hello you're watching friends twenty four i'm james creating these are headlines at this evening a new instalment in austria's political crisis all ministers from the far right freedom party. have resigned from the country's coalition government the move follows influence peddling allegations of soul the vice chancellor. of freedom party leader stepped down. and steve bannon former strategist for donald trump is in the french capital breeze given multiple interviews to french media criticizing among you would not call ahead all. european elections he also praised the far right leader marine le pen's campaign. despite her publicly distancing herself from him. and french doctors have begun taking a quadriplegic mon off

life support after his ordeal ignited a right to die debate. in france forty two year old vasilinda has spent the last eleven years in a vegetative state. after two thousand eight motorcycle accidents. thanks for watching france twenty four now first came in influence peddling scandal that soul austria's vice chancellor resign and that political crisis has now. leled to alll m ministers fromme far rigight freedom party steppg down from austria's coalitionon governments must seem corny as all the latest. the fallout from the stalker scandal continues on monday afternoon austria's chancellor sebastian courts told reporters in vienna he had decided to fire the country's far right interior minister herbert cackle.

i have decided in consultation with the federal presidents to propose the interior ministers firing to the president. herbert kinkel a member of the fbo or freedom party was the organization's secretary general in. twenty seventeen it was at that time that the parties former leader hines case dion's talker met with an alleged russian benefactor in a visa. in a video published over the weekends talker and a party colleagues you hon goodness are seen telling the woman she can expect profitable construction contracts. if she buys an austrian newspaper and supports the if you're. stalalker resigned on saturday s vice chancellor of courts later pledged to launch a probe into the allegations. on monday courts then told the courier newspaper that given tackles position he could not investigate himself. within an hour of giggles dismissal all of austria's far right ministers announced their resignation from the government. we have an ounce real leaving i'm very sad as we would have

liked to continue our work. chancellor courts meanwhile said he hoped for early elections to be held in september. his political opponents the social democrats have demanded that all government positions be taken by experts. the scandal has been bad news for austria's far right a poll published on monday showed support for the beer down 5% with just one week to go until the country votes. for european elections. now here in france just days of from the european elections president under michael's parties list is neck and neck in the polls without of marine le pen's far right national rally party. natalie was always at the lead counted it from my phone l. r. e. and party has accused donald trump's former adviser steve bannon of seeking to interfere. in the european elections he's been touring europe seeking to unite the blocks nationalist parties. but mine the pan was keen to put a distance between him and her party the story by katherine

clifford. after appearing at a party conference last year former trump advises steve bannon showered france's far right national rally party leader marine le pen with praise her resilience and coming back from the two thousand seventeen loss. in her re branding of a friend nationality national rally in what she's done to lead this that's why i think that that's why the center i think the center of gravity t this europen parliaiamentary election. is going to be france however the pan herself was keen to keep a distance from the former chairman of right wing us site breitbart news. he's been touring europe in a bid to united spawn rights you know okay -- but none has no role in our coming. i do not e even know he was in paris for business. bannon's known for his ideological links to russia and the us senate intelligence committee is looking into his role during his time as trump's campaign manager whetherer the investigate alleged campaign looks to moscow. russia is a key area in which europe's far right parties a split. monstrosity italy's interior

minister in a tale salvini gathered nationalists from across europe at a rally in the land. he's leading a movement aimed at uniting europe spireites ahead of european elections. salvini has praised russian president putin well marine the pen has met with the leader and taken a party loan from a russian bank. plus the nationalists from scandinavia and the baltic states russia remains a strategic threat. randy was somewhat upstaged by the resignation of austria's far right vice chancellor hines christians track at the same da. after he was caught by a hidden camera proposing public contracts in return for russian investment. latest polls predicts albanian the pen cnf alliance will win some fifty seven seats in european elections. now he used to play the role of presidents in a tv show tv show and now he's been sworn in as the actual president of ukraine on monday. vladimir is a land ski immediately announced to the dissolution of parliament calling for early elections the move comes after weeks of

wrangling. wiwith hostile lawmakers who he accused of deliberately delaying his inauguration camel bony hole has the details. he may be a former comedian but don't be fooled followed him as a lenski wants to be taken seriously [inaudible] yeah. but whole nine dissolving ukraine's parliament. bulletin is lansky was inauguratete as ukraiaine's new president on monday after scoring a landslide victory in last month's presidential election. the former television star wasted no time calling early parliamentary elections which had originally been scheduled for october. the move comes as the lynskey faces a majority of horse style low make his. his boss he learned. here ago currently house new seats in parliament. the political novice alinsky has given few details of his plan since winning last month. however he did stresess that restoring peace in the country's

troubled east would be a top priority. you must send our first task is to achieve a ceasefire in donbass. will you not on bikes. i'm definitely not afraid of making difficult decisions yeah i'm ready to lose my popularity and if nececessary yep. i'm ready to lose my post so that we have peace six will you will put out. in the run up to the elections alinsky said he wanted to renew dialogue with russia. a cool quickly dismissed by moscscow who accuse the lynskeyf failing to show sound judgment and honesty. the conflict in eastern ukraine has claimed about thirteen thousand lives since russia annexed crimea. in -- twenty fouourteen doctorsn france have stopped feeding and hydrating a forty two year old man who has been in a vegetative state for over a decade of console. known bears wife and at least five of his siblings i agree with the medical team on ending

his treatment. but he's roman catholic parents insist his life should continue calling the decision a crime this monday they on successfully attempted to file a case with the european court of human rights. and not for the first time the court hahas rejected their b bid saying thahat there werere no nw elements in the request the enemy has more. behind the stores around for a long bath medical team is getting ready for his death. the forty two year old has been in a vegetetative state fororvea decadede kept alive thanks to feeding chiefs. treatment his doctors have now stopped. i i should -- well i truly have been hostitile there h has alwas held the same position. she wants the will of her husband toto be respected. and weigh fifty mall of civil she can then be be satisfied. now she sees that the doctors -- carrying it out the city spectra non valves wife rachel at least five of his siblings the highest court in front and even the

european court of human rights support the decision. medical x. but they have brain damage is irreversible however the patient's parents believe his date could improve in a specialized hospital. we are gradually switching him off. little by little. the *-*- so i think i want to tell you i think they deserve this is for the long bath parents and their supporters say it's euthanasia in disguise. the practice is banned in frfrae but doctors are allowed to enter medical cat in spepecific circumstances. the french catholicc church and the u. n. body on disabled right called on authorities to wait. in twenty thirteen doctors with his wife consent halted long bounce treatment for weeks this until the parents launched a legal battle to keep him alive. on them six years struggle have become symbolic of the debate on the right to die. the forty two year old didn't leave behind instructions on what to do if y you were in the situation. that is life and even if you

insist that thehe foreman asked with against relentless medicacl treatments. to south africa next were a jacob zuma has made a bid to throw out charges of corruption relating to a like a to an alleged nineteen nineties arms deal. prosecutors revived the once dormant case against him after he lost a power struggle with serial run on pulls out last year. and was hosted as leader of the ruling anc party. with a smile on his face. former south african president jacob zuma was seen dancing in front of supporters. just hours after appearing in court over corruption charges. the seventy seven year old faces sixteen counts of fraud racketeering and money laundering relating to a multimillion dollar arms deal. on the first day of the hearing on monday zuma's lawyers said their client was a victim of a witch hunt. i called in the mall justice.

it's it's driven and inspired by something all of us in this room have. to reading degrees. it's by it's zuma is accused of taking bribes from french defense company day less when the south african government bond weapons in the nineteen nineties. he allegedly pocketed around two hundred and eighty thousand dollars. the chargers were first brought again zoom out more than ten years ago before being dropped by prosecutors in. two thousand nine they were reinstated again in. two thousand sixteen after a court ruled there was sufficient evidence to bring him to trial. jacob zuma is no stranger to scandal and controversy that same year the country's highest court ruled zoo matt had acted unlawfully when he you some fifteen million dollars in state funds. for renovations on his private residence. xena was south africa's president from two thousand nine until two thousand eighteen when

he was forced to resign by his ruling anc party as he faced persistent allegations of corruption. his s successor cyril ramaposa s vowed to root out corruption. but mamany say the party's reputation has greatly suffered under zoom is leadership. now war of words continues between washington and tehran with -- iran urging the us to address the country with respect and not france this comes a day after donald trump is stoked concerns about a possible us around conflict. in a sign the both sides -- hardening their position the us president has since added that washington has not reached out to iran for talks meanwhile turn around as announced a four fold increase in its rate of low grade uranium enrichment. salary to camp and catherine kit for transport.. a swift comeback from a rounds foreign minister javad zarif. has he tweeted to the us president's economic terrorism and genocidal taunts won't quote and iran hash tag never threaten

an iranian try respect it works. they sent to us president donald trump treated one of his most direct threats to run yet. warning it would be destroyed if us interests were attacked. if iran wants to fire that will be the official end of iran never threaten the united states again. the warning came hours after rockets hit back dance heavily fortified green zone landing less than a mile from the us embassy. no group immediately claimed the attack. came after the us ordered the evacuation of non essential diplomatic staff from iraq last week. amid rising tensions across the it also sent warships and bombers to the gulf. in reaction to what it perceived as threats from ron i'll swear in the world washington's planes have been met with skepticism. trump's latest comment marks a shift in tone afterer recent attempts to downplay the possibility of a military conflicts. just last week he tolold reports

he hoped to avoid it according to the fars news agency iran's revolutionarary guards followewd sorry for my saying around would not engage in any conflicts. adding the united states was afraid of war. did not have the will to fight. and finally here in paris rescuers are still trying to talk down a man who scaled the eiffel tower this monday and forced. the monuments evacuation police in parts of the climbers motives were not clear. identical seizure his presence firefighters also attempted to reach them on bike i'm sailing down from the top of the tower and some french t tv reports. say that he has threatened to commit suicide. the man dressed all in black is currently just beneath the third and final floor at the top of the monument which is to remain shot. until further notice. okay it's time now for business said with coal standard even called james and you're starting the controversial telecoms merger -- that's cleared a major hurdle in the u. s. tells more about its right to sprint and t.

mobile have proposed joining forces in a deal that's worth some twenty six billion euros give me that figures in dollars. now it's been under scrutiny since they're the third and fourth largest wireless providers in the country. critics say be bad for consumers to have such a massive company in operation and the justice department still has to decide whether the deal follows anti trust law. but on monday the top telecom regulator in the u. s. gave his approval fcc chairman i should pie celebrating that closing the digital divide in rural america. andd advancing united states leadership in five g. the nextt generation of wirelessss connectivity. the commitments made today by t. mobile and sprints would substantially advance each of these critical objectives. was a much more difficult day for chinese telecom giant qual a on monday google announced that it would restrict the company's access to much of its android operating system. the move means that future quale smartphones risk being cut off from apps like g. email and google maps. the decision follows a controversial executive order from donaldd trump. one that limits american companies from

working with foreign firms that are deemed to pose a national security threat. uss quale is tied to chinese state intelligence allegations that beijing denies. who was move also comes of course with the country's locked in a trade war? we spoke earlier with france twenty fours correspondent in beijing charles pell grant. to get more and how that dispute could d be affected by the latet developments. the ququestion here is what is e us strategy is donald trump using thesese sananctions againt far away as a bargaining chip in the trade talks in order to extract. concessions from the chinese government or is it actually just a waiaiter hurtt while wayn there -- q quest in theirr race develop -- five g. -- and wireless networks -- the sort of the future of technology that you will be crucial for a number of different things including automation -- the next geneneration of f warfare is rey crucial -- technology s so the question here is why i is thatt what is said the unit you in the united states strategy in these trade talalks are they actualaly

really wanting to reach some sort of deal with the chinese are they just trying. to slow down the chinese economy to hurt china where it hurts -- and the at this point in time really the talkss have broken down almost entirely -- there is -- and actually as there's actually as for ranting up at the anti us rhetoric here in china ovever te weekend state tv aired oldld a - u. s. propaganda movovies in primetime slolots movieies aboue korean war so really it doesn't look great for the trade talks right nowow they're next to date will be the next g. twenty summit in osaka in june. where -- donald trump and she didn't king are very likely to meet. ford motor c company is slashing 10% of its global workforce. the automakerr announced the moe on monday covering a staggering seven thousand jobs all them white collar it's part of a global restrtructuringng for the detroit based company. not unlike its rival gm which is also laying off thousands of employees. both companies are making steady profits but say they need to

prepare for the future. by updating their cars and developing newew eco friendly models. turningg now today's trading action where us china tensions have been casting a shadow on global markets. yes in p. in the u. s. finishing the day down about two thirds of 1% is we're seeing here even bigger losses for the tech heavy nasdaq. shares for google's parent company alphabet down 2% on monday. another hand sprint and t. mobile both saw gains following the news from the fcc the former up 19%. earlier monday european investors also reacted to google planning to cut ties with wall a chinese company was planning a major expansion in the content is now shrouded in doubt that counts. and the dax both closing thehe y down about one and a half percent. and maybe some doubts about the state of the world economy but it's never beeeen a betterr timo be a c corporate shareholder. companies paid out a record number of dividends for the first three months of the year and dividends are some pay directly out of company profits to stock owners.

they reached a staggering two hundred and sixty three billion dollars this quarter of nearly 8% from the same period last year. accordining to report that tracs the pats. the pharmaceutical industry is the sector that pays the largest dividends the banks as well as oil and gas aren't far behind. report's authors say they expect full year payouts to reach sosoe one point four three trillion dollars. and finally the world's most expensive tv show has finally come to an end. sunday night marked the finale of the eighth and final season of game of thrones though many of us in europe don't get a chance to watch until monday night off course. the conclusion of the quest for the iron throne did not come cheap. yoyou should the season's episos cost a staggering fifteen million dollars to make. but that investment has apparently paid off with the public james each h of the final episodes averaging more than forty million viewers and that's just in the united states alone. well i stop watching at the beginning of season two so i suppose that puts me in a minority of i guess so sorry. i'll catch up with at some point anyway cold thank you for the

business update. turning now to emma james for this eveningng's media watch tvn you yourr you can look at one of the big stories today in france which is a vance on on their that m money's been in. a vegetative state for eleven years and now finally looks like life support systemsms might be. at turned off yes absolutely he re has become the face of france's debates on euthanasia i've also loan bad his doctors a team of doctors say that he will never recover. a bus up to six years of legal battles involving his family -- his food and water supplies were withdrawn this morning it begins the process of allowing him to die -- it's what's known as passive euthanasia information isn't actually legal here in france but you can withdraw cat and that's what's happened here. i am however his family is split and ththat is where thehe big tragedy with this lies because his parents -- w who filmed this video of himm cryingg s say thae is still alilive he is just handicapped they say this is

evidence that he wananted to continue living now of f course the other s side of the argumen? people sayay that that is merely evidence that he is frustrated trapped in a a body that he caco nothing with -- but his wife -- is the one w who has saidd n noe wouldn't have wanted to live like this. and s so she is the one who has fought foror him to be allowed o die. in a nurse himself i it's likik after he had b been asked himimf some people knew where he stood on the source of the claimant yes it's just unfortunately haven't created a living wills and no one can absolutely with. complete cononvictionn say they knknow of his mother young -- ge interviews this morning i wish she described his doctor as monsters i'm not please -- because she believes that they are killing him because he's handicapped something that of course the *-*- did in germany. she says he's not dying he's not at the end of his life at pope francis has also waded into the debate saying that we pray for

those who live with severe illness last a always safeguard life. gold skin from its beginning until it's not full and let us not give into a throwaway culture because of course the catholic faith is very much in the halls of this round. and his parents found some of his parents very strictly religious -- and do not believe that he should be allowed to die before his time is up. and many people very angry about this this gentleman among them saying that the whole medical team at should be deemed to be come accomplices to a mullah -- because he doesn't see any difference between at will basically else where does it end do you kill cool heavily handicapped people. and others those taking a very different view points as within also talks on the bass and family -- saying finally hit it is freedom for him off to ten years s in a hospital bed -- and this person to saying that it is his choice finally being respected and he will cost in peace. it is a complicated one because your father of a kind of more extreme religious positions that would say you shouldn't if somebody counts survive without any kind of medical support and

they shouldn't. you know absolutely i think it's on the big issue with this is that he can breathe on his own he counted on his on ice h he can't even look at to what someone who's talking to him. and that is one of the big debates the fact that he isn't brain dead man's such that his parents had hopes that emmanuel micro might stop in at the last moment especially. off to a u. n. panel -- for all committee on the disabled rights at set up front strut she put a pools on this well they actually looked into it and came up to their came up with their own conclusions spots emmanuel michael hasn't stepped i in. and hee hasas releaeased a l ley heartfelt statetement a about ts sasaying thehere i is no simplee unequivovocal sololution only uncecertaintieies and heartbrea. all rights no a u. s. billionaire to move on to another story -- and has a written off the dash of an entire graduating class it's pretty incredible gesture i tell

us more with off yes he's one of only thirteen black a billion as in the world in a robe f. smith. has just become the most talked about without question it was after announcement at a graduation ceremony i just look at the faces b behind it was he makes a statement. this is my class. twenty nineteen in my family is making a grant to eliminate their stududent loans. so that was the commencement speech honestly. i wonder where you can bring me realize when he announced i thought a moment as she plays a while it's such a huge sort of yeah there was a real ripple of excitement that sort of pasta through the crowd and then eventually i was a little below what it. meant they weave consensual momoney absolutely four hundred students at morehouse college which is a historically black at men's college in atlanta. and it's estimated that this is going to cost him a forty million dollars -- to pay off war all thought student tax cut have deep pockets to do to make

absolutely it is quite incredible that one mother of one of the students -- spoke to the atlanta journal constitution saying that i feel like it's mother's day will ever again hustle and student lanes sheet that totals around. seventy thousand dollars another one said that he had expected to spend the next twenty five years paying off his two hundred thousand dollar lanes. and some politicians that including alexandria because you quote as saying this should be looked at as a kind of experiment just to see how the students are on their life choices compare. with that he is he austin and chat over the next ten to fifteen years because it is a real political mobile at this one in the united states. and asks for he is at this gentleman who he is the richest black man in america he's worth five billion dollars. and he founded a private equity firm golden vista equity partners and but he has a flamboyant side to you is not just a philanthropist is quite interesting to read that he had going on across run so he's definitely a little bit from absolutely he owns one of elton

jones. that old pianos he hide john legend and sealed up for his wedding to this lady hope. he is a former playboy model turned actress up lots of pepeoe rereally don't care about his background they just care about the gesture looking at some of the tweets outlet today. at the thing i love about this morehouse situation is the pressure it puts on every other busy and that he has already signed up to give the movements and speech this month competitive general city that attach the lady with the in almost exactly why. the next is competitive philanthropy yeah own your marks get set go a really incredible story and it has made an immense difference to the lives of four hundred students in the united states.

05/20/19 05/20/19 [captioning made possible by democracy now!] amy: from new york, this is democracy now! >> there is widespread falsification of quality data in generic drug manufacturing plants overseas. and u.s. fda is minimizing the findings of its own investigators at those plants. for example, there was one fda investigator, peter baker, over five years he went into 86 plants in india andhi