Storm Darragh in the UK + Political Storms in France
Newscast
BBC
4.3 • 6.6K Ratings
🗓️ 7 December 2024
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
Just as France enters a period of deep uncertainty, triggered by the fall of Michel Barnier's government, the country gets ready to reopen the Notre Dame cathedral.
And, US President-elect Donald Trump is using the event to return to the geopolitical stage.
Laura and Paddy discuss the Macron-Trump relationship.
Plus, they hear from Newscasters, as thousands of people are left without power following Storm Darragh. You can join our Newscast online community here: https://tinyurl.com/newscastcommunityhere You can now listen to Newscast on a smart speaker. If you want to listen, just say "Ask BBC Sounds to play Newscast”. It works on most smart speakers.
Newscast brings you daily analysis of the latest political news stories from the BBC. It was presented by Laura Kuenssberg and Paddy O’Connell. It was made by Ben Mundy with Clare Williamson. The technical producer was Michael Regaard. The assistant editor is Chris Gray. The editor is Sam Bonham.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts. |
| 0:04.8 | Laura's back on Newscast. |
| 0:06.4 | Hello, how nice to be reunited. |
| 0:08.2 | How are you? |
| 0:08.7 | Very well. |
| 0:09.2 | Good to see you back. |
| 0:09.7 | There's Newsageddon once again. |
| 0:12.4 | Yes, Newzegedden. |
| 0:13.4 | Hasn't been a weekend without Newsagetan, not for a very, very long time. |
| 0:16.8 | Who is writing the script? |
| 0:18.2 | Because you've actually got some of the world leaders gathering at Notre Dame Cathedral, |
| 0:24.5 | legendary medieval palace cathedral, and the news is all meeting in Paris. |
| 0:32.5 | It's just who's writing us? |
| 0:33.9 | You couldn't make it up. |
| 0:35.4 | I don't know. It's the news gods, isn't it? |
| 0:37.4 | Well, they certainly smiled. I mean, there's a strange story to get to where Macron has a 180-degree |
| 0:44.7 | day, catastrophe politically, miracle for this building which has been brought back from the ashes. |
| 0:51.5 | But isn't it also the most Macron thing to be in terrible, terrible trouble and then be able |
| 0:55.6 | to appeal to a divine spirit on worldwide global television with some of the equally powerful |
| 1:02.8 | people arriving to bask in the glory of a restored medieval building? |
| 1:07.9 | That preview is ahead on Saturday's newscast. |
| 1:11.2 | Newscast from the BBC. |
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