let usjoin let us join hugh schofield let usjoin hugh schofield in paris 110w.r report ended with that handshake between the two black presidents. is president from trying to make himself the new best friend to make himself the new best friend to france in europe? yes, at one point we saw the two wives and the two presidents almost all in a circle, hand in hand and that raised an idea of emmanuel macron‘s vision of keeping mr trump any circle of western nations, not letting him drift of whether its ideas of nationalism and protectionism, that is very much division and ambition of president macron. 0f is very much division and ambition of president macron. of course, we know that fundamentally they disagree. 0n everything. the characters are miles apart, but the comp calculation, sorry, the emmanuel macron calculation is that everything has to be done to keep it on board and he has exercised his considerable charm and intellect to keep mrtrump considerable charm and intellect to keep mr trump back into this family of western nations. i think he can see it has bee

hugh schofield, bbc news, paris.litary says north korea has fired another ballistic missile off its east coast into the sea of japan. south korea's military said the unidentified ballistic missile was fired from a site near banghyon in north phyongan province. it came down in the east sea, the korean name for the sea of japan. the latest launch comes a few days before world leaders are due to meet at a 620 summit in germany. china has warned of disastrous consequences if tension between the world powers and north korea was not eased. currently, tension is high, and we would certainly like to see a de— escalation of tension. if tension only goes up, then sooner or later, it will get out of control, and the consequences would be disastrous. i am sure it is in our common interest to avoid anything like that. floods in central and southern china have killed at least 33 people. hundreds of thousands have been forced from their homes. water levels in more than 60 rivers have risen above danger levels. authorities in the re

we can bring in our paris correspondent, hugh schofield who is following events. ppening in nice today, hugh. a day of contrasting parts today, in paris the celebrations of july 1a, of contrasting parts today, in paris the celebrations ofjuly14, with the celebrations ofjuly14, with the president and donald trump, at lunchtime that stopped because the french president and his wife flew down to mice for this evening of commemorations. what we have there isa commemorations. what we have there is a big event in which the locals are taking part. recounting their experiences of that evening now. we have seen a march past and tributes paid to police and emergency workers who helped, decorations, the legion of honour awarded to around a0 people. a lot of addresses and speeches, emmanuel macron is due to speak himself as well as the mayor of nice. he is an interesting character. he's very much on the right of french politics but has become very close to emmanuel macron and says he himself has changed fundamentally in his own person as a result of what happened. he says he f

our paris correspondent, hugh schofield, was at versailles.ignity of the presidential office is something about which emmanuel macron feels very deeply. he came to versailles, a place of regal pomp and awe to talk to his legislators. he called and they came — 900 deputies and senators in buses from paris. newcomers to the assembly, like the mathematician and macron loyallist cedric villani, who saw nothing wrong with the president's unconventional summons. it is an exceptional, critical moment. the nation has gone through a terrible lack of trust recently. i find it perfectly normal and reassuring that the president wants to address the congress today. the speech was a 90—minute pep talk. an exhortation to lawmakers to understand the appetite for change in france and to act. he said he wants to make government more efficient, cutting the number of mps by a third, and europe was, as ever, a central theme. translation: it is no longer the time to paper over the cracks. we need to take europe back to its beginnings, to its very origins and, in th

hugh schofield, bbc news, paris. stay with us on bbc news.with an extraordinary talent that is taking him from mumbai to new york. china marked its first day of rule in hong kong with a series of spectacular celebrations. a huge firework display was held in the former colony. the chinese president, jiang zemin, said unification was the start of a new era for hong kong. the world's first clone has been produced of an adult mammal. scientists in scotland have produced a sheep called dolly that was cloned in a laboratory using a cell of another sheep. for the first time in 20 years, russian and american spacecraft have docked in orbit at the start of a new era of cooperation in space. challenger powered past the bishop rock lighthouse at almost 50 knots, shattering a record that had stood for 34 years. and there was no hiding the sheer elation of richard branson and his crew. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: tensions escalate on the korean peninsula after pyongyang test fires another ballistic missile. the easing in relations between iran

hugh schofield, bbc news, paris. our other top story.g defiant under diplomatic and economic pressure from saudi arabia and its allies — egypt, the uae and bahrain. the group have extended a deadline for qatar to comply with demands to downgrade its ties with iran, to close the aljazeera news network and cut support for the muslim brotherhood. but qatar says the demands are so extreme they seem designed to be rejected. the bbc‘s hanan razek has more. kuwait was playing the middle man in the stand—off between the four countries last night to extend the ultimatum to 48 hours which they approved. now they are the ones received the response from qatar and they will hand it over to the other four countries. that response which we still don't know what is in there, will be the main focus of a meeting of the foreign ministers of the four countries on wednesday in cairo. it is quite significant, some people perceive it as a way of opening up for negotiations and the beginning of a solution, maybe. also making news china's president xijinping is

hugh schofield, bbc news, paris.ix—year—old bradley lowery, who died last friday after suffering from a rare form of cancer. the six—year—old sunderland fan won a legion of supporters across the country, including the footballerjermain defoe, who left training in spain to be at the funeral. the roads leading to the church in county durham were lined with crowds and tributes, as danny savage reports. bradley lowery‘s final journey. the footballing family turned out in their many hundreds to make sure he wasn't alone. people travelled from many miles away to support his family, and reflect how the six—year—old boy had touched their lives. that smile of his was just so contagious. it didn't matter how much pain he was in, he always had that smile. it breaks my heart. much pain he was in, he always had that smile. it breaks my heartlj have come from problem in south yorkshire. since last friday, i have collected money for the radley lowry foundation. i said we need to get up there because it has hit everybody. he never g

hugh schofield, bbc news, strasbourg.ied, he was 83. for more than 25 years he hosted a film show for the bbc, which was regarded by many movie buffs as essential viewing. he'd been suffering from lung cancer. david sillito looks back at his life. good evening. tonightjoseph losey talks about the assassination of trotsky... it began in 1972, a slightly stiff and nervous new tv presenter, barry norman. ...who then went on to 26 years of the film programme. his father was the producer and director leslie norman, and his relaxed style, shrewd opinions and comfy jumpers were perfect for the late—night movie show. is this superstardom you now have, is this going to change your life at all? no dear, i've had my change of life. to meet you, ijust have to make a movie. that's right. ijust have to go up and like spend $55 million... good evening, or rather, where you are, good morning and welcome to the 70th oscars celebrations here at the shrine auditorium in downtown los angeles. bbc, barry norman, i can't believe it! barry norm

hugh schofield on the cote d'azur.ent over the end of life care for the terminally—ill baby, charlie gard, passed at midday today. charlie's parents had accepted that he would spend his final days in a hospice, but chris gard and connie yates wanted to spend more time with their son before his life support is taken away. scotland's most senior police officer has confirmed he is being investigated in connection with claims of gross professional misconduct. details of the allegation against phil gormley haven't been made public. 0ur correspondent, catriona renton, is in glasgow. how much more do we know? exactly what is being investigated and who made the allegations, it is unknown. we understand there has been a claim of bullying made against phil gormley by a senior officer. this is being investigated by the police investigation is under review commission and they cannot give us more detail but what they say is that if the allegations are proven, it would be gross misconduct. that could lead to phil gormley losing hisj

thank you, hugh schofield.ns to services. the department for transport says the amount would have been much higher, but most of the problems were down to strike action and high levels of staff sickness. 0ur transport correspondent richard westcott is at victoria station in central london. how do you assess the level of this fine? well, i think a lot of people will say actually in the scheme of things that's not an awful lot of money. £30 million doesn't buy you a huge number of improvements, if you bearin huge number of improvements, if you bear in mind the government has just given network rail £300 million to improve the same lines, that's how much money it basically takes —— £13 million doesn't buy you a huge number of improvements. aslef, who represent the drivers, they've balloted all the drivers on whether they would be prepared to take strike action over pay and we've just heard that 60% of them say they would. so that doesn't necessarily mean there will be more strikes. it doesn't necessarily mean they

hugh schofield, bbc news, paris.d a new strategy to tackle illicit drug use, after what the home office called a "dramatic" increase in the number of deaths from drugs in england and wales in the past five years. the strategy focuses on helping addicts to recover, and makes clear there'll be no legal changes to decriminalise the use of drugs. here's our home affairs correspondent danny shaw. enforcing the law on drugs. police raids against dealers have been the traditional way of clamping down on the drugs trade. it's estimated to cost the uk £10.7 billion a year. and the new government drug strategy says that approach will continue, along with renewed efforts to get people off drugs. that's what they do at the the harbour centre in london — support people affected by drugs, and help them rebuild their lives. the home secretary amber rudd visited the centre this week. she says her drugs strategy will focus on recovery. people who are recovering from drugs often need help with housing, they need help with employment,

hugh schofield was there. down the rhine in a boat, from ludwigshafen, where he was born and where he died, to the mediaeval town of speyer, whose mediaeval cathedral was a place he loved. as a boy in the war, he'd sheltered there from allied bombs. and in the cathedral, they held helmut kohl's requiem mass. he was a catholic, this was his home, these were his people. this is provincial germany bidding farewell to the chancellor. it is important to remember that alongside the international colossus, there was always also helmut kohl the politician, a man deeply rooted in his belove home region here of the rhineland. earlier in the day it was a very different farewell, as world leaders, past and present, came to pay homage. this was where they remembered the great achievement of helmut kohl, the man who made germany one nation again, but within europe and without waking dark memories of the past. tributes came from friends like the former spanish prime minister felipe gonzalez and former us president bill clint

hugh schofield reports.f europe's high places, the parliament, as old faces and new came to bid farewell to one of the greats. this was a man revered for doing what many thought impossible — making germany one nation again, but within europe, and without waking the dark memories of an inglorious past. in speeches, they paid tribute to helmut kohl's achievement, and his generous, large personality. friends from the past, like former spanish prime minister felipe gonzalez, and bill clinton, who delivered a rhetorical tour de force. helmut kohl gave us the chance to be involved in something bigger than ourselves, bigger than our terms of office, bigger than our fleeting careers, because all of us, sooner or later, will be in a coffin like that. and the only gift we can leave behind, is a betterfuture for our children and the freedom to make their own choices, including their own mistakes. angela merkel, who had a notoriously difficult relationship with helmut kohl in recent years, said all that was now forgotte

our correspondent hugh schofield reports now from vesci. the dignity of the presidential office is something about which emmanuel mackerel feels very deeply. he came to vesci place of regal poem or. to talk to his legislative. the cold and they k.. nine hundred deputies and senators in buses from pari. newcomers to the assembly like the mathematician and macro loyalist cedric villani who saw nothing wrong with the president's unconventional summons. it's an exceptional critical moment. the nation has gone through a. terrible. lack of trust recently i find it perfectly normal and reassuring. that the president wants to address the congress today. they don't get along so well dinner. the speech was a ninety minute pep talk and exaltation to lawmakers to understand the appetite for change in france and to act. justin moaned of some songs. he said he wants to make government more efficient cutting the number of mps by a third. and europe was as ever a central theme. need to tony perry or it is no longer the time to paper over the cracks upon wh

hugh schofield bbc news in northern france. all this week we've been reporting on china's ambitious plans to current recreate the famous silk road. ancient trading route between east and west the trillion dollar project is meant to link sixty countries but critics say it's a power grab by beijin. all china editor carrie gracie has been following the seven thousand mile route and reports now from poland. facing west since the end of the soviet era. but easton europe is becoming a key piece in china's strategic jigsaw greta garbo this fall and his son ruffled. would never a self published land to chinese investors at the thirtieth perfume problem will i misspelled book. you can readily explains that actually trying to expand. hoping to sell berry products to wealthy chinese consumers who think the grass here is garena. china could be a big new market for european melt but it's a long and complicated journey. from here to the breakfast table in beijing. i. it's a journey views slav wants to race. as terry market shrink in europe.

hugh schofield reports.fin brought into the parliament as world leaders came to pay tribute. this was a man who could do what many thought was impossible, making germany one nation again but within europe and without awaking the dark memories of the past. in speeches, they pay tribute to helmut kohl's achievement and his generous large personality. friends from the past but the former spanish prime minister and bill clinton who delivered a rhetorical toured a toured a force. helmut kohl gave us the chance to be involved in something bigger than ourselves, bigger than our terms of office, bigger than our terms of office, bigger than ourfleeting bigger than our terms of office, bigger than our fleeting careers, because all of us sooner or later will be in a coffin like that. and the only gift we can leave behind is a better future for our children, and the freedom to make their own choices, including their own mistakes. angela merkel, who had a note or is he difficult relationship with helmut kohl in recent ye

let's go to our correspondent hugh schofield who's in strasbourg.sa the eu effectively is claiming this as a statesman to celebrate, can you explain why many who support the european union project see him as such an important player and i wonder how it's gone down perhaps in germany and indeed in some of the other eu countries? well, the first pa rt other eu countries? well, the first part of the question is simple, kohl is regarded as the giant who oversaw germany during this crucial period of european history which was the late 80s and early 90s. he was in power for the uniification of germany. it was his vision and grasp of the potentials of a moment, of a window of opportunity in 1989, 1990s that saw german uniification through, you have to cast your mind back to that period that i remember clearly, it was not at all obvious that it would happen, there were voices that were deeply opposed, even people opposed to communism and the rest of it, felt once communism had fallen away, not necessarily would the two germanys reunite and it was his grasp

hugh schofield joins us from paris.enes today, we can see some of the buildup behind you? indeed. i'm on the champs—elysee and you can see preparations were under way, they've been under way all—night. as i cycled in half an hour ago there we re cycled in half an hour ago there were military police has issued over the city marshalling the tanks, troops, the rest of the kit into bits around the champs—elysee and in a couple of hours from now they will stop processing down and you can see a line of apcs and other vehicles, in that direction i can see men in uniform, they look like firefighters and sailors gathering. the big event in the national year will take place, a couple of hours from now, with donald trump at the far end at the place de la concorde sitting in the place de la concorde sitting in the place of honour next to emmanuel macron. 200 american soldiers leading off the parade, which of course marks 100 years since the entry of america in world war i. for the moment, thank you. police in the south—west of engl

but as hugh schofield reports, it wasn'tjust us military might, humanitarian aid also helped win thet the end of world war i there were 2 million american troops in france. 31918, they helped tip the war in the allies favour. and they left their dead. in places like here, east of paris, where raw american conscripts fought in the second battle of the war, by then bore hard and french divisions. these men, father and grandfather, fought in the civil war and they wanted to be like them, they wanted to be an honourable soldier and france have helped america in our revolution and these men wanted to help france. helped america in our revolution and these men wanted to help francem wasn't just the these men wanted to help francem wasn'tjust the military help but the americans brought. this part of france was devastated in the fighting, entire villages are raised, and it was an american relief effort to funded that helped to rebuild. as we can see in some remarkable and recently rediscovered footage during —— showing this very rude. —— road. still it was filmed in1919, rude. —— road. still

opponents boycotted the event, accusing mr macron of a "presidential monarchy". 0ur correspondent hugh schofield he came to versailles, a place of regal pomp and awe, to talk to his legislators. he called and they came — 900 deputies and senators in buses from paris. newcomers to the assembly, like the mathematician and macron loyallist cedric villani, who saw nothing wrong with the president's unconventional summons. it's an exceptional, critical moment. the nation has gone through a terrible lack of trust recently. i find it perfectly normal and reassuring that the president wants to address the congress today. the speech was a 90—minute pep talk. an exhortation to lawmakers to understand the appetite for change in france and to act. he said he wants to make government more efficient, cutting the number of mps by a third, and europe was, as ever, a central theme. translation: it is no longer the time to paper over the cracks. we need to take europe back to its beginnings, to its very origins and, in that way, give life again to a desire for europe. earlier in the day, there had been a security

germany's reunification and was a major driving force behind closer european integration, as hugh schofieldvening here in the west german town. we are at the cathedral where the funeral for helmut kohl is being held, attended by angela merkel and his widow, but not his two sons, that reflecting the deep family rift. the cathedral very important in the life of helmut kohl. whenever he had a foreign visitor visiting him as chancellor, would come here and bring them to the cathedral which he said represented the spiritual essence of european union. this cathedral also had a personal importance to him. as a boy growing up importance to him. as a boy growing up notfar importance to him. as a boy growing up not far from here, importance to him. as a boy growing up not farfrom here, where he died insta ntly, up not farfrom here, where he died instantly, would come here in the water shelter from allied bombs. instantly, would come here in the water shelterfrom allied bombs. a very important place in his life. a farewell here from provincial germany. a very different farewell from the one we had ear

that is hugh schofield giving us a sense of what it is like on the ground.e bbc. lisa minot was camping near bormes—les—mimosas but has been evacuated. and dr beth cole from the university of leicester has been researching the areas most at risk from these kinds of fires. lisa, first of all, you were evacuated from your campsite to the beach. did you have to sleep on the beach? that is right, we did. we had two nights now. the alert came the night before last. the entire campsite was evacuated, that is over 4000 people. we are back on the campsite now because this morning they left off back for the first time. inaudible it is still a state of flux. we do not know what will happen. as your correspondent said, we watched yesterday as the fires were put out and then reignited. we spent the night on the beach. we did not sleep on the campsite. we decided to move some tents onto the beach and sleep there. lisa, you have a slightly scratchy skype line but we will stick with it because i'm sure people will be wondering how you slept on the beach. did you have loung

hugh schofield there, our france correspondent.re to serve their country." in the us, hundreds of protesters gathered in new york‘s times square holding signs saying "resist" and "we object." the president said the decision was based on medical costs, but both democrats and republicans have criticised the move. it‘s just been announced, mortgage customers with lloyds bank who fell behind with their payments could be entitled to compensation. ben‘s here with the latest. they are entitled to compensation, why? it is because lloyds have pursued them fall. things, about setting up a repayment plan and the financial conduct authority said they were not careful about how they did it. they did not look at if people could repay all these charges and the legal fees associated with it. they have agreed to set up this compensation fund for people who fell behind with the payments. they think it will affect 590,000 customers, nearly 600,000 customers affected by this. they will share the money in this redress as they are calling it. it will co

hugh schofield, paris correspondent.orfake interviews. matt cole reports. insert search of childcare work, chloe answered a recruitment agency advert, asking for £175 for training and security checks. i was quite desperate to find work quickly. they assured me they would be able to line up some job interviews, assured me they would be able to line up somejob interviews, after i paid for the enhanced cbs. it was like guaranteed i would find work. but for her money, chloe got nothing. the recruiter has now disappeared and she is not alone. thejoint disappeared and she is not alone. the joint industry and security body safe for jobs say the joint industry and security body safe forjobs say in the last two yea rs we have safe forjobs say in the last two years we have had a 300% increase in these types of crimes, with at least 15 new cases reported every week and possibly many more are not recorded. and victims are losing as much as £500 each. our advice is not to part with money in advance. to be suspicious, suitably suspici

our correspondent hugh schofield has more. but it allowed him to create the air of majesty, authority and dignity which is very much part of his conception of the presidency. this speech was not about details, he didn't go into the detail of the laws that will come. that will be the province of the prime minister when he talks to parliament tomorrow, but this was about the big dimension, the big ideas that will define the years ahead. it was, to that extent, very abstract, very french in its framing, lots of references to ideas like responsibility and representation. it sounded like an entry to a baccalaureate philosophy exam from time to time. there were some important points. he would like to reduce the number of mps by one third. that's a big change, not one that the mps wanted to hear. he will introduce a dose of proportional representation, meaning the national front and far left will get bigger numbers of mps in the future. he himself will come back to address the two houses in a state of the union address every year. a

our correspondent hugh schofield is in the town of bormes—les—mimosas and has been to see the damageve the town of bormes—les—mimosas and the situation, we‘re told, is stabilised. not under control — they are very keen to say that — but stabilised. the fire has passed through here yesterday and as you walk up the hillside here, you can see the remains of the stumps and the blackened vegetation and the earth which has turned black. apparently, that‘s the effect of water — when they spray it with water it goes from grey to black. so the hillside which is blackened is this hillside which has been doused with water. but as we come up the hill, it‘s very interesting because look over here. there are still embers burning. not here, but all over you can see these little chimneys of smoke going up and this is the root of a tree which is still smouldering. and this, we‘re told, is the real danger spot because this remains hot. as the day progresses and the heat returns to the environment and as the wind, if the wind starts fanning it, this is where we can easily see new outbreaks, places like

we can speak to our paris correspondent, hugh schofield.mp did not take too kindly to afterwards, according to the american media, but which you suspect it did work, in the sense that it was intended to show that france was back, we're not going to bea france was back, we're not going to be a pushover, and maybe created a kind of mutual respect between the two men, because contrary to all likelihood and expectation, there do seem likelihood and expectation, there do seem to be a relationship building up seem to be a relationship building up between macron and trump. everything you would think about them. their age, trump everything you would think about them. theirage, trump is everything you would think about them. their age, trump is twice as old practically as emmanuel macron, they have no interest in common, no political views in common, but they do seem to be building up a relationship, built out of mutual interest and perhaps out of this shared sense of respect, with trump admiring perhaps the chips but others new young leader. —— adm