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Correspondent, hugh schofield. these protestsjust keep going on and on. president macron has said he doesnt mind if these pension reforms make him unpopular, hes doing what is right for the country.— right for the country. indeed. you oin me right for the country. indeed. you join me just _ right for the country. indeed. you join me just to — right for the country. indeed. you join me just to set _ right for the country. indeed. you join me just to set the _ right for the country. indeed. yo...

Hes shown handing out medals to soldiers whove been engaged in some of the most intense fighting in the year long war. the visit happened as russia launched more missile attacks, killing at least four civilians in the kyiv region of ukraine. at least 12 people have been killed and more than 200 injured after a powerful earthquake shook large parts of pakistan and afghanistan. the 6.5—magnitude quake damaged buildings, triggered landslides and sent people running into the streets. it struck on ...

Are continuing over the reforms — and there are concerns the demonstrations may have an impact on the state visit to france this weekend by king charles. 0ur correspondent hugh schofield joins us from paris. mr macron still seems defiant in the face of all these protests? yes, there is no turning back, his view was quite clear that this is necessary of reform. he knows it has caused a lot of anger but he would be derelict in his duty if you turn back now. he said to have been other reforms in ...

I guess, you know, dominic, we started the programme by talking about channel 4, and theres an equivalent issue in the french elections, actually, because president macron has said he would do away with their equivalent of the licence fee. just tell us a bit more about that, because thats obviously very interesting and topicalfor us here, too. well, this is something that macron has said, and hes not alone in saying this. all across europe, politicians are playing with this idea because the lice...

Going to the national public broadcaster, it was going to other places. that was widely seen as an attack on the independence of the broadcaster, actually, by making it more reliant on tax money, which can be easily cut, and less able to guarantee its funding and to carry out independent journalism. so, you know, macron may be doing this as a vote winner, but actually, whenever politicians say we need to replace the licence fee with something else, we need to be very wary about what their intent...

By making it more reliant on tax money, which can be easily cut, and less able to guarantee its funding and to carry out independent journalism. so, you know, macron may be doing this as a vote winner, but actually, whenever politicians say we need to replace the licence fee with something else, we need to be very wary about what their intentions actually are. chris curtis from broadcast, if i bring you back in, i saw that broadcast was reporting this afternoon that one of the big french tv boss...

Dominic, just to bring you back in because you froze, unfortunately, at a crucial moment when you were talking about notjust france, finland and sweden, but also, you know, the anglophone bias of ourjournalism. i think its partly because of the way foreign journalism has grown up over the years, and it was never intended to be for a global audience. but also, i think that if you spend any time working as a foreign correspondent for the us or the british media, you get constantly told again and a...

Said he would do away with their equivalent of the licence fee. just tell us a bit more about that, because thats obviously very interesting and topicalfor us here, too. well, this is something that macron has said, and hes not alone in saying this. all across europe, politicians are playing with this idea because the licence fee is seen as an unfairtax by a lot of people. and actually, nowadays its unenforceable. the republic of ireland at the moment is having huge problems enforcing its licenc...

And hes not alone in saying this. all across europe, politicians are playing with this idea because the licence fee is seen as an unfair tax by a lot of people. and actually, nowadays its unenforceable. the republic of ireland at the moment is having huge problems enforcing its licence fee and as a result, its public broadcaster is really strapped for cash. you know, this is also a policy that was taken from the national rally as well. so, this was a this was something that was put out there, an...

Bias of ourjournalism. i think its partly because of the way foreign journalism has grown up over the years, and it was never intended to be for a global audience. but also, i think that if you spend any time working as a foreign correspondent for the us or the british media, you get constantly told again and again that you need to speak to an american or a british audience, and thats very true. but what were seeing now, and this is why the le monde experiment is so interesting, is a transnation...