this is bbc news. the headlines... the us is to deploy additional warships and fighterjets to the middle east to help defend israel from possible attacks by iran and its proxies. tensions remain high in the region over the assassinations of the hamas leader, ismail haniyeh in iran — as well as a key commander of hezbollah. a police station has been attacked and the property next to it set alight during clashes between rioters and police in sunderland. three injured officers were taken to hospital and eight people arrested. beer cans and stones were thrown at the officer. it's day 8 of the olympics in paris — there are 31 gold medals up for grabs, with the women's 100m final and the swimming women's 800m freestyle final both on the table. more now on the riots in sunderland

— eight people have been arrested and three police officers taken to hospital after rioting in the city centre during far—right protests linked to the knife attack in southport earlier this week, in which three children died. stones, scaffolding and beer barrels were thrown at officers and a police building was set on fire. our reporter olly constable has more from sunderland. well, the alarms are blaring and there's still quite a large police presence here in sunderland city centre. and it follows that night of violence. you can see behind me a police office that was attacked during that violence. the window has been smashed and insulation has been pulled down and an adjoining unit as well was set alight. the damage that's been caused is extensive, the air thick with that putrid smoke. some of the damage you can see, you've got glass on the floor as well as lots of rubble. and it was some of that rubble that was thrown

towards police officers yesterday, along with stones and glass bottles. northumbria police tell us that three officers were taken to hospital with injuries. two of those this morning remain in hospital. a number of people were arrested, eight in total, on a variety of offences including public order offences and burglary. we've seen the damage that's been caused there by the fire, butjust a short walk down the high street you can see windows that have been smashed as well. across the city centre, a number of units have been damaged, including fast food restaurants and banks as well. this damage that's been caused here in the city centre is extensive. we've also seen a fire that was caused to a car. it was flipped over onto its roof and then set alight. the council has been working around the clock to try and tidy up the city centre, but as you can see, the scars still remain. let's speak to ivan humble, an anti—hate campaigner who was the former regional organiser

of the english defence league. he left the edl and now works to tackle radicalisation and extremism in the uk. thank you for coming on the programme. thank you for coming on the programme-— thank you for coming on the programme-_ i i thank you for coming on the - programme._ i appreciate programme. thank you. i appreciate we have just — programme. thank you. i appreciate we have just seen _ programme. thank you. i appreciate we have just seen the _ programme. thank you. i appreciate we have just seen the scenes - programme. thank you. i appreciate we have just seen the scenes in - we have just seen the scenes in sunderland. what is your reaction to some of the rioting we have seen? i5 some of the rioting we have seen? i3 atrocious and shocking. the damage being caused, as if the community hasn't suffered enough, the damage will take time to repair and cost money, people and thinking about the community. the police is there to keep the peace but it's not the

frontline police is a problem, it's the people making the decisions. i can't believe we are on the third day of violence and trouble. are day of violence and trouble. are what ou day of violence and trouble. are what you make of the role of right—wing groups like the in this? the media keeps using the name edl but that hasn't been a thing since 2013. the last demonstration was in manchester in 2018. the edl hasn't been the thing for ages but what is there still is the anger and frustration mindset that has been there for years boiling over. find there for years boiling over. and what is the _ there for years boiling over. and what is the frustration here? what is the anger? i

what is the frustration here? what is the anger?— is the anger? i think its years of not bein: is the anger? i think its years of not being heard _ is the anger? i think its years of not being heard and _ is the anger? i think its years of not being heard and not - is the anger? i think its years of not being heard and not havingl is the anger? i think its years of| not being heard and not having a voice on anything. we talk about the communities, to be fair and even with everyone, we need to hear everybody�*s voice whether that opinion is something you agree with because how can you set solutions if you are not hearing everyone in the community?— community? thank you for your thoughts- _ community? thank you for your thoughts- a _ community? thank you for your thoughts. a couple _ community? thank you for your thoughts. a couple of _ community? thank you for your thoughts. a couple of sound - community? thank you for your . thoughts. a couple of sound issues but we got the sense of what you are saying. more now on the olympics and it was a glorious day for british athletes in paris yesterday as team gb secured seven more medals. now fifth in the medals table, it's been great britain's most successful start to a summer olympics ever. our reporter patrick gearey rounds up the action. pictures of triumph. three moments of uncomplicated britishjoy.

but so much goes into making those images. for bryony page, there were long months coaxing her body back from injury. at one time in her career, she lost faith in her ability to pull off these moves. she's overcome it all. a page—turning story would soon be complete: bronze in tokyo, silver in rio, gold in paris. even in the dizzying world of trampolining, for page and herfamily, this was overwhelming. i did scream a lot. i think ijust... just screaming, just whooping with absolute pure joy because it means so much to her and she's worked so hard. for emily craig and imogen grant, the journey to the paris finish line started in tokyo bay. second bottom in your picture here, they missed a medal by one tenth of a second. emily craig put that photo in her living room and together they worked to make it history.

imogen grant delayed starting a job as a doctor to be in this race. this time there would be no mistake. it ends with gold for great britain! i think we woke up this morning and looked at each other, and i think we both knew that we had it in us today. and i mean, i think those tears werejust an outpouring of every early night, every hard training session, every wedding and party that we've missed. sometimes the motivation is recreating the past. this was the gold medal—winning showjumping team from london 2012. in paris, scott brash and ben maier were back. no peter charles, but instead his son harry. brash would have the final ride. for gold, he couldn't afford to knock down a single fence. the poles peaked with everyjump. can he do it?

yes, he's done it! a perfect round and the sense they'd completed a circle. i can't believe it. the last time you know, we won gold, these two boys are on the team with my dad, and they've been heroes of mine. i've looked up to them throughout my career. so to be stood next to him on the podium is unbelievable. that was the last gold of a day in which britain won seven medals in all, including two silvers in the pool, one for ben proud in the 50m free and one for duncan scott in the 200m medley. but in truth, he was swimming in the shadow of a giant. leon marchand of france has won his fourth individual gold medal at this olympic games. the guy's a super hero. at this stage in france, even the president looks up to leon marchand. let's speak to bbc sport correspondent katie gornall, who's in paris. hi, katie. what is happening there? you join me for the morning session

of athletics with the women's 800 metres taking place. the men's qualification for pole vault is going on by me as well, the world record—holder involved in thati is nailed on for a gold medal as you can get. today is all about speed. we saw the preliminaries for the men's 100 we saw the preliminaries for the men's100 metres earlier for outsiders hoping to make around one of the men's100 metres. some athletes would have been outside of the world 2000 and if they get through, they get the chance to go along the sides of noor lyles, the world champion and tsar now hughes. the heats are taking place very shortly and the main draw today is the women's 800 metres finals this evening. she carry richardson is the

world champion and favourite for gold. you've got the likes of the olympic legend going for her ninth olympic legend going for her ninth olympic medal and for a british point of view, three athletes there are hoping to make it safely through to the final, all lining up in that semifinal later. asher— smith has never won an individual and pick medal, she is one in the relay. she'll be hoping to do something here. daryl is the quickest women in the heat has been posting good times so far this evening and will be delighted if she can make it through to the final because if you've got a lane, you have a chance.— to the final because if you've got a lane, you have a chance. where else could medals — lane, you have a chance. where else could medals come _ lane, you have a chance. where else could medals come from _ lane, you have a chance. where else could medals come from for - lane, you have a chance. where else could medals come from for team i lane, you have a chance. where else i could medals come from for team gb? we've had so much success from team gb and really had medals today. a gold medalfor the men's eight, a

fantastic performance to hold off the netherlands in second place. the usa finished third. it was a brilliant storyline there because tom ford as part of that and his sister emily is in the women's eight who earlier in the day won a bronze medal over the rowing venue so a fantastic day for that family. women finish last in tokyo so a gutsy performance from them to reach the podium. team gb finished the rowing with eight medals from that event. three golds. it was a disaster for rowing in tokyo, only to medals from that olympics two years ago. neither of them were god. so it's been an incredible turnaround for them at this paris games. some of the other things happening today, the dressage is under way, looking to broaden yesterday's success in the jumping

event and becky moody in for the withdrawal from the olympics has already competed on the brilliantly named jake arm managed to get an ep. and the men's race is under way and tom pidcock is leading the way in that one. he really has a medalfor mountain biking so brilliant performance from him to recover from puncture. look out for him in the men's road race and later in the gymnastics, all eyes focused on max whitlock, the first to win olympic medals in four consecutive games on the same piece of apparatus. he is competing in the final of the men's pommel horse on the radio three times olympic champion retiring after these games and wants to sign off in style. after these games and wants to sign off in s le. . ~ after these games and wants to sign off in s le. ., ~ i. after these games and wants to sign offins le. ., , . off in style. thank you very much

indeed. the basketball competition is well under way but because of the secular at the paris olympics the basketball competition is well under way — but because of france's principle of secularism — there are some players who won't be representing their country on the court. the hijab is banned by some sports in france — a decision that was extended last year by the french sports minister to include potential olympic representatives. the human rights organisation, amnesty international, says it is having a devastating impact on muslim women and girls in the country. rhia chohan reports. basketball helped me be a better person, to have discipline in my life and become the best version of myself. but in france, sali is banned from competing in the sport she loves. last year moments before she was to captain her league team she was told she was only allowed on the court if she removed her sports hijab. i was upset because this is the country that i was born in and they put me on the side so i was upset because i wasn't there. there is no other option,

you see me like this and you are not going to see me another way. here at a community basketball court in the 19th district of paris, she is hosting her own session, a safe space, she calls it, for women and girls regardless of whether they wear a hijab. cases like hers have become increasingly familiar since the ffbb, which governs french basketball, banned religious headgear in 2022. people think if you wear the hijab you are only in the kitchen, you're doing nothing in your life. but i am the example. i'm notjust a muslim, notjust a woman wearing the hijab. i am an entrepreneur working in marketing, i have a masters degree — but i am playing basketball as well. why are you putting me on the side? the ffbb be say the rules uphold france's rule of secularism which originates from a 1905 law and stricter government legislation put in three years ago.

but amnesty international says this violates muslim sports women's human rights. after experiencing the same ban a grassroots level, this legal professional co—founded campaign group which advocates for hijab—wearing athletes. targets in minority groups and creates issues and infringes on human rights should be everyone's concern because we are pushing further and away the limits and we are violating and violating even more rights. and so today it is us, but tomorrow it may be you. france's hijab ban on the olympic team has been to size is going against the fundamental principles of the games. but speaking to the bbc earlier this year the paris 2024 chief said, "it was a domestic matter." it's up to the countries, - the national and the committees to decide for the athletes if they want or not - to have a rule in place.

diaba konate enjoyed a successful college career in the united states where she made the decision at a later point to where the hijab. having already won a silver medal at the 2018 youth olympics, she had dreams of representing the french team at the olympic games. i never had the opportunity playing with the french national team, it is the dream of every athlete, representing their country. so i think it would have beenjust amazing, especially here at home, having my family come and support me. it is very hypocritical to have france call itself the country of secularism and freedom and human rights but at the same time not allowing muslim people or citizens to show who they are and their face. i feel like there's a huge contradiction. this olympics makes history as the first to achieve full gender parity. but with the rules as they are,

many french muslim women i've get to feel that sense of equality. it's emerged that the former chair of the bbc publicly thanked disgraced newsreader huw edwards for his contribution to the organisation, despite knowing he had been arrested last november. dame elan closs stephens says at the time she was not aware of the details which have come to light this week. our reporter gwyn loader has more. dame elan closs stephens was appointed interim chair of the bbc injune last year, just weeks before the sun newspaper first published allegations about mr edwards' private life. now, to be clear, those allegations were completely separate to the recent criminal charges brought against him didn't lead to any criminal investigation. but referring to those allegations on a welsh language radio programme, dame elan referred to the now

disgraced newsreader as "poor huw". she also went on to praise what she deemed to be his huge contribution. now, in a statement, she has confirmed that she was aware that edwards had been arrested in november last year but says she wasn't aware of the details which have emerged in court on wednesday this week and said she is horrified by those details and that her thoughts are with the children whose images are so central to this story. i did ask her whether she was made aware of the nature of the police investigation into edwards in november last year. she hasn't answered that question. neither has she answered my question whether she stands by the comments made on that radio programme. but there will be people asking whether she was wise to publicly praise someone she knew, at the very least, had been arrested in november last year. football fans are being warned to be aware of ticket scams, after new analysis suggested reports of the crime rose by

a third last season. lloyds bank reported a 32% increase in its customers falling victim to scammers. here's our business correspondent marc ashdown. the football season is about to kick off. with top fixtures routinely sold out, getting to see a live match is rare for some fans. and last season, more and more supporters fell victim to ruthless ticket scammers. it often starts here, a social media site like facebook or x. scammers typically post fake adverts, sometimes using pictures of real tickets. they convince fans to send them money via bank transfer, then the scammer and the tickets disappear into thin air. analysis by lloyds bank showed that during the last football season, there was a 32% rise in customers reporting they had fallen victim to a ticket scam. arsenal and liverpool fans

were the most targeted and the average loss was £177, but some fans reported losing more than £1,000. younger fans aged between 18 and 3a made up two thirds of those targeted. the best way to avoid these scams is to go through official channels. most of the clubs now will have ticket exchanges where season ticket holders you can't make the game will sell their tickets. these are much more reliable. if you're considering using another selling site, i would go through the club and see who their kind of trusted authorised partners are. be very wary of social media marketplaces. this is where a lot of the scammers operate because there's very little to stop them. i'd also see any requests for payment by bank transfers a red flag because again, it's very difficult to stop. it's going to be called the eras tour. see you there. the crime isn't exclusive to football.

lloyds estimated that fans of taylor swift lost more than £1 million to ticket scammers ahead of her recent uk tour. purchasing anything online with a debit or credit card carries some protection through section 75 and chargeback rules, but sending money via bank transfer is much harder to recover. seeing their idols in the flesh is every football fan's dream, but the advice is if a ticket deal looks too good to be true, it probably is. it was a simple pregnancy test tablet, known as primodos, given to women between the 1950s and 1970s. but decades later, families are still caught—up in a battle about the drug's links to birth defects, something the company behind primodos has always denied. our health correspondent, jenny rees, has this special report. their familiar photo album staples a proud new mum shows off her newborn. in these pictures from the 1970s, some of the mums already knew their child had been born with a congenital anomaly: limb loss, toes that would need surgery. others were still piecing together symptoms that would later be diagnosed as disabling conditions.

margot simply knew her son wasn't well, but had to battle till he was eight to get his heart problems taken seriously. when the diagnostic surgeon turned up, she was horrified that he'd been left for so long, and he was very lucky to be still alive because he could have dropped dead at any moment because he had deteriorated so much as well as he got older, i could just see him literally withering away before me. he looked so undernourished and illand he had no quality of life whatsoever. margot was one of many who'd been given a hormone pregnancy test in the early 1970s called primodos, but by then, researchers claimed to have found a link between the drug and birth defects. but there wasn't a consensus, and it remained in use until 1978. i remember sort of being left in the hospital. my parents couldn't stay. so, you know, eight—year—old boy. and then they were saying, you know, see you tomorrow. and i was there on my own at night. and it was not great.

you know, i was very frightened. my mother said i'm one of the lucky ones, really, because i've had a normal, well, relatively normal life since, you know, i still have follow up, um, cardiology appointments every few years, but i don't know, my life span will be. i've spoken to a number of women about their experiences. helen and her daughter becky, who needs round the clock residential care. bethan was a baby in this picture, but she's needed multiple operations on her feet over the years. catherine had a really traumatic stillbirth when she was just 18 herself. and then there'sjean, who lost her pregnancy in the very early weeks. but that still impacts her today, nearly 60 years on, because her husband never wanted to have children. a lot of families are still caring for their children, and we're talking about children in theirfifties, um, who are incontinent, blind, uh, can't speak, can't communicate in any way, wheelchair—bound. they've never had any help at all. so you've got women there who've never had the opportunity to work

because they're caring for the children. and i think that that should be recognised. in 2018, the then prime minister theresa may commissioned a review into, among other things, primodos. two years later, it reported that even the suspicion of harm should have prompted the drug to be removed from use, and there were multiple lost opportunities to do so. the uk and welsh governments issued apologies, but when it came to damages, a case in the high court last year was dismissed because a lack of evidence proving a causal link. the former prime minister included the issue in her book, describing the issues during the �*70s as an abuse of power. what i write about in the book is primodos and other examples, hillsborough and grenfell, and various issues over the years where institutions or organs of the state have chosen to defend themselves rather than trying to find the truth for the victims. i think primodos is an example of that, where the health service government defended itself, rather than try to find the absolute truth. bayer, the drugs company involved,

says it has sympathies with the families but points to the previous assessments that concluded there was no link. before we look at the weather, let's have a little more from the olympics, and the three gold medals won on friday take team gb�*s total to 9 — here they all are, in everything from triathlon to trampolining: team gold! pidcock is olympic champion. goal to great britain. that is absolutely brilliant. what a run. great britain's fifth gold. it is neck and neck. it could be on the line. it is gold.

is it? britain, they are - the olympic champions. gold for great britain. untouchable and now— they are the olympic champions. what a performance from bryony page! he has done it! now it's time for a look at the weather with sarah keith—lucas. hello. after the heatwave that has lasted nearly a week across southern parts of the uk, things are turning cooler and fresher through the weekend. there will be some sunshine around but also a little bit of rain in the forecast, mainly across the north west. one or two showers in the south—east during saturday. they are courtesy of this area of cloud, a frontal system affecting east anglia, southern and eastern england for a time but that should clear this afternoon leaving the odd sharp

shower around the coast. showers later today for northern ireland and scotland, but some sunshine in between any of those showers. northern england, the midlands and wales all looking dry and bright and temperatures for most in the low to mid 20s. this evening, showers ease away so some dry weather before the sun sets. overnight, cloud increases from the west and there will be light rain moving in for northern ireland and western scotland. temperatures 8—13, so much cooler and fresher and much more comfortable for sleeping in the south than over the past week or so. tomorrow, low—pressure sits towards the north—west, eventually pushing weather fronts in across northern ireland and the west of scotland. heavy rain in the afternoon. eastern scotland will keep dry weather for the morning at least, with england and wales staying dry with spells of sunshine developing. 15—23 north to south, so typical for the time of year. sunday and into monday, this weather front becomes

slow—moving for northern ireland and scotland, so rainfall totals mounting up with a wet spell of weather for monday across the north west. a very different story for england and wales. dry with warm sunshine. breeze from the south with temperatures on the rise again. 26 or 27 for central and eastern parts on monday. the high teens or late 20s further north. eventually, that weather front pushes out of scotland and northern ireland into england and wales, but will fizzle out as it does. still some cloud and rain for central and south—eastern england on tuesday. as that clears away behind it we are back in to spells of sunshine, a little bit fresher with a breeze from the west. temperatures 15—24 on tuesday. further ahead, high pressure not far away, so a lot of dry and settled weather, especially towards the south. some rain at times across the north. goodbye for now.

live from london. this is bbc news. the us is set to deploy additional warships and fighterjets to the middle east amid fears of escalation over the killing of hamas political chief, ismail haniyeh. more than 30 people have been killed in an attack on a beach in the somali capital of mogadishu. here in the uk, three police officers have been hurt in sunderland in the latest violence following the killing of 3 young girls in southport — the home secretary has condemned those taking part. and it's day 8 of the olympics in paris. there are 31 gold medals up for grabs — with the women's100 metres final on the table. hello. welcome to the programme, i am lewis vaughanjones. israeli media is reporting that a local leader of hamas'

military wing has been killed in an israeli airstrike in the occupied west bank.