lukashenko, and protests and nationwide strikes. welcome back. we begin with a growing number of calls in a number of muslim majority nations for french products to be boycotted. this comes amidst growing anger at what president emmanuel macron said after a schoolteacher was beheaded after showing caricatures of the prophet muhammad. at the ceremony, the president vowed to root out what he called islamist separatism and added this country will not renounce caricatures. in the days that followed, we have seen protests, french products pulled from supermarkets, and perhaps the most vocal of all has been the turkish president, heard on erdogan. president erdogan: muslims are subject to a campaign similar to the jews in europe before world war ii. that is the turkish president s beginner. doug herbert to tell us more. doug: the issue is political, needless to say. in erdogan s case, there are some who say he is essentially weaponizing muslim identity. you have muslim identity
lay out plans for his new term in office. the prime minister s top priority to get britain out of the e.u. next month. and a state of emergency declared in parts of australia were more than 100 bushfires are raging todayay as temperatures t record levels. hello and welcome. first, it was andrew johnson. then, it was bill clinton. now, it is the turn of donald trump, who has made history by becoming the third u.s. president ever to be impeached. surprise,t is no big given democratic control of the house of representatives. next month, trample face trial by the senate, which will determine whether or not he remains in office. highlye in the house was partisan. nearly all democrats voted for the charges, while every republican voted against. to get some analysis on what unfolded in the house of representatives yesterday and what is still to come, let s talk to doug herbert, our international affairs commentator. as i said, it was a highly partisan debate, followed by a highly
there is more than 100 billion more than defense in 2016. and based on the national plans, there is even more in the coming years. there is no doubt that we have seen a significant change. allies are investing more. france is investing more. live andis because we need to invest more and share security. and how to fund the nato budget. the headquartersndnd so on. that we have a new formula for those costs. germany will play more pay more. and the rest will be shared with allies. and this would not finance the nato budget. by saying that nato is brain dead, is this your way of asking us to paris as soon as possible? you still think that nato is brain-dead? ,nd within the same perspective a member country turkey that if nato doesn t support military plans in northern syria against the kurdish militia? and what is your position about quality building five unit works in europe? your first point, i have met the secretary-general time and time again before our summit. i don t ne
withdrawal act, it was a detailed clause that band this really was order arrangements between the republic of ireland and northern ireland that would feature what is called physical infrastructure. now, physical infrastructure is fancy language for checks and border controls. that did not exist beforore exit day, before brexit day. essentially, cutting through the fine print off this plan, which we have not reread yet in its details, what seems to be the case and has not been denied by boris johnson or anyone right now in the conservative party, that doeoes presumably know this plan they do not deny that there would continue to be some checks or border controls, what theyeyo not belilieve there woud be of a nature to cause the type of instability along that border that i was talking about. they said there would be so to continuedntions regulatory alignment between northern irelaland and the e.u. for a four year period to essentially prevent any sort of hard border be
that s ceremony taking place as the public pays their last respects. we can cross now to france 24 s doug herbert. doug, an extremely solid ceremony for the late president. reflectsceremony that ththe wishes of jacqueues c ch s family. and also the french presidency. this memorial service today is really the product of a very, very tight collaboration between both the family that wanted asylum and intimate service and the french presidency, who also needed to make sure it was a service that included as many dignitaries and leaders as wished to attend and pay respects to jacques chirac. it is a servicece that has struk thatat balance. we heard two very solid requiem s by french composers. jesus. the prayayer to it is a capstone of these types of solemn memorial services. emotional highlight of this service was perhaps daniel playing that opus 142 in an e flat major. it is called in prompt us. the humanist message. it is a message that very much gels with those of the family an