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. 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 greg mckenzie, bbc news. my colleague lucy grey spoke with home office minister dame diana johnson. 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 with 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 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 over 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... and presumably to put a stop to the violence? so i wonder what you're expecting in the coming days? what we are expecting is 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 in my own hometown of hull, people setting fire to shops, looting shops, seeing people going into lush and bringing out cosmetics and other items... i think we've been pretty clear on how bad it's been

but the question is is enough being done to tackle it? we hear that 4000 extra officers will be deployed but the police federation speaking to the 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? i think that's a very important question that you ask and we have been reassured that the police have 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 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. do you feel that perhaps those warnings are not working and also in terms of the prison space that's 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? where are the places coming from? the 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 on extending court hours if that is needed but certainly we want to make it clear there is no problem going through the criminaljustice system, that these people who have caused such mayhem on our streets.

will 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 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 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. in terms of the prevention, your title is the minister for police and crime prevention but the issue here is the amount of liest 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?

clearly the social media companies have a responsibility for posts that go up which are spreading misinformation and disinformation and i know that peter kyle, 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. that was the home office minister dame diana johnson. 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. let's speak to our correspondentjenny hill in tel aviv. talk us through what we know about this exchange of fire. it talk us through what we know about this exchange of fire.— this exchange of fire. it comes at a particularly — this exchange of fire. it comes at a particularly volatile _ this exchange of fire. it comes at a particularly volatile and _ this exchange of fire. it comes at a particularly volatile and dangerous| particularly volatile and dangerous moment for the middle east. it is worth noting there have been near daily exchanges of fire between israel and hezbollah since israel began its war on gaza in response to the hamas attacks of october the 7th but right now, international

diplomats are racing to try and stop that water from spilling over into a regionwide conflict and that is why you are seeing international governments including the us in the uk, telling their citizens to leave lebanon as quickly as possible. in the case at the us they are telling people to get on any plane regardless of its destination. the uk is sending in border officials and consular officials to try and help with any necessary evacuation attempts but here in israel they are bracing for an attack from iran or one of its proxies. no one quite knows what that attack will look like golf and it will come but there is a sense it will be soon. yesterday, the us said it was deploying extra fighterjets and warships to the region, stating its commitment to the defence of israel was ironclad. all of this of course perhaps throwing some shadow over the plight of two groups of people, first of all those in gaza, we hear

reports from officials there that at least 15 palestinians were killed yesterday in a rocket strike on a school which was being used as a shelter for displaced people. school which was being used as a shelterfor displaced people. then there are families of israeli hostages still being held captive in gaza knowing the chances of a ceasefire or hostage return deal are starting to look vanishingly remote. yesterday, an israeli delegation travelled to cairo, negotiations aimed at establishing such a deal. we do not have anything official from those talks but reported this morning suggest that they were fruitless. , , ., ~ morning suggest that they were fruitless. , , . ~' , ., some breaking news from bangladesh. eight people have been killed in bangladesh. they are reported to be anti—government protesters.

certainly anti—government protests, you may remember bangladesh has seen widespread anti—government protests over the last month or so, demonstrations had been taking place on the streets. 0riginally, demonstrations had been taking place on the streets. originally, the grievance here was in part at least the quotas for governmentjobs reserved for certain families, great anger and many people coming out onto the streets stop since those widespread demonstrations and hundreds of people killed there, there has reportedly been a crackdown by security forces in bangladesh and today, reports coming in from the afp news agency that eight people have been killed in those anti—government protests. a ceasefire has come into effect in the eastern democratic republic of congo on sunday, 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 on how long it will last following reports of m23 rebels seize control on 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. let's speak to our deputy africa editor, anne soy, who is watching developments from nairobi. what do we know about this ceasefire? it what do we know about this ceasefire?— what do we know about this ceasefire? . , , ., ~ ., ceasefire? it was brokered and it was signed _ ceasefire? it was brokered and it was signed by — ceasefire? it was brokered and it was signed by the _ ceasefire? it was brokered and it was signed by the governments l ceasefire? it was brokered and it - was signed by the governments from the drc and the ceasefire deal that has been signed is not binding to the rebel group.— has been signed is not binding to the rebel group. remind us of the background _ the rebel group. remind us of the background to _ the rebel group. remind us of the background to the _ the rebel group. remind us of the background to the fighting. -

the rebel group. remind us of the background to the fighting. the i the rebel group. remind us of the i background to the fighting. the east ofthe background to the fighting. the east of the drc is — background to the fighting. the east of the drc is a _ background to the fighting. the east of the drc is a vast _ background to the fighting. the east of the drc is a vast mineral- background to the fighting. the east of the drc is a vast mineral rich - of the drc is a vast mineral rich region which has more than 100 armed groups that are active there. m23 over the last two and a half years has been active there and gaining territory and as you mentioned, advanced yesterday taking one more town near the border with uganda. this is a group that is predominantly to see ethnic group which is from rwanda and now this conflict is essentially an overspill of the 1994 rwanda genocide when you had more than 2 million people from rwanda crossing the border to the drc and among them said to be alleged perpetrators of genocide and some of them allegedly formed a rebel group which rwanda has been particularly critical of and then this m23 was formed around 2012 which comes from the rival ethnic

group and you know, basically has been advancing and taking over towns and villages in the region. rwanda has been accused of backing it but it has denied those allegations. so with this ceasefire, rwanda is optimistic that it will work however the group says that it is not binding to them. the foreign ministerfrom rwanda spoke binding to them. the foreign minister from rwanda spoke to the local media in rwanda and said that there is a separate peace process that has been brokered by nairobi which seeks to bring together to the negotiating table the d or c government and some of the armed groups including m23 and so it sees that as the avenue through which a lasting peace deal can be found between those armed groups in the drc but this ceasefire, and its view, is a way of easing tensions that have existed for a couple of

years now between the two countries. thank you for that. 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. competitive sports can be both mentally and physically challenging, so alot of sports teams use psychologists to help them stay motivated. we can find out more about this from professor pieter kruger who's the lead psychologist for team south africa.

thank you for coming on the programme. thank you for coming on the programme-— thank you for coming on the rouramme. h, ., ., ., ., ~ programme. good morning and thank ou for programme. good morning and thank you for having — programme. good morning and thank you for having me. _ programme. good morning and thank you for having me. i _ programme. good morning and thank you for having me. i presume - programme. good morning and thank you for having me. i presume you - you for having me. i presume you were watching — you for having me. i presume you were watching that _ you for having me. i presume you were watching that 100 _ you for having me. i presume you were watching that 100 metre - you for having me. i presume you l were watching that 100 metre race. anything stake out for you from a psychological point of view? ida. anything stake out for you from a psychological point of view? ila. i psychological point of view? no, i think it's the _ psychological point of view? no, i think it's the standard _ psychological point of view? no, i think it's the standard for - psychological point of view? iirr, i think it's the standard for typical sprints. during the race, you do not want to think about anything because it is the buildup, the part that people do not see, you come from the warmup track and you go to a holding room and just sit there for 10—15 minutes and you walk out into a stadium with a magnitude of 80,000 people shouting and screaming at you and the ability to regulate your emotions takes a lot of work. it's not as easy and simple as it looks. 0ne not as easy and simple as it looks. one of the pitfalls is false starts, we saw that with a british sprinter unfortunately yesterday so talk us through the mentality of that, is there any kind of training preparation you can try and do to

try and stop that happening? i think there is such _ try and stop that happening? i think there is such small— try and stop that happening? i think there is such small margins - try and stop that happening? i think there is such small margins in - try and stop that happening? i think there is such small margins in the i there is such small margins in the moment, it's sad to see something like that happened when you have prepared for four years but it's all about cutting up the white noise beforehand. physiologically the body emotionally response so intensely to that that sometimes i think all your senses go into overdrive so that ability to have the calmness and emotional regulation and thinking processes to allow you to be in the moment and you focus on waiting for the gum to go and it takes quite a bit of training and preparation to get your mind to be there, not to over respond in the moment and it's a split second and that is the difference between making it to a final and being able to compete. more broadly, we know this idea of visualisation, athletes at the start of a race or whatever their event is, visualise it going perfectly and what they want to do and what they

visualise, do you spend time visualising things that go completely wrong and prepare for that? we completely wrong and prepare for that? ~ ., �* ., ., ,, that? we don't want to spend time focusin: that? we don't want to spend time focusing on — that? we don't want to spend time focusing on the _ that? we don't want to spend time focusing on the negative _ that? we don't want to spend time focusing on the negative aspects . that? we don't want to spend time i focusing on the negative aspects but having a contingency strategy if something goes wrong, you are still in the race for example after a false start, you were ready to go and suddenly there is a two or three minute delay stop don't let your mind run away with you, we talk about the hot tips to make sure you have a back pocket strategy but the idea is to contain and control the emotions, cut out the white noise, don't let too many negative thoughts or thoughts into your mind and do not focus on the outcome but absolutely focus on the process, getting your body and mind to the best possible place to get out of the blocks. best possible place to get out of the blocks-— best possible place to get out of the blocks. ,, . , , , the blocks. such interesting stuff, rofessor, the blocks. such interesting stuff, professor, thank _ the blocks. such interesting stuff, professor, thank you _ the blocks. such interesting stuff, professor, thank you so _ the blocks. such interesting stuff, professor, thank you so much - the blocks. such interesting stuff, professor, thank you so much for| professor, thank you so much for coming on the programme. 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, follwed by great britain in fifth with 10 golds. a woman who made two complaints to the bbc about the former presenter huw edwards is having therapy paid for by the corporation. the sunday times says a member of the public called rachel struck up a friendship over social media with edwards in 2018. three years later, she complained about him to the bbc, alleging the relationship was becoming toxic. the following year, she complained a second time. a bbc spokesperson said that 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. the body of jake slater has been returned to the uk almost two months

after he went missing. a post—mortem found he died of traumatic head injuries consistent of a fall from a height. his funeral is set to take place next saturday. millions of people in the uk are believed to be hoarders but only a small fraction of those affected ever get help. in yorkshire, a community group helping people de—clutter, has recently been awarded around £500,000 to continue their vital work. cathy killick reports. 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, 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. she let you talk and go through it and that has worked for me rather than people saying they'll clear you in a couple of days. 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 and 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 mam. 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 let them help others them trapped by possessions they no longer need or want. cathy killick, bbc news. scientists say the world's biggest iceberg is stuck, spinning on the spot in the southern ocean. the iceberg, known as a23a, is more than twice the size of greater london. it began drifting north four years ago, and was expected to break up. but for the past few months it's been caught in a vortex of water near the south orkney islands which will delay its eventual demise. stay with us here on bbc news.

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.

this is bbc news. the headlines... more than 90 people are arrested across the uk after far—right demonstrations descend into riots. we are showing very clearly that this will not be tolerated, and that action will be taken against these individuals and they will be brought before the criminaljustice system. there will be penalties and consequences for this criminal disorder. 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. hello, this is bbc news. 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. 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 where they are in neighbourhoods where they are in neighbourhoods where they will respond, to actually take their professionalism and training 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 directing the priority is to what is happening on the streets. joining me in the studio is our westminster correspondent, shelley phelps. as we were hearing there, all these demonstrations are putting a huge pressure on the resources that the police have available.— police have available. yes, that's ri . ht. we police have available. yes, that's right. we heard _ police have available. yes, that's right. we heard earlier _ police have available. yes, that's right. we heard earlier on - police have available. yes, that's right. we heard earlier on from l police have available. yes, that's l right. we heard earlier on from the policing minister, dame diana johnson, who was keen to stress that the government are reassuring that the government are reassuring that the police have the resources they need to deal with the disorder that we are seeing this weekend. she said they had been clear about that and they had been clear about that and they had been clear about that and they had the powers that they needed. she talked about things like mutual aid, so this is where different police officers macro forces can work together and allow

them to put extra officers in certain parts of the country. another element of the approach to this by the government is focusing on putting this point that there will be consequences for people who commit criminal activity. we have heard yvette cooper again and again talking about how people will pay the price. clearly for a lot of people, seeing these images, they might think some of these warnings are not working at the moment. in terms of other measures that the government has talked about, they have been saying they had put extra prosecutors in place, so that when arrests are made charging decisions can be made quickly. dame diana said earlier that if courts needed to sit longer, that is something they will be looking at. clearly, the longer that this goes on, and the more spread it becomes, it becomes more of a challenge for the government. indeed. we saw a number of different towns and cities, these protests but not all descending into violence. significant incidents of violence there. the way that these are

organised, these protests and riots, if they end up in that category, is social media and that is a big issue. , �* , , ., issue. yes, there's been a huge amount of— issue. yes, there's been a huge amount of discussion _ issue. yes, there's been a huge amount of discussion about - issue. yes, there's been a huge amount of discussion about the | issue. yes, there's been a huge - amount of discussion about the role of social media and how unrest and disorder has been promoted. so the shadow home secretary, james cleverly, just a month ago was home secretary himself, he is saying that the government should be hauling tech firms into downing street to be grilling them on misinformation, ensuring it is not being spread. earlier this week the prime minister gave somewhat of a warning to social media companies. he talked about violence "whipped up online", reminding them this is a crime. quite a legalistic language as you might expect from the former director of public prosecutions. we heard again this morning that ministers have been talking to social media companies about this,

but the emphasis does seem to be on talking to them, getting them to take their existing responsibilities as seriously as possible, rather than adding extra new laws around that. . ., than adding extra new laws around that. ., ~ , ., 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, 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 ijust wish my brother was among them. this is especially difficult 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. reminding everyone, it is still very much a live issue. the scale of the prisoner swap last week was deeply significant but of course many more people are still being held. we will take a look at some of the

consequences now of that prisoner swap. let's speak to alexey yusupov in hamburg. he is the director of russia programme at friedrich—ebert—stiftung, a german think—tank. thank you for coming on the programme. let's first of all, generally, what was your reaction when you saw and watched those images, the scale of that swap that took place this week? it is images, the scale of that swap that took place this week?— took place this week? it is large, it is dramatic, _ took place this week? it is large, it is dramatic, it _ took place this week? it is large, it is dramatic, it is _ took place this week? it is large, it is dramatic, it is emotional. i took place this week? it is large, | it is dramatic, it is emotional. but also being responsible for the german part of the deal, i can tell you that for germany it is an uneven deal, somewhat. there was not that same calibre of captives who got out as for the us and for russia, both of them. germany got out five of its citizens and a dozen more of russian dissidents additionally, but at the same time we are now discussing in germany whether, wealthy non—way of

doing this. the hit man, the murderer that had to serve his sentence has now got out and this is something that the country tries to weigh and to balance, to see whether it was a good deal, or not. so weigh and to balance, to see whether it was a good deal, or not.— it was a good deal, or not. so there are people — it was a good deal, or not. so there are people with _ it was a good deal, or not. so there are people with genuine _ it was a good deal, or not. so there are people with genuine that - it was a good deal, or not. so there are people with genuine that of- are people with genuine that of course everyone wants people home, but actually the abandonment of certain principles potentially, of legal principles, that may be a step too far for some people.— too far for some people. indeed. there are — too far for some people. indeed. there are different _ too far for some people. indeed. there are different avenues - too far for some people. indeed. there are different avenues of. there are different avenues of criticism. there are people who are saying that negotiating with putin �*s russia is wrong. some people say this is an incentive for a hostage diplomacy from the russian federation in the future. but there is a legal argument saying look, with convicted murderers, this guy had not served five years of his time, although it is not illegal

what the german government did, it is unconventional and goes against the legal tradition of sticking to your own standards, write customer witnesses in the case against vladimir and family members of his victim, the people he killed in berlin, they were not informed about the exchange. they read the news about this swap. this is something that goes against the value of protecting the interests of the victims. there is a legal argument that says if we stop treating our own verdicts seriously then the deterrence of ourjudicial system will suffer over time. deterrence of ourjudicial system will suffer overtime. it deterrence of ourjudicial system will suffer over time. it is controversial so there is not euphoria. people are happy for those who came back or who got out into freedom, but there was also a lot of concern. . ~' freedom, but there was also a lot of concern. ., ~ , ., ., freedom, but there was also a lot of concern. ., ~ i. ., _, freedom, but there was also a lot of concern. ., ~ , ., ., _, ., concern. 0k. thank you for coming on the programme- _ 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 represents 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 will be able to eat for the first time in three years after surgeons in the uk corrected a weight loss operation she had in turkey. pinkyjolley almost died twice from infection due to her treatment abroad and the cost to the nhs of saving her life has been over £100,000. just a warning that this report, from our health correspondent michele paduano, contains images of surgery. doctors at solihull hospital planning to make and bypass most of pinky�*s stomach in the hope she can get some life back. it will change the world, even just

not having the feeding tube. i�*m going to be able to eat again. it means you can go out with friends and socialise. this is really limiting, having this stuck on your face. and hooked up to machines all day. pinky has been fed through a tube for the past three years after leaks from surgery led to sepsis, and she almost died twice. her family know the procedure carries risk. the surgery is absolutely next level, and complexity one to ten it is 11. this is as complex as it comes. previous surgeons have tried to put this right and they have not been able to put it right. an added complication, three years without solid food, has left her anaemic. two consultants and a senior registrar are involved.

they had to avoid a ball inside her, which opened would cause sepsis. this is the mass worse than i expected. here stomach and the spleen behind here. everything stuck together, i'm trying to create space so i can go up. after two hours operating the bypass has been achieved but pinky will now start losing weight extremely quickly, which she can ill afford, so they are putting in a feeding tube to try to stabilise the weight. she will not eat for a few weeks but the feeding tube in her nose has gone and she can now drink. not having the tube in is like having a free face again. i can always see it, it is not comfortable at all. just the fact you can do a normal human thing like picking up a glass and having a drink is lovely. doctors are worried that more and more patients

like pinky are suffering complications in turkey and these cases are stopping them treating nhs patients here. 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. poor 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. - 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 - 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.

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 speak to kerry linden now, who�*s a volunteer at paris 0lympics. good morning. what is your role as a volunteer out there? i am good morning. what is your role as a volunteer out there?—

volunteer out there? i am based at a stadium to the _ volunteer out there? i am based at a stadium to the east _ volunteer out there? i am based at a stadium to the east of— volunteer out there? i am based at a stadium to the east of paris. - volunteer out there? i am based at a stadium to the east of paris. it - volunteer out there? i am based at a stadium to the east of paris. it is - stadium to the east of paris. it is where the rowing, the kayak is going on, but also the white water sports, which are coming to a culmination tomorrow. . . , . which are coming to a culmination tomorrow. ., ., , . ., ., tomorrow. fantastic. the weather and the scenery behind _ tomorrow. fantastic. the weather and the scenery behind you _ tomorrow. fantastic. the weather and the scenery behind you looks - the scenery behind you looks wonderful. i suppose it is an easy question to answer, but why are you volunteering? i question to answer, but why are you volunteering?— volunteering? i started in 2012. i not the volunteering? i started in 2012. i got the bug _ volunteering? i started in 2012. i got the bug then _ volunteering? i started in 2012. i got the bug then and _ volunteering? i started in 2012. i got the bug then and i _ volunteering? i started in 2012. i got the bug then and i really - volunteering? i started in 2012. i. got the bug then and i really wanted to be involved in london. and ijust wanted to help make the 2012 olympics the best it could be. and i ended upjoining a choir and made some amazing friendships from that and i kind of got the volunteering bug. i volunteered for lots of stuff, this is my third 0lympics. i went out to rio as well as a uk volunteer there, and now i am here in paris. i am with a large

contingent of uk volunteers. that is absolutely magical. _ contingent of uk volunteers. that is absolutely magical. how— contingent of uk volunteers. that is absolutely magical. how does - contingent of uk volunteers. that is absolutely magical. how does it - contingent of uk volunteers. that is l absolutely magical. how does it work question what i don�*t want to be boring and logistical, but you are a volunteer so you are not being page, say what you get for free and what you have to pay for yourself? i always say to everybody, it is an expensive hobby. it�*s a bit like a working holiday without being paid. we just do it for the buzz, working holiday without being paid. wejust do it for the buzz, if i�*m honest. we don�*t get our transport to france covered, we don�*t get our accommodation covered. i have been incredibly lucky and been put up with a lovely, lovely family very close to my venue. i am only a 20 minute walk from my venue, so i have been very lucky with that. what do we get? we get a lovely uniform. the paris uniform is just fabulous. the colours, it is stylish and very chic as you would expect. we do get a pass to help us to travel around paris, so that is helpful as well.

and so you get, presumably, the best thing is the access, the behind—the—scenes feel. i thing is the access, the behind-the-scenes feel. , , , ., behind-the-scenes feel. i guess you let behind-the-scenes feel. i guess you get access. — behind-the-scenes feel. i guess you get access, depending _ behind-the-scenes feel. i guess you get access, depending on _ behind-the-scenes feel. i guess you get access, depending on what - behind-the-scenes feel. i guess you get access, depending on what your| get access, depending on what your role is. i am fortunate that i am working with media and press down at the rowing centre, so i am very lucky to be able to see some of the sport from my position, whereas in rio i was stuck in a portakabin behind all the sport and saw nothing. i have been able to buy a couple of tickets as well. there were no free tickets, no perks like that, but i did get to see some tennis in the opening round and i got to see the gb women play hockey yesterday. got to see the gb women play hockey esterda . a, ., , ., got to see the gb women play hockey esterda . ., , ., , ., yesterday. marvellous. cue on behalf of everyone — yesterday. marvellous. cue on behalf of everyone involved. _ yesterday. marvellous. cue on behalf of everyone involved. the _ yesterday. marvellous. cue on behalf of everyone involved. the volunteers | of everyone involved. the volunteers play a vital role, so thank you for your and i�*m glad the sunnis shining. your and i'm glad the sunnis shininu. . ., your and i'm glad the sunnis shininu. ., ~ i. let�*s take a look at the current medal table heading

into day 9 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, follwed by great britain in fifth with 10 golds. stay with us here on bbc news. plenty more coverage of the olympics in the next hour, and we are also keeping an eye on the fallout from those riots overnight in various towns and cities with protests descending into violence in many areas. 90 people have been arrested. we are keeping an eye on the fallout from those demonstrations. this is bbc news. 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 those people who have been involved in disorder _ those people who have been involved in disorder over the last few days will be _ in disorder over the last few days will be found by police and will be taken _ will be found by police and will be taken through the courts and we want to make _ taken through the courts and we want to make it_ taken through the courts and we want to make it clear there are penalties and consequences. israel�*s air force strikes targets in southern lebanon after hezbollah fires a barrage of rockets across the border. queues at beirut airport as the uk and us renew warnings to their nationals to leave lebanon over fears of an all—out war. some airlines have suspended flights. 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. we�*ll be live in paris looking ahead to today�*s action.