we start in france. large numbers have taken to the streets again, the 11th day of mass protests against the change in pension age in france. a meeting between the prime minister and labour unions failed to break the deadlock yesterday. on the streets there in france we have more large protests, notjust paris but many of the big cities. notjust paris but many of the big cities. france s constitutional council will decide next week on the validity of the government s move after the change was rammed through parliament with no vote. let s speak to our correspondent hugh schofield who is on the streets near the protests in paris. there is no prospect of the government giving way on the key part of the law which is raising the age from 62 to 64 for state pension, and there is no sign as we see here of the protesters giving up. it may be that beneath the scenes there are things happening as the law approaches this publication in becoming actually law, people will start giving up,
before congress about antisemitism on congress. specifically calling for the genocide of jews, does that institute bullying harassment? if it is directed and severe, it is harassment. so the answer is yes. it is a dependent decision. that s your testimony today? calling for the genocide of jews is depending upon the context? that was tuesday. and there was the clean-up attempt by liz magill on wednesday. in that moment i was focused on our university s longstanding policies aligned with the u.s. constitution which say that speech alone is not punishable. these policies need to be clarified and evaluated. that obviously was not enough and of course, she is now stepped down. so has the chair of the board of trustees at the university of pennsylvania. and we have team coverage on all of this. what s the latest? the developments have been swift-moving with liz magill announcing that she will be stepping down amid that growing chorus of calls. in light of the tes
Fund hate preachers. Well meet again, dont know where, dont know when. And its a very happy birthday for dame vera lynn, in a moment it will be time for sportsday, but first a look at what else is coming up this evening on bbc news. The prime minister, hasrannounggg well be joined by the mp john redwood, a vocal campaigner for brexit, to ask what he wants from theresa mays negotiations with the eu. Possible links between russia and Donald Trumps white house campaign, our correspondent katty kay will have the latest reaction from washington in tonights 100 days programme. Pit mac and the five frontrunners in the race to be the next french president go head to head tonight in a Television Debate you will a Television Debate and you will hear the latest from our correspondent in paris and also, the five frontrunners. Thats all ahead on bbc news. Hew et] de; hews, ll 5 77 7 7 the main headlines this evening. 34 year old Jermain Defoe sets his sights on a dream place England Rugby urrionhea
World cup qualifier between senegal and south africa in south africa last year has been banned form match manipulation, basically influencing the result of the game gig focused the result of the game which focused on several contentious decisions, the most obvious of which was a penalty that he awarded to the hosts. This was just before half time when the ball hit a players knee. He gave a penalty even though his Assistant Referee was pointing for a corner. And even , all the players just trudged though all the players just trudged off toa though all the players just trudged off to a weighty corner, because dermody expected a penalty. So he been banned for life. Fifa are has been banned for life. Fifa are yet to give full details of what exactly he did and what evidence they had that makes them so sure that he deserves this banned for e but that is the news that came life. But that is the news that came out of it. It is a major thing to say that a World Cup Qualifier in a continent has
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