increases the terror threat level in northern ireland from substantial to severe , meaning an attack is considered highly likely. humza yousaf is confirmed as scotland s first minister, becoming the first person from an ethnic minority background in the role. hello and welcome. we start this hour in france, where another day of co ordinated, nationwide protests is very much under way, as unions continue to oppose president macron s pension reforms. over a million people took part in similar protests in the last week. we have seen extraordinary scenes again out on the streets. let s go to our paris correspondent, hugh schofield. immediately behind you, looking slightly quieter than the last time we spoke, but very much give us a sense of what has been going on and in different parts of the country of course as well. course as well. yeah, we re at the end of the course as well. yeah, we re at the end of the itinerary course as well. yeah, we re at the end of the itinera
in the third round. 0n the other table, england s jack lisowski has beaten noppon saengkham of thailand 10 7. lisowski will face the winner of the match betweenjudd trump and anthony mcgill, that s going on right now. these are live pictures from the crucible. mcgill is 6 3 up, this one best of 19, remember, at this stage. but trump is about to take the tenth frame in sheffield. later, manchester city can keep up their pursuit of history in the champions league and set up a semifinal with real madrid. pep guardiola s side take a 3 0 lead to germany to face bayern munich in the second leg of their quarterfinal. city have won ten in a row going into this and are looking to lift the trophy for the first time. bayern have enjoyed doing that six times and guardiola isn t understimating his old side, despite his city s lead. i have been here at bayern munich and i know the mentality of this club. it is in everywhere, the streets, in the skin, and i know what they believe, that they
rescue workers in the ukrainian city of dnipro search for survivors of a russian missile attack on an apartment building. at least 18 people were killed. is there light at the end on the tunnel on train strikes in the uk? the transport secretary is optimisitc a deal can be reached with the unions. i think both the companies and there railway unions are keen to reach an agreement agreement but that is for them to do. tens of thousands of people take part in anti government protests across cities in israel against plans for changes to theirjudiciary. hello and welcome to bbc news. some breaking news this hour dozens of people have died in a plane crash in nepal. let s run through what we know so far: the plane was flying from the capital kathmandu to the town of pokhara a popular tourist town. the crash happened as it was coming in to land.it was a yeti airlines plane with 72 people onboard. this is the footage we have of the aftermath. thought to be around two kilometres f
at least 38 people, many of them children, have died after a man carried out a gun and knife attack on a nursery in thailand. he opened fire on a teacher who tried to stop him getting in, and on a parent, then went in where the children, many of them very young, where having a nap. for children, many of them very young, where having a nap. where having a nap. for the first time, where having a nap. for the first time. nurses where having a nap. for the first time, nurses across where having a nap. for the first time, nurses across the - where having a nap. for the first time, nurses across the uk - where having a nap. for the first time, nurses across the uk are l where having a nap. for the first - time, nurses across the uk are being asked whether they are prepared to strike in a dispute about pay. and, shaken and stirred the prince and princess of wales take up a cocktail challenge, on a visit to northern ireland. and coming up on the bbc news channel. we get the lat