forty . thank you for watching live from paris now this friday we start with the u. k. will make his have overwhelmingly voted to approve bars johnson's brags that plan. the revised deal was approved three hundred and fifty eight to two hundred and thirty four and it paves the way. for abortions exit from the european union in january as well as setting up a high stakes class red cross also the future ties. this was also a moment of great triumph fofor johnson who won a

commanding parliamentary majority in last week's general election now for more on the story i'd like to welcome to the program. caroline joins he's a professor of economics at l lancasterer universrsity tk you so much for being with us here on my from paris and now we know that the deal has been approved in londodon. can we expect this to be a bother relatively straightforward prprocess once it goes over r to brussels. certainly compared with what we'v've seen earlilier ththis year things look k strait forward now thehe deal was approved. by a large majajority in the hououse of commonons majority of hundred twewenty fourur. and that refeflects thee majority that boris johnson now has after the general election of last week. we're going to remember this is just the withdrawal agreement bills so the three components of that.t. of the finanancial setettlementt between the united kingdom and the e european uninion. the revd arrangngements for northern ireland and also the

arrangements for you your nationals that. currently resident in the u uk. an awful lot still h has to be done and what w we're going to o see it n the e new year aftfter the u. k. formally thehe european unionont ththe end of january these negotiations over the trade agreements. and that remains alalmost as vague as t though we cocould end up with a vevery cle alignment between the year in the u. k. or we could end up with the u. k. crushing out on the world trade organization rules. is it at this stage professor too early given that there will be. testy negotiations on trade specifically is it too early to see what the future relationship. betweween the e. . and u. k. . would lookok like. absolutely boris johnson stated his desire to complete the trade negotiations by the end of twenty twenty and that is a very demanding time schedule. in order to have an extension-

the uk would have to declare that by the first of july i'm not leaves essentially five months moreover- parts of the withdrawal agreement bill as was passed by the house of commons today. says that we will not be asking for an extension so boris johnson really is after settling this in double quick time. that meanss that we willl essentially haveve to take a solution offer packck one way or the other. and that means o only the acceptinga lot of the provisions t the single markett in the customs ununion going one way all going the other way and going for another deal i'll come at the end of twenty twenty. so you're saying one way or the other but something that way hearing quite a lot as assuming that the e. u. does passes divorce deal and the u. k. would end to. an eleven months a transition. period what does that look like. he looks

exactly like what we have now essentially- the u. k. over those eleven months would remain a member of the single mamarket it would remain a membr of the customs union. but the key point then is that at the end twenty y twenty- last as an extension on thehe law in the u. k. wouldld not have to o be tweaked in orderr for that to happppen. unless it's an extension then the u. k. would crash and somome will tradee organization turns on the diststinction betweween these to possible outcomes now is very stock. . leaving one w world tre organization terms according to the government's own estimates what in the medium term cost almost 10% of u. k. gdpp. leaving own terms where the u. k. stayed within the single market school something a kitten so that. wouldld mean a much much more modest lososs of gdp something aroround 2% so there's a lot to play for in terms of the economic outcomes here. leading away from the

economic outcomes i'd like to discuss with you something at a rather controversial decision by the tories to drop the commitment to. unaccompanied child r refugees pose brags that is this at las the professor rather worrying signs for where the country. might be heading. absolutely under there several changes that were made to the withdrawal of greenville compared with what went before parliament before the general election and these changes go in that direction all of- honda line negotiation over the terms of brexit- so it must be quite worrying full of people with- the decal talking this. whole so for the three million use citizens that resident within the k. i it makes the environmet morere toxic for them as well. a potentially tech toxic environment in the future the way to the u. k. professor karen jones of lancaster

university thank you so much for. sharing your insights with us here in france twenty four. your now in keeping with tradition this friday in menu and michael is celebratingg christstmas with french soldiers posted abroad and this year the president and his wife have trouble to ivory coast this as paris seeks to strengthen regional tiess against islamist militantss during the forty eight township michael's also meeting with several french soldiers who took part in an anti terrorist operation in money back in november with thirteen men lost their lives let's take a listen to him. speaking good idea. thanks not get anything done is an essential mission for france. i do think we will continue to fight against the hottest. and we will continue to do so alongside our african partners. are european and international partners. citizens also die i would like for the region which

he had to say if you push so come to pool on january thirtieth other guys you to meet with the awful. and re clara county facility clinical and strategic. thank you for the body can mission of the us from back andd we cannot act efficiency location without their full political indicates much if you get. now for more on this trip but let's cross life to fonts on people's it clavus kasauli he's been following the day's events for us. from having done clovis thanks for being with us we briefly had from michael just now. at took us through his message the core of his message a that that christmas dinner. well president emmanuel michael very much pay tribute to the work all of these at french troops men and women. are deployed in africa and here at the ball with. a military base in i have you abidjan. ivory cars of course he also. i said a few words about the sacrifice. of those who fought that terrorist in the stock how region and who were killed

notably. in our last november's anti terrorist operation. in mali this speech was very much about emmanuel michael saying that france will never forget. these men and women and is very grateful for the work. of it these are troops. who all here in ivory coast- forming. the army and- forces here but also bringing stability. to the region the french president saying that. if there is peace in africa there will be peace. in europe and that's why i will say. he said that the buck an operation anti terrorist operation. in the side region needed to be strengthened needed to continue. without local partners the countries the neighboring countries but also- with countries from europe international partners. this to put an end to terrorism and to prevent tax tax in europe. maybe he just mention michael saying that peace. in the region as a priority of course security. we knew. prior

to this trip would very much be on top of the agenda. absolutely and security issues will be discussed by the french president emmanuel macron with his five or an account support us on what saw. a tomorrow in a bilateral meeting that they spoke briefly when- emmanuel michael arrived at tonight's in i. b. joel bit said they will intensify discussions regarding security issues regarding the fight against terrorism. in this somehow region i tomorrow during that meeting- they all threats here in ivory coast they're all concerns dance at the a terrorist threat could spread he gets you on every case and therefore it's essential. to have stabilized via our got to maintain a strong military presence in ivory coast president emmanuel michael has also come here to ivory coast with several ministers notably the economy minister. but note a map and tomorrow's sound today- there

will be at the assigning of a business deals between french companies. and they're only for an account supports notably at with a few details on valves on the building of the brown you abby joel underground a huge. projects undertaken by a french company that's only one of the- contracts between france and the ivory coast. france which has a very strong presence here we have hundreds of businesses making up nearly thirty percent. all of- ivory coast gdp. thank you for that update. clevis kasauli the reporting for us from ivory coast. of course durining that short visit to ivory coast michael as far from strikes gripping fronts. and this friday marks the sixteenth day of this movement which is seen trains canceled. and roads with kim uses the strike eserver pensions reform proposed by michael. unions

have found to defeat let's take a listen to some commuters across france much like myself they were all state how they feel about the continued disruption. christmas if the strike continues it will annoy everyone the strike has primarily i think everyone wants to go home and see their families it's a very important moment for the unity of families or even for national unity to see much of a weight. lifter i think the strikers' demands are legitimate cinematic and it's normal that people are protesting the- and i hope they continue protesting until some things change. until some kind of compromise. about a month ago. turning our attention to india a protest against the government's new citizenship i it'll have turned deadly and fourteen people have been killed during clashes this as a thirty seek to expand sweeping controls on gatherings

and impose internet shut downs now many say this law is unconstitutional and discriminatory against muslims legislation giant bronze even citizensnship to persecuted minorities including hindus sikhs buddhists james policies and christians. but ostracized as muslims. after a day of viviolence freresh protests agat india's citizenship law thouousands rallied outside dailies jummama masjid one of india's largest mosques after frididay afternoon prayers many waves indian flags to protest the law they say violates the country's secular constitution. this despite a ban on protests in the area after thousands rally thursday a at the iconic red fort near by. one protester addressed himself to prime minister narendra modi's you'll have everything you have on me you have believed to have

beyond that have nothing yeah you know i can see that you have onlnly off national. flag but then also be on fighting against is because we are more powerful than you. thursday three people were killed as police opened fire on crowds in at least one city. i'm gonna. i'm scared we're all scared and we do not want to be front and in our own country. i am scared for my friends were muslims and i feel bad for them. and i don't want to feel that way and that's why i'm protesting here. most of the people. the law provides a path to indian citizenship foror immigrants frm neighboring muslim countries unless those immigrants are muslims themselves the indian government says it's a humanitarian gesture but protesters say it's part of modis campaign to transform

secular india into a hindu nation. and tens off thoususands of civilians have abandoned their homes and fled deadly airstrikes in syria is rebel held fast see and that's according to the united nations. this is government and russian forces continue to bomb bought the province of idlib which is home to three million people local residents have been marching on foot i'm traveling in the vehicles as you can see these images here. to the border crossing with turkey demanding access to safety now rush on the syrian army for that part has denied allegations of. bombing civilian areas. now to some fantastic news here france twenty four hour spanish services doubled its at time. the network which was launched in september twenty seventeen. now brought costs in seventeen of the nineteen spanish speaking countries in. south america as well as in brazil making it accessible. an eight million households many

congratulations trial by the channel that the spanish channel. as time that for like a fine is business news i'm joined by cole a stand like call thanks so much for being with us and i'm- we're starting with a landmark verdict one that's been. very closely followed here in france a gangsta a telecom company or the country's biggest a judge has found a guilty of collective moral harassment a first ruling of its kind. once known as france telecom now known as- owns the firm has been fined some seventy five thousand euros. as well as hundreds of thousands more in damages it's sexy- digit on bombing while has been sentenced to four months in prison. cell after court examine management techniques between two thousand six in two thousand nine. time in which france telecom underwent a difficult restructuring and one which scores employees committed suicide in battled work related depression. here's how the head of a major labor union at the firm reacted to the ruling. we see that's what i'm gonna do conviction is certainly a relief for the families of the victims. of the

victims who are still alive. however this judgment will not bring back our colleagues who took their lives as a result of the extremely violent management practices that took placace at the time. on on us at the back. nextxtstep a apparent progressss in us china tradede relatitions. country is nowow workingg on n the details of a o called phase one agreement on friday us president donald trump took to twitter as he often does. offering some updates on that trump said that he had a quote very good talk with his chinese counterpart yushin paying. adddding that china has already started large scale purchases of agricultural products and more. and that a formal signing i is being arranged the precise detetls off the car did not yet been made public. that formal signing is expected to take place in early january. investors welcome that positive signal sent by the u. s. president. wall street soaring to record highs the cap off the week. dow j jones up around a quarter of a percent. even greater gains on the tech heavy nasdaq as you can see right here. shares on the s. and p. meanwhile up around a

half a percent. european stocks also ending the weekk in positive territory. writing optimism over the trade accord betwtween the us and china. the footsie up around a tenth of a percent account up over eight tenths of percent. similar story on the docks over in frankfort. investors also taking a factor the new boss o f the banank of england. and your bailey has been named headd of the u. k. central bank. is appointment comes at a crucial time for the british economy which is battle lacking growth. just as the country prepares to leave the european union on january thirty first. the bank of england will soon have a new boss i'm delighted to announce. that the next governor of the bank of england we'll be andrew may. enter bailey sixty years old will start his new job on march sixteenth he'll replace canadian mark carney was held the position for the past six years. bailey worked at the bank of england for three decades before becoming the chief executive at britain's top financial regulator while critics say he could have dodone more to prevent the collapse of

several investment funds he remains well respected across the government. as well as among bankers and investors. andrew brings unparalleled experience of central banking. and control on thirty years of experienence in every aspect of the bank's work. for monetary policy to financial stability. to the regulation of banks and insurance companies. but bailey is eighty year term will be anything but a walk in the park one of his first challenges will be to steer thehe country's financial institutions as the u. k. leaves the european union the new governor will likely face a a dififficult firirst few years. if b britainin does in ft enter recession following breaks at the bank of england will have a little wiggle room interest rates are already at three quarters of a percent and cannot be cut down much further. andrew bailey will also have to update financial regulation politicians tempted to use new post brexit freedoms could try to relax existing rules.

something the bank of england may have to act against to prevent any new financial crisis. meanwhile more headacaches for boeing company's new starliner capsule took its first test flight friday taking off from cape canaveral florida on route for the international space station shows that was ththe plan shortly after launch the capsule wentt off course going into the wrong orbit. now i'm not going to die the station as planned. that's a difficult week for the aerospace giant which earlier stop production of att seven thirty seven max jets amid safety concerns. boeing is years into a contract with the us space agency to help provide its program. but as a nasa administrator explained friday all is not lost. so a lot of things went right today i want to be really clear. a lot of things went right and this is why we test and because we are now in orbit and in fact elevating our or but we're going to get a lot more data and a lot more information- in in the coming days- so this is all this is all very positive. and injected it. in general.

and finally luxury departmtment stores in the us are trying to adapt to the changing times. the rise of online shopping brick and mortar stores are feeling pressure to retain clients. that includes high end stores are starting to roll out new flashy services. at nordstrom new store in manhattan customers conception painless shopping for footwear. even marcus's allowing shoppers to sell their own designer apparel well skibo is yet another option for some. sun on the jury still out on whether these new gimmicks you might say are going to help win back customers. i wonder if they will that were ready very wide spread across the middldle east that t thank you very much for the bubusiness update. and i'm joinined by error in a good plae for a a media watcher thanks so much for being with us you'll- kicking off with this raw the groundbreaking piece. published in the new york times. which has some raw the worrying revelations that's exactly right saddam it's an opinion piece actually called one nation tracked. and it's about- the smartphone tracking industry. so once we e get that image up there you'll see that the new york t times and obtain the data from an anonymous source who wanted to remain

anonymous because tre weren't they they- weren't authorized to share the data- but they wanted to share the information because of concerns about potential abuses. us of the editorial boa of the new york times and after they also spent seven months- sifting through the information that they too were eally armed. at what they discovered and what is that well it contains more than fifty billion location bank pangs fro more than twelve million smartphones in the u. s. and you can see whathose things loooo l like this is obviously not in in real time- because- thehe this is data from a couple of years ago. but you can see all of the pangs of literaray m millions of americas across the country and the biggest cities- and their movement you can track the movement- so they say that they found. clear national security risks observe protest in intimate detail and that it down to five participants- and the biggest takeaway is that even though. this data is supposed to be anonymized if you pull it. with information

that you can easily receive. you know online people dresses or place of e employment you can easily match the- other thing. too i'm an individual. i'm and- is a perfect illustration of that which is. part of. what i've done. a stone at. present top trumps movements and at. marley yeah i his beach resorort so they sasay a single that appear on the screen it representing h his precise location in president trump's entourage at seven tenen am at nger on n the groundnd and they usee that and coupled it wiwith his i guessss public schedule- and were able to figure out that it was him. golfing on marlay go having dinner with the japanese president at the time so. scary in terms of concerts security concerns for shore. any but- are we- surprised. this is absolutely not new and actually the new york times opinions- section- has been running a long form- study into privacy for quite sometime now and they're obviously not the only- you know news organization to. to alert us to these issues and that's also the gist of this bloomberg article which is saying a that- this is a decade

that turned where tech turns dystopian and be. that actually not only are we aware of the risks. of you know. issues with privacy but we actually accept them- through many different behaviors no buying certain smart speakers that are listening to our conversations- taking online quizzes and we saw the effects of that with the cambridge analytica scandal- or even just clicking i accept on terms of service without having. actually read- what those entail we so rarely ever do which we never do i don't know anyone that reads them i mean they're pages long and i think they're purposely complicated income. long knowing that people areren't russian they're just gonna click i accept. and so this twitter user saying that none of this is new but like so much else we don't pay attention until it's too late- so others have actually said. that you know there are solutions and those are obviously legislative solutions the aclu saying we need strong laws that prevent apps from collecting unnecessary but sensitive data. you presidential candidate bernie sanders saying something similar we need additional privacy bill of rights to protect americans from the surveillance. erin you

mentioned a trump idea and of course- in his impeachment has been as as always everything surrounding from brother peta rising. and we have support coming from the rather. surprising so. that's right it is the editor of evangelical magazine christianity today who published a scathing piece against the president and explaining why he supports. not only impeaching him but removing him from office- saying that he violated the constitution by attempting to use his political power to coerce a foreign leader to harass and discredit a political opponent. but also that his twitter feed is a quote perfect example of a. human being who is morally lost and confused- now this piece also says that none of his positive. none of the things he's done that the evangelical community would see as positive are enough to redeem him from from from that them saying that- the moral and political danger we face. under a leader of such grossly immoral character is too much. of course the reacted to that single never read christianity today of course. yeah and him

he's called a progressive. left wing magazine at some point and the reality is of course that christianity today was founded by billy graham who is the most prominent evangelical figure as this where user says- it now what's interesting is actually. graham died a year ago but his son has treated saying- that yes his father founded that magazine but he would not agree with the peace. not only that he later said that his father actually voted for new donald trump and voted for him and the twenty sixteen election. so it's just going to say that actually the evangelical denomination has has evolved with the arrival of donald trump as this- twitter users as its- conservative. evangelicalism that has changed and not christianity today. on trump referring to christianity today instead of c. t. as et and has switched which isn't as in there founded a lot of that memes on social media. let's end with that. on a lighter note if we can. social media users very strong reactions to a film that was released today yes- cats the film adaptation

of the musical was released today and it's moments like these when you really. especially when you had a long day you're depressed about the news and you're you're so happy that people can really deliver. with creative criticisms and reactions in times like this. that film was released today and it was directed by tom hopper who did a muse- ab in twenty twelve. and also won an academy award for- the king's speech. but some reactions are saying that maybe he should have that academy roar reward revoked. for having made this movie there are a couple of positive reactions this one explains the five stages of experiencing cats curiosity disbelief begrudging respect. disbelief again and euphoria. this person from the financial times says he gave it four stars which is rare and he said the film is worryingly are roddick. but the vast majority of reactions are negative- i will say it's become a phenomenon but to end. this person is saying that t the film has become a social experiment now this person saying he's going to see it this morning

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