carry out an address at the regional parliament in belfast. however, he is giving a parliamentary addre55 is giving a parliamentary address here in dublin, but there are some politician5 from northern ireland, who have come here. the speaker of the assembly in belfast, al5o michelle o neill from the irish public party sinn fein. wa5 meant to be the first minister power sharing i5 be the first minister power sharing is restored. from the irish republican party sinn fein. al5o republican party sinn fein. also from the alliance party, which is neither republican or nationalist. some have also crossed the border to witness the address here by president biden. for witness the address here by president biden. witness the address here by president biden. ., ., president biden. for the moment, we will leave dublin, president biden. for the moment, we will leave dublin, but president biden. for the moment, we will leave dublin, but we ll president biden. for the moment, we will leave d
yes, but actually studies show that it s what we are ready to do. so the government has to listen to people when they when they demonstrate. and there is also like a feeling of frustration because the government has the feeling that they ve been elected to do that. it s actually not the case. and president macron 5aid itju5t the day after he was elected, he agreed that he s been elected to to fight the far right and not because of his programme. and today one of his arguments is that he s doing that to because of his programme. he google talking a little bit earlier. now, we are taking you back to those pictures of the streets of paris. let s see if we can hear what pari5. let s see if we can hear what is being said. we are watching picture5 we are watching pictures from the streets of paris. tho5e
live from london this is bbc news. president biden meets ireland s prime minister in dublin he s expected to address the irish parliament shortly. this is the scene live in dublin as lawmakers await the president s arrival. more protests more clashes with police as opposition continues to plans to raise france s pension age. thousands of ta ken thousands of taken to the streets in paris one of thousands of protests taking place in the country.
clearly tensions a re clearly tensions are still very high there in paris. earlier today, protesters stormed the headquarters of the french luxury goods firm lvmh in paris. tomorrow, all eyes will be on the french constitutional council. forthe on the french constitutional council. for the moment, on the french constitutional council. forthe moment, let on the french constitutional council. for the moment, let us return to our main story, president biden. he s met the irish prime minister and president and is due to address the irish parliament.
we are watching pictures from the streets of paris. those are now the 12th day of protests over these pension reform5. i m not sure whether somebody is lying on the floor there. whether somebody is lying on the floorthere. it whether somebody is lying on the floor there. it is always difficult to get a sense from these pictures as to how widespread prote5t5 are, certainly, where the cameras are at the moment, there look5 certainly, where the cameras are at the moment, there looks to be tear being fired. there is the sound of some sort of flares in the background. it could just be flare5, the smoke there, 5lightly difficult to accurately describe what is going on. we know that there are hundreds of protesters going on across france today. as we say, it is the 12th day of protests over pension reform5. a really significant day tomorrow, as we heard from our correspondence, because the constitutional court is due to make a decision over these