>> we are live from paris on france 24. another fridayyof mass protests1 planned and algeria. demonstrators saying president must not run for a fifth term in office. the president warned of chaos if this protest continues. blackout in venezuela. -- power is out

in all but one region. we will haveea special l repoot inside a venezuelan hospital. our team looking at how economic turmoil is impacting health care. ,emanding equality for women millions call for an and to the pay gap as women stay is marked across the globb. -- women's day is marked across the globe. we will keep watching the international women's day store you. we will take a look at a new study that says gender inequality could cost major economy trillions of dollllars. ptay with us to find out more. good afternoon. algeria where the president has

pssued his first public warning to protesters and antigovernment llst month. he warnnd that troublemakers may be trying to infiltrate the demonstrations to promote turmoil. rallies are expected to kick off later on today. calling on the president not to run for a fifth teterm in offic. monitoring the situtuation in algeria closely for us merriam joins us. on one level thihis is a normal fridayyof protests. there ii something a bit different here because of the role women are taking today. >> it is national women'ssday. they will prooablyly lead the protested a. it d doesn't mean they were present the last day during the last protesss last friday. -pthey were present and they participated in demonstratioion. today it is more immortant i think.

i called sooe friends in algeria, some women. one of them was crying telling me that usually her father for theher flowers international women's day. todayyhe offered her a flag that belongs to her uncle who died during the ndependence war. for her it was an important he said today it is your turn. you have to play your roleein history. thhs issinteresting becauseethe majority of protesters today are sure hey are playing a role in history. during them told me independence war the land was freed but t not the pepeople ane are here to free the people. women always take part in , this very famous name a veryicipattng --

-- the egyptian filmmaker made a film about her. she is symbolic but there are other women who are very famous in algeria. there is a womaa in nigeria dancing during the protests. was trending on social media. faces i would say the one who fought for algerian independence and today that is other women who arr taking part innthehese protests and want to play a role in history. wait for those protesests stick a copy n algeria tell us what do we expect the reaction ?o b be from the government

>> at the moment a continuation. it seems that they are e not chananging heir strategy. asas i told you before the algerian authorities are not communicating. people are interpreting. pesterday thee president sent a to cclelebrateeva international women's daa. react,ple w will demonstrating and taking toothte streetet. some analystt think they will dramatic changes like a changing of the government or prime minister. not only do people ant the anothert not to run for mandate that they want the system to go and get rid of the

syytem. >> thank you.% we expect protested algeria to begin shortly today. other news and we had or you to venezuela. %the blackout has hit but allss. that has hii all but one of the country's regionss they have dubbed this outage f electrical war started by the united states. >> venezuela overcome by darkness. but onet just nightfall of the country's worst power blackouts in recent history. officials urged citizens to be patient. >> and that the channels are giving information about it. the country has practically become a disaster.

for your ownried securiiy because when the lights advvntage ii the public roads don't unction. there are peoples in the streets. cautiously.undd3 c1 p> the outage began in the late afternoon as much of the population was leaving work area public transportttion shutdown and hundreds of people went int1 the streets of the capital. others crammed into the little -pspace available in public bus. black nd traffic lights only generated further chaos. the president blames the u.s. for the outage. he offers no proof to support the claims. the opposition leader juan guaido blames foreign governance. >> chaos, concern and indignation. this blackout is evidence of the usurper's inefficient the. -pthe recovery of the electriciy sector and the country will only

happen -- >> the venezuelan electric glade was once the envy of not in america -- electric grid once the eed the of latin america but it has been left ii a state of disrepair. and trump's former -pcampaign chief paul mannfort s been sentenced to four years in case from the special counsel investigation..6 c13 c1 monthrt is serving a 47 jail term. 47 months of prison time for tax and bank fraud. much less than the 24 years he faced under federal guidelines. lived in otherwise blameless had life and the picture ainted by defense attorneys. he made clear he accessed responsibility for his conduct and most importatantly what uu saw today is the same t thing tt

we have said frorom day one. there is absolutely no evidence that paul manafort was involved with any collusion wiih any government official from russia. >> donald trump's former campaign director hhs not been found guilty of anything relating to the 2016 campaign. manafort hidaid more than 55 million dollars in overseas bank accounts earned from consulting for pro-russian politicians in ukraine. he could get more prison time wednesday. manafort will be sentenced in washington dc for a separate set lobbying for the ukrainians president donald trump has not presidential pardon and the 2016 campaign remains at the center of the investigation led by robert mueller. has indictedounsel three e companies and 24 peopleo far that includes michael flynn, former national

security adviser and michael co. in his former lawyer. they pleaded guilty to fraud and lying to federal officials. days ago until brexit. the british prrme minister's leleading talks with brussels on to win some concessions on the controversial backstopped by next tuesday. that is when she will put her brexit plan to parliament for a second time. mps will vote on whether to preeent a no deal exit and whether to extend thh deadline to leave the union. for a potential no deal do ramp up. traveeers were given a glimpse into their possible future. are sttiking to -pp- extra work this will entail for them. >> they have been going nowhere fast. officiils ofustoms the euro star tunnel and paris continue their working strike. checkcks willutoms

p--in depth customs checks will be the norm after brexit. >> the root of this is brexit. it has an impact on working conditions and living condndions. all the issues thahat have never been addressed the way they should have een. customs officials say there aren't enough personnel and they additional border checks.l with the euuo star was delayed by up -pto two hours. is i-4 motorway in belgium hoping to reduce traffic jams -- for some there was an unexpected upside. -- this is a very usefeful text for brbrexit. we have been hoping for a long time to draw an opposite area. the province governor and the

ministry. >> the government minister in charge of customs will meet with customs officers representatives on tuesday. catholics are reeling from the conviction oo the archbishop of leon, the most senior french cleric cauuht up in a global pedophile scandal. he was convicted of failing to report child sexual abuse and% handed a six-month suspended jail sentence on thursday. here is a closer look at how the french catholic communities reacted to the development. >> its faithful have mixedd6 c11 feelings. >> he should have rrsigned earlier. he covered up horriile things and many people suffered. we had enough. we all have the right toobeuse forgiven. he was not actively involved.

i liked him a lot and hh did a lot for leon. >> is his conviction unjust? >> yes. >> rrcent events have not dulled the faith of this congregation at evening mass. >> haae you lost your trust in the church? >> not at all. i have riends here that are first class. according to the priests he church is not ssaken either. >> the church s the onlyyyy6 c1 institution that is looking at things as thhy are and making progressive catholics believe this latest casese should triggr the churchhthto change. which enables the e judge omen- question itself to be far more humble and stop silently settling its own affairs.

catholicnference of bishops did not comment on the conviction of the cardinal. i french man has been found guilty of murdering quattro people in brussels in 2014. he was the first jihadi convictee of staging an attack in europe. sentencing is expected to take place next week. program, toddy is international women'')s day. people are connecced to gather to elebrate the successes of the women') movement and to fight gender equality and emd violence against women. over the world. are directing much of their focus at the far% fort party for calling gender violence laws to be the upcoming elections.

we will stay with the story of international women's day. i knew u.n. report shows tangible changes can only be achieved if mee are willing much moree-- willing to do much morr unpaid work at home. peter r o'brien is taking a look at that rereport. changes needed, the u.n. says come out before we see anything like equality. >> in the past 20 years in terms of mararket indicators the gendr meaningful way. ii we are going to have a change we really do need a quantum leap. >> the international labour organization's new reporttfounds women's are far less likely than men to have a job. this is despite the fact that most women prefer to be in paid and men agree. just agreeing is not enoughh the report findd that men muut caregiving before women n can women perform unpaid care work

on a full-time bbsss compared to less than 2% of men. even if they have a job women do far more work at home. on average more than three hours morere at day ththan men. soeports say this is changing slowly that currently will take more than 200 years to achieve a qualitity in time spent on unpad cacare wook. the report argues more support for caregivers male and female is needed to levevel the playing fieed. >> policies that promote not only equality of treatment ann opportunity but also equality of outcomes. the report shows education is employment rates and lower pay. women do not get as far with the same education. >> the french president has handeddout the first prize on what is international womee's day. he gave it to a cameroonian female actrrss.

receiving the prize today at palace sse dedicated it to the survivors of gender-based violence all over the world includinn those who suffered under the -- at the hand of a one of frrnce's for most femininn politicians played a abortion here.n legalizing pf you are just joining% us reminding you about top stories. another friday of matt's protests planneddand algeria, presideet must not run for a in a statement from the hospital the president warns of chaos if protests continue. blackout in venezuela. power is out in all but one of the country's regions. is blaming the electrical war waged by the demanding equality for omen. for an end to

gender violence and the gender pay gap. %one of the most controversial renaissance paintings on displly in londdn. lonn-lost and final masterpiece. we take a look at the painting that stirred up so much debate.. >> the life-sizeepainting depicts a scene from the bible in which the widow judith masterpiece or a after two years of restoration some doubts remain. this french art expert says it is real but he understands why it is debatablee >> we knew he was a very typical artist.

been doing ttis work for 30 years. i don't want to o put my reputation at riss. >> this work is abuzz today date from the early 1300s. identifying these paintings can be hallenging for art experts because he is believed to have signed only one of his paintings and he has often been copied. time is a very important for hisswork. this is a crucial picture for the artist. >> the work will be auctioned in despite doubts oo its on to could fetch up to 150 million euros at auction.. >> getting a look at the business news. starting us off with some

diiappointing numbers coming out which are fueling concncerns aaout the glolobal ececonomy. >> customs data say exports have their steepest drop in three years. global demand and a trtrade war with the u.s.s. combined ith slowing domestic economy. new tax cuts designed to stimulate growth. we have the details. >> signs of a slowdown in the world's second-largest economy. exports from china fell more thhn 20% last monthth accordingo the government. imports drooped more than 5%. amid liking growth the chinese economy expanded by just 6.6% last year and it's lowest growt% rate since the early 1990's. a source of concern for the chinese government which earlier this week unveiled more than 260 billion euros worth of tax cuts

boost. >> cuttiig taxes is aatop prioriiy of our proactive fiscal policy. significant measure to reduce burddns on comppnies tt it is parr f a macroeconomic policy that supports stable growth and provide stable emplooment and makes structural adjujustments. >> looming behind the chinese slowdown, a decline in global demand and trade tensions with the united states. the two countries have slept euros in trade since july. citing progress and ongoiig negotiations. some analysss say even a deal with the u.s. will not be enough to lift chinese expprts. loes o on the nenew inese e ta.p

. project a drug for 2019 drops to just 1.1%. for 2019ted growth dropped to just 1.1%. cheap loans to euuozone banks. the ftse 100 down 1%. frankfurt down three quarters of a percent t as germany post-itsa consnstruct t dropn indudustrial orders in n the lastst seven m . friday is ininternatioional wo's daday and as east and west struggle with slowing economici1 growth a n number of reports inequalityat gender in t labor market is causing major economies to miss ut on a -pbig hhnk ofof economic outpu. one ofof the most recent of f te reports, ththe women and work index says the world's biggest economies s could gain as mumucs $6$6 trillion in gdp if they met

the same standards as workplace equality leader in sweden. one of the repprt's lead author joins us. he is a senior economist at pwc england. whh is swededen the gold standad here, what makes their labor environnent so inducing to gender parity? other countries are consistently top performers on the index and t tirrsuccessss hs been made popossib by family-frrenendly policicies an% cultlttre that a acknowledgegese work anddsuppoporr themselelves. parental generous safety nets.nd strong social to create an environment where%- women and men can succeed and work. if other western countries outside of the region were to catch up to the nordic level what could they stand to gain in

terms of gdp accccording to ther study and how w would that work? progress has been n slow. our progress echoes the messages from the u.n. report. one of the reasons is the geeder it is taking a really long time to make improvements there. gap can lead o gains of around $2 trillion. simply getting more women into or $7 trillion. the big question is how do we get there. the policy environment is clearly vevery important.. more% businesses attracting growing and keeping talent. --erage

senior leaders need to be accountable for driving diversity in their organizations. they need to be settinn tatarges and d be accountable for achieving them in making informed decisions. if you are ignororing 50% of the world talent pull you are not serious about business. a message all businesses should heed. >> where does the deeeloping woworld stand in all t this? china nd iidia will be vying for tte nummer two economy in the coming years. >> china and india are not technically part of the - --% clearly they arr an important% agenda. they're different countries with pery different challenges.

economic opportunities forots of women. less t tn a quarteter working ae %and that isising social and cultutural norms addressising this willll require our research shows significant gains f about $7 trillion. getting more women into the labor market is more about the% pay ap which is pretty high for china at 25%. --is alalso a lot higher ppooress can be consistently trrcked and measured. collect that's all the time we have for now. a senior economist at pwc in one

of the leading authors of the women in work index for 2019. >> a long way to go when it workplace. stay with us.