that s right. and they have stayed out of this so far as well but this morning they have made a statement calling for what would be really an unprecedented general strike. we saw universities as well saying that they were going to strike from this point on, if this legislation continued. in terms of that union that you were talking about, it is the biggest trade union in israel and there were discussions about how that might affect the country. this morning, suggestions about weather it might affect things as fundamental as travel in and out ben gurion airport, it could really bring the country to a state of paralysis, which is what the protesters have been trying to do for the last few weeks, and the final day of this session of the knesset is the 2nd of april, and that was the date they had given themselves to try and get the legislation through, and in many ways that i think is why this has come to a head now, because the
managers at the museum closed the doors to the public as a result. the row is over president macron s determination to raise the age at which people can be paid a state pension, from 62 to 64. another nationwide day of protest has been called for tuesday and that has already led to the french government postponing the state visit of the uk s king charles. british airways is cancelling around 32 flights a day to and from heathrow airport as a result of a security strike at terminal five. i m joined now by travel expert simon calder. this coincides with the start of the school easter holidays. school easter holidays. potentially lots of disruption. school easter holidays. potentially lots of disruption. very school easter holidays. potentially lots of disruption. very much i school easter holidays. potentially lots of disruption. very much so. i school easter holidays. potentially| lots of disruption. very much so. it will be the busiest weekend coming up, the 31st of march to the
in the last ten or 15 minutes prince harry has left the high court in london, this was the moment he got in the car, of the unexpectedly appeared as part of a privacy case. he is among a group of high profile individuals suing the daily mail, phone tapping and other breaches of privacy are alleged. british airways in the uk is cancelling 32 flights a day to and from heathrow airport in london as a result of a security strike at terminal five. for more on this i spoke to the travel correspondent for the independent simon calder. this correspondent for the independent simon calder- simon calder. this will be the busiest we simon calder. this will be the busiest we coming simon calder. this will be the busiest we coming up, - simon calder. this will be the busiest we coming up, the . simon calder. this will be the l busiest we coming up, the 31st simon calder. this will be the - busiest we coming up, the 31st of march until the 2nd of april that we have had all year, with hundreds of
symptoms. today, in terms of this question that did affect your grandmother, whether people coming into care homes, because they have to be discharged from hospital, everybody gets that, they had to go somewhere, but whether there was the testing before they moved. is it your understanding that somehow the covid got into the care home from outside, all do you not know that? we don t know that, but we know even until as late as the 2nd of april it was being said there wasn t a risk of covid, and the requirement of testing came later. there was plenty of time, sage identified there wasn t sufficient capacity. other
alaa abdel fattah is a prominent pro democracy activist with dual british citizenship. he s been on hunger strike for 7 months. in the past two days he s stopped taking water. his family fear his life is at risk. so does the un. on the 2nd of april this year alaa abdel fattah started a partial hunger strike with minimal calorie intake. on the 1st of november with his health already fragile, alaa abdel fattah stopped his hunger strike. he then stopped drinking water on the first day of cop 27, on the 6th of november. abdel fattah is in great danger, his dry hunger strike puts his life at huge risk. alaa abdel fattah was an iconic figure in the pro democracy uprising that toppled president hosni mubarak in 2011. here he is addressing demonstraters in cairo in 2013. in 2014 abdel fattah el sisi a new authoritarian