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royal assent to the brexit bill, turning it into law. theresa may says she will use it to trigger eu exit negotiations by the end of the month. coming up this hour, the environment and internationals -- international aid among the biggest losers in donald trump's u.s. budget outline. what are the gains? we will have more on that in business. the west african sensation using their music to condemn violence against women. more on their concert in paris on the way. first our top story live from paris. ♪ genie: let's start with this developing story in paris. a letter bomb has exploded here in the french capital at the offices of the international monetary fund. the offices are shared with the world bank. one person was hurt after opening a package. been no claim of responsibility so far. this comes one day after a militant greek group claimed responsibility for a parcel bomb mailed to the german finance minister. this was a parcel that was sent to the imf offices in paris. france remains in a state of emergency after a string of deadly attacks over the past two years. , thee netherlands center-right prime minister has successfully fought off a challenge from his extreme right rival. the party lost its seats in wednesday's general election but still came in a clear first place, winning 33 out of the 150 seats available in parliament. the result was a disappointment for the anti-islam anti-eu party. it still came in a strong second, winning 20 seats. reaction let's go live to meabh mcmahon in brussels. >> especially in the european quarter where i am, many people i have been speaking to throughout the morning said they were happy to wake up this morning and not have the shock they had on the 24th of june last year when the u.k. decided to leave the european union and the shock they felt they had when the u.s. election result came out. they said this was a good news story for the european union. similar to when in austria recent elections saw the far right candidate being defeated. similar words coming from the european commission president. he couldn't hide his excitement. the winners toed congratulate and said yesterdays outcome was a vote in favor of europe and against extremists. today he sent a formal letter to the dutch prime minister. coalitionto form a government and they said dutch voters had voted in favor yesterday of european values of open tolerant societies and he called them an inspiration for the rest of europe. we are hearing similar comments from the european parliaments. they're calling yesterday's outcome a very good day. same comment from rome. preparing for a big celebration that will take place on the 25th of march, celebrating 60 years since the treaty of rome. he said the fact that an anti-eu he was defeated is a good time to relaunch the european union and exchange citizens. the press is also celebrating the outcome of those elections. the far right candidate was defeated despite the fact that the polls said he was ahead. he did not do as well as he had hoped. the rise of the nationalist parties is still a reality and a real challenge for everyone particularly in brussels who want to keep the eu intact. absolutely. those who want to defend the european union project are very worried about its future. they formed a group back in june 2015 and they have in a challenge for moderate parties since 2014 at since they gained a lot in european union elections. today sayinggreens so far as, there is no longer a threat of populism. mainstream pro-european parties will prevail. onlookers have said this is no time for complacency and that instead of bashing populism or creating an us versus them, what eu institutions need to do is look at themselves in the mirror and start to self criticize and realize why people are so disappointed and why there is so much economic inequality and injustice and find reasons for why the project is not functioning as much as they would like. genie: thank you for that report from brussels. bill passed byt parliament three days ago. it has now become law. it just received royal approval from the queen. let's bring in ba©nacdicte paviot in london. it is still necessary to turn this bill into law. what can you tell us? >> the queen is the head of state of the united kingdom. her approval is absolutely crucial. it is done in norman french. means is concretely called theill european union notification withdrawal bill is now law. it has been passed by mps and lords after some difficulties. with ease in the end on monday. it now means the loaded gun is ready for theresa may to trigger that famous article 50 which will kick off two years of negotiations to enact the will i 52% british people who decided the united kingdom should leave the eu. may has said she wanted to trigger it by the end of the month. talk us through the steps of what happens next. >> that's right. on the speculation is day. what happens next concrete like is that the prime minister decides to invoke article 50. she will send a letter to donald tusk, the president of the european union council saying very clearly that the united kingdom intends and is giving notification that it choose to leave the european union. it will give us some indication possibly of the main goals of the united kingdom and this government. tore is huge speculation as what the date will be. we don't believe it will be next week because there is that 60th anniversary of the treaties of rome. oforder to avoid any kind clash in that celebration we don't believe it will be next week. the end of march is what we are looking at. theself-imposed deadline of 31st of march. it could be the 27th or 29th. there is also speculation about the possibility that the prime minister may decide to tour the united kingdom in order to make the case for brexit here at it is still not just dividing butentators and parliament particularly still dividing the country. thank you, ba©nacdicte paviot. in the united states, the new version of donald trump's controversial travel ban has been shut down just like the first one. federal judge in hawaii blocked the revised band just hours before it was supposed to go into effect. it means a nationwide freeze on ofmps plan to ban entry nationals from six muslim majority countries. he has vowed to fight the decision all the way to the supreme court. -- puther wall to put up up to block donald trump's travel plan. after a judge stopped the previous order in its tracks it looks like a revised version was going ahead until a federal judge from honolulu through a spanner in the works. >> if you had something that is discriminating against people and it results in a small amount of harm or large, it is still something to fight. would revised order prevent people from six muslim majority countries entering the u.s. for 90 days and would also ban refugees from entering for 120 days. donald trump hit out at the hawaii federal judge's ruling out a campaign style rally. >> the order he blocked was a watered-down version of the first order. that was also blocked by another judge. and should have never been blocked to start with. insisteds. president the executive order would prevent terrorists from entering the country. the federal court said there was questionable evidence from this -- for this and highlighted trumps muslim bashing rhetoric on the campaign trail as proof the order is discriminatory and to there contrary u.s. constitution. trump said he would take it to the supreme court. he made the same claim when the first executive order was blocked for backing down. genie: the first round of the presidential in friends is a little more than five weeks away. we have talked a lot about fake jobs, corruption scandals. just about every main candidate except one. that's the socialist candidate. today in paris he tried to create some buzz by presenting his definitive election manifesto. rebecca rosner reports on his plan. primary back left in january. now presidential candidate benoit hamon has unveiled his presidential program with much of the media in france focusing on major reform ideas. for his economic plans he wants profits andd companies that use robots in place of real workrkers. he also says union workers should make up half of all administration boards. inspired by the ideas of his primary opponent, he has proposed to temporarily nationalize certain companies to protect jobs. wednesday the former national education administer received explicit support from his successor. and he says he would legalize cannabis with production and sales of the product managed by the state. genie: some music news for you now. the west africans sensation using their songs to condemn violence against women. here's more from their recent concert in paris. >> they come from bennion or nigeria. two generations of west african singers who all deliver the same message. a call to stop violence against women. is a singer. she joined the group in 2015 when it was founded. alongside her, a recognized voice. >> our message isn't only for african women. it goes out to women across the world who are victims of domestic violence or violence in the work place. >> a women's ensemble bearing the name of ancient warriors. an allusion to the former dahomey amazons. the similarities end there. these women are far from being at war. they're not waging war against men. we asked men to fight for us, with us. our album is a love letter addressed to men. >> the musicians are practically all men. a symbol of the singer's for unity. an example of their struggle. song is the name of an instrument exclusive to men in mali. it symbolizes equality for women's rights. genie: time for our business update. the states.in donald trump has just revealed his first budget blueprint. it's the first time we are hearing his plans for the u.s. economy and there are no big surprises. there are a lot of cuts to the state department and the environmental protection agency funding. he's also beefing up military spending and homeland security funding. here are some of the highlights. more than $1 trillion in u.s. government discretionary spending is heading in a new direction under donald trump. more money for weapons and border guard funded by massive cuts to the environment, science, the poor and the arts. that's the main theme of the u.s. presidents budget. the biggest winner, the defense department. spending which currently totals more than that of the next seven nations combined would jump right $52 billion next year. homeland security with ca 7% increase. notably money for the now infamous border wall with mexico. the last apartment to see a budget bump is veterans affairs. byse increases are funded the cuts to the environment, social spending and the state department. >> the level of spending the state department has been undertaking in the past is simply not sustainable. chopping block, funding for the united nations including peacekeeping, international the -- development . some of the most drastic cuts are to the environmental protection agency. trump, who has called climate hoax and who named a climate changed and i are as head of the epa is seeking a .ecrease of the budget that includes eliminating 20% of the agency's workforce as well as 50 different programs that help states and cities fight air and water pollution. the budget also completely nearly 20 other agencies including the national endowments for the arts and humanities, legal services for low income individuals and public funding for television and radio. a lot of the uncertainty we saw earlier in the week has settled after the federal reserve increased interest rates has -- as expected. a lot of relief in european markets after the far right candidate was defeated in the netherlands. the fed's rate hike resulted in the dollar taking a fall countered by a rising euro thanks primarily to the dutch elections. genie: people are buyingng fewer cars. >> the new data for february showed year on year sales growth at 2.2% this month. it takes dropped from january's exceptional growth. the decline is led by france and germany and suggests european consumers are hesitating to make high-value purchases. italy and spain were the only countries on the block that so demand increase. but look at the other bit -- business headlines. italy's flagship airline has vowed to cut costs by one billion euros by 2019 in a bid to increase revenue by 30%. the company didn't specify possible job cuts. been projecting 3000 posts could be disposed of. toyota will invest in upgrading .ts u.k. factory it's good news for the post brexit auto industry. the factory employs about 2500 people. andnd the european union have agreeeed to cooperate on a satellite-based location detection system. it willl address 11 areas including self driving vehicles, railway service and agriculture. japanese officials say they hope it will increase business opportunities and convenience for consumers. genie: a new report has some good news for travelers heading to tokyo. >> a lot of us tend to be a bit distracted when we travel. in tokyo, one of the world's most crowded cities, lost items are more likely to be retururned to their rightful owners. wads ofhe case even for cash. in 2016 more than 32 million lost dollars were turned in to police and about three quarters of that money was returned to its owners. left a camera on a bench in tokyo and came back six hours later and it was still there. thanks for watching france 24. let's take a look at the press review. ♪ lots of focus on the dutch elections. >> that's right. let's look at some of the headlines from the dutch papers. makes three. that's what the telegraph says on the front page. the incumbent leader held the populists at bay. off thecular he held party for freedom, the far right one that has risen in popularity in the last month. cartoono show you this from a london-based newspaper. he may have lost, but his rises part of -- is part of a far right trend. this cartoon depicts him as the far right circle of five with those white hats on their heads. genie: politico is saying the battle is justst beginning. >> his party lost a quarter of their seats in parliament. they did win the election but they lost a quarter of their seats. he is to form a solid coalition now which might involve reaching out to the leftist party. the center-right category was helped by the diplomatic spat with turkey because until then, the elections were lacking a narrative. finally a boring dutch election had a story and he could appeal tempted by those populist discourse. genie: the dutch papers are looking at the challenges ahead for the future government. columnist says the labour party was crushed in this election and he also talks about what he calls fatigue. this man has been in power since 2010 and now his challenge will be convincing dutch voters who want to change that he is somebody who can change. the writer also says that a victory for the far right would have been a huge boost for marine le pen and her campaign here in france. the national front leader gave an hour-long radio interview .onight marine le pen faced very few tough questions but she did reiterate her stance on brexit and she thanked the u.k. for showing us the way out of this huge prison. she did not talk about allegations of financial impropriety that are overshadowing her campaign and her party. genie: she is a candidate in the upcoming french election. let's stay with the socialist candidate, benoit hamon. he has revealed his official election program. candidateialist party wants to repeal the controversial labor reforms in france. he wants to establish a basic universal revenue for everyone which he says will be financed profits.y taxing back for this paper, it's a program that is very much left wing and it is one that may have trouble competing with emmanuel macron. in this cartoon uc macron and his big cruise liner with the elephants representing the heavyweights of the party. he is challenging him to a race. it's clear that he is at a disadvantage in this election. have: french researchers made a breakthrough in the fight against hiv and aids. >> hiv-positive people have to take virus suppressing drugs pretty much their whole life. if they stop taking it it can reemerge because of white load cells called reservoir cells that hide the virus. french researchers have been able to pinpoint these white blood cells. it could lead to therapeutic treatments in treating hiv and aids. a big step in the fight against the disease. at thealso looking sports pages. some big news for monaco in the champions league. >> i want to show you one front page from the telegraph. ofery heartbreaking photo the manchester city coach. his gamble backfired. that supporters of the paris team could probably relate to. genie: british men and women have been a asked to rank life f ends on a scale of stress. >> 2000 men and women took part in this study from the physiological society and its results have been widely supported. the main cause of stress, the death of a loved one. followed by prison. rounding out the third cause is fire or flood's damaging your house. brits are essentially more worried about house damage or prison than they are about seriously ill. that's the fourth cause of stress. there are more worried about being fired than they are about the birth of a child. even stranger, it turns out losing your smart phone is almost as stressful as a terror attack. these came in 13th and 14th on the list. genie: that is really unbelievable. thank you for the look at that article. thanks for watching france 24. for a closer look at this press review, check out our website. coming up in the next half hour, france runs its presidential campaigns unlike any other country in the world. details on how in the next french connection on the way. ♪

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