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WASHINGTON Federal prosecutors have charged a former F.B.I. agent with illegally entering the Capitol during the Jan. 6 riot and said he had called police officers Nazis as he encouraged a mob of Trump loyalists to kill them.The former agent, Jared L. Wise, was arrested on Monday and faces four misdemeanor counts, including disrupting the orderly conduct of government and trespassing, after agents received a tip in January 2022 that he had been inside the Capitol, according to a criminal complaint.

Nurses have threatened strike action across the whole of the NHS in England after ministers imposed a new pay deal for the majority of NHS staff without an agreement with the nursing union.The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) said that it is to ballot members on further strikes between June and December across the full NHS, previous strikes only occurred in around half of NHS trusts.

The NHS can't cope without nurses their leader has declared as they stage a 28-hour walk out over pay.NHS services are braced for exceptionally low staffing in parts of the country.And a source told the BBC the system would be hanging by a thread during the industrial action.Pat Cullen, the leader of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN), told BBC Breakfast: We can now see the NHS can't cope without nursing staff, that is abundantly clear.

Prime minister says her objective is to bring calm to' France after violent protests against pension reform plans.French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne has said she plans to meet with opposition leaders and trade unions after weeks of protests against pension reforms.Borne's statement on Sunday came as demonstrations against the pension plan deteriorated into violence after the government pushed the legislation through without a final parliamentary vote.

FRANCE IN TURMOIL Britain's King Charles III delivers his Commonwealth Day message at a ceremony held in Westminster Abbey, London, on March 13, 2023.Jordan Pettitt, AFP King Charles III risks facing rubbish-strewn streets, transport strikes and disruption to his visit when he travels to France next week for his first foreign trip.

Emmanuel Macron's government narrowly survived a no-confidence motion in the French National Assembly on Monday, after bypassing the lower house to push through a deeply unpopular change to the pension system.The outcome will be a relief to Macron: a successful no-confidence vote would have sunk his government and killed the legislation, which is set to raise the retirement age by two years to 64.

A crucial meeting will be held on Tuesday between unions and NHS employers which is expected to pave the way for the Government to implement a pay rise aimed at resolving the long-running health workers dispute.The NHS Staff Council will hear reports from unions which have balloted hundreds of thousands of health workers in recent weeks.

22 minutes ago22 minutes ago Labor unions in Europe organized hundreds of marches, while climate and LGBTQ+ protesters used the day to highlight their causes.With May 1 marking International Workers' Day, many feeling the effects of rising inflation took to the streets of European countries to make their voices heard.

Union leader Pat Cullen has urged Health Secretary Steve Barclay not to be disrespectful to nurses amid their biggest strike yet over the bank holiday.The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) general secretary's comment came after Mr Barclay described their ongoing industrial action as premature and disrespectful to the other trade unions who are meeting to discuss the Government's pay offer on Tuesday.

The Royal College of Nursing has clashed with the government over whether sufficient exemptions have been made to protect patient safety during the nurses' strike in England that is due to start on Sunday night.The general secretary of the RCN, Pat Cullen, said nurses had worked tirelessly to make sure their strike would be as safe as possible for patients and that there were national exemptions in place for those really acute urgent services.

Nurses have worked tirelessly with NHS England to make sure their strike is safe for patients, the general secretary of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) said.The RCN will hold industrial action from 8pm on Sunday until 11.59pm on Monday after voting to reject the latest Government offer.The union initially said it would not agree to derogations broad areas of care where staffing is guaranteed despite industrial action but granted some exemptions on Friday in an apparent U-turn.

Trade unionist Mick Lynch has told a crowd of workers and activists that the ultra right is causing division during the cost-of-living crisis, and it should be resisted.He also praised unions across Northern Ireland that had taken industrial action in recent months, and called for the trade union movement to begin in every town and county, saying that people were ready for change.

Health Secretary Steve Barclay has said he is cautiously optimistic that unions will accept the current pay offer for nurses, despite increasingly heated rhetoric between negotiators.On Tuesday, unions in the NHS Staff Council will consider the offer of a 5% pay increase for 2023/24 along with a one-off payment worth between 1,655 and 3,789 for the current financial year for nurses in England.

NHS services across England will face major disruption on Monday after nurses walked out in a 28-hour strike over pay.The strike, which will end just before midnight, comes after a High Court judge ruled it would be unlawful for the industrial action to continue into Tuesday as originally planned.Monday will also see NHS workers march in central London.

Rishi Sunak looks set to fail to complete a promised bonfire of 4,000 EU-era laws this year after Tory Brexiteers were told only one in five is likely to be taken off the statute book.Business Secretary Kemi Badenoch told a meeting of the European Research Group that the Government would only be able to remove 800 of the retained laws before the end of 2023.

WOMEN's RIGHTS The mayor of Saint-Ouen, north of Paris, says paid menstrual leave will help raise awareness of women's health at work and of debilitating diseases such as endometriosis.Alain Jocard, AFP The town of Saint-Ouen on the northern edge of Paris has become the first French municipality to grant paid medical leave to female staff suffering from period pain, hoping to break a taboo on the subject and inspire similar moves at the national level.

Bolstered French police forces clashed with demonstrators in numerous cities Tuesday as hundred of thousands of marchers protested President Emmanuel Macron's unpopular retirement reform.Security was ramped up for the 10th round of protest marches since January after the government warned that some demonstrators intended to destroy, to injure and to kill.

By Nicolas Garriga and John Leicester | Associated Press PARIS Tens of thousands marched as protests and strikes against unpopular pension reforms gripped France again Tuesday, with police ramping up security after the government warned that radical demonstrators intended to destroy, to injure and to kill.

PARIS, France France's government unfurled ramped-up security measures and warnings that violent demonstrators intend to destroy, to injure and to kill" as trade unions launched a new flurry of marches and strikes Tuesday against pension reforms that have triggered an intense months-long firestorm of protest.

France's government unfurled ramped-up security measures and warnings that violent demonstrators intend to destroy, to injure and to kill" as trade unions launched a new flurry of marches and strikes Tuesday against pension reforms that have triggered an intense months-long firestorm of protest.

A French minister has warned that violent demonstrators intend "to destroy, to injure and to kill" as trade unions held more marches and strikes on Tuesday against controversial pension reforms.ears that violence could mar demonstrations planned across the country prompted what interior minister Gerald Darmanin described as an unprecedented deployment of 13,000 officers, with nearly half of them concentrated in Paris.

FRANCE IN TURMOIL A protester holds a placard during a demonstration at Place de la Concorde in Paris after the French government pushed a pension reform bill through the National Assembly without a vote, March 16, 2023.Thomas Samson, AFP Several consequences could follow the French government's use of Article 49.3 of the constitution to pass President Emmanuel Macron's pension reform without a vote in the National Assembly on Thursday.

Protests against the government's use of a special constitutional provision, known as article 49.3, to sweep aside parliamentary opposition to the reform have been angrier than anything seen over the past two months.Unions, united in coordinating their protests, called for a ninth strike day next Thursday, but many expressed fears they could lose control of the protests as more radical demonstrators set the tone.

Protests against the government's use of a special constitutional provision, known as article 49.3, to sweep aside parliamentary opposition to the reform have been angrier than anything seen over the past two months.Unions, united in coordinating their protests, called for a ninth strike day next Thursday, but many expressed fears they could lose control of the protests as more radical demonstrators set the tone.

FRANCE IN TURMOIL A protester wearing a yellow vest holds smoke flares during a protest against pension reform in Nantes, western France, on March 16, 2023.Loic Venance, AFP French President Emmanuel Macron's move to force through his deeply unpopular pension reform, without a vote in parliament, could rekindle social unrest reminiscent of the Yellow Vest movement, union leaders and analysts have warned as protests continue to sweep the country.

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Labour has unveiled plans for laws to prevent any repeat of the P&O case, when hundreds of workers were sacked on the spot and replaced with cheaper agency workers.On the anniversary of the sackings, the party says it will put it to an end to fire and rehire once and for all with a five-point strategy, including forcing employers to properly consult and reach agreements with staff on any changes to contracts.