Abdullah saleh thats according to the Reuters News Agency earlier yemens internationally recognized government announced that it was fighting with sallys forces against the youth is that marks a major shift in allegiances in the war which began more than two and a half years ago the Prime Minister says president to rubble mansour hadi will work with sally to fight the iranian backed he fears challenge ballots reports. Thanks five days of combat between former allies former president Ali Abdullah Saleh and the who think hes dozens have been killed so struck an alliance with the who think hes after a Popular Uprising indeed his thirty three years rule in twenty twelve together they took control of sana now theyre tearing the city apart. Snipers are on rooftops and residential areas tanks are placed commuters on city streets the u. N. Says fighting is so severe medical teams cannot get to that in jews and people cannot leave their homes this report see a win is trying to evacuate at least
Remove the it is from their position of relative power particularly in the north of the country of course thats always been the case but as you know also martin in the business of political analysis the last thing that should be in ones mind is predictions right so on the basis of analysis of the facts on the ground or the political facts to the as we see them with the right to draw certain scenarios the various scenarios our diplomatic solution and people should learn the lesson that you cannot really just switch certain allegiance around and expect a military solution to bear fruit in yemen because once again likely that they speak albeit falsely about syria there is no military solution in yemen today there is no military solution in yemen today there wasnt yesterday there wasnt the day before yesterday the quicker they learned the lesson the better the better it is. All right it is just after thirty greenwich mean time youre with this is our extended coverage of breaking news from
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Read it . Well, the bayeux tapestry, you give a big gift for love in french and a small gift for friendship thats what we say in french. It symbolised this meeting, but a military cooperation, better arrangement an calais. And fights against terrorism. The background was brexit. President macron was very clear. The usual british tactic is divided to rule. The eu is united. For financial service, you wa nt to united. For financial service, you want to access the Single Market, you want to access the Single Market, yu pay want to access the Single Market, you pay for it. You accept free movement. And you accept the court ofjustice. Of course, that is unacceptable for the brexiteers in how government. Lets hope that after that agreement, president macron, hes not hostile to the city, he is a former banker. Lets hope he will accept a bespoke agreement which is needed, not norway. Something new so we can turn the page brexit. Hes not hostile to the city but plenty of people have sat round t
The national, the times columnist david aaronovitch, the author, Thomas Kielinger of germanys die welt, and marc roche, former london correspondent of le monde, who now writes for the magazine le point. Welcome to you all. Lets discuss france and britain, first. Emmanuel macron came on his First Official visit to britain this week. Among the agreements reached between the french president and british Prime Minister . Theresa may committed to spending an extra £41; million on Border Security in calais. France said they would lend us the bayeux tapestry in a few years time. With brexit inevitably the backdrop to this meeting, mr macron said the two countries were making a new tapestry together. See what he did there . Marc what did you make of this meeting, a new entente cordiale . How did you read it . Well, the bayeux tapestry, you give a big gift for love, they say, french and a small gift forfriendship. It symbolised this meeting, better military cooperation, better arrangement on c