to protest against the retirement age being raised from 62 to 64. here s some of what mr macron said about postponing the king s visit. translation: i believe that you see the situation translation: i believe that you see the situation linked translation: i believe that you see the situation linked to translation: i believe that you see the situation linked to the translation: i believe that you see the situation linked to the protests . the situation linked to the protests because of pension reform in france. from the moments last night when the unions announced a new day of mobilisation on tuesday and with the king s visit planned from monday to wednesday, i think we wouldn t be being serious and lacking some sense to propose to his majority and the queen consort to come and make a state visit in the middle of the demonstrations. soa so a significant moment there. we will have plenty more reaction to that later in the programme. israel s prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, ha
that is trying to make these people hurt us. you tell your government, you tell your people. protesters outside the british embassy in tel aviv last week. they want israel s traditional allies to intervene, but this week, britain and israel said their bilateral relationship had never been closer. for palestinians, israel s political turmoil forms a noisy backdrop to their own difficult lives. this morning, they queued up at israeli checkpoints hoping to reach jerusalem for the first friday prayers of ramadan. there s real tension here, and violence is on the rise in the west bank. the coming weeks could be challenging. paul adams, bbc news. i m joined now by doctor mori ram in newcastle upon tyne a lecturer in politics at newcastle university. thank you for coming on the programme. thank you for coming on the programme- thank you for coming on the programme. thank you for coming on the rouramme. , ., , ., ~ programme. good to be here, thank ou. what programme. good to be here, thank