For serious breaches against six american victim companies. These represent the firstever charges against state actors for crimes committed by cyber means. These five chinese officers conspired together and with others to hack into computers of organizations in the western pennsylvania and elsewhere in the United States. This is a case of economic espionage by the chinese military. The range of trade secrets and other Sensitive Information stolen in this case is significant and demand an aggressive response. For more on this, we can now cross to our correspondent in washington, philip crowder. What more can you tell us about this case . It all comes from an investigation. The department of justice put posters ofvoters these five accused chinese officials. They have been wanted and shamed by the government. Espionage,ch of meaning decades in prison if ever they were to come to the United States. That is very unlikely, indeed. The stand accused by department of justice of hacking into the Computer Networks of five u. S. Companies, very big u. S. Companies by the way, and one trade union. Among those companies is the biggest deal company in the United States. That is in the pittsburgh region, hence the indictment coming from there. From a grand jury. These are u. S. Citizens who decide these criminal charges would be created and published here in washington today. The chinese have reacted and completely reject anything about the indictment. Are we likely to see them in court . Indeed. Unlikely the chinese authorities would have to send these five individuals to the United States to stand trial. They have never even been in the United States, according to the department of justice when they release this information a few hours ago. They will be spending decades in person if they do, and there is no way that will happen. Though, ass do, china has said in its reaction that it will hurt chinese ties, no doubt. There have been to and fro accusations between china and the United States of espionage and cyber espionage, that is. A lot has been spent in the military by the department of justice on defense. But it has not said it would go so far as to help the companies. The relationship, but it probably wont turn into a court case in the first place. Philip crowder reporting from washington. Iraq, where to the biggest winner emerged in the parliamentary elections. Mala keys votes felt Nouri Almaliki possum votes fell short of a majority. Accusedivisive figure, of treating the minority sunni unfairly. King Nouri Almaliki entered politics when he was just 20. Hostileme was radically to Saddam Hussein and was banned. He had to leave the country. 24 years later when the u. S. , al malikiq returned. In 2006, maliki became Prime Minister. Two years into the job may position his himself as a strong leader by launching several campaign to crush armed insurgents. In 2010 he founded his own movement and formed a fragile National Unity government. Still, rivals accuse him of favoring shiites and failing to reconcile sunnis, kurds, and his own community. He refused to sign a deal the u. S. Mission and in 2011 they pulled out entirely. After two mandates, malikis critics say he has little to show for it and has been unable to quell the unrest. We do have those can killed in car bombs and elsewhere. Those are crimes committed by al qaeda, like interior. Sources say maliki has not been able to boost the economy. To mali, where the civil taken hostage over the weekend have been freed. The news comes as the government said it was taking troops to free the stronghold in the north. What can you tell us so far he echoed so far, independent confirmation of the release indicates they have been working on it since they were taken saturday afternoon. Civilians. And four they were taken at the same time or just after the Prime Ministers visit. They then held them and as you said, Army Reinforcements have ,een arriving in large numbers 1500 and last 48 hours in kick out kigal. I understand they are in good health among and all but two will need some medical assistance. That is probably just because of them being tired. As we know, rebels are still occupying the local government offices they seized over the weekend. That has not changed. They are occupying the governors office, the head office in kigali. He is able to mobilize the claimtion and they still it as their territory, as the capital citizen city. And stalemate is not over over the weekend we had the Prime Minister effectively calling for war against them. That is amended that still needs to be sorted out, but at least for now, the hostages will cease to be anything resembling a human shield. Thank you very much. Mladic has called his first trial in thes hague. He denies charges in the 1995 bosnian war, including genocide. Here is the first witness called touch mladics for his defense. Mladicmer officers swore to never ordered snipers file and civilians. We absolutely never had snipers on that position. But notormal weapons, snipers. We didnt use my bread at all. Snipers at all. Former armyr of the will try to prove he is not the of the charges he the atrocities he is charged with. In sarajevo, bosnias capital, mladic is accused of shelling the population during a 44 month siege. He is also accused of planning and carrying out the massacre of almost 8000 muslim men and boys in 1995. In these images, he is seen next to write upon car visit greta the former leader who was convicted. Have you ever informed me in of civiliansrmally cannot andted . I i dont want to give evidence because of mice my health situation. Melodic mladic faces life in prison. Bosnias minister announced that one quarter of the population has been affected by the worst flooding to hit the balkans in a century. It has claimed the lives of some 50 people. In serbia, it has ordered the evacuation of some 12 towns and villages. Here is our correspondent with the latest. It is not very good because all the levees that were built two days ago are so wet that they cannot thought the water anymore. They are deemed unsafe. They even broken one place this afternoon, but it was quickly fixed by the volunteers and the security forces. But still, about eight villages are at risk on the river and are being evacuated. About 8500 people being evacuated here today. Ch means we will read reach the figure of 35,000 people being evacuated probably tomorrow. It seems that the water level will rise again. And the authorities fear that a levy broke and there are about 2500 people in that place. To the twos a risk major electric land in the country. For the moment, they are still working, but they rely on coal supplies and the coal mines are flooded completely. You are watching france 24. A reminder of the top stories. Chinese charges five Army Officers with hacking. The chinese reaction, the charges are made up and could damage relations. Nourila king almalikis Alliance Wins the government inthe iraq. Terrifying events in bosnia after the worst flooding since modern records began. Look at the a Business News and Marcus Carson is here. First up, is fisa really giving up on astrazeneca . Is pfizer billy giving up on astrazeneca . Really giving up on astrazeneca . Bid to have raised the 118 billion, calling its offer its last. The news ofed on this renewed rejection. We asked Michael Hewson from cmc markets in london whether this is the end of pfizers astrazeneca aspirations. Judging by the Market Reaction this afternoon and today, this would appear to be the case. We have seen a lot of money flow out of astra zeneca shares, and that was really all of the money that had flowed into it on the expectation that pfizer would come back with a much better offer. Have come back with a much better offer and astra zeneca have turned it down. What is going to happen now is that it is dependent on what astra zeneca shareholders do next. Do you think there is a chance that astra zeneca shareholders will turn around and put pressure on the board of the company to go back to the negotiating table to engage again with pfizer . There is certainly that possibility. But you have to ask yourself the the astrayou know, zeneca board basically turned the offer down flat. It is hard to imagine they would do that unless they were reasonably confident they had the backing of the majority of the shareholders involved. The ceo has come out this afternoon and said if shareholders dont like what ive done, they can always play someone over me. Their votes over me. We will see what happens next. Was their politics involved, or was this a question of an offer not being big enough for Astra Zenecas tased ta ste . I think it was a combination of the two. I think they were holding up for about 60 pounds per share. But the environment around it has become increasingly toxic. The labour party was saying they would actively block the major the measure. This deal is not going to happen overnight. Given that backdrop, i think it is very unlikely that pfizer will come back. And i think also, astra zeneca had their mind set on a particular number and they would not deviate from that number. The fact that pfizer came up short gives them a get out of jail free card with the politics involved. We have actually seen one deal being done on the other side of the atlantic in a dash and a multibilliondollar one, and two. Oo,t at t has struck a deal to take over directv. Would go to 26 million. Up at t effect beef in the coming merger which wing time warner and comcast as well. At t would have to make significant concessions to make this deal happen. Lets take a look at how the markets are digesting this news in the United States. The Dow Jones Industrial average falling behind somewhat. The nasdaq and s p are higher. We have seen shares of both directv and at t falling back somewhat on the news of this deal. Shares lost some ground. They were dragging once again on the london ftse. Paris cac 40 and frankfurt dax were in positive territory. Issuing more than 300 million new shares at Deutsche Bank to strengthen its finances. Boost comes as authorities in europe are demanding banks hold more money in case they run into money into trouble. Ryan air science ryan air saw its shares fall the most in years. More thany rallied 10 , this as the carrier said profits this year could climb to 620 Million Euros. Court has reduced the sentence of the former boss of Entertainment Group event he universal. Nde universal. He was also ordered to take a pay a 50,000 euros fine on severance package worth 18. 5 Million Euros when he left the di. Dee viven that is the Business News for now. Back to you. Thank you very much, marcus. I will have more news for you in about 10 minutes time. But first, lets head to the French Riviera and get the releases from the cannes film festival. Catherine is a member of the jury. Welcome back. We are at festival hq for todays can rendezvous. Behind me is where all of the main competition films are being screened. Take you to meet one of people who has the tricky task of picking out the winners. He is no stranger to cannes himself as the director of drive and only only god orgives. It is nicholas windom. Hello there. Hello. You cannot tell us a great deal about your job as a jury member, including your opinion on the films, of course, but how did it feel to get that call . Fun, youi mean, it was know, being invited to be part of this. And the other members of the jury are super cool to be around. Is a great job. It is a lot of fun when you are in the south of france. You have great dinners and philosophical discussions with your jury members. And its for me, not having a lot of time in my day live to see any movies because of family and work, it is actually quite a little bit of a vacation coming and not watching films. Eing judged because ive tried being loved and hated, which is a wonderful reaction. This year, and taking a break. Before you came down here to cannes, of course, we knew what the official selection already was. On the try to read up films and the directors, or did you come with a clear mind . I have a completely clear mind. I do not even know what im watching. I want to try to have that experience i had when i was younger and when i went to see movies that i did not know anything about. That way, you can be most surprised. I have no idea of anything. You mentioned some of your own experiences of coming to cannes before. You have had vastly different experiences. In 2011 you won the award. The award for best director. Forgivesgod massively split the critics. What we have to remember is that in most art forms, polarization is a symbol of success. And for some reason, film has not been allowed to entertain that thought for such a long time. Making a film that was so heavily debated, whether you you know,r hated it, it made me aware that it had really penetrated the mind of the audience or the critics more. Everyone liked that you have done something wrong. And even though you can feel like you are caught in a katy perry video, whether you are hot or your cold and no one can make up their mind, the sheer joy is the element that everyone is willing to fight about. When you do read your critics and your reviews i dont. But you dont read them . You dont read them . No, because it is irrelevant to me. It is good that people have opinions and its useful, but it will not change what i do. And i dont think its heady belthy, because its easy to critical and out oneself. You have to protect yourself a little bit at certain times. Now, i can look back and read some of the either very negative or positive reviews. And go, o, wow, what do you know . In both of those films that i mention that you brought to , there is a director who is here as well. Have you seen it yet, lost river . No, i wanted to see it here. We are very close, like twins. It has to be an emotional experience, and this would be the place to do it. When you say you are very close, does that come from working together on those two films . Had you known each other before . We had neverly bumped into each other before drive. And it became a very wonderful relationship, both creatively and personally. There are many similarities between our paths and the way we view them. We bond, and it is almost a telekinetic, spiritual, subconscious flow. Youll work with ryan gosling again in the future . O, sure, yeah. Wouldnt the world be a terrible place if we didnt . On making his film . No, i think it is very important that when one makes a for ventures into it completely alone. I made my first film with no advice. I made it with the ignorance of arrogance. Believing i could walk on water. And you need that w . Q . Q . Q . Q . Q . Gg99nnwc 05 19 14 05 19 14 [captioning made possible by democracy now ] from pacifica, this is democracy now one of the most discouraging things about this country is the lack of Critical Thinking by americans. The educational system fails americans miserably. Line which isment echoed daily by the mass media becomes gospel in this