are the opponents of the reform ready to accept any decision of the constitutional council.onents of the reform intend in any case to continue their protests about this the day before and have already announced today, both the opposition and the trade unions the day before in order to avoid unrest after the announcement. after the consideration of this text of the bill by the constitutional councils, the prefect of police of paris stated that any public events and speeches will be banned outside the building of the constitutional council. in this regard. all the same, security measures were taken , increased security measures, reinforced outfits. you gendarmerie are on duty directly at the building with iron bars blocked, both the entrance to the buildings and the passage to the nearest streets about 10 vans about the police and shantars, on duty, then this building is parked, by the way, a water cannon. uh, the representatives of law enforcement themselves are dressed in protective uniforms. journalists also saw military weapons with them, increased measures security have b

the city hall, the hotel deville, which is aboutjust a few hundred metres from where the constitutional councilix. but metres from where the constitutional council six. but that is heavily protected, and no one is allowed to go anywhere near there. the news has filtered in. it's obviously a disappointment to everyone around here, because people who are opposed to the law have been banking on the constitutional council coming out with some kind of sense year of the law. they were hoping for a complete sense year. what they've got instead is something that is very partial, only us a few small mino elements have been censured by the constitutional council, and the big story is of course that the main points, raising the pension age from 62 to 64 remains. the council said that that was not a problem. that was in conformity with the constitution and so there was no reason for it to strike it down. the reaction here, to be honest with you, it's kind of unclear. the mood is one of defiance still. the few people we have spoken to in the last minute have said the fight goes on, and i see from the reacti

the constitutional court council, behind me, has decided that large parts of this reform are constitutional. and also this, the procedure, the special fast track procedure. this law has been peg to that is a budget law. procedure is actually a valid thing to do. however, the government will need to look into as some part of the law, 6 paragraphs that have been rejected because they are saying the exist so called sat at the wise people behind me are saying that these paragraphs are piggybacking, the actual own that is not constitutional. when it comes to the 2nd part of the decision, there was a demand for a referendum. the constitutional counselor has said that this is not not valid because actually the referendum was on the question. if the minimum retirement age should always stay at $62.00, and as that is already the case in the french constitution, it could not be considered a reform mind you. the position has already filed another demand for a referendum that would introduce a new measures and the constitution council will decide on that 2nd demand on the 3rd of may. right? so massive

and now we are waiting for the decision of the constitutional council. imagine that he will say that the reform is in accordance with the law. and that we should stop. no, we will continue to take to the streets until it is withdrawn, while street actions still lose some momentum, at least today the prefecture. paris claimed that only 42,000 french people came out on the street, although the unions insist on four. uh, the police also reported that 25 people were there are arrests, injured in these confrontations, a similar situation with a decrease in statistics in other cities. and there, too , there are already reports of the wounded and injured in particular. in nat , two injured police officers and two injured demonstrators are reported. tonight , representatives of the trade unions are already holding another meeting to agree on the next strike day. yes regina thanks to the protests in france, regina sevastyanova told us the prosecutor general's office of poland launched a large-scale investigation for fraud farmers are on strike against the import

we get the judgment, that is the constitutional council and that is when we will learn the result. ent of president macron to raise the legal age up to 64 from 62. we thought it was happening in about five minutes, but the reuters news agency reporting, and we were expecting it to drop online and french television, so everyone going with this, that france's constitutional court has cleared the plans by the government of emmanuel macron and they have also rejected the bid, we had from our guest earlier, for the call for a referendum. that is major breaking news, which i am sure it isjust emerging and getting to those crowds that are there in the capital. the crowds that have been protesting for two and a half months and a lot of hope they had that the courts would strike it down, make president macron think again. let me take you back to the pictures of the crowds, because those are the ones we should keep an eye on. they have been waiting for those decisions and those remarks from the constitutional court. the government has won the day and there were indications that perhaps that i

tonight, the constitutional council gave a green light to raising the retirement age from 62 to 64. d the pension bill through parliament without a vote, using a special constitutional power. joe inwood's in paris. chanting so, one of the most significant political decisions in modern french history is currently taking place in that building, the constitutional council, a group of french political grandees deciding whether the pension reforms are president macron are in—line the french constitution. and what they're trying to do is to raise the age at which french people retire from 62 to 64. it's been met with huge opposition right across the country. as you can see, for the moment, they're trying to keep that opposition away. butjust down that road, thousands of protesters are coming to have their voices heard. today, i think we are in a democratic crisis in france, because the government has to force the bill. so i think if the government doesn't withdraw the bill, even if the constitutional council say it's ok, it will be a really ungovernable country in france. what are they boo

announced its decision to raise the retirement age, approved by the constitutional council noteshat the legislator intended to ensure the financial balance of the pay-as-you-go pension system. and thus guarantee its stability. in particular. taking into account the increase in life expectancy, part of the text the council blocked and rejected the proposal of the left to hold a referendum, so the decision of the constitutional council shows that it is more attentive to the necessary presidential monarchy than to the needs of a sovereign people. struggle. continues. we must concentrate our powers of the legal authorities may call it their victory for the law. now it can take effect within two days. experts believe that in political terms it will be extremely difficult for the president and the current government to ignore the street, many do not rule out a social explosion . anatoly lysenko, he directed the program look, invented the field of miracles, was the general director of the all-russian state television and radio broadcasting company, took part in the creation of the tv ce

the demonstrators have already blocked the approaches to the country's constitutional council .ditionally, the barricades were built from garbage containers. it is expected that the protest action in france will become the most massive this year, according to forecasts, up to 800,000 people will take part in the march, let me remind you. tomorrow the country's constitutional council is to announce a decision on the compliance of the scandalous pension reform legislation. ursula fonderlei the most likely candidate for the post of nato secretary general despite her recent disastrous visit to china such opinions in the program say don't be silent, analyst, bc andrey chernobay shared the conversation in the studio turned to a rapidly changing world and the concept of national security. belarus is our country. she is the intersection of the confrontation of global players. geopolitics. in this regard, it is overdue, the need to update approaches in ensuring speech security. there was also a confrontation between the east and the west and the role of ukraine in this process e. if the

does the pension reform of the legislation today decide the constitutional council? the belarusian sound of pushkin’s work in the yakub kolas museum excerpts on the move and the most famous creations of the russian classic of belarus russia spends billions of dollars on importing components that can be produced on their own cooperation in industry needs to be strengthened, our president said the day before at a meeting with the head of tatarstan this is one of the most economically developed subjects of the neighboring country, and kazan is accepted to call it the third capital of russia, we have long-standing ties in tatarstan, several enterprises with the participation of belarusian capital have established the assembly of our tractors, but today's realities open up new opportunities for cooperation , the president is convinced our countries need more import-substituting industries a good industrial base. minsk kazan will make it possible to implement such projects. the belarusians of russia annually supply over $19 billion in the corresponding products to the mark

french protesters stormed the louis vuitton apartment in paris blocked the approaches to the constitutional council. hello could you sell your kidney, how ukrainian swindlers breed belarusians about the work of criminal half-centers. belarus russia needs to speed up cooperation in industry, especially in the field of mechanical engineering , our president said today at a meeting with the head of tatarstan belarusian capital has established the assembly of our tractors, but today's reality opens up new opportunities for cooperation, the president is convinced our countries need import-substituting production. good the industrial base of minsk kazan will make it possible to implement new projects. we are making a very big stake between saturn and russia on the industrial one. sphere that is why the president of russia and i once again paid special attention during bilateral talks and last week's supreme state council meeting in moscow to this particular area. as a result, we see joint work. created, say, 20 years ago , the limited liability company mtz tatarstan today is a kind of hub for the sale of

forthe on the french constitutional council. for the moment, on the french constitutional council.he's met the irish prime minister and president and is due to address the irish parliament. do you know when proceedings are likely to get under way? we do you know when proceedings are likely to get under way?— likely to get under way? we were told he is pretty _ likely to get under way? we were told he is pretty close. _ likely to get under way? we were told he is pretty close. he - likely to get under way? we were told he is pretty close. he was i told he is pretty close. he was originally due here at about half past three local time. it is now about an hour later. people have had about an hour later. people have had a little bit longer to wait. but nonetheless, there has certainly been a sense of anticipation building here all afternoon at the irish parliament in the centre of dublin. people, as you would expect, having lining the streets of the city centre, to try to catch a glimpse of the presidential motorcade, just beyond the gates here, i can see that a crowd has gathered, jus

than 130 mass actions are expected today the majority will pass in the evening after the constitutional councilnces the decision. is the pension reform legal all approaches to the council building under the control of the police manifestation in the area. paris banned each of the nine judges under heavy guard. let me remind you that the french government, bypassing parliament, passed a law on raising the retirement age, and from less than a year the opposition considers this a violation of the constitution the leader of the country's largest trade union said that if the constitutional council approves the reform , mass protests will continue our mood - it is determination and willingness to fight. this law has many shortcomings in the legal and social spheres and the parliament did not vote on this bill, the constitutional council is left with nothing else. how to reject this document completely or partially offline? now the head of the press service of the president is on our agenda today, an important issue in today's emergency situation , we are talking about russia's information security vl

but it will let me move on report on the decision of the constitutional council. whatever they are.'m going to proceed. the country must continue to move forward to work and face the challenges of the unions for the twelfth time bring the protesters to a nationwide action. whatever the decision of the constitutional council, i believe that we must continue the mobilization, because this text of the law should not be adopted, it was not approved by 70% of the french. this text. no legitimacy , a majority in the national assembly voted for him. france froze in anticipation of a key moment, the decision of the text, which the authorities dragged through the forces without discussion in the lower house of parliament, should be made constitutional. council today the entrance was filled up with rubbish, it was eventually removed and it was forbidden to get the bernard news paris france the kremlin said that the prospects for the direction of the grain deal quote is not very good moscow fulfills its obligations, but its requirements under the agreement the west ignore in the middle noted t

the constitutional council members are appointed for nine years, they can't be renewed. it is really a question of technicalities. one thing that has to be mentioned is that apart from ruling on this bill, the constitutional council has to decide whether a demand by 270 mps for a national referendum on whether to keep the law is acceptable, in which case there would be nine months in which votes could be gathered in france. there needs to be 4 million votes, and it is likely those votes would be obtained, but that would mean president macron would face nine months of campaigning on something he's not popular about. and presumably nine months of more protest. we've already had two one half months, they have been sizeable and vibrant. as well as it can go ahead, there are other options, more subtle options, there may be changes the council talks about. all this referendum we are talking about as well. in terms of the wider public, is there a broader mood of unhappiness driving so much of this protest? a lot of countries will be watching this, i'm thinking 62—64 is pretty g

but this will allow us to proceed further and report on the decisions of the constitutional council.ver they are. here's how i'm going to proceed. the country must continue to move forward, work and face the challenges of unions in for the twelfth time, protesters are being taken out to a nationwide rally. whatever the decision of the constitutional council, i believe that we must continue the mobilization, because this text of the law should not be adopted, it was not approved by 70% of the french. this text. no legitimacy , a majority in the national assembly voted for him. france froze in anticipation of the key moment of deciding the legality of the text, which the authorities dragged through the forces without discussion in the lower house of parliament, should be made constitutional. advice today the entrance was filled up with rubbish in it as a result, they removed it and banned the bernard news from getting there paris france we can confirm the death of citizens, we keep in touch with their families and provide consular assistance. this is how the state department is very st

whether be allowed, will it be struck down —— constitutional council. next couple of hours when we get that decision. we can speak now to melanie vogel, a french senator, who is co—chair of the european green party. i'v e i've been watching those pictures comment, notjust from the constitutional council, but hundreds of thousands of people on the streets, people elsewhere. how critical moment is this? it is streets, people elsewhere. how critical moment is this?- critical moment is this? it is of course critical, _ critical moment is this? it is of course critical, even _ critical moment is this? it is of course critical, even though i l critical moment is this? it is of i course critical, even though i have to say the decision that the court is going to make is not about the substance of the law, it is about the procedure. so what ever, even if the procedure. so what ever, even if the constitutional court tells us as it stands, it is possible to pass this reform and to increase the legal age for retiring, political opposition to the bill is not going t

on friday, the french constitutional council , bypassing parliament, approved the most controversial article of the pension reform law, raising the retirement age from 62 to 64 years by the thirtieth year on saturday the document was signed by president macron. he went for it. even despite the protests that have been shaking the country for almost 2 months, the french clearly do not agree. with such disdain for the authorities, the protest rap also sounds . m from france popova spontaneous demonstrations in many french cities, as expected , did not end even after the president on saturday night put his signature under the law on pension reform streets in clubs tear gas in paris, people took to the champs-elysées, where a few days earlier, demonstrators occupied the office of louis vuitton now they tried to break in, the famous luxury restaurant lefuque chanted slogans and the times of yellow vests, hard footage of the confrontation with the police, reinforcements from the south , a brigade that was trained specifically to suppress demonstrations. rigidity even brutality of policemen

constitutional council would find in theirfavour.constitutional council would find in their favour. in other words, declare the pension reform law null and void, because the constitution determines that was a —— yes, the men and women did despite got some minor parts of the reform of financial bill and they struck them down. the heart of the reform, in other words, this raising the pension age from 62 to 64, they had no problem with that, not states. what it means is that president macron is now free to congregate the law what he says he will do in the next 48 hours. he is calculating that he wants to put this episode quickly behind him and that once the law is the law, there will be no point in people turning out to protest any more. that is not the view of people around here now. for them, they're going to keep protesting. this reform is far too important for them to give up the fight, and basically, the battle is not over. that was our correspondent hugh we can speak now to fabienne keller, member of european parliament from the r

expected if not please yes today was a very busy day in paris the body in question is called the constitutional council - it is such a body that is above uh politics he has to monitor that well basically how our the constitutional court, that is, to ensure that the law meets the constitutional requirements of the country. well , even the police forces, quite powerful, were brought under the walls of this constitutional council. and all day long, television was waiting at 6 o'clock. finally, this council announced that they they support this reform that they did not find there is nothing that does not correspond to the constitution, they gave up the idea of ​​a referendum , they recognized the right of this law to let the french retire for 64 years, and the prime minister of france, elizabeth bourne, said that after this proclamation there are no invincible non-winners , and the opponents of this reform of course they said that they will fight to the end and that everything is just beginning oh, then you have one more question to ask today, at least in ukraine they say that july madame li pen is strong

and the constitution council said no, you cannot hold this refund on referendum also for a former reason because they, they think that they referendum would be on something that would actually not be a reform which is required to hold this referendum. so on all accounts, they went along with what the governor was asking for a, apart from, as i said, these minor paragraphs did. oh, he's lisa louis there in paris in the us. a man suspected of leaking sensitive intelligence documents as appeared in court in massachusetts. the 21 year old and national guardsman is accused of sharing secret information with an online chat group, exposing military secrets from ukraine and revealing diplomatically embarrassing details of u. s. espionage activities. arrested by a team of federal agents. the suspect, an employee of the united states air force national guard is accused of leaking a trench of classified documents, led away from his home in massachusetts. he'll now face the full weight of us justice. today the justice department arrested jack douglas to shera in connection with an investigation into

but this will allow us to proceed further and report on the decisions of the constitutional council. are. here's how i'm going to proceed. a country must continue to move forward to work and face the challenges unions for the twelfth time lead the protesters to a nationwide action. whatever the decision of the constitutional council, i believe that the mobilization must continue, because this text of the law should not be adopted, it was not approved by 70% of the french. this text. no legitimacy voted for him by a majority in the national assembly. france froze in anticipation of the key moment of deciding the legality of the text, which the authorities dragged through the forces without discussion in the lower house parliament must pass the constitutional. advice today the entrance was filled up with rubbish, it was eventually removed and the bernard news was forbidden to get there paris france the european union will have to return the frozen assets of the central bank to russia. after the end of hostilities . this is reported by the german publication develt with reference to the

i read by the decision of the constitutional council. what would they be?t's how i'm going to operate the country. to continue to move forward to work and face the challenges the unions tried to say at the meeting with the premier ended barely, having started for the twelfth time. today they are bringing people out, over half a million people are waiting for a nationwide manifestation across the country. these shares. people intend to continue given all the heaps of economic problems that france is now facing as a result of macron policies key day tomorrow decision on legality the text and how it was dragged through by the forces without discussion in the lower house of parliament should be taken out by the constitutional council to get banned and put up police patrols here general educational process, advanced training of specialists in the educational sphere, exchange experience and best practices of mentoring, and important tasks of the current period, addressing the participants via video link, the first deputy head of the presidential administration, s

in the 2nd part of the decision was on a referendum that the opposition had asked for the constitution. council said no, you cannot hold this referendum referendum also for a former reason because they, they think that the referendum would be on something that would actually not be a reform which is required to hold this referendum. so on the old account, they went along with what the governor was asking for a apart from, as i said, these minor paragraphs and was data we use. lisa louis and paris. rescuers are searching for survivors and the ukrainian city of sl vianza after at least 8 people, including a toddler, were killed in russian air strikes. the latest attack came as russian president vladimir putin signed into law, a bill that will make it easier to draft citizens into the military. so we ask is just 50 kilometers from back. move the current epi center of fighting in ukraine. dropped within the rubble in a residential area, devastated by russian shelling rescue was search this apartment block for survivors . bringing those who they confined to safety. some residents were in obvious dis

but it will allow proceed further i report on the decision of the constitutional council.they are. here's how i'm going to proceed. the country must continue to move forward to work and face the challenges of the unions 12 times lead the protesters to a nationwide action. whatever the decision of the constitutional council, i believe that the mobilization must continue, because this text of the law should not be adopted, it was not approved by 70% of the french. this text. no legitimacy voted for him by a majority in the national assembly. france froze in anticipation of the key moment of the decision on the legality of the text, which the authorities dragged through the forces without discussion in the lower house of parliament, should be passed by the constitutional one. advice today the entrance was filled up with rubbish, it was eventually removed and it was forbidden to get the bernard news paris france the prospects are not very good direct assessment from the official representative of the kremlin of the possibility of extending the grain deal, as noted by dmitry pe

of the law was constitutional. apart from some minor paragraphs that are constantly doing constitutional council as censored in the 2nd part of the decision was on a referendum that the opposition had asked for the constitution. council said no, you cannot hold this referred on referendum also for a former reason because they, they think that the referendum would be on something that would actually not be a reform which is required to hold this referendum. so on the old account, they went along with what the governor was asking for. apart from, as i said, these minor paragraphs, i was did a we is lisa louis, reporting from paris, a u. s. airmen suspected of leaking, highly sensitive intelligence. documents has appeared in court for the 1st time. the 21 year old was charged with illegally copying and transmitting classified materials. found guilty he faces up to 15 years in prison. prosecutor say he posted hundreds of classified documents in an online chat group before his arrest on thursday. included military secrets from ukraine, as well as details of us by operations on its own allies. colon c

and this protest comes just one day before this constitutional council will decide whether or not to approve of michael's bill if it does, even with my suggestions or changes. if it does these protests to say they can still come out in the streets. trade union lead to say they will continue to demonstrate because what they want is this reform scrapped. reform the post michael says, is necessary to sustain the pension system for future generations. isabella, i'll just sarah how to launch and siena, where many are expressing hope about you. i am f loan program, which the government says will leave the country out of its latest economic crisis . to raise about reports from the capital bonus iris o. struggling with constant inflation has become a part of our mailing address as daily life. oh, her meager salary of the housemaid is barely enough to care for her 4 children and pay for basic services that are longer pretty well m o jack or it is so difficult lately, we are not buying many things like beef or chicken that have become too expensive, but i don't lose hope that things will chang

but this will allow us to act further and report on the decisions of the constitutional council.tever they are. here's how i'm going to proceed. the country must continue to move forward, work and face the challenges for the twelfth time the unions are taking the protesters to a nationwide action. whatever the decision of the constitutional council, i believe that we must continue to mobilize, because this text of the law should not be adopted by him disapproved by 70% of the french. this text. no legitimacy , a majority in the national assembly voted for him. france froze in anticipation of a key moment, the decision on the legality of the text, which the authorities dragged through the forces without discussion in the lower house of parliament, must be made in full. council today the entrance was filled up with rubbish, it was eventually removed and banned from getting there vernadsky lead paris france the fsb published archival documents about the crimes of the nazis. in particular. they relate to the atrocities of german punishers against prisoners of war new data studied by

uh, the constitutional council was blocked by garbage cans even before the demonstrations. by the way, with garbage again in paris employees of the sanitary services of today, uh, according to the paris city hall today, only 116 garbage trucks were able to get on the routes, including those that experienced problems. due to the fact that universtants block garbage recycling sites. today, oddly enough for uh, transport still works in paris. e is still in a worse mode, but nevertheless you can get to your destination, e, while the railroad workers, who traditionally act in the forefront. this strike had its own meeting today at the gare de lyon of paris after which they went to the building of louis vuitton studies my nsc for in order to burst inside with fireworks slogans and e with streamers. you are now france is waiting for the decision of the constitutional council, which is now the only one who can cancel or change the text of the reform. tomorrow this statement is expected unions, still not met with the president of france they requested such a meeting already about a

the constitutional councils of france are expected to carry breakfast? and that's all for now.e are following developments.

the french constitutional council has given the green light to president manuel microns pension reforms. raising the country's retirement age from 62 to 64. protests are continuing across the country and in paris. ryan police have been deployed to com, growing unrest. a long awaited delayed raw. the prisoner swap is underway in yemen between hootie rebels and the saudi led coalition. round 900 people achieved to be released. 21 year old jack to sharon has appeared in the boston court charged with the removal and retention. classified documents is accused of one of the largest classified information leaks since edward snowden and the eastern ukrainian city of slavery ask at least 8 people have been killed by a russian missile strike. thus, according to the regions governor, the 2 year old child was among those killed police, say the 2 top floors of a 5 story building collapsed after the strike. and a fire broke out opposite the side rescue teams have been combing through the destruction as its beliefs. several people remain trapped under the rubble. china's foreign minister has said that

bianca i just want to talk about these live pictures that are coming to us from the constitutional council and you'll be able to see these barricades that the police have set up in front of the council and bianca. this is unprecedented. we have never seen this level of security in front of the council, and it goes to show just how charged this ruling is today. now over the french finance minister was speaking to richard quest yesterday about the decision. take a listen i would not say that the leverage of an easiest growing we have violence in the street. i strongly condemn all violence, but nevertheless, the processes going on. we are waiting for the very last decision of the friendship in court tomorrow. i just want to emphasize how vital this reform is for pension system. we have a very efficient, very generous pension system, but we need to ensure to the french citizen. that there is a financial balance by 2030. this is the purpose of the reform. now there is a ban on protesting around the constitutional council today, so we'll probably see the spontaneous protests happening elsewhere

yes it's a constitution council, not a court.our political figures appointed to this body. they rule on the constitutionality of new laws. if they are appealed, they will talk about the new law and go through it text by text to see whether it is in conformity with the fifth republic constitution of 1958. that is what they are doing. they have been appealed by the opponents, the left broadly. and what they are hoping is that the constitution counsel will say there are problems based on things that are very technical, about how the law was pushed through or how the process was curtailed using certain procedures on how certain parts of the law are not linked to finance but are instituting social change. and it is not in how it should be pushed through. it is very technical. the left is hoping that the court will at least knock down certain parts of the law, if not all of it. they are optimistic on that front, but perhaps up overly optimistic. they are not ruling on whether it is a good or bad law but purely on whether the constituti

but this allowed me to proceed further and report on the decisions of the constitutional council.hat would they be? here's how i'm going to proceed. the country must continue to move forward to work and face the challenges of the unions 12 times lead the protesters to a common national action. whatever the decision of the constitutional council, i believe that we must continue the mobilization, because this text of the law should not be adopted, it was not approved by 70% of the french. this text. no legitimacy voted for him majority in the national assembly. france froze in anticipation of the key moment of deciding the legality of the text, which the authorities dragged through the forces without discussion in the lower house of parliament, should be fully decided by the council today. the entrance was filled with rubbish, it was eventually removed and it was forbidden to get it there. anastasia popova la bernadine to lead paris france washington again seeks to ignite conflicts around russia it said that the china security council nikolai patrushev the united states is putting p

first thing that the representatives of the french trade unions said immediately after the constitutional councild raising the retirement age. they urged people to take to the streets and strike spontaneous rallies began in the cities. tourists and passers-by tried to take cover in a cafe, mobile groups of police tried to disperse people who decided to block traffic with burning garbage cans. what is happening today in france , barricades are being erected all over the country again and 4,000 people are again set on fire in front of the city hall. paris, people were forced out of the square into a nearby alley, with tear gas and batons in the french capital in one evening, about a hundred people were detained, law enforcement officers blocked the streets and went on the offensive, rebellious youth acted in small groups, set fire to garbage cans, and not only in the french capital they burned a police station. the door in the building where the church was previously located was extinguished with a water cannon the opposition calls on the head of state to return the document for discussion to the p

today there is a ban around the constitutional council. they're not meant to get anywhere.e it hence the barricades, but we do expect protestors to show up probably in other parts of paris and indeed across the nation. but we won't know the ruling until later on this evening. now, president macron has already asked to meet with trade union heads after that ruling, but it's hard to see what kind of common ground they may be able to find. kim interesting we'll be following that story throughout the day. saskia van dorn in paris. thanks so much. new video shows the sheer devastation that months of fighting have left on the ukrainian city of mahmoud. look here. well this footage released by a russian state owned news outlet shows entire city blocks obliterated by brutal battles. ukraine says russian forces launched dozens of attacks per day trying to take full control of the city. meanwhile the european union is slapping sanctions on wagner mercenaries over their role in the invasion of ukraine. the sanctions will also apply to russian media group with ties to wagner's boss, gu

whether the scandalous document will eventually be adopted, the constitutional council must decide todayry french people, as local media write, are preparing for new protests. and across the ocean in the united states now there is only talk about the detention of an employee of the air force of the national guard whom he suspects of the largest leaks of secret data since the time of edward snowden are so ridiculous that even the americans themselves have doubts , firstly, how can one obviously know about matters of national importance without being a high-ranking officer, and, secondly, the behavior of a young man. it does not fit in with the image of a traitor to the motherland, however, as washington states, the special services are working day and night to sort out the situation. well, in the one to whom it could be beneficial , our own corps tried to figure out the step of georgy the insidious saboteur, who put all u.s. intelligence and the pentagon were taken with full honors live on the leading tv channels, there are videos in which the suspect shouted russian and anti-semitic insu

but this will allow us to act further and report on the decisions of the constitutional council.re's how i 'm going to proceed. the country must continue to move forward to work and face the challenges of the unions for the twelfth time bring the protesters to a nationwide action. whatever the decision of the constitutional council, i believe that we must continue the mobilization, because this text of the law should not be adopted, it was not approved by 70% of the french. this text. no, legitimacy was not voted for by a majority in the national assembly. france froze in anticipation of a key moment, the decision on the legality of the text, which the authorities dragged through the forces without discussion in the lower house of parliament, should be made by the constitutional one. council today, the entrance was filled with garbage, it was eventually removed and it was forbidden to get it there. anastasia about the news of bernard paris france about new technologies that the country is mastering, fulfilling the task set by the president to achieve sovereignty in critical indus

it shows hundreds of police officers in front of the constitutional council and this is just such a rareight kim and really shows how tense the situation is right now in france and how much is expected from that ruling. today the question is will the ruling appeased protesters or will it throw more fuel onto the fire? take a listen to what this protester had to say. yesterday. kim. i think the movement will continue in any case because the pension reform is a bit of a straw that broke the camel's back. there are many things there were many of the problems before they were already the yellow vests before the pension reform, so there has been anger for a long time before. i think there are many things to change other than the pension reform, but if we manage to go back on that it would already be a huge step forward. i came. that sentiment has been echoed by other trade union members who say that they will continue to protest no matter the ruling today, so we expect to see more scuffles this evening after the ruling, kim all right, we'll stay on that story throughout today. sascha mandarin

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difference today is it is on the eve of what promises to be a crucial decision after the constitutional councile body of wise men and women who will rule whether this pension reform law is in conformity with the constitution. protesters here are hopeful that the constitutional council will strike the law down, or at least, parts of it down. with the government hopes, to the contrary, is it will give prima pressure to the law. if it does, it means the pension reform could be promulgated the next couple weeks. will that spell the end to this time of periodic strikes, demonstrations, borderline mayhem? nothing could be less sure. >> here in the usa court has ruled that a widely used abortion pill can remain available. t, it imposed restrictions that pro-choice campaigners say threatened to impede access nationwide. the decision temporarily blocks in order by a texas judge to halt the federal approval of mifepristone. the drug is one of two used f medication abortions. it will remain available until the appellate court here is the tes case on its merits. under the new ruling the medication can no l

, more than 130 mass actions are expected , most will take place in the evening after the constitutional council the decision. is pension reform legal? all approaches to the council building under the control of the demonstration police in this area of ​​paris are prohibited, and each of the nine judges is under heavy guard. i will remind you that the government of france adopted a law on raising the retirement age and will cancel the opposition considers this a violation of the constitution the leader of the country's largest trade union said that if the constitutional council approves the reform, mass protests will continue during the period of discounts and sales, any purchases will become even more pleasant with a 10-month installment plan and up to 10% cashback. meet the new card for life from vtb and do better every day monday is a hard day, but getting a free card is easy, and using it for free is profitable tuesday day two share free translations and feelings. allow yourself more with big cashback thursday after your first purchase of a lifetime. profitable credit is much closer postal b

an attempt to calm and explain the good, but the french did not count the constitutional council approved. what did the conversion lead to? plotinoamerican tour of sergey lavrov the first country was brazil people next in schedule of the foreign ministers venezuela cuba and nicaragua what where? vladimir putin visited the headquarters of the dnepr group of troops in the kherson region , the kremlin press service reported , the president flew in by helicopter. this is the first visit of a head of state. in the new russian region, at a meeting at the headquarters, he discussed the situation in different areas of the special operation, and also earned detailed reports to the commander of the airborne forces, colonel-general , the latin commander of the grouping of troops , colonel-general oleg makarevich, and other military leaders here, briefly well, it's important to me to hear your opinion on how the situation is to listen to you to exchange information, i would like to start. uh, report. uh, the situation is also vladimir putin congratulated the military personnel on the easter holiday a

the constitutional council also rejected the proposal to hold a referendum on the issue of a ban on raisinghe retirement age . the trade unions have already announced that they will continue the actions and they will be even tougher and more massive. hot battles on the ice of the final series of the cup by the president very soon in grodny neman to meet with trophy owner zhlobin metallurgist fight will be held with a full house of fans, all tickets for the match are sold out and kristina kamysh kristina is getting in touch with the studio good evening. what is the mood of the teams for the game? hello tatyana, less than 15 minutes remain before the starting face-off by this time, of course, the teams have completed their rollouts , the spectators are slowly starting to take their places in the stands. today we are expecting a full house and something suggests that the attendance figures will be even greater than 100%, uh, zhlobin metallurg organized the departure of two buses with fans. this is approximately 100 people. the guys spent 7 hours on the road and the same amount they will have t

more than 130 mass actions are expected , most of them will be held in the evening after the constitutional councile decision. is it legal at all, pension reform all approaches to the council building are under the control of the police demonstrations in the area. paris banned each of the nine judges. taken under heavy guard. let me remind you that the french government bypasses parliament. adopted by law raising the retirement age and from less a number of benefits, the opposition considers this a violation of the constitution the leader of the largest the country's trade union said that if the constitutional council approves the reform, mass protests will continue. uh, the parliamentarians of the cis countries supported the idea of ​​​​creating an international organization to support and promote the russian language, said federation council speaker valentina matvienko . also long-term connections with profiles institutions of education, science and culture of the commonwealth countries may be in great demand in the implementation of this important and useful project for all of us. in this regard

now, what can the constitutional council do?hey can either green light it, which means that the law would come into effect in september. or they can deem that some parts or indeed, the whole of it is unconstitutional. but we'll have to wait for tomorrow to see what they say that. meanwhile 11,000 police officers have been deployed across france and according to police intelligence, we expect to see the that kind of radical fringe that violent minority taking part again in the protests, so we will see some scuffles. the big question is what happens after the constitutional council ruling will people still go out and protest trade union as spokespeople have taken to the airwaves this morning, and they have said that they will continue to protest no matter what the ruling is that they will respect it, but that they will still go there. they'll still take part in these protests. bianca. saskia van dorn live in paris for us. great to see you. thank you ahead. why shorter baseball games may mean more time to buy beer, although some fa

the nature of this confrontation will change after tomorrow, tomorrow is the day that the constitutional councilts of it are in a way, that last option is the most likely, which is going to complicate things for the future. in any case, what everyone is saying is that this pattern of weekly demonstrations can't really keep going after tomorrow in the same way. if the law is approved, then it will become law and it becomes difficult for the unions to retain their rationale. they will have other things that they want to do, they are pushing for a referendum, for example, so that campaign will go on, but this kind of weekly ritual of marches through paris and other cities, i am ritual of marches through paris and other cities, iam not ritual of marches through paris and other cities, i am not sure that it can be sustained much longer. j just can be sustained much longer. i 'ust wonder looking fl can be sustained much longer. i 'ust wonder looking at i can be sustained much longer. i 'ust wonder looking at the i can be sustained much longer. ijust wonder looking at the crowds, lots of people out and

today, the constitutional council will make a decision on the reforms.ck down. translation: whatever the opinion of the constitutional council, - unless it changes the law, unless it says stop, that the law is not constitutional, we, the unions, will continue protesting. the french government says the changes are needed to keep the pension system viable as people live longer. whether council members approve the whole of the law, reject all of it, or parts of it, the verdict today will be crucial in determining how the very vocal opposition movement plays out in the weeks and months ahead. yetunde yusuf, bbc news. a short time our paris correspondent, hugh schofield said there was no way of knowing which way the vote will go. what the decision will be — it's not known. you talk to one constitutional expert and they'll say one thing and then the next will say the opposite. we really are in the dark here. but on this decision hinges an awful lot. it's hard to see how this campaign, which has been going on for three months now, of almost weekly strikes and p