of representatives in the state have voted to expel two democratic members for disorderly conduct after they took part in a protest for stricter gun laws in the chamber last week. justin jones and justin pearson have been ousted, but a third democrat, seen in the middle of these pictures, gloria johnson, narrowly survived the vote, which requires a two thirds majority. with me is the bbc s helena humphrey. we helena humphrey. have seen some extraordinary images we have seen some extraordinary images from tennessee, tell us what we have been witnessing? certainly an extraordinary day, as we speak right now protests are continuing their outside of the state capital in tennessee, all of this coming off the back of the news that two accredited representatives avenue you say have been ousted today. firstly justinjones, 27 years old representing parts of nashville and justin pearson, 29 years old representing parts of memphis. two black representatives and then gloria johnson was a
we start in france. large 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. on the streets there in france we have more large protests, notjust paris but many of the big cities. notjust paris but many of the big cities. 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. let s speak to our correspondent hugh schofield who is on the streets near the protests in paris. there is no prospect of the government giving way on the key part of the law which is raising the age from 62 to 64 for state pension, and there is no sign as we see here of the protesters giving up. it may be that beneath the scenes there are things happening as the law approaches this publication in becoming actually law, people will start giving up,
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issues of acute respiratory illness. again, indicating at least anecdotally that omicron in this country has been less severe. i m ivan watson in hong kong, where authorities had a grim warning to residents on new year s eve. they said for the first time in nearly three months there have been two cases of local transmission of covid. both of the omicron variant. and it s being blamed on an air crew member of the cathay pacific airline who they accuse of breaking at-home orders and going to dine in a restaurant where the cases appear to have spread. now, they re calling for more severe quarantine restrictions on air crew, so cathay pacific is suspending long-haul cargo flights, saying this is going to cause severe disruptions to the supply chain. meanwhile, the government is urging the population to get a