honest about a dozen of them and then you get the bodiess of thoe units. there's nothing in this back in the latete. alalso falls and gets against president abdelaziz beautifully gives intent to run for a fifth term. in a french for a new european renaissance that's how french president emmanuel metal has described his plan to strengthen the european union. a series of proposals outlined in a letter published by several newspapers in europe. a patient in britain has become the seconond knownwn adults worldwidee to be cleared of hiv after receiving a bone marrow transplant three years ago.

wewe'll tell you more about this biotech breakthrough later in the sedition . we begin in algeria wherere thouousands off s students oncen took to the streets of several cities across the country to protest against president abdelaziz beautifully his bid for a fifth term. this comes after the eighty two year old leader confirmed in a letter that he would seek a new term in april's elections. he also about however to step down within a year to then call new elections that he would not contest came about who has the latest. no means no thousands of students responded to calls on social media gathering of scientology is main post office on tuesday. the message is clear they want a

president who difficult to step down now. we are tired people are tired. most of us have only known one president it's time to change things at the end of your continue until things change. no violence nothing at all.. i'm totoo lazy specicific a confirmed o on sunday h he wouod seekek re electction in n april despite w widespread protetestsn the country. however he found to hold a a nanational conference to set a date for early elections. which he said he would not contest. most algerians harvey convinced and protesters have once again taken to the streets. promote to iran and across the country students have been joined by thousands of people calling for a general strike until their demands are met. the two week old standoff however looks no closer to being resolved. before receiving to stop algeria from d descending into chahaos.

by that i don't know s some peo. ouour knowing. that algeria is now saying andnd they want sound jury to return to the dawn. of civil war which you know what this hearing which the people paid a a hea price which is a real good as god. why nets? i'm phyllis he's b beautifully t has been in power foror twenty years he's rarely been s seen in public sincece suffering a stroe in. twenty thirteen his opponents say he's no longer fits to serv. he's currently in a swiss hospital undergoing with the government describes as routine medical checks. many algerians across the political spectrum appear to be a supportive of the protest againstt president abdelelaziz beautifulllly kept. and the latest show of solidarity came from a news presenter on algerian state tv who abruptly quit her job amid allegations she was censored.

peter o'brien has more. after fifteen years presenting the evening program ninety makdessi has quit. i'll hold you. all of their livess these but te fica has today made public a letter to the algerian people a local two inch on sunday nights the prison to read out a letter from the president's in which he found his bid for a fifth term wowould be his lost. off the widespread protests against his rule makdessi has now left her presenting role. she was given president bush if we get the message at the last minute and was left feeling uncomfortable. it was the straw that broke the camel's back. since the start of the protests we have not been allowed to wor. of the state media employees have complained of a black counts imposed on coverage of the weeks of protests and the editor in chief of a national radio station has also quits. last thursday a dodozen journalists stated in a rally against the lead censorship.

in the p president's letter he pledged that if he was reelected they'd be a referendum o on a nw constitution and early elections in which she wouldn't run. this was received with skepticism and don't unions have promised further rallies. a call for a stronger european union in an opinion piece published in several european newspapers this tuesday french president emmanuel michael roach that europe. has never been more necessary since the end of second world war adding that it has also never been so threatened his response a list of proposals for strengthening unity within the european union. erin open key it has more. it was one of the many well michael's central campaign pledges reinforcing the european union and taking on a leadership role in that pursuit. it is up to us to you to define the only path that ensures our future. the one i wish to speak to you

about today. it iss the rebebuilding of a eue that is sovereign. united and democratic. now three months ahead of you you parliamentary elections the french president is going on the offensive to pursue that objective. in a letter addressed directly to european citizens president micro outlined his vision for the future of the e. you with a list of suggested initiatives. all with the stated goal of strengthening european integration. faced with concerns about the upcoming elections mike home proposes the creation of an e. you white agency tasked with protecting elections from foreign intervention and cyber attacks. the president has also suggested banning foreign powers from financing e. u. political parties. amid the blocks failure to resolve the political crisis over migration. the french president suggest reforming the schengen area and centralizing e. u. migration popolicy. the reforms will include the

establishment of a common border police force into european asylum office which would be based on unified standards for accepting and rejecting asylum requests. emmanuel michael's appeal also leaves out suggestions for strengthening european leadership and progress. he urges you you leaders to reform trade policy notably by banning businesses that compromise europe strategic interests. and with the goal of recovering the spirit of progress he calls for european leadership in climate issues. to do so the french president suggests t the creation of a european climate bank to finance the e ecological transition. let's now welcome on set and may see the chief executive of the think tank confrontation europe thank you for joining us. as an expert of european affairs how do you view this move by a menu and michael to to publish all these proposals in in these newspapers well -- the head of state of the big of a europopean nation is addressig

your bill the citizens of europ. it is the first summer in history only and solidity makes timely why because we see a rise of nationalists on extremists we've seen that the source with the brexit for instance. and doubt upcoming european elections in may twenty three twenty four twenty five twenty six depending on the country. and he right. points to the truck. let food be a rejection of europe without tonight to native project we can sit for example with the brexit. who had told british people on it would have been the two to meet what they would get you to get out of europe? now they don't know what to do they don't know what the issue is and it is also a legitimate. because we are your biz indenture we are facing a number of issues be it -- defenses security bids migration

beat economic and social because other play you some not playing by the same rules other. that can only be tackled together through corporation to dis elections how truly europeans and not just national and we cannot just school along with national debates about european issues. now among all of the proposals that they were made by a monument close there one in particular that stuck out that. you know is is is central to a this plan to strengthen the european union there are number of them but what we really need to day. i'm making sure that we we knew with european citizens and one of them is europe out the citizen participation. there is this proposal of the big european conference in every single country european countries and that's really what we want because we cannot construct europe if we don't cooperate together.

and if we don't take into account the real needs of the people. and now it briefly some critics have pointed to the fact that perhaps a million michael -- is is writing this letter about europe and turning to foreign policy because press in a way to distract people about what's going on here in france with the yellow vest protest you think. and what do you say that well i believe in the country -- what we expect will we see whether this is the case but what we expect from our decision makersrs is to really listen to the people? and take their real needs into accounts and in a changing world we are -- challenges and opportunities cannot be tackled on one single country we we we really need to go out for a tentacle them together. and makes you think you so much for that. over nine million metric tons of plastic are allegedly leaked into the ocean every minutes that's according to o the world wide funund for nature's latest report it also claims.

that plastic pollution could double by twenty thirty if nothing is done peter brian has more. fifty three kilos to each person on the planet. that's how mucuch plastic was produced in. twenty sixteen in a report w. w. f.'s full plastic is made for throwaway products mostly used in richer countries. they say this disisposable convenience is for nature a scourge. only 20% of the planet's plastic wawaste is currently collected r recycling. and even less than bass is actually recycles. one third of full plasticic waste generateded becomes land or marine pollutio. when they don't come we're turning our world into a trash can filled in plastic and we have to live in it? and we're starting to see the negative impact of this including for our own health school news jesse things like face which are themselves contaminated by micro blasting school district. in the sea hundreds of species a home by being and tangled all

swallowing plastic. humans are also highly likely to ingest small particles of plastic the the health impact of this is unknown. w. w. f. is launched a petition urging countries to agree to a legally binding treaty to stop plastic pollution. they're hoping to encourage governments to begin negotiations of the u. n. meeting in kenya next week. hailed a as a hero upon his retn thousands of supporters welcome the self proclaimed venezuelan leader of one window. as he landed in caracas on tuesday despite a travel ban one way to visited several latin american countries in a bid to drum up support. for transitional government in venezuela greater return despite the threat of arrest from nicolas maduro. this tuesday he met with labor unions and announced a new protests march you're saturday so those are. hero's welcome at the caracas international airport. position leader one water was mobbed by supporters who'd come

to celebrate the self proclaimed president's return to venezuela. thousands more waiting for him in the streets of the capital. not a homecoming rally what -- calls for a new protest march on what i'm plays records all of us who are here you saw us with prison and death. and i say something to them. it is not been through persecution. it will not be through threats that they are going to stop us. here we are we are stronger and more united than ever here we are and we're much stronger than ever. after ten days abroad want to risk being arrested upon his return and s still could be for breaking the judicial travel ba. last week while the thirty five year old was touring regional allies and prior to that trying to get international aid. into venezuela president nicolas maduro vowed to enforce the law. regarding why does define the supreme court travel ban. he can just come and go we will

have to face justice justice prohibited him from leaving the country. i will respect the laws. the opposition leaders return to caracas is anotheher direct challenge to presidenent maduros rain. embattled leader still retains the support of key military general. but arresting white -- it might be a risky move. for it could increase international pressure to oust majuro. but at the same time what does return is reinvigorating the protest movement. and its goals for the channel armed men attempting to drive out indigenous people from prprotectedd lands in brazazil e surged in recent months. advocacy groups say this is directly linked to the election of president and chair balsa noro. hours after using our inauguration in january the right wing leader had indeed vowed to take away every square meter of land designated for indigenous reservation. well now s some tribes are evevn formrming militias to protect their lanand alison sergeant pis up the story.

related to the living room. for okay what does it. not this cell phone video captured by tribe members in the amazon rainforest chose a standoff with armed men trying to trespass on their land. when a tribal leader asked what the men were doing there they mentioned brazil's new president by name? the thought of housing these he said he was doing this because both in our had won the electio. and that there wouldn't be a national foundation of the indian anymore. so there wouldn't be anyone to defend our lands. i see about hockey said if we are blocked by the tribe we will come back and we'll bring more of our group. and we'll set fire to your village. i was out there to look at it. indigenous land ownership has looking to exploit brazil's natural resources indigenous people represent less than half a percent of brazil's populatio. their reservations account for

about 13% of the country's land. on the campaign trail j. your balls in our vowed to ends native land ownership entirely. according to an indigenous advocacy group sensible cynara was elected in october land invasions have increased by one hundred and 50%. as pessoas people understood that when both in ouour said thy werere no l longer going to demarcate i indigenous land. and that they were going to reduce it. it's like a license to invade indigenous land. both in ouour argues the triribe coululd benefit financialally if their land is opened up to farming logging and mining. such exploitation would pose a dire threat to the amazon rainforest. federally protected indigenous lands are one of the amazons the strongest defenses against rampant deforestatition. a man in britain has become the second known adults worldwide to be cleared of hiv after receiving a bone marrow transplantnt three yearsrs ago e

patient was diagnosed with hiv in. two thousand three and with with advanced hodgkin's lymphoma in twenty twelve he had can your therapy to treat his blood cancer. and in addition stem cells were implanted into the patient from a donor resistant to hiv leading to both his cancer and hiv going into remission. the london papatient is now no longer the researchers warn it's too early to tell whether he is cured.. convertible has ththe details. a milestone in efforts to cure hiv the team of researchers in london say a man appears free of the vivirus. after r receiving a stem cell transplant from an hiv reresistt dona. the patient who is treated for a blood cancer has been in remission from the virus for eighteen months. and is no longer taking anti retroviral drugs. you wait sixteen months befefore stopping -- up to in the post transplant period just to make sure that -- the the cancer was i in remissi-

the patient was well and a and t that point we stopped the treatments and so we wenent outt eighteenen months in -- and with confidentnt that this will be a long term remission. researchers say it's too early to tell whether the london patient has been cured. it's the second time a patient treated this way has ended up in remission from hiv. ten years ago timothy brown received a bone marrow transplant from a donor with a natural immunity to the virus. a gene mutation found in less than 1% of e europeann descent. yes i would would like to meet the london patient very much -- i a would would say take e your titime and if you if you want to becomeme public do it and a it's been very useful for science and fofor giving hope -- to to hiv positive people. most experts say the approach is not practical for treating most people with hiv. such transplants are danangerous and d have failed and a all the

patients leading to deadly infections. however they may one day help to find a cure. and it's not time for and business news with it kate moody thank you for joining us kate. you're gonna start with that the geneva motor show where the words of the moment art green and breaks it yeah those are those of the early in the two major themes of pretty much every industry event. in recent years the use imposing tough new limits on carbon dioxide emissions -- and forcing manufacturers to shift their green innovations into high gear. meanwhile the ongoing uncertainty about greg's it has led a number of carmakers to scale back their footprint in the u. k.. many of them have threatened the disorderly brags elsewhere. i've been speaking to anti palmer president and ceo of the iconic british car brandnd aston martin. about the challenges ahead take a listen. well it's both the constraints and an opportunity one of the

benefits of being -- are a small car manufacturer is that you use you'll saudis and agility to move quickly and i think -- in that sense it it rather gives us an opportunity and the ability to be able to say and be able to launch relatively quickly and mission lineup. the guns are being got more than one car it's is planned at the moment the two because both under percent electric i think place to our advantage. as a quintessentially british brand how worried are you about greg's it what's the biggest threat for aston martin. what we know so worried about terrorism in a little bit lower common factors i understand a word about terrorists most of our use is is around -- the friction all all parts comiming intnto the u. k. obvioy we michael about because in the u. k.. i'm i think we're ready i mean we've us humans -- disorderly brexit we've assumed was case plan for the worst hope for the best -- we've we put in place a contingency plans for us we rule ready in a disorderly brexit

because we're making because now that will be sold in. a problem -- and i'm thanks if he gets better over the next next few weeks and we find a deal than than greats i can i can i can wind back -- those contingency plans but as it is right now we're ready for disorderly brexit.. you mentioned the importance of importing a car parts how dependent really is your supply chain on parts that come from elsewhere in particular you member states. well -- you know two years ago we were very exposed because so how do how do we left the you two years ago we wouldn't cements the wto requirements for local content so we would have ended up paying go all sorts of taxes -- over the course of the loss to you as one of the things that we've done is that we've increased. k. con sense now we assume that the local content under wto rules will be 55% and i'm very

pleased to say that with the launch of the new calls over the past two years we now exceed. 55% local content so we're ready for it and that's the benefit of the two years -- likewise we've done a lot of the better benefits solve all of all a weaker pound is used as a some some cash we could spend on marketing in the united states. and as a result of doing that the united states is now the largest market about oversee takes the pressure off off of the you to some extent so again. we're we're ready. miss martin ceo speaking to us earlier. as you can and it is trading action now the major european indices closed hihigher for the one hundred outperformed in london it was pushed in parart y vodadafone. which saw its shares up 2% water it's been hovering around the flat line throughout the trading day as sure as the retailer target are up nearly 5%. on stronger than expected sales figures general electric shares meanwhile have slumped 5% as its ceo warned investors to expect negative cash flow for the year

to come. the chinese government has lowered its economic growth targets for the coming year the announcement on the first day of the country's annual congress is closely watched as it sets the tone for how much beijing might intervene. in the world's second largest economy catherine viet has the details. a tough struggle ahead that's the warning from the chinese premier as the country contents with the stuttering economy. graver and more complicated enviroronment as well as challenges foreseeable an otherwise. greater in n number. and size. addressing the national people's congress leica chung announced the government is lowering its growth forecast to between six and six point 5%. that's less than the previous two years target of around six point 5% which were exceeded. analysts say the range gives beijing more flexibility a key point in the system were heading stated goals is still politically important. as trade tensions with the us to

to make it easier for foreign companies to dodo businesess in china. including banning forest technology transfer is a complaint made by both the us and the e. u.. java she will do more to attract foreign investors. we will further relax controls over market access shortened the negative list of foreign investment she's hadad a permit completetely foreign funded enterpririses operates in more sectors. additionally the government will cut company taxes and employers social insurance contributions by around two hundred and sixty billion euros. reduce v. a. t. for the manufacturing sector from 16% 213% and invest around three hundred and forty billion euros in infrastructure projects. finally china will increase lending to smsmall firms by arod 30% all part of beijing's efforts to jump start the economy. well it has opened a cyber security lab in brussels as it fights for its reputation and

business in the western world. the trump administration has been encouraging its allies to follow its lead in blocking the chinese telecommunications giant wiwith mixed success look for eo explains. a black box the firms and governments to access hallway source code and collaborate on cyber security. that's how the chinese telecoms giant is build its new brussels lab. as it fights the mounting impression it's proximityty to beijing could pose n national security threats in the last thirty years we have been never received any older friends ass governrnment to taking data back to china. even in future potentially -- even we received this kind of things he says. he's present a statement as a father i'm the ceo of the the united states points to china's twenty seventeen cyber security law that requireres chinese firs to cooperate with its intelligence agencies and is

making such a global efforts to push its allies to keep polly taken out of their infrastructure. however europe's the firm's largesest market outside china d the continentt is being present to follow washington's lead. relying on y you level legislatn in cyber security measures to protect it. no no formal ball we cannot borrow a company from outside europe from the european market. europe only paying a whole lotot it's not up foror grabs that our standards there are criteria which must be respected. and to follow them with the closest to children. visuals western companies have been working to catch up but far away is currently the world's leaderer in five g. network technology and frankly strategic concerns and played with dedecision still to be made at e political level on the continued use of huawei equipment. forbes has released its annual ranking of the richest people in the world. amazon founder jeff business tops the list with a personal fortune of a hundred and thirty one billion dollars he sold by bill gates warren buffett and

lvmh boss down now. no no facebook's mark zuckerberg fell from fifth place lasast yer to eighthth place as shares of s social media giant lost value. a global markets lament the forbes counted fewewer billionaires -- than itt did a year ago their overall wealth split from nine point. one eight point seven trillion the youngest of the kardashian clan kylie jenner has become the youngest self made billionaire i just twenty one years old good for her thank you for that kate moody there. well that's it from us but do you stay with us more news coming up shortly

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