The topic of this episode of your spotlight. Joing us now for our program, is mahmoud rafat, International Relations expert joining us from paris. And mr. Abimi is ekua, researcher and political analyst joining us from detroit, michigan. Gentlemen, welcome to of the program to our. Spotlight here to the both of you, im going to start with you, mr. Abikue, um, weve seen minorities in france here screaming racism and systemic uh violence by police uh for you for years, mostly muslim citizens or those of african descent, your initial thoughts on how pervasive you think the problem is, and what authorities you feel in france have done to address it . It is pervasive, and uh, according to statistics that have been released over the. Last several months, dozens of people have been killed uh by the French Police over the last several years, last year there were over 20 people who were killed, there were others who were wounded as well, and i dont think uh the residents of france uh would be u
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Available to redmond and that rents are sky high. The answer is we have to build more homes. Tests of Driverless Cars on uk roads are set to be given the green light in this weeks budget. And in half an hour here on bbc news, Steve Rosenberg travels across russia to find out how its citizens view the 1917 revolution. Good morning and welcome to bbc news. The pressure on the zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe to stand down is intensifying with both the military and his own party set to take further steps to remove him. The Ruling Zanu Pf Party is expected to remove the 93 year old as its leader at a meeting today. The zanu pf youth league, which until now has strongly supported president Robert Mugabe, has called for him to step down. Tens of thousands of protestors lined the streets of harare yesterday calling for his resignation. The leader of zimbabwes powerful Liberation War veterans has threatened to unleash the mob against mr mugabe if he continues to refuse to step down. You. You
We are going to be in the 40s and 50s to start out. Low sixty by noontime. Plenty of sun. A few high clouds, numbers on the cooler side. Mid 60s, coast, 70s inland. Tonight clear and cooler am look at my accuweather sevenday forecast coming up. This morning, San Francisco police opened an internal investigation after a man says officers wouldnt help him fine his stolen vehicle. On thursday the man spotted his own van and followed it for hours until he finally confronted the people behind the wheel. Abc7 news anchor dion lim spoke to him about the vigilante search and seizure. We name our vans. Reporter when the owner rented the van out, and it didnt come back on its due date. We knew something was up. I learned 20 minutes after they left the lot that they used a fake i derek. I cant report it stolen. Reporter under California Law you cant report it stolen or embezzleled until its five days past due. Meaning there was nothing he could do. He vented his frustration on twitter which caugh
Of course there is high fire danger. Its been so dry. But this is the tenth day we will not see a tenth day of records, we have he seen nine days. Mid 60s by noontime. Upper 60s for all of us. Not as warm with the breezy winds. We will track an even cooler forecast in week ahead. This morning, San Francisco police have opened an internal investigation after a man says officers wouldnt help him find his stolen vehicle. On thursday the man spot his own van and followed it for hours until he finally confronted the people behind the wheel. Abc talked to him about the vigilante van investigation. Reporter when the company rented the van and it didnt come back on its due date i knew something was up. Reporter under law, companies cant report stolen vehicles until its five days past due. Meaning there was nothing sfpd could do. Sharky posted his dilemma on twitter, which caught the eye of officia officials. Sheer luck. Going home from the dentist he sees the stolen van on sutter street in fro