the man the gang freed his i 30-year-old mohammed amra, recently 30—year—old mohammed amra, recentlyrglary. but also a suspect in _ convicted of burglary. but also a suspect in a _ convicted of burglary. but also a suspect in a fatal _ convicted of burglary. but also a suspect in a fatal kidnapping - convicted of burglary. but also a suspect in a fatal kidnapping in l convicted of burglary. but also a i suspect in a fatal kidnapping in the increasingly crime affected southern city of marseille. mohammed amra and his accomplices are now the target of a huge french police manhunt. the ambush and the killings took place at this motorwayjunction an hour outside paris late this morning. forensic experts are at the scene. a burned—out car was later found some distance away. the authorities here are promising swiftjustice for an attack that has badly shaken france. translation: they will be arrested. they will be judged and they will be punished, commiserate to the crimes they have committed. in punished, commiserate to the crimes they have committed.— they have committed. in paris there wa

mohammed amra, known as the fly. he is mohammed amra, known as the fly.onviction for burglary. but he was also a suspect in a much bigger and more serious case. this was an allegation that he was involved in the kidnapping of someone that led to the death. that took place in the city of marseille. in the south of france. that is a city where in the past year or so they have really been struggling with an increase in a gang violence. nearly 50 murders last year were linked to tensions, to fighting between the gangs there. that is an illustration of maybe how the crime in that part of france has spilled over with fatal devastating consequences here. we also know the man who was played mohammed amra was someone who had a long list of convictions. his first at the age of 15. 13 convictions in convictions. his first at the age of 15. i3 convictions in all. we were listening to his lawyer bring up a french radio station and he was saying that he really liked to believe that his client didn't know what was going to happen, that he wasn't the subject of this big

amra and his accomplices are now being hunted by hundreds of police officers — from here in rouen, asecial forces from across the country. the burnt—out vehicle that initiated the killing, a starting point for clues. forensic and other specialist investigators spent hours at the scene of the ambush. a violent attack on security staff is relatively rare in france, so many have found the level of indiscriminate violence used chilling. nick beake, bbc news, rouen, france. schools in england will be banned from teaching sex education to children younger than nine, under new government plans. the guidance, due to be published on thursday, is said to include plans to ban any children being taught about gender identity. current guidance says it's down to primary schools to decide whether they need to cover any aspect of sex education to meet the needs of their pupils. i've been speaking to our political correspondent helen catt about the new guidance. it came about after rishi sunak ordered a review about this time last year into the teaching of relationships, sex and health education in sch

inside the van was — mohamed amra — known as "the fly" — who was being driven through a toll booth onon — when the van was attacked. our europe correspondent nick beake reports. an unremarkable tollbooth in northern france, and the scene of a swift and brutal ambush. cctv footage shows the moment a dark car veers into a white prison van, and at least two masked attackers start shooting. and at least two masked terrified passengers on a passing bus throw themselves to the ground, as the bullets ring out. one assailant is seen strolling calmly among the other vehicles on the motorway. then here you can make out the prisoner himself, wearing white trainers, as he emerges from the prison van. the gang sets fire to their own vehicle — the smoke only adding to the chaos. some of them run towards another car, a white one, to begin their escape. the aftermath, carnage. two prison officers dead, others gravely injured, as their police colleagues began a painstaking search for evidence in an attack that's been described as an assault on france itself. translation: they will be arrested. the wil

mohamed amra, a manforthe much away at this point.aph of course now circulating foreign wide. and it has been revealed this morning he launched some sort of effort to free himself from this prison earlier in the week, trying to sort through the bars of his prison cell. that was not successful, but we know that what happened yesterday was, the motorway and bosch. and it was captured on cctv food. we had the moment the suspect in distinctive white trainers was able to get out of the van and flee with the rest of the gang —— the motorway ambush. a word on the manhunt, you are not seeking france today hundreds of police, they are not obviously on display. so that is unlike previous episodes where there have been terror attacks and you have seen lots of armed officers flooding the streets largely to give some sort of public reassurance. what has been happening today, though, is that prison officers in solidarity with their colleagues who were killed yesterday have been remembering them and also protesting because they say they are angry ab

amra and his accomplices are now the target of a huge french police manhunt.our northwest of paris late this morning. forensic experts are at the scene. a burned out car was later found some distance away. the authorities here are promising swift justice for an attack that has badly shaken france. translation: they will be arrested. they will be judged and they will be punished commensurate to the crime that they have committed the crime. in paris there was a minute's silence this afternoon in the french parliament. the prime minister seeking to capture the mood. not her pain. translation: our grief is that of an entire country, _ an entire country shocked by this attack of unprecedented violence, by the brutality and cowardice of its perpetrators. around the scene of today's ambush, still a strong security presence. french police have faced all sorts of challenges in recent years, but an open attack of such extreme violence is rare and will be troubling to many here. andrew harding, bbc news, france. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. let's

amra and his compasses are the target of huge french policeman hundred the ambush and killings took placeotorway junction an hour northwest of paris late this morning. forensic experts are at the scene. a burned-out car was found some distance away. the authorities are promising swift justice for an attack that is badly shaken france. >> they will be arrested. they will be judged. and they will be punished commencement to the crime that they have committed -- commensurate to the crime that they have committed. >reporter: in paris, there was a minute's the prime minister seeking to capture the moment. -- there was a minutes silence in the french parliament, the prime minister seeking to capture the moment. >>y the brutality and cowardice of its perpetrators. reporter: there is at the scene of today's ambush still a strong security presence. french police have faced also with their challenges in recent years, but an open attack of such extreme violence is rare, and troubling to many here. andrew harding, bbc news, france. ben: around the world and across the u.k., you are watching bbc news.

amra and his accomplices are now being hunted by hundreds of police officers, from here in rouen, asthat initiated the killing, a starting point for clues. at the parliament in paris, a minute's silence to honour the victims. the prime minister conveying the sense of grief. translation: our grief is that of an entire country, _ an entire country shocked by this attack of unprecedented violence, by the brutality and cowardice of its perpetrators. forensic and other specialist investigators spent hours at the scene of the ambush. a violent attack on security staff is relatively rare in france, so many have found the level of indiscriminate violence used today chilling. nick beake, bbc news, rouen, france. before we go, as we've been reporting, the us secretary of state antony blinken has been visiting kyiv. after he'd finished his diplomatic mission, he went out to relax and ended up on stage, playing guitar with a band in an underground bar. his choice of music — the neil young classic rocking in the free world. take a listen. # rocking in the free world... the song was written in 198

amra and his accomplices are now being hunted by hundreds of police officers, from here in rouen, as french special forces from across the country. the burnt—out vehicle that initiated the killing, a starting point for clues. at the parliament in paris, a minute's silence to honour the victims. the prime minister conveying the sense of grief. translation: our grief is that of an entire country, _ an entire country shocked by this attack of unprecedented violence, by the brutality and cowardice of its perpetrators. forensic and other specialist investigators spent hours at the scene of the ambush. a violent attack on security staff is relatively rare in france, so many have found the level of indiscriminate violence used today chilling. nick beake, bbc news, rouen, france. ukraine's energy operator has rolled out emergency blackouts around the country after weeks of russian strikes on power plants left the country unable to deal with a sharp drop in temperatures. it comes as ukraine is struggling to hold back a major russian incursion near its second biggest city of kharkiv, one of th

the french authorities have revealed that for the past month, amra was being held at this prison, andthe bars of his prison cell. that attempt failed. but the ambush yesterday just up the failed. but the ambush yesterdayjust up the road was successful. the attack at the motorway toll booth seems to have been carefully planned. the white prison van being rammed by gunmen who then opened fire much the prisoner in white trainers then whisked away sparking a huge man—hunt. if the police are making progress in their search for france's most wanted men, there are no signs publicly yet that the net is closing in. joe biden and donald trump will officially go head to head on the debate stage. current us president biden and former president trump have agreed to two televised debates in the coming months. cnn will host the first debate onjune 27. it will take place in the battleground state of georgia. cnn says there will be no audience in attendance at the june debate. meanwhile, debate number two is set for september 10, hosted by us broadcaster abc news with a location yet to be determined.

amra was recently convicted of burglary and had been charged with a deadly kidnapping.e in march causing it to collapse, suffered power outages before leaving port due to human error. the national transportation safey board report says officials are still investigating why the vessel lost power again in the moments before it struck the bridge. six people on the bridge died. donald trump's defence team cross—examined michael cohen, trump's former lawyer, on tuesday, attacking his credibility as a witness. mr cohen claimed that mr trump approved a plan to reimburse him for a hush money payment made to adult film actress stormy daniels, and that he kept mr trump informed at each stage. on his way out at the end of the day, mr trump spoke to the media, saying he would love to not be under the gag order, and mentioned he would rather be out on the campagin trail. 0ur north american correspondentjohn sudworth was at the court house, where mr trump was joined by several republican supporters. donald trump's defence team has as expected gordon pretty hard, attempting to questio

inside the van was drug dealer muhamed amra — known as "the fly", who was being taken from court backs there are no outward signs of that. we have not had any reports of houses being raided, of any new footage coming to light, suggesting that officers are closing in on the suspect. it actually does move from the city of rouen, just down the motorway. that is because this is the prison where muhamed amra had been kept for the past month or so and the french authorities had confirmed this morning that earlier this week he attempted to break out of here. we don't know how it sort of here. we don't know how it sort of came to pass but basically, he was trying to saw through the bars of his cell. clearly, that was an unsuccessful attempt but what happened yesterday was successful, from his point of view on the point of view of those who sprang him from that prison a vehicle that have of course, with the two prison officers being killed in that ambush. find being killed in that ambush. and what has been the reaction of the french public who saw those traumatic scenes as they played out on th

the man the gang freed is 30—year—old mohammad amra, recently convicted of burglary.as suspect in a fatal kidnapping in the crime affected city of marseille. the gang are now the target of a huge man hunt. the ambush and killings took place at this junction outside rouen late this morning. forensic experts are at the scene. a burned out car was later found some distance away. the authorities here are promising swiftjustice for an attack that has badly shaken france. translation: they will be arrested. they will be judged. and they will be punished. commensurate to the crime they have committed. in be punished. commensurate to the crime they have committed. in paris there was a — crime they have committed. in paris there was a minute's _ crime they have committed. in paris there was a minute's silence - crime they have committed. in paris there was a minute's silence in - crime they have committed. in paris there was a minute's silence in the i there was a minute's silence in the french parliament. the prime minister seeking to capture the mood. �* ,, �* minister seeki

amra and his accomplices are now being hunted by hundreds of police officers — from here in rouen, asforces from across the country. the burnt—out vehicle that initiated the killing, a starting point for clues. forensic and other specialist investigators spent hours at the scene of the ambush. a violent attack on security staff is relatively rare in france, so many have found the level of indiscriminate violence used chilling. nick beake, bbc news, rouen, france. we will be keeping up—to—date with developments in that case throughout the programme. what else do we need to know this morning? schools in england will be banned from teaching sex education to children younger than nine, under new government plans. our chief political correspondent henry zeffman joins us now. what do we know about these plans and how have we heard about them? morning. they have leaked, as often seems to happen, but they will be announced by the government very shortly. these plans affect schools in england specifically, where the current rules are that the sex education is compulsory in secondary school but

amra. i would like to tell you that the changes in entrance exams and tests should not be continuous. now consider that a very good report was broadcasted. it happened that in any case these changes in entrance exam, if these changes take place, in any case , these tests should also be changed at the same time . or if not, then the supreme council should give another resolution, then the supreme council should give another resolution, then the supreme education council itself should enter again. this will cause confusion for the candidates. we had this decision and these changes recently in the discussion of exams and education again if this comes give the changes, it means you think that for the first time, he wants to take the exam from the 10th grade. or any of these. these changes , i say, require time and need to understand the problem . i hope that the education itself will stop doing this in a general way and instead go to the point that the point i said should come first and integra

mohamed amra, an alleged international drug boss known as "the fly," sentenced for aggravated robberyso charged with a kidnapping that led to death. his alleged henchmen seen setting their vehicle ablaze before escaping, leaving two guards dead and seriously wounding three others. a massive manhunt is now underway. "they will be arrested, they will be tried, and they will be punished," says the french justice minister. chris livesay, cbs news. >> norah: police departments across the country are facing a dangerous shortage of police officers. what's behind it? we've got our "in depth" report next. with heart disease, you never know. so we made changes. green juice. yeah, not a fan. diet, exercise... statins helped. but our ldl-c (bad cholesterol)-it was stuck! stuck! just couldn't lower it enough. and high ldl-c meant a real risk of another attack. so i said, "let's ask our doctor about repatha." what can i say? listen to your heart. repatha plus a statin dramatically lowers ldl-c by 63%, and significantly drops the risk of having a heart attack. do not take repatha if you are allergic

in rafah today, our crew filmed at one of the only remaining hospitals where mohammed abu amra cries for his nine sisters, brothers, and niece, all killed in an israeli strike today. he is racked with guilt. he invited them to stay in his home because it's further away from israel's new positions. then, he says, for reasons he doesn't understand, israel bombed his house. "no one is left," he cries. "it's just me and the rest are here." the cia director is in cairo, along with negotiators from israel and hamas. the israeli military says it will intensify its operations in rafah unless there is a deal. lester? >> richard engel in jerusalem, thank you. >>> in 60 seconds, tiktok goes on the offensive. its chinese parent company is now fighting an order to sell. so what happens next for the millions who love one of the most popular apps in america? (♪♪) but this is a not flash. (♪♪) for moderate to severe vasomotor symptoms due to menopause... veozah is the first and only prescription treatment that directly blocks a source of hot flashes and night sweats. with 100% hormone—free veozah...

mohammad abu amra has his family lined up in body bags.e, my brother, my brother, my sister _ and my niece were martyred. we did nothing. we were sleeping peacefully. we are not hamas, nor any faction. i am a construction worker. what is happening in rafah still falls short of the full—scale ground offensive that world powers have warned against in this city crammed with the displaced people. there are new concerns that israel has now closed the two main crossing points for aid to gaza. the rafah crossing is now under the control of the israeli defence forces and is currently closed for the movement of goods and people in both directions. kerem shalom other crossing is also closed. that means that, currently, the two main arteries for getting aid into gaza is currently choked off. last night, gazans rejoiced after hamas declared it had accepted a ceasefire proposalfrom mediators. celebrations were short—lived, as israel said its core demands were not met and it would continue negotiations. israelis supporting the hostages took to the stree

this is the man who was freed in the bloody assault — 30—year—old mohammed amra, a convicted local burglarhe was also the suspect in a fatal kidnapping to georgia, where thousands of protestors remain on the streets and around parliament after mps on tuesday approved a divisive "foreign agent" law. under the bill ngos and independent media that receive more than 20% of their funding from foreign donors would have to register as organisations "bearing the interests of a foreign power". critics are likening the bill to legislation in neighbouring russia — used to stiffle dissent and silence criticism of the kremlin. earlier, there were clashes with riot police, when protesters tried to break through metal barriers near the parliament building. rayhan demytrie has more. earlier, there were clashes with riot police, when protesters tried to break through metal barriers near the parliament building. rayhan demytrie has more. they marched in with a warning against the protesters who have been demonstrating outside parliament for weeks. protesters stood defiantly, refusing to move away... ..and t

three other prison guards were injured when their van inside the van was a drug dealer, mohammed amraa toll booth. nasa says the sun produced its largest solar fare tuesday in its 11—year solar cycle that began in 2020. last week, other similar giant solar explosions were responsible for dazzling northern lights displays around the world. but nasa says the latest huge solar flare is not expected to have a geomagnetic impact on earth. thank you for watching bbc news. hello. we've some damp weather out there at the moment, and there's also some rain in the forecast for wednesday — not an awful lot. here's the outlook for the rest of the week — a bit of a mixed bag, a little bit of sunshine, some scattered showers, but at least it'll be relatively warm. now, on the satellite picture, you'll notice this swirl of cloud — that's an area of low pressure. this is the weather front, and this low pressure will stick around really for the rest of the week. so, actually, the overall weather pattern won't change an awful lot across the uk, but there will be some regional differences from day to da

police are hunting muhamed amra, a convicted criminal who was freed from the van.after an improved takeover offer worth £3.5 billion. international distribution services said daniel kretinsky�*s investment group, which already owns more than a quarter of the company, agreed to make certain commitments, including keeping six—day—a—week first class letter deliveries. a former high school headteacher has been found guilty of sexual offences against four girls. 66—year—old neil foden, who worked at a school in north wales, has been found guilty of 19 charges of sexually abusing the girls over a period of four years. here's our wales correspondent, tomos morgan. for over 25 years, neil foden was a head teacher at ysgol friars in bangor. he was previously an executive member for the national education union, but the 66—year—old was arrested after a child showed an adult a photo of them together and screenshots of sexually explicit messages. over a three—week trial, mold crown court heard how foden had groomed and abused four youngsters over a four—year period, in locatio

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will really be to honore really congratulate these cadet members that are graduating at west point amraictor, back to you. give me a little chalice. thank you well, there's more trouble. >> legal trouble for disgrace music mogul sean diddy combs this morning inside the new civil lawsuit accusing him of sexual assault and having a mob mentality plus a new mexico judge clears the way for actor alec baldwin to stand trial for the deadly shooting on the set of one of his movies more than two-and-a-half years ago and three missionaries, including an american couple, ambushed and killed by a gang in haiti the emotional last call, one of the missionaries made to his father back here in the united states or russia for trying to spy on us. >> we were spying on them. >> i'm sorry, frank this is a war, but secret war. >> secrets and spies, a nuclear game premier sunday, june 2, that ten on cnn copd hasn't been pretty it's tough to breathe and tough to keep wondering if this is as good as it gets metrology as shown me that there's still beauty and breadth to be hacked because three medicines in one

allegations of abuse against music mogul sean diddy combs, the video captured on multiple campus amra's shows combs wearing only a towel, assaulting his then girlfriend, cassie ventura, in a hallway at a los angeles hotel in march 2016, a lawsuit filed by ventura in november last year and settled the next day referenced actions that seem to match those seen in this video. there is no audio according to the complaint, comes became extremely intoxicated and punch ms ventura in the face, giving her a black eye, which according to the lawsuit, prompted ventura to try and leave the hotel room. the surveillance video obtained by cnn begins as she enters the hallway. the complaint says, as she visited mr. combs awoke and began screaming at miss ventura. >> he followed her into the hallway of the hotel while yelling at her. the complaint goes on to say he grabbed her and then took glass vases in the hallway and threw them at her in the surveillance video comes can be seen grabbing ventura in throwing her to the ground as i'm tara lies on the ground, combs then kicks her twice and attempts to dr

mohammed amra, an international drug boss known as the fly.is alleged henchman seen setting the vehicle ablaze before escaping, leaving two guards dead and seriously wounding three others. massive manhunt is now under way. "they will be arrested, they will be tried and they will be punished," says the french justice minister. chris livesay, cbs news. >>> police departments across the country are facing a dangerous shortage of police officers. what's behind it? we've got our in depth report, next. talenti mango sorbetto is made with a hundred percent real fruit. -with alphonso mangoes. -yeah, i know. -oh? -right? -mmm-hmm. talenti. raise the jar. i thought i was sleeping ok... but i was waking up so tired. then i tried new zzzquil sleep nasal strips. their four—point lift design opens my nose for maximum air flow. so, i breathe better. and we both sleep better. and stay married. sfx: [birds chirping] for nourished, lightweight hair, the right ingredients make all the difference. new herbal essences sulfate free is now packed with plant-based in

so the man himself, mohamed amra, to according the authorities, was the head of a ruthless crime gangcity that has very significant problems with gang related crime that is unked with gang related crime that is linked to the drugs trade. >> mark, as you said earlier, very heavily armed, very heavily motivated and strong links to islamist terror groups . islamist terror groups. >> it's one of the big issues of concern for french authorities, particularly in the likes of marseille. they've got a huge problem with gang crime down there, but it's linked , in quite there, but it's linked, in quite a large degree to islamist extremism. there's crossover between many of the gang members and jihadism , many of the gang and jihadism, many of the gang members, in marseilles and other urban centres of population have acquired ak 47 seconds and other deadly weapons and have gone on, to commit terrorist attacks against police officers and other people across france. so some real concern , but not some real concern, but not islamist linked this particular crime. it is, pure criminality at the momen

right now, van, but there's, right now, they they and they grabbed this man who's called mohammed amrad. he is. he was in jail for , a burglary, but he is for, a burglary, but he is suspected to be a narcotics boss, and that would be that might have been one of the reasons why he was being interrogated at at, evreux in normandy. and the i mean, the shock of the violence of this, but also the shock of the complete so that the daring of the, of the operation is something that's that's, you know, the country is looking at in bemusement and horror. >> this, this escaped inmate is, now being described as, the most wanted man in france by one of the broadcasters over there. this is a big operation. >> it's a huge operation. you've got 200 gendarme, the gendarmerie, as you know, is the sort of fulfils the role of the police force in france in, in, in the countryside and in small towns. but there are members of the military. they're not they're not members of the police. and they've got good training and there's a dragnet, you know, on, on the entire area, the, the perpetrators fled in two car