emmanuel macron is riding high. francois fillon has fallen in the polls, although they have not totally collapsed. emmanuel macron has had good news with his centrist agenda. he feels that he has the momentum behind him. right now, emmanuel macron is the favourite to be the next president. we also heard earlier via the afp news agency that centrist party udi — which was allied to the fillon campaign — is "pausing its support and the party leadership will meet next week to decide whether to fully withdraw its backing for fillon." not great news for francois fillon. i asked hugh how it will affect his campaign. up up until now, his group in the parliament has stayed pretty much behind him. there have been voices saying that they should look elsewhere for another candidate, but they have come to nothing. so they have stuck by mr fillon. now we have heard discordant voices from within his own camp. the udi is a centrist party but very much attached to the republicans party. so while... when a group, even though a sm

at one point does emmanuel macron have to ta ke one point does emmanuel macron have to take a clear stand on the immigration issue if he is going to carry supporters with them? at the moment it seems like he is trying to please everyone on an issue where it is impossible to do that.|j please everyone on an issue where it is impossible to do that. i think their national front will try and focus minds if they get through to the second round. they are seen success in some of their oral heartlands, informing territories, in places that you and i both go to on our summer holidays, these places where we have seen people disappear from villages. it is those kinds of villages, they might be busy in the summer but in the winter they are empty, where business disappears where they are doing well. yes, i think emmanuel macron is going to have to put on record, more than he has put out so far in this ma nifesto. has put out so far in this manifesto. he is an untested element in this election. these are two outsiders, we got rid of the president and former prime minister she have the experience and th

not necessarily good news for emmanuel macron himself. be reallyd complicated for him. he is to distance himself from francois hollande's government. in this cartoon is trying to sell him a new brand of cigarettes. discrimination faced by black women in the workplace has come into the spotlight in the u.s. once again. >> a politician from california was made fun of on television by bill o'reilly. he said he couldn't listen to her because he was too distracted by her hairdo. he later apologized. this event sparked outrage across social media and among many black women who are frustrated at having to deal with these kinds of comments on a daily basis. anything began tweeting under the #black women at work. had aoman says if we dollar every time someone asked about our hair, we could reduce the racial and gender pay gap. thank you very much for our international press roundup. if you would like to see more of that you can also go online. we will take a short rate. we will be back on the other side with more international headlines. you're watching france 24. ♪ q?q?q?q?q?

is its uprising, let‘s start with emmanuel macron. the kind of programme that he outlined today, does that answer the critics who say frankly he has been a man of no ideas so far? will he has put a little bit more meat on the bone but what strikes me most, of thin absence he has made today, is how artfully he has actually exploited the weakness of his main adversary francois fillon, because he placed a lot of emphasis as you mentioned on the need to moraes public life. so he is going to due use a ban, on having —— is going to introduce a ban on having relatives working in parliament. sol introduce a ban on having relatives working in parliament. so i think he is very astutely positioning himself so is very astutely positioning himself so that he can exploit the disadvantage at which the law finds himself in at the moment. would we be talking about him in anything like these terms, whatever his merits if it weren‘t for the fact that fillon is having a disaster?” think we would but certainly fillon's problems aren't helping him.

emmanuel macron says he wants to create a revolution. he does cherry pick policies from the right and the left in a way to please everyone. you can't really talk about a revolutionary program in itself. it is rather consensual. there are some points which will potentially stick. he wants to reduce civil servants by 120,000 posts in france over the years by not replacing civil servants that retire. he also says he wants to reform the pension system, making it completely egalitarian. have a much more interesting pension system that other workers. chances are that might be a bone of contention with the public here. complete.mething very he has been accused of not having a political platform. now there is one. genie: some of our international viewers might find it quite surprising that seven weeks away from the first round, he is only now releasing his campaign platform. might that scare off some of his most fervent backers perhaps? it's difficult to say. i have been checking out reactions all over the net. some people are saying it's more o

emmanuel macron, from the problems of francois fillon. he has finally laid out an agenda, a lot of people suggesting he is perhaps a bit too much of a style merchant and not having too much substance but he did lay out an agenda that he believes could be the platform for a successful run? yes i think those accusers are silenced, perfectly legitimate criticisms of what he has said but to accuse him now, of being a style merchant, is wrong. there is substance, some of it is quite controversial, for example he's talking about changing the pension system. so that there is no longer this two tier system between the private and the public sector. bring the two together, and it has brought thousands and thousands of public sector workers onto the streets. it is controversial, he is talking about com pletely controversial, he is talking about completely revamping the whole social security system. so it is paid by tax and not by contributions so paid by tax and not by contributions so that where the state runs into it it is not run in partnership

emmanuel macron unveiled his manifesto and turning his centrist policies. lorraine the pen is leading in the polls. she leads the national front party. is leading in the polls. she leads the nationalfront party. she's is leading in the polls. she leads the national front party. she's lost immunity from prosecution for treating graphic images of atrocities committed by the islamic state group. those images involve pictures of james foley being beheaded by the islamic state group. she could face criminal enquiry if that was the case. this offence carries a penalty of three years in prison. we're a long way away from anything like that. the decision remove her immunity was taken by the european parliament. let me show you what emmanuel macron said as he delivered this new manifesto. we in our project have chosen first of all to look to the future. the transformation of the world of work, the transformation of our productive model. the digital transition. these are risks. but they are also brilliant opportunities. and so, at the heart of this project, there is

french centrist presidential candidate emmanuel macron gets a boost. manuel valls giving him the seal of approval. ♪ french minister's graham will to solve the crisis in french guiana arising in the overseas department amid ongoing wide strides -- widespread strike in protest. ♪ first of this hour, the countdown is on to britain's break away from the european union. prime minister theresa may has kick started the official brexit process by sending a formal letter to the eu, but it won't get quickie divorce, the country is faced with two years of negotiations. back. there's no turning they need to reach agreements on a number of contentious issues, things like trade and security that could prove to be sticking points down the line. at london's big ben struck midnight, so begin the countdown to the deadline to negotiate a deal on brexit. thes between the eu and u.k. are expected to begin in may or june. three issues will top the agenda, citizens rights, the order and the u.k. divorce bill. staff agreement must be reached in these areas before talks c

emmanuel macron is speaking live from paris. he pledged to defend european single markets and brexit talks. our executive editor is with us. you travel all around the world. how much are people focused on the french election? could this be a game changer for markets and politics in europe? >> that along with the donald trump is the biggest story in the world and from a market standpoint, it is important, the question people have is whether the earthquake we saw last year will continue into europe this year and to mainland europe. , marine leut europe pen has campaigned on it platform to take france out of europe. could -- this is a crucial election for investors. francine: what are they voting on? as a french voter, do i vote on the economy or terrorism? >> security is number one when you talk to people in france. what is deeply important to people, look at the history of france over the last 2, 2 .5 years, the paris attacks. they are moving around a lot for fillon and macron. round, a ring the pen needs to get 50% in the runoff

the other favourite at the moment is emmanuel macron who a centrist socialist type figure. not a normal politician in the sense we do not have a lot of outside politics coming in at the moment. and let‘s not also forget marine le pen. the thought is that he -- if he and marine le pen are in a final run—off, there would be a coalition among voters, right and left, to vote for emmanuel macron. voting against marine le pen. what francois fillon is doing by standing, despite the fact he is my inner scandal which makes him unelectable, a lot of his support has drained away over the past few weeks, he is trying to ensure that he gets into the run—off and then the presidential election is between left and right as opposed to centrist and far right. he is trying to get through for the conservative vote. this picture of this big rally, it was important that he got in with the big numbers of people, like donald trump.|j think the weather was bad. i saw footage of people covered in rain. he estimated that 100,000 people turned out. it is estimated the area that he was in good co

his stage may not be as glitzy as the oscars, but emmanuel macron knows how to play the star. never mind that critics describe his campaign as "blah blah land" — all talk, no real policies. today, this 39—year—old first—time candidate came armed with plenty of them. he has promised big tax cuts, spending cuts, and the sale of government stakes in some companies. but he has also promised 50 billion euros of investment, and help for those on low incomes. mr macron‘s supporters are largely young, urban professionals. so, one journalist asked, why does a former investment banker deserve the working—class vote? translation: i was born in a provincial town, and in a family that had nothing to do with the world of journalists or bankers. i climbed the ranks. it's with a lot of pride that i say i am the candidate of the working and the middle classes. and frankly, when i compare my project with marine le pen‘s, she wants to withdraw from the eurozone and destroy 30% of people's savings. expanding his vote to blue—collar workers is key for mr macron. here in lyon, he ha

politics to france, emmanuel macron has unveiled his manifesto. he is running on a centrist platform, has been criticized as being to blake -- too bag on his policies. our paris correspondent lucy williamson reports. the stage may not be as glitzy as the oscars, but emmanuel macron knows how to play the star. nevermind that critics described his campaign as blah-blah land, all talk, no real policies. today this 39-year-old first-time candidate came armed with plenty of them. he has promised big tax cuts, spending cuts, and the sale of government stakes in some companies. but he has also promised 50 billion euros of investment and help for those on low income. mr. macron's supporters are largely young urban professionals. one journalist asked why does a former investment banker deserve the working-class vote. mr. macron: i was born in a provincial town and a family that had nothing to do with journalists or bankers. i climbed the ranks. it is with a lot of private i -- a lot of pride, that i say i'm the candidate of the working and the middle class

it would seem emmanuel macron. it would seem emmanuel macron is getting more momentum by the day. this is a big story for markets right across europe, this risk. it is, and there is a huge focus on how populism is doing across europe and in france in particular. we are just coming up to april and may. it is looking closer now. a neck and neck between marine le pen and emmanuel macron, certainly in the first round. then in the second we don't know what will happen. but it does look much closer. therefore, less concern as far as markets are concerned. you can see that partly in the way the european markets are beginning to perform better, as that populism fear is receding. lucy mcdonald, thank you forjoining us. that's it from business live today. i think ithink our i think our guests will be nervous now i've been shaving off beards! see goodbye. once again it was quite a cloudy start for the southern half of the british isles. quite a bit of sunshine around today, once we get rid of some of the early cloud. you'll see it comes in two batches, a frontal system close by the southern

macron, not his own party's candidate. he was joining other socialist who also ditched him, saying his campaign policies are leftist. proclaimed a stab in the back, such divisions may hurt his all the moreving room for him to move up in the polls. joinedmore on this, i'm now. how far do you see this going? >> good evening. itl, if there is a surge, will have to be in the polls, of course. time being.for the he's made some gains, notably debateng a very good last monday. but i think essentially the losses are losses to macron. that's in fact traditionalist socialist voters who, for tactical reasons, seem to be support menchon. so the gains made remain quite so when once talks about a surge, i think it's a limited surge. overall, one should say that the total remains at a low, around 26, 28%, which is amazingly low. but thee in fact who -- the main thing still to assess and a significantat fraction of socialist voters moving toto be macron, so menchon might be in a position, but there's still some way to go to catch others.

emmanuel macron seen as the winner according to polls. looking at the stoxx 600, we are a little higher on europe's equity benchmark. in terms of distribution between industry groups, financials leading, followed by utilities and energy. we are seeing oil rebounding today. on the downside, materials and health care lagging. looking at eurozone versus u.s. equities, this is a great chart, inspired by dan morris at bnp paribas, who came on "daybreak" earlier this morning. they are bracing for donald care to deliver on health momentum. perhaps a swing to european and em equities. after the french presidential debate, we have seen the euro poll higher, heading for a six-week high. this chart is showing the risk reversals as well. one month risk reversal, which was negative earlier, has gone above the zero line. is that a bullish to you? -- bullish skew? guy: positioning is going to be important surrounding the single currency at the moment. -- axo on600, ask so the back of reports that pbg could be coming back. a bit of a story there on the m

who is emmanuel macron? refers to the sometimes conflicting statements he has made, attacking his programs, his pledge to cut public spending, reduce the number of public service -- public servants and reform pensions. the candidate wants all the opposites. >> i belong to the true left. >> his heart left position is is not popularon among some of the ruling socialist party. the former minister stepped down due to disagreements with the president and is described as a rebel. several government officials refuse to back him. party heavyweights are considering officially endorsing macron, including defense minister field. paris's former socialist mayor has already shifted to the centrist camp. president hollande for his part is urging socialists to remain loyal and united at least for the party's sake. genie: an attack on afghanistan's largest military hospital in kabul has ended after nearly six hours of gun battles. the islamic state group has claimed that attack on the hospital located not far from the u.s. e

as they were hoping and emmanuel macron did an ok job. european stocks flat. pound 1.2414. tom: events at 11.13, i miss that -- missed that. michael purvis will join us to talk about the complacency within the market. let's go to the united kingdom chart, i love this chart, this is inflation in britain back 60 years. andinflation in the 1970's 1980's. the john major collapse, higher inflation in 1992. amazing stability, the crisis. here is a pick up, this puts in perspective the rise in inflation. year-over-year, the rise in inflation, putting it in historical context. years ago, my best back out of u.k. is they were treatolive oil in ears to your infections. -- ear infections. this french election tracker, this may seem confusing but these are the five candidates that were debating yesterday. le pen at 26. these are odds for the first round. le pen, macron, fillon. line is fading away. who is that? francine: fillon. he was doing well a couple of months ago. i will bring it back six months. the scandal about the misuse of public funds whi

emmanuel macron promises tax and spending cuts. the king and i. tax and spending cuts. the king and i, indonesia ‘s president video blogs the visit of the saudi king. live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news — it's newsday. good morning. it is sam good morning. it is 8am in washington, dc a senior member of the team is facing pressure after admitting the meeting russians during the campaign. jeff sessions has just during the campaign. jeff sessions hasjust said he during the campaign. jeff sessions has just said he will recuse himself any investigation into alleged russian interference in the election. democrats want him to resign saying he misled the public. marine one touching down on the navy's newest aircraft carrier, and the president feeling the full downdraught of the latest setback to buffet his administration. his attorney general, jeff sessions, facing charges that he lied under oath during his confirmation hearings over his contacts with the russians. but the president is standing by him. reporter: mr president, do you still h

reporter: emmanuel macron presents himself as a radical centrists and it economic safe hand. he proposes to give more say and how companies are run to employees rather than share holders. while the 35 hour working week with state, individual working hours could be negotiated based on activity or even age. >> how can we believe in this day and age that the law should be the same whether we are 25, 40 or 55 years old? and that by definition we do not have the same working situation. reporter: macron also wants to make retirement more flexible with the possibility of ending a career at 65 or 67, depending on the individual's personal situation. the former economy minister wants to cap compensation for workers in case of dismissal. controversial measures -- macron also promises to bump up pay packages by cutting unemployment and social contributions. workers pay under earnings. he aims to bring take home pay closer to the employees basic salary. a couple earning minimum wage would save around 500 eurosea each year. social security tax would be increased by 1.7%. emmanuel macron w

the centrist french presidential candidate, emmanuel macron, has promised to boost the economy and fight corruption if he wins the forthcoming election. marine le pen of the national front is forecast to clinch the first round in april but mr macron is considered the favourite to win a run—off vote. scientists in britain have created artificial embryos using two types of stem cells from mice, in what they say is a world first. the researchers at cambridge university say their artificial embryo could lead to better fertility treatments. now for the latest financial news with ben and world business report. is it a console or is it a mobile? nintendo‘s new device goes on sale around the world but can it convince gamers to switch? plus the gadgets google wants every home to have. we hear from the company's new hardware boss. welcome to world business report. i'm ben bland. in a minute we'll talk about the currency that's become more valuable than gold. we start injapan on a huge day for computer games giant nintendo. it starts selling its latest device — the switch. it's kind of hybrid

so she is really preparing the fight with emmanuel macron by siding with the anti—system moscow leader, rather than the mainstream world. just on that, briefly, in terms of what she has had to say, the assault on so—called islamic state is gaining ground. on two fronts in iraq, where the attack on mosul continues, and also in syria. in northern syria, government forces backed by russian and iranian allies have recaptured the ancient city of palmyra from the extremists for the second time in a year. our chief international correspondent has travelled to palmyra and its historic ruins, and sent this report... palmyra. roman ruins, precious world heritage. is occupied this site twice in the past two years. their last target, the roman theatre — a stage for grisly executions, slitting throats, shooting soldiers and civilians here. is has lost this prize and ground beyond here to the syrian military, backed by its allies. the helicopter overhead is russian. palmyra matters, but the battles which lie ahead, including raqqa — the is's self—declared capital — matter more, and are far

emmanuel macronlj is more substantive than he is given credit for. emmanuel macron. ithink he has aways been substantive in that he is a top mandarin comity i’u ns that he is a top mandarin comity runs as an outsider but he's nothing like that at all. he was the economy minister under francois hollande and before that he was a graduate, for the most prestigious school in france, the one that shapes the bosses and politicians and top mandarin is. the great deal of those proposals, are a bit of glitter has been thrown over them, classical proposals of the kind, of a system by which france has been administered. with a strong influence of the state and attempts to deregulate in a sort of command way. he has got all sorts of ideas to change taxes and society, all of this is nice and it sounds very good and there is a great deal of digital land new economy thrown in. he says like many people before him that he wa nts to like many people before him that he wants to make it easier for people to do business. but at the end of the day, it is a series of technocratic measure

. —— emmanuel macron. she has only met as heads of state the head of state of leven on and off chad. meeting vladimir putin shows she can be presidential and talk directly to some of the most powerful people on this land. but is it a wise meeting, given some of the accusations that have been levelled at rush hour over its alleged interference in your selections. there is a lot of fear about that in europe, as well as conspiracy theories on rumours that russia is supporting the far right. my russia is supporting the far right. my feeling is that with her supporters it will go well, because she can show that she is anti— system, that she is a rabble, and that she can go and meet the outcasts of this world and talk with the incarnation of the evil empire, vladimir putin, and that certainly goes well with her supporters. it does not go well, obviously, with many mainstream voters who are sensitive to the accusations about russia meddling with the us or european elections, or the case of ukraine. so it is a m

french presidential hopeful emmanuel macron sets out his vision, and jackie's life afterjfk — the lost letters which reveal a love affair with a senior british diplomat. one of president trump's most trusted colleagues, us attorney generaljeff sessions, is under intense pressure after allegations that he lied under oath about his contacts with russian officials during the presidential election campaign. mr sessions has denied any improper conduct but he has withdrawn from the official investigation into claims of russian interference in the election. president trump has said mr sessions could have been more accurate but hasn't done anything wrong. he accused the democrats of taking part in a witch hunt. our north america editor jon sopel reports. marine one touching down on the navy's newest aircraft carrier, and the president feeling the full downdraught of the latest setback to buffet his administration. his attorney general, jeff sessions, facing charges that he lied under oath during his confirmation hearings over his contacts with the russians. but the president is standing by him

independent candidate emmanuel macron the most convincing when clashing with marine le pen. joining us now is deputy euro chief of paris. had so much to lose going into the debate last night. the concerns over his candidacy to bed now? >> i would not say he has put those concerns to that. bed. i would take them cautiously and use them as anecdotal evidence. they say that's one in percent of people who viewed the debate thought that he was the most convincing. he has 26% support in the polls. that is not really a quantifiable difference really in terms of what the bulls can do -- the polls can do. i think macron came out of the debate standing. no one took him down. no one managed to show that he was completely unsubstantial, and that is what he needed to do. he maintained his front-runner status. i do not think he necessarily reassured people who are still wavering and not sure about him about his presidential stature. he certainly showed that he could stand up to marine le pen and that's a key quality that comes out of last night. mark: does it change the narrative of a le

emmanuel macron rose half of points. marine le pen lost ground. global news 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2600 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. this is bloomberg. guy: thank you very much. let's talk a little bit about what is going on in the french german spread. you can pick this up on the bloomberg. you can see spread widening has been a theme. that is understandable given that we're going into the french election, which looks like one of the more controversial in the last few years. paul malloy is the head of vanguard in europe where he manages more than $4 trillion in assets in europe. that is a big number. paul: good morning. guy: in some ways you have to be the largest holder of french debt because of the way a passive fund operates. how much of it is discretionary? paul: we definitely have to hold some portion of it. france is one of the biggest economies in the euro area. they issue a substantial amount of debt. we have to hold some of it. it is good practice for a passive fund, because as you can see these char

emmanuel macron.|j is more substantive than he is given credit for. emmanuel macron. ithink he has aways been substantive in that he is a top mandarin comity i’u ns that he is a top mandarin comity runs as an outsider but he's nothing like that at all. he was the

emmanuel macron has the most to lose in this debate, because all the other candidates wanted to attack him on his lack of experience. he is only 39 years old, and that he has never done this exercise before, especially on the ways he would tackle terrorism and integration. but if you look at the snap poll that was conducted last night, among the people who watched the people 29% of the french thought emmanuel macron was the most convincing, followed by the far left-wing candidate, who was considered more convincing than the socialist nominee representing hollande's party. then marine le pen and francois fillon equally convincing. caroline, were there any attacks on fillon for saying he would resign his candidacy if he was investigated, and then not doing so? caroline: interestingly enough, to sayrancois fillon had some questions about this, but he tried to be very cautious. he did not mention any of his legal troubles. he wanted to refocus the debate on his program, which he hasn't had the chance to do over the past few weeks because of all this investigation and the fact that he was c

likely to attack the liberal independent who is favored to win the second round of voting, emmanuel macron. we will be broadcasting thatat debate for you u live in english. other countries are keeping a close eye on the french presidential election as well. kyle brown took a look. >> franaois fillon was formerly in front runner and seen britain as france's belated answer to margaret thatcher. that is until he was accused of receiving public money for fictitious jobs. allegation about his wife and the dodgy job. m marine le pen's national front inspires europe's far right worries others who hahave seen underrated populist campaigns soar to victory with brexit and the election of donald trump. >> i think this event is important for france of course that also for europe. particularly if marine le pen wins. that the eu itself is under threat. with britain's exit from the eu there are only three big countries that remain. germany france and italy. if france were to leave as well that would be the end of the european union. former economy minister emmanuel macron may be tied for the lead with ma

the friends presidential favorites emmanuel macron has unveiled his -- the french presidential favorite emmanuel macron has unveiled his policy proposals, also saying he will clean up corruption in politics. admitting the cement company paid money to the islamic state group. lawyer hasa's top been accused of lying under a. attorney general jeff sessions said he did speak to russian officials despite telling the senate that he didn't. let's get some business news. tell us all about snapchat. it is having a big day on the stock market and making its debut. the question is, is it really worth the hype? reporter: the holding company of , have seen their shares soar since they began trading on the nasdaq hours ago. currently trading above the $17 targeted which means we could be heading for evaluation of about $33 billion, higher than the $24 billion that was targeted. is sending the app to the very photos or snp -- or snaps. there is of course much more we haven't quite discovered yet although some of the people that know about it -- young users are more than half of the 58 million daily us

two candidates came out and it was emmanuel macron and le pen and they stuck out and consolidated their positions as the front runners. so far, a very volatile campaign. >> there's been a lot of reaction online. a small selection because i could've done a whole press review on reactions online. i had to choose a couple of examples. a french cartoonist did a home series of cartoons for the huffington post that i recommend. essentially, you mentioned the 2 whole presidents that the night them watching this debate together drinking wine. you can see the wine glasses getting tipsy and they are enjoying the whole thing. they are commenting on the five candidates. they look stressed-out, don't they? the cheeky smile. to a lot of attention on social media is though a lotta people said he was not the one that .eliver the best performance a lot of people said he was quite absent during the first half. this twitter user, imagine he had been kidnapped, when a child is kidnapped, you see an alert pop-up on your tv screen and you can see the alert where in the world is he? if you have seen him, see

are marine le pen, emmanuel macron, and franÇois fillon. arene le pen and macron essentially tied for the first round vote, which means they are likely to go on and face each other in the second round. that macron show should win by a large margin, but it is always difficult to get the psychology of a second round vote when you are not there yet. carol: that outcome of how the french elections might ultimately result in macron winning, that would be a good thing for angela merkel? >> i think we can say that would be a good thing for europe. we are talking populism here. the thing to understand is that marine le pen is a populist who wants to pull france out of europe. to cut a long story short, the euro probably cannot survive with france pulling out, and you're looking for significant financial turmoil. we've gone through brexit and trump and there is a lot of gloom and doom, and then it , so you have people in france saying people are doing just fine so it should be fine for us, but it is not that simple because we have this common curren

emmanuel matt —— macron, wanting to be people for everyone. i heard him say france is not reform of all, we willjust read d raft not reform of all, we willjust read draft everything, so i thought that was interesting —— reformable. his economic programme lacks specificity. it is like president trump's state of the union address when he put out the ideas and lacked specificity. is it a good idea when campaigning not to be pinned down, but to give people some... what i am worried about, francois fillon might be dropping out, might be staying m, be dropping out, might be staying in, certainly losing people, macron is so many things to so many people, and there are quite a few centre—right people who people will vote for, if he drops out they might go towards marine le pen, and as you said, in the second round macron is slated to win, but if too many supporters of fillon got0 marine le pen, that would be bad, because she wants to go out of the euro. tapped on the shoulder to become a spy? no, sadly not. what i think mi6 is trying to do is to

emmanuel macron is seen beating the arena pen in the second round. japan and russia have agreed to begin direct flights between disputed islands to allow former japanese residents the chance to visit. kyoto news says the two sides have discussed proposals for the joint development of four islands. the proposals are said to include health care, fishing, and tourism. has made a claims it revolutionary breakthrough in space technology with the ground test of a new type of rocket engine. unate tv shows kim jong-i watching the test and saying it was a great event of historic significance. north korea was banned by the united nations from conducting long-range missile test, but claims the program is for peaceful uses. home prices rose despite increased restrictions on property transactions. in 56 out of 70 cities tracked by the government, compared to 45 in january. beijing raise the down payment requirements for second homes by 10% to 60% to 80%. environmental lists have spent years fighting the rise of the suv, but it is all but over and the suv has one.

french presidential candidate emmanuel macron gains ground in the polls. and the window for issuance opens up. deutsche bank is said to be reviewing options to raise capital. tcw's tad rivelle tells us why he is getting out of that sector. we start with a big issue. why for the treasury, it is all about the fed and the potential move in march. >> she kept the march meeting. >> there will be a rate hike in march. >> wage growth is the most important number that will determine what the fed does. what the fomc meets in the middle of march. >> i think the fed has been itching, wanting to raise rates for some time. >> i don't think there is going to be a hike on march 15, but i can understand why the odds climbed from where they were. >> the fed is taking a big risk by moving early. they are dictated by the calendar in europe to some extent, so that is why they might want to move early. jonathan: fed speak has been front and center. officials seemed to be leaning towards a hike this month. even the fed's chief staff, lael brainard, said it will likely be approp

we speak to one french politician standing behind emmanuel macron. this is bloomberg. ♪ francine: this is "bloomberg surveillance." i'm francine lacqua. let's get to the bloomberg business flash. sebastian: kaiser group holdings surged by 85% in hong kong as its long-overdue results showed hascompany's loan burden decreased. trading resumed after a two-year suspension. the final condition it needed before it could apply to trade again. it was the first chinese property developer to default on its overseas debt. uber has suspended its self driving car program after one of its vehicles was involved in a crash in arizona. police say the other vehicle failed to yield and the company is not responsible for the accident. no one was hurt. uber says it is causing autonomous tests in arizona and pittsburgh until it completes the investigation. the u.k. government says facebook should open encryption of whatsapp to security services. they say -- the home secretary told the bbc it is unacceptable the messages can't be opened. she called on internet executives

emmanuel macron coming out largely unscathed. gap between the marine le pen and emmanuel macron beginning to close for the first round. still with us is paul quinsee and mark yusko. leading candidate for the second round as far as the polls are concerned is emmanuel macron on. macron. you want to get into europe before the result is out. why? we like europe a lot. reallyk stocks were cheap. the movement to the far right is dissipating. we saw that in the netherlands recently, in italy. and the financial stocks are super cheap in europe. we really like europe and think you should be acquiring assets slowly and carefully. there is still a chance for a surprise. macron could certainly lose but he looks pretty good going into the election. see, the colquitt valuation gap between european equities and u.s. equities, how big is the political risk premium that has been built in? >> it's huge. i think europe is really interesting. after this eight year bull ,arket we have had in the u.s. the real problem in europe has been the lack of ea

for emmanuel macron, it is closer to about 50%, meaning that a lot of the base of emmanuel macron could change their mind for the election. >> what is madam le pen's to do list right now? it is wednesday afternoon in paris, she's got six people sitting at the desk, having a fancy cup of coffee. what is the battle plan for le pen? >> marine le pen is going to travel to chad in africa over the next couple of days. and then she is doing a big rally over the weekend in france. it is her region. this is where she did more than 30% in the regional elections back in 2015. it is really her based class,ate, the working the people who suffered from the to theial condition services sector over the past 30 years. marine le pen will go back to her based over the weekend. francine: thank you so much in paris. we also spoke to the former italian prime minister ahead of the 60 year anniversary of the treaty of rome. he said that european leaders need to up their game. >> there is a risk, let's face it. this is an occasion in which the leaders of the member states will have to really get their act toget

the french presidential candidate, emmanuel macron, has unveiled his policy agenda — promising to boost the economy and fight corruption. mr macron, who‘s running on a centrist manifesto, had been criticised for being too vague. tonight it emerged police have searched the home of one of mr macron‘s rivals, francois fillon. he now finds himself in the unusual position in this election of being the only major candidate not facing possible criminal charges, as our paris correspondent lucy williamson reports. may his stage may not be as glitzy as the oscars but emmanuel macron knows how to play the star. never mind that critics describe his campaign as blah blah land — all talk, no real policies. today this 39—year—old first—time candidate came armed with plenty of them. he‘s promised big tax cuts, spending cuts and the sale of government stakes in some companies but he‘s also promised 50 billion euros of investment and help for those on low incomes. mr macron‘s supporters are largely young, urban professionals. so, onejournalist asked — why does a former investment bank

emmanuel macron made it clear that as far as he is concerned there will be no cherry picking on his watch. if he is in the elysee palace when britain is trying to negotiate, they will find quite a tough cookie to deal with. he said that once britain leaves the eu it will become a bit like the island of guernsey, simply a trading post on europe‘s borders. he is not going to be an easy customer to deal with. when it comes to public opinion here in france and political opinion, most of it or much of it seems to be with emmanuel macron. a lot of the candidates running in this election say they will make tough demands of britain, and there are good reasons for that. there are many here who say they just don‘t want to encourage the kind of exit support or encourage people here to say that they would like to leave the eu as well. of course that is exactly what marine le pen does want to do. if it is her britain ends up dealing with they will find a much softer negotiating partner, whatever national interest she is looking out for she is also going to want to make brexit look as attractive as

the big winner in the last 2a hours is emmanuel macron. the transformation in the relationship in the polls between francois fillon and macron, macron going up in the polls, fillon in desperate trouble now. there are defections now from his camp, a demonstration in paris on sunday where he is saying people should come and show their support, that will be a gauge of whether he can do it but now there is talk of a replacement candidate coming in. in the meantime macron launching his ma nifesto, the meantime macron launching his manifesto, he is walking down this boulevard that has been left open to him. marine le pen the polls still very strong, she is saying bring it on, macron, he is my ideal opponent. he represents international finance, pro—american business models and internet ideas and so on, for her. european idealism, all the things she says it is easy to fight. there isa she says it is easy to fight. there is a certain amount of bravado in that, because certainly macron has the wind in his sales and the odds are still in favour of

it follows francois fillon and emmanuel macron making the trip. >> we discuss my proposal of a treaty to democratize the eurozone to get democratic legitimacy to the eurozone. indicate ther legal reservations she might have in the political difficulties this could entail to put in place. she did not close the door on the discussion. news, the german interior minister says turkey will not be able to spy on turks living in germany after a probe was launched into the spy claims. the head of turkey's intelligence service has handed suspectedt of people of sympathies to his german counterparts, including surveillance photos and personal data. haveny and other eu states banned local rallies in support of president erewhon, who is holding a referendum next month. amnesty international has blasted the u.s. led coalition for not doing enough to protect civilian casualties in iraq. bombing entire homes with families being trapped inside. it's report following an airstrike that killed more than 100 civilians in the west of the city. the coalition having confirmed it was behind the airstrike, sto

emmanuel macron, his manifesto, does that change things? yes, it is more good news for him that he can move in where more or less francois fillon has vanished in the policy debate. he is the centrist ex—holland s2. he has been accused of having anything of substance, merely being a internet style presidential campaign of the new era. that has been confounded today. he spent a good two hours speaking the news journalists about his manifesto. some of them are leftwa rd his manifesto. some of them are leftward leaning, some of them are rightward leaning, that he can say to the public that this is something which should appeal to broad, open minded moderates, pro—european of both left and right, and that of course is where he sees this great hole opening up in the electorate, because the right wing candidate, ffos las along, is moving to the right, almost thatcherite, the left—wing candidate is very left wing so there is this great big park opening up for a candidate like him. what is the next crunch date in this campaign? we are looking

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