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she went on to say they are using nahel as an excuse, they want things to come down. this appeal comes as there has been condemnation across there has been condemnation across the political spectrum of an attempt to set fire to the home of a mere in the district of paris. in a district of paris, during a fifth night of nationwide unrest. these are pictures from the incident — a car was rammed against the mayor's home and set alight. the french prosecutor says an investigation into �*attempted murder�* is under way. the mayor's wife was injured during the ordeal — apparently breaking a leg — and was forced to flee with her children. the prime minister, elisabeth borne, met with the mayor and offered her government's support. our correspondent rajini vaidyanathan sent us this update. well, it was a fifth night of violence across france. we are in l'hay—les—roses where the mayor's house was attacked in a violent protest.
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as you were saying, a car was set alight and driven into the house, that's further down the road behind me. there have been police officers here all day obviously investigating the scene now. we heard from vincentjeanbrun, the mayor, he wasn't at home at the time, it was at 1:30am in the morning when the attack happened. he was at the town hall. his family, his wife and his two young children were at home and they escaped and his wife broke her leg in the melee that ensued. the mayor has said that after days of horror in france this incident has crossed a line and i think there are many people in france who agree with that sentiment. earlier today the prime minister elisabeth borne visited this area and this is what she had to say. translation: evidently, i an act like this is particularly shocking and i said to the mayor i would support him and make sure nothing like this ever happens again. we will formulate as strong a response as possible on behalf ofjustice, but also listen to the evidence and the circumstance.
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as i say, it was another night of violence. it was a little calmer across the board than a few of the previous nights, and officials say they arrested 700 people from saturday into sunday's violence. that's compared with friday into saturday when 1,300 arrests were made. things were definitely calmer, we were at the champs—elysees last night. we went down there because protesters on social media said they were going to gather there. in fact instead we saw dozens and dozens of police officers and an absolutely massive police presence, which in a way i think i kept many of the protesters away from that particular area. but across the country it was still a night of tension, as my colleague sofia bettiza reports. another night of unrest in france. tens of thousands of police were out in force, ready for a fifth night of riots. the worst of the violence
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was in marseille. police fought street battles with young people. the riots began after a police officer shot dead a 17—year—old of algerian descent called nahel. translation: the person who was killed was a child| and that is why more minors are coming into the movement because what is going on is unfair. "imagine if that had happened to my brother," she says. "i mean, we are not safe here. "we should be safe with the police but we are scared of them." this is paris, the iconic champs—elysees, normally packed with tourists, lined with security forces. this is a health centre. 35 doctors and nurses work here.
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rioters broke in in the middle of the night and set the building on fire. and people here told us they do not sympathise with the rioters because they feel that they are destroying their own communities, and that this is not the right way to demand justice for nahel. but this is notjust about nahel. his death has reignited debate about racism in the french police. what many people who want is at least an acknowledgement that there is a problem of racial profiling and excessive use of force by the french police. sofia bettiza, bbc news, lille. rajini, i want to pick up on something that sofia said there, that the view of some people of racism within the french police forces, we heard previously on bbc news previously on bbc news from the head of one of the leading french unions who said there wasn't an issue of racism within his ranks and within the force's but that's not the perception for many
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people, notjust in paris, but across the country, is it? deep issues with the forces there. yes, and is more than just a perception. the united nations said on friday that the french police needed to address deep—rooted issues of discrimination and racism. in response to what the united nations said, we heard from the french government that there was no foundation in what had been said by the un. we have talked to people from nanterre, the suburb of paris where nahel was from and where he was killed, who say that they believe people from minority communities are racially profiled and that what happened to nahel was the tip of the iceberg and there are so many cases nobody knows about all talks about, not least because they were not recorded on camera like nahel�*s death was. on the other hand in the suburb where we are now where the mayor's home was attacked we have spoken to people who don't believe that there is racism in the forces. they say of course there is racism in french society but it's the same in many institutions and it is not widespread, and that's
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their feeling. so people here, for example i don't really sympathise with the so people here, for example don't really sympathise with the protesters, don't understand why they are taking to the streets. so you almost have two frances, people who are rioting who really feel with solidarity with the sentiments behind that and believe that the french police force is racist, and you have people who have just had enough of the violence. then you have the middle ground, people like nahel�*s grandmother who has said this is not who has said this is not the way to do this, got to stop the violence. i think more and more calls are coming now from all quarters, even people who say they understand the issues when it comes to accusations of racism in france's police force who are saying this is not the way to do it, attacking public institutions, attacking the home of a mayor, attacking schools, the french olympic swimming venue that is supposed to be there for next year, doing things like that isn't achieving anything. we spoke to a man here who says he wants a state of emergency to be imposed.
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that is something the government has put as an option on the table. that would involve giving police even more powers of arrest, restricting public gatherings and imposing curfews, and we know that president macron is hosting more crisis talks later today. it is unclear what will come out of those. a fifth night of violence was definitely calmer than previous nights, but people are still expecting more unrest this evening. that was rajini vaidyanathan. new measures aimed at curbing protest methods often used by environmental groups have come into effect in england and wales. under the new laws, police now have powers to move protesters who disrupt transport, while offenders could face three years injailfor tunnelling. the home office says the public order act 2023 will target — i quote — "a selfish minority" — but critics argue they threaten the right to protest. groups such asjust stop oil have continued with high—profile protests, including at yesterday's pride in london event.
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earlier, i spoke to sir peter fahy, the former chief constable of greater manchester police, and asked him what he made of these new powers. i think the public also need to recognise that these laws will apply to all protests in the future is, so it may be that you're seriously angry about the new housing development, orthe angry about the new housing development, or the new railway coming to your back yard do yard. that is going to apply to all protests. the police are being drawn into a position, but on the other hand, i would to some extent blame groups likejust stop oil, because they have almost forced the government into this position, of putting these more stringent laws,
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and they will affect everybody that is trying to plan a protest. let's go now to alex de koning, a spokesperson forjust stop oil. i will give you a right to reply to sir peter. he said that your actions have forced the government to enact these laws. , ., ~ ., ., these laws. lets talk about who wants no new — these laws. lets talk about who wants no new oil _ these laws. lets talk about who wants no new oil and _ these laws. lets talk about who wants no new oil and gas - these laws. lets talk about who wants no new oil and gas in - these laws. lets talk about who wants no new oil and gas in the | these laws. lets talk about who - wants no new oil and gas in the uk. it's the un, the international energy agency, the ipcc report made out to have thousands of different santas. the garments of france, denmark, sweden, scotland. this is notjust denmark, sweden, scotland. this is not just a just denmark, sweden, scotland. this is notjust a just topsoil demand, denmark, sweden, scotland. this is not just a just topsoil demand, so many people are screaming out for this, so the easiest thing government can do is follow what is happening in the ipcc report, and to stop new oil and gas, instead of having to meet so many times and put through all these draconian, anti—human rights was to try and stop environmental activists, because ultimately, if we stop, the climate crisis does not go away. you
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would class — climate crisis does not go away. you would class these new laws is draconian, then?— would class these new laws is draconian, then? ~ , , ., draconian, then? absolutely, and so does the un, — draconian, then? absolutely, and so does the un. so _ draconian, then? absolutely, and so does the un, so i— draconian, then? absolutely, and so does the un, so i think _ draconian, then? absolutely, and so does the un, so i think that - draconian, then? absolutely, and so does the un, so i think that is - draconian, then? absolutely, and so does the un, so i think that is a - does the un, so i think that is a dumb question. why fight the challenge for you guys is men who would say yes, floods,— would say yes, floods, wildfires, the are would say yes, floods, wildfires, they are a _ would say yes, floods, wildfires, they are a bigger— would say yes, floods, wildfires, they are a bigger threat - would say yes, floods, wildfires, they are a bigger threat than - would say yes, floods, wildfires, | they are a bigger threat than you sitting on the street are protesting at pride, but the challenge for you is to get people on board with your argument and to get consensus stop how do you balance consensus between also causing disruption? this how do you balance consensus between also causing disruption?— also causing disruption? this is also causing disruption? this is also about _ also causing disruption? this is also about being _ also causing disruption? this is also about being seen. - also causing disruption? this is also about being seen. sadly, i also about being seen. sadly, mainstream media such as yourself do not report on the climate crisis in the correct way. you talk about rights, —— droughts, they don't talk about how supply of crops is going to go down but demand is going to go up. everything a person is going to have an average half as much to each end a short amount of time. when
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people are struggling for food, that creates wires, that creates tension. why aren't we talking about these things rather than all, it is 30 degrees right now. let's talk about how this is really impacting people right now, what is happening in new york, what is happening with the pakistan floods in the aftermath of these things. there's far more important. i these things. there's far more imoortant-_ these things. there's far more imortant. ., ., , , ., important. i go back to my question, how do you — important. i go back to my question, how do you build _ important. i go back to my question, how do you build consensus - important. i go back to my question, how do you build consensus to - important. i go back to my question, how do you build consensus to get i how do you build consensus to get people to talk about that? how how do you build consensus to get people to talk about that?- people to talk about that? how do ou build people to talk about that? how do you build consensus _ people to talk about that? how do you build consensus because - people to talk about that? how do you build consensus because whatj people to talk about that? how do - you build consensus because what you are a bbcjournalist, he should be telling people everything today about the greatest crisis that humanity has ever faced, in the same way with the covid pandemic, we spoke about it on the news everything a day because it's an emergency, and we treated it like an emergency. civil resistance is not popular, and never has been. look at the suffragettes, look at the civil rights movements. i don't want to go through the entire list, that there is a lot there. every time it has worked, because we need disruption to start the conversations, to speak about this issue, because otherwise it is not being spoken about. think
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of it as we are the fire alarm. when the fire alarm goes off, you stay in the fire alarm goes off, you stay in the building and discuss how noisy the building and discuss how noisy the fire alarm is, or do you get out the fire alarm is, or do you get out the building, stop pouring oil on the building, stop pouring oil on the flames, and start getting a fire extinguisher out? iuglith the flames, and start getting a fire extinguisher out?— extinguisher out? with regards to this new law _ extinguisher out? with regards to this new law that _ extinguisher out? with regards to this new law that has _ extinguisher out? with regards to this new law that has been - extinguisher out? with regards to | this new law that has been enacted today, some of your members were at pride yesterday. we saw some of the images earlier and showed them to our viewers on bbc news. with regards these new laws and police powers, do you expect to change your tactics, to expect to change how you operate or will you continue as you have done before? {lit operate or will you continue as you have done before?— operate or will you continue as you have done before? of course we are auoin to have done before? of course we are going to continue. _ have done before? of course we are going to continue. as _ have done before? of course we are going to continue. as i _ have done before? of course we are going to continue. as i said, - have done before? of course we are going to continue. as i said, if - have done before? of course we are going to continue. as i said, if we i going to continue. as i said, if we going to continue. as i said, if we go away at the climate crisis... but there are other ways you can do it? please name them, i would be delighted to hear them. you know that there are _ delighted to hear them. you know that there are as _ delighted to hear them. you know that there are as a _ delighted to hear them. you know that there are as a whole - delighted to hear them. you know that there are as a whole gambit l delighted to hear them. you know| that there are as a whole gambit of ways you can raise an issue, and i'm just interested to see if you will change that on the basis of the laws that could be pursued against your
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members. three years injail, for example, if you potentially undertake channelling? is that because you are a challenge, does that change how you might go about this? , ., , that change how you might go about this? , . , ., , this? three years in “ail is obviouslyfi this? three years in “ail is obviously horrible, h this? three years in jail is obviously horrible, and i i this? three years in jail is - obviously horrible, and i don't want anybody to go through something like that, of course. but we are talking about the tactics here. we have tried everything else for the last 50 years. we tried voting, we tried running for office, we tried petitions, marches, rallies. none of that has had an effect, and emissions keep rising every single year. our government is pushing for over 100 new oil and gas licenses, and they've created a new coal mine, because somebody thought that was a good idea. so, no, we have to do what's effective, and in the last year we have shown that civil resistance, these tactics, they are effective stop every single opposition party has now said no new oil and gas. that wouldn't have happened if we didn't generate this discussion. we happened if we didn't generate this discussion. ~ . ,, . ., discussion. we appreciate your time “oininu us discussion. we appreciate your time joining us here _ discussion. we appreciate your time joining us here on _ discussion. we appreciate your time joining us here on bbc— discussion. we appreciate your time joining us here on bbc news. -
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discussion. we appreciate your time joining us here on bbc news. thank| joining us here on bbc news. thank ou for joining us here on bbc news. thank you for coming _ joining us here on bbc news. thank you for coming on. _ now to the us state of maryland. two people have been killed and another 28 have been injured in a mass shooting in the city of baltimore. three people remain in a critical condition. the shooting happened as hundreds of people had gathered for an annual event in the brooklyn area. police say they are reviewing cctv in the hunt for those responsible. eyewitnesses told local media that 20 to 30 shots were fired during the incident. the mayor of baltimore says the tragedy highlights the need to deal with the over—proliferation of illegal guns on the city's streets. brandon scott had this message for the perpetrators. this was a reckless, cowardly act that happened here and that has permanently altered many lives and cost two people their lives. i want those who are responsible to hear me and hear me very clearly — we will not stop until we find you and we will find you. until then, i hope with every single breath that you take that you think about the lives that you took and you think about the lives that you impacted here tonight.
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i want to again express that this is an absolute tragedy that did not have to happen. it again highlights the impacts and the need to deal with the overproliferation of illegal guns on our streets and the ability for those who should not have them to get their hands on them, and also the need for accountability on each and every level when you're dealing with guns and gun violence. and again, we will not stop until we find those cowards who decided to just shoot dozens of people, causing two people to lose their lives. and we're going to be here until we find them, until we hold them accountable, until they are held accountable for the actions that they took, because we cannot rest until they do so. let's get some of the day's other news now. an environmental campaign group has accused a british energy giant of trading russian gas more
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than a year after a pledge to pull out of the country. global witness says its analysis has found shell handled nearly an eighth of russia's liquefied natural gas exports by sea last year and is still buying tankers laden with gas. shell says the shipments are part of long—term contracts it can't break. politicians have been paying tribute to lord kerslake — who has died at the age of 68. bob kerslake led the civil service during david cameron's coalition government. he had recently been working with the labour party on the next general election. us presidentjoe biden will make a short visit to the uk on tenjuly a short visit to the uk on 10thjuly before travelling onto the nato summit in latvia. the white house confirms he will meet king charles and uk prime minister rishi sunak during a four day trip which will also see him visiting finland. and sri lanka has repatriated an elephant gifted by thailand — after the thai authorities complained it was being mistreated. there were allegations it was being tortured and neglected at a buddhist temple. the four—tonne elephant was flown out of colombo on a specially chartered plane.
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the nhs in england is to double the number of clinics available to treat gambling addictions. the number of people referred for help has almost doubled in the last two years. seven new centres — including in liverpool and sheffield — are to be opened with the aim of the nhs being able to help up to 3,000 people a year. joe inwood reports. gambling has never been easier — every smartphone can become a virtual casino. that ease of access has coincided with a huge rise in the number of people struggling with addiction. people like luke ashton. last week, a coroner ruled that his online losses contributed to his decision to take his own life. after his death, his wife annie got access to his accounts. there was just so much on there. ijust remember sitting there and scrolling, scrolling, scrolling and it was the same day. and as i was scrolling and seeing his transactions, it was so apparent at that point there was a major issue.
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how can someone make that many bets in one day? how can somebody do that and it not be picked up? they considered him a low risk. even having that information in front of them, they still considered him a low risk, so something is wrong. just under 1,400 patients were referred for help with gambling addiction last year. that's nearly double the figure from two years ago. it's led to strong criticism of the industry. and the head of nhs england, amanda pritchard, has raised her own concerns, saying, "people can gamble "on their phone at the touch of a button and everyone, "young and old, is bombarded with adverts encouraging them to take part". the solution — seven more specialist clinics. there are already eight running, including a national centre in london. the plan is to have space to treat 3,000 people a year, offering cognitive behavioural therapy, family therapy, support groups and aftercare.
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but there are calls for industry to act too. the nhs cannot and should not do this alone, so, absolutely, we've called upon industry to act responsibly, stop some of the more pernicious and aggressive marketing techniques and unsolicited approaches to people. the government recently introduced proposals aimed at reducing the harms caused by problem gambling. today's announcement shows the nhs expects the numbers suffering to rise. joe inwood, bbc news. next a story that's been making headlines in the philippines. an advertising agency has apologised for producing a promotional tourism video for the country that actually containing stock shots contains stock shots from other countries. our reporter nicky schiller is in the newsroom with more details. the new "love the philippines" campaign was launched last week to a blaze of publicity.
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the idea, of course, to promote the country's tourism offerings. indeed, the slogan featured heavily on their social media channels. as part of the campaign, there was this promotional video showing what looked like different tourism locations across the country with words like love the adventure and love the culture. however, all was not what it seemed. this popular filipino blogger posted to say that she had noticed images in the video from other countries. they included this fisherman in thailand, whilst this plane was actually landing in switzerland. now the french news agency afp got its fact checking unit to take a look at the video and they found images from brazil, indonesia, switzerland and the united arab emirates. now, after headlines for all the wrong reasons, the advertising agency involved has admitted that it did use stock footage. it issued a statement saying it was an unfortunate oversight, adding that it was highly inappropriate to use stock footage. it also said that the video
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was produced at its own expense. now, government officials have been keen to emphasise that no public funds were used. indeed, the whole campaign itself cost $900,000. now, the video has been pulled from social media and an investigation is under way. the advertising agency involved says it will cooperate with that. we are going to end the programme with notjust one, but two dog stories. hold onto your hats. a series of events are planned injapan to remember the world's most loyal dog. this is a picture of hachiko back in 1932 whose owner was a professor at a university injapan, who used to take the train to work every day. hachiko would wait outside shibuya train station at the exact time the train was due.
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after the owner died, hachiko returned to the train station every day for the next nine years, waiting for him to get off the train. a bronze statue of him has stood outside shibuya station in tokyo for almost a decade. like we say, more events are planned. another incredible story now — the tale of how button the cockapoo fell off a 50—metre cliff in east yorkshire — and survived. after being rescued by the coastguard, button's owners are very grateful to have her back home safe and well. our reporter rachel royce has been to meet them all. who would fancy their chances if they fell over this cliff? it's160—foot high, incredibly steep, and somewhere usuallyjust for the birds. but somehow a nine—year—old cockapoo ran over the edge and is still breathing. oh, there she is. she's a beautiful little girl. and how's she doing? good. sandra and her husband, brian costin, were on holiday in a caravan park in thornwick bay when the drama unfolded. it's a holiday spot in east yorkshire, popular with birdwatchers. sandra was walking in the fields when button disappeared. and then we sort of started
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to think, "well, where is she?" "we can't hear her barking or anything." and beginning to think, "has she gone over the cliff?" you know. then a bird watcher peered over the cliff and spotted her on the inaccessible tidal beach. she was on her feet. and then we could see see her walking around. and thatjust seemed like such a miraculous thing, you know? ijust couldn't understand it because i thought she'd obviously be dead at the bottom of the cliff, really. i can't see... i still don't know how she escaped, really. bridlington coastguard came to the rescue, assembling a volunteer team to abseil down the cliff to fetch button. she calmly walked into their rescue bag and was lifted to safety. the costins drove button home that night and straight to an emergency vet. amazingly, it had just literally damaged a disc in its back, which was causing some damage to the spinal cord, but only to a relatively minor degree.
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i'm surprised it actually survived. that's a long fall. i don't think i would survive a fall that far. a reminder today from the maritime and coastguard agency that it is safer to keep dogs on leads near the cliffs. but all in all, it's a remarkable tale of survival for a favoured family member. rachel royce, bbc news. and before we go, let's show you some pictures from canada. ferry boats have been performing in a synchronised ballet in vancouver to mark canada day. these tiny ferries usually transport tourists and locals but every year on the first ofjuly they perform choreography. it's become a summer tradition. it's been happening for more than 30 years. just a reminder that rich preston will be with you for the next hour for more of today's headlines. do
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stay with us, and check out your smartphone or tablet for the app. i'm gareth barlow, thank you for watching. we set hello. we set we do have a few showers around, mainly across the northern half of the uk. so, further south, that is where you have the longer spells of dry and sunny weather, but a fairly bright and breezy sort of day. noticeable wind coming in from a west or north—westerly direction. and, it is blowing around this area of low pressure, which is just drifting slowly across scandinavia. drawn in on that atlantic air, we are seeing a few showers, particularly affecting scotland and northern ireland in the day. a few for northern england and north wales, further south—east, you are likely to stay dry, some late sunshine around today. more persistent rain and cloud just lingering across the far north of scotland for the likes of caithness and sutherland and orkney, too, but overnight, most places are relatively dry and clear. so, temperatures getting down into single figures for many northern areas in particular, as we head into the early
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hours of monday morning. a fresh start in the day, but quite a bit of sunshine around. from the word go. it is not going to stick around everywhere, because we have more showers on the way. this system here just drifting in from the west. initially, that will bring rain across parts of wales, i think the middle part of the morning will drift further eastward into england, through the course of the day. it will tend to fragment and become showery as it does so. more rain to come across the north of scotland, with another weather front heading in there, too. sunny spells for many of us in between those showers. temperatures 13—20 degrees. a little bit below average for this stage injuly. monday is the first day of the championships at wimbledon. a lot of dry weather through the day, but as cloud thickens in the afternoon, there is a chance of some passing showers during the latter part of the afternoon. into tuesday, and it looks like the next area of low pressure will move and towards the southern parts of the uk. a little bit of uncertainty for tuesday on the detail of how far north any of that rain gets,
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perhaps south wales, much of southern england likely to see rain during the day on tuesday. sunshine and showers for the rest of the uk. so, an unsettled sort of day, and relatively cool for this stage in earlyjuly. 13—19 degrees our top temperatures on tuesday. a bit of a breeze around where you do see the showers as well. so, it is looking relatively cool and fairly unsettled over the next few days, but there is some drier and brighter weather, particularly further south. by the weekend, look at those temperatures, getting up to around 28 degrees in the london region. goodbye for now.
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this is bbc news, the headlines this is bbc news, the headlines and adults are being bombarded the grandmother of the french the grandmother of the french teenager whose killing by police teenager whose killing by police sparked five nights of riots sparked five nights of riots in france has appealed for calm. in france has appealed for calm. the call comes after condemnation the call comes after condemnation during an attempt to set fire during an attempt to set fire to the home of a district to the home of a district mayor of paris. mayor of paris. in the us, two people have been killed in a mass shooting in baltimore. 28 others were injured — with three in critical condition. a search for the shooter is under way. debris from eight british hurricane fighter planes, dating back to world war two, has been found buried, in a forest in ukraine. the aircraft was sent to the soviet union by britain after nazi germany invaded the country in 19111. in england — the national health service is to open a further seven �*gambling clinics' this summer — almost doubling the current number. around 1,400 patients were referred for treatment last year.
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