♪ >> with the u.s. congress unwilling to act, president joe biden issues a number of executive orders to curb gun violence in the country. the move comes in the wake of several recent mass shootings. there are reports of violence tonight in northern ireland following clashes last night between young people and police in belfast. leaders in ireland are calling for calm. you crane ran president zelensky makes a trip to the eastern part of the country amid growing tensions along the board we are russia. conflict with russian backed

separatists is spiking new concernsbout violence there. hello, everyone. we have the latest wormeds news from paris. enough prayers and time for action. that was the message from u.s. perspective joe biden who has announced a number of executive orders on gun control. the measures come in the wake of several recent mass shootings. among the actions, a ban on so called ghost guns oromemade fire arms. he also called on the senate to pass legislation already passed by the house that would close loopholes for background complex. president biden: gun violence in this country is an epidemic and it's an international embarrassment. we saw it again last night as i was coming to the overwhelm office. i got the word that in south carolina, a physician with his wife, two grandchildren and a person working at his house was

gunned down, all five. so many people, so many of the people sitting here today know that well, unfortunately. >> earlier i spoke to our washington correspondent and i asked her what kind of difference biden's executive orders can actually make. >> they are a big and important first step but they are pretty limited in scope and joe biden knows that and that is why you heard him ask and call repeatedly on congress to act because he knows that nothing will replace actual legislation in order to control these guns. so he's pushing congress to do more. we saw that there were a couple of bills that are passed in the house, which is controlled by the democrats, over expending background checks, for example, and joe biden is pushing the senate to try to pass that but

everyone knows it's going to be extremely difficult and very unlikely for the bills to pass because the democrats don't have the 670 votes they need in the senate to pass that sort of legislation. the one glimmer of he that looks like could potentially pass in the senate is this question of expanding background check. more than 90% of americans are in favor of expanding background checks. it has passed in the house and now several senators on both sides of the aisle have said is a -- that they feel they could find reason and a place for compromise to try to pass at least that. more background checks in order to prevent these guns from ending up in the wrong hands. >> reports of violence tonight in northern irela@@ following clashes last night between young people and police in belfast. leaders in ireland are calling for calm, britain's exit from

the european union is in part word from the white house that the biden administration is also calling for calm is -- and is concerned about this recent spate of violence. we have a reporter. reporter: remnants of wednesday night's violence. in street runs through a predominantly unionist jair in west belfast. in a rare show of you know tie, northern iron land's power sharing government stood together to condemn the unrest. >> there can be no place in our society for violence or threat of violence and it was -- it must stop. just so it was wrong in the past and unjustified, so it is now. >> it's not right, it's dangerous, it's unacceptable and it's a miracle as we stand here today that no one has been killed. reporter: 55 officers have been injured in recent days as people

hurled pell roll bombs and bricks at law enforcement. pro testors accused officials of double standards for not prosecutorsing the person who broke covid rules for attending the funeral of a former intelligence cheap. though this event may have kicked off recent riots, politicians and locals alike blame the bricks it deal too for simmering tensions. >> to me, this is obviously because of the p.s.a. and the jair department. this has all been kicking off from it and i also think it's a direct consequence of boris johnson. that he denied whatever happened. i think that's a consequence of everything building up. reporter: brewsles agreed on a border sea rather than a land island. fueling a sense of betrayal for

loyalists. in march a group of loyalist withdrew its power play for the good friday agreement that ended three decades of sectarian conflict. >> now to ukraine where perspective vladimir zelensky has traveled to the east of the country and the growing tensions there. con fliskets with growing-backed separatists erupted back in 2013. officials in ukraine hav raised concerns on cease-fire violations and expressed worries about a build-up of russian troops along the border. julia kim has the latest. reporter: a visit to the front lines. ukraine's perspective tours the most dangerous zones in the region. cease-fire violations here have claimed the lives of a growing number of ukraine yab soldiers since the start of this year. >> the military does everything possible to defend our country

and to maintain the cease-fire. but when our soldiers are attacked and when there are casualties, it's clear to everyone that is army responds. >> major, russia has said that under certain circumstances it would hilt back, and hard. >> the start of military action, this would be the beginning of the end for ukraine. >> both sides have blamed the other for the intensedifying ggetting. in recent weeks large scale fighting has been acampaigned by scenes like this. president putin said his soldiers were there to decelerate tensions exast baited by kiev. zelensky believes it's the only

way to end the con flick. a cease-fire was agreed to within the following year. the fruits of the minks greementsd brokered by -- agreements brokered by france and germany but in the end, shelling in the region snemp -- never stopped. over 13,000 people have died inspect conflict. >> time for sports. good to see you again. you have all the results from the europa league. what can you tell us? >> the first legs of the quarterfinals are all done and dusted and there were some wonderful individual football on display. manchester united away at bernada with the red devils coming out on tom. he control it would long pass from defense brilliantly to hold off the rear guard of grande and put the ball past goal keeper sill a have in the net.

all hutch and purchase in the second half, mostly from the team from span -- spain by friends from the penalty spot. 2-0 the final as they march on to the second leg. the emirates looking to get a results over the team who knocked out the rangers but they were behind in the early sanges. socca went one-on-one but couldn't find a way through and forced a brilliant save out of the goalkeep we are a header. the second half was a continuation of arsenal dominance. william hits the post with a free kick and alexander cleared the bar but finally in the 86th minute. pepey used his blistering pace to put the ball through the far corner. in the 93rd minute, their hearts were broken as right back thomas

holis headed at the back post with leonard unable to parry. that game ending 1-1. now, in the night's over games. a classen goal opened the scoring before pell greeny got the crucial away goal for the italians after an awful goal keeping error and then right at the depth, ineasy in smashed the ball in for roma, into the far corner for a priceless 2-1 away win. meanwhile dominant villarreal made they are pressure count with a well-deserved penalty in the first half. that goal the difference has they take a 1-0 lead back to spain. so all to play for in the second leg. we'll have all those results for you next thursday same time. >> that's it for now. stay tuned for more world news here on "france 24."

♪ >> young women are big targetted in israel for wearing shorts. teenage girls have been ex excluded from school for wearing shorts to have been judged to have been too short by their teacher. two notions of great deal zra, one liberal and modern, the other, traditional and orthodox. two worlds, it seems, that see things very differently. reporter: exactly. the girls we saw are approximately the same age but they see the world totally differently. one group is seen as a koren sure for them to be able to well whatever they want, even if it's short and the other group is saying that no, israel is a religious country so they should be able to practice their

religion as they want and not be bothered by women that will be dressed immost -- immodestly. >> thank you very much. let's take a look at her report. ♪ >> kay is 13 years old. underneath her shy appearance the teenage girl was at the origin of a movement that caused debates in israel. it all goes back to her return to school after the lockdown. >> i was wearing in pair of shorts. at the school strans -- entrance they told us to wait. the teacher took us to the

secretary and we were left there for the whole day. >> kai and her friends were expelled for three days because of their clothes. they decided to fight back. their short revolution quickly became national. this morning, the teenagers challenging the school's dress code again. >> i bought slightly longer shorts. let's see what they'll tell me. >> well, we know after what happened, they can't expel you again so don't worry. if they say anything to you, just give us a call. >> kai's mom, an architect, supported her daughter. for her, giving up shorts is surrendering to the rise of conservatism in israel. >> i also went to class wearing

shorts. it was 30 years ago. i thought things would have changed since but it actually feels like we're going backwards. >> we sent the photos to a big israeli newspaper and from there it spread across news outlets on every channel. >> one of kai's pictures made the cover. we can see five teenage girls from behind wearing short. standing still in a sign of protest. the photo was refly indicated by others across the country. in just a couple of days in dozens of elementary and high schools, israelis are also getting expeled because of their short. [chanting] >> everywhere, gatherings are being organized. what girls are main denouncing is injustice. they'ring with expeled. boys, however, face no issue

when going to scoop wearing shorts. high school here quickly became overwhelmed by the controversy. the principal refuses to speak up. an education counseloror working at town hall, however, agreed to an interview. >> it's written in the school rules students are allowed to wear shorts as long as they're not too revealing. the clothing item must arrive here. before -- for boys and girls both, there is no difference. >> the counseloror refuses to conform this into a fight between liberals and conservatives. >> we are not facing a case of a teacher telling her students don't come dressed like this. it's a matter of respect. in school we have to be dressed in a way that is respectful towards the institution. that this has nothing to do with

modesty. >> why has such a simple pair of short caused such a stir in the country? because what is really at stake is the opposition between two israels which has been tearing each other apartment since the creation of the country more than 70 years ago. within un-- on one side, a westernized population with liberal values. on the other, a religious and conservative society. writings on the walls in jerusalem even remind women of how they should be dressed to walk around the neighborhood. men in black, increasingly numerous in israel. in this all girls high school, we're an hour drive away from

kai's school but in a completely different universe. here students are learning the tenants, modesty, a stricter religious norm for women than for men. this is the basis of judaism. a woman must preserve herself. a woman is not what we call public do main. >> modesty is t only about clothes. modesty is also a way of being, a way of expressing once self-. be it foul words or speaking loudy -- loudly or gestures but also ways of sitting. it's an ensemble. >> restrictive rules. it's a boys uniforms. >> she and her friends all emgramented from france to get

closer to religion in israel. >> let's go in my room. when i wake up i do the -- what is this? it's a ritual that we do every morning to purify ourselves. we take the custom and we go one, two, three, four, five, six and for the seventh, we do this. you do this first thing when you wake up. >> in sharon's closet, no short, no paints. -- pants. she's only allowed to wear skirts. >> for example, this one shrunk. it's my fault. i'm not very good doing laundry but normally it doesn't go above the knees. it's modesty meaning we're not going to show our entire botsdz. it's a form of respects. we don't show our embows or knees. >> how was its? >> it was all right.

>> were you stressed? >> not at all. the controversy that started here traveled all the way to the boarding school. >> i personally think it's not a very good idea. it's a way of provoking boyles. >> it's not an outfit appropriate for school. at the beach, fine but at school, you must have a minimum of modesty. >> these rules are for us, for our own good. i believe they're rules to put us on the rights path towards being good girls. >> i think it's better with regards to myself. it shows a side of my personality. people won't approach me for my looks but for who i am on the nments. >> the mandatory dress code. tang one. -- take one. >> in the high school's highways. ravy ensures the respect of these modesty ruleles. >> when the people came back to

the land of israel, it was in order to recruitment a jewish homeland in palestinian so what does it mean to rebuild a jewish homeland? it means there's an essential difference that we are going to live by the rules of jewism. otherwise, it would be the same as jews living in the center of paris or new york. >> he's right. israel today is no longer a secular nation. in the streets, in the government, religious people have a say on almost every major issue. in renanna at the encenter of this battle, kai won her bet. >> i came in and they didn't say

a thing. all the girls were shocked that they didn't ask me anything. >> i'm happy they didn't comment. >> they didn't even look at my shorts. i aim -- came in as if everything were normal. >> the teenage girls are aware of the onslaught of reactions they've caused in the last few days. >> there were a lot of posts. >> on instagram, lots of stories, videos, on facebook, thousands of followers. almost half a million. this support is so important to our story. without it nothing would have happened. >> is this the power of social media? a more advantageousce political context? in israel, every year there is an sup. scho girls protesting for the right to wear shorts. until now, wourment success. >> it's not just about the short. we've learned a lifelessen.

-- lesson. never give up. fight for what you believe in until they finally listen for what you have to say. >> for the three tieges teenage girls, the fights stops here. time to go back to their previous days and the carelessness of their scoop days. however, for bresha and lots of other women in israel, the fight is far from over. this summer, thousands ered in tell ail veeve to protest against this. >> the conversation about their clothes is rising each year, as if they are some object that you need to discuss. if they're behaved well enough to go into soments or not. >> they're realizinging this injustice at a very young age. they won't be able to turn it off. they'll go to the army and see it and then they'll go to work and they'll see it.

>> amongst a crowd, thousands of israelis are gathered to denounce the ma chizz mo of a society stuck between rabbis and soldiers. >> our signs say still not asking for it. not asking for remain, not sexual violence, not murder. we deserve respect no matter what we're wearing. >> the battle is being fought at schools, in the streets. religious people are trying to control the public space but with their shorts, these young girls are standing up to them. [chanting] >> the religious -- in the country will always be a part of the way we work here but, i

enmoo, we have our opinion. the opinion of the non-religious people and we won't let them take over the way we feel and our public spaces. there will always be a fight about it. >> a battle to exist but non-religious people won't be able to change the nature of their own country. this is the paradox of israel. created to welcome the jewish people. if the hebrew nation ceases to be religious, it would lose one of its primary and original purposes. ♪ >> thank you so much for that report. it's fascinating to see the two dimensions there within the one state. it's kind of unbelievable in many ways. in controversy about girls wearing short shorts to school, is it as much about misogyny as

about religion? >> you'd think so in any other country. you would think that well, it's about feminism. like women are just fighting for their rights to wear where they want but for kai and her parents and her friends it was very important also to fight because they say if we lets the religious men saying how we should wear clothes clothes, if it's modest or immodest then they will ask for more. so for them it's as much about feminism as fighting for secular israel. >> is it this notion that it's men making rules that women have to follow and in that sense a kinds of ma sooge any? >> yes, but it's also about religion is working. in every religion but in the jewish religion women are doing a lot. the women are working. the men are praying all day, doing a lot of things but they are not in front on the front

line. the religion parties in israel don't have any women candidates and they are not having words about what's happening. >> women like -- are rare indeed. how about the young girl that you featured? kai barrett, who is a remarkable young lady. what's the latest on her? >> she was loufed to wear short so she won the battle in a way. she's still young so she went back to school and normal life but it's very interesting because the young ladies there are very aaffirmative. it's a jung generation saying enough is enough. we want to be able to live our life how we want and it's not the first time that there is a problem in israeli schools about shorts put it's the first time that a group of girls actually won. >> and well done. and what an example they set for other girls who wants to basically live and do the things

they want to do no matters what others say. thank you very much. you can see clotille's reports with begin via our website. . thank you. most of you will, do stay safe. ♪

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