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Public transportation, schools and electricity, oil and gas supplies were disrupted on Tuesday in France as demonstrators were taking to the streets for a third round of nationwide strikes and protests against the government's pension reform plans. The demonstrations come a day after the debate on the bill started at parliament. FRANCE 24's International Affairs Editor Philip Turle tells us more about the debate.
A third day of nationwide strikes is gripping France today. This over the government's controversial plan to reform the country's pension system. Debates have begun over in parliament, with Macron's party pinning its hopes on support from the right to push through the legislation. Severe disruptions are expected on the public transport, with one in five flights out of Orly airport set to be cancelled. FRANCE 24's senior reporter Clovis Casali reports from Paris' Gare de Lyon station.
French media reports that influential film director Jean-Luc Godard has died at the age of 91. He is widely credited with revolutionising cinema,
It feels almost like the last chance for talks to stop an eventual war that still remains a mystery as the US and Russian foreign ministers met in Geneva. Over two months, Moscow has amassed troops at the Ukraine border, and amid the flurry of diplomacy come a massive cyberattack against Ukraine's government and a thinning out of Russian staff at their embassy in Kiev. We put the questions of the possible future scenarios to our quests.
France expects to see even higher daily counts of new Covid-19 infections as the Omicron variant continues its rapid spread around the world, French health minister Olivier Veran said on Monday. "I said that maybe - maybe - this is the last wave, meaning that considering the number of infections in our country and around the world, it's probable that we will have developed a form of immunity, either through vaccination or through getting infected, or both," he said.
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