This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service.

I'm Andrew Peach and at 13 hours GMT on Wednesday the 17th of July.

These are our main stories.

The mayor of Paris goes for a swim in the river to prove it's safe for the Olympics.

It's amazing, you know, it was a dream for us.

We work very hard.

We did it. We did it.

Police in Thailand say six Vietnamese tourists found dead in a luxury hotel were poisoned with

cyanide and student protests in Bangladesh over a lack of jobs turn violent.

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We'll start this podcast with a swim in the set in the river that runs through Paris.

Residents have been using social media to criticize the government

over plans to use the river during the Olympic Games saying it's far too dirty.

Now the mayor of Paris and Idallgo has taken decisive action

doling a swimsuit and taking the plunge quite literally in front of cheering

spectators. Afterward she said her hard work and an estimated 1.5 billion dollars cleaning up the river had paid off

It's amazing you know it was a dream for us we work a lot and very

hard for that and it is not just for be here today and swim together. It's a very lucky and happy day. It's also for the planet, you know, and for the river and for the ocean we did it we did it

and the mayor wasn't the only one taking a dip our Paris correspondent Hugh

Schofield did too. I did indeed and it was great. Every adjective she used to

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