France riots: Three nights of violence after fatal shooting

Global News Podcast

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4.3 • 8.3K Ratings

🗓️ 30 June 2023

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

France has seen a third night of protests spreading outside Paris, to cities including Marseille and Toulouse. More than 800 people have been arrested as the clashes continue. In Paris, shops have been ransacked and cars set on fire despite a heavy police presence. Also: Pakistan's prime minister says a $3bn bailout from the IMF will help restore economic stability, and Cambodia's long-term leader threatens to block access to Facebook in the country.

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0:00.0	This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service.
0:03.6	I'm Jean-Anne Joliele and at 13 hours GMT on Friday the 30th of June, these are our main
0:09.9	stories.
0:11.3	Another night of arson, looting and clashes in France following the police killing of
0:16.1	a teenage boy.
0:17.8	The French Prime Minister says the riots are unacceptable.
0:20.8	We're in fact talking about some very violent individuals who are attacking our police
0:27.6	stations.
0:28.6	These individuals are not representative of the residents who are as shocked as us.
0:34.8	Pakistan gets a multi-billion dollar IMF bailout but at a huge cost to the people there.
0:41.2	EU leaders say they'll reduce their dependence on China but how?
0:48.1	Also in this podcast?
0:49.9	Anyone can post anything and it has the potential to reach thousands or even millions of views
0:56.3	basically.
0:57.3	Bad arguments can spread really fast.
1:00.0	Is TikTok failing to remove videos of people denying the existence of climate change?
1:05.9	And we go looking for ghost particles from the Milky Way.
1:15.3	We start in France where President Macron has said that nothing can justify the violence
1:19.8	that swept across the country as almost 900 people have been arrested this week.
1:25.7	He blamed what he called professionals of violence for disrupting what should have
1:29.6	been a period of respect after the police killing of a teenage boy on Tuesday.
1:35.0	A third night of rioting saw many buildings including libraries and schools set on fire
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