this is interesting, the front page of le figaro, and emmanuel macron‘s wife, brigitte.in an official position for her, first lady, like the united states. and there seems to be a lot of boxes —— opposition? yes, over 220,000 people say they don't like the idea. the fa ct say they don't like the idea. the fact that he was so great office is in line with what he said before the election. but in france, as you said, you have this issue around budget cuts, which will have to be sustained. you also have this issue around nepotism and around politicians grating posts for their relatives, which gives this a bit of a taste. will he listen, though? he has a majority in parliament. yes, he has. but he needs to get across that this is that he is bringing through change and reform. so that will lead to some reconsideration of the plan. this is an excellent, sally and i, we have got young people, tweenagers, in a home, who like to spend time on computers. this story suggested they be allowed to use than morons —— spend more time online, because they could defend the country. yes, th

president macron is facing a backlash over plans to create an office of "first lady" for his wife brigitteublic spending cuts would need to be sanctioned by a referendum. more than 220,000 people have signed an online petition against the plan. and 82—year—old japanese woman has proved that creativity has no age limit. she spotted a gap in the games market and created an app especially for players over 60. the game is inspired by a traditional japanese dolls festival and already has a great response. well, that's one woman exceeding in the world of technology, but staff at google are caught up in a row about gender diversity, and equality. it started when a male software engineer wrote a memo saying the lack of women in top tech jobs was due to biological differences between the sexes. many of his colleagues criticised the statement but he says others support him. while google has defended its track record for inclusion, the issue has sparked heated debate about perceptions of women in the workplace around the world. joining me now in the studio to talk about the challenges women face in a

president macron is facing a backlash over plans to create an office of first lady for his wife brigittes would need to be sanctioned by a referendum. more than 220,000 people have signed an online petition against the plan. a 20—year—old british model, who says she was kidnapped and held for nearly a week in italy, has returned to the uk. italian police believe chloe ayling was attacked and drugged before attempts were made to sell her in an online auction. a polish man, who lives in the uk, has been arrested. gavin lee reports from milan. held captive inside this isolated italian farmhouse, the bizarre and elaborate kidnap allegation centres on how 20—year—old model chloe ayling, from south london, was duped into leaving the uk for a photoshoot in milan. once inside this fake studio, she is said to have been snatched by three men and injected with the drug ketamine. unconscious, she was bundled into this bag, placed in the boot of a car and driven away. while chloe ayling was held captive in this house behind me, the police statement says she was tied to furniture, a chest of drawers,

brigitte macaw currently has a team off two or three aids as well as two secretaries and two security agents that's enough. because he is no stranger to controversy acclimation the subject a series of sexist and misogynistic slams. the speakers of the age difference between him and the president dosing. because she famously went from being maclean's teacher to his wife. the latest controversy hats to the french he does troubles. off saying now is the budget cuts in george divisive labor reform. concern michael's popularity continues to plunge putting an end to his honeymoon period. because last month showed he had dropped seven percentage points. within thirty six percent of the french public saying. that we're happy with the young president's. now there are some unwanted visitors to towns in the mountains of romania now bands are increasingly straying into urban areas in search of food. dozens of them have been spotted outside the usual habitats and although they rarely violence. it is a major cause of concern for some areas of us has the story. nnova. a few leftovers for this brown

emanuel macron who is facing a backlash over plans to create an office of "first lady" for his wife brigittee of public spending cuts would need to be sanctioned by a referendum. more than 220,000 people have signed an online petition against the plan. the telegraph leads with comments made by a former head of a uk government electronic spy agency who said british children should be encouraged to spend more time online to improve their digital skills.

emmanuel macron, is facing a backlash over plans to create an office of "first lady" for his wife brigitte. many feel such a move at a time of public spending cuts would need to be sanctioned by a referendum. more than 220,000 people have signed an on—line petition against the plan. that's all from me for now. stay with bbc news. and a top story here in the uk: new figures suggest that more than a0 maternity units in england were forced to close to new admissions at some point last year. the labour party has blamed under—funding by the government. now on bbc news, all the latest business news live from singapore. the dow breaks another record on wall street, but what will it take for the rallies to spill over into asian markets. mothers milk against formula. why is the latter a favourite option in hong kong? good morning, asia. hello, world. welcome to another edition of asia business report. it's a tuesday. my name is rico hizon. i am glad you could join us. rico hizon. i am glad you could join us. we start the programme with the markets. the dow jones us. we start the programme with the

president emmanuel macron is facing a backlash over plans to create an office of first lady for his wife brigitte. many feel such a move, at a time of public spending cuts would need to be sanctioned by a referendum. more than 220,000 people have signed an online petition against the plan. that's all from me now. stay with bbc world news. now on bbc news it's time for hardtalk. welcome to a special edition of hardtalk. i am stephen sackur and today i am joined by an audience here at the bbc radio theatre to celebrate 20 years of hardtalk interviews. who better to have on our birthday than sir ian mckellen? whether you think of him as richard iii or gandalf, he has won hearts and accolades around the world. not just for decades of work on screen but his passion of public campaigning, particularly on the issue of gay rights. please give a warm welcome to ian mckellen. that was quite a welcome. ian mckellen, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. there's a lot to talk about both personal and in terms of yourcampaigning. but there are very few actors with the diversity you have offered your audiences, from

president macron is facing a backlash over plans to create an office of first lady for his wife brigitteeed to be sanctioned by a referendum. more than 220,000 people have signed an online petition against the plan. a large sinkhole has claimed seven lies in florida. it grew hundreds of feet within a matter of hours. 0fficials now say an additional five homes will need to be demolished in the residential neighbourhood of land 0' the residential neighbourhood of land o' lakes in florida. the cleanup is a delicate process to ensure that the land surrounding the sinkhole does not become unstable. yunnan, in south west china, is famed for its unique architecture but that's now at risk because it's much cheaper to destroy an old house and build a new one than it is to renovate a hand—crafted structure. leaving local people wondering how they can preserve the area's rich heritage. china correspondent stephen mcdonell reports from zhoucheng. here, they have been very successful with their dyeing business. so successful they were able to upgrade the family home. half of the traditional house has

a million people have signed an online petition saying emmanuel macron should not give his wife brigitte three months since the election, but the new president has seen his support in opinion polls fall sharply. looking at the story, russel trott reports. herfans may her fans may have shattered her name at husband's victorious election campaign, but despite her many detractors, one thing is for sure: france as first lady will not be ignored. the media called on the president, said that a chart has been drawn up to got a fighter role. a petition against it has more than a quarter of a million signatures. translation: the president is at the top of the pyramid because he is elected by citizens. but you cannot say that his wife comes before all other women, too. the title of first lady is very sensitive. it is important and it resonates with citizens because they feared as an injustice, and a special privilege, too. critics compare her with her american counterpart, who they say is used as and important appendage. opinion polls suggest the president's popularity has fallen sharply in the th

in towns and city centres, —— brigitte shockley.eet us first thing. the wind is fairly light, lots of sunshine. the cloud gathers at the west. isolated showers in the afternoon. favourite spots for those could be across scotland. hopefully they will be isolated. 15—17d of the afternoon highs. for much of northern england, a better day in comparison to today, particularly in the north—east. shower free, lots of sunshine, pleasa nt shower free, lots of sunshine, pleasant enough across wales and the south of england, the odd shower hopefully not spoiling your afternoon too much. we could see 22 somewhere in the south—east yet again, particularly if we keep the spells of sunshine. so, for the final day of the world championships, it looks as though the weather is set to behave itself beautifully. not too hot, largely dry with just like wings. all change as we go into monday, unfortunately. -- light as we go into monday, unfortunately. —— light winds. rain arrives, the heaviest of which in scotland and northern ireland. wright and patchy

productivity remains brigitte graham.ot a record to be proud of. thanks forjoining us. president trump has accused the us congress of damaging relations with russia. he took to twitter to say... that comes a day after he reluctantly signed into law new sanctions against russia; they were overwhelmingly passed by both the house and the senate. earlier the russian prime minister, dmitry medvedev, said the measures demonstrated the complete impotence of the us president. our correspondent laura bicker is in washington. the war of words, the war of twitter, it is entering a rather dangerous phase isn't it? when you look at donald trump, former ceo of a company, he thinks he is taking the highest office in the land but because he is not experienced politics or in the machinations of american democracy, he is having to put up with congress. he ran as an outsider, which means he feels a little outside the republican establishment, and a little outside of party politics. that is one thing that he can turn to his advantage when th

developing use for blockchain as it partners with food companies from walmart to dole joining us is brigitte mcdermot mcdermott. i spent time last night -- we talk about blockchain. when we talk about blockchain, we used to talk about bitcoin, which is a currency. explain the technology for people when we say an open ledger, what does that look like. >> blockchain is a trusted system of record that's all it is it's that simple it means that when you want to share information with people who you know but maybe you don't totally trust, you can -- >> like them >> like us >> not naming names. but you can put it on the blockchain when you put it on the blockchain it can't be changed like doing a crossword puzzle in pen. if you do a crossword puzzle in pencil, your friends are like did you do it? did you cheat? if you do it in pen, they know if you crossed it out. blockchain records it in a way that everybody trusts the information -- >> the way it was described to me was the idea that when you buy a home, there's always these different constituents, component parts. the buyer and seller, but ther