twenty four correspondents around the work. yeah but it is welcome to live from paris world news and analysis from from spike cat on marco in these the headlights. first off rome libya's internationally recognized leader is in europe seeking support in the face off with these. rerebel rival home fires outsidi was late to metric handle medical in berlin. my my phone is on the list of leaders that he's going to meet. erdogagan defends the routing to re run the sample election this party lost. he says it's a victory for democracy as opposed to calling it a sham. two journalists jailed over that reports about the hard truth. over the mistreatment of the

rocking out have been set free by me and mom . thank you very much for being with us libya's prime minister is on a tour of europe to seek backing the his fight against rebels who are threatening tripoli faisal sara's. arrived in rome on the first stage of this visit that he met the italian prime minister your body count day. who urged peace in the pm? he later flew to berlin to meet with angela merkel i'm sorry she's on the threat from a rival vita khalifa haftar. this fight is threatening to attack the capital tripoli. a desperate attempts to shore up unified european support amid escalating violence. yoyou win back libyan leader fis elsa rushes began a series o of meetings with european leaders

on tuesday. he met with italy's giuseppe conte on tuesday ahead of talks with the ongoing merkel in berlin and dominion michael in paris. the e. u. has thus far failed to back a joint political solution to the crisis. while european leaders theoretically support elsa rushes government of national accord the libyan leader has accused france of backing help that is libyan national army. accusations perris s denies. as european leaders strtruggle o unites t the risk of a full blon civil w war is o only growing speaking throughgh the libyayan nationalal army spokesman on sunday general hop that urged his troops to wipe out all opposition forces. despite the united nations calls for ramadan ceasefire. look at t the what the outcome f that howow battles against terrororism in the and i don't ok for the holy momonth of ramadan. well pretty much freestyle termination anany strength are u all d during this holy month

wasn't with them about t the led offices in wattles is an armed forces and the whole t thing was is. i said i usually during these glorious day us. and your strength and determination. the enemy a great. lesson. yes what a little so far. on april fourth khalifa haftar launched an offensive on the libyan capital of tripoli setting off a steep escalation in violence. in response forces backings rogers government of national accord launched a counter offensive leading to a stubborn but bloody stalemate on the outskirts of f the capital. the recent wave of fighting has left more than four hundred and thirty people dead over two thousand injured and some fifty five thousand others displaced. watching developments of both that indeed be at hand -- on the libyan prime ministers set visits across europe expected to meet with the president mac one very soon will bring you. of that t as it happens. next turkey's president recep tayyip erdogan is defending the decision to overrule the election result in a sample. that was all the calls from

march the thirty first at a launch party took a drubbing in that world. it was seen very much as a protest against the prerence increasingly hardlinine rule his opponents according. this decision to overruled back to school an outragageous movie. it's a move to eliminate they say dissent against his government will you vote in a shuttle for june the twenty third. we spoke with a cell in say a book it was a member of the turkish parliament. the opposition chp party. this article. has no legal grounds so the question is not an issue of how judicially we would approach the issue. read the decision was purely political therefore it's almost to carry on the political will and the power of the people. and despite this state parts are pretty state apparatus being very effectively use by the rurung party in the past several elections. indeed the people he held on to democratic values a very broad

based our wide spread if you wish coalition is already in place so that's what we have to repeat thinking. and i think this has become a very organic coalition an alliance people are comingg togethther based on a democratic quest. and if you have a block that's defined as the ruling party was attempting to turkey further towards authoritarianism. and now even attempting to remove its competitive nature -- i think -- the democratic coalition is only going to get stronger. iran is set to announce a members to its adherence to the twenty fifteen nuclear deal. tehran's foreign minister is expected to announce diminished commitments to the colds to the employees of the five remaining symmetry that's france britain russia china and germany. it's years since the united states. pulled out of the deal. us president donald trump has condemned as terrible. in spite of reintroduction of sanctions by trump iran has kept

its word according to the u. n.'s atomic watchdog. s. strikes and shelling killed eight civilians in northwest syriria this tueuesday.. this fellow deadly clashes between pro govovernment fororcs and jihadists. rattled a month old truce it's marketing you wave of displacementnts now put into the british based assumes of human rights. at l lea f fifty three fighters have been killed since monday one of the deaeadliest fire ups. since the demilitarized zone around the region has agreed in september of last year. escalation has been seen over the last week in this area this area is in the north of syria. and it's an area which ovever te lalast eight years of the warare unwanted of the syrian regime have been sent so every time a rebel a areas for than. they've had the option of fighters to go up north to this area so the population that unlike everywhere else in syria has actually grorown over the lt few yeaears. so inn the past week mixing applicication that both the o od russiann l let s. strikes the

russian apples of course helping the syrian regime in syria. and abobout ten re e strikes ond by the syrian army now of course as you said this was s supposedo be a demilitarized zone. as of last september this feel broken dreams between tacky which borders syria it's to the north of syria i'm between russia and it had been largely hoholding since september. bubut of course as we'veve seenn the last week not really hold anymore now the reason the syrian government is saying that they stop attacking again. is not that bad breaking the trees trees but they say that part of the deal was that g. how does all that you had a script that was supposed to lay down their weapons were alalso suppod to pull out. on the main you have this group in the areaa which is quite hihh at top rail jamm actually at the end of january stormed back into the area and took ovever quite a large profits every which comprises. of eleven also part of what's the lap of about norman how the which all neighboring districts so the syrian government saying they'll probably within their rights to do this. now we've seen a lot of people fleeing a lot of people dying over the last week there are

various estimates that the fear in observance of human rights. as of eighteen sixty nine civilians killed over the last week and over forty places so -- ready quite love a ququite a l t happining thatt i'm local civil defense organizatioion the sayig that what's happening is the coordination betetween the astex on the artilillery strikes is leading to a real situation for both the fighters and civilians that but the javits why d ds ththat saying that they will. meet the syrian army with i am onon fire and they're refusing o back down. in a routine. next to roaches journalist jailed for that reporting on the running a crisis in myanmar have walked out of prison this using. while alone and quiet so who who mobbed by meters they stepped out of yangon's notorious insane prison after more than sixteen months in detention video --

honoree a researcher at some seals pose well sir thank you john is because it was appreciate your insight into these. matters related to myanmar -- why was this decisioiomade now why would these twowo men allowd to walk from prison today? was very cynical in fact i mean the european union had extended the arms embargo several days ago -- on some soup he has been in china for the belt and road initiative -- forum and she's with dixie had a visit -- to cambodia -- the the their release it's part of the releases over six thousand prisoners which is traditional each the that this time of the year. it was done by the president so she d doesn't lose face becauset doesn't appear that she's seeding to to western pressure - you any relation to the military a it's part of a general movement anyway so it doesn't actually. cause any disease in a relationship with the with the military. so to have been released for at least another forty you want and

ian in n prison. and of course while we're talking about these two journalists were not talking about the ruling and the fact that. every year later there is no solution in sight for the seven and fifty thousand people who were expelled -- over a year ag. of course the issue of fururther inge and hang seng sushi's seeming lack of of concern some people might say combat to sort of what you would expect. with a minoritit being oppressed by you'll miss the tree i'm. its ruin her repeputation in may ways isn't it. it's ruined her reputation internationally but it doesn't stay too much affected her -- locally at least amongst the bomb majority the problem in the in the perspective of the list of electioions next year. is that would support she's losing amongst the minority communities her doing this for the room. allied themselves with the ring girl feel that they are part of that that that problem. but did the by elections in recent the recent posture and

she's losing quite significant support in the peripheral areas among some minority groups and that is a problem full for her. in the future because we have no idea dot it's very much at all in terms of you know national reconciliation in terms of introducing a a network adequate kind of federal system. it really in terms of creating eighty eighty norm race or a multi racial myanmar. and in terms of press freedom because of this is one of the big issues about these two journalists being. arrested and put in jail for basically doing that job -- that was the issue they want exaggerating there weren't enough it wasn't fate use it wasn't a k. quite a killerr frameleline fact they was right there basically doing that job we're trying to do that job expose what's happening to the rohingya. now. what does this say about the state of freedom of speech i'm more poorly most employee press freedom in ma'am actually it's deteriorating and has deteriorated that since the election of the civilian government in two thousand and

fifteen seriously there was actually? a free appear read prior to tha- so there are increasing restrictions on the media there are journalists to be arrested. and and basically the west overr the european union and at the united states which in general. is to some extent powerless because they can they can have some targeted sanctions they can deal with questions of either one oh two journalists. bought -- any significant sections of an economic nature - would affect the look at the population so there's a contradiction between wanted to contribute -- to me on my us economic development which is essential and at the same time. trying to promote uman rights and freedom of speech and freedom of the press in vietnam and that that that code in the middle thanks and sushi who of course was defended by everybody when she was under house arrest but since she's. been freedom become they facto leader of the country. has come to criticism from all

sides because of her. yes you should go to the middle and and and she's a learned business success for inside -- she's known as a bit of a control freak -- not as warm as well might become i imagine and i yes -- yes but they reserve a rereal problem in terms of the competence result in the parliament is my colleagues have shown. is a key in the military -- and there is not a political an educated political class who won she goes -- you know we'll be able to take care of it so. the elections next year actually may see the military support to paparty. you know who may be returnrningo five cupups not returning to por but wields possibly see -- the national league for democracy is a majority signanature you did diminished and how that structure is is brought to be how that is imposed on how democracy can be supported the courses. if somebody could talk about another time because time sadly not david is updated camera there from seals po external minimize head and southeast asia thank you so very much but he does really is. the two journaliststs who repord

on the ring a crisis not released at and freed in myanmar august saying it's a fairly cynical move up by the government in yangon thank you very much and it's up. next the bookmakers -- in the u. k. at going basically boiled baby crazy millions of pounds being battled the choice of name for harry americans baby boyoy james.. alexexander a arthur lead in the field mark is now. and packing them from this the traditional golden easel announced the birth of a royal baby. boy and he's already made history is the first nine mixed race baby born into the british royal family. prince harry promised that a picture on name would be released within a couple of days of the bath. in the meantime it's a guessing game i think charles the the name of william charles. hi regina i don't know. could it be like a british [inaudible]

we who k knows. it is very popular because of the husband of queen victoria s. all its see the present he said two days and we can i know the name so hopefully we'll just enough [inaudible] johnny. i don't know if it's really royal. the name of the real baby is practically a state secrets the bats over on this book makers business is booming. he thought it was going to be an author when albus or fail it will a names have been used by kings recently but maybe that thinking about it was on to the great so i will see. and i i think it's got a great chance. pastoral names have traditionally been picked from the names of previous kings and queens. it's a tradition that that you can touch as cambridge of stocks you with thehe best of george charlotte and louis. this royal couple under strangers to breaking the mold. because it is you know which way the baby name goes will let let you know but to the bookmakers as a going crazy for that one in

the u. k.. it's not a business kate moody joins us -- the threat of an escalation in the trade war between the world's two largest economies has -- well spook the markets that's an understatement i think mark actually this possibility of a full blown trade war by the end of the week has sparked will streets biggest selloff since early january -- the dow jones dropping as much as 6100% earlier on aboutut 510% at the five hundred points rather sorryry at the close the. it was way down by heavy weights caterpillar and bowing their shares down two and 4% respectively. the major european indices also close down losses of about one point 6% across the board there europe is banking sector down two and a half percent. well the tensions were sparked by donald trump's sunday tweet saying he would increase and expands tariffs on chinese goods this friday. his advisers have since said they believe beijing is reacting on the commitments made during months of talks. and to breaking the deadlock i despitite that china has confird that i its top negotiators led y the vice premier or still heading to washington for

another round of negotiations. indicating perhaps they believe a last minute deal can be %-p. but they're also short concerns about the knock on effect the impact on other trading partners take a listen. once youou buy the book buyuy sn franceces the m main frenchh and european concern remains the risk of a world trade conflict. and war driven by trade tensisis between china andnd the united states. with a sheen it is it does. the european commission has once again scaled back its forecast for economic growth. single currency bloc is expected to grow just one point 2% in. twenty nineteen france is projected to grow just a bit faster but the biggest surprise it came from the euro zone's biggest economy. germany's growth forecast was cut to just half a percentage point second week is pace in the block. germany'ss economy is driven by manufacturing and exports and it's been deeply impacted by the global trade tensions you see italy at the bottom there this

is the commission forecast just point 1% gdp growth. after it slipped into recession at the end of last year. european officials issued an even more dire warning about room spending plans setting the stage for a renewed clash. european commission says the budget deficit is due to hit two and a half percent of gdp this year and three and a half percent next. that would breach the rules which mandate member states to keep their deficits within 3% of gdp. room could face sanctions if it doesn't ring its budget in line. our friends is gearing up for another wave of voluntary redundancies as the flagship carrier struggles to stay relevant. it's short and medium haul routes are dragggging down its prprofitability as peter brian explains. for an increasing number of travelers its rails not wings. which isis the right place to c. since the french rail network would use the time it takes to travel between bordeaux and power find iowa.

and francaise lost a third of its customers on the same route. last year the airlines shorts and medium whole service reported an operating loss of a hundred ninety five million euros. it's now sets account more than four hundred and forty jobobs in regional officeses. at francis facing stiff competition from high speed trains but also from low cost airlines which a quick legal pulling up the market share of domestic flights. we hear this little sick huge budget add lines up contracts at a very low cost. yeah three but and your name please very hard working condition -- back to cincinnati or f. fronts on the other hand maintains a strong social contracted so it's very hard to be competitive she seated the typical couple said. another problem for the company hi -- oil prices in the first quarter and phones paid a hundred and forty million euros more for jet fuel than a year

rhodia. the polls by such a big cost needs a response and that will be to do what's possible streamlining the fleece and reducing the salary that us. and francnce might also would ue its number of internal flights to help it cut its losses. the turkish lira has dropped to its lowest level since october after decision to re run local elections in istanbul. the currency is tumbled against the us dollar over the last year and as you can see it dropped even further this tuesday. at trading at about six point one to the dollar. the march thirty first vote showed a narrow victory for the opposition party and the government's decision to challenge it. is making investors are concerned about the rule in respect of law and the future of economic reforms there. you stumble is the country's main commercial hub accounting for about a third of turkish gdp mark will have to see if the currency continues to drop as the selection. that takes place is it not just to stabilize lots of unanswered questions and a lot of demands there lots of unanswered questions that the answers will come from u. k. thank you much the cavity with old business

great to see. tommy watched and the james join is the other side of the street just on n the build up to the election in south africa hello to you. it's inequality that's very y mh in the s spotlight isn't it yes there are few countries where the division between thehe haves and the have nots is quite so stark. and set the time magazine the internationanal version of the magazine has captured thought brilliantly with this image from johnny miller at the photographer he sent up a drone to capture. inequality in a single frame that was his view point here i can see the headline t the worls most unequal country and that is real you look at it you think it's going to be photo shopped - fake but note that right in the middle at cutting a divide between i oversee the rich and poor areas of the home as black- suburbs that and inside the are inside the magazine is a very interesting article two but it really is that image that encapsulates at the s story of e

divisions within south africa. some other people taking to twitter talking about this magazine cover because it is so striking south africa summarizes this gentleman -- this one says no best of motivation to go out and vote than this cover up good luck on wednesday south africa and the twenty six million people are registered to vote but there are between nine and ten million. who eligible who haven't both the to register and it's really interesting to look at the amount of apathy out that people just underwhelmed? not any by the choice but by the fact that nothing seems to have changed in the last couple of decades at despite opc the anc getting into power and the end of apartheid. i'm. a very famous as tough african cartoonist at this is his take home that the election today this is published in the daily maverick -- and you can see he has the ballot paper actually own toilet paper that's funny but it's so hard to laugh about because of what's at stake in and he's entitled it cracked p. choice which i think. kind of summed it up i am a lot of peoplee on social media reflecting that kind of attitude with the hashtag i want to vote

bought. it's like deciding who to make rich from your taxes says this past and out what if they reject my vote the same way they've been rejecting my cv a loss of people talking about unemployment as a big issue in south africa right now. at this moment saying i want to buy it but my parents been voting since nineteen ninety four and they're still living in a shack with the people they are pushing -- for in mansion that's one of the issues isn't it the way that the political classes of cashed in since apartheid fetch the lately that the any people that things about she changed -- for and there is an all school on the south african news website news twenty four that really gets the stock perspective it is a striking re- and you do wonder how anyone any poor people in south africa could possibly have any faith in the e political price and nine people living in one knowing that people live in a one room it's a family with seven children. at this is that a home on thought is that some of the members of the family that. i'm what they say is that at we

are nothing to all politicians they have their id they voted before but i wonder what on earth would be the point of doing so now i visit the squatters camp in soweto a few years back and found people living in similar. conditions but that stage of overcrowding is absolutely shocking and they have no water. add to that the horror of it'll say yes it really is -- on think again you talk about democracy and people living like that it's so shocking so shocking recovering of course every development in south africa chile move on indeed change of subject fans a game of thrones - quick to point out a gas the final series -- but it's proof that tv mistakes don't last forever. no indeed unless you've been living in a bubble for the last twenty four hours you will probably have had. that in a roni is coffee cup made into game of thrones which is hugely popular i've never been into it i have to say i have watched a single episode. is at a starbucks cup in game of thronenes off at the vetch among many others and there it is you can see it so the little arrow

pointing. to in brand of starbucks lots of people took to twitter to joke about it actually turned out to be a coffee cup from that on site caterers okay -- but it didn't stop songbooks rimac cashing in on it because amazing publicity for them to be honest with surprise she didn't order drunken drink dragons a huge part of the whole game of thrones. at franchise and the game of thrones got in on the joke to you as saying that t the l law y that appeared in the episode was a mistake -- donna right so denarius whatever name is had ordered a herbal tea apparently. at say the home repair and lots of people talk about this one however hbo i have edited out the coffee cup it is just too big a series to allow an error like that to go -- touch as it were and interestingly though the art director was a bit sleepy about settling felt that it'll be an overblown the importance of this. saying that it's a huge series they haven't made any gas like it before but they have a if you take a look at destructive five which is a website i found earlier today. they got a whole list of guys

that have happened okay with rising treating a bendy w wrote the sword that looking a bit. later -- and this gentleman has a some sort of battery pack by his knees out his death scene something just just. yeah absolutely and this is my favorite one somebody rate at the props covet and got this severed head and stuck a weight on it. but it's actually president george w. busush s so they hahao edit that when our team who absolutely. random selection wrenches indies

05/07/19 05/07/19 [captioning made possible by democracy now!] amamy: from pacififica, this is democracy nonow! >> pressure gets counter pressure. instead of thinking maximum pressure will force the iranians to capitulate, all it does is it creates and escalatory cycle in which there will be a tit-for-tat. and if there are no exit ramps fromom this, then the tit-for-tt eventually wilill lead to a military confrontation. amy: iran is accusing the united