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is part of the middle east. the daily telegraph looks at plans by the european commission to create a digital single market, and how it would affect content licensing. the paper says 400 industry organisations are attacking the move, saying it erodes the cornerstone of the tv and film businesses. with us is mark davies, ceo of strategy consultancy camberton. thank you forjoining us. we are going to talk about france, le figaro‘s coverage. the picture on the front is pretty horrific, but so are the tensions? day. i think it is certainly not a great photo. they re often riots in paris that are not covered. there is the election on sunday. there are tensions, not the polls put emmanuel macron farcically ahead, 60% versus marine le pen at 40%. i ahead, 60% versus marine le pen at a0%. i don t think there is much doubt that le pen is going to get beaten. those who voted for macron in the first round, they did so relu cta ntly. in the first round, they did so reluctantly. t ....
in hong kong, where there are concerns the visit of china s president xi may have stoked divisions in the territory. 0n the face of it, mr xi was simply marking the 20th anniversary of hong kong being handed back to china by the british, but he used the event to warn against any challenge to beijing s control. the foreign ministry said the handover deal, guaranteeing two systems until 2047, had no practical significance, and there are fears of new education programmes to bring the public into line. it was all smiles for president xi as he left hong kong on sunday, shaking hands with carrie lam, the new chief executive of the city, who is widely seen as a chinese ally. but he can be left with no doubt about the strength of feeling among many citizens of hong kong. thousands of people took to the streets over the weekend in support of greater autonomy from beijing. a little earlier i spoke to the lawyer, former legislator veteran and democracy campaigner martin lee. i ask ....
where the firestorm following president trump s latest comments blaming both sides for the violence in charlottesville, virginia, continues to burn. business leaders have joined two former republican presidents in condemning his stance. the bbc‘s north america editor, jon sopel reports. # amazing grace. the memorial service for heather heyer, an anti racism protestor mown down by a white supremacist in charlottesville on saturday. but far from this being an occasion when a nation comes together, america seems more bitterly divided than ever. they tried to kill my child to shut her up. well, guess what? you just magnified her. applause this was charlottesville on friday night racist groups chanting jews will not replace us, carrying ku klux klan style torches, and also marching to the slogan white lives matter. yesterday, the president blamed both sides for the violence that ensued. you had a group on one side and you had a group on the other and they came at eac ....
all eyes are on britain s to be new prime minister boris johnson and his plans for brakes it the country hasn t even left the e.u. yet but already there are signs of britain entering a recession. and the robots are coming no joy to say at this bar in prague machines are already mixing the drinks. back up to do business asia i want to go jones good to have you with us now then the chinese state owned motoring group be a i.c.e. s buying a 5 percent stake in germany s dime it for the boost to beijing s holding in the maker of mercedes-benz costs diana was already almost 10 percent owned by chinese comprende g.e. it s the company s biggest single shareholder and now we can add to that b a i c s 5 percent holding that takes chinese shareholder stake in diamond to just under 15 percent that s almost as much of the company as is owned by us shareholders other stakeholders and on the include q wait sovereign savings fund and rivals rhino and nyssa who have across holding the rest of t ....
ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan Qazi Faez Isa on Friday said that audio conversation between Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf founding chairman Imran Khan and judges during the NAB amendment’s. ....