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French Military Head Quits Over Cuts

The head of the French armed forces has quit after a clash with President Macron.

The head of the French armed forces has quit after a clash with President Macron. The 成人快手's Hugh Schofield in Paris tells us how an argument over funding led to the resignation. Also in the programme, India's aviation minister Gajapati Raju tells us why his government's patience has run out with Air India, the country's loss-making national airline. After a surprise fall in the rate of inflation in the UK, our regular commentator Roger Bootle from Capital Economics tells us whether an interest rate rise is on the cards any time soon. The 成人快手's Michelle Fleury reports on how drug companies have been introducing eye-watering price increases. Plus the 成人快手's John Sudworth in Beijing tells us about suspicions that the popular messaging app WhatsApp may have fallen foul of Chinese censors.

(Picture: Emmanuel Macron and Gen Pierre de Villiers. Picture credit: AFP.)

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Wed 19 Jul 2017 14:32GMT

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