it's twenty four entrance twenty four dot com. you're watching live in paris in front twenty fourur the top stories this hour. nine days before britain is usually the european union in brussels. well i'm. a breaks it delayed if and please vote in favorr of to reserve base with full agreemen. the prime minister is set to make an the european parliament's most powerful blog the atpases spends hungary's right wing fee dance party. to prime minister viktor orban is accused of harassing me you little. and hundreds of thousands of lives at risk across southern africa in the wake of cycling he died. rescue teams struggling to reach

survivors after the storm slammed into mozambique zimbabwe and malawi there with you guys . first the e. u.'s donald tusk says that britian we'll be granted a short brexit delay but only if parliament approves prime ministerr theheresa m mays withdrawal agreement. that dale has already been rejected twiwice by and peace in the e. u. says it's not open to renegotiation. earlier this week the speaker of parliament john backus said that may could not put the deal to the house again in its current form. person is usually the emu in nine days time let's take a listen to donald tusk speaking idea. in the lights of the consultations. not that i have conducted over the past days.

i believe that the show to extension would be possible. bob said to the condition of on the positive votes on the withdrawal agreement. in the house of commons. the question remains open as to the duration. of such an extension. brussels correspondent dave casing it told us more about the recent turn of events. it's been an incredible day here at the european council we started the day with no letter from to reason may then the letter came this afternoon. but it came essentially with the request to the donald whose could already told to reason may she couldn't make that is a short term extension to the end of june just days before the new european parliament. takes effect so what he was essentially saying there and that press conference is the short term delay that to reason may want is only possible. if the uk parliament votes to approve herer withdrawal d deale problelem is that john burke o o the s speaker of the house in te

uk parliament has already said she cannot bring that deal up for another vote -- is so essentially work what happens next i know people here are saying that the uk is open to a aong term extension. of the e. d. u. is open to a long term extension as long as the u. k. runs european elections in may but essentially what doctors was saying is okay what you ask for is possible. but only if you can deliver something that your speakaker of the house e has that is not possible. thank you thing there and as i say we are awaiting a statement from the british prime minister theresa may in the meantime though i'm joined by sabine. sour gas she's a political scientist sells for university. in granada in southeast france thank you for being with this it now. has europe just essentially. forced to british mps to accept a deal that they don't once.

hi good evening. it's a very important question if you're wrong but t the situatioion is extremely complicated -- from both the political point of view and from a legal point of view. the elections -- the european elections all to be held at the end of the month of may- in order to form a new parliament and in order to function the european union as a political system needs. the parliament the european. soso it isis absolutely impossie for the european union to accept a situation in which the u. k.. stay is a member o of the europn union without having -- m.. in. the european parliament legally it's just all possible full -- the u. k. memembers o of parliat to remain in the european parliament as they are right now

without elections. well what about the idea of a long extension is that what you're a pizza is hoping full because said they're also is that to reason mais deal simply will not pasta night. or next week i'm sorry. it is the long term -- beyond -- the end of may or perhaps the end of june because you know the european parliament will start. working the new european parliament would start working beginning of july -- therere is a possibility i i thk all of that negotiation despite the fact that france's government is extremely clearance from this president is extremely clear -- into pushing -- for the deadline i think there is a negotiation of routing possible here but the the real problem is a long term extension is only possible if there is a a

clear sign all of the british government and to the british parliament. at the changes all possible meaning either new electctions. for be at a new referendum and bows have been -- clearly rejectedd seven sorry yeah thank you very much. thank you what price is also a fear of hungary's ruling party has been suspended from the european parliament's biggest block the e. p. p. it'ss eururos most p powerful a alliance comprising morore than seventy cecenter right p parties. memberss accused the v. dash posse of flashing in you don't fly a controversial justice reforms and anti immigrants policies more julian reports. you have the floor suspended fromom a major eururopean politl alliance. the tour or buns fidesz party will be stripped of its voting rights and frozen out of nominations for internal posts within the group. going to get back to the e ship the hungarian prime minister is

regularly accused of violating european values. the criticism that reached new heights after few days launched a poster campaign attacking the president of the european commission and disparaging hungarian american businessman george soros. with anti semitic overtones. the heads of the e. p. p. traveled to budapest last week in an attempt to defuse tension. again the main messages that we are a party of values of common understatanding. and that that is a question which the hungarian france has to these principles -- on oct or been eventually apologizeded for the posters ina letttter to the thirteen parties calling for a few days to be sanctioned. but it largely failed to convince. yet with the european parliamentary elections just two months away his party's suspension from the e. p. p. could create more problems than it could solve. some edp members fear future

divisions between center right parties in the eastt and west newly dememocrats okay in westsn mocraciess. we find -- to ban is s a disease tdemocracy because he doesn'tt respect minorities or r individual freedoms. and democracies in east st the opposites liberalism motor liberalism has betrayedd nationl sovereignty so we have to find the balance. prime minister or bands chief of staff has said few days would leave the european conservative group altogether if ththparties suspended. rescue teams arere still struggling to reach survivors after a devastating cyclone hit southern africa almost a week ago. hundreds of f thousands of lilis are at risk in mozambique zimbabwe and malawi where the consent to death toll stands at more than. three hundred u. n. says it needs major funding to deal with the aftermath of a sergeant reports. rescue workers evacuate survivors from the remote areas around for money money.

as in bab way and mountain town close to the border with mozambique. many l locals h here saw their s destroyed and family members killed. this site clean was too strong and my own. and he was hit by heavy rains and died with his nephew. the eat ice storm system has been battering mozambique in malawi since early march it strengthened into a cyclone before making landfall in mozambique's port city of barrel onon thursday. then moved in lens to o mbabwe bringing heavy rains and landslides. several rivers burst their banks creating an inland ocean.. rescue workers have been trying to reach who have been found stranded on tree tops and roots. hundreds have been killed and four hundred thousand left homeless in mozambique alone six hundred thouousand people affecd possiblyly e even going up to oe poinint seven and more million people affected by cyclone and flooding. of communication completely broken infrastructure severely

damaged to clean the city of baby but also older the roads to bear i have been called off. with its long coastline along the indian ocean mozambique is particularly vulnerable to tropical storms and more ththan 60% of ththe population lives in low lying coastal areas or downstream from large rivers. this coupled with the rising sea level a and the growiwing frequy of extreme climamatic e events s putting more and more people and infrastructure at risk. the u. n. is warning of livestock and crop devastation 70% of people in mozambique depend on farming for their food and livelihood. funerals have been held for the victims of last friday'y's attak on two mosques in new zealand the majority of those killed in christ church during friday pat press. what margaret so refugees from countries including pakistan india and bangladesh the youngest was a boy of? three he was born in using them to some on parents a twenty eight year old suspected white

supremacist from australia. has been charged with murder following the attack. when using as far minister is traveling to turkey to confront president -- what about his actions in the wake of that attack that one has been using footage from the cross church masassacre at t his political campaign rallies? he's also said that anti muslim australians would return home in coffins like they grandfather's if they tried to attack his country charlie james has more. evoking a historic battle turkey's president starts a war of words a political rally rest of typype of error to one link o the gunmen in the christ church massacres. to the bloody battle echo lit believe.. in that world war o one battle australian but turkish forces everyone present to the mosque attacks that kikilled fifty peoe as part of an assault on turkey and islam. and he issued a warning to anti muslim a australia. a little bit. we've been here for a thousand years.

and god willing will be here until doomsday. to you will not be able to turn a stumble it's a constant unknowable your grandfather's came and saw that we were head. then some returns by foods a and some reteturned in n coffins ine evenent you come with the same intentions we waiting for you i have no doubts that we'll send you off just like your grandfather's. one appeared to be responding to references about turkey in the so called manifesto of the australian suspected attacker. the president promised his country will make the suspect pay if new zealand does not. turkey is holding local elections on march thirty first and everyone has been accused of using the attack to stoke anti western sentiment and motivated voters. the president's comments have prompted shock in new zealand and australia as w well as a toh response. it is truly up sitting. five confide t that in the strongest possible terms to the technician

bassett died. and i do not accept. the excuses that have been offered for those comments. the ceiling prime minisister jut send the o order and says her nation's foreign minister will set the record straight during his visit to istanbul this week. scott morrison announced his government is reviewing australia'ss officialravel advice to turkey. one day after because exxon's presidents announced his shock resignation there are signs his daughter is in line to take care of no so time has a bias has ruled the oil rich nation since before the collapse of the soviet union. is still should the rico was today appointed my sickly become president if the intruder. to step down. some hope for women who suffer from post partum depression now us authorities have approved a new drug designedd to relievevee symptoms. of a of a simpsons -- which affect around 13% of the

woworld's populatation and maxwl has it. it's the most common pregnancy complication affecting more than one in ten women worldwide. stepephanie was one off them. she got severe postpartum depression after giving g birtho play for children. things that used to bring you joy now drain you know. you know people say things meaning to help and it ends up hurting and you're just you're so hopeless. finding the anti depressants didn't work and strugglingg with suicidal thoughts she volunteered for a clinical trial of bricks on the learn. the fuss drug developed specifically for postnatal depression. within a day of taking that she felt better i stood hall for the women on the trial. about double the rate of a placebo equivalents. so the drug was very very effective for treating g women quicklkly. with severe post partum depression. that's important because the

first few weeks of life a such a critical time for mother and baby. a traditional anti depressants can take can. for some the lone works by helping to restore normal levels of progesterone which can plunge off the child birth. the drawback is that has to be given by iv over a three day period in hospital. the medication will be available in the us in late junee. but it won't come cheap. patientsts without insurance wil have to shell out thirty four thousand dollars not including the cost of staying in a medical center. now spring has officially sprung in europe and across the northern hemisphere and this slash moves out reports the promise off warmer weather is a cause for celebrationn. it was one of those march days when the sun shines hall and the wind blows cold. when it is summer in thehe light ten winter in the shade? these are the words of charles dickens and his description of ththe glory off springg s stills

true yeaear afterr year. spring has indeed strong in the northern hemisphere with march twentieth marking the vernal equinox. like here i in beijing the chery peach and plum blossoms have brought out gazing crown. a moment to soak up clouds of pink and white blossoms. in southern china friends gathereded under canopieies of blblooms capturing the vivid beauty of nature as it emerges full of life from winter. what i came here with my friends i'm so happy to see the peach blossoms all over the mountaiais they are really beautitiful? from china the c californiaa h s are blooming. in lake elsinore a hundred and fifty thousand people flock to this area outside los angeles to take in the rust colored hills of poppy. this year's super bloom happens when there's a wet but warm winter. from the flalaming orange patchs of in a flower to the very real flames of the phallus festival

in valencia spain. spring fever is here. the spanish bonfire tradition came to a close on the eve of the spring equinox. a time for rejoicing and renewal that's also celebrated in ran out. there the fire jumping festival was held before the iranian new year. a four thousand year old persian tradition. to rejoice in the return of spring glory spring. spring has sprung yesterday less as a business use of for you now at brian could is with us in the studio and that brian as something i'm in the u. s. central bank is say that the well the number one economy is slowing. and sailor the u. s. federal reserve board has just wrapped up its second policy meeting. for twenty nineteen as expected the central bank left interest rates u untoucheded at two and a quarter to two anand a half percrcent and not just for t ths meeting b but rather. forecastingg that rates won't be hiked at all dururing. twentyty nineteen investors have been watching for signals on the for the longer term economic

outlook as grow global growth rather slows. as recently as last september central bankers were expected to raise rates three times in twenty nineteen the fed now sees u. s. growth slowing to two point 1% this year that down from two point 3% in their previous forecast. and well below the trump administration's prediction of three point 2% fed chair drone palaces the european and chinese economies have slowed substantially but he sounded a positive note on america's serious. the us economy is in a good place and we will continue to use our monetary policy tools to help keep it there. the jobs market is strong showing healthier wage gains and prompting many people to join or remain in the e workforce. the unemployment rate is near historic lows inflation remains near our 2% goal. all over on the markets wall street had sunkk wednesdsday afr donald trump tolold reporters te us tariffs on chinese g goods could remainin for a l long tim. he wasas indexeses though rose s equities investors cheered that

news of no rate hikes for twenty nineteen eventually closing makes the d dow down half a percent the s. and p. five hundred down on the third of f a percent and the n nasdaq is s by above the flat line. here in europe stock indexes ended thehe day lower as break that uncncertainty continues to royal markets the frankford dax finishing down over a percent and a half london ending down. nearly half a percent the character on here close sterling taking it on the currency markets once again as brussels history from his brakes extension is conditional on her deal passing parliament. pound losing nearly a percent wednesday before bouncing back a bit to trade just over a dollar. ththirty two the next g google s been hit with its third antitrust fine by the e. u u. european comompact comompetition commissioner margarita vesester announunced t the nearly one ana half billilion eururo penalty wednesday over violations related to googlele's adsense advertising services. the us tech giant says it's already changed its products to

address the commission's concerns. will trigger reports. yet another point for google from the european union. the onlinine behemoth was foundo have breached regulations once again enforcing firms to give preference to its own online ad sense advertising platform and strangle out the competition. according to the e. u.'s anti trust commissioner margai devastate yeah. who's rivals. they were unable to grow and to compete only as a website hi limited options for selling advertising space on those websites and we're forced solely to rely on google. the result of one point four nine billion euro fine bringing total ease sanctions against google to over eight billion euros in total off the to prior infractions. it's just the latest chapter in brussels getting tough on tech giants in recent years. tracking down on anti competitive behavior a and tightening regulations on how they to refused across the e. u. for its part do goes promised it'll be adding to changes it's already made. inincluding offering european

android carefully as the feedback we're getting both from the european commission and from others. as a result over the next f few months will be makining further updates to our products in europe say john there are more than two hundred and twenty million android devices in western europe alone. googlele ready scrcrap the liceg model which fced phohone makers to preinstalled such engine and chrome browser in order to install the google play app store. however the accents case may not be the end of goooogle's you are the trust was. best as says she's still investigating the company over how it handles both local and job searches. next chinese president xi jinping is calling foror strerengthening ties with italy she published an open letter in italian daily corriere della sera wednesday on the eve of his visit to the euro zone's third largest economy. rome plants use it she's visit to finalize its participation in beijing's massive belt and road infrastructure initiative.

a move that's been criticized by the u. s. and it's easy you neighbors. the visit comes as e. u. leaders will be meeting in brussels to push for a harder line against beijing on trade. and warned against the dangers of taking chinese investment that could leave europe with onerous debts. from has defended its belel and road dececion herers the italian prime minister yesterday. the then certainly got our economic and trade interest in this chinese infrastructure projects is absolutely legitimate. and it is indeed justified by our national interests. hello lucia they will be able to increase our exports into a massive markets and on companies would have the opportunity to take part in the infrastrtructue investments -- ththrough to r rally. an e ex d disney is c close thel to acquire fox's entertainmentnt busisiness the seventy onene bin dodollar acqcquisition puts allf twenty f first centuryry fox's propererties including the simpsons and the x. men movie franchise under disease control. i move positions disney to better compete with streaming giants like netflix and amazon

as it prepares to launch its own streaming service next year. the media industry has been consolidating fastest telecoms firms look to vertical integration of their content from conception to delivery to boboost mpmpetitivenesess. a jury i in california has ruled that the weed killer round up which is now owned by german frfrom buyuyer was a quote a substantial factor in causing the canancer of a manan w who ue the coururt will now examamine whether by a double for cauausig edwin h hardamon stillness it's the second major a legalal defet in a yearr for thehe subsidiary monsanto. your career has details. a second quote defeat in seven months for round up over its health risks. a fefederal jury in sann francio unanimously ruled in favor of the plaintiff s saying the weed killer played a significant role in calls in the man's cancer. had been hardamon now seventy had used the glycosides based product for twenty six years in

his garden before being diagnosed with non-hodgkin's lymphoma in. twenty fifteen the reading concluded the festival to face trial. the second phase starts wednesday to decide whether agrochemical giant byy it the owner of round that make him on sunday. is l liable foror the damamages. in a statement the company vowed to defend the wells most popular weed killer. we have great sympathy for mr heidemann and his family but an extensive body of science supports the conclusion that round up was not the cause of his cancer. buyer stands behind these products and will vigorously defend them. tuesday's ruling deals a fresh blow to buy a which applied monsanto lost gene for sixty three billion dollars. non betty two months later a california man was awarded almost three hundred million dollars after a a jury found rodudup cools discounts at sending. lunging at that amount was later reduced to about eighty million dollars. eleven thousand similar

lawsuits have been filed in the united states. well the company maintains that life is it safe used adequately. consent over its links to cancer has spot label campaigns against the chemical. in twenty seventeen french president emmanuel macron pledged to bank like this eighteen france within three ye. rejecting a european union decision the extended sees the fighght is. and finally for business apparelyly the's's some moneney that's not worth t the bad pres. the family thahat owns a pururde pharma script shin painkillerr oxycontin has just withdrawn its planned one million pound get to the uk's national portrait gallery. the sackler trusts says the donation way to deflect from the galleries work. this is produced farmer is coming under increasing pressure from lawmakers and legal plaintiffs over its central role in america's devastating opioid crisis. the companies already paidd out hundreds of millions of dollars to settle complaints that it pushed oxycontin as much safer

andd less addictitive than it actually is. the opioid crisis h has claimed nearly fouour hundred thousand lies in the e u. s. to date stil no --- crimininal ramifications for the second family as of yet but we'll see how long that lasts. for all right brian thanks so much of the franklin that with the business were taking short rate of growth

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