your message generally seems to be one of a failing france, a france that is deeply divided, where the economy is suffering, where globalisation is destroying the livelihoods of the french people. look at the truth, look at the fact that over the past year the french economy has grown at 7%, an extraordinary figure, unemployment is down, the best figures since 2012. president macron, if he chooses to run again as we know he will, he will have a strong economic story to tell the french people. and all of the polls say that right now, french people a much more concerned about the future of the economy than they are about your issue, that we've already discussed — immigration. i asked you earlier whether you felt you made mistakes in the past, whether he was sorry for some of the things you said in the past. do you regret that you in previous campaigns embrace the idea of what we in english call frexit, france leaving the european union, that was one of your headline policies, you've now abandoned it. is that because you realise you were just wrong? well, your vision of what's happening

france is operating as the framework nation. from what i have heard from previous speakers, we'll -- we are dealing with the government that is illegitimate who took power by force and wasn't elected and who is partnering with a mercenary group that has a track record of human rights abuse. nick: you were talking about the involvement of russian mercenaries and we will get to that in a second but what will happen if there is a wholesale pullout? how bad could it be and what would happen? >> there will be a security void . it could be incredibly dangerous but it depends on how you define security void. [indiscernible] i think security vacuum is the option everyone would want to avoid. nick: so should european troops stay there? >> i think it depends on the mandates, the policies of the eu. nick: it just depends on the security situation on the ground and how dangerous it will be for the region and internationally. >> that is what i am coming to. if you continue because it's illegitimate government especially one that has been sus

so now follicle interviewed frances ambassador to the in the pacific, christoph panel. she began by asking him if frances into pacific strategy is more oriented toward security. and if that affects larger engagement in the region, it is not exactly true that the french strategy is very focused on defense. it's one important element when essential element that there was deception. i think it is widespread perception because our ministry of forces was the 1st to publish their into pacific strategy that the whole into pacific strategy addresses. many other issues which are as important for us as, as the defense and security angle. take the example of climate change, but for instance, or the protection of biodiversity or protection of the oceans, health issues, but also economy issues, trade issues, connectivity issues. so our strategies clearly multi dimensional. we want to address all the challenges. security challenges are very serious and we not naive about them. but at the same time we want also to be able to develop cooperation actions, concrete actions with countries

i think rather, france will continue to engage me. they call us it should be a gradual process through cooperation and dialogue in order to tap into the opportunities that the french or b e. u provides plan and some level of resilience, of the contrast is the community in the country and, and the region. so i think that there should be honest conversation between you on one hand and then a course on behalf of the union on the other part. and even if missing bob in the us system to see how this can be a better handle even on that is a constant or ida gent, we'll have to leave that. we run out of time magic way, mecca, it's a great to have you with this. thanks very much indeed. if our british port yet new from a booed thanks very much indeed. and i thank you too for watching. you can see this program again any time by visiting our website out here dot com. and for further discussion, go to our facebook page at facebook dot com, forward slash ha inside story. and you can also join in the conversation on twitter handle for that is a j in

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who came to pass through a qu, shock in france. why confront work with an administration which came to pass through a qu, in chad? but not, molly, why can they work? well, they're accused of working to support hurry for half, the who's also backed by the walk in the group. and that can work in libya. but the similar scenario doesn't work in molly, why? it's a good question indeed because it shows that that's one of the reasons why does this and to french filling, filling that france is playing a double game is the fact of france tries to promote the idea of democratically democratic governments impose his democratic condition on governments and wants to help one at the same time for becky, do cooper in chad when the president did, he died. a song replaced him without an infection, so long as the french say a man to that. so it's true. and, but the situation in many is that is slightly different. france was very present in maddy addison, the government that came through to, to, to put cheese of 202-2021. when promised to audit actio

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no question of 4 or 6 months later on what we don't need . france, france has been with us to long get her out. popular resentment against france has been driven by its failure to stem the tide of g. hottest attacks in molly their withdrawal potentially opens the door for talks between the government and the radical islamist forces. it opposes in beijing after 2 weeks, hundreds of metals and no shortage of controversy. the winter olympics are signing off with the traditional closing ceremony. the organizer said they were happy with had the games had been staged amid the pandemic with competitors captain, a strict bubble. but they didn't mention the doping issue with russian figure skater camila failure or other controversies that have dog the event law for more on the final day of the winter olympics are man in at beijing. johnson crane joins us now. hi jonathan, good to see you now. all the metal events are over. what were the highlights on the final day. while no surprise to anyone, germany, one more cold in the bob said competition, francesco fried trish, piloting the fire for man b

we are allies, we cannot do without france, just as france cannot do without us. so he must not throw them away like garbage and france should not play with us either. he could, you was noted young or blue before they arrived. we lived well. it was frowned to impose this war on us. so, but this is a good decision for molly had a good while french soldiers like these will soon be leaving paris and its allies have promised to keep up the fight against islam as insurgents in the region. st. troops will be re deployed elsewhere. but the departure from molly will only put further pressure on un peacekeepers amid rising millison to tax and could push them all in government even closer to all of the controversial mercenaries of the russian wagner group, which is already helping train its soldiers. well here's a look now and some of the other stories that are making headlines around the world . the military leader, son, the ogo, the amoeba, has been sworn in as burkina faso as president. 3 weeks ago he led a coup against the countries elected leader dummy. but seize power

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and which goes are facts at the mark school in france. and that's not even going to talk about the, the economic impact because at the point when my lease fits in, this kind of thing. so just these, which is more compounded, even with the, the, the, because it pandemic, they are also looking at how to use one of the major partners, which is a france that may even for that creates see loss is the ability, an economic hardship or within the country ok develop today, the timeline, the i just read out, which is quite interesting is quite telling is in 10 years the french have failed to eradicate the threat from insurgents. military have taken over. russian mercenaries move again in a situation where you can say it's not go any better. it's got worse. yeah, definitely. it's a very interesting components that are happening in molly. one of them is now we're looking at the french and german reassess, and their presence in the country. what it means to me that 1st of what they're looking into, the basis of death presence in the country. and the 2

frances ambassador to the in the pacific explains and the agent olympic sign off with the leverage closing ceremony after more than 2 weeks of competition control receipt and keeping covey at b. ah . i'm british energy, welcome to dw news, a shared ledger, good join us. europe has always been involved with asia and now it wants to be even more trade is the main area. it wants to do this in and improving technology. connectivity and security also form parts, if it's offering to the region. these are set to be discussed at a forum to be held tomorrow in paris. it will bring together foreign ministers of e u, member states, and some 30 countries in the area known as the interpreter. vic, it encompasses the countries located around the indian and pacific oceans. they account for 3 fifths of the world's population, are central to global value chains and produce almost 60 percent of global g d p. that in chinese, a 3rd of this in the region has sped up the adoptions of india. pacific strategies, but not just the e u, but also the netherlands, germany and france. now ahead of the forum that bigge

so my lead it, we have been allies to years in we are allies, but cannot do without france just as france cannot do without us, though we must not to try to throw them away like garbage, yours and france should not play with us either. lucy, did you wanna go to the old arrived? we lived well, or else it was france who opposed this? worn out. this is a good decision for molly. what would over i'll, i had a good while french soldiers like these will soon be leaving paris on its allies, have promised to keep up the fight against isthmus insurgents in the region. st. troops will be re deployed elsewhere. but the departure from molly will only put further pressure on un peacekeepers amid rising millicent attacks and could push the marlene government even closer towards the controversial mercenaries of the russian wagner group, which is already helping train its soldiers flooding and landslides of killed over 100 people in brazil, dozens more are missing the historic city of metropolis in the hills above readers . an arrow has declared 3 days of morning. a month's worth of rain fell there in a

we are allies, we cannot do without france just as france cannot do without us. so he was not throw them away like garbage and france should not play with us either. he could, you was noted young or blue before they arrived. we lived well. it was frowned to impose this war on us so, but this is a good decision for molly out of wood. while french soldiers like these will soon be leaving paris and its allies have promised to keep up the fight against isthmus insurgents in the region. saint troops will be re deployed elsewhere. but the departure from molly will only put further pressure on un peacekeepers amid rising millison to tax and could push the marlene government even closer to all of the controversial mercenaries of the russian vacuum group, which is already helping train its soldiers. here's a look at some stories making headlines around the world. and i hope by a u. s. judge has ruled that former president, donald trump, must testify in a new york court, a 3 year investigation into the trump organization. as uncovered, significant evidence of possible frau

, france said anti terror operations. and molly would seize by june. the issue is likely to dominate a rare summit between the african union and the european union in brussels to day did abuse jack power has more the strained relations between france and molly. after a 2nd military coup in may 2021 which followed one in august 2020 state fuels like this, conducted by the military discount is the underlying instability in molly until now, france has retained the military presence of over 4000 troops in this al region but as long wanted to reduce that numbers, and especially to move them out of the former french colony of molly, after the new koolaid is expelled, the french ambassador. since 2013. the european union has provided a contingent of 1100 troops, a separate mission known as the e. u. t. m. to train molly's armed forces. european commission says the plan remains to keep the e u mission going for now the situation of the u. tim, for the moment, are there they are present in my li, our position is that we do want to

you and it seems france will be living with it for generations to come . it was the longest volcanic eruption there in centuries for 3 months. the camera, vehicle volcano on the spanish island of la palmer, steeled lava and ash permanently changing the landscape. villages were destroyed and thousands of people lost their possessions. while the eruption finally subsided, weeks ago, giving a respite from the searing heat and tremors. but for those who live close to the volcanic ridge, a hard work has just begun cleaning up efforts at the foot of the country. the ha, in last montes are in full swing, tons of ashes need to be removed. shadow gone, fall is on that either is had busy to it's a special clean up mission. but despite the hard work, she is relieved. her a village is still there. boy, felicity le, over the moon is not we didn't think we come back. the eruption was so close just over there that are in thought firefighters. and many volunteers have helped her to free the house from the ashes. but there is no running water at the moment. and the roof of

she was able to keep her baby france for 18 days, and then she was deported and i thought well france should still be alive francis was born in february of 1944 and from the beginning. of this project. i was looking for france and there she is. she lived only a couple hours. on, you know fell into each other's arms. she started to cry i did too and i said you won't believe how long i've been looking for you and she said well imagine me 70 years to learn all of this about my mother. what i realized with with france and with this whole project was i was recovering these stories these were stories that weren't told these women kept very quiet about their role in the resistance after the war the gold named 1,038 compaÑol deliberation. those were the great heroes of the resistance six of them were women four of them already dead. he basically said he said women need to step back and let the men take the glory the men have been so badly humiliated. and there was also a taboo for women young women, especially who had been in the camps marriages were called off if it was found out. there was

there was a guarantor, russia, france, germany, france, and germany did nothing. they sat on their hands for 8 years. and they were supposed to be guarantors to this. they did not push kev to commit to itself. and this is where we are starting monday with the, with russia, recognizing the don as republics. and now what we have now disarming ukraine, the name of this program, don, your thoughts that you have a real complex puzzle of, you know, different pieces interacting, the geopolitical considerations of these, you know, economic, political. ready blocks are the one that, you know, is more or less comprised of much of the world. up until recently, the hagaman really are the rising eurasian global competitors, how it's viewed in washington anyway, the in other words, eurasia, on building and standing on its own and charting at its own future, which is a threat, of course, to those who have designs on the future of eurasia for themselves. the goal of the united states looking at russia in particular of what china to hasn't changed really from the goal of france in

i now give the plot to the representative of france. this is pretty though, mr. president, i'm, if you, that's a good thing. i would like to thank the under secretary general for political affairs, special representative of the chairperson in office in ukraine and the head of the special monitoring mission of the se in ukraine. forward everything's the implementation of the mens agreements cannot be considered separately from the situation on the borders of ukraine. new tensions there in recent days have reached an unprecedented level due to the strengthening of military activity on the part of russia. france has been involved in ongoing efforts with our partners over recent weeks with a view to deescalate and dialogue. our position is founded on 2 pillars. firstly, the builder of military considerable military capacity on the border of a neighbor constitutes threatening behavior and is unacceptable. and this is particularly the case since russia has already infringed the sovereignty and territorial integrity of ukraine. in the past, an

have you brought the grapes from france? >> patrick mcgrath: yeah. the-- the vines were imported from france as-- as tiny, little vines, and the first crop we had from them was in 2020. and then, that wine will be released at the end of 2024. >> stahl: you know, in-- in france, part of the problem is not just warming; it's extreme weather conditions. you know, too much flooding, too much frost, too hot. won't england also have extreme situations like that? >> mcgrath: not at the moment. we're fortunate, you know. england is coming onto the radar as being an area that is warming, but is still moderate in terms of heat, compared to south and central europe, where it's becoming very, very hot. >> stahl: do you think that wine lovers around the world already know that great wines are coming out of england? in other words-- is it "ooh, la la" no more? it's "jolly good"? >> mcgrath: i think-- i think in-- we're still at the, sort of-- in the starting block. but, certainly, yes. over the last ten years the-- from a small base, the sales of english have been

france's ambassador to mali, the latest deterioration in relations has pushed france to reassess its operations in the country. >> there is a political split because the south -- self-proclaimed junta says it can't transition to democracy within five years. and then there is a military split because our operations are interfered with. >> france is discussing what it's allies plan to redeploy in the greater region that would allow them to keep fighting jihadist groups. the army minister has arrived in niger for consultations. the military, who took over mali , first promised elections this month but they have withdrawn the plan say no vote would be on the agenda for another five years. -- took a series of sanctions against them, the military believed par was behind that decision. relations deteriorated between mali, france and its allies. >> the germans now have to request permission to fly drones 36 hours before their operations. he told the danes to pull out and they have. norway said it would no longer deploy troops to mali. >> france is already planning a cut down of troops in the

again, that france and germany have on the white house at this moment? well, the u. s. and the europeans have been really closely coordinated in this crisis. i would say an increasingly so no one wants of war and as a western alliance, we have opted for this sort of 2 pronged data g of to terrans and the one hand and dialogue on the other hand, early on, you know, in the us and russia have engagement bilateral talks over am, control issues and confidence, building measures in france and germany has, in recent days will increase the intensity of their own diplomatic efforts. you know, we've had my call in and moscow and he has, we have shots as conversations out with the leaders of the baltic states today with the hollins president and then his plan trip to moscow. i think those conversations are important because france and germany are really strongest when they have the credibility and legitimacy are representing some sort of broader european interest . and for that, it's incredibly important that they close the engage with and listen to the interest and concerns of ot

also coming up france bands, freedom convoys as hundreds of protesters opposing corona virus restrictions had to paris. driven by what's happening in canada and australia's calls are endangered. the government warns at their numbers have dropped dramatically over the past decade. ah, i'm william, go craft. welcome to the program. the risk is high enough, the threat is immediate enough. that is how us national security advisor jake sullivan described russia's plans to invade ukraine. the by the administration has not presented specific evidence of an imminent invasion and was clear that does not know if one will happen, but with russian troops at war ships, war, gaming within range of its smaller neighbour western allies are more concerned than ever that the window to attack is now more activity on all sides of the ukraine conflict. russia's ministry of defense released footage of navy ships arriving in sylvester pole bay on the black sea. in the russian annexed crimean peninsula. they're here taking part in large scale landing drills. the situation makes many ukrainians uneasy. it's not a

c news is frances 2nd, most watched news channel. and despite having broadcast regulators on its case, seems to be having an agenda setting impact on politics. their listening post daniel touring. now on the roll. the french media have played in the rise area. ah, i think the btn actually own, do me just have a boss, could you give me a call about that? cuz i just got to do the company will like to do that when you pull up for me and did you want me? i just wanted to be sure it's still too before i think the me, the candidate is the morgan. that opinion polls showed support the german style of immediate contact. i tell dr. him real please once we get, if he will surely to chance when, while his numbers a quarter, not frightening, the moves launch on for vending. it kept the media spotlight in place, a $330.00 bud rhetoric of the kind that just last month and him his 3rd convictions are hate speech. see if it's he won't get, don't know when he really is. someone who stature relies on quite significant complicity from the media because

um, what we don't need france. france has been with us to long get her out of popular resentment against france has been driven by its failure to stem the tide of g. hottest attacks in molly there was to rural, potentially opens the door for talks between the government and the radical islamist forces. it opposes in beijing after 2 weeks, hundreds of medals and no shortage of controversy. the winter olympics are signing off with a traditional closing ceremony. the organizer said they were very happy with how the games had been staged. amid the pandemic with competitors kept in a strict bubble. but they didn't mentioned the doping issue with russian figure skater, camilla believer or other controversies that have dr. the event. earlier we spoke to d, w sports, sir jonathan crane and beijing, about the nation, who set a new games record for gold medals. that would be no way with 16 gold medals to raise your hole in the cross country added a gold medal number 16 today. so that is a wreck or no country before as one has so many go matter was it's a windsor lympics. now you might say, look, n

no, it's brady, france. that the focus point from the women also because of the presidential election intimate, or hasn't been a journalist. luc reba. thanks so much for your time here at that a on arctic lecture. leave and democrat, to run you as states anal, clashing had on with the bottom of stray, should over code rules with polar opposite starters on mosque wearing everywhere from schools to restaurant mass. magnets will end within a month and california new jersey and connected to joining space like republican lead florida and texas. new york, her has also just announced that scrapping rules for most places. we had a mask or vax requirement for businesses. it was an emergency temporary measure put in place literally 2 months ago. and at this time, we say that is the right decision to lift this mandate for indoor businesses and let counties cities and businesses to make their own decisions on what they want to do with respect to mask or the vaccination requirement. given the declining cases, given decli

i the representative of france. an we — the representative of france. an we thank— the representative of france. an we thank the _ the representative of france. an we thank the president i the representative of france. | an we thank the president for his engagement and as we speak russia is on the verge of provoking kyiv, ukraine, and in an adjustable war on the peace and security are part of europe. forseveral and security are part of europe. for several months the russian federation is patiently prepared the means for a major offensive. he has massed forces and gathered weapons at an unprecedented level unseen since the second world war. he has incited violence through lies and disinformation. he has denied even the legitimacy of the ukrainian state. he has attacked sovereignty and the integrity of ukraine, by recognising the independence of portions of ukrainian territory. faced with this strategy of threats, ukraine has demonstrated admirable restraint. they have not resorted to wireless despite the russian provocation. i wish to reiterate our sol

this is our t france. apparently the audio visual and digital regulator. this outcome is going to be looking at the way the channel. the platform has a treated several subjects over the last few years. this includes the yellow vest, protest stories coming out from syria and also from central africa. this is at least according to something that's been published in the magazine challenges this thursday. however, i contacted arkham this afternoon and they were reluctant on their press office to be able to give me any more information about this. there is no press release, at least when i looked in the last few hours on the website about this a parent look into what artie fonts does. we have the requested a statement and of course we will update you as soon as we get that artie france itself says it hasn't been notified that our. com is looking at what it's been broadcasting recently. and there is reaction already from the head of the channel here in france. according to the challenges website, the french media regulator, our com, has opened a probe into our t

been particularly popular here in france. it's also not been popular in molly as well, with protests being held against french soldiers that people say has a width of colonialism about it. i mean, just in the last few weeks, the french ambassador was expelled from molly. that was after comments by paris, which despite them already and authorities is being out of control. i mean this is been a 10 situation. and while this announcement that the e u fraud, san canada with turing, its forces has been fairly anticipated for a while. it really does smack of big problems for molly in the future. and also problems with the fact that they will not be a bit of egg on the face of france, particularly because it was france that had most of its soldiers that now opperation ball came the operations in the cell have been held up by the front by the e u is what they can do defensively outside the remit of nature. the successes that they want to just show a not successes that they have been able to now achieve in this country and africa . and

he needs to look strong and manual macro, frances peacemaker. he came to fix it all and seems to think that he may have succeeded. he may, putin was certainly ab wheat. so muzzled equals to day. we are where both the services of the situation and of the urgent need in the interest of all to find the past to which the preservation of peace and stability in europe. and i deeply believe that there is still time the historical and strategic dialogue that we have built together over the last few years can help. and is in this context that we have indeed decided to meet today in moscow. cause he has other motives too. not that he doesn't want peace, but he wants a cherry on top. he hasn't forgot about britain and america backstabbing him over astray, leon submarines. and it's more than that chancellor merkel is gone. frances assumed presidency of the european union. what better time to replace germany as the top dog in europe will? yes, the do is show his skills show that france is a significant weight on the international stage show that the world, e

militants relations between france and the western african nation. have deteriorated since the ruling military hunter in bomber co postponed elections and announced it will stay in power for another 4 years french president manuel mccall justified the decision to pull out us. we cannot remain militarily involved alongside molly and authorities with who we don't share a strategy or you have a hidden agenda. that's the situation we're facing in molly and a joint statement together with its european partners and canada, france said anti terror operations. and molly was seized by june. the issue is likely to dominate arrest summit between the african union and the european union in brussels to day. did up use jack park has more the strained relations between france and molly. after a 2nd military coup in may 2021 which followed one in august 2020 state funerals like this, conducted by the military disguised the underlying instability in molly. until now, france has retained the military presence of over 4000 troops in this whole region . but as long want

and this is not stop only with france. we are reviewing many of the agreements with partners where we think the money on sovereignty and the rights not really well refracted in these in these documents. what is important for us is money is willing to cooperate before partners, europe, towns, us and other partners specifically in the security fields. but the want in the relationship you have hotness will be based on the sincerity, the respect of our sovereignty and the respect of the unity of our country. if i give you one example, which is the case of the advantage through that we have requested to live as part of the stucco christian within this orange of mighty, was not respected before because we had about 3 steps. the 1st that was in agreement. we have the fancy in about 2000 fourteens on the defense. and then there was also an exchange of laptop which allow the french to invite 3rd parties to join . and the 3rd leg is to ensure that who, which partner whatever button is coming, that is an ad ex, document to the exchan

and that's where france and germany play a role. >> in terms of what we heard out of the u.s. over the weekend, late friday night, the comments from jake sullivan talking about the threat of imminent invasion by russia. we had various countries talking about pulling diplomats and citizens out of ukraine. what did you make of the comments what is the chance it could stoke tensions >> well, obviously the u.s. has decided to make the most of what they see in intelligence russian troopes escalation, et cetera and that is their way to try to prevent war. let us see if that works i have always been in the camp that sees the escalation as more of diplomacy rather than attempt to go to war of course, none ever uof us reay know knows. >> absolutely. so putin and the kremlin and on the other side, national intelligence in the u.s. back down from this without appearing to seem weak >> i don't think that is a problem. that escalation is putin's creation that means he is free to step up he wouldn't look weak over someone else likewise for the americans they will always have liberty to clai

there was a guarantor, russia, france, germany, france, and germany did nothing. they sat on their hands for 8 years. and they were supposed to be guarantors to this, they did not push camp to commit to itself. and this is where we are starting monday with the, with russia, recognizing the don as republics. and now what we have now disarming ukraine, the name of this program, don, your thoughts and you have a real complex puzzle of, you know, different pieces interacting, the geopolitical considerations of these, you know, economic, political. ready blocks are the one that, you know, is more or less comprised of much of the world. up until recently, the hagaman really are the rising eurasian global competitors, how it's viewed in washington anyway, the in other words, eurasia, building and standing on its own and charting at its own future, which is a threat, of course, to those who have designs on the future. of your regime for themselves. the goal of the united states looking at russia in particular for china to hasn't changed really from the goal of france in t

is the w, my from berlin, the diplomatic push to end, the ukraine crisis intensifies the leaders of france, germany and poland unite in their resolved to prevent war and call on russia to engage in meaningful dialogue. also on the program, canada's prime minister says he will end a mass protest by truckers against coven 19 restrictions. drivers have brought much of downtown popular to a standstill and blocked the busiest forward to crossing into the u. s. and regenerating coral reefs in the moldings by conservation to say they must act now before it's too late. ah, i'm from gale. welcome to the program. european leaders are stepping up efforts to prevent russia from invading ukraine, french president emanuel macro is leading a fresh diplomatic effort, holding talks here in berlin, following meetings in moscow, despite achieving no break through mister macro says he has helped to diffuse tensions. russia denies planning an attack, but is still massing troops and weapons on its border with ukraine. in the palaces of power, europe's leaders are engaging in a diplomatic push to defuse the cris