we begin in france, where unions will be staging strike action today against the government s pension reform plans. the government is aiming to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64 years. today marks the sixth day of strikes and protests since mid january, and unions say it will be the biggest yet with workers across a range of sectors expected to mobilise. teachers, gas and electricity workers, train drivers, and industrial workers are all expected to join. part of the french government plan is also to raise the minimum pension to 1,200 euro a month, which is over 550 euro higher than the current minimum figure. but unions want more due to rising inflation. let s go live to paris now and talk to tomasz michalski associate professor of economics at the hec business school in paris. we spoke about these injanuary but they are still continuing into march. but they are still continuing into march. , , . , , into march. the public support is there for into march. the public
good afternoon. i m casey hunt here in washington. we re going to begin with breaking news. just moments ago we learned that tesla is recalling hundreds of thousands of vehicles in order to remove the, quote, full self-driving feature. that is the beta software that lets the car drive with minimal human intervention. gabe cohen has our latest reporting on this. this is a lot of cars and a big deal. reporter: we re talking about poten potentially 363,000 tesla vehicles being recalled. we are just getting this recall report in that s coming from the national highway traffic safety administration. i want to walk you through what models we re talking about. so we re talking about the tesla model s, model x, model 3 and model y vehicles, spanning several years. 2016 all the way up until 2023. as you mentioned, all of these vehicles we re talking about are equipped with that self-driving beta software and now tesla is going to be giving a free software update. in the meantime, th
thinking about it. pierre thomas with late reporting. in russia tonight, panic following vladimir putin s plan to call up 300,000 reservists to fight in ukraine. tonight, flights out of moscow booked for several days out. russian authorities detaining protesters, some of those protesters now drafted to fight. tom soufi burridge in ukraine tonight. the protests in iran tonight. martha raddatz with the scenes unfodding in iran. here in this country, the midair scare. a united airlines flight taking off from newark, circling over the atlantic for nearly two hours after sparks are seen shooting from the plane. debris falling from the sky. you will hear air traffic control alerting the cockpit. b meantime, the chaotic scene onboard an american airlines flight. the passenger accused of punching a flight attendant. tonight, alex jones, who said the sandy hook shooting was a hoax, that parents of the children who died were actors. he was in court today, and what happened. t
the us and the uk have condemned iran after it executed a british iranian citizen accused of spying. washington says it s horrified by the execution, while british prime minister rishi sunak said the hanging of alireza akbari was callous and cowardly and would not go unpunished. the uk has imposed sanctions on iran s prosecutor general because according to the government he s at the heart of iran s use of the death penalty. our diplomatic correspondent, caroline hawley, reports. news of the execution came on state run television early this morning, despite repeated last minute appeals from the uk. alireza akbari is thought to have acquired british citizenship after investing here and to have lived in the country for several years. his brother told bbc persia he had been enticed back to iran by his former boss, under whom he once served as deputy defence minister. the government responded swiftly, the prime minister saying he was appalled by a callous act carried out by
reporting. in russia tonight, panic following vladimir putin s plan to call up 300,000 reservists to fight in ukraine. tonight, flights out of moscow booked for several days out. russian authorities detaining protesters, some of those protesters now drafted to fight. tom soufi burridge in ukraine tonight. the deadly protests spreading across iran tonight. after the death of a woman arrested by the morality police for allegedly not properly wearing her head scarf. martha raddatz with the scenes unfolding in iran. here in this country, the midair scare. a united airlines flight taking off from newark, circling over the atlantic for nearly two hours, after sparks are seen shooting from the plane. debris falling from the sky. you will hear air traffic control alerting the cockpit. gio benitez tonight. meantime, the chaotic scene onboard an american airlines flight. a passenger accused of punching a flight attendant. tonight, the heated words in court. alex jones, who sa