that will be remembered as a film great at work in rome and world cinema. genie: thank you for reporting from rome on the death of the oscar-winning filmmaker bernardo bertolucci.

aspacecraft that cost nearly billion dollars is on course to make a perilous landing today on mars. that if it can survive a high-speed approach and scorching heat, entering the red planet's atmosphere. on the corning has more process nasa has named "six and a half minutes of terror." matthew: insight will land on monday at the end of a two-year mission to the red planet. using seismic monitoring, insight aims to find out more thet what lies beneath martian surface, understanding how our solar system was formed. >> when we look at the crest of mars, -- crust of mars, that is a snapshot into what the crust of the earth might have looked like 4 billion years ago, before it got busy. matthew: first, nasa will have to face perhaps the most challenging part of the mission -- the lending itself. to touch down safely, insight

will have to slow down from 20,000 kilometers per hour to eight kilometers per hour it, in just six and a half minutes, and it will all be done automatically. >> completely excited and nervous at the same time. datething we have done to makes us feel comfortable and confident we are going to land on mars, but everything has to go perfectly, and mars could always there was a curveball, -- throw us a curve ball. it may increase our batting average. matthew: the robot will aim to detect seismic activity, the size of mars's core, and whether the court is liquid or -- the core is liquid or solid. earth has erased traces of our early history. ours has made static, making it a source of information when it comes to tracing the origins of our solar system. genie: let's take a look at today's headlines. the president of ukraine pushing for the parliament to vote in martial law after a naval

showdown saw a russian coast guard ships fire on ukrainian vessels. russia says the incident was deliberately provoked by ukraine. e.u. agreed to theresa may's brexit deal in brussels.s. ministersh prime facing the uphill challenge of getting the divided parliament back home to agree. and italian film great bernardo bertolucci hasas died. the oscar-winning director was known around the world for films like "the last emperor" and "the last tango in paris." time for our daily update on business news. you are starting with the latest developments in japan, following the arrest of harless gosen. -- carlos gosen. analyst: mitsubishi motors is dismissing carlos gosen as its chairman and executive director, following a similar move by

nissan last week. goes and has been in detention -- ghosn has been in detention in tokyo. reports suggest the undeclared amount was part of a package he secretly negotiated with the carmaker, to be paid out after his retirement. it totaled about $70 million. peter o'brien reports. peter: first nissan, no mitsubishi. of carmaker's board directors has fired carlos gosen -- ghosn as chairman. the once-revered tycoon has begun a second week in detention, though he has yet to be formally charged and denies the allegations of misconduct against them. france's finance minister has said it is in everyone's interest to keep the renault-mitsubishi, nissan alliance together. he dismissed a talk to promote merging nissan with renault.

>> i want to account for the stakes held by both side today -- sides today. i agree with my japanese counterpart that it is best if the stakes stay the same, and the way it is governed does not change. ult is theno -- rena dominant partner, but the japanese firm makes more sales. the french carmaker, 15% owned by france, is keeping carlos ghosn as chairman and ceo for now. ghosn was arrested last monday on failing to declare income euros. around 40 million japanese media say this was arranged to be paid out after his retirement. there are also claims that ghosn continue to underreport his earnings after that, and that he would be rearrested for this. nissan has accused him of a slew of other acts of misconduct. the ceo told employees on monday

that power had been too concentrated with ghosn. allianceit just the -- executives are meeting to protect employees from the fallout of the scandal. genie: it cost carmaker share prices to plunge last week. have they recovered? analyst: shares of nissan and mitsubishi were up this monday in tokyo, and here in europe rhino is up as well, both climbing more than 3% from friday. they are still lower by 3% to 5%, compared to levels before the arrest. genie: what is the overall picture in the european stock market? is the brexit deal having an effect? analyst: the stocks are in a byly, triggered mainly development in italy, rather than brexit. the ftse up 0.5%. the cac up almost 1%. index is up over

news of a breakthrough of a standoff between italy and the european union over its budget plans. five star movement and the league has signaled they are open to lowering the deficit goal from the proposed 2.4% of gdp. o said on leader di mai monday it would not be a big deal to release the target level, following similar salvini,by savlin -- from the league. for more of the business stories we are covering this hour -- mining group rio tinto has agreed to sell a controlling uranium a namibian mine. the sale of its 69% stake could bring $106 million to the anglo-australian group. the deal needs to be approved by namibian authorities but is expected to be completed in the

first half of 2019. logitech, manufacturer of keyboards and webcams, wants to buy another company, following reports of a possible merger deal over the weekend. in a statement coming out this monday, the firm said that while it had engaged in discussions with the u.s. maker of bluetooth your pieces and headsets, it has terminated the talks. genie: black friday was last week, but the shopping spree is continuing. monday: it is cyber today. shoppers in the u.s. shied away from the shopping trains on friday, and are expected to go online to find bigig dealsls. competition is high amonong retailerers, and they are fightg to attract customers with heavy discounts and free deliveries. according to one researarch fir, it is expected to be the largest u.s. shopping day online in history, generating almost $8 billion in sales. are you going online? genie: not today.

i like the idea of giving tuesday, the answer to cyber monday. we're supposed to donate something on giving tuesday. i am in favor of that. thank you for that look of the business news. it is time for our press review. laurent joins me for a look at the papers. let's start with this investigation revealing millions of faulty medical implants. talking about are pacemakers, breast implants, contraceptives, artificial hip replacements, wheelchairs, catheters, beds, anything medically related to implants -- defects causing injuries, follow-up operations, sometimes death. it is the finding of an investigation conducted by 250 journalists around the world, including reporters at "le mo nde." we are talking 5.5 million incidents in the last decade, 82,000 deaths, 1.7 million

injuries, 3.6 million defects in it ists -- a scale so big a world health scandal. "the guardian" explains that poor regulation, lax testing, and lack of transparency is to blame. in some cases, replacement hips and vaginal mesh products were sold without going through clinical trial before him. in other cases, manufacturers knew that pacemakers given to patients were faulty. taiwan, the pro-independence party has suffered a crushing defeat in local elections. dheepthika: this is important, looking ahead to the 2020 national elections. the prime minister and her party lostdence dpp big in the weekend local elections in the stronghold. the party lost their seat to a candidate who ran as an outsider for the kmp party, seen as sympathetic to china.

the candidate had no money, no resources. solely on campaign the popularity of social media, tapping into voter anger. elsewhere on the island, the same party doubled its political control. genie: what has the reaction been from the taiwanese press? dheepthika: "the taipei press" blames a lackluster economy for contributing to the losses, but it was also a protest vote. young people, the paper say, identify as taiwanese, not chinese, yet voted for a party sympathetic to china because they wanted to send a strong message to the ruling government. they want change and are demanding change. one writer from cwnb -- cnbc said these were a litmus test of how strong the party is ahead of 2020. and china perhaps vying for greater influence on the island. they will try to take credit for

these local elections. genie: in france, a lot of reaction to the violent protests. dheepthika: the movement protesters blocked ring roads and smashed parts of the champs elysees, allegedly set fire to cities. fuelemonstration to oppose hikes has widened to general discontentment with emmanuel macron. the arm wrestle continues. it is also making headlines overseas. this is from an austrian paper. the cron faces off against -- macron faces off against the yellow vests. a provocative picture of the champs elysees destroyed. the british daily paper "the times" writing the french government did not see it coming. they are at a loss to stop this campaign that has so many disparate demands, and no clear leader. faces a dilemma. if he backs down, he will be compared to francois hollande,

who represents everything macron does not want to be -- "spineless," and so unpopular he could not stand for reelection. genie: let's wrap up with a look at the miss france competition. the organizers has -- have revealed the questions. dheepthika: it shows beauty is in the brain, thankfully. these questions are hard and dispel myths that pageant winners are not intelligent. quiz looks at french grammar, world politics, history, geography, a range of things. let's see how you fare. it is multiple-choice. what is the distance of a marathon? 42 kilometers, 42.195 kilometers, 42 .550 kilometers, or 43 kilometers? genie: it is so hard. 42? dheepthika: you are close. 42.195. genie: i knew it.

dheepthika: who composed "ode to joy," the european union anthem? genie: i know this, beethoven. do i get to be miss france? dheepthika: what does the word proselytizing mean. genie: proselytizing? isn't it about trying to convince someone to get into a religion or know something? i do know know how to say it, but i know it when i see it. dheepthika: an ardent zealot who tries to convert someone to his belief area -- to his belief. not bad. genie: you c can get a closer lk at the press review, perhaps take the questions yourself, on our website, france 24.com. paris has been hit with michael jackson fever. on the way in the next half-hour, a look at the exhibition honoring the king of pop.

[tense music] ♪ and transforngng thrts many frts, some embodyingerery unp. i'm dee smith, and in this isisode worldldn the brink," we are goi t to lo a at t threats inurur wor tododay