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of the france that fights, of the only france, of the real france, of the eternal france. really what de gaulle was doing i think is proclaiming the return of a freed and independent france, taking its place once again in the world community. as well as getting back to the french population the pride of dignity of being france. and discounting that french governments that collaborated and cooperated with the germans. de gaulle and this government was the real france, the eternal france. well, that same evening, de gaulle began organizing a parade for the following day. a parade that was to celebrate the liberation of paris, but also a parade to let everyone know, both friend and foe alike, that de gaulle was the leader of france. there could be no question. and so, that next morning, it was a saturday. again, it was a warm, sunny day. word spread across the city that at 3:00 there was going to be a grand parade. and precisely on time, general de gaulle arrived at the arc de triomphe. this is a photograph of him in front of that paris landmark, where he first placed flowers

was the guest of honor france which of course like every e.u. country has sanctions against russia he said that france was russia's most reliable economic problem there in the garage skippable of reconcile our office and i think the key to success of this initiative must again in its realism you're not going to get rid of nato russia knows that you're not going to get rid of the anti russian d.n.a. of either nato all the. but you might be able to make progress as i say on one or 2 precise issues big ones for precise issues such as for instance the you could have forces treaty or possibly things connected with libya on those issues it might be possible to sign step what is. otherwise. we're going to go to look look i'm going to give the last 30 seconds on the program what is public opinion in france about crones initiative visa v russia now i'm not asking about the yellow vests i'm talking about russia go ahead 30 seconds to you. but i think for many people it would be a good point i mean france is one of the few countries within nato that paste

ability since last july i think the position of france which is of course a new paradigm which is a shift must also be put into consider taking into consideration for very. obvious agenda you mentioned the domestic agenda it is true that as bit as been a lot shouted on this position in regards to the internal policy. this leading him not to have a diplomatic agenda which of course is has been put aside with the presidency of the g. 7 and starting with the g. 7 summit in delhi it's really assessing the necessity to be a president confident president speaking not on behalf of europe as i mentioned been on behalf of the most healthy as country in europe germany is in with the cancer under michael in a very difficult internal policy the coalition between a speedy and who is a bit weak and of course we've seen in the recent regional elections that extreme right as a lot. put a lot of pressure on the council here in great britain the agenda of the brics it is now linked to the internal survival agenda of brian johnson bringing him not to be having a say or not sufficiently willing or bein

when you see it in france. france's announced a day of mourning next monday in memory of chechen racked twice french president twice prime minister former minister on three times math paris. passed away at home after a lengthy illness at the age of eighty six emmanuel michael saluted statesman who. we loved as much as he loved us. and around the world tributes to jack chirac of being paid. the man who made front stand out as an independent voice a world of f fast. them is the refusal to back the invasion of iraq in two thousand and three. it was jack chirac who supported. the establishment of an international plan to legal teams. channel became today france twenty four. thank you very much for joining us we will be paying an extended tribute to jacques chirac marking his lifetimes kerry and controlled the seas. later in this program. the first claims of a cover up in the heart of the white house important developments on the other side of the atlantic with the pressure mounts on us president donald trump. over

france is starving. the allies recruiting french teenagers and old farmers to fight for the resistance could actually feed them. they are getting food dropped from the sky, and so this became -- they needed a lot of female traits to do this job. i don't know that they were better, but they were sort of more naturally equipped, and they taught the allies that in fact this was a very important part of the job that was being invented on the ground. this was the first time this kind of warfare had ever been tried. there were no plans. they discovered that was a really important job for a spy and women were really good at it. other questions. yes? >> how did you come across this story in the first place? >> okay, i'm a reporter, and i had been doing a lot of freelance work, and i knew i wanted a book. i knew i wanted to sink my teeth into a long project. i'd been doing a lot of the sprint, where you hit send and something ends in the paper the next day. and i wanted the marathon again. this was in 2015. i kne

france has claimed this man both as a soldier and as a symbol of france reborn.umns, was the distinction of first crossing eine. they forced the nazi invasion to the capital. one american spearhead smashed into paris after german as theyy flattened reached for the marquis. in machine gun skirmish at the foot of the eiffel tower. [gunfire] [explosion] ♪ narrator: the toll of nazi prisoners mounted. [gunfire] ♪ [shouting] resistance was short-lived, and another haul of prisoners was taken. ♪ narrator: liberation has come at long last, and not even the bullets of snipers could mar the ecstasy of freedom. general the care's armored forces rolled triumphantly into their beloved city. many of them had carried on the struggle since 1940. for four long years, they dreamed of this day. [cheers and applause] >> may have come home again. [cheers and applause] narrator: although present unofficially, it was fitting that these armies found their way into the city. soon, they were lost to the celebration. ♪ [singing] narrator: the spotlight fell reliably on general de gaulle a

france.of eternal france. [cheers and applause] [chanting] >> vive de gaulle! vive de gaulle! vive de gaulle! narrator: the largest square in the world, the place de la swells with its largest audience to greet this leader. [cheers and applause] narrator: de gaulle's official welcome to the capital actually came somewhat later in the day at the hotel de ville. it was here that snipers fired into the crowds. there was a brief carnival of chaos as the troops returned the fire. [gunfire] [explosions] [gunfire] [incessant machine gun fire] [shouting] [incessant machine gun fire] narrator: this incident only served to increase the fervor of the people and sharpen their fire for liberty. [cheers and applause] narrator: once more, the colors of france fly from the arc de triomphe. the week that saw paris liberated was the brightest to date for the alliance, the blackest for forces of nazi tyranny. like renÉe's aunt -- like renaissant france, all of europe will soon march into the bright light of lib

and everything that france is. he was able to oppose himself to the crazy invasion of iraq. here she is paying tribute to him on the others of the political spectrum. this is a page of french history. it is something a lot of people have been saying. he represented an old-school style of politician that does not exist anymore. let's look at a big figure from the socialist party. she championed the 35 hour working week and had a lot of problems with jack charette -- with jacques chirac when he was president. she said he was a man who loved life and people. this is really something, what a man of the people he was. here it is on our website. people.lose to >> he famously loved those --. >> he would spend hours. >> he loved french food. >> he did love french food. animals, lots of photos of him with bulls and cows. he would spend hours tasting everything. people would love him. hehe would get rounds of applaue at the fair. thing that is coming up a lot. stylist he is. >> he was a ladies man. this is l magazine -- this

, push them out and liberate france. unfortunately due to lack of landing and aircraft, they were not able to have both operations at the same time and normandy was deemed to be the most important history. but the southern operations were delayed until august 1944, and that originally took place on august 15th. >> troops began to scramble up the beach. they were prepared for an enemy onslaught. but not a single german soldier appeared. not even a looft soared overhead. mine detecter squads cleared the way for our tanks. german prisoners were herded to beaches to be boarded onto ships. operations had progressed so smoothly by noon the following day a beachhead 20 miles long and 9 miles deep had been established. >> we are representing them during their maritime alps campaign which was after the initial invasion when they were protecting the right flank of the main advance. they were in combat for approximately 90 days from august '44 until late november early december 1944 which they were on the lines fighting against the

the school picnic protest in france over declining living standards descends into violence with demonstrators damaging property and drop a nice to point take us and just and i. know and will be had to bring you a roundup of this week's biggest stories but right now stay tuned for the kaiser report. yes there's the kaiser report on mash kaiser this is our last show in paris and then we go on to other countries almost so excited you know that if i heard about it we're going to talk about it and go talk about the french economy yup they have one here 6 u.s. well in fact this is black september that is what they are promising there are also many people out there who say well nobody covers the g.l.a. zone anymore and that this is a conspiracy one thing you do notice is that they do not appear on the day anymore because the police have successfully kept them from there so paris is a sprawling city and there are continuing to be protests despite you know having been august and they don't come back from summer vacation until mid september but one thing i wanted to note is that there is a lot of atten

hit by the equivalent of an l b d or a flash bang as they are flash ball as they call them here and france where 24 people have lost their i right you know it's interesting this trickle down militarization and targeting of civilians that we see in global conflicts is now happening more on the local protest so you know we normalize the idea that civilians are targeted in a war now they used to be against the geneva convention and used to be against the rule of the war but now this is been normalized and so now on their day protests. you know you also see the militarization of protests in the targeting of civilians with the military grade weapons well actually what you see with robert chalmers piece in g q is there not specifically randomly necessary targeting ordinary civilians they're targeting people who are journalists medics and bloggers people who get interviewed participants in israel asian who get targeted because they go on the news and they tell the story so that's why i think it's quite interesting that the i the eyepatch that i being taken out 24. people here in and france have l

a world war ii unit that fought in italy, southern france. it is a largely overshadowed unit of a war because it was smaller, about 2500 men throughout the war. it was comprised of three smaller units. the 596 airborne engineer company. 460th air battalion. those three units together made that regimental combat team, which the entire campaign was attaching larger divisions where they were needed throughout the war. we are representing them during their maritime alps campaign in the south of france near the italian border. they were tasked with protecting the right flank of the main advance of the rome river valley. that came from the operation dragoon campaign in august 1944. the second invasion of france, overshadowed by operation overlord, the normandy operation. both operations were designed to take place simultaneously. they were codenamed hammer and the anvil. the hammer and the anvil trapped the germans into france. unfortunately due to lack of landing and aircraft it was not able to have both operations at the same time. operations wer

france much more than britain. although britain struggled to defend its unwieldy empire, and france struggled just to old together the republic during the debts of the depression. but when did world war ii actually begin? and what was it anyway? well, let's see. i ran across this in john merryman. john's about 6'4", a little guy. brilliant. how many people do you think died during the japanese attack on china? anyone have any idea? we're talking about a world war now. right? >> maybe 15 -- 50. >> 50? 30. million million people died in the japanese war against china which began in 1932 leading japan to leave the league of nations. the western powers all protested and then did nothing. the league of nations was basically dead after that point. although italy put the final straw in it in 1935 when they attacked ooet noethiopia so the had no respect and no power, and then in 1937 japan went into a full scale war against china leading to this. why don't we know it? why isn't it in most of our books? it's not in either o

next on "reel america, invasion of southern france," a 1950 u.s. army film that tells the story of operation dragoon, from the beach landing to the september august 11 liberation of the city of dijon, about 350 miles north of the coast. ♪ ♪ narrator: the historic bay of naples was transformed into an open area marshaling area. this vast quantity of mechanized war instruments was to be used by the third, 36 and 45th divisions which later or combined to create the seventh army. all equipment was loaded aboard and each piece was checked off the loading chart. the men put in charge represented the best allied military braves. ♪ narrator: fresh from their recent entries, then you seventh army, all seasoned veterans with experience in the sicilian campaigns come marched to the embarkation port. red cross workers gave a sendoff. with precision, reflecting the efficient planning of this campaign, the men marched on board in a steady stream. their faces showed every human emotion. many of them would soon see action for the first time. but most were veterans

france? yes, it's butting up germany? france? up against the european rules, its deficit won't fall next year by as much as brussels would like. but macron is properly making the judgment that it can get away with it for now and certainly with the calls from the likes of druggie that fiscal needs to play a greater role, he's probally hoping he will be able to get away with it for now. there has been an impact as well on climate change policies in france because france was one of the leading lights when it came to introducing quite ambitious aims to cut carbon emissions, but that's kind of been thrown out now because they have reversed the fuel duty increases, didn't they? what do you think will be next, in terms of climate change policy for france? macron at the g7 summit was keen to push climate change policy as a key. that did go down very well with the french public. i think he has to balance at that, though, with the needs of french people, not in paris but in the rest of france, who do rely very strongly on their cars to com

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next on "reel america," invasion of southern france, a 1950 u.s. army film that tells the story of operation dragoon, that tells the story of the liberation of the city of dejon, about 350 miles north of the coast. ♪ >> the historic bay of naples was transformed. this was to be used by the 3rd and 45th divisions, later combined to create the 7th army. all equipment was loaded aboard and each piece checked off the loading chart. the men put in charge represented the best allied military brains. fresh from their recent victories, the new 7th army, all seasoned veterans with experience marched to the embar indication point. friendly red cross workers gave a warm touch to the send off. with precision reflecting the efficient planning of this campaign, the men marched on board in a steady stream. their faces showed every human emotion. a few of them would soon see action for the first time, but most were veterans of the tough fighting in africa and italy. bulging with their cargo, the ships left the harbor to join the convoy being formed offshore. this

enemy in southern france. their valor, stamina and devotion to duty were beyond praise. >> you can learn more about the 517th parachute regimental combat team at 517prct.org. you will find a regimental history, photographs, and a collection of soldier stories. you can watch this and all other american history tv programs online at c-span.org. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2019] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> campaign 2020. watch our live coverage of the presidential candidates on the campaign trail and make up your own mind. your unfiltered view of politics. weekend on american history tv, shakespeare enthusiast michael evans discusses how the bard has been debatesin historical and what lessons might be learned from his plays, especially the tragedies. here is a preview. thinkmight be tempted to that fate is on our side, that are constitutional checks and balances will counteract an

out jews from france to auschwitz. yes absolutely i mean there was there was a whole period off the second world war was shelled the gore. and get a kind of tried to d. culpable is the french about the things that happen in said. that wasn't a friend she was this vichy regime. and that was not employed and so that kind of you know it pushes all to one side and she hike. despite the fact that he was in some ways a goalie starting we can we can debate his of the deaths of his go to some but- that he comes along in the nineteen nineties has no we- we call push this. to one side we have to accept. that it was the french state that was responsible for this and you know many historians who were already flanking the fact that the- the legislation the anti jewish legislationon te anti semitic legislation was put there. by a few she long before. before the third reich was demanding deportations that. that that role for all this was something that that ship hike. was was willing to face up. to and on it was an important moment.

i think it's quite interesting that the i that i patched i being taken out 24 people here and and france have lost their eyes at these the weapons that they shoot are from switzerland and they have laser persistence so the fact that 24 eyes get taken out it seems almost intentional but in this day and age where we talk about big brother the eye in the sky orwellian like totalitarian states surveying everything and also at the same time like in the past week the u.s. department of defense is now going to save us from social media viral stories that they say are not true and that they're going to suppress these that suddenly they're taking over social media they want to control what we see so here they're targeting according to robert chalmers journalists who report the situation what's going on here what people are protesting that. people that are telling this story that it's not not just some random acts of violence it's people who are talking about. economic injustice they're talking about important economic and financial matters and they don't want people they don't want to spread i th

this is the area they were in the south of france. this gives the idea of the more well entrenched foxhole they would have in that particular campaign. when it is as simple as digging down into their and filling up around you, what that could you is protection from the german artillery mortar fire they were receiving where lands were. you get below the ground level and the more cover you have on top, that will protect you from any after mortar blasts. shelter -- youi can only waterproof it so much. they kept this relatively dry from that rain. the time in autumn, the soldiers ran into snout in the end of september at their was -- they had three ages of snow and they found out because this was much colder down on the riviera where they had come from. there were days that they will go up and they felt like a piece of plywood. they have one over here. make a better goal. that is one shelter half, one or two blankets. this was a suspension line like that. soldiers could carry it with them. it would be kind of like a sleeping bag but you c

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it earlier this year. seems, not for the first time in france, it seems, not for the first time in francehe ambitions of a reformist president has been dashed by the french population. we've been here before. but we will stick to the path of reforms and transformation for one single reason... but you've already started u—turns! single reason... but you've already started u-turns! we were elected on that promise of transformation reforms and full overhaul of the french economic model so that we will get more prosperity and more fairness. george buckley is co—head of european economics at nomura. thanks very much joining thanks very muchjoining me, george. george, macron came to power to sort out the public finances and he's been entirely derailed from doing that. does that matter and is that fair? should we bejudging him by election promises when france is a very different country these days? they've never worried about the deficits in the past. looking at the deficits in the past. looking at the deficit over the last 20 years, it's been averaging between 3.5—%, higher than the fiscal rule

that france calls on everyone to behave responsibly and to uphold international law and. france calls upon everyone to preserve the unity of the security council over best solution 1441 go. so we see their strong determination which defined us so his persona on an international stage show definitely a world leader disappearing today he was a very towering figure in french politics how if politicians there reacted to his demise well tributes have been pouring from across the political spectrum we so on the leader of the left wing populist party of afghans are so maize untamed france declared the death of jacques chirac the history of france turns a page let us accept all grieve because there are reasons for it he loved 8 friends better than others have done ever since and for dr we are grateful to him and perhaps are so interesting to the from the other side of the political spectrum and whose fathers i might have been was someone that jacques chirac spent his entire life fighting against the far right mandela pen said though we may disagree was actually hard on many thing

now he came into the open as chief of resistance throughout france.erie had played the game with infinite tact. they held together, they gathered arms and barricaded themselves in. then according to plan, they rose in perfect coordination with the attackers outside. came the moment of final inspection. the leader told the local chiefs his plan. he exhorted the lyon mass to popular uprising. they heard the call of the barricades once again. legend has it that the very stones would rise, and rise they did. once again, in the long history of man's fight for freedom paris tore up of the cobblestones to make entrenchments. paris the eternal stood not only for herself but for freemen the world over. the people rose to the moment, a fateful moment for the entire world. ♪ narrator: with the barricades in place, the scene was set for action. ♪ narrator: intense activity was underway inside headquarters. small units were everywhere. but allied divisions were approaching, among them the french armored division. ♪ narrator: german tanks tried vainly to find soft

that came from the invasion of southern france. it was overshadowed by the famous normandie operation. originally, both operations were designed to take place simultaneously. this is the hammer and the and fill. due to lack of landing craft and aircraft, they were not able to have both operations at the same time. normandie was an even more important operation. as you know from history, this was delayed until 1944. that took place on august 15. >> troops began to come in off the beach. they were prepared for an enemy onslaught. not a single german soldier appeared. not even in luftwaffe soaring overhead. mine detector squads cleared the roads. german prisoners were herded onto the beaches. by midnight, the french commando had been contacted. operations were so smooth that by noon the following day, a beachhead 20 miles long had been established. >> this was after the initial invasion when they were protecting the right flank. they were in combat for approximately 90 days until late november. they were on the line fighting against t

with the support and the help of all of france, of fighting france. the only france. the real france. eternal france." he is the french churchill. or churchill is the english de gaulle. the point is, even liberation war is a continuation of politics by other means. french and allied politics, american politics, british and german politics. it is best to know this. on the others of europe, at the same time, 50,000 man polish home army chose to strike a blow for its country's honor and its country's politics, deciding it was necessary politically -- not militarily. poland was going to be liberated. this is not a military necessary decision. it is a politically necessary decision. they needed to rise. to lose, to sacrifice, to die. to be seen to be fighting for their own liberation, lest they be excluded from the victors table when the negotiations come. we now know there were no negotiations essentially over poland, they were excluded from the table. but they rose. to strike a blow for politics and for honor, not to wait for their liberators to ride inside red army tank

died just what impact would you say he hides on france. fall of french people age and fortunately he's always been with us started is pretty good a career as an argument is to me in 1965 i believe under gore and didn't. preserve the republic in 2007 when he was replaced by sarkozy so it's always been part of operate your non skate either as a minister as a prime minister as a mayor for paris and twice as a president from 95 to 2007 so long and she could care you saw it was a pretty sure it's british and using ordered drinks in the book to rise on the greasy port of pretty big city mean 18 days arrival is with. the killer instinct. object of many criticism some of them really do is kind of lose approach to war and financial riches to it at times but in the mind of the french people he will be remembered as the man who oppose the iraq war and that gave that gives all a different career a joyous political life we remain that and we are trying food everyone left or right is frankly projection arc to stand up to george bush and tony blair at th

do you greatly influenced france's next budget. yellow vest protesters demanded among other things lower taxes. the french government granted them that request. income taxes and local taxes will be reduced in twenty twenty by more than nine billion euros corporate taxes will be cut to buy one billilion euros. this means france will no longer aim for a 2% budget deficit but for two point 2% deficit. when countries like germany sweden the netherlands and portugal glad to have no deficit at all. france's national debt will remain one of the heaviest in europe after italy with almost 1100% of its gdp. on the bright side france has one of the highest growth rates among its neighbors with one point 3% when germany is expected to stagnate at zero point five percent. overall growth in the e. u. remains low taking a hit from international trade wars including the one between the us and china and concerns link to brags it. france's government has found a reason to rejoice though this week it's revealed it raised an unexpected extra two billi

science fiction saga star wars on popular culture still resonates today in france the force is particularly strong and it's fuelling a lightsaber dueling trend. and in our series planet berlin we need an all of a mongolian ex-pat tunes and warming up the german capital with finest kashmir from her homeland. well outside germany people might struggle to understand his significance spot or don't lend him back 73 and still rocking is a living legend in this country he was the 1st guy for instance who dared to make german language rock music and he pioneered a certain political stance unique in its critique of post-war german division well that's why a new exhibition of his art work in lights is a very big deal and he opened it as auto only does rocking for world peace. german rock star you don't lyndon bag night in like city but not in a packed stadium. stand he's performing at the city's fine art museum he's showcasing his own paintings and other artifacts to document his form of activism against the berlin wall from the 1970 s. onwards the west german artists campaigned against germany's div

france is number one in the world in luxury it's because of these leather workshops. in. this region and western france was once renowned for its leather industry some 400 factories once made shoes that were distributed across the entire country in the 1990 s. production moved to countries with lower wages only a museum remains to tell the story of a golden age he did worked in the industry for 44 years. if they'd foreseen the crisis a bit earlier we might have turned towards luxury goods because we had the expertise and if we'd gone into luxury goods we could have charged higher prices i think if we had we could have maybe held our own for much longer i don't know the factory worked out didn't survive but now the tradition is espoused is being revived thanks to a global brand keen to maintain its image for quality and craftsmanship and the highly skilled work comes with a hefty price tag about like this will set you back well over $3000.00 euros business appears to be going well lou if we tom was planning to take on another 1500 workers in france over the coming year

not only people from rural france, traditional france paying tribute to him but people from all walks of life and all kinds of origins. >> you would agree that jacques chirac, you would agree with mark? >> i would agree with what has just been said. i would add something. that is that people only discovered late in the day that jacques chirac had a hidden dimension. it was a bit of a mystery part ofhe was clearly the act of hiding. extraordinarily -- a man of extraordinary culture. he was nearly professionally on the cultures of japan. i think he did 67 trips to japan over the decade. 67. he was a specialist of ancient chinese poetry. peoplesaid by one of the , your correspondent, spoke quite a bit of russian. inward artledge of of the peoples of the far north. and of african art. had his a man who culture. it was a deep culture. -- who h hid his culture. it w a a deep culture.. it was well hidden. >> why did he feel l the need to hide his cululture d during his political l career? >> there may be two answers. the two may go together. one answer is he believed this to be, how to put i

not for that but we have a lot of problem in that i don't know if you remember a long time ago in france we had a french prime minister pardon me still work out and he said long time ago and he was a socialist and he was a very open minded socialist and very pro immigrant and he said once we cannot we cannot horse all the means that we afterward in france that's that's the thing i'm going to tell you once just. a big. fast story about the immigration i had once you know i'm a lawyer so i had once a client claiming that he was he wanted asylum in europe because he was gay in zimbabwe so he came to he came to france and he sustained that as again he wanted to have asylum in europe and when the commission went through the questioning about him to know if it's true or not they found out that it's not true so that the problem here is that more stuff the meek events come to europe because they want to have a better life which is which is understandable from their point of view but as a european here in france we have like 6000000 unemployed so what are we going to do what we're going to do wit

frances: mr. secretary, two questions. because we are going to wrap up and let you get back to work. one, there is consideration of moving the secret service, which was moved from treasury into d.h.s. with the establishment of the department. i understand secretary mnuchin is looking to take them back. where is that, and when do you expect it to happen? sec. mcaleenan: i understand the interest to be associated with the finest law enforcement professionals in the world. my eyes have been open further to just how tremendous a group of people they are. of course, this week, they have u.n.g.a., they have the elections swinging into full flower, and of course, doing their regular missions at the same time. there is deep interaction both with treasury on financial investigations and cyber, and across the homeland security enterprise. i will be a huge supporter of them regardless of where they are housed and funded in the federal government, but we are always looking for opportunities to tighten and align the best possible way.

france and russia. possible first head to head between the senior diplomats since ties are broken off of the moscow's annexation. of the ukrainian crimea province in spite of the meeting the u. sanctions looks set to continue. joe says as far as he's concerned the peace talks on afghanistan our dad afghan president ashraf ghani made it when you call for peace this monday please just the taliban must observe a ceasefire. god is trying to regain a hold on the peace process find the surprise collapse of talks between. the united states and the militants. thank you very much for b being with us that has been a day of developments in the united kingdom. over breaks it british prime minister first announcing parliament is to be suspended for five weeks from now boris johnson declaration. was immediately condemned by the leader of the opposition charm recorded as disgraceful corbin accusising johnson of running away. meanwhile the man who's been keeping the mps in order has announced that he's calling it a day

his death that he was a great french when he said he was a man who embodied france he loved us as muchas we loved him says so many tributes coming in jacques chirac and it gives a sense of how well formerly he is remembered by not just the french people but also the french establishment just seeing some of the figures who come along to this memorial service today since that day a hugely packed environment for those people wishing to show their last respects to france's former president a man who served 2 terms in office the last president to do so because of course since then we had nicolas sarkozy a president or loans who both only serve one term each and of course president not gone is in his 1st term at the moment jacques chirac a man who died on $86.00 he died at 86 years old at president putin we just hearing has come out of the plane here in france which means that he will be at this ceremony in the next hour asserted to pay those tributes to his great personal friend jacques chirac that latest update president putin of russia has left his plane he's here in france and he will be