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 p
Good morning. A swathe of cloud across eastern england, through the midlands, Northern England come into the south west and that is producing a bit of rain at the moment and either side of that is sunshine and a few showers today. I will have all the details throughout the programme. Its wednesday the 15th of may. A major manhunt is under way in france after two Prison Officers were killed in an ambush on a police van. The attack happened at a toll booth near rouen in normandy, and police said the man who was freed has links to a gang in marseille. Our europe correspondent, nick beake, has the latest. 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
To suppress certain opinions and silence critics of the kremlin. Those who oppose the bill also argue that the legislation could negatively affect georgias chances ofjoining the european union. The bbc s Rayhan Demytrie has been on the ground in tbilisi and sent this report. 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, they are moving more intensely, and the protesters are beginning to boo. Theyre being pushed away from the square. We will be in the eu. We will be in the eu freedom to the georgians georgian people are standing for their rights, 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 russi
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 presid