Due to the president s plans to simplify the pension system. Macron wants to streamline the unwieldy program made up of 40 different retirement plans. That coming up. Three leading legal scholars in the u. S. Think Donald Trumps push to get ukraine to investigate his democratic forls is ground impeachment. A fourth expert brought in by the republicans refuted that claim. Coming up in business, pope francis retirement system compares to pension schemes across the rest of europe. Our reporter standing by with more. Despite the nationwide strike action, the Southern City of lyon is still getting lit up with its incredible festival of lights. A closer look at some beautiful eliminations, coming up. First, the very latestst on the french strikes. Here in france, the countrywide walkout by Public Workers includes teachers and hospital workers. It is one of thehe biggest stris in this country in decades. It shut down the eiffel tower as well. The stories could go on for some time, with people
And we celebrate a0 years of christmas classic, the snowman, and its iconic soundtrack, Walking In The Air. Good morning. Its Christmas Eve. Our top story. Around 250 Million People in the us and canada are under Severe Weather warnings, as an unprecedented winter storm sweeps across North America. From alaska to texas, bone chilling temperatures, blizzards and icy winds have caused widespread disruption and left more than a million homes and businesses without power. At least 12 deaths have been linked to the conditions. Tom brada reports. Once ina once in a generation whether out of the worst possible time. Ice, wind, rain and extreme cold are Wreaking Havocin Rain and extreme cold are wreaking havoc in the build up to christmas. Trees have been ripped from the ground and power lines have been knocked out across the country. From maine to texas, more than i Million People are without electricity. People are very frustrated because we pay our bills. All day it has been going in and ou
and the winning team s captain being strechered off after collapsing on the pitch. all: what happened to - the math teacher s garden? it grew square roots. from larking around in school to being crowned britain s funniest class, we ll speak to the 10 year old behind their winning joke. and in weather, it s going to be a sunny, coola and in weather, it s going to be a sunny, cool a day for many but the dry story continues and will do so through much of the coming week. all of the details right here on breakfast cooler. it s sunday the 28th of may. our main story questions still remain this morning as to why passport egates stopped working at major airports across the uk. tens of thousands of passengers were left waiting hours as passports had to be checked manually. the home office says the issue has now been fixed, as vincent mcaviney reports. woman: this is gatwick s line. at the start of a bank holiday weekend and half term, it was the last thing these travellers at ga
live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we begin in america where aviation authorities are still trying to find out why a safety messaging system failed, grounding all departing flights for more than an hour early on wednesday. the white house says there is no evidence of a cyber attack at this point. the us transport secretary said the federal aviation administration must find out why backup systems didn t prevent the failure. our north america correspondent gary o donaghue reports. it was in the early hours that the problems began to emerge with the notam system, which warns pilots of any dangers before they take off. byjust after 7:00am, the federal aviation authority was ordering all carriers across the us to ground their planes untilfurther notice, causing chaos for early morning travellers. i m a little annoyed. i feel bad for the people who are actually sitting on pl
a powerful arctic storm sweeps across swathes of the us and canada more than 200 million people are under weather warnings with temperatures dropping to minus 45 degrees celsius in some places. and multiple arrests in afghanistan, after protesters marched in outrage at the taliban s latest prohibition on women attending universities. and ladbaby are top at christmas again! the husband and wife duo have taken the christmas number one spot for a record fifth time a gunman has shot and killed two men and a woman in central paris. all were of turkish kurdish descent. police say the attacker, who was sixty nine, was acting out of hatred of foreigners. he has been arrested. he had just been released from detention for targeting an african migrant camp in paris a yearago. clashes later broke out between police and a large crowd which had gathered at the scene. protesters started a fire in the street and threw chairs and bricks. police clad in riot gear responded with tear gas. h