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people in france are angry at president macron, after he pushed through the pension reforms in parliament. the leader of the countrys largest trade union — the cfdt — has urged the government to put pension reforms on hold. laurent berger urged president macron to accept some form of mediation, for up to six weeks. transport, schools, shipping and bin collection, are some of the sectors affected by the strikes today. im joined now by emmanuelle auriol, whos an economist at the toul...

for failing to protect consumers and weak anti—money laundering controls. the company, a subsidiary of the gibraltar—based 888 holdings, was found by the uks gambling commission to have allowed customers to bet big sums of money without proper checks. it says its seriously considered suspending william hills licence. lets get more now from dr carolyn downs, whos a gambling industry specialist at lancaster university. thanks forjoining us. can you explain a bit more about the troubl...

daffodils in wales. and there is plenty of wet weather, muddy foot pads in lancashire and across the south—west of england with rain across scotland as well. not a lot is set to change as we head through the rest of this week and into the start of next. still cloudy, mild and a lot more wet and windy weather to come in the forecast. this is today. you can see the rain starting today. you can see the rain starting to ease across scotland with a brisk south—westerly wind and another ...

majority of workers, they have the most votes in this. if they get behind us, then this could get through. if other small unions dont recommend this, for example unite, that might not matter. at this stage its not clear whether all the unions are going to recommend this offer to their membership. my sense is that the unison, gmb unions will probably get behind this. but its a big question whether the membership are going to think that is good enough. there is a lot of anger out there. ...

discover a harmful gene. its seven in the morning in singapore, and 8am injapan and south korea. both countries have hailed a new chapter in their troubled relationship. it came after leaders of the two countries met at a summit in tokyo — as both face increasing challenges from china and north korea. the leaders announced agreements on trade, security and cultural exchange. im joined now by our tokyo correspondent shaimaa khalil thank you forjoining us on the programme. this is a bi...

seek to destroy it.— buckingham palace is after the coronation the queen consort will be known as queen camilla. hello, im lucy hockings. president volodymyr zelensky is making his first official visit to poland since russia invaded ukraine. its proving more controversial than planned. the polish agricultural minister has resigned as farmers are complaining about cheap ukrainian grain but all of the military honours were out in force today. this is president zelensky and his wife wit...

of those victims have died, my father being one of them. only one family member remains alive today. the impact has been devastating. my father died in 1986, he was one of this the very earliest haemophiliacs to die from hiv and subsequently we have been losing family members right up until the last death in 2012, so it has been affecting our family for the best part of 30 years. every time a campaigner or one of the victims is a constant memory of what we have been through and im sure...

trial, the biggest west midlands police have dealt with. 13 in prison, four awaiting sentence, and four more convicted of less serious offences have been given non—custodial offences. i really cant go into the detail of what the crimes were, because they are just so horrific. in fact, west midlands police have described this as a case of shocking and systematic abuse. it first came to light following a hospital admission by one of the young victims, they were all aged 12 years and un...

hello and welcome to bbc news. we start in poland where president zelensky of ukraine has made his first official visit to the country since russia invaded ukraine. the polish president, andrzej duda, has told his ukrainian counterpart that poland will urge nato to give kyiv additional security guarantees. ukraines leader has been welcomed by president duda at the presidential palace and hes expected to thank the polish people at the royal castle in warsaw later. poland has been one of...

now sport from the bbc sport centre. manchester united are looking for their first premier league win and goal since lifting the league cup at wembley in february. that slump has seen eric ten hags side drop out of the top four. united host brentford later and ten hag feels some of the attributes that made them top four contenders are missing you have to know why you are where you are. and what brings us to the position. and that was about determination, that was about passion, that wa...