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>> welcome back. we are broadcasting live from paris, bringing you the top stories around the world. these are the headlines.
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manager, michelle platini has been arrested over cup, awarding a tournament to qatar. he is being questioned by the anticorruption branch of the police. a mea culpa.sues conference,ress saying she misread the anger of protesters who staged mass demos against a controversial extradition law. donald trump gears up for his reelection bid for the 2020 election race. brings us the latest
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from the paris air show. carrie lam told the people of hong kong she misread their anger and issued an apology to protesters who filled the streets. she came under fire for her support of a controversial bill that would see suspects from hong kong extradited to mainland china. >> roads are open again and resumednt offices have work after sunday's mass protests and hong kong, only a handful remain on the streets. lamite the calm, carrie made an impromptu speech calling
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.or unity >> i have to shoulder much of the responsibility. this has led to controversy and anxiety in society. for this, i offer my most sincere apology. hong kong prepares for its largest rally. on sunday, 2 million people spilled to the streets, according to organizers, many demanding carrie lam step down.
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she made it clear she would finish her term. >> we do not know how long we will stay, but we want the situation resolved as soon possible. >> pro-democracy activists have rejected carrie lam's apology. >> donald trump is kicking off his reelection campaign. he is addressing supporters in
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orlando. we spoke to philip crowther about the choice of orlando for this event. >> donald trump has been here many times before during the 2016 campaign, but also as president. this was a president who has been running for reelection since the day he entered the oval office and the white house. he knew he was going to get a big crowd in a place like orlando. his event, the launch of reelection campaign. it will take place in the basketball arena here. 20,000 people at least will be inside. tens of thousands possibly waiting outside and watching on big screens.
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this is where we are, a swing area inside a vase state -- a a swingea inside of state. donald trump did win floda in 2016, a tight result against hillary clinton. this is the kind of area he will have to get those votes in order to keep his position in the white house. one issue is likely to address concerns, that is health care. succeeds, not he democrats and republicans will go head to head on the issue. >> health care is divisive. trump can wax lyrical about what he says of the
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destructive health care policies . >> socialist health care would crush american workers. would eliminate medicare as we know it. my watch, we will never let that happen. we will never be a socialist country. >> he said they would announce an outline for health care in the next two months. be enjoying his second term in the white house. republican lawmakers repeatedly tried to repeal parts of obamacare.
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some republicans want trump to avoid health care altogether and focus on issues where they pull best. michelle platini is being held for questioning by anticorruption police in paris. he is being investigated over , namely world cup inrding that to qatar 2010. at the time, he denied any wrongdoing and was given an eight year ban from football activities. that was reduced to four years.
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the allocation of the 2022 world cup had already been investigated internally. the french justice system has gotten involved. what are that going to -- what are they going to question him about? >> they are going to ask him about what was discussed at a secret lunch organized at the if resident -- at the presidential palace just nine days before the qatarook place, which saw winning the 2022 world cup.
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there was michelle platini, nicholas sarkozy, the qatari prime minister and other high-ranking officials. investigators will want to know what was discussed. it has been alleged there were lucrative business deals discussed around the launch -- around the lunch table, including the qatari investment the0 million euros in french club, including setting up a new sports channel here in france and paying 150 million rights to broadcast football images. >> the choice of qatar was a
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surprise. it must have been controversial. can you give us background on the debate about how and why they got the cup? >> there has been controversy surrounding this world cup winning bid for several years. almost immediately after the vote to place, eyebrows were raised. hardlytime, qatar could set to have been a stadium.owned football the world cup was moved to accommodate that. there are going to be air-conditioned stadiums at a huge cost, a huge environmental cost.
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there are huge questions around and many other issues. you very much. jinping is making a statement to north korea. this comes as the tentative dialogue between pyeongchang and washington is at a standstill. donald trump and kim jong-un met in vietnam in february. the talks fell flat after the u.s. rejected north korea's request to lift sanctions on the country. last month, north korea fired in whatnge missiles
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some see as an attempt to put pressure on the united states. told to alter its extreme pressure methods. this comes after the pentagon moved to deploy extra soldiers to the middle east due to concerns about the iranian threat. >> escalating, maximum pressure campaigns, sure the heightened acute tensions between the united states and iran. washington has announced lands to send additional forces and supplementary military resources to the middle east. on monday, the u.s. navy
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released new photographs that attacks onehran on oil tankers. it came hours after a rainy and officials pass the stockpile past last year. tehran's ultimatum was to ramp up pressure. u.s.rcumvent crippling economic sanctions, something european powers have attempted with little success.
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>> as the agency has underlined, accepting -- iran is its commitments. >> the president suggests he is open to salvaging the deal. >> members of the muslim brotherhood are calling for protest following the death of mohammed mercy -- of mohamed morsi. he dressed -- he had just addressed the court when he fell to the ground in the glass cage in which he was testifying. egyptian state television has said the cause of death was a heart attack.
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issued a report saying the conditions of his incarceration did not meet international standards and could lead to premature death. >> we believe it might amount to torture according to the u.n. convention and according to the basic principles of keeping .nmates theentence is expected for four people charged with attacking a university. the suspects are accused of conspiring with militants to attack the campus and they face
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life imprisonment. a look back at the fatal ambush. >> it was the second deadliest terror attack in kenya history. gunman stormed the college in eastern kenya, killing two security guards at the entrance and then they shot several people who tried to escape before taking 700 students hostage. they freed muslim students. 148 people, mostly students, had been killed and nearly 80 injured. al-shabaab claimed responsibility for the attack. over the past several years, the militant group stepped up a tax attacks -- stepped up
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in kenya. they have killed well over 600 people in kenya alone. protestrs of the movement are calling for new nighttime demos across the country as part of a standoff with the military administration. the clashed over who should lead following the ouster of omar al-bashir. >> a call for further protests in sudan. opposition leaders want generals to hand over power. they demand an investigation into the death. >> the impact of the sit ins remains present in people's minds, the horrors committed by the military council's forces, the bodies thrown into the nile
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were a shock. night rallies will begin this tuesday and marches on thursday. the call came after the deputy pushbackhe council demands concerning the composition of a transitional legislative body. he said the case of violence on the third of june will be prosecuted. negotiations between the military and protesters have been suspended. they have been trying to revive talks. >> it is time to get an update on business news. let's start off with a major economic reform plan.
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>> prime minister edward philippe has unveiled a change to the unemployment benefit, which he says will reduce the number of jobless people by a quarter of a million. they will try to discourage companies from relying on shorthand contracts. the marketsk at now. the latest comments by the head of the european central bank are creating a stir. cutario draghi is ready to interest rates again or restart its bond buying program if inflation does not pick up. european stocks were lifted by the central bank cost signal.
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>> here in paris is day two of the airshow. this area comes amid crisis over the grounding of the boeing 737 max 8. reported zero orders on opening day. brian quinn is standing by. covering the current event. what could it mean for its european rival airbus? it has been seen as the second player in the global aviation market. >> airbus has been seen as the but it is seeking its role somewhat reversed.
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they were looking to clinch 200 worth of plain sales -- of airplane sales. they have notched 245. for signed deal with sebu over two dozen planes that include a number of the new planes. a saudi airline has signed a deal for 100 airbus planes. order there. announced nothing. they announced a deal with korean airlines for 30 of their dreamliner plane. they are still struggling with the 737 max 8 crisis.
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>> it is not just the 737 crisis playing in boeing. the triple seven act's -- the 777x also. supplier, ge aviation, has hit a snag with a part in one of the engines developed for that twin engine jet.ll -- two aisle they are going to take the engine apart and replace it and redesign it. that will mean further testing that will pushback the launch of 777 x. this is a market worth at least
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andbillion euros a year, both are struggling a bit. their orders were down. orders have been half of what they were in previous years. what is going into this show, sales could be half of what they were two years ago. , the bests airshow case scenario, it is a slowdown. there is a lot going on in the global economy. trade wars are putting a chill on global gdp and that is putting a chill on investments. we have seen a couple of small airlines collapse in recent months. india, while in
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air also putting a chill on the market. --lufthansa. ofs airshow is a reflection the constantly growing. >> facebook has unveiled plans to launch crypto currency called libra. >> a year in the macon and thought to cost $1 billion. facebook has unveiled libra. the social media giant has released this presentation, libra's prowess. facebook said the digital currency will permit people who
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do not use banks to be able to shop, transfer, and save money with the click of their phone. will be able to be converted to digital libra's. the currency will be pegged to other currencies. it could raise regulatory issues. global company. are they creating a global currency? that will be difficult to manage. we have no global definition of money. every country is different and what money actually is. >> facebook has consulted with multiple governments and set up a consortium to run libra. over two dozen corporations have signed on. and questions about
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privacy and taxation have yet to be answered. the price of bitcoin has surged in recent days, going above $9,000 because of the hikes -- because of the hype over facebook policy new currency. facebook's value peaked before sharply dropping again. >> we are taking a short break now. we will be back in a moment.
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