are hearing announced or going to be announced in terms of further support, how do you think that might help the ukrainians? i support, how do you think that might help the ukrainians? help the ukrainians? i think the onttoin help the ukrainians? i think the ongoing financial help the ukrainians? i think the ongoing financial support i help the ukrainians? i think the ongoing financial support and i help the ukrainians? i think the i ongoing financial support and the logistical ongoing financial support and the logistical support from the us is hugely logistical support from the us is hugely important, asjames alluded to. hugely important, asjames alluded to it hugely important, asjames alluded to it gives hugely important, asjames alluded to. it gives cover, so to speak, for people to. it gives cover, so to speak, for people like to. it gives cover, so to speak, for people like olaf scholz in germany, a manual people like olaf scholz in germany, a manual macron in france,
prospect of further strikes in the new year. this is bbc news, the headlines: frigid temperatures and heavy snowstorms in the us and canada have grounded planes and turned roads into ice rinks. hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses are without power and meteorologists say temperatures could drop to minus 45 celsius in some places. there s been violent clashes in paris after three people were shot dead at a kurdish community centre. the french president, emanual macron has described the attack as odious. the alleged attacker was a 69 year old frenchman who had previously targeted an african migrant camp in paris. thousands of nurses in england, wales and northern ireland are threatening to go on strike again onjanuary 18 and 19, and say their industrial action will continue until pay
including host for french president manual macron, assault weapons and the battle over the federal budget. cnn has the story. reporter: president biden returning to washington on sunday evening after spending the thanksgiving holiday in nantucket, massachusetts. the president returning to a washington that will be very busy for him over this next week. and the president is expected to host french president i manual macron for the first official visit of his presidency filled with pomp and circumstance and also an honor to the french president to give him the first state visit a symbol of the closeness between the two countries and alliance that has been forged for hundreds of years but of course, become stronger through the crisis in ukraine, france and playing a key leadership role in europe and the united states, of course, president biden working
operation seduction. i grew up in the south of france, where there is a very large algeria diaspora, and many of them still hold a grudge against the old coloniser. a manual macron has his work cut out. these young generations have not lived through the war and they are slowly turning away from france. so, france really has to work very quickly here. there s another element to this, too. as europe grapples with the shortage of energy caused by the war in ukraine, there s been renewed interest in algeria s oil and gas reserves. at the moment, algeria is the eu s third largest gas supplier. to put it another way, it represents 8.2% of the eu s gas imports in 2021. and here s our correspondent in paris, hugh schofield, with more on what s at stake for president macron.
we will not gain anything, and i really hope that when they welcome him, they will not embarrass us with slogans about illegal immigration to europe, as has already been done in previous years. coming to visit algeria, that s fine, but don t praise him for it. algeria is a former french colony. it was occupied for over 130 years that was until a war in 195a. it lasted seven years and led to algeria s independence. last year, president macron came under fire when he accused the politico military system in power in algiers of cashing in on memories of the war to justify its existence. algeria then accused france of committing genocide during the war, and then it recalled its ambassador from paris. so, with more on how likely it is that relations will improve, here s one academic from algiers university.