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
countries. they have for many years promoted the right to criticise power and protect the fundamental rights of citizens. they have made an outstanding effort to document war crimes, an outstanding effort to document warcrimes, human an outstanding effort to document war crimes, human rights abuses and the abuse of power. together, they demonstrate the significance of civil society for peace and democracy. this year s peace prize is awarded to human rights advocate from belarus. the russian human rights organisation and the ukrainian human rights organisation centre for civil liberties. ales bialiatski was one of the initiators of the democracy movement which emerged in belarus in the 19805. which emerged in belarus in the 1980s. he has devoted his life to promoting democracy and peace will development in his home country. he founded the organisation meaning spring in 1996 in response to the controversial constitutional amendments that gave the president dictatorial, there s
pro patrols the schools. they ve suspended them and they re going to put them on desk duty. this was certainly a shocking development. not something anyone expected, but something that family members have been wanting for quite some time, jake. and it was not justifiering, shimon. one of the department s administrators resigned today as well. tell us about that. reporter: yeah, the administrator, a man by the name of ken miller, he s the number three administrator at the school. what he does, this is actually the lieutenant, lieutenant hernandez on your screen, just to be clear. this is the lieutenant who did the vetting of the officer that they hired who eventually got fired from the dps. there s documentation that this lieutenant, miguel hernandez, received a document, received a letter from the dps saying that this officer was urn investigation, but somehow they still hired him. this is ken miller here on your screen. this is the man who was put on leave and now also r
outlook, take a look at aberdeen, it doesn t even make double figures early in the week. and in the south, london, temperatures will be typically around the teens, that wind will feel pretty cold. ijust have enough time to talk about hurricane funeral, which is out of the atlantic, it is just past the west of bermuda. it is expected over the weekend to slam into nova scotia and also new for land, and we expect some very severe effects from this storm system can be a historic one for this part of canada, with 10 to 12 metre waves slamming into some of the headlands there, power cuts, flooding and storm surges the headlands there, power cuts, flooding and storm surges are being reported. thank you. that is it from the bbc news at six foot news continues on bbc one, and it is time tojoin our colleagues across the nations and hello and welcome to sportsday. again book with shorter and long term consequences for england. back home, another weekend for the ws cell with a record cro
russia. we will look at how the vote could have a real impact on the war. canadians now are preparing for what could be the strongest storm ever to hit the eastern coast of nova scotia. we are tracking hurricane fiona at the cnn weather center. plus. walking out on court. having the chance to play with the likes of raf or novak in the past has been an amazing experience for me. tennis great roger federer gets ready to say good-bye to the sport. we have a look at the final match today. it s 10:00 a.m. across ukraine where occupied parts of the country are voting today on whether to become a part of russia. ukraine and the west call the referendums a sham. but, the votes could result in russia annexing about 15% of ukraine s territory already controlled by russian armed forces. vladimir putin s mobilization of 300,000 russians to join the fight is already underway across the country. video from social media shows families in the country s far east saying tearful good-byes