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so lets now get down to business starting in france where another day of disruption is ahead. eight union federations have called for strike action in what will be the 11th day of mass walk—outs since the beginning of the pension battle injanuary. this comes as president emmanuel macron prepares to meet china's president xi in the next few hours. he plans to talk about the war in ukraine but is also with a large french trade delegation. meanwhile the crisis at home over pension reform has hit a fresh roadblock with last—ditch talks with the prime minister over raising the pension...

Arseniy yatsenyuk in kyiv, welcome to hardtalk. Thanks for having me, stephen. Heres a very simple first question. Do you feel that ukraine right now is going through its bleakest moments in this war since your country survived that initial russian onslaught in late February 2022 . We are at a critical juncture, no doubt, stephen, youre absolutely correct. So we survived two years ago due to an unbelievable resolve of the ukrainian people and due to the real unity among the Western World. As of now, the mood is different, but i still believe that we have the chance to prevail. But we need an e...

People who are going to rotest. ., ., , ., , , protest. how do you see this -la in: protest. how do you see this playing out? _ protest. how do you see this playing out? because - protest. how do you see this| playing out? because macron protest. how do you see this i playing out? because macron is pushing through regardless at the moment and yet the protests are getting more violent and the unions are standing firm so who will blink first? 50. who will blink first? so, everything _ who will blink first? so, everything depends - who will blink first? sr, everything depends now on the constitut...

Ukrainians. right now russia is trying to blank the ukrainians on the north and on the south. if they penetrate either one of those, it's possible for them to capture the entire battle force. and that would be a devastating and possibly lethal blow to the ukrainians. everything depends on ukraine holding that line. >> russian forces appear to have abandon the chernobyl nuclear power plant. does that fit in with the focus of donbas? >> it does. >> the result of troops being sickened by radiation. >> i wouldn't have any way to know whether that was the case. i know militarily it has no power -- ...

More brutal turn. a senior u.s. official saying some russian soldiers now bringing in chem biosuits to protect against chemical and biological weapons. fearing that false flag event meant to justify russia's own use of chemical weapons. today the u.s. ambassador to the u.n. slamming russia for spreading disinformation. >> we have serious concerns that russia may be planning to use chemical or biological agents against the ukrainian people. >> reporter: as russia now expands its attacks for the first time into western ukraine with those deadly missile strikes. this while its ground forces are c...