have been out for a twenty fourth weekend protesting against falling living standards despite emmanuel micron's a promise to cut taxes raise pensions and reform the civil service on thursday president gave a televised address in which he said france needs more decentralized government as well as an easing of the rules on organizing public referendums follows his ambitious three month public feedback exercise known as the great national debate saturday's yard last march in paris remained largely peaceful but in other french cities the demonstrations turned violent. as. the number of yellow vest protesters in paris told us they were unhappy with how their movement is being portrayed in the media. pseudocode sons are people still like many others and i'm here today because we think there's a small problem with the media violence is always presented in a same way and it's always presented as coming from the other events well people have infiltrated a group they don't talk about the police find that it's. a war i'm going to get if it were true in the media is full of they want to make us look homoph

nothing wrong in dealing with the country's issues and they televise address on thursday night emmanuel micron made an impassioned plea protesters who've been demonstrating across the country for almost six months. please many of e.q. i asked myself the question did we take a wrong turn i think it's quite the opposite i believe that to lead a democracy today no matter the country has to accept not to be popular and i'd rather be responsible for. and be unpopular rather than to seek to charm in such a way that would always be fleeting. one can also reveal the big tax cuts and their pensions he added that french democracy needs more decentralized government and its rules for organizing public referendums artists has the details. president michael may have spoken for almost an hour with the wind to aging discussion of the things he'd like to do over the next three years but what he will lacked on quite a lot was the detail so yes he talked about lower taxes but he didn't specifically say what that meant in terms of a figure it's my duty to defend a pragmatic reform will review eight hundred twent

iconic not a dam cathedral the building is massive spire has already collapsed in the flames as emmanuel microndeclared the place a national tragedy covering events in the french capital for us our correspondent who's been there throughout the evening and it seems charlotte as horrific as this evening has been perhaps things are improving ever so slightly with a firefighting officials told reuters that the cathedral may have been saved from total destruction so perhaps that they are trying they are actually getting on top of this fire now it seems. in fact we just heard that news are coming. there was a round of pools rapturous applause from the hundreds if not thousands of people who've spent the entire evening here watching what's happening not dumb news coming through that it looks like that they have been able to secure the structure we know the firefighters have been working throughout the evening trying to dampen down those flames we even heard that they had decided not to use aerial water boughs is because they wanted to ensure that that frame didn't collapse and it looks like those repo

gothic style building is burning this is the same right now no reports of injuries thank goodness emmanuel micron the french president. already called off his business that was planned for today and has arrived at the scene. ok let's go to central paris now not far away from the place itself our correspondent charlotte due to speak. is right in the middle of the action you can see lots of people gathered around because everybody sadly it's a bit like a moth to a flame people want to see what's going on and it's all the people's hearts shall i know you've had a chance to speak to a few people as well.

the words of the french president emmanuel micron on social media that according to the . is heading to the scene of the disaster now. a crisis room was opened at the monument by the city hall the deputy mayor of paris in charge of security has reported. police say the cause of the fire still unknown president trump spit on twitter as well so horrible to watch the massive fire and not attempt a drill in paris says there are no trouble haps flying water tankers could be used to put it out must act quickly little trump on social media the president has canceled a major policy speech because of this fire. the paris match and he does use his firefighters are doing their best couldn't try and contain this terrible for their spring in our correspondent in parish we heard from earlier we did have some pictures at the time i think we got her on the phone now because of some technical . to get we actually can bring you pictures from from paris as well as my car getting me to charlotte you were telling us the latest details in addition i just wondered you must have had a chance to g

hello i'm maryam namazie in london just a quick look at the top stories the french president emmanuel micronhas pledged to rebuild the cathedral in five years after it was severely damaged in a fire on monday evening more than eight hundred forty seven million dollars has been pledged to help rebuild the cathedral almost nothing remains of its roof after flames lick through its mediæval timbers and sent a wooden spire crashing into the quiet area micron's said the rebuilt cathedral would be even more beautiful. pieces of it for us we are a people of builders and we have so much to rebuild we will reconstruct this cathedral of not within five years or even more beautiful we can do it we will do it the chairman of algeria's constitutional council has quit his post allies would have been in charge of a process to draw up a new constitution following the resignation earlier this month of president abdul aziz beautifully antigovernment protesters continue to take to the streets demanding a complete overhaul of algeria's political system which they say is dominated by the military elite. in libya

resident emmanuel micron herbs to rebuild in a matter of years. meanwhile, the org -- investigation into the fire's origins continues. prosecutors are looking into whether an electrical short circuit is to blame. >> the building got so small for a minute as the flames took over. >> reporter: jackie gibson's pastry shop is across the street from the cathedral. >> the only time we go to church is christmas and easter. that's our church. >> reporter: it is one that is still standing as it has for hundreds of year in a matter of hours. >> reporter: moving forward francis set to hold and architectural design competition to redesign the spire over these claims. even though the cathedral is still standing and is also about making sure it is stable during the long road to restoration. reporting in paris, i'm omar gimenez. >>> president trump attended easter sunday services, the church of bethesda by the sea in palm beach florida, walking into church with first lady milani a trump and his daughter tiffany. this is the same church where the president and mr

i'm barbara starr in london with the top stories from europe including emmanuel micron promises to transformfrance in an attempt to calm the yellow vests protests which have plagued his presidency. and i've had a summit with the day's sport as they all mixed emotions of the barcelona open graph on the bell advances to get another quarter final while veteran david federer says goodbye. security services in sri lanka have carried out raids and arrests as the u.s. and the u.k. warn their nationals about the possibility of more attacks and there's confusion about exactly how many people died in the easter sunday bombings let's go live now to our correspondent now from and is who is in the sri lankan capital colombo within the last couple of hours also the official number of the death toll has been revised downwards minute now that's right martin from nor less than the prime minister on a vehicle missing when he spoke to our jazeera earlier in the day he's did see there the death to all the numbers we had last heard of three hundred fifty nine. seeing that the health authorities had been looking

paris for yet more talks on breaks it meets german chancellor angela merkel and french president emmanuel micron before a special european union summit on wednesday may and britain's opposition labor leader jeremy corbyn still counts agree on a compromise deal for the u.k. to leave the e.u. and hope that all the latest. we enter. the latest crucial week not the first of course but the latest crucial week for brakes it first of all move by m.p.'s to pass legislation forcing the government to seek an extension to try and guarantee no no deal exit at the end of this week with that legislation in itself historic an extraordinary likely to receive royal assent later on monday although to resume a has of course already asked for that extension to be decided as an extraordinary summit on wednesday in brussels the other big development to look out for is ongoing signs of the search for compromise between the two parties here the main parties the conservative party and the labor party they were face to face talks between germany corben and to resume a last week and they will fizzled out towards the end o

today as president emmanuel macron a friend unveils his response to growing unrest including the still kicking yellow best movement some are expecting major. policy proposals from mr micron after the presidential coming after what he called a great national debate on economics that exercise was a response to the yellow vests protest movement which is now smaller but still visible and vocal but while the french president did propose to index pension packages under two thousand euros to protect pensioners from inflation and promise to take out income taxes by five billion euros he seemed to risk disappointing the country with few policy details and a defense of stubborn tone in a national address mr micron posed a rhetorical question how we've gone in the wrong direction and then he confidently judged his own performance informing the french i don't think so a founder of the yellow bus movement responded to president micron's address. i am disappointed very day but he was in my point of view emanuel most. important. he didn't announce. expected by the yellow vests. france has been going as usual have five months if you don't mind it. moving from paris to beijing the chines

emmanuelle macron a friend unveils his response to growing unrest including the still kicking yellow vest movement some are expecting major policy proposals from mr micron after the presidential coming after what he called a great national debate on economics that exercise was a response to the yellow vests protest movement which is now smaller but still visible and vocal but while the french president did propose to index pension packages under two thousand euros to protect pensioners from inflation and promise to take out income taxes by five billion euros he seemed to risk disappointing the country with few policy details and a defensive stubborn tone in a national address mr micron posed a rhetorical question how we've gone in the wrong direction and then he confidently judged his own performance informing the french i don't think so a founder of the yellow bus movement responded to president micron's address. i am disappointed very day but he was my point. emanuel most. important. he didn't announce. expected by the yellow vests. france has been going as usual have five months if you don't mind it. moving from paris to beijing the chinese president

emmanuel macro. to cut taxation raise pensions and overhaul the civil service is being seen as micron's final attempt to satisfy the demands of the yellow best movement now into its twenty fourth week. the chinese president xi jinping says more than sixty four billion dollars worth of deals have been signed during a summit promoting his country's so-called bolton road initiative to choose plan to build infrastructure and trade routes through asia africa and into europe was front and center during the two day conference the russian president vladimir putin was there to show his support but warned other countries against supporting trade wars . nobody wants any restriction and nobody wants any trade wars except maybe only for those who start the process there's an overwhelming majority of most one hundred percent are sure that all these are strictures harmeet the development of the world economy. the us court has jailed a suspected russian agent for eighteen months for conspiring to infiltrate the national rifle association that's the gun lobby group prosecutors say the first year old maria but tina at

president, immanuel micron, says he hopes the catastrophe of notre dame will help the country come together but any sense of national unity in the way of the fire remains agile. —— emmanuele start with a footballing news that chelsea and arsenal are through to the europa league semifinals. the blues were 4— three winners in the czech republic. taking them through to a semi—final against frankfurt. while the gunners also qualify for the last four after beating natalie 3— nil on aggregate in their quarterfinal tie. they will face valencia in the last four. napoli, also with their supporters, they show us they wanted to do something important here and if we wa nt something important here and if we want that, it's because i think we we re want that, it's because i think we were could very well and we took a big section. now to golf where shane lowry leads by a stroke on 6 under after the opening round of the rbc heritage in south carolina, and it was so interesting the native wildlife wanted a closer look so world number one dustin johnson obliged as he looks to go one better than his tied second finish at the masters last sunday. he's three strokes off the lead on 3 under.

emmanuel macron to discuss jail conditions in japan with mr. abe. we expect the prime minister of japan to respond to some of the things that mr. microning shortly. first, let's get to the bloomberg news in new york. >> in sri lanka, the military has sweeping police powers following deadly bombing, include more authorities detaining suspects. they are now joining the investigation to see if there are local connections. the death toll rose to 310 in an attack that targeted christians easter sunday. saudi arabia is pledging to ensure adequate oil supplies are available at iranian exports collapsed. this is after the u.s. sent sanction waivers to buying saudi arabia include to read trump says opec can offset losses in oil output from iran. u.s. house democrats summoning dom again to testify on the mueller dom again to testify on the mueller report. mccann was one of the key witnesses. jerrold nadler says mccann will be able to ship like on alleged instances of obstruction of justice by president trump. he was member of the italian chamber from 2006 2018, or he advocated or mario draghi's appointment to the ecb. paris.s us now from thank

the country will hold an international contest to design a new spy a for the church president emmanuel micron has set a target of five years to restore the graphic masterpiece. north korean state media says leader kim jong un has observed the test firing of what he describes as a new type of tactical guided weapon it didn't specify what the way pinney is talks between kim and u.s. president donald trump over north korea's ballistic missile and nuclear programs remaining deadlock. across france this evening a chorus of church bells tolling in unison in unity a hymn of solidarity for our lady in paris it has been forty eight hours since a fire engulfed notre dame cathedral the cause is still under investigation today firefighters denied claims that they were too slow to respond saying what matters is that no one died including notre dame golf in berlin this is the day.

the country will hold an international contest to design a new spy a for the church president emmanuel micron has set a target of five years to restore the gothic masterpiece. north korean state media says late and kim jong un has observed the test firing of what he describes as a new type of tactical guided weapon it didn't specify what the way pinney is talks between kill him and us president donald trump over north korea's ballistic missile a nuclear programs remaining deadlock. escalation from the e.u. brussels publishes a twenty billion dollar catalog of u.s. products it could get a terror response to washington's earlier list. also on the show portugal is running out of gas to strike a fuel tanker drivers and turns that third day of the worsening energy shortage. and boasting twelve hundred horsepower and up solar reading to one hundred kilometers per hour in just two and a half seconds feel like trick hypercar of a cold start up is giving the traditional auto industry a run for its money. welcome to the business i'm joined now the milan in berlin thanks for joining us it's the latest d

the country will hold an international contest to design a new spy a fold the church president emmanuel micron has set a target of five years to restore the gothic mass to pace. north korean state media says leader kim jong un has observed the test firing of what he describes as a new type of tactical guided weapon it didn't specify what the way pinney's talks between came and u.s. president donald trump over north korea's ballistic missile and nuclear programs remaining deadlock. this is deja news africa coming up in the next fifteen minutes with the continent reflecting on the fall of algeria isabella's these parts of the car and saddam's old model bashir what happens off to the dictators has been deposed we have a report from the gambia way one of the cool kids this tells us not much has changed since yeah your job to lift off this. sort of opportunity to be current. entry into the seventy's to change this country for good. smooth good news nice to live not short of the promised we are moving going on seventy join the ranks dangers. and we meet the activist and told contact seeds off enviro

french president emmanuel micron will hold cabinet meetings on wednesday on how to deal with the aftermath of the fire which gutted the not true dam cathedral in paris my chrono set a target to rebuild the cathedral within five years billionaire donors have pledged hundreds of millions of euros to the restoration. indonesians of voting in presidential and parliamentary elections more than one hundred nineteen million registered voters are set to cast their ballots in the world's largest muslim majority nation moderate incumbent president joker we don't know is up against nationalist x. gen proposed to be on top of. the first red cross humanitarian aid convoys have arrived in venezuela after first rejecting aid to the country president nicolas maduro relented allowing in tons of medical supplies and power units in as well as experiencing a severe economic crisis that seen millions flee the country in recent years. egypt's parliament has approved amendments to the constitution that could keep president abdel fatah el-sisi in power until twenty thirty the parliament which is dominated by his

the country will hold an international contest to design a new spy afore the church president emmanuel micron has set a target of five years to restore the gothic mass to pace. for luminary results in indonesia's elections point to a victory for the incumbent president junko we don't dog he's on the course to win roughly fifty five percent of the vote against former general proper words to beyond some one hundred ninety three million people were eligible to vote in wednesday's election. the u.s. has announced measures aimed at curbing the flow of cash to cuba washington will limit both the amount of money families can send to relatives there and travel to the country by u.s. citizens the white house has also lifted a ban on lawsuits against foreign companies who use property confiscated by keeper following the one nine hundred fifty nine communist revolution. escalation from the e.u. brussels publishes a twenty billion dollar catalog of u.s. products it could hit but tariffs responds to washington's earlier list. also on the shelf portugal is running out of doubt a strike of fuel tanker drive