President macron s ruling coalition. These days however some the loudest cheers come not for le pen, but for the partys more youthful president , Jordan Bardella. The paris born leader of the party has become a Household Name in french politics and over a relatively short period of time. His popularity could steer the french far right to its biggest win yet, in a nationwide election. So what is it, that is driving that support . We have sent our correspondent Hugh Schofield to the Cathedral Town of sens, 100 miles south east of paris, to find out. Theyre on a roll and they know it. Today, the National Rally is so far ahead in the french polls that their biggest worry is supporters like these taking a massive victory for granted and not turning out. Thats why the partys president has come to this market town. Selfie hell, of course, but all for the cause. This is the new face of frances far right. Jordan bardella is personable, popular, but above all, very young. And atjust 28, hes lead
Butcher of bosnia is guilty of genocide and war crimes the u. N. Tribunal sentences the former bosnian serb commander to life in prison for atrocities he committed during the bosnian war. And is germany in a National Crisis will not according to German Defense minister bristle up on their alliance w. s caught up with her to get her take on the uncertainty plaguing german politics in the wake of failed Coalition Talks. And also coming up stories of unimaginable suffering we hear from a group of ivorian migrants whose return home after experiencing the force of modern day slavery in libya. The rock a very. Warm welcome zimbabwes former Vice President Emerson Ganga Hauser arrives back home in preparation to take power after president Robert Mugabe shock resignation all a short while back he addressed his supporters outside the headquarters of the ruling zanu p. F. Party lets listen to what he had to say. The hardest. Day. Is. Getting home. While journalists are rainbow who joins us from h
The chinese manufacturing numbers a real disappointment, reinforcing the point that the economy is slowing down. Anna the pmi is the lowest in three years. Goldman sachs. Options trader is saying that it has never been so negative. They have never seen anything so negative in the chinese equity markets. Guy this is a fiveyear chart youre looking at and this is the low youre looking at. 49. 7. Chinese manufacturing is a huge part of the economy. Below 50 on a pmi number implies contraction. Anna were back in able market on oil. Shall i say that again. Bull are back in a market. The largest threeday increase in 20 years. Guy take a look at this chart. It highlights the decline that we have seen. Anna a sixyear low. Guy it is a rally. It should be somewhere over here. That is what annie anna is talking about. Look at the top that we has seen subsequent to this. This is the lowering of the u. S. The factxpected and that opec may be willing to talk about a fair price. Anna fair and reasonab
Im guy johnson. Francine and im francine lacqua. We are getting breaking data out of germany. The figure for current assessment, pretty much in line. If you look at Business Climate current assessment, they are less. Guy 106. 8. The median forecast 107. 7. Slightly on the light side. Interesting thing is why german industry feels that it needs to be less optimistic during it i guess there are still ongoing issues with russia. Francine greece. It just finished so there were all these ongoing situations with the negotiations in greece and that huge deal with russia. That would kind of explain it. Guy 113. 28 is where the currency is trading. The u. S. Dollar down by about 0. 5 . Francine after fridays dramatic deal in brussels, greeces Prime Minister has just a few hours left to submit reforms. Guy we have every angle on this story covered. Joining us from berlin, our international correspondent, hans nichols. From the dread, charles. From athens, Erik Schatzker. Hans, lets talk to you f
Hello, and welcome to countdown. I am mark barton. I and anna edwards. And i and manus cranny. Birdman suite the authors with best actor best director, and best cinematography. You can find more on this story at bloomberg. Com. Ok, we are getting some breaking news. The swiss half and they gave numbers and they deliver their news today. Obviously, the report in swiss and that comes in lower than the market had estimated at 1. 3 swiss franc, below the forecast of 1. 4. In terms of how the business is going to perform, the volume will rise in all regions. Last week, they put a clear target on that. There is a rise between 2 and 5 . Now, when it comes to the fourth order, specifically the fourth quarter, sales missed estimates four point 97, but on an actual operating profit, we had a. Eight beat. This was forecast by bloomberg. A rise in all regions. This was company, lets just see if they day on the swiss franc, and we will keep an eye on that. The ceo of the new merged company, 6. 5 bi