there you have it, the handshake between the french president emanuel macron and chinese president xifficial visit to europe in five years. we know they are going to go in and have a meeting which is also with ursula von der leyen, the european commissioner, who we think might be at the top of the steps. she might be there to shake hand is as well. no, she appears to be inside. let's bring back in hugh schofield. it's quite a big moment for france to put on the full honours of a full state visit given there are tensions with china that are quite difficult and that also puts france at odds slightly with the us which is having difficulties with china.— difficulties with china. yeah, the 're difficulties with china. yeah, they're in — difficulties with china. yeah, they're in a _ difficulties with china. yeah, they're in a way, _ difficulties with china. yeah, they're in a way, as - difficulties with china. yeah, they're in a way, as i - difficulties with china. yeah, they're in a way, as i was - difficulties with china. yeah, - they're in a way, as i was saying, they're in a way, as i w

, to push forfairer trade president, emanuel macron, to push for fairer trade policies and forwe are continuing to monitor these images and the meetings there in paris. stay with us on bbc news. hello there. we're set to see a bit of a mix of weather types through the bank holiday monday. we have got some warm sunshine out there for some of us, but in other areas, some pretty heavy downpours and more persistent rain around, particularly across the southeast of england and southeast scotland as well. close to areas of low pressure that are still driving our weather at the moment, this low pressure towards the south will slowly ease away through the day and higher pressure is going to build in as we head through the rest of the week. but back to today, then, for the rest of monday, we've got that rain sitting across the southeast of england, fairly patchy in nature, but a few heavy spells. there could be the odd thunderstorm. it's fairly cloudy here. there'll be more sunshine through parts of devon and cornwall, into wales, through the midlands as well. so sunny spells but also a

there is a lot of concern about yes, emanuel macron came to be shot both sides but i don't think the is certainly have is for those that want more independence and autonomy. thank very much. an update on the injuries suffered by passengers on board singapore airlines struck by severe turbulence on tuesday. passengers and crew were flung around the cabin with some slammed into the ceiling. the plane was debited to bangkok where the injured were hospitalised. translation: of the 41 | patients, we found that 22 sustained spinal and spinal cord injuries, six sustained skull and brain injuries, and 13 have injuries to their bones, muscles, and other organs. some of the patients may have more than one injury — but we count the more severe injury as base. that's all for now — stay with bbc news. hello there. conditions look a lot better for the next couple of days. we should see more sunshine around, lighter winds, so it should feel a bit warmer as well. friday, it's an improving picture — we should see sunshine breaking through across many areas. and for most areas, it should be dry, just

emanuel macron once again said that sending european ground troops to ukraine is possible, provided that the russians break through the front, if the ukrainian leadership directly asks for it, this is what he said in an interview with zaekonovist. i have a clear strategic goal: russia cannot win in ukraine, because if russia wins, so what will happen to european security? who can claim that putin will stop there? will it be safe for the neighboring countries, moldova, romania, poland, lithuania? and what will happen to the credibility of the europeans who spent billions saying that the survival of the continent is at stake, and at the same time did not help to stop russia, so we should not rule anything out, because our goal is that russia will never be able to win in ukraine . mr. volodymyr, our western partners quite often say that russia cannot... win in ukraine and russia must not win, but they do not continue this view and do not say that russia must necessarily be defeated. we have already talked about this many times, and yet, in the context of what emmanuel macron said, why are t

french emanuel macron about the fact that in some period of time the sending of western troops to ukraine cannot be ruled out either, but there is also a quote from the head of the swedish defense department, if it appears, we will consider this proposal. well, that is, this approach and position is completely different to what is happening now , unfortunately, in ukraine, from the representatives of these northern countries, from the baltic countries. from the countries of northern europe, they well understand what russia is, they perfectly understand the threat that can come from this country, and they understand very well that putin can take some completely inappropriate steps at any moment, and you need to be ready , and if swedish troops are needed on territory of ukraine, then maybe they will appear, when the russians are already being beaten, it is better to help them be beaten in ukraine than to wait until then, well , it is clear that now russia does not have an adequate one. forces, well, at least ready to invade, for example, on the territory of sweden or estonia, well, althoug

thanks for speaking to us on bbc newe— french president emanuel macron welcomed new assurances from presidentrussia with weapons to use against ukraine. on his first visit to europe in five years, xi stood with macron to call for a truce in ukraine and other conflicts during the olympic games this summer. macron hopes that china's influence on moscow could push russia to end the war in eastern europe. during their talks about the israel—gaza war the two leaders said they share the same goal of achieving an immediate ceasefire, the release of hostages, protecting populations and providing humanitarian aid. our paris correspondent hugh schofield has more. at the end of a very long day we've had one of those press conferences which aren't really press conferences diplomatic words, very difficult to get beyond the verbiage but if you listened to the content and analyse the words, you could see that they were still differences between the two sides when for example president xi talked about the ukrainian war, he talked about not war but the crisis, he said repeated his position that china is not p

to germany- _ french president emanuel macron and his wife brigitte are in germany for the first official years. on arrival they were greeted with full military honours and a state banquet. today mr macron will comemmorate victims of the holocaust in berlin and present an award to two elderly nazi hunters. shortly after arriving, he warned of the dangers of the far—right in europe today and said democracy was under threat. live now to berlin and our correspondent damien mcguinness. he has following president mccrum's visit. he got the full welcome last night but today he is focusing on this memorial and presented this award to the two elderly natty hunters. ., �* , ., award to the two elderly natty hunters. . �* , ~ ., hunters. that's right. i think what we are seeing _ hunters. that's right. i think what we are seeing is _ hunters. that's right. i think what we are seeing is a _ hunters. that's right. i think what we are seeing is a visit _ hunters. that's right. i think what we are seeing is a visit with - hunters. that's right. i think what| we are seeing is a visit with plenty of pomp

introduced assisted dying, and later this month france, the french plot government backed by emanuel macrons there to have assisted dying backed by a i there to have assisted dying backed by a 1 billion euros tenure package to improve palliative care. by a1 billion euros tenure package to improve palliative care.- to improve palliative care. thank ou. let's speak to richard huxtable, the professor of medical ethics and law at the university of bristol. i wonder what your concerns are with this legislation.— this legislation. darren are barriers concerns. - this legislation. darren are barriers concerns. we - this legislation. darren are| barriers concerns. we know this legislation. darren are - barriers concerns. we know there this legislation. darren are _ barriers concerns. we know there are heated arguments on each side and understand, only one hand or stress and alleviation of suffering but on the other hand as we had to go very real concerns about injuring people do not feel under pressure and that we do not end up sending signals about devaluing the lives of people with disabilities,

continues to work live, the program time will tell, studios anatoly kuzichev and olesya loseva, emanuel macron here again showed his gushing restlessness, he rose again. with a provocative statement and called on europe to fight russia without any self-restraint. what a weakness it is to set a priori restrictions on yourself in relation to such an enemy as russia. in ukraine , the security of europeans is at stake because it is located one and a half thousand kilometers from our borders. the power and range of russian ballistic missiles puts us all at risk. russia has become a destabilizing power, which... in an interview with the economist magazine , he once again stated that he does not rule out sending french troops to ukraine. as i said, i'm not ruling anything out. for we are opposed to one who excludes nothing. many countries supported this approach and agreed with our position. i have a clear strategic goal: russia cannot win in ukraine. if russia will win in ukraine, there will be no security in europe. if the russians had broken through the front line, if there had been a request from

so it macron, the leader france gets on the phone. emanuelow are you it's a beautiful, beautiful name especially when when it is spokn french. how are you? i am doing so good thank you so much. thank you for asking but how's your wife? his wife is lovely by the way. how's your wife? my wife is so good, thank you so much for asking. i said i understand you're going to charge american companies 25% for the privilege of doing business in france. oh yes, oh yes. this is passed by our legislature. we are doing that. no, no, no it's happening. i said it's not going to happen. you're going to withdraw it immediately. do not care if it signed or not it is irrelevant. we cannot do that. we cannot do that. this is taken place about three hours. i said emanuel here is the story. you do not withdraw that tax immediately on wednesday morning this was a monday. at work all different days i do not discriminate. this was amanda's said if you do not withdraw that tax i'm going to charge you one 100% tariff on all wine and champagne that comes into the united

macron, the leader of france, picks up the phone. emmanuel, how are you? his name is emmanuel. a beautiful name, especially when pronounced in french. emmanuel. emanuelu for asking, how is your wife? i'm asking how is your wife? thank you very much for asking. emmanuel, i understand that you are going to charge american companies 25% for the privilege of leading business in france. oh yes, yes, it was passed by our legislature. this is already happening. but that won't happen, emmanuel, no, donald, that's already happening, no, that won't happen, emmanuel, you revoke it immediately, i don't care whether it's signed or not, it doesn't matter, no, no, we can't do that , this has already happened, we talked about it for a long time inside france, i said it's good, i also talked about it for a long time in my country for about 3 hours, i said emman, if you don't cancel this tax, i will introduce a 100% tariff on all wine and'. trump played on this, yes, sovereign for exactly 5 minutes, i have a question, and if this is so, then what questions are there for us? ivan mikhailovich, europe is not sovereign, if it were sovereign, there would already be peace