into by mr sanderson. hello and welcome to bbc news. security forces in france remain on high alert, after legislation to raise the state pension age caused massive protests. the dispute and outbreaks of violence forced the authorities to postpone a planned state visit by the british monarch, king charles. separate demonstrations are expected on an unrelated issue in western france, linked to concerns about water usage by large scale agricultural producers. it s feared the disputes could converge at a time of growing tensions. 0ur correspondent simonjones reports. sirens wail. police patrolling the streets of paris last night, trying to prevent a repeat of scenes like these. commotion. on thursday, what had been largely peaceful protests against the president and his pension reforms turned violent. that night, piles of uncollected rubbish in the capital were set alight. the french authorities say almost 1,000 fires were started. glass smashes. this was nantes. and similar sce
the dispute, and outbreaks of violence, forced the authorities to postpone a planned state visit by the british monarch, king charles. meanwhile, separate demonstrations have begun in western france, linked to concerns over water usage by large scale agricultural producers. it s feared the disputes could converge at a time of growing tensions. earlier i spoke to our paris correspondent bethany bell and she explained the background of the protests. the most dramatic one at the moment is this one we are seeing pictures of in western france, this was a demonstration that has been planned for a while. it was always expected to attract radical protesters, and we ve seen at least two police vehicles in flames. we understand that police have used tear gas, and that police have used tear gas, and that protesters have thrown fireworks at police, and there has also been use of water cannon. this is a separate protest from the very big protests we have seen against president macron s pe
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i was skiing, and looking downhill, as you do, and was skied directly into by mr sanderson. and a once in a decade flyby, as an asteroid passes between the earth and the moon. hello. security forces in france remain on high alert, after legislation to raise the state pension age caused massive protests. the dispute and outbreaks of violence forced the authorities to postpone a planned state visit by the british monarch, king charles. meanwhile, separate demonstrations have begun in western france, linked to concerns over water usage by large scale agricultural producers. it s feared the disputes could converge at a time of growing tensions. let s look at some pictures now. these are protests in sainte soline, western france, where people are protesting against the deployment of a new water storage infrastructure for agricultural irrigation. that s despite an official ban on the gathering. and you can see protests are still going ahead. bethany bell is in paris for us. thi
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