here in the uk, 2022 saw the highest number of excess deaths outside the covid pandemic in half a century. and france tries again to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64. it s an unpopular reform that didn t go well last time it tried. we ll be live in paris. we start in ukraine. president volodymyr zelensky has said ukraine s army is facing an extremely difficult situation as fighting continues in the eastern donbas region. the focus is the salt mining town of soledar. the uk defence ministry says it s likely that russian forces including wagner group mercenaries now control most of the town. we ll be taking a look at why it s become central to this conflict. but first, here s president zelensky. translation: and what did russia want to win there? i everything is completely destroyed. there was almost no life left. thousands of their people are gone, the whole land in soledar is covered with the corpses of the invaders and scarred from the strikes. this is what madness loo
close to the front line reporting that russia is close to taking this place that russia is close to taking this place and that russia is close to taking this place and liberating it as a put it. do these place and liberating it as a put it. do these talk shows primarily talk about the or would it be mixed with about the or would it be mixed with a range of subjects was back is primarily the war but it is anything that they can use to take a jab at the west. that they can use to take a “ab at the west. ,, ., ., , that they can use to take a “ab at the west. ., , ,., the west. so we have seen some of the west. so we have seen some of the cultural the west. so we have seen some of the cultural narratives the west. so we have seen some of the cultural narratives coming i the cultural narratives coming out in the the cultural narratives coming out in the last the cultural narratives coming out in the last few days, yesterday i remember seeing a report about a transgender sw
of our maize harvest has been lost, and as a result we ve been suffering 40% inflation and just food prices. so what this also shows us that climate change alone is a problem as well, but it really aggravates other problems, because as we just talked about between ukraine and russia has also caused problems in green experts and also with climate change affecting many regions last summer and many region suffered crop loss as a result really aggravated the prices of food products. hf as a result really aggravated the prices of food products.- prices of food products. if this data is about prices of food products. if this data is about last prices of food products. if this data is about last year, - prices of food products. if this data is about last year, are i prices of food products. if this | data is about last year, are you concerned about this here? i know in some parts of europe, this winter we are seeing higher temperatures than normal. ~ ., are seeing higher temperatures than
working longer years, an extra two years. what s different about the presentation? not much, every time a french government goes about introducing something like this, it always goes through the accusations of it s not explained properly. it“s of it s not explained properly. it s all hogwash, every government spends an awful lot of time trying to explain these things, and this government has spent an awful lot of time explaining the issues and why it s important. but still, there“s it s important. but still, there s this big opposition. rhand it s important. but still, there s this big opposition. it s important. but still, there s this big opposition. and when the roliticians this big opposition. and when the politicians and this big opposition. and when the politicians and journalists - this big opposition. and when the politicians and journalists put - this big opposition. and when the politicians and journalists put it . politicians and journalists put it to the unions, lot
basically writers had done it dug it up, they had taken out the stones and use them dust thrown them at the windows. so it s pretty calm in brasilia, security is no really tight here. and today, also the brazilian senate has approved for the policing in brasilia to be taken over by military police from different states across brazil. so i guess it s kind of similar to what i saw happen in the aftermath of the january 6th riots in the us where national troop guards were brought into dc to protect the city. hand into dc to protect the city. and what are the into dc to protect the city. and what are the critics into dc to protect the city. and what are the critics of - into dc to protect the city. and what are the critics ofjair what are the critics of jair bolsonaro saying it needs to be done in response to what happened on sunday? in response to what happened on sunda ? , ., :: ., ., . sunday? they want 0-tolerance. i mean, sunday? they want 0-tolerance. i mean. there s sunday?