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divided. that's what i would advise the prime minister in the coming days. >> he said i will stay the full course of my mandate, a full five-year mandate to 2027, despite those calling for me to resign. >> he was frustrated that he didn't seem to have been able to expand to the french people why he call the snap elections over the summer that fractured the french political system and delivered this impasse that france is facing. ♪ >> french president said he will announce a country's next prime minister in the coming days. the president accused opponents of choosing chaos and said they were not thinking of voters. we will have the latest for you, live from paris.

also ahead in the program, the british prime minister sets out his plan for change with targets that cover the economy, housebuilding and the health service. police in new york release new, clear images of the person they are searching for after an insert -- insurance company boss was shot dead in manhattan. we begin tonight with some breaking news from the united states. over the last hour, a powerful earthquake has been detected off the coast of california. the united states geological survey says it was a seven magnitude quake that was recorded at a depth of 10 kilometers. multiple aftershocks have been reported since the initial earthquake that struck around 2:00 local time. the governor of california is now meeting with states emergency officials. these are the large images were getting right now from a helicopter just south of the area where the quake was reported. a little earlier, a tsunami

warning was in place ang a significant stretch of coastline in california. you can see there on screen the warning has -- the tsunami warning has been canceled by authorities in the united states but nonetheless authorities are trying to assess the scale of any damages. peter, what we know right now about any damage that has been reported or the significance of this earthquake? it appears it was just off the coast, but at a relatively shallow depth. peter: that is significant that it was at a relatively shallow depth. a magnitude of 7.0 is potentially a very large earthquake but it does depend on the depth and the location. this was offshore, it happened about 125 time ago. -- an hour ago. one of 5.8 a few minutes later

was an aftershock. that shows this was powerful and has consequences across a large region of northern california. the closest, tensely most effective town is ferndale, which is just to the north of sacramento, the state capital of california. as yet, we are not hearing of any reports of damages or significant damage or anyone being hurt by this earthquake. as you say there was a tsunami warning, and that doesn't always happen. when a tsunami warning is issued, people are ordered to get away from the coastline, they are potential -- potentially endanger. mobile phone notifications went out to that effect, but in the last few minutes the warning -- clearly the risk has been assessed and determined that a tsunami warning isn'tessary,

which i think is good news for everyone concerned. it suggests there may not be any lingering damage after this earthquake. ben: we are looking at images, one is there on ocean beach in san francisco and another above the beach a little further to the north, we believe. talk about the response from the emergency services, because this is something they are always prepared for. what are the processes they will go through in terms of assessing whether there is any damage and what their response may be. peter: this is a tried and tested response in california. i'm in southern california at the moment, it happens quite frequently in the los angeles area. clearly san francisco is one of those districts of california that is particularly prone to earthquakes. so the emergency services have a tried and tested routine. the fire services go out immediately to look at important

infrastructure areas like bridges and key buildings in the area to assess whether they can visually see any damage. that will be happening right now. the governor has been meeting with the emergency response officials that gather extremely quickly in situations like this to assess the situation and they will have been privy to the information leading up to the tsunami warning being lifted. it is generally being interpreted as good news. ben: i know you will stay across that story if there are any further developments. it's worth saying, you can see the details on the screen, but a 7.0 magnitude has been reported just off the coast of northern california. a little earlier a tsunami warning was issued affecting 4.7

million people that live along the coast of cafornia. that has now been retracted and it seems concerns about a tsunami caused by that quake, those concerns now easing somewhat but there will now be an assessment of any damage that's been caused to critical infrastructure, roads and railways in the area. there are reports of some resints in the area talking about significant movement, some homes they say have been damaged in the area they live, but we know the epicenter was near ferndale and california, a small city to the north of the county. so we don't really have any assessments at the moment of whether there has been significant damage but we will bring you more when we get it. elsewhere are other main story this hour, french president emmanuel macron said he will announce the country's next prime minister in the coming days. in an address to the nation, he

rejected calls to stand down, saying he will remain president until the end of his mandate. it comes after mr. barnier lost a no-confince vote on wednesday. president macron has asked him to stay on in a caretaker capacity while his successor is chosen. he began by thanking him for his dedication and his unwillingness to give up. he blamed the extreme right and extreme left for yesterday's unprecedented no-confidence vote against him. >> parliament voted no-confidence in the government, despite all concessions made by the prime minister to the parliamentary group. the extreme right and the extreme left joined in an antirepublican front and because the forces governing french yesterday -- i know some people

want to point a finger at me. it's a lot easier. i've always accepted my responsibility. whether there were mistakes our successes, but i've never taken on the responsibility of non-parliamentarians who have decided to bring down the government and budget a few days before christmas. we have to set our ambitions high for france. we cannot allow ourselves to be divided or static. ben: that was mr. macron speaking a little earlier. let's take you live to paris, mark, good evening to you. it has been a day of significant political developments theren france. what have we learned from mr. macron tonight? mark: a very loud police siren

going by as you asked that question. ben: i was just asking what we've learned after day of significant political developments in france. that speech from mr. macron relatively short. is there anything new that we learn from it tonight? mark: we learned that there will be no announcement of a prime minister tonight. a caretaker government will lead the day-to-day business of government and a new prime minister will nominated in the coming days. the budget for this year will be rolled over into next year, that will provide some reassurance to people in a public sense of how salaries will be paid, that frce will not just up the business of government. he was insistent on the fact that despite calls for his resignation from those who feel it is president macron who has led france into this period of intense division and stagnation, that he has no intention of designing and said he will see out his full five-year term.

this is the president is not know for his mistakes or humility but he said he did accept some responsibility for the difficult situation that france finds itself in after those inconclusive parliamentary elections that he called over the summer he was also fiercely critical of his opponents, saying the far left and the far-right were, in his words, and antirepublican front that brought down michelle barney's government out of pure political and personal ambition. nor is a former member of the european parliament for the center-right party which is the party barnier is from. thank you very much for joining us. do you draw reassurance at all from president krohn speech tonight, odo you feel more concerned about the chaos that is now ensuing? >> we knew something because he said it in a very firm way, he

said i will not resign. this is a fact, so he will keep his mandate until the end of his mandate. the second thing is an appeal to different parties to work together and to learn how to do compromises. as you know, france not used to do this job, it is more the european level. barnier is someone who is very experienced and he led the negotiation with the u.k. during the brexit process. so he came with the background and he was sure he would succeed in that work. unfortunately, the far-right, far left work together to make

him -- to put him out of the government. so what we learn from macron is he will not resign and an appeal to the democratic and republican parties to work together and to learn how to do compromises. ben:barnier came with experience but he's from a relatively small party in the french parliament after the elections. do you accept that he being prime minister did not represent the will of the majority of french citizens and that he was the wrong choice at the wrong time? >> it was the wrong choice for the left and the extreme right, but if you see the polls on his popularity in overall friends, the french citizens were very keen to see him lead the country and the government. so he had popularity, and it's a

pity that two extreme parties came together and defeated him. it shouldn't have happened, because the french were ok with barnier, they were willing to see the results of his politics and he didn't have this chance. ben: he is now the shortest serving prime minister of france's for through public which began in 1958, he was in office for just three months. your former member of the european parliament. what do you think the chaos and turmoil happening here in france t coury on a european stage and indeed on an international stage at the moment, just weeks before donald trump takes office in the white house? >> it's a bad time, of course, because when there is a

disturbance and instability in the country, that makes the country weaker. it's not a powerful position for france currently. but we hope that the next prime minister will provide some stability, will bring together the forces to work together and to define a line in politics to serve the country. so we are still waiting and i hope that we will find something and recover a certain stability. we know the fces extreme right and left will act -- asked for the resignation of macron, and i don't think it would be a good decision or choice. ben: former member of the european parliament for the center-right party, thank you

very much indeed. nomination of a new primee minister and a candidate who can come onto unity in this deeply fragmented and divided french parliament, coming amid economic concerns with the french deficit twice the limit imposed by the europe union. so there's a real pressure on president macron to find somebody fast to steady the markets and steady france's nerves. ben: mark, thank you, we will be back live with you later. nina, we heard in that interview with mark the word stability used a lot, and right now what france does not have instability. talk me through the coming days. we know the new prime minister will be named. how will that happen and how does that bring stability back to france right now? nina: krohn said in his short speech that they can try and sort of keep the country on even

economic keel to pass an emergency budget. the french budget is passed in two parts. this is the first part that it fell on, the social security budget. they need to pay civil servants and peoples pensions and salaries and so forth. they will have to try to pass emergency legislation the moment they have a premiere and a functional govnment that can be named. he appeared to say that will happen by mid december. ben: mr. macron also laying the blame squarely at those opposition politicians. he said they had chosen chaos and were not thinking about the voters, suggesting their interest was simply in the next presidential election. marine le pen had the power to potentially save the government but did not choose to do so. she is talk about censorship at not being antirepublican. mark: it's a sick -- nina: it's

essentially a motion of no confidence. it is an antidemocratic, you should know, your the guarantor of the french constitution as the french president. it is part of the constitution and it is a legitimate response to a budget that parliament could not agree upon. ben: it will be fascinating to see how this unfolds in the day ahead. we will talk more about that throughout the program. there is more on the website. around the world and across the u.k., you are watching bbc news.

be you're with "the context." the prime minister says britain is broken but not beyond repair. the words of the prime minister as he set out when he is calling his plan for change. he wants to focus on improving living standards and not just

boosting economic growth. five months aftewinning the general election, he set out six targets, including building affordable homes, reducing mhs waiting times and making streets safer. he also explained how he intends to do so. the conservatives have called it a desperate attempt. let's talk to a political journalist and commentator. good to have you on the program. what did you make of what you heard from the prime minister today? julia: it sounded a great deal like motherhood and apple pie. there is nothing there that anyone could disagree with. in common with the rest of the country, i would be thinking, yes, but how are you going to achieve it? you said that he said how he would do it, i don't know that we do know how it's going to be achieved. ben: the government tends to call these milestones and not targets. you would imagine if it's a target it's quantifiable, you

can measure it and see if it's achieved. it's hard to know whether milestones have that same sort of scrutiny. julia: also the world -- the word milestone is very terrifyingly close to the word millstone. do you remember headstone? when ed miliband was the leader. what is going on here, despite saying it's not a relaunch, the labour party is trying to put some bullets in its guns and show the country is doing something. the last five months have been disappointing particularly for members of the labour party. i keep coming across people who say they were delighted to get riof the house government and the resulting election showed us that. but we haven't had any sense that anything has changed. it was known as post euphoria

predelivery. people want to know that something is happening. they want to feel that there is a change going on and that hasn't quite happened yet. ben: did labor get this really wrong? not just on the messaging, in the early days the msaging was little to pessimistic. but one might imagine that with years in opposition they might've been a little more organized in determining what the first six or 12 months of a new government might look like, not having to do it five months on. julia: there's a lot of inexperience there. of course keir starmer is a lawyer by training rather than a politician. he himself has referred to the fact that he's not of the tribe of politicians and that certainly showed to start with. the party's inexperience, it's been out of office for 14 years.

two generations probably politicians have moved on. there aren't many people there who really know how the system works. what today's message was about was also about getting the civil service to deliver what the public wants. they want to sense that the government knows what it's doing and it hasn't been responding to issues, rather than setting the course. ben: julio, good to have you on the program. in new york city, police have released two new images of the person they are searching for after gunmen shot dead the boss of one of the world's biggest health-care companies on wednesday. these are the latest images and you can see the face of the person of interest is fully visible for the first time. earlier images show the gunman wearing a mask. investigators say they have be responsible.as to who might the words deny, defend, depose

were carved into the shell casing retrieved at the scene of the attack. ron thompson was fatally shot, a man appeared to be waiting for him. he ran united health care and was outside the hilton hotel. the gunmen fled the scene and was last seen riding an electric bike through central park. michelle, what is the significance of these new images? a lot of people will wonder how this could go on in the center of one of the biggest cities in the world and police are no closer to getting the person responsible at this stage. show: it was such a brazen attack and that's what people are marveling at, the audacious news of it. it's like finding a needle in the haystack in terms of trying to identify this person, but the flipside of that is, it is also

city that has a lot of cameras all over and police have been scouring through that trying to find footage and understand the killers movements prior to the shooting. we obviously have that footage showed of the time of the attack and police seem to be tracing him back to a hostel on the upper west side of new york city. the footage shows the gunman's face for the first time because you may recall in that initial video he is wearing a hoodie and a mask on his face. so being able to show that and get it out to the public is all part of efforts to try to close the circle and track him down. ben: the other significant breakthrough is the words found those -- they found those words etched onto the shell casing. what is the significance of

those? >> so far police have not given any motive as to why this might have happened. but the significance of those words, those words are typically associated with language people think about with insurance companies that they may use when they deny claims. so there was a feeling that perhaps there was a grudge the gunman may have held against the ceo of one of america's largest private insurers. ben: keep us updated, and stay with us here in the program. we have art look at the latest developments of the week in ai in the next announcer: funding for presentation of this program is provided by... financial services firm, raymond james.

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