president of the european central bank and has worked with every leading financial institution. he has been tasked with making the case for paris as a financial hub following brexit. is he making too difficult a cell and damaging ties with the uk sell. christian noyer in paris, welcome to hardtalk this is the fourth president that you are serving under in some senior capacity. emmanuel macron is a former banker. is he the right president at the right time for france? well, first, thank you very much for inviting me. i think yes, absolutely. for the first time for many years, we have a president who was elected with a clear political programme for deep economic reforms, and he has a clear mandate to make difficult reforms in the labour market, and the tax regime, to have something much more business friendly, and this is going to take place quite rapidly. sol friendly, and this is going to take place quite rapidly. so i think that comes exactly at the right moment, because
investigation into historic allegations of abuse in iraq should be shut down. good morning, and welcome to bbc news. train passengers in britain are being let down by the way the government oversees the railways, according to a report by mps. the commons transport committee says customers are less and less satisfied with the service they get, and yet they are paying more for it. they re calling on the department for transport to give up some of its powers. rob young reports. dissatisfied passengers, rising ticket prices, poor performance. mps are scathing about the way the government oversees the railways. they say passengers have been failed by the way ministers award franchises to train companies. the commons committee says competition is meant to drive improvements, but warns there is dwindling interest from potential operators. national express used to be the biggest train company here, but is quitting the uk railway entirely. the mps say the government is too soft on com