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
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