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Speaker 1: Devin gray Are UK europe correspondent Gavin Good morning, good

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Speaker 1: evening either right now, Emanuel Macron is in London for

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Speaker 1: the first state visit of a European state leader since Brickset.

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Speaker 2: Yes, that's right, and it's the first visit state visit

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Speaker 2: of a French president here for seventeen years. And the

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Speaker 2: UK government when it came in just over a year ago,

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Speaker 2: promised to reset the relationship with the European Union and

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Speaker 2: that of course over the Brexit vote, and this three

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Speaker 2: day visit day two today, the carpet is red carpet

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Speaker 2: quite literally being rolled out for Emmanuel Macron and his wife.

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Speaker 2: They were greeted by King Charles and Queen Camilla. He

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Speaker 2: then gave a speech to Parliament talking about how both

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Speaker 2: countries have a duty to tackle illegal migration quote with humanity,

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Speaker 2: solidarity and firmness. And it's very much a topic of

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Speaker 2: choice at the moment, with numbers spiking again getting across

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Speaker 2: the English Channel to the UK in small boat. But

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Speaker 2: many here in France believe that I believe rather that

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Speaker 2: France simply isn't doing enough to stop those small boats

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Speaker 2: crossing the channel, despite being given tens of millions of

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Speaker 2: pounds taxpayers money here to fight the criminal gangs operating

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Speaker 2: over there. Anyway, today the tour continues, they go through

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Speaker 2: Windsor and also visit the tomb of the late Queen Interesting.

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Speaker 1: Germany accusing China's military of targeting one of its aircraft

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Speaker 1: with a laser.

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Speaker 2: Yes, the Chinese ambassador has been summoned to the German

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Speaker 2: Foreign Ministry over this claims of this incident that they

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Speaker 2: say happened at the start of this month. The tensions

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Speaker 2: come as really concerns mount in the European Union about

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Speaker 2: the influence that China is having on critical technologies and

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Speaker 2: also security infrastructure in Europe. Now, according to Germany's Defense Ministry,

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Speaker 2: they say the aircraft was taking part in the European

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Speaker 2: Union Aspdes mission, which is a response to attacks on

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Speaker 2: international shipping in the Red Sea by the Uti rebels

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Speaker 2: backed by Iran. Of course, now Operation Aspardes is purely

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Speaker 2: a defensive mission to increase maritime surveillance, but it is

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Speaker 2: thought that during that point in time, maritime surveillance aircraft

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Speaker 2: has been carrying out reconnaissance work over the Red Sea,

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Speaker 2: and a Chinese warship which had been encountered several times

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Speaker 2: in the Red Sea, targeted the aircraft with a laser

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Speaker 2: for no reason and prior communication had not been conducted

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Speaker 2: during this routine mission flight and by using the laser,

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Speaker 2: the Germans are saying the warship was put at risk

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Speaker 2: both the equipment and the personnel on board, but very

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Speaker 2: few other details at the moment, the Chinese denying any

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Speaker 2: such laser was fired.

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Speaker 1: Now Greg Wallace TV present to we all know him

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Speaker 1: here Mastership BBC. What's happening with him?

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Speaker 2: Well, so, of course he's been off our screens for

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Speaker 2: a while after allegations surfaced of inappropriate misconduct or inappropriate

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Speaker 2: sexual comments. And now we learn that, according to reports

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Speaker 2: at least he has been sacked and removed from the

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Speaker 2: program and removed as a presenter by the production company

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Speaker 2: that makes Master Chef and other things called Banijay. Now

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Speaker 2: he has come out fighting. He's issued a statement saying

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Speaker 2: if you think I'm going to go quietly or wrong,

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Speaker 2: basically saying that a lot of these allegations are completely

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Speaker 2: false and that the BBC investigation has ultimately shown that

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Speaker 2: the most serious allegations are completely incorrect. So for his part,

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Speaker 2: Greg Wallace said quote, I will not go quietly. I

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Speaker 2: will not be cancelled for convenience. I was tried by

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Speaker 2: media and hung out to dry well before the facts

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Speaker 2: were established, and has accused the BBC of peddling baseless

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Speaker 2: and sensationalized gos masquerading, has properly corroborated stories. Meanwhile, Ryan,

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Speaker 2: it's alleged to further fifty people have come forward alleging

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Speaker 2: inappropriate conduct, including dropping his trousers allegedly when people go

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Speaker 2: into his dressing room without wearing any underwear, and inappropriate

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Speaker 2: comments as well. So I think this one is set

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Speaker 2: to wrangle on for some considerable time. But it looks

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Speaker 2: like he won't be on our TV screens for a

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Speaker 2: while yet.

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Speaker 1: No, it sounds like rightly, so if that's true. Hey,

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Speaker 1: London looked absolutely beautiful. And the images that we're seeing

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Speaker 1: coming out of London with the French President Macron and

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Speaker 1: his wife there and they're in the horse and carriage

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Speaker 1: with King Charles, it just looks beautiful.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it's a great time of year. A little bit

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Speaker 2: too hot for some of those dressed up in all

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Speaker 2: the finery yesterday our sense, but yeah, it was really good. Interestingly,

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Speaker 2: the state banquet that they were given yesterday was at

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Speaker 2: Windsor Castle. That's because Buckingham Palace is under such huge

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Speaker 2: renovation at the moment. Indeed, I think Donald Trump's visit

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Speaker 2: in a couple of months time, we'll see a similar

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Speaker 2: tactic entertainment winsor not at Buckingham Palace. But yeah, truly, yeah,

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Speaker 2: it shows off a lot of the pomp and ceremony,

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Speaker 2: but also shows off how London's looking in these lovely

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Speaker 2: summer months.

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Speaker 1: Absolutely, Gavin, Thank you, Gavin Gray, are you europe correspondent?

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