French government pension reform has just resigned. That is a very that is the very same reform that has pushed thousands of people into the streets and paralyzed france in a mass transport strike for the last 12 days. Stepped dowown over allegations of conflict of interest. He failed to disclose several positions held since interim government to the state body for transparency in public office. The french constitution for him is numbers of the government from carrying out professional activity in addition to their official functions. Our french politics editor joins me to talk more about this latest development. How much of a surprise is this resignation . Absolutely not a surprise. The writing was on the wall. The problem is those revelations about positions he held have been trickling. It started with one and ended up with 13. Many of them, he was unpaid and some of them he was paid. The fact that he was in the for variousnd paid positions was not something that he could go on with.
Opening in madrid today. Political leaders and climate diplomats working to drum up new solutions. The u. N. Secretarygeneral urging the world to act now. Up this hour, with the retail extravaganza known as black friday now behind us, it is time for cyber monday, but this year, traditional brickandmortar stores are getting in on the action originally intended to promote ecommerce. The details in business in 15 minutes. First, top stories live from paris. Today, france is honoring 13 french soldidiers who were killd in mali last week. K. They died when the helicopter slammed into each other on a Night Mission to fight islamic militants in west africa. This was the worst lossoflife in the French Military and c cle to 40 yeyears. A ceremony ibebeing held at the military complex. It is being led by french president emmanuel macron. The president of mali w will ben attendance as s well. You cacan see frorom the picturn your screen the bodies of those 13 soldiers have been moving through par
Frances national shame. The chinesese state is locking upup ethnic minororitien secret in the hopes of rewiring thought and language they y bea. The language they speak. The prodemocracy campaign in hong kong won a resounding victory over the weekend. Carrie lam set her government would respect the result and listen to the people. Prodemocracy leaders have calledhe vote a democratic tsunami. Take a listen. Achievement in the District Council election. It is the effort of all on kongers thatl hong paid the price, sacrifice, or spend time in the protest movement. This s is not only a referendum, but it sends a strong signal to the government that they are not happy with how to deal with protesters so far. Between the last five months, Police Brutality is overthetop. The hong kong people should leverage on this result to ask for more democracy in the future. With more on the District Council results, here is oliver. Changed the landscape of the District Council. Today, in the hands ofof b
The royalteter for family. Coming up, saudi arabias state toed oil giant says it wants sell a stake in the company, valuable ipo most in history. Figuresnn will have the in the Business Update. Boost in Green Transportation on the way. First, our top story linine from paris. The standoff between police and protesters is inin i it second. Police have been firing rubber bullets and tear gas to keep the protesters inside. Dozens o of people dressed in regular clothes tried to make a run for it. Hong kong has been rocked by protest for the past five months. Lets go to oliver farry. I am just outside the security perimeter. Just behind us therere is a footbrbridge that is to polytechnic university. It is s used as an accecess poio get into the campus. Gathering here was peaceful until about 10 to 15 minutes ago. Many are in a particularly emotional state. They would not realize the use of live firearms. We did see the pictures from earlier today that seemed more violent. Has there been a wo
Five women are on trail are. N trial for an attack travelers around the world thomasd as tom muscat cook collapses. Largest repatriation since the second world war. Fallout ofk at the the thomas cook collapse with brian quinn. Big wins at the emmys for game of thrones. The biggest shock came as a series ofooped awards for Phoebe Waller bridge. First, our top stories. Dozens of World Leaders are in new york for an emergency climate summit. Absent. E quite a few just last week, the world is losing the fight against Climate Change. We have dozens of World Leaders more dramatic news. What can we expect . Are leaders going to step up . To make progress, they are going to have to a announce plas to move towards Carbon Neutrality as fast as posossible if they are going to make an impact on Climate Change. There will be 60 World Leaders taking to the podium. They have been asked to come with concrete plans. There are pledges from progressive countries like finland. The finish foreign minister