macron speaking. france is in charge of the eu for the next six months. >> amanda macron talking about european values at the european parliament. this lays out a very ambitious policy agenda. this is quit a long list. he talked about climate policy, digital. needing to reform the rules, developing the defense capacity. developing its relations with africa in terms of health corporations. on other foreign policy issues, he talks about the western balkans countries needing to integrate them into the european union and the next few years. also talking about brexit and a lot of trust with the united kingdom's government. also, russia talking about vladimir putin and saying the must keep talking to him but showing a firm line as well. this is a european speech but you would not know it given some of the responses, a great many french mups sitting up to give group reactions to emmanuel macron on behalf of political groups that is. we are turning around to face president macron, giving him some very stern w

when macron presented the program, he was very ambitious.f all, the key priority is to make a more powerful europe. so that means more defense of european borders, to manage more the european borders, to increase the european defense, with the adoption of the combat force, which means europeans should be able to agree on international trades and the way they want to increase their defense capabilities. this is to stabilize the eu, mainly trading partners in the balkan countries, and to invest more with those partners. this is the first package. then you have the second elements, which is to adopt an economic closed model for europe, which is based on more industrial programs at the european level. following what has been launched with hydrogen, the cloud, emmanuel macron wants more industrial capabilities at the european level, maybe in the health sector. tom: you have talked about the ambitions of emmanuel macron. what are the realities? how realistic are some of these goals for the french president? what is likely to be enacted and what is

emmanuel macron has identified one of the most controversial episodes in the algerian war. party gate closes in on the u.k. prime minister accusing him of lying to parliament over his 56th birthday party. they demand he resign. this is life in paris. thank you for being with us. there is a commitment to an unconditional cease-fire on the ukraine russia border. talks held in paris in the normandy format set up initially in 2014 to address the crisis. this represents the most positive news yet in the crisis that has many fearing a war on ukraine's border were -- where russia has stationed troops. the french minister says that france is working flat out with its european partners and the united states to find ways to de-escalate the crisis in ukraine. >> it's important signal. emmanuel macron said we are looking for always to de-escalate the situation and signal the escalation. with this discussion that lasted very long, or than eight hours of discussion in this format that we couldn't manage to get together since 2019, we finally had a communication and it was the first one i

the chief weapon according to president macron and his government's vaccination. comments marked a controversy after saying in an interview that he wants to annoy those who have chosen not to get vaccinated. annoy wasn't the word he used. for more on this use of the verb , our guest joined us earlier. >> this was in this newspaper. there is a local version for paris. it was a group of parisian readers who were invited to the palace to meet president macron. it is a widescale long interview taking on board all sorts of questions from france's role in the eu, then of course the covert outbreak. what president mccrone -- macro n -- all of those are included in this interview. one phrase that was about those who are not vaccinated saying that president wanted to piss them off. . you might say it's not particularly presidential way of talking. what he is doing is trying to bring on board all of french people who are particularly irritated by the small number of people in france, 9% who are not vaccinated or anti-vaxxers who are against vaccinations. thinking he has alr

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so you could have president pecresse rather than president macron.s ever with french politics who gets into that last round playoff between the two top placed candidates, assuming no candidate gets 50%? afghanistan is only the latest of the push factors that's helped contribute to migration, people flee a country that's perceived as being a failed state and women fear the consequences, retribution from the taliban. do you think that the british government, borisjohnson, in the new year, in the light of afghanistan, will perhaps look if not with love towards international aid but perhaps with more pragmatic appreciation of its value to the british when you talk about issues like international migration and unwanted migration from the coast of france? to use the expression i charity begins at home, what bronwyn was saying, coronavirus is going to be| on his mind. he wishes it wasn't but it is and it's - all over the front i pages of the paper. we had rishi sunak saying - that it is possible that the cuts to foreign spending that were put in place down

oh, macron patients are less likely to need hospitalization. there are so many cases, hospitals still could be overwhelmed. i'm making an appeal to all residents to stay home as much as possible. for the next 30 days. limit travel outside the home, just going to work or to school and only making necessary trips that is going to the grocery store or the doctor's office, where sonoma county prohibits people gathering until february, 11th. our wedding venues, meeting halls, gyms or auditoriums. they have who all over again. it's as if we didn't get anywhere in the last two years. i kind of wish they just took a stiffer stance at the very beginning if we can tamp down the spread and the rise in cases, i think it would be worth it. sure we don't like to get back to normal, the extremely popular mystic theater and music hall. had to cancel that you concerts on the marquee and everything for another month. and this is the third time during the pandemic, they've had to close. the sonoma order is rife with exceptions. family gatherings are not included,

a big thank you to macron for partnering with us to make this event possible. after our conversation, i will be joined by the executive vice president of mobile operations for macron for a fireside chat. just a reminder to follow us on social media on all platforms at punch bowl news and feel we to share conversations -- feel free to share conversations. with that, let's get started and welcome, senator young, to the virtual stage. us on social media on all platforms at punch bowl. let's get started and work -- and welcomes senator young to the virtual stage. >> good morning. and thank you for having me. >> you are a graduate of the naval account of the -- the naval academy, i wanted to come to you first with this question, do you think president joe biden should send u.s. troops to eastern europe? >> without delay. i think whatever can be done to establish deterrence needs to be done in short order. it is unclear because vladimir putin is very good at being unclear and unpredictable. when an invasion might occur, we can join the ukrainians to deter such an inv

so zero, covid obviously failed because macron has arrived in china. so the smaller the strategy like as little as possible until the olympics for sure. but even during these is china admitting that it has failed here. certainly not, certainly not. i mean the restrictions are massive and they try their best to really keep it quiet and down as much as possible. but now during the olympics, many people come to china there will be clusters within the the athletes groups. journalists as we see now with the handball european championship no matter what measure you do and germany i think has had good measures and 13, 15 people infected that is that is not going to work. okay. we talked about it already. so let's take a closer look at china's zero covid approach which is under pressure to put it mildly. this is what china's zero covid strategy looks like. even with just a few known coronavirus cases, the government is imposing strict curfews for whole metropopolis is comprised of millions of people it's an extreme lockdown. the affected cities will be sealed

emmanuel macron wants to speak with vladimir putin on friday.hat do you think the french president might be looking for and whatight he say? >> he says he is going to speak to figure out, like everybody has been trying to figure out russia's intention. russia has been keeping everybody guessing over its intention. one of the advantages to that for putin is that it helps perpetuate his -- division in the west over how to respond. one hopes that macron's discussion with putin will reiterate the fact that the west is trying to prevent a unified front and sort of deliver the same messages of deterrence and desire from -- desire for diplomacy that other leaders have been doing. mark: i'm bouncing around from country to country. germany's foreign minister says as long as people are talking they are not shooting, which is i suppose a positive way to look at it, but does they become -- does there come a point where words become meaningless? do we get to thapoint where these kinds of things are said but they don't really mean much? >> i don't know. we ju

i know macron is reading really bad and it is affecting a lot of industries. i definitely feel like that is disappointing. i feel the city should have kept up with that. >> reporter: in a statement, the department of public health said that the slowdowns and reduced hours at the testing sites were, quote, testing -- temporary. they did not give an update on as to when staffing shortages might ease up and people could get back and get what they need to take a test, get quarantined and stay safe. >> the key to stopping spread is to find out who has it and not spread it to anyone else. thank you. >>> in hayward, hundreds of people look waiting for tests were turned away after waiting in line for hours. kiet do was there. >> reporter: i am here in hayward at the cherry lance testing site located just off of mission boulevard. this line stretches three quarters of a mile long. some people have been waiting for hours, and they are about to get some bad news. >> reporter: problems and start at 9:00 or 10:00 this morning when the patient check in process which normall

sometimes children put best. -- put its best. >> president macron causing quite the stir.to england where the latest covid figures suggest one person in every 15 in the country had covid in the run up to new year's eve. prime minister boris johnson has confirmed there will be no new restrictions, saying the government is taking a balanced approach to covid. vicki young reports. >> a new year, a familiar problem. >> [indiscernible] >> england has fewer restrictions than many other countries. boris johnson says his plan b, which is more masks, covid and -- but that is it for now. in the commons, he was bullish about the strategy. >> balanced proportional approach we have taken to covid, we have been able to keep this country open and keep our economy moving, more open than any other economy in europe. >> with a huge rise in cases, the testing system has been under strain. today, a change in england and wales. if you do not have covid symptoms but you are positive, you will have to isolate but will not have to confirm. staff shortages remain a problem. in hospitals and other

and that will be seen, and mr macron has his own strategic views as to how europe should be playing aould also play in also to the view of vladimir putin as a master of looking for weaknesses and the lack of a merkel is a weakness. absolutely. there is no doubt in the fact that there is no—one right now on the european landscape with putin's level of experience and his own institutional memory of how he got to this point is a huge liability. and, frankly, it's a challenge for the united states as well. like britain, the us—russian relationship is in tatters and there are very few interlocutors who are dealing on an intensive basis who are dealing with putin's inner circle, that is a real challenge as we head into what could be a very dangerous phase in this crisis in mid—february or later. can ijust, for a final thought, turn our attention to domestic politics in the us as well, we have mid—terms and we also have a biden who's playing hardball after a fashion and we've got donald trump who could quite easily be saying, "look, once again, the europeans are soft pedalling, we're expecte

the comments were made in a phone call with president macron of france after washington had rejectedt ukraine joining the defence alliance. gabriel gatehouse reports from western ukraine. somewhere in a frozen field in western ukraine, they're preparing for war, with the help of the british military. ukrainian soldiers are trying out their latest weapon — it's a shoulder—held anti—tank missile that's been provided by the uk. this is an exercise. but here, they know they may have to use their weapons against real russian tanks in the not—too—dista nt future. it's a very big deal when our partners, our friends, from other countries are doing everything possible to improve our defence capabilities. do you need more? do you want more? you know, it's hard to say what we need more if we are facing the war. for this moment, we have at least something that we make sure that we are capable to defend our countries. the brits have had a small military presence here since 2015. how many of you are there? so, the training team is ranging between eight to nine individuals. a couple of dozen office

the original r macron b a one variant has become the dominant strain. and now a new sub variant b a two is emerging, including in santa clara county , according to dr sara cody, over 95% of the cases that we see our macron we have just a handful, maybe a pair of cases that are a new subtype of crime . as of tuesday morning, the california department of public health says there are 11 cases of the omicron sub variants statewide. 96 cases have been confirmed across the u. s so far , scientists are still determining whether it is any more infectious or deadly. it has a different pattern, but so far we don't really know how it behaves. the new omicron be a two variant has been identified in at least 40 countries and is spreading quickly, prompting the world health organization to say investigations of batou should be prioritized. it's dangerous to assume that macron will be the last variant or that we are hard. in the end game on tuesday fighter launched a study of its new booster shots specifically targeting the omicron variant. the study will test its ori

emmanuel macron is seeking a reelection coming april. us now from paris as our correspondent. this is how he strategizes how he can win a second term. he will -- what will he benefit from a good track record in the economy? reporter: you have the reforms he put in place early in 2021. you have the tax cuts, the commitment to higher and -- this has had an impact on foreign investment in france. france for the second year as the number one in deflation for foreign investments and also on margins. tax cuts have pushed companies' off at margins in france at the highest levels it has seen since the french financial crisis. macron has injected nearly 200 billion euros in the french economy in order to support businesses and prevent shops and restaurants from closing. this has had an effect -- in fact, france has had the fastest recovery among the european economies. tom: the economic triumph for emmanuel macron as he leads up to that election in april. you can find this information on the terminal and online. now we turn to the u.k. where ther

president emmanuel macron faces criticism after issuing a deliberate -- deliberately provocative morning to unvaccinated people. >> there was an uproar in france's parliament as emmanuel macron's strong language about unvaccinated people went public. some described the french president's words as vulgar before a debate was suspended. >> we ask for the presence of the prime minister because the words of the president are unworthy, irresponsible, contentious, and very premeditated. >> in the parisian newspaper, mccrone said that unvaccinated people work irresponsible. "as for the unvaccinated, i really want to piss them off," he said. telling them they will no longer be able to get a cup of coffee, no longer be able to get groceries, no longer be able to go to the theater, no longer be able to go to the cinema. doctors say most covid patients in intensive care are unvaccinated. the french government says vaccination is the best way out of the pandemic, although 90% of the population are immunized. the government is targeting those yet to receive the jab. three months before the presidentia

meanwhile, moderna has begun testing and are macron's specific covid booster. the drugmaker says the first participant has been dosed in a phase two trial about 600 people are expected to enroll in the study. the announcement comes as research published in the new england journal of medicine finds a moderna booster was effective against a macron but showed signs of waning antibody protection over six months fighter and its research partner bio in tech have started their own macron specific vaccine trials in atlanta. jonathan serrie, ktvu fox two news. here in the bay area, union workers say the santa clara county booster mandate could lead to more staffing shortages. the mercury news reports that six unions signed a letter to the board of supervisors and the county executive, the county required workers in higher risk congregate settings such as long term care facilities, correctional facilities and homeless shelters to get boosters by next monday or be placed in lower risk settings. the unions are asking the county to see if there's a way to allow people with

macron, the french president meeting with the european commission president. they are meeting today to start capping off a tumultuous week. he found himself in hot water again when an e.u. flag replaced the vaccinated and unvaccinated and how to deal with that. we see and look at some of those pictures. tom: it is beautiful. absolutely. he has some poll numbers. macron 25% vs. le pen at 20%. april in france at a time, the presidency of the e.u. francine: supporter of the e.u. integration. that will probably mean that he will present france's priorities. coming up, bitcoin develops below $42,000. game somestop. that is next. this is bloomberg bloomberg francine: welcome back to the open, everyone. 23 minutes into the european trading day. markets are not moving that much. trying to figure out what the next move is, what some of the treasuries are, looking out what the fed could do. european stocks down 1/10 of 1%. bitcoin has continued a week long drop this morning talking falling below $42,000. gamestop is getting into the tokens business. bloomberg learned of

a new variation of macron is now being referred to as stealth omicron. it's circulating here in the bay area, but what is it and how different is this a very in from the dominant strain of the virus, joining us now to help break this all down as ucsf infectious disease expert dr peter chin hong? thank you so much for making time this afternoon, as always. okay, here we are. talking about another strain the stealth over crime vary. why are we calling it that? well it it's kind of a misnomer. christina it's not stealthy in the way that you might have covid and have a negative test. it's stealthy because a shortcut that a lot of countries have used to detect omicron isn't there. and that shortcut is on the pcr result. when the machine runs typically how you get a variant identified as you have to do a second test, which is much more liberal areas expensive. and time consuming so that second test has to be done to detect the a two, which is kind of like the evil twin sister of macron. do you think that this sub variant behaves differently than the dominant s

we are abating -- we are awaiting the olaf scholz emmanuel macron press conference.antime let's take it on the markets. european equity markets closing higher. in the united states come equity markets under pressure. the russell down 2.24%. we are waiting for the fed tomorrow. the dollar on the front foot. at the bottom, another significant salon for the s&p. we are down 1.9%. this is bloomberg. ♪ kriti: let's get a check on where the u.s. markets are. the rotation to safety resumes. abigail doolittle is tracking the moves. abigail: the move out of risk is what is happening. the s&p 500 down 1.8%. the nasdaq 100 down 2.7%. relative to safety you can see there is little bit of a bid for bonds. the yen is basically flat. stocks selling up for another day, not including yesterday's rebound. havens not doing that much. what is ahead are big tech earners. microsoft down 50% on the year. tesla down 13.5%. apple reporting on thursday. amazon is in a bear market during into the earnings report, suggesting the worst case scenario is priced in. that is not the case for netflix

emmanuel macron is also facing elections in april, so what is at stake and how much power will france >> the french colors will dominate the eu stage for the next six months. an opportunity for emmanuel macron to push his vision in brussels at a time when the new german chancellor is getting his bearings. >> the country holding the presidency, especially france, a founding member state of the eu, has a big influence. influence on the agenda, the priorities. >> the eu council consists of the heads of state and government of the 27 eu members. the council has priorities and key decisions. >> we must move from a europe of cooperation within our borders to a powerful europe on the world stage, fully sovereign, free of its choices and master of its destiny. >> emmanuel macron is proposing an eu minimum-wage, a carbon tax at the eu border and an independent european -- he wants to push for a common force that would be deployed quickly, discussed at the first summit in march. a key issue as france marked a huge submarine contract last year. if you domestic and international challenges will b

emmanuel macron and vladimir putin speak today.ring you a little bit of breaking news on the french gdp side. there we go. french gdp for this quarter blows through estimates. it expands to 0.7% on the quarter. year on year that takes you to 5.4%. the u.s. had an amazing performance yesterday on their gdp up by 6.5%. the french come in at 5.4%. this is a strong boost for micron. consumer spending investments, europe's second-biggest economy power the gdp boost. you are looking at pretty much a good reading. you have supply bottlenecks at all the major producers. three months until the election and this is going to be a boost for macron going into that. consumer confidence held up. let's see how that plays out for the rest of the day. 0.5 -- 25% was the expansion and 7% is the actual. certainly blowing through in terms of the estimates. the euro rises this morning. euro stoxx 50. you're going to have to do it all for a bit more. that is the view from morgan stanley. the fed is so far behind it cannot even see the curve. it is pourin

according to diplomatic sources, macron will be briefing ukraine's president on that conversation tonight. >>> and on the road again. just hours after a bridge in pittsburgh collapsed but fortunately with no fatalities, president biden is heading to pittsburgh at this hour. critical to the swing state of pennsylvania on a previously scheduled to do tout his build back better bill. we do not know whether the collapsed bridge in pittsburgh, sited in the past for being in poor condition, was one of those to be repaired. >>> and a monster blizzard expect to hit the entire coast beginning overnight from virginia to maine with boston getting the biggest snow storm ever. they're talking 24 inches. nbc news chief correspondent, richard engel nire the frontlines. there seems to be a disconnect between president zelensky who talked to president biden about the threat level and timing of an invasion from russia. >> reporter: there's also a big difference about what the two countries are -- have the capacity to do about it. yes, there is a totally different messaging. president biden is telling the w

what did president macron actually say? he what did president macron actually sa ?ent macron actually sa ? ., , ., ., say? he was giving an interview to les parisiens. _ say? he was giving an interview to les parisiens, a _ say? he was giving an interview to les parisiens, a newspaper, - say? he was giving an interview to les parisiens, a newspaper, a - les parisiens, a newspaper, a wide—ranging interview very much anchored on his likely presidential bid again in the elections coming up and was asked about covid, and a nurse was on the panel had asked him to react to the fact there were more and more people non—vaccinated who were clogging up beds in intensive care units and as a result, she said, cancer patients, for example, were having operations put off and he said in reply, "well, what i can't do is force people to get vaccinated. we will not introduce a law that makes it a legal requirement. but what we can do is make life as difficult as possible for the non—vaccinated." and he assumes this policy very clearly, he said what we can do is make life difficult by

— including putin, johnson, biden, macron and everybody else, they are all playing _ macron and everybodye people of ukraine — i'm afraid, not for the people of ukraine. ., i'm afraid, not for the people of ukraine. . ,, ., ., i'm afraid, not for the people of ukraine. . ,, . ., ., , ukraine. yeah, ukrainian leaders: the pull-out _ ukraine. yeah, ukrainian leaders: the pull-out of— ukraine. yeah, ukrainian leaders: the pull-out of foreign _ ukraine. yeah, ukrainian leaders: the pull-out of foreign diplomats | the pull—out of foreign diplomats from kyiv as premature. we have the prime and as a being briefed there about deployments. the other story from foreign shores as they are leading with is what happened during the fall of afghanistan to the taliban, and this is going to be problematic. i taliban, and this is going to be problematic-— taliban, and this is going to be problematic. ithink so. certainly it is for boris _ problematic. ithink so. certainly it is for boris johnson's _ problematic. ithink so. certainly it is for boris johnson's chief - problematic. ithink so. certainly it is

french president emmauel macron has warned he intends to make life difficult for unvaccinated people deadly attack on congress in washington a year ago.

the evidence that macron may be losing some steam.hough a hot commodity handed out, see the demand for free at home covid test today in san can you see my wall of smiles? when i first started using genesys technology i was kind of embarrased at all the love and attention i got from my customers. people are so moved by how much i understand about them. they start including me in their lives. that's helen and her friends. i arranged a wellness retreat for them. look at those ladies. such wisdom. mmm. but it's really genesys that helps me understand people and what they truly need. i'm just glad i can help. other people who live work or go to school in the county. 60,000 kits will be made available at three locations throughout the weekend and next. people had to make an appointment to pick up their allotment of four free tests today, this allotment that we're handing out here specifically purchased by the county for accounting purposes. and so that's in addition to the testing that is happening at schools or hospitals. so it's a separat

oh macron because they don't have the rapid tests.n't test you and say okay, now you're clear. go back to work. the new variant also taking a big toll on air travel more than 1000 flights canceled in the us on thursday for the seventh straight day. airlines are blaming staffing shortages due to covid infections and exposures coming into the airport. there's just a lot of shortage of staff. so we stood in line for quite a bit and health of issues are expecting even more cases next week as millions gathered to ring in the new year. some folks have canceled or adjusted their plans. but others say this is the perfect time to celebrate. i know it hasn't been great for everybody, but we had. we were very fortunate this year and it was a good year, so we have each other. so it doesn't get any better than that. the push for boosters continues as well. the fda reportedly expected to authorize a third fighter goes for 12 to 15 year olds as early as next week. in atlanta. charles watson fox news. the cdc is also reporting an uptick in children b

meanwhile new covid infections continue to decline in areas first hit by a macron. cases are still rising in the south and west. in washington state national guard members have been deployed to hospitals to help with staffing shortages. this will allow us at least for at least for months. time to have those folks returned to the hospital. provide the care that they need to either directly with patients or in support of patient care. federal data show more than 1000 hospitals have reported critical staffing shortages in recent weeks in atlanta. jonathan serrie ktvu fox two news a proposed state law would add covid vaccines to the list of required vaccinations for grade school students. the bill would apply to students in k through 12th grade. it would eliminate personal belief exemptions for covid vaccines and future vaccines. sacramento state senator richard pan, who is also a pediatrician, introduced the bill in a news conference with teachers in los angeles. vaccination is the cornerstone of ensuring our schools will be open. and will be safe. and for our children

be in your moment. leading to hope that this surge with a macron is coming closer to an end. large numbers of people have contracted the omicron variant during the surge, and many of those people are left wondering. about any lasting impacts. what's known as long covid. so for more on that discussion, let's bring in ucsf infectious disease specialist dr peter chen hong thanks for joining us so even defining long. covid is hard for me. there's no exact definition of her brain fog, headaches, exhaustion, taste and smell for some, but with every variant, it changes, right. exactly and there are about 100 different symptoms that patients experience, but some of the most common ones are the ones you mentioned claudine. shortness of breath cops. chest pain, headache, brain, fog and mental illness like depression and anxiety. it's a lot to take in a lot to worry about. you know, you've got the 10 days that you're just trying to get through. but then after that, you wonder how much is this going to stick and stay? dr fauci said. maybe tend to 30% of people will have persistent sympto

what is your reading of those talks earlier between emmanuel - talks earlier between emmanuel macronast and west?- words being fired back and forth between east and west? there has onl been between east and west? there has only been a — between east and west? there has only been a short _ between east and west? there has only been a short readout - between east and west? there has only been a short readout from - only been a short readout from moscow so far about that our long—term call and the gist of it was contained in what sergei lavrov said and what russia has said to nato, which as you have fundamentally misunderstood art security concerns when it comes to ukraine and they have to be addressed if there is to be any possibility of resolving this crisis, but that phone call also underlines and for president macron and other european leaders but in particular president macron, they believe europe should play a leading role in resolving this crisis. they are geographically much closer to russia and ukraine but this is a crisis for america is playing a decisive role and president bi

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it seems to be giving emmanuel macron to have decent prospects in not country as well. you're getting pictures across the european spaces that are filling out an economic rose outlook for the euro zone. that is the picture of earnings. futures stateside, looking at the nasdaq, that is where the volatility is most acute. the yield curve flattening is the front end that continues to move up. into the yields. . you are looking at the worst month for treasuries in 2016. again, apple is part of the story and the bloomberg u.s. index is up by zero points what percent -- 0.1%. that is your u.s. two-year at 1.21. there is the geopolitics and that they cannot produce enough for gas, and that is the challenge that president biden faces for the midterm elections. francine, you are in rome. i have a question because i read about this for the first time yesterday. i did not realize that the candidates for the italian presidency are not meant to come forward for their candidacy. it sounds like an indio socratic -- idiosyncratic part of this. francine: given all of the cousin -- chose

this comes as president macron faced a blow in parliament. roll—out by the end of the week has faced a delay after a surpise move by opposition parties. let's cross now to our correspondent hugh schofield in france. this row in the parliament coming against a backdrop of what looks like record case numbers. yes. against a backdrop of what looks like record case numbers. yes. and a lot of anger— like record case numbers. yes. and a lot of anger in _ like record case numbers. yes. and a lot of anger in the _ like record case numbers. yes. and a lot of anger in the government. - like record case numbers. yes. and a lot of anger in the government. a - lot of anger in the government. a lot of anger in the government. a lot of anger in the government. a lot of accusations of incompetence against the government to because basically what happened last night is they were victims of a very basic procedure, parliamentary ambush. they were ready with their trips, they thought, to take this debate well into the night, lots of amendments, going to be one o

reporter: just a follow-up on the question of macron's engagement. you are seeing everything you've done was made in coordination with your partners. would you say that macron talking with putin is done in coordination with the u.s.? mr. price: the level of coordination between our french allies and the united states has been excellent. i think our french allies would say the same. as you know, even in recent hours, there have been high-level discussions. these consultations have been constant and consistent. so, we feel that we have a good sense of what the alliance, what our allies are doing. we know that we have been fully transparent with our partners. reporter: the communication was better -- mr. price: was that a question? reporter: just a quick one. the president said during his press conference, he kind of acknowledged that ukraine is not very likely going to join nato in the upcoming years. is this an acknowledgment you are ready to put in your written response, just saying we don't shut the doors, but it is not likely ukraine is going to jo

covid cases in france hit a new daily record for europe, as president macron piles pressure on the unvaccinated. plus: charged up! electric car sales surge in britain despite a slump in the wider auto industry. are you planning on going anywhere anytime soon? we start with the travel industry, because airlines and tour operators have been welcoming the decision by the uk government to ease covid testing rules for travellers. from oaoo gmt tomorrow, fully vaccinated passengers arriving in england will no longer have to take pre—departure covid tests. they will still have to do a test within two days of arrival, but won't have to self—isolate while waiting for the result. travel bosses have complained the extra testing brought in to curb the omicron variant has put many people off travelling, because of the high cost and fear of being trapped abroad. the boss of tour operator jet2 told our transport correspondent katy austin the changes have come at a critical time for his industry. january is the peak booking time for holidays, it's when everyone gets through christmas, you've got the january bl

the commons were made in a phone call with president macron of france, after washington had rejectedands that nato rule out ukraine joining the defence alliance. moscow has deployed an estimated 100,000 troops near the border with ukraine, angry that a country once part of the soviet union, is now seeking closer ties with nato. 0ur chief international correspondent lyse doucet is in kyiv. we can cross to her now. another momentous day in the growing concern of the crisis between russia and ukraine. telephone calls between world leaders in major capitals, growing concern and allegations and counter allegations about what's happening on ukraine's borders with russia. in concerned about what the future will hold. in the midst of all of these statements, emphasising by russia saying they do not want a war. they will not invade ukraine. also statements by those saying if there is military action they will be prepared. in the midst of all of it, an extraordinary rest conference by the ukrainian president basically saying calm down. expressing concern that all of this talk about an escalati

the comments were made in a phone call with president macron of france after washington had rejectedsian demands that nato rule out ukraine joining the defence alliance. our chief international correspondent lyse doucet is in kyiv. yes, another momentous day in the growing concern, the crisis between russia and ukraine. telephone calls between world leaders and major capitals, growing concern in allegations and counter allegations about what is happening on ukraine's borders with russia, and concern about what the future will hold. in the midst of all of these statements emphasising, by russia saying they do not want to go to war, they do not want to go to war, they will not invade ukraine, also statements by those saying that if there is military action, they will be prepared. in the midst of all of it, a press conference, an extraordinary press conference by the ukrainian president, basically saying calm down. expressing concern that all this talk about and escalating prices was itself helping to fuel the escalation. we are going to look in this programme at all of these statements