hello, welcome to bbc news. we start once again in france because we have seen big numbers taking to the streets. the 11th day of mass protest against the pension age in france. some of the pictures from streets in the centre of the capital. a meeting between the prime minister and labour unions failed to break the deadlock yesterday. 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. those are the live pictures. let s speak to our correspondent hugh schofield who is on the streets near the protests in paris. we have seen deadlock between the government and protesters. yes. government and protesters. yes, still deadlocked government and protesters. yes, still deadlocked and government and protesters. ye: still deadlocked and another demonstration on this 11th day of action. the first one was back in mid january and i have reported on every single one of them. it s pret
more on those headlines in a moment. first, let s round up the sports news. what are fans making a chelsea of today s appointment? england s women have the chance of lifting more silverware later when they take on brazil in the finalissima, a match between the european and south american champions at a sold out wembley. our sports reporterjo currie is there for us now. the world cup will be with us before we know it, a big chance for thise england players to impreess sarina wiegman. after a ny after any major tournament the result was a freshening up of the squad and the likes of ellen white and jill scott are no longer around, there are big injuries to players who are not available for these two games and there are players in the euro squad who have not been selected so there are opportunities for new players coming in to try to impress a sarina wiegman, heading out to australia this summer, but tonight will be a massive occasion, some players potentially making their debuts
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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