we can go to andrew simmons who's joining us live now. so we were, i was going to ask you, if we were expecting big numbers, it looks from the pictures as though they might be, can you give us an idea of what the turn out is like andrew mark cool. i think you can see from the yeah, how big the turnout here is in paris, but it can be measured right across the country. because even in small provincial towns, a lot of people are taking to the streets are to make it quite clear that they don't accept this reform program on pensions. and on the retirement age, they want to see a complete review, if not a rejection in parliament of all of these reforms and the heat is ready, rising right now. everything is peaceful. it would seem that there is an intention to put more and more pressure on their strikes, as i say, right across the country. and we're now hearing that there will be a general day of action lot across the country on march, the 7th, a general strike, which will bring the whole country to a halt. and who is there any indication at all

well, my colleague andrew simmons was in chief of the day the invasion started. he looks back on how it all unfolded. it had been predicted, but it seemed quite surreal. waking up at 5 am to the sound of bombings and missile strikes. this was all out war. what have you been hearing and saying they're in the ukrainian capital a loud explosion, sir, or something like 7 now, to in the past few minutes, are we on there again now a crump come daylight. a ghastly picture was emerging. what we were hearing about ground forces is, is not good. ah, the russian invasion was lost with terrifying speed and against a wide range of targets. right across the country. the long military build up around the cranes borders. finally, a least fight holder of the kremlin, with helicopter gun ships. fighter jets miss isles tanks, convoys of armored vehicles are all involved in what russia calls a military operation. single, there's armor columns may be think back to ran about 16 hours before the invasion when we visited border troops in san cuba near czerny heath. it was one of the 3 e

andrew simmons has more from those demonstrations in the french capital. this is a 4th day of action. and right now there's a battle for hearts and minds. opinion polls consistent and around 70 percent of the country supporting this sort of action 4 days ago. the numbers were reduced according to police, that it's hope by the organizers is going to change here. for example, in paris, rail workers haven't been striking to allow the metro and other lines allow more people in. furthermore, right across the country, we're seeing people in provincial towns in bigger numbers now. so emanuel micron does seem to have a major problem, will it subside? it's unlikely people are hopping mad about the retirement age, for example, across europe. it's a higher age, but the people here say they will accept nothing else but 62 years of age to retire . already walk 4. 04 to 2 years. right now. i don't, i don't want to walk more this again, the pension reform because he eats and other a talk from my combs government against a young people, but also workers in france. despite

while andrew simmons is live for us outside shall headquarters in london. these profits are going to be great for the shareholders than not going to make a lot of people very happy. are they a certainly not as a coral solved process right across the country are ordinary people who really are finding it hard to find enough money for their energy bills right now. seeing these profits the highest in shells, history, a 115 years, a double of what they were the year before. and it also the question on everyone's lips is, what about the windfall tax? why has this impacted shell more and other energy companies with their results? yet to be published. so at what is being asked is this the energy windfall tax was introduced by richey sooner or as prime minister when i was around 25 percent or it was seen to be very ineffective. i was since in the autumn statement raised to 35 percent, but there are so many loopholes to this tax and which includes the fact that it only applies to the actual exploration of oil and the whole process of getting oil and gas processed and

andrew simmons is more now from shells headquarters in london. these extraordinary figures, some shells headquarters here in london. of course a chorus of outrage in the u. k. and elsewhere, and a bonanza for investors. that weiss, the amount of profit from 2021 ninty, $40000000000.00 an hour out of that tax has been paid. this is a special windfall tax from the u. k. of only around a 134000000 was projected 420225 shell initially. but now they're saying it's around about 500000000 for 2023. really. this is miniscule according to the labor opposition compared to what they really should be paying. and that's because of a whole series of, of loopholes which include the fact the only money paid on extraction of oil and gas is subject to the tax and not what you pay on the, for court, for petrol and diesel up. furthermore, it's, it's argued that shell is, is trying every way possible not to pay the tax and also resisting it in several quarters. the opposition to all of this isn't just political. it's also from the, all of the strikes that are taking

andrew simmons is joining us now . live from outside, shall headquarters in london. and i would imagine these profits are great for shareholders, but they're going to make a lot of people very angry as well. most certainly a chorus of protest and outrage, our wall investors really aren't bonanza with these record figures of profits. we're looking at up really a double last year and the highest in a 115 years of history of shell, the headquarters for hind me now in terms of the protest it, it's, it's centers on climate campaigners people right across the country who are really worried about their high energy bills, the profits are due to the ukraine. war, rushes up, moves towards oil prices and gas prices are the primary reasons or towards a this will a large amount of money to say the least. now the central point of protest is that the so called windfall tax that the u. k. has imposed on energy companies that the labor party, the opposition party say it's far too weak because there are so many loopholes. for instance, it's only taxing at the extraction of oil and gas

andrew simmons reporting from paris in eastern time across the republic of congo, there has been fighting between the colonies, army and m. 23 fighters near the town, a saki that some 20 kilometers west from the regional capital goma. it comes a day after and $23.00 fighters advanced closer to sack a prompting thousands to flee their homes. east african leaders have called for an immediate cease fire. awesome web as the latest we all me says it. now fi thing with m 23. about 20 kilometers m. 23 widely understood to be back by neighboring one. congress army said it's fighting rwandan soldiers. he up in the hell they run the denies backing the group now on thursday, when him $23.00 vices of tax, very close to saw k, which is just here. thousands of people, as you mentioned, sled along this road. and many of those playing that we spoke to that that can lead soldiers had initially fled as well that before reinforcements were brought in and the attack was repelled are going to stand aside. so we can take a look at where we are. but there's a barrier put across the road, a bronze of a tree, and