♪ hello and welcome to live > from paris here on france 24. here are your headlines. drone strikes on both kyiv and moscow. the 17th your bombardment of the yucatan capital kills one person. but in moscow, a strike in the residential building shows russians that the conflict is closer to home than thought. nato threatens to send soldiers to the north of kosovo after over 30 were wounded in violent protests. worries of an escalation have made that lance ready a further

battalion of peacekeepers. and a ceasefire extension in sudan brings little rest as fighting continues in parts of khartoum and darfur. a weeklong agreement has been extended by five days as the humanitarian situation remains dire. ♪ >> good to have you with us this evening. moscow has vowed to beef up its air defenses after two drones struck residential buildings. the demurrer putting accused ukraine of trying to frighten the population, but kyiv has distanced itself from the attack. it is the second type in amount that drones have hit moscow, shattering the picture of a

distant conflict that the kerman has painted for its people. across the border, russia most another wave of assaults on kyiv for the 17th time this month. with more, here is gulliver cragg in kyiv. gulliver: russia is on the one hand accusing ukraine of targeting civilians in moscow, and on the other hand claiming to have intercepted and diverted by intercepting their remote control mechanisms, all the drones that were fired at the russian capital. there is no evidence whatsoever that they were aiming at civilian targets or residential buildings in anyway because the russians say they diverted or intercepted them. but the same goes for the russian drones that attacked kyiv overnight, the ukrainians may think they were attacking civilian targets, but they were intercepted as well, 29 out of 30 of them. we don't know where that two that hit their targets actually hit. the fact that there is no information might suggest they aimed and hit the terry targets

and that may be the case. but there were intercepted, so much the better because although the damage done by these drones in some areas of kyiv is significant and sadly one person died and 13 were injured, it is nothing compared to the damage that could have been done if the drones were not intercepted and been able to hit their target and explode with the full force of their warheads. fraser: nato secretary-general jens stoltenberg said the alliance will send more troops to kosovo and put a further battalion on standby as extensions flare in the region. dozens of peacekeeping soldiers were injured when protests from minority ethnic serbs turned violent. the flareup of violence in kosovo is the latest in a long history of tensions between ethnic albanian authorities and the ethnic serb minority, much of it left unresolved since the country's's declaration of independence in 2008.

oliver tells us their history. reporter: the current tensions in kosovo between albanians and serbs have their roots in a decades long ethnic conflict. the separatist kosovo liberation army mounted a campaign against yugoslavs during the late 1990's. a series of massacres by serbian security forces prompted nato to step in in 19 a nine. the coalition bombed yugoslavia for 78 days, eventually forcing president milosevich to withdraw his troops from the region. an estimated 11,000 people died in the conflict, and many more of both serbs and albanians fled the region. the united nations placed kosovo under it turned external -- and a transitional administration. in 2008, kosovo's ethnic albanian rulers unilaterally declared independence from serbia. belgrade protested, that the international court of justice

ruled the declaration did not violate international law. the new state was recognized by 101 countries, but remains excluded from several international organizations such as the u.n., largely because of russia and china support from serbia. serbia has never accepted kosovo's independence as it considers the return to be the cradle of the nation. although serbs make up only 7% of the population, they are a majority in some parts. they have long boycotted kosovo's census and elections. leaders have tried to bring about a rapprochement between kosovo and serbia, as with the brussels agreement of 2013 which would have given the serb minority greater autonomy, but neither christina nor belgrade have ratified the agreement. in recent months there have been further attempts to strike a deal, that deadlock remains, with each side accusing the other of intransigence.

fraser: let's dive deeper into this. our guest is an expert in international relations at the university of westminster, and he joins me now. thank you so much for being with us here on france 24. most people will remember the rope nato forces played in the kosovo war in the 1980's and since then, we have seen various aspects intention. why are we seeing this flare up now? guest: this most recent flare up as a result of the kosovo government sending its police into the northern municipalities to protect municipal buildings so that the newly elected mayors can take -- on these buildings. unfortunately the local serb opposition refuses to accept these people as their mayor and they have gathered outside the buildings and began to engage in violence against the kosovo police. so k4 moved in to try to quell the situation, but as we saw

yesterday, armed mobs turned on the kosovo police. many of the people involved were very obviously from serbia itself, heavily armed and using stone grenades and munitions to injure dozens of nato personnel and kosovo police forces. fraser: nato has around 4000 peacekeepers in kosovo and they just announced they plan to send in hundreds more with the potential of 1000 if things escalate. how is that likely to be taken? guest: it may well be necessary. the problem in kosovo stems exclusively from the interference from belgrade. the government in belgrade let my president of which each is widely recognized as an authoritarian government. -- president vekic, is widely recognized as an authoritarian

government. it has been engaging in interference in domestic affairs of its neighboring states like montenegro, bosnia and most obviously because of a. vukic is an ally of putin and is determined to cause instability in the region and kosovo is ostensibly the hurt of serbian culture. therefore, he knows that if he engages in this kind of escalation in kosovo, it will win him support amongst serbian nationalists. and it is worth a lumbering that in the past week there have been demonstrations in belgrade against? >> vucic so it is no coincidence that he has sparked unrest in moscow. but the threat to peace and stability in the balkans does not come from an independent kosovo, that threatens nobody. the primary threat stems

from serbians ruled by nationalists like him, and is not forget, slobodan milosevic was the minister of propaganda. fraser: what role if any is russia playing in this? guest: russia wants to see the balkans essentially go up in flames. in the 1990's, the west made inroads, deploying large numbers of troops in kosovo but also in bosnia. the countries in the balkans all started to join the european union and nato, not all of them have as of yet but they want to accept serbia. serbians relaxants has made it an obvious ally of putin who wants to use serbia to bieao te ainability throughout the region and undermine the gains that the western world has made there. the saddest and most perplexing part of this whole hiion is the fact that the west appears

to believe it can somehow appease vucic and draw himway from russia by addressing anything he does permit what has happened as a result is that president which each has become emboldened and escalated his activities, which cohere with the agenda pursued by moscow. fraser: final question, you'd may have touched on it, but what can onlookers do to de-escalate the situation? is there any long-term solution? guest: guest: the long-term solution is very simple, an independent kosovo. that would bring order to the region. anybody that looks into the nature of political regimes are at the western balkans will see very clearly that there is one country that routinely violate civil-rights and freedom and that is serbia. anybody looking at this region

must conclude that one country here needs to be censored, needs to be punished for its ongoing support for putin and for russia and for its destabilizing activities throughout the western balkans, and support countries like kosovo that are trying to integrate with the west. trying to join the european union and nato. that are standing up for democracy and human rates. these are the people we should be supporting and not condemning. fraser: dr. aidan hehir , thank you so much for your time this evening. moving to africa, the prime minister of the canal fresco has without negotiations or deals with jihadists who control significant waste of the country -- significant swats of the country. attacks in the country have killed at least 40 people in recent days. most of the deaths belong to a verbal force. the president says the government looks to double the number of volunteers serving in

the militia to 100,000 in an ability to control the spreading violence that led to a 2022 crew in the country, 40% of which is controlled by jihadists. an extension to the cease fire incident has brought little respite for locals, as fighting between forces loyal to the country process top two generals continues. a cease-fire deal was extended for another five days having already been in place for a week. the truth was intended to allow humanitarian assistance to flow through the country after over one million people were displaced by the violence. shown that he is has the latest. -- charlotte hughes has the latest. charlotte: billowing smoke. in the midst of the conflict this, doctor is busy at work in this small school which has been transformed into a makeshift clinic. >> most hospitals are out of service, even those still operational are not reachable.

that is why we came up with three emergency rooms. charlotte: the doctor is making do with the resources he has at hand. he is supported by volunteers. together they provide care for victims of the war. >> we are located on the front line. most of the injuries related to the war, like the treatment of one's. the challenge we face is that most clinics are closed and the private sector clinics aren't affordable for majority of people. charlotte: the war which is making the provision of medical supplies almost impossible, medical care -- medicines are becoming increasingly scarce. >> we urge anyone with extra medicine to bring it to us or to an emergency room clinic in their neighborhood. charlotte: but the team knows these conditions may not improve anytime soon. on monday, weedeater's from saudi arabia and the united states extended a previous truce by five days.

however, all of the past cease fire's have been violated. food supplies have also been running and shortages exacerbated by looting. the world food programme expects up to 2.5 million people in sudan could be affected by food insecurity in the coming months if the fighting does not end. fraser: the head of the u.n. says he's very concerned after uganda's president signed a draconian anti-lgbtq+ law into law on monday. it is one of the harshest such laws of the world. international onlookers had implored president museveni not to sign off on the legislation that his pediment had passed months before. threats of sanctions or eight cards from countries like the united states were to last as black man by uganda's information minister. outcry has come from human rates organizations internationally and within the country -- human right organizations internationally, and within the country.

switching gears. the explosion of ai has made life more convenient for some, but others are seriously concerned about the threat of more sophisticated programs and what it may pose to humanity. these are not just tinfoil conspiracy theorists. tech execs from some of the world's biggest companies say artificial intelligence raises the risk of human extinction. = brief as it is stark, this one-sentence statement signed by more than 350 tech experts makes a plea to policymakers and says mitigating the risk of extinction from ai should be a global priority alongside other societal scale risks such as pandemics and nuclear. the center for aia safety points to several disaster scenarios, like drug discovery tools to create weapons, where society loses its right to govern and

become dependent on machines. among the statement's backers are executives from google and microsoft, the ceo of chatgpt's openai, and geoffrey hinton, referred to as one of the godfathers of ai. >> the existential threat i think may be the u.s. and china, europe and japan could all cooperate on trying to avoid that existential threat, but the question is, how should they do that when stopping development is not feasible? reporter: and their industry figures owever say their fears around human extinction are overblown, and many believe the real problem with ai is its reproduction of bias learned from racist, patriarchal or inclusionary systems. >> i think these are some of the domains. unemployment is one. credit and lending is another. assisted housing, access to developmental opportunity like college admissions and school admissions, these are domains where we should be paying close attention.

reporter: reporter: the statement follows a much longer letter signed by more than 1000 experts, including the tesla ceo, elon musk. it calls for a pause in government of nex-gen, warning nonhuman mines might eventually outsmart and replace us -- nonhuman mines might eventually outsmart everyplace as. fraser: images out of china show what appears to be an all-white panda. the image was caught on cctv cameras at a nature reserve, and marks the first time an animal like that was seen on video update was captured on infrared photography in 2019. the discovery shows albinism is possible within giant pandas, just as has been documented in other bears. with just 1900 giant pandas alive, this all white dental giant could be the only one of its kind in the world, and as you can see from his images, it has not stopped it from playing with the other pandas.

it is time now for the day's business needs. yuka royer is here. good to see you. france opened its first gigafactory for electric car batteries. yuka: the government has held that as a milestone as friends aims to revive its industry through green investments. the factory inaugurated today is the first of four such plants being built in the north of the country on a stretch build the factory, friends's answer to slicken valley. here is the report. reporter: a guided tour for france's finds an's minister of any factory,'s sector that has hopes to become a new industry. it will be turning out batteries for lecture vehicles. the gigafactory is the first of its kind in france. it is one of about 50 european projects that aim to make up

ground on chinese producers. >> this is the first time since airbus that we have created a new industrial sector in france and in europe which will enable us to win the battle on electric vehicles for the 21st century. reporter: in the fight against climate change, france's car sector is drawing in government support to pivot towards electric vehicles. with an e.u. ban on combustion engines are due to come 2025 x living things. three other battery factories will open in 2030. the country is trying to wean itself off dependency of china, but it still remains less attractive for customers than the united states which is greatly subsidizing the sector. the gigafactory will deliver its first factories by the end of the year. from 2030, the a miss to employ

2000 people. the government is also promising other opportunities, particularly related to recycling. but unions say it will still not be enough to replace the taste of thousands of jobs lost in the sector before then. yuka: the day such market action. u.s. stocks ended the day mixed. a committee in the house of representatives started a meeting to examine the deal reached by the president and speaker mccarthy to raise the country's borrowing limit. the negotiations have impacted global oil prices, too, brent crude and wti both fell around 4%. traders are uncertain about the open class cartel -- about what opec class will decide on supply levels on their next meeting on june 4. in nigeria, long lines have formed at actual stations with motorists trying to fill up their tanks. it was triggered after the

country's's knew president announced an end to a government funded fuel subsidy that had been in place for decades. bola tinubu said the subsidy was not included in the budget and was therefore "gone," moments after he was sworn in on monday. retailers have already more than doubled the price at the pump. nigeria is africa's top oil producer, but a lack of operational oil refineries has left the industry in crisis, forcing the country to rely on imported fuel. >> the increased fuel price, everything in need nigeria goes up. reduce the fuel price, everything in nigeria goes down in terms of price. >> i feel like what happened was the president was too harsh to implement this just like that without due process. as you can see now because of that, there is frantic buying. you can see the cube, everybody is hustling to get oil because of what he declared on tv.

yuka: elizabeth holmes, the disgraced former silicon valley entrepreneur, began serving a sentence in federal prison in texas. the former ceo or and field blood testing startup theranos -- she was the former ceo of a failed blood-testing startup theranos. she founded it when she was 19 years old and rose to fame after she claimed her firm could revolutionize health care with technology that allowed it to run a wide range of tests with a few drops of blood. the firm collapsed after didgits was an inaccuracy in the system. that wraps up the business news. fraser: thank you so much. real pole from grace there, elizabeth holmes, cearley netflix films and series forever. thank you so much for that

update. it is time now for truth or fake, our daily fact checking segment. i am joined by at catalina. good to see you as ever. in today's segment, something about fighter jet. reporter: regularly posted with information online. this time around, this video was posted on may 27 that has reached over 5 million views on twitter. you can see what they claim to be a russian fighter this incredible acrobatic lending on this aircraft carrier, the video that allegedly shows the possibilities of russian aviation. fraser: so these images might arouse suspicions of some. are they true or fake?

catalina: we performed a reverse image search and found one of the original posts on this sikh account was posted on may 21. so let's take dust on this tiktok account was posted on may 21 -- it reads successful carrier landing with a cobra. we take a closer look at these revealing hashtags. the first one, #dcs #simulation, and #su27. su-27, is the name of a russian carrier. and dcs, is the acronym for digital combat simulator world, which is a highly realistic fighter, a video game has been used to simulate similar claims before. and this account master

are also has a youtube channel that posted a similar video and also posted extracts from a videogame called digital combat simulator. so he is a game enthusiast. the tweet we saw earlier, this video sprayed on twitter, does not show a real scene. this is videogame footage and this claim is fake. fraser: is the maneuver possible to produce it reality? catalina: this maneuver that we see in the fake claim does exist, it is called a cobra and it is one of the most difficult aviation maneuvers to perform, according to experts. a former military air specialist told the people that this stand is difficult to perform. and it is not at the reach of every combat aircraft. and regarding the su-27 russian

aircraft seen in the video, this aircraft is actually quite capable of performing the cobra, as you can see in this video. it is an archive video from an air show. but the move is not useful in a combat situation and is most often produced in airshows. however, these claims like the one that we just debunked, they are very common. as we said earlier, but here we have an exact clean using a digital combat simulator as well, claiming to simulate the alleged destruction of the nato convoy by russians. then there is also this video game called arma 3, it is commonly used in these fake claims as well. and if you would have to see this special segment, to know more about how to distinguish videogame footage from real life war scenes, especially during

this war in ukraine. fraser: some of the graphics are in games nowadays are absolutely remarkable. catalina, thank you so much for that. we will take a quick break. but stay tuned for france 24, i will be right back with more of your headlines. ♪ >> belgium is facing a new kind of crisis. the proportion of unaccompanied minors is huge. we have never seen this before. >> social services, lawyers. we follow the guardians of these unaccompanied foreign minors. >> that are very few places getting excellent facilitie. >> despite countless difficulties, some stories make the struggle worthwhile. >> today in his classes in french, he is doing better than some of the built-ins. >> the crisis in the reception of foreign minors in belgium. and investigation by reporters,

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