bethany bell is in paris for us. this afternoon. of different protests going on at the moment, just talk us through what is happening. well, the most dramatic _ through what is happening. well, the most dramatic one _ through what is happening. well, the most dramatic one at _ through what is happening. well, the most dramatic one at the _ through what is happening. well, the most dramatic one at the moment i through what is happening. well, the most dramatic one at the moment is | most dramatic one at the moment is this one you are seeing pictures of, in western france. this was a demonstration that has been planned for a while. it was or is expected to attract radical protesters and we have seen at least two police vehicles in flames —— always expected. we understand police have used tear gas so that protesters have —— and also, protesters have their fireworks at police. and there has also been use of water cannon. and this of course is a separate protest from the very big protests we have seen against president macron�*s pension

the bbc�*s bethany bell is in paris with the latest.that report there, there are demonstrations planned in the west of france on the separate issue is to water reservoirs. but the concern for the government is that this willjoin up with the people who are angry about the pension reforms and the protests will widen still further. the sense of anger against president macron is very, very strong and marked here among many, many french people who feel he has acted beyond and above what he should have done. {lila feel he has acted beyond and above what he should have done. 0k, well, sta with what he should have done. 0k, well, stay with us. — what he should have done. 0k, well, stay with us, bethany, _ what he should have done. 0k, well, stay with us, bethany, because - what he should have done. 0k, well, stay with us, bethany, because i- stay with us, bethany, because i just want to show our view is something which has been making the headlines, the president —— the question of president macron�*s watch. he has been criticised after he remo

bethany bell is in paris for us. t more do we know at this stage about any further protests?— this stage about any further rotests? ~ ~ ., ., protests? well, we know that protesters — protests? well, we know that protesters are _ protests? well, we know that protesters are gathering - protests? well, we know that protesters are gathering in i protests? well, we know that - protesters are gathering in western france to protest against this planned reservoirfor france to protest against this planned reservoir for agricultural purposes. and it is tapping into this general sense of anger in france at the moment. so on top of all the anger that has been mounting over president macron�*s pension reforms, the government is worried that the other things will feed into that the other things will feed into that and rather like with the yellow vest movement a few motives —— a few years ago, the sense of anger will just continue to increase. and president macron has said that with security forces having discovered things which wo

we will get more on that stray from our correspondent, bethany bell, shortly.blished more leaked whatsapp messages about the former health secretary, matt hancock. they appear to show that mr hancock and his staff agonised for hours over whether or not he broke covid guidance when he kissed his aide. mr hancock also criticises the then chancellor's eat out to help out scheme. the revelations come as mps investigating the conduct of the former prime minister borisjohnson, say he may have misled parliament multiple times over gatherings at downing street during the pandemic. for the latest on this store here's our political correspondent helen catt. well, the latest batch are selected messages from over several months. and, of course, it's worth bearing in mind that the infection picture was changing over that time. but it seems to suggest there's a suggestion in a message from the cabinet secretary in october that borisjohnson hadn't been convinced of the need for action. about a week before the second lockdown in england happened, there were also messages from

the bbc bethany bell.reds of schoolgirls in the country have been targeted, in an apparent poison gas attack. schools in at least 15 provinces were attacked on saturday. the incidents have been happening since november but have spread in scope and scale over the past week. nobody has been arrested and public anger is continuing to grow. you may find some of this report by parham ghobadi distressing. mass poisoning of schoolgirls in iran, possibly with toxic gas. numerous schools in several provinces across the country were attacked on saturday. students who have fallen ill are being taken into an ambulance in karaj, a city near capital, tehran. this girl says she can't breathe. here in southern iran, some are taken into a hospital while coughing. hospitals are packed. a girl shouts. the principal is nowhere to be found. a student from tehran told us despite the smell of gas, they were kept indoors for a while. translation: they wouldn't let us leave the classrooms first, i although everyone was smelling th

the bbc�*s bethany bell has been monitoring events for us in vienna.sued a joint statement which says that iran is prepared to give more information and more access to un nuclear inspectors who've been looking into past nuclear work by iran. and this announcement was made after a two day visit by the head of the iaea, rafael grossi. and he said this included reinstalling monitoring equipment in some sites, including cameras. now, the iaea has also, in a separate development, been concerned about the discovery of traces of highly enriched uranium at one of iran's underground nuclear site at fordow. and the concern about this is because weapons—grade enriched uranium is 90%. and what was discovered at fordow was 84%. and we know now, mr grossi says, that there will be 50% more inspections at fordow to try to get to the bottom of this. iran says that its nuclear programme is peaceful. and although it did acknowledge that there could have been what it called unintended fluctuations at fordow. mr grossi said he hoped that this was a new phase in relations b

earlier our paris correspondent bethany bell sent us this update.1 the big action which took place on thursday where was over1 million people took to the streets all over france. this weekend has been much quieter than that, but we have seen this demonstration in western france, a demonstration about a separate issue, the use of water. there were some scenes where we saw protesters throwing molotov cocktails and stones at police. several police cars were set on fire, police used tear gas, and we are told that at least one policeman and protester were gravely injured. what was interesting to see in that protest was that some of the demonstrators there were making links between their cause and then this bigger cause of upset and anger about the president's engine reforms. 0ne about the president's engine reforms. one man said we are making a lane, it is the same fight for water and ourfight for work. there is a sense of a very angry country, there have been small scale demonstrations across france today, and of course another day of national action, t

bethany bell is in paris for us. hello.t you are hearing about plans for more demonstrations? as you had in that report, there are demonstrations planned in the west of france on the separate issue, the question of water reservoirs. but the concern for the government is this willjoin up with the people who are angry about the pension reforms and that the protest will widen still further the sense of anger against president macron, very strongly marked it among many french people who feel he has acted beyond and above what he should have done. stay there, bethany. president macron has also been criticised after he removed a luxury watch during an interview about pension changes. it is worth up to 80,000 euros. his team say the watch is worth 3000 euros. here's what happened. this is mr macron speaking during the interview, we've circled the watch. bang. you can hear it �*knock�* on the table, he has removed the watch. mr macron�*s team insisted the removal was entirely innocent. he removed it because it was bashing against t

bethany bell is in paris for us. what is the latest on these protests today? the know, what is the latest on these protests today?— know, what is the latest on these protests today? the situation seems to have calm — protests today? the situation seems to have calm somewhat _ protests today? the situation seems to have calm somewhat from - protests today? the situation seems to have calm somewhat from a - protests today? the situation seems to have calm somewhat from a few l to have calm somewhat from a few hours ago when we saw protesters hurling molotov cocktails at police. we saw police cars on fire, we saw the police using tear gas against the police using tear gas against the protesters. just a little while ago france's interior minister has said that there have been injured, at least one policeman seriously injured and at least one protests are seriously injured. these demonstrations of course, about a separate issue about water usage. it was interesting to see that some of the protesters were there today are be

let's get more on the talks with the bbc�*s bethany bell. she joins us from vienna. we have an agreement in place. however, this follows lea ks, agreement in place. however, this follows leaks, embarrassing leaks from the iaea. who was reaching out to who? ~ . ., ., ., ._ from the iaea. who was reaching out to who? ~ . ., ., ., , to who? what we have heard today is an agreement — to who? what we have heard today is an agreement between _ to who? what we have heard today is an agreement between iran - to who? what we have heard today is an agreement between iran and - to who? what we have heard today is an agreement between iran and the l an agreement between iran and the iaea to allow more inspections of iran's nuclear programme. the iaea has for a very long time been trying to get to the bottom up certain aspects of iran's past nuclear work. now this joint statement between iran and the iaea says that iran will provide more access to un inspectors and that they will also be able to speak to people they have been wanting to speak to for some time. this also, the iaea

well, a little earlier i spoke to our paris correspondent, bethany bell, and she gave me the latest one bit earlier this afternoon we saw in those separate protests in western france, some scenes where several police cars were on fire, where police were clashing with protesters, tear gas was fired. and it was a scene of some violence. we were also getting reports that there were injuries in those protests. that particular situation seems to be calming down for the moment. the organisers of the protests say that three of their people, the protesters, have been seriously injured and we are also getting reports of some injuries of policemen. this, of course, a separate protest from the huge days of national action that had been called against president macron�*s plan for his pension reforms. but of course, all of this coming at a time of general social unrest. people here are very much on high alert still, here in paris and around the country. tensions are very high. you mentioned president macron. a lot of people have been talking about a specific watch of his. talk me through that. i th

earlier our paris correspondent bethany bell sent us this update.t is where over 1 place here was thursday and that is where over1 million people took to the streets all over france. this weekend has been much quieter to enact, but we have seen, as you mentioned, this demonstration in western france. a demonstration about a separate issue, the use of water. but there was some scenes where we saw protesters throwing molotov cocktails and stones at police. several police cars were set on fire. police used tear gas and we are told by the authorities that at least one policeman and one protester were gravely injured. and what was interesting as well to see in that protest in western france was that some of the demonstrators there where making links between their cause and then there's bigger because of upset and anger about president microns pension reforms. 0ne president microns pension reforms. one man said, we are making a link. it is the same fights, our fight for water and ourfight for work. so there is a sense here a very angry country, there have

bethany bell is in paris for us. in terms of the scale of damage, just take us through that.rms of the scale of damage, just take us through that. well the bi da of just take us through that. well the big day of action — just take us through that. well the big day of action that _ just take us through that. well the big day of action that took - just take us through that. well the big day of action that took place i big day of action that took place here was thursday and that's where over a million people took to the streets over france. this weekend has been much quieter than that, but we have seen, as you mentioned, this demonstration in western france. i demonstration in western france. i demonstration about a separate issue, the use of water, but there were some scenes where we saw protesters throwing molotov cocktails and stones at police. several police cars were set on fire. police used tear gas, and we are told by the authorities that at least one policeman and one protester were gravely injured. what was interesting as well to see in that protest in western france wa

the bbc�*s bethany bell has been monitoring events for us in vienna.iea has issued a joint statement which says that iran is prepared to give more information and more access to you and nuclear inspectors who have been looking into past nuclear work by i ron. this announcement was made after a two—day visit of grossi which included reinstalling monitoring devices which included cameras. now the iaea has also been concerned about the discovery of highly enriched uranium at one of iran's underground nuclear sites and concern about this is because weapons grade enriched uranium is at 90% and what was discovered was 84%, we know now that mr grossi says there will be 50% more inspections to try to get to the bottom of this. this, iran says, their nuclear programme says is peaceful though it did acknowledge that there could have been what it called unintended fluctuations at the facility. mr grossi said he hoped this was a new phase in relations between iran and iaea saying he had concrete steps agreed to hear, but meant other countries may be more sceptical

bethany bell is in paris for us.h what is happening and what you are hearing at the moment.— at the moment. well, a little bit earlier this _ at the moment. well, a little bit earlier this afternoon _ at the moment. well, a little bit earlier this afternoon we - at the moment. well, a little bit earlier this afternoon we saw - at the moment. well, a little bit earlier this afternoon we saw in | earlier this afternoon we saw in those separate protests in western france, some scenes where several police cars were on fire, where police cars were on fire, where police were clashing with protesters, tear gas was fired. it was a scene of some violence. we were also getting reports that there were also getting reports that there were injuries in those protests. that particular situation seems to be calming down for the moment. the organisers of the protests say that three of their people, the protesters, have been seriously injured and we are getting reports of some injuries of policeman. this, of some injuries of policeman

earlier i spoke to our paris correspondent bethany bell and she explained the background of the protestsmost dramatic one at the moment is this one we are seeing pictures of in western france, this was a demonstration that has been planned for a while. it was always expected to attract radical protesters, and we've seen at least two police vehicles in flames. we understand that police have used tear gas, and that police have used tear gas, and that protesters have thrown fireworks at police, and there has also been use of water cannon. this is a separate protest from the very big protests we have seen against president macron�*s pension reforms. of course, it adds to the general atmosphere of anger, of uncertainty here in france, and a sense that many protesters are angry, and that it might develop a situation where you see generalised anger fuelling the pension reform protests. we are still looking — the pension reform protests. we are still looking at _ the pension reform protests. we are still looking at those _ the pension reform protests. we are still looking at those pictures - the