♪ >> welcome to live from paris. world news and analysis from france 24. biden says he is prepared to level personal sanctions against putin if russia moves on ukraine. u.s. military hardware has arrived in kiev to shore up the army against any russian threat. we have the analysis to come. around 1000 people take to rally and support the military coup in burkina faso. most are in favor of the -- can the army deliver on this?

questions on stadium safety after eight fans lost their lives in a stampede at a camerin match last night. the football continues at the africa cup of nations. we are live to cameroon in this bulletin. this is live from paris. ♪ thank you very much for being with us. we begin with the multiple developments on the ukraine crisis this tuesday. u.s. president joe biden is threatening his moscow counterpart with personal sanctions if he moves on ukraine. in another development, the french president said he will speak with russian president putin by telephone on friday

because he once he says clarification on moscow's intentions. ella terry aid from the united states has arrived on ukraine soil, part of the drive to help kiev defend itself. there are 100,000 russian troops on ukraine's eastern border and fears an invasion and landgrab on regions that are russian speaking as planned. nato and the u.s. have around 12,000 troops on standby. ella terry hardware has been shipped to kiev. -- military hardware has been shipped to kiev. >> there is dialogue on the ukrainian issue and the minsk agreement. and there is dialogue between the european union and russia. each of these channels must be exploited as much as possible to reengage russia in de-escalation process and obtain guarantees. should there be any aggression, there will be retaliation and the cost will be very high. >> more on that to come.

this for now from kiev. he is our correspondent in the region. >> aside from the fact that people here are also speculating and sharing a range of views about what they expect to happen, life goes on pretty much as normal. unfortunately for ukraine, for the past nearly eight years, normal has also included the conflict rambling on in the eastern region. it has been relatively quiet in recent ds but today, the ukrainian army reported two soldiers were wounded. one of them seriously. that was in fighting in ukrainian held territory. another aspect of life that has been affected by the crisis is the economy. the currency is suffering. it has had its lowest level against the dollar in four years. that is something that has got people worried. another thing that has a lot of ukrainians wondering what is going on. if there has been a spate of -- there has been a spate of false

bomb alerts. police have been getting mostly male messages that sentient such a place, a school or another building has been bombed. visiting towns and -- towns and cities all over the country. these turned out to be false alerts. costs police time. it has caused big problems for the country and the security services, which is the successor to the kgb, they say they are convinced russia is behind this. >> fake news appearing there. the clarification on the situation. we have more analysis on all the aspects of the ukraine story between now and midnight paris time. or than 1000 people gathered in burkina faso's capital in support of a military coup. it had ousted the president and suspended the constitution. there has been international condemnation. along the streets, most people

seem united in their aims. they are calling for an end to poverty and violence, which has been blamed on islamist terrorists. we are joined by our correspondent who is -- by a senior fellow at the policy center. thank you for being with us. how convinced do you feel looking at the images we have put out and knowing what you hear coming from burkina faso. how convinced are you ladies reports of people rarely in favor of the coup d'etat. >> we have been seeing this unpredented pport from the population to the military after the coup d'etat. we have seen this in mali and now we are seeing this in burkina faso. i'm very convinced to see the support and not surprised because of the previous years how the situation continued to get worse. we have seen this in mali. we had seen how the situation deteriorated in bettina faso

since 2016. at some point, the population loses faith in the government. and demonstrate support for change. either through civilian authorities or as we have seen through the ella terry authority -- the military authorities. >> if that thousand people that rally today represented the whole of the country, they represent a strong feeling against what was governing the country before, is there a sense do you think that this military coup will bring about the ending of poverty, the ending of the threat of jihadist violence? >> we do not know. we do not know if it is going to bring the change the population is starving for. the population at least once to see -- at least wants to see some tangible results at all levels.

results in terms of security and countering the rise of islamist militants. fighting corruption. the social inclusion. they went to see the chain -- they want to see the changes which they have not seen during the previous will. this does not justify the coup, but it shows that people -- are empowered and how easy now it is to form a military coup to -- though i have faith that the changes will happen, i am pessimistic like many others. i don't think the changes will occur when you carry coups and you are distracted from fighting who are really damaging the country, which is the militant groups forcing over a million people to be displaced in burkina faso and around the region. >> we are talking mali, now burkina faso.

what is this saying about french involvement, is this a rejection of what has gone before including french involvement? >> for burkina faso, i have not seen a lot of changes. impact on operations in thet regions because it has limited operatio in burkina faso compared to in mali or niger or chad. they do chary operations across the boers. they do have the task force which falls under the task force of bahrain to they do not operate in burkina faso. france has the presence of specl forces in burkina faso but does not have special forces in bahrain. they have provided air support to the forces when fighting the militants. i don't see major changes but

definitely does disrupt their operations and creates headache. while ying to defeat islamist groups in the region. >> senior fellow at the policy center for the new south. thank you for sharing your analysis of the situation in burkina faso, the coup which has ousted the president, dunaway with the constitution -- dunaway with the constitution. we are watching all developments from all sides of the story. let's stay in africa for our next story. the death toll of the stampede in cameroon has risen to eight at least. opened to allow ticketless fans a chance to see some of the match. cameron's tie against the camorra silence. the incident is raising questions about the organization of the african government of

nations in cameron. >> if that gate was opened as it was supposed to, we would have had -- we would not have had this problem we have now. this loss of life. who closed that gate? who is responsible for that gate? >> question still to be answered kid simon is in cameron for the tournament. football resuming but perhaps with the feeling there are important questions still to be answered about security and organization at the games? >> questions which were put said the president in an emergency press conference, which was chaired by the president who said this is not a time to point fingers but to take accountability. it should be knowing the security outside the stadium is the responsibility of the cameroonian authorities and anything that happens inside the stadium comes under the jurisdiction. he was very quick to dismiss that saying the cameroonian authorities were partners and

now was the time to ensure this tragic incident never happened again. as you mentioned, the football goes on on this backdrop of the terrible tragedy and the tragedy was put to him. mothers have lost sons. classmates have lost friends. is this the right moment to continue in this festival of football? the answer was the tournament had to go on. that we had to make sure that this never happened again. an executive meeting with the highest members of afghan is set to take place this week with the findings of the inquiry to be released friday. what we do know is the match that was scheduled on sunday is now going to be moved to another stadium, which is where i am at. a much smaller stadium. much easier to contain crowds. many questions remain to be answered. the president tried to answer some of them in a somber and at times emotional address to the press. >> eight people losing their

lives. it is a tragedy. let's turn to football on the pitch p of their been two games tonight. morocco versus malawi, which has just finished. senegal versus cape verde a. >> brilliant victory against malawi. a tricky last 16 encounter. the moroccans were stunned after seven minutes as the orlando pirates in south africa blasted in what was the goal of the torment. a shot from 40, 50 yards out here absolutely stunning. rocco pressed and pressed. at times denied by a fantastic goalkeeper. eventually, a series of severe pull back on the stroke of half-time. in the second half, scoring a second free kick of the tournament with a wonderful strike. morocco eventually controlled the game. saw the game out comfortably

chaired they will play the winners of tomorrow's last 16, which is between the ivory coast and egypt. massive clash in the quarterfinals to come. in the other match you mentioned, senegal with a dude -- a 2-0 victory against cape verde. a player. concussed and scored a goal. raising questions about how letters are treated. senegal with the wind and the still to concede a goal in the tournament. >> the africa cup of nations where there has been tragedy and that is being examined by all the authorities. but the football continues. the team reporting on all aspects of the story. think you very much indeed. what is police said this tuesday their opening investigation into possible covid-19 lockdown breaches at boris johnson's downing street office and residence. here's our report.

>> another blow to boris johnson as the u.k. prime minister fights for his political life. revelations of boozy parties at johnson's office and residence going cod lockdowns. now subject to a police probe. >> i can confirm that the met is now investigating a number of events that took place at downing street and whitehall in the last two years in relation to potential breaches of covid-19 regulations. >> reports of a series of parties during the height of u.k. covid restrictions have hammered johnson's popularity. the latest revealed monday an indoor birthday party for johnson in june 2020 that he attended to even as such events were banned. johnson's office described it as a brief gathering that he was at for less than 10 minutes. johnson himself says he approves

of the police probe. >> so i welcome the met's decision to conduct its own vestigation because i believe this will help to give the public the clarity it needs and help to draw a line under matters. >> this investigation could mean sanctions for johnson and his staff if rules are found to have been broken. the inquiry could also buy the prime minister sometime, potentially long public anger to subside. i the worst case, it may encourage mps from his own party to submit more non-cut -- more no-confidence letters against him. a total of 54 letters would trigger a no-confidence vote in parliament, potentially costing him his job. >> snow has brought chaos and disruption across greece and turkey. his temples airports have been snowbound since last week. travelers stranded. tuesday, some flights were able to get through the snow and take off. our correspondent is in the

heart of the city of this temple where life has come to a snowy standstill. >> a blanket of snow. trafc intermittently close to clear the streets and this as students are on holiday. this temple has been turned into a winter wonderland after several days of thundering snowstorms. the brave few who are out on the streets are delighted. >> [speaking foreign language] >> [speaking foreign language] >> is everyone at home? >> [speaking foreign language] >> even though its nose in a stumble almost every year, the

city of 16 million residents is always taken by surprise. both of the airports have been shut down and thousands of drivers were stranded been -- when their vehicles were snowed in on the highway. social be a, post of city skiers follow others criticizing opposition mayor for eating in a restaurant instead of stumbling the snow himself -- of shoveling the snow hself. politics aside, they have not been this many potential snowballs since 1987. >> some snow in techs from our correspondence in a stumble. certainly istanbul looking very beautiful with all that snow. there had been some fatalities sadly in other parts of turkey because of the snow. obviously linked to traffic problems and cars sliding. buses hitting -- a bus accident on a freeway. part of that. that was on sunday.

of course the situation affecting the whole of turkey and greece. we are reflecting as much as we can on the broader picture of that story. time for business. kate moody joins us with the international monetary fund facing multiple challenges this year. >> new variants of covid-19 should high levels of inflation and ongoing disruption to global supply chains. all of those among the factors that play. the international monetary fund sees the what economy slowing from 5.9% growth in 2021 to 4.4% this year that is have a percentage point lower than its last outlook. the world's two largest economies are expected to slow down pure the imf forecasting four and 4.8% expansion and the -- in the u.s. and china respectively. eurozone and francine is losing steam. i spoke to the deputy director of the imf's research department about the uneven recovery of advanced and emerging economies. >> unfortunately, were still

seeing thoseivergences across countries. for advanced economy, if we look at tony 24, 2025, the crisis is leaving no scars. it is a different story when we look at the level of output for emerging markets and especially for though income countries. >> inflation is one of the big problems of the moment. it has hit its highest level in decades. can you give us an idea of how big that problem is? these price surges we are seeing and you think central bank policy makers are rising to the occasion? >> yes, inflation is now a serious issue. we have seen elevated energy prices, food prices. we have seen their impact also of the supply demand bottlenecks mentioned and in some cases the domestic recovery is proceeding quite strongly. all of this is creating

inflation pressures, which do va r across countriesy. the central banks are doing the right thing by tightening monetary policy and making sure those high inflation prints do not feed into each other. they do not lead to also higher inflation, which would make the inflation problem even >> worse. here in europe, arising prices in the energy sector a particular problem affecting families across the eurozone. >> in genal, and when we talk about inflation and when it is coming also from energy prices, it happens is it erodes the real income of people, of households. those who are most vulnerable at the low end of the income spectrum are affected the most because they spend a bigger

share of the spending on those goods. this again points to the need to have targeted support in order to help with those impacts. >> the imf earlier. despite all of the uncertainty, business morale in the eurozone's largest economy is on the rise. a new survey in germany showed confidence rising for the first time in seven months. losses in -- manufacturers that they were seeing signs of improvement in global supply chains. >> things are looking good. especially in the industrial sector. after problems in recent months due to supply bottlenecks, they still exist but there are signs of modest improvement. two thirds of companies still have some difficulty sourcing manufacturing materials but that figure has come down. there is hope the coronavirus wave in china and asia can be

overcome, which will lead to fewer supply disruptions. >> let's check in on the day's trading action. another roller coaster session on wall street. another major comeback for u.s. stocks, which paired back there earlier sharp losses. the dow jones closing slightly below the flat line in the red. the nasdaq down about 2.5% at the close. analysts saying the volatile trading is far from over. investors are waiting for some clarity as the u.s. federal reserve kicks off its two day policy meeting june some details about plans for interest rate hikes on wednesday. we saw the major european indices recovering from it a selloff. gains of one percentage point in london. when the united states -- in the united states, more planes have been approved to operate in areas where 5g is activated.

outcry last week and operators verizon and at&t agreed to delay launching towers and airports. at the time, around 40% of airplanes were cleared to fly in 5g zones. the faa says it is approved nearly 90% of the u.s. passenger fleet having check to the all tenders in more aircraft will not be impacted by the 5g waves. still a lot of unanswered questions about the 5g rollout in the united states, which has been very messy. >> you say that it's messy. your bulletin is never messy. always straight to the point. great to see you. let's cross to the studio. you're looking at a story in nigeria concerning the destruction on vaccines. i should have to say alleged on that one. if there is some truth to the story and some fake elements have been identified. tell us more. >> the devil is in the detail.

in this particular instance, there were in december a stock of vaccines that were destroyed in nigeria. astrazeneca, about a million of them, because they had gone past their sell by date. what you see here, -- i should have said that later appeared here is a tweeps or nigeria destroys over one million vaccines. these people are not stupid. ththe people. >> someone trying to set this up as an anti-vax kind of treaty. >> because the people have been fighting back, because the people have been resisting, the government has buckled and said all right. we are going to trash the vaccines. it depends on how you interpret it. either the person was being incomplete in the information put out or they wore willfully misleading. there is always an element of you can't be sure what is

motivating somebody. >> there is another angle to this that this is a continent were so many people have not had a vaccine. and that this should happen, due to maladministration. people not getting organized, it is very sad. >> 3% of nigeria is the number of the -- the percentage of the population that has taken the covid-19 -- covid-19 vaccine should africa really low on the percentages of uptake high degree of vaccine hesitancy appeared a lot of that down to misinformation. some of it down to the fact of the continent has been impacted less. is that because the data is not right? there are some factors. as to why the vaccine uptake is so low. there are other factors. it is a young age demographic. also you have very few africans

in long-term care facilities. there was a lot of spreading in covid and a nursing home type facilities. but is less the case in africa. there are a vaety of explosions for the peer -- for that. it was due to the low vaccine uptake. not people power these vaccines were destroyed. >> let's move on. a story about protest in paris. they do apparently happen, protest in paris. >> occasionally. >> they are important. please explain. >> this was the tree in question that has been red flagged by our own fact checking people but also reuters, associated press and others. there is a warning at the bottom of that tweet. you see a photo of a street full of protesters. if the television media was not owned by billionres, you would have seen coverage of this.

you would have seen coverage of yesterday's message general strike. this is what paris looked like. the thing is, whys this believable? earlier this month, there were big otests ainst the vaccine. numbers significantly lower than the pensioner reform protest we did see throughout -- the actual image here was from the eighth of january, 2020. so much has happened in the meantime you can forget the details. that was the 30 -- the 36th day of strikes. strike action. there were between 56000 and 300 70,000 on the streets of paris that day. it is not now. he would know that there are no pension reforms on the table before the upcoming election. they were scrapped.

there are no protest against them. it was misinformation. >> incompetence or there is some kind of manipulation behind it. we live in democracy here. people construct. people can protest. people can exercise that right. it is that -- that kind of contribution does not help the buddies because p james, you do help causes. here to you, sir. always with the truth. kate moody, great to see you. thanks to you for watching. more to come. live from paris.

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