yes france is of a winfrey country with the dead to vote on 2 other percent of its g.d.p. and one thing that could have got to move the region indeed up to the reform is the corrie boat. committee which is who are looking at the evolution of mentions and which mentioned that by 2025 there would be a very big diff is it and some measures need to be taken to the you know the 2 buttons 2 by 2025 who has 2000 what if i think is a story in which the new scheme to systemic reform should take place at the problem is that this confusion between 2 reforms at the same time one to one wants to go gently and the other one is about to just if you should of changing over warning completely different fanchon system from the need of 76 percent of french people are fake that the system needs to be. addison died 70 percent say back to movement and the reason why there is such an citee is because this reform isn't been clearly explained to government as a managed to convince people that it would be reform to make the system fairer and where most people will not loose and you haven't saved pe

but it still falls short of saudi arabia's original target hundreds of thousands of people across france are walking off the job 1st 2nd day and 1st day of protests turned violent in some cities demonstrators are angry at president rabbani micron's planned pension reforms but worried the changes would force them to work for more years and reduce payouts straightly and firefighters are struggling to contain massive bushfires and circling sydney the fire service commissioner said they're particularly concerned about 8 fires now to merge and sea levels more than $600.00 homes have been destroyed as the headlines the news continues here in al-jazeera after inside story. they've been bringing the whole thing is a political deadlock since the threats that referendum on the table still to be divided will the general election on december the 12th anything that can boris johnson get the rx it done and where does the u.k. go from here follow the u.k. general election. trains and busses at a standstill schools and businesses closed workers in front stage one of the biggest strikes in decades furiou

tricky is not happy with france. france is quite cross. the tuturkish mamade serious incursions in syria. particularly not happy with the u.s. this is the 70th anniversary summit of nato. it should be a cause for celebration, but there is criticism of the body coming from all sides. benedicte: indeed. the summit proper actually starts tomorrow. it is just outside london. tensions.all kinds of there is sentiment from the french president. the german chancellor quite .ritical the french president is very much in favor. going forward, what is going to be the use of artificial intelligence? what does nato concentrate on? it will be interesting if the world leaders going to to theham palace will go big celebration, while there will be protests outside against nato. it will be interesting to see if there can be any more common ground found. genie: thank you for that. we will check back with you tomorrow to get the latest on the nato summit in london. donald trump's trip to london comes as u.s. house democrats are set to publicly release a report

they are all across france as well.will get a feel in the southern french city of toulouse with chris to for buckman, , who -- w with christopher buckman, o is just ououtside the airport. toulouse is france's fourth biggest city, today pre-much cut of from the rerest of the count. reporter: that's right. ?f you wanted to fly a anywheree if you wanted to take a train? you dedefinitelyly can't. [indndiscernible] genie: you can -- - porter: you can n go to the u.k. or i irela, but there are nott any internal flights. you have a situation where france is -- where toulouse is cut off from the rest of the country.y. the biggest employer here is airbus. all the employees were given a if theyyto work f from home could. a lot of them have taken the day to work from homome. airbus and all the o other prive sector compapanies h here are wondering what happens in the long-term if the strike does go on. genie: what is it like insiside the city of toulouse? isis everyone on strike inside e city as well? much of the public sector is o

france has urged nato to provide more support in the region are trees down one quarter looks into the challenges the french military is facing in easier and its other former colonies. africa has become a hotbed of terrorist activity as deadly attacks claiming hundreds of lives have spread like wildfire. europe will have 2 swords of damocles over its head terrorism and kidnappings but also illegal immigrants since many are traveling through this region following one of the deadliest attacks in niger or 70 people were killed by islamists the big players have even postponed a big summit to reconsider their efforts the president so france uneasier agreed to postpone the summit on operation by kanya on the joint chiefs on health force until early 2020 the 2 presidents a expressed their determination to remain united against terrorist groups and to redefine together in the coming weeks the political and operational framework for ensuring the security of the sa held countries france spends millions of euros and sends thousands of soldiers to control the situation there but with the region's

a court finds france telecom and its former c.e.o. guilty of moral harassment. this over a decade after several employees committed suicide as the company launched a massive restructuring program. we will have the very latest in our business update. also coming up in the next 60 minutes of the program, prayers notre n read in paparis' dame cathedral every christmtma for centuries, even during the horrors of the two world wars wars. but this december midnight mass won't be held in the church following this year's devastating fire. more on that coming up. tay tuned. british m.p.'s are gearing up to vote on the prime minister's bricksity deal this friday. with boris johnson promising to get this vote done and dusted before the christmas break. he said that his government's post to build a close build a relationship with the e.u. previous attempts to get this famous withdrawal agreement in westminster failed. but with the tories now enjoying a large majority, the blueprint could pass s more smoothly toda for more we head now to london and bring in our correspondent,

ferry services to mainland france have been suspended. have been evacuated from their homes. in the french alps, firefighters have been called into deal with landslides. these buses were stuck in some buildings have been washed away. residency the flooding is the worst they have ever seen. — residents say. there's also been flooding in the south of england. flights at gatwick airport have been disrupted and landslides have blocked some railway lines. overall, nearly 60 flood warnings are in place across the country. some areas have had 50 milimetres of rain in less than 48 hours. the disruption is all the result of two weather systems, storms elsa, and now storm fabien. tomasz schafernaker. in the bbc weather centre, has more on what's in store. the weather has been very unsettled, very stormy across western parts of europe for a few days now. this is a storm fabian here as it was slamming into the coast of france, also the coast of portugal as well. in some areas, winds are gusting 120, 140 kilometres per hour and through the course of e

you are starting in france. the country is getting ready for these massive strikes, land this thursday to protest government pension reforms. as that is happening, another protest is already blocking petrol supplieies in wesrnrn francece. brian: representatives of the french conststruction industry have been blocking major fuel depots since friday. managers and workers using heavy equipment to cut off access to at least four sites in the western region of brittany. gas stations either closed or lined with customers over the weekend amid shortages. proposal bynce ---- a the gogovernment to end the tax-free status of diesel fuel for non-transportation uses. industry representative have been invited to the finance ministry for talks. they said they will keep up the blockade until the plan is scrapped. it's going to cost us money, and i have employees. i respect them. i want them to get paid. they get bonuses twiwice a year. i want that to continue. if i can't pay that, sooner or later, things will get rough. they h

nobody needed nato more than france.ly, the one that benefits really the least is the united states. that's why i think when france makes a statement like they made it nato, it's a very dangerous statement. >> kaitlan, he also said he sees france breaking off from nato. that's a huge statement to make. >> it's a stunning role reversal. normally it's president trump making comments like that and other leaders at a nato gathering criticizing the president for threatening the alliance. we're here marking the 70th anniversary and you're seeing this role reversal with trump, the one who is making those comments about something the french leader said. but a lot of this has to do with two things. macron's criticism had to do with president trump. he was saying it was in part because president trump. you could no longer rely on the president to be this unwavering ally. so less of a direct -- less of a criticism broadly of nato and more one that was focused on the united states and on president trump. two, you also cannot ignore

or for france or the companies at stake.ways said that it solution.r the oecd europe would take the initiative at its own level. if there is some retaliation from the u.s., europe has said it would be backing up france. we still hope there is some room for discussion and that we can find a solution. he said that europe has been backing up france and wants a global solution, but friendly, you guys are not the only ones going through with the unilateral tax. cedric: other countries have been [indiscernible] all right -- austria has already passed a law. it wants attacks on digital companies. -- a tax on digital companies and is favoring the oecd solution. we need to create that level , the best is on an international level. taylor: you really feel that europe is behind you? cedric: i think that was voiced by the european commission on .rade back in france it would favor and international solution. at the end of the day if we have to go with that discussion, then europe would be backing france. taylor: i want to go back to the

four and france twenty four .com. to be able to use welcome to a line from piracy on france twenty four i'm margot in these are the main world news headlines the country besieged by strike action the french government reveals the scale of its pension reforms workers before nineteen seventy five. will now not be affected farm workers will get a minimum pension guaranteed and the rest move onto a universal points based scheme this has kind of the strike is. the gap narrows between the two major parties with only a day left of campaigning in the uk election breaks it the main thing boris johnson the conservatives. future of the nhss. the german corporate and labor party support. thanks thanks to she tells the hey there's no genocide in brookline st. my mas de facto president faced the you in court is the crisis the dispsplaced o of a million people made a fatal military crackdown continues . thank you very much for being with us. pensions in front to o set to undergo a major reform announced this wednesday by the prime m

it did they support changing for britain and france? the answer to that comes down to a universally negative view of nazi germany. itler -- hitlerh that americans are responding to. al asked the public, if his claims against poland were justified. 86% said no. wrong.'s demanding is if a war comes out of this, it will be his fault. then, a couple of weeks later when the war began, 82% of the american people said it was germany's fault. virtually no one blamed england or france or poland. it was germany's fault. they are the ones who started this. there was a clear-cut aggressor in this war. this is not a case of both sides . germany is at fault. germany is the aggressor. written and france are defending the victim. so we don't actually feel neutral about that. same two sides are not the . there is a significant difference here. war it was an actual instead of a theoretical war, american opinion shifted a little bit. they still don't want to be involved in the war. they still want to avoid most of the mistakes that took place in the first

the france playbook is usually france is a country founded on revolts, so the playbook is that theseigh public support which then wanes as it gets violent. i think this one will go for longer because the unions negotiate most peoples' contracts. we have seen the protests over the last week or so, and we mentioned this caused chaos for commuters, but not just mentioned this caused chaos for commuters, but notjust commuters, it is for many, many people. some schools were closed, the eurostar flight, schools were closed, the eurostar flight, transport, everything was impacted by this. how long can the french government stay strong, do you think? the economic impact is serious. the french retail consortium has warned the next two weekends are going to be the biggest of the year, and retailers rely on decemberfor of the year, and retailers rely on december for 20% of sales. hotel bookings are down by io%. this is being taken very seriously and we will have to see if the government concedes. do you think there will be some compromise in the end? concedes. do you think there will be some com

should we be allowed to sell arms to britain and france? on all the other proposals, americans stayed where they were. keep the neutrality legislation. don't change it to allow these pitfalls from becoming possible pitfalls in the next war. why did americans support changing the arms embargo? why did they support changing it for britain and france? the answer to that comes down to an almost universally negative view of nazi germany. it is hitler. it is hitler's behavior that americans are responding to. august of 1939, gallup asked the public, if hitler's claims against poland were justified. 86% said no. what he's demanding is wrong. if a war comes out of this, it will be his fault. then, a couple of weeks later when the war did begin, 82% of the american people said it was germany's fault. virtually no one blamed england or france or poland. it was germany's fault. they are the ones who started this. there is a clear-cut aggressor in this war. this is not a case of both sides. germany is at fault. germany is the aggressor. britain and fra

dr saw france has paid to return african artifacts by the get 2020 c. are you satisfied with the progress. political point of view and what have been gone is very few. france has promised to receive shoot artifacts from the 1000000000 republic just asked to do what to give the report to the french president we discussed with him one hour and a half and indeed in this discussion he said to start the process of course it's driven by the true can do do did after facts but until now i don't have no doubt they have made little progress because they have said to to what to do it's do. we have say that the government took over yeah it's right to to host the artifacts because they need to bring in infrastructure etc on that point a lot of people who are opposed to the race issue should make a point or you want that africans would be able to look after the artifacts what do you make of that it's a very bad arguments what will the 1st thing we've done is that we have made an offer. a can of statistics of african musicians under this hour we found 500 museums in s

and france.ying, we will abandon our digital tax if you can get 132 people to agree to something. taylor: how does the u.s. respond to protect our entrepreneurial spirit in the tech sector? laura: that is something we are waiting to hear about today. the u.s. trade representative has been looking at this. several months ago, they opened up this investigation to see if there should be some sort of trade reaction. they are looking at tariffs, some way to punish france to say, look, if you will do this to our tech companies, we will do something to some of your products. president trump in the past talked about tariffs on french wine, for example. we do not know exactly will be in this report. it will be a 90 day waiting period with comments and back and forth. the u.s. is seriously looking at starting a tit-for-tat battle here. taylor: it is notable that they are not ruling out -- -- ruling out breaking up big tech. how would you do that in the e.u.? laura: they are trying to figure out, where woul

it state twenty six of france's crippling transport strikes.across the country everyone is asking the same questions what will make it stop and when. the government has made some small concessions but not enough to satisfy unions an end to the strikes- con key on the state of negotiations. ballet dancers are the latest group to obtain concessions from the government get another profession that will be excluded from france's controversial pension reform plan. first it was public servants includiding gendarmerie police officers firefighters and prison guards because they exercise jobs considered to bebe dangerous the qualify for full reretirement benefits between te ages of fifty two and fifty seven. teaeachers for their pars willll obtain pay reaeasons to offset the effects of the reform plan on their pensions. for transport workers who have largely spearheaded the protests against the reform plan only those born after nineteen eighty or nineteen eighty five will be affecteded y the reform. . truck drivers flight attendants and pilots will be ab

please give my condolences to the families and to france. great fighters, you have done a fantastic job in that whole area. it's a tough area. so we appreciate it very much. we'll be talking about a lot of things, including nato and trade. we do a lot of trade with france. we have a minor dispute. i think we'll probably be able to work it out. but we have a big trade relationship. i'm sure that within a short period of time things will be looking very rosy, we hope. that's usually the case with the two of us. we've had a lot of good -- a lot of good things. we have done a lot of good things together as partners. our countries have been partners in many good ventures. including some having to do with radical islam and others. it's always worked out. so i look forward to our discussion. we made a lot of progress in our first 25 minutes. and we intend to make a lot of progress in our next hour, maybe hour and a half. so thank you very much. president macron: [speaking in french] [speaking a foreign language] [speaking in french] president trump

and france really has further soured relations between the 2 countries. the saudi king has invited katter's emir to attend the annual summit of gulf states in riyadh next week the g.c.c. summit is shuttle to take place on december 10th saudi arabia bahrain and the united arab emirates along with egypt imposed an air land and sea blockade on qatar in june 20173 boycotting gulf states have also sent their football teams to play in the ongoing arabian gulf cup in qatar. a top european human rights official is demanding the immediate closure of a makeshift camp on bosnia herzegovina as border with croatia hundreds of refugees and migrants a stranded there in freezing conditions and there are fears of a humanitarian crisis nicol a gauge of guilt. inside this temporary camp near the bulls me in town of. migrants huddle around a fire to keep warm with temperatures dropping they're facing freezing conditions little food and an uncertain future for people very. big problem there are barely any facilities for the hundreds of people who've been here since the camp w

acting he gladly take to any k. yeah but its use welcome to live from piracy on france twenty four i'm margot in these looming world news headlines. us should inquire he says there is overwhelming evidence. drunken face foformal charges agagainstt the against himself these include a abuse of power bribery and obstruction of justice and the committee chair adam schiff says. other members of congress could also be implicated. tension between michael and trump at the nato summit hopefully thihis annnnoue conflicting versions o of the future of the alliance untrue blade into my dad translate into m macro over his brain dead remark. french president aimed at the us leader. schools intensified by the prime minister of malta to resign joseph muscat is allegedly linked to a suspect in the murder of an investigative reporter that make kind of wanna galaxia . overwhelming evidence to impeach the us president the report by the u. s. impeachment viruses donald trump place personal interest about that of the united states. it'll call centers on the allegations trump tried to push ukraine to investi

david: more taif ires in france -- tariffs in france coming up after the show, but talking usmca for a second. they say nancy pelosi is holding up trade deal, canadian prime minister trudeau appeared more hopeful today it will passat nato summit. >> we had a lot of great conversations about how we'll move forward to benefit workers in all 3 of our countries, we're confident we'll be able to get there, i know ambassador lighthizer, and deputy prime minister free land and the mexican negotiators are engaged closely on this issue, we're hopeful we will have good news soon. david: hopeful, will we det a deal before the election shin. >> a great example of how a politician is speak in diplomatic form. trudeau has said nothing. i am canadian, i can just request againsagainst him, he t. the president does relate more to people, he speaks more off of cuff, we heard nothing, hopeful, what does that mean. usmca, nancy pelosi is in a tough spot, either she denies president's win or does not go ahead and seen as not going forward with congress. >> the politicians are playing politics. you are ri

in france falling blocked roads and disrupted transport. a nationwide strike against government pension reform spills into days of protests. that's really coming quite clearly and you might get a sense of it just. as you can see that gas coming into the protests. people away. 70th anniversary summit exposes new divisions for the viral video for the world leaders apparently president. don't safeguard users from convicted sex offenders guess the beta where the responsibility to protect women is line. we need the company to take a moral stand or at least have some sort of. bill if you can't trust. your own hands. maybe thanks for joining us you're watching the weekly here on our. breaking news for you this hour the f.b.i. and the u.s. national security adviser are presuming the pensacola shooting that left 3 people dead and 8 injured on friday was an act of terrorism an investigation is continuing the shooting occurred in a classroom building at the naval air station in florida the attacker who was a saudi national training at the base was sho

they're not going to be taxed by france. so if france is going to put a tax on, it was totally out of the blue. he had the idea to let's take those companies. they're american companies. i'm not going to let people take advantage of american companies. if anybody will take advantage of the american companies, it's going to be us. it's not going to be france. >> neil: just to be clear, we tax foreign companies that do business in this country. what the president finds unfair in this particular case, he says they're targeting american technology companies with a digital tax that he says is not fair and balanced and something the french don't have to pay. democratic strategists here. susan, he's saying enough is enough on this digital tax thing. he was going to take it out on french wine makers and those that produce all of that fancy cheese. where are we going with this? >> i think he's making an example of france. you have austria, italy and turkey waiting in the wings that have presented their own taxes very similar to franc

nor france.s always said that it would be favoring an oecd solution, but if the oecd solution would not be issued, then europe will take the initiative at its own level. this is what is at stake. if there is retaliation from the u.s., everything is on the table. europe has said that it would be backing up france. we hope there are still some room for discussion and that we can find a solution. taylor: you say europe has been backing up france, but frankly you are the only ones who have gone through with this unilateral tax as of yet. cedric: i said there are other european countries that would be interested. u.k. being one of them. spain has been one of them. italy and austria as well. it is not only a french thing. the european commission has been tax.g it once a a tax and is favoring the oecd solution. it would go for a european solution. we need to create that level playing field. if the americans do not want to go for that solution, we will go for a european solution. taylor: and you really f

president has france committed to that? >> asked the president today we have a tremendous amount of captured fighters, isis fighters over in syria. they are all under lock and key, but many are from france, many are from germany, many from the uk. mostly from europe. so the countries are agreeing, i haven't spoken to the president about that, would you like some nice isis fighters? i can give them to you. you can take everyone you want. >> this number fighters on the ground. i have spiders coming from syria and many other countries. i think number one priority is to get rid of isis. this is our number one priority. i'm in syria more and more the whole position of the regime makes the position more difficult to take. second, some of the foreign fighters are being in iraq. it will be case-by-case. don't make any mistake, the number one for our fighters is the isis. and you have more and more fighters during due to the situation. >> this is why your great politician. that's what one of greatest nonanswers i've ever heard. >> y

it is great to be here in france.have a fairly long relationship, a good one, we have been discussing certain things, we had a long conversation afterwards. first of all before we begin i want to pay my respects to the great warriors that you lost. it was very sad. i got a report on it, we talked about it, and please give my condolences to the families and to france. they were great fighters and you have done a fantastic job in all areas. we will talk about a lot of things including nato and trade. we have a minor dispute that i think we can work out, but we have a big trade relationship and i'm sure that within a short period of time things will be looking very rosy, we hope. that is usually the case with the two of us. we get it worked out. we had a lot of good things. we have done a lot of good things together as partners. our countries have been partners and had many good ventures including some having to do with radical islam and others. it is always worked out. i look forward to our discussion. we made a lot of

here's france minister for transport.very concrete guidelines on the new pension system. so i hope by the middle of next week we can make a very concrete progress with the unions in the strike will be over as soon as possible. one opinion poll put public support for the strikes at 70%, with backing strongest among 18 to 3a year olds. but another poll found that 75% of people thought that pension reforms were necessary, even if only a third believed the government could deliver them. for more on what's expected to happen next with these strikes, here's hugh schofield in paris. the unions and people who have organised this protest today will be very pleased with the result. it's true there have been some clashes, some violence on the fringes of the big demo here in paris right where i am standing, an awful lot of graffiti. some damage done to property but in general a fairly festive and above all very big demonstration of force by those opposing the pension reform plans. the question of course is what happens next. tomorrow

we do a lot of trade with france. we have a minor dispute. i think we'll probably be able to work it out. we have a big trade elationship. i'm sure within a short period of time things will be rosy. we had a lot of good -- a lot of good things. we have done a lot of good things together as partners. our countries have been partners in many good ventures. including some having to do with radical islam and others. it's always worked out. so i look forward to our discussion. we made a lot of progress in our first 25 minutes. and we intend to make a lot of progress in our next hour, maybe hour and a half. thank you very much. president macron: [speaking in french] peaking a foreign language] president trump: thank you very much. reporter: president trump, you have an understanding of what president ma kron was saying about nato? petroleum: -- president trump: we just began discussing nato. what i like about nato is a lot of countries have stepped up at my behest. and also yourself, you're close to the level. they have stepped up and put up a lot

-- us, not france.mp talked about the $2.4 billion of tariffs on french products, his relationship with emmanuel macron, and the u.s.-china trade deal, no deadline and suggesting it was up to him to go forward with a deal or not. you were reminding me china has a pivotal role in how they are dealing with nato. talk to west a relationship between the alliance and china -- talk to us the relationship between the alliance and china. tolie: they would begin think about nato's position on china as china becomes more involved economically. there is the feeling that nato needs to investigate this. for any security concerns that might come from this. we are expecting some sort of statement in the communique that comes out of the summit, but that is an important signal. if nato is going to maintain its relevance it will have to ask questions about what china's engagement in the air up means for transatlantic -- in europe means for transatlantic security. is the relationship between the u.s. and europe changing?

france relationship. well i think there's no doubt that this is going to sour the relationship between not just the united states and france but also the united states and europe you we've already heard from the french finance minister bruno saying that these kinds of tariffs walls as he calls them carried out by the united states are simply unacceptable that they will be a very strong e.u. response and there are several you countries that are also considering a similar kind of digital services tax as the one that france is going to put in place such as spain u.k. and italy so they'll be watching this very closely indeed because there is a real feeling in the european union that these big tech companies simply have too much power and they are not regulated well interesting also to look at a little bit further along in the day when the french president tomorrow michael actually meets donald trump because of course trump there at that nato summit in london certainly made many personal attacks on emanuel mac

and france are clashing over new tax regulations for big tech companies after france announced new duty's for the likes of google and facebook the u.s. warns against changing international rules. also on the show after what the saudi oil minister called a lot of brains squeezing opec countries have agreed to cut oil production to boost prices but the measure may not benefit all members. and startups and innovators are meeting at the car digital show. just to discuss ideas for the future but also how to finance. and how you know yes it's good to have you with us on business the so-called digital tax foresees new fiscal regulations for companies like google amazon and facebook u.s. treasury secretary steven warned the organization of economic cooperation and development o.e.c.d. against overhauling existing international taxation rules but france sees that very differently. right now global giants like amazon google or facebook can decide themselves in which country they tax their profits or regulation the u.s. in particular would like to preserve the paris ones profits that are made in fra

unions in france pulled down the shutters as they say no to a proposed pensions reform. drawn week in amsterdam the industry shows off its latest innovations and tries to stave off stricter regulation over increasing security fees. this is your business. welcome to saudi arabia state oil company aramco is preparing to go public and today we're likely to find out just how much it is worth last month eyebrows were raised after an announcement that the company would only be floating on the riyadh stock exchange and not in london or new york around coal is the world's most profitable company last year it produced some $11000000.00 barrels of oil per day more than 2 thirds of it was exported to asia 14 percent of it went to the united states the upcoming i.p.o. has generated a lot of excitement reason drone attack on the run co facility and investors increasing focus on renewable energy though has left many analysts skeptical. saudi arabia would be nothing without saudi aramco the oil giant posted net profits of $111000000000.00 euros last year the cascade of cash doesn't onl

how ready are businesses in france, do you think? we've got to the point of accountability so they've started measuring their environmental impact, including waste, water and carbon as well. we are moving on to the action stayed so are moving on to the action stayed so certainly the larger companies, they have a bigger task ahead of them but they are in process. the smaller companies can be more nimble so smaller companies can be more nimble so it is easierfor them. smaller companies can be more nimble so it is easier for them. there is a couple of things. number one, whether people will wait for the stock to be unsold at a lower rate and whether it is more profitable for a company to go along with this legislation or just pay for a company to go along with this legislation orjust pay the for a company to go along with this legislation or just pay the fine perhaps? that might be a cheaper option than trying to get rid of this stock. we have seen consumer sentiment move certainly for the large brand houses they want to be aligned with

mean is it not in their interests to try to again continue to study this to put off countries like france or italy or others that may want to leave take what they can do is given a deal in which we have all the benefits of being in the you but without you know paying down by its rules but in the payments and so on otherwise you'll have people in france and italy and we should leave too we can have all the benefits but without having to party and so i think negotiating a deal is going to be a nightmare frankly and also as i said we have that constraint that way where he's already made it public he has to do it within a year i mean what position has he got to be left himself and is he at the mercy of some of the big economists saying we do it on our terms but only i think is is real problem is that he had no idea about the scout of the deal he's gotten to go shake as a target in his 8 years he was mayor he never really got on top of things he did not a great big agenda it was all about promoting himself and i think that's what he's going to be as a prime minister i don't think he's got any

in france blocked roads and disrupt the transport services as a nationwide strike against the government's pension reforms spilled into days of protests. we saw. coming quickly and you might get a sense of just. if you can see the. gas coming to the protests . the way. seventy's on the verse or some it exposes new divisions within the block with a viral video from the event showing world leaders apparently mocking president donald trump. while a new investigation dating apps that just tend to don't safeguard users from convicted sex offenders i guess debate is where the responsibility to protect women lies. we need company to take. or at least have some sort of responsibility you can't trust these companies are. bad you need to take that into your own hands. first joining us you're watching the weekly. and we will start this hour with breaking news because the f.b.i. is presuming the pensacola naval base shooting that left 3 people dead and injured on friday was an act of terrorism investigation is continuing. or as we do in most areas good shooter investigations work with the presumption

but to what extent is france looking to exploit this this diminishing of germany's reputation. well i think it frankly is quite fanciful because the french economy is nowhere near as strong as the german one i.e. think does does a good talk but i'm not sure he does the same kind of walk he can say slightly know what 2 things about nato and about europe but he's got his own problems he's never quite recovered from the she dacian situation he has in that a number of reforms which he was able to do because he's got a lot of majority in that samba nationality but they would also at some stage be french elections he is france in some ways is a great a problem child because we have 4 nationalities we don't have anything like 4 nationality i mean a if be appropriate to the right of whole notion of they would would not in any way gain power so france is not a state of i think the problem we have in europe at the moment is that we have a very chaotic situation in britain which in a year's time could probably to a heart breaks it because i won't be a deal it's a lead has not exactly a st

in france violent clashes blocked roads and disrupted transport services as a nationwide strike against the government pension reform spilled into days of protests. and. find they got tickets really coming quite pleased and you might get a sense of it just down the hatch you can see that more cheer gas coming to an end to the protests just try and keep it away. also in the weekly nato 70th anniversary summit exposes new divisions within the block with a viral hot mike video from the band showing world leaders apparently mocking president. and a new investigation warns that dating out such as tender don't take guard users from convicted sex offenders are gets debated where the responsibility to protect the line. we need the companies to take a moral stance or at least have some sort of responsibility you can't trust these companies to tell you who's good who's bad you need to take that into your own hands. welcome to the weekly here on r t international where we bring you the top stories from the past week. a one day national strike in france this week has spilled over into multiple days

what about you into my comparison france twenty four the headlines this hour. brown's grinds to a halt amid mass opposition to president microns pension reforms union say a quarter of a million marched in paris this to this day the government puts the figure is sixty five thousand seventy one people were arrested and there were clashes in several. major cities. survey destruction on public transport nine out of ten trains canceled a fifth of flights in and out of the country scrapped. and most state schools close to unions have voted to extend the strike into next week. and in iraq protest is accused pro iranian militia of infiltrating demonstrations to with knives at least fifteen people stopped and backed up starrett square does the government shuts down protest friendly media outlets will have a special report snakes and the part . and we begin with an outpouring of anger here in france over the government's plans to overhaul the pension system and these are the same in paris tonight. unions say that up to a quarter of a million people have been taking part

france's digital tax will mainly impact major u.s. companies like google facebook amazon and apple which are traditionally been able to keep their foreign tax bills low the tax when it comes into effect will be backdated to january and cover 3 percent of a company's profits from selling advertising and data the french government is hoping it will bring in around half a 1000000000 euros a year but washington says the tax unfairly targets american companies and if the u.s. makes good on its tariffs threat some $2400000000.00 worth of french imports would be hit. all right even though the dow jones could recover a little bit we're still seeing tough times there let's go to new york where our financial correspondent scott is waiting yes we have been talking about the end of the u.s. china trade war for months now what do you make of that statement by don trump. yes no yes no i mean this game is going on for ever at least that's how it seems well what we know what i heard is that u.s. president donald trump for quite some time maybe had th

we can talk politics elsewhere, and this is very much the story in france.t political story, change that the french government is saying is fundamentally needed because they are facing a huge deficit if there isn't radical pension reform, and the unions are digging in their heels but so is the government. figaro covering what edouard philippe, within the macron administration, unveiling a major programme yesterday, and really at the heart of it is moving the retirement age up. we have seen this in many countries, the un— affordability of pensions and as people have got older and are living longer are drawing on those, and the french want to move the system from a retirement age of 62 to a retirement age of 64. if you want to draw a full pension. you've got to work until you are 64 years old? that is one of the lowest retirement ages, 62, in the developing world. it remains so. the retirement age will still be 62 but if you want to get the full range of benefits you have got to go on to 64. but the move yesterday seems to have inflamed one of the more moderat

needs help also context a lot in this context and in light of the decisions that france will take a big engagement by its allies is obviously something that would be quite positive in this a hell france is involved in acting on behalf of everyone there are other budgetary questions the means but at least as important in our eyes is a contribution of the europeans to operations to the management of prices it would not be right to spend the 2 percent without having actually done anything with the armed forces just at the moment when crisis required her. spawn's and it's not the 1st time macron has been vocal over the issue the french president also criticized nato for bickering over defense spending instead of doing more to help the war on terror and sahil why does france care so much about saw hell as is almost always the case it's about africa's natural resources the border of mali and niger is lined with your rainy a mind so vitally important for french power stations of course it's also dangerous if islamic fundamentalists grow an influence there they would only need to travel thr

of objects to african countries stop request them something france then promised it would start doing. dr saw france has pitched to return african artifacts by 20 twentieth's here are you satisfied with the progress. political point of view and what have been done is very few right france has promised to receive shoot after fax from billy republic just us to do what we give the reporter for the present we discussed with him when i went to have him in this discussion he said to start the process of course it's determined by resit you can do do the artifacts but until now i don't have no doubt they have made little progress because they have decided to to what to do it's do do you really have to say that the government radiates right to to host the artifacts because they need to bring in infrastructure etc on that point a lot of people who are opposed to the race issue should make a point or you want that africans would be able to look after the artifacts what do you make of that it's a very bad arguments what will the 1st thing we've done is that we have made an offer. a kind of statis

in france violent clashes blocked roads and disrupted transport services as a nationwide strike against the government's pension reform spilled into days of protests. we saw. find they got tickets really coming quickly and you might get a sense of just down that if you can see that military gas coming to an end to the protests try and move people away. also this hour at nato 70th anniversary summit exposes new divisions within the block with a viral video from the event showing world leaders apparently mocking president donald trump. and a new investigation reveals that dating out such a tender don't safeguard users from sex offenders are guesstimated where the responsibility to protect women lives. we need the companies to take a moral stance or at least have some sort of responsibility you can't trust these companies to tell you who's good news that you need to take that into your own hands. a very warm welcome to the program from all of us here at our teachers here in moscow thanks for joining us this hour and france one of the biggest strikes in years which was supposed to last one