>> welcome to "live from paris," world news and analysis from france 24. i'm mark owen. these are the headlines. the new u.s. regulation that would deny asylum to most migrants crossing the u.s.-mexico border illegally comes as anti-migrant restrictions known as title 42 and this week. -- and -- end this week. representative george santos, a new york republic, pleads not to embezzlement.

at least five dead in a gun attack on a synagogue in tunisia. this is "live from paris." thank you very much for being with us. the united states has rolled out a new regulation this wednesday that will deny asylum to most migrants crossing the border between the united states and mexico illegally. a key part of president biden's enforcement plan as covid restrictions known as title 42 and this week. the resolution creates the presumption that migrants arriving at the border are

ineligible for asylum if they fail to use legal pathways for u.s. injury are denied asylum along the way. >> after hours of waiting, tensions rise in the south of mexico. they come in their hundreds from the border with guatemala in a hurry to cross the border to the u.s. before friday. >> we need to go as fast as possible. >> i heard on the news that they were going to close the border and that we had to get through before may 12. >> many are misinformed and think they will no longer be able to enter the u.s. after thursday, but what title 42's expiration actually means is the end of a policy that allowed authorities to quickly turn away migrants at the border, so while some fear that applying for asylum may become more difficult , that is not what is worrying authorities. there bracing for a surge in illegal migration, which could

exacerbate an already challenging crisis. in places like san diego in california, border staff are already out of their depth. hundreds of migrants have in waiting here for days step between two checkpoints. to help border police, the biden administration plans to deploy an additional 1500 active-duty troops to assist the national guard. texas' governor has also taken matters into his own hands and announced the deployment of a new unit. >> they will be deployed to hotspots along the border to intercept, to repel, and to turn back migrants who are trying to enter texas illegally. >> homeland security says migrant crossings could reach up to 10,000 per day once title 42 is lifted. mark: fraud situation -- a fraught situation there on the u.s.-mexico border. as we saw in our report, it is

fraught already. >> absolutely. when you go there, you see people are very confused, often even while tit 42, which is this measure that would expel people because of the pandemic that was taken from legislation back during world war ii, but even that was applied arbitrarily. sometimes they were allowed to start an asylum application. it is quite kind of predictable this was going to happen. we see already a big pack log in asylum applications, so basically people coming from across latin america from cuba to venezuela to honduras to guatemala to mexico itself and applying for asylum in the united states. we see now about 1.6 million cases in back love in the u.s. system, so it is predictable

that would open the door for more people to apply for asylum. mark: it is a remarkable figure, 1.6 million. my question was going to be to you how will this legislation today affect the situation in the long term. i think actually you have already answered it. >> i think we will see certain immigration advocacy groups appeal this in the courts. they will say the united state'' commitment to accept asylum seekers, which goes to the international treaties from world war ii, means if somebody arrives at the u.s. border and says i'm fleeing for my life from a violent, repressive government or persecution, you have to allow me to try my case in court. and saying if somebody came through -- they left venezuela, for example, or came through different countries, that does not count, so we are seeing this

in the short-term. we will see how this plays out. they either expel people immediately or they have to allow them to have some kind of initial process. it might deter people if they are more heavy-handed in applying this, certainly right now. we have seen on monday in the lead up to this a record 10,000 people reportedly in one day arrested in the border, so very big numbers reportedly at least in the short-term, heavy-handed use of the new policy. mark: 10,000 in a day. that is a remarkable number, isn't it. what is happening on the mexico side of the border? are we going to see an increasing number of people at the frontier? of course, the problems that would create are fairly obvious in terms of a possible humanitarian situation which might become untenable. >> it is interesting. mexico has made agreements with the united states and continues to kind of work in some ways as a buffer zone.

this situation has become a big deal recently because going that 10 years, 15 years, it was mostly mexicans crossing to the u.s. to work, but now it is people across the world coming through mexico. we have seen recent agreements between the mexican president and president biden, and it looks like mexico will stop some of these migrants coming north in return for favorable things like trade deals and so forth. there certainly is a humanitarian situation on this side of the border as well and we have seen this for some time. refugee camps spring up. people being very vulnerable to organized crime, and these refugee camps are in very vulnerable cities where the cartels are very strong. mark: it is always illuminating speaking to you. thank you very much.

thank you. we are watching all development and we will have more on this story from the u.s. side of the border. thank you very much. next, george santos has entered a not guilty plea on charges of fraud, duping donors, and stealing from a political campaign fund. santos is a u.s. republican member of the house of representatives, representing new york's third district. it is alleged he lied about his millionaire status while claiming unemployment benefits to which he was not entitled. he was arrested wednesday on federal charges of fraud, money laundering, and theft of public funds. >> he spun a web of lies that stunned even the most part and politicians on capitol hill. republican congressman george santos was taken wednesday

morning after being indicted on charges of fraud and money laundering. he's accused of collecting unemployment benefits he did not deserve, and prosecutors claim he lied to congress about being a millionaire. although many republican lawmakers have already called on santos to step down, house republican leaders insist he is innocent until proven guilty. >> there is a legal process. the charges just came out. we just saw some of them this morning. in america, there is a presumption of innocence, but they are serious charges. he will have to go through the legal process. we are going to continue to root out fraud. >> santos was elected to congress after a campaign largely built on lies. he claimed work at high-profile wall street firms. he also said he had been a star volleyball player in college and had fueled his campaign run with self-made ridges, but in reality, he did not work on wall street, did not go to college,

and struggled financially before running for office. he could face up to 20 years in prison if convicted. mark: more on that story about george santos who has entered a not guilty plea later. next, the death toll from a gun attack at tunisia has risen to five. authorities open an investigation into the attack. it was not known at the jewish pilgrims were specifically targeted. let's bring in our correspondent who is in tunis joining us life. good evening to you. what is the latest you can tell us? >> the president has finally addressed the tunisian public after almost 24 hours since the attack. he referred to it specifically as a criminal act.

he also did not make any reference to the jewish community or any antisemitism. to put that into context, he is a man who does not shy away from using the word terrorist, even applying toward political opponents and critics. the ministry of the interior has been very quiet. instead, the dispatch -- the whole exercise has been about preserving the terrorist industry. life going on as normal. worse flats are running, everything as it was, which is

really when you consider it quite incredible. they are downgrading this as a criminal act and carrying on with business as normal. >> i imagine there is no more clarity as to why this happened, no hint to what the motive might have been? >> absolutely not. we do not even know the attacker's name. nobody has claimed the attack. we don't know the names of many of the victims, and there is still no hint about what it might be. we can guess -- i mean, he went out of his way to target the jewish community. but we really are just making our best guess. mark: thank you very much indeed. the pilgrimage has become less and less well attended over the years, but nonetheless, it still attracts international visitors at this special event. >> it is at the heart of jewish tradition in tunisia, located on the island of java, the

synagogue is one of the largest and oldest pilgrimage sites in africa. from europe, the united states, and israel, worshipers travel from all over the world to take part in the annual training. tunisia is home to the second largest jewish community in the arab world after morocco, but members of the faith have dwindled significantly in recent history. only about 1500 members of the faith live in the north african nation today compared to over 100,000 in the 1950's. this due to economic hardships but also owing to the creation of the state of israel in 1948 and geopolitical tensions that followed. the synagogue is often touted as a successful example of jewish-muslim coexistence, but their front relationship in the middle east and beyond has in the past led to anti-semitic violence, the most notorious attack being a suicide bombing by al qaeda in 2002 that killed 21 people. the attack crippled tunisia's tourism industry and resulted in

a falling number of visiting worshipers in the of to come, but the synagogue still attracts thousands each year. according to organizers, more than 5000 jews participated in this year's pilgrimage, which resumed last year after two years of suspension during the pandemic. mark: we will be watching for more development on that story. at least five people have been killed as protesters clash with police over the arrest of politician imran khan. the armorer was sent in to disrupt the protest. the one-time cricket star now i want on politician, former prime minister, facing allegations of corruption he says are politically motivated. >> tear gas, scenes of riots as protesters took to the streets for a second day in pakistan. angry supporters of imran khan say the former prime minister's arrest is illegal and unconstitutional. >> this has only increased the

love for imran khan in our hearts. we will not be intimidated by this teargas and shouting. we stand with imran khan. we continue to do so and we will support him until death. >> a court has ruled the 70-year-old can be held for questioning for eight days, this day after the cricket hero turned politician was arrested on charges of corruption and fraud. government officials alleged he and his wife received land worth millions of dollars as a bribe from a real estate tycoon, claims his legal team has rejected. >> first of all, the arrest of imran khan is estate abduction. the way imran khan was arrested is proof that the constitution does not exist in this country. >> the arrest follows months of political crisis, during which khan, who was ousted in april of last year, wage battle with the military. he has accused the country's

spying industry of being the hind a botched assassination attempt against him last year. the latest action against the popular politician comes at an unstable time in the country of 220 million as it grapples with its most severe economic crisis in decades. mark: time for business. google is trying to catch up with a fast-growing sector of artificial intelligence. tell us more. >> its first foray into artificial intelligence was not entirely successful. may remember its conversational chatbot had some rather embarrassing problems when it was first unveiled this year. now, though, google is opening up barred to the public and bringing ai capabilities to its most popular product, its most popular product, it's search engine. that means google search will eventually start offering ai technology for questions you never thought google could answer. google will also start including a next generation language model

into about 25 new products and features. the recent arriv of a number of chatbots has raised concern among regulators around the world who are struggling to catch up with this fast-moving technology. this thursday, european lawmakers are such a vote on a number of laws that would address amongst other things copyright and privacy issues in the sector. >> one of the reasons i think the time is really now to do this is because we really need guardrails for the quality of the models. anything, any problems in the quality of the models will trickle down into downstream users, which is, i think, why this is -- preferably yesterday, but this is the time to lay down ground rules.

>> inflation in the united states has dropped to its lowest level in two years. consumer prices in april were slightly higher than in march, but looking at annual figures, the future is a bit rider. inflation dropped to 4.1% compared to the same month a year earlier, slightly less than the 5% that was estimated by most economists, and significantly lower than the peak of 9% last june. still more than doubled the federal reserve's 2% target. the american central bank raised its key lending rate to just over 5%, the 10th consecutive meeting at which a height interest rates, but jerome powell painted policymakers -- hinted policymakers may now pause monetary tightening. i have been speaking to susanna streeter who says many households and businesses are still suffering on the high cost of living. >> remember, even though

inflation is coming down, it does not mean to say prices are dropping. they are just increasing at a slower rate. what you saw because of the impact of reducing production to try to boost oil prices, that fed through to gasoline prices, for example, so it is still painful, but there are some signs that the cost of living pressures are easing, with the cost of food coming down, but for example, sales of used cars, there is still inflationary pressure, but we are expecting some of those elements to come down certainly in the weeks to come. you look at the oil price, it has retraced its steps downward because of concerns about the global economy and the slowdown and worries the u.s. could be headed for recession, and so overall, demand will slow, and

that's why we should see lower energy prices feeding through and bringing down inflation further in the months to come. >> let's see how markets responded to all that. a mixed picture on wall street. amazon shares up 3% at the close. the dow jones slightly in the re shes of airbnb re down nearly 11% after it reported a week second quarter ahead of what it hopes will be a strong summer season. earlier, major european indices closed lower. losses between .3% and .5 sent in paris, london, and frankfurt. environmental and human rights protesters have targeted a volkswagen shareholders meeting. several protesters were escorted out of the meeting after a member of the audience through what appeared to be a cake at a board member. he did narrowly avoid being hit in the face. you see that image coming up in

just a moment. quite quick reflexes, it has to be said, from the board member. we should have those images for you if we can play them back again. he did narrowly avoid being hit. demonstrators said they were angry over volkswagen's presence in china, particularly in the region where uighur muslims are widely believed to be detained and used. volkswagen has denied allegations any forced labor is used in its factories but said constructive dialogue is always important. not sure quite how constructive it is to have potentially delicious pastries thrown at you, but there you go. mark: everybody has got to make a point. i just thought as we lost the image, you could have put the cake in my face so the viewers can see. >> would that have been a constructive dialogue? mark: i'm not sure. if people are unhappy, perhaps they should expressed in a different way, but nonetheless, there is an issue to be

examined, and examined it should be. as ever, great to see you. thank you very much. let's go truthing or faking. good evening to you. allegations online as ever that in ukraine, the capitol kyiv, nightclubs are up and running. tell us more. >> that's right. according to these allegations, online parties in kyiv are in full swing despite the war in ukraine, and these parties are allegedly funded by international donations. these are the claims with this video that has been viewed on twitter over 8 million times, posted on may 3, where we see this alleged scene of a very active nightlife in kyiv, and this is an image of four different nightclubs in the ukrainian capital that allegedly took place recently. here's the original tweet from

radio genova. this tweet has been seen over 35 million times on twitter from this account that is known as an at least top-five account for pro-russian propaganda on twitter with a claim made while in kyiv, nightclubs, please donate more money. then it was widely shared, as you can imagine. here's an example from a user that claims, so they made donations, so they could go clubbing, #ukraine. mark: whose agenda is behind this one, i asked myself. where do these videos come from? tell us. >> these clubs we see in the viral video that allegedly took place in kyiv nightclubs recently worked taken from this tiktok account -- war -- were

taken from this tiktok account. these videos were taken in kyiv, but were they taken recently during the war? let's begin by taking a look at these first 20 seconds of the video once again that was filmed at a bar called 50 club, and it was posted on this account on december 2022, so the war had already begun in february 2022, but in one of the comments, the person who published the video clarifies that this video was filmed in 2021, so adding this hash tag, also adding a hash tag which states tbt, which means throwback thursday, so 2021, not 2022.

this story where we see the same scene from another angle, here we have a comparison. this is the scene we see -- the angle we see from the bible stories and this one from the story on instagram from 50 club where you can see the same performer wearing this pink shirt or sweater, so there you have it for that one. then we have another example of the sequence that we see in the viral video, for instance, this one also posted on the tiktok page, and this was an easier debunk. they clarify right here on the date that it was posted on 2021, so two months before the russian invasion of ukraine, so videos that were taken before the russian invasion of ukraine. mark: the claims above, the people who posted it and said donate more money, i would love to speak to them so they can justify it to the public, but i'm sure i never will.

in my birthday, we celebrated in a restaurant and we were lucky, but there were error rates going on every two hours or so. lots of things going on. what is the situation as you know it? >> that's right. even though these images were taken before the russian invasion of kyiv, that does not mean that nightlife in kyiv is at a complete standstill. on march 17, the key have city administration relaxed the curfew from 11:00 p.m. to midnight, and since then, most festive establishments are up and running and close around 10:00 or 10:30 p.m. for employees to get back home before curfew. as explained here by the guardian. here's another example of the nightclub that we explained earlier, 50 club that is open, as they say on fire instagram page every saturday from 4:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m., so this seems to be the new normal for kyiv nightlife.

ukrainians also deserve a little party here and there. mark: indeed. let's hope peace will come soon. thank you very much indeed for bringing us truth or fake. thanks to kate moody as always and thank you to you wherever you are. more to come live from paris. >> the history of our world is ever-changing. the flow of information is constantly increasing. we cover all subjects. we verify. we commit. on the ground in all circumstances, to anticipate the future by understanding the present. we are with you 24 hours a day seven days a week. france 24 -- an alternative look at the news. >> liberte, egalite, actualite. ♪

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