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we start in france where police have fired tear gas at demonstrators after violence broke out at traditional may day rallies in paris. they have been mass demonstrations against plans to raise the pension age to 64. the plans were pushed through parliament last month without a vote which has led to a wave of unrest across the country. we can cross to a europe corresponding nick beake in paris. we are seeing different sides to the protest, on the one hand clashes with police with tear gas and on the other hand what i can see behind you is peaceful protesters on may the 1st, an importa...

hello and welcome to the programme. it has become a familiar scene on the streets of paris, protesters dressed in black and police armed with riot shields. tear gas and barricades running battles taking place down the boulevards of the french capital. it is happening again and this time on may day. a mostly peaceful demonstration against president macron�*s controversial reforms of the pension system mired once more by scenes of violence. these are live pictures now of police firing water cannon and protesters. tension is particularly high today because a lot of the unions come at ...

And the police on horseback had to come in at speed. and we had these clashes. we have heard about 30 people have been arrested and that figure is going up all the time so we have this kind of different stories within one city, families on the official route and also maybe hundreds of people who have already clashed with the police just an hour or so into this demonstration. do we know which sections of the protesters are the ones that have clashed with police? it was the people dressed all in black, some covering theirfaces who were right at the head of the march on the protest route. they fi...

Make them rich. >> ashley: and controversy swirling at the beijing winter olympics. five are disqualified over their out fits from germany, norway, austria and japan. they do not apply to the ski federation rules, suits are said to fit too loosely giving the skewers advantage on jumps. outrage with athletes and coaches. germany disqualified silver medallist says she has no words and the decision is damaging the sport. >> todd: will not lie, arn, does not seem like it is going well. >> ashley: no, it is not positive. >> todd: a major victory for the freedom convoy, despite repeated attacks by j...

>> shots fired by police. shots fired by police. >> get an ambulance over here. >> the officer who shot mcdonald is charged now with first-degree murder. chicago activists have called for the mayor there as well as the states attorney to resign. protesters today say they are planning peaceful protests. ryan young is live in chicago along this protest route. what are you hearing and seeing? >> reporter: so far, this is one of the smallest protests we have seen. this is about 75 to 100 people. they could not up a the entire michigan avenue so they decided to stop in front of the apple store. the...