questions about life, the universe of like a superpower or series? 42. the answer. almost every thing this week on d, w. ah, ah, ah, this is the w is life from berlin, mass protest, and france against planned pension reforms. clash was in the capitol as hundreds of thousands use traditional may de demonstrations to voice their anger at president macros plant to raise the retirement age. also on the program, ukraine, fives off,

a new wave of russian air strikes. a defense tracer fire lights up the skies over key this morning, as ukraine says, it destroyed more than a dozen incoming messiah morphing reported in sudan capital, despite rival military forces, agreeing to extend the ceasefire. the un wants of the humanitarian crisis is turning into a full blown catastrophe. ah, i'm fill gail. welcome to the program, workers across europe facing rising inflation of taken to the streets to mark the may day holiday. one of the largest demonstrations was in france, where police clashed with protesters on the streets of the capital. paris demonstrates his face tear gas from police as they expressed anger the government's decision. last month to raise the pension age from $62.00 to $64.00. hundreds of

thousands joined the march demanding higher salaries and better working conditions . correspondent rosie birch odd was among the protesters in paris and told me what was going on. miss looks to be the bra turn, i think is the main margin. the capital power is profound. people have been marching long before i along the route. i see that having police present national windows a fight, the light fire is burning on the streets. and i've also been approached by people say, with over at that plan to raise the minimum retirement age to the $64.00. i've spoken to plenty of people who feel the government isn't listen big, much about anger directed personally, toward french president. and who said he understand some of the anger over all

about this before, but said it's very much needed. he said, in order to make the whole system financially viable, a is a traditional day of workers protest around the world. this to that he's turn out the and from significantly bigger than you'd expect. well, you certainly are calling this historic and of course, particularly because of the contacts. it's probably just a couple of weeks after this ball was pop, pop under controversial circumstances because the french government use special powers to bypass the usual parliamentary city that might be expected. and i think there's a big question. a lot of the major vocalizations because we have protests over the last week about 4, but numbers me a 2nd please. what will be the longer term followed all these. all these are definitely see here what i was i spoke you said the only way to keep it for me the far right. it been all the fury of some of those who are supposed to

do here. thank you for about rosie, rosie bertot and paris. russia has 5 another hours of missiles targeting cities across ukraine. cave says its air defenses shut down most of the projectiles, but at least 34 people were injured. the strikes came as ukraine prepared to launch a counter offensive to recapture territory seized by moscow. this eastern jacqueline in city of barb lou here, arg was struck twice by russia. miss islas over night, air strikes destroyed dozens of private houses and is parked a mess of fire bottles under this bush for you. and i saw another spark. i thought we should get out of the house. we were in the hallway putting on our shoes when both doors were smashed by the explosions. then there was

a fire. i ran outside and saw that the grass was destroyed. everything was on fire glass shots everywhere. had we been outside, we would have been killed this university, not more than not move you offish and see dozens including children for wounded in recent attacks. many residents are still frightened. we took always good. she looked good, he thought we rushed the whole way and lay on the floor at the guy a walnut, and then the explosion waved twist at the door itself. don't. we would have been trapped. he, if we stayed for 5 more seconds, then there were more explosion ways soon when i don't know what happened to the door, but it wasn't easy to get inside the room. we did not sleep at night and in the morning my child will need psychological help. it's harder in the morning air defense dress or fire lit up these guys or will give,

what do you get in? in military said, it shut down 15 of the 18 cruise missiles fired across the country. it's the latest wave of fresh and added strikes. and many places far from the front lines are being targeted across ukraine. why correspondent nick conway in. keith told me more about the russian attacks. well, as you mentioned, there no casualties in care, but certainly a lot more activity you. why did your graphy than just give wasn't 30 people wounded in the east, the country near the stiff new pro. oh, it's believe they live near an industrial facility and that this was kind of collateral damage, people suffering from smoking relation and also from the explosion window being blown out of their friends. there was a more recently in recent hours we've heard more detail about other attacks, other missiles in the west, the country, there's a torment on so many ski. so it does seem like there is some kind of logic behind

these attacks, but it certainly comes as a shock after basically the best part to month without attacks beyond the front lines. and people here and key of now very coach the fact that those arid warnings are very serious indeed. yet why is russia now intensifying those attacks given this low that there's been what i think most kind of experienced analysts the most to normally reliable. they kind of say that this is just because russia can russia use a huge number of christmas cells over the winter, over the birth 1st part of this here, attacking ukraine's energy infrastructure. that didn't work out how it didn't go out. the light didn't go out here, you grant, and we were seeing russian missiles being picked up on the fields of ukraine with serial numbers indicates they've been produced a couple of weeks before and basically been set straight the front lines. and now the expectation is that basically they were able to build up a bit of a supply to produce more to maybe get some new spare parts past those sanctions. speculation that some of the spare parts might be coming from iran and that this is

now just part of russia's continue campaign to try and put pressure psychologically on ordinary ukrainians. far away from the front lines in the hope that they might push their government to come some kind of arrangement with the russians. i'm what news from the back road near at nick, where the ground battle has been most intense. always hearing above awful, huge casualties on the russian side. this is also been law report about conflict within the russian forces between the wagner mercenary group and the regular russian army within between wagner and other mercenary groups operating there. and there is a sense that this is getting incredibly difficult, the criminal, they just not picking up the successes that they desperately need. the cranes are still holding on to they are still be in a position to protect their main route in and out. but it has be said that russia controlled by most estimate by 80 percent of the city. so it is a question of when, rather than if russia takes hold about mood. but for now, it seems like ukraine losses are much less than what russia is investing. there for

not much of a kind of strategic gate. okay, thank you for that may commonly in keith. meanwhile, the european union has struck a deal to end, or rather had been blocking imports of ukrainian agricultural products. here, states bordering ukraine had been torn between helping their neighbor and protecting their own farmers, leading some of them to introduce import bands. the you hopes to keep the grain trucks from ukraine on the go. and europe, united ukraine had long been a big agricultural exporter. but russia's invasion changed that with its black see ports partly blocked. ukraine got their products to market, surround the world overland through europe, and the e. u. wave tariffs on ukrainian goods to help

but farm, as nice in europe complained that they were being left with mountains of unsold produce and that the availability of cheaper ukrainian grains damaged their business. poland normally a staunch ally of ukraine, even bond imports unilaterally leaving long lines of ukrainian trucks stuck at the border. in april. he cranes foreign ministry called the restrictions on its grain exports via the e. you quote, categorically, unacceptable. the agreement aims to let ukrainian agricultural products travel through the e u, but allow poland, romania, bulgaria, slovakia, and hungary to impose internal temporary restrictions on some grain. plus it gives the option to restrict more produce and future. at the same time,

it lets ukrainian goods into the you without tariffs for another year, mr. to those success when you, i think this is a success for the european union that it was possible to reach a compromise solution of and get out of this crisis, which seemed to be potentially dangerous economically. and also politically. the issue that compromise solution may get the truck leaving again and e, you lead is paid. it will maintain the image of the year at united in the pool for ukraine is look at the more storage making news around the world. will start in bulgaria where the chief prosecutor, ivan gash, f, a survived an assassination attempt unharmed official se combo was on route to sophia. when a bomb exploded by the side of the road, protesters of accused him of failing to tackle corruption and of called for his

resignation. e jean carol has returned to the witness stand in her rape case against a former us president donald trump. the trial, i resumed after the judge denied request by mr. trump lawyer for a mis trial, because of the judges alleged to bias. it's a trump is accused of raping miss carol in a department store dressing room in 1906. officials in the states of virginia, maine and florida are assessing the damage from major storms over the weekend. the city of virginia beach declare the state of emergency after tornadoes went through the area, damaging dozens of homes, causing gas leaks. and bringing down trees of un set top official in sudan says the country's warring generals have agreed to send representatives to potential negotiations. ok, pets, a set b talks could be held in saudi arabia. i would focus 1st on establishing a durable truce. classes are still being reported in the capital. how to,

despite the agreement between rival military forces to extend a ceasefire. the un says the violence is turning a humanitarian crisis into a full blown catastrophe. 8 tons of medical supplies, enough to treat over a 1000 injured people. i hope this will be only the 1st of a number of vouchers doug will come. we'll be extremely crucial for the hospital to the hospitals to be able to cater for the needs of thousands of people that are flocking to their doors and waiting to get medical assistance. but the conflict shows no sign of easing. shortly after the warring parties agreed to 72, our truce violence broke out again in the capital harton. while foreign governments are scrambling to evacuate their nationals, thousands of sudanese are seeking refuge in neighboring countries. but many

have no choice but to hide in their homes. amid rapidly deteriorating conditions, muscular we hear the sounds of artillery it can fall in the street in front all the one behind. when maria, shall we have to sleep on the floor. there is no water, electricity, there is no food, nothing more murphy for her. in addition to food shortages and yos, war and that sedans health care system is on the brink of collapse or nike for all li, i'd get many working and trained minds in the health care sector are fleeing sudan to my book on there is a withdrawal of many engineers and non ingenious due to direct attacks. by all means, it's a disaster leg a much more by shot at abilene, fiarty, and one of them, or even before the fighting rocked it a 3rd of should a nice were dependent on some form of humanitarian assistance. now fears are

growing that a prolong conflict could spread to the broader region. it has suffered multiple conflict in the past decade and climate change has left its deadly mark as well. with severe drought and one of the world's worst food insecurity, crisis. ha! as the country moves deeper into crisis, sudanese people are abroad are calling for international action to end the violence . that's it. you're up to date bread. god will have more world news at the top of the hour next on the w close up at taking a look at alternative to palm oil. in order to safeguard the rain forest. good. on the green. you feel worried about the planet meeting on neil, host of the on the green fence podcast and to me it's clear remains to trade g.