the cannes film festival opens. we'll bring you a run through of the films and analysis of this year's jury headed by spike lee. the most, how can i put it, female friendly jury ever. in the news, a political rival of alexander lukashenko jailed for fraud, a verdict described as insane by an exiled opposition leader. in business, oil prices briefly spiking this tuesday to a near 70 peak after the opec -- near 7 year peak after the opec entrepreneur meeting. the opec plus meeting. all of that discussed, live from paris. thank you for being with us. our first destination, yes, cannes, ,and the famous film festival. olivia is there for us. we can join her live. olivia, i will say great to see you when you are there. great to see you. covid caused the cancellation of last year. how is covid marking this year's event? olivia: it is true, there are a lot of health and safety measures here. there are a lot of controls at the door. we have to show health passports, a qr code or a piece of paper to show your status but has n

day two of the cannes film festival. our correspondent is standing by with the latest, especially a very french offering. olivia will bring us all on that very shortly. good evening to you. this is live from paris. thank you very much for being with us. there is international condemnation at the assassination of the president of haiti. a two week state of emergency has been declared. heas killed by gunmen, his wife critically wounded. she has been airlifted to miami for emergency care. the french foreign ministeto condemn the cowardly assassination. his words echoed by the whole of europe, the u.s.a and the u.k. the haitian ambassador to washington heights dismied claim -- to washington has dismisseclaims they acted as dea agents. >> the interim prime minister taking to the airways with a shocking announcement. the country's president assassinated in what he called a barbaric attack. >> everyone in this country must unite to condemn what is happened. this is a painful blow to our nation and this killing will not go unpun

in an oscar, bafta's, and two prizes here at cannes. now we are off to meet her. hello. it is a pleasure to meet you. >> thank you. >> proceedings are under way. you are an ambassador for the official brand for the festival. after such a strange year, a cultural hiatus, what is it like to return to cinema? >> there was maybe not a dry eye in the house for the feeling that life, it can carry on. there was a time when you really felt that chain -- that things had changed forever. and there's nothing wrong with that, incidentally. i think resettling is sometimes not a bad idea. sometimes festivals, many of the things just get over inflated, or it constantly gets bigger and bigger and bigger until it explodes. to reset is not such a bad thing, and cannes this year is in my experience quieter than normal, but just the fact that it is back, the appreciation of film, the fact that cinemas and film and all sorts of detainment where people gather together have been so curtailed. >> l'oreal is celebrating the 50th anniversary of that slogan, "bec

your film is screening here in cannes. "mariner of the mountains," charting your journey to algeria for the first time, the birthplacef your father, and you document what you see, but watching the film it feels like it is more about your mother. can you explain the? >> yeah. searching for a fatherland in that sense. algerian fatherland. and it is tied to my mother. there is a feeling that she is always present, and she's an absent character. it is a very personal film but the biggest challenge of making this film, how can i make something personal that is relevant to others? it is coming from a very interesting moment in history, the 1960's. a lot of hope there was in the 1960's, a lot of changes, and the fact that the algerian man meets a brazilian woman in the middle of the united states is something very specific of that moment. so, it is, i think it is about them but it is also about that time, and it's about colonialism and the fight against colonialism. that met and shaped -- they allowed them to meet and shaped the

cannes film festival will underway. our correspondent near the red carpet. she will bring us all the news about tonight screenings. good evening to you. and thank you for being with us. cannes film festival will underway. it is me to check in with our reports on the french riviera. who are following each and every development, every screening of every film competing for the top prize, the coveted palm d'or. olivia salazar leading the team. tell us about the films in competition this evening. olivia: just behind me the casting crew from the french from -- just entered the theater to see the premier. this comes from a director -- who stars a prolific french actor. before the festival i would've described the director as up-and-coming, only 37 years old. but with this film in the competition you can say she has officially arrived. earlier on we had an iranian director on the red carpet for the first time here at cannes. he is presentin a film called "a hero," centering on a man who faces a moral dilemma and he wants to do the right thing but he wants to appear

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cannes is not a very big town. those numbers have evened out somewhat but the festival in the city, the main herself did think about this -- tnthose non film industry people. the fireworks all over france, but also and event they have this year at cannes which is expanded. this year is a more full program, it is called the cinema -- an outdoor screen n ext to the festival hub on the beach we can a film. films. steve mcqueen is presenting his latest film and the classic from 20 years ago, the french director, and spike lee himself, the president of the jury will be presenting his own documentary " american utopia" on thursday evening. you do not have that prestidigitation to catch something interesting in cannes. >> tell us about the films in competition this evening. olivia: the red carpet behind me will be filled imminently with the french director presenting his film, a very hotly anticipated event because he is won the palm d'or quite recently in 2015 for his film. he's also won other films of this festival -- o

and the cannes film festival building climax this weekend. our. olivia salazar joins us with the news of the movies being streamed behind the scene. thank you for joining us. we start with the cannes film festival, heading towards a thrilling denouement. in the meantime, hard work to be done, even more films to watch. olivia salazar wins. is there, joining us -- olivia salazar wins fear -- olivia salazar winspear is there, joining us. >> the red carpet behind me is primed for a filmmaker known for daring, sometimes provocative cinema. this time, he is focused on a group of young people in an underprivileged casablanca who are excited about hip-hop. it features many actors who come from that area. earlier on, we had a filmmaker known for an austere, intellectual cinema, which almost always focuses on his home country. he has won five rises here over the years, and in keeping with that tradition, his latest film focuses on an anchor at a television channel, a news channel in france, and it goes quite deep into the murky world of politics, power, the

it is day four of the cannes film festival. olivia salazar wins will join us with the latest from the red carpet. first, our top story. haitian police say a 28-member hit squad made up of colombians and americans murdered the haitian president. questions remain about mastermind it the assassination. the united states and colombia say they will send investigators to port-au-prince. >> police drag suspects through an angry crowd in port-au-prince . others were arrested after they tried to break into the taiwanese and busy in the haitian capital. nearby residents are nervous. >> [indiscernible] >> the captured men were lined up along with weapons and gear. three others were killed in a gunbattle with security forces. haitian police say the assassination early wednesday of the president in his bedroowas carried out a group of 28 foreign mercenarie twof them haitian-amerin. the rest colombian. in response to haiti's request, the united states is sending fbi agent and homeland security officials to assist in the investigation. the tw

. >> "france 24" interviewed h before the cannes film festival. take a listen. >> i wanted to tell the story of a woman, about two women from different generations. there were a few characters in the film. but the mother is the pillar of it all. i wanted to depict motherly love, of a woman alone and keeps going just for her children and will keep going until her last breath for her children. i also wanted to show this character -- that you rarely see in film. i wanted to film in housing project before they were torn down. >> [speaking french] >>>> we learned gradually about the full extent of nora's employment commitment and how may people live with her or depend about her in a housing project where the elevators never work. nora's smile is wistful but she lives by a personal code of kindness posted by never ending effort. if urban isolation and loneliness are reoccurring topic in films, nora could be said to have almost too many human connections. she is dignity personified. and when hit with unexpected excesses, she is pragmatic, but there's end

the cannes film festival opens. we'll bring you a run through of the films and analysis of this year's jury headed by spike lee. the most, how can i put it, female friendly jury ever. in the news, a political rival of alexander lukashenko jailed for fraud, a verdict desib

on the cannes film festival. lebanon is pleading for international help, morning the country is days away from a social explosion. global help is urgently needed to prevent economic ruin. the currency has fallen through the floor. it has lost about 90% of what it was worth. blackouts are common because of dilapidated power grids. some areas are getting two hours of electricity a day, while fuel shortages mean even private generators are failing. hospitals have dropped elective procedures and our rationing medical supplies, and lack of fuel has led to fights. they warned that the lebanese people are running out of patience. >> might plea today and call on the united nations and all international agencies to help save the lebanese people. lebanon is a short distance from a social explosion. reporter: the country is in crisis, it has been in crisis for more than a year. the state is nearly bankrupt. it is a daily struggle. we are outside one of the gas stations, you see the long lines. people wait for hours just to

reporter: it is every director's dream to come to cannes, and for this young mexican filmmaker, this could be life-changing. after a residency in paris for the festival program for young directors, he has to pitch a movie project to the france film-funding body. >> it is the first thing i have done this kind of thing. and you have to be confident about your project and who you are, try not to make mistakes while talking. i hope it would be a good experience. reporter: this iranian is another young filmmaker from the program. >> after six months of hard working in the cinema residency, finally, i am here. reporter: the head of the young directors program says it is a golden opportunity. >> six directors are selected to stay in paris for four months and a half, writing their first and sector feature film -- and second feature film. they receive money so they can think only about their scripts. reporter: a couple of days later at a club, there are nerves and excitement. this is where pictures take place. each filmmaker -- pitches take place. each filmmaker has 5-7 minutes to their story

cannes film festival will underway. our correspondent near the red carpet. she will bring us all the news about tonight

and the cannes film festival building climax this weekend. our. olivia salazar joins us

it is day four of the cannes film festival.