This story a short time ago from the hill, temperature officials said today that the u. S. Needs to confront russia for providing arms to the taliban. Speaking to reporters in kabul, afghanistan, defense secretary james mattis and hyten nick olson did not get into specifics, but general nicholson said hes not disputing reports that russia is providing support to the taliban. Heres more of that story in thehill. Com, and that briefing is on our web site at cspan. Org. A look now at france 24s coverage of yesterdays elections as farright candidate Marine Le Pen and independent centrist candidate Emanuel Marcon won the first round in frances president ial elections. The runoff is may 6th. Their ricketily speeches follow. Victory speeches follow. So there we have it, Emanuel Marcon ahead of Marine Le Pen, 21. 7 of the vote. This means that for the First Time Ever in the history of the fifth republic, the two mainstream parties are eliminated after round one, the socialist and the conservat
The geopolitical plates are shifting violently as China and Russia form a new axis of evil and once reliable allies are moving away from the United States.
News business : French culture minister Rima Abdul Malak has toured Sphere, meeting a diverse group of designers at the noted fashion incubator, revealing plans to support design projects via France 2030, with a €48 million budget. (#1476755)
As the shadow of the presidential election in France looms large over the European political debate, the French presidency of the Council of the European Union
French lawmakers are going to vote this afternoon on a bill to sustain the republican principles in the country. This comes ahead of fifteen months of the presidential election which will be conducted in 2022. Today’s vote comes after detailed discussions in a special committee and a plenary session of the National Assembly ( French […].