as emmanuel macron and ursula von der leyen wrap up their trip to china, have they got what they wanted from xi jinping? and the biden white house releases a report blaming the chaotic afghanistan withdrawal on the trump administration. what the flock hello and welcome. we begin in the middle east, where the israeli military says it has hit targets belonging to the palestinian militant group hamas in the gaza strip and lebanon. these are the latest images showing the aftermath. the airstrikes in gaza are the heaviest since last august and israel says they're in retaliation for a major rocket attack on israel launched from southern lebanon which the israelis blamed on hamas. our correspondent lucy williamson spoke to us from jerusalem. israel says it carried out a series of strikes over night against targets it says were linked to the palestinian militant group armas in both lebanon and in gaza. in gaza, it says it hit tunnels and also weapons manufacturing sites, and reports from southern lebanon describe explosions around the palestinian refugee camp there. in return, palestinian milit

well, really, this part of the trip focuses on the personal relationship between emmanuel macron and hey will be going to guangzhou, where mr macron is at the moment. he has met with university students. guangzhou is a really important industrial hub in the south of china, and the chinese state media is billing this as a charm offensive, a bit of an honour extended to emmanuel macron to travel to guangzhou, a city that represents a fifth of all trade between china and france, and this is really where xi jinping will get to talk about what he wants to talk about, which are trade ties between china and france. he's very eager to revitalise the chinese economy after years of strict covid restrictions, and so that is really being billed as a very special thing being extended to emmanuel macron, the fact that xi jinping is willing to travel to a second city with him beyond beijing. really, no talk at the moment of ursula von der leyen, highlighting this divide that china has been trying to play up between wanting to really extend a lot of honours to emmanuel macron while leaving ursula von

president biden and emmanuel macron - the next couple of days.ays. president| biden and emmanuel macron had a the next couple of days. president - biden and emmanuel macron had a call a few hours ago, discussing the fact that they want to engage china to hasten an end to the ukraine war. we have seen xijinping hasten an end to the ukraine war. we have seen xi jinping visit president putin a couple of weeks ago and aligned himself with russia, but meanwhile trying to say that they do want to put forward some kind of peace plan. in reality, where do you think china sits in trying to attempt to end this war? china and xi jinin: attempt to end this war? china and xi jinping are _ attempt to end this war? china and xi jinping are trying _ attempt to end this war? china and xi jinping are trying to _ attempt to end this war? china and xi jinping are trying to present - xi jinping are trying to present themselves as an honest broker and a global leader with the ability to solve major international issues. so as you suggested, he has put forward as you s

and there's absolutely no point at all as we are analyzing any of this as we blame emmanuel macron. they are just telling us all finally the truth. europeans do not care that china has become in many ways more powerful than the united states and they seem to welcome it because they think that it gives them more leverage over us. and the fact that emmanuel macron is making all of this clear, the angle thinks it's a good thing, not a bad thing. and now we know, france has given china and now we need to make hard choices about what to do between now and then and they repeatedly violate their promise to spend at least 2% of gdp on defense and the climate change edicts were harmful to our interests. >> the biggest foe, competitor, globally right now, who do you think that is? >> i think that the european wouldn't think of the european union, but in a trade since they have really taken advantage of us in that way. >> he was 100% right. he knew that europe would never support us against china. when the globalist figurehead, joe biden, ended up in the white house, the establishments pro eur

between the likes of rishi sunak and emmanuel macron. k there would be pragmatism in this relationship with china. and as you said, we need to scale back relations with an increasingly assertive china. >> that is right but macron today in beijing also use the word d risking edges the phrase that has been coined elsewhere to just english -- distinguish the european position. again, as i said, macron and this leader know each other very well. she came to paris and had lunch with him monday before they went on the trip read they know their positions are slightly different and they think this could be a way of playing it to europe's advantage to have two voices at the same time. i think the judgment in france is that it is worth despite the differences miss -- differences still making the trip together. and trying to air some things that macron wants to say he was the heir of russia deploying weapons and he wants to talk about the oppressed people. he wants to go there with the businessmen at play with him but he is also going to have that ki

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on this trip. fist the businessmen with emmanuel macron on this tri -. �* ., on this trip., the trade deficit _ on this trip. at the moment, the trade deficit between _ on this trip. at the moment, the trade deficit between the - on this trip. at the moment, the trade deficit between the two . trade deficit between the two countries is very much tilted in china's favour. it countries is very much tilted in china's favour.— countries is very much tilted in china's favour. it certainly is and certainly during _ china's favour. it certainly is and certainly during the _ china's favour. it certainly is and certainly during the pandemic i certainly during the pandemic because there was a big demand for chinese goods during the pandemic and europe was exporting very little to china but it is a chronic condition except for germany which is the only country in europe which maintains a positive trade balance with china, everybody else is in deficit so the more trade you do, the more deficit you get. the chinese now wants to revive the comprehensive agreement on investment which was

when it was announced that emmanuel macron would be visiting china, mr macron faced a lot of criticismshould not be going to china, citing china's poor human rights record and citing xijinping's close human rights record and citing xi jinping's close relationship with the russian leader latimer putin. however mr macron made a very clear point, of speaking with the us presidentjoe biden before he left for france. the two men issued a statement calling on china to work to accelerate and negotiated and to the war in ukraine, so even before emmanuel macron left for china, he was trying to underline his close ties with the united states and his desire to find an end to the war in ukraine, to figure out some way to negotiate and enter the conflict. however we now see after three days of a lot of grand gestures on the part of grand gestures on the part of china, a lot of statements of china, a lot of statements of friendship between xi jinping and mr macron, we have seen thejoint statement jinping and mr macron, we have seen the joint statement that has come out of that three—day visit and fr

yeah, i think it's really clear that emmanuel macron wants to move forward. that at parliament colour when he tried the pension reform, the right wing party, it didn't work. and so it was forced to go through a special precedent without voting in the parliament, so it will be really complicated for emmanuel macron during the following weeks of his mandate. and i can't see the strikes in the streets going to a victory, because the reform will pass. but there will be a lot of problems —— thanks for bearing with us. worth coming back to you, worth just flushing out a little more of those major lines that are coming in all of the time. we will keep an eye on those crowds there in france. that news circulating amongst to the crowds, because that news coming from the constitutional council, saying that yes, president macon can push ahead with the change in the pension laws. so, we will return to that with more reaction here on the programme and the next little while. but i'm going to return straightaway to that major breaking news here in the uk, that vote from the

emmanuel macron is in china with a direct message -- emmanuel macron is in china with a direct message, saying supporting pressure means you are in conflict. this is "live from paris." thank you very much for being with us. donald trump says the united states is going to hell -- his words -- after his indictment on 34 charges of bookkeeping fraud. his appearance at the manhattan criminal court saw him make history for the wrong reasons. is the first former president to face criminal charges. the charges revolve around $130,000 payment in hush money over an extramarital affair. >> greeted by supporters on his return to his florida home, donald trump painted himself as a victim as he laid into the judge hours after he was advised by him not to make statements which would cause civil unrest. >> i have a trump-hating judge with a trump-hating wife and family whose daughter worked for kamala harris and now receives money from the biden-harris campaign. >> trump has called on his supporters to protest on his behalf. some rallied outside the courthouse tuesday, but so did opponents, and the c

it is not all over for president emmanuel macron.is continuing the state visit with president xi. the two are headed to gong show on friday where they are headed for another high-stakes face-to-face sit. >> can europe speak with one voice on how to handle china and its relationship with russia? we saw on wednesday lithuania's foreign minister say that china could not be a credible broker. lithuania, which has sparred with beijing over vilnius' close ties with taiwan. thank you for being with us here on france 24. >> thank you for having me. >> what is your reaction to the double act we have seen in beijing? the french president alongside the president of the european commission? >> probably some of the situation for the time being as too early to judge. i don't s any results being extracted from the chinese side, though the european presence is very valued. it shows that the french president isot speaking on his behalf, but it is kind of the message from the european union, but the chinese side, from my mind, tries to avoid any commi

i would say to the americans, it is very much, this is emmanuel macron being emmanuel macron, he likesthe internationalstage. he emmanuel macron, he likes the international stage. he has a lot of problems at home right now. to me that this it did seem incredibly retro, it was almost like those 18th or 17th century missions to china bearing gifts and requests for the emperor. it was also, as well, as if the last three or four years had never happened, as if we are still in an area that you could talk about reform in china and still keep a straight face, instead of having seen under xijinping the seen under xi jinping the repression, seen under xijinping the repression, the economic coercion, the billowing of neighbours and are cosying up to putin. it was as if none of that had happened and macron was harking back to a previous era. ijust was harking back to a previous era. i just want to bring was harking back to a previous era. ijust want to bring in was harking back to a previous era. i just want to bring in victor was harking back to a previous era. ijust want to bring in victor into

mark: emmanuel macron has been speaking this evening to defend his controversial retirement reforms. national television no less. macron under pressure in france over the protest that has raised anger nationwide. and the national assembly by decree without a vote in mid-march. the constitutional council ruled in his favor last week, saying the reforms were legal. nonetheless, there is still a groundswell across pants of those opposed from raising the retirement age from 62 to 64. there have been 12 days of national strike. many questions are being asked across the spectrum. reporter: the pension reform may be signed into law, but the fight is not yet over. at least for these hundreds of protesters that fill the streets of paris once again. banging pots and pans, they want their voices heard. macron's government need support from lawmakers across the spectrum to push across the program, an uphill battle for the french president popularity has plunged to its lowest level in four years. >> he has burned his bridges. whatever he does now, people will not trust him anymore. they have not

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emmanuel macron has gone with ursula.he message presumably is because she is with him that this is a unified european approach that he represents. my question is does emmanuel macron represent europe and is europe unified on the issue of china. maria: the french president obviously represents the french republic. that's clear to everyone. the head of the commission, you could argue she's the one who will negotiate on behalf of the eu but it's very clear when he speaks, he speaks on behalf -- his behalf. one is obviously there's going to be a meeting happening with the chinese leader when you listen to the words of the french president he obviously leaves there is value in this conversation, there's questions of whether china could be useful in russia's invasion of ukraine, whether they can use the cloud or vladimir -- to de-escalate. this is not a consensus position in the eu. there's other officials who believe this is entirely naive, that if china wanted to play its part and mediate to de-escalate they could have done s

also, emmanuel macron may be expected to sign some deals.china, he is really getting the red carpet treatment. we also have a bit on china services accelerating. this is bloomberg. ♪ francine: welcome back to "bloomberg markets: european open." european indices open higher after february industrial production despite recession fears weighing on asian stocks and u.s. tears. cutting bonuses of top credit suisse executives following the takeover. plus emmanuel macron meets with xi jinping in china. plus, insurance that ties between the u.s. and taiwan remain. xi meets french president emmanuel macron they are in the great hall. it is commonly used for ceremonial events. this is the first time after meeting many business people and leaders that president xi will meet with president macron. we saw him greet the front president -- the french president. it is said that europe must reevaluate their ties with china. they will meet for and dignitaries. the person that was on the right-hand side was the finance minister. a lot of these officials are ca

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sammy, you are traveling with emmanuel macron in beijing.hat are we hearing on day one and what is on the agenda today? >> emmanuel macron arrived in beijing yesterday afternoon and met with the french community at the french embassy and visited a museum, but today he is meeting senior officials and the morning including the prime minister, and then the welcome ceremony by president xi jinping. this is a state visit, which means it will be very formal with carefully orchestrated article, then beaters will talk, after which they will sign deals and make statements to the press. haslinda: you have to wonder how emmanuel macron sees tensions rising against taiwan from china. >> tensions over taiwan are bad news and it may overshadow his visit from china. he has come from paris with a business agenda and does not want people to turn their attention to something else. emmanuel macron was specifically asked about tensions yesterday and he basically said he does not want to get involved in the subject because he's not american enough taiwanese, but

emmanuel macron is in china today.e have the ftse 100 up .60% all ending in nice territory this is the breakdown. we have travel and less yisure leading in that index. out performance with healthcare up 1%. on the down side, luxury is trailing down .30% and media slightly in the red as well as for forex this is howthe dollar is trading. we have the pound up 24.60 the dollar trading firmer against the yen. euro is trading sideways short of the 110 another key level that people are watching out for the dollar and swiss franc the franc is appreciating today. the markets are focused on the nfp print tomorrow that could determine where rates and currency go from here. in terms of fixed income, this is the yields. the rally does continue. you can see these are price terms today. essentially we have seen very strong performance out of fixed income in the last couple weeks. the 10-year bund is 20 basis points lower in the last couple weeks. 10-year btp is in the narrow range of 4.2 points. we really have seen quite a strong ra

it is very significant, you have seen the pomp and ceremony of the welcome xijinping has given emmanuel macron it starts on a note of something like optimism. president macron said his meetings with the chinese premier, president macron said this was a chance for france and european nations to reset their relationship, re—engage with china following three years of the pandemic because it is worth remembering and mentioning that china over the last three years has essentially been close to the outside world. of course people have still been talking but there's a difference between talking on the phone or on the same cause and meeting people in person so president macron said earlier he hopes he will be able to in these face—to—face meetings with the chinese leader xi jinping face—to—face meetings with the chinese leader xijinping re—engage really on those issues that you mentioned, the critical one being the right in ukraine and trying to persuade xijinping to the right in ukraine and trying to persuade xi jinping to use his influence with president putin to try and stop the fighting.- try and

president emmanuel macron says he's giving himself 100 days to heal the country. ♪ >> hello.e u.n. says at least 185 people have been killed in three days of fighting between rival forces in sudan. around 1800 others have been injured. the u.n. says the body will continue efforts for humanitarian pauses in the fighting but adds that the warring parties are not giving the impression that they want mediation for a peace between them immediately. as the fighting continues many civilians are paying the price. key infrastructure is in the firing line. the sudan's doctors committee says hospitals are out of service and patients have had to be evacuated. power supply has been cut off in areas and cities. the sudanese electricity company says three substations were out of service on monday and four of them were operating at half capacity. and the north water authority says the main water station in the capital has been severely damaged, resulting in water shortages. shops are running out of bottled water. residents have been describing their expanses on the third day of fighting. >>

jon kyl, thank you. >>> oversees a victory for french president emmanuel macron. his plan to raise the retirement age to 64 getting the final nod despite mass protest. tonight after the ruling protesters are back on the streets more than 100 people arrested. abc's tom is in paris. good evening. e anc ttreetsf paris tonight. police officers trying to quell pockets of protesters. earlier demonstrators clashing with riot police setting fire to bins and bicycles. the government is hoping to raise the minimum retirement age from 62 to 64 without the democratic vote has been approved by france's constitutional council after months of protest. president emmanuel macron saying people are living longer so this reform is needed to balance the books. but the union is rejecting a meeting with emmanuel macron next week and promising more strikes. tonight protesters telling us they will hit the streets again tomorrow. whit? >> tom, thank you. >>> next year the justice department announcing a sweeping crackdown on mexico's cartel and it's global network accusing them of feeling

and so that really kind of fuels critics concerns that emmanuel macron went to china. xijinping to really get involved in a resolution to the conflict, but he hasn't been able to come up with much. i would say we need to wait and see a little bit. you know, i think really we need to wait and see if xi jinping is going to do something that he's said that he might do, which is to speak to the ukrainian leader, volodymyr zelensky. xijinping has not spoken to volodymyr zelensky since the russia invaded ukraine. and so really i think we need to wait and see if that phone call is going to be made. if xi jinping, who clearly has very close ties with russia, with vladimir putin, also extends and tries to develop a bit more of a relationship on the other side with volodymyr zelensky. a quick, brief word about another leg of this trip, because president xi was probably most robust in his comments around economics, warning against decoupling from china. that is a really difficult balance for the west at the moment, isn't it? yeah. and i think we have seen that emmanuel macron, he

president emmanuel macron has signed his controversial pension reform into law.minimum retirement age to 64, cleared their final legal hurdle when the constitutional council — france's highest legal authority — ruled in favour of the changes. joe inwood reports from paris. there is still a police presence outside the constitutional council here in france, in paris. and that's because that building is where one of the most significant decisions in modern french political history was made. there, a body of french grandees decided that the controversial pension reforms of president emmanuel macron, meaning that french people would work until 64, not 62, were in line with the constitution. now, i was in the crowds just down the road when that news of the announcement came through. and there was a chorus of boos and hisses. there was a real anger there. and that is when the trouble started earlier this evening. i can still smell on my clothes, the burning of the the bins and of the flares that were going off. now, the protesters, their plan was to try and get here, bu

this is the scene — as disruption continues to rock the capital emmanuel macron urges china's presidenthelp stop the war in ukraine — asking china to �*bring russia to its senses�*. buckingham palace says it's co—operating with an independent study into the british monarchy�*s links to the slave trade. welcome to the programme. we start in france — big numbers have taken to the streets again — the 11th day of mass protests against the change in pension age in france. let me show you some live pictures, already some debris and lines of riot police stacked up. i have been watching pictures of small charges by those police to push some of the protesters back. this is right in the centre of paris, the 11th day of these mass protests that have spoiled over the last two and a half months as so many people protest against the change in pension age, making it up to 64 from 62. large numbers on the streets again. a meeting between the prime minister and labour unions failed to break the deadlock yesterday. our paris correspondent hugh schofield is on the streets of paris and joins me now. there

just we saw spain's prime minister there i know emmanuel macron and ursula wonderland on their way toobvious reason why they're going is trade. two we trade in 2021 reached more than $860 billion. china is europe's second largest trade and investment parts are in this way emmanuel macron is travelling with a huge delegation of dozens of top company executives. what makes trade so important right now is timing. europe is emerging from a painful break up with russia and just can't afford to lose another important trading partner to stop whereas, for china europe is only growing in importance at the time when relations with united states are souring and both sides really need each other vote right now. for europe, this is about we more than trade. european leaders understand the outsize influence that china has over russia right now and they want to make sure that china doesn't use that influence to support russia's war efforts in ukraine. there's a certain ambivalence in europe's position vis—a—vis china and the wonderland signal that last week when she said that last week when she said

president emmanuel macron of france has told xi jinping that he's counting on the chinese leader to bring russia to its senses over the war in ukraine. mr macron made the comments at the start of a meeting with mr xi in beijing. the french president is in china on a state visit. in his opening remarks, the chinese leader told his guest that the two countries could overcome their differences. but on the issue of the war, that will be difficult. france has aligned itself firmly behind ukraine. china has given support to moscow. earlier, the bbc�*s mariko oi explained what a good outcome might look like from the meetings. well, i think it's fair to say that there is a lot to discuss, as president macron has been facing those rather embarrassing pension protests back home so he wants to score some economic victories and he wants to push for closer trade and investment ties, basically an accord which if ratified could boost investment ties there. and of course is travelling with a lot of business leaders so we could expect quite a number of business deals announced as well as for ursula von de

plus, french president emmanuel macron and axis controversial pension reform after clearing a key constitutional hurdle. he gives a speech later today. francine: last time he gave an interview, there was controversy. we will see what happens a third time. gains are quite sizable. we will see how the day pans out. tom: we are considering the day that came out from the u.s. on friday, where there were expectations around inflation picking up around the university of michigan survey and also the retail sales out of the u.s. the focus tomorrow is a big data drop for china, that index currently gaining. we will bring you that story in more detail in a few minutes. there also looking ahead from fed speakers before they go into their quiet period. there is a solid handoff from china as we look ahead to the data. the cac gaining 16 points, spain up 0.2%. let's see how things are shaping up across assets. when it comes to the federal reserve, pretty much pricing in now a 25 basis point hike come may. the question is if june is back in play for the fed as the resilience of the economy remains in focus. th

for president emmanuel macron. this has been the subject of debate for weeks. now we've seen 12 rounds of mass demonstrations across france, not just in paris and, of course, significant anger being directed towards president emmanuel macron. not only over this proposal now signed into law but also over the way in which the president chose to enforce this legislation bypassing the lower house of parliament, where president emmanuel macron's party crucially, does not have an outright majority and bypassing a final vote we've spoken to some of those protesters have been taking to the streets over the last few weeks, many feeling angry towards the president. they say he has undermined the democratic principles here in france by choosing to use those executive powers to force this legislation through of course, we have seen those protests over the last few weeks and while they remain significant in number, they have waned. someone on thursday we saw another weekly demonstration for 380,000 people taking to the streets across france and 42,000 here in paris, and the

and french president emmanuel macron completed a three—day visit to china. hatton was following it. when it was announced president macron would visit china for three days and spent a lot of time with president xi jinping, president macron faced a lot of criticism. many thought he should not go to china, citing their poor human rights record and xijinping's close and xi jinping's close relationship and xijinping's close relationship with the and xi jinping's close relationship with the russian leader vladimir putin. however, mr macron made a very clear point of speaking with us presidentjoe biden before he left for france. the two men issued a statement calling on china to work to accelerate a negotiated and to the war in ukraine. even before emanuel—carr con left for china he was trying to underline his close ties with the united states and his desire to find it and to the war in ukraine, to figure out some way to negotiate and to that conflict. however, we have now seen after three days of a lot of grand gestures on the part of china, a lot of the statement

also, what emmanuel macron is hoping to achieve when it comes to trade in china.a story we brought you this time yesterday. they have been clashes for a second time in a row outside the al—aqsa mosque injerusalem. the compound was stormed and it was cleared completely. thousands of worshippers were inside and an israeli police spokesperson said the troops prevented some palestinian youths from barricading themselves inside. six people were injured. stun grenades and rubber bullets were used by israeli forces. the united nations secretary general antonio guterres has condemned the violence and the united states urge all sides to avoid further escalation. london's metropolitan police says it has moved officers from tackling serious crime and terrorism to boost efforts to clean up its own workforce. last month, a major review branded the force institutionally sexist, racist and homophobic. the head of the met says that hundreds of officers and civilian staff will be removed over the next few years. helena wilkinson reports. david carrick, the serving police officer w

we begin this tuesday with the french president emmanuel macron trying to stay on message. e french president was heckled today in the hague while delivering a key speech outlining his vision for the european union. macron is facing furor at home, criticism abroad,reporter: so wl macron met omicron dig heels or backpedal? students in the hague eagerly awaited the french president's key address. over the weekend, macron had given an interview that i draw attention due to his remarks about taiwan. and the threat of conflict between the u.s. and china. the worst thing would be to think that we europeans must be followers, and must adapt ourselves to an american rhythm and a chinese overreaction. this raised the question whether his views were in line with the eu's position. his later speech seemed more cautious in spite of his grand flourishes. >> european sovereignty is not just a concept or fantasy, but is absolutely in a dangerous world, a subsidy. reporter: over easter, beijing's military exercises in waters off taiwan demonstrated just how dangerous the global situation is

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it starts with french president emmanuel macron. he is raising the retirement age from 62 to 64 in france. the pension system is viewed as the bedrock of the state's responsibilities and relationship with its citizens. and while the proposed reforms are already controversial, as fred has been talking about, it is the way that the changes were pushed through that has macron in hot water and has people taking to the streets as we are seeing. the government used a constitutional loophole to avoid a full vote in the country's lower house, which where the measure could have failed. macron says that they need to make these reforms in order to save the entire pension system. obviously there is tension there. that's how we got here, and here is what it where it is headed. now this is could culminate tomorrow. france's constitutional council, which is the equivalent of the u. s. supreme court, we could say will issue its ruling on the constitutionality of the plan. they have three options. essentially if they approve the change, macron would

and, of course, the fact that french president emmanuel macron is again not present in the country.is moment , the opposition also used it. this democratic crisis might develop into a regime crisis? why because emmanuel macron embodies this regime and the regime spoke yesterday and today from china in a harsh form, but from china and such are his compatriots, here , first of all, the general secretaries of the trade unions and i mentioned in passing, but i'm already used to this now and the government and trade unions in france are expected on april 14, when the constitutional council must make its decision on the text of the reform. he has the right to cancel. as part of the law, so here it is in its entirety. although she is regina thank you, but you want the government at their speeches in france, said my colleague regina sevastyanova a new aggravation of the situation in israel, as local media write in the north of the country and dozens of rockets fired, it is known that prime minister natanyahu has already convened an emergency meeting for at least three wounded with the milit

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president emmanuel macron saying this reform is needed to balance the books. but the union is rejecting a meeting with micro next week and promising more strikes tonight. protesters telling us they will hit the streets again tomorrow. whit? >> thank you. >>> next year the justice department announcing a sweeping crackdown on mexico's cartel and it's global network of accusing them of fueling america's fentanyl crisis. attorney general merrick garland charging 28 people including three sons of el chapo who is serving a life sentence in the u.s. chemical suppliers in china also being charged. eight of the accused are in custody. the u.s. offering rewards for several others. >>> when we come back the state becoming the first in the nation to pass a bill banning tiktok on all personal devices. >>> after 35 years, the final curtain call for one of broadway's most iconic shows. we're here today to set the record straight about dupuytren's contracture. surgery is not your only treatment option. people may think their contracture has to be severe to be treated, but it

this was a crucial win emmanuel macron.se who opposed this whole thing were part of the protests going on for the better part of three weeks day in and day out, this was their hail mary pass. expect highest court there like our supreme court, constitutional council in this case that reads the letter of the the law, how this is constitutional or not, they argue it is constitutional. the raise of the age can go into effect, and now a lot of people are saying, well, i'm going to have to work a little longer than i thought. question, you are. we'll have more after this. ♪ this man needs updated covid protection. so does she. yup, these guys too. because covid is still out there, and so are you. and if your last vaccine was before september 2022, you're out there with fading protection. but an updated vaccine restores your protection. so you can keep doing you. get an updated covid vaccine and stay out there, safely. else nutrition is disrupting an 80-billion-dollar global industry with the world's first whole plant dairy and so

well despite the fierce backlash, this new legislation has received president emmanuel macron. we said no time in signing it into law. this comes after weeks of deliberation by france's constitutional council and weeks of protests by union members and other demonstrators against the proposal by the government to raise the retirement age from 62. to 64. now of course, the constitutional council has given the green light to the core of this new legislation. they're striking down. six minor measures included in the proposal. president emmanuel macron has our extended an invitation to union heads to meet with him at the early say next tuesday, though the head of one of france's largest unions has already rejected this invitation. and is calling for more protests, particularly on may 1st, which is traditionally labor day here in france, the head of the cgt union calling for historic protests to take place against this new law, and of course, we have seen mass protests in paris and across france. in fact, over the last 12 weeks on thursday, 380,000 people taking to the streets across

rishaad: john, this probably is more damaging to emmanuel macron than anything else.rying to lead the independent charge, with comments like this, that means that the charge is in tatters. yvonne: and you have italy trying to reshape close ties with china in all of this. john: emmanuel macron has been trying to step into this leadership position in europe. that will be hard for him to do given the most recent gaffe. and i think there will be a lot of question asking about whether this strategic independence that emmanuel macron has talked about, if that is the right way for europe. more weather europe should have greater -- more weather europe should have greater dependency on the united states. david: the broader story about xi jinping pledging more support for innovative firms and really just a semi conductor resilience. where are we on that story? john: over the last couple of months there's been an effort to assuage concerns that basing -- beijing once and economic role for the state. with the economy having performed so poorly with covid and beijing wanting very

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the war in ukraine was high on the agenda at a meeting between emmanuel macron and xi jinping in beijingmacron pushed xo to -- pushed xi to bring russia back to reason and everyone to the negotiating table. xi has been seeking vague support for a peace plan, one that the u.s. has dismissed. another round of protests against macron's pension reform. raising france's minimum retirement age to 64 from 62 has passed parliament, but unions are betting that they can still force a u-turn. the imf's warning that the five-year global growth outlook is the weakest since 1990. the managing director is urging nations to avoid economic fragmentation caused by geopolitical tension. they are also being told to take steps to boost productivity. the imf sees the world economy expanding 3% over the next half decade. the latest measure of u.s. initial jobless claims exceeded a economists expectations with 220 8000 applications for unemployment benefits in the week ending april 1 partly because the labor department revised the previous week's data higher. all eyes are on the march jobs report out tomorrow.

in hopes to reset relations with china, the french president emmanuel macron and the head of the european — since then the country's relations with europe soured, partly due to a stalled investment pact in 2021 and then beijing's refusal to condemn russia over its invasion of ukraine. travelling with a 50—strong business delegation, on the agenda for the trip is talks around ukraine and trade risks. world service's asia pacific editor michael bristow elaborates on what both xi jinping and macron want out of this visit. they'll both be wanting something quite different, because of course, their countries have different points of view. president macron is facing difficulties at home over pension reform and the raising of the retirement age. he'll be looking to go to china and get a diplomatic victory. these diplomatic visits are good for the optics and for looking good on the world stage. so president macron will be looking to present himself as a world leader who will be able to challenge china on the big issues of the day and secure some business deals to help the french economy. for its

we are going to take you live to paris, that is president emmanuel macron, he is visiting the constructionl in paris. on the 15th of april, 2019, there was a fire that partially destroyed the great cathedral, so this is four years on, there has been a lot of work taking place to rebuild the damaged areas. and also, open the doors, but the reason that people are very keenly watching what is taking place at the moment is that there is another important decision that is taking place today that could affect a decision that a president emmanuel macron made a number of weeks ago. the highest legal body in france is set to decide on whether the president �*s rather controversial pension reform plans which raise the state pension from 62 to 64 was a legal decision by the president. he passed, rather, forced it through the parliament without a vote. off the parliament without a vote. off the back of that we have seen, just before that as well, there have been months of protest. the last and most recent one was a mere 24 hours ago. so the court, the constitutional court is set to rule on that. in th

what should we were make of the comments of emmanuel macron saying us should pursue its own directions comments of _ directions on taiwan? the comments of macron - directions on taiwan? the comments of macron is i comments of macron is surprising as it is not really uncommon or unthought of, he is saying something i think european leaders, government officials have been thinking for quite some time. i remember even a few years ago european diplomat having lunch with me in taipei, were expressing some similar concerns, they see the current administration of taiwan taking things quite to a very dangerous level and they had even back then expressed some concerns that things are very different in the way they used to be under previous administration when both sides enjoyed the best relations since the end of the chinese civil war. and that was just a few years ago, that was from 2008 - 8016, the few years ago, that was from 2008 — 8016, the situation has dramatically changed for the worse, and president recon is expressing what a lot of europeans are concerned about, which is that europe c

as emmanuel macron and ursula von der leyen wrap up their trip to china, have they got what they wanted from xi jinping? the biden white house releases a report blaming the chaotic afghanistan withdrawal on the trump administration. hello and welcome. police in northern ireland have warned that some republicans could try to provoke street violence over the easter weekend as the country marks the 25th anniversary since the signing of the good friday agreement that largely ended 30 years of sectarian violence. hundreds of extra police have been brought in for events which culminate with a visit to belfast by us president biden on wednesday. vincent mcavinney reports. final preparations are under way in northern ireland for a week of notjust religious observation, but also a commemoration of the end of this nation's darkest chap. events are being held to mark monday's 25th anniversary of the signing of the good friday agreement in 1998. the deal ended 30 years of violent conflict in northern ireland known as the troubles, which cost the lives of more than 3500 people. cost the lives of mor