hello and welcome to bbc news. the french prime minister has condemned the violence that accompanied a day of mass demonstrations against reform of the country s pension system. the interior ministry says more than a50 protestors were arrested and 440 members of the security forces injured. more than 1 million people took to the streets on thursday to protest against the retirement age being raised from 62 to 64. most of the protests were peaceful, but there were violent clashes with police in paris and in other cities, including bordeaux, toulouse, lille and nantes. vincent mcaviney reports. bordeaux s town hall set alight by protesters overnight. more than a million had taken to the streets across the country through the day, angry at president macron s raising of the retirement age from 62 to 64. in paris, where over 100,000 had marched in a largely peaceful demonstration, the night was also hijacked by violent protesters. running battles through the capital s centre betwe
especially now that the estimated cost of taxpayers is half a trillion dollars over the next ten years. an op-ed in the washington post paul s their plant calls their plans aggressive, and no concerns about taking money from plumbers and giving it writing that low-wage workers will pick up the tabs to cancel the educational debt. how is the president responding to these questions? let s take a look. and about how others don t have to? we see this all the time. i want to flashback to another biden and pelosi moment. they both addressed this issue. people think that the president of the united states has the power for forgiveness. he does not. he can postpone, delay, but he doesn t have that power. that has to be an act of congress. sounded very different. that comes with the same time that the wall street journal confidential memo written by charlie rose, and obama educational department leader council. wrote the floor for persuasive analysis tends to supp
sandra: america reports with the justice department last hour submitting proposed redactions to the affidavit used as the basis of the search of former president trump s florida home. now it s up to a federal judge to determine how much of that document the public will actually get to see. hello, welcome, everyone. i m sandra smith in new york. happy friday eve. john: as we like to call it around here, that s what thursday is. good to see you, sandra. the federal judge who approved the warrant to search mar-a-lago is set to weigh the pros and cons of releasing portions of the affidavit. the judge acknowledged heavy redactions to make the document in essence meaningless. justice department maintaining it could be dangerous to release any part of the affidavit saying it could compromise the investigations. republicans, along with several news organizations are pressing for more information about what prompted the unprecedented search of a former president s home. sandra
word from israeli officials that hamas has lost control of northern gaza. 50,000 palestinians have left gaza city after israeli forces opened the main road leading south. the route was kept open for about five hours and is affected to reopen again on thursday. the hamas one health ministries is almost half of those killed in gaza in the last day were killed in the south, an area meant to be safe. the health ministry also says more than 10,000 palestinians have now been killed. there is possible progress in the race of some hostages. a source of the bbc discussion are taking place for the release of 12 hostages. half of them are americans. in exchange for a three day humanitarian pause. 0ur international editorjeremy bowen has travelled with the israel defence forces into gaza. the bibs had editorial control of this next report, this action by the idf has been viewed by them. like young soldiers in many wars, israeli troops looked excited, not apprehensive, as they made their