with pension reforms despite a 10 day nationwide strike by transport workers travellers on the paris metro and the t.g.v. fast trains are being warned to expect serious weekend delays although normal busts and tram services are running 300 kilometer long traffic jam surrounded paris on thursday opponents of the president's modernization plan say employees will have to work longer for smaller pensions the un has accused chile of seriously violating the human rights of anti-government protesters investigators have detailed what they describe as unlawful killing torture sexual abuse and excessive force and are also urging the government to end the indiscriminate use of lead pellets and tear gas which have left around $350.00 people with severe eye injuries though says it's still investigating in this this report is premature and thousands of chileans continue their protests against the government despite the crackdown a latin america editor alysia newman has more from a rally in santiago. this demonstration from the presidential palace protest against the shocking number of chileans who have

most of the high speed rail network and the paris metro have been brought to a standstill — hundredsled — and the majority of schools around the country are closed — as transport workers and teachers protest against planned pension reforms. let's get more on this story from tomasz michalski who's associate professor of econonomics at hec paris. good to have you with us this morning. in terms of what is going on, people are talking about it as a challenge to president macron‘s presidency. why is that? firstly, the proposed reform that is still very vague at this stage was a major campaign pledge of emmanuel macron and he has —— is the face of this reform. and he needs to keep on reforming because otherwise the 40% of the french on the centre—right who support him may find somebody else. so he is preparing, like a pre— campaign move, also. you can count the forces of the opposition before the election campaign of 2022. based on what you have said, is there any obvious middle ground, a way of resolving this, while still reforming pensions but placating what the striking workers want? re

retirement pension reforms 90 percent of today's high speed train services council most of the paris metro will be shut down the majority of schools will remain closed hospitals will also be affected hundreds of flights and hotel bookings are being canceled the strikers have been getting ready to hold protest marches 6000 police will be on duty in paris amid fears the so-called yellow vest movement could try to incite violence. as mounted the 2nd legal challenge over its treatment in the u.s. the chinese company says a decision to bob american phone carriers from using government money to buy its equipment is unconstitutional the ruling by the u.s. federal communications commission was part of government efforts to limit wall ways market access the company accuses the f.c.c. of failing to quote very far the facts before labeling it a national security threat. american america's food and drug administration insists it was right to issue warnings about certain cosmetic products by johnson and johnson in october the products including baby powder that tested positive for his best us test by j

mccall's retirement and pension reforms 90 percent of high speed trains are axed and most of the paris metro will be shut down the majority of schools will remain closed with hospitals also affected hundreds of flights and hotel bookings have been cancelled the strikers have been getting ready to hold protest marches 6000 police will be on duty in paris amid fears violent yellow vests extremists could hijack the protests. now from the city to the fields in a world full of high tech smartphone applications and start ups it's easy to forget that innovation reaches all industries including the fruit business breeders are always working on new varieties and now they have actually reinvented the lemon well sort. this may look like an ordinary lemon but take a closer look and you'll see that something's missing this lemon and the rest of the crop has no seeds cesar knowing this solves a huge problem on those lovely girls in letters out there that's out in cooper his company is the u.s. is biggest grower of fruit and the 1st to bring the seedless lemon to the mass markets in the united states it ca

france now — where a strike over pension reform has brought the high speed rail network and the paris metroosed most schools. hugh schofield is at a major rail station in paris... hugh, explain the reason that these pension reforms are proving to be so controversial. president macron came to power promising to overhaul the pension system which several governments have dry to reform over the years. it's a very complicated system in the eyes of many, including some protesters, it's unfair. 42 different pension systems in france and there are big disparities depending on whether you work for the private sector, the public sector orfor one work for the private sector, the public sector or for one of these special sectors like the metro or the railway workers where they can retire a lot younger than everyone else. what president macron has promised is put everyone on uneven setting so the amount of money earned in your working life corresponds exactly in the same way for everyone to pension at the other end. in principle, people agree but the problem is his plans are still very vague and people

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almost all lines on the paris metro were closed. both have now extended their strike into tomorrow.ying billions of euros to subsidise special pension rights for police, railway workers and other public sector staff. the new system will be fairer and more equal, it says, but protesters say it is the workers who will pay, and that in mr macron's france, some parts of society are more equal than others. lucy williamson, bbc news, paris. our top story this evening: the final week of campaigning — and the party leaders are out and about, pushing their core messages. a week to go before the big vote we are in croydon to assess the mood and confidence of voters in the run—up to the poll. coming up on sportsday on bbc news... ronnie 0'sullivan's hopes of winning a third successive uk championship title are over — after a thrilling defeat by china's ding junhui in the last 16 in york. mental health patients in england, desperate for help, are being left in limbo even after they have started treatment — that's according to research carried out by the bbc. last year more than 1.5 million refe

with pension reforms despite a 10 day nationwide strike by transport workers travellers on the paris metro and the t.g.v. trains are being neurons to expect serious weekend delays although normal bus and tram services are running opponents of the president's modernisation plan say employees will have to work longer and in return will get smaller pensions. news hour and 25 minutes with the salvia next is a dream with counting the cost. capturing a moment in time. snapshots of other lives. providing a glimpse into someone else's mother's. witness on al-jazeera. hello i'm adrian finnegan this is counting the cost on al-jazeera a weekly look at the world of business and economics this week an i.m.f. loan tax cuts for big business and a sterile city for the poorest the perfect cocktail the street protests we speak to the vice president of resource rich acquittal. a cash crunch in kenya east africa's largest economy can't pay its bills will it need to ask the i.m.f. for help and the king of streaming is about to face a multibillion dollar onslaught from the likes of apple and disney we'll find o

still at a standstill largely with very few trains running and local transport especially here in paris the metro at a standstill as well so people are taking their casts and their 300 kilometers earth traffic jam at this time of speaking actually in that's almost double as much as you'd normally have on a day on a week day here in paris so it looks like people are really struggling to go to work and it's having a huge impact that strike here in france. in our report earlier we heard that people are concerned about their future pensions all these war is justified. while they are worried that their pensions might actually go down by a few 100 years and that. would be a large impact for many people especially those who are struggling to make ends meet and those who are benefiting from a special regime one of these $42.00 especially regimes in france which for example mean that your pension is calculated according to what you earning at the end of your career not at the beginning the it is the 1st salary a getting is really low so many people our age yes and many people don't have very high pensions

with pension reforms despite a 10 day nationwide strike by transport workers travellers on the paris metro and the trains are being warned to expect serious weekend days or the normal bus and tram services are running 300 kilometer long traffic jam surrounded the capital on thursday opponents of the president's modernization plan say employees will have to work longer for smaller pensions. and the u.n. climate talks in spain which were supposed to end on friday are still going protesters showed their anger at the lack of progress of the cup $25.00 summit in madrid is to go she has struggled to agree on emissions reduction targets delegates can't decide how much money poorer countries should receive to cope with the impact of climate change. what we continue to do at these cops is kick the can down the road we know what needs to be done we know what decisions need to be made what actions need to be taken. but there are a few voices that are dictating the agenda of the many. african people but it was going to go back was something that they can all said but it was and this is i mean that the

with pension reforms despite a 10 day nationwide strike by transport workers travellers on the paris metro and the t.g.v. fast trains are being warned to expect serious weekend allays although normal bus and tram services are running 300 kilometer long traffic jam surrounded the capital on thursday opponents of the president's modernisation plan say employees will have to work longer for smaller pensions a french aid group says 4 workers have been killed in nigeria action against hunger's as they were among 6 stuff kidnapped in july near the town of. this is in northeastern nigeria where boko haram fighters and other groups operate on humanitarian worker was killed in september and appeals are being made for the release of the remaining hostages in jest president obama do is of who has posthumously awarded $71.00 soldiers who were killed in an attack on an army base with a cross of courage the government has declared 3 days of mourning to commemorate what was the deadliest assault on nugent's military in living memory an isolated group claimed responsibility for the attack on tuesday on th

ahead with pension reforms despite a 10 day nationwide strike by transport workers travelers on the paris metro and tasia of a trains are being warned to expect serious delays all normal bus and tram services are running traffic jams of up to 300 kilometer surrounded the capital on thursday . malaysia's prime minister says u.s. sanctions on iran violate international law speaking at the doha forum here in qatar much i hear mohamed says that they've led to malaysia losing access to the arabian market washington re-imports those my shifts on tehran after withdrawing from the 2015 nuclear deal. and many others loss a big market with the us asian is a ploy a gives iran military does not support that the imposition of the e.u. need let loose a nation by the us it is iran says that she is clearly violet the united nations charter and international laws. that is foreign minister also attended the doha forum earlier he told the un backed government will never allow a war on khalifa haftar to take the capital after announced a new offensive to capture tripoli on thursday there's been renewed clashes wit

lots of people who are not demonstrating, even if you have a significant amounts of crowds in paris and metro demonstrated because if that was the case, you would have 1-2,000,000 that was the case, you would have 1—2,000,000 citizens in the streets of paris, which is not the case from what i understand. i know in 1995, the president had to under the micro abandon what were less ambitious reforms to the pension system. so how likely is president macron to get his way in your view? in 1995, the situation was quite different. the economies were not the same. but also at the same time, the president wa nted also at the same time, the president wanted to reform a pension system and social security system, which was two big fields of anxiety for everybody, and also much more than today for the private sector. today, there is only one topic on the table, which is good enough, if i may say so, which is the pension funds. there is no other subject. in 1995, the president withdrew his pension plan, but he maintained the social security and succeeded. so it is half and half working. today is only one t

in paris only 2 metro lines are running frustration is high among passengers at the few stations where the service. i'm clearly flat out. i left my home at 5 am and now i'm stuck at god you know i have to get to the 15th i don't know how. it's not fair my family are supposed to come to visit me and no they won't it's very very selfish. but the striking workers have a different view. this is not about protecting our retirement we're on strike to protect everyone's retirement. where the metro and other trains out of service traffic jams all over france are now stretching hundreds of kilometers french president among women at home has expressed solidarity with the millions affected by the strike but the show no sign of backing down on pension reform. all those french workers taking to the streets there for the 13th. are these pension reforms mccoy is really pushing through are they going to work. you know if you talk to economists they find it a bit difficult to give an opinion on that because this is not something you can easily describe in economic formulas and numbers in political term

in paris only 2 metro lines are running frustration is high among passengers at the few stations where the service. i'm clearly thought out. and now i'm stuck at god you know i have to get to the 15th i don't know how. it's not fair my family was supposed to come to visit me and now they won't it's them very south. but the striking workers have a different view. this is not about protecting our retirement we're on strike to protect everyone's retirement. with the metro and other trains out of service traffic jams all over france are now stretching hundreds of kilometers french president. has expressed solidarity with the millions affected by the strike but the show no sign of backing down on pension reform. and staying in france it may be the country's last hand crafted doll factory that t. cohen is still producing over $30000.00 a year using a traditional approach that it's employed since 1912. these dolls bodies are made of binal free of plastic outer tips on their clothes of pesticide free cotton it sounds very contemporary the organically produced dolls have been made the tradition

macron himself. 90% of trains across the country where cancelled cancelled almost all lines on the paris metroclosed. both have now extended their strike into tomorrow. the government says it can no longer justify paying tomorrow. the government says it can no longerjustify paying billions of euros to subsidize special pension rights for police. railway workers and other public sector staff. the new system will be fairer and more equal, it says. but protesters say it's the workers who will pay. in mr macron's france some parts of society are more equal than others. lucy williamson, bbc news, paris. pension reforms are at the heart of that enormous shutdown across france, there has been a political flash point in the country for many yea rs. flash point in the country for many years. back in 95, there was a general strike over pension reforms that were being thought of by the prime minister, edward philippe, that's not the country crippled by purchase for three weeks. the french system compare with elsewhere? welcome of the official retirement age in it's low. its currently 62. president macron

almost all lines on the paris metro were closed. both have now extended their strike into tomorrow.euros to subsidise special pension rights for police, railway workers and other public sector staff. the new system will be fairer and more equal, it says, but protesters say it is the workers who will pay, and that in mr macron's france, some parts of society are more equal than others. lucy williamson, bbc news, paris. donald trump is set to become only the third president in us history to be impeached. today the democrats have said they will start drafting what are called articles of impeachment, accusing the president of abusing his powers for personal gain. it doesn't necessarily mean he'll be thrown out of office but it's a significant moment in a troubled presidency. nick bryant reports. to reporters about the impeachment. are you concerned about the stain the impeachment might have on your legacy? no, not at all. not at all. it's a hoax, it's a hoax, it's a big fat hoax. oui’ our correspondent is in washington for us. chrisjust bring us up to speed with exactly what this means.

ahead with pension reforms despite a 10 day nationwide strike by transport workers travelers on the paris metro and tasia trains are being warned to expect serious delays all normal bus and term services are running 300 kilometer long traffic jam surrounded the capital on thursday opponents of president manuel mak homes plan say employees will have to work longer yet receive a smaller pensions. have been celebrations on the small pacific island chain of food in the last 3 voted overwhelmingly for independence from papa new guinea almost 98 percent of those who do part in the referendum chills to break away at the new guineans prime minister says there will be hard work ahead to ensure it happens the prime minister says u.s. sanctions on iran are in violation of international law speaking of the doha forum here in qatar motto here mohamed says they have a lead malaysia losing access to the iranian market washington reimpose the measures on tehran after withdrawing from the 2015 u.k. deal leaves you and many others loss a big market with the u.s. saying sheehan is a ploy a gives you don't live to

ahead with pension reforms despite a 10 day nationwide strike by transport workers travelers on the paris metro and t.g.v. trains are being warned to expect serious weekend's delays but bus on tram services running normally traffic jams up to 300 kilometers long surrounded the capital on thursday. well still ahead on. this. on the dock what's. the story in school. day one of a new era in television news we badly need at this moment leadership and felt this encampment that we're in today it didn't exist 3 weeks ago now there's at least 20000 or hinder refugees who live here and. i got to come in you're almost all i'm hearing is good journalism president hosni mubarak has resigned after all the laws the attempts of coverups jamal khashoggi his loved ones want some form of closure people are suffering people are dying entire school systems are collapsing we are in the beginning of a mass extinction we saw the syrian army flag police the guy in the city the skipper for the. goods to massage the money to 100 meters away from the front line but. up in the capitol police. well now it's time for sports

in paris only 2 metro lines are running frustration is high among passengers at the few stations where the servers. are but i'm clearly flat out. and know i'm stuck at god you know i have to get to the 15th i don't know how. it's not fair my family was supposed to come to visit me and now they won't it's very very selfish. but the striking workers have a different view. this is not about protecting our retirement we're on strike to protect everyone's retirement. with the metro and other trains out of service traffic jams all over france are now stretching hundreds of kilometers french president among women has expressed solidarity with the millions affected by the strike but he has shown no sign of backing down on pension reform. now bad news for everyone using the internet there will be more cyber attacks next year as according to security consulting firm control risks which identified some top global risks for businesses here's a look at some of those starting with the american elections a highly charged contest where businesses are likely to be caught in the crossfire also cyber war

was once called the special regimes, the workers at the special regimes, the workers at the paris opera, the metroef, where the retirement age is between 50—53. so i think there is some sympathy for that, but i don't think there is the appetite for these big reforms and to put up with his big reforms. the france playbook is usually france is a country founded on revolts, so the playbook is that these things have high public support which then wanes as it gets violent. i think this one will go for longer because the unions negotiate most peoples' contracts. we have seen the protests over the last week or so, and we mentioned this caused chaos for commuters, but not just mentioned this caused chaos for commuters, but notjust commuters, it is for many, many people. some schools were closed, the eurostar flight, schools were closed, the eurostar flight, transport, everything was impacted by this. how long can the french government stay strong, do you think? the economic impact is serious. the french retail consortium has warned the next two weekends are going to be the biggest of the year, and retailer

with a high off of paris's sixteen metro lines closed most of the rest severely restricted curtailed and the number of regional and suburban trains slash yet train operator sncf is warning. it may not be too late to get service is back to normal for christmass we'll keep you across all departments. protests across indian cities into the six day this tuesday with police firing tear gas during clashes in the nation's capital. as outrage grows over and use citizenship little which critics say is anti muslim. in what's become a major challenge to prime minister narendra modi's tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets. protest rights clashes claimed six lives. injured dozens. reporter mind you can call it is in. it was another day of wide scale protests heree in new delhi and indeed across the country against this controversial citizenship amendment to knknow. now why most of these protests remain peaceful- the situation became extremely violent in a densely populated neighborhood in these daily called caelum poor where police in riott gear clashed with at least two thousand

paris into the city center have been not working right 80 percent of them not working here in paris the metro is all but. nails pace with only a couple of lines mainly the automated lines working as a result of that continued strike we are expecting to see a big protest today this is the 3rd time that unions have called for nationwide protests since this strike began back on. it's now into its 3rd week and there are some suggestions that up to a 1000000 people could be out on the streets across france today that very 1st day of strikes back in the early december it was around 809000 it dropped just over a week later to just under 400000 but now they're saying now the government is outlined all of its pension proposals including that very controversial raising the retirement age from 62 to 64 that up to a 1000000 people to take out to the streets there are also warnings from the authorities that they could be what they call the castle the thugs who'll be among the protest here in paris looking to cause chaos now the pension reform was the spark for this particular strike but it's not the only

longer and that has caused huge fury here in france originate was the rail workers and the metro east off in paris that would do to be on strike they've been joined now by teachers by firefighters by students by health workers by plumbers even in some respects by police officers who are fear reus about these plan changes by the macro government i just want you to get a sense of just how many people come out to this particular march here in paris this is one of the main marches taking place today it's one of around $250.00 taking place across france which shows you just how widespread the anger is the idea is to bring france to a standstill today to power lies the country and that's essentially what they've done in terms of public transport at least with some 90 percent of trains not running today the majority of the metro lines of paris are also closed with the exception of those that are automated we know the airport staff of also joined in with the suggestion some 20 percent of flights could be impacted today and we know the anger here is of malays that is being growing now for over a year since

entered their 5th day bus and train services have been scaled down to cope with the strike in paris only to metro lines are running and many drove to work instead by 9 am traffic jams around the capital stretched to 600 kilometers. you're watching the news still to come on our show finland gets a new prime minister she breaks the mold in many ways we'll tell you what's different about her. but 1st the leaders of ukraine and russia have started arriving in paris for a meeting to talk about the conflict in eastern ukraine it is the 1st time in 3 years the talks focusing on ending the war there have been held and it is the 1st time but let me put and slow to me selenski have met a french president a man i call and german chancellor angela merkel are brokering this meeting the conflict started in 2014 and it has killed more than 13000 people and displaced more than 1000000 the worst fighting has been in the donbass region our correspondent nick conley traveled there and he sent us this report. close enough to see what the other side having for lunch that's how these ukrainian troops have spent the la

their 5th day well bus and train services have been scaled down to cope with the strike in paris only 2 metro lines are running and many decided to drive to work instead by 9 am traffic jams around the capital stretched to 600 kilometers . the world anti doping agency wada has banned a russia from taking part in international sporting competitions for 4 years a water rule that russia should be punished for manipulating laboratory data planting fake evidence and deleting files linked to positive doping tests that could have helped identify drug cheats in the banned rules russia out of the upcoming tokyo olympics next year. tokyo 20 twentieth's was supposed to be the final highlight of anastasiya as he called us korea but now she's in a gray zone after the world anti-doping agency bent russia from the upcoming summit games you look at the samea guy it's one thing not to qualify because you're not well prepared you've made mistakes but it's quite another thing when it's because you are punished for other people's mistakes things will certainly not be easy for . the word anti doping agency wada h

percent of the workers decided to stay home and put the trade system to all hold right now in paris most of the metro lines are not working so it makes it very difficult for the people here to get to work it's a real chaos for the tourists this is again this is how strong the people's message is for the government so if we look at you know what kind of thing are taking part in this strike it can be any kind of professions are man air traffic controllers judges here and of course we do see any police right here but for now i believe they have commented oh i can tell you that some trade union. please if you think you've been to or to the site as well so this is really should why you should have been fortunate though i do have to say that the protests that happened on december the 5th which was done so far the most amount 7 has tried to actually lead to violence in the various parts of this country how long we live. did you. hear. from her couple of people to. be. good good good good good to put a. group of people who want. to look at this here to come up behind. i can tell you that you see on him live.

the local transfer union that's running the metro so paris will be rather blocks also trains are all across the country are likely to be likely to be very few trains across the country so this will continue at least for a few days the unions have said that they would like to would like the strike to continue until the end of next week when the government should unveil the exact details of the reform well let's see what happens many people upset of the watching that very closely is alou is watching the strikes in paris for us thank you. u.s. president donald trump is daring the democrats in the house of representatives to go ahead with impeachment now and fast trump says he wants a fair trial in the senate impeachment is unlikely to succeed there because trump's republican party has a solid majority trump was reacting to the speaker of the u.s. house nancy pelosi saying she's ready to draft articles of impeachment he is alleged to have tried to pressure ukraine into investigating his rival democratic presidential candidate joe biden nancy pelosi was clear about the way forward with im

the local transfer union that's running the metro so paris will be rather blocks also trains are all across the country are likely to be likely to be very few trains across the country so this will continue at least for a few days the unions have said that they would like to would like the strike to continue until the end of next week when the government should unveil the exact details of the reform well let's see what happens many people upset of the watching that very closely is alou is watching the strikes in paris for us thank you. now to some of the other stories making headlines around the world in india 4 men accused of raping and killing a 27 year old woman have been shot dead by police police say the men were shot as they tried to escape custody a burned body of the alleged victim was found last week the case has sparked nationwide protests. the world health organization says the number of deaths from measles is on the rise the latest figures show the disease killed about 140000 people last year nearly 15 percent more than the year before its sides failure to vaccinate child

and once you get there, if you are not in the car, lots of the paris metro is going to be shut as well to the unions protesting over, what, pensions? yes, it is a general strike, mainly from the public service unions, over pension reform. there is going to be a very big demonstration in paris today, and it looks like it's going to be the most serious industrial - in looks like it's going to be the most serious industrial- in france serious industrial unrest in france for several years. and as i said, it is not just a for several years. and as i said, it is notjust a one—day action. it is going to go on possibly until saturday, and certainly affecting the here through to next tuesday. thank you very much for us there at st pancras station. he will be keeping us up—to—date throughout the programme. the us president has returned to washington following his visit to london for a summit to mark the 70th anniversary of nato. donald trump tweeted that he had had a very successful trip and got along great with his counterparts. his visit was overshadowed by the release of footage showing other

it is the heavy battalions of the rail and metro unionsjoined by what you can only call the paris leftof teachers, but also you get the impression this is a kind of catchall anti—macron demonstration. for instance you will see a lot of extinction rebellion banners which is nothing to do with this, but it has become a chance for people who don't like president macron for all sorts of reasons to come out and show their dislike. many thanks. hugh schofield in paris. three men who say they were framed by a corrupt detective almost 50 years ago have had their convictions quashed at the court of appeal. winston trew, sterling christie and george griffiths were members of the so—called oval four, a group of black men who spent eight months in prison for assaulting a police officer and theft in 1972. thousands of mental health patients in england are facing long waits for access to the nhs‘s talking therapies service, according to bbc research. figures for the past year show, after their initial assessment, 95,000 people had to wait more than 90 days for a follow—up appointment. the service he

half of the metro lines in paris remained completely shut on friday with just one in four long—distancef more than a0 separate pension plans for public sector workers. lawyers representing the users of a bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange quadrigacx are asking the canadian authorities to exhume the body of its founder. they believe circumstances surrounding gerald cotten‘s death were suspicious. the 30—year—old died suddenly in india from complications related to crohn‘s disease, but afterwards quadrigacx was unable to find the reserves. rumours are that cotten faked his own death, though no evidence has ever been revealed. in south africa, the government has issued more than 1,000 diamond mining permits to artisanal miners who had been working illegally. it's estimated that 111,000 work in the industry without the proper paperwork. illegal mining reportedly costs the economy about us$550 million a year. the miners are predominantly from lesotho, swaziland, malawi, zimbabwe and mozambique. nomsa maseko sent this report from the city of kimberley, known as the diamond capital of south afri

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in paris, only two of the city's metro lines are running. 9:00 a.m., traffic around the capital stretched600 kilometers. that is a traffic jam. the 2020 global -- 2020 golden globe nominations have been announced. netflix' net -- netflix's marriage dirty has led the way. adam driver was among the nonominees. there were five nods for the irishman. scorsese's work sees him nominated for best director. i have seen that. scott roxborough joins us from dw culture. netflix is changing the game and taking all the awards home. scott: they are completely dominant. they got 34 nominations. 17 in the film category. 17 in tv. they are leaving everyone in the dust. they spent an amazing amount of money. they are spending crazy amounts of money just to get awards recognition. scorsese's irishman cost at least 15 million to make. the irishman, he tried to get it made with the studios. they turned him down. a more interesting film is marriage story. it is sort of a intimate tale of divorce. it is a little bit like kramer versus kramer. that is the kind of movie that 20 years ago, the studios were making.

the well at least a 3rd only about a 3rd of train services are actually running many of the metro lines in paris still not running it's the same for buses and trams still disruption of course of the airport because there's a real backlog of flights many people who tried to leave yesterday had their flights cancelled i'm standing on one of the main train stations in paris and yesterday there's nobody here because there were no trains at all today you can see some people behind me because they know they are able to get around a little bit more easily now transport workers especially rail workers feel that they have perhaps the most to lose in a way from the government's pension reforms that they're planning because what they have had for years the rail workers a special benefits within their pension some of them can for example retire much earlier than other people so they are really adamant that they want to continue protesting for several days and in fact some of the trade unions have even called for another strike next tuesday but as i said it's not only well workers that have been very upset b

pretty much closed down today 90 percent of rail workers are on strike and the metro systems in many cities including paris have been severely affected 11 lines in paris out of 16 completely closed buses. not really many areas ferries that are affected their airplanes and many flights canceled today just urge for that so 200 easyjet fines for example of of being canceled this morning so that's preventing a lot of french people from getting to work you've also got many public sector not just workers who are on strike today teachers for example more than half of french teachers a striking today many schools are closed down postal workers hospital staff police energy staff lawyers refuse collectors it's close to a general strike at least in the in the in the in the public sector today ok it's the worst situation for much of this describe we've been hearing it in decades as far as strikes go and what is it about microns pension reforms that's generated so much public anger and this level of pushback. well it's very radical you can you can and you can see what he wants to do in france has a kind of the cutest s

in paris particularly and other big cities, there's been a lot of transport disruption. a majority of the metron paris were closed and remain closed today. that is important in paris because they are heavily used for commuters. trains around the country, very few trains have been running. there's been a fair amount of disruption. that said, and places like paris, things have changed. there's many more people cycling to work or on scooters, and also many more people working from home these days then would have been, say, 20 years ago when there were huge strikes against pension reform. vonnie: what can macron do to meet the protesters halfway? reporter: well, he's not budging, and they are not budging. they are planning to continue their strikes in the coming days and over the weekend. the french prime minister with just on the television a few , as calmly as possible restating the government position, saying they onl meet with unions again monday, and on wednesday the prime minister will present the definitive plan that they have for reforming france's pension system. guy: why is this so contro

in paris, only a few metro lines are opened a few hours a day. no shine of ending.ders rejected calls for a holiday truce. calls are set to resume in less than two weeks. in afeel the government is more difficult situation than it was during the 1995 strikes. as we are heading toward a deadlock, the government will win the conflict, but a lot of collateral damage will occur. anchor: algerians back on the streets for the 45th friday in a row. rejecting have been the newly elected president. they want a complete change in government and are calling for anyone linked to the previous administration to step down. lebanon has been without a government for two months. political deadlock is in rare, but it -- isn't rare, but it comes as a political time. we report from beirut. reporter: at least seven people a day are depending on the generosity of one woman to eat. that number is expected to rise as the economy continues to collapse. her bakery is offering free bread to the poor. don't leave your family hungry is what the sign reads. this is one of many who are trying to h

doesn't back down on its pension reform plan the mass action is now in its 2nd 10 of the 16 metro lines of paris are completely shut and only a quarter of train lines around the country are actually running on wednesday the french prime minister it was philip proposed the universal point space the system for pensions. all the survivors of new zealand's volcanic eruption have suffered burns to at least one 3rd of their body medical officials describe the situation as an unprecedented emergency that number of people killed stands at 8 police are planning to recover the bodies on friday but they risk another eruption jessica washington reports from oakland. it's not how this is trailing tourists would have expected to be going home leaving new zealand on a stretcher suffering from severe burns the israeli defense force is flying out some patients who suffered horrific injuries when the white island volcano erupted to relieve the pressure on new zealand hospitals burns units have been operating at full capacity with surgeons working nonstop since monday's tragedy trying to save the lives of dozens o

metros and buses set to shut down thursday. that's all on the way. first, our top story live from paris. >> world leaders are in london today for the nato summit. they're meant to be celebrating 70th anniversary, but it's already been dragged down by criticism from some of its biggest members, including the u.s. and france. here's more from french president, emmanuel macron. >> we need to clarify many topics, especially after the end of the i.m.f. treaty t. concerns us all. who is our en snow how do we act together against international terrorism in particular? so many subjects that we're not sufficiently settled. and i think that our debate should not be simply on the budgetary and financial matters, and france is meeting its commitments. i think our responsibility is to raise ambiguities that could be harmful and to take on a real strategic debate it has started. i welcome it. and it will continue. >> we go to the nato summit in london. we just heard the french president saying this strategic debate is starting. is he actually really getting to what he wants to be talking about? >> we

being disrupted in france is a nationwide strike enters its 5th day commuters in paris faced long delays was some metro lines shutting on monday transport workers voted to extend their strike against the government's redesign of the national retirement system president of the new michael says the changes will make pensions more fair unions fear people will end up working more for smaller pensions the man behind some of the most famous children's television characters on the u.s. shows sesame street has died he's never coming. never. carol spinny brought big bird an oscar the grouch to life on the show he died aged 85 after having voiced and operated the characters for the last 50 years. and let's take you through some of the headlines here on al-jazeera now the world anti doping agency has banned russia from the next olympics and football world cup russia will not be able to use its flag anthem or team name for the next 4 years lee wellings has more from london the widescale state sponsored corruption was of course uncovered from that position on words it's been about the politics of the situation ther

as we cancelled the metro trains in there in paris and other cities have been severely disrupted 11 of the lines out of 16 in paris they're completely shut down today buses. are on strike traffic controllers are on strike extensive destruction and they too were to flights today you can ferries and so a lot of people unable to get to work today all they organized things so that they could work from home and in other sectors very widespread not just the public sector of the sun but mainly teachers more than half of the french teachers from strike today many many schools closed postal workers hospital staff police and energy staff the lawyers refuse collectors and a very very widespread widespread strike very widespread destruction today and it's expected to be a wonder the biggest strikes in decades what's at stake for president in london. well you can see what he's trying to do because france has an extraordinary system where you have. separate pension schemes so depending on the job you do you will get a very different kind of state pension for example if your realm we work at it gets

authorities measured a record traffic jam of 391 miles of traffic in the paris region, were only two metro lines using automated trains with no drivers, were fully running. most regional and national trains were at a standstill. emmanuel macron has proposed raising the retirement age to 64 and ending special privileges for some workers. british prime minister boris johnson's government will introduce its brexit built a parliament this friday. the prime minister will not have a problem getting a mandate to ratify the deal. the question is whether the government can get the bill to a vote this week instead of having to wait. global news 24 hours a day, on air and on quicktake by bloomberg, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. i am mark crumpton. this is bloomberg. vonnie: thank you. speaking of brexit, the bank of england just out with its latest financial stability report. in it, it is recommending tighter rules for open-ended funds. it is also going to raise the countercyclical buffer to 2% in a year, up from 1%. we will get the results of the bank stre