two french teenagers charged with complicity in the murder of the teacher samuel paty. welcome to the programme. we will start in the us where the director of national intelligence as iran and russia have both attempted to interfere in the forthcoming presidential election. speaking in washingtonjohn back accused the two countries a of using illicitly attained voter registration details. we would like to alert the public that we have identified that two foreign actors, iran and russia, have taken specific actions to influence public opinion relating to our elections. first, we have confirmed that some voter registration information has been obtained by iran and separately by russia. this data can be used by foreign actors to attempt to communicate force information to registered voters that they hope will cause confusion, so chaos, and undermine your confidence and american democracy. undermine your confidence john bateman is a former a nalyst of john bateman is a former analyst of policy and now a fellow at the carnegie endowment for international peace and spoke to me

of the complaints over samuel pepys class and he murdered samuel petit beheaded him on the street as he walked home from school but of course a very shocking and brutal murder shocked fronts. teachers are sort of highly regarded in and respected in many ways it shocked france and it came off the back of the presence of france to explaining how he wanted to crackdown if you will on what he's sore as extreme islamic conservatism he'd already been talking about this and in the wake of the murder of samuel patsy there was a broader crackdown on there were some arrests on people who'd been on terror watch lists in france a mosque in the paris suburbs was closed for 6 months because the mosque. had put on facebook on social media this video of a parent complaining about samuel patsey and the consequence of that particularly for example the closure of the. mosque was that of course the the vast majority of muslims in france are. not involved in any way and of interest in any tour in this sort of extremist activity but there were complaints that everybody was being blamed for the behavior of

samuel patsey now he's under pressure because he has been seen as not being tough enough. on terrorism as they call it now he faces a presidential election in 2022 the pressure on mccrum is coming from the right particularly the far right and it's likely that markham will end up running out running off again against marine le pen the leader of france's far right national front party so in that context many people see he has been he has given the speech where he's singling out aspects of conservative islam that are not compatible with the how he sees it the secular values of the french state so it's on background that in the context of that background we can see these attacks and the challenges francis had within its different communities to integrate the values that french state enforces in terms of separatism taught from from school on wards and the need a smack on himself said in his speech to allow people to practice their religion freely and observe. religious faith without interference and well regardless of whether it was a defensive move by mccrone or not it certain

the paid tribute to samuel paty.aries and paris, they call it in the face of the republic. for france's secular martyr, an irish rock song. samuel paty‘s coffin was carried into the sorbonne to the u2 song 0ne, a favourite of his. a song about unity and division, fitting for a nation making sense of this attack. on his coffin, the legion d'honneur, awarded to him by president macron tonight. samuel paty, mr macron said, was one of those teachers you never forget. he was the face of france. translation: samuel paty was killed for this, because he embodied the republic that is reborn every day in classrooms, the freedom that is transmitted and maintained in schools. samuel paty was killed because the islamists want our future and they know that with quiet heroes like him, they will never have it. away from this sombre ceremony, there's been a frantic burst of government activity against the spread of militant ideas. president macron has been promising action on this issue since he came to office, but this attack happen

they will not prevail said samuel was a victim of lies a conspiracy theory. of what we are on friday he became the face of the republic and our desire to bring down terrorist networks to live like a community of free citizens. becomes a more details have emerged about who have been detained in connection with that attack including 2 minors a 14 and 15 year old who were paid some 300 euros for information to show the attack of. who he was following school on friday now that beheading is left many here of. searching opened up a plan of worms about this concept this french concept of freedom of speech and while they have been many more people saying they are defiant that they will continue they're also saying that perhaps they should be limits on freedom of speech this comes as the french government to clamp down that's included the closure of the more. for 6 months now we spoke to some of the people at the mosque which is being closed for the sole purpose of preventing terrorism and that's because on its facebook page it distributed a video that incited to hatr

among the readings was a poem written for samuel paty by the french singer, gauvain sers.the horrors that we live through, "but the killing of innocent people, that we don't get used to." president macron then lead a minute's silence. as the country's motto appeared on the ancient stones in front of him, the service ended with a simple marseillaise but samuel paty has left france with a painful question, how values meant to protect the nation failed to protect the man who taught them and instead provoked his death. lucy williamson, bbc news, paris. the us presidential election is in less than two weeks time. the democratic challenger, joe biden, has made nowhere near as many public appearances as the president. but more than a0 million americans have already cast their ballot in early voting, and it's thought to be helping the democrats. tomorrow night, joe biden and donald trump will hold their final debate in nashville, tennessee, from where our north america editor, jon sopel, reports. joe biden onstage in north carolina at the weekend. the last public event that he's d

france is holding a national tribute to samuel patty -- samuel spady -- samuel paty, the teacher who was killed last week. he was killed five days ago after showing cartoons of the prophet mohammed during classes on a lesson of freedom of expression. the suspected perpetrator, an 18-year-old chechen refugee, was shot by police. for more no, we are joined by our correspondent in paris. good evening to you. today, a national day of communion held all over the country. there is a memorial ceremony were ever you are, at the sorbonne. what can you tell us? >> earlier this evening, the french president held a very emotional speech, very personal. he said that the teacher was one of those teachers you will never forget, that he was one of those teachers whose -- who taught students how to think for themselves, how to be critical, like citizens here in france, and micron also said that samuel paty is now the face of france. as i looked around, i could see ny peoplmae eath irsn eir eyes being moved, and after the speech, they clapped. aty's family. ent:

and the problem is that when we spoke to people after the attack on samuel patty. particularly muslims practicing muslims in france people begin to feel like they're all being tarred with the same brush or they're all being targeted simply because of their religious faith and the difficulty for france france but. is trying to integrate a perhaps 10 percent of the population is estimated to be muslim although france doesn't officially count people's religious affiliations but it's an estimate to be about 10 percent of the population the difficulty is. trying to rate trying to prevent these attacks while not alienating of a significant proportion of the population. but i just take us through once again what we know about what happened today this all began at around 9 am local time in france yes. yes it began at 9 o'clock. in the morning or maybe just before when the attack armed with a knife entered the church not right in the center. didn't you understand attacking people who were inside the church one of the people who was killed we are understanding from reports f

they will not prevail samuel was a victim of lies and conspiracy theories. of what we are on friday he became the fisa public and our desire to bring down terrorists. to live like a community. exists. well that tribute to some new party came as we learned more information about some of those who are being detained at the moment in connection with that terror attack last friday when the stand to mine is amongst those 14 the 15 year old who is said to have told the assailant to samuel patty was describing him and then waiting with the 18 year old attacker off to school pointing out the teacher mr purdie they were given 300 euros for that information that led to the brutal beheading of some your party now this has opened. a can of worms here in france over this question of freedom of speech freedom of speech which is really cool to the identity of the french republic and while there have been more of people who want to go out to defend that right to their core there are others who are saying that they should perhaps be limits on freedom of speech and what peopl

when we first met single dad samuel... when we go in the lifts, what do we do? into graffiti artists! some good, some bad. samuel and his two boys — six—year—old lysander and three—year—old denuel — share this one—bedroom flat on the 15th floor. with nearby parks closed and the lifts often broken, this family would spend 23 hours in here. but after months of being inside, today, they're off. holiday! go on, then. 100 miles away to north devon. at last! ken and sheila — bbc breakfast viewers — wanted to give samuel and his boys a break, so they offered them their home in devon. we saw your piece that you did on samuel, about him living on the 15th floor of a block of flats and trying to, you know, get the children not to touch the inside of the lifts in case they picked up the virus. and it was that that really made me think. took you back to when you were... yeah. ..little. i lived in east london in a block of flats. i thought, if we could get him down here to north devon, you know, they've got the best beaches. we got all countryside, lots of place. so you can

since his death on friday, samuel paty, like others before him, has become a symbol of france itself. to be here today to show our collective strength because that's what can help us follow our principles during tough times. translation: we're here to defend the values of the republic — liberty, equality, fraternity and secularism. the government is too inactive. something must be done. the prime minister, jean castex, arrived in place de la republique in a mask printed with the french flag. his message on twitter today read, "you won't scare us, we're france." the newest slogan on posters here, "i am samuel" or, simply, "i am a teacher", an echo of the rallying cry sparked by the attacks on charlie hebdo five years ago. this sombre rally is a show of unity in the wake of samuel paty‘s death, but it's also proof of the power of social media to deliver a message and bring people together. the same power that enabled a one—man campaign against a local teacher to spiral out of control. samuel paty was killed by a man who knew him only through social media, the result of an online campaig

well before the murder of samuel patsy emanuel macron had given a major speech on islam and he received some criticism for this speech because he said that islam spoke about a crisis within islam and said he needed an enlightenment period like christianity to have several 100 years ago talked about cracking down on islamic separatism what he saw as an attempt by some. conservative muslims to impose conservative islamic beliefs that would eclipse the traditional values of the french republic got his secretary. secularism and lasix say now was criticized for that speech because it was seen as him patronize a people who are muslim and and in the wake of that there was this murder of samuel patsey he had shown to a group of schoolchildren caricature was of the prophet muhammad this was in a class to illustrate secularism on freedom of speech these cartoons of caricature offended some of the children in particular parents of those children who through social media started to come pay in a complaint to criticize the teacher and it seems that off the back of that campaign this an 18 year 'd ol

we've seen today a very moving all mosh at the sorbonne for the school teacher samuel paty. in that context of his brutal murder and the continued investigation going on, the interior minister of france has commented -- i was quite alarmed by what he said. i'm sure you shared that alarm. on kosher food being in aisles and supermarkets, that not being republican. >> the french interior minister has been criticized for the remarks he made considering international food aisles and french supermarkets. he said he was shocked to see foods for religious communities being in separate aisles. he was saying the separation of these products could contribute to the isolation of religious minorities or lead to radicalization. users have reacted to these comments. a left wing european deputy went on twitter to say the breeding ground would be ravioli. does he plan to ban easter eggs, or this user, posting, other users were more difficult to say. big brands have isolated certain cultures. others say, i totally agree. inappropriate marketing. finally, there was a caricature of him saying,

around 1500 people who regularly come and worship posted a video inciting hatred against teachers samuel party in the days before he was killed now the person the author of video is under arrest at the moment and is also said to be exchanged messages with the killer now the rector of this mosque has expressed extreme regret for sharing that video on the facebook page of the mosque this is a statement that's only last we strongly condemn the savagery islam and its teachings categorically condemn such acts the grand mosque needs its most sincere condolences to the family and loved ones of samuel petit and because violence has no place in a religion which calls for a fraternity and respect for difference as well the beheading of the 47 year old teacher has cool really struck a new hair in france that this all unfolded off the he gave a civics education lesson and during that lesson he was talking about freedom of speech and he showed controversial images of the muslim prophet mohammed which really upset everyone and that is a reason that the 18 year old who murdered him said he did so this

french police say samuel paty, the history teacher who was beheaded in a suspected islamist attack, hadeen threatened for several days. a landside election victory for new zealand's, jacinda ardern, widely praised for her handling of the coronavirus pandemic. thank you to the many people who gave us their vote. who trusted us to continue with leading new zealand's recovery. a police officer, poisoned in the salisbury novichok attack, quits saying he can no longer do thejob. and when bury fc collapsed last august, a group of fans made it their mission to bring football back to their town. you can see the full story here on bbc news — in half an hour. good evening and welcome to bbc news. there's further confusion in greater manchester tonight as local leaders deny downing street's claim that talks have been arranged to resolve a row over covid restrictions. it comes as more than 28 million people in england have spent their first day under tighter measures. and in northern ireland, it's been 2a hours since a 4—week so called "circuit—breaker" lockdown was introduced, meaning all hospital

french police say samuel paty — the history teacher who was beheaded in a suspected islamist attack —een threatened for several days. in new zealand jacinda ardern is re elected with a landslide victory — she was widely praised for her handling of the coronavirus pandemic. thank you to the many people who gave us their vote, who trusted us to continue with leading new zealand's recovery. hundreds of people have been queuing at a hospital in eastern china — where a covid—19 vaccine is being offered to the public for the first time. new laws are being put forward to make it illegalfor anyone to pick up and use their mobile phone while driving. and it ends even in an eventful merseyside derby — liverpool were denied a late winner by var — leaving it everton 2—2 liverpool. good afternoon. millions more people have seen covid—19 rules tighten, as areas including london, york and essex have moved up england's new three—tier alert system. there's still stalemate between local politicians in greater manchester and the government over the introduction of stricter coronavirus measures there. me

well for our story this hour in france as people continue to mourn the slain teacher samuel pati the 47 year old was brutally killed last week and actually able to terrorism the government has ordered the closure of a mosque accused of links to the group as part of its pledge to fight hate speech with all the latest developments his shot it. several organizations are being shut down as a result of the attack on some real party almost a week ago in france and that includes the mosque behind me this is the grand mosque of punks on you know the reason the order says on the front of the mosque that it is being closed on wednesday is because that is for the sole purpose of preventing acts of terrorism and that's because this mosque which has around 1500 people who regularly come and worship posted a video inciting hatred against teaches samuel party in the days before he was killed now the person the author of video is under arrest at the moment and is also said to be exchanged messages with the killer now the rector of this mosque has expressed extreme regret for sharing that video on th

samuel burner it was commissioned explicitly to bring back good news because it was believed at that time that they were the least civilized people on the planet and the whole point of the st louis world's fair was to map human progress from the lowest to the highest with a pygmies said to represent the lowest form of humanity. since as you know 85 the congo had been the property of the belgian keenly uphold the 2nd his authority was unchallenged and his rule was particularly violent and hosh acts of brutality commonplace. samuel bodman himself said how he captured the pagans he wrote about how the people were crying as he was like loading most people on to the ships and how some got away he also indicated how he had gone into villages with force he was armed and he had consent and the support of a good all regime to exercise his mission. of all the so-called specimens presented at the exhibition the pygmies aroused the gracious cheery. among the visitors. they represented absolute savagery. this small stature was due to move from logical adaptation to living in the equitorial rainfo

france is holding a national day of tribute for samuel paty.ed by an 18—year—old attacker who was later shot dead by police, but seven other people are being prosecuted in connection with the murder. the french anti—terrorism public prosecutor gave more details today. translation: the attacker arrived at the college at about 2pm. he approached a student and offered around 300 euros to identify mr paty. as he stood with the attacker, several other students arrived — the first one explained to them what the attacker was suggesting. they agreed to share the money. others decided not to stay. the student who had agreed to take the money gave the killer a physical description of mr paty. the attacker told them he was going to punish mr paty for showing the cartoons of the prophet, and humiliate and beat him. what we know of those who will be prosecuted in connection with this crime? he mentioned the prosecutor, they've not technically been placed under judicial investigation, but they will be. a key figure is a teacher is the parent of the school ——

samuel paty was murdered for teaching his students, including young muslims, about freedom of speech,ding the freedom to mock religion. his killing was seen as an attack on france's secular values. my guest is dominique schnapper, president of a council which advises the government on secularism in education. is the macron government getting its response to this tragedy right? dominique schnapper in paris, welcome to hardtalk. welcome. thank you. well, it's a pleasure to have you on the show. i think we have to begin with the horrible, brutal murder of samuel paty on october 16th outside the school in which he taught, not very far from paris itself. he was murdered by an 18—year—old young man who is a product of the french school system himself. given your position as an adviser to the government on secularism in education, i would very much like you just to give me your immediate response when you heard the news of this terrible crime. it was absolutely horrible. it took me more than a week to recover from the shock. of course, there was this man, who was obviously a wonderful teache

tributes are paid to samuel paty, the teacher beheaded in paris on friday, in what the french presidentas called a cowardly attack. countries across europe see record highs in confirmed covid—19 cases, as the continent becomes the new epicentre of the pandemic. and thousands of lebanese mark the anniversary of a mass protest movement against a political elite, now blamed for august's deadly blast in beirut. people have no means to survive or continue, and the ones who came here today are sending one message: they are here to stay, and waiting for the change. hello and welcome to bbc news. a new ceasefire has come into effect in the bitter conflict over the disputed territory of nagorno—kara bakh. the humanitarian truce was announced in identical statements from armenia and azerbaijan, and came after the russian foreign minister, sergei lavrov, spoke to both sides. over the past couple of days each side has accused the other of fresh attacks violating another truce, including an azeri claim that armenia had shelled its second city ganja, killing civilians. our correspondent rayhan demtyr

teachers in france demand better protection as the nation reels from the shock of samuel pieties murder at the hands of a terrorist. mind is many many things it's a tale of terror my profession needs to be protected. the 14 year old boy caught up in the war between armenia and azerbaijan tells r t what his family lived through and how they got to safety. before school time nobody in congo i don't think and uncles insania off to buy it so what i've done wrong data. and public anger boils over in the italian city of naples as a region wide lockdown takes effect following a surge in crowd of cases. a broadcast live directly from our studios in moscow this is our 2 international i'm sean thomas so i think a lot of time rifts. now teachers in france are speaking out in the wake of a colleague's murder last week many say that they are facing unacceptable daily risks while at work we heard from english teacher gabriel well tons you know tragedy that happened last week that. mine is many many things it's a tale of terror teachers in strong are expected to do a lot and it sounds like we will be

in the wake of samuel patti's gruesome murder the french state wants to show that it's being quick to act police have raided the homes of islam is activists engaged on social networks more than 80 investigations for online hatred have been arrests have already taken place since yesterday around 50 associative structures will see a certain number of visits from state services all week long and several of them at my suggestion will be dissolved in the council of ministers this latest terror attack is only likely to harden the state starts until it's already led to more accusations that muslims need to take cover or are calling me asking me whether i was raided or not so we have wished the poor into that everybody is scared that there would be 5 or 6 o'clock in the morning i fear that you know i will have to be careful of what i post and my freedom of speech as a human rights activist is literally on the balance among still going to as ations in the crossfire n.g.o.s including the collective against islamophobia in france also known as c c i f it describes itself as being human rights or

since his death on friday, samuel paty, like others before him, has become a symbol of france itself.'s important to be here today to show our collective strength because that's what can help us follow our principles during tough times. translation: we're here to defend the values of the republic — liberty, equality, fraternity and secularism. the government is too inactive. something must be done. the prime minister, jean castex, arrived in place de la republique in a mask printed with the french flag. his message on twitter today read, "you won't scare us, we're france." the newest slogan on posters here, "i am samuel" or, simply, "i am a teacher", an echo of the rallying cry sparked by the attacks on charlie hebdo five years ago. this sombre rally is a show of unity in the wake of samuel paty‘s death, but it's also proof of the power of social media to deliver a message and bring people together. the same power that enabled a one—man campaign against a local teacher to spiral out of control. samuel paty was killed by a man who knew him only through social media, the result of an on

same method was used to kill one person as was used on that teacher who was beheaded 2 weeks ago samuel patty we know the anti terror prosecution has taken over this investigation and while it has not been labeled officially a terror attack it does appear to have all the hallmarks of an islamist attack and that is certainly the view of nieces man. in this new tragedy today we see victims of islamofascism which i repeatedly denounced so 3 dead in this attack but also others have been injured the perpetrator was detained on the scene he was shot by police and then taken to hospital but it's understood that he shouted. out several times god is great again giving us another clear indication of the motivations behind this attack there has been a lot of reaction coming through thick and fast about what's happened in niece many people shocked many people sending their thoughts and prayers but also these very strong words from the leader of the national rally marine le pen. the dramatic acceleration of islamist eric to war against our fellow citizens in our country demands from our leaders a co

samuel paty, who was a7, was targeted on the outskirts of paris yesterday.ceived threats after recently showing his students caricatures of the prophet muhammad. nine people have been arrested, including the father of a child at the school where he worked. new zealand's prime minister, jacinda ardern, has won a landslide victory in the country's general election, after a campaign fought on her achievements in tackling covid—19. the labour party has won 49.4% of the vote, bringing them a projected 64 seats — a rare absolute majority in parliament. the opposition centre—right national party won 26.8% percent of the votes, winning a projected 35 seats. ms ardern spoke after her victory was confirmed. thank you to the people who worked so hard to share our message. who volunteered for us in what felt like an endless campaign. thank you to the candidates and members of parliament who worked not just for six weeks but for three years to earn their communities‘ support. cheering and applause but most importantly, thank you to the many people who gave us their vote,

tributes are paid to samuel paty, the teacher beheaded in paris on friday, in what the french presidentas called a cowardly attack. opening up in australia — the state of victoria eases some of its toughest coronavirus restrictions. and thousands of lebanese mark the anniversary of a mass protest movement against a political elite, now blamed for august's deadly blast in beirut. people have no means to survive or continue, and the ones who came here today are sending one message. they are here to stay, and waiting for the change. within hours of a humanitarian ceasefire being declared over nagorno—karabakh, armenia has accused azerbaijan of breaking it with an artillery and rocket bombardment. the armenian ministry of defence said shelling and rocket fire had been reported from the north and the south. azerbaijan is yet to respond to the allegations. over the past couple of days each side has accused the other of fresh attacks violating another truce, including an azeri claim that armenia had shelled its second city ganja, killing civilians. earlier our correspondent rayhan demtyrie sen

the values of france of the republic which have been targeted through the murder of samuel patsy. whether it is this professor or another no matter which french college or high school who started this freedom and look at caricature not necessarily of muhammad but we look at caricatures to show freedom of expression. well they're all questions over whether this could in some and even more hate we do know that france has had a longstanding problem with home grown islamic radicalism and in the last few weeks president machen set out to stall in what was being pretty much a speech saying how he was going to fight against this and he talked about a drop bill that still to be presented in december that will look down closing homeschooling closest scrutiny of many organizations and he said that this was to tackle foreign to influence interference here in france you know the trough bill which we released in december we've had little trinkets of what's coming out given that we've seen mosques like this being shut down in the wake of some your party president mark warner has said he will co

the death of samuel paty has horrified the country.ently targeted for showing cartoons of the prophet mohammed to his pupils during a lesson on freedom of speech. the attacker, a refugee of chechen origin, had been waiting outside the school and had asked pupils to identify his victim. he was later shot dead by police. from paris, lucy williamson has more. samuel paty was a 47—year—old teacher of history and geography who decided to use two cartoons of muhammad as part of a class on freedom of speech. investigators say it sparked a social media campaign by one outraged parent and there had been threats against the school. translation: now the priority for us is to look after the children because i think it was very hard for them and it still is. translation: memories are going to come back. he is going to say, "my teacher is not there", and apparently there are photographs going round of the scene. i hope they don't see those because i think they are already going to be affected by this for life. flowers mark the places where lives are

tributes are paid to samuel paty, the teacher beheaded in paris on friday, in what the french president has called a cowardly attack. a new humanitarian ceasefire comes into effect between armenia and azerbaijan over the disputed region of nagorno—karabakh. countries across europe see record highs in confirmed covid—19 cases, as the continent becomes the new epicentre of the pandemic. and thousands of lebanese mark the anniversary of a mass protest movement against a political elite, now blamed for august's deadly blast in beirut. people have no means to survive or continue and the ones who came here today are sending one message — they are here to stay and waiting for the change. hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. the french authorities have named the teenager who brutally murdered a teacher in a paris suburb on friday in a suspected islamist attack. police believe samuel paty was targeted because he showed pupils controversial cartoons of the prophet muhammad, in a lesson on free speech. abdullakh abouyezidvitch, an 18—year—old chechen, died after being sho

teachers in france demand better protection as the nation reels from the shock of samuel potties murder at the hands of a terrorist. desperate a colleague of mine has many many thinks it's a tale of terror by profession needs to be protected. potence constitutional court bangs almost all abortions the sparking nationwide protests. the 14 year old boy caught up in the war between armenia and azerbaijan tells our team how we got his family to safety. because little guy who'll john nobody in tangata link at our culture has a new yard to buy so what i mean dad. very well welcome you watching on t. international with me nicky aaron. teachers and français speaking out in the wake of a colleague's murder last week many feel their freedom to speak and instruct is now at risk anguished ha gabriel a tansey i spoke to a. tragedy that happened last week that. us mind is many many things it's a tale of terror teachers in strong arcs directed to do a lot and it sounds like we will be expected to even more trees and many ills in society and i know my colleagues and i are ready to take on many challeng

samuel patty was killed because the islam is want our future and because they know that with com heroes such as him they will never have it mr patsy was walking home from school in a paris suburb last friday when he was attacked and beheaded prosecutors say he's 18 year old killer wanted to avenge the teachers use of caricature walls of the prophet muhammad in a class on freedom of expression after the murder french authorities launched a widespread crackdown on people and groups they say incited anger that led to the killing this paris mosque has now been closed for 6 months because it published a video on facebook of an angry father of a student at the school calling for action against the teacher worshippers at the pantai mosque so they're being collectively punished it's. this kind of injustice because just one person did something wrong and we're going to to to close the mosque and there's like 1000 people that are praying here mosques in the french cities of bordeaux and bessie and now under police protection because they've received threats of violence. to 14 and 15 year old stud