Judges admit the public may be baffled by the ruling. First, with under five months to go until the french choose a new president , leftwing politicians are taking part in the first of three live tv debates. It comes ahead of the partys primary contest later this month. Although Prime Minister manuel valls is the favorite to lead the socialist party, he expected to class tonight with Arnaud Montebourg and benoit hamon. Will it all be in vain . And theggest the party deeply unpopular president Francois Hollande will be knocked out at the first round with the conservatives and the far right making it through to the second round. Im joined by our french. Olitical editor Marc Perelman manuel valls is the one with the most to lose tonight, isnt he . Marc absolutely. December 1, france of alone goes on National Television Francois Hollande goes on National Television. He decides he will not run again. This puts the party in a crisis. His Prime Minister, manuel valls, decides to throw his hat
Judges admit the public may be baffled by the ruling. First, with under five months to go until the french choose a new president , leftwing politicians are taking part in the first of three live tv debates. It comes ahead of the partys primary contest later this month. Although Prime Minister manuel valls is the favorite to lead the socialist party, he expected to class tonight with Arnaud Montebourg and benoit hamon. Will it all be in vain . And theggest the party deeply unpopular president Francois Hollande will be knocked out at the first round with the conservatives and the far right making it through to the second round. Im joined by our french. Olitical editor Marc Perelman manuel valls is the one with the most to lose tonight, isnt he . Marc absolutely. December 1, france of alone goes on National Television Francois Hollande goes on National Television. He decides he will not run again. This puts the party in a crisis. His Prime Minister, manuel valls, decides to throw his hat
Good evening, and welcome to bbc news. The Prime Minister is under pressure tonight to explain why mps were not told a Trident Missile test went wrong last summer. It happened just weeks before a crucial commons vote on the future of britains nuclear deterrent, when theresa may urged parliament to back renewal of the weapons system. Today, she repeatedly declined to say whether she knew of the malfunction, when an unarmed missile failed to reach its target. Our defence correspondent Jonathan Beale reports. This is what the launch of a Trident Missile looks like. Lastjune, the royal navy carried out what it calls a Routine Un Armed Test Launch from Hms Vengeance but we now know that something went wrong. Hms vengeance was about 200 miles off the florida coast. It was to fire the missile around 5,000 miles across the atlantic. But a malfunction occurred during its flight and it didnt reach its target. The speaker i call the Prime Minister. Yet, just weeks later, theresa may was asking mp
Good evening, and welcome to bbc news. The Prime Minister is under pressure tonight to explain why mps were not told a Trident Missile test went wrong last summer. It happened just weeks before a crucial commons vote on the future of britains nuclear deterrent, when theresa may urged parliament to back renewal of the weapons system. Today, she repeatedly declined to say whether she knew of the malfunction, when an unarmed missile failed to reach its target. Our defence correspondent Jonathan Beale reports. This is what the launch of a Trident Missile looks like. Lastjune, the royal navy carried out what it calls a Routine Un Armed Test Launch from Hms Vengeance but we now know that something went wrong. Hms vengeance was about 200 miles off the florida coast. It was to fire the missile around 5,000 miles across the atlantic. But a malfunction occurred during its flight and it didnt reach its target. The speaker i call the Prime Minister. Yet, just weeks later, theresa may was asking mp
Good evening, and welcome to bbc news. The Prime Minister is under pressure tonight to explain why mps were not told a Trident Missile test went wrong last summer. It happened just weeks before a crucial commons vote on the future of britains nuclear deterrent, when theresa may urged parliament to back renewal of the weapons system. Today, she repeatedly declined to say whether she knew of the malfunction, when an unarmed missile failed to reach its target. Our defence correspondent Jonathan Beale reports. This is what the launch of a Trident Missile looks like. Lastjune, the royal navy carried out what it calls a Routine Un Armed Test Launch from Hms Vengeance but we now know that something went wrong. Hms vengeance was about 200 miles off the florida coast. It was to fire the missile around 5,000 miles across the atlantic. But a malfunction occurred during its flight and it didnt reach its target. The speaker i call the Prime Minister. Yet, just weeks later, theresa may was asking mp