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.

hello, iam lewis hello, i am lewis vaughanjones and welcome to the programme. 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. 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 mckenzie, bbc news. let's speak to ron winch now —

he is a former frontline police officer and an associate professor in policing at birmingham city university. thank you forjoining us. what is your reaction to seeing images like that and police officers being targeted? it’s that and police officers being tarueted? �* , , that and police officers being tarueted? fl , _, . targeted? it's extremely concerning and i think everyone _ targeted? it's extremely concerning and i think everyone would - targeted? it's extremely concerning and i think everyone would share i and i think everyone would share that view, when officers face violence, hostility, that level and that severity, it's extremely worrying for us. the police are well—trained and well led and they have the resources equipment to deal with high levels of public disorder. and again, 90 arrests, i expect that number to grow as the post—incident investigations get into gear and the police across our towns and cities start to review the information and the evidence that they have and start to make further arrests in relation to these disgraceful incidents that we have had across the country.

incidents that we have had across the country-— the country. many police officers will be all too _ the country. many police officers will be all too used _ the country. many police officers will be all too used to _ the country. many police officers will be all too used to it - the country. many police officers will be all too used to it but - the country. many police officers| will be all too used to it but what is going on? i suppose it's a psychology question really, why are people attacking the police? it’s an people attacking the police? it's an interestin: people attacking the police? it's an interesting point _ people attacking the police? it's an interesting point and _ people attacking the police? it's an interesting point and a _ people attacking the police? it's an interesting point and a very - people attacking the police? it's an interesting point and a very good . interesting point and a very good question because what we have seen is essentially what amounts to political protests driven essentially by the far right and with counter protests from the far left that are coming into play as well. the police very much caught in the middle. the police, it's unsurprising in a sense, that with the role of protecting the public and property and maintaining kings peace, they come into contact with individuals that are bent on violence and i have to say, when you see looting and theft are starting to come into the equation, then that has very little to do with peaceful and lawful protest. can

has very little to do with peaceful and lawful protest.— and lawful protest. can we talk about the tactics? _ and lawful protest. can we talk about the tactics? what - and lawful protest. can we talk about the tactics? what kind . and lawful protest. can we talk| about the tactics? what kind of measures will be drawn up, planning, thought about, things like officers being moved from one force to at short another notice?— being moved from one force to at short another notice? what kind of thins short another notice? what kind of thin . s will short another notice? what kind of things will happen? _ short another notice? what kind of things will happen? at _ short another notice? what kind of things will happen? at the - short another notice? what kind of| things will happen? at the moment contingency plans will be drawn up by forces across the country and there are capabilities to move officers from one area of the country to another and in fact we saw that in 2011 when riots started in london and spread to other areas of the country. forces do have the joint capability to support one another through mutual aid. there will be intelligence mechanisms, there will be information that will be gathered and shared across the country and of course it's a partnership approach, isn't it? it's a partnership approach within criminaljustice agencies, and the crown prosecution services and the court services sitting outside normal hours to ensure the prosecutions are taken forward

through the courts as people are arrested and charged with criminal offences. we arrested and charged with criminal offences. ~ ., arrested and charged with criminal offences. ~ . ., ., offences. we have heard from politicians _ offences. we have heard from politicians giving _ offences. we have heard from politicians giving almost - offences. we have heard from i politicians giving almost exactly that assurance, the political messaging here, what would you want to hear? ., , , to hear? political messaging is about leadership, _ to hear? political messaging is about leadership, a _ to hear? political messaging is about leadership, a leadership| about leadership, a leadership moment at all levels from politicians, from our police officers and community leaders in terms of appealing for calm, to maintain peaceful and lawful protests where it's appropriate and to prevent these events descending into wanton violence and assaults on police. into wanton violence and assaults on olice. ., ~' ,, into wanton violence and assaults on olice. . ~ i. ., ., , to the middle east where 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 get the latest from tel aviv with our correspondent, jenny hill. it comes at a 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 war from spilling over into a regionwide conflict and that is why you are seeing international

governments including the us and the uk, telling their citizens to leave lebanon as quickly as possible. in the case of 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 or when 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. 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 reports this morning suggest that they were fruitless. 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 get the latest on the ceasefire from bbc�*s deputy africa editor, anne soy. it was brokered by angola and signed by the governments from the drc and rwanda. remind us of the background to the fighting. the east 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 in gaining territory and as you mentioned, advanced yesterday taking one more town near the border with uganda.

this is a group that is predominantly tutsi 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 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 drc 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, in its view, is a way of easing tensions that have existed for a couple of years now between the two countries. at least three people have been killed in bangladesh as clashes have erupted between police and anti—government protesters. dozens have been injured. police used tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse demonstrators in several parts of the country. well, i'mjoined now by shahnewaz rocky who's in dhaka for us.

talk us through what we know about what has happened here. what talk us through what we know about what has happened here.— what has happened here. what has ha--ened what has happened here. what has happened here _ what has happened here. what has happened here is _ what has happened here. what has happened here is it _ what has happened here. what has happened here is it is _ what has happened here. what has happened here is it is a _ what has happened here. what has happened here is it is a violent - happened here is it is a violent protest now and what i have seen, tens of thousands of protesters are in the street and at different entrances in dhaka and demanding that the government resign. later it has become violent and there were lots of clashes between pro—ruling parties supporters and protesters with several people injured but we have confirmed several deaths across the country in different districts so it's kind of violent protests now. , ., ., ., now. remind us how we got here and the background _ now. remind us how we got here and the background to _ now. remind us how we got here and the background to these _ now. remind us how we got here and the background to these protests? i the background to these protests? the background was student started

protesting to reform the voting system in bangladesh and it sparked violence amongst the students and who was going to get a specificjob, and the work sparked anger amongst students and students were attacked in universities and it became violent within a couple of days, more than 200 protesters died, people died on the streets. this sort of incident ignited anger amongst the people and the student movement and it has become a mass movement and it has become a mass movement now and i have talked to some people who are not students, they are parents for example and they are parents for example and they came on the street and we

thought it was a student movement but when we see those killed by the security forces, we felt that we should also step forward and come onto the streets and support the students and later it became a mass movement, demanding that the government resign rather than reform the quarter. government resign rather than reform the auarter. ., ~' , ., 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. translation: today is a very important day. l 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 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. 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 a lot of sports teams use psychologists to help them stay motivated. a short while ago, i spoke to professor pieter kruger, who's the lead psychologist for team south africa. i started off by asking him about the psychological side of the 100m race he just watched. 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. 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 small margins in the moment, it's sad to see something like that happen when you have prepared for four years but it's all about cutting out the white noise beforehand. physiologically the body emotionally responds 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 don't want to spend time 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 so 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. let's speak to our reporter grace harbage who's in paris for us this morning.

good morning and welcome, it is day nine of the olympics, just a week of competing left so let me bring you an update, the continued issues in the reverse n, becoming a real headache for the organisers. they've had to cancel the training session ahead of the mixed team triathlon tomorrow and remember the men's event was meant to happen on monday but to place on tuesday after the women's events of the teams will be peeling a bit out of whack here, not able to get in a training session but hopefully it will not detract from team gb who are putting forward a really strong team for the event. alex yee who won the men's event, beth porter who took the bronze in the women's event but the river continuing to cause issues for the triathletes and for the 2024 organisers but let's take you back to last night. the swimming comes to

an end tonight and the athletics heats up at back in the pool b were treated to a masterclass from katie ledecky from the us. she is now equalled the record for the most us gold medals for an 0lympian, winning the 800 metres freestyle and that becomes her ninth 0lympic the 800 metres freestyle and that becomes her ninth olympic gold medal which takes overall tally up to 40, extraordinary. some are macintosh, aged 17 from canada she will run the 200 metre individual medley, adding to the three existing metal so a very successful 0lympics to the three existing metal so a very successful olympics and i am sure she will reflect on that, three gold medals, two 0lympic records. all eyes were on the stark difference last night for the women's100 metre final, so much expectation on should carry richardson who finished in silver position but it wasjulien alfred who stormed home to take the 100 metres gold medal and you probably

have seen so much reaction on social media of the st lucia hometown going mad for her and absolutely loving it and it is worth mentioning that st lucia sent five athletes to the games so it's a real success story but lets look forward to today. the individual dressage event, team gb had bronze and now they are going for the individual medals as well. dennis, carlos alcaraz and novak djokovic repeating the wimbledon final and tonight the 100 metres men's final with good hopes for team gb there are so a lot more action to come here in paris today.— gb there are so a lot more action to come here in paris today. thank you. we are just — come here in paris today. thank you. we are just hearing _ come here in paris today. thank you. we are just hearing from _ come here in paris today. thank you. we are just hearing from the - come here in paris today. thank you. we are just hearing from the afp - we are just hearing from the afp news agency that the world champion shericka jackson is out of the 200 metres. more reaction to all of that coming up. i am metres. more reaction to all of that coming up. iam lewis metres. more reaction to all of that coming up. i am lewis onjones and 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.

this is bbc news. the headlines... more than 90 people are arrested across the uk after far—right demonstrations descend into riots. those people who have been involved in this disorder over the past few days will be arrested by the police, they will be taken through the courts. we want to make it clear there are penalties, there are consequences. israel's air force strikes targets in southern lebanon after hezbollah fires a barrage of rockets across the border. the israeli military says most of the rockets were intercepted. france has become the latest western country to urge its nationals to leave lebanon immediately amid fears of all—out war and some airlines have suspended flights to beirut. hello, welcome to bbc news.