more violence in paris tonight as tens of thousands of people are out on the streets again across france to protest against president macron s pension reforms. everyone, say hi to luke! and the 22 year old singer songwriter who found himself on stage in front of 20,000 people with ed sheeran. and on bbc london. are billionaire s son who fled to yemen after a murder investigation admits to the bbc that he was involved. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the terrorism threat level in northern ireland has been raised from substantial to severe meaning the risk of an attack is now highly likely . the rating is based on an mi5 intelligence assessment and comes after a rise in activity by dissident republicans, including a gun attack last month on a senior police officer. the northern ireland secretary, chris heaton harris, says the public should remain vigilant, but not be alarmed. 0ur ireland correspondent, emma vardy, sent this report from belfast. the attack
Plenty more from the situation in the middle east, but we will pause and get an update on the sport. Defending champions england have suffered a shock defeat at the cricket world cup, losing in delhi to afghanistan who in turn have registered the most significant one day win in their history. Afghanistan batted first and after an opening stand of 108, eventually made 284 a total that proved too much for the holders. England lost wickets regularly throughout the chase. And were bowled out for 215. 69 runs short, leaving them with two defeats out of their three games so far. From one world cup to another england are also in action at the Rugby Union World cup against fiji in the quarterfinal in marseille, where theyre deep into the second half. Fiji reduce the arrears. England cord and 2a points to 17. Leading. 13 minutes remaining and as i speak, fiji touchdown for another try. If that is converted, it will be 2a try. If that is converted, it will be 24 24. Sundays second quarterfinal s
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