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Rioters broke in in the middle of the night and set the building on fire. and people here told us they do not sympathise with the rioters because they feel that they are destroying their own communities, and that this is not the right way to demand justice for nael. but this is notjust about nael. his death has reignited debate about racism in the french police. what many people who want is at least an acknowledgement that there is a problem of racial profiling and excessive use of force by the french police. sofia bettiza, bbc news, lille. rajini, iwant rajini, i want to pick up on something ...

Sofia bettiza, bbc news, nanterre. let's go live now to our correspondent rajini vaidyanathan, who's in the parisian suburb of nanterre. are the police there bracing themselves for more unrest over the weekend ? that doesn't seem to be the case, ben. we were here yesterday and we saw dozens of officers arrive on motorbikes in vans with riot shields in anticipation of what unfolded last night. you can see behind me a shop front completely smashed up, there is graffiti, and that is a picture across this area. now, the reason why i think these are going to continue is because the discontent is st...

Unacceptable to attack symbols of the french republic such as schools, city halls and police stations. yesterday president macron deployed an extra 40,000 police officers to try to deal with the unrest. some parts of paris have imposed curfews and we have seen that bus and tram services have been stopped, which is nearly unprecedented here. one option the president has when he holds a crisis meeting later today is to call a state of emergency in the country. that would mean a nationwide curfew and not allowing public meetings and protests. we will get more information about what he decides to ...

A search and rescue operation has found no new survivors nor recovered more bodies from the boat carrying hundreds of migrants which sank off the coast of greece on wednesday. 78 people are confirmed to have died but up to 500 remain unaccounted for after the overcrowded vessel sank in one of the deepest parts of the mediterranean sea. the greek authorities are facing mounting questions about whether more could have been done to prevent the disaster. nine suspected people smugglers have been arrested. 0ur reporter, sofia bettiza, is also in kalamata. the operation continues today here in south...

The ship, and that the coastguard didn't cause the boat to sink. as those who survived have been arriving at a migrant camp outside athens, greece's caretaker prime minister promised a thorough investigation into what caused the boat to sink and so many people to die. louisa pilbeam, bbc news. sofia bettiza joins us now from the greek city of kalamata. sofia, what's the latest on the ground? how on earth did it get to this point and why were more people not saved earlier? that point and why were more people not saved earlier?— saved earlier? that is right, we kee- saved earlier? that is righ...