Hundreds of schools in France to close today

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More than four hundred schools across France will be closed today, with classes taught remotely, as student demonstrations are expected to continue. On Thursday police made two thousand arrests as students blockaded schools to complain about overcrowded classrooms and run-down facilities. A death row inmate set to be the first woman to be executed in Tennessee for more than 200 years is receiving life-saving medical care in a hospital in Nashville after she survived two attempts by Tennessee to ​execute her via lethal injection. And we speak to a key Sudanese politician who says the problems facing the country now go back decades. Presenters: James Copnall and Catherine Byaruhanga. (Photo:A protester holds a banner reading 'education is strength as students take part in a demonstration against higher education reforms and rising study costs in Brussels. Credit: Olivier Hoslet/EPA).