Paul Moss

I mean, it's interesting that Eric Chiotti from the centre-right politician said, the destiny of our nation has been confiscated by an outrageous judicial cabal. People are uneasy about what's happening. Outside France, I think there has been a lot of interest in this, partly because there are political allies of Marine Le Pen who are angry.

I mean, it's interesting that Eric Chiotti from the centre-right politician said, the destiny of our nation has been confiscated by an outrageous judicial cabal. People are uneasy about what's happening. Outside France, I think there has been a lot of interest in this, partly because there are political allies of Marine Le Pen who are angry.

But more importantly, this verdict will strike a chord in many countries. You have people, politicians in many places, for example, of the United States, who claim that what they say is the will of the people is being stopped by the courts. So you have people like here in Spain, the Santiago Abascal, the head of the Vox party, very similar to Le Pens party.

But more importantly, this verdict will strike a chord in many countries. You have people, politicians in many places, for example, of the United States, who claim that what they say is the will of the people is being stopped by the courts. So you have people like here in Spain, the Santiago Abascal, the head of the Vox party, very similar to Le Pens party.

They will not succeed, he says, in silencing the voice of the people. Das war Paul Moss. Und als wir diesen Podcast recordieren, haben wir gerade gehört, dass Marine Le Pen's Lawyer sagt, dass sie sich anrufen wird.

They will not succeed, he says, in silencing the voice of the people. Das war Paul Moss. Und als wir diesen Podcast recordieren, haben wir gerade gehört, dass Marine Le Pen's Lawyer sagt, dass sie sich anrufen wird.

Most of us drive a car and most of us at some time have to get our tyres changed. Off with the old, on with the new. And then we get the bill, which includes a small charge for our tyres to be disposed of safely and recycled. Waste tyres are supposed to be shredded, then used for things like surfacing horse arenas and children's playgrounds.

Most of us drive a car and most of us at some time have to get our tyres changed. Off with the old, on with the new. And then we get the bill, which includes a small charge for our tyres to be disposed of safely and recycled. Waste tyres are supposed to be shredded, then used for things like surfacing horse arenas and children's playgrounds.

But the BBC has discovered that around half of waste tyres in the UK are squashed into tightly bound rectangles called bales. It's more profitable to do this and then ship them abroad. Together with journalists from an organisation called Source Material, we teamed up with an industry insider who fitted trackers to end-of-life tyres to see where they ended up.

But the BBC has discovered that around half of waste tyres in the UK are squashed into tightly bound rectangles called bales. It's more profitable to do this and then ship them abroad. Together with journalists from an organisation called Source Material, we teamed up with an industry insider who fitted trackers to end-of-life tyres to see where they ended up.

What followed was an extraordinary journey all the way to India, where instead of going for recycling, they were diverted on a 1,000-kilometre journey into central India. where they ended up in pyrolysis plants. Pyrolysis is a process that heats tyres to high temperatures, retrieving oil and steel.

What followed was an extraordinary journey all the way to India, where instead of going for recycling, they were diverted on a 1,000-kilometre journey into central India. where they ended up in pyrolysis plants. Pyrolysis is a process that heats tyres to high temperatures, retrieving oil and steel.

The BBC's File on 4 Investigates programme has been told most plants in India are unlicensed and unmonitored, and it's illegal to import tyres for pyrolysis in India. The process isn't clean. It creates a dangerous cocktail of gases and chemicals.

The BBC's File on 4 Investigates programme has been told most plants in India are unlicensed and unmonitored, and it's illegal to import tyres for pyrolysis in India. The process isn't clean. It creates a dangerous cocktail of gases and chemicals.

That's Peter Taylor from the UK's Tyre Recovery Association. We showed him footage from India of a number of pyrolysis plants just metres away from a village.

That's Peter Taylor from the UK's Tyre Recovery Association. We showed him footage from India of a number of pyrolysis plants just metres away from a village.

BBC File on 4 Investigates approached one of the companies they confirmed. They were processing some imported tyres but said what they were doing wasn't dangerous or illegal. The TRA estimates that 70% of tyres exported to India from the UK and the rest of the world end up in these plants. In January, there was an explosion at a makeshift pyrolysis plant near Mumbai.

BBC File on 4 Investigates approached one of the companies they confirmed. They were processing some imported tyres but said what they were doing wasn't dangerous or illegal. The TRA estimates that 70% of tyres exported to India from the UK and the rest of the world end up in these plants. In January, there was an explosion at a makeshift pyrolysis plant near Mumbai.

Two children who'd been living inside the plant were killed, along with two adults. Local authorities have since closed seven neighbouring pyrolysis plants. Our team returned to the site a month later to discover some facilities still operating. Locals complained of eye problems and coughing as children played in the soot. Nearby is a mountain of tyres, many from Europe and the UK.

Two children who'd been living inside the plant were killed, along with two adults. Local authorities have since closed seven neighbouring pyrolysis plants. Our team returned to the site a month later to discover some facilities still operating. Locals complained of eye problems and coughing as children played in the soot. Nearby is a mountain of tyres, many from Europe and the UK.