you are watching franance 24. it i is time for 60 minutes live around the world. i am genie godula. brazil is set to re-examine an appeal by the former president lula after allllegations that te justice minister collaborated with prosecutors to convict the popular leftist politician. rare dealstrike a with the justice department to get more evidence from robert mueller's russia investigation.

the white house lawyer who helped bring down richard nixon says there are remarkable similarities with donald trump. rescue ship's captain faces trial, accused of illelegal -- accccused of aiding illegal migration. french wine is in the crosshairs as donald trump says he is ready to wrap up trade conflicts on several fronts. brian quinn will tell us about that in our business update. two former sweethearts separated for 75 years meet again. a look at the d-day romance and ra©union. first, our top story live from paris.

♪ genini the top court in brazil says it will re-examine an appeal by lula da silva in the wake of allegations that a former judge collaborated with prosecutors during corruption investigations, including the case that imprisoned lula and barred him from running in last year's presidential election. the justice minister who sent a former president to prison. surgery -- sergio mauro is on the defense after a leaked message. >> i cannot say these are authentic. these things happen years ago.

speak to prosecutors, lawyers, police. that is normal. >> exchanges between him and prosecutors in which he gives them advice on the focus and pace of their investigations. the lead prosecutor denies allegations of collusion, although he has offerered an apapology of sortsts. >> we do n not believe these messages are trustworthy, we recogngnize theyey are making pe uncomfortable. we are deeply sorry about that. highest ranking judgdge which jaileled scororesf politicicians and busineness figures.s. the chief justice was responsible for handing a lula dal sentence to silva, a decision that blocked him from seeking reelection last year. his lawyers are saying his sentence should be overturned. reaction on n the streets is mixed. calls impartiality into

question. privates -- it w was a conversation. i do not see misconduct. i cannot see anything that would mau-- mauro's's image. thehere is promise ththat information revealed so far is only the tip of the iceberg. genie: democrats have struck a deal to get evidence from the most important files of robert mueller's russia investigation as the white house lawyer who helped bring down n richard nixn says there are some letters between that case and the obstruction allegations againstt donald trump. philip crowther reports. >> democrats wanant to make sure

robebert mueller''s investitigan into election meddling remains in the headlines. they succeeded in doing so by bringing in john dean to testify monday. he is the former white house counsel for the nixon administration during the watergate scandal. what john dean said was he reports robert mueller's was a a roadmap f for congress o further investigate donald trump. the president was watching part of it because a tweet from the president repeated his long used motto of no obstruction, no collusion. , robertial counsel mueller did not come to the conclusion there was no obstruction of justice by the president. the man who is key y in this in the coming days of testimony on

capitol hill is jerry nadler, house judiciary committee. he wants to make sure no president, republican or democrat, will be able to act in this way. fore was a little success him. the department of justice has accepted to hand over some of the documents that were used in the evidence in that investigation by robert mueller, specifically the part of the investigation that was looking into whether or not there had been obstruction of justice by the u.s. president. the president says there was no obstruction of justice. a lot of democrats believe there was. that is why they have decided to keep investigating. crowther reporting from washington. in italy, a small town mayor has gone on trial. he made headlines around the world forgiving migrants on-the-jobomes and

training in hopes of kickstarting the local economy. partayor was arrested as of a probe into allegedly helping illegal migrants. others say his only crime is one of humanity. that comes as the sea watch rescue ship's captain is on trial, accused of aiding illegal migration and could face up to 20 years in jail. she says she is being subjected to a show trial. simon harding reports. manye is a savior for migrants. for the italian government, she is a criminal. from theed migrants mediterranean, b bringing them o italy. she stands of ill -- she stands accused of aiding illegal migration. years in up to 20 jail. italian authorities say she violated the laws s of the country.

ship with aa dutch flag. it had been stopped once because it did not respect the laws, the rules, and the request of the coast guard and port directctor. they will not disembark. i will not allow it. has said she is facing a show trial. helped estimate she has over 1000 people at risk of drowning. it blames the eu', saying does not remember its values, human values, the rights of life, the right to apply for asylum, and the duty of seafarerers to aid ththose in dadanger. humanitarian cause to act now.w. there is no possssibility of

dedelay. we must act now. it is for saving people. government has cracked down on illegal migration in italy via the mediterranean. if less boats are encouraged to trtravel, there will be less deaths at sea. i am joined by armen georgian. for is playing out well mamatteo cell vini. > youavave to remember italin governments have comomplained oa lack of solidaririty fro eu partners. this was before cell vini came to power. there was a lot of -- this came mateo matteo cell vini -- salvini came to power.

created a climate with his rhetoric, threatening to deport undocumented migrants and the measures that have been enacted, we have heard these efforts to clamp down on those accused of facilitating illegal but also the passed.decree thahat has also, the closure of ports to rescue vessels. how w has this played for r him? the league party won just over 30% ofof the votote, clearly t s strategy is working for him. coalitionhelping his partner, but if there were an early election in italy, it is

possible there could be one in 2020, he would be in a good position. genie: we talked about migrant arrivals in italy and recent years. we have not thought about it in recent months. what is ththe reality? a downward trend since 2016. this i is the paradox. workings politics are at the ballot box, but the number of arrivals by sea has declined. this is from the unhcr. a highggest there was , with more 181,000 than 4000 dead and missing. drop,n see, a substantial 2017, 119,000 fewer deaths and

missing as you would expect. arrivals, 2018, 23,000. a particularly dramatic drop. this is when salvini was not in power. unhcr, arrivals just 2144 this year in 2019. that is for half of the year. if that trends continue, it would be substantially less than 2018. this in declined before salvini came into office? about a deal talk brokered by the former government, the role of the former interior minister who brokered a deal with libya tribal militia and coast guard

to reign in human traffickers. thousands of migrants are detained in detention centers on the libyan coast before they can make the crossing. this is what he said more recently. there is no migrant emergency. the new government cannot save us. if they did, they would liberate italians from their fears. from a man who is a prominent italian economist. he said italians assume immigrants account for 26% of realopulation, but the proportion is closer to 9%. this goes to what we were saying about perceptions. that is a big gap between what people want to believe, what is believed, and what is actually the truth. genie: thank you.

in india, hundreds of millions of people continue to be hit by a heat wave. temperatures exceeded 50 degrees --sius, 100 and 22 degrees 122 degrees fahrenheit. that has prompted violence in some parts of the country as residents fight over the water. in newdren take a dip delhi. many are opting to stay home. >> there are few customers because of the heat. we sit in our autos and wait. >> last week, temperatatures reached 50.3 degrees celsius. of 51 degreesgh set in 202016. media says more than one doesn't have died of heat stroke in

three weeks. hospitals arare treating increasing members of patients. >> i was v vomiting. mymy body was burnining. aroundy temperature was 37 d degrees, but outside, it ws hotter. temperatures could remain above 45 degrees across a large swath of the country for at least two more days. demand for ice is skyrocketing and in some areas, water is hard to come by. in some cases, the fighting has turned deadly. police have been deployed to protect water tankers and water sources. genie: the high court in botswana has decriminanalized gy sex. they rejected parts of the penal code that criminalized sexual relations.

thes a significant boost to lgbtq rights movement in africa. more than two dozen countries have laws criminalizing gay sex. you are watching france 24. it is time for the headlines. let's take a quick look at that. give me a minute. let's start with our first headline, hang on a second. we are having some technical difficulty here. let me see what is happening. we are going to take a closer look at d-day. we talked about it last week. let's look back at a little romance that blossomed 75 years after the fact. a young robbins was soldier in n northeaststern fra. one photo stands out. is her name?

ee.jene i remember her well. for sure, i want to see her. she is probably gone now. >> armed with a photo and the name of a town, it did not take long to track her down. >> s she is alive. we are going to meet her. >> we are going to meet her. isshe is alive and she waiting for you. after 75 years apart, they embrace. to see you,derful girl. ♪ >> it doesn't take long for

talks to turn to love. >> i always loved you. you never got out of my heart. >> [speaking french] >> he shows her the photo he has kept all of these years. >> this is you. [laughter] a at love you -- i love you, girl. >> after a number of hours together, it is time to say goodbye again. [indiscernible] >> you made me cry. that is so sweet. let's look at the top stories

this hour. in brazil, the supreme court is set to reexamine an appeal by lula after allegations the justice minister and a judge collaborated with prosecutors to convict the popular former leftist politician. u.s. dememocrats strike a deal with the justice department to get more evidence from robert mueller's russia investigation. the white house lawyer helped bring down richard nixon and watergate says there are remarkable similarities between that and donald trump. down tome back business. you start with the threats from donald trump t to escalate trade conflicts on a numumber of fron. brian:n: french wine is in the crosshairs after trump threatens to retaliate on americanan wine entering the eu.

washshington is repairing for tense negotiations with brussels to resolve a spat that began with trurump's tarififfs on stel and d aluminum last year. he is stepping up on mexico and china and the trade conflict with them. >> french wiwine is the targetef trump's trade war. the grapes are in his sites as he accuses the eu of creating trade barriers for great american wine. 11 toiffs reigned from $.29 per bottle. france does not set its trade policy or tariffs. any measures against french wine would have to target the entire eu. there is the mexican front, mr. trump:'s threat to impose -- tariffsthreat to impose

. he predicts a strategy will be successful with china. trade negotiations have stalled since talks broke down with beijing in early may. the trump administration raised tariffs to 25% on chinese goods. tariffs on u.s. exports. trump threatened to slap further tariffs on chinese goods if xi jinping does not -- by the end of the month. way have the option to raise it another 300 billion and the 25% could be higher than 25%. its privilegeds trade status, according to trump. genie: trump seems to be signaling the ban on while way could be open to

negotiation. washington citing the close ties to the government and milititarysurfaces -- services as a threat to the u.s. mr. trump: it could be resolved as a final trade deal with china. they are hinting the u.s. pressure is hurting its smartphone sales. largeste the second company in terms of mobilephone sales had we not encountered anything unexpected, we would have been number one. we have to wait a little longer to achieve that. a are oneuropeaean indexes the risese in spite of t the new tariff threats. automakers leading the way amid stimulus measures announced in china. as dataon ftse 100 up

shows the u.k. unemployment rate holding at a 45 year low. in paris, up around three quarters of a percent. genie: renault has openened up a joinint facility. business must go on. research center in tel aviv to develop automotive technology is the latest joint venture. they will collaborate with local israeli startups. >> research and development continues regardless. share and renault will

technologies to make their vehicles more competitive. there is a dilemma for policymakers in france as controversy brews over tax breaks for philanthropic nation hasn: the french government vowed to lower thehe taxeses on inindividual taxpayers. how to fininance that is thehe qutionon. breaks,ng corporarate tax which is 60% tax deductible. for byrenovation paid --. abby financed by --. corporate donations that fund the --eep of

state o oneg the billion euros a year in lost revenue. the government wants to tighten the tax loophole to fund future tax cutsts. incentived make the less attractive. 50%.uld lower it to companies saved millions of euros in tax. it's charities could be hit the hardest by any changes. stop corporate patronage, what will happen? companies will reduce their funding. who will suffer? those who are marginalized. that is unacceptable. remain in break will

place, but it will not rule out reducing the incentive. vidideogame makers s -- inserting -- in their games. brian: a $15 a month service will l launch in europe. watchdog legion is set in post artificialndon where intelligence has wrecked the economy. by pound has been replaced crypto currency. we will have to see how much of that will come true. i am not a video game player, but if i were, it would be something like mario kart. most t famous as the muse

and lover of pablo picasso. she was an artist in her own right. a look at the parish paying tribute to her work up next after news.

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