hello, welcome to bbc news. we start once again in france because we have seen big numbers taking to the streets. the 11th day of mass protest against the pension age in france. some of the pictures from streets in the centre of the capital. a meeting between the prime minister and labour unions failed to break the deadlock yesterday. france s constitutional council will decide next week on the validity of the government s move after the change was rammed through parliament with no vote. those are the live pictures. let s speak to our correspondent hugh schofield who is on the streets near the protests in paris. we have seen deadlock between the government and protesters. yes. government and protesters. yes, still deadlocked government and protesters. yes, still deadlocked and government and protesters. ye: still deadlocked and another demonstration on this 11th day of action. the first one was back in mid january and i have reported on every single one of them. it s pret
The Purpose Banding there. The pope is standing there at marseille airport. This is the start of a two day visits. It is expected to focus very much on migration. It is the first visit to the french city by a pope for five centuries. Tens of thousands of people are expected to attend a mass at the stadium tomorrow, so a lot of people will get a chance to see the pope. His going to be holding prayers this afternoon at the basilica of notre dame. He is going to hold prayers there with the local clergy and then its going to be followed by a moment of meditation. There will be representative of other religions for sailors and migrants who lost their lives at sea. Two days, a welcome ceremony as you can see now and later on a prayerfor migrants. Tomorrow, a big event at a stadium which is expected to see Tens Of Thousands of people turn out. Well come back to these images over the next couple of hours. We will take you to the other visiting france, king charles and Queen Camilla visiting a
for a couple of years there was bad communication, so good communication with chinese officials, and to make sure that the us government understands that having us business in china, active in china, competing in china, is good for the companies and is good for the companies and is good for the united states. the treasury secretary is also wanting to push back on china about overproduction whilst also advocating for favourable conditions for us businesses in china. do you think she s going to be able to achieve that? ho. to be able to achieve that? no, in a word- to be able to achieve that? no, in a word. not to be able to achieve that? no, in a word. not today, to be able to achieve that? iifr, in a word. not today, but i think we need to keep that message coming. you know, if you drop a talking point the chinese will feel, 0k, well, it is sold. so market access will continue to be a strong message, as well as national security. she s going to talking about national se
the white house national security council said we welcome the steps announced by the israeli government tonight at the president s request following his call with prime minister netanyahu. these steps, the statement said must now be fully and rapidly implemented. speaking in brussels earlier, us secretary of state antony blinken outlined what was expressed in that phone call. the president emphasised that the strikes on humanitarian workers and the overall humanitarian situation are unacceptable. he made clear the need for israel to announce a series of specific, concrete and measurable steps to address civilian harm, humanitarian suffering and the safety of aid workers. he made clear that us policy in respect to gaza will be determined by our assessment of israel s immediate action on the steps. he underscored as well that an immediate ceasefire is essential to stabilise and improve the humanitarian situation and protect innocent civilians and he urged neta nyahu to em
you know, for a couple of years there was bad communication. so good communication with chinese officials and to make sure that the us government understands that having us business in china, active in china, competing in china is good for the companies and is good for the united states. now the treasury secretary is also wanting to push back on china about overproduction whilst also advocating for favourable conditions for us businesses in china. do you think she s going to be able to achieve that? no. ina word. not today, but i think we need to keep that message coming. you know, if you drop a talking point, the chinese will feel, 0k, well, it s solved. so market access will continue to be a strong message as well as national security. she s going to be talking about national security and perhaps they ll talk about some areas where they can cooperate in perhaps third world financing to help alleviate third world debt. china dominates the sector and its cheap solar panels ar