news and for france 24. these are the headlines the eu accuses russia of using energy to blackmail up in countries. for supporting ukraine. moscow it has already turned off the supply to poland and bulgaria. madeleine albright, late to rest. who came to america and grew up to be the first woman to be u.s. secretary of state. she died last month of cancer at the age of 84.

she has been sentenced to a five-year custodial sentence in a trial condemned by the international committee as bogus. this is life in paris. -- this is live from paris. >> thank you very much. russia's has halted gas supplies to bulgaria over a refusal to pay rubles. russia's is meeting for percent of europe's gas needs and they are casting sanctions as an act of economic war. they're called the russian action acceptable in the de was working i court needed response.

-- that the you is working on a coordinated response. >> an attempt bthe kremlin to blackmail us. that is the words used by the european president on thursday as she described the decision to cut off gas supplies to poland and bulgaria. >> it is unilaterally stopping gas deliveries to start member -- certain member states is another publication from the,. our -- the kremlin. our spousal be immediate, united, corrugated. we will ensure that this decision has the least possible impact on european customers. >> c1 >> later on wednesday, russian president vladimir putin vowed to counter attempts to isolate russia.

he. >> said the country had so far. >> with stewed west actions our banking system, national currency, trade, the economy as a whole have withstood and did not disintegrate. on the contrary, they now have good enough resources to develop. to launch new products and development of the potential of all of our regions. neither polish president was in prague on wednesday. he bowed legal action would be. taken against gazprom. for breach of contract poland announced or missed that it was imposing sanctions. the country relies on gazprom for 50% of its consumption, while 90 percent of bulgaria's comes from the russian giant. both countries have tried to dispel worry, pointing to supplies from other countries and sufficient storage of debts. there are concerns gazprom could shut up supplies to other countries, potentially causing your of economic pain. russia provides 40% of europe's gas and 20% of its oil at a cost

of $850 million a day. >> u.n. secretary general antonio guterres has announced his arrival in kyiv this wednesday following talks in moscow with russian president vladimir putin. at the moscow taco tuesday, he reported because for both russia and ukraine to work together to set up safe and effective humanitarian corridors across work toward ukraine keep says russian troops. have repeatedly fired on ukrainian civilians fleeing their homes. our correspondent with this. reporter: in the morning, the ukrainian forces admitted having lost control of several small villages in the donbas region proper, and then in the southern part of the kharkiv region, part of russia's attack on dundas. it looks like they were slowly but surely moving toward their goal of surrendering ukrainian forces and taking control of the largest ukrainian-held cities in

donbas. in the afternoon, it sounded as though the ukrainian military spokesman was confirming these advances. he said the temple of russia's onslaught was increasing in the donbas. but by the evening, the ukrainian military be the logical continuation of their move westward and southward, and they had pushed back an attack on an area that russians were unable to take, suffered losses, and retreated from. meanwhile, ukrainians reported suffering losses in the south of ukraine, trying to take part of the region that is currently held by russia and they haven't been successful there. and then for the first time i think, today ukraine did not deny attacking russia, it didn't go so far as to admit it, but an advisor to president zelenskyy said that these exclusions that have been happening in recent

days, most recently today in russia on infrastructure targets, oil their and things like that, were karma, and that essentially russia deserved it. >> i will correspondent covering all aspects of the conflict there in ukraine. our team on the ground with analysis continues here. u.s. foreign policy figures all paying their respects to the late madeleine albright. president joe biden and former presidents barack obama and clinton. clinton picked albright to be the highest ranking diplomat. several hundred mourners gathered to celebrate madeleine albright's life and accomplishments at the washington national cathedral. madeleine albright was a child fugitive from war-torn europe. in the 1940's, she rose to become america's first secretary of state and died last month at

the age of 84. this prompted condolences from the world and also healed her support for democracy and for human rights. kethevane gorjestani joins us live. good evening to you. madeleine albright leaves quite a legacy. tell us more about her life. kethevane: well, there were some several aspects of madeleine albright's life that were really celebrated during the service today, starting of the united s, joe biden, who really underlined three main elements. one is that she was a strong supporter and an advocate for a stronger, expanded nato. he, of course, spoke about that in the context of the war in ukraine, reminding the audience that he found out about her

passing as he was traveling to europe, to galvanize the nato alliance in the face of russian aggression. he said that she in part responsible for the fact that nato was still strong to this day, and that they could unite like this to face russia. he also spoke about her role as a true blazing woman. you mentioned it, she was the first female secretary of state appointed in the united states. he said that she was a model wo, many of them sitting in that audience, saying that she showed women that they had their seat at every single table. heelement of her life that you pointed to, the fact that she was an immigrant. an immigrant from war-torn europe, fleeing persecution, who came to the united states with

her family, they settled here in the united states and she became secretary of state of the united states, an immigrant to becoming the voice, if you will, the united states across the world. he said that her life represented the best that america has to offer. and he said that he remembered she was so fond of how these new americans pledged allegiance to their new country, new citizens getting their citizenship here. that she remembered how as an immigrant, the u.s. welcomed her. so this was really a moment to remember her life as a personality, as a woman, as a diplomat, and also her accomplishments that many people there, including former president bill clinton, who she served under, underlined how much her legacy still lived on

today. >> that the banquet to study in washington, thank you very much, indeed. madeleine albright passed at the age of 84, she was laid to rest this wednesday in washington. reilly is accusing the french army of spying and some version, after use of drones to fillmore france alleged with mercenaries burying bodies near a military base. the drone illegally flew over a base in the country. the next day the french army shared video, but instead showed russian mercenaries covering parties with sound to falsely accuse departing french troops of workers. like the guest is a fellow of the european council of foreign relations. he gave us his take. >> from their drone video that the french government provided, it is really difficult to say definitively whether it actually

shows russian forces, whether it even shows light-skinned or caucasian fighters, as french journalists or the french government decided that's. it is very difficult to say. there is also very little information about operations in mali. most of the information we have comes from government sources. there are some local corporations of this, but again, details are thin, photographic and video evidence is quite thin. so it is quite difficult to say. now, the timeline given by the million government as for when this massacre was discovered, from se twitter accoun thatsts are believed to be trolls, that doesn't quite line up. it is clear that there was some confusion i think on the malian government decide about the

order of events here, but we certainly don't know the full story. >> we have an announcement concerning mali. molly has upheld its decision to block broadcaster france 24 at radio france international. our parent company is strongly contesting the decision, which has been in place since march 17. france 24 will continue to report the news in mali, the country of interest to the whole of africa and the rest of the world, and we will put in place all possible technical solutions to help the people of mali to access our broadcasts free, informed, and open to all. we would like to underline the independence and freedom of all journalists to report the news. a court in military-ruled myanmar has convicted former leader aung san suu kyi of corruption and set 25 years in

prison. she is now 76 years old, and was ousted in an army take over last year. she denies the allegations that she accepted gold and hundreds of thousands of dollars in a bribe from a political colleague. reporter: from leading the states to facing the court, 14 months after she was forced out of power, aung san suu kyi was found guilty once more. at the center of the discharge -- over 11 clear rules of gold and $600,000, that she is said to have accepted as bribes from a colleague -- 11 kilos of gold and 600,000 dollars, that she is said to have accepted as bribes from a colleague. this adds to the two other convictions she received just months ago for floating covid rules and reporting walk-talkies. the sentences total 11 years so far. the trials have been dismissed by many abroad. aung san suu kyi previously labeled the allegations as

absurd. but the military junta that seized power from her last year says the trial, has been given by an independent judiciary, and isllowing the 76 year old to serve the term under house arrest in an undisclosed location. she previously spent 15 years under house arrest for leading a nonviolent struggle for democracy for which she earned the nobel peace prize in 1991. in all, the 18 charges carry a combined maximum jail term of almost 190 years. >> will have some analysis later of that sentenced handed down to aung san suu kyi in-year mark. 10 retired members of columbia's military have been admitting to victims families there rules in the assassination of 120 civilians, cases that were later presented as rebels killed in combat. it is the first public admission by the former soldiers that they have made.

>> they have known the truth for years, but they came to hear it from the perpetrators. these people's husbands, husbands, and children disappeared in the 2000s. it is the man sitting across from them who kidnapped and killed them. >> we made a show to prevent to be in combat -- to pretend to be in combat because of pressure from the high command. i executed. i killed relatives. of those who are here. reporter: these murders were part of the tactic, inflating numbers to pretend the military had successfully killed farc rebels and made the country safer. the victims, mainly peasants, were said to have been armed members of a guerrilla group. when the relatives tried to do notice the murders, some were

arrested through forged documents. >> i am a principal for the fact that you were detained sometime after the atrocious event that you have just described. reporter: these retired soldiers alone killed 120 civilians, mainly men aged 25 to 35. >> for you, it was an award, a vacation, some decorations. was it worth more than the pain of a mother? family? reporter: the special court set up as part of a 2016 peace deal that ended 50 years of war, says more than 6400 civilians were killed. in exchange for admitting the truth, the killers will not face prison. >> time to turn around to business needs. kate moody, good evening to you. kate is looking at the fallout from russia's decision to halt natural gas shipments to poland and to bulgaria.

the first question is, what has that dental prices? kate: european natural gas prices jumped 20% today because of concerns that other e.u. member states could be in for a similar cut off. the european benchmark was trading as high as 120 euros per megawatt hour earlier. just a year ago, it was 70 euros. really a significant shift. it stems from russia's demand to make countries who impose sanctions to pay for energy in rubles, not in dollars in an effort to prop up the feeling national currency, one that european nations have rejected. german officials say they are considering all possible scenarios to deal with the russian-owned oil refinery near berlin. that could include nationalizing the facility, which is currently owned by russian giant rosneft. it is the only remaining consumer of russian oil in germany. germany's economy minister said

e government would not be blackmailed, and would continue to play for its remaining contracts in euros. >> this is the reality. when energy is used as a weapon, we have to make sure that we are not defenseless. acrdingly, we need the diversification of energy and infrastructure, and renewal of energy infrastructure based on renewable energy. kate: let look at the day's trading action. major european indices shrugged off concerns about energy supplies the slightly higher on the currency markets. but the euro dropped to its lowest level against the dollar in five years. wall street give up its earlier gains to close fairly flat. the dow jones and s&p 500 just above the flat line, the nasdaq in the right, giving up its rally at the close, near its lowest level of the year.

shares of boeing dropped 7.5%, after the plane maker reported a bigger than expected $1.2 billion loss of the first three months of the year. among the drains on its finances, a charge tied to the war in ukraine, and a $600 million charge for a 2018 deal for new air force one spleens that donald trump negotiated at a loss for boeing. the manufacturer said it would parts production of its 777x plane which has not been certified through next year and said it doesn't expect deliveries to start until 2025. the central african republic adopted bitcoin as legal tender, along with the french-backed cfa franc. it is the second country in the world to do so after el salvador last year. the president healed the move as "putting it on the map of the world's most visionary countries." but it is also one of the world's most poorest countries. it has close ties to russia,

whose wagner mercenary group is meant to be active in the region. the introduction of cryptocurrency in the central african republic could set the stage for more money laundering or fraud in the region. energy is not the only commodity in short supply because of russians were in ukraine. the region is a major producer of sunflower oil, and supplies have been disrupted. to cope with the shortage the french government is, authorizing food companies to change their recipes without altering their packaging. our correspondent explains in france, it has just gotten harder to tell what is really in your negative crisps. reporter: french authorities have temporarily loosened packaging groups, following the shortage of sunflower oil due to the war in ukraine. now, companies can change their product without immedtely altering the ingredients list, a lack of transparency that bothers foodwatch. >> the customer must have

information about what they are consuming at the moment that online will obviously not beit enough to inform people. >> manufacturers now have two months to highlight the change, and even then, they don't have to be precise about what is being used as a substitute. to replace sunflower oil, the food industry can use grapeseed oil, or even palm oil, a product that is responsible for significant deforestation. >> i find palm oil very problematic. that is used badly. it is a question of resources. if it is in a dangerous ecosystem -- if it endangers the ecosystem, it is inconceivably to use it. reporter: the list of new ingredients should be indicated in some time. according to the economy ministry, more than 1000 products could be currently marked inaccurately.

before the war, ukraine produced 50% of the worlds sunflower oil. now it's experts are disrupted as a global shortage, and industries in france and elsewhere are scrambling to adapt. kate: that's all for now. mark: kate, thank you very much indeed. a shortage of sunflower oil. great to see you. let's cross the studio. truth or fake, catalina is here. great to see you too. talk about ukraine this evening. president volodymyr zelenskyy, accused of having a drug problem. truth or fake? catalina: talk in ukraine today, rumors on social media that's that he is addicted to cocaine. google this. these claims made by pro-russian accounts starting with this reviewer received an alleged pile of coke on his desk and a credit card during the review with the man of the hour, a video with elon musk that took place on march 6. the user set the cameraman accidentally filmed the coke on

his desk. more skeptical users noticed a hero on the credit card, claiming that the video was digitally altered. this is correct, the video is digitally altered. we also have another video that shows zele zelenskyy, showing tt cocaine on his page. we don't have the images right now. mark: to tell us about the story in question, because it is really interesting, the fact that such fake accounts are making these claims that are false. catalina: these are claims from pro-russian accounts, digitally- altered videos that alter videos president zelenskyy posted on his twitter account. for example in the first one a pile of cocaine. in the second one we have a video of him where he is showing his desk, and the users claim they see lines of cocaine, which actually were just -- we have

the images we were talking about earlier of the altered images. let's go onto to the second one. the one i was just mentioning on his desk that users were claiming on this video that if we pause, users claimed this was a line of cocaine. but through a different angle, we can see that this was just a gilded leather on his desk. but these claims go back to 2019 to his presidential campaign days against his rival at the time, petro poroshenko. here is a timeline of the rumors starting on april 5 when zelenskyy invited poroshenko to submit to a drug and alcohol test. zelenskyy was accused of cheating and submitting false results, because poroshenko went to a public lab wears zelenskiy chose a public lab. that caused rumors at the time.

and there is this video of zelenskyy, he digitally altered an interview on facebook with a caption that reads, "how do you feel about cocaine?" end zelenskyy answers -- "awesome. awesome. energy number one." it is an altered interview from a 2019 interview called truth. zelenskiy was saying that he was addicted to smelling coffee, not cocaine. so other slick, we have a second video from -- a video that was diffused by his opponents at the time, from camp poroshenko. zelenskiy is run over by a bus and a line of cocaine -- obviously a parody digitally altered video. we can see that these videos we just saw our digitally altered enhance, false. mark: indeed. thank you for sorting out truth

from fake there regarding these very. his claims about president zelenskyy, president of ukraine. catalina, thank you. kate moody with the business, great to see you as always. and my message to you, please stay with us. more to come on "live from paris." ♪ >> for nearly half a century, cyprus has been cut into. in the north, the turkish sea. government and in the south, the republic of cyprus, greek speaking and christian. the town became a ghost town where it was abandoned by its inhabitants following the turkish invasion in 1974. 2019, turkey reopened the town to tourists and former residents . long deprived of their right to return, they are now demanding the return of their property. >> [speaking foreign language]

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04/27/22 04/27/22 [captioning made possible by democracy now!] amy: from new york, this is democracy now! >> the world is watching as the destruction ukraine goes on unchecked. the united states has tried diplomacy. the world has tried sanctions. nothing seems to be working. but there is a simple, blinding, obvious solution, way to