but it is only macron and macron... and barnier.rding to the times report here, the unity of the leaders is that macron will actually want some more federal europe, which is the one thing that has driven us into this referendum. merkel is weakened in germany. so any thought that there's going to be a... don't look so sceptical! i am going to be a... don't look so sceptical! iam i boring you? going to be a... don't look so sceptical! lam i boring you?” going to be a... don't look so sceptical! i am i boring you? iwas just thinking that if macron and merkel are going to fight it out, we mightjust come merkel are going to fight it out, we might just come through the merkel are going to fight it out, we mightjust come through the middle, you never know! i'm sure theresa may is thinking, thank goodness i'm in cape town. was jacob rees-mogg going to put forward an alternative to the chequers plan? die alternative is called no deal! staying with the times: —— the alternative. getting rid of the weak once to make sure they look good. how ab

macron: europe can no longer leave defeese to thh u.s. it is up to us to take safeey and therefore sovereiggty of the european union. ww must fully understand the consequences of the end of the cold war. plliances arr still ussful today, ut mechanisms and balances these alliances were based on sometimes need to be reconsidered.% that means your needs to reconsider its position. further solidarity requires defense in europe. genie: with me now o talk about president macron, i am joined by pouglas herbertt as well as a former ambassador. wwlcome to both h of you. i am going to start with you doug. what is your takeawaa? doug: the speech was not raddcally different from what emmmnuel macron spoke about last year. themes, including a emphasis on european solidarity, the security of france, -pcollective decision-makingg phere is a notable difference with last year. last year, he had perhaps a slightly firmer hand. he was in a better position with respect to the situatiin geopolitically. at home, he is under a lot of pressure right now. he has

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—— president emmanuel macron. carney‘s mornings today that the likelihood ofa mornings today that the likelihood of a no—deal brexit is uncomfortably high, and clearly warning of the potential economic difficulties that that was going to cause? obviously, he is the governor of the bank of england and has access to the statistics. we know that the real stumbling block is not economic spot politics, and that is the politics of the northern ireland border, because what the eu is saying is, we need to have a backstop. what happens if the uk doesn't come up with some solution to the northern ireland border which leads to frictionless trade? we are seeing the uk saying, well, actually, if we can't come up with some sort of solution, we want a new car —— a uk asa solution, we want a new car —— a uk as a whole backstop will stop the eu is saying, if you don't come up with some sort of deal, it means only northern ireland stays in the single market for goods. that is why mark carney is saying it is getting uncomfortably ca

it looks like emmanuel macron has pushed out that commitment. reduce that?lot has rather spectacularly resigned in a television studio, it would appear. i read this book about macron when i was on my summer holidays by the economist's bureau chief, so it is absolutely fascinating. he is trying to reform france in a way that, because it kind of gave up after about a year and francois hollande, for lots of geopolitical reasons, not least the terrorist threat, was never able to do. he is trying to reform france, ithink never able to do. he is trying to reform france, i think it is fascinating, the economist of really interested in the macron journey. and how far it will go, that is the real question, as you mentioned. francois hollande and also nicolas sarkozy francois hollande and also nicolas sa rkozy before francois hollande and also nicolas sarkozy before him trying to make a lot of reforms. he has got the french parliament with his people in it, that is not lost for ever in french politics. indeed. but in france, i think you get quite good holidays, quite

theresa may is meeting president macron. the bank of england issued a warning. >> he said the possibility of britain leaving the european union without a deal was high. it was likely unlikely. x of the strtress tested for a collapse of the property market. the british financial system would be well p prepare the bank of england raised interest rates on thursday. that has not been able to stop the pound's this -- decline. it is at an 11 day low. anchor: how will the rest of the markets doing? >> in europe, shares of trading are in the green. it's up by .75%. the bonds are being sold off as the antiestablishment government will discuss the next budget. in asia, chinese stocks fell onin as trade tension rained investor summit. the shanghai composite is heading toward a 17% decline. china has been overtaken by japan as the second-biggest stock market. turning to corporate news, shares of the british airways though from disappointing quarterly results. was 835 million year but 6% from last below analyst forecasts. strikes by air

macron won't accept the chequers steel.plored many times before —— chequers deal. you have the inner circle of the euro and then you have the outer circle of eu members who are in the euro and another circle with countries like the uk still maintaining a close —ish relationship, which sounds great, and is cause for some optimism, but again you ask how. macron more than any other eu leader is committed, as much as angela merkel, to the purity of the single market, free movement et cetera. they won't renege on that. so how this works — they are also committed to no hard border across ireland. so how, how, how? even though we are going to be deluged with front pages in the next few weeks speculating about getting closer to a deal, there will be no deal, due in the last week, talking about no deal, the question of how this togetherness comes over issues which are so togetherness comes over issues which are so far unresolved, i don't know. i can't quite see. niche then they have to an extension of this whole process. there is th

, they‘ re front page of theresa may and emmanuel macron, they're on the french riviera, but was notoliday. they had a good dinner but this looks like a very workmanlike meeting going on there at the grounds of the castle there. yes, the summer retreat of french presidents. not that used by many french presidents, but very much used by this one. i understand that this was a downing street request. theresa may requested this. this is the first day of the french president's holiday. as we would like to believe that theresa may has interrupted now twice a holiday. last week, it was in salzburg and today in the south of france. so before a very nice five course menu, with lots of culinary treats... augustine, sea bass, chocolate creme brulee, a bit like our dinners, really. yes, of course. the fact the matter is there is some hard talking to do. i think that what the british press is built this up and do some sort of summit and it all relies on the french president isjust hysteria and disinformation of the worst kind. with the french media is reporting is that this is actually a very anx

is ofe of the priority president macron since he was elected. a member of parliament was appointed last autumn to write a report with concrete proposals for integration. there were 72 measures in the report from the ruling party. in the end only one or two of these are in the final text. we see a real imbalance between the proposals. claire: when you see the french government elect -- lecture other countries like italy it is really in no position to give lessons. >> if we can give solidarity with spain or others that also means opening our ports. to just write a tweet about how we are in solidarity with the country when we didn't voteur ports open when the -- the boat was just a couple of miles from the french court. port. claire: in the end it was spain that let them in. >> we have other challenges. it will have a negative impact on a number of people. it will not have the impact the government wants which is reducing the number of arrival and increasing the number of returns. there nothing that shows that the measures being approved will have

what do you think emmanuel macron wa nts to what do you think emmanuel macron wants to get out of thisresa may? two reasons: one is of opportunity, and the other is emmanuel macron‘s nature. he is coming out of a two—week crisis, which is exactly what he doesn't wa nt to which is exactly what he doesn't want to seem rehashed with the media, with one of his security guards getting too big for his boots and committing a number of infractions. that has been an affair in france for two weeks, looking statesman—like, trying to save the european ideal, receiving another head of state at fort bregancon, which he has said he wants to turn into the french and little camp david. it all plays well to the french public that is one thing, but another is that angela merkel took months to build up a coalition, and emmanuel macron found himself as the de facto or visible leader of the european union. this is a role that he relishes. the idea that he could help bring something about is also something that he likes. we have nicknamed him the trump whisperer because he managed to stand his ground against

make a deal with britain, emmanuel macron tells eu leaders. what is going to say?k, if you look at emmanuel macron, if you look at the french economy, if you look at the french economy, if you look at french agriculture, they really need the uk market. if you look at the security cooperation between the uk and france, that is very important. apparently theresa may has had a good meeting with him during her break in his residence during her break in his residence during his break. and he is going to say let us make a deal. i think that is the consensus that is emerging. did you see yesterday that dominic raab came out and said yes we are probably missing the deadline of 0ctober, it will probably slip into november, but we are getting closer toa november, but we are getting closer to a deal? and then yesterday, michel barnier spoke in berlin and said we are actually quite close to a deal. and the pound went up on that. michel barnier said one thing that. michel barnier said one thing that we should be careful, he took a line from theresa may, he said "single market m

let's turn to the independent, mr macron and brexit. headline is macron refuses to rescue theresa may's checkers plan. well, it goes on and on, doesn't it? are we surprised about this? jo is certainly not. he is checkers or nothing. checkers is pretty unpopular. do you think they are at checkers made. very good. jacob rees—mogg has vowed to get rid of it. but there is nothing else on the table, we are seven months away from leaving, it is the best theresa may has got to offer, if this doesn't work, we end with no deal. now, if europe feels that, ok, that they are happy to live that too, theni they are happy to live that too, then i think that's where were going. it seems a pity to me. i mean it doesn't mean that checkers is actually set in stone, there are things you can actually do with it, but there were bits of it i found. what europe has been saying is we can't go and collect their customs duties for instance because we would bea duties for instance because we would be a third country after march. but we are heading increasingly tow

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tonight the french president, emmanuel macron, is entertaining a guest on a mission.iday either would have hoped for. simon jack, bbc news. the sister of a woman missing for more than a week has made an emotional appeal for help in finding her. gemma eastwood broke down in tears as she described her older sister, samantha, as her best friend. the 28—year—old midwife was last seen at the end of her shift, at the royal stoke hospital last friday morning. a 32—year—old man, arrested in connection with her disappearance, has been released on bail. phil mackie reports. samantha eastwood was described by herfamily as happy, bubbly, and smiley and an amazing midwife. today, her sister made a tearful appeal for help tracing her. she's my best friend and partner in crime. without her, half of me is gone. samantha, if you're listening, please get in touch, we all love you and miss you very much. we just need you home where you belong. this was the last confirmed sighting of samantha. she's on the left, leaving work after a night shift at 7:1i5am last friday morning. then drivin

and theresa may is wined and dined by president macron, butjust who is seducing who?, vincent magombe, of africa inform international, a global network of the continent's journalists, john fisher burns, formerly chief foreign correspondent for the new york times, agnes poirier of the french magazine marianne, and from here in the uk, the conservative political commentator alex deane. thank you forjoining us. robert mugabe may have lost power last november, after 37 years in charge of zimbabwe, but he hasn't lost his political timing. on sunday, after the candidates had ended their campaigns and hours before the polls opened, he called a news conference, denounced zanu—pf, his party, and suggested he might vote for nelson chamisa, leader of the opposition mdc, instead. embarrassing for emmerson mnangagwa, seeking a mandate of his own after deposing mr mugabe. known as the crocodile for his patience and cunning, mr mnangagwa has been posing as agent of change even though he was robert mugabe's close ally for about 50 years. despite mr mugabe's eleventh—hour denunciation

tonight the french president, emmanuel macron, is entertaining a guest on a mission.he holiday either would have hoped for. simon jack, bbc news. our europe correspondent adam fleming is in le lavandou, near to where the the two leaders are meeting. this is mrs may's latest stop on the european charm offensive, how well on the plans going down with the french? we know absolutely nothing about how this meeting has gone beyond what the leaders had for there are five course dinner. it does not mean it was a triumph or disaster, just that this is part of a long process and will end in a couple of months with a political declaration by the eu and uk about the shape of future relationships in the shape of future relationships in the years and decades after brexit. mrs may hopes the government published and so she is on a tour to make sure fellow leaders every part of the white paper is not misinterpreted. she faces challenges, not least the fact that the 27 remaining leaders of the eu negotiate as one and she has to win over more than just one or two, even if they are power

theresa may holds talks with emmanuel macron, as the bank of england governor mark carney issues a starkt brexit, saying the possibility of a uk no—deal is "uncomfortably high." zimba bwe's newly re—elected president emmerson mnangagwa calls for peace, as riot police try to break up an opposition news conference. it comes after the leader of the opposition party claims to have video evidence proving election results were fraudulent. jeremy corbyn says anti—semitism is a "real problem" within the labour party, but one it is working to overcome. in an article tonight for the guardian, he says he does not accept claims that a labour government would represent a threat to jewish life. the sister of a young midwife who's been missing for nearly a week has made a hearfelt plea for her safe return, as staffordshire police treat her case as a "high—risk missing person" inquiry. she is my best friend and partner in crime. without her, half of me is gone. forecasters say the all—time temperature record could be broken in europe in the coming days. the current european record is 48 degrees celcius,

well, i think, going to hearfrom emmanuel macron later one, lucy?ly, the view from here is this visitor that sign of real british weakness, there's more than one paper this morning describing it as a cry for help and an obvious sign of british anxiety over brexit. one very colourful editorial had theresa may trying to wrest the steering wheel of the brexit carpeting the ha rd wheel of the brexit carpeting the hard brexiteers and the soft brexiteers, trying to stop it going into the wall, and they said after so into the wall, and they said after so long of britain being detached and aloof, now she is coming to ask to help keep it on the road. the question of whether it will work or not, i think the feeling here is president macron has been cleared about where he stands. he's a committed europhile, always back to the core principles of the eu and whatever kind of flexibility france will or will not show, there is a feeling it won't be on those key principles. it won't be on the integrity of the single market. sol think, while the feeling here is the c

tonight the french president, emmanuel macron, is entertaining a guest on a mission.ay either would have hoped for. simon jack, bbc news. our europe correspondent adam fleming is in le lavandou, near to where the the two leaders have been meeting. we know absolutely nothing about how this meeting has gone tonight beyond what the two leaders had for their five course dinner. now, that doesn't mean it was a triumph or a disaster, just that this is part of a very long process that will end in a very long process that will end in a couple of months with a political declaration by both the eu and the uk about the shape of their future relationship in the years and decades after brexit. theresa may hopes that political declaration looks quite like the white paper her government published last month, so she is a nato to make sure her fellow leaders understand every dot and, of that white paper and do not misinterpreted. —— dot and,. she faces a futurologist, not least the fa ct faces a futurologist, not least the fact that the 27 remaining leaders from the eu negotiators won

but i think the first part of that is going to be the tricky bit, actually persuading emmanuel macronome people here that say that france may well show a little bit of flexibility later on in the game. but not at this stage, probably, and certainly not the kind of flexibility that theresa may is looking for. lucy williamson in paris, thank you. zimbabwe‘s opposition has vowed to launch court action to try to overturn the results of the country‘s presidential election. the president of zimbabwe, emmerson mnangagwa, has been declared the winner and called it "a new beginning". the announcement follows days of deadly violence and allegations of vote rigging, as our reporter andrew plant has been finding out. cheering celebrations on the streets of zimbabwe after the country‘s controversial presidential election. zimbabwe‘s president, emmerson mnangagwa, a 75—year—old politician nicknamed the crocodile due to his shrewd, some say ruthless, political manoeuvring, winning zimbabwe‘s first election since the end of robert mugabe‘s rule in november last year. in the days before the announceme

the headlines at 8pm: as theresa may meets french president emmanuel macron for brexit talks in france, bank of england governor mark carney issues a warning about the the risk of uk no—deal. the possibility of a no—deal is uncomfortably high at this point. zimbabwe's opposition say they're ready to go to court to prove vote rigging led to their defeat. the victors meanwhile say the polls were free and fair. the names have been released of four men who died when their car crashed into a tree in bradford while being pursued by police. jeremy corbyn tonight says driving anti—semitism out of the labour party for good is his priority. also coming up this hour. forecasters say the all—time temperature record for continental europe could be broken in the coming days. spain and portugal are on alert — locals and holidaymakers are urged to take care as temperatures climb well into the 40s more than 50 years after donald campbell died in the lake district — his record breaking bluebird hydroplane takes to the water again this weekend. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the prime minister has

president macron of france has made nine trips to the continent since he became president.nd angela merkel will arrive in nigeria shortly after mrs may leaves. the big western powers are taking a new interest. britain is already the second biggest aid donor to africa, after the united states. the plan is to use that aid to support private sector investment on the continent. but africa will never replace the trade the uk has with europe — britain's exports to the eu are £240 billion. combined annual exports to south africa and nigeria arejust 3 billion. still, the prime minister believes there is plenty of potential. one of the benefits of leaving the eu is we will be able to negotiate

resignation of france's environment minister, nicolas hulot, is a serious blow to president emmanuel macron's image as the eu's champion on climate change and environmental reform. and then finally, if you've been looking for an excuse to book your next getaway, here it is. the times reports on a study that started in the 1970s, which found that taking more than three weeks holiday a year could lengthen your life. why are we not surprised to hear that? with me is iain anderson, founder of the international communications agency,

tonight, french president emmanuel macron is entertaining a guest on a mission. for. simon jack, bbc news. there might be a lot going on in the world right now, but most of us haven't got to the stage of building a nuclear bunker to escape from it all. but canadian bruce beach has been preparing for the worst case scenario in a pretty unusual way. he's created a shelter using more buses. let's take a look. well, i thought for years this is it. i keep saying that they can't get any worse than this. but they do. we put the first four buses in in 1980. initially, this shelter was built for 1000 people and the government standard at that time was ten square feet per person. then they halved the standards, so now it is 500. ok, so i'lljust lead you through. this is the key corner of any shelter, because this is what stops the radiation and thatjust comes down the hallway and runs into that wall, radiation won't turn corners. these are for people coming in with sidearms, so they drop hit so they don't take them on. we leave a guard over the arms here. decontamination t

he said it in a news conference with the french president macron and then in july of last year he tweeted most politicians would have gone to a meeting like the one don junior attended in order to get info on an opponent. so him saying that today is simply not news. >> bill: make sense of these headlines. one of them. "new york times." president admits focus of trump tower meeting was getting dirt on clinton. "new york times." "washington post". have another one from the associated press. trump acknowledged purpose of

tonight, french president macron is entertaining a guest on a mission.h us on bbc world news, still to come: and after a wave of anti—government protests in nicaragua, what do those representing the goverment think of the situation? we'll hear from the vice minister of foreign affairs. this is bbc world news today. the latest headlines zimbabwe's newly reelected president has called for peace and unity after being accused of winning a "fraudulent and illegitimate" election. the opposition leader says the result was rigged. much of europe sizzles in a heatwave — forecasters say the all—time temperature record on the continent could be broken over the weekend. the youngest woman to be convicted of plotting a terror attack on british soil has been given a 13—year minimum jail term. safaa boular was convicted of preparing acts of terrorism and attempting to travel to syria — tojoin militants from islamic state. she was part of britain's first all—female cell with her mother and sister, who were jailed earlier this year. june kelly reports from outside the co

tonight, french president emmanuel macron is entertaining a guest on a mission.ay through another heatwave, people in portugal and spain are bracing themselves for the continent's highest—ever temperatures. on friday, thermometer readings nudged 46.4 degrees in el granado in southern spain, near the portugese border. but forecasters say the current european record of 48 degrees could be broken in the coming days. sima kotecha reports. a city exhausted by the heat. in monduro, there is little movement today. and the sweltering conditions are having an impact on the younger and older generations. translation: i drink a lot of water. i go to the swimming pool and i have a siesta in the afternoon. translation: old people do not go out, between three and half six or seven in the evening here. you will see nobody on the streets. everyone is at home with their fan and these days, air conditioning. if you can afford it. temperatures here have been the highest in the country over the last few days. with the gauge peaking at 45 degrees yesterday. an hour or so away in cord

tonight, french president macron is entertaining a guest on a mission.he holiday either would have hoped for. 0ur europe correspondent adam fleming is at the medieval fortress in the south of france, where the two leaders are meeting. theresa may is on her latest leg of her charm offensive across europe, how well do you think her message is going to go down in france? the whole reason this is happening is that the brexit talks are about to enter a new phase, for a year now, they have been talking about wrapping up the uk's membership into a withdrawal treaty. now they are about to start discussing another document, a so—called political declaration, which will sketch out the shape of the future relationship between the uk and the eu, long after brexit. theresa may would like that declaration to be based on the white paper that her government published a couple of weeks ago and she is now on a mission to make sure every eu leader understands exactly what she is offering and how much she is compromising, rather than having it interpreted on her behalf by s

tonight, french president emmanuel macron is entertaining guests on a mission.ng has been following theresa may's visit. we know absolutely nothing about how this meeting has gone tonight the odd what the two leaders had for their five course dinner. now that doesn't mean it was a trail for a disaster, just that this is part of a very long process that will end in a very long process that will end in a couple of months with a political declaration by those the eu and the uk about the shape of their future relationship in the years and decades after brexit. theresa may hopes that the political declaration looks quite like the white paper her government published last month, so she is on a tour to understand that her fellow leaders understand every pa rt her fellow leaders understand every part of that so they don't miss it. she faces the few challenges on this journey, not least the fact that 27 remaining members of the eu negotiate as one. chester win over more thanjust negotiate as one. chester win over more than just one or two of them, evenif more than just o

theresa may is meeting emmanuel macron today.he unusual meeting is said to be part of a diplomatic drive to win european leaders over to may's brexit vision. british leader has 11 weeks until the accord is meant to be signed. a few lines just crossing the bloomberg. i u.k. cabinet minister sees no alternative to brexit deal. the uk'secretary says future is still take -- is to stay economically close to the eu. let's do brexit and also bank of england. was there evidence enough for you for the interest rate rise? >> the interest rate rise was fully discounted in the markets. that's why you saw very little reaction in the gilt market and why you did not see a bounce in sterling. -- 1.2g testing 1:30 eight against u.s. dollar. they reaction was totally logical. what's the rationale for the bank of england? certain indicators, if we look at the manufacturing pmi, the service sector pmi, they have recovered. secondly, we are seeing some upward pressure. rising to a half percent. -- 2.5%. unemployment is at a low level. .here is a brex

this is emmanuel macron in paris.responsibilities and guarantee european security, and, consequently, european sovereignty. we must fully realise the consequences of the end of the cold war. alliances still have their releva nce war. alliances still have their relevance today, but the balances, or the mechanisms on which they were built, needs to be revisited. let's get the take of the bbc‘s paris correspondence, lucy williamson stop claire it was always a policy of mr macron to try to extend the hand of french upon the world stage, to try to get these big leaders not quite in his pocket but certainly talking to him about all the issues. the trouble is that that hasn't really brought conflict results, not on climate change, the status of those jerusalem, and not on the tariffs that the us has now imposed on aluminium and steel from the eu. sol on aluminium and steel from the eu. so i think it is really a case of mr macron realising the limits to that relationship, but also it has to be said, quite independent of that,

theresa may is on holiday in europe, but on friday she will be the guest of french president emmanuel macronupport for a deal on her country's exit from the european union. the two leaders will hold a working meeting and private dinner at the presidential retreat at bregancon, where macron and his wife brigitte will be spending their summer holidays. that's it for the business briefing this hour, but before we go, here are the markets. there is a lot going on. we have lots of earnings stories. we mentioned apple, we saw recovery in stocks on the dow and the nasdaq but in asia it is fairly mixed. you can see the hang seng down slightly, japan higher. investors digests inc the rumours of possible escalation in the trade war —— digesting. up next: newsbriefing. there are 11,000 more grammar school pupils in england now than there were in 2010. that is despite a 20—year ban on creating new grammar schools, and the figures from a bbc analysis of official data show the number of places are expected to increase further in the coming years. our education editor branwen jeffries has more. like many g

but just how closely do these measures resembled president macron's campaign promises. >> every five years i want refugees to have the right to access unemployment benefits. choose to quit. >> until now the only way to be entitled to out of work payments was to lose your job choose to . redundancy with or bosses. the latest reform won't exactly open the benefit to anyone who wants to resign. law states the person will need to have held a job uninterrupted for five years. they will also need to present a project for their professional future development. the commission will decide how much if any is to be awarded. >> what we are seeing today is a bit different. >> it seems logical to me that the law sets certain conditions. otherwise everybody would decide that instead of working they would simply prefer unemployment benefits. >> around a million french workers resign every year. -- receive unemployment benefits to 75% of the salary. >> if the demand is high there will be more professional projects accepted. >> opposition on the right describes the new law is unrealistic and expensive

macron addressing theresa may if you should pour cold water in any attempt to bypass brussels, which effect what he did. theresa may yelling, "no." the extended heatwave is making many of us miserable, but according to the new yorker, it is making some archaeologists happy. because of the dry weather, parch marks have emerged. which allows the archaeologists to see normally unseen things underground. anchor: big story from the u.s., donald trump admitting that his son did meet with russian lawyers to discuss hillary clinton. reporter: 13 months ago, donald trump said that the meeting was about adopting russian children. on sunday, he admitted that in fact his son met to try to get information on hillary clinton. naturally, many media outlets jumped on the story. and now an ever-growing list of falsehoods coming from the president. the new york daily news put out "lies and more lies" with donald trump as pinocchio. this comes as the u.s. president continues his war of words against the u.s. media and russia investigation. anchor: meanwhile, the u.s. preparing to impose fresh sanctions

president macron of france has described talks with the british riendly afterr as the two leaders met on friday to discuss thesaay's brexit proposals. our business editor has details. simon: wish you were here. this is no holiday. government ministers are touring the scorching capitals of europe hoping lo persuadeders to get behind its proposed deal with the e.u. the primehoinister cut her own holiday to join the french president on his.e, meanwhhe governor of the bank of england cranked up the temperature at home wit this strongly worded warning. >> the possibility of a no-dealo is uncably high at this point. it does mean potential disruption, certainly it doesis meanption to trade as we know it. and as a consequencef that, a disruption to the level of economic activity, changes, higher prices, for a period of time. reporter: the governor of the bank o england doesn't say anything by mistake. he knows his every utterances scrutinized. this was a deliberate intervention from the govern governor who believes it is h job. >> the canadian bank minister has saidthing will be terrible and

in the case of macron the economy still underperforms. macron who in some ways is a lot like trump. and macron has tried very hard to reform france and is having a hard time doing it. the truth is the french people aren't -- and they have a very long history of the railroad workers striking two days a week for months just to send a signal that we are not happy. imagine the chaos that causes. they are not necessarily the people who decided to lecture us on the economy. in addition trump did something very profound. from world war ii until 2016 we used the american economy to prop up -- so need your help somehow you got a good deal. for a very long time it made perfect sense because the soviet union was our major competitor and two because when they came out of world war ii we were half the world's economy. remember everybody else had done bombed and we were the one country that had not suffered any civilian war pandemic so we were huge portion of the world and we could afford to be generous. over the last 25 years that has all disappeared. we have agreed to work with the chinese and

tonight, french president emmanuel macron is entertaining a guest on a mission.the trial of the paul manafort has heard claims from his accountant —— his accountant that she helped to disguise his tax return. he denies bank fraud, tax fraud and failing to report foreign bank accounts. now if that wasn't strange enough for you, there's a story from boise, idaho that has been keeping us all busy on twitter today, watching a suburban neighbourhood be invaded by goats. the news was broken by reporter joe parris, whose tweet about the goats attracted 83,000 likes and 36,000 retweets. joe posted this video of the goats, devouring everything in sight. the party was brought to an end when the owners of the escaped animals. a firm called we rent goats were called to come and get them. the goats normally go on hire to eat noxious weeds, but carried out their services for free on a few lawns today. you can reach me on twitter. i'm @nkem|fejika. hello there. we had a bit of rain around on friday across parts of northern england, north wales, into the midlands as well, but fo

in a sense, the most powerful politicalfigure in the eu is emmanuel macron in france, he has a strong most other european leaders are not there any more. the integrationist impulse is over. even your own prime minister in holland responding to macron said "integration for integration‘s sake will only harm future public support for the european union." so when you tell me there is a clear direction of travel, there isn't. there has never been integration for integration‘s sake. never. it has been integration in order to respond to the challenges of today, and the reality of course is that the nation state, or the national state in itself cannot respond any more to the challenges of today. we need a strong european union, i see support for european integration amongst young people, that is the next generation of leaders, is very strong. they are becoming more active, more engaged, more mobilised, so actually i am quite optimistic. frankly, looking at brexit as an example, all one can say is that there are increasing deep divisions between demographics, different age groups across europe

macron's party has a large majority making the vote mainly symbolic but the scandal has dented the reputationteam. former president obama and his former us vice presidentjoe biden reunited at a bakery in washington. in a surprise visit at the dog tag bakery they took time to greet the patrons and thank them for their service. the bakery helps train and employ disabled veterans, as well as offering support to military families. in san francisco, the social media giant facebook says it has closed more than thirty accounts involved in what appear to be a coordinated attempt to influence the forthcoming us mid—term elections. the company said this included almost 10,000 facebook posts and 150 pieces of advertising. 0ur north america technology reporter dave lee gave more details from san francisco. facebook released a bunch of information about this issue earlier. they say they removed 32 different pages and accounts which, given the huge user base, does not seem like much but between them they posted around 10,000 items and purchased 150 pieces of advertising at around $10,000. facebook say they

but talking to emmanuel macron about some of the keyissues emmanuel macron about some of the key issueshort holiday to see president obama on is a sign of british weakness, almost cry for help from theresa may. is there anything in that? i think it is better to see this as two european leaders sitting down at a difficult moment to discuss political issues in front of them which is why i do not think emphasis should be on whether emmanuel macron will move on this or that because i‘m sure that will not be the case. having taken 15 i‘m sure that will not be the case. having ta ken 15 months i‘m sure that will not be the case. having taken 15 months to produce a british position we cannot go to the europeans two weeks later and said this is it, take it or leave it. we have to show flexibility and perhaps the prime minister can send a signal of that in these talks. the governor of that in these talks. the governor of the bank of england has been saying the possibility of a no—deal brexit is uncomfortably high, do you share that opinion? any risk of no—deal brexit is uncomfortably high becaus

can this be, especially on the eve of the day theresa may is meeting emmanuel macron in the south ofe kicking themselves they didn't have it themselves. as you say, tomorrow, theresa may breaking off her holiday in italy to meet president macron at his summer retreat in the south of france and he will be aware of the fa ct, france and he will be aware of the fact, he will have seen this story i'm sure, he strikes me as the kind of guy, not any more now he is president, but in the past would have had the odd m&s sandwich, not at home but in paris, where they're very popular. the story is there will be long queues of lorries parked on the motorway to all the m20 on the way to dover, —— motorway to or. they will go smelly and be good so they can't sell them so they can't go on sale in paris. i would force the sandwich eaters in paris to go to the rather nice restaurants that adorn every street corner in paris with their rather wonderful gastronomic offerings. not that i'm saying and m85 sandwich isn't up there with most of the best foods in the world —— an m85 sandwich. just saying! the

there is no sign theresa may's efforts to make a case directly to eu leaders like president macron isam fox, has put the chances of no—deal brexit at because of what he calls intransigence on the eu side. in edinburgh, the prime minister will hear directly from scotland's first minister who was speaking to us at her official residence of short time ago. she wants theresa may to rule out a no—deal brexit to rule out what she calls a blind brexit, the idea of leaving with agreed terms of withdrawal but without naming down the broad outline of a future trading relationship. both those outcomes, nicola sturgeon thinks, would be economically damaging. i do not think the prime minister is in a position to offer guarantees. instead when they sign a joint agreement to bring new investment to edinburgh, the prime minister i think will seek to present that as a commitment to sharing economic wealth across the uk as it leaves the eu. thank you. a disabled man has been stopped from boarding a flight because his wheelchair repair kit was deemed a security risk. steve smithers was turned away at se