anchor: the headlines from around the world from the french capital. theresa may heads back to brussels. the chance for securing new brexit concessions look k pretty slim. the others says it is part of a u.s. led invasion. . convoy at the border donald says the islamic state will have lost all its territory

by next week. there are concerns about his plan to pull out u.s. troops. ruling on privacy keeping facebook from collecting data. you are watching live from paris. thanks for joining us. we have more brexit talks in brussels today. british prime minister theresa may going up against eu leaders. and avoid win changes her country crashing in 50 days time. .xpectations are modest

the irish backstop is the only one on offer. what can she hope for? >> with theresa may scrambling to save her brexit deal, the eu is looking to show a united front. brussels maintaining its position including the controversial irish backstop not up for renewed debate. was circulated and it could be reopened. we cannot reopen the discussion on the backstop. in order to avoid border checks between u.k. members, northern ireland, and eu members. that customs agreement would prevent the u.k. from negotiating a separate trade

deal indefinitely. a nonstarter for hard-line u.k. brexiters. potential cracks have emerged among the block eastern members. they suggested that ireland appear to change the agreement on the backstop with the british to a temporary arrangement of five years in the interest of avoiding a no deal brexit. that idea quickly shut down. >> we want the institution to remain united. countries like poland, the czech republic, and romania sent back by their workers in the u.k.. all three countries have taken steps to ensure the rights of u.k. citizens. there are reciprocal guarantees from london. may is likely hoping that

disagreements among the eu members are in time to strike a new deal. >> following proceedings for us is a brussels correspondent. any hope for theresa may today? .> probably not her spokesperson has already said that she is not coming with any new authors -- offers or new ideas on how to replace that backstop with any kind of alternative arrangement. and, of course, she had to come here to brussels because that is what her parliament charged her to do. to come and renegotiate the backstop irish border. now she is currently in meetings at t the commission and d she wl come to the european parliament. we will sesee if she takes questions. it is hard t to know what eu leaders are talking about behind closed doors.

but they have discussions after yesterday's comments by donald tusk when he said there is a special place in hell for people who voted for brexit without a plan to make it work. she was peppered with questions about that. name sure there are other discussions going on today. the opposition leader jeremy corbyn laying out a new set of conditions of what he would like to see happen. impact? have any >> it might because would jeremy corbyn outlined iss something that would make the whole backstop discussion unnnnecessa. the u.k. can have status like norway and it calls for the u.k. to be in a permanent customs group with the eu.

up.ould need to be set anand if thehe entirety of the labour parartyr a a large part f it will throw their weight behind the deal, theresa may could get that through the parliament. with ald do it combination of people in her party and people in the opposition labor party. the discussion may be coming up today, but it is such a drastic redrawing that it would probably take more time then they have to work out sometething like that because they would talk about extending article 50. deal toouould move e the later today or tomorrow. a standndoff is the latest flashpointnt in the cocountry's crcrisis. blocked byeen

columbia. juan guaido says that supplies will get through. planas maduro s says it is a to colonize the cocountry and ststeal their resources. >> by order of the venezuelan governrnment, shippingng contais continue to block humanitarian aid from crossing. nicolas maduro says venezuzuelas not t a nation of beggars and tt it is akin to a foreign intervention. after a press conference, the leader of the opposition called on the military to let aid through. reactioion fromrd the government and they will

still do everything possible to help. desperate families waited for news to see if the aid would finally arrived. >> what is sad is that if a child gets sick and can't get medicine and t then diess, thats what is sad. >> humanitarian aid is truly needed. i hope he does everything that needs to be done. >> the opposition continues to try to get it through. become assue has political battleground and a test for the military. they want support, but that can chchange. opposition the include possible amnesty. hyperinflation means 90% of the population is below the poverty line. food and medicine are scarce. the stock will only need 20% of the nation's basic needs when it

comes to medical supplies. u.s. president donald trump has claimed the so-called islamic state has lost all the territory it once controlled. a global coalition fighting the jihadist, trumps critics fear that it will imperil recent gains. >> keen to justify that the u.s. army's withdraw from syria was the right decision, donald told allies that the war-torn country woululd be cleared of islamic state group fighters by next week. trurump: it should be formally announced next week that we will have 100% of the caliphate. >> speaking of more than 17 , the u.s. secretary of state mike pompeo tried to reassure themm that the u.s. wasn't ababandoningng them.

>> we will continue to wage fightingng alongside of you. a tactical change, not a change in the mission. >> that confidence may seem misplaced. the islamic state group has lost most of the territory. thee terrorists still close -- still pose a real threat. intent on researching and commands thousands of fighters in iraq and syria. >> the question of what to do has yet to be resolved. europeanwants countries to repatriate them. >> british security officials believe that the journalist kidnapped in 2012 is still alive. colleagues --

>> the british photojournalist was working for the sunday times when he was kidnapped by jihadist in syria six years ago. he was believed to have been killed in july of 2017 during the bombardment of muscle. the british government believes that he is still alive and in the hands of the islamic state group. that belief likely based on evidence obtained by intelligence services. for years, he was used as a tool of propaganda. appeared in a number of staged videos. -->hether thehe coalitition dos decicide to dederoy thth university. they will say we don't know. >> his support committee and professional colleagues have

welcomed the news with great hope. they never believed he was a willing participant. what keptible this is him alive, but we don't know that. journalist.y good he was very accurate and very courageous. extent ofn't fathom m the the difficultlties he has hadad. it shows him gaunt and physically weekend. he was captured alongside james foley. killed people in brussels, the first terror solidified in a trial today.

they said there could be no doubt that the main suspect was their jailer and torturer. >> a high profile brussels terror trial. the journalists have identified the main suspect as one of their torturers. the key contacts according to the prosecution for the crime of the french national. the attacack just over a minute. a man and to the jewish museum of brussels with an automatic rifle and handgun. he killed three people on the spot and fatally wounded a fourth before fleeing on foot. the evidence is damming. after six days on the run, he was arrested wrapped in the flag of the so-called islamic state.

his lawyers are arguing that he was set up by israeli intelligence and that the man on trial is working with the prosecution. the trial is expected to last until early march. life sentence if convicicted and will facace anor trial in france for holding the journalist hostage in syria. documentcret service that thepeculation mass killing started after the plane was shot down in 1994. experts have argued about who was responsible. is april will mark the 25th anniversary of the rwanandan genocide. most o of them are killed. they concluded that the

rebellion had shot down the plane. but a later investigation said extra missed fire the missiles. they say they had a note from the french secret service from september of 1994. this document says two of the regime's extra missed -- were the main inhestrator's of the attack 1994. he was a senior adviser to the french president at the time and said that it is possible that --re were many documents france supported the regime and had taken part in the genocide. but t since emmanuel macron, the situation has changed dramatically.

he beheaded the francophone organization. -- the leader of the francophone organization. president macron is the grand national debate continues. head-to-head, facing a younger audience for the first time. >> this town hall is part of the great national debate. young people are notably absent. at this vocational school, these apprentices want to open a restaurant and they watched the first national debates on tv. >> it is not exactly fun.

>> i don't really get involved. i don't have the information needed to have an opinion. >> and the mechanics workshop, this young man doesn't see what he brings to the table. it is up to macron to find solutions. >> they don't feel relevant either. >> paying taxes and rent, we start thinking about it. >> they also say the government hasn't tried to reach out to them. there is no official social media. but some are interested. the students are part of a movement that is trying to get young people to participate in public life. they face an uphill battle.

in 2017, 1 in five people less than 29 years old voted in every round of the elections. >> a quick reminder of the main stories. the chances of securing new brexit cononditions -- concecess look slim. it is bringing much-needed supplies, the other side says it is part of a u.s. led invasion. the standoff. says the islamic state will have lost all its territory by next week. a landmark d decision on facebo. >> pooling information from and third-party websites.

users are fororced to agree to practically unrestricted collectionons and usese. visitorsuludes tracking with an embedded facebook like or share button. if it is upheld andd applied, germany's justice minister has welcomed the decision. the european commisission has ct economic growth forecasts for the eu major economies. just .2%.1.2% to the commission warning that brexit and the slowdown in china have had an effect. growth slowinges as well. and france has revisised projecd growth to 1.3%. australalia's bank has resigned following criticism

of their leadership and a report on misconduct inin the country's financial sector. they are thehe highestst profile exececutives to resign o over te wide-ranging inqnquiry including dead customers being charged bank fees. >> the fallout has arrived. days after a scathing state report into misconduct, national will see andrew thornburg step down by the end of the month. the chairman will also step down when a permanent replacement is named. this when n a royal cocommission shines such an inintense spotlight on an indusy that h has proven incapable memeeting stomomer expectationsn a consistent basis. it is apprpropriate at thehe sae people step up and take accountability. the banks charge the

equivalent of around 16 million euros s and fees without providg service and return. employoyees are accused of acaccepting bribes in the company's mortgage business. all four banks have been indicated in the report and sent shockwaves across the sector. executives promising to o do better. having personally spent hours going through documents and staring into the causes of those , i certainly feel like it is an importrtant time for us to be focusing on n making sure those issusu never rececur. never recuoccur. it has not gone so far as to recommend any punishment. o on theewill f fall regulalators who h have also coe undeder fire f for being too lenient.

twitter has just reported its lastt results in ththe three-month of 2018. revenues came in at $109 million, better than expected. the company announcing it will stop reporting the number of monthly active user. that is the preferred measure of the size of the social network. we will be watchihing market reacaction to that on wall stret later. let's look at today's business headlines. targets forings next year after a market downturn hits a corporate investment bank. they plan to put 500 million they sasaw net profits rise to 3.9 billion euros. an italian lender has reported its best annnnual profits in a decade. operating profits up 6.4 billion euros.

and a major restructuring plan has seen 14,000 job cuts. the low-cost airline norwegian says the cost of fuel has spiraled. revenue grew by 30% over the year but the company reporting a loss of 225 million euros. they carried passengers up 13%. let's haveve a check on the markets for you next. investors digesting a grim economic forecast frfrom the european commissioion. fromhave also had a decision the bank of england holding interestst rates unchanged. the bank did downgrade the growth forecast for the u.k. as brexit loomsms. it is having an impact on ststerling. take a look at the eururo, it is falling g against the dollar afr the oututlook from the european commissision. spendingrance's public

watchdog has warned the response to the yellow vests protest will destabilize the government's finances. wagedent macron increased subsidies in december and it is estimated to cost t 11 billion euros. they also highlighted what it called in efficiencies at several state owned bodies. >> we have a level of public spending in france that is not for me to evaluate. but when you compare it to similar countries, it is very high. hand,d, when it comes to measuring thehe effectiveness and efficiency of that spending, we see a different -- we see different movement about h how public funds a are being used. one of the bestt performers o on wallll street ws the new york times whose shares jumped b by 10% after the compay reported a rise in subscribers and revenue.

the new york times added 200 62 5000 digital subscriptions -- o over 262,000 digital subscriptions. their revenue is just over $500 million. spotify is making a big move into podcasts. they spent hundreds of millions of euros to buy to podcast makers. overall, the company plans to spend more than 400 million euros on buying companies that make hot casts. their strategy is to try to keep people listening for longer which means they can earn more advertisers. spotify says it has turned its fifirst quarterly profit in the company's history. anchor: that was the latest business news and i will be back with the headlines very shortly.

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