let's have a look at some of the other stories making headlines today. french president manuel mccaul says he will not give in following a violent protest against his pension reformers. demonstrations intensified after the government bypass parliament to enact the changes last week, a visit by britons king charles, which was scheduled for sunday, has been postponed because of the unrest. denmark has asked the russian controlled operators of the north stream to pipeline to help salvage this. an unidentified object found on the sea bed beside it. it's the last intact north stream pipeline, after 3 explosions destroyed the others. last september, authorities have yet to determine who's responsible for those blast. the un says it is deeply concerned over evidence of abuses by both sides and rushes, war and ukraine. the head of the un human rights monitoring mission described. russia's, quote, pervasive use of summary executions and forced disappearances in ukraine. documented abuses by russian forces outnumbered those by ukraine. 6 to one. in ukraine, russian and ukrainian troops continue

ah, hello, welcome to the program, i'm tom mccrae, french president. manuel mccaul is visiting for nations in central africa. he's hoping to regain influence in a continent where the former colonial power now faces competition from other nations. notably china and russia. micron says he wants to reset ties promising a new partnership of equals his visiting countries he has not been to before. gabon, angola, republic of congo, and democratic republic of congo. france has announced its scaling back, its military presence on the continent, calling out of molly's central african republic and burkina faso with a government ordered them out. we'll have a lot to discuss with our guests. but 1st, this report from paul brennan. after decades of colonialism and neo colonialism, it was francis withdrawal from marley last year and burkina faso this year, which in fact confirmed the shifting geo politics in central africa, french troops were forced to leave the military. gunter, in each of those countries opted for a new alliance with russia in the form of the mercenary wagner group. president macro op