>> world news and analysis from france 24. these are the headlines. a double coup for ukraine -- shooting down russian missiles doug does unstoppable by moscow and taking back 20 square kilometers of territory. will have more from a correspondent on the ground. the head of the artificial intelligence company that makes chat gpt told the u.s. congress government intervention will be critical to mitigate the risks of increasingly powerful ai systems. the red carpet rolled out once

more for the 76th cannes film festival. the louis the 15th. drama starring johnny depp. catherine deneuve is the poster girl of this year's events. this is live from paris. thank you very much for being with us wherever you are. ukraine says this tuesday it shot down six russian missiles in one single night. this is especially significant because these weapons had been touted by moscow as next generation hypersonic missiles, all but unstoppable, according to the kremlin. it is the first time ukraine claims to have struck an entire volley at these missiles and if confirmed, it would be a

demonstration of the effectiveness of the newly deployed western air defenses. air raid silence -- sirens blared all across ukraine and were heard in the ukrainian capital for more than three hours. where the war of attrition has been raging since july, ukraine's deputy defense minister says 20 square kilometers of occupied territory has been taking back. this represent ukraine's largest gain there since november. reporter: lighting up the sky, this shows the moment ukrainian air defensible -- defenses god missiles fired by russia. >> it was the biggest number of attack missiles fired in the shortest time. according to preliminary information, the vast majority of targets in the airspace of kyiv were detected and

destroyed. reporter: the attack caused fires and destruction in several parts of the city as debris fell from the sky. >> it looked like meteorites raining down. >> we had everything, our windows even shook. thank god no missiles fell in our area. reporter: according to ukrainian authorities coming attack included six hypersonic missiles -- a word that translates to dagger in english. it is the first time ukraine claims to have struck an entire volley of these ballistic missiles, which moscow has touted as invincible. they were first introduced in 2018 at a military parade on moscow's red square. they may have been used in syria, but their first known use in combat was at the start of the war in ukraine. since then, kyiv has required --

has acquired more sophisticated air defense systems from the west, more capable of downing these missiles which travel at up to 10 times the speed of sound. anchor: let's bring in our correspondent in ukraine. she has been near to the front line and is now back in the city. tell us more about the situation there. guest: good. there have been air raid sirens in southeastern ukraine. drones flying near to the city -- this is a nightly occurrence for a lot of ukrainian people and down here in the southeast of ukraine on the zapper east of frontline, it is a living hell for the civilians remaining in those villages. they've been bombarded pretty much every day for more than a

year but they have been telling us that has been intensifying, especially with strikes from russian warplanes and we saw huge craters in the ground which locals showed us next to civilian houses. there are people living off humanitarian aid and sheltering underground as they wait and see whether this could be one of the spots for the much touted spring or summer offensive for ukraine. it would be a prime strategic location. you go on to the russian occupied city and down to the south, that would cut off the russian occupying forces and cut off this land bridge they had managed to create since february of 2020 two, linking the occupied territories which they

are occupying in the dundas and through crimea. a lot of attention is on this region and the bombing has gotten more intense. mark: along the front line, there is a claim from ukrainians they captured a large swath of territory at bakhmut. that is the place where the war has been at its most intense since last summer and the loss of life is there a consequential. can you tell us any more about this claim some 20 square kilometers heaven -- having been taken back by the ukrainians? guest: this is an remarks from ukraine's deputy defense minister who wrote on telegram that 20 square kilometers of territory have been retaken by ukrainian forces. we also know the forces remain extremely fierce, so there have been gains, be they quite small in recent days. the defense ministry saying russian forces were advancing

within the city itself. ukraine has managed through these long months of fighting to hold on to this tiny bit of land in the northwest of bakhmut. the fact that they have been able to take back significant ground has been a boost to ukrainian forces, but very intense fighting there. six people were killed in the latest bombing there as well, so a very active frontline and very fierce fighting still continuing there. mark: thank you very much indeed. please take care out there. our correspondent and part of our team trying to get all the information as we get it from ukraine and we continue to watch for developments across every aspects across the story. next, the fbi has been strongly criticized by a special

prosecutor over its handling of the 2016 into donald trump's leaks to russia. america's premier criminal investigation bureau is slighted for acting without proper evidence. reporter: just over 300 pages detailing why the fbi should never have launched a full-scale investigation into donald trump's 2016 campaign ■known as crossfire hurricane. special counsel john durham was appointed by the trumpet ministry and in 2019 to review the origins of the probe into links between trump and russia. he claims fbi personnel bias led to a premature investigation. >> based on the evidence gathered in the costly federal investigations of these matters, including the instant investigation, neither u.s. law enforcement nor the intelligence community appears to have possessed any actual evidence of collusion in their holdings at the commencement of the crossfire hurricane investigation. reporter: he has called on the

justice department to appoint a neutral official to oversee lytic lease sensitive probes. the report noted differences in the way fbi handled the trump investigation compared to other potentially sensitive inquiries, like those involving hillary clinton. but a lot of the outlined concerns are not new and had already been published in a report by the justice department inspector general back in 2019. >> we found and we are deeply concerned that silly basic and fundamental errors were made by three separate hand-picked investigative teams on one of the most sensitive investigations. reporter: in response, the fbi has said it has already implemented dozens of corrective actions that have been in place for some time. the findings provided trump with some ammunition as he plans to run for reelection in 2024 amid a number of legal battles. but the report is much milder than many have been expecting after trump predicted a sweeping purge of the bureau.

while mistakes were revealed, durham has not unveiled any new prosecutions and in occluded no recommendations for further reforms to the fbi. mark: let's get more on this with the director of the political management program at george washington university. thank you for being with us. for this interview, everybody who is watching and listening needs to put aside what they think of trump because the central matter is what has happened at the fbi. is the fbi highest? is that what we conclude from this? guest: actually, no. sorry, thank you for having the on. the real answer is no and it looks like the fbi was a little quick to use the fisa protocols. those are the federal intelligence surveillance act. that's where the main investigation goes to end, like your reporter was saying earlier, a lot of this is a rehash of the 2019 inspector general's report which did

result in the turning over of the only indictment ever prosecuted by durham and he tried to prosecute two more and failed at doing it. people will say this is devastating for the fbi but there's really nothing new here to say other than maybe they should have launched a preliminary investigation rather than a full investigation because after all, donald trump did say things like russia, if you are listening, let's hack into hillary's emails and they also knew paul manafort turned over pulling information to russian intelligence services and there were other contacts between the trump organization and russia. if they did not know about collusion, maybe they should have a preliminary investigation rather than a full one. but this is far less devastating than people are making it out to be. mark: you mentioned those things trump said and manafort said. you can go back to the early 2000's when trump was bailed out by many that could have come

from russia. the links between trump and russia are there and documented in many different books. nonetheless, having taken on board what you just said, no actual evidence -- it's not a good look for the fbi, is it? guest: it is not a good look, but this is what people are taking away from this 300 page report and i don't think any people are going to wade through this report, much of which is a rehash of the inspector general's report. but they will take away what they hear in the press and what they hear donald trump saying about it. he is going to claim vindication, as he was going to do no matter what. the real actual things the fbi needs to do, they have already done. as your reporter mentioned earlier, trying to act within the pfizer dictates, which has been a problem for democrats and

republicans alike. they have criticized the fbi for its use of pfizer surveillance. that is something they have been working on but in other words, there is nothing sweeping about needing to clean house or anything like that in here. mark: i kind of disagree. i think the average person might look at this and have less faith in the fbi today, which from the fbi's perspective has to be tragic nonetheless. do you think this whole episode will be used by trump to almost lunch or breathe new life into his white house campaign? guest: i'm not disagreeing with you. i think that is what a lot of people will take away, but saying that's not what's actually in the report because a lot of people are going to get their information piecemeal about this and anything that is going to condemn the fbi is going to be used by trump and his allies. we have already seen members of congress talking about defunding the fbi, the same members who

are against democrats who had the tagline of defund the police. this gives more ammunition to donald trump to say look, the government is against me. and this comes at a good time for him because james comer's investigation in the house into the politicization of the justice department, especially against donald trump has really fallen flat and he doesn't have witnesses or can't find witnesses and this gives trump something he needs at a time when he is under investigation and it can help make his case that it is politically motivated. mark: thank you for the clarification and completely understand where you are coming from with what you have been saying. i'm sure our viewers take away from you the important parts of this story. a pleasure to have you on france when he four. thank you for being with us.

we are watching all the develop and to on that story. the issue regarding donald trump is a difficult one to get your head around at times and there is so much going on as far as accusations and counter accusations, providing us with the kind of insight we hope to bring you. let's turn to the cannes film festival, taking place on the south coast of france. johnny depp front and center stage. catherine deneuve is the poster girl of the event, a tribute being paid to her with a standing ovation. there is michael douglas holding aloft an award. we have a rundown of what to expect in this festival. reporter: if you are a fan of standing ovation that are completely warranted, tonight was the evening to be in cannes. there was one for michael

douglas who received an honorary golden palm. they have not given out that many of those over the years. there was a wonderful summary of his career and he gave a speech thanking his family, catherine zeta jones was here, and their daughter. we got to see him playing amazing roles like liberace and gordon gecko. but if you check the statistics, the movie of his that has made the most money, for people keeping track, is the recent "and man" franchise. also the mistress of ceremonies was chiara mastriano. her parents are catherine deneuve and the late marcello mastroianni. catherine deneuve is on the poster this year. it is a marvelous poster of her in her early 20's. she came out to declare the ceremony open but she was so moved, and so were we, by a standing ovation and a poem she

recited in french about the beauty and emotional residents of ukraine as a country and as a people that she forgot to say i declare the festival open. there was incredible warmth by hundreds of people waiting outside for johnny depp who is in the opening-night film that the people are watching right now. jeanne du barry, written and directed by french actress maiwenn, who was the that she plays the famous mistress of king louis the 15th and johnny depp acting in french. mark: the film jeanne du barry is playing right now starring johnny depp. we will give you more on cannes over the next 10 days. time for business news. the head of open ai, the company behind chet gpt has testified before the u.s. congress for the

first time. what did he say? did he say it himself or did he get a bot to say it? guest: you get to see a bot speaking in the passage. the ceo of open ai called on lawmakers to regulate artificial intelligence, giving some examples of where the technology can be misused, including in elections. hearing comes as european lawmakers are working on a new law, the ai act, to regulate the technology. reporter: the chat bot tool, chet gpt come has come center stage in the debate about artificial intelligence. late last year, it caused concern because people were using it to cheat on homework assignments. more broadly, it has raised fears about the ability of generative ai tools to mislead, violate copyright, up and jobs, and even shape the outcome of elections. chet gpt was released by a startup called open ai.

it ceo in a senate hearing recommended government intervention. >> we think regulatory intervention by governments will be critical to me to get the risks of increasingly powerful models. for example, the u.s. government might consider a combination of licensing and testing requirements for development and release of ai models above a threshold of capabilities. >> too often, we have seen what happens when technology outpaces regulation. reporter: the senater richard blumenthal in his opening remarks as chair of the senate judiciary committee played a tape that sounded like him talking about artificial intelligence. however, it was not him at all. >> can perpetuate this commission -- the audio was an ai voice cloning software trained on my floor speeches. the remarks were written by chet gpt. when it was asked how i would

open this hearing. reporter: also testifying was a professor, one of a group of experts called in to pause their development of more powerful ai models for six months. there is no immediate's stash immediate sign u.s. lawmakers will curb ai rules. they are -- guest: u.s. president joe biden and top congressional leaders held a second round of talks aimed at ending a stalemate on raising the country's debt ceiling. the meeting came and with a little more than two weeks ago -- two weeks to go before the u.s. could run out of money to pay its bills. an unprecedented default could trigger a recession in the country and sent shockwaves through the global financial

system. republicans are demanding deep spending cuts in exchange for raising the borrowing limit from the current 31 trillion dollars. speaking after the meeting, house speaker kevin mccarthy said the two sides were still far apart that it was possible to reach a deal by the end of the week. this, as the president is expected to cut short his trip to asia and return to washington on sunday. also this tuesday, president biden vetoed legislation passed by congress that would reinstate tariffs on solar panel imports from southeast asia. u.s. president granted it last year. the duties on their exports imposed after the u.s. government found some chinese solar panel makers were trying to dodge uf's -- u.s. tariffs by finishing the products and other asian nations. it's only the third veto in

bidens presidency. let's check in on the day's market action. wall street shares accelerated losses in the final hour of trading. the dow finishing down 1% and the s&p down more than .5%. the nasdaq reversing earlier gains to end the session in negative territory. this while investors waited details from the latest debt ceiling talks which had not come out by the time the market close. vodafone says it will cut 11,000 jobs over the next three years as part of its one billion euro cost cutting plan. they have struggled with higher energy costs and flagging sales, including in its guest market, germany. the ceo who took over the job in january says the current situation facing the industry and vodafone's position requires the company to change.

they had more than 100,000 employees worldwide last year. that's it for business. mark: thank you very much turn to truth or fate -- about the israeli at -- israelis and palestinians, as if we did need more people to stirred up between these two people who are obviously at loggerheads all the time constantly. but stuff online fanning the flames. tell us about it. guest: a cease-fire ended five days of intense fire between israeli and palestinian armed groups that destroyed more than 50 homes and displaced more than 950 people in the gaza strip following the violence. here's what we identified as fake online, beginning with this tweet posted on may 10 and seen over 2 million times. the caption reads "israel now with the video that goes with it

that allegedly shows rockets in the israeli sky as you hear sirens in the back" posted by this user online, an account that has been flagged by our editorial staff for spreading misinformation online. mark: there we go with the first alleged state news. where does this video come from? guest: a reverse image search, we were able to find this video on this account posted on may 15 , 2021. this user explains the video shows the iron dome and israel. he says this is not star wars, this is the iron dome intercepting rockets. hamas had indeed launched 50 missiles in the direction of the city.

this is from may 14, 2021. human rights watch also reported on the matter as these missiles killed at least 12 israeli civilians while several dozen others were injured. mark: interesting use of task is a reliable news source. show us the next one. guest: here's a viral video with 3.7 million views on twitter since may 10. it claims sirens sound over israeli cities and this is social media footage. they say in tel aviv, air defense systems have been working to intercept missiles and in this video, we can indeed hear the sirens. there is music in the background as these civilians run away from this beach in tel aviv as the

sirens alert people of incoming missiles. we can confirm this video did indeed take place in tel aviv. google maps geolocation services confirm the visibly identical elements, for example is building we see in google maps, we can see in the viral video and we can see the beach tense in the viral video and see them in google maps as well. we found the original video posted on this tiktok account on may 20, -- may 2021. the user says this is our reality. so a video at the same context except this is an old video and not from the present day israel and palestine conflict. mark: this is our reality takes

on a whole new meaning when you finally sings manipulated to convey a different message. finally, a photograph from the gaza strip. tell us about this one. guest: one final example -- this when allegedly shows a palestinian toy shop and gaza strip that was miraculously spared from israeli markets -- israeli rockets. the caption reads despite all this pain, there is hope. where we see this toy shop almost intact while the buildings around it are destroyed. this image was taken by an artist on july 15, 2022 and it was taken in yemen. an image that illustrates the battle between houthi rebels and supporters of the current president as part of the ongoing conflict in yemen since 2015. mark: misleading stuff yet again. thank you very much for truth or

fake. thank you for watching wherever you are. more to come, live from paris.

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