and i know mccrone is visiting cool flick on tuesday his first visit as president to the french island comes off to launch a nationalist protest there at the weekend course going to authorities say around six thousand people took part although a rally organizers claim it was attended by more than four times that number. the are. on the golf course. yes of course work fridge or work or sickness and they should recognize that this is it money for we are protesting because of course chris being held hostage by france was wrong because currently everything is being decided by officials and powers. there is out of the question there because when you when you first of all would demand the transfer of course you can political prisoners to corsican prisons families are suffering because currently political prisoners are located far away from their homeland this is the most important demand. the president's two day visit to the region whose population makes up just half a percent of france's population comes at a time of rising separatist sentiments the nine hundred seventy s. corsica's fight f

venice is getting forty million euros to protect it from coastal erosion french president among well mccrone announced the package aimed at repairing damage from climate change much of the money is coming from france the city will receive a further twenty five million euros to renovate crumbling buildings. here in germany the country's two biggest political parties are on the homestretch as they try to hammer out a deal to form a new coalition government chancellor angela merkel's conservatives and the social democrats hope to conclude their talks this weekend and if they're successful it'll move germany a step closer to a continuation of the grand coalition that's governed germany since two thousand and thirteen. negotiating teams meeting in the conservatives berlin headquarters say they made progress on environmental issues and energy policy the ago bans in some cities have not been ruled out but the new government will try to avoid the measure and they'll be no more limits on renewable energy and. that seriousness up costs this is our goal is to quickly increase renewable energy and aim f

island demonstration took place three days before a planned visit by a french president and manuel mccrone protest organizers are seeking more autonomy from paris but they stopped short of calling for full independence. historic city of sound the we in senegal once known as africa's venice is getting forty million euros to help protect it from coastal erosion french president and manuel mccall announced a package aimed at repairing damage from climate change and much of this money is coming from france the city will get a further twenty five million euros to renovate crumbling buildings japan's space agency is launched what it says is the smallest rocket ever to send a satellite into orbit a three stage rocket is only fifty centimeters in diameter it deployed a tiny nano satellite that will take pictures of the earth and gather other data. here in germany of the country's two biggest political parties are on the homestretch as they try to hammer out a deal to form a new coalition government chancellor angela merkel's conservatives and the social democrats hope to conclude their talks this

germany's chancellor merkel and france's president emmanuel mccrone have urged russia to cooperate and maintaining a ceasefire in the rebel held on place of eastern tom in a conference call today they called on president putin to put maximum pressure on the syrian regime yesterday the u.n. security council voted to pass a cease fire resolution but despite that vote deadly airstrikes by russian backed syrian forces continue. there was supposed to be a break in the bombing instead. responders are back plucking life from the rubble it has been a long and deadly week in this rebel held enclave. and at this hospital doctors are seeing the washed of it most of their patients have grown up and the seven year war medical supplies are running out now for these children any truth cannot come soon enough this is a matter of life every hour counts at the moment if the cease fire has been agreed the u.n. security council there's no reason why it should be able to come into effect immediately. without people getting food. every day more schools hospitals destroyed. the more fuel. for seven days the

they france foreign minister says mccrone -- emmanuel macron will visit in late april at the invitation of president trump. they struck up a friendly rivalry starting with the first white metal handshake last year. emmanuel macron has vocally upfront -- opposed the president on the. climate agreement and iran nuclear record. a politician who took part in kenyan opposition rally has been deported to canada. the kenyan government spokesman says the person seen here to the -- renounce their citizenship years ago and never reclaimed it but they said that he plans to challenge the deportation, calling the presidency of the current presidency -- president a legitimate your that illegitimate. -- illegitimate. global news 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2700 journalist and analysts in more than 120 countries. this is bloomberg. vonnie: 1:00 a.m. in hong kong. i am vonnie quinn. shery: i am shery ahn. welcome to bloomberg markets. ♪ vonnie: from bloomberg world headquarters in new york, here are the top stories. stocks move higher after the best day in 15 months for the s&p 500. a conversat

pro-immigration protests takes place in part president mccrone proposes. refugee. live from moscow where it's just going eight pm this whedon's the night welcome to our to international i mean you know neal our top story german tabloid bill published what it thought was leaked evidence of the activities of a russian troll factory but the lead turned out to be far from concrete rock a sea of joins me now live with the details it seems jus diligence was somewhat lacking here from germany's most read newspaper one can imagine what went down the builds had cooled as you know that they got this email or chain of emails that implied that the leader of one of germany's biggest leader of the youth wing. was in touch with the russian troll factory which was offering him help you. she was offering him boards that would sway public opinion in the way that he wanted of course build rushed to publish this they had a huge front page article with a picture saying new dirt on the s.p.d. and bill that has been very anti s.p.d. has a very clear political position naturally they publ

s belonging to a manual mccrone on marsh movement not only back the idea but have reportedly been giving advice to the parties found this artist saw that deep in ski half of the toe . this is really a brand new political party that's about to launch in the k. its goals are quite ambitious pledging to transform british politics and reverse brigs it it wants a second referendum on it i think there's no chance of bragg's it being reversed the brave people have spoken and that's an end of the matter they can bash their head against a brick wall although get is a sore head while the party is launching in the u.k. it's getting advice for of course the can all hear it from the helping hand coming from a manual much for his party the public on the march with advisors said to be at a recent meeting did something about tactics earned its north one your good friends was glad you came here like the us and like many other countries looking for a hole because it was feeling despair i think and today july increasing you can look at the future musical and i think the movement that greece and all others

i would rather say it's a big box nicely tied was written really good really gift package because mccrone really needs germany to do anything in europe he came out with some bold ideas he wants to reform the eurozone he wants to have some sort of european monetary fund he wants to invest more in europe and shift sort of the economic spending power of germany somehow through the south of europe with money and investment is sorely needed so he could have done nothing none of all of these if the grand coalition in berlin wouldn't have come together because it was the liberal party of my coalition as they said in germany it would have been very difficult so he really needed this it's important not only for you it's important for micron's own political survival medium term so yes happiness in paris happiness in paris in the grand coalition two point zero is what i've called it it has a smaller majority then the previous grand coalition the a.f.d. the far right force is now in parliament what does this mean then for the business of governing and for getting things done the a.f.d. is an outlier

gold medal to compete for at piano chang twenty thing if you're trying to the head french president mccrone was accused of but tracking on promises to help refugees we'll talk about after this quick break. shots seemed wrong. but old clothes just don't call. me cold but you get to stamp out these days to come out ahead and in danger because the trail. when so many find themselves worlds apart. just to look for common ground. i fight for many clubs over the years so i know the game inside. the ball isn't only about what happens on the pitch to the final school it's about the passion from the fans it's the age of the super money kill the narrowness and spending to get to the twenty million and one player. it's an experience like nothing else not to because i want to share what i think what i know about the beautiful game played great to what paul chimes with. and thinks it's going to. new in a promo gratian rallies been held in paris following president macross initiative to tighten laws on refugees the people there say that he's stepped back from his promise therefore to help migrants get of

president donald trump was invited by newly elected french president mccrone to attend a steel day festivities including the military parade adorned in the french. of that experience reportedly left at trump inspired and also with a serious case of parade envy. and to live instead because it well it is we may do something like that on july fourth in washington. and it. is i know. many that we had a lot of. i mean there were laughing they're going to trump apparently meant what he said about that military parade made in the usa this week the white house and the pentagon confirmed that they have begun plans for a grand military parade for later this year truck reportedly would like to be held in washington d.c. on pennsylvania avenue but that is still up in the air at the moment what is clear this is something not all americans would like to see especially when you know some u.s. history. has authoritarian tendencies it's not surprise that he wants to do what other authoritarians have done such as have great big military parades to help stroke his own ego i think president trump sentiment is rig

stiglitz said ireland was leading a quote race to the bottom on taxes a day after french president mccrone complained of the irish tax policies saying irish corporate rate tax is only twelve point five percent which is so low that in twenty sixteen the european commission found ireland's tax benefits to apple constituted illegal state aid and later referred to ireland's case to the european court of justice by the way apple is just now reporting their quarterly profits will have more on those specifics tomorrow. infrastructure was a key component of president trump's tuesday night speech to the state of the union and he spoke about the infrastructure deficit but the nation has a budget deficit already of roughly four hundred forty billion dollars how does congress reconcile the infrastructure needs with the lack of available funding here discusses conservative t.v. and radio commentator steve walz for steve what's your take on on this there really is an infrastructure gap we know that but they have this budget dilemma to what they can do well there were no details obviously there was like

the french president is on course to take another campaign pledge off his list emanuel mccrone is promising to bring back compulsory military service and his party has been busy trying to whip up support because we call it the national service because it's the place where the youth of our country and the nation meet one another where they get to know the military service on the one hand and civil engagement on the other it's where one gives his time to the nation and to society. what about the age range it will cover all age ranges and both boys and girls will take part in the service will be obligatory polls three years ago suggested eighty percent of people were in favor of the move but now that's to end all to a little more than a half shell or do bent he's been asking people in paris what they think now. but you play as are you ready to serve your country yes i have even tried to get in the army. there are many ways to help your country and not in the army but it's not all about taking a weapon in your hands. army training is definitely way street sort of in the school curriculum but th

president donald trump was invited by the newly elected french president mccrone to attend but still day festivities including the military parade adorned in the french. of that experience reportedly left at trump inspired and also with a serious case of parade envy. and to a large extent because it was what it is we may do something like that on july fourth in life you. know if i were you know ready for it we had a lot of. i mean they were laughing they're going to trump apparently meant what he said about that military parade made in the usa this week the white house and the pentagon confirmed that they have begun plans for a grand military parade for later this year trump reportedly would like to be held in washington d.c. on pennsylvania avenue but that is still of authoritarian tendencies it's not a surprise that he wants to do what other authoritarians have done such as have great big military parades to help stroke his own ego i think president trump sentiment is right on the sentiment is the celebrate the troops so great the soldiers and i think that's right on which order mi

the latest incident comes just weeks after the french president among your mccrone proposed a draft bill that would tighten current migration policy the legislation would make it easier to deport to undocumented newcomers who do not qualify for asylum it would also increase the length of time authorities can detain illegal migrants for from forty five days to ninety front's received a record one hundred thousand applications for asylum last year. a major police corruption scandal is unfolding in the u.s. city of baltimore with astonishing claims of wrongdoing continuing to emerge six former elite officers responsible for reducing gun crime have already pleaded guilty to running a criminal racket and four of them are now testifying against two other ex colleagues who have denied involvement. they came at me like a gang or something i remember one of the officers saying i looked like someone who needed to be robbed everybody's life is destroyed because of this my kids are afraid to go in the house the gun trace task force was made up of plainclothes officers on was supposed to be tackling

and i know mccrone is visiting corsica on tuesday his first visit as president to the french shaw and was offered a large nationalist protest the weekend of course going forward he say around six thousand people took paul rudd the organizers claim it was attended by more than four times that number. it was yes it was yes. it. was a god. was cool corsicans yes of course with fridge but with core sickness to watch it and they should recognize that this is a. money fifth we are protesting because of course chris being held hostage by france will because currently everything is being decided by officials in paris. there's i don't have much money because when you put you first of all i would demand the transfer of course even political prisoners to corsican prisoners because families are suffering because currently prisoners are located far away from their homes and this is the most important a model. of the president's two day visit to the region which makes up just half a percent of france's population comes at a time of rising separatist sentiment. the one nine hundred seventy s. corsic

well it's a problem a gracious rally was held in paris following president mccrone initiative to tighten laws on refugees people there say that he step back they think from his promise to help migrants get off the streets and out of the woods quote show dubin ski has moved in from the french capital next. well this is seen as being one of the biggest tests of the manual mark one has faced so far in his presidency with around two hundred people coming out on wednesday morning to voice their concerns about this new immigration law well what's in the new immigration law well first of all they want to double the time of detention that's how long my kids can be held from forty five to ninety days they also want to put in jail for up to a year those migrants who cross into france illegally and they want to shorten the time that people have to apply for asylum well people who protested outside the consulate attack today said they were incredibly unhappy and they expressed why. this wise not good it has not been passed here but people won't like it because it wants to hold this attention with as

that mccrone up on plato to give a speech on his vision of the mediterranean island we'll bring you more on his visit throughout the day for the meantime though the program returns and just. put themselves on the line. to get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president. want to. have two going to be press this is what the four three in the morning can't be good. i'm interested always in the waters of. course. the u.s. is losing in two ways some on the climate denying is precluding them from the dissipating in this new economy number one and number two the effects of the climate change and why the catastrophes the global you know migrants that are the result of it all this other problems are hurting the u.s. economy on the other side of the trade so you've got a double bind. thanks for joining us the u.s. vice president will head to the winter olympics. but not apparently to enjoy the sport. quite frankly we're traveling to the olympics to make sure that north korea doesn't use the powerful symbolism in the backdrop. of the winter olympics will be telling the truth about north

they france foreign minister says mccrone -- emmanuel macron will visit in late april at the invitation they struck up a friendly rivalry starting with the first white metal handshake last year. emmanuel macron has vocally upfront -- opposed the president on the. climate agreement a i

national assembly bus passes through the senate to get that altered so that's a lot for the present mccrone to mull over but the other demand is even more difficult and that is for the so-called political prisoners as the nationalists call them the people who were jailed across france for the forty forty years of struggle here to to gain independence of course ago now they're between eight and twenty of them still imprisoned and what they want is for them to be amnestied and returned to the island and perhaps return to the island to serve the remaining sentences here near their families because it's very difficult for their families very expensive for their families to get over and see them discussed in some like seven hundred euros every time they go across and they barely get to see them for about half an hour in the fridge to help them to serve and also an important demand is the fact that they want the property law changed here in corsica the very worried about the rich walsh who are families in in paris and the rest of france buying their holiday homes here and only coming down in the

the nationalists were keen to show president emmanuel mccrone one thing that costco is not an administrative region of france corsica's a country a nation and a people and most of all they wanted corsican as a special language of the island this is one of their main demands it's a very emotional demand but it's not that easy for present machall because under the article two of the constitution it says that the republic has one language and that language is french there are other demands to which they're very keen to push through to start opening a dialogue with president michael about and that is their what they call their political prisoners the people sent to prisons across france during the forty forty years of armed struggle for independence for corsica they want them repatch rated to corsica they want them in the prisons here and they want them amnesty that again is a very difficult problem for paris and and last but not least they want to change in the property rules here in corsica they want to make sure that the so-called rich bourgeoisie in paris and elsewhere in france don't just b

the continent center of gravity appears to be shifting to france for president mccrone has taken an assertive role in addressing european and global challenges. results of the recent german election enforce that assessment. recent efforts by some governments in central and eastern europe to undermined judicial independence and parliamentary oversight are weakening the rules of law. these steps could look at further democratic decline and offer chinese and russian influence. many other topics i can discuss. i like to close with a discussion of one additional threat, this one internal and somewhat personal. i'm concerned are increasing political process with respect to federal spending is threatening our ability to properly defend our nation both in the short term and especially in the long term. failure to address her long-term fiscal situation has increased the national debt to over 20 trillion. the situation is unsustainable. it represents a dire threat to economic and national security. former chairman first identified the national debt is the greatest threat to our national security. since