then we have the solutions, the future loan is 77 percent every weekend on dw, the frances without a government and many blame. the president, michelle, by muse tenure as french prime minister, was shorter than any other in modern french history. and his departure leaves the monument my call with no one to help him steer lunch needed reforms through the grid, locked parliament. today, my call address the nation to explain his side of things, and surprisingly, he doesn't see the land line with him. in a defined speech, he urge the left and right in the country to find new ways to compromise, and he vowed to stay on until the end of his term. but can he undergo really in berlin? and this is the day the

france has no problem in the 3rd, no government, no budget. this, this is the logical conclusion of what brands and its law makers are at the moment a mess. all this political turmoil was prompted by 5 to over frances, such as it's complicated, i don't think anybody's happy i don't have any illusion that a new government will help. meanwhile, the person really calling the shots and friends politics as far right leader marine with us also on the day syrian rebels. dr. government forces from the key city of homo pressure is mounting on president bush, charlotte, sad, cuz this be the beginning of the end for his regime as it is in situations like the one we face today. when you saw everything feels most at risk. and this is

important that the regime previously unreleased chemical weapons on its own. people welcome to the day we started to night in france, where a political crisis is deepening. after the resignation of prime minister, michelle bonnie, frances, sure to serving premier last a vote of no confidence and parliament yesterday and a move supported by the left and the far right. it was the 1st time a french government had been voted down by parliament in more than 60 years that rems up, the pressure on president, the money of my call was struggling to pass and lunch needed reforms and, and addressing mounting economic concerns. now addressing the nation today, mccall said he would have pointed successor to barney soon and that he himself would stay in office until the end of his mandates in 2027. about you'll do it will be such a new book. nobody to come from today. a new year i must begin to g afford,

i've read every wall the most. for friends, a new compromises must be built and it does all best go to this one because we must be on the basis of france. it'd be cut also full to remain and not to put needed. it is your in the coming days i will appointed prime minister. i will charge him with finding a government of representing old political forces, assault me on google, and then log onto. there's any on okay, hold on to the folks reported 6, i'm not going to be available to personally participate. what hold on one case, one gosh, i'm a person's really good plumbing, municipal harmony sequencing. this room the most of the, of the policy office. so clearly this a lot of the g unit was space shuttle so hard because they wanted me to someone about it. no, you said what? don't tell me call come see politically the bundle to the cost. did you show that continued to this? i've used to beat a living. you been? oh, okay, talking about this one journal is daniel brown, who joins us from paris. daniel, further in my call, says he wants to find

a prime minister who represents all political forces. is there anyone in france or on the planet right now who fits that bill? well, it's going to be a hard fits niko, for that hot seed. so given the uncompromising attitude displayed by president, by calling in the speech to the next, or which you just shoot, so that there was no hints of a co habitation in the style of se springs and given the relentless series of defeats my cause, though, since its decision to call elections in july, it would take a break for us. and so i think that they could easily govern us minority governments and a parliament suite. 3 hostile bluffs. as always, seem to leave, it could be the veterans centrist of calls, what they will, or the conservative us the best in the call from you who is currently the minister of a defense of a lease analyst. i also think that it could be use the state now she's part

of the left wing of the socialist party as well as the compromised proposition of the attentive the coalition. and in september, that's a black hole. more or less reject it almost out of hand. but now we're starting to warm our defense that maybe someone in the block can be detached of custody is a former financial director to paris municipality. and today she said, she's ready to assume that role. and this would respect the results of the july legislative. so where her coalition king 1st with a relative majority, those legislators were a gamble. my call talk today he spoke to the people rejecting any kind of blame for the state frances in, is he correct? you know, clearly, you know, it was his decision. it took everyone by surprise to dissolve the national assembly into to call legislative elections in, in june that took place a few weeks later,

it was a total of misunderstanding of the realities and dynamics of the country. and so it's population. he continues to feel of, you know, that he's somehow above the 1000000 easy. it doesn't seem to be listening to the anger in the street. so. and so there's a lassitude of incense. p is space southern and is desired to go all the way through. with his mandates to 2027. he repeated that so this evening's 13 months to riley the population together to you folks to know today and the, you know, the, the is a huge um, reconstruction of this cathedral incentive paris and the paris olympic spirits of, isaac, this was the way that the country must because governs in the kind of national

rallying of the troops of but so i think the are the given this rather smoke. and so the arrogance i to cheat, which seems to dog and be consistent throughout is not that it's a to mandates. it's going to be difficult for able to to continue that position, i think. and it's a long time until 2027 isn't good. do you think he's going to survive that long as well? he is protected by the constitution and he came outside thing about this co in any idea of a resignation, political fantasy. as i say to you, he refused to take care of responsibility for the no confidence motion. that was folks, it's through the 1st time ever in the 5th republic here. i think that was created in 1958 seats. the re runs history um in terms of how it is responsibility for that. and so i think that's up to me and he will be protected as

i say, by the constitution of the streets of are you who do have a role. and today, there was a national striking, the public sector touching education, health the transports of and you know, the, there's genuine finder industries. and we've seen that the streets in the past and parents have managed to, to push through, you know, the best move in. so a certain changes, but so my calling caesar of 2 reading these types of anger and that doesn't seem like he's going to fall in the 13 months ahead. one way or another the far right. and we're reading the pen especially, must be watching all of those and rubbing her hands. oh yeah. i mean the, all the attention is censored on how to use the maker of things. and how it was, thanks to her parties ability to, to uh,

well go through with another uh, no confident solution. i don't want to add all this idea of that because it's not accurate. so of the 2 parts he said, the coalition and f t party, which is a broad coalition including the ecology, piracy, and the social is $56.00 as well as the genuine left wing socialist slipped by me on some of they are not on the same level they are republican and contrary to the national a, the, those are the national friends, the parking parts the live by marine the time which is january extreme right wing parties and quite nc republican in many ways. but she's the sensor, the limelight. she was the 1st to be put on national television. and so it's quite clear that she's happy with how things are going. as journalist daniel brown in paris,

thanks so much. thank you. very and our rebel forces have taken control of the city of homo marking the latest advance and a week long offensive against here in government. troops on a is a strategically important city in the north western part of syria. it's about a 140 kilometers from the country. second largest city, a level which rebel forces took control of last week. and these are the 1st images to emerge from hama, and have been supplied by the rebels media organization. just to be clear, the double you cannot verify when or where these images were taken. the fall of hama is another important setback for the syrian regime of president bush are all a side, and hama is only 200 kilometers away from the capital of damascus. and one of the flash points of the country civil war is a reminder of how the conflict got to this point. a new wave of

violence is exploding in syria. the front lines of the war had been frozen since 2020 leading president assad as a defacto victor. but now the conflict is threatening to read nights and a will that has changed some of the questioning the strength of his position. and whether he's capable of defeating the rebels, aside has maintained an iron grip on power since taking over from his father after his death in $22011.00. during the out of spring, he crushed pro democracy protests starting single position for years to come. throughout the course of the civil war followed, he showed himself willing to use brutal force on his own population. he allegedly carried out a chemical weapons attacked in 2013,

but killed more than 200 people, including children on the posts of damascus held by rebels. something he's consistently denied, but by any measure aside has presided over a catastrophe in syria. under his watch, an estimated 500000 people have been killed in the war. a 1000000 small, the false to flee or displaced. and despite the propaganda molten hoff it's 3 and people are facing food shortages. and the economy is in free full amount of yes. yes, he retains the support of parts of the population, especially minority groups such as allah, whites and christians who see his secularism as it passed in against the extremist vying to take over the country. he has also derives trends from his international allies around its proxies. the militant group has paula and russia all have played a pivotal role in keeping him in power and securing military victories. but to all

of these act as i now distracted all weekend in some way, making its own clear aside will be able to count on the same level of assistance and future to day. some also points out that the ease with which the rebels were able to advance could mean the syrian all me is not as strong as a side would like, could also add to his vulnerability and determine the future of his regime. i always, you know, speak to hide, hide, he is a consulting fellow with the middle east and north africa program at chatham house . hi, good to see you. at the city of hama is seen as of in buffer to protect the capital of damascus. how big a blow is this for a sized grip on power? thank you for having me. um, i think it's a, its massive for different reasons. one of them is related to the strategic location . as you pointed out, there's also a precedent to supply lines to cost in areas,

and it holds um, uh, control over many communities the used to provide a manpower to the st regime, but also comes off the rapids to feed a face. a resume forces in the other parts of syria, not only in the country sides of the people and it live. but as you mentioned, the phone of the city of april for the 1st time, it's now under that flu control of that position. so all of those a coming together as a, uh, closer to the big go to the region. yeah. and, and this, this advance has just taken place at a startling pace, hasn't it? what are the thoughts biggest vulnerabilities and how have the rebels been able to seize the to um yeah, as you mentioned,

i think they the tool man uh front of it is our one as a limited and weak and military as well as financial resources. and then more importantly, the reduce the support, a subs that has been that the, the us, so that's the receiving from, it's a allies with a, that's a russia or iran. and that's mainly due to the engagement of those actors in there on a respective complex whether that's russia and ukraine or an erotic. it's a allies that cause the law against 08 and amenities. so because of those 2 factors, what happened is that when the stress defense line was a sort of for the street to collapse, then it was super easy for the position groups to advance to other area. so it was

a house of cards that i quickly a crumbled. let me turn that question around them because aside has been embattled, as a serious leader for a really long time. was it only iranian, and russian support that has maintained him in power all these years? and they definitely play the big part in allowing us to survive. if you look at the history of the conflict as sense turned into a military one in 2012, you would see that you run a, it's a allies into syria to support the region and allow the regime to stay in power. but it was not enough because the region continues to the newest territory, and then the restaurant 2015 entered the conflict in syria and then gradually

managed to increase a search ability to regain the territories or most of the territories. and the last 2, it's a opponent or his opponents. now, at off to the, there are different factors that contributed to allowing us to empower. one of them is related to the big of different agreements that were brokers between russia and turkey, which prevented at opposition groups from launching similar attacks over the past 4 years. and this is why i think we, we see this trend at changes to all of doors and factors that allows us to maintain the has that power uh over a. ready most of the areas he controls centered researchers. and so you're, you're set on the pass that a new push for lasting piece is needed. how could that happen? and under whose leadership, you know, well, uh,

now a clear way, ford is uh, or the, uh, sort of, uh, uh, designed or at least a drawing based on the you and there is an ocean, 2254 which created a road map for a district and the parties to the conflict to reach a political agreement. now what happens after that is that many actors viewed the conflict and syria as a frozen conflict because they have other priorities on because the political process was complicated and was not progressing. most of them at last interest moved that session elsewhere. now, we are in a situation where the conflict is active again. and this is creating a momentum where international actors could again push for a put

a ticket process for this to be successful. they have to put the pressure on the parties on the ground to come to the table and to reach a mutually accepted agreement. you have called the rebels resend advance. one of the most significant campaigns of serious conflict which has been going on, you know, since 2012, at least. what do you think it might mean for the region and beyond or what i think will the 1st will have to wait and see how will that change the conflict in syria. but if it. ready is that, for example, at push for a political process that way to reach a peaceful and political, a solution to the conflict. and if that's where we're heading, then that for sure with the impact of the iran as sort of reach ability to

and not only at projects power across the region, but also keeps applying for the law and uh, and living on. uh, so it could uh, have significant impact on the right to its networks and the reason, but if we look at the scenario in which the conflict continues to. ready at every now and then at witness clashes, then maybe we will continue to see syria to playing a sort of a disturbing and this to realizing the rules in the region and keep pushing refugees to try to make their way out of the country. those height, height of chatham house, thank you so much for all those insights. thank you for holding

the surface president, richard type arrow on his lawn promise to end violence against women and girls, but cases of sexual assault and domestic abuse remain widespread rights groups have recorded more than 400 some sites so far this year. critics and keys are to on and his government of fostering a sense of impunity and an already patriarchal society. the more and more women are now taking their safety into their own hands. is there a corresponding julia 100 reports these women are learning to fight back twice a week. they newton and east symbols, forceful for motion, not less than many here want to know how they can defend themselves against a thoughts and harassment on the street, on public transport, or maybe even at home. some have already had threatening experiences, you know, who is a conviction about 5 years ago i was harassed in my own neighborhood with them. i

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now on the team to ministry is kind of product feels like there's the rate the business data for you news and these are a top stories, some french prime minister michelle barnett has submitted his resignation to president and my new and i call this comes a day after barney lost a vote of no confidence in parliament and the move support is 5 the left and the far right. my call has asked him to remain in the office of caretaker until a replacement is found there in rubble forces of taken control of the strategically important north western city of hom, a marking the latest advance and.