that -- was not accepted last month. >> this was a major blow to emmanuel macron. negotiated as indicated, he has a big, broad portfolio. there is also a legal case that seems to be moving forward towards potential trouble for her. if he is rejected, this would be the second blow. we know the french have been lobbying to ensure -- becomes the next commisissioner.. are other designates waiting for approval. >> hospital workers in france will be taken to the streets this thursday. personnel say they are stretched to the brink and are calling on the government to increase salaries while creating some 10,000 new jobs. what do hospital workers say they want to? >> they have a series of gripes. angry abouten hospital conditions and working conditions. the government has about 750 plans. euro emergency the problem goes deeper than that. it has been growing for some time. this is protest season. the government will have to keep an eye on it. it could be quite an interesting end of the year. >> in other news, the u.s. state department has recognized bolivia's new interim pr

emmanuel macron in china this week. french officials saying the president will not be shying taboooo topics, likike the pro-democracy protests in hong kong. charles pellegrin is standing by with the latest. pollution levels in new delhi skyrocket. flights delayed, schools closed, and half of all private vehicles being kept off the roads on alternate days. at least three protesters shot dead in iraq. demonstrators accused of propping up the government they say is inefficient. aramco isia's preparing for the largest initial ipo in history. an iron boat stuck at the top of niagagara falls for a century inches closer to the drop due to extreme weather. first, our top stories, our top stories come alive from paris. ♪ genie: emmanuel macron is in shanghai. he will go to beijing for a state visit and trade talks later this week. the trip comes as france and its partners demand china make good importing agricultural products and manufacturing goods. talks come as concerns grow across europe about the trade war between the u.s.

emmanuel macron saying he hopes the e chinese people wouould flw presidenent xi'ss example of trg french wines and foods. salons has the story -- solange has the story. trip hadel macron's plan signed to buildld a gas terminal. some 20 french companies will be granted export approval. when it comes to safeguarding regional specialties, 26 french thehe 100ere among european products china agreed to accept and protect. a one billion euro order was signed. similar contracts are in the works. >> china has lifted a ban on imports of canadian pork. masses -- massive losses after a company took a financial hit of $4.6 billion over its stake in the office sharing company we work. softbank ceo admitted he turned a blind eye. the founder said there would be no chahange to his investstment ststrategy in the fututure. germany's council of economic adsers have e slashed their forecast for the foreign -- for the coming year. according to this forecast, it will grow by half a percent this year. int is down from .8 percent a previous forecast. the council expecting a growth of .9%. chain,,ntial manufafa

in france, emmanuel macron kicked off the second annual piece forum. some 30 heads of state are into discuss the major challenges facing the world today. emmanuel macron stressing the world needs to come together to work towards positive change. here is more of what he had to say. >> the return to unilateralism is a high risk option. some people are tempted because easy to makes closing yourself off a solution. i do not believe in this option. we have tested it in the past and it led to war. genie: there is a lot of ground hope to be covered over the course of the forum. what are the biggestst focuses f the form going t to be? >> multilateralism is what emmanuel macron has been underlining, the fact that countries need to come together, there needs to be a pooling of countriesinstead of turning their back on the world half problem. the french president says ofmate change, the problems migration. they can only be examined if the nation makes a global effort. particularly the united nations. a lot of concerns on the part of .he french president a bid to

emmanuel macron and donald trump trying, trying to find things to get him on board with various thingsnow if they are necessarily good reasons on why they dislike nato and gives it a weakening force that this will come to and had with various world leaders coming to the ukfor various world leaders coming to the uk for this and it will be on the agenda and we know donald trump has the us president rarely misses an opportunity to attack nato. so what does emmanuel macron want your readers to do about it because there are readers to do about it because there a re lots of readers to do about it because there are lots of countries in eu that are dependent on it and friends may have a strong military presence itself but is it putting that pressure on. turning to the front page of the male quite a big story. back in 0ctober, male quite a big story. back in october, the beginning of october, we are hearing from scotland yard that they are going to pay nearly £1 million to a proctor who was accused by carl beach. one of the biggest compensation pay—outs ever. and this was agreed basically behin

in an interview, emmanuel macron said a lack of strategic decision—making between the united states and nato allies was leading to what he termed "brain death" in the bloc. now, take a look at this — a lucky escape for the crews of two

comments between the french president emmanuel macron calling nato brain-dead. listening towas that preress conference with me and joins me now on the set. doug, really two different visionons of nato.o. still l you feel t that comingng through. he is the nato chief and very composed. ever known to be the cautious diplomat. his mission is to talk the talk and make it sound as cohesive as possible. there are differences with others notably in the u.s. that his vision of nato's cohesiveness, he said that while questions are being asked about doingamerica, they are more and working more togetherer than they have in decades. here we run headlong into a wall of reality. on one hand, it is true that nato committees and nato allies continue to. the other reality. president trump has spoken with nothing but contempt. it was even early on in the administration, questioning the utility or whether the mutual defense pact. including trump trying to .acktrack from that and signal she disagrees with the comments that nato is brain-dead and nato very much rececognizes nato's i

in other news — the financial times claims that french president emmanuel macron has opened a rift withther nato allies weeks ahead of a vitalsummit, by warning that the alliance is suffering "brain—death". and alongside its election coverage, the times reports that more than 60 years after his death, the hollywood star, james dean, will star in a film about the vietnam war using a digital avatar. let's start off with the vote conservative. saying jeremy corbyn rebels. already a pretty extraordinary time in politics. it is where the labour party has come out and encouraged traditional labour supporters to vote not for jeremy corbyn but for borisjohnson, saying that is the only patriotic way to behave considering the warnings that have come from the reports of anti—semitism being ignored and what is interesting about this is the individuals come from slightly different wings of the labour party and although i am convinced thatjeremy corbyn and mcdonald's team marked these people as blue labour. during the labour this morning they're discussing the decision from the labour party it was a

emmanuel macron says nato is brain dead. the french leader claiming in an interview that washington is turning its back on europe and he has lost faith in the alliance. we begin in brazil, where the supreme court has voted to overturn the rule about the jailing of criminals, which could lead to desilva being freed from custody. onlycted criminals should go to prison after they have exhausted all of their appeals options. >> could lula da silva be out of jail? the supreme court delivered a decision that has his supporters cheering and hopeful. >> today, the supreme court thengthened democracy and constitution with that d decisi, especially when n we have a far-right government attacking the democracy and the constitution. >> the court ruled a person could only be imprisoned after only be imprisoned after all appeals to higher courts have been exhausted. he has been in jail since april 2018, when he was found ilty of corruption and money laundering. operation carwash began more than five years ago when they started looking int

and emmanuel macron is a president that doesn't give many interviews.his was a rare assessment from a man we know is a multilateralist, a liberal, about the state of the world. when you read that article, it is pretty bleak. >> you can't help but think of the long embrace between emmanuel macron and president trump and how long ago that seems. melissa, thanks. >> long gone. >>> an 80-year-old holocaust survivor living under protection after becoming the tar get of anti-semitic threats. liliana segre received 200 threats away on social media from far right extremists. she spearheaded a committee against hate, racism and anti-semitism. there's been a spike in anti-semitic attacks in italy, particularly online. >>> ten people had to be hospitalized in oklahoma after mistakenly getting insulin injections instead of flu shots. eight patients were at the facility for the disabled in bartlesville. emergency responders found, quote, multiple unresponsive people when they arrived because of their disabilities. many were not able to explain their symptoms. severa

thomas, coming to something else, we have spoken about what emmanuel macron said but that is becauseresting speech. he also said we should not think about this is just the market. coming back to a point that you made, annalisa, coming back to a community of values, data, technology, we need a coherent apology? i want to come to the point that annalisa made before. europe initially had a hope of becoming a more united, value oriented community. look where we are now. i am saying something controversial when i blame brussels on the eu partly for having got the wrong end of the stick after 1989 and forcing a greater pace the ever closer union. the closer union is not the new emerging national spirit that individual countries want. great britain is an example. great britain was always against ever closer union, she has a national identity. not everything is wrong with the renaissance of national identities in europe. the ever closer union had something of a misconception on it because there is only a limit to how you can integrate so many different nations under one umbrella. you have to

emmanuel macron had vetoed enlargement at a summit. a check of other news around the world.porters of former brazilian president da silva gathered outside a prison where he is detained, awaiting his possible release. the supreme court has ruled that convicts should remain free during their appeal process, which applies to the popular leftist politician. he was convicted of corruption in 2017. clashes have erected between protesters and iraqi security forces in basra as antigovernment demonstrations enter the word week. 250 protesters were killed in baghdad and the southern port city of basra, many by live ammunition. brushfires in eastern australia have been burning out of control , with firefighters describing the situation as unprecedented. the affected area covers a thousand kilometers stretch of the coast. many residents have been told to evacuate. police in the u.k. have released details of the 39 vietnamese people found deadd in a refrigerated truck near london last month. two of the victims of the apparent human smuggling ring were 15 years old. the majority of them c

assume you're alluding to the interview with emmanuel macron the french president this week where heain—dead i believe is the word he used. i think that is an accurate description of perhaps the rhetoric and kind of... especially given what donald trump has said about how europe needs to contribute more. i think it was very much a reaction to the west are all of us troops —— withdrawal, allowing turkey to roll in. that being done without consultation with the us‘s european allies, they felt blindsided by that. but let's remember the us is still the linchpin of european security. it still contributes, accou nts security. it still contributes, a ccou nts to security. it still contributes, accounts to two thirds of nato members defence spending, has thousands of troops still in europe. provides key missile defence system for europe. but i think what he was acknowledging was the reality that europe does need to start spending more on its own defence which is very much what trump wants to hear, right? the reality of that is even if europe steps up with a plan to create a security framewor

the french president emmanuel macron has described nato as "brain dead", and accused the biggest contributortic alliance. speaking to the economist magazine, he said, "you have no coordination whatsoever of strategic decision—making between the united states and its nato allies. none. you have an uncoordinated aggressive action by another nato ally, turkey, in an area where our interests are at sta ke." meanwhile, german chancellor angela merkel rejected the criticism of nato, saying, "the french president has found rather drastic words to express his views. this is not how i see the state of cooperation at nato." well, for more reaction on president macron's comments we can now speak to nato expert and authorjim goldgeier who's is also the robert bosch senior visiting fellow at the brooking's institution. thank you for your time. you will know, of course, the privately few senior people say similar things. why has mr macron decided to say this publicly now? you can see the anger coming through to but it is shocking that the president of france would actually say these things out loud. and h

the french president emmanuel macron is back in china eighteen months after his first state visit to the country he'll be holding a sereries of trade talks with the presidency chin paying and he's announced that a new deal will protect the territorial integrity of certain european products like camembert and champagne. from chinese copy cats come a *-*- has this report. it's the men inin my second visit to china as president and he has one clear goal in mind to strike new deals with the world's second largest economy. so quite often the more i strongly believe that cooperation between china and europe is necessary. our capacity to agree on a common agenda. as have his ability. is absolutely crucial. the french president is in shanghai with a delegation of thirty companies. issue france's trade deficit with china which stands that's about thirty billion euros. michael is also expected to press for some specific french interests including greater access in finance and aerospace and fewer export restrictions on french poultry. on monday he also announced a new agreement on protected geo

france's president emmanuel macron has described nato as "brain dead" and accused the biggest contributorriticism of nato, saying mr macron used rather drastic words to express his views.

we have the french president, emmanuel macron, talking.e are to leave you with these images of shanghai. this is bloomberg. ♪ >> your black -- you are back with bloomberg markets: asia. u.s. and china signaling more progress towards a trade deal. jonathan, we heard changing paying speaking. he did sort of glean the trade deal a little bit. what is your take on this? the 13th of october, we published a note we pointed out the phase i trade deal was becoming likely. we talked about tactical upside around 5%. as of this morning, we achieved the levels we were looking for, about 27,000. this kind of idea we are going to get a mini trade deal focused on agriculture, some pullback of tariffs perhaps as well, that is in the price. >> where do we go from here? one trade a phase deal look like? nobody quite knows -- is it effectively the status quote? or that it does not get worse. >> it is more that it is not get worse. and that the december tariffs, which would have been quite significant for the global economy, they seem to be off the table. tha

french president emmanuel macron welcomed france's fed cup champions to the elysee palace on tuesdaye country's first in the competition in 16 years. the french defeated hosts australia in the final in the decisive doubles rubber in perth on sunday. kristina mladenovic and caroline garcia held firm in a tense decider to beat ash barty and sam stosur at the perth arena to secure france's third title in the women's team event. you can get all the latest sports news at our website, that's bbc.com/sport. but from me — ben croucher — and the rest of the sport today team, we'll see you soon. hello, once again. after so much wet weather in recent weeks, it looks as though wednesday for much of the british isles is going to start at least on a drier, brighter, colder note. although there's no disguising the fact there is in fact another set of fronts to bring some rain to western areas later in the day. but it's a cold, crisp start — a frosty one for many parts of the british isles. a run of showers over the north sea through south—west scotland to the north—west of england. but as you see,

emmanuel macron called the statistics a national shame.ison sergeant reports. >> it is a list of 50 measures aimed at combating violence that kills over 100 and france each year. among them, the cofinancing of rehabilitation centers to house men who commit nonfatal acts of domestic violence. one center in northern france saw the rate of repeat abuse for from 60% to 20%. policies will suspend parental rights of those who kill their partners. it will give authorities the power to confiscate weapons and make the helpline dedicated to violence.s of the price tag is not what counts. >> w we will dedicate ththe resources and the public policies will be financed. the fight against domestic violence does not come down to the issue of money. it is a question of willingness and priorities. another measure considered is loosening medical confidentiality laws. a move some doctors oppose and others say is necessary. >> i had a patient who came alalone with her nose broken, a blackeye. i fixed her up and she came back to remove the bandages with her hus

france was the one that bucked the trend with a brand—new party created by emmanuel macron. we will see what the next election will bring because the by—election has proved not all is that wealth up you mention the fact that in spain the conservative popular party came in second, but what is interesting is that the right wing party vox did extremely well. there was a surge to vox. they are very anti—immigration, spain is in the mediterranean and you always see the ships with the refugees come over, $0 you always see the ships with the refugees come over, so this is at the end of summer. again we see, we see that in germany, with afd also getting up. it is a really european theme, and if they cannot figure out how to build government, they will have a third election in one year. that is quite tough. and there would be election fatigue surely, because when you look at the turnout, just over 50% of people voted in this election, prime minister pedro sanchezis election, prime minister pedro sanchez is desperately calling on those who commit those other parties, saying we have to

and i could get a boost today when french president emmanuel macron meets his french counterpart xijinpinga miller. macron is going on a charm offensive? a huge part of his agenda on this trip is trade. and to give you an idea of the sins of the scope, he has brought a large business contingent with him that represent 30 companies, all of them have a strong interest in getting their products into the hands of chinese customers. now it's all a big effort to get beijing to agree to the terms of a eu—china trade deal. now, just to give you an idea, france currently has a trade deficit with almost $33 billion with the chinese, that is the largest in fact it has with any other country, followed by germany. now, china buys french dairy products and poor, especially as the country is grappling with a swine fever outbreak that is causing a rapid rise in pork prices. now, the european union has members and it has good us basically, they are trying to get onboard, they have a 10% tax on our bus planes and 25% on wine and cheese. so at this point they are trying to get their products into the hands o

french president emmanuel macron has saluted the harrison from the face of the terrorist threat mr heldion. two high ranknkg politicicians in muisis governmentss havee resigned w wh the third suspended himself as a murder probe his stepped up into the killing of an investiture analyst. the one that got its yet two years ago. the earthquake in albania rescue and recovovery continues that at least twenty one people are coconfirmed tbe

now, you have weak leadership in germany with angela merkel with one foot out the door, emmanuel macron is quite a divisive figure inside the eu, not everyone shares his vision for the eu, will you leave your position in the eu concerned about the direction it is going? the comission is not in charge of germany and france. i'm moving away from the commission... i never thought for so many years that france and germany, their harmony, it never was in fact, is essentialfor the european union but the european union is not only germany and france alone, they can do nothing. they need smaller hands to be helpful and sometimes they are following what others are saying, giving the impression that they were inventing the road and the avenue. when it comes to president trump, you say you have a few tips up your sleeve for those who need to deal with the president who is not predictable, shall we say. when you went to go and visit him, he was threatening all sorts of sanctions against the european union and you managed to prevent them for a while at least. what was the trick? if you have a trick,

emmanuel macron paid tribute to the debt by rekindling the tomb of the unknown soldier that lies beneathhe arch of triumph in paris. in a few hours, he will inaugurate a new monument paying tribute to the troops who died for france during overseas operations. that memorial will be the first to pay tribute to fallen soldier since the end of the algerian war in 1963. procession carries the coffin of the latest soldier to fall fighting for france. one died in molly after a - -- died in mali after a road side attackck. in 1983, france sent troops at the request of the then president. the operation was to help fight the rebellion in the north of the country. it went on to become one of the bloodiest missions for the french army with 129 llodra killed. other operations include lebanon, where 140 one died. 85 were killed in afghanistan. in lebanon, one of the events that most scarred the french memory was the attack on a building in beirut where french paratroopers were living. french peacekeepers selling yugoslavia where their headquarters were under fire for three years. soldiers diedench dur

the french president emmanuel macron has cast doubt on the organization calling it brain dead. they are set to meet in london next week. and the central bank competes in foreign currency markets for the first time in three months. global news 24 hours a day, on air and on tictoc and on twitter. bloomberg. >> live from bloomberg world headquarters, i am shery ahn. amanda: i am amanda lange. we are joined by our bloomberg audiences. the trade ministers from the united states and mexico are meeting in washington today to discuss the deal. plus bracing for black friday. we will talk to the ceo about what to expect after the thanksgiving holiday. deisappointing outlook from er. disappointing quarter. difficult conditions keep them from replacing much equipment. >> a quick check of the major averages. we do have gains again today. a combination of interesting and optimistic views on trade. we are still hearing from big american companies. that is factoring in on some of these different indices. we are seeing other big gains and new records as well. communications is also strong. indu

financial times, its main story covers a rift between germany's angela merkel and french president emmanuel macronjames dean will take the lead role in a new film more than sixty years after his death, it's made possible by cgi, but it's causing quite a stir in the industry. so let's begin with simoney kyriakou, who's editor of financial adviser at the financial times. let's start with some of the spending pledges, i havejust picked up spending pledges, i havejust picked up the guardian has to be labour and the conservatives have triggered a public spending bidding war in a bid for votes they are promising such massive spending programmes that we are going to see some public investment returns levels we have not seen since the 70. you as a financial journalist, not seen since the 70. you as a financialjournalist, how not seen since the 70. you as a financial journalist, how would not seen since the 70. you as a financialjournalist, how would that be received by the money markets? is it possible that they could actually speak investors? i think investors are always very keen on infrastructure, for

emmanuel macron. let's put up the quote.he part that grabbed made with nationalism is a betrayal of patriotism. that's just fundamentally wrong. >> it'sing a meaningless statement. patriotism comes from the root word padre, father, father of our land. a distinct culture with a distinct territory. that's important in french history going back to joan of arc and. gregg: trump early on as you have recounted in 2018 recognized this as something vital. i will just read it here. rational immigration policies, protection from foreign threats and putting our own interests first. to some it's selfish, maybe. but there is good reason for it. >> nationalism is part of the tradition of the democratic party. they turned their back on it and went in a cosmopolitan direction. and they lost touch with it for various reasons. it's a powerful baton left on the floor and trump picked it up. the basic proposition that our borders are important because we don't have sovereignty without our borders, and we should put our interests first. that wou

their demand is to meet emmanuel macron. mainke to the head of the farming union. he was telling me he has spoken to the ministers and counselors. now he wants to speak to the president himself. of controlnt is out and his view. there are too many rules and regulations they have to o foll. the state is opening up with trade deals. unfair competition, that the rules are not the same and and at thisensive time, while france is recognized in a country where the culture is most sustainable. the objective is to get the farmers' message across to the president. in the u.k., the election is just over two weeks away. claims of anti-semitism are rocking the labour party. the vast majority of jews in the u.k. are afraid of jeremy corbyn the coming prime minister. jimmy corbin address the -- jeremy corbyn addressed the issue but failed to apologize for anti-semitism in his party over the last few years. corbyn has been accused of failing to tackle anti-semitism within his party. andrew neieil offered him a chae to apologize, , which he declind four times. takeuldn't you like

and europe and asia as well very strong start to this week >>> meanwhile, china is welcoming emmanuel macrontend a trade fair in shanghai. he is expected to urge china to allow increased trade in terms of agriculture, aerospace and finance. charlotte joins us around the desk i remember back in march i was in paris covering the time when president xi was visiting paris on the heels of his italian trip they signed a few deals back then with respect to the airbus. can we expect anything tangible out of this visit from macron to china or is it just repaying the visit that president xi gave to europe earlier in the year >> we don't expect megadeals we had the megadeals when president xi jinping came to france in march. ordered 300 airbus planes, 30 billion euro we don't expect a massive order this time. in spite of on going strategy president macron had, he said he would go to china every year that's his second visit. january, 2018 and chinese president came to france and macron is spending two days in shanghai and going to beijing for one on one with president xi jinping. >> is he doing this in

. >> a sponsor of terrorism, that is what turkey's foreign minister called emmanuel macron for his decisionhost an official from the kurdish-led syrian democratic forces in paparis last month. >> he spononsors the organizatin and hoststs them. if he saysis allies s are terrorists, we have an answer. >> he was responding to criticism of the military offensive in northeastern syria. the operation put turkey at odds with nato allies and growing internal divisions that led some members to queuestion the alliance's goals. >> the questions i ask are open questions we have not resolved. peace in europe, intermediate range nuclear f forces, the relationship with turkey, who the enemy is. until we resolve these issues, let's notot negotiate over the details of costs. over costs and sharing the load have become a major preoccupation ever since donald trump complained nato members were not paying as much as the u.s. that concern may have been addressed with plans for washington's contributions to decrease and germany's to increase by 33 million euros, bringing the nations into line the natoin a move s

emmanuel macron expressing sadness saying the soldiers died for france.'s go to james andre at the french defense ministry. what details do we have on the circumstances of this crash? we will have more details later. a press conference is planned p.m. today. 2 the chief of staff and the ministry administrator will be addressing press. yesterday in in mali, there was an opportunity at the defense ministry pickups and motorbikes and jihadists in the area where the french military are very engaged at the moment following a terrorist lian army.the ma helicopters were sent to give reinforcements to troops on the grounds that were engaged and the helicopters were two different kinds and they were eached and collided with other killing 13 soldiers. -- it is a heavy loss for the french near you have to go to the war in 1983 to find a o ofwhere that amount casualties. that was in lebanon. helicopters?are james: they are extremely important, simply because france sahel.loyed 4500 men in , the commander said, we cannot be present everywhere but we can be everywhere

french president emmanuel macron's office announced the meeting today after months of efforts to getides to agree on top. a senior u.s. coalition commanders as the partnership with. kurdish forces remain strong. the associated press, despite an expanded offensive to areas under kurdish control. u.s. forces reportedly have completed their withdrawal from the border region where the partnership

. >> coming up, we will discuss emmanuel macron's visit with china with the eu chamber of commerce. that is coming up. this is bloomberg. ♪ >> let's talk about the trade relationship and overall economic relationship with french president emmanuel macron. he is likely to push an investment deal with china when he visits this week. france expecting about 40 contracts to be signed. she is an expert trade advisor to the french government. what are the more specific here? can you put it into the context of an eu relationship with beijing, how is it all playing? >> i think you tackle the most important point. march, president xi was received and therent macron will be a european presence to ensure that bilateral relationships are approached with a european voice. approach, a bilateral there will also be discussion about materialism and about how wto's should involve -- evolve. >> in terms of some of these nuclears, you look at aeronautics as well. ventures orng to industries and seeing the two sides come together and work on? >> there is the need to address upcoming needs from the season

news conference in paris, president emmanuel macron accused turkey of endangering nato actions against the islamic state group with its military operation against kurdish fighters in sy ankara accused him of supporting terrorism by hosting kurdish militia representatives. gordon sondland, u.sambassador tohe eu, has been accused of three women of sexual misconduct mr. sondnd was a key witness in the impeachment iuiry. all three women allege mr. sondland retaliateagainst them professionally after they rejected his advances. d ies the allegations. an 1000-year-old puppy has been found in siberia, and scists are unablto determine whether it is a dog or a wolf. the dog was two months old, apparently, when it died, and as you can see in these pictures, it has been rerkably preserved in t snow and ice, with fur, teeth all in ta experts think it might shn evolutionary link between wolves and dogs. let's turn to china now. ite has warned s. it would retaliate after president from trump signed a bill supporting pro-democracy activists in hong ong. the new law sets of an annual view to check if h

chinese president xi jinping and his french counterpart emmanuel macron have issued a joint statement reaffirming their support for the paris climate deal. speaking in beijing today, president macron said cooperation between europe and china while reducing emissions will be decisive. this follows the trump administration beginning the formal process to withdraw the united states from that agreement. presidents xi and macron, describing t the deal as now beg irreversible. >> over the past two years in the fightht against climate change, we have consistently acted together with great effectiveness and commitment. i regret the choices made by a few other countries, but i want to see them as marginal choices. when china, the european union, and russia ratified the paris agreement, the isolated choice made by one or another country will not change the course of the world. brent: "the course of the world." scientists around the world so worried they have issued a joint call for change describing it as a climate emergency. they say too well and without taking note of what it is doing to the

it comes a day after comments by french president emmanuel macron sent shockwaves through the international community. in an interview withthe economis said "to my mind what we are currently experiencing is the brain death of nato strategically and politically. we need to recnize we have a problem." that spark a quick backlash from many including germany's chcellor angela merkel, who called those drastic words. for more on the state of the alliance and president trump's ssible trip to russia, i'm spoke to former ambassador to nato ivo alder, who is now the president of the chicago council. want to get your reaction to the president saying that he may travel to russia. shivld he go? when the 70th anniversary of the end of world war ii happened five years ago, president obama did not go. this is the 75th anniversary of the end of world war ii and ufssia was an ally during the war, major ally,red in large numbers of casualties.se in thae there is something to remember. relationship between the united states and russia, between russia and its european allies, of course its continued occupation

other news, french president emmanuel macron has described nato as brain dead and accused the biggescontributor, the u.s., of a waning commitment to the transatlantic alliance."t speaking t economist," he said the u.s. failed to csult its nato allies over syria and called on european nations to be strategic in the face of challenges from russia and china. president trump en ordered by a judge in new york to pay $o miin damages for misusing funds from his charity, taking the money to pay off debts owed by his companies and to boost his 2016 election campaign. the court said he also used the funds to buy artwork. in lonn, emergency services a were called toest end theater after part of the ceiling collapsed.e five peore treated in hospital for minor injuries. it happened during a performance of arthur miller's play "death of a salesman." jeff sessions is attempting a political comeback. he is expected to announce the u.s. senate in alabama.r that is his old seat, the one he gave up to become attorneyr generaesident trump. but the job didn't work out so well. exactly a year ago, mr. session resign

president emmanuel macron says he's deeply saddened by the accident.single loss of life for the french military since the 1980s. there's been a series of high—profile resignations from malta's government, all connected to the investigation into the murder ofjournalist daphne ca ruana galizia, who was killed by a car bomb in 2017. protesters in malta have demanded the resignation of the prime minister. earlier, joseph muscat‘s chief adviser stepped down amid reports he was being questioned by police. the tourism minister resigned shortly afterwards and the economy minister has stepped aside. all three deny any wrongdoing. now to the annual event all of washington waits for. yes, as you can see, it's the turkey pardon — a thanksgiving tradition when the president gives one lucky bird a reprieve. this year, the finalists were bread and butter. don't worry — neither of them will be on table this thursday, but butter received the official blessing. a team of hong kong polytechnic university management, security guards and the hong kong red cross have search

you listen to what emmanuel macron who is a brilliant quy: emmanuel macron who is a brilliant guy, buter european army, these are interesting concepts but they are not ones that are necessarily attractive to widespread democratic support in this country. and what we want to do, i think you put yourfinger on it, is and what we want to do, i think you put your finger on it, is to and what we want to do, i think you put yourfinger on it, is to be supportive of our friends and partners, we are a great european power, possibly the greatest if you look at what military contribution and cultural impact, but what we also want to do is get out and look to the world and do free—trade deals. thank you very much, pamela. let me tell you if you are joining us, you're listening to a special election programme and hopefully watching as well on the bbc news channel over this our would your chance to put questions to the prime minister, borisjohnson, chance to put questions to the prime minister, boris johnson, hearing from listeners and taking questions online and through social media to your question

laura: you quote french president emmanuel macron who says that nationalism is a betrayal of patriotisms he wrong? rich: i think that makes no sense. if you want to get technical about the definitions of the wo, patriotism goes back to latin "patre," same root as patriarchy, for the land, loyalty to your own.nationalism, the doctrine that people should govern itself, and a very of french history, or most of french history going back to joan of arc. i think macron is confused in his definitions at best. laura: does it worry you that here in the united statewe have white nationalists like those in charlottesvnd they like the label "nationalism"? rich: well, that is not true nationalism. that is a tradition whose dna goes back to the kkk andic domeerrorist groups. it is not in thens meam of the american nationalist tradition, without which we would not have gotten a revolution, which was a nation rising up and saying we are gointo govern oursel we wouldn't have gotten the constitution, we wouldn't have gotten vicry in the civil war, which is the ultimate legitimizing act of the american na

in an interview, emmanuel macron said a lack of strategic decision—making between the united states andas leading to what he termed "brain death" in the bloc. now, take a look at this — a lucky escape for the crews of two powerboats that were racing and then flipped over and crashed on the first day of the key west powerboat races in florida. the race was stopped while the crew members were rescued. fortunately, there were no serious injuries. some believe it will be the greatest global rivalry of the century — china versus the united states. tensions between the two countries go far deeper than the current trade war. military disputes over the south china sea have become more heated, and the us accuses china of the wholesale theft of american intellectual property. so, how does america see its relationship with its most important rival? david grossman has this special report from washington. washington has changed its mind on china. a few years ago, it was seen as a potential ally. now, it is regarded as a deadly rival. it's easy to see this as simply a product of the man at the top. w

news in these are our top stories chinese president xi jinping and french president emmanuel macron have reaffirmed their commitment to the paris climate accord their statement in beijing came one day after the u.s. formally began its withdrawal from the agreement which is designed to cut greenhouse gas emissions. britain's parliament has been formally dissolved the head of a snap election on december 12th british prime minister boris johnson met with queen elizabeth to mark the official start of the campaign which is likely to be dominated by britain's withdrawal from the european union. police and protesters have clashed in the chilean capitals on thiago again after the president's a bust in piniella. stepping down mass demonstrations over economic inequality have rocked the country for more than 2 weeks. scientists have confirmed that the space probe voyager 2 has escaped the sun's influence entirely and entered true interstellar space the probe is now almost 18000000000 kilometers from the sun and is still transmitting data this is either you news from berlin from or you can follow u

france's president emmanuel macron has described nato as "brain dead" and accused the biggest contributor, the us, of a "waning commitment" to the transatlantic alliance. german chancellor angela merkel rejected the criticism of nato, saying mr macron used rather drastic words to express his views. a police officer has been charged with the murder of the former footballer dalian atkinson, who died after being tasered. the ex—aston villa striker was restrained by officers at his father's house in telford, in 2016. a second officer, also from west mercia police force, has been charged with assault causing actual bodily harm. both appeared in court on thursday, as our correspondent sian lloyd reports. dalian atkinson's talents brought him some memorable goals. this strike clinched him goal of the season in 1993. his career spanned 15 years, including four seasons with aston villa in the 1990s. but three years ago, police were called to his father's home near telford. a taser was discharged and dalian atkinson was restrained. he died shortly afterwards following a cardiac arrest. what happene