our paris correspondent, hugh schofield, was at versailles.ignity of the presidential office is something about which emmanuel macron feels very deeply. he came to versailles, a place of regal pomp and awe to talk to his legislators. he called and they came — 900 deputies and senators in buses from paris. newcomers to the assembly, like the mathematician and macron loyallist cedric villani, who saw nothing wrong with the president's unconventional summons. it is an exceptional, critical moment. the nation has gone through a terrible lack of trust recently. i find it perfectly normal and reassuring that the president wants to address the congress today. the speech was a 90—minute pep talk. an exhortation to lawmakers to understand the appetite for change in france and to act. he said he wants to make government more efficient, cutting the number of mps by a third, and europe was, as ever, a central theme. translation: it is no longer the time to paper over the cracks. we need to take europe back to its beginnings, to its very origins and, in th

woodrow wilson's efforts to influence the versailles peace treaty and fail to win approval of membership in the league of nations. april 6th marked the centennial of the united states declaration of war on germany in 1917. >> this is the story of the valor of one american president as told by another american president "the ordeal of woodrow wilson." a personal memoir by herbert hoover. woodrow wilson led america to victory in the war that was rightly called the great war, the first world war, the greatest the united states had ever fought. simultaneously woodrow wilson fought another great war, the greatest ever waged against hunger and famine and disease. in this crusade his commander was herbert hoover who was also high in the councils that set the conduct of the war itself. the french people idolized woodrow wilson. he was the hope of the war wary masses of all europe. but when he left france for his own country, for washington, he found a hostile element in the u.s. senate that bitterly opposed his idea for a league of nations. woodrow wilson then set out across the country in a val

thinking about the world the versailles treaty created. famously described by eight a a famous historian as peace to end all peace. that the end of conflict was almost inevitable. this was a week where we have seen the nightmare of the syrian war. it takes us back to images of world war i and world war ii. a country where half the population -- maybe more than that now -- is displaced. chemical weapons featured in world war i are again being used. we look at what is happening in isul and think how on earth the war in iraq, the war against isis, going to create some kind of stability? we think about the meeting that is taking place today, in which the new rising power, the country that seeks to order the world -- president xi jinping is meeting with our very inexperienced and ambitious trump. so those issues, obviously, form the context in which we will talk with a reference point to the end of world war i about this issue. of how you create a stable order, a stable structure in which nations and ethnic groups can live. i will ask emma to s

he came to versailles, a place of regal pomp and awe to talk to his legislators.called and they came — 900 deputies and senators in buses from paris. newcomers to the assembly, like the mathematician and macron loyalist cedric villani, who saw nothing wrong with the president's unconventional summons. it is an exceptional, critical moment. the nation has gone through a terrible lack of trust recently. i find it perfectly normal and reassuring that the president wants to address the congress today. the speech was a 90—minute pep talk. an exhortation to lawmakers to understand the appetite for change in france and to act. he said he wants to make government more efficient, cutting the number of mps by a third, and europe was, as ever, a central theme. translation: it is no longer the time to paper over the cracks. we need to take europe back to its beginnings, to its very origins and, in that way, give life again to a desire for europe. earlier in the day, there had been a security alert. an alleged plot to shoot the president on bastille day. no mention of that her

critics say his versailles ceremony looked just a bit too regal — he says it's time for the french totop living unfairly off the public purse. and i think by it's recent choices our people are asking us to follow a radically new path. president trump has called france, germany and italy today and saudi arabia yesterday. it's all ahead of his trip to europe and meeting with vladimir putin. this video tweet has had the second highest number of views of any ever by donald trump — and yes, it's another attack on the press. also — amidst fierce fighting the battle for mosul is nearing an end. islamic state fighters are being driven from the last streets they control. but what comes next once the iraqi city is reclaimed? and new jersey's governor is feeling the heat. it's bad enough to close a beach on a holiday weekend — it's another thing to then show up relaxing in the sand. welcome to 100 days+. i'm katty kay in washington, christian fraser is in london. emmanuel macron is either a self—styled napoleon who's far too regal for the french republic or he's a political genius who's going to

reporter: emmanuel macron on the way to his big speech at the house of versailles. -- the palace of versaillesmmunists and -- they accuse macron of acting more like a king than elected leader. for 90 minutes the new leader was calm as he outlined his agenda. he wants to radically change france. special courts are to be shut down. the number of members of parliament is to be cut by one third and there will be proportional representation to make it easier for smaller political parties to enter parliament. and he is hoping to mobilize french patriotism. >> you may choose to support or oppose the government that i nominated depending on what you believe, but ultimately we all know that something very deep unites us, animates us, and engages us. yes, the simple love of country. reporter: but if parliament fails to sign off on his intended institutional reforms, he intends to go straight to the voters in a referendum. he says nothing less thathe future of france is at stake. >> we risk losing financial discipline if we don't reestablish our budget, if we don't reduce our public debt. losing the trus

he came to versailles, a place of regal pomp and awe, to talk to his legislators.and macron loyallist cedric villani, who saw nothing wrong with the president's unconventional summons. it's an exceptional, critical moment. the nation has gone through a terrible lack of trust recently. i find it perfectly normal and reassuring that the president wants to address the congress today. the speech was a 90—minute pep talk. an exhortation to lawmakers to understand the appetite for change in france and to act. he said he wants to make government more efficient, cutting the number of mps by a third, and europe was, as ever, a central theme. translation: it is no longer the time to paper over the cracks. we need to take europe back to its beginnings, to its very origins and, in that way, give life again to a desire for europe. earlier in the day, there had been a security alert. an alleged plot to shoot the president on bastille day. no mention of that here. it would appear that emmanuel macron would like a new kind of presidency from that practised by his immediate red pre

the french president is addressing both houses of parliament at the palace of versailles.ndy murray begins the defence of his title after brushing off injury fears. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. a 16—year—old girl has pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of seven—year—old katie rough. the little girl died injanuary after being found seriously injured on a playing field in york. she later died in hospital. and we can now ci’oss to our correspondent, phil bodmer, outside leeds crown court. as you say, katie rough died from severe lacerations to her neck and chest on a playing field in the woodthorpe area on the south—western outskirts of york in january. woodthorpe area on the south—western outskirts of york injanuary. she was attended to by paramedics and taken to hospital, but later died of those injuries. a 15 yard goal was subsequently arrested and charged with murder. today at leeds crown court, the girl who is now 16 and can't be named, pleaded guilty to manslaughter via diminished responsibility and appeared via video link. my colleague has the story. katie ro

of patriotic communion, a big republican mass in versailles.e -- they say he is the evangelical priest of the republic. >> of focus today is on the prime minister who was delivering his speech on general policy in front of parliament. >> now it is philippe's turn. you can read about that. they say after macron's speech about goals and guiding principles and what direction france is going to go in, philippe will have to really add tomeet to the bones -- meat the bones and address concrete matters, give precise details on the method and calendar of these reforms. a lot of papers say macron left all the dirty work to believe. you can -- edward philippe. they say macro is the profit andn philippe has to deal with all the touchy subjects. some good cop, bad cop from the president and prime minister. you can see that on the front page. they talk about marcon's dream republic. it is up to adouard philippe to implement it. ron as the king of all gods, jupiter. that is how they like this, as jupiter. he is talking to hercules. he says, perfect timing. i

is standingke who by in versailles. a detailed vision of france outlined by president macron for the next five years. right, you mentioned quite a few of them there, he wants to reduce by 1\3rd the number of mp s in parliament. he plans to lift the state of emergency in the fall. the state of emergency has been lifted but remains permanent in some regard. he really wanted to point out that the speech was about giving his vision, his mandate, the meaning of his five-year mandate and it will be up to the prime minister to put the meat on the bones of that vision. many are saying, was that speech necessary, was it a repeat or a doubling up and he was pretty clear in his address to congress that it is not the same thing. it is about outlining the broad speech about what he wants to do and what he wants to accomplish in the coming year. he wants to do this exercise addressing congress every year in order to provide an opportunity to take stock of what has been done and to provide fishing going forward. many people saying ton

all of this was happening before the versailles treaty. when versailles happen, britain and france were there, colonial powers were there. delegations were not. they were at a disadvantage because there was no agreement about what sort of future they wanted. some delegations wanted their own nationstates. like the ones from egypt for instance. egypt is a nationstate. to a were others who want broader world -- broader arab world. she aing that they should n arab world, arab country land as promised by the brits. they had different objectives. the colonial powers had their own interests. the colonial powers basically said, these countries are not yet ready for independence. ain andtutoring and brit france will have mandates to tutoring through the process. the term sykes-picot, is used to in body colonial deception. -- cliche a cleese a of such. border today, the between the countries, that is not that line. the borders were set later on. again, people like to save these borders were thrown out by colonial powers. these borders for the most

this has been made about big speech at versailles. it's obviously, as you point out , it's not the first time. constitutional re vision carried out in 2008. and what it basically did is it the president in the actual person of the president the authority to go directly to a message. give it's been done in the past. it was done under previous presidents before 2008. obviously it goes back over a century. but that message had tradition been given, whether chirac or others it had given by amening. the president essentially dispatched usually the prime minister to give that presidential message. the act of actually the president himself -- it's always been a he in the fifth republic and other republics, delivering that message, that's what was changed. the president. -- the authority. in the past two times, this is third time we have seen the third president of the fifth republic that has gone in this sessionbefore a joint of parliament in the glorious, setting of theed chateau de versailles. done in the midst of one of the greatest econo

it's the palace of versailles. the president also says he intends to lift the state of emergency.e since late 2015. the speech was 90 minutes — here's some of it. translation: until now, too often, we have taken the wrong path and procedures have taken precedence the wrong path and procedures have ta ken precedence over the wrong path and procedures have taken precedence over results, rules over initiative, living off the public purse over fairness. i think by their recent choices our people are asking to follow a radically new path. i refuse to choose between ambition and dispirited justice. i refuse to give up excellence to create equality or give up the idea that everyone must have to play to succeed. this kind of speech is quite rare in friend politics. not everyone is happy president macron made one. three parties boycotted the event. this is the front page of liberation, a centre left newspaper — it shows mr macron asjupiter, king of the gods, and said the session in versailles was the latest manifestation of the president's authoritarian nature. it's an accusation that's be

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 unde

here he is organizing this big speech in versailles. .> some papers are thrilled >> piquancy their front page going all-out. you have to understand that essentially the french media have compared mccrone to jupiter, the king of all gods. you can see they're talking about the fact they are concerned about this all-powerful president. they are afraid that public .ebate is going to be atrophied several french lawmakers have decided to boycott this speech and if you want to understand why, you can read the communist that explains why. likening macron once again to a king. >> many french people are gearing up for the big summer holidays. most legal take about a month. left on summer vacation without her children? a new trend. it is more more french are going to summer clubs or hotels for adults only. there was a study carried out of may. 46% of people want to get away for a romantic holiday or spend time with their friends. and theythey want rest get stressed out when they bring their kids on vacation because there is one sentence they fear ."more andi'm bored more people are doing good, but

political system we re big parts of the political system were not going to like this change and versaillesc in french history. talking about symbolism, its tradition of french president does an interview to the public on bastille day but he is not doing that. is attempting to rip up the rules. he said he was a new player in the french political syste m player in the french political system and he is sticking to that quite well so far. this may be the beginning of the end of his honeymoon period. it'll interesting to see. frankfurt is looking to labour law lockouts as it looks to attract post brexit banks. there is attract post brexit banks. there is a wonderful game at the moment, trying to attract banks from london to other european cities ahead of brexit. dublin has been quite successful. frankfurt has done reasonably well. it attracted three significant japanese banks but the labour laws are very different from the uk. the germans have come up with the concept of identifying so—called risktakers, effectively what you might call the traders in investment banks that they will change the r

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it is very, macron, he gives sport reliefs in versailles, he has been called the sun president in playctly. i will have to cut you short. thank you for your perception on that. so they are up there no, now, tucking into a lovely dinner, a very big day tomorrow, bastille day, 100 days since america landed on french soil. so plenty of symbolism 0rr here. thank you. with me now is the daily telegraph journalist, anne—elisabeth moutet. who gets the most out of this visit? it's a mutual add mir strange society. —— admiration society. both benefit. trump benefit because he has so much trouble in internal politics but he has been in europe now, he scored #lie6ly and also in which he was applauded and made a fairly important political speech. he was at the g20 where the message is mixed. then paris he is received in great splendour, he will attended the parade and then he will see what is the strongest military in the european union, and one of the strongest argue mys in nato with america and britain. the two of them we re very america and britain. the two of them were very careful never to im

and for a high cost considering that it cost about a half million euros to gather people in versailles. what emanuel macron wants is a steadier presidency there will be a third of the mps out of the national assembly if the law is voted and that would make the national assembly more representative i have to tell you that all eyes today are on the prime minister, edward philip who is expected to give a lengthy speech as well at 3:00 p.m so 24 hours sharp after the president. and he will lay out the detail agenda of reforms. for example, the reform of the labor market, much expected in france also the state of emergency will be scrapped in the fall. well, what will be in the law against terrorism? that will be laid out also this afternoon. and edward phillip will have to explain how he plays with a bad financial situation in france. a hole left by the hollande mandate, 8 billion euros they'llexpenses. how does that interfere with their willingness to implement the reforms and lowering taxes that's what the prime minister will have to explain this afternoon. >> at the same time there's a

its --mounts in announcements on the institution side area he gathered his 900 mps and versailles tellinghem he will cut their numbers by one third. he also wants to introduce representation in parliament instead of the system we are seeing now, something that could give a lot of votes to parties including the national far right party of marine le pen. one more announcement, he is going to end the state of emergency that france has been living in since the terrorist attack in 2015 by the end of the year. that hisinly intellectual and philosophical vision of france. guy: why did he choose to deliver the speech the way he did and in the location? this is a big step up in terms of no more protocol. caroline: yes, and the u.s. you have the state of the union every year and this is kind of the model that macron is trying to follow. the congress does not meet frequently only to revise the constitution. sarkozy did itt once in 2009 at the height of the financial crisis and france hollande- france will did it. he went to show he can also use the congress to reinforce his powers, reinforce the ima

unusual things, such as addressing speeches to both houses of parliament at the same chateau of versailleshis enthusiasm for this military symbolism. in some ways he is the successor to the institution of the french monarchy. as judescribed his style piterian. by that he means the remote king of the roman gods. there is an obama connotation a choreographed common man image on social media. wrench selfies with citizens or pictures of him boxing or playing tennis. that is very controlled. ofis a deliberate reversal the past presidencies where the images were not controlled enough and they demeaned the office of the french presidency. that was a common perception among the public. >> thank you so much for that. 24's claire williams has been with the crowds as they watch the parade. they lucked out with the weather today but how are people rating this year's march? you can probably see behind avenue is beginning to get back to normal. the metro stations have opened in the shops are reopening. the crowds are disappearing. i managed to speak to a few people before they left and generally people

what about making these announcements in versailles, that's a bit flash isn't it? that's part of the french physician, he is someone that he wants to be at least in part a —— louvre president. he modelled it and the american state of the union speech. in one thing he said in this beat is that he intended to communicate to parliament every year. his symbolism isa parliament every year. his symbolism is a mixture of tradition and modernity. good to talk with you, thanks forjoining us. the communities secretary sajid javid has been giving an update on the grenfell tower fire in the commons. he repeated the promise of amnesty for any illegal immigrants staying in the tower to come forward, as well as anyone illegally subletting their flat in the building. he also gave this update on residents still awaiting accommodation. the prime minister promised that every family that lost their home because of the fire would be promised a good quality temporary home in three weeks. the deadline is this wednesday. i have been monitoring the process of rehousing and we will honour t

this spokesman told us that we were a little shy in versailles and though we should not hesitate to expressourselves during this speech. for the thief. in the city depicted. on the soaps. i. i'll be back with more on the big stories of the day in just a where for a minute stay with or to international if you can. when we see on television left wing the sick advocates left wingers out there and they're shutting down professors from speaking at colleges so the shutting down colleges. that this is an example of them being or acting in an offer terry fowler a tarion passé become little dictators yes and this is would link to the fact that as children they were completely shielded from any of the so-called dangers of life kept in a bubble and so when they become young adults anything that disrupts that bubble a loud sound like a professor saying something that doesn't agree with them they go into shock they go into stuff like meltdown. mode. seemed wrong. but old rules just don't hold. any old belief yet to shape out these days it comes to education and in games from an equals betrayal. when so

but remember the joint press conference that macron held with president putin at versailles? and he lit in to putin. there is a danger here for president trump in not knowing which way macron is going to go. >> there is. but absolutely as much as this is going to be potentially an awkward trip, remember that president trump pretty much supported macron's opponent, marine le pen in the presidential race in france as much as this will be awkward on both sides president trump needs allies right now. as we saw at the g20, the united states is more isolated than it has been in recent memory in terms of our international relations. european allies who have partnered with the u.s. in the past feel very wary of their position and their relationship with the united states. german chancellor angela merkel has expressed and hinted that she feels a little bit worried about the relation with the united states and theresa may, our partner in the united kingdom, has also expressed worry. and so we need partners, we need friends. and so that's why this is going to be such an important trip.

the symbolism and what the greatest symbol then to address the joint houses of parliament here in versailles home of the old monarchy. yeah i know who you're. but not everyone likes this new look french presidency the far left boycotted best site and held a symbolic meeting of it soon on left wing republican turf in eastern paris. reviews of president macro and were pronounce. he portrayed himself as. after. yeah because we've got. and. all. where? and we have something in leann. again. cruel the monarch cool that you with her own. expect a lot more of that the left wing position. especially if lou when things thought sleep well the fronts of young head of state. he's gonna build bbc news paris. from one unconventional leader to another the tweaking habits of president trump a once again in the headlines. even as he passed for a high profile trip to europe this week. just today the president right some point fake news will be forced to discuss all great jobs numbers strong economy success with isis the border. and so much else. his attacks on the media and nothing new of course but his ranka

in a speech at the palace of versailles, emmanuel macron said he wants to reduce the size of parliament and the cabinet, and streamline the voting system. he also called for cuts to the bureaucracy of the european union. now on bbc news, time for hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, i'm stephen sackur. nigeria's stability and unity is threatened by internal tensions, conflict and corruption, from the boko haram insurgency in the north to violent militancy in the south and separatist aspirations in the east. amid all this turmoil, how effective in securing the country as the nigerian army? my guest is army chief, lieutenant general tukur yusuf buratai. by by his force is playing a constructive or destructive role as nigeria tries to keep a lid on its problems —— are his forces? general tukur yusuf buratai, welcome to hardtalk. thank you, stephen. a couple of yea rs thank you, stephen. a couple of years ago your president, new president, set you a clear mission to eradicate boko haram. he said it could be done within months. it would be fair to say, would it not, that you have failed in that mi

of versailles y goes ahead and concludes the world war, japan is the eneficiary of all of these islands that had been german territory. marianas except for guam, the car lines. a >> the very fact that the washington naval conference in 1921 includes the united states, great britain, and japan even and h the united states to a britain have 5: 5 ratio of 3 naval superiority to apan the very fact that japan is on the world stage with those other two powers pretty significant. n the meantime what's been happening in china? by 1927, i would suggest to you word, china is in chaos. of by 1927, it's sort solidified some emerging national government in china. now, there's certainly communist opposition, even that early. with that is ns that as they solidify some of national government and kind of extends his power manchuria and brings that under the chinese that puts ernment, china on even more of a japan.on course with and along about that time, 1931, there's arker, omething called the manchurian incident. it's an explosion on a realway. it but even disrupt japan says china is the have to move

in this 25-minute film details woodrow wilson's efforts to influence the versailles peace treaty andail to win approval of membership in the league of nations. april 6th marked the centennial of the united states declaration of war on germany in 1917. >> this is the story of the valor of one american president as told by another american president "the ordeal of woodrow wilson." a personal memoir by herbert hoover. woodrow wilson led america to victory in the war that was rightly called the great war, the first world war, the greatest the united states had ever fought. simultaneously woodrow wilson fought another greatr,

of meeting with president putin, and i had two very long meetings with president putin, first in versaillesthe second one during the g20. this relationship is very important. we have a lot of discrepancies obviously, with russia, but in the current environment, especially in the middle east, it is a necessity to work together, to exchange information, to share these agreements and try to build solutions. that is my whole relationship with russia. we don't obviously have the same relationship as the one with the u.s., but that is a long-standing relationship with russia as well. and i think it is both important for us to have direct contact with president putin. president trump: one of the great things that came out of the meeting was that we got the cease-fire that has now lasted for, i guess almost five days. while five days does not sound like a long period of time, in terms of a cease-fire in syria that is a long period of time. and that is a result of having communication with a country. so during that five day period, a a lot of lives have been saved. a lot of people were not killed. n

critics say his versailles ceremony looked just a bit too regal — he says it's time for the french tolly new path. president trump has called france, germany and italy today and saudi arabia yesterday. it's all ahead of his trip to europe and meeting with vladimir putin. this video tweet has had the second highest number of views of any ever by donald trump — and yes, it's another attack on the press. also — amidst fierce fighting the battle for mosul is nearing an end.

in a speech at the palace of versailles, emmanuel macron said he wants to reduce the size of parliament and the cabinet, and streamline the voting system. he also called for cuts to the bureaucracy of the european union. the south korean military says north korea has fired another ballistic missile off its east coast. there are no details so far about the missile type. japan has issued a strong protest. china's ambassador at the un warned of disastrous consequences if tension is not eased. floods in central and southern china have killed at least 33 people and forced hundreds of thousands from their homes. water levels in more than 60 rivers have risen above danger levels. authorities are sending tents, food, bottled water and medicine. a movie about the early life of the smiths‘ frontman, morrissey, has had its world premiere at the edinburgh international film festival, and while morrissey does know about the film, he is yet to say what he thinks of it. our entertainment correspondent colin paterson has been to meet the team behind it. the local music scene is the sole whose regard fo

he's convened a special session of both houses of parliament at the palace of versailles. french head of state has taken such a step and mr macron has been accused by some opponents of over—reaching his powers. jamie is here with all the business news. russia and china? a big meeting. chinese president xijinping is in russia for talks with his counterpart vladimir putin. the visit will be president xi's sixth tour to russia since taking office in 2012 and their meetings seem to be bearing fruit. according to chinese statistics, trade between the two increased by over 26% in the first four months of the year, reaching nearly $25 billion. co—operation is increasing, too. russia will be a key component of china's ‘belt and road' initiative — an ambitious multitrillion—dollar project that will link europe and asia via the historic silk road. beijing is a major driving force behind the project — the chinese government has already agreed to help finance the high—speed rail line between the two russian cities of moscow and kazan. let's stay with the world's second largest economy

and they have a lot to hide because of the versailles treaty it seems like germany was not even guarded. they had very strict rules on what you could have after the war with a large army there were limits to everything they are hiding the guns and the church like a dueling society a fraternity they are there but they don't want this out because the french papers are wonderful sources because they were interested in what they were suspecting along. with these patriotic societies like the storm troopers who would help in the army because they would help shield them so that is what they have to guard they don't want that to come out so they have a lot of things of the time like the judge is trying to protect. >> the way i understand it is the speaker was not heat teller and he claimed he was the drummer you may have a different view but so how did hitler displace ludendorff as a leader?. >> this is a great question so actually it would be the general state commissioner this was right at the height of that. almost with strong executive powers so they had an invitation that night when they w

between myself i had two very long meetings with president putin, the very first one in versailles and the second one during the g20 so this relationship is very important. we have a lot of discrepancies obviously with russia, but in the current environment, especially in middle east, it's a necessity to work together to exchange information, to share disagreements and to try to build solutions. so that's my relationship with russia and we don't have obviously the same relationship as the one with the u.s., but that's a long standing relationship with russia as well and i think it's important that both of us have direct discussion and contact with president putin. >> one of the great things that came out of that meeting, by the way, even though it's not part of the question, was the fact that we got a ceasefire that now has lasted for, i guess, mr. president, almost five days. and while five days doesn't sound like a long period of time, in terms of a ceasefire in syria that's a very long period of time. and that was a result of having communication with a country. so during that five-

in a speech at the palace of versailles, emmanuel macron, said he wants to reduce the size of parliament, the cabinet and streamline the country's voting system. he also called for cuts to the bureaucracy of the european union. floods in central and southern china have killed at least 33 people. hundreds of thousands of people have been forced to leave their homes. water levels in more than 60 rivers have risen above dangerous levels. authorities have sent tents, food, bottled water and medicine to the affected areas. north korea has launched an unidentified projectile into the sea off the south coast. it is being described as a ballistic missile. it is just days after south korea's new leader and president donald trump discussed the threat in their first meeting. now on bbc news, monday in parliament. hello and welcome to monday in parliament, our look at the day at westminster. the headlines. the northern ireland secretary says he's still focused on a return to power sharing — his labour shadow calls for the prime minister to be at the forefront of negotiations. he could tell her to ge

meetings with president putin and i had two long meetings with president putin, the first one in versaillesone during the g20 and this relationship is very important. we have a lot of discrepancies with russia but in the current environment, especially in the middle east, it is a necessity to work together to exchange information, to share disagreements and to try to build solutions. so thatis and to try to build solutions. so that is my relationship with russia and we do not have the same relationship as the one with the us but that is a long—standing relationship with russia as well and it is important both of us have direct discussion in contact with president putin. one of the great things that came out of that meeting is the fact that we got a ceasefire that now has lasted for almost five days and while five days does not sound like a long period of time in terms of a ceasefire in syria that isa terms of a ceasefire in syria that is a very long period of time and that was a result of having communication with a country so during that five—day period a lot of lives have been saved, a lo

if you are looking for a left—field name, certainly alexandra he was in versailles has been in a numberp fans of doctor who would note that name. certainly, those are the top five names that we have had about last few months. there was a names to look out for this afternoon. what about peter capaldi? what has he brought for the role.|j think years but a lot of history, dignity and charisma to the role. i could not be more astonished when he wrote wrote in an ace tank his electric guitar and a dark glasses. he is shone in the last few years and he will be missed as a doctor who from art base at our blog and a lot of fans out there. we mustn't forget that as well at the doctor whos we have had that has been a succession of new characters as well, not least for the daleks. the daleks, there has been a number dollars and they will be around for the next doctor and i cannot see ever losing them. we have certainly seen the cyber men and there have been the weeping angels which has been the weeping angels which has been steven moffat‘s key monster that he has developed. certainly, it will be s

the original hangs in versailles. this was created in the middle of the 19th century. what it shows is the siege at yorktown, and of course, since a french artist painted this for the king, the most prominent individual is general roshambo. he's the one in the pink sash. general george washington is behind him to the left. it captures the critically important role that the french play not only at yorktown but throughout the american revolution. one other feature that attracted us to this painting is that it shows a tent. this is a french tent. it looks more napoleonic. we love the fact that it did show how armies travel living in tents. one of the crown jewels of our collection is george washington's war tent. >> a look inside the new museum of the market revolution in philadelphia with live coverage at 7:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span3. before leaving poland, president trump and the president of poland held a joint news conference in warsaw.

doing this in front of 900 lawmakers in versailles in the palace of the monarchy, in animal crown was- emmanuel macron was to show he wants to be above the political fray to set priorities for his mandate. there are dangers with this. the first is to overshadow his prime minister. he was supposed to give its own speech tomorrow. is -- he wase nicknamed jupiter. but the front page of the he isper, saying that the -- king. vonnie: caroline, he wants to reduce the number of lawmakers. he told my hundred lawmakers this. what kind of chaos will this unleash in the districts? he has always, said, even during the campaign, he wants to accelerate a lawmaking process to make things simpler and to implement them faster. this is a way for him to say that, to simple by the political process in front. he has also said that he is you -- he said that he is ready to use a referendum. if the far left wing in the far left wing don't agree. he wants to introduce implementation of parliament to make it transparent for the french to understand better the institution. the other big announcement and this sp

the versailles treaty for one thing. a lot of germany almost seemed like an unguarded arms dump. the law with france, they had these strict rules on what you could have after the war. no army larger than 100,000 people. they lifted everything and they are hiding these and the guns, at the time of the putsch in the church where hitler hid in kind of like a fraternity, they have been there. and they don't want this out. because the french are following this and the french papers are wonderful sources for this cause they were interested, they suspected this all along. they had all these patriotic societies, kind of like the storm troopers would be a big benefit when they closed down to the societies helping the army because they were able to help shield these weapons. that's another thing that i have to kind of guard. they don't want that to come out. they also don't want the involvement of the government to get out so they have a lot of things at the time like the judge is trying to protect, exactly. >> thank you. >> the way i understand it is that the featured speaker at the beer