christian frazier, bbc news. >> good to have you with us. stay with us, if you can. much more, of course, from the rescue operation in july. the rescue of the first minor is imminent. first, the second day of an inquest into how 52 people died in training and boston bombings in london two years ago. >> shedding more light on the confusion and chaos after the bombs went off. the first explosion, the court was told that the train driver could hear his passengers screaming, but he could not respond. the public address system had gone down. the first ambulance arrived 24 minutes after the bomb went off. this is because the ambulance service had been given the wrong address by the underground network. the force of the blast was such that one of the six passengers killed here was blown through the side of the carriage. his body was found on the track. the largest number of casualties were in the explosion between king's cross and russell square. we are told that the fire brigade was an eastbound rather than westbound train. it was only when the first wounded passenger appe

joining me from paris is our correspondent, christian frazier. the people of paris must be getting used to the strikes by now. >> the fourth major protest in just over one month, it seems that they will be splitting up in a short while. following hundreds, possibly thousands of people, unions are expecting perhaps over 3 million people to take to the streets around france. can they build up enough momentum forced the government into a u-turn? it seems unlikely at this point in time. last night the senate voted for one of the key elements, raising the age for people in a full attention. >> has president sarkozy not given a concession for more money into the bill? >> he has, presumably that is what the unions are looking for. we might have 24 rolling strikes. in particular there are sectors with rolling strikes in the energy sector that is fairly clear with oil refineries and a long winded process that is going on. going into the third week, one of the biggest oil companies here is saying that its operations will continue with major oil refineries