♪ >> the french presidential candidate convicted of inciting racial hatred made remarks about unaccompanied migrant children. he is appealing against the court's decision. he could face jail if he doesn't pay a fine. many say the damages are too lenient. ukraine's former president faces charges of high treason. bail has been set at $35 million. he says he has returned to fend off russian military aggression.

cameroon, disappointing the home crowd with a draw, but moving to the next phase of the africa nations. the pressure and the expectation of the home crown, perhaps waiting on their shoulders. we have our correspondent live in cameron. ♪ thank you very much for being with us. the far right french presidential candidate has been convicted this monday of inciting racial hatred over comments he made in 2020 about unaccompanied migrant children. the paris accord ordered him to pay a fine of 10,000 euros and several 1000 euros in damages to antiracism groups. if he refuses to pay, he will face prison. he has two prior hate speech convictions. on charges of public insult and incitement to hatred or violence against a group of people because of their ethnic,

national, racial, or religious origin. he was making remarks about unaccompanied migrant children. he says he will appeal against the court's decision. let's get some analysis with paul smith. always a pleasure to have you on the program. he used hateful language against vulnerable, desperate people. are you surprised someone with his record is able to run for president here in france? >> wel i thin somebody of that sort of caliber could run pretty much anywhere. he is doing it of course -- this is a new, it's not a new case as you have underlined, -- not new, it's not a new case as you have underlined -- but he's trying to demarcate himself.

>> migrant groups are calling for him to be banned from running. >> yes. but i think the due process will not necessarily allow that. one can understand their anger. at least now we don't have to play around the area. we can call him when he is -- a rhesus candidate. -- a racist candidate. everybody knew that this is what he's about. there's a hard-core there that's willing to support him in the way that other voters once upon a time would've supported donald trump, almost irrespective of what he said. >> is he symbolic of the with a country is divided in france? >> i don't think so. i think he is symbolic of one minority point of view -- and that's a really important thing to understand. in a sense, he is a candidate who has always been talked to by the media, because he's been a little bit interesting, he is

been provocative, and that's the way these things develop. but he has fallen away in the polls. one of the things he has done in the past week is, as i mentioned earlier, make himself look more radical to demarcate himself from other candidates. he is dropping back -- and to be serious, the says a fight, he is second behind macron. he needs to claw some of that back. otherwise he's going to keep slipping away -- slipping away. >> thank you so very much indeed for joining us and sharing your analysis on this case regarding the far rht candidate who has been convicted here inaris of inciting racial hatred because of remarks he made last year about unaccompanied migrant children coming to france. paul smith, thank you very much indeed. the ukrainian prosecutors this monday requested $35 million in bail for the former

leader, who returned to the country earlier in the day, in spite of facing arrest on treason charges. the conservative president from 2014 to 2019 was placed under investigation for high treason and left ukraine in december. one of the country's richest men, he touched down on pf to help ukraine fend off a possible russian invasion. reporter: thousands of supporters gathered to greet ukraine's former president following his return on monday. petro is back home, despite facing charges of high treason. prosecutors are demanding he pay bail or spend two months in detention. he is accused of helping russian back to separatists who controlled parts of eastern ukraine sell almost 15 million euros worth of kiev in 2014 and 2015. at the time, the coal mines caused a severe energy crisis.

authorities in ukraine accused the former president of working with a pro-kremlin lawmaker who was also facing charges of treason. he has hid from the men who unseated him and 2019. he accuses the current president of dividing the country and leveling charges against him. >> according to the information i have, the architect of my case is zelensky. he gives the instructions, organizes everything, and is responsible for it. reporter: despite his current legal troubles, he has been credited with strengthening ukraine's army during his time in office. he says his return is intended to combat a surge of russia -- as fears of an invasion mount amid reports of a 100,000 russian troops -- of 100,000 russian troops amassed along the border of ukraine. >> north korea fired ballistic

missiles into the sea this monday, the fourth weapons launched in a month. the event was monitored by south korea's military. kim jong-un's apparent goal, to demonstrate military might during pause diplomacy with the u.s. and pandemic border closures. north korea likely flew the areas from an area and soon on --in sunam. now to our reports of retaliation on yemen's capital, controlled by the houthi rebels, following the you eat threatening revenge after a drone strike in abu dhabi. three people were killed in that. and attack claimed by the houthi rebels in yemen. reporter: over seven years until the war with the saudi led coalition, yemen's houthi rebels claim response ability for a rear attack carried out in the uae. the rebel movement spokesperson

warns monday's suspected drone strikes will be the first of many, if the uae continues its recently escalated support for anti-houthi faction's. -- factions. >> it seems that uae did not understand our last warning, so we sent them a clear message, hitting places of lower strategic importance. it is a warning that if they continue their hostility towards yemen, there will not be able to cope with future strikes -- they will not be able to cope with future strikes. reporter: part of the saudi led coalition since 2015, the you had scaled down its military presence in yemen and 2019. but in recent months, the gulf country intensified its involvement in the conflict, stepping up support for local militants that recently won a victory against the houthi rebels. regional experts say the houthis are not the only militant group that could be behind monday's attack. >> it is a very complicated

picture at the moment. it is also likely that suspicion is going to follow in iraq-based groups, they have made threats to carry out attacks against the uae. it's only a few days ago that we saw some of the iran backed groups in iraq threatened to strike against abu dhabi, in response to what they see us doing, interferingn iraqi politics. reporter: either way, analysts sathe suspecd drone attack at mark a major escalation in human -- in yemen's seven-year war, announcing the rebel group will soon announce "an important military operation in the uae." >> a is threatening to set themselves on fire over a standoff in an illegal eviction, happening in jerusalem. the family has lived there since the 1950's. the israeli authorities want to demolish their home and build the school in its place. -- built a school in its place.

reporter: a last-ditch effort to keep his family home, a palestinian man took to his roof with a gas canister and a group of supporters monday. mohammed, bowing to set himself on fire, if a planned eviction is carried out. >> i won't leave my home. i live here and i die here, if we live, where will we go? were not scared anymore -- we are not scared anymore. reporter: he is in a neighborhood of east jerusalem, where hundreds of palestinians are currently facing eviction. many are in homes built on land that belonged to jewish groups before the founding of modern israel in 1948. the year's war of independence ended with east jerusalem controlled by jordan, who then sold the land to displaced palestinians. israel captured east jerusalem from jordan in 1967's six-day war and later an exit, a move that remains unrecognized by most foreign governments. since then, some 200,000 jewish

settlers have moved in to east jerusalem, as a legal battle has wound throug israeli courts. the supreme court proposed a palestinian families become protected tenants of the jewish group. now holding the land deed. but the deal was rejected. the jerusalem and a pilot he says it needs this land -- municipality says they need the land to build a school. a move aimed at pushing people out of east jerusalem, many say. >> my got families from their home and -- >> why got families out of their home? reporter: his dispute was a major spark in conflict in may of 2021, and which more than a dozen israelis and more than 250 palestinians lost their lives. >> let's change the mood now and get the latest from the africa cup of nations, taking place in

cameroon. cameroon advancing, though not so with the kind of panache that their demanding fraud might expect. -- crowd might expect. let's pull the support with our man on the spot, joining us live to get the sort of sense of what all this means. james, good evening to you. cameroon, not the stuff of legends, is it? >> no, it's n. the ideal situation -- they do go through now with seven points. with a crucial six maximum points from their first two games. but the straw means they now top their group with seven, not the same performance as it was today, but the one goal came from none other than vince, the

top scorer in the tournament so far. his fifth today. that was crucial for them, to be able to stay in the game. can perhaps be able to advance through to the knockout stage. they currently stand to third. -- stand third. it very much depends on the results still to come in the rest of the groups this week. today, when we look at the game, there were worries for cameroon, especially upfront. they are not always taken the opportunities they do have. if they want to advance and maybe if they do come up again some tougher opponents, later on in the tournament, they are going to need to take absolute advantage of everything they have. the further you go through the tournament, especially once you get through the knockout stages, you can't afford to slip up. >> indeed. it is a bit harsh, because they are qualified -- you've correctly assessed that for us, thank you so much and. the other game of the day

finished 1-1 as well. explain to us what. >> -- us why. >> burkina faso is now seconds. this is above to party -- above cape verde. they get their spots in the knockout round, having finished now second. i think the first name we do need to mention, when talking about this game, is that of the keeper of burkina faso, who made stellar saves and denied ethiopia an opportunity to go ahead. some really fantastic saves on his side. ethiopia looks quite dangerous today, even though that draw summed things up, it was on the high-intensity intensity game we might have wanted to see -- not the high intensity game we might have wanted to sing. they didn't quite know that

that wasn't going to be sufficient for them. in any case, they do manage with this result. the player's return was not quite a performance, not quite the position he sometimes has, that was lacking for the team. once they do go through, ethiopia will buy out -- bow out of the tournament here with one single point that was picked up today after cape verde slotted in that penalty for the. >> -- for them. >> james, look out for yourself, keep bringing us the details and all the twists and turns and all the kicks as they happen. thank you so much, james, with our team in cameroon. we are watching all the developments for you here on "france 24." do stay with us. ♪

>> hello pet would welcome to this week's music show. -- hello. welcome to this week's music show. we are joined from london now to hear about "painless," her latest record. in the music industry, they talk about a difficult second album, you did have a wonderful day be a with --

wonderful debut in 2019 with miss universe. is it more than the title suggests? >> i wasn't feeling crazy for a while, but then it all -- we started working on it. it was a bit painless. but, yeah. >> a lot of it was done in lockdown, i believe. we will get a taste of the album with the album with this single, "symbolize -- "stabilize." that video evokes a real sense of urban life in london. we see you when your own

neighborhood. it made me think of the pandemic. the lockdowns. getting a bit of solo exercise. how did that time affect the artistically -- affect the artistically? did you -- affect you artistically? did it affect you artistically? was an inspiring -- was at inspiring? >> i can't say it was inspiring. in the pandemic, not being able to concentrate. >> that means you couldn't collaborate. i believ that molly daniels directed that video, you have been working together for a while now. the abounds off of other people -- do you bounce off of other people? >> i do like to work by myself. i like to come up with ideas by myself, then collaboration happens.

if i've got that relationship in place with meone, i am naturally thinking of them. >> you are missing out on live performances, senior fans -- did that change things? -- senior fans, did that change things -- seeing your fans, did that change things? >> yeah, i think now i'm really feeling it. i'm apprehensions and anxious -- and pretentious -- apprehensious and anxious. >> that jolt of adrenaline should work. another singing sensation who would like to work with her sister was ronnie spector -- from the ronettes. . her death prompted an outpouring of tributes. she was also sadly an example of just how badly the industry treated women, denying her

royalties and subjected to sexism. looking at this, what you think are the major challenges for women in the industry today? >> i think similar challenges have always been, i think, one way of combating that is making female people.work with other >> is that something you're managing to navigate? >> yeah. i'd say so. it is a process. you just learn along the way. >> speaking of girl groups, i believe you were offered the chance to be in one, by the people behind one direction. people are often surprised that you turned them down. other people might've been nervous to do it. but you want on an independent path, you say you have no regrets. i wonder, what was it that gave

you such a strong gut feeling that was the right path forou? >> um, i mean, i just really enjoy making music and writing and doing all those things -- so i wouldn't have enjoyed being in a girl group. i don't really leave myself much choices. >> the instinct was right. beyond your musical career, you have spoken out about the importance of arts education more globally, including the visual arts. he helped set up an initiative called artists in transit, organizing workshops for refugees in greece and london. can you tell us the idea behind this project, what it brings to people? >> yeah, so my sister, molly, she came up with the idea. she worked for a charity. in london, that did the same thing. and she wanted to try elsewhere.

so at the time, that -- there was a refugee crisis in greece. lots of people talking about it. so we decided to go there first. and we just started trialing workshops and ideas, very grassroots, the organization. to show the groups of people, really. >> moving to music news, another young woman putting london on the map music wise is fka twigs. the record features collaborations from georgia smith, the weeknd. compared to previous albums, it is more hip-hop, r&b, and dance influence here. let's take a listen to a track

from that album, this is "ride the dragon." ♪ fka twigs is one of those artists critics have tried to categorize and often failed, because she's got a wide range of influences. but she is perhaps reflective of the melting pot that is london. how do you think the city has left its mark on you and are you make? -- and the a you make? >> things are quite

interchangeable. i can't really -- there's probably a lot more connectivity than i realize. [indiscernible] >> when your record, sometimes you take a break from london. what does that bring? >> i think clarity and space. and ability to think outside -- on other things you might have been thinking. >> next to another new release, this time from norwegian popstar aurora, she has her first studio album. she says she's not been shy of taking an opinionated political stance with this record, which deals with everything from ancient greek myths, to the challenges facing the lgbtq plus community today. let's take a listen to one of

the songs on that album, "giving into the love." ♪ we will wrap up the show with new music from veteran singer-songwriter elvis costello, who was back with an album called "the boy named if." the record was named the run locked on with his band, the imposters, chiming in remotely.

i want to thank my guest. thank you for being with us. to make sure to check on her album, "painless," which drops on march 4. do check out our website for more music news. we are on social media, too. more coming up on "france 24" -- just after this. ♪

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