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on saturday, the funeral of a teenager shot dead by a police officer took place in the paris suburb of nanterre. the death of 17 year old nahel — during a traffic stop — has sparked protests and looting in several french cities. these are scenes from friday night, as another 100,300 people were arrested. president emmanuel macron has now cancelled his scheduled visit to germany as a result of the unrest. and these are the latest images from paris, where police are conducting searches in the streets in anticipation of another night or unrest. authorities there say 37 arrests have been made for people caught "carrying a weapon". several other major cities have seen clashes with protesters. —— 1,300 people were arrested. this is the scene on saturday in marseille, where police fired tear gas to disperse crowds. some 16,000 officers are expected to be deployed nationwide. earlier, i spoke with my
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colleague rajini vaidyanathan as a fifth night of unrest unfolds in paris. let's start where i am which is in central paris, the champs—elysees. there is a huge police presence here. you can hear the sound of beeping horns. there are offices everywhere you look. you can see over there in the distance, police officers, there are police officers, there are police vans as well. 0ver police officers, there are police vans as well. over in the horizon there, you can't see, blue flashing lights that go all the way down this road. and earlier in the day when we were here, this place was packed with tourists, people having copies out on the street and now actually we can just move the camera down there, you can see more officers now arriving in their riot helmets. they're all going down one of the side streets up here. there
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has been a lot of police activity on the side streets of here in the champs—elysees. and on the other side there, more police vans. this is a massive security operation that goes well beyond this part of paris, across france. the government has deployed more than 16,000 police officers denied, that is the same as the number they deployed last night. in anticipation of another evening of violence. and they were some rumours and conversations on social media that there may be protesters all gathering here at the champs—elysees and that is why we think there has been this beefed up police presence. in previous nights we have seen most of the violence focused in the suburb of nanterre which is where 17—year—old nahel was killed by a police officer which of course sparked these
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protests in the last few days. and when you speak to people there in paris, you have also been there in nanterre. what do they tell you about the protests and the subsequent unrest we have seen? fit protests and the subsequent unrest we have seen? of course with anything — unrest we have seen? of course with anything like _ unrest we have seen? of course with anything like this, - unrest we have seen? of course with anything like this, people l with anything like this, people are divided. 0n the one hand we have protesters and the people who are taking to the streets violently and in many cases when you talk to people they say that the reason they have come out to the street was originally sparked by the killing of nahel and that "wider disenchantment over the way that they say the police, the police and they... minority communities, apologies, it is obviously quite noisy here. and they are taking to the street because they believe the police are racist and discriminatory
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and that accusation about the police being racist and discriminating is one that was even a decade on friday. but it is a charge strongly denies. they refuted the statement from the un. so you've got that strand of people that say actually the protests do not happen, what do change? how many more nahels will they be? then you have to be whose shops, restaurants, other buildings, have been destroyed. people who have been sweeping up people who have been sweeping up the glass because their shopfronts and offices have been smashed up, people who have been picking up the pieces of the buildings who were ransacked and they say that this violence needs to stop. then you have people, people we have spoken to in nanterre who were not necessarily taking part in the violent protests but who sympathise with the reasons behind them. some
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middle ground there. but ultimately now, what will be a tricky balance for the government and indeed the protesters is the more damage and destruction there is, maybe some of those people in the middle ground who empathise and support with those protests will start saying well actually, we agree with your cause but you have to stop this violence. we don't know what will pan out tonight in paris, the night is in that sense quite young because yesterday things really did heat up until about three orfour things really did heat up until about three or four in the morning so if you make hours from now. but we do already know that there is intense violence in other parts of the country, in the south, in the city of marseille were police have been firing tear gas into the crowd to disperse them after violence there. it is going to end anytime soon? that's anyone's gas. some people are looking to the government, particular president macron, to take some
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sort of action. people are saying look, it is time for him to declare a state of emergency so he can contain this violence. that hasn't happened yet. other people saying well what he needs to do is reassure the protesters that he does understand their concerns and understand their concerns and understand why they are taking to the streets but so far we haven't heard from president macron since yesterday. we do know of course that he has cancelled the planned summit, he was due to go to germany. from the very busy champs—elysees, rajini, thank you so much, we do appreciate it. france's interior minister has sent extra forces and equipment to three cities which saw the worst of the rioting on friday night — marseille, lyon and grenoble. earlier i spoke to the mayor of grenoble, eric piolle. it isa it is a short—term thing, and i ask for more security forces for this evening, to one of the
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ministers that i know quite well so we got some more for this night. but the framework we are in is a difficult thing meaning that in the last few years in france, i do think that the amendments that went through last control that is asked of police. so the basic things we ask of police to do is not the correct one and we lost disconnection between police and population, they are not seen any more as public service, asking for peace and managing the peace but for confrontation with the youth especially in popular neighbourhoods. we will be keeping you up to date on the latest developments in france right here on bbc news, plus — we have continuing live
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coverage on the bbc news website and app where ourteam is bringing you updates, as well as full background and analysis. to ukraine now, where injust the last few minutes, the country's air force says their air defence systems have been repealing an attack from russia on the capitol city of kyiv. this comes after president volodymyr zelensky warned that a "serious threat" remains at the russian—occupied zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. zelensky said he believes that russia is "technically ready" to provoke a localised explosion at the facility. earlier today he met with spain's prime minister, pedro sanchez in kyiv, who pledged support from the european union no matter the price. he also said his visit shows the eu's un—equivocal support for ukraine's membership bid. meanwhile, a top us military officer, general mark milley, has said ukraine's counter—offensive is "going slower than people had predicted," but added ukraine is making steady progress. is it happening slower than computers might have said or other people might have said? yes.
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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. to haiti now, where un secretary—general antonio guterres has urged the international community to help the country battle a surge in violence. guterres arrived saturday to the capital city port—au—prince, which has been largely overrun by gangs. he called for an international rapid action force to curb gang activity and allow haiti to distribute humanitarian aid
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and expand its economy. before a meeting with the country's prime minister, guterres wrote on twitter: "this is not the time to forget haiti." we'll have more on the situation there in the next hour. i'll bejoined live from port—au—prince byjacqueline charles, haiti correspondent with the miami herald. the king of the netherlands, willem—alexander has apologized for his country's role in slavery on saturday at an event marking 150 years since the abolition of slavery in former dutch colonies. in his speech, the monarch said he felt "personally and intensely" affected. dutch slave traders trafficked more than 600,000 people and a government—commisioned study revealed that the dutch royal family earned the equivalent of nearly $600 million from the colonies, where slavery was widespread. translation: the horrific legacy of slavery remains with us today. its effects can still be felt in racism in our society. in december last year,
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the dutch prime minister apologised on behalf of the dutch government for the fact that for centuries in the name of the dutch state, human beings were made into commodities, exploited and abused. today, i stand before you. today, as your king and as a member of the government, i make this apology myself. applause. and i feel the weight of the words in my heart and my soul. well earlier, the bbc was joined by cultural historian nanchouwe, who described how the crowd received the apology. it was truly, i think, an historic moment, which was also felt by the crowd gathered there. there was a formal crowd, formally invited crowd of dignitaries there.
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but behind that group, there was a larger group of, you know, just common citizens of several parts of the netherlands who had come in. i heard some people had already got up at 5am to hear the king speak. and many people were actually surprised and were really wanting to hear... they wanted to hear it, to believe it. and when he said it, you could really feel a wave of emotion going through the crowd. and people started clapping and cheering, and yeah, it was quite historical. australia has become the first country in the world to legalise the use of psychedelics to treat some mental health conditions. approved psychiatrists can now prescribe mdma to those suffering post—traumatic stress disorder and psychedelic mushrooms for for some types of depression. here's phil mercer in sydney with the latest. approved psychiatrist will be able to prescribe mdma, that is
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the active ingredient in party drugs such as ecstasy, to treat post—traumatic stress disorder. there is also a compound from those magic mushrooms called psilocybin and that will be used to treat depression. 0r people with depression have had other treatments that haven't worked so there is a difference of opinion among many practitioners, some believe that these psychedelic drugs have the power to transform the treatment of certain psychiatric conditions and other wreck pets here in australia and —— other experts here in australia and beyond have believed this has been too quick to be approved, these feelgood chemicals and some of the critics believe that if things don't go right, these drugs could exacerbate those mental health conditions. an awful lot of discussion as the therapeutic goods administration has noted, this is australia puzzle medical regulator, it says that the
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research in this field is inconclusive but there are promising signs that these drugs could help people with those debilitating conditions, ptsd and depression. it's been nearly two months since hollywood's screenwriters went on strike, and actors may be just days away from joining them on the picket line. in the latest developments, the screen actors guild and major studios and streaming services have agreed to continue discussions in an attempt to reach a new contract in order to avert a second labour strike. both sides have agreed to extend their current labour contract �*til 12 july, allowing them more time to work out a deal. a walkout by 11,000 screenwriters, which began in may, has already shut down a wide range of tv productions and delayed the shooting of new films. the 160,000 members of the actors' union, including major stars like meryl streep and jennifer lawrence, are threatening to strike over pay for streaming content and safeguards around the use of artificial intelligence. and for more perspective
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on the conflict in hollywood, i spoke to film—maker and authorjustine bateman. the writer's strike in hollywood has been going on for months now. you have been on the picket lines. what is the sense — is there any progress being made? sense - is there any progress being made?— sense - is there any progress being made? progress as far as negotiations — being made? progress as far as negotiations go, _ being made? progress as far as negotiations go, not _ being made? progress as far as negotiations go, not that - negotiations go, not that anyone is aware of because the amptp, the lawyers that represent the streamers in the studios have been busy negotiating with the screen actors guild so it is only after traditionally when they are done with a particular union will then move onto the next union, so i am not under the impression that they are going to have talks with the wga until after the 12th of thatis wga until after the 12th of that is my assumption based on patterns of the past. find that is my assumption based on patterns of the past.— patterns of the past. and how are peeple — patterns of the past. and how are people feeling? _ patterns of the past. and how are people feeling? are - patterns of the past. and how are people feeling? are theyl are people feeling? are they feeling resolute? the writers? 0h, es. feeling resolute? the writers? on yes- i _ feeling resolute? the writers? oh, yes. i mean, _ feeling resolute? the writers? oh, yes. i mean, there - feeling resolute? the writers? oh, yes. i mean, there are - feeling resolute? the writers? i oh, yes. i mean, there are many things that are being asked for, that are so long and
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coming, you can imagine things that have gone on in our world in the last few years. it has made it hard to stand up and say "we're going to have a labour strike," particularly between 2000— 2023, so — 2021 — so, now is the time that we are bringing up some issues that i wish had been dealt with years ago, but now is the time. {line ago, but now is the time. one ofthe ago, but now is the time. one of the points _ ago, but now is the time. one of the points of _ ago, but now is the time. one of the points of contention, concerns over artificial intelligence, i of the points of contention, concerns over artificial intelligence, i want of the points of contention, concerns over artificial intelligence, i want to of the points of contention, concerns over artificial intelligence, i want to poke something you have said in the past. we have said: so, ithink
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so, i think it might be fair to say that some people see this as an issue of the future, but how do you think it is an issue of today and what do you think are the consequences of ai that the film industry is feeling right now?— right now? no, it is not something _ right now? no, it is not something that - right now? no, it is not something that is - right now? no, it is not something that is like l right now? no, it is notj something that is like a science — i mean, you can read books from the 70s if you want to see some futuristic idea of what ai is going to do. i mean, everything that is happening now is similar to what was written about. this is tech thatis written about. this is tech that is happening today. if anyone wants to see demos of what is possible for actors, for writers, they can go to my twitter account and a posted a bunch of these videos. it will crater the structure of the entertainment business and the structure of many industries that depend on human labour, human thought. i think it is really the wrong direction for
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our society. really the wrong direction for oursociety. i really the wrong direction for our society. i am sure there are some ways that generative ai is useful. the arts is not the right place for it.- the right place for it. so, 'ust the right place for it. so, just give _ the right place for it. so, just give us _ the right place for it. so, just give us some - the right place for it. so, just give us some examples. you mentioned some on your twitter. but about how it already is being used in this industry. well, always it is being used in this industry is when you see something like fast and the furious ten or the last matrix. lucasfilm is does this for all of their star wars films and they have been doing it for a long time. they get a digital scan and they are able to do a face replacement or clone the entire body and you can see some of those demos on my twitter account, or instagram account. so, when you look at
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that you can just use your imagination to see how they can implement this — how they can go back into old films and change faces, change races. make everybody in star wars american indian, or anything like this, and, so, now you are treating film and series so poorly, and you are changing — it would be like if i went into the louvre and i took out a paint sent and i believe i wanted the mona lisa to change. i believe that is where she is. you can't do that. so, the capacity exists and it has been talked about two friends of mine who runs shows that they are going to go back in, they have scanned the actors and they are going to change the pilot for each tv series. he is years forward, in second or
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third season of the show. that is absolutely _ third season of the show. that is absolutely fascinating, - third season of the show. that is absolutely fascinating, and i am sure that many people watching movies today it may not even be aware of those developments, so thank you so much for speaking to us, justine bateman live from los angeles. good to have you with us. it's that time of year where the tennis world has all eyes on wimbledon which starts next week. novak djokovic is looking to win his fifth successive singles title. he's already a record—breaker after securing his 23rd mens' grand slam at the french open earlier this month. but despite his success, the serbian tennis legend insists, he doesn't want to be known as �*the goat,�* or the greatest of all time. he's been speaking tojohn watson. 23 grand slam titles. you are
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officially the goat. the greatest of all time. do you feel like the goat? it greatest of all time. do you feel like the goat?- feel like the goat? it is a really good _ feel like the goat? it is a really good way _ feel like the goat? it is a really good way to - feel like the goat? it is a really good way to ask - feel like the goat? it is a | really good way to ask the question, but, no, idon't allow myself to call myself the goat because i feel that it is disrespectful to all the generations of players that have paved the way for us. being part of the history is something that deeply moves me, inspires me, motivates me, and of course i am thrilled to be able to get that 23rd in paris. i saw your post. you said you are feeling hungry. is that hungry for more titles or eating more grass as you like to do when you are here? both. i to do when you are here? both. i actually _ to do when you are here? both. i actually love _ to do when you are here? both. i actually love this. _ to do when you are here? both. i actually love this. this - to do when you are here? both. i actually love this. this is - i actually love this. this is the tastiest grass i have ever... the tastiest grass i have ever- - -_ the tastiest grass i have ever... ~ , ., ., ever... when did this tradition start? it started _ ever... when did this tradition start? it started from - ever... when did this tradition start? it started from the - start? it started from the first time _ start? it started from the first time i _ start? it started from the first time i won, - start? it started from the first time i won, 2011. - start? it started from the first time i won, 2011. i. start? it started from the l first time i won, 2011. ijust did not know what else i could do from the feeling of joy that
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i had at that point, and ijust said, "you know what, i might as well have a little bit of the grass and tasted," and it became a little bit of a tradition and i have done it every time i have won at wimbledon so i am hoping i can taste some more grass this year. taste some more grass this ear. ., . y taste some more grass this ear. ., ., , ., taste some more grass this ear. ., ., year. how many more can you win? i year. how many more can you win? i don't _ year. how many more can you win? i don't have _ year. how many more can you win? i don't have an _ year. how many more can you win? i don't have an answer. year. how many more can you| win? i don't have an answer to that question _ win? i don't have an answer to that question because - win? i don't have an answer to that question because i - win? i don't have an answer to that question because i don't l that question because i don't know how long i'm going to be playing. what i know is that i still have a lot of drive and lots of motivation to keep going and competing at the highest level, but my kind of a deal goodbye to tennis would be, yeah, i guess with the grand slam trophy somewhere that i still feel i have deuce in the legs, as they say. 2011 was the first time i won at wimbledon and it was probably a once in a lifetime kind of feeling, you know? when it happens for the first time it
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isjust happens for the first time it is just different. happens for the first time it isjust different.— isjust different. there is a new champion _ isjust different. there is a new champion at - isjust different. there is a l new champion at wimbledon isjust different. there is a - new champion at wimbledon - new champion at wimbledon — novak— new champion at wimbledon — novak djokovic! my new champion at wimbledon - novak djokovic!— novak d'okovic! my coach is ri . ht novak djokovic! my coach is right here- _ novak djokovic! my coach is right here. that _ novak djokovic! my coach is right here. that was - novak djokovic! my coach is right here. that was a - novak djokovic! my coach is i right here. that was a historic win for him, and then of course roger and rafa that dominated the first decades of the 2000 is i kind of showed up and got into the mix and anyone a few times and it is amazing just to be part of that generation with these three guys, the four of us that one pretty much every wimbledon in the last 20 years. andy and i are still holding on. the new, new, new generation is coming up, and i think tennis is in good hands, but i think we will still try our best to complicate their lives a little bit more. find lives a little bit more. and this year. _ lives a little bit more. and this year, of _ lives a little bit more. and this year, of course, - lives a little bit more. and i this year, of course, russian and belarusian players will be allowed to play this year. they
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have to sign a declaration of neutrality to compete. do you think that is the right move this year from wimbledon? yes, i do think, _ this year from wimbledon? yes, i do think, and _ this year from wimbledon? yes, i do think, and i _ this year from wimbledon? yes, i do think, and i supported - i do think, and i supported because at the end of the day we are athletes and athlete's foot should be above the politics, above anything that has to do with war, because i think all of the athletes that you have participating from russia and belarus have publicly stated they are against the wall. so, i think it is fair to allow them to play and i salute and i applaud this decision from wimbledon. —— against the war. and just an update on our top story before we go. the fifth night of unrest across france and according to the interior ministry, over300 and according to the interior ministry, over 300 people tonight have been arrested and we will have more on that
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developing story for you at the top of the next hour so do join us here on bbc news. i am helena humphrey in washington, dc. thanks for your company. i will see you soon. hello there. it looks like the cool and blustery winds will continue to blow through the rest of the weekend. at least they we are seeing some sunshine. this was the scene yesterday afternoon in the midlands further north and particularly in the north and west of scotland this is where west of scotland this is where we have had more cloud and some rather frequent we have had more cloud and some ratherfrequent and even we have had more cloud and some rather frequent and even heavy showers as well. we have got showers as well. we have got showers in the same area at the moment. the blustery wind coming in from the north or not with state and it is not warm because it is originating from iceland or greenland. these are the temperatures early on a sunday so double—figure temperatures but a fresher feel
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for england and wales and it was on saturday. we will see sunshine to begin with. the cloud will bubble up. the light showerfor north wales cloud will bubble up. the light shower for north wales and more likely in north—west england. some showers in northern ireland and particularly in scotland were some could be heavy and boundary as well. strongest winds will be scotland. blustery everywhere. scotland. blustery everywhere. scotland and northern ireland to a high of 22 in the southeast of england and into the beginning of next week we have still got the rather cool and blustery winds around as well. that continues to bring some wet weather in the far north of scotland. elsewhere there will be sunshine but we will find more showers breaking out. we could see a spell of wet weather push eastwards to give some late showers for the first day of wimbledon. and those temperatures are still below par for this time of the year — 16— 21 celsius. we are in cooler airfor the next year — 16— 21 celsius. we are in cooler air for the next few days. thejetstream is to in cooler air for the next few days. the jetstream is to the south of the uk. the position
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and strength of the jet is going to be crucial. it could develop this area of rain here into a deeper area of low pressure that could bring stronger winds as well as some wet weather. a lot of uncertainty about the details for tuesday. uncertainty about the details fortuesday. rain uncertainty about the details for tuesday. rain coming down into scotland and northern ireland and it looks like it will push eastwards across southern and central parts of england with sunny skies later in wales and the south—west but things could well change but what is not changing is just how chilly it is going to be. 16- 20 how chilly it is going to be. 16— 20 degrees and it is going to stay cool for much of the week ahead. after tuesday it does look a bit drier. if you are looking for any warmth you probably have to wait until friday in the southeast.
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