they have threatened to strike on two previous occasions. in fact, the efl charged the club with misconduct after senior players refused to play against kingstonian. and at the root of all of this is the clubs financial difficulties, which have been well documented. eight times now the club representatives have been at the high court facing winding up orders because of the tax owed to hmrc and to employees. as of tonight, the players and the non—playing staff still haven't been paid and — these aren't premier league footballers on thousand and thousands of pounds a week — these are league two footballers with mortgages, bills to pay and christmas is coming up. i spoke to the chairman of the club's supporters trust who gave me some examples of the predicaments players and non—playing staff are finding themselves in. we had a situation where the groundsman couldn't come into work basically because he didn't have enough petrol to be able to get him to work from where he lived, about

eight miles from the ground. we've had situations where a player has had situations where a player has had a difficult situation in home and has had to sleep in his car because he's got nowhere else to go, no money to be able to manage this. and these are just a couple examples of crazy situations. they have been repeatedly told that there is money coming into their account, repeatedly told that there is money coming into theiraccount, and repeatedly told that there is money coming into their account, and each day they were told that they will be paid earlier this week, and that has not been forthcoming, and the situation remains — as we understand, they are getting very limited communication. there appears to be insistent messages coming from the majority shareholder that he is having problems with regards to the bank accounts they hold, and that they are frozen and he's having trouble moving forward. really horrible to see those examples there. the efl has issued a statement saying that they will meet

the players to discuss the situation — they said they had significant sympathy for the players and employees — but that they also had to ensure the integrity of the league was maintained. now that strikes fear into the heart of many fans of smaller clubs who've watched as bury fell foul of that. they owed nearly £1 million in tax and other debts and couldn't pay their players and there's a very real concern that macclesfield will face a similar fate to bury. amar alkhadi has been attempting to sell his major stake in the club, but to no avail. in the short term, the club is due back in court on 18 december, and the efl has said that macclesfield will face disciplinary action is it doesn't fulfill its fixture against crewe. it certainly looks like they won't. despite that fact, there are some plans for fans to go to the ground, moss rose and protest peacefully about the situation. but founded in1871i — this it's a difficult time for bury fc. it really is. jane, thanks for bringing us right up to date. now to italy, where there has been heavy criticism for a newspaper headline today.

the corriere dello sport went with "black friday" to tee up the meeting of inter milan and roma tomorrow, which sees romelu lukaku and chris smalling facing each other. roma say the headline is "terrible", but that the article itself was positive. the paper has defended its "innocent" headline. well, footballjournalist nicky bandini. it's something that's really not easy to address when you talk about the fact that even after having sort of being told by the protagonist, the people on this front page that this language isn't good, the editors still didn't see what they had done wrong, and said they were wrong. that is something that goes way beyond football. in terms of football since we had lukaku and donatelli getting abused, we've seen clu bs donatelli getting abused, we've seen clubs trying to make initiatives to do things. i would argue they are strongly not enough being done on a consolidated level. but at least they are saying that this is bad and we should try and address this. but this is different, this is someone

saying they don't believe this is wrong and flat—out disagreeing. and thatis wrong and flat—out disagreeing. and that is not an easy thing for football to fix. whilst the condemnation perhaps can most strongly at first from international sources, strongly at first from international sources, i do think there is something generational going on with italy, as well. you see lots of the criticism within italy that has come from this headline has come from a younger demographic and a generation thatis younger demographic and a generation that is from and for younger people. i think it is a really complicated societal issue that we are talking about, and at the intersection of things in football where things get messy. anthonyjoshua says he holds "no fear" going into his much anticipated re—match with andy ruinunior this weekend in saudi arabia. and the heavyweight, who lost his world title belts to ruiz in a shock loss injune, says he will weigh in lighter than he did then — on the back of a new training plan. he believes he'll come

in under 17 stone. if you look at my last weights where i come if you look at my last weights where icome in if you look at my last weights where i come in at 116—115, that is doing weights. i will say i've knocked off five k or so, because ijust focused on the boxing and a good diet. so i know you'll come in around 17 stone was yellow it may be even lighter. maybe even later. i told you i'm punching like a horse kicking back right now. well, our reporter ade adedoyin is in diriah for us ahead of the fight. intersting the question about weight, think it's 2014 you have to go back to when he last fought at 17 stone. postive or negative? he's told us repeatedly in the build up he's told us repeatedly in the build up to this fight that he spent more time in the boxing gym than in the weights room, to work on some of the technical issues that contributed to his defeat against andy ruiz back in

may. if he does weigh in under 17 stone tomorrow, that would be his lightest weight since his night professionalfight, nearly lightest weight since his night professional fight, nearly a stone lighter then it when he fought at wembley stadium. it might be an indication of the strategy he plans to employ, it may be quick feet and hands to negate the threats that andy ruiz poses. he scored an upsetting loss in 2001 when he became the happiest democrat heavyweight championship of the world, he's also in saudi arabia, and he told me earlier this week that ifjoshua and he told me earlier this week that if joshua does and he told me earlier this week that ifjoshua does come in later, he could be detrimental to his performance. i believe he may have lost too much muscle, and i couldn't believe that can be a detrimental threat and have a deck democrat at the mental effect on him. he could still possibly win if he executes perfectly, if he uses distance, stays away and don't let any hit him at all. because of andy

hits him, and he will finish him.|j spokein hits him, and he will finish him.|j spoke in a lots of people here that suggest maybe the way for anthony joshua to win this is to fight more conservatively. adopt a strategy that vladimir klitschko adopted in his heyday. at a hate the micro press co nfe re nce his heyday. at a hate the micro press conference yesterday, he said he's not here to put on a show, he wa nts to he's not here to put on a show, he wants to win. he wants to go home with a belt or retain his title, and also for his legacy in support. fantastic also for his legacy in support. fa ntastic stuff, also for his legacy in support. fantastic stuff, we will have all the build—up over the next 24—48 hours ahead of that fight. finally when you love something, you find a way to do it everywhere you go. that is what indian gymnasts wrote on twitter along with this video. how amazing is that? always somewhere to practice. and show off what you can do, that is very impressive. that's all from sportsday. we'll have more

throughout the evening. bye— bye. let's bring you up—to—date with what's going on in france. there's paralysis across large parts of france — with the biggest public sector strike in decades. in the last hour, tear gas has been fired at protestors in paris. we saw similar scenes of unrest earlier in nantes. massive crowds have been on the streets — in cities across the country, protesting against planned pension changes announced by emmanuel macron. schools, hospitals and transport have all been affected, and the walk—out could continue for days. let's talk to pierre antoine gailly — he's the vice president of the committee of economic and social affairs in france. the committee advises the french government on economic and social issues,

and represents the interests of both employers and employees — and joins me now from our paris bureau. thank you so much forjoining us. can you explain to us why the government wants to reform the pension system? i think it's quite simple. first of all, president macron and his campaign in 2017 committed to that. now he has to respect what he was promising. secondly, on the topic itself, our system was founded more than 70 yea rs system was founded more than 70 years ago. since that time, we've had many changes. just look at the lifetime expectancy, just look at the calendar gross, which is not the same as it was in the 19405 — the calendar gro55, which is not the same as it was in the 19405 — 505, or even what we call the 13 glorious

years in 60—70. al5o or even what we call the 13 glorious years in 60—70. also you have a change in with the jobs are. sums are very 5ome change in with the jobs are. sums are very some are change in with the jobs are. sums are very some are very change in with the jobs are. sums are very some are very tiring and difficult to support, but others since 1950—60. al5o difficult to support, but others since 1950—60. also the generation has a different look for what they wa nt to has a different look for what they want to accumulate or consume, so there's all sorts of sociological changes. all of that explains that now, we have to change the system, we have to make it more equalfor everybody between civil servants, public sector as opposed to maybe private sector. so there are many reasons why president macron and his government had to change it, and will not change it. so we will come back to whether he will succeed or not. as you say, it is a very complex system. i think france has 42 separate sector specific pension schemes. briefly explain to us what is that president macron wants to

do. he wants to make possible for every person who works one month for this amount of salary to accumulate the same amount of pension whatever the same amount of pension whatever thejob he or she has is. today, just as a difference, you have between the private and public sectors — the pension is calculated taking into account the best 25 yea rs of taking into account the best 25 years of salaries for private. but public, it is the last six months of salaries. but on the other hand, when you get bonuses in the private sector, they are taken into account. when you get bonuses in the public sector, they are not taken into account. so you have any qualities in such, if i may use the word. account. so you have any qualities in such, if i may use the wordlj understand. so the question is, how widespread is the support for the

reforms, or perhaps how widespread is the support for preventing the reforms? the difficulty is that nobody knows today what exactly the reform will be, because the law has not been published or exposed. it is still under negotiation between unions, government, and employers. but mainly unions in governance because most of the times the public sector is getting much more than the private. so when you don't know, you're anxious. when you are anxious, you want to demonstrate because you don't like the uncertainty. my understanding is that the basic reason is that, but you have lots of people who are not demonstrating, even if you have a significant amounts of crowds in paris and metro pauls, the vast majority of the french people today have not demonstrated because if that was the case, you would have 1-2,000,000 that was the case, you would have 1—2,000,000 citizens in the streets of paris, which is not the case from

what i understand. i know in 1995, the president had to under the micro abandon what were less ambitious reforms to the pension system. so how likely is president macron to get his way in your view? in 1995, the situation was quite different. the economies were not the same. but also at the same time, the president wa nted also at the same time, the president wanted to reform a pension system and social security system, which was two big fields of anxiety for everybody, and also much more than today for the private sector. today, there is only one topic on the table, which is good enough, if i may say so, which is the pension funds. there is no other subject. in 1995, the president withdrew his pension plan, but he maintained the

social security and succeeded. so it is half and half working. today is only one topic, and i'm confident they will succeed. maybe with amendments to the project, maybe with some delay and application of some of the rules, maybe with more transition period — it is still open to discussion from what i understand, but i am not a member of the government and i'm not part of the government and i'm not part of the negotiation. know, you've explained it very well to us. we are very grateful for your time, thanks for joining very grateful for your time, thanks forjoining us on bbc news from paris. thank you. thank you. beyond 100 days is coming up next on the bbc news channel.

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