24.com. ♪ host: there is political chaos in sri lanka, where the president and prime minister have agreed to resign. protesters stormed the men's homes over the weekend and currently there is no agreement on who will waste them. -- who will replace them. the nord stream one pipeline has shut down for maintenance for 10 days. russia to germany anderlin rom concerned the shutdown could last longer. it is planning to fire up some of its coal run power plants.

and we have a date for one we should know who the new prime minister of the united kingdom will be. nominations open on tuesday and the winner is set to be announced on september 5. the current prime minister boris johnson has agreed to resign, but has said he will stay in office until his successor is named. hi, everyone. thank you for joining us. the president of sri lanka has not been seen or heard from since tens of thousands of protesters stormed his residence over the weekend a government spokesman has confirmed that the president and the prime minister will step down on wednesday. on saturday, protesters breached the presidential residence and even jumped into the swimming will. they set fire to the prime minister's residence. furious about the country's economic crisis. meanwhile, the government has been thrown into chaos with no agreement on who will replace the two eaters. -- the two leaders.

jenny has the latest. reporter: with tens of thousands of storming the homes of the president and prime minister over the weekend, signs that months of peaceful protest have finally boiled over in sri lanka. basking in the luxuries of the palace, protesters say they have no intention to leave until the two leaders officially stepped down. president has promised his resignation at this wednesday, but the people remain skeptical. >> he has already broken our trust. our countries trust and he has already sold our country, so we are not in the position to trust him at the moment. >> we lost everything that we had, so we are not going to trust them. they are still here until they resign. genie: the island nation has been calling for a political

overhaul four months. for many, the president represents a corrupt political family dynasty and is to blame for the country's bankruptcy, resulting in soaring fuel and commodity races, as well as roaming power outages. the prime minister is in turn accused of acting as the president's rightand. opposition pty leaders a yet to agree on an alternative coalition government. host: now to ukraine where the host for survivors continues following an airstrike on a group of apartment buildings. the missiles struck in the city in eastern ukraine on saturday, killing at least dirty people. on monday, rescuers pulled several more people out from the rubble and in kharkiv russian strikes killed at least three. catherine has more. catherine: carrying out the bodies after russian airstrikes destroyed several residential buildings in kharkiv. >> i was sitting and talking to

my wife, then there was a strike i did not understand what had happened. there were two strikes, two or three. i regained consciousness in the basement. catherine: ukrainian officials say dozens were injured, including children they first rockets hit early monday morning when many people were still sleeping, like valentina. she says dust and debris woke her up and that she is lucky to be alive. >> i saw lights. the headlights of rescuers and i started screaming. i am alive, please get me out. the rescuers entered the hallway, knocked down the door and got me out. catherine: the deadly shelling comes two days after missile strikes killed more than two dozen people in the town in the den asked region in the east. in a neighboring town under

ukrainian control, people lined up for food and an aide is to be asian center managed by -- aid distribution center managed by ngo's. >> i am thankful for this. the city is helping us and volunteers as well. help is coming from abroad. >> i wish for peace, that is the most important thing. everybody wants peace. catherine: as residents stocked up on basic necessities, the ukrainian government warned that russian troops are likely to launch some of their heaviest attacks yet especially targeting cities in the region that remain in ukrainian hands. host: the dutch prime minister met with ukrainian president zelenskyy in kyiv this monday. mark made his first visit to ukraine since the war began, saying his country would supply ukraine with long-range artillery and an aide package worth about 200 million euros. they said the wart may last longer than expected, but added

that does not mean we can sit back and possibly watch how it unfolds. the nord stream one pipeline has shut down for maintenance for at least 10 days. the pipeline supplies gas from russia to germany and other parts of stern europe. for its part, or lynn is concerned it could shut down -- berlin is concerned the shutdown will last longer. james has the story. james: it fears of a winter without gas in europe. as russian energy giant begins its summer maintenance program, the 10 day routine service is scheduled to continue until the 21st of july. but on monday morning italy and austria announced that moscow had unexpectedly limited supply via a different pipeline, which has raised concerns as expressed here in the german daily that vladimir putin may decide to leave the taps shut.

berlin is europe's top buyer of russian gas at around 35% of imports, down from 55% before moscow's invasion of ukraine. in france, where around 17% comes from russia, they are preparing for the worst. >> let's prepare for a total cut off of russian gas. that remains the most likely scenario. james: they urge the government to enter quickly into what he called battle formation and called for a collective effort from households and businesses to reduce energy consumption. he also underlined prime ministers top priority for new government, to press ahead with france's energy sovereignty. >> we need to accelerate our energy independence, to fill of our stocks, to quickly build a liquefied national gas. and we have to stop taking two or three years to do something

that other countries do in six months. james: france and germany's gas reserves are currently around 60% fall. italy has a little bit more, 64% and it is a far cry from the 80% minimum national reserves recently imposed by the european council. host: we should know who the new prime minister of the united kingdom will be on september 5. that is the word from the conservative tory party. the current prime minister boris johnson is agreed to resign but says he will stay in office until his successor is named so far 11 candidates have thrown their hats into the ring. nominations are set to open on tuesday with the first boats on wednesday and thursday -- the first votes. >> will return to do is find a balance before the summer recess, but we do believe that we have a proper discussion within the party.

obviously, we know our parliamentary candidates already. we do need to make sure it is a decent time before the result is announced of the fifth of september. host: chase mulholland has more on the race to replace boris johnson. chase: who will be the next president of 10 downing street? it is the question on everybody's lips, but it is one of the outgoing prime minister, boris johnson, wants no part of. >> there is a contest underway. i would not want to damage anybody's chances by offering my support. i would have to get on. in the last few days and weeks, the constitutional function of the prime in this situation is to discharge the mandate. chase: announced her candidacy to become the head of government, the longest continuously serving member of cabinets, she touted her clear vision for the country and

economy on twitter. another front runner is the former health minister, who said the conservative party needed to face outwards, not in words. >> four months, the public has been watching 10 downing street's behaviors and they have been dismayed. they need to see that we are focusing together, we are focusing on the issues that really matter. chase: also throwing his hand into the ring, whose resignation in tandem sparked 60 government resignations. the new finance minister has joined the ranks of challengers, another in the running, former foreign secretary jeremy hunt who came second to boris in 2019's leadership battle. home secretary patel is believed to be mulling a bid. host: french prime minister has survived her first no-confidence vote in parliament.

the motion was put forth by the left opposition. the motion was backed by just 146 of the national assemblies 577 deputies. president macron's party felt too -- failed to win an absolute majority in the parliamentary elections which makes them vulnerable to these kinds of votes. these scandals keep coming for the ridesharing app uber. over the weekend a trove of leaked documents suggested the company broke laws, duped police and build a secret lobbying operation targeting policymakers and politicians. french president emmanuel macron, who is serving as finance minister at the time, was one of those caught up in the scandal. now the european union is asking its former digital chief about her alleged involvement. then at the has the details. reporter: with over 100 million users across 40 countries, it has become the world's largest ridesharing app. a trove of leaked confidential

files show that hoover used --uber use unethical methods. obtained by the guardian, the cachet of guardian -- documents being dubbed the files reveals the tech giant lobby governments and courted politians tforce services around the globe. with a particular ally found inferences president emmanuel macron, causing other french politicians to accuse him of looting the country. >> it is very serious. i have a certain idea of the republic that the president should not be a lobbyist of private interests. so, what lessons should one draw from it? without a doubt, we should address the government and launch a commission of inquiry. reporter: whilst french taxi drivers protested against uber, the leak shows macron champion the countries growth in paris and was on first name terms with cofounder travis. >> it is amazing that a country

is offended that a finance minister receives his next in a totally public way -- business in a public way in a debate that was parliamentary, so yes, fortunately, finance ministers can continue to receive companies, can make sure these companies are established in france, and that they create jobs here. reporter: the company has been dog by sexual harassment allegations, data breaches, and accusations of underpaying drivers for several years. they have responded, saying past behavior was not in line with present values, but today, it is a different company. host: a heat wave is living across europe. temperatures in parts of france and germany are expected to top or degrees celsius. that is 104 degrees fahrenheit this week. it was even hotter than that in spain over the weekend. antonia has more. antonia: a plume of hot air from northern africa is traveling through the iberian peninsula, leading to heat waves sweeping through southern europe,

traveling into france and expected to travel into germany. temperatures hit 43 degrees this weekend in spain and may reach 46 degrees in seville this week. with the worst yet to come, residents are already suffering. >> the heat is deadly. we are melting. it is too hot, it is absolutely unbearable. >> the truth is that it has been hell. just walking around, the heat is like a slap, it is horrendous. >> it is terrible that i have to work. i have to keep going. antonia: extreme heat coupled with low rainfall has led to fires across southern europe, spain, europe and parts of france. it hit portugal where 125 hires were reported on saturday alone. small villages were evacuated and dozens of people were injured. health warnings have been issued in parts of the united kingdom, with the possibility of all-time record-breaking temperatures. western europe has been identified by researchers as a heat wave hotspot, with such

weather events growing more frequent and intense. the eu has warned that this summer will be one of europe's toughest climate seasons yet, as climate chaos intensifies. host: that is it for now. stay tuned for more world news coming up on france 24. ♪ >> that was by french singer

songwriter towel. after two acclaimed albums, she is back with a new lp. i guess you could translate it as crazy, inspired by anglo-saxon pop. she used to compose in english, but this record is in french. tell me more about it. i'm joined by owl. >> thank you for inviting me. >> tell me about this album. what inspired this album and title? >> it is inspired by my own chaos, because it was a strange time in my life when i started to compose this album. and i wanted to refresh everything about me. i had the feeling everything is going crazy, so for me, it refers to my own personality at this moment. but it refers to the beauty of chaos. for me it is not in a dramatic way. >> the beauty in chaos.

your first albums were in english mainly and here, you decided to switch to french. why the switch? >> it is strange to say, but my inspirations were most anglo-saxon music, so i started to compose with english words, because my references were more diverse. electronic music. i think it was difficult for me to find a good balance between french words and the music direction i wanted. but when i write a song in this album, it was like a revelation and it was significant for me to continue in french for this album. i think it is almost intimate album i wrote. maybe i was ready for that. >> going back to your home essentially. listening to another track off the album called let them. let's take a listen. ♪

>> so that was by owl. amazing music video. can you tell us a little bit more about what is going on? you got a brace on your leg. did you hurt yourself? >> it was faked for the video, but i realized when i wanted to make this video, i realized that i never use my own stories to show my music. and one i was younger, i had back surgery and i were a corset for a long time. >> a brace. >> we work with calligrapher's

-- choreographers. we wanted to talk about constraints and why we can move with some difficulties. it is why i think it is powerful. you can be sexy and very smart with difficulties physically or mentally. >> so it comes across in your music video. any really do have a unique visual landscape, whether it is in your album cover or your music videos. usually -- you went to art school before going straight into music. has this inspired you? >> yes, i think it has helped me to create my own aesthetic. i used to work with different artists from photography or a director, and for this one, the idea was to mix some digital aspects with something very sensitive. and i know it is a bit creepy,

but it is intentional. >> it definitely works and it works really well with the music as well. so this album, your third album, you switched labels for this album. what is it like for an artist to switch labels is this an opportunity for a completely new you? >> yeah, i was a bit frustrated by the process of the music industry in the big label. so it is why i decided to create my own label in reference. it was very important to me to raise my music -- release my music exactly the way i wanted. it's a lot of work because you have a lot of pressure. it is really different and sometimes difficult to be focused on your creativity. but i think this is really important and more modern to work like this. >> to take the power back on this third album. your songs have appeared in some successful tv series like scam and emily in paris.

that is quite a lot of exposure. what does that change for your career? >> it was a big exposure and i think after the first and the second lockdown, it was great to share my music differently. and i have always been excited by the relation between image and music, so for scam, it was different because i compose or the four last seasons. and it was another process. as for emily, i received a lot of messages from around the world, so it was great. reaching an audience. >> tell us about your new songwriting process. do you work alone, do you work with other people? >> i start alone, but i never learned to read music or to play instruments, so for me, my first instrument is my voice. and i used to use programs and

sound escapes, so for me, it is a bit of a hybrid process. so i cannot really define how i work, but i love to collaborate at the end but yes. it is my own. >> your own process. so you have the name owl. the word owl in english. so what do you think about the french music scene these days, what other artists are excited to you -- exciting to you? >> french artists are really interesting today, because they have a lot of important messages to share. and i have the feeling they push the limits away. so it is interesting for me. >> keep talking about the french scene. some other music making headlines. it is festival season across europe and in france, they are sobering their 30th anniversary. it started out as a small get

together organized by an organization in brittany and it has become france's biggest festival with 300,000 music lovers a day. this year's lineup includes the french music scene. as well as stellar international acts in a drone show every night. the festival's director told my colleague about how important this addition is after two years of the pandemic. >> we are still here, still standing, still alive. i have to admit, it was an incredibly tough moment to live through. we had to hit the brakes so suddenly and then we worked on securing the festival and jobs that came with it. >> so it is back. do you have any favorite memories from a festival that you either attended or performed in? >> yeah i think a few years ago it was my best memories of life. >> definitely. >> and recently, i played in

paris. it was more intimate and it was beautiful, because i put a structure on stage and it was really meaningful. i was happy to share this experience. >> it was like a dance with a structure involved? >> exactly. >> looking forward to seeing that. were gonna move on to other e-cig news with album releases. american sensation lizzo is releasing her fourth album called special. like her previous works, she talks about important topics like self-esteem and inclusivity, all with a smile. special is an infectious hit machine guaranteed to get you dancing this summer. like this song. ♪

>> and finally, the gen z songwriter is releasing her second studio album. this is the filipino british artist follow-up to her debut album, matching 90's in the lock tropes with a touch, she has won a cult following as well. were going to leave you with a song called talk. i want to thank my guest owl. be sure to talk just check out her

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