through his controversial pension reforms. we start with increasing warnings from western governments over the use of the chinese social media platform, tiktok. today the british government banned it on all government and civil servants devices. take a listen. we re also going to ban the use of macro when devices. we will do so with immediate effect. mr speaker, this is a precautionary move. we know that there is already use of tiktok across government, but it is also good cyber hygiene. on the face of it the app might not look like a threat to national security. it s exploded in popularity as a platform to share short videos of viral dances and comical voice overs. and has become a part of today s youth culture. tiktok claims to have more than one billion monthly users worldwide. and last year it was the most downloaded app in the world. the app is owned by the chinese company byte dance. and that s what s worrying governments. because the app can collect data stored on t
hello and welcome to bbc news. the french prime minister has condemned the violence that accompanied a day of mass demonstrations against reform of the country s pension system. the interior ministry says more than a50 protestors were arrested and 440 members of the security forces injured. more than 1 million people took to the streets on thursday to protest against the retirement age being raised from 62 to 64. most of the protests were peaceful, but there were violent clashes with police in paris and in other cities, including bordeaux, toulouse, lille and nantes. vincent mcaviney reports. bordeaux s town hall set alight by protesters overnight. more than a million had taken to the streets across the country through the day, angry at president macron s raising of the retirement age from 62 to 64. in paris, where over 100,000 had marched in a largely peaceful demonstration, the night was also hijacked by violent protesters. running battles through the capital s centre betwe
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
there were more expensive. but it is possible for companies to have compensation for all the workers saying, either you will get made redundant or can we talk about flexibility within the job. what we re seeing on the platform is that flexibility is incredibly important to the over 50s. the women we surveyed, it is 16 times important than traditional status, and i think these companies have really wised up to the fact that the companies are ready to have a conversation about pay and hours. they want the job to fit around their life. the other thing that is really important is having a purpose in doing something that feels worthwhile. the women i have seen who have left theirjobs have seen who have left theirjobs have just got to the point where they don t want to play a corporate game any more. they don t want to play a corporate game any more- game any more. given that these algorithms game any more. given that these algorithms may game any more. given that these algori
will continue, says the head of the watchdog ofsted, after a headteacher took her own life when her school was downgraded. how a russian child s drawing against the war in ukraine saw her taken from her father after her school complained she hasn t been seen since. and top gear is parked up for the foreseeable future. the bbc stops filming the series after presenter freddie flintoff had an accident in december. and coming up on sportsday later in the hour on the bbc news channel. we will look ahead to the sart of the women s six nations championships, can anyone stop the reigning and some violence over the french government s proposals for pension reform. the trip was due to have been the new king s first visit abroad, but president macron said that, with more protests planned for tuesday, he felt it would be inappropriate for the royal couple to travel. mr macron s plan to raise the pension age from 62 to 64 has faced stiff opposition, but it was his decision on monday to fo