Stay updated with breaking news from Job centre. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
we start in france where police have fired tear gas at demonstrators after violence broke out at traditional may day rallies in paris. they have been mass demonstrations against plans to raise the pension age to 64. the plans were pushed through parliament last month without a vote which has led to a wave of unrest across the country. we can cross to a europe corresponding nick beake in paris. we are seeing different sides to the protest, on the one hand clashes with police with tear gas and on the other hand what i can see behind you is peaceful protesters on may the 1st, an important day in the ist, an important day in the calendar in terms of the labour movement and its history. yes and both things movement and its history. yes and both things are movement and its history. yes and both things are happening - movement and its history. yes and both things are happening in - movement and its history. yes and both things are happening in the i both things are happeni ....
hello and welcome to the programme. it has become a familiar scene on the streets of paris, protesters dressed in black and police armed with riot shields. tear gas and barricades running battles taking place down the boulevards of the french capital. it is happening again and this time on may day. a mostly peaceful demonstration against president macron s controversial reforms of the pension system mired once more by scenes of violence. these are live pictures now of police firing water cannon and protesters. tension is particularly high today because a lot of the unions come at the top eight unions in france got together to call for people to come to the streets for the first time that s happened since 2009. also of course tension is high because this isjust two weeks since the french president signed through the latest pension reforms which means the retirement age in france now goes up to 64. people in france are unhappy and also there is some element of rancour and unhap ....
i m pleased to report that we have now made a decisive breakthrough. we also both knew, rishi, that we could do it. after weeks of nerves, most brexiteers seemed willing to give it a chance. but. i m going to find it very difficult to vote for something myself. i surely boris johnson wouldn t set out to stir the pot? facing trial by mp over whether he misled us all about what happened at number ten. new photos with bottles of booze on the desk. he still says he did nothing wrong and pointed to labour s shock hiring of the civil servant sue gray, who investigated what really happened under number ten s roof. with the return of partygate and the pandemic, we have one big question this morning why is it so hard for the government to escape the recent past? with us live the man who s been fixing one of rishi sunak s toughest problems chris heaton harris, the northern ireland secretary will he tell us what s in his whatsapps? what about labour s jon ashworth s? the man who ....
good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the bank of england has raised interest rates from 3.5 to li% their highest level since 2008. the increase will leave millions of households facing higher mortgages at a time when many people are already struggling with energy and food bills. it will also have an impact on repayment charges on bank loans and credit cards but it is better news for savers, who should get a higher return. the bank of england says the increase will help to curb rising prices. our economics correspondent andy verity reports. in leeds like every where else, the cost of keeping up a mortgage isjumping, because of interest rates. stu is used to saving after spending much of his life on a minimum wage. he got a better paying job as a librarian, but like many, his wages have stagnated. when his mortgage expired his payments went from £90 a month to £360. i thought the days of checking the bank balance were gone. but they re back with a vengeance now. ....
from loved ones as the war continues in their home country. hello and welcome to bbc news. a fierce arctic winter storm has triggered emergency alerts across parts of the united states and forced the cancellation of more than 2000 flights. forecasters say the cold snap could bring the coldest christmas in decades. presidentjoe biden has encouraged everyone to heed warnings and bring forward christmas travel plans where possible. this is what it looks like when a bomb cyclone descends on north america. these huge banks of snow in north dakota are the result of an intense blizzard that swept through the state. conditions that are set to engulf almost the entire country, just in time for christmas. but this is no winter wonderland. the storm could prove deadly. great swathes of the us will experience some of the lowest temperatures ever recorded here. there is already chaos at the airports. this is new york. for many, it should have been the first normal christmas after co ....