protesters clashed and tear gas was fired into the crowds to disperse them. it is still very much a situation that is on edge. there is talk that we will hear from, maybe not hear from the president, talk that we will hear from, maybe not hearfrom the president, but that he is having more crisis talks later today. we are expecting to hear from the police late this evening as well. some people have been calling for a state of emergency to be imposed to contain the ongoing violence. 0ne emergency to be imposed to contain the ongoing violence. one of the people who has been making those calls happens to be the mayor vincentjeanbrun whose house we are outside at the moment. there have been differing opinions on whether giving police sweeping powers of arrest and breaking up organised gatherings would be a good idea, whether it would just provoke people further but that s definitely one option on the table for president macron as protests continue. rajini macron as protests continue. ra ini
are responding to the conflict in ukraine and following that visit, the premier, who president macron is about to meet, he also held a phone conversation with russia s prime minister, talking about their approach to the war in ukraine. so that is something that a lot of analysts are watching closely how president xi and other chinese leaders will react to france s request, but don t think many are expecting a breakthrough that. exactly. what you think we can to come out of the store that macron will hold with president xi? ~ ., , , xi? well, of course president macron is xi? well, of course president macron is also xi? well, of course president macron is also keen - xi? well, of course president macron is also keen to - xi? well, of course president macron is also keen to push i xi? well, of course president l macron is also keen to push for close investment and trade ties with china, partly because he has been facing those rather embarrassing pension protests back home. we want to
and on the street. president macron would and on the street. president macron would have - and on the street. president macron would have known i and on the street. president l macron would have known this move would have angered the people of france. pushing through laws without a vote has always been unpopular, and pension reform has been an inflammatory issue. this is how president macron approached the vote. as prime minister invoked article a0 9 3 of the constitution so they could bypass a vote in the national assembly. that allowed the government to raise the retirement age from 62 to 6a. mere minutes before lawmakers were due to vote. taste mere minutes before lawmakers were due to vote. were due to vote. we could not camble were due to vote. we could not gamble on were due to vote. we could not gamble on the were due to vote. we could not gamble on the future were due to vote. we could not gamble on the future of- were due to vote. we could not gamble on the future of
a bbc spokesman said: the bbc plays no role in the recruitment of the chair and any questions are a matter for the government. the cabinet office has been contacted but has not commented to the bbc. let s get some of the day s other news. there s been another day of protests in france against president macron s pension reform plans. left wing party unbowed, and other youth organistations, have been marching in paris. on friday, the country saw nationwide strikes affecting travel, finance, education and other sectors. 0rganisers say they are opposed to raising the state pension age from 62 to 64. new zealand s labour party has confimed chris hipkins as its new leader, paving the way for him to replace jacinda ardern as prime minister. the current minister for education and policing emerged as the sole nomination after ardern s surprise resignation on thursday. he named carmel sepuloni as his deputy. turkey has condemned the burning of a copy of the quran during a protest in sweden, de
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