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we begin in france, where unions have called for a new strike day today, the 10th such mobilisation since protests started in mid—january against a controversial law, which includes raising the retirement age to 64 from 62. people in france are angry at president macron, after he pushed through the pension reforms in parliament using a special provision sidestepping any vote.the ministry of energy transition has warned that kerosene supply to the capital and its airports was becoming...

across northern ireland, north—west england and definitely into areas of scotland and then later in the afternoon we have a zone of heavy rain working into wales and parts of southern england. sunny spells in short supply, overall a cloudy and blustery day but mild with temperatures as high as 16, one of the warmest days of the year so far. as we head through wednesday night, the bad of heavy rain crosses the uk and for thursday, still arent settled but a better day with sunny spells...

and a huge payout by william hill — one of the worlds biggest betting companies — after the uk regulator issues it with the largest penalty its ever imposed. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. its newsday. welcome to the programme. we begin today in the united states — where police who are investigating a mass shooting at a primary school in nashville say the attacker had legally purchased seven guns and hid them at the family house. audrey hale, a 28—year—o...

for next month. at least a0 people have died in a fire at a migrant processing facility on the us—mexico border. a billionaire�*s son who fled to yemen hours after the death of a student in central london 15 years ago admits to the bbc that he was involved in her death. and the bbc is granted rare access to londons new £5 billion super—sewer, aimed at cleaning up the river thames. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. its newsday. welcome to the programme. we begi...

life beyond the grave, jim, but not as we know it. william shatner�*s got plans to keep talking after hes boldly on. this interview is the best thing ive ever done! - oh, for goodness sake! laughs. and how can your foot flaunt the perfect fit? get ready for the science of stilettos. heres something thats hard to get your head around. more and more tourist attractions are clocking how important social media is in getting their name out there. yeah, were at the new twist museum in cent...

senegal celebrates the rich traditions of the continents fabrics and textiles — with some of africas leading contemporary designers. welcome to world news america, in the uk, on pbs, and around the globe. we start in france, where hundreds of protesters have filled the vast square opposite the parliament building in central paris. they started fires and chanted their opposition to the governments move to push through unpopular pension reforms without a parliamentary vote. president e...

through his controversial pension reforms. we start with increasing warnings from western governments over the use of the chinese social—media platform, tiktok. today the british government banned it on all government and civil servants�* devices. take a listen. were also going to ban the use of macro when devices. we will do so with immediate effect. mr speaker, this is a precautionary move. we know that there is already use of tiktok across government, but it is also good cyber�...

tonight with the context, anand menon, director of the thinktank, the uk in a changing europe and the former spokesperson for the republican national committee doug heye welcome to the programme. around a million health workers in england have been offered a new pay deal today, which could bring to an end months of damaging strikes in the nhs. the unions at the negotation, represent a wide variety of health staff from nurses, paramedics, and midwives, to emergency call handlers and cle...

between the brothers over what will happen to james�*s character lorcan after their mothers death and as the first actor with down�*s syndrome to win an oscar, he hopes the world of the big screen will become more open to storylines which involve disability. its really down to the actors themselves, really, but i think we should be included because it doesnt matter what disabilities you have, as long as you can act, that is the main thing. what is crucial for representation is not ...

a draw ahead of the second leg next week. to compound uniteds misery, defender lisandro martinez was forced off with injury and manager erik ten hag says its not an achilles tendon problem. i think it is not an injury, he will not play on sunday, but i can say what the diagnosis is and i would prefer to wait and then we are clear and we know exactly what it is. assistant referee constantine hatzidakis says he is "looking forward to returning to officiating" after the english football a...