More now on france. Another huge day of protests is expected to bring more chaos to the transport system, schools and law courts. Labour unions are battling president macron over his plans to overhaul the countrys Pension System with strikes now entering a record breaking 36th day. The most controversial change is to raise the age for a full pension to 64. Its currently 62 and thats one of the lowest in europe. 42 different pension schemes would also be merged into one with early retirementjust one of the benefits that is at risk. With an ageing population, generous Public Sector pensions are becoming increasingly unaffordable. Pension spending accounts for almost 14 of the french economy, which is one of the highest figures anywhere in the world. The strikes are costing france an estimated 450 million a day, with transport, oil refineries, schools and the legal system all affected. Lets get more on this story. Tomasz michalski is associate professor at the hec Business School in paris
members will explain to migrants once title 42 lifts, there are consequences to entering illegally. we don t want to trap them into that bad decision but the option to take it back. reporter: but some crossing along the nearly 2,000 mile border were not choosing that option. not in el paso, and not in your made yuma, arizona. border authorities on the u.s. southern border are encountering about 10,000 migrants per day and holding facilities are overcapacity according to federal fofficials. we are clear eyed in the challenges we re likely to face and we re ready to meet them. reporter: back in el paso, a group of migrants huddle on the mexican side determining how to cross into the u.s. while a group of three others had just crawled through the wire. the woman s hand caught by the
a commission of lawmakers, pasta producers and consumer rights groups met in rome to discuss what could be done. pasta prices have gone up despite the price of wheat falling in recent months. a spokesperson for italy s minister of enterprise ensures everyone it s temporary with production costs lowering. an italian consumer rights group estimate the average italian consumes fift51 pounds of pastah year which is a challenge i am willing to accept and win. why do they look so good? i think we are general rising the entire i know, when you go to rome as one does, and eat pasta sorry, when i summer in europe, you know so fancy. that s right. but it doesn t count and you don t get fat. can you imagine? i don t want to imagine if i ate 51 pounds of pasta a year. ahead, this. moving on.
either south africans didn t know what was being loaded up or they did know and they are not telling. quite the predicament to be in. david mckenzie, thank you so much. quick hits around the globe. pakistan supreme court ruling that former prime minister imran khan s arrest on corruption charges was illegal. kahn is blaming the army chief for his arrest which sparked deadly protests. brazil is launching a federal investigation into alleged soccer match fixing. prosecutors say that 16 people manipulated several matches and two state championships. and italy convening crisis talks after pasta prices soared even though the price of wheat fell 30%. producers say the problem is temporary, but a consumer rights group says the average citizen eats about 51 pounds of pasta each year. i m scared to measure how much i eat each year. but nonetheless, just ahead, the veteran accused of choking a man to death on a new york city
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