A team of French government officials were in London on Monday to meet with city heads to make the case for Paris as an alternative to London and Frankfurt as Europe's key business hub in a post-Brexit Europe.

Paris deputy mayor Jean louis Missika accompanied Valerie Pecresse, president of the wider Paris region and Gerard Mestrallet, chairman of France's finance industry lobby Europlace, met with over 80 companies, investment banks, equity firms and FinTech (Financial Technology industry) companies.

As well as claiming that Paris was the only other city in Europe to match London's infrastructure when it came to serving banks and Fintech, the officials were keen to emphasise high standards of life in Paris as a strong and unique selling point.

London - 6 February 2017

1. Valerie Pecresse, head of the wider Paris region, arriving for news conference

2. Various of journalists at news conference

3. Pecresse (centre) sitting on panel

4. SOUNDBITE (English) Valerie Pecresse, President of the wider Paris region:

"We are the only global economic city in continental Europe, and the only city that can compare to Paris is London as far as the globality of the place is concerned. In the end, and that is what I would say, there is quality of life, quality of life. If you want to live somewhere you look at the quality of the cultural life, of cooking, healthcare, childrens' care. And in this aspect I think Paris can rate first in continental Europe. And I would not dare to ask you a tricky question: when was the last time you took your partner off for a weekend in Frankfurt?"

5. Cutaway of journalists at news conference

6. SOUNDBITE (English) Gerard Mestrallet, Chairman of France's finance industry lobby Europlace:

"Of course, there are some concerns about the labour flexibility. Some progress also has been made, the negotiations are more on the level of the corporate than on the national level, that progress. But we need more. And also in terms of social charges, of course, more progress has to be made. But after the presidential elections, most of those points we will try and find (solutions)."

7. French business delegation mingling with UK counterparts

8. Paris deputy mayor Jean Louis Missika in conversation

9. SOUNDBITE (French) Jean Louis Missika, Paris deputy mayor:

"Brexit is an opportunity for Paris, it's all an opportunity for many other cities in Europe. It's a once in a century opportunity. And obviously we have to seize this opportunity. We have started to change our regulations. We are here to show what Paris has to offer, we are also here to listen. Our partners can tell us what they expect of Paris, what can we do to improve their welcome. I'm thinking about schools, English-speaking education, healthcare, benefits, you have to take into account that moving a business from one city to another is not easy."

10. Various of Pecresse talking to journalist

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With the prospect of Britain voting to leave Europe in just over a week, art dealers are showing caution with big purchases.

At Art Basel in Switzerland, where works from the likes of Pollock and Picasso move in multi million dollar exchanges, experts say the mood is optimistic, but subdued.

STORY-LINE:

This large, colourful abstract painting, titled Prag 1883 is by German artist Gerhard Richter.

Available for 20-million dollars, it's been brought to northwest Switzerland by New York-based Gagosian gallery.

It's just one of the pieces on show at Art Basel, the highlight of the year for art lovers and collectors.

Mitchell-Innes & Nash, also a New York-based gallery, is showing one of the famous drip paintings by American artist, Jackson Pollock.

The white, red and green drip painting, titled Number 21, is listed for 25 million dollars.

Like always, Art Basel is a celebration of the intersection between fine contemporary art and big business.

All of the 4,000 artworks, shown by 280 galleries, are for sale.

This year the total value of the art on sale exceeds 2.5 billion euros (2.8 million US dollars), according to AXA Art - an art insurer.

But the mood is somewhat dampened by a sputtering market.

In 2015 the global art market shrunk by seven percent compared to the year before, according to the annual TEAF (The European Fine Art Fair) market report.

There were still a healthy 63.8 billion euros (71.6 billion US dollars) in sales globally, but a significant downturn from the last few boom years.

"In the beginning of 2015, the first quarter, it felt as if the art market rang the bell at the top of the market," says Todd Levin, a New York-based art advisor.

"And since then the market has begun a slow but gradual correction, or slide. It is nothing serious but certainly I think that buyers are looking a little more carefully and thoughtfully."

Slide or not, the specially invited guests were still lining up on Tuesday morning (15th June 2016) to enter the fair ahead of the press and public.

Many paintings and sculptures are for sale for tens of millions of dollars.

But still, current events and political uncertainty is creating a cautious mood, according to Levin.

"Certainly Trump and the presidential elections that are coming up. But even more so Brexit. Really. At the moment it is making people concerned enough that they are thinking twice before any large purchases are made. The pound has fallen sharply in the last week. And people, as we approach Brexit in the next 10 days are taking a very cautious approach."

The Gagosian gallery is also showing a painting by American artist, Jean-Michel Basquiat.

The graffiti style New Rinso is available for 15 million dollars.

Art dealer Dominique Levy, who has galleries in both New York and London, is showing a Richter painting called "Bonley Landscape."

The oil painting depicting a mountain scene is listed at 13 million dollars.

In the top tier of the market all seems to be going quite well.

"What we are seeing now I think is a return to quality. A race for quality rather than a race for mass consumption," says Alexander Forbes, editor of Artsy art news website.

"You see that by a lot of dealers switching back to showing some more modern art. Things that have exceptional provenance. They have a real history. Artists of real quality and of a lasting nature," he says.

The global art market is still dominated by ultra-high sales, with artworks selling for over one million accounting most of the global sales in 2015, according to the TEAF report.

New York-based dealer Helly Nahmad is showing a painting by Pablo Picasso.

The "Femme assise sur un chaise" is being offered for 25 million dollars.

Hanging next to it is a masterpiece by Henri Matisse.

"Portrait au manteau bleu" is offered by the dealer for 35-million dollars.

In the past few years abstract paintings have taken up a large part of the fair.

This has changed over the last year, according to Forbes.

"You know. We had this massive trend towards abstraction. Especially you know in 2012, 13, 14. That shifted back towards figuration in painting the past couple of years," he says.

"But right now, again, across the halls here on both floors, you don't see too much of either thing. What you really see is a focus on the highest quality works. Something that Art Basel has always been particularly strong for."

There are Art Basel fairs in Miami and Hong Kong, but it is the fair in the Swiss town of Basel, where the event was founded in 1970, that draws the most high-profile galleries and collectors.

According to the annual TEAF (The European Fine Art Fair) market report, around 40 percent of all global art sales were made at art fairs in 2015.

It shows how important fairs like the Art Basel are for dealers.

"Art Basel is the Gold Standard of art fairs in the world. There is no place better and no place more important to show," says Adam Scheffer, partner at New York based dealer Cheim & Read.

"And I think that people always bring out their A-game. They put aside the best of the best to show here because it is the centre of the art world. And galleries are the centre of the art world. And it is an opportunity for education, and acquisition and all sorts of other very important aspects that truly make you, not just a buyer of art, but a collector and a connoisseur. And that is what Art Basel offers."

Art Basel, opens to the public on June 16 and runs through to June 19.

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LEAD IN:

With the prospect of Britain voting to leave Europe in just over a week, art dealers are showing caution with big purchases.

At Art Basel in Switzerland, where works from the likes of Pollock and Picasso move in multi million dollar exchanges, experts say the mood is optimistic, but subdued.

STORY-LINE:

This large, colourful abstract painting, titled Prag 1883 is by German artist Gerhard Richter.

Available for 20-million dollars, it's been brought to northwest Switzerland by New York-based Gagosian gallery.

It's just one of the pieces on show at Art Basel, the highlight of the year for art lovers and collectors.

Mitchell-Innes & Nash, also a New York-based gallery, is showing one of the famous drip paintings by American artist, Jackson Pollock.

The white, red and green drip painting, titled Number 21, is listed for 25 million dollars.

Like always, Art Basel is a celebration of the intersection between fine contemporary art and big business.

All of the 4,000 artworks, shown by 280 galleries, are for sale.

This year the total value of the art on sale exceeds 2.5 billion euros (2.8 million US dollars), according to AXA Art - an art insurer.

But the mood is somewhat dampened by a sputtering market.

In 2015 the global art market shrunk by seven percent compared to the year before, according to the annual TEAF (The European Fine Art Fair) market report.

There were still a healthy 63.8 billion euros (71.6 billion US dollars) in sales globally, but a significant downturn from the last few boom years.

"In the beginning of 2015, the first quarter, it felt as if the art market rang the bell at the top of the market," says Todd Levin, a New York-based art advisor.

"And since then the market has begun a slow but gradual correction, or slide. It is nothing serious but certainly I think that buyers are looking a little more carefully and thoughtfully."

Slide or not, the specially invited guests were still lining up on Tuesday morning (15th June 2016) to enter the fair ahead of the press and public.

Many paintings and sculptures are for sale for tens of millions of dollars.

But still, current events and political uncertainty is creating a cautious mood, according to Levin.

"Certainly Trump and the presidential elections that are coming up. But even more so Brexit. Really. At the moment it is making people concerned enough that they are thinking twice before any large purchases are made. The pound has fallen sharply in the last week. And people, as we approach Brexit in the next 10 days are taking a very cautious approach."

The Gagosian gallery is also showing a painting by American artist, Jean-Michel Basquiat.

The graffiti style New Rinso is available for 15 million dollars.

Art dealer Dominique Levy, who has galleries in both New York and London, is showing a Richter painting called "Bonley Landscape."

The oil painting depicting a mountain scene is listed at 13 million dollars.

In the top tier of the market all seems to be going quite well.

"What we are seeing now I think is a return to quality. A race for quality rather than a race for mass consumption," says Alexander Forbes, editor of Artsy art news website.

"You see that by a lot of dealers switching back to showing some more modern art. Things that have exceptional provenance. They have a real history. Artists of real quality and of a lasting nature," he says.

The global art market is still dominated by ultra-high sales, with artworks selling for over one million accounting most of the global sales in 2015, according to the TEAF report.

New York-based dealer Helly Nahmad is showing a painting by Pablo Picasso.

The "Femme assise sur un chaise" is being offered for 25 million dollars.

Hanging next to it is a masterpiece by Henri Matisse.

"Portrait au manteau bleu" is offered by the dealer for 35-million dollars.

In the past few years abstract paintings have taken up a large part of the fair.

This has changed over the last year, according to Forbes.

"You know. We had this massive trend towards abstraction. Especially you know in 2012, 13, 14. That shifted back towards figuration in painting the past couple of years," he says.

"But right now, again, across the halls here on both floors, you don't see too much of either thing. What you really see is a focus on the highest quality works. Something that Art Basel has always been particularly strong for."

There are Art Basel fairs in Miami and Hong Kong, but it is the fair in the Swiss town of Basel, where the event was founded in 1970, that draws the most high-profile galleries and collectors.

According to the annual TEAF (The European Fine Art Fair) market report, around 40 percent of all global art sales were made at art fairs in 2015.

It shows how important fairs like the Art Basel are for dealers.

"Art Basel is the Gold Standard of art fairs in the world. There is no place better and no place more important to show," says Adam Scheffer, partner at New York based dealer Cheim & Read.

"And I think that people always bring out their A-game. They put aside the best of the best to show here because it is the centre of the art world. And galleries are the centre of the art world. And it is an opportunity for education, and acquisition and all sorts of other very important aspects that truly make you, not just a buyer of art, but a collector and a connoisseur. And that is what Art Basel offers."

Art Basel, opens to the public on June 16 and runs through to June 19.

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Basel - 14 June 2016

1. Wide of "Prag 1883" by Gerhard Richter, offered for 20-million dollars

2. Various close of "Prag 1883" by Gerhard Richter, offered for 20-million dollars

3. Wide of "Mirori et Cuillere" by Juan Munoz

4. Tilt down of "Mirori et Cuillere" by Juan Munoz

5. Zoom in on "Number 21" by Jackson Pollock, offered for 25-million dollars

6. Various close of "Number 21" by Jackson Pollock, offered for 25-million dollars

7. Wide of "Number 21" by Jackson Pollock, offered for 25-million dollars

8. Exterior of Art Basel, VIP guests waiting to enter

9. Close of sign

10. Various of people entering VIP preview of Art Basel

11. People inside Art Basel halls

12. Wide of "New Rinso" by Jean-Michel Basquiat, offered for 15-million dollars

13. Various close of "New Rinso" by Jean-Michel Basquiat, offered for 15-million dollars

14. Art advisor Todd Levin speaking to woman

15. Close of Levin

16. SOUNDBITE: (English) Todd Levin, art advisor:

"In the beginning of 2015, the first quarter, it felt as if the art market rang the bell at the top of the market. And since then the market has begun a slow but gradual correction, or slide. It is nothing serious, but certainly I think that buyers are looking a little more carefully and thoughtfully."

17. People looking at "Anchorhead" statue by David Smith, offered for 7.3-million dollars

18. Various of "Anchorhead" statue by David Smith, offered for 7.3-million dollars

19. Wide of people in gallery

20. Mid of people in gallery

21. SOUNDBITE: (English) Todd Levin, art advisor:

"Certainly Trump and the presidential elections that are coming up, but even more so Brexit, really, at the moment it is making people concerned enough that they are thinking twice before any large purchases are made. The pound has fallen sharply in the last week. And people, as we approach Brexit in the next 10 days are taking a very cautious approach."

22. Woman taking photo of "OM+A" by Tony Oursler

23. Various close of "OM+A" by Tony Oursler

24. Various of "Femme assise sur un chaise" by Pablo Picasso, offered for 25-million dollars

25. Wide of "930-7 strip" by Gerhard Richter

26. Zoom out of "930-7 strip" by Gerhard Richter

27. Alexander Forbes, editor of Artsy art news website, walking next to "930-7 strip"

28. SOUNDBITE: (English) Alexander Forbes, editor of Artsy art news website:

"What we are seeing now I think is a return to quality. A race for quality rather than a race for mass consumption. You see that by a lot of dealers switching back to showing some more modern art. Things that have exceptional provenance. They have a real history. Artists of real quality and of a lasting nature."

29. Wide of "Portrait au manteau bleu" by Henri Matisse, offered for 35-million dollars

30. Various close of "Portrait au manteau bleu" by Henri Matisse, offered for 35-million dollars

31. Tilt up of sculpture

32. People at the Art Basel galleries

33. Various of people looking at "Memory Ware Flat" by Mike Kelley

34. Close pan of "Memory Ware Flat" by Mike Kelley

35. Pull focus of "Memory Ware Flat" by Mike Kelley

36. SOUNDBITE: (English) Alexander Forbes, editor of Artsy art news website:

"You know. We had this massive trend towards abstraction. Especially you know in 2012, 13, 14. That shifted back towards figuration in painting the past couple of years. But right now, again, across the halls here on both floors, you don't see too much of either thing. What you really see is a focus on the highest quality works. Something that Art Basel has always been particularly strong for."

37. Wide of "Untitled" by Joan Mitchell, offered for 5.5-million dollars

38. Various close of "Untitled" by Joan Mitchell, offered for 5.5-million dollars

39. SOUNDBITE: (English) Adam Scheffer, partner at New York based dealer Cheim & Read:

"Well, Art Basel is the Gold Standard of art fairs in the world. There is no place better and no place more important to show. And I think that people always bring out their A-game. They put aside the best of the best to show here because it is the centre of the art world. And galleries are the centre of the art world. And it is an opportunity for education, and acquisition and all sorts of other very important aspects that truly make you, not just a buyer of art, but a collector and a connoisseur. And that is what Art Basel offers."

40. Wide of "Bonley Landscape" by Gerhard Richter, offered for 13-million dollars

41. Zoom in of "Bonley Landscape" by Gerhard Richter

42. Various wide of people in Art Basel galleries

LENGTH: 7:03

LEAD IN:

With the prospect of Britain voting to leave Europe in just over a week, art dealers are showing caution with big purchases.

At Art Basel in Switzerland, where works from the likes of Pollock and Picasso move in multi million dollar exchanges, experts say the mood is optimistic, but subdued.

STORY-LINE:

This large, colourful abstract painting, titled Prag 1883 is by German artist Gerhard Richter.

Available for 20-million dollars, it's been brought to northwest Switzerland by New York-based Gagosian gallery.

It's just one of the pieces on show at Art Basel, the highlight of the year for art lovers and collectors.

Mitchell-Innes & Nash, also a New York-based gallery, is showing one of the famous drip paintings by American artist, Jackson Pollock.

The white, red and green drip painting, titled Number 21, is listed for 25 million dollars.

Like always, Art Basel is a celebration of the intersection between fine contemporary art and big business.

All of the 4,000 artworks, shown by 280 galleries, are for sale.

This year the total value of the art on sale exceeds 2.5 billion euros (2.8 million US dollars), according to AXA Art - an art insurer.

But the mood is somewhat dampened by a sputtering market.

In 2015 the global art market shrunk by seven percent compared to the year before, according to the annual TEAF (The European Fine Art Fair) market report.

There were still a healthy 63.8 billion euros (71.6 billion US dollars) in sales globally, but a significant downturn from the last few boom years.

"In the beginning of 2015, the first quarter, it felt as if the art market rang the bell at the top of the market," says Todd Levin, a New York-based art advisor.

"And since then the market has begun a slow but gradual correction, or slide. It is nothing serious but certainly I think that buyers are looking a little more carefully and thoughtfully."

Slide or not, the specially invited guests were still lining up on Tuesday morning (15th June 2016) to enter the fair ahead of the press and public.

Many paintings and sculptures are for sale for tens of millions of dollars.

But still, current events and political uncertainty is creating a cautious mood, according to Levin.

"Certainly Trump and the presidential elections that are coming up. But even more so Brexit. Really. At the moment it is making people concerned enough that they are thinking twice before any large purchases are made. The pound has fallen sharply in the last week. And people, as we approach Brexit in the next 10 days are taking a very cautious approach."

The Gagosian gallery is also showing a painting by American artist, Jean-Michel Basquiat.

The graffiti style New Rinso is available for 15 million dollars.

Art dealer Dominique Levy, who has galleries in both New York and London, is showing a Richter painting called "Bonley Landscape."

The oil painting depicting a mountain scene is listed at 13 million dollars.

In the top tier of the market all seems to be going quite well.

"What we are seeing now I think is a return to quality. A race for quality rather than a race for mass consumption," says Alexander Forbes, editor of Artsy art news website.

"You see that by a lot of dealers switching back to showing some more modern art. Things that have exceptional provenance. They have a real history. Artists of real quality and of a lasting nature," he says.

The global art market is still dominated by ultra-high sales, with artworks selling for over one million accounting most of the global sales in 2015, according to the TEAF report.

New York-based dealer Helly Nahmad is showing a painting by Pablo Picasso.

The "Femme assise sur un chaise" is being offered for 25 million dollars.

Hanging next to it is a masterpiece by Henri Matisse.

"Portrait au manteau bleu" is offered by the dealer for 35-million dollars.

In the past few years abstract paintings have taken up a large part of the fair.

This has changed over the last year, according to Forbes.

"You know. We had this massive trend towards abstraction. Especially you know in 2012, 13, 14. That shifted back towards figuration in painting the past couple of years," he says.

"But right now, again, across the halls here on both floors, you don't see too much of either thing. What you really see is a focus on the highest quality works. Something that Art Basel has always been particularly strong for."

There are Art Basel fairs in Miami and Hong Kong, but it is the fair in the Swiss town of Basel, where the event was founded in 1970, that draws the most high-profile galleries and collectors.

According to the annual TEAF (The European Fine Art Fair) market report, around 40 percent of all global art sales were made at art fairs in 2015.

It shows how important fairs like the Art Basel are for dealers.

"Art Basel is the Gold Standard of art fairs in the world. There is no place better and no place more important to show," says Adam Scheffer, partner at New York based dealer Cheim & Read.

"And I think that people always bring out their A-game. They put aside the best of the best to show here because it is the centre of the art world. And galleries are the centre of the art world. And it is an opportunity for education, and acquisition and all sorts of other very important aspects that truly make you, not just a buyer of art, but a collector and a connoisseur. And that is what Art Basel offers."

Art Basel, opens to the public on June 16 and runs through to June 19.

LEAD IN:

With the prospect of Britain voting to leave Europe in just over a week, art dealers are showing caution with big purchases.

At Art Basel in Switzerland, where works from the likes of Pollock and Picasso move in multi million dollar exchanges, experts say the mood is optimistic, but subdued.

STORY-LINE:

This large, colourful abstract painting, titled Prag 1883 is by German artist Gerhard Richter.

Available for 20-million dollars, it's been brought to northwest Switzerland by New York-based Gagosian gallery.

It's just one of the pieces on show at Art Basel, the highlight of the year for art lovers and collectors.

Mitchell-Innes & Nash, also a New York-based gallery, is showing one of the famous drip paintings by American artist, Jackson Pollock.

The white, red and green drip painting, titled Number 21, is listed for 25 million dollars.

Like always, Art Basel is a celebration of the intersection between fine contemporary art and big business.

All of the 4,000 artworks, shown by 280 galleries, are for sale.

This year the total value of the art on sale exceeds 2.5 billion euros (2.8 million US dollars), according to AXA Art - an art insurer.

But the mood is somewhat dampened by a sputtering market.

In 2015 the global art market shrunk by seven percent compared to the year before, according to the annual TEAF (The European Fine Art Fair) market report.

There were still a healthy 63.8 billion euros (71.6 billion US dollars) in sales globally, but a significant downturn from the last few boom years.

"In the beginning of 2015, the first quarter, it felt as if the art market rang the bell at the top of the market," says Todd Levin, a New York-based art advisor.

"And since then the market has begun a slow but gradual correction, or slide. It is nothing serious but certainly I think that buyers are looking a little more carefully and thoughtfully."

Slide or not, the specially invited guests were still lining up on Tuesday morning (15th June 2016) to enter the fair ahead of the press and public.

Many paintings and sculptures are for sale for tens of millions of dollars.

But still, current events and political uncertainty is creating a cautious mood, according to Levin.

"Certainly Trump and the presidential elections that are coming up. But even more so Brexit. Really. At the moment it is making people concerned enough that they are thinking twice before any large purchases are made. The pound has fallen sharply in the last week. And people, as we approach Brexit in the next 10 days are taking a very cautious approach."

The Gagosian gallery is also showing a painting by American artist, Jean-Michel Basquiat.

The graffiti style New Rinso is available for 15 million dollars.

Art dealer Dominique Levy, who has galleries in both New York and London, is showing a Richter painting called "Bonley Landscape."

The oil painting depicting a mountain scene is listed at 13 million dollars.

In the top tier of the market all seems to be going quite well.

"What we are seeing now I think is a return to quality. A race for quality rather than a race for mass consumption," says Alexander Forbes, editor of Artsy art news website.

"You see that by a lot of dealers switching back to showing some more modern art. Things that have exceptional provenance. They have a real history. Artists of real quality and of a lasting nature," he says.

The global art market is still dominated by ultra-high sales, with artworks selling for over one million accounting most of the global sales in 2015, according to the TEAF report.

New York-based dealer Helly Nahmad is showing a painting by Pablo Picasso.

The "Femme assise sur un chaise" is being offered for 25 million dollars.

Hanging next to it is a masterpiece by Henri Matisse.

"Portrait au manteau bleu" is offered by the dealer for 35-million dollars.

In the past few years abstract paintings have taken up a large part of the fair.

This has changed over the last year, according to Forbes.

"You know. We had this massive trend towards abstraction. Especially you know in 2012, 13, 14. That shifted back towards figuration in painting the past couple of years," he says.

"But right now, again, across the halls here on both floors, you don't see too much of either thing. What you really see is a focus on the highest quality works. Something that Art Basel has always been particularly strong for."

There are Art Basel fairs in Miami and Hong Kong, but it is the fair in the Swiss town of Basel, where the event was founded in 1970, that draws the most high-profile galleries and collectors.

According to the annual TEAF (The European Fine Art Fair) market report, around 40 percent of all global art sales were made at art fairs in 2015.

It shows how important fairs like the Art Basel are for dealers.

"Art Basel is the Gold Standard of art fairs in the world. There is no place better and no place more important to show," says Adam Scheffer, partner at New York based dealer Cheim & Read.

"And I think that people always bring out their A-game. They put aside the best of the best to show here because it is the centre of the art world. And galleries are the centre of the art world. And it is an opportunity for education, and acquisition and all sorts of other very important aspects that truly make you, not just a buyer of art, but a collector and a connoisseur. And that is what Art Basel offers."

Art Basel, opens to the public on June 16 and runs through to June 19.

AP Television

Basel - 14 June 2016

1. Wide of "Prag 1883" by Gerhard Richter, offered for 20-million dollars

2. Various close of "Prag 1883" by Gerhard Richter, offered for 20-million dollars

3. Wide of "Mirori et Cuillere" by Juan Munoz

4. Tilt down of "Mirori et Cuillere" by Juan Munoz

5. Zoom in on "Number 21" by Jackson Pollock, offered for 25-million dollars

6. Various close of "Number 21" by Jackson Pollock, offered for 25-million dollars

7. Wide of "Number 21" by Jackson Pollock, offered for 25-million dollars

8. Exterior of Art Basel, VIP guests waiting to enter

9. Close of sign

10. Various of people entering VIP preview of Art Basel

11. People inside Art Basel halls

12. Wide of "New Rinso" by Jean-Michel Basquiat, offered for 15-million dollars

13. Various close of "New Rinso" by Jean-Michel Basquiat, offered for 15-million dollars

14. Art advisor Todd Levin speaking to woman

15. Close of Levin

16. SOUNDBITE: (English) Todd Levin, art advisor:

"In the beginning of 2015, the first quarter, it felt as if the art market rang the bell at the top of the market. And since then the market has begun a slow but gradual correction, or slide. It is nothing serious, but certainly I think that buyers are looking a little more carefully and thoughtfully."

17. People looking at "Anchorhead" statue by David Smith, offered for 7.3-million dollars

18. Various of "Anchorhead" statue by David Smith, offered for 7.3-million dollars

19. Wide of people in gallery

20. Mid of people in gallery

21. SOUNDBITE: (English) Todd Levin, art advisor:

"Certainly Trump and the presidential elections that are coming up, but even more so Brexit, really, at the moment it is making people concerned enough that they are thinking twice before any large purchases are made. The pound has fallen sharply in the last week. And people, as we approach Brexit in the next 10 days are taking a very cautious approach."

22. Woman taking photo of "OM+A" by Tony Oursler

23. Various close of "OM+A" by Tony Oursler

24. Various of "Femme assise sur un chaise" by Pablo Picasso, offered for 25-million dollars

25. Wide of "930-7 strip" by Gerhard Richter

26. Zoom out of "930-7 strip" by Gerhard Richter

27. Alexander Forbes, editor of Artsy art news website, walking next to "930-7 strip"

28. SOUNDBITE: (English) Alexander Forbes, editor of Artsy art news website:

"What we are seeing now I think is a return to quality. A race for quality rather than a race for mass consumption. You see that by a lot of dealers switching back to showing some more modern art. Things that have exceptional provenance. They have a real history. Artists of real quality and of a lasting nature."

29. Wide of "Portrait au manteau bleu" by Henri Matisse, offered for 35-million dollars

30. Various close of "Portrait au manteau bleu" by Henri Matisse, offered for 35-million dollars

31. Tilt up of sculpture

32. People at the Art Basel galleries

33. Various of people looking at "Memory Ware Flat" by Mike Kelley

34. Close pan of "Memory Ware Flat" by Mike Kelley

35. Pull focus of "Memory Ware Flat" by Mike Kelley

36. SOUNDBITE: (English) Alexander Forbes, editor of Artsy art news website:

"You know. We had this massive trend towards abstraction. Especially you know in 2012, 13, 14. That shifted back towards figuration in painting the past couple of years. But right now, again, across the halls here on both floors, you don't see too much of either thing. What you really see is a focus on the highest quality works. Something that Art Basel has always been particularly strong for."

37. Wide of "Untitled" by Joan Mitchell, offered for 5.5-million dollars

38. Various close of "Untitled" by Joan Mitchell, offered for 5.5-million dollars

39. SOUNDBITE: (English) Adam Scheffer, partner at New York based dealer Cheim & Read:

"Well, Art Basel is the Gold Standard of art fairs in the world. There is no place better and no place more important to show. And I think that people always bring out their A-game. They put aside the best of the best to show here because it is the centre of the art world. And galleries are the centre of the art world. And it is an opportunity for education, and acquisition and all sorts of other very important aspects that truly make you, not just a buyer of art, but a collector and a connoisseur. And that is what Art Basel offers."

40. Wide of "Bonley Landscape" by Gerhard Richter, offered for 13-million dollars

41. Zoom in of "Bonley Landscape" by Gerhard Richter

42. Various wide of people in Art Basel galleries

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British residents in Spain were among those watching the EU referendum result closely on Thursday as the UK voted on whether to remain within or leave the European Union.

Spain has one of the largest communities of British people living abroad, with around 300-thousand Brits officially registered as residents.

It is also a key holiday destination for British tourists.

In the seaside resort city of Benidorn, which has a vibrant British community of around 3,500 people, Brits expressed their concerns on Thursday about what a 'Leave' vote would mean for local British residents and tourists, with a possible weaker pound being a key worry for some.

Most people were going out as usual and most clubs didn't broadcast the TV specials on the referendum, although early after polls closed in Britain some people were seen watching the results in at least a couple of bars in the area of Levante Beach.

The British expat community in Spain is split between those who can vote and those who have lived away from Britain for longer than fifteen years, disqualifying them from a say on whether the UK remains in union with their adopted country.

Many of them are afraid of the consequences of a potential Brexit for their status in Spain, which would depend on negotiations between the EU and the UK should the 'Leave' side triumph.

British residents in Spain were among those watching the EU referendum result closely on Thursday as the UK voted on whether to remain within or leave the European Union.

Spain has one of the largest communities of British people living abroad, with around 300-thousand Brits officially registered as residents.

It is also a key holiday destination for British tourists.

In the seaside resort city of Benidorn, which has a vibrant British community of around 3,500 people, Brits expressed their concerns on Thursday about what a 'Leave' vote would mean for local British residents and tourists, with a possible weaker pound being a key worry for some.

Most people were going out as usual and most clubs didn't broadcast the TV specials on the referendum, although early after polls closed in Britain some people were seen watching the results in at least a couple of bars in the area of Levante Beach.

The British expat community in Spain is split between those who can vote and those who have lived away from Britain for longer than fifteen years, disqualifying them from a say on whether the UK remains in union with their adopted country.

Many of them are afraid of the consequences of a potential Brexit for their status in Spain, which would depend on negotiations between the EU and the UK should the 'Leave' side triumph.

Benidorm - 23 June 2016

++NIGHT SHOTS++

1. Various of coast promenade in Benidorm

2. Close of Union Jack bunting

3. Various of nightclubs

4. Television screen showing news programme on EU Referendum

5. Louise Bell, 42-years-old, UK-born but has been living in Spain for 19 years, watching television programme on EU referendum

6. SOUNDBITE (English) Louise Bell, born in Nottingham but has been living in Spain for 19 years:

"I believe that it's not going to make much difference if we come out of the Euro (sic.). I think everything will stay more or less the same as it was 19 years ago; it's just that you would have to have a work permit to come over to Spain, which I think is more safer for the people travelling around, people with no papers will be more controlled. And my vote is out, because I'm English and I think I deserve, for my country, for my family, that they get the best from their own country."

7. Jim Lions and his wife, UK tourists, watching television coverage

8. SOUNDBITE (English) Jim Lions, 58-years-old, UK tourist in Benidorm:

"I have not voted because I've been here in Benidorm on holiday."

9. Close of Jim Lions

10. SOUNDBITE (English) Jim Lions, 58-years-old, UK tourist in Benidorm:

"I vote we stay in because it's good for a lot of British, could be a lot of problems if we go alone, it's good for companies, the company I work for we deal all over Europe, so it's very good for us."

11. Close of sign reading "Titanic Bar"

12. Bar customers having a drink and watching television coverage

13. SOUNDBITE (English) Denise Wood, 60-years-old, UK tourist:

"I voted by proxy before I came away, I voted to come out of the EU and I don't think that our country benefits from the EU, and I don't think that the politicians know what to do with the country."

14. Various of bars in Benidorm

There was uncertainty on Friday among Poles living in the United Kingdom after Britons voted in a referendum to leave the European Union..

Many are waiting to find out what the new immigration laws will be after the UK leaves the bloc to see how they will be affected.

Poland's foreign minister has said that Britain's deciding to leave the EU is "bad news" for Europe and for the many Poles - estimated at about 850,000 - who now live in Britain.

There was uncertainty on Friday among Poles living in the United Kingdom after Britons voted in a referendum to leave the European Union..

Many are waiting to find out what the new immigration laws will be after the UK leaves the bloc to see how they will be affected.

Poland's foreign minister has said that Britain's deciding to leave the EU is "bad news" for Europe and for the many Poles - estimated at about 850,000 - who now live in Britain.

London - 24 June 2016

1. Various of Polish restaurant in Hammersmith, West London; people inside

2. SOUNDBITE (English) Regina Wasiak-Taylor, vice chairman of the Union of Polish Writers Abroad:

"And I obviously a day after voting I am not only surprised but I am worrying what is going to happen. Not only about the Polish people who stay here but about the country, about the United Kingdom and what's going to happen in Scotland."

3. Cutaway of menu board

4. SOUNDBITE (Polish) Wojciech Klas, librarian:

"I think some Poles will come back home because not everyone has been here long enough to have the right to stay. You can get permanent residency here after five years but some people haven’t been here that long.”

5. Various of Krystna Kaplan reading flyer

6. SOUNDBITE (English) Krystna Kaplan, retiree:

"And I think common sense has won. I think that people who have not been elected by all the European citizens should not be running the continent. Who are they anyway?"

7. Various of office of Londynek.net the Polish online newspaper

8. Various of editor of Londynek.net Marcin Rychcik at work at his desk

9. SOUNDBITE (Polish) Marcin Rychcik editor of Londynek.net, Polish online newspaper:

"Most of them don’t know what to expect because we don’t know anything about the new immigration laws if they will come into place so don’t know what is happening and this is the most scary thing."

10. Various of Jedrzej Bielecki, journalist for Warsaw newspaper Rzeczpospolita

11. SOUNDBITE (English) Jedrzej Bielecki, journalist for Rzeczpospolita:

"This is first of all a surprise for everybody here in England, but as well a kind of disappointment as we had this vision of Britain as very much a mature political country with a very long democratic tradition with a way of thinking in a rational way and now we see this country is very much in the grip of populism."

12. Exterior of Polish store

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Donald Trump, in a visit to Scotland on Friday, hailed Britain's vote to leave the European Union, drawing parallels to the anger driving his own presidential campaign.

"I love to see people take their country back," he told reporters at a news conference at one of his golf courses in Scotland. "And that's really what's happening in the United States" and other parts of the world.

The campaign leading to Thursday's stunning vote for Britain to leave the European Union shared some of the populist themes driving the Trump campaign, including a wariness of immigration, concern about borders and skepticism of the value of multinational organizations.

"People want to see borders. They don't necessarily want people pouring into their country that they don't know who they are and where they come from," Trump said.

Trump, whose visit to Scotland is his first international trip since sealing sufficient delegate support to be the GOP standard bearer this fall, also predicted that other nations will follow the United Kingdom's lead.

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Donald Trump, in a visit to Scotland on Friday, hailed Britain's vote to leave the European Union, drawing parallels to the anger driving his own presidential campaign.

"I love to see people take their country back," he told reporters at a news conference at one of his golf courses in Scotland. "And that's really what's happening in the United States" and other parts of the world.

The campaign leading to Thursday's stunning vote for Britain to leave the European Union shared some of the populist themes driving the Trump campaign, including a wariness of immigration, concern about borders and skepticism of the value of multinational organizations.

"People want to see borders. They don't necessarily want people pouring into their country that they don't know who they are and where they come from," Trump said.

Trump, whose visit to Scotland is his first international trip since sealing sufficient delegate support to be the GOP standard bearer this fall, also predicted that other nations will follow the United Kingdom's lead.

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Turnberry, Scotland - 24 June 2016

++SOUNDBITES SEPARATED BY WHITE FLASHES++

1. SOUNDBITE (English) Donald Trump, Presumptive US Republican presidential nominee :

"One of the big votes in the history of Europe and Scotland and everywhere. It was very excting coming in. We were landing and we'd just heard the results so I wish everybody a lot of luck. I think that it's purely historic and what's happening is historic."

2. SOUNDBITE (English) Donald Trump, Presumptive US Republican presidential nominee :

"They want to take their country back and they want to have independence in a sense. And you see it with Europe, all over Europe. You're going to have more than just, in my opinion, more than just what happened last night. You're going to have I think many other cases where they want to take their borders back, they want to take their monetary back. They want to take a lot of things back. They want to be able to have a country again. So I think you are going to have this happen more and more, I believe that. And I think it's happening in the United States. It's happening by the fact I have done so well in the polls, you look at the recent polling and you look at the swing states and you see how I'm doing and I haven't even started my campaign yet essentially. I mean we've done very well, we are raising a lot of money for the Republican party."

3. SOUNDBITE (English) Donald Trump, Presumptive US Republican presidential nominee :

"I really do see a parallel between what's happening in the United States and what's happening here, people want to see borders, they don't necessarily want people pouring into their country, that they don't know who they are and where they come from. They have no idea and I think not only did it win but it won by a much bigger margin than people thought it would happen."

4. SOUNDBITE (English) Donald Trump, Presumptive US Republican presidential nominee :

"You just have to embrace it, it's the will of the people. It's not a question of approaching it. It's the will of the people. It's always the will of the people, ultimately that wins out."

5. SOUNDBITE (English) Donald Trump, Presumptive US Republican presidential nominee :

"Look if the pound goes down, their going to do more business. If the pound goes down more people are coming to Turnberry, frankly. And the pound has gone down. And let's see what the impact of that is. But I think places like Scotland and England and different places in Great Britain I think you're going to see a lot of activity."

The prime ministers of four Central European countries said on Wednesday that they shared a common interest in the United Kingdom (UK) staying inside the European Union (EU) after the forthcoming referendum.

The leaders of the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia - known as the Visegrad Group, or V4 - were speaking at a news conference in Prague.

Britons will vote on their future in the EU in a referendum on 23 June.

The prime ministers of four Central European countries said on Wednesday that they shared a common interest in the United Kingdom (UK) staying inside the European Union (EU) after the forthcoming referendum.

The leaders of the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia - known as the Visegrad Group, or V4 - were speaking at a news conference in Prague.

Britons will vote on their future in the EU in a referendum on 23 June.

Prague - 8 June 2016

1. Prime Ministers of the Visegrad Group (Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia; also known as V4) arriving at news conference

2. Various of media

3. SOUNDBITE (Czech) Bohuslav Sobotka, Czech Prime Minister:

"The decisive (moment) for the EU (European Union) will be the upcoming referendum where the British voters will decide whether they remain in the EU or not. Now I believe it would be a great loss for the EU and for the UK (United Kingdom) should the Britons go their own way. Their departure would weaken the whole European Union."

4. Various of news conference

5. SOUNDBITE (Slovak) Robert Fico, Slovakian Prime Minister:

++TRANSLATION PROVIDED AT SOURCE++

"I think, based on what I have observed not only in Slovakia but also in other countries, that there are conditions for further fragmentation of the EU. Let's not fool ourselves in thinking that there are two equal options - further integration and further fragmentation. I think the first option offers better options for the whole European Union."

6. Various of news conference

7. SOUNDBITE (Polish) Beata Szydlo, Polish Prime Minister:

++TRANSLATION PROVIDED AT SOURCE++

"The same goes for the United Kingdom. There was a debate about how to help the UK to ensure that the decisions that will be made in 12 days would be good for the EU and also for us. And we all think the UK in the EU is something very valuable and something that we need."

8. Various of news conference

BOB GELDOF WARNS OF ADVERSE EFFECTS OF BREXIT ON MUSIC INDUSTRY

Musician and political activist, Bob Geldof, warned Friday about the impact of a no-deal Brexit on the music industry.

Britain's top musicians have joined forces in writing an open letter addressed to the UK Prime Minister, Theresa May, to warn against leaving the EU.

Geldof said that the music industry will not survive in a post-Brexit Britain and in doing so, harm the economy.

"I accept the referendum vote. I reject the argument and all we're saying is let's do the same as we do on the electoral cycle," he said.

"We change our mind constantly. That's why governments change."

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FILE: New York, 21 Nov. 2016

1. Tight shot of Sir Bob Geldof and Jeanne Marine at the Angel Ball

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London - 5 October 2018

2. SOUNDBITE (English) Bob Geldof, musician and political activist:

"Specifically this country dominates the airwaves. In fact the only way that Britain still rule are the airwaves, the cyber waves, the sound waves and there is no real understanding of why there's this giant pool of talent in this country that somehow comes to the fore. And as I said broadcasts itself and our culture and our voice to the rest of the world to play hard, who sleep, eat and drink to our noise. Now why would you destroy that? Why would you invent this notion this mythic notion of a Global Britain when it exists not just in this industry but in all industries. We are the fifth largest economy in the planet."

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FILE: London, 25 June 2008

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3. Geldof arriving at event

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London - 5 October 2018

4 . SOUNDBITE (English) Bob Geldof, musician and political activist:

"How are musicians, and by that I mean, our Voice, Britain's voice, to the world. How will that survive? We do know we're brilliant at this. No one quite understands why. But how will this shallow pool in which we fish for this talent come to the fore when this existential phenomenon of Brexit occurs. How will the 94 billion dollar industry, how will that giant pool of creativity cope with it? The answer is it won't. So stop."

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FILE: London, 5 March 2016

5. Musician and campaigner Bob Geldof arrives at wedding media mogul Rupert Murdoch and model-actress Jerry Hall (he arrives with - screen-left to right - Suzanne Accosta, Bill Wyman, Jeanne Marine)

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London - 5 October 2018

6 . SOUNDBITE (English) Bob Geldof, musician and political activist:

"I accept the referendum vote. I reject the argument and all we're saying is let's do the same as we do on the electoral cycle. We change our mind constantly. That's why governments change."

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FILE: London, 15 November 2014

7. Ed Sheeran arriving for re-recording of charity single "Do They Know It's Christmas"

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FILE: London, 14 June 2018

8. Medium wide of Stormzy arriving at Grenfell one-year anniversary ceremony

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London - 5 October 2018

9 . SOUNDBITE (English) Bob Geldof, musician and political activist:

"I don't want to see this industry, this country, this magnificent people. I don't want to see it ruined. I want to see Britain's voice number one in Asia; number one in America. I want to see Ed Sheeran and I want to see Stormzy. I want to hear this new stuff that animates the planet."

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FILE: London, 15 November 2014

10 . Wide of Bob Geldof arriving for re-recording of charity single "Do They Know It's Christmas"

11. Wide of Bob Geldof talking to the crowd

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London - 5 October 2018

1. SOUNDBITE (English) Bob Geldof, musician and political activist:

"Specifically this country dominates the airwaves in fact the only way that Britain still rule the airwaves, the cyber waves, the sound waves and there is no real understanding of why there's this giant pool of talent in this country that somehow comes to the fore. And as I said broadcasts itself and our culture and our voice to the rest of the world to play hard, who sleep, eat and drink to our noise. Now why would you destroy that. Why would you invent this notion this mythic notion of a Global Britain when it exists not just in this industry but in all industries. We are the fifth largest economy in the planet."

++BLACK FRAMES++

2. SOUNDBITE (English) Bob Geldof, musician and political activist:

"How are musicians, and by that I mean, our Voice, Britain's voice, to the world. How will that survive. We do know we're brilliant at this. No one quite understands why. But how will this shallow pool in which we fish for this talent come to the fore when this existential phenomenon of Brexit occurs. How will the 94 billion dollar industry, how will that giant pool of creativity cope with it. The answer is it won't. So stop."

++BLACK FRAMES++

3. SOUNDBITE (English) Bob Geldof, musician and political activist:

"I accept the referendum vote. I reject the argument and all we're saying is let's do the same as we do on the electoral cycle. We change our mind constantly. That's why governments change"

++BLACK FRAMES++

4. SOUNDBITE (English) Bob Geldof, musician and political activist:

"I don't want to see this industry, this country, this magnificent people. I don't want to see a ruined. I want to see Britain's voice number one in Asia; number one in America. I want to see Ed Sheeran and I want to see Stormzy. I want to hear this new stuff that animates the planet."

++ENDS ON SOUNDBITE++

STORYLINE:

Musician and political activist, Bob Geldof, warned Friday about the impact of a no-deal Brexit on the music industry.

Britain's top musicians have joined forces in writing an open letter addressed to the UK Prime Minister, Theresa May, to warn against leaving the EU.

Geldof said that the music industry will not survive in a post-Brexit Britain and in doing so, harm the economy.

"I accept the referendum vote. I reject the argument and all we're saying is let's do the same as we do on the electoral cycle," he said.

"We change our mind constantly. That's why governments change"

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British Prime Minister Theresa May says she will step down as Conservative Party leader on June 7, sparking a contest to replace her as party chief and U.K. leader.

Contenders to the leadership role are starting to emerge inside the Conservative party.

Three of those who have officially thrown their hat into the ring are former London Mayor and Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson, former Work and Pensions Secretary Esther McVey and newly appointed International Development Secretary Rory Stewart.

Known for his gaffes and less than diplomatic stances on several issues, the Eton and Oxford educated Johnson was one of the faces of the Leave campaign and remains a polarising character.

He had been going for the Prime Minister position after David Cameron's resignation but stopped short of announcing his candidacy when his campaign manager Michael Gove decided to pull his backing at the last minute.

He was named Foreign Secretary in July 2016 and quit the post in July 2018 over Theresa May's approach to the Brexit process.

Returning to Parliament as a back bencher, he continued to campaign for an alternative to May's Brexit plans.

Esther McVey was a member of Parliament from 2010, serving later as Cameron's Under-Secretary of State for Disabilities in 2012 before taking up the post of Minister of State for Employment the following year.

She later moved on to become the Chair of the British Transport Police Authority and  Deputy Chief Government Whip, becoming Secretary of State for Work and Pensions in January 2018.

A staunch Brexit backer, she quit the post in November over Theresa May's handling of the process.

On Monday McVey launched the Blue Collar Conservatism group to woe working class voters, pledging to make cuts to the overseas aid budget to fund domestic budgets such as education and police instead.

McVey wants to see Britain leave the EU by the end of October even if that means leaving without a deal.

Newly appointed International Development Secretary Rory Stewart moved up from Minister of Prisons, replacing Penny Mordaunt who took the post of Defence Secretary following Gavin Williamson's dismissal over a security breach from the National Security Council.

An accomplished diplomat, former tutor to Princes William and Harry and award winning writer, Stewart became a member of Parliament in 2010.

He held several posts including Minister of State for International Development and Africa as well as the Prisons portfolio.

A Brexit remainer, he has supported Theresa May's deal and warned of risks of sleepwalking into a no-deal situation through political miscalculation.

A backer of climate change action, he has stated he wants to bring the deeply divided country together on Brexit.

Michael Gove, currently the Environment Secretary who has held several cabinet posts including Education Secretary and Justice Secretary has not declared his intention to run but is seen as a potential contender.

Gove worked first in journalism, including a stint at the Times newspaper, and built a reputation with extensive television and radio appearances.

He entered parliament in 2005 and was made Education Secretary after the Conservatives' election victory in 2010.

His reform plan made many enemies, however, and he was reassigned after four years.

A supporter of the Leave campaign, Gove had previously put himself forward for the leadership of the Tory party following David Cameron's resignation in the wake of the Brexit referendum.

After being the top job campaign manager for fellow Tory Boris Johnson, Gove withdrew his support for him on the day he was announce he was a candidate and instead came forward as a candidate himself.

Johnson decided not to run and Gove lost to Theresa May and Andrea Leadsom, who came second.

He got the Environment Secretary post following the 2017 general election and was a supporter of May's withdrawal deal.  

Jeremy Hunt held the post of Health Secretary for over five years  - the longest serving Health Secretart in the history of the NHS and was under much criticism over his handling of several issues during his tenure, including a feud with junior doctors over their contracts which resulted in several strikes.

Hunt was previously a Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport as well as Minister for the Olympics during the 2012 London Olympics.  

He replaced Boris Johnson as Foreign Secretary in July 2018.

A supporter of Remain in the European Union membership referendum, he backed Theresa May's withdrawal deal and is seen a safe pair of hands.

The pro-Brexit Conservative MP Andrea Leadsom, who resigned as House of Commons Leader on Wednesday to protest May's Brexit plan, tweeted on Friday that May's speech was "an illustration of her total commitment to country and duty."

Leadsom, also a possible leadership contender, said May "did her utmost" and praised the dignity of the prime minister's speech.

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York - 23 May 2016

1. Various of 'Vote Leave' campaign coach arriving, supporters cheering as Boris Johnson, UK Member of Parliament and leading "Brexit" campaigner, exits coach and delivers speech

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London- 1 August 2012

2. Johnson, dressed in suit and waving British flags, dangling from zip wire

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London - 21 February, 2016

3. SOUNDBITE (English) Boris Johnson, then-Mayor of London:

"The last thing I wanted was to go against (British Prime Minister) David Cameron or the government. But after a great deal of heartache, I don't think there is anything else I can do. I will be advocating 'Vote Leave' or whatever the team is called - I understand there are many of them - because I want a better deal for the people of this country."

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Birmingham - 2 October 2018

4. Boris Johnson, former British Foreign Secretary, arriving at event on sidelines of Conservative party conference

5. SOUNDBITE: (English) Boris Johnson, former British Foreign Secretary:

"This is the moment to do that and there is time. This is the moment to chuck Chequers (UPSOUND long applause)."

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Thame, Oxfordshire - 12 August 2018

6. Johnson coming out of house carrying tea tray UPSOUND (English) Boris Johnson, Conservative MP:

"I have nothing to say about this matter except to offer you some tea, ok? Go on." Pan down to reporters taking mugs of tea from tray

7. Johnson handing tray to reporters and heading back inside

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London - 10 October 2017

8. Then British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson (left) and British Secretary of State for International Trade Liam Fox arriving at Number 10, Downing Street

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London - 15 November 2018

9. Then British Work and Pensions Secretary Esther McVey leaves home and gets into car, with reporters asking questions:

UPSOUND (English) Reporter (off screen): "Are you going to resign?"

UPSOUND (English) Reporter (off screen): "Do you have confidence in Prime Minister?"

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London - 24 September 2018

10. Then Work and Pensions Secretary Esther McVey arriving

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London - 17 March 2019

11. SOUNDBITE (English) Esther McVey, British Conservative MP:

"You'd have to wait until there is a leadership challenge, or if there is a leadership bid coming forward. And then again I would wait to see if people mean it, because there's a difference between saying it when it's a hypothetical to them saying it when it's actually happening. And if there were enough people who supported me, if it seemed there was a reasonable chance, I would, and if there weren't, because people who might have said it might not then follow through, and if there wasn't I wouldn't stand for it."

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London - 21 May 2019

12. International Development Secretary Rory Stewart arriving for Cabinet meeting

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London - 11 February 2019

13. SOUNDBITE: (English) Rory Stewart, British Minister of State for Prisons:

"Well I hope. Very, very small. Because in the end I think the Republic of Ireland, the European Union, the government Great Britain realises that it would be damaging, unnecessary and awful to have a 'hard Brexit'. It would happen, I'm afraid that through miscalculation, it's not something that anybody wants. I'm hoping that rationality and common sense will prevail."

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London - 28 March 2019

14. Environment Secretary Michael Gove coming out of his house UPSOUND: (English) Morning Mr. Gove, is the Prime Minister right to resign to win her deal?

Gove: "I think the single most important thing that every MP needs to concentrate on is making sure that we deliver on the mandate to leave the European Union. 17.4 million people asked us to leave the European Union. We now have a chance to make sure that we do, that's why everyone should support the Prime Minister's deal."

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London - 20 February 2016

15. Then British Justice Secretary Michael Gove signing a banner on the day a date is set for the referendum

16. From (screen right): Northern Ireland Secretary Theresa Villiers (pink jacket), Employment Minister Priti Patel, Culture Secretary John Whittingdale, Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith, Leader of the House of Commons Chris Grayling and Gove at headquarters of 'Vote Leave' campaign

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London - 4 June 2016

17. Various of Gove and Boris Johnson, former London Mayor, having photos taken against Olympic Park backdrop

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London - 1 July 2016

18. SOUNDBITE (English) Michael Gove, then British Justice Secretary:

"For all Boris' formidable talents he was not the right person for that task. That realisation meant that I once more face a difficult decision. Could I recommend to friends, colleagues and the country, a course in which I now longer believed. I could not. I had to stand up for my convictions. I had to stand up for a different course for this country. I had to stand for the leadership of this party."

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London - 23 June 2016

19. Various of Gove leaving polling station with his wife Sarah Vine, posing for reporters and leaving

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London - 10 October 2017

20. Gove arriving at Number 10, Downing Street

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London - 27 July, 2012

21. Wide of excited crowd starting to ring bells on board of HMS Belfast, with the then Olympics Secretary Jeremy Hunt

22. SOUNDBITE (English) Jeremy Hunt, then Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport:

"I think it was fantastic, it was lovely to see an event which had so many children involved, and also to have an event that was taken place in the whole country."

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New York - 23 August 2018

23. British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt walking to podiu,

24. SOUNDBITE: (English) Jeremy Hunt, British Foreign Secretary: (++on imprisoned British Iranian citizen Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe++)

"Frankly every day that she is in prison is a reminder to the whole world of a gross injustice."

POOL - AP CLIENTS ONLY

London - 10 February 2016

25. SOUNDBITE: (English) Jeremy Hunt, then Health Secretary:

"There is no need for this industrial action and we all want an NHS that offers the safest, highest quality care every day of the week."

UK POOL - AP CLIENTS ONLY

London - 14 July 2016

26. Various of Hunt arriving at Number 10, Downing Street

UK POOL - AP CLIENTS ONLY

London - 23 May 2019

++CONTINUOUS SHOT++

27. Former House of Commons leader Andrea Leadsom exiting building, talking to media, leaving (Leadsom resigned as Commons leader on 22 May)

UPSOUND (English) Andrea Leadsom, former cabinet minister:

(Question: With the Withdrawal Agreement now shelved, is it time for the prime minister to resign?)

"Well, that's a matter for her. But for me, I felt I couldn't in all conscience stand up and deliver the business statement today with a Withdrawal Agreement bill in it that I couldn't support elements of. So I have no doubts that I made the right decision. And of course it's for the prime minister to decide what's right for her and for the country. Thanks very much."

(Question: Should the prime minister resign, will you run for leadership?)

A senior Facebook executive said on Monday that there was no evidence that Russia influenced the EU referendum result using Facebook.

"Given the evidence of Russian activity around the 2016 US election it was natural for people to ask questions about the Brexit referendum. Facebook took these questions seriously and carried out a thorough investigation and found no evidence of significant outside interference," Sir Nick Clegg said during a speech at the Hertie School of Governance in Berlin.

The tech giant's vice-president, who started working for the company last October, also said the social media site is in favour of regulation to address some of the dark problems of the internet.

Clegg, the former leader of the UK Liberal Democrat party who now heads global affairs for Facebook, said the company was in favour of some form of regulation to help it address issues such as cyberbullying or fake news.

Lawmakers have been pushing tech companies to take down offensive content more quickly and to do more in general to halt internet harm.

Berlin, June 24 2019

1. Nick Clegg approaching podium, audience applauding

2. Cutaway audience

3. SOUNDBITE (English) Nick Clegg, heads global affairs for Facebook

"Given the evidence of Russian activity around the 2016 US election it was natural for people to ask questions about the Brexit referendum. Facebook took these questions seriously and carried out a thorough investigation and found no evidence of significant outside interference."

4. Cutaway audience

5. SOUNDBITE (English) Nick Clegg, heads global affairs for Facebook

"So, here is a newsflash; 'Facebook wants to be regulated'. That may seem counterintuitive. After all, what big company actively wants to be regulated? But it's true. And to understand why, you need to understand the journey Facebook has been on."

6. Various cutaways of audience

7. SOUNDBITE (English) Nick Clegg, heads global affairs for Facebook

"The crypto currency is an attempt, as set out in this sort of White Paper, to try and address that market failure. It will not be run by Facebook. It will be an association and we are hoping that it will be like a hundred companies at the time that it's launched, established in Geneva and Facebook will have one vote out of a hundred."

8. Various cutaways of audience

MICHAEL MOORE SAYS TRUMP SUPPORTS A '21ST CENTURY VERSION OF FASCISM'

American filmmaker Michael Moore spoke out against Donald trump at a press conference in London on Thursday (9 JUNE 2016), ahead of the U.K. release of Moore's latest film, "Where to Invade next."

Known for his political documentaries such as "Bowling for Columbine," and "Fahrenheit 9/11," Moore strongly criticized the presumptive Republican nominee and discussed the possibility of Trump becoming president.

"He knows how to manipulate a dumbed-down population whose schools have been wrecked, whose media is just insipid and stupid and doesn't give people the facts about what's going on," said Moore.

"The public is easily manipulated by somebody like him. Those who vote for him, he had record turn outs, he has the largest rallies, he supports a 21st century version of fascism of marrying the state and capital together to benefit the few at the expense of the many and, in the process, blame the other. The other is causing your problems, let's build a wall. Let's ban Muslims. I don't believe the majority of Americans agree with him, but it's going to be who shows up to vote, that's your problem too. "

"He's not as stupid as he looks," continued Moore. "You should take it very seriously. He knows the manipulation that's going on here and the use of propaganda and the way he's doing it is just brilliant in the sense that he is succeeding and has succeeded. 17 other candidates couldn't find a way to bring him down, 17 others. And now Hillary Clinton is trying to do the same thing using logic, brains - things like that. It's going to require something else."

The 62-year-old Michigan-born director also looked back on Barack Obama's time as president.

"We have our criticisms of Barack Obama. He has deported more immigrants than any previous president, he's arrested more whistleblowers than any previous president. He's turned his back on Flint, my home town, with the water crisis there. So, many criticisms but everything they said, it's all true and history will look back and record that there was a racist party, and this racist party did everything they could to stop him simply because he was black, they had no other reason. That a large percentage of that party didn't even believe that he was born in the United States. 19 percent of Republicans, according to one poll, believe he is the Antichrist, in other words he is the Devil himself. But those are the dying voices."

After stating that Republicans thought of Obama as "President Blackula," Moore was interrupted by a journalist who said, "That's not funny at all."

"Well it's satire," responded the documentarian. "That's how the Republicans think. This is a racist party and he won two times and now hopefully we'll have our first female president and hopefully she will not be to the right of him."

"Where to Invade Next" is Moore's first film in six years. It's shot in the style of a travelogue and follows Moore as he spends time in various countries on three continents. During his journey he experiences how those countries deal with social and economic problems compared with the U.S..

"I've spent 25 years pointing out everything that's wrong with the United States and I not only not have to point it out any longer to my fellow Americans, most Americans or the majority at least get it," said Moore. "Most Americans by now know that the rich have gotten a lot richer, everybody else is working harder and longer for less pay, less benefits, not much time off. And so, to make another film, and I said this at the end of 'Capitalism: A Love Story' – my end of my last film, there's really – I've said pretty much what I want to say here. I'm not going to keep making these issue films because the issues are what's wrong has, at its core, an economic system that's unjust and unfair and it's not democratic."

The director also weighed in on the current Brexit debate raging in the U.K., questioning why Britain would want to leave the European Union.

"We thought that Europeans would also love this movie because it's a reminder to you of the good things that you have. And to take a look to yourselves through the outsider's eyes – yes, I know the problems, yes there's a lot of – in all the countries including yours. But still, you came up with the idea of a National Health Service. No other country has this and yeah, OK, so there's some problems. Fix 'em. Quit whining. Fix 'em."

"Where to Invade Next" is released in the U.K. on 10 June.

MICHAEL MOORE SAYS TRUMP SUPPORTS A '21ST CENTURY VERSION OF FACISM'

American filmmaker Michael Moore spoke out against Donald trump at a press conference in London on Thursday (9 JUNE 2016), ahead of the U.K. release of Moore's latest film, "Where to Invade next."

Known for his political documentaries such as "Bowling for Columbine," and "Fahrenheit 9/11," Moore strongly criticized the presumptive Republican nominee and discussed the possibility of Trump becoming president.

"He knows how to manipulate a dumbed-down population whose schools have been wrecked, whose media is just insipid and stupid and doesn't give people the facts about what's going on," said Moore.

"The public is easily manipulated by somebody like him. Those who vote for him, he had record turn outs, he has the largest rallies, he supports a 21st century version of fascism of marrying the state and capital together to benefit the few at the expense of the many and, in the process, blame the other. The other is causing your problems, let's build a wall. Let's ban Muslims. I don't believe the majority of Americans agree with him, but it's going to be who shows up to vote, that's your problem too. "

"He's not as stupid as he looks," continued Moore. "You should take it very seriously. He knows the manipulation that's going on here and the use of propaganda and the way he's doing it is just brilliant in the sense that he is succeeding and has succeeded. 17 other candidates couldn't find a way to bring him down, 17 others. And now Hillary Clinton is trying to do the same thing using logic, brains - things like that. It's going to require something else."

The 62-year-old Michigan-born director also looked back on Barack Obama's time as president.

"We have our criticisms of Barack Obama. He has deported more immigrants than any previous president, he's arrested more whistleblowers than any previous president. He's turned his back on Flint, my home town, with the water crisis there. So, many criticisms but everything they said, it's all true and history will look back and record that there was a racist party, and this racist party did everything they could to stop him simply because he was black, they had no other reason. That a large percentage of that party didn't even believe that he was born in the United States. 19 percent of Republicans, according to one poll, believe he is the Antichrist, in other words he is the Devil himself. But those are the dying voices."

After stating that Republicans thought of Obama as "President Blackula," Moore was interrupted by a journalist who said, "That's not funny at all."

"Well it's satire," responded the documentarian. "That's how the Republicans think. This is a racist party and he won two times and now hopefully we'll have our first female president and hopefully she will not be to the right of him."

"Where to Invade Next" is Moore's first film in six years. It's shot in the style of a travelogue and follows Moore as he spends time in various countries on three continents. During his journey he experiences how those countries deal with social and economic problems compared with the U.S..

"I've spent 25 years pointing out everything that's wrong with the United States and I not only not have to point it out any longer to my fellow Americans, most Americans or the majority at least get it," said Moore. "Most Americans by now know that the rich have gotten a lot richer, everybody else is working harder and longer for less pay, less benefits, not much time off. And so, to make another film, and I said this at the end of 'Capitalism: A Love Story' – my end of my last film, there's really – I've said pretty much what I want to say here. I'm not going to keep making these issue films because the issues are what's wrong has, at its core, an economic system that's unjust and unfair and it's not democratic."

The director also weighed in on the current Brexit debate raging in the U.K., questioning why Britain would want to leave the European Union.

"We thought that Europeans would also love this movie because it's a reminder to you of the good things that you have. And to take a look to yourselves through the outsider's eyes – yes, I know the problems, yes there's a lot of – in all the countries including yours. But still, you came up with the idea of a National Health Service. No other country has this and yeah, OK, so there's some problems. Fix 'em. Quit whining. Fix 'em."

"Where to Invade Next" is released in the U.K. on 10 June.

MICHAEL MOORE SAYS TRUMP SUPPORTS A '21ST CENTURY VERSION OF FASCISM'

American filmmaker Michael Moore spoke out against Donald trump at a press conference in London on Thursday (9 JUNE 2016), ahead of the U.K. release of Moore's latest film, "Where to Invade next."

Known for his political documentaries such as "Bowling for Columbine," and "Fahrenheit 9/11," Moore strongly criticized the presumptive Republican nominee and discussed the possibility of Trump becoming president.

"He knows how to manipulate a dumbed-down population whose schools have been wrecked, whose media is just insipid and stupid and doesn't give people the facts about what's going on," said Moore.

"The public is easily manipulated by somebody like him. Those who vote for him, he had record turn outs, he has the largest rallies, he supports a 21st century version of fascism of marrying the state and capital together to benefit the few at the expense of the many and, in the process, blame the other. The other is causing your problems, let's build a wall. Let's ban Muslims. I don't believe the majority of Americans agree with him, but it's going to be who shows up to vote, that's your problem too. "

"He's not as stupid as he looks," continued Moore. "You should take it very seriously. He knows the manipulation that's going on here and the use of propaganda and the way he's doing it is just brilliant in the sense that he is succeeding and has succeeded. 17 other candidates couldn't find a way to bring him down, 17 others. And now Hillary Clinton is trying to do the same thing using logic, brains - things like that. It's going to require something else."

The 62-year-old Michigan-born director also looked back on Barack Obama's time as president.

"We have our criticisms of Barack Obama. He has deported more immigrants than any previous president, he's arrested more whistleblowers than any previous president. He's turned his back on Flint, my home town, with the water crisis there. So, many criticisms but everything they said, it's all true and history will look back and record that there was a racist party, and this racist party did everything they could to stop him simply because he was black, they had no other reason. That a large percentage of that party didn't even believe that he was born in the United States. 19 percent of Republicans, according to one poll, believe he is the Antichrist, in other words he is the Devil himself. But those are the dying voices."

After stating that Republicans thought of Obama as "President Blackula," Moore was interrupted by a journalist who said, "That's not funny at all."

"Well it's satire," responded the documentarian. "That's how the Republicans think. This is a racist party and he won two times and now hopefully we'll have our first female president and hopefully she will not be to the right of him."

"Where to Invade Next" is Moore's first film in six years. It's shot in the style of a travelogue and follows Moore as he spends time in various countries on three continents. During his journey he experiences how those countries deal with social and economic problems compared with the U.S..

"I've spent 25 years pointing out everything that's wrong with the United States and I not only not have to point it out any longer to my fellow Americans, most Americans or the majority at least get it," said Moore. "Most Americans by now know that the rich have gotten a lot richer, everybody else is working harder and longer for less pay, less benefits, not much time off. And so, to make another film, and I said this at the end of 'Capitalism: A Love Story' – my end of my last film, there's really – I've said pretty much what I want to say here. I'm not going to keep making these issue films because the issues are what's wrong has, at its core, an economic system that's unjust and unfair and it's not democratic."

The director also weighed in on the current Brexit debate raging in the U.K., questioning why Britain would want to leave the European Union.

"We thought that Europeans would also love this movie because it's a reminder to you of the good things that you have. And to take a look to yourselves through the outsider's eyes – yes, I know the problems, yes there's a lot of – in all the countries including yours. But still, you came up with the idea of a National Health Service. No other country has this and yeah, OK, so there's some problems. Fix 'em. Quit whining. Fix 'em."

"Where to Invade Next" is released in the U.K. on 10 June.

MICHAEL MOORE SAYS TRUMP SUPPORTS A '21ST CENTURY VERSION OF FACISM'

American filmmaker Michael Moore spoke out against Donald trump at a press conference in London on Thursday (9 JUNE 2016), ahead of the U.K. release of Moore's latest film, "Where to Invade next."

Known for his political documentaries such as "Bowling for Columbine," and "Fahrenheit 9/11," Moore strongly criticized the presumptive Republican nominee and discussed the possibility of Trump becoming president.

"He knows how to manipulate a dumbed-down population whose schools have been wrecked, whose media is just insipid and stupid and doesn't give people the facts about what's going on," said Moore.

"The public is easily manipulated by somebody like him. Those who vote for him, he had record turn outs, he has the largest rallies, he supports a 21st century version of fascism of marrying the state and capital together to benefit the few at the expense of the many and, in the process, blame the other. The other is causing your problems, let's build a wall. Let's ban Muslims. I don't believe the majority of Americans agree with him, but it's going to be who shows up to vote, that's your problem too. "

"He's not as stupid as he looks," continued Moore. "You should take it very seriously. He knows the manipulation that's going on here and the use of propaganda and the way he's doing it is just brilliant in the sense that he is succeeding and has succeeded. 17 other candidates couldn't find a way to bring him down, 17 others. And now Hillary Clinton is trying to do the same thing using logic, brains - things like that. It's going to require something else."

The 62-year-old Michigan-born director also looked back on Barack Obama's time as president.

"We have our criticisms of Barack Obama. He has deported more immigrants than any previous president, he's arrested more whistleblowers than any previous president. He's turned his back on Flint, my home town, with the water crisis there. So, many criticisms but everything they said, it's all true and history will look back and record that there was a racist party, and this racist party did everything they could to stop him simply because he was black, they had no other reason. That a large percentage of that party didn't even believe that he was born in the United States. 19 percent of Republicans, according to one poll, believe he is the Antichrist, in other words he is the Devil himself. But those are the dying voices."

After stating that Republicans thought of Obama as "President Blackula," Moore was interrupted by a journalist who said, "That's not funny at all."

"Well it's satire," responded the documentarian. "That's how the Republicans think. This is a racist party and he won two times and now hopefully we'll have our first female president and hopefully she will not be to the right of him."

"Where to Invade Next" is Moore's first film in six years. It's shot in the style of a travelogue and follows Moore as he spends time in various countries on three continents. During his journey he experiences how those countries deal with social and economic problems compared with the U.S..

"I've spent 25 years pointing out everything that's wrong with the United States and I not only not have to point it out any longer to my fellow Americans, most Americans or the majority at least get it," said Moore. "Most Americans by now know that the rich have gotten a lot richer, everybody else is working harder and longer for less pay, less benefits, not much time off. And so, to make another film, and I said this at the end of 'Capitalism: A Love Story' – my end of my last film, there's really – I've said pretty much what I want to say here. I'm not going to keep making these issue films because the issues are what's wrong has, at its core, an economic system that's unjust and unfair and it's not democratic."

The director also weighed in on the current Brexit debate raging in the U.K., questioning why Britain would want to leave the European Union.

"We thought that Europeans would also love this movie because it's a reminder to you of the good things that you have. And to take a look to yourselves through the outsider's eyes – yes, I know the problems, yes there's a lot of – in all the countries including yours. But still, you came up with the idea of a National Health Service. No other country has this and yeah, OK, so there's some problems. Fix 'em. Quit whining. Fix 'em."

"Where to Invade Next" is released in the U.K. on 10 June.

London, 9 June 2016

1. Wide shot Michael Moore entering press conference

2. Pan across panel

3. UPSOUND (English) Moderator:

"Question to all of you. I mean this film was shot largely around Europe, as we will have seen, but Michael would you agree that it's a film about America and for Americans?"

Michael Moore, director: "Are we still in Europe by the way, right now?"

Moderator: "We are, technically."

4. SOUNDBITE (English) Michael Moore, director - on why the film is shot in Europe:

"Well, I've spent 25 years pointing out everything that's wrong with the United States and I not only not have to point it out any longer to my fellow Americans, most Americans or the majority at least get it. Most Americans by now know that the rich have gotten a lot richer, everybody else is working harder and longer for less pay, less benefits, not much time off. And so, to make another film, and I said this at the end of 'Capitalism: A Love Story' – my end of my last film, there's really – I've said pretty much what I want to say here. I'm not going to keep making these issue films because the issues are what's wrong has, at its core, an economic system that's unjust and unfair and it's not democratic."

5. Medium shot of press conference

6. SOUNDBITE (English) Michael Moore, director - on why the UK will enjoy the film:

"While we were here, while we were making the film here – here meaning Europe, because I'm still going to refer to the U.K. as Europe - while we were making this film though, we thought that Europeans would also love this movie because it's a reminder to you of the good things that you have. And to take a look to yourselves through the outsider's eyes – yes, I know the problems, yes there's a lot of – in all the countries including yours. But still, you came up with the idea of a National Health Service. No other country has this and yeah, OK, so there's some problems. Fix 'em. Quit whining. Fix 'em."

7. Wide shot press conference

8. Close-up Michael Moore

9. SOUNDBITE (English) Michael, director - on what the U.K. has done well:

"I think, especially for Brits, this film can act as a reminder as to why you have done some things that are really good. And we for the life us don't understand why you want to be more like us. And we love ourselves. We love being Americans, but seriously, we look to you and think jeez, it must be nice to send your kid to school every day and not have to think that they're going to be mowed down in a hail of bullets."

10. Medium shot press conference

11. SOUNDBITE (English) Michael Moore, director - on Donald Trump:

"I think there's an excellent chance of Donald Trump becoming the next President of the United States. People need to take that very seriously. I said last August that he would be the Republican nominee. He knows something - he knows how to manipulate a dumbed-down population whose schools have been wrecked, whose media is just insipid and stupid and doesn't give people the facts about what's going on. So the public is easily manipulated by somebody like him. Those who vote for him, he had record turn outs, he has the largest rallies, he supports a 21st century version of fascism of marrying the state and capital together to benefit the few at the expense of the many and, in the process, blame the other. The other is causing your problems, let's build a wall. Let's ban Muslims. I don't believe the majority of Americans agree with him, but it's going to be who shows up to vote, that's your problem too. "

12. Wide shot press conference

13. SOUNDBITE (English) Michael Moore, director - on Donald Trump:

"He's not as stupid as he looks. You should take it very seriously. He knows the manipulation that's going on here and the use of propaganda and the way he's doing it is just brilliant in the sense that he is succeeding and has succeeded. 17 other candidates couldn't find a way to bring him down, 17 others. And now Hillary Clinton is trying to do the same thing using logic, brains - things like that. It's going to require something else."

14. Wide shot press conference

15. SOUNDBITE (English) Michael Moore, director - on Obama's presidency:

"We have our criticisms of Barack Obama. He has deported more immigrants than any previous president, he's arrested more whistleblowers than any previous president. He's turned his back on Flint, my home town, with the water crisis there. So, many criticisms but everything they said, it's all true and history will look back and record that there was a racist party, and this racist party did everything they could to stop him simply because he was black, they had no other reason. That a large percentage of that party didn't even believe that he was born in the United States. 19 percent of Republicans, according to one poll, believe he is the Antichrist, in other words he is the Devil himself. But those are the dying voices. Last September, it was the first time in the history of the U.S. that the majority of children entering school, in kindergarten, were not white. That's the new America and that's why Trump sounds the way he sounds and his supporters, and his rallies look strangely familiar and they are having a hard time realizing that the end is near for the angry white guy being in charge. They've had to suffer through eight years of a black president, as Bill Marr refers to. In their minds his name is President Blackula..."

(Reporter: "That's not funny at all.")

"Well it's satire. That's how the Republicans think. This is a racist party and he won two times and now hopefully we'll have our first female president and hopefully she will not be to the right of him. Hopefully she will not be a hawk. We talked about this, the day we went into vote for him in 2008, each one of us, everybody teared up. We all cried that night when he won. We couldn't believe that in this country, with its history, with its racism, could do this – that we'd live to see it. It was an amazing moment, and it's been an amazing time."

STORY

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MICHAEL MOORE SAYS TRUMP SUPPORTS A '21ST CENTURY VERSION OF FASCISM'

American film-maker Michael Moore spoke out against Donald trump at a press conference in London on Thursday (9 JUNE 2016), ahead of the U.K. release of Moore's latest film, "Where to Invade next."

Known for his political documentaries such as "Bowling for Columbine," and "Fahrenheit 9/11," Moore strongly criticized the presumptive Republican nominee and discussed the possibility of Trump becoming president.

"He knows how to manipulate a dumbed-down population whose schools have been wrecked, whose media is just insipid and stupid and doesn't give people the facts about what's going on," said Moore.

"The public is easily manipulated by somebody like him. Those who vote for him, he had record turn outs, he has the largest rallies, he supports a 21st century version of fascism of marrying the state and capital together to benefit the few at the expense of the many and, in the process, blame the other. The other is causing your problems, let's build a wall. Let's ban Muslims. I don't believe the majority of Americans agree with him, but it's going to be who shows up to vote, that's your problem too. "

"He's not as stupid as he looks," continued Moore. "You should take it very seriously. He knows the manipulation that's going on here and the use of propaganda and the way he's doing it is just brilliant in the sense that he is succeeding and has succeeded. 17 other candidates couldn't find a way to bring him down, 17 others. And now Hillary Clinton is trying to do the same thing using logic, brains - things like that. It's going to require something else."

The 62-year-old Michigan-born director also looked back on Barrack Obama's time as president.

"We have our criticisms of Barrack Obama. He has deported more immigrants than any previous president, he's arrested more whistle-blowers than any previous president. He's turned his back on Flint, my home town, with the water crisis there. So, many criticisms but everything they said, it's all true and history will look back and record that there was a racist party, and this racist party did everything they could to stop him simply because he was black, they had no other reason. That a large percentage of that party didn't even believe that he was born in the United States. 19 percent of Republicans, according to one poll, believe he is the Antichrist, in other words he is the Devil himself. But those are the dying voices."

After stating that Republicans thought of Obama as "President Blackula," Moore was interrupted by a journalist who said, "That's not funny at all."

"Well it's satire," responded the documentarian. "That's how the Republicans think. This is a racist party and he won two times and now hopefully we'll have our first female president and hopefully she will not be to the right of him."

"Where to Invade Next" is Moore's first film in six years. It's shot in the style of a travelogue and follows Moore as he spends time in various countries on three continents. During his journey he experiences how those countries deal with social and economic problems compared with the U.S..

"I've spent 25 years pointing out everything that's wrong with the United States and I not only not have to point it out any longer to my fellow Americans, most Americans or the majority at least get it," said Moore. "Most Americans by now know that the rich have gotten a lot richer, everybody else is working harder and longer for less pay, less benefits, not much time off. And so, to make another film, and I said this at the end of 'Capitalism: A Love Story' – my end of my last film, there's really – I've said pretty much what I want to say here. I'm not going to keep making these issue films because the issues are what's wrong has, at its core, an economic system that's unjust and unfair and it's not democratic."

The director also weighed in on the current Brexit debate raging in the U.K., questioning why Britain would want to leave the European Union.

"We thought that Europeans would also love this movie because it's a reminder to you of the good things that you have. And to take a look to yourselves through the outsider's eyes – yes, I know the problems, yes there's a lot of – in all the countries including yours. But still, you came up with the idea of a National Health Service. No other country has this and yeah, OK, so there's some problems. Fix 'em. Quit whining. Fix 'em."

"Where to Invade Next" is released in the U.K. on 10 June.

MICHAEL MOORE SAYS TRUMP SUPPORTS A '21ST CENTURY VERSION OF FASCISM'

American filmmaker Michael Moore spoke out against Donald trump at a press conference in London on Thursday (9 JUNE 2016), ahead of the U.K. release of Moore's latest film, "Where to Invade next."

Known for his political documentaries such as "Bowling for Columbine," and "Fahrenheit 9/11," Moore strongly criticized the presumptive Republican nominee and discussed the possibility of Trump becoming president.

"He knows how to manipulate a dumbed-down population whose schools have been wrecked, whose media is just insipid and stupid and doesn't give people the facts about what's going on," said Moore.

"The public is easily manipulated by somebody like him. Those who vote for him, he had record turn outs, he has the largest rallies, he supports a 21st century version of fascism of marrying the state and capital together to benefit the few at the expense of the many and, in the process, blame the other. The other is causing your problems, let's build a wall. Let's ban Muslims. I don't believe the majority of Americans agree with him, but it's going to be who shows up to vote, that's your problem too. "

"He's not as stupid as he looks," continued Moore. "You should take it very seriously. He knows the manipulation that's going on here and the use of propaganda and the way he's doing it is just brilliant in the sense that he is succeeding and has succeeded. 17 other candidates couldn't find a way to bring him down, 17 others. And now Hillary Clinton is trying to do the same thing using logic, brains - things like that. It's going to require something else."

The 62-year-old Michigan-born director also looked back on Barrack Obama's time as president.

"We have our criticisms of Barrack Obama. He has deported more immigrants than any previous president, he's arrested more whistle-blowers than any previous president. He's turned his back on Flint, my home town, with the water crisis there. So, many criticisms but everything they said, it's all true and history will look back and record that there was a racist party, and this racist party did everything they could to stop him simply because he was black, they had no other reason. That a large percentage of that party didn't even believe that he was born in the United States. 19 percent of Republicans, according to one poll, believe he is the Antichrist, in other words he is the Devil himself. But those are the dying voices."

After stating that Republicans thought of Obama as "President Blackula," Moore was interrupted by a journalist who said, "That's not funny at all."

"Well it's satire," responded the documentarian. "That's how the Republicans think. This is a racist party and he won two times and now hopefully we'll have our first female president and hopefully she will not be to the right of him."

"Where to Invade Next" is Moore's first film in six years. It's shot in the style of a travelogue and follows Moore as he spends time in various countries on three continents. During his journey he experiences how those countries deal with social and economic problems compared with the U.S..

"I've spent 25 years pointing out everything that's wrong with the United States and I not only not have to point it out any longer to my fellow Americans, most Americans or the majority at least get it," said Moore. "Most Americans by now know that the rich have gotten a lot richer, everybody else is working harder and longer for less pay, less benefits, not much time off. And so, to make another film, and I said this at the end of 'Capitalism: A Love Story' – my end of my last film, there's really – I've said pretty much what I want to say here. I'm not going to keep making these issue films because the issues are what's wrong has, at its core, an economic system that's unjust and unfair and it's not democratic."

The director also weighed in on the current Brexit debate raging in the U.K., questioning why Britain would want to leave the European Union.

"We thought that Europeans would also love this movie because it's a reminder to you of the good things that you have. And to take a look to yourselves through the outsider's eyes – yes, I know the problems, yes there's a lot of – in all the countries including yours. But still, you came up with the idea of a National Health Service. No other country has this and yeah, OK, so there's some problems. Fix 'em. Quit whining. Fix 'em."

"Where to Invade Next" is released in the U.K. on 10 June.

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London, 9 June 2016

1. Wide shot Michael Moore entering press conference

2. Pan across panel

3. UPSOUND (English) Moderator:

"Question to all of you. I mean this film was shot largely around Europe, as we will have seen, but Michael would you agree that it's a film about America and for Americans?"

Michael Moore, director: "Are we still in Europe by the way, right now?"

Moderator: "We are, technically."

4. SOUNDBITE (English) Michael Moore, director - on why the film is shot in Europe:

"Well, I've spent 25 years pointing out everything that's wrong with the United States and I not only not have to point it out any longer to my fellow Americans, most Americans or the majority at least get it. Most Americans by now know that the rich have gotten a lot richer, everybody else is working harder and longer for less pay, less benefits, not much time off. And so, to make another film, and I said this at the end of 'Capitalism: A Love Story' – my end of my last film, there's really – I've said pretty much what I want to say here. I'm not going to keep making these issue films because the issues are what's wrong has, at its core, an economic system that's unjust and unfair and it's not democratic."

5. Medium shot of press conference

6. SOUNDBITE (English) Michael Moore, director - on why the UK will enjoy the film:

"While we were here, while we were making the film here – here meaning Europe, because I'm still going to refer to the U.K. as Europe - while we were making this film though, we thought that Europeans would also love this movie because it's a reminder to you of the good things that you have. And to take a look to yourselves through the outsider's eyes – yes, I know the problems, yes there's a lot of – in all the countries including yours. But still, you came up with the idea of a National Health Service. No other country has this and yeah, OK, so there's some problems. Fix 'em. Quit whining. Fix 'em."

7. Wide shot press conference

8. Close-up Michael Moore

9. SOUNDBITE (English) Michael, director - on what the U.K. has done well:

"I think, especially for Brits, this film can act as a reminder as to why you have done some things that are really good. And we for the life us don't understand why you want to be more like us. And we love ourselves. We love being Americans, but seriously, we look to you and think jeez, it must be nice to send your kid to school every day and not have to think that they're going to be mowed down in a hail of bullets."

10. Medium shot press conference

11. SOUNDBITE (English) Michael Moore, director - on Donald Trump:

"I think there's an excellent chance of Donald Trump becoming the next President of the United States. People need to take that very seriously. I said last August that he would be the Republican nominee. He knows something - he knows how to manipulate a dumbed-down population whose schools have been wrecked, whose media is just insipid and stupid and doesn't give people the facts about what's going on. So the public is easily manipulated by somebody like him. Those who vote for him, he had record turn outs, he has the largest rallies, he supports a 21st century version of fascism of marrying the state and capital together to benefit the few at the expense of the many and, in the process, blame the other. The other is causing your problems, let's build a wall. Let's ban Muslims. I don't believe the majority of Americans agree with him, but it's going to be who shows up to vote, that's your problem too. "

12. Wide shot press conference

13. SOUNDBITE (English) Michael Moore, director - on Donald Trump:

"He's not as stupid as he looks. You should take it very seriously. He knows the manipulation that's going on here and the use of propaganda and the way he's doing it is just brilliant in the sense that he is succeeding and has succeeded. 17 other candidates couldn't find a way to bring him down, 17 others. And now Hillary Clinton is trying to do the same thing using logic, brains - things like that. It's going to require something else."

14. Wide shot press conference

15. SOUNDBITE (English) Michael Moore, director - on Obama's presidency:

"We have our criticisms of Barrack Obama. He has deported more immigrants than any previous president, he's arrested more whistle-blowers than any previous president. He's turned his back on Flint, my home town, with the water crisis there. So, many criticisms but everything they said, it's all true and history will look back and record that there was a racist party, and this racist party did everything they could to stop him simply because he was black, they had no other reason. That a large percentage of that party didn't even believe that he was born in the United States. 19 percent of Republicans, according to one poll, believe he is the Antichrist, in other words he is the Devil himself. But those are the dying voices. Last September, it was the first time in the history of the U.S. that the majority of children entering school, in kindergarten, were not white. That's the new America and that's why Trump sounds the way he sounds and his supporters, and his rallies look strangely familiar and they are having a hard time realizing that the end is near for the angry white guy being in charge. They've had to suffer through eight years of a black president, as Bill Marr refers to. In their minds his name is President Blackula..."

(Reporter: "That's not funny at all.")

"Well it's satire. That's how the Republicans think. This is a racist party and he won two times and now hopefully we'll have our first female president and hopefully she will not be to the right of him. Hopefully she will not be a hawk. We talked about this, the day we went into vote for him in 2008, each one of us, everybody teared up. We all cried that night when he won. We couldn't believe that in this country, with its history, with its racism, could do this – that we'd live to see it. It was an amazing moment, and it's been an amazing time."

In homes and pubs, on leaflets and lampposts, debate is raging in Ireland over whether to lift the country's decades-old ban on abortion. Pro-repeal banners declare: "Her choice: vote yes." Anti-abortion placards warn against a "licence to kill."

Online, the argument is just as charged and more shadowy, as unregulated ads of uncertain origin battle to sway voters before Friday's referendum, which could give Irish women the right to end their pregnancies for the first time.

The highly charged campaign took a twist this month when Facebook and Google moved to restrict or remove ads relating to the abortion vote. It is the latest response to global concern about social media's role in influencing political campaigns, from the US presidential race to Brexit.

"We were seeing examples of ads from organisations based outside of Ireland where they were targeting Irish Facebook users to potentially influence how they were going to vote," said Craig Dwyer of the Transparent Referendum Initiative, a volunteer group set up to collect information on the ads being on Facebook.

"This is completely out of line with our electoral legislation," he said.

Ireland is no stranger to referendums - this is its fifth in five years - and the country's electoral laws regulate traditional forms of campaigning. Radio and television ads are banned completely, and foreign political donations are outlawed. But the 20-year-old electoral rules don't cover social-media advertising, and there is no limit on campaign spending.

Few subjects are more emotive than abortion, especially in largely Roman Catholic Ireland. Despite the country's growing diversity and liberalism - voters legalised gay marriage in a 2015 referendum - the result is expected to be close. The campaign is being watched, and sometimes influenced, by anti-abortion groups in the US and elsewhere.

Voters are being asked whether they want to keep or repeal the eighth amendment to Ireland's constitution, added in 1983, which commits authorities to defend equally the right to life of a mother and an unborn child.

Abortion is legal only in rare cases when the woman's life is in danger, and several thousand Irish women travel each year to terminate pregnancies in neighbouring Britain.

Prime Minister Leo Varadkar's centre-right government backs lifting the ban and allowing abortion on request up to 12 weeks of pregnancy.

So far, Transparent Referendum Initiative has compiled and analysed nearly 900 Facebook ads connected to the referendum. Many were placed by registered lobby groups, and most came from inside Ireland. But several dozen were either untraceable or from overseas, including some that have been linked to US-based anti-abortion organisations.

Several pages, with names like "Just the Facts About the 8th Amendment" and "Undecided on the 8th," claimed to give neutral information but had a clear anti-abortion agenda.

Such pages can be used to identify undecided voters, who can then be targeted with tailored ads, a practice that has been under scrutiny since revelations that political consultancy Cambridge Analytica harvested Facebook users' data to micro-target select groups during the US presidential race.

Concern about the impact of online ads led Facebook to announce on 8 May that it would no longer accept referendum-related advertisements from outside Ireland in order to "ensure a free, fair and transparent vote".

A day later, Google went even further, halting all referendum advertising as part of efforts to protect "election integrity." The company said it was aware of "concerns" around the issue but declined to say what prompted the decision.

Research by the Transparent Referendum Initiative and University College Dublin found "some indications of large-scale spending on unregulated Google and YouTube ads" before Google's ban.

Google's decision infuriated anti-abortion campaign Save the Eighth, which was about to launch a series of YouTube ads when Google, which owns the video-sharing site, pulled the plug.

Spokesman John McGuirk sees allegations of shady social-media advertising as an attempt to undermine the "no" campaign because it was winning the online war. As with the Trump and pro-Brexit campaigns, Save the Eighth paints itself as an underdog, battling what it sees as pro-repeal bias among mainstream media and politicians.

"I think that is cowardly. I think it is wrong. And I think the justification that Google provided is outrageous to say that there a threat to our electoral system. There is not," McGuirk told The Associated Press.

The "yes" campaign says the move levelled the playing field. It was equally disadvantaged by the Google ban.

"When we are talking about paid advertisement, then that is something different because whoever has the most money can put out the most ads," said Together for Yes co-director Orla O'Connor. "So, having control on that is absolutely helpful when you are a campaign that is a grassroots campaign."

Both sides agree that tech firms should not be the ones making important decisions about Ireland's democracy and a bill has been introduced to parliament that would require all online advertisers to disclose the publishers and sponsors behind ads.

While both sides say online ads are an important part of their strategy, many feel the argument will be won the old-fashioned way: through personal contact, one voter at a time.

But some people have had enough of what has been seen as a divisive campaign, both online and on the streets.

Carol Dwyer who recently gave birth, says he has been disturbed by some of the campaign ads both on social media and hanging around Dublin that featured imagery of fetuses.

"I saw some on Instagram for the No vote and I was pregnant at the time and I found it really upsetting. I find all the posters around town upsetting though," Dwyer said.  "I can't wait for it to be over."

Dublin - 22 May 2018

1. Together for Yes campaigner handing out leaflets

2. Close of Repeal (the 8th amendment) sweatshirt

3. Various of "Vote No" campaigner holding sign that reads (English) "A license to kill" featuring image of what they claim is a 12 week-old fetus

4. "Vote No" and "Vote Yes" signs on the street

5. Various of iPad screen showing a Facebook page group campaigning for the No vote; the group is based in New York and can no longer share paid for adverts to target Irish users

6. Screen showing Facebook page group campaigning for the Yes vote; the group is based out of Chicago and can no longer share paid for adverts to target Irish users

7. Set-up of Craig Dwyer, co-founder of the Transparent Referendum Initiative, a volunteer group set up to collect information on the ads being used to target Irish Facebook users

8. SOUNDBITE (English) Craig Dwyer, co-found of the Transparent Referendum Initiative:

"So prior to Facebook taking the decision to ban foreign ads, for example, we were seeing examples of ads from organisations based outside of Ireland where they were targeting Irish Facebook users to potentially influence how they were going to vote on the 25th of May. And this is completely out of line with our electoral legislation. So, under our current laws, those same people, unless they are Irish citizens, would not be able to legally donate to a campaign group here in Ireland, but there was no rules, there was nothing stopping them from spending any amount of money on social media to try and target voters in the same way."

9. Close of page that is intended to appear to be neutral on the abortion debate but is not, according to the Transparent Referendum Initiative

10. SOUNDBITE (English) Craig Dwyer, co-found of the Transparent Referendum Initiative:

"So as we are getting closer to voting day the volume of ads is intensifying (on Facebook), you know, and we expected that we might see this anyway. But it also might be as a result of Google banning all ads, so now I think we may be potentially seeing funds being rediverted back into Facebook and a real kind of focus on that platform to try and reach voters in the final days of the campaign."

11. Various of Google headquarters in Dublin

12. Various of Facebook headquarters in Dublin

13. Various of "Vote No" truck and posters

14. Set-up of John McGuirk, Communications Director of Save the Eight (Vote No campaign)

15. SOUNDBITE (English) John McGuirk, Communications Director of Save the Eight (Vote No campaign):

"I think it is intended to hurt our campaign. I think Google, having watched the results of the American presidential election and the British referendum on the European Union, are a little bit concerned that if the No vote wins, that they would have gotten the blame. So, they decided to shut down all advertising. I think that is cowardly. I think it is wrong, and I think the justification they provided was outrageous, to say that there is something, you know, there is a threat to our electoral system. There is not."

16. Wide of Together for Yes headquarters

17. Together for Yes co-director Orla O'Connor

18. SOUNDBITE (English) Orla O'Connor, co-director Together for Yes campaign:

"When we are talking about paid advertisement, then that is something different because it's based, you know, whoever has the most money can put out the most ads. So having control on that is absolutely helpful when you are a campaign that is a grassroots campaign, is a civil society campaign. So I think for us, as I said, you know, the online bit is critical, reaching people in that way, because, you know, particularly for younger generations it's absolutely, you know, it's all online rather than maybe, you know, reading hard copies of newspapers. So yeah it has been really important and it's probably levelled the playing field in a way by (Google) taking out the paid advertisement piece."

19. Posters hanging by Liffey River

20. Banner reading (English) "Your Mother, Your Sister, Your Daughter, Her Choice. Vote Yes."

21. Set-up of Carol Dwyer

22. SOUNDBITE (English) Carol Dwyer, interior architect and mother:

"I saw some on Instagram for the No vote and I was pregnant at the time and I found it really upsetting. I find all the posters upsetting though to be honest, around town. I can't wait for it to be over because, it's just, you know outside of schools to see posters everywhere. I don't really... I'm not on Facebook or anything like that anymore. I left it and one of the reasons was things like that. I think it is offensive to see to be honest."

23. Shamim Debrum walking past camera

24. SOUNDBITE (English) Shamim Debrum, actress:

"I do think that ads with foreign money are unfair, you know what I mean? If it's to do with Ireland it should be paid for by Irish citizens and Irish referendum, you know? It is fine to take into account other people living in the country but if the money is coming from big organisations, on both sides, from anywhere else, I don't agree with it, you know?"

25. Posters on street

26. Irish flag

LEAD IN:

As the world gets used to the idea of the impending reality of President Trump, people across the Middle East have been voicing their opinions.

Analysts in Tehran predict he will isolate the US, which could make Iran stronger, while in Beirut there were warnings he could encourage dictatorships.

STORY-LINE:

Business as usual on the streets of Beirut. But behind closed doors the talk, as with the rest of the world, is the election of Donald Trump as US President.

Analysts here say it's too soon to predict what impact his appointment will have on the Arab world. But Maha Yahya, Director of the Carnegie Centre, has concerns over his words on foreign policy so far:

"His foreign policy statements were vague throughout the whole campaign. At one point he was talking about going back on the nuclear agreement with Iran. Another time he was expressing his admiration for President Putin and how he is fighting his war in Syria. We can say, perhaps, that his election is going to encourage the dictatorships of the region," she says.

She adds that his choice of team will be key to how his election affects the rest of the world.

In Sudan there were positive reactions to Trump's appointment. Sudan is currently directly affected by the US as a result of the sanctions it imposed on it.

There is hope that Trump could stop these, thus helping the country to recover. However experts remain cautious.

Ebetsam Othman, a journalist at Al-Tayar newspaper described his election as a "surprise" as he began the election as a "populist president", with reference to his celebrity profile.

Meanwhile Malek Taha, political analyst and managing editor of the Ar-Ray Al-Aam publication, pointed to the time it will take to implement all the promises he made during his campaign:

"Trump needs a lot of time and may spend all the time to achieve all the slogans and promises in his programme for the voters," he says.

While predictions pointed to uncertainty the more immediate effect on the Arab markets wasn't as bad as expected.

In Dubai, the financial market remained relatively stable, dropping just 0.84 per cent and closing on 3278.93 points.

The DFM did open initially with a sharp decline at 3219.59 points after closing yesterday at over 3300 points.

But markets rallied throughout the trading hours ending with only a 0.84 per cent change from its close the previous day.

"The reaction was immediately that they would drop and they were dropping last night, but unlike the Brexit impact, they've actually stabilised already. I think they learned the lesson from the first time, nobody was going to get caught out again like that, so obviously they've done some future proofing," says Steve Armitage, Managing Partner, UAE Business Solutions.

In Iran the focus was on an historic nuclear deal made with the US last year. Trump has criticised the deal saying it was not negotiated well enough.

Some citizens say this could mean tension in Iran-US relations.

But Hassan Mohammadi, a Tehran-based political analyst predicts Iran can benefit from Trump's election as his policies will distance the US from European allies and move it toward isolation.

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AP Television

Beirut, Lebanon - 9 November 2016

1. Wide of traffic in Beirut

2. Maha Yahya, Director of Carnegie Centre walking

3. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Maha Yahya, Director of Carnegie Centre:

"It's not clear what's going to be the effect of Donald Trump's policy on the Arab region yet. His foreign policy statements were vague throughout the whole campaign. At one point he was talking about going back on the nuclear agreement with Iran. Another time he was expressing his admiration for President Putin and how he is fighting his war in Syria. We can say, perhaps, that his election is going to encourage the dictatorships of the region."

4. Cutaway of Maha Yahya

5. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Maha Yahya, Director of Carnegie Centre:

"Currently there's no plan for military intervention or support for the Syrian opposition, for example. Still, it's not clear. I think it will be clear when we know who will be the team around him, who he will nominate for Secretary of State and Secretary of Defence - these are the important appointments. All these appointments can give us a signal about the nature of the foreign policy that he will adhere to."

AP Television

Khartoum, Sudan - 9 November 2016

6. Wide of Al-Hurriya street in Khartoum

7. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Ebetsam Othman, journalist of Al-Tayar newspaper

"Donald Trump's win, US 45th president, was a surprise for all observers, experts and all those who are interested in the American elections, because he started his campaign as a populist president."

8. Set up Malek Taha, political analyst and managing editor of Ar-Ray Al-Aam:

9. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Malek Taha, political analyst and managing editor of Ar-Ray Al-Aam

"Trump needs a lot of time and may spend all the time to achieve all the slogans and promises in his programme for the voters."

AP Television

Dubai, United Arab Emirates - 9 November 2016

10. Wide of man entering Dubai Financial Market (DFM) entrance

11. Interior of DFM

12. Pan right of traders on desk

13. Ticker board with stocks

14. SOUNDBITE (English) Steve Armitage, Managing Partner, UAE Business Solutions:

"The markets themselves, I've been following them the whole day, and the reaction was immediately that they would drop and they were dropping last night, but unlike the Brexit impact, they've actually stabilised already. I think they learned the lesson from the first time, nobody was going to get caught out again like that, so obviously they've done some future proofing."

15. DFM board showing Daily Index Graphic

AP Television

Tehran, Iran - 9 November 2016

16. Wide of Tehran skyline and traffic

17. Wide of Milad Tower and Tehran skyline

18. SOUNDBITE (Farsi) Shirin Maleki, Tehran resident:

"Surely some political stubbornness will happen between Iran and the US (following Trump's election) and this will be harmful to all the good things that happened with the nuclear deal."

19. Close of hands using computer

20. Mid of Hassan Mohammadi, political analyst

21. SOUNDBITE (Farsi) Hassan Mohammadi, Tehran based political analyst:

"Donald Trump will adopt a policy that will put America first, as he has always emphasised, and this will lead the US towards isolation. Trump's aggressive behaviour will make Europeans and powerful Middle Eastern countries not want to align themselves with the new US government. Therefore America will be unconsciously isolated and Iran will become more powerful and can bargain with Europeans more."

22. Mid of Mohammadi at computer

23. SOUNDBITE (Farsi) Hassan Mohammadi, political analyst:

"Donald Trump has talked about Russia's policies and his good relations with Putin and better ties with Russia. So it seems that the US, under Donald Trump, can coordinate better with Russia and Iran over Syria, and I think Iran and Russia will ultimately win this game, more easily than with a Clinton government in office."

24. Wide of visitors at press exhibition

Republican US presidential candidate Donald Trump said on Tuesday that the media was "more crooked than crooked Hillary" - his Democratic presidential rival.

His comments in Grand Junction, Colorado, came as Trump and his running mate, Mike Pence, complained that the November 8 election was going to be "rigged".

Trump claims the news media is colluding with Clinton by reporting that multiple women accuse him of sexually assaulting them.

He also said there would be fraud at the polls on election day.

Trump earlier advised his supporters to ignore mainstream news outlets and instead "read the internet".

He's also predicting that he'll win one of the greatest victories in political history.

But election veterans warn that drawing large crowds doesn't equate to winning an election.

POOL

Grand Junction, Colorado - 18 October 2016

1. Trump exits plane

2. Trump walks on tarmac

3. SOUNDBITE (English) Donald Trump, Republican US Presidential Candidate:

"They even want to try and rig the election at the polling booths where so many cities are corrupt and voter fraud is all too common, and then they say 'oh, there's no voter fraud in our country, there's no voter fraud.' No, no, there's no voter faud. Take a look at St. Louis, take at look at Philadelphia, take a look at Chicago, and then I have even the Republcians saying 'oh this is a wonderful' -- look, look. If nothing else, people are going to be watching on November 8th. Watch Philadelphia, watch St. Louis, watch Chicago, watch so many other places."

4. Wide of Trump on stage

5. SOUNDBITE (English) Donald Trump, Republican US Presidential Candidate:

"Now, there's a voter fraud also with the media because they so poison the mind of the people by writing false stories. They are the w-- I believe actually that they are more crooked than Crooked Hillary. I really do. That's a lot."

6. Wide of Trump at podium

7. SOUNDBITE (English) Donald Trump, Republican US Presidential Candidate:

"Now, they say we're tied in Colorado, I don't think so, I'll be honest. Something's going on here, something's going on. They say we're tied -- every place I go we have thousands and you can't honestly -- you don't know what's on the other side of this wall -- you won't even believe it -- but they say we're tied -- I don't think we're tied. Another one says we're two up, another says we're four up, one said we were six or seven down. That was the one that they show on television -- they don't show the other ones. These people. but they say let's say we're tied -- then how come we have thousands and thousands of people? Thousands and thousands. Sort of an amazing thing."

8. Wide of Trump at podium

9. SOUNDBITE (English) Donald Trump, Republican US Presidential Candidate:

"I mean, you can't belive anything you see. I don't even believe the polls -- I see these polls and they're not terrible -- they're sort of good. Actually if people come out and vote -- they're very nervous. I have a feeling this is another brexit. This is going to be interesting. They don't want to show you the good thing. And if they take five polls of the same group they'll always show the bad one."

10. Trump walks to plane

Donald Trump says the media is "more crooked than crooked Hillary," Clinton, his Democratic presidential rival.

The comment in Grand Junction, Colorado, comes as Trump and his running mate, Mike Pence, have complained that the Nov. 8 election is going to be, "rigged."

They say there are two reasons: One, the news media is colluding with Clinton by reporting that multiple women accuse him of sexually assaulting them.

Trump additionally insists there will be fraud at the polls on Election Day.

Trump earlier advised his supporters to ignore mainstream news outlets and instead "read the internet."

And he's predicting he'll win one of the greatest victories in political history.

Elections veterans caution that drawing large crowds doesn't equate to winning a general election.

POOL

Grand Junction, Colorado - October 18, 2016

1. Trump exits plane

2. Trump walks on tarmac

3. SOUNDBITE (English) Donald Trump, (R) Presidential Nominee

"They even want to try and rig the election at the polling booths where so many cities are corrupt and voter fraud is all too common, and then they say 'oh, there's no voter fraud in our country, there's no voter fraud.' No, no, there's no voter faud. Take a look at St. Louis, take at look at Philadelphia, take a look at Chicago, and then I have even the Republcians saying 'oh this is a wonderful' -- look, look. If nothing else, people are going to be watching on November 8th. Watch Philadelphia, watch St. Louis, watch Chicago. Watch so many other places."

4. Wide of Trump on stage

5. SOUNDBITE (English) Donald Trump, (R) Presidential Nominee

"Now, there's a voter fraud also with the media because they so poison the mind of the people by writing false stories. They are the w-- I believe actually that they are more crooked than Crooked Hillary. I really do. That's a lot."

6. Wide of Trump at podium

7. SOUNDBITE (English) Donald Trump, (R) Presidential Nominee

"Now, they say we're tied in Colorado, I don't think so, I'll be honest. Something's going on here, something's going on. They say we're tied -- every place I go we have thousands and you can't honestly -- you don't know what's on the other side of this wall -- you won't even believe it -- but they say we're tied -- I don't think we're tied. Another one says we're two up, another says we're four up, one said we were six or seven down. That was the one that they show on television -- they don't show the other ones. These people. but they say let's say we're tied -- then how come we have thousands and thousands of people? Thousands and thousands. Sort of an amazing thing."

8. Wide of Trump at podium

9. SOUNDBITE (English) Donald Trump, (R) Presidential Nominee

"I mean, you can't belive anything you see. I don't even believe the polls -- I see these polls and they're not terrible -- they're sort of good. Actually if people come out and vote -- they're very nervous. I have a feeling this is another brexit. This is going to be interesting. They don't want to show you the good thing. And if they take five polls of the same group they'll always show the bad one."

10. Trump walks to airplane

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Donald Trump says the media is "more crooked than crooked Hillary," Clinton, his Democratic presidential rival.

The comment in Grand Junction, Colorado, comes as Trump and his running mate, Mike Pence, have complained that the Nov. 8 election is going to be, "rigged."

They say there are two reasons: One, the news media is colluding with Clinton by reporting that multiple women accuse him of sexually assaulting them.

Trump additionally insists there will be fraud at the polls on Election Day.

Trump earlier advised his supporters to ignore mainstream news outlets and instead "read the internet."

And he's predicting he'll win one of the greatest victories in political history.

Elections veterans caution that drawing large crowds doesn't equate to winning a general election.

POOL

Grand Junction, Colorado - October 18, 2016

1. Trump exits plane

2. Trump walks on tarmac

3. SOUNDBITE (English) Donald Trump, (R) Presidential Nominee

"They even want to try and rig the election at the polling booths where so many cities are corrupt and voter fraud is all too common, and then they say 'oh, there's no voter fraud in our country, there's no voter fraud.' No, no, there's no voter faud. Take a look at St. Louis, take at look at Philadelphia, take a look at Chicago, and then I have even the Republcians saying 'oh this is a wonderful' -- look, look. If nothing else, people are going to be watching on November 8th. Watch Philadelphia, watch St. Louis, watch Chicago. Watch so many other places."

4. Wide of Trump on stage

5. SOUNDBITE (English) Donald Trump, (R) Presidential Nominee

"Now, there's a voter fraud also with the media because they so poison the mind of the people by writing false stories. They are the w-- I believe actually that they are more crooked than Crooked Hillary. I really do. That's a lot."

6. Wide of Trump at podium

7. SOUNDBITE (English) Donald Trump, (R) Presidential Nominee

"Now, they say we're tied in Colorado, I don't think so, I'll be honest. Something's going on here, something's going on. They say we're tied -- every place I go we have thousands and you can't honestly -- you don't know what's on the other side of this wall -- you won't even believe it -- but they say we're tied -- I don't think we're tied. Another one says we're two up, another says we're four up, one said we were six or seven down. That was the one that they show on television -- they don't show the other ones. These people. but they say let's say we're tied -- then how come we have thousands and thousands of people? Thousands and thousands. Sort of an amazing thing."

8. Wide of Trump at podium

9. SOUNDBITE (English) Donald Trump, (R) Presidential Nominee

"I mean, you can't belive anything you see. I don't even believe the polls -- I see these polls and they're not terrible -- they're sort of good. Actually if people come out and vote -- they're very nervous. I have a feeling this is another brexit. This is going to be interesting. They don't want to show you the good thing. And if they take five polls of the same group they'll always show the bad one."

10. Trump walks to airplane

French President Emmanuel Macron urged European Union citizens on Monday to use their votes in the upcoming European Parliament elections to protect and strengthen an "endangered" Europe.

In a column posted on the website of French newspaper Le Parisien, Macron wrote: "Never, since the World War II, has Europe been as essential. Yet never has Europe been in so much danger."

Paris residents viewed Macron's stance as positive in the face of growing populism across Europe, even if they didn't agree with his domestic policies.

In Germany, Berlin residents expressed similar opinions on the need for a united Europe against far-right movements.

In Hungary, whose President Viktor Orban has been a frequent target of Macron, the article was published online only in the independent business weekly HVG.

One woman in Budapest said she didn't think far-right parties posed that much of a threat.

The French leader, who campaigned as a strong supporter of the European Union, called Brexit a symbol of the problems plaguing Europe, alleging that "lie" and "irresponsibility" led to Britain's scheduled departure from the EU at the end of the month.

He advised voters in the May 23-26 EU parliament elections to reject nationalist parties that "offer nothing."

The German government says it's important for pro-European forces to set out their ideas for the future of the European Union but isn't offering any immediate assessment of details of Macron's latest reform proposals.

The government said in a brief emailed response Tuesday to a query on Macron's plea to voters to choose a stronger EU: "It is important for the pro-European forces to set out their concepts before the European election. The German government supports active discussion on the direction of the European Union."

Macron's plea for a stronger European Union went out to publications "of record" in 28 nations, but didn't always get prime placement.

Paris - 5 March 2019

1. Various of news kiosk

2. Various of French newspaper "Le Parisien" column published by French President Emmanuel Macron

"I think it's important because we are seeing that in eastern Europe there are more and more parties, such as Viktor Orban's in Hungary, nationalist parties which are against freedom of the press, free democracy and I think Macron's effort to give Europeans a chance to vote for Europe, for human rights and democracy is important."

4. People walking on the street

5. SOUNDBITE (French) Josiane Divanach, teacher:

"The far-right in Italy scares me a lot. I don't want European countries to become far-right countries. I voted for Mr Macron but more and more he is giving us the impression that he wants to preserve France for the rich so yes, (I'm) pro-Macron but against his system."

6. People walking on the street

7. SOUNDBITE (French) Philippe Goupil, shipping company director:

"We need a leader, a European leader. He should become a European leader to everyone. It's not by having small European parties that we are going to achieve anything. I think he could become a leader by placing himself centre stage and addressing everyone, all countries."

8. French and European flags

9. People walking in Paris street  

Budapest - 5 March 2019

10. Various of parliament, Budapest

11. Budapest street

12. SOUNDBITE (Hungarian) Julia (no surname given), Budapest resident:

"The truth will lie at the (political) centre - I wouldn't believe that the extreme right will forge ahead so much, that's what I think, but I'm not an expert on that."

13. Newsstand

14. Pan of Hungarian daily papers

15. Various of government ad in one of the pro-government papers picturing European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker and investor and philantropist George Soros

16. Various of front page of news site 444.hu including Macron's message

17. Scroll down of title reading: (Hungarian) "I believe in a Europe that protects values and borders at the same time"

Berlin, March 5 2019

18. Newspaper store

19. German newspaper "Die Welt"

20. Page with Macron's article reading (German) "Europe was never in such danger"

21. Newspaper stand

22. SOUNDBITE (German) Juergen Wagner, Berlin resident:

"I think it's good that such appeals are made also by the French president because it's about preserving Europe and our democratic structures which are in danger from populist parties like Orban in Hungary, for example. He has profited so much from Europe and is now creating a mood against Europe, which I think is bad."

23. Street scene

24. SOUNDBITE (German) Wolfgang Knospe, Berlin resident:

"When all European countries stand together, we have a counterweight against the American trend. Only together we are strong."

25. European flag on top of parliament

26. German and European flags in front of chancellery