reform but delay, any big reorganisation will have that effect. in terms of mrs thornton as i understand completely with all the ghastly events and reporting why your confidence in the met is shaken, i also understand that since i took up office six months ago i have been determined to be transparent and get all of the gruesome facts at their and show we are taking action against it, so thatis are taking action against it, so that is bound to shake trust and i understand that. but what i am sure you will see its step by step we are going to improve the policing of london, whether it is about sorting out all these awful cases about officers and removing them as quickly as possible or whether it is the sort of things we have discussed today where you will see more officers on the streets in your neighbourhood and the pc50 numbers going again and see us improving how we respond to male predatory violence against women and children, you will month by month quarter by quarter noti
urged the chinese leader, xijinping, to make president putin see reason. later, the european commission president, ursula von der leyen, encouraged china to promote what she called a just peace . she warned beijing not to sell weapons to russia. the chinese leader said beijing was seeking a political solution to the war. rebecca choong wilkins is an asia government and politics reporter at bloomberg news. well, we have seen beijing really rolling out the red carpet for macron, scenes of that great fanfare in tiananmen square a and at the great wall wall of the people, and macron s endorsement, he earlier said that he expects china to play a major role in the resolution of the russian war in ukraine. his endorsement is significant for ukraine, because xijinping is seeking to restore ties with europe and portray china as a neutral mediator, a responsible world actor that can actually help to mediate and end the the war in ukraine. and of course, the vague blueprint for peace t
manager as i can be. unfinished business sounds a bit hollywood, it sounds like you are looking for a great line. i want to work and help this club as much as i can. let s get more on frank lampard s cheslea return with olly kay, senior football writer at the athletic. some chelsea fans will be questioning the direction of the club and might feel this is a backward step. club and might feel this is a backward ste. , , ., backward step. i ve been questioning the direction backward step. i ve been questioning the direction of backward step. i ve been questioning the direction of the backward step. i ve been questioning the direction of the club backward step. i ve been questioning the direction of the club for - backward step. i ve been questioning the direction of the club for 12 - the direction of the club for 12 months, i think they ve made a number of terrible decisions with the transfer market and a lot of this has come from sacking a manager at the start of the
i quick snapshot from paris a quick snapshot from paris, a large number of protesters and police on the streets. we ve seen a few skirmishes but the stand off between government and protesters continues over that change to the pension age. we will return to paris in the next little while but those are some of the pictures coming into us. sport and for a full round up from the bbc sport centre, here s will parry. deja vu at chelsea! yes, chelsea say they re delighted to welcome frank lampard back to the club as caretaker manager until the end of the season. his return comes a little over two years after he was sacked and replaced by thomas tuchel. the former chelsea midfielder has been out of a job since being dismissed by everton injanuary. lampard held his first press conference ahead of saturday s game against wolves in the premier league and says the chance to come back was too good to turn down. i have a lot of emotions and feelings towards the club and i m also a prac
hello, welcome to bbc news. we start once again in france because we have seen big numbers taking to the streets. the 11th day of mass protest against the pension age in france. some of the pictures from streets in the centre of the capital. 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 government s move after the change was rammed through parliament with no vote. those are the live pictures. let s speak to our correspondent hugh schofield who is on the streets near the protests in paris. we have seen deadlock between the government and protesters. yes. government and protesters. yes, still deadlocked government and protesters. yes, still deadlocked and government and protesters. ye: still deadlocked and another demonstration on this 11th day of action. the first one was back in mid january and i have reported on every single one of them. it s pret