we have this coverage. across france, yet more rage. streets under siege, a dramatic outpouring of anger, after a 17 year old, nahel, was killed by police during a traffic stop. many of the rioters are teenagers, out despite a plea from france s president to parents to keep their children at home. as the protests have intensified, so too has the police presence. across the country from friday into saturday morning, more than 16,000 officers were deployed and it s the police that s driving people onto the streets in the first place. many here accuse officers of discrimination, and even the un says france needs to address its deep rooted issues of racism in the police force. chanting: justice for nahel! it s a concern crowds at this protest share. the country s foreign ministry says the un s claims are unfounded, but the french police have long been plagued by accusations of racism. many see this violence as a wake up call, but for the government, containing it is a challenge
of the national team, kylian mbappe, has called for calm, saying violence solves nothing and that it should be replaced with mourning, dialogue and reconstruction . the police officer involved in the death of the teenager on tuesday has been charged with voluntary homocide. nahel s funeral will be held later in his hometown of nanterre, a suburb north west of paris. the family have requested journalists and the public stay away. rajini vaidyanathan begins our coverage. across france, yet more rage. streets under siege, a dramatic outpouring of anger, after a 17 year old, nahel, was killed by police during a traffic stop. many of the rioters are teenagers, out despite a plea from france s president to parents to keep their children at home. as the protests have intensified, so too has the police presence. across the country from friday into saturday morning, more than 16,000 officers were deployed and it s the police that s driving people onto the streets in the first pla
in the next few hours, just outside of paris. the family have requested journalists and the public stay away. we have this coverage. across france, yet more rage. streets under siege, a dramatic outpouring of anger, after a 17 year old, nahel, was killed by police during a traffic stop. many of the rioters are teenagers, out despite a plea from france s president to parents to keep their children at home. as the protests have intensified, so too has the police presence. across the country from friday into saturday morning, more than 16,000 officers were deployed and it s the police that s driving people onto the streets in the first place. many here accuse officers of discrimination, and even the un says france needs to address its deep rooted issues of racism in the police force. chanting: justice for nahel! it s a concern crowds at this protest share. the country s foreign ministry says the un s claims are unfounded, but the french police have long been plagued by accusat
well, authorities here are bracing themselves for another night of violence. after yesterday. a day which proved to be very disruptive one, there was a lot of damage and destruction, notjust here in paris, but across the country. as you say, there were more than 1300 arrests, i think the latest figures may now take that up to as close to 2000 arrests. a lot of that damage to buildings, and there is really concern about a repeat of more violence. underthe concern about a repeat of more violence. under the challenge really is for the authorities, what can be done to stop that violence from continuing? there have been talks over a state of emergency being imposed, that is not yet on the table. the paris metro and other public transport is going to be suspended later this evening for an overnight. and these disturbances have been taking place across the country. my colleague is in northern france. , ., france. atmosphere here in northern france. atmosphere here in northern fran
corruption. eruption. including declaring a state of emergency after a third night of escalating violence and rioting in cities and towns across france. hundreds of police were injured last night and more than 900 people arrested. across france tonight, public transport has been suspended and some major events cancelled as the government tries to stop scenes like this taking place for the fourth night running. the protests began in a paris suburb on tuesday when a police officer shot dead a 17 year old boy of north african descent during a traffic stop in the nanterre. footage of the shooting was posted online. the unrest quickly spread across france, fuelled by accusations of police racism and wider discrimination against minority communities. around 115,000 police officers have now been deployed on the streets. from paris here s our europe editor katya adler. paris, supposed to be the city of love, is exploding again into hateful confrontation. riot police versus angry y