live from london, this is bbc news. big protests on the streets again in france — over the change to the pension age. this is the scene live in paris as disruption continues to rock the capital. an inquiry fails to determine whether or not a british mp told a minister that her muslim faith was a factor in her sacking, but finds mark spencer did not break ministerial rules. almost a week since a prominent afghan girls�* education activist was arrested by the taliban, i talk to his brother.

i quick snapshot from paris —— a quick snapshot from paris, a large number of protesters and police on the streets. we've seen a few skirmishes but the stand—off between government and protesters continues over that change to the pension age. we will return to paris in the next little while but those are some of the pictures coming into us. sport and for a full round—up from the bbc sport centre, here's will parry. deja vu at chelsea! yes, chelsea say they're delighted to welcome frank lampard back to the club as caretaker manager until the end of the season. his return comes a little over two years after he was sacked and replaced by thomas tuchel. the former chelsea midfielder has been out of a job

since being dismissed by everton injanuary. lampard held his first press conference ahead of saturday's game against wolves in the premier league and says the chance to come back was too good to turn down. i have a lot of emotions and feelings towards the club and i'm also a practical person and when you become a manager, your club is yours forever and i've been in a different path since chelsea but to come back in a time where the club have asked me to come and take the role, that's the most important thing, but also the most important thing, but also the belief that i can come and help in this period until the end of the season. the likes ofjulian naglesman and luis enrique are still believd to be in the long term picture for chelsea. olly kay, senior football writer at the athletic, has questioned the club's prinicples but believs lampard's reappointment makes sense. i've been questioning the direction

of the club for the last 12 months, i think they've made a number of terrible decisions with a lot of them in the transfer market and a lot of this has come from sacking a manager at the start of the season which i don't think they needed to do but despite being a serial critic of this regime or serial cynic, i think this gives them breathing space while they look for a new manager. it's an interim appointment, somebody he knows the club well and the immediate task. i don't see a downside to it. the dp world tour has today won its legal battle against liv golfers. an arbitration panel has sided with them determining that they were correct to impose sanctions on 12 liv members for leaving the tour to play in saudi arabia—funded events. i believe the dp world tour acted reasonably, that it has a legitimate and justifiable interest in protecting

the rights of its membership, that the sanctioned members committed serious breaches of the code of behaviour and they also said that the fines imposed, these hundreds of thousands for the players who breached the code of conduct, must be paid within 30 days. 18 liv players including six former champions will compete for the green jacket at the masters which is offically underway at augusta. the pga tour's tiger woods has not long begun his opening round, lots of interest in the five—time champion as usual. john rahm is the next big name to get underway, playing alongsidejustin thomas. rory mcilroy will get his campaign underway in the penultimate group. the northern irishman, is attempting to become the sixth player to win the career grand slam. he follows defending champion scottie scheffler. in the early stages at augusta, a few notable names appearing at the top of the leaderboard. former champion and liv tour player patrick reed is among those to have made a decent start to the year's first major and he's beenjoined by 2012 runner up louis oosthuizen. seamus power, who hit back—to—back holes in one at the par 3 contest has also made a good star.

—— good start. and new zealand odi captain kane williamson is set to miss this year's world cup after rupturing his acl playing in the indian premier league. williamson was injured while fielding for gujarat titans in their win over chennai super kings and will need surgery followed by a period of rehabilitation. the icc men's cricket world cup in india begins in october. and that's all the sport for now. let's turn to afghanistan — it's almost a week since a prominent activist for girls education was arrested by the taliban. mattiullah wesa, is the founder of the pen path charity — which has worked to get girls and boys into school — concentrating especially in rural areas of the country. he was arrested after friday prayers last week, the latest sign of the taliban tightening thier clampdown on any of protest against their ban on girls and women attending

school or universities. his brother attaulla spoke to me earlier and described the moment of the arrest. translation: my brother was at evenin: translation: my brother was at evening prayer — translation: my brother was at evening prayer at _ translation: my brother was at evening prayer at 5pm _ translation: my brother was at evening prayer at 5pm and - translation: my brother was at - evening prayer at 5pm and campbell. he came out of the mosque and there were taliban intelligence men. —— it was 5pm in kabul. they wanted to arrest him as he came out of the mosque. my other brother reached the scene and wanted to know why he was being taken but they didn't explain anything, it was a very hurtful moment for us, for my brother who saw it. they had a little argument but it came to a point where the taliban took him by force, put him in the car and took him away. it was almost like an abduction, he wasn't taken away, he was abducted. d0 almost like an abduction, he wasn't taken away, he was abducted. do you

know where — taken away, he was abducted. do you know where he _ taken away, he was abducted. do you know where he is _ taken away, he was abducted. do you know where he is now? _ taken away, he was abducted. do you know where he is now? has _ taken away, he was abducted. do you know where he is now? has there - taken away, he was abducted. do you i know where he is now? has there been any contact? how worried are you? i haven't spoken to him at all since he was taken but he had a very short conversation with my mother where he asked for some clothes to change into. we know that he is with the taliban intelligence and so far no contact has been made, nothing has been explained to us. we are all very worried, especially me, i was his buddy, he's my brother, he's been working in sa provinces of afghanistan for the nation for education, we've always been together, we've campaigned together. i'm so worried that i can't taste my food, i've lost sleep, we don't know where he is, he's an innocent man. he's worked for the country and the people very, very hard in the past years. people very, very hard in the past ears. �* , , people very, very hard in the past ears. ~ , , ., years. amnesty said that your brother could _ years. amnesty said that your brother could have _ years. amnesty said that your brother could have left - years. amnesty said that your - brother could have left afghanistan but decided to stay despite the

risks. why was he determined to stay with the obvious threats?— with the obvious threats? amnesty and other international _ and other international organisations all new that mattiullah had a chance to go out. he spoke to me about this on a few occasions because i'm his body in the organisation we have created and he said if people like us leave, what will happen to the country? because he felt so responsible for the education, for the nation and he felt responsible that we need to, we are the people that need to make our people who are in charge of the country know that these things are important for a nation like education. we worked for a very, very holy part together, he chose to stay, he knew it was risky and he

could take asylum in any country. he was in europe but he went back to afghanistan because he wanted to work for the people of the country. you've worked for so many years with communities and tribal elders to bring education to girls, what has it been like to see all of that simply swept away in an instant? irate simply swept away in an instant? we are simply swept away in an instant? - are campaigners, we are activists, we will continue our work. you know that the whole of the afghan nation stood by when he was arrested, they showed so much reaction on social media, it was the youth of the country that made the world aware of his abduction. mentally, it's very, very hard to cope with the sudden abduction or suddenly being taken away and seeing your work all gone because people don't agree with you. i heard one campaigner say only last week it feels like the country is being held hostage. these arrests,

these bands, is there enough international pressure? —— these bans. i international pressure? -- these bans. ., ~ ., international pressure? -- these bans. . «a, ., ., ., bans. i thank all the nation for the su ort bans. i thank all the nation for the sunport they _ bans. i thank all the nation for the sunport they have _ bans. i thank all the nation for the support they have shown - bans. i thank all the nation for the support they have shown to - bans. i thank all the nation for the support they have shown to me i bans. i thank all the nation for the | support they have shown to me and bans. i thank all the nation for the - support they have shown to me and my brother, to my family and i thank the international community for the support they showed to mattiullah but i don't think it's enough because we are fighting for the rights of a nation, they need to do more in making the people in charge understand that there is abuse of human rights in the country. for example, banning girls from education, this is a human rights violation and it feels like the country has been taken hostage so we urge the people running the country to look at the rights issues of the women and people in the country, of

the young generation in the country, it's the future of the country that is at stake at the moment and this is at stake at the moment and this is what we need to work towards, to make these people understand that you have to work in a framework that everyone is happy who is living in the country. the everyone is happy who is living in the country-— the country. the brother of the founder of _ the country. the brother of the founder of the _ the country. the brother of the founder of the charity - the country. the brother of the founder of the charity who - the country. the brother of the founder of the charity who was | founder of the charity who was arrested almost a week ago, concern amongst the family from all of those organisations we were talking about and hearing about there, about his continued detention and his unknown whereabouts. we will bring you more on that as it comes. let's return to paris and show you more of the pictures. you have the mass protests, the strikes going on across so many different cities in france around that change to the pension age, the constitutional council is looking at the legality of that. we find out the outcome of

that results next week but we are seeing the 11th day of these large protests that have been on the streets in so many different cities, a different stages there has been violence but there has always been large numbers of people protesting about the change that has been imposed. you can hear the odd cracker or tear canister being fired —— tear gas canister. they are trying to move the protesters along the streets and clear different parts of the centre of paris. let's listen in. shouting and explosions there are pauses at different moments, there is a push by the

police and sometimes there are scuffles and more ugly scenes but those currently are the pictures coming to us from paris. some breaking news here in the uk — an inquiry fails to determine whether or not a british mp told a minister that her muslim faith was a factor in her sacking, but finds mark spencer did not break ministerial rules. nusrat ghani claimed she was told her "muslimness was raised as an issue" when she lost herjob as transport minister in february 2020. let's get the latest from our political correspondent jonathan blake. tell is a little more about the background. tell is a little more about the background-— tell is a little more about the background. tell is a little more about the backuround. , , ., ., , ., background. this investigation began in february of — background. this investigation began in february of last _ background. this investigation began in february of last year— background. this investigation began in february of last year when - background. this investigation began in february of last year when boris i in february of last year when boris johnson was prime minister. he asked his ethics adviser at the time to look into the claims by nusrat ghani, a conservative mp who claims that when she had been sacked as transport minister in 2020, she was told that her muslimness had been

raised as an issue. subsequently, she raised concerns about those comments which were made. it was later revealed by the chief whip at the time, mark spencer, who is in charge of party discipline. she wasn't satisfied with the response and hence after going public, this inquiry began. since then there has been a change at the top, rishi sunak is now the prime minister and he has a new ethics adviser, laurie magnus, who picked up this investigation and it has concluded. we have a six page report published by downing street this afternoon along with the prime minister response to it —— minister's response to it —— minister's response to it —— minister's response to it. at the heart of it, the ethics adviser has not been able to establish an accurate account of that meeting because as he puts it, both nusrat ghani and mark spencer have different accounts of what was said. he also looked into whether

there was any whiter evidence for that view that nusrat ghani's muslim faith was an issue in her being sacked as a minister and the processes which were there that enabled her to raise concerns in the aftermath. ., , enabled her to raise concerns in the aftermath. . , _, . , aftermath. there had been concerns before about — aftermath. there had been concerns before about islamophobia - aftermath. there had been concerns before about islamophobia within i aftermath. there had been concerns| before about islamophobia within the governing conservative party. there have and that's _ governing conservative party. there have and that's why _ governing conservative party. there have and that's why this _ governing conservative party. there have and that's why this was - governing conservative party. turf have and that's why this was quite a potent political issue at the time and why there has been such attention on her claims since then. the report does, while clearing mark spencer of any breach of the ministerial code, does identify shortcomings in his conduct. just to read you briefly a couple of the comments are laurie magnus had in his report, it said there were shortcomings in the way he responded to concerns, its briefing by boris johnson was inaccurate and he should have taken more care —— his briefing

to borisjohnson was inaccurate. the report says there are lessons to be drawn in terms of the way those responsible for ministerial hirings and firings within government go about that process. we had a response from nusrat ghani who says there is no criticism or doubt expressed regarding her version of events but others, she says, will have to explain the report, noting the omissions, shortcomings and incomplete information. we don't have a response from mark spencer yet but the prime minister has responded to this report saying that he agrees it was an unsatisfactory experience for both ministers involved but in the absence of clear evidence, it would not be right to take further action. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news.

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you're live with bbc news. let's return to france, where big numbers have taken to the streets again — the 11th day of mass protests against the change in pension age in france. a meeting between the prime minister and labour unions failed to break the deadlock yesterday. we are seeing more demonstrations on the streets. these are some of the live pictures. we will keep across that as we talk to a researcher at the university of toulouse and a political commentator. rim sarah alouane, are the protests getting any bigger?

hi, it doesn't sound like the protests are going to stop anytime soon. decision of the council regarding the constitutional nature of the law will be released on the 14th of april and negotiations are failing and people are still on the streets. there is one going on right now in toulouse. in streets. there is one going on right now in toulouse.— now in toulouse. in terms of the rotests now in toulouse. in terms of the protests and _ now in toulouse. in terms of the protests and demonstrations - now in toulouse. in terms of the i protests and demonstrations across so many cities, we are looking at pictures from paris, it seems to antagonise the situation hugely when this legislation was forced through parliament. no vote on the floor. france is waiting to find out if that was constitutionally valid. how critical will that moment be? it will be extremely critical because regardless of the decision of the constitutional council, it will be a decision that will affect the president and its government as a

whole, whether the law is deemed constitutional or unconstitutional, and the damage done has been the 11th time since the government used this article of constitution, 49.3, which bypasses parliament and the vote of parliament, so it has affected our institutions and the way we look at the danger of giving too much power to an executive. it’s too much power to an executive. it's interesting because there's so much anger the streets in france, we've seen that over two and a half months, but the change in pension age when the list of —— when the rest of the world looks at this looks rather modest, 62 to 64, and it's much later in other countries. why do you think it seems to have sparked such anger and protest? is

there something deeper going on? it's a couple of things. first of all, the right to retire is deeply embedded into french culture as a right that has been hardly fought for, heart errand, and we like to compare with other countries but when we talk about the minimum age, you don't have a full pension when you don't have a full pension when you reach the legal age, you still need to contribute more if you want to have a full pension, meaning if the legal age is 64, you won't have a full pension so you need to keep working. for certain types ofjobs like trash collectors, nurses, teachers, sometimes you don't reach this age. trash collectors die before reaching this age. it is perceived as unfair to those who have extremely hard jobs and usually

those are also the people who don't have a high pension in the end so it's an unjust reform.— it's an un'ust reform. there are some it's an unjust reform. there are some people — it's an unjust reform. there are some people who _ it's an unjust reform. there are some people who will- it's an unjust reform. there are some people who will take i it's an unjust reform. there are| some people who will take issue it's an unjust reform. there are i some people who will take issue with what you said, the type of workforce and making the fact that those workers exist in so many different countries with different retirement ages, but let's pack that. in terms of the basic finances, can france afford not to do this?— afford not to do this? there's definitely _ afford not to do this? there's definitely a — afford not to do this? there's definitely a need _ afford not to do this? there's definitely a need to _ afford not to do this? there's definitely a need to bring i afford not to do this? there's definitely a need to bring an l definitely a need to bring an amendment, to bring changes, but it's also the fact there are economists who suggested other proposals, saying that the deficit for now is not actually that big, that there are other ways. for example, giving so many tax breaks to big corporations has been an

issue or removing the tax on the wealth, so money that could have been used to pay for pensions or letting people to decide to keep working after a certain age on the basis of volunteering, but it looks like this government has not listened to other options, has not listened to other options, has not listened to other options, has not listened to unions and decided to go by themselves and that's why we are in the situation. thank you for talking us through the demonstration in toulouse, like there is in paris. thank you for your time. ask anyone who's the best basketball player of all time and they'll probably say this man — michaeljordan. his career records are astounding, and in 1999 he was named the greatest north american athlete

of the 20th century. so it's no surprise that the clothes he's worn throughout his career can sell for a lot of money at auction, but, as wendy urquhart reports, he's about to break another record there too! michaeljordan played 15 seasons in the nba and won six nba championships with the chicago bulls, and the shoes he wore in two of the 1998 finals are about to go under the hammer. michaeljordan, when he first started wearing airjordans, or they were getting the airjordan ready for him, he wore black and red ones which were actually banned by the league. and so they would receive a fine for breaking the uniformity clause. so "bred" sneakers, black and red sneakers, have always sort of had this mythical relationship with snea ker—heads. the breds are in mint condition and they've been signed in silver by the player himself.

they're expected to fetch between $2 million and $4 million, but one bid has already been received, and the auction has only just been announced. when we opened the auction, we received a bid for $1.8 million, which will actually break the world record for any pair of sneakers that has ever sold publicly. so if you have a spare few millions hanging around, make sure you submit your bid by april 11. and if you need a bit more time to save up, don't worry, a second auction is already in the works which will have more sports memorabilia from michaeljordan as well as the football hero pele, and many others. wendy urquhart, bbc news. we'll be back with the latest on the story of buckingham palace are saying it will cooperate with an independent study into the links between the monarchy and the slavery trade. we'll have more in the china

visit of emmanuel macron and will be backin visit of emmanuel macron and will be back in paris and france to take the latest look at the various strikes and protests. that's coming up in the next few moments. it may be hard to believe that there will be a frost across many parts of the country overnight. it follows the cloud and rain we have had over the past couple of days. the rain from yesterday just clearing from the east of england, followed by showers but this ridge of high pressure build, killing off the showers and giving us clearer skies and dropping temperatures. these are the temperatures as we head towards the early part of the evening, nothing to write home about, showers around especially in the east of the uk and a lot of those will fade but we will keep some cloud pushing down some of the eastern coasts into east anglia. that will keep the temperatures higher but elsewhere, clear skies and light winds

so further west especially in northern ireland we will have a slight frost, temperatures —2 or perhaps —3. a chilly store to good friday, starting sunny in most places but lightly as the temperatures rise it will generate some cloud especially across eastern parts of england with cloud coming in from the north sea. one or two spots of rain in the far north—east of england and temperatures typically around 11—13, near normal for the time of year. into the weekend, the high pressure keeping these weather fronts at bay for the time being, the second push will be more significant as we head towards easter monday but for saturday, i think we start chilly, there will be some sunshine, probably more cloud developing through the day. and probably more of a southerly breeze especially in the west of the uk. the temperatures are not changing a great deal, could make 14 in glasgow and a top of 15 in london. easter sunday we start dry

with a good deal of sunshine, again we see some cloud developing through the day and maybe some rain coming towards northern ireland by the end of the afternoon. it could be easter sunday is the warmest of the next few days with temperatures around 15—17. for easter monday, the rain we have coming into northern ireland pushes eastwards, it may hang on across east anglia and the south—east of england for a time but otherwise, it's followed by sunshine but also some showers, a breezy day and temperatures likely to be a little bit lower.

live from london, this is bbc news. big protests on the streets again in france over the change to the pension age. this is the scene live in paris as disruption continues to rock the capital. elsewhere, emmanuel macron urges china's president to help stop the war in ukraine — asking china to �*bring russia to its senses'. buckingham palace says it's co—operating with an independent study into the british monarchy�*s links to the slave trade.