east of paris in strasbourg on the border between france and germany. it's the heart of the old continent. and of the new one it's the official seat of the european parliament. but there are also other venues in the city that are talking politics. in a minute mock. protests against the president's reforms have been raging on the streets of france's big cities for months now. the neglected province against the rich capital's. the underprivileged against the elites. stanislaus not day an actor and the director of straw sports and national theatre decided to explore the social tensions on stage. in france there are no children of factory workers or of agricultural workers among the elite there's a kind of sticking together and i think there's a form of blindness it's also indicative of a more general problem in our western democracies. is all of society really represented by elites. this is the rehearsal for the edouard louis play who killed my father the writer adapted his book of the same name especially it's a polemical work against france's social policies to say. cliff you're

and every single man is at the front and there is a very specific need. whoever goes to france has to speak french. they have to be habituated didn't look likclicka provisiono blend in. not just to pull the germans, because the germans were pretty easily fooled. three years into the war every able-bodied man had ever been conscripted. winston churchill gave his approval to send women into combat in part because he bugged guerrilla warfare he thought it was cool and in part he didn't have a choice. there were no soldiers in the continent but also in part because it made good sense. you could say 40, 50,000 men in combat if you were to put women in soldiers wars to become roles allowing them to shoot an airplane overload. what general would try to make use of every available as if there were women in england who spoke french well enough to teach a teenager how to use a gun, and they wanted to go, they should go for they were the first women in combat. odette sansom isn't the first, there was also a woman named lise de baissac who is a very different. odette sansom was very -- in aristoc

about that scott ross perot fanatic thanks very much. and we stay in france for our next report strauss book is sometimes called the heart of europe as it's the official seat of the european parliament and leading up to e.u. elections this weekend we're visiting artists in various e.u. countries to see what they think about current issues and stress boys national theatre is reflecting the armrest on the streets against emanuel crawls reform policy. protests against the president's reforms have been raging on the streets of france's big cities for months now. the neglected province against the rich capital . the underprivileged against the elites. stanislaus not day an actor and the director of straw sports national theatre decided to explore the social tensions on stage. in france there are no children of factory workers or of agricultural workers among the elite there's a kind of sticking together and i think there's a form of line as it's also indicative of a more general problem in our western democracies. is all of society really represented by elites. this is a rehearsal for the ed

that train that would take british pilots were soldiers through france and through the peer needs out through spain and up to england. they had all of these silk parachutes in their suitcases, trying to hide them and keep them away from the normans. i am sorry from the gestapo. they get to the train station and anybody that has been in a french station knows there are no escalators. they have to go up a huge part of stairs. at the top is the gestapo. the young daughter loses it. the mother said, excuse me, i'm not going to be able to carry my book and my suitcase up the stairs. could you do that for me? or help me out? that way they literally got the gestapo to --. because women were seducers and beautiful and because they knew how to use that as a weapon, they got away with a lot that young men never would. thank you for bringing that up. >> britney mentioned marseille. we are talking about normandy. was of the case after the invasion that many citizens had fled to the countryside? >> it was more true in 1940. as the germans moved east, citizens of paris began a mass exodus. every ca

rose on her hook, "d-day girls" tells the story of the women sent to france to create and lead the front and resistance. she spoke at porter square books in cambridge massachusetts. this is 50 minutes. tonight we are so pleased to welcome sarah rose for her new book, "d-day girls: the spies who armed the resistance, sabotaged the naziss and helped win world war ii" i she draws on recently declassified files in lle diaries and oral histories to tell the thrilling mostly unknown story of three remarkable women who destroyed my income and bush did not cease, prodded prison with great and grabbed to the gathered intelligence for the invasion proved to be the turning point in the war. refinery 29 calls about a thrillethe book athriller in tha nonfiction book, and booklets in the star review sai star reviewe book is comprehensive and compelling. readers get to know these amazing women as individuals as the duties unfold against the backdrop of the war. she smoothly integrates the events with biographical details into the french wartime society calling it a satisfying mix of social histor

the rest of france because it was the dairyland of france. i tell my students the wisconsin of france. so there was more abundant food. but at the same time, the germans took pretty much the majority of the food and the milk in the dairy that the normans had produced. so there was hunger. there was a lot of fear. there was you know tnoknow gest. members of the resistance were taken away if they were suspected of so-called terrorist acts. so it was a very grim normandy which greeted the invasion on the 6th of november. >> did most french norman citizens have an idea that invasion was coming at some point but they did not know when? >> exactly. particularly in the year between '43 and '44 after the tide turned in italy. the french knew the invasion was coming. so this of course filled them with great hope. but they did not know where, and they did not know when. and bombardment, bombing of various parts of france, took place all over france because it's the area had just bombed normandy that would give the germans the belief that the invasion was going to come there. in fact, in

france to her great escape, a woman sheds light on one of the forgotten figures of the second world war. mpr calls it a compelling biography of a masterful spy and a reminder of what can be done with the free few brave people everyone, let us all welcome sonja. [applause] >> thank you, very much for you y'all hear me? excellent. >> i'm not quite as tall. >> thank you all for coming, such a beautiful day outside and it's good of you to surrender that income into the bookshop. virginia is now my inspiration. a lot of my friends know say to ourselves and for in a little bit of a sticky situation, well, virginia would not complain. or, what would virginia do. so, she really is someone once you get to know has a big impact in your life. she was unfathomably courageous woman. i am astonished that more people do not want to know more about her of course, i intend to change that. and i possibly can with your help. d.c. is my favorite u.s. city, but it's lovely. it did have a mixed time for virginia, she fought many battles in her life, the one she fought in france, she tended to win, the on

. [applause] before i start i want to make one introduction. obviously, it's a book about france and about the french resistance and particularly about an extraordinary french woman named marie madeleine [inaudible]. i was doing my research and doing my writing i was blessed with having a colleague and egg guide in all things french and as it turned out i could go into the story but it she's as it turned out a neighbor of ours and become eight )-right-parenthesis and lived in paris for 25 years and first as a couture model and then as a reporter for time magazine. her name is [inaudible] and standing right over there. i could not have done this book without her. marie-madeleine fourcade secret war is the eighth book of history i've written. writing history is my second career which i stumbled into by accident and as katie said my prescript is that of a journalist and i worked with some of you. i spent 12 years as a reporter with the ap and then for the baltimore sun here in washington pat ferguson here with my bureau chief. before and during that time i do not have thought of becomin

lifen and one she fought in france she tended to win. she had a hard time here and the reason it is a woman of no importance is because that is the way she was treated right here in the city. it is obviously a big cause. as you heard it felt very different as the most dangerous ally despite of all. they issued an order across france and anybody else occupying france we must find and destroy her. what she did in the war meant she was decorated by the french republic and a british king and an american president and yet all of that was done in secret so she's remained in the shadows and i would like to change that. so how could she be so grave in baltimore or into a quite well-to-do family, her great-grandfather was a banker and a have a house in downtown baltimore. they say that this was a enough to turn horses in it and whether anyone tried i cannot tell you that that is how big it was. her father who she was close to was a pretty well-to-do guy. they were going horse riding and going hunting. despite that she didn't like animals and the will in part to school some of you might know th

the border between france and germany. it's the heart of the old continent. and of the new one it's the official seat of the european parliament. but there are also other venues in the city that are talking politics. mark all wrong. protests against the president's reforms have been raging on the streets of france's big cities for months now. the neglected province against the rich capital's. the underprivileged against the elites. stanislaus north day and actor and the director of straw sports and national theatre decided to it. more the social tensions on stage. of course. in france there are no children of factory workers or of agricultural workers among the elite. there's a kind of sticking together and i think there's a form of blindness but it's also indicative of a more general problem in our western democracies. is all of society really represented by elites. this is a rehearsal for the edouard louis play who killed my father the writer adapted his book of the same name especially it's a polemical work against france's social policies to sit. here with the. leaders in the da

time is told again but this time for the instagram generation and the presidents of italy of france remembering the artistic genius leonardo da vinci he died five hundred years ago today italian master lived out his final years at the chateau in free. golf it's good to have you with us of it as well as president nicolas maduro is calling on the military to fight anyone plotting a coup it comes after the country's self declared president won quite a call for a series of strikes hoping to still force majeure out of power has described this week's for. tez as the final fades in else. even though they have failed to break the political stalemate clashes in caracas over the last few days have left four people dead that's according to human rights groups quite a declared himself but it's where this interim president back in january a move that's been supported by the united states germany and many latin american countries. are right let's go now to our correspondent oscar shrinker he is standing by for us in caracas good evening to you. i want to start with the news of this arrest warrant

>> joined francece 24 on the red carpet in cannes. >> [speaking french] -- join us on the france 24 european tour. >> [speaking foreign language] spanish]ing and the european elections on france 24 and france24.com. ♪ a warm welcome. you are watching live from paris. here are the headlines. released,gesre inclcluding two french tourists. the u.s. seizes a north korean ship as tensions rise between the countries. what appeared to be two short-range missiles fired from north korea. after e eightiss hour, months of calm, syria's northwest is a theateter for bloody military operations. thank you for watching. saidance, officials hostages have been freed in burkina faso. two french soldiers were killed during the operation. the hostages had been abducted on may 1 while they were on holiday. authorities warned tourisists nt to go. found after they were reported missing. we will bring you more developments on this story as they come in. france is commemorarating abolitionist sill avery. -- abolitionist slavery. they captured and sold some 1.4 million people before slavery was outlawed in

analysts in more than 120 countries. vonnie: courtney, thank you. coming up, we get an insight on france's economy from france's france's ambassador for investment. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ vonnie: from new york, i'm vonnie quinn. guy: and in london, i'm guy johnson. this is the european close. a tough day for risk assets. let's find out what is going on. abigail: you are absolutely right. it's a tough day for risk assets. take a look at these stock indexes. the kleins on the day. in the u.s., the s&p 500 and nasdaq are down 1.3% or more. we are on pace for the worst value of the year. shenzhen,k at the down 1.8% in the asian session. we go to the bloomberg and we see it is not necessarily new. at least in asia and em. this goes back to april. what we are looking at, in pink and blue, those are the asian and em markets. they started to turn down in april, ahead of the s&p 500. some of the other indexes are all-time -- putting up highs. em is down 9.5% over that time period. in the u.s. today, technology, let's look at the big losers. apple is down 17%, nearly in a bear market from the ap

woman to be deployed in occupied france and then define escape of the pyrenees out it sheds light on the forgotten figures of the second world war and npr called it the compelling biography of the masterful spy and the remainder of what can be done with a few great people and little resistance. everyone, let us welcome sonja purnell. [applause] >> thank you very much. can you hear me, by the way? excellent. i'm not quite as tall. is that better? okay. thank you for coming. such a beautiful day and a good of you to come into the book shop. virginia hall is now my inspiration and a lot of my friends we now say to ourselves if were in a sticky situation or have a hard time well virginia when i complain or what would virginia do? she really is someone once you get to know has a big impact on your life and was an unfathomably courageous woman and i'm astonished that more people don't know more about her but of course, i intend to change that if i can with your help. dc is my favorite u.s. city, don't tell new york or boston where i've just been but it is. it's lovely. it did have [inau

the president of italy and france remember the artistic genius leonardo da vinci he died five hundred years ago today the italian master lived down his final years as a shut in for this. i'm burned off it's good to have you with us we start tonight with venezuela where president nicolas maduro has called on the military to fight anyone who is involved in an attempted coup and that's after the country's. declared president one why the call for a series of strikes general strikes hoping to force from power has described this week's protests as the final phase in al sting mature or even though they have failed to break the political stalemate in the country clashes in caracas over the last two days have left four people dead according to human rights groups white have declared himself that that's where he lives in a room president back in january a move supported by the united states germany and some latin american countries. are right let's go now to our correspondent oscar shrinker he is standing by for us in caracas good evening to you. i want to start with the news of this arrest war

east of paris in strasbourg on the border between france and germany. it's the heart of the old continent. and of the new one it's the official seat of the european parliament. but there are also other venues in the city that are talking politics. hey man you're mock. the. protests against the president's reforms have been raging on the streets of france's big cities for months now. the neglected province against the rich capital . the underprivileged against the elites. stanislaus not day an actor and the director of straw sports and national theatre decided to explore the social tensions on stage. in france there are no children of factory workers or of agricultural workers among the elite there's a kind of sticking together and i think there's a form of blindness foam but it's also indicative of a more general problem in our western democracies. is all of society really represented by elites. in. this. is the rehearsal for the a do or do we play who killed my father the writer adapted his book of the same name especially it's a polemical work against francis social policies t

presidents of italy and france for a number of the artistic genius leonardo da vinci who died five hundred years ago today live to ask his final gives his chateau in france. i'm phil gal welcome to the program venezuela's president nicolas maduro has called on the military to fight anyone plotting a coup this after the country's self declared president won quite zero call for a series of strikes open to force majeure out of power wider has described this week's protests as the final phase in ousting the doura and now they have failed to break the political stalemate clashes during the last two days in caracas half a left four people dead according to human rights groups why they're declaring yourself an as well as interim president back in january a move supported by the. not in states germany and many latin american nations. and asked nick is a member of the german parliament who speaks on latin american foreign policy or chancellor merkel c.d.u. party he explained germany's take on venice minus constitution. i think we have a clear position that you undertow is a legitimate interim presi

. "france 24" offers you a tour of the abandoned capital city. >> one of the world's most unknown -- all this week on "france 24." ♪ >> you are watching "france 24." these are the headlines. rulers suspend negotiations with protesters on installing civilian rule. the military says the demonstrators need to clear the roadblocks before talks can resume. tensions skyrocketing between the u.s. and iran. an escalating tit for tat that potential toe the slip into conflict. spain a arrests thehe longtime f of the military group that had been on the run for 17 years. also c coming up in business, donald trump launches a two-pronged attack on chinese as theant, huawei, u.s.-china trade war heats up. tech summity visa kicks off today in paris. eventoverage on the big on diverersity a and inclusivit. this is live from paris. ♪ >> progress made in sudan over moving the country toward civilian rule was cut short wednesday. the current army rulers suspend the talks for three days demanding protesters first stop inre said in -- their sit outside of the military headquarters. they pushed omar

— we're in france, looking at the growing strength of populist movements. taiwan's parliament is debating legislation that could see it become the first place in asia to allow same—sex marriage. kitsch meets carnival — it's eurovision time — but organisers say they don't want politics to overshadow the music. and coming up in business briefing, collateral damage did while away warns that a us man will affect tens of thousands of jobs warns that a us man will affect tens of thousands ofjobs with its american suppliers as walmarts say the trade war will push up prices in its stores. a warm welcome to the programme — briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. and you can be part of the conversation tell us what you think — just use the hashtag #bbbthebriefing. —— #bbcthebriefing. they will be seen as the latest reading on the strength of europe's growing populist parties. the eu elections are next week. the polls, across 28 nations, will elect members of the european parliament in brussels, the eu's only directly—elected body. in many countries,

taking a quadriplegic mon off life support after his ordeal ignited a right to die debate. in france forty two year old vasilinda has spent the last eleven years in a vegetative state. after two thousand eight motorcycle accidents. thanks for watching france twenty four now first came in influence peddling scandal that soul austria's vice chancellor resign and that political crisis has now. leled to alll m ministers fromme far rigight freedom party steppg down from austria's coalitionon governments must seem corny as all the latest. the fallout from the stalker scandal continues on monday afternoon austria's chancellor sebastian courts told reporters in vienna he had decided to fire the country's far right interior minister herbert cackle. i have decided in consultation with the federal presidents to propose the interior ministers firing to the president. herbert kinkel a member of the fbo or freedom party was the organization's secretary general in. twenty seventeen it was at that time that the parties former leader hines case dion's talker met with an alleged russian benefactor in

>> thihis is france 24. here are thehe top headlinines. on to twotieses hold thirds of the new parliament. the traditional right and left groups who ruled for decades take a hit. that opens the way for solid wins for liberals, the green party and the far right. there was a big win for voter turnout that hit its highest level in 25 years. a 7% jump in the last vote with many observers saying thanks to more young people heading to the polls. u.k., nigel faraj and his brexit party come in first place. he's demanding a seat at the brexit negotiation table. as the new european parliament takes it seat, the eu position on potential free-trade deals will be in the spotlight. more on that coming up in our business update. we will take a break from eu news to focus on the frenchman who just won the indy 500. more on top driver simon pageant of coming up. ♪ >> the eu parliamentary election got people interested. the turnout was the highest it has been in 25 years. 50.5%, it is a significant jump from the last poll in 2014. the center-right european people's party that you can see in da

people know that general eisenhower was the commander of the invasion of france during world war ii, but they would probably be hard-pressed to tell you exactly what general marshall did. marshall built the army that eisenhower used to defeat the germans. both men were from humble backgrounds, but both were extremely patriotic, driven by a desire to end the war quickly rather than seeking glory for themselves. this is their story. general george marshall was born 31, 1880 in uniontown, pennsylvania. he served as the chief of staff in the army during world war ii, and then as the secretary of state and secretary of defense. after the war was over. he advocated the marshall plan, for which he won the nobel peace prize, helping europe to recover economically from the war. one fact you may not know about general marshall is that he loved to ride horses. this is how he relaxed and he called it great exercise, although i would think it would be better exercise for the horse, but what do i know? his personal life was difficult. he graduated college in 1901. in 1902, he married lily carter

streets of france's big cities for months now. the neglected province against the rich capital's. the underprivileged against the elites. day an actor and the director of straw sports and national theatre decided to explore the social tensions on stage. in france there are no children of factory workers or of agricultural workers among the elite there's a kind of sticking together and i think there's a form of blindness but it's also indicative of a more general problem in our western democracies. and is all of society really represented by elites. this is a rehearsal for the edouard louis play who killed my father. it's a polemical work against france's social policies to sit. with your. leaders in the dock workers as characters on stage. the theatre wants to give all sectors of society of voice and a stage and this approach is also that of the theatres drama school. fronts is very much behind the theater scene is desperately want this does not societal so with it best is also. not today is working to change the ensemble so that it reflects french society better with all its ethnic g

cities together daughter bella and its french partner station france $24.00 investigated russian influence on europe's far right. the russian embassy in berlin which dominated the then socialist east germany more than 30 years ago. and how much influence does the kremlin try to wield behind the scenes today germany's bundestag regards the right wing populist party alternative for germany the f.t. as especially open to russia its lead candidate for the upcoming european elections is york more attend. this i would always say good neighborly relations with russia and with the united states we want to thoroughly pragmatic approach i don't represent russian interests or american interests i'm a german politician representing german interests and it's in our german and european interests to maintain good and open relations with russia and with other nations to want to satisfy our. n.p.r. one particular a.f.d. representative has been cultivating more than good relations with russia marcos phone maya. and he's been reaping scorn from other parliamentarians. marco's phone my eye has long

salvage and in france in germany joining forces to make their mark on the battery market for electric vehicles will that work against each and company. and remembering the archetypical and man of the renaissance it's the presidents of italy and france commemorate the artistic genius leonardo da vinci he died five hundred years ago today the italian master who lived out his final years at the chateau in free as. i'm going to go off to our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and all around the world welcome we start tonight with of in it's way low where president nicolas maduro has called on the mill. terry to fight anyone involved in a coup it comes after the country's self declared president won quite a today called for a series of strikes hoping to force majeure from power why do has described this week's protest as the final phase in else. even though they have failed to break the political stalemate clashes in caracas over the last few days have left four people dead that's according to human rights groups declared himself in its way his interim president back in january a move

which are shaping up to deliver a big winter france's far right. donald trump bonds with japan sends a robber over sumo but hence there will be no progress on an important deal and in sport the toronto raptors have punch their ticket to be n.b.a. finals peter how details of a canadian force. hello there the weather still giving us quite a messy picture over parts of the middle east at the moment the satellite picture is showing most of that cloud is marching its way across the caspian sea but further south we're going to see a few more showers as we head through the next couple of days in one or 2 of these may turn out to be quite lively they also might kick up a fair amount of distance well towards the west now if we find a dry for most of us here and the temperatures in beirut will be wrong as it as we head through the next couple of days to choose day i think will get to $27.00 degrees a bit further towards the south of the some of us around the arabian peninsula this is still some cloud around particularly over the northwestern parts of yemen and into the southwestern parts of sa

captain steph will be on the plane to france. steph, congratulations, i know you and that he will do the nation proud. and rain, rain... but did it go away long enough for england to make a winning start in their one—day series? hello. what a week it's been. after manchester city on monday, liverpool's heroics last night, is there more drama to come as tottenham go in search of a first champions league final in the club's history? they too need to overturn a first leg deficit — just the one goal compared to liverpool's three — we'll reflect on liverpool's titanic achievment in a moment. but first we head to amesterdam tojoin natalie pirks who is outside thejohan cruyff stadium ahead of tottenham's semi final second leg. it will be very difficult, they will have seen what liverpool did at anfield, that incredible comeback, that incredible atmosphere. quite aside from the difference in opposition, what liverpool had on their side with that 12 man, that amazing atmosphere at anfield. that is something that liverpool, that totte n ha m is something that liverpool, that tottenham ju

in india thanks to a local ngo that reaches out to them and introduces the project. in france to discrimination that work is far from being solved as right he can tell. inform woman who is confident will be told she's the boss but if it's a man who has the same kind of behavior we're going to say this is a leader. we women are stigmatized even if they have the same qualities as men. to me is working on adapting these games for europe since european organizations have also shown interest. moving on to another fascinating solution and estonian design is using scraps of cloth left behind by large textile manufacturers to create a brand of small fashion usually most mass production manufacturers are left with an average of 18 percent of. that is usually taken to landfills. upcycling system this design has managed to see about 75 percent water by using just these left was. mountain. of textile waste these are pictures of a dump site in bangladesh. both in india and bangladesh tons and tons of textiles from industrial leftovers are thrown away every year. but some of it forms the basis

social misspeaking of social media a master of social media seems to be at least among us and in france which is the party of money look and formally known as the fall nasional and it appears according to the latest numbers that that message has won the european elections in france even ahead of them i call the french president's party. is this maybe a scenario for the future also in germany are the french just a step ahead of what's going to happen in germany. i sincerely hope about's not the case in germany i must say this result in francis. sad it's disappointing what we're seeing is the idea of european cooperation the idea of european unity is being challenged by radicals by populist by nationals from the far right and the far left what does this mean for us in the european bottom and we need a stable majority for the next 5 years we need a closer cooperation of the pro european constructive forces that's why we as a european peoples party are ready to negotiate with the social democrats with the liberals with the greens that we have a clear majority in this parliament against thos

established position. now on bbc news, the travel show. this week on the show, the remnants of france's nazi occupation. in some ways this place is immaculate. it feels in some areas as though the germans have just stood feels in some areas as though the germans havejust stood up feels in some areas as though the germans have just stood up and walked out. and a birds eye view of california. it is called the jug, when you do this. that one wasn't so good. it is incredible appear. —— up here. the normandy coast in north—west france. next month marks 75 years since it saw the biggest seaborne invasion in history. 156,000 american, british and canadian troops landed along five of these beaches on d—day. this was the bloodiest flashpoint of d—day, 0maha beach, where 43,000 american troops stormed the beaches straight into the teeth of the german guns, really well defended additions here. —— positions. it took ten hours of brutal fighting before the positions. it took ten hours of brutalfighting before the beach positions. it took ten hours of brutal fighting before the beach wa

victory for marine le pen over president mccraw in france in germany meanwhile historic setbacks for chance in america conservatives on the social democrats a major surge and support though for the greens good news for europe an unexpectedly high turnout question here on quadriga today is votes in europe votes wake up call for brussels to discuss that question i'm joined here in the studio by derek scally who writes for the irish times and derek says pro e.u. forces have dodged a populist bullet with one last chance to deliver on the issues too big for individual member states above all he says climate change and also with us the show me show to deal a freelance journalist who reports in french german and english and he cautions to not overstate the significance of the far right retreat in france interesting stuff and a very warm welcome to say the political activist current taylor who argues that even if there has been no major shift to the right changer. there is no guarantee that we are not heading towards the same developments as in france austria hungary thank you all for being

in germany expect of us. in france, the far—right national rally led by marine le pen came just ahead of the en marche party of president emmanuel macron. in the uk, the brexit party wins most seats but pro—remain parties also make big gains. and in greece, the government fares so badly, the prime minister calls a snap general election. welcome to bbc news — over the next hour, we'll bring you right up to date with the results of the european elections. this is how the new parliament is shaping up and it's a story of losses across europe for the traditional centre—left and centre—right parties. they will have less negotiating power. where did the votes go to? the greens have also performed well in germany and the uk and denmark. italy and the uk for populist and nationalist parties. we will get more analysis soon. but now here's ramzan karmali with this update. over 200 million people have cast their votes in 28 countries across the european union. that's a turnout of 51%, the highest in 20 years. their verdict? well, it's been a bad night for the mainstream parties that

partner station france $24.00 investigated russian influence on europe's far right. the russian embassy in berlin which dominated the then socialist east germany more than 30 years ago. and how much influence does the kremlin try to wield behind the scenes today germany's bundestag regards the right wing populist party alternative for germany the a.f.d. as especially open to russia its lead candidate for the has long presented himself as a friend of moscow whenever possible with his close confidant manuel ox and ita many photos of the 2 friends can be found on the internet. box invita is known as a right wing populist who aggressively seeks closer relations with moscow even more so now since the ukraine conflict he often gives interviews to russian nationalist media. we need to plan for the future and i hope that we start now with planning that we can leave for nato in 5 to 10 years when hostilities commenced in eastern ukraine oxen vita was seen in the company of the separatists leaning toward russian president putin he started him self an election observer posing for photos wi

about france and the french resistance and an extraordinaryme frenchwoman and when i was doing my research and my writing, i was blessed with having a colleague who knew all things french. as it turns out she is a neighbor of ours and has become a closegh friend first as a good tour model she is standing out over there. [applause] and i could not have done this book without her. so her secret war is the eighth book of history that i have written. writing history is my second career. a first career was of a journalist and then for "the baltimore sun" and washington and before or during that time we never had any thoughts of becoming a historian i didn't wake up one morning to say i know what i want to do when i igrow up i want to write about history. in fact, when i was in school history was the driest subject i could imagine to memorize events and dates and that is not my idea of fun. butt that's not what history really is. it is about people. thinkor of the word itself. his story but her story i could devote another lecture to that. [laughter] so i work very hard to tell the stor

been a strong national in search france's far right national party led by the looks set to finish on top dealing the blow to president. and in poland the nationalist conservative ruling law and justice party won a crushing $42.00 and a half percent of the vote so what does this mean for europe. thanks for joining our live coverage of the elections to the european parliament results are still coming in from around the 28 member countries of the european union but some clear trends are already apparent looking now at the projected figures for how many seats each party group would have in the next european parliament the leftist european united left and nordic green bloc take $45.00 seats so far the center left social democrats get 146 seats 70 seats go to the greens while the liberal a l d e group would receive 97 seats the center right european people's party the biggest group takes 163 seats followed by the conservatives the . 57 seats then we come to the populist groups t e d d at 45 seats and the new proposed far right european alliance of peoples and nations at 72 seats. in tho

biggest democratic exercise in the western world from france to poland and right across the continent from britain to italy the forces of populism and euro skepticism are presenting the e.u. with fresh challenges here watching special coverage of the european elections i'm sumi so muskaan there in berlin and this is the day. the 1st piece of news from today is that european democracy is a long hard road to leave. most speechless we had hard hopes. but this is fantastic for me these are swallowed cuteness this election result is not the result the we. the people expect of ourselves give a shit if we're going to brussels to repair the e.u. . trouble to ignore people's desire for more protection freedom and sovereignty win this election has a climate protection election this election was an election for democracy. for voters across europe have made their voices heard with the big turnout traditional center parties in germany france and elsewhere have been watching their support erode while the environmentalist greens have been surging taking 2nd place in germany meanwhile right wing popu

parties they are big ones and in italy though and in britain is in france the 3 core european countries but as you mentioned they they they didn't do as well elsewhere kind of a mixed picture for the far right near. that's right and that makes it a mixed picture for the european parliament as well but there were a couple of really significant losses for populous parties for example in denmark last time we voted for a european parliament in 2014 the danish people's party swept the polls they want to quarter of all votes and came in 1st in denmark this time they've lost more than half of those votes and in fact there are 4 seats will go down to likely one again remember a reminder that these are provisional results and not final and there's another. party who last single seat and in the netherlands it was even more remarkable netherlands voted on thursday so these were some early results sort of setting the tone for the rest of the countries and in the netherlands pollsters in fact were surprised that the labor party came in 1st now that's led by friends timmermans who is the so

forced to search for whatever they can salvage. france and germany joining forces to make their mark on the battery market for electric vehicles. will it work against asian companies? and remembering the archetypal men of the renaissance. italy and france commemorate the artistic genius of leader -- leonardo da vinci. the italian master lived out his final years at a chateau in france. i'm brent goff. to our viewers on pbs and the united states and around about, welcome. brent: we started venezuela where president nicolas maduro has called on the military to fight anyone involved in a coup. juan guaido called for a series of strikes hoping to force madero from power. guaido called this the final thing to do before ousting the door. this left four people dead. guaido declared himself venezuela's drum president -- interim president of venezuela. of move supported by united states and germany. oscar, i want to to start with the news of this arrest warrant that has been issued for leopoldo lopez. what do we knonow beyond that? oscar: he was surprisisingly fre onon tuesday during this coup a