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president emmanuel macron has led a minute's silence at the elysee palace.eds, or possibly thousands. let's speak to mathilde hangard, a journalist working on the island. what is the mood like on the island during this day of mourning? well, the day of mourning doesn't change anything because some residents don't know that there is national mourning because they are still deprived of electricity.— of electricity. and tell us how the recovery _ of electricity. and tell us how the recovery process - of electricity. and tell us how the recovery process and - of electricity. and tell us how the recovery process and the | the recovery process and the clean—up are going. the recovery process and the clean-up are going.- clean-up are going. well, health professionals - clean-up are going. well, health professionals and i clean-up are going. well, l health professionals and aid centres specialising in the management of this type of disaster and specific equipment have arrived. the population had criticised this aid for not being fast enough. it has been nine days si

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the two leaders held a meeting at the elysee palace along with french president emmanuel macron aheadalso met with prince william later on in the evening. earlier, us first lady jill biden was greeted by mr macron as she arrived at notre dame cathedral in combination with these wonderful young carpenters who are using tools that were the original tools that were used in mediaeval times. so there was a lot of detail paid to the journey, and you feel that that's very important? that's been incredibly important. and i think it tells notjust in the carpentry, but also in the art and the work of the artisans, because i think part of it has been to introduce notjust the historical work, but also new work into the cathedral and the lightness and the brightness. it's not a new building, but it gives you a new view of an ancient building, a historic building, and that's very important. it is extraordinary. 0ne can't help but feel that macron was trying to make a political point there. but what he said is when people come together with a common purpose — and let's face it, this was an expensive

this is mr barnier arriving at the elysee palace to see president macron who only appointed him prime forced out like this in more than 60 years. his government collapsed after mps of both left and right voted overwhelmingly in support of the motion against him, after he had had used special powers to force through his budget without a vote. well, the constitution means there can't be another general election in france untiljuly next year, so for the moment politics and government seem to be in a state of some paralysis. 0ur correspondent mark lowenjoined me earlier to talk about the pressure president macron is now facing. i mean, he has said that his intention is absolutely to see out the rest of his presidential term. which would be until the next presidential election in 2027. he says he has no intention of standing down. but you're right, i mean, there is a lot of anger against him and a lot of people who feel that he is the person who has brought this country to a state of complete division and stasis. now, so far, we'vejust had a very short statement from the elysee palace behi

french prime minister michel barnier leaves the elysee palace, having tendered his resignation.o demand his resignation. �*country first, party second' — the uk's prime minister unveals his �*plan for change', setting out pledges on extra police officers, more house—building and fixing the health system. we rebuild britain with our national missions, driven forward in the harsh light of accountability. by the milestones for this parliament. millions of people in the uk could face �*a decade long' wait for the approved weight loss drug — mounjaro. health charities say the roll—out should be faster. hello, i'm annita mcveigh, welcome to bbc news now, 3 hours of fast—moving news, interviews and reaction. political turmoil continues in france — where although there's no official confirmation yet, it's thought michel barnier may have offered his resignation as prime minister after his government was toppled in a no—confidence motion on wednesday evening. (00vthis is mr barnier arriving at the elysee palace to see president macron who appointed him as prime minister just three months

last hour, the two leaders met with french president emmanuel macron at the elysee palace today's grand opening comes more than five years after the iconic cathedral was ravaged by fire. that blaze brought notre dame within minutes of collapsing. we have a team of correspondents covering today's developments. alayna treene is in washington, d.c. nic robertson is in london for us. but let's begin with cnn's melissa bell. outside of notre dame cathedral so, melissa, it's miraculous. i mean, it truly is notre dame rising from the ashes from five years ago. and it's a ceremony that many people, french people thought would never happen. so what's it like there well, the weather is sadly atrocious, alison. >> in fact, we've just watched president-elect donald trump being accompanied by someone holding an umbrella over him as he made his way into the cathedral. and clearly, this is not what the organizers had counted on. it's been windy blustery, and now it's raining. really hard. but that ceremony just about to get underway with those 50 heads of state, are really moving moment. of course not

it's a grand room here uh, i'm not sure it's the elysee palace. and this is a photo op for them.ve been waiting for this today because president-elect trump has been meeting with several world leaders including president zelenskyy of ukraine and, of course, president macron of france. and this is the meeting with prince william okay meanwhile, after months of silence and mystery surrounding his health. actor jamie foxx is now talking about that episode that left him near death in the hospital last year foxx suffered a sudden medical scare, and he's now sharing details in this new netflix special cnn entertainment correspondent elizabeth wagmeister has more first of all, i want to say thank you to everybody that's prayed, man and sent me messages. >> jamie foxx, speaking to his fans last year, three months after he collapsed while filming a movie in atlanta. >> a lot of people were waiting, you know, or wanting to hear updates, but to be honest with you, i just didn't want you to see me like that, man. >> but now what had happened was. >> fox is ready to tell all in a netflix stan

this is mr barnier arriving at the elysee palace to see president macron who only appointed him primeced out like this in more than 60 years. his government collapsed after mps of both left and right voted overwhelmingly in support of the motion against him, after he had had used special powers to force through his budget without a vote. well, the constitution means there can't be another general election in france untiljuly next year, so for the moment politics and government seem to be in a state of some paralysis. live now to paris — and our southern europe correspondent mark lowen. we will hear from president macron a bit later today. intriguing to think what he might say about this whole political crisis because his own political future is also at stake, some say. he own political future is also at stake, some say.— own political future is also at stake, some say. he has said that his intention _ stake, some say. he has said that his intention is _ stake, some say. he has said that his intention is to - stake, some say. he has said that his intention is to see . that his intentio

very vigorously the president—elect of the united states, donald trump, here they are inside the elysee palace reopening of notre dame cathedral. this is donald trump's first foreign trip since winning the real action last month. as we saw they embrace and show fans on the steps of the presidential palace. mrtrump steps of the presidential palace. mr trump was given a full guard of honour, resuming a relationship from several years ago which was often rather tense during mr trump as my first term in office. —— mr trump's first term in office. this is a tricky time for the french president of course and comes as france enters a period of some considerable uncertainty with michel barnier�*s government falling on wednesdayjust gone, and a replacement is yet to be announced. let's return to storm darragh and the effects it is having in the uk. a short time ago, we spoke to nickjohnson. he's in the english seaside town of weston—super—mare. it's still very, very windy, martine. i'm sort of struggling to keep myself upright at the moment. that red warning meaning a danger to life, that has now expir

this is mr barnier arriving at the elysee palace to see president macron who only appointed him primebe forced out like this in more than sixty years. his government collapsed after mps of both left and right voted overwhelmingly in support of the motion against him, after he had had used special powers to force through his budget without a vote. well the constitution means there can't be another general election in france untiljuly next year, so for the moment politics and government seem to be in a state of some paralysis. live now to paris — and our southern europe correspondent mark lowen. ben, thanks very much indeed, yes, about an hour and a half, a time when president mack rome is due to make a statement to the french public, appearing at 8pm which is the prime time evening news time here. it's going to be his first public statement since his prime minister was toppled in that vote of confidence last night. the president has accepted his resignation and says that he will now stay on and a caretaker capacity to run day—to—day politics. we don't know how long for, we don't know h

macron also organizing a meeting with trump and zelensky at the elysee palace. back at notre dame, the cathedral's first mass in more than five years since that devastating fire in 2019. the firefighters who bravely saved the cathedral on that day were honored saturday with this standing ovation and the cathedral lit up with a message of thanks. and there will be ceremonies here at the cathedral on each of the next seven days. it's free to visit, but online reservations are already booked out for the next week, and we're expecting a long line of hopeful visitors. tom smith, abc news, paris. >> tom, thanks for that new overnight 2020 four's word of the year was one we heard more than a few times in the run up to the presidential election. according to merriam-webster, the designation goes to polarization. the nation's oldest dictionary publisher defines the word as division into two sharply distinct opposites. the company's editor at large says politically, polarization means we are tending toward the extremes rather than toward the center. rounding out merriam-w

french president emmanuel macron and ukrainian president zelenskyy at the elysee palace.today's triumphant reopening comes more than five years after the iconic cathedral was ravaged by a devastating fire. many thought it would never be rebuilt. cnn's melissa bell is outside. it's a cold and rainy notre dame bell. french day outside of notre dame, there but set the scene inside and out for us. >> well, what we saw with this incredibly moving ceremony as you say, all of those many dignitaries inside, a reminder of what this cathedral means to the world, as is the fact, alison, that it is 340,000 donors from 150 countries that have contributed to this restoration. in fact, what we just saw a short while ago on the front of the cathedral were light in big lights. merci. thank you. in many different languages in the world, what we saw it kick off with was the archbishop of paris. once all the dignitaries, those 50 heads of state were gathered inside knock with his staff three times on the grand doors that they could be opened. the choir replying to him. we also saw in another

president emmanuel macron has led a minute's silence at the elysee palace.e final death toll could be in the hundreds, or possibly thousands. donald trump has threatened to reassert united states control over the panama canal, saying american ships are being charged excessive fees by the central american nation. panama's president has hit back — insisting panama's sovereignty and independence are non—negotiable. the canal — which links the atlantic and pacific oceans — is critical to international trade, with about 40% of american container traffic passing through it. largely built and administered by the us from the beginning of the last century, it was eventually handed over to full panamanian control in 1999. mr trump made his comments to a conference of the conservative "turning point usa" group in arizona. it's his first political rally since winning the presidential election in november and comes four weeks before he officially takes office on january 20th. he told the audience he is not happy about the panama canal arrangement and is concerned it is f

and we also understand that president macron at the elysee palace will be meeting with trump.then subsequent to that, with ukrainian president zelenskyy. we know, of course, that trump has said that he will end the war in ukraine in one day. zelenskyy may have a rather different view of that, i suspect. so a huge moment for france, a real showcase. notre dame returned to its former splendour. 2000 people involved in the restoration and some several hundred thousand pounds worth of work. but this comes against an incredibly difficult backdrop because the french government here has collapsed and macron is deeply unpopular with many, many french people would like to see him gone now. he addressed the nation the other day. he said he's going nowhere. he's staying on till 2027. but parliament is stuck because basically what happened is he called a parliamentary election in the summer that resulted in a sort of stalemate. three blocks the left, the centre and the right, none of which are on good terms with the other michel barnier, who was the prime minister, tried to force through

here at notre dame, president zelenskyy will be meeting with the french president as well at the elysee palace. what's unclear for now is whether president elect donald trump and president zelenskyy will have a chance to meet, or they will be in quick succession within the french presidential palace later today. ahead of these opening ceremonies. and of course, given the presence of those two leaders, particularly here in paris, there will be a lot of attention on ukraine throughout the day and what those meetings may mean as as you mentioned, it was with president macron, arguably that president-elect donald trump, when he was in his first term, had struck up the strongest relationship amongst european leaders. and so this is his first return to the world stage since his reelection, an important moment for the french president as well, under a great deal of trouble here domestically politically, this is a moment for him to shine on the world stage. but again, we'll be looking very closely to see what any of those leaders have to say about ukraine even before they're joined by others here at n

he convened donald trump, but also ukrainian president zelenskyy in the elysee palace. and this was an opportunity, again for the french president to show that he could serve as a sort of mediator, or at least a important european interlocutor vis a vis trump. we also know that trump came with a couple of advisers on the middle east in in paris. and finally, this day finished with a high level dinner convening some of the high level politicians present in notre dame and again, having trump and zelenskyy at the dinner so this this was a highly significant political moment. and again, it's really remarkable. and quite striking to see how trump's attendance underscored how he is already redefining u.s. foreign policy more than a month before he officially takes office, and how european leaders and world leaders are eager to engage with him before his official inauguration. >> yeah, it was certainly striking to see all of that on display today. alexandra de hoop thank you so much for your time. we really appreciate it. thank you. still ahead. major developments by the minut

and you did see that when donald trump pulled up to the elysee palace and met with macron. you saw the greeting. you kind of saw the way that they had laid it out. it was you know, a lot of pomp and circumstance that donald trump likes and appreciates now, as for these meetings specifically, this is such a crucial time. yes. he's not president yet, but donald trump has a very different view of foreign policy than president joe biden. he's much more populist. he takes the america first kind of attitude very seriously. and i think a lot of leaders have questions about what that means for the global stage, particularly as it relates, of course, to the war between russia and ukraine and whether or not donald trump is going to pull back aid or how he's going to go about kind of fulfilling his campaign promise to end the war swiftly if elected. >> yeah and, david, talk to us about trump and macron's relationship they worked closely together during his first term. sometimes it was described as a bromance as you alluded to, macron in a different political situation in this situatio

we knew that they were going into the elysee palace one after another. they are in fact holding a trilateral meeting now ahead of this ceremony and given the delay that that took, we expect that this is likely to take a little more time than we'd expected to kick off as well alison. >> okay. melissa, thank you for that. let's go now to nic robertson in london. so nic, help us understand the significance of this meeting as we just saw between trump and macron. and of course zelenskyy. >> yeah it's a real meeting of minds and meeting a meeting of powers and a meeting of influences and the last time president zelenskyy had a very important meeting with donald trump, the last meeting was late september. >> of course that was before donald trump became president elect. so this is the first time that zelenskyy has been able to meet with donald trump as president elect. and and continue to pitch for his vision of the level of support that he'd like to continue to see coming from the united states. given that donald trump has cast doubt about the united states l

. >> we are live at paris at the elysee palace, waiting for president-elect trump's arrival. he is set to meet with president macron in advance of the reopening of the notre dame cathedral. the building was destroyed by a fire in 2019. expecting to get this underway shortly. in the meantime, we are returning to this morning's "washington journal." standing different times call for different responses. as it were, different wars. a lot of people think without making the effort they would help win the battle for democracy and for the future. the war people can fight right now is what i call world war co2. this generation will decide how f'ed up the planet will be for generations in the middle of the 21st century and the late 21st century. if these conditions get out of control this could be a planet that is substantially degraded, defiled and ruined for generations to come. host: got your point. you talk about the home front during world war ii. on american history tv, it was last weekend we aired an event from the american veterans center, their conference. one of the panels f

president emmanuel macron has led a minute's silence at the elysee palace.toll could be in the hundreds, or possibly thousands. i've been speaking to mathilde hangard, a journalist working on the island and i asked how the community was recovering from the cyclone. well, the day of mourning doesn't change anything because some residents don't know that there is national mourning because they are still deprived of electricity. and just tell us how the recovery process and the clean—up are going. well, health professionals and aid centres specialising in the management of this type of disaster and specific equipment have arrived. the population had criticised this aid for not being fast enough. it has been nine days since the cyclone ravaged the island and many residents still have no water, food or electricity. we know the death toll is expected to rise. are there any preparations for that? in my opinion, the population is waiting for the state to take responsibility and look for other possible victims, those who are under the rubble and those who have been a

in the past hour, michel barnier arrived at the elysee palace to present his resignation to presidentn france. for the first time in more than 60 years, mps have brought down the government by a no—confidence vote by mps. the vote was decisive. 288 votes were needed to unseat mr barnier. in the end, 331 were cast to remove him. the budget, which was the cause of his downfall, is now defunct. france has been plagued by political uncertainty since the summer election resulted in a hung parliament,

french prime minister michel barnier leaves the elysee palace, having tendered his resignation. police in new york use facial recognition in the hunt for a man, who shot dead the boss of major us health company. "country first, party second" — the prime minister unveals his "plan for change", setting out pledges on extra police officers, more house—building and fixing the health system. the price of bitcoin surges to over $100,000 — a new record high for the crypto currency. hello, i'm annita mcveigh. the search is continuing in new york city to find crowds took to the street in the georgian capital for a seventh night of anti—government protests, while opposition groups have called for a general strike. tbilisi has been rocked by turmoil since the ruling georgian dream party claimed victory in parliamentary elections in october — denounced by opposition groups as rigged. let's speak now to our correspondent rayhan demytrie who joins us from tbilisi. there were some scenes of opposition leaders being dragged away by security forces there in the country at those protests. will th

macron also organizing a meeting with trump and zelenskyy at the elysee palace. >> reporter: back at cathedral's first mass today, in more than five years. since that devastating fire in 2019. the firefighters who bravely saved the cathedral on that day were honored saturday. with a standing ovation. and the cathedral lit up with a message of thanks. there will be ceremonies here at the cathedral each of the next seven days. it's free to visit but online reservations are booked out for the next week and we're expecting long line of hopeful visitors tomorrow morning. whit. >> whit: an inspiring sight in paris. tom soufi burridge, thank you. >>> meantime back here at home, the california highway patrol is investigating a crash at the palm beach festival of lights. ten people including a motorcycle officer were hurt when that officer apparently lost control and slammed into a crowd of spectators. here's abc's jaclyn lee. >> reporter: tonight, shocking video shows the moments a police motorcycle rams into a crowd in the middle of celebrating a festival of lights holiday parade. hundreds

the two leaders held a meeting at the elysee palace, along with french president emmanuel macron, aheadf the ceremony. prince william was greeted by mr macron as he arrived at notre dame cathedral for the ceremony, as was us first ladyjill biden, although presidentjoe biden did not attend. the owner of social media platform x elon musk was present for the re—opening, and amongst the celebrities in attendance was actress salma hayek. a reminder of one of our top stories. in syria, the focus is now on the fighting in the capital damascus, with one group of fighters claiming to have reach it suburbs and what they claim is the final stage of its offensive. the syrian state news agency is denying reports president bashar al—assad has left the city, claiming he is carrying out his work from damascus. syria's battered government is setting up a ring of steal around damascus and is also denying claims the army is withdrawing from surrounding areas. but a rebel commander said its forces have begun the final phase of encircling the capital. social media pictures which the bbc have verified so pro

party leaders will meet at macron s elysee palace office this afternoon.selves in a framework of compromise had been called upon for tuesday stalks, appearing to exclude the far—right national rally and hard—left france unbowed. with me is our news reporter pierre—antoine denis. so he is effectively missing out to really significant groupings here.- groupings here. yes, absolutely. _ groupings here. yes, absolutely. the - groupings here. yes, absolutely. the idea | groupings here. yes, - absolutely. the idea that he is still convinced that he can find some sort of republican blog within this very fragmented parliament. you have three groups here that are with equal seats but he still feels he can find a republican block mainly by trying to dislocate the left side of this assembly, and trying to appeal to socialists. what we are mainly seeing is emmanuel macron looking at and trying to find a method, ratherthan looking at and trying to find a method, rather than someone, which was according to his close ally the big mistake that he made over the summer by a

french media are reporting resident macron when he speaks here at the elysee palace in 45 minutes wereament and also hard to imagine how president macron can rescue his tattered reputation and legacy at the moment. the day after tomorrow, mr macron is due to inaugurate notre dame, but for many people looking at that inauguration, five years after it was ravaged by fire, they will not be admiring a cathedral, they will instead be despairing that france can�*t get its political house in order. can't get its political house in order. ~ ., ., , ., ,, order. mark lowen in paris, thank ou. a couple who buried their three—year—old son in their back garden have been convicted of causing or allowing the death of a child. it�*s believed the toddler died from starvation. his remains were found in a shallow grave at the former family home in birmingham. his parents will be sentenced next week. this report from our midlands correspondent phil mackie contains details of that abuse. he babbles abiyah was a smiling, happy little boy before things spiralled out of control. his apparently doting parents

volodymyr zelenskyy who had a chance to meet for the first time since donald trump's reelection at the elysee palacefore the ceremony then that ceremony inside notre dame to celebrate its reopening but the consecration of the altar and the cathedral as a whole not until sunday morning, allowing that first mass to take place. what we understand is the plan is now for three masses a day to be held each day for the next six months. such do they believe the appetite of the faithful will be to return to notre dame, restored one of the main architects of the restoration explained to me. not so much to its grandeur of five years ago, but beyond that, to the grandeur of what it was in the 19th century, when it was last fully restored at the time when that spire, the collapse so dramatically in 2019, was built. melissa bell, cnn paris. >> american airlines has extended its suspension of flights from miami to haiti indefinitely after one of its planes was hit by gunfire last month. it's one of three us based airlines whose planes were hit by bullets last month amid rampant gang violence in haiti. american air

but also president-elect donald trump donald trump will also meet with emmanuel macron at the ÉlysÉe palaceill president volodymyr zelenskyy. so many of these leaders in town those bilateral visits of course, will get an awful lot of attention ahead of the we don't know, for the time being whether president zelenskyy will have a chance to meet president-elect donald trump. but the fact that both men will be in town, clearly a great deal of interest in that. after that, the ceremony itself, we understand it's going to be pretty spectacular. there will be a grand concert, of course, and tomorrow the first mass. now what? the archbishop of paris says is that, in fact, there will be six months of opening celebrations with three masses a day for any of the faithful who wish to come and worship inside notre dame for the first time in five years. but clearly a very emotional moment for paris for the world as we discover the the inside of notre dame restored really, after five years of a great deal of work, $700 million, more than $700 million have gone into its restoration and as i say, it really

he'll preside over tonight at the elysee palace. they're trying to get as much aid as they can.ut one of the problems is that this is a very remote island. it's off the coast of africa. it's on. but the closest french territory is rÉunion, which is about 900 miles away. and they're going to set up an air bridge between rÉunion and mayotte to ferry in supplies and help. there's already about 1600 gendarmes that have been mobilized. 800 rescue workers, that sort of thing. but it's going to take time, and it's going to take time to find out exactly how extensive the damage is. >> max, we're just seeing images there of these corrugated iron buildings. i mean, they're essentially chanty towns because this is a largely poor island, isn't it? so people just weren't as protected as they would have been in other parts of france absolutely. >> i mean, it is because it's part of france. it's probably the poorest part of france. and also because of france's part of the european union, probably the poorest part of the european union. it is really an area that is basically about 300,000 peopl

volodymyr zelenskyy who had a chance to meet for the first time since donald trump's reelection at the elysee palace. before the ceremony then that ceremony inside notre dame to celebrate its reopening. but the consecration of the altar and the cathedral as a whole not until sunday morning allowing that first mass to take place. what we understand is the plan is now for three masses a day to be held each day for the next six months. such do they believe, the appetite of the faithful will be to return to notre dame restored one of the main architects of the restoration explained to me not so much to its grandeur of five years ago, but beyond that, to the grandeur of what it was in the 19th century, when it was last fully restored at the time when that spire, the collapse so dramatically in 2019, was built. melissa bell, cnn paris. >> so great to see it back together. well, here in the u.s., a major league baseball player now has the biggest contract in the history of sports. according to reports, superstar outfielder juan soto has agreed to a 15 year deal with the new york mets. my team worth at leas

you know arrival today when he went to the elysee, the elysee palace, to meet with president macron and then later with volodymyr zelenskyy. you had, you know all of the flags out there, all of the cameras, they had that warm. they shared that warm hug and handshake. it was kind of reminiscent of when they would meet in donald trump's first term, and everyone had described it as somewhat of a bromance. their relationship before things kind of became tense throughout the years. but look, this was the type of welcome that donald trump wanted. and it's what i've been hearing from my conversations with with those working on the transition and those working on trump's team since then, that this is you know, what donald trump wanted for his return to the world stage. i think one key question, though, of course is what is his relationship with many of these leaders going to look like moving forward as you mentioned, he is still president elect he is not the president. he has another month or so until he is sworn in to office. but really, this was kind of a taste of what maybe we will begin to

we saw that he was welcomed with a lot of pomp and pageantry to the elysee palace, where he met first emmanuel macron before the ukrainian president, volodymyr zelenskyy later joined the group. but a key question for many foreign leaders right now is what donald trump's global posture is going to be once he assumes office next month, especially as it relates to the russia ukraine war. some have feared that donald trump will pull back u.s. ukraine in line with his populist posture. but have also questioned if and how he could deliver on that promise that he made throughout his time on the campaign trail to swiftly end the war. now zelenskyy, following that meeting, had said that it was good and productive and added that they agreed to continue to stay in contact on the issue. alayna treene, cnn washington. >> and thanks for joining us. i'm omar jimenez. becky anderson picks up our coverage out of abu dhabi with more coverage on the breaking news out of syria. after a quick break you only come across an artist like luther vandross once in a lifetime. >> he was a boss from the beginning.

i am outside the elysee palace, the seat of the government here in paris, and this is where michel barnieris a time when europe is facing war on its neighbourhood, in ukraine and the middle east, donald trump isjust in ukraine and the middle east, donald trump is just weeks away from taking office in washington, you need a stable france and europe. and thatis need a stable france and europe. and that is not what we are getting at the moment. that is not what we are getting at the moment-— that is not what we are getting at the moment. ., ~ , ., , . ., the moment. thank you very much for the moment. thank you very much for the moment- — a manhunt is continuing in new york city to find a gunman who shot dead the boss of a us health insurance company. this is the moment 50—year—old brian thompson was fatally shot in the back in manhattan close to times square. the suspect appeared to be waiting for thompson, who ran unitedhealthcare, outside the hilton hotel. the suspect then ran away and was last seen riding an electric bike through central park. former scotland rugby captain stuart hogg is

that is until a new prime minister is nominated, according to a statement from the elysee palace. caretaking could be a short one potentially but much to think about for president macron and we will be talking about that story in just a moment. but let's return to uk politics and the prime minister keir starmer setting out labour's plan for government and we can look in more detail at the six milestones which he says his government wants to achieve. the prime minister has set out new measurable milestones to be achieved by 2029 by which voters canjudge the voters can judge the performance of this labour government and we can look at how challenging they are. first, the economy. he has promised higher living standards and the official forecaster estimates a measure of how much the average household will have left after taking up tax and adding on benefits will rise by about 0.5% per year over this parliament, slightly better than in the last parliament, but that would be worse than just about every other parliament going back decades. these are only forecasts, though, these are esp

zelenskyy, the ukrainian president, have held trilateral talks with mr macron on the steps of the elysee palacepalace in paris. all three posed for pictures and shook hands. the meeting came ahead of that ceremony that is going on right now. volodymyr zelenskyy said that he had a good and productive trilateral meeting with the pair. that's just in as well . before that, french well. before that, french president, mr macron greeted mr trump at the same place on the steps of the elysee palace. the pair also posed for pictures there. mr trump and mr macron addressed reporters moments later. and here's what the us president elect had to say . very president elect had to say. very great honour. >> and we had a great relationship. as everyone knows, we accomplished a lot together and the people of france are spectacular. i guess it's one of our largest groups in the united states. french people, and we respect them and we love them. very talented people, extremely energetic people, as you know very well. yeah . and it's an very well. yeah. and it's an honour to be here. and we had a good time togethe

, and the pair the elysee palace, and the pair shook hands and posed for pictures shortly aftery met with volodymyr zelenskyy, the ukrainian president, for trilateral talks. mr zelenskyy said he had good and a good and productive meeting with the pair, while mr trump and mr macron addressed reporters this afternoon. here's what the us president elect had to say. it's a great honour and we had a great relationship as everyone knows, we accomplished a lot together and the people of france are spectacular. >> i guess it's one of our largest groups in the united states. french people and we respect them and we love them. very talented people, extremely energetic people, as you know, very well. and it's an honour to be here. and we had a good time together and we had a lot of a lot of success, really great success working together on defence and offence too . and it defence and offence too. and it certainly seems like the world is going a little crazy right now. and we'll be talking about that. thank you very much for being here. >> ceremony hosted by mr macron features the opening o

in the past hour, michel barnier arrived at the elysee palace to present his resignation to president macron. he becomes the shortest serving prime minister in the history of modern france. for the first time in more than 60 years, mps have brought down the government by a no—confidence vote by mps. the vote was decisive. 288 votes were needed to unseat mr barnier. in the end, 331 were cast to remove him. the budget, which was the cause of his downfall, is now defunct. france has been plagued by political uncertainty since the summer election resulted in a hung parliament, a result that can't be changed in an election before next july. let's speak to our southern europe correspondent mark lowen, who is in paris. it seems france has lurched from one political crisis to another, all of course connected by this thread of division over the conditions facing people there. it division over the conditions facing people there. it really is a very very _ facing people there. it really is a very very divided - is a very very divided political atmosphere now, which was illustrated most vividly i

we don't have any word at all from - have any word at all from inside the elysee palace behind me.tutionally bad michel barnier has to tender his resignation after that no—confidence vote but we don't know whether it was accepted, we assume that it was and we understand that president macron is keen to name a successor quickly. but yes, he could asked michel barnier to stay on or even reappoint him but he is likely to stay on occur in a caretaker capacity for at least the next few days while a new government would be formed under him or under a successor, probably a successor. but who that was successor. but who that was successor will be is still in real doubt and still a big question given how divided on how fragmented france's parliament has become. as you say, president macron is going to speak to the nation late on this evening and you may reveal a new name then but he's under real pressure to act swiftly because france has a very high debt level at the moment, a very high budget deficit, wars are raging on your�*s doorstep. in six weeks' time donald trump will step into the w

knees and euanne >> olaf scholz on his knees and elianne macron about to be turfed out of the elysee palaceactly. >> and it also does slightly beg the question of like, what are the question of like, what are the concessions that starmer and co might have to offer on the uk part in order to get this more seamless relationship that they want? >> what are they going to have to concede to brussels going backwards? also, there's an interesting piece in the sunday times talking about giorgia meloni, the italian prime minister, being the new queen of europe, which made me inwardly chuckle. she had a very close relationship, believe it or not, with rishi sunak. >> yes, she she she did. >> yes, she she she did. >> they kept on hanging out together because they were the same age and both from the right. and i just thought to myself, starmer and meloni will have very, very little in common if she is indeed the queen of europe that he really needs to negotiate with. >> i actually think she is the queen of europe to an extent. it's extraordinary. can you imagine a couple of years ago if somebody said t

french president, greeted the us president, greeted the us president elect on the steps of the elysee palace the pair shook hands and posed for pictures shortly after they met with volodymyr zelenskyy, the ukrainian president, for trilateral talks. mr zelenskyy said he had a good and productive meeting with the pair , productive meeting with the pair, while mr trump and mr macron addressed reporters earlier this afternoon. here's what the us president elect had to say . president elect had to say. >> a great honour and we had a great relationship. as everyone knows, we accomplished a lot together and the people of france are spectacular. i guess it's one of our largest groups in the united states. french people, and we respect them and we love them. very talented people , extremely energetic people, extremely energetic people, extremely energetic people, as you know very well . people, as you know very well. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> and it's an honour to be here. we had a good time together and we had a lot of a lot of success, really great success working together on defence and offence too . a

we are hearing that michel barnier has arrived at the elysee palace to submit his resignation to mr macrons soon as that happens, as soon as we get pictures of that we will take you live to that scene but confirmation we are hearing from a news agency that the french prime minister michel barnier has arrived at the elysee to submit his resignation. the reason this matters beyond the border oafs france in terms of the political economic turmoil is that france is the second biggest economy in the eurozone, and its budget edeficit is ballooning beyond the eu norms. let us discuss more. let's speak to journalist and broadcast christine 0ckrent. thank you for being with us. tell us a little bit about the significance then, i have touch °p significance then, i have touch op it there, how significant is this, notjust within the borders of france, but across the eu and beyond?- borders of france, but across the eu and beyond? well, again, as ou the eu and beyond? well, again, as you said. _ the eu and beyond? well, again, as you said, france _ the eu and beyond? well, again, as you said, france is

emmanuel macron at the elysee palace will be under pressure to act fast and name a new prime ministerg international markets, and europe is facing war on its doorstep and donald trump entering the white housein and donald trump entering the white house in about six weeks' time with all of the unpredictable and instability that could bring. president macron knows he needs to steady the ship in france quickly. he will be making a public address to the nation this evening on prime—time evening news, he could be naming a new prime minister done. it is frankly hard to see who could come in and unite the deeply fragmented and divided political landscape in this country. the day after tomorrow, landscape in this country. the day aftertomorrow, president landscape in this country. the day after tomorrow, president macron is inaugurating notre—dame, five years after it was ravaged by the fire, but rather than admiring the cathedral, many people here will be despairing that france cannot seem to get its political house in order. thank you. our top story this afternoon... sir keir starmer�*s �*p