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its saturday 8th july. our main story: tributes are being paid to the eight—year—old girl who died when a car crashed into her school in wimbledon on thursday. shes been named as selena lau. her family says she was "adored and loved by everyone". another eight—year old girl and a woman in her 40s are still in a critical condition. a woman who was arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving has been released on bail. louisa pilbeam reports. "an intelligent and chee...

hello and welcome to the bbc�*s newsroom here in new broadcasting house in london. this week on unspun, the ferocious riots right across france seems to have died down after the shooting of a 17—year—old boy at a police check. in cities and towns, the housing estates and the grim outer suburbs kept far away from the attractive centres have seen people of mostly arab, north african or african backgrounds out on the streets. being a young north african black or arab male in the est...

start with andy murray, the two—time champion, winning his first title backin champion, winning his first title back in 2013. a total contrast from thursday night where he went two sets to one when the curfew meant that a match had to be carried over into friday afternoon, but credits to the fifth seed from greece to then when those two sets. andy murrays great frustration and some andy murrays wimbledon ends yet again at the second round stage. frustration for him, the british numbe...

politicsnation. today from essence festival in new orleans. tonights lead, justice not served. less than a week after the nation marked the first anniversary of roes reversal, our conservative majority supreme court handed down a series of regressive decisions. collectively ruling against young and vulnerable people in a diversifying nation. on affirmative action, decades of transformative tools for underrepresented, specifically black kids seeking a higher education. the court left th...

good morning. iam good morning. i am out of the very front and to get this prized position you had to be here two days ago, at a 7am on saturday morning. it wont be long before this lot are inside. that is wherejohn and carol r. yes, good morning. the big news on day one of these wimbledon championships is the withdrawal of nick kyrgios. the beaten finalist last year and the amount�*s singles is out because of a wrist injury after what has been an injury ravaged season. and will it s...

shouting. saturday night in the port city of marseille, as frances summer of strife continues. police and protesters clashed, officers fired tear gas to disperse the crowds. unrest in france over the police killing of a 17—year—old continues. sirens wail. in paris, a beefed up security presence. they had been called on social media for protesters together in the city centre, but it seems they had been outnumbered by the police. it is lights out here in the french capital. the mood ...

and lots of questions to answer, so lets get started. breaking overnight, a another mass shooting. this time in baltimore, maryland. at least two people have been killed, and dozens of others injured after gunfire of wraps at an annual block party. we are live with the latest. plus, supreme fallout, the reaction from both sides of the aisle to the historic rulings from the high court, were going to take a closer look at the decisions impacting student debt relief, and lgbtq plus rights...

from paris, heres our europe editor katya adler. —— lets cross straight to paris and my colleague rajini vaidyanathan. well, that id is young here, but so far, were not hearing of any major disturbance it appears to be a calmer night, but for example in paris, the tensions really flared up. its 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 t...

the night is young here in paris, but we arent hearing of any disturbances. it appears to be a calmer night. but for example in paris on the last few nights, the tensions have really flared up in the very early hours of the morning. so its difficult to say what this evening will hold for us, but of course as you say, this all comes after the grandmother of 17—year—old nahel issued an appeal and otherfamily 17—year—old nahel issued an appeal and other family members have spoken ...

mounia, who waved to the crowds from an open—top truck. his killing — during a traffic stop — provoked rioting across france. this was the scene in paris last night. rioters clashed with police as cars were overturned and set alight. this video captured the police officer pointing his gun at the 17—year—old driver, before pulling the trigger at point—blank range. he died shortly afterwards. the authorities are deploying 40,000 police officers across the country tonight. tod...