♪ > thihis is francnce 24. i am jeannie godzilla. these are the headlines. godula.genie party vox makes a first entry into p parliament. live coverage from madrid coming up. president french

has announced a series of measures to calmhe yellow vests protests, the goverernment has to figure out how to puput them in place. forecastential rainin for mozamambique as the s second tropopical storm in weeks puts 160,000 pepeople at risk. scandinaviaia's flagshipp airlrline is set to cancel hundreds me e flights s as a pit strike c continues. travel is affected for ovever 100,000. to japanese e emperor is set hand power over to his son. we will look at the histstory of the l longest hereditary-run monarchy going back 260000 year. ♪

geninie: s spain's socialalist y has s come out on top in t the p elections. his work cut has out for him as the socialist did not get enough seatats for a ful majority. tough negotiations are ahead, made tougher by a hihistoric whn in by vox.storic when we will talk about this a bit momore. buildingis coalition is just beginning to get underway. talk us through how this plays out. we have heardrd from the dedepy

prime ministerer, who b broke te newsws the leader of the socialt party wants to go it alone, to try to form a minority government rather than l looking forward a c coalition governmen. she has said today she feels the socialist have enough seats. they are far from the absolute majojority of f 176. she feelss they can offer fofour years of stable government by coming t to derstandings a and consensus on issues with other parties. ofasas powers leverage m may be on t the wane from 71his party felell seats to 42.. he may h have to come to some kd ofof agreement to put measureree would lilike on the table wititt

gettining seats in the cabinet. awareiglesiaias will be pedro sanchez couould tururn to liliberals. bebetween the liberals and thehe to 180, at, theyey come comfortable majoririty. it looooks as if -- contntinueso rule. havining seem to be technical problems. we will try to get back to her if we can. back to france, wherere the yelw vests protests have been goingg on for fivive monthshs. ththe f french president has ben trying to cacalm anger over the high cost of living with a series of debates held across the country. measures are being hammered out today in a government seminar in paris. that is where julia is.

what is s happening where you a? >> majorityy leadersrs from the senate and thehe nationanal assy are coming in to the palace, invited d to take part in this meeting organized byby the prime minier.. it is new to open a cinet memeeting to mps.. the reason is s to show the government is ready to govern in a different way, perhaps a a moe inclusive e and democratic mann. they wilill be a attending didiussion s sessions with the healthth m minister about hohowo create a new sysystem of solilidarity and with the j jtie minister, who will talk abobout the constitutional l refo that was s announced. the goal is to determine how , , which were justt announunced, will be implememen. course ofs to find a

action. therere is a sense o of urgency stress this morning by the p pre miminister. meeting now are the e ones who proposed these measasures. not learned anythingg coming in this morning, but pressure is s on their shohould. genie: these measures that weree announceced a few w days ago, ty have yet to convince the yellow vests protesteters. they say they arnot enouough. >> many of the protesters who took to the streets again saturday, two days afterer the announcement of these measures, who are set toto take to the streets again during labor d day say they do not see how these meases are going t to changee their daily lilives, how it is gogoing to incncrease spending power, they were expecting him to announcee draststic measuresa

decrease in gas prices, which would have been a symbolic measure. he couldhave e said reinstate e the isf, a tax on te richest here in france. emmanuel macron has answered some demandsds. he proromised a new round ofof x cucuts worth 5 billion euros,, t to affect 15 million people across france. -- by promimised to index 2021, a key demand by y yellow vests protesesters. he is trtrying to o change the y france is runn with decentralization. ispite this, it seems there an uphill battle for the prpresident and prime minister o convince t the french people and protesteters these measures are just and they are needed. genie says thank you.

next, to b burkina faso where fe people incncluding a priest were killed in an attack on a church sunday. two days before that, armed school, attacked a killing five people and a worker. burkina faso is a former french colony thahat has seseen a riser islamic radel list groups -- islamic radical groups inin the past yearsrs. cycling kenneneth flattened whoe villages ithe northehern part of the country, turning roads into rivers andnd leavingeople atat risksk. the situation looks to getet worse. of f theon the left side road, on t t right side, and enough space in the middddle to walk away from the f flooded ar.

devastated villages try to find higher ground. that is the goal for the residence. more rain is coming. people have e another problem, finding fofood. the c cyclone destroyed grocery stores.. this one is stilill standing. >> the people needed to eat. they need bread. >> mozambique has faceced floodg before. this year is the first time in recent history it has been hit by two cyclones in one season. is is what the northern coast looks like. 35,000 homomes damaged or destroyed. resemble thtragedy in southern zazambique sixix wes ago after cycyclone idai.

the new storm couldld dumtwice as much h rain as last time. protesters in sudan are hopeful a breakthrough h the political crisis is on the e y. they are staying on their guard, keeping an eye on how much civilian representation the military is willlling to accept. civilianan politicians have been held throughout the weekendnd. army l leaders are readydy to gt executive powers to c civilians. steerers reports from the cacapital. >> t talks are expected to resue today betetween the military cocouncil and leaeaders of the opposisition groups. they m met ovever the weekend.

there were stickiking points, talks devolved slightly monday. sticking pointnts have to do wih hohow big the e council will bed the proportion of representatives from each h sid. the civiliaian-led side w wantsa civili body with representatives, t the militaryy siside wants more representativs and d so civiliaians. about howowisagreeing long the t transitional council will need to rule e c country before they can hosost free a ad fair elections. possibibly four years are needed to carry out the necesessary reforms to do away with the elements of the old regegime in order to create an envnvironntnt that is conducive to hosting elections.s. we expecect the conversations to resume t today. protesesters are ithe streets

and will remain i in e streetss until demands are met and untill they he a civilian-led government in place. it is the only leverage they havetheir abability to s stay in the streets outsiside military headquarters to keep pressure on as talks resume. in algeria, the finance minister and x police chief appeared in court. the latest in a list of figures to face judiciainvestigigation thee mass protests forced resignatation of the president. the finance minister, who onlyy got the jobob from the president last month, appeared as part of an investigation into suspected misuse of public funds. willi lanka, muslim women no longer be allowed to wearr full face veils following a new

emergency law from the president. it puts a ban on faface coverins that could conceal identities. the move comes after the easter bombings o of churchches and hos in sri lanka that left more than 250 dead. dozens have bn arreststed. officials say more militants with expxplosives are onon the loose. india is voting in phahase fourf its massive election. 900 million people taking part, it is ththe biggest national election in n the world. voting is bebeing held in nine statates, incluluding mumbabai. the remaining three phases will be completed by may 19, wiwith results releaeased may 23. socialist party wins the snap elections, but without a

majority trule the country solo. makakes a first entry into parliamement, but with far fewer received than expected. the p president has announcnc measures to try to calm thee yellow vests p protests. the governrnment has to figugurt how to put them in place. torrrrtial rain forecast for mozambiq as the sececond tropical storm puts 160,0,000 at risk. let't's head to japan, where the country is facing the end of an era. it is the last day ofof the emperor's day on the job. we look back at the history of jan's monarchy. >> the family y is the longest-running hereditaryry monarch r re--- hereditary

monarchy. emperor akihito is the 125th emperoror set to be aa direct descendent of the first emperor, who ascended the throne in 650 bc he was the great great grandson of the --, the supreme deityty n the e shinto r religion. longgperors were consididered living gods. the risese of the samururai wars relegated theror figurehead. this has lasted for 700 years. in the 19th century, the restoration returned the emperor to the supreme position and transformed japan from a feudal to a modern state. it gave rise to imperialism and expansionism. japanese military invadedd neighborining countries and fout

world war ii in the name of their emperor. they suffered a devastating defefeat. japan drafted a new constitution, defining the emperor as a s symbol of natioil unity, with no political power. emperor denenied the concept of his being denied. >> supported by the strong will of the people to seek peace, the era has been the first in modern japanese history thatt was completely free of war. scending t the throne, the empeperor has fought toto bg hihis presence closerer to the people. his wife was the first commoner to marry into the imperial family. zoneisit to o the disaster in the wakake of the tsunami and

nuclear r meltdown wasas s seens symbolic of their s sympathy for the e public.. >> the couple took on didistinct roles. by taking cacare of the abandonn peopople. it was appreciated, problematic at the samee timime as it went against the principlple of separation of the empmperor from politics.. at over 80, emperor akihito took a bold step, suggesting he wawanted to abdicate andnd retis head of the shinto religion. >> it may become difficult for me to continue to fulfill the role of ststate symbol with allf my heart and soul. chapter,an opens a new a major problem remains. that of maintaining the imperial linage. only male heirs can ascend the

throne. emperor,s after this just three people remain in the line of succession. to prevent the monarchy fromom dying out, japan may need to revise a debate over whetherer o alallow women to exceed the throrone. it is time for a look at the business news. you are starting with scandinavian airlinenes, where a pilot strike c canceled hundreds of flighghts, affecting travel r 17170,000. >> strikikes continue totoday. managegement and unions s stillt talklking. they failed to resume talks s oa bargaining agreement. that means cancellations for more flights. pilotsts seeking notot just a py raise, but transpaparency in thr working hours.

on atppling strikes role scandinavian airlines. the flag carrier of denmark, norway, and swededen is cancelig flights. by the00 were a affected strike over the weekend. tspend timeme and money and things like that. >> at t the heart o of the work stopoppage that kikicked off fr, the collapse of talks, management has dismissed demands for a 13% pahike. eveverything to reach a solulution.. the demands that have been put on the tabable have been unrealistic and seriously jeopardized the competitivene.. say p pay inot the central ise.e.

roster twour work weeks inin advance. every fourth job has been carried out by a subcontractor, non- sas pilots even though it says sas on the plane.e. scandinavian airlines has slashed labor costs after nrly going bankrupt in 2012. the pilot strike is predicted to cost more ththan 5 milillion eua day. iran is facing a deepening of econonomic woes afr washington annnnounceded an endo waivers on oil. bythe economy contracted 3.9% in 2018. the international monetary it will received by a further 6%. b bytion exacerbatated

increasing social tensions. >> this woululd have an impact n -- t the sanctions have led to incrcreased inflation,n, with inflationn reaching levels off 5050%. suffeferan economy will recessionn a and we needed a cen nuer of measures to allococate those e pressus. helelped drivehad crude e prices t toighs last we, but they are falling after mr. trump: he has asked opec producers to boost production to reduce the impact of the irann sanctions. brent crude t trading over 71.5a babarrel. sas shares are down as the strike continues.

trending lower monday as economic sentiment falls for the 10th straight month for its two-year low. ibex is down around 9/10 of a percent after r sunday's electi. the europopean coalilition iss seeking refororafter it failed to invesestigate a major mononey laundering scandndal. >> dansk a bank hass beeeen laundering of in the suspicious money. a banking authority rejected a report thatt saw brereaches of u law by estonia auththority is. they voted to close the investigation without taking action. sosome are calling that decision scandalous and demanding and overhaul. ththe bank is one of severeral

recent money-launderering scandals, including dedeutsche bank and a swedishsh lender. police haveve broroken up a counterfeiting ring ththat is making f fake legegos in china. >> 26 mimillion euros off counterfeit lelegos. ththe episode highlighghts a m r chchallengee for reforming thehe chinines ecoconomy, protecting intellectutual propeperty of international firmrms doing business there. >> chinese l law enforcement broadcast these imageges, showig fake legos.oducing police shut it down. as the same color and packaging as lego.

a strong message frorom chinese authorities inin the midstst of trade talks with the united states. >> t there are intense negotiatioions taking place. the chinese want too show they are serious when they t talk abt the fight againsnst counterfeitg . for 450 is responsible billion euroros worth h of counterfeit goods, including three fourths of fake productss found in the european union. items arere increasiningly sophistiticated, includingng fae medicinene. some businesses have resorortedo using scannable tagsgs. of babyanufacturer formula, for example. and theree a photo you go. in a few s seconds, it tells if the product is recognized. you are not gogog to poison your baby with this milk.

>> t the price of the certifica, less thahan one cent per itemem. in france, c counterfeitingg is expepected to cost about 7 7 bin euros a year. hollywood,of e" hasngers: endgagam surprpassedd the $1 billion m mk itits first weekend in ththe box office. globally,llion blowing away its predecessor, "avengers: infinity war." itroke the all-time box offic record in china. many analysts believe the film's runtime made it impossible to break the $300 million mark in the states, but they were not counting ohow many theaters would choose to rurun the f fil4

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man: donald trump has become the first u.s. president to officially recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel. woman: it is a controversial and politically risky move. man: ...a wall of flames. man 2: fears that this could create further tension. woman: fears it could spark a new uprising in the middle east. crawford: hello. i'm alex crawford in jerusalem and this is "hotspots." tonight, we're gonna take you behind the scenes of some of the world's biggest and hardest-hitting stories. we get caught up in the violence in and around jerusalem and the west bank. man: the level of anger was intense. crawford: we're on the scene as zimbabwe's military topples its longtime dictor