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macron: i have several comments on this. first of all, we agreed on a climate agenda, the paris agenda. at this point, we have not lived up to our commitments, all of us. so our top priority is to do our utmost to stay true to our commitments. and i say altogether, because they cannot be any freeloaders. we need to move together so as not to create productivity biases. this is why, in the last few years, when the u.s. decided to leave the paris agreement in the summer of 2017, there was a major risk, but i see that, over the past few years since, the house of cards did not tumble, so we created the one planet summit, and we held steady, europeans, a lot of emerging countries. china, also, let us not forget they cooperated very much so. and also with many federated states from the u.s. now, does the biden administration's first move -- now, the biden administration's first move was to rejoin the paris climate agreement, so i call for everyone to revise our upward -- cut to 55% and commit to carbon neutrality by 2050. these ar

and one of the points that emmanuel macron— and one of the points that emmanuel macron makes here isgeopolitical issue now. because this is a way in which china and russia — because this is a way in which china and russia are having influence on low and _ and russia are having influence on low and middle income countries whiist _ low and middle income countries whilst the — low and middle income countries whilst the west is left looking like the greedy ones holding onto the vaccine — the greedy ones holding onto the vaccine. so they really do need to come _ vaccine. so they really do need to come forward and show that they understand the issues, and that they understand _ understand the issues, and that they understand we can't have a situation whereby _ understand we can't have a situation whereby more than half the world's population does not have access to vaccines _ population does not have access to vaccines. we population does not have access to vaccines. ~ ., ,, population does not have access to vaccines. . ., ,, ., ., vaccines. we will talk about front of iris at length _ va

macron's comments came after the u.s.ecretary-general denounced the uneven distribution of covid-19 shots. pres. macron: we must respond to what is a moral duty and the situation of glaring inequality, and to do so out of solidarity, but also if i may say so out of interest. if we do not eradicate this virus from the entire globe through an appropriate vaccination strategy and let it thrive on the african continent and elsewhere in the poorest countries and continue to circulate to make variants and variants probably resistant to the vaccines being deployed. hashem: let's have a look at other african nations that have started to roll out vaccines. zimbabwe is using the sinopharm jab that china has distributed to several african countries. senegal has received its first 200,000 doses jab from the same country, but there are concerns about the efficacy after a study found it produced a weaker immune system response against the mutation. deaths across the african continent have reached 100,000, with the contagious variant an

emmanuel macron's warning we will have to live with covid-19 in the long term.e spoke following the eu summit on the coronavirus pandemic. an attempted coup d'etat in armenia. the prime minister faces growing anger over the troops from azerbaijan, described as a betrayal. violence in myanmar as demonstrators purporting to be -- demonstrators oppose the military junta and support aung san suu kyi. thank you very much for being with us. european leaders met this thursday to try to find ways to speed up the production and rollout of covid-19 vaccines. they acknowledge it is a race against the emergence of new variants, that some fear could bring a third wave of the pandemic to the continent. 15.5 million doses of vaccines have so far been delivered. 29 point 7 million administered with about 5.7 million citizens having had their first dose. >> [speaking french] mark: it's the same dilemma that comes over and over again, how to keep angst moving but stop things spreading. the english variant has been called the british variant. i think british is inaccurate. this va

macron's model was to enter territory normally left for the scientists.nch president told us everything points to thinking it is quasi-ineffective on people older than 65. cue much scratching of heads. >> i'm not sure where he got that from. anchor: as emmanuel macron was busy criticizing the u.k., senior commission figure martin so meyer also commented, tweeting proudly, the has seen 12 million people vaccinated in three weeks, and then he told us , in africa, only 20,000 people have been vaccinated so far. when that sentiment was questioned, he tweeted back, some humility and more solidarity would be appropriate. humility has been in short supply. they wanted to emphasize the good the e.u. has done. >> europe invested billions to help develop the covid vaccines. to create a truly global common go and now the companies must deliver. anchor: why didn't the you tie those investments to guarantees of vaccines? the you also thinks astrazeneca guaranteed to deliver millions of vaccines but astrazeneca doesn't think it did. peter from the german tabloid has wr

and president macron does efficient jab. and president macron does not seem _ efficient jab.m like _ efficient jab. and president macron does not seem like a _ efficient jab. and president macron does not seem like a man - efficient jab. and president macron does not seem like a man racked i efficient jab. and president macron i does not seem like a man racked with self—doubt but has event regrets about him or anyone else of how they have discussed this publicly? i don't think so it was this build is the bad blood that we have had between some member state over the way that the european commission at the centre here in brussels has taken on the responsibility for the procurement, across the 27 countries. we know that they were slow to sign deals and we know that last month they were really blaming astrazeneca for allegedly favouring the uk over eu countries. of course astrazeneca says that simply not the case. it's no sort of public acceptance that they may have got the wrong emphasis, but you just wonder how long it will take for the french and the german authorities to have

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i was fortunate to meet president macron in april of 2018 at the white house. how things have changed since then. as this audience knows well, the relationship with europe is at the very heart of the historic mission of the atlantic council, as we look to shape our collective future, tackling the global challenges and issues that affect us all in lock step with our closest strategic allies. as we embark on 2021, a storied year already, in its own right as the atlantic council celebrates its 60th anniversary, we find ourselves in the midst of a historic moment where countries and societies the world over face simultaneously a health crisis, an economic crisis and in some cases an identity crisis while grappling with sweeping technological changes, climate imperatives and strategic rivals growing increasingly assertive, such as china and russia. against that backdrop, i think most with us today would agree this is also a pivotal moment for transformation. a unique opportunity for those in the transatlantic community to step up and once again shape the future of i

pam emmanuel macron at the atlantic council discussing transatlantic trade, the nato alliance, climate change and working with the biden administration. the >> it afternoon everyone i am john rogers and i served as the chairman of the atlanta council and notwithstanding the pandemic requirements we do this virtually and to kick off the official launch of the atlantic council with a generous participation of our guest his excellency president of the french republicia my crown one - - meeting him at a dinner at the white house and how things have changed since then. is this audience knows well the relationship with europe is that the very heartkno of the historic mission of the atlantic council as a letter to shape with a close a strategic allies. as we embark on 2021 a story deari already as atlantic council celebrates the 60th anniversary we are in the midst of a historic moment where they simultaneously have a health crisis, economic crisis, and in some cases, and identity crisis with sweeping ecological changes, climate imperatives and strategic rivals growing increasingly assertive

president macron�*s flagship project to combat extremism across france passes its first hurdle.nd a major shock in the tennis as the number one ash party loses the quarter—finals to an outsider. —— barty. in the us, president biden�*s made his first official trip out of washington since taking office. he flew to the state of wisconsin for a nationally—televised town hall event. he took questions directly from voters, as he lay out the case for his first major piece of legislation — a coronavirus relief bill worth almost $2 trillion. watching that event was our north america correspondent, peter bowes. what did you make of the event? this was a very wide ranging event in terms of the questions asked by americans and it is significant because it is the first time president biden has put himself into this kind of forum since entering the white house. almost half of the questions were devoted to the coronavirus and president biden placed at by the end ofjuly all americans who choose to have the vaccine will be able to do that. on further questioning, he acknowledged that at that poi

joe biden also wanted to signal it was about style, even echoes of a slogan adopted by emmanuel macron when his presidency kicked off, france is back. here, america is back. let's take a listen. >> america is back. america is back. diplomacy is back. you are the center of all that i intend to do. you are the heart. we are going to rebuild our alliances. we are going to reengage the world and take on the enormous challenge we face dealing with the pandemic, dealing with global warming, and again, standing up for democracy and human rights around the world. >> our washington correspondent spoke to was earlier about some of the policy shifts we are going to see with joe biden. let's take a listen to her. >> donald trump was saying he was going to end these endless wars and bring back troops, and he started withdrawing u.s. troops from all across the world. joe biden is pausing especially the withdrawal of troops from germany. that was prett controversial when donald trump announced it, so he is pausing that withdrawal and ordering a review of all the other troop positions. he also announc

you have spoken to macron and merkel.id, you know what, any solution to this has to involve the russians. do you agree that really, russia still holds the key to lu kashenko�*s future? i can't agree with you, because belarusian people hold the key to lukashenko�*s future. and again, this is only belarusian people who can change everything. do you worry that the russians are now so concerned about people protesting at home in russia that they are even less willing to see lukashenko removed by you and the democratic opposition in belarus? it makes putin even keener, surely, to keep lu kashenko in power. i have to repeat that it's not of kremlin to decide what's going on in belarus. it's only belarusian people's business and the business of internal business of our country, what to do in belarus. throughout this interview, you've made it plain to me that yours is a difficult situation because it's a personal as well as a political situation that you find yourself in. are you still one day determined to go back to belarus and

that is coming to us from downing street, following a call with president macron. u.k.ave defended the plan to quarantine travelers and hotels when they rurn to britain -- and hotels when they return to britain -- in hotels when they return to briin starting february 15. passengers arriving from 33 countries will have to stay in a hotel for 10 nights in their own expense -- at their own expense. the scheme should be extended to all international travelers. here is our transport correspondent, carolyn davis. reporter: running a covert secure hotel is not business as usual. on top of cleaning, and air purifying machines, this hotel reassessed all safety protocols and finally got insurance to have covid positive guests stayin here. >> it took us three month of satisfying our insurers with all the risk assessments and method statementso get this in place. do i think they will be able to turn around 10 days? i doubt it very much. reporter: this is the sort of room quarantine guests could stay in. according to the guidelines, quarantine wld last for 11 days. the hotel would h

macron stressed at that europe still has to work with russia.erkel stressed that china was needed to solve global problems. both of them sounding cagey about this idea of taking a democratic fight to those authoritarian powers. phil: it does seem that russia and china are going to be big issues on which the u.s. anti-e.u. will have -- and the eu will have different approaches. richard: obviously, these are early days in the administration is just getting started. if we look ahead at the real potential sources of tension between the europeans and the u.s., if the u.s. is moving into a more serious era of confrontation with china and russia, that puts europe in a difficult position, because russia is on their doorstep. with china, germany is its prosperity is heavily dependent on china. it's germany that is heavily dependent on america for its defense. if we see the u.s.-china move into a cold war like scenario, can germany keep that going, dependent on the u.s. for its defense, dependent on china for its prosperity? that contradiction could becom

emmanuel macron got involved saying what politics does great britain wish to choose? the best ally of the u.s., the eu, and this -- new singapore. it has to share. it briefly threatened the northern ireland part of the brexit deal. now, look at this. the times reports there is a center in berlin that uses the astrazeneca vaccine where each day fewer than 200 people are showing up for the 3000 daily appointments. across germany, only 14% of the doses have been used. the guardian tells us that 500 staff at a hospital signed a letter in protest when they found out they were getting the astrazeneca jab. one nurse said if it turns out we will be vaccinated with that vaccine, we will go on strike. the vaccine the eu got mad about not receiving is not being used as much as it could be. this may be in connection with the fact that last month while some were criticizing the supply, they were also criticizing the vaccine. emmanuel macron said everything points toward thinking it is because i ineffective on people older than 65 except everything doesn't point to that. it expects

after macron's spokesman said, why don't?ore asking if the sputnik v vaccine the solution to europe's shortage. many e.u. leaders are giving it serious consideration. hungary has already bought it. this is live from paris. ♪ very much for being with us. aung san suu kyi has not been heard from since she was detained by the military on monday but two days later the generals revealed their charges against the human rights icon and de facto president of myanmar and winner of november elections. they say she breached import laws over walkie-talkies. the actions of the myanmar generals is a military coupl. as international condemnation grows, local resistance grows, too. the next move from myanmar's military is keenly awaited. >> just 48 hours after democracy was brought to its knees in myanmar police he charged aung san suu kyi with possession of illegally imported walkie-talkies. they claim 10 walkie-talkies were used by members of her security team. the charge allows the military who took over in a coup to justify their leader

we have macron saying — a lot of negative press. actually, a lot of negative press. we have - macron saying come up actually, that it was costly and effective for those of the 65 and comments from the eu commission about how it was approved in the uk. you think it's being politcised and it's backfired on them? in being politcised and it's backfired on them? ., being politcised and it's backfired on them? . , , being politcised and it's backfired onthem? . , , �* on them? in a way, yes. but the government _ on them? in a way, yes. but the government has _ on them? in a way, yes. but the government has been _ on them? in a way, yes. but the government has been saying - on them? in a way, yes. but the government has been saying is i on them? in a way, yes. but the i government has been saying is not on them? in a way, yes. but the - government has been saying is not so negative about the vaccine as such but as you pointed rightly out that emmanuel macron said shed some more doubt about it and there was a lot of negative pr and reflects

. - then you go into europe and what you see there, macron has to be re—elected next year, merkel, -en you have the problem with the populists _ in eastern europe. it is a complete mess politically, whereas l britain is very stable. we will come back to you for more on europe. to america now, where the approach of president biden is crystal clear. rather like barack 0bama in 2008 but on a vastly greater scale, the president is pumping money into the economy. a stimulus that is said to be worth $1.9 trillion will no doubt fund every proposed bridge and road programme in the nation, but do public works of this kind produce lasting benefits? the world is watching. has america found the route out of the economic crisis or is this too much, as even a usually sympathetic commentator like larry summers fears? stephanie, is this an over—correction? or do you think this is what's needed? biden's mantra is that you cannot spend too much, and so you saw yesterday the house of representatives passed his stimulus bill, 1.9 trillion, which outlines these cheques which will go out to tens of millio

couple of songs popular by black cowboys, but he also has the poem -- by wallace macron.e had basically, it's just a portion of it, -- now we can hear it. okay. so i came early to understand the names of every good -- top hand in my scope of the country. from here in tough hands top. but when they crow, and blow, and most, the one name that came up the most was a wily wild horse runner they simply called old prop. you boys stardom, i'll stop them all proxy, and chop him offense on the street route. heat will in, and bring him in. proactive horse, i had heard them say. and finally there came the day that i would get to meet this fabled mountain palette in. my mother's father, john mackay, said one fine spring day when i was staying with him, many get your bonnet, let's go up by castle rock, seasoned country. if you are late, i will be upset. you can bet your life upon it, he never paused for her reply. my grandma fussed around and i, asked grandpa, is he the wild horse man? that's him, my grandpa said. as we ricocheted and bounced our way into tobacco stained a green chevr

for his part, mr macron's model was to enter territory normally left for the scientists.rofjohn bell, a leading geneticist who developed the vaccine expressed. yes, iam yes, i am not sure where he got that from. and while emmanuel macron was too busy criticising the uk for not sharing vaccines the ones that he was criticising... in close competition with mr macron was senior commission figure martin selmnayr who tweeted with pride that... when that sentiment was questioned, mr selmayr tweeted back "some humility & more solidarity would be appropriate." but humility has been in short supply. indeed, the eu has sounded indignant. ursula von der leyen told us of the good they've done. europe and invested billions to help develop the world of�*s verse covid—19 vaccines. to create a truly global common good. and now, the companies must deliver. but didn't the eu tie those investment to guarantees of vaccines? the eu also thinks astrazeneca has promised to deliver millions of vaccines by the end of march — but astrazeneca doesn't. and either those guarantees aren't in the contr

resident emmanuel macron says that should happen straightaway, with 5% of the stockpiles that countriesdonate them when there is sufficient supply further down the line, and that is a view shared by borisjohnson as well, so there is not unanimity there be president macron will make his case at the virtual g7 later, his argument so we are witnessing accelerated global inequality because of this, but also political instability study he says china and russia are filling the gap with their vaccines he says "it's paving the way for a war of influence over vaccines." the way for a war of influence over vaccines. "— over vaccines." and that is concerning _ over vaccines." and that is concerning him. _ over vaccines." and that is concerning him. and - over vaccines." and that is concerning him. and the i over vaccines. " and that is - concerning him. and the covax scheme we had so much about? we scheme we had so much about? - discussed how countries can give stockpiles of their own vaccines that they have purchased. the other ways they could find a parallel scheme by giving money, which as you

the french president, emmanuel macron, says europe and the united states should send up to 5% of theirur paris correspondent lucy williamson joins us now. what's prompted this idea? a couple of reasons behind this idea. 0ne a couple of reasons behind this idea. one is timing, the eu has a programme to fund vaccines for developing country and it has ordered 2 billion doses but it will take until the end of this year for those doses to arrive so this is a way to get doses into those developing countries more quickly. tonight we heard that if france was my own orders arrive as planned it should be able to meet its contribution without slowing down its own vaccination programme, and the other reason that is driving this idea is what france is calling vaccine diplomacy, by countries like russia and china which are rushing to plug the gap in those developing countries, and emmanuel macron has been keen that the west stand up for its global influence and stand together but there has been more than one tussle over the strategy and the moral high ground when it comes to vaccination programmes s

we are, i think president macron _ need to worry?resident macron wants - need to worry? we are, i think president macron wants to - need to worry? we are, i think president macron wants to eat | need to worry? we are, i think - president macron wants to eat those words. countries like france, germany, italy and sweden, several countries which have advised not to use the jab for the over 65 is, some even for the over 55, but they are looking at the data from scotland and it is highly effective in the over 80. they would be the group to have the weakest immune response. stunning results from the astrazeneca and the pfizer vaccines. it does reinforce the decision that was made here to adopt those two vaccines and approve them early. it gave the uk a chance to get ahead, as it were and immunise nearly 18 million people. as it were and immunise nearly 18 million maple-— as it were and immunise nearly 18 million people-— million people. which is a remarkable _ million people. which is a remarkable achievement, j million people. which is a

the recommendation confirms reservations expressed by president macron at the weekend. 0ur correspondentr for vaccine regulators. daniel has not been out with his wife since she was vaccinated last month. she couldn't bear the thought that she may survive the virus and he would not, he told us. but daniel could have been waiting much longer for a date with his wife. this hospital clinic saw their supply of vaccines dropped by half last month. demand in the area is high, but appointments area is high, but appointments are now closed to anyone who hasn't already had their first jab. translation: can potentially dribble the _ translation: can potentially dribble the numbers _ translation: can potentially dribble the numbers in - translation: can potentially dribble the numbers in the - dribble the numbers in the centre. we have three reception desks, three doctors for consultation, three nurses for injections. we will have no problem to meeting demand here, when these extra vaccines arrive. ., ., , arrive. you have the capacity but not arrive. you have the capacity but rrot the _ arrive. yo

look at emmanuel macron, he is not doing well and in the polls and then we have the german elections. wolfango: two issues. certainly, having draghi around the table in europe will be beneficial for everybody around, especially when you know angela merkel will be out and mccrone is facing a tough election in the spring. -- macron is facing a tough election in the spring. what italy could do for europe? it could try to diminish the risk and the crisis was the is over. growth is wishful thinking. anything that draghi can do to boost italy, economic recovery, i think will go a long way to minimize the risk of some sort of debt crisis once the pandemic is under control. francine: wolfango, how damaging -- i was shocked at some of the words coming from the commission about the vaccines. we went as far as talking about article 16 for northern ireland. does that mean -- two people in europe think -- do people in europe think, what is the unit we are in? wolfango: there are still looking at the government, what the initial government is doing in terms of rolling out the vaccine and so on. wh

in france 5aid weeks ago president macron in france said it was maybe in the elderly, whatever that polish, the polish, the italians and others, which had restricted the vaccine to younger groups, will in due course look at this data and say, yeah, we are going to use that vaccine in older people. the vaccines are not 100% effective. and there is poorer uptake in deprived areas and among black, asian and ethnic minority groups who are at higher risk anyway, so the take—home message, if you are offered a jab, get it, if you are offered a jab, get it, if you haven't had it already, and have your second dose because it will boost immunity further. like mike fergus, thank you very much. —— fergus, thank you very much. —— fergus, thank you very much. —— fergus, thank you very much. you can watch full coverage of the prime minister's announcement on bbc news. at 3.30, the prime minister will set out his strategy to mp5, and you can watch that live on the bbc news channel. and then at seven o'clock this evening, mrjohn5on will lead a briefing from downing street, which will be on bbc one.

he spoke at the road economic forum. >> it is my great honor to welcome president macron. generally, we meet endeavors. nevertheless, i am happy that we are able to have this digital dialogue instead.

mario draghi, by all accounts, becoming more important than macron and merkel, isn't he?artin: absolutely, and clearly the european union will have to deal with elections in france and germany, so there is political risk in those countries. you can see draghi's popularity, not just across the italian population, but over 85% of 900 deputies have backed the unity plan and backdrop repot -- draghi's plans. that will be maintained for at least 2021 and 2022 and i don't buy the argument draghi will be flipped to become the next italian president. the italian president is just not powerful enough for him. if draghi shifts from prime minister of italy, he'll probably want the job of running europe in brussels. manus: setting out the agenda for mario draghi. no job is big enough for the man. martin, thank you for being with us. the chief economic advisor. go back to tv and listen to your comprehension of what goes on at the fed. we've got one market that is not in a melt up mania mode, the csi 300, declines down 2.7%. the pboc will remain on hold, they didn't do anything wi

french president emmanuel macron had a virtual summit with five countries in africa where the threatrror is growing. they are struggling to contain a violent insurgency by islam insurgent groups. they bolster troop numbers to more than 5000, and the french president hopes that additional forc from other european alliesill allow his country to reduce its contingent in the future. however, he ruled out an immediate reduction in the number of french troops stationed there. that said, germany remained skeptical about troops in the region. here is the german foreign minister. >> we must strengthen government institutions so that they are able to assure the security of the people, which means strengthening the police and, above all, the judicial system. it is also clear that only when governments are functioning again in a tangible way can the citizens have the prospect of development and a better life and be able in the long term to eradicate terrorism. brent: for more now, i am joined by a research fellow at the german council on foreign relations with a focus on conflict prevention and

macron has a very strong vision of what he liked to see the e.u.liver on the international stage. the ecb was euro to play a greater role, combat the dollar in terms of dominance. i am wondering whether europe is actually really ready for this biden administration to try and deliver what you have been talking about? guntram: constructively and share a lot of the values that we share, a lot of the geopolitical interests. and yes, a stronger euro and the euro as an international currency -- it was never thought of as an international currency against the u.s. dollar, rather one where european companies gained some sovereignty and autonomy relative to financial pressure from the united states. yes, there will be conflict, but overall? >>, the agenda of europe is very muchgun in line with that of the u.s.tram winnings that we have to defend our interestsfish, vis-À-vis difficult partners such as russia or china or other parts of the world. so it is not -- the strive for european sovereignty was never against the united states. it was against perhaps th

pam emmanuel macron at the atlantic council discussing transatlantic trade, the nato alliance, climate change and working with the biden administration. the >> it afternoon everyone i am john rogers and i served as the chairman of the atlanta council and notwithstanding the pandemic requirements we do this virtually and to kick off the official launch of the atlantic council with a generous participation of our guest his excellency president of the french republicia my crown

bringing gas from russia and france wants an end to a trade tiff over manufacturing an president macron a settlement to mr. biden in late january. getting below that low hanging fruit will be a tall order, especially for biden's bigger ask, enlisting europe to establish a counter threat to china. europe still wants to do business with president xi and doesn't see it as the military risk that russia is. case in point, brussels struck a trade deal with beijing just last month, elevating china to europe's largest trading partner, replacing the u.s and macron said recently, he doesn't want to gang up on china. >> we're put in a situation to join all together against china. this is a scenario of the highest possible situation this one for me is counter productive >> biden aides acknowledge privately they have their work cut out for them and sharing intelligence behind closed doors is going to be critical. >> you know, on the domestic front, it looks like one of president biden's cabinet nominees doesn't have the votes. >> well, because of the 50/50 split in the senate, shep, it really takes

and macron said recently, he doesn't want to gang up on china. >> we're put in a situation to join allainst china. this is a scenario of the highest possible situation this one for me is positive. >> they acknowledge privately they have work cut out for them and sharing intelligence behind closed doors is going to be critical shep >> you know, on the domestic front, it looks like one of president biden's cabinet nominees doesn't have the votes. >> well, because of the 50/50 split in the senate, shep, it really takes every single democrat here to pass the biden administration's nominees which happened so far for everyone but potentially one, nominated to lead the office of management and budget today one of the moderate democrats came out and said he opposes her nomination but when president biden was asked whether he was going to pull it and replace her with someone else, late today he said, no he thinks he's going to try to get the votes. we'll see. shep >> thank you >>> the federal judge whose son was killed in an attack at their home says the gunman also had another target the supre

emmanuel macron of france and angela merkel of germany pushed back somewhat on that phrase. concern with the white house decision to withdraw 12,000 troops in the country. macron of france announced that he can't continue to be dependent complete arely on the united states -- completely on the united states, has to focus more on china which the president says that country does continue to be a problem. listen. >> competition with china is going to be stiff. that's what i expect. and that's what i welcome. finish because i believe in the global system, europe and the united states together with our allies and the indo-pacific worked so hard to build over the last 70 years. we have to push back against the chinese government's economic abuses and coercion that undercut the foundations of the international economic system. everyone, everyone must play by the same rules. >> reporter: and on to iran, the biden national security team made the announcement late this week it does plan to engage in talks with iran, possibly rejoining that 2015 nuclear deal. the deal then-president tr

that matters, too, to macron to murkel, to boris johnson and all the rest.e r-word and lots of them. it's respect. america allies want to be respected again, not just pushed aside or insulted or disparaged. they want to see america's leadership in the world restored. they want america to re-engage. they want to repair relationships with the united states because these relationships are absolutely vital. so thigh will be listening to who we expect which is the theme of restoring, another r-word, restoring america's role in the world. but you know, all that pro-democracy, pro-human rights rhetoric that we have been hearing from the biden administration hit the hard reality of the global road just this week in two places. russia with the jailing of alexei navalny. so what does the united states do next? sanctions against who? against the state? against individual? sanction clearly haven't reversed russias a annexation of crimea. that's one. number two is the military coup of the elected leadership of aung san suu kyi and myanmar. why does this matter? it matter

before it was even published, macron announced the bill in october and said his government would be creatingislation aimed at what he referred to as islamist separatism. but nowhere in the actual text of the legislation to either of those two words appear. in a bid to avoid criticism that this bill was aimed and targeted at the muslim population. this legislation has been condemned by those on the left and on the right. the muslim community saying it is unfairly stigmatizing them. while partisan commentators on the right say it is too vague and does not go far enough. the legislation has been passed in the lower house. it does have to go to the senate, the upper house. it is expected at this stage to become law by the middle of the year. >> the law now before the french senate for the final approval. we will bring you the result of that as soon as we get it. next, a group of hong kong activists accused the authorities of political persecution. as they went on trial this tuesday for organizing the democracy protest that engulfed the city and 2019. the nine defendants include some of the most

leaders of germany and france friday afternoon, the first meeting between angela merkel and emmanuel macronince joe biden took office. the leaders have been pushing differing solutions toward worsening relations with russia. both condemned russia's actions. here is angela merkel -- >> during our meeting, we were also informed about the expulsion of german, swedish and polish diplomats from moscow in connection with demonstrations related to mr. navalny. we consider these expulsions unjustified and believe this to be another expression of what we are seeing in russia. it is far from the rounds of the rule of law. phil: bruno is a senior fellow specializing in defense. welcome to dw. east germany -- is germany's response likely to go further, telling the russian ambassador off? bruno: the eves today were t a incidence, it is russia showing its muscle, telling the e.u., look what we can do. we can expel members, even though the top foreign affairs chief is in town trying to appease relations. this was pouring oil on the fire and a significant provocation from russia to europe. there are two op

incestuous child-abuse last month, the movement picked up momentum, that is when president emmanual macronpoke up. >> [speaking foreign language] >> once the consent law is enshrined, france will be in line with most other western countries. the crime will be punished by 20 years in prison. >> italy is trying to attract more international students, it is trying to take advantage of a unique opportunity after the united kingdom announced last december the it was canceling a program that allowed british teutons to study abroad -- british students to study abroad. >> there is a studious atmosphere here at the university in rome, the largest university in europe with nearly 115,000 scholars enrolled and an ever increasing number of european students. since the announcement of the uk's withdrawal from the program, italian higher education institutions have been actively attracting european immunity students put off by brexit. >> [speaking foreign language] >> international students are an important part of our university community. >> and to encourage students who do not speak italian, they hav

mark: french president emmanuel macron.t's claimed that russia's vaccine, sputnik v, has a two-dose effectiveness of over 90%, according to "the lancet." it seems to contradict the skepticism that surrounded the heralding of the jab by president vladimir putin in august. back then, of course, he was saying it was the first worldwide. putin says russia can produce 500 million doses of it a year. with the shortage of the first properly approved and tested vaccines here in europe, the question is asked, should france think about using it? at this vaccination center in paris, everything is in place. the only section currently of any use is the waiting area. though three vaccines have been approved in france, supply problems at european producers means doses are rare. so attention is turning to other horizons. russia, for one, says it's ready to send the e.u. 100 million doses of its sputnik vaccine. russia says sputnik v is 91.4% effective 28 days after the first injection. the country has indeed submitted its authorization req

. >> and now i have just learned that i have heard from a phone call of philip macron and joe biden thated a settlement in a years' long settlement between boeing/airbus that has incurred billions of dollars of legal fees and resulted in 12 billion in goods of transatlantic trade and seeing the tariffs levied in the recent years. the world trade organization has finished the litigation, and each side has rolled back the tax subsidies at the heart of this dispute which is now going on for 16 years leading many experts to say that all that is left now is to reach a deal. and while neither of the official readouts released by washington or paris included this topic, in the conversation, the fact that macron raised this issue to biden shows how important it is for the european union to try to lower the temperature on trade, and try to get the biden administration to rollback some of the trade penalties. now, the white house and the office of the u.s. trade representative could not be reached for comment before airtime, and of course, this is an action, and a settlement would be an action to

biden, macron, all of them will have a very tough stance here. don't think pin is worrying about foreign reputation after he poisoned navalny, etc. he only wores about protests inside the country. of crse, it is good althou european countries are united in one position against this arrest of navalny, against the authoritian trend in russia, but this is not enough. sanctios will be very tough. there will be no nordstream, no swift -- these bank accounts. all of that will not stop putin from dng what he's doi. brent: roman, and investigate a journalist in moscow, we appreciate your time and your insights tonight. thank you. russia's sputnik vika vaccine is about 92% -- sputnik v covid vaccine is about 92% effective, just published in the medical journal, the lancet, based on data involving a trial involving nearly 20,000 people. researchers also found new serious side effects associated with its use. the russian vaccine consists of two common cold viruses that have been modified to carry the virus spike protein. it can be stored at up to eight degr

emmanuel macron's warning we will have to live with covid-19 in the long term.wing the eu summit on the coronavirus pandemic. an attempted coup d'etat in armenia. the prime minister faces growing anger over the troops from azerbaijan, described as a betrayal. violence in myanmar as demonstrators purporting to

emmanuel macron has rolled back comments that the astrazeneca vaccine was partially ineffective, saying he would take the jab himself. the leaders have agreed for vaccine certificates that could allow for vaccinated people to travel without restrictions. >> in germany, we decided to develop a national vaccine certificate. such a certificate is defined by the european commission. the german health ministry got a procedure and they need about three months to create the required conditions. reporter: brussels on thursday was the venue for two separate meetings, both of which have a role to play in the way the pandemic will be managed going forward. eu heads of government are discussing the next step. three specific areas top the discussion. the first has to speed up the production of the vaccine to get more vaccines into the arm of europeans across the continent. they spoke about the need to facilitate production, but it -- but they did not go into much detail. the second discussion was about vaccine certificates, how people who had the vaccine may be able to go beyond social distancing ru

president macron ended _ decision, long-term. president macron ended tuesday - decision, long-term.g supply, promising that by summer everyone who wanted a vaccine would have won. in a country of vaccine sceptics and vaccine shortages, political risks follow close behind a medical ones. lucy williamson, bbc news, paris. let's go back to our political correspondent leila nathoo ed westminster, we were speaking a while ago and you talked about the issue of the government's hotel quarantine policies coming apart prime minister is questions and of the questions still hanging over the policy —— coming apart prime minister's questions. the policy -- coming apart prime minister's questions. the home secretary. _ minister's questions. the home secretary, priti _ minister's questions. the home secretary, priti patel, _ minister's questions. the home secretary, priti patel, said - minister's questions. the home secretary, priti patel, said they| secretary, priti patel, said they are trying to figure out how to put it into practice, there has been no detail about how it will plan into operatio