turn to the right and its regional elections. madrid, at least for now, partial results showing that the right has made a solid gain. deadline in jerusalem, netanyahu has until now to form a coalition or reseed his party and opposition for the first time in over a decade. we will cross to our correspondent in jerusalem shortly. seeing red as -- crashes out the

champions league. putting their first ever place in the final. we will have the analysis coming up. thank you for being with us. spain predicted to take a turn to the right and regional actions. the results seem to show that is the case. polling stations have been disinfected every three hours throughout this boating day to try to stop the coronavirus being spread. the winner appeals -- appears to be the people's party. her agenda, very much right wing, it has been confirmed that the results have gone to her party. the results are still coming in. isabel: [speaking foreign-language] >> the people of madrid and spain have never been as united as now, and we will continue like this with freedom and

cooperation and govern for everybody. showing that our institutions are made for this. the institutions are made to be respected to govern everybody, and to defend the separation of powers. the days of the way of governing with opulence and hypocrisy are numbered. mark: we will be joining our correspondent and an hour from now. to get more analysis of what this could mean for spain. a definite push towards the right being registered in the regional elections there. lawmakers in france believe they have made a significant move to save the planet. the green campaign has been -- campaigners have been demonstrating to say the french government is dragging its heels. france has approved wide ranging lima change bill that will prevent future airport expansion, and reduce packaging waste. france needs to cut greenhouse

emissions by 20%. that's compared to 1990 levels. protesters say it's not enough. >> approved by france's national assembly, what could be a flagship piece of legislation for emmanuel macron. >> [speaking foreign-language] >> france's climate law was inspired by the 140 nine proposals offered by the citizens climate convention, a committee made up of members of the public, convened by the president. but the legislation is stuck between a rock and a hard place, with industry saying it's too restricted in the colleges saying it lacks teeth. the 149 proposals put forward, just 46 made it into the bill and many have been watered down. one of the original headline causes called for serious

environmental abuses to be classed as a cry. the finalized text has members of parliament voted to. ban domestic flights en route with a two and a half train ride with each other, stopping short of a four hour ride the convention asked for. a ban on the appetizing and market sizing of fossil fuels, along with polluting fuel goals and urban areas. in schools serve vegetarian food at least once a week. visitors to france would feel the effect of the new environment as the country's iconic terraces would be banned for the end of march of 2022. for the time being, nothing is set in stone. the law will move to the senate for debate and approval. a process that's expected to get underway in june before a final vote in the national assembly. mark: egypt's military order 30 rafale jets. part of a multibillion-dollar defense set to give thousands of

jobs in france. but activists are accusing them of turning a blind eye to the egyptian government's human rights record. >> 24 france -- french maid fighter jets were sold to the country in 2015, and now a deal for 30 more, as well as missiles and equipment worth nearly 4 billion euros has been confirmed by both governments. the french minister for the armed forces set on twitter that the deal was crucial to maintaining france's sovereignty, and that it would help maintain 7000 industrial jobs over the next three years. but the deal, which was only made public by france's authorities after it was revealed by investigative website disclose, has also raised criticism. activists are calling out a lack of transparency and egypt's poor human rights record. the presidents government is accused of jailing thousands of islamist and pro-democracy

activists, and placing draconian rules on rights groups. frederic: to ll that kind of regime weapon sends a very powerful and in many ways, perverse signal. there a really no consequences for that kind of human rights miss behavior. you will be rewarded. in that case, not just by the ability to buy rafale, but france also guaranteeing most of those contracts before french banks. and really, in a sense, rolling out the red carpet for them. >> the french finance ministry confirmed that egypt would be taking out loans from french bank to pay for them. these loans are guaranteedy the french estate, which has prompted concern by activists that french taxpayers could end up paying the bill. mark: this evening is a make or

break for benjamin netanyahu. he had until midnight, jerusalem time, to break the deadlock for his former coalition. if he cannot do that in his party loses it for the first time in over a decade. they have had for election over the past few years because of the local stalemate. we are joined live with details. i know this news. telus, what's the latest -- tell us, what's the latest? >> the latest is, after 28 days of trying, prime minister benjamin netanyahu has just told israel's government that he can't form a government. the deadline he's announced, blaming others along the way, but he has announced he is handing the mandate back to the president for the president to give it to someone else so they can have a go. there has also been a flurry of legislation and fast tracking

all this legislation because benjamin netanyahu remains the acting prime minister. and while they still have control over the central and important committees, they are pushing through this right wing agenda. and if they get all this through a change the nature of israel's electoral system, one of the things they want to do that they have not concluded in fast tracking is to change the rules in the middle of the match and have the prime minister elected. it's usually controversial, so there is another proposed piece of legislation which would see the parliament overriding the courts. all of this being proposed in this interim piod. it has been quite an extraordinary day leading up to this extraordinary announcement. mark: it's at the highest order. who do you think, irris, is likely to be the next is really

-- is really prime minister -- israeli prime minister? irris: i don't know if i can go that far ahead, but it seems that the president, who has three days but may not take three days, to appoint the leader of the opposition. he will give him the mandate. with the lear is talking about is a rotation between himself and the leader of another righwing party, that they would do a rotating prime ministership. and that's a possibility. i have heard some israeli analysts saying that this is the greatest danger to benjamin netanyahu since 2009. really, we now have 28 days more , once the president hands that mandate over to see if he can put together a coalition for change, and if israel will see changes or if it will see this extraordinary legislation pushed through at the last minute. mark: there are clearly

developments afoot. thank you very much. benjamin netanyahu it seems, heading towards the ranks of the opposition or not. there are developments that could happen between now and that final decision. we will bring you every development as it happens. next, bicycles havtaken over the tunisian capital. another unexpected consequence of the covid pandemic. cars band as part of an -- banned as part of an overnight curfew, that means the bikes fans are making the most of it. >> when the sun begins to set, they come out to ride their bicycles across the tunisian capital. for nearly a month, cars have been banned between 7:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m. in the hope of limiting the movement of people in the spread of covid-19. it officially, the overnight

curfew only begins at :00 p.m., leaving bicycle fans plenty of time to ride freely and peacefully on empty boulevards. >> it's a great feeling. with the road empty, you can ride fast and you feel safe. >> this year, since the start of the pandemic, we felt that people began using their bikes a lot more here in tunisia. before that, bicycles were disregarded. >> the association has set up several cycling initiatives across the country, including night rides in the seaside resort of seuss. they have been campaigning for more bike lanes to improve safety. in 2018, tunisia was ranked 138th out of 180 countries for its poor track record of road safety. things have improved since then, but for these cyclists, it will be long before they can reclaim the streets of tunis. mark: bike and tunis.

let's turn to sports. simon is here with news of the champions league. paris falling in the final stage. paris raises questions about whether it is a disappointment for them. they would have expected mahester city of the two games, clearly this superiors died. >> manchester is the superior side. you had the feeling that this was the year particularly after beating the defending chances in the semifinals. there were doubts about it before the game, he did not even play. which is to show they were missing one of those key elements. manchester city winning the game on the night to aggregate 4-1. clearly a domination by his side.

scoring in the 63rd, confirming the victory for city, and then paris lost their head, a moment of madness that saw him set off in the 69th. some wild tackles. manchester city reaching the first ever champions league final in their history. they are still on for a historic trouble. premier league, which they are about to win, and the champions league, which they very well could win first time. they reached the final of the champions league since he won in 2011. he has never lost a final once he's reached that stage. certainly, a sad evening for paris, but funny of goods still to come for manchester city. mark: city is very much the superior team. who are they likely to face? what are your feelings on that? simon: it's a very open game.

madrid has been going from strength to strength. they started horribly. he was sacked by -- it's all square at 1-1. chelsea is such a solid defensive unit under the stewardship of thomas. they don't have to score. madrid has to score because they are trailing at the moment. it is very hard to predict. i would say the experience and pedigree that madrid has, you could potentially see the spaniards going through to the final. we will have to wait and see. mark: chelsea and manchester city. what a prospect. roll on tomorrow. simon, thank you. simon with the analysis of paris champion xa. at least they got to the semis. stay with us, more to come. you are watching france 24. ♪

>> the southernmost tip of spain, this city, the gateways to the trafficking of drugs between africa and europe. >> [speaking foreign language] >> pedro is a legend in the police force. he spent the last 30 years flying over the gibraltar straits looking for boats bringing in drugs. the 14 kilometer stretch of

water, linking spain with morocco, has become a key route for drug traffickers. every year thousands of tons of hash and cocaine flow in. >> [speaking foreign language] >> the helicopter works in a drug detection unit, which uses a speedboat. without the helicopter, the police would have practically no chance of intercepting smugglers. lisardo: [speaking foreign language]

>> after an hour on patrol, the officers spotted a speedboat headed for the spanish coast. >> [speaking foreign language] >> the police speedboat can only reach a maximum of 80 kilometers per hour, so its target rapidly pulls away. pedro's high definition camera tracks the smugglers heading back into international water, where the spanish police can't arrest them. the drug boats usually have

four smugglers on board and every crew makes close to 100,000 euros. the pilot alone gets about 50,000 euros. the others share out the rest. they can wait there for several days for their route to become clear. this video made by drug traffickers shows several speedboats waiting patiently on the edge of international waters. pedro can only fly over the zone for a few hours, so he has to return back once again, with the frustration of an unfairight. pedro luis: [speaking foreign language] >> the police believe just over 30 clans control the drug trafficking on the costa del sol. this district belongs to them. pedro luis: [speaking foreign

language] >> a world of luxury that the man knows well. he has agreed to talk to us anonymously about the job he compares to that of a company director. oldest traffickers of hash and cocaine in the gibraltar straits. how much do you make from each deal? >> [speaking foreign language] >>n 20 years of trafficking, julio has only been caught once. three years in jail that taught him to be extra careful. julio: [speaking foreign language]

>> one of the cats is called greco. a unit set up to fight organized crime. >> [speaking foreign language] >> the greco agents can spend months on a investigation. in the last year, teams like there is have seized five tons of cocaine in more than 143 tons of hash. >> [speaking foreign language]

>> greco's latest seizures are kept in a place guarded like a fortress. >> [speaking foreign leg which] -- [speaking foreign language] >> the man in the red polo shirt is a former police officer who's spent more than 40 years fighting drug smuggling. for 10 of them he worked undercover and morocco's drug rings. jose: [speaking foreign language]

>> a few kilometers away from the storage facility is a highly secure car park containing dozens of seized speedboats and cars. evidence of the wealth of the traffickers. jose: [speaking foreign language] >> on the coast of del sol, more than 90% of the smugglers speedboats managed to evade the

police. this trait is a haven for them as this film shot in the middle of the town by a local resident shows. sces like this one have become common. many people in al jazeera's are tired of the impunity of drug dealers. paco: [speaking foreign language] >> that's the reality in a neighborhood just a few meters away. with the region's unemployment rate at 40%, drug traffickers

have no problem recruiting workers. most families are linked in some way to this illegal trade. toni: [speaking foreign-language] isma: [speaking foreign-language] >> the mayor was reelected after making a popular promised to end the ease which traffickers can lure the poor into crime. juan: [speaking

foreign-language] >> some would say it's beyond ssolutio he is pessimistic. he fears drug money has contaminated countries and even cities. jose: [speaking foreign-language]

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