the company and its executives. the french government is setting out plans to reform the pensions system, under which many workers still retire at the age of 62, much earlier that many other advanced economies. the proposal is for most workers to stay in the workplace for two or three years longer, to qualify for a full pension. let s turn now to the latest on the conflict in ukraine, and fighting has been raging in the east of the country, as russia continues its attack on the donbas region. the uk s ministry of defence says it s likely that the ukrainian mining town of soledar is now under russian control, afterfighting intensified over the past four days. this image from five days ago gives a sense of the destruction, even before the latest russian attacks. soledar had a population of around 10,000 before the war, now president zelensky says there is almost
will help us with the temperature and precipitation in the region. i temperature and precipitation in the region. in the region. i wish you the very best in the region. i wish you the very best with in the region. i wish you the very best with this - in the region. i wish you the| very best with this ambitious goal in the future, mr macron, member of the pakistan climate change counsel, it is a village and pleasure to have you on the programme. let s take a look at some other stories in the headlines. president lula of brazil has been meeting state governors, in the wake of sunday s attack on government buildings in brazilia. the president inspected the damage at the supreme court. he condemned again the attempts by bolsonaro s supporters to overthrow the newly installed government. the former chief financial officer of the trump organization, allen weisselberg, was sentenced to five months injail. he was found guilty of a 13 year tax fraud scheme at the trump 0rganization, after
it s estimated that the total amount that pakistan needs to fully recover is in the region of $16 billion. the pledges were made at the international conference on climate resilient pakistan in geneva after the un secretary general antonio guterres described the floods as a monsoon on steroids. well for more on this we can cross live to pakistan and join ali tauqeer sheikh who s a member of the pakistan climate change council. hejoins us live from islamabad. great to get you in the programme. in terms of the current situation, in terms of the areas that have been hit hardest by the floods, lowers the recovery process going on in those areas? some areas are particularly slow because they are inaccessible or the infrastructure is such that the standing water is not able to
no life there. two british nationals, andrew bagshaw and christopher parry, have gone missing in the region. they were last seen heading to soledar. they were doing voluntary work and were last seen on friday. it s thought that soledar is seen by the russians as a stepping stone to capturing the city of bakhmut, where the fighting has been intense. these images are from the front line in recent days. there are reports that the uk may agree to supply tanks to ukrainian forces. 0ur ukraine correspondent james waterhouse has more soledar is more important to the russians and it is the ukrainians, and i think there are two main reasons for that. firstly, as you were alluding to, it allows the russians to further encircle the significant city of bakhmut. there are deep salt mines there, which the russians could
dating from his time as us vice president were found in his think tank office. speaking at the end of his visit to mexico city, mr biden said his lawyers had immediately handed the papers over to the archives. i don t know what s in the documents. my lawyers have not suggested i asked what documents they were. i ve turned over the boxes, they ve turned over the boxes, they ve turned over the boxes, they ve turned over the boxes to the archives, and we are cooperating fully with the review, which i hope will be finished soon, and there will be more detail at that time. lets turn now to the latest on the conflict in ukraine, and fighting has been raging in the east of the country, as russia continues its attack on the donbas region. the uk s ministry of defence says it s likely that the ukrainian mining town of soledar, is now under russian control, after fighting intensified over the past four days. 0ur correspondentjames waterhouse has more from the capital kyiv.