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>> you are watching "france 24." these are the headlines. rulers suspend negotiations with protesters on installing civilian rule. the military says the demonstrators need to clear the roadblocks before talks can resume. tensions skyrocketing between the u.s. and iran. an escalating tit for tat that potential toe the slip into conflict. spain a arrests thehe longtime f of the military group that had been on the run for 17 years. also c coming up in business, donald trump launches a

two-pronged attack on chinese as theant, huawei, u.s.-china trade war heats up. tech summity visa kicks off today in paris. eventoverage on the big on diverersity a and inclusivit. this is live from paris. ♪ >> progress made in sudan over moving the country toward civilian rule was cut short wednesday. the current army rulers suspend the talks for three days demanding protesters first stop inre said in -- their sit outside of the military headquarters. they pushed omar al-bashir to resign last month. earlier this week, they made a

deal with the opposition to a three-year transition toward civilian rule, a deal that now looks to be on hold. >> protesters are unambiguous about one thing -- they intend to stay in the streets until they get civilian rule. everywhereu hear means "we will stay." that means staying for another three years in the streets. don't expect this announcement that the barricades need to be -- need to be dismantled -- when security forces tried to remove the barricades, protesters resisted. expect there to be more hostility in the coming days as protesters try to holold off the territory they contrtrol in the center of the capitatal here.

it is part protetest, part part. they have food, they are dancing. they are peacefully demanding a civilian rule transition. when the military is talking about chaos, they are referring to the sheer amount of space in n hasin -- this sit taken up. they are taking down bricks, pulling more streets into the sudden -- sit in area. a number of arteries running into the capital are completely closed. it has ground a lot of the capital to a halt. the military want to see normalized get going again. led coalition

the capitalruck today -- six people were killed, including g four children. another 40 people were hurt. yemen'ss iran backeded rebels launched a drone attack on a critical oil pipeline in saudi arabia. tensions are skyrocketing between iran and the united states an escalating tit for tat that some fear has the potential to slide into a dangerous conflict. amid an escalating war of words between washington and tehran, a messagege from donald trump, whoho took to twitter earlier on wednesday to suggest he's potentially open to talks with iranian leadership. power hashestt dismissed the possibility of a

military confrontation. >> there won't be a war because we don't want conflict. and neither does the u.s. as i it knows it is not in its interest. the messages exchanged between the two countries have been far from conciliatory. the u.s. even ordered the departure of a all nonessential staff from its diplomatic missions in iraq. in addition to that, germany and the netherlands suspended the trainings of their soldiers in the country after the media reports emerged that the white house wawas considering sending one had a 20,000 u.s. troops to the middle east -- 120,000 u.s.. troops to the middle east, a claim deniedy trump. this is serving as a base for some 5000 u.s. troops.

standoff could play out here. the latest tensions reach new heights last week after iran threatened to peel away from the edges of the nuclear deal. country's fullhe compliance with the agreement. >> to get a bit more analysis now, i'm joined by armen georgian. thee swiss president is going to d.c. what do we know about his trip there? >> w we don't know w what messae ththe swiss will convey from trp to t iranians or vice versa. swititzerland has been involvedn previous efforts to containin tensions between these two arch foes, washington and tehran. switzerland is a neutral country. it h has an embassy in iran. the swiss governmenent alreadady

gaveve the iranian leadership a phonone number on which it could reach directly some of trump's aides in the white house. is trying to trump avoid a military conflict. hence, the use of this swiss backed channel. not goingpaign on abroad in search of enemies or not sending u.s. troops into battle unless absolutely necessary. getting involved in a confrontation with iran now would not help trump particularly as the election campaign has already started. you could argue in some ways that it has for the 2020 elections. trump has to tread quite carefully here. >> what about iran? what kind of reaction has there been from iran? >> there are different approaches to this question on

both sides of the divide. different approaches within the u.s. government and different approaches in the iranian leadership. we've seen these apparent tensions between trump and john bolton, is national security advisor. , the foreign minister says the sanctions imposed are unaccepeptable, bute goes on to say his country is committed to an international nuclear deal. trying to sound moderate. thewhile, the ayatollah, supreme leader of iran, has a slightly different emphasis. he was quoted as talking about uranium enrichment to a group of reporters in which he said achieving 20% enrichment is the most difficult part. the next steps are easy. it wouldn't be so hard to increase iranian -- increase

uranium enrichment. both the ayatollah and mike pompeo have said that fundamentally, the countries do not seek war. economy is in a precarious situation. the military conflict could have unseen consequences in iraq and syria. israel could be affected in some way. there are some incentives on both parties to try to contain this. >> thank you. next, to spain. they've arrrrested the longtime chief of the separatist g group that had been on the run for 17 years. memberen the most wanted since 2002. interpol issued a red alert against him. spanish authorities are accusing him of crimes against humanity.

for more on the arrest, let's bring in sarah morris in madrid. what more can you tell us? >> this arrest came aboutut in france. as a result, s spanish authorits frenchperation between intelligence forces and the spanish police, this was dubbed operation stolen child. that refers to the allegations for thejoseph bonanza 1987 attacack on polilice barrak 11 people were killed. between threeem years old and 12 years old. the spanish auththority thinks this is a tremendous b blow considered the

last serving leader of the separatist group. he's been serving since he was in his 20's. >> tell us more about reaction from spain to o the arrest of oe of the most wanted men there. s spanish prime minister, pedro sanchez, tweeted that this is a result of the continued cooperation between the frenchch and spanish police. he said in his tweet that now more than ever, he wants to send a hug to the v victims. during 50ed 850 lives years of activity. we've heard from some of the victims tododay in reaction to this attack. onone of them told a spanish television station that they were tremendously pleased.

theyey had faithn n the ststice system restored. feel there victims by thell 400 deathths organization that remain unresolved. >> sarah morris reporting from madrid. france will vote in the european elections just 10 days from now. two parties are leading the race. on the move party and marine le pen national rally. marine le pen has been at the heart of the campaign from the beginning. the french president is beefing up his role as well, appearing now on campaign posters. alone on campaign posters, one could think president macron is running for the european election. the french president isn't hoping for a seat in brussels. he wants seats for his party.

as many as possible. >> you know the president has been involved in european issues for a long time. it's only natural for him to take part in this european campaign as presisident. months, president macron has published an op-ed in newspapers across europe. he's pushed for a stronger, more integrated europe. mean theased role may lady opposing him has done a poor job -- what matters are the figures. macron's party, republic on the move, is stagnating. for the first time, they are 's far righte le pen party. >> i will use all my energy to

stop the national rally from winning. >> days away from the vote, macron is trying to reboot his campaign, hoping to rally those who elected him in 2017 opposite marine le pen. marine le pen has been on the forefront of the campaign since the very beginning, hoping to bring another record result for her party on may 26. >> the three-day viva tech summit kicked off today in paris. be but tech has grown rapidly since the first event in 2016, especially thanks s to its reputation for diversity and inclusivity. stage,ale speakers on speaking to a crowd of 100,000 people. tell us more about viva tech and what is new this year. tech 2019 is definitely

bigger than last year with an additional hall at the venue. there are 9000 startups. 100,000 people are expected d to visit the trade show. the trade show is bigger but also more international. one third of participants are expected to come from outside of france. the speaker list is more prestigious. , wholl hear from jack ma just spoke with emmanuel macron on stage. many topics will be discussed such as gender, women in tech, tech for good and how to promote newtek channels. look,, everywhere you there are banners having to do chances to become a tech player. >> what does the success of viva

tech mean for macron and his administration? >> emmanuel macron is very tech savvy, he is a tech enthusiast. when he comes here, he's very excited. when he was the economy minister, he did a lot to boost the tech ecosystem. this tech show is also a way for him to pusush his political agenda. he's been trying to topple britain as the top technician, proving france can be effective in that manner. he's using the show to showcase what france can do and what europe can do at large. the digital minister spoke about his goal a day ago. they want to create more french unicorns, companies valued at $1 billion. there are 350 of them throughout

the world, mainly in the u.s. and china. they want to find a way for these french startups to grow faster and go public like unicorns would do. we will talk about that in tech 24 about this unicorn race. from vivivaaking tech. revealing footage --m inside the warsaw ghetto he found footage dating back to 1941 and assembled it as part of an hour-long document rate -- documentary. it was just screened at the jewish museum in warsaw. >> warsaw, a c city divided. starving children smuggling food,, a a dead body lyingng one papavement. 10 minututes of raraw footage tt

depicts the horror inside the warsaw ghetto. 1941 1 andd date back to skikied by alphonse jacada -- tchaikovs. he capaptured e lives ofof thousands of jews.s. >> [speaking a foreign language] director retririeved and asassembled the unseseen foe that was captured without the nazis ever knowing. >> clearly, , are shooting g fm a cacar at some point. it was a risky thing to do. he could only go so far as he felt comfortable. he couldn't pull the car out anywhere. >> he puts his life at risk to record these moments.

up until now, the only available footagage came from nazi propaganda films. thisortrays a different angle of life inside those walls. >> the nazi footage e was shot y a professional film team. who was shot by someoeone slightly moree objective. >> after 15 years of wk k on the project, the documenentary was screenened in warsaw and was attended by some of the last remaining survivors of the ghetto. look at today's business news with brian quinn. you're starting with donald trump's declaration of a national economic emergency in the u.s. they are looking to ban while weight -- chinese tecech giant, while weight -- huawei. departmenent put

huawei and 70 affifiliates on te key govovernment blacklist.t. it could weigh heavily on the company's future. >> a one-two punch from washington against china's tech giant. from, an executive order president donald trurump, declaring a national emergency over threats to the telecom network. >> we are having a little squabble with china. >> then, the commerce department put the company on their entity list. >> this will prevent american technolology from being used by foreign owned entities in ways that potentially undermine u.s. national security or foreign policy interests. >> the u.s. can still give the green light for firms to work with while weight -- with while huawei. with

they have long maintained that they are not a security threat and say that t consumers will py for washington's move. >> it will not make e the u.s. more secure or stronger. instead, this will serve to limit the u.s. to inferior but more expensive alternatives. >> the clampdown comes with the u.s. and china locked in a tree dispute -- trade dispute. steve mnuchin is set to visit china soon for more talks. >> next up, trade negegotiaonons ar likely to g g more complicated after this latest move. >> beijing has pledged to defend the legitimate interests of its companies. washingtonon raised tariffs on some $200 billion worth of chinese goods last friday.

it is preparing new tariffs on $300 billion worth -- on thursday, chihina's cocommerce thatistry made it cleaear these actions could jeopardize efforts to resolve the conflict. >> create conditions for the companies of the two countries to carry out normal trade and cooperation. to avoid doing additional harm to china-u.s. economic and trade relations. >> what t has the e reaction ben like in europe? >> previously, the u.k. said it wouldd allow huawei to participate in u upcoming 5gg networksks. germany sent signals that the company will be allowed to bid on its network contracts there. emmanuel macron broached the subject at the visa tech conference, saying france isn't

seeking over protectionism. he doesn't think it tech or is appropriate for companies seeking to cooperate and decrease tensions that tech war -- a tech h war is not propopriate. european index is gaining at midday, propped up by news that -- thehe ftse 100 up .25%. .7%frankfurt d dacs gaining at midday. >> it's not just overseas that trump has targeted for tariffs. 2018,8, trump slapppped impoport duties on s steel a and aluminum amid contentious talks with canada and mexico as they renegotiated the nafta agreement.

november but last it is awaiting ratification by all three countries. washington says a resolution is close, but ottowa is playing it cool for the time being. here's canada's foreign minister. remainsanadian position as it has been from the very outset. we believe these tariffs need to be lifted for the benefit of both of our countries. we are glad that we have achieved an agreement on the new nafta. we think free-trade in steel and aluminum should be part of that agreement. >> the saga of a struggling steel mill has taken another turn as the government tries to ensure rescue. >> the frencnch governmement and british steel say they have unlocked the first set of funds needed foror the purchase of the

troubled steel mill in northern france. workers are relieveded but cacautiously so.o. if thehe rescue were to fall through, it wouldn't be the first time. after 24 hours of uncertainty, jobs at the steel mill are secure once more. despite financial difficulties, british steel says it has the solution to back the factory. the unions will want to claim victory too soon. >> appararently, we will have te funds over the next couple of days, but we are cautious. the battle between b british stl and the british governmentt -- unfortunately, the bargaining chip is us. >> press in the u.k. reported tuesday that british steel lacked the financial means to purchase the mine. now, thehe government of theresa may is expected to aid the ailing steel company.

french government has already chipped inn 15 billion euros. >> british steel will keep its promise. the french government will keep its promise.

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