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On the bbc sounds app. Some other stories now. An unexploded world war ii bomb that was found in plymouth has been put in the sea to be detonated. Thousands of people were evacuated as the bomb was taken through the city. The 500kg device was transported by the military after it was found buried in a garden on tuesday. Germany has become the latest country in europe to legalise cannabis. The law will come into effect in april and it will apply to over 18s only, but it does come with strict rules which will make it harder to buy the drug. However, people will be allowed to grow up to three plants at home. The government says the new law will undermine the sale of the drug on the black market. And some potentially good news now if you are a swiftie because one of londons top museums is hiring a taylor swift super fan who can help advise them about Swiftie Culture and memorabilia. Job applications are open now if youre interested. A ....
40,000 police officers were deployed across the country this evening, but have failed to prevent outbreaks of violence in places stretching from lillie in the north to marseille on the south coast. french authorities are now braced for the possibility of further trouble this weekend. the officer who fired the fatal shot at the teenage driver, nahel m, has been charged with voluntary homocide and is under arrest. amina calash is a journalist based in the paris suburb of nanterre, where the shooting happened and where the violence started. thank you forjoining us, what is the mood in nanterre tonight? tonight it was quiet, maybe 30 minutes ago. but then it begins with a lot of mortar and smell of the burn. ., ., , , burn. tell me, the video has been viewed millions burn. tell me, the video has been viewed millions and burn. tell me, the video has been viewed millions and millions - burn. tell me, the video has been viewed millions and millions of. viewed millions and ....
Host begins right now. E msnb host begins right now. Good evening. Welcome to tonight Special Coverage. Im Rachel Maddow here at the msnbc mothership with my colleagues joy reid and Lawrence Odonnell and jen psaki and ari melber. I friends chris hayes and alex wagner and Stephanie Ruhle or are gonna be joining us later. Its going to be fun. Were less than a week out from the republican president ial caucuses in iowa. Theast eye or a public can debate is underway tonight with oddly a sort of random selection of two of the remaining five republican president ial candidates. Taking part in that debate. If you can, right now, name all five remaining republican president ial candidates at the top of your head without looking anything up, congratulations. And ill say ....
but even if the threat is over and it s not at all clear that saturday s turn around was, in fact, the end, what did the flash of descent do to russia itself, not the government or security services but the people. what message did russians get over the weekend? what did they see when yevgeny prigozhin s tanks move toward the capital? what did they feel when his troops reportedly shot down several russian helicopters? that s according to ukraine s air force. what did they hear when vladimir putin called prigozhin a traitor and compared his threat to 1917. we re going to ask masha gessen of the new york. the russia public saw something extraordinary, a choice, it will something that changes russia even if it doesn t alter putin s control in the short term. let s get our reporting and the news from russian tv that vladimir putin will speak tonight. joining me now from moscow is nbc news chief international correspondent keir simmons. so keir, this news that he s going to ....
it s saturday 2a june. our main story: the kremlin has ordered the arrest of the leader of its mercenary group, wagner, which has been assisting the country in its war against ukraine. yevgeny prigozhin has been accused of mutiny by russia it s after he called for a rebellion against russia s army. it follows accusations of a deadly attack on wagner forces. the fighters have left ukraine and entered russia, where security has been stepped up. vincent mcavinney reports. operation fortress activating in moscow. in the middle of the night, military vehicles protecting kremlin buildings. the full details of the plan are state secrets but a sign that putin is clearly worried because of this man. yevgeny prigozhin is the leader of the bagnaia group. wagoner group. prigozhin has been a close ally of putin s for years, accused of meddling in the 2016 us election and expanding russian influence in africa. since last year his has recruited dozens of convicts across russia to fi ....