Clashes at LA protest over Trump immigration raids
National Guard troops deployed after clashes at a protest in Los Angeles.
Clashes have broken out in Los Angeles during a protest against raids on undocumented migrants. In response, President Trump has deployed 2,000 National Guards.
Also in the programme: we look at the postponed Ukrainian-Russian prisoner exchange, originally expected on Saturday; plus, a major conference on ocean preservation and sustainability begins on Monday in France.
Joining presenter Julian Worricker are James Lynch, founding co-director of FairSquare human rights group, and Alpa Shah, a writer and Professor in Social Anthropology at All Souls College, Oxford.
(Picture: Protesters stand on a destroyed car during a standoff between police and protesters following multiple detentions by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), in the Los Angeles County city of Paramount, California, U.S., June 7, 2025. REUTERS/Daniel Cole)
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