that george floyd's death. was david chazan speaking tongues that was david chazan speaking tongues earlierfrom get some of the day's other news. four european countries have signed a deal with the pharmaceutical giant astrazeneca, in the hope of vaccinating up to 400 million people against coronavirus from the end of the year. the deal is the first signed by an alliance of germany, france, italy and the netherlands, to secure doses for all eu member states. the prime minister of italy says it should turn the coronavirus crisis into an opportunity to push through long—delayed reforms. among the plans announced by giuseppe conte are for the country to simplify bureaucracy, improve education and support the poorest. italy is set to be the largest beneficiary of a huge eu recovery fund. russia has reported more than 8,000 new coronavirus cases on saturday, raising its total to over 520,000. it means russia has the third—highest number in the world after the united states and brazil. its official death toll stands at 6,829, many times lower than the figure seen in other countries with serious outbr

david chazan — a journalist in paris — has spent much of the day out on the streets of the french capitallace de la republique in the heart of paris. that‘s where i was, and i‘m sure there were at least that number of people there. and the protests were generally peaceful, but some demonstrators did throw fireworks at the police, who responded with tear gas. now, most of the protesters had dispersed by the time i left a few minutes ago, but there were still a few left, and police were clearing the square. riot police with shields and helmets prevented the protesters from carrying out their plan to march from place de la republique through paris to the place de l‘0pera, but they did allow the rally to go ahead in the place de la republique and thousands of protesters also gathered in other french cities, in particular highlighting that case you mentioned of adama traore, a young black man who died in the custody of french police. lots of similarities and parallels being made between his death and george floyd‘s death. that is the latest from paris. let‘s get some of the day‘s other news. f