en tout, des dizaines de personnes ont été confinées ou évacuées aux alentours de saint-denis, là où plus importante d'europe en termes de voyageurs. 700 000 personnes l'empruntent chaque jour. c'est vous dire à quel point la journée a été compliquée pour de nombreuses personnes. -aude lechrist: première prière du vendredi de ce ramadan à la mecque pour des centaines de milliers de fidèles. depuis le 1er mars, des millions de musulmans à travers le monde respectent cette période de jeûne et de prière qui compte parmi les piliers fondamentaux de l'islam. merci d'avoir suivi ce journal. retrouvez plus d'infos sur france24.com. sous-titrage en direct eva france st'501

en tout, des dizaines de personnes ont été confinées ou évacuées aux alentours de saint-denis, là où plus importante d'europe en termes de voyageurs. 700 000 personnes l'empruntent chaque jour. c'est vous dire à quel point la journée a été compliquée pour de nombreuses personnes. - aude lechrist: première prière du vendredi de ce ramadan à la mecque pour des centaines de milliers de fidèles. depuis le 1er mars, des millions de musulmans à travers le monde respectent cette période de jeûne et de prière qui compte parmi les piliers fondamentaux de l'islam. merci d'avoir suivi ce journal. ... -aude lechrist: vous êtes "au coeur de l'info". donald trump a annoncé des sanctions contre la russie, après une nouvelle attaque massive de drones russes sur l'ukraine. avec quelles conséquences? c'est ce que nous verrons sur ce plateau avec anne corpet. volodymyr zelensky voudrait une trêve dans les airs et en mer. les autorités syriennes ont lancé une vaste opération de sécurité dans le berceau du clan assad, dans l'ouest du pays. juste avant, des combats sanglants avaient été accompagnés d'exac

as they were doing some work in that heavily, heavily populated part of saint-denis to the north of the french capital. so this bomb has been sitting in the middle of these railway tracks since world war two. and again, railway tracks that link paris to london. so they'll have been sort of feeling that bomb will have been subject to the vibrations of these tracks for a very long time. it was found fairly far underground, but still really surprising that it should have been found in such a densely populated area and in the middle of tracks that are some of the busiest out of paris. for now, what we're hearing from the french railway operators is that they're demining operations going underway, and they hope that travel will be able to get going by the end of the afternoon. but for now, a lot of disappointed travelers here at the gare du nord behind me. rahel. >> yeah, probably a lot of shock when they realize why they're being delayed, that there's an unexploded bomb that is apparently impacting travel. not exactly what you expect. melissa bell, appreciate you. thank you. all right. and

london and paris after the unwelcome discovery of an explosive was found near railway tracks in saint—denisrks international women's day. the annual celebration aims to champion women's achievements across all aspects of life. speaking at a visit to raf northolt, chancellor rachel reeves met with women personnel in the armed forces. >> well. >> well. >> it's. >> it's. >> fantastic at raf northolt to be able to meet with women personnel in our armed forces on our front line. international women's day is an opportunity to celebrate how far we've come, but also as a government and for me personally, as the first ever female chancellor of the exchequer to redouble our efforts to ensure that we have opportunities for women, which is why we are going further and faster on childcare and breakfast clubs to help parents, but particularly women, balance work and family life. >> tropical storm alfred has made landfall on australia's eastern coast. tens of thousands of people have been evacuated, with more than 300,000 homes left without power. the country's bureau of meteorology has warned the intense

a spokesman for the operator said the bomb was discovered during works on the tracks in the saint—denis north of central paris. those are the latest gb news headlines. now let's go back to ben and anna. >> thank you, casey, and good morning to you all at home. hope you've had a great week. it's britain's newsroom on friday with ben and nana. or as we are sometimes known as you like to call. >> us banana. but don't worry, we're not about to split up or give you give you the slip. i practice that one. i slightly got it a bit wrong, but. >> talking of bananas. >> talking of bananas. >> yes, shoppers face a shortage of bananas because apparently storms have stopped ships heading over from britain to britain. strong winds and heavy rain in the pacific mean south american vessels bound for europe were stranded at ports. do you do you do you like bananas? >>i bananas? >> i love bananas, i think they're great. i grew up playing. i've got a mouthful now. i grew up playing tennis, which in most sports they're very quick energy. yeah, delicious. they digest really quickly i love them. you're not a