increases the terror threat level in northern ireland from substantial to severe , meaning an attack is considered highly likely. humza yousaf is confirmed as scotland s first minister, becoming the first person from an ethnic minority background in the role. hello and welcome. we start this hour in france, where another day of co ordinated, nationwide protests is very much under way, as unions continue to oppose president macron s pension reforms. over a million people took part in similar protests in the last week. we have seen extraordinary scenes again out on the streets. let s go to our paris correspondent, hugh schofield. immediately behind you, looking slightly quieter than the last time we spoke, but very much give us a sense of what has been going on and in different parts of the country of course as well. course as well. yeah, we re at the end of the course as well. yeah, we re at the end of the itinerary course as well. yeah, we re at the end of the itinera
police in nashville reveal a former student had carefully planned monday s mass school shooting, which killed six people, including three children. we start in france, and let me take you straight to paris. these are the live pictures coming to us from the french capital, where we have seen huge crowds of people and running battles with the police. we can hear the tear gas, we can see the tear gas they are being fired, and these strikes taking place over president macron s controversial pension reforms. protesters have been blocking railway lines and roads and clashed with police in a number of cities over the plans to raise the pension age from 62 to 64. you can see many people out there still with placards and feelings running very, very high on this matter. 22 arrest so far just running very, very high on this matter. 22 arrest so farjust in paris. about 13,000 police officers have been deployed across france, with the interior minister saying the high number a record fo
hello and welcome. the chief executive of tiktok has been defending the chinese owned video sharing app in the face of hostile questioning at a us congressional committee hearing. shou zi chew denied tiktok is a national security risk and played down the company s connection to china. but many in congress are not convinced, as nomia iqbal reports. 150 million americans. even before he arrived, shou zi chew was on tiktok, arguing for its existence. and even before he started speaking, lawmakers made it clear how they felt. tiktok has repeatedly chosen the path for more control, more surveillance and more manipulation. your platform should be banned. shou zi chew hit back. bytedance is not owned or controlled by the chinese government. but politicians and many parent activists here don t believe that. former president donald trump was suspicious. we re looking at tiktok. we may be banning tiktok. ..and now, in a rare moment of bipartisanship, presidentjoe biden and congress a
which will be open to public feet for the first time in living memory. and coming up on the bbc news channel, history for harry as kane becomes england s leading goal scorer, as they get off to a winning start to their euros campaign against italy. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the head of the education watchdog, ofsted, says school inspections in england will continue, despite some calls for them to be paused, after a headteacher in reading took her own life. ruth perry s family say she had found the pressure of an inspection intolerable. the chief inspector of schools, amanda spielman, says ofsted s work is important to parents, though she added there is a legitimate debate to be had about changing the grading system. tim muffett has this report. she was an exemplary leader at a wonderful school, according to a statement from her family. headteacher ruth perry took her own life whilst waiting for the publication of an ofsted report, a report that dow
executive faced strong questioning from us lawmakers about the social media app s alleged threat to us national security. the french government says more than a50 people have been arrested in clashes between police and crowds protesting an increase to the country s pension age. more than a million people took to the streets in major hello and welcome to bbc news. israel s prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, is holding talks with rishi sunak in downing street this morning. as mr sunak met his counterpart at the door for a handshake, they could clearly hear loud shouts of shame in hebrew from protesters waving israeli flags and placards stating their aim of saving israeli democracy . protests are continuing in israel, where the government is pushing ahead with controversial reforms that would limit the power of the courts. well, let s speak now to paul adams, our diplomatic correspondent. the protests following mr netanyahu on this visit to the uk. they consist of. there are