Marred the city since jacob blake, a black man, was shot in the back by a Police Officer on sunday. Masks to become compulsory throughout paris. The french Prime Minister laid planse plans as part of to fight covid19. Those are your headldlines. Yoyou are for r joining us. I am genie godula. Hasfrench foreign minister announced measures for covid19. France has seen a resurgence of cases of covid19, an average of about 3000 new cases a day. That number went up to a most 5000 new cases reported on wednesday. A percentage of positive cases among those tested is growing. Lockdown,just after and now it is at 3. 7 . Statistics tell us that the virus is most active among young people, people between 20 and 30 years old test positive at a rate of 6 higher than the national average. The covid19 9 security measures are having a big effect on the france French Business community. To talk more about that, lets bring in our Business Editor stephen carroll. What were business leadeders interested in
Gathering, and in total isolation. Im tom murchison. Thank you for joining us. We begin in f france, where despite a continuing decline in the number of patients being care, theo intensive covid19 crisis is far from over. 516 new deaths from the virus hahave been presented for the pt when he for hours. This brings the total death toll to nearly 22,000. While some lockdown measures could be eased by may 11 but only if it is deemed safe. Today, french president Emmanuel Macron is holding talks with her presented is from the hospitality and tourismsm industries, by videoconference. The secretary of state for the economy says the government is planning to start disturbing face masks to the general public in early may. Alison sargent tells us more about the possible logistics for that. Alison face masks for all of france before the end of thee lockdown. It is a straightforward promise, but the details are still being worked out. By the end of april, Authorities Say they wiwill have 25 milli
Britain paying up to 55 billion euros to leave the eu. Coming up, the Digital Currency bitcoin smashes through a record value of 10,000. But could the boom turned to turn to bust . And could you imagine jumping off the top of a mountain and into a flying plane . These french wing suit flyers t . Did just that. The details on the incredible stunt on the way. Now our top story live from paris. North korea says it has successfully launched a new type of Intercontinental Ballistic Missile that can reach all of the United States. The new test broke two and a half months of relative calm in the region. Donald trump after put north korea back on a list of countries it says support terrorism. Lets go live to Bruce Harrison in seoul. Tell us what we know about the new launch from the north. Do believe it is the most powerful missile they have ever tested. Thats based off the initial data. The u. S. South korea and other countries were able to gather about the trajectory of the missile. Just to
U. S. President donald trump hits back at theresa may after she criticized him for retweeting videos posted by a farright group. First, to our top story 3800 migrants facing abuse in living cant libyan campsto evacuated to be evacuated. It comes after an first, to oura summit that comes a fortnight after the report by the u. S. Network cnn showing africans being sold as slaves. The french president , emmanuelle macron given exclusive interview to france 24 after attending the meeting and outlined measures to combat modernday slavery. what is going on is a crime against humanity. It,ave to not just denounce but acting several ways. The first is by attacking, collectitively, the smuggling networks. We need reinforcrced action from Law Enforcement to dismsmantle these networks. Were going to do that. What i want us to be able to do, too, is to proceed against with sanctions within ae you framework against the smugglers. Eu framework against the smugglers. Rochelle for more on the marc is
U. S. For talks until now. And turkey calls on the world to recognize East Jerusalem as the capital of eventual palestinian state as muslim readers leaders gather on a summit to the newest move from the u. S. To recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel. And how facebook is changing its Business Model to pay more taxes in countries where it makes money from advertising. The details in our business update. And the forces officially with episodee last jedi eight for star wars fans opens around the world. Our top story, live from paris. We start with that surprise victory for doug jones in alabama. The democrat beat republican roy moore to take the senate by just 1. 5 of the vote. His campaign had been frontpage news in the states, not just moore was accused of that of feeley assaults, but because donald trump had thrown his support behind him as well. This win narrows the new republican majority in the 40 93 once the underground the underdog doug jones surged ahead, due to accusations