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�* france's nights of unrest in summer france's biggest cities. in paris protests are now getting under way for a third day in a role. this is the scene there now, live. investigators are to examine suspected human remains found in the wreckage of the titan submersible in the north atlantic. welcome to bbc news. we start in the uk with a government's plan to deport asylum seekers to row and has been looked ruled unlawful by the court of appeal in london. three seniorjudges ruled by a majority that rwanda could not be treated as a safe third country. thejudgment is being seen as a major setback to the prime minister rishi sunak. he said he fundamentally disagreed with the court and would seek to appeal.
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the plan aimed to deter migrants from entering britain from crossing the channel in small boats. here is our home editor. off's flagship but controversial rwanda policy had a new roadblock today with the appeal court including the east african country is not safonov for the uk to send asylum is there. at the lord chiefjustice, lord burnett, announced it had been a split decision. he thinks rwanda is safe but his colleagues did not. deficiencies in the asylum system and rwanda are such that there are substantial grounds for believing that there is a real risk that persons sent to remand it will be returned to their home countries where they face persecution or other inhumane treatment, when in fact they have a good claim for asylum. in that sense, rwanda is not a safe third country. the government will be disappointed by the majority judgment, a blow for the home secretary, who has expressed are personal enthusiasm for getting flights to rwanda started
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as soon as possible. but that's not the end of the legal journey. the matter will almost certainly now move to the supreme court for a final hearing later this year. the government believes its rwanda deal is the answer to the small boats crisis, that the threat of being forcibly removed to east africa will deter people from crossing the channel and entering the uk illegally. however, the home office's own impact assessment says there is little or no evidence that it will work. the home secretary, who recently visited migrant accommodation in the rwandan capital, kigali, argues the deal the cut signed with rwanda just over a year ago guarantees the human rights of migrants. this is clearly a matter for the home office to update the house on, we respect the court's decision, and i think there will be a statement later today from the home secretary on that matter. but opponents argue rwanda is not a safe enough place for asylum seekers
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and the systems of monitoring and oversight are not good enough to protect people from torture and inhuman treatment. what needs to happen i is that the government of rwanda needs to show they can create a fair l asylum system and what is important for our case is that i anyone tries to send anyone to rwanda at any point, they needj to have a fair opportunity to put forward evidence to show whether it is or isn't safe | now for asylum seekers. although the rwanda plan will almost certainly end up in the supreme court, the government remains convinced the policy will prove a lawful and effective tool in achieving the prime minister's promise to stop the boats. let's speak to the ceo of an organisation which helped to fund the legal proceedings against the government's plans. thank you for joining us. first of all, your reaction to the findings by the appeal courtjudges today. i
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reaction to the findings by the appeal court judges today. appeal court “udges today. i think like appeal court judges today. i think like everyone _ appeal court judges today. i think like everyone in _ appeal court judges today. i think like everyone in the _ appeal court judges today. i think like everyone in the sector - appeal court judges today. i think like everyone in the sector and i appeal court judges today. i think like everyone in the sector and so j like everyone in the sector and so many displaced people, we were extremely relieved to see this ruling today. it confirms that this scheme is unworkable, unethical and has been deemed to be unlawful. we are of course still disappointed that the policy itself has not been seen to be completely unlawful, this focused very specifically on whether a not rwanda was a safe country and evidence was given in court to see people were at real risk. of being deported back to the countries they were forced to flee from and there would be a risk of torture and persecution. we are really pleased to see this. persecution. we are really pleased to see thie— to see this. you bring up the fact that the policy — to see this. you bring up the fact that the policy itself _ to see this. you bring up the fact that the policy itself was - to see this. you bring up the fact that the policy itself was not - that the policy itself was not deemed unlawful, it was the fact that rwanda is not considered a safe country according to this ruling. where does that leave you and it looks like the government response this is not the end of the policy,
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that this decision will be appealed. rishi sunak confirmed that today, together with partners who brought this case and those across the sector, everyone will keep fighting. we were really encouraged to see how much the public got behind this. the uk has signed up to the refugee convention, we have to remember people have the right to claim asylum. the thought that people would arrive here and not be given proper process and sent somewhere else, that in itself is unlawful and although this has now been halted over the last year, so many people who have been through things we cannot imagine have had sleepless nights, have had their mental health really compromised at the thought that they might be deported and ultimately sent back to their own country. fist ultimately sent back to their own count . �* ., ., , country. at the moment him many --eole country. at the moment him many peeple are — country. at the moment him many peeple are we _ country. at the moment him many people are we talking _ country. at the moment him many people are we talking about? - country. at the moment him many - people are we talking about? because as we know, no people have been sent to rwanda under this policy. how many people are in limbo wondering
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what will happen? that many people are in limbo wondering what will happen?— what will happen? that number is hard to quantify — what will happen? that number is hard to quantify because - what will happen? that number is hard to quantify because there - what will happen? that number is| hard to quantify because there are people who have arrived in the uk and are waiting to even have the process, those further down the process. we are talking about thousands of people's lives and their friends and families, so the precedent this sets as well could have been really catastrophic and we are really pleased that a message has been sent to the world today that says forcibly displaced people have the right to seek safety. it have the right to seek safety. if this is not the answer, the government says it wants to stop and deter people from coming to the uk, what do you see as a more in your terms humane policy i what do you see as a more in your terms humane policy— terms humane policy i think if the government _ terms humane policy i think if the government was _ terms humane policy i think if the government was serious - terms humane policy i think if the government was serious about. government was serious about protecting people from smugglers and gangs they would in fact work with refugees themselves and charities and create an asylum system that is
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rooted in compassion. they would put time and finances into creating safe and legal routes for people to claim asylum which is their absolute right. asylum which is their absolute ri . ht. ., asylum which is their absolute riuht. ., ., , , asylum which is their absolute riuht. ., ., ,, ., , right. one of the groups that helped to fund the legal _ right. one of the groups that helped to fund the legal challenge - right. one of the groups that helped to fund the legal challenge against l to fund the legal challenge against the government's plans, thank you forjoining us. a protest in paris has been under way for just over a protest in paris has been under way forjust over an hour, people marching through the streets of a suburbin marching through the streets of a suburb in paris in tribute to a 17—year—old boy who was shot dead by french police on tuesday in the suburb. the killing has prompted rioting in paris and other cities. some 40,000 police officers will be deployed across the country tonight.
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there have been development coming throughout the day from france, prosecutors today said the policeman who shot the boy has been placed under formal investigation, suspected of murder. it is hard to judge from the pictures that reports coming in from the agency saying hundreds perhaps thousands of people taking part in that march, many of them wearing white t—shirts with the words justice on them. the march them wearing white t—shirts with the wordsjustice on them. the march has been led by his mother. she was the one that called for this protest and as you can see difficult to tell how many people in total, a couple of
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hundred at least but reports of many people involved. in protests in paris. we will keep you across the matter. president emmanuel macron convened a crisis meeting with ministers and condemned the violence is unjustifiable. translation: ., , ., translation: the last few hours have been marked — translation: the last few hours have been marked by _ translation: the last few hours have been marked by scenes _ translation: the last few hours have been marked by scenes of— translation: the last few hours have been marked by scenes of violence - been marked by scenes of violence against police stations, schools, town halls and therefore basically against all institutions and the republic. this is absolutely unjustifiable. i want to thank all of those who work to protect these institutions and restore calm. for me, the next few hours must be a time for recollection and respect. we will go back to our correspondent
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in paris to keep us updated about the situation there. for the moment let's return to the uk. a special police unit used to spy on left wing groups was totally unjustified and should have been disbanded in the early 1970s. that's one of the conclusions in a report into undercover policing published today. our home affairs correspondent june kelly is in central london. it is the first report from the huge undercover policing inquiry set in motion in 2015. it's focusing on the period between 1968 and 1982 and between 1968 and 1975 and this group was spying on the groups
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like anti—apartheid movement, women's liberation front and also trade unionists and the chair of the public inquiry is asking the question, did the end justify the means? the chair who was a very senior legal figure means? the chair who was a very senior legalfigure is means? the chair who was a very senior legal figure is saying means? the chair who was a very senior legalfigure is saying he does not believe it does because he thinks the information that was being gathered from these groups, they were getting information from organisations who did not pose any threat to the british state. they were not involved in any serious crime and he said the tactics they use which were very intrusive, you had to ask was it worth it and he concluded that it was not. it is shockin: concluded that it was not. it is shocking details _ concluded that it was not. it is shocking details to _ concluded that it was not. it is shocking details to hear that they were first of all having sexual relationships under cover but also using children's names to create false identities, a lot of people find that difficult to comprehend. yes and this is a tactic which has been used by the kgb and it was also
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used in the film the day of the jackal, a very popular film used in the film the day of the jackal, a very popularfilm in used in the film the day of the jackal, a very popular film in the 70s. they take reasoning then use it as part of what they call their legend, iep new identity. thejudge said this was very problematic indeed. he has not got into the detail of the families of those dead children but he is saying just as a tactical and it was very worrying and he is questioning that and also the very large amount of personal information they gathered on activists. things about their private lives, their families, activists. things about their private lives, theirfamilies, and also some of these officers took on roles in the groups they were spying on, it was all very questionable and the resources going into it, what was it for? these groups were not posing any serious threat and this group which was set up in 1968 continued to do this, continued with these tactics for 40 years,
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gathering information on hundreds people and the judge came to the conclusion it should have been disbanded in the early years and not operating for four decades in the way that it did.— operating for four decades in the way that it did. around the world and across _ way that it did. around the world and across the _ way that it did. around the world and across the uk _ way that it did. around the world and across the uk this _ way that it did. around the world and across the uk this is - way that it did. around the world and across the uk this is bbc - way that it did. around the world i and across the uk this is bbc news. let's look at some of the other stories making news today in the uk. staff sickness in the nhs in england has reached record levels, figures for last year show 5.6% days were lost, the equivalent of nearly 75,000 staff. it is higher than during peak pandemic years of 2020 and 2021. mental health was responsible for nearly a quarter of absences according to analysis by the nuffield trust. ministers say thames water customers will not see any impact on bills or access to water if the company collapses. the
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uk's largest waterfront is in talks to secure extra funding as it struggles to pay debt of around £14 billion. people in staffordshire reported rumbling after a 3.3 magnitude earthquake hit the area on wednesday. the british geological survey said the epicentre was 4.5 miles below village. you are live with bbc news. let's go straight back to paris, sorry we have been following all day—to—day. 0ur correspondent is there. could you bring it up—to—date with the latest. here in nanterre peaceful marches under way, here in nanterre peaceful marches underway, organised here in nanterre peaceful marches under way, organised in memory of nahel, the teenager that was shot dead by a police officer on tuesday.
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his mother has been leading the march, she is at the front of the crowd and said she hopes that this tribute will help communities out of paris to remember her son. this is a peaceful march but the situation here in nanterre has been extremely tense today, a lot of anger at the police and during the march, people have been shouting justice 42 and the police are murderers. also some people have been holding slogans against the police saying... as you can hear behind me, the march is not over and continues a few hundred metres from me.— metres from me. well done for continuing. _ metres from me. well done for continuing. i— metres from me. well done for continuing, i know— metres from me. well done for continuing, i know it _ metres from me. well done for continuing, i know it is - metres from me. well done for continuing, i know it is difficult| continuing, i know it is difficult and very busy on the streets of paris there. just looking, his mother gave an interview to french
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media and said she remembered her son as a respectful and kind boy. clearly this marks very much her request. the feeling there is one of respect for nahel, lots of people wearing white t—shirts seeing justice 42. that is right. it is important — justice 42. that is right. it is important to _ justice 42. that is right. it is important to remember - justice 42. that is right. it 3 important to remember that his family have filed a complaint against police accusing them of lying about what happened on tuesday. when he was shot dead by a police officer and a lawyer that represents the family said that what happened is that a policeman shot dead and killed a young man in cold blood. a few hours ago, a prosecutor here in nanterre gave a press conference saying that the investigation is under way into what happened and he also said that the use of their weapon was unlawful but
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realistically this is unlikely to calm things down here in nanterre. everyone we spoke to is angry, shocked and deeply upset about what happened, there is a sense that this impunity in the french police, that many critics say the police are guilty of racial profiling. and excessive use of force. government in france for more protest and violence tonight and that is why they have deployed 40,000 police officers today to try and calm things down and rein in the protests, likely to continue across the country tonight.— the country tonight. thank you, i know ou the country tonight. thank you, i know you will — the country tonight. thank you, i know you will keep _ the country tonight. thank you, i know you will keep monitoring i the country tonight. thank you, i l know you will keep monitoring the situation and let us know if anything changes.
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solar panel installations alone are growing at a pace that would increase global capacity by 85% by 2025, that may also allow china's government to hit its emissions target five year ahead of schedule. but china still commissioned more coal power stations in the first quarter of this year than in the whole of 2021. a climate scientist gave us his assessment of china's approach to the global energy transition. we approach to the global energy transition. ~ ., approach to the global energy transition.— transition. we are seeing real rorress transition. we are seeing real progress on _ transition. we are seeing real progress on energy, - transition. we are seeing real progress on energy, solar- transition. we are seeing real progress on energy, solar is l transition. we are seeing real. progress on energy, solar is the cheapest form in the world in most places, the cost of solar panels has fallen by 90% in the past decade and it's undeniable the world has entered an energy transition. the only question is whether it would be fast enough to limit catastrophic climate change. in this backdrop china represents a bit of a clean energy paradox. 0n china represents a bit of a clean energy paradox. on one hand it is the biggest emitter of c02, due to its large population and dirty
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energy mix, the typical citizen has a higher carbon footprint than a typical european but they are one of the driving forces behind the clean energy revolution. 1.1 trillion on clean energy in 2022 up from 850,000,021 and 200 million a decade ago. china spent half of this, 550 million. helping drive down global energy costs. it depends on a number of factors. part is how rapidly china's economy is growing and how much they are relying on things like coal which are not necessarily easily provided by renewables. china has clean energy target and given how rapidly the world needs to reduce its emissions to meet its most ambitious climate targets that's not an optimum fact. we have made some progress and should celebrate that but we should realise how far we have to go. if we want to
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limit warming progress we're making on clean energy makes it easier for countries to impose stronger climate policies because it has less of a cost to transition less than it would have five or ten years ago when the alternatives were more expensive so i think it's not going to solve the problem by itself but is allows people to be pernicious to solve it. i is allows people to be pernicious to solve it. ., ., ., ~ , ., is allows people to be pernicious to solve it. ., ., ., ~ i. . ~ is allows people to be pernicious to solve it. ., ., .,~ ., solve it. i want to take you back to the situation _ solve it. i want to take you back to the situation in _ solve it. i want to take you back to the situation in paris _ solve it. i want to take you back to the situation in paris we _ solve it. i want to take you back to the situation in paris we were - the situation in paris we were talking about with our correspondent. clearly a lot of people, that crowd significantly grown over the last hour. just a few seconds ago there seemed to be a flare that was set off in the crowd. it was very much called for as a peaceful protest. as you will be aware, it follows two nights of
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violent protest, this after the death of the 17—year—old teenager, nahel who was killed after a traffic stop by french police. two nights of violence, we have heard from our correspondent look today that there are concerns more violence may occur. emmanuel macron calling for calm. we willjust keep an eye on those pictures for you. at the moment it looks to be a peaceful process but certainly one that is growing in size. for the moment i want to take you back to some news here in the uk. a group of mps and peers have been accused of waging a coordinated campaign to interfere with a investigation into boris johnson. the new report says four
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ministers sirjacob rees—mogg, nadeem doris are among seven mps and three peers who mounted the syphilis attacks on the work of parliament's privileges committee. that found borisjohnson had misled parliament. this new report suggests allies of mrjohnson attempted to impugn the integrity and lobby or intimidate its members. they could face being suspended from parliament. the former first minister of scotland, nicola sturgeon, has told the uk covid—19 inquiry that her government "did not get everything right" during the covid pandemic. she said she regretted diverting resources away from emergency planning during 2019, as the possibility loomed that the uk and eu might not reach an agreement over brexit. consequences of a no—deal brexit
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compared to what we faced with covid of course pale into insignificance, but at the time, looking at the yellowhammer assumptions, had they come to pass they would have been severe, we're talking about availability of food and and medicine for the national health service so we had no choice but to do that planning. i deeply regret any implications that had four hour emergency planning in other ways. the us coast guard said human remains _ other ways. the us coast guard said human remains are _ other ways. the us coast guard said human remains are believed - other ways. the us coast guard said human remains are believed to - other ways. the us coast guard said human remains are believed to havej human remains are believed to have been found in the titan submersible wreckage, the craft imploded on a dive to the site of the titanic earlier this month. a titanium endcap from the cylinder with a large hole. the equipment bay
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thrown clear in the violent implosion that occurred merely four kilometres down. and the landing frame the sum used to sit on a flat surface. the question now is whether investigators have enough material to reconstruct what happened. the ke arts to reconstruct what happened. the key parts to _ to reconstruct what happened. tue: key parts to look to reconstruct what happened. tte: key parts to look at to reconstruct what happened. t"t2 key parts to look at our to reconstruct what happened. tt2 key parts to look at our the interface between the acrylic window and titanium hemispherical dome is, the end caps and also the area where carbon fibre would have been bonded to the titanium flanges so you can see from the footage both of those components were recovered which is as much as we can hope for.- as much as we can hope for. seeing the debris. — as much as we can hope for. seeing the debris, sure _ as much as we can hope for. seeing the debris, sure would _ as much as we can hope for. seeing the debris, sure would have - as much as we can hope for. seeing the debris, sure would have been i as much as we can hope for. seeing the debris, sure would have been a| the debris, sure would have been a painful site for the families of the men who died. british explorer hamish harding, has added darwin and his son solomon dawood all perished along with paul only natalie and stockton rush the ceo.
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concerns about whether the sub was built to standards and with sufficient testing. are issues now that the us and canadian authorities will probe as they. we will bring you the latest on the protests. stay with us. hello. the weather front that we had to start the day continues to push its way eastwards and for the vast majority of the uk we're looking at fine weather with some sunshine around to take us through the afternoon. that said, there are going to be a few showers popping up, particularly for scotland and northern ireland. and there's that weather front. the dregs of the rain still just about loitering across the east coast. now that front�*s brought 12 millimetres of rain about half an inch of rain in the space of 6 hours. the significance of that is that
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with more rain than had fallen for the entirety of the month ofjune, so that rain was welcome. still, it has been a particularly dry month across parts of eastern england. now, through the rest of the afternoon, as i say, one or two showers popping up for scotland, for northern ireland, an isolated shower for northern england, parts of the midlands and wales. but for the vast majority of these areas that should stay dry. the weather feeling a lot fresher now that that front�*s moved through. so a more pleasant kind of feel to the weather highs between 18 and about 23 today. overnight tonight, well, we're going to continue to see showers working into scotland. and then later in the night cloud will thicken for northern ireland. wales and south west england will start to get some damp weather returning here with some low clouds, some misty conditions and some drizzle. all light rain now through friday as this warm front moves its way in from the west, that will see a return of more humid air. so we'll feel quite muggy once again, extensive low cloud bits and pieces of drizzle, particularly across western areas. there's probably some low cloud and fog hanging around some of the hillier areas in the west as well. temperatures, though, still reaching the high teens to low 20s and into the weekend. low pressure is going to stay to the north
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of the uk, bringing rain or showers to northern areas and it will be quite breezy as well. but the winds will be coming in from a west or north westerly direction and those winds will be dragging in much fresher air again on saturday. so it's a day where most of us will see bright weather with some sunshine showers, though, for northern ireland, a few for north west england and fairly frequent showers for the north west of scotland. temperatures could still reach the mid 20s and the best of the sunshine in the east for sunday. it's a similar kind of day. again, quite a brisk west north westerly wind, some more prolonged outbreaks of rain working into the highlands, 0rkney and shetland where we see the best of the sunshine still feeling warm with temperatures by high teens to low 20s. a bit cooler though for the north west of scotland.
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