This week, the war of elections in france and the uk, and a new round ofjaw jaw to try to bring peace to the middle east. To discuss that, four eminent jaw ers, British Conservative commentator alex deane, thomas kielinger, who writes for germanys die welt, agnes poirier, uk editor of marianne in france, and the american journalist and broadcasterjef mcallister. A warm welcome to you all. Lets begin with france. If Emmanuel Macron wins, what kind of france will we get . Nobody knows. We have seen him at the debate with Marine Le Pen. Marine le pen had a disastrous, car crash debate. He held the fort. He was relaxed and calm. So at least we know he is kind of president ial for a 39 year old. What do we know . His programme is pro business but also quite socially conscious. He is a centrist. The real thing is, of course, the general elections which will be taking place in june. We need to fill all the mps seats at the national assembly. It is the first time we might have a president with
How a young man can become radicalised. Talk to us about the libyan connection. Details of which are becoming clearer. The most important thing to point out is its not one thing or the other. It is tempting for people to try and figure out what is the one hell of an element that radicalised him. The libyan angle is informative. It tells you and exposes a family in flux, a family that has not found a sta ble flux, a family that has not found a stable footing either in libya or in manchester. His father was an exile, a political exile, in opposition to Colonel Gadaffi. As everyone knows, he has maltreated and resulted in hundreds of thousands if not millions of libyans leaving the country during his tenure. The fact they were here in the first place is a reflection of the fact that there was a dictator presiding over the population in libya. Number one. The angle that concerns and oppressive dictatorial environment in the arab world and larger parts of the middle eastis world and larger
The conservatives and labour make election promises to tackle terrorism. Theresa may plans a new commission to counter extremism. Jeremy corbyn is pledging 10,000 more police and security staff. Now on bbc news its time for Dateline London presented this week by jane hill. Hello and welcome to Dateline London. Im jane hill. A warm welcome after a difficult week for many. We will of course be discussing the aftermath of the manchester suicide bombing. Well assess president trumps first overseas trip. And we look at the state of the general election camapaign here in the uk, with less than two weeks to go to polling day. To discuss all of this with me today iain martin, a times columnist, the american broadcaster jeffrey kofman. Thomas kielinger of die welt, and nisreen malik, the sudanese writer. A warm welcome to all of you. In manchester, on monday night, a pop concert by an american singer popular with young girls ended in carnage when a 22 year old man born in the city blew himself
The conservatives and labour make election promises to tackle terrorism. Theresa may plans a new commission to counter extremism. Jeremy corbyn is pledging 10,000 more police and security staff. Now on bbc news its time for Dateline London presented this week by jane hill. Hello and welcome to Dateline London. Im jane hill. A warm welcome after a difficult week for many. We will of course be discussing the aftermath of the manchester suicide bombing. Well assess president trumps first overseas trip. And we look at the state of the general election camapaign here in the uk, with less than two weeks to go to polling day. To discuss all of this with me today iain martin, a times columnist, the american broadcaster jeffrey kofman. Thomas kielinger of die welt, and nisreen malik, the sudanese writer. A warm welcome to all of you. In manchester, on monday night, a pop concert by an american singer popular with young girls ended in carnage when a 22 year old man born in the city blew himself
To world news today. The german chancellor Angela Merkel has called for european unity in the face of brexit and the election of donald trump. Speaking at an Election Rally in munich in southern germany, she said the events of the past few days had shown that the europeans could not necessarily rely on other nations. Translation we europeans must really take our fate into our own hands. Of course, in friendship with the United States of america, in friendship with Great Britain and as good neighbours, wherever that is possible also with other countries, even with russia. But we have to know that we must fight for our own future on our own, for our destiny as europeans. And thats what i want to do, together with you. Her comments follow the g7s failure to commit to the 2015 paris climate deal. Earlier the german leader described the talks as six against one, calling the summit in sicily very difficult and very unsatisfactory. Instead she described the relationship between berlin and new