jean-luc melenchon feels to knowledge it. -- fails to acknowledge it. his limits are being reached because he is not managed to be around or people from, let's say, the of net -- amy: talk more about the labor legislation that macron is pushing through. >> it is a complete reversal of our labor code, which actually granted protection to employees which actually gave the possibility for employees to sue there unfairlyse dismissed. what is calling for is, for example, to cap compensation when you are in fairly terminated -- unfairly terminated. he is to bypass unions by making people negotiate directly with their employers. how strong can you be when you employees? al there is no protection whatsoever for the people who earn less money. what is good for the corporations is good for everybody else. it feels and america. it again will fail in france. amy: when we were here for the u.n. climate summit, we went to refugeesth to what even in the cap called the jungle. the place where thousands of refugees -- well, it looked like the refugee camp where people w

it is really this john luke melhuish on —— jean—luc melenchon unions, on the far left, protesting thisl be losing some rights and may not be gaining others, but france has stubbornly high unemployment around 10%. what did think of that language? it reminded me of psychos it, some of the phrases used. yes, he says he will not give in the lazy, the cynics and the extreme. which is really interesting, because it suggests, well, he is using language which doesn't really bring everybody on board. but it may also be sending signals to employers and investors outside of france, the tiny business, i enjoyed to sort this out, the way that things has been happening until now, that is over. this is a new error. —— era. he has really made that part of his message since he created his party, which, crazily, was only 18 months ago. brexit. a majority of mps in the uk house of parliament have voted on the eu withdrawal bill. we are now on to the next stage. as we have been hearing so far this morning, that doesn't mean it is easy pathway at all. but one challenge has been overcome. yes, and whenever

jean—luc melenchon are marching through the streets of paris.ent macron‘s labour reforms. they say the changes, signed into law on friday, are an attack on workers rights. parliamentary elections in new zealand have left the national party led by the prime minister bill english just short of a majority. both the national and labour parties are now making coalition overtures to the smaller nationalist new zealand first party. the mayor of london, sadiq khan, has defended the decision not to renew the licence for the taxi—app uber. mr khan said he had sympathy with uber drivers and customers but the company had failed to act as a fit and proper operator. more than half a million people have signed a petition to reverse the decision. there's been another strong earthquake in mexico. the latest had a magnitude of 6.1. its epicentre was close to the town of matios romero in the south—western state of oaxaca. the tremors were felt in mexico city where the rescue effort from massive quake that killed nearly 300 people was temporarily suspended. the bbc

supporters of the french far—left politician, jean—luc melenchon, have marched through the streets oft president macron‘s labour reforms. they say the changes, signed into law on friday, are an attack on workers rights. uber‘s announced that it's prepared to make concessions to reverse the decision that it's operating licence in london should not be renewed. the city's mayor, sadiq khan, has said he had sympathy with the ride hailing app's drivers and customers but the company had failed to act as a fit and proper operator. germans are going to the polls on sunday to elect a new parliament. it's widely expected that chancellor merkel‘s christian democrats will retain its majority. damien mcguinness reports from berlin. angela merkel‘s centre—right party looks set to get the most votes in parliament. that would mean she will lead the country for another four years. what we do not know is what sort of government she will lead, all the potential government parties that she could form a coalition with have very different policies when it comes to migration, the eurozone, the economy. so f

supporters of the french far—left politician, jean—luc melenchon, have marched through the streets ofident macron‘s labour reforms. they say the changes, signed into law on friday, are an attack on workers rights. uber‘s announced that it's prepared to make concessions in order to reverse the decision that it's operating licence in london should not be renewed. the city's mayor sadiq khan says he has sympathy with the ride hailing app's drivers and customers, but the company had failed to act as a fit and proper operator. a german plane hijacked by palestinian militants a0 years ago has returned to its home in the city of friedrichshafen in southern germany. the plane was stormed by german police after it landed in the somali city of mogadishu in 1977; the militants were shot and ninety hostages freed. there's been another strong earthquake in mexico. the latest had a magnitude of 6.1. its epicentre was close to the town of matios romero in the south—western state of oaxaca. the tremors were felt in mexico city where the rescue effort from a massive quake that killed nearly 300 people

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supporters of the french far—left politician, jean—luc melenchon, have marched through the streets ofesident macron‘s labour reforms. they say the changes, signed into law on friday, are an attack on workers rights. uber‘s announced that it's prepared to make concessions to reverse the decision that it's operating licence in london should not be renewed. the city's mayor, sadiq khan, has said he had sympathy with the ride hailing app's drivers and customers but the company had failed to act as a fit and proper operator. stay with us here on bbc news, still to come: the labour leaderjeremy corbyn arrives in brighton, telling delegates they must "prepare to form a government." at least five people have been injured in suspected acid attacks in east london. police were called to the area around the westfield shopping centre in stratford, following reports of a group of men spraying a noxious substance. one man has been arrested on suspicion of grievous bodily harm. officers say the attack is not being treated as terror related. tahseen taj lives opposite the shopping centre, and was dist

supporters of the french far—left politician jean—luc melenchon have marched through the streets of parispresident macron's labour reforms. they say the changes, signed into law on friday, are an attack on workers rights. uber‘s announced that it's prepared to make concessions to reverse the decision that its operating licence in london should not be renewed. the city's mayor sadiq khan has said he had sympathy with the ride hailing app's drivers and customers but the company had failed to act as a fit and proper operator. new zealand's ruling national party has won the country's parliamentary elections but fallen just short of a majority. prime minister bill english saw off a challenge from his main opponent labour leaderjacinda ardern, but his government's future has again been placed in the hands of a minor party. chris chang reports from auckland. labour had ridden the high of jacinda—mania, but it was not enough to rein in the national party. i know we gave it our all. volatile polls suggested a neck and neck race til the end. the national party pulled ahead early and maintained its

added fuel to the higher last+++ where he described his opponents as the lazy and the extreme so jean-lucelenchon has called for the lazy to take to the streets today in france. this may have convinced some were hesitating to join the strike. caroline connan joining us out of paris thank you. guy: steven major is still with us. if you were mario draghi, how much attention would you be paying to the structure reform story happening in france? he has for so long and on about the fact that governments need to step up and deliver structural reform, that they are were the focus of attention should be. it is true that the ecb can only do so much and maybe the mistake the market makes is to expect too much from central banks because it is supposed to be about fine-tuning. economic growth comes from hard work and productivity. can borrow it from the future, which is what has an happening, and people are wondering why we haven't had much growth. but the point is well made and repeatedly made and i think they are quite frustrated and it is probably difficult to contain that. and it's not just about

this is leftist politician jean-luc melenchon. decreased become law, they have to come back before parliament. the battle is only just starting. we have been told that democracy does not happen in the street. mr. president, you will need to look at french history to learn it was the street that brought down the king, brought down the nazis. ran for president against macron. in st. louis, at least 22 people were arrested on saturday protesting the acquittal of white former police officer jason stockley for the murder of 24-year-old african american anthony lamar smith. saturday's protest at the st. louis galleria shopping mall is the latest in a series of protests over the police officers acquittal earlier this month. and in washington, d.c., students at the historically black college howard university disrupted a speech by former fbi director james comey on friday, over the fbi's efforts to undermine african american resistance to police brutality. >> zinke, president frederickck- [chanting] amy: and those are some of the headline

jean—luc melenchon the same in france.t most of these things that are called progressive are in fact things that when people are asked the majority of people think they are a good idea like universal health care and high minimum wage and so on. but there is in was power, this is a real contest between a very powerful forces. so farfor many between a very powerful forces. so far for many years now the forces of very large wealth have been successful. within britain, as you we re successful. within britain, as you were hinting, within the labour party the battle is still raging and it‘s not at all clear who is going to win. the policy the labour party had in the last election in terms of funding the nhs was totally inadequate, so somebody in that struggle has not yet won through. i think corbyn would like it to be adequate but it hasn‘t yet. think corbyn would like it to be adequate but it hasn't yet. you know this, mr sanders, america is a more centre—right country than the united kingdom is, and while your brother could ru