or north korea was also on the agenda talks between french president manuel mccrone and his russian counterpart vladimir putin in st petersburg today both leaders urged washington n.p.r. news yang to continue their efforts to work towards a summit so that was vital to uphold the goal of nuclear rising the korean peninsula despite trumps decision to cancel the meeting with kim jong un they also discussed the conflict in ukraine and the iran's nuclear deal. more on this now we want to go to moscow our correspondent in really sure what is on the story for us tonight good evening to you emily's that we've got a key issue for president seeking moscow's help in maintaining the iran nuclear deal even as the u.s. pulls out of it what do you make of president putin's response on that front. well putin reiterated the importance of keeping to that iran nuclear deal he also spoke of the bent to bull consequences if if there weren't if the deal couldn't be preserved he also then mention again that he had spoken to the head of the international atomic energy agency and he said that iran which is fulfilling i

part of this with has taken part in government rallies it's against the reforms that president manuel mccrone is looking to push through which demonstrators say is removing people's basic rights was shot to do been ski is in the french couple forest now we join charlotte live charlotte i suppose it's fos becoming a familiar sight in parts what's the what's the atmosphere like there at the protest this choose that is are genuine hope about things can change. well many people feel that this is their only option right now to come out to the streets and voice their concerns and as you can probably see behind me the crowd is swelling here in paris this is just one of around a hundred and thirty demonstrations taking place across france civil servants are on strike today but they're being supported by their colleagues elsewhere for the health service they're being supported by their colleagues from the way we service you also on strike people from wrongs energy sector workers and that's because people want to come together to voice their real concerns that the changes that the current administratio

reporting from barcelona tonight i thank you very much well the french president manuel mccrone has challenged the european governments to unite in an increasingly complex and troubled world i was speaking today in the german city of often he said that the idea of european integration has been thrown into doubt and he said whether or not it lives or dies he said that's up to today's leaders he was speaking after he received a prestigious charlemagne broad. and award for contributions to european unity a topic very close to french president emmanuel maccollins hot many of the dignitaries attending the ceremony had warm words from a call on including the german chancellor angela merkel she said she thought mccollum was the perfect recipient for the prize. emmanuel mccall knows what binds europe together he has a clear vision of how europe should move forward. and a man who well mccrone a man has a capacity to inspire others in the service of you. know call refer to global conflicts european space and stressed the need for calm in the middle east. we know that we have facing an extremely complica