>> welcomes you "live from paris," world news and analysis from france 24. the united nations has welcomed a new deal to export grain from ukraine. antonio guterres says the expansion of the black sea initiative was crucial to ease the global food crisis. nicolas sarkozy sentenced to three years, two of which are suspended. he will serve his time free but with an electronic device strapped to his ankle. a new low point for the former french president who lost an

appeal. abuse of the lgbtq community is on the increase here in france. there's been a rise of 28% in cases. basically, a report of an incident every two days, but some say the real figures are far higher. this is "live from paris." thank you very much for being with us. a two-month extension has been agreed. ukrainian grain exports have been granted safe passage over the black sea. russia relented this wednesday. antonio guterres noted that the pact allowed the world food program vessel with 30,000 tons of wheat to head to sudan where

conflict exploding into intense urban warfare has exacerbated issues. >> confirmation by the russian federation to continue its dissipation in the black sea initiative for another 60 days. representatives of russia to kyiv and the united nations will keep discussing outstanding issues. mark: the equipment was mediated by turkiye-backed in july. -- turkiye back in july. >> turkey, russia, ukraine, and the united nations. these are the numeral for signatories to the original deal, which was signed in istanbul in july last year. russia had said when the deal was extended in march that the

extension, which will expire tomorrow, will be its last, unless it receives relief from the financial restrictions imposed on russia's exports since the ukrainian war began. it appears it did not get that relief from financial restrictions, so the question is -- why did it agree to this further extension? i think the reason is that if russia torpedoes this grain deal, the price of wheat on the world market will soar, and that would hurt the third world countries who support russia needs in its international campaign against ukraine. mark: next, nicolas sarkozy lost an appeal against a jail

sentence. the former president of france's -- france is sentenced to three years in jail, two of which will be suspended. he will serve with a monitor strapped to his ankle. >> a hesitant smile from rents's former president. nicolas sarkozy quickly exiting the courthouse after a three-year prison sentence for corruption and influence peddling was upheld, a decision his legal team is bowing to appeal. >> file an appeal against the decision which suspends all the measures pronounced today. i think that in certain cases in general, the law has a lot of difficulty in recognizing its mistakes and in changing its mind. nicolas sarkozy is innocent of what he is accused of.

>> nicolas sarkozy was convicted in march 2021 along with his lawyer and former chief magistrate. they were accused of soliciting procedural information about a case concerning sarkozy before france's supreme court in return for trying to help a colleague get a prestigious position. they had been placed under surveillance as part of an investigation into the alleged financing of sarkozy's 2007 presidential campaign by armor libyan dictator muammar gaddafi. sarkozy had been using a clandestine phone line under an assumed name. the original sentence of three years with two suspended has been upheld, and he has been allowed to serve his one year in custody at home with an ankle bracelet. he's the first former french president to be found guilty of corruption. mark foley -- mark: the result

of an investigation by a consortium of friends media groups, the report comes amid investigation into what happened to journalist olivia dubois who was abducted in april 2021 and was freed in march. >> it was the end of a nightmare for french journalist olivier dubois when he stepped off a plane in march. kidnapped in mali and held for two years, an investigation might enter media suggests it is a nightmare that might have been avoided. the report points the finger at the french military, the army had been informed in april 2021 that the reporter was planning to meet with a jihadist leader for an interview. a commander in an al qaeda affiliate. dubois was in touch with met

area who had been collaborating with the jihadis group but was also supplying the french military with intelligence. the meteor he said the group's leader had agreed to finance dubois's travel and hotel after a number of french media outlets rejected his pitch on the ground it was too dangerous. forces had intended to use the interview to locate the jihadist leader but abandoned plans at the last minute for security reasons. an internal army investigation said the situation had been poorly assessed. >> the sensitivity of the matter was not sufficiently taken into account so as to lead to a deterrent action regarding the journalist. >> despite the high threat level, the french army denies its role is to dissuade the journalist from conducting the interview. the french embassy said dubois was sent a message warning him of the risks.

mark: let's talk climate, the likelihood planet earth will hit key threshold temperatures is growing. reports say there's a two out of three chance the world will go above 1.5 degrees celsius within the next five years. >> it is a stark morning, get another one about the climate emergency affecting the planet. the united nations world meteorological organization is saying that for the first time ever, global temperatures are more likely than not to breach 1.5 degrees celsius of warming between now and 2027. >> there is a 66% chance that we will exceed 1.5 degrees during the coming five years. it is a conclusion that we have not been able to eliminate

warming so far and we are still moving in the wrong direction. ask the forecast last year put the answer to that 50/50. partly responsible is an el niño weather pattern expected to develop in the coming months. >> sometimes -- and this is what happens in an el niño -- temperatures warm up in the east tropical pacific and gives us very warm temperatures that than are transmitted into atmosphere, and it generally warms up the globe. this happens to be a very sensitive region as well in that there are connections to many other parts of the world, and it affects rainfall and temperatures across the globe. >> the wmo says the el niño cycle means there's a 98% chance the next five years will be the hottest five years on record. the predicted spike in temperatures is likely to be

temporary. greenpeace, says -- greenpeace, meanwhile, says there must be a rallying effort to intensify efforts to by the global warming crisis. market: prince harry and his wife have been involved in a near catastrophic car chase involving paparazzi in new york. a spokesperson for the couple breaking the news this wednesday. the pair were uninjured in the incident. it came almost 26 years after the paris car crash that claimed the life of harry's mother. harry blames that -- and many others share this opinion -- on paparazzi. the couple attended and award ceremony. it was harry's first public appearance since the coronation of his father. >> two of our officers could have been injured.

new york city is different from a small town somewhere. you should not be speeding anywhere, but this is a densely populated that he, and i think all of us -- i don't think there's many of us who do not recall how his mom died, and it would be horrific to lose an innocent bystander during a chase like this and something to have happen to them as well, so i think we have to be extremely responsible. i thought that was a bit reckless and irresponsible. mark: an incident that will send shivers up the spines of many people. in the words of the advisor to the couple. prince harry distance from the royal family in the united states, as has been well documented over recent months. the situation straining many

people's feelings right now. our correspondent sent us this. >> the information we are getting is through the spokesperson. they got into the car together with meghan's mother. we don't know who was driving. this was not specified in the statement. for about 75 minutes according to the statement, nearly two hours, they went up and down east river drive. the reason is that the couple did not want to reveal where they were staying. they ended up going to a police station where they sought refuge for 15 minutes and then took a different car and left without being followed. that is all we got about the incident. mark: prince harry and meghan uninjured in this incident,

which, as i said, cost alarm among many who watch the activity among the royal family and those connected. clearly, the situation very disturbing for harry and his wife. abuse of the lgbtq community is on the increase here in france. a campaign says there has been a 28% rise in cases, basically amounting to a reported incident every two days. they say the real figures are far higher. >> more than a month after he was attacked for being gay, samuel still has difficulties walking. on the night of the aggression, he was leaving a nightclub in marseille when two men started beating him up. >> i heard someone screaming "you're a dirty gay," and other homophobic insults. i tried to defend myself. >> the rest was caught on camera, as these images show.

we chose not to show the video in full, but this car goes on to hit samuel at all speed. he suffered a brain injury, heavy bruising, and had to take 13 days off work, but the emotional recovery will take a lot longer. >> i wake up with fear. i.e. with here. i go to sleep with here. they wanted to kill me because i was gay. >> samuel's lawyer says labeling the incident as homophobic as essential but often complicated. >> often, the attacks happened in more private settings. >> take crimes against lgbt people in france are on the rise. last year, 184 physical attacks were reported for roughly one every two days. the number is up by 28% compared to 2021, but according to this local ngo, most victims don't testify.

>> the number is a lot higher. it is not easy to say you are a victim, even though there is no shame. the shame should actually be directed towards the aggressors. >> sos homophobia has urged the government to launch big national campaign and improve -- and launch a national campaign and improve training for police. mark: time now for business. the european commission proposing an overhaul for the eu customs. >> as online shopping continues to broom, brussels wants to simple if i customs procedures for businesses. a central part of the proposal is a new eu customs data hub that would allow businesses to do customs declarations on a single online system. e-commerce platforms would also be required to include import duties and passes when they sell goods, so customers would not

get a bad surprise when they receive their orders. also, an exemption on goods valued at less than 150 euros would be abolished to avoid exporters deliberately undervaluing goods. this is the eu economy commissioner speaking earlier today. >> today's reform will make online platforms such as alibaba, amazon, and others key actors in ensuring that businesses in the eu comply rather than putting the burden on the final consumer as is currently the case. they would need to provide evidence of this through the eu customs data hub. >> groups in france have filed a new complaint against the clothing giant for human rights violations. the complainant including

anticorruption group, says international brands are profiting from forced labor of uighurs in china. a previous case filed in paris was dropped last month. the united states has already banned cotton and tomatoes altogether produced in the region and the eu is also seeking to ban products made using forced labor. let's have a look at the markets now. wall street shares valued with all three indices closing up more than 1% after president joe biden and top u.s. congressional leaders reiterated their determination to strike a deal on the country's borrowing limit to avert a historic default. swiss multinational food and drink group nestle is cutting a quarter of its workforce at a plant in the french alps. its subsidiary, nestle waters,

says the decision to remove 171 positions at its site by the end of this year was prompted by unstable water sourcing conditions as well as the pullout from a source in germany. >> these water bottle brands found on supermarket shelves are sourced by nestle water groups in eastern france, but the group's announcement tuesday hit staff like a bucket of cold water. the decision to lay off 171 workers came out of the blue, removing a quarter of the factory's existing jobs. >> there are only 500 of 600 running two actress. it is a shame.

>> they have been pumping water so hard recently. we were expecting this at some point, and once again, sadly, employment will suffer. >> nestle water has faced several challenges in the last few months. the beverage giant stopped extracting water from two mineral wells due to drought and increasingly unpredictable weather conditions. sources found that in april, 75% of french groundwater sources had hit very low levels. the closing of the wells coupled with a decision to stop marketing the bread in germany has led to a significant decrease in volumes produced. after weeks under government pressure, france's food industry has agreed to reopen negotiations with detailers. this came after the national finance minister summoned representatives for food producers. despite a drop in raw material costs done recent months, food inflation in france remains high

. the government was furious after supermarket chains and food producers agreed to an average 10% price hike in their annual supply negotiations in march and threatened to impose a tax on existing profits. that is all from the business desk. mark: thank you very much indeed. great to see you. let's go truthing and faking. a wave of protest washed across pakistan with the arrest of former prime minister imran khan, but it was not just protests, was it? and a lot of misinformation was circulating. tell us more. quick states of violence and political turmoil since last week triggered by the arrest of the former prime minister, imran khan. he the country's most popular leader, so his supporters turned out in droves to support him and his party.

one photo allegedly from those protests has been going viral and is this one here. this has been shared massively on social media. we can see the number of views on this photo alone is over 231,000 with a caption claiming it should be on the cover of may 2023 if it was a magazine. this photo is a woman standing in defiance against the backdrop of riot protesters. it has been shared many times as an image of the resistance. we can also see it shared here, again with the same narrative, the amount of courage and resilience unmatched. such was the attraction of the video that it was actually shared by the official party facebook page as well with the caption, a photo speaks louder than words.

this photo is confirmed to have been ai generated. we have actually seen signs of that if we look a little closer. very similarly, as we have discussed many times here, one of the telltale signs of telling if a photo is made by ai is often the hands. it seems to be something ai just cannot generate well enough, and it is no exception in this video here. we can see her hand is quite blocky and bulky. there's no separation between the fingers, and it is quite distorted. if we look closely at the police behind her, there is an unnatural highlighting and blurring. we cannot see any faces, though that could have been just alike light. more interestingly, the riot police uniform does not seem to have anything in comparison with the actual human -- helmet and uniform of the actual riot police. the creator of the image has confirmed himself online in response to a photojournalist

that this is an ai-generated image. he went on later to confirm that it was made using the platform mid journey but explained also it was inspired by real events. in this case, specifically, what he says the incident involving a pakistani social media influencer. we can see that here in this video. in the video that did storm social media, we can see her confronting protesters. she throws down her scarf, but they meet her back with aggression. she is pulled by her hair. this took the internet by storm, and we can see sort of the parallels between the images. while this may be inspired by the video, this allegedly is not real, though we can see many

people may believe they are similar and might be related. mark: as well as photos being presented as demonstrations, there's also video footage being shared, too. tell us more. >> yes, there are actually two videos in this case being linked to the pti supporters' demonstrations. this one has over 50,000 views on twitter, claiming to be exclusive footage from the cashmere highway where pti protests are taking place. it is pretty poor quality, but with we can make out is masses of people pushing against what looks like many uniforms here seeming to be riot police, but it does indeed look like a very packed scene. a reverse image search showed us this image is not recent and not actually even in pakistan.

the reverse image search took us to this article by "the daily mail" talking about a caravan of migrants to -- migrants marching toward the u.s. border clashing with guatemalan soldiers try to stop the caravan. if we take a side-by-side of the video we saw going viral and the video uploaded by "the daily mail," we can indeed confirm that they are the same. the second video i'm discussing is actually from pakistan, and that is where it takes place. however, it does not link to the pti protests in any way. claims to be a video of slain, fallen supporters killed in the violent clashes with law enforcement in some of the purchase that took lays. the caption says these markers can never be forgotten, but a

reverse image search took me to this video which had an interesting caption that says, seven she brutally killed -- seven shia brutally killed. i found an article confirming at least six people were killed in a shooting in early may. this video is indeed recent and does take place in pakistan, but it is unrelated to imran khan. mark: thank you very much indeed for shedding light on those issues for us. thanks for the business, and thanks to you all for watching. more to come "live from paris." ♪

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