came out very strongly making the case for a stronger europe the french president emmanuel michel really a merge the davos dolling here it was also a lot of talk about growth whether it's sustainable whether it could last the i.m.f. raise the growth for cost upwards for this year and the next to three point eight percent but is growth a valuable way of really measuring the world economy oxfam pointed out that there were more billion as last year than ever before that eighty two percent of wealth grown last year remains in the hands of the one percent that inequality and closing that gap really should be a priority and those are just some of the main takeaways from a packed meeting here in switzerland helen humphrey thank you very much for freezing for us and for the excellent coverage from davos. and helen was telling us that all trump of course had a big impact now we're talking about one of the most world economic forum participants mostly disagreed and not only for economic reasons i walked out of his speech because i do not believe that this is a forum for people who use the kind of

came out very strongly making the case for a stronger europe the french president emmanuel michel really a merge the davos dolling here it was also a lot of talk about growth whether it's sustainable whether it could last the i.m.f. raise the growth for cost upwards for this year and the next to three point eight percent but is growth a valuable way of really measuring the world economy oxfam pointed out that there are more billion as last year than ever before that eighty two percent of wealth grown last year remains in the hands of the one percent that inequality in closing that gap really should be a priority and those are just some of the main takeaways from a packed meeting here in switzerland helen humphrey thank you very much for freezing for us and for the excellent coverage from davos. back to the trump speech we know we're talking about one of the most polarizing voices in the international stage so of course there were mixed opinions about what trump had to say today is the u.s. truly doing better than ever before world economic forum participants mostly disagreed and not only

lead is european union leaders including german chancellor angela merkel and french president emmanuel michel have been paving the way to say do not become isolationists try to work together this international cooperation this is the way that we will solve the big challenges facing the world right now and the donald trump did not completely fact flatly refuse international cooperation at the same time it was america first although not america alone and in that sense there were no surprises in that speech there was something that he said which does resonate i think with leaders here and they have started to pick up is that when people have forgotten the world becomes a fractured place and that is something that we have seen also from german chancellor angela merkel regarding the industrial revolution and the threat of ai for example to chops and something that french president emmanuel mccall said as well but of course donald trump being donald trump took that one step further with his more you know protectionist policies which he evokes in that speech as we mentioned china wasn't mentioned ou

means a lot of big names british prime minister the reason may french president emmanuel mccall and brazilian president michel those are just some of the world leaders that are expected to attend the world economic forum in davos and of course we can't forget u.s. president donald trump but of us is known for a very broad array of participants and topics here's a first look at what's. getting rid of the snow that could be one of the most important jobs in davos need to be cleared for many world leaders to make their way to the ski resort for the first time in almost two decades a sitting u.s. president will be taking part some think he needs to have discussions with other foreign leaders more than anyone. because he quote support is. whoever leader of a country does not have just a national perspective but an international perspective or global perspective presence of a president of your own merits. will hopefully provide him even better recently over prospective but locals have a different view the u.s. president's attendance means even tighter security in davos and many here are not excited about trump. dec

france's president emmanuel mccall has endorsed beijing's belled and bold initiative in his first visit to china as president michel called for europe and china to work together on president xi signature project that aims to build a modern day silk road but he said the projects benefits must be shared problem bride has more from beijing. president macron has begun his visit in the ancient city of scheana home of the terra cotta warriors but also more symbolically it's one of the departure points for the ancient silk road the trade route connecting china with the west and macron is keen to play up the historic nature of the franco chinese relationship and in a wide ranging speech he went into the details of how france can continue to work with china on the world stage in a number of different areas and specifically in the development of africa china was reminded about france's long relationship through the colonial period with a number of countries in africa macron compared that with china's interests now china of course has been building up relationships with a number of different african countries investing heavil

michelle williams' name. the french president has thrown his support behind a push to protect the humble baguette by making it a unesco cultural treasure. emmanuel whole world". the italian art of making pizza became unesco—listed last year. it's a national symbol and a huge part of french life. now master bakers are pushing for baguettes to be officially recognised as a cultural treasure. and its traditional recipe, iconic shape and world—famous name legally protected. we speak of the french person with a baguette under his arm. why not? artisan bread makers are worried about mass produced copies flooding into supermarkets. frozen bread with imported ingredients. but still bearing the name baguette, all the same. there are a lot of imitations, but here are the baguettes are home—made. we get up at two to three in the morning to make bread. the traditional baguette is already protected by french law. to meet the criteria, it must only be made from four ingredients: wheat flour, water, yeast and salt. it cannot be frozen or contain added preservatives. if we lose this tradition, we will not be able to make the bread properly. the bakers have been

michel. indian prime minister and today. take the stage what are we expecting from them. yeah that's right the two big political heavyweights of the european union angela merkel and emmanuel macron to speak separately later on today probably the young french president macron the rising star of the two after his stunning political victory in the election last year with these newly formed brand newly formed centrist party he's seen as the reformist face not just of france but of the european union as well and and both of these leaders really together are seen now increasingly as putting forward a sort of counterpoint to the donald trump agenda of america first everything here really now being seen in the framework of the donald trump visit later this week emanuel in particular likely to put forward the idea of a european union standing strong and united overcoming its challenges and dealing very much with the core principles of democracy and free trade as it does so and really there is a slowly forming here a sort of anti trump political front among the big leaders the big speakers this week narendra modi as you mentioned talking about protectionism and warning that protect