Were delighted to have you join us either watching here or online. The minister of france. Along with us teamed members of the impressive teams of France Foreign affairs. Thank you for being with used today. Ill turn to minister colonna. She is no stranger to the United States. A career diplomat. Her first posting was to the french embassey in embassy in the United States in the 1980s. She was a spokesperson for the presidency for the republic. Shes been ambassador to italy and san marino and ambassador to the united kingdom. Would be curious about your thoughts on brexit. She became minister of europe and foreign affairs. Minister colonna is an officer of the legion of honor, officer of the order of merit and commander of letters and ambassador of france in november, 2020. Thats not all. She has quite the resume. Its a very tremendous privilege to host her today as her visit to minister to the United States. Its been quite a year. Last fall the partnership hit the lowest point since t
Celebrating the troops in crimea, john mccain had a bleak view. The question is, is it too little too late. And thats the situation as it is now. For more, lets first go to ukraine and aljazeera americas Nick Schifrin, youre there in crimea, and whats the situation now . Have there been any signs of recent troop improvement or activity. Well, the occupation is increasing certainly, and the resistance as far as we can tell, antonio, is nonexistent. We spent a lot of time going to bases today outside of the capital. And we saw bases with russian flags flying, and bases withing russian soldiers hanging out hanging out and calm and relaxing, and then we saw armories where russians are digging into trenches. Theres a real sense here that the tide is turning, that the Russian Occupation is getting larger and the United States is calling for desolation, but russia is escalating. We see the threats. Down at the port where the ukrainian ships are waiting, and they insist that the russian ships
But with prorussian crowds celebrating the arrival of Russian Troops in crimea, arizona senator john mccain had a bleak view of what sanctions might achieve. The question is is it too little too late. Thats pretty much the situation now first to ukraine, and Nick Schifrin. Nick, you are there now, have there been signs of Troop Movement or activity . The occupation is increasing and the resistance, as far as we can tell, was nonexistent. We spent a lot of time going to bases today outside of this capital, and we saw bases with russian flags flying. We saw soldiers flying, hanging out. Then we saw arm ris, where the russian soldiers were digging in trenches. Theres a sense that the tide is turning, that the Russian Occupation is getting larger, the u. S. Is calling for a deescalation of this peninsula, but, in fact, russia is escalating. Not only are we seeing more Russian Troops coming in, but the threads. Local reporters down at the coast at that port where the ukrainian ships are wai
Ipo for jimmy chu trading marmally higher in london after pricing itself at the lower end of its range. Google misses the mark with earnings as advertising revenue slows. Shares are sent lower in frankfurt. Apples latest iphone goes on sale in china. Announcer youre watching worldwide exchange, bringing you Business News from around the globe. Its been a turn ewe leapt week in equity markets, but it looks like were going to end on a positive note. I dont want to tempt fate but nonetheless, for now, 1. 4 on the stoxx 600. Lets look at the individual markets. As you can see, its a bounceback across the board. With the more volume title markets doing better, up 3. 6 than the bigger cap markets like germany, up 1. 5 and the ftse 100 up 1 . And i describe it as a tempered bounceback, certainly not the extent to which weve seen declines of volatility in the week. Nonetheless, in the green on friday, hopefully ending the week on a positive note. Wednesday was the extraordinary day for the u.
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