>> welcome to live from paris, world news and analysis from france 24. these are the headlines. russia is claiming incremental gains in eastern ukraine. he have says this has come at an enormous loss of life to russia's army underlining moscow's lack of concern for the fate of its military personnel. the president says the west sends more weapons to ukraine there will be a significant escalation. at least 59 dead in suicide blast in a mosque in pakistan. it is believed they were 400 worshipers present.

over 150 wounded. preparations for the popes visit after -- are disrupted after a canopy collapses. pope francis will become the first pontiff to visit the drc in four decades. this is live from paris. ♪ thank you very much for being with us. we start with the latest on the conflict in ukraine. they 341. the russians claim incremental gains in the east of the country. the battle in the dundas has long been a war of attrition. kyiv says these gains have come at the cost of a norma's loss of

life for the russian army and underlines moscow's lack of concern over the fate of its personnel. analysts say the delay in supplies reaching ukraine from the west are stowing the advance. moscow warning if the west sends more weapons there will be a significant escalation. our correspondent is in kyiv. >> it is very difficult to assess whether or not russia indeed can claim a victory over a few villages in a hotly contested area in eastern dundas. russia would claim it has won ov a few villages but often fighting will still continue on the ukrainian army would deny it lost some places. i'm thinking right now about a village 150 kilometers south.

russia has claimed it has made significant advances. there are still pockets of heavy fighting with heavy casualties on both side you were mentioning civilians. they are the primary victims in that conflict. combined to the battlefield, there is daily shelling taking place especially in the eastern part of the country. you mentioned a woman had died in kharkiv. today two elderly people died. one was in his 60's had the other in his 80's. we count eight people injured in another village. ukrainian civilians where the brunt of the war. >> our correspondent in kyiv. volodymyr zelenskyy has taken a swipe at the organizers of the olympic games. ukraine's president says the international olympic committee allows russian and belarusian competitors to take part even under and independent

banner. the 2024 games are scheduled in paris. >> it is a thinly veiled threat. the ukrainian president warning against the participation of russian and belarusian athletes during the 2024 olympics. >> as we prepare for the paris olympics we must be sure russia will not be able to use it or any other international sports event to promote aggression or state chauvinism. >> last week, the international olympic committee indicated there could be room for russian and belarusian athletes to compete. it said it was necessary to explore a pathway for their participation under strict conditions. one of these is they would not be allowed to represent their countries. a proposal that has failed to please either kyiv or moscow. >> i would like to underline any attempts to squeeze moscow at of international sport are doomed

to fail. this should be understood by those who say they stand for high moral principles and the separation of sport from politics. >> she appeared to be taking a stab at french president emmanuel macron who in the lead up to the world cup in doha had called for not politicizing sports. with the lepic's taking place on home turf french authorities are being put on the spot. >> i think it is an important moment for athletes and they should not be deprived from taking part in competitions. like many in the sports world i think athletes should not compete under the russian or belarusian flags. >> russia's participation in the other bigs has been marred by controversy. between doping scandals in the sochi whimpered games tainted by the protest in ukraine. several ukrainian athletes decided to quit the games. >> at least 59 people i been killed in suicide bomb attack in pakistan. it happened in the northwestern city of pesce wire.

the bomber made his way inside a mosque. the mosque's red zone. around 150 people wounded. >> under the rubble, rescue teams continue to look for victims. during the afternoon prayer a suicide bomber struck inside this mosque. police and rescuers scrambled frantically willing the wounded away to hospitals. >> i was at my shop when i heard about the blast. we got there on time. the rescue workers had also got there. we took around seven injured people in critical to the hospital. the front part of the mosque had collapsed and many people are trapped inside. >> a majority of the victims were police officers. the aackers targeted a mosque in the highly fortified security compound where around 400 worshipers had gathered.

the so-called red zone houses police and counterterrorism offices. a commander of the pakistani taliban initially claimed the attack on twitter. a spokesperson has since denied responsibility. pesce wire is located near the border between pakistan and taliban ruled afghanistan. it is frequent lead tarted by islamist militant groups. pakistani officials blamed their neighboring country for sheltering fighters. the prime minister has condemned the attack. >> a canopy collapsed overnight in stadium in the democratic republic of congo where pope francis is scheduled to speak. it was constructed for the pontiff's visit. the drc has a population of 70 million. over half of them are catholics. in spite of the continued growth

of catholicism across africa this is the first visit by a pope to the drc in almost four decades. a professor from the school of oriental studies joins us. what is at stake for the pope and the drc? >> this is a very important visit by the pope. the first papal visit to congo in 37 years. the pope's message at this big mass in shasta in wednesday will be a rare unifying moment in congo. catholicism is one of the few factors that connects the majority of the congolese population. the stakes are very high here because france -- pope francis has already said he wants to have very difficult talks with the congolese government about the conflict situation in the east. also he will be meeting with bishops and other catholic leaders from across the country about their community level mediation role as well.

this potentially is a very important visit but the challenges are enormous given how long-standing the conflict in eastern congo has been. >> the pope seems to want to take the full by the horns and make his opinions known. >> he has certainly raised expectations around this visit. even a couple days ago he and his office were talking about the congo river having historically run with blood but the potential this cld be a week that brings justice and reconciliation. this is very lofty rhetoric. these are very big statements. he is going to find a much more difficult situation on the ground. ultimately bringing anything that looks like peace to eastern congo requires a political solution. it is the political leaders of congo. it is rebel leaders. it is also the leaders of countries like rwanda have been meddling in eastern congo that will bring peace. pope francis can begin some sort

of dialogue between all those elite parties but this is going to be a long-standing process. the best he can perhaps get a dialogue going this week. >> catholicism is a mess of religion. more than half of the population of the drc worships the religion of pope francis. there is a chance there is a large audience he is preaching to. that is quite literally already converted. >> they are expecting between one and 2 million people at this mass on wednesday. i think the key thing with the visit is the catholic church is one of the view institutions in congo that enjoys legitimacy among almost every segment of society. the church delivers health care. it delivers education. it often does what the congolese government fails to do. the church has often played an important mediation role in the past. part of pope francis's role is

to re-energize the catholic church as an institution and we energize congolese catholics for the purpose of mediation in the east of the country. that is going to be a very difficult task he faces this week. >> i think you completely outlined for us the immensity of the task that he is facing going to the mass and talking about the east. you mention health care. can i ask you about the issue of aids because if the leaders of the world's catholic went to a country like the drc and said it is ok to use condoms, that would be a major statement. it is unlikely that will happen but is there any sense there could be some sort of progress on the issue? >> there seem to be noises coming from pope francis himself that the church may be starting to soften its stance on contraception, on the stigmatize asian historically of people with hiv and aids. these are negative processes the church has been complicit in in

the past. one impressive thing about pope francis and we have seen in his previous visits to africa he does adopt a humble tone in terms of the church's complicity in dark history appeared i expect them to do something similar this week. he will go with these lofty aspirations about peace but i would expect him to be humble and careful in addressing some of the church's own wrongdoings in congo over the last 40 or 50 years. >> he does have a unique way for a pope. thank you for your analysis on this important visit. every papal visit is but this one more so. the first to the democratic republic of congo for almost four decades. pope francis taking a clear message about peace in the east of the country. next, a two state solution for the middle east. one of the bloodiest weeks in

recent memory. antony blinken's two state call came during his visit with israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu. 10 people killed in an israeli swp on the palestinian refugee camp last thursday. it is being seen as a revenge attack 24 hours later by a palestinian man shooting dead seven people before himself being shot dead by police. our correspondent has more on this from jerusalem. >> hijacked by the violence like so many experiences here. it was planned long ago and it was meant to set up prime minister bjamin netanyahu's washing- upcoming trip to washington next month and his meeting with joe biden. it was also meant to discuss geopolitical issues such as expanding the abraham accords. that is the legacy of donald trump, the normalization deal between israelnd arab

countries. expanding it to include saud arabia. this administration would support that. all those kind of things even funnily enough a visa waiver for israelis. a visa waiver for people who want to travel to the u.s. all of that is pushed to the side a little because of this violence and because of the iran issue which dominates the relationship between these two countries. there was that attack on an iranian se, a weapons facility in iran over the weekend and that has been making news everywhere. alof those things i think took the oxygen out of the room. >> the fallout over the murder of a black man in the united states by police. it's a widespread public anger and suspension of offices. five of whom have been dismissed

and charged with murder in tennessee. >> once again, growing calls for police reform in the u.s. this time after the brutal beating of tyre nichols at the hands of five officers who have since been charged with second-degree murder. the death of nichols has left many questioning how much progress has been made since george floyd was killed in 2020. >> if it was not for the george floyd uprising, this justice would not be so swift but we cannot let up. we are still being murdered. >> i should ask myself when is this going to end. literally, when is it going to end? >> after his death, the george floyd justice in policing act was introduced with the objective of allowing federal authorities to investigate police departments for a pattern of discrimination. requiring police training on racial profiling. and limiting police immunity for

civil lawsuits in cases of alleged abuse. the bill was killed by the house of representatives twice but it never went anywhere in the senate. mainly because of disagreements about qualified immunity which protects police officers from being sued in civil court. many are calling for the bill to be revisited once and for all. >> this u.s. senate and this congress needs to deal with these civil-rights issues of these times and that is the george floyd bill and the policing act. we are going to come out of memphis and fight like a we never fought before to pass federal policing law. >> nationwide, police have killed an average of three people per day since 2020. that is according to advocates for police reform. >> we turn now to the days news. brian quinn joins us starting with a financial disaster for

ages richard mann as his companies try to fend off allegations of fraud. >> a donnie is the founder of india has a donnie group. last week the conglomerate was blindsided by a report from hindenburg research accusing it of widespread malfeasance including decades of accounting fraud. those accusations have sent shares plummeting. he was once the world's second wealthiest individual. he is now no longer an of the top five as his 150 billion dollar personal fortune has lost nearly 28 billion in january. sunday saw the group release a accusations a calculated attack on india. the company has long faced accusations of fraud and criticism of the close ties between its founder and top indian politicians. >> there is what is called crony capitalism in india.

you he connections with those in power and you use that to get to boost your company's shares. insider tining and various otr thing -- insider trading and varies other things. it is a very usualractic that goesn in india what hasappened is what th have done is staggering. the scale at which they have done it is astonishing. >> next the european union is planning action to counter what it calls unfair industrial subsidies in the u.s. brussels has reportedly decided to loosen rules on state aid among member countries allowing them to direct subsidies into green energy and manufacturing projects. it is in response to america's inflation reduction act. the biden administration's landmark 300 ct 9 billion-dollar legislation that provides big tax breaks for electric vehicle battery makers in north america. the bill was met with

indignation in europe where leaders see it as a threat to the confidence of a manufacturing future. french president me emmanuel macron met with the dutch president monday. he said europe is quickly reaching consensus on a multilayered response. >> from me and the speed of the european reaction is key. we must obtain abstentions from the -- exemptions on the u.s. side. canada and mexico, we are discussing with commission. we have already started to make progress or the third subject as we have clauses that allow us to compensate or reach the level of aid on large projects the americans do on the same projects where there is her situation with the competition. >> european index mostly treading water monday as investors wait for interest rate decisions on both sides of the atlantic the european central bank as expected to hike its benchmark rate by half a percent thursday.

shares in phillips jumped nearly 7% as the company announced 6000 layoffs. wall street closing deeper under the red as the federal reserve is expected to hike its key interest rate by a quarter percent wednesday. that softening in policy comes amid a tense earnings season with apple expected to announce its first quarterly revenue dropped since 2019 this week. shares closed down 2%. johnson & johnson shares lost nearly 4% as the u.s. federal appeals court rules the company cannot use bankruptcy to resolve lawsuits over claims its talcum powder products caused cancer. you have heard a needle in haystack. how about a radioactive key in a desert. apologizing for lost a wen yu active caps off among the 1400 kilometers stretch of road in western australia. a search is underway at six millimeters across, the target

is tiny but the stakes are high. >> rio tinto's official apology camet the wrong time as the search continues for the highly radioactive capsule lost in traffic by them and junk on a 1400 kilometer long desert highway in western australia. thsix by eight radioactive source was part of a gauge use to measure radioactivity and contains cesium 137 emitting radiation equivalent to 10 x-rays. the chief executive issued a statement to afp appeared >> we recognize this is very concerning and are sorry for the alarm it has caused end of the western australian community. >> search crews are racing against time to locate the capsule and warned the public before it falls into the hands of an unlucky invidual. >> our concern is somebody will pick it up not knowing what it is, think this is something interesting and keep it, put it in their room, keep it in the

car, give it to somebody else not knowing what they are dealing with. our concern is to bring it to the public's attention. >> is not the first time that rio tinto has fractured its reputation. in 2020 at faced it -- at faced backlash for blasting 46 thousand-year-old aboriginal rock shelters in western australia during the expansion of in iran or mine. the destruction mark -- the destruction sparked major outcry prompting the chief executive's resignation. the company has been at the center of sexual harassment, bullying and racial reports at its mine sites. >> another to the list of pr boo-boos for rio tinto. keep your eyes >> -- keep your eyes peeled for the extreme was small meteor active -- radioactive bit in western australia. true thing or faking. good evening, kathleen.

ukrainian lawmaker and his trip to thailand causing a buzz to say the least on social media. >> these images of a member of parliament have gone viral on social media networks p these images have been circulating since january 26 with this video where we see the ukrainian lawmaker taking a vacation in thailand. amidst the ongoing war and his country against russia. these images have sparked a public outcry among journalists, citizens, russians as well. both russians and ukrainians online as you see this lawmaker from ukraine enjoying his vacation in thailand. here is one post from a pro-russian user claiming the former head of the office of the president of zelenskyy. sends army soldiers a heart of love and kisses from the images we showed. this ukrainian citizen posted

this as well. the images on his facebook page claiming he said hello take ukrainians from thailand. an ironic post. a trip that has created a scandal among ukrainians who under martial law, men aged from 18 to 60 are banned from leaving the country during the war. >> i suppose the question is, is this true or is this fake? >> there is truth and faked to the story. let's begin with the fake. these images used on the post. these are old images from march 8 2019 posted by him on his instagram page in 2019 during a trip to thailand. this was long before the russian invasion of ukraine. even though these videos have nothing to do at the claims

around zelenskyy's lawmaker, he was indeed in thailand on january 27 and hid the business trip as they call it according to ukrainian news reports. he addressed these claims on his facebook page on january 26 where he says all higher executives were aware of this trip, this business trip to asia. right now claiming as well he never hid his location. >> so when he was in that pool that was from the russian -- so maybe it suggests a certain agenda from that person tweeting that? was this trip as transparent as he claims it was? >> here is the problem because we do have proof ukrainian embassy in thailand tried to hide the visit by the ukrainian member of parliament.

tried to hide he was in thailand. here is a screenshot of a deleted page of the embassy's official website. here is a deleted page of a facebook post. the ukrainian embassy in thailand that was also deleted, both invitations where they invite citizens to the ukrainian citizens deputy. we do not know if this meeting took place. what we do know is these are two official invitations that were posted and later deleted by the ukrainian embassy in thailand following strong backlash from his trip to thailand. these facebook users outraged by these invitations and reposted them wondering why a ukrainian official would have to travel to thailand during an ongoing war in their country. >> you mentioned the martial law

issue. the fact that men of a certain age not allowed out of the country so it fits with that it would seem. i imagine the outrage was not just from the court of public opinion. > the trip received so much backlash ukraine's leading party posted this on facebook announcing they expelled him from the party. a scandal that was addressed by zelenskyy in his last appearance on january 27 where he officially banned ukrainian officials from traveling abroad as kyiv deals with a major corruption probe involving government officials. >> thank you. thank you to you for watching more to come live from paris. >> a work -- a war crime founded

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