Im shaun ley. This sunday, Emmanuel Macron takes office as president of france. His nascent Political Organisation promises to get frances sluggish economy on the move again. But only if, from nowhere, it can win legislative elections next month. Sylvie goulard, a liberal mep frustrated by previous president s broken promises to reform, has thrown her support behind mr macron. Even if he gains enough Assembly Members to get his way, can a president macron deliver and move france forward, when the Minister Macron he was just months ago could not . Sylvie goulard, welcome to hardtalk, joining us from paris today for this interview. Its an important time for your country, one of the most important of recent years. Let me begin with the question of a mandate. Does macron see his victory, do you believe, as a mandate to change france . Yes, of course he does. The government, because he is absolutely convinced, and so am i, that our country desperately needs reforms, and has also many assets
Publication next week. It includes plans to nationalise parts of the Energy Industry shares in the company that owns flat chat plunge. And we going to link to some advice from one of singapore s most unusual entrepreneurs. It is a thursday, everyone. Good morning, asia and hello, world. What a crash shares in snap, Parent Company of snapchat have fallen over 20 in after hours trading on wall street. This pitfall comes after they reported losses of over 2 billion us in its first quarterly results. What happened after its redhot share sale in march . Earlier our correspondent told us how it went from being a Market Darling to being shunned by investors. In the latest earning reports snapchat has grown by Less Tha N Earning Reports Snapchat has grown by less than 5 which is not enough to keep anyone happy. Revenue has not been high enough and, like you said, they had a huge loss. So while that was big hope that they could provide competition to facebook in the future on this early evidenc
Studios in singapore and london. This is bbc world news. It is newsday. 7am here in singapore, midnight in london and seven pm in washington, dc where the us Secretary Of State Rex Tillerson has confirmed that the weapon fired by north korea on tuesday was an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile. That means pyongyang may now be able to target the us state of lax alaska. Washington has called for a Un Security Council meeting on the issue. This is the moment that north korea says it came a major power, the launch of a missile which it says can reach across continents and deliver a weapon as far away as the United States. The news was announced on State Television with barely constrained joy. The presenter showing the handwritten order given by the countrys leader, kim jong un. He personally supervised the launch of a missile which he believes will secure him in power, protect his people and dismay his opponents to the south. Translation if north korea ignores our militarys warning and con
On the new wave of migrants are venturing across the mediterreanean, on the anger in italy at those helping recuse them, and on the reaction of locals to the migrants that arrive. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. North korea has tested what it says is a missile capable of striking anywhere on the planet. The claim, if confirmed, raises the prospect that pyongyang, may be a step closer to its goal, of having a long range Nuclear Strike capacity, and able to target america. The United States has requested an Emergency Meeting of the United Nations Security Council to discuss the missile launch. Meanwhile, china and russia have called for a freeze on north Koreas Nuclear weapons programme. Heres our Diplomatic Correspondent james landale. This is the moment that north korea says it came a major power, the launch of a missile which it says can deliver a weapon as far away as the United States. The news was announced on State Television with barely constrained joy the presenter showing
On the new wave of migrants are venturing across the mediterreanean, on the anger in italy at those helping recuse them, and on the reaction of locals to the migrants that arrive. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. North korea has tested what it says is a missile capable of striking anywhere on the planet. The claim, if confirmed, raises the prospect that pyongyang, may be a step closer to its goal, of having a long range Nuclear Strike capacity, and able to target america. The United States has requested an Emergency Meeting of the United Nations Security Council to discuss the missile launch. Meanwhile, china and russia have called for a freeze on north Koreas Nuclear weapons programme. Heres our Diplomatic Correspondent james landale. This is the moment that north korea says it came a major power, the launch of a missile which it says can deliver a weapon as far away as the United States. The news was announced on State Television with barely constrained joy the presenter showing