>> economics and politics. >> people and profit presented by stephen carroll on "france 24 ." ♪ >> hello andnd welcome to life n paris here on "france 24." time for 60 minutes around the world. here are our headlines. pakistan prepares to hand back a captured indian soldier to ease tensions in cashmere -- kashmir. we get the latest from our correspondent in the region. rare protests in algeria. the country gears up for more rallies against the president.

organizers dubbing today the million man march as they prepare for the largest demonstration in decades. north korea rejects president trump's explanation for the collapse of talks. pyongyang says it only wanted limited sanctions released and suggests more meetings are possible. the dutch and french finance ministers announced a new plan for air france -- over the dutch government's surprisise pururche in major stake of the airline. is in theory just weeks away and what impacts will the exit have on the national treasure, football. we will get a a report from chr. ♪

>> good afternoon. pakistan is expected to free an indian pilot today in efforts to de-escalate tension in kasmir. the pilot arrived on the pakistani side of the border and will be passed over to officials in punjab. you are looking at live officials of the crossing. indians have been gathering celebrating as they wait for the pilot to be handed over. that pilot has become the face of this crisis since he was captured wednesday when his plane was shot down although his release is designed to cool tensions, tens of thousands of --ian and pakistani soldiers developments is our correspondent who joins us city.he kashmiri

tell us a little bit more about what is going on at the moment. , he is you mentioned believed to be on ththe pakistai side of the border at the moment.. there were c conflicting reports sayiying he was still making his way y over. a lot of o other sources are isis handing ovetoto the inindian side is s imminent. media are calalling this a homomecoming fofor the p. this couould take e a bit of tie given the formalities i involve. there is paperwork and other sorts of formamalities that have b be done befefore he crosseses over. when he does make it across the border, he will be greeted by his s parents and indian air r e offificials. hihis father w was an air force

pilot. he will be very eager. his paparents will be eagag to have him back as will thousandnd and millllions of i indians. hundndreds of them are gatheredt the border to welcome him back to give him a hero''s welcome. people on both side of the border have been watching this saga unfold and therere is concn over his fate. even ordinary pakistanis have been callingng for h his releas. no one is expectining him to be released to this soon. the prime ministster of pakistan said yesteterday hee would, as a gesture of p peace, rerelease te inindian pilot in pakistani custody. thisis was welcome news. the indidians had called for his release as soon as he e was captureded on wednesday saying e must be humamanely treated. they had said he wouldld not be usused - -- could not be used be pakistanis ass a a bargainingg .

theas been looking to get indians back on the table for dialogue and is probably still hoping the indians w will relent over the release of the pilot. indian officials have been telling us they want more -- they want to the pakistanis to take credible and unvererifiable action on terrorist groupsps app pakistani soil before they can meet a and talk about kashmir andnd the tension there. bluehe indians, this is a medic victory. they are saying g it is a diplomatatic victotory. the goverernment in powower in a is saying they have caused t t celebratate because thisis is a diplomatic a and beady -- diplomatatic victoryry.

pakistan had to buckle under indianan and internatitional pressure. >> the aim of this hand over on the border is to ease tensions where you are in kashmir. is that likely to work? > it t is a very difficult question. this conflict t has been goioinn for decades now. india and p pakistan have fougha cocouple of wars over it and the is conststantly pension brewing between the two countries.. pawn inmiris field ara the game -- -- feel l they are a pawn in ththgame -- ththe battl. some would also like to see a merger with pakistan. it is s a very complicated situation at the moment. are on n theshmiris frfront linenes of this

conflicts. , as youentioned launched this segment, there was heavy shelling yesterdayay. it continues today on certain parts of the line of control, the defect of border between india and pakakistan. civilians s die on a r regular basis. four c civilians yesterday and e civilian on n the indian -- on e pakistanan side anonone indian died. the conflict h he is unlikikely the viololence and the tension n the ststate i itself is unlikelo abate. even with the confrontation betweenhe two cooling down at the moment with the handover of this pilot imminent. much indeeded.ry we wilill be sure to check in wh you as we wait for that handover

to take place on the indian-pakistani border. let's bring you some more world news on the program and more protests planned in algeria about the president's plan to run for a fifth term. protest leaders are calling the million man march and hope it will be the largest demonstration in decades. demonstrators say the 81-year-old is not fit to lead. he has been wheelchair-bound since a stroke in 2015. >> it has been almost a week streets,y took to the protesting against a fifth term for the president who, at 81 years old, has been in power for two decades. in a country where half the population is less than 30 years old, the young are at the frontline of the protests. algeriannce's

population, there is also concern. >> the situation in algeria is serious bebecause the sysystem s corrupt. he does not fulfill the conditions to stand. of speaking.le he is currently receiving medical care in switzerland and has made no comment on the protests. a government, while recognizing the right to protest, warned against threatening the country's stability. >> i am not trying to scare e te people, no. i am not trying to take advantage of the past, but we should recall that, in syria, it also began with roses. >> state media only started covering the protests on tuesday after journalists complained they were being prevented from doing so.

on those days, police took a dozen journalists in custody for several hours before releasing them. >> let's get some analysis on the events in algeria with our national -- international affairs editor. we heard in that report from the prime minister making a reference to the civil war in syria, effectively warning algerians of they could face something hararsh in response to the protests. what do you make of whatat he hd to s say? >> i thinknk this is a sign authorities are getting jitittey about the fafact thehese protess could get bigger and bigger and therefore pose a threat to the party. what he was referring to was the fact that when the syrian marchct started in 2011, 2011, it was a peaceful conflict and protest where the protesters

gave roses to the police. we all know what happened d aftr ththat and there has been aa conflict dragging on ever since. this remark by the prime minister is a warning to the protesters today not to go too far. or they will let them protest peacefully for the time being, but they are showing the government is in charge and it will not be intimidated by what is going on in the street. >> what do you make of the reaction from paris? it has been pretty muted from the french government, algeria being a former colony of france. >> algeria was a colony of france until 1962. the response in france has been muted, but the president said he is surveying what is going on. he called the french ambassador algiers to get an update and the ambassador came

back to france and he has met ministerfrench foreign who has since then made a statement calling for free and fair elections in algeria and saying that france is monitoring the situation and keeping an eye on what is going on. >> why is there so much anger against the president now? we know he has been unwell for quite a long time after the stroke in 2013. think many people in algeria thought this would be the end of his yearsrs. the next electioion i in april d mark t the end of it and they sd we will leave him in office, he has been a stabilizing force and been president for 20 years. we will give him the benefit of the doubt for respect foror him and we will leave him in office until he room -- he goes and remain calm. the fact that it has been announced hehe is going to run r

a fifth term and when you see the pictures of him -- like the one behind me, he has to be tied into a wheelelchair so he doeset fall andnd has not made a speech in public since 2012. people say how can this man be in charge of algeria and make the right decisions? we need somebody able to appear in public and able to lead the country. of the reply from the government has been -- doesn't need to campaign because we all know what he stands for and who he is. i think there is growing frustration about the fact it is very easily a head of state not in control of things being kept in power by those who have privileges. unemployment and many people have had enough. they say we want a new leadership and we are no longer

intimidated by the things that use to intimidate us. i.e., the government threatening to clamp down. we don't remember the time of the dark years, we want something new. thatat is why this protest movement is slightly different than the ones in the past. >> we will be watching closely get underway in algeria. let's bring you other world news and the sound of heavy gunfire is ringing out across the s somi capital.l. more than 16 hours aftft an al qaeda linked groroup attacked a hotel l in the middle of the ci. they began thehe assault by decimating 2 -- detonating two car bombs. police officers told the reuters newsws agency 29 people have ben killed and the clashes are ongoing. let's bring you the latest on the collapse of the north korean-u.s. talks on

denuclearization. a press conference was called during the night to reject donald trump's explanation for why negotiations collapsed. the u.s. president said kim jong-un's teaeam is demanding sanctions be lifted completely but pyoyongyang s said they were only requestining the looseningf sanctions. we offered a realistic proposal in this meeting. if the united states removes partial sanctions, mainly removes the articles of sanctions that hampered the civilian e economy and the livelihood of our people in particular, we will permanently and completely dismantle all the nuclear material production facilities in the area, including plutonium and uranium

in the presence of u.s. experts and the joint work of technicians from both countries. >> venezuela's opposition leader vowed to return to the country. juan guaido has been touring capitals t to drum up support fr his move against nicolas maduro. aido spent yesterday in brazil meeting with the president. >> a warm welcome for juan guaido in brazil as he consolidates his support while the self-proclaimed president faces prison on his return. >> i have received personal and family threats, but also threats of imprisonment by the maduro regime. this will not prevent a return to venezuela this weekend, no

later than monday. guaido will also visit paraguay's. . the international community is far from unified on an approach to the south american nation's plight. dueling resolutions came to nothing as both ended up vetoed. >> by working against this resolution, some members of this council continue to shield maduro and his cronies and prolong the suffering of the venezuelan people. aid as ansees that attempt to push him from power. >> we are seriously concerned today's meeting may be exploited to prevent a real humanitarian, external, prevent -- >> even as life for ordinary

venezuelans worsens by the day. >> brexit is, in theory, just weeks away and is likely to have an impact on much of british life, including football. the football association may increase quotas of homegrown players, potentially making it harder for europeans to enter english games. people north of england feel about those changes. at fwc.ing talentling is homegrown is losing out to overseas imports. >> newcastle can bring players in from anywhere. for local lads, it is tough. a fact there's a lot of good british players waiting for a chance. >> on the other side of the thames, this bookshop pays

hohomage. 6 of today's squad wouldn't be there if current e.u. rules changed. slovakia --m with brexit looming, the two biggest bodies in english football have different views on what it should mean for the .remier sheep -- premiership >> on a similar basis to the two from the e.u.. what they would like and return is newcastle and other premier teams would have to have this higher proportion of players who are so-called homegrown. >> fans have their own p referred versions of the future. >> i would like to see english players come through. >> european players have been massively important.

>> brexit is the idea of idiots. if that would go away, it would be absolutely perfect. on the other hand, there is --ays a dream of having 11 playing for newcastle. that would be great. >> in football, as in life, brexit continues to prove divisive. >> let's remind you of our top stories today. pakistan prepares to hand back a captured indian soldier in a bid to ease tetensions in kashmir. shelling continues across the frontier overnight and this morning. rare protests in algeria. the country gears up for more mass rallies against the president. organizers dubbing today the million man march as they call for the largest demonstrations in decades. take a whiz through the

business world. you will be starting us off with the latest ongoing in that dustup between klm and air france over the dutch government's surprisise announcement of would purchase a major s share. >> it secretly pururchased a 14% stake in air france klm, the parent alliance of the two national airlines. bruno le m maire blasted thehe , calling i it incncprehensible e-otother frenchch o officials likening it to corporarate rati. came toh counterpart pariris for a face-to-facece meg taking place amid some clear tension. it e ended with both sides callg for cooperation. a show of solidarity after crack'k's appeared in the air france-klm alliance. the dutch government announced it had acquired a 14% stake in the group without informing france.

the dutch anand france finance ministers appearing side-by-side, vowing to focus on the future. dutchdiscussed with my counterpart of the decision to confront the french governrnment onklklm. we want to towards tort -- turn toward the future with a shared objective, which is to make air france-klm the best airline company in the world. concerning air france-klm, our ambition is to take more action together. a acquisitionur stake is not very orthodox, but it is based on good intentions. >> the trouble started when air tonce's ceo declined reassure the dutch government

that the airline would keep key routes open at amsterdam's airport, worried the concerns were not being addressed. ae dutch government sought bigger stake to get a seat at the table. of board of directors is dominated by the french and the french state retains nearly a quarter of voting rights. since the 2004 merger, the two airlrlines maintained separate corporate structures and a fight -- despite klm's smaller workforce, it has been more profitable than air france. shares had fallen by 14% over the week, but took off friday as the meetining got undnderway, cocontinuing to gainltltitude at mid day. up nearly 6% today. european indexes climbing on friday. there is the air france deal, up nearly 6%. european it shares climbing,

mostly optimism over the u.s. and china's abibility to find an end to the trade war. new data shows euro zozone inflation ticking up to 1.5% in february beating expectations to hold steady at 1.8% in january. from a0 up .7% as shares communicatioions firm gained on plans of its restrucucturing. frankford tax up over 1% a at midday. it china says it is making moves to open the markets to foreign companies. one of the key themes in that trade dispute. of thehe rubberstampmp parliame, the national people's congress is scheduled to o begin its next session marchh 5 to address polititical and economic policy. -- regulate joint ventures and foreign owned enterprises

tailored to meet u.s. concern. they will ban forced technology transfers and illegal government interference and foreign businesses. the commerce industry is insisting american companies are committed to stayining put. american companies tell us china is still the top priority of their indndustry's globabal investment plan. the prospect of steady growth in key industry markets and the growing affluent middle class have kept confidence high for amamerican comompanies in china. companies remain optimistic about the continued improvement of china's invnvestmentt environment. >> a common euro zone budget mechanism remains on the box agenda. emmanuel macron is an outspoken proponent of the idea, which was agreed by the 19 euro zone countries in a summit this past december. last night it was portugal's

turn to call for progress with the finance minister calling it the best response to uncertainties from international tode tensions took brexit -- brexit. in the longetet tool run will be a guarantee of stability and prosperity for euro zone countrieses. by increasing competitive vity, this tool will respond to needs during the crisis, helping countries in uncertainty and making the euro area more cohesive. it will make the euro area more tractive for other countries. >> teslala is marking another mileleston with its model 3. they will be cutting the base $42,900om its current down to $35,000, finally

delivering on a promise it made two years ago. it will close stores and switched to an online only sales model. at delivery time will be cut to 2 weeks rather than 4

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