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,
hello and welcome. we will concentrate on the stories dominating the headlines here in the uk. some breaking news here in the uk an inquiry fails to determine whether or not a british mp told a minister that her muslim faith was a factor in her sacking but finds mark spencer did not break ministerial rules. nusrat ghani claimed she was told her muslimness was raised as an issue when she lost herjob as transport minister in february 2020. our political correspondent jonathan blake gave details on the background to this investigation. this investigation began in february of last year when borisjohnson was prime minister. he asked his ethics adviser at the time to look into the claims by nusrat ghani, a conservative mp who claims that when she had been sacked as transport minister in 2020, she was told that her muslimness had been raised as an issue. subsequently, she raised concerns about those comments which were made. it was later revealed by the chief whip at the time, m
let s move to france now and big 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. france s constitutional council will decide next week on the validity of the governments move after the change was rammed through parliament with no vote. unions have called for a new round of protests and strikes on april 13th. you join me at the end point of today s march year in paris. the curious street theatre, relay for that were in an elevated position overlooking the square and over the last half hourjust been a chewing and firing of police movie and coming clearing out section of the class of two crowd chants bays going off, lots of booing and chanting, people saying everyone hates the police. slightly anarchy for you can see behind me. movement of police down there to put out a fire or something like that. at some point ple
never happen again so i really want to remember it. there is so much was around this part of the industry. so much buzz. hello and welcome. britain s home secretary, suella braverman, has accepted the government is pushing the boundaries of international law, with new legislation it s introducing today to stop asylum seekers crossing the english channel in small boats. it s thought the measures putting a legal duty on ministers to remove anyone who enters the uk illegally would take precedence in law over the right to claim asylum here. here s our political correspondent, iain watson: five years ago fewer than 300 migrants attempted to cross the channel in a small migrants attempted to cross the channel in a small boat. migrants attempted to cross the channel in a small boat. last year more than 16,000 undertook the hazardous journey. year more than 16,000 undertook the hazardousjourney. and as the hazardousjourney. and as the numbers grew so too did the political pres