Emmanuel macrons party has a big majority. Despite the strikes and the slide in the polls, the president s team is pushing on. We are starting with tough measures because we found a budget which was really a huge problem for our country, so we had to take tough decisions. Better to take them now than not to take them at all. So this change is real and its going to be maybe brutal . No, its not brutal, its dynamic. His opponents accuse the new president of governing for the rich. In his drive to change france, mr macron will have to overcome a fierce current of resistance. Stephen sackur, bbc news, paris. You can see stephens hardtalk special on the road in france on the bbc iplayer or across the bbc news channel tomorrow. Newsnight is coming up on bbc two, heres emily. Tonight we talk live to the first secretary of state. And as rape allegations surface about Harvey Weinstein, we ask if the code of silence is now shattered for good. Join me now on bbc two. Thats newsnight with emily. H
Negotiation and it puts the mont gave up on independence and abide by the spanish constitution thought yeah definitely. That and this collision escalation oliver what does it feel like there in barcelona i mean where does this leave the cattle on leadership or particularly the cattle on president. Well economists put them on the catalan president finds himself in an increasingly complicated situation here tonight he might be realizing that hes walking down this road with a debt and slowly coming to terms that he doesnt know how to return really because hes receiving pressure from two sides here really. No doubt hoyer the spanish Prime Minister who says you know clarify that you and now instead you declared independence there in your speech yesterday and if you do so then well have article one hundred fifty five waiting for you and that will mean an end to the political career of countless bush money would mean and also to the autonomy of the region of catalonia so this cannot be in his
In six deaths worldwide are caused by pollution. Thats three times more than those caused by aids, tuberculosis and malaria combined. In a report published in the medicaljournal the lancet, researchers say prolonged exposure to high levels of air pollution can lead to Heart Disease, stroke and lung cancer. Theyre calling on governments, particularly in the developing world to take action. As andrew plant reports, the vast majority of deaths are in countries such as india and china, that are going through rapid industrialisation. Particles in the air, built up and breathed in, and pollution in the water they can end up inside our bodies. Exposure to man made chemicals a factor in 9 Million Deaths in 2015, says a study, contributing to killer conditions like Heart Disease, strokes, and lung cancer. In this global study, pollution was linked to one in every six deaths worldwide. And air pollution from our vehicles factories was the biggest killer, linked to more than 6 millionjust around
Koeman. Tom hanks tells us hollywood has to change, as he becomes the latest star to speak out about the Harvey Weinstein allegations. Iam i am saying that first we have to hear from everybody so that we understand how fast and how all encompassing this was. And sarah has the weather. Good morning. It is looking damp and breezy today, before turning increasingly wet and windy tomorrow, with the arrival of storm brian. Ill bring you all of the details in about 15 minutes. Good morning. First, our main story. Theresa may has made a personal plea for european leaders to break the deadlock in the brexit negotiations. At a private dinner last night, the Prime Minister called for the talks to move on to the future of trade. But the german chancellor, Angela Merkel, said more work needed to be done before that could happen. Adam fleming is in brussels. 0ur Political Correspondent chris mason is in westminster. Lets talk about what happened last night, adam. They say it was a private dinner, b
This is aljazeera. Hello im rob matheson this is the news hour live from doha coming up in the next sixty minutes i saw this killing spree an armed fighters carry out a Revenge Campaign in a syrian town killing more than one hundred civilians. U. S. Secretary of state Rex Tillerson makes an unannounced visit to iraq to smooth things over with Prime Minister the law body. And. By. Patients not possible british doctors say new health care rolls on fairly targets migrants plus. Im Andrew Thomas with tourists in the rural chinese village where a teenage paying spent his formative years ill be explaining why this place matzos president as of his policies congress. Details are emerging of whats being called a massacre in the syrian town of attain and witnesses say isolate fighters carried out a Revenge Campaign killing more than one hundred people before the town was seized by Government Forces the setting observatory for human rights says the killings happened during a three week period i s