Brexit talks: May and Macron do lunch
The skies opened and thunder could be heard as Mrs May and President Macron went into Sandhurst to begin their talks and a rainbow was visible in the sky.
Traffic to Dover had already been disrupted for more than a week, but the travel ban put in place by France last night has piled on the pressure in Kent.
President Macron is still pushing ahead with some controversial measures – not least, a draft law to establish what’s described as French Islam.
France is on its highest level of security alert, after three people died in a knife attack in a church.
In France anti-terrorism police are investigating the beheading of a teacher in a suburb of Paris.
France too has come up with a new slogan for combating the virus.
France is preparing for a potentially record-breaking heatwave. Temperatures are forecast to hit 40 degrees Celsius later this week. Authorities in Paris have enacted an extreme heat plan, fearing a repeat of the conditions which killed an estimated 15,000 people in France in 2003. Germany, Switzerland, Belgium and Spain are also preparing for oppressive heat.
Yellow Vest protestors in Paris have set fire to vehicles and barricades – many declaring that rebuilding the fire damaged Notre Dame cathedral shouldn’t be the government’s only priority.
Demonstrators set fire to cars and barricades in the middle of the Champs-Elysées, with police firing tear gas and water cannons in response. President Macron has refused to back down over the tax increases, insisting it’s part of his strategy to combat climate change.
Police in France have used tear gas and water cannons against protestors demonstrating about the rising cost of fuel. Protesters clashed with police on the Champs-Elysées in Paris, where large security cordons are in place to protect key buildings like the Élysée Palace. Jessica Savage reports.
Standing before Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin the French President warned old demons are resurfacing and condemned nationalism.
The coffee had barely been poured at breakfast when Donald Trump launched his first blistering attack on his allies. They were expecting him to lambaste them for how little he feels they are contributing to NATO’s military might compared to the United States. More of a surprise was when he said Germany was “totally controlled…
Former US Ambassador to Nato, Ivo Daalder, discusses President Trump’s approach to the summit. Are Donald Trump’s calls on NATO to spend 4 per cent of GDP on defence realistic?
The American and French people have long had a “rendezvous with freedom”, the French President Emmanuel Macron declared today, as he spoke to a special joint session of the US Congress. There was frequent applause as he praised what he called the special bond between the two nations, but he also warned the United States…
French rail workers have begun three months of rolling strikes which are likely to cause chaos on the countries rail network. The energy and refuse collection sectors are also taking strike action. All are protesting against Presidents Macron’s proposed labour reforms and are giving the President his toughest challenge since taking office.
The skies opened and thunder could be heard as Mrs May and President Macron went into Sandhurst to begin their talks and a rainbow was visible in the sky.