british police say they're ready to deploy thousands more officers to contain riots across the country, after dozens were arrested on saturday. those people have been involved in this disorder over the past few days will be found by the police, will be arrested, will be taken through the courts. we want to make it very clear. there are penalties. there are consequences. israel strikes targets in southern lebanon, after hezbollah fired a barrage of rockets across the border. france becomes the latest western country to urge its nationals to leave lebanon amid fears of a wider conflict in the middle east. we start here in the uk, where senior police leaders have warned that more protests are likely in the coming days, and 4000 extra

officers are available to respond. tensions have escalated since the murder of three young girls in southport nearly a week ago. at least a 100 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. my colleague lucy grey spoke with home office minister dame diana johnson. this has been obviously a very tough and difficult week. started on monday with that horrific attack in southport, and i think

the country is still reeling and in shock from that. and then during the course of the week we've seen this disorder, this violent disorder happen 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. and yesterday i was able to speak to some of those front line officers and talk to them and thank them for the work that they're doing, because obviously, it can be incredibly frightening to be on the front line when you're having bricks and other objects thrown at you. we've seen obviously, um, arrests, which is 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, they will be taken to court, and there will be penalties. so i think that that's the focus over the last few days and over this weekend, and of course, the home secretary and the prime minister, deputy prime minister have all been involved in making sure that the police have everything

they need to be able to deal with these incidents and to. put a stop to the violence, presumably. so i'm just wondering what you're expecting in the coming days. well, what we're expecting is that those people who've been involved in this disorder over the last few days will be found by the police, will be arrested, will be taken through the courts. we want to make it very clear there are penalties. there are consequences for people taking the action they have. i mean, i saw yesterday in my own home town of hull, uh, people, uh, setting fire to shops, looting shops, seeing people going into lush and bringing out, uh, cosmetics and, and, uh, other items. um, they were in the i think. we're pretty clear on how bad it's been. the question is, is enough being done to tackle it? we're hearing about these 4000 extra officers being deployed. um, we're hearing also from the police federation, speaking to the bbc today, saying that they're concerned that they're not going to be able

to attend other incidents if so many officers are involved in these and if it's going to be carrying on for days. you know, the concern is whether they're saying that 999 calls won't be able to be answered if so many police officers are being directed towards these protests. well, i think that's a very important question that you're asking, and we have been reassured that the police have the resources that they need to be able to deal with what's happening at the moment. they have very long standing plans in place for mutual aid. if they need to put extra police officers into certain parts of the country, that that's long standing. we are certainly not hearing that things like nine, nine, nine calls are not being answered. but what we want to do is to make sure that this weekend that 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. they will be penalties and consequences for this criminal disorder.

do you feel that perhaps those warnings aren't 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're going to have to release people early, but suddenly you've got you've got room. where are the prison places coming from? so the lord chancellor has made it very clear that there are prison places available. so if people are arrested, if 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 sit, they will be with the judiciary. decisions made on extending court hours, if that's needed. but certainly we want to make it clear there is no problem in going through the criminal justice system for these people who have caused such mayhem on our streets in the last few days, 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's mutual aid, as i've just described. they have the powers that they need. we think that the meeting that the prime minister called earlier this week on thursday, where he got all the operational chief constables together to discuss whether they had the powers that they need, they agreed they did. they want to work better on sharing intelligence and using things like facial recognition. but currently they are able to deal with this situation. um, and in terms of the prevention, your title is the minister for police and crime prevention. the issue here is the amount of lies spreading quickly online and what needs to be done to counter that, and whether enough was done initially to counter the lies that were being spread. do you feel like you know you've got that under control? well, clearly the social media companies have a responsibility for, um, posts that go up which are spreading

misinformation and disinformation. and i know that peter kyle, who is the secretary of state for this area for technology, has been having discussions with those social media companies. there's certainly been attempts made to deal with that disinformation by putting notices onto postings to show that that information is not correct, and there's fact checking as well that goes on. so there is a whole range of things that that need to 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. ron winch is a former police officer and associate professor of policing at birmingham university. he says he expects the number of people arrested to grow as post incident investigations continue. it's extremely concerning

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. 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 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. 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 israeli military 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. and, in the last few minutes, france has urged nationals living in iran to leave the country. our correspondent, jenny, has been giving us the latest from tel aviv. 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. now it's time for a look at today's sport with jane dougal. it's day nine of the olympics and there's lots to look forward to, including the men's gold medal match tennis final between novak djokovic and carlos alcaraz, plus the conclusion of the golf, where spain'sjon rahm and america's xander schauffele have the joint lead, one shot clear of the rest of the field.

already, the men's hockey quarter finals have just finished. and it's india who are through to the semis after beating great britain in a penalty shoot out. britain missed two penalties, while india scored all of theirs. the match had finished i—i, india going ahead first, despite going down to ten men early on. they will play either argentina or germany. one of the highlights coming later on sunday is the men's 100 metres final, where the world champion from the united states noah lyles is expected to take centre stage. in the women's 100 metres event on saturday, saint lucia won their first olympic medal withjulian alfred taking an historic and memorable gold. and she did it with relative ease, winning by 0.15 seconds, ahead of the favourite and world champion sha'carri richardson. fellow american melissa jefferson was third behind alfred, who'd never even finished on the podium at a major championship before now.

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0lympic event four times in a row. not every time was necessarily what i wanted this week but i still felt so much joy i wanted this week but i still felt so muchjoy going out i wanted this week but i still felt so much joy going out there and racing and i think that is what i am going to remember the most. and, you know, there is that old quote. 0ld know, there is that old quote. old saying, can't remember who said it. the medals fade, you know. people forget there are times but, you know, you remember relationships. you remember the emotions that you feel that these kind of meats and thatis feel that these kind of meats and that is definitely what will stick with me. that is definitely what will stick with me. ten years younger than ledecky, a new star is emerging. 17—year—old summer mcintosh has won her third gold medal of these games, taking victory in the final freestlye leg of the 200m individual medley, adding to her a00m medley and 200m butterfly titles. and hungary's kristof milak is the new 100 metre butterfly champion.

he won gold in a thrilling race, finishing just nine hundredths of a second quicker than canada'sjosh lien—do. fellow canadian ilya kharun took bronze. there are three more golds to be won in the gymnastics on sunday, starting with the men's rings, then the women's uneven bars final and finally the men's vault. the world's most decorated gymnast, simone biles, won a seventh 0lympic title and a third gold at paris 202a. she added the vault title to the team and individual all around golds already won in paris. it was biles�* 40th world or olympic medal. 0nce once we are out here at the floor as our stage so itjust feels so freeing for eyes. we are in our element, we are having fun, we are doing what we love to do and i think thatis doing what we love to do and i think that is why i enjoy it so much. but, yeah, at a certain point, as we get older, does get a little bit more scary aware of what we are doing and

what can happen but it is always fun. :: . what can happen but it is always fun. ii . ~ . what can happen but it is always fun. i: . ~ ., ., what can happen but it is always fun. :: . . ., ., . , fun. 40th medal. what an incredible athlete. what an incredible athlete. and that's all the sport for 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. the government—controlled electoral commission says mr maduro received 52 percent of the vote, securing a third term in office. but the us and most countries in latin america have rejected the official results. maria corina machado urged her supporters to continue protesting peacefully and said maduro�*s government had lost all legitimacy since

the disputed election. 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 ceasefire is due to 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 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. at least nine 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 and mobile internet has been suspended in dhaka. let's get the latest from our reporter shahn—ewaz rocky who's in dhaka. 0k, what's happening here? it's actually totally violent protest in a violent protest. now, because i have been to different places of dhaka since morning and what i have seen, tens of thousand protesters are on the street and took place in different entrances of dhaka and demanding to resign the government. this is their one point demand at this moment now. but later it became violent and there was lots of clashes

between the pro—ruling party supporters and with the protesters, and several are injured. but we have confirmed several deaths across the country in different districts as well, and nearly 100 injured in all over the country at this moment now. so it's kind of violent protest now. and just remind us, how did we get here? what's the background to these protests? the background was in the students started protesting to reform the quota system of bangladesh, and later it sparked a violence among the students. when the prime minister comments, who is going to get this job if the freedom fighters, grandchild and child do not get this is the rajakar is going to get this job. so that's what actually sparked the anger among the students and later the pro ruling party, student wing chhatra league. they attacked on the protesters in the dhaka universities and, along with that, and then it became violent.

within two days, more than 200 protesters died. people died on the streets. so this sort of incident ignite the anger among the people. and the student movement become mass movement now. and i have talked to a few people who are not students. they are the parents or a retired person. and they also came on the street and telling. we thought it's a student movement. but when we see the chhatra league is attacking the protesters and the students have been killed by the security forces, so we felt that we should also step forward and come on to the street and support the students. and later it became a mass movement and demanding to resign the government rather than reforming the quota. 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. 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.

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british police say they're ready to deploy thousands more officers, in expectation of further violent far—right protests. dozens of people were arrested in towns and cities across england and northern ireland on saturday. israel's air force strikes targets in southern lebanon, after his brother fired a barrage of rockets across the border. —— mike has below word—mac fired a beverage of rockets across the border. the israeli military says most of the rockets were intercepted. ——hezbollah has fired rockets. several countries urge their nationals to leave lebanon, as fears grow of a wider conflict in the middle east. iran has vowed "severe" retaliation against israel, which it blames for the death of hamas political chief ismail haniyeh in tehran on wednesday. now on bbc news... like, follow, trafficked: insta's fake guru: episode 2.