pension protests after talks between unions and the government break down here in the uk: serving london metropolitan police officers are moved from tackling serious crime to investigating wrongdoing in the force. and the study of ancient norwegian ice suggests antarctica's glaciers could retreat faster than expected. hello and welcome. president emmanuel macron of france has told xi jinping that he's counting on the chinese leader to bring russia to its senses over the war in ukraine. mr macron made the comments at the start of a meeting with mr xi in beijing. the french president is in china on a state visit. in his opening remarks, the chinese leader told his guest that the two countries could overcome their differences. but on the issue of the war, that will be difficult. france has aligned itself firmly behind ukraine. china has given support to moscow. earlier, the bbc�*s mariko oi explained what a good outcome might look like from the meetings. well, i think it's fair to say that there is a lot to discuss, as president macron has been facing those rather embarrassing pension protests back home so he

pension protests after talks between unions and the government break down here in the uk: serving london metropolitan policeing in the force. and the study of ancient norwegian ice suggests antarctica's glaciers could retreat faster than expected. hello and welcome.

pension protests after talks between unions and the government break down here in the uk: serving london metropolitan police officers are moved from tackling serious crime to investigating wrongdoing in the force. we go behind the scenes with exclusive access in one of the uk's first gambling treatment centre for women. and a study of ancient norwegian ice suggests antarctica's glaciers could retreat faster than expected. hello and welcome. the french president emmanuel macron and the president of the european commission, ursula von der leyen, are in beijing, where they're holding talks with the chinese leadership. the trip is the latest push by europe to engage with china, and they're expected to urge china to use its influence on russia to halt the war in ukraine. after meeting with china's premier — li qiang — preident macron has met president xi xingping in the last half hour. in his first comments, mr macron said the visit would focus on economic ties as well as international stability. joining me from the newsroom is our asia pacific editor, michael bristow. thank you for being with us. tell us how si

eight former and serving london's metropolitan police officers have been found guilty of gross misconductatory and offensive" messages included some that made fun of celebrity katie price's disabled son. six of the officers have since left, but two are still serving and could now be sacked. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. helen gallagher was desperate for a child, but after years of trying, she decided to put her attention into living her best life childless. we tried for children, but it was put down to unexplained infertility. we did go down the ivf route, but then in the end, the marriage suddenly broke down. helen started a blog and podcast with the hope of finding other adults in a similar situation to her. you become really isolated and you look on social media and there are other accounts out there, but there was nothing really for me. the podcast has now led to an app connecting helen with other adults who also can't have children. the app has connected helen to other adults around the world, like tansy in new zealand. having people that understand what it's

serving london metropolitan police officers are moved from tackling serious crime to investigating wrongdoingthe force. and a pair of sneakers worn by michaeljordan are expected to break records at auction next week. a very warm welcome to th programme. president macron of france and the president of the european commission, ursula von der leyen, are in beijing, where they're holding talks the chinese leadership. the joint trip is the latest push by europe to engage with china, and they are expected to urge it to use its influence on russia to halt the war in ukraine. this was a short time ago at the great hall of the people. the europeans meeting china's premier, li qiang. in his first comments, president macron said the visit would focus on economic ties as well as international stability. he and ursula von der leyen will also have talks with prseident xijinping, that meeting is expected in a couple of hours. let's go live to our asia hub, and speak to the bbc�*s mariko oi. today the official talks get under way, took us through what has happened so far.— has happened so far. indeed, toda i

serving london metropolitan police officers are moved from tackling serious crime to investigating wrongdoing

serving london metropolitan police officers are moved from tackling serious crime to investigating wrongdoing in the force. french president emmanuel macron meets with president xijinping in beijing. and a pair of sneakers worn by michaeljordan is expected to break records at auction next week. hello and welcome. the former chief executive of scottish national party peter murrell has been released without charge by the police, pending further investigation into party finances. mr murrell, the husband of former first minister nicola sturgeon, was arrested on wednesday morning. a police search resumed on thursday morning at the couple's glasgow home. our scotland correspondent james shaw has more details on the investigations that is being conducted at the glasgow house of peter murrell. as you can see, the scene behind me is a big police evidence tent obscuring the front of peter murrell and nicola sturgeon�*s house. inside the tent is a police van, and over the course of yesterday and it appears also this morning, police officers have been coming and going, bringing material out of the house

just a line of breaking news to bring you relating to officers serving in london's metropolitan policet police officers have been found guilty of gross misconduct. this relates to messages that were sent in a whatsapp group involving races, sexes, disabled list, homophobic and transphobic comments or pictures. the met police have said that six of those forces have since left the service or been dismissed. to me, though, are still serving police officers and could now be sacked. the met has called for all to be dismissed, those currently is in the service. more on that for you a little later. let's take you to france and assure you pictures of protests in rennes in what will be a 12th day in nationwide strikes over pension reform. it is expected hundreds of thousands of people will take place in strikes which are expected to take place across france today. this of course related to the plans by president emmanuel macron to raise the pension age from 60 to 64. security on high alert in several major cities across the country. this is the scene in rennes. that has been increasing anger of

hall, the conservative chair of the police and crime committein london, has effectively said, if you have any conviction at all, you should not serve in the metropolitanice. a lot of people will support that view in london. the problem ishat te henuer of t wishes to have. and it particularly wants to recruit from ethnic minorities. and the reality is that the experience of ethnic minorities in london has been -- it will be quite likely that potentially very good police officers who could bring an awful lot to the metropolitan police might have been picked up at the age of 14 or 15, stop and search, and discovered a small amount of cannabis in their pocket. now, should something like that absolutely mean, no, you can never be a police officer? mark rowley's view is that that is pentially something that could be put to one side. but i think the vetting procedure, as you say, has not been effective at all. the fact that we are finding out that people had criminal convictions before they joined the police- went through the vetting process despite having terminal convictions that would have barred them from joining scotland yard and yet they still did. so

pension protests after talks between unions and the government break down here in the uk: serving london metropolitan police

london. i'm victoria hollins. the metropolitan police will hand down sanctions to eight serving and former officers today, who havee price's disabled son. there have been calls for all eight to be dismissed and placed on the police barred list. detectives have named a 17—year—old boy, who was stabbed to death in east london as chima osuji. the teenager was killed in chingford on the evening of easter monday. members of the public and emergency services tried to give first aid but the teenager died at the scene. a 14—year—old boy has been arrested and two other teenage boys had previously been arrested in connection with the stabbing. the mayor is being urged to help drive up maternity care standards in london. it comes after an investigation found a "postcode lottery" when it comes to maternal health services in the capital, particularly since the pandemic. the london assembly health committee is calling for a review into all maternity services, with a particular look at mental health support. residents refusing to leave an estate in elephant and castle that's due to be demolished are inviting people to come down

conservative chair of the police and crime commissioner in london, has effectively said she thinks that if you have any criminal conviction at all you shouldn't serve in the metropolitanber of officers that it wishes to have and it particularly wants to recruit from ethnic minorities and the reality is that the experience of ethnic minorities in london has been, its going to be quite likely that potentially very, very good police officers who could bring an awful lot to the metropolitan police might have been picked up at the age of 1a or 15, stopped and searched, discover they had a small amount of cannabis in their pocket, should something like that absolutely mean that they can never be a police officer? the view of sir mark rowley is that no, something like that potentially something that could be put to one side. but i think vetting procedure as he says clearly, it has been effective at all, the fact we are finding out that people had criminal convictions before they joined the police, they went through the vetting process despite having criminal convictions would have barred them from joining scotland yard and yet they still did, so there is something seriously