imogen: it keeps us busy. francine: coming up, france will face blowback for breaking deficit and debt rules. later in the hour, speaking to anna titareva at ubs asset management. this is bloomberg. ♪ francine: welcome back to bloomberg markets. the eu with breaking deficit and debt rules triggering a process that could lead to fines while elections are less than two weeks away. it is when you look at the polls unclear at the far right could really gain. there is an alliance that could gain on the left. heart of the rules complicate things in the campaign? >> we knew this was coming because we knew france deficit was last year and debt at 110%. obviously the rules are 3% for deficit, 60% for debt. this comes at a very bad timing for president macron because we are just 10 days away from the elections that he called. last month when france was downgraded by standard & poor's, the crown was quick -- micron was -- macron was criticized for running the country. they said it is his responsibility and he cannot take

imogen foulkes, bbc news, geneva. the central hiraan region. local residents said they saw about 4000 heavily armed troops crossing the border. officials said they'd been pursuing al—shabaab militants. the troops left after local police told them not to proceed without government approval. greek police have arrested 13 people on suspicion of causing a wildfire on the island of hydra, south of athens. the local fire service blamed it on fireworks launched from a private yacht, and there have been calls for the vessel to be confiscated. they shared this photo on their facebook page — but it is unclear if this yacht was the one that launched the fireworks. our europe regional editor, danny aeberhard, explained where the anger is directed. this is definitely directed at the people who allegedly set off fireworks. we're not quite clear at this stage, because there is an investigation ongoing at the moment. so, there's some reports that it may have been fireworks, other reports it may have been flares that which, obviously,

imogen foulkes, bbc news, geneva.t signs of life. they'd been missing since a landslide a week ago. they're the latest victims of the severe weather sweeping southern china that's forced thousands of residents from their homes and killed dozens of people. 38 were confirmed dead in flash floods and mudslide in meizhou in guangdong province on friday. iran's supreme court has overturned a death sentence against the popular rapper, toomaj salehi. he was jailed for backing the nationwide protests that gripped the county. his lawyer says the supreme court has ordered a retrial. the rapper became a symbol of resistance, with artists including coldplay and sting joining the international campaign to save his life. kasra naji, a correspondent at the bbc�*s persian service, has more. it doesn't mean that mr salehi is out of the woods — he's not. this is going back to a lower court which will re—examine the case and decide on a new sentence. so that is where we are today. in iran, thejudicial process is very political in nature

order for the younger hinduja couple — but this was denied by the judge. 0ur geneva correspondent, imogen the hinduja family has a multi—million dollarfortune, with multi—million dollar fortune, with interests multi—million dollarfortune, with interests in oil and gas. they employ more than 200,000 people worldwide. but inside their lakeside village in geneva, staff hurt were paid less than $8 a day and were really allowed out. sentencing the hindujas 2a.5 years in prison, the judge told them they had abused their position of wealth and power to exploit people who were in power. the hindujas's lawyer suggested the verdict was political, not legal. translation: i verdict was political, not legal. translation:— verdict was political, not legal. translation: ., , translation: i have the feeling this behaviour was _ translation: i have the feeling this behaviour was judged _ translation: i have the feeling this behaviour was judged on _ translation: i have the feeling this behaviour wasjudged on moral - behaviour wasjudged on moral grounds and not on legal grounds. on the one hand you have a

would say moral and not very legal, and we will fight it to the bitter end. 0ur geneva correspondent, imogenitation of servants of the hinduja family in their geneva home in a very wealthy suburb of geneva. and what was alleged was paying them very, very low wages, but also the allegations that their passports had been confiscated, and that they were not allowed to leave the house. now, the charge of trafficking, which is a very serious one in switzerland, that was dismissed by the judges, but they still, to a certain extent, threw the book at the four members of the family because they have still sentenced them to prison terms of up to four and a half years for the charge of exploitation. the judge told them that they had abused their power over very poor people, some of whom were illiterate, who were, you know, came, agreed to take the work, but then didn't really know the conditions they would be asked to work in. and i think this is, well, we don't know where the four members of the hinduja family are now, but this is britain's richest family, big villa in switzerland. two of them were i

applause joined by his son—in—law keith and great granddaughters annabeland imogen, it is my absolutee to welcome to the stage, d—day veteran eric bateman. applause i served on hms erebus. if there is anybody here that did so please get in touch with me. we were with the american fleet on the way to utah beach where there were ships as far as you could see. you could almost walk across the channel. i'm lucky to be here 80 years later with two of my great—grandchildren. so many men and women, including my dearfriend fred whojoined up with me but unfortunately never made it. i'm proud to be here today to honour them and to make sure they will always be remembered. thank you. applause we want to thank our great—grandfather and all of the veterans of d—day and the normandy landings. without them we would not - have the freedom we enjoy today. both: we will never forget, thank you. i applause # i may not always love you # but long as there are stars above you # you never need to doubt it # i'll make you so sure about it # god only knows what i'd be without you # if you should ever leave me

it's absolutely amazing to be here in hamilton and thank you , imogen, for that fantastic you, imogenw you're a true, great voice for the people of scotland, and i know you'll be a fantastic mp for here. and abby, i'm so sorry. what? you've had to go through, but our new deal for working people and your voice and your story and your message will make sure that no other woman has to go through what you went through under the next labour government . and next labour government. and karen and simon spoke so passionately as well, about what the new deal for working people is. and i just want to concentrate on that for a minute, because i know anas and simon and others have spoke about the importance of it, but for me it's personal, because when i was a young mum on the council estate, the only job that i was able to get because i didn't have any qualifications was in the care sector and when i went into the care sector, i first of all was in the private sector and we were on casual contracts in them days, zero hour contracts, and we used to have to condense our hours down to get even a mi

our geneva correspondent, imogen foulkes reports.. the prakash hinduja family has a multi—billion dollarour and a half years in prison thejudge said up to four and a half years in prison the judge said they had abused their position of wealth and power to exploit people who are pure. the hindujas' lawyer suggested the verdict was political, not legal. translation: i legal. translation: ., , translation: i have the feeling this behaviour was _ translation: i have the feeling this behaviour was judged _ translation: i have the feeling this behaviour was judged on _ translation: i have the feeling this behaviour wasjudged on moral i behaviour wasjudged on moral grounds and not legal grounds. on the one hand you have a very wealthy family and on the other poor people. obviously therefore it is a kind of punishment for this gap between the two of people. the punishment for this gap between the two of people-— two of people. the hindu'a family have appeared * two of people. the hindu'a family have appealed the i two of people. the hinduja family have appealed the verdict - two of people. the h

imogen _ four and half years in prison. thank you. imogen joining _ four and half years in prison.ly will inform who gets the keys to number ten based on the real key issues that some are the real key issues that some are the same and yet some are very specific to the home nations. preparations are well under way for this evenings debate, it is looking like it would be a very interesting one as well. five of the main parties here in wales would be going head—to—head, two of which, most labour and was conservatives have just today launched their manifestos. wales, of course, being a devolved power, it means there is an interesting interplay here. wills has been labour led government for the past 25 years since devolution, some policies are made here, some are made in westminster, including how much funding wales gets, and thatis how much funding wales gets, and that is where the mp5 chosen in this election will be heading. as for issues we can expect to come up, the cost of living of course is likely to come up, that has led to some interesting tussles in previous debates, as well a

imogen foulkes is following events from bern for us. so, what are the expectations for this event?t and say look we are not going to get and say look we are not going to get a cut and dried peace deal here over the next two days, but what we might be able to do is lay the ground towards a path to peace, that this is the first conference of perhaps many, there will be a second and a third, and that eventually, perhaps some clarity can come about how russia and ukraine can agree on a piece but russia isn't here. it's not a question of whether they were invited or not, they said they wouldn't come. the swiss did not invite them. how to have significant negotiations about peace when one of the warring parties is not even here. imagine, thank you very much indeed full stop. full as you mentioned, ukraine was a big part of the g7 summit of world leaders that has been taking place in italy. it will wind down today after migration, chinese trade policy, and artificial intelligence were discussed on friday. pope francis made a historic address, championing a discussion on al. it's the first