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
good afternoon. here s your latest sports news. england s euro 2024 qualifying campaign may have got off to a good start with a win, but manager gareth southgate says they have to follow it up by beating ukraine on sunday. the 2 1 victory in naples was the first away win against italy for more than 60 years. but it will be remembered for the work of one man, captain harry kane, who became the country s leading goal scorer, as jane dougall reports. at 29 years old, harry kane has ample time to add to his impressive international career. for now, he s england s record goalscorer. the fans crowding into the diego armando maradona stadium seemed to know they might witness history. kane didn t get the first, but he tried. kane blocked. follow up in! declan rice with the rebound. just before half time, an italian handball in the box and the penalty taker,
the fans crowding into the diego armando maradona stadium seemed to know they might witness history. kane didn t get the first, but he tried. kane blocked. follow up in! declan rice with the rebound. just before half time, an italian handball in the box and the penalty taker, harry kane, had his chance. england penalty. the last time he took one of these for england, he missed and they went out of the world cup. would his nerves hold? and there is his immortal moment! his 54th goal for england. ecstatic to be his country s record goalscorer. but italy are the european champions, and fought back in the second half. a late red card for luke shaw didn t help italy defeated by england for the first time in 11 years. england have won in italy. breaking the goal scoring record, of course, would have been a proud moment, no matter the circumstance,
united fans want the right owners to take over at the right price, so the work that needs to be done, 18, the stadium, with a plan going forwards, so there is all of that to take into account the team. there are bigger things to concern the funds. there is the third bid coming in now, also possibilities of and not by not the entirety but a part of the investment which i do not think most manchester united fans want. they want the glazers. what most manchester united fans want. they want the glazers. most manchester united fans want. they want the glazers. what do they think of an owner they want the glazers. what do they think of an owner from they want the glazers. what do they think of an owner from the they want the glazers. what do they think of an owner from the middle i think of an owner from the middle east, qatar in particular? just think of an owner from the middle east, qatar in particular?- east, qatar in particular? just like manchester east, qatar in particular