Human Rights Groups are pressuring macron to take a hard line on human rights abuses. Hello and thank you for joining us. It is crunch time for a post brexit trade deal. At this point the prospects are looking tenuous at best. A transition period ends december 31. Boris johnson says he will travel to brussels this week after a phe call tonight with the European Commission chief ursula v der leyen failed to produce a breakthrough. Main Sticking Points on fishing rights and business rules remain. Meantime the British Parliament is voting on a market built tonight that could allow britain to allow certain requirements on Northern Ireland and other issues. For more we are joined by our correspondent in london. As we mentioned, johnson is headed to brussels this week. What does this indicate . Yes. Interestingly we have learned after this 90 minute phone call, the second in 48 hours between the british Prime Minister Boris Johnson and the Eu Commission president ursula von der leyen, that t
Probation authorities. And the pathway towards parliamentary and president ial elections in libya looks clearer with the u. N. s and voicing political talks in tunis have resulted in a breakthrough. Thomas first, it is a hollowed space in paris that is already resting place for several prominent french heroes. This wednesday, on the anniversary of the end of the great war, the remains of wartime writer Maurice Genevoix have been interred on the capitals left bank. Incident Emmanuel Macron presided over the special ceremony after laying flowers at the top of the Champs Elysees avenue at the tomb of the unknown soldier. France 24 has put together this next report which takes a look at the frontline soldier and is written memoirs. Reporter world war i seems like a distant and old conflict, but Maurice Genevoixs writings from the frontline line can throw readers back in time. I was covered for four days with slocum blood, with a smashed brain. Face was hid with human guts. Im disgusted. Re
Antifa a domestic terrorist organization. Several cities and brazil denouncing jay or bolsonaros overing of the pandemic as half a Million People in the country have been infected. Thank you for joining us. Six days after george floyd died in police cusustody, protests he broken out a across the united states. People are on the street demanding justice and change. Demomonstrators in numerous instances have been met with a heavyhanded response from the police. Curfews have been imposed across several cities. Like minneapolis, where on sunday a truck drove into a crowd of protesters before the driver was dragged out, beaten, and then arrested by police. Earlier on sunday, france 24 met with residents of minneapolis who were coming together to clean up after a night ofof protests. After another night of violence, residents woke up to scenes of devastation, making their neighborhood unrecognizable. I have been here many times. Yeah. It is very sad. Yeah. It is devastating. It is not just i
Death tolls from the virus. The death toll from the pandemic reaches record heights in spain. The e health m ministry in madrd says t the outbreak town has coe to over 8000. There is a spectrum of light at the end of the tunnel for italians. A rerecord number r of recoveri. But the battle against the coronavirus isnt over yet. The government extending its emergency measures to cover the easter holiday. Hello and welcome back to the france 24 newsroom. The coronavirus pandemic remains are our top story. Show that theures outbreak has infected over 7000 77,000 people worldwide thehe global death toll standing at more than 37,500. A day after france recorded its worst single data will, president Emmanuel Macron single day death toll, president and man u mccrone is visiting a factory which churns out muchneeded protective masks. The site is now operating 24 ithrs a day to up output medical personnel and d retiremt homes sayaying thatat 40 Million Masks are n needed each week and that does
Its known in scotland these are the exchanges a Prime Ministers questions the Prime Minister is a democracy was a stage of the final straw was his calling privately admit this position is undemocratic unacceptable and completely unsustainable the Prime Minister has showed an utter contempt for scottish democracy youre Scotlands Parliament for scotlands people to speak of it was not only the right honorable gentleman who leads the s. N. P. In this house it was also alex salmond and his protege nicholas sturgeon who said at the time of the referendum that it was a once in a generation to any city they said it did the right thing why they changed their mind here is that you know are these that in our area of democracy yes im still how is the impasse likely to be resolved alex asked political commentators this wishart and former s. N. P. M. P. George coven. Professor welcome back to the alex salmond show thanks alec now in your preelection forecasts of a month ago you were more or less spo