have been quite embarrassing. it the british royal family it could have been quite embarrassing. it was su osed have been quite embarrassing. it was suwosed to have been quite embarrassing. it was suwosed to be have been quite embarrassing. it was supposed to be quite have been quite embarrassing. it was supposed to be quite significant? yes, it was king charles s first state visit as monarch. he was due to address politicians in the national assembly. to address politicians in the nationalassembly. it to address politicians in the national assembly. it was important for him and important for france. his first trip abroad as king. france is one of the uk s oldest and closest allies. these trips are made at the request of the foreign office, so the royal family don t decide where they re going to go. it is the importance of the links with the uk and the rest of europe, particularly after brexit and the issues that have arisen. as well ahead of coronation, getting people
hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk, on pbs in the us or around the world it was meant to cement a newly warm franco british relationship but the planned three day visit by king charles and the queen consort camilla to france this weekend has been suspended at the request of president macron, because of escalating protests and some violence over the french government s proposals for pension reform. more than a50 people were arrested on thursday and am members of the security forces were injured during the most violent day of protests since the start of the year, according to the french interior ministry. more than 1 million people took to the streets that day to protest against the retirement age being raised from 62 to 64. from paris, here s our royal correspondent nicholas witchell. tear gas. riot police. this is paris at the moment. there are piles of uncollected rubbish in the streets and angry demonstrators on the streets. furious with president macron ove
it was meant to cement a newly warm anglo french relationship but the planned three day visit by king charles and the queen consort camilla to france this weekend has been suspended at the request of president macron, because of escalating protests and some violence over the french government s proposals for pension reform. more than a50 people were arrested on thursday, and am members of the security forces were injured during the most violent day of protests since the start of the year, according to the french interior ministry. more than one million people took to the streets that day to protest against the retirement age being raised from 62 64. from paris, here s our royal correspondent nicholas witchell. tear gas. riot police. this is paris at the moment. there are piles of uncollected rubbish in the streets and angry demonstrators on the streets. furious with president macron over his plans to raise the state pension age to 64. matters appear to be deteriorating and
will be on your own over the weekend, before we recess i need to remind you of the following instruction. please do not. studio: 5pm in utah. they are wrapping up the trial for the day resuming on monday morning. this is the trial with hollywood actress gwyneth paltrow giving evidence for the past few hours in the case sparked by a ski accident in utah in 2016. a 76 year old man terry sanderson is accused gwyneth paltrow of causing a collision that left him with brain damage and broken ribs. giving evidence saying that mr sanderson is not telling the truth is that he is seeking $300,000 in damages for the incident. gwyneth paltrow denies that she was responsible. she is counter suing seeking damages of $1 in damages. she was asked by her lawyer who hit who. ms paltrow replied mr sanderson hit me. her lawyer asked do you feel empathy for him? she said i really do. it seems like he had a really difficult life that i did not cause the accident. so gwyneth paltrow has been questi