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unrest in rotherham, around 700 people took part in a far—right rally at a hotel housing asylum seekers. and in middlesbrough, hundreds gathered to protect a mosque against the violent mob, after it broke through a police line and attacked officers. in bolton, an emergency order is in place to prevent people from covering their faces, with many hidden behind balaclavas. the prime minister says he'll do whatever it takes to end the violence. i want you to know that this violent mob do not represent our country and we will bring them to justice.
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we start with our breaking news from the uk, where there have been more violent far right protests in england. since saturday night, police have made 147 arrests, and that number is expected to rise. in middlesbrough protestors smashed windows of cars and houses, and threw bricks at police, and in rotherham, hundreds of demonstrators clashed with riot police before storming a hotel housing asylum seekers. now, let's get more on how this unfolded, our correspondent navtej johal has this report from rotherham. anger, violence, destruction. these chaotic scenes are unlike any you would expect on a sunny summer afternoon. at times today rotherham has felt lawless. it began this morning with a group of antiracism protesters outside the hotel on the outskirts of this hotel where it is believed that asylum seekers are being housed, but they were quickly outnumbered by a larger group of
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anti—immigration protesters, many of them angry at the idea of asylum seekers living in taxpayer funded hotel rooms. as the afternoon wore on, chants were not the only thing being hurled at the police or the building. in the last half an hour things appeared to turn ugly, windows smashed across the hotel, hundreds of people in the streets, police attacked, objects thrown at them including fence panels pulled out from around the hotel, and things appear to be turning increasingly nasty. not long after the protesters managed to get in, the building was set alight. the company that owns the holiday inn express chain wouldn't confirm if asylum seekers were still living at the hotel and said the safety and security of our colleagues and guests is always the priority. earlier this week the prime minister and home secretary met with police chiefs ahead of planned demonstrations this week. in the past hour the prime minister reacted to the scenes in rotherham.
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i utterly condemn the far right thuggery we have seen this weekend. be in no doubt, those that have participated in this violence will face the full force of the law. the police will be making arrests, individuals will be held on remand, charges will follow and convictions will follow. i guarantee you will regret taking part in this disorder either directly or those whipping up this online and then running away themselves. at least one police officer has been injured here today and much of the violence we have seen this week has affected those tasked with protecting the public. with me is our political correspondent, hannah miller.
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hannah, of course there have within a number of politicians speaking out today, not least the prime minister. you heard keir starmer a bit there branding this far right thuggery, he has been sounding tough on this violence for several days now, but i think you heard it there again and that language coming from number ten, particularly suggesting they will not tolerate these kinds of scene, he was asked whether it was right to brand everyone taking part as being of the far right, and he said, speaking about the violence, that if you target people because of the colour of their skin or their faith, that is far right, and he said that he is prepared to say so. his warning to those taking part they will regret it, i think is a part of the government's strategy here, their view is that once people see that people have been arrested, charged, and convicted as time goes on, they think that will send a me
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assembly and stop people gathering in this way, we have also had mosques offered extra security today and mosques being invited to apply for extra security. there is a accepts from the government, the tone of this they are trying to make communities and people feel safe, as the scenes continue that is quite a challenging thing to do. in rotherham in particular, we have seen the focus of that unrest, that violence was a hotel that was, is where asylum seekers are accommodated so the situation in rotherham in particular drawn some robust statements from politicians. yes, absolutely, starmer described the scenes as marauding gangs intent on law breaking, yvette cooper described it adds a criminal violent attack that was appall —— appalling, the south yorkshire police, the government say have their sull
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support in bringing people to conviction, the south yorkshire maher also said that what we are seeing is not protest, it is thuggery directed against some of the most run rabble people in society and suggested as we have heard from a number of politicians, over the last few days in relation to different places, once again he is saying this doesn't represent south yorkshire, this doesn't represent the area that he knowings and loves. . ., ., ., and loves. hannah, for the moment thank ou and loves. hannah, for the moment thank you very _ and loves. hannah, for the moment thank you very much. _ hannah, for the moment thank you very much. our reporter olly constable has been close to the police lines in rotherham and i spoke to him a short time ago about what he has been seeing. it was calm, officers were taking that time to grab a drink and recharge their batteries because it has been a long time to be on their feet, there is a one particular group of people that seem to be moving between two police cordonings, this is one we can see
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where items are thrown towards them, stone, rocks those sort of thing, thatis stone, rocks those sort of thing, that is continues, on the other side of the housing estate to the left—hand side, there is another police line, and the group seem to be moving between that area around that one, the previous area we were at, which is opposite this holiday inn hotel, we saw that they were trying to up root a post box to use that as a pep to throw. dismantled a fence, anything they can get their hands on they are throwing towards the police. hands on they are throwing towards the olice. ., ., , hands on they are throwing towards the olice. ., . , , ., , , hands on they are throwing towards the olice. ., ., , , the police. how many protesters are out on the street, _ the police. how many protesters are out on the street, it _ the police. how many protesters are out on the street, it is _ the police. how many protesters are out on the street, it is hard - the police. how many protesters are out on the street, it is hard for - the police. how many protesters are out on the street, it is hard for us i out on the street, it is hard for us to tell because we with just see this line of riot police across the road on our screens at the moment? so, behind this line of riot police of which there is about 70 or so on this line, there is another sort of 30 behind us waiting to move in, the amount of protester, i'd put in the 200 or so range. a lot of them are young people. these are teenager,
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some children that we have seen here today, wearing balaclavas and joining in, notjust the protests by the violence afterwards. do they even know why they are out there? i do they even know why they are out there? , ,., ~' do they even know why they are out there? , ,., ~ ., ., ,., .,, there? i spoke to a neighbour whose carden was there? i spoke to a neighbour whose garden was being used as _ there? i spoke to a neighbour whose i garden was being used as ammunition for these people who are throwing it. he said he doesn't recognise any of mezze people —— these people. he says neighbour why the hotels are being used for asylum seeker, he said the people, he described them as thug, children, kids who were here for a scrap, nothing else. we have more items being thrown, so we are going to take a step back. yeah. the police officer have given us a warning to take a few steps back because of items that have still being thrown. the people throwing those items are predominantly younger people, do they know why they are here 1234 were they here from the protest early? we don't know, they are certainly here for the violence.—
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know, they are certainly here for the violence. . ., , . ., the violence. that was a distinction the violence. that was a distinction the prime minister _ the violence. that was a distinction the prime minister made, - the violence. that was a distinction the prime minister made, he - the violence. that was a distinction the prime minister made, he said l the prime minister made, he said this isn't protest this is violence, he is clear this is disorder that is targeting people because of the colour of their skin or their faith and there was no way to legitimise disorder on britain's streets. can you tell what it is that is being thrown 0lly? it you tell what it is that is being thrown olly?— thrown olly? it is a mixture of item, thrown olly? it is a mixture of item. we _ thrown olly? it is a mixture of item. we sort _ thrown olly? it is a mixture of item, we sort of _ thrown olly? it is a mixture of item, we sort of see, - thrown olly? it is a mixture of item, we sort of see, there i thrown olly? it is a mixture of. item, we sort of see, there has thrown olly? it is a mixture of- item, we sort of see, there has been cans that have been left here, there are cans here, there are is a golfball here, that is one of the items that has been thrown as well, but a lot the items are stone, shell that have been found in people's gardens, this traffic island in front of me did have a sign on it at one point, that has been removed and was used on the thrown. we saw when they did manage to get into the hotel earlier, the initial trouble, that flared, they used that to as an opportunity to gather ammunition, they grabbed chair, fire extinguishers that were turned op
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police, it has been a case of they will grab whatever they can, destroy post box, lamp post, there is behind us is a bus stop which has been smashed to piece, items from that have been used as weapons as well. our reporter in roth ram, radio violence and disorder also exploded in middlesbrough this afternoon — which was condemned by middlesbrough mp andy mcdonald. it was just rampant chaos and sheer wanton vandalism, thuggery. i've never seen anything like it in my life. this is a fairly dark day for my town and to see these people gather at the cenotaph, our fears monument to those who lay down their lives to fight fascism. and they got there around that
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with their union flags. they are not patriots. what they are doing in my town right now is destroying taxis. they are burning cars, they are attacking police officers and attacking residents. they are randomly running across the town, attacking people. 0ur university is under attack. this is the most dreadful day and they should hang their heads in shame and remember what the prime minister hasjust said. that we will make sure that they face the full force of the law, however long it takes, some have already been arrested but each and every one of them is going to have to face up to what they are doing. earlier today 300 people gathered to protect a mosque in middlesborough, let's speak to one of them now — mohammed waqas who is the lib dem parliamentary person for middlesborough.
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thank you very much forjoining u why did you feel compelled with other people to turn out to protect this building?— this building? look, first of all thank you _ this building? look, first of all thank you for— this building? look, first of all thank you for having _ this building? look, first of all thank you for having me, - thank you for having me, middlesbrough is a very diverse place. we, ifelt strongly middlesbrough is a very diverse place. we, i felt strongly because i'm a muslim and i am part of this place and ifelt i'm a muslim and i am part of this place and i felt that if we don't protect our sacred places, then they will start targeting other place, as you can see nothing is sacred to them. this is the university, a place where education should be held at the highest place and they have destroyed it behind us. iuntimely at the highest place and they have destroyed it behind us.— destroyed it behind us. when you talk about middlesbrough - destroyed it behind us. when you talk about middlesbrough being l destroyed it behind us. when you talk about middlesbrough being aj talk about middlesbrough being a diverse place, who were the people among you, who else came along out alongside you, to protect the mosque? alongside you, to protect the mosuue? alongside you, to protect the mosque?— alongside you, to protect the mosuue? ., , ., mosque? look, the ordinary people of middlesbrough — mosque? look, the ordinary people of middlesbrough came _ mosque? look, the ordinary people of middlesbrough came out. _ mosque? look, the ordinary people of middlesbrough came out. we - mosque? look, the ordinary people of middlesbrough came out. we don't - mosque? look, the ordinary people of| middlesbrough came out. we don't see colour, wejust see people
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middlesbrough came out. we don't see colour, we just see people who live here, be it lgbt, white, whatever you are, it doesn't matter for you, we have many people on different communities that supports us, the mosque and they were actually distraught at the destruction these thugs, these far right thugs have brought to our beautiful town. while we were walking through linthorpe road, a shopping area, there is rest raps and businesses, they are closed. who does that hurt? average people are losing their businesses. what is the situation in the town tonight? what is the situation in the town toni . ht? ~ . , what is the situation in the town toniaht? ~ ., ,. what is the situation in the town toniaht? ~ what is the situation in the town toniuht? , , tonight? well, as you can see behind me teesside — tonight? well, as you can see behind me teesside university _ tonight? well, as you can see behind me teesside university has _ tonight? well, as you can see behind me teesside university has had - me teesside university has had stones thrown to it. to linthorpe road there is police everywhere. unfortunately it is not great, it is not looking good for anybody. we have seen in other places as well that the police are out in force, how reassuring is that for people in
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middlesbrough?— how reassuring is that for people in middlesbrough? lock, the police do a treat “ob, middlesbrough? lock, the police do a great job. at — middlesbrough? lock, the police do a great job. at the _ middlesbrough? lock, the police do a great job, at the end _ middlesbrough? lock, the police do a great job, at the end of _ middlesbrough? lock, the police do a great job, at the end of the _ middlesbrough? lock, the police do a great job, at the end of the day, - greatjob, at the end of the day, they have done with what numbers they have done with what numbers they have done with what numbers they have they have done a great job, they have tried to keep the peace as much as they can, the issue has been from the far right fascists who have tried to destroy our town. a lot aren't from middlesbrough, they have come from all over the place to bring a bit of, well to destroy my beautiful city. this stand from — destroy my beautiful city. this stand from in _ destroy my beautiful city. this stand from in part _ destroy my beautiful city. this stand from in part those appalling stabbings that took place last week in southport, where three little girls died, there were those online rumours that surfaced that the person responsible but a migrant, was a muslim, neither of those things were true. what is your message to these people who have completely got the wrong idea about where the problem lies after those stabbings last week?—
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stabbings last week? look, at the end of the day _ stabbings last week? look, at the end of the day what _ stabbings last week? look, at the end of the day what ever - stabbings last week? look, at the | end of the day what ever happened stabbings last week? look, at the . end of the day what ever happened in southport is december gusting. it doesn't, —— disgust, it transgresses colour, religion, that was a horrible person and we should try to see what the reality is, the muslim community themselves do feel marginalised because obviously they have not done anything but the people like tommy robinson and other people like tommy robinson and other people who that go on twister or facebook and are peddling this form of hatred to the muslim community hasn't helped. three innocent people are dead and everybody sympathised with them, if you are a parent you sympathise them, but what has happened here has got nothing do with them. all these are opportunist, they have taken their chance and rioted. i have seen people rioting, they have broken shop shutter, they are here for one reason only as that is to caused chaos they continue care about middlesbrough or the three girl, they care about peddling their far
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right agenda and trying to break this country, which is a great country that lives on diversity and has always been a diverse country. thank you very much forjoining us tonight. thank you. the picture across the united kingdom, the towns and cities caught up kingdom, the towns and cities caught up and affected by this disorder. there is an update from middlesbrough. there is an update from middlesbrou . h. . middlesbrough. indeed, cleveland police force _ middlesbrough. indeed, cleveland police force say _ middlesbrough. indeed, cleveland police force say they _ middlesbrough. indeed, cleveland police force say they are _ middlesbrough. indeed, cleveland| police force say they are continuing to face scenes of violence in middlesbrough, however, they have managed toer rest 14 people. as you say in the footage just there that teesside university had had smashed windows and door, i have seen footage of young guys, young boys with their faces covered, going
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round the town, side streets round the town, throwing brings and stones into people's homes an car, a number of cars have been set alight, as you said earlier, wheelie bins have been set alight and people seem to be the target again where they are having objects thrown at them, bricks, bottles, can, anything that people can get their hands on. and bottles, can, anything that people can get their hands on.— can get their hands on. and this issue with _ can get their hands on. and this issue with people _ can get their hands on. and this issue with people covering - can get their hands on. and this issue with people covering theirj issue with people covering their faces has been a problem in other places and steps have been taken to try to stop them doing it in places and steps have been taken to try to stop them doing i— try to stop them doing it in bolton a section 60 _ try to stop them doing it in bolton a section 60 order _ try to stop them doing it in bolton a section 60 order has _ try to stop them doing it in bolton a section 60 order has been - try to stop them doing it in bolton | a section 60 order has been issued ijy a section 60 order has been issued by the police which gives them stronger power, but they have issued a section 68 am order which requires people to remove those face coverings, the balaclavas and the masks we are see people wearing, they are not allowed to disguise our conceal their appearance and there is a dispersal order in bolton where people hope to disperse the town centre by 10pm this evening. irate people hope to disperse the town
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centre by 10pm this evening. we have been talkin: centre by 10pm this evening. we have been talking to _ centre by 10pm this evening. we have been talking to our _ centre by 10pm this evening. we have been talking to our reporter _ centre by 10pm this evening. we have been talking to our reporter who - centre by 10pm this evening. we have been talking to our reporter who is . been talking to our reporter who is on the south coast, in dorset, where weymouth has seen people on the streets, two different groups, stand up streets, two different groups, stand up for racism group, and stand up to racism group and also those who are opposed to immigration but there have been demonstrations protests in other places which haven't turned violent in other places which haven't turned violent �* , ., ., , ., violent in aldershot there was a rotest violent in aldershot there was a protest earlier _ violent in aldershot there was a protest earlier today, _ violent in aldershot there was a protest earlier today, which - violent in aldershot there was a i protest earlier today, which wasn't violent at all, people came out on the street, they had their say, and then they left quietly, but like you said, there is disorder going on in weymouth, the police there say they haveit weymouth, the police there say they have it under control. at one point they had to be the filling in the sandwich between the two protesting groups on the beach and they were trying to move people off, traffic was stopped, but that is an ongoing situation, which appears to be reflected in different towns and cities, largely in the north of england, but it is a problem across the united kingdom.—
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the united kingdom. thank you for the united kingdom. thank you for the moment- _ the united kingdom. thank you for the moment. that _ the united kingdom. thank you for the moment. that wider _ the united kingdom. thank you for the moment. that wider picture i the united kingdom. thank you for the moment. that wider picture of| the moment. that wider picture of this unrest that we have seen developing since last tuesday. just a reminder that there is a live page that has been continually updated on the bbc news website and the app, the bbc news website and the app, the scottish first ministerjohn swinney has talked about a stabbing that happened in the city of stirling, again social media rumours are bounding, suggesting that the attacker was muslim. john swinney saying that the any speculation surrounding the identity of any attacker is unhelpful and police scotland have said the claims are false, once again, don't believe everything you read on social media. in an unusual move for the police scotland force they have confirmed that the man who was arrested is white and from the local area.
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an indefinite nationwide curfew is in force in bangladesh, where another day of violence has left more than 90 people dead. at least a dozen police were among those killed on sunday. many of the worst clashes were between protesters demanding the resignation of the prime minister, sheikh hasina, and supporters of her awami league. mir sabbir, editor of the bbc�*s bangla service, sent us this update from dhaka. the large number of deaths include protesters, the police and the ruling party members. at least 13 members of police died in a single police station in sirajganj, in the northern part of the country. the numbers are increasing as many deaths are not confirmed yet. there are reports of clashes despite the curfew, and all of this happened on the first day of the total noncooperation movement by the student protest leaders. many of these deaths are the result of ruling party members clashing with the protesters, as the ruling
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awami league decided to counter the mass protest with their own rallies. the protesters have called for a long march towards the capital, dhaka, tomorrow, while the government issued a press note calling the protesters militants in their words, and saying they will take tough action. the protesters said they won't back down until they make the government to resign, and the government is not showing any indication of stepping down. all this is happening when the curfew has been extended for an indefinite period and the mobile internet network is blocked across the country, and everyone is wondering where this will end and how. now it's time for a look at today's sport. the men's 0lympic 100 metres final is around half an hour away. and it's anyone's guess who might be the latest sprinter to be crowned the fastest in the world
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at the stade de france. what you might be able to expect is that it'll be a quick race. with each of the semi finals being won in under 9.9 seconds. kishane thompson was the fastest of them all. he and fellowjamaican 0blique seville going through as semi final winners. america's noah lyles didn't, although last year's double world champion will be in the final, while defending champion marcelljacobs of italy qualified as one of the two fastest losers. keely hodgkinson appear fob the athlete to beat winning her semifinal in the quickest time of the three race, the current world champion is also through to monday's final. novak djokovic has won the one remaining major title that was missing from his collection. he's become just the fifth player to complete the "golden slam" of winning all four major titles and an olympic gold medal in singles, after a stunning win over carlos alcaraz at roland garros.
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djokovic went into this match having lost the wimbledon final to alcaraz last month, and alcaraz won this year's french open on this court. butt djokiovic edged an epic first set on a tie break, and the second went the same way. djokovic at 37 finding the extra gear to win serbia's second gold of these games. he described it as his greatest sporting achievement. meanwhile, another superstar of their sport has added an olympic title to their trophy collection. scottie scheffler has won the golf gold for the usa after an astounding final round of 62 at le golf national. his score of 19 under par was enough to take him to the top of the leaderboard. the world number one had to wait to see if anyone could match him. but a bogey on the 17th for tommy fleetwood put the british player a stroke behind. scheffler, a two time major winner, is now an olympic champion. japan's hideki matsuyama got the bronze. the usa ended top of the olympic swimming medals table after two more iam i am proud to be out here competing. i am proud to be out here competing. i don't think about it too much, this is part of my life i do out
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here and it is something i work very hard at and i amount proud to be sitting with the gold medal and as far as legacy goes i am trying not to think about it too much. i am trying to stay superintendent and work as hard as i can and get the most out of myself. both won with world records. while the first winner of the night was sweden's sarah sjoestroem. she sprinted to the 50 metres freestyle title. going one better than her silver in toyko. it's sjoestroem's third olympic gold and her second in paris after winning the 100 metres title. australia's meg harris was second and the bronze went to china's zhang yufei. chile's francesca crovetto won a dramatic women's skeet shooting final, denying britain's amber rutter a gold in controversial circumstances. crovetto and rutter could not be separated in their gold medal showdown and it went to a sudden death shoot off. both competitors missed one in the first six shots of the shoot off —
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then a second miss from rutter which she strongly protested. television replays showed she'd hit the target ensured victory for crovetto. the philippines' carlos yulo secured his second gold of the games with victory in the men's vault final. it came just 24 hours after he became the first filipino to capture an olympic gymnastics title, nailing his two vaults to win with a score of 15.113, ahead of armenia's artur davtyan and great britain's harry hepworth, the first british man to win an olympic vault medal with bronze. 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 in the third test against west indies last week. dan lawrence will open alongside ben duckett in crawley�*s absence. with the first match against sri lanka on august 21st. and that's all the sport for now.
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much more op awe of stories on the bbc news website. hello. a cloudy start for many this sunday, but as the day continued sunshine came through and this is richmond upon thames, but it could be anywhere across parts of england and wales and some of eastern scotland as well. threatening skies further north and west as we see in north berwick. the sign of rain isjust around the corner. not only rain but strengthening winds, gusts in excess of 45 miles an hour will continue to push in northern ireland and western scotland through the night tonight. this is tied into this area of low pressure and that will linger first thing on monday morning. that means the rain could be quite heavy, particularly in western scotland. the bright yellow and green show the intensity of the rain and we could see two to three inches of rain before the front clears through.
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the rain is showery in nature across eastern scotland. it will be a narrow band, but an intense rainfall moving through northern ireland. some drizzle in west—facing coasts and south—west england but again that cloud will thin and break for central and eastern england. that will continue to be the case as we go through the day and with the south—westerly wind trapping in some very warm air from the near continent it will turn increasingly more humid as we go through the afternoon. temperatures may well peak across eastern england as high as 26 degrees. cooler and fresher further north and west as the frontal system continues to move its way steadily eastwards. it willjust ease to a narrow intense band of rain through the night, but because it has been so warm and humid by day, it could be an uncomfortable night for getting a good night's sleep and that front will still be there first thing on tuesday morning. good news for gardeners out there, welcome rain in south—east england,
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not much but hopefully enough to keep the plants happy. brighter conditions following on behind and a few scattered showers and highs of 16—25 celsius as we go through tuesday afternoon. into wednesday, low pressure is set to return and this is the trend as we go through the end of the week with lows and frontal system staying in the north. further south we might continue to see high pressure clinging on, giving the best of the drier, brighter and warmer weather at times.
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this is bbc news, the headlines. bricks and bottles have been thrown at police as far right rallies turn violent in england. around a 150 people have been arrested. the prime minister has described the violent disorder across the country as far right thuggery and vows to bring those involved to justice. i want you to know that this violent mob do not represent our country and we will bring them to justice. in other news, in bangladesh a nationwide curfew as more than 70 ——90 people including 14 police officers are killed in anti government protests. police have used tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse the protests. and, at the paris 0lympics atjust 17 years old algerian teenager kaylia nemour makes history becoming the first african athlete to win an olympic gold medal in artistic gymnastics.

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