bring russia to its senses . that s the message the french president emmanuel macron has delivered on thursday to the man who can, maybe, influence vladimir putin, the chinese leader xi jinping. applying pressure on ukraine isn t an an easy sell after years of worsening relations between the west and china, and president xi s recent visit to moscow. here s some of what president macron had to say. decades of peace in europe. i know i can count on you to bring russia to its senses and everyone to the negotiating table. but we need to find a lasting peace. that is to say, a peace that respects internationally recognised borders and avoids any form of escalation. what i meant to say was applying russia, not on ukraine. the president of the european commission is also in bejing with emmanuel macron in what s being framed by some as a good cop bad cop scenario. with ursula von der leyen taking the tough stance. we also count on china not to provide any military equipment dir
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
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live from london. this is bbc news. the french president urges his chinese counterpart to help stop the war in ukraine and bring russia to its senses. protestors take to the streets across france once again, as demonstrations continue against pension reforms. this is the scene live in paris and there have been big demonstrations in other cities including marseille and nantes. dozens of officers at the uk s biggest police force are diverted from tackling terrorism and serious crimes to investigate wrongdoing within the metropolitan police. and are efforts to cut plastic pollution in the uk turning meat into mush? we put vacuum packed mince to the test.