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von der leyen, later on monday. france is expected to urge china to pressure russia to end its war against ukraine. a 17—year—old has handed himself into police in germany after an attack on a european parliament member. the teenager said he knocked down matthias ecke, a member of germany's main governing social democratic party, as he hung posters. police said mr ecke was seriously injured and required an operation. rhe english actor bernard hill, best known for roles in titanic and lord of the rings, has died aged 79. he played captain edward smith in the 1997 oscar—winning film, and king theoden in the famous peterjackson trilogy. hill was due to return to tv screens in series two of the bbc drama �*the responder.�* it's been a staple of breakfast tables and cafes across france for generations — we are talking about the humble croissant. now bakers in paris are challenging tradition — and addressing climate change — by making the pastry without using butter. here's our paris correspondent andrew h
von der leyen, later on monday. france is expected to urge china to pressure russia to end its war against ukraine. a 17—year—old has handed himself into police in germany after an attack on a european parliament member. the teenager said he knocked down matthias ecke, a member of germany's main governing social democratic party, as he hung posters. police said mr ecke was seriously injured and required an operation. rhe english actor bernard hill, best known for roles in titanic and lord...
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this morning, the president of the eu commission ursula von der leyen, will be in paris for a trilateral meeting with president xi. tom: so, rich in symbolism as you say, but in terms of trade, slightly frameworked by brussels and broader europe. how is that conversation likely to evolve between these two partners within that context? >> going on a charm offensive does not mean you cannot carry firm message. that is what macron intends to do. in fact, france has been specifically hurt by the recent chinese probe into cognac makers, which is directly targeting paris given france represents 99% of the cognac market. as you mentioned, there is a lot of eu probes into chinese ev makers, that's also impacting competition with the likes of stellantis and renault, which are also trying to break into the ev car market in europe. and more recently, into the procurement for medical devices in china. so a lot of probes into all these chinese companies. four president xi, the goal of this trip is to avert any new tariffs, any restrictions of access to the european market. there are thousands, even t
this morning, the president of the eu commission ursula von der leyen, will be in paris for a trilateral meeting with president xi. tom: so, rich in symbolism as you say, but in terms of trade, slightly frameworked by brussels and broader europe. how is that conversation likely to evolve between these two partners within that context? >> going on a charm offensive does not mean you cannot carry firm message. that is what macron intends to do. in fact, france has been specifically hurt by...
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lizzy: earlier in the trip, you had xi visiting president emmanuel macron, he also met ursula von der leyen. where does it leave relations between china and the west at the end of the strip? piotr: what probably xi managed to achieve is to drive a bit of a wedge between some of the members of the eu. when it comes to western parties, especially france, germany, but also when it comes to some of eastern europe, they are very much aligned when it comes to approach to china. and what xi jinping managed to achieve is, obviously, in france, he obviously had to deal with awkward questions about his approach to the war in ukraine. he had to face questions about the overcapacity's, which she pushed back against. he has not faced those questions in places like serbia, where he was showered with praise, and the same in hungary. some of that has been achieved. at the same time, we have to remember that in 2012, china has launched 60 plus one investment cooperation with countries, mostly in eastern europe. and of all those countries, there's only one left when it comes to eu, that's hungary, and
lizzy: earlier in the trip, you had xi visiting president emmanuel macron, he also met ursula von der leyen. where does it leave relations between china and the west at the end of the strip? piotr: what probably xi managed to achieve is to drive a bit of a wedge between some of the members of the eu. when it comes to western parties, especially france, germany, but also when it comes to some of eastern europe, they are very much aligned when it comes to approach to china. and what xi jinping...
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ursula von der leyen being more vocal. but xi jinping has found a friend in the hungarian prime minister. let's bring up these quotes. very telling. they are obviously written by the various propaganda departments. xi jinping says, "we will strengthen cooperation in our development strategies, deepening ties in trade, finance and our economies." he also wrote an op-ed, "on the path of chinese development and modernization, we see hungary as a traveling companion." viktor orba¡n, prime minister of hungary, know this was clearly written by the chinese state organs because the word unswervingly is not necessarily used anywhere else in the world except within the propaganda departments of beijing. [laughter] this is a chinese readout of what viktor orba¡n told xi jinping essentially, "hungary does not identify with the rhetoric of so-called overcapacity or de-risking. hungary's determination to deepen corporations china is unswerving and will not be interfered by any force." that is where they are now. a strategic move by xi
ursula von der leyen being more vocal. but xi jinping has found a friend in the hungarian prime minister. let's bring up these quotes. very telling. they are obviously written by the various propaganda departments. xi jinping says, "we will strengthen cooperation in our development strategies, deepening ties in trade, finance and our economies." he also wrote an op-ed, "on the path of chinese development and modernization, we see hungary as a traveling companion." viktor...
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i mean, when we had the sit-down between ursula von der leyen and emmanuel macron and xi jinping, the readout from chinese state media was relatively positive, but it did point at some of the strains in the relationship. xi jinping very clearly saying, for example, that there is no such thing is china's overcapacity problem. and also, china sort of reiterating its position from the eu, from its point of view, is a major partner, as well as this sort of hint that the relationship does not target any third party, nor should it be dictated by any third party. perhaps a dig, an oblique reference to the u.s., perhaps an implication that the eu might be pushed around or moved by the u.s. haidi: rebecca choong wilkins there with the latest. some top corporate headlines, citigroup shifted the work hours of some staff in kuala lumpur to align with those in the u.s. the move is part of efforts to assure a smooth transition to one-day settlement cycle. citi also created a task force that will solely process -- focus on the process known as t plus one. it joins other financial institutions prepar
i mean, when we had the sit-down between ursula von der leyen and emmanuel macron and xi jinping, the readout from chinese state media was relatively positive, but it did point at some of the strains in the relationship. xi jinping very clearly saying, for example, that there is no such thing is china's overcapacity problem. and also, china sort of reiterating its position from the eu, from its point of view, is a major partner, as well as this sort of hint that the relationship does not target...
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ursula von der leyen has been very outspoken against chinese overcapacity issues and the potential dumping of ev's and other green products in the european market and again, there's this investigation into potential dumping and subsidies by the chinese government. and the like. and they could be, and the chinese makers i have talked to said they fully expect some sort of tariffs regime on ev's. xi jinping sees a great opportunity with a country like hungary which already has battery supply chains. the south koreans are in there. the chinese are in there. they are building this supply chain into southern europe. excuse me, southern germany, where there's automobile factories in slovakia as well. look, hungary has cheaper labeler -- labor. they have a 9% corporate tax rate. they are friendly to chinese investment, extremely funny. victor orbach, the prime minister, basically in lockstep with the chinese development model, using lower wages in his country, wide-open land to build these factories, and they are courting that and that is why xi jinping is wrapping up his european trip for the fi
ursula von der leyen has been very outspoken against chinese overcapacity issues and the potential dumping of ev's and other green products in the european market and again, there's this investigation into potential dumping and subsidies by the chinese government. and the like. and they could be, and the chinese makers i have talked to said they fully expect some sort of tariffs regime on ev's. xi jinping sees a great opportunity with a country like hungary which already has battery supply...
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in beirut today, european union commission president ursula von der leyen appeared with the lebanese prime minister and president of cyprus on the aid deal. >> we are committed to maintain legal pathways open to europe, and resettle refugees from lebanon to the european union. at the same time, we count on your good cooperation to prevent illegal migration and to combat migrant smuggling. stephanie: the eu has arranged similar funding deals with egypt, tunisia and mauritania in a bid to tighten border controls and human smuggling. in southeastern china, the death toll from a collapsed highway has risen to 48. on wednesday, state tv showed cranes lifting vehicles crushed after tumbling through the section of road that gave way in guangdong province. it followed a month of heavy rains. state officials in maryland announced today that rebuilding the francis scott key bridge and baltimore will take four years and nearly $2 billion. the span collapsed in late march, when a container ship rammed into a support column. six members of a road crew were killed. on wednesday, a fifth body was r
in beirut today, european union commission president ursula von der leyen appeared with the lebanese prime minister and president of cyprus on the aid deal. >> we are committed to maintain legal pathways open to europe, and resettle refugees from lebanon to the european union. at the same time, we count on your good cooperation to prevent illegal migration and to combat migrant smuggling. stephanie: the eu has arranged similar funding deals with egypt, tunisia and mauritania in a bid to...
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and, jack, ursula von der leyen is explaining that she's si king these deals suddenly. could it be that that's because there's an election coming up? >> well , an election coming up? >> well, certainly this has been over the past year or so, the sort of growing, bubbling decision by the european union and the commission president, ursula von der leyen, to go out there and try and sign up these deals. but let's make no bones about this. it's not been a huge success. so far. the tunisians, back in the autumn, they agreed a deal which was to support their ailing economy with the european union to the tune of about ,127 million. when the eu did send some of that money, about 60 million, the tunisian president sent it back, saying it was derisory and insulting and that they didn't want eu charity. and part of that was because they had agreed that they would have tunisians return to them from the european union, who were found to be illegally there. but that they wouldn't accept sub—saharan africans who'd been registered as passing through their country on the way into the
and, jack, ursula von der leyen is explaining that she's si king these deals suddenly. could it be that that's because there's an election coming up? >> well , an election coming up? >> well, certainly this has been over the past year or so, the sort of growing, bubbling decision by the european union and the commission president, ursula von der leyen, to go out there and try and sign up these deals. but let's make no bones about this. it's not been a huge success. so far. the...
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but in paris, european union leader ursula von der leyen met with chinese president xi jinping and french president emmanuel macron, and said she hopes china will intervene. >> president xi has played an important role in de-escalating russia's irresponsible nuclear threats, and i'm confident that president xi will continue to do so against the backdrop of the ongoing nuclear threats by russia. stephanie: the u.s. army confirms tonight that an american soldier has been arrested in the russian far east where he was visiting his girlfriend. officials say he was supposed to be headed home from deployment in south korea, but was detained thursday in vladivostok, accused of stealing from the girlfriend. authorities in southern brazil now say at least 83 people have died following days of heavy rains and flooding, with more than 100 people still missing. the downpours hit the state of rio grande du sol, triggering landslides, road closures, and widespread power blackouts. entire neighborhoods in the city of canoas are under water, with many houses almost completely submerged. some people have r
but in paris, european union leader ursula von der leyen met with chinese president xi jinping and french president emmanuel macron, and said she hopes china will intervene. >> president xi has played an important role in de-escalating russia's irresponsible nuclear threats, and i'm confident that president xi will continue to do so against the backdrop of the ongoing nuclear threats by russia. stephanie: the u.s. army confirms tonight that an american soldier has been arrested in the...
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if the windsor framework, the agreement signed by the prime minister, rishi sunak, and ursula von der leyen, the eu commission chief last yean the eu commission chief last year, which finalised the status of northern ireland in the post—brexit agreement, is that eu law is supreme in northern ireland. brexit. turns out only to be for those in england , to be for those in england, scotland and wales, but not in northern ireland. therefore for the whole of the uk, sir jacob rees—mogg , normally the rees—mogg, normally the presenter of this programme, warned this would happen and that's why he and other tory and dup mps voted against that windsor framework. they argued that boris johnson's original plan was preferable. this was through the northern ireland protocol bill, which was in the house of lords at the time of the windsor framework agreement, and had intended to help the uk regain sovereignty over ulster. some argue that such a breach. such a move would breach international law, but the eurosceptic wing of the party argued against this. but one cannot help wondering whether ,
if the windsor framework, the agreement signed by the prime minister, rishi sunak, and ursula von der leyen, the eu commission chief last yean the eu commission chief last year, which finalised the status of northern ireland in the post—brexit agreement, is that eu law is supreme in northern ireland. brexit. turns out only to be for those in england , to be for those in england, scotland and wales, but not in northern ireland. therefore for the whole of the uk, sir jacob rees—mogg ,...
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von der leyen, on monday. france is expected to urge china to pressure russia to end its war against ukraine. the visit also comes amid mounting trade disputes between china and the eu. stay with us here on bbc news. we will have more on those heavy losses suffered by the conservatives in the local elections in england. former home secretary suella braverman has spoken to my colleague, laura kuenssberg. we will have more on her response and from others and the conservative party. it's been another day of big weather contrasts across the uk. now, many areas did keep quite a bit of cloud and there were some showers or longer spells of rain. passing showers there on the horizon at topsham in devon. but it wasn't like that everywhere. we had some pleasant sunshine northern parts of wales, stretching into merseyside, greater manchester, yorkshire, much of the midlands and east anglia. the warmest spots seeing temperatures up to 20 degrees. the coolest spots, where cloudy, just 12. and again, we kept cloud for scotl
von der leyen, on monday. france is expected to urge china to pressure russia to end its war against ukraine. the visit also comes amid mounting trade disputes between china and the eu. stay with us here on bbc news. we will have more on those heavy losses suffered by the conservatives in the local elections in england. former home secretary suella braverman has spoken to my colleague, laura kuenssberg. we will have more on her response and from others and the conservative party. it's been...
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none other than ursula von der leyen, the european commission president, is looking to sign deals with tunisia and egypt for economic development and migration partnerships. a third country migration deal in the vein of rwanda. what will the french president say? >> he said that was against our european values . so there's european values. so there's a bit of fisticuffs, perhaps at the heart of the european union . the heart of the european union. >> tom, emily, thank you so much. they will be with you in about 25 minutes. we have got a lot more to come though. don't go anywhere. this is britain's newsroom on . gb news. >> time is 1139. this is britain's newsroom in tv news. andrew pierce and bev turner. >> so this morning, labour has accused the government of gaslighting the public over the state of the economy . our state of the economy. our business and economics editor, liam halligan, was at the shadow chancellor's speech and joins us now. good morning. liam good morning. great to see you. i thought she was she was quite feisty this morning. rachel reeves she came out swinging a li
none other than ursula von der leyen, the european commission president, is looking to sign deals with tunisia and egypt for economic development and migration partnerships. a third country migration deal in the vein of rwanda. what will the french president say? >> he said that was against our european values . so there's european values. so there's a bit of fisticuffs, perhaps at the heart of the european union . the heart of the european union. >> tom, emily, thank you so much....
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wonderland did during-- ursula von der leyen did during xi's visit to europe. putin is emboldened by the fact that he think everybody else's able to exercise their frustration with the united states through the wharton ukraine, -- war in ukraine. if europeans make it clear that this is a matter of european security and european economic future, i think that calculation might change. we need to change the calculation of other players in this compact as well. arshad: yuriy, i would like to ask you a question that david put and daleep punted on, which is what did he mean when he talked about expanding the scope of how one defines financial facilitation? is he talking about secondary sanctions, question one? question two, how significant with such -- would such an act by the united states be? would it, for example, lead to curtailing what i gather are the large amount of goods flowing through central asian countries? give us your thoughts on that? yuriy: he is responsible, whatever it means for you, however you can interpret it. [laughter] i will give you my interp
wonderland did during-- ursula von der leyen did during xi's visit to europe. putin is emboldened by the fact that he think everybody else's able to exercise their frustration with the united states through the wharton ukraine, -- war in ukraine. if europeans make it clear that this is a matter of european security and european economic future, i think that calculation might change. we need to change the calculation of other players in this compact as well. arshad: yuriy, i would like to ask...
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on your screen, you are seeing comments from ursula von der le leyen. and viktor orban said he is deeply shocked by the story. this has been a surprise in slovakia and across the eu, arabile. >> it is one that we will unpack more. stay with us as we unpack it. >>> russian president vladimir putin and chinese president xi jinping have signed an agreement on the two states. putin said the nations are developing peaceful nuclear cooperation and thanked china for its efforts to resolve the ukraine crisis. the russian leader did praise the partnership at the joint press conference. >> translator: we are sincerely interested in seeing the russian-chinese actions in all areas of cooperation continue to strengthen everywhere. for these purposes, we established close interactions with the heads of government and intergovernmental positions with the deputy prime ministers and 80 sub committees and working groups. a multifaceted mechanic has been created. >> the head of geopolitics is joining us for the conversation as well as silvia still at the desk with us. ann
on your screen, you are seeing comments from ursula von der le leyen. and viktor orban said he is deeply shocked by the story. this has been a surprise in slovakia and across the eu, arabile. >> it is one that we will unpack more. stay with us as we unpack it. >>> russian president vladimir putin and chinese president xi jinping have signed an agreement on the two states. putin said the nations are developing peaceful nuclear cooperation and thanked china for its efforts to...
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anyway this comes just weeks after ursula von der leyen said the european commission wanted to implement the concept of safe third countries, which has since been echoed by governments across the eu . eu. >> indeed, what we've just seen in the last few weeks is 15 non eu countries. actually all making the same point that that's what this this requires . that's what this this requires. that's why our rwanda scheme is so important. we are pioneering something new. i said when i first got this job that where britain leads, others would follow when it comes to tackling illegal migration and you can see that that is now clearly the case. and just this year, in fact, we have returned 10,000 people back to other countries. that's 2000 people more than we did last year. >> well, earlier on today, i spoke to austrian social scientist, chairman of the european stability initiative, gerald knowles, who thinks that the rwanda plan could inspire for a change throughout the continent. >> they're looking at, well, what you've seen in in europe in the last year is an intense discussion, which has now le
anyway this comes just weeks after ursula von der leyen said the european commission wanted to implement the concept of safe third countries, which has since been echoed by governments across the eu . eu. >> indeed, what we've just seen in the last few weeks is 15 non eu countries. actually all making the same point that that's what this this requires . that's what this this requires. that's why our rwanda scheme is so important. we are pioneering something new. i said when i first got...
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. >> words now to from the president of the european commission, ursula von der leyen . she says i strongly condemn the vile attack on prime minister robert fico. such acts of violence have no place in our society and undermine democracy. well, mark white, thank you very much for joining well, mark white, thank you very much forjoining us. for now, much for joining us. for now, and no doubt you'll be with us throughout the ensuing hours as we learn more about this developing situation in slovakia. up next to take us through the next steps of this is martin daubney , who joins us is martin daubney, who joins us now, martin, as a former member of the european parliament yourself, you must have some, this this this must affect you to . to. >> yeah, it's an astonishing thing to happen . it just goes to thing to happen. it just goes to show you how vulnerable politicians are, even in those short meet and greet. >> very, very vulnerable moments. >> of course, we'll have the full update. >> anything that comes through on that robert fico story. >> and also tonight, jacob reesâ€
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von der macron, with ursula von der leyen and say, look, we have all got a massive problem here. this mass migration to europe is a risk in economic terms, in security terms , in all manner of security terms, in all manner of terms. we could go back to the previous conversation about political islam as well. to an extent, we need to find a solution to this instead of playing ping pong with asylum seekers, we need to come up with a regional strategy as to how we deal with the push pull factors and also the method of movement along the way. >> well, i can already hear benjamin butterworth saying, well, you henry supported brexit. so did that not i mean, yeah, but there's nothing, nothing to do with it, nothing to do. >> it's extraordinary to, you know, to hear the intern , ukip know, to hear the intern, ukip leader saying, what if we went and sat down with various european leaders and countries and had some kind of. but you don't economic agreement that had a deal on borders? >> well, i think we had benjamin. >> i worked in brussels for three years. i was in the room when you had c
von der macron, with ursula von der leyen and say, look, we have all got a massive problem here. this mass migration to europe is a risk in economic terms, in security terms , in all manner of security terms, in all manner of terms. we could go back to the previous conversation about political islam as well. to an extent, we need to find a solution to this instead of playing ping pong with asylum seekers, we need to come up with a regional strategy as to how we deal with the push pull factors...
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it then went to the windsor document or the windsor agreement between ursula von der leyen and rishi sunak. he came to northern ireland, hailed it as a great deal. unionists still wouldn't go back in until the framework document was actually put into place. now the framework document was not agreed between the eu and westminster . that was westminster. that was a westminster. that was a westminster deal. an article 46 of that says that there can be no break, or difference between the uk or this part of the uk and the rest of the uk. but of course, if you go back to article two and the protocol, it says that it supersedes uk law. so therefore he has a case in what he's saying. and either nobody read the small print or they you find rightly it was going to happen. and of course this is now put the dup in a very difficult electoral, problems. and it has also put sinn fein in a lot of problems because sinn fein is the largest party in the republic of ireland. when i was talking to people in the republic late last night, they were saying to me, there's no benefits to this because what the
it then went to the windsor document or the windsor agreement between ursula von der leyen and rishi sunak. he came to northern ireland, hailed it as a great deal. unionists still wouldn't go back in until the framework document was actually put into place. now the framework document was not agreed between the eu and westminster . that was westminster. that was a westminster. that was a westminster deal. an article 46 of that says that there can be no break, or difference between the uk or this...
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the european commission president, ursula von der leyen, has mentioned tunisia and egypt to do these investments and migration partnership this much in a similar vein to the investment and partnership migration partnership the uk has with rwanda. it would be remarkable for keir starmer to be elected prime minister in this country and abandoned rwanda just as the eu is making its own rwanda style deals. >> well , it style deals. >> well, it certainly looks like an issue of potential contradiction in going forward. and as you mentioned, there are countries like italy, for instance, already doing deals with albania with a view to taking migrants as a third party nation. so clearly it's something that europe or many countries within europe are now, able or willing to explore, at least as a possible way of deaung least as a possible way of dealing what with what is a growing crisis. many, many millions more people in the years ahead, we're told, will be on the move from parts of the world for whatever reason, climate change, poverty, dysfunctional government, heading to western nations lo
the european commission president, ursula von der leyen, has mentioned tunisia and egypt to do these investments and migration partnership this much in a similar vein to the investment and partnership migration partnership the uk has with rwanda. it would be remarkable for keir starmer to be elected prime minister in this country and abandoned rwanda just as the eu is making its own rwanda style deals. >> well , it style deals. >> well, it certainly looks like an issue of potential...
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von der leyen, demanding something similar a third country deal. the labour party said you're going to cancel rwanda on day one if it even ever happens. so the big question is, lloyd, what would the labour party do to cut down on immigration, both illegal and legal ? it's going to be a huge legal? it's going to be a huge issue at the general election. what's your sale ? what's your sale? >> well, the third party deals are not bad in principle. >> we arranged a deal with albania, for example, and it reduced the numbers of people that were coming over having processing centres like australia has with third parties, works . then you also parties, works. then you also provide fair and transparent routes . what doesn't work is routes. what doesn't work is sending people to a country that's at war with another country next door anyway, and has very little competency in deaung has very little competency in dealing with the complex , asylum dealing with the complex, asylum cases that we have. and finally, it was a deal that both ways, rwanda could still se
von der leyen, demanding something similar a third country deal. the labour party said you're going to cancel rwanda on day one if it even ever happens. so the big question is, lloyd, what would the labour party do to cut down on immigration, both illegal and legal ? it's going to be a huge legal? it's going to be a huge issue at the general election. what's your sale ? what's your sale? >> well, the third party deals are not bad in principle. >> we arranged a deal with albania, for...
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so john swinney sworn in on a ticket of one rather like ursula von der leyen. so what's the latest ? latest? >> good afternoon martin. well you know john swinney as you say, ticket of one. not the first snp leader or indeed first minister to do so. if you remember nicola sturgeon, when she took over for alex salmond, she took over for alex salmond, sheindeed she took over for alex salmond, she indeed was coronated and that's what we saw certainly this last week. it's been kind of crazy to think that it's about two weeks now since humza yousaf torpedoed the bute house agreement, which of course led to the collapse of the majority government. a few days later, we had a resignation . and then it had a resignation. and then it was a lull. and before john swinney was the one and only person to put his name forward for the race, the big will she won't she of the week, though, is of course , kate forbes and is of course, kate forbes and today we got our answer. now she is going to be deputy first minister. interestingly that's a role which we have seen several times.
so john swinney sworn in on a ticket of one rather like ursula von der leyen. so what's the latest ? latest? >> good afternoon martin. well you know john swinney as you say, ticket of one. not the first snp leader or indeed first minister to do so. if you remember nicola sturgeon, when she took over for alex salmond, she took over for alex salmond, sheindeed she took over for alex salmond, she indeed was coronated and that's what we saw certainly this last week. it's been kind of crazy to...
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writing to the european commission president ursula von der leyen, saying they want to do a scheme similar to rwanda inflation down to 2.3% today and some good news on getting visas down to students. so with that all as a prevailing wind, perhaps there is some good news for the conservatives and taking control of the agenda is the right thing to do. >> i don't think anybody on the labour side will be interpreting any of those things in those ways. i don't think there'll be any sense that the conservatives have recaptured the agenda, i think there's a very strong feeling that the, the rwanda scheme is a is a political is a pr disaster, and there's a it's clear that over the course of this, the, the summer and the rest of this year, the economic numbers that the headline numbers that the headline numbers are going to get better inflation in today is down again, although not by as much as it was supposed to be, and interest rate cuts are expected, although we haven't actually, seen any. you know, these all, go in the government's favour and really, they should have been arguments for the gove
writing to the european commission president ursula von der leyen, saying they want to do a scheme similar to rwanda inflation down to 2.3% today and some good news on getting visas down to students. so with that all as a prevailing wind, perhaps there is some good news for the conservatives and taking control of the agenda is the right thing to do. >> i don't think anybody on the labour side will be interpreting any of those things in those ways. i don't think there'll be any sense that...