elisabeth potter: thank you, ali.asked the centers for medicare and medicaid services about the change. officials said the phasing in of the new code “allows more than two years for providers and payers to adjust" and that it will give doctors and insurers ample time to consult with the american medical association, which administers the code. ♪ march is women's history month, so over the next few weeks we're highlighting stoes of women whose accomplishments have often not gotten widespread recognition. >> hello ellen. hello there, i'm up here taking some pictures to support the atlas experiment. >> ellen ochoa was the first hispanic woman in space. she logged nearly 1,000 hours in space over the course of 4 missions between 1993 and 2002. >> astronaut ellen ochoa is maneuvering the robotic arm into a position where it will be for the start of the spacewalk. >> an engineer, she directed her fellow astronauts on space walks from the international space station. ellen: ok everybody. >> ochoa went on to become the first

elisabeth: that is the challenge that regulators have always had.d of measure that you introduce, there will always be other consequences, unintended or undesired consequences. it is inevitable to some extent, and they have to balance the risks from different sides. in a number of markets that deposits have preference, there are very good reasons to believe that maintaining depositor stability is key to confidence in banking systems overall. so certainly they would be wise to look at measures that could help that. tom: elisabeth rudman, thank you for that analysis, mobile head of financial institutions at dbrs morningstar. -- global head of financial institutions at dbrs morningstar . we may be at the peak of the beginning around this angst of ranking systems. the french government narrowly survives two no-confidence votes. we discuss what this means for president macron's conference -- controversial pension reforms. this is bloomberg. ♪ tom: the french government has narrowly survived two no-confidence votes. the opposition parties fighting emmanue

elisabeth borna and other french politicians were thrown at the security forces and eggs and others law enforcement officers dispersed the tears of the demonstrators, 217 rioters were detained with gas, water cannons and batons, trade unions, they do not intend to stop and are preparing for march 23. a new protest a torchlight procession took place in the center of tel aviv, 19 demonstrators again took to the streets of the israeli city. local residents once again opposed the judicial reform planned by the authorities. the protesters waved national flags and chanted slogans in defense of democracy, let me remind you, the israelis are protesting against the project proposed by the new government. judicial reform. it provides for limiting the powers of the supreme court and giving the executive branch control over the selection of judges ireland meets a national holiday. president of belarus alexander lukashenko congratulated the inhabitants of the country on st. patrick's day and noted that despite the distance our countries have common values ​​that are the key to the sympathy of the tw

and, by the way, as for the country's prime minister, elisabeth born, her rating also fell to 28% overthe month , according to sociologists. this was the lowest figure since her appointment to the posts. head and cabinet of ministers in may 22. but we will learn all the details about the situation in france from our european correspondent regina sevastyanov she is live regina greetings what is the current situation in the cities of france, what do you know by this minute? hello in paris, the movement of the column of demonstrators has already begun and in the first minutes. it is taking place quite calmly, but in other cities and where earlier protests began and are taking place. uh, really started and uh, clashes with the police have already escalated, in particularly in bordeaux e. the movement of the column of demonstrators has already ended. after that, a large number of young people in black clothes remained in order to throw stones at the police. naturally, the police responded with tear gas. and by the way, the police say that comments came from there that these are the so-calle

elisabeth braw, thank you.hich allows ukraine to export grain. the black sea grain initiative was signed injuly last year and allows ships to sail from southern ukraine into the international waters of the black sea, avoiding mined areas. it has to be renewed by the end of next week, wheat. ukraine was once one of the world's biggest exporters. so when russia invaded and closed the country's ports last year, global food prices soared and millions faced severe hunger. but last summer shipments out of the ukrainian city of 0desa resumed after a deal was brokered by the un and turkey under which russia allowed some grain to be exported via the black sea. but the agreement has to be renewed every four months and russia has signalled it might not allow an extension next week unless more is done to lift restrictions on its own agricultural exports. certainly ukraine needs this deal for our economy, yes. but ukraine will not starve anyway, the world needs this deal even more than ukraine because the black sea is vital

elisabeth monastery today alexander lukashenko will leave for an official visit to iran in tehran. the head of the belarusian state will hold talks with the president of this country during the reisi era, back in autumn meeting time. on the sidelines of the summit in samarkand, the leaders of the two countries instructed the foreign political departments to intensify relations and revise them as the main theme of the negotiations. in tehran, cooperation will be developed across the entire spectrum of bilateral relations with an emphasis on trade and economic cooperation. the meeting of the presidents will be held in narrow and expanded formats with the participation of members of the delegation. the parties will discuss the implementation of projects in the fields of industry, agriculture, transport and logistics. the situation in the region and in the world will be given. in general, following the results of the talks , a number of international documents will be signed on the development of relations in areas of mutual interest during the official visit. in iran, alexander lukash

elisabeth bourne spoke about how to save pensions, and surprisingly today, ah, the majority of the macron party did not come to this vote, were not in the hall, did not support their prime minister. in addition, during her speech , representatives of the left left the hall, who had previously met her with bluish cries and discontent. today. they just left. she said that let democracy decide everything, democracy decided them at the moment. now. uh, the street is going again, there will be riots again, it will burn again and paris and other french cities. people are not going to give up on thursday , a new general national strike and a protest march are scheduled. so it 's not over yet. thanks nastya on a direct line from paris where the parliament discussed. here he was distrustful of the government and could not endure it, where new protests and riots are now expected was our european correspondent anastasia popova today in moscow a new season of a unique project was presented. china, which will help to better understand a country where politics and public life are closely intertwined wi

practical the treatment of the book in this way on the basis of the center of the ark of the holy elisabethastery today starts a cycle of events under the speaking slogan reading city. who will become the superfinalists of the 60+ show-factor fight and continue the fight for victory in the project, we will find out tonight in belarus only four of the eight very brave and talented artists will move on. the rest will freeze a step away from the superfinal, which will be held on march 17, found that breaks stereotypes and challenges the standards, the situation is heating up and initially not competitors become rivals. after all, only one of the heroes can become a triumph. in the meantime, viewers are waiting for a real vocal battle at the limit of emotions , a golden hit for all time. and, of course, a sincere story. watch at 20:45 in belarus alone. a large-scale symphonic concert dedicated to the 150th anniversary of the birth of the world-famous composer of the belarusian state philharmonic society will read the scores of rachmaninoff the poem of the bell based on edgar alanapo, but in the

elisabeth monastery is holding an action in the village of grandfathers ; the collected books will be transferred to rural parishes and libraries. new information at 15:00 let me remind you that the projects of the tv news agency are available on all social networks, as well as in our mobile application by the qr-code on the screen see you soon. central region initiative, as an effective motivation gifts will tell promising initiatives for the development of the economy, where they will build a robotic quail farm and when to wait for their milk for coffee machines a high award polyclinics. a new medical facility was opened in the agricultural town. priluki in the minsk region. history of achievements as a basis of today's education chronicle of the first slutsk gymnasium innovation in the production of import substitution, as well as decent wages, the implementation of a large state program, one district, one project, continues. well, here, too, the initiative is an effective motivator to work precisely in your region, while creating competitive products , including for export, the co

he and elisabeth borne have not succeeded. there is one pretext that i think she might go.ou might be asked to step down as prime minister because she has failed to communicate, but that has spent what is really failed. the government has not succeeded in carrying the people with them. >> polls suggest hearts and mind are not with the government on this one. can you see future governments reversing this? >> if this referendum were to succeed, and the suggestion is that the proposal is to block the limit of 62 years, could it be rode back on? it is possible. let's say it passes and the initiative for a referendum fails and then in 2027, somebody, maybe jean-luc mÉlenchon makes it a key plaint of the presidential campaign, i could see it. it is not impossible to see it being reversed, but it they will be that the cost of doing that would be part of a high financially at the time we get to 2037. >> given that this is such an emotive issue, in terms of a gift to opposition parties, who is the biggest beneficiary out of all of this? >> i think it benits both the right and the le

from this meeting, according to the french media, elisabeth born came out in tears, article 49.3 of the constitution gives her the right to take sole responsibility for passing the law without the consent of parliament, but with the approval of the council of ministers 88 times. of these, 11 times. it was making the current prime faking life macron policy, which does not have an absolute majority in the assembly for this. the opposition counterattacked, she took out two at once. here is one of them, one of them, an inter-party otcentrist, of distrust, hoping that a part of the republican party will vote for such a person. without it, the government cannot be thrown off, but according to the latest polls, with the necessary minimum for adoption, a vote of 287 votes by the opponent of the macron, it will be possible to collect only about 260 votes tomorrow. regardless of the outcome of political battles, the pressure of the street does not weaken the workers of the unit oil refineries have blocked all exits idle terminals for receiving liquefied gas shipments from gas storage facilities h

elisabeth born expects that the implementation of the project will begin in september this year , currently age for retirement in germany belgium spain united kingdom is 65 years. and, for example, in germany, spain has already approved a gradual increase in the age to 67 years; in italy, it is already 67 years old. the minimum age for retirement and by 2050. it has increased to 70 years. so this is a dollar. way, but all these countries are already taking measures not only in the pension system, but also in the economy generally to get people to work longer why because we tend to live longer and have good health on average, and also because it affects public finances. a large-scale strike, which has already passed the status of an indefinite one, in a number of sectors really causes serious problems. the economy of the country. fedor lidke, a tanker with yamal lng , got stuck off the coast of france; says fender nearby is amarangaz, alexandria with lng from the us across the north sea. boris vilkitsky is approaching the shores of europe at a reduced speed, followed by nikolai zub from the

the french prime minister elisabeth borne has condemned the violence that's accompanied the latest daysystem. there were clashes in numerous french cities as more than a million people took to the streets to demand president emmanuel macron withdraw the increase of the age of retirement to 64. in paris, police clashed with hundreds of demonstrators, but some of the worst scenes were in the western city of bordeaux, where the entrance to the town hall was set ablaze. police have made almost 200 arrests. the world athletics council has announced that no female transgender athlete who has gone through male puberty will be permitted to compete in female world ranking competitions from the 31st of march. officials argue that such athletes would have an unfair advantage in strength and muscle mass. earlier, i wasjoined by sports illustrated copy chiefjulie kliegman, who told me she doesn't think the ban is fair. i don't. i think leaders like sebastian set up this false dichotomy between fairness and inclusion, but the reality is being inclusive is being fair and there's just not science to s

elizabeth, anne—elisabeth moutet elizabeth, thank you so much joining me.ut many, years ago you many, many years ago you interviewed me. so very glad interviewed me. so i'm very glad to you again. decades to meet you again. decades later. but in the flesh. tell me more about what the proposals . more about what the proposals. you are quite stunning. we were 18. it's quite. well, it's quite a long time because i'm now 53 and we haven't met since. but we mustn't reminisce. we must get down to business. is this. is it a serious proposition or is it a real rule that won't go anywhere 7 real rule that won't go anywhere ? it's being now discussed in the senate. it's very interesting that for the first time in several months, the french national assembly found itself left and right in in agreement over the law and of course, described you. do you describe the excesses before the law and the excesses are obviously sort of a threat , obviously sort of a threat, civil liberties, but if you think that by age, by the time a child is 13, the parents have shared about 20

prime minister elisabeth bourne justified her decision to go against the will of the majority of theonal assembly this is a place for debate. some political groups. they want chaos in assemblies and on the street. i am convinced that ordinary french people suffer the consequences of the chaos , the french have not accepted this state of affairs. two more protests have already been announced. the strike continues, and at the beginning of next week in the assembly, the opposition will try to dismiss the prime minister. the key vote for the government will probably take place on monday anastasia popova and the obernadsky message paris france participants of the second international parliamentary conference arrive in moscow russia-africa, it starts on monday today at the okhotny ryad state duma chairman vyacheslav volodin ruled a meeting with a colleague from south africa speakers. we agreed to sign an inter-parliamentary agreement on cooperation and discussed work within the framework of brix , where the republic of south africa currently chairs. a good indicator of our mutually benefic

after french prime minister elisabeth born announced the adoption of pension reform on thursday, withoutn the national assembly, the street french cities for the macron slogan bubbled, spontaneous rallies resigned, throughout the country the capital of france barricades blazing cars and shops a violent clash with the police, while paris turned into a garbage dump, on which rats from indignant france swarm, our correspondent anastasia popova may get the impression that in france there is not a popular revolt, not a revolution, but so far a clash. although bright, but still a very local district. paris sunday night barricades of garbage cans are burning good firefighters the protesters do not let the police barely manage to block traffic. for cars, then it rushes forward to snatch and detain the one who first comes to hand, in addition to aggressive youth, members of the trade unions may also be on the way, who, out of habit, are also poured with pepper gas in the face, despite the fact that they do not violate the order in any way all this only increases the degree of protest. the detaine

french prime minister elisabeth born announced the adoption of a bill on introducing changes to the pensionsystem bypassing parliament and under the responsibility of the government against the backdrop of everything that is happening, the rating of the macron fell to 28%, so the french president was rated so low for the first time in 4 years. this is evidenced by the results of a public opinion poll, the data published today the poll was conducted march 24-25. it was attended by about a thousand residents of france over 18. and, by the way, as for the prime minister of the country , elizabeth born, her rating for the month also fell to 28%. according to sociologists. this was the lowest figure since her appointment to the post of head of the cabinet of ministers in may 22 , we will learn all the details about the situation in france from our european correspondent regina sevastyanov, she is again live regina greetings what has changed during this time, how is the situation with protests developing in france hello in paris, a large number of clashes began at some point, the main column of d

for more on this i'm joined now by elisabeth braw, a senior fellow at the american enterprise institutek you forjoining us on the programme. we've been seeing tensions in the russian ministry for some time but why has it reached a fever pitch now? ukraine wants to take it back and russia wants to fully capture it. it seems like such an insignificant town, why would you shed this amount of blood over it because mac but it is so at this point because they are advancing or they are making gains. they haven't made very many gains in recent months at all and ukraine obviously wants to. defend every part of his territory. wants to. defend every part of his territo . , , . wants to. defend every part of his territo . ,, ., ,, ., territory. russian troops are losing their lives at _ territory. russian troops are losing their lives at an _ territory. russian troops are losing their lives at an alarming _ territory. russian troops are losing their lives at an alarming rate. - territory. russian troops are losing their lives at an alarming rate. sol their lives at an alarming rate. so a lot of ana

elisabeth braw is a senior fellow at the american enterprise institute.khmut has become important to the russian military, which has struggled to deliver any positive news to the kremlin. ukraine wants to take it back and russia wants to fully capture it. and it seems like such an insignificant town. why would you shed this amount of blood over it? but it's so significant at this point, because if the russians take it, they can claim that that they are advancing or they are making gains. they haven't made very many gains in recent months at all. and ukraine obviously wants to defend every part of its territory. i mean, russian troops are losing their lives at an alarming rate. so a lot of analysts are saying that this particular place doesn't have any strategic value. why are people fighting over it, both ukraine and the russians? i think it's — for the russian side, it's an effort to be able to show something to the russian public, because otherwise what is this whole war about, if you can't even win or capture a small ukrainian town. and for the ukraini

cannot make the fate of a key reform dependent on the whims of the opposition, for example, minister elisabeththe scandalous decision to pass a law on raising the retirement age bypassing parliament, in order to block the initiative, the national assembly must today no later than 17:20 on moscow time to start the procedure, a vote of no confidence in the government thousands of opponents of the reform rioted in paris, the police detained more than 200 people. all the details will tell maria birthmark. screams, whistles and marseillaise, drowning out the speech of the french prime minister, a terrible thing for the people of france from the podium of the national assembly, literally screaming. this born is the reform needed. i am ready to take full responsibility according to article 49, paragraph three of our constitution, the government takes responsibility for this law from now on everything is considered adopted, but the deputies do not listen shocked. the entire french position calls for the resignation of the macron government. no, this is clearly unacceptable because the speech it's not

called the current situation catastrophic this week and the prime minister of the fifth republic, elisabethll announce the creation of an interdepartmental commission to assess the risks posed by drought and propose measures to combat them. so far, absent. for other solutions, the french are traditionally taught themselves to save water every day. check before going to bed and after waking up with water meters. after all, a dripping faucet loses up to 5 liters of fluid per hour. swap the shower head system from mine in the toilet. finally, don't throw away the timer that you bought to control your shower time during the peak of the energy crisis. now my little average frenchman must help the country save not only energy, but also water regina sevastyanova european bureau. all-russian state television and radio broadcasting company in togliatti , the first new technopark lines in the samara region are being built, for the processing of waste will allow to halve the amount of waste at landfills. this will significantly improve the ecology in the region. the full capacity of the enterprise wil

the french prime minister elisabeth borne — was booed as she arrived in the national assembly to announcethe government would trigger article 49.3 of the french constitution. a short while ago our correspondent hugh schofield joined us from outside the parliament building. hugh schofield, the use of this constitutional article, article 49.3 is by no means unprecedented. but how controversial is it in this particular case, given the months of protest that we've seen at the national assembly, where you are and other places? well, you're absolutely right. i mean, in fact, it's the exactly the 100th time that this procedure has been used since the fifth republic started in 1958. so it's not unprecedented and it's been used by other governments massively as well, notably back in the eighties, when again, there was a minority government. and that's the point. this government has a has a minority representation in parliament. it can't command a majority. it needs allies. and so what's happened here is that they've tried to get an alliance together with conservatives, and they thought they had it

will become unbearable, given the large population of rats in the french capital, prime minister elisabethorn calls this behavior irresponsible, i’ll say what’s gone, there is a right to demonstrate the right to strike, but i think that when the leader of trade unions says that we need to bring the economy of our country to its knees - this is just an irresponsible statement by 20% of flights canceled at the airport charly third in orly. the same number in many other cities bordeaux louis nice montpellier in marseille, according to the trade unions in the action, 245,000 people take part the police assures only 30,000 left the case french journalists who work for the thinking channel. calls into question the figures given by the prefecture. they say that there really are more people on the streets than the police say. this is actually so. there are a lot of people and, moreover , records have been broken in many cities, according to how many people came out today to protest and all. this is very reminiscent of the events of the ninety-fifth year, then france was also on strike and also aga

she was 18, he was 24, the niece of the russian tsar, who in 1844 became the duchess elisabeth fonasaubaden , was warmly welcomed and passionately loved this church. here they call it a greek chapel, its history is connected with the love story of a young elector and the great russian princess elizabeth mikhailovna, she died 9 months later. after their wedding during childbirth, wiesbad does not believe that this is the church in which her remains rest , very similar to the cathedral of christ the savior in moscow, was inconsolable. the loss of a young wife was not due to the loss . in 1855, a sarcophagus with the body of the duchess was opened in the redemption, carried to her on the outskirts in the hands of a sculpture. fermentation of white marble on the lid of the sarcophagus elizaveta fonasova looks like a sleeping beauty, this is exactly how she wanted to be remembered, subjects for decorating the temple of money ruby-colored glass marble from germany italy sweden and the ivory coast did not spare the iconostasis was painted by the professor of the st. petersburg academy of arts

with me is anne—elisabeth moutet — a paris—based journalist and political commentator. a journalist based in paris. thank you for come onst programme both. right, let us start, it is complicated, there is a lot to get through here, but let us start with you anne elizabeth. talk us through, this is about raising the pension age, from 62 to 64, which by many similar countries standards is quite low to begin with, what caused this outrage? well, many things, and at the state outrage? well, many things, and at the stage we _ outrage? well, many things, and at the stage we have _ outrage? well, many things, and at the stage we have reached - outrage? well, many things, and at the stage we have reached now, - outrage? well, many things, and at i the stage we have reached now, after almost six months of so—called negotiations, that weren't exactly negotiations, that weren't exactly negotiations, and then, a great deal of hullabaloo in the house, is it is, if you start with a bill, the bill itself is one of many pension bills that the french have passed in the last 30 year, alw

because we�*ve been hearing about the travel disruption around the uk caused by the snowy weather and elisabetharticularly the higher ground and the blizzard —like conditions have eased on the winds will continue to lighten further as we head through the rest of the day and there will be lots of sunshine around, but watch out for one or two showers at times and it could have a wintry flavour to them. a deep area of low pressure is pulling into the near continent and will have cleared by the end of the day, so the wintry mix of rain, sleet and snow, south—east and when we sent through the afternoon, it will brighten up at temperatures lower than earlier this morning. there could be one or two snow showers cracking down on the north of england, more frequent snow showers still across scotland. with those lighter winds tonight it could be the coldest night for england in particular that we have seen this year. a lot of ice around, where we have the lying snow temperatures could be as low as —10 or —12. the exception to the sharp frost will be across the far south—west of england, an approaching we

elisabeth, it is a return to winter for many of us, isn't it? it for many of us, isn't it? it certainly is, we have three amber weather warnings for snow and ice across the uk, so a very serious situation for some parts. i'll come onto that in a moment. it was the coldest march night again this morning, with temperatures as low as -16 morning, with temperatures as low as —16 celsius in the scottish northern highlands. of course we had clear skies and plenty of snow cover here, we could see the same tonight potentially. it is all about the amber weather warnings for snow and ice for the rest of the day and into tomorrow morning, three of them, one in northern ireland, one in wales into parts of shropshire and the third one of course as we have been hearing about the north midlands northwards into the pennines. these are the snowfall totals over the higher ground and freezing rain is also possible in north wales and parts of shropshire, so some particularly treacherous conditions here. this is the radar picture showing us where the snow is falling. furthersouth showing us whe

ukraine this week, as he said due to lack of information. after thursday, french prime minister elisabethorn announced his acceptance of the pension reform, and without a vote in the national assembly , the streets of french cities, for the clamor, the macron slogan, resign spontaneous rallies across the country, the capital of france, the barricades are blazing violent cars and shops a clash with the police, while paris has turned into a garbage dump , where rats from indignant france are swarming, our correspondent anastasia popova collision. although bright, but still very local area. paris sunday night barricades of garbage cans are burning well firefighters protesters do not let the police barely manage to block traffic for cars, then rushes forward to to snatch and detain the one who first comes to hand, in addition to the aggressive youth, members of the trade unions may also be on the way, who, out of habit, are also poured with pepper gas in the face, despite the fact that they do not violate the order in any way, this only increases the degree of protest. the detainees, and ther

elisabeth, it is a return to winter for many of us, isn't it? it for many of us, isn't it?that in a moment. it was the coldest march night again this morning, with temperatures as low as -16 morning, with temperatures as low as —16 celsius in the scottish northern highlands. of course we had clear skies and plenty of snow cover here, we could see the same tonight potentially. it is all about the amber weather warnings for snow and ice for the rest of the day and into tomorrow morning, three of them, one in northern ireland, one in wales into parts of shropshire and the third one of course as we have been hearing about the north midlands northwards into the pennines. these are the snowfall totals over the higher ground and freezing rain is also possible in north wales and parts of shropshire, so some particularly treacherous conditions here. this is the radar picture showing us where

and the right-wingers are calling on prime minister elisabeth bornu to resign.owever, despite the seeming scale of the protest, no one is going to leave yet. well, it probably won't. the opposition called the adoption of the law a spit in the face of macron democracy, justifies the law with large, as he said, financial economic risks, but it is also incomprehensible. why has not yet delivered a lecture on human rights is not a barrel, not ursula von durlyan, although both democratic souls. and ursula can literally see the barrel through binoculars right from her office. in the sense that brussels is literally 260 km from paris. this scene of what happened tonight . in the very center of the french capital , french riot police are throwing stones, and those in in turn respond with tear gas and water cannons. concord square, today does not reflect its name at all. in france , you can intervene in changing the retirement age only at your own risk and feel the results of this in your own skin. president patron to force the french to work for 2 years more infuriated

here's elisabeth braw from the american enterprise institute.ion, the swedish. and danish governments have saidl nothing, and i think even if they do know at this point who it is, - they aren't likely to say anything because it will cause further instability in the region. - i'm joined now by bryan clark, who is a senior fellow at hudson institute and an expert in naval operations. thanks for being with us. talk to me about that thesis that this was an independent group, because looking at the pictures and what we've seen, it seems hard to understand how an independent group could have carried out such a sophisticated attack. it's possible that an independent group could have done this. it would've been very challenging because the explosives used were in the several hundred to 1000 lbs of plastic explosives that would have had to be delivered 150 feet below the water. normally you would use of equipment and a crane and undersea vehicles perhaps to transport them to the location. they had to be on the pipeline to be able to deliver that kind of

it fell to prime minister elisabeth borne to break the news.while others even walked out. when she did get the chance to speak, this is what she said. translation: we cannot gamble on the future of our pensions. - this reform is necessary. also, because i'm attached to our social model and because i believe in parliamentary democracy, it is on your reform, on the parliament's text, the fruit of compromise between two chambers that i am ready to engage my responsibility. by engage "her responsiblity" france's prime minister means using special constitutional powers. this may be the least bad option for the government, but it is risky. paragraph three of article 49 has been enshrined in the constitution since its inception in 1958. it allows the prime minister to force a bill through "after deliberation by the council of ministers." but opposition politicians will call for a vote of no confidence in the government in the next 24 hours. both sides of the political spectrum have expressed their anger. the far—right politician, marine le pen, said o

if colby students and i personally elisabeth add and the rest of us if colby students would champion the underprivileged as fiercely and uphold the american republic as faithfully as benjamin butler they too would deserve, be honored by the college. and i would say i agree. thank you. i'm i'm happy to take questions. and i apologize for my runny nose. i do not have covid. i promise. i just. yes, sir. walter. hi. so you talked a bit about beast and the women order, but you talk about spoons, the corruption. so could you talk a bit about alleged corruption in new orleans during his administration? yes. thank for that question. that's another reason that i spend a of time on new orleans in the biography and certainly there were questions, including by the department of the treasury and its agents in, new orleans, about what happening with regard to butler's use of military funds equipment. was he actually stealing people's silverware as he was confiscating stuff and so on? and to put it briefly, i will say that my is that he is not guilty of those charges. what is guilty of is allowing

french prime minister elisabeth borne was booed as she arrived in the national assembly.reet opposition with demonstrations, strikes, it came to a head today, the day in which there was to have been a vote in parliament on this measure, and at the government was hoping, it is a minority government, no majority, it was hoping to, assuming it would attract enough votes for this measure from the conservative party which broadly agrees with the principle of raising the retirement age, but india and when they did their numbers this morning and when macron and elisabeth borne were together crunching the numbers, they realised they didn't have it, there were a number of people in the conservative party who were prepared to vote against it. at last minute today, high suspense, the government, macron in particular, decided to avoid a vote in parliament and to push it through using this controversial constitutional procedure. it is like a red rag to the opposition of the left and also the far right who have said all along that if this were to come to pass, if macron were unable to

so it was left to elisabeth borne, the prime minister, to inform the lower house that there would be used tool in the constitution, that bypasses a vote altogether. here's how that went down. # allons enfant de la patrie # lejour de gloire # est arrive # contre nous de la tyrannie # the unions said is was tantamount to a declaration of war. mr macron says the "financial risks" of not passing the bill are too great. marine le pen says the far right will file for a vote of no confidence. which could lead dissolution of parliament. david chazan is a freelance journalist working for the times in paris. nice to you. high—stakes for president macron where does this go now? , ., , , ., , now? obviously the reforms, the these are president _ now? obviously the reforms, the these are president macron's - now? obviously the reforms, the these are president macron's flat reforms are going for. he was reelected less than a year ago on a platform to put these changes through. the main point about them is that they raise the pension age from 60 to 264 which still leaves it at a lower age to other

ross: boos and shouts echoed throughout the national assembly, as french prime minister elisabeth borneushed the pension bill through without a vote. left-wing lawmakers raised signs and their voices opposing the legislation as they sang the national anthem. >> ladies and gentlemen, members of parliament, we cannot bet on the future of our pensions. this reform is necessary. ross: anger has been escalating over the plan to raise france's retirement age from 62 to 64. nationwide strikes and protests have flared since january. >> even if the reform goes through, the inequality gaps, especially for women, will be present. so we must indeed be on the street and always ready to fight this reform. ross: president emmanuel macron hopes raising the retirement age will help france's pension system avert a deficit by the end of the next decade as its population ages. but the pension overhaul lacked the parliamentary support it needed to pass. the protest movement has seen millions of people join marches against pension reform since the start of the year. the fact the government has used this cont

game of europe continues to shake both politically and economically today, french prime minister elisabethirement age to 64 years without a vote in the national assembly, simply by an executive decision . is it true. prior to this, the senate had voted, but the main lower house of the french parliament did not vote on the legislation. this allows, and on the eve of manuel macron, the president of france threatened to dissolve the national assembly if they vote incorrectly and despite the fact that 67% of the french 67% on all issues against this pension reform, which day in france is the millionth, not even thousands, but millions of protests. yesterday 700.000 million protested all over the country. paris, due to the public utilities strike, just plunged into a garbage crisis, which means and despite this. reform is adopted without a vote in the national assembly ivan tsarevich this is such a democracy. yes, that's all. it happens on the homeland of this democracy in france, where the bastille once fell, and this is a reality and one cannot say that this is something new, it is on the ris

french prime minister elisabeth borne was booed as she arrived in the nationalassembly.schofield. so controversial for so long and it's becoming even more controversial because of these latest moves by the president. where i am is a latest moves by the president. where i am is a highly _ latest moves by the president. where i am is a highly symbolic _ latest moves by the president. where i am is a highly symbolic scene. - latest moves by the president. where i am is a highly symbolic scene. the l i am is a highly symbolic scene. the parliament behind me across the river and in front of us, the famous concorde demonstration taking place. it's not too massive, but people are arriving here from the left, the left—wing demonstration, students, union members, they are arriving from across paris because they have heard this news this afternoon that the government has invoked this controversial clause, essentially that it controversial clause, essentially thatitis controversial clause, essentially that it is by passing a vote in parliament, essentially, and for then, at least f

prime minister elisabeth borne used a special constitutional power to avoid a knife—edge vote on thursdayla marseillaise. take a listen. they sing la marseillaise but events in the national assembly were tame, compared to elsewhere. the passing of this bill has led to days of angry demonstrations. these pictures are from paris on thursday evening where there were clashes between police and protestors. cars were set on fire and many demonstrators were arrested. live now to paris with our correspondent hugh schofield. averted if emissions are cut rapidly but that is unlikely to stop global temperatures rising by less than the target of 1.5 degrees celsius. although the government, they didn't get enough votes, to push through, they didn't want to risk having a vote on the actual pension reforms, they did succeed in winning a no confidence vote but it was very narrow. , ., . ., . confidence vote but it was very narrow. , ., _, . ., narrow. yes, the no confidence vote is a direct result _ narrow. yes, the no confidence vote is a direct result of _ narrow. yes, the no confidence vote is a dire

yesterday prime minister elisabeth borne said: i can understand that not many people want to work twoe system. but it is not clear that the government has the votes to get the changes through the national assembly. macron's centrist alliance consists of about 250 mps so the government needs to win over opposition politicians to reach 289 votes, or convince some to abstain to get to a majority. as a last resort, the government can over—rule parliament and pass the law by decree. but such a move risks generating a political crisis. the protests are taking place as the french senate resumes its examination of the government's pension reform bill. they will debate the plan this week as the centrist government looks to find a compromise with the conservatives to push the bill through. for more on all this i'm joined by gaelle martinez, national secretary of the union solidaires. thank you for being with us. talk to me about what you're hoping to achieve with these protests that have brought friends, as we saw, to a standstill in many parts? goad a standstill in many parts? good evenina. a

here he is of distrust the fact is that french prime minister elisabeth born announced to the nationalt the approval of the deputies she does not need to raise the retirement age will be dragged through under article 49/3 of the constitution. she article allows the president to approve any laws. even if parliament rejected them. surely the french parliament is not a place for discussion, conservatives, fent, did not appreciate and drowned out the speech. born marseillaise another faction at that moment left the hall with cries of democracy and shame. but after the government decided to raise the retirement age, the marseillaise was not limited by the number, the protesters exceeded a million, the french began to live everything in their path, including, look at the harness that very paragraph of the constitution the government took advantage of the footage we receive in real time. this is the center of paris now they are burning garbage trucks, scaffolding police, eventually used to disperse the fire brigade, but to put out the fire, what is called in the hearts of the protesters, this

earlier i spoke to senior fellow with the american enterprise institute elisabeth braw.was that it was russia, because western governments, it is not the sort of thing they do. ukraine did not seem to be a candidate either. now we are seeing an allegation it was stand—alone, privately financed ukrainian undertaking. it was clear that this is just a rumour undertaking. it was clear that this isjust a rumour being undertaking. it was clear that this is just a rumour being shared undertaking. it was clear that this isjust a rumour being shared by undertaking. it was clear that this is just a rumour being shared by the new york times or the intelligence assessment from the americans, but the swedish and danish governments are conducting the investigation and they had said nothing and we can in fact be pretty sure they will not say anything in the near future. studio: if it was proven to be equivalent to ukraine, the risks of that are obvious in terms of public support for ukraine continuing from germany, europe and the us? that is indeed the case _ germany, europe and the us