the nhs in england, the biggest do. the nhs in england, the biggest emlo er do. the nhs in england, the biggest employer in — do. the nhs in england, the biggest employer in europe, _ do. the nhs in england, the biggest employer in europe, unveils - do. the nhs in england, the biggest employer in europe, unveils a - do. the nhs in england, the biggest employer in europe, unveils a new. employer in europe, unveils a new plan to train more doctors and nurses. we analyse the proposals, and bring you reaction. a week after the mutiny in russia, bbc verify finds evidence suggesting the wagner group could be establishing new basesin group could be establishing new bases in belarus. and wimbledon starts next week, with novak djokovic aiming to win his fifth successive singles title. he speaks to the bbc. hello, i'm matthew amroliwala. welcome to verified live — three hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. president macron has said that nothing can justify the violence that's swept france for three days. he blamed what he called "professionals of violence" for disrupting what should have

been, a period of respect, after the police killing of a teenage boy on tuesday. he said additional resources would be made available to deal with unrest. the third night, and worst night of rioting so far, left buildings, including libraries and schools burnt — shops looted. nearly 900 people were arrested; 250 police were injured. france's three biggest cities — paris, marseille and lyon — are suspending or restricting public transport from friday evening. marseille has also banned public demonstrations. the teenager, named as nahel m, was shot during a traffic stop. the policeman has been charged with voluntary homicide. he's also apologised to the teenager's family. overnight, 40,000 extra police officers were deployed across france, in an attempt to restore calm. the prime minister

said the government was considering all options, but some ministers oppose declaring a state of emergency. lets get the latest from our correspondent. for the third night in a row, riots spread across france. protesters threw fireworks and projectiles at the police, and set cars and buildings on fire. this is in bordeaux, lille, marseille. the government has deployed an extra 40,000 police officers, including elite police units. but, as anger grows in france, so does the scale of the unrest. for the first time, several shops were looted. this tobacco shop was destroyed, and most things inside it stolen. the owner lives right upstairs, and said that

she had hundreds of people breaking in the middle of the night, and was terrified. but this isn'tjust happening in the suburbs like nanterre, it is happening in central paris too, nearfamous nanterre, it is happening in central paris too, near famous landmarks like the louvre. here, a crowd of protesters broke into a nike shop in central paris. here, a supermarket was looted. these rights are bad news for the french president, emmanuel macron. he had to leave a meeting with eu leaders in brussels to come back to paris and hold a crisis meeting. clashes like these between the residents of the french suburbs and the police are not rare, but they normally last a day or two will stop not since 2005 have protests spread across the country at this scale. the police officer

who shot dead nahel has been arrested and charged with homicide, but for many people, what happened to nahel was the final straw. they are deeply angry at the police, and the government fears that their anger could translate into more riots and violence tonight. many of the protestors have been young teenagers. mr macron urged parents to keep their children off the streets. there are lots of young people, sometimes very young people. it is the responsibility of all parents,

it is something we ought to do. the minister ofjustice will be taking all the necessary measures, obviously. the social network platforms have played a very conspicuous part in the events of the last couple of days. we have been looking at that. the organisation of violent meetings are convoked by social networks, but it also encourages copycat reactions, and these videos have intoxicated young people. let me point you to the website and the live page, because ongoing coverage with updates all of the time there, with the latest pictures and details from emmanuel macron and his latest comments to reporters,

but there you see, the video footage going through the sort of things we have seen over the last days and nights as the forces there in france prepare for another night with nervousness. president macron talking about additional authorities being put into place, so we'll keep an eye on the situation in paris and in those other main cities and bring you the latest throughout the next few on bbc news. the nhs in england will get more than 300,000 extra staff over the next few years under a new government plan announced today. it aims to deal with the current chronic shortage of doctors, nurses and other health workers. the prime minister says it's the largest single expansion in training in the history of the nhs — labour says the government has simply adopted its ideas. here's our health correspondent dominic hughes. does daniel represent the future

of the nhs workforce? he's what's known as an apprentice operating department practitioner, learning on the job about how to be a scrub nurse in an operating theatre. his apprenticeship at royal derby hospital is backed up by a university degree, and for daniel, it's the ideal foundation on which to build a career in the nhs. i train and practice within the trust itself, so i am able to work alongside other adps, other scrub nurses to practice the roles that i will take when i have qualified and also whilst going to university to learn different subjects, different courses, different practices that will enable me to obviously go forth with my qualification at the end of it. apprenticeships like daniel's play a big part in nhs england's plan to boost the workforce. and it's notjust nursing roles. today's proposals include employing a limited number of apprentice doctors, open to those already working in clinical roles within the health service. there will also be a big increase in the more traditional route to becoming a doctor via a place in medical school. the boss of nhs england, which drew

up the workforce plan, says it's a really significant moment. it's the first time the government, any government, has asked the nhs to develop a comprehensive plan, setting out the numbers of nurses, doctors and other key health care professionals that the health service will need and also the cost of training. how are you? i'm rishi. very nice to see you. the proposals have the backing of the prime minister, rishi sunak, visiting a hospital in cambridgeshire this morning. and while nhs england is responsible for the day to day running of the health service, it's the government that will fund the plan to the tune of £2.4 billion over the next five years. speaking later at a downing street news conference, mr sunak made no apology for the length of time it's taken to get this plan out. it was important that we got it right because this is a really. important day and this sets the nhs up for decades to come. _ 50 taking the time to get it right is absolutely - the correct course of action.

and i think as you will be able to see from the plan today, i it's very comprehensive. while there has been a broad welcome for the much anticipated plan, there are also warnings that given the pressures the health service is under right now, it will be challenging to deliver. labour's wes streeting says it's long overdue. we've got to go a lot further if we're going to tackle the biggest crisis in the nhs history. it also needs reform. fixing gps, sorting out social care so people aren't stuck in hospital. 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 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. let's bring you more reaction.

earlier, my colleague nicky schiller spoke to 0nay kasab from the unite union, which represents many nhs staff including doctors, nurses and ambulance workers. he is not impressed with the today's plan. it's fundamentally flawed. it fails to deal with the elephant in the room, which is pay. and no matter which party a politician comes from, no matter what promises are being made, the reality is that unless you deal with the issue of pay, unless that is addressed, then all that will happen is that we will increase the numbers of vacancies. of course we want training programmes. of course we want better training. but the reality is that the people we represent right across the nhs cannot afford to live and work in the nhs. that's why people are leaving, and this fails to address that completely. joining me now is siva anandaciva. he is the chief analyst at the king's fund, a think tank that focuses on the health

system in england. thanks so much for being here with us. i will come back to the issue of pay in a moment, but in terms of the announcement of this plan, how significant a moment do you think it is? , ., ., significant a moment do you think it is? ,., ., ., ., ., significant a moment do you think it is? ,., ., . ., ., “ significant a moment do you think it is? ,., ., . ., ., 4' , significant a moment do you think it is? ., ~ , ., is? good afternoon. i think it is a very significant — is? good afternoon. i think it is a very significant moment. - is? good afternoon. i think it is a very significant moment. as - is? good afternoon. i think it is a l very significant moment. as others have said, it is the first significant work force plan we have had in a generation, and includes a very significant expansion in the number of people who are able to train as nurses and doctors and pharmacists in this country, which the health service or needs. what the health service or needs. what ou think the health service or needs. what you think is _ the health service or needs. what you think is the _ the health service or needs. what you think is the realistic - the health service or needs. what you think is the realistic timescale on this that actually makes a difference in making people able to see a doctor and cut those waiting lists? , , ~ lists? this is where i think it really lives _ lists? this is where i think it really lives up _ lists? this is where i think it really lives up to _ lists? this is where i think it really lives up to the - lists? this is where i think it really lives up to the name | lists? this is where i think it | really lives up to the name of lists? this is where i think it i really lives up to the name of a long—term plan. a lot of the major initiatives only really kick in from autumn 2025 onwards, so i think it will be a few years before people like you and me start to see and feel the impact of this work force plan on the services we receive. indie plan on the services we receive. we saw in dominic's report the

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health service. they are looking at increasing the number of people who can claim. the one thing i would say is that, exactly as you pointed out, we are starting from a serious whole. we have fewer nurses per head, fewer doctors are per head than many of our peers, and we have a lot of ground to catch up. you than many of our peers, and we have a lot of ground to catch up.— a lot of ground to catch up. you how the are a lot of ground to catch up. you how they are as — a lot of ground to catch up. you how they are as we _ a lot of ground to catch up. you how they are as we came _ a lot of ground to catch up. you how they are as we came to _ a lot of ground to catch up. you how they are as we came to you - a lot of ground to catch up. you how they are as we came to you that - a lot of ground to catch up. you how they are as we came to you that one of the union is talking about pay, the elephant in the room that hasn't been addressed. does that have the potential to deflect or interfere with what has been laid out today? it absolutely does. a lot of the focus of this long—term plan is getting new people to join the health care service, but unless you look at things like the recent burn—out and pay and terms and conditions, you're not going to hold on to the people who will be joining, and retention of the workforce is one of the key issues that this workforce plan is going to have to tackle now and over the next 15 years. have to tackle now and over the next 15 ears. ., have to tackle now and over the next 15 ears. . ., i.

15 years. thanks for your time. around the _ 15 years. thanks for your time. around the world _ 15 years. thanks for your time. around the world and - 15 years. thanks for your time. around the world and across i 15 years. thanks for your time. | around the world and across the 15 years. thanks for your time. - around the world and across the uk, you are watching bbc news. let's take a look at some other stories making news across the uk. the boss of centrica, which owns british gas, has warned that energy bills are likely to stay at around £2,000 a year for the foreseeable future. a change in the price cap this weekend will see annual charges for typical households fall to £2,074, £800 more than consumers were paying two years ago. the boss of wh smith says the retailer won't be opening any more uk high street stores. instead it will focus on airports and train stations, as well as opening shops in the us and europe. carl cowling said wh smith has about 550 high street stores and opening any more "would just be a duplication". temperatures on the bbc weather app and on the website are back to where they should be after users complained it was showing highs normally expected in february. bbc weather apologised

for the glitch reassuring weather for the glitch. those are just some of the stories making headlines in the uk. you are alive with bbc news. it's been almost a week since vladimir putin faced a mutiny — by the leader of the wagner mercenary group and his troops. huge questions remain about what has happened to yevgeny prigozhin — and what next for russia's most effective fighting force in ukraine. they've been given a deadline of tomorrow tojoin the regular russian army, go home, or move to belarus. but as the bbc revealed yesterday, wagner is still continuing to recruit fighters. bbc verify and our security correspondent frank gardner, is looking at what could happen next — frank. thank you, matthew. there is a lot of interest globally in what has become of this man here, yevgeny prigozhin. this is the last known verified picture of him, this was

him leaving the city of rostov on don in southern russia, which he and his forces, if you remember, were able to take over without a shot being fired last saturday. if you compare that, his absence at the moment, with what he was like the previous three months, he was popping up all over the place between february and the end of may, in bakhmut, the city has forces took after months of fighting, he had being appearing on his telegram channel, often ranting about what he believes to be per mismanagement of the war in russia. he said, if the war had been left us, we would have finished it in a short amount of time. he was very hostile to russia's generals. where has he gone from there? we know from flight data that a plane linked to yevgeny prigozhin landed at an airfield just south of minsk will stop it flew from rostov on don to just south of

minsk. it dropped them off, he was seenin minsk. it dropped them off, he was seen in belarus, the plane then flew up seen in belarus, the plane then flew up to st petersburg and back down to moscow. perhaps the bigger mystery is what about the group he has been controlling? he was almost synonymous with his wagner group. bbc verify has been able to establish some proof that a camp in belarus is being updated and rebuilt to house, they believe, wagner mercenaries. the camp is in this place. here it is two weeks ago, abandoned, deserted, a former soviet camp, nothing to see here, move along. two weeks later, this is the transformation. 304 tent —like structures, enough to house over 2000 wagner fighters stop should they choose to grow there, we don't yet know how many will do so, but

already this is rattling belarus's nato neighbours. poland, lithuania, latvia, they are not very keen on the idea of these hardened fighters, some of whom are convicted rapists and murderers, setting up base in belarus. it looks like wagner is going to continue in some form, but possibly nowt answering directly to the kremlin. as a fighting force in ukraine, it is finished. it is interesting, _ ukraine, it is finished. it is interesting, because - ukraine, it is finished. it is interesting, because it - ukraine, it is finished. it is interesting, because it is l ukraine, it is finished. it is interesting, because it is a real dilemma for vladimir putin, because he needs them on the battlefield, yet these are the people who marched on moscow a week ago?— on moscow a week ago? militarily, warner is on moscow a week ago? militarily, wagner is the _ on moscow a week ago? militarily, wagner is the golden _ on moscow a week ago? militarily, wagner is the golden goose - on moscow a week ago? militarily, wagner is the golden goose he - on moscow a week ago? militarily, i wagner is the golden goose he does not want to kill. he has gone to some lengths, mr putin, to praise wagner. these are very brutal fighters, often with a terrible human rights record, but they have fought extremely hard, and the one group on the ground in ukraine that the ukrainian forces say, my god,

when we are up against wagner, we notice the difference. they are far more effective fighters than the russian army. this is part of the reason why this mutiny happened in the first place, because the kremlin gave this deadline of tomorrow, july the 1st, for all private military companies to sign a contract with the regular russian army, the ministry of defence. prigozhin, the bald—headed guy we saw back there, doesn't want to do this, and nor do his wagner group. obviously, that was ignored, so he decided to make a show of strength, marched on moscow, took over rostov on don, and now the question is in what form is wagner going to continue?— question is in what form is wagner going to continue? frank, thank you ve much going to continue? frank, thank you very much for— going to continue? frank, thank you very much for the _ going to continue? frank, thank you very much for the latest _ going to continue? frank, thank you j very much for the latest assessment and going through all of that data. live now to james nixey. he is the russia and eurasia

programme director at a think tank. thank you for being with us. we are almost a week on from those extraordinary events in russia. what is your headline assessment of where we are now our? we is your headline assessment of where we are now our?— we are now our? we are now in a situation where _ we are now our? we are now in a situation where the _ we are now our? we are now in a situation where the majority - we are now our? we are now in a l situation where the majority school of thought believes that vladimir putin is, to coin a phrase, diminished but not finished. he is still in power, he won this quite clearly, he has prigozhin pretty much where he wants him, dead or alive, but clearly his dome has been pierced and he is somebody who suffered the greatest shock of his 23 year presidency and counting. he looked like he panicked. he put up roadblocks in moscow, he closed down moscow for monday, anti—did not come across as a confident figure whatsoever. —— and he did not come across as a confident figure. hand across as a confident figure. and these frantic _

across as a confident figure. and these frantic efforts to restore authority, what do you make of those? , , ., ., , ., ., those? the big question as to what extent do russian _ those? the big question as to what extent do russian elite _ those? the big question as to what extent do russian elite still - those? the big question as to what extent do russian elite still have i extent do russian elite still have confidence in him? it is hard to know, of course. we don't really know. he's always had supreme control over them, know. he's always had supreme control overthem, he know. he's always had supreme control over them, he has bullied and frighten them into submission. we saw that quite clearly before the war as the war started. privately, many of those elites will be thinking, notjust as russia taken the wrong path, because it is doing so badly in the war, but it will also be wondering if he is the right man to lead them now, because ultimately, of course, a competent and loyal army, the events of last week couldn't possibly happen. in terms of the public, it is very difficult, but is it possible to have any sort of assessment of whether the public —— on where the public are? it whether the public -- on where the public are?— public are? it is. it is very noticeable _ public are? it is. it is very noticeable that _ public are? it is. it is very noticeable that as - public are? it is. it is very noticeable that as the - public are? it is. it is very - noticeable that as the name-mac- noticeable that as the name—mac— wagner tanks left rostov last saturday, they were cheered. people

were taking selfies with yevgeny prigozhin as he left. the russian narrative, or the putin narrative, was that he thanked the people and the fsb, the security services, for their support, the fsb, the security services, for theirsupport, but the fsb, the security services, for their support, but the reality is their support, but the reality is the fsb did not warn him this coup were going to happen, and people were going to happen, and people were cheering prigozhin. russia, of course, is nothing but contradictory.- course, is nothing but contradictory. course, is nothing but contradicto . ~ ., ~' course, is nothing but contradicto .~ ., ~ , contradictory. what you think this leaves us militarily? _ contradictory. what you think this leaves us militarily? we - contradictory. what you think this leaves us militarily? we are - contradictory. what you think this i leaves us militarily? we are talking about the deadline for the wagner group, is there any sort of route back that you think brings the end of the war in ukraine any closer, given what we have seen? unfortunately not. the reality is that russian positions have remained largely unaffected. it's true, 2000, 10,000 wagner troops who were previously in ukraine, they are 2000, 10,000 previously in ukraine, they are 2000,10,000 wagner troops ukraine does not have to fight. on a numerical basis, that is helpful,

but ukraine was briefly lifted by this, and it cost consternation in the russian ranks, but we are in a particularly difficult, vicious counter—offensive, and ukrainians are finding it hard going because of the russian entrenchment. the on the ground battlefield reality isn't significantly changed.- ground battlefield reality isn't significantly changed. thank you so much for your— significantly changed. thank you so much for your time _ significantly changed. thank you so much for your time and _ significantly changed. thank you so much for your time and that - much for your time and that analysis. as james finished that last sentence, a decree from moscow is to increase salaries for military servicemen by 10.5% from the 1st of october, so another effort to bolster the military given everything we saw a week ago. that news just coming everything we saw a week ago. that newsjust coming in. let's everything we saw a week ago. that news just coming in. let's turn to breaking news from the us, because news from the screen caught in the last little while that they have backed a website designer who refused to serve a same—sex couple. thatjudgmentjust coming into us, let's head to washington and talk to

jess parker. jess, tell us more. good morning to you, you will have to forgive the background music, there is another case that is about to drop on student debt relief, and some campaigners are here. a website designer, as you were saying, laurie smith, it was essentially a pre—emptive case, saying she didn't want to have to provide website services to same—sex couples because she is an evangelical christian and it ran against her religious beliefs. she is concerned this would violate colorado's anti—discrimination laws. the case has arrived at the supreme court, and they have agreed to her essentially, that her right to free speech means she should not be forced to provide the services. this has been seen as a ruling with potentially huge implications for lgbt rights, and of course for other

states that have these anti—dissemination laws. we will have to look at the details of the ruling, but the question is, to what extent could disallow other businesses to refuse services not just on the basis of somebody�*s sexuality, but on the basis of their sexuality, but on the basis of their sex their race as well? we will have to read the ruling in its detail in terms of how wide—ranging it is, but this comes a day after this conservative leaning supreme court, by 6—3 again today, ruled yesterday that race could no longer be considered as a factor in terms of university admissions across the united states. some really significant ruling is coming out of this court in washington, dc. thank ou for this court in washington, dc. thank you for the — this court in washington, dc. thank you for the latest. _ this court in washington, dc. thank you for the latest. as _ this court in washington, dc. thank you for the latest. as jess - this court in washington, dc. thank you for the latest. as jess was - you for the latest. asjess was saying, that ruling just coming in, and it comes off the back of what we saw yesterday, so there is bound to be more reaction given that is is a

significant ruling there in the us. another one of the stories that is clearly moving here in the programme. we will try and bring you more reaction in the next couple of hours. we will have more on the day's headlines, back in france in a moment or two. don't go away. hello again. provisionally, thisjune was the hottest on record, but one of the features about the month is it's been very dry across the south of both england and wales. st athan is near cardiff, and that's been one of the driest areas we've seen, not even a quarter of the averagejune rainfall here. mind you, there is a little bit of rain to come through today, but for the most part its light and patchy. these rather grey skies typical of the skies you'll have working into western areas. and if i look at the rainfall totals through the whole of the day today, you see most of the rain is across western areas, but it's really light and patchy, just an odd millimetre of rain here and there.

something a bit wetter for western scotland for a time. now, over the last few hours we have seen the cloud increasingly move in and we've got a couple of warm fronts set to move in. the first, bringing a little bit of patchy rain. the second, well, that's where we've got the really humid air that is starting to edge its way in. and so through this afternoon across wales, western england, northern ireland too, we are looking at damp weather, fairly persistent and thick drizzle coming down. with the low cloud on the tops of the hills, there'll be some mist and fog patches high up as well. eastern areas holding on to a few brighter spells, some heavier rain pushing across scotland for a time. but the wettest weather likely to be in the west of scotland. overnight tonight, we're going to see that humid air push right the way across the country. with that, there'll be extensive cloud around. could see a few spots of drizzle falling just about anywhere. but i suspect most of it will be across the south and the west. heading into the weekend, low pressure is going to stay

to the north of the uk. we'll have fairly brisk west north westerly winds and ultimately they will bring fresher weather conditions in. a bit of rain crossing scotland early in the morning and across eastern england you probably start off with extensive cloud, even with a few spots of rain. the afternoon brighter, more in the way of sunshine around. but there'll be a few showers for northern ireland and northern england, fairly frequent showers for the north west of scotland where it will be quite cool. temperatures just into the teens. the warmest weather, east anglia in the southeast, 23, maybe 24 in the best of the sunshine. we'll keep those fairly windy conditions going into sunday. the showers across the northwest will be heavier, risk of some thunderstorms with some more prolonged outbreaks of rain working in across orkney, shetland, the hebrides and parts of highland as well. so quite a breezy weekend on the way, but there will be some warm sunshine as well.