laura: welcome back, you're watching live from paris on "france 24." another shaken in french politics, relative unknowns are assigned post in the macron government. queen's.k., a low-key speech as parliament here's the government's plan for the next two years, heavy on brexit and light on domestic policy. the opposition is unconvinced. and a shake up in saudi arabia as the king replaces his nephew with his son as next in line for the throne. the 31 euro rose to prominence over his role in the war in yemen.

♪ laura: here in france, and you cabinet has been unveiled after series of resignations at the government of a host of relative unknowns have been named to senior cabinet positions, some who has beene named defense minister and is one of three women to be assigned a senior cabinet post. and former lawmaker bruno le maire has been named economy minister. claire williams tells us more about the changes. shakeup ofen a big the french cabinet. altogether, 30 members, 15 men and 15 women.

two women have received senior posts. defense and for the justice ministry. interesting is that emmanuel macron and his prime minister have made a real effort to try to change the way things are structured in the cabinet so that we don't see the kind of rivalries that emmanuel macron saw when he was economy minister. what they've done is that no longer will junior ministers have their own departments are portfolios to manage. instead, they will be attached to a senior minister as a kind of equity. emmanuel macron hopes that will prevent the kind of rivalries he economyd when he was minister when francois hollande was president. laura: that announcement came just hours after the man who helped emmanuel macron to power quit his post.

ministerown as justice because of a probe into wrongdoing. he said he had done nothing wrong. >> a campaign began based on anonymous denunciations trying to accuse the party i am president of of setting up a system of fake jobs. jobsve never had any fate -- fake jobs. everyone has had a contract and pay slips, and that will be easy to prove. laura: the shakeup has left much of the opposition wrongfooted. haveonservative party may avoided the fate of the socialists who are now down to you doesn't reason argument, but their support is severely diminished. now the remaining members are split over whether or not to cooperate with emmanuel macron. alexander old cut has the story.

>> the crack in the party has turned into a chasm with the creation of a new group in parliament. brings group will together in peas and independent mps who we know are part of the right and center right. and who will share with us the willingness to work together towards the common good in the national assembly. to put political practices before all partisan considerations. constructiveitled are made up of around 20 public and mps and our around 15 from the centrist party that chose to take part in this project. will break away from the old political world, from this kind of systematic opposition by reflex, by pavlovian conditioning to all the government's proposals, even when the prime minister is a

member of our political family, and even sometimes to oppose what we propose yesterday. we don't want this kind of politics. >> hardliners from the open were quick to dismiss the new group and want to play no part in it. constructive's are behaving like they are the only ones who are constructive. i would rather call them the opportunists. they've played against our candidates and have made them lose, so i'm not sorry to see them leave. >> on the other side of the the divide this morning, traditionally republican mps reelected the leader of their group. laura: it was a pared down queen speech in the british parliament today is queen lieberman -- queen elizabeth delivered the government's plan for the next two years. came close to another royal event but it was also in keeping with the national mood, following a series of terrorist attacks and it deadly fire at a tower block.

the speech highlighted theresa may's reduced majority. most of the proposals related to brexit and there was little mention of domestic policy. opposition labor leader jeremy corbyn called the speech threadbare. the queen was the center of attention, but it's the neck that the prime minister and her government collects that are on the line. that's something theresa may was reminded of as she left 10 downing street to hear the speech. queenr first and last speech, prime minister p regrets according to the constitution, queen elizabeth speech outline the government's plans for the new parliament. as expected, the speech was brexit center. eight of 27 bills the queen mentioned deal with the process of britain's divorce from the eu. isthe government's priority to secure the best possible deal as the country leaves the european union. my ministers are committed to withng with parliament and

both administrations to bill the widest possible consensus on the country's future outside the european union. >> plans on the domestic front include increasing the national living wage and reviewing the country's counterterrorism strategy. the speech was most notable for what was missing. gone were controversial policies mentioned in the prime minister's election campaign such as the changes to finding for the elderly. there was also no mention of president donald trump's invitation for a state visit which sparked widespread criticism. opposition leader jeremy corbyn calmest to introduce substantial amendments to the speech. speech will go to a vote in parliament next week. the government's -- for the government's version to get mps approval, it will likely need the support of 10 mps from the dup party, but a deal with the conservatives is not yet certain. laura: lawmakers have been debating the queen speech before

a vote takes place to discuss -- to discuss in more detail i'm joined by a politics professor at warwick university. thanks very much indeed for joining us. -- the queengests speech suggest theresa may has abandoned her plans for domestic reform if she's -- if she still in power, the next two years will be all about brexit. abouteed, it will all be brexit. eight of the 27 bills relate to brexit, so that will dominate parliamentary time over the next couple of years. government has been severely criticized for not providing enough detail on how the brexit negotiations are going to go. >> said is true. were still very thin on detail areerms of what the bills wrong to contain. there are divisions of opinion in the government. the chancellor has a different perspective from that of the

prime minister. she's a very unstable prime minister with a very unstable government. a lot of mps were pointing out today that theresa may has yet to form a deal with the northern irish party. it's difficult for her to see two years into the future, let alone over the next few months. >> she is in an unstable situation. the question is whether they can form some kind of enduring deal and clearly there have been details about the financial assistance that the dup has been asking for northern ireland. laura: it will be difficult to sell to the british public. quick it will. way money is the distributed to the administrations. laura: mps will vote on today's queens speech anytime over the

next week or so. what if they don't back her speech, what happens then? >> then of course it is a matter of confidence. the government would have to stand down and jeremy corbyn would see to form a government, but it will be difficult for him to get the support of the house of commons as well. so that would lead to another election, but i don't think that's going to happen. the dup do not want to see jeremy corbyn at 10 downing street. laura: theresa may apologized for the state both national and towerfor the fire in the block west week in which dozens of people lost their lives. do you think that apology will go some way to address the huge public anger over this disaster? go a little way. clearly the response was very inadequate for this very serious incident.

i think more than apologies are required. there has to be action to deal with the policies is still remain. laura: thank you very much indeed. belgian police say a man who bomb at detonate a nail the main train station in brussels last night was a supporter of the islamic state group. the 36-year-old moroccan national was shot dead by police. hurting thewas incident. police say today they found explosive materials in the man's home. reporter: the focus is once neighborhood in brussels as investigators look into the background of the men who carried out a bomb attack on the city's train station. several of the men who carried out terror attacks in paris two that ago also came from troubled neighborhood. belgian officials say the man, who has only been identified by his initials, was a 36 euros moroccan and known to police,

but not for links to terrorism. at his home, investigators say they found evidence of bomb making materials. federal prosecutors say they have also discovered indications that the suspect had sympathies for the islamic state group. on tuesday night, the assailant tried to detonate a suitcase in the busy central station. and smallained nails -- the man then returned to the hole. whilehed to a soldier shouting. the soldier immediately opened fire and hit the individual several times. he died on the spot as a result of his injuries. he did not wear a belt. >> the belgian prime minister said it could've been much worse. he thanked the security forces for preventing a terrorist attack. unit ishreat analysis maintaining its threat level at

three, which means a possible and credible threat, which has been the case for several months already. >> belgium has been on high alert since suicide bombers kill 32 people on the metro and at the airport last march. the world's most dangerous battleground in syria, jihadisthe city isis proclaimed their caliphate back in 2014. the offensive began to weeks ago. troops surrounded the city and are now moving in. our correspondent is there. our mission is to supply the syrian democratic forces most advanced position inside raqqa. the streets are deserted. the whole city is mined. >> food, water, i carry

everything they need, and even sometimes they're wounded comrades, i will go back to look for them. >> today he assumed a sniper position with his comrades. thisd 25 years old, unfinished bunker. >> we are at the front. here it is controlled by the islamic state group. wholeontrol the neighborhood to this line. everyone rushes to their combat station. a buildingack toward where they have spotted enemy snipers.

>> you see those buildings down there where there is a residence? they are in the third building. isthe islamic state position simply too far for these machine guns, so the fighters have called in an airstrike. , the coalition bombs the designated target. >> they came and they struck there. the isis position to the coalition. it is a 100% it. a second strike injures the position is destroyed. tonight, fighters will be able to edge further toward the heart of raqqa. eluded u.s.s presidents for decades, a peace

deal between israel and the palestinians, but u.s. president donald trump's son-in-law is giving it his best shot. 36 euro jared kushner, a real estate developer with little experience in politics or diplomacy is meeting with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. later he will meet with mahmoud abbas. he is spinning just 20 hours in the region before he heads back to washington. the trump administration said the trip is about keeping the conversation going, rather than pushing for a fresh round of peace talks. the king ofe move, saudi arabia has ousted his nephew is next in line to the throne and replaced him with his son. the 31 euro will be much younger than any of the elderly monarchs who have ruled the kingdom. made his name overseeing the saudi led war in yemen and has pushed for closer ties with the united states. soul, he's31 your

now next in line to the saudi throne. beene mohammed has appointed to succeed his 81-year-old father. king salmon announced the decree wednesday on state television. decreess issued royal relieving his nephew from crown prince and appointing his royal highness as crown prince and deputy prime minister. >> under saudi tradition, the throne is passed from brother to brother and not father to son, but in 2015, the king skipped over a prison setting up his own succession. now by stripping his nephew of hastitle, king salman shaken things up once again. but it was not entirely unexpected. the move represents a continuity of current policy.

>> he's been the motivating force and has led this kind of reinstatement with the united drivingill and was the force behind ringing donald trump over for the summit. its commitment to driving through the economic reforms. >> his youth may prove popular as more than half the saudi population is under 25. the appointment will give him even more influence as he pushes for the saudi vision of a privatization program and in foreign policy where he spent instrumental in promoting the war in yemen and the blockade of qatar. let's get some business news, kate moody is in the studio. let's talk about a company that has revolutionized the way we all travel, uber. the company ceo is stepping down. kate: just a week after saying

he would take a leave of absence, he has stepped away from the ridesharing app that he founded back in 2009. shareholder pressure had continued to grow in the wake of investigations into sexual harassment and aggressive culture at the company. a number of top executives have left or been fired in the last year. i spoke with a chief executive of kawasaki in california and asked whether he thought the resignation was inevitable. uber.s great news for the leave of absence with some sort of committee running the company was really just an attempt to maintain control of the company, but clearly shareholders were not going to deal with that. i think it was a smart move for him to resign. >> a lot of the controversy has been focused on the allegations of sexual harassed and a sexist, rather macho work culture. can uber change that environment?

absolutely, and i think they have the right person to do it in arianna huffington. out expect a massive cultural shift. they've already cleared up most of the problem executives and i think it is an easy shift to make. that culture has no place in today's modern workplace. something that's talked about more broadly in silicon valley. do you think the changes might reverberate throughout that tech sector? >> i hope it does. it's time to get rid of founders who cannot run companies, who dollarssed billions of and have no accountability to shareholders who then burn all that capital. kate: let's check in on the day's trading action. wall street has been fairly mixed throughout the session, the nasdaq is up and take stocks resumed their trading through up .65% this hour after rising

slightly as the u.s. said it's oil stockpile had decreased. oil prices down about 2% this hour. european stocks close down about .3%. probably it was the biggest loser. a reorganization had not gone as planned and wait on its annual profit. the king of saudi arabia has named his son and successor which gives him more power to diversify the economy. last year he outlined an ambitious plan to reduce the kingdom's on oil revenue and develop the private sector, including selling nearly 5% of --s eight oil -- data line state owned oil giant aramco. it's not the only economy looking beyond oil. six members of the gulf cooperation council are set to introduce a value-added tax.

they plan to make the move next year. >> the gulf countries have long been known as tax-free havens. but with oil profits tumbling, the energy rich states are looking for new, more sustainable sources of income. for the first time ever, they are getting ready to introduce v.a.t. >> it's about fiscal sustainability for the future. this is an important tool allowing government to generate more revenue. >> value-added tax is an indirect tax collected by businesses on behalf of the government. it's run by consumers, not businesses. forysts say it will be good the gold, with the growth rate of just 5%, it will be one of the lowest in the world and unlikely to reduce the region's appeal to ex-pats.

some traders are not thrilled with the prospect. he said he will have to bear the tax of the cost. >> clients will not pay the extra 5%. already traders are going to china because of the rates and terms of customs and taxes are low there. if the introduce the a t here, no one will come. here, no introduce vat one will come. delay itsay also introduction. kate: some of the day's other business headlines, to tschida has selected a government-backed better to buy memory chip business. the conglomerate hopes to close the sale to the consortium including private investors by next week for a reported $20 billion.

shares in caught a plummeted by plummetedin takata after report said it was planning to file for bankruptcy. it was at the center of an exploding airbag scandal that caused at least 17 deaths worldwide. as brexit talks continue in brussels, j.p. morgan chase is looking for more office space outside the u.k. the bank and many others have confirmed plans to move hundreds of jobs out of london to preserve access to the european single market. there had been talk of a slowing sector but the aviation industry is reporting a rebound in sales during this week's paris air show. boeing has come out on top for the first time in five years. the american plane manufactory -- manufacture one orders for jets worth about $52 billion.

the french-based airbus has secured orders for only about half as much. it is ok sing on meeting its delivery targets rather than featuring new sales. a joint venture has racked up a oford 27 billion euros worth orders during this week's show. an arch rival of the british rolls-royce told us he doesn't expect it industry as a whole to be impacted by brexit. >> we are on the worldwide market and were serving 570 customers today all over the world. brexitnally don't think is going to affect the airline in the u.k., but it does represent a business that is to disturb enough

the situation. i really believe the air kind -- the airlines and the u.k. will be fine in spite of brexit. kate: we'll have a special edition airing on thursday. laura: thanks very much, kate moody. we are taking a short break. stay with us, more still to come. ♪

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