the talks came after a wave of violent protests on saturday night, including this incident. rioters drove a car into the house of a paris district mayor, injuring his wife and young child. the public prosecutor said authorities were treating the attack as attempted murder. the local mayor has since spoken about the incident. translation: there is no doubt that they wanted to burn - the house down — and, in fact, from the moment they learned that there was someone inside, because the lights were on, far from stopping, they unleashed a salvo of mortar fire that was completely crazy. we are very tired, we are exhausted, we are sad, we are angry, we are scared. at the same time, we are still standing. i was just told that my wife's operation was successful and that she will wake up soon, so we are clinging to small victories, small pleasures as they come. it's my second mandate.

i was mayor for nine years in the city where i grew up. i never imagined putting my wife, my children, in danger. tonight, some 16,000 police officers have once again been deployed across the nation. earlier, the grandmother of the teenager killed by police made an emotional appeal for the violence to stop. translation: | tell them to stop it. - it's mothers who take buses, it's mothers who walk outside. we should calm things. we don't want them to break things. these people should calm down. nahel is dead — that's all that is, and i've lost my daughter. without her child, i've lost her. it is over. my daughter no longer has a life. it's over, and i understand her. and so, as a grandmother, they took away my daughter and my grandson, both of them — that's it. i'm tired. i can't bear this any longer. to the us now where, in baltimore, two people are dead and 28 were wounded after a mass shooting at a block party in the city's brooklyn neighbourhood early sunday morning.

an 18—year—old woman died at the scene and a 20—year—old man was pronounced dead at a local hospital. police say 15 of the victims are under the age of 18. nine people are still in the hospital receiving treatment. the motive for the shooting is still unclear. police say they are reviewing social media video trying to identify at least two suspects. baltimore's mayor, brandon scott, is pleading for anyone with more information to come forward. this was a reckless, cowardly act of violence that has taken two lives and altered many more and, as i said earlier, we will find those who are responsible and we will not stop until we do so. earlier, i spoke to mark conway, who sits on the baltimore city council. 28 people injured in the the shooting, two were killed. how is this incident affecting the community there in baltimore? yeah, people are really

troubled, carl. of course, we've never seen anything like this here in the city, and i think people are really unnerved. folks in the brooklyn neighbourhood are worried about retaliation and that this could, of course, boil over and so, i think that people are a little uneasy tonight. you know, we have not really heard yet of a motive or much information about a suspect in this case. i'm wondering if you can just talk to us about the difficulties that police can often face in these kinds of cases in terms of trying to track down the suspect or a motive? yeah, it's really tough. i think one, folks are — historically in the city of baltimore reluctant to speak to the police department. there's a trust issue that goes back a long ways and we've been working really hard with our police department to rebuild that trust. i think we have some technological advances — cctv cameras and other things

that allow us to identify who may have been at the scene — but these things are all tough, and i think anything that we can do to get closer to the person or persons, rather — we know to it be multiple shooters that were involved — i think it's going to make thejob much easier going forward. we heard earlier about the ages of some of these victims. many of them were minors. two were actually as young as 13 years old. baltimore has actually — it's seen a surge in youth violence recently, hasn't it? do you know what's behind those numbers? yeah, it's been troubling. i would say since late last fall, we have begun to see an increase in youth violence and i think a big part of this is the access to weapons, to guns, particularly here in baltimore city. i think this is an issue we see across the country, frankly, in america — guns are far too easy to access and i think what is even scarier is these guns are easy to access

for young people as well, young people with not so well—developed brains that make rash decisions and ultimately lead to casualties. how are kids getting their hands on guns in the baltimore? —— how are kids getting their hands on guns in baltimore? i think there are a lot of ways that that's happening. one that we attempted to address this past session at a state level, that being ghost guns. ghost guns would allow unregistered or un—serial marked guns to be manufactured in people's homes, whichjust makes it far too easy to get guns into neighbourhoods and this was a big, big problem. fortunately, we passed some legislation which i was able to testify on behalf of, that significantly reduced the number of ghost guns out there but still, this is an issue that is really, really big. interestingly, we don't have a single gun store in a baltimore city. we have stores in maryland and, unfortunately, those guns do end up in the city, but even more of the guns outside

maryland end up in baltimore city. there's a lot of transfers, there is a lot of transfers of guns, or guns that are stolen, unfortunately, by people who don't secure their weapons, i think, really, really important. one of your colleagues on the baltimore city council, felicia porter, said that the shooting was a wake—up call and she called on the community to work towards meaningful change. what could that change in the community look like? well, i think first and foremost — and i think you alluded to this question earlier about what we can do to get to the bottom of this — i think first and foremost, we need to figure out who is responsible for this crime. two lives lost and many people injured — i think this is something that we can't let go unanswered. the folks who are responsible, they need to be held accountable, so first and foremost, we need to figure out who is responsible. i think on top of that, in order to make that happen, our department needs to continue to build a relationship

with community and make sure that folks feel safe and comfortable in their communities, so at a grass roots level, on the community side, it's really those two pieces. i would say on the council side and what my committee, the government safety operations committee, will be doing is digging into the police's response and supporting agency response to that incident. this was an unsanctioned party, an unpermitted party that went on for hours and there was no police presence — or at least, this is what we understand at the moment. so, we need to figure out what broke down. where was the communication breakdown, who dropped the ball, why did they drop the ball, and what do we have to do to make sure this never happens again. i would say at the state and federal level, those are much more complicated issues but i would say whatever we can do to strengthen laws and make it — you know, strengthen penalties for transfer of guns to folks that should not have guns — particularly children or people

who have a record or otherwise — it goes a long way towards making sure that we don't see those incidents in the future. earlier, we heard this really emotional press conference with baltimore's mayor brandon scott. he said something interesting. he said he wants to be sure that this mass shooting is treated the same as every other mass shooting. what do you think he meant by that, and is there any kind of concern that it won't get the level of attention as other incidents? that's a powerful comment, i would say, because i think what you find is — i think the response in black communities is not quite the same — or, excuse me — the sympathy and the response more broadly across the country is not always the same all the time, and this is a long—standing issue in america. over 300,000 people die in the city each year every couple of years and not many people are not stepping up to the plate.

but when these issues happen, unfortunately, in wealthier communities and white communities, there is a much more robust response, a national response. mark connolly, baltimore city council member, i really appreciate you taking the time to join us to discuss that. thank you. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. voice-over: bringing you different stories i from across the uk. during lockdown, tamara ward, who lives in middle barton, couldn't visit her nephew dominic. it inspired her to organise the run 5k every day in may for dravet challenge. hundreds of people have completed the fundraising runs, sometimes joining tamara and her family. it's a massive commitment and everyone that's said to me, the team were like, "oh, it's your third year. "it's easy for you." i was like, "no, because i know what's coming! "it's worse for me!" but what's really nice about it is someone gets an injury or they've been ill for two days, the rest of the team will pick up their kilometres

so, as a team, it was really amazing. goglia wilson's son also has dravet syndrome. she's now chair of a national charity, supporting families. £240,000 has already been raised. it will help families across the uk affected by the syndrome. for more stories from across the uk, head to the bbc news website. you're live with bbc news. we're just hours away from the start of wimbledon. tennis�* oldest tournament kicks off in london on monday morning. the favourites are novak djokovic in the men's draw and iga swiatek on the women's side. djokovic won the tournament last year, of course, and with another championship, he would become the all—time men's leader in grand slams won, surpassing rafael nadal. meanwhile, swiatek, a 22—year—old rising star from poland, will hope to ride her momentum after winning the french open injune.

but the latest news out of the all england club, nick kyrgios, just a few hours ago, withdrawing from the tournament with a wrist injury. the 28—year—old australian, known for his on—court flair, lost to djokovic in last year's men's final. and, of course, the fan favourite, the uk's own sir andy murray, will face wildcard qualifier ryan peniston in the first round on tuesday. to talk all things wimbledon, i was joined moments ago in studio by tennis journalist ben rothenberg. ben, thank you so much for being here, we are excited to talk about some tennis — some wimbledon tennis. carlos alvarado, the world number one on the men's side and yet, he might not be considered the favourite of this year's tournament. i definitely don't think he is the favourite. novak djokovic has become a really reliable player. what is done in the past few years repeatedly every year since 2018 into his sixth in a row would be a record tying overall number of titles

with roger federer if he gets one more. he's really become the dominant force on tour and obviously the grand slams, winning the two previous majors this year including a win over alcatraz in the finals well, actually fell short and had some cramping issues and brockovich is definitely riding high and even though alcatraz is looking better, he won a warm—up tournament in london at the queen's club a couple weeks ago, djokovic has to beat him. brockovich is such a powerhouse and you mentioned that grass was not always his favourite all his best surface of what changed to make him so dominant at wimbledon? it changed to make him so dominant at wimbledon?— at wimbledon? it was never barred -- — at wimbledon? it was never barred -- battle _ at wimbledon? it was never barred -- battle grasp - at wimbledon? it was never barred -- battle grasp or. at wimbledon? it was never l barred -- battle grasp or save barred —— battle grasp or save a bit on the hardcourt and something changed with the grass actually i think the grass actually i think the grass started playing slower and more consistently so really it adapts itself to the baseline game that djokovic plays and is able to play almost his normal hard—core game on the grass courts and then his improved his serve a lot which i think has got him a lot which i think has got him a lot of free point especially in men's tennis on grass you need to be getting easy hold is observed to be able to keep up and breaks are rare and

djokovic improved but part as well and has won some tough matches and epic finals against roger federer at wimbledon several times now and he's been the guy to beat. find several times now and he's been the guy to beat-— the guy to beat. and of course venerable _ the guy to beat. and of course venerable not _ the guy to beat. and of course venerable not be _ the guy to beat. and of course venerable not be there, - the guy to beat. and of course | venerable not be there, rafael nadal will not be there, so djokovic the favourite on the men's assignment of women's side the favourite has to be eager svante committee is eager sva nte committee is polished, eager svante committee is polished, shejust eager svante committee is polished, she just won the french open, what can you tell us about her? she has had a big learning curve on the grass, she hasn't been to the quarter—final and the pros at wimbledon yet but she is looking better on grass this year already, she won three matches at a warmup tournament and pulled out from one before wimbledon because she thought she had enough prep for it. grass is sort of still the unknown, there's a couple of other players in the draw, between the defending champion elena rybakina more comfortable on grass, aryna sabalenka also a bit more comfortable on grass, those of the top three i think those three are pretty far from the rest of the pack. interesting to hear that venus

williams is playing as well. she is 43 and still kicking there, she won wimbledon 23 years ago, her first title there and several, many of these players including many of these players, it is a big bonus for tennis to have her therefore some continuity, it is a transitional time especially in the women's side right now. serena having retired. with ash barty retired, naomi osaka out right now so having household in venus williams i think needs a lot for the women's game right now. wimbledon has interesting moment of political influence as well, they had and last year russian and belarusian players, the first year now that they are allowed back. that was controversial. how do you think these players will be welcomed back to the tournament? interesting how they dealt with the public, wimbledon is usually a pretty genteel place, the media side could be tougher on some of them, aryna sabalenka from belarus had a tough time of it in paris in the french open, there was a ukrainian reporter there who was

cornering her on a few questions with her past support for lukashenko and she didn't really seem prepared to handle that or how to diplomatically answer those questions, so she's primitively in her first press conference at wimbledon today said no political talk guys please, i'm not going to engage with that. other players are a little more open it, some have been more vocal against the war even, daria kasatkina has been openly against it and come out as a lesbian so there are rules there that affect her so there is a spectrum where the russian players fall and it is up to the media honestly on that side with a pressure them or badger them about it. and some top players, djokovic as well, were really not on board with that band, they said this is sports, let them play. it was mixed, there are a bunch of people from countries in eastern europe, central eastern europe that have been more supportive

of ukraine that were in favour of the ban and called for even more, weather events, the olympics which is coming up again next year and others who are saying it is not fair, tennis should not make any discrimination is based on nationality and it's not these players�* bolts that their countries are doing this or so it was a range of division. i found interesting as well that some of these players, they need to sign a personal declaration of neutrality, they have to commit to not expressing any support for the war as well but there are some caveats. they definitely want to make sure there wasn't anything, no pro— war rally breaking out at wimbledon which actually did happen weirdly at the australian open, there was a group of pro—russian supporters, so that was a bizarre scene and wimbledon certainly did not want a repeat. wimbledon also, it is a very sacred place in british culture and it is almost a pseudo—governmental event in a lot of ways, royalfamilies are patrons of it and a lot of the top figures in british

politics go there so it is very sensitive and thin as a potential vulnerable spot to have these russians and belarusians showcase their opinions. the tournament kicks off in just a few hours, you have been there many times, you won't be there this year but is there anything you are looking forward to the most or is there anything that could be the biggest surprise this year? venus williams, competing once again, she is someone i grew up watching so having her there and yeah just then, the grass is my favourite surface to watch, players play creative, aggressive, active tennis and it isjust a beautiful sight i am looking forward to seeing through the screen this time. well thank you so much for being here. thanks for having me. the white house says president biden will visit the uk next week as part of a european trip. he's expected to meet the king as well as the prime minister. mr biden will then head to lithuania for a nato summit before stopping off in finland. turning to sudan now, where the conflict in the country is running into its 12th week, and clashes

have once again intensified. the sounds of air and artillery strikes were heard in the capital khartoum and the city of omdurman on sunday as forces loyal to the army and the paramilitary rapid support forces continued to battle for control. the war has smashed the country's already fragile infrastructure, leaving residents short of water and electricity in the summer heat. since april, when violence broke out, thousands of people have been killed, and more than two million displaced. for more, let's bring in cameron hudson, who served as chief of staff to successive us special envoys for sudan. he is now a non—resident senior associate at the center for strategic and international studies in washington. this conflict is already in its third month, we are hearing reports of intensifying, how much hope is left for a

peaceful solution? i much hope is left for a peaceful solution? i think there is very _ peaceful solution? i think there is very little - peaceful solution? i think there is very little hope i peaceful solution? i think. there is very little hope for peaceful solution? i think i there is very little hope for a peaceful solution at this point. we are already starting to hear the word genocide used in parts of data for, the fighting is taking on an ethnic dimension and parts of the country, it is notjust now the rapid support forces in the sedan armed forces battling, its proxy militias, air militias, foreign fighters from outside the country who are entering into this fight so it is rapidly becoming a regionalised war we are rapidly seeing huge numbers of refugees leaving the country and i think it is going to be very hard to arrest the surveillance or even reverse it if we were to be that lucky. reverse it if we were to be that lucky-— reverse it if we were to be that lucky. we'd seen some ceasefires _ that lucky. we'd seen some ceasefires and _ that lucky. we'd seen some ceasefires and some - ceasefires and some humanitarian corridors but it didn't last long and what you are seeing now in the country, do you think things are intensifying, getting even worse in terms of the fighting? well, it is certainly getting worse in parts of the country. certainly khartoum is the biggest battle for control of

the country, for the capital to what we have seen as a concentration of forces in and around khartoum in the hopes of being able to consolidate control over the country by taking the capital but we are also seeing in places like the south and obviously darfur in the westmore militia based violence going on right now is i think fighting is quite diverse, it is quite widespread, i there is very little hope right now that it is going to end but both sides are trying to claim the capital as their own in the hopes of being able to impose some kind of victory terms for themselves, to consolidate power but that seems far off right now. power but that seems far off right "ow-— power but that seems far off riaht now. ., ., ., right now. you mentioned that there was _ right now. you mentioned that there was also _ right now. you mentioned that there was also fighting - right now. you mentioned that there was also fighting in - there was also fighting in guffaw and of course that's where the predecessor to the rapid support forces was accused of genocide of nearly two decades ago. could there at least be some sort of

predecessor to genocide growing there are once again? you've mentioned this ethnic violence. yes, i think we are seeing really shocking levels of violence in the data for area, commentators separated from khartoum by 1000 miles of near open desert, so it feels very remote and it is spilling over into places like chad, violence coming in from into places like chad, violence coming infrom libya, into places like chad, violence coming in from libya, through militia groups and the central african republic so this is an area of very little centralised government control, or traditionally part of sedan have been without that government control, so it is unchecked violence, it appears more chaotic than the more organised violence going on in the capital between these two warring sides and that is going to be much harder to control because it is so far from the capital and from television cameras and other eyes. it's really hard to ascertain the

debt and level of that violence in darfur for debt and level of that violence in darfurfor but debt and level of that violence in darfur for but what we know is that refugees are pouring across the border into chad with really horrific stories about the kinds of violence that we saw 20 years ago for the first time in dow for. == the first time in dow for. -- darfur- _ the first time in dow for. -- darfur. around _ the first time in dow for. -- darfur. around 25 _ the first time in dow for. —— darfur. around 25 million people, half the population, are in need of humanitarian assistance. what are the barriers that aid agencies are still facing? i barriers that aid agencies are still facing?— still facing? i think 'ust basicallyi still facing? i think 'ust basically access h still facing? i think 'ust basically access to h still facing? i thinkjust basically access to the | basically access to the country, the main international airport in khartoum has been closed since the start of the conflict, most other airports in the country have been taken over by the military, so really the only port of entry is the port of sedan on the red sea which you might be able to get access to but then fanning out across the country, trying to get transportation and roads open to be able to deliver humanitarian assistance is all but impossible across the country right now. in addition

to that, international aid workers need to be ramping up, we need to be deploying the un agencies and other international humanitarian organisations to help with the distribution. so far these people are not able to get visas, they are not able to fly into sudan so we are not able to ramp up the kind of humanitarian assistance programme that is vital for saving the lives of people who are trapped inside the surveillance.— are trapped inside the surveillance. you've been tracking _ surveillance. you've been tracking the _ surveillance. you've been tracking the influence - surveillance. you've been tracking the influence of. surveillance. you've been i tracking the influence of this wagner paramilitary group, has been some rumblings that they have been involved somehow in the country of sudan, do we know how involved the group is now, especially after what we saw take place with this attempted, at least the uprising we saw in russia. right, so i think prior to that it was fair to say that wagner had a fairly small force, mostly technical and military advisers in the country, many of them associated with the goldmining companies in the

northern part of the country, associated with the rapid support forces. i think we have seen, since the fighting started though, the assistance of the wagner group to the rapid support forces mainly coming from outside the country, so using their networks in libya and the central african republic where they have broad control over they have broad control over the security environment there, using that to final arms, heavy weapons, fuel and supplies across those borders of libya and central african republic into sudan to support the rapid support forces. the question is, is that enough support to the rapid support forces to tip the rapid support forces to tip the balance in theirfavour. irate the balance in their favour. we not the balance in their favour. we got about _ the balance in their favour. we got about 20 seconds left but theyjust got about 20 seconds left but they just want to ask you at this point, what do you think the most likely outcome is in this conflict? irate the most likely outcome is in this conflict?— this conflict? we are seeing the sedan — this conflict? we are seeing the sedan armed _ this conflict? we are seeing the sedan armed forces - this conflict? we are seeing i the sedan armed forces begin this conflict? we are seeing - the sedan armed forces begin to claw back control over parts of khartoum, i think if they are successful in doing that we are going to see the rapid support forces not give up but perhaps

fall back control parts of the country liked r4, i would expect that we are going to see a insurgency in the country. thank you so much cameron hutchison at the centre for strategic and international strategic and international studies. studies. hello. after the warmth ofjune, a completely different weather set—up for the start ofjuly. probably summed up best by showing the outlook at wimbledon, of course, which starts on monday. first part of the week, rain at times, not a wash—out by any means, but it's going to feel cool. temperatures below average and a bit breezy at times before things warm up later. and the reason is we've got low pressure centred across scandinavia. we're on the southern edge of it, so winds coming in from the west and north—west, and various banks of rain. and with temperatures dropping compared to what we've seen, probably one of the coolest commutes we've had for a while on monday morning. temperatures for many in single figures. and whilst many start with some sunshine overhead, though, to warm things up, there will be showers getting going across the west and still there in the north of scotland.

but it's this batch of showers that work from west to east across england and wales with some sunshine either side, so a few heavy showers lingering through the afternoon, too. but still, that cloud outbreaks of rain continues in northern scotland. a blustery day, particularly for england and wales, and that will just add to the cool feel, especially in the cloudier moments. and when the showers are coming through, temperatures at 15—20 below the july average of around 17—23 degrees. and another cool night will follow. showers fade for many for a while during the first part of the night, though, still that cloud, outbreaks of rain, in northern scotland edging a bit further southwards. and then, later in the night, south wales and southern half of england, a bank of more persistent rain, will gradually work its way in keeping temperatures up here in double figures, but a cool start to tuesday elsewhere. now, it will be a wet morning, it looks like, across some southern counties of england, east anglia, before brightening up into the afternoon. sunshine and showers elsewhere, but central scotland into northern ireland, slightly more cloudy than we have seen on monday. again, a greater chance of a few showers. brightening up in northern scotland, but really cool here —12—13 degrees — and temperatures still in the teens further south, nowhere really getting much

above 20 celsius. then as you go through tuesday night into wednesday, it's all down to what happens to this little wave here. at the moment, looks like that will push through france, taking more persistent rain. it could get very close to the south coast, though, so there is the chance of some high cloud drifting up and some outbreaks of rain through the english channel. but at the moment, it looks like that will stay clear. a few showers dotted around to the south and the west, heaviest across scotland, northern ireland, some hail and thunder mixed in. and with winds a bit lighter than monday and tuesday, temperatures mightjust creep up a bit more in the sunnier moments. they will creep up even further into next end of the week as southerly winds develop. there could be some jennifer international storms in the west.

voice-over: this is bbc news. we'll have the headlines and all the main news stories for you at the top of the hour, straight after this programme. welcome to hardtalk with me, they nab badawi. the german government has pledged put fighting climate change at the heart its agenda. it's just hosted world leaders to help lay the groundwork for international talks in november but for many, the two—week long gathering failed to make sufficient progress on climate finance and the pace of cuts in carbon pollution. my guest is