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's 100 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. palestinian media confirmed the attack — saying 4 other people were also killed when a vehicle was struck near the city of tulkarm. it comes as the us says it's stepping up america's military presence in the middle east, deploying additional warships and fighterjets as regional tension grows. the department of defence says it aims to strengthen protection for u.s troops in the region and israel, in response to growing threats from iran and iranian—backed fighters. iran and its allies have promised imminent retaliation against israel. an announcer on iran state tv said on friday night that "in the coming hours, the world would witness extraordinary scenes and very important developments". the announcement came after a funeral ceremony in qatar for the hamas political leader, ismail haniyeh, who was killed in iran on wednesday. hamas and iran have vowed revenge for the strike that from tel aviv, our correspondent

jenny hill has this update. that us has said it will be sending an extra squadron of fighterjets to the region as well as warships. stating that america's commitment to israel's defence is ironclad. now, it's not the first time we've seen such a scenario. perhaps you'll remember that in april, iran fired more than 300 drones and missiles at israel. israel was able to intercept them, shoot them down with the help of the us and other allies. nevertheless, it is a reminder of just how dangerous and significant this moment is. i'm here in tel aviv on the beachfront, where it all looks and feels very relaxed, people getting on with their daily lives. but people here are uneasy. we know that iran has vowed, along with its proxies, revenge for two assassinations, that of the hamas political leader and a senior hezbollah commander. everyone knows something is likely to happen, but it's not clear what that retaliation will be, what kind of scale we'll see,

or indeed when it might happen. so this is a country on high alert. a number of international airlines have suspended flights to and from israel, and ministers in the israeli cabinet were sent home this weekend with satellite phones for use in the event of an attack which throws out any kind of communications network. and as you know, there's urgent diplomacy going on right now to try to stop israel's war on gaza, which began following the october 7th attacks, from exploding into a region wide conflict. and that's why the us intervention now is not only about providing help to israel militarily, but also focusing on ongoing efforts to try to diffuse the tension. the pentagon, a spokeswoman, said yesterday that they still think escalation is not an inevitability. america urging all parties in this to look at potential for a cease fire.

and it's worth remembering, of course, that there are two groups of people in all of this whose voices have become somewhat lost in the geopolitics people in gaza. because don't forget, israel's war on gaza goes on. there were people killed there last night in a number of strikes. and those people know that right now a ceasefire looks very remote. and then there are the families of israeli hostages who are being held captive by hamas in gaza. they know that a chance of being reunited with their loved ones is greatly diminished right now. and one potentially positive note benjamin netanyahu, the israeli prime minister, has sanctioned an israeli delegation to travel to cairo, potentially as early as this evening for ongoing negotiations on a possible cease fire. but as i say right now, tension is high. the world is watching the middle east and hoping that a crisis can be averted. thanks to jenny for that.

mamoun abu—nowar is a retired jordanian air force general in amman. this is sort of a demonstration at the same time putting pressure, on hezbollah, iran, and to prevent a wider, uh, escalation of the war. so that's what's. .. but will this change the, uh, hezbollah and iranian regarding the retaliation of killing? that was a great insult for iran. so i think the retaliation is coming. i can't predict when would this situation... um, probably in two weeks time. that's normally the iranian patient with the goal and the calculate everything carefully before committing anything. and what kind of, what do you expect

from the retaliation? what kind of decisions will iran be making? i think it's going to be different. like, uh, the previous one shooting 300 missile or the ballistic missile system. they will use this, mainly in high value target or centre of gravity target and israel, uh, everything will be calculated not to expand or widen up to a regional conflict, because if this happened and nobody can control that, in a way there will be a catastrophe in the gulf area, mainly with this oil field closing bab mandeb and hormuz by iran, the whole world will be stopped in that matter. home secretary, yvette cooper, has condemned violent demonstrations in sunderland — linked to the knife attack in southport earlier this week — which killed 3 children. 8 people have been arrested. ms cooper said those

involved in the trouble — in which 3 police officers were injured — would pay the price for their �*violence and thuggery�*. simonjones reports. trouble spreads to the street of sunderland. people, some in masks, looking for a fight. a car is overturned and set on fire. northumbria police say that officers were met with serious and sustained levels of violence. some of the demonstrators say they were there to protest about the killing of three girls in southport earlier this week. the police said the rioters were attempting to drive division among the community. i'm shocked and appalled by what i have seen on social media, i've had countless messages from people say they do not represent the views of the people of sunderland and i think that is really important.

look, that is not protest, it is violent crime, dangerous and it stands for absolutely nothing other than thuggery. in liverpool, around 200 anti—racist protesters gathered around a mosque saying that they were protecting from protesters. the police were keeping the two sides apart but the protest did not descend into the sense seen in sunderland. community leaders are calling for calm saying that the families of the three girls killed in southport on monday do not want to see violent protests. elsie, who was seven years old, bebe was six, and alister who was nine lost their lives. downing street was lit up in pink last night to remember them as was parliament and southport itself. the teenager accused of murdering them is axel, who was 17. video emerged which is believed to show him fronting a campaign for the bbc�*s children in need when he was 11. a spokesperson for the charity told

the daily mail our deepest sympathies go out everyone impacted by the shocking case and the video has been removed from platforms. following last night's unrest in sunderland, the home secretary condemned the violence. criminals attacking the police... the police are pressed for several more demonstrations this weekend in other towns and cities. with extra prosecutors on standby to bring rapid charges against troublemakers. simon jones, bbc news. earlier our poltical correpsondent shelley phelps explained the latest on the situation. it's been a huge amount of political reaction on social media from politicians that some of these quite ugly scenes that we've been seeing, politicians saying they're shocked and appalled by the images we've seen. as simon was just saying in his film there, the home secretary, yvette

cooper, saying anyone involved in criminal activity will pay the price. she says there's also been some reaction for the labour mp for sunderland central, lewis atkinson. now, he said that this was far right racist, deciding to turn up in the city of sunderland, and he said that these people did not represent his city. he talked about feeling saddened by what he'd seen because he was saying, this isn't sunderland, you know, there's so much going on there. and he was saying it had such a bright future ahead. we've also heard from the conservative shadow home secretary, james cleverly, who says that, um, he's also talking about, you know, people who are involved in violence and attacks on police. he's saying this can never be justified and that you can't let rioting thugs and extremists win. there's been a lot of political reaction. some calls for parliament to be recalled? yeah.

that's right. so this has come from the conservative former home secretary priti patel. she's saying that it should be recalled immediately. she's put out quite a long statement on social media, butjust summarising some of her points on this, she says that this is a moment for national reflection. she says that parliament should speak with one voice in condemnation. in terms of how likely that is, she's the only mp i've spotted so far who is calling for this, but worth noting, though david cameron did recall parliament in august 2011 when there were riots. so those were different to this and they were on, um, quite a much bigger scale to what we've seen so far, i think. and also remember that parliament has had a shortened summer break already. it already had its summer sitting extended after the election of the new government. thanks to shelley for that. and for viewers in the uk, we're expecting to hear from sunderland police and council later this hour — stay with us, we'll you that live. now it's time for a look at today's sport. great britain had struck gold again on the paris 0lympics great britain had struck gold again on the paris olympics on the final day of competition in the sport. the men treated their leak with the netherlands in the eights in the

2000 metres race. they celebrated adding the olympic title to their back—to—back world and european titles, it leaves great britain up to fourth now in the metals team. this latest victory came moments after the team gb women's crew one silver in their race, one by the romanians. their third gold of these 0lympics. we have also seen the final of the single schools. in the men's race it was germany who took gold. and belarus got silver despite the stress of his bus breaking down on the way to the venue, meaning that race was delayed. the netherlands took bronze. it was the netherlands took bronze. it was the netherlands who got gold in the women's single schools. new zealand's and mont came second, and victoria of lithuania picked up the bronze. south korea are having a

great 0lympics bronze. south korea are having a great olympics and have another gold. this was an eighth gold medal winning the women's 25 metre pistol. home favourite camille of france got to silver, with veronica mager of hungary winning bronze. later on friday in paris the poster boy of this year's 0lympics, one a sensational fourth, this year's 0lympics, one a sensationalfourth, yes, fourth 0lympic sensationalfourth, yes, fourth olympic gold, this time in the 200 metres medley. emmanuel macron was in the crowd as he became the first swimmer since the united states legend michael phelps won four individual goals in one game. it liars individual goals in one game. it has been unbelievable. _ individual goals in one game. it has been unbelievable. i— individual goals in one game. it has been unbelievable. i did _ individual goals in one game. it has been unbelievable. i did not- individual goals in one game. it i:s been unbelievable. i did not think individual goals in one game. it is been unbelievable. i did not think i could do this. i was trying to win it one at first, i had four chances of doing it. so i was really relaxed by the crazy race that i had just done. four gold medals isjust... i did not know it was possible. the

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to do normal things. find being at home with them and getting to do normal things.— to do normal things. and sometimes “ust bein: to do normal things. and sometimes just being normal _ to do normal things. and sometimes just being normal is _ to do normal things. and sometimes just being normal is all _ to do normal things. and sometimes just being normal is all we _ to do normal things. and sometimes just being normal is all we want. - to do normal things. and sometimes just being normal is all we want. it i just being normal is all we want. it is all this work for now, louis. mike, thank you. turning to the us election now, and republican presidential nominee donald trump says he has agreed to take part in a televised debate with kamala harris on fox news next month. it's currently unclear whether ms harris has agreed to the debate and its terms. though she has said she would be ready for a debate. doctor mark shanahan is an associate professor of us presidential politics at the university of surrey. i asked him what he made of this announcement. it looked for a while in the narrative that donald trump was actually running scared of a second debate. of course, he had a terrific first debate againstjoe biden, which ensured that biden dropped out of the presidential race. but kamala harris is a very different candidate. and there was the sense that trump wanted to avoid a face to face confrontation with her. now, obviously, she stood up this week and said, come on, talk to my face. and he seems to have responded,

but he's managed to get his network to run it. fox, which is much more sympathetic to him, and he's changed the date as well, bringing it forward from, i think it was originally the 10th of september to almost a week earlier, just before, in fact, the first polls open for postal votes for americans. interesting. and we've got used to, over the years paying a lot of attention to the debates, but also commentators coming on and saying, well, actually they don't move the dial that much. they're not that significant. you can't really say that anymore. no. absolutely. american elections so much now are about celebrity and presentation. it's unlikely that there will be deeply philosophical policy discussions in these debates, and it's very much the chance for candidates to score points, to be seen to be strong in front of their supporters. i mean, we go back all the way to kennedy versus nixon in 1960,

when these televised debates started, that was much more a reasoned debate. those listening to it on radio said nixon probably won, but kennedy was the tv performer. and as we've run through from the 60s right up to today, it has really favoured those candidates who have a good presence on television. do we know anything about kamala harris's tv debate style? she wasn't brilliant in the 2020 primaries for the democrats. she got a little bit flustered. she dropped a couple of questions within that. but if you've seen her in the last week, two weeks since her candidacy has emerged, she's looked quite a strong performer. she's looked very much up for the game. and of course, she is a prosecutor by trade. she was a lawyer back in california, and those skills of being able to talk convincingly to an audience will probably stand her in pretty good stead.

thanks to mark for that. the us government has revoked a plea deal agreed earlier this week with khalid sheikh mohammed — the man accused of masterminding the september the 11th terror attacks in 2001. the deal angered some relatives of the 9/11 victims — as well as republican leaders. here's our north america correspondent, peter bowes. this is the latest complication in this already extremely long running case. khalid sheikh mohammed, the alleged architect of the september the 11th attacks, and his two alleged accomplices have been held at guantanamo bay since 2003, when they were detained. the case has been delayed year after year after year because of complicated pre—trial issues. but now we're here just a couple of days ago that there had seemingly been a plea deal, an arrangement whereby whereby they would plead guilty with the death penalty being taken off the table, and that sparked widespread anger

and outrage from survivors, from family members of victims, those who died on that day. mikejohnson, the republican speaker of the house of representatives, said it was a slap in the face for the families of the almost 3000 people who died. well, now lloyd austin, the us defence secretary, has stepped in to, in effect, reverse that decision of a plea deal, saying that he had removed from the case the military official who oversaw the court at guantanamo bay and facilitated the agreement. in a statement, he said in light of the significance of the decision to enter into pre—trial agreements with the accused, responsibility for such a decision should rest with him and what that does this is a very significant reversal. essentially, what it does is put the death penalty back on the table as a possible punishment for the three men.

more than 30 people have been killed in an attack in the somali capital mogadishu on friday night. a bomb was detonated on a popular beach, which was then attacked by armed men. al shabaab militants say they carried out the attack. with me is ...the bbc�*s africa editor, will ross we understand a suicide bomber detonated explosives on the beach in mogadishu and then several gun men, three or possibly five, opened fire on the people will stop we sought late—night videos of the bodies on the beach. they then targeted the beach view hotel nearby, there was a siege that went on for quite number of hours and then the police later said that siege was over. as he said, 32 civilians at least killed,

63 others wounded in some of them critically. this is one of the worst attacks in many months in mogadishu. and remind us the background, you said it was one of the worst attacks but not the only attack? ila. said it was one of the worst attacks but not the only attack?— but not the only attack? no, in fact, but not the only attack? no, in fact. almost — but not the only attack? no, in fact, almost exactly _ but not the only attack? no, in fact, almost exactly one - but not the only attack? no, in fact, almost exactly one year l but not the only attack? no, in i fact, almost exactly one year ago but not the only attack? no, in - fact, almost exactly one year ago a similar attack on the beach and just last month there was an attack in a restaurant where people were watching the euros football final on tv. this comes against, al shabaab is on the back foot in large areas of somalia where the government forces have been on the offensive forces have been on the offensive for a couple of years. so they have retaken territory from the islamist militants. they have also improved security in mogadishu, using a lot of cctv cameras to try to stop car bombs, taking place, to stop cars being driven through checkpoints and targeting the security forces. but this seems to be al shabaab saying, we are still capable of causing

chaos, especially in mogadishu. using suicide vests and gunmen, which are very hard for the authorities to detect. what is the ultimate aim. — authorities to detect. what is the ultimate aim, the _ authorities to detect. what is the ultimate aim, the rationale - authorities to detect. what is the ultimate aim, the rationale from | authorities to detect. what is the l ultimate aim, the rationale from al shabaab's point of view? thea; ultimate aim, the rationale from al shabaab's point of view?— shabaab's point of view? they are t in: to shabaab's point of view? they are trying to seize _ shabaab's point of view? they are trying to seize power— shabaab's point of view? they are trying to seize power and - shabaab's point of view? they are trying to seize power and they - shabaab's point of view? they are l trying to seize power and they have in the past controlled the whole of mogadishu, and they want to rule the country by their own interpretation of islam. but what has been happening over the last 17 years, really, is it different forms of international troops coming in, african union troops have been there for many years now, they are supposed to be drawing down those numbers, going down from 10,000 completely leaving the country at some point. but at the moment it clear that the somali security forces are not able to secure the whole country, so they need a lot of international support. at that is very expensive, having thousands of troops in their propping up the somali government and trying to train the government forces to get

better. al shabaab has shown, with these attacks against security forces, against anybody connected with the government, that they are prepared to carry out attacks which will lead to a lot of lives lost. not only that, also these attacks against civilians, which makes them unpopular among large sections of society. unpopular among large sections of socie . . ~ , ., unpopular among large sections of socie . . ~' , ., , unpopular among large sections of socie . . ~ , . ., society. thank you very much for that. ukraine says it has carried out a series of drone attacks on russia overnight. the military said among the targets were oil depots and fuel storage facilities. the morozovsk air base is also said to have been hit. it is home to three squadrons of warplanes moscow uses in its war on ukraine. kyiv says it's still assessing the impact its attack has had; unverified online footage said to be from the site shows a series of powerful explosions. just to bring you up to speed with

what is coming up in the next 30 minutes or so. here in the uk, we are expecting an update from police and local authorities in sunderland. this follows an evening of unrest, of violence and rioting that has been condemned by various different politicians between the home secretary here, this of course all as a response and in relation to the events in southport earlier this week. there had been warnings to expect more disturbances over the weekend. but we are expecting to hear specifically from authorities in sunderland here in the uk in the next 30 minutes or so. as soon as we get sight of that press conference getting under way, we will bring that to you. right, stay with us here for the moment. i am lewis vaughanjones, this is bbc news. goodbye.

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. 0vernight, 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.

this is bbc news, the headlines: the us is to deploy additional warships and fighter jets 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 track and field women's 100 meters final and the swimming women's eight hundred meters freestyle, both on the table.