nnova magnets nineteen paris in france twenty four on arsenio the top stories this hour. and i know macro sets out his vision for transforming currents in a wide ranging address from the past and that side the president says he wants to streamline the nor making process. but his opponents accuse him of acting like a monarch. wrapping up the pressure on cats out saudi arabia and its allies give dio hot to you extra days to response to it demands which include crediting the ounces here news network. and security in funding took their gender the twenty ninth edition of the african union summit. into the standards in the flood plain capital addis ababa .

as they french president emmanuel micro has vowed to own the whole from. starting with its ins. speaking today from the palace of versailles macro he's been accused by left wing opponents of behaving like the pharaohs and demonic. says he'll cut the number of french you'll make is by a third and a parliament white pasta changes he'll put the proposals to vote is directly. via a referendum micro also says he'll lift the current state of emergency and replace it with new permanent security measures for us twenty fourth james crayton is involve site. he told us how michael's proposals were received full. in sweden above to possibly with mixed opinions about it said that sick quite rare event said that took place today at the only the third such time of the french president has addressed a

joint session over. at the two houses of parliament here at versailles. and fulham did it once said after the. parents a toxic at to announce that the state of emergency nicolas sarkozy also just once before but i know michael intends to make this an annual. event in order to accounts far ahead the reforms are the at the that the various initiatives i over the previous year and to lay the way forward. i have far at the u. the year ahead so this is the beginning of what would be an annual event here one of the most striking images i of the day was. the busloads the coach loads of mps and senators arriving at the shuttle at the vet site and they were eighteen or nineteen coaches are transported them from. i have from the senate and from the national assembly in paris many of them photographing at the press corps waiting here on full to the shot of the outside. out of the the windows of the bosses remember seventy five percent seventy five percent of the. i. mps in the national assembly are. novices they've never been at in parliament before and their mom but it's not vastly dominated by i'm under my calls all marcia

political party. and they came here today to listen to what was a speech that in many ways was an educational speech talking about what the role of an mp. is to be he spoke about and having fewer laws and having a more effective and efficient at legislature. and indeed by regina he took in thirty minutes in fact to get to the meat and bones of what some of the reforms are that he intends to. implements are on more than one the most important ones is reducing the number of mps and senators by a third. and they were very so there at reform reforms announced as well but. really the key at the key em em and intention of the set a cut of of this address today was to. add to speak about the the vision of his presidency and it was really a motivational speaker it's speech at we're very much reminiscent of some of his campaign speeches. very upbeat very positive talk of unity talk of optimism talk of. france's role in you

and in the world and he was insistent on one thing that the meat and bones of those reforms will be left up. to the prime minister and indeed the prime minister will address the national assembly tomorrow at laying out his program for governments and with a vote of confidence so i menu michael keen. to enjoy distinction between what this speech was about today which is the broader vision. and i want to the print prime minister's speech will be about tomorrow which is at the meat and bones of those reforms. says he they're forcing ana. now saudi arabia and its allies have given cats how terry moe days to meet its demands are of the blockade on the tiny state will continue. die hard is accused of supporting and funding terrorism and it's been issued with a list of demands which includes. the immediate closure of the algerian news network. today the qatari for. his response via queue right which is mediating with crisis. with two sides we've took some wednesday. maxwell story a shift in public about the. sorry for minister touching down in queue weight. to deliver and hudson because official response to its neighbors the moms. the monthly called so severe they were made to be rejected. it came hours off to saudi arabia and its allies and

not civic giving advocate a neighbor two more days to comply. the list of setting requirements include do hot downgrading diplomatic ties with iran. expanding turkikish troops rinsed hartree. i'm closing brokaw style jizera. it's an extraordinary list into monsters essentially it would mean that quatre would become a vassal states of saudi arabia it would. surrender its foreign policy would surrender and close down its media stations not just out zero the entire network and other. branches of its media output. and this simply no way that it's going to do that. saudi arabia supported by the u. a. e. bahrain and egypt has led the blockade of cattle since the beginning of june. they seventh at sea and ground links because they accused overhaul of supporting islamic extremis. and of being too close that rifle iran. claims cattle strongly denies. but the book kate is increasingly pushing it into an effective alliance of

turkey and iran. because they stepped in to provide it with food and supplies. cattle says it's ready to defend itself militarily if it comes to its. but the most likely next steps of fresh sanctions. will kicking cattle out of the gulf cooperation counci. open honest i am joined on the line by checking this site is a former official from the french defense ministry and an expert. on that phase in the middle east thanks to being with us some on france twenty four tonight now. at cattaro says that these demands a song to harsh there actually supposed to be impossible for cattle. take six do you think there could be some truth to that to saudi arabia in fact not want to resume relations with its tiny neighbor. or why are you where are you when they're alone in there this certain point generally thoughtful built you but the model. benefit by some of your insights that i'm better rebel. or any kind of continue to welcome you know what country would accept

you know such a. bullet. which significant bell which you will find that in fact you know greta because i would become less. but. i would say at this second. heydari battered the gulf states so i think that there is you tell yourself what want to develop to negotiate but since. i don't understand why you know our school district because there. the point you are neither of some sort point you my name's a support to bust your bubble there. despite. but you know on the there te bit. they're more probably that there. no delayed yeah you if you would expect immigrants there comes a point. the judge would be. by you take their cut powered by inference located

north. that's yeah. point richmond but you're. i don't know what they want yup ready to go but i don't understand why. at that moment you know so you know it yet decide you know precursor to correct it. i am afraid that good unpopular the debate by honoring our child. but probably the difficult part so that there's. but she already felt that they should. well quite and what i mean what does so in your opinion what is donald trump what does the united states one . congratulating the saudis for taking action on cats all of which he accuses of supporting terrorism. well you know no one could make them different precisely what people love chances wants in dumping officials on the path that we want to focus old there'. quite a bit there me on the run. and olivier it because

you could consider. but you plan to do it triggered such a court but we don't know what the budget will come. there was i would say is suppose the so called ally off-again. but no i think that if you think that they had not seen the sound you covered. the main point is. that they're really up wants to hug their leadership on or just for the world. and i know that a dispute fight declared as. public face. you know you can try to get you started hate sony yeah you look like crisis against kuwait. broken by darren the other r the tea twenty summits in hamburg donald trump has been accused of demeaning the office of the president of the united states. he pasted sit online a video of himself beating up command that represents the television network cnn this

is the first time trump has attacked janice. but his critics say they stomp represents a. guy with two more about that join quiet on the white house. one ficon who is sent today in chicago and that i. is certainly not the first time is it that trump has caused. controversy on line but some say that this. it's not like an act to threat tell us about some of the reactions today. you might think that that be reactions from both sides of the political aisle condemning this. but that's not really the case. today that has been condemnation from democrats of course walser from media organizations including cnn the network that he attacks that. metaphorically all figuratively at in dot videos they they say he should get down to working as president instead of. attacking band network for example there is a there is support from the us media democrats say this is absolutely on presidential. and of course if we do

compare this to what other presidents have done it is rather different donald trump himself reacts to this and says people are criticizing me for being not presidential. wild i am being presidential in a modern way is basically his way of looking at things but says this is pretty aggressive stuff from the u. s. president. there is one thing when the candidates that seems to a support attacks at least verbal attacks on the media which he did on the campaign trai. for a long long months said the media was of one of. his classic attacks if you will now is u. s. president well it's a little bit more to get a little bit different. because they're important questions that he needs taunts and that his white house team needs to answer. about what exactly he means with some of his tweets what his foreign policy is when it comes to. say north korea china and senate whether there is any truth to the allegations of collusion with russia these are very important questions. the white house went on to those questions and instead is defending what he is doing they are saying that that is precisely the attitude. for

which he was elected into the office of president in the first place and what is this ongoing. wore this ongoing conflict with them what he calls the that the mainstream media the address and what what is that doing to trump's approval ratings isn't hashing image soul. nope that's not center his approval rating is not good. it's hopeless around the forty percent mark comedian that's of course over fifty percent in that can be up to fifty eight percent of the us population. don't like what he's doing as president now attend that you'll hear again and again is that what he's doing works for the bass though. the base being at the donald trump votes since those who were with him during the campaign those who voted for him emphatically. and those who presumably also on his side and that is largely the case that's maybe around twenty five percent. of the population but when it comes to these attacks on the media they like this yes from supporters do like this they do believe that the mainstream media. has the white house calls it's these being basically the

successful tv channels newspapers radio stations wire services. because those the mainstream media they believe that they're being unfair to this president and are attacking him at two months. but of course at these on media organizations that are doing some very very good journalistic work right now and. when it comes to the investigation into possible collusion with russia and all of the details would not be known without. at the articles and the tv pieces that have been produced in washington by some of the best journalists who are based. at the white house. for those networks i so his approval ratings will the hovering around around forty percent but i talked to a lot of trump supporters on my. at that reporting duties and many do tell me this that they are in full support of the us president. but when it comes to those tweets he should maybe stop a little bit and not attack for example a whole news network cole attack. at a tv presenter personally as he did but with one just a few days ago. bennett thanks

very much indeed for that crowd of their reporting. well china says the presence of a us. shaping their disputed islands in the region is a serious political and military provocation annex responded by sending its own warships and fighter jets to the are. this is the latest in a string of disagreements between china and the u. s. eddie a president's speech in pain. tell president jump into five coal that negative factors would now affecting their relationship and engagement has more. once more tensions a simmering in the south china sea. after u. s. warship sailed only twelve nautical miles from the tiny triton island. it's one point two square kilometers a claim by china. taiwan and vietnam. the u. s. is the operation was meant to demonstrate freedom of navigation in disputed waters. but the beijing has a provocation may have found either. on the u. s. has once again dispensed a warship to enter the territorial waters of

china's paracel islands without permission. well this is a serious provocative political and military move from the chinese government expresses strong dissatisfaction and is resolutely opposed to the conduct of the united state. watching your thunder. the incident came just an hour before scheduled phone call between donald trump and his counterpart sheeting pain. the dispute has intensified china's rivalry with the united states. as they both five influence in the region. the conflict dates back to nineteen forty seven when beijing claim that the paracel and sparkly island chains. were integral parts of china. the so called nine dash lin. tensions escalated in the nineteen seventies and nineteen eighties impose island chains. leading to the deaths of several vietnamese troops. it's no surprise that each regional neighbor once it's part of the sea. the south china sea brings in five point three trillion dollars in trade every year.

and one third of the world's shipping pulses through hea. it reportedly has eleven billion barrels of oil. a hundred ninety trillion cubic feet of natural gas. leaders from across africa are meeting today in addis abba after the twenty ninth summit of the african union on the agenda security. as islamist groups continue to wreak havoc in the south health region another challenge has a finance an organization which gets eighty percent of its budge. from west in the nation's. leaders gathered the african union summit. but this group photo will be notable for the absences jacob zuma's attending ainsi meeting in south africa. while nigerian president muhammadu buhari is in london. seeking treatment for an undisclosed illness. and despite morocco being readmitted into the union after thirty three year absence. king mohammed the sick is not in attendance.

for the president of liberia ellen johnson sirleaf the union meets too often. she says the twice yearly two day meetings are unnecessar. we can cut down the cost of the union. make it more efficient make it more resulting. so that that's a consensus of project which i fully agree. those who are all present have a lot of ground to cover. while the official theme of the summit investment in youth. top of the agenda for most members will be security in the region. newly elected chairperson mousa* mahomet. said his priority is stability. let this young debate it is a good day. don't you know the issue of peace and security continues to worry us more than ever. see all that is the situation in south sudan. somalia. libya that if the central african republic. that the fragile relations between two pc and ever try out. the difficulties in the application of peace accords in mali. which hardest

terrorism is active meant you had is that is the view of us. also up for discussion financing of the group. at the moment two thirds of funding comes from outside of africa. posing a problem for the credibility and independence of the union. it. at least eighteen people have been killed and thirty injured after that tour bus collided with a lorry and burst into flames on my story in germany the bus was carrying a group of german pension is in the cause of. the fire is unknown traffic was reportedly moving slowly at the time of the collision between the two vehicles was not described as a major crash. some two hundred emergency crews were on the scene with five helicopters taking the injured to nearby hospitals charge and good medical has thanks the emergency services for their prompt response. what time of four update on the day's top business use netscape really is here with us in the studio and kept going to start out with a major? energy deals in iran what's happening that's right well a frenchman at different energy giant total

is a leading a group of oil companies that have signed a four point two billion euro contract. to build the world's largest natural gas field off the coast of iran. marks tehran's first a major deal with the european oil company in more than a decade. as enter hillier reports. a landmark deal that makes hotel the first western energy giant to return to iran. after sanctions were eased last year. did it again we all. socialist international company. to come back to iran. and it's a really great seuss of pleasure and pride. to continue with the story. and to our viewpoint unity to sign. so south boston even construct. the agreement gives the french company f. fifty point one percent stake. in a four point two billion euro project to develop the world's largest gas field. china's national petroleum corporation and iran's petro possible also owns stakes in

the project. the contract was supposed to be signed at the start of this year. but to the head of totality would wait. to see whether a new us president donald trump reimposed sanctions on iran. they have to be eased by the iran nuclear agreement back in july twenty fifteen. since taking office trump has regularly promise to tear it up. behind only last month of the us senate approved new measures to strengthen sanctions on tehran. totals decision is a huge boost for iran. which is desperate for fresh investment in energy sector. iranian authorities are hoping of energy companies will quickly follow. the country has the second largest gas reserves in the world after russia. and the fourth largest oil reserves. production should be doing in around fourteen months time. as you can on today's trading action now the dow jones hit a new all time high this monday. boosted by

banking stocks it's been on the rise since america's major lenders past the federal reserve stress test last week. nasdaq bucking the trend just under the flat line there wallstreet has closed early to mark the july fourth holiday. european shares closed higher the khaki homes leading with gains of about one and a half percent. french and giant to adult sites shares rising to percent after that major deal in iran. oil and gas sector followed suit. investors were also boosted by new data showing that manufacturing in the eurozone hit its highest level in six years in the month of june. factories in germany austria and the netherlands contributed the most activity. greece also reported a slight pickup for the first time in nearly a year. you can manufacturing activity slowed slightly. i leaving london post grads it could cost banks and businesses around fifteen billion euros. assessment of a new report which it surveyed how of which certain fed the financial impact on firms which are likely to relocate their european offices once the uk leaves the european union.

london is expected to lose access to the european single market under the so called hard breads it. is favored by to resume. meanwhile the financial times is reporting that a group of city leaders are traveling to brussels to lobby for a softer geo. metro out free trade and full access for financial services companies that are still based in the uk. as birds initiations continue the british government has announced it will pull out of a nineteen sixty four fishing deal. which allowed its neighbors access to british waters within a certain radius. after a two year withdrawal period boats from five european countries will be banned from fishing near the british coast and vice vers. combine our reports. taking back control of fishing policy. britain's environment secretary said european countries. british waters. fishing in the. the immediate area around our borders six to twelve miles. yes we will be saying that we're taking back control and we will then juno threads knows spanish

boats after all and then we will have control we can decide the terms of access. the so called london fisheries convention gives belgium france germany ireland and the netherlands access to british waters between six and twelve miles off of persons coastline and vice versa. ten thousand tons of fish records in british waters by foreign vessels in twenty fifteen. worth an estimated nineteen point three million euros. michelle about near the e. is chief brexit negotiator has said leaving the convention would make no difference. as the agreement has been superseded by a you know which allows all members to face beyond a twelve mile limit. meanwhile islands government said the decision was closed unhelpful. fueling tensions as brags that negotiations are now under way. it does that raise fears with your decision industry because sixty percent of our catch for a most valuable fishery back religion you can't territory waters. are multivitamin at that catch.

prawns is forty percent cut their. representatives of the uk's fishing industry meanwhile have welcomes london's decision. saying pulling out of the convention would create hundreds of jobs. and help ensure sustainable fish stocks in the future. with the guns in the days of the business headlines now. construction of the hinkley point nuclear plant is expected to cost ten percent more than initially expecte. over twenty two billion euros. french energy i etf also said the project was running more than a year behind schedule put food still be finished before the end of twenty twenty five. the nuclear reactors in southwest france art southwest england rather part projected to provide seven percent of the country's energy needs. if in this set by budget problems and sparked protests. french for joint down on his finalize the sale of one of its dairy subsidiaries in the us clucking tellis will acquire stonyfield for eight hundred and seventy five million dollars. done had agreed to the sales ease the way for its pending takeover of organic food group white

wave. has raised concerns among competition regulator. and for former executives of barclays bank appeared in a london court. including the one time chief executive josh for john varley. they're accused of conspiring to commit fraud during the bank's efforts to raise billions in emergency capital from cuts hard. during the financial crisis of two thousand eight. the defendants did not enter into creeks. excluding phone that sparked a global safety scaring cost billions of dollars is being repackaged literally. samsung has confirmed its using parts of the brain called galaxy note seven smart phones in a new model which is labeled the family addition. the south korean electronics giant's it was trying to minimize the environmental impact of the two and a half million handsets that were set back. the new phone features a smaller and safer battery to avoid further problems. cluster on six hundred dollars around two thirds of the original asking price for the note seven. goes on sale on its home turf this

friday. put silicon demand there is for a phone that is made up of parts of a previous model that caused such concern if i wasn't wearing that story was henc. okay thanks originates i can't we do that with the business of taking a short break here prospered for more news and headlines in just a few moments

♪\ ♪ amy goodman: from pacifica, this is democracy now! senator bernie sanders: how did it come about that donald trump, the most unpopular presidential candidate in the modern history of our country, won the election? and my answer is -- and my answer is that trump didn't win the election; the democratic