France in Turmoil Over Macron's Pension Reform

Hundreds of thousands of people are set to strike and demonstrate in France against President Emmanuel Macron's deeply unpopular pension reform, which lifts the retirement age by two years to 64. Labour unions have organised the ninth nationwide day of action, with train traffic and airports affected, and teachers among many professions walking off the job. Most protests have been peaceful, but anger has mounted since the government pushed the bill through parliament without a vote last week. Polls show a wide majority of French opposed to the pension legislation and the government's decision to push it through parliament without a vote.