live from london. this is bbc news. in the next 60 minutes all the main uk stories together with the latest breaking developments internationally. in france the traditional may day celebrations turn to violence as police in paris fire tear gas at demonstrators�* rallies across the french capital. and these are live pictures from paris where the police say that more than 60 people have been arrested. nurses in england are taking part in a fresh strike in what they describe as their biggest walk—out so far. the industrial action will last until midnight on monday. first republic has become the third us bank to collapse in a matter of months, and will be bought byjp morgan chase.

we started in france. protesters dressed all in black, police armed with riot shields and barricades for the running battles taking place down the boulevard of the french capital where it is becoming street of paris. it's happening once again. this time on may day build mostly peaceful demonstration at ganz president microns controversial read france during my reforms in the pension marred once more by scenes of violence. these pictures are live pictures from paris. a little bit earlier you could see and actually hear tear gas being fired by the riot police in an effort to try to disperse protesters from the area. earlier i spoke to a member of the

senate of france and of the commission of foreign affairs and defence forces. she believes part of the reason for the street protests is president macron his attitude and his personality. is president macron his attitude and his personality-— his personality. there was a lot of dialo . ue his personality. there was a lot of dialogue between _ his personality. there was a lot of dialogue between the _ his personality. there was a lot of dialogue between the president, l his personality. there was a lot of. dialogue between the president, the government and the people, they felt they are not understood and its created a lot of violence and unhappiness with the people. also the way that the regulation has been voted by the parliament is very unusual. we didn't have a vote in the national, just in the senate and the national, just in the senate and the supreme court findings in accordance with the constitution, which was a big surprise. so there is a lot of problem now. everything is a lot of problem now. everything is boiling and boiling and boiling and we're under the impression that it will never stop.— it will never stop. what is it do ou it will never stop. what is it do

you think _ it will never stop. what is it do you think that _ it will never stop. what is it do you think that is _ it will never stop. what is it do you think that is making - it will never stop. what is it do you think that is making the i you think that is making the difference now? many governments in past years have tried to push through pension reforms and haven't succeeded. what is it about this government that made the difference was much is it the fact they don't seem to really care about what people think? i seem to really care about what peeple think?— people think? i think there is alwa s people think? i think there is always mistrust. _ people think? i think there is always mistrust. a _ people think? i think there is always mistrust. a mistrust l people think? i think there is - always mistrust. a mistrust between the government, the president and the government, the president and the people. it's why they don't vote for the abstention is very high. i think that people don't trust the government. and then they feel there is a lot two lack of equality. we're pushing reform and at the same time we're not pushing against tax evasion, corruption and all those kind of problems that we need to fight again. especially tax evasion which is a big, big issue. this balance situation.— which is a big, big issue. this balance situation. you talked about the lack of communication - balance situation. you talked about the lack of communication between the lack of communication between the government and the people. is

that something that is unique to this government or is it something that previous governments have also tell? what is that relationship between the people and politics in france? does it different did not differ from other countries? france? does it different did not differfrom other countries? trier? differ from other countries? very different from _ differ from other countries? - different from germany for instance with tribunals. it's one of the characteristics of a micron government which is dumping over trade unions, parliament, it's a very different way to deal with a country and i think it's not the right way to bring the people back to normal and to understand reform, which may be useful, of course with the something is quite funny, a lot of international trade unions coming tojoin the of international trade unions coming to join the demonstration and in their country the retirement age is way, way further than 64. all the

situation is very strange right now. if you look at spain for example, it's not 64, 867.— if you look at spain for example, it's not 64, 867. natalie, a member of senate- — it's not 64, 867. natalie, a member of senate. speaking _ it's not 64, 867. natalie, a member of senate. speaking to _ it's not 64, 867. natalie, a member of senate. speaking to me - it's not 64, 867. natalie, a member of senate. speaking to me about. of senate. speaking to me about what's happening. these are live pictures now of what's happening in paris. it's not all of paris affected, there are some pockets of paris where the scene is like this where protesters are clashing a little bit with police was the earlier was starpoli is charging a protesters, fire and water cannons at protesters with —— saw police. gathering on the streets of paris for these huge mayday protests with “p for these huge mayday protests with up the main unrest as you heard is over president macron reforms. the union said before the day began they expect up to i million people at this historic gathering. the reason is, all eight unions in france have got togetherfor the

is, all eight unions in france have got together for the first time since 2009 and called on all their members to come out simultaneously and to protest. i want to point out for those who may not know this, there is also a strike going on in france, french air traffic controllers have gone on strike that sent a lot of flights in and out of france into chaos. i think about 220 flights have been canceled. these protests began i guess, & labour day work as a process where people come out and protest against the government and a protest or demonstrate poor workers' rights. things took a turn for the worse after increased tensions, just two weeks after president macron signed into law those pension reforms that natalie was talking about a minute ago, which now mean that eventually the retirement age in france will

move from 62 to 64. we will go back to these pictures in paris. they are live here on bbc news. we want to make sure we're across what's happening near because of course, although protests in paris are potentially quite common, ones that turned as nasty as these are most certainly not. let's turn to a story thatis certainly not. let's turn to a story that is massive here in the uk. let's turn now to a massive story here in the uk — nurses in england are taking part in a fresh strike in what they describe as their biggest walk—out so far. the royal college of nursing strike affects half of england's national health service trusts and will last until midnight on monday. courtney bembridge has more from the newsroom. the strike was called earlier this month after the union rejected the government's pay offer of 5% this year plus a one—off payment to top up last year's salary. this is the first time that some nurses who work in a&e, intensive care and cancer services have taken to the picket line. let's hear from one specialist cancer nurse who is on strike today. the kinds of offers we are getting

from the government, now that we have moved into a time of inflation, are just not compatible with being able to live, to exist, to pay our rent, to buy food, to look after our families. and that is a cut too far. we absorbed the cuts of ten years and now enough is enough. the union says there is an exemption for critical care, but the government has warned it will still be disruptive. here is health secretary steve barclay. there will be significant disruption to patients. i think that is disrespectful to other trade unions that are part of the nhs staff council who will be meeting on tuesday in order to vote on the fair and reasonable settlement that we agreed with them some weeks ago. there are 14 unions being asked to accept the government's pay offer, and ministers have said if the majority

back it, it will go through. as we have heard, the rcn has said no. that union represents around two thirds of uk nurses. also, another union, unite, has also rejected the deal. but several others have said yes. gmb, one of the big ones, as well as unions that represent midwives, ambulance workers and also physiotherapists. whenever we talk about this story, it is important to look at the numbers we are actually talking about. this represents salaries of nurses ranging in speciality. so we have a newly qualified nurse here earning around £30,000. to put that into context, that is less than 40,000 us dollars a year. if we go down to a specialist nurse, like the one we heard from earlier, they are on around £45,000 a year and, in us dollars, that is around 56,000. so those are the salaries we are dealing with. many nurses not happy with that on strike until midnight tonight and that strike action could continue if the outcome of tomorrow's meeting is not favourable.

he denies accusations whose members are putting their pay concerns above the care they offer at work.- the care they offer at work. patient care is something _ the care they offer at work. patient care is something that _ the care they offer at work. patient care is something that matters - the care they offer at work. patient care is something that matters to l care is something that matters to nhs workers every day. the government it only matters on a strike _ government it only matters on a strike for— government it only matters on a strike for them it matters to our members — strike for them it matters to our members of his every day for that thais— members of his every day for that that's why— members of his every day for that that's why they are taking this action, — that's why they are taking this action, it's about saving the nhs. only 25%— action, it's about saving the nhs. only 25% of shifts have the land numbers — only 25% of shifts have the land numbers on them. they are accessed that's_ numbers on them. they are accessed that's taking — numbers on them. they are accessed that's taking place within the nhs as people are dying who shouldn't be done _ as people are dying who shouldn't be done. that's not because of a lack of care _ done. that's not because of a lack of care is— done. that's not because of a lack of care is because a lack of resources _ our reporter synthesis update. it was a _ our reporter synthesis update. it was a marxist started up the road near— was a marxist started up the road near university college hospital. nurses— near university college hospital. nurses who are striking were joined by other unions, marching all the way to trafalgar square behind me

for mayday, mayday may have been the call from nurses who say they should be paid as they would argue more clearly than they are for the update merge into a crowd of other mayday protesters here, other striking people, other people protesting. i heard somebody talking about workers' rights behind. in the melee behind us nurses were returning to south at university hospital earlier essay they don't feel that not being paid fairly they feel that nurses have around a 10% cut over the years. tonight walk—out ends at midnight. the nhs are advising people who do have a genuine emergency to call 999 as they normally would. if it's not an emergency call 111. the reason the walk—out stops at midnight is that the government took the royal couege the government took the royal college of nursing to court for the originally they had planned to strike into tomorrow. but their mandate for strikes originally some months ago, ran out in the six month point if they would want to do any more strikes they will have to ballot members. for now everything

is on tuesday when 14 unions cover the royal college of nurses among them and pleading their case and saying the government shouldn't impose, implement nhs pay rise without further negotiation. 0ur correspondent there who went into central london where some of the nurses who were striking were picketing. you can go to a website as always if you want any more information on the nurses strike and what it means for you wherever you live in the uk and also at the very latest on where the strikes and potential negotiations with the government are going. sue don, comes as the agency in sudan warned of the military situation that is turning into a full—blown catastrophe. warning that more than 800,000 people may flee the country. —— sudan. fighting continues in the capital cartoon

despite a cease—fire agreed by both sides. thousands of people —— khartoum. this is a hospital in the state of westar for. you can see the damage done for the up in the capital only i6% of hospitals are fully functioning. an extra evacuation light for british nationals from port sudan on the red sea leaves later put up those not able to leave by plane are taking boats across to jeddah able to leave by plane are taking boats across tojeddah in saudi arabia. i've been speaking to michael dunford, the regional directorfor michael dunford, the regional director for eastern africa for the world food program. it's announced it'll continue its operations in sudan after they were suspended following the deaths of three of its team members in the conflict. at the humanitarian needs are so great now that we will put precautions in place, but we need to be operational. we need to be meeting our existing caseload and we were in fact already supporting over 7 million people across the country this year. we need to meet their needs and then we

are going to have to scale up our operations to make the increasing needs because of the conflict that you are seeing. before i start asking you about what precautions are in place for your own workers, tell me about what those immediate needs are? before the conflict even started we estimated there were 15.8 million people who were acutely hungry. we were trenches for at least half. that number obviously has increased, it is increasing quickly and we don't even know yet how many people need humanitarian support. that is just how bad the situation is. beyond sudan itself, we also see regional implications. we can see refugees moving into chat ——chad and saps it on. we know that the economy of south saddam is usually the bend on the situation on sudan itself. we also are concerned

about the regional dimensions for people in neighbouring countries as well. we talked about precautions for your own workers and it is important to get an idea of this, it is a hugely dangerous place right now and people turn to get out, what precautions are being taken and what kind of risks are workers for the w fp are taking now? we have reduced ourfootprint particularly in dark for an khartoum. many of our international staff particularly noncritical have been moved out. we have a core team who will continue to operate. they will be supported by the national staff who have indicated that they are prepared to meet

of their people. but the situation is extremely dangerous. we have seen incidents and we have experienced aids and looting of our office —— raids. so we are conscious of the risks but as the situation deteriorates we need to be there and we are now back in scaling up operations. what is your message not to the international community in terms of what needs to happen to first of all, bring peace but secondly, get as much aid as possible to the country? first, we need the cease—fire to hold. and we need peace in sudan. beyond that we are calling on all humanitarian donors and actors to not walk away, in fact to step up and engage in to ensure all that we have the capacity to respond to the needs as they grow. that picture you saw is a live picture of khartoum. it's about 615 in the evening local time. we wanted to show you because you can still

see those thick black plumes of smoke. another thing to look at, where's the electricity, where's the light? there is nothing. there is no electricity, no light, the city has been plunged into darkness. another night for its residents not knowing what the next day will bring. around the world and across the uk this is bbc news. look at this pay, it's actually beautiful. we have to be essential before we do anything to damage his environment. planning to capture and store these waters by pumping in magnesium hydroxide. it's got the community concerned with a question remaining why here? planetary says

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about small business. there could potentially be some sort of comment about what happened to the first republic bank. it is of course the third american lender to fail this year. some would say the banking crisis is well and truly not over. i don't know what our north america business correspondent things. what do you reckon? it’s business correspondent things. what do you reckon?— do you reckon? it's not really my lace to do you reckon? it's not really my place to offer— do you reckon? it's not really my place to offer an _ do you reckon? it's not really my place to offer an opinion - do you reckon? it's not really my place to offer an opinion on - do you reckon? it's not really my place to offer an opinion on the l place to offer an opinion on the stability of the american banking sector. i can tell you, what has happened over the weekend which led up happened over the weekend which led up to where we're now, first republic bank is now in fact known asjp morgan. the negotiations went through the weekend and into the way early hours of this morning. basically us regulators orchestrated this deal it'd asked for submissions from other banks proposals about who would want to buy the bank and what they would actually do and how much of it is willing to absorb. notjust

the assets but also those liabilities. in the and the us regulators decided thatj. p. morgan was in the best position to take over this bank.— over this bank. how worrying is this? what _ over this bank. how worrying is this? what many _ over this bank. how worrying is this? what many are _ over this bank. how worrying is this? what many are saying, i this? what many are saying, includin: this? what many are saying, including the _ this? what many are saying, including the ceo _ this? what many are saying, including the ceo of- this? what many are saying, including the ceo of]. i this? what many are saying, including the ceo of]. p. i this? what many are saying, i including the ceo of]. p. morgan is including the ceo ofj. p. morgan is saying, what we have done, we were asked by the us government to step in or by us regulators to step in and to help the american banking system. they have made it very clear or he has made it clear he believes the american banking system is sound. remember, when we had those other two collapses with as bb and signature bank, we also heard everyone from the treasury secretary to the president to other regulators reaffirmed that the american banking system is in fact say. and this is not reminiscent of the 2008 financial crisis. but that said,

remember, the banking crisis is really what pushed everyone into the financial crisis. that is quite worrying for many people. this financial crisis. that is quite worrying for many people. as always, thank ou worrying for many people. as always, thank you very _ worrying for many people. as always, thank you very much _ worrying for many people. as always, thank you very much indeed. - worrying for many people. as always, thank you very much indeed. our- thank you very much indeed. our business reporter. the united states continues to demand the release of the wall street journalists continues to demand the release of the wall streetjournalists evan the wall street journalists evan gershkovich the wall streetjournalists evan gershkovich who is being held in custody in russia. evan was detained on march 29 whilst on a reporting trip it and charged with espionage. at the white house correspondents dinner on saturday presidentjoe biden said we're working every day to secure his release. i'm joined now by gerchkovich's colleague — gordon fairclough, world coverage chief at the wall streetjournal.

where are we on efforts to get him released? it's been a struggle for washington to even get access to evan for that was denied last week in an effort by diplomats to go and meet him. we're hoping that that becomes more of an established routine. but certainly we're trying to keep his case front and centre and it certainly does seem to be a priority for the us government now. i think it was april 18 evan appeared in a russian court. how did he seem to you? he appeared in a russian court. how did he seem to you?— he seem to you? he looked like he lots a bit of — he seem to you? he looked like he lots a bit of did _ he seem to you? he looked like he lots a bit of did seem _ he seem to you? he looked like he lots a bit of did seem to _ he seem to you? he looked like he lots a bit of did seem to be - he seem to you? he looked like he lots a bit of did seem to be his i lots a bit of did seem to be his usual strong sell. —— lost a bit of weight. i can imagine how special this must be to end up on the receiving line of press coverage, of course he was in the courtroom with camera crews, including bbc where he was the story, which is a situation

i think many of us find uncomfortable.- i think many of us find uncomfortable. , , , ., ., uncomfortable. just explain to viewers, evan _ uncomfortable. just explain to viewers, evan is _ uncomfortable. just explain to viewers, evan isjust - uncomfortable. just explain to viewers, evan isjust a - uncomfortable. just explain to viewers, evan isjust a normal| viewers, evan isjust a normal everyday guy who became a journalist and developed an interest in russia and developed an interest in russia and was covering the region for you. that's right. his parents were sovietjewish immigrants to the united states. evan was born in the us but he grew up speaking russian at home. as he moved intojournalism after college he would give moscow try. he worked in moscow for quite a few years before coming to join us. he's incredibly well versed in the story. he came tojoin he's incredibly well versed in the story. he came to join the wall streetjournaljust before the start of the ukraine war last year. i street journaljust before the start of the ukraine war last year. i know ou told of the ukraine war last year. i know you told me — of the ukraine war last year. i know you told me that _ of the ukraine war last year. i know you told me that you _ of the ukraine war last year. i know you told me that you believed i of the ukraine war last year. i know you told me that you believed that l you told me that you believed that the fight to get evan out is ongoing for the what do you think the prospects are for potential prisoners swap? is prospects are for potential prisoners swap?— prospects are for potential prisoners swap? prospects are for potential

risoners swa? , ., ., prisoners swap? is out on the cards? the russian — prisoners swap? is out on the cards? the russian officials _ prisoners swap? is out on the cards? the russian officials have _ prisoners swap? is out on the cards? the russian officials have raised i the russian officials have raised this is a possibility. we certainly hope that it is. we saw what happened in the case of britney greiner and the prisoner exchange there. the question is, what the timeframe is and we would like it to be as soon as possible and to ensure that evan is safe and comfortable in the meantime. tell that evan is safe and comfortable in the meantime.— the meantime. tell me a little bit about what _ the meantime. tell me a little bit about what his _ the meantime. tell me a little bit about what his continued - the meantime. tell me a little bit i about what his continued detention, what kind of an impact that having on the people who work with him and his friends and family who i am sure you are in touch with. his his friends and family who i am sure you are in touch with.— you are in touch with. his friends and family _ you are in touch with. his friends and family are _ you are in touch with. his friends and family are incredibly - you are in touch with. his friends and family are incredibly strong. | you are in touch with. his friends. and family are incredibly strong. a lot of his closest friends are also correspondent to cover russia. i think this is awfully close to home for them. think this is awfully close to home forthem. most think this is awfully close to home for them. most of them, i think all of them not working in russia right now because of the risks. but still trying to cover the story from afar.

it obviously a strain for us here as well, we miss evan a lot and we were really like to get him back.— really like to get him back. really aood to really like to get him back. really good to talk _ really like to get him back. really good to talk to — really like to get him back. really good to talk to you. _ really like to get him back. really good to talk to you. world - really like to get him back. really l good to talk to you. world coverage chief of the world series to eight wall stjournal. thank you for taking the time to talk to us about this important story. i want to leave you with the latest live pictures coming to us from paris. made a pension protest, which we have been leading on here. you can see flames in the background for the can you see in that chart? what can i say? it all started relatively peacefully but later on in the day french police say that rioters, protesters threw pellets at them. they returned with tear gas and water cannons. protesters are angry about the latest pension reforms brought in by president macron which was signed into law two weeks ago and they are protesting through the streets of paris we will be across

the story as always, stay with us on the bbc. good evening. it's been pleasant enough in the sunshine today. but there have been a fair few sharp showers around and one or two will rumble on through this evening. yes, there are some sundry downpours around which carries on the unsettled theme, particularly across southern and eastern parts of england and wales, parts of canada have ——kent had their way march and aprilfor 90 years. but actually, some parts of the northwest have had rainfall below the average in temperatures during the day below the average once again as we started may. some cold arctic air is spilling southwards. so, any showers will fade away as we go to the evening and overnight, clear skies in the north leading to a frost. while further south,

it is more likely we will see it is more likely we will seemist and of fog filling in the gaps in some fog fog filling in the gaps in some fog as well as on the irish sea coasts. perhaps a little bit on the dull and murky side as we start our tuesday morning, even thick enough, some of the cloud in central and eastern areas for the odd spot of drizzle. but generally, it will tend to brighten up, we've got the sunshine already with us in the north. and bright for most, some sunshine, generally light winds, it won't be as mild as monday because we've introduced that chilly air, so particularly near the north sea coast, nines and tens and we have a little bit of rain creeping in from the west later. but that is not going to stop the pollen levels from being high across northern ireland, much of wales, and central and western parts of england during the day on tuesday. as we go through the evening on tuesday, we will find that weather frontjust brushing some renter northern ireland towards the south west of scotland. elsewhere in the clear skies, i think for the south, it is said to be quarter as we head towards wednesday morning. clear skies starting to come in here and it could be a bit

of patchy mist and fog around but it does mean that a greater prospect of more sunshine during the course of wednesday and actually start once the mist and murk clears away but there will be quite a bit of cloud around with her weakening weather front in the northern most parts of scotland, so it is a bit milder here but we have lost our sunshine. generally, it be quite a bit of cloud mulling around and that is for the rest of the week, it looks quite unsettled and low pressure to the west of us into the wind switched to the south or southwest flying up weather fronts away in showers or longer spells of rain at least temperatures should live towards the normal for the time of year but as you can see here, it is a fairly shower looking picture for the first week of may. as ever, there is more on the website.

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