into by mr sanderson. hello and welcome to bbc news. security forces in france remain on high alert, after legislation to raise the state pension age caused massive protests. the dispute and outbreaks of violence forced the authorities to postpone a planned state visit by the british monarch, king charles. separate demonstrations are expected on an unrelated issue in western france, linked to concerns about water usage by large scale agricultural producers. it s feared the disputes could converge at a time of growing tensions. 0ur correspondent simonjones reports. sirens wail. police patrolling the streets of paris last night, trying to prevent a repeat of scenes like these. commotion. on thursday, what had been largely peaceful protests against the president and his pension reforms turned violent. that night, piles of uncollected rubbish in the capital were set alight. the french authorities say almost 1,000 fires were started. glass smashes. this was nantes. and similar sce
don t say gay education ban to all grades, and inside the debt ceiling show down. house speaker kevin mccarthy is trying to sell his new debt limit that aims to cut major parts of president biden s agenda does he have the votes inside his own party to get it passed our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments and we start on capitol hill where house speaker kevin mccarthy is trying to sell his new bill to increase the debt limit and cut government spending to avoid defaulting on the country s debt for the first time in american history nbc s capitol hill correspondent ali vitali joins me know first of all, how close are we to the debt ceiling and what s the plan reporter: look, we ve got a few weeks still, chris, but we watched the first meeting happen between speaker kevin mccarthy and president joe biden more than 70 days ago, and since then, it s been pretty party line posturing since then. and that s making some people pretty worried, especially w
and a once in a decade flyby, as an asteroid passes between the earth and the moon. hello and welcome to bbc news. security forces in france remain on high alert, after legislation to raise the state pension age caused massive protests. the dispute, and outbreaks of violence, forced the authorities to postpone a planned state visit by the british monarch, king charles. separate demonstrations are expected on an unrelated issue in western france, linked to concerns about water usage by large scale agricultural producers. it s feared the disputes could converge at a time of growing tensions. our correspondent simonjones reports. sirens wail police patrolling the streets of paris last night, trying to prevent a repeat of scenes like these. commotion on thursday, what had been largely peaceful protests against the president and his pension reforms turned violent. that night, piles of uncollected rubbish in the capital were set alight. the french authorities say almost 1,000 fires