♪ > hellolo, and wewelcome tooe 24. we are live from paris. the headlines this hour. carlos ghosn walks out of it japanese detention facility. he has been shifted to house in bail. pyongygyang reportedly starts to restore dismantled facilities at a rocket launch site. the reports emerging days after the summit between donald trump and kim jong-un ended abruptly

without a deal in hanoi. and nicolas maduro says he will not allow anyone or anything disrupt a a piece of venezuela. he is asking supporters to demonstrate this saturday to coincide with strikes called for by juan guaido. also coming up at this hour, france plans to get tech giants like google and facebook to pay more in taxes, despite being unable to secure annagreement at the european level. and the world's eyes may focus on brazil during carnival, but goes on, the party despite weeks of prottsts against tte president. stay tuned, we are life from paris. ♪ >> after over three mmnths in custody, carlo stone walked out of a tokyo detention center -- ohsn walked out of a

tokyo detention center. he is accused of underreporting his income by nearly $82 million. 's release ill allow him to meet his legal team more efficiently ahead of his trial. for more, our reporter. >> wearing a basebaal cap, his face hidden behind a surgical leaves thes ghosn detention center area it -- detention centnter. the formerrnissan chairman said in a statement -- >> i am innonocent and totally the fair trial against thhse meritless and unsubstantiated accusations. >>'s trial is expected to be at least six months away. extensive surveillance, this will allow

ghosn to meet his lawyer mooe frequently to build his defense. his lawyer, famous for winning high profile acquittals,s, has said he would take a new approach to the case, and has not rrled out that there may have been political forces i in play in the criminal case. >> at this stage, this is entirely my speculation. but i think the current situation involving reno and nissan may have had an influence. has beenncharged with three counts of financial misconduct, the past two over accusations that he underreported his compmpensation attnissann by about 6363 million euros,s, in violation of the las that require these companies disclose the salaries of authority and investors. he has also paid company money

to a buuinesess run in saudi arabia by a friend for a favor. denies the charges. out of detention but not out oo the woods, he faces up to 10 years in prison for the alleged financial crimes in a country with the 96% conviction rrte. the summit between donald ttump and kim jong-un ended abruptly without a deal, phere are reports that pyongyang is restoring acilities at its --g-range locking rods long-range rocket launch site. it had been disabled following last year's summit in singapore. for more on n the story, w we cn bring in our international affairs editor. good afternoon.. what is the site? this is associaiated withthorth korea's space e program. not with its missile program. it is also known asas the

satellite launching station, and it was used to put a satellite and 2016. in 2012 so it was not part of those high profile bbllistic missile launches in 2017. but the timing of the last satellite launch was very% significant, because in 016 was around the time that the u.s. was repairing to deploy its missile defense shield to south that, known as thaad, and caused a big amount of controversy at the time. the last time north korea put a satellite into space at this site, it would have been an important time to try to get information and intelligence on%'s -- from space that missile defense plan in south korea, and also more on military matters in the neighboring countrtries, those countriis around north korea, such as japan, china, and south korea.

so the space program, of course, as you canan imagine is an important source of intelligence for north korean leadership. >> if these reports are true, where does that leave the theomatic ffort betetween ununited statetes and nonorth k, which was up in the air last week? >> before i come onto the u.s. right of things, let's remind ofrybody that -- u.s. side things, let's remind everybody that thii site was actually part of confidence building measures with south korea. after the summit in september between kim jong-un and moon jae-in, firstly, the north agreed to permanently shut down this site, aad now we are here that they are ramping up activity there. also, from the north and the south, thhy wanted to build on joint economic projects to try and give north korea some hard currency lifeline after the

summit in september. so one wonders what this latest news will do to relations between north and south korea. as to relations between north korea and the unittd states, things seem to have hardens since the seccnd landmark summit between donald trump and kim jong-un in hanoi. theave recently heard national security adviior, john bolton, saying that north korea must be completely willing to give up its nuclear weapons -- he said that on tuesday -- and he said if it does not do that, we are looking at ramping up our so given what bolton has just said, this news about the isspresumably grist to b bolton's mill. to what point does he

reflect donald trump's opinion are not on sanctions? -- opinion or not on sanctions? p> nicolas maduro has broken s silence ass juan guaido makes his wayy back to the country. maduro has called for demonstrations to take place on sasaturday to coincide witith protests called for by juan guaido. he met with public sectotor unions yesterday, and a calling on them to help topple the government of nicolas maduro. take a listen. >> we are going to have a administration as proposee by of f capacities union. we know it is not from one day to the next. we know that the fence will start, the persecution will start -- the threats will start, that the persecution willlstart. >> we can't respond to provocations. they may continue with their

game, with the provocations, but we are here, t the country. we are here, the people. despite the massive food and medicine shortages as well as skyhigh inflation in venezuela, nicolas maduro, seeing him as the rightful heir to hugo chavez. in caracas.'s in the hills of caracas lies this poor neighborhood. a bastian of support for hugo chavez and his socialist revolution. six years since his death, many here still mourn him, liie elizabeth, who has created a shrine to the former president. she remains loyal too his successor, nicolas maduro. we are going through a major crisis right now.

we continue to support maduro so we ccn improve the situation we are in. it is s all a result of f an economic and political war against us. this neighborhood, like many across venezuela, are home to the boulevard in militia -- livarian militiis. and it is not only here that people still support the revolution led by hugo chavez. rejected juanans guaido, the opposition leader declared himself the legitimate interim president. the capital, people have been celebrating the carnival period rather than joining opposition protests. many here do noo feel that juan

guaidoorepresents them. >> the venezuelan people you can see in the streets, it shoos you the peace and happiness of the carnival in venezuela. theas nothing to do with lives of the usurper, mr. -- wwat's his name again? no one will remember him in history. >> as a venezuelan, i recommend come back down to earth and start doinggpolitics properly. with the carnival now over, more crowds will soon be on the streets. both the opposition and maduro's government plan to hold rival demonstrations on saturday. >> the un's human rights chief is calling on france to open investigation on police brutality during the yellow vests protests -- the yellow vest protests. france was also called upon to continue to dialogue with protesters who have been taking to the streets.

for more, we go across the france 24 -- to france 24's reporter, in geneva. how did france make its way into a speech by the u.n. human riggts chief? >> this is that high commissioner's annual report onn human rights violations and abuses globally, and f france ws high n thh list, along with other countries like zimbabwe, , bubut thesudan high commissioner pointtd the finger at any countries besides france. she also pointed the finger att% concerns about the uninid states across the border and highlighted her concerns about the european union and urged them to prioritizee to save the lives of migigrants crossing the mediterranean by allowing charity hips, rescue shipssto operate in the waters, and of course, she was equally criticil of the clampdown by the chinese

authorities on the minority in the region. and not toto miss out, the huge of humannons rights in syria, yemen, and concerns about human rights defenders in saudi arabia, yemen, libya, and many other countries. origin, south of america -- her country of origin, south america, voicing concerns about whatat is going on in nicacaraga and nezuzuela. and what was surprising, she mennioned her concerns about% saudi arabia, but thereewas no reference to the assassination of mr. can associate -- mr. khashoggi of last year, which is now subject to investigation. she was vevery crititical of government clamping down on freedom to ththe pressed, but it

was a report card. what was missing w was a cririte on what is going on in the ukraine. much,n, thank you very reporting from geneva. a prison inmate was shot dead after police stormed the visitor's room where she and her themselves. this is after she and her great"on yelled "god is in arabic after stabbing two prison guards. >> after a standoff lasting 10 hours, police have arrested the man who attacked two prison guards at a high perpetration facility, coming from inside the prison. authorities are viewing this as a terror attack. the men carried out the stabbings to prevent the perpetrator of last december -- to avenge the perpetratotorrof e last attack on the christmas market in strasburg. >> the knowledge of the profile

of the individual, serving 30 years inn prison, justifies an investigation by thehe anti-terr department of the prosecutor's office. the individual was also convicted for glorifying terrorism in 2015.. morningng, a 27-year-old stabbed two staff membmbers as he was s receivinga visst from his spouse and the family visiting unit. his wife died from her injuries following the police assault. as for the guards, one of them suffered a serious wound to his chest while the other was stabbed in the face and back. both are in stable condition. i have come to tell the community here at the prison that like them, i was shocked, and i will work to make e sure everythingng is doneeto understd how this situatiin came about. focus on how the prisoner's wife was able to bring in a ceramic he was not under increasednd why

surveillance. carlos ghosn walks out of the tokyo detention facility. the former chairman of nissan motors has been subjected to house arrest t after posting $9 million in bail. tongyang reportedly starts restore dismantled facilities at a rocket launch site, the latest emerging days after the latest summit between donald trump and kim jong-un ended abruptly in hanoi. and nicolas maduro says he will not allow anyone or anything to disrupt the peace of venezzela. he is asking supporters to demonstrate this saturday tell coincide with strikes called for by juan ggaido. and whileival season, the eyes of the world aae focused on brazil, the party was also under way in haiti, despite the unrest in recent weeks. thoussnds flocked to the three day festivities. authorities had considered

canceling carnival due to protests against the ppeeident. a lighthearred port out prince gave itself a break from political unrest to celebrate the annual carnival. thousands watched as dancers performed traditional dances. >> i enjoy it very much. it is also the culture of my country. >> the theme for this year was contest life,""and a was organized to determine which of the dances did the best job of convvying that message. were able to organize this%- event. it is not about security at the moment. we hhve had no problems organizing it. it is about the public, the people. they understand this spectacle and what it is about. >> the three-day carnival was almost canceled in the north of the country because of there have been violent antigovernment protest in recent weeks against haiti's rising inflation and alleged embezzlement. >> it's time for a lolook at the

day's business news with stephen carroll. are starting out here in is mulling proposals for new on the big tech cocompanies like g google, faca, amamazon, ananapple. >> that wawas discusussed at the cabinet meeting today ii france. the country woululd pose a three tax on whatat they called digit revevenues from online companinies. france is pressising ahead w wih this plan,n, deepitete the faile to secure agreement on the issue at a european level. our reporter has the details. motivation behind a new french bill seeking to tax big internet and technology companies.

dubbed the gafa tax, it would companies% tax on to any taxesdition already owed by the companies in question. the french finance minister says the measure should net 400 million euros this year for the state. >> this tax is simple. it is argeted, it is effective, it is exactly the same as the proposition we put to the european union. >> the new tax would applies revenues that sell products frommthird parties, digital advertising, and the sale of user data. about 30ficials say companies from the u.n., china, germany, -- from the u.s., china, germany, and the u.k. would be affected, including uber, airbnb, and booking.com. the digital giants can report

state.evenues in any this issue has caused a rift in1 the block and there has been no clear consensus on how to resolve the problem. somm of the holdout countries, including ireland, say they want to wait for a more glooal proposal from the organization for economic cooperation and development, due latater this >> let's talk about this further. we are jooned by professor michael dow broke, an expert in this area -- professor michael davro, an expert in this area. is this the right way to go about taxing these companiis? >> i think there are good and bad elements. it is good in the sense that france can raise revenue innthis way. the reason they can raise revenue is because french people are using these services, using the google search engine, using uber or airbnb. they are in france, but hey are

not going to move because there is a tax on these companies. there is a real opportunity for france in this case, and the . has introduced a similar has been thinking about it more generally, that the tax can be introduced. but it does nothing to fix the problem. the problem is the iiternational tax syytem ii not taxing the profits of these companies well, this does not address those questions. it a adds an additional l elemen top.p. >> when you look at it for that reason, if it can work for france, why are we seeing more european countries doing this? the u.k. has come up with proposals in this area, austria is it surprising the european union has not saii anything on this? >> some countrieses hat f it from the existing quite a lot of activity takes place in irelanddand is taxed

there because of the low tax rate. so it seems quite unlikely that some countries in the european union would want to introduduce this because it goes against the existing sysystem. something t they would want to agree onon a european level andnd to implemet need more from the member states. we are nlikely to get thaa. >> do you think this move might encourageemore companies jjst -- more countries to step up and impose their own levies, or do you thinink they will wait for e eu to have a say? >> i think the fact that the u.k. has done itt france has now done it, and the others that you %does make i think it it morr likely. there re discussions going on at the oecd in paris at the moment about trying to redesign the tax system and fixed some of the problems that these kinds of issues are addressed to. if we takessions --

a longer view, they have beenen going on for many, many years, but more recently they have been focusing on the digital% problems. i think there are probbems of the international tax system, which certainly apply to the digital companiee, but they apply much more widely. required is to fix theooperation international tax system. it is far too easy for companies to shift profits around between countries and make those profits appear in the low tax jurisdictions. >> are you optimistic that an agreement can be done, if we have taken years and we still do table?ve a proposal on the >> i think if you had asked me a year or two ago, i would not be optimistic. i think there has been a real change in the nature of the discussions that have taken ince in paris at the moment, much more funnamental change in the international tax system that our countries have been

willing to think about before, and really, the direction of that changes reflected in the proposals today. placeactually moving the of taxation, where are we going to tax google's profits? the place they make their sales, because those sales are relatively immobile. if people want to use a google a rideengine or buy from uber, they are e not oingo change where they are. it gives an opportunity for counnries to tax the profits. i think there ss kind of a slow move towards the realization that this is quite a good way of actually taxing profits. what we see today is a side issue in a sense that if we move in the same direction, it would be better if we could actually s, proffssor michael davavro thank you for joining us. wewe will keep talalkinn aboboue a slslashed its growth forecastn for major r european economies. in its latest forecast, the

organization preeicted significantly lower growth for the eurozone, france, and it blames policy uncertainty over issues like brexit and trade for the glgloomierututloo to what is happening -pon the stock markets. a surgeon chinese shares earlier but nothing carried over into -- a surge in chinese shared earlier but nothing carried over into tradingng. france is trading in the red. on the currency markees, the b brexit t fierceterling swirirling arounund, moving this for the britisish currency. finally, hello kitty is going to hollywood. warner bros. studio has signed a peal with san rio to o make the first english-language movie with the character. the agreement was under negotiation for five years. it includes highly vallable

rights to meechandise and spinoff products. the hello kitty brand is worth millions globally. the big question is whether hello kitty -- who is not a cat, acaccording to the creator, buta little girl -- will she speak for the first time? she does not have a mouth, so this will be interesting. molly: i did not -- >> i did not realize e there was no hello kitty movie. >> there was such a huge fight over it becauue the merchandise rights will be huge. >> especially in japan,n, china, asian countries where hello kitty is so famous. stephen carroll, with a look at the business days. we are going to take a quick break. stay with us. we are live from paris.

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