rajini, i know you will continue to _ officer.u will continue to update _ officer. rajini, i know you will continue to update us - officer. rajini, i know you will continue to update us over i officer. rajini, i know you will| continue to update us over the coming hours. for now, though, thank you. the king of the netherlands, willem—alexander, has apologised for his country's role in slavery at an event marking 150 years since slaves were freed in former colonies. in his speech, the monarch said he felt "personally and intensely" affected. a dutch study revealed that the royal family earned the equivalent of nearly 600 million dollars from the colonies, where slavery was widespread. let's hear some of what he had to say and the reaction among those gathered. translation: the horrific legacy | of slavery remains with us today. | its effects can still be felt in racism in our society. in december last year, the dutch prime minister apologised on behalf of the dutch government for the fact that for centuries in the name of the dutch

rajini vaidyanathan is there now. potential inflection point last night, a potential turning point in these riots, too. night, a potentialturning point in these riots, too.— night, a potentialturning point in these riots, too. well, the mayor of this area vincent _ these riots, too. well, the mayor of this area vincent jeanbrun - these riots, too. well, the mayor of this area vincent jeanbrun did - these riots, too. well, the mayor of this area vincent jeanbrun did issue | this area vincentjeanbrun did issue a statement after the incident which took place here. as you can see there is police tapir, police cars, there is police tapir, police cars, the road has been cordoned off now as the investigation continues. but the statement was quite stark. he said that a line had been crossed when it came to the unrest here in france. and he described how he was at the town hall not too far from here at around 1:30am in the morning when this car that was set alight was rammed into his family home. his wife and their two young c

rajini, thank you for that analysis and update. - being introduced.ysis and update. when j for that analysis and update. when emmanuel macron does say something, you will hear it here first on bbc news and possibly on the bbc news website as well. live news from all of our correspondings on the latest developments across france. here in the uk — the average household energy bill in england, wales and scotland will be lower from today as the regulator, 0fgem, brings in its new price cap. typical annual costs will be reduced to £2,074 — which is about us$2,600, a drop of £426 or $541 a year. our business correspondent, mark ashdown reports. for about 18 months now, energy bills have been rising and rising, and finally they seem to be stabilising, but for millions of people, it's still a struggle. carly lives with her young son in a small flat in london. it is a relief that they're sort of stabilising, but they're still really high. sort of stabilising, they're still unaffordable, particularly with the cost of everything else going up. in 2019, the energ

rajini, thank you so much.bing protest methods often used by environmental groups have come into effect in england and wales. under the new laws, police now have powers to move protesters who disrupt transport, while offenders could face three years injailfor tunnelling. the home office says the public order act 2023 will target — quote — "a selfish minority" — but critics argue they threaten the right to protest. groups such asjust stop 0il have continued with high—profile protests — including at yesterday's pride in london event. earlier i spoke to sir peter fahy, the former chief constable of greater manchester police, and asked him what he made of these new powers. the key issue is it reduces the amount of discretion that police officers have when they are dealing with protests. one of the key issues here is about the definition of what is disruption. so when officers are looking at a protest, up to now they have needed to show that there was a risk of serious disruption for them to be able to take action,

from the very busy champs—elysees, rajini, thank you so much, we do appreciate it.dent volodymyr zelensky has warned that a "serious threat" remains at the russian—occupied zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. zelensky said he believes that russia is "technically ready" to provoke a localised explosion at the facility. earlier today he met with spain's prime minister, pedro sanchez in kyiv, who pledged support from the european union no matter the price. he also said his visit shows the eu's unequivocal support for ukraine's membership bid. meanwhile, a top us military officer, general mark milley, has said ukraine's counter—offensive is "going slower than people had predicted," but added ukraine is making steady progress. is it happening slower than computers might have said or other people might have said? yes. what i had said was this would take six to eight, ten weeks, it's going to be very difficult, it's going to be very long, and it's going to be very, very bloody and nobody should have any illusions about any of that. ukraine is fighting for its life. it's an e

that was rajini vaidyanathan.ng protest methods often used by environmental groups have come into effect in england and wales. under the new laws, police now have powers to move protesters who disrupt transport, while offenders could face three years injailfor tunnelling. the home office says the public order act 2023 will target — i quote — "a selfish minority" — but critics argue they threaten the right to protest. groups such asjust stop oil have continued with high—profile protests, including at yesterday's pride in london event. earlier, i spoke to sir peter fahy, the former chief constable of greater manchester police, and asked him what he made of these new powers. i think the public also need to recognise that these laws will apply to all protests in the future is, so it may be that you're seriously angry about the new housing development, orthe angry about the new housing development, or the new railway coming to your back yard do yard. that is going to apply to all protests. the police are being drawn in

iam rajini i am rajini vaidyanathan live in paris, outside the house of the mayor that was attacked lastme 45,000 police officers, once again, on standby. two dead and 28 injured, following a mass shooting in baltimore. a search for the shooter is under way. seven new nhs gambling clinics to open in england — almost double the current number.

studio: that was rajini vaidyanathan.o are paying the price for continued strikes in the national health service, and that this month's planned industrial action by doctors could be the worst yet. britain's health secretary, steve barclay, said pay demands must be balanced against the need to deal with inflation. here's our political correspondent helen catt. the nhs will turn 75 in a few days' time, but in recent months, it's really been showing the strain — for staff, with one in ten posts empty, and for patients, with records of numbers of people on waiting lists for treatment. the woman in charge of running the nhs today insisted things were on the right track. almost all our indicators actually are going in the right direction at the moment. but what we have to recognise... with more people waiting than ever before and fewer people treated, even though you've got bigger budgets? so numbers of patients, you're absolutely right, that's going up, and we've always said, that was going to get bigger before it came down. b

live now to our correspondent, rajini vaideanarthan.date with the latest where you are and what the country is preparing for, tonight? as you can see and hear, there is a huge police presence here on the champs—elysees. normally you would still be seeing lots of tourists along this stretch of central paris. there is heavy traffic here but really, just police everywhere. we have heard lots of police vans go pass, police motorbikes out of vision as well. we can move the camera, you can see them there. this is really a massive, massive police presence, in anticipation of another night of unrest. we had earlierfrom the police in paris that they had made 37 arrests for people who were carrying a weapon and they said that they had arrested those people after 375 searches. police in paris saying they made 37 arrests today for people caught carrying a weapon. as has been the case in the last couple of nights, all trams and buses have stopped in paris and the idea has been to try and contain what we have seenin been to try and contain what we ha

rajini vaidyanathan sent this update from paris.ch algerian 17—year—old who was killed by a policeman. his death sparked a volatile week for france. one of anger, destruction and introspection. many of the teenagers taking to the streets in rage accused the country's police of racial profiling and heavy handedness, a charge policing unions deny. nahel�*s family have condemned the violence in an interview with the bbc. they asked us to conceal their identity for their safety. translation: there are no words to describe how we feel. _ we just buried a 17—year—old. but we never called for hate or riots. this is not for nahel. what we want is justice, for the policeman to be sentenced for nahel�*s execution. that's a sentiment shared by these mothers, who yesterday marched in the diverse paris suburb of aulnay sous—bois. they called for justice for victims of police violence, and for an end to the riots. on sunday evening, president macron held a high level meeting to discuss this ongoing crisis. some in france feel he should introduce

with the latest from france, here's rajini vaidyanathan.e french algerian 17—year—old who was killed by a policeman. his death sparked a volatile week for france. one of anger, destruction and introspection. many of the teenagers taking to the streets in rage accused the country's police of racial profiling and heavy handedness, a charge policing unions deny. nahel�*s family have condemned the violence in an interview with the bbc. they asked us to conceal their identity for their safety. translation: there are no words to describe how we feel. _ we just buried a 17—year—old. but we never called for hate or riots. this is not for nahel. what we want is justice, for the policeman to be sentenced for nahel�*s execution. that's a sentiment shared by these mothers, who yesterday marched in the diverse paris suburb of aulnay— sous—bois. they called for justice for victims of police violence, and for an end to the riots. on sunday evening, president macron held a high level meeting to discuss this ongoing crisis. some in france feel he should int

live now to our correspondent, rajini vaideeanarthan. to date with what the country is seeing tonight? let us start with where i am which is in central paris, the champs—elysees. there is a huge police presence here. you can hear the sound of beeping horns, there are officers everywhere you look. you see over there in the distance, police officers, there are police officers, there are police vans as well. 0ver police officers, there are police vans as well. over on the horizon there, you can't see, our blue flashing lights that go all the way down this road. earlier in the day, when we were here, this place was packed with tourists, people having coffee out the street and now, we canjust move having coffee out the street and now, we can just move the camera down there, you can see more officers arriving. they are all going down one of the side streets. here there has been a lot of police activity on the side streets of the champs—elysees. and the other side there, more police vans. this is a massive security operation that goes well beyo

rajini vaidyanathan begins our coverage. across france, yet more rage., a dramatic outpouring of anger, after a 17—year—old, nahel, was killed by police during a traffic stop. many of the rioters are teenagers, out despite a plea from france's president to parents to keep their children at home. as the protests have intensified, so too has the police presence. across the country from friday into saturday morning, more than 16,000 officers were deployed — and it's the police that's driving people onto the streets in the first place. many here accuse officers of discrimination, and even the un says france needs to address its deep—rooted issues of racism in the police force. chanting: justice for nahel! it's a concern crowds at this protest share. the country's foreign ministry says the un's claims are unfounded, but the french police have long been plagued by accusations of racism. many see this violence as a wake—up call, but for the government, containing it is a challenge. what began with the death of nahel has now come to represent something bigger. r

rajini vaidyanathan is there, joining us live now. what is the latest? from the centre of paris and as you can see there is a police cordoned here, there officers guarding the road and just over the back of the car is the house where the incident happened last night. not too long ago the prime minister of france elisabeth borne actually came to this area. she called the attack on the mayor�*s home unjustifiable. earlier we heard from vincentjeanbrun who described it as cowardly. he said he felt this was an assassination attempt on him. now, he wasn�*t actually at home at the time the car which was set alight was driven into the family home. he was at a nearby town hall, at 1:30am in home. he was at a nearby town hall, at1:30am in the home. he was at a nearby town hall, at 1:30am in the morning. but his wife and two young children were at home, they tried to escape. his wife has a broken leg, we understand, i�*m not sure where the family are at the moment. but many people saying this really is a kind of turning point in what we have had night after night

our corresponded rajini vaidyanathan on the streets in paris. thank you.e court has wrapped up its 2023 term with two major rulings today. the court ruled in favour of a christian website designer who refused to provide wedding services to same—sex couples, violating a colorado state law that prohibited businesses from refusing service because of sexual orientation. the nation's highest court now says that law violates the first amendment. the court also rejected president biden�*s plan to forgive hundreds of billions of dollars in student loans. under the biden administration's plan, 43 million american borrowers would have been eligible for student loan forgiveness. 26 million had already applied. they each would have had up to $20,000 worth of loans forgiven. the plan would cost over $400 billion. the court ruled that the president doesn't have the authority to simply sign off on such funds. later in the day biden announced new actions to provide debt relief, including a i2—month on—ramp payment plan which runs from october 2023 to the end of september

there is a live page on our website, so to check that out and, of course, rajini was earlier talkingacking schools and nurseries. there is a very sad assignment that those students wrote saying, "please do not burn the schools." that has contributed to the shift in public opinions. french president macron has been holding emergency talks with ministers and as rajini was mentioning earlier there is a call for a state of emergency as riots continue, so a lot more on our website so do check that out as well. let's take a look at some other stories in the headline speaking, and police in the us city of baltimore say they believe than one gunman was involved in a mass shooting in the city only on sunday. two people were killed and 28 others injured, half of them under the age of 18. those responsible remain at large anthony bull to matt says it is a tragic reminder of how gun violence has affected the city. gun violence has affected the ci . , ., , ., gun violence has affected the city. this was a reckless, cowardly _ city. this was a reckless, cowardly act _ city. this was a reckless, co

i'm rajini vaidyanathan in the french capital paris where the funeral of 17—year—old nahel who was shotthese violent protests. —— sparked these protests. and — in a galaxy far, far away — the million milejourney scientists hope will shed light on the dark side of the universe. night of violence. 0fficals say a state of emergency cannot be ruled out. i'm rajini vaidyanathan in the french capital paris where the funeral of 17—year—old nahel who was shot by police has taken place. his death start these violent protests. —— sparked these

from the very busy champs—elysees, rajini, thank you so much, we do appreciate it.ter has sent extra forces and equipment to three cities which saw the worst of the rioting on friday night — marseille, lyon and grenoble. earlier i spoke to the mayor of grenoble, eric piolle. it isa it is a short—term thing, and i ask for more security forces for this evening, to one of the ministers that i know quite well so we got some more for this night. but the framework we are in is a difficult thing meaning that in the last few years in france, i do think that the amendments that went through last control that is asked of police. so the basic things we ask of police to do is not the correct one and we lost disconnection between police and population, they are not seen any more as public service, asking for peace and managing the peace but for confrontation with the youth especially in popular neighbourhoods. we will be keeping you up to date on the latest developments in france right here on bbc news, plus — we have continuing live coverage on the bbc news website and app wher

they say: earlier, my colleague carl nasman spoke to our correspondent rajini vaidyanathan.t is it like where you are right now? actually it is remarkably calm here in the centre of paris. we driving through nanterre where there was violence the past few evenings. so far things are quite quiet. we have seen people speed by on motorbikes and milling on the road but mostly the streets have been empty but that does not mean that things will stay empty because it was a similar picture last night where things were quiet around now, and then around 3am, liam, we started to hear noises from inside our hotel and looked outside and we saw crowds of people, mostly young men walking past, and that's when we could hear fireworks and lots of vandalism and violence, and today as we have been surveying the scene we saw the aftermath of that. behind me, we are at the police station here. there is lots of police vans. as we have been saying, 16,000 police officers being deployed, so that is more than last night across the country. in other parts of the country we have seen some reports of vi

my colleague rajini vaidyanathan is in downing street.ad a nice cup of tea in the garden and a very friendly conversation, it sounds like. friendly, and also quite a brief one. the meeting here lasted under an hour. we don't know yet what exactly they talked about in their discussions. we haven't had the readouts from downing street or the white house. i am joined now by our political correspondent, rob watson. very quick meeting, president has gone. it was only about a0 minutes. and also wants to be careful about engaging in amateur body language analysis, but i was rather struck that when president biden got out of the car and made the ten metre walk to rishi sunak, they did seem as though they have a good rapport, the body language seemed good. we haven't yet had the official readout that we tend to get from downing street officials travelling with the president, but they seemed rather pleased to see each other. what you would say is this is probably not the most difficult meeting please to our ever want to have with each other when yo

i'm rajini vaidyanathan live from l'hay—les—roses where the mayor's house was attacked last night. for the shooter is under way. seven new nhs gambling clinics to open in england — almost double the current number. hello, i'm gareth barlow. thank you a search for the shooter is under way. seven new nhs gambling clinics to open in england — almost double the current number.

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earlier, my colleague in paris rajini vaidyanathan described the scene on the champs elysees, as policeresponded to a fifth night of unrest. you can hear the sound of beeping horns. there are officers everywhere you look. you can see over there in the distance, police officers, there's police vans as well. over in the horizon there, you can't see, are blue flashing lights that go all the way down this road. and earlier in the day when we were here, this place was packed with tourists, people having coffees out on the street and now, actually, we can just move the camera down there, you can see more officers are now arriving in their riot helmets. they're all going down one of the side streets off here. there's been a lot of police activity on the side streets off here at the champs—elysees. and on the other side there, more police vans. i mean, this is a massive security operation that goes france's interior minister said he would send extra forces and equipment to three cities which saw the worst of the rioting last night — marseille, lyon and grenobleearlier i spoke to the mayor of gr

rajini vaidyanathan is at downing street.me out of the meeting between rishi sunak and president what came out of the meeting between rishi sunak and president biden? the meeting was quite short. it lasted around 45 minutes. the red carpet was on the steps unit downing street, it has been packed away. the massive presidential cars, the armoured beast vehicles, they have all gone. they were packing into the street here number ten. we do not know the redoubt yet, the statements come from both sides, the us and uk, to tell was discussed. as we get a few brief comments from both of the leaders. as you mentioned there, president biden healing that us— uk relationship as a rock solid. he said that he could not be meeting with a closer friend and a greater ally. we also heard from prime minister rishi sunak who said that these talks between the us and the uk would strengthen our cooperation, joint economic security, to the benefit of our citizens. and of course both men will be heading to lithuania for the nato summit. ahead of that

my colleague rajini vaidyanathan has more from paris.heart of these riots is one question, is the french police racist? the many people who've been taking to the streets in violence believe so. so too people we've spoken to in the suburb of nanterre where 17—year—old nahel was killed by an officer. yesterday, the un shared that sentiment, issuing a statement saying that the french police needed to address concerns over discrimination and racism. now, the french government responded to the un saying those accusations were unfounded. but for many protesters, that's the heart of the issue. until the government acknowledges their concerns and has a dialogue, they say they will continue to take to the streets. as you saw then there is an increased police presence starting to build up here in the center of paris. the same we're hearing across many other cities in this country. once again, france is bracing itself for another night of unrest. the king of the netherlands willem—alexander has apologised for his country's role in slavery at an eve

let's get the latest now from paris and speak to our correspondent rajini vaidyanathan.u say, it has been another night of unrest. the as you say, it has been another night of unrest.— as you say, it has been another night of unrest. the authorities say that the violence _ night of unrest. the authorities say that the violence lessened - night of unrest. the authorities say that the violence lessened friday . that the violence lessened friday into saturday compared with the previous few nights. but crucially, more arrests were made. than the previous night. more than 1300 people arrested, the authorities say, more than 400 happened here in the capital paris. a few hundred police officers were injured. it doesn't look like the violence shows any signs of abating. as we discussed already in the last few days, the deep—rooted cause of this violence is the death of 17—year—old nahel, who was killed at a traffic stopped by police, by a police officer, earlier in this week in nearby nanterre, a suburb which is very ethnically diverse. we spent a lot of time in nanterre, we spo

let's get the latest now from paris and speak to our correspondent rajini vaidyanathan. rajani?t was another night as ou sa rajani? well, it was another night as you say of _ rajani? well, it was another night as you say of violence. _ rajani? well, it was another night as you say of violence. not - rajani? well, it was another night as you say of violence. notjust i as you say of violence. notjust here in paris but across the country. there was extensive damage and looting, fires and a large number of arrests as a consequence. more than 1300 people were arrested officials say. in fact despite the fact that the number of arrests have gone up, the authorities said that the violence had lessened compared with the previous night when the violence had taken place. it didn't just happen here in paris, but across the country, and my colleague has been reporting from northern france from lille. the atmosphere here in lille in northern france is still tense. like many other cities across the country, this place has seen looting, fires, and damage to public property. 82 people were arres

i'm rajini vaidyanathan, live in lille.her night of unrest. energy bills fall in britain — as a new price cap comes into force. and to the final frontier — the european space agency launches its euclid telescope hoping to shed light on the dark side of the universe. goodbye.

let's cross live to paris and my colleague rajini vaidyanathan.ht, and people here in paris and across france are bracing themselves for more unrest. we were in the centre of paris earlier, and we saw police being mobilised. we are anticipating that there will be many more police out on the streets throughout the evening. we're in the area near nanterre, and we are being told by the authorities they're planning to mobilise around 16,000 officers, a similar number to what we saw across the country on the streets last night. the country's interior minister said a little bit more about that earlier. translation: the interior ministry is mobilising the same number - of forces tonight everywhere in the country, meaning 45,000 police officers mobilised with the same resources. i think that everyone has understood that the state will not back down. the message of responsibility to youth given to parents is very important. hearing there that the state won't back down. could a state of emergency be declared? that is distinct possibility now, isn't it? it i

. —— let's cross straight to paris and my colleague rajini vaidyanathan.i'd is young here, but so far, we're not hearing of any major disturbance it appears to be a calmer night, but for example in paris, the tensions really flared up. it's difficult to say what this evening will hold for us. but of course, this all comes after the grandmother of 17—year—old nahel issued an appeal and other family members have also spoken to the bbc saying the same, calling for home. some family member and a friend of nahel to katya adler, who has this report. in theirfirst on in their first on camera interview since nahel�*s death, his family told me they want to be very clear stuffy although there are no words to describe how we feel. we although there are no words to describe how we feel.- although there are no words to describe how we feel. we 'ust buried a 17-year-old. * describe how we feel. we 'ust buried a 17-year-old. but h describe how we feel. we 'ust buried a 17-year-old. but we _ describe how we feel. we just buried a 17-year-old. but we never- describe how we

let's get the latest now from paris and speak to our correspondent rajini vaidyanathan.sn't seem to be any sign that tensions are going to ease in the coming hours or days. m0. that tensions are going to ease in the coming hours or days.- the coming hours or days. no, it doesn't. course, _ the coming hours or days. no, it doesn't. course, of— the coming hours or days. no, it doesn't. course, of these - the coming hours or days. no, it doesn't. course, of these things| the coming hours or days. no, it. doesn't. course, of these things are always really difficult to predict, but it was another night of violence. notjust here in paris, but across the country, as you are saying. now, the interior minister says the violence has lessened somewhat from the previous three nights, but, we have seen more arrests, as he mentioned there, 1300 arrests. police officers, the authority say it, also injured in the clashes. we at we are seeing now is that the violence is spreading to other parts of the country as well. as i was saying earlier, in a headline, the funeral of 17—year—old nah

rajini vaidyanathan, bbc news.litical science professor at the university of grenoble. he specializes in police tactics in france — both in response to riots and in instances of lethal killings by police. i think, firstly, it is important to point out, sebastien, this is not the first time that concern about police tactics, brutality, and racism has been piloted in france. absolutely. there has been a concern for many years about the increase in the number of legal shootings. they have been multiplied by a factor of 5-6 have been multiplied by a factor of 5—6 since a new piece of legislation in 2017, over five years ago. on top of that, there is of course the issue of racial discrimination by the french police. which is not acknowledged by the government, or the highest authorities. find acknowledged by the government, or the highest authorities.— the highest authorities. and why do ou think the highest authorities. and why do you think that _ the highest authorities. and why do you think that is? _ the highest auth

rajini vaidyanathan, bbc news, paris.hris bockman is in toulouse for us this morning. chris, what's the situation there? it has been a lot quieter. they have been arrested, there have been some scrimmages, but nothing like on the scale we have seen before. i am in the city centre right now. right behind me is the city hall. why is this important? because as you know about 200 mayors have been physically attacked at their homes or where they work, and there has been a call for everybody to assemble in the town hall to show solidarity. i expect that may day there will be hundreds here to see just what kind of reaction after the shock of what has happened, if there is anger, if there is a reaction from the people that they want things to be back in control again. we will see here in this square how people will turn up. this will be happening everywhere around france at midday today. there are expecting thousands of police officers back on the streets tonight to ensure that what we have seen yesterday continues. chris, thank

let's cross straight to paris and my colleague rajini vaidyanathan.am i am outside the home which the rioters tied to attack last night by driving a burning car into it. he was not at home at the time, he was at the nearby town hall, but his wife and two young children wear, the escaped, obviously they were terrified, and his wife broke her leg in the melee that insured. this was one of a number of incidents of violence that spread across france for another night, a fifth night. authorities actually say the violence was lesser than previous nights. they arrested some 700 people saturday through to sunday. compare that with friday into saturday where there were 1300 arrests. but still, france has a huge challenge on its hands, as my colleague reports. france is under a harsh spotlight. five nights of clashes, tens of thousands of riot police — violence and vandalism across the country. this is marseille, france's second largest city. while in paris... the police have just fired tear gas at the rioters on the champs—elysees, which is a tourist hotspot,

let's cross live to paris and my colleague rajini vaidyanathan...e in central paris in the last few hours, we've seen an increased police presence. police van speeding pastors and other members of the police arriving. people are expecting another night of violence here. now, last night the authority said that the violence was a bit less than the previous night, but there still, as you say, arrested more than 1300 people. 0vernight, people are dealing across the country with more damage and destruction. and today people were also dealing with grief. in the suburb of non—tear, not too far from where i am, the funeral was held. for 17—year—old nahel m, he was a teenager who was shot dead by a police officer earlier this week. his death sparked all of the protests that we've seen in the following week and a days. my colleague reports on the day. non—tear when nahel m was buried todayis non—tear when nahel m was buried today is littered with notices of his death. messages of rage in burnt out vehicles backed up by graffiti. god saw it all. we joined the

hello, i'm rajini vaidyanathan. a very warm welcome to you.begin in lithuania, where the nato summit is under way — members are divided on how to handle ukraine's bid to join the alliance. the summit is being held in the lithuanian capital, vilnius, close to russia and ukraine — which are set to dominate discussion amongst nato�*s leaders. my colleague lewis vaughanjones is in vilnius for us now. yes, this summit got under way with a big success, a big win forjens stoltenberg, that announcement that the opposition to sweden joining nato would be dropped. that keeps the bigger challenge of ukraine and its membership of nato. there is widespread support, of course, for ukrainejoining nato in principle, but then it gets a bit more tricky when you look at the details. when and what kind of assurances can ukraine be given? let's take a listen now to jens stoltenberg, ukraine be given? let's take a listen now tojens stoltenberg, the chief of nato, addressing just that issue. i also expect that allies will send a clear and positive message on the pat

let's get the latest now from paris and speak to our correspondent rajini vaidyanathan.ties here are bracing themselves for another night of violence. after yesterday. a day which proved to be very disruptive one, there was a lot of damage and destruction, notjust here in paris, but across the country. as you say, there were more than 1300 arrests, i think the latest figures may now take that up to as close to 2000 arrests. a lot of that damage to buildings, and there is really concern about a repeat of more violence. underthe concern about a repeat of more violence. under the challenge really is for the authorities, what can be done to stop that violence from continuing? there have been talks over a state of emergency being imposed, that is not yet on the table. the paris metro and other public transport is going to be suspended later this evening for an overnight. and these disturbances have been taking place across the country. my colleague is in northern france. �* , ., france. atmosphere here in northern france. atmosphere here in northern france is still — france.

hello, i'm rajini vaidyanathan, welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. we start here in the uk where us presidentjoe biden has been welcomed by king charles at windsor castle. his brief visit to the uk comes ahead of a nato summit in lithuania tomorrow. earlier, he met prime minister rishi sunak at downing street, with the war in ukraine high on the agenda. during the meeting — the president described the us—uk relationship as �*rock solid' — with rishi sunak adding that the two countries were the �*firmest allies�*. both leaders are travelling to that nato summit tomorrow. but that meeting with the king is still on going at windsor — and my colleague maryam moshiri is there now. yes, the helicopter on marine one left windsor castle around about 30 minutes ago after what felt at least from what we were looking at a very relaxed and happy and warm meeting between the two men, as we saw earlier in pictures, they greeted each other quite warmly and that was followed by an inspection of the welsh guard and after that the two men en

hello, i'm rajini vaidyanthan, welcome to bbc news now, three hours of fast—moving news, interviews andeaction. we start in london, where the high court has ruled that a major plan which aims to reduce air pollution in the capital can go ahead. the plan is to expand the city's ultra low emissions zone, known as the ulez. it currently covers the central area shown in pink on this map. drivers of the most polluting vehicles in the zone are charged £12.50 a day. london's mayor, sadiq khan, wants to extend the boundary of the zone to cover the whole of greater london. five conservative—led councils tried to have the expansion of the scheme halted, arguing that mr khan had exceeded his powers, but they have now failed. the extension is due to go ahead on august 29th. ulez has been at the centre of a major political row and is widely believed to have been a key factor in labour's failure in a recent by—election in london. the plans are at the centre of a major political row and are being introduced by london's labour mayor. here's the mayor giving his reaction to the bbc in the last hour well

hello, i'm rajini vaidyanathan, welcome to the daily global, where we'll bring you the top stories fromrld. welcome — we begin with the war in ukraine — and differences emerging between nato allies over whether controversial cluster munitions should be sent to kyiv. an announcement by washington on a new package of weapons — including cluster munitions — is expected in the coming minutes. these images are from the us department of defence and show cluster bombs detonating. kyiv has been pressing for the weapons for its counteroffensive. but cluster bombs are banned by many countries around the world because of the danger they pose to civilians — sometimes years after a conflict ends. germany has voiced opposition to such a move and humanitarian organisations have urged both russia and ukraine to avoid cluster munitions completely. this is the scene at the white house where would be expecting the press briefing soon given the reports. let's hear from jens stoltenberg. it is for individual allies to make decisions on what type of weapons. all allies agree on the delivery of weapons and am

rajini vaidyanathan, bbc news.orning. last night, for the morning? good morning. last night, forthe fifth — morning? good morning. last night, for the fifth 19 _ morning? good morning. last night, for the fifth 19 a — morning? good morning. last night, for the fifth 19 a row, _ morning? good morning. last night, for the fifth 19 a row, they _ morning? good morning. last night, for the fifth 19 a row, they have i for the fifth 19 a row, they have been protests across france. nearly 500 people have been arrested. here in lille there were special police forces in the streets and a curfew was imposed in some areas. this place, like many other cities across france, has seen looting, violence and fires. you can see behind me a building which used to be a health centre, about 35 people used to work there, mostly nurses and doctors, rioters came in the middle of the night and set it on fire. you can see that is completely destroyed. nearby is a school, the school was also damaged by the fire, and students of the school, ch

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we wait for that press conference to get under way but i am going to hand you back to london and rajini gets under way. thank you, lewis, we will get back to you when the speech gets under way. let's bring you now some shots that are coming in from the west bank, from jenin, showing the palestinian president mahmoud abbas, who was visiting the camp in the occupied west bank, that is where israel carried out a major military operation last week. mahmoud abbas is due to lay a wreath at the graves of 12 palestinians who were killed during the raid. israel views that come as a terror hub and says that all of those who were killed are combatants. this all comes days after senior un officials and donor partners visited the refugee camp in jenin and a statement from the un after that visit described the destruction following those raids as shocking, with houses completely burned down, cars crushed against walls and damaged. so, those pictures that we are bringing you there are from the west bank, from there are from the west bank, from the city ofjenin, from the refugee camp, the palestinian c