mr. macron, you had the emergence of somebody who grappled both sides of the equation and has set across this trajectory of a center-right sort of agenda. do you not envision something like that happening in italy as well >> i wish it did look, what's wrong with italy is not difficult to point to. if you invest 1 million euro and start a shop in italy, the trouble is you can have a good outcome and a bad outcome. if you're lucky, you're making lots of money with your shop, next year will you turn to the state and pay 66% of all your income to the tax man. if you're unlucky, things don't work out the way they should, you find out the people you hired are on a two-year notice period so what you considered initially to be variable costs are now fixed costs. i mention this as an example to show what's wrong. when you look at europe over the last 40 years, the way i read it is every decade one surprising winner stepped forward with bold reforms. it was england in the 1980s. followed by sweden in the 1990s when it was broke. followed by germany at the turn of the millennium, and now france's t

job security, it's an argument about long established values and expectations that don't fit with mr macron'sfor france's train drivers have barely changed in half a century. it's a job for life with retirement at 52. the national rail company has promised months of rolling strikes to protect those benefits, but president macron has staked his presidency on reforming the economy, and when it comes to the railways, opinion polls suggest that two thirds of french voters agree with him. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: (tx oov + vamp) (00v) getting ahead of the game , how professional video games players are scoring big. let there be no more bloodshed between arabs and israelis. this is newsday on the bbc. i'm rico hizon in singapore. i'm sharinjit leyl in london. our top stories. trump replaces us national security adviser hr mcmaster with bush—era defence hawk john bolton. the us president has initiated punitive measures against china in retaliation for what he calls the theft of intellectual property. let's take a look at some front pages from around the wor

thousands of teachers, nurses and other workersjoined rail staff on strike for the first time since mr macronand that goes for protests as much as forjob contracts. firecrackers, union flags and a few favourite chance, they stopped the march of change before, but are they a march for emmanuel macron? translation: emmanuel macron wants to| last translation: emmanuel macron wants to last union translation: emmanuel macron wants to | last - union bastions. translation: emmanuel macron wants to| last- union bastions. he's the last strong union bastions. he's destroying an entire social system, destroying an entire social system, destroying social security and pensions and the hospitals, he's destroying the rights our predecessors woi'i. destroying the rights our predecessors won. the march grew people from all backgrounds, protesting against changes which will mean fewer jobs protesting against changes which will mean fewerjobs and fewer benefits and less flexibility, but railway workers are seen as the real challenge. this is emanuel macron's biggest challenge so far, but this is also an argumen

mr macron himself, he now faces a pretty serious test. thank you very much.on the situation in france — andy moore has this report. shots were fired and hostages taken at the supermarket just after 11 o'clock local time. scores of officers and airborne units were sent to the scene. counterterror police are leading the operation. this shocked woman told reporters she could not see inside the supermarket. she said her children we re supermarket. she said her children were ina supermarket. she said her children were in a school about 300 metres away. earlier in the day, about 15 minutes away near carcassonne, a group of police officers outjogging we re group of police officers outjogging were followed and then fired on five times by a man were followed and then fired on five times bya man in were followed and then fired on five times by a man in the car. one officer was injured. that incident has now been made to the hostagetaking at the supermarket. there are conflicting reports about the feet of the hostages. the french prime minister said it was a very seriou

on twitter, mr macron says he's sending his sincere condolences to the police officer's family and callsce to honour his memory. theresa may says his courage and sacrifice will never be forgotten. stirling police have tweeted a picture of the gendarme, with the caption ‘in memory of arnauld beltrame', #homage. lincolnshire's police and crime commissioner markjones says, "so sorry to hear the exceptionally brave french police officer arnaud beltrame has died after swapping himself with a hostage taken by a terrorist yesterday. this time, france, next time, who knows. our police run towards danger we run from, and we should never forget that." surrey police have described the gendarme as an extraordinarily selfless hero and say their thoughts are with his family, friends, colleagues and all others involved. and pc dave wise is an officer with west mercia police. he says, "we should never forget the officer's heroism, his bravery and his sacrifice." a policeman has been killed in a car bombing in the egyptian city of alexandria. the interior ministry said the bomb targeted the city's securi

on twitter, mr macron says he's sending his sincere condolences to the police officer's family, and callsemory (ani) here, the prime minister theresa may says she is saddened to learn that the officer has died. she adds ‘his sacrifice and courage will never be forgotten.‘ there have also been a number of tributes from those involved in british policing. stirling police have tweeted a picture of the gendarme, with the caption ‘in memory of arnauld beltrame', #homage. lincolnshire's police and crime commissioner markjones says ‘so sorry to hear the exceptionally brave french police officer arnaud beltrame has died after swapping himself with a hostage taken by a terrorist yesterdsay. this time, france, next time, who knows. our police run towards danger we run from, and we should never forget that. a policeman has been killed in a car bombing in the egyptian city of alexandria. the interior ministry said the bomb targeted the city's security director, whose vehicle was passing by at the time. he escaped unharmed but four other people were injured. the attack comes two days ahead of the pres

mr. macron says he's sending his sincere condolences to the police officer's family and calls on everyoneemory president trump has tweeted his support: "our thoughts and prayers are with the victims of the horrible attack in france yesterday." he goes on to say "we are with you @emmanuelmacron!" here, the prime minister theresa may says she is saddened to learn that the officer has died. she adds ‘his sacrifice and courage will never be forgotten.‘ there have also been a number of tributes from those involved in british policing. stirling police have tweeted a picture of the gendarme, with the caption ‘in memory of arnauld beltrame‘, hashtag homage. investigators from the information commissioner's office, are assessing material seized during a seven hour search, of the london offices of the company cambridge analytica. the high court had granted a warrant to access the company's data bases and servers. it's part of a larger investigation into the use of personal data in political campaigning. the former shadow northern ireland secretary, 0wen smith, says he'll continue to oppose labour's

on twitter, mr macron says he's sending his sincere condolences to the police officer's family and calls prime minister theresa may says she is saddened to learn that the officer has died. she adds ‘his sacrifice and courage will never be forgotten.‘ there have also been a number of tributes from those involved in british policing. stirling police have tweeted a picture of the gendarme, with the caption ‘in memory of arnauld beltrame‘, hashtag homage. lincolnshire‘s police and crime commissioner markjones says ‘so sorry to hear the exceptionally brave french police officer arnaud beltrame has died after swapping himself with a hostage taken by a terrorist yesterdsay. by a terrorist yesterday. this time, france, next time, who knows. our police run towards danger we run from, and we should never forget that and we should never forget that. the former shadow northern ireland secretary, owen smith, has said he will continue to oppose labour‘s stance on brexit after he was sacked for calling for a second referendum on the terms of the final leave deal. of the final leave deal. mr smith said

on twitter, mr macron says he's sending his sincere condolences to the police officer's family and callsnour his memory. a policeman has been killed in a car bombing in the egyptian city of alexandria. the interior ministry said the bomb targeted the city's security director, whose vehicle was passing by at the time. he escaped unharmed but four other people were injured. the attack comes two days ahead of the presidential election. the information commissioner's office says it will assess material gathered after its staff searched the headquarters of cambridge analytica, the company accused of taking data from facebook users without their consent. the commissioner is investigating claims that personal information was used for political purposes. cambridge analytica denies any wrongdoing. ben ando reports. after a week of waiting for a warrant, last night the inspectors called. theirjob — to search the offices of cambridge analytica for evidence that data gathered via a facebook personality test from around 50 million americans in 2014 was not destroyed and whether, if cambridge analytic

mr. macron yesterday said he was a plan tout together make sure there was equal pay for equal work in france is one thing i think is tied -- we need to work on. david: was there ever a moment when you thought, maybe they are not treating me the same way as they would a male u.s. ambassador to france? jane: i had a fantastic team from the state department. many of the other members of the diplomatic core in the french government where women. with what i went through in paris, and i was there during a iries of terrorist attacks, was doing an awful lot with law enforcement -- dealing an awful lot with law enforcement. sometimes i was the only women in the room. with us.ay the white house is confirming president trump will sign the tariffs at 3:30 p.m. eastern time. more coming up. retail. under pressure like never before. and it's connected technology that's moving companies forward fast. e-commerce. real time inventory. virtual changing rooms. that's why retailers rely on comcast business to deliver consistent network speed across multiple locations. every corporate office, warehouse and store

mr. macron's timeline, europe's push to develop a deeper and more integrated state, and there is a lot ofinge around what is happening in germany. nani: it is much more political than a market or economic event. the elections were in september and that government has not been formed, but there has been a caretaker government. the business has been going on as usual. there are a lot of things on the agenda, specifically to do with the eurozone and macron's push for a more integrated eurozone and eurozone reforms that are contingent upon angela merkel forming her government in berlin. regardless of the outcome of the new coalition in berlin, it was quite certain from germany's position the extent of the reform that they will agree with macron would never be as far-reaching as he wanted, and that would have been irrespective. when it comes to eurozone reform in particular, germany will do what they do classically when it comes to the eurozone. they will not commit to anything like the complete fiscal transfer of the union. guy: with the spd in that government in a more aggressive positioneds

mr. macron says he's sending his sincere condolences to the police officer's family and calls on everyoneemory. here, the prime minister theresa may says she is saddened to learn that the officer has died. she adds ‘his sacrifice and courage will never be forgotten.‘ there have also been a number of tributes from those involved in british policing. stirling police have tweeted a picture of the gendarme, with the caption ‘in memory of arnauld beltrame', hashtag homage. the former shadow northern ireland secretary, owen smith, has said he will continue to oppose labour's stance on brexit after he was sacked for calling for a second referendum on the terms of the final leave deal. mr smith said he believed jeremy corbyn wanted to adopt a more euro sceptic approach — which he believed would damage the country's economy. he said he was speaking up for the majority of labour party members on the issue of brexit. labour members have been speaking out strongly. we passed a measure oui’ out strongly. we passed a measure our conference last year which was the same as what i said. members across the

mr. macron, and miss merkel thinking about what are we to do with germany?nd a stronger euro zone. we have to figure out with going to happen with italy. a have two weeks until parliament convenes. then, even our latest bloomberg news reporting, we are seeing the president could wait as much as three months until he sees support in both houses of parliament for some kind of coalition, possibly a grand coalition that we are seeing coming out of germany. yvonne: certainly still a lot of moving parts. thank you for breaking it all down for us. let's bring in bloomberg intelligence senior european equity strategist, tim. in asia.r face welcome back. we have seen three separate political dramas happened in the last few days. let's start with italy. this lack of they clear result. do we have to worry about exit italian? tim: the answer we can, is no. italians are famous for drama, and that's great, but it's tim:interesting thinking about italy. on the one hand, it's only 10% of the earnings contribution of the euro stocks, the core of european earnings. number two

mr. macron has in his program, even before the me too movement, we have been preparing for inths to havecompanies and what is happening in companies. gapant to tackle the pay between men and women with very concrete solutions like allsparency and having companies tackle this. to have women create companies. francine: does that have to come from the private sector, from has to or a government impose it on private companies? delphine: the government will push for things to be addressed, because otherwise it is not moving fast enough. francine: is it tough being a businesswoman in france? delphine: i do not think that it is tough, but it is something that needs to be encouraged. is more restricted with women than men. live up tohelp women their ambitions. is itne: how difficult for a woman to enter politics? delphine: i try to be very direct. probably more informal than a and to hear from torybody, to be very open what is coming from the private sector as well as my own in the ministry. it is a balance. it is a good spirit to work in this direction. for speakingnk you to bloomberg tv. that

information in brussels from his teens in paris and in the south—west france as well, but we are expecting mr macrones, exactly, and i guess this is slightly a bit of a strange time for us because it has been nearly a year since it has been a bit quieter in france and also i was hearing something interesting earlier saying that it started in big capitals, then we had things happening in provincial towns, and now this is happening in a tiny village, so it is also kind of showing maybe the evolution of how the terrorists would be deciding to act now and how they might act on a very small scale but also very dangerous scale, because they are really acting as low walls, and this isa really acting as low walls, and this is a very unpredictable and really difficult thing to counteract for a government, for a police force, for the gendarmerie. the latest we are getting is that sources are suggesting that the authorities believe the man in the super u is of moroccan origin, and they are saying no more than that, that they are linking him to morocco, there is a very large... yes, on the s list. on a watchlis

mr. macron basically weathers the political storm.evival of anti-semitism in europe and is it something that jews everywhere ought to be worried about? >> i think jews in europe must feel it coming from both sides here. you have a murder like yesterday which is an immigrant community, we've seen other acts on elderly jews in paris coming from muslim immigrants. but you have the national front rising from the right. you just -- a white nationalist movement take a plurality of the parliament in italy. you have hundreds of thousands of people in the streets of budapest marching on -- in support of orbonn, the head of hungary, who is actually out there campaigning against george soros. talk about a -- i wouldn't call it a dog, like a bull horn. you have a rise of nationalist hatred on the right in europe. at the same time as you have a rise of anti-semitism on the left. that is a very, very dangerous place for jew ss to be. >> jonathan, how much do you think this is confined or driven by social media? it seems in addition to trump being,

macron as weak leaders. there is no unity. there are frictions within europe over brexit. there are problems with mr trump over trade wars.allies is wea ker between the atlantic allies is weaker than in many previous year. putin is taking advantage of that. also, probably, sending a message to anyone who would defect and disclose anyone who would defect and disclose any type of secret like the people who disclose the secret is about the olympics doping, that they will be dealt with harshly. thank you very much for your time. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: saving the world's biggest fish. we meet the man who's rescued 500 whale sharks. today we have closed the book on apartheid and that chapter. more than 3,000 subway passengers were affected. nausea, fainting, headaches and the dimming of vision, all of this caused by an apparently organised attack. the trophy itself was on the pedestal in the middle —— the trophy itself was on the pedestal in the middle of the cabinet here. it was an international trophy and we understand now that the search for it has become an international search. above all, this was a trium

president of france emmanuel macron angle marco uniting with to reason may end their condemnation of what's being called russia being highly likely behind the attempted murder of mr st paul and the second element according to russia's top diplomat is just saying that russia denies it all but the russian foreign minister is saying that the journalists are failing to talk about some very serious elements the fact that the investigation is still ongoing and the fact that no specific results have been announced yet the fact that london is not being transparent enough in not even giving the m.p.'s from the opposition a chance to gain access to some details of the investigation also refusing to cooperate with russia on many issues. that have to do with this investigation and by doing this violating some of the international law that has to do to investigating such cases of the use of chemical weapons in we also remember that as a result of the attempted murder of a former spy screwball the defense secretary said some very nasty things about russia he was asked about moscow's potential reaction to the expulsion of a large number of russian embassy diplomats so let's jus

counterpart emmanuel macron and german chancellor angela merkel teaming up with to resume a condemning russia for being quote highly likely responsible for the attempted murder of mr scrape all the second element according to. saying that moscow denies it all while the russian top diplomat went on to say that all these media are failing to report on the fact that the investigation is still on go and no specific results have been announced the fact that the u.k. government isn't being transparent enough and is refusing to grant access to elements of this probe even to the m.p.'s who are from the opposition and also refusing to cooperate with russia on many matters in this case. russia has requested the substance london has been handed over to moscow as per the chemical weapons convention ratified by russia and the u.k. so the fact that london told us bluntly that the u.k. won't talk with russia is a clear violation of the convention which sais that before a state can act in any way it is obliged to get in touch directly with a country which it suspects is the origin of a given toxic agent as a result of the attempted murder with the use of a nerve agent which is st

mr. speaker, as they set out on monday the united kingdom it does not scandal in confronting russian aggression. in the last 24 hours i've spoken to president trump, chancellor merkel and president macron. we've agreed to cooperate closely and responding to this barbaric act and coordinate our efforts to stand up to the rules-based international order which russia seeks to undermine. i would also speak to other allies and departments in the coming days. and i welcome the strong expressions of support from nato and the partners across the european union and beyond. later today in new york the u.n. security council will hold open consultation where we will be pushing for a robust international response. we have also notified the organizations of the prohibition of chemical weapons about russia's use of this nerve agent. we are working with the police to enable them to independently verify our analysis. mr. speaker, this is not just an act of attempted murder in salisbury nor just an act against the uk. it is an affront to the prohibition on the use of the chemical weapons. and it is an affront to the rules-based system on which we enter international partners defend. we will work with al

mr. speaker, as they set out on monday the united kingdom it does not scandal in confronting russian aggression. in the last 24 hours i've spoken to president trump, chancellor merkel and president macron. we've agreed to cooperate closely and responding to this barbaric act and coordinate our efforts to stand up to the rules-based international order which russia seeks to undermine. i would also speak to other allies and departments in the coming days. and i welcome the strong expressions of support from nato and the partners across the european union and beyond. later today in new york the u.n. security council will hold open consultation where we will be pushing for a robust international response. we have also notified the organizations of the prohibition of chemical weapons about russia's use of this nerve agent. we are working with the police to enable them to independently verify our analysis. mr. speaker, this is not just an act of attempted murder in salisbury nor just an act against the uk. it is an affront to the prohibition on the use of the chemical weapons. and it is an affront to the rules-based system on which we enter international partners defend. we will work with al

macron also says that france will announce sanctions against russia if the coming days. president trump spoke about the incident just yesterday. watch this. >> any comment on the russian sanctions, mr. president? >> it looks like it. i spoke with the prime minister and we are in deep discussions, a very sad situation. it certainly looks like the russians were behind it. something that should never, ever happen and we're taking it very seriously as are i think many others. >> and press secretary sarah huckabee sanders discussed the relations between washington and moscow. >> is putin a friend or a foe of the united states? >> i think that's something russia is going to have to the make that determination. they're going to have to decide whether or not they want to be a good actor or a bad actor. i think you can see from the actions we've taken up to this point, we're going to be tough on russia until they decide to change their behavior. >> joining us now, daniel lippman. good to have you back with us. a lot of stuff moving on russia in the past 24 hours coming out of europe, some are coming out of washington. what's been the reaction to the president's comments on russia yesterday.

mr. beltrame badly injured, and he spent the evening fighting for his life, but in the early hours this morning, he lost his battle with those injuries. president emmanuel macron is among many here in france calling him a hero. ron. >> okay, thanks, james longman reporting from paris. >>> and back here in the u.s., in northern california, the fbi has identified the suspect who died when he drove an suv loaded with five propane tanks and cigarette lighters into the gates of travis air force base near sacramento. that suv bursting into flames investigates say 51-year-old hafiz kazi was a nomad who has known links to terrorism. >>> and here in new york city, fire officials investigating a cause of a deadly fire in a harlem building that was being used as a movie set and say it could be some time before they're able to safely go inside that structure and investigate. 38-year-old michael davidson, a 15-year veteran of the new york fire department, the only fatality. he died trying to save people inside. >>> if you're looking for love online, you can scratch off craigslist as an option. they removed its personals section. the company says that it made the change aft

mrs may must now find a solution that keeps the irish border open. the key to the future. damian grammaticas bbc news, wessels. christian, interesting to hearfrom emmanuel macron in the uk was an attack on european sovereignty. this was the language mrs may was seeking when she wanted backing on the russian situation. i think she will be well satisfied with the response he got because it's been a test of whether uk stands after the thorny issues of brexit, could it rally the eu around issues of security and defence and the resounding answer is yes, she can. they had a trilateral meeting with the french and german leaders last night and she presented them with intelligence there were perhaps not aware of. shortly after that came this statement which the three of them had put together, saying, we are extremely concerned, it is very likely it is russia, we don't see any other plausible explanation. that's the attitude the other leaders have taken. in terms of what concrete action we could see from here, anecdotally, and you had some of the leaders from lithuania and the irish to shock, we are talking between five and ten, this is my demand to expelling russian di