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hello, welcome to bbc news. we start once again in france because we have seen big numbers taking to the streets. the 11th day of mass protest against the pension age in france. some of the pictures from streets in the centre of the capital. a meeting between the prime minister and labour unions failed to break the deadlock yesterday. frances constitutional council will decide next week on the validity of the governments move after the change was rammed through parliament with no vote....

here on bbc news, coming up we have the catch up team meeting young ukrainian refugees living in the uk, but first, it is sports day. hello and welcome to sportsday — im hugh ferris. the headlines this evening: back in the trophy business... manchester united end a six year wait for silverware... winning the efl cup at wembley celtic rarely have to wait long between trophies. they win an old firm derby to retain the scottish league cup. and sam kerr scores on her 100th chelsea appear...

and sheffield becomes the latest city in the uk to introduce a clean air zone. from monday, drivers of the most polluting vehicles will be charged to enter a designated area. its seven in the morning in singapore, and ii at night in uk where the prime minister, rishi sunak, will meet the president of the european commission, ursula von der leyen, in berkshire on monday. the meeting is expected to revolve around the post—brexit trading arrangements for northern ireland; in a joint sta...

by catering to the hard right. conduct like theirs is just asking for another january 6th to happen. >> thats of course chuck schumer, but its not just democrats who are calling out fox news for trying to down play the violence of january 6th. some republican senators did not hold back their criticism either. well have their comments straight ahead. speaker mccarthy making no apologies for his role in all of this. well tell you how he is justifying handing over thousands of hours of ...

"morning joe." it is wednesday, march 29th. we have a lot to get to this hour, including a major development in the investigation into former president donald trumps efforts to overturn the 2020 election results. a federal judge has ordered mike pence to give testimony. meanwhile former trump ally chris christie appears to be willing to play the anti-trump role if he gets into the 2024 race. well have more on that new reporting. and were still on so called indictment watch since the pr...

community under scrutiny from the senate intelligence committee this morning, as they deliver their annual report on the major global threats to the nation topped by mounting concerns over china and its authoritarian leader. >> the ccp represents both the leading and most consequential threat to u.s. national security and leadership globally, and its intelligence specific capabilities made it the most serious and consequential intelligence rival. judiciary committee chairman dick dur...

the entire memphis police department after the brutal beating of tyre nichols. plus, the man behind the decision to shoot suspicious balloons out of the sky testifying on capitol hill. congress is demanding some answers today to a long list of questions about how all of that went down. also, what were learning from the wife of one of the four americans kidnapped in mexico, as her husband is being treated in a texas hospital. and trip delayed, the massive protests in israel, so big,...

the use of drug. that restricted the use of the drug. the drug, mifepristone, is used in more than half of all abortions in the us. this decision is a victory supporters of abortion rights, as it defends broad acces to this pill, and a victory for the biden administration. president biden has responded: with me is our correspondentjess parker. jess what does this ruling mean? it means axis ii mifepristone remains but the uncertainty goes on. mifepristone is used by an enormous number o...

>> lord, when babies die at a church school, it is time for us to move beyond thoughts and prayers. remind our lawmakers of the words of the british statesman, edmund burke. all that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good people to do nothing. >> senate chaplain barry black appealing to lawmakers to do something about gun violence. but one of the party has made it clear where they stand. and it is not with american children who just want to grow up. a republican congressman admit...

of united states his appointed attorney general, the direct or of fbi, the u.s. attorney also appointed by the president of the united states, and special counsel appointed by the attorney general of the united states, what do we do as a country if they stonewall the house of representatives majority of whom are republicans? what do we do as a country if the national archives, also part of the executive branch, is also stonewalling the republicans? in other words, what to we do if s...