there are many examples in favor of churchill, churchill's fears about what might happen in europe at the end of the war. so he says it would be a measureless disaster if russian barbarism overlaid the culture and independence of the ancient states of europe. but he also says if only stalin and i could meet once a week, there would be no trouble at all we get on like a house on fire. he said that to an old friend a few weeks after the tehran conference. it is a remarkable comment to make. and it reflects churchill's sense that like it or not, you have to deal with the russians in this war. because the common enemy is nazi germany. and when his private secretary chides or teases churchill about the way in which he -- speaking out in support of the russians, churchill looks at him and says, if hitler invaded hell, i would at least make a favorable reference to the devil in the house of commons. those are the priorities. but he, like franklin roosevelt, does feel the magnetism of this little man, stalin, who has a good sense of humor as well, quite dry. i mentioned the one about the holy

churchill and roosevelt. he talks about the messages sent between these allied leaders in world war ii and explains how they used the communication to build relationships with one another and advance wartime goals without extensive bureaucratic interference. the national world war ii museum hosted this event in january, 2020. >> tonight, it is my privilege to introduce the speaker dr. david reynolds. one of the united kingdom's most distinguished scholars, but that is probably selling him short. he is a man of global stature. a fellow of christ college, cambridge, he studied at cambridge and harvard universities and has been a visitor to these shores since first coming here as a graduate student in 1973. david is the author of 12 books, he doesn't let the grass grow under his feet. those include "in command of history: churchill fighting and writing the second world war," a book he wrote in 2004 that is well-thumbed on my shelf. i have assigned it to hundreds, maybe thousands of undergraduates over the years,

it is also in a way churchill's philosophy as well. churchill has a more divided mind. he has the detestation of communism and socialism. there are many examples of 's darkll -- churchill fears about what might happen in europe at the end of the war. says it would be a measureless disaster if russian barbarism overlaid the nationstate of europe. says, if only stalin and i could meet, there would be no trouble at all. we get on like a house on fire. friend.that to an old there is the afterglow. but no -- nevertheless it's remarkable to make. churchill'scts sense that, like it or not, you have to deal with the russians in this war because the common nazi germany. when his private secretary, josh tries to, -- although, caution churchill about the way that he is speaking out after the invasion of russia, speaking out in support of the germans. invaded, ihitler's would at least make a favorable reference to the devil in the house of commons. so, those are the priorities. but he, like franklin roosevelt does feel this strange magnetism of this man, stalin, a man who does have

>>host: you have a similarity to churchill when it comes to the us? >> that's something that always bonded me with churchill. he was a huge americana fan. he loved everything about the united states of america really and even in the darkest days he would constantly be assuring people around him , america will be involved in everything will be okay. he did have disbelief in america sure his mother had a lot to do with that and his own instincts he was an educated man to see something in the united states the temperament was probably his personality to fit more in with the color and flamboyance and volume of america as opposed with the more relaxed british. >> is it fair to say this is a departure from your previous book? >> very much so. i wanted to write something that gave a historical perspective on the trump presidency because so much has been shared and written from all sides about donald trump and his administration but very little so far and that is understandable considering we are only three and a half years in to his time in office. we don't

so what did churchill do? to the dismay of many officials in his government, he threw open politicaldoors to the leaders and armed forces of occupied europe. on june 18, 1940, just before , poland's new prime minister and commander-in-chief , wanted and forces urgent meeting with churchill. he asked written help rescue the thousands of polish troops then fighting in france so they could continue the battle against germany. churchill immediately replied, "tell your army that we are their comrades in life and death. we shall conquer together or we shall die together." the prime minister then ordered his government to rescue as many former -- foreign troops and airmen who were fighting in france as possible, regardless of their politics or nationality. thanks to churchill, london quickly became the wartime refuge for the government and military of six occupied european countries -- czechoslovakia, poland, norway, holland, belgium, and luxembourg. the self-appointed representative of free france, general charles d

but i'm suddenly next to the ensuite churchill statue in the heart of such a continent months we have a thousands of people are expected to go there within the next day you know and as you can see the room you don't see for the people have congregated came in the heart of central london here of course commemorates the killing of george street and the number of died in these camps did it 2 weeks ago or white in office a painting done with this thing needing on its neck up to 90 minutes now i don't say i mean it by the winston churchill stuff such it was actually based during the height of the protests over the weekend read by protesters break the word racist all in the front of the brits not you right at this present time there's a huge police presence to try and protect us not sure because now the background sponsors protests have moved that target statues across the united kingdom saying that there are still many such as across britain that symbolized a legacy of creating this embrace of pressure now starting in 1st over the weekend there was some point i think funny scenes whereby p

you can see the statue boxed up of winston churchill. marks, carling the churchill statue racist and that has provoked a certain degree of anger, but it all centres on the case around winston churchill's record on empire which has been very controversial down the yea rs. has been very controversial down the years. which are not carbon counter protesters, because they are people turning up for protesters, because they are people turning upfora protesters, because they are people turning up for a variety of reasons, but they are made up of some of the far right groups that we know exist. 0bviously said they would come into central london. that is why the black lives matter protests have moved their demonstrations largely to yesterday to avoid a direct confrontation with these groups we are seeing here. the black lives matter protesters are in hyde park. they have been peaceful there, as far as we know, but these are protesters saying they want to preserve englishness, preserve the statues. and this is by saint martin's in the fields. you c

back in the uk, the daily mail goes with the story that the monument in westminster to winston churchillas been boarded up to protect it from protesters. the paper cries "let our greatest hero free" in a call to uncover the statue. the times says the uk prime minister, boris johnson, will try to reassure britons that it is safe to get out of the house and spend as non—essential stores open from monday, as the government tries to revive the country's battered economy. the daily telegraph says uk government scientists have told ministers that the two—metre social distancing rule can be dropped by businesses reopening after lockdown if they introduce other measures to reduce the spread of coronavirus. and the daily mirror says front line workers — what the paper calls britain's coronavirus heroes — could be rewarded with a palace garden party hosted by the queen. so, let's begin. susie and joe welcome to both of you. let's start with the ft and this is the story about prime minister borisjohnson this is the story about prime minister boris johnson being this is the story about prime ministe

churchill's life did not like him at all. within days of becoming prime minister, churchill, who had a deep and realistic understanding of the truth of the moment, he appointed beaver brook to a new ministry that churchill just created called the ministry of aircraft production. something beaver brook became the minister of aircraft production because churchill believed he had just the personality -- he previously was a newspaper bar ren. he had done an amazing job of building up the evening standard and churchill felt this was the man who, if anybody, could build up britain's fighter strength it was going to be beaver brook and it turned out to be absolutely true. >>> mike barnicle is with us and has a question. >> everyone like churchill has a massi massive ego and we've learned that through history. but what was it, for instance, in the speech after dunkirk, where he basically gives the bad news right uptop, withdrawal is not victory and tampers down the pride a bit people felt by addressing reality. what was it about him

dominant media narrative has long had churchill as the ultimate british rule here at western churchill with her to the great britain of a lot fitter for a reason is that people believe me i must thank you for the power of his rhetoric and well off in favor of culture for not having. a less savory side to the white supremacist given the fact that indian still hold him responsible for a famine that killed millions of bengalis has never got much play in the u.k. mainstream media it's a red line that news outlets have been unwilling to cross so far you can imagine that if there was so much hostility. about a slave trade nobody had heard of before response tweek you can imagine what happens if and when people start questioning. someone like churchill and there is certainly a general attitude of how dare you question a great substance. when the truth is that had very sharp racial great were considered actually backward even in his time and there's just no way that here and turn someone into a new. without a great deal of denial of. the obsession with remembering churchill in the way is reall

rather like lincoln, churchill was both very funny in his own right. probably was more naturally immediately witty, although lincoln has the capacity for immediate wit and about whom in case of churchill there are many apo apockraphal tales. and if i may, i'll tell that tale you were talking about. he got a -- churchill got a telegram and message from george bern shaw which shaw said, i'm sending you two tickets for the first night of my new play. do come yourself and bring a friend,if you have one. to which churchill allegedly replied, thank you for your two tickets. i can't get along on the first night but i'll come along on the second night, if you have one. [ laughter ] >> as the a.l.i. board's literally resident psychiatrist, i want to make a couple of points just to kind of stir some thoughts here. i would suggest that there is a difference between lincoln's use of humor in public and private and his concerns and difficulties with intimacy. i was wondering if you would comment on that. because lincoln remains a person noble in many ways, includin

lincoln, churchill was very funny in his own right. probably was more naturally witty although lincoln had a capacity for immediate wit. case of churchill, there are many apocryphal tales. telegram froma george bernard shaw. said i am sending you two tickets for the first night of my new play. come and bring a friend. if you have one. [laughter] churchill allegedly replied thank you for your i cannot get along on the first night but i will come along on the second night if you have one. [laughter] >> i want to make a couple of points to stir some thoughts. that there is a difference between lincoln's use of humor in public and private and his concern and difficulties with intimacy. would you comment on that? a personemains unknowable in many ways. >> the distinction between his public use of humor and? >> lincoln used stories and humor to deflect. would you comment on that? a veryink that is important point. although lincoln was the life and soul of company and conversation whether one-on-one or a larger gatherings. he remained unknowa

been hijacked by extremists winston churchill statue is boarded up. so the protesters are facing off with police in hong kong as a controversial national anthem law comes into effect the legislation makes it a criminal offense to mock china likes to say it violates their freedom of expression it is one year since police crackdown on demonstrators who were surrounding the government headquarters leaving to months of violent demonstrations for more let's cross live to difficult pollen in hong kong it was right she had a lot to go in to police were moving people about just to cordon off certain areas how's it looking now. it's the same nic people are still moving the police are still moving people our way they're trying to break up gatherings now they keep saying that this isn't an authorized gathering as you can see there disability that held up a blue flag they say that people are risking arrest by coming here protesters wanted to come here to mark one year since. punk. protest and pro-democracy movement reached a turning point a year ago a large numbe

last weekend, this is how the churchill statue outside parliament was left. in more damage. the prime minister calling it shameful the monument had to be secured. the statue of winston churchill, who is a national hero, has had to be boarded up for fear of violent attack. i think it shameful we have a lot of these statues in the first place. a lot of these statues shouldn't be put up in the first place. it no longer serves us put up in the first place. it no longer serves us to have statues of men that don't represent the society we live in today. even though it's pa rt we live in today. even though it's part of the british history, i don't think it should be celebrated and memorialised by statues. tearing them down doesn't mean tearing all them down doesn't mean tearing all the pages out of the history books. a demonstration planned for tomorrow was cancelled and brought forward to today because of concerns there could be trouble between people determined to defend the monuments and those who may have wanted to deface them. this is now a second week where pe

with police in the capital earlier, as they gathered near parliament and the statue of sir winston churchillmeanwhile, in trafalgar square, protestors threw objects at police as they tried to contain the crowds. another 181 people in the uk have died after testing positive for coronavirus, bringing the total death toll to 41,662. the bbc has obtained a copy of a leaked draft report into the impact of coronavirus on ethnic minority communities. it includes as yet unpublished recommendations on how to protect them. support bubbles come into effect across england and northern ireland. people who live alone will be able to form a support bubble with another household in a further easing of coronavirus lockdown rules. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the political commentatorjo phillips and nigel nelson, political editor for the sunday people and sunday mirror. a very warm welcome to both of you, good to see you, even at a distance, we will speak in just a moment. pictures from the protests in central london lead a number of the pape

winston churchill isa winston churchill.he reaction from the british prime minister. this is bbc news with geeta guru—murthy. the headlines. the uk economy shrank by 20% in april, the first full month of lockdown and the biggest fall since monthly records began. the government says the fall was in line with many other economies. all sectors were affected making the economy around a quarter smaller than it was in february. markets in europe and asia start to buck the downward trend sparked in the us over fears about the economic impact of coronavirus. the uk government's expected to drop its plans for full border controls immediately after brexit, with far less rigorous checks on goods coming in from the eu than planned. president trump renews his threat to intervene in seattle after anti—racist protesters occupy the city centre. a group of 450 bereaved families in the uk are calling for an urgent inquiry into the government's handling of the coronavirus crisis. northern ireland becomes the first uk nation to re—open high str

yesterday they took down the statue of a slave trader and then they defaced a statue of winston churchill now i want to show you something take a look at what happened today 2 statues of christopher columbus in boston a statue was decapitated and in richmond today they defaced the image with red paint of christopher columbus you see it right there so joining us now to talk about all of this is my longtime colleague larry king who joins us to discuss what's going on in the world this idea larry i want to get your take on this idea that we should literally take down statues that represent people or places in history which way might we simply disagree with we don't like what do you think of that. as a diversion disagreeing in what's moral statues of confederate generals or out of place in my opinion. was fought it's over we are supposedly an integrated country and that. i don't get c. or c. on the. so christopher columbus and i recently read his diaries explains how when he landed in cuba and in the dominican republic and in places like haiti he found natives which he literally had tortured

last weekend, protesters daubed it with graffiti saying that churchill was a racist.ecause of coronavirus. chi chi izundu reports. this has been a week of anger. peaceful anti—racism protests marred by violence and graffiti. this is now how the churchill statue outside parliament stands. 0ver fears today's march would result in more damage. the statue of winston churchill, who is a national hero, has had to be boarded up forfear of violent attack, and that, to me, is both absurd and wrong. you should not have a situation where people who are protesting on one basis are violently attacking the police or public property. a demonstration planned for tomorrow was brought forward to today because of concerns there could be trouble between people determined to defend the monuments and those who may have wanted to deface them. fewer people but a much heavier police presence. this is now the second week where people have taken and they said again and again that this will not be the last one. there is no way i want my kids to allow other people to treat other people different

though winston churchill, nelson mandela and the others had already been covered up.felt churchill, british history, were under attack. come on! i mean, he had some racist views, but at the end of the day, he led us through our darkest hour. i mean, you know... i'm from south london. i've grown up with black people. we're all working class who live side by side. nobody here has an issue with blm. some antiracism protesters did gather today in central london, but black lives matter brought forward its latest events to yesterday to avoid trouble, though there were still some scuffles. we have power to change... at a blm event in newcastle, the organisers said there had been threats. we have received a lot of opposition and threats from far right groups and whatnot, so we had to keep this quite low—key. and elsewhere in the city, the tension was clear on the streets, but nothing to compare with london. including scenes like this. police are investigating. the memorial is to pc keith palmer murdered there in a terror attack in 2017. the prime minister tweeted: this from t

churchill got a telegram fromti george shawck.shaw said, i'm sending you two tickets for the first night of my newew do come yourself and bring a friend if you have one. to which churchill allegedly replied, thank you for the two g tickets. can't get along on the first night but i will come along on the second night if you have one. as a resident psychiatrist i would like to make a few points. kind of to stir some thoughtss here. i would suggest that there is a difference between lincoln's use of humor in public, in private and his concerns and difficultiesncol with intimacy. i was wondering if you would comment with sonthat. lincoln remains a person a noble in many ways including people who thought they knew him well. was wondering if you could commentnc tionon that. >>etwe i'm sorry, the distinctin between his public use of humor and i missed the second part. >>uld lincoln used humor and stories in many ways to deflect and i wonder if you could comment on that. >> yes. i think that is a very important point. that although lincol

far—right protesters clash with police in central london, saying they're protecting a statue of winston churchillin paris, clashes as anti—racist protestors demonstrate against police brutality. the canadian prime minister calls for an independent investigation after the violent arrest of an indigenous chief is caught on police camera. hello, welcome to bbc news. we start this hour in the united states, where the authorities are investigating yet another killing of an african—american man by a white police officer. security video shows rayshard brooks being shot outside a fast—food restaurant in atlanta on friday. the city's police chief has already resigned in response, while the mayor says she does not believe the use of deadly force was justified. our north america correspondent peter bowes reports. and a warning — this story contains some distressing pictures. the police said rayshard brooks, who was 27, had fallen asleep in his car while waiting in a queue at a drive—through restaurant. he was shot during a confrontation with two white officers after the police say he resisted arrest after h

of anti racism protests in london hundreds of demonstrators have surrounded a statue of winston churchill which last week was. declaring him to be a racist. do something about the protests. of the city. using military force would be illegal. position to the government's relaxed approach to corona virus which resulted in one of the highest mortality rates in europe. by the great to have you with us. i said 1st to london where several anti racism demonstrations have been held today many a centered around the bookstop statue of winston churchill that's in parliament square. which last week was targeted by activists who sprayed he was a racist on it police have imposed new restrictions demanding the protesters leave the streets by 5 pm local time in order to prevent violent clashes especially as counter-demonstrators are also planning to protest. ok let's get more on this and go live to the scene local reporter james brown is down there james what's the situation right now like in london. well here where we are in parliament square things are relatively peaceful this is the designated meeting

in london, he met with winston churchill and watches very first appeal for resistance, on the 18th ofune, 1940, from bbc headquarters, he called on french soldiers to join him in london and to continue their fight. french people would hear the appeal, and it was published in the press pit on the 19th of june, the speech hit the front page, published in france's freezone. the man who was about to sign the armistice with nazi germany. he did so, general de gaulle then repeated his call on the radio waves. [speaking gaulle: french] claire: now, as you just heard,, not ththat many people l listeno the famous rallying cry lives, but in the end, thousands of men were inspired enough to make their way to england. among them, all of the able-bodied men of an island off the coast of jamaica, as claire rush reports.. thihis island may be smalall, but it was at the heart of the beginning of the resistanance. in response to charles de gaulle's calle to arms, all of the able-bodied men joined the free french forces. troops and civilians, refusing to accept defeat, were also looking to join, includ

of course the former prime minister activists deface that start to writing on it winston churchill was a racist they argue that winston churchill has numerous links to a legacy of colonize ation and imperialism so active its main aim is to rid britain of all of those connections its crimes as we saw quite iconic scenes in bristol a few weeks ago where activists pulled down a start 2 of agriculture to the 17th century slave trade and what they did with that statue is throw it into the river but it is statues like winston churchill and gandhi that opinion because many were doggy that those 2 figures they should be had and should be celebrated in venerated even on it and protected but many campaign is an activist within the black clouds marches movement say that it's time to rid britain of its colonial past this is shadow star steve reporting for rick sanchez thanks so much it's amazing to see how this story is spread globally this is the news with you're watching our special coverage we're going to be right back. i'd like one of the. questions and actually listen to the. react to. the ot

hundreds of far right demonstrators defend a statue of winston churchill in central london after it was dogged with graffiti frenzy the wartime leader a racist. thousands of anti-racism protesters flood the streets of paris to denounce police brutality and to stand in solidarity with the demonstrators in the united states. and broadcasting live from our studios in moscow this is our team international i'm sean thomas really glad to have you with us right now the mayor of seattle has responded furiously to a threat by donald trump to deploy the military to her city to break up an autonomous zone set up by black lives matter protesters jenny durkan said any such action by the u.s. president would be against the law our president wants to tell a story about domestic terrorists who have a radical agenda and are promoting a conspiracy and fitz's law and order initiatives it's simply not true the threat to invade seattle to divide and incite violence in our city is not only unwelcome it would be illegal the capitol hill autonomous zone was formed at the beginning of the week by black lives ma

the prime minister boris johnson has said it is shameful the statue of winston churchill is needed to be boarded up you've got a situation in which the statue of winston churchill who is a national hero has had to be boarded up for fear of violent attack and that to me is both absurd. and wrong you should not have a situation which people who are protesting or for one group one basis are violently attacking the police or public property. well the churchill statue was encased in a protective box after protesters dog he was a racist under his name last week churchill at the allies to victory in the 2nd world war but is now being accused of racism the some comments he once made london's mayor this week ordered a review of all monuments and street names to the praise of people who might be linked to slavery and also racism the war on statues has sparked debate on whether it a raise is the past and we asked people in the capital there. are just people here to defend so statues and are support people different video you support people trying to take it down you know so i try to look at thin

of course the former prime minister to visit to face that statue writing on it winston churchill was a racist they argue that winston churchill has numerous links to a legacy of colonised sation and imperatives and so active it's made aim is to rid britain of all of those connections its problems as we saw quite iconic scenes in bristol a few weeks ago where activists pull down and start your fabric holston 17th century slave trade to what they did with that statue is throw it into the river but it is such it's like winston churchill and counted them to split the opinion because many were doggy that those 2 figures they should be had and should be celebrated in venerated even on it and protected many campaign is an activist within the black clouds marches movement say that it's time to great britain of its colonial past it's a shadow sash the reporting from rick sanchez thanks so much it's amazing to see how this story is spread globally this is the news of rick sanchez and you're watching our special coverage we're going to be right back. to. you. oh yeah. an ocean of stories even t

hundreds of right wing protesters defend the statue of winston churchill in central london. for a visual form and these are racist. 'd protests in paris against police brutality and violence. threatens to send the army to. do something about protesters to keep parts of the city declaring it. says that using military force would be illegal. to have you with us this is our. right wing demonstrations defended the boxed up statue of winston churchill in london's parliament square which last week was targeted by activists he was a racist on it police have imposed restrictions demanding protesters leave the streets by 5 pm local time to prevent violent clashes between the 2 sides. reports from parliament square. this is the designated meeting place for right wing groups who say that they have come here to defend britain's cultural heritage to defend its monuments however there have been a number of clashes with police that have taken place throughout the day here where police were charged police had bottles thrown at them and we noticed 2 cameramen from different stations coming t

our newscast today why does it happen and what can be done about chicago's gun violence columbus churchill now don these statue is being threatened really what are the actual do's and don'ts for personal safety as we will reopen from quarantine. let's start with this the numbers are troubling to say the very least which is why what happened in chicago this weekend is the subject of some screaming headlines that are being made from coast to coast 104 shot 13 killed $23.00 days here with the details to start us off is our to correspondent the wheat. the city of chicago being plagued with bloodshed and broken families chicago police reporting the highest number of shooting victims in a single weekend this year from friday to monday morning authorities say 104 people have been shot 14 of those fatally 5 of those who died were minors this past father's day weekend had more victims of gun violence but less fatalities compared to the last weekend of may that's when 85 people were shot 24 of them fatally that was reported to be the when the city's deadliest weekend in several years 5 children were

have from there hundreds of black lives matter demonstrators that surrounded the statue of winston churchill which last week in graffiti declaring him a racist. and swedish opposition parties lash out at the government relaxed approach to the corona virus which resulted in one of the highest mortality rates in europe. good afternoon you're watching r.t. internationally she's gone 3 o'clock am more. protesters in the newly formed autonomous zone in seattle are considering their next move having seize control of the area after it was abandoned by police president trump has threatened to send in the army if the local authorities fail to resolve the matter. we're not going to let this happen and if we have to go in we're going to go and to go there is you going to do it but to go to do it he's got great national guard troops to iraq you can do it but one way or the other it's going to get done and these people are not going to occupy a major portion of a great city our president wants to tell a story about domestic terrorists who have a radical agenda and are promoting a conspiracy and fitz's la

protesters taking a knee at the nelson mandela statue campaigning in protesting by the words of churchill statue and also taking their protest to downing street where they had messages for the prime minister saying that the u.k. is no innocent in this fight against racism. the b.b.c. should be stripped of its funding according to the demand of a new online campaign against the british state funded broadcaster corporation's being accused of failing to be impartial almost 60000 people have joined the campaign on twitter. defunding the b.b.c. is a vital step in restoring the people's trust in our media and it is one that we must work together to achieve ultimately the b.b.c. is not impartial it refuses to tell its audience the political background of its guests allowing many labor activists to present themselves as a balanced view despite holding a deep seated hatred for the government people have taken to social media to slam the b.b.c.'s coverage of the black lives matter of protest in the u.k. coming in for particular criticism was its report that the demonstrations were quote largely pea

protests in london hundreds of black lives matter demonstrators are surrounded to a standstill with churchill which last week was dogged in graffiti declaring him a racist. and the army to seattle if don't do something about the protesters we've occupied part of the city clearing it an autonomous so that the city's mayor says that using military force that would be illegal. and elsewhere swedish opposition party glass out of the government's relaxed approach to the corona virus which resulted in one of the highest mortality rates in europe. very good evening to you great to have your company this is r.t. international. said 1st to london where several anti racism demonstrations are being held today many are centered around the boxed up statue of winston churchill in parliament square just last week was targeted by activists sprayed he was a racist on it and police have imposed new restrictions demanding protesters leave the streets by 5 pm local time in order to prevent violent clashes especially because counter demonstrations are also plant local reporter james brown has more on the story. w

the police were also there ostensibly to protect the statue of woods and churchill and other statues from black lives matters protesters that happened as i said last weekend but instead the police and these far out protesters found themselves facing off against one another perhaps just one of those things force of circumstance no one else to face off against it's been pretty violent to say it does seem to be coming under control now indeed we'll see what happens as a curfew is imposed in less than an hour for the moment jonah thank you. but huge crowds are marching in central paris against police brutality and racism is the largest of several protests across france this weekend which have been inspired by the black lives matter movement in the us prison police have ordered the closure of freshly reopened restaurants and shops along the route of the march bearing possible violence gatherings of more than 10 people are still banned in the country in a bid to contain the virus. and those crowds marched on the streets below counter-demonstrators climbed a building overlooking the protest