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back to paris, want to show you some pictures on the streets because large crowds have gathered throughout the day, but they are digesting the news that s come from the constitutional council that has effectively given emmanuel macron the go ahead to change the pension age in france from 62 to 64. we ve had two months and three weeks of looking at diaries of protests right across france, cities of large numbers, large coalitions of students and unions, of workers all against the move. now they were hoping through the protests that it would change the government s mind that didn t work, they were then hoping the constitutional courts would put a break or change the government s mind, that hasn t worked. so president emmanuel macron making it clear he intends to put this on the statute books in the next 48 hours, so having waited for this constitutional council decision, he now wants to get on with it. he s invested so much of his personal capital, he s determined to get this
his trip to ireland. welcome to bbc news. our top story. our top story. france s top court has approved plans by the government of president emmanuel macron to raise the legal retirement age from 62 to 64. let s just show you some live pictures. already, the changes have brought hundreds of thousands of demonstrators on to the streets again, in cities across france. president macron says retiring at 62 is not affordable, and has warned that people must be ready to work longer. enter treat, the constitutional court judge enter treat, the constitutional courtjudge that both in its form and its content, the reformist constitutional. the text is therefore at the end of its democratic process. tonight, there is no winner or loser. well, the winner of the main trade union has expressed her discontent and has expressed her discontent and has expressed a message for the french president. translation:. we have one message for the president. we call emmanuel macron to listen to the peo
including some top secret material. the documents first appeared on online platforms such as twitter, lichan and telegram, as well on the messaging platform discord. the leak reveals information about the deployment and state of ukrainian and russian forces ahead of a ukrainian spring offensive and appear to outline us training and equipment being provided to ukraine ahead of that offensive. there are also suggestions that ukraine s air force may not be able to withstand more russian attacks. other leaked material included intelligence on other countries such as china, israel, and south korea. officials say they do not currently know the source of the leaks. the bbc s barbara plett usher has more. the pentagon says the us is still very much in the finding out phase. we are told that this is a serious risk to us national security and that it is a matter of top priority. a number of government agencies are working together to try to find out how this happened and what the poten