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“Tear gas, rubber bullet launchers, grenades.”
Some French cities have been given the power to implement partial curfews to protect people and shops after a weekend of riots. Simon Persico, a political science professor at Sciences Po Grenoble, describes the police response.
What makes a successful housing estate?
On PM at 5, @tweeter_anita hears from the architect behind the winner of the UK's most prestigious architecture award.
Lion Green Road in Coulsdon was praised by judges for blending high-density housing into an area of natural beauty.
Many of the country's professional clubs are "living on the edge of financial disaster" according to a new report by the football regulator.
Mark Palios, former Chief Exec of the FA and chairman of Tranmere Rovers, gives @BBCBenWright his reaction to the report.
"Society is becoming very polarised... that will be exploited by our adversary"
In his annual speech MI5 chief Sir Ken McCallum said the use of AI to create bio-weapons is a growing concern.
Jonathan Hall KC, Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation, gave PM his analysis.
"This is going to be a long, hard road."
The Prime Minister has told MPs that Britain needs to be open to a closer relationship with the EU. Philip Rycroft, former Permanent Secretary at the Department for Exiting the European Union, says any process to rejoin would take time.
"It is the most difficult, most worrying time I've seen in my career"
Sir Mark Rowley, the Met Police Commissioner, speaks to @katierazz about his loss of confidence in the UK justice system.
A Welsh version of the Dolly Parton classic Jolene has been released in tribute to the star's family links to Wales.
Shortly before her death, Dolly collaborated on the track with niece Jada Star and Welsh singer-songwriter Bronwen Lewis. They spoke to Paddy O'Connell on BH.
“If people are that interested in a particular incident, they can go to the scene of the execution.”
Former US National Security Advisor Ambassador John Bolton tells PM that the US Defence Secretary's plan to livestream the execution of a former US Army major is 'unnecessary'.
"I do expect an intensification of cyber attacks against us."
Cyber security threats were high on the Prime Minister's agenda as he visited Berlin today.
Sir David Omand, former director of GCHQ, says it's important to fight against rising threats from AI and Russia.
"It's a legal technicality on a very high profile case."
Thames Valley Police has accepted that warrants it used to search Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor's homes in February were unlawful.
Crime and Justice commentator Danny Shaw takes us through what happened and why.
"People were afraid to speak to me before."
Imogen Brooks has become the first person in the UK to get a bespoke artificial tongue on the NHS. She and lead clinician Carolyn Doughty tell us how the procedure came about, and the difference it made.
Teenage conservationists from Devon released 200 harvest mice into a nature reserve last year.
Now they are encouraging other young people to breed the mice and do the same.
Eva and Emily tell @nickeardleybbc about the project.
The British Museum has announced changes to how visitors see the Bayuex Tapestry exhibition after some ticket holders were turned away when the museum closed early last week.
@katierazz presses museum director Nicholas Cullinan on offering compensation to those turned away.
Andy Burnham told the UN General Assembly that Britain will put AI safety at the heart of the G20 when it hosts next year.
The UK’s Minister for AI, Kanishka Narayan, is asked about the risks the technology poses.
"Less is better than more"
The travel presenter Simon Reeve is returning to our screens with a new series of Wilderness, exploring remote parts of the planet.
Speaking to PM, he says the TV industry should change what they're investing in and focus on quality, not quantity.
"It was a heavenly magical moment."
Wilderness with Simon Reeve is returning this weekend for a second series that sees the adventurer travelling to the last wild landscapes on the planet.
He told PM what his favourite place was:
"I just cannot see how that would help."
A report by air traffic services provider NATS has said a software defect was responsible for flight chaos earlier this month.
Former Transport Secretary Grant Schapps says calls for resignations won't solve anything.
How could the UK improve its apprenticeship system?
Baroness Wolff, professor at Kings College London and former skills policy adviser, says it needs to be easier for small businesses to hire apprentices.




