the italian coastguard service says it has rescued more than 12 hundred migrants from boats in the mediterranean sea. in total three vessels, each carrying hundreds of people, were brought to southern italian ports after foundering in rough seas. on thursday italy s prime minister, giorgia meloni, said there would be harsher prison sentences for human traffickers. france is facing a seventh day of protests against president macron s proposed pension reforms. demonstrators faced off against police in paris and people took to the streets in several other major cities around the country. the weeklong protests have come amid rolling strikes which have affected refineries, public transport and garbage collections. reminder before we go that as i mentioned earlier, the bbc director general is currently giving an interview to one of our colleagues in washington. this is over the issue colleagues in washington. this is over the issue ever colleagues in washington. this is over the is
passionately about. is things that they feel very passionately about. is this industrial passionately about. is this industrial action passionately about. is this industrial action by - passionately about. is this industrial action by the - passionately about. is this - industrial action by the welcome obviously. industrial action by the welcome obviously. if industrial action by the welcome obviously, if you industrial action by the welcome obviously, if you are industrial action by the welcome obviously, if you are a industrial action by the welcome i obviously, if you are a high-profile obviously, if you are a high profile presenter and absent yourself, you re going to be in a much stronger position about somebody who does not have quite that profile but, yes, essentially, this is a sign of solidarity which other people have expressed in support of gary lineker s position and to say to the bbc that they think that they ve got this one wrong. thank ou ve they ve got thi
existence going forward. the main takeaway from that interview we saw earlier, he wants gary lineker, the highest paid presenter on the bbc, he wants him on tv, but there will be sizeable scope to look at the editorial guidelines and try to cut down the ambiguity, cut down on the grey area in terms of guidance on what members of staff and freelancers can say when it comes to personal politics, on bbc platforms. in that interview he apologised for all of the disruption but said that he would not be resigning. the italian coastguard service says it has rescued more than 1,200 migrants from boats in the mediterranean sea. in total three vessels, each carrying hundreds of people, were brought to southern italian ports afterfoundering in rough seas. on thursday italy s prime minister, giorgia meloni, said there would be harsher prison sentences for human traffickers. there are warnings that the collapse of a large american bank and its british arm could have a significant impact