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In France, protests persist over the police killing of boy of Algerian descent

4:30pm June 30, 2023

by Eleanor Beardsley

France braces itself for a fourth night of unrest, as protestors continue to take to the streets after a 17-year-old boy of Algerian descent was fatally shot by police during a traffic stop.

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For 3rd straight night, clashes erupted across France between protesters, police

6:48am June 30, 2023

NPR's Leila Fadel talks to sociology professor Crystal Fleming of Stony Brook University about the protests in France following the deadly police shooting of a 17-year-old during a traffic stop.

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A demonstrator runs on the third night of protests sparked by the fatal police shooting of a 17-year-old driver in the Paris suburb of Nanterre, France, Friday, June 30, 2023.

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More than 600 arrests after a new night of protests across France over teen's killing

5:11am June 30, 2023

by The Associated Press

Tensions grew across France over the deadly police shooting of a 17-year-old that has shocked the nation. More than 600 were arrested and at least 200 police officers were injured.

Syrian refugee Narmeen al-Zamel, 34, stands with her 3-year-old son Khaled in the lobby of the King Hussein Cancer Center in Amman, Jordan.

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He took one of the deadliest migrant routes, hoping to save his cancer-stricken son

5:00am June 30, 2023

NPR speaks to the family of a Syrian refugee who died along with possibly hundreds of other people in a shipwreck off the Greek coast in June.

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Visitors stand in a line to enter the ancient Colosseum, in Rome, Tuesday, June 27, 2023. Italian police on Thursday, June 29, 2023, said they believe the person who was filmed while engraving his name on the ancient Roman Colosseum is a tourist who lives in Britain. Italian law enforcement said in a release that the identification was made using photographic comparisons.

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Italian police say the man filmed carving his name on the Colosseum lives in Britain

1:14am June 30, 2023

by The Associated Press

The identification was made using photographic comparisons, Italian Carabinieri said in a press release. The statement did not provide the name of the suspect nor his whereabouts.

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Britain's plan to send asylum-seeking migrants to Rwanda is unlawful, court rules

5:34pm June 29, 2023

by Willem Marx

A United Kingdom court ruled that the British government's plan to send migrants seeking asylum in Britain to Rwanda is unlawful.

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Gen. Sergei Surovikin (left), the former commander of Russia's military operation in Ukraine, has been detained. He's seen here last December alongside Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu.

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Gen. Surovikin, Russia's former commander in Ukraine, is detained

3:21pm June 29, 2023

by Bill Chappell

After mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin's brief mutiny, news emerged that Surovikin knew in advance about the rebellion against Russia's top defense leaders.

Ukraine monitors the fallout from the Wagner Group's failed revolt in Russia

7:24am June 29, 2023

A general in Ukraine's armed forces weighs in on the Ukrainian offensive, and how the rebellion by mercenary fighters in Russia may change dynamics on the battlefield.

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Deadly police shooting of teenager triggers protests and arrests across France

6:48am June 29, 2023

There have been more protests in France after a 17-year-old was shot dead by police during a traffic stop outside Paris.

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Morning news brief

5:48am June 29, 2023

A Ukrainian general talks about Russia and the counteroffensive. Smoke and heat create unhealthy air in many U.S. areas. Protests in France after police killed a teen during a traffic stop.

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