fonts twenty four correspondents arod d the worlr. thanks much for joining us for a live from paris on charlie james and here's what's ahead on the program. france and its five partners to hail nations pledged to bolster fight against hot it. up against an increasingly deadly insurgency group is urging allies to join in our correspondent joins with the latest. a third day of protests in iran over the downing of a passenger plane government is denying a cover up the demonstrators are calling for the resignation. and libyan rivals meet in moscow for peace talks but no ceasefire agreement yet general

hahave to are asked for more tie to consider before signing a packed . facing a stalled fight against extremists the hail region partner nations see greater cooperation is needed french and west african heads of states met monday and princes southwest city how. dominating the talks the role of the french military and the worsening security situation the group is also calling on allies to join the fight though the us has announced it is weighing a drastic troop production in africa. french president emmmmanuel macron's said he hopes american forces will stay well pledging greater support from his country. is to

the point on the keys to achieve the subject admit that we are changing the math us we clear putting in place a military coalition what a phone baka tween operation bark and schools when you just things at the joint force of the g. five so health. we will concentrate our efforts on this is also the- is mobile condition i've decided to deploy additional forces to the area. two hundred and twenty troops to support this new dynamic. to support the forces a already there on te ground egypt has until to date on the back and- for more on the summit let's cross reference reports armand georgette who is covering the story in how. are men at the press conference earlier emmanuel macron sounded very dedicated to the bar can mission it's a little surprising given that last week he made some veiled threats that he could pull french support. well it's hard to tell how credible that threat was to. really pull french troops

out of the side held but in any case what- my call secured here at the summit was a resounding support from his african counterparts for the continued. french presence in the se hell it was very clearly reflected in the final communique i'm on the question of anti french sentiment in the son helmut kohl was visibly quite emotional about that still when he talked about it- here in in the final press conference- bucks. he will say flanked his counterpartsts for whatt he said was that condemnation of that anti french sentiment s so essentially- both sides putting on a very much a united front said to- essentially and try to explain to everyone that. there is an overall at the strategic imperative here everybody has to work together and that they shouldn't get sidetracked too much by these discussions about anti french protests in the sahel and so on. his ultimate

as a much- import will important goal- at stake here which is the security of the s5 hail from my grab west africa and europe itself. right and is well african nations emphasizing. to work closer to other. planning to new york. you night forces more and how could a difference. well on t te military front that was-- something quite interesting which should came out of this a final communique and the press conference so- they've agreed to set up a joint come on so what that means is that the french forces- which is now part of operation bahayakan. but will work much more closely together with regional security forces. and that effort will be concentrated on a specific area- whichch is a border area between it means that burkina fast so and mali and to this and the frencnch are actually increasising. that trips- not by a huge amount two hundred and twenty more french troops will

be devoted to that affect but the real point is that hoping to achieve better coordination. and therefore hopefully more effective strikes against the g. had us on the other thing that they did was more clearly defined exactly who the enemy is because of course there's a merry at. of fighting group that of militant groups- so they've all agreed that the top priority must be the so called islamic state. in the greater sahara- and that the rule on the same page as far as that is concerned the big question now is of course. whether the money will be forth coming to build up those regional military capacities and whether the political will- what will maninifest itself not just from the just five so how countries in front old so. the europeans the united nations an international development diurnas said all. the things will be. to watch at the next.

g. five so hell plus front summit which will be coming up in new axle in mauritania in june of this year. answering force armand georgian thank you so much for your reporting. protesters raging any ron for a third day not against the united states but their own government right police were deployed and at times they crackdown violently on protesters. images that show people bloodied crying out that they have been shot but two rounds police chief is denying that live rounds have been used. there has been widespread shock and outrage since you run in authorities acknowledge accidentally shooting down a ukrainian passenger plane. it's been three days since the iranian government's revealed the ukraine international airlines plane was brought down by missile and public anger shows no signs of abating. i don't think it was a simple mistake the new two hundred people were killed. on the

kitchen. not exactly why they didn't cancel the flights that night i think the national security cououncil shohould have made the decision and they did in television and- for the month. protests continued on monday after a weekend of unrest w wch sold demonstrators chant slogans against iran's leadership. according to eyewitness reports authorities have responded not only with take gas but also with live ammunition leaving several injured. this has been denied by the police. most week to run launched a wave of missiles at american troops in iraq in retaliation for the u. s. killing of a top iranian general the passenger jet was struck hoursater. it took three days for the government to reveal the truth about the plane these passengers were mostly iranians. it's has denied a cover up. yes my salen what to harm some government officials. have been accused of lying that hug and covering up well i'm not the phone was on the sleeveve notes the casase.

president hassan rouhani has promised that the our investigation adding to international pressure five nations who citizens died in the disaster will meet on thursday to discuss possible legal action. for. peace talks between warring parties in libya have so far fallen short of a permanent ceasefire eastern strongman general who leave a halalf tard delayed signing an agreement on monday during meetings in moscow. negotiations on the terms wenent on for seven hours. i w was nevr face to face he had a l ltle as and when recognized gogovernment has s also so job. stitill i ine diating russian. and turkish governments expressed hope a a deal. negatitive check t that ts of marshall marshall have tom the commander of the libyan national army and speaker of

the t to brooke house of representatives mr idealists la. view the document positively and asked for a little extra timeme until tuesday morning to decide about signing the- i hope that this decision will be sitive. the city of ww. dar engineers shuhumë is on the gender. suraj and haftar through both declared they would comply with the president's call for a ceasefire you will now commit to it on paper the first movie as a live chicken de mutare did you aftfterwards we will cononte to work with russia to maintain the ceasefire and accelerate the political process is in is on lesser.r. battling that including prorocesses of berlinn anand the united nations. to say let me look there and for more on the talks we welcome ricardo fin de ani to the program he is the north africa project director at the international crisis group thanks so much for being with us. why do you think have terror is asking for more

time. here could he be negotiating for something. it is to be honest with you extremely unclear at this stage our walk haststa are here. is aiming for. thehere's a possibility that he actually mines rejects are these deal mine just. effectively. buying time just to dan and continue is el transurban trade money this is a real possibility and even that on the grounds thehere might b be alrlready some signs that the troops the ceasefire is about to end already so it's unclear and obviously real minerals more one exactly hasta are yeah he's s trying t to ache here the negotiaiations obviousy are now d down. close and it's

very hard to m menjadi. you shal close at this stage obviously we've been surprised the latest events what to large extends andreane williams robots that there could be more surprises coming up in the next few days. how significant i is that to tht russia is acting as the host and the power broker in these talks what is it signal about moscow's power in the region. it is hugely significant it is probably the s surprising and meaningful event on the past few days not just russia was made but de ad. and turns in the understanding between russia turkey specifically over maybe because y you dont r r. le secondnd same very strorongly hw at the us. but also the european governments have been completely side. july's nie comes to a lady i contra tradition the head being under the influence an expanded statee

of t these countries and the fat that russia and turkey are taking such a big decision and are pushing forces fired over the heads of all these. other actors is very significant and- a shows that. russiaa and turkey are now tryingng to be. the government schools el l mediaa. nation and all the potential future negotiations take place in berlin. both sides signed the ceasefirire and finally quickly could you tell meme what you think about the fact that the delegations representing the government and have e to are nevever actually met to during this process. sh i think it was to be expected our house our sosociety does not want to recognize. the jian eight which team is your the govovernment of national accord iss actuaually recocognized by the united natitions on the otheher hanande jian a- also does not want to deal d directly with oscar s sie the beginngg of yoyour sensor.

so this is was on the spectrum. and she could not always be happen now in two. strides with me directly but it's already. asians based even added de stands as a case in moscow today. ricardo fabiani from the international crisis group thank you so much for joining us here in france twenty four. next want to tell you about an exclusive interview coming up later on the program france twenty four it sat down with the king of jordan who warned that the islamic state militants could it research in the midst of the current escalation between iran and the united states. king of del at the seconds told our editor mark pearlman we cannot afford instability in our part of the world listen. we are ushering in a new decade not just a new year- and we hope that- in the next several months we set the right tone for the region- which is to really bring the

temperature down- and the sensitivities- as you know everything is part of the world is intellect. so whatever happens in taron wilill affectt bagdad will affect damascus with affected be rude will affect the israeli palestinian process. be sure to tune in at eleven ten pm paris time that's just a little bit under an hourr to see the entntire interview. red hot lava spewed from a volcano near the philippine capital manila on monday tens of thousands of people flooded through heavy ashen tremors and there are fears an even bigger abruption could be on the way. no immediate reports of deaths or major damage directly caused by the volcano but it's happened yet reports authorities are working to move hundreds of thousands more people to safer ground. the countryside blanketed in a thick coat of ash. tens of

thousands of people have fled amid fears philippines taal volcanoo c could boil o over ina hazardous eruption at any moment. the goverernment is set up temporary shelters and evacuation centers for those living i in range of the volcan. fear we hearard a loud crashing sounds on the roof. ththere were small rocks and ash fafalling on our housee. we got scared of what could happen to us withouot a volcano is going to erupt already. we soare group leaving and we decided to leave our home and showing them. i was worried and i didn't want my children to get stock in case something happens. after a forty year slumber tell board back to life on sundayy lasting steam ashen pebbles up p to ten to fifteen kilometers in the sky. . rare volcanic lightning was also s spotted crackling inside the smoke and only a few hours later it began dispute

lava fountains. at only three hundred and eleven meters tall tall is the world's smallest active volcano. boca knowledges say they can't tell when the rumblings will stop when tal lashe showed similar unrest in the nineteen seventies itt lasted foror about four months. now it's time to run the numbers and that means business with kate moody hello there so the us and china are set to sign at this very long awaited tree deal later this week and there's another sign of good news when it comes to their relations yeah absolutely reports suggesting that washington. is ready to remove beijing from its list of currency manipulators the trump administration initially made that largely symbobolic m move about five months ago using china of artificially lowering the value of the one in order to make its exports more attractive. the labeling china a currency manipulator had been eight campaign pledge of donald

trump's is he accused china of quotas stealing our business and factories. meanwhile vice premier if you hurt is s set to travelel to washington to sign that phase one trade agreement to see new tireses put on hold and more agricultural purchases that set to take place. on wednesday. well that report has boosted wall street the dow jones rising the s. and p. five hundred hitting a new record high for the clothes there and the nasdaq up over one percent. as tesla shares rose sharply was off like close to the major european indices earlier on. investorss around t the world keepeping an eye on all those developmentsts when it comes to the world two largest. economies well here inn france talks about the plans to reform the pension system continue after a fairly major concession by the government this weekend. the head of france's largest union has welcomed the announcement by prime minister edna phillips. he would abandon the so called. age to freeze from sixtyty two to sixty four the age at which full retirement benefits can be collected. but the safety t.

has warned that it is for from the end of the story. and more hardline unions say that concession is nothing but a smokescreen. they're calling for strikes and demonstrations continue in the days and weeks to come. moving on from the day's other business headlines now. close cone has filed a lawsuit in a french labor court asking for no to pay hisis full retiremement benefits. thehe for boss who fled japan while awaititing trial. says he never actually resigned from the french carmaker. and is therefore de two hundred and fifty thousand euros. is expected to file a further claim for some three times that and not mounts later this month. going denies all charges of financial misconduct. meanwhile renault shares had a six year low on reports that it's japanese alliance partner nissan could be seeking to break up their partnership. financial times first reported that senior executives at nissan have wrapped up their secret contingency planning. looking for a total divide in engineering and manufacturing. and walmart has laid off more than fifty managers in india as

it tries to restructure its business model there. the world's largest retailers restricted from selling directly to consumers under indian law. instead focusing on sales to small businesses. it has struggled to compete w with amamazon and other economists giants in anti. environmental protesters have criticized the german conglomerate siemens for not pulling out of a controversial coal project in australia. the company says it cannot disappoint clients and investors what to say it should be taking a moral stand against climate change sam brought peace reports. how to conduct is how climate protestors in germany showed that disdainful engineering conglomerate siemens if decided to cacarry on with the c controversial coal project in australia. was the ceo joe kayser said there was no legally- economically responsible way to pull out of the eighteen million euro contract to build rail

signalling systems at the mine in queensland. well i do have a lot of empathy for environmental matters i do need to balance different interests of different stakekeholders. the call michael mine is owned by an indian company attorney and is set to become operational next year producing up to twenty seven million tons of coal annuaually. scientists say there is a clear link between fossil fueuel use and the intensity of the fire is burning my way to australia. and i can it's a scandal for a company that says it wants to be carbon neutral by twenty thirty to continue supporting mass of coal mining projects in australia. we're talking about sixty million tons per year that they're helping extract. teeth and- some shareholders are concerned by the reputational damage of siemens decision and have vowowed to raise the issue at next month's annual meeting. it is too soon to know the exact cost of australians ongoing fun is but as the world is confronted with climate break down it is

unclear how much longer investors will be prepared to fan the flames. more calls a charlie for corporations really put their money where their mouths are when it comes to environmental protection don't want to be in their pr team right now kate moody it with a look at the day's the day's top business news thanks so much. right across the desk here it to james cretans country of us a look at what's hot online and on social media for media watch three and you're starting with the protests in iran and even looking. in particular how journalists have been responding that's right to add so lots going up on twitter even though iranians counts access it without an i i. panel though p pretty much eveveryones an i. papametan keepepers. there are still of images going up more for in an internationonal into over. it's been happening on t the streets of tehran else for isis is that- sharirif university you can see cried serica. chanting at a radio.

îl by islamic republic. the conversion provideded there at least. and you of the journalist's saying that they are. you knonow are paying close attetention to what's going on inside around they haven't slept for three nights a tired. calling for support we do not want to the islamic republilic. soso nototessage comoming throuh very strongly and d this is iran use wire andnd rainy media reports on human rights issues andd is repoporting. a law on ts particular conflict. they're also sharing images on what they're sayiying it the crowd is it showing here is- if i can find the actual quote we want transparency. at this c country hasn't seen transparency for years they lied to us. so theyey're talking about state television having lied to the people for years and years and years and actually. prominence at presenter on- iranian street state tv. i'm resigns i am. very publicly and she said in her apology to the public. that's it she is sorry for lying to you on tv for thirteen years. so this wasn't even about the fact that. was a cover up all of- iranian responsibility for the for the crash. eight she she she was referring to her entire career.

as i abril as a presenter for the state television so. it is interesting to see the level- journalists coming out with those who the statements we've also had- and de did this is the washington. post's reporting on. tehran at the pteron association journalists on monday. came up with this the deed to cry you to the state of media in around. on their statement was wanting dangers to society right now is not only missiles are military attacks. but a lack of free media hiding the truth spreads lies unspecialized dramatizes the people see a very strong statement. just to. briefly to complete on around you also have the prominent iranian actress- tiranë ali do seat she shared this image of. black as a sign of- grieving for that for the for those who died in cotton crash. and the message attached to it- has released here up on. gardhi is. we are

not dozens. is. certainly certainly hello coming true terms and. this is an all five islamic republic the not just by the public in the streets but also it looks like a lot online as well okay and james next you're looking at the what's being called the crisis meeting by british royals today queen elizabeth meeting with- it princes charles williams and hairy it to kind of touch go and to act. how to deal with meghan markle and print terry wanting to step back from fresh on your royal duties and course the hash tag that but but very quickly- appeared online was not exist i and in the bin in the made in the midst all of brexit sort of you know moving forward a little bit at that has been mixed up with the whole story and on more than one occasion the document for the queen today. which was the documentary to resolve in charlie forward for this particular crisis and why no one wants to zaga to drag on like breakfast that's actually headline on itv news website balls as what a pity if you can so you can see here afp news agency at is relaying the fact

the queen elizabeth is the green to a period of transition so it sounds. actually suspiciously like break such a because all we've been hearing about his period of transition for a long transition period as so make this is british according to this particular at to the user and as here you have a cartoon at relayaying i have some age coming in to a restaurant and the good news with the public i finally moved on from brexit so anyway the two were getting mixed up a los and will be sending. a cake a long artificial anything's possible anything's possible i books at just in in terms of the actual meat and bones all thought statements de one particular person who got into the friends x. of inside looking at the statement there are three things that stick out the obvious lack of titles are sudden sitituada further but let's focus on fashion particular hari and meghan. is one at the queen at used as opposed their titles on. such

at so. in spring from non including from the. so who is quickly removed the statues of the royal couple and this is one. that satirical a rendering of what happened to those countries at the back of madame tussauds. we'll have more on his story as well with our correspondent in london benedict have ya later in the program so do stay with u us for that. james creedon thanks very mumuch always bring some levity to the day. we're going to take a quick break but to stay with us i'll be back in just a few minutes with more news from around the world

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