Fans rampage after Paris St-Germain win Champions League
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This is a Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service. And in the early hours of Sunday, the 31st of May, these are our main stories. Hundreds are detained in Paris as football fans go on the rampage after PSG's win in the European Champions League final. Health officials are on alert in Brazil after a man returned from the DRC with suspected Ebola symptoms. And polls will open in a few hours in Colombia in the first round of the presidential elections. Also in this podcast. We realize that if we abandon these people, no one else will drive them. We work like rats in a cage. We get attacked from every side, but we keep driving. We have a special report on how public transport in Ukraine has been under relentless attack from Russian drones.
We begin in Paris. where hundreds of people have been arrested after violence broke out during the celebrations of Paris Saint-Germain winning the Champions League. The match took place 1,000 kilometres away in Budapest, and we'll come to that in just a moment. But first, here's an update on the violence in the City of Lights by our reporter, Will Chalk. Well, Anca, we know that they detained more than 280 people in Paris out of 416 people who were detained across France. Now, out of that number, we don't know how many are going to face further action. But we have been told that seven police officers have been wounded, six vehicles have been damaged, some businesses as well. In the newsroom here in London, we've been watching footage come in throughout the night from Paris.
You've seen police with riot shields chasing people, projectiles being thrown, batons being used, flares being set off. And of course, this is just the beginning of the celebrations as well. The PSG players are supposed to take part in a parade, supposed to lift the trophy outside the front of the Eiffel Tower. And 100,000 people are expected to show up for that. Okay, and of course there was violence last year when Paris Saint-Germain won the Champions League for the very first time. Yeah, and similar scenes. We saw two people actually lost their lives last year. But again, we saw shops smashed up, hundreds of arrests. And police were obviously aware of this happening last year. And they made extra deployments this year.
22,000 police were deployed across France for this year's game. That includes 8,000 in Paris. Tram lines were halted. Metro stations were shut. So obviously an attempt to avoid a repeat of what happened last year. But clearly, despite all those efforts, they haven't been able to stamp it out completely. Well, despite that violence after the match, it was still a monumental night for Paris Saint-Germain. It's the second year in a row they've won the Champions League and Arsenal didn't make it easy for them. The final had finished 1-1 after extra time. So the two sides needed penalties to separate them with PSG winning 4-3. Here's what it meant to some fans.
I'm very proud of my club. We travelled a lot of difficult periods, but my club is the best club of the world. Vive le PSG! Vive Paris! Vive la BBC! Let's go!
What happened in Paris after PSG won the Champions League?
One man with more mixed emotions was our correspondent in Paris, Pierre-Antoine Denis, who I spoke to shortly after the match had finished. I am an Arsenal fan first and foremost, but I am also French. And I've been cheering for Paris Saint-Germain every time they play in Europe. So it was very conflicted for the final. On a purely career level now, because I'm in Paris, I'm very delighted Paris won.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–4:22
2
What happened in Paris after PSG won the Champions League?
4:22–4:51
3
What are the health concerns regarding the suspected Ebola case in Brazil?
4:51–5:17
4
What is the political situation in Colombia ahead of the presidential elections?
5:17–10:48
5
Who was Marsha Lucas and what was her impact on the Star Wars franchise?
10:48–13:23
6
What new species of fungus has been discovered in the UK and why is it important?
13:23–28:45
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