new rochelle was founded by french huguenot, that is french huguenots not permitted to settle it in french canada itself. that was reserved for catholics. i am bringing this up because there was a big french world out there. anyone who knows anything about american history knows that is a big french colonial history with a big world out there. in the 17th century, very evolving and very much the product of competing visions including relationships with native americans, industry, trade, and administrative colonial structure as well as religious issues and how religion would pay part in the french colonial enterprise. it is a larger french world i am addressing today. it is briefly made larger by the workouts jacques marquette and luis is juliet so let me talk about what they were doing in the 17th century. we are having some technical difficulties but david prepared this flyer and happen to include two images i planned to talk about. it was an image of louis jolliet, there is removal of the hair typical of males and 19 century. we don't have an image we can rely on but we do not know what

the french.it happened before, we'll make a good, instead they tried to work on the french and say, join the english, we can use men of your talent, and we will make it your worth your while. but the point i make to my statement said anyone i speak to is that he was never exploring for exploration sake, nobody did that. he was exploring for business possibilities, and he was fighting them wherever he looked. he had a talent for exploiting geography, for exploiting his knowledge of how waterways work, and how people and goods and manufacturers could be moved around and used to benefit new france and his affiliated industries and families. so that is always what his eye is toward. part-time comedy is a professor. he is a part-time professor of river line history at the college of quÉbec, the jesuit college where it all started for him. but it is not enough for him. he usually ends up filtering back. even having these connections, this influence, this money, he too dies in obscurity. so these two me

this is due to be a news live from berlin the french president and i know my call is about to unveil his plan for major reforms the issues range from money matters to fighting terrorism but after heavy election losses will germany's uncle michael be able to help with his wish list we'll go live to paris. i'm sumi so much going to thank you for joining us we have a daniel schweitzer as well here from the german council on foreign relations because french president manuel mccall is set to deliver a key speech on his vision for the european union in a few moments a crowd has been gathering at the sorbonne university where he will soon speak he is expected to call for more cooperation on money matters and on terrorism and we will have a live coverage of that address by the french president we're just waiting for him to take the podium there in there said this is a speech that has been long awaited because mental mccaughan campaigned on a promise to reform the e.u. but he has been waiting until after the german elections to unveil his proposals let's talk about what to expect with daniela

the french caribbean island was battered by hurricane irma. mainland france bracing for a day of strikes and protests against the president's flagship labor reforms. he is hoping that will bring down france's record high unemployment. and pressure growing on vermont to try and end violence that send more than 370,000 rohingya muslims free -- fleeing into bangladesh over the past two weeks. up, in business, u.s. banks and insurers are breathing a sigh of believe as damage from hurricane irma comes in under expectations. and a giant mexican toddler over the border wall with the u.s.. more on the installation with the artist. first in france, protesters are back in the streets today. unionsfrance's biggest and left-wing voters are fighting the president's new labor reforms. there are due to be over 150 protests across the country in cities like marseille, nice, lyon, and nantes. now inat that protest the heart of paris. what more can you tell us about what is happening there so far one hour before this is due to begin? go beforene hour to these p

children here i spoke to many french people. on to of course couldn't get back to that homes because what the police needed to do today. immediately was to try and make. my e. d.. . not just that you know on stable anymore before they can actually do more work up on who and what is behind. a this attacks so yes there is a sense of vigilance alertness on that is very much what the pieces awskie anybody on that train that sort of thing suspicious or. sees anything else suspicious are here in london touchy sending the cctv to text message or cool a terrorist. hotline zour sense of. concern here both with the authorities i'm with the population but overall a sense of calm tonight in london because the worst has very clearly. been avoided. political the reporting now from london. lebanese prime is the to resume a has hit back at the us president donald trump that's off the trump fired off a series of tweets about this morning's attack in london. one of which apply to the british authorities had missed an opportunity to prevent it. lo

french civil protection agency says no serious damage has been caused by hurricane maria in the frenchilles. but power was knocked out in waterloo which made mitigations difficult. makes his first ever addressed to the u.n. general assembly today. the u.s. president has often criticized the u.n. in the past and he spent monday in a pre-meeting trying to drum up support for cuts in budget and your accuracy. severale will be one of leaders addressing the full u.n. body. york withive to new our correspondent. this is his first ever speech to the u.n., a group e has repeated the criticized in the past. what can we expect today? reporter: a much-anticipated speech here. that is what all of the buzz is going to be about. we expect trump to make the case against global governance in the world's most multilateral forum, here at the united nations. so interesting to see how that will go down. nationalisticng a speech in which he demonizes certain countries, namely iran and north korea. what will he say about north korea? he has threatened that they will they don'tnd fury if abandon their nuclea

the ceo would still be french. the new company has promised to keep french jobs save for four years, but workers are still worried. the french finance minister believes it's a good deal. >> we have some very strong guarantees for the preservation of wrench jobs, guarantees for governance and leadership, therantees for quarters and stock listings, but most of all, guarantees that all of. 's french sites will remain open. 5%.hares in all stem up slightly more muted reaction in frankfurt, where shares in siemens are outlined generally less than 2%. gains across london, paris, and frankfurt. >> the british and canadian governments have criticized decisions about trey terrace. 220%e u.s. wants to slap a tariff on aircraft made by bombarding ap washington says the company benefited from unfair state subsidies. a fifil ruling i is not due untl december. inbard ea's jets are made canada and ireland. are 4000 in northern ireland. theresa may has expressed her disappointment. >> some news on twitter, working on a new tragedy

genie: the french paper has a story about a french company that has been giving payouts to the islamic state group. >> the french daily is following up on the story they broke in june. they discovered the french cement manufacturer lafarge paid the islamic state group to keep their factory in syria open after the jihadist group took over the region. it's a very expensive factory to build. they wanted to get money out of it. the french government investigation found that the government knew about the payments to the islamic state group. lafargend point was didn't tell the government exactly how much cash they were giving to the jihadists. the investigation says around 20,000 euro's were being paid per month to the group. the work of photojournalism about chocolate manufacturing in africa. the images are incredibly striking. and the story that goes with them as well. four years ago a photographer started documenting women who make charcoal in senegal. it is backbreaking work. the photographer explains she didn't last a single day trying to do it before falling ill because of the dust and

a french perspective on international issues. >> the programming will be exactly the same.ews every half hour and up dates on major news every order our. news,will be culture, sports, and all of the same documentaries and special reports. continues to expand to ourin bogota, -- .eam in bogota the spanish version of the france 24 website will keep you informed 24 hours a day. joining me live on set now is gaspard estrada, a a member of r spanish channel's advisory board. basically, he has been there from the beginning. let's start with the basics. why was the spanish channel created? fulfilling? it >> i think latin america isntries, where france 24 located and has influence, such as the middle east or africa, in latin america, you have a strong media landscape. a sickly, you have it into parties. the first party, the most dominant, is related to all of the privately owned media channels and newsgroups that are very strong in latin america, global inlevisa brazil. engines which are depicted in the discourse and the message of these news outlets. on the other side, you'll have

news live from berlin french president emmanuel mccraw issues are rallying cry for european unity and your president said he was too slow to weaken to any fish and he called for a joint military intervention force more unity on immigration and border security on for a common eurozone budget how will that go down in frogs and indeed the rest of the e.u. was on the program germany's angela machall begins the tricky task of forming a new governing coalition a three way alliance maybe her only option but what does allow her to deliver the stable government she has promised the german think. maybe top of the bundesliga but i face a huge challenge tonight in the champions the in champions league time and champions league title holders well madrid. on field guy welcome to the program french president emanuel not cry he's delivering his long awaited speech on his vision for the european union addressing a crowd of the soul bone university in paris he described current you systems as weak slow and in effect if he's called for a shed budget for the eurozone he also proposed more european cooper

cities eleven people were killed on the french part of the island which is a largely uninhabitable french government has been criticized over its response to the disaster. including many residents who said that france fell through school and order on the island this was a house. initially excluded. days after irma made landfall. presidents has also touch down. the menu and my colon didn't a new place to hurricane his french caribbean territorie. with a message of hope. and of solidarity. see if you can afford it we can assume it's all moved from the entire nation that stands alongside. those who have lost everything sometimes even the love one. alongside the victims. and their families. and those who are feeling anxious and tired. of you want it. during the flight so tonight's the president was briefed in detail on the grave humanitarian situation on the grounds and on the levels of damage. also onboard two tons of much needed aid food water medicine and equipment to those affected by the storm. after a briefing in guadalupe the french president and three one to some of them to assess the

it was really heartbreaking when we found out.>> french lawsuit -- lost his life. an investigator working the case called him a hero. >> i have to tell you, that was not for bobby, there would be other officers down. and we hope someone like that in our life especially.>> those here are grateful to note french. the deputy that made out to sacrifice working to uphold the thin blue line. >>> a 32-year-old man from castro valley was arrested for shooting deputy french. he was wounded while being taken into custody, and is hospitalized now awaiting arrangement. >>> still had been in sports, the giants and cardinals brought their hitting shoes tonight to at&t park. >>> mark will have those highlights and the rest of sports including dealer south -- coming up next in sports. >>>mark is back, another night another lost the giants.>> i think the highlight from this game was saying that it was warmer at at&t park that was in phoenix. that is never good. >> the deal is you get weather like that, the usually state the big leaguers do, that hitting weather. the giants for them

french] people, peace, good quality life, and an environment we care for. equity for everyone everywhere. that is what is important to canadians. throughout our history, we have worked long and hard to achieve our ambitions. at home and elsewhere in the world. today, i wish to speak to you about the difficult lessons that canada has learned along the way. canada is not a wonderland where the difficulties others face do not exist. we experience the same challenges you do. canada is continually evolving. a work in progress. so i want to tell you about the canadian experience because for all the mistakes we've made, we remain hopeful. hopeful that we can do better and be better and treat each other with the dignity and respect that is the birthright of every human being. i want to tell you our story because i know that the challenges we have faced and continue to face are not unique in the world. and neither are the solutions. an approach that values human dignity, that emphasizes fairness and real opportunity for everyone has a home in canada and in every cou

french police found. testing on this three hours today and in cities across bronx they say they all fed up with having to put up with floor work to descend to last a day to build a body part made on their own players around cause they say that they're worried that fornicate on your investment is going to lead to greater risks being taken by the police and the police are going to see a warning works in the bud and stretch the answer to the maximum of their resources and they're worried that it not only affects them and their lives unless family's lives detrimental late but more importantly better for example in building to protect the french public at a time when the country needs their protection the most french police say the government isn't doing enough to protect them on the front line with the country in a permanent state of emergency and unions a complaining that office is a force to work in insufficient i'm delighted ated conditions. french citizens have a misleading image of what's actually going

the french cacapital. whichs crazy lost out to barcelona at odds and aging all centuries because it aims who is a set. when he twenty eight. french president emmanuel macaron is visiting saint thoughts as he continues his tour of heart constricted therapy and not called from seeing more emergency aid and loans and help. those who have lost everything. and the un is warning the bernese most aims a facing at. stroppy situation is tens of thousands of continue to arrive in bangladesh. food and shelter is in short supply. well as it is issues that we have eighties with us in the studio and kate at we were at to has on killed during because just a few moments ago. and his state of the european union address people more detail on some of the more controversial measures he's acting syrian that's right and we know he said that the economy has turned a corner here in europe. and he seems to think that more cooperation is key to further progress. uw her renewed his call for a finance minister for the eurozone althou

french citizens have a misleading image of what's actually going on with law and order all the police here whether it's on the street or the investigators they're working flat out they're doing everything they can but they don't have the resources to do everything that they can the national police are working and deplorable conditions offices have even tried to use some humor to draw attention to their concerns these images of vermin and to run down police stations was submitted for a police union photo competition asking for proof of poor working conditions adding to the pressure is the increasing number of terror incidents with security services failing to prevent seven attacks within the past eight months alone and the police themselves are often becoming targets french police officers have fallen victim to increasing. over the pasta yeah back in april it was here on the show say that it you had this gunman shot dead a police officer and injured two others and in october twenty sixth outside of paris you told petrol bombs full police officers one nearly died of his injuries. that i

french police so long with their families are protesting over working conditions for them across the country one rally in parlous is already under way officers say among other issues they are frustrated with the growing number of violent protests that they're having to do with. the truth. and one illustration of how unhealthy french officers are four hundred twenty riot control officers reportedly failed to turn up to police the labor law protests block and choose the one police union official told r.t. the number was actually higher under thoughts and from today's demonstration parties here is polly. french police and there are thousands of protesting on the streets of paris today and in cities across bronx they say they all fed up with having to put up good old working conditions to last a day to build a bad equipment and broken down cars they say that they're worried that fornicate on your investment is going to lead to greater risks being taken by the police and the police are going to see a warning worked to the button and stretched to the onset maximum of their resources and th

french police along with their family protesting across france over their working conditions offices among other issues they are frustrated with the growing number of violent demonstrations they have to deal with. i. was. with. him one illustration of how unhappy french officers are four hundred twenty riot control officers reportedly failed to turn up to police a label or protest on cheese day one police union told r.t. the number was actually higher i'm probably nearer one thousand from today's demonstration in paris his party. french police and their thousands are testing on this three hours today and in cities across bronx places they all fed up with having to put up good working conditions to last a day to build a fire they quote made on one cleric around god they say that they're worried that what looked on your investment is going to lead to greater risks being taken by the police and the police i'm sure you can see here is a warning worked to the bergen and stretched beyond snoop maximum of their resources and they're worried that it not only affects them and their lives unle

and was bailed out multiple times by the french government. it was rescued from bankruptcy in two thousand four. and in two thousand sixteen authorities spend nearly half a billion euros on trains the didn't need to prevent the closure of the company's better fall plant. oust the mosul agreed to sell its energy division to general electric for over twelve billion euros in twenty fourteen. but even t then the french government intervened and negotiated an option to buy a twenty percent stake in the company. france is refusal to exercise that option. effectively allowing a potential merger with siemens to go through could mark a shift in the country's traditionally protectionist policies. it could also prove a token of good will towards germany at a time or emmanuel mccall hopes to convince berlin to back him vicious reforms of the euro zone. in his outline for stronger european integration we heard president michael repeating his calls for a common budget for the countries that use the single currency. he said the eurozone budget would help fin

and the french t.g.v. will come from a single manufacturer siemens wants to bring its entire train division in return for a fifty percent cut of the new firm which will be based in paris but they're not doing it entirely of their own free will. the rail construction and signposting market is in a state of advanced consolidation the chinese group c. r. c. is today bigger than alstom siemens and kind of his bomb body a combined the next step of this chinese group is in all likelihood continental europe where c.r.c. could rely on a purchase of a european manufacturers. even after the new firm is founded the pressure on the europeans will increase siemens has considered canadian company body a but the deal was reportedly derailed by bomb body is shaky finances however if the competition authorities aren't all aboard that big european deal will hit the buffers. well let's talk through this now with . business good to see you that's how this why does such two big name companies even need to do this is that the s

to be the biggest challenge in the history of french sports. basically they are high on olympic spirit. the paper promises that paris will be one big party and in the editorial they give france a motivational speech. let's be proud. let's seize this honor. his more than a sporting event. it's a social undertaking. >> all of the olympic fever has been enough to make right-wing papers forget definitions -- divisions with the left-wing mayor. the paper reminds us that hidalgo took convincing from the former president to submit paris's candidacy. she didn't think the city would ever get the games after its past failures and had actually poked fun at francois hollande. many are also reacting to guess today's state of the european union speech from the european commission president. >> he called for more integration in the eurozone. he did not go as far as saying the eu should have a special eurozone budget which is what emmanuel macron had proposed. they are focusing on this on their front page today. macron storms in. that comes along with an infan

when one illustration of how unhealthy french police officers are with their jobs four hundred twenty riot control officers reportedly failed to turn up to a labor law a protest on choose day one police union official told r.t. the number was actually higher around a thousand looks at the planned police demonstration. french police say the government isn't doing enough to protect them on the front line with the country in a permanent state of emergency and unions are complaining that office is a force to work in insufficient i'm delighted dated conditions. french citizens have a misleading image of what's actually going on with law and order all the police here whether it's on the street or the investigators they're working flat out they're doing everything they can but they don't have the resources to do everything that they can the national police are working and deplorable conditions offices have even tried to use some humor to george tension to their concerns these images of vermin and to run down police stations was submitted for a police union photo competition asking for proof

it is legitimate in french law.different law. and this leads to a lot of different problems, this being one of them. vicky ford, you are going to bring this up in parliament. how big an issueisit this up in parliament. how big an issue is it the people like tom? for many of the people involved, this is a huge issue. they have invested their life savings of lost not only their life savings of lost not only their property in france but in some cases also risked property in the uk, and these are not particularly well off people. they were sold properties on the understanding that there would be a guaranteed rental income and on the understanding that they could break that clause at nine years without extra costs. and that is what people are telling me that they understood. this is why i have called for it to be investigated because i think there could have beena because i think there could have been a mis—selling of the information at the beginning, and this is why the irish consumer organisation, many irish people are

president macron promises to rebuild the french caribbean after hurricane irma destroys much of the islandsthe next u.n. general assembly is next week. the burmese de facto leader has come under fire for her silence. to officially get summer games, in 2028, there will be a dual announcement. apple's most expensive iphone ever in the attempt to get the lead in smartphone innovation. hurricanegether for survivors. more on that coming up, but for some our top stories is our. ♪ genie: first, french president emmanuel macron has pledged to rebuild the caribbean island of st. maarten. he was only half french, half dutch island to survey the devastation after bringing much food, water, and medical supplies. presidents were ready anxious -- residents were anxious for aid to get there. macron spentsident time with residents of saint maarten, their concerns included lack of water but also looting. >> people are worried. nicer particularly dangerous because there is no electricity. have deployedes 2000 people, including soldiers and police, and an additional 1000 agents will arrive by the end of the w

the scale of damage in the french west indian islands alone stands at 200 million euros.as hurricane irma continues its path of destruction to the west of where i am, there is another storm, hurricane jose, now upgraded to category three, moving in from the east. the latest predictions suggest it will pass just to the north of st. maarten, nevertheless pretty extremely heavy winds and rain. the problem for people living on those islands affected by the first storm is, with communication down, they have heard rumors of another storm coming in, but they don't perhaps know the details, and that is adding to the sense of concern and panic. >> that was chris moore reporting. next, we will see the storm is on a path that continues to move forward. three people were killed in puerto rico and more than half of the population there has been left without electricity. the storm passed just to the north of the dominican republic and haiti, where it caused some damage in haiti, but did not make landfall. >> haiti, battered by hurricane irma. the island's north coast devastated by the

keeping the french economy moving.mmanuel macron‘s government lay out its first budget, but will it bring prosperity to all? you can waffle on twitter. the mo—characters rule has been relaxed, but will this help the flagging social media giant make a profit? welcome to world business report, i'm sally bundock. we will have more in the programme, including twitter expanding the number of characters, but i am still at 140, number of characters, but i am still at m0, i number of characters, but i am still at140, ican number of characters, but i am still at mo, i can hear you breathing a sigh of relief. reforming the spluttering french economy was one of the most important pillars of emmanuel macron‘s election campaign. today his government gets the chance to flesh out some of those changes, with its first budget since he took charge of the world's sixth—biggest economy, and macron has a big task on his hands. france has a stubbornly high unemployment rate of 9.5%. that is double the rate of the other big european economie

those who want to miss weekend off the break lot more including french police holding rallies across the country today in protest over there working conditions we'll bring you the details. seemed wrong. just don't hold. the belief to shape out just because you add to it and it. equals betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart. just to look for common ground. what politicians do something to. put themselves on the line to get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president. or somehow want to. have to go right to be this is what before three of the more people. interested in the waters. ten sixteen apartment sunday morning moscow time thanks to be with us so the french police will be holding protests in cities across the country today over their working conditions that calling on people to join in and support them to offices say the really frustrated with the increasing number of violent protests these days and then go to cope with. in one illustration of just how unhappy french police officers are with the jobs at the moment seems four hundred twenty riot control off

the french tradition i would cite support here in the very heart of the french country europe on the very first level and give such a stage to the european story to continue the story so the french people i would say first of all they are still concerned and worried about what's going on in terms of home and interior reforms but of course i think they are following this debate. for your city. i think that the french the french will learn that europe even for them is important for thought they can't overcome even in turn problems melinda let's come to you know our chief political correspondent here in berlin and that's something that angle america the chancellor here has been saying for many years a true german voters you know if france is leading this a vision for further european integration i will americal does he have her support . so far from what we heard in this speech there probably isn't a lot that she couldn't support but i think that we've probably not yet heard the crucial issues that will be of great interest here in germany and may arouse some skepticism or even outright

again french police will be holding protests that in cities across the country today over the working conditions they're calling on people to join them in support as well officers say they're for straighted with the increasing number of violent protests they've got to cope with at the moment i. i. i. was. the one in one illustration of just how unhappy french police officers are with their jobs it seems four hundred twenty riot control officers reportedly failed to turn up to a labor law protest on tuesday when police union official told us the number was actually higher probably more like a thousand polly boy connex than looking at the planned police demonstrations today . french police say the government isn't doing enough to protect them on the front line with the country in a permanent state of emergency and unions are complaining that office is a force to work in insufficient i'm delighted dated conditions on the french citizens have a misleading image of what's actually going on with law and order all the police here whether it's on the street or the investigators they're workin

a french horn has speaking that in moscow. pope francis is considering his five day tour of columbia with reconciliation being a central themes you out trip. with the goals for islam from countries five decade long conflict. he's it now in the town of view that you should zero which is a part of a country which once was besieged by leftist rebels. well see that he's really urging those he meets to forgive that former silence. conciliation and forgiveness in colombia. the backdrop may have changed the pope francis remained consistent and his mission. the pontiff arrives villa sencillo the second stop on his five day trip to a country trying to put a division of the five decade long war behind them. should a sincere was once known as the epicenter of violence between right wing which trees marxist rebels and government forces. now a place of praia for six thousand survivors of the conflicts. assessing for pope francis continued message of forgiveness. when the victims overcome. v. understandable temptation of revenge. that compe

french cathedral in the background. or wrecked while shooting around the world in eighty days in two thousand and three. square doubled for the british capital number five. and the neighboring berlin concert hall doubles for britain's royal academy of science. big ben was later added in digital a. tough times for secret agent jason bourne aka matt damon in the bourne ultimatum while recovering from amnesia he's got to flee from evil villains he isn't even safe in moscow but in reality this scene was shot at least him back train station in fact the makers of the bone series were quite fond of east berlin moscow ask flat. with plenty of ladders and extras donning russian fur hats they transformed into moscow to film parts of the bone supremacies. bringing us to number four. this here is palin's historic spittal market square and. this is balanced. which hadn't yet been opened when the film was shot incidentally matt damon is a big fan of palin and enjoys working in the nearby film studios even said so in that guest book.

well to discuss this issue further let's cross live to dr pull smith an expert in french politics at the u.k.'s nottingham university welcome to the program dr paul smith now in your opinion why do you think there's so much anger against the relabel reforms. well it's the same as we've seen over the last ten years the trade union movement or at least part of it in france likes to mobilize people and there's a sense that these these changes are all right a call but i think what we need to what we need to look at very carefully is just how many people really want this test is being seen as what today is being seen as is a test of the strength the depth of position i'd also the strength of one of the trade unions which is the main trade union that called the action today. and its relationship with the other trade union movement there are a lot of different levels in what's happening today in the fall and that we've seen is really perpetrated by a lot collection of troublemakers of. troublemakers from the ana cased. black bloc so there's a lot of different things going on here but certai

and the french t.g.v. will come from a single manufacturer siemens wants to bring its entire train division in return for a fifty percent cut of the new firm which will be based in paris but they're not doing it entirely of their own free will they're not. sure the real construction and signposting market is in a state of advanced consolidation the chinese group c. r. c. is today bigger than alstom siemens and can it is bomb body a combined the next step of this chinese group is in all likelihood continental europe where c.r.c. could rely on a purchase of a european manufacturers. even after the new firm is founded the pressure on the europeans will increase siemens has considered canadian company body a but the deal was reportedly derailed by a bum body is shaky finances now the competition authorities need to get on board otherwise the big european deal could hit the buffers prosecutors in the united states have charged ten people including an added us executive where the bribery and fraud that's followi

his the french prime instead what feet speaking adia. big material. the material damage is considerable. select religion numbers arey likely to change as we receive more information about what you. ludicrous electricity has been cut off. there is no drinking water. liz and fuel is unavailable. you want. the roads all blocked and early accessibl. even though the first clearing operations have begun goal eagles. because i'm a sweeps north west hate him governments has called for a nationwide looks down from twelve pm thursday local time. montessori occupational a those in the country's mold and paste. the hurricane is unlikely to hit the impoverished nation directly but heavy rains could trigger at dangerous floods. meanwhile cuba has started evacuating people on its northeastern coast santiago province has a bit over a hundred evacuations and as for up to thirty eight thousand people. measures were taken include trying to organize for the fat and. get eggs the most practical things to have at home when the power goes out right. because there will be a

the french papers are looking at the week to calm, particularly when it comes to french labor unionsnd the government. >> get ready for a busy week. that is the message. an article details the schedule of different labor unions, the things they have laid out for the next two weeks. starting today with truckers going on strike, then moving on to two protest, one thursday and one saturday. the article says all of the pieces are falling into place for what could be a major opposition movement. it says we are not there yet, but it could happen. >> labor unions not too happy about emmanuel macron's labor reforms. and the french people do not seem too happy about them either. an"liberation" went with opinion poll. a big 60% of french people think macron's labor reforms will hurt workers. only one third of french workers think macron is on the right track. it explains in the editorial that this is not currently translating to major protests in the streets, because the french are "fatal lists -- "fatalists." that many feel like the dice have been rolled, and there is k -- no going back. but

president seems to be willing to use the same toolbox he's used to become french president he really focuses on a very local approach to get back to the european citizens to trigger a real european debate with the europeans as citizens about the do's and downs in the european union so this would mean a change in the european decision making not any more a top down approach with heads of states making decisions without the citizens but a bottom up. approach integrating european citizens and so he wants to reach out to your aseptic. people here across the european union to be appealed regarding the european union ok let's hear some of what the french president had to say regarding terrorism. we have to strengthen our projects in order to fight against terrorism and to combat terrorist propaganda on the internet and we have to strengthen our cyber security and to create security and a common security and just displaying. other matters in paris tell us more about president proposals for combating terror. well we already saw in the way he structured hits his speech he really put terrorism

but actually the french government spokesperson tried to backpedal a little bit on those comments by saying that actually he was referring to former presidents over the past thirty years. chirac who didn't have the courage to push through these reforms they were always watered down in some way and he said that courage takes great risk nevertheless on the socialist leader here in france he had a quick witted response to. take a listen to what men and sean had to say. cynics all in the streets. and twenty third. alcoholic's people who are nothing hard illiterate slackers the declarations of love from a cron the french are multiplying well it's not all the trade unions who are going to be protesting here in france tomorrow emanuel micron's team spent a lot of the summer courting some of the trade unions here in france and making peace offerings and it appears to have partly worked one leader of a rather more aggressive trade union here has said that they will not be participating in the strike tomorrow and there's no point starting a fight when it's already over so you can see macron te

likely that this entails job cuts but given that the french government the french state is a big shareholder of storm it's likely that the two sides will want to prove that they can make this merger the european way you know in a consensus oriented way and. what's important also is that this entails a lot of opportunity in terms of strategic this could create the second largest rainmaker in the world after the chinese market leaders see r.r.c. that's a big thing conrad thank you. buba has struggled with scandals this year accusations of sexism suggestions that you software to hide information from regulators last week london's transport authorities decided not to renew his license to operate in the british capital citing a lack of corporate responsibility now the company's new c.e.o. is having to apologize for the firm's past mistakes. the new c.e.o. of goober dara consortia he apologized for his past mistakes on monday in a public attempt to show london authorities that the company is willing to change to retain its right to operate in the city because rasha acknowledged that the company go

i i think that the french president's proposed labor reforms triggered violent protests and nationwide strikes they've been described as a declaration of war against workers' rights. hello the latest news and look back at what's been happening over the last seven days to me watching a weekly here on r.t. international he's back friday did see london hit by another terror attack in which an explosion on a cheap train injured thirty people the metropolitan police confirmed a few hours ago that a second man is now under arrest a twenty one year old in west london on saturday officers detained and eighteen year old man while an improvised explosive device went off inside a cheap train on eight twenty in the morning local time the blast caused panic and the stampede with a young child among the injured islamic state claims it was behind the attack reporting now from west london his and to see a chalk. yet another terrorism related incident in the u.k. a twenty seventeen pandemic of terror with this now the fifth and every attack demands more security measures and public vigilance crowded. f

the french president's proposed labor reforms triggered violent protests nationwide strikes they've been described as a declaration of war against workers' rights. hello there the latest developments and a look back at the last seven days to you watching the weekly here on r.t. international and we'll start with the news that a second man has been arrested in the u.k. in connection with friday's terror attack on the london underground which left thirty people injured an improvised explosive device went off inside a cheap train at eight twenty in the morning local time the blast caused a panic and the stampede with a young child among the injured islamic state claims it was behind me attack reporting now from west london is and the situation. yet another terrorism related incident in the u.k. a twenty seventeen pandemic of terror with this now the fifth and every attack demands more security measures and public vigilance get out if you are you. following the van attack on westminster bridge they put up a concrete barriers to prevent a similar salt earlier this month london's metropolitan

on french antilles. damage assessments there will start in earnest at dawn. the island of barbuda took a direct hit from hurricane irma wednesday morning. the prime minister says 90-percent of the buildings there are badly damaged and 60-percent of the island is now homeless. after the destruction of hurricane harvey-- emergency crews are mobilizing early, as hurricane irma nears florida. ryan hughes is live with more on how the red cross is preparing for another hurricane. right now-- new video into the abc-7 newsroom showing the damage left behind, after hurricane irma hammered the carribean. adrianna hopkins is at the stormdesk with more on the powerful images coming out of the region. this morning we are learning the power and fury of hurricane irene. officials reporting that the french side of st. martin is 95 percent destroyed. take a look at the power of the rain and wind as it roared across the island. this is what is headed toward the united states. wind and rain so intense - visibility is nearl

paul smith is an expert in french politics at the u.k.'s not a game university says it's too early to tell if we'll be up to the challenge it's the same as we've seen over the last ten years the trade union movement or at least part of it in france likes to mobilize people and there's a sense that these these changes of radical but i think what we need to what we need to look at very carefully is just how many people really want this test is being seen as a what today is being seen as is a test of the strength of opposition and also the strength of one of the trade union which the main trade union that that called the action today the c g t it really remains to be seen whether over the months to come whether this government unlike its predecessors is able not only to talk the talk but she to walk the walk and that's to say to deliver the reforms it wants to deliver. the syrian army breaking the siege of their resort islamic states hold over the country is rapidly collapsing only fifteen percent of syria remains under the terror group's con