hello and welcome to bbc news. the french prime minister has condemned the violence that accompanied a day of mass demonstrations against reform of the country s pension system. the interior ministry says more than a50 protestors were arrested and 440 members of the security forces injured. more than 1 million people took to the streets on thursday to protest against the retirement age being raised from 62 to 64. most of the protests were peaceful, but there were violent clashes with police in paris and in other cities, including bordeaux, toulouse, lille and nantes. vincent mcaviney reports. bordeaux s town hall set alight by protesters overnight. more than a million had taken to the streets across the country through the day, angry at president macron s raising of the retirement age from 62 to 64. in paris, where over 100,000 had marched in a largely peaceful demonstration, the night was also hijacked by violent protesters. running battles through the capital s centre betwe
low pressure slowly starts moving eastwards into the north sea but there will be showers pretty widely overnight and it will remain breezy. a frost free nights with temperatures between 4 9 celsius. the weekend is going to be dominated by that low pressure. it might be moving out of the way but still close enough to bring in some showers. more rain on the way for the second half of the weekend. saturday s forecast, another showery day with a greater chance of seeing showers across northern ireland, parts of northern england, the midlands and east anglia. across wales and south west england the weather should become drier through the afternoon as pressure rises with a bit more sunshine to end the day. temperatures for most still on the mild side but the second half of the weekend sees some cooler air arriving across the north of the uk whereas in the south we have low pressure moving in, bringing a zone of rain across parts of england and wales. further north, we will see show
now on bbc news it s time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday i m gavin ramjaun. a record breaking crowd at the emirates as arsenal hammer north london rivals tottenham in the womens super league. northern ireland come from behind to beat kosovo. it s cruel but it counts. india beat england s women with a controversial mankad to clean sweep the one day series. tears ofjoy for british cyclist zoe backstedt who s on top of the world after retaining a title down under. hello there and welcome along to sportsday. and an historic day for women s football. with a record attendance at the emirates, for the north london derby between arsenal and tottenham in the women s super league. the home side in total control as they continue their emphatic start to the season. jane dougall reports. always an electric atmosphere at a north london derby and this one magnified by the 10,000 strong crowd. a new record in the women s super league. not long before they were on the
violent anti government protests continue in iran. police have arrested more than 700 people at least 35 people have been killed. world powers condemn the self styled referendums being held in parts of ukraine on whether to join russia. the labour leader, sir keir starmer, has arrived in liverpool ahead of the start of the party s annual conference. he s condemned the package of tax cuts unveiled yesterday, economics , which he says are gambling with the finances of every family in the country. the government insists its package of measures, including scrapping the top rate of income tax, will help kickstart economic growth. here s our political correspondent, iain watson. labour has been out of power for more than a decade but they now believe their political fortunes could be turning around. just as their party conference gets under way, liz truss has made the political dividing lines with the opposition far more stark. applause arriving in liverpool, the labour leade
scandals, with billions of dollars stolen from a government investment fund. hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are kate ferguson, who s the political editor at the sun on sunday, and the broadcaster, david davies. tomorrow s front pages. let s start with the the liverpool echo, which is asking, whose side are you on? calling for help in finding the killer of 9 year old olivia, shot dead outside her home in liverpool. the i says murdered olivia pratt korbel becomes uk s youngest fatal victim of organised crime shooting. moving on to the metro, whose front cover is dominated by little olivia s killing as police hunting the gunman who shot dead the nine year old girl say it could be a suspected gangland hit gone wrong. a picture of primary school aged olivia is on the front page of the daily express, which says a manhunt for her killers is under way. the times reports that the raf s red arrows is engulfed by a bully