Macron’s popularity problem, Hong Kong crisis, Africa’s independence


Jul 03 2020 42 mins   18
After his party's disappointing performance in the local elections, Emmanuel Macron has replaced his popular Prime Minister Édouard Philippe with the relatively low-profile Jean Castex. Can a government reshuffle change the French President's luck? Mark Owen's panel also looks at China's imposing a harsh security law giving it sweeping powers over Hong Kong, the African countries marking their independence and the UK government tightening the lockdown in Leicester as Covid-19 cases surge.