this is bbc news, i'm geeta guru—murthy. the headlines at 7. police say at least 80 people have been injured and more than 200 people arrested in paris during violent protests over rising fuel prices. the chairman of britain's biggest infrastructure project, the h52 rail programme, says he expects to be sacked in the coming days due to concerns over the performance of crossrail. a tenth member of the government resigns over brexit. the former science and universities minister, sam gyimah, says the prime minister's plan is "naive", and calls for a second referendum. and prime minister theresa may is at the 620 summit in buenos aires. she is due to speak shortly and we'll be bringing you the latest. more than 200 people have been arrested in paris,

after violent protests around one of the city's most popular tourist attractions, the arc de triomphe. it's the third week of demonstrations originally sparked by rising fuel taxes, but now a wider movement of discontent with the government. metro stations have been shut, at least one building set on fire, and more than 70 people injured. our paris correspondent, hugh schofield reports from the heart of the city. the arc de triomphe this afternoon. groups of yellow—vest protesters have pushed past police and rampaged past the tomb of the unknown soldier. all day, there have been scenes of serious violence in the streets around, mainly agitators of the far right and left in the thick of it, taking on police with cobblestones and other projectiles, setting fire to cars and even buildings. it is an extremely tense situation now, mid—afternoon, we have been chased down a side street by riot police with tear gas and anti—riot grenades, a car is on firejust behind me.

we're just off the champs—elysees, it is a real scene of street warfare. amid the scenes of destruction, ordinary people who'd come from across france to demonstrate peaceably. they do not want the violence to divert attention from their message that taxes in france have gone too far. translation: abraham lincoln said something important, he said that government should be of the people, by the people, for the people. for the people. our politicians should keep that in mind, they will not get anywhere until they put the people first. translation: we have all had enough. it has been going on for so long and eventually you have to resist, there is no choice. who are you? translation: we are the people, you don't have to look any further, not right or left, we are just the simple people. scenes like this at one of paris' most famous landmarks cannot be glossed over as a minor problem.

president macron needs to find his way out of this confrontation with the people, urgently. hugh schofield, bbc news, paris. the queen has paid tribute to president george h w bush, who's died at the age of 94, early this morning at his home in texas. in a statement, the queen, called president bush a great friend and ally of the united kingdom as well as a patriot, serving his country with honour and distinction in office and during the second world war. she said her thoughts and prayers are with the bush family and the american people. the white house has announced that wednesday will be a national day of mourning across the united states. george bush senior, was elected president in 1988 — as the cold war came to an end, and led the united states in the first gulf war, when saddam hussein invaded kuwait. our north america editor, jon sopel, looks back at his life. i will faithfully execute the office of president of the united states. america's 43rd president served

through some of the most momentous times on the 20th century. so help me god. congratulations. thank you. the cold war ending, the berlin wall coming down, the soviet union collapsing, turmoil in the middle east and the first gulf war. yet by today's brutal standards he seemed to embody a more noble sense of politics rooted in duty, respect and public service. that george herbert walker bush should reach the highest office in the land almost seemed predestined. he was born into a family of wealth, privilege and politics. his father was a us senator. george attended yale before volunteering for the navy in world war ii. he was shot down over the pacific, his rescue remarkably caught on film. peacetime took him to texas, where he made a fortune in the oil business. and then came the lure of politics. he was elected to congress, served as an ambassador and became head of the cia,

before pitching to become the republican presidential candidate in 1980. he lost to ronald reagan, but reagan put him on the ticket and served as vice president. in 1988 he had another crack at the presidency — this time successfully. bush senior was the last of america's cold war leaders and the demise of communism in his period was managed deftly, as former soviet satellites embraced the values of democracy and freedom. but there were new uncertainties, notably iraq's surprise annexation of kuwait in 1990. margaret thatcher told him to stand firm, apparently saying, "this is no time to go wobbly, george." he didn't. the 1992 election pitched the patrician bush against the young, charismatic and hitherto little—known democratic governor from arkansas called bill clinton. his clear advocacy of a new vision for america swept him to victory. within a decade there was another

bush in the white house, george w. two years ago his younger sonjeb took on donald trump for the republican nomination as president. i am sick and tired of him going after my family. it was ugly. in turn, george bush senior called donald trump a blowhard and later said he'd voted for hillary clinton in the election. the one constant throughout all that — his wife barbara. they were married for over 70 years. she died in april. he said he was looking forward to being reunited with her. let's talk to frank donatelli, a former reagan bush white house political director. your thoughts today on the former president bush. so many thoughts.

it's actually hard to improve on the statement of the queen that we just listen to but i guess i would say two things. number one is his personal qualities as others have said. he was a very kind and decent man. goes back to a different time in politics when just because you we re in politics when just because you were different parties that did not mean you could not get along and co—operate on things that you felt could benefit the country. the other thing is on policy george was i think one of our best foreign—policy presidents. he understood the importance of the atlantic alliance and deftly managed the end of the cold war in the way that was beneficial to both east and west and then finally he assembled the coalition that resulted in desert storm. many good things in the foreign—policy front to congratulate president bush for her. were you in

the white house for operation desert storm? it was so very controversial time and foreign—policy for what led to further exploits and problems with the middle east in the way. questions like how much wasn't linked to oil? sure. i was not in the white house that was during the bush ministration and i served in the reagan administration but i was close to a number of people in the white house and obviously we had a great interest in how the ministration was going to handle that at that particular time. you are correct that when he tried to put together an international coalition of that scope that includes arab countries and middle eastern countries and that includes the west, that includes some other countries there was a lot of questions as to what exactly the united states could do and there was a feeling that it was because the

iraqi people in kuwait and bush managed that coalition over a period of months incredibly deftly put the united states and the west in a position that when we finally attacked the whole world was on our side and so he knew exactly when to end that conflict and it resulted in total victory. new-wave autism of the election campaigns, weren't you? what was he like to work with? the election campaigns, weren't you? what was he like to work with? over his personal strengths? his personal strengths were that he was willing to listen. he was the chairman of the republican national committee and so we had a very deep knowledge of politics throughout the country. that being said he was always open to new ideas and i remember travelling with him for a trip in pennsylvania in 1980 when he had first joined the pennsylvania in 1980 when he had firstjoined the ticket. he knew pennsylvania very well and he just w011 pennsylvania very well and he just won the pennsylvania primary. he was very interested in my take as to

where things were at that time which had been several months later. we talked a little bit about the steel industry that was still an issue at that time being in difficulty and exactly what he could say to maybe win over those votes. i remember saying that mr president in a year from houston but we are going to western pennsylvania so you have to say some nice things about the pittsburgh steelers. that was my contribution to the effort. it has been reported that he voted for hillary clinton in the last president to campaign, does that surprise you and he seemed to have is they take on elements within his own party. as a part of that was personal and part of it was a policy. i don't think there is any dispute that he approached politics may be differently from the way that a lot of republicans do today. and of course there was the question that after all his son had been a

candidate for the and was u nsuccessful, candidate for the and was unsuccessful, and there was a lot of ha rd unsuccessful, and there was a lot of hard feelings and it was pretty bruising. but you know again he's not one to hold grudges. he was a lwa ys not one to hold grudges. he was always willing to see the best in eve ryo ne always willing to see the best in everyone and see how to move forward. how do you think ultimately in political terms that has worked terms of all the presidents of the us what would he be remembered for? i think that his administration will be more appreciated. we have a tendency in america to downgrade those presidents who lose reelection and that's not necessarily true. i feel like we have had one term presidents that have been consequential and i think president bush 41 is one of those. we talked about his foreign—policy challenges andi about his foreign—policy challenges and i really thinkjust getting it right in kuwait and in iraq and managing not only the end of the

cold war when the berlin wall came down but three years later when the soviet union itself imploded he managed that very deftly and a way that did not give comfort at all to the hardliners that accepted the process as they came forward and was a big win for the west. many thanks indeed for your time today with those thoughts on president bush. and we'll find out how this story — and many others — are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:30 and 11:30pm this evening in the papers — our guestsjoining me are the business journalist john crowley and anne ashworth, associate editor at the times. theresa may's brexit plans have suffered another blow, with the resignation of the universitites and science minister sam gyimah. he says the prime minister's agreement with the eu is "a deal in name only," which would remove britain's voice and veto, and lead to it being "hammered" in future negotiations with europe. mrs may is in buenos aires, for the g—20 summit of world leaders, from where our political editor laura kuenssberg reports. her predicament‘s one few other

world leaders would want. her own party poised to reject her main policy. it goes without saying, we have a great relationship... much more serious than friendly sporting rivalry with australia. ..but not always that friendly when it comes to sporting events. but a hand of friendship from him. i think you have shown great resilience and great determination to resolve what is one of the most vexed issues i think there is. reporter: newjob?! yet another minister's joined the dozens of mps pledged to vote against. sam gyimah was invited into government to be a science minister. but he's quit with an almost apocalyptic warning about theresa may's brexit compromise. all the big issues are being kicked down the road, so we're in for several years of negotiations at the point at which we have no leverage and the eu has all the control, and they will hammer our interest and cripple our country,

making us less secure, poorer and weaker in the pursuit of our national interests. i regret very much that sam's leaving the government. i think he's done a good job in a number of roles as a minister, but i don't agree with him on this. and i think that you need to look at the deal, as i say, as a compromise. and also i would like to take this opportunity to express my tribute to your leadership... and while other leaders might want to help, they are worried too about what might happen next. japan asking for reassurance there won't be no deal. ..0nce again ask for her... your support to avoid the no deal... and forget the ceremony here. at home, there's brutal argument going on. can the prime minister persuade more mps to back her compromise with the eu that imagines close economic ties but our own control of immigration? right now, it doesn't seem so. i think there's a majority, i don't know what the size of it is, but i think there's a majority against the deal that the government is putting forward, theresa may is putting forward. after that, we're into almost

unknown territory, a lot of negotiations will have to go on. this grandeur will be replaced soon by trying to persuade one mp at a time. whether the prime minister succeeds will influence where she and the uk line up in the world. 0ur political editor laura kuenssberg, is in buenos aires — she says mr gyimah‘s resignation marks a crucial few days for the prime minister. another day and another departure. another day and another departure. another barrage of criticism for theresa may for her brexit compromise. at this time at the departure of sam from government to remind her that it's notjust brexiteers that field her deal ties close to you. but also former remainers who are crossed and worried that the deal is an unsavoury halfway house and frankly that we also don't know enough about the future to sign up now and sign

on the dotted line and sign away what may well be agreed by the eu in yea rs what may well be agreed by the eu in years to come. sam gyimah‘s rose today are the most blunt criticism of the ministers who have gone and this number that have quit over the compromise she plans. she will leave argentina tonight from this bubble of the summit going home for an epic battle with her own clinical party. herfuture battle with her own clinical party. her future rests on whether or not she can get this deal through and if there is a defeat how bad it is in 01’ there is a defeat how bad it is in or is that much at stake. so as we've been hearing — the science and universities minister sam gyimah quit after mrs may said the uk was pulling out of galileo...but what is galileo? well, the project began in 1999, with the eu aiming to create a network of 30 satellites orbiting the earth — let's take you through what it's actually for. galileo is europe's global navigation satellite system. it's due to be finished in 2020 and will rival the us gps system the network of satellites will be used for defence and critical

national infrastructure purposes. it will support mobile phones and satnavs but one of the main uses will be to provide vital location information for european militaries and businesses. the uk's armed forces are particularly keen to access galileo because the us currently keeps back the best gps service for its own military. but 0nly eu member states will have access to the data when the project is finished. well, in the last hour theresa may has been meeting canadian prime ministerjustin trudeau at the g20 summit in buenos aires. the pair have been discussing a range of topics, including trade opportunities for the uk after brexit — as well as climate change. mrs may is due to speak in buenos aires soon. we'll take you there live, when it happens. labour's kate 0samor, the shadow international

development secretary, has resigned from her front bench role. it comes after a report that she verbally abused a journalist from the times who was looking into controversy surrounding her son's conviction for drug possession. in a statement, she said she will now ‘concentrate on supporting my family through the difficult time we have been experiencing'. the headlines on bbc news... police say at least 80 people have been injured and more than 200 people arrested in paris during violent protests over rising fuel prices. the chairman of britain's biggest infrastructure project, the hs2 rail programme, says he expects to be sacked in the coming days due to concerns over the performance of crossrail. a tenth member of the government resigns over brexit. the former science and universities minister, sam gyimah, says the prime minister's plan is "naive" , and calls for a second referendum. the chairman of the hs2 rail link, sir terry morgan, says he expects

to be dismissed formally, even though he was only appointed injuly. it's thought the scheme, britain's biggest infrastructure project, is over budget. sir terry, who is also in charge of the delayed crossrail programme, was described as "world class" when he was appointed to hs2 by the transport secretary, chris grayling, in july. sir terry explained why he is anticipating his sacking to radio 4's pm programme earlier today. ican i can only assume because i have not yet been told that because hsz is such a critically important programme and with the sense of disappointment around the performance of crossrail that it was considered to be too risky for a programme like hsz to continue. in my role as chairman. mexico's president elect andres manuel lopez 0brador has been sworn in as the countries new president in mexico city. mr lopez 0brador ran on an anti—corruption platform and his supporters are hoping he will implement policies to tackle

the issue as well as combat the country's widespread poverty and inequality. international leaders from across the political spectrum attended the event police looking for a missing couple whose car was discovered washed up on a beach in scotland — have found two bodies. susan and james kenn—eavy were reported missing on thursday morning — when their vehicle was found on drunmore beach, near stranraer. search teams are tackling "challenging terrain" — including dense woodland — as they continue efforts to try and find a 16—year—old from, who's been missing for two weeks. liam smith caught a bus from aberdeen on the 17th of november, and is thought to have got off at crathis. police say a subsequent "credible sighting" of the teenager in the crathes estate area that afternoon, has led them to focus their search in the locality. the report by the resolution

foundation costs a lot to be changed tojudge almost a foundation costs a lot to be changed to judge almost a million uk agency workers. 0ur to judge almost a million uk agency workers. our business correspondent has more. i found on my colleagues who were doing the exact same job and sat right next to me speaking the same customer selling the same products were earning significant and more. the resolution foundation say that agency staff earn more than £40 less than those directly employed by a business. that's not justin lope but the austin made almost a million people in britain work of these contracts and whatever regulation to protect staff. they were crewmen employment confederation representing industry say agency

work is vital to the economy and two thirds of workers are paid the same. he said has been a massive difference to cash flow and his mental health. the difference between being able to go out and have a coffee or being able to get a taxi home from a night out. it's those little things that really add up those little things that really add up and make a huge difference. the lord he states that bush should get equal pay and perks after 12 weeks working with the same business but the resolution foundation say more needs to be done to make sure that people know their rights. russia has been accused of a lot lately — from poisoning former spies in the uk, to illegally capturing ukranian ships. but how does it feel when it's your country that's being criticised — and what do young russians really think of britain? will chalk from radio 1's newsbeat has been to moscow to find out. hello. so we are going to meet makar. he is the leader of a group called set.

they call themselves the puteens because they are young, teenagers. and they love, love, love vladimir putin. should we get out of the road? set is an art collective. fashion designers, painters and graphic artists can all come work here for free as long as they support russia's president. the salisbury poisoning, with ukraine, with how democratic the elections are, most of the rest of the world tends to agree that russia is in the wrong. but not everyone we met was so glowing about the russian government. timofey met us in a bar and despite the fact that freedom of speech is limited in russia and protesting can get you jailed, he told us he wanted to speak openly. but not everyone we met was so glowing about

the russian government. timofey met us in a bar and despite the fact that freedom of speech is limited in russia and protesting can get you jailed, he told us he wanted to speak openly. i don't think that our government cares about us, and obviously they lie to us. i don't like lots of things about our government, but to be completely honest, the west wants and needs to portray us bad. i was living in scotland's nine months ago, and being from eastern europe it is hard in the uk. people are stereotyping. so if there is a cultural divide how do we fix that? i grew up on an english music, you know? and british. my favourite band was 0asis. there's obviously a political divide. do you think music and culture is one of the ways we might be able to fix that?

i think music is the right way. but maybe it will work or maybe not. before we left we wanted to find out how much will we had been told i was representative of young russians as a whole. denis is from one of the few independent organizations in russia allowed to survey people. one of the questions directly about politics would be that russia should not give in but if you ask about what countries would like to take and emulate, first of all its western countries. so this event. 0urfinal morning in russia. we only spent time in moscow so we can'tjudge the whole country, but walking around and just feels like any other city. it could be london, manchester or edinburgh. that being said after you've been here for a few days you do since a lot of the undercurrent of fear. even the people who are really keen to talk to us are nervous about it and some of the people refused

because they are too scared because they say they don't know what the authorities will do to them if they say the wrong thing. in terms of how we can make things between the uk and russia better most people seem to say the solution is just to, for us and the normal people and not politicians to meet up and talk and have fun. the more we do that, they say, the last time act less relevant the scary politics becomes. will chalk, bbc news. you can watch the full newsbeat documentary, ‘from russia without love', on the bbc iplayer now. this week marked the 50th anniversary of the release of one of the most revered albums of all time, astral weeks by sir van morrison. the likes of eltonjohn, u2 and bruce springsteen, say the singer from belfast has been a huge influence. now fans are being drawn to his home city — to see the streets and sights which have inspired sir van. 0ur ireland correspondent, chris page has more. for me, astral weeks is the greatest record ever made. # if i ventured in the slipstream...

van is the soundtrack to my life. # between the viaducts and yourdream... belfast is celebrating its poetic, enigmatic songwriting genius. i'd like to welcome you along to this tour to makr the 50th anniversary of astral weeks. my name is lynne, i'm a van morrison fan first and a blue badge guide second. vanatics, as they are often described, are making a pilgrimage to the place their hero calls home. here we are on the corner of hyndford street where van morrison was born on the 31st of august 1945. traces of this city and memories of his upbringing are everywhere in his music. so i'm just going to play you some of hyndford street and you can imagine yourself with van, at home with his parents, and the endless summer nights, not like today.

# take me way back on hyndford street. # where you could feel the silence at half—past 11... just around the corner, this childhood haunt has recently been rescued from overgrown obscurity and given a makeover to attract visitors. the hollow features in one of his best—known songs, brown eyed girl. # down in the hollow. # playing a new game... that huge hit came in 1967. about a year later, the jaunty pop gave way to the moody hypnotic folksiness of van morrison's most critically acclaimed album. i think at the heart of astral weeks is a very strong sense of belfast and what belfast meant to van. this bbc radio presenter has interviewed the man himself a number of times. i think van said there really are only two stories in music, leaving and going home, and astral weeks is about yearning. this man has made music which has changed people's lives. it's actually gone global.

you can't say that about very much out of a small country like northern ireland, but van has done it. as the lion growls, climbs the walls, jackie wilson dances in the kitchen, van morrison, you said it all. other local artists, including poets, are hoping that the flair which flourished here will rub off on them. i will never stray from the lion's roar. we are now what, i suppose, a lot of people will consider the holy of holies of the van morrison tour. 0n the streets made famous by this song on astral weeks, van fans feel particularly proud. i grew up in east belfast and i think he is a wonderful ambassadorfor us. it is a continuous source of inspiration through his music, through the lyrics. the sounds resonate of east belfast and belfast in general and we are very lucky that he was a son of belfast. it is the legacy of a legend and this city hopes to make the most of sir van's musical magic.

we're still waiting for that speech by the prime minister theresa may and watching the feeds. a bit delayed clearly but due to speak about 50 minutes ago and we will of course bring that as soon as that speech gets under way and we are expecting questions as well to the prime minister. at the g20 in buenos aires. in the meantime let's find out about the weather. pretty gusty out about the weather. pretty gusty out their short time. is he going to get better for christmas shopping this week note that ghastly. something that is good about this weather is that it is not that cold. in fact to produce today got up to 15 celsius and so at least that is