the economic crisis which was such a huge part of this election, with inflation at extremely high levels. the turkish lira is virtually, very, very weak compared to a lot of other currencies. we look at those implications later. france has promised ukraine dozens of light tanks and armoured cars following a surprise visit by president volodymyr zelensky. in a joint statement with france s leader emmanuel macron, they also called for more sanctions against russia. it s the ukrainian leader s third visit to a major european power this weekend, after meetings in germany and italy. live now tojohn herbst, who is a former us ambassador to ukraine and is currently the senior director of the eurasia center at the atlantic council a us based international affairs think tank. a very warm welcome to the programme. really interesting
support had saved lives. on his trip, the ukrainian leader was awarded the prestigious charlemagne prize. now on bbc news, talking business. hello there, it has been sunny this weekend and has hello. a very warm welcome to the programme. let s take a look at what s on the show. we ve spent everything we ve saved. it s the country with more consumers than any other on the planet. so how do businesses tap into india s billion plus consumers? as the country s population takes over china, we ask can india boast not only the largest number of people but also one of the most economically powerful? we meet people interviewing manisha jain who has been meeting and interviewing consumers across india for the boston consulting group, and ritesh agarwal who is still
about the war in ukraine will look further other tangible outcomes from this trip. the one thing that will save emmanuel is if xijinping places a call to the ukrainian leader, volodymyr zelensky, in the next few days. xi jinping has said that he would make that call but has not done so yet. in fact, that call but has not done so yet. infact, he that call but has not done so yet. in fact, he has not spoken to the quinine leader says ukraine was invaded by russia. if that call is placed fairly soon, emmanuel macron really can claim some kind of dramatic victory. if not, it comes down to a trade directory for this trip. let s break it all down with] alex tarquinio. she is an independent journalist who has been following the macron xi meeting. what do you make of macron s visit? festival, thank you having me.
and see a little bit. you know, i think really we need to wait and see if xi jinping is going to do something that he s said that he might do, which is to speak to the ukrainian leader, volodymyr zelensky. xijinping has not spoken to volodymyr zelensky since the russia invaded ukraine. and so really i think we need to wait and see if that phone call is going to be made. if xi jinping, who clearly has very close ties with russia, with vladimir putin, also extends and tries to develop a bit more of a relationship on the other side with volodymyr zelensky. a quick, brief word about another leg of this trip, because president xi was probably most robust in his comments around economics, warning against decoupling from china. that is a really difficult balance for the west at the moment, isn t it? yeah. and i think we have seen that emmanuel macron, he has said that he really denounced the idea of decoupling right at the start of his trip.