emmanuel macron said the position in france was to back the mediation initiated by kuwait.he french president said the meeting that took lace yesterday was very productive which is not what appears to be the common shared point of view when it comes to the regional leaders that saw the meeting collapse quite rapidly. they want tois remain neueutral in this matter and have a position as a mediator. there's also the contracts that have been signed during the visit. 12 billion worth of contracts. of 350 airbusg planes and combat aircraft as well as an option for 36. also the metro which is to be whoby the big french groups specialize in this area of expertise. short but very dense india. genie--indeed. genie: france is on its second official day of mourning for french rock star johnny hallyday. often called the french elvis, wednesday age 74. he had been wednesday age 74. he had been battling lung cancer. the details of his funeral are still being arranged. he will be marched down the famed schaum's elysees -- shocked elysees -- schaum stilley say -- >> johnny may be gone but

laughter the french president, emmanuel macron, has warned the world is losing the battle against climateat the one planet summit in paris that action against global warming was not being taken fast enough. mr macron said the paris agreement is not up for renegotiation. donald trump's decision to withdraw from the agreement has given added impetus to the others, he said. the world bank announced at the summit thatis world bank announced at the summit that is would stop financing oil and gas exploration and extraction from 2019. from paris lucy williamson reports. voiceover: the v0|ceover: the french president has a way of sending messages, this one involved a river cruise. his guests, kings, prime ministers, business leaders, may have different visions and different values, it seems to say, but when it comes to the future of the planet, we are all in the same boat. two years after the paris agreement, emmanuel macron said it was heading for a fall. translation: we are losing this battle, those who came before us could say, we did not know, and it is true, but for the last 20 years we have

french employer and workers unions one that emmanuel macron's proposed changes would be too costly.ghly one million people quit their jobs last year. under his proposed change, extending payments could cost billions of euros more. how will it be paid for? >> the money to pay a new beneficiaries will have to come from somewhere. the system which is already quite genenerous and is now sustaining further offenses. >> france would have to increase social insurance payments or cut the amount of existing benefits. solutions that are unacceptable to one of the country's biggest labor unions. >> if you're going to improve social security, we have to be able to do it without taking benefits away from those who already have them. alsod annual macron promised to extend past the self employed workers were no more convinced of the measures viability. >> we didn't ask for this. we don't want as our social security contributions to increase. they are ready to high. >> the government could reduce the number of new beneficiaries by setting stricter conditions. france already has one of the most cost

[applause] reporter: emmanuel macron has championed a europe with a joint army and an elected presidenta vision chantal leib shares. back home in her apartment, she tells us she has very personal reasons for supporting a more integrated europe. her father was a french jew, her mother a german christian. her background is one reason chantal identifies strongly as a european. chantal leib: i grew up with europe. we always had different european cultures around the table, and we celebrated various european festivals and holidays. reporter: but this vision of an integrated europe, powered by the franco-german alliance, is not popular with everyone in france. julien aubert belongs to the center-right republican party. he believes the crisis in germany is an opportunity for france to stop relying so heavily on berlin. julien aubert: in the past, we had an irrational hatred of the germans. now we have an irrational love for them. but we don't benefit from giving germany the key to the truck and then hitching ourselves to the back. france needs to stop that. reporter: chantal leib, on the other

reporter: emmanuel macron is putting his reputation on the line in many ways. trumpently accused donald of being aggressive for pulling out of the paris global deal. at the same time, we might consider this an aggressive rebuttal, hosting a global summit -- one to which president trump has not been inviting -- invited -- and highlighting the huge gap in climate finance today. the biggest risk is there is no substantiale and no progress made this afternoon. there are of course many heads of state here, more than 50. however, the leaders of the world's biggest emitters -- china, india, and of course united states -- are not here. any are asked doing what -- many are asking whether this is preaching to the already high converted. this is a carefully orchestrated event. we have the heads of multinationals here. we also have well-known philanthropists, bill gates and michael bloomberg. we can be sure that at the end of the day, emmanuel macron will have some announcement he can be proud of. annette: what are we expecting to come out of this gathering? reporter: it i

it was organized by french president emmanuel macron to focus on climate change following president trump'sision to pull the u.s. out of the 2015 paris accord, which set goals for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. we had an extended conversation with macron today on a number of issues, including terrorism, the future of jerusalem, and more, but we begin with this summit called "one planet." how much has the withdrawal affected your efforts? >> i think the withdrawal, to be totally fair with you, created a huge momentum to me to create a counter-momentum. >> glor: you say you're in better shape now because of this withdrawal? that the president did you a favor? >> i think we have two phenomenon, whether you recall of the u.s., to me which is a mistake, but it creates an impulse for a lot of others to say, okay we have to react and do something because it's impossible to have the dismantling of the paris agreement. second, a deep wake-up call for the private sectors and some of us to say, wow, so we have to react. if we decide not to move and not to change our way to produce, to invest, to b

emmanuel macron's view is that this summit is different.tates, philanthropists businesses or sovereign funds, example of being held up today is the norwegians who have this mass of oil based sovereign fund and have promised to direct that was nonfossil fuel investments in the future. it is that kind of example which emmanuel macron was the cm related and has promised there will be examples and action plans announced at the end of the day. emergency services have confirmed that everyone at the house in bi rsta ll that everyone at the house in birstall has been accounted for. the explosive sport have been caused by ghastly. officials in new york say a man who tried to set off a bomb at the city's busiest bus terminal had been inspired by the islamic state group. akayed ullah, who's 27, moved to the us from bangladesh six years ago. he suffered burns when a crude pipe bomb he'd strapped to his body went off prematurely. three other people were hurt. the mayor of new york, bill de blasio, described the explosion next to the city's busiest bus s

for emmanuel macron, hope lies in the science sectors. he spoke to scientists, entrepreneurs and engineers to help improve efficiency. rants has pledged to spend millions of euros to support the work of 18 scientists on condition that they work in france in the future. >> what i want you to figure out is the most radical research, applied research, all projects you are pursuing. the technological research that will allow us to win the battle against climate change. >> and, he wants company heads involved too. firms will need to raise the bulk of $100 billion annually. exactly how macron plans to achieve this is not yet clear. phil: the new french president has a lot on his plate. claudia kempfert, what does he have to do to get the bosses to foot a huge bill? claudia: we need to invest the entire energy transformation. it is unstoppable, irreversible. fossil fuel investment is important. we need to get the banks and firms on board, and to invest as much as we can to bring the transformation toward renewable energy and efficiency. phil: ca

it turns out clooney might have a bit of a man crush on emmanuel macron.says he would love to see someone like carolina miranda: to many outsiders, culture in los angeles is something that begins and ends with the movies, but the city has always been home to radical voices and new ideas that have stirred things up in art, inin literaturure, in architecture a and urban life. in recent years, the city's artistic profile has grown bigger and brighter with new cultltural instititutions, n new approaches to art, and new ways of thinking about the landscape. join me as we hit some of the city's most important cultural nerve centers. i'm carolina miranda, culture writer for the "los angeles times," and this is "arrtbound." woman: los angeles is an infinitely inspiring city. it feels like you can n just e expe

french president emmanuel macron has warned that the world is losing the battle against climate change. he was speaking at the one planet summit in the french capital, 2 years after the historic paris agreement. mr. macron says rising global temperatures have become a permanent emergency, and nobody can claim they did not know. lucy williamson reports from paris. lucy: the french president has a way of sending messages. this one involves a river cruise. his guests, kings, prime ministers, and business leaders, may have different visions and different values, it is safe to say. but when it comes to the future of the planet, we are all in the same boat. two years after the paris agreement, mr. macron said it is heading for a fall. president macron: we are losing this battle. those who came before us have an advantage -- they could say we didn't know, and it was true. but for the last 20 years or so, we have known, and we are finding out more every day. lucy: the world bank says it will stop funding oil and gas explorations in 2019. and there are new commitments from business on renewable

the french president, emmanuel macron, has warned that the world is losing the battle against climatee one planet summit in the french capital— two years after the historic paris agreement. mr macron said the rise in global temperatures had become a permanent emergency — and nobody could claim they did not know. the bbc‘s lucy williamson reports from paris. the french president has a way of sending messages. this one involved a river cruise. his guests — kings, prime ministers and business leaders — may have different visions and different values, it seemed to say, but when it comes to the future of the planet, we're all in the same boat. and two years after the paris agreement, mr macron said it was heading for a fall. translation: we're losing this battle. those who came before us had an advantage, they could say they didn't know and it was true but for the last 20 years or so, we have known and we are finding out more every day. the world bank has said it will stop funding oil and gas exploration from 2019 and there are new commitments from business on renewable energy. but how muc

emmanuel macron has been positioning himself as a global leader on human rights and democracy and now donald trump isn't here. before the meeting, the british prime minister, theresa may, met mr macron at the elysee palace, another bilateral relationship undergoing change. but few of the agreement‘s most powerful leaders were here in paris. this meeting was less about policies and more about a political message — that with or without the united states, this agreement will survive. lucy williamson, bbc news, paris. you're watching newsday on the bbc. life in singapore and london. still to come on the programme: 80 years on, china prepares to mark the massacre of nanjing — but is it commemoration or propaganda? also on the programme: the latest star wars offering. britain's royals have opened the film in which they have small screen roles. john lennon was shot at the entrance to the dakota building, in the centre of new york. there's been a crowd here standing in more or less silent vigil. and the flowers have been piling up. the 14th ceasefire of this war ended at the walls of the old

he is a strong critic of president emmanuel macron, whom he accuses of being weak on security.uy hi—tech defence equipment. it will spend eight billion dollars on 2a typhoon fighter jets, which will be built in the uk. —— $8 " $8 billion. it follows a deal struck last week with a french supplier for nearly 500 armoured vehicles. the opposition in kenya says it has postponed plans to swear in its leader raila 0dinga as an alternative president. the ceremony was due to have been held at a rally this coming tuesday. mr 0dinga refused to take part in a re—run of august's election, which was annulled by the supreme court. the incumbent, uhuru kenyatta, won the repeat poll with 98% of the vote. much of northern europe is in the grip of blizzard—like conditions, which have brought widespread disruption. with winds gusting at up to 140 kilometres an hour, and temperatures as low as —10 degrees celsius, hundreds of flights have been delayed or cancelled, train lines closed, and with roads difficult to drive on many schools have been closed because of staff shortages. in a moment, sarah

emmanuel macron has been himself as a global leader on human rights and democracy and is now on climateish by minister, theresa may, met mr macron at the lycee palace, and other bilateral relationship undergoing change. but few of the agreement‘s most powerful leaders were here in paris. this meeting was less about policies and more about a political message that with a wealth —— whether without the united states, this agreement will survive. lucy williamson, bbc news, paris. could the mystery of the yeti, better known as the abominable snowman, have been solved? according to ancient folklore the ape—like creature inhabits the windswept peaks of the himalayan mountains. but it's always managed to elude explorers. now a team of scientists think they may have cracked the case. and there've made some surprising discoveries. to tell us more i'm joined by the first author on the paper. tianying lan is from the nanyang technological university in singapore. why do you think yeti could be in asian etiquette there? our findings is based on 20 paul sample is collected in this field for the museu

french president emmanuel macron will lead attempts to find billions of dollars pledged to help emerging their reliance on fossil fuels. us president trump will not be there, he pulled his country out of the agreement injune, the only country of 195 to do so. andrew plant talks us through the day. arriving for a dinner with the french president, former un secretary—general ban ki—moon and his predecessor, kofi annan, arriving in paris for what emmanuel macron has called a meeting of elders. this the evening before the one planet summit, taking place two years to the day since the paris accord, which saw 195 countries aiming to end the use of fossil fuels and stem the rise in global warming, an agreement that america turned its back on injune, when donald trump pulled out. he has called global warming a hoax. the french president, though, said america would be welcome back if mr trump ever changes his mind. the us is a great government, is a great country. the us did sign the paris agreement. it's extremely aggressive to decide on its own just to leave, and i'm pretty sure that my friend

the newly elected french president, emmanuel macron, seemed to sum up their feelings when he literallye trump the cold shoulder as he swerved away from him at their first nato summit, heading straight for his fellow climate crusader, the german chancellor angela merkel. and macron drove the point home to america in english with a page right out of trump's playbook. >> to all scientists, engineers, entrepreneurs, responsible citizens who were disappointed by the decision of the president of the united states, i want to say that they will find in france a second homeland. i call on them -- come and work here with us. wherever we live, whoever we are, we all share the same responsibility -- make our planet great again. >> the view from america's oldest ally. and right from the start, macron demonstrated a willingness to stand up to president trump when he challenged him to this hands-on version of a duel -- the white-knuckle handshake. i asked macron about his conversations with trump when he sat down with me for his very first interview as president. >> the very first disagreement is ver

angela merkel and emmanuel macron just holding their final press c0 nfe re nce macron just holding their conference here at the summit, but they and the other leaders arrived early this morning, to try to decide whether they were happy with the progress made so far. ona big on a big day for the eu, a barrage of questions. last night these leaders had given theresa may a round of applause. not very enthusiastically, but it was well deserved. angela merkel had led that gesture, appreciative after mrs may told eu's leaders she wants a smooth brexit. it's what they want as well. of course the one leader who isn't here today is theresa may herself, the leaderfor whom this here today is theresa may herself, the leader for whom this matters more than for any other. getting the green light in the brexit process to move to the next stage. and so the looming question, exactly what does the uk want future ties with the eu to look like? i think the first big step this morning for the united kingdom to state very clearly what it wants in clear terms. i think if this happens within the next few weeks,

emmanuel macron marked the international day for violence against women. his one hour remarks were provided courtesy of france 24. >> you're watching france 24. we will cross live to the palace here in paris where president emmanuel macron is speaking. let's listen in. >> translator: the equality of men and women must lead to a fight against violence against women. i would like to thank you for your commitment because that is what will lead to change. the feeling of horror and shame of the situation that exists today has become particular acute. it became very prominent over a year ago. shame. we're talking about shame here because we are a human being, a political decision-maker, a man, president of the republic. if i didn't consider this as something important or not important, it could lead to ambiguity. just over a year ago, this came to prominence, like many other citizens of france i had already heard about this issue, of course. but we talked about it much less. there was a kind of silence, a veil of silence. when, as a candidate for the presidency,

you might have seen this inspiration before, think of emmanuel macron.on —— she would. on the other side of that, the two parties who haven't got leaders, one who is in prison, and the former leader carlos pigem want >> studio: jose —— from the former leader who is in axar in belgium at the moment. it might be down to this party to play the cards first and see if it will get the coalition because that is what it will come down to ultimately. this is not what the spanish prime minister would have wanted, the way the exit proles —— exit polls are suggesting. yes, at the moment rajoy‘s party i down seven seats. —— are down. you need to get 68 seats, not a single party is expected to do it, this is the interesting twist, after the twists and turns we have had since the referendum and the police violence and the legal declaration of independence, the self—imposed exile in belgium and the people in prison, we could have one party with 68 seats, but potentially they might have the power to make a power share. thanks forjoining us. there we go. all the details c

he says the line, quote, lead us not into temptation suggests emmanuel macron this thing just got isn. he wants to use the french translation do not let us fall into temptation which would shift the blame to mankind. your comments are pouring in on this one. brian on twitter says it is not the pope's prayer, why does he think he has the authority to make any corrections. joanne writing on facebook all the problems in the world and this pope wants to change the lord's prayer. isn't there something he can do to help mankind? robert disagrees saying great and more accurate in my mind, why would emmanuel macron lead us into temptation. let us know what you think. jillian: looking at my twitter feed, a photo of snow, very unusual for southeast texas, take a look at your screen, nearly three inches from san antonio to east texas. todd: the 12th man under snow. jillian: we are getting pictures early from people waking up. >> they don't see this type of weather a lot in this area. houston the last measurable snowfall was 2009 and so early in the season but twitter is going to be filled with

emmanuel macron's victory was a encouraging sign of strength.hile far right parties did make gains, they help swing the momentum back. >> i am a firm believer in europe, and during my election campaign, a lot of people told me, you are crazy. you are pro-european and you think you can win in france? it is feasible because people understand we need europe in this current environment because we have european values. ,ow the challenge to how europe with united states and china, that is not the case today. informing the main weakness in europe is the lack of projects and ambition. an approach trying to fix crisis at the very last minute without any perspective on projects. europe is the relevant scale. promote european emerging markets. it is critical we have french leaders, and european leaders, and europe has to be stronger. investment in economy, what does it mean? we have to fix tenuous objectives for europe. we have to decide some convergences and some investment decisions in order to reach the subject. -- myl have to change generation, there i

and, you're right, french president emmanuel macron was one of the first and most vocal voices to come out and warn president trump about making any such declaration. and the israelis, as we have seen, have been cheerleaders of this announcement of president trump. so i expect probably a tense meeting between the two leaders as the french president doesn't want to see this region enflamed and more instability, something that only he's warned about, but other leaders in this region. but, you know, for the israelis, this is one of their -- one with of the items on their wish list. they have been advocating for this for a long time. don't expect them to back down either. that's where we could see the tension in this meeting, george. >> ian lee following the story live in jerusalem, thank you. >>> president trump spent part of saturday honoring those who fall in the civil rights movement, but some are not buying his sincerity. >> he attended the opening of the mississippi civil rights museum and spoke briefly to the crowd there. critics ranging from the jackson, mississippi, mayor, to the

is not.he french president emmanuel macron had a lavish party at a chateau in france.icials called it a birthday party as he is turning 40. he said it was only a christmas party. he was highly criticized for living like a king, because it fit in with the taunt that his critics give him of being president of the rich. he said that he paid for everything himself and it was not all that expensive, just about 1600 euros. that,e: thank you for alison. if you would like to see more of those stories, you can look at .com.ebsite, france24 newsl be back with more and headlines after a very short break. do stay with us here on "france 24." >> this has been awarded the prize of the international european correspondents association. revisited. free from jihadist occupation, timbuktu has struggled to recover. despite the presence of french forces, the threat remains. ongoing intimidation cause for concern. can't t them but too wipe away e stains of occupation? 4 andvisited on france 2 france man: hard and soft, male and female, we take them to market, caught in pots, traps, nets, h

ofis also a vocal critic emmanuel macron. in the second round of the presidential election, he refused to back macron against the leader of the national front. his first task is to reunite his bitterly divided party. they lost 93 seats in the national assembly. moderate party members of already warned they could leave if he is not watering down his hard-line views. they could get behind the far right leaders like marine le pen. people in paris set a final farewell to johnny holliday saturday with one million turning out o on the shl still he's to say goodbye to the singer. a sean's the leaves we have more. >> a final farewell to johnny holliday. his coffin was displayed one more time on the french island of st. barts people came out to pay tribute and say their last goodbye to the french rock star. he will rest in the small cemetery from the beach. he will be laid to rest in an ordinary grave, just like everybody else. he and his family fell in love with the island in 2008 here it they built this villa overlooking the sea. it

we are going to a news conference with angela merkel and emmanuel macron. presents itself to the outside world and also what we do internally. i would like to thank emmanuel macron for the fact that right after the two go office after the election, he established a close relationship with us, based on the spirit of friendship, and solutions for europe can be found most of the time when germany and france stand together and when we have a common position, not because we want to dominate others but simply because if france and germany cooperate, we make progress. we had one example yesterday for a deep and cooperation that we wish to bring forward. there was an enormous step forward and judges yesterday, prepared by germany and france, and we were able to close something i would consider a historical gap in our defence capacity. it shows we have a willingness and capacity to defend ourselves and forge a common security policy which was confirmed yet again by the nato secretary general. also this is not considered a counterpoint to nato policy but a necessary

israel prime minister benjamin netanyahu went to france to visit with france's president emmanuel macron trump's decision. jeff, good morning. >> reporter: john, good morning to you. emmanuel macron has really thrown himself into the world spotlight now just seven months into his presidency here in france, trying to carve out a leadership role like conflict in the middle east as you mentioned and climate change. last week he criticized the decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital. he repeated that yesterday. he told netanyahu france remains committed to a two-state solution and believes this is dangerous for peace. netanyahu for his part rejected that saying this is a reality the world needs to accept. >> paris is the capital of france. jerusalem is the capital of israel. it's been the capital of israel for 3,000 years. it's been the capital of the jewish state for 70 years. we respect your history and your choices and we know that as friends, you respect ours. >> reporter: macron did denounce the attack on that israeli security guard that you mentioned, but he said that's hap

emmanuel macron marked the international day for violence against women. his one hour remarks were provided courtesy of france 24. >> you're watching france 24. we will cross live to the palace here in paris where president emmanuel macron is speaking. let's listen in. >> translator: the equality of men and women must lead to a fight against violence against women. i would like to thank you for your commitment because that is at

more reaction, and emmanuel macron has said this decision is reg retta ble, has said this decision isce does not approve of and goes against international law, and all the resolutions of un security council. he hasjust said resolutions of un security council. he has just said that to reporters in paris. turkey's foreign minister has described the move from the american president as irresponsible. let's go to the white house and barbara platt usher who was there for us. listening there to the president described why he is making this move, what is in it for donald trump? well, i think the key line of that speech was previous presidents failed to deliver on campaign promises, i am delivering. failed to deliver on campaign promises, iam delivering. i failed to deliver on campaign promises, i am delivering. i think thatis promises, i am delivering. i think that is what this is all about, he had promised during his campaign to his pro—israel voters that he would move on embassy tojerusalem and he would recognise jerusalem move on embassy tojerusalem and he would recognisejerusalem as the c

french president emmanuel macron is hosting the one planet summit. teri okita has more. >> reporter: french president macron hosted them at the one planet summit in paris. the meeting comes two years after nearly 200 nations agreed to stop relying so heavily on fossil fuels and to limit global warming. >> we're getting out. >> reporter: president trump withdrew from the deal saying it was unfair to u.s. businesses and workers and taxpayers. >> it is not based on common sense. >> reporter: former u.s. secretary of state john kerry tried to reassure international players that americans want to fight climate change. >> and while donald trump may have pulled out of paris, the american people have not. we remain committed to the paris agreement. >> reporter: france's president told cbs ve decision was aggressive. but perhaps not final. >> i'm pretty sure that my friend president trump will change his mind in the coming month or years, i do hope. >> reporter: on tuesday investors and global leaders agreed to devote more money and technology to slowing glob

france president emmanuel macron is in algeria today. 1954 through the 1962 independence war in algeriain which hundreds of thousands of algerians were killed and tortured, has left the scars. his presidential trip is meant to turn the page on the colonial past, but the french president is not meant to apologize for his countries actions, as some are demanding. in a visit earlier this year, the candidate macron shocked many in france when he said france's more than a century of colonial rule was "a crime against humanity." time for our business update with brian quinn. you are going to start in ireland, where time is running out to figure out a solution for the border with northern ireland once the u.k. leaves europe. brian: we're just about a week away from a summit between the u.k. anti-e.u. that will decide whether brexit talks can move on to crucial negotiations over a trade relationship. the issue of a border between the republic of ireland, a member of the e.u., and northern ireland, a part of the u.k., is proving enormously difficult. neither side wants a hard border between them

now the french president emmanuel macron is preparing to host a summit on climate change all major industrial nations would attend accept because the united states which pulled out of the paris accords early this year. forty heads of state will be that i for the warm find it summit which takes place two years to the day. since two hundred governments agreed here in paris cop called emissions. do you try and limits global warming of wanna joined now by because i demanded such fella in physical science at the university over the edg. at what he hyping will be cheated this meetings were. well i think you can go to the meeting is to try and revive. the momentum that was achieved two years ago at the time of the paris agreement israelis are since then at me to violence if the if the incident degrees agreement as a finish line in a. three the bus line exchange of that hideous and for that reason there isn't he mast progress since he doesn't eighteen did he go to key ambition of the summit is ryan revived in momentum. and raise the n. b.b. sin s so that a persosn agreement can be implemente. gloria

emmanuel macron said the u.s. had "marginalized i itself" in e israraeli-palestinian conflict i unilaterally recognizing jerusalem as the capital of israel. the mood abbas adding that washington was no longer an honest broker for the talks. i have reasserted to president macron, after president trump's decision to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel and transfer the embassy from tel aviv -- the united states are no longer an honest broker, and honest mediator in the peace process. we will accept no plan on the part of the united states because of the partisan spirit, and because of the violation of international law. donethe united states have in this regard is a violation of international law. by so doing, the united states have disqualified themselves honestaying a role as brokers. i want to be very clear. thee is no alternative to two state solution, and no two state solution without an agreement between the parties regarding jerusalem. live on joining me now set is the president of the international c

molly: french president emmanuel macron along with lebanese president saad hariri, speaking this fridayergency evacuations have spread in the u.s. state of california. 200,000 people forced to flee their homes, due to wildfires. the flames have been raging in the south of the state for the past four days. hundreds of homes have been destroyed, and many los angeles area schools closed. our correspondent reports. reporter: california firefighters struggled to contain blazes as powerful winds from the north pushed the flames 200 kilometers south, to san diego county. many highways remain closed and hundreds of schools shuttered. 200 30,000 people in los angeles and ventura counties have been forced to evacuate their homes since devastating wildfires broke out on monday. most of them do not know when they can return. >> i thought we were done yesterday. we evacuated the night before last. we came home and a fire was down that direction. was a lullg, there of fire reporter: over here. reporter:since the start of the week, california has endured hurricane-force winds of up to 130 kilometers p

president emmanuel macron said what many are saying, that there was something of johnny in the frenchblic is in tears, he wrote. we will never forget his name or 's voice. in recent years, johnny halliday had been in poor health. lung cancer. but he kept reporting until a few months ago. in the english speaking world, people saw him as a bit of a joke, and it's true that he loved elvis and the rolling stones but johnny never made it in the u.s. or britain. but that wasn't the point. johnny halliday played american-style music, but to his core he was french. and today for everybody here, a little bit of france has disappeared. ♪ane the decision to ban rusher from the 2018 olympic -- the 2018 winter olympics as part of furious reaction in moscow. the country's foreign minister called it a large-scale assault but said russia would survive it. although the team is banned from competing in south korea, russian athletes who can prove they are clean will be allowed to take part under the olympic flag. steve rosenberg reports now, from moscow. steve: in moscow today, the cold reality was sett

emmanuel macron has been positioning himself as a global leader on human rights and democracy, and nowe‘re doing for our world—leading electric cars, for example, is showing that we can actually deal with the issue of emissions. we can reduce emissions, but that can also be of benefit, done in a way that is of benefit to the economy. but few of the agreement‘s most powerful leaders were here in paris. this meeting was less about policies, and more about a political message — that with or without the united states, this agreement will survive. lucy williamson, bbc news, paris. police are appealing for witnesses and any dash cam footage as they investigate the death of a woman who was killed in a suspected hit and run by multiple vehicles. she is thought to have been struck by two lorries and two cars, and none of them stopped after the incident yesterday. a woman has died after a massive gas explosion that destroyed her house in leicestershire. it happened on monday evening in birstall, near leicester. janet jasper was understood to be in her late 70s, her house was reduced to rubble an

emmanuel macron will be there for france, presumably the prime minister is going to try and deal wither for britain's progress in the emerging trade relationship. the president of egypt has invited president of egypt has invited president abbas of palestine to cairo on monday to discuss the decision of presidentjohn to recognise jerusalem as decision of presidentjohn to recognisejerusalem as the israeli capital. here labour has suggested that britain should stay aligned to the european union after brexit allow an easy movement of people and continuing payments to brussels. labour has suggested that britain should "stay aligned" to the european union after brexit — allowing the easy movement of people and continuing payments to brussels. the party's brexit spokesman, sir keir starmer, said he wanted the uk to stay in the customs union and a version of the single market. the government says it's committed to a broad and ambitious free trade deal outside the eu. susanah mendonca reports. a moment heralded as a landmark deal in britain's eu negotiations, but this was just the starting poi

xi jinping in china in particular, and also emmanuel macron in europe is an increasingly important figure and the face of what you might call macronics is influential. rajini: and events dictate what happens in terms of your predictions. you have significant elections not just in the united states, but around the world. daniel: yes, actually, it is a big year for elections in latin america. once every 12 years you have the 2 giants of the region, mexico and brazil, holding presidential elections the same year. that happens in 2018, and they are very important elections. in the case of brazil, they lost a president recently through impeachment, and they had her successor mired in corruption. so that is going to be quite a lively affair. in mexico, there will be a response to the mexico bashing north of the border. they will matter. but also elsewhere, elections in course, thef midterms in america are going to be the big drama running through november. rajini: just before we that you , this is about gazing ahead in the crystal ball. what did you get right and wrong about this year in last y

hollande went pretty easy on new president emmanuel macron. he said he is doing well so far, although hollande did credit himself. he said he left the country in pretty good shape. he says he is working on a book to offer his ideas on how to get the socialist party back into shape. molly: also in the headlines, vladimir putin. papers reacting to his annual speech. allison: perhaps the most exciting moment was when he was questioned by one of his rivals a the upcoming election, journalist and socialite who asked a question about putin's main opposition, who has been barred for -- from the campaign. russia says he cannot participate in the election. putin sidestepped the question and did not mention the balmy by name. you can see what british paper "the times" thanks in this cartoon behind me. we can see clinton making his bid for reelection, but he cannot seem to figure out why no one else is running. if you look behind him, you get a good idea why. this may make some of us laugh, but "the wall street journal" has a word of warning against the

emmanuel macron hosting a summit in paris where political and business leaders come together to reviewess for the goals in agreements of two years ago. among the dignitaries attending, governor jerry brown of california set down -- specifically, what else can be accomplished without the support of president trump. >> the economic effect of california taking the most aggressive climate actions, both in the way of cap and trade, by way of regulation, appliances and buildings, low carbon fuel standard, 50% renewable or photo standard -- portfolio standard. we are doing all of that. we have become the sixth largest economy in the world. $2.6 trillion. our municipal bonds are the envy of investors everywhere. we're making progress. yes, climate change in the fires, the drought, the better it is devastation, costing real money and will continue to cost money. we have to try to combat it and do combat it as we are. the lesson is you can take environmental action come it improves your economy, but yes, i'm a change through the fires, droughts and soon-to-be floods come have cost us many billio