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a hotel believed to be housing asylum seekers. it's the latest in a series of riots across the country. ministers warn rioters they'll face tough action. those people who have 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. israel strikes targets in southern lebanon, after hezbollah fires 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. in bangladesh, a nationwide curfew as 52 people, including 1a police officers, are killed in anti—government protests. and its day nine of the olympics — with djokovic going head—to—head with alcaraz in the men's tennis final. we'll bring you the latest from paris.
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hello and welcome. we start here in the uk, where more than 100 people have been arrested after demonstrations organised by the far—right descended into scenes of violence in towns and cities across england and northern ireland on saturday. we're also keeping an eye on the situation in rotherham in yorkshire, where hundreds of people have gathered outside a hotel believed to be housing asylum seekers. a number of anti—immigration protesters have been throwing objects and riot police are on the scene. meanwhile, there's also been clashes at far—right rallies in locations including liverpool, manchester, bristol, and hull, as well as belfast. rioters threw missiles at police, injuring a number of officers, and in some places looted shops or set them on fire. the government insists that the police have "all the resources they need" to deal with the disorder. many of the demonstrations have been
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fuelled by anti—immigrant sentiment. leanne brown reports now from hull. charred remains of stolen goods, smashed windows and debris, still strewn across the streets. this hull in the aftermath of last night's riots. it was a night of violence the city had never seen before in recent times. fireworks were thrown, cars were set on fire and police officers were injured, but today volunteers involved in the clean—up, keen to show that this is not representative of their city. i think it was really important to show the people of springbank, our black and asian community, that, you know, if people are going to bring 200 people out to incite hate, we are going to bring 20,000 out to incite good. i didn't agree with what they were doing. i think there is a better way of communicating anger, channelling it for a force for good. yeah, it is really sad.
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we had to do something. as you can see, i've got a little boy. - it is the world i want him to grow up in, so, yeah, just come out, i make a positive change, - show people that this is hull. for some attending yesterday's protest, they feel they have legitimate concerns. i'm sick of people telling us that white working class people are fascist because we want to see an end to people coming over illegally on boats from safe countries. protests which turned into riots took place across england — liverpool, manchester, bristol and blackpool all saw unrest. the government says those responsible will pay the price. 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.
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we also know that if the courts need to sit, there will be with thejudiciary, decisions made on extending court hours if that is needed. calm may have returned to some, cities but police are bracing for the possibility of further protests. leanne brown, bbc news. let's speak to dal babu, former chief superintendent in the metropolitan police. thank you forjoining us. can i get your reaction to the scenes that we saw overnight last night and over the past few days? i saw overnight last night and over the past few days?— the past few days? i think it is a re the past few days? i think it is a pretty appalling _ the past few days? i think it is a pretty appalling and _ the past few days? i think it is a pretty appalling and disgusting. pretty appalling and disgusting behaviour by far right folks attacking police officers and communities. police officers have been hospitalised, had bricks, bottles, dragged off motorbikes, kicked by cowardly groups of white, racist men. it is pretty appalling
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behaviour and certainly is a former police officer, my heart went out to all those police officers and their families he will be watching these horrific situations where the far right are gathering together and attacking police officers. it is appalling. attacking police officers. it is appalling-— appalling. weasel scenes in southport _ appalling. weasel scenes in southport on _ appalling. weasel scenes in southport on tuesday - appalling. weasel scenes in i southport on tuesday evening appalling. weasel scenes in - southport on tuesday evening of clashes and violent unrest there. what could the authorities have done in the days in between to prevent or try to prevent scenes that we saw in the last couple of days? i try to prevent scenes that we saw in the last couple of days?— the last couple of days? i think we have had lots _ the last couple of days? i think we have had lots of _ the last couple of days? i think we have had lots of people _ the last couple of days? i think we have had lots of people making i have had lots of people making excuses for these right—wing thugs but the reality is, we have had a horrific situation where three young girls have been murdered by a british citizen who happens to be a person of colour, but nevertheless a british citizen. before that, right weighing on the internet by spreading rumours that he was a muslim and an asylum seeker. people have preconceived agendas around
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theseissues have preconceived agendas around these issues and say what we need is a period of calmness but i think the key to all of this is the fact that internet is allowing, people collect misinformation, but it is just outright lies, spreading lies to try to get people to come in different areas. in the past, some of the main protagonists, people who had the most terrific views on race, gender, misogynists, homophobes, their accounts were stopped and closed. what we have seen is those accounts be reinstated and people are using those individuals to spread their lies and information and coordinate some of these demonstrations. there is probably something the government need to do, revisit that decision by some of the internet companies that allow far right extremists to have a count, even though in the past, they have been blocked. i count, even though in the past, they have been blocked.— count, even though in the past, they have been blocked. i want to come to that in a moment. _
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have been blocked. i want to come to that in a moment. first— have been blocked. i want to come to that in a moment. first of— have been blocked. i want to come to that in a moment. first of all, - have been blocked. i want to come to that in a moment. first of all, i- that in a moment. first of all, i want to hear respond that he might your response from the woman in a report, that said we are sick of being called fascists when all we want to do as an end people coming over here illegally, in her words. what is your response to people who have been saying, we don't want to be labelled as far right when we are expressing, in ourview, legitimate concerns about immigration? expressing, in our view, legitimate concerns about immigration? people can legitimately _ concerns about immigration? people can legitimately express _ concerns about immigration? people can legitimately express concerns i can legitimately express concerns about immigration, that is not limited to white people, people of colour can have concerns about immigration. that is very different from people turning up, armed with bricks, bottles and throwing them at police, injuring police officers, killing police officers, outnumbering and cornering police officers in a cowardly way, totally different. if you have legitimate concerns about immigration and remember, you don't have to be white to have this kind of concerns, if you have legitimate concerns, then
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there is a way of raising this issue through the ballot box, throw your legitimate elected officials. there is no excuse for going out on the straight and causing this violence. is to go back to your earlier point about the government and police having to take more action to try and clamp down on misinformation, thatis and clamp down on misinformation, that is a more long—term, slower response that takes time. just to go back to what i asked before, do you think there is anything more that the authorities could have done in order to appealfor calm the authorities could have done in order to appeal for calm and bring that you mentioned earlier after the incidents on tuesday evening, before we got to the stage where we are at now? i we got to the stage where we are at now? ~ . we got to the stage where we are at now? ~' ., ., ., now? i think we have a government that has got — now? i think we have a government that has got a _ now? i think we have a government that has got a good _ now? i think we have a government that has got a good relationship - that has got a good relationship with the police, has good relationships with the criminal justice system. we are not in a position where we have suella braverman accusing the police of being biased against far right
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demonstrators. i think all the right things are being done. the law is the law. if you have someone under 18 who is accused of an offence, there are restrictions on their and naming those individuals. what he did have is a fuelling rumour mill on the internet so i hear people saying that long term, the internet but it is only a short while ago were all these right—wing racist and misogynist, homophobic accounts, were closed down but in the interest of ideological free speech, for example, elon musk of those accounts have been reinstated. so if you didn't have that, if you didn't have that ability to do that, i think it will make it more difficult for people to organise. so it is to be looked looked at. it was happening not so long those people who were spreading racist, homophobic, misogynist comments were taken off
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the internet but they have subsequently been allowed in the us in huge increase in the amount of followers of those people.- followers of those people. thank ou. france has become the latest country to urge its citizens to leave lebanon as soon as possible, amid fears of a widening military conflict in the middle east. the iran—backed militant group hezbollah fired a barrage of rockets into northern israel overnight. israel responded with attacks on his brother targets in southern lebanon. let's speak to sami nader in beirut. he is the director of levant institute for strategic affairs. cani can i get your idea of quite how serious the situation is in lebanon at the moment? i5 serious the situation is in lebanon at the moment?— at the moment? is very serious, especially _ at the moment? is very serious, especially not — at the moment? is very serious, especially not only _ at the moment? is very serious, especially not only because - at the moment? is very serious, especially not only because the l at the moment? is very serious, i especially not only because the fact that the parties are, but there are
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some indicators coming from international embassies in beirut, starting with the us embassy, french embassy, the embassy of sweden, canada, all of them are calling their citizens present in lebanon to leave lebanon. some was alarming, the us embassy urging in a statement, it citizens to buy any ticket. this is unprecedented, so to speak. plus, warships are coming to the lebanese shores in order to deter any possible action like iran or its proxies in lebanon. the
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lebanese have still in memory, what happened in 2006 and they don't want to face the similar thing, this war was devastating on the lebanese economy and at that time, lebanon did not want the economic collapse. given how unprecedented it is, the seriousness of it, what could you think can be done to ease that escalating tension, to bring things back? ., , ._ escalating tension, to bring things back? ., , ., ., , back? the only way out of this crisis, frankly _ back? the only way out of this crisis, frankly speaking, - back? the only way out of this crisis, frankly speaking, is - back? the only way out of this crisis, frankly speaking, is the j crisis, frankly speaking, is the pure implementation of the un resolution, that was voted in 2006 ljy resolution, that was voted in 2006 by the united nations. and to entrust the lebanese army on
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security at the border with israel. up security at the border with israel. up to now, this is the official position of the government of lebanon and his brother kept silence. at _ lebanon and his brother kept silence. at one _ lebanon and his brother kept silence. at one point, - lebanon and his brother kept silence. at one point, hezbollah, this is massive for lebanon to ensure its safety and security. it is true that for the most part, israel and his brother did is true that for the most part, israel and his brothe- israel and his brother did not resect israel and his brother did not respect this _ israel and his brother did not respect this this _ israel and his brother did not respect this this resolution. l israel and his brother did not i respect this this resolution. -- respect this this resolution. —— hezbollah. i respect this this resolution. -- hezbollah-— hezbollah. i am not saying any resolution _ hezbollah. i am not saying any resolution to _ hezbollah. i am not saying any resolution to this _ hezbollah. i am not saying any resolution to this crisis - hezbollah. i am not saying any resolution to this crisis other l hezbollah. i am not saying any i resolution to this crisis other than un resolution.— un resolution. failing that, what resolution do _ un resolution. failing that, what resolution do you _ un resolution. failing that, what resolution do you think— un resolution. failing that, what resolution do you think we - un resolution. failing that, what resolution do you think we can i resolution do you think we can expect? resolution do you think we can exect? , , . , resolution do you think we can exect? , ,., , expect? this is a very delicate moment for — expect? this is a very delicate moment for iran _ expect? this is a very delicate moment for iran and - expect? this is a very delicate moment for iran and its - expect? this is a very delicate l moment for iran and its proxies because on one hand, they need to
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restore the balance of deterrence that they have crossed, given that israel got the upper hand in the way it made extracts inside and inside iran, so they want to come and to restore their reach, image. however, on the other side, they don't want to slide into its timing being decided by israel. israel now has a free hand to wage this operation against iran. it has managed to transform the conflict that started between israel and the palestinians,
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to a confrontation of iran. not only israel and iran but the rest of the world and iran. we have to keep in mind that there are unresolved issues, that the foreign affairs minister of america said last week that iran is weeks away from developing nuclear capabilities. it is a tense situation. we will have to leave it there. thank you so much. now it's time for a look at today's sport with chetan. it's day nine of the paris olympics, 20 gold medals, with novak djokovic and carlos alcaraz currently playing for one at roland garros in the men's 0lympic final. alcaraz looking to follow
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in rafael nadal�*s footsteps and become the second singles player to win gold for spain, while djokovic is searching for that all—elusive olympic gold to add to his record 2a grand slam titles. djokovic take that first set, took over an hour and a half. alcaraz had eight break points, djokovic sneaking in a tie—break. it is worth serve in that second set, both these players bring out the best in each other. to the athletics at the stade de france, where women's 100 metre championjulien alfred was back in action less than 1a hours after becoming st lucia's first 0lympic medallist, alfred returned for the heats of the 200 metres and taking a comfortable win in 22.111 seconds to book her place in the semi—finals on monday. gb�*s dina—asher smith, daryll neita and bianca williams are also through. one woman who won't be competing in those semi—finals is jamaica's shericka jackson. she had withdrawn from the 100 metres to focus on the 200 metres,
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in which she is the two—time reigning world champion, but she did not line up for her heat on sunday. there is a tense final round in the men's golf on the outskirts of paris, with as many as five major winners in the running for the gold medal. and it's spain'sjon rahm and great britain's tommy fleetwood who currently lead the way at the top of the leaderboard — both on 18 under, a shot clear of japan's hideki matsuyama with the likes of america's defending champion xander schauffele and ireland's rory mcilroy lurking another shot behind them. it's the second day of the individual finals in the gynmastics — algeria's kaylia nemour has just won gold in the women's uneven bars final, with team gb�*s becky downie finishing seventh, while in the men's rings final, china's liu yang successfully defended his 0lympic title, leading a chinese one—two with 2016 champion elef—therios petrounias taking the bronze. it is china's first gymnastic
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gold at these games. the scheduled swim training for monday's mixed team triathlon has been cancelled for the second day in a row after concerns over the water quality in the seine. 0lympic organisers made the decision on sunday's session because the water quality in the river seine had dropped back below the required standard after heavy rain towards the end of last week. this comes after the men's triathlon had been postponed by a day to wednesday because of poor water quality following heavy rain last weekend. we are expecting improvement in the next hours. i don't have the last figures but we are expecting improvements regarding the weather forecast. as we have seen, sun, heat, have a very positive impact so we are hopeful that we can organise a competition tomorrow. taiwanese boxer lin yu—ting has become the second boxer
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at the centre of a gender eligibility row to secure a medal at the paris 0lympics. lin beat bulgaria's svetlana staneva by unanimous decision to reach the semi—finals of the women's featherweight division. like algerian welterweight imane khelif who progressed on saturday, lin is competing in paris despite being banned from last year's world championships by the international boxing association after reportedly failing gender eligibility tests. and england opener zak crawley has been ruled out of the test series against sri lanka later this month with a fractured finger. crawley suffered the injury while attempting to take a catch at second slip in the third and final test against the west indies at edgbaston last week. dan lawrence will open alongside ben duckett in crawley�*s absence. the first test against sri lanka starts in manchester on august 21st. i will have more file to bet that is all your spot for now.
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at least 59 people have been killed in bangladesh, and dozens more hurt, amid worsening clashes between police and anti—government demonstrators. a curfew is coming into effect as the authorities attempt to quash protests across the country calling for the prime minister, sheikh hasina, to step down. the police have used tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse demonstrators in several parts of bangladesh. thousands of people had gathered in a main square in the capital, dhaka, and there have been violent incidents in other parts of the city. we can cross live to mir sabbir, editor of the bbc�*s bangla service, who's in dhaka. first of all, tell us how far will the curfew being put in place suppress the unrest there? the curfew has _ suppress the unrest there? the curfew has been _ suppress the unrest there? iie: curfew has been extended suppress the unrest there? "iie: curfew has been extended for suppress the unrest there? i““ie: curfew has been extended for an indefinite period but still hearing
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about... ., ., , ., about... unfortunately we have lost the line the — about... unfortunately we have lost the line the to _ about... unfortunately we have lost the line the to editor _ about... unfortunately we have lost the line the to editor of _ about... unfortunately we have lost the line the to editor of the - about... unfortunately we have lost the line the to editor of the bbc - the line the to editor of the bbc bangla service but hopefully we will be able to reach him again later to try and get an update on that situation in bangladesh there. just to give you the latest on that, we know now that the death toll is 59 and we will have more on that when we can get the line back. the duke and duchess of sussex have drawn attention to the threats faced by children on the internet in a us television interview. speaking on cbs news sunday morning, the couple drew on their own experience as parents, saying all they wanted to do was "protect" their son archie and daughter lilibet. prince harry and meghan havejust launched a new programme, called the parents network, aiming to support parents who have been affected by the issue of online harm. with me is our culture reporter noor nanji. tell us a bit more about what they said? , . , .
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tell us a bit more about what they said? , .,, . ., , ., said? this was prince harry and mechan's said? this was prince harry and meghan's first _ said? this was prince harry and meghan's first major _ said? this was prince harry and meghan's first major formal - said? this was prince harry and - meghan's first major formal brokers interview since that so down they did with 0prah interview since that so down they did with oprah winfrey more than three years ago. you will probably remember that interview was quite wide ranging, covering issues from racism to what life is very like in the royal family. racism to what life is very like in the royalfamily. this interview are slightly more limited in its scope, it is focusing solely on the couple's ambition to tackle online harm. it is an issue they have talked about before. it is this is something they apply very passionate about and prince harry make the point that this is something that could really affect anyone. he says, even apparently think they would not ever lose a child to suicide due to something like online bullying or social media could find that they do. let's have a listen to what he said. i think one of the scariest things that we've learned over the course of the last 15, 17 years that social media has been around, and more so recently, is the fact that it could happen to absolutely anybody. i mean, we always talk about in the olden days, if your kids were under your roof,
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you knew what they were up to. at least they were safe, right? and now they can be in the next door room on a tablet or on a phone and can be going down these rabbit holes. and before you know it, within 24 hours they could be taking their life. our kids are young. they're three and five and they're amazing, | but all you want to do - as parents is protect them. and so as we can see what's . happening in the online space, we know that there's a lot of work to be done there, | and we're just happy to be able to be a part of it. - apart from the interview itself, there were clips we saw the couple meeting other parents but these were bereaved parents were most of them had lost a child due to those issues of cyber bullying and online harm. those other sort of parents at the couple really want to put at the centre of their new programme that you are mentioning, the parents network. that is something they feel very strongly about. the interviewer asked meghan if she thought it was enough, she said it is important to
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start somewhere.— enough, she said it is important to start somewhere. noor, thank you. online safety _ start somewhere. noor, thank you. online safety quite _ start somewhere. noor, thank you. online safety quite a _ start somewhere. noor, thank you. online safety quite a key _ start somewhere. noor, thank you. online safety quite a key subject. i | 0nline safety quite a key subject. i now just want to leave you with pictures of the scenes in rotherham. we have been you news of protest and demonstration that have been taking place in cities across england and in northern ireland, which in many cases turned violent. with police officers injured. that is the scene currently in rotherham in south yorkshire where anti—immigration demonstrators are that it might have attacked police and smashed windows of a hotel and there are reports of a fire inside the hotel, masked rioters through planks of wood and sprayed fire extinguishers as police officers outside that first match in rotherham a little bit earlier. ——
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holiday inn express. 0ne officer was carried away as the atmosphere changed from a process and increase tension. there are videos on social media that appear to show demonstrators storming the hotel. that is not some then we have been able to verify yet. that is the seen live in rotherham. the pictures are just breaking out but you can see what is happening. the police do seem to have a handle on whatever disorder there may be. that is the only picture we are getting and we will update you when we get that. there is more on the bbc news website about that and other protests that have been taking place and other unrest. do stay with us here on bbc news. hello there.
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0ur sunday story so far has been a rather cloudy one, and if you get to see some sunshine, it will be fleeting glimpses, as depicted in mawgan in cornwall. now, there is also some cloud and rain further north and west, pushing its way through northern ireland and western fringes of scotland as well. cloudy skies generally through scotland, northwest england and wales. if we get some brightness, it is likely to be further south and east, temperatures peaking at 23 degrees. so, down on the last few days. now, the winds will continue to strengthen to the north and west, gusts in excess of 45 miles an hour. and the rain will turn quite heavy, particularly across western scotland. we could see as much to 2—3 inches of rain, tied into this area of low pressure before it eases away. so, a wet night here. elsewhere, we are going to start off monday morning with that rain lingering for a time. some of it quite heavy across western scotland, eastern scotland should be largely dry and bright first thing in the morning. a fairly narrow but intense a band of rain moving its way through northern ireland,
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and quite a lot of cloud generally through the irish sea, thick enough for a spot or two of drizzle. so, it will be east of the pennines that sees the best of the brightness. and with the wind direction reverting once again back to a south—westerly, tapping into some very warm air across the near continent, it is going to feel quite humid once again. temperatures should actually peak across much of eastern england at 26 or 27 degrees, that is pretty close to 80 fahrenheit. now, as we move through monday night into tuesday, that frontal system, still a pretty narrow but intense band of rain will bring a spell of wet weather as it seeks its way steadily south. it stays quite warm as well in the southeast, where we have had that heat. an uncomfortable night for getting a good night's sleep, once again. but the risk of some rain first thing in the morning, great news for gardeners and growers out there across lincolnshire, east anglia and southeast england. a little bit of welcome rain for us, brightening up behind, a scattering of showers into the far northwest. fresher here, 16—19. highs of 2a or 25 still
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possible in east anglia. but low pressure it never too far away, sitting up into the far northwest once again by the middle of the week. and that is how we are likely to see the remainder of this week panning out. scotland and northern ireland, showers or longer spells of rain, and drier and warmer further south.
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this is bbc news. the headlines: windows smashed, a bin set on fire, as clashes erupt in rotherham outside a hotel believed to be housing asylum seekers. it's the latest in a series of riots across the country. ministers warn rioters they'll face tough action. those people who have 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. israel's air force strikes targets in southern lebanon, after hezbollah fired a barrage of rockets across the border. the israeli military says most of the rockets were intercepted. 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, retaliation against israel.
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