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
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to the united nations discussed the worn ukraine, the international response and prospects for peace. ambassador, welcome to washington post live. thank you so much for joining us. we always want to hear from you, our audience. you can share your thoughts and questions for our guest. ambassador let s dive in. is a lot to discuss. i wanted to start with the biden administration s decision to provide medium-range rocket systems to ukraine. it is a new step that is been taken before. i would like to ask you what significance do you see in this provision of the system, a new system to ukraine and what do you think it says about the you ve all about the overall western response to the conflict. amb. kyslytsya: i think it has a very fundamental impact and importance, what we currently observe and our colleague to washington dc said in one of the public statements, these particular artillery do well in the eastern front. there are some very limited that have no military . what
questions for our guest. ambassador let s dive in. is a lot to discuss. i wanted to start with the biden administration s decision to provide medium-range rocket systems to ukraine. it is a new step that is been taken before. i would like to ask you what significance do you see in this provision of the system, a new system to ukraine and what do you think it says about the you ve all about the overall western response to the conflict. amb. kyslytsya: i think it has a very fundamental impact and importance, what we currently observe and our colleague to washington dc said in one of the public statements, these particular artillery do well in the eastern front. there are some very limited that have no military . what happens basically the russians kill ukrainians at a rate of 60 to 100 soldiers per day. add to that hundreds of wounded. while we do our best to stop the offensive. if we do not receive in the near future necessary weaponry, weapons and arms and munitions, the
In her career she report freddie afghanistan, iraq, qatar, Guantanamo Bay and other places. I would like her to take over the stage. Here we are. Good afternoon. Id like to thank the Hudson Institute for hosting such a timely discussion and graciously including me and Fox News Channel and for senator tom cotton kindly giving up some of his afternoon to be here with us. Id like to start by an overview kind of setting the table. How do you see qatar, iran, the Muslim Brotherhood, how do you see that relationship and that pillar of power playing out . First of all, id like to thank the Hudson Institute as well. They do great work. This conference is another example of that. Catherine, thank you for joining me up here for this conversation. I see the middle east broadly as a place thats dangerous and unfortunately has been growing more dangerous in recent years. There are in my opinion, i would say three coalitions, three alliances and three axis of power that are fairly stable. And the fi