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On tuesday barring what the government calls foreign influence. Protests around Parliament Continued into the early hours of wednesday. The law would see any organisation that receives more than 20 of its funding from abroad being subject to stronger government scrutiny. The white house has called on georgias president to veto the law, saying it is similar to measures seen in russia. Rayhan demytrie is in the Georgian Capital Tbilisi for us. Georgians are waking up to the first day since their countrys lawmakers in the building behind me adopted this controversial law that people fear will stifle georgias democracy. We are expecting students and youth to come back to this street outside Parliament Later today. A lot of students from a number of universities here in the capital tbilisi are on strike. They are not attending their lectures. Opposition mps are also boycotting parliament from today and we have a number of european politicians visiting georgia. They held a meeting with the president of this country to discuss ways, how to save georgias European Future. Pressure coming from europe, also from the us in terms of trying to get the georgian president to veto this law but that doesnt mean to say it is the End Of The Road for the law even if she does that. Thats right. A letter published yesterday by us senators described yesterdays events as a dark day for georgias democracy. There are talks about possible sanctions against those who voted in favour of this law. Yesterday we saw dramatic events in this street outside parliament, as protesters clashed with the police while lawmakers inside parliament had a fistfight and verbal insults against each other. This is how the events unfolded. They marched in with a warning against the protesters who have been demonstrating outside parliament for weeks. Protesters stood defiantly, refusing to move away. And then violence. All in the name of a contentious law which protesters fear will mark the end of georgias democracy. You get a sense now, theyre moving more intensely. And the protesters are beginning to boo. Theyre being pushed away from the square. We will be eu. Freedom to the georgian. Georgian people are standing for their right to make a decision, which is to be against this law. We do not wish it. It is dragging us back into the same hole that we finally crawled out of. A similarForeign Agents law exists in russia, used there to crack down on governments critics. Georgians worry the same thing might happen here. They are liars. They are putins guys, you know. They are doing russian work here. Earlier, mps from the Governing Party passed the law after a debate turned into a brawl. Authorities defended the bill, saying it would help protect georgia from foreign interference. Critics suspect the government is trying to protect the interests of one man, bidzina ivanishvili, a billionaire who made his fortune in russia. That is also intrinsically very russian, to defend the interests of one man against the interests of one nation. These mass protests have been driven by georgias youth, standing up to defend the National Dream overfuture in europe. Giorgi revishvili is a former Senior Adviser at the National Security council of georgia. He gave me his analysis on events in tbilisi. Everything ties back to Georgian Dreams to Georgian Dreams objective to remain in power at all costs. Violence and intimidation, the government wants to suppress the wave of protest that has been going on over a month now and people are so determined to defend their freedom, democracy and the European Future of this country which are enshrined in the georgia constitution, article 78, it says georgias place is in nato and eu, so it is all but what is happening as Georgians Fight For Freedom and democracy, it is as simple as that. Most of the people our reporter was speaking to streets were young people protesting on the street. What sense do we have about the rest of the georgian population and their support for those Foreign Agents bill . You are absolutely right. It is a fundamental shift in the Political Landscape because the Younger Generation tend to be not very interested in politics. Nowadays the youth are becoming increasingly involved in politics, promising in the upcoming parliamentary elections in october higher turnout, which was not the case before. So there is a fundamental shift going on here but also it is widespread. It is not only about a new generation. People from regions we have seen demonstrations in other cities, so it is a national demonstration. People understand, not only youth but people of all ages understand that this is a red line for georgia. Going back into the russian sphere of influence because that is how they perceive this law, it is a clear red line and they are increasingly alarmed, so that is why they are demonstrating and have been for a month now and people are so determined that the protests will go on. Just take us through next steps because it has been passed through parliament. The president has indicated she will veto this. She is under pressure from the us, eu states, but it doesnt mean to say the bill wont get passed because of the situation in parliament. Just explain what happens next. Even if the president vetoes the bill, unfortunately Georgian Dream has a majority in the parliament so they can pass it as it is now, so they might neglect the amendments if the president makes these, so it is all about having two different factors here. One is protests, pressure the government from within, and pressure from the outside as we have seen on numerous statements, from the european union, our partners in the United States and the uk, and they are calling on government not to pass this law as it is, change it, or withdraw it or make some amendments, because otherwise it is truly replicating the russian style of law which will drastically change the situation here and undermine georgias european aspirations and destroy georgian democracy so the situation as we are in the process now. Ijust want i just want to take you to northern france. This is the area where the prison, the prisoner who escaped yesterday was being held. Just a moment to go there was an minutes silence that was held by the colleagues of the two Prison Officers who were killed. They were holding a minutes science and solidarity with their colleagues. A major manhunt is into a second day in france, after a prisoner escaped when a heavily armed gang ambushed a prison van. Two Prison Officers were killed. The attack took place near the city of rouen in normandy. Three other Prison Guards were injured. Inside the van was a drug dealer known as the fly who was being taken from court to prison when the ambush took place at a toll booth. Nick beake sent this report. An unremarkable tollbooth in northern france, and the scene of a swift and brutal ambush. Cctv footage shows the Moment A Dark Car Veers into a white prison van, and at least two masked attackers start shooting. Terrified passengers on a passing bus throw themselves to the ground as the bullets ring out. One assailant is seen strolling calmly among the other vehicles on the motorway. Then, here, you can make out the prisoner himself wearing white trainers as he emerges from the prison van. The gang sets fire to their own vehicle, the smoke only adding to the chaos. Some of them run towards another car a white one to begin their escape. The aftermath carnage. Two Prison Officers dead, others gravely injured as their Police Colleagues begin a Painstaking Search for evidence in an attack thats been described as an assault on france itself. Translation they will be arrested, l they will be judged and they will be | punished commensurate to the crime that they have committed. This is the man who was freed in the bloody assault 30 year old mohammed amra, a convicted local burglar. But he was also the suspect in a fatal kidnapping in the Southern City of marseille, which is facing an onslaught of gang violence. Amra and his accomplices are now being hunted by hundreds of Police Officers from here in rouen, as well as French Special forces from across the country. The burnt out vehicle that initiated the killing, a Starting Point for clues. Forensic and other specialist investigators spent hours at the scene of the ambush. A violent attack on Security Staff is relatively rare in france, so many have found the level of indiscriminate violence used chilling. Nick beake, bbc news, rouen, france. Schools in england will be banned from teaching Sex Education to children younger than nine, under new government plans. The guidance, due to be published on thursday, is said to include plans to ban any children being taught about gender identity. Current guidance says its down to primary schools to decide whether they need to cover any aspect of Sex Education to meet the needs of their pupils. Ive been speaking to our Political Correspondent helen catt about the new guidance. It came about after rishi sunak ordered a review about this time last year into the teaching of relationships, sex and Health Education in schools in england. At the time it was after a number of conservative mps had raised concerns about what they said was inappropriate content that they claimed was being taught to some children. What is going to be in these guidelines which we havent seen yet because they have not yet been published but it is understood what will be in them is a ban as you said on teaching Sex Education at all to children under nine, those in yearfive, there will also be other age limits on teaching certain specifics, and there will also be a ban from proactively teaching the different gender identities, and if that is taught then teachers will need to say some of that is contested and make that clear, so that is the broad thrust of this. The National Association for Head Teachers has said there was never any evidence that there was any inappropriate content being taught in schools. But the government says the aim of this guidance is to support teachers in teaching this subject and also to reassure parents. As you say the guidance is due to be published tomorrow. It does deal with potentially some areas that have proved very controversial around the rest of the uk, particularly this issue of gender identity. This isnt specific guidance on teaching that in particular. There was a different set of guidance the government has been working on around that but it does come under this general topic of relationships, sex and health. What will happen with that is that teachers will be told they have to say that Gender Ideology is contested if they teach it and there will be a ban on proactively, as they put it, teaching different genders. Around the world and across the uk. This is bbc news. Ukraine says its troops have had to retreat from several villages in the kharkiv region, because of continued pressure from russian forces, who are establishing positions inside the north east ukrainian town of vovchansk. Theres intense fighting, and the capture of the town would mark the most significant gain for russia since it launched an incursion on friday. Ukraines president , volodymyr zelensky, has cancelled a scheduled visit to spain later this week. More now from our correspondent in kyiv, james waterhouse, on the reasons behind that trip� s cancellation. All that we are hearing from the spanish side, sarah, is that it is because of internal events inside ukraine. So, not much in the way of detail on that statement, but i guess most of us can fill the gaps on what that means. This is a full scale invasion, more than two and a half years on now, and it is going farfrom ukraines way as Ukrainian Forces struggle to contain this North Eastern incursion by Russian Troops across the border. Now, president zelensky, he is fairly relaxed about travelling abroad, he has grown in confidence in that sense. He is keen to appear at summits, not just in europe, notjust in the us, on favourable territory with Western Allies, but he is also keen to engage with the middle east, as well as the african continent. So it is a possible reflection ofjust how perilous a period this is for ukraine, with the front line growing in size and ukrainian troops being further stretched. And of course, an important visit, as well, over the last couple of days with the us Secretary Of State Antony Blinken. What has been the key message that he has brought from the us . More help is coming, dont worry, we are behind you, putin must fail, i think is the messaging we have heard over and over. I mean, Antony Blinken is on the second day of an official visit, where you can be sure high on the agenda is the delay to this multi billion Dollar Package of ammunition and weaponry. Now, we are told some of the Ukrainian Forces have it, but what we are hearing from commanders in the north east is that they are having to move to more advantageous positions that is the wording. We dont yet know whether it is a withdrawal or a retreat, but it is clear they are struggling to contain this russian attack in the face of constant Ground Attacks and artillery fire. Now, there are real concerns that russia is planning another attack further north into the sumy region where troops are gathering there. And its interesting, i think there are questions over ukraines ability to prevent this because it has long been known that russia is gathering troops, but give is reluctantly agreeing with Western Allies do not use the missiles it provides on targets inside russia, only on occupied territory inside ukraine. That is a source of deep frustration for ministers here, and it might be a reason why they are seemingly unable to prevent these incursions from taking place. The Us Department ofjustice says it is considering whether to prosecute boeing over two deadly crashes involving its 737 max aircraft. Federal investigators accuse the Aviation Giant of violating the terms of an agreement made in 2021. The settlement shielded boeing from Legal Proceedings against it for the two crashes, which killed 346 people. Boeing has denied that it violated the agreement. With more from washington, heres our correspondent helena humphrey. Through this ruling, the Usjustice Department has effectively opened the door to boeing facing criminal prosecution over two deadly crashes in 2018 and 2019, in indonesia and then in ethiopia, involving its 737 max aircraft, through which, 346 people were killed. And after those two crashes, essentially, there was a deal between prosecutors and boeing. It was contentious, and boeing paid out some 2. 5 billion, but also agreed to come up with a new framework, a new ethical framework, also with regards to Safety Measures as well. Now, that deal was set to last for three years and actually expire injanuary. Just a few days before it did expire, we saw that incident with the Alaska Airlines 737 max airliner as well, when a panel on that aircraft blew out. And of course, during that incident, it immediately renewed the spotlight on boeing, on its quality assurances, its safety controls. And in this ruling, the Us Justice Department on tuesday said that boeing had violated the terms of that agreement. That is something that boeing vehemently opposes. But now, essentially, it will be up to the Us Government to decide whether it wants to move forward with a criminal prosecution. And in terms of the victims� families, many of them have insisted that they do want to see criminal charges, that they do want to see more accountability in this case. The trial of the man regarded as the main suspect in the disappearance of madeleine mccann, will hear evidence today from one of his alleged victims. German National Christian brueckner is accused of raping three women, and the attempted Indecent Assault of two minors. Earlier we spoke tojessica parker, our correspondent in braunschweig, who told us more about what we can expect. In the next couple of days, the expectation is we build your from somebody who is regarded as a key witness in this trial. So, hazel behan, an irish woman, who has previously waived her right to anonymity, it is alleged that Christian Brueckner, 47 years old, raped her in her apartment in Praia Da Rocha on the Algarve All The Way<

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