anannouncer: france 24 is with u evererywhere, , all the time. >> y you are watatching for its, itit is timeme now for 60 minuts live aroround the world. these are the headlines. mp' inative and the -- the u.k. begin a series of votess that the next prime minister. boris still seen as the favorite, he has promised to take the u.k. out of the e.u. even without a deal. hundreds still i in the streetsf hong kong following mass protests against the planned extradition bills.

protesters vowing to hold another mass rally this weekend as beijing -- reportedly tankers attacked. the assault left one ship ablaze and adrift as sailors were evacuated. the u.s. navy rushes in to assist. up, the french government seeks to ease tension and a carmaker after a proposed merger with fiat chrysler. and as france gets its second win in the women's world cup, will t take a closerer look at t how french fooootball got to whe it is today. first, our top s story. ♪

the race to replace theresa may kicks up a notch this thursday. is setst round of voting to 11 it at least one of the 10 people currently in the race. boris johnson formally launched his campaign on wednesday with a promise to take the u.k. out of the e.u. even without a deal. >> polarizing and with neon blonde hair, one of britain's most recognized politicians, boris johnson is the front runner to succeed theresa may. to get there, he has been keeping a low profile. other than possibly withholding the multibillion divorce bill. a notion that is out of the western. at his launch, he said a note

yield brexit remains an option, culling the possibility of leaving the european union without an accord a vital tool of negotiation. >> they want no deal even more than i do, and will simply not get a result of we get the impression that we want to go on kicking the can down the road. delay means defeat. again and we kicked the bucket. johnson was first a political journalist. before being elected mayor of london and then after becoming a main backer, he became the foreign secretary under theresa may. candidacy has been helped by his "no holding back" reputation. >> forest jojohnson is likely to

win because he's offering the arte members what they want, and many of f them want no deal bres it. >> johnson managed to dodge questions about having possibly used cocaine as a young man, an issue that has hurt his rivals candidacy after he admitted to using illegal drugs years ago. this, talkmore about us through it today. >> we are going to hear who has come ot in the first round. there are 10 candidates now for the urban of leadersrship. we are expecting around four of them to drop out after today. toh candidate needs 17 votes get into the next round, that is the basic minimum. the second round is supposed to be on june 18 and at that point, the remaining candidates will need 33 votes to get through to the llllowing rounun

obviously, i it gets tougher att every y stage. june there areof still not two remaining conservative mps will keep voting on consecutive until they reach those final two candidates. at that point, the last two candidates go to a ballot of conservative party members. andndasically step backk dedecide which of those final to candidates finally elected. >> parliliament wantnts to tryro rule out a a no-deal brexit. whatat does s that mean?n?

--the l lour partyy tried they held a vote yesterday in parliament to try to stop a no .eal and to try to we saw, once again, the familiar division within both of the main parties on the issue. you had conservatives to rebel against the government, you had labor mps who r rebels agaiainst theieir ownn leadership. voteesusult was that this failed. essentially, n no deal h n not been takaken off the tabable by parliament. that gives a little bit more room to maneuver for the hard brexiters. any conservative future leader who says we have to keep no deal on the table as a negogotiating tactic brussels, they are able

to but strenengthened he wananto go d dowthat r rte. i suppose, again, this boat shows how difficult it is to get the consensus on anything in parliament including the nuclear option which is to pull a vote of no-confidence in the next prime minister and government heading to a no deal at the end of o october. see that the next prime minister is really heading to no deal, the logical thing would be to try to go for a a vo ofof no-confnfidence and bring n the e government. that would be very hard to achieve consensus on, theicularly as it in that two main parties would likely see a dropping i in the general election t that follow. the conservatives would obviously be killed by the brexit party in that general election. labor, we saw t them having huge losses a as well in theuroropean elections toto other parties tht prorogram e.u..

start.t. a vovote of no-confifidence is rereally the last resort because bothth of the e main parties wod stand to l lose very badly in te general election of all of. -- that would follow. >> in hong kong, protesters have promised to keep fighting a plan extradition bill that would allow people to be sent to mainland china for trial. hundreds were still in the streets again today, but far less than the tens of thousands who turned out yesterday. protesters vowing to hold another rally this sunday. the protests wednesday ended in violence with hong kong police meeting unarmed protesters. beijing has condemned while behavior. it supports the government. kong's discrict remains in lockdown. more protests are possible following the worst clashes in the city in decades on wednesday.

police used rubber bullets and tear gas. angry over extradition legislation they say would leave people horrible to mainland dina. >> they call us rioters but our gear is a raincoat and helmets. but the police have batons and can draw blood. >> i don't think there is any use in violence. to use a gun, you are breaking the law, so there is no way of playing the game. >> a second meeting of the bill has been postponed. protesters say it flies in the face of one country agreed during the handover from british rule in 1990. leaderng's pro-beijing shows no sign of backing down. >> some people say i am betraying hong kong.

but how can i betray hong kong? i was born and raised here. i grew up here with all the pepeople of hong kong. has called for a personal sacrifice. >> beijing accuses the protesters of rioting. they say it would use the extradition legislation to pursue his political enemies and to ensnare dissidence. >> japanese prime minister shinzo abe is in iran for meetings with their supreme leader. abe is the first sitting japanese prime minister to visit tehran's is the islamic revolution in 1979. on wednesday he met with the iranian president. the subject of both meetings, calming iran's tension with the u.s. iran has been locked in a standoff ever since trump

withdrew from a landmark nuclear deal last year. as that was wrapping up, two oil tankers near the strategic strait were reportedly attacked. that left one ship ablaze and adrift as sailors were evacuated from both, with the u.s. navy rushing in to assist. the attacks come one month after a similar incident in which water tankers in the region were struck. one of the tankers was carrying oil bound for japan and as it happened, the iranian foreign minister has already called the incident suspicious. has been at the heart of recent international tensions. >> it is one of the world's key maritime passages. this narrow stretch of water connects the indian ocean with the persian gulf. at the3 kilometers wide

narrowest point, but it is just three kilometersrs wide inin eir direrection. it is deep enough for some of the world's largest oil tankers. at the center tensions between washington and tehran? certainly, it separates iran from the united arab emirates and oman, two countries that have strong defense connections with the united states and saudi arabia. >> it seemed that the united states, in particular, is looking at the strait of her by highlighting iranian extradidition in thatata that are alleged to be against saudi targets or uae targets. >> it is also one of the world's most crucial transport routes for oil. crude oil world's

comes through this waterway. meanwhile, passage is also a vital route for liquid national gas from qatar, one of the world largest exporters. this is why transit through the strait is both a security and an econonomic issue, anand it seem- it sees plenty of attention. >> despite rising tension, it does not look like either side to answer confrontation with one another, at least, not directly. that theyre likely might enter some sort of escalated confrontation, perhaps in a place like syria. , iran hase years threatened to close the strait, especially in the event of an outright conflict. that kind of a blockade would send oil prices guy rocketing.

>> i think taking this step would be rather extreme. again -- akin to a declaration that or is beginning. i don't think at the moment, any country in the region is interested in this kind of acceleration -- escalation. >> the u.s., saudi arabia, and their allies have previously ducted naval drills. they mostly deployed carriers and task forces to show their willingness and ability to hit the islamic republic. >> that's france 24 reported. the united states has named a veteran diplomat to join international efforts to mediate in the crisis in again. that is following the overthrow of their former president in april. the u.s. envoy served as a special envoy for sudan and south sudan during the obama administration.

diplomat arrived on wednesday and is working after.de officials,t sudanese military rulers, and opposition leaders. they want t regional and international guarantees s to ay agreement. >> we made it clear to the u.s. assistant secretary of state for africa that we recognize the u.s. role, and they declare the support the transition government. we support and will stand by the african initiative. -- a mediationl mission last week. they have agreed to resume talks. of normal life is

returning to the sudanese capital after a military after on the third of june. while shops and restaurants are reopening, many people remain wary. >> [speaking foreign language] >> doctors report that more than 100 people have been killed and more than 500 injured. a 50-year-old woman who tested positive for ebola in uganda has died. she is the second fatality since the virus spread from the democratic republic of congo. a five-year-old boy died in uganda on wednesday. the world health organization says a key emergenency committee will meet all i in the

confirirmation that t it has now spread to uganda from congo. the panels meet friday to determine whether to declare it an emergency of internatational concern, which wouould be a majr shift in mobilization. and after near record high temperatures in india, a severe storm is now heading to the western coast. it is expected to make landfall thursday. thousands of residents have already been evacuated. newsfor a little sports with the people women's world cup. france recovered from story to the norway last night. it was their second consecutive win for the host nation. almost costefender them the game when she turned the ball into her own net. more from some happy fans. if you don't jump, you aren't

french! >> she is a great player and i like her. i thought they did really well, and they fought hard. and they pushed forward. they played really well, just awesome. come on, boys, come join us. >> the energy was greaeat, loved every minute of itit. it was a fantastic event. one of the best football leagues in the world that recently won the women's championships for a record fourth year in a row. that club is the symbol of french investment in women's franceional football and r is becoming one of the leading forces in the sport. >> women's football in france

has taken a huge leap forward. since the frerench football operation launched a major development project a user go, the number of women officially registered with the federation has almost doubled to reach about 180,000. with 12 teams, it is one of the biggest and best leaks in the world, something that has helped the national team to new heights. francece is now forth in the the the world rankings and among the favorites to lift the world cup on home soil. we have more experience now. many of us have played in international competitions, especially the champions league. we need to use that experience in the world cup. there is plenty of talent on our team with a mix of youth and experience. we have a competitive squad. playersther friends hail from the most successful

women's team with h 70 national titles and six european trophies, and the biggest budget. in football still make a fraction of their male counterparts, top players can make about the thousand euro per year. but higher wages are not the only reason playerers are attrtracted to f france. the reason i came here is because of football. it gives us everything. the infrastructure is better, the training conditions are better. there is more staff, the medics are better. it is all very professional. >> the quality of the league has also brought more anznze and moe interest in brbroadcasting righ. from 200,000 euro in 2017, television rights jumped to 1.2 million last year, and the world cup is following the trend. see but is hoping to reach about one billion viewers during the competition. >> advertising for this world

cucup will be close toto what is in the world cupup. interested.ies are hoping theyns are will follow in the footsteps of the men's team and being crowned world champions. but whoever wins the trophy, women's football will surely be the real winner. >> it is time e now for a look t the top business news. we are going to start with tension between the french government following the collapse of a proposed merger with fiat chrysler. meetingrly charged where thchchairman expxpressed s frustration ovover the abortedee up. he reportedly blamed the french gogovernment for taking the deal r r undue ininterference. the frenench finance m ministers it remains an inteteresting opportunity. things are not looking great

for the french government. relations between the carmaker ststakeholders were left on ice after the collllapse of the thoe merger with you chrysler last week. talks after r the french p prime andster calleled for a delelay said that nissan would not be en board. the chairman has not hid his disappointmement on losing out n the merger. inthere was hostility crcreating the european champio. at the time, people complain we don't have one. it wasas an opportunity forr fre and europe. to demonstrate we were able to do something together. >> they cited sources who say he is seriously the finance and has

unsuccessfully appealed for. the frenench presidedent snubbee offer of a meeting. relations were tense long before the proposed merger fell through. but since then, they have sought to block government reforms in the wake of the scandal. further compmplicated the alreay strained relationship. > how are the m marketshihipn up today? u.k. conservative party candidates heightenened investor yield. percent. a quarter overall, gaining just slightly. germany says it has raised 6.5 ilion euro. oil prices jumping on the reports in the gulf.

fruit is up 3.3%. >> next up, donald trurump sayse has no deadline for a new w roud of tarififfs on chchina. >> he has repeatedly t threatend to levee tariffs on the goods not yet included. washington has already slapped on imports including furniture and semiconductors as it seeks a range of economic reforms. trump once again accused china of reneging on commitments made during earlier trade talks. he says the rerelationship is currently just a bit testy. trump: i t think we wiwill end p making a deal with china. we have a very good relatioionsp although it's a a little bit tey right t now. i think they really have to make a deal. a lot of companies are leaving chinina.

and are going to vietnam various other placess and they are also coming to the united states to make their product because they don't want to pay. >> now to australia where a controversial coal mining project has gottenen the green light. >> final a approval thurursday o the e carmichael mine in a projt of the indian company that has been delayed for years amid court battltles and opposion. it is expecteded to oduce eight to 10 million tons of coal annually while costing $1.5 billion to produce. the project has been in flashpoint for climate change concerns in australia. many point to global warming as existential threats to the nearby great barrier reef. notedvironment minister the record as she made the approval. >> unfortunately, today, it has not always engaged with the department in the same constructive way that other major companies have done. i hope that this is not an

indication of how the company will approach the future obligations. >> next, economics is not always the most approachable subject and i think it was the worst grade i got in s school but thee is a new museum that is hoping to change that. >> who hasn't wanted to relive the e great depression? casase, it opens in stores totomorrow in paris. it is s a former headquarters using interactive exhibits and aiaims to make economimic theord practice undererstandable e to . i shshould prorobably go.. in the meantime, here is a preview. world of hedge funds, mortgages, and capitit flight, ececonomics cacan often seem o o touch h the everyday person. stock exchanges and skyscrapers forever out of reach your a

museum wants to bring economic understanding back to the people. 70% ofof the french admit to feeling uninformed on financial matters according to studies by national bank. the museum hopes to change that. using a mixture of

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