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Government buildings. And disney shares plummet as they announce a 1 billion capital euro hike. Youre watching Worldwide Exchange bringing you Business News from around the globe. We just got a brief budget through. Its come in for 2015 showing gdp growth at plus 2. 9 driven higher by private consumption. It seems the risks to the committee are coming from abroad and unemployment seen falling to 22. 5 from 24. 5 in 2014. So still a very high level, but moving in the right direction. The primary budget seen at 2. 9 of gdp. Public debt at 316 billion euros, which is 168 of gdp. Moving on to brazils probusiness candidate, he surprised a rally in the election. He will make it to the second round this month. Silva came in third at 21 . Brazils main stock market is expected to get a boost when it opens later today. Six days ago the polls suggested that his winning margin would b ....
Beirut. It took a french president to be there. And it says a lot. And you see it goes as far. Of course you see it goes as far. Of course you can mention the french protectorate of lebanon. That lasted only 20 years from 1923 until 1943 but there is much more and it is not so but there is much more and it is not so much in terms of diplomatic or strategic terms. It is in terms of feelings and in International Relations we dont talk enough about the links between people, the affection between france and lebanon. In the influence of president macro could actually be quite decisive because he talks about the emergency aid relief but there is the future. And the people of lebanon started it back in 0ctober. They want a political clear out in france can help. Just one example, in 2005 when the president was assassinated, france was behind the creation of an Internati ....
Correspondent clive myrie. Welcome. We won t give up on you, president macron told the people of lebanon, as he inspected the wreckage of beirut 5 port last week. He promised french aid would not go into corrupt hands and french effort would go into political reform. Lets pick that up with agnes, this is one for you. How much influence does the former colonial power still have in terms of domestic politics inside lebanon . Well, i think its interesting to talk about the influence france might be having in helping lebanon out of its current misery. You are mentioning the colonial past, but there is so much more to explain the bond between france and lebanon. I think we need to talk about this because when you look at the pictures that we have seen, 36 hours after the explosion, a political leader in the streets of beirut. Hes not lebanese. Neither the lebanese president or senior ministers from lebanon were seen in the streets of beirut. It took a french president to be there. And it sa ....
Some and negative for others. I think we should be careful not to think it will change everything. That suddenly we will all become environmentally friendly, we will stop using planes and the planet will be quiet and peaceful and beautiful again. We will probably resume some very bad habits, but perhaps not all of them, when it is finished. Clive, youve done a lot hello and welcome to dateline london. This week we will be of reporting on the antiracism there for you, says a french president to the people of beirut. Following George Floyds death what does he actually mean . We will be there for you says a british home secretary to migrants crossing in minneapolis, and then the English Channel in record numbers, with an entirely different meaning. And has the coronavirus pandemic made millennials the unluckiest generation . We have obviously seen my guests on socially distanced ....