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unveils a new plan to train more doctors and nurses. we analyse the proposals and bring you reaction. now in, a new report indicates there's been a substantial global rise in cases of type one diabetes in children and teenagers since the covid pandemic. hello, i'm matthew amroliwala welcome to verified live — three hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. the french government has ordered public buses and trams across the country to stop operating this evening and cancelled major public events, as it seek to prevent a fourth night of violent unrest. president macron has condemned the rioters, accusing them of exploiting the death of the teenager shot by police to create disorder.
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the authorities have also banned the sale of fireworks, which have been used to attack police and said police can use armoured vehicles against rioters. the third night — and the worst night — of rioting left buildings, including libraries and schools burnt shops looted. nearly 900 people were arrested — 250 police were injured. the teenager, named as nahel m, was shot during a traffic stop. the policeman has been charged with voluntary homicide he's apologised to the teenager's family. our correspondent sofia bettiza reports from paris. 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.
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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 heard hundreds of people break in in the middle of the night and was terrified. but this isn'tjust happening in the suburbs like nanterre. it's happening in central paris, too. near famous landmarks like the louvre and the champs—elysees. here, a crowd of protesters broke
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into a night shop in central paris. in romainville, a supermarket was looted. these riots are bad news for the french president, emmanuel macron. he had to leave a meeting of 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. 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.
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emmanuel macron has been talking in the last few hours. many of the protestors have been young teenagers. mr macron urged parents to keep their children off the streets. translation: there are lots of young eo - le translation: there are lots of young peeple involved _ translation: there are lots of young people involved in _ translation: there are lots of young people involved in these _ people involved in these demonstrations, sometimes very young people. so it is the responsibility of parents to keep them at home. that is something which we all ought to do. parental response building must be engaged, and i should like to appeal to everybody�*s sense of responsibility here, mayors included. and the minister of justice will be taking all the necessary measures. the social network platforms have played a very
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conspicuous part in the events in 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 the young people. and these videos have intoxicated the young maple-— and these videos have intoxicated the young people. emmanuel macron s-ueakin the young people. emmanuel macron speaking about _ the young people. emmanuel macron speaking about social _ the young people. emmanuel macron speaking about social media, - speaking about social media, interesting that in the last little while, the spokesperson for snapchat saying they are watching the french riots. "we are proactively monitoring our content linked to the riots in france since tuesday, and we will continue to monitor the situation closely." so certainly those comments from the french president being watched and listened to by some of the social media organisations, with snapchat saying they'll continue to monitor their own content.
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our correspondent rajini vaidyanathan is in nanterre, a paris suburb. we will talk to her on the programme in the next few minutes, so plenty more coming on our main story in france here on verified life. 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. 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
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a career in the nhs. i train and practice within the trust itself, so i'm 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
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professionals that the health service will need and also the cost of training. how are you? i'm rishi. 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 £21; 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. _ so 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 services under right now, it will be challenging to deliver.
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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 gp's, 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. more on that in around 20 minutes' time. around the world and across the uk, this is 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
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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. they reassure weather watchers that conditions art to cool across the country. you're live with bbc news. the prosecution has opened its case in the trial of the actor kevin spacey
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at london's southwark crown court. the hollywood actor is accused of sexual offences against four men between 2001 and 2013. the 63—year—old denies all 12 charges against him, including sexual assault and indecent assault. helena wilkinson is following the case. the two kevin spacey arrived at southwark crown court this morning and smiled as he made his way in. it's a far cry from hollywood and the film sets he's used to the two—time oscar winning actor accused of 12 sexual offence charges walked past photographers. his case has attracted global attention. inside court one, the 63—year—old sat in a glass dock, appearing under his full name, kevin spacey fowler. he listened intently as the prosecutor opened the case against him. christine agnew kc told jurors that kevin spacey was an extremely famous actor who had won many awards.
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the prosecutor added... the jury have also been hearing details of the allegations which have been made by the four men. the prosecution alleged that one of the complainants wrote to mr spacey to seek mentoring, went back to a flat with him, fell asleep and woke to mr spacey sexually assaulting him. kevin spacey is well—known for his role in american beauty. he's also starred in other films, including the usual suspects and seven, and the critically acclaimed television series house of cards. he was also artistic director of the old vic theatre in london between 2004 and 2015.
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kevin spacey denies the charges. the trial is expected to last four weeks. helena wilkinson, bbc news at southwark crown court. that's returned to our main story of the rights in france. our correspondent rajini vaidyanathan is in nanterre, a paris suburb. we saw president macron holding another emergency meeting, and we've heard another flurry of assertions being put in place. just take us through it. figs being put in place. just take us through it— being put in place. just take us throu~hit. a �* , through it. as you say, we've been heafina through it. as you say, we've been hearing from _ through it. as you say, we've been hearing from the _ through it. as you say, we've been hearing from the president, - through it. as you say, we've been hearing from the president, and i hearing from the president, and there's lots of concern from the authorities hear about the possibility of another night of unrest. so lots of different things like fireworks can't be bought, which we saw a lot of fireworks last
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night being released. also the public transport system which was stopped yesterday evening also going to be stopped again today. and that's quite significant because one of my french colleagues was saying it's really unheard of to just shut down buses and trams here in paris. but also an increased police presence, we already saw a big police presence last night, the country deployed some 40,000 officers. we were here around the same time and we saw dozens of officers arriving on bikes and vans, they had write shields with them, all that kind of thing. so a real sense of a beefed—up security presence, and i think people are anticipating more trouble in the days ahead. anticipating more trouble in the days ahead-— anticipating more trouble in the da sahead. �* . ., , ., days ahead. and we certainly had the worst niuht days ahead. and we certainly had the worst night last _ days ahead. and we certainly had the worst night last night _ days ahead. and we certainly had the worst night last night so _ days ahead. and we certainly had the worst night last night so far- days ahead. and we certainly had the worst night last night so far - - days ahead. and we certainly had the worst night last night so far - in - worst night last night so far — in terms of the anger triggered by the death of that traffic stop, but
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underpinning that, tell us more about the sort of anger about how communities are treated by police, and all the economics that also play into this. i and all the economics that also play into this. ., and all the economics that also play into this. . ., and all the economics that also play into this. . . . into this. i am in nanterre, which is a very diverse _ into this. i am in nanterre, which is a very diverse neighbourhood l into this. i am in nanterre, whichl is a very diverse neighbourhood in many ways, and it's also ethnically diverse. and a lot of people that we've spoken to — people have come from africa, people who have origins in the arab world, as well — some of them have said that for a long time, they felt the police hasn't been there to protect them, and we've heard from the united nations as well today, raising concerns about the french police's treatment of minorities in particular. now in the last hour or so, the government issued a statement saying any accusations by anyone that the police was racist were not founded in anything, but that's not what people here, when you talk to them, say. i want to just move around and show you where we are — know this
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corner here is where people have been laying flowers for nahel, and there's a sign in french that says, "how many nahel pots have not been filmed?" in this particular corner is where nahel was stopped by the police. it is where he was shot by an officer, who has now apologised through his lawyer, but i don't think that apology will be enough to allay the frustration, anger and hurt for many people here. just speaking to a man just now who echoed what that sign said, that sentiment that if the incident surrounding nahel�*s death had not been filmed, people wouldn't be talking about this, half the country wouldn't be concerned and on high alert because of the fear of more violence because no one would've known — and that's what you've got
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people saying, without this particular incident being filmed, there wouldn't have raised awareness, and people... that same man i should say said he thought the violence was justified. there are those who condemn it, of course, but there are those here who say it is justified because of the deep—rooted issues they say that are finally being discussed. now the question is, matthew, what will change? will present macron be able to do anything in terms of changing the way that police are treating people according to what people in this community say —— present macron? what's interesting is you don't really hear people complain about the government itself or the president — a lot of their anger is directed squarely at the police. thanks for taking us through all that, and we will return a little later in our programme.
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there's been a "substantial" rise in cases of type one diabetes in children around the world since the coronavirus pandemic. researchers looked at more than 38,000 young people diagnosed during the pandemic. fergus walsh explained more. it looked at studies tracking the rise of type one diabetes in many countries around the world, including in north america, in europe, australia and parts of the middle east. and they found that in the first year, the first 12 months of the pandemic, there was a 14% rise in the rate of type one diabetes in children and teenagers. and in the second year of the pandemic, there is a 27% rise. now just a background to this, even before the pandemic, there's been a 3% annual increase of type one diabetes, which is an autoimmune
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disease which for some reason, we don't really know why, the body's immune system turns on the cells which produce insulin in the pancreas, so therefore can no longer produce enough insulin and can't control blood sugar levels which is why patients require lifelong insulin. so rates have been rising but we saw this dramatic increase during covid. but we saw this dramatic increase during covid-_ but we saw this dramatic increase durin: covid. . , . ., , with me is hilary nathan, director of policy at thejuvenile diabetes research foundation. thank you so much for coming in, a very interesting new report. is this something in terms of a trend that you had already been seen digressing, or is this new to you? we've been looking at this for some time, and we've seen over time and increase, but nothing like this spike globally, and this is the first written research that has really shown globally what a spike there's been since the pandemic.
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they described as substantial — what do you think is going on here? more research needs _ do you think is going on here? more research needs to _ do you think is going on here? more research needs to be _ do you think is going on here? ire research needs to be done, but there's a number of theories — so one theory is that viruses can trigger an effect with the autoimmune system, making the body malfunction, so that could actually be ape because of type one diabetes. the other theory as there were cases but they weren't diagnosed during the pandemic, they were diagnosed after the pandemic. and the other theory is that actually, there may be germs which people are exposed to normally that during the pandemic, they weren't exposed to, and that might be a factor. all of these are theories at the moment, more research needs to be done. you're absolutely — research needs to be done. you're absolutely right _ research needs to be done. you're absolutely right about _ research needs to be done. you're absolutely right about that, - research needs to be done. you're absolutely right about that, yet. absolutely right about that, yet already there was a rise going on before the pandemic, i think i'm right in saying 3%. so something was happening, wasn't to?— right in saying 3%. so something was happening, wasn't to? something was ha enin: happening, wasn't to? something was happening but — happening, wasn't to? something was happening but we _ happening, wasn't to? something was happening but we still _ happening, wasn't to? something was happening but we still don't _ happening, wasn't to? something was happening but we still don't know- happening but we still don't know exactly what, we don't know what was happening in terms of lifestyles,
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environment, genetic factors, more is to be explored. but there is a 3% rise before this significant spike. what we do know of course is a type one diabetes, just how serious it is, so much attention on type two, but that's environmental, diet, all those things. a type one has the potential, it is so life—changing, isn't it? potential, it is so life-changing, isn't it? ~ , potential, it is so life-changing, isn'tit? ~ , , isn't it? absolutely, so the body sto -s isn't it? absolutely, so the body stops producing _ isn't it? absolutely, so the body stops producing insulin - isn't it? absolutely, so the body stops producing insulin and - isn't it? absolutely, so the body stops producing insulin and you | isn't it? absolutely, so the body - stops producing insulin and you need insulin in order to be able to survive, to take glucose from food and converted to energy. if you don't have that come of the body then starts taking energy from fat in a way that it shouldn't, and that can actually turn the blood acidic, and that can be potentially life—threatening and fatal. that and that can be potentially life-threatening and fatal. at any a . e, life-threatening and fatal. at any are, but life-threatening and fatal. at any age. but it _ life-threatening and fatal. at any age, but it certainly _ life-threatening and fatal. at any age, but it certainly impacts - life-threatening and fatal. at any | age, but it certainly impacts when younger people, as this study is showing now, are more prone to it somehow. just a final word because fergus was making the point that i suppose it drags us back to just
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making sure that people understand the symptoms potentially to this, because early diagnosis and treatment is absolutely vital, isn't it? , , treatment is absolutely vital, isn't it? ,, y treatment is absolutely vital, isn't it? , y ,, ., treatment is absolutely vital, isn't it? this is absolutely essential. so there are four— it? this is absolutely essential. so there are four key _ it? this is absolutely essential. so there are four key signs, - it? this is absolutely essential. so there are four key signs, the - it? this is absolutely essential. so there are four key signs, the fourl there are four key signs, the four t's — your child becoming thinner, needing the toilet to urinate, becoming really thirsty and really tired. if parents are seeing those four key symptoms, do seek medical attention as soon as possible. we have to leave it there but thank you so much for coming in and taking us through all that in giving us your thoughts, a really interesting study that's published over the last few hours. to cricket now — australia extended their lead in the second ashes test at lords. england have slumped from an overnight 278—4 to 325 all out. live now to lizzie greenwood—hughes in our salford newsroom.
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a pretty nightmarish start, did he get better? i’d a pretty nightmarish start, did he aet better? �* ~' ., a pretty nightmarish start, did he aet better? �* ~ ., .,, get better? i'd like to say it has, but it hasn't. _ get better? i'd like to say it has, but it hasn't. the _ get better? i'd like to say it has, but it hasn't. the cover- get better? i'd like to say it has, but it hasn't. the cover is - get better? i'd like to say it has, but it hasn't. the cover is on, i but it hasn't. the cover is on, rain has stopped playing, with australia ahead of england. this morning as you say, england were only four wickets down when they started their first innings today, and they ended up first innings today, and they ended up crumpling, basically losing six wickets for 47 runs before lunch. so australia are now doing what england should've been doing throughout this test, and that's being dogged, not taking too many risks, and tackling down and that's how they've only lost two wickets all day. they've been going slowly, like traditional test match run rates, but as i say they are 130 — two. so england's bowlers really should making hate in these conditions mr —— before it started raining —— making hay, and you think the lights of gordon anderson would be doing really well,
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swing all over the place. and it's been frustrating because australia have been doing what they do, they've been dogged and persistently determined to stay at that crease which is what england's batters should have done throughout this whole test. but it's only day three, this match is in over but england need to get back out there, they need to get back out there, they need to get smith and hope they can get the rest of them pretty quickly tomorrow. ~ �* ., , ., ., tomorrow. we've only got a minute left, but tomorrow. we've only got a minute left. but even _ tomorrow. we've only got a minute left, but even after _ tomorrow. we've only got a minute left, but even after that _ tomorrow. we've only got a minute left, but even after that first - left, but even after that first test, there were question marks about england's new style of play and more questions in the last 24 hours about whether it can actually succeed in test cricket against the best? �* , , ., ., best? it's so entertaining, the first test, _ best? it's so entertaining, the first test, england _ best? it's so entertaining, the first test, england lost, - best? it's so entertaining, the first test, england lost, but . best? it's so entertaining, the first test, england lost, but it| best? it's so entertaining, the - first test, england lost, but it was a wonderful test match. i personally loved it. however they've been heavily criticised for not knowing how to play when they are in a winning position. england didn't start this test well, they get debacle the australia get 460 runs in the first inning, then they threw
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away those rickets. the criticism as they are not playing test cricket traditionally where they have to look after their wicket — this is the ashes of. it look after their wicket - this is the ashes of.— look after their wicket - this is the ashes of. , ., ., ., , the ashes of. it is, and fortunately if ou are the ashes of. it is, and fortunately if you are an _ the ashes of. it is, and fortunately if you are an england _ the ashes of. it is, and fortunately if you are an england supporter, i if you are an england supporter, there is rain, so perhaps rain may save them. lizzie, thanks for much, i'm back in a moment or two, don't go away. hello there. provisionally, june has been the hottestjune on record. but the other feature ofjune is that it's been actually quite dry, particularly so across parts of the south. st athan is near cardiff, and here we've not even had a quarter of thejune average rainfall — a similar kind of pattern really elsewhere across southern england. now today, we've seen clouds really gather across western areas, it's been quite gloomy with some mist and some drizzle around, as well. the drizzle associated with a couple of warm fronts that have been pushing eastwards over recent hours, bringing increasing levels of humidity. there is something of a clearance out in the atlantic —
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we have to wait for this occlusion to work through before we get into those clearer skies. more on that in a moment. now, overnight tonight, with those warm fronts continuing to push eastwards, it'll be quite a warm and muggy night with outbreaks of drizzle just about anywhere. however, the damp weather, if you like, will be across western and southern areas, as well. some low cloud over hills and coasts, so some mist and fog patches around as well, a muggy 15—16 celsius for your overnight low. now heading into the weekend, we start off with an occlusion across eastern england, so cloudy with an odd spit of rain. that clears out of the way with sunny spells following. we'll see showers for scotland, for northern ireland, and for northern england, as well. the showers always most frequent, though, across the north and west, where it'll be quite cool. in the best of the sunshine, 20—23 celsius across southern and eastern england. wherever the sun comes out, it won't feel too bad. it will be quite a windy kind of day, and that's true as well of sunday — reasonably tightly—packed isobars, the winds again coming in from a west—northwesterly direction.
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now sunday stays quite unsettled across northern areas with some rain for orkney and shetland moving in towards highland and the hebrides as we go through the day. elsewhere, lots of showers for the rest of scotland, for northern ireland, and northwest england. there's a greater chance of those showers turning heavy and thundery during the course of sunday. but again, when the sunshine comes out, it shouldn't feel too bad. the highest temperatures towards the southeast, a little on the cool side for the north and west of scotland. now into next week, low pressure is still dominating the weather charts, so expect it to stay generally quite changeable with quite a lot of showers around, particularly across the northwest of the uk. and temperatures generally running quite close to average, but perhaps getting a bit warmer towards the southeast by the end of the week. bye for now.
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this is bbc news. let's turn to for this is bbc news. let's turn to for headlines here. after the third headlines here. after the third night of rioting in france, the night of rioting in france, the government does or during transport government does or during transport to stop operating the scheme against to stop operating the scheme against ted and mike banned the sale of ted and mike banned the sale of fireworks to deter the violence. fireworks to deter the violence. almost 900 people have been almost 900 people have been arrested. arrested. the nhs in england, the biggest employer in europe shows a
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