♪ welcocome to livive from paris. i an n at young -- i am a net yoyoung -- annette y young. k killed inave been indiaa with one point 2 million people being evacuated. nicolas maduro calls for -- to be defeated.

world press freedom day. 95 journalists were killed last year.. we begin in indidi where cyclone fani has s slammed into o the eastern coastline. have been killed accordining to officials. reporteted in an eastern ststate. about 1.5 mimillion peoplele hae been evacuated.

>> t the cycyclone madade landfl the images arem.. impressive.. reports are coming in of submererged villages andnd uprod trees and dadamage to cars and prproperty. will weakeken as it hits and movess further northward. you mentionened almost 1.5 milln people have been evacuated. frome mainly removed low-lying coastal areas. auththorities have made availabe about 900 shelters to take care of the evacucuees. casualties rememain low. dying has beenle confirmed so farar. major airports r remain closed alonong the coast. abouout 100 trains have been

canceled. there have been emergency .ervrvices d deployed emergencncy persosonnel are o oe ground. moody -- nahendra mododi has plededged money for relieief efforts. >> jurorors call on the armed forces to oppose any coup plotter. of unity fromll nicolas maduro. l lder thanked the army f for resisisting whate described as a treacherous plot

to topplple him. something good has come out of t this. armed forces were not afrfraid o say no to traders. the time e has come to defefendr rights for peaeace. it is s backed by members of the military. rerebel soldiers gathered on the caracas highway tuesday, urging the rest of armed forces to o jn them. u unanswered. leadership was clilick to pledge support for the president and suppress two days of mass antigovernment protetests, in which at least four people were killed. hundrereds marched through caras thurursday. >> t the regegime has arrested n absurd numbeber of people.

a peaceful prorotest has beeeent wiwith violence and oppression. >> we are answering the call of our president. the uprisisg as long as possibible. prosecutor general hahas ordered thehe questioningf omar al-bashir. the lilitary cououncil remains deadlocked as protesters h holda march. dememanded civilian law.w. andhe rulining litary leadership have been at o oddas to what t should happen nextxt. both sideses having agreed to create a joint civilian mimility body but disagree on who would

oversee ththe council. our correspondent repororts from khartoum. for the protesterers, it was a vivictory to oust al bashir. many in charge to lead the countrtry were close memembers f bashir's government. beginning. until thesmen have stepped , , they do not t feel as though they y have achieved the gogoals of the revolution. trialion,he will happen here inn s sudan. we h have no idea what will l hn to h him or his old guard.

thee arare many questions, first priority is to o oust the remnanants of the all bashir regime. annette:e: to wawashington andne row overer the report ofof russa meddling in the e 2016 elections continues to strain tieses betwn democrats and the trump administstration. nancy pelolosi accusing william barrrr of lying to congress. under s scrutiny for sasaying he d did not know if robert mueller agreed with the summary of his report. >> william b barr is in ththe ht seat over the robert mueller investigation. thursday, he l left empty. to e attorney g general failed show up p for quesestioning bece

of a disagrereement over who wod be allowed to question himim. the incident has aggggravated democrats, many claiming the trump administration is sidestepping oversightht pers. nancpelosi took that further, accusing barr of commititng a crime. > he liedo o congressss. if anybodydy else didid that, it would d be considered a crime. nobody is above the law, , not e president of the ited states, not the attorney general. > the were revevelations that robert mueller wrote a letterr claiming t the attorneyy g gen's information on the report did not capture the nature of it. the justice department failed to release an unredacted copy of the report by the deadlinene.

chairman ofof the house committee sasaved he e will give williaiam b barr one e or two ds before he initiates contetempt proceedings. annette: the u.s. senanate vowed to overtrturn the vetoed legislatioion th wouldld end assistance in the saudi arabia and war that t would haveacked hihim many rebels. providing has been logistical suppoport and intelligent sharing that hahas killed thousands. it has left mimillions on thee brink of famin the death toll frorom the nenew attacks has r re to 51. aft surgeryry.

nine others are in hospital in stable conditionon. early resusults from local elections show voters are frustrated witith the deadlocked ovover brexit. the resusults have been seen as the first indication n of the damage brexit has s been done. the main beneficiary of the two liberalties is the democrats. > there has to bebe an alternative toto theresa may. the alternative is the liliberal party -- is the lababour party. someone has to trust someone elsese. >> i appreciate what the tories haveve done, but exit is a facaa

national issue. punished thist get time. a lot ofof people don't know wht is going on now. you are told one thingng and thn you are e told annette: anannet: another. -- and then you are told another. annette: peter mayhew died in texas with his family by his side. in thehe chewbacca original t trilogy "star w warsd lalater films untilil 2015. press f freedomorld day. in honor95 journalists occasion, ththis is happening g where ununtil l lasr -- since a the world's

reformer took over, the environment has changeged. to have -- > areralists -- jojournalists raising the issue of fake news. social media has made people susceptible to a torrent of content published to mislead, posing a threat to democracy. journalists want internet giants to do more to combat the information. the event is being held in ethiopia as they recognize the efforts of f the prime ministero release journalists from a prison and increase media presesence. > there are no journalistsn prison in ethiopia.

killedojournalists were last year and almost 350 locked up by governments. 2019 world press freedom prize has been awarded to two, currently impmpsoned for reporting on the military crackdowown of muslims in myanm. >> all they wanted to do was report the truth becauause they it was bebest for the coununtry inin the world. they a are spending g seven yeas imprisoned. thehe ngo is highlighting journalists s on its 10 most urgent caseses list. is ate: j jning me journanalist. your story is exextraordinary. u were workingng as a

photojournalist in afghanistan and you were forcrced to leave. you became a refugee and ended upup in paris anand we giviven shelter. what was thew tipping point? when did it become impossiblble for you to stay in afghanistan? >> thank you for h having me. afghaniststan, in 2015, afafter the afghahan elec, wewe were reporting i couould nt continue my job. >> w what happened?? >> the t taliban s sent us emais and when ieported arrived in paris, with the h hep , they french embassy

could not find the solution to leave e and to stayay. we s stayed in t strtreets for three months. officialle receive refugee statatus.. media freedodom is crucial for y democracy, especially for those in developing countries. i arrived i in paris in november. i saw the paris attacks happen and i told myself i had to lelee my c country. now i am facingg terrorism heree in europe. -- we have them working on the safety of joururnalists. we have to support t them soo

journanalists cacan report and a safe place. it must be francece, interesting making the comparison for life and france as a jouournalist. this is what you e experience en afghananistan. how differenent is it? understd local voices and lococal reporters, wt is happening in afghanistan, in syria. itit is important to continue my job in francee so french citizes and europeanan citizens understd the situauation better. .e lost 10 colagues wewead a ceremony in a afghanisn for our colleagueues. today, it is importatant thohose joururnalists continue t j job here inn france to continue fightiting againinstreededom of press and expressionon.

is s getting the message across to deveveloping countries and governments about how medidia freedomm is essesenl if you w want to have a health e and flourishingngemocracy. -- a h healthy and floururishing democracy. france,, we see inn yellow v vests m muslims, many journalists were a arrested. we need d to support the first action wcacan to suppoport journaliststs rigights. for the democracy. we neeeed the democracy without cocontrol. today wewe have itit in france, since charliee h hebdo happens. housese -- have journalists rights, we have to have an internationonal -- actin

on the safetyy of journalists. how joururnalists can protect emselves in the conflict zone. it is imimportant. t thank you for yourr time. has she or has she not?t? british mediaa is full of rumors the duchess of sussex has givenn birth in secret. meghan markle said her pregnanay ,, her due d date was at the enf april oror the begeginning of f. in any case, thahat has not stopped well-wisherers from ling the stets near windsor castle, waiting for an announcement. cyclone fani has hit the east ast of india. two people have been killed with

1.2 mimillion peoplele, close t5 million people affected. with the army bebehind him, nicolass maduro calls fo cu ouptters to be -- calls for c plotters t to be defefeated. it is timeme for the latest business newews. you are starting with the deal to conclude a costly and disruptive pilot s strike. the work stop is over att scandinanavian airlines. they have reached a dealal to pt an end t to the work stop. nearly 4000 flighghts, management says s they are happy with the agreeme t they haveve reached.

after one weekend over 4000 canceledlights, scandinavian pilots are stepping into the cockpit. >> the imporortant thing has ben employment security and predictable working hoursrs. while the details of thehe r released,veven't been the deal may not come cheaeap fr the airline, but w with eachay of striking costing euros, they wanted to avoid draggining out e coconflict. >> we talk about taxesn andnds, ththe price of o oil, in this context, it is important we have an agrgreement that t gs us calm in o our work so we c co forward in our efforts to change

and meet the challenges in the future. >> scandinavian airlines nearly theheankrupupt, prompting company to s slash labor costs. >> they y are not the e on airle experienencing turbulence. alliance blamed higher fuel costs for the loss, which h taled some million euros. banks the world's largest posted profits of 5.6 billion euros. that is up more an 30%

compared to last year. in asia. the m money is it was hit by the trade dispute but has managed to overcomee hurdles. action,g to the trading the euroropean indiceses showing gains. the footsie i is up neaear -- tf tse is up. data, the dollar has inched upward. still reacting to the federal lowere decision not to rates this week. next up,p, rare piecece of good news for the fuel industry. approl.h steel has one

it a allows the company to expad in europe. the deal is expected to save jobs at the s site. the fafate has been up in n ther the last fefew years. wasfrench financee minister there to celebrate the decision. >> the french industry has its future ahead of it. if we give ourselves the meaeans rememainest, innovate, attracactive, promote the competence of our empmployees, french indusustry will n no lonr be wriritten in that 19th or 20h century. itit is s you, the workers, , te employees whwho willl w write tt historory. you u will write a new p page in french indndustrial histstory. >> workekers aretartrtinto f fel

the efefcts of key reformrm. those working g overtime have nt had to playy i income tax or r l chges s on extra p pay. ththe move is susupposed to boot purchasing per but is s not mamaking a diffeference. this manager works four hours of overtime a week. she has s been takaking home an extra 36 euros a m month. raise, it isall le than i wass expecting.. >> she will not be paying income taxes on h her overtime. french president announced the measures in response to yellow vests protesters. the government says one third of friends emplployees have benefid. each worked 11 hours of overtime a month. for an employee with a salary of

1500 euros, those hours mean an extra 50 euros. it comes without costs from employers, but the boss is skeptical the measure will last. >> we went thrhrough thihi years ago. it stopped o one day to the nex. with lessloyees purchasing power. purchasing popor is the governmentnt's goal. > uber is under fire,, this e in australia. drivers say they gained an unfair advantatage by k knowingd operating above the law. it is not the first t time they have faced allegations likike ts frfrom drivers.

the e latest legal challenenge s at an unforortunate time for the country, barreling ahead to its first public offering.g. nott sure if you wanant to be buying those shareres. >> i have so mucuch m money tiep with the stockck market, notot. ththat is it for the b business news. i will be back after a a short breaeak. stay w with us h here.