anchor: welcome to live from paris, news and analysis from france a4. russia says it has squash the sabotage on its border but ukrainian media reports there are still villages on the russian side where russian forces cannot enter. kyiv denies any involvement. forces describe themselves as anti-boudin, setting up to liberate russia. armenia says it will recognize a

claim over the insurance of the continued safety of armenians living there. the french government unveiled plans to accelerate plans for its greenhouse gas emissions. this is live from paris. thank you very much for being with us. we start with ukraine, the situation on the russian side of the border with ukraine continues to preoccupy this evening. moscow claims to have crushed what they say are saboteurs and ukrainian nationalists were

killed. that is the word coming from moscow. a precise figure quoted by the russians. the rest were forced over the border. the line coming from ukraine is very different. there are reports from kyiv that russian troops cannot enter to villages near the city and the forces that carried out the encourage -- incursions are not them but a separate group of russians opposed to vladimir putin's rule. ukraine's deputy defense minister revealed the groups are called the liberty of russian legion and the russian volunteer force, but those are against vladimir putin and his rule of russia. let's bring in our long-time moscow correspondent, joining us now live. i'm wondering what you make of this claim and counterclaim right now. guest: it is very interesting because both sides interpret

propaganda narratives to suit their purposes. what we have seen unfold in last 48 hours is this has seriously rattled the kremlin. they sent in aircraft, helicopters and used heavy artillery to bombard what they say were the positions of these saboteurs, as they called them, on russian territory. 13 russians millions have been wounded in one has been killed according to the latest count. they are claiming 70 dead. they are claiming the forces greasing american-made equipment. the ukrainians are saying nothing to do with us. kyiv says it is not behind this attack. it is interesting what the spokesperson from the crime one

was saying earlier. i was just watching the russian news a few minutes before we came on the air and they were saying russia needs to beef up its border defenses. he referred back to a phrase vladimir putin used years ago [audio difficulties] this all indicates russia is seriously rattled and the region has said there are serious questions the ministry of defense in moscow needs to answer because it is quite clear and other commentators have made this point -- that russia is not sufficiently defending its border and it is quite clear this sort of attack, whether sanctioned by kyiv or not, seems to be part of the process of rattling the russians come of softening up the russians before

major long expected -- long expected counter offenses by ukraine against the russians. mark: these two groups names -- she has named them as the liberty of russia legion and russia volunteer force. this was already public knowledge. do you have any knowledge of these groups, any knowledge of this type of dissidence which appears to be growing against boudin? -- against? guest: there has been talk of an armed response against putin for quite a while. one of his earlier critics claimed to be arming russians to take beaten down and that was 15 or 20 years ago. these groups, so far, we've had little more than an internet presence publicly.

a world of activities with ukrainian forces in recent months. but when you look into them, there has never been much said about them on the blog is fear that you can find. but when you look into it, there are a couple of decent websites with little information. the on that, we don't know much about it. i suspect there are not very many of these groups, we are talking in the low hundreds. mark: thank you very much for giving that insight into what is happening now on the ukraine-russian border. our moscow correspondent currently operating not in the russian capital because of the circumstances regarding russia's invasion of ukraine. we will watch for development on all aspects of that story. next, armenia ready to recognize -- as azerbaijan if they can guarantee the safety of ethnic

armenians living there. this has been sourced to the armenian prime minister, reported by a russian news agency. russia is an ally of armenia, no longer in conflict with azerbaijan over ownership of the enclave. >> under mounting pressure, as the armenian prime minister announced monday not for the first time a willingness to recognize nagorno-karabakh as part of azerbaijan. >> azerbaijan's territory includes nagorno-karabakh. but the safety of armenians should be discussed. reporter: it is the capital of a self governing enclave of ethnic armenians located in azerbaijan that has been the focus of a decades long conflict. a six-week war in 2020 saw azerbaijan route armenian forces to regain control of large

swaths of territory around the regions edges before a truce was declared. recent months have seen tensions once again coming to a head as activists located nagorno-karabakh's only land link with armenia. for over five months, cutting off food and medical and military supplies with azerbaijan forces setting up a checkpoint of a contrary to the 2020 truce. near daily border clashes have proved deadly for heavily outgunned armenian forces. azerbaijan's strongman president with the upper hand is seeking to cement his gains, the threat of a return to war still on the table. >> we believe a peace agreement between our two countries is inevitable. we are doing our utmost to achieve it. reporter: both are soviet republics, azerbaijan is backed military by turkiye.

with russia focused on its grinding war in ukraine, moscow has been loath to antagonize its key economic partner, turkiye, leading to frustration in armenia over what it sees as insufficient russian support. floating the possibility of dropping out of the block altogether. they are scheduled to meet on thursday for peace talks hosted by vladimir putin in moscow. mark: the french government has unveiled a plan to accelerate cuts in greenhouse cas admissions. -- greenhouse gas emissions. this, unveiled by the prime minister, the plan includes detailed figures for reductions for individuals sectors of the economy ranging from the transport industry to households. they objected to the aim of bringing france's slashing carbon pollution in line for 2020. >> heat waves lasting two

months, temperature -- 99 nights here where the tempter stays above 20 degrees celsius. mainland france could be a radically different place for experts are convinced here in france, the climate is warming faster than the rest of the world, projected to hit four degrees celsius hotter by the end of the century. >> the climate at four degrees warmer means entering and totally unknown territory. some zones will see temperatures rise by more than seven degrees celsius. reporter: europe on the whole is fast becoming wet scientists call a heat wave hotspots as a combination of geographic latitude and atmospheric feedback effects dried accelerated warming. the unaffordable concept -- unavoidable dry spells and heat waves will last longer followed by more violent storms and explosive cocktail that would produce record floods. a hotter france would mean water running out. for the past two years, the country has seen historic

droughts, headache for farmers that is likely to become the norm. meanwhile, rising temperatures could bring tropical diseases like zeek a and dengue fever to northern europe. i would oversee overall will see deep upheaval with a number of species projected to disappear, including deer and wild boar. yet another danger -- rising seas. according to the un's intergovernmental panel on climate change, sea levels could be 87 acres higher by the end of the century. already more than 120 french towns are directly threatened. mark: some alarming words and that report. arizona, nevada, california, in the u.s. saying this week they are willing to cut back on their use of dwindling colorado river. this would be in exchange for money from the u.s. federal government and avoid forced cuts as drought threatens the key water supply for western states.

the plan is a potential breakthrough in a year-long stalemate would conserve 3 million feet of water through 2026. the current deadlines for how the river's share expire. a professor at the university of strasburg joins us. she is an expert in river management. how has the situation become so serious along this colorado river? guest: it is a combination of different factors. first and foremost, it is climate change. the colorado is a very special river because it tends extremely heavily on the mountain water towers that meets the rockies and it is about 90% of its discharge it obtains from snow and water and rainfall from the mountains. any triggering of climate change, any change in the amount of snow falling will cause a reduction in discharge. further down, the base is

extremely dry, so the entire discharge depends on what is happening in the mountains and the colorado has been hit strongly by climate change. it has had a reduction of 20% of its discharge in the last 100 years, of which 16% reduction in only the last 20 years during this extreme drought. first and foremost, it is the lack of snow causing this decrease and then, a very large population, 40 million people that depend on it is still increasing. here a gated aquaculture. it's incredible that 90% of the discharge of the colorado is used for irrigation agriculture. these are very big numbers. mark: i don't mean this as a pun but it seems like a perfect storm in terms of what is happening to the colorado river. is just changing man's use in

the general sense enough to change it or do we need more things to happen? guest: definitely water footprint has to be changed. there is an overuse of water for irrigation and household use. household use of water is much higher than in europe and climate change is hitting so hard. some productions show the colorado river will have a 40% reduction of discharge by 2050 and that is a reality. it may be this change going to accelerate with an el niño effect that has been predicted for the next five years. it is possible to mitigate climate change but even then, the temperature increase will be so high that states have to

change the way of using water in an extremely arid catchment, a lot of water loss due to climate change. mark: indulge me, i'm going to ask about france, the river seine. the problems we are talking about, do you foresee similar issues with the river seine and other great rivers in france? guest: yes. if you look at the paris basin, there are two problems. there's also groundwater, over exploitation, the groundwater is being over exploited at a rate that is already half the saudi arabia and basin and if there is less rainfall coming in, the basin will be heavily impacted. it's comparable with the colorado where most of the water

is used across the industry and the population for household water. mark: it is not that long ago i can recall this seine bursting its banks and places being underwater. it seems as though the balance is going with our climate which is an alarming factor. thank you very much for getting a situation not only in colorado but here in france. a professor from the university of strasburg and expert in river management. thank you very much time for turning to business. the clock ticks toward a historic first default in u.s. history with little progress in the negotiations over raising the debt limit. >> a day after president joe biden met with house speaker kevin mccarthy at the white house, there was another round of talks today. negotiators met over raising the country's borrowing limit from

the current 31 point 4 trillion dollars. house republicans accused president biden of making new proposals in the last few days, including tax hikes, which were off the table. democratic lawmakers say republican proposed spending cuts will hurt working americans. both sides say they don't know when talks will resume, just days away from june 1 on which the u.s. could run out of money to pay its bills. >> we worked for months at putting together a coalition to pass a bill that actually addresses the debt ceiling. it also addresses washington's spending problem and what is the answer we are seeing in these last few days from joe biden? again continuing to run up the clock, not bringing serious ideas to the table, but actually bringing in new ideas that are non-starters. >> house democrats are not going to sign on to devastating cuts for teachers my food assistance or medicaid.

speaker mccarthy needs to get serious before he sends the country spiraling into a recession. >> global stocks traded weaker. wall street shares accelerated losses after congressional leaders made those comments. the dow suffered three straight days of losses, ending down .7%, the s&p and nasdaq both ended down more than 1%. some chaotic scenes at oil giant shell's annual shareholder meeting. the company's chief executive and other board members had to be shielded by security staff as climate protesters tried to storm the stage, accusing the oil firm of making record profits at the cost of the environment. reporter: climate activists perform a song before making a

run for the stage at shells shareholder meeting. the protesters accuse the energy giant of greenwashing and not doing enough to tackle carbon emissions. >> shell is continuing to drill oil fields in the u.k. despite their own internal scenario saying continuing new oil and gas expansion will push us off a 1.5 degree reporter: cliff. shell is also being challenged by an increasingly vocal minority of shareholders. an activist group introduced a resolution calling on the company to strengthen climate change ambitions. it won support from 20% of shareholders but was rejected by the board. the company made a record $40 billion in net profit last year, mirroring bumper earnings from rival firms. it has prompted outcries people in the u.k. struggle to pay skyhigh energy bills. >> when we talk about the cross of living -- the cost-of-living

crisis in the u.k. that has been driven by the same economic paradigm of neoliberal capitalism driving shell, exxon to exploit the natural resources of this earth in these countries. reporter: meanwhile, climate activists disrupted the private jet fair, chaining themselves to planes. they called for the highly polluting mode of transport to be banned. >> tech giant apple announced a multi-billion-dollar deal with broad, to use american-made microchips. they will provide film bulk acoustic resonator jets used in 5g resonator frequency systems as well as other components. apple ceo tim cook said the firm is thrilled to make commitments that harness the ingenuity, creativity and innovative spirit of american manufacturing,

promising to continue to deepening investments as part of a pledge it made in 2021 to invest $430 billion domestically over five years. finally, a new high-speed railway in indonesia -- the first in southeast asia, has entered its final testing and is expected to go into service tech smoke. the rail link has been built by china as part of the belt and road initiative. it will cut travel time between the two cities from over three hours to just over 40 minutes. the chinese foreign ministry spokesperson hails the project as an example of all in cooperation between beijing and its neighbors and concerns indonesia could fall into china's so-called debt trap. that is it for business. mark: thank you very much. time to go true thing or faking.

a fake image of an explosion at the pentagon goes viral on the social network we call twitter. tell us more about this. guest: many accounts on twitter, including verified accounts shared this image in the early hours of the morning yesterday, claiming to show initial reports of a large explosion near the pentagon in washington dc. it seems this account was one of the first major accounts to share this claim and then deleted the photo and as a say in their posts, saying there seems to be no evidence of this event ever taking place. however, this was not enough to stop this fake news from spreading on twitter. this claim was notably shared by russian news agency russia today. a report that reached a large audience, including a major

indian tv network called republic tv. that reported this explosion had taken place, showing this fake image on its air and citing these reports from russia today as the network later did retract this report, i want to make it clear this incident had not taken place, not before these false reports effected the markets as the nasdaq and s&p had slightly dropped at 10 a.m. when the false reports started circulating online before quickly recovering. mark: i wonder if anybody benefited from that one. i think russia today is referred to as a state up again the unit but that is perhaps another debate. verified accounts -- that's another thing -- people who played -- who paid for the blue tick sharing this report on the

pentagon explosion. guest: these reports of a fake explosion in the pentagon made their way to fake and verified accounts. you can see the twitter blue sign there, it falsely claims to be associated with bloomberg news, called bloomberg feed. this account has since been suspended from twitter for spreading this false information, but andy campbell was a journalist and editor for the huffington post and says this is a prime example of the dangers of the page to verify system in twitter that under elon musk, twitter blue verification system -- twitter has allowed anyone to obtain a verified account in exchange for eight dollars per month. anyone who doesn't pay this fee loses their blue check. which represents a real danger in creation of these bogus

accounts just like the one we showed you. mark: indeed, i have lost my blue tick but i am still a sad and seasoned journalist. committed to reporting the truth. this image has fooled so may people. how do we know it is a fake? guest: this image bears all the signs of ink generated by artificial intelligence. an expert in investigations, nick water, points out the visual anomalies in this photo. we're going to take a closer look. mainly the way the fence blends in with the crowd barriers. this is a clear indication of a photo generated by artificial intelligence. there is no other images or videos of people posting on such an incident of such a first-hand which would occur. more visual anomalies -- the building in this image has this

triangular roof and it is white in color, so two characteristics that don't match the real pentagon building in shape or color and we have the example right here, as we can see in this imagery available from google street view. the real pentagon building has a straight line and no pointy structures as the one on the viral photos. you can see the color is more of a light brown and is not white. also, responding to these fake claims on social media, andrew leyden, a dc-based photographer live-streamed this footage of the pentagon on his youtube channel on the morning of may 22 at the same time the claims when viral. you can see there's no smoke or fire visible in this life feed clip. and one more -- the local

arlington county and virginia fire department also went to twitter to confirm there is no explosion or incident taking place at or near the pentagon. mark: who is behind all these things? that's what i would like to know. thank you for showing how we can disprove this ever took place at all. i would like to meet the person who put it all together. thank you very much for truth or fake. thank you all for watching wherever you are in the world. stay with us. more to come here come alive from paris.

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