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Gavin Grey: UK Correspondent on French President Emmanuel Macron's visit to the UK · Early Edition with Ryan Bridge

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  Speaker 1: International Correspondence with INSI Eye Insurance, Peace of mind for
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  Speaker 1: New Zealand business.
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  Speaker 2: Goodby two. It is now thirteen to six. We're off
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  Speaker 2: to the UK. Kevin Gray, Hello, Hither Angel, pump and
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  Speaker 2: ceremony as a Manual Macron comes to the UK for
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  Speaker 2: the very first time since two thousand and eight, for
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  Speaker 2: the very first time since Brexit.
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  Speaker 1: Yes, a three day state visit. The red carpet being
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  Speaker 1: rolled out quite literally. He's just spoken to Parliament saying
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  Speaker 1: that the UK and France have a duty to tackle
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  Speaker 1: illegal migration with humanity, solidarity and firmness. Some people in
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  Speaker 1: this country don't believe France is doing enough to prevent
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  Speaker 1: the small boats from leaving their shores, and the tens
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  Speaker 1: of millions of New Zealand dollars that the UK has
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  Speaker 1: given to France to tackle the problem has simply not
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  Speaker 1: been used for that purpose. Nevertheless, there's a state banquet
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  Speaker 1: at Windsor Castle this evening and so far a great
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  Speaker 1: deal of warmth from all the dignitaries towards Immanual Macron.
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  Speaker 1: Haven't seen any protests either, and of course the UN
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  Speaker 1: very very keen to be slightly warmer towards Europe under
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  Speaker 1: the new Prime Minister of Sekiir Starmership Sakis Starmer and
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  Speaker 1: his premiership rafter the rather tough Brexit use. But there's
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  Speaker 1: another thing. The French are still very very angry at
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  Speaker 1: the orcust deal, the deal between the US, Australia and
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  Speaker 1: the UK over its defense and the canceling at late
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  Speaker 1: notice of a submarine contract between Australia and France which
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  Speaker 1: then led to the announcement of ORCUS a short while later.
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  Speaker 1: So a few apologies I think on the way, and
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  Speaker 1: well hopefully some better news for him at home as well.
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  Speaker 2: It's always slightly evolved with Orcus. And here's the thing.
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  Speaker 2: The Australians went for the deal with America, and then
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  Speaker 2: of course in came Donald Trump, who says, I don't
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  Speaker 2: really want to worry too much about global global issues
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  Speaker 2: in global pex. So maybe it's all bit of a mess.
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  Speaker 2: We'll see. Now, three men have been found guilty of
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  Speaker 2: an asonatech on a London warehouse and it's got Russian
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  Speaker 2: so it's some reason involved. Yeah, that's right.
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  Speaker 1: So a two twenty three year olds and a twenty
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  Speaker 1: year old were found guilty today of aggravated arson with
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  Speaker 1: intent to endanger life at an industrial unit. The reason
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  Speaker 1: it's so important is this particular warehouse the company sent
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  Speaker 1: aid and internet satellite equipment to Ukraine, so when it
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  Speaker 1: suddenly burnt down seemingly without cause, a few eyebrows were
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  Speaker 1: raised and it was said that they a group had
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  Speaker 1: orchestrated this arson attack on behalf of the Wagner Group,
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  Speaker 1: or the Wagner Group, which is of course the Russian
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  Speaker 1: Mercenary Group. The UK government has prescribed this group as
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  Speaker 1: a terrorist group, and it was said that roughly two
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  Speaker 1: point three million New Zealand dollars worth of damage was
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  Speaker 1: caused in the attack at the warehouse. But of course
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  Speaker 1: it did mean as well that production also was disrupted
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  Speaker 1: and that, no doubt is what the Russians were after
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  Speaker 1: all along, not like in the fact that Ukraine was
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  Speaker 1: receiving business and aid from this particular group shipped humanitarian
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  Speaker 1: aid and goods to Ukraine, including the so called Starlink
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  Speaker 1: satellite equipment that's crucial for Ukrainian troops as they work
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  Speaker 1: out where the enemy is. And so consequently this was
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  Speaker 1: a bit of a setback, it's thought to that and
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  Speaker 1: a big warning from the Crown Prosecution Service here that
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  Speaker 1: Russia cannot view the UK as some kind of a
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  Speaker 1: soft target with which to do its dirty deals.
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  Speaker 2: Getting Gray out of the UK. I thank you so
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  Speaker 2: much for more from Early Edition with Ryan Bridge.
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