this is bbc news broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world . the headlines a state visit by king charles to france is postponed — because of more planned protests against president emmanuel macron�*s pension reforms. translation: i think would be lacking some sense to propose | to his majesty and the queen consort to come and make a state visit in the middle of the demonstrations. the price of dissent in russia: how a child's drawing sparked a police investigation, a criminal case — and a family torn apart. on day four of the trial of gwyneth paltrow over her role in a ski crash accident — the actress herself is prepaing to give testimony. we'll have all the latest.

hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk, on pbs in the us or around the world — it was meant to cement a newly warm franco british relationship — but the planned three—day visit by king charles and the queen consort camilla to france this weekend has been suspended at the request of president macron, because of escalating protests and some violence over the french government's proposals for pension reform. more than a50 people were arrested on thursday and am members of the security forces were injured during the most violent day of protests since the start of the year, according to the french interior ministry. more than 1 million people took to the streets that day to protest against the retirement age being raised from 62 to 64. from paris, here's our royal correspondent nicholas witchell.

tear gas. riot police. this is paris at the moment. there are piles of uncollected rubbish in the streets and angry demonstrators on the streets. furious with president macron over his plans to raise the state pension age to 64. matters appear to be deteriorating and next week's state visit by king charles and the queen consort was clearly in the protesters sights. so, from president macron, a change of plan. "it wouldn't have been serious of us and we'd have lacked common sense if we'd proposed a state visit to his majesty the king and the queen consort in the midst of the protests," the president told journalists. the two men met several times when charles was prince of wales. after today's decision was taken, the president telephoned the king to explain that the first state visit of his reign would have to be postponed. so what should have been the glittering confirmation of a restored relationship

with a ceremonial welcome here at the arc de triomphe will have to wait. paris, quite simply, is in no fit state to welcome the king and the queen consort. the entente cordiale between the two governments may be back on track after the post—brexit tensions, but on the streets of france there is anger. and that's the problem. this was the town hall in bordeaux last night, a building the king and the queen consort had been due to visit next tuesday. and this was the national assembly a few days ago as france's prime minister did her best to explain why members weren't being given a vote on the pension reforms. the king had been due to address the french senate, and this very grand building is the palace of versailles, where the state banquet had been planned for monday evening. hardly the right backdrop in present circumstances. the state visit to france will be rearranged.

the visit to germany will go ahead as planned. but paris hasn't been completely denied the sight of king charles. the local waxworks unveiled its version of a kilted king today. nicholas witchell, bbc news, paris. i'm joined now by francoisjoseph schichan, he's a former french diplomat and a consultant at the business management firm flint global. good to have it with us. your first reaction to hearing the visit was suspended? reaction to hearing the visit was summed?— reaction to hearing the visit was susended? �* . ., , , reaction to hearing the visit was susended? �* . . , , suspended? after what happened last niuht suspended? after what happened last ni . ht and suspended? after what happened last night and the — suspended? after what happened last night and the announcement - suspended? after what happened last night and the announcement this - night and the announcement this morning that there would be a day of national strike on tuesday i think that was expected. it was a common decision. i think the president wanted to welcome the king in the best possible environment and that was not possible given the decision taken by the unions and the way the protests are going. pm taken by the unions and the way the protests are going. an embarrassing

one some would _ protests are going. an embarrassing one some would say _ protests are going. an embarrassing one some would say for _ protests are going. an embarrassing one some would say for president i protests are going. an embarrassing one some would say for president or one some would say for president or one not to be able to provide a secure environment for the king to make his first overseas visit since becoming king. i make his first overseas visit since becoming king-— make his first overseas visit since becoming king. i don't think it's so much the issue _ becoming king. i don't think it's so much the issue of— becoming king. i don't think it's so much the issue of security, - becoming king. i don't think it's so much the issue of security, i - becoming king. i don't think it's so much the issue of security, i don't| much the issue of security, i don't think that's a problem. what is going on in france at the moment has to do with the domestic political situation and not a reflection on what the people think about the king or the state itself. i think the issue was really to make sure that the president welcomed his majesty in the best possible environments and circumstances. it is in the best possible environments and circumstances.— and circumstances. it is 'ust post on so i mini and circumstances. it is 'ust post on so i think we h and circumstances. it is 'ust post on so i think we should _ and circumstances. it isjust post on so i think we should look - and circumstances. it isjust post. on so i think we should look forward to it happen again. you don't think this reflects negatively on emmanuel macron? , ., , , �*, ., this reflects negatively on emmanuel macron? , ., _ �*, ., ., ., macron? obviously it's not an ideal situation but _ macron? obviously it's not an ideal situation but when _ macron? obviously it's not an ideal situation but when you _ macron? obviously it's not an ideal situation but when you think about| situation but when you think about the fact there is a positive dimeric in public relations at the moment,

as the summit between emmanuel macron and richey sunak earlier this month there was warm relations and this was supposed to cement that political understanding and renewed friendship after years of this agreement. so, yes it's a difficult situation and i think that's clear, but it doesn't change the fact that the relationship between the uk and france is back on track and more positive. that is something that is positive. that is something that is ositive. ,, ., ., , positive. some might wonder why the issue of state — positive. some might wonder why the issue of state pension _ positive. some might wonder why the issue of state pension is _ positive. some might wonder why the issue of state pension is so _ issue of state pension is so contentious in france. the age, even if it were raised, is lower than a list of countries across europe. why is it such, i suppose, in issue that touches a nerve of the french public? i touches a nerve of the french ublic? ~ ., , ., public? i think there are several asects. public? i think there are several aspects- the — public? i think there are several aspects. the first _ public? i think there are several aspects. the first is _ public? i think there are several aspects. the first is that - public? i think there are several aspects. the first is that you - public? i think there are several. aspects. the first is that you have to remember the pension system is a state pension system and there's very little beyond that most people. so, it's very important for most workers. it touches them personally because it is the only income they

can look forward to for retirement. this is why it's such a touchy issue. i think there is also the issue. i think there is also the issue of the circumstances in which the reform has been rolled out and discussed in parliament in the middle of a cost—of—living prices and inflation. it didn't help convince the people it's the right thing to do. do convince the people it's the right thing to do— convince the people it's the right thin to do. ~' , thing to do. do you think when they see this process, _ thing to do. do you think when they see this process, obviously - thing to do. do you think when they see this process, obviously the - see this process, obviously the central age is central, are they against emmanuel macron, do you think? i against emmanuel macron, do you think? ~' against emmanuel macron, do you think? ~ �* , against emmanuel macron, do you think? ~ �*, ., against emmanuel macron, do you think? ~ 2 ., ., think? i think there's an element of that because _ think? i think there's an element of that because the _ think? i think there's an element of that because the government - think? i think there's an element of i that because the government focuses on the issue in a table at the moment and inflation, cost—of—living, are all directed at the president. i think the challenge is for the president and the government to try and open a new chapter and a new page and that is going to be difficult in the current political circumstances that we have to see how the process go for the

next few weeks and what new initiatives the governments and president would put on the table and if there will be some further announcement on that in a few days or weeks. this announcement on that in a few days or weeks. �* , ., announcement on that in a few days or weeks. �* , . . announcement on that in a few days orweeks. a . . , ., ., or weeks. as a french person, how do ou feel or weeks. as a french person, how do you feel when — or weeks. as a french person, how do you feel when you _ or weeks. as a french person, how do you feel when you see _ or weeks. as a french person, how do you feel when you see some - or weeks. as a french person, how do you feel when you see some of- or weeks. as a french person, how do you feel when you see some of those| you feel when you see some of those pictures? ifind them quite shocking like the bordellojohn hull going up in for example. it’s like the bordello john hull going up in for example.— in for example. it's disconcerting to say the _ in for example. it's disconcerting to say the least _ in for example. it's disconcerting to say the least but _ in for example. it's disconcerting to say the least but this - in for example. it's disconcerting to say the least but this comes i in for example. it's disconcerting i to say the least but this comes from a minority of people and you have to differentiate the people were doing this finance and other cities who may not be on the news channel, but there are people who genuinely demonstrating and peacefully demonstrating and peacefully demonstrating against the reform. so, these violent protests are just the tip of the iceberg really and what is concerning and disheartening to see, this action being taken in france, nevertheless, there are

reasonable process in the country and well—functioning. so, i would reasonable process in the country and well—functioning. so, iwould be too pessimistic at it state. and well-functioning. so, i would be too pessimistic at it state.— too pessimistic at it state. thank ou for too pessimistic at it state. thank you forjoining — too pessimistic at it state. thank you forjoining us _ too pessimistic at it state. thank you forjoining us francois i you forjoining us francoisjoseph schichan. russians who protest against the war in ukraine take considerable risks by doing so: they can lose theirjobs?even their freedom. but in one town, a russian man currently being prosecuted for anti—war posts on social media risks losing his daughter. the child, who's now 13, has been sent to a children's home and social services are taking legal action to restrict the father's parental rights. pressure on the family began last year after the girl drew an anti—war picture at school. from the town of yefremov steve rosenberg reports. this is the last time masha moskalyov was seen in public. police had just detained herfather for anti war social media posts. masha was taken to a children's home. it was on march 1st. but the story began last

year with a picture. 12—year—old masha drew it at school. "glory to ukraine," it says. "no to war," as russian missiles fly in. then the problem started. town counsellor olga podolski says masha's father, a single parent, contacted her to say the school, shocked by the drawing, had called the police. translate: her father alexei | told me he was dumbfounded. then the police began checking his social media. they told him he was bringing up his daughter in a bad way. the authorities want everyone to toe the line. no one is allowed to have their own opinion. alexei is under house arrest and not allowed to talk to us. since masha drew that picture, he's been charged twice with discrediting the russian army. he could now be sent to prison. his lawyer says alexei

is distraught without his child. translate: alexei, is very| worried about his daughter. he doesn't know what's happening to her. the social services seem obsessed with this family. i think that's purely for political reasons. the family's problems only began after the girl drew that picture. we tried contacting masha's school to get its side of the story. school number nine didn't respond to a written request for comment. so we went along there but were told, "no, we couldn't come in." we tried calling. same result. across town, supporters of the family gathered in court. "return masha to her father," it says. the localjuvenile affairs commission is taking legal action to restrict alexei's parental rights.

the commission has yet to respond to our request for comment. alexei moskalyov had wanted to come here to court, but he wasn't allowed to interrupt his house arrest to be here. even though what's at stake is whether his rights as a father are going to be restricted, and whether his child will be taken away from him. local activists are doing what they can to help. buying food and supplies forfather and daughter. but when we ask the moskalyov�*s neighbors what they think, they're reluctant to say. "i'm scared, to," angelina says. "i'm frightened to answer." "sorry," she says. "i won't express an opinion." and that, too, paints a picture of today's russia of the level of fear. dissent is unacceptable, punishable. what those in power here expect is people support no matter

what decisions are taken. steve rosenberg. bbc news yefremov, russia. israel's prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, held talks with uk prime minister rishi sunak in downing street on friday — but the visit comes at a time of political turmoil in israel. the country has been gripped by months of some of the biggest demonstrations in its history over the government's plans to limit the powers of the courts. protestors gathered outside downing street as well. a planned photo opportunity for the gathered media was cancelled and there was no joint statement. during their meeting, mr sunak and mr netanyahu were expected to discuss strengthening �*strategic ties', the war in ukraine, and forging �*a united international front�*against iran's nuclear programme — that's according to mr netanyahu's office. paul adams reports reporter: mr netanyahu! your own attorney general says you are breaking the law.

israel's prime minister arriving in downing street this morning. a warm welcome from rishi sunak. but the sounds of anguished protests ringing out behind them. it's nothing mr netanyahu hasn't seen for weeks back home. on a much, much bigger scale. but his domestic woes are following him wherever he goes. for the first time in a really long time, britishjews are really making a stand and making a statement in support of the israeli protesters. they don't want anything to do with what they see in israel, the racism, the extremism, the deterioration from democracy and liberal values. a battle for the soul of israel has been raging for weeks. mr netanyahu's opponents are furious at legal reforms which they say will undermine the rule of law and shield the prime minister from his own legal difficulties.

we have a dictator in israel that is trying to make these people hurt us. you tell your government, you tell your people. protesters outside the british embassy in tel aviv last week. they want israel's traditional allies to intervene, but this week, britain and israel said their bilateral relationship had never been closer. for palestinians, israel's political turmoil forms a noisy backdrop to their own difficult lives. this morning, they queued up at israeli checkpoints hoping to reach jerusalem for the first friday prayers of ramadan. there's real tension here, and violence is on the rise in the west bank. the coming weeks could be challenging. paul adams, bbc news. the hollywood actress gwyneth paltrow is due to take the stand on friday, in a court case involving a skiing incident. she's being sued by a retired optometrist, who claims she caused

a collision in 2016. terry sanderson — who's now 76 — alleges he was hit from behind — but ms paltrow says it was mr sanderson's own fault. ms paltrow is being sued for $300,000. president biden is due to finishes visit in canada shortly. we will bring you what they have to say right here on bbc news. european leaders have offered reassurance about the stability of the banking system, after shares in banks across europe fell sharply in value. the german chancellor, olaf scholz, and the french president, emanuel macron, both said european banks were solid. the fall in bank stocks

was led by germany's biggest lender, deutsche bank, with its share price at one point down more than ia percent — although it did recover a little in later trading. germany's chancellor olaf scholz was in brussels to meet other european union leaders for talks about the economy. he was asked if deutsche bank was still a trustworthy organisation. translation: deutsche bank has fundamentally modernised - and reorganised its business model, and is a very profitable bank. there is no need to worry about anything. earlier i spoke to our business reporter samira hussain, she told me how central banks were reacting across europe. if you look at what's happened over the last few weeks you will see that the last few weeks you will see that the central banks have come in to help european banks that were at risk. that's credit suisse and the

hope that this was going to calm the nerves of investors which is something happening here in the united states where regulators swooped in to help the silicon valley bank and the signature bank and protected all of the deposits. investors are still nervous and that's really what you're seeing lots of here. you may have had some of these actions taken, but investors are still jittery and wondering if deutsche bank is a next bank that could fail. i’m wondering if deutsche bank is a next bank that could fail.— bank that could fail. i'm wondering and i bank that could fail. i'm wondering and i imagine _ bank that could fail. i'm wondering and i imagine the _ bank that could fail. i'm wondering and i imagine the same _ bank that could fail. i'm wondering and i imagine the same for- bank that could fail. i'm wondering l and i imagine the same for viewers, when they see these desperate stories. is it indicative of some larger trend?— stories. is it indicative of some larger trend? that's hard to say. what this all — larger trend? that's hard to say. what this all comes _ larger trend? that's hard to say. what this all comes down i larger trend? that's hard to say. what this all comes down to, i larger trend? that's hard to say. what this all comes down to, or| larger trend? that's hard to say. i what this all comes down to, or one of the big things it comes down to, is interest rates. we seen central banks in europe and the united states raise rates and one of the unintended consequences of these rate rises is the impact it's having on banks. some of the financial

instruments that banks hold as collateral as interest rates go up, those lose their value. that's why people are talking about this liquidity issue and that's what's making a lot of people nervous. no seeing that this week, central banks, both in the united states and europe, still raise interest rates but at a smaller portion. what's really at lending to a lot of confusion is things that have been set here in america about whether or not if some other banquet to find itself in the midst of a crisis, with the central bank do much to help them out with mark and that's been left unclear. sport now, and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre, here's lizzi greenwood hughes. hello... after cristiano ronaldo and harry kane's record—breaking nights for portugal and england on thursday — tonight — kylian mbappe can take he headlines — as he prepares for his first match as captain of france. the striker has replaced goalkeeper hugo lloris —

who retired after the world cup. mbappe's first match should be one to remember too — as france kick off against the netherlands shortly — in their opening qualifying match for next summer's european championship. that's one of seven matches getting under way in the next half hour. amongst those fixtures, sweden take on belgium — with 41—year—old zlatan ibrahimovic back in the squad. poland travel to the czech republic while montenegro beat bulgaria i—o in the early kick off. meanwhile, on saturday — spain begin their qualifying campaign — they're at home to norway in group a. scotland face cyprus in the day's other match in that group — and ahead of the fixture, manager steve clark has extended his stay with scotland. he's agreed to stay in charge of the team until 2026. clarke, took over from alex mcleish in 2019 and led the side to the euro finals the following year. to have some security. it's always nice when your work is

recognised. i think it's good that the people of of me, my bosses, understand what we're trying to do. for the players, i've always preached continuously of score selection and continuing to stop if that involves me a little bit then that's great. we can all move forward together. elsewhere on saturday — switzerland travel to belarus while croatia — who finished third at the world cup — start their qualifying group at home to wales — who'll be without a number of well known faces, including gareth bale following retirement. and after a disappointing world cup, wales will be hoping to start the new era in style — with manager robert page saying it's a chance for welsh football to reset. they're in a group with turkey, armenia and latvia. after a poor season on the pitch in the premier league — problems could be brewing off it for everton. they've been referred to an independent commission by the league over an alleged breach of financial fair play rules. the premier league didn't reveal the specifics

of the club's rule breach, but everton have posted financial losses in recent seasons. they've denied any wrongdoing and said they were "prepared to robustly defend" their position. the premier league released a statement earlier which they give a lot of detail about the alleged breaches but what we do know is that backin breaches but what we do know is that back in may last year, two other clubs, burnley and leeds, wrote to the premier league to question emerson's finances. at the time, every turn, burnley and leeds were involved in up on my to relegation struggle and everton stayed up amidst those huge celebrations you can see at goodison park. the clubs were questioning that everton posted losses of £370 million over three year period and under premier league rules clubs are only able to post

losses of £105 million over three appeared. everton say they have complied with the rules and a large amount of their losses were the result of the pandemic and could be written off and they issued a statement saying the contest the allegations and are confident they remain complainant with the financial rules and will robustly defend their position. the case will be heard by an independent commission, if everton are found guilty they could face a fine or points deduction but everton insisted that they have done nothing wrong to stop that was andy swiss for the updates on everything. meanwhile thomas tuchel has been appointed the new manager of german champions bayern munich. tuchel, who spent a year and a half at chelsea, will replacejulian nagelsmann — who was sacked earlier today. nagelsmann had been there less than two years and leaves with the side only a point behind bundesliga leaders — borussia dortmund. they're also through to the champions league quarterfinals where they'll face manchester city.

in golf�*s world matchplay championship — matt kuchar thrashed south korea's si woo kim seven and six to reach the last 16 of the tournament. meanwhile on the latest event on the pga tour in the dominican republic, england's matt wallace currently leads the field. he's a shot ahead going into the third round — sitting on 11 under par. wallace has never won an event on the pga tour. men's tennis world number one carlos alcaraz is in action at miami open later — as he aims to reach the third round on another busy day of action. there's been a big shock in the women's draw — with world number 5a varvara gracheva reaching the third round. she beat the world number five ons jabeur injust over an hour — winning 6—2, 6—2. and that's all the sport for now. thank you. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news...

the indian opposition leader, rahul gandhi, says he is fighting for the voice of india after being disqualifed from parliament following a conviction for defamation. his congress party is challenging the verdict. firefighters in eastern spain are tackling the first major wildfire of the year. more than 7000 hectares of forest in the valencia region more than 3000 hectares of forest in the valencia region have been destroyed. prime minister pedro sanchez said it was yet another example of how climate change was affecting the country. the french scientist, claude lorius — whose study of antarctic ice helped prove that humans were responsible for global warming — has died at the age of 91. his analysis of ice cores demonstrated that levels of carbon dioxide started rising sharply after the industrial revolution. a little bit of history will be made available to visitors to westminster abbey in the coming weeks... they'll be allowed to walk on a medieval mosaic floor, which is the very spot where king charles will be crowned. it's known as the cosmati pavement — and it's been either covered with carpet and rugs, orjust roped off, since the 19th century. there is one catch — anyone who walks on it will have

to remove their shoes first — and presumably wear socks or something else on their feet. hello there. it's been another unsettled day, a day of sunny skies and heavy showers, some of them thundery. here in wiltshire, you can see storms stretching onto the horizon as far as the eye can see. and then we had, of course, the inevitable downpours like here in norfolk. you barely make out this rainbow. it was raining so heavily. now the rain has been totting up and of course, this month has been wet so far. there are some places that have seen nearly double the amounts of rainfall we'd expect in march. and there's more rain to come through the weekend and into the early part of next week as well. now, the radar picture shows just how widespread the showers have been today. this line of showers created quite a few thunderstorms across parts of southern england, extending into areas of east anglia as well. and during this evening and overnight, the showers

won't be quite as heavy, but they'll still be quite widespread overnight. so many of us will continue to see rain on and off through the night. so it's going to stay quite windy across england and wales. it's the breeze and the cloud that keeps temperatures up. so temperatures falling those low within about four to eight degrees celsius. and as we head into the weekend, low pressure starts to pull away into the north sea, but it's close enough still to bring plenty of showers around. we do get a ridge building into wales, in south west england later in the day and that should improve the weather here. so saturday morning, it's quite a showery start with showers quite widespread. there'll be some bright or sunny spells coming through, but i think the greatest chance of seeing downpours into the afternoon northern ireland, northern england, across the midlands and into parts of east anglia, some of the showers in that zone still heavy with some thunder. still for most of us, just about on the mild side with temperatures 10 to 1a, but starting to get a bit cooler in scotland. and that's a sign of things to come for the second half of the weekend because colder air is going to start

to move in to northern areas of the uk. now further south across england and wales, it's a wet day coming up on sunday with some heavy rain. quite slow to ease off as well. practice skies further north, a mixture of sunshine and showers, but the showers in scotland will have a wintry flavour with some snow up over the hills above about 200 metres elevation. by the end of the day you'll start to see the snow coming down and it will start to feel a good deal cooler, particularly in the northerly winds. a reminder this weekend that the clocks change, but the weather doesn't. we've got loads more rain into next week.

this is bbc news. next, it's time for newscast. newscast. newscast, from the bbc. hello. it's adam in the studio. and chris in the studio. and shortly we'll be joined by a former leader of the conservative party, but not one of the prime ministers that rebelled over brexit this week. so that narrows it down. yeah, to a few. this is like a pub quiz. yes. and that comes after the show. right. so today, a big, big figure left the political stage — nicola sturgeon had her last ever episode of first minister's questions because, after monday, she's not the first minister any more. it was her, what, 286th or seventh?