With me, zeinab badawi. My guest is one of the most influential voices in Global Finance today. He was made governor of the Central Bank Of France following a sting as governor for 12 yea rs. Before that, he was the Vice President of the European Central bank and has worked with every leading financial institution. Christian noyer has been tasked with making the case for paris as a Financial Hub following brexit. Is he making too tough a sell and potentially damaging ties with the uk . Christian noyer, in paris, welcome to hardtalk this is the fourth president that you are serving under in some senior capacity. Emmanuel macron is a former banker. Is he the right president at the right time for france . Well, first, thank you very much for inviting me. I think, yes, absolutely. For the first time for many years, we have a president who was elected with a clear Political Programme for deep Economic Reforms, and he has a clear mandate to make difficult reforms in the Labour Market, and th
With me, zeinab badawi. My guest is one of the most influential voices in Global Finance today. He was made governor of the Central Bank Of France following a sting as governor for 12 yea rs. Before that, he was the Vice President of the European Central bank and has worked with every leading financial institution. Christian noyer has been tasked with making the case for paris as a Financial Hub following brexit. Is he making too tough a sell and potentially damaging ties with the uk . Christian noyer, in paris, welcome to hardtalk this is the fourth president that you are serving under in some senior capacity. Emmanuel macron is a former banker. Is he the right president at the right time for france . Well, first, thank you very much for inviting me. I think, yes, absolutely. For the first time for many years, we have a president who was elected with a clear Political Programme for deep Economic Reforms, and he has a clear mandate to make difficult reforms in the Labour Market, and th
As it steps up efforts to reduce the number of migrants crossing the english channel. A big Anti Government protest is under way in beirut, as the death toll from tuesdays massive explosion rises to 158. Clashes have already broken out, with Lebanese Police firing tear gas to stop demonstrators getting to the parliament building. The use of face masks in england and scotland is expanded with coverings now compulsory at cinemas, museums and place of worship. Stricter lockdown measures are reinforced in preston following a spike in cases in the city. Now on bbc news, click chats to the president of microsoft, brad smith, about the ethical implications of technology. We also see how the internet is being used to encourage activism in hong kong. This week hong kong activists. A touch of Space Tourism. And cgi catwalks. Hey, welcome to click. Hope you are doing 0k. Lara certainly is, because look, she has got a new friend. Thats right. Basil, meet spencer, spencer meet basil. Hello, basil,
Lets get more on the news that uk Border Force Officers have intercepted more boats trying to cross the English Channel. The uk government says france should do more to stop them leaving and shut down the route completely. French police insist theyre catching more people attempting to make the trip than ever before. Jacqueline mckenzie is an immigration lawyerfrom mckenzie, beute and pope solicitors. Shejoins me now from south london. It isa it is a french problem are a british problem . I think it is really, really. Both countries are experiencing a problem but really and truly what we have got is a breakdown of the common european asylu m breakdown of the common european asylum system. We do not have a system whereby all the Member States of europe are taking responsibility for people who are seeking refuge. Some countries are having a disproportionate problem and other countries are having none. And so, when the uk said these people should go back to france because france is a safe
Now on bbc news click. Hong kong activists. A touch of Space Tourism. And cgi catwalks. Hey, welcome to click. Hope you are doing 0k. Laura certainly is, because look, she has got a new friend. Thats right. Basil, meat spencer, spencer meet basil. Hello, basil, nice to meet you. Look at us we are talking to plants, thats what lockdown has done to us. Yeah, this is what it has come to. This is a small example of my amazing gardening talent. You may recall a few weeks ago i planted a whole vertical farm. Yes i do, how was it, is it still alive . Yes, its doing really well, and i think devices like this or that really stop you from going wrong. Because once you have got them plugged in and you make sure they dont run out of water, the device does the rest of the job. Later in the programme i will show you all of the food that i have been growing. Wow, thanks laura. We will come back to laura in a few minutes. First of all, we are going to hong kong. Now you will probably know that there h