and analysis. silvio berlusconi is dead. he was 86 years old. we will be joining our correspondent for more on his lifetime and legacy. a 50 village has been captured by ukraine troops 24 hours after

-- the death toll at a sabotage has risen to 10. all of the latest on day 474 of the war. sweden was expert at a soup order to gain the nato entry bid. ukraine objected over the policy. the latest with all of the implications in this bulletin. this is live from paris. thank you very much. the french president has expressed his shock and sadness

over the death of the former italian prime minister. extended condolences to the italian people in his family. he made an indelible mark on politics and as owner of ac milan. he caused a scandal with tv shows to shape public opinion. he was a colorful figure who stood out in italy. his far right tendencies were scarcely hidden. love him or hate him, few could ever ignore him.

>> journalists and supporters were among those gathered outside of the hospital where he died on monday. he had been suffering from blood cancer was admitted to the hospit on friday. some members of the public paid their respects. >> he had respect for everyone. it's a great thing. he was generous. >> today, not in pain. music a family member who is giving me something all of my life. >> a device to figure, we had been in ill health for years

from heart surgery to covid. last month he posted this video from hospital in which he urged the public to take part in elections. he was the longest-serving prime minister, having led the country for nine years. his influence extended far beyond politics. scribe to is one of the most influential men. >> he was a man who is never afraid to stand up for beliefs. that made him one of the most influential men in history. it allowed him to make breakthroughs. . >>'s involvement in sex scandals made him a polarizing figure.

he leaves a controversial legacy. you will be given a state funeral. anchor: let's bring in our correspondent. we've discussed him many times. he has always been got traversal. imagine his legacy will be equally so. >> you can say he was not divisive. dominated life here for more than two decades, starting off in property and moving on is a media mogul, a force in the world of sport and then monza.

in all realms of life. the extended that into a political career, when he started off he seemed like a fresh figure, some hope his business could be carried off to success in political life. detractors would say he used tv channels to nurture support for his political aims and that is how he moved forward. definitely a divisive figure, those who supported him believed , there were more than 30 and many expired many did it

garnered great support. for his language, when he talked about cutting taxes and bureaucracy, it was a popular move that created support. he was the most well-known politician in italy for so long and for many, the only name they knew. he had the support. if you look back to 2008, 37. if you look at 2022 maybe not all that much. clever to make the right alliances. >> if you ask an ordinary person , then he own the football team?

highly publicized. had this someone like this get a state funeral? -he was elected to be prime minister four times. the feeling is because he was such a dominant figure in politics, a decision was made that he would get a state funeral. it's because of the current government in power. it was an important partner,

this is also part of the calculation. they have to show the respect that those detract for a national mourning and for flags to fly at half mast in the state funeral, as you mentioned they may see him as someone who managed to escape justice. and should in fact be put to blame for how a time cultural life has changed under him with his often and sexists types of television when he came and took over the media landscape in the country. >> as you pointed out, the balance of the equation. thank you for your analysis. we always appreciate it.

they have written this -- [indiscernible] south of the town. on day 474, the you came counteroffensive is making progress. antony blinken says he hopes it will force vladimir putin to talk. >> [speaking foreign language] >> the claims are yet to be verified but according to keith, it is the fourth town to be

liberated in the past few weeks. >> and first, the enemy resisted. we managed to take the initiatives and we recaptured the town. reuters was able to verify the location of the footage but could not confirmed the data. the four towns in the eastern region are relatively small but the liberation wood bacteria's that ukraine wants to rupture the land bridge. ukrainian soldiers have reported the russians were quick to retreat. >> [speaking foreign language] >> moscow was yet to confirm any

retreats. the defense ministry has painted it as a failure to began last week. it says it has destroyed several american and german made armored vehicles. anchor: we are watching for developments. sweden agreeing to extradite a man convicted of drug trafficking who supported a pro-kurdish group. it's the first since stockholm was approved in the nato bid. the decision comes after the supreme court cleared a repatriation to turkey. turkey wants sweden to crackdown on extremists groups they believe are linked to a failed coup in 2016.

tell us more about the circumstances surrounding this extradition? >> he has not been named. we don't know if he was one of the list of people demanding they be extradited in return for turkey's approval. he served time in prison for traffic cannabis in turkey, he was released on parole. he fled to sweden where he had a work permit in 2018. turkey applied for extraditions and the supreme court approved the application.

but, the man has said the real reason is because he is a supporter of the pkk. the swedish supreme court says it was assured by authorities that whether he would return he would not be prosecuted on those links. what will happen when he arrives? it's quite likely turkey will keep him in prison to serve the rest of his sentence and that will suit turkey's purposes to a large extent. if they were to go further than that and prosecute him for his connections, that would set a very dangerous precedent and no foreign court would ever trust the turkish authorities. >> with a spring out the change that stockholm is seeking? >> what sweden is doing will

help them change their mind in favor of the application. whether it will be enough, i don't know. turkish officials are due to discuss the application. however, something else has happened which might be quite as important if not more important and that is on friday, swedish prosecutors charged a citizen with raising money. anchor: cut off in his prime as sometime happens on live television. we will try to get back to the conclusion of that story. headline is, sweden is making that move to bring shelter to terrorists that will bring a change of mind about the desire.

team meeting on that coming up on wednesday. let's turn around to business. starting with nigeria. >> a decision that is not popular, the president has ended the decades-long fuel subsidies. the problem is they rely on petrol for generators and prices have tripled. >> after nearly 50 years, the nigerian government will no longer subsidize fuel.

the decision has seen petrol prices triple. for many nigerians, it has made day-to-day life nearly impossible. >> i plan on resigning. if i should consume it, it means 80% of my salary is in transportation. >> that was among reforms the president promised in his campaign. speaking, monday, he said while it's a big sacrifice to make, it will ultimately save nigeria. >> i have asked you to sacrifice a little more for the survival of our country. for your trust and belief, i've

showed you that the sacrifice should not be in vain. quotes it is kept actual prices cheap for decades but it became increasingly costly for the country. the government spent $10 billion last year, driving up debt. many say it was long needed but according to critics the government has not done enough to put in place measures to counter the short-term impact. >> the ftc has filed an emergency junction and in attempts to stop the acquisition between microsoft and activision before the 18th of july deadline in what would be one of the biggest mergers in tech history. microsoft wants to buy activision. the eu appealed -- approve the

deal but british authorities gave it a thumbs down. on monday, ubs completed its takeover of credit suisse but sacrifices are being made. executive said on monday one in 10 this week's employees have left including five talk executives this monday. it's only 5000 the parkers since march the 19th. they say the work is only just begun for the bank with a balance sheet of 1.5 trillion euros. shares of the bank closed up nearly 1% amid modest gains monday, frankfurt closed up 9/10 of a percent. in the u.s., traders are very optimistic that the federal

reserve won't hike interest rates wednesday with the s&p 500 closing at its highest level since april 2022 and the nasdaq jumping. in other banking news, j.p. morgan has agreed to settle a lawsuit for victims against jeffrey epstein. the bank apologized for its association with the financier. jpmorgan chase will the pay $219 million to the women who said they were victims. the comes almost a month after deutsche bank made a similar settlement. eu member countries agreed on rules to protect gig economy workers after months of wrangling. millions of workers could be

reclassified as employees rather than contractors. they then have to pay out things like employment benefits and socialistic. . feel less guilty. you see them on the bikes. thank you very much. let's go truth or fate. before ukraine confirmed the start of the counteroffensive, moscow made several false claims would you got on that?

>> russia has threatened to display tanks. we have seen more misinformation surrounding the alleged destruction. in my example, this was published by the russian ministry of defense on its official telegram channel. we can see there are over 300,000 views and in this, russia claimed it managed to destroy 28 ukrainian tanks. as proof of this conquest, they included this short video showing the alleged destruction of these tanks. if we have a look at the video. look at what we see. can see the silhouettes and count three silhouettes. when we play this video, around

the 32nd mark we can see the destruction there we go. shortly after this was posted by storm. all of these range from 10 to nearly 100,000, showing us the scope of the claims. >> what did you find that this has been falsely represented? >> this claim garnered a lot of doubt for quite a few reasons. according to experts in russia

itself, they claim that the infrastructure used to destroy the tanks with something called an alligator attack helicopter which uses thermal imaging systems like this black-and-white photo we saw. the point of this technology is to detect heat in low light conditions. what we saw in the video, all of those vehicles we saw were marked in black which would imply the engines are off. this is not impossible but it is unlikely another thing worth mentioning is how all of those tanks were parked out in the open, making them easy targets. if not impossible but it is unlikely.

once really interesting about the video is the shape of the silhouettes. if we compare it to an actual image of the tank, and has something called a track and what we see isn't this similar but it seems high off the ground and there are markers for what could look like wheels. the shape corresponds a lot to agriculture machinery. we can see the similarities. while this is not enough to call it a false claim, what becomes more interesting is when we compare the other silhouettes with other vehicles which match agriculture machinery. you can see similar shapes and

another one here which matches the agricultural sprayer. these are not verified by any official source but all of the signs point to the fact that these might be agricultural machines rather than tanks >>9 4:30 what are the other viral examples? >> we have this photo published by many pro-russian accounts, this one has nearly 28,000 views. in it, he claims one tank was destroyed by an unmanned aerial drone developed by russia and this is allegedly from the onboard camera. a simple keyword search led me to a full bang -- full

documentary dated from 16 years ago. if we put this side-by-side, we could see it's the same image that i found the exact same screenshot represented on twitter as a russian tank. we can clearly see this image is not the first or last time we will see these claims. >> well done. thank you very much. thank you to peter for the business and good luck to the gig workers. thank you for watching. more to come, live from paris. >> followed our international journalists on france 24.

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