outspoken when does barricades a nationwide strike is underway because protests against president emanuel micron's labor reform.

french president emanuel micron has been hit by a fresh wave of criticism after cutting taxes for the wealthy he's responded by saying his latest tax reform is aimed at encouraging investment and promoting talent in the country however many people in paris don't agree warning the new leader is already becoming a president for the rich and that the reform will only worsen inequality in france our correspondent charlotte do penske has more. how do you know when you not just rich but you'll feel feet which. cars and race horses a definitely signs that eve more than a pretty penny to spend right. will not so much in france where the toys of the rich and famous no longer eligible for tax and that's causing quite a stir if you think this is a bore i think this is unfair but justice no longer exists in france there isn't a justice system anymore this is the hunger for power of a prince who wants to rule our country how he wants. government is only for the rich and he doesn't care about the poor we don't have a middle class there are only poor people who work for the rich yes i am outraged an

emanuel micron treated his outrage at what he called the barbaric act the president also praised the work of operation center now soldiers from this initiative are credited with killing the attacker sentinel is france's first wide scale military operation in peacetime ten thousand combat troops across the country are involved and have become a common sight to transport hubs and tourist hotspots the operation was launched after the terror attack on the sharlee ebdon magazine offices in early twenty fifteen and was reinforced later that year but the soldiers themselves have often become a target for the attackers from the attack is british former intelligence officer unemotionally believes the operation laus a quicker response but more must be done to prevent assaults in the first place. well i think we're seeing a much faster reaction time from the police and security forces in all countries across europe i mean particularly in london as well with the attacks that happened in a few months ago that the reaction times much faster to stop further deaths but of course you can't stop the i

of promoting extremism may also be temporarily shut down the architect of the law is president emanuel micron himself he says that this is an alternative to the current state of emergency which has already been extended six times. good of course you did well awful sauna securing the anti terror draft law on the reinforcement of internal security has been adopted by a parliamentary majority and it will come into power in november the first when the state of emergency expires the state of emergency was affected however we've seen in recent months that unfortunately doesn't protect us from the reality of certain tax because any state of emergency can protect us and totally reduce the threat until state of emergency is due to be lifted at the beginning of next month it was first issued following the terrorist attacks in paris in two thousand and fifteen but many fear that the new move encroaches on even more basic freedoms we gauged reaction on the streets of paris and almost. no i don't agree with it and i'm sure we can do things differently i don't think it is the way to solve the problem of te

walk out of their jobs and join in over one hundred thirty planned marches against president emanuel micron's labor reforms. i. think the. number of arrests were made his presence has clashed with police officer david ski has more of what started as a peaceful rally. well the peace is over as police have been firing ca gas on the protest to say in paris now we're in the middle of a crowd i'm going to give you a sense of like how angry people are we've got student small minds me who was unhappy about it because they hate syria so you support the teacher as the hospital workers and the rest of the civil servants who are taking place in this nationwide day of protests around a full wave million people all represented by those unions who cooled them to come out on strike and it was peaceful but as he seemed to think along the destination hate towards a nation in paris already seeing some of the damage being caused by the protesters we've seen people leaving past this time impacted by the effects of that she cast many people here are unhappy about what they see is the monsoon government's cuts to

emanuel micron tweet is outraged at what he called the barbaric act the president also praised the work of operations sentinel soldiers from that initiative are credited with killing the attacker sentinels france's first wide scale military operation during peacetime ten thousand combat troops across the country are involved and they become a common sight at transport hubs and tourist hotspots operation was launched after the terrorist attack on the charlie hebdo magazine offices in early twenty fifteen and was reinforced later that year the soldiers themselves of often become a target for attack is a british former intelligence officer and he believes that the operation does allow a quicker response but more must be done to prevent assaults in the first place. well i think we're seeing a much faster reaction time from the police and security forces in all countries across europe i mean particularly in london as well with the attacks that happened in a few months ago that the reaction times much faster to stop further deaths but of course you can't stop the initial attacks themselves be

hundred fifty four thousand residents over neglect of the health care and school systems on twitter emanuel micron explained he was not father christmas that comments sparking anger with some french politicians who spoke to the editor in chief of live puppy micah seen about microns latest poll. it's very sure of himself and a bit of good to you showed it recently and we are not saying that he's not son to calls to people who are poor and have problems but he did it also recently using ports that i wouldn't use on the new scene or for the body falls or the french left or right it's not a matter of politics considering that as a can trade off to settle cases like that to go from a school should not give away public money without really looking at what they do because right in saying of course that a lot of money is being spent and we are not that that are real problems but it's not a recent to to show with his excess spiration or to show his norns the fact that people come back with their own problem so in this case now it's small for the unpleasantness of seeing the elite. talk talking. in a condes

of their jobs and join in over one hundred thirty planned marches all about against president emanuel micron's labor reforms. i put. the. number arrests were made as protesters there clashed with the police or the show didn't scare has more on what started as a peaceful rally. well the peace is over as police have been firing seeing gas on the protests to say in paris now we're in the middle of a crowd i'm going to give you a sense of like how angry people are we've got students small minds me who was unhappy about the cuts they hate seeing you support the teachers the hospital workers and the rest of the civil servants who are taking place in this nationwide day of protests around a five million people all represented by those unions who cooled them to come out on strike and it was peaceful but as you can improve going along just nation to its nation in paris already seeing some of the damage caused by the protesters we've seen people leave fastest time impacted by the effects of that she cast many people here are unhappy about what they see is the monsoon government's cuts to the civil servi

hundred fifty four thousand residents over neglect of the health care and school systems on twitter emanuel micron explained he was not father christmas by comment sparking anger with some french politicians we spoke to the editor in chief of the purple magazine about micron's latest phone paul. is very sure of himself in a bit of good to show that recently we are saying that he's not some good calls that people who are poor and have problems but he did it also always from its recently using words that i wouldn't use on the news you know but that he falls or the french left or right it's not a matter of politics considering as out of control we now after several cases like that the government of course should not give away public money without really looking at what they do it was right in saying of course that there's a lot of money's being spent and we are not that i'll real problems but it's not a recent to to show his exasperate not to show his northern the fact that people come by with their own problems so in this case now it's small for the unpleasantness of seeing the elite. talk talking c

a little clip a leader who some say tried to do the opposite of that this is french president emanuel micron in august this is his first major foreign policy speech and this is what inside. as you hear the think you're eighty looking sit where you. feel a little quality always an islamist leopoldine apriority the not a pretty good one here we should probably not always miss them east asia. law pro are the set it got me on a surprise that she couldn't you. couldn't even in leaked your love for fundamentalistic pretty well certainly. and the crown goes on to say and i'm paraphrasing here we mustn't be naive and we mustn't be over afraid of islam we mustn't confuse islamists and islam and we mustn't look at the millions of muslims that live in europe with suspicion and so some would say there's a bit of a complicating message there and others are saying he's trying to spark parts apart semantics what's your take on it and you know yeah i think there are some are summarising the point is exactly the conflicting messages that he's sending he's right on one thing that the muslims cannot keep on sa

striking by the labor of forms members of the nine unions were protesting against president emanuel micron's plans to streamline the civil service the reforms will allow employers to hire and fire workers more easily and enable companies to negotiate directly with employees that were working conditions. now some news from greece where the coalition government has voted to allow people to change their gender identity without medical treatment a bill became law by a narrow majority it allows people to make their choice on gender from the age of fifteen but the move has divided public opinion in greece's johnson office reports from athens. russia has felt trapped in her male body since she was thirteen her family reacted by throwing her out on the street where her life began to unravel. i wanted to study astronomy i never got the chance i was rejected and thrown out of schools because of my appearance because of a transgender person i was denied the right to education and to follow a career i would love after that i had no choice but to prostitute myself in order to survive it's the only choice

barricades a nationwide strike is under way in france where workers protest against president emanuel micron's labor reform. look at this the government been doing all this time. leaders business main opposition party slum stories of maize government for failing to secure a break city agreement the prime minister warns the u.k. must be ready to quit the european union without a deal. and for joining us this name is the watching internet. this can be busy because we are shortly expecting the catalan president to talk about whether the region is going to declare independence from spain that the ninety percent of participants in the region's referendum on october first voted in favor of as we await his speech let's go live to barcelona spain forty correspondent. we're expecting to hear something soon but no word yet. followed neil and you know tension is really thick here in the atmosphere as anxiety builds in terms of what exactly karl has put him on just going to be able to say once he does finally address the regional parliament here that's a speech that's highly anticipated and is being close

northern iraq and shut its airspace in response to the kurdish referendum france's president emanuel micron is now offered to help with mediation efforts between iraq central government and the kurdish leaders met iraq's prime minister head of the body in paris to talk about those kurdish secession efforts he urged all parties to stay united at least in defeating ice of prime minister about he said he didn't want a confrontation with kurdish forces a more from the tatar butler in paris in a moment first here is what. mr a body had to say. and. our concern is to preserve iraq's sovereignty within the iraqi constitution which is adopted by a massive majority of iraqis in two thousand and five this constitution brings together all iraqis are fellow citizens who are kurds voted for this constitution separatism does not figure in this constitution and it's not acceptable. he was here just to talk about thirty. days however talk about the referendum. even offering to mediate to try and calm the situation in his words he said that it was very important that iraq remained united recognize the right

have been yet more colorful protests in the french capital against president emanuel micron's labor reforms the latest law was drafted in august with people in paris still demanding mccrum backtrack on the. this reform search the big boss is one hundred percent its goal is to make their profits even bigger and to harm the employees. this is a never ending of your games the employees who made this country the worlds. rich's state these employees are now on how free and are on the streets they work all day long in the bosses of the real power sites who live billions using those workers. but this looks like a catastrophe to me i'm thinking about my children and grandchildren i want everyone to have a proper education to be able to get medical help and to have a job i want the working time to be rigi say that everyone can have a job workers in paris are challenging that new law which threaten certain guarantees on retirement french president responded to earlier demonstrations by saying quote democracy does not happen on the street or the mountain claims the law will give employers more incenti

twitter though emanuel macron explained that he was not father christmas and that comment sparked anger with some french politicians we spoke to the editor in chief of people magazine about microns latest. he is very sure of himself in a bit of good to eat showed it recently and we are saying that he's not such a clause that people who are poor and have problems but he did it also informs recently using words that i wouldn't use on orbit new soon or a very vulgar the french left or right it's not a matter of politics considering that as a country we now after several cases like that the government of course should not give away public money without really looking at what they do it was right in saying of course that a lot of money is being spent and we are not that there are real problems but it's not a recent to to show his exasperate nor to show isn't northern the fact that people come back with their own problems so in this case now it's more the unpleasantness of seeing the elite. talk talking can't a condescending way to the people. now some news just in a suspected suicide car bomb has reportedly killed at least ten people in the somali capital mogadishu it happened in a b