French President Emmanuel Macron has revealed his plans to appease Yellow Vest supporters in a nationwide TV address.
He announced tax cuts worth an estimated €5 billion as well as a plan to give local mayors more powers.
But as correspondent Oliver Whitfield-Miocic explains it's unlikely Macron's measures will be enough to stop the violent demonstrations.
UN Hormuz vote now expected next week
The UN Security Council is now expected to vote next week on a Bahraini resolution to protect commercial shipping in and around the Strait of Hormuz, diplomats said on Friday, but veto-wielding China has made clear its opposition to authorizing any use of force.
Eight dead after earthquake strikes Afghanistan
Eight people were killed and one child was injured on Friday when a house collapsed in Kabul following an earthquake in Afghanistan, the National Disaster Management Authority said.
Iran downs US fighter jet, raising stakes in war
Iran shot down a US warplane on Friday in the first such known incident of the five-week war, officials from both nations said, with one of the crew members rescued after ejecting and the other still missing, according to a US source.
Zelenskyy accuses Russia of 'Easter escalation'
A large-scale daytime Russian strike killed at least two people in Ukraine on Friday, officials said, in what President Volodymyr Zelenskyy denounced as an "Easter escalation", as Moscow shifts tactics to avoid Ukrainian air defences.
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