1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:02,800 Speaker 1: France, Catherine, how are you om good? 2 00:00:02,840 --> 00:00:03,360 Speaker 2: Thanks, Mike. 3 00:00:03,960 --> 00:00:07,000 Speaker 1: Use these warfare drills, how and teams? How big? And 4 00:00:07,040 --> 00:00:07,640 Speaker 1: where are they? 5 00:00:08,440 --> 00:00:09,520 Speaker 2: Oh? Very intense. 6 00:00:09,600 --> 00:00:12,600 Speaker 3: At the moment they've just started. They're involving around twelve 7 00:00:12,640 --> 00:00:18,200 Speaker 3: thousand military. It's a high intensity maneuver, this one on 8 00:00:18,280 --> 00:00:21,560 Speaker 3: the like that we've probably never seen before. The reason 9 00:00:21,640 --> 00:00:24,600 Speaker 3: the French military say it's such high intensity is that 10 00:00:24,800 --> 00:00:28,960 Speaker 3: there's never been this confluence of threats at this level 11 00:00:28,960 --> 00:00:32,160 Speaker 3: before the deterioration of the international landscape. 12 00:00:32,240 --> 00:00:33,400 Speaker 2: It is so serious. 13 00:00:33,440 --> 00:00:35,800 Speaker 3: They say that they've spent the last couple of years 14 00:00:35,840 --> 00:00:40,000 Speaker 3: putting this together. Well, it's already started in the west 15 00:00:40,000 --> 00:00:41,440 Speaker 3: of France on the Atlantic coast. 16 00:00:41,520 --> 00:00:43,200 Speaker 2: We've got that happening at the moment. 17 00:00:43,440 --> 00:00:45,800 Speaker 3: It's going to go on now, Mike, for about two 18 00:00:45,880 --> 00:00:48,800 Speaker 3: months in this phase that we're not going to see much, 19 00:00:49,479 --> 00:00:51,400 Speaker 3: and then in April we're going to see the really 20 00:00:51,440 --> 00:00:54,320 Speaker 3: big one, which is when the French handover control of 21 00:00:54,360 --> 00:00:58,320 Speaker 3: this high intensity drill to NATO, and then you're going 22 00:00:58,360 --> 00:01:01,200 Speaker 3: to have all the NATO countries have evolved. It's going 23 00:01:01,280 --> 00:01:04,080 Speaker 3: to go from the west of France on the Atlantic 24 00:01:04,120 --> 00:01:05,840 Speaker 3: coast and it's going to you're going to have tanks 25 00:01:05,880 --> 00:01:11,280 Speaker 3: sweeping across past Powers to Champagne, just to work out 26 00:01:11,440 --> 00:01:14,520 Speaker 3: how exactly they're going to be up to speed as 27 00:01:14,800 --> 00:01:17,800 Speaker 3: a dissuasion force. And as a way of saying, listen, 28 00:01:17,880 --> 00:01:21,800 Speaker 3: you know NATO trains all the time, various countries come together, 29 00:01:22,240 --> 00:01:25,240 Speaker 3: but they need to practice for the real thing now. 30 00:01:25,400 --> 00:01:29,119 Speaker 3: And we're going to see four Asian and of course 31 00:01:29,240 --> 00:01:31,600 Speaker 3: Australia is going to be part of that big move 32 00:01:31,680 --> 00:01:34,640 Speaker 3: here in April. And also the other big thing, of course, 33 00:01:34,680 --> 00:01:37,760 Speaker 3: which everyone is worried about now is cybersecurity. Part of 34 00:01:37,760 --> 00:01:39,960 Speaker 3: that is also they're going to be training for what 35 00:01:40,160 --> 00:01:44,040 Speaker 3: happens when an enemy takes down all of the possibility 36 00:01:44,080 --> 00:01:45,720 Speaker 3: of people to be able to phone one another, how 37 00:01:45,720 --> 00:01:48,680 Speaker 3: can they get their messages across things that are part 38 00:01:48,760 --> 00:01:50,840 Speaker 3: of day to day. And another big thing is this 39 00:01:51,000 --> 00:01:53,720 Speaker 3: reflects this coalition of the willing that's been set up. 40 00:01:54,040 --> 00:01:56,320 Speaker 2: If need be to go and help in Ukraine. 41 00:01:56,480 --> 00:01:58,360 Speaker 1: Now, talk to me about the football, because as it 42 00:01:58,400 --> 00:02:00,360 Speaker 1: turns out, I'm going to be in this stay during 43 00:02:00,360 --> 00:02:02,440 Speaker 1: the football. Not that I'm there for the football, but anyway, 44 00:02:02,440 --> 00:02:04,880 Speaker 1: I've been going through this particular process dealing with the 45 00:02:04,880 --> 00:02:07,480 Speaker 1: States these days, getting visa's ist does all that sort 46 00:02:07,520 --> 00:02:09,679 Speaker 1: of thing. I'm assuming the French are keen on the 47 00:02:09,720 --> 00:02:10,400 Speaker 1: football still. 48 00:02:11,280 --> 00:02:14,680 Speaker 3: Oh. You just look around Europe, the big countries when 49 00:02:14,720 --> 00:02:18,240 Speaker 3: it comes to football, of what, France, Italy, Germany, and 50 00:02:18,320 --> 00:02:22,560 Speaker 3: they're all just really digesting this new rule that anyone 51 00:02:22,600 --> 00:02:25,840 Speaker 3: wanting to get this special type of visa, the Esta visa, 52 00:02:26,000 --> 00:02:28,440 Speaker 3: which used to be very easy to get, so they're 53 00:02:28,480 --> 00:02:31,280 Speaker 3: now possibly going to have to hand over five years 54 00:02:31,360 --> 00:02:37,600 Speaker 3: worth of social media postings. The absolute safety as well, 55 00:02:37,639 --> 00:02:41,800 Speaker 3: people are looking at concerns about going to the United States. 56 00:02:42,160 --> 00:02:45,440 Speaker 3: Germany one of the first countries to put out an 57 00:02:45,440 --> 00:02:47,080 Speaker 3: official advisory at the risk. 58 00:02:46,960 --> 00:02:50,959 Speaker 2: Of violence when in the US, So not only. 59 00:02:50,760 --> 00:02:54,200 Speaker 3: The possibility that punters are being put off by ticket prices, 60 00:02:54,440 --> 00:02:58,160 Speaker 3: but also this visa and the personal security. Looking at 61 00:02:58,160 --> 00:03:00,680 Speaker 3: the latest figures, Mike, you just look at from sixty 62 00:03:00,680 --> 00:03:03,840 Speaker 3: two percent of French people disapprove of everything going on 63 00:03:04,080 --> 00:03:07,919 Speaker 3: in the US, Italy sixty three percent, Germany seventy two percent. 64 00:03:08,560 --> 00:03:13,480 Speaker 3: Big football nations Kentons support their teams abroad, particularly at 65 00:03:13,480 --> 00:03:14,000 Speaker 3: the World Cup. 66 00:03:14,280 --> 00:03:18,240 Speaker 1: Exactly. Now, this this identical twin thing, is this for real? 67 00:03:18,320 --> 00:03:19,840 Speaker 1: So you got the double murder, this is this has 68 00:03:19,840 --> 00:03:21,680 Speaker 1: got Netflix written or library? Doesn't it? 69 00:03:21,680 --> 00:03:23,000 Speaker 2: It does, doesn't it yet? 70 00:03:23,400 --> 00:03:26,440 Speaker 3: Two well identical twins thirty three years old, born from 71 00:03:26,480 --> 00:03:31,079 Speaker 3: the same fertilized egg identical DNA. They're on trial accused 72 00:03:31,080 --> 00:03:33,320 Speaker 3: of conspiracy to plot a double murder. 73 00:03:34,160 --> 00:03:36,800 Speaker 2: The DNA was found on the assault. 74 00:03:36,480 --> 00:03:39,360 Speaker 3: Rifle not long after the shooting back in twenty twenty. 75 00:03:39,880 --> 00:03:42,600 Speaker 2: Police can't tell the difference. They have no idea of 76 00:03:42,680 --> 00:03:43,200 Speaker 2: knowing that. 77 00:03:43,280 --> 00:03:46,000 Speaker 3: All the police will say is they suspect it was 78 00:03:46,040 --> 00:03:48,880 Speaker 3: a drug dealing dispute. They suspect you, and this was 79 00:03:48,920 --> 00:03:50,920 Speaker 3: a double murder, and there were some other people who 80 00:03:50,920 --> 00:03:53,119 Speaker 3: were injured in the punt. They said, they just do 81 00:03:53,200 --> 00:03:56,320 Speaker 3: not know. Technology has not got to that point yet. 82 00:03:57,120 --> 00:03:59,440 Speaker 3: Of course they've said that. The police is saying. 83 00:03:59,320 --> 00:04:01,280 Speaker 2: Only there might one can tell them apart. 84 00:04:01,480 --> 00:04:05,040 Speaker 3: That apparently is because have several times been accused of 85 00:04:05,480 --> 00:04:09,480 Speaker 3: swapping clothes and telephones and ID documents in case there 86 00:04:09,520 --> 00:04:12,800 Speaker 3: are in troubles and only their mom can tell them apart. 87 00:04:12,880 --> 00:04:15,760 Speaker 2: But their mom cannot come to help on this one. 88 00:04:15,840 --> 00:04:17,880 Speaker 1: No, No, I do not catch up, sir, Catherine. Appreciate it. 89 00:04:17,920 --> 00:04:21,000 Speaker 1: Catherine Field. She's back Thursday doing the business for Joe Disney, 90 00:04:21,000 --> 00:04:24,839 Speaker 1: interestingly the other day when they made their announcement, said 91 00:04:25,000 --> 00:04:27,520 Speaker 1: we've got problems at the parks. Parks are going well, 92 00:04:28,120 --> 00:04:29,840 Speaker 1: but our problem at the parks at the moment is 93 00:04:29,880 --> 00:04:33,080 Speaker 1: the international visitors. Because of course this whole Trump thing, 94 00:04:33,240 --> 00:04:37,520 Speaker 1: social media is having a very real material effect on 95 00:04:37,640 --> 00:04:40,800 Speaker 1: people's attitude towards going to America, and they're going to 96 00:04:40,800 --> 00:04:43,320 Speaker 1: have to pump up the local advertising and marketing to 97 00:04:43,320 --> 00:04:45,880 Speaker 1: try and get more Americans into their parks to counteract 98 00:04:45,880 --> 00:04:48,440 Speaker 1: the number of internationals who are no longer going to 99 00:04:48,480 --> 00:04:50,760 Speaker 1: their parks. Having said that, I applied for MYSTA the 100 00:04:50,800 --> 00:04:52,839 Speaker 1: other day and they came back the exact same day 101 00:04:53,760 --> 00:04:55,720 Speaker 1: and for Katie as well and said welcome to America, 102 00:04:55,800 --> 00:04:57,640 Speaker 1: have a great time. So I'm just not sure how 103 00:04:57,680 --> 00:04:59,160 Speaker 1: much of its real versus theory. 104 00:04:59,520 --> 00:05:02,440 Speaker 3: For more from The Mic Asking Breakfast, listen live to 105 00:05:02,520 --> 00:05:05,599 Speaker 3: News Talks at B from six am weekdays, or follow 106 00:05:05,640 --> 00:05:07,200 Speaker 3: the podcast on iHeartRadio.