France to deploy 40,000 police officers after protests
The clashes erupted after a teenager was fatally shot by police on Tuesday.
France's interior minister has promised to restore order to the streets following a second night of rioting over the police killing of a 17-year-old boy. Gerald Darmanin said 40,000 officers would be deployed. We鈥檒l hear from the family鈥檚 lawyer, Yassine Bouzrou.
Also on the programme: new evidence that gravitational waves reverberating in the universe might have the potential to change our understanding of the cosmos; and we鈥檒l hear from a survivor of a boat that capsized off the coast of Greece two weeks ago with hundreds of migrants on board.
(Image: Riot police pass by a burning car during clashes with protesters in Nanterre, near Paris, France, 29 June 2023. Credit: EPA/Yoan Valat)
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