mr. macron spent the day lineening to proposals -- a humbler image, or just a smart political move? st for emmanuel macron today is to show humility and concern. economic ccessions alone may not work. what protesters want, many say, is a sense that the president values them. what he offered today were four concessionsri -- in the minimum wage,er tax-free ime andfr bonuses, and ze in pension taxes. what he didn't say was sorry. pres. macron: i know i have heard some of you -- hurt some of you with my remarks. i want to be clear with you --ou if i st to shake up the system, it is because i want to serve my country which i love. lucy: his concessions were more than anyone uld have imagined just a few weeks ago, but for some protesters, it wasn't usough. >> he tried to makelieve he regrets his behavior, but he didn't respond to our demands, 'nd tonight we have lost trust. it feels like were talking to a brick wall. frankly, we are frustrated. lucy: protesters here are already booking a bus back to paris on saturday for act five of the weekly demonstrations there. president macron told th

show what actually happened between russian and ukrainian ships in the current strait speaking of mr macron he was one of the leaders who ended up being caught in a string of bad luck either before they arrived at the g. twenty. or right after they got here. everything was scheduled down to the last minute but when we got direction now we understood president macron was already getting into his car. elect the turkey. paddle. illegal or legal. election. yeah fascinating work come or go isn't it well we got the thoughts of former u.s. congressman ron paul he told us that trump's isolation tactics could end up backfiring on the u.s. . that sounds like high school stuff you know i'm not going to talk to you anymore and on occasion i'll agree with our president but then the way the way talks in the aggressiveness i'll do this i'll give you this or up or sanctions on you and threats are involved so i don't think that's a good i'm concerned about that for our viewpoint from us our viewpoint because when i look at what happens to countries that have a reserve currency spend too much money go deeply

mr macron spent the day listening to proposals. a new, humbler image? emmanuel macron today is to show humility and concern. economic concessions alone may not work. what protesters want, many say, is a sense the president values them. what he offered today were four concessions — a rise in the minimum wage, tax—free overtime and bonuses, and a freeze in pension taxes. what he didn't say was sorry. translation: i know that i have hurt some of you with my remarks. i want to be very clear with you — if i have fought to shake up the system, it is precisely because i want to serve our country, which i love. his concessions today were more than anyone could've imagined just a few weeks ago, but to some protesters in amiens, it wasn't enough. translation: he tried to make us believe he regrets his behaviour, but he didn't respond to our demands, and tonight we have lost trust. it feels like we are talking to a brick wall. frankly, we are frustrated. protesters here are already booking a bus back to paris on saturday for act five of the weekly demonstrations t

mr macron built his presidency on a divided opposition.ed for now, led by social media, not by politicians. how much will it damage the man who leads france? lucy williamson, bbc news, paris. fears of an all—out trade war between the united states and china have receded, after a meeting between donald trump and the chinese president xi jingping at the g20 summit in argentina. the us has suspended plans to increase tariffs on chinese goods, and beijing has agreed to buy more american products. our north america editor jon sopel‘s report contains some flashing images. president trump arrived back into washington early this morning, looking tired but buoyed by what he said was an incredible deal with china. he and president xi met for two and a half hours last night at the g20, president trump sounding optimistic there could be a breakthrough in the escalating trade war between these two economic superpowers. the relationship is very special, the relationship that i have with president xi, and i think that is going to be a very primary reason

show what actually happened between russian and ukrainian ships in the current strait speaking of mr macron he was one of the leaders who ended up being caught in a string of bad luck either before they arrived at the g. twenty or right after they got here. everything was scheduled down to the last minute but when we got direction now we understood president macron was already getting into he's car. back to the summit itself a couple thoughts of former u.s. congressman ron paul where he doubts that trump's tactics towards russia will derail any positive results. that sounds like high school stuff i'm not going to talk to you anymore though i think the diplomacy is lousy even if you agree with somebody and on occasion i'll agree with our president but then it's under by and you know sometimes by the diplomacy and the way way talks and the aggressiveness i'll do this i'll give you this or operates actions on you and threats are involved even even if there's an attempt to correct a problem see but no i i don't i don't think that it's good to try to isolate and punish and put on sanctions and l

mr macron built his presidency on a divided opposition.nt is united for now, led by social media, not by politicians. how much will it damage the man who leads france? lucy williamson, bbc news, paris. the saudi—led coalition in yemen says a united nations plane is to fly into the capital, sanaa, on monday to evacuate injured houthi rebels. fifty wounded militants will be flown out to oman for treatment in what the coalition is calling a "confidence building" measure ahead of planned peace talks in sweden this week. world leaders continue to press for an end to the four—year conflict that has pushed yemen to the brink of famine. in regional elections in southern spain, a far—right party has won seats for the first time since military rule under general franco. in a resurgence of nationalism that has marked elections in other parts of europe, the vox party won twelve seats in andalusia, making it a potential kingmaker in any future right—wing coalition. the governing socialist party gained more seats than any other party, but with a reduced

hearing from mr macron himself, just to let you know his latest response.e already detained 481 people, 211 people have been placed in custody. really highlighting the work of a presence that has been organised today, exceptional in terms of the measures deployed. tribute to the security forces on the streets. and in terms of the organisational choices we have made, is what he said. so smoke bombs being thrown at the police. really since this morning. we have also seen images of protesters kneeling. and at some locations, some of the protesters have been giving flowers to policemen. there has been a lot of anger at what has been described as extremist that extremists and join the protests and this is where you see the flashes of violence, and ca rs see the flashes of violence, and cars on fire, fire, ambulance is putting those fires out. holding is as well, many businesses around the centre of paris have closed up for the day. in response to last weekend's byland is that saw a lot of damage. graffiti even in central paris —— last weekend's violence that saw

mr macron spent the day listening to proposals.macron today is to show humility and concern. economic concessions alone may not work. what protesters want, many say, is a sense the president values them. what he offered today were four concessions. a rise in the minimum wage, tax—free overtime and bonuses and a freeze in pension taxes. what he didn't say was sorry. translation: i know that i have hurt some of you with my remarks. i want to be very clear with you, if i have fought to shake up the system, it's precisely because i want to serve our country, which i love. his concessions today were more than anyone could have imagined just a few weeks ago. but to some protesters in amiens, it wasn't enough. translation: he tries to make us believe he regrets his behaviour but he didn't respond to our demands and tonight we have lost trust. it feels like we're talking to a brick wall. frankly, we're frustrated. protesters here are already booking a bus back to paris on saturday for act five of the weekly demonstrations there. president

"mr macron", screamed one front page today, "this needs a response".alks. tomorrow, he will meet a delegation from the gilets jaunes themselves, but on a protest movement with no official leaders and no political affiliation, will these meetings have any effect? what was a security problem for emmanuel macron is now becoming a political crisis, too. his young party, seen as fiercely loyal to macron himself, is said to be splintering over how to respond. but some in mr macron's party say there are no concessions that will satisfy the protesters, that what they really want is the government to fall. i did propose many times on this roundabout, "what if we raise your wages? what if we cut the taxes?" and they said, "we don't want this. we want something else". so, at the end of the day, what those people want is to take charge, take charges. so that is a political conversation. we first met didier at this protest site a week ago. to stop this saturday's protests, he says, macron must cut all the taxes he introduced, review all the pension laws and the min

mr macron met his government for a crisis meeting today.e of emergency. —— table. the president was booed as he arrived to thank the fireman on duty for the protest. fresh in the battles of the g20 summit in argentina, he is facing even tougher diplomacy at home. —— fresh from. the most popular demand at protest sites around the country, president macron resigned. they are cleaning off the graffiti now that the discontent that sparked this movement is harder to wipe away. president macron has cast himself as an economic reformer, who stands firm against protestors, but when protestors simply the french people? this man will be 70 next month that he was at the protests too. possession back the proteas had gone smoothly, but it would have come back from argentina and that it is all fine, back from argentina and that it is allfine, i back from argentina and that it is all fine, i will not change anything, i will stay into my position. —— stay with my position. sad to say, but it is the truth. among the targets last night was yasmin‘s car. she'

general mattis resigned last week over mr trump's plans to withdraw us troops from syria. the french president, emmanuel macronble. speaking after visiting european troops in chad, mr macron said he deeply regretted the move and paid tribute to general mattis. other us allies have also voiced their concern. two people arrested in connection with flying drones at gatwick

general mattis resigned last week over mr trump's plans to withdraw us troops from syria. the french president, emmanuel macronly should be dependable. speaking after visiting european troops in chad, mr macron said he deeply regretted the move. two people arrested in connection with flying drones at gatwick airport in the uk have been released without charge. flights were suspended for more than 36 hours when a device was first spotted close to the runway on wednesday night. now on bbc news, the first of our special programmes looking back at 2018.

looks like he wants to really stay on course to push through his program and he said do we know why mr macron has basically been in a missing in action for the past for we submit you know tonight's speech on television was the first time that he's been seen in public in what four weeks or so right. ten days ten his last speech was about ten days ago and the thing is that when he spoke last time around it kind of backfired because people say you know you're actually not offering much you know offering too little too late at the time he withdrew the tax and the rise in fuel tax for a few months but he didn't even say we're going to scrap that that tax and people are saying we actually if we fall. over this now we need more measures said it actually i think he didn't want to speak publicly because last time it didn't work out very well so you put forward his prime minister he was making a new concessions new nonsense and whenever it off you need the prime minister came out and spake it was never enough so i think he just didn't want to get burned and he waited until he couldn't wait no longer ar

mr. macron's government only takes care of the rich. eld rallies across the country on saturday. >> protesters clashed with police in several cities, including paris and marseille. the french president emmanuel macron's challenge now is to find a way to ease the growing crisis, especially as the anger becomes directed at him. >> mr. macron is set to meet with business leaders and trade unions in a few hours from now, likely calling for national unity in a televised address. >>> well, sophie is the paris bureau chief for the economist. she joins me now from the french capital. thank you so much for being with us. >> you're very welcome. >> president macron is expected to address the nation. how likely is it he can convince angry protesters to work with his government if that, indeed, is his message? >> well, it's going to be extremely difficult for him because, as we've seen already, in response to the previous weekend of protests, he did actually give in to the protesters' demand, which is to cancel a plan increase in the carbon tax, on

mr. macron's international reputation? he has been seen leaving the political stage. he has been seen as carrying the torch for europe. luc: they have seen us very critically in france. if france does not meet the obligation on finances, we have no leverage to implement a european agenda. brent: where do we go from here? emmanuel macron is nonow being derided as the preresident of te rich. lisa: that is a g good question. macrcron was being modest. he was making all of thesese concessions. he saiaid that i wilill continue with my reformrms. the next is t the unemployment refos.s. these are e crucial pieces of ss reform puzzlzle. people w wl be able -- w we will be able s see if he c can push them through. this is s an importatant momentr this country. now it is the start of a a new social contract. it also looks like he wants to stay on course and pushed through his program. -- push through his program. brent: do we know that he -- why he was missingng in actionon? lisa:: h last spspeech was about 10 days ago. when he spoke last t time aroun, it kind of backfired. peo

general mattis resigned last week over mr trump's plans to withdraw us troops from syria. the french president, emmanuel macronhas criticised mr trump's decision to pull out us troops, saying an ally should be dependable. speaking after visiting european troops in chad, mr macron said he deeply regretted the move and paid tribute to general mattis. other us allies have also voiced their concern. two people arrested in connection with flying drones at gatwick airport in the uk have been released without charge. and now on bbc news: our world, a tale of two swedens. music sweden. for decades, people have been coming here to try to learn the secrets of this country's multiple success stories. in openness and transparency, innovation and new technologies. in healthcare, welfare, and gender equality. but lately, there has been a growing chorus of sweden's sceptics. you look at what's happening last night in sweden... sweden. malmo is now the rape capital of europe. they paint a picture of a country where openness and liberalism have created a nightmare that now threatens the very existence of those values themselve

general mattis resigned last week over mr trump's plans to withdraw us troops from syria. the french president, emmanuel macronhas criticised mr trump's decision to pull out us troops, saying an ally should be dependable. speaking after visiting european troops in chad, mr macron said he deeply regretted the move. two people arrested in connection with flying drones at gatwick airport in the uk have been released without charge. flights were suspended for more than 36 hours when a device was first spotted close to the runway on wednesday night. now on bbc news, the first of our special programmes looking back at 2018. and it's a year in which britain's farmers have faced unusual weather and tough conditions. our correspondent danny savage takes a look at a challenging 12 months for the countryside in review 2018: the rural year. it was the year which had a summer to remember, long hot days basking in glorious sunshine. long before that came a few weeks of unusually severe winter weather. some remote rural communities had to be supplied by airdrops. but the pressure on farmers was immense, animal feed was in sh

mr. macron's party say there are no conditions that will satisfy the protesters, ithat what they really wahe government to fall. >> i did propose many times when it we raise your wages -- what if we raise your wages? he said we don't want this, we want something else. at the end of the day, what those people want is to take charge. and so that's a political conversation. met: the first -- we first this protest site weeks ago. to stop the saturday protest, he says macron must revlaw all pensio in the minimum wage. another day of action risks catastrophe, he says, a it is not ju educators who are to blame. >> it is a msure of both. have the writers -- you have the rioters getting more violent. amongst protesters, violence is growing more strongly. they are fed up and they canno e a way out. lucy:fr it of the national assembly today come andamans workers staged a spread -- e ambulancworkers staged a separate protest. tpresid macron, criticized for acting too much li a king, is facing a crucial that he is listening to voters without giving in. lucy williamson, bbc news, paris. laura: you are w

mr. macron's wife was originaacy his drama r, a married mother of three. the story of how he won her heart against all odds is of frenchsign openness to love and to others normalizing teacher-people relations. desire inrance was long something to be celebrated by thend iidual not controlled by the state. but a year on from the #metoo movement, the goal of a new generation is not to guarantee more freedom orit privacy whe comes to seduction, but equality, protection, and respect. lucy williamson, bbc news, ris. lucy: instagram has apologized f after a teture was accidentally rolled out to millions of people using the app.ea the change that moving through a feed had to be done by swiping horizontally rather than vertically. almost as soon as the change was made, users took to twitter to complain and thedemanded the return of the familiar up-and-down scrolling method. rhe update likened i to tinde was liveor about an hour before it was rolled back. rescuers in a remote part of northeastern india are working around-the-clock to sa 15 erworktrapped inside an il

mr. macron and his government. now he says that next month he will raise the minimum wage, eliminate taxes on overtime pay and scrap a tax hike for retirees. >>> also overseas brexit is on hold. there is strong opposition to the deal theresa may cut with the european union last month. pro brexit lawmakers say the plan keeps britain bound too closely to the eu. meanwhile pro eu politician say it throws up barriers between the uk and its biggest trading partners. may is under pressure to renegotiate the deal. >>> a sigh of relief for u.s. investors today, the dow ended up the day 34 points, but at one point it was down more than 500. nasdaq closed up 51 points. s&p was up 4 percentage points. big tech companies helped the stock market erase an early plunge. apple closed a fraction higher and facebook announced a stock buyback and added 3%. microsoft rose 2.6%. >>> kaiser mental health workers catching some heat right now for staging a strike as we head into the holidays. mental health workers walking off the job in s

speaking of mr macron he was one of the leaders a splendid up being caught in a string of bad luck either before they arrived at the g. twenty or right after they got here. everything was scheduled down to the last minute but when we got direction now we understood president macron was already getting into he's car. than. it is fascinating what cameras can pick up and i was in and well we got the thoughts of former u.s. congressman ron paul it's the trumps tactics towards russia will yield any positive results that sounds like high school stuff i'm not going to talk to you anymore and on occasion i'll agree with our president but then the way way talks in the aggressiveness i'll do this i'll give you this or op or sanctions on you and threats are involved i don't think that's good i'm concerned about that for our viewpoint from us our viewpoint because. when i look at what happens to countries that have a reserve currency spend too much money go deeply in debt stretch themselves too far you know not too long ago our soviet system did that they got in the trouble so i think that if anybody

"mr macron", screamed one front page today, "this needs a response". for crisis talks. tomorrow, he'll meet a delegation from the gilets jaunes themselves, but on a protest movement with no official leaders and no political affiliation, will these meetings have any effect? what was a security problem for emmanuel macron is now becoming a political crisis too. his young party, seen as fiercely loyal to macron himself, is said to be splintering over how to respond. but some in mr macron‘s party say there are no concessions that will satisfy the protestors, that what they really want is the government to fall. i did propose many times, on this roundabout, "what if we raise your wages? what if we cut the taxes?" and they said, "we don't want this. we want something else." "we don't want that, we want something else." so, at the end of the day, what those people want is to take charge, take charges. so that's a political conversation. we first met didier at this protest site a week ago. to stop this saturday's protests, he says, macron must cut all the taxe

political science professor john locke learned says the new measures announced by mr macron will not be enough to save his presidency france's broke france's not only broke but france is chronically in debt other european countries are in debt as well but france's situation is particularly severe mccall came in promising to reduce public spending he said he would reduce it by between sixty and seventy billion euro. what we are seeing here is an increase in state spending not a decrease we are seeing a man running for it running scared exactly like mrs may in london this is the end of emmanuel michael's. promises what he did was nothing other than a one hundred eighty degree u.-turn. well of four people were killed and a dozen injured in a terror attack in strasburg on tuesday a gunman opened fire at pedestrians close to a christmas market and then fled a two day manhunt followed ending in a gunfight with police during which the suspect was killed. lots of people running it were terrified children were crying so i realised something terrible was happening and people said there was a s

to the sound of tear gas and stun grenades, his government suspended the fuel tax increase with mr macron'ster conceding, "this anger is rooted in a profound injustice". agnes, how do you look on the week's events? do you think last weekend's protests and the response of the macron government represents a turning point for his government? definitely. it's his first test, really. i mean strangely, we thought last yesterday would be the first test. we had three months of strikes. transport was quite impossible. the country was quite paralysed. the protests were organised by the trade unions and the left and right parties, well organised, unlike what is going on at the moment. we thought, ok, he has done it. onto the next reform. it is a different presidency, he can ride out the protests. this one, we did not see it coming at all. i was worried before the first day of action on the 17th of november, the first saturday, because there was something going on on social networks, the yellow vests. it is a revolt, not a movement yet. it is like in the 18805 when the trade unions were born out of rev

the major powerhouses of europe and their leaders like ms merkel like mr macron i know the u.k.'s leaving the but i was there i was talking about continued pressure i was in russia i was in france last week and when we together. but it only met who was the head of the ministry of finance and of course the new france were giving the statement to the press after the meeting he was wishing publicly that france will support such a joint projects as. particular and reports that because of the beacon of all but died in the first project the malo injury that the government of france will provide additional guarantees support for those projects and so on so forth doesn't send a strong enough message to the people at the very top. i don't know i don't know but once again we are concentrating on the real economic projects that unite and the divide countries and those projects. you see if war people of russia people a few are up and the number of projects which we can go even in the coming years is tremendous so my view can you please name a couple or a few i would love to go into the detai

but mr macron has condemned the violence, saying it was far from an expression of legitimate anger.s i used to demonstrations but this violence was of an intensity rarely seen in the french capital. smoke from port cars mixed with walk —— water cannon and tear gas deployed by riot police. one protester was left in a critical condition as these metal gate were ripped down. demonstrators also scrawled anti— emmanuel macron graffiti. at the 620 in argentina, the french president condemned the violence, much of which, the authorities believed, was caused by extremists from both the left and right. translation: what happened today in paris has nothing to do with the peaceful expression of legitimate angen peaceful expression of legitimate anger. no cause justifies authorities attacked, businesses plundered or that passers—by are threatened or that the arc de triomphe is defiled. what began as few weeks ago was a peaceful protest by the yellow vests has now expanded into a broader display of anti—government anger. emmanuel macron will convene an urgent meeting with the prime minister and

command a majority in parliament and come up with measures that pacify people lots of questions for mr macron today the question will be does he have the answers that placate the people. or leaders as the u.n. conference in iraq who have adopted a pact aimed at improving cooperation on migration but fear of governments joins than had previously worked on the proposal a number of countries refused to support it including australia and the united states today more than eighty percent of the world's migrants move it to be in countries in a safe and orderly fashion but and regulated migration is a terrible human costs of course in lives lost on any lives journey is across the oceans and rivers and the cost in lives ruined their hands of smugglers and script was in lawyers and others to date. more than sixty thousand migrants ever died on the move since the year thousands and these is a source of collective shame i'll support for the deal in europe particularly is crumbling and nowhere is that more evident than in austria poor brown reports. in vienna and across central europe the traditional chri

do you think mr macron will weather the storm, is he listening, should he be worried?, the yellow vests, they have all gathered on social networks, it is not structured, there is no organisation nor any leader. they did is elected representatives to meet with the french prime minister yesterday, but out of the egg, lonely two turned up for the meeting, and one stormed off a few minutes later, because he wa nted a few minutes later, because he wanted the whole meeting to be broadcast live on social networks and television. there is clearly some problems with the yellow vests, because if they want to really carry a message, to ask for things to change, they also must get their act together. we have been describing this as a demonstration against the rising fuel packs, but it appears that these demonstrators have evolved into something reflecting what has been described as a lazy in french society. —— tax. what has been described as a lazy in french society. -- tax. just how deep does that go? it is a recurring theme in france, existential malaise. it is true that a large