into by mr sanderson. hello and welcome to bbc news. security forces in france remain on high alert, after legislation to raise the state pension age caused massive protests. the dispute and outbreaks of violence forced the authorities to postpone a planned state visit by the british monarch, king charles. separate demonstrations are expected on an unrelated issue in western france, linked to concerns about water usage by large scale agricultural producers. it s feared the disputes could converge at a time of growing tensions. 0ur correspondent simonjones reports. sirens wail. police patrolling the streets of paris last night, trying to prevent a repeat of scenes like these. commotion. on thursday, what had been largely peaceful protests against the president and his pension reforms turned violent. that night, piles of uncollected rubbish in the capital were set alight. the french authorities say almost 1,000 fires were started. glass smashes. this was nantes. and similar sce
and a once in a decade flyby, as an asteroid passes between the earth and the moon. hello and welcome to bbc news. security forces in france remain on high alert, after legislation to raise the state pension age caused massive protests. the dispute, and outbreaks of violence, forced the authorities to postpone a planned state visit by the british monarch, king charles. separate demonstrations are expected on an unrelated issue in western france, linked to concerns about water usage by large scale agricultural producers. it s feared the disputes could converge at a time of growing tensions. our correspondent simonjones reports. sirens wail police patrolling the streets of paris last night, trying to prevent a repeat of scenes like these. commotion on thursday, what had been largely peaceful protests against the president and his pension reforms turned violent. that night, piles of uncollected rubbish in the capital were set alight. the french authorities say almost 1,000 fires
hello. the foreign secretary, lord cameron, says he s carefully reviewing the initial findings of the israeli military investigation into how its forces killed seven aid workers in gaza on monday. three of the dead were british nationals. the israeli defence force inquiry found there d been a catalogue of errors leading up to the air strikes on the aid convoy, with the idf saying the deaths were a grave mistake and a serious violation of procedure. several senior officers have now been dismissed. the people who died were working for the charity world central kitchen, which has called for an independent inquiry, and there s been worldwide condemnation of the killings. israel has now opened up more aid routes, in response to the criticism. in a moment, we ll take look at the dire humanitarian situation in gaza, where more than 33,000 people have died in the last six months, according to the hamas controlled health ministry. but first, here s lucy williamson injerusalem. israe