. >> welcome, i am tom mccray. a menu in is visiting four nations in central africa, hoping to regain influence in a continent where the former colonial power faces competition from other nations like china and russia. macron says he wants to reset ties promising a new partnership of equals. he is visiting countries he has not been to before. france has announced it is stealing -- scaling back its military presence, pulling out of mali and burkina faso, where the government ordered them out. first, this report from paul brennan. paul: after decades of colonialism and neocolonialism, it was france's withdrawal from molly and burkina faso which confirmed the shifting geopolitics in central africa. french troops were forced to leave and the military junta opted for a new alliance with russia. president macron admits mistakes were made in mali and his four nation tour will sell a more cooperative vision, cultural and scientific partnerships and military bases where the french operate as partners rather than commanders.

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so that's all for me, tom mccray. so now the news continues though ornell to sarah after inside story, which is coming up next. ah hello we got so very wet and windy weather piling in to west a year be will be mild as we go on for the next couple of days. having said that, you see the large, massive paddles stretches way into central parts over towards yeast. it's not too bad here. brightest skies coming through little ridge of high pressure keeping it settled lest look out to the west. what a nasty looking area of low pressure will tumble its way. we've had blustery showers fresh spring like weather. in recent days, more of the same as we go on for the next few days and quite a squeeze on those i supposed quite a tribe, a very strong winds, pushing in across the english channel, nor the parts of france wins could. gaston excessive 100 kilometers per hour over the next a day or 2. so some damaging winds coming through here with that wet weather. on the miles i 15 celsius there for paris should see some mild weather co

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well, that is all for me, tom mccray, for the moment. the news continues here on al jazeera, after inside story, which is coming up next. ah, ah, hallo! it is looking cold, if not so wintry across parts of eastern you have a fair amount, a cloud there all the way from to care, pushing up across the black sea right up towards the baltics. dry and fi be some pleasant spring sunshine. its a central parts and then we got wet and windy weather streaming in from the atlantic. but at least those winds are coming in from a savvy direction, so it will be mile 14 celsius in london. a 20 there in paris. better the sunshine down towards the south, west bit touchy 26 in madrid on wednesday afternoon. noticed a little bit of when she weather just around the alps could the stabilize the slopes there where to weather coming in across the low countries. germany pushing back down towards austria as we go on through were thursday. that wet weather continuing to just spill him from the atlantic. further east that went to have a starting to push little furth

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