welcome to world news america on pbs and around the globe. we begin in france where more than a hundred police officers have been injured in the latest protests over pension reforms. demonstrators used the traditional may day rallies, to voice their continued anger, against president emmanuel macron s plans. these protests have been widespread. take a look at the figures. according to the interior ministry, more than 780,000 protesters hit the streets across the country. that includes 112 thousand in the capital, paris alone. but the country s hard left cgt union, says the figure is actually three times that number. at issue of course is president macron s plans to raise the retirement age from 62, to 64. he signed the legislation last month, and the meaures are due to take effect in september. 0ur europe correspondent, nick beake has the latest. singing. the may day march, a french tradition reaching back decades, but fuelling this year s protests, the vision of a future whe
hello. welcome to the programme. we start with the latest situation in sudan. three updates. the un top official to the region is on his way. this is a crucialfigure, martin griffiths. he is there to effectively coordinate aid and tried to help it get in safely. we are looking at live pictures of khartoum. the smoke rising there. i will get to the causes, we think, of those explosions in a moment. we can first get the latest on martin griffiths who has arrived in nairobi. he said the situation unfolding is catastrophic. and that. we can look at the situation on the ground. this is khartoum. air strikes have continued despite the ceasefire. the army said it had been attacking the city to flush out effectively paramilitary rivals the rapid support forces. 500 deaths have been reported and the actualfigure deaths have been reported and the actual figure believed to deaths have been reported and the actualfigure believed to be higher. we will not get official counts for while. mi
room for compromise yet on an issue that impacts the global economy. us treasury secretary janet yellen says the us could run out of cash byjune 1st, prompting president biden to call a meeting with the top leaders in congress next week. in a letter to the leaders today, yellen warned: speaker mccarthy responded to yellen in a statement, saying: the republican controlled house passed a debt ceiling bill last week that includes steep spending cuts. senate democratic majority leader chuck schumer announced a process to pass a clean bill with no cuts just hours ago. meanwhile, a little relief in the banking sector. wall street giantjp morgan chase took over the troubled first republic bank in a $10.6 billion deal brokered by regulators. they seized first republic early on monday, after efforts to rescue the bank fell through over the weekend. the failure of the bank is the second largest in us history, and the third in the country since march. samira hussain has more. as of mond
bank. now we have the sport and a full round up. we will begin with the women s champions league. a crowd of more than 60,000 is expected at the emirates for arsenal against wolfsburg. a record attendance for a women s club match in the uk is expected and kick off is a few hours away. kt is there for us and this feels like a big moment, not least for the crowd they are expecting? fix, like a big moment, not least for the crowd they are expecting? a massive occasion, crowd they are expecting? a massive occasion. not crowd they are expecting? a massive occasion, notjust crowd they are expecting? a massive occasion, not just for crowd they are expecting? a massive occasion, not just for arsenal - crowd they are expecting? a massive occasion, not just for arsenal but - occasion, not just for arsenal but for women s occasion, notjust for arsenal but for women s football and they have an expected crowd of 60,000 for this game which would be a record for a match in this count
and of course, with a new monarch comes a new menu for the popular street parties that are held across the uk. coronation quiche is the official dish for the big day. fiona lamdin s been lucky enough to do some taste testing. in the royal kitchen, it s all about coronation quiche right now. seven decades after coronation chicken was created for queen elizabeth, her son has opted for this savoury tart which is bursting with spinach and broad beans. this has been baked before and cooled so that when we put the filling in, it s not going to get soggy. and for some top tips, we headed to this bakery in central london. how much cheese? two handfuls of that. 0nly halfway, because when you transfer it to the oven, you don t want to tilt it. 0therwise, what s going to happen? all the egg mix is going to come over and then the quiche is going to stick to the bottom of the pan and make it soggy. do you think quiche is a good choice for a coronation? but for the ultimate coronation feast, there s