Night. Laura coates live starts right now. President biden takes the test but will it matter tonight on laura coates? it s live alright, zero tolerance no room for error, no mistakes. Size of any which way you want. That seems to be the center of that biden has to not only meet, but exceed every time he speaks and even then, it might not be good enough. The question is whether tonight s highstakes press conference was good enough for him to live to fight another day. Now, he said thinks that he will i always have an inclination. Were there is playing sports or politics just to keep going, not style. I just got to just paste myself a little more. I m determined on running. But i think it s important that i real i allay fears. I see let them see me out there but however, biden performed tonight or how he does next week or the week after or let s be honest, the day after the hour after it may not matter to those in his own party who have their minds made up, but anything is maybe a day la
And what a legacy. And splashdown the four tourists aboard the spacex inspiration 4 capsule successfully return to earth. Hello. After the french president ordered the recall of ambassadors to australia and the us, washington says it plans to hold talks with senior french officials in the coming days to calm the diplomatic storm. The french ambassador to australia has now left the country, describing as a huge mistake its decision to unilaterally cancel a submarine contract worth tens of billions of dollars. From paris, here s hugh schofield. For the americans, the australians and the british, it s a new alliance to ensure stability in the pacific and thwart the strategic ambitions of china. But australia s decision to buy nuclear submarines from the us has left the french feeling stunned and humiliated. Their contract with australia has been simply binned. Ordered back home by president macron, the french ambassador to canberra was as polite as he could be about the reasons for fran
Stunned and humiliated. Their contract with australia has been simply binned. Ordered back home by president macron, the french ambassador to canberra was as polite as he could be about the reasons for france s anger. I think this has been a huge mistake. A very, very bad handling of the partnership because it was not a contract. It was a partnership. This evening, the foreign minister, jean yves le drian, spoke again on national television. Translation: there has been lying, duplicity, a major breach of trust and contempt. This will not do. Things are not going well between us. It means there is a crisis. I am with the president of france and that makes me feel better. Just a few months ago, it was all smiles at the g7 summit in cornwall between presidents biden and macron, and all talk of cooperation and shared challenges. But behind the scenes, the french are convinced that the three english speaking nations were hatching the plan to cut them out. The fallout is potentially very gre
Of war before it pulled out of afghanistan and the decision to fire the missile smacks of panic and what a legacy. And walking in the air the french slackliner wowing the crowds in paris. France s most senior diplomat says relations with australia and the united states are in crisis because of what he called their duplicity and lies over a new security alliance. The pact resulted in australia cancelling a multi billion dollar contract to buy french submarines. Hugh schofield reports. For the americans, the australians and the british, it s a new alliance to ensure stability in the pacific and thwart the strategic ambitions of china. But australia s decision to buy nuclear submarines from the us has left the french feeling stunned and humiliated. Their contract with australia has been simply binned. Ordered back home by president macron, the french ambassador to canberra was as polite as he could be about the reasons for france s anger. I think this has been a huge mistake, a very
The crowds in paris. France s most senior diplomat says relations with australia and the united states are in crisis because of what he called their duplicity and lies over a new security alliance. The pact resulted in australia cancelling a multi billion dollar contract to buy french submarines. Hugh schofield reports. For the americans, the australians and the british, it s a new alliance to ensure stability in the pacific and thwart the strategic ambitions of china. But australia s decision to buy nuclear submarines from the us has left the french feeling stunned and humiliated. Their contract with australia has been simply binned. Ordered back home by president macron, the french ambassador to canberra was as polite as he could be about the reasons for france s anger. I think this has been a huge mistake, a very, very bad handling of a partnership because it was not a contract, it was a partnership. This evening the foreign minister, jean yves le drian, spoke again on national te