Battle in a Northern City. After years of drilling through solid rock, the longest and deepest tunnel in the world opens today in the swiss alps. Also coming up this hour, the head of the economic think tank the oh ecb tells us why the french government needs to stay the course on its controversial labor law reform. The president of venezuela tells a Big International body to shove it. We will tell you who on the way. First our top story, live from paris. Genie close to half of frances rail network has ground to a halt this wednesday. Rail workers have started and openended strike in protest over pay, working conditions, and changes to the french labor rules. It will open up to include the paris metro tomorrow. Parisown is at one of main train stations. What is the situation at the moment . Luke the latest figures we are is that 17 of the workforce have gone on strike this wednesday. ,he 10 that went out last week clearly the strike action is continuing. The situation is relatively cal
Laura first, at least 2 people have been confirmed dead after a shooting at the university of california in los angeles. Police responded to reports of a shooting and the campus has been on lock down for over an hour now. No more news as yet as to whether or not the shooter is still at large. Lets take a listen to lapd officer at the scene. What we did immediately upon having learned about this thet, we immediately campus alert notification system provides all of them in the Campus Community of an incident that occurred that could be dangerous to them and we stay out ofem to the area. Right now currently the campus is on lock down. We have literally hundreds of Police Officers and agents here on campus assisting in the sector situation. Laura we can go now to l. A. Our correspondent is there. What more can you tell us at this stage . A few minutes ago ucla did send out an alert saying that the lockdown continues and telling students to not go outside to the lapd has warned residents to
Biased, likening it to a fight between a tiger and a tether to document and whether dilma impeachmentuld face. Hundreds of her supporters have filled the streets of sao paulo on the eve of wednesdays crucial vote. First, then, despite growing discontent on the countrys streets and even among their own backbenchers, frances Ruling Socialist Party has to put article 49. 3 of the constitution to push through their constitutional labor reform bill. Tactiche second time the to legislate by decree has been used while Francois Hollande has been in office. The government says the essential it is essential to cut stubbornly high unemployment figures. Luke shrago has this report. Luke the french government has had enough, pushing forward deeply unpopular labor form performs by decree. It is a good bill for our country and is an act of confidence in dialogue. Luke i like that has led nowhere after months of negotiations and popular protests. It is institute opened the labor market it is designed
Paris. Tens of thousands of people have been marching against the governments proposed labor forms. Laura first, though, French Foreign jihadist who murdered a Police Commander and his partner was acting on orders from the Islamic State group. Larry c abballa was killed in the Larossi Abballa was killed in the shootout with police. He was known to authorities and under surveillance at the time of the attack. Mark thompson has this report. Mark a face known to french authorities. Was releasedlla from prison last year after serving three have in your sentence for conspiracy to can commit acts of terrorism. He was also the subject of another similar investigation in january. A quantity monday evening, he arrived at the home of the chief of police in the outskirts of paris and stabbed the opposite and his wife to death and took their threeyearold son hostage. The young child survived the attack. Abballa told authorities he was loyal to the Islamic State group. He said he was responding to
It is vital to bring down unemployment. Pass. S law will it will pass. Because it has been discussed, it has been debated, it has been corrected, it has been amended, and i will not give in. Reached,omise was unions are backing the law, the majority of socialists are also in favor. s claireance 24 williams was in paris where todays demonstrations took face. She sent this report. The protests started about three kilometers away. Protesters blocked as much traffic as they possibly could. There were a few scuffles, incidents with the police, but by and large the protesters were quite called today compared to what weve seen in the last few weeks. Effort onreally an the part of the kenyans and police do not have the scenes we have seen could we have seen some violence and scuffles with police but this time around things have gone a little more calmly. We have they that drivers on our side, train drivers going on strike, too, and the government says, with Francois Hollande on the radio this