i'm victoria valentine. over 400 people have now been arrested across france following three nights of protests against the killing of a 17—year—old boy by a police officer in the suburb of nanterre. the teenager, named as nahel m, was shot during a traffic stop. the policeman has been charged with voluntary homicide. he's reported to have apologised to the teenager's family. meanwhile, demonstrations have continued across the country, including a march led by the boy's mother in nanterre during the day yesterday, and nightfall saw clashes with the french police in the suburb, as well as other cities around the country, including in central paris, lille, lyon and toulouse. the unrest has even spread to belgium where 15 people have been arrested. 40,000 extra police officers have been deployed across france to deal with further violence. firefighters in paris say

as a result of the ongoing unrest, their lines are becoming overwhelmed. rajini vaidya nathan reports. a capital city in flames. unrest sparked by a fatal police shooting is intensifying. 0vernight, violence and vandalism. riot police out in force. clashes continued in the paris suburb where a teenager was killed by police this week. 17—year—old nahel lived and died here in nanterre. but it is ethnically diverse neighbourhood in paris, many say his death have come to

represent a deeper issue. they say that the police who are here to protect them simply aren't doing it. chanting. early on thursday, thousands gathered for a march to honour the teenager who lived and died here. nahel�*s mother led the crowd. the officer charged over her son's death has now apologised. but for many, that won't be enough to quell the unrest. these protests have reignited anger and resentment over police violence, particularly towards minorities. but what, if anything will they change? rajini vaidyanathan, bbc news, paris. hundreds of thousands of new doctors, nurses and healthcare staff could be trained over the next 15 years as part of a scheme to boost the nhs workforce in england. proposals in the long—awaited

nhs workforce plan, published later today, outline a big boost in medical school places alongside more apprentice training posts, including a small number to start as apprentice doctors. here's our health correspondent dominic hughes. does daniel represent the future of the nhs workforce? he is what is known as an apprentice operating department practitioner, learning on the job about how to be a scrub nurse shin an operating theatre. his apprenticeship at royal derby hospital is backed up royal derby hospital is backed up by royal derby hospital is backed up by university degree, and for daniel, it is the ideal foundation on which to build a career in the nhs.i foundation on which to build a career in the nhs._ career in the nhs. i train and ractice career in the nhs. i train and practice within _ career in the nhs. i train and practice within a _ career in the nhs. i train and practice within a trust - career in the nhs. i train and practice within a trust itself l practice within a trust itself so i am able to work alongside others, other scrub nurses, to practise the roles i will take when i have qualified, and also was going to university to learn different subjects, different courses, different practices that will enable me

to obviously go forward in my qualification.— to obviously go forward in my qualification. apprentice ships but daniel's _ qualification. apprentice ships but daniel's play _ qualification. apprentice ships but daniel's play a _ qualification. apprentice ships but daniel's play a big - qualification. apprentice ships but daniel's play a big part - qualification. apprentice ships but daniel's play a big part in | but daniel's play a big part in nhs england's plan to boost the workforce, and it is notjust nursing roles. today's proposal include employing a limited number of apprentice doctors open to those already working in clinical roles within health service. there will also be a big increase in the more traditional route of becoming a doctor via a place in medical school. the boss of nhs england, which dropped the workforce plan, says it is a really significant moment. it is the first time the government, any government has asked the nhs to develop a comprehensive plan, setting up the numbers of nurses, doctors and other key healthcare professionals that health service will need, and also, the cost of training.- the cost of training. nhs england _ the cost of training. nhs england is _ the cost of training. nhs england is responsible . the cost of training. nhsl england is responsible for the cost of training. nhs england is responsible for the day—to—day running of the health service, but the funding for the 15 year plan will come from central government. ministers have missed to back

it for the next five years. after that, it for the next five years. afterthat, it it for the next five years. after that, it will be up to a future government to decide. but for the moment, the proposals especially extending the use of apprentice ships are welcomed by those who have the task of trying to plug some big gaps in healthcare workforce. retention is strong amongst apprentice ships so there is no guarantee they will enter the substantive workforce and help us close that gap, which is a challenge. us close that gap, which is a challenge-— challenge. the plan will be reviewed — challenge. the plan will be reviewed every _ challenge. the plan will be reviewed every two - challenge. the plan will be reviewed every two years | challenge. the plan will be | reviewed every two years to make sure it stays on track and is meeting the changing needs of a growing and ageing population. but, ultimately, it will bejudged on population. but, ultimately, it will be judged on whether it can make some inroads into the staff shortages that have played a big part in undermining the performance of the nhs in recent years. dominic hughes, bbc news. a former police officer who failed to confront a man who killed 17 people at a school in florida five years ago has been cleared of wrongdoing.

the defendant in this case... the defendant is not guilty. scot peterson had faced 11 charges, including child neglect, after the shooting at the marjory stoneman douglas high school in parkland. the jury heard that despite arriving at the scene shortly after the gunman had opened fire, mr peterson had chosen to wait for back—up rather than intervene. he's thought to be the first us law enforcement officer to stand trial in relation to conduct during a school shooting. our us correspondent peter bowes has been following the case. scott peterson was the first armed officer at the scene, but instead of going into the building where the shooting was taking place, he actually retreated and that of a station about 25 metres away, and he said it was very difficult him to determine where the shooting was taking place. he talked about a pronounced echo that officers could hear, which made it very difficult at the time. he was subsequently fired from

the police force and charged with child neglect, charges that the jury in florida has been considering and we now know he has been acquitted on those charges, and his response was very emotional. he was seen to be sobbing in the courtroom with his head on the table, later telling reporters that he felt as if he had got his life back. also, a very emotional response from some of the parents who lost children in a shooting. in one case, they couldn't understand, presented with the evidence, how the jury reached their decision. another describing scot peterson as a coward for his actions on that day. this case also highlights another school shooting investigation, which is still going on in the town of uvalde in texas, one of the deadliest school shootings in us history, that happened a year ago there.

21 people were killed, 19 of them children. and for the past several months now, parents in that town have been calling for the law enforcement officers in that case to be held accountable because it took them some 77 minutes before they confronted the gundeman. peter bowes there. the us top court has struck down a decades—old and contentious policy in university admissions known as �*affirmative action'. the supreme court ruled that race can no longer be considered a factor in admission to higher education. the rulings determined that race—conscious admissions programs at harvard and the university of north carolina violated the constitution's guarantee of equal protection, handing conservative organisation students for fair admissions a major victory. writing for the majority, chief justice john roberts wrote that:

butjustice sonia sotomayor, who authored the dissent, said that the decision rolls back decades of precedent and progress. and president biden expressed "severe disappointment" in the court's decision. i also believe that while talent, creativity and hard work are everywhere across this country, not equal opportunity — it is not everywhere across this country. we cannot let this decision be the last word. the us secretary of education, miguel cardona, says he will work with the biden administration to ensure the supreme court decision does not have the last word. the decision took away a very important tool that university

leaders used to ensure diversity on campus. students learn best in a diverse learning environment and the supreme court decision took that tool away. however, what it didn't take away is the intent to ensure leaders across the country, that our colleges are made up of beautifully diverse students, much like our country is. as the president said earlier today, we won't let the decision be the last word. look, we're committed more than ever. as a latino first—generation college student, i get it, how important it is to make sure that people that don't come from privilege or wealth have access and, unfortunately, there are inequities in our systems that we are working really hard to address. so, what we're going to be doing at the department of education in the coming days and weeks is within 45 days, we are going to have guidance available to the presidents of universities across the country about what this decision means and what it does not mean.

i think it's really important that we pass out what is in the decision and what is not in the decision. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. voiceover: bbc news, bringing you different stories from across the uk. this is a dream collection forany starwars fan, many of the toys instantly recognisable. star wars theme song plays this is taking me back. they all belong to star wars fan matt fox, who bought his first action figure of darth vader's five. he spends his life combing the world for those rare items, for example, figures in their original boxes unopened are worth over £1,000. and there's real movie history here too. these were the two posters pitched to 20th century fox for the first star wars film, and matt has the original of the one that never made the cut. that was the one that was chosen. beauvaisjust rolled it up, took it home and it's been there for the last 40 years.

we have the original here... this is the original? the unproduced star wars painting done back in '77 by the fantastic artist don beauvais. v0|ceover: for more stories from across the uk, head to the bbc news website. hi there. you're live with bbc news. a bbc investigation has found that the wagner mercenary group is still recruiting fighters across russia days after staging a mutiny against the country's military leadership. using a russian phone number, bbcjournalists contacted more than a dozen recruitment centres and they were told it was business as usual. the long—term future of the group has been unclear following saturday's armed uprising, which posed the biggest challenge to president putin's authority in his more than 20—year rule. wagner's leader yevgeny prigozhin has been exiled to belarus and the russian government has begun the process of claiming the group's heavy weapons and military hardware.

live now to steve fish, the politics professor at the university of california, has putin lost control inside russia? i has putin lost control inside russia? ~ , has putin lost control inside russia? ~' , .,, russia? i think putin is losing control. what _ russia? i think putin is losing control. what he _ russia? i think putin is losing control. what he can't - russia? i think putin is losing control. what he can't even i russia? i think putin is losing i control. what he can't even get local police or agents to shut down the recruitment efforts within russia. this is a few days after calling yevgeny prigozhin a traitor, ordering all these troops to meld into the regularly army and sign regular army contracts, they show wagner is recruiting as usual. think about what he has done to putin. it is a video basically gives a lighter putin was mcintyre justification to the war. he basically says there was never any mistreatment of russian speakers in eastern ukraine, that was a justification for the war, there is no nazi

government in ukraine. this whole war is basically about pillage and conquest. he goes on and says, well, that is what i am doing a good job of, and he is getting young men excited aboutjoining this war. we actually has been grim faced and there is no enthusiasm for the war itself. yevgeny prigozhin comes along, gives a lie to the whole story and says, let's get behind me and actually do this, let us get on with the conquest and alleged. it is absolutely remarkable and it makes him look very weak indeed. ~ , , . , indeed. when these pictures were beamed _ indeed. when these pictures were beamed across - indeed. when these pictures were beamed across the - indeed. when these pictures i were beamed across the world across last weekend, they were to the astonishment of many and certainly my phone was going off, lots of people asking me what's going on. also people said they did not see this coming however in the following few days we have heard from the us, from the cia, that actually they saw this sort of thing coming for months. how is that

sort of effecting things? how is us and intelligence affecting this war? is us and intelligence affectin: this war? . affecting this war? imagine the psychological — affecting this war? imagine the psychological effect _ affecting this war? imagine the psychological effect on - affecting this war? imagine the psychological effect on putin. l psychological effect on putin. you have got president biden out there saying "well, actually, we saw this coming months ago and we saw that prigozhin was going to do something like this" and are they are saying in the last couple of those that tsarukyan was in cahoots with prigozhin and this may have been a potential coup attack, so the cia knew about this before he did. the big thing is whether or not he can hang the us election and the chance of a donald trump election because that would change war, wouldn't

it? iii that would change war, wouldn't it? u, that would change war, wouldn't it? u, ., that would change war, wouldn't it? ., ., until trump is elected. trump is on — until trump is elected. trump is on putin— until trump is elected. trump is on putin side. it always has been — is on putin side. it always has been he _ is on putin side. it always has been. he saidjust is on putin side. it always has been. he said just a couple of weeks — been. he said just a couple of weeks ago if he comes to office again— weeks ago if he comes to office again he — weeks ago if he comes to office again he will terminate support for ukraine. peter is going to dis- — for ukraine. peter is going to dis- unite _ for ukraine. peter is going to dis— unite the western alliance. we know that our alliance _ alliance. we know that our alliance partners can't be led by him _ alliance partners can't be led by him. he is threatening to wilhdraw— by him. he is threatening to withdraw from nato. that would be a total— withdraw from nato. that would be a total game changer in ukraine _ be a total game changer in ukraine andl be a total game changer in ukraine and i have watched russian _ ukraine and i have watched russian media and i can tell you — russian media and i can tell you vladimir putin is saying "where _ you vladimir putin is saying "where is _ you vladimir putin is saying "where is donald? get back to office — "where is donald? get back to office as — "where is donald? get back to office as soon as you can." thal— office as soon as you can." that would be a game changer and that— that would be a game changer and that is what he is hoping for~ — and that is what he is hoping for. . ~ , ., and that is what he is hoping for. ., ~' , ., , and that is what he is hoping for. . ~ i. , . and that is what he is hoping for. ., ~ , . ., for. thank you very much for our for. thank you very much for your time- — for. thank you very much for your time. let's _ for. thank you very much for your time. let's check - for. thank you very much for your time. let's check in - for. thank you very much for| your time. let's check in with some of the other news now. the government says it remains committed to its policy of sending illegal

immigrants to rwanda — or another safe country — to stop people smugglers in the channel. the court of appeal ruled that the policy was unlawful, with two of the three judges saying rwanda couldn't be regarded as a safe country. the civil case brought by the duke of sussex and others against the mirror group newspapers over phone hacking and unlawful information gathering continues. it is the second day of actor kevin spacey�*s trial at london's southwark crown courty. the 0scar—winner has been accused of 12 charges including sexual assault and indecent assault between 2001 and 2013. a jury was sworn in on wednesday and opening statements will begin today. spacey has denied all charges. a bbc investigation has found tiktok is not removing many videos that deny the existence of man—made climate change, despite a promise in april it would do so. the social media giant announced it was updating its misinformation policy to target any content that undermined well—established scientific consensus

about global warming. bbc verify�*s marco silva has the story. there is no climate change in the manner in which they speak. wake up, guys. globalwarming is not _ wake up, guys. globalwarming is not real~ _ wake up, guys. globalwarming is not real-— is not real. climate change misinformation _ is not real. climate change misinformation is - is not real. climate change misinformation is all - is not real. climate change misinformation is all over. misinformation is all over social media and last year tiktok said they would stop removing it, but are they? fin removing it, but are they? on tiktok it is — removing it, but are they? on tiktok it is particularly bad because of the way that tiktok works. anyone can post anything and it has the potential to reach thousands or even millions of years. that is ross who is known for debunking videos that make false claims about climate change. i false claims about climate chance. ., . _ false claims about climate chance. ., . change. i do that by comparing the claims _ change. i do that by comparing the claims related _ change. i do that by comparing the claims related to _ the claims related to scientific literature and exposing where they go wrong. bad arguments can spread really fast. ~ ., ., . a

fast. we thought we would check if tac talk were _ fast. we thought we would check if tac talk were actually - if tac talk were actually removing the videos and living up removing the videos and living up to the promise so we reported 365 climate denying videos but after a day almost 95% of them were still there and make no mistake these posts are getting attention. they racked up almost 30 million views. that building over there? that is tiktok�*s uk headquarters at the heart of london. i asked the company for an interview but it declined. instead it sent us a statement. tiktok says it prohibits harmful climate change information and has permanently removed the contents and accounts that violated the policies. it also said: but why is any of this important? we know that — is any of this important? - know that there is a very rapidly closing window for us to deal with the problem of

climate change and what is required is good—faith public debates. that does not mean people can have concerns or grievances or disagreements but ultimately we need to be sharing the same reality and at the moment the pollution of the information landscape is making that impossible. live now to caitlin chin. she's a fellow at the center for strategic and international studies, where she researches technology regulation in the united states and abroad. thank you so much forjoining me. this is a really interesting story. in your view, how transparent would you say that tiktok has been about the content moderation record that it has. in the content moderation record that it has-— that it has. in general, tiktok has not been _ that it has. in general, tiktok has not been very _ that it has. in general, tiktokj has not been very transparent about how exactly it moderates content including how many resources it is investing in both automated and human content reviewers and also how much content it is taking down and how quickly. and that is a problem because tiktok has made a public commitment, a public

promise to remove and prioritise climate misinformation and so far it is very hard for the public to know if it actually has. how much of — know if it actually has. how much of a _ know if it actually has. how much of a problem - know if it actually has. how much of a problem are - know if it actually has. how much of a problem are the| much of a problem are the algorithms themselves, the power of the platform, in terms of the speed of which information gets out there? tiktok has a design in its ranking algorithm to prioritise content that people will engage when all people will spend time watching and that makes content go viral very quickly on tiktok and that is what makes tiktok unique compared to its competitors and actually what makes climate misinformation so dangerous on the platform. research also shows that humans are more trusting of false information spread by real people talking in videos as opposed to some anonymous text message or anonymous forum. so, people tend to believe speakers are relatable or fill authentic and that is why climate misinformation on tiktok is

especially damaging or dangerous because it does not rely on facts or statistics. it relies on emotion and outrage. i wonder whether or not it is harder to moderate different types of content because we have got texts. you can read that quickly if you are reading an online article. is it harder to moderate online content when it is a video, for example? it is definitely harder to monitor video content. you just don't have the technology yet that is 100% accurate and that really makes tiktok especially susceptible to misinformation as well, just because a large number of users assuring videos or audios or images that promote climate misinformation and so tiktok generally uses automated tools that will transcribe audio or video into text and then it scans that for keywords that could potentially indicate misinformation but this is actually pretty errorprone because it does not

pick up on changes in inflection. it does not pick up on satire or different cultural context. so, in a nutshell, we have technology that allows misinformation to spread but we don't have very good technology to detect video misinformation yet. to detect video misinformation et. . , , , yet. that is very interesting. i yet. that is very interesting. l wonder— yet. that is very interesting. i wonder whether _ yet. that is very interesting. i wonder whether or - yet. that is very interesting. i wonder whether or not - yet. that is very interesting. i wonder whether or not this j yet. that is very interesting. l i wonder whether or not this is a speech in which ai could really develop in terms of regulation in response to those automated tools themselves? absolutely. ai regulation can both promote transparency in how platforms like tiktok detect misinformation and other types of harmful information. it can also promote responsibility in how platforms like tiktok prioritise content that could potentially be inaccurate or harmful. caitlin jim. thank— inaccurate or harmful. caitlin jim. thank you _ inaccurate or harmful. caitlin jim, thank you so _ inaccurate or harmful. caitlin jim, thank you so much - inaccurate or harmful. caitlin jim, thank you so much for l inaccurate or harmful. caitlin i jim, thank you so much for your jim, thank you so much for your time. fellow at the centre for strategic and international studies. thank you.

let's just take you live to mecca where huge numbers of pilgrims have gathered at islam's holiest site, for the annual hajj. vast crowds of robed worshippers gather for the "stoning of the devil" ritual as the biggest hajj pilgrimage since the covid pandemic draws to a close. all muslims are expected to undertake the hajj at least once in their lives. and, of course, during the covid pandemic that was just not possible, so a welcome return for many muslims across the world. so, those pictures coming to us from mecca. to stay with us on bbc news. we will have plenty of business news coming up. we are talking about the us economy. will it

avoid recession? it is the world's biggest economy and it has an impact on also all world's biggest economy and it has an impact on also— has an impact on also all of us. we will— has an impact on also all of us. we will also _ has an impact on also all of us. we will also speak - has an impact on also all of us. we will also speak to i has an impact on also all of us. we will also speak to a| us. we will also speak to a michelin _ us. we will also speak to a michelin star chef. see you very soon. goodbye. hello there. at the moment, the weather seems to be changing quite a lot, really from one day to the next. on thursday, we were in cooler, fresher air with some sunshine, a few showers for northern parts of the uk. but on friday the weather's going to look and feel quite different. there'll be a lot of cloud heading our way. it's going to be bringing a bit of rain and drizzle and it will feel more humid as well. and we've seen that cloud beginning to push in on a westerly breeze coming in from the atlantic into western parts of the uk and the cloud will continue to thicken, particularly on those weather fronts which will bring the rain in from the west. but we could start the day with some early sunshine across eastern scotland and eastern england. don't think it's going

to last too long. the cloud continues to stream in on that westerly breeze and it's thick enough to give it a little light rain or drizzle here and there. perhaps things turning a bit wetter through the day in northern parts of northern ireland and into scotland as well. and those temperatures are going to struggle with that cloudy, muggy air, 18 degrees widely, perhaps a little bit higher than that in east anglia and the south east, but nothing special at all. we're going to find those weather fronts taking the thicker cloud and the rain and drizzle away in time for the weekend. and then around that area of low pressure, we've got the winds coming in from the west or northwest and it could be quite blustery through the weekend. strongest winds across northern areas. this is where we're going to find the showers. it'll be sunnier and a bit warmer further south where the winds won't be quite as strong for many. southern parts of the uk may well be a dry day on saturday, with sunny spells further north for northern ireland. also across northern england, southern scotland, more frequent showers in the north and west of the country where it will be particularly windy and temperatures may be only reaching 16 degrees in

glasgow, warm in the sunshine across the east midlands, east anglia and the south—east. 24 degrees here. not too bad at all. second half of the weekend, not too many changes. still some stronger winds in the north. we've got showers, perhaps longer spells of rain in scotland, a few showers for northern ireland and northern england. but further south, better chance of staying dry again and those temperatures getting into the low 20s. so we've got a real difference north south over the weekend heading into next week. it's not a classic summer weather pattern because low pressure is going to be dominating that will bring some showers or longer spells of rain, particularly in the west.

live from london, this is bbc news. us recession fears ease: a boost for biden as new figures show the economy doing much better than expected. but it could mean but it could mean more interest rate rises. more interest rate rises. also coming up, also coming up, back from the brink: back from the brink: pakistan reaches pakistan reaches a last—minute deal with the imf a last—minute deal with the imf for a $3 billion lifeline for a $3 billion lifeline as it battles the worst financial crisis in decades. plus, minting a digital pound: the bank of england weighs up a virtual version of sterling that could one day replace notes and coins. and a man with a lot on his plate: 17 restaurants around

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