Donald trump is signaling what looks to be a tougher american policy toward china. Trump broke protocol last week i speaking with the taiwanese resident and then took to twitter to challenge chinas trade and military policies. Hour, inng up this business, International Investors make their move in the mexico oil rush, taking advantage of the privatization of the countrys energy sector. Nd happy birthday to us france 24 turns 10 years old today. More on that coming up. First, our top story, live from paris. Genie we will start in france with the political shakeup for the ruling socialists. The interior minister, bernard cassidy, has bernard cazeneuve, has just been named Prime Minister. So the manuel valls can focus on running for president in the next election. That comes after Francois Hollandes shock announcement that he was not running for a second term. Manuel valls nomination is not a done deal. He will be one of eight candidates in next months socialist primary. Catherine norrist
Ofstiution with the wishes president recep erdogan. We begin with the latest on a fuel crisis in fran ce. 1 5 of stations are low as workers strike. Ppolice used a water cannon to break up a blockade. Unions are protesting labor reforms. Stuck in the middle, consumers, increasingly frustrated. Reporter a moment drivers have been waiting for, a tanker arriving for motorists. If i drive further i will break down. Reporter around paris, motorists raced to fill tanks. This is the only station i found open. Reporter the shortage could put jobs at risk. Anive been waiting 3 4 of hour for gas. Reporter in some places the crisis has been easing. Big. He queues are still so we are obliged to control traffic because people get angry. Doorter employees next hand out drinks. Only Southern France appears to havebeen spared the fuel shortage. Laura as oil and trasport workers strike, unions and leaders blame each other. President hollande has no intention of backing down. Reporter as strikes intensi
Has turned into a ghost town. Is greece moving closer to ending at that standoff ending its debt standoff with europe . We will look at the details in business. As the countdown continues to this Sundays Academy awards, well take a closer look at some of the pictures and people hoping for oscar gold. First, french president Francois Hollande took directors drastic action on tuesday to ram through a package of businessfriendly economic reform. He gave the for the green light to Prime Minister manuel valls to stamp out the rebellion within his own ruling socialist party. To do so, he used socalled article 49 13 of the french constitution 49. 3 of the french constitution. It will automatically pass unless the government is ousted in a noconfidence vote. Until tuesday it had been years since article 49. 3 was used to pass legislation on equal opportunity. Mr. President , i am proud to put my government on the line. Even Francois Hollande criticized the decision at the time of pushing decis
Syria. The number of refugees in lebanon is now over one million. We would hear more later from our beirut correspondent we will hear more later from our beirut correspondent. Also coming up for you this hour, the incredible story of ae in the kitchen, priceless painting stolen over 40 years ago is recovered after hanging for decades in the home of an artloving autoworker in italy. And a former partner and mother of the french president s four children makes a political comeback just weeks after his a woman who replaced her. It all for the french, it is business as usual. More on the new environment minister, coming up. Ukraine. Ts start in the prosecutor general says the death of someone hundred protesters during the maidan under then kiev were direct leadership of ousted viktornt Viktor Yanukovych. The charges were made during a News Conference by the prosecutor general and the head of the interior ministry and state security. They are planing the shooting deaths of more than 100 on
Its cooperation with ukraine. The observatory for human rights says the number People Killed in syrias civil war has now reached 150,000, one third of them civilians. Also coming up, Business News rivet we will be hearing about american lawmakers grilling the chief executive of General Motors. Facing difficult questions over Technical Glitch that led to the deaths of 13 people. That is coming up in just a moment. Inst, news just coming tonight, john kerry has been speaking about the middle east Peace Process which seemed the last few days to be on the brink of collapse. Not so to the secretary of state. Speaking in brussels tonight he said a lot of strategies were still in play and it is far too premature to write off the Peace Process. John kerry has canceled a planned visit tomorrow, he was due to meet with the palestinian president mahmud abbas. He was trying to rescue the talks in which a faltered over the issue of 26 palestinian prisoners that israel is refusing to release. A pale