♪ >> protesters in colombo storm the official compound of the prime minister. instability grows across sri lanka a natural -- a nationwide curfew has been protect -- has been imposed. >> joe's first official -- it starts in jerusalem to move on to riyadh. at least five people have been

killed in russian shelling of the region around the ukrainian port city. we will have the latest, as they vowed to take back land to the south is a battle for the donbas intensifies, talks have taken place to reopen grain exports by the black sea. >> first the president, now the prime minister, thousands of sri lankans taking to the street demanding resignation of ranil wickremesinghe. president gotabaya rajapaksa fled the country in the wake of demonstrations. a nationwide curfew has been imposed this thursday. >> there is a lot of confusion at the moment. first of all where the former president is.

he is perhaps in singapore. also where the other leaders, former leaders of the country are including the menu referred to, gotabaya rajapaksa who is in hiding at the moment. he is issuing decrees and calling the army to take no -- take no prisoners are and ranil wickremesinghe's interim president, there is nothing illegal about the decision of outgoing president gotabaya rajapaksa appointing him as interim president because he is the former prime minister. where is the younger one, the finance minister? is he still in sri lanka? nobody knows. there is a vacuum of power. the people are on the streets. we saw them the last way for hours going into the prime minister's compound in colombo. at the weekend the prime

minister's house was burned down. the presidential compound was stormed by the crowd. the situation is very confusing at the moment. there is a dispute about what procedures should take place to get to the next stage to appoint a new president. the interim prime minister, ranil wickremesinghe says he will stay on until the procedures will go through. the opposition says we do not want him anymore. we want to mount, the people on the streets say they want to mount as well. >> what has been the reason for the downfalls of the gotabaya rajapaksa? >> is a key relation of things has taken place over years. a family that has ruled for 2 decades now and their time has simply run doubt -- out. first of all the corruption they have been associated, the repression in many cases of the opposition.

much more recently by the complete failure to deal with an economic crisis which sees inflation top for 2% of the last few weeks -- 50% over the last few weeks. petrol prices rising, unemployment, people have had enough. this is following on the covid crisis as well. people simply said, this government is incompetent. it is corrupt. we wants nothing else. that something else has not been offered by the government that is now outgoing. this is what has brought us to the situation in sri lanka right now. >> you outline very clearly what the people want they want results quickly. once that is happened, what do you see as the next stage post gotabaya rajapaksa? what shape will the administration taken what will they implement? >> it is honestly difficult to say at this stage.

the constitutional procedures will probably be followthrough assuming there is not more violence on the streets and the army does not get involved. the likelihood is next week there will be elections in the parliament before a new president. the mps elect the president from among their own number. once he is elected he will stay on in power until the end of 2024 when ranil wickremesinghe --gotabaya rajapaksa's term comes to an end. there will be fresh elections then. the opposition leaders have been putting the names into the hat, the feeling on the street is they have had enough of all them. there and many people, to 25 mps that will choose an ex-president. many people say they do not want them either, they want the whole lot to go. >> just remind you sri lanka under a nationwide curfew from tonight.

the whereabouts of the president and much of his entourage is still uncertain. the people on the streets of colombo are calling for change. we are following all developed for you. >> u.s. president joe biden is in israel, the first leg of his visit to the middle east, greeted by the israeli prime minister at the airport and also meeting with senior palestinians before is hardly discussed visit to saudi arabia. it will be key to talks post -- both in jerusalem andrea. >> a busy schedule awaits the u.s. president. he kicked it off on wednesday at tel aviv pledging to continue support for israel metta stub defense, -- in matters of defense, technology, -- >> we will deepen our connections in science and innovation. we will work to address global

challenges through new strategic high-level technology -- dialogue on technology. >> with a visit to the west bank he also seeks to reassure palestinians the u.s. is committed to a two state solution. around will also be on the agenda as the by demonstration tries to salvage the 2015 nuclear deal scrapped by donald trump. the agreement is opposed by israel that suggests that to ron is closer than ever to helping a nuclear weapon. >> we will -- to developing a nuclear weapon. >> we will discuss the need to build a strong coalition to stop the iranian nuclear problem. >> he will fly to saudi arabia on friday, mobilizing -- normalizing ties with god is a top -- with riyadh is a top present for the -- the gulf kingdom is on the verge

of finalizing a novelization process with the jewish state. >> next, russia continues its offensive in the east of ukraine was shelling all along the front line there. there has been an increase of troop movements along the strategic city. >> if it were not for the air raid sirens, some street here might even have a summer leisurely deal. ukrainian flags continued to fly here in one of the few remaining see -- cities in the dundas not under russian control. there are also plenty signs of war. the stadium with blown up bleachers, smoke billowing out from destroyed homes and bits of shrapnel in the streets. the front line is not far. the resident know it. they are bracing for a massive new russian offensive as there has been a significant buildup

of russian troops in the area. >> i never thought there be such a war between russia and ukraine. >> all normal people are afraid, it is natural, what also we supposed to do? no one is safe, bombs can fall and you can be killed. >> boarding buses to take them on the increasingly perilous journey to central ukraine, at least a third of the population is already fled. >> two weeks ago 10 to 15 people were evacuated on a daily basis another number has doubled. >> vladimir putin has set his sights on the edenic -- on the province. putting it in moscow's grasp. with the strategic highway, the administrative center of the dundas. having already pushed back

russian troops, ukrainian soldiers have vowed to fight tooth and nail to hold on to eastern ukraine. >> turkiye has announced a deal with ukraine, russia coming i nations wednesday to resume crane in grain exports blocked by russia, raising prospects to an end to a standoff that has exposed millions of people to the risk of starvation. this especially acute across africa. >> a plane touches down discreetly at is timbales airport and boards a -- the goal is to reach autual agreement and ensuring the export of grain attempts confidence has grown on the side of kyiv that a solution is on -- insight. >> we will be happy to see ships coming to our ports and leaving our ports safely for all.

for both shipping companies and owners of the grain. but also for our ports. to ensure that we have solved the problem distrust in russia. none of the participants of the toxic can trust russia. -- none the participants of the talks can trust russia. >> they permit any ukrainian ships from parting, in order to allow safe passage, russia says they require thorough cargo inspections and removal of minds. -- mines. global food prices are on the rise, deepening fears of famine in africa. ukraine is the fifth largest exporter of week -- wheat in the world and the fourth of maze. they are also responsible for 50% of the worlds trade of sunflower seed and oil.

tons of ukraine grain is blocked in the port. turkiye says they have 20 ships ready to take out for delivery. >> we will follow the situation ukraine for you. next angry indigenous people of ecuador, this wednesday started talking with the government, a situation they have forced with the pressure of the protest of course. they're talking about subsidies and deaths. demonstrations broke out on the 15th of june, severely impacting ecuador's oil industry. demonstrators forced immediate fuel prior -- price cuts. the ruling powers are keen to start -- stop the protests that has emerged under the leadership of the present. french senators said the chaos

outside the national stadium that marred the champions league soccer final was due to the series of mistakes due to french police officials and not the actions of previously blamed liverpool fans. with malfunctions at every stage before, during, after the game, the much anticipated report raises questions about the interior minister repeated false claims about their paul vance in the wake of the -- about liverpool fans in the wake of the fiasco. >> the french senate delivers the conclusions of the inquiry, citing police failures, lack of communication. the mass between liverpool and madrid saw ticketholders cross between fences, teargas, pepper sprayed, denied entry, -- he blamed liverpool fans for the chaos claiming an unprecedented

number tried to gain entry with false tickets. >> what we have observed is industrial scale and organize ticket fraud. >> after hearing thousands of testimonies, wedsday' findings dismissed the false ticket narrative absolving the fans of blame and that the figure was meaningless. >> this figure, based on what the police previously told us could just as easily been 24,000. not as important as public medication suggested it was. the system put in place was overwhelmed at a specific point at the pre-filtering of bands arriving at exit train point b. >> senators also referenced an outdated call of football fans as hooligans that informed policing choices.

these included placing a single organizational body in charge of each event, no more paper tickets, and guarantee that all cctv footage be kept for a minimum of 30 days. a parallel investigation is being run. >> questions about french police and french sports administrators and vindication for the verbal fan ballclub. for more on that story and all the world news stay with us. ♪ ♪ >> i have had a chance to look at my life for the last few weeks. i realized i made a lot of bad

decisions. [speaking foreign language] >> woody allen's latest love lever to cinema, a chilling crew tribe tale from iran and paris and rome celebrate their shared cultural heritage in a film festival. i am joined by lisa. starting with woody allen's 49th film, is out in france's week where the director has a huge fan base. his films are a bit of a cultural event, a cultural rendezvous as we say in france, his previous film a rainy day new york was on screens for over a year. >> this bittersweet comedy is bracketed by -- telling his therapist about all the things

that happened during his 10 day trip where his wife was working as the publicist for a young french director. how pretentious is he? at a press conference he hoped that his next home will help solve the ongoing strife between israelis and palestinians. the film professor remains permanently smitten by european classic art films and worried that sue, maybe smitten by philippe. he in turn develops a crush on a spanish woman doctor that shares his love of new york all others go about enjoying the cells in a charming setting that actually glows things to the cinema photography. the big questions like, why are we here. >> let's get a limbs of the mood of the festival. >> i am being to question everything, what do i want, who i am, who in the world am i? >> philippe happens to be a

fabulous bongo player. >> nonsense neil armstrong walked on the moon. >> my marriage has been fraying. >> kennedy frank -- can i be frank? >> who are you? >> mr. friend. >> suitably existential, we do not see it in the trailer, he experiences dreams and daydreams and blackened wife. -- black and white. >> the films hidden treasures are affectionate and hilarious spruce from the classic movies. i was lucky enough to be sitting behind claude at a press screening. it was so sweet to watch him giggle and laugh in the dark at the references to his film. i recently interviewed woody

long distance and asked him to describe the impact european art seven or -- cinema had on him and his generation. >> european cinema became so interesting, so innovative, so fresh and inventive and exciting. innovations by others, were just sensationally creating a vocabulary and an art form, landscape there forever influenced cinema as an art. >> there are people that would argue that woody allen keeps making variations of the same viewing -- ovi. -- movie. would you agree? >> i would disagree, his range is from sidesplitting comedy to serious trauma, there are hardly

any plot points involving young women and older men compared to the incredible number of rich interesting roles for women of a certain age. as for the notion that he keeps making the same movie, he has earned the right to keep tinkering with a form he has invented. >> discussing the different perceptions of his work, the full length interview can watch on france way for an hour website. next we are going to a carefully calibrated account of what goes on to tackle an unsolved homicide over three years. it is out this week in france, sold widely and the rest of the world. >> this is an incredibly good film, retching,'s's assent -- suspenseful, police procedural that shows the human toll of a grizzly murder not just on the victim's family but on the police family that is haunted by

the case cannot crack. dedicated johan and his partner speak to people who knew the victim clara. sweet uncomplicated 21-year-old woman who enjoyed having sex and did not always choose her partner wisely. the interrogations here, almost disturbing is a cavalier manner some young men feel justified in treating women like they are plates. >> let's take a look. ♪ [speaking foreign language]

>> i believe the script was adapted from a book about the criminal investigations unit denver size. -- versailles. there is some graphic content, the assailant douses a young woman in gasoline and light a match. >> the director finds a respectful way to shoot that horrifying scene. we should be made and s of the like that. the film starts with french statistics, each year there are a hundred murders, 20% of which are not solved. that seems laughably low compared to the usa. will to the smarts cap -- smart to script our internal themes of contemplating that most crimes are committed by men and most police are meant. -- men. they say there is something seriously amiss in the

relationship between men and women. the tone is achieved in deeply human details. >> certainly echoes of those themes in this next release it revisits a chilling true story that took place in iran, it is set in a city that follows a young journalist as she investigates a series of murders with one things in common. the victims are all sex workers. the local police seem to being in no hurry to bring the killer to justice. the director pains and on forgiving -- and unforgiving picture. a provision -- it premiered at the cannes film festival and a leading lady won the prize for best picture. she talks about the more conservative currents in iranian society that forced her to flee the country in 2008. >> as a woman i was not allowed to have a voice for many years. now this prize sends a message.

that we cannot be erased. we have a voice, we just need to be courageous. [speaking foreign language] >> she is not the only artist who suffered at the hands of iranian authorities there has been a worrying spate of arrests among filmmakers. telus who is involved here. -- tal us who is involved here. >> around is nazi -- ironic does not seem comfortable having acclaimed filmmakers.

he was making films in his apartment for years, while he still cannot travel internationally has been on the route -- been allowed recently to allow -- to move around his country. as he went to see the fate of his fellow director, a golden bear winning talent who was arrested in july 8, he was himself placed under arrest. he is in solitary confinement where iranian writer and poet is said to have died of medical neglect this january and authorities are not pleased about the documentary he made about the death in custody. iranian filmmakers are treated more dangerous than enraged iranian -- uranium. they are award-winning films is one of the things that reflects very well on our on, that makes three filmmakers arrested in

recent days. they have taken account of the harsh unprovoked -- sending out a strongly worded letter for release. >> thank you very much for this week's movie wrap up, we are ending the show with a festival that celebrates rome and paris. they bring open air screenings to the banks here in paris, residents of the eternal city have been treated to gems from the french film archive. there are constant, theatrical performances, exhibitions. italian actress and director is a special guest of the festival resenting her new film. remember you can get more movie news on our social media and our website, france 14.com -- france24.com.

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