the chrome says the changes necessary to sustain the pension system. latasha butler report. some protesters burn bins and clash with police in paris during a demonstration that was otherwise peaceful. thousands of students and public sector workers once again in the st. angry with french president emmanuel, my horse pension reform. it is government's decision to force it through parliament by decree was critical down among may be the government is finally starting to hear that many french people are against this reform and against makram for not listening. as the reform raises the retirement age from 62 to 64, which we don't want and forcing it to parliament proves that there is no more democracy in france. protests as wanted government to scrap there were home at my house as the change is unnecessary to sustain the country's pension system for future generations. this head nationwide strikes is the beginning of the year. with the deadline, the trade unions are needing to pay and the french government will end when a francis main trade union leaders says each time up to medi

on thursday. latasha butler reports from pears, street littered with burnt garbage and broken windows. as the clean up began, the day after a pension reform protest in the city descended into chaos. paris his mare said she understood people's frustrations, but criticized some of their methods. yet oscar will call them the violence that we condemn, that i condemn distracts attention from the main issue, which is that most french people want the withdrawal of the pension reform. oh, some protesters and police clashed in several french cities overnight. police union said more than $400.00 offices in the country were injured. king charles was due to visit paris in just a few days, but seems like this. and more pan protests have drawn to release a palace to postpone the trip. at an e u summit in brussels prison macro said the king would be welcomed. another time you mowgli. on delta dental sauce, we would have liked common sense if we had held a state visit for his majesty the king and the queen consort. in the midst of the protests and given the esteem and the friendship, we feel for his

another saw in the despite some differences from, from britain's historic lions still stands, latasha butler, i'll just 0 paris. the italian coast guard has launched multiple rescue operations to save around. $1300.00 migrants packed on several boats off the country, southern coastline. more than 3000 migrants have reached italy by boats since wednesday. that's more than double the number for the entire month of march. last year and rescue teams have saved nearly 50. my friends found stranded in a boat off the coast of spain's canary islands. the group included 3 pregnant women and 6 children. at least 44 people had been killed in an attack in eastern democratic republic of congo. the military says a village in north keep you province was targeted by fighters, believe to be from the allied democratic forces. uganda and the group that pledged allegiance to isolate milk and whip reports the people of the village of mac, condie, berry, the bodies of thousands of children, women and men killed in an attack by an armed group. it's not the 1st time they'd had to do this. jenna mother, even though

is unfair, given the tough working conditions. latasha butler report ludovic, his work to the street cleaner in paris for 6 years. he began on a garbage truck. now he's on foot. he loves his job, but he's been on strike on and off now for a week. he's protesting against the french government plan to raise the retirement age by 2 years. under its proposed pension reform. ludovic says people who do challenging jobs shouldn't be made to work longer. we want to say no more. 2 more years is far too much because it is a difficult job with rapidity tissue re madame woman. no, because i uses all the time. i can barely move my aunts and fingers in the morning . garbage workers and street cleaners in paris have been on strike for more than a week and it shows the city council says thousands of tons of rubbish hasn't been collected. there were overflowing bins, like this, nearly everywhere in paris, more garbage collectors. hope is that the dirty streets will help put pressure on the government to scrap their proposed reform. fringe president emanuel mac ramos says the reform is necessary becau

he wants it implemented by the end of the year. latasha butler reports is defiant in his 1st tv interview and months. the french president said he had no regrets about his controversial pension reform bill were forcing it through the french parliament by decree sutcliffe formula in the face freeform is necessary marseilles, the french people. so if i don't enjoy doing this, but he's out of a sense of duty that i committed to this solidity and honor for me, my crawford no concessions to opponents of the reform. it was said you wouldn't re shuffle his cabinet or change his prime minister, leaving some a position and peas, unimpressive. on the if you're, somebody want fi symbolically define frances working class, that mr. micron has highlighted his contempt for a part of the population. food contempt, that was the hallmark of his pensions. bill frances trade union said the reform is unfair because they raises the retirement age by 2 years to $64.00 and will have a greater impact on poor a workers. since january they bled strike some protest in the country against the reform in paris, destroy

to be able to do this with all the europeans who are concerned with the transit and crossing latasha. butler has more from paris. when it comes to cross channel migration, it is long been a source of great tension between britain and france. britain is always felt that france doesn't do enough to stop people crossing at the english channel on small boats and arriving illegally in the u. k. france has long felt that britain should do more to help it if he really wants to try and reduce the number of asylum seekers that are leaving a french shore or war. he thought a day was emmanuel mackerel. and richie soon acc, at least looking as if they had come to some form of agreement over how to move forward. we have britain pledging $577000000.00 a to francis for the next 3 years to help a bolster security operations on the north and french k. so you had a very, she soon act talking about things like another did a detention center that will be run by our british and french. oh, offices police officers, more of patrolling police offices on the beaches of northern france. the very fact that the summit

government bypass parliament to push through a plan to raise the retirement age from 60 to 264 latasha butler's in paris with more the number of french ministers have been trying to defend the pension reform. and the way 8 was forced through by decree by passing parliament, they said it was an action though, was necessary because they say that this reform is essential if fraud says, are able to sustain aid pension system in the future. nevertheless, that is certainly note washing with many m p 's a lot of anger amongst some lawmakers. we know that lawmakers on the left and also to far right and also independence alt tabling a motion of no confidence. i gates the government, the will be voted on monday. meanwhile, trade unions are calling for more protests, a nationwide day of action on thursday and their ongoing demonstrations in paris. some people have tried to block the main ring road garbage collectors, also oil refinery workers, all continuing with their protests. a lot of anger over this reform. a lot of anger is the way in which it's being pushed through parliament, a loss of frustration

butler. she's joining us live from the french capital and micron. finally breaking months of silence on these pension reforms and protests latasha. what did he say? yes, and he was in a defying mood and fact you'd be hard pressed to imagine that this is a french president who is the middle of a political and social crisis whose own governments are barely survived. a low confidence merchant vote in the parliament just days ago. emanuel mackerel defended his pension reform bill, he said it was necessary for the country that it sustain its pension system into the future. at the moment he said that couldn't be the case. that is just too complicated. cost too much money and it was necessary, but he also asked the french government to push this reform through parliament by decree and bypass parliament. that is one of the things that is really inflamed attentions and good. many people protest is and politicians. we've already seen some reaction to his speech, some politicians on the far left and far right. saying that michael simply doesn't understand people. the other thing in this speech is that michael didn't offer any form of conce