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

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

this is the man who was freed in the bloody assault — 30—year—old mohamed amra, a convicted local burglarect in a fatal kidnapping in the southern city of marseille, which is facing an onslaught of gang violence. amra and his accomplices are now being hunted by hundreds of police officers, from here in rouen, as well 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. _ translation: our grief is that of an entire country, an _ translation: our grief is that of an entire country, an entire country - 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

the man the gang freed is 30—year—old mohammed amra, recently convicted of burglary, but also a suspect. amra and his accomplices are now the target of a huge french police manhunt. the ambush and the killings took place at this motorwayjunction outside rouen, an hour 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

this is the man who was freed in the bloody assault — 30—year—old mohammed amra, a convicted local burglaro the suspect in a fatal kidnapping in the southern city of marseille, which is facing an onslaught of gang violence. amra and his accomplices are now being hunted by hundreds of police officers — from here in rouen, as well as french special 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 thei

the gang that manfred was -- the man freed was mohamed amra, convicted of perjury also suspected of kidnappingime-infected city of marseille. amra and his compasses are the target of huge french policeman hundred the ambush and killings took place at this motorway 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 vi

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

this is the man who was freed in the bloody assault — 30—year—old mohammed amra, a convicted local burglarsuspect in a fatal kidnapping in the southern city of marseille, which is facing an onslaught of gang violence. amra and his accomplices are now being hunted by hundreds of police officers — from here in rouen, as well as french special 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. 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 h

this is the man who was freed in the bloody assault — 30—year—old mohamed amra, a convicted local burglarrseille, which is facing an onslaught of gang violence. amra and his accomplices are now being hunted by hundreds of police officers, from here in rouen, as well 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. 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 we

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

this is the prisoner i who was freed during the dead liam mohammed amra, now the subject of an interpolve revealed that for the past month, amra was being held at this prison, and that earlier this prison, and that earlier this week, he attempted to break out. apparently, he tried to saw through the 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. c

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

two officers and three others were wounded after two vehicles rammed a prison van transporting mohamed amraner. amra was recently convicted of burglary and had been charged with a deadly kidnapping. federal investigators say the ship that crashed into a baltimore, maryland bridge 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 sudwor

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it happened on a motorway at a toll booth, as a notorious criminal, mohammed amra, was being transferred between rouen and evreux, after earlier appearing in court. now several hundred police are involved in a huge manhunt. andrew harding is live in normandy for us this evening. what an extraordinarily violent incident here on a relatively quiet stretch of motorway in normandy. hundreds of french police now involved in a massive nationwide man hunt for the gang and the man they were trying to release. and the french public are in shock and worried about what many people see as rising violence from drug—related criminal gangs. a brazen ambush on a motorway. this is the moment a black car rams into a white police van. at least two masked and armed men begin firing at the van. the gun men set fire to their own vehicle next to the tollbooth. more footage filmed by someone on a passing coach, then shows one of gunmen moving slowly forward. with several prison guards now badly injured or dead, the gang frees one criminalfrom now badly injured or dead, the gang frees one criminal from the van.

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

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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

there's , 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