live from london. this is bbc news. more than 90 people are arrested across the uk after far—right demonstrations descend into riots. israel's air force strikes targets in southern lebanon after a hezbollah barrage of rockets across the border. that's as the uk and us urge their citizens to leave lebanon because of fears of an all—out war. and at the olympics, julien alfred storms to victory in the women's 100m final, to make history as st lucia's first—ever gold medallist. hello, i'm lucy grey. we start here in the uk, where senior police leaders have warned that more violent protests are likely in the coming days, and 4,000 extra officers are available to respond. tensions have escalated since the murder of three young girls in southport nearly a week ago. more than 90 people have been

arrested after far—right demonstrations descended into scenes of violence in towns and cities on saturday. it follows days of unrest after false information was spread online about the killings in southport. greg mckenzie reports. tensions had been building all week, and yesterday saw an escalation of the violence and unrest linked to far right groups across england and northern ireland. police forces stretched to their limits, fighting running battles like this in liverpool overnight. the scene of some of the worst violence, which turned into reported looting late in the evening. a number of officers were injured, with the mayhem spilling out into the city's main shopping areas. there were reports of youths

throwing fireworks at the police. in a statement, merseyside police said... "the people who have brought such aggression and destruction into the heart of our communities do not represent the people of merseyside. this is disgraceful and we will not tolerate it." the prime minister, sir keir starmer, said the police have the government's full support to take action against extremists attempting to sow hate. the home secretary has also warned that anyone engaging in unacceptable disorder will pay the price. 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.

families expecting a trip to the beach in blackpool were met with these scenes. engines rev. people shouting islamophobic and anti—immigration chants, chairs, bottles and planks of wood being thrown around with more than 20 arrests. hold the line. a dispersal notice was authorised across manchester city centre in order to assist police in dealing with protests, according to greater manchester police. in hull, humberside police said officers suffered injuries after a group of people targeted a hotel which houses asylum seekers smashing windows in. and anti—fascist protesters were kept apart from far right groups by police in leeds after they began hurling

insults at each other. in bristol, these scenes were replicated with the police bearing the brunt. we will stand together. and in belfast, clashes with anti—immigration and anti—racism protesters faced off in tense scenes outside the city hall while police in riot gear were deployed on the streets. not all demonstrations held across the uk descended into violence, and in many places, protesters dispersed by the evening. but with fears of more protests today, there are worries that more shocking images like this treatment of a police motorbike rider could emerge. greg mackenzie, bbc news. joining me in the studio is our westminster correspondent, shelley phelps. we've been hearing about 4000 extra officers promised under strong words officers promised under strong words of warning from the government to protesters. tell of warning from the government to rotesters. , ., protesters. tell us what the government _ protesters. tell us what the government have _ protesters. tell us what the government have said. - protesters. tell us what the

government have said. the | protesters. tell us what the _ government have said. the government has said protesters want them but political violence is another and some of these images are spilling over into that. the home secretary, we heard a clip of her in that report, she wants to push on this point that there will be consequences for people who commit criminal activity and she says she will pay the price, talking about arrests and prosecutions. the prime minister says the police have his full support to take whatever action is necessary to tackle what he says are extremists seeking to sow hate. the prime minister held a meeting with ministers yesterday, the justice secretary, the home secretary and the deputy prime minister and one of the things that was discussed is how angela rayner is working with local council to make sure what communities have been targeted, they have all the support that they need. the government has been trying to get ahead of this, police chiefs were at downing street on thursday and we were told there

would be measures like increased use of facial technology, criminal behaviour orders to try and stop people getting on trains, travelling around to commit on rest. we've been told this well there will be extra prosecutors so the language is clearly being tough on the spot and given that we have seen that spread of this, clearly some way to go and also to ensure that everyone feel safe on our streets. the shadow conservative home secretary james cleverly until a couple of weeks ago was the home secretary has also condemned the violence but he is urging the government to do more to restore public order.— restore public order. we've had this warnin: restore public order. we've had this warning from _ restore public order. we've had this warning from police _ restore public order. we've had this warning from police chiefs - restore public order. we've had this warning from police chiefs saying i warning from police chiefs saying this could go on for days so the concern is whether i suppose this is enough and where these 4000 new officers are coming from and where they will be taken away from to

cover this?— cover this? this is the sort of question _ cover this? this is the sort of question being _ cover this? this is the sort of question being asked - cover this? this is the sort of question being asked from i cover this? this is the sort of- question being asked from government and the police federation morning this morning that if a lot of police are busy on our streets, there is less that they can be doing in terms of other work like 999 calls so there's clearly a lot of pressure. thank you for now. and we will be speaking to the policing minister a little later. do stay with us. turning our attention to the middle east now. in the middle east, israel's air force has struck targets in southern lebanon after hezbollah fired a barrage of rockets across the border. the idf said about 30 rockets were fired into northern israel, but most were intercepted or landed in open areas. there have been no reports of any casualties. tensions remain high in the region after wednesday's killing of the hamas political chief, ismail haniyeh. hezbollah, iran and their regional allies have promised retaliation for the killing, which they have blamed on israel.

british, french and us embassies in beirut have issued an urgent warning to their citizens, to leave lebanon. these were passengers queueing at the departure terminal at beirut airport. the bbc�*sjenny hill has this analysis from tel aviv. does this represent a major escalation? probably not but the context here is what is important. this region is extremely tense right now. most are saying right now israel's war on gaza is threatening to spill over into a much wider regional conflict. a lot of urgent diplomacy going on at the moment to try and avert such a scenario. iran has vowed revenge along with its proxies on israel. for two assassinations, the killing of ismail haniyeh, the hamas political leader who was killed in teheran earlier this week and also the

killing of a senior hezbollah figure. iran said yesterday it expected hezbollah to start striking more deeply into israel, you will note the rockets last night were fired into northern israel. iran also saying it expected hezbollah to start striking targets which were not just start striking targets which were notjust restricted to military facilities, potentially meaning of course civilian infrastructure. the us presidentjoe biden was asked about this last night, whether he thought iran might back down and he said he did not know but he hoped so. figs said he did not know but he hoped so. ~ , , ., said he did not know but he hoped so. m said he did not know but he hoped so. a �*, ., so. as you say, it's all about the attem ts so. as you say, it's all about the attempts to _ so. as you say, it's all about the attempts to try _ so. as you say, it's all about the attempts to try and _ so. as you say, it's all about the attempts to try and de-escalate| so. as you say, it's all about the . attempts to try and de-escalate the attempts to try and de—escalate the situation. david lammy the foreign secretary here said the situation had deteriorated rapidly and we had the score from embassies in beirut to leave immediately.— to leave immediately. that's right. the us and — to leave immediately. that's right. the us and uk _ to leave immediately. that's right. the us and uk are _ to leave immediately. that's right. the us and uk are among - to leave immediately. that's right.

the us and uk are among a - to leave immediately. that's right. l the us and uk are among a number to leave immediately. that's right. - the us and uk are among a number of countries urging their citizens to get out of lebanon fearing a significant israeli response. potentially. the us telling their citizens to basically get on any player you can, doesn't matter if it's going to your destination of choice or not. the uk warning its citizens that security in the region could deteriorate very quickly. the uk are said to be sending in consular staff, uk are said to be sending in consularstaff, border uk are said to be sending in consular staff, border officials and military personnel to aid with a potential evacuation. the us said yesterday it was deploying extra military help to the region, sending in extra warships. and fighterjets. stating that its commitment to the defence of israel remained ironclad. while all of this goes on, of course, it's throwing a bit of a shadow over the suffering of two groups, firstly the people in gaza, don't forget the war continues their

stock just yesterday officials in gaza said at least 15 palestinians were killed as they took shelter in a school, using it as a shelter for displaced people and of course there are the families of the israeli hostages still held captive by hamas in gaza, desperate to have their loved ones coming home. both groups looking on very anxiously as developments unfold. worth pointing out that an israeli delegation was in cairo yesterday for negotiations aimed at establishing a ceasefire and hostage return deal. reports here this morning not confirmed but they suggest those talks were fruitless. laura blumenfeld is a former senior policy advisor on the us state department's israeli—palestinian negotiating team. she gave us her take on whether all out war is inevitable. there is a sense of inevitability, it's almost like the ancient fable

appointment with death. as much if we have tried to avoid a regional war over the last ten months and that's certainly been a number one priority for the us, we seem to be getting closer. priority for the us, we seem to be getting closer-— priority for the us, we seem to be heflin closer, . ., , ., ., getting closer. what can be done and what can the — getting closer. what can be done and what can the us _ getting closer. what can be done and what can the us in _ getting closer. what can be done and what can the us in particular- getting closer. what can be done and what can the us in particular do - getting closer. what can be done and what can the us in particular do and i what can the us in particular do and president biden in the time he has left in office, do you think? we would need _ left in office, do you think? - would need to do something fast. united states officials are saying it could come as soon as this monday, the retaliation and that it would be bigger, broader and less predictable than last time but i see three potential routes for deescalation. the first is diplomacy, our best shot but on the other hand trust which is the currency of diplomacy according to henry kissinger has been broken stop iran and hezbollah are no longer willing to work with the us or other western diplomats as intermediaries because they feel like they have been duped when there was the strike by israel on the hezbollah commander. the second possibility is

rewrite reality, that work back in april when israel counter struck at iran. iran responded by saying what's right? so sometimes it's the story war that's even more important than the battlefield. the third thing, if you look back at the gain of 67, with the idea of escalation, israel launched a massive pre—emptive strike. that is certainly an option out there but i'm not optimistic. for hezbollah and hamas there is no other cheek to turn, right? there were a twin strike so it feels like they simply must respond to take the sting out of the humiliation and as for benjamin netanyahu, i think he's trying to send a message to iran, message receipt but also to saudi arabia. he is looking for a broader coalition and wants to ally himself with the arab states and as he says countries do not make treaties with the leak. in

countries do not make treaties with the leak. , ., ., , the leak. in terms of the weapons ca abili the leak. in terms of the weapons capability of _ the leak. in terms of the weapons capability of hezbollah _ the leak. in terms of the weapons capability of hezbollah and - the leak. in terms of the weapons capability of hezbollah and how i the leak. in terms of the weapons l capability of hezbollah and how that compares to hamas, it significantly stronger, isn't it?— stronger, isn't it? absolutely. hezbollah _ stronger, isn't it? absolutely. hezbollah is _ stronger, isn't it? absolutely. hezbollah is no _ stronger, isn't it? absolutely. hezbollah is no hamas - stronger, isn't it? absolutely. hezbollah is no hamas and i stronger, isn't it? absolutely. i hezbollah is no hamas and military planners call a war with hezbollah ten x, it would be ten times as intense. this is a scenario they have been laying awake with night sweats or an israeli military planners but on the other hand they had no plan on the shelf, no battle plan for gas, that was part of the problem. they've been running scenarios and drills for years now against hezbollah so who knows what they have up their sleeve and like i said, they could even be looking at something pre—emptively? what said, they could even be looking at something pre-emptively? what about ben'amin something pre-emptively? what about benjamin netanyahu? _ something pre-emptively? what about benjamin netanyahu? there _ something pre-emptively? what about benjamin netanyahu? there is- something pre-emptively? what about benjamin netanyahu? there is a i benjamin netanyahu? there is a criticism of him saying he does not want a ceasefire because it does not suit him politically in terms of his ability to stay in office and do you sense any sort of move against him among his allies at all?—

among his allies at all? internally in israel, absolutely _ among his allies at all? internally in israel, absolutely and - among his allies at all? internally in israel, absolutely and even i among his allies at all? internally| in israel, absolutely and even with his key ally, president biden, it's a fundamental disagreement, a philosophical approach about how you deal with an enemy. president biden had a tough phone call with benjamin netanyahu, he said your payback birthday is full but the attitude of benjamin netanyahu issue decapitate your enemy and i believe he is about preserving political power but he also believes his own rhetoric. for him, it's always been about iran and this is his final chance, this is his ultimate chance, i think he sees, to try and re—establish a deterrent and go right to the head of the snake as they call it which will be the ayatollahs in iran. in israel, a woman has been killed and three others injured in a knife attack in a suburb of tel aviv. police say a palestinian suspect was "neutralised". it comes amid heightened tension, almost ten months into the israel—hamas war

in the gaza strip. the stabbings took place during morning rush hour. a ceasefire has come into effect in the eastern democratic republic of congo, following more than two years of conflict between government forces and the m23 rebel group. an agreement was made between the drc and rwanda earlier this week, but there is scepticism about how long it will last following reports of m23 rebels seizing control of a large town close to the border with uganda. the tutsi—led rebels insist that they are not part of the us—brokered deal. rwanda has always denied providing military support to the m23 rebels. the bbc�*s deputy africa editor anne soy has been following the developments. dm 23 has been very keen to advance on territory and therefore this comes as a major setback at a time when many people were hoping there would be a ceasefire that would hold for an indefinite period of time. and now rwanda has been a place to

attempt to explain why it attempted attempt to explain why it attempted a ceasefire with drc despite insisting it is not part of the conflict and is not supporting m 23 as has been alleged. the foreign minister did say however that because there have been tensions between the countries and they are neighbours, for this conflict is happening is close to the border, it was necessary to have a deal with the government, but there is a separate peace process that is going on which basically is between the democratic republic of the congo government and the armed groups that are active in the east of the country that is being mediated. the m 23 say they were not involved in this new deal?— this new deal? yes, they say it is not binding _ this new deal? yes, they say it is not binding to — this new deal? yes, they say it is not binding to them _ this new deal? yes, they say it is not binding to them and - this new deal? yes, they say it is | not binding to them and therefore this new deal? yes, they say it is i not binding to them and therefore it will be interesting to see what that portends for the people of the east of drc. there was a humanitarian

which had been brokered but had lapsed at local time and this new deal was supposed to succeed that but the development by the m 23 claiming that this is not binding to them is worrying for people there. what is their aim, their stated aim, the m 23 group? this what is their aim, their stated aim, the m 23 grow?— the m 23 group? this goes back a coule of the m 23 group? this goes back a couple of decades. _ the m 23 group? this goes back a couple of decades. this _ the m 23 group? this goes back a couple of decades. this group i the m 23 group? this goes back a couple of decades. this group is i couple of decades. this group is composed of people who speak the language from rwanda, they are predominantly the tutsi ethnic group hence the suspicion that they have been supported by rwanda and they first came up to fight against another rebel group that was consisting of a hutu ethnic group, these are basically rwandans who

lead in 94 during the genocide so this is essentially a spillover of the rwanda genocide now playing out in the east of the drc. let's turn to the olympics now, and one of the biggest surprises of the games so far — julien alfred won the olympic women's 100m title at paris 2024 last night, to make history as st lucia's first ever gold medallist. last year's world champion, america's sha'carri richardson took silver with her compatriot melissa jefferson in third. straight off the starting blocks it was neck and neck, with richardson pegged as the favourite to win. but alfred stormed through to take the victory by a clear margin in a national record of 10.72 seconds. let's take a look at the current medal table heading into day nine of the games. china are currently in the lead with 16 gold medals followed by the united states on 14.

france and australia currently both have 12 gold medals each, followed by great britain in fifth with 10 golds. let's return now to our top story — a warning from senior police here in the uk of more violent protests in the coming days, with almost 4,000 extra officers ready to respond. tensions have escalated since the killing of three young girls in southport on monday, when false rumours spread that the suspect was an asylum seeker. let's speak to home office minister dame diana johnson. good morning to you. this warning from police chiefs that this could go on for the coming days, can you talk me through what you're expecting and would have been in a similar scale of what was happening yesterday? flan similar scale of what was happening esterda ? ., , ., ., , ., _ yesterday? can first of all start by sa in: this yesterday? can first of all start by saying this has — yesterday? can first of all start by saying this has been _ yesterday? can first of all start by saying this has been a _ yesterday? can first of all start by saying this has been a very i yesterday? can first of all start by saying this has been a very tough| saying this has been a very tough and difficult week. it started on monday with the horrific attack on

southport and i think the country is still reeling under shock from that. and then during the course of the week we have seen this violent disorder happening in parts of the country. so i think this weekend the whole approach has been to support the police in dealing with this violent disorder. yesterday i was able to speak to some of those frontline officers and talk to them and thank them for the work they are doing because obviously it can be incredibly frightening to be on the front line when you are having bricks and other objects thrown at you. we have seen arrests which are very important and we want to send a very important and we want to send a very clear message that if people get involved in this criminal disorder, that they will be brought to account, they will be charged and taken to court and there will be penalties. so i think that is the focus over the last few days and up this weekend. of course the home

secretary and the prime minister, the deputy prime minister have all been involved in making sure the police have everything they need to be able to deal with these... bind be able to deal with these. .. and presumably _ be able to deal with these. .. and presumably to — be able to deal with these... and presumably to put a stop to the violence? so i wonder what you're expecting in the coming days. what expecting in the coming days. what we are expeeting — expecting in the coming days. what we are expecting that _ expecting in the coming days. telnet we are expecting that those expecting in the coming days. lfmsgt we are expecting that those people who have been involved in this disorder over the last few days will be found by the police, will be arrested and taken through the courts. we want to make it very clear there are penalties and consequences for people taking the action that they have. i saw yesterday on my own hometown of hull, people setting fire to shops, looting shops, seeing people going in and bringing out cosmetics and other items. l in and bringing out cosmetics and other items-— other items. i think we've been re other items. i think we've been pretty clear _ other items. i think we've been pretty clear on _ other items. i think we've been pretty clear on how _ other items. i think we've been pretty clear on how bad i other items. i think we've been pretty clear on how bad it's i other items. i think we've been l pretty clear on how bad it's been but the question is if you have been

done to tackle it? we hear that 4000 extra officers will be deployed but the police federation speaking to bbc today say they are concerned they will not be able to attend other incidents are so many other officers are involved in these and carries on for days the concern is whether, they say 999 calls will not be able to be answered if so many police are being directed towards these protests? l police are being directed towards these protests?— these protests? i think that's a very important _ these protests? i think that's a very important question i these protests? i think that's a very important question that i these protests? i think that's a i very important question that you ask and we have been reassured that the police had the resources that they need to be able to deal with what is happening at the moment. they have very long—standing plans in place if they need extra police officers to be put into other parts of the country and we are certainly not hearing that things like 999 calls are not being answered but what we want to do is to make sure that this weekend, we are showing very clearly that this will not be tolerated and that this will not be tolerated and that action will be taken against these individuals, that they will be

brought before the criminaljustice system, there will be penalties and consequences for this criminal disorder. d0 consequences for this criminal disorder. , ., ., , ., , , disorder. do you feel that perhaps there warnings _ disorder. do you feel that perhaps there warnings are _ disorder. do you feel that perhaps there warnings are not _ disorder. do you feel that perhaps there warnings are not working i disorder. do you feel that perhaps| there warnings are not working and also in terms of the present space that suddenly going to be found, we've been hearing from your government that the prisons are full and you will have to release people early and suddenly you've got room? for other places coming from? the lord for other places coming from? ii'téi lord chancellor has for other places coming from? t“t2 lord chancellor has made it clear that there are prison places available so if people are arrested and they are remanded into custody, some have already been put into custody, those places are there. we also know that if the courts need to set there will be decisions made with judicially set there will be decisions made withjudicially on set there will be decisions made with judicially on extending koh aricept that is needed but certainly we want to make it clear there is no problem going through the criminal justice system, that these people who have caused such mayhem on our streets stop when you bring in the

army? there is no need to bring in the army. there has been no discussion about that. as i say the police have made it very clear that they have all the resources they need at the moment, there is mutual aid as i havejust need at the moment, there is mutual aid as i have just described and they had the powers that they need. we think that the meeting that the prime minister called earlier this week on thursday, he got all the operational chief constables together to discuss whether they had the powers that they need, and they agreed that they did. they want to work better on sharing intelligence and using things like facial recognition but currently they are able to deal with the situation. th able to deal with the situation. in terms of the prevention, your title is the minister for police and crime prevention but the issue here is the amount of light spreading quickly online and what is being done to counter that and whether enough was done initially to counter those lies being spread? do you think you have

got that under control?— got that under control? clearly the social media _ got that under control? clearly the social media companies _ got that under control? clearly the social media companies have i got that under control? clearly the social media companies have a i social media companies have a responsibility for posts that go up which are spreading misinformation and disinformation and i know that peter carla, the secretary of state for technology has been having discussions with social media companies. there is certainly been attempts made to deal with that disinformation by putting notices onto postings to show that that information is not correct. this fact checking that goes on, there's a whole range of things that have already happened but obviously we need to do more because you're absolutely right, there has been that spread of misinformation which has caused problems this week. we must leave it there, thank you so much forjoining us. dame diana johnson. that is all from me for this half hour but please stay with us on bbc news.

it's a slightly cooler and fresher feeling day than we have seen of late, some hazy sunshine around but further north in a different picture. this is the rainfall we expect to accumulate over the next couple of days, particularly wet in the west of scotland and northern ireland, further south barely a drop of rain in the forecast. for the rest of today we are looking at hazy sunshine in the south but some big contrasts in the weather. the rain this afternoon will become more persistent across northern ireland. some brightness for the north east of scotland. further south, across the bulk of england and wales, it's looking dry. hazy sunshine in the south and east, and temperatures between about 15 in the north to 23 in the south, won't feel as humid as it has done recently. through this evening and tonight turns windy, especially across the west of scotland.

we've got that rain continuing for northern ireland and scotland, but it's dry for the bulk of england and wales, with lows between about 12 to 16 degrees first thing tomorrow. so into monday then low pressure sits to the north west of the uk. that's going to push this weather front in across scotland and northern ireland. but towards the east of the front we've got the winds coming in from a south or southwesterly direction. so it's going to feel quite warm, quite humid again, especially in the south and the east. so a bit more sunshine for england and wales than we've got out there today. it is looking wet for northern ireland, although the rain will ease, but for the west of scotland could be up to 75mm of rain, so localised flooding possible. a little bit warmer than today, 20 to 26 for most of us. and then as we move through monday night into tuesday, eventually that front gets its move on, heading across england and wales, but tending to peter out as it does so. still a little bit of light rain left on that across the south east and east anglia into tuesday, but for the rest of the uk, sunny spells, few blustery showers, most of them in the northwest, and temperatures between 15 to 25 north to south. a similar day on wednesday. we'll lose that front, so we're left with a westerly airflow, low pressure and this frontal system

in the northwest bringing more persistent wet and windy weather across the west of scotland, tending to turn more showery later on. but for many of us it's looking dry. lighter winds further south and temperatures fairly typical of the time of year between about 15 to 23 degrees further ahead into next week, then high pressure, keeping things mostly dry and fairly warm towards the south. there will be some showery rain at times though further north. bye for now.

this is bbc news. the headlines... more than 90 people are arrested across the uk after far—right demonstrations descend into riots. the prime minister pledges to give police forces the government's "full support" to take action against what he calls "extremists" attempting to "sow hate". israel's air force strikes targets in southern lebanon after hezbollah fires a barrage of rockets across the border, while the uk and us urge their citizens to leave lebanon because of fears of an all—out war after the killing of hamas leader ismail haniyeh in tehran on wednesday. and at the olympics, julien alfred storms to victory in the women's 100m final, to become st lucia's first ever gold medallist, while american swimmer katie ledecky makes history equalling the record for the most gold medals by a female 0lympian. hello, welcome to bbc news. the prime minister sir keir starmer

has pledged to give police forces the government's "full support" to take action against "extremists" attempting to "sow hate". it comes after 90 people were arrested when far—right demonstrations descended into riots in towns and cities across the uk on saturday. bottles were thrown, shops looted, and police officers attacked in areas including hull, liverpool, bristol, manchester, stoke—on—trent, blackpool and belfast. other smaller demonstrations elsewhere did not turn violent. the sense from government is that freedom of expression is fine but violent disorder is not and some of the scenes we have seen clearly pass that threshold. a group of senior ministers have met this weekend to discuss what to do. the prime minister, deputy prime minister, home secretary and justice secretary. in the aftermath of that meeting, keir starmer said that the police have their full support to

take action against what he called extremists, who are attacking police officers, disrupting local businesses, and attempting to sow hate by intimidating communities. they have been trying to get ahead of all of this for several days now, bringing together police forces on thursday, encouraging them to share intelligence, talking about using facial recognition to stop perpetrators from travelling around the country. they have also brought in extra prosecutors this weekend. the idea is that if people can see that some people are being charged for these offences, that might make them think twice about whether to go out and commit violent offences on the streets. so the language that we are hearing from government is really quite tough, but there is clearly still a lot of work to do to stop this violence from spreading, and also to ensure that people who have been targeted feel safe. speaking on bbc breakfast earlier, tiffany lynch from the police federation said

that the disorder is putting a huge strain on police resources. this is unprecedented we have had riots and clashes of this nature that have been pocketed in particular areas of the country but we are now seeing it flooding across major cities and towns. in terms of the capability, policing capability, we are seeing offices that are being pulled from day—to—day policing where they are in neighbourhoods on response, to actually perform with their training and professionalism to go out there, and essentially protect our communities. but while thatis protect our communities. but while that is happening the communities that is happening the communities that are out there that are having incidents against them, victims of crime, unfortunately their crimes are not being investigated. we are not going to be able to attend all of the incidents that are coming in on the 999 calls because we are having to direct the priorities of what is happening on the streets.

tensions have escalated since the killing of three young girls in southport last monday, when false rumours spread that the suspect was an asylum seeker. 0ur reporter sarah rogers is in southport for us. sarah, there will be a memorial service later, but how is the community coping nearly one week on? people are coping by doing this, coming to lay flowers. this is one of several tribute sites across the city. people have been coming to have a look, to read some of the cards, to take away some of the wilted flowers and to replace them with fresh ones. people have been travelling from miles away to come here. i spoke to one woman who was putting flowers down and i asked her why she had come, and she said that shejust felt awful, why she had come, and she said that she just felt awful, it is so difficult for people to get their

head around, and what brings it home, the rain has washed some of it away now, but there is a children's writing here saying "we miss you but we love you", next to pictures of those girls that were killed almost a week ago at a taylor swift themed dance class. those girls are bebe king, elsie stancombe and alice. there are memorial services happening at churches across the town here today. the buildings have been lit up in pink, there have been some pink ribbons. i spoke to a reverent leading one of the services, marianne kent and she told me that people did not want to be connected with the violence that we have seen elsewhere, and the services are a place for people to come together, to grieve, to share their anxieties, and to share their

fears. but, that said, there was violence here earlier this week. this looks peaceful and beautiful now, but the story was different earlier in the week, and police have now charged a man with disorder offences, including assault on emergency worker and he will appear in court tomorrow.— in court tomorrow. thank you. sarah there in southport. _ this week saw the largest prisoner exchange between russia and the west since the cold war. 24 people from seven different countries returned home, including three americans. but some us citizens are still being held abroad, including in russian prisons. president biden says he will continue to pressure the kremlin to release americans who were not part of the deal. one of those still detained is marc fogel. the 63—year—old school teacher was arrested in 2021 on smuggling charges and is serving a 14—year sentence. you can see him here on the right, at a russian airport, where he was found to be

carrying a small amount of medical marijuana. his sister, anne fogel, says she is hopeful about his chances of coming home. you know, iam you know, i am clinging to whatever hope i can so, yes, to a certain degree, and, you know, the administration pulled off a masterful, incredible swap. they should be congratulated, and i am very happy for the return of them but i just wish very happy for the return of them but ijust wish my brother was among them. this is especially difficult because it comes on the heels of 21 daysin because it comes on the heels of 21 days in a prison hospitalfor him. he was released on the 21st, which ironically is the day that they, i

guess, formalised the list of who was coming home, but marc was in a prison hospital, which is not actually... i'm not certain it is really a hospital at all. but he was given many, many, many shots, injections and drugs, and they did an ultrasound of his liver. of course, he does not speak russian and there are no translators, so it was very alarming for him. it is the fourth time that he has been in a hospital like that. so, i think he is... i think he is, he has really been slammed by this news and is having a very difficult time right

now. venezuela's president, nicolas maduro, says he will not accept the opposition's attempt to — what he calls — �*usurp the presidency�* as nationwide protests continue over the disputed election results. the opposition leader, maria corina machado, came out of hiding to lead a mass rally in caracas, on saturday, defying government calls for her arrest. she urged her supporters to continue protesting peacefully and said maduro's government had lost all legitimacy since the disputed 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. ms machado gave a defiant speech to crowds, in which she celebrated the strength of the venezuelan people. todayis today is a very important day. after

six days of brutal repression, they thought they were going to silence us, frighten us and stop us. the presence of each one of you here represent the best of every venezuelan. it shows the world the magnitude and strength, and what it means that we will go all the way. a woman who complained to the bbc twice about former broadcaster huw edwards is having therapy paid for by the corporation. the sunday times says the woman called rachel struck up a friendship with edwards over social media in 2018. she complained about him to the bbc twice, alleging the relationship was becoming toxic. a bbc spokesperson said it always investigated complaints fully and provided support to those involved. the broadcaster is making efforts to remove edwards from its archives, after he pleaded guilty last week to making indecent images of children.

jay slater�*s body has been returned to the uk, almost two months after the teenager went missing while on holiday in tenerife. a post—mortem examination found the 19—year—old died of traumatic head injuries, consistent with a fall from height. his funeral is set to take place next saturday. there were plenty of medals for team gb on saturday, including gold in the men's eight rowing. while gymnast max whitlock bowed out of his final 0lympics without a medal. patrick gearey reports. max whitlock�*s career has hinged on control, on the pommel horse he has had master manipulation of every movement — it has made him britain's greatest gymnast. but even he could not direct exactly how he would leave the stage. he was hoping for a fourth olympic gold, a fourth pommel medal, but this was hope, no longer expectation.

others would vault over him onto the podium but medals are not the only reward. being in paris meant max whitlock could say goodbye to his coach and to his sport in front of his daughter. it is the proudest feeling. i have done this sport for 24 years. i have always said for a very long time i want to have children young so my child can watch me compete. sorry. i feel very grateful to be a gymnast, very, very fortunate to have done a sport i've loved from seven years old. time for someone else to climb on his throne, rhys mcclanahan from northern ireland seizing his moment. enough to win ireland's third gold of these games, their first ever medal in gymnastics, a dream passed on. jake jarman had earlier landed a bronze medal on the floor. but it was on the water that

britain's biggest success of the day came. much was hoped of the men's eight, described by one of their number as "one engine, one machine". all geared to this victory. commentator: and they carry themselves to olympic gold! i massive mix of emotions. a bit of sadness that this is the end but complete and total elation that we have capped off this project in the right way. we just took it by the scruff of the neck and you can't ask for much more, these guys did it perfectly. really proud of them and trying not to cry. marvellous effort. the women's 8 won a bronze in what was great britain's most successful rowing performance at a foreign 0lympics. third can be a triumph but for emma wilson it felt like a disappointment — she drifted off course from gold to bronze in the windsurfing final, back—to—back 0lympic medals but she said afterwards she might be done with her sport. far gentler waves from the dressage

team, who picked up their own bronze without the suspended charlotte du joardin, and from the mixed 4x400 relay team also earnt bronze. no dean asher smith in the woman's 100m final so british interest came from daryl to finishing fourth, however fast anita was running she could not get nearjuliane alfred. st lucia has a gold—medal! a small island nation on top of the world, led there by alfred the great. patrick geary, bbc news. those who lose their lives at sea often have no final resting place on land. for the last 100 years, a naval war memorial in plymouth has provided a lasting tribute to those men and women. 0ur reporter emma ruminksi has been finding out more about its history. if you live in the city of plymouth,

you'll recognise the naval memorial as part of its skyline. every november, people gather at its base on the hoe for remembrance day. at its centre is an obelisk, one of three that are identical. the others are in portsmouth and chatham, the ports from which the navy departed during the first world war. many, many of those commemorated on here didn't die in large engagements likejutland, but they were killed when their ship was struck by a sea mine. the memorial bears the names of those whose only known grave is the sea. the memorial is organised quite carefully by year of death and by things like rank, so it isn't making any rank more important than any other rank. but it's allowing people to find someone. the commonwealth war graves commission is recording the stories behind the names on their website. this gentleman here called robert. robert pusey. and interestingly enough, robert was a survivor on the titanic.

he remained at sea and he went on to a converted trawler, the dirk and, he was off the coast of suffolk and again they got torpedoed. robert survived the titanic only to be lost at sea in the first world war. near the plaque that bears his name is a secret door. it might surprise you to learn the memorial is hollow. a door behind one of these plaques leads to a ladder used to maintain the structure's lightning rod. as far as i'm aware, it has never been hit by lightning. quite remarkable, really, isn't it? yeah, because it's obviously the tallest structure on plymouth hoe. and this must get the full force of the elements. yeah, the weather's clearly a concern because the portland stone is a limestone and it gets affected by the weather, wind, rain, it tends to erode it, but it's fared quite well considering it's 100 years old.

to plymouth hoe, a site for- centuries associated with british seamen, comes princess margaret to honour 15,600 men and women of the commonwealth navies who died in the last war. i a new garden has been added to a memorial, which stands i in tribute to the navy's. dead of the 1914—18 war. this garden is to be i opened by the princess. sadly, just 30 years after it was first unveiled, the memorial needed extending. the second world war was an even more deadly conflict for those fighting at sea. i am proud to unveil this memorial to the men and women of the plymouth command. a d—day service was held here recently, and before that, a wave of poppies was used to remind us all of the sacrifice made in the first world war. whatever the conflict, lost sailors will always be remembered here. emma ruminski, bbc news.

cornwall is famous for its rugged coastline and turquoise waters, but the county's wildlife is in trouble, both on land and at sea. to try to reverse the damage, the cornwall wildlife trust has begun an ambitious rewilding project, and it's just been awarded lottery funding as our repoter john ayres has been finding out. we might think of pigs and cows as everyday farm animals, which provide us with meat and milk, but the cornwall wildlife trust has a different use for them. they're part of its massive rewilding project between helman tor all the way down to st austell bay. instead of keeping these animals penned up in fields, they'll roam more to help improve the environment. cows will graze the soil, pigs will turn it over. all of this to improve the wildlife habitat and environment of this area. you can demonstrate that here by taking down fences and allowing new livestock like longhorn cows, pigs and things like that to move through that landscape.

but equally, we want to demonstrate that to people around us and show that we are protecting the habitat up here. the trust has received an initial £265,000 grant from the national lottery heritage fund for its first year, and will receive another £3.3 million if it's a success, which could be transformational for this nature reserve. there are private farms in this area that are surrounded by the nature reserve now. the cornwall wildlife trust see these farms as very important, but they want to work with the farmers to improve the habitats, reduce the use of pesticides and to tackle agricultural runoff within the reserve. unlicensed beavers have arrived at the site. the trust doesn't know how they've come to this area and is seeking a licence to manage them. the beavers are, however, an unexpected benefit. they bring water, they bring life because the food chain is restored, because of that water level that is increased in those aquatic habitats. but obviously there's

benefits to people too. and we've seen lots of flood prevention, attenuation of the water at the top of the catchment. it's really good. it slows the flow through the catchment. water quality benefits. the pools and dams they create improve the water quality, which is a benefit as it runs down towards the coast of st austell bay, which is home to one of the uk's largest subtidal seagrass beds and extensive maerl beds. john ayres, bbc news. it can be frustrating heading out for a walk and instead of looking up at the views, you have to keep looking down at the ground to avoid stepping in dog poo. now pet owners in a popular beauty spot in lincolnshire, have been told to clear up or risk losing access altogether, as our reporter natalie bell explains. it's one of the country's best loved—beauty spots in the heart of lincolnshire. popular for walking and picnics. but there's one issue at 0slers' plantation, as forestry england says

the woodland's become a health hazard because some irresponsible dog owners aren't cleaning up after their pets. they've temporarily closed the car park and have called in specialist cleaners. it's notjust an issue in the car park but when you enter the forest, you have got to be careful where you walk as there are quite a few piles of dog mess along here. and visitors seem to have got the message. it might be the summer holidays and one of the sunniest days of the year, but it has been very quiet at the forest today. but i did spot one family. it's a place where people bring their kids, their whole family so it's not... people need to take care of their pets a lot better. it is notjust people leaving their dog mess, some have bagged it up butjust dump it. people at a nearby spa town have heard about the problem. it's worse when they put it in a plastic bag and just throw it, that makes it worse. with kids running around

and on bikes you don't want to go through dog mess. if you have a dog, you must accept responsibility for clearing up. i i thought that was common sense. surely, this day and age people do that. j i would have though the majority do, but clearly people don't. _ one of the problems is there are no bins in the woodland but forestry england says that is down to cost and them being a threat to wildlife. to put a bin in there would be hugely costly and resource—heavy. we could not empty all the time and it would be overflowing and cause further complaints and health hazard. it's not our policy so if people don't take their waste away with them we can't afford to keep carrying out these sort of cleansing operations. it's been a week since forestry england shut the car park to the woodland and they haven't said when it will be open but they have warned it could be permanent if the situation doesn't improve. millions of people in the uk are believed to be hoarders but only a small fraction of those affected ever get help. in york, a community group helping people de—clutter,

has recently been awarded £400,000 to continue their vital work, as our reporter cathy killick has been finding out. alex is going to start putting newspapers in. are we all rightjust putting newspapers in? nothing in the newspapers? happy with that? yes. it should be his lounge but the rooms injohn wilson's house have become unrecognisable, submerged in clutter and rubbish. if i see in my lovely mush, see me once a fortnight, we will keep on top of it. now, with help from michaela and alice at community bees, the house is slowly being cleared. the company works with the most isolated and loneliest of people, and that is people that are hoarders, mainly. i want to write a book. you want to write a book?

she listened and she didn't try to control me. hoarding is a complex condition. john buys newspapers he never reads and cuddly toys that stay in their boxes. it started after his mother died. due to a mix—up, john didn't get to the hospital in time. i lost a bit of focus in that because i thought, you know, my mother and father, we were a very close family, i was there for my dad dying and not for my mother. i should have been there because i promised me dad i'd look after me mum. that was part of a thing of punishing yourself, and never forgiving yourself. with us working on a one—to—one, very slowly, understanding and letting them talk if they want to talk, we don't ask questions. it is entirely up to them if they want to talk, and having a laugh with them as we go, it works. john is slowly changing his mindset and feels optimistic that he can get better with support. just put these in the drive?

lottery money given to community bees will help them help others them trapped by possessions they no longer need or want. cathy killick, bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with sarah keith—lucas. hello. it's a slightly cooler, fresher feeling day than we've seen of late across the southern half of the uk. some hazy sunshine around, but further north. a different picture. this is the rainfall we're expecting to accumulate over the next couple of days. it's looking particularly wet for the west of scotland and northern ireland as well, whereas further south, barely a drop of rain in the forecast for many of us. now, for the rest of today we're looking at some spells of hazy sunshine in the south, but wet and windy weather in the north west, so some big contrasts in our weather out there. the rain this afternoon will become more persistent across northern ireland, western scotland as well. some brightness for the north east of scotland. further south, across the bulk of england and wales, it's looking dry. hazy sunshine in the south and east, and temperatures between about 15 in the north to 23 in the south, won't feel as humid

as it has done recently. through this evening and tonight turns windy, especially across the west of scotland. we've got that rain continuing for northern ireland and scotland, but it's dry for the bulk of england and wales, with lows between about 12 to 16 degrees first thing tomorrow. so into monday then low pressure sits to the north west of the uk. that's going to push this weather front in across scotland and northern ireland. but towards the east of the front we've got the winds coming in from a south or southwesterly direction. so it's going to feel quite warm, quite humid again, especially in the south and the east. so a bit more sunshine for england and wales than we've got out there today. it is looking wet for northern ireland, although the rain will ease, but for the west of scotland could be up to 75mm of rain, so localised flooding possible. a little bit warmer than today, 20 to 26 for most of us. and then as we move through monday night into tuesday, eventually that front gets its move on, heading across england and wales, but tending to peter out as it does so. still a little bit of light rain left on that across the south east and east anglia into tuesday, but for the rest of the uk, sunny spells, few blustery showers, most of them in the northwest,

and temperatures between 15 to 25 north to south. a similar day on wednesday. we'll lose that front, so we're left with a westerly airflow, low pressure and this frontal system in the northwest bringing more persistent wet and windy weather across the west of scotland, tending to turn more showery later on. but for many of us it's looking dry. lighter winds further south and temperatures fairly typical of the time of year between about 15 to 23 degrees further ahead into next week, then high pressure, keeping things mostly dry and fairly warm towards the south. there will be some showery rain at times though further north. bye for now.

live from london. this is bbc news.

more than 90 people are arrested across the uk after far—right demonstrations descend into riots. israel's air force strikes targets in southern lebanon after hezbollah fires a barrage of rockets across the border. meanwhile, the uk and us urge their citizens to leave lebanon because of fears of an all—out war. and at the olympics, julien alfred storms to victory in the women's 100 metres' final, to make history as st lucia's first—ever gold medallist. hello. i'm lewis vaughan—jones. we start here in the uk, where senior police leaders have warned that more violent protests are likely in the coming days, and 4,000 extra officers are available to respond. tensions have escalated since the murder of three young

girls in southport nearly a week ago.