we begin with french paper le figaro. and a frontpage picture of president emmanuel macron‘s first major press conference in two years, where he responded to the yellow vest movement with promises of tax cuts and higher pensions. in the financial times — this article looks at how shareholders of royal dutch shell, which is the joint owner of brunei's biggest oil venture, might pressure the government to push for gay rights in the country. it follows the introduction of harsh new laws where gay sex and abortion is punishable by death. online in the guardian, this story takes us to ukraine where the government has passed a law requiring all official duties to be conducted in the ukrainian language, rather than russian. that includes politicians, judges, doctors and even employees of the national bank. unfortunately for him, the newly elected president is a native russian speaker. in london's evening standard — this story about a cafe in australia has set the internet alight — because it charges men an extra 18% to reflect t

le figaro is among many of the papers covering the black hole.e, using a network of radio telescopes from around the world. now to india and the business standard, which marks the first day of polling in india in the first phase of a general election where tens of millions of people will cast their votes. and finally we return to the daily telegraph, which reports on a new study into irritable bowel syndrome that says ibs can be controlled through the mind rather than by mainstream drugs, more on that later. with me is nina trentmann, from the wall streetjournal. let us begin, shall be, with brexit. another six months, what does this achieve, wesley britton? a similar place than before. i guess. past the deadline and without an agreement —— where does this leave britain? again

we begin with french daily le figaro which leads with the continuing brexit story.dollar question. two days away from the brexit deadline, the uk prime minister, says the paper, will ask for a postponement of the divorce. and the british daily telegraph also features the story prominently. the paper says european leaders have warned theresa may that her proposal for short extension until the end ofjune is too much of a risk, following weeks of parliamentary chaos in the uk. the us version of the financial times now. and the story of increased investment in saudi bonds, despite, as they say, last year's outrage over the killing of journalist jamal khashoggi and the boycott by several business leaders of last october's conference in riyadh dubbed ‘davos in the desert‘. the new york times is next with a report about a fungus which, it says, preys on people with weakened immune systems, and is quietly spreading across the globe. it is impervious to anti—fungal medications and is another example, they say, of the rise of drug—resista nt infections. and finally, the uk su

we begin with french paper le figaro.ress conference in two years, where he responded to the yellow vest movement with promises of tax cuts and higher pensions. in the financial times — this article looks at how shareholders of royal dutch shell, which is the joint owner of brunei's biggest oil venture, might pressure the government to push for gay rights in the country. it follows the introduction of harsh new laws where gay sex and abortion

le figaro covers its entire front page with a photo of the notre dame on fire.on as saying that "i am sad tonight to see this part of us burn." le monde newspaper's website headlines: "the spire of notre—dame cathedral in paris collapsed in the fire." it goes onto say president emmanuel macron cancelled other arrangements and went to the cathedral. liberation carries a big photo of the notre dame cathedral on fire. it quotes firefighters as saying that the fire might be "potentially linked" to the renovation of the building. firefighters are working throughout the night. it is at 2am local time. they are dousing to make sure that the stonework is wet and damp and that no fire resumes. every now and again you see flashlights across the top of the building so people are up there, experts are up there, trying to already establish the extent of the damage and from the pictures that we saw from inside, a lot of the stonework is still very much luckily intact. the firefighters are still dousing with water. political and religious leaders have been giving their respons

this is captured on the front page of le figaro.in front of this terrible spectacle of desolation we saw the solidarity and sadness of the whole world. that is what really struck me. it was all the different commentary coming from all over the world stop even president trump, angela merkel, theresa may, all saying how devastated they were personally. people were weeping in the streets. when you think about it, going back, it's about the french revolution in 1789, two world wars, napoleon, everything has stayed in place. as with these wonderful old buildings, there is too much wood in them. and when you try to restore them... and the restoration was under way. thankfully, because of that, a lot of the art and artefacts were moved. that is a saving grace. this article in the telegraph, as you mentioned, has got a wide angle picture. it is talking about the 13th century gothic masterpiece and how people just got asked, you could hear it around the city is this fire collapsed. when you are in the middle of this forum, you can't tell unt

the one we have highlighted is one in le figaro.ggering, isn't it, this was previously thought as unforeseeable. what does all of this mean for science? well i thought interesting was coined by a scientist of university college in london, who was saying that interestingly enough the photos seem to confirm theories that einstein and others have had in the past about what black holes would look like. and every hollywood direct in history. it is interesting to see that. it looks like we thought it would look like. also interesting is that there was this dutch scientist, about 30 years ago, who came up with this idea of how to take a photo of this idea of how to take a photo of this and how to research the black holes. and a couple of decades later he is getting what he wanted, with huge effort. there were 200 scientists involved in taking these photos. they had to ship the data. they could not transfer it to buy the internet. they had to ship the data on hard disks to the us and to germany to create this image. i think from a scientifi

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the whole front page has been dedicated to this by le figaro.the president is saying, iam paper quotes the president is saying, i am sad tonight to see this pa rt saying, i am sad tonight to see this part burn. also, le monde. the spire of notre dame colleague for —— cathedral collapsed in flames. it said the president cancelled other arrangements and he went to the cathedral. we had been expecting him to address the yellow vest movement but instead, he did this. every single french newspaper will be talking about this it carries one photo of notre dame. firefighters this time is saying the fire might be potentially linked to the renovation of the building that had been taking place. those are the images the early morning papers are taking. this is the live shot we are seeing. the flames very much under control as we can see but something they need to continue doing is to ensure that no flames flickered so the temperature of the stonework, being described as solid. but the temperature of the stonework is very high in the firefighters, i'm sure t

we start with le figaro, which devotes its entire front page to a photo of the notre—dame cathedral afterstore the cathedral in five years after a vast outpouring of generosity from citizens. the south china morning post also carries the fire at notre—dame cathedral on its front page. it says that chinese president xi jingping expressed his condolences and said china was deeply saddened in a message to french president emmanuel macron. the straits times has photos of the spire of notre—dame cathedral collapsing. this paper concentrates on the fact that many of the rare art works have been saved — a consolation for parisians. you are up—to—date with the papers. a second round of peace talks between the tal abyad and an afghan delegation is that to take place in qatar this weekend. afghan women are calling for a stronger presence at the negotiating table to ensure the fragile gains they've won since 2001 are not lost. but afghanistan is still a deeply conservative society where women are fighting for their rights. 0ur chief international correspondent lyse doucet reports from kabul. buildin

we start with le figaro, which devotes its entire front page to a photo of the notre dame cathedral afterstore the cathedral in 5 years after a vast outpouring of generosity from citizens. the south china morning post also carries the fire at notre dame cathedral on its front page. it says that chinese president xijingping expressed his condolences and said china was deeply saddened in a message to french president emmanuel macron. the troubled indian airline jet airways has extended the cancellation period of its international flights until thursday — that's after it failed to secure emergency funding from its lenders earlier this week. jet airways was india's second—largest airline by market share — until recently. but dozens of its planes have been seized by creditors, leaving the firm with only seven operational aircraft. thousands of passengers have been stranded due to the firm's lack of funds. so what are their options in terms of refunds from an airline that appears to have no money to speak of? to tell us more, we'rejoined via webcam in perth by aviation expert geoffrey thomas —

let's bring in our guests for today joining us from paris right chief foreign correspondent at le figaro from london charles let's field european affairs analyst at the eurasia group and on skype from san milo jack russell or head of european research of the global policy institute but welcome to inside story if we could begin with you has president said and done enough to put an end to the yellow vest protests i don't think. actually. the yellow vests is of course a tiny minority involved but they're really in a they want to remove prison macro from power they just don't have. sent. it's more they have some kind of. hatred for him though i don't think personally his man that should be heated you couldn't agree or disagree with him but this is the way the yellow vests think and. you will still have some kind of protest i think against him because as a matter of fact we have to consider that. he has lost a lot of the clout that he had after is the election in two thousand and seventeen if you if you like people much more desire pointed with reagan mccourt today that of course they were da

let's bring in our guests for today joining us from paris chief foreign correspondent at le figaro from london charles let's field european affairs analyst at the eurasia group and on skype from san malo or head of european research of the global policy institute but welcome to inside story if we could begin with you has president bush said and done enough to put an end to the yellow vest protests i don't think. actually. is of course a tiny minority. but they're really a they want to remove. from power they just don't have. sent. it's more they have some kind of. hatred for him though i don't think personally his men that should be heated you couldn't agree or disagree with him but this is the way the yellow vests think and. you will still have some kind of protest i think against him because as a matter of fact we have to consider that. he has lost a lot of the clout that he had after is the election in two thousand and seventeen if you if you like people much more desire pointed with rays in my court today that of course they were days of action is two thousand and seventeen chance w

let's bring in our guests for today joining us from paris chief foreign correspondent at le figaro from london charles let's field european affairs analyst at the eurasia group and on skype from san malo or head of european research of the global policy institute but welcome to inside story if we could begin with you has president bush said and done enough to put an end to the yellow this protests i don't think. actually. is of course a tiny minority. but they're really in a they want to remove from power they just don't have. sent. it's more they have some kind of. hatred for him though i don't think personally his men that should be heated you couldn't agree or disagree with him but this is the way the yellow vests think and. you will still have some kind of protest i think against him because as a matter of fact we have to consider that. he has lost a lot of the clout that he had after is the election in two thousand and seventeen if you if you like people much more desire pointed with reagan mccourt today that of course they were days of action is two thousand and seventeen chance w