>> you are watching france 2 24. it's time for 60 minutes live around the world. these are the headlines. iran fires ballistic missiles at u.s. forces in iraq. two iraqi bases housing u.s. troops, hit by those strikes. calling iteme leader a slap in the face of the u.s. after a drone strike killed the top iran general. plane crash into o ron killing close to the 180 people on board. most of the victims were iranian or canadian. one e of the engines r reportedy

caught fire causing the crash. the ukrainian embassy is ruling out a terrorist attack. ghosn nissan boss carlos giving his first press conference since his dramatic .scape from japan also comining up for you in the show, we are getting the latest market reaction to the events in iraq and explaining why oil prices rise when there is tension in the middle east and you will meet the man named the 2019 african footballer of the year. he plays for liverpool. but first o ourp p stories.s. ♪

>> last night, irann attacked to bases in iraq, bases that are home to u.s. troroops. those strikes retaliation for a u.s. drone strike last week that killed iran's top geneneral. charon said the attack was a proporortionate act of self-defense -- tehran said the attack was a proportionate act of self-defense. president donald trump tweeted all is well. onthese pictures broadcast iran state tv claimed to show a flurry of missiles rainining don 's the military babase in iraq western province. five days after the unit states killed the iranian commander, qassem soleimani, iran has hit back. leader labeled that a slap in the face. >> military action is not

enough. the corrupt presence of the west in the region must come to an end. missiles hit basases. iran claims to havave killed 800 amererans and cacaused significt damage to military equipment. the u.s. and iraqq so far report no cattle tease and president trump tweeted that all is well. report no casualties and president trump tweeted that all is well. aey have already drawn up list of 52 locations across iran including cultural sites that could be hit i if iran retaliat. that retaliation has now come with the iranian prime ministets saying the islamic republic took a proportionate measure in self-defenense. has threatened

washington's allies if those countries are used to attack iran. >> a bit more analysis on the escalation between iran and the u.s.. break it down for us. what does this attack mean? >> i want to make something clear that you correctly pointed out. this is a crucial fact that has been grossly mr. presented across-the-board the fact that iran in the late hours of wednesday hit iraqi military sites that house u.s. soldiers. these nuances matter at times like this when tensions are this high. trump delivered -- will deliver that long-awaited statement or tweet, something we are accustomed to. i will delve into how the iranians are selling this back at home. state media says 30 u.s. soldiers were killed as a a rest of these attacks.

these claims have been denied by washington and we are hearing reports from both signs that there were no casualties, even on the iraqi side. thists out of iran i want to be clear, these attacks were aimed at delivering a message, saving face in the aftermath of the assassination of iran's top commander, qassem soleimani. not necessarily an escalation or causing real damage. , want to start off with iran they have gone as far as dubbing this a severe revenge and t this is very much falling in line with the kind of rhetoric that we have been hearing out of iran . iran's foreign minister is saying that iran actually hit a base that was used as part of the attack against qassem soleimani, saying this was absolutely legal, it was self-defense by international

standards. given that the strikes did not lead to loss-of-life nor assets of the americans, this is a good moment for the u.s. to de-escalate and step back because iran is selling this as the revenge it was owed. the ball is now in washington's court. iran's defense minister saying these e attacks mark the end of our response. our next step will depepd on what the americans will do. >> it certainly will. in the meantime this whole battle is being played out not in the united states or iran but in iraq. >> if we look at the events over the past few days, you can see that iraq is very much at the center of the standoff. after soleimani was killed on iraqi soil at the baghdad international airports, these attacks are very much targeting iraq. this is a very small insight but it is not a new phenomenon. this goes back to a 1979 revolution.

tehran was supporting militias in the 2003 forces invasion and it proceeded to bolster those forces against the islamic state group. those forces were led by none other than general qassem soleimani. questioned has been in the regegion, spepecificallly iraq, saying it has alienated minority arab communities. military --waves of militia attacks against israelis. something to keep a close eye on. tense events coming up. >> thank you. escalationrries over between the two sides grow, let's focus on what kind of poses toan's military

the u.s. and vice versa. >> bigger, costlier, more advanced. on paper, the unit states military dwarfs iran's. the u.s. is the most powerful military in the world while iran ranks 14th. the u.s. has 1.3 million active personnel. spent 19 billion u.s. dollars on defefense while the u.s. spent a huge $650 billion, more e than the next seven countries put together. the u.s. also has the world's most advananced weaponry and is allied with rich and powerful countries around the world. despite its lack of military bases in the modern air force, iranan can be effective in other ways. its missile arsenal has grown to be the largest and most sophisticated in the militanant- in the m middle east and is able to strike more than 2000 kilometers away, reaching as far as israel and parts of europe.

hasg with its missiles, it a large number of mines and small boats that can deter naval aggression and choke the global oil supply in the persian gulf. inhas made rapid progress cyberspace operations and has a network of militant partners and proxies in the r region includig has below in lebanon and the houthi's in yemen. agree that iran would struggle to endure a conflict with the u.s.. >> just hours after iran launched those strikes on u.s. forces in iraq, a planene that s tataking off from the airport in tehran crashed, killing all 176 people on board. the majority of the passengers were from iran and canada. the plane was a boeing 737 800 operated by ukrainee internationaaiairlines. itit says ththe plane was one oe best in its fleet and that the pilots on board were very

experienced. while the crash camame in the midst o of the escalating tensis between ththe u.s. and iraran, r now it seems to have beeeen l ld to a tragic accident. the two black have b been found from the plane so there should hopefully be more clararity on ththat in the mingng days. >> as emergency responders rushed to the wreckage site, they lost any hope of finding survivors. passengers and crew on board the ukrainian international airline were killed as a crashed shortly after takeoff. -- as it crashed shortly after takeoff. the boeing plane disappeared from radar less than four minutes after leaving tehran. the ministry for transportation set one of the engines caught fire before the pilot lost control the plane as it crashed into the ground. you create an international received the airplane in 2016 and the aircraft when you factor is that it was gathering more information on the incident. jetline800 is a common

for medium-range flights with thousands of models used by airlines across the world. a number of them have been involved in deadly accidents in recent years. a plane crashed in london -- in russia, killing everyone on board. >> russian president vladimir putin is in turkey today to inaugurate a new gas pipeline. he will also be sitting down with the turkish president to talk about the grorowing tensios in libya and syria. he arrived in turkey late tuesday y after paying a surprie visit to syria, his first to damascus since the war began. in somalia today has left at least three dead and several hurt. there was no immediate claim of responsisibility for the blast whichappened nenear buildldings housing government officices. it does s come just a week after 90 p people were killeled in t e capipital in a bomb attatack by islamist militant group

al-shabaab. former nissan boss carlos ghosn is giving a press conference this afternoon, and about one hours time, his first since his dramatic escape from japan. he is in lebanon after fleeing tokyo wheree he was on baiail ad facing several charges of financial misconduct. we will be covering that press conference live from beirut. we are joined there already. what is the feeling ahead of this highly expected press conference? as you can see, i am actually in the room where this press conference is going to take place and we are expecting carlos ghosn. there are a lot of questions everyone wants to ask. we have been told that he would first speak for about 20 to 30 minutes in english and then would take all the questions from all the journalists, there would be no holds barred.

half, or an hour and a more, his commune occasions team has been telling us he wants to speak out. we are respecting this press conference to be interesting because carlos ghosn is going to give his version of what happened. he believes that this is a plot to take him down by the heads of nissan and the japanese merger.nt ahead of a he says there is proof and that names will be called during this press conference. we will have to see if he manages to defend himself from the world media. on more have any idea details about what perhaps carlos ghosn is going to say exactly? -- he issued a

statement yesterday evening in which he explained that the investigation is not a serious one. -- led this investigation in which he was himself obviously being investigated at the same time. he says that this investigation was unfair. there was no due process. simply led in order to take him down. he says he has proof, evidence of this that he will be showing here. at the top ofhat the japanese government, some people wanted to take him down because the japanese government is afraid.

also japan would lose control over nissan if there was a close-knit relationship between the countries. indeed he is going to try and demonstrate and prove it in front of the world media. he will take his time to do so. we will have to seeee. > thank you for that. will be givingn that press conference startiti at about 45 minutes time. we will be covering that life are you here so be sure to stay tuned. now wherela opposition leader juan guaido was sworn in for another term as speaker of parliament after a tense standoff with the armed forces who initially prevented him from entering congress. this comes two days after he was barred from attending a vote t o reelect him m as speaker of the national assembly. the only venezuelan branch of government controlled by the opposition. this is a call to everyone

that it is t time to stand up, time to shake things up, time for vindication. it is time for everyone to make demands, protest and take back venezuela. now.orts news for you -- has been named african footballer of the year for 2019. that was it a lavish ceremony in egypt last night. the 27-year-old beat stiff competition from his liverpool teammate. he thanked his fellow countrymen and women in senegal for always having been there for him, and for pushing him on. fireworks over the red sea and a sense of pride across senegal. a gaudy event at the egyptian resort, he has been crowd -- crowned african player of the

year 2019. i am really happy. day for me. i don't know how to say. i would like to thank a long list of people. >> according to statistics created by the african generation cup, the 27-year-old striker put a total of 24 goals in the net last year and produced 12 assists in 61 games during 2019. he has already shared the golden boot award and was key in leading liverpool to victory in the champions league final in june and in helping his home country bag the africa cup of nations. his frieiends back in senegal he been expressing the relation. -- their elation.

>> we are really very happy. he has wonn for all the people of senegal. is the second footballer from senegal to pick up the gong following in the footsteps of -- who won the prize in 2001 and 2002. >> you're watching france 24. firesires but -- iran ballistic missiles at u.s. forces in iraq. two iraqi bases housing u.s. troops were hit by the strike. iran's supreme leader calling it a slap in the face after a u.s. targeted don't -- u.s. targeted drone strike killed iran's top general. just hours after that attack, a theinee plane crashed in toronto airport, killing everyone on board. one of the plane engines caught

fire kill -- causing the crash. the ukrainian embassy is ruling out a terror attack. former nissan boss carlos ghosn is set to give a press conference in about 40 minutes time, his first since his escape from japan. he is now in lebanon after fleeing tokyo where he wawas facicing several corruption charges. now ouour business update. you have been keeeeping an eye n market reaction to those evevent -- to those evenents in iraq.. thehe sense t that the kikillgf the iranian geneneraln friday, let's start by taking a look at how oil prices have mod since then. brent crude jumped initially on friday on news of the killing of qassem soleimani but moved further up on monday, the highest level in three months at over $70 a barrel. it will -- it briefly t touched that level after the attacks in the early hours of wednesday

morning but has since pulled back. a short while agogo, brent was trading under set -- under six to nine dollars a barrel. barrel. 69 dodollars a to make sensof all of that and for momore on how w the marketse reacting, let's bring in our senior market analyst. thanks for being with us. can you explain to us what sort of factors are driving prices? i mean the spike is a knee-jerk reaction in the markets. it is driven by a lack of knowledge on the situation and what exactly has happened and what the potential repercussions could be. you tend to see a worst-case scenario fear priced in the -- into the markets which is why we saw a 5% spike in price overnight. ultimately thihis is a retaliatn the iraq -- from iran and

prospect for at -- prospect for escalation has increased. the fact the prices have pulled back as far as they have suggests that people have taken a softer measure than they could have potentially taken. yes iran attacked multiple u.s. bases but at this moment in time there have been no casualties reported. thatat may be intentional, and attempt to not dramatically escalatete this conflict while also sending a message to the u.s. that it can attack itss bases. now it is down to how the e u.s. response -- how the u.s. responds. we will get a statement from donald trump. i expect we will see plenty more volatility across the markrkets over the course of today. >> what sort of cues will investigators be looking for? will it be the scale of rhetoroc coming from both sides is goioig to influence oil prices in the

next few days? quitete clearlyly, oil prices e around $70. obviously if we see an escalation, they will drive through those levels. it depends of what is s said today. if trump goes along those lines the market may not react too strongly unless he says something very specific which will heighten fefears. if he comes up with a more conciliatory tone, that could actually be very positive for the markets because that would suggest that what the u.s. is going to follow up with isn't goining to be too o severe. everything depends on what the rhetoric and the actions of both sis now are going to be. the reason why pricess are so vulnerable to this is because this is a middle east conflict involving a major power like iran but also the proximity of

to wear 20% of the oil passes through. different note, one share price we are watching is boeing after that crash involving one of its planes in tehran this morning. shouldld we expect t to see movt on that? >> we will see movement. the information we are getting from premarket levels suggests it will be too severe a drop in the share prices. this goes back to a point made earlier in relation to the iran attack. we still don't have much information in regards to thehe event.t. in terms of f boeing's perspective, there has to be an investigigation to determine wht the cause of the crash is, if

this is some been they could have stopped naturally, it immedidiately goes t to the 737x which currently is not in the aiair at the moment whihich is g to raise questions about what caused this.s. is this something else e entirey or s simply an accident that cod not have been anticipated? once we learn more about the cause of the crash that we could see more movement in the boeing share price for right now premarket levels suggest there is not going to be much of a dramatic change inin the b boeig share price. >> thank you very much for speaking to us. let's take a l look at h how the stock is trading in europe. they statarted the day in the rd but as we were just hearing, trading has gone on and markets willll be followowing signals fm both washihington andd tehran in the coming hoursrs and days.

>> following today's events in iraq and that plane crasash in tehran, many airlines have responded by chahanging ththeir flflight paths. >> heightenened militatary actitivities and increasased polilical tetensions. similar steps have been taken by airlines elsewhere as well. to avoid possible danger as tensisions escalate in the region. the federal aviation administration has found -- has banned u.s. carriers from flying over iran and iraq as well as the gulf of oman and the waters south of arabia. >> the faa will continue monitoring events in the middle east. we continue e coordinating w wih ouour national security y partns and shaharing information with u.s. air carriers and foreign civil aviation authorities. >> several european airlines have suspended flights to iran.

other r international carriers have diverted their planes including air canada, singapore airlines, malaysia airlines, china and australia. other companies including qatar airways said flights would operate as normal. -- said it has adjusted -- it's adjusted flightpath would add 50 minutes to london and that passenger numbers would be reduced in order to carry extra fuel. it is not the first time airlines have taken steps too limit threatats. last year, airlines rerouted flights to avoid air space in the gulf region after iran shut down a military surveillance drone -- shot down a military surveillance drone. >> c coming up in the next half-hour r we should be hearing from carlos ghosn, speakingg publiclyly for thehe first t tie

since he led -- since he fled japan for lebanon. >> a major figure in the car industry and we will be watching what he has to say. chargeshosn's arrest on of financial misconduct over a year ago that to his removal from the leadership of

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