hello, i'm geeta guru—murthy. this is outside source. hundreds of thousands of people in france march in opposition to president macron�*s pension reforms for the tenth day. a deadly fire kills at least 39 people in a migrant processing centre on the us—mexico border. translation: before the fire, you would ask for information i and they wouldn't tell you anything, and we are worried about our family. even if we are illegal or undocumented, we are human beings who feel. britain's intelligence agency mi5 increases the terror threat level in northern ireland from "substantial" to "severe", meaning an attack is considered highly likely. also in the programme:

police in nashville reveal a former student had carefully planned monday's mass school shooting, which killed six people, including three children. we start in france, and let me take you straight to paris. these are the live pictures coming to us from the french capital, where we have seen huge crowds of people and running battles with the police. we can hear the tear gas, we can see the tear gas they are being fired, and these strikes taking place over president macron�*s controversial pension reforms. protesters have been blocking railway lines and roads and clashed with police in a number of cities

over the plans to raise the pension age from 62 to 64. you can see many people out there still with placards and feelings running very, very high on this matter. 22 arrest so far just running very, very high on this matter. 22 arrest so farjust in paris. about 13,000 police officers have been deployed across france, with the interior minister saying the high number — a record for france — wasjustified by "a major risk to public order". there have been clashes with riot police and tear gas used. protest going on for weeks over the plans to raise the entire meant age. —— retirement age. anger has been fuelled by mr macron�*s decision to force the legislation through parliament, using a special constitutional power. let's hear from one protester — moira dineen, who's in her 60s and has been out

on the streets today. macron has concentrated all of his political power in his role as president. he has not given a share of the decision—making to the government, not properly, and the unions are trying to, in an orderly fashion, persuade the government, persuade macron, to negotiate — and he is refusing to. let's take a closer look at the reforms president macron is trying to push through. currently, france's state retirement age is 62 — much lower than many of its european neighbours. in the uk, it's currently 66, germany and italy 67, and spain 65. the problem, according to mr macron, is demographics. there are only 1.7 workers for every pensioner in france, down from 2.1 in 2000. if the retirement age were to remain fixed at 62, there would only be 1.2 taxpaying workers to support each retiree in 2070. retirement spending by the state was equal to 13.6% of its economy in 2021, compared to about 10% in germany and nearly 11% in spain.

we can cross live to paris and our correspondent hugh schofield. just tell us exactly what you are seeing and whereabouts are you in the capital. we seeing and whereabouts are you in the caital. ~ . where the marsh ended, and it has ended, but as you can see, there are students, university students, massed in the middle, and every now and again, there's this game of cat and again, there's this game of cat and mouse being played with the police, who you cannot see, but who are on the outskirts, sending in tear gas. you hear a crop of the tear gas. you hear a crop of the tear gas. you hear a crop of the tear gas canisters exploding and then wafts of white smoke and causal come past us here, chanting, how they hate the police, they move back, and then the reclaim the centre of the square, or they are now. it is all quite jubilant and

harmless, but every now and again there are these moments of tension. it is very ritualistic, as so many french demonstrations are. but it is very ritualistic, as so many french demonstrations are. but for a country where _ french demonstrations are. but for a country where we — french demonstrations are. but for a country where we are _ french demonstrations are. but for a country where we are used _ french demonstrations are. but for a country where we are used to - french demonstrations are. but for a country where we are used to seeing | country where we are used to seeing street protests, how does this ray? what level of unrest is there across the country at the moment?- what level of unrest is there across the country at the moment? look, we see moments — the country at the moment? look, we see moments of— the country at the moment? look, we see moments of tension, _ the country at the moment? look, we see moments of tension, we - the country at the moment? look, we see moments of tension, we have - the country at the moment? look, we | see moments of tension, we have seen quite dramatic pictures every now and again, but i don't think one should overstate the kind of sense of insurrection. today has been fairly contained, i would say. maybe things will break out later on, but it has been fairly contained, but certainly far less than on thursday, when there were much serious disturbances after the demonstrations broke up, but that is not to say that across the country there isn't this level of high—level angen there isn't this level of high—level anger, dissatisfaction, and

occasionally tension, over this pension reform.— occasionally tension, over this pension reform. and is it possible to say how _ pension reform. and is it possible to say how much _ pension reform. and is it possible to say how much public _ pension reform. and is it possible to say how much public support i pension reform. and is it possible - to say how much public support there is for these protests?— is for these protests? yeah, there's a lot of public— is for these protests? yeah, there's a lot of public support _ is for these protests? yeah, there's a lot of public support for _ is for these protests? yeah, there's a lot of public support for the - a lot of public support for the protests. a lot of opposition to the reform. all the polls show that 60, 70% of the countries against the reform. these demonstrations are left wing demonstrations of it is the left and far left turning out. on top of that, you have the far right against the reforms. the far right is not here, the far right is staying at home, but they represent a big block of the population and they oppose it as well. macron is an isolated figure in the centre of french politics, without majority in parliament and certainly without a majority in the country behind this reform. he says it is necessary for the safekeeping of the pension system and he says he is prepared to take it on his shoulders, the unpopularity, because he is not

going to be reelected. hugh schofield. — going to be reelected. hugh schofield, thank _ going to be reelected. hugh schofield, thank you - going to be reelected. hugh schofield, thank you very i going to be reelected. hugh schofield, thank you very much. just showing some live pictures of the police potentially taking those protesters away, but of course those gathering continuing at the moment. thank you. now to mexico, where 39 people have died in a fire at a migrant facility near the border with the us. the mexican president says the migrants accidentally caused the fire themselves during a protest against their imminent deportation. this is where the fire started on monday night — at the national institute of migration in ciudad juarez, near a major bridge linking the mexican city to el paso, texas. juarez is one of mexico's border towns where many migrants remain stranded while they attempt to seek refuge in the us. officials say most of the fire victims were migrants from guatemala. it's thought many of them were arrested the day before and detained in locked rooms. this was the scene on monday night, as firefighters and ambulances rushed to the facility, which is used for processing migrants. here's the mexican president

explaining how the tragedy unfolded. translation: 39 migrants died. this had to do with a protest that they started when they found out they would be deported. as a protest, at the shelter�*s door, they put mattresses and set fire to them. they didn't think that would cause this terrible tragedy. family members are still anxiously waiting for news about their loved ones. this migrant from venezuela is looking for his wife. translation: nobody tells me anything about her. _ i don't know what is going to happen. i ask and they give us a rude answer or don't give us any information. i want to know what is happening because i worry about my family. i want to know what is going to happen to her. are they going to deport them? before the fire, you would ask for information and they wouldn't tell you anything, and we are worried about our family. even if we are illegal or undocumented, we are human beings who feel. marcos gonzalez from bbc mundo joins me now from mexico city.

just first of all, what is the latest information we have got on with the situation is on the ground? obviously, awful tragedy, this. hat obviously, awfultragedy, this. not man obviously, awful tragedy, this. iirrt many details about what happened. as we have heard, the mexican president, the official explanation is the fire started during a protest as they were told they would be deported to their countries, so they set alight some mattresses and this is what spread the fire really quickly. authorities are investigating now. relatives, as we heard, of the victims are asking, in which conditions they were detained. they were asking for information and why they cannot go out, but now most of the victims were from central america, many from guatemala, el salvadorand america, many from guatemala, el salvador and honduras and also venezuela, and according to local media, some of them had been

detained by local authorities on monday and taken to the centre after they found them in the city of ciudad juarez without the proper, the right documentation to stay here in mexico. ~ ., ., , , ~ in mexico. what are the numbers like common terms _ in mexico. what are the numbers like common terms of— in mexico. what are the numbers like common terms of the _ in mexico. what are the numbers like common terms of the numbers - in mexico. what are the numbers like common terms of the numbers of - common terms of the numbers of people moving through this route at the moment ——, in terms of? people moving through this route at the moment --, in terms of? ciudad juarez, the moment --, in terms of? ciudad juarez. as— the moment --, in terms of? ciudad juarez. as many _ the moment --, in terms of? ciudad juarez, as many other _ the moment --, in terms of? ciudad juarez, as many other cities - the moment --, in terms of? ciudad juarez, as many other cities on - the moment --, in terms of? ciudad juarez, as many other cities on the l juarez, as many other cities on the border, have seen a huge increase of migrants coming from other countries, trying to cross to the us. the situation there at least is tense sometimes. some of them are waiting for many weeks or months, sleeping in shelters or even intense, in the streets, waiting for that possible lifting of restrictions so they could cross to the us and ask for asylum there. let's also remember the title policy

which allows the west government to —— us government to send them back to mexico. president biden said this would come to an end after the pandemic but he did not happen. in many of these people are waiting close to the border, waiting for news and waiting for a possible change in the restrictions, which as we know, at the moment has not happen. we know, at the moment has not ha en. ~ ., we know, at the moment has not ha en, ~ ., ., ., we know, at the moment has not hauen. ~ ., ., ., ., , , happen. word from one family member to lookin: happen. word from one family member to looking for — happen. word from one family member to looking for his _ happen. word from one family member to looking for his wife. _ happen. word from one family member to looking for his wife. is _ happen. word from one family member to looking for his wife. is it _ happen. word from one family member to looking for his wife. is it as - to looking for his wife. is it as all clear what is what happened to the people caught up in this awful incident? �* ., , ., incident? authorities are saying the 're incident? authorities are saying they're going — incident? authorities are saying they're going to _ incident? authorities are saying they're going to investigate - incident? authorities are saying | they're going to investigate what happened, and local authorities in the state in shalala, where ciudad juarez is located, are offering support that is needed to the villages of the victims —— chihuahua. also to the injured people. let's remember, there are

also 30 people in hospital, some of them in critical condition for it is not clear what is going to happen with them, but in the case of the other thousands of migrants stranded in mexico, as we have said, they are waiting there for news, so they can go to the us, ask for asylum, but as we have said, this is not possible at the moment, according to the restrictions. at the moment, according to the restrictions-— at the moment, according to the restrictions. ., ., ~ restrictions. marcos gonzalez, thank ou ve restrictions. marcos gonzalez, thank you very much- _ 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. the terror threat was downgraded in march last year for the first time in 12 years. let's take a look at what's happened in northern ireland since then. in april last year, officers

were targeted with petrol bombs in londonderry, with the attack linked to dissident republicans. in november, an attempted murder investigation was launched after a bomb attack damaged a police vehicle in county tyrone. police said a strong line of inquiry was that the new ira was behind the attack. three days later, a delivery driver was held at gunpoint and forced to abandon his car outside a police station in derry. in february this year, detective chief inspector john caldwell was shot at a sports complex in omagh, county tyrone. four days later, the new ira said it was behind the attack. here's deputy chief constable of the police service of northern ireland, mark hamilton. we've seen a number of attacks, really, over the last six, seven months. and so the message to northern ireland today, and to the police service and to other partners, is attacks are likely. and, certainly, the message to those of us who are sort of at the front of this, certainly the police service, is that we have to treat this threat seriously, but we will respond accordingly. let's take a closer look at the five threat levels.

critical is the highest level and means an attack is expected imminently. then severe, which indicates an attack is highly likely. substantial means there is a strong possibility. moderate, an attack is possible but not likely. and finally low, which means the threat of an attack is exactly that. sirjeffrey donaldson is the leader of the democratic unionist party in northern ireland. he says he's concerned by the latest changes. it is crucial now that the government steps up and provides the additional funding that is needed to enable the police service in northern ireland to recruit the additional police officers that they need, and so they have the resources and the capacity to counter this very serious terrorist threat. the heightened concern comesjust days the new windsor framework deal was agreed between the uk and the european commission. this was the foreign secretary, james cleverly, and the vice president of the european commission signing off on the deal last friday. it is designed to make trade between northern ireland and the rest of the uk easier, post—brexit. goods from britain destined for northern ireland will travel

through a new "green lane", with a separate "red lane" for goods destined for the eu. here is uk prime minister rishi sunak speaking last week following the deal�*s ratification. now, ourjob is to implement it so we can move forward to a better and brighterfuture for the people of northern ireland. it crucially restores the balance in the belfast good friday agreement. that was the priority. the agreement delivers that. our ireland correspondent emma vardy told me more about the significance of today's change. there is always a continuing security threat here in northern ireland, primarily posed by violent dissident republicans. these are armed groups known as paramilitaries who are something of a hangover from the days of conflict in northern ireland 25 years ago but who still exist in a much smaller form today. ultimately, their image for northern ireland to leave the uk and become a united ireland with the irish republic, but they believe in carry

out political violence, to pursue this aim. the security services last year had in fact downgraded the threat level in northern ireland, but for much of the past 13 years it has remained at severe. it has been raised back to severe once again today, because security services in their assessment believe that there has been increased activity from these violent dissident republican groups. the most notable incident perhaps was the one that happened last month, when a senior police officer, detectivejohn caldwell here, was shot multiple times. in that incident he was quickly injured, although albeit he has survived that attack, and that attack was claimed by the most prominent dissident republican group, known as the new ira —— he was critical he injured. so that was one factor that will have gone into this assessment, the threat level being upgraded. when they look at behind—the—scenes intelligence and what these groups intentions are. and what is the reaction to today?

among the wider public, there is no great alarm here and that is because of course many people in northern ireland, —— remember a much darker history, a time that was brought to an end by the signing of the good friday agreement when he five years ago, but the anniversary of that peace processes around the corner, it is about to be marked. there is certainly dismay here that even a quarter of a century on in northern ireland, there continued to be groups which still recruit young people and are still determined to pursue violence. to the us now. police in the city of nashville have released dramatic bodycam footage from officers who responded to a mass shooting in a school on monday. the video captures the moment that the shooter — audrey hale, a former pupil — is shot dead. six people were killed at a christian primary school —

three of them children, aged eight or nine. we've had a statement from the school, saying... a short time ago, police gave this update. we have interviewed the parents of audrey hale and we have determined that audrey bought seven firearms from five different local gun stores here legally. they were legally purchased. three of those weapons were used yesterday during the horrific tragedy that happened. let's recap what more we know about the attacker. the shooter, audrey hale, was 28 years old. it's thought hale was a former student at the covenant school. and we're told "resentment" could have been a motive. police also believe there were other targets in mind as well, including family members and a local morgue.

and we've also heard from president biden. the majority of the american people think having assault weapons is bizarre, it's a crazy idea. but i can't do anything except plead to the congress to act reasonably. vigils have been held for the victims — and this makeshift memorial has been set up outside the school. let's hear from two local residents. no, i don't think anything's going to change. people are just too obsessed with having... i'm all for gun rights. i have a gun, i carry a gun with me most days, but i don't need an assault rifle and i don't... i don't think it should be as easy to buy flowers as it is a gun. you know, there's just not enough to protect children. i feel like i was in shock, in that it was just so close to home and the fact that it was an attack on our children. but i think itjust kind of... i wasjust in shock, like, "oh, my goodness, "thisjust happened and is right up the street," you know? it's renewed calls for gun control in the united states —

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my son and i survived a mass shooting over the summer. i am in tennessee on a family vacation, with my son, visiting my sister—in—law. i have been lobbying in dc since we survived a mass shooting injuly. i have met with over 130 lawmakers. how is this still happening? how are our children still dying and why are we failing them? gun violence is the number one killer of children and teens. it has overtaken cars. assault weapons are contributing to the border crisis and fentanyl. we are arming cartels with our guns and our loose gun laws, and these shootings and these mass shootings will continue to happen until our lawmakers step up and pass gun safety legislation. holly mccall is the editor in chief of the tennessee lookout. shejoins me now. thanks forjoining us. what more has emerged today about this terrible attack? . ~ emerged today about this terrible attack? ., ,, , ., ., ., .,

attack? thank you for having me on here. you alluded _ attack? thank you for having me on here. you alluded to _ attack? thank you for having me on here. you alluded to the _ attack? thank you for having me on here. you alluded to the body - attack? thank you for having me on l here. you alluded to the body camera footage that was released stub that was pretty terrifying to watch. the police did not —— did respond in a very calm fashion, as opposed to some other mass shootings in the united states in the past year. we are still learning to there is no real motive release. we understand the shooter was a past student. i think she probably had some disagreement with the school, but again i have talked to law enforcement officials the shooter left and that does not seem to be a very clear motive yet. == to be a very clear motive yet. -- who read — to be a very clear motive yet. -- who read the _ to be a very clear motive yet. —— who read the manifesto the shooter left. do you think this will change views in that part of the us on gun ownership? i views in that part of the us on gun ownership?— ownership? i don't think this is auoin to ownership? i don't think this is going to change _ ownership? i don't think this is going to change views - ownership? i don't think this is going to change views on - ownership? i don't think this is going to change views on gun i going to change views on gun ownership in the south or really any other part of the us. i think america is sick with guns. it is one of the few amendments of the constitution that any people can talk about, even though there are

many other constitutional amendments. i think you can respect the us constitution, the second amendment, and still enact some gun safety laws. amendment, and still enact some gun safe laws. ~ ., ., , ., safety laws. what about the question of mental health _ safety laws. what about the question of mental health and _ safety laws. what about the question of mental health and those _ safety laws. what about the question of mental health and those who - safety laws. what about the question of mental health and those who havej of mental health and those who have psychological issues was met with a change views on how much people should be monitored on or helped? i thick it is clear that anybody who commits that kind of carnage, who or a church or a grocery store, as happens all too often, anybody who enters that with assault weapons intending to kill people is mentally ill, but the us has shown no will in the last a0 years to spend money on until health, my state of tennessee also does not show any well —— on mental health. we need to invest in mental health. we need to invest in mental health, gun laws, and i do not see political will for any of those to happen.— not see political will for any of those to hauen. �* , , . ., those to happen. and public opinion after these sorts _ those to happen. and public opinion after these sorts of _ those to happen. and public opinion after these sorts of incidents, - those to happen. and public opinion

after these sorts of incidents, does | after these sorts of incidents, does not not push lawmakers into that direction, both on the mental health and gun ownership question? because we have this debate every single time and it is so tragic to watch a. it is disgusting, but i don't see any change, politicians from the same tendency of already said, this cannot be fixed, one congressman from tennessee literally shrugged his shoulders, to a reporter, and said, i home—school my kid. —— from the state of tennessee. it does not matter. protests today, and i think politicians particularly in conservative states, where conservative states, where conservative lawmakers have a majority, theyjust don't care. they don't care what their constituents say. in some cases, they don't even listen to lobbyists, the people who give them money. i don't know who they listen to but they are very few people happy with them. find they listen to but they are very few people happy with them.— they listen to but they are very few people happy with them. and the mood after this shooting, _ people happy with them. and the mood after this shooting, when _ people happy with them. and the mood after this shooting, when you _ people happy with them. and the mood

after this shooting, when you have - after this shooting, when you have young people attacked, it is hard to take in, isn't it? it is young people attacked, it is hard to take in, isn't it?— take in, isn't it? it is terrible. nashville _ take in, isn't it? it is terrible. nashville is _ take in, isn't it? it is terrible. nashville is the _ take in, isn't it? it is terrible. nashville is the kind - take in, isn't it? it is terrible. nashville is the kind of - take in, isn't it? it is terrible. nashville is the kind of city, | take in, isn't it? it is terrible. | nashville is the kind of city, it is small enough that many people have a connection to the shooting. either they know the parents of the children or they know some of the administrators or teachers or there is some connection, and yesterday was the most beautiful spring day in tennessee, it is a bit of a place, blue skies, green leaves popping out, and then this incongruous tragedy, and so people are angry. i am both sad and angry today. i have been covering this for the last 36 hours. and i think you are seeing a mixture of both those emotions. holly mccall, editor in chief of the tennessee lookout, thank you for talking to us today. i'm going to leave you with images in france, the tenth day of mass protests and strikes over president macron's contra pension reforms. these are

live unbecoming and to us from paris. police on the streets with those protesters. —— coming to us from paris. we are back in a moment. stay with us. hello there. it's been a very wet month for many parts of the country. we've had more rain today. there'll be more rain tomorrow as well. difference is, tomorrow's rain may be not quite as extensive and it's going to be warmer rain as well. it's been quite cold, though, today across some eastern parts of the uk, but that colder air is getting pushed away. milder south—westerly winds coming our way, temperatures rising. that milder swirling around very large area of low pressure in the atlantic. within that, the cloud is thickening up and some rain developing, and that's going to be heading our way once again. today's rain, though, is continuing to just shuffle away out into the north sea, so it's going to be dry for much of the night. a lot of cloud around, some rain in western scotland

and the far south—west of england by the end of the night, but fairly mild tonight. the lowest temperatures are going to be again in the north—east of scotland, but this time, three or four degrees above freezing. it's looking quite cloudy tomorrow. there won't be a lot of sunshine around. we'll see this rain developing and pushing into england and wales. some heavier rain for northern ireland, heading towards western parts of scotland. there's the chance of some heavy rain later in the day for wales and more especially in the south—west of england. it's going to be a windier day, but it's mild air, so temperatures widely 15, possibly even 16 degrees. that wetter weather then moves eastwards and out of the way overnight, before this next low pressure arrives. we've got a run of west of south—westerly winds for thursday, and that means sunshine and showers. strongest winds are going to be for england and wales. this is where we'll see most of the showers. they'll develop more widely, they could turn heavy and thundery with some hail. fewer showers and not quite so windy for scotland and northern ireland, but it's still mild air on thursday. and before the downpours arrive in eastern england, temperatures could reach 16 or 17 degrees, so probably the warmest day of the next few. and then very quickly after dark,

this area of low pressure brings some wet and windy weather. the strongest winds are going to be across northern france still. the biggest impacts for the uk will come from yet more rain. and the wetter weather will be affecting more southern parts of england and wales, although we will see some rain in northern ireland and for scotland and northern england. there'll be some showers, but hopefully a bit of sunshine around as well. temperatures aren't going to be quite so high on friday, 11 to 13 degrees. and as we head into the weekend, that cooling trend continues. temperatures will be dropping, but the rain should be moving away and it should be turning drier.

hello, i'm geeta guru—murthy. this is outside source. hundreds of thousands of people in france march in opposition to president macron's pension reforms for the tenth day. a deadly fire kills at least 39 people in a migrant processing centre on the us—mexico border. before the fire he would ask for information and they wouldn't tell you anything for that we're worried about her family. even if we're are illegal or undocumented we're human beings who feel. police in nashville reveal a former student had carefully planned monday's mass school shooting — which killed six people, including three children. also in the programme:

the head of twitter, elon musk, announces that more features are being put behind a pay wall — including voting in polls. ukraine has confirmed the arrival of tanks from its european allies as it prepares for a possible counter—offensive against russian forces. this is ukrainian defence minister, oleksiy reznikov, taking a ride in a british challenger two tank. ukraine has been calling for more modern vehicles and weapon systems for months to help fight russia's invasion. he sent a message of thanks to his british counterpart. marvellous! ben secretary of defence of united kingdom! it is a very good example. thank you very much from ukraine to united kingdom. ukraine has also just received eighteen of these leopard two tanks from germany — that's in addition to ia already sent by poland.

the german defence minister tweeted that he expected them to make a decisive contribution. let's get more details on the tanks being sent. the leopard 2 is one of the world's leading battle tanks, used by the german army for decades and by the militaries of more than a dozen other european nations. the german army has trained ukrainian tank crews to use the advanced a6 variant of the leopard 2 in recent weeks. the advanced version has been specifically designed to compete with the russian t—90 main battle tank and the uk's challenger 2 tank is described by the british defence minstry as a step change in capability for ukraine's armed forces, offering some of the most modern gunnery systems in the world. it's hoped those tanks will help turn the tide on the frontline — let's take a look at where that is at the moment. the latest fighting is focused on the eastern town of avdiivka in the donetsk province. military analysts say russia appears to have sent highly—trained fighters from the wagner mercenary group to the area. these are some of the villagers from the town who are refusing to leave despite the front line approaching. let's hear from one of them.

translation: our army i is holding up and so are we. we have hope. we hope and hope that the situation will calm down. and the most important is that they won't shoot. so that's the latest on the frontline, but there was another development much further afield today. russia test—fired these two cruise missiles in the sea ofjapan during a military drill, in what appears to be a show of force directed at the government in tokyo. moscow regularly holds military exercises off its eastern coastline, butjapan said this activity had increased. japan has backed ukraine in its fight against russian aggression, here you can see japanese prime minister, fumio kishida, visiting kyiv last week. here's japan's foreign minister. translation: we are aware - that the russian ministry of defense announced on march 28 that missile

ships of the pacific fleet conducted cruise missile launch training in the sea ofjapan. as russia's invasion of ukraine continues, russian forces are also becoming more active in the far east, including japan's vicinities. the government will continue to monitor these movements of the russian military. we also heard from ukraine's top diplomat today. dmytro kuleba renewed kyiv�*s demands for russian forces to leave "every meter" of the country, if peace was to be achieved. no other nation wants peace more that ukraine. a piece at any cost is an illusion. for peace to be a lasting when it needs to be just. the cessation of russia's gratian and the restoration of ukraine's territorial integrity are essential conditions for peace. concessions to the aggressor will only encourage russia to intensify its attacks on democracy, giving it time to rebuild its military capabilities and resume

the armed offensive against ukraine. joining me now is charles kupchan, a former senior director for european affairs on the us national security council and professor of international affairs at georgetown university. thank you for being with us today. what difference wilt the delivery of these tanks make to ukraine's position? these tanks make to ukraine's osition? . , these tanks make to ukraine's osition? ., , ,, ., , position? clearly, the us and its allies are trying _ position? clearly, the us and its allies are trying to _ position? clearly, the us and its allies are trying to get _ position? clearly, the us and its allies are trying to get more - allies are trying to get more capability to the ukrainians as soon as possible to enable the ukrainians to launch the offensive that they've been preparing. will these tanks be a game changer? i doubt it. i don't think we're going to suddenly see ukraine roll over aggression defenses. it's important to keep in mind the russians have been digging in now for several months, particularly in the southern area. what we call a land bridge which connects the donbas to crimea. yes, the ukrainians are going to be better off with these tanks but i still think we're looking at a real

slog, a tough fighting season as the weather warms and both sides launch a new offensive. taste weather warms and both sides launch a new offensive.— a new offensive. we keep hearing about the spring _ a new offensive. we keep hearing about the spring offensive. - a new offensive. we keep hearing about the spring offensive. what | about the spring offensive. what does that actually mean? this about the spring offensive. what does that actually mean?- about the spring offensive. what does that actually mean? as far as we know the _ does that actually mean? as far as we know the russians _ does that actually mean? as far as we know the russians are - does that actually mean? as far as we know the russians are already| does that actually mean? as far as. we know the russians are already in the midst of their offensive. they are pounding away, bakhmut, they are trying as far as we can tend to get to the borders of lujan sc and donetsk. in the case of the ukrainians, as far as we can tell they are going to be aiming in the cell to try to break that land bridge and therefore isolate crimea, perhaps even launch a direct military attack on crimea. again, it's too soon to say what will transpire. but i do think we're looking at a situation in which neither side is going to amass the capability to obtain what we would call "victory. as a consequence we look at the end of the fighting season, we do need to begin to comp

template the idea of a cease—fire and perhaps the beginning of diplomacy. and perhaps the beginning of diplomacy-— and perhaps the beginning of diloma .~ ., ., ., diplomacy. what do you make of what we saw, diplomacy. what do you make of what we saw. links — diplomacy. what do you make of what we saw. links to _ diplomacy. what do you make of what we saw, links to japan _ diplomacy. what do you make of what we saw, links to japan today? - diplomacy. what do you make of what we saw, links to japan today? we - diplomacy. what do you make of what we saw, links to japan today? we sawj we saw, links to japan today? we saw the japanese leader visiting ukraine last week. is this just a warning from moscow? obviously, we know about the ongoing china— japan situation to. i about the ongoing china- japan situation to.— about the ongoing china- japan situation to. i think the russians are t in: situation to. i think the russians are trying to _ situation to. i think the russians are trying to send _ situation to. i think the russians are trying to send two _ situation to. i think the russians are trying to send two signals. i situation to. i think the russians i are trying to send two signals. one is don't mess with us, we're willing to up the ante and escalate. put sometimes hints about the use of nuclear weapons, sometimes hints about the use of nuclearweapons, —— sometimes hints about the use of nuclear weapons, —— putin. sometimes hints about the use of nuclearweapons, —— putin. he talked about the cloying nuclear weapons to belarus. they are flexing their muscles. the other thing is we're seeing a tightening of these two blocks. the japanese prime minister was in kyiv last week and at the same time president she xi jinping was in moscow. i think the russians

are saying we're going to be active in the pacific, notjust in the european theatre because we're standing by our ally, european theatre because we're standing by ourally, china. european theatre because we're standing by our ally, china. charles kuchan, standing by our ally, china. charles kupchan, thank _ standing by our ally, china. charles kupchan, thank you _ standing by our ally, china. charles kupchan, thank you for _ standing by our ally, china. charles kupchan, thank you for your - standing by our ally, china. charles kupchan, thank you for your time. | to scotland. where the new leader of the snp, humza yousaf, has been formally confirmed as first minister after a vote by members of the scottish parliament. nicola sturgeon's successor will officially be sworn in tomorrow. he's the youngest person to hold the post, and the first from a minority ethnic background. our scotland editorjames cook reports from edinburgh. signing off, eight years after blazing a trail for women and girls as scotland's first female first minister, nicola sturgeon put her resignation in writing with a letter to the king. and striding in, humza yousaf, also breaking down barriers.

his election as first minister never in doubt. the candidate selected as the parliament's nominee for the position of first minister is humza yousaf. watched by a family full of pride, mr yousaf told his story, recalling tough years for scottish muslims after the 9/11 attacks. i have lost count of how many times my identity, my loyalty to scotland, the only country i have ever and will ever call home, has been questioned over the years. there was a time not all that long ago when i felt i simply did not belong here in scotland. to go from there to now leading the government as scotland's sixth first minister, i hope sends the strong message to every single person out there who feels that they don't belong. with both the first minister and the prime minister representing the uk's diverse communities,

it sends a strong, positive message to everyone that there are no barriers to what you can achieve in this country, and i think that is something we can all be proud of. that's probably where the consensus is going to end, but it is heartfelt. reaching this historic moment has not been easy and i know he has faced personal abuse and racism, others have so many others who don't have a platform that he and i are fortunate to have. so i am proud of the work that we have done alongside others to stand against hatred and bigotry, and i will continue to stand alongside you in that fight for all of us. this was a day for the history books here at holyrood, but soon it will be down to business for humza yousaf. and for this first minister, there is no business more urgent than tackling poverty was that he says he wants to make scotland a fairer, as well as a wealthier nation. you don't need to go far to

understand the urgency of that task. this is another side of the scottish capital. if you were the first minister, what would you be doing for the country for people who live around here? do something about the cost of living crisis, i would think. is that the biggest issue? yeah. what should he do? cut down the tax. the tax is really crazy. and try to fix some cost of living, and make life easy for people in scotland. and do you think the new first minister humza yousaf will help? i think so. i have faith and hope in him. will he make the place better? will he come into the area and check out for himselfl what is needing to be done? i have been voting snp all my life. next time, i don't think i'm voting for the snp,| i'm going to vote for labour.

but they are against independence. yeah, but they are going to get rid of the tories. i tonight, celebrations on a day scotland changed, although for humza yousaf, it has not yet changed enough. still to come. twitter boss elon musk has announced a shake—up of the social media platform's paid twitter blue feature, meaning privileges will be restricted to users who pay a monthly fee. more than 60 metres below london, engineers have been building what they hope will be the solution to the capital's sewage problems. the existing system dates back to victorian times and struggles to cope when there's heavy rainfall often leading to untreated waste being pumped into the river thames. jonah fisher has been given rare access to the new super sewer. just looking for history.

looking for stories, really. lara is a mudlark, forever searching the brown banks of the river thames. ifound a complete iron age pot, a tudor shoe... but alongside the treasures are more familiar items that have been flushed away. condoms, tampax applicators, sanitary towels, wet wipes. we are spoiling it, you know? we are pouring our waste into it and just destroying it. but deep beneath the river, the clean—up plan is nearly ready to flow. a £5 billion tunnel, the largest and deepest the capital has ever seen. the reason we are riding on bikes through this tunnel is because it'sjust so big — it's 15 miles long, all the way across london, under the river thames. and the idea behind it is, well, that it will collect the sewage and storm water that at the moment goes into the river, and take it downhill to east london

where it can be processed properly. here we are at the victoria interception point, which is this connection tunnel here. we believe that we'll capture 95% of the volume of spills into the river, and that will all be because rather than going into the river it's coming through a tunnel like that into this tunnel. this will clean up the river quite significantly? absolutely. after years of abuse, just maybe the tide has turned. jonah fisher, bbc news, on the banks of the river thames. this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. our lead story is... twitter boss elon musk has announced a shake—up of the social media platform's paid twitter blue feature, meaning privileges will be restricted to users who pay a monthly fee. this is what mr musk

tweeted about the change. a reminder of what blue ticks represent — these verify who someone is and used to denote some level of importance. but elon musk changed the way they're obtained. any user can currently pay $7 a month for blue—tick verification, which also allows access to additional features. last week, the firm said it would remove the verified status of some "legacy" accounts, which date from before mr musk bought the platform for $aa billion in october. let's get the view of dan sodergren, a digital marketing and tech expert. i a digital marketing and tech expert. think for a lot their i think for a lotta people who had their blue checked before, you have a blue checked by being famous or not in famous and somebody like

myself are just not in famous and somebody like myself arejust doing not in famous and somebody like myself are just doing thing for a few years could have his verified profile. that was seen as a badge of honor. of course you take away that ability, even worse, you make it so it'sjust ability, even worse, you make it so it's just pay for play and people can pay for that ability and that does change things. of course a elon mosque is done lots of different things to twitter. it seems the old adage is you broke it and you pay for it in a shop, it seems to be he's paid for it and i was looking to try to break it. well let's look at some reaction on twitter. responding to elon musk saying the changes are "about treating everyone equally thee canadian actor william shatner says... "that would be wonderful in a perfect world, anti—bullying activist, monica lewinsky, says...

so could the changes backfire on elon musk? here's drew benvie, founder of the social media consultancy battenhall. what i'm experiencing at the moment is not what elon musk says is happening. he says this is the only way to get rid of bots. bots are harmful accounts that are fake and sprayed spam a cause harm through things like bullying. the theory is, if you make someone pay the likelihood is that they will be real for them if they won't pay if they are bought. i think the problem is only to get worse because if somebody really wants to cause harm through a relatively small fee they are now permanent accounts. what elon manager is trying to do here is going to backfire and only make the twitter experience worse. going to backfire and only make the twitter experience worse. we can speak to taylor lorenz, technology columnist with the washington post. what do you think the effect of changes is going to be? i what do you think the effect of changes is going to be?- changes is going to be? i think we're already _ changes is going to be? i think we're already seeing _ changes is going to be? i think we're already seeing the - changes is going to be? i think| we're already seeing the effect, changes is going to be? i think i we're already seeing the effect, is driving away notable figures. you

mentioned notables figures, monica lewinsky, activist leaving the platform. overall the stepper kc experience for everyone including everyjune desserts. rather than every june desserts. rather than show everyjune desserts. rather than show users the most interesting content, no matter who it's from we're just going to get theirs a feed of stuff from people who paid to reach us, which is mostly spammers. to reach us, which is mostly spammers— to reach us, which is mostly sammers. ~ ., ., , ., ., spammers. what about the question of bots. will it spammers. what about the question of bots. wau it help _ spammers. what about the question of bots. will it help or— spammers. what about the question of bots. will it help or make _ spammers. what about the question of bots. will it help or make it _ spammers. what about the question of bots. will it help or make it worse? - bots. will it help or make it worse? this is only going to aggravate the problem of bots. no one is more likely to pay for an algorithm that in spammers, bots, people trying to deceive others. we've already seen a huge explosion of this sense elon musk rolled out blue checked for all program. this is only going to exacerbate the problem. if program. this is only going to exacerbate the problem. if people are leaving _ exacerbate the problem. if people are leaving twitter, _ exacerbate the problem. if people are leaving twitter, where - exacerbate the problem. if people are leaving twitter, where they i are leaving twitter, where they going? are leaving twitter, where they aoian ? . , are leaving twitter, where they aoain? ., , ,, going? primarily tick-tock. ithink tick-tock is _ going? primarily tick-tock. i think tick-tock is the _ going? primarily tick-tock. ithink tick-tock is the closest _ going? primarily tick-tock. ithink tick-tock is the closest equivalent tick—tock is the closest equivalent to twitter in the sense that it is a large, open social media platform that everyone can be discovered on.

—— tiktok. the whole invasion of tiktok is no matter who you are, whether you are somebody with zero followers is never posted a video or millions of followers, everyone has a chance to go viral. twitter is employing the opposite strategy. the frustrating thing is that tiktok is video based and not everyone feels comfortable being on video, not everyone has the bandwidth to do videos regularly. i think there will be a lot of people that will lead twitter and whose voices we may not hear from again. twitter and whose voices we may not hear from again-— hear from again. tiktok faces being rotentiall hear from again. tiktok faces being potentially banned _ hear from again. tiktok faces being potentially banned in _ hear from again. tiktok faces being potentially banned in the _ hear from again. tiktok faces being potentially banned in the us, - hear from again. tiktok faces being potentially banned in the us, it's i potentially banned in the us, it's been banned by governments across europe and the us on official phones. we're seeing perhaps a huge change in their social media landscape for the drive people back to traditional forms like the washington post, bbc? is there a benefit, and upside for traditional media? ~ , , .,

benefit, and upside for traditional media? ~ , ., ., , media? absolutely not. no. iwish, trust me, media? absolutely not. no. iwish, trust me. i— media? absolutely not. no. iwish, trust me, i wish. _ media? absolutely not. no. iwish, trust me, i wish. the _ media? absolutely not. no. iwish, trust me, i wish. the unfortunate l trust me, i wish. the unfortunate consequences that what people get from social media is not always what they are getting for traditional media. it's notjust the news that they go to consume but also want to socialise and meet people and form communities. those are things that media, although they deliver content and news can't do. i think people are going to turn to other social networking sites try to replicate what they bet on twitter. i'm not sure they will like what they find right now. sure they will like what they find riaht now. ~._, sure they will like what they find riaht now. ~.,_ ., sure they will like what they find riaht now. , ., , ., sure they will like what they find riahtnow. , ., , .,, , right now. maybe a couple of sites ou think right now. maybe a couple of sites you think we're — right now. maybe a couple of sites you think we're seeing _ right now. maybe a couple of sites you think we're seeing movement| right now. maybe a couple of sites . you think we're seeing movement on. there are a bunch of twitter competitors coming out. mastodon, the open—source competitor, a little hard to get started on there. a former google executive has something called t2, which is a startup that's very similar to twitter, it allows you to post status updates. an sub star, a newsletter platform that has a chat functionality where you can set up a

newsletter, write content, put out newsletter, write content, put out news and chat with your audience about it. there definitely no one—to—one replacement. twitter is the worlds town square. taking that away, i think it will take time before we really are able to that somewhere else.— before we really are able to that somewhere else. ., ,, , ., , . now, have you ever heard of a paternoster lift? it's a very unique type of elevator and it's become a surprising online hit — for one british university. the lift is made up of ia individual open compartments and runs on a continuous loop. one was installed at the university of essex in the i960s. take a look — this video shows the lift in action in a video that's gone viral on the university's tiktok page. there are only three of these engineering marvels left in the uk — one of which isn't publicly accessible. here's another one at the university of sheffield. these videos have also garnered

millions of views on social media — it seems there's a real global appetite for paternoster lifts. the name comes from the latin word for our father because of the system's resemblance to catholic rosary beads. you might be able to make it out in this diagram. there are gears and pulleys that pull the compartments around in a closed loop. and as you can see here, there are no doors on those compartments — giving you a full view of the floors as you travel upwards or downwards. as you can imagine, that might be dangerous if you step out of the lift at the wrong time. germany has actually tried to ban the elevators a few times — over safety concerns. the machine in the university of essex library was out of action for several years — but underwent a major renovation recently. a new traffic light system was installed — to improve safety. it's become a realfeature on the colchester campus — the university says the lift has even provided the background for a wedding photoshoot. well let's hear more about this now from jonathan white, director of library and cultural services at the university of essex. thank you forjoining us. were you

surprised to see this huge setting global interests? it’s surprised to see this huge setting global interests?— surprised to see this huge setting global interests? it's been amazing for us to see _ global interests? it's been amazing for us to see this _ global interests? it's been amazing for us to see this reaction - global interests? it's been amazing for us to see this reaction but - global interests? it's been amazing for us to see this reaction but in - for us to see this reaction but in some ways quite unsurprising for that we know it is a much love feature of the university. both for our current students and for graduates alike. we're constantly told by essex graduates about their time at essex and how they use the lift on a daily basis. loath? time at essex and how they use the lift on a daily basis.— lift on a daily basis. why is it so a-oular? lift on a daily basis. why is it so popular? i _ lift on a daily basis. why is it so popular? ithink— lift on a daily basis. why is it so popular? i think it's _ lift on a daily basis. why is it so popular? i think it's quirky. - popular? ithink it's quirky. it's aot a lot popular? ithink it's quirky. it's got a lot out— popular? ithink it's quirky. it's got a lot out of— popular? ithink it's quirky. it's got a lot out of character, - popular? ithink it's quirky. it's got a lot out of character, it's i got a lot out of character, it's part of our history. and i think people like to see machinery still in everyday use that has that quirkiness to it, that history. but to see it still being enjoyed by new generations and being refurbished and maintained by organisations. it and maintained by organisations. it does look to be a bit like a sort of

ski lift, that idea of some ink constantly rotating and jump on and off, can really fold. constantly rotating and 'ump on and off, can really fold.— off, can really fold. there is a safety risk — off, can really fold. there is a safety risk isn't _ off, can really fold. there is a safety risk isn't there? - off, can really fold. there is a safety risk isn't there? there | off, can really fold. there is a i safety risk isn't there? there are safety risk isn't there? there are safety risks. we have very rigorous health and safety in place with it when it was refurbished in 2021 new traffic light systems were employed the mechanism has been completely re—placed, so specialist manufacturers in italy constructed a new pulley system for it but of all the cars were refurbished. it's been slow down as well. i'm told that used to go faster than it does today. we have a lot of safety features in place, we have staff position nearby to the lift to help students and other users. you have to be able to _ students and other users. you have to be able to jump _ students and other users. you have to be able to jump on _ students and other users. you have to be able to jump on and - students and other users. you have to be able to jump on and off i students and other users. you have to be able to jump on and off at i students and other users. you havej to be able to jump on and off at the right time. to be able to 'ump on and off at the riaht time. ., �*, right time. that's right. the traffic light _ right time. that's right. the traffic light system - right time. that's right. the traffic light system is i right time. that's right. the traffic light system is really | traffic light system is really important for that. greene tells users when they can't depart and

enter the lift. yes, we have lots of signage around. staff on call to help support students in staffing using it. help support students in staffing usina it. �* ,, help support students in staffing usin it. , , , ., using it. are you surprised at the tiktok explosion, _ using it. are you surprised at the tiktok explosion, rather - using it. are you surprised at the tiktok explosion, rather than i using it. are you surprised at the| tiktok explosion, rather than the using it. are you surprised at the i tiktok explosion, rather than the in person experience?— tiktok explosion, rather than the in person experience? yes, to see over 2 million views — person experience? yes, to see over 2 million views of— person experience? yes, to see over 2 million views of those _ person experience? yes, to see over 2 million views of those videos i person experience? yes, to see over 2 million views of those videos has i 2 million views of those videos has been astonishing. it's fantastic to see that people have so much love for the lift and want to see it continue to be of use. jonathan wh e of continue to be of use. jonathan whyte of essex _ continue to be of use. jonathan whyte of essex university, i continue to be of use. jonathan i whyte of essex university, thank you so much forjoining us. let me or ronnie to an iq of our top stories classes between protesters and police on day turn over president emmanuel macron sc pension reforms was a riot police have released tear gas, at least to 22 people arrested, anger from a gas, at least to 22 people arrested, angerfrom a major microns anger from a major microns forcing the legislation using constitutional

power. my blue check has been removed from twitter but do to get in touch if you'd like. we're back in touch if you'd like. we're back in a few minutes. hello there. it's been a very wet month for many parts of the country. we've had more rain today. there'll be more rain tomorrow as well. difference is, tomorrow's rain may be not quite as extensive and it's going to be warmer rain as well. it's been quite cold, though, today across some eastern parts of the uk, but that colder air is getting pushed away. milder south—westerly winds coming our way, temperatures rising. that milder swirling around very large area of low pressure in the atlantic. within that, the cloud is thickening up and some rain developing, and that's going to be heading our way once again. today's rain, though, is continuing to just shuffle away out into the north sea, so it's going to be dry for much of the night. a lot of cloud around, some rain in western scotland and the far south—west of england by the end of the night,

but fairly mild tonight. the lowest temperatures are going to be again in the north—east of scotland, but this time, three or four degrees above freezing. it's looking quite cloudy tomorrow. there won't be a lot of sunshine around. we'll see this rain developing and pushing into england and wales. some heavier rain for northern ireland, heading towards western parts of scotland. there's the chance of some heavy rain later in the day for wales and more especially in the south—west of england. it's going to be a windier day, but it's mild air, so temperatures widely 15, possibly even 16 degrees. that wetter weather then moves eastwards and out of the way overnight, before this next low pressure arrives. we've got a run of west of south—westerly winds for thursday, and that means sunshine and showers. strongest winds are going to be for england and wales. this is where we'll see most of the showers. they'll develop more widely, they could turn heavy and thundery with some hail. fewer showers and not quite so windy for scotland and northern ireland, but it's still mild air on thursday. and before the downpours arrive in eastern england, temperatures could reach 16 or 17 degrees, so probably the warmest day of the next few. and then very quickly after dark, this area of low pressure brings

some wet and windy weather. the strongest winds are going to be across northern france still. the biggest impacts for the uk will come from yet more rain. and the wetter weather will be affecting more southern parts of england and wales, although we will see some rain in northern ireland and for scotland and northern england. there'll be some showers, but hopefully a bit of sunshine around as well. temperatures aren't going to be quite so high on friday, 11 to 13 degrees. and as we head into the weekend, that cooling trend continues. temperatures will be dropping, but the rain should be moving away and it should be turning drier.

hello, i'm geeta guru—murthy. this is outside source. hundreds of thousands of people in france march in opposition to president macron's pension reforms for the tenth day. a fire kills at least 39 people in a migrant processing centre on the us—mexico border. before the fire you had asked for information and they wouldn't tell you anything, and we are worried about herfamily. maybe if you anything, and we are worried about her family. maybe if we are illegal or undocumented, we are human beings with feelings. britain's intelligence agency m15 increases the terror threat level in northern ireland from 'substantial�* to 'severe', meaning an attack is considered highly likely. also in the programme...

police in nashville reveal a former student had carefully planned monday's mass school shooting which killed six people, including three children. we start in france, where a tenth day of mass protests and strikes has been taking place over president macron's controversial pension reforms. protesters have been blocking railway lines and roads and clashed with police in some cities over the plans to raise the pension age from 62 to 6a. there have been clashes with riot police and tear gas has been used. let's hear from one protester, moira dineen, who's in her 60s and has been out on the streets today. he has not given a share of the

decision—making to the government, not properly, and the unions are trying to in an orderly fashion persuade the government, persuade macron to negotiate. and he is refusing to. and he is refusing to. let's take a closer look at the reforms president macron is trying to push through. currently, france's state retirement age is 62 — much lower than many of its european neighbours. in the uk it's currently 66, germany and italy 67, and spain 65. the problem, according to mr macron, is demographics. there are only 1.7 workers for every pensioner in france, down from 2.1 in 2000. if the retirement age were to remain fixed at 62, there would only be 1.2 taxpaying workers to support each retiree in 2070. retirement spending by the state was equal to 13.6% of its economy in 2021, compared to about 10% in germany and nearly 11% in spain.

our correspondent hugh schofield is in paris with more. we are here where the march has ended but you can see there are still crowd, many people, mostly university students, master the middle and every now and then there's this game of cat and mouse being played out with the police who you can't see her on the outskirts, sending and tear gas. you hear of the tear gas canisters exploding and then wafts of white smoke and then crowds will come, from further down past us here how they hate the police and then the police moved back, and then they reclaim the centre of the square where they are now. so it's all quitejubilant centre of the square where they are now. so it's all quite jubilant and fairly harmless, but every now and then there are these moments of tension. it's very ritualistic, as so many french demonstration tsar.

but even for a country where we are used to seeing street protests, how does this rate? what level of unrest is there across the country at the moment? ~ ., ., ~' is there across the country at the moment? ~ ., ., ~ , ., , moment? well, look, we see moments of tension. moment? well, look, we see moments of tension- we — moment? well, look, we see moments of tension. we have _ moment? well, look, we see moments of tension. we have seen _ moment? well, look, we see moments of tension. we have seen quite - of tension. we have seen quite dramatic pictures every now and then again. but i don't think we should overstate the kind of stents of insurrection. this, today has been fairly contained i would say. maybe things will break out later on, but it has been fairly contained. but there was certainly violence on thursday when there were much more serious disturbances after the demonstration broke up. but that is not to say that across the country there is not a high level of anger, dissatisfaction, and occasionally, tension over theirs pension reform. and is it possible to say how much

public support there is for these protest? i public support there is for these arotest? ., , ., ., ., protest? i mean, there is a lot a rublic protest? i mean, there is a lot a public support for _ protest? i mean, there is a lot a public support for the protest, i public support for the protest, a lot of opposition to the reform. 70% of the country, it's the left and the far left to her turning out. on top of that, the far right is against the reform, the far right is not here. the far right are staying home but they represent a big block of the population and they oppose it as well. macron in that sense isolated figure in the centre of french politics, but without the majority in parliament and certainly without the majority in the country behind this reform. but he says it's necessary for the safekeeping of the pension system and he says he is prepared to take it on his shoulders, the unpopularity,. now to mexico, where 39 people have died in a fire at a migrant facility near the border with the us.

the mexican president says the migrants accidentally caused the fire themselves during a protest against their imminent deportation. this is where the fire started on monday night at the national institute of migration in ciudad juarez — near a major bridge linking the mexican city to el paso, texas. juarez is one of mexico's border towns — where many migrants remain stranded, while they attempt to seek refuge in the united states. officials say most of the fire victims were migrants from guatemala. it's thought many of them were arrested the day before, and detained in locked rooms. this was the scene on monday night as firefighters and ambulances rushed to the facility — which is used for processing migrants. here's the mexican president — explaining how the tragedy unfolded. translation: 39 migrants died. this had to do with the protest that started when they found out they would to be deported. as a protest at the shelter store, they put mattresses and set fire to them. they didn't think that would cause this terrible tragedy.

family members are still anxiously waiting for news about their loved ones. this migrant from venezuela, is looking for his wife: translation: nobody tells me anything about her. i don't know what is going to happen. i ask and they give us a rude answer or don't give us any information. i want to know what is happening because i worry about my family. i want to know what is going to happen to her. are they going to deport them? before the fire, you would ask for information and they wouldn't tell you anything. and we are worried about our family. even if we are illegal or undocumented, we are human beings who feel. the really important thing to remember is that on the mexico side of the _ remember is that on the mexico side of the border there is a product of a years— of the border there is a product of a years long effort in the united states. — a years long effort in the united states, with collaboration with mexico. — states, with collaboration with mexico, to prevent the entry of

migrants — mexico, to prevent the entry of migrants into us territory where they can — migrants into us territory where they can legally claim asylum. what this has— they can legally claim asylum. what this has resulted in is again, a years— this has resulted in is again, a years long _ this has resulted in is again, a years long accumulation of migrant populations on the mexico side of the border and border cities all along _ the border and border cities all along the — the border and border cities all along the mexico side of the line. so, along the mexico side of the line. so. the _ along the mexico side of the line. so, the reason something like this could _ so, the reason something like this could happen in the first place is because — could happen in the first place is because the us has been pushing these people consistently under both trump _ these people consistently under both trump and _ these people consistently under both trump and biden to the mexico side leading _ trump and biden to the mexico side leading to _ trump and biden to the mexico side leading to overcrowded shelters, detention centres, extremely tense relationships between migrant communities and mexican immigration authorities— communities and mexican immigration authorities who are acting as proxies— authorities who are acting as proxies of the united states, and you know— proxies of the united states, and you know you have situations like this when — you know you have situations like this when we have numbers of migrants crowded into a facility. and when the fire breaks out it's going _ and when the fire breaks out it's going to — and when the fire breaks out it's going to be awfully devastating. marcos gonzalez from bbc mundo has been following the story from mexico city. the official explanation is that the fire started during a protest as they were told that they would be

deported to their country, so they set alight into some mattresses. and this is what spread, the fire really quickly. authorities are investigating now why they couldn't leave the building on time. relatives are asking in what conditions they were detained. they are asking for information and why they could not evacuate on time. most of the victim is not central america, honduras, and also from venezuela. according to local media some of them have been detained by authorities and taken to the centre after they found them in the city of celia hallways without the proper documentation to stay here in mexico. ~ . . , , documentation to stay here in mexico. . . , , ., mexico. what are the numbers like in terms of the — mexico. what are the numbers like in terms of the numbers _ mexico. what are the numbers like in terms of the numbers of— mexico. what are the numbers like in terms of the numbers of people i terms of the numbers of people moving through this route at the moment? and the conditions that they are kept in?

moment? and the conditions that they are ke-t in? ~ .,, ., , ., are kept in? well, as many of the mexico cities _ are kept in? well, as many of the mexico cities in _ are kept in? well, as many of the mexico cities in the _ are kept in? well, as many of the mexico cities in the northern i mexico cities in the northern border of mexico, the city has seen a huge increase in migrants coming in from other countries trying to cross to the us. the situation there i would say is at least tense of some of them are waiting there for many weeks or even months, sleeping in shelters or living in tents in the streets, waiting to the possible lift and restrictions so they could cross to the us and ask for asylum there. also, remember the roots allow that us government to send them back quickly to mexico because presidentjoe biden said many times this would come to an end after the pandemic, but it didn't happen yet. but people are they are still waiting very close to the border, waiting very close to the border, waiting for meals, waiting for

possible change in the restriction which at the moment as we know did not happen. we which at the moment as we know did not happen-— not happen. we heard that from one family member _ not happen. we heard that from one family member looking for— not happen. we heard that from one family member looking for his wife. | family member looking for his wife. is it at all clear what is going to happen to the people who are caught up in this awful incident? the authorities _ up in this awful incident? the authorities of _ up in this awful incident? tue: authorities of course up in this awful incident? t'ta: authorities of course are up in this awful incident? tta: authorities of course are saying they're going to investigate what happened, and local authorities in the state in chihuahua where their city is located are offering support as needed to the relatives of the victims and also to the relatives of the injured because as we remember there are almost 30 people in hospital, some of them in very critical condition. so is not clear at all what is going to happen with them, but in the case of the other thousands of migrants stranded there in mexico, as you said, they are waiting there for a news so they can go to the us, cross the border, and

ask for asylum. but as we said, this is not possible at the moment according to the restrictions. 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 m15 intelligence assessment and comes after a rise in activity by dissident republicans. the terror threat was downgraded in march last year for the first time in 12 years. let's take a look at what's happened in northern ireland since then. in april last year officers were targeted with petrol bombs in londonderry, with the attack linked to dissident republicans. in november, an attempted murder investigation was launched after a bomb attack damaged a police vehicle, in county tyrone. police said a strong line of inquiry was that the new ira was behind the attack. three days later, a delivery driver was held at gunpoint and forced to abandon his car outside a police station in derry. in february this year, detective chief inspectorjohn caldwell

was shot at a sports complex in omagh, county tyrone. four days later, the new ira said it was behind the attack. here's deputy chief constable of the police service of northern ireland, mark hamilton. we've seen a number of attacks really over the last six months, seven months,. certainly the message is that if you are at the front of this, police services, we have to treat this threat seriously. but we will respond accordingly. but we will respond accordingly. let's take a closer look at the five threat levels. critical is the highest level and means an attack is expected imminently. then severe, which indicates an attack is highly likely. substantial means there is a strong possibility. moderate, an attack is possible but not likely. and finally, low, which means the threat of an attack is exactly that. sirjeffrey donaldson is the leader of the democratic unionist party

in northern ireland. he says he's concerned by the latest changes. it is crucial now, the government steps and provides the additional funding that is needed to enable the police service in northern ireland to recruit the essential police officers that they need to counter this very serious terrorist threat. the heightened concern comesjust days the new windsor framework deal was agreed between the uk and the european commission. this was the foreign secretary, james cleverly and the vice president of the european commission signing off on the deal last friday. it is designed to make trade between northern ireland and the rest of the uk easier, post—brexit. goods from britain destined for northern ireland will travel through a new "green lane", with a separate "red lane" for goods destined for the eu. here is uk prime minister, rishi sunak, speaking last week following the deal�*s ratification. now ourjob is to implement it so we can move forward for the people of northern ireland, it restores the balance in the good friday agreement. that was the priority of the agreement.

that was the priority of the agreement. our ireland correspondent emma vardy told me more about the significance of today's change. well, there is always a continuing security threat here in northern ireland, primarily posed by violent dissident republicans. now, these are armed groups known as paramilitaries who are something of a hangover from the days of conflict in northern ireland 25 years ago, but who still exists in a much smaller form today. ultimately, their aim is for northern ireland to leave the uk and become a united ireland with the irish republic. but they believe in carrying out political violence to pursue this aim. now, the security services last year had downgraded the threat level in northern ireland, but for much of the past 13 years it's remained at severe. it's been raised back to severe once again today because security services in their assessment, believe that there's been increased activity from these violent dissident republican groups. the most notable incident, perhaps, was the one that happened last month when a senior police officer,

detectivejohn caldwell here, was shot multiple times. and that incident, he was critically injured, although albeit that he has survived that attack. and that attack was claimed by the most prominent dissident republican group known as the new ira. so, that is one factor that will have gone into this assessment, which has led to the threat level being upgraded when they look at the intelligence behind the scenes about these groups capabilities and what their intentions are. and what's the reaction there to this today? well, among the wider public, there's no great alarm here. and that is because, of course, many people in northern ireland remember a much darker history, the 30 years of conflict that existed here that was largely brought to an end by the peace agreement, the good friday agreement 25 years ago. but as that anniversary, that important anniversary of the peace process is just around the corner. it's about to be marked. there's certainly dismay here that this really underlines

the fact that even a quarter of a century on in northern ireland, there continue to be groups which still recruit young people and are still determined to pursue violence. to the us now. police in the city of nashville have released dramatic bodycam footage from officers who responded to a mass shooting in a school on monday. the video captures the moment that the shooter audrey hale, a former pupil, is shot dead. six people were killed at a christian primary school — three of them children, aged eight or nine. we've had a statement from the school, saying... a short time ago, the police gave this update. we have interviewed the parents of audrey hale and we determined that audrey hale and we determined that audrey bought seven firearms from five different local gun stores here

legally. they were legally purchased. three of them were used today during this horrific tragedy that happened. let's recap what more we know about the attacker. the shooter, audrey hale, was 28 years old. it's thought hale was a former student at the covenant school. and we're told 'resentment�* could have been a motive. police also believe that there were other targets in mind as well — including some family members, and a local mall. earlier, us presidentjoe biden spoke to reporters. asa as a nation, we owe these families more than our prayers. we owe them action. we have to do more to stop this kind of violence, ripping communities apart, ripping apart the soul of this nation. protect our children so they learn how to read and write instead of ducking and covering the classroom. so i again call on congress to pass this law, pass it. this should not be a partisan issue. it's a common—sense

issue. we have to act now. people say why do i keep saying this if it's not happening because mark because i want you to know who isn't doing it. who is in helping. the pressure on them. vigils have been held for the victims — and this makeshift memorial has been set up outside the school. let's hear from two local residents. no, i don't think anything is going to change. i mean, you know, people arejust too obsessed with having... i'm all for gun rights. i have a gun. i carry a gun with me most days. but i don't need an assault rifle. and i don't... i don't think it should be as easy to buy flowers as it is a gun. you know, there's just not enough to protect children. i felt like i was in shock, and that it was just so close to home and the fact that it was attack on our children. but i think itjust kind of... i wasjust in shock, like, oh, my goodness, thisjust happened. and it's right up the street, you know? so is gun violence on the rise across the us? let's take a look.

a mass shooting is defined as four or more people being injured or killed. it's only march — and there've been over 130 mass shootings across the us so far this year. and there've been more than 600 mass shootings in each of the last three years. ashbey beasley is a survivor of one of them. aren't you guys tired of covering this? of being here and having to cover all of these mass shootings? i'm from highland park, illinois. my son and i survived a mass shooting over the summer. i am in tennessee on a family vacation with my son visiting my sister—in—law. i have been lobbying in dc since we survived a mass shooting injuly. i have met with over 130 lawmakers. how is this still happening? how are our children still dying and why are we failing them? gun violence is the number one killer of children and teens. it has overtaken cars. assault weapons are contributing to the border crisis and fentanyl. we are arming cartels with our guns and our goose—loose gun laws.

and these shootings and these mass shootings will continue to happen until our lawmakers step up and pass gun safety legislation. holly mccall is the editor in chief of the tennessee lookout — i spoke to her earlier. the police did respond in a very calm fashion as opposed to some other mass shooting in the united states the past year. we are still learning details. there is no real motive released. we do understand that the shooter was a past student. i think she probably had some disagreements with the school. but again, i have talked with law enforcement officials who have read what the shooter left and there does not seem to be a very clear motive yet. not seem to be a very clear motive et. , ., ~' , not seem to be a very clear motive et. ~ , . ., yet. do you think this will change views, at least _ yet. do you think this will change views, at least in _ yet. do you think this will change views, at least in that _ yet. do you think this will change views, at least in that part - yet. do you think this will change views, at least in that part of- yet. do you think this will change views, at least in that part of the | views, at least in that part of the us on gun ownership? t views, at least in that part of the us on gun ownership?— views, at least in that part of the us on gun ownership? i don't think it's aoain us on gun ownership? i don't think it's going to _ us on gun ownership? i don't think it's going to change _ us on gun ownership? i don't think it's going to change views - us on gun ownership? i don't think it's going to change views on i us on gun ownership? i don't think it's going to change views on gun i it's going to change views on gun ownership in the south or really any other part of the us. i think

america is sick with guns. it is one of the few amendments of the constitution that many people can talk about, even though there are many other constitutional amendments. i think you can respect the us constitution, the second amendment, and still and ask them gun safety laws. amendment, and still and ask them gun safety laws-— gun safety laws. what about the auestion gun safety laws. what about the question of— gun safety laws. what about the question of mental— gun safety laws. what about the question of mental health i gun safety laws. what about the question of mental health on i gun safety laws. what about the i question of mental health on those who have psychological issues? will it change issues, views on how people should be monitored or help? i think it's clear that anybody who commits that kind of carnage, who enters a school or church or grocery score as happens all too often in the us, anybody who enters that with assault weapons intending to kill people is mentally ill. but the us has shown no will in the last a0 years to spend money on mental health. my state of tennessee also does not show any well. we need to enact some saved government laws and we also need to invest in mental health and i really don't see any

political will for either one of those to happen.— political will for either one of thosetoha-ren. �* , , ., those to happen. and public opinion after these sorts _ those to happen. and public opinion after these sorts of _ those to happen. and public opinion after these sorts of horrific - after these sorts of horrific incidents, does not not push lawmakers into those direction based on some of those mental health and gun owner questions? tt’s gun owner questions? it's disgusting _ gun owner questions? it's disgusting. i— gun owner questions? tt�*s disgusting. i don't see any change. politicians from the state of tennessee have already said, well, this can't be fixed. one congressman from tennessee literally shrugged his shoulders and said, well i home—school my kid. and it doesn't matter. there were probably a00 people who showed up at the tennessee capital to protest new gun law today. and i think politicians here, particularly in conservative states where conservative lawmakers have the majority, theyjust don't care. and they don't care what their constituents say. in some cases, they don't even listen to, i don't know who they're listening to but

there are very few people who are happy with them. find there are very few people who are happy with them-— there are very few people who are happy with them. and 'ust the mood after the shooting, i happy with them. and just the mood after the shooting, when _ happy with them. and just the mood after the shooting, when you - happy with them. and just the mood after the shooting, when you have i after the shooting, when you have young children are tracked. it's hard to take in, isn't it? you know it's terrible- _ hard to take in, isn't it? you know it's terrible. natural _ hard to take in, isn't it? you know it's terrible. natural is _ hard to take in, isn't it? you know it's terrible. natural is the - hard to take in, isn't it? you know it's terrible. natural is the kind i it's terrible. natural is the kind of city, it still in some ways a small enough southern city that many people have a connection to the shooting. eitherthey people have a connection to the shooting. either they know the parents of the children or they know somebody, administrator or teacher. there some connection. and yesterday was just the most beautiful spring day in tennessee. it's a beautiful place. blue skies, green leaves, and then this tragedy. the head of twitter has issued new restrictions to people who prior fee. ., _ , ,

restrictions to people who prior fee. ., , , ., ., fee. nonpaying users will also no lonaer be fee. nonpaying users will also no longer be allowed _ fee. nonpaying users will also no longer be allowed to _ fee. nonpaying users will also no longer be allowed to vote - fee. nonpaying users will also no longer be allowed to vote in i fee. nonpaying users will also no| longer be allowed to vote in polls. before we go, let us remind you of our top story today. hundreds of thousands of protesters in france happens dating another day of strikes and rallies against the government to raise the retirement age to 64. demonstrators clashed with writer police who fired tear gas. protesters set fire to a car and boarded up a bank. few people took part of the protesters than last week. a record number of police were deployed in the hope of preventing serious disturbances which marked last thursday's protest. well, president macron is not showing any sign of backing down on his plans to raise the pension age, which would bring the french level more in line with other nations in europe. we are back at

the same time tomorrow for a couple more days this week on, thanks for being with us. bye for now. hello there. it's been a very wet month for many parts of the country. we've had more rain today. there'll be more rain tomorrow as well. difference is, tomorrow's rain may be not quite as extensive, and it's going to be warmer rain as well. it's been quite cold, though, today across some eastern parts of the uk, but that colder air is getting pushed away. milder south—westerly winds coming our way, temperatures rising. that milder air swirling around very large area of low pressure in the atlantic. within that, the cloud is thickening up and some rain developing, and that's going to be heading our way once again. today's rain, though, is continuing to just shuffle away out into the north sea, so it's going to be dry for much of the night. a lot of cloud around, some rain in western scotland and the far south—west of england by the end of the night,

but fairly mild tonight. the lowest temperatures are going to be again in the north—east of scotland, but this time, three or four degrees above freezing. it's looking quite cloudy tomorrow. there won't be a lot of sunshine around. we'll see this rain developing and pushing into england and wales. some heavier rain for northern ireland, heading towards western parts of scotland. there's the chance of some heavy rain later in the day for wales and more especially in the south—west of england. it's going to be a windier day, but it's mild air, so temperatures widely 15, possibly even 16 degrees. that wetter weather then moves eastwards and out of the way overnight, before this next low pressure arrives. we've got a run of west of south—westerly winds for thursday, and that means sunshine and showers. strongest winds are going to be for england and wales. this is where we'll see most of the showers. they'll develop more widely, they could turn heavy and thundery with some hail. fewer showers and not quite so windy for scotland and northern ireland, but it's still mild air on thursday. and before the downpours arrive in eastern england, temperatures could reach 16 or 17 degrees, so probably the warmest day of the next few.

and then very quickly after dark, this area of low pressure brings some wet and windy weather. the strongest winds are going to be across northern france still. the biggest impacts for the uk will come from yet more rain. and the wetter weather will be affecting more southern parts of england and wales, although we will see some rain in northern ireland and for scotland and northern england. there'll be some showers, but hopefully a bit of sunshine around as well. temperatures aren't going to be quite so high on friday, 11 to 13 degrees. and as we head into the weekend, that cooling trend continues. temperatures will be dropping, but the rain should be moving away and it should be turning drier.

welcome to hardtalk. i'm stephen sackur. on the face of it, russia's war on ukraine has galvanised a strong and united european response — sanctions on moscow, weapons supplies to kyiv and a readiness to host millions of ukrainians fleeing the war.

but scratch the surface and there are significant variations.