president emmanuel michael is in china his first state visit that the trip started out boostiting trade ties macro is joins by dozens of french business ages with britain exiting the european union macro is increasingly positioning himself as a point of contact. markets is also referred of praise for china's commitment to the paris school sometime change in losses at reports. french president began his first official trip to china here at the terror because of worries museum in the city of xi'an. anything about to point of the ancient silk road. the first stop was a gesture to chinese president xi jinping colossal new so group projects. ambitious initiative to connect asia in europe by ruth residency. the french president said the project could not be one way and invited china to work together. offering francis help especially in africa. yeah the huge infrastructure work and economic development under way in this project. could find new avenues. give the new face to the so called road on the african continent. or. he also appealed to chinese leaders to form a partnership in the fight ag

the united funds a frontrunner this a wednesday emmanuel michael angela merkel and paolo gentoo lonely old came out and so on defense of globalization. the french german and italian heads of state will caution against protectionism anti isolationist policies are donald trump. he is used to address the world economic forum at the end of the week the financial president mean walked out of his own achievements during his time in office. says works still needs to be done happened yet. free trade free markets and not protectionism are what deliveries economic growth. that's a consensus from european leaders attending the world economic forum. in his address french president emmanuel mackerel laid out his vision for a new france and in new york. we have to redesign it then yes strategy. because southern overnights strateg. italian strategy. to make europe an actual economy social. green scientific. and political poor. meanwhile german chancellor angela merkel sounded the alarm over protectionist policies like those touted by us president donald trum. view all the options we believe isolation

this is what emmanuel michael wants to avoid. hundreds of thousands of french citizens in the streets to protest reforming divisive loans back in two thousand thirteen the debate about gay marriage and reproductive rights for homosexual couples. was a serious thorn in the side of also rans government. but since then game marriages become legal and opposition has died down been medically assisted procreation remains a controversial issue. polls show that a majority of french citizens are in favor of legally allowing single women and lesbians couples to become pregnant with medical help. currently there are lot she go to countries like spain belgium and denmark will heterosexual couples can get the procedure done in franc. president michael has said he's in favor of reforming the law. the more one us city. four the from you don't. want to accept any of women having and a couple can benefit from that it is just administration. it's logical that we recognize that right in the single women in same sex couples given that we recognize t

president emmanuel michael wants to bring the benefits fund under state control. is also outlined proposals to extend the benefits to self employed workers or people who quit their jobs to set up their own companies. unions and employers groups have asked before their own suggestions by early next month. the government meanwhile is threatening sanctions on a dairy manufacturer and a number of supermarkets as a food safety scandal continues to deepen. like tell us recall the product in december because of the risk powdered milk could be contaminated with salmonell. but since emerged at more than two thousand packets of the infant formula have been sold since then. for finance ministers meeting with distributors promised extra safety checks in their shop. yet has more. a growing scandal over france's biggest grocery store chains nearly all having knowledge still selling infant formula made by lack tallies that was recalled due to salmonella contamination. three recalls have been issued since the problem was first discovered the lack telescreens in the beginning of d

aviation and a with the building of the french art museum in shanghai willis on day two of emmanuel michael's first state visit spot will lead to chinese economy more open to french goods. ago has this report. closer ties. then economy. his first visit to china as french president emmanuel not coal is taking the reins for europe. with britain leading he you and germany and political limbo back home is determined to become the primary voice in a strategic partnership between europe and china. and initiative welcomes by chinese leader xi jinping. two hundred of our own china supports a bigger role for friends in the european integration process and welcomes france's larger role for you. on the in the developments chinese european relations. michael made the trip flanked by french business heavy weights. he and she oversaw the signing of billions of dollars of deals notably in the aerospace and nuclear industries. a first step towards deeper economic cooperation from trade with china michael says europe needs to put up a united front. well in the post cold we need to coordinated european approac

the french scho city and version willl cocontinue to carry out borr checks that will this is emmanuel michael'sirst visit to the uk as french president. and he also managed to convince the british to commit to his key foreign policy place as

honesty visit in early january french president emmanuel michaels said he hopes chinese companies we including three eighty orders and a partnership with airbus. it may be the best bet for the jumbo jet survival as china is expected to become the world's biggest air travel market by twenty twenty two. you can only days trading action now minor losses across the board in europe in london curling shares were suspended although rivals in the industry saw a slight boost. ushers dipped about half a percentage point wallstreet is close this monday the us marks martin luther king day. moving on from the days of the business headlines now. this is a perfect first round of austerity measures and reforms despite protests by thousands of people in the streets of athens. changes will make it harder for his call strikes me up for closures and restructure family benefits. creditors have acquired reforms is part athens bailout program which we reviewed by eurozone finance ministers next week. ford will more than double its original investment eleven billion dollars into its efforts to develop elect

world should we make of that helen and i think this just says a lot about french president emmanuel as michael michael and approach to well his campaign and now his presidency he has always been an internationalist he's got that entrepreneurial spirit which hints at america despite the fact that he wouldn't be in favor of those america first policies he did then transition into french as well what was interesting about the way the emanuel spoke is it was so unlike other leaders he didn't really seem to have a script or an autocue he didn't even really seem presidential he seemed to have a lot of energy and really speak from the hearts and he seemed more like a startup cait delivering a page with strong ideas about how he thinks europe should be reformed now he has a self interest in that perhaps of france as well because a strong europe means a strong france a strong france he says means a strong europe talking back to that symbiotic idea at the same time he's got a series of tough reforms to push through he's well aware of that and he needs a strong euro zone to make sure that those french re

the week by the french president emmanuelle mccoll and the german chancellor angela merkel who called for a stronger europe with the french president to money when michael certainly a merging the davos dogging here although the u.s. president certainly had the spotlight in it he proved that he still stands against everything that the davos globalists here hold dear. here's a look now at some of the other news we're following for you this hour german chancellor angela merkel and her conservatives have begun formal coalition talks with the social democrats the two sides stressed the need for speed in negotiations and set a deadline of february fourth for wrapping up talks to form a government now any coalition deal still has to be voted on by as party members. voters in the czech republic have begun casting ballots in the country's today presidential runoff pro russia anti immigrant incumbent new low steamin had been favored to win a second term but the latest opinion polls point to a neck and neck race with challenger jiri drawn hose. a moscow cinema says it will no longer show a band film after a police raid russian police paid a visit to the cinema a d

emmanuel macron as he heads over to china and talks in korea. something to keep an eye on as well. final thoughts with michaelathy jones, and krishna memani. kathy, retail sales, psi, something you got your focus on? kathy: your usual for the time a month. decent readings on both. the important thing about cpi is that on a year-over-year basis, it's slightly higher for technical reasons. we had that big dip last year early in the year. if you are looking year-over-year, it will actually outperform what most people's expectations are. jonathan: michael? michael: same. the regional sales data we have had, we had so much momentum recently, but even a soft month, you still have a very good quarter. an impressive gdp number. i think we will pay more attention to the inflation data. jonathan: at what point, michael, does that tax cut, i'm going to spend more money kick in? does it at all? michael: i think it does. normally come at you come out of a recession, everyone is terrified -- when you get tax cuts, it's coming out of recession and everyone's terrified and you don't spend the money. you get one at this point

president emmanuel mccall has used his first state visit to china to call for the two countries to work together on the development of the african continent in an address to chinese leaders michael china and not to repeat past mistakes made by france as a colonial power. this is in the getting this economy. we need to improve development education health and the economy in africa by working together we can change the world for africa. and japan's top nuclear envoy is meeting his south korean counterpart twenty four hours before the start of the first high level talks in more than two years between north and south korea the talks are expected to focus on north korean athletes participating in the upcoming winter olympic games in south korea next month the north is nuclear bomb and missile developments are top priorities for both south korea and japan europe stick with headlines on al-jazeera coming up next it's a documentary super thirty two stay with us. valued as a gem of africa nairobi has gone through many changes over the past decades. to al-jazeera travels to the kenyan capital to have from those who witnessed the city's progress to becoming a metropolis and discusses where

pennsylvania year-old emmanuel is facing charges in the deadly hit/run on the schuylkill expressway last night. police say i failed to stop after striking three two-year old michaelhouse have blue bell. house, a tow truck driver was assisting a disable vehicle on the side of the road. the accident happened in the eastbound lanes near belmont avenue. >>> a suspect has died after a police involved shooting in south philadelphia, man is accused of hitting a pedestrian with his car at broad and bigler this morning an off-duty detective confronted suspect after witnessing the incident. authorities say man then started attacking the detectives. >> we're in this struggle, several shots were fired the male was hit several times and later pronounced dead at presbyterian hospital,. >> the detective and pedestrian were both treated for and police got ape and and not armed with the weapon during the confrontation. >> jesse hartnett takes the stand today at trial of his accused shooter officer hartnett was ambushed in his police cruiser at 60th and spruce in january of 2016, and was shot in the arm. suspect edward archer reportedly pledged allegiance to the islamic state. har

of brown's resident emmanuel macron has announced plans for crackdown on so called fake news he says the spread of pulls information on social media poses a threat to democracy. michael recently criticized russian m media d in particular the tv channel russia today serving this information about him during his presidential campaign he says new legislation. will strengthen the role of france's media watchdogs. zanu favored religious with you can foregoing to make our legal framework of all of in order to protect them across like life from fake news. a draft law on the subjects will be introduced shortly. decline so you performing electoral campaigns online content will no longer have the same rules. courtesy has you know spreading fake news on social networks simply requires thousands of dollars. and this can be done anonymously. so these platforms will be required to submits to increase transparency requirements. on all sponsor content. so that the identity of the sponsors can be made public. and also to limit the sums allocated to the contact ordinances you he. says it will. it statarted updates on database is usually has has had rise with since you had a child. sto

with french counterpart emmanuel macron, seeking to start the new year with improved relations with the european union after a rocky 2017. then we head to the us, where author michaell book on donald trump's white house. the book will be released today, four days earlier than planned. and later in germany, the hungarian prime minister will address a gathering of the christian social union party, which is the bavarian sister party to angela merkel‘s cdu. it comes just days before the chancellor begins crucial coalition talks to form a new government. cricket and in the ashes test between australia and england in sydney, england scored 346 in their first innings after some entertaining hitting by the tailenders. in reply, australia have scored 131 for 2. now it's time to get all the latest from the bbc sports centre. hello. coming up on your friday sport briefing: we look ahead to a real heavyweight local derby as liverpool and everton face off in the english fa cup, the world's top two test match cricketing nations, india and south africa go head to head and look out for the three year old step son of a seattle seahawks nfl player who's decided his future could be i

the president announced the book by michael wolff and described himself as a very stable genius. president emmanuelis calling for the relationship between the e.u. and china to enter the 21st century. he is in china for a three-day visit. he wants more balanced trade ties and hopes to cooperate with the belt and road initiative. that's a plan to spend billions of dollars on infrastructure between asia and europe. more problems at new york's jfk airport following the storm last week. flooding caused more delight -- flights to be delayed. left thousandsdy stranded and others had to search through mountains of bags for their luggage. global news 24 hours a day, powered by more 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i am emma chandra. this is bloomberg. alix: thank you so much. bloomberg television corresponded tom mackenzie spoke ubs sergio ermotti at the greater china conference in shanghai and asked him how ubs is preparing for new chinese brink -- bank regulations. startedve been -- discussions with our partners a few months ago about not only going up to 49%, we also -- in the n

kill in run, they e two-year old michael house, tow truck d and s towing, on the belmont exit when all of a struck, killed, this was sunday night state police year-old emmanuel doxy of philadelphia and charged wit homicide. >> he was a nice guy, cliche to say b into work with a big smile on his face. >> fundraise wife, children. we have information on the towing facebook page where all of the information isanother tee caught on camera as two men beat a car service center employee during an attempted robbery. cameras at mike service center on ridge avenue in andorra showed men walking inside with the semiautomatic gun last friday. employee tried to escape but they grabbed him and pistol whipped him, suspects then shot mant in the side before taking off. he is in the hospital this morning in critical condition. >>> in lehigh county trial of four term married he had pawlowski continues, on the stand a very close former friend who wore a wire, and also the current montgomery county cher hoy said when he was in a previous position he felt pressure to give campaign donations and expensive gifts like eagles tickets to the mayor in order for his friend to be conside

two-year old michael house, a tow truck, driver for k and s towing was out on the call on the schuylkill expressway near belmont after new exit when he was hit late sunday night. police arrested emmanuel doxie of philadelphia and charged him with vehicular homicide. >> he was a nice guy, it is cliche to say but he was, every day wow come into work with a big smile on his face. >> there is a fundraiser set up for michael's wife and two young sons right there, you can check out k and s towing facebook page if you with like to help out. >>> new jersey residents internet gambling business to expand. >> good news, that is something you like to do hard rock casino and ocean resort have applied to get permission for on line gambling. two casinos are set to open up this summer in atlantic city. right now new jersey has 23 improved internet gambling sites. >> place your wagers. lets head back to mike and alex in minneapolis. >> betting on you guys. >> thanks, guys. as i said before alex you and i may have to not go to a super bowl party because we need to do our job and watch the state of the union address tonighty see you saw invitation. >> difficult. >> state of the unium. >> maybe that is w