stay tuned to "france 24." ♪ hello and welcome to the "france 24" interview.ur guest t today is s the foren minister of armenia. he joins us from the capital of armenia. thank you for being with us. much foryou very hosting me. >> mr. foreign minister, for the haveweek, violent clashes occurred between azerbaijan and your country. the countries have been at loggerheads over the fate of a nearby region. the latest round of violence has occurred far from this disputed region at the north of the border between the two countries . at least 16 people have lost their lives, the worst death toll since 2016. we have seen a lull in the fighting in the past few days. are you optptimistic that the fifighting is now over? do you w worry it could resume soon? >>>> we have a situation over te past week. on 12 july, we had attempted aggression of the armenian positions by the azerbaijan army to the norortheast of armenia. they were forded. it was followed subsequentntly y missile attacks as armemenian positionons and civilian infrastructurere and populatn.n. we have been dec

all around e world. >> the new normal on france 24 and france24.com. >> hello, and welcome to the france 24 interview. today with this, one of the living legends among war reporters, one of the most famous british journalists. thank you for being with us. you are here in paris with good news -- finally, 22 years after being published, your memoir has been published in french. it is an iconic book. it is translated in french now at the equator publishing company. first ask you a question because in the first -- i you are w writing didn't want to trade nostalgia. what do you mean by this? >> indocochina is a place where corrupted during the war, capture the imagination of so many westerners that were there whether they were soldiers, journalists -- alall of that. and war changes people and changes france 24 me, and i did not want to give a sense that i was nostalgic for war or for the countries i was in, but they were going through the more -- most horrendous time. is a place that stands apart, and marks me very strongngly and marks of ththe people, so in that sense one is nostalgic. >> wa

you're watching france 24. >> welcome t to the france 24 interview. our guguest today is a pakistani ofistian who was accused blasphemy by her muslim neighbors. she spent nine years imprisoned .efore being acquitted this caused the anchor of religious groups forcing her to hide in this country and now she has been extradited to canada where she has been hiding. she wants to live in france to stay with the person who saved her life. she has written a story with a french journalist. she has published a book hauled "at last free." thank you. >> thank you very much for having me. to paris for welcoming me. thank you all. i have said before. and there is your warm g greeti. inm delighted to be here paris. one clarification however. now i have the good fortune. >> was very hot. you decided to drink water from a well and the dispute occurred with your neighbors and it was the beginning of your drama. >> yes, that day i went very picking. know, june is a very pakistan.h in was accused of blasphemy for drinking from the same cup. >> she was accused of making t

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>> you're watching france 24. thousands of turks are gathered in istanbul as it hosts friday prayers for the first time since the 1930's. originally built as a christian cathedral in the sixth century, the building became a mosque and was eventually turned into a museum by turkey's secular founder. its status changed earlier this month after a ruling by turkey's highest court. president erdogan has long championed it which has been criticized in the west end by orthodox christians in russia, greece, and elsewhere. it is a different story in istanbul. take a listen. >> we are ending our longing after 86 years today. we have been waiting for the opening for so long. thanks to our president and the decision of the court, todaday,e will have our prior prayers -- our friday prayers here. >> we are witnessing history today. today is the day that i guess sophia is returning back to its origin, a structure that served as a mosque is returning b backo its origins after being converted to a museum. was over inter istanbul a

i have a strong attachment to france in a lot of ways.he e colonies in vietnam and cambodia made that even more strong for me. a -- yes,at t there is there is a tendency for some countries to try and forget and turn their back on colonial episodes. --the same time, >> the americans were not too eager to address the defeat in vietnam. particularlyans were very bitter in defeat and magnanimous in victory, as weise -- as we saw from the second world war. pages,he most somber some events you have been witnessing regarding the tragic events of people and vietnam living after 1975 going into high seas in the china sea. as a reporter, are youou combind heart,th your memory, spirit, such tragic, because what you are describing is violent? do you live with ghosts? >> sometimes, not as much now because i am older. when i am confronted by southeast asian people, people from cambodia, vietnam, laos in difficult circumstances, i am really touched because i can see in their faces what i saw in their faces back in 1970 to 1975 when i was there, how they

further upset he or for entertaining my request for asylum many thanks to france and the people of france based on the study. my prayers are with you. yes it will thank you very much. 07/17/20 07/17/20 [captioning made possible by democracy now!] amy: from new york, ththis is democracy now! >> kinda framed narrative around these outbreaks is something foreign, like encroachment from outside that invades as an kind of posits as as these passive victims. and i think that obscures the larger story, whwhich is therers a lot t of human agency involved in how we are turning microbes into pathogenic and pandemic-causing pathogens. amy:

john kasich sex named france's new prime minister this is emmanuel maccoll seeks to take his presidency in a new direction ahead of the elections in twenty twenty to. pubs hairdressers and churches will be opening up for the first time in months over in england mandatory quarantines have been lifted for seventy three countries excluding the united states. as coronavirus restrictions are. a german official she's murder trial gets underway in turkey twenty saudi suspects going on trial in absentia including two former aides of the crown prince mohammed bin salman. thank you very much for joining us here on france twenty four first- fonts as a new prime minister junk aspects taking over from edouard philippe after he submitted his resignation to the president. got stacks was the man responsible for france's strategy existing the coronavirus lockdown his appointment confirms that president emmanuel maccoll is seeking to turn his- second offer from mandate into a completely diffeferent directio. but you don't have to be or will you be. today in addition to. all major decision. all of the fre

it was thehe third consecutive quarter of negative growth in france. the economy was already slowing in 2019. the government says it was braced for a downturn. >>>> [speaking french]h] >> a antivirus meant thahat frae did impose one of the world's strictest lockdowns. it means that some of the biggest companies are reporting historic losses. energy b behemoth shell to auto giant volkswagen, global firms are reporting historic losses in the second quarter. a story that is also playing out here in france, hitting the company's biggest company. for renaultlt, sales have droppd by a whopping 35%. the automaker reporting its biggest half-life in your loss ever. much of that loss due to the 43% stake in his japanese partner whose revenues have also plunged amid the coronavirus pandemic. >> [speaking french] >> airbus alsoso hit hard, reporting a net loss of 1.9 billion in the first half of the year. the plane maker n now planning o cut up to 15,000 jobs, or 11% of its workforce to cope with the crisis, a crisis that is also giaiant -- the energy posting a se

the morale of the negro american soldier in france. the morale of the negro african soldier in france was unbroken. and the morale of the soldiers of the bloody war of 1914 to 1918 is the morale of negroes throughout the world." a symbiotic relationship developed between black veterans while garvey actively solicited their participation and leadership. while black veterans responded i -- responded, joining the unia in significant numbers. " we are not depending on the statesmanship of w.e.b. dubois to lead this race of ours. but we are depending on the statesmanship of the new york illinois,"e eighth referring to the infantry regiment of the 93rd division, who fought their way in france. black veterans heeded garvey's call and served in a number of different capacities from key leaders to foot soldiers. probably most black veterans actually served in a wing of the unia called the african legions, the paramilitary wing, which allowed them to make direct use of their military training and leadership. garvey based the organization of the

do stay with us here on "france 24." ♪ ♪ >>>> hello and welcome to the "france 24" interview.st today is an iranian activist. author of a book that was just published here in france. i will translate the title. it is "freedom is not a crime." in it, erie county her journey from an upper middle-class woman living in tehran, to an activist against the hijab, the islamic veil which is mandatory in iran. you were arrested and sentenced to two years in prison. verdict wasore the handed down, you decided to secretly fee i iran thugh turkey -- free iran through turkey, and you now live in canada. how does one go from being an upper middle-class woman to an activist against t the islamic veil? livingsas just fed up w with this double life, living a lie, .nd prpretending everything isik for many years, we were facing violence because of the hijab. i knew a little bit about the women's movement in the west, the suffragist movement. i was very fascinated by those changes. made those now, women in the west can use it. they have almost the same rights as men and inequality. i realized that

and france's foreign minister has called an e.u. meeting to discuss possible sanctions on turkey follows his country's withdrawal from a data operation in the mediterranean france is unhappy at turkey's role in libya. the united nations cultural agency is warning that its name and logo being illegally used to traffic african affects u.s. goes says it's been printed on false documents to certify the value of stolen art some trafficking is connected to organized crime and the funding of terrorism interpol arrestable 100 people have recovered 900000 stolen artifacts in may joining us from paris is the director for culture and emergencies at unesco thank you for your time. can we get a little bit specific what are we what kind of artifacts are we talking about here what kind of cultural property and what scale is this happening. no we talking we talking about. cultural object that are coming from from africa you know that are really important for the country's cultural and cultural heritage for the identity so this are very important te

you are watchingng "france 24." ♪ ♪ and welcome to the france 24 interview. guest is the chief prosecutor of the international criminal court in the hague.e. thank you very much for being with us. >> thank you for having me. interviewer: three weeks ago, u.s. president donald trump authorized sanctions against the icc6 after the court decided back in march to open a probe into crimes committed in afghanistan by u.s. troops and others, a sanctions regime that includes financial and travel restrictions on icc employees and their families. this is the kind of sanctions regime the u.s. uses against rogue regimes, against terrorists, against drug lords. why against the icc? um, again, thank you very much for having me. with respect to the sanctions, as i have e already exesessed publiclyly, it is very regrettte that t the currentnt administran t thisington has t taken position that it h has concernig the icc while the process is available. see is a native attempt to interfefere with the e causef desiredto meet cerertain outcomeses that haveve nothing o with t r ru

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stops enough times that france is threatening to impose sanctions on nations involved in the conflict in libya president obama all macro says it's time for a cease fire and a political solution to the conflict this fall as egypt's parliament approving troop deployment outside the country on monday president of the photo sisi threatening military action against took a shot back forces who supports the un recognized government atocha bottle is live for us in paris what else has president mccomb been saying. well president is meeting with the president of cypress at the elise a and he made a few statements before the 2 leaders went in for their talks are president michel 1st of all said that he believed that the european union should do more to stop what he called provocations in the eastern mediterranean that what i was talking about is the fact that he continues to drill for oil and gas off the coast of cyprus the republic of cyprus is part of the e.u. the breakaway north is pro turkey now the e.u. considers this continue drilling by ankara as legal there are already sanctions on and f

france and germany complicit. who support and majority of the victims of this war are civilians every dean families fleeing the fighting the poor into the region's biggest hospital in also the ca. most of the hospitals in rebel held areas have been destroyed so wounded civilians like these 3 women and their babies flock here they're from hyundai del a city near the frontline. that. the sleekness face. i think i think putting 6000 so most of them. is the 6 month old baby's mother she and her husband have been shuttled from camp to camp to escape the bombing with no need to feed their 6 children and for the past 3 years. there hasn't been to see any money time and again and others haven't found it like this if it is if this is that mines 11. 11 that i. really don't think of that i will do this as i. motherhood to be put out. but alumni in an effort to hash out a one number that sell them. and they're the ones i had them with and then i had them when i met kat and if we had 7 that had they known that i was 7 and 8 le

during france's two and a half months locked down. instead of f the usual world leader rignet terry's some fourteen hundred doctors nurses cashiers and other front line workers were invited as the president's guests of honor. in another break with three in the ceremony was moved from the shows that easy to plug directly called. which was closed off to the public for sanitary reasonsns. itit beganah a march to show google eighty years after his famous appeal from london. followed by you tone down military parade which put forward that soldiers and medics enlisted in the fight against covert ninety. as fighter jets flew over the road in a trail of blue white and red. military personnel were joined by a group of frontline workers including doctors janitor and mask. in a symbol of national unity they stood around the french flag as the national anthem was played. before receiving a round of applause byy the presidentnt a d his minister. the ceremonyny tok place a day after michael would read to an eight billion euro package for nurses and

sanctions on ankara for this france would like to see more sanctions imposed and tensions flared even further just on wednesday when turkish warships actually accompanied a turkish submarine being used for this oil and gas exploration in the area again violating what was said was violation i should say of maritime law and their own saw friction between france and turkey over the situation in libya natasha. yes president matt grass' saying that any country or foreign powers as he called it violating the u.n. arms embargo on libya should be sanctioned he called again for sanctions in that case he didn't say much more didn't give much more detail but this again is all part of this war of words is really escalated the past few weeks and months between paris and ankara back in june we saw france accuse turkey of using one of its

you're watching france 24. the united states set another global coronavirus record with 60,000 new cases recorded in a single day. over the past two weeks, infections have spiked in almost every state, and americans are increasingly divided over the reopening of schools and businesses. in florida, the number ofof peoe dying from the disease doubled to 120 in 24 hours. health care workers there say they fear being overwhelmed. our correspondent has more. >> witith an additional 9000 new cases reported thursday, more than 1% % of the population of florida has been infecected with the e novel coronavirus. hospitals are, being stretched to the limits. nenearly half of ththe intensive care units are 90%0% and one in five of them are at capacity. >> and all honestyty, we don'tt fefeel like we are moving anywhe positive in the right directioi. we felt t od for a while, were able to close down the covovid u , we had all o of the covidd patits in n one floor, and ththn ththis game and we had to open p a second floloor,

that doesn't necessarily mean that the country will act accordingly and quickly so in the past france has been condemned in various matters for example environmental matters for its air pollution by the european court of justice and that didn't mean that the country would take swift action really so it's not clear if this will work for the families and france lisa lewis in paris thank you. well now to the story of a teenage footballer and russia who has got to be one of the luckiest people alive look out for this fleeting moment that we're about to show you when the blinding flash strikes the pitch there you see it at the stadium in moscow even if skinny is unconscious his jersey burnt and smoking his coach helps save the goalkeeper 3 weeks later the only evidence of the strike is a burn zaborowski is chast another look at the flash shows the stunning power of lightning which somehow spared this 16 year old boy. who is lucky indeed and with that you're up to date here on news a quick reminder of the top story we've been following for you the trial has begun of a german man accused of

en route to france by train.oon, anyone travelling on the eurotunnel won't have to quarantine in either direction. it will make a tremendous difference. we were over there recently, we came back and we had to quarantine for two weeks. i am going over to paris today, i am working down there, so the quarantine relaxation is big for me because obviously i'm back in work. people arriving from 59 countries and 1a british overseas territories are to be exempt, although half the countries have restrictions when you arrive there. for those desperate to sell holidays abroad, it is a rare piece of good news. customers that i've spoken to, they are like, "we're happyjust to go on a flight to spain, it doesn't have to be that far," it's just that getting away and going on holiday that customers are wanting. in a week's time, if you travel to low—risk european countries like spain, italy, france and germany, you won't have to self—isolate in either direction. greece is also on the list — although the greek government won't al

thank you for watching france 24 . will be back in 15 minutes with more headlines. ♪ is an iranianoday activist and the author of a book that was published in france. freedom is not a crime." in it, you account your journey from an upper-middle-class woman living in tehran to an activist jhijab.he job -- you were arrested and sentenced to prison. before the verdict was handed tehranou decided to flee and you live in canada. a simple question, how does one go from being an upper-middle-class woman t to being an activist agagainst t te islac veil? was fed up with l living this double life, living a lieie and pretend eveverything i is ok for many years. and thefacing violence other thing is i knew a little about a women's movement in the west. i was very fascinated by those women whwho made thosese changed it anden in west can use they have almost the same rights as men and equality. i realized that those women were successful in their movement because eventually they had the support of normal ordinary women workers. in i

france is problematic france has been accused of violations of the united nations security council resolution 1970 in terms of violating the arms embargo but it's inherent to that so again the power politics of this is going to come for. elsewhere a new battle could be looming in the city of sirte forces of the internationally recognized government are pushing further east from misrata closing in on the city of sirte that's a gateway to libya's bahrain oil terminals a government of national accord says it's planning to recapture the area from after hours forces witnesses on the jna say about $200.00 vehicles moved eastwards from the was the town of to work the g.n.a.s. forces recently recaptured most of the territory held by after ending his bid to capture the capital tripoli iran's president hassan rouhani says 25000000 people more than a quarter of the population may have been infected with corona virus he added another 35000000 could be at risk of infection iran has officially reported about 271000 cases but rouhani his office says his much higher figure is based on research estimates by t

i was ambassador to france. and so i realized a necessity to satisfy south carolina that i would have to resort to walking into the rice fields and grabbing handfuls of that upland rice and then sewing it up into my coattails, and so i left milan, went to genoa and south to france and finally sent that rice to south carolina. if i have been caught, the sentence would have been death by hanging. i apologize for sharing that story with you, but i will go to any and. a new plant, i think it is the most important thing that people can do is to introduce a new plant. your next question, mr. light. stephen: we had a question about things you like to eat. in fact, we had a question about whether or not it was all vegetables on your plate and other questions asking if you like tomatoes. would you care to comment? mr. jefferson: you ask me amongst all things in the gardens, what are my favorite vegetables, whether i am fond of tomatoes. i would like to say i am very much in favor of fruits and roots and leaves. the fruit

for analysisis i i'd like to bring in france whwhen peop's's busininess edition. of brian quinn brian thank you so much for being with us and it's lovely to have you back in the cs on the- streets here. tell us what. the this propose. absolute can on the budget side michelle is starting by reducing the planned seven year total this budget b by around thirteen billion euros i it down to just over one point zero seven. trillion he also wants to maintain the rebates that countries get when they pay more into the budget and then they get out we start to see some of that here. both of those ideas are aimed at the so called frugal for nationsns sweden denmark austria the netherlands. also a plan for a five billion euro brexit emergency f fund and a plan for one third of all u. funds to go to prorojects that. fight climae change now a the recovery fund is that seven hundred fifty billion michelle is insisting that it consists of far more grants than loans all of it financed by common european debt. and coming to you death it's been a sticking point these frugal kitchens

are improvised southern france. it is a very golf spend 15 months here painting he's now masterpieces. there are references to him just about everywhere you go in the city. our look is also home to the van gough foundation which is dedicated to honoring the artist's work and exploring the impact that it has on contemporary art. the foundation often displays bangle paintings borrowed from world class collections. we are asked swiss art historian beach a koori why bengal's works still so relevant today van gogh is dance into something it was very interesting and important for him to move away from so long art and conventional compositions he wants to. build a model he wanted to create art that had an immediate visual impact on him to show and by doing that he anticipated trends that became common in the 20th century and into a list see those trends today in advertising and on the internet sat straight to the message. that he wanted to create artistic tension and this is paint a branch of a tree that crosses the entire

france 24 interview. i hahad the honor of being with the mimichelle mayor who g got nobel prize in physics this year and thank you for this exclusive interview here at the again eva observe -- he geneva observatory where you carried out your research 30 years ago and continue teaching here as well as at cambridge university and you're an honorary professor there and you're awarded the nobel prize last october for having discovered the first xo planet which is beyond our solar system gravitating around another sun and you d discovered that 24 years ago. were you still expecting the nobel prize? >> yes and no. we knew we'd been nominated for the prize on a number of ococcasions. but t was actually quite did not to think ababout it. actually, i learned thahat more than a hundred people werere nominanated every year for the prize and there was a chat, also, in the u.s. scientific journal that shows the time it takes from m the discovery and getting the prize. on average it t takes 30 years 24 years. we're a b

france's foreign minister has called to an e.u. meeting to discuss possible sanctions on turkey follows his country's withdrawal from a nato operation in the mediterranean france is unhappy at turkey's role in the bia . and the european union is reopening its borders to some travelers from outside the bloc this is from 14 countries have been approved for entry these include canada japan south korea thailand algeria and tunisia those not on the list are having serious problems containing covert 19 like the united states turkey and russia europe's tourism sector has been struggling for the pandemic many businesses are hoping that opening the borders will help sell the part of the all important summer season and serious advance and is in the tourist town of mark and in the netherlands from here at the fishing village of markham it's a very traditional village and it's a very popular tourist destination and normally at this time of the year hundreds of tourists visit just village on a daily basis and as you can see now this hardly anyo

just recently in france.nd yet macron has done this turn in a sense to the right to the traditional right by getting allies of former president sarkozy into his government. so that would look like actually a move away from green politics. so it's a bit of a contradiction in a sense. i think he may well be asked about that sort of turn in this interview. one other thing i would look for and i think probably a lot of people will is also the controversy surrounding at least one, perhaps one could even say two, of his new ministers. of course he just changed the government, former prime minister is out. there's a n new prime minister o is a close former society of the former president, -- associate of the former president, sarkozy. the new interior minister is accused of rape. he hasn't been charged with anything. and the new justice minister has come out with some quite critical comments of the #metoo movement. so a lot of activist associations are saying, well, this makes a mockery of macron's entire -- his who

this is the news live from berlin france elaborates but still day under the shadow of the current of fires as scaled down ceremony in paris pays tribute to the nation's health care workers prison in the congo lay out his plans to overcome the pandemic in a televised address later today also coming up. could he be the new frontrunner to succeed i'm going to match cold. spell very nice up with the german chancellor as political observers. plus the u.k. bands are different from chinese tech giant ball when. it works it's a dramatic u. turn that will delay the rollout of britain's high speed network by yet beijing wants london book bag of consequences. chris you want to welcome to the program the coronavirus pandemic is costing a shadow over france's national holiday but still day this is public sit abrasions have been canceled all scaled back in the capital paris for the 1st time since 1905 authorities have canceled a traditional parade along the shelves in easy instead a much smaller event is featuring attributes to health care workers. it's the day when france marks the birth of its r

france has a new prime minister ——jean castex —— the man previously charged with managing france's exitckdown. as pubs in england reopen tomorrow, boris johnson issues a clear warning to the public. this government will not hesitate in putting on the brakes and re—imposing restrictions. the government in england has finally published it's list of countries that will be exempt from uk quarantine rules, due to come into effect next friday. while most of the eu is on the safe list — for those visiting america, portugal and brazil, travellers will still need to self isolate on arrival, and on the way back home. our transport correspondent tom burridge reports. should you or shouldn't you travel abroad 7 now, there is clarity that anyone heading off on the eurotunnel won't have to quarantine in either direction. it will make a tremendous difference. we were over there recently. we came back and we had to quarantine for two weeks. i've got to go to paris today. i'm working down there, so the quarantine relaxing is big for me, because obviously i'm back in work. soon, people arriving from 59 c

people are staying in france for the most part staying in france for the most part staying in francetaying in their masks masks and elco gel. a lot of people are turning towards the french countryside which is so beautiful. what do you make of this story? a lot of people here are also state patient in, aren't they? they are. i admiti patient in, aren't they? they are. i admit i don't speak fluent french either. a lot of people are steak a shooting. stories today at campsite in cornell about that. many until the end of september which is absolutely astonishing and probably quite bad news who was thinking they might be able to book a last—minute state haitian. we did a poll today which showed that half of people of the regions we probably don't even wa nt to ta ke the regions we probably don't even want to take stay vacation and argued to be staying at home. which is probably the original definition of stay vacation is that you don't go and have a holiday at home. in which case you probably won't even have to carry a mask and antibacterial gel if you're not going to go away. this could

the head of france's national health h. also. that authorities are preparing for possible second wave. we don't know everything about the seasonal behavior of this virus which is still going around all public services professionals and workers on the ground are mobile to manage current clusters of infection and to enter a paid a second wave in auautumn or winter. to minimize the chances of another massive outbreak jerram said amol edged members of the public to continue to respect social distancing and away mosques indoors and in crowded places. since january almost thirty thousand people have lost their lives to cover nineteen front. thousands of people gathered in belgrade for the second day in a row this wednesday to protest against new lockdown plans that was set to take effect we can't the protests and after that city is present some of which- act on wednesday. coronaviruss camamp.n support of the move i'm should these the capital bell on tuesday evening chaos erupted as thousands of protesters for running battles with polic

when used d is that us you want france twenty. hello and welcome to the friends twenty four intervieww our guest today is supper akshar try to be that day she's in the iranian activists- she's the author of a book that was just published heree in france i'll translate the title. deeds of freedom is not a crime it's written with the remark as corey it's published by. and in its- your account you're a journey from an upper middle class. woman living in tehran to an activist against- he job- the islamic veil which is mandatory. in iran obviously- you were. arrested and then you were sentenced to two years. in prison however before the verdict was handed down you decided to secretly flee iran through turkey and you now live in exile in canada. it is a very simple question how does one go from being an upper middle class women to an activist against. the islalamic veil. i'm i was just so fed up with- livining this doublee lifa liviving lie and pretetend everything is okay for many years- v. fair we faced why less people are facing wire

france's bastille day ceremony in paris has taken place in the shadow of the coronavirus crisis. the fireworks display lit up the sky over the eiffel tower july the 14th marks the storming of the bastille prison in $17189.00 of the beginning of the french revolution this year the event was scaled back included special tributes to france's health workers. but some of them say their inclusion in the festivities is not enough to save the country's overstretched hospitals as natasha reports. all the pomp and ceremony of france's traditional bastille day celebrations but on a much smaller scale the french president inspected troops on paris's elegant plastic court but for the 1st time in more than 4 decades there was no military parade on the famous charles you say a paid back event because the coronavirus crisis and to make room for a homage to the bravery and dedication to france's health workers. towards the end of the ceremony an unexpected moment a banner floated in full view accusing macro a failing to invest in france's hospitals opponents say the president mishandled the healt

france has a new prime minister there he said palace has announced that it will take over from edward philip who resigned on friday please resignation automatically triggered the resignation of his entire cabinet this week belief was elected as the mayor of law of the city in northern france as a correspondent. in paris that's actually what we know about this new prime minister. yes well the reshuffle of the french government was certainly expected him and of mark has been talking about that for some time but what wasn't expected was that france would have a new prime minister that barely any french people have heard of he's called dexys 55 and he was until now the mare of a small town in the peyronie's he has worked in politics in other ways of course most recently he was appointed by the outgoing prime minister ed wofully and he was put in jail to be put in charge of france's an easing of its lockdown he's called in france mr de confinement that's the way that he was known that said very few people could actually even pointed to what he looks like recognize him so people are really

i'd be interested to know how they are in for sitting in northern italy and france.n made pretty evident over the past 25 hours. one more, such a squeeze paper review. because president from giving that press conference. micron, searching for a new path and a new way with the shakeout. what interested me is i think there were six members of his new government which are close to sack was a. so the right will be pleased. if you read that they are not happy because the problem in in france apart from general de gaulle who managed to transcend politics, nobody has done it before him and of course general de gaulle lived in exceptional circumstances in the 40s and also when he came back in the late 50s because there was, it hasn‘t been on before. the president says he wants to transcend politics but it‘s a lwa ys to transcend politics but it‘s always asked whether he is on the right on the left on the centre left oi’ right on the left on the centre left or central lab. and it looks like he can never win. he‘s got two years left of his presidency. i think he‘s trying to fi

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breaking news coming through from france.hat emmanuel someoneas appointed else as prime minister. we heard that the previous prime minister resigned. that is the update. then you prime minister is a mayor from that. knees, given the role of overseeing -- from the pyre knees, given the role of overseeing the coronavirus lockdown. this is bloomberg. ♪ oomberg. ♪ "bloomberg surveillance.," nejra: this is"bloomberg surveillance.," i am nejra cehic in london. i was talking with christian schulz, citigroup economic director. before the break, we brought you breaking news regarding france appointing in youth prime minister. appointing a new prime minister to succeed Édouard philippe. just a moment ago, we were talking about how you got quite a lot of faith in germany's response to the crisis, the recovery, and also the fiscal response generally. what is your outlook for france in terms of the recovery trajectory? christian: on friends, we are less optimistic. the approval ratings that macron has in the approval rating of him dealing

france's foreign minister is visiting lebanon to push for economic change. says the government must urgently and actor forms to get the international support it needs to deal with its ongoing economic crisis then a quarter reports. he's the 1st high ranking european envoy to visit lebanon since the formation of the current government in january france's foreign minister didn't come to show support for lebanon's leaders who are asking for an international bailout to deal with the unprecedented economic crisis instead shann evil adriane delivered a firm message politicians will need to reform the state and end corruption. the live in ease of strongly express their legitimate aspirations through demonstrations since october and talk to the streets to emphasize the need for change transparency and to fight against corruption and unfortunately this call is not been heard what is needed is to carry out reforms this is not just france's demands but the entire and. the national community lebanon's economy is on the brink of collapse the currency has devalued more th

france's but still they ceremony in paris says they can plan a place in the shadow of the coronavirus crisis this year the event was scaled back and there were special honors for france's health workers but some house workers say their inclusion in the prestigious ceremony is not enough to save the country's embattled hospitals that reports. all the pomp and ceremony of france's traditional bastille day celebrations but on a much smaller scale the french president inspected troops on paris's elegant plaster like concord but for the 1st time in more than 4 decades it was no military parade on the famous shoals in say a pair back event because the coronavirus crisis and to make room for a homage to the bravery and dedication the france's health workers. towards the end of the ceremony an unexpected moment a banner floated in full view accusing macro a failing to invest in france's hospitals opponents say the president mishandled the health crisis in a rare television interview and macro admitted he had made some mistakes at the start but that france was now ready for a possible 2nd wave

a very deadly issue just in the last week or so down in the south of france in your was attacked by passengers who he apparently confronted because of their refusal to wear a mask he was attacked and he later died of his injuries it's a very emotive subject not just here in france but in other countries too but it seems the issue of wearing a mask or not wearing a mask will remain divisive because charlotte our correspondent reporting live from paris. speaking globally when lock down restrictions were imposed because of coronavirus many people found themselves stranded in a country away from home with flights and trains council must didn't stop one determined greek student from finding a route back. i remember i told my dad when we were talking about the floods and how i was going to get home and he said as a joke you know and i said you know i've been considering i've been considering coming but by and he said do it and i said no i'm serious if you if you support me and if you help but i'll do it and he says well ok let's look into it. especially at the start. i was not very optimi

from the costs weak and france's president wants e.u. sanctions on nations that violate greek and cypriot maritime sprays this follows turkey's move to send ships into the waters on an energy source in mission. now ethiopia says it's in a position to test its 1st 2 turbines after he started filling africa's narges hydroelectric dam on the blue nile that's a spider ongoing legal negotiations with egypt and sudan many in the downstream countries are worried about what effects the giant dam will have on their water supply that's been in al-jazeera morgan been covering this story extensively and joins us now live from damas scene in sudan's blue nile state on the border with ethiopia tell us the concerns of the people who live in this area about this dam what how how is it affecting them. well for you 1st of all the biggest concern that sudan as a country as a downstream country has is about the safety of the operations of the ground if you can run as on now the reason why they have that concern is mainly because of the dam that you see behi

france twenty four son of shah k. as this. it's thirty six out aimed press lab to implement much needed reforms as it wrestles with an acute financial crisis. geneva team arrived in the capital a day earlrlier the decisive message from paris. it is very short follow it that be small to be so cool new deja feet room don't. need it to o rotary shaw. in this is set up p those s some guys shoululd demand yeaeah cort none of what a phone. french foreigign during back to backck memeetings with h high r ranking offificials urged beirutt to acaccept a rescuee plan from the international monetary fund. up until this moment talks over the eleven billion dollar program have still there disagreements between lebanese politicians.s. france is now saying this is the only way o ot of this quagmire which has led to a free foreign currency. accelerate poverty. unemployment rate search because the 30% mark and it's these very reasons. cool cool the streets of the past nine months. anany query for t the rm of the political class and an end to co

but there's been a particular focus here in france on the death of a young black man while in police custody in 2016 his name is adama drawer. feel. if. we. are going to be the ones who can choke on the idea multiple way to not be policemen in georgia floyd took away to keep policeman in the hand they seem worried i can't believe i can't agree with. france is a country known for its protests but the sheer volume of protests in recent years combined with the yellow. yes movement that went on for weeks and weeks and months and months even say by the police it's put them under huge amounts of strain they say they only did they face threats on the street and violence from protesters while doing their job they also received threats and violence when they're all duty and you may know that police suicide rates are some of the highest rates here in france with some statistics showing that one officer every day takes their life now she held down on the new interior minister has tried to wade in and show that he is in support of the police he announced just the other day on a visit to police s