are being held in several cities across the uk. there are pockets of disorder with several police officers injured. it follows days of unrest after the killing of three young girls in southport. the home secretary says thuggery has no place on britain's streets. we are making sure that there are more prosecutors, there are sufficient prison places and that the courts stand ready because anyone who engages in this kind of disorder needs to be clear that they will pay the price. the us deploys additional warships and fighterjets to the middle east, as iran vows retaliation after the killing of the hamas political chief, ismail haniyeh. and simone biles, the most decorated american gymnast in history, has won a third gold at the paris olympics with victory in the ladies vault final.

we begin here in the uk. angry — and often violent — scenes have been playing out across the uk on saturday. prime minister keir starmer, facing his first big test since being elected a month ago, has condemned the "far—right" for the violence and backed police to take strong action. several police have been injured as bottles and bricks have been thrown during protests in a string of cities. from belfast to liverpool and manchester. as well as leeds, nottingham and hull, police have been on alert. three officers are believed to have been injured during the disorder in hull city centre, according to humberside police. four people have been arrested. merseyside police say several officers were injured while dealing with "serious disorder" in liverpool. in nottingham, police had

to separate rival groups. the sides were facing off in the middle of the city — with a line of officers between them. there were rival protests, too, in leeds. organisers of the "stand up to racism" protest said "peace won" in the city, claiming they had more individuals on their rally. the unrest wasn't restricted to england. in belfast, protesters outside a mosque threw objects at members of the media, and smashed windows in a cafe. in manchester, there have been scuffles between some protesters and police in the city centre. there was also a counter—protest and officers had to keep the groups separated. speaking about the unrest across the country, the home secretary yvette cooper, gave a firm response. criminal violence and disorder has no place on britain's streets. we've been clear to the police

that they have our full backing in taking the strongest possible action against perpetrators, including we're making sure that there are more prosecutors, there are sufficient prison places, and also that the courts stand ready because anyone who engages in this kind of disorder needs to be clear that they will pay the price. there's been a call today among some cabinet ministers. what can you tell us about what was discussed and what further steps were potentially decided on? we are clear right across the government to the prime minister, the deputy prime minister, the lord chancellor, and for me as home secretary, that we will give the police all the backing that they need in the actions that they are taking in response to this criminal disorder and thuggery, because it has no place on britain's streets. that's why we're ensuring that there are additional prosecutors in place this weekend, that the courts stand ready as well. we have to make sure that anyone who engages in this kind

of unacceptable disorder really pays the price. i mean, what further levers government—side have you got that you can pull in this? because i guess a lot of people turn to the government and say, what can you do to stop this happening? but how much is there that you can do? or is this down basically to the police? well, the police need to lead operations in communities across the country where there has been both violent disorder and thuggery on the streets, which is completely unacceptable, completely damaging, and where the police need to know they have our full support, taking the strongest possible action, making sure that these criminals face the full force of the law. and also already, there are some of the suspects and perpetrators have already been arrested, already facing charges and are in custody. but we expect more of that to continue and we will support the police every step of the way. communities have a right to be able to feel safe. yvette cooper the, the home

secretary. liverpool was the scene of some of the worst violence on saturday. our reporter witnessed the protests — and sent this report. liverpool's waterfront was chaotic at times this afternoon as police struggled to maintain control and keep two sides apart. anti—fascist demonstrators marched to confront anti—immigrant protesters. the police are now forcing back the anti—fascist demonstrators. they are trying to create a bit of space between the two sides. bottles and paint tins were thrown. at least one officer was injured. you can see a smoke canister that's just been thrown, that's just landed in the crowd. so all sorts here for the police to deal with. there was at least one arrest here, and there have been demonstrations

in a number of towns and cities this afternoon. this was leeds. and there were arrests in manchester too. sunderland saw serious rioting last night after a far right demonstration erupted and a number of police officers were injured. today, they were clearing up and assessing the damage. during the course of the evening, our officers were met with serious and sustained levels of violence. this was not a protest. this was unforgivable violence and disorder. let's go! the worst seems to have passed here now in liverpool, and people are starting to disperse. but what brought them here in the first place? and it's angry, makes you angry. and that's why we're doing it. and it does need to stop. if the government don't listen to what the people who are working every day, it's going to go worse.

it's going to go worse. they're just not listening, simple as that. there are fears this could escalate further this evening with another planned demonstration outside one of liverpool's mosques. and this was hull in the last hour. the demonstrations are spreading and so is the violence, but many are struggling to work out what any of this has to do with events in southport this week. danjohnson, bbc news, liverpool. sue sim is a former chief constable of northumbria police. a number of northumbria police officers were injured from clashes with protesters in sunderland. she gave me her thoughts on the events of the past few days. i think the basis of the incident that seemed to be occurring, all seemed to, people seem to be claiming that they are all to do and related with the death of those three lovely children earlier this week in southport, bebe, elsie and alice. and i'm here to say,

firstly, i offer condolences to the families and friends, but nobody is helping anybody by claiming that these violent disorder incidents are in any way to support those families. this is absolutely outrageous behaviour which will be dealt with the police in the firmest possible manner. you have people who are claiming that they are from the far right, you have disinformation coming from the social media sites where people are claiming that the young man allegedly involved in the incidents on monday was either an asylum seeker or had got off the boats, neither of which we know are true. so people should not go on these protests, so—called protests. they aren't genuine

peaceful protests. if there is an intention to cause violent disorder, criminal damage and other criminal offences. and i would urge people, please do not go to these protests. and in terms of the accountability that you sort of alluded to there, the prime minister has talked about a new national policing unit that is aimed at tackling these sort of violent disorders that we've seen. do you think something like that will make a difference, from your experience? i think it's very, very important that we have a coordination of intelligence across the country because as we're seeing, people are moving very, very quickly to different locations. this will probably all be being done via the social media. so what the police need to do is to be able to get a much more coherent approach to their intelligence in relation to social media, so that they can get ahead

of this violence. when you say that in terms of tackling and essentially kind of holding people accountable and keeping officers safe, what do you think is the best deterrent? i actually have always believed very passionately that local policing is the best way ahead. you've seen in all these incidents that have happened over the last few days, to come together, unfortunately, there has been a need for the communities to come together, and you've seen our great multicultural britain coming together to support one another to clear up this mess. you then end up with good working partnerships between the local communities, the police, the local authorities, the councillors and all other agencies to make sure that there is coherence and strength

amongst our communities. you can get the latest on those protests on our live page on the bbc website. let's turn our focus to the united states. washington has reiterated that america's commitment to israel's defence remains "iron, clad", as it steps up its military presence in the middle east. the pentagon is sending additional warships and fighterjets as regional tension grows following the assassination of the hamas leader ismail haniyeh in tehran, and a hezbollah commander in beirut. the us embassy in beirut has urged its citizens to leave lebanon on "any available ticket" amid rising tensions in the middle east. the uk government has also called for british nationals in lebanon to leave, warning the situation could "deteriotate rapidly". trita parsi is the executive vice president at the quincy institute for responsible statecraft, a think tank which advocates for a us foreign policy centred on diplomacy and military restraint. he gave us his view

on what iran's response will be. i think it's very likely that there will be a strong iranian response, retaliation for the assassination that took place in tehran, but it will be different from what we saw in april, after the israelis struck the iranian consular section at the embassy in damascus, which was aimed to essentially signal iran's capabilities but designed to minimise any significant damage in israel and certainly not cause any casualties. i fear that this time around, the aim will actually be to inflict some military damage, including casualties. not necessarily to escalate it to a war, and i think that we're hearing clear signals from iran that they're quite aware that netanyahu seems to be goading them into war, and they want to avoid that. but this is going to get some form of an answer. and the risk for that to then

lead to a much larger escalation in the region, a regional war that also drags the united states into it is very, very significant at this point. what needs to happen for de—escalation, then, because we've heard that, you know, from both sides that they don't want the situation to escalate and that it's not inevitable that that will happen? what needs to happen for that not to happen? well, first of all, if the united states had actually pressed strongly for a ceasefire in gaza in the first place, this would not have happened and we would not be at this stage in which we're asking, ok, what can we do now to de—escalate? there's been ten months of opportunities to de—escalate that have been forsaken. but at this point, what the us is doing is that it's sending more troops to the region and to a certain extent, that is helping send a signal to the iranians that they have to be very careful not to do too much, not to escalate this too much. but on the other hand, absent this similar signal to the israelis, the ones who actually initiated, we are not going to be able to see a successful de—escalation. there is a need for a very strong

signalfrom the united states to the israelis as well, that they cannot count on the united states bailing them out when they're provoking escalation and war. we can bring you live pictures of the city square in tel aviv, people protesting. this happens on a weekly basis but clearly as tensions rise in the middle east, particularly after iran has vowed to retaliate, people are out in their hundreds there in the city centre of tel aviv. venezuela's opposition leader, maria corina machado, has turned up at a mass rally in caracas, defying government calls for her arrest. ms machado went into hiding earlier this week after accusing president nicolas maduro of defrauding the opposition candidate, edmundo gonzalez, of a clear victory in

sunday's presidential election. the government—controlled electoral commission says mr maduro received 52% of the vote, securing a third term in office. but the us and most countries in latin america have rejected the official results. 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 hearjust a couple of days ago that there had seemingly been a plea deal, an arrangement 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 3,000 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. let's get some of the day's other news around the world. donald trump has agreed to an election debate on fox news, but there's been no comment from his democratic opponent kamala harris. the two candidates will go head, to, head for the presidency on the 8th of november, after ms harris was formally chosen as the democratic nominee on friday. mexico and guatemala have agreed to carry outjoint air and land patrols on their border, after hundreds of mexicans fled to guatemala due to fear of forced recruitment by drug cartels. they are the latest victims of a rise in violence in southern mexico, with the two most powerful crime groups in the country feuding over territory. it's day eight of the olympics and my colleague maryam moshiri is in paris.

welcome to day eight of the olympics — it has been an amazing day of sport already with lots of medals already won. some news just in, and the two—time olympic gold medallist shelly—ann fraser—pryce has pulled out of the 100 metres final tonight. the jamaican was set for a show down with her us rival shecarri richardson. and team gb�*s dina asher smith has failed to qualify for tonight. the men's rowing eight claimed the latest gold this morning. there have also been four bronze medals in rowing, windsurfing, dressage and a lot of lines from the bercy arena where the gymnastics is taking place. ireland's rhys mcclenaghan has claimed gold winning the pommel horse final.

american gymnast simone biles won her third olympic gold of the paris games, when she took the vault title in emphatic fashion. qinwen zheng has become the first chinese player in olympic history claime the singles tennis. and in athletics, gb sprinter jeremiah azu suffered the heartbreak of being disqualified from the men's 100m heats in paris because of a false start, after his appeal was turned down. what a day for athletics at the stade de france. we've had the men's100m heats ahead of sunday's final, gb�*s louie hinchliffe and his "fastest flying mullet" won heat three from us noah lyles and team gb�*s zharnel hughes also is through to the semi—finals.

in one hour, we'll see the women's 100m final, with some big names set to appear including the us' sha'carri richardson. the sprinter is one of the most recognisable sprinters figures at the paris olympics. she's due to run in the 100 metre semi final in just a few minutes. as well as making a statement with her running, richardson has also made an impact with herfashion — particularly her flamboyant fingernails. let's speak to danielle james, the digital beauty director at elle.com. talk me through a little bit about sha'carri richardson because she is so iconic, not only in the way that she runs but also her look? yes. so iconic, not only in the way that she runs but also her look? yes, she is not only — she runs but also her look? yes, she is not only a — she runs but also her look? yes, she is not only a track— she runs but also her look? yes, she is not only a track star, _

she runs but also her look? yes, she is not only a track star, she - she runs but also her look? yes, she is not only a track star, she is - is not only a track star, she is also a beauty icon. she is only 2a, which i think we sometimes forget. she is dominating track and field, showing up at the olympics the first woman to qualify for the olympics, that she is also expressive when it comes to her beauty looks. we first met her it was really her fiery orange hair, her electric nails. i have been noticing she, she admitted to me that she did not know how to do her own make—up and she doesn't really wear much on the track outside of her eyes and her lips and her nails. she did tell me that she has been coming more attentive and appreciative of all of her beauty looks. when we do see how beauty looks, it is actually a reflection of the women and her family. she told me that her mother, her grandmother and all the women in her family, they are already attentive when it comes to their nails and

their hair so that is what we are seeing reflected on the track. she looks absolutely amazing. it does nothing to take away from the way that she runs. what interests me most of or as a way that more recently, we have seen beauty elements and sports together and it almost feels like the two now a much more in symbiosis as they have been in the past. what is it that beauty does the sport, do you think? idietitian does the sport, do you think? when ou look does the sport, do you think? when you look good. _ does the sport, do you think? when you look good. you _ does the sport, do you think? when you look good, you perform - does the sport, do you think? lumen you look good, you perform well. i thought like they are directly correlated with each other. i think what ends up happening for black athletes, especially for black women athletes, especially for black women athletes, is that sometimes the beauty really overshadows the talent. but this isn't something new. beauty trends rooted in black culture have historically been more palatable when represented on white bodies and what is expressive and some can be criticised as ghetto or attention seeking black women, who

are often the original architects of the style. white athletes don't always receive the same kind of critique that black athletes do, especially when it comes to their bold beauty choices. for example, us star had a pink pompadour was plotted, but black women, as when sha'carri and i were speaking, she said they had different obligations. and she said when you are viewed differently, you have to have a certain understanding of yourself and that is what we are seeing, that confidence of her being authentically who she is, that is what we're seeing in paris. it is really interesting _ what we're seeing in paris. it is really interesting you talk about that because i was watching that netflix documentary on simone biles. she was talking her hair and how i have commenced on so much, even though she has won so many gold medals. because the way it was, people found they felt able to make

derogatory comments about it, especially on social media. she felt this was something that was directed specifically to her and not how white rivals on the gymnastic floor. yes, i also got the opportunity to interview simone prior to the olympics and she spoke a lot about her hair. when we were talking about it, she has got into a place now where she is incredibly comfortable with her and she loves all the different styles that i can do. and she is not really focus on what people have to say. i think she has been very vocal at the olympics about this. she told me on camera, she had a beautiful hairstyle she was wearing, that she really picks her competition her based on how days she will be gone and it is really more about function and style. you don't want a messy bun

with all other anything like that. it is so interesting to talk to you about this. it's important to underline the way these things have changed. lovely to speak to you. thank you so much. before i let the audience go, let me show you the medals table. because obviously, changes day by day but it is really interesting to see who goes top medal. china is that the top of the medal. china is that the top of the medal table. medal. china is that the top of the medaltable. france medal. china is that the top of the medal table. france is doing phenomenally well, the home country often really needs to have a good olympics, doesn't it? france has 12 gold medal so far. stay with us here on bbc news. plenty more than paris throughout the rest of the week. athletics is big tonight, keep an eye on it with us.

hello there. if it's been too hot and humid of late for you, you're probably really pleased with how this weekend is shaping up. it's been quite cloudy, hasn't it? and noticeably fresher, but not great news if you wanted sunshine at the beach. this was swanage in dorset a few hours ago, the cloud thick enough for a spot or two of drizzle. and the second half of the weekend looks likely to carry on on a similar story. a grey start for most of us brightening up a little bit later on, but there will be more significant rain pushing into the north west, all tied into this area of low pressure and the winds strengthening with it as well. further south, we've got this brief ridge of high pressure keeping things largely quiet but pretty overcast. gusts of winds in excess of a0 miles an hour with the arrival of that rain into scotland, particularly on those exposed west coasts. but by the middle of the afternoon, the cloud should start to thin and break. there'll be glimpses of sunshine from time to time, and temperatures peaking

from 20 to 23 degrees. the rain turning quite heavy, though — the brighter yellows and greens denoting this into northern ireland and gradually pushing in to western fringes of scotland as well. it may well stay dry during daylight hours from aberdeen down to edinburgh, but fresher here — 15 to 18 celsius the overall highs. now, that area of low pressure is not moving very far, very fast. the warm front eases away but then as the cold front moves in, we'll see some heavier rain developing and at the same time, the wind direction coming from the southwest. so that's going to tap in, albeit briefly, to some more heat and humidity. not for all of us, but central and eastern england, where we see the best of the sunshine, it is going to feel quite humid once again. some really heavy bursts of rain developing into northern ireland and western scotland. we'll need to keep an eye on that. that could have an impact, largely seeing 50mm to 70mm of rain before that system clears through. but look at the temperatures — highs of 26 or 27 degrees.

that's 80 fahrenheit. that weather front clears through, bringing some light rain for the southeast, but we keep low pressure to the north as we go towards the end of the week. the azores high always trying to sneak in to the south. that's where the best of the drier, brighter weather is likely to be, but it stays pretty changeable and fresher the further north and west you are.

this is bbc news. the headlines... rival protests by far—right and anti—racist groups are being held in several cities across the uk. there are pockets of disorder, with several police officers injured. the unrest comes on the heels of a third consecutive night of violence in sunderland. tensions remain high in the middle east over the assassinations of the hamas leader ismail haniyeh in iran as well as a key commander of hezbollah. the us is to deploy additional warships and fighterjets to the region to help defend israel from possible attacks by iran and its proxies. track and field takes centre stage on day eight of the paris olympics, as we count down to the women's100 metre final in the next hour.

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