after a year in the hof in power the french president emmanuel mccall is getting more and more unpopular nothing he does seems to stop the slide my guest here in london is the french m.p. alexander holroyd a member of the president's all mushed property he has a seat on the parliament's finance committee how can the president of boost too soon reach the head of crucial elections to the european parliament next year. cause lawyer. culture. hair. superman. superfood stylish style icon to lead a. lifestyle you're a. make your smart t.v. smarter d.w. for smart to. find out more that dot com smart t.v. . after a year in the hof in power the french president emmanuel mccall is getting more and more unpopular nothing he does seems to stop the slide my guest here in london is the french m.p. alexander holroyd a member of the president's all mushed party he has a seat on the parliament's finance committee how can the president boost to see him reach ahead of crucial elections to the european parliament next year.

i'm rebecca riches welcome to the program we start right here in berlin where french president emmanuel mccall is due to speak before the german parliament as germany commemorates civilian and military victims of war and dictatorship a short while ago mccrone joined with german chancellor angela merkel in a race laying ceremony at germany's central memorial later the french president will also consult with merkel on european and international issues. and to. me in the studio now to unpack the day's events is daily as political correspondent paid a craven pay to welcome so tell us a little bit about what what today is all about it's a very special day because this is obviously a mano mccraw in berlin speaking to the bundestag on the day of remembrance and germany and france were once very they were arch enemies that was how they viewed it between each other they would call each other hereditary enemies as though the enmity between the two countries and the two peoples was passed down from generation to generation in the postwar period after the second world war germany and france managed to ove

after a year and a half in power the french president emmanuel mccall is getting more and more unpopular nothing he does seems to stop the slide my guest here in london is the french m.p. alexander holroyd a member of the president's amash party he has a seat on the parliament's finance committee how can the president boost to see him reach behavior of crucial elections to the european parliament next year. alexander holroyd welcome to the public so thank you for having me you said last year the people voted for emmanuel mccall because they were fed up with the two main parties where they got fed up with him pretty quickly didn't they i mean he caught the worst slump of any new french leader in twenty years that was within three months things haven't improved in fact the latest polls show him going down and down why is that actually that's not exactly accurate the polls have gone up and gone down in the middle east they're down at the moment i think the latest poll this week by cunto shows him falling a further four points between september and absolutely between the two they went up and

it was one hundred years ago that world war one ended in the french city of holmes president emmanuel mccall commemorated and almost forgotten chapter and forgotten victims of this will . come on you meant for the black army it's an homage to the two hundred thousand africans from the french colonies that fought in world war one. one hundred years later their service is still relevant especially for french citizens of african descent. down both of us who see this is important because this is part of africa's and francis history and we're here today because this is our history this is unprecedented for once the black is being honored. even million president came to mark the occasion of. the monument is a source of great pride for many africans the original was built after world war one and then stolen by the nazis but the new version does the trick. everybody is talking about the black army again not all of them are people of color by the way one of its white veterans from the second world war had a special message. will get them to have a few to get a good dose of oh my grandfather fought in

today angle americal and emmanuel mccall although they might view the future of the e.u. somewhat differently still valued the close ties between their countries and together they're marking the anniversary in comp janja the place where the horrors of the first world war were put to rest. well to mark this weekend's in tenor a d. w. has produced a series of reports delving into the history of what was then called the war to end all wars. the story of the first one we were taught to respect. by peter craig from the eastern european perspective from the comfort term perspective from the perspective of turkey from the arab world. t w dot com slash w w one. a let's now get you updated on some of the other stories making news around the world. nine people have died and many others are injured after heavy rains caused flash flooding in jordan in the ancient city of petra a torrent of water forced hundreds of tourists to find higher ground it comes just two weeks after twenty one people including children were killed in another flash flood. police in australia say the man who ca

today uncle americal and emmanuel mccall although they might view the future of the e.u. somewhat differently still value the close ties between their countries and together they're marking the anniversary in comp janja the place where the horrors of the first world war were put to rest. until history shows the story of the first woman are told from different perspectives by peter craven from the eastern european perspectives from the african perspective from the perspective of turkey from the arab world. t w don't come slash w w one. all right some sports news now and friday's bundesliga action handover were out for revenge when they hosted both fork out of them from the german cup just ten days earlier hanover drew first blood lynton lineup opened the sport in the thirty first minute that's the teenager's first bundesliga goal i'm kind of for added another from the penalty spot spot in the second half while four then hold one back from the spot but it was too little too late to one the final score that's had over his first win over both for instance in january of twenty

repeating it in the future global leaders attend a peace forum in paris also by french president emmanuel mccall one powerful figure is totally absent u.s. president donald trump will bring you the latest. marking one hundred years since the end of world war one more than sixty world leaders attend a ceremony in paris to mark a century since the guns fell silent in the great war a bloody conflict that claimed millions of lives. and california's wildfires grow more deadly by the day search teams combing through the remains of the town of paradise i found more bodies at least twenty three people have died in the north of the stick. and in business legal football dortmund and finance clash went down to the wire stay tuned to see who came out on top in a thrilling deck chancy go. i'm calling aspen in berlin thanks for joining us europe has been marking one hundred years since fighting stopped on the battlefields of world war one in paris heads of state from around the world gathered for a somber ceremony. around nine million soldiers and millions more civilians lost their lives in that four year con

a new report commissioned by french president emmanuel mccall says that france must return the art it stole. the authors found that as much as ninety five percent of subsaharan african art is held outside the continent. in between a country with a renowned our legacy france's move is being hailed as a step toward justice. returning property is not a matter of victory for someone or failure for others because in the end it's not a battle. many needs these assets to strengthen its national economy to provide employment and also for all the cultural heritage managers and curators in this country. back in paris some resistance french our dealers are skeptical that museums can or even should return the vast collections. it's one of these things that looks like morally on its face give it back to hood belongs well it is a belong to and hasn't been in that country for over a hundred years and you know look france built the whole music in bali to respect these objects to preserve them to show them so it's a tricky thing i mean i'm actually kind of in favor of it but i'd like to see how it get

capital have been brought to a standstill by so-called yellow vest protest as who oppose president emmanuel mccall and his economic policies thousands of police officers have been deployed to stop them from reaching the presidential palace two people have been killed and hundreds injured since the nationwide protests began last week. well if he correspondent pierre donahue is in paris and he joins us now so pierre what's the situation in paris at the moment. well there are definitely some incidents on the show there is a we some people are grabbing some rocks some security fences lightening some fires in this very iconic as new but on the other side police firing tear gas and water cannons it last for hours now to this morning and of course this is very impressive images but it's also just a small part of the movement even in paris there are other demonstrations we speak for people and went in and. now science b.l.v.d. is no stranger to protests but this kind of all violent demonstrations of people burning barricades and police firing firing tear gas is this usual well it has happened before ever

repeating it in the future global leaders attend a peace forum in paris hosted by french president emmanuel mccall german chancellor angela merkel warns that the world can't take pieces for granted it will bring you the latest. marking one hundred years since the end of world war one more than sixty world leaders attended a ceremony in paris to mark a century since the guns fell silent in the great war the bloody conflict that claimed millions of lives. california is wildfires grow bored deadly by the day search teams combing through the remains of the town of paradise have found more bodies at least twenty three people have died in the north of the stick. i'm calling osman in berlin thanks for joining us french president emanuel mccrone is hosting a global peace forum in paris following this morning's world war one armistice commemorations the event aims to highlight the importance of international institutions in preventing and solving global conflicts german chancellor angela merkel russian president vladimir putin and scores of other world leaders are taking part u.s. president donald trump is

lives right now many of those leaders are gathering at a peace forum hosted by french president emmanuel mccall german chancellor angela merkel makes an impassioned plea for world peace saying it can't be taken for granted we'll bring you the latest. i'm calling assman in berlin thanks for joining us europe has been marking one hundred years since fighting stopped on the battlefields of world war one earlier today in paris heads of state from around the world gathered for a somber ceremony around nine million soldiers and millions more civilians lost their lives in the four year conflict. more than sixty willed leaders gathered at the octu triomphe in paris running like they missed the exact moment when one hundred at the eleventh hour on the eleventh day of the eleventh month the guns finally fell silent. but the message was clear never again given extra resonance by the location the tomb of the unknown soldier a silent symbol of the sacrifice of the millions killed in conflict. with the weather in paris perhaps appropriately wet and grey french prisoners among the american led the commemorati

and delegates from metropolitan france said the vote was peaceful and orderly french president emmanuel mccall welcomed the outcome. is in berlin today there kills c.d.u. will be holding their first session since the chancellor announced she would stand down as party leader of the social democrats will debate whether they want to continue working with mechelle and have party calls for an exit from the governing coalition have been growing louder after the s.p.d. suffered bruising results in two recent state elections their leader and renate's is under pressure to shop in her party's profile or pull the plug on the current conditions. for more let's speak to w.'s chief political correspondent and she's in front of the c.d.u. party headquarters so we kill of the cd use primary concern is discussing a successor for party leader one of the next steps. well everybody who walked into the building behind me here today from the cd you could the conservative party leadership was in favor of so-called regional conferences to basically give those candidates and their three key contenders at the moment th

today angle americal and emmanuel mccall although they might view the future of the e.u. somewhat differently still valued the close ties between their countries and together they're marking the anniversary in comp janja the place where the horrors of the first world war were put to rest. and to mark this weekend's antenor a w. has produced a series of reports delving into the history of what was then called the war to end all wars. the story of the first world. perspective by peter green from the eastern european perspective from become for term perspective from the perspective from the arab world. t w com slash w w one. let's have a look now at some of the other stories making news this hour police in australia say the man who carried out friday's stabbing attack in melbourne held extremist views and was known to intelligence services somali born assailant killed one person and injured two others before being shot dead by police he also said fire to a truck loaded with gas cylinders. eleven people have died and many others are injured after heavy rains caused flash floo

and delegates from metropolitan france said the vote was peaceful and orderly french president emmanuel mccall welcomed the outcome. iranians have staged mass protests against the united states one day before new american sanctions go into effect anger against the u.s. has spiked since president trump decided to withdraw from the iran nuclear deal and tens of thousands took part in protests across the country which also mocked the storming of the u.s. embassy thirty nine years ago a key event ahead of the islamic revolution. i show of defiance this protest takes place annually but this year tensions are running high and. facing new american sanctions on monday the regime is shopping its rhetoric. in parliament the man once in charge of negotiating nuclear policy with washington compared the united states' current leader to one of iran's bitterest enemies. now mr donald trump like former iraqi dictator saddam has decided to fight the iranian nation he wants to directly oppress and torture the iranian nation. but elsewhere in tire and worries a growing about the impact of the sanctions they're e

french president emmanuel mccall and german president. have attended a concert in strasbourg cathedral to mark the one hundredth anniversary of the end of world war one the event featured music by german composer and beethoven and french composer cruel to tuesday and kicked off a week of commemorations dozens of world leaders are set to meet in paris next week and among the centennial. i'm staying in the french capital in tennis novak djokovic has suffered a surprise defeat by russian carron hatch and off in the final of the paris mosque has joke of it if you can see here in blue beat roger federer set a semi final but how dramatically ended his winning streak of twenty two matches the world number eighteen one in straight sets seven five six four spite the defeat djokovic will still take over as tennis world number one on monday. now the bundesliga show is coming up next after a short break and will be discussing plans for a european super league with a form of been this league of midfielder michel dempsey will also bring you all of sund

french president emmanuel mccall says the territory of new caledonia has voted to remain part of france with ninety five percent of votes counted nearly fifty seven percent of people have voted against independence . they have us much at stake for the people of new caledonia walters' queued for hours and turned out in droves to cast their ballots a number of polling stations had to stay open longer than planned for many in this referendum was an emotional day. when i put my won't in the box i almost cried because i thought of our mothers and fathers who really fought hard for this this land has a past history the country has a very diverse population agents people from other pacific islands and about forty percent are descendants from the original inhabitants an ethnic group called to come back those people mostly wanted independence for them it would have been a way to express their opposition to colonialism. but thirty four percent of the population has due peen roots and are descendants from the first french said last citizens from france still immigrate to the territory we will stay

the leaders of france and germany coming together today in a highly symbolic ceremony president emmanuel mccall of france and german chancellor angela merkel later brief and unveiled a plaque in the forest at the armistice clearing in. the moment highlights the special alliance at the heart of europe after decades of reconciliation between the former adversaries into world ors. inside the replica of the railway carriage where the armistice was originally signed the two leaders then wrote in the golden book of remembrance theirs will be the last signatures in the book meanwhile world leaders are gathering in paris for the main ceremonies marking the end of the first world war culminating at eleven am on sunday morning the very end of the conflict. let's turn now to max often he is in paris for us max a historic occasion a highly symbolic meeting today between those two former enemies of course now strong allies. he's hosting some sixty world leaders at remembered ceremonies this weekend how significant is this bilateral event between the french president and the german chancellor the huge bang w

after a year in the hof in poland the french president emmanuel mccall is getting more and more unpopular nothing he does seems to stop the slide my guest here in london is the french m.p. alexander holroyd a member of the president's all mushed party he has a seat on the parliament's finance committee how can the president of boost to see him reach the head of crucial elections to the european solomons next year. good shape. are you addicted to. when it comes to my smartphone and fairly cool that very few next. ok maybe this isn't part. just how bad our smartphones for our health. sixty. closely. carefully. don't know. if you need to do a good. action. to discover who. subscribe to a documentary on youtube. after a year and a half in power of the french president emanuel is getting more and more unpopular nothing he does seems to stop the slide my guest here in london is the french m.p. alexander holroyd a member of the president's amash party he has a seat on the parliament's finance committee how can the president boost to see him reach behavior of crucial elections to the european par

today angle americal and emmanuel mccall although they might view the future of the e.u. somewhat differently still valued the close ties between their countries and together they're marking the anniversary in comp janja the place where the horrors of the first world war were put to rest. all right max often in paris as we heard they there are a historic occasion and a highly symbolic meeting today between course these two former enemies now very strong allies. i think that's obvious i mean what both of them are trying to do here and have to do of course is remind everybody what happened here one hundred years ago and that's only the first world war for the germans of course the second world war has even greater significance although the french call the first world war like all. the great war which is possibly even more in their collective conscience here then the second world war so look back at that and also look at the roots of the european union while doing that because the e.u. is rooted in the necessity to have peace on this continent at the same time show them that

world it was one hundred years ago that world war one ended in the french city of homs president emmanuel mccall commemorated and almost forgotten chapter and forgotten victims of this war . the monument for the black army it's an homage to the two hundred thousand africans from the french colonies that fought in world war one. one hundred years later their service is still relevant especially for french citizens of african descent. both of us you see this is important because this is part of africa and france is history and we're here today because this is our history this is unprecedented for once the black is being honored. even my president came to mark the occasion of. the monument is a source of great pride for many africans. the original was built after world war one and then stolen by the nazis but the new version does the trick. everybody is talking about the black army again not all of them are people of color by the way one of its white veterans from the second world war had a special message. given been a few to give a ticket to a person oh my grandfather fought in world war one my f

top story that we are following for you german chancellor angela merkel and french president emmanuel mccall say they hope to sign a new treaty of friendship and cooperation between their countries in january it comes after michael calls the closer ties in a speech on germany's day off remembrance of the missiles. you're watching news from berlin plenty more coming up at the top of the hour i'm helena humphrey in balance thanks ever feel company probably. oh you know the fact. there is music and look where we are. open courseware in havana where else. cuba is famous for its music song mumble cha cha cha it's such a musical country and i absolutely adore being here. and i am. i am. what. i'm here in havana for the two thousand and seventeen mozart festival out here on the streets you can hear cuban music on every corner and here in the cathedral there's mozart going on. paper thanks for having me here at your wonderful festival really i'm so happy to be in havana for so mozart and to hear these wonderful musicians performing i remember the first time i came i was so impressed at the standard

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but i think it's quite a big challenge for emmanuel mccall you know the question which is just below all of that it's the question of purchasing power that underlines all these claims that the question of the taxes on all was simply rivero i would say a drop of water that probably broke the nerd emmanuel mccall brace a lot of expectations a lot of hope that people would get better or would get better of after its election is the book of repairing from the premise of emancipation but finally most people doesn't see the chance and you have this declasse middle class those people will not reach those people who are not who they call so keep paying the cost of any reform that still they have too much taxes so this iteration start to be extremely difficult for present markov to cut to under the situation indeed last weekend we saw something like two hundred fifty thousand people turning out to him protest. and the anything they seem to have in common is wearing this yellow jacket and can we now say that this is tend not just into a protest man but into a social movement that is actually c

a new report commissioned by french president emmanuel mccall says that france must return the art it stole. the authors found that as much as ninety five percent of sub-saharan african art is held outside the continent in between a country with a renowned art legacy france's move is being hailed as a step toward justice. returning property is not a matter of victory for someone or failure for others because in the end it's not a battle. he needs these assets to strengthen its national economy to provide employment and also for all the cultural heritage manages and curators in this country. back in paris some resistance french art dealers are skeptical that museums can or even should return the vast collections. of the argument many years here in europe is that the art has been captured in the right kind of conditions cared for by experts displayed in state of the art museums anybody in the world can visit these exhibits and the african. nigerian art collector for me legace. lagos nigeria responds to those arguments. i would say that it is the argument is somewhat disingenuous and i w

after a year in the hof in power the french president emmanuel mccall is getting more and more unpopular nothing he does seems to stop the slide my guest here in london is the french m.p. alexander holroyd a member of the president's all mushed party he has a seat on the parliament's finance committee how can the president boost to see him reach the head of crucial elections to the european parliament next year. was a human made cataclysm. the first to come to such a stroke of the twentieth century. want to end all wars cost millions of lives. world war one. marks the hundredth anniversary of its end. what is humankind learnt from the great. because it learned anything at all. is real peace and possibility. until. not for god w.'s november focus. this is deja vu news live from berlin u.s. president trump fires the country's top law enforcement officer jeff sessions of the presence of earliest backers has been sacked as attorney general and this move could jeopardize the russia probe we're live in washington also coming. from reckoning with the midterms a combative president calls the ele

after a year and the whole thing caught on the french president emmanuel mccall is getting more and more unpopular nothing he does seems to stop the slide my guest here in london is the french m.p. alexander holroyd a member of the president's all mushed party he has a seat on the parliament's finance committee how can the president boost to see him reach the head of crucial elections to the european parliament next year.

are among the other high profile figures but then on friday the british prime minister joined emmanuel mccall in honoring the fallen soldiers of the great war in which over fourteen million people were killed the main memorial event will take place on sunday at the arc de triomphe in the french capital. however the commemorations come out an awkward time for the french president he triggered a wave of criticism this week after announcing plans to honor a first world war french military hero who later became a prominent nazi collaborator politicians and members of the jewish community blasted mccollum for his quote shocking and insulting remarks about one of the country's darkest chapters of quarter reports. french president emanuel macron is facing a backlash after he endorsed honoring the french world war one military leader philip attained for armistice day the thing is though petain is also responsible for leaving france and collaborating with the nazis you know could do i am not concealing any part of history and martial petain was also a great soldier during world war one one can be a gr