we are hoping to go live to cape canaveral later in the programme to bring that rocket launch, hopefully we will demystify the many secrets of the universe earlier. —— later. we start in france where the funeral service has been taking place for 17—year—old nahel m, whose killing by a police officer during a traffic stop in a parisian suburb on tuesday has sparked four nights of unrest. last night, police made more than 1300 arrests across the country. and in the last hour we've heard that president macron has postponed a planned state visit to germany amid the unrest. riots have broken out in several cities notably in marseille, in the south of the country. video footage shows streets on fire, and shops including a gun store being looted by rioters. despite the deployment of 16,000 police officers, the violence has continued including in the capital, paris.

the police officer involved in the death of the teenager on tuesday, has been charged with voluntary homocide. let's get the latest now from paris and speak to our correspondent rajini vaidyanathan. rajani? well, it was another night as ou sa rajani? well, it was another night as you say of _ rajani? well, it was another night as you say of violence. _ rajani? well, it was another night as you say of violence. not - rajani? well, it was another night as you say of violence. notjust i as you say of violence. notjust here in paris but across the country. there was extensive damage and looting, fires and a large number of arrests as a consequence. more than 1300 people were arrested officials say. in fact despite the fact that the number of arrests have gone up, the authorities said that the violence had lessened compared with the previous night when the violence had taken place. it didn't just happen here in paris, but across the country, and my colleague has been reporting from northern france from lille. the atmosphere here in lille

in northern france is still tense. like many other cities across the country, this place has seen looting, fires, and damage to public property. 82 people were arrested in the area last night, and seven police officers were injured. behind me, you can see what remains of a big office building. about 500 people used to work here. this building was a very important part of this community. now, rioters broke in in the middle of the night, they poured fuel everywhere, and they set the building on fire. it was completely destroyed, as you can see, we can still see and smell the smoke. the people who used to work there have now lost their offices, and their belongings. across the street, there is a pharmacy, and also a health centre. one of very few places in this neighbourhood where people can

go and get treatment. that has also been looted and destroyed. a lot of people here are telling us that they do not sympathise with the rioters, they have said, what is the point of destroying public buildings like this one, pharmacies, theatres, schools? theirfeeling is, that that is not the right way to ask for justice rajani, seeing that, there are two types of protesters, those who want to lose and cause havoc and those who make a very strong message to get across. is there any sign that that message is getting through to emmanuel macron on the police itself? ., . ~' emmanuel macron on the police itself? ., ., ~ ., ., itself? you talk to people who have been protesting. — itself? you talk to people who have been protesting, and _ itself? you talk to people who have been protesting, and i— itself? you talk to people who have been protesting, and i must- itself? you talk to people who have been protesting, and i must say - itself? you talk to people who have been protesting, and i must say i l been protesting, and i must say i have not spoken to any of the people responsible for violent protests, they have spoken to people who have

attended marches and sympathisers because who are concerned with what they say is police racism in france. that's a concern that was echoed by the united nations yesterday who also said that the french police needed to look at issues with discrimination and racism. those issues, though, i have yet to be acknowledged by the government. we had a statement in response to what the un said, saying that there was no foundation in what the allegations that the un have made and other people. they have been several surveys which suggest there is a racial profiling when it comes to the way that french police conduct traffic stops for example. many people feel that unless the problem is acknowledged in the first place, how can you even deal with it? so we have spoken to people from nanterre, i was poking speaking to a

man from —— he was speaking to a man from nanterre who is in his 50s who sees himself as a father figure to the teenagers taking to the streets and he says normally the government and he says normally the government and it would reach out in these situations, community elders, to try and calm peoples moods. and that that hasn't hasn't worked, trying to talk people down, which is why we had from barack 0bama on appealing to parents that —— from resident macron appealing to parents that their children did not go out, macron saying that they were mostly aged between 15 and 19, the rioters. the government says there is not an issue so how can there be some kind of meeting in the middle, some kind of meeting in the middle, some kind of discussion to stop the anger and quell these protests? rajani in paris, thank you for that

update. much more live analysis and commentary from all of our correspondings on the bbc news website and app. ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky has warned that a "serious threat" remains at the russian—occupied zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant and he believes that russia is "technically ready" to provoke a localised explosion at the facility. earlier today zelensky met with the spanish prime minister, pedro sanchez, who was in kyiv on the opening day of his country's six—month presidency of the european union. mr sanchez said the bloc would support ukraine in its war against russian invaders no matter what the price. the spanish prime minister added his visit shows the eu's unequivocal support for ukraine's membership bid. last year, ukraine was granted eu candidate status, but officials in brussels have dismissed ukrainian suggestions that it could join the bloc within two years. america's top military officer says ukraine's counteroffensive against russian forces is "going slower than people had predicted," but is making steady progress. is it happening slower than computers might have said

or other people might have said? yes. what i had said was this would take six to eight, ten weeks, it's going to be very difficult, it's going to be very long, and it's going to be very, very bloody and nobody should have any illusions about any of that. ukraine is fighting for its life. it's an existential fight for ukraine and they are fighting against a very significant country of 140 million people, nine time zones, a big army, lots of munitions and so on. ukraine is fighting for their life. we are giving them as much help as humanly possible, but at the end of the day, ukrainian soldiers are assaulting through minefields and into trenches and this is literally a fight for their life. russia continues to fight ukraine without the support of the mercenaries wagner. now in the aftermath of the aborted wagner insurrection, there were immediate questions about what president putin was up to, and where he was.

but those questions quickly fell away as he made, unusually, a series of public appearances in the days following the mutiny. here's david waddell. wagner's march on moscow was a week ago today. it's remarkable how long ago it now seems given events could easily have spiralled into something else. here is the leader of the wagner outfit, yevgeny prigozhin. on monday he released an audio message explaining his side of the story saying they were keen to hold to account those leaders responsible for mistakes in the ukraine war. then we get a response from president putin, speaking in a special state tv address on monday evening. there were no special announcements but he is clearly keen to present an image of a united russia. steps were taken, he says, to avoid spilling blood. since then he has taken the unusual step of appearing in public multiple times to present his face to the russian people. on tuesday, 2500 soldiers, russian guard and security officials were lined up on the kremlin�*s cathedral square. this is the site of the coronation and funeral processions of russian czars. to a presidential fanfare,

vladimir putin descends the steps of the kremlin going down onto the square. the imagery says it all, the orthodox church, the kremlin, the president and the army. he delivers a speech to the troops and together they observe a minute's silence for the air force pilots killed in the insurrection. it's all about national unity and perhaps victory. on wednesday in a highly unusual appearance he gets up close and personal with crowds in dagestan. 0fficially he's there to chair a meeting on domestic tourism but it's not the meeting which dominates news bulletins later on russian tv, it's the crazy scenes that follow. the kremlin leader shown being mobbed by an adoring crowd. on thursday he's back in moscow attending a business conference on russian brands. it shows him attending to what looks like business as usual. in a slightly bizarre moment, he is seen doodling a smiley face on an interactive whiteboard. a vision of contentment if you like as president putin tries to demonstrate that all is well with the russian state despite that weird turn of events from just days earlier. the king of the netherlands

willem—alexander has apologised for his country's role in slavery at an event marking 150 years since slaves were freed in former colonies. in his speech, the monarch said he felt "personally and intensely" affected. a dutch study revealed that the royal family earned the equivalent of nearly $600 million from the colonies, where slavery was widespread. the european space agency is about to launch its euclid telescope from cape canaveral in florida on a mission to produce an enormous 3—d map of the cosmos. the intention is to study the nature of dark matter and dark energy. the telescope will be taken into space aboard a spacex full kn nine rocket. it was originally planned to be launched on a soyuz rocket but

because of tensions between the west and russia, understandably it is now taking off from american soul you are bored elon musk�*s —— american soil, on bored elon musk�*s rocket. 15 seconds. ten, nine, eight, seven, six, 15 seconds. ten, nine, eight, seven, six. five. _ 15 seconds. ten, nine, eight, seven, six. five. four, — 15 seconds. ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one. ignition. — six, five, four, three, two, one. ignition. take _ six, five, four, three, two, one. ignition, take off. the vehicle is pitching.

falcon nine has successfully lifted off from pad a0 and trotted down to... 0nce once the euclid telescope leaves the spacex rocket which will return to earth to be used again, it will spend a month going to the opposite side of the sun. if you can try and imagine1 million miles from where you are set now, that's the distance it's travelling. after seven months of commissioning, the probe will spend six years studying the the dark universe, gathering data on the expansion of the universe and other physical phenomena. this is 15 years of peoples lives, this is the words of peoples lives, this is the words

of carol mondale, the european space agency director of science. we will shut down all nine of the engines to slow the vehicle down... if you are wondering what dark matter actually is, i'm probably not the best person to tell you. but from what we have found out, it's basically the material that makes the universe. imagine a cup of coffee, maybe you have one in front of you, all you can see is coffee. there is much more in that coffee, in that drink than the eye can see. that's basically what it's looking for, that material that creates the universe, that we only see its gravitational effects, pushing along the accelerating expansion of the universe. it's an amazing piece of kit aboard the spacex falcon nine rocket which will spend many years collecting data and telling us more about the mysterious dark skies around us. what is fantastic about

the spacex law spacex launches, is how much of the launch they are able to bring us. fantastic lenses on the camera, and on the rocket itself. there you go. and it is almost staggering how quickly it enters the earths atmosphere and beyond, isn't it? the enaine atmosphere and beyond, isn't it? tue: engine has atmosphere and beyond, isn't it? tte: engine has ignited. atmosphere and beyond, isn't it? "tt2 engine has ignited. 0n atmosphere and beyond, isn't it? tt2 engine has ignited. on your left hand screen, the grid thins on the first stage are deploying. in about 15 seconds or so, we should have bearing separation. and a very cool view from the ground.

bearing separation confirmed. and there ou bearing separation confirmed. there you can bearing separation confirmed. fich there you can see on your right hand screen, the bearings have deployed. as i mentioned previously, both bearing caps are brand—new and are now making their way back down to earth and will be recovered by our recovery vessel today. it isa it is a plus four minutes into today's mission, and in order to today's mission, and in order to today's landing, the first stage has two more burns left. next up is the entry burned with three of the engines will reignite, this helps to slow the vehicle down as it re—enters the upper parts of the earth's atmosphere. the entry ban is coming up in a couple of minutes from now. that will last about 20 seconds. what you are looking at on

your screen on your left hand side is a view from the first stage vehicle, currently making its way back down to earth, which you can see in the background. 0n back down to earth, which you can see in the background. on your right hand screen, is a view from the second stage looking at our engine. that entry ban is coming up here, just about a minute and a half. the vehicles continue to follow nominal trajectories. vehicles continue to follow nominal trajectories-— tra'ectories. good call out there. at trajectories. good call out there. at the bottom — trajectories. good call out there. at the bottom of _ trajectories. good call out there. at the bottom of the _ trajectories. good call out there. at the bottom of the screen - trajectories. good call out there. at the bottom of the screen you | trajectories. good call out there. i at the bottom of the screen you can see the speed and altitude of each vehicle as well. and you can see two of the four hygroscopic grid fins which are helping to find the nickel

back to earth. currently we are waiting in the atlantic ocean for the first stage vehicle. and on your screen, you are getting a great view from the second stage, the engine there and the earth looking amazing in the background. we are just about 20 seconds away from the entry burner on the first stage vehicle. you may see some white to pass on that first stage, that is nitrogen gas puffs for altitude control. stage one is saved.—

gas puffs for altitude control. stage one is saved. gas puffs for altitude control. staae one is saved. i. .., , stage one is saved. then you can see the engines — stage one is saved. then you can see the engines have _ stage one is saved. then you can see the engines have reignited _ stage one is saved. then you can see the engines have reignited on - stage one is saved. then you can see the engines have reignited on the - the engines have reignited on the first stage on your left hand screen. this is the entry burn with three of nine engines reignited. and you can see there's engines have shut down, that concludes the entry burn for the first stage. now, we do have one more burn for the first stage vehicle, as it attempts to land on our drone ship, and that is the landing burn, it will be a single engine, the centre engine reigniting, and that is enough trust to help slow down the vehicle to enable it to touch down on our drone ship. enable it to touch down on our drone shi -. ., ., , , enable it to touch down on our drone shi. ., ., ,, ., , ship. you are witnessing a truly international— ship. you are witnessing a truly international piece _ ship. you are witnessing a truly international piece of _ ship. you are witnessing a truly international piece of space - international piece of space exploration, the launch of this spacecraft, it involves 2000

scientists building the euclid telescope which is on board the probe being taken into space on board the spacex rocket. and there are a number of countries involved in this truly international mission. all focus at the moment is on the spacex rocket which you can never tire of, the reusable rocket, part of it coming back down to earth, you can see that on the left—hand side of the screen. meanwhile the probe on the right—hand side of the screen is taking the euclid space telescope towards the other side of the sun. that is going to take several months, and it will spend six years studying the black matter in our universe, which can reveal the mysteries of what created our universe and how it continues to expand. there you can see the spacex rocket, slowly but surely returning home with absolute precision on those decks out to sea. let's just

watch it land. you cannot get sick of this. ,, ., ., ., watch it land. you cannot get sick ofthis. ,, ., ., ., ., , of this. signal, nominal orbit. applause — what an incredible clear view of falcon nine touching down. this is the second — falcon nine touching down. this is the second successful _ falcon nine touching down. this is the second successful landing - falcon nine touching down. this is the second successful landing forl the second successful landing for this particular booster.— this particular booster. another rocket returning _ this particular booster. another rocket returning is _ this particular booster. another rocket returning is safely - this particular booster. another rocket returning is safely and l rocket returning is safely and successfully to earth to be reused. all focus there will be on that probe which has been launched above us, on board the euclid telescope which will now spend several years in space collecting data on dark matter. and we have got some fantastic photographs we are promised, some brilliant pieces of kit on there. it's fascinating stuff, i love a bit of space! now, a mysterious, rapid die—off

of black sea urchins has raised fears that algae could choke the colourful coral reefs of the red sea, an important habitat and popular tourist attraction. researchers from tel aviv university began noticing the deaths of this key species near eilat off the israeli coast at the start of the year. since then, the population has been decimated, its estimated that tens or hundreds of thousands of black sea urchins in the wider region have died, probably from a waterborne parasite. let's cross over to florida. i'm joined now by dr mya breitbart, a professor at the university of south florida. never pleasing to read anything about this, we know marine life is suffering, but why is this particularly worrying and important? thank you for having me. this is of particular concern because we know that sea urchins especially the species you are referring to are really critical to coral reefs. they are herbivores meaning they eat plants or in this case clergy —— fleshy lg, and lg are competing for

—— microalgae, and algae are competing for space with the coral. if they overtake there will not be an opportunity for baby coral to settle on the sea floor. we don't know what this will look like in the red sea because this is an unprecedented dialfor red sea because this is an unprecedented dial for that area. about a year ago we saw a similar die—off in the caribbean and we were able to identify the pathogen, there was eight die—off in the early 80s in the caribbean and it caused a shift to algae ecosystem. so in the caribbean and it caused a shift to algae ecosystem. so why is this happening? — shift to algae ecosystem. so why is this happening? that _ shift to algae ecosystem. so why is this happening? that is _ shift to algae ecosystem. so why is this happening? that is a _ shift to algae ecosystem. so why is| this happening? that is a wonderful cuestion. this happening? that is a wonderful question- is — this happening? that is a wonderful question- is it _ this happening? that is a wonderful question. is it climate _ this happening? that is a wonderful question. is it climate change, - this happening? that is a wonderful question. is it climate change, the l question. is it climate change, the temperatures _ question. is it climate change, the temperatures of _ question. is it climate change, the temperatures of the _ question. is it climate change, the temperatures of the sea _ question. is it climate change, the temperatures of the sea producing algae? tt temperatures of the sea producing alaae? . ., temperatures of the sea producing alaae? .., , temperatures of the sea producing abae? . ., , ., temperatures of the sea producing alaae? , ., . ., algae? it could be that climate chan . e algae? it could be that climate change plays — algae? it could be that climate change plays a _ algae? it could be that climate change plays a role, _ algae? it could be that climate change plays a role, we - algae? it could be that climate change plays a role, we don't i algae? it could be that climate - change plays a role, we don't know that. in the caribbean last year we were able to identify a parasite, a

single celled parasite that is about a tenth of a millimetre long that was directly causing the disease. so we don't yet know if that same parasite is present in these red sea samples but that should definitely be a priority for research, because knowing what the cause will really help us in terms of managing and treatment strategies. find help us in terms of managing and treatment strategies.— help us in terms of managing and treatment strategies. and what are the immediate _ treatment strategies. and what are the immediate solutions, _ treatment strategies. and what are the immediate solutions, is - treatment strategies. and what are the immediate solutions, is there l the immediate solutions, is there anything that can be done? the immediate _ anything that can be done? tt2 immediate solutions are definitely harder than the long—term solutions. so we can do our best to try and prevent the spread, which really involves monitoring the affected regions. so the more sciences that can be involved as collaborators to monitor the local areas is very important. that will help us also understand how it is potentially spreading from location to location. given the speed and the large geographical range, i think shipping, boats are definitely a possibility. it is also possible that the pathogen can be moved via

seabirds or three people's diet. it's also really important that we save whatever urchins are still alive, and possibly initiate some breeding programmes in captivity so further down the line when the parasite is gone, we can repopulate the reefs. ., ., parasite is gone, we can repopulate the reefs. ., ,, , ., , . ., the reefs. thank you very much for ex-alainin the reefs. thank you very much for expiaining that _ the reefs. thank you very much for explaining that to _ the reefs. thank you very much for explaining that to us, _ the reefs. thank you very much for explaining that to us, doctor - the reefs. thank you very much for explaining that to us, doctor mya. | explaining that to us, doctor mya. you're welcome. more than 30,000 people from across 600 organisations are taking part in london's annual pride parade. the procession started at hyde park corner and will end at whitehall place in around three hours. a number of stages are hosting performances from lgbtq+ acts as part of the celebrations. an hour after the event started, just stop 0il protesters disrupted london's pride march in protest over the parade accepting sponsorship money from, what they call, "high—polluting industries". it hasn't spoiled the fun the many thousands of spectators.

the metropolitan police said that seven people have been arrested for public nuisance. wherever you are if you are celebrating pride, we hope you have a wonderful weekend. from me and all of the news team, thank you for watching, keep up—to—date on the bbc news website. hello. we start off the first day ofjuly on a fairly fresh, unsettled sort of note. sunshine and showers. certainly it's a little bit cooler than much ofjune. in fact, it looks likejune is going to turn out to be the warmestjune on record in the uk. so we've got some blue skies and sunshine already starting to break through. really, through the rest of the weekend, that mix of sunny spells and scattered, blustery showers, but most of the showers will be across the northern half of the uk. yesterday's cloud is exiting towards the east, and we've got clearer skies now rolling in from the atlantic, still bearing a few showers with them. most of the showers for the rest of the day will be across scotland and northern ireland. more persistent rain, in fact, across the far north of scotland, but easing away gradually through this evening and overnight. so a dry end to the day.

then, as we head through to the early hours of sunday morning, it will be a little bit cooler and fresher than it was first thing saturday morning. so temperatures in the countryside just about getting down into single figures. so through the day tomorrow, then, we've still got low pressure sitting out towards the north—east of the uk. the winds are rotating around that low pressure, bringing us a few showers. a bit like today, most of the showers tomorrow will be across parts of scotland and northern ireland. there will be more persistent rain for the likes of caithness and sutherland up towards the northern isles at times. lots of sunshine further south. still a bit of a breeze blowing, probably not quite as strong as it is out there today. temperatures just down a notch, so between about 1a to 22 north to south on sunday. no great change in the weather as we roll through to the new working week as well. if you have got tickets to the ashes, of course, at lord's, that continues — it looks like a dry day tomorrow, temperatures about 21 degrees, and a noticeable breeze coming in from the west. now, moving through sunday night and on into monday, there is that low pressure not moving in a hurry, sitting across parts of scandinavia, so more showers rotating in

on that west or north—westerly breeze, pushing into parts of northern ireland, western scotland through the morning. later in the day, some of those showers arrive across england and wales. but it is eastern areas that will keep driest for the longest on monday. temperatures between about 13 to 21 degrees. all in all, much of the week ahead is looking fairly unsettled, so there will be some showers at times. some sunshine in between those showers as well, so not a complete write—off. but it looks like it will be a bit drier and warmer at least in the south, later in the week. some of those showers could affect the championships, which, of course, begin at wimbledon. goodbye.

this is bbc news. the headlines: launchs its euclid telescope french police have detained more than 1,300 protesters after a fourth night of rioting. there was unrest in marseille, lyon, grenoble, and parts of paris. emmanuel macron has cancelled his scheduled visit to germany as a result of the unrest. the violence was sparked by the fatal shooting of a teenage boy by a police officer on tuesday. the funeral of a 17—year—old boy has taken place in the paris suburb of nanterre. typical annual energy bills in england, scotland and wales will be lowered to around £2,000. but that's still much higher than the pre—pandemic norm. consumer groups are warning that many people will still struggle with the cost.

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