so it was france first for virgen-e. our interests and france's interests intercepted.or spain, spain first meant we're going to get back florida. we want gibraltar but, and they never allied with the americans but it was clearly in their interest to fight the common enemy. so the fact that they were doing it for their own purposes should in no way undercut the support that they gave us. now you had a second question. i overextended on your first one because i thought that was a critical point. now your second question had to do with? >> when did spain make the decision? did they see the war starting, oh, boy, here is our chance but they had to wait? >> they had been preparing for some time. they were arming the americans. they were actually in with the french when we they armed bomarche. the spanish merchant supplying the americans, it was certain the spanish court knew what they were doing. all along they saw this as an opportunity to britain out of the territories that they wanted. this was really critical for them. remember, where the majority of their wealth came f

so france went to war against britain the side of france. it is no exaggeration to say that britain sacrificed america for gibraltar. pile of rocks. no spain was not actually allied with the americans during this war. but they did agree that the terms of the peace could only happen with britain's recognition of the sovereignty of the united states. the entry of spain into the war alongside france fundamentally change the nature of the war. from a regional clash in north america to a global conflict. the british navy and the british army were now spread ever thinner around the world. the combined navies of france and spain numbered 124 shifts against britain's 95 and they were overwhelmed. so instead of only attacking the americans in america, britain now had to shield england from invasion by france and spain they had to defend against gibraltar when they had to protect their own colonies, their sugar colonies in the caribbean and their colonies in india. this all happened in 1779 to 1780. as the war in america was coming to its lowest point

france went to war against britain on the side of france. it is no stretch to say that britain sacrificed america for gibralt gibralter. this pile of rocks. spain would not ally with the americans during the war but did agree the terms of the peace could only happen with britain's recognition of the sovereignty of the united states. the entry of spain alongside france fundamentally changed the nature of the war. from a regional clash in north america to a global conflict. the british navy and army were spread every thinner around the world. the ships were along the line and they were overwhelmed. instead of only attacking the americans in america britain now had to shield england from the threat of invasion, defend against the see of gibralter. this all happened in 1779-1780 as the war in america was coming to its lowest point. you can see by alexander hamilton's comment: if we are saved, france and spain must save us. that reflected the fact that americans understood winning the war against britain rested with france and spain. after spain

so what was france first. now our interests and france's interests intersect did. for spain, spain first meant we are going to get back florida. we want gibraltar, and they never lied -- allied with the americans. it was in their interest to fight the common enemy. so the fact that they were doing it for their own purposes should in no way undercut the support that they gave us. you have a second question. i overextended on your first one because i thought that was a critical point. your second question has to do -- >> wended spain make the decision rushing mark today say here is our chance, but they had to wait? >> had been preparing for some time. they were arming the americans. they were actually and with the french. i mentioned diego, the spanish merchant. it is certain a spanish court and what he was doing. all along, and they saw this as an opportunity to get written out of the territory that they wanted. this is really critical for them. remember where the majority of their wealth came from. we call it today south america. and peru was for the caribbean, so

map out for us why this is so important for france and the people of france.ascale hugues -- pascale: the problem is the election campaigns have gotten very fiery because of scandals. ,he neustar, emmanuel macron has not unveiled his position yet. the main star that everyone would thought would probably win the election, francois fillon, is embroiled in scandal. he is a moral man and his always criticized french politics for being corrupt, and now he is touched by scandal. is going to profit from that because i think the ranch are so fed up. there is hardly a french political who has not been embroiled in scandal. it's amazing when you compare to germany where hardly any political person here is embroiled in scandal. the french are very, very fed up. i'm sure a lot of people will say they vote marine le pen, although she is also embroiled in scandals, although it is very strange for francois fillon. supporters,t of his conservative voters, are hesitant now and have questions for him. marine le pen has several scandals. she has employed moneymen -- money of the

france could not pay down and they continued on top of that. when it was to a large result a result of the crisis that erupted, yes the american revolution was one cause but it wasn't the catalyst for the primary cause. they had adopted a fiscal policy so that is the first one. catherine the great was a wonderful hidden player in all of this. the european politics didn't stop while the american war was going on and at the center, juggling european politics with russia because they were threatening france and the ottoman empire and the recently invaded crimea and also there was a partition of poland. they were trying to attract them by offering the. they were concerned about shipping. many were holding france so she authorized the armed neutrality that was supposed to be a fleet of about a dozen ships that would stop them from attaching neutral ships. so that was the intent. unfortunately, it ended up bringing the republicans to the war because they thought they were going to be protected by russia but they were not. it was quite devastating for

that is where france comes in. france will be heading to the polls in a few weeks to elect a new president. it is a very critical election. france is on the brink, really. farleading candidate is right candidate marine le pen. she's likely to get into the second round. what we are seeing is france also has a dynamic up all the issues that play here, not only does france have this populist wing, but we see a lot of terror attacks. the report talks about the response to terrorist attacks. state ofn under a emergency here in france which has been extended four times since the 2015 november paris attacks. typically, what human rights groups obvious one about is in order to keep the country safe, at what cost -- our civil liberties being scrapped? are we discriminating against groups? is it really making the country is safer place or is it just winning votes? france is the ideal place to unveil this report. >> the 2015 amnesty report focused on the refugee crisis. is that referred to at all in this year's report? >> tre

but that is also happening in france because there's no opposition.he same way as it is here. not to mention the american left. some things must or something had to give and that is the rise of the centrist party, the split of labour and the socialist party in france. something will happen because it cannot go on like this. the reason she has a boulevard now is that she can go on sometimes inanely saying brexit means brexit because it hasn't happened yet. the other shoe that has yet to drop is what happens when article 50 is triggered, when some of the real—life effects begin to take hold? that is when, particularly inside the tory party, it will be worth watching. you need somebody to take advantage of that, don't you? you do and she may start considering an early election now because the momentum that she has at the moment, she won't keep when article 50 is triggered, we assume. so now‘s the time to consider calling an early election. when could you ever say that a conservative prime minister's popularity grows the further north you go until you rea

it is a very overvalued swiss franc.rst of all, do you think the government will lose the vote this weekend and second of all -- i think the two are related -- do you expect the swiss franc to make a big move soon? the smb is going to do something. what is going to happen? give us the short-term next few weeks view of what happens in switzerland. ok, so, let me first say that i do not believe the government to lose the referendum, but honestly, i have been wrong. i'm very cautious about that. on the swiss franc, yes, i would argue the currency is overvalued. that might be true, but there are other good reasons besides the swiss franc being the safe haven of europe. tight betweenmely the bund curve and the swiss curve. [indiscernible] this drives the value of the currency up. we see the swiss franc is appreciating even more. we target 105 by the end of the year. matt: let me ask you a question n can chime in as well. seen the swiss franc for safety reasons. donald trump threatened this and that with executive orders every

this is a big deal in france. >> a huge deal in france. a huge deal in paris. there is also a lot of pride around france because a lot of farm animals are coming from different parts of france to the french capital for this major fair. you can see the front page of the paper very proud of their cows coming to paris. this is one of the biggest farm fares. it is called france's biggest farm. you have about 4000 animals making their way to paris for this nine-day fair. we are talking about france's finest cows, sheep, chickens, horses, dogs, cats. the best of the farm animals are in paris. you can see on the front page of the paper a lot of pride as well on their front page. understand one animal in particular will be in the spotlight. this is the mascot. .> that is a six-year-old cow that is a great name. you can see her on the front page. 'se is a breed from brittany, a lot of pride in those papers. you can see her getting a big hard from her owner -- big hug from her owner. "french connections" this week because i take you on an in-depth look. anchor: very shin

genie: that is france 24's armen georgian. the trump administration got a new blow after the nominee for labor secretary pulled himself out of the race. regulatingrge of workplace safety and is usually being seen as an advocate for workers rights. he has been plagued by criticism of questionable practices through his own company, forcing him to drop out. >> a dramatic exit for donald trump pick for labor secretary. it was the republican -- several senators disagreed with the later practices and were uncomfortable with allegations used against them. person tod want the be the secretary of labor to have a good record when it comes to following the laws that he would be in charge of enforcing. -- ew custer has in demonstrations, employees claimed for treatment, claiming harassment in the workplace. he also admitted to employing an undocumented household made for years. democrats see his withdrawal as a victory. >> i want to thank all the workers who bravely shared their stories in the last few months. it is clear today that your

she wants france to leave nato. she wa nts to she wants france to leave nato.ld a reference mick —— a referendum about france's membership of the eu. and she also wants to talk about deporting criminals. we know a lot of her positions. she's faced problems recently in her campaign. the anti—corruption police have placed under formal investigation one of her senior aides. investigating whether ron not that aid did a job —— whether or not that aid did a job —— whether or not that aide did a job for marine le pen. the anti—corruption police are looking at the inner circle which may provide a lot of attention in the coming weeks. that is the far right candidate. if we look at emmanuel macron, who is more centrist, what is going on with him and his prospects? he's a centrist, running as a centrist and outsider. in the last 2a hours he's picked up the endorsement of a man who knows exactly what that is like. francois bayroux ran as an outsider and centrist in the last three presidential elections. didn't win any of them, but picked up significant small portions of th

, stand up for france, change france, stand up for france, change multinationals, whilst all the wellrench citizens. many people will stand in the first round, at the moment there are fouror the first round, at the moment there are four orfive decent the first round, at the moment there are four or five decent candidates, only two will go through to the next round. one of them will probably be marine le pen, but the other one will gain the support of the many others who cannot stand green le pen, and at that point is unlikely that she will win. how will francois fillon and beale aged —— and be a legend thejobs fillon and beale aged —— and be a legend the jobs and the leaded the job scandal help her? he denies paying state funds to his wife for a nonexistent job when he paying state funds to his wife for a nonexistentjob when he was senator and state funds to his children for and state funds to his children for a nonexistent work when he was a senator. i should say that he denies all of that. we are expecting some kind of statement come out on monday, he says he will not stand down. bu

victor before france. —— victory for france.are the big match that we looking at this weekend. tell us what it means to be pa rt weekend. tell us what it means to be part of this game? it means everything. there will be a huge amount of support coming from wales as well. liam williams at five green line breaks. he has the best attacking stats in the championship silver. so bring it a threat. —— in the championship so far. it's difficult as a scots person to deal with the physicality but i believe that scotland have the understanding and the ability to do that. gloves in the last match had so much field position but they couldn't get the ball across the line. —— wales in the last match. they are a pressurised team and they know how to win and wales were on top for 75 minutes. they didn't get the territory, scotland in the second half. the weather will be an important factor tomorrow. it will lend itself to another cracking encounter and an exciting weekend.” tell you, we have plenty more to talk about but plenty to look at this w

eddiejones said on monday, the victory over france felt a bit likea monday, the victory over france feltike a defeat. jones has also been stoking the fires with his comments about the cardiff atmosphere and his apparent u—turn over the principality stadium roof, oi’ over the principality stadium roof, or lack of it. as for selection, jack nowell returns on the wing. jack nowell returns on the wing. jack clifford comes in at flanker. he will provide pace and dynamism to the back row. one of a handful of players who haven't received the reception that awaits england on saturday. we need to do the fundamentals well to give ourselves options in attack. we need the defence to be disciplined, nice and square and off the line. if we do those simple things well, i think we will have a great game. the wales camp have been nursing injuries this week and it is still not clear exactly who will be walking out of this tunnel tomorrow afternoon. dan biggar and george north are both named in the sides, but both are nursing injuries and rob howley will give them as long as possible to recover. toby fowle

a huge employer in france.round the world and has a very, very complicated hedging book, and it would be difficult to deal with. have you spoken to french business a great deal? been talking to french business for a long time. past was in the complaining about the over evaluated euro, and its negative consequences on its business. we must not oppose the private sectors, the big companies, and the international sovereignty. in fact, during many years, and also still available in other countries, we have a partnership between this strategy and the private sector. we are not against the private sector -- on the contrary, we are managing and planning to make a new partnership anin order to create a winning strategy, and a win also for the private sector in its international business. matt: jean, do you feel that the euro is currently too strong? we have heard voices from -- for example -- donald trump's advisor peter navarro, saying he thinks the euro is too weak. the german finance minister wolfgang schaeuble said

it is france's national brand. governments may change, but the countryside does not, so the story goes. at election time, every politician wants to be the farmers' friend. this small town is in the corner of burgundy. with its grand heritage of food and wine. it has had a center-right mayor for 22-years, but since 2010 the far-right national has doubled its share of the vote. the mayor puts that down for lack of support for the rural economy, which he says is creating a two-tier france with jobs and people moving to the city's. is a feeling of disappointment. people feel abandoned. one government after another has not reduced the trend. people do not feel they have a future in the countryside. they do not believe in the traditional parties. philip has been a dairy farmer for 25-years, and his parents before him. with competition over no prices ilk rises he has been running at a deficit for years. >> if there is one idea that sparks interest, it is turning inwards, nationalist spirit. protectionism, limiting the mov

total was born in france.a global company and where people around the world but less people in france but i think we have a special responsibility and we need to take, to give an answer to that. as a french company -- theresa may is relevant to what you just said. she said if you are a global citizen, you are a citizen of nowhere. gettinghink people are angry with all -- with multinationals? globalization, i am french in france and i am german and -- i have have to the a nationality. i'm a public/private company for sure but i have a nationality when a go to africa or the middle east. i should recognize that. i have a certain responsibility for france. total is a global company but it's because i have been able to old -- to build on the french base. that was a discussion of the state of oil and whether opec will extend its production cuts passed may. past may. >> it's not only us but it's also russia. agreementa necessary in november. russia for the first time in history accepted to make some cuts. the argumen

france. they know that france is theirs. they know that they are among the best architects of the constituency of france and of the spirit of france. and most of them will certainly not be the first one to leave. before them, the anti-semites will leave. if someone has to leave france today or europe, it is whoever they are the anti-semites. not the jews these guys with short ideas, with illiterate thinking which know nothing, which don't even know why they hate jews, these are so striking in the terrorist attacks since toulouse -- [inaudible] when you hear the jihadists, it is a sort of reflex, pavlovian, they don't even know why. they don't even know what is judaism, they are just nuts. they are just stupid. how would i leave the country which my father defended with his, at the risk of his blood, which my ancestors in a way -- not exactly mine, okay, ancestor of the jews build as a great french republic, how would i leave this country and leave them on the battlefield? impossible. so the f

france there is a lot of focus on this new centrist alliance between the presidential candidates in france. >> that's right. one of them ended weeks of suspense yesterday when he announced he would not be running. he has become a texture on the french political ain't. he has run in three elections. he is giving all of his support to emmanuel macron. the are hoping to run over middle kingdom. they arerist union hoping is going to be all powerful. this paper is wondering is two really better than one? they say this is a marriage of convenience and it is not really about passion. this was sort of a sacrifice he was not wanting to make. centristey are both independence. it seems they didn't always get along. >> they had often criticized each other. we have a list of a few of these singers. i pulled out one of them. he is saying i don't see myself in the ideas that mac run incarnates. 's social politics are close to what nicolas sarkozy defended in 2007. is bad newsalliance for several other french presidential candidates including the left and the right. right wing paper seems pretty saddened

and here you are winning the tour de france for the first time."dress this question once and once only. and i'm saying to you guys, you journalists, you've got to fall in love with cycling again." he never actually said, "i would never dope, i do not dope." he said, "i have tested positive, i have passed all of the controls." now, if you're covering the sport and you're a sports writer and you see lots of this stuff, you actually know how to read what people are saying and saying, i have passed all the tests is not the same as saying, i don't dope. how can it be, and i want to broaden the conversation now, because cycling has been one of your key focuses. but you've also looked at wider sport and drugs in professional, but going back through decades. but how come it can have been in the very recent past industrial scale when, as i made the point, the world anti—doping agency, the iaaf, and all of the other different world bodies supposed to be controlling drugs in sport have spent years telling us they're cleaning it out. the reason why russia were

well, the 2004 tour de france, at a press conference where the book had just come out.ow. he was asked about the book and looks down at me and says, "seeing as the esteemed author was here, i will answer this question". he said the extraordinary allegations as mr walsh has made must be followed with extraordinary proof. it was a simple question, why should it be extraordinary proof for lance armstrong? but lance was absolutely right. 0rdinary proof didn't touch him. you needed... and in the end, the united states anti—doping agency got 26 witnesses. ii of them were former team—mates, all with first—hand accounts of lance's doping. do you in any way resent... i mean, it made, in a sense, it made your career, journalist longed to have that defining story that will win them awards, make hollywood movies, and you have that. but you also, and this is important, you also found your life consumed by this and at one point, your daughter made a comment when she saw interviewed on tv about lance and she said, "oh, there you go again, dad, i'm watching you on telly while the rest

it's very unpopular in france? unpopular enough to tilt it to 51%. very unpopular in france?as on the euro in a number of european countries with greece being a possible example...? it's a false referendum because it isa kind it's a false referendum because it is a kind of brexit referendum in the sense that if you have widespread discontent and people can think they can blame economic malaise on the euro and that will fix it, then they will vote against it. but that won't fix it. then you have to have politicians brave enough to say that but that's rare. where does this leave britain? you could say that, in voting for brexit, the british have decided they will, at some point and whatever the difficulties ahead, leave a union which is failing and which many of the ordinary citizens know it's failing even in countries very strongly in favour of the eu. it's a complicated because to the extent the eu does fail, and i agree that one of the ironies is there are no forces that are bringing it closer together again, no forces that are bringing it closertogetheragain, one no forces

jane frances kelly, bbc news., i spoke to dr brian klaas, a fellow in comparative politics at the london school of economics. i began by asking him if donald trump's travel ban was vulnerable to this sort of legal challenge. it was a slapdash and sloppy rushed attempt to institute a campaign pledge. and given that trump had said on the campaign trail repeatedly that he thought that muslims should not be allowed into the united states, and then trump's surrogate rudy giuliani said that they were trying to find a legal way to do this, it's obviously vulnerable to the criticism that it was a muslim ban. beyond that, the language of the text was not run by the bureaucracy, the cabinet, the secretary of homeland security was not briefed appropriately, and so the political wing of the white house rushed this through and ended up creating a vulnerability to these type of legal challenges. do you think the political wing of the white house is going to learn from this? are you surprised that president trump did not take be

one fiercely nationalist, the other with a liberal pro—europe vision for france.w twice as many people to his own election rally this weekend, not bad for a man waging his first—ever election campaign. if marine le pen is targeting the losers of globalisation, mr macron is pushing its benefits hard, only to be expected from a former banker perhaps. translation: 78 days to go, our time has come and our will is moving forward. this election offers new faces but also new political divisions and new kinds of voters for marine le pen. gone is a day we suffer from uncontrolled immigration, islamic aggression, insecurity, unemployment and for us, marine le pen is the answer. the front national is running in the name of the people, it says, and in this election, there are many candidates from many different parties claiming to do just the same. large anti—government protests are continuing across romania, despite a climb down by the government. earlier the authorities scrapped a controversial decree that would have decriminalised some forms of corruption. but tonight hund

i want france to recover. i don't want france to continue as it is today in a situation where there are six million people unemployed. nine million people under the poverty line. two million young people who are neither in training nor at school nor in work. the fight against terrorism has not been conducted with all the necessary vigor. notably as it regards to our foreign policy. i am not asking the french to make efforts. i am asking the french to help me, to restore the country, to help the country to recover. reporter: are you convinced and are you certain that no judicial judgment will counter your strategy? francois: yes, i am absolutely sure of that i know what i have done because i have a clear conscience and because i've always practiced total transparency, notably leaving the people responsible for the ongoing inquiry. reporter: good afternoon. mr. prime minister, did your wife penelope know that she had a job as a parliamentary assistant when she says and writes in 2007 she said, i have never been

my life was totally changed by going to france. go and live in france, it was an accident but anyway that is another story. i found myself living in paris which at that time was very foreign indeed. i did not speak any french and then i was meeting all these amazing artists. the first time i saw piaf, it was amazing, i had never seen anything like that. when i saw her she was already quite a sick lady and she just about made it centrestage and i thought, this is not going to be very good. this is uncomfortable for me and then she started to sing and that is when i learnt about singing with your heart and soul and everything else. you know, she sang about love, death, hate, madness, sex, everything, you know, and i had never seen anything like that before. so it was really a learning experience for me, living in france — personally and professionally. in a sense it sound sas though it made you much more self—aware and ready to express your true self? yes and i was also married and had two children. the great thing for me, there was

but most of the army became active in france in 1918. so a lot of these pictures were drawn during the time from about april through the end of the war and because it was the army of occupation there were some that were even done after the end of the war. you will see there are some pictures of the american forces entering germany. but this one is by one of my favorite artists, and this is by harvey dunn. when he first came over, he drew this image of an enlisted man. or actually this is the machine gunner. and you might think that this machine gunner looks a lot like superman because of his square jaw and his broad shoulders and his narrow waist. it was very idealized. but harvey dunn himself was very, very passionate, and this is how he saw the war. and this is how he saw the men. this is another sketch by harvey dunn showing street fighting. and you can see it's kind of grisly and certainly has a very favorable image of the americans as fighters. one of the things that i did when i was writing the blog about harvey dunn was to go back

you are watching "france 24." nicolas sarkozy is expected to appeal a magistrate's decision that he stand trial. that is amidst claims that he illegally financed his 2012 reelection bid. . high-stakes legal battle rulepeals court is set to on president trump's travel ban, which is currently suspended. in reaction to a new law passed by israel's parliament which legalizes dozens of jewish outposts in the west bank. tom: thanks for joining us. pariseveloping story in -- the judicial source says a magistrate has ordered nicolas sarkozy must stand trial. to answer allegations that he illegally financed a 2012 reelection bid. that was a bid that ultimately failed. overspending on the campaign trail as well as funding irregularities are among the allegations. from 2007 toice 2012. he could face one year behind bars. france 24's claire williams joins us now on the set. tell us what is the latest you are hearing on this. claire: we are hearing that this investigating judge was working on the case and believes that sarkozy

he went to france and was able to meet with france's leaders. france had seen the wisdom of walking back. it was impossible to determine what george logan's real impact was. but the french thought there was a lot of impact for his attempt to come and make peace. he became a celebrity in paris. you would think he would receive similar treatment for his initiative and trying to make peace. the federalist were out raged ad viewed this as interference in america's policy. they viewed the democratic republicans as the mob rule to the french american revolution. they wanted to do something to make sure someone like logan never did that again and that ended up being the logan act. a law that makes a crime for a private citizen without authorization from the government to correspond directly or indirectly over a dispute or controversial involving the united states. this has turned out to be one of the most worthless laws passed by congress and i know that is a high bar. something like 225 years since it was passed, not a single person has been convicted

looking to france, there has been gyrations of the bund. what type of layer are we seeing in the way they trade fixed income? is there a greek contagion coming into the peripheral? a french element in the bund? >> there's a bit of general political risk priced into the peripheral countries. i think the background is political risk is being priced into spreads. at the same time, curve shape, you're seeing a pull back on the steepening we saw. so the glass half full trading with trump, a step back from it is interesting when you put the u.s. into the mix. yesterday you had investors questioning the trump reflation story and in the sense saying we may not get those three fiscal rate hikes. the tax cuts may not be forthcoming in 2017, that has to change your view of the fed delivers on three rate hikes. if you don't get three rate hikes and more investors question that profile, how does that move the needle on german bunds? >> drives the curve flatter. we've been in the camp always thinking there will only be one hike in '17. hasn't changed our

what are your concerns about france? francois fillon is the centrist in the race, which could take votes away from macron. how do you play that on the markets? geraldine: one thing we have been highlighting at pimco already, almost from a year ago, was to keep out of france. the uncertainty is going to bring volatility to the markets, and you want your powder dry to take advantage of potential opportunity that may arise. of course, we have a cautious stance on your. we have -- on europe. we have been taking profits in , andds we deem to tight there is pressure to focus on other areas of the credit spectrum, like mortgage backed securities in the u.s., for instance. we are waiting and taking our cues. the base case scenario is still that a mainstream candidate will be elected in france. to 30% have about a 25% chance of le pen winning the election. the base case remains in line. but this is too high a probability to ignore. francine: i showed the service yields, and it is in negative territory for some time. it keeps goin

he had already been arrested and sent back to france. during their search police found more than 70 grams of tatp, a volatile explosive nicknamed the mother of satan. it is difficult to detect and can be made with easy to purchase chemicals. two close friends have also been arrested. the man had already been known to to the police for being radicalized. on the other side of france police searched the home for the parents of the young couple. -- the attack had been planned to take place in paris. anchor: we can speak with the head of national security services at the royal institute in london. thank you for being with us. we are hearing the 16-year-old police, does by this plot once again there hallmarks of a refugee yet for -- refugee? >> it would indicate something in that direction. it is not entirely clear. allegiance to the group and there was a video made of this swearing. it suggests something that is probably close to the sum of their plots. the decision to make explosives is an interesting choice, quitee making tatp is complicate

how significant has this case been in france's national discussion about immigration?very significant, huge media attention, a boost for all those who say that given the right-wing shift in the country, we have to uphold the very values, why people in the first place are seeking to come to france, and secondly, it puts a flashlight on the problems, the negative side effect, if you close the borders to italy, some people will get through. in the past year, 100 80,000 refugees came across the mediterranean from africa into italy, about the same number in reception centers, and a huge amount of these people are trying to get into france, and that is where he says, look at we have to do better than this. these people are arriving here under terrible conditions am a walking up train tunnels, risking their lives, and local organizations like us, but it should be the government who is taking care of these people. sarah: the latest from nice. thank you. elsewhere in southern france, police have arrested four people on suspicion of preparing a terrorist attack. the four aged be

algeria and france has a tense history. north country went through an eight year war for independence. out your area only send of a colony but considered to be a part of france -- algeria was not only seen as a colony but considered to be part of our friends. it has shaped the relationship ever since. many people are dual citizens. he tries relate to them in algiers. as i am not from a generation that had to go through the out german war, even i have to carry it on my back as everywhere here in this room, what matters to me is to build a future which is the only way to go beyond the obstacles which once stopped us. >> the strategic move is meant to bolster the stature of the presidential hopeful, but he is yet to address for this is not have precise enough political program. to northern syria were troops are continuing their push into a c city, the islamic sta's last strong group and aleppo. turkish president says turkish troops and their syrian allies have entered the heart of the militarylaunched the operation to push vis

among the countries in the firing line, france.oforter: the rollout amnesty's annual report in the talking about the states i'm going -- country's ongoing state of emergency. believe the response has been reasonable. protests have been banned, people have been put in confined housing. there have been raids in the middle of the night in people's houses. this is not in line with the french constitution. saying citizens are seeing their rights eroded in the name of security. according to the security minister, 612 house arrest have taken place over a 12 month period. this agate hammer, have been prosecuted. >> if they were so certain and had proof that i had carried out the attacks are been radicalized, i don't think they would have given me access to the airport. reporter: his lawyer confirmed amnesty international spheres. underepresented those house arrest by mistake. those they were under house arrest without any roof. their doors were broken at night , that state of panic stays with you. emergencythe state of will be extended unt

we want to create conditions for you to come to france, orfor you conditions for you to come to franceome to france, or for you french expats who have fled france issued thought conditions were not the best to succeed, to come back. that is interesting, he is talking to some of the many french citizens in the uk, people like yourself, but also he wants french people to go back to france, effectively, if he wins after "brexit". he wants to show he is many face, his programme will create conditions for a central france, to show the opportunities will be in france as well, if he is elected, that is a message he wants to convey, not only to the people who live here but also to the french people. in france, who are unemployed, who want to set up a business, who are looking for opportunities. if he gets to the second round, likely he would face marine le pen, from the front nationale, what you think of her chances now? we have had "brexit", we have had drum, some people say that this could be similar? looking at the polls, she would be defeated by 60/ 40%, against anyone, whether it would be

the 2004 tour de france at a press co nfe re nce him?erence at the book had just come out. i am sitting in the front row. he asked about the book and looks down at me and says, "seeing as the esteemed author was here, i will answer him". these extraordinary allegations must be followed with extraordinary proof. the answer is why should it be extraordinary proof from lance armstrong? he was right. 0rdinary proof didn't touch him. in the end, the united states anti— doping agency got 11 witnesses. they all had first—hand accounts of lance's doping. in a sense, it made your career ina doping. in a sense, it made your career in a journalist, long to have that piece that made hollywood movies and you have that. you found your life consumed by this and at one point, your daughter made a comment when she saw he won the b about lance and she said, i'm watching you on tv while the rest of the family are having dinner, same old, same old. —— she saw you on a tv. was it worth it? i never saw it asa tv. was it worth it? i never saw it as a sacrifice

just as cognac is from cognac and france. champagne from champagne in france.er cut scotland. irish whiskey comes from ireland. bourbon from the u.s.. tennessee whiskey from the u.s.. at the end of the day, we cannot change our providence. anna: do you think you'll be excepted from the taxation increase taxes? is that something you are lobbying for? reporter: obviously we are lobbying for this because if we do cognac it has to come from france. otherwise it is not called cognac, it is called brandy. whiskey's u.s. whiskey, it has a providence as well. it has specificity in terms of taste and heritage and so on. manus: give us a little bit of insight, yes you lobby, how do you lobby the trump administration? is protected designated origin. that is the phrase. you give us the french equivalents. how do you make that was hard -- bvoice heard? guest: we joined a group of members, including walmart and a loss of retailers, because they tax this potential border just as a consumer tax. if your cost of import increases, the only way to cope with it is to pass it on th

they are followed by a all the plays in france —— the police in france, the secret services.e that much lazy in vigilance. the headlines: french police have begun an investigation into a security incident at the louvre in paris. a soldier opened fire on a man armed with machetes who attacked police shouting allahu akbar. the energy firm npower has announced a big increase in prices. a typical dual fuel annual energy bill will rise by an average of almost 10%. theresa may is in malta, briefing eu leaders on her meeting with donald trump and calling for nato members to spend more on defence. thousands of protesters have staged a third night of demonstrations across romania against a government decree that will decriminalise some types of corruption. at least 80,000 people gathered to voice their anger in the capital bucharest, and there were rallies in 20 other romanian cities. our correspondent nick thorpe gave me the latest from bucharest. it is a long feud going back many years between the governing social democrats who have just returned to power and romania's very powerful

this is marine, a new, softer image for france's hard—line nationalist—in—chief.. translation: our leaders have chosen unregulated globalisation. it was supposed to be a wonderful thing, but it turned out to be horrible. always in search of maximum profit, with mass immigration and financial capitalism. her election promises, to pull france out of the euro, cut immigration, and give french people priority in housing and jobs, have won her enough support, polls say, to win the first round of the presidential contest. but, without political allies, her problem will be winning the second, and this time she is not the only alternative party on offer. france is suddenly facing the prospect of a presidential run—off without either of its main, established parties. with the leaders of both left and right trailing in the polls, voters could end up choosing between two political outsiders, one fiercely nationalist, the other with a liberal, pro—europe vision for france. emmanuel macron drew twice as many people to his own election rally in lyon this weekend. not bad for a

they know that france is there along the best architect of the constituency of france in the spirit of france and most of them will certainly not be the first one to leave. if someone has to leave france today is not the jews. these guys they don't even know why they hate them. they're so striking. and in the attacks when you hear the jihadists it reflects that. they don't even know why. they don't even know what is. they're just not. they are just stupid. how would they live at the risk of his blood. which might ancestor not exactly my they built that. how would i leave this country and leave them on the battlefield impossible. i'm sorry to tell you that. i know the american press does not say that. i think i'm right. as may be difficult and may even be a brilliant one. i think the future of the jews in france has to be great. they made them socially contract. they made the demonstration in the book that the very stemming cell the first draft of the french language the language which i speak a little better than english the first one who has produced putin to motion is a french langua

why the name frances.he was discovered around the time of the presidential inauguration they named her after frances cleveland the first first lady known to have kept dachshunds in the white house. lucy, first we melt your heart. then we sneak in a history lesson. >> i just love it. here's the thing, bruce. from what i understand, they're still looking for the person who did this. >> yeah. no tips, no hints yet. still looking for the creep who did this. when they find him, they'll be some angry folks out there. but the good news for that little dog is forever family and lots of folks to love her. >> i love that. thank you, bruce. >> sure. >> love happy at night. >>> the daughter of one of the most influential figures in sports history is talking to local children about breaking down barriers. sharon robinson daughter of jackie robinson made her first very first visit to the phillies youth academy today. she runs program to encourage students to write about how they have overcome obstacles and that includes