this is not a question of a person, even if emmanuel macron has put in a lot of input, a lot of visionarts throughout europe. and we are ambitious for europe because we are ambitious for europe because we are ambitious for europe because we are ambitious for our citizens. nathalie loiseau, we're out of time, but i thank you very much forjoining in on hardtalk. good morning. we really are experiencing all flavours of autumn this week. it was rather cool and disappointing on monday, wasn't it? but tuesday made up for it. some lovely spells of sunshine for most of us — as you can see by this beautiful weather watcher picture sent in from leeds. however, today it's again a different story. we are seeing some wet and windy weather arriving, so some rain at times today and a noticeable blustery wind. and that's because of the remnants of ex—hurricane dorian. an area of low pressure that's been arriving over the last few hours bringing some wet and windy weather into scotland and northern ireland. and we've got these weather fronts straddled across the country first thing in the morning. not

is it true to say — and you are a close ally of his — that president emmanuel macron has tired of thisss and just wants to see britain out as soon as possible? well, if you listen to everything that was said by emmanuel macron for two years, he has repeatedly said that he would prefer having the united kingdom inside the european union, because we face challenges together, in terms of security, in terms of defence, in terms of trade or environment, climate change — all these huge challenges which deserve to be addressed... i do understand that... if i may, just make this very clear, he has also said — and he said it again after he'd seen boris johnson — "we are not going to go through this sort of crisis every few months," which indicates to me, that when people talk of a two or three—month extension, after october 31, the french are really against it. i would not advise that you single out one member state, compared to others. we have been united from day one on brexit. not against the united kingdom but in favour of a solution that protects the interests of our fellow citizens, of ir

during the campapaign, he was emmanuel macron's right hand man. the initial investigation was dropped and he said he is confident the new case will go nowhere. the probe threatens a new embarrassment amid his threat to clean up french politics with the environment minister forced to step down. a formal conviction may not be necessary to cost thehe presidet a high placed alally. >> we have seen ministers resign for this reason. why does the president continue to have his back? weeks he has his back for now. we have seen ministeters resigns soon as they were put under formal investigation, which does not mean they were all convicted, but the fact that had to face a justice system was enough to force them to step down from government. the argument says he is not a minister. he is a speaker of the national assembly and is part of the legislative branch and this has nothing to do with being part of the executive. resign becauseo of that same problem back in 2017 because he was minister. the argument is -- ok. emmanuel macron continues to back him becau

emmanuel macron saying six months is enough, not the year.strated more openly than some european leaders. any possibility that he or one of the big guns can say this can't go on anymore? when we had that drama with emmanuel macron, it was in april. i'll give you the answer. it was just before the european parliamentary elections. who was emanuel macron‘s party standing against? marine le pen. he couldn't afford to be soft on brexit which is why he had to be seen to be taking a hard line. just before the biarritz summit he said he was happy to play the bad cop on brexit but there aren't such huge divisions inside eu circles on the idea of an extension in reality. we are talking about public personas and what they believe behind closed doors. even to avoid a blame game. in the case of a no—deal brexit, eu leaders won't wa nt to no—deal brexit, eu leaders won't want to be seen to be the ones slamming the door in the face of the uk. it is hard to see circumstances where the eu don't grant an extension but threatening and moaning, plenty of that b

speaking in new york, emmanuel macron urged donald trump and meet anduhani to repair ties. after separate talks with the presidents,nian emmanuel macron is pushing for donald trump and hassan rouhani to shake hands. >> if confidence is regained, we can move forward and make this happen. clear commitments by iran on the issues i have mentioned is not feasible without american commitments. >> the french president has been calling on both leaders to renew talks of iran's nuclear deal. both in his address to the wased nations, donald trump eager to remind d his counterpas iran remains a security threat. >> as long as iran's menacing behavior continues, sanctions will not be lifted. they will be tightened. >> trump announced the toughest sanctions ever on iran, as he called them. the new talks for the heads of state would only work as a two-way deal. rouhani would only sit down at thenegotiating table if economic sanctions were lifted. we had an agreement, mr. trump, he exited without justification and illegally. >> it is another bleak forecast from scientists when it comes to c

does not wa nt to because emmanuel macron does not want to agree to another extension for nohey want outjust as much as boris wants them out to an extent. we are being painted demo they cannot move on with eu plans while britain is in the way. i'm just wondering, this notion of the border down the oversee needs to be axiomatic. i'm just wondering how it was presented to get past because i use as my brother to people like mark francoise. if he goes for it thana mark francoise. if he goes for it than a lot of ultra hardline will.|j was reading a cover piece on the spectator who know where they are saying these things and they suggest that they are on board, that boris has been included in the conversations and that whatever these provisions will be there on board with them. if we don't get this that we want get brexit. let's leave the telegraph with eight quick look here. referring of course to a former prime minister has divulged about his meetings with the queen and co—opting her in some mild way prior to the scottish independence referendum. and here we have a recently unvei

sudan's prime minister has visited paris for talks with emmanuel macron.leads a transition government after the ouster of longtime leader omar al-bashir. the crowd called on the u.s. to remove the studio from its l lit of countries that sponsor terrorism and to lift sanctions against khartoum. states have been badly hit. the monsoon rains brought down trees, powerlines and roots. forecasters expect the w weather to ease off this week. to the u.s., where for the first time, more than half of americans say they approve of congress opening and impeachment inquiry into does not -- donald trump. that's according to the latest polls. the president is stepping up his attacks as public concern grows over the whistleblower allegations of his abuse of power. trump issued a threat in a late-night tweet tirade. he wrote "i only want to meet my accuser who presented secondhand information, but also the person who illegally gave this information, which was largely incorrect to the whistleblower. was this person spying on the u.s. president? the consequences -- big conse

behalf of the general assembly i have the honor to welcome to the united nations his excellency emmanuel macron, president of the french republic. and invite him to address the assembly. you have the floor, your excellency. president macron: thank madam president. ladies and gentlemen, heads of friends.nisters, we are here at the general at a time when the secretary-general has chosen such an extremely important topic, but climate as our central topic, which we discussed yesterday and we see and inpatients everywhere we are seeing more and more around the world that many things can lead us to feel pessimistic. we are not meeting the challenge . the demand that we have set for ourselves the goals we have set for ourselves in the area of global warming or the combat to protect biodiversity. there are many tensions. the level isrld unprecedented when we see what just happened in the golf a few days ago the persian gulf or when we see the challenges that many of our friends are facing and i see many friendly faces here that i know from other regions of the world, these conflicts are more complex an

angela merkel says ok, you have 30 days, even emmanuel macron saying there were indications there waspening. now is the time for him to talk to jean—claude juncker and say right, there is some kind of progression happening, now let's work out what that means for the sist. work out what that means for the 31st. we will talk more about this in the news briefing, because it is dominating the media in the uk for good reason. kulveer will be coming back after he has some strong coffee. oil prices have soared at the opening of the markets in asia following saturday's drone attacks on two key facilities in saudi arabia. the cost of brent crude rose by the most on record, after half the kingdom's output was taken out — that accounts for roughly 5% of the world's oil supply. iran has dismissed us allegations that it was behind the strikes and accused washington of being deceitful. our asia business correspondent karishma vaswani is in singapore. what is happening at the moment with the price of oil? has it come down since that initial spike when trading began? yes, it has. now the price of oil

there is the proposalfloating by emmanuel macron on giving a 15 million line of credit to around twot is facing. but it is all contingent on trump my response, and i think that the iranian regime wants to tell trump that it could reach into places in the middle east where it could hurt us economic interests at the global interests, it is within iran was my power to do so. it is not the first time that the republican guards have used the houthi militia to cover up for other militias, because it wouldn't be in their best interest to say that the iraqi militia have conducted this given that they could come into confrontation with the us troops based in the region. on that risk of confrontation, what do you think the reaction will be from saudi arabia and the us? there are only two plausible scenarios. either a military escalation are continued pursuit of a diplomatic solution. a military escalation at this time would really further hurt both the united states and saudi arabia, because it would just not only them as really eager to respond and attack iran or its militias, but there is no

but his public feud with french president emmanuel macron, who he claims insulted him, continues. come with conditions. translation: i am ready to talk with some people except our dear macron, unless he apologises about our sovereignty over the amazon. then i will talk to him. after meeting president trump in washington, brazil's foreign minister said the support it's receiving from countries like the us is helping. we are welcoming specific operation to fight the fires from a few countries. we are receiving that from a few countries. they are helpful. brazil is also undertaking the main task because we are able to and we are already successful, they show the fires are being extinguished. even so, brazilian police remain on high alert. the stand—off sending a clear message to authorities that some are willing to fight to the death for their patch of the amazon. finally, ellie goulding has married in front of famous guests and royalty at york cathedral. the 32—year—old singer got engaged to art dealer casparjopling last year and was greeted by cheers from the crowd. she arrived in

the french president emmanuel macron has declared monday will be a national day of mourning followinghe elysee palace for the public to mourn jacques chirac. monday has also been declared a national day of mourning for mr chirac, who was a dominant figure in french politics for five decades. he german chancellor, angela merkel, described him as an "outstanding the german chancellor, angela merkel, described him as an "outstanding partner and friend". an earthquake on the indonesian island of ambon has killed at least twenty people and injured more than a—hundred. the six—point—five magnitude quake damaged a number of buildings, including a university and a hospital. there were a number of aftershocks. prince harry has said the world will be a "very, very troubling" place if people continue to deny climate change. harry also praised the climate change activism led by the swedish campaigner, greta thunberg, calling the effort "a race against time". he was speaking during a visit to botswana, on his tour of south africa. new south wales has become the last australian state to decriminali

emmanuel macron gets his way because germany bowls the tunes.out a deal so they tell us you have not given us an a nswer to tell us you have not given us an answer to the question so it is over. no deal. you have members of the house of commons saying they will be no no deal. you have the domestic parliament saying there will be no no deal and in europe will be no no deal and in europe will not give us one. that's it for the papers tonight. don't forget you can see the front pages of the papers online on the bbc news website. it is all there for you seven days a week at bbc.co.uk/papers, and if you miss the programme any evening, you can watch it later on bbc iplayer. goodbye. after two defeats out of two, the english side made a better first of things in the champions league. craig templeton reports on a co mforta ble craig templeton reports on a comfortable win for manchester city in ukraine. a defence depleted, but pep guardiola insisted his side were ready for the challenge. the challenge started against a familiar photo, for the third year

emmanuel macron is heading to rome.his will be his first meeting with prime minister giuseppe conte. his coalition unites the populist five-star movement and the central left democratic party. france and italy hope to prepare -- hope to repair their relations. befrance and italy may historic allies, butut there relationship -- but their relationship hit historic lows. the deputy prime minister travel to france to meet with yellow vests protesters and offer his support. paris recalled its ambassador for several days. a seriesent came after of similar provocations from room. said the euthey shouldld impose sanctions on paris, which he accused of pushing migrants into europe. shortly after, matteo salvini poured fuel on the fire by an encouraging voters to boycott emmmmuel macron during the french elections. >> i hope they will free themselves from a bad president. they will choosese someone more consistent, practical. i am thinking of marine le pen. >> last october, tensions spiked when italy accused french authororities

it was interesting because many are talking about the fact that emmanuel macron, the president of franceuld be the president of france, could be the spanner in the works when it comes to negotiating a new withdrawal agreement. prior, that is, to the summit coming up in the middle of october. is right. if you look at the rhetoric that has come from micron over the last few months, he seems to have perhaps lost patience with the uk, perhaps more than some of the other eu politicians to clearly if he does requested delay, as the uk law specifies, the eu must agree to it. so there is a slim chance that perhaps they will say no. simply put. sale of the. simply put, c'est la vie. but that assumption is not 100% bullet proof. what do you about the prospect of an extension? boris johnson ‘s what do you about the prospect of an extension? borisjohnson ‘s argument is that everybody is exasperated with this. they want a line drawn in the sand. whatever that might be, be ita no the sand. whatever that might be, be it a no deal or a different deal but we need something. if we kick the can down the ro

wasrming the pension system one of emmanuel macron's campaign promises, but it is fraught with risk. suggest his popularity is finally on arise after a difficult year domestic, because of the yellow vests protest from so he will have to tread carefully. french people believe the system is no longer viable for the coming decade, but emmanuel macron has gained in popularity since his good results in european elections from so he has momentum. reporter: the government will draw up proposed pension reforms after lengthy consultations with trade union leaders and the public, a strategy the president may be gambling on to give them the green light to continue with his sweeping reform agenda. it won't be easy. workers from other sectors are planning similar strikes in the coming weeks. days of torrential rain have caused severe flooding across southeastern spain, at least four people have died and hundreds of evacuated in two regions where roads turned into rivers and cars were swept away. water poursood through this area on the mediterranean coast, a seaside town popular with tourists in a

emmanuel macron will make a speech later this evening, talking about jacques chirac. let's bring you that report on his life and legacy. >> i regret this action was undertaken without the approval of the united nations. i wish these operations to be quick. that they will not lead to humanitarian capacity. was born inhirac 1932, but made his first steps in politics in the area of --, where his family came from. through his career, he had a special relationship with farmers, a strong support base for the center-right politician. >> don't you worry. >> i will not to. >> you have an easy job. >> elected member of parliament at 33, he was ambitious, and held several top government posts. himof his mentors nicknamed the bulldozer for his efficient and aggressive style. he was twice named prime in 1986. in 1974 and for 18 years, he was mayor of paris and set his sights on the presidency in his third attempt to gain it, he was the underdog. many b back his rival. he and his wife never forgot. tohe gathered those faithful him since many had abandoned him. >> he e built ties wi

we had a brief sit down with the french president emmanuel macron. they gave the u.s. delegation a heads up about the surprise arrival. but macron did face allegations he blindsided some of his allies. >> president rouhani said he was prepared to meet any political leader in the interest of his country. pres. trump: if the circumstances were correct, were right, i would certainly agree with that. >> a completely different donald trump we just heard, actually making big news in iran and china. he was asked if he would consider meeting with rouhani, and he said he would. he also appeared to suggest he would be in favor of extending what is known as a letter of credit back by oil to meet their financial obligations. until now, the strategy of the u.s. was to apply maximum pressure on iran. >> president rouhani says he is not interested in just a photo opportunity with president donald trump. and the iranian president insists that sanctions be lifted before any negotiations. the last thing they want politically is some event where pictures are taken, but

the first state dinner was last year with french president emmanuel macron being honored. >>> a federal judge in sacramento approved the trump campaign's request to block a new law requiring presidential and glute candidates gubernatorial candidates to release five years of tax returns. the trump team says states don't havewho can run for president. it would block california from enforcing the law while the case is heard. president trump has refused to release his tax returns, saying they are being audited. >>> a unique program matches seniors at one retirement community with immigrants who work there to teach them how to read and write english. the goal is to help the workers achieve the american dream. >> we eat the traditional food made in what ha qua. >> reporter: claudia can now read and write english. for an hour a week, she receives lessons as part of the english as a second language program provided by her employer in pleasanton. her english teacher is 83-year- old julia, a resident of stone creek. and i'm learning from her. >> reporter: language lessons improving both of their

the first was french president emmanuel macron, so this is a big deal, especially for an administrationdoes not always play so well with allies. i think this is an important setting that they will roll out the red carpet to make sure this meeting goes off well. paul: i want to get a sense of what is potentially the most important thing on the agenda. one of the things we have seen happen this week is the solomon islands, small, south pacific nation, switching its taiwan ton from beijing. is this something of a concern, china's growing influence in the pacific? how high will that be on the agenda? >> that will be extraordinarily high. what prime minister morrison said before he took off for washington was that the united states and australia are not only the closest of friends, but the closest of economic and security partners, so i think this will be framed around the security situation and the changing security environment in the region, but also about where the united states and australia can work together more closely on the economic front as well. biggestustralia's trading partner r

and the leaders, particularly french president emmanuel macron is getting very frustrated with this process. it is possible that if you have october and boris johnson isof returned withsi a morble majority, he can overturn the legislation that parliament has just asked. it is possible they would seek some sort of tweak. >> it is far from clear that parliamentould agree for the request for a general election. >> you saw jeremy corbyn saying tonight that they want guarantees that a no deal g bret is nng to happen. if boris johnson wins, parliament could overturn this we saw former prime minister tony bir earlier this week suggesting that would jeremy second referendum. calling for a this gives people the opportunity to vote. this could be overturned by a new parliament. laura:hais it due to the divisions in britain? >> you see the population is reining. whether this overcomes some of the more internal optusitions and ly agree on a clear way forward. it is important to remember that this bill would deep -- would still not solve the fundamental question, do you want hard brexit or soft brexit?

emmanuel macron has offered to act as mediator. donald trumpmp sayss he needs no help with negotiations. >> we do not need a mediator. iran wants to do something. i don't think we need a mediator. he is a friend of m mine. we are not looking for any mediators.s. they know who o to call. >> the attacks on saudi ararabia are threatening to dominate the u.n. general assembly tuesday. iran's foreign minister the idea they were behind the attack, saying it would be stupid to engage in such an activity and if it had, nothing would be left of the refinery. >> time for thee business news. you have been watching t the market reaction n to the decisin of the supreme court in london. >> the pound it strengthened immediatately after the supreme court ruled. those gains haveve receded somewhat. the pound still up against the dollar and euro o in trading a .10%.time ago, up about this tends to happen every time we see investors think no deal is less likely. the pound gets stronger. this is a minor move. there is no great interpretation out of wh

french president emmanuel macron has met separately with the president this week and is pushing for a meeting between the u.s. and iran. iran's president said he would only agree to a meeting if the u.s. lifts sanctions. >> talks must be based on those plans. but prior to that, we must create mutual trust. and the trust is something that mr. trump took away. we had agreement mr. trump exited. >> the white house has not commented on whether the president would meet with the iranian leader. >>> protesters are angry after 600 open positions are not filled. 3,000 unionized city employees have been working without a contract since june. the city offered a 1% salary increase over two years. the employees are not on strike but will picket between noon and 1:00 this afternoon. >>> san francisco parks will be offering free swim time. temperatures reached 90 in the city yesterday and it's expected again today. and that type of heat can be dangerous. >> reporter: a fall heat wave has gripped the bay area, sending temperatures soaring around the bay. the heat can be dangerous in areas like san fr

bill: we expect meetings between the iranian leadership and meetings between perhaps between emmanuel macronf france, shinzo abe of japan. those have been the two leaders and u.s. allies most working to get a deal reached. when president trump was at the g7 last month, it was president macron who floated the idea of some sort of temporary easing of sanctions on iran's oil sells -- sales to bring them back to the table. it is the kind of thing that people will be talking about on the sidelines. i certainly would not rule out something unusual happening. that is a great forum for impromptu discussions. scarlet: in other words, be prepared for anything. thank you. for how this geopolitical tension is affecting oil markets, let's bring in francisco blanch. great to see you as always. how oil prices surged on monday following the attack, then retreated. they are ending the week with gains. how long will we see or feel the effects on the hit to the saudi supply? we had the attack on monday and since then it has been muted. francisco: i think that is a fair assessment. to me, there are three elemen

[applause] >> french president emmanuel macron made his third address to the united nations general assembly. during his remarks, resident macron said he would be sitting down with both president trump and irani and president hassan rouhani at the sidelines of the general assembly in hopes of fusing tensions between the leaders. this is 40 minutes. [applause] >>

the militaryor hin front of president emmanuel macron the first chapter inoday's public remembrancesto the coffin was a company through the streets of paris on its way to the chufh, wherdoze leaders past and present had gathered to honor him. thcrowds outside the church man who,or all of hispects to a perceived flaws, held a ecial place in theational memory of france. inside, the company made its way past the sea of faces including that of russian preside vladimir putin and several former french leaders. jacques chirac earned the affection of many people by his easy charm and his strong stance against the u.s.-led invasion of iraq in 2003. president macron described him as someone who embidied a certai of france. flags are flying at half mas and later todaya minute's silence will be held across the ldtry. his body has now left on his way to the cemetery for after 12 years as president analyst 20 as mayor ofaris, jacques chirac is making his tsfinal journey to the strf the french capital. lucy williamson, bbc news, paris. laura: the island of madagascar is the world's largest producer

there is the president, emmanuel macron.ur time, the procession will take place and then the service. we will go back to that in a few moments. fans of "rupaul‘s drag race" will need no reminder that the uk edition of the hit show is coming to bbc three this week. the american version has won many awards and helped to catapult drag acts into the global mainstream. but while men in frocks may be a novelty in some countries, they've been part of british culture for decades. josh parry has more. your queen has arrived. start your engines, drag race is coming to the uk. and while this line—up of british queens are bound to become household names, the scene hasn't always been so mainstream. blackpool. and simon green is beginning his transformation into alter ego betty legs diamond. drag is quite a british thing, isn't it? it's been going around for years. it started in the music halls and in pantomimes, with dames and things. and even well before then, it's been documented as men dressing up in drag, looking feminine, for centur

emmanuel macron's government hopes to avoid mass strikes.it is a fairly broad exchanger will have with all of these organizations. tois only once i have tried summarize this information over the course of the next week. i will implement the choices we will make. reporter: appointed by the french government to tackle the issue. after eight months of discussions with unions, his report was published in july, laying out a majajor overhaul. it would scrap the 22 public pension systems and replace them with one uniniversal scheme. it would leave a retirement age of 62, b but introduce the so-called equilibrium retirement age of 64 at which workers would receive a full pension. if they could get more. agece's current retirement is lower than the european average of 65. the average age punch workers actually retire is 63.4. workers tend to leave before the minimum legal age. reconciling a system of retirement ages and time spent paying into the pension's cost will be the major challenge facing the government as it drafts this bill. is to eliminate

one possibility could be that french president emmanuel macron arranges a meeting with rouhani, and then macron invites trump to join him. it could be some thing a similar -- as simple as that three of them getting a meeting in a hotel suite. amanda: it is not just that john bolton, who would take a dim view -- where do the allies of the u.s. lineup with this? very israel would be alarmed about the president meeting with rouhani. benjamin netanyahu has encouraged president trump to drop out of the iran deal. he has encouraged the u.s. to confront iran. to hold them accountable for the behavior across the middle east, for their missile programs. and to create a new nuclear deal that would prohibit countries from gaining a nuclear weapon. israel has already been stark about our allies with the rouhani meeting. amanda: thank you so much for being with us. i justin trudeau has kicked off canada possible election campaign today per liberals are locked in a tight race with the opposition conservative party ahead of the october 21 vote. neither of the main parties is currently pulling high enou

he might have got on well with emmanuel macron in biarritz but that is not the same as going to brusselsals. theresa may tried for a long time to conduct this negotiation in the public domain and it does not work. you cannot release details and then parliament standing up to say it is i'io parliament standing up to say it is no good and the european parliament before even a proper discussion, it has to be done in a professional way because people around the table before it can be out in the public domain. theresa established her red line which meant there could be no ci’oss line which meant there could be no cross party consensus line which meant there could be no cfoss party consensus on line which meant there could be no cross party consensus on what brexit was. then boris johnson cross party consensus on what brexit was. then borisjohnson has let nigel farage write his red lines which the labour party will definitely not sign up to. his red lines are the only thing that got a majority in the house. would you vote tomorrow for a general election? if it means we are going to crash out w

emmanuel macron said he enjoys playing bad cop when it comes to brexit and i don‘t think this will comeader dies on the extension, but they don‘t use their veto is willingly —— every eu leader does on the extension. if you use a veto you lose a lot of goodwill, so why would france waste their veto over something they don‘t care that much about? that is ouch over brexit but really it is no skin off the nose of emmanuel macron to extend another brexit extension for three months, and one more thing, although the eu once a deal and sees the sliver of hope of a deal for brexit, everybody is thinking about the blame game that will inevitably follow if there is a no—deal brexit and eu leaders will not want to be seen to have slammed the door in the face of the uk as long as there is the sliver of hope and that is why you are the sliver of hope and that is why you a re pretty the sliver of hope and that is why you are pretty much guaranteed if borisjohnson you are pretty much guaranteed if boris johnson holds you are pretty much guaranteed if borisjohnson holds his nose and asks for an extensio

emmanuel macron calls him a ‘great frenchman' who ‘embodied' france.est polar research ship otherwise known as boaty mcboatface. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre. good evening sir. good evening. essex have won the cricket's county championship title for the second time in three years. they secured the draw they needed against somerset at taunton after a match that had been severely affected by the weather. but still managed to deliver a twist. essex collapsed to 141 all out on the final day in reply to somerset‘s 203. somerset then forfeited their second innings in a desperate bid to pull off a remarkable victory by taking 10 quick wickets. but they only managed one so the match was drawn enough for essex to start their celebrations. it's two wins with two bonus points for england at the rugby wrold cup after they ran in seven tries to beat the usa 45 points to 7 in kobe. the match will also remembered for the first red card of the tournament with us flanker john quill dismissed for a shoulder charge on 0wen farrell. we are plea

they are protesting against president emmanuel macron's plat duce the universal pension scheme. lawyers, airline staff, andwo medical rkers have called for more strikes starting monday. in spain, four people have died as torrential rain and flash flooding better the southeast of the country. officials of shut schools and are urgingesidenme to stay at the extreme weather has turned roads into rushing rivers and forced the closure of two regional airrts. some areas saw they have used rainfall on mark -- heaviest rainfall on record. authorities in indonesia have issued smugglers as fires have rough across regions of the rain forest. schools have been inosed and masks have been issued. satellite images indicateha 1000 fires are burning, while 10 are burning rn malaysia. turning now t zimbabwe, which ll hold a public ceremony this weekend for its late leader robert mugabe. thousands have been lining up to pay the last respects as histe body lies in s mr. mugabe's family has been clashing with the government over his final resting place, and as our senior africa correspondent anne soy

this has been the goal of emmanuel macron. both protagonists are there. something may happen.ght be more difficult, given iran's key european allies are blaming tehran for the strikes on saudi oil facilities. they are not the only people we should be watching out for. there are high-profile no-shows. only the second time in a decade, benjamin netanyahu will not address the assembly. known for his colorful and combative speeches, last week's elections put a dark cloud over his political future. he is the most surprising of the no-shows alongside vladimir putin and xi jinping. nejra: thanks to annmarie hordern. when you're traveling to work, tune into blue bird radio on your mobile device or dab digital radio in the london area. this is bloomberg. matt: it is 8:20 on the continent. 7:20 in the u.k.. we are 39 minutes from the start of cash trading across europe. this is "bloomberg daybreak: europe i am matt miller in berlin. nejra: let's get a check on the markets. quite a bit of green on the screen. pboc saying china is not in a rush to ease policy massively. nonetheless, some

emmanuel macron has spoken by phone to the president of iran.he elysee palace said the french president reminded hassan rouhani of the need for iran to comply with its nuclear obligations. however, state media in iran says president rouhani told president macron that iran would reduce its commitments under the 2015 nuclear deal unless europe lived up to its own undertakings. the us military says it has carried out an attack on al-qaeda militants in the rebel—held syrian province of idlib. reports from the region said more than a0 people were killed in a missile strike that targeted a meeting of leaders ofjihadist factions. police in france say a young man has died and several other people have been injured in a stabbing attack in a suburb of lyon. the mayor said the man seemed to indiscriminately stab people waiting for a bus. reports say police are hunting for another man carrying a metal spike who is believed to have fled the scene. riot police have stormed a metro station in hong kong, using batons to beat passengers in the latest round of cl

because the two does want to be seen as the one who forces are no deal brexit even french president emmanuel macron who is. really seen as the most hardline on this issue knows that is not good optics but really from the e. u. side. there are a lot of people here in brussels who just really wants and no deal breaks it at this point two are kind of. tired of all of this are very aware that the new commission starts office on the first of november and they want to get on with their- businesess here so. i don't think there's any rest that you would object to that request for an extension whoever request it whether it's johnson or maybe he has a- maybe after a general election jeremy corbyn becomes prime minister. and comes here to brussels on the eighteenth of october and asks for thahat extetension butut the with the common wisdom here in brussels is that whoever asks for it. and however long it's for they will granted because the u. does not want to be seen as the one. throwing the u. k. into a chaotic no deal. the case in my it's becoming more more like an onion is that lots of layers on as you ple

with a deal and we know as a result with the conversations that the prime ministers had with emmanuel macronel, that the withdrawal agreement that the state was a block of marble could not be altered, is not capable of being changed. i don't think michel barnier got that memo, perhaps! certainly, what the government is trying to put across is that there are still trying to get a deal for the european union. we heard keir starmer saying that if they are trying to do that, then why are we not hearing those noises from the european union? for the government this week, the big challenge is whether or not mps managed to pass that legislation. if they do, boris johnson would be in a position where he would have to ask the eu for an extension. that is why there are lots of rumours about woody grew for a general election? time is on the essence. we don't have a lot of time in parliament for mps to do what they want to do. there are also court cases going on. there is lots going on that could hinder the government's games. the government is saying that they don't want to know deal brexit but they are

finnish prime minister has said today after with french president emmanuel macron that they agree thatt needs to happen now, and by the end of the month, or in the words of the finnish prime minister, it's over. now, it is not clear what it's over actually means. we don't know exactly what that would entail, and it is not a full eu position yet. this is the finns, and they say with the support of the french, talking about the urgency they now see in getting a deal down on paper, or i should say proposal from the uk down on paper. they will now take it to other european countries and to the uk government. but to say, end of september, that is not the timetable that the uk government is working on. number ten sources are saying government is working on. number ten sources are saying they'll continue to negotiate and put forward a formal proposal in due course. but they have been suggesting that that formal proposal wouldn't come until next month, after the conservative conference which ends on two october, and in the run—up to the next european council meeting which is 17 and 18 october.

emmanuel macron supports this too. but the uk has rejected that timetable.o play all of this. bring in nick eardley, live from westminster. it's a tough story, this. both sides are trying to affect the mood music. it is hard to affect the mood music. it is hard to find where we have got to. to affect the mood music. it is hard to find where we have got tolj think to find where we have got to.|j think what you jean—claude juncker said tonight is something that will be well received in downing street, seeing a deal as possible, some definite desire to see the backstop as it is in their —— no definite desire. borisjohnson saying today that progress has been made but he doesn't want to exaggerate. the reason he doesn't want to exaggerate it and the reason you have to take whatjean—claude juncker said with a grain of salt is there is still a big difference between the two sides about whether or —— an alternative to the backstop as possible. they are talking, proposals to stop there being a hard border in ireland by using some checks, some slightly different rules

there is the proposal being floated by emmanuel macron on giving a $15 million line of credit to irante some of the economic hardship it is facing. but it is all contingent on president from's response. and i think that the iranian regime wants to tell trump that it could reach into places in the middle east where it could hurt us economic interests and the global interests, but it is completely within iran's power to do so. and of course it is not the first time that the irgc, the republican guards, have used to be houthis to cover up for iranian militia. it would not be in their best interests to say that the iranians militia has conducted this, given the fact that they could come into confrontation with us troops based in the region. on that risk of confrontation, what do you think the reaction will be from saudi arabia and the united states now? there are only two possible scenarios. either a military escalation, or we continue to pursue a diplomatic solution. i think a military escalation at this time would really further hurt both the united states and saudi arabia, because it w

today y french presidet emmanuel macron paid this tribute to his illustrious predecessor. no policy with the french people have lost to states men whom we loved as much as he loved us jacque chirac was a familiar face after more than forty years of political life. and whether we share worn on his ideas or what he fought for we all recognize ourselves in this man who resembled us and who brought us together. an awesome day the a presenent french president among americican speaking out a little early. which iraqis on the most popularr political figigures of martin france the eiffel tower lights. were turned off in his alma at nine pm paris time. paris than his home but the same could be said of rural caress. he was the deputy and p. amount of home the city or the country true politician in that sense. not a man not afraid to make a popular decision on the world stage. look back now his life and times. he had warned that george w. bush france would not support a war on iraq. injection lock stuckck to his word. or i regret that this military action was undertaken without the a

leave with a deal and we know as a result of the conversations that the prime minister's had with emmanuel macron, that the withdrawal agreement that they stated was a block of marble and could not be altered, is now capable of being changed. i don't think that michel barnier got that memo. we do not know what is going on behind—the—scenes. but the government say they are trying to get a deal with the european union but we have heard from keir starmer about that. he is saying why are we not heeding noises from the european union about that? -- noises from the european union about that? —— hearing. there are lots of rumours about would borisjohnson go for a general election and there is a vote of no confidence and we do not have a lot of time in parliament for mps to do what they are going to do. there are also court cases going on. lots going on that could hinder the government's aims. and also the government is saying that they do not want a no—deal brexit but they are obviously planning for it and we have this advert campaign this week, that is being launched this week. michael gove is behind t

but they might not, emmanuel macron was talking tough and saying that he would veto less and of coursey that they would agree because otherwise you would have the fallout of no—deal and they would say this is your fault, but the french foreign ministry saying we can't keep going through this every three months. and what is this extension for? the thing is we can keep going through it, can't we, if thatis keep going through it, can't we, if that is what is requested. of the french foreign minister says we can't, i'm sure there are other people in europe who disagree. a lot of this comes down to the question of this comes down to the question of pragmatism and when push comes to shove, will the european union be willing to kick the can down the road a little longer and just muddle through? i imagine they probably will. shall we look at something else and move on? the daily telegraph says do not turn up to the airport, british airways warns passengers. this is a good old fashioned page of knees. they do not have much money at all, british airways pilots! a senior captain can earn, they ha

are now in their 45th week of protests against economic policies of the government of president emmanuel macron. dozens of injuries were reported today after a 5.6 magnitude earthquake struck albania.af a 5.1 magnitudrshock soon followed, and witnesses reported damad homes and power outages. the albanian prime minister canceled a trip to the united nations and returned home to assess the damage. today's earthquake was the strongest to hit in albania in 30 years, according to the defense minist. california, 22 other states, and several cities filed aawsuit in federal court yesterday to stop the trump administration from revoking california's right to set its own fuel emissions standards. the suit against the national highway traffic safety administration chargeshat the move exceeds the agency's authority. federal law sets standards for vehicle emissions, but california has been allowed to 1970s because it has the most cars and trucks on the roads. 13 other states plus the district of columbop have since d california's tougher emissions standards.et in massach today, congress j officially added h