been, a period of respect, after the police killing of a teenage boy on tuesday. he said additional resources would be made available to deal with unrest. the third night, and worst night of rioting so far, left buildings, including libraries and schools burnt shops looted. nearly 900 people were arrested; 250 police were injured. france s three biggest cities paris, marseille and lyon are suspending or restricting public transport from friday evening. marseille has also banned public demonstrations. the teenager, named as nahel m, was shot during a traffic stop. the policeman has been charged with voluntary homicide. he s also apologised to the teenager s family. overnight, 40,000 extra police officers were deployed across france, in an attempt to restore calm. the prime minister said the government was considering all options, but some ministers oppose declaring a state of emergency. lets get the latest from our correspondent. for the third night in a row, riots sprea
across as a confident figure. and these frantic efforts to restore authority, what do you make of those? , , ., ., , ., ., those? the big question as to what extent do russian those? the big question as to what extent do russian elite those? the big question as to what extent do russian elite still - those? the big question as to what extent do russian elite still have i extent do russian elite still have confidence in him? it is hard to know, of course. we don t really know. he s always had supreme control over them, know. he s always had supreme control overthem, he know. he s always had supreme control over them, he has bullied and frighten them into submission. we saw that quite clearly before the war as the war started. privately, many of those elites will be thinking, notjust as russia taken the wrong path, because it is doing so badly in the war, but it will also be wondering if he is the right man to lead them now, because ultimately, of course, a competent and loyal army,
when we are up against wagner, we notice the difference. they are far more effective fighters than the russian army. this is part of the reason why this mutiny happened in the first place, because the kremlin gave this deadline of tomorrow, july the 1st, for all private military companies to sign a contract with the regular russian army, the ministry of defence. prigozhin, the bald headed guy we saw back there, doesn t want to do this, and nor do his wagner group. obviously, that was ignored, so he decided to make a show of strength, marched on moscow, took over rostov on don, and now the question is in what form is wagner going to continue? question is in what form is wagner going to continue? frank, thank you ve much going to continue? frank, thank you very much for going to continue? frank, thank you very much for the going to continue? frank, thank you very much for the latest going to continue? frank, thank you j very much for the latest assessment and going through all of t
for the glitch reassuring weather for the glitch. those are just some of the stories making headlines in the uk. you are alive with bbc news. it s been almost a week since vladimir putin faced a mutiny by the leader of the wagner mercenary group and his troops. huge questions remain about what has happened to yevgeny prigozhin and what next for russia s most effective fighting force in ukraine. they ve been given a deadline of tomorrow tojoin the regular russian army, go home, or move to belarus. but as the bbc revealed yesterday, wagner is still continuing to recruit fighters. bbc verify and our security correspondent frank gardner, is looking at what could happen next frank. thank you, matthew. there is a lot of interest globally in what has become of this man here, yevgeny prigozhin. this is the last known verified picture of him, this was
minsk. it dropped them off, he was seenin minsk. it dropped them off, he was seen in belarus, the plane then flew up seen in belarus, the plane then flew up to st petersburg and back down to moscow. perhaps the bigger mystery is what about the group he has been controlling? he was almost synonymous with his wagner group. bbc verify has been able to establish some proof that a camp in belarus is being updated and rebuilt to house, they believe, wagner mercenaries. the camp is in this place. here it is two weeks ago, abandoned, deserted, a former soviet camp, nothing to see here, move along. two weeks later, this is the transformation. 304 tent like structures, enough to house over 2000 wagner fighters stop should they choose to grow there, we don t yet know how many will do so, but