respect. this is g.w. news live from berlin tonight the french president tries to make the yellow vest protesters stop seeing red and hold on to his job emanuel microland unveiling a list of reforms in response to months of yellow vest protests protests in the challenge his authority he's willing to cut taxes but he's also making demands on french workers also coming up joe biden hits the campaign trail to become the next u.s. president the former u.s. vice president warning that the soul of the nation is at stake if donald trump wins

in second term truck reacted today with a tweet calling biden sleep eja. plus can you see yourself competing in sports with this kind of vision tonight reports on the insights into playing sports with visual disability. i bring golf it's good to have you with us the president of france today presented reforms hoping that they will end months of a yellow vest protest protests which have challenged his authority in a bid to restore order to the country emanuel is pledging to cut income taxes for the middle class and to make it easier to hold referendums but he also says there will be no tolerance for a repeat of the violent protests of recent months it will be. today above

all public order must return it's essential that we come together. but i don't want the actions of some people to do eclipse the just demands that were put forward at the start of this movement and that were broadly supported if you. are joining me here the big table is my colleague in montreal that shunts she's been covering this street and she's been covering the yellow best for just forestdale for quite some time it's good to see you again so the french president he said he's willing to cut income taxes what else well yes i think he's talk tonight was quite significant is the first time he holds a press conference on domestic matters we know he's not a fan of the exercise he doesn't like to have this much and he's been answering questions for the whole for most of the evening and what's interesting is that yes he promised he would tax because he actually acknowledged the end of s.

movements by saying by by calling it a movement and he also said he had learned a lot about him that there is those think six months of protests here so defined french people as the children of enlightenment which is very micro now as they say in french he likes to use is tens of phrases that you know are these children you know what it meant to did he say that he acknowledged that their demands are valid . yes i know he acknowledged that demands however he's unapologetic on his part if he's going to carry on the reforms he also saida dodd he believed in elected officials and he believed in their legitimacy of people in charge to carry out those reforms so yes he acknowledges the demands that he's carrying carrying on as he was doing for two years to you know we've seen these these images here of the protests will the overs that he's making tonight will they be enough to send the yellow best protesters home for good well the problem with

a man and i cry is that he's very good at such speeches he's very good at making promises and that's why he was elected that's why sixty percent of the french people actually. voted for him but now his popularity rate is at thirty percent because people do not trust him anymore and he acknowledged single parents people with disability people living in reuben a areas also pension as he said he would do something for pensions with that be enough he has been completely deaf to those demands for two years and he's running he's looking ahead full twenty twenty twenty two for he was the second like did wright's men date exactly so he's trying to you know mend the house be done so exactly what about his relationship with the german chancellor angela merkel he was asked about that and he admitted things have not been as good as maybe they should he did acknowledge that and he used to at the time in the us he also conceded discrepancy discrepancies as

particularly on the scenes of threats it and climate saying he said however that the confrontations with the german chancellor where faith for a tie and so it is room for improvement in those relations let me let's go and see what happens all right the man was shot as always thank you thank you. here are some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world french forensic specialties specialists have entered a new leader for the first time to gather evidence on the cause of last week's blaze a fire devastated the roof and destroyed the spire of the centuries old got that masterpiece police are treating the fire as an accident tens of thousands of sudanese protesters have gathered outside army headquarters in the capital khartoum their million strong march is intended to turn up the heat on the ruling military council on wednesday the military in protest leaders agreed to form a joint committee to pave the way to civilian rule. more than seventy protestors

have been injured after moroccan police used water cannon and but tons to break up a teachers' protest in the capital thousands had taken to the streets of robots on wednesday to protest their employment terms health authorities in the united states say that cases of measles have climbed to their highest level since two thousand nearly seven hundred cases of the virus have been reported this year the resurgence is attributed largely to misinformation that is turning parents against vaccines. well former us vice president joe biden has officially announced he is running for the white house in twenty twenty ending months of speculation biden made the announcement on twitter saying that the soul of the nation is at stake with donald trump's bid for reelection the seventy six year old joins an already crowded field of mighty no other democratic hopefuls competing for their party's nomination biden is the most experienced of the democratic candidates he served as president obama's

vice president for eight years and he's been a senator since the one nine hundred seventy s. is are for more this is go to washington our correspondents all over salad is on the story for us good evening to you. so we've got joe biden announcement bringing the field of democratic candidates up to twenty now do we know why did biden decide to join the race is he joining kind of late. well brendan his video announcement today he said that the american values will be at stake and that will be the reason why he's running now he also said that the crucial moment when he decided to run was back in two thousand and seventeen when at a far right protest in a child's villa a counter a demonstrator counter protester died and donald trump at the time refused to condemn these neo nazi protesters joe biden really focused his video announcement

on these events and said that was the moment when he decided to run to avoid another term of donald trump literally but of course there is more behind than that . joe biden has been dubbed like something like the eternal candidate for all four decades almost she ran in one thousand nine hundred eighty eight she ran again in two thousand and. twenty sixteen but then made way for hillary clinton this time around will be different though because he was already in paul's came out as the most popular of all candidates even before officially announcing his spirits so now he will certainly also make the case that he's the most likely one to defeat donald trump and twenty twenty years certainly has the advantage particularly because everyone in the united states knows you know is his name how does biden's bid change the competition in the calculus of that competition. well we're witnessing a very interesting moment drive now in the run up to the primary election so the

whole party the democratic party shifted to the left we have a record number of candidates running minorities a representative a lot of female candidates many candidates are young also but joe biden is long enough that he's seventy six years old a white old man if you will. but yet is a very popular figure in politics he's either considered something like an elder statesman or an old school politician that has passed his time so waters will have to see where they see themselves when they support him but the crucial point here is that he's got credibility among blue collar voters and that can be crucial this time around it's a very good points in his political record some people have said is a living record of how old the democratic party itself has evolved over the last fifty years so all over we've got joe biden gives. it would that be the choice that

americans would look forward to on election day what do you hear. potentially yes i mean it will be interesting because he will not be an easy opponent for donald trump donald trump has been trying to paint the democratic like a bunch of radical socialist and that would probably not work with joe biden he considers himself rather a moderate politician a centrist stance and he's got great chances. you know especially because of that he's got great chances to get support in the industrial midwestern regions of the united states if you speak to voters the air of democratic voters who supported trump in two thousand and sixteen they would actually tell you it really depends on who's running hillary clinton back at the time was a hate figure but joe biden is not too joe biden is really able to speak at eye level with the working class that can make the difference but first of all of

course he has to win the primaries next year that's right the domination actually for good by a bigger battle that actually winning on election day we'll have to see oversell in washington is always over thank you. well crowds have been converging on army headquarters in sudan's capital khartoum demanding civilian rule they are answering calls for a million strong march which demands that the country's new military government step aside the military council took power earlier this month after deposing the longtime president omar al bashir. and they've come from far and wide to take part in the million strong march opposition groups are relying on their strongest weapon the power of the street they're demanding the military step aside. i didn't want to make any one civilian rule it's as simple as that. there should be jobs for everyone we have to get this country back on track that's in. the

protestors are trying to keep up pressure where it counts outside army headquarters in khartoum. last night three controversial members of the military council step down a concession to the opposition. the military says the two sides are ready agree on many points a joint committee has been put into place to work out unresolved issues but the opposition remains skeptical. that the goals of the revolution are not negotiable where the time and to implement them in full well only discussing how to reach these goals. of these distressed runs deep after thirty years of dictatorship the protesters say they'll stay here until their demands are met. well a new virtual reality exhibition in sweden is giving the public a chance to experience what it's like to play sports if you're visually impaired

the display is sponsored by. you had to give up a promising football career after he lost almost all of his sight. a pair of goggles and the sense of all that is needed to get found some insight into the difficulty of playing football with various visual impairments such as albinism glow coma. you are now experiencing class b. two and albinism in this case there was also a mix with congenital cataract causing cloudy islands as together with secondary glaucoma affecting each eye differently the system developed by the swedish power sports federation is being promoted by fat miss sarah messi at age thirteen his footballing career was abruptly ended by a glow coma he wasn't very good at football i dreamt of plane full fall in the big leagues. and of course it was like. you could you could say that my my dreams to just use. the lights went out of my dreams

but a new sport helped them dream again fatma sara messi took up a gold bull in which teams of three compete using a pole with bells in it it gave thought mr messi the chance to win a world championship and two paralympic medals for sweden. is looks like we can see when we do our sport but it's very important for me to be able to show people how much as. a whole home little i actually can see. sarah messi now hopes the v.o.r. project will raise awareness for visually impaired athletes and also help sports like gold will gain popularity. all right here's a reminder the top stories that we're following for you french president. has presented his long awaited reforms in a bid to quell months of widespread protests and yellow best movement is demanding more income equality saying that next on favors the rich and former u.s.

vice president joe biden is hitting the campaign trail he's announced that he is running for u.s. president he joins a crowded democratic field faces questions about his own past you're watching e.w. news i bring golf v.w. business is up next with stephen beardsley stick around for that. i'm secure that of a war that hard and in the end is a me you're not a lot of the animal we was and to that. are you familiar with this. with the smugglers were alliances are being what's your story. and what numbers and women especially are victims of violence in recent.