Bangladesh shuts schools amid deadly student protests

Long: Bangladesh shuts down schools as student protests turn deadly amid calls for a reform of the quota system for public sector jobs. We hear from the Bangladesh law minister Anisul Huq. Also in the programme: Paris Olympics organising committee chair says the Seine River is safe for sport; and the Gazan man with Down’s syndrome attacked by Israeli army dog.

(Photo: Funeral prayers of six Bengali students killed in Dhaka. Credit: Reuters)