tell us more about what brought francois fillon and angela merkel together today. nick: this meeting was planned shortly after francois fillon won the leadership of his party and became the official candidate. and angela merkel, a fellow center-right politician, was especially keen to meet him because we know that the two countries have taken the leadership in europe. where waitings for the french and the german countries to come together for an agreement that will allow the ensemble to move forward. there have been troubles in the past. angela merkel is running for a fourth term. she has dealt with nicolas sarkozy, not such a good relationship. francois hollande was marginally better. now she has someone she may be able to deal with. she is happy to see that francois fillon is proposing all sorts of economic reforms. they see eye to eye on the necessity of having christian values in europe without shoving them down anybody's throat, but at least making space for them. angela merkel heading the christian democratic union. they also have a certain affinity because t

french president francois hollande says fighting isis abroad is the key to thwarting terrorists at home. a third attack in as many days killed dozens of people. brazil, up to 60 inmates dead after a prison riot. violence broke out between a rival gang in this facility. ♪ first though, it is now 18 days until donald trump is sworn in as u.s. president. comments made by one of his senior aides over the weekend have caused concern in some quarters. incoming white house press sean spicer said the president elect intends to repealed a lots of the obama administration. specific, butget donald has made no secrets to stanceosition to obama's on immigration and relation with russia. live from washington, can you give us any idea specifically what donald trump january 20? reporter: not really, simply because the president-elect himself has not given any specifics. nor have members of his transition team. but remember the president-elect campaigned on a message of a so from arupture, messaging point of view it is very important that keep people are enthused about the upcoming trump presidency. rep

francois fillon francois fillon the most radical pro— market profiler.o try something else — benoir hamon will try to do a hard plastic left stimulus, for example increasing the minimum wage and shorten the working week. a lot of measures that even... they are so radical they have not been tried before. marine le pen saying to install tariffs and 80 from the euro and even if the european union. —— the euro. ringing back the great old days of the 70s. the other line of fracture is immigration and controlling restrictions. marine le pen the national front is the most radical. francois fillon also presented a tough stand on reforming immigration laws. he would like to select immigrants those who would help france, some kind of a points system. the other groups, emmanuel macron all the benoir hamon camp, or read on the left wing of benoir hamon do not care about that issue that much. the four different groups more or less that much. the four different groups more oi’ less seem to that much. the four different groups more or less seem to be equally large figh

crowdedhis is a very field, especially to the left of francois fillon.enoit hamon is the nominee after winning the primary on sunday. to unite his party, at least people on the left, "le opinion" is saying that there will be a clash. he has to back into which direction he will take the left in now that he is holding the reins. he can go more toward the left but then alienate people in the center, or he can choose a more centrist approach and alienate people on the far left. he cannot have it all, according opinion," and also the burden of francois fillon's legacy. it is depicted as an anvil that the president is trying to auction off. it says, "going once, going twice," but nobody wants to take it there. chris:qwueeewep@1@1pxxxxxñ announcer: this is a production of china central television americica. walter: how w do you inspirere teens to volunteerer? the numbes araren't good. only a quartrterf americans age 16 and older are making time to volunteteer at leasast once a year, so volunteerism is at a record low in the united states. that's according

but it was francois fillon who won, and nobody predicted that.w leading the polls, is a man of bracingly right—wing views. he may well cast doubt on marine le pen‘s values, or even suggest she's not so different from her father. her battle for power won't be easy. she is suddenly looking not as the newcomer, as she would hope, but somebody who has tried again and again to be elected, while francois fillon was prime minister for five years and is now the favourite, the newcomer. she didn't expect him to win the primary. so this is a new battle for her and it is dangerous for her strategy. mobilising people against an establishment candidate will still provide le pen with plenty of options, and the success of her messages on border controls and leaving the single currency may yet produce in france a huge challenge to the european project. joining me now are benedicte paviot, the uk correspondent for france 2a, and philippe marliere, professor of french and european politics at university college, london. i want to start by getting you to reflect on

we have not mentioned francois fillon. and so on. francois fillon seems to be a bit warmer towards bridging then other french leaders. —— vladimir putin. towards bridging then other french leaders. -- vladimir putin. tags get depend on people and francois fillon has become the pro—russian. he differs from mainstream opinion such as it has been up till now in the government. he believes that the sanctions should be eased off and he believes it is important to have a constructive relationship with a vladimir putin who knows personally from the time that they were both prime ministers but to betray him as somebody who is a marine le pen type figure of trump type figure —— portray him who relishes the fact of a strong leader and believes the world will be broken down into handful of powerful nation states wonder those deal—makers and france could be among them, i do not think that a vision of francois fillon. that may be the vision of marine le pen arguably but i believe that francois fillon police are realigning of policy and

reporter: franÇois hollande launch the debate.l were critical except for former prime minister manuel valls. mr. valls: having served the french terrifically during difficult times, especially in the face of terrorism. reporter: putting forward his experience as the head of the government. benoit hamon defended his signature policy, the creation of a universal income for all. the measure was criticized by the majority of his competitors. >> the idea poses a big problem because it is a question of solidarity that we have built over centuries. based on the concept of the wealthy contribution to those who have less. >> when social security was created in 1945, the same as what i'm hearing now, it is unfeasible. as for arnaud montebourg, he stood firm, wanting to tackle unemployment. ontebourg: banks have come out of it, so we will ask them to join my plan to fight unemployment. reporter: they were united online issue, being against the candidate on the right, franÇois de rugy. they also oppose the program to overhaul social security.

and then two more calls later, one with the french president francois hollande, and then the prime minister of israeli. >>> malcolm turnbull. that comes up at 5:00. nbc's kasie hunt is at the white house. kasie, what kind of guidance are you getting from administration officials about the nature of these calls, especially the one at noon to russia? >> reporter: a lot of focus today on that call to vladimir putin. you already have republican members of congress raising concerns about whether president trump is going to relieve those sanctions that former president obama put on russia over russian meddling in the u.s. election. so that's what to watch from that call today. but in the meantime, there's increasing backlash over that executive order that president trump signed yesterday that temporarily bans immigrants from certain countries. there are reports this morning that people with iraqi and other passports were not allowed to board an egyptair flight from cairo to new york because of concerns about this new executive order. now, nbc news is still working to confirm those reports. this p

and facing investigators, french right-wing presidential candidate francois fillon and his wife spoke to law enforcement officials monday. he received hundreds of thousands of you -- she received hundreds of thousands of euros for two jobs she did not perform. ♪ one suspect is in police custody, a second person detained is now considered a witness. the alleged shooter was accused of killing six people at a quebec city mosque is a university student, accused of barging in sunday night when the mosque was holding evening prayers. five people are in critical condition and 12 others suffered minor injuries. more on the timeline of the attack. police investigating sunday's deadly shooting say only one of the two men arrested remains a suspect. considered ason is witness. police apprehended someone right after the attack while another individual turned himself in an hour later. officials declined to give the identity of the suspect and the witness, but said they were previously unknown to police. >> the second suspect got in touch with us. he said he was armed and talked to us about his cri

francois fillon had been riding high in the polls in his campaign to become the next french residentce allegations that he is a british wife was paid large amounts of public money for fake jobs. at a party rally on sunday, there was a show of support for his wife, a standing ovation that brought her to tea rs. standing ovation that brought her to tears. and the presidential hopeful hit back. translation: she has been at my side discreetly, devotedly. i have built my career with her and we have built my career with her and we have nothing to hide. three months before the presidential election, surprise surprise, a scandal has been whipped up. people are trying to bring me down through penelope. i am not afraid of anything stop in november, francois fillon won the conservative party nomination. now this is threatening to derail his campaign. on the 25th ofjanuary, a report that she was paid 500,000 euros as her husband ‘s parliamentary assistant for work she did not perform. that prompted financial loss prosecutors to open an investigation. on monday, they we re an investigation. on mo

genie: on the other side of the political bent, conservative presidential candidate francois fillon is trying to come back from a week of damaging paidations his wife was for holding a fake job. our correspondent reports. >> thousands of supporters rallied on sunday for embattled conservative candidate francois fillon. along the front runner in france's upcoming presidential elections, his ratings have slumped in the wake of a number of allegations that he and his wife benefited from the misuse of public funds. last week, satirical weekly published a report alleging that his wife earned hundreds of thousands of euros for a job that did not exist here it -- that did not exist. three months from the election, surprise, asus scandal -- a scandal is being used. if someone wants to attack me, they should attack me head on but leave my wife out of this debate. police are investigating whether mrs. fillon's post as parliamentary assistant was a fictitious job and are examining partial -- possible allegations of fraud. 2012, she isand said to have earned more than 500,000 euros. but it is ques

caroline: do you think the scandal surrounding francois fillon's wife is hurting the candidacy of francois douglas: it certainly is hurting him. we have seen a notable fall for in theport of fillon opinion polls. he will have to adopt a strategy to get to the second round. this confirms the view of many french people that therir political elitists -- caroline: does it put francois fillon now on the side of the establishment, the elite? is he considered more out of touch with ordinary people? douglas: that is quite possible. particularly damaging because up until now, he is one of the republican party's who had not been affected by this kind of incident. my cron iskable that running an antiestablishment campaign also, but he is really the purest possible product of the french establishment. undergraduate university in member and then became a of the highest administrative cory in the french state, the financial inspector. it is really very frightening. caroline: does it surprise you that none of the candidates have mentioned over the past 24 hours that donald trump ban on some muslim immigr

one of them is france law -- is francois from lebanon.e explains -- "he wasn't shooting at the floor but i was hiding behind the table. if i was lying down -- i was not lying down, i would have been shot all over my body." turkish forces have conducted an operation to find the attacker. in the cast that followed, the attacker managed to flee and is still on the run. the so-called islamic state has claimed responsibility. turkish police have detained eight people in connection to the attack. the gun man is not among them. as the manhunt continues, the firstunerals ve taken place. one of tm was for e 22-year-old policeman shot dead outside the club. morning at of the victims were foreigners. among them, many frothe middle east. but, there were others from germany, belgium, canada. sarah: with more, i am joining -- i'm joined by our correspondent from turkey. i.s. has now claimed this attack. looking at what we know now, doesn't bear the hallmarks of a i.s. attack? reporter: you can call it a typical i.s. target. the turkish secular, upper-m

and theggest the party deeply unpopular president francois hollande will be knocked out at the first round with the conservatives and the far right making it through to the second round. i'm joined by our french .olitical editor marc perelman manuel valls is the one with the most to lose tonight, isn't he? marc: absolutely. december 1, france of alone goes on national television -- francois hollande goes on national television. he decides he will not run again. this puts the party in a crisis. his prime minister, manuel valls, decides to throw his hat into the ring. we have this very short campaign. we have three debates within just the space of one week. round one, january 22. round two, january 29. you have seven contenders, but really there are three main contenders. manuel valls is the favorite, but, obviously, the weight of francois hollande's unpopularity is on him, because he was his prime minister. it's very difficult to say you were different when you were the prime minister. ministers former resigned because they opposed those very policies implemented by manuel valls. it w

. >> now on the right, francois is on the spotlight. the conservative presidential nominee after a scoop by a satirical newspaper. >> that's right. essentially back in the day, francois hired his wife, pen. it. you can see a photo of her here to be his parliamentry sin. there's nothing illegal about this in france but it is something that's frowned pornings especially when you look at the details. over an eight-year period, she earned 500,000 euros of taxpayers money. at times, she was earning nearly 8,000 euros a month. there's nothing illegal as long as it's not a fake job. but the paper interviewed a lot of people that said that they don't really remember working with her essentially. she didn't really lead that much of a trace that would justify this salary. and so this does put francois in some hot water especially because he's trying to come across as someone who is very straight and very fair. and this is kind of casting shadow of a doubt on that trait of his personality. >> china, where authorities are hitting back after donald

president francois hollande has not stood again. not at all popular. there are certainly many people on the left, socialist party voters who are totally disillusioned by his mandate. it is exactly five years ago to this day that he made a famous speech in paris where he said that his one enemy was finance and quite clearly pitched for the left—wing vote in france, and a lot of people thought this was great, we will have a left—wing president. he was not for these people a left—wing president, he moved towards the centre, and there are a lot of people on the left in france who feel they want to complete break and are drawn to these politics of a much clearer left—wing nature. are drawn to these politics of a much clearer left-wing nature. thank you very much. polls have closed, we will no doubt return to speak to you later when we have an idea of what is happening. a woman with dual british and iranian citizenship has had her appeal against a five year prison sentence rejected by a court in tehran. nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe, hasn't been told the full de

the french presidential front-runner francois fillon takes a hit in the polls. allegations his wife took a salary for a fake job. rented -- is threatening reprisal after a supreme court ruled against the extradition of a turkish soldiers who fled after last year's failed coup. we begin in washington where british prime minister theresa may has been holding talks with u.s. president donald trump in what was his first meeting with a foreign leader since taking office a week ago. and the fight against the islamic all topping the agenda at their talks. adding in his experience business had always been smooth compared to his experience with mainland europe. the queen she has invited trump to visit england later on this year. minister mayprime set about trams commitment to nato. >> on defense and security cooperation, we are united in our recognition. we reaffirmed our unshakable commitment. you are 100% behind nato. i encourage my fellow your leaders to deliver on their commitments. the burden is more fairly shared. it is only by investing properly that we are assure

. >> it was just months ago until he -- with just months to go until he leaves office, president francois hollande says they should increase their military budget. the army was struggling in the face of escalating securities threats at home and abroad. at a visit to the air base, the president says defense spending should move quickly towards 2% of gdp. >> to be very clear, today we we have toer 1.8% get to 2%, certainly over the next five years. hollande defended the military operations. the point counterterrorism operations in africa as well as at home in the wake of the recent attacks, the french army is also in the central african public and fighting the islamic state group in iraq and syria as part of the coalition. the budget increase calls on its members to spend 2% of gdp on defense. france is pressure from the united states to conform. president elect him trump warned the u.s. may not honor its nato commitment. anchor: the snow has been quite late this year. bavaria have aof pretty good dusting of powder, making for perfect conditions to teams ofl sled race four people aboard woo

francois fillon has defended his wife's work as "real."his after french authorities opened a claim that she was paid french funds while holding a fake job. >> her work is real. i will prove this naturally with the prosecution. it's plain to see behind this the real question is how to fight the winner of the conservative primaries. >> joining us now for reaction on the ground is claire fournier. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> listening to francois fillon on the defense over this matter. i have to wonder in the post-truth world we're all living in, even if he's successful in his defense, is the claim already out there? is it already damaging his perception in voters eyes? >> it is damaging. it is a blow to his image. if you look at a poll released this morning, out of the people that were asked do you find mr. fillon honest, 67% said no. so that is devastating for his image, because he was styling himself as the candidate tough on public spending. so this penelope-gate as we call it in france is damaging for him. even though she wa

next, francois villeroy de galhau. in europe. ♪ francine: it is in operation day in washington, d.c. here in davos, the last day of the world economic forum, we have been speaking with many has headste and also -- many of state, and also participants. now another great conversation that we have been looking forward to. it is with the banc de france governor, francois villeroy de galhau. thank you so much for joining us. i want to talk about monetary policy in just a second. but first, a quick reaction. what does donald trump becoming president mean for european policies? it is too early to tell. there is probably one strong message here in davos for everybody, including american businessman. this would be a loose connection. also positive elements. going back to what we see from the european central bank, there is a lot of talk on inflation. it is clear the headline inflation is picking up. core inflation is pretty weak. -- long are you ready francois: things going better than that -- slightly better, it is the eurozon

we know that francois fillon in france is quite receptive to russia playing a bigger role in europe.een as a very weak hand, but playing it very well. that's exactly what american diplomats will concede. a weak hand played extraordinary well. in december 2015, when russia decided to intervene militarily in syria, there were warnings from barack obama it would be another afghanistan, a quagmire where russia will get bogged down. what has happened instead is that russia, president putin, has had the projection of military force and forced the conclusion he wanted. i spent most of 2016 going to one security forum after another with western leaders saying we will not accept the changing of borders in our time by force, we will not accept the post—1945 order will be changed. russia went into crimea and it is still there. russia not only shifted the momentum on the battlefield in syria, saved president assad from collapse on key front lines, it's a key player on the battlefield and i was in aleppo during the last stages of the war for that important city. then it shifted to the negotiating

many of the injured remain in hospital, including francois al—asmar from an aunt who says he owes hisis passport. the first bullet came from here. it passed from here, and the explosion, something explosion, and it passed by here. and it come here, but the passport, lebanese passport, saved me, saved my heart. now they believe they know what he looks like, turkish authorities say they hope to find the gunmen weekly and then establish if anyone helped him. we take a look now at some of the 39 victims of that attack, some two—thirds of them were foreigners. well, on monday the islamic state group also claimed responsibility for a series of car bombs in the iraqi capital. the most deadly hit a busy square in the eastern shia district of sadr city. at least 35 people were killed, 61 injured. the so—called is says it specifically "targeted a gathering of shia". all this as the french president, francois hollande was the us president—elect, donald trump has dismissed north korea's latest claim to be developing a missile capable of delivering a nuclear strike against the united states. in a

francois, from lebanon, was shot, but had an incredibly lucky escape. bullet came from here. it passed from here, and the explosion, something explosion, and it passed by here. and it come here, but the passport, lebanese passport, saved me, saved my heart. perched on the bosporus, reina had a prime location, an attack giving him prime exposure. from here, you can see how high—profile, how luxurious the target was. reina was a symbol of the high—life side of istanbul, where alcohol flowed and parties ran late. it is an element of the city that many turks and foreigners cherish, but they now fear is under threat. it is now an urgent race to catch the man who destroyed so many lives. it can't escape from terror. you saw some of the victims of the attack there in mark's reports. we can tell you a little more about some of the 39 people who lost their lives. one was working for a private security company at the nightclub. she was 27 years old, and has a three—year—old daughter. abis rivzi was a bollywood producer, one of the 25 foreigners killed in the atta

calls were made to german chancellor angela merkel, french president francois hollande, and later today at about 5:00 eastern, he has a call plan with australia's prime minister, malcolm turnbull. what do you think of president ? ump's first week in office let's hear from david on the line for democrats in kentucky. like tosir, i would complement -- i did not vote for mr. trump, but i'm very, very proud of what he has accomplished the first week. very, very proud. if i met the man, i would give the man a hub. if he keeps this up, i would probably vote for him next election. protects social security. i believe it was the second debate with hillary clinton, he said he would leave it alone, and i hope he protects that. i really liked the way he sounded his first week. i say go, trump. thank you, sir. is is i think he's a a a himwesome of and them as a. i feel like i'm a pretty open-minded person i watch him back and think of the idea that hillary clinton could have been in the white house with bill clinton, i couldn't even sleep the night of the election. they were going to be back in the

and in france, how about francois fillon becoming president of the republic? it's a guess.the important thing here is not francois fillon, but that marine le pen is not going to become president. this is a prediction and a hope. or perhaps a hope first and a prediction, because we know we can't make predictions any more! and it's also, i think, the end of the french left, a bit like what happens in the uk. i predict, whoever it is, the french left candidate will clock less than 10% on the first round. i think they are in the wilderness for the next generation. that's true pretty much across western europe, is it not to the centre left? it is, yes. prediction? now, i don't know where you're going to go with this! laughter i'm just going to cough and pass it back! it'll be an interesting year. what we learned this year is to expect the worst, and hope for the best. next year it's going to be the same thing all over again. in the united states, people are going tojust be amazed, i think, over and over again by what's happening in washington. outside of the united states, peopl

benoit hamon, a former minister who left in high dudgeon because he disagreed with manuel valls and francoispursued have been to posterity driven antiliberal, and wants a clea n b rea k driven antiliberal, and wants a clean break and a new world approach to politics where we enter new territory and the working week is cut drastically and everyone gets paid a basic minimum wage, to lift people out of poverty. pie in the sky to some, but to many people on the left at least it is a new vision of how the country and the west can move at a time when the research disgruntlement with the state of affairs. hugh, thank you. wildfires in chile are now known to have killed at least 11 people and left several thousand homeless. firefighters and volunteers are tackling more than a hundred separate fires, half of which are still out of control. the authorities have detained more than 20 people suspected of arson. the have been more than 3000 episodes of desert island discs since it began. to mark the anniversary, david beckham has been chosen as the castaway for the shell and broadcast today. he revealed

now francois fillon and his wife are being heard by the prosecutors.ther she actually did some work as fillon's assistant. in the national front leader is trying to take advantage of this. the real issue right now is the relationship with money. >> vonnie. >> former treasury secretary larry summers gives his perspective on how president donald trump will impact markets going forward. here is a look at u.s. stocks about an hour into this monday session. yes if 1% as well. the vix is above 12.5. mark: live in london and new york, i am mark barton. vonnie: and i am vonnie quinn. in politics today larry summers came outagain -- against president trump's immigration ban. tweet, bloomberg data break -- bloomberg daybreak: americas spoke with a professor at harvard university. >> each mark of participant will have to make their own judgment. i am a bit fearful what we are seeing in markets is a sugar high. got doesn't mean they can't higher, that doesn't mean it can't happen for quite a while. i am the last person to be of the claim to time markets. there ise

francois from lebanon was shot, but had an incredibly lucky escape.st bullet came from here. it passed from here, and the explosion, something explosion, and it passed by here. and it come here, but the passport, lebanese passport, saved me, saved my heart. perched on the bosporus, reina had a prime location, an attack giving him prime exposure. from here, you can see how high—profile, how luxurious the target was. reina was a symbol of the high—life side of istanbul, where alcohol flowed and parties ran late. it is an element of the city that many turks and foreigners cherish, but they now fear is under threat. it is now an urgent race to catch the man who destroyed so many lives. it can't escape from terror. you saw some of the victims of the attack there in mark lowen‘s piece. let's tell you more about some of the 39 people who lost their lives. one was working for a private security company at the club where the attack happened. she was 27 years old, and has a three—year—old daughter. abis rivzi was a 49—year—old bollywood producer, one of the 25

and in france, how about francois fillon becoming president of the republic? it's a guess.es. but the important thing here is not francois fillon, but that marine le pen is not going to become president. this is a prediction and a hope. or perhaps a hope first and a prediction, because we know we can't make predictions any more! and it's also, i think, the end of the french left, a bit like what happens in the uk. i predict, whoever it is, the french left candidate will clock less than 10% on the first round. i think they are in the wilderness for the next generation. that's true pretty much across western europe, is it not to the centre left? it is, yes. prediction? now, i don't know where you're going to go with this! laughter i'm just going to cough and pass it back! it'll be an interesting year. what we learned this year is to expect the worst, and hope for the best. next year it's going to be the same thing all over again. in the united states, people are going tojust be amazed, i think, over and over again by what's happening in washington. outside of the united state

the left are so demoralised after five years of francois hollande, that a turnout of 1.6 million, thatind of figure that will give impetus to the winner. they are hoping today there will be a bigger turnout with socialist supporters saying we really need to get behind this to create momentum for the real election. but i have got to say that the mood is very down among socialist voters. they have a sense that history is not working their way at the moment and there are other rival candidates on the left. 0n the far left, and emmanuel macron on the centre—left, they are lapping up on the centre—left, they are lapping up and eating into the support of this traditional socialist vote. that means that whoever wins today and becomes the official candidate is likely to be outflanked on either side. thank you for the moment. rescue efforts are continuing to find a boat containing 28 chinese tourists that has gone missing off the coast of borneo. the skipper and crew men have been found alive but officials in malaysia is hampering the search for the missing passengers. “— the search for the mis

i can quote you francois hollande who has said we will pay.l not be prime minister when we do the negotiations. there is a range of different views. from the spanish foreign minister to the chief negotiator who said on the vexed issue of uk financial services he has pointed out that given that britain puts £1 trillion worth of finance into european companies, if we turn around and have a rational being the differential approach to these negotiations... (inaudible). we need to stop talking about detection is an start looking for the win—win. angela merkel, and others, there is a shifting mood in brussels and there is scope for a win—win scope. brussels and there is scope for a win-win scope. neither you nori know where the negotiations will go. your vision of what a post brexit economy should look like whether or not you get this complicated trade deal. wasn't it very interesting when the british chancellor said you know what we may well do over the next few years as a result of brexit? we make completely transform our economy. low tax, low pub

they include the former prime minister, manuel valls, but not the unpopular current president, francois hugh scohfield is in paris. so, set the scene. these socialist party, which would normally expect to go into a presidential election has one of the main contenders, but which is in this instance extremely demoralised and fighting for its life. there is a very small chance of any other contenders in today's election actually the presidential race which does not mean that today is not important, but it is kind of symbolic of the whole disarray which has overcome the french left in the last couple of years since it became apparent that francois hollande's presidency was going to be a failure, which i think everyone believes it has been, he himself is not running for re—election, which you would normally expect to do, and asa you would normally expect to do, and as a result we have this open field in the socialist party, these seven candidates vying to get the nomination, but all of them knowing that even if they do get it, the chances of actually getting to the presidency are very slim,

will does for the socialist party reeling from the unpopular presidency of francois hollande?rolyn conan. >> i'm very happy to be joined by senator, good afternoon. just like we saw during the republican primaries is going to be the third man who is now the front runner in the socialist primaries. what happened. ? >> may be colder not to be relied upon. that's the first lesson we have to draw. we have an outsider, someone who is in the minority of the socialist party, represent a minority group. forwards hisng with the other candidate who is the outsider for the republican party. though neithern of them are new faces. they have both been ministers before. they were able to present a new program, new ideas, and i think that's partly was attractive. he's a reminder of bernie sanders in the u.s. he's been nicknamed the jeremy corbyn of france. is that true? greg c on the left of the socialist party. therefore, he would share some twohe values that these politicians share in their own countries. >> did you think that former prime minister actually had almost no chance, given that

will this pacify the likes of francois hollande and others who have been critical, especially on theing angle? >> there are the two issues, you pacify competition regulators which remains to be seen. they will be arguing that, saying it helps competition but not everyone is convinced, rivals. hollandeke francois who wants interest rate swaps clearing, to take place somewhere in the eu besides london. it does not look like this would address that. interest-rate swaps, this division being sold does not clear that come it mostly happens in london. mark: jamie dimon had a few things to say about brexit. was asked questions, he reiterated that as many in the neighborhood of 4000 london bankers could move potentially. he said it depends on a lot of things that he is one of the executives that set it depends in part on whether or not some interim agreement is reached which theresa may has not solidified. jobs, up for grabs. >> a large number, some speculation, some reports saying even higher numbers, derivatives clearing could be on the block. potentially big numbers. mark: a busy year for

the french president, francois hollande, has been meeting leaders of colombia's largest rebel movementy. mr hollande, accompanied by presidentjuan manuel santos, offered financial support for de—mining programmes and the search for the disappeared. now it is time for our news review. the telegraph leads with yesterday's historic uk supreme court ruling. only through parliament can there be a vote on whether the government can start the brexit process. the judgement means the government cannot begin talks with the eu until mps and peers give their backing. the guardian says us president donald trump has infuriated environmentalists by signing executive orders that support two controversial oil pipelines. the new republican president backed the keystone xl and dakota access projects. the arab news reports that israel has approved the construction of 2,500 settler homes in the occupied west bank. prime minister benjamin netanyahu said they had agreed to the move in response to housing needs. the independent says close to £8 billion was wiped of the market value of bt, after the uk telecom

french president francois hollande says europe does not need to be told what to do by outsiders, thisfter president trump did that interview with the london times newspaper in which he described himself a big fan of britain, endorsing the brexit vote. but predicting more countries would seek to follow the uk's example. trump also critical of angela merkel for her open stance on refugees, suggesting that nato is obsolete because it has not defended against terrorist attacks. provocative xhcomments going do here. germa >> that reaction across europe here has been extreme to those comments over the weekend. our davos lineup of guests starts now with the ceo of societe generale, frederick ouda joins us. let's kick off with some of those political developments over the weekend. your own president, francois hollande saying europe does not need the interference of the president-elect trump what is your response to that? >> i think beyond what is being said, what is important is that europe in this new world that you are describing with this transition may be doing something more fragmented a

. >> during the campaign franÇois hollande was critical, when we were listening to the speech by to resetmay, trump said terrible things about europe and the chancellor has to say we can manage, and a special relationship, difficult for europeans. could be a good news. them europeans realize that last, they will do things about common -- >> what we heard there, that interview that donald trump gave, almost seemed to be winning the implosion of the european union. and hoping for such an outcome. >> i don't remember hearing the president using these words to describe europe and he was critical about angela merkel's policy on syrian refugees, used the word catastrophic to describe his policies. talking about europe there is a lot of nervousness on this side of the atlantic but in canada where i live, justin trudeau, criticized donald trump forcefully during the campaign because we don't know what donald trump might do on trade. this is an important issue for europe as well but in canada we have a trade deal with mexico and the united states called nafta and donald trump wants to destroy naft

but francois hollande and angela merkel are staying away —— alibaba. alibaba. but for those who feel they ca n afford alibaba. but for those who feel they can afford to tear themselves away from domestic troubles, the world economic forum will be awash with ideas and debate as to whether ever freer trade is now a certainty. tanya beckett, bbc news, davos. well, it is a big day for speeches because later today the uk prime minister theresa may is expected to speu minister theresa may is expected to spell out what kind of brexit deal she once and says the uk will not retain partial membership of the eu when it leaves. us president—elect donald trump says his promise to negotiate an early trade deal between america and the uk could strengthen mrs may's can. our political editor reports on what we can expect based on the evidence so far. brexit means brexit. what is that? brexit means brexit. what is that? brexit means brexit. and in case you hadn't heard. brexit means brexit. i'd ignore the platitudes, the big decisions have been clear since june. decisio

in france, the centre—right candidate in the presidential election, francois fillon, is facing new questionsublic funds. there are new allegations that penelope fillon was paid close to three—quarters of a million for her role as parliamentary assistant with no evidence of her actually doing the job. mr fillon says he'll withdraw his candidacy if a formal investigation is launched. nearly 50,000 gay and bisexual men, who were convicted of sexual offences which have since been abolished, have been given posthumous pardons. another 15,000 men who are still alive can also apply to be pardoned under the so—called turing's law which was named after the second world war codebreaker, alan turing. the irish novelist, sebastian barry, has become the first person to win the prestigious costa book of the year award twice. at a ceremony in london tonight, he won for his historical novel, days without end, set in 1850s, telling the story of two irish soldiers in america. he said he was inspired to write about a gay relationship after his son came out. that's a summary of the news. newsday is coming up at

to tell that to the foreign secretary, who, in comments made in india, appeared to throw shade on francoispared the french president to a character in a wwii movie administering "punishment beatings" after, apparently, an aide to hollande said that britain shouldn't expect a better trading relationship with the eu after brexit. maybe it's a good thing that the foreign secratry isn't in davos where all the talk is about the manner of brexit. 0ur economics editor kamal ahmed is in the swiss resort this evening. lots of reaction to theresa may's speech, but what is the news in davos about it? well, i think kirstie, today here in davos we had the sort of day after the party. i think the speech itself, while not made here by theresa may, went down pretty well. there is this idea at least we had some certainty all the nods and winks about being in or out of the single market were over. theresa may made it clear britain was coming out of the european union, but today, a bit of the hand over, the day after. we have had news today from banks here, hsbc based in london and the swiss bank ubs they wi

. >> among seven candidates the contest was among three foreign ministers under francois hollande. vote with former prime minister -- approach, the stark choice. >> from now on there is a clear choice to make. the choice between certain defeat and a possible victory. the choice between impossible unaffordable promises and incredible left that can take responsibility. coming in third place and illuminated after sunday's vote was former economy minister, who was once synonymous with the campaign he launched to try to stimulate the french economy. voters -- hel on called on voters. valls in the final round of the primary. has beenrancois fillon meeting with chancellor angela merkel. can no longer be complacent about prosperity. >> i came here to present my priorities to my presidential project and priorities to address europe. it is threatened by russia and china. based on intergovernmental basis. that's what we discussed. once the presidential elections are over, we could begin cooperation with mrs. merkel and germany. there is a crackdown on pollution here in paris. a new scheme is

but in battle to european leaders francois hollande and angela merkel are staying away.l they can tear themselves away from domestic troubles, the world economic forum will be awash with ideas and debate as to whether ever freer trade is now with ideas and debate as to whether everfreer trade is now a certainty. tonia beckett, bbc news, davos. well, let's go live to davos and talk to one of the delegates attending, inga beale, chief executive of the insurance market lloyds of london. nice to see you again. we spoke this time last year when you were at davos. there's a very different mood this year given brexit and the outcome of the us election. yes indeed. brexit is going to be one of the topics i'm interested to learn more about today. 0bviously we're going to hear theresa may talking later. but interestingly we're still going ahead with our contingency plans, we're not going to put those on hold because i don't think we'll get any real secrets about what will be in store for certainly the city of london. so i'm here to perhaps have some meetings that will be useful in

francois fillon coming under fire for misusing public funds. another dramatic day in the race after the break. >>> hi everybody. welcome back. you're still watching "street signs." just to mention we're seeing movement in the debt markets. the uk ten-year gilt yields extending gains. the uk finance minister, mr. hammond, saying the gdp figures that were slightly better than expected, they show fundabilitifundabilitmental strength but there may be troubles ahead. we saw selling across the board, safe haven sales as opposed to buying into some of the safe haven trades heading into the trump administration. >>> across the channel, a televised debate head of a runoff vote this weekend. much of the two-hour debate focused on foreign policy and france's role in europe. french prosecutors opened an investigation into the conservative candidate francois fillon over the misuse of public funds after a report stated that fillon's wife received a public salary as his assistant but didn't actually work. >>> at&t adding 1.1 million smartphones to its subscri

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i remember reporting on him when i was in paris, he was part of francois hall on's government.erhaps a flood of them! you are correct, the centre was candidate when i covered the 2002 election, it was marine le pen father who got to the second there was a centrist candidate then, he did not do very well. but i think all the old uncertainties, when you look at the politics are unfolding in this country and in the uk with brexit, who would bet against the centrist candidate who seems to be offering something different. i think all you can say is that there is a huge amount of uncertainty. yes, of course, all eyes on marine le pen. yes, absolutely, she is the person thatis yes, absolutely, she is the person that is making love the running and you cannot help thinking that after the victory of donald trump, after the victory of donald trump, after the brexit vote, the natural thing would be, well, maybe it does marine le pen. but things are so conjugated in french politics and so unpredictable that to try to make that prediction at the moment is very premature indeed. crucially imp