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hello, i'm sumi somaskanda. great to have you with us. france is seeing a fourth night of unrest, following the police killing of a teenager at a traffic stop earlier this week. tonight, the interior ministry is reporting hundreds of arrests, but says that overall violence is less than than the level seen on thusday. despite that, authorities in the country's second—largest city, marseille, say that a gun store was looted. rioting has also spilled over into belgium — some 16,000 officers are out on the streets and armoured vehicles have been deployed. these are scenes from paris earlier on friday, with fires burning in various parts of the capital. speaking earlier, president emmanuel macron condemned the violence and criticised social media, saying it had incited teenagers to get involved. translation: one third of all
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--eole translation: one third of all people arrested _ translation: one third of all people arrested last _ translation: one third of all people arrested last night - translation: one third of all| people arrested last night were young, sometimes very young people. it is the responsibility of parents to keep them at home and i call on mothers and fathers and their sense of responsibility. the state cannot replace them. in a bid to reach out to those taking part, the french national football team has put out a statement tonight. posted to twitter by captain kylian mbappe, it read: it comes after this statement from france's main police union. in it, the alliance police nationale talks about war. they say: earlier, my colleague carl nasman spoke to our correspondent rajini vaidyanathan.
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what is it like where you are right now? actually it is remarkably calm here in the centre of paris. we driving through nanterre where there was violence the past few evenings. so far things are quite quiet. we have seen people speed by on motorbikes and milling on the road but mostly the streets have been empty but that does not mean that things will stay empty because it was a similar picture last night where things were quiet around now, and then around 3am, liam, we started to hear noises from inside our hotel and looked outside and we saw crowds of people, mostly young men walking past, and that's when we could hear fireworks and lots of vandalism and violence, and today as we have been surveying the scene we saw the aftermath of that. behind me, we are at
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the police station here. there is lots of police vans. as we have been saying, 16,000 police officers being deployed, so that is more than last night across the country. in other parts of the country we have seen some reports of violence already this evening. so, again, it is another night which is unpredictable but once again authorities are bracing themselves for more violence. you are at a police station. we just heard this statement from france's main police union, using strong words, saying they were "combating a wild gang", they said it was time to fight and "eradicate these pests". what sense do you have being in france about whatjob the police are doing to quell these protests? well, i mean, the thing that is complicated is that many people who have been taking part in this violence blame the police and say that is why they are out on the streets
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in the first place. so, it is complicated. this all began after the death of nahel, a 17—year—old boy who was stopped by police at a traffic signal. he was then shot dead by a police officer and in the subsequent days violence erupted. now, that was captured on camera, the killing of nahel, and many people we have spoken to say that what happened if there was no camera? people would have not known about what happened to him and they say there are many other nahels that people will never ever know about because there were no cameras capturing the incident, and so people say this is part of a systemic problem, they say, with the police in france. some people i have spoken to will go as far as to say they believe the french police are racist, and we had a report from the united nations today which was damaging ——quite damning about the way they say the french police target minorities disproportionately. you then heard from
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the french government, the french foreign ministry, rebutting that and saying there were no foundations to what the un was saying. there is very strong accusations as well coming from the united nations. so at the end of the day, these protests boil down to what many here say is a far deeper issue which was kind of stemmed or sparked by the killing of 17—year—old nahel. 0k, our corresponded rajini vaidyanathan on the streets in paris, thank you. now to india, where 25 people are dead and eight injured after a bus travelling in the state of maharashtra in the west of the country caught fire saturday morning. the bus was travelling from yavatmal to pune. it was carrying 32 people, according to the indian news agency ani news. the us supreme court has wrapped up its 2023 term with two major rulings today. the court ruled in favour of a christian website designer who refused to provide wedding services to same—sex couples, violating a colorado state law that prohibited businesses from refusing service
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because of sexual orientation. the nation's highest court now says that law violates the first amendement. the court also rejected president biden�*s plan to forgive hundreds of billions of dollars in student loans. biden condemned the court's ruling, saying it "misinterpreted the constitution." here's more of what he had to say. i believe the court's decision to strike down my student debt relief programme was a mistake, was wrong. i will not stop fighting to deliver borrowers what they need, particularly those at the bottom end of the economic scale. so, we need to find a new way and we are moving as fast as we can. first, i am announcing today a new path consistent with today's ruling to provide student debt relief to as many borrowers as possible as quickly as possible. earlier, my colleague carl nasman spoke with bob costa, chief election and campaign correspondent at cbs news. pleasure to have you here, thanks for coming in. a flurry
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of supreme court rulings this week. we saw affirmative action struck down, appearing back of lgbtq rights, biting's student loan forgiveness programme struck down as well. how big of a setback do you think this has been for president biting's agenda? been for president biting's aaenda? v been for president biting's aaenda? �* , ., been for president biting's aaenda? h w , been for president biting's aaenda? �*, ., , ., agenda? it's not 'ust about president _ agenda? it's notjust about president biden, _ agenda? it's notjust about president biden, it's - agenda? it's notjust about president biden, it's about| president biden, it's about what it says about the drift of the supreme court stop 6—3, 6—3, 6—3, all of these momentous decisions ? the growing influence of the conservative majority on this court. and while president biden has control of the white house and the democratic party has control of the us senate, it's the republican appointed justices on this court, three of them appointed by former president donald trump, who are now wielding real significant influence on these key aspects of american life.— influence on these key aspects of american life. you mentioned those 6-3 _ of american life. you mentioned those 6-3 decisions, _ of american life. you mentioned those 6-3 decisions, there - of american life. you mentioned those 6-3 decisions, there is - of american life. you mentioned those 6-3 decisions, there is a l those 6—3 decisions, there is a lot of criticism from democrats that this is very conservative leaning and going further so, supreme court. the president
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said in an interview recently that he does not support more justices, adding more to the court. why do you think that is? a , court. why do you think that is? i, ., is? many democrats have exwessed _ is? many democrats have expressed outrage - is? many democrats have expressed outrage about| is? many democrats have - expressed outrage about what has happened this week, they would like to see reforms to the supreme court, whether it is ethics guidelines or perhaps an expansion of the supreme court. president biden has been listening to these calls but he is in no way trying to be the tip of the spear in advocating some kind of wholesale change to the supreme court. there is a belief that they want to protect the integrity of the nine as it is in terms of the number of justices nine as it is in terms of the number ofjustices on the number of justices on the court. number ofjustices on the court. while biden has to listen to other voices in his party on this front, he doesn't necessarily want to move in that direction. the president's top advisers also tell me behind the scenes that they believe these decisions will be a lot like the dobbs decision on abortion in 2022 are in the sense of, it could galvanise democrats ahead of the 2024 presidential election making sure they come out and vote for democrats next year.—
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democrats next year. let's talk about bidenomics, _ democrats next year. let's talk about bidenomics, a _ democrats next year. let's talk about bidenomics, a term - democrats next year. let's talk about bidenomics, a term that| about bidenomics, a term that was unveiled this week in chicago. the present want to chat his record. but there is not a lot of support for the way the president has handled the economy. why is he struggling to sell his economic message? struggling to sell his economic messaue? ~ , ., struggling to sell his economic messaue? ~ ,, struggling to sell his economic message?— struggling to sell his economic messaue? ~ ,, ., , message? when you look at his economic message, _ message? when you look at his economic message, he - message? when you look at his economic message, he is - message? when you look at his economic message, he is not i economic message, he is not just about selling some kind of slogan, whether it is bidenomics or something else, it is about selling federal spending. biden came into office during a pandemic and he passed the american rescue plan to support the democrats in congress, over $1 trillion, $1 trillion infrastructure package. his advisers believe he is not given enough credit with the american people about all the spending, trillions in spending. so what he wants to do is sell himself to the american people as someone who is able to give major spending legislation through and cast himself in a way, as a franklin d roosevelt type in a crack, someone who used the powers and levers of government to help the economy move forward. i
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the economy move forward. i want to quickly ask you about robert f kennedyjunior who has announced he is running for president. he holds some very controversial views, president. he holds some very controversialviews, he president. he holds some very controversial views, he is a democrat, on things like vaccines, he is sceptical, but there is some pulling out that put him in the double digits among some democratic voters. what does that say about the strength potentially of an incumbent president like president biden, that he could be challenged in the double digits by somebody like rfk junior? digits by somebody like rfk junior? ~ .,, digits by somebody like rfk junior? , ., , junior? most top democrats in the country. — junior? most top democrats in the country, both _ junior? most top democrats in the country, both publicly - junior? most top democrats in the country, both publicly and | the country, both publicly and privately do not see robert f kennedyjunior as a threat to president biden, but they do believe that his candidacy is indicative of broader trends in the country. this... distrust in institutions, the belief that american institutions, whether it is the federal government or the news media, major corporations, that they can't be trusted, especially the pharmaceutical companies not trusted by rfk, and this
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dynamic is something the democrats and republicans are not ignoring. in fact many republicans are soaking it, and some conservative commentators like stephen bannon say they believe rfk jr like stephen bannon say they believe rfkjr is in the spirit of what they are doing in questioning so many of these pillars of american life and wondering if the parties should move in a more medical —— radical, populist direction. turn out the side, some new poling numbers from the associated press that show former president rob's support slipping a bit, going from 68% among republicans down to 60%. —— former president trump. how many —— how concerned do you think his camp might be? the campaign _ think his camp might be? the campaign is — think his camp might be? the campaign is not _ think his camp might be? tie: campaign is not concerned think his camp might be? tte: campaign is not concerned about the latest poling but they are concerned behind the scenes about the uncertainty they face is the sum unfolds. he has been indicted in new york, indicted on a federal level for his handling of classified documents. two variables were trump, will he be entitled by the federal rule —— special counsel for 6 january and his conduct counsel for 6january and his conduct in and around the
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capital attacks, and will he be indicted down in georgia, in fulton county, atlanta, for his pressuring of election officials? former attorney general bill barr told me he believes trump will be indicted for the 6 january believes trump will be indicted for the 6january case and many people expect trump to be indicted in georgia, so you have a front runner facing possible four separate environments. he possible four separate environments.- possible four separate environments. , . environments. he is indicted in those cases. — environments. he is indicted in those cases, what _ environments. he is indicted in those cases, what do _ environments. he is indicted in those cases, what do you - environments. he is indicted in those cases, what do you thinkj those cases, what do you think the trump campaign would do? for now many trump allies say they do not believe it would have an effect on his standing in their rubber can raise because so much of his candidacy, as it was in 2016 and 2020 is fuelled by a grievance and the solidarity with his supporters, they are not going to trust, as we have been discussing, what the news media or critics or democrats are saying about these indictments or any kind of challenge facing trump. where does all of _ challenge facing trump. where does all of this _ challenge facing trump. where does all of this fit _ challenge facing trump. where does all of this fit into - challenge facing trump. where does all of this fit into the - does all of this fit into the 2024 campaign? we saw these big supreme court decisions, many republicans support, will this be a republican rallying cry, will the supreme court now be on the 2024 election ballot
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essentially? shill on the 2024 election ballot essentially?— essentially? all the above, democrats _ essentially? all the above, democrats expect - essentially? all the above, democrats expect their - essentially? all the above, | democrats expect their own voters to come out in droves in 2024 to protect rights that they believe have been infringed by this conservative majority on the supreme court, and republicans are now moving in a more hard right culturally conservative direction. it is an echo of what happened in 2021, as you remember, when the union republican glenn youngkin one in virginia, questioning how curriculums were built in school, all of these issues are coming to the fore in american politics, especially for the republican party.- politics, especially for the republican party. bob costas, chief election _ republican party. bob costas, chief election corresponded i chief election corresponded with cbs news, thank you for your thoughts. democrats and republicans have been speaking out about today's court rulings. we'll get to the republicans in a moment but first, we spoke with democratic congressman bobby scott — the ranking member of the house committee on education and the workforce. he explained why there is widespread student debt in the us.
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states used to pay two—thirds of the cost of a state college. now, it's less than one third. and the pell grant, which is money available to low income students to pay for college, used to pay 80% of the cost to go into the state college. now, it's less than 30% and all of that extra money has been — that gap has been covered over the years by student loans. so, when you have older people say they worked their way through college, yeah, they had a pell grant that covered 80% of the cost. they only had to cover 20. now, the students have to pay almost the whole thing. and that's how we got here, and the students have incurred a massive debt and the forgiveness programme was just a modest relief for what has become overbearing debt. it turns out that about half
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the people with debt would've been totally wiped out with that little relief. republicans on the other side of the aisle are praising the rulings, including house majority leader kevin mccarthy, who called the student loan initiative "unlawful" and said today's decision would mean that americans without student loans "are no "longer forced" to pay for those who do. and nikki haley, one of the 2024 republican presidential candidates, applauded the court during a summit on friday. can ijust say god bless the supreme court? cheering and applause. they are making a lot of wrongs right. we have seen it. they've made — corrected things on religious liberty. we are seeing that they're correcting things on student loans but the affirmative action is really important. and the reason it's important is because the liberals continue to try and put minorities down. the un security council unanimously voted to end its decades—long peacekeeping mission in mali. the vote comes shortly after mali's militaryjunta
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asked the 13,000—strong force to leave the country following years of tensions. the un withdrawal will leave mali's military with only about 1,000 wagner group fighters to help combat militant efforts. 0ur barbara plett usher sent in this report. there have been tensions between the united nations and the military government of mali for years but it really came to a head earlier this month when mali's leaders suddenly ordered the peacekeepers out of the country. they said they had a crisis of confidence with the un force because it wasn't doing enough to stem the violence of the islamist insurgency and because they objected to its human rights reporting. but crucially, marley has increasingly been turning towards russia and its wagner mercenaries for military help, and that is also contributed to the tensions with the west. peacekeepers have in fact played an important role in protecting civilians, also in logistics, they've been flying government
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workers to cities in the conflict zones, for example, and so their departure believe quite a large gap and it's not if there will be enough wagner soldiers to fill it, especially now with the uncertainty about the group after its unsuccessful rebellion attempt against the kremlin. so some experts are worried that the security situation will worsen and that will matter not only to mali but also to the region. in brazil, former president jair bolsonaro has been banned from running for public office until 2030. this after the supreme electoral court found mr bolsonaro guilty of abuse of power. he'd been accused of undermining brazilian democracy by falsely claiming that the electronic ballots used in the country were vulnerable to hacking and fraud. 0ur brazil correspondent camilla mota has the latest. the case against bolsonaro was brought to the court by one of his rival parties and it was built around a meeting he held with foreign ambassadors last july, with foreign ambassadors last july, before the elections, and
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an event broadcast on state television he cast doubt on brazil's electronic voting system without showing evidence to back the fraud claims. five of the seven judges rejected the defence argument that bolsonaro was exercising his free speech and held the meeting in an effort to discuss with diplomats how to improve the electoral system. his conviction means he is banned from running for office for eight years but he says he is going to appeal. the big question now is what happens next? pundits say that even if he is able to run, he could still be a key political digger however he endorses an—26 six will have a big leg up in the race and to the surprise of many he recently said in an interview that if his wife former first lady michelle bolsonaro wanted, she could run for office. in the past whenever prompted with a question like that bolsonaro always said he thought she should not run because she didn't have enough electoral experience. that may have changed now. we will have to wait and see.
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camilla mota. we have a developing storyjust in — cbs news has reported that cia director william burns recently travelled to kyiv to meet with ukraine president volodymyr zelensky. this meeting, meanwhile, reportedly took place before yevgeny prigozhin and the wagner group nearly carried out a rebellion. according to the us official that cbs spoke to, the planned mutiny was not a topic of discussion. the washington post reported that burns and zelensky did discuss ukraine's counteroffensive, and a potential strategy to reach negotiations by the end of 2023. the uk government has set out plans to train and retain more staff for the national health service in england in an attempt to address the chronic workforce shortages in the nhs. the government says it will invest £2.4 billion over the next five years with tens of thousands more training places being created. the prime minister rishi sunak called it the "largest single expansion" of education and training in the history of the health service. 0ur reporter zari kargar has been looking at the details.
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it isa it is a historic 15 year plan to fill nhs staffing shortages. it's also the first—ever workforce planned for nhs england, which includes new nhs apprenticeships, less specialists, more generalist and also, what training places for new doctors and nurses by 2031. the government has promised £2.4 billion funding to boost the workforce. let's have a look at some numbers. the government says that it will be doubling the medical school places for student doctors to 15,000 a year. also looking at the 50% increase in trainee places forjunior trainee places for junior doctors trainee places forjunior doctors as gps. the plan also talks about 24,000 more nurse and midwife student places a year, which is close to double the number we have at the moment. there will also be a
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confirmation on whether five year medical degrees could be shortened by one year. currently, half of the uk's new doctors and nurses are recruited from abroad. 0ne doctors and nurses are recruited from abroad. one out of every ten places in the nhs remains vacant, which means there are 110,000 vacancies currently and if action is not taken, there will be 360,000 vacancies by year 2037. the plan has taken more than a year to be published than expected. and it's during a time that the nhs has been beset by strikes with dispute over doctors pay which are still continuing. but the workforce plan does not include doctors�*s pay. type 1 diabetes is on the rise among children, especially since the covid—19 pandemic — that's the finding from new research published injama network 0pen journal. the authors of the article describe the global increase
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in cases as "substantial". here's our medical editor fergus walsh. theo, who's nine, was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes last year, just a few months after he caught covid. he's part of a huge spike in cases of type 1 — an autoimmune disease where the body can no longer produce enough insulin and blood sugar levels can't be controlled. i was in shock. i was in denial a lot. i thought it was a misdiagnosis because he wasn't poorly with it. we were very lucky that we caught it very early. you know, a lot of families that i've seen since, they found out when their child was in intensive care. this analysis looked at more than 38,000 new cases of type 1 diabetes in children and teenagers in many parts of the world, including europe and north america. before the pandemic, the incidence of type 1 diabetes was already rising by about 3% a year. but in the first 12 months of the pandemic,
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there was a 14% rise in rates of type 1 and, in the second year, it was up by 27%. the big question is why? could it be a link to covid infection? well, the study looked at this but couldn't find a convincing connection between the two. a lack of exposure to common microbes during the pandemic is another theory, as these may be protective against autoimmune diseases. charities want people to be aware of what they call the 4 ts, warning symptoms that someone may be developing type 1 diabetes. they are toilet — peeing more often — being constantly thirsty, or incredibly tired with no energy and getting thinner — losing weight without trying to. left undiagnosed, it can be a medical emergency. we need a lot more research to really understand why the immune system malfunctions
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in the first place so that insulin isn't produced. we need to understand what the impact has been of the pandemic and of covid on the bodies and lives of children and young people. theo has an insulin pump and is managing his diabetes well. i've got my finger prick thing as well if i am too high or too low. soi so i know what my bloods are. charities say research into new treatments is vital for what is a lifelong condition. fergus walsh, bbc news. a pro—democracy online citizens' radio station has aired its final show, ceasing operations under a "dangerous" political situation and the freezing of its bank account. the show was known for being critical of authorities and campaigning for press freedom. before the final broadcast, founder tsang kin—shing said "hong kong's politics faces a cliff—like change. "even if we invite guests to the programme,
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"they cannot speak freely." that's all from us here in washington. we leave you with these live pictures of london as we hand off to our colleagues there. thanks for watching. hello there. after what we had on friday, it's hard to believe that this june could be the warmest on record. across north yorkshire, temperatures were around 16 degrees in the afternoon. some other parts of the country were colder still. we're going to find more sunshine, though, over the weekend — the start ofjuly — in this clearest slot with the thicker, lower cloud moving away, taking the rain away as well. we're going to be left with more of a north—south split this weekend with the sunnier, warmer weather in the south, the showers continuing further north. we'll have some stronger winds as well. could be a cloudy start for many but we'll see the showers in the midlands, the south—east moving away. sunnier skies developing in the south but sunshine and showers will continue in scotland, northern ireland, and also northern england.
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frequent showers in the north and west of scotland, where it will be quite windy and it may feel still rather chilly but we could make 18 degrees this time in scotland and northern ireland. 23 or 24 in the south—east, so a bit warmer than it was on friday. and for the cricketers, well, there could be one or two showers left over for the start of play. otherwise, it looks like it's going to be dry with some sunshine. little bit breezy out there, mind you. and the winds, if anything, coming back all the way from iceland and greenland, so it's never going to be particularly warm. and that low pressure sitting close to scotland will keep it windy and wet in the far north of the mainland. more showers, though, to come on sunday across other parts of scotland, the odd one continuing in northern ireland, northern england. but for wales, the midlands, southern england, it should be a dry day. plenty of sunshine here. the winds may not be quite as strong on sunday but, if anything, those temperatures could actually be a degree or so lower. now, heading into the beginning of the new week and that low
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pressure heading towards scandinavia keeps some windy weather, though, going across scotland. that weather front there continuing to feed rain into northern scotland. more showers coming into the rest of the country. and whilst england and wales may start dry, northern ireland, too, we could see some showery rain moving in here from the west and that could arrive later on in the day at sw19 for the start of wimbledon, where temperatures are going to be around 21 degrees, so not a particularly warm start to the week ahead. it's going to take a while for the temperatures to rise — they may not rise a great deal, mind you — and it's still unsettled over the week ahead with showers or longer spells of rain, particularly in the north and the west.
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i'm julia with the catch up. tonight, a block on biden�*s plan, diet drink concerns and chances to work down under. but first, tiktok vowed to take down videos that deny climate change although it climate change although it appears they could be appears they could be struggling. guidelines say anything struggling. guidelines say anything that undermines that undermines well—established scientific well—established scientific consensus would be banned consensus would be banned from the platform, from the platform, but the bbc flagged loads but the bbc flagged loads of videos doing just that of videos doing just that and after a day almost 95% and after a day almost 95% were still up, were still up, getting millions of getting millions of views. views.
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