France is bracing for a new round of nationwide protests against President Emmanuel Macron's pension reform plan after talks between the government and labor unions ended in a deadlock.

A final version of the French government's controversial pension reform that since the start of the year has set off massive protests and strikes in France is to be put to a vote in both houses of the French parliament.

Protesters have returned to major cities across Europe to voice their anger of the rising cost of living across the continent, exacerbated by the needless assignment of funds to the war in Ukraine.

French police attack protesters, firing tear gas and rubber bullets as thousands of demonstrators took to the streets on the fourth round of protests.

Half a million people from across the public sector came out on the streets in England and Wales demanding better pay and working conditions.

Tensions run high in Paris as demonstrators reportedly started setting trash cans on fire, breaking traffic lights, and blowing up firecrackers.

UK health union leaders threaten to double the number of striking England nurses in early February to mount pressure on the government.