a human relations nightmare. united airlines having a video going viral with a passenger dragged off by security simply for refusing to give up his seat on overbooked flight. one that story in today's business update. -- more on that story in today's business update. ♪ host: we begin in rome where seven foreign minister attempted this tuesday morning to try and agree on a common position on the syrian conflict. u.s. secretary of state lou to russia to try to abandon its syrian allies. the u.s. has adjusted a new round of sanctions on both russian and syrian offices, but the group failed to reach agreement. today's meeting following the latest apparent use of chemical weapons by the assad regime and a rebel held town that left nine people dead. let's go to our correspondent . so no new support for sanctions against russia or syria? secretary of was about to go to moscow today as well as the expectations were raised and the stakes were raised yesterday with the u.k. foreign minister boris johnston calling for a hard-line approach. the ministers failed to agree on sanctions and adopted a much more conciliatory approach. ministeran foreign described the u.s. military strike in syria after that controversial chemical weapons attack as a window of opportunity to relaunch some sort of political process that will finally create peace in a different kind of solution in syria. it's all a little bit ambiguous and quite vague, really avoiding this approach and demanding a cease-fire and even suggesting that there may be room for a new constitution and a democratic election in syria, which seems a long way away at this point. earlier today, the foreign met with officials from key states in the middle east, south korea, jordan, also in lucca on the sidelines to try to win their support as well. host: josephine, however, all a agreeing that assad needs to go. reporter: i think that's the stories that -- that is the story going on behind the scene. how is there a future for syria with assad? they're clearly sending a message that they want russia involved in the process. is something the italian foreign minister wanted to emphasize. russia should not be isolated and part of the process. we also heard that from the french foreign minister, who also record that approach. many of them saying that assad should go, but publicly saying let's start a political process and ensure that it is managed and parties are involved before anything is done, and a military solution is not the solution. a political solution is the only solution for syria. host: josephine mckenna reporting, thank you. and the last half an hour or so, the u.s. secretary of state, rex tillerson, has been holding a briefing with reporters. let's just take a listen to what he had to say. >> our missile strike to his repeated use of banned weapons was necessary as a matter of u.s. national security interest. we do not want the regime's uncontrolled stockpile of chemical weapons to fall onto the hands of isis or other terrorist groups who could and want to attack the united states or our allies. host: we are just been hearing there from rex tillerson, the u.s. secretary of state. douglas is here and he came up with a couple of statements, didn't he, during that briefing. guest: there were a lot of mixed messages, trying to get some clarity going into the summit out of washington. rex tillerson had said previously that defeating the islamic state group remains a priority and only after that what they consider a solid future, but that would be for the syrian people decide. the u.s. ambassador to the u.n., nikki haley, said there were multiple priorities, but one of them would be regime change, i.e. getting assad out of power. where's the u.s. priority? is it trying to get assad out of their and getting him to surrender? is this the first step in a broader foray to that goal or is it not? did we get greater clarity? look, we heard remarks to the effect that he did say that the reign of the assad family is coming to an end. he did not go on to say we are going to get them. , yousically said, however have to consider how the transition is going to play out within the context of a politically negotiated solution. he does not know exactly how that is going to occur right now and he did not want to presuppose any outcome. and heempering the words is definitely not on the page of those who said the u.s. is now pushing for regime change. that is not the message today. he was harsh and hard-line with respect to russia. he has reiterated what he said in the past, nothing new. ,t's an ultimatum essentially saying that when he sees putin or does see putin, as of now he's not, but the choices do you consider, do you continue to back up assad, do you continue to put your alliance in your interest in those people or do you decide to make the right choice and join the other groups trying to bring a peaceful solution to this conflict in syria? he basically suggested it would be a real major mistake for russia to continue to align itself with a sod. ramping up the pressure on the eve of his visit. , lot of pressure on him though because as we see when he goes to moscow, the inclination will be on russia's side to not look weak. putin does not want to look weak. he does not want to look like the u.s. is putting him in a position where he is forced to back down on what has now been an almost two-year position of support for assad. a lot of reiteration from the secretary of state. just outlining positions that he has forcefully already made before. host: thank you for that. in other news, a warning for north korea. p on yang says it is ready to fight the u.s. following washington's deployment of a naval strike group to the korean peninsula. according to the state news agency, the country would defend itself with "powerful force." the statement will no doubt further escalate tensions as the two countries up the wargame. the flareup coming after a recent string of missile launchers by the north. house in the hersh reports -- alexander hurts reports. reporter: the deployment of a naval group has sparked anger from north korea. >> we will never beg for peace. we but tak will take the toughet counteraction against those who provoke us. reporter: asking them to scale back their nuclear weapons program. be asking foray talks with his chinese counterpart. chinese and korean officials say they intend to work together for a solution. >> despite the international committee's warning, if north korea makes sure tj provocations, there should be strong additional measures in accordance with the un security council for solutions. in that regard, both sides agreed to have close discussions with each other. reporter: soul is warning of greater provocations from pyongyang. north korea has staged several missile tests, claiming they are on the verge of developing and intercontinental ballistic missile capable of reaching the u.s. mainland . host: the number of executions 37%rded worldwide fell by of the previous year, this according to an annual report by human rights group. being driven by fewer deaths recorded i iran and pakistan. the u.s. also being removed for the top five for the first time since 2006. despite fewer executions, iran and pakistan remaining in the groups top five list along with china, saudi arabia, and iraq. the human rights group has been clear in singling out china for its capital punishment record. amnesty international says thousands could be executed, but actual figures have been shrouded in secrecy. information on the death penalty as well as executions remains classified as state secrets. penalty for disclosing state secrets is anything from imprisonment to the death penalty itself. country really the only that has such complete regime of secrecy over executions and probably the reason is the number is shockingly high. china doesn't want to be a complete outlier in the world. reporter: amnesty says china was one of four countries including iran, saudi arabia, and i rocked were responsible for 80% of executions, collecting the data through court records and news reports. if found 1032 people have been executed worldwide last year . , in places like vietnam and malaysia, new data has come to light that has shown a port executions and it shows that governments are tried to keep it a secret. they know if the information comes to light, they think injustice is at the helm. reporter: amnesty says the figures for worldwide executions excluding china represents a 37% drop from 2015. china has faced long-standing pressure from the international unity for its human rights record. in 1993, the nation carried out 24,000 executions after provincial courts were given powers to meet out capital punishment. migrantre in france, a camp to the countries north has been reduced to ashes after a fire broke out monday afternoon. about a dozen people were injured in the blaze. around 1500ed people are living on the site, which has already been slated for dismantlement. here's more. reporter: there's little left of the migrant camp after a fire ravaged through half of it, sending plumes of smoke into the sky that could be seen from: it is a way. -- columbus away. migrants lost what little positions they had. >> we don't know what to do now. we lost everything. the campsite in dunkirk in northern france was set up by doctors without borders last year. after the nearby calle migrant camp was dismantled, the population here increased to 1500 people and local authorities say tensions were growing over living conditions. shortly before the fire, riot police were sent in to break up a fight involving over 100 kurdish and afghan migrants. >> this is fighting today between the people. just as youexactly look what happens today. we are refugees here in france. we don't have any place. i only have this that says i'm a refugee. reporter: migrants have been moved to nearby jim's pending their relocation. the red cross says several people are unaccounted for and believe they may have fled the area. authorities announced last month that they were planning to dismantle this camp due to growing violence. what isd a reminder of making news this hour, the g7 has failed to reach agreement on new sanctions against russian and syrian officials after last week's chemical attack that left 89 people dead. military standoff continues between the u.s. and north korea with pyongyang saying it is ready to fight following washington's the appointment of naval strike groups to the korean peninsula. and a public relations nightmare for united airlines with a video going viral of one of its passengers being beaten and dragged down the aisle by security for simply refusing to give up his seat on an overbooked flight. we will have more on that story in today's business update coming up shortly. ♪ time now for our campaign beat. the daily round up of news from the french presidential campaign trail. how are you? there are 12 days to go before the big day itself. you have far right candidate marine le pen getting into quite a bit of hot water over the weekend in regards to controversial comments she made about the deportation of jews during world war ii. ofst: just to remind you what she said, this came on sunday and yet it still getting attention today. she said that france was not responsible for the roundup cou. this happened in 1942 and police rounded up more than 13,000 jews, who were ultimately sent to nazi death camps. this is one of the darkest chapters in recent french history. it was an event recognized officially by the former successorand by his nicholas are cozy and the current president. was trying to pen do is bring back an old line of argument used by general charles de gaulle and saying that the shoe, france was not france. for you,ly as it goes her argument is not going down well at all. she has been lambasted from across the political spectrum, particular by other candidates running for the french presidency. let's listen to the french conservative candidate. >> i think the national front is a very ill place to be talking about the subjects. many of our members are still must object for the regime coul th. the truth is the roundup was a crime committed by the france state. far right militants have always fought against. guest: for more on that story, let's listen to our reporter who has been following the far right national front. yesterday he attended marine le pen's conference on the fight against terrorism. reporter: in the wake of what is coming to be seen as quite the gaffe concern the world war ii era deportation of jews from france, marine le pen has really come out fighting and double down on security. she made no direct reference to say that, but she did there is a threat facing france's jewish community of extreme violence and anti-semitism. >> some people still don't want to see that new anti-santa to anti-semitism is destroying neighborhoods. people are killed simply because they are jews. preachers of islamic fundamentalism made it so because of their hate and they receive the complicity of islamic leftists. reporter: we have seen this before as she wants to increase defense spending to 2% of gdp and she wants 15,000 new offices added for the police and army. we have seen this happen in previous terror attacks, but we have to remember it does take time for those positions to be actually filled and become operational on the ground. how much effect that is really going to have? we are going to have to wait and see for the weeks to come. than two weeks to go before the big day, i feel this is extraordinary. next the mated one third of voter -- an estimated one third of voters are undecided. this is unprecedented, isn't it? guest: this is unprecedented in french history in general. candidates are really eager to win over these undecided voters. our reporters have been following a group of door-to-door campaigners for the centrist candidate, emmanuel macron. check out the report from the suburbs of france. >> this is a parisi and suburb in the 93rd department. >> we are often told nothing as possible in the 93rd because it's a department that doesn't vote. today we want to show that we are proud of the 93rd. reporter: armed with banners and balloons, local supporters of movement are heading out on a 13 kilometer walk. >> we are here because we are all french and we are all worried about the future of our country. says he: macron would bring in positive discrimination and businesses would get bonuses for every terminal contract they offer and class sizes would be limited to 12. this area is still a left-wing stronghold. arrivedurs later, they in saint-denis to the north of paris. macron's past as a --ker is >> we have enough of politicians coming every election saying they are going to make everything better. reporter: at a long walk to bring attention to the cause, but they wanted to engage locals one to one. the saint-denis department, they organized regular doorknocking sessions. >> st. anthony has one of the lowest voter turnout rates in all of france, so we need to mobilize here. reporter: at almost every door, they bring up the national front. >> if the candidate who's going to stop wearing le pen. cannotr: if macron shake off his image as candidate of the rich, his supporters hope one argument might do the trick here. they say he is the only candidate capable of beating marine le pen. march the official beginning of the campaign peri od. there are pretty strict rules and chief among them is all candidates have to be given equal air times. guest: it is one of those peculiarities of france. ads goes for campaign unveiled yesterday. definitely one of the highlights of the official campaign. you can see all the 11 candidates opted for very different styles. this is the campaign from the ew an anti-capitalist ody of a tv show where journalists had a laughing fit with an interview of him. we will look at marine le pen's added as well. she decided to start her ad with a brooding walk on the beach. it's a very hollywood type production that has drawn some mockery on social media. what is interesting is that these ads are broadcast on public tv and radio, so that includes our french channel here at "france 24." are're called ads, but they free airtime because public broadcasters must play them. each candidate gets 43 minutes between now and round one. it's a pretty sweet deal. host: a particularly sweet deal for those smaller candidates because most of them are relatively unknown, aren't they? guest: it's great for the little candidates because of this rule that they get equal air time with the bigger candidates. they get to be pretty well-known and sometimes it can be quite surprising. the popular to republican union. this comments he made has gotten quite a lot of attention . take a listen. >> for a moment there, i thought i was madonna. [laughter] but i don't look at thing like her. all of a sudden, 75% of people were turning around, whispering, wanting to take selfies with me. it makes me see the world differently. host: on that note, that's all we have time. that was campaign beat. you can check out this episode and previous upset on our website, france 24.com. time now for the business news with a lot of this is a -- desousa. toshiba reporting its results. guest: after two delays, the japanese company filed its third-quarter earnings on tuesday. pricewaterhousecoopers have not signed off on the result. they cannot reach a conclusion in its review of the figures. were placed on alert in japan after its $1.3 billion accounting scandal in 2015. uncertainties relating to toshiba's finances blew up since costs added westinghouse divisions balloon. -- expects expressed a loss for the year ending in march. united airlines is living a social media nightmare after video surfaced showed a bleeding passenger physically dragged off a plane. flight from chicago o'hare to louisville, kentucky was overbooked on sunday. involuntary was denied boarding, security agents got rough. reporter: it began at the request to leave and overbooked flight, but quickly dre grew into a dramatic and disturbing situation. >> what is he doing? a middle-aged asian men can be seen forcibly removed from his feet and dragged across the aisle by three security officials. blood streaking down his face. shock eyewitnesses immediately took to twitter, igniting a firestorm. outraged customers deleting their accounts and offering to boycott. the united ceo offering an apology, but while he regretted the incident, he stood behind the airline staff. >> i also emphatically stand behind all of probably is. -- all in please. i do believe that there are lessons we can learn from this experience -- treating our customers and each other with respect and dignity is at the core of who we are and we must always remember this matter how challenging the situation. reporter: other airlines meanwhile have latched on to the event as a marketing opportunity, like this new slogan from southwest. >> united airlines has still been recovering from a separate backlash that put its company into backlash for two teams denied for boarding a flight for wearing leggings. guest: staying in the united states, said chair janet yellen has been speaking out at an event in ann arbor, michigan. she called the u.s. economy healthy. interest rates in march and it is expected to raise rates twice more this year. withn added that unemployment and inflation closer to the fed target, the central bank was now shifting focus to >. >> whereas before, we had a lead foot pressed down on the gas pedal trying to give the economy all the oomph we possibly could. now allowing the economy to kind of coast and remain on an even keel to give it some gas, but not so much that we are pressing down hard on the accelerator. that's a better stance of monetary policy. ellen bhr areof trading higher this tuesday after the luxury goods maker reported revenue growth of 13% for the first three month of 2017. organic revenues coming in at 9.9 billion euros. luxury group ones that the rate approach should not announcer: this is a production of china central television america. lee: we live in a world of extremes. on one end, prosperity abounds. on the other, millions live in extrtreme poverty. why is that? why is eradicating extreme global poverty such a daunting challenge for everyone from powerful governments to ngos? maybe it takes a little more ingenuity. this week on "full frame," conversations with change makers who are taking innovative, new approaches in the fight to eradicate global poverty. i'm may lee in los angeles. let's take it "full l frame."