under way on bbc two, the news continues here on bbc one , as now it s time to join our colleagues across the nations and regions for the news where you are, but from the ten team it s goodnight. across france, protests, riots and looting run into a fourth night. president macron closes transport networks, blames social media but what can he do to end the unrest? one further fatality reported tonight after violence sparked by a police killing of teenager of north african origin in the french suburbs on tuesday. we ll hear from someone who knows her way round the activist movement. also tonight. rwanda is being condemned by the un, the us and the eu for supporting the m23 rebels in the democratic republic of congo. the last time this happened, the uk pulled aid to rwanda. the conservative aid secretary responsible for that 2012 decision tells newsnight the uk approach to human rights atrocities risks being downgraded. we speak to the former un assistant secretary general for
people have been displaced by m23 s recent activities. a un expert report hasjust concluded there is evidence of direct intervention by the rwandan military in the drc, either directly helping m23 or themselves attacking armed hutu groups. paul kagame became the de facto leader of rwanda after hutus massacred 800,000 tutsis in 1994. he denies supporting m23. the claim comes amid renewed tensions between rwanda and the drc over eastern congo, where over 100 rebel groups compete for control of the area s huge mineral resources. this is not the first time paul kagame has been warned by most of the international community to cease support for m23 s activities. indeed, in 2012, the conservative led government pulled £21 million in aid funding to rwanda for precisely the same reason support to m23 rebels in the congo.