across the country. earlier, emmanuel macron s government narrowly survived a vote of no confidence over the plans to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64. now on bbc news, click. this week, we re going flat out with a formula 1 team that s hoping to stay ahead of the pack. spencer s on a building site to put up a house, although it looks like he has got away without doing any actual work. there has to be some banging at some point? is there some banging at some point? there s got to be some banging doesn t there? didn t even get my hands dirty. we also look into a crypto investment scam that seems to be evading the authorities. and paul visits a factory, but where are all the drivers? completely happy with the fact that there is a very large, very heavy piece of equipment driving around autonomously. the cars can go from 0 to 100 in four seconds. they are made of 80,000 parts. the brakes can hit 1000 degrees. this is formula 1. this year s season is getting under way and i
marching against the government s planned pension reform, as demonstrations grow across the country. global financial markets react nervously to the emergency takeover of the swiss bank credit suisse but are the fears now easing. and turning powder into beer. a german brewery comes up with a new product that could change the entire alcohol market and be good for the planet. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. president xi of china is on a state visit to russia where he s been warmly greeted by president putin. the summit has been the focus of a good deal of speculation, following the publication of china s plan to settle the acute crisis in ukraine . mr putin said that moscow was always open to negotiation. but the americans have already warned that the chinese peace plan could be a just a delaying tactic. the visit comes just days after the international criminal court issued an arrest warrant for president putin in relation to alleged war cri
government narrowly survived a vote of no confidence over the plans to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64. now on bbc news, the travel show. this week on the travel show. ..mont saint michel marks its millennium. that view is pretty amazing. there s the shadow of mont saint michel on the sand. the parps and toots that make this port one of a kind. horns blaring one, two, three, four, five. and saving these bundles of fluff from extinction. twittering and squawking yeah, he s thinking about it. all right. we ll give him some time. there he comes. i m beginning this week in northern france on a journey that 2.5 million people take each year. you re kind of getting an idea of how popular this place must be because it s off season, it s super cold, but this bus is packed. you can see it. i ve just got a glimpse of the abbey. it does look pretty special. this is mont saint michel, one of france s most visited sites. it s an island off the coast of brittany in normandy, con
earlier, emmanuel macron s government narrowly survived a vote of no confidence over the plans to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64. now on bbc news, it s hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. china s president xijinping is in moscow for a state visit with a man now wanted for war crimes. such is the geopolitical fallout from vladimir putin s invasion of ukraine. the fact that the international criminal court has issued an arrest warrant for the russian president won t deter him for his continued assault on ukraine, but it does raise new questions about the long term consequences for russia. my guest is russian mp and state tv talk show host evgeny popov. how solid is putin s home front? evgeny popov in moscow, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much. it s good to have you on the show, mr popov. your president, vladimir putin, is a wanted man. the international criminal court has filed war crimes charges against him. do you recognise the symbolic importance
government s planned pension reform as demonstrations grow across the country. global financial markets react nervously to the emergency takeover of the swiss bank credit suisse but are the fears now easing. and turning powder into beer. a german brewery comes up with a new product that could change the entire alcohol market and be good for the planet. president xi of china is on a state visit to russia where he s been warmly greeted by president putin. the summit has been the focus of a good deal of speculation following the publication of china s plan to settle the acute crisis in ukraine . mr putin said that moscow was always open to negotiation. but the americans have already warned that the chinese peace plan could be a just a delaying tactic. the visit comes just days after the international criminal court issued an arrest warrant for president putin in relation to alleged war crimes. from moscow, our russia editor steve rosenberg reports. just three days ago, vladim